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‘Institutionalization of Identity’ art exhibit will be on display in the SUB Gallery.
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Hockey Club is one of Boise State’s most successful club-teams.
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September 30, 2013 • Issue no. 12 Volume 26
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themselves as being a sex offender, we require them to send us an email outlining the specifics of their conviction,” Jensen said. “That includes how long ago it was, the nature of the conviction, and any other information that can help us understand the specifics of their situation.” Housing and Residence Life then coordinates with campus security to check the records and verify information before a final decision is made. “Have we denied students residency because of past sex offenses? Absolutely,” Jensen stated. Erin Fuller, a junior study
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correspondence between Campus Security and individual professors if there is a sex offender in one of their classes. “All that information is available in the registry, but it’s upon the offender themselves to register,” Uda said. “And to me, that’s a potential flaw in the system.” The label of sex offender can span a broad spectrum of different violations, ranging from rape to urinating in public. Students at Boise State can be denied residency because of the sex offender designation. “With any potential resident with a sex offense conviction, regardless of its sort, a sex offender must disclose that information to us,” said Malinda Jensen, the Assistant Director of Residence Life at Boise State. Jensen then stated that student situations are assessed by Housing and Residence Life on a case-by-case basis. “When a student identifies
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There are 367 registered sex offenders living within a three mile radius of Boise State’s campus, according to the Central Sex Offender Registry of Idaho. This currently includes 19 students enrolled at Boise State who are registered sex offenders. The registry provides names, birthdates, photos and even maps of the addresses where all registered sex offenders live. “The information provided by the registry is very publicized,” said Jon Uda, the Executive Director of Campus Security and Police Services at Boise State. “But we do not publicize that information further.” In Idaho, all sex offenders are registered for life. Some offenders can petition to be removed from the registry 10 years after their offense under certain conditions, depending on the nature of their offense and if they are not repeat offenders. “As far as the registry is concerned, a sex offender that lives near here or goes to school here is required to register with Ada County. That information is then forwarded to the Idaho State Patrol police, who send a formal letter to us indicated that a particular person is a registered sex offender,” Uda stated. “That’s as far as it goes.” There is no direct
ing political science at Boise State, told The Arbiter she thinks that the sex offender label can have a stigmatizing effect on a student which is not merited in all cases. “People can get a sex offender status for a lot of things, which might not be as bad as what everyone assumes a sex offender means,” Fuller said. “The sex offender label covers an entire spectrum.”
Fuller said she does not think the registry is an asset to personal safety in all circumstances. “I don’t feel like there’s a risk when I’m in class. I feel like that it is unrelated. If I was walking from the library to my car at midnight, that’s when I want a sign above someone’s head if they are indeed a sex offender,” Fuller said.
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The programming phase for the new fine arts building is nearly complete. Building desires and requirements have been put to paper and funding is being calculated and pursued. Last year, plans for this new fine arts building were set into motion. The first two stages of the project involved establishing goals and objectives for the building, then gathering information about what the future building would be like. “You start with this big pile of information and then you try to get it refined, defined and into something,” Christy Jordan, director of Capital Planning and Space Management, said. “This is not necessarily a linear thing.
It’s a lot of (refining).” Architect firms HGA, which specializes in fine arts buildings, and LCA, a local firm, have been working with an assortment of individuals to discuss initial building plans, including functions and space requirements. “Delving into the many purposes that the building needs to be used for… fine arts could cover fabric or it could cover acids. Its environment needs in the building could be very varied compared to classrooms,” said Suzanne Seigneur, TDM communications and outreach coordinator for Campus Planning & Facilities. According to Jordan, the programming phase of a building project consists of research and decision making which identified the scope of work which will be put into
constructing the building. “You want to think grand. You want to try to anticipate as much growth as you can. You want to it be kind of a best case scenario, but then after there’s the cost on things getting put together, then it often becomes apparent that the two don’t match,” Jordan said. While a concrete budget has yet to be decided upon, Laura Simic, vice president of University Advancement, said an estimated cost has been established, and the plans for making that estimate happen have been discussed. “We’re very early in the fundraising process,” Simic said. “We know that the building is going to be an approximately $35 million facility and it’s anticipated that will be about $25 million funded through the university’s
bonding capacity and we (will) seek to raise about $10 million in private funds.” Simic explained in addition to the bonding (basically a line of credit which the university will repay over time) administrators will seek out gifts from donors who will most likely have a passion for the fine arts. Once the funding package has been established, the building requirements and estimated cost can be presented to and then approved by the State Board of Education. Art students said they have high hopes for what this new fine arts building will provide them and the art department as a whole. Craig Heath, drawing and painting major, said he is looking forward to having a building that unites the art department
and is technologically and functionally updated. “I feel a lot of the equipment that we have is outdated and the classrooms are just old,” Heath said. In addition to more updated art department amenities, art students also said they look forward to not being spread out all over campus. “What I hope for it to accomplish is a better art community because at this point we are divided between different buildings,” said Catina Crum, senior drawing and painting major. “To have a building that is completely designed just for artists, that’s going to be a substantial step forward for the art department.” For more detailed information on the building process see this article at Arbiteronline.com.
Correction: Sept. 26 issue: Out-of-state students increase In the Sept. 26 issue of The Arbiter in, “Out of state students increase,” there was a figure published from an unveri-
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fied source. It was reported that 40 percent of the student population at Boise State are from states besides
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Idaho. Though the official numbers for enrollment will not be released until Oct. 15 but upon fur-
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ther investigation it is likely that this number is off base. For the 2012 school year, the out-of-state stu-
dent enrollment was reported at 19 percent. The article stated that student enrollment for 2013 was likely to contin-
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Other students, like Eric Lyons, a student studying research materials at Boise State, suggested Campus Security should be obligated to inform professors if there is a sex offender in their class. “I think professors have a right to be informed, just because of the age of some of the kids they’re going to be teaching,” Lyons said.
Steps to overall building creation Approval to plan Programming Phase (we are here) Schematic Design Design Development Construction Documents Bidding Construction Awarded Construction Final Acceptance and Move Warranty Period
ue to increase. According to Greg Hahn, associate vice president for communication and marketing, it is projected that enrollment will not increase for the Fall 2013 semester.
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