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While some students partied at the clubs last Friday night, others hit up Morrison Center for the Performing Arts Recital Hall for the second Faculty Artist Series recital featuring music instructors Betsi Hodges on the piano and Brian Hodges on the cello. “I’m glad I came, because I never would have gone to one of these if I didn’t have to (for a class),” André Womack, freshman mechanical engineering major said. “Now I think I would probably go. I want to try a lot of different ones like an opera and a play, a top notch musical play to get that different experience.” Betsi Hodges and Brian Hodges played three pieces, each with several parts and varying tones and techniques. This provided students with the opportunity to contemplate what
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Betsi and Brian Hodges perform another installment of the Faculty Artist series. taining their individuality but coming together in each piece with energy and skill. Mo Elshafei, freshman environmental science major, said he enjoyed the married duo. “I really liked it. When they played, each instru-
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ment complimented the other one,” Elshafei said. Freshman psychology major Cieara Swainson said she was particularly impressed with Betsi Hodges and Brian Hodges complimentary performance. “I was impressed by how
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they’ve gained from music classes so far. Womack said he was able to apply aspects of what he’s learned. “I like how the mood changed depending on the tone,” Womack said. “They switched the tone a lot. It made you think about a lot of different things. You think about different artists and a lot of different genres and it brought it all together in one great piece. I thought it was really good.” Autumn Bradford, freshman music education major and cellist, said she enjoyed the Shostakovich piece because of its complex cello part. Having taken classes from Brian Hodges, Bradford said she liked hearing her instructor play. “It was a good recital. Shostakovich was very good and I liked it. (Brian Hodges) did well with that. Shostakovich is very hard to do,” Bradford said. Students said Betsi Hodges and Brian Hodges played well compatibly, each main-
Broncos win 7-6 in defensive standoff
Boise State needs to find a real football rival to battle.
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It was an uncanny kind of night for the Boise State Broncos (2-1, 0-0 in MW) as they held on for a 7-6 win against the BYU Cougars (22) Thursday night in front of a record-breaking crowd of 36,864. The Bronco defense held down the fort on the Blue, forcing five turnovers and scoring the lone touchdown, a 36-yard interception return by senior defensive tackle Mike Atkinson. “How ‘bout that defense? Unbelievable.” Head Football Coach Chris Petersen said about the defense. “This is the weirdest feeling ever. I’m so ecstatic for that one side and we’ve definitely got to back to the drawing board on the other side.” The smoky air from the Boise wildfires created a diversion for the Bronco offense in their disappearance act, recording only 261 offensives yard and zero touchdowns, a current trend this season. Joking aside, the credit rightfully goes to the Cougar defense, suffocating redshirt junior quarterback Joe Southwick on scoring drives, specifically on the 4th and one scramble in the third quarter. “Their (BYU) defense is good, let’s start there. I think we shot ourselves in the foot a couple of times,” Southwick said. “I wouldn’t say it felt like a struggle we were moving the ball pretty good.
We just shot ourselves in the foot.” The wounding was also done on BYU quarterback Riley Nelson, as the senior only completed four passes on the night, throwing three interceptions and fumbling once, ending his night in the 3rd quarter. Capitalizing on Nelson’s throwing miscues was Atkinson, the 312-lb lineman who read Nelson’s pass and instead of creating pressure on the line, dropped back into coverage for the pick six, a score the Broncos held onto for dear life. “Well I wasn’t really supposed to drop, I’m supposed to wrap all the way around but I saw his hand go up,” Atkinson said on the play. “It was a great feeling. We always
talk about it happening but it rarely does.” Pocatello native and Nelson’s replacement at quarterback, Taysom Hill, created the most trouble for the Broncos, tantalizing the defense with his scrambling efforts. Hill helped BYU in playing catch up on the Cougar’s final 95 yard drive that led to a two-yard Hill touchdown. The question of the night came from BYU Head Football Coach Bronco Mendenhall and his decision to go for two, which came unsuccessful and let the Broncos wind down the clock for the win. “There were two entities out there that I was so excited and impressed about: one was our defense and two
was Bronco Nation. They answered and I guarantee that helped us win no doubt about,” Petersen said about the boisterous crowd, who answered to his call of action earlier in the week. All hope is not lost on the offense, as everyone from Petersen to Southwick agreed there needs to be a few things tweaked to improve the corps. “We’re pretty close to where we need to be. I felt a lot of times in the game (there were) one or two plays where we got to make that play. We’re really close. We’re going to come back net week and we’ll get it ironed out,” redshirt sophomore receiver Matt Miller said. The Broncos next take their talents to Albuquerque, N.M. to face the New Mexico Lobos (1-2) on Sept. 29.
well they played together,” she said. “They were very charismatic together.” Students can look forward to more recitals as part of the Faculty Artist Series. More information can be found at www.music. boisestate.edu.
“Why do you think students leave the football games during half-time?” These were some of the responses The Arbiter received:
Taylor Devereux “I’d like to say it’s because the opponent but I would also like to say that Boise State students are kind of lack luster in their support.”
Caitlin Kreyche
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Boise States’ Michael Atkinson makes an interception at Thursday’s game.
“Sometimes I think that being a little too good at something can be bad because when people win all the time people can get bored. But when you are not as good at something it brings competition and makes things interesting. Sometimes too good makes things bad.”
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Staff at the Recreation Center were alarmed to discover a severly cracked window on the second story of the Center at 12 p.m. on Sept. 16, the day after Boise State faced Miami (OH). “The window appears to have been struck by a BB gun, though no actual bullet has been found,” said Lisa Stuppy, Director of the Recr Center. “The window has been taped for the safety of those that use
the facility and those that park bicycles under the broken window. We have moved some equipment away from the area, but all equipment is still fully available,” Stuppy said. The incident is believed to have occurred between the hours of 1 p.m. Saturday Sept. 15 and 12 p.m. the next day. The Rec closed early Saturday due to the game and no staff was on the premise to witness the act. “It is not clear whether a bullet struck the window, or some other object such as a football,”
said Lieutenant Tony Plott, campus officer with the Boise Police Department (BPD). The broken window appears to be an isolated incidence, which would lead Plott to believe it was not an act of vandalism. Idaho penalties for vandalism can include up to five years in prison and a $1,000 fine. Those with any information regarding the damaged window can contact security at Boise State at 426-1453, or BPD non-emergency line at 377-6790.
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