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NEWS

10 to 10 tailgate policy extended through 2014 Sean Bunce

Asst. News Editor

Now that the school year is starting, students are again afforded the opportunity to watch their boys on The Blue make big plays.

This also means tailgating.

This is the second year a 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. drinking zone policy will be in effect on campus. Before and during home football games, anyone over the age of 21 is permitted to consume alcohol in the boundary designated on campus as long as it’s held in a non-see-through plastic cup.

Although the hope was for

the number of citations to go down in the first year this policy was established, last year proved different.

According to Lt. Rob Gallas of the Boise Police Department, 124 citations were written for individuals with an open container, such as a beer can or bottle, and 73 for underage drinking, which is handled with a zero tolerance policy at Boise State.

“I understand alcohol is part of the (college) culture,” Gallas said. “What I need to do is make sure people understand minors consuming alcohol is not okay, neither is overconsumption.”

A large misconception is that BPD amps up its patrols at the beginning of the school year in the hope of catching more party-goers. According to Gallas, this is not true.

“It seems like we go through these education stages every year,” he said. “As people become more aware of what’s tolerated and not, they make different choices.”

Rather than hand out citations to everyone caught drinking out of beer cans, BPD feels obligated to educate students and other individuals about the 10 to 10 policy on game days.

Education for minors may

be a little harsher.

Because of Boise State’s zero tolerance policy and the rule of law, minors will automatically receive a citation or even go to jail for drinking on or off campus.

This may seem extreme to some, but from Gallas’ point of view, a lot more is being threatened than one individual’s clean record.

“Typically with a loud party there’s not a lot of regard for neighbors,” he said.

His office often receives complaints about things like loud noise, vandalism, trespassing, theft and urination in public. This, Gallas

believes, stems from a lack of respect.

“If people would just be respectful of other people’s property and their quality of life, I would not get called to the majority of things I get called to,” Gallas said.

Gallas understands students are going to drink and oftentimes won’t get caught, but when they do, his office will enforce the law.

“Ultimately it comes down to that student making a choice,” Gallas said. “When they do, they need to understand there’s consequences and be willing to take responsibility.”

Make sure you know where to set up for your gameday celebration. Visit Arbiteronline.com for a map of the 10 to 10 zone.

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On-campus housing overflows with new first-year students Eryn-Shay Johnson Asst. News Editor

other dormitories close to first year students. Only students in the triple situation who request to remain tripled will be allowed to remain three to a room.

Even with tripling students up in Chaffee D wing and delegating several floors at Payette and Selway to house first-year students, there was still a surplus of students seeking residence.

Many students were given housing that they did not request, for better or worse.

“It was great for us, actually,” said Michael Dunton, sophomore construction management major. “We were in Payette, which is fine living conditions, but then we got upgraded to Lincoln for the same price

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Crowded is the best way to describe the housing situation at Boise State.

When housing opened on Aug. 22 it became apparent that there wouldn’t be enough room for everyone. Boise State’s Housing and Residence Life department underestimated the number of students seeking on-campus housing and overestimated the number of housing cancellations, which resulted in some alternative forms of housing.

“We have first-year students living in lounges that are sealed off, (admission) showrooms and apartments designated for upper division students,” said Dean

Kennedy, director of Housing and Residence Life.

But these alternative room placements pale in comparison to the dorm rooms in Chaffee D wing.

Chaffee D wing, considered one of the most popular housing locations for students, has been stuffed with first-year students.

“We waited, hoping to get to a place where we wouldn’t have to triple up (in Chaffee D wing). But towards the end of August we needed to,” Kennedy said. “We’ve told everyone that by the 10th class day that it is highly likely that there will be no forced triples in Chaffee.”

As more housing options open up students will be moved out of Chaffee to

Freshman Greg Faith works on his laptop in his dorm room.

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as Payette because they had to fill the Lincoln homes.”

While a handful of students experienced an unexpected upgrade or downgrade, other students were turned away.

Kenny Werth, sophomore history major, applied for housing in early March and waited to see if he’d get in. The waiting stretched into late July with a touch and go of “you’ll have housing, you won’t have housing.”

Werth was placed on a waiting list and was hopeful to get in, but the chances were slim to none. Eventually, Housing and Residence Life told him to seek other housing options.

“I found a kid on Facebook who was giving up his lease at the Park Apartments,” Werth said. “It sucks that (housing) drags it out to the end of July.

I was left with no other choice and I just happened to find someone on Facebook. I was really lucky.”

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Individuals who put in the effort and put down the cash can get approval from the state of Idaho and neighboring states to carry a concealed weapon.

Individuals who get a license to enhanced carry concealed weapons can carry firearms, batons, knives, pepper spray, baseball bats, machetes, ice picks, morning stars, ninja stars and sharpened sticks. Keep in mind this is not an encom-

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passing list; enhanced concealed carry license holders can conceal anything classified as a weapon and carry it.

However, people can only conceal carry firearms on campus.

When taking my Enhanced Concealed Carry Weapons class my instructor informed me, “If you can conceal it, you can carry it.”

In other words, dusting off the trench coat and strapping a katana to my back would be totally acceptable.

Laughter aside, the best

way to make the new legislation work is for as many people to get licensed as possible.

According to Senate Bill 1254 (the bill allowing guns on camIT pus), “It is the intent of this Legislature to provide for the safety of students, faculty and staff of state colleges and universities to allow for the possession or carrying of firearms by certain licensed persons on state college and university campuses.”

As the legislature states, the bill is intended to make it safer for individuals on campus. And here’s why: only individuals who are licensed can carry— and no one else.

First off, to take the class you need to put down around $100 and dedicate an entire day to the course.

Then, you’re educated on the legal aspects of the reyou take COSTS ROUGHLY sponsibility on when carrying the license.

Following legal class, you shoot over 100 rounds.

AND Depending on your gun this might be as expensive or more expensive as registering for the class. You shoot rounds from TO GET YOUR difference stances with different hands and subject yourself to burning brass— trust me, you do not want to be hit with an empty bras, but after understanding cartridge as it discharges the effort it takes to get a li- from a gun. cense to conceal carry, you After the class, assuming you passed, you’re given a might change your mind.

It might seem chaotic to put guns in the hands of college students and tell them to carry them in their waistbands, purses and (possibly)

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certificate. Now take that and $60 with you to the sheriff’s office because there is a fee for the background check and fingerprinting. Finally, wait about 60-90 days before your license comes in the mail.

Considering that it is roughly a $250 investment and three-month time commitment, it’s easy to see that there is quite a bit of effort that goes into acquiring this license.

However, if enough people invest their time and money the benefit, comfort and safety permit holders provide others could make a huge difference on campuses nationwide and our campus at Boise State.

After all, according to Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the NRA, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”

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HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE GUN BILL SINCE RETURNING TO CAMPUS?

Charlie Muraski, senior elementary education major

Anthony Taylor, freshman music and business major

Sydney Trumbo, sophomore radiology major

Blake Lyman, freshman music education major

“Yes because a teacher brought it up. [We] were talking about things that were uncomfortable to talk about.”

“We haven’t talked about it much. It was brought up in class once and that was it.”

“No, I haven’t, not since last semester.”

“Not really. It’s come up in conversations but it’s not a pressing thought on my mind.”

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Culture

Asst. Culture Editor

For its 60th year, Art in the Park will be gathering artists from all over the country to showcase their work in Julia Davis Park. The festival will include 260 artists, 41 food vendors, live music from nine different performers and three days of pure art.

“We have 60 new artists coming [this year] and a lot of great ones returning.

We should have some new art mediums and different things we haven’t seen before,” said Teresa Sales, Art in the Park coordinator. “We have artists coming from all

over the United States, mainly the Northwest.”

Although this is Sales’ first year as coordinator of Art in the Park, the year seems promising, with a special performance from Shaken Not Stirred in the Boise Art Museum Sculpture Garden on Saturday night. As Friday approaches, Sales is doing her best to turn the weekend into a celebration of art.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity to see really fine artwork of all mediums,” Sales said.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity to see great art that we don’t see every day in Boise because people come from out of town. There’s great

music, good food;, it should be a ton of fun for everybody.”

The event allows students to get to know local artists as well as enjoy an environment where art is the focus.

Each year vendors vary from photographers to pop artists.

The festival can also serve as a great way for artists to build connections with the art community and find inspiration in others artists’ work.

Art in the Park is hosted by the Boise Art Museum and will take place Sept. 5-7 in Julia Davis Park, just across Friendship Bridge from the Boise State campus.

BAM displays Food for Thought Patty Bowen

Asst. Culture Editor

Three potato art pieces, a ceramic cake and peaches— these are just a couple of pieces students will see wandering through the Boise

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Art Museum’s new exhibit, Food or Thought.

Opening within the last week, the exhibit focuses on food and how we interact with it. The subjects vary from objects being eaten, to how we eat the object, to

what we eat the object with.

“Some of the shapes, imagery and food for thought were pretty whimsical. You know, the birthday cake out of ceramic, the arrangement of different elements in the pieces. I thought they were

Art in the Park displays varied mediums. fairly polished,” said Ross Meyer, art assistant to Mary Meyer, an Arizonian artist who currently has an exhibit in Gallery Five18 here in Boise. “There was a variety of different media. It was really nice.”

Food for Thought has a small touch of every medium within the exhibit, making it enjoyable to view

no matter what taste you have in art. Notable works within the exhibit include “Peaches In a Basket” by William Mason Brown and “Paper Plates and Turkey

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Shopping Basket” by Roy Lichtenstein.

Food for Thought can be viewed at the Boise Art Museum until Feb. 15, 2015.

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Some of the shapes, imagery and food for thought were pretty whimsical.

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Facebook’s messenger app has been around since August of 2011, but only recently has the social media company offered messenger from inside the original Facebook app as the only way access Facebook chat. This push for a split between messenger and the original Facebook app has sent some users into a fury, both for the inconvenience of having to jump between screens and because of the extreme permissions that are granted to the application upon its download.

However, most applications available for download require the same permissions granted to Facebook’s messenger app.

This makes the outrage directed specifically at the chatting app random, but also applicable to other similar apps like Google Hangouts, Kik, and Kim Kardashian: Hollywood.

For some students, this application is just another normal download to keep up with their chatting needs.

Computer technician with a specialization in Apple products and mobile devices, Gene Ammerman has yet to download the new messenger app and doesn’t plan on obtaining it in the near future. Ammerman feels that the application violates users’ privacy and can have serious consequences for those uninformed about its information-gathering permissions.

“We do have the choice not to use it, but so many people rely on Facebook that they know you’re going to get it anyway,” Ammerman said. “So you’re stuck feeling violated in the end.”

Of the many permissions needed to run messenger, the

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most extreme include access to the phone’s microphone and camera at any time. This access can come without notifying or prompting the user, as stated in the app’s settings. Facebook claims that this access will be solely used to tailor advertisements to each user.

Companies are able to utilize and access the information gathered through apps for uses other than advertising. This is what upsets Ammerman. He explained that students especially have to be cautious of the things they track on their phone because of the information messenger and similar apps have access to. This information can potentially be saved and passed around without the user’s later consent.

“When I was 20 I could go spray paint a water tower with my buddy, take pictures, and burn the negatives. Now your images are saved even if you delete them off your phone,” Ammerman said.

Freshman early childhood development major Brittni Hanrahan has downloaded

the messenger application, but feels that its users should acknowledge the implications involved with its usage.

“It’s kind of scandalous,” Hanrahan said. “You trust them with this stuff that shouldn’t really be used beyond advertising.”

Hanrahan doesn’t think users need to be afraid of the application, but rather cautious of what information it can gather.

“In the end it’s just an app,” Hanrahan said. “There are other ways to communicate if you don’t want the responsibility of it accessing your information.”

Ammerman stressed that students need to make sure they know what they are agreeing to before jumping into the selfies, messages, and web surfing that come with various apps.

“Take time to investigate what you’re agreeing to,” Ammerman said. “Once you agree and take a compromising picture, you can’t come back and claim ignorance. It can come back to haunt you, so just be careful.”

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Sports & rec

Nate Lowery

Sports & Rec Editor

Notre Dame, Alabama and Tennessee: these are all storied programs with

the tradition of enticing fans with a pregame walk to the stadium.

Now Boise State head coach Bryan Harsin hopes to add the Broncos to the

list with their own Bronco Walk, set to debut this Saturday against Colorado State.

“We want to make it fun,” Harsin said. “We also

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want to make it where our players and our fans interact before the game. That helps our players out.”

At 5:40 p.m., roughly two and a half hours before Boise State kicks off against the Rams, the players and coaching staff will take the 15 minute walk down University Dr. and around the east side of Albertsons Stadium.

Once the team arrives at the Bleymeier Football Center, eight to 10 fans will be brought inside with the team for a brief tour and a viewing of this year’s hype video. The fans will be randomly selected.

Harsin hopes to have as many fans as possible in front of the Bleymeier Center, where the ASBSU student tailgate has been relocated for this year.

ASBSU president Bryan Vlok hopes the Bronco Walk will help ASBSU’s and The Corral’s “Come Early, Be Loud, Stay Late” campaign.

“We’re hoping to draw more students to the game,” Vlok told The Arbiter. “I think that it’s an awesome opportunity for the students to have some

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Fans tailgate outside the stadium. sort of interaction with the players and the coaches.”

With the recent decrease in ticket sales and student involvement at football games, Harsin hopes increased interaction with the fans can begin to turn things back around.

“We expect to have a packed house against Colorado State and for it to be loud and be difficult,” Harsin said. “Our guys are

excited about that. They’re excited to be home and playing on The Blue.”

Boise State enters the game at risk of starting the season 0-2 for the first time since 2005. The Broncos will hope to get a head start in the MW race and give Harsin his first win as the Boise State head coach.

Kickoff is slated for 8:15 p.m.

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Sports & Rec

Broncos attempt to put Ole Miss behind them Asst. Sports & Rec Editor

Boise State’s 35-13 loss to Ole Miss in Atlanta is nothing but history.

Head coach Bryan Harsin refuses to let his team continue to dwell on their third straight season opening loss.

“We had our opportunities,” Harsin said. “The game might have been different had we made the most of those opportunities but it wasn’t, bottom line.”

Despite what the score indicates the game was actually close through three quarters before the Broncos fell apart,

especially on the defensive side of the ball.

“The first three quarters went great and then the fourth quarter got away from us,” sophomore linebacker Tanner Vallejo said. “We really lost the game for us and if we could have held them, then we would have won that game.”

It wasn’t just the defense though as the offensive failed to move the ball effectively and only managed to score 13 points. The Broncos are accustomed to 30 plus points a game.

“We didn’t finish our drives,” offensive coordina-

tor Mike Sanford said. “At the end of the day we are here to score points and we didn’t.”

Losses like this one tend to demoralize teams and the Broncos are hoping to buck that trend.

“Ultimately as a team we are not where we want to be,” Harsin said. “We want to

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be in that win category and we need to get better and get better in a hurry.”

The Broncos now move on to their conference opener against Colorado State who is coming off a win over Pac 12 opponent Colorado.

Colorado State is looking for their first ever win against Boise State.

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Vallejo

“Overall you see a football team that has gotten better,” Harsin said. “We have a big challenge in front of us with these guys coming to our place to play.”

With their BCS bowl hopes seemingly dashed the Broncos will now turn their attention to their goal of winning the MW. “This is really the start of our journey,” Vallejo said.

“This is really where it starts and where it really matters.”

Adding even more pressure is the fact that this will be the home opener at the newly named Albertsons Stadium.

“Just being on the blue and hearing the roar of the crowd­­—it always brings something out of us,” Vallejo said. “We are just ready to open it up with a bang.”

The Broncos will look to put that loss in the back of their minds and get back to playing the type of football that fans have been accustomed to for over a decade now.

“We are going to come in with a little bit of a chip on our shoulder,” Sanford said. “We have something to prove because we know we can play better.”

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