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Volume 25
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Boise, Idaho
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Beat Pete
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World No. 1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) celebrates after defeating John Isner (USA) during the opening matches in the Taco Bell Arena.
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Boise State dances the night away
“It went amazingly better than we had hoped, beyond our wildest dreams,” Bernards said. While she eminating with joy, it was apparent by the bags under her eyes that she was ready to go to sleep. “I’m so exhausted. I can’t wait to go home and shower and sleep,” Bernards said. Bernards said the rave hour around 2 am was the most difficult hour to overcome. “We all just all of a sudden got really tired, even the morale captains didn’t want to get up and dance,” Bernards said. A physically and emotionally exhausted Bryan Vlok stammered around frantically as he began to help clean up after the event. “Overall, it was one of the best times ever,” Vlok said. “It exceeded my expectations in every way.” Vlok was glowing with pride regarding the numbers they were able to reveal. “The people that showed up had such great attitude and big hearts,” Vlok said. “We asked for donations three times throughout the night and they made it happen.” Vlok’s eyes misted over as he expressed how touched he was by these people. “We did it. It’s amazing to see people’s hearts,” Vlok said.
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The Arbiter
Mallory Barker
Boise State students danced in the Dance Marathon for 17 hours to raise funds for St. Luke’s Children’s Miracle Network. Students danced from 3 pm on Friday to 8 am on Saturday on the gym floor of the REC Center. The executive staff of DM made a goal to raise $5000 by Saturday morning. The Dance Marathon is a national organization in which colleges that host it can pick which Miracle Network in which to donate their funds. Boise State chose to donate to the local St. Luke’s Children’s Miracle Network.
The Beginning: 3 pm
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In it’s 113th playing, the Davis Cup came to Boise for the first time. Down the quarterfinals in World Group play, the United States hosted Serbia in Taco Bell Arena. Coming off a 3-2 victory over Brazil, USA would have to play near perfect to take down a talented Serbian team, highlighted by world number one, Novak Djokovic. Play opened up with a star-studded match, pitting Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, against world number 23, USA’s John Isner. Isner jumped out to an early 3-1 lead in the first set before Djokovic settled in. Djokovic took the first set in a tiebreak, 7-6 (7-5). “He gets to a lot of balls, I knew that going in,”
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jumping out to a 5-2 lead in the first set. Troicki battled back however, to force a tiebreak; where Querrey rolled, 7-1. In the second set, Troicki continued his tenacious play as he jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the set, before taking it 6-3 to even the match. Troicki jumped ahead, winning the third set 6-4; blitzing through Querrey on serve in the final game. “I felt pretty good on the court.” Troicki said, “I felt good with my shots, I was making some good shots.” With his back to the wall, Querrey ran over Troicki in the fourth set, breaking serve three times and taking the set 6-1. “I stayed positive and kept with the game plan and played aggressive.” Querrey said. Both players exchanged
players.” Bozoljac said. The Bryans buckled down in the next two sets, taking the third 7-5 and the fourth, 6-4. “We always believed we could win the match.” Bob Bryan said. Drama ruled the fifth set as the match became just the second doubles match in history to last more than four hours and longest in terms of games played, with 76 games. Both teams held serve over the first 26 games of the set before Serbia broke to take a 14-13 lead. That would turn the match as Serbia took the following game to take the set 15-13 and the match 3-2 to give Serbia a crucial 2-1 lead heading into Sunday’s matches with Sam Querrey in a must win match against Novak Djokovic.
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said Isner, “that’s why he is where he is right now.” Djokovic cruised in the second set and showed his dominance as he rolled Isner 6-2. “I think after the first set he became a lot more comfortable,” Isner said, “he started playing really well.” Isner fought hard to make it a match in the third set, but Djokovic was just too much as he took the set 7-5, taking the match in three sets for the first point. “Going 1-Love up in such important tie is obviously huge confindence boost for all of us,” Djokovic said, “it’s always better to star with that advantage.” In the second match for the USA, world number 20, Sam Querrey faced world number 44, Viktor Troicki. Querrey cruised early,
holding serve through the fifth set until Querrey broke to take a 5-4 lead before taking the set 6-4 for the come from behind victory. “It feels great, it feels great to help the team out, to tie it up.” said Querrey. Saturday brought the doubles match, featuring number one doubles team in the world, twin brothers Mike and Bob Bryan taking on Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac. Serbia came out firing, with Bozoljac, ranked 338 in the world, playing the best tennis of his life, as the Serbians took the first two sets in tiebreakers 7-6 (7-5), and 7-6 (7-1). “I knew that if I gave my 100 percent for one match, I can play on a really high level and I can match up with this good
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The DM got off to kind of a slow start. The REC Center seemed barren as the music started and a handful of students began to dance in the center of the gym. Kelsey Lovell, dancer, began the night excited and fresh. “I’m expecting there to be a lot of fun and a lot of spirit,” Lovell said. Lovell was able to raise her personal goal by the time the marathon began. Edel Serafin, dancer, also
expressed his excitement for the event. “I’m excited, I hope I can last,” Serafin said. “I just hope that it’s fun, no judgments, no reservations, just fun.” Slowly more dancers trickled on to the dance floor over the next couple of hours. As the number of people increased, so did the level of excitement. Bryan Vlok, the external director of DM, was slightly frazzled but very enthusiastic at the beginning of the event. “We were suppposed to be going by three, we are a little behind schedule, hopefully we will be in full swing by four or five o’clock. We have exceeeded my expectations with set up, now we just need the people. We’ve built it, they must come,” Vlok said. By around five or six, nearly 300 students had shown up to dance the night away.
Serafin admitted to his physical state of exhaustion. “I’m a little tired, but I’m still good,” Serafin said. “I’m starting to feel it but I’m totally killin’ it out there on the floor.” Serafin was grinning ear to ear as he explained how much fun he was having. “I’m definitely having fun and it’s definitely meeting my expectations,” Serafin said. United Dairy Men of Idaho provided the dancers with dairy products such as milk, ice cream bars and cheese. Many dancers began to lean on the tables and try to sit down as they ate their treats, Vlok teasingly encouraged them not to sit down. Brittany Bright, dancer, started fresh and was still holding in there. “I’m hanging in there pretty well, I’m as fresh as I can be right now, water and ice cream help,” Bright said.
The Middle: 11 pm
At around 7:30 am dancers looked tired but content, the stench of sweat had reached an all time high, indicating the dancers’ hard work. Vlok called his fellow staff members to the stage
At around 11 pm, the energy was high and so was the stench of hot, sweaty bodies. DM was sitting at $3480 in online donations, their goal seemed attainable.
The End: 8 am
as the event was coming to a close. He encouraged the dancers not to think about if they made their goal but rather to be proud of all they had done. Vlok began to count down from ten as his staff members revealed the amount of money raised for St. Luke’s Children’s Miracle Network. The group chanted their countdown as the numbers were revealed, the group had raised $5036, meeting their goal. A representative from Miracle Network walked on stage and told students that when they signed up they were given a wrist band. “The children at St. Luke’s get a wristband too, but they don’t get to decide when they take it off. So, you can either take your band off now or leave it on as a reminder of the great work you did here today at Dance Marathon,” the Miracle Network employee said. The group did one last dance in celebration and the dancers walked out with smiles on their faces, proud of what they had accomplished. Sophia Bernards, a DM staff member, stated how proud she was of everyone pulling through.
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