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Racial justice stand-in brings discussion to Boise State Patrick Adcock News Editor

Students braved frigid temperatures as the Martin Luther King Jr. Living Legacy Committee at Boise State held a stand-in for racial justice in the quad on Wednesday, December. 2.

Students wore signs stating “I am human,” in reference to the Memphis Sanitation strike of 1968 when protestors wore signs which read, “I am a man.”

According to Milaun Danclar, ASBSU ethics officer and chair of the Martin Luther King Jr. Living Legacy Committee, the stand-in was an effort meant to show support for those affected by the bombings in Paris and Lebanon, as well as the racially charged events at the University of Missouri and Yale University.

“We kept it as standing for racial justice because we figured that was the commonality between all of these events,” Danclar said.

According to Brian Gar-

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retson, ASBSU president, the stand-in, as well as other events on campus such as a town hall meeting about living in a postFerguson world and the Tunnel of Oppression have started the discussion about race at Boise State.

“The whole point of these movements is to have the conversation. It’s important that we’re in this college environment,” Garretson said. “We’re trying to encourage different views and ideas to all come together, and create a safe environment where students have the opportunity to voice their thoughts is really important.

The conversation is the most important part.”

A study published in the American Educational Research Journal by Robert E. Slavin and Nancy A. Madden echos the importance of student involvment in these discussions.

“Put simply, the practices that most consistently affect interracial attitudes and behavior are those that directly involve

students, as opposed to teachers, and more specifically structure black-white interaction,” the study states.

Garretson said the timing of these events has contributed to their success in engaging students.

Climate at Boise State

“We’re not in the same climate as Mizzou (University of Missouri), Yale, UC Santa Barbara or anything like that,” Danclar said. “We don’t have the same climate. It’s not blatant racism that takes place on our campus—at least not that I can speak of.”

Danclar said the issues facing Boise State involve a lack of knowledge and reliance on stereotypes. For Danclar, people assumed she was an athelete.

Danclar experienced these stereotypes her freshman year at Boise State from both students and faculty members.

One of Danclar’s professors accused her of plagiarism her freshman year and assumed she was an athlete.

“It was really shocking. I

didn’t know how to respond,” Danclar said. “I had to stay after class, and we were going over the parts (of the essay) the professor had questions on. Around three o’clock she interrupted me and said ‘I don’t want to make you late for practice.’”

Danclar identified the incident as a micro-aggression— constant reminders of differences in a non-positive light.

“A lot of people don’t understand the effects of micro-aggressions,” Danclar said. “Their intent isn’t to harm usually. You can intend not to harm, but that doesn’t mean you won’t.”

Danclar described these micro-aggressions as paper cuts. One or two are not a big deal, but hundreds of them can cause a lot of pain.

N’nadii Alexander, president of the Afro-Black Student Alliance, said she has also experienced these micro-aggressions as a student of color at Boise State.

Alexander had a similar experience at Boise State and

agreed people often assume she is here on an athletic scholarship, or because of affirmative action rather than the academic scholarship she received.

“I didn’t even know what affirmative action was until I got here,” Alexander said. “It’s irritating people feel like affirmative action is the only way, or the main way, (black students) get into college.”

Response

Garretson and ASBSU Vice President, Nick Propp, both agree the discussion about race at Boise State has been met with a positive response from students.

“It’s just different at Boise State. We’re fortunate enough that we’re having a different conversation,” Garretson said.

“But it’s good to know that we can support our peers across the country.”

Propp emphasized how these events are important in bringing awareness to students and allow them to make their way into the conversation and

show their support.

During the Racial Justice Stand-in, however, a comment was made on the event’s Facebook page.

“Students who fear for their lives at Yale and Missouri?

Are you kidding me? Do you people not keep up with current issues? Those “issues” are so wrought with fraudulent behavior from the whiny ass students its pathetic, black privileged rich students crying about a non existent problem, based on a poo swastika and an unproven alleged racial slur from a passing pickup truck.”

The comment was not made by a Boise State student however.

Still, organizations like MLK Living Legacy Committee, Multicultural Student Services, ASBSU, and the Afro-Black Student Alliance continue to partner together and hold events to advocate for equality and continue the conversation about race on Boise State’s campus.

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NEWS

NEWS Jonathan Reff Staff Writer

The Broadway Avenue Bridge over the Boise River will be closed from January to sometime during fall for extensive construction.

The project, conducted by the Idaho Transportation Department will replace the bridge and improve Broadway Avenue from University Drive to Front Street in terms of wider sidewalks and extra lanes.

According to ITD project manager Mark Campbell, major projects like this come with large-scale gridlock.

“It’s going to be a big mess for traffic,” Campbell said.

He said the overall development shouldn’t be too disorderly due to signal timing, lane reassignments and backup route plans.

In order to move the project ahead without many complications, as well as having a non-standard transportation design for the bridge, the City of Boise hired Byron Folwell in 2013 as a design consultant and advocate for the previously mentioned objectives.

Folwell, an architect from Studio Maelstrom, agreed with the ITD’s arrangement that the bridge should be fully closed for nine months instead of a partial closure of 18 months.

“It’s going to be a painful, messy situation no matter what,” Folwell said.

According to Folwell, the original mockup of the completed bridge had a design similar to other ITD designs such as derivative art.

Folwell agreed with the fact that “the city didn’t want to have a standard Idaho

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transportation highway bridge on Broadway and then have art applied to it.”

He advocated placing sections of the public art budget in order to influence the overall design.

Traffic will be detoured moving southbound from Front Street and northbound from Beacon Street into the Parkcenter Boulevard Bridge.

“We’re going to have some people observing what happens when this detour gets implemented,” Campbell said.

Campbell said this project has been in the works since late 2011.

He added the ITD proposed the design plans to the public in February of 2013, after surveying issues on the bridge. Inspections conducted by the ITD formulated concerns arising from the overpass.

ITD posters at the Boise State open house explain the Broadway Bridge is more than 50 years old, does not meet today’s safe road standards and can no longer accommodate the current high volume of vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists.

“It’s high time it’s replaced.

The travel lanes neck down from both directions so it’s a chokepoint,” said associate director of Architectural and Engineering Services at Boise State, Dave Cooper.

“Especially on game day, the sidewalk on there is so narrow on both sides of bridge.

It’s really a hazard. There’s barely enough room for two people walking.”

Six open houses and six public workshops have been shown over a course of three years in order to constitute

interest in the project as well as addressing issues associated with the project.

Businesses, neighborhood associations, community members and school officials gave their impressions of the different concepts.

Posters at the Boise State open house on Dec. 3, showed that the finished bridge will be widened to three lanes in each direction and have three eighteen-foot wide platforms on each side, bicycle lanes and ten-footwide sidewalks on the deck.

The structure will also have a curved railing with integrated night lighting.

For a more appropriate connection with University Dr. and Front St., there will be wider sidewalks on either side of Broadway Ave., new pavement between the two roads, bicycle lanes with painted buffer zones will be added on both sides of the roadway and a free-running right-turn will be added on Front St. from southbound Broadway Ave. Pedestrians and bicyclists on the Greenbelt will have a better approach moving to and from the bridge. Ramps will be added at all four corners of the bridge, as well as stairs on all but the southwest corner.

Boise State had concerns over pedestrian and bike safety around Christ Chapel located near the bridge.

Cooper said, “We convinced them (ITD) that rather than trying to fit both ramp and stairs in, we’re rerouting the ramp and doing away with the stairs.”

“It’ll probably be a better overall solution,” Cooper added.

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Students sell and use drugs to get ahead in school Patrick Adcock News Editor

Freshman engineering major Wade Wilson, whose name has been changed for his protection, is no different from most students at Boise State—except for his source of income.

Wilson doesn’t have a traditional job; instead, he supplements his income by selling his prescription for Adderall to other students.

Wilson was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder at the age of 15 and saw an opportunity to make some extra cash when he arrived at Boise State.

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“I get 60 pills a month and I only take about five or eight,” Wilson said.

This leaves 52 to 55 pills for Wilson to sell. Wilson sells each pill for about $5 and doubles the price during midterms and finals.

“I only sell to people I know, so I don’t see too much of a risk,” Wilson said. “I make sure people aren’t drinking on it and that they’re using it to study.

I don’t sell to people I don’t know unless they’ve taken it before.”

By selling to a small market of students he knows, Wilson may be lowering the risks involved with selling prescription medication, but not eliminating them.

Under Idaho law, individuals in possession of a controlled substance like Adderall can face hefty fines as well as time in jail for selling.

Wilson described a close call he had while selling to a friend in the library. After the exchange, a police officer turned the corner, missing Wilson by a matter of seconds.

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For Wilson and his friends, the risk involved is worth the reward.

individuals without these disorders to be prescribed these medications.

According to Vincent Serio, director of medical services at Boise State, this situation is a product of doctors overprescribing.

“We’re definitely overprescribing (drugs like Adderall).

Part of that is due to societal pressures for people to succeed.

There are a lot of things that demand attention nowadays and it’s hard for people to fully cope with that. So, medication is seen as the answer.”

Serio explained these medications were originally given to children in school who had difficulty concentrating, but now they are being used to treat similar issues within adults.

Serio said, in any given population of individuals, about two percent are predicted to have attention-deficit disorders.

However, these numbers do not match with the number of individuals who are diagnosed with these disorders.

This is an issue Boise State Health Services has tried to combat with specific training associated with disorders like ADD and ADHD. According to Serio, the process to receive these drugs at Health Services is more intensive than at other medical providers. The process involves several tests and can take hours to complete.

Serio believes their screening practices, as well as staff training, has decreased the number of students unnecessarily being prescribed Adderall through Health Services.

However, most medical providers do not utilize extra screening, making it easier for

“When you look at studies of stimulant medications in terms of school performance (these medications) don’t improve performance,” Serio said.

“It doesn’t make you smarter, it doesn’t increase your IQ, it doesn’t increase your test scores—it just makes it a little smoother for people to complete tasks.”

Serio said these drugs activate norepinephrine and dopamine within in the brain. The chemical signals work together to make the user more alert and give the sensation of pleasure or reward.

Wilson described the feeling as “magical.”

“You take it and you want to do your homework. That’s why so many people like it, because they can do double the work in the same time,” Wilson said.

“Coffee just keeps you awake, it doesn’t give you the motivation that Adderall does.”

However, these drugs come with the possibility of adverse side effects.

“The three main concerns that we would have with stimulant medications are dependence and abuse, triggering a fatal arrhythmia—which is an abnormal heart rhythm—and elevation in blood pressure,” Serio said. “Other side effects include weight loss because of appetite suppression and some people become anxious on the medication.”

Wilson has witnessed some of these side effects—such as abuse and addiction—with those he sells to.

“I have a couple of friends

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who take it more than I do,” Wilson said. “Personally, I don’t take it everyday because I don’t like how my personality is (on it) or how it makes me feel.”

Wilson said other friends of his have developed poor eating habits and experienced dramatic weight loss as a result of taking Adderall, or are unable to focus while on the medication.

Discussion on ‘smart drugs’

The illicit use of prescription stimulants like Adderall among college students is no secret.

Some individuals within the academic community are advocating for their use at colleges around the country.

Anjan Chatterjee, neuroscientist at the University of Pennsylvania, and Nita Farahany, professor of philosophy at Duke University, both argued in favor of a motion to allow college students to use ‘smart drugs’ like Adderall in an “Intelligence Squared” debate.

Chatterjee and Farahany argued students should be allowed to choose, take risks and make informed decisions about their health.

The opposition—Eric Racine, director of neuroethics research at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, affiliated with the University of Montreal, and Nicole Vincent, professor of philosophy at Georgia State University— built their argument around an arms race of medication in education and the negative side effects of these drugs.

The result of the debate was overwhelmingly in favor of college students being allowed to use ‘smart drugs.’ But just how much influence that argument has in the real world remains to be seen.

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NEWS

Grassroots group aims to lower rising college tuition Between Shelly Bohorquez Asst. News Editor

Another semester gone, another $3,500 spent on in-state tuition by Idaho resident students. In the last 10 years, the price for one semester at Boise State has gone up over one thousand dollars and steadily increases each year.

Stop Tuition Hikes is a grassroots operation formed earlier this year, working toward getting a bill on the Idaho ballot for November 2016 that would prevent increases in tuition through a $1.50 increase in cigarette tax.

“We send the fewest kids to college,” said Bill Moran, founder of Stop Tuition Hikes. “Five out of 10 kids do not go to college, largely due to cost. Another four out of 10 drop out some way through because they can’t afford it.”

According to the Stop Tuition Hikes website, raising the cigarette tax could increase the number of students going to college and decrease the amount of debt they are leaving school with.

“Idaho won’t have that terrible distinction where only one out of 10 high school kids gets a college degree,” Moran said.

The tax could also significantly lower the number of smokers within the state.

“Statistically, the group that stops smoking the most when you raise cigarette taxes is kids,” Moran said.

According to Moran, this plan would reduce

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the number of teenagers who smoke cigarettes by about 12,000. Additionally, 9,500 adults would stop smoking.

Cole Harper started volunteering for Stop Tuition Hikes as part of his University Foundations 200 class, and has been gathering signatures on campus and promoting the petition through word-of-mouth.

“It started out as something for the class, but it is something I have a little bit of a passion toward,” Harper said.

According to Harper, the stigma surrounding taxes is one of their main obstacles.

“It is Idaho and every time you talk about raising taxes, people start getting worried. But I think he has a great opportunity to help out,” Harper said. “Obviously, the main goal would be for the legislation to pass, but at the very least, getting on the ballot next fall can show that democracy can work.”

Making the ballot is a main goal, as it would raise awareness about the rise in tuition. Moran believes this is very possible.

“After we get the 47,623 signatures, it goes on the ballot,” Moran said. “People get to vote on it on Nov. 8, 2016, if we get the signatures. At that point it sort of becomes a free-forall.”

Moran said he foresees opposition from retailers, particularly Stinker Stations, which he says have a strong presence within the state.

“One concern they’ll

raise that I don’t think has much validity is that if we raise our cigarette tax, everybody is going to go the reservations to buy cigarettes instead,” Moran said.

According to Moran, reservations would not gain as much revenue if they kept their cigarette tax low, as if they rose the tax proportionally. So economically, it makes sense for them to.

The prospective tax would be a significant raise, but public polls suggest this specific amount is more appealing to people than a lower tax raise. The tax is also less high than it seems when put into context of our neighboring states.

“It seems high because we haven’t raised it in forever. The normal cost of cigarettes in the region is about $6.50 a pack. This would just take it to the regional norm,” Moran said. “Cutting your grass doesn’t seem like a big deal—when you haven’t cut your grass for 50 years, it seems like a much bigger deal.”

Raising awareness about the existence of their movement is the primary challenge due to the lack of funding through a grassroots movement.

“The primary difficulty is just time,” Moran said.

“I kind of feel like this is something that has to happen now, because if you have two more years of students who are accumulating massive amounts of debt, I don’t really think that’s an acceptable outcome.”

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Opinion

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Social media activism is more than slacktivism Patricia Bowen Managing Editor

Walking through the cold hallways of the Student Union Building one Saturday morning, several students scroll through their Facebook feeds while Moxie Java’s espresso machine screams. The majority of the posts in the sea of mundane updates or cries for political change are claimed by profile pictures in their original colors— the French flag overlapped profile picture obsession of the social media platform has died off.

“I don’t think anyone who looked at my page would have thought any differently about me because I changed my Facebook profile picture,” said Andrew Gase, second year geoscience graduate student.

According to Gase, the effect of posting or advocating over social media seems “negligible.”

“I don’t feel like me doing anything through social media has an effect because I don’t feel like it affects me,” said Alex Miller, third year geoscience graduate student.

Social media activism trends—French flag profile pictures and posting political statuses—can be easy to throw under the bus because they don’t seem have the lasting impact past activism did.

Regardless, social media activism is a gateway into

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more stringent activism as long as students recognize to have lasting effect, it must be paired with legwork.

“To try to compare people changing their profile picture to the March on Washington in 1963 is just apples and oranges,” said Mary Rohlfing, communication professor. “We don’t know how all of this is going to work yet. People showing that they care— that’s where we start.”

2012 University of Idaho graduate, Sean Foster, used Facebook to organize The Rally for Solidarity with Refugees in Idaho on Nov. 21.

“Social media makes it a lot easier for more people to get involved,” Foster said. “Before social media, you couldn’t build any movement or momentum around people who aren’t going to show up.”

Foster explained social media activism has become trendy—bringing new people into the political environment who wouldn’t otherwise have interest.

“If people want to go out on a Saturday and be seen at a place—I’d rather have them there to be trendy than not be there,” Foster said. “If people want to go to a Black Lives Matter event just because it’s on people’s tongue, well, at least they are going.”

Social media users who take part in activism on their prefered platform have recieved several de-

rogatory nicknames like “slacktivists.” Foster stated this criticism isn’t deserved because social media has already started to make activism accessable and will continue to do so.

“Social media gets a lot of flack for not getting treated with the seriousness of other things, but when you have a billion people using a service, the potential it has for the future is democratizing a nation,” Foster said.

According to IVN, 18 percent of social media users took social or political action because of something they ingested on a social media platform. 60 percent of social media users expressed their beliefs through online channels— emailing government officials or signing online petitions—because of what they read on social media platforms.

Last year, more than 25 million people changed their profile pictures to have the rainbow flag to support gay marriage.

Dane Snow, president of the Pride Alliance, stated these flag icons had a huge impact on showing the solidarity of the nation for LGBT individuals.

“Being able to actually see support can do wonders for emotional health when it comes to children and teens who think they’re alone—suicide rates are extremely high for LGBT+ youth,” Snow said. “You will probably meet people

who say people should do more than change their profile picture, but there is no denying the benefit of making your support visible.”

Foster stated political posts regarding other topics can cause social media users who are otherwise uncomfortable stating their opinion on a political issue to feel safe doing so.

“When people feel alienated and see solidarity expressed, it changes their self-perception, and their

confidence and worth,” Foster said.

Gase stated, although Facebook activism doesn’t have an effect on his political beliefs, he does understand its appeal as a tool to orchestrate events that create social change.

“I saw my friend was going to an event to protest in Chicago, and I noticed they used Facebook to create an event to get the protest going,” Gase said.

In order to become more involved, students should

pay attention to what rallies and petitions correspond with the pages they like on Facebook and other social media platforms.

But, getting off the couch and taking the next step of involvement is necessary in making social change stick.

“Social media is relevant for activism, but I don’t know if just changing your profile picture counts,” Gase said. “Using it as a way to network and coordinate activism does.”

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opinion you think social media activism can Student Voices: Docreate change?

Joe Mendosa, Junior, political science and philosophy “It can, but people have to get organized. Without organization, it just turns into a bunch of people who don’t know how to protest trying to. Social media can skew the story. It can be used if its used the right way.”

Alexis Thiry, Junior, health science “Yes, because it spread way faster and it reaches all over. Anyone can see it.”

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Laura Briseno, Freshman, radiology major “I think so. Since they bring attention to it, more people are aware of it. Then, more people would join a cause, and then it would escalate.”

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Nursing faculty unites community to advoca Alivia Wachsmuth Staff Writer

In the hills between Emmett and New Meadows, Idaho, eight Peruvian sheepherders tend to a flock of 2,000 sheep, thousands of miles from their home.

Betzi Quiroz, clinical assistant professor in the College of Health Sciences School of Nursing at Boise State, has been working with Peruvian sheepherders in Idaho for more than 20 years.

Quiroz’s father worked as a sheepherder in Idaho for years before bringing his family to live in the U.S. permanently. Every weekend after their move, Quiroz and her family would travel to bring homemade food to the herders and to keep them company.

After being hired by the School of Nursing in 2012, Quiroz designed a community and population health nursing lab where students learn about how culture, occupation and lifestyle can impact an individual’s health needs.

Now, Quiroz has passed on her passion for the care of these men to students at Boise State and other members of the community.

“I felt that there was something I could

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share with them (sheepherders),” Quiroz said.

The men who herd sheep for Soulen Livestock Company of Emmett come to Idaho on temporary H2A work visas and three year contracts to herd sheep over a 500 mile radius between Emmett and New Meadows. Two weeks out of the year, the men meet at a ranch in Litha, just outside of Emmett to recharge before going out into the fields again.

The sheepherders work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to protect the sheep and lambs from coyotes, bears and other predators. The herders utilize tents in the summer and metal wagons in the winter, sleeping with the sheep when necessary.

Many of the men send the majority of their $750 monthly paycheck to their families in Peru. The money they make herding sheep for three years is much better than what they can make at a similar job in their hometowns, and their paychecks often support their children’s schooling. Some men pause their own education for three years, save their paychecks and return home to finish their college degrees.

“The amount of money is almost triple the amount of money they would get in Peru,” Quiroz said. “It certainly makes a difference.

They know they make a calculated risk and sacrifice.”

Loneliness is the most challenging aspect of the job. According to the herders, their dogs are their companions and most valued friends. When the herders’ camp can be easily reached, a foreman brings food and supplies for the sheep, dogs and men.

The nursing students in Quiroz’s lab teach the herders techniques and skills to maintain their health during their time in Idaho. This semester, the students educated the men on nutrition and hand-washing, and introduced them to tennis ball massages and other exercises.

Quiroz also brings homemade food, since the men eat many canned and processed food items during their time in Idaho, which increases their risk of developing diabetes. Not only does the meal provide an example of the food the men should be preparing for themselves, it allows for relationships to develop outside of the project.

“I utilize food as a medium to allow for building of trust amongst the students who are seeing and meeting these individuals for the first time, and also as a way for the herd-

ers to talk about some heart,” Quiroz said. “I meal that reminds you o ma, all of those things t of comfort of being hom away from home.”

Students involved in population health lab h lab to be educational an filling.

Christy Broam, regis Care Givers, participat of 2014. After she com continued to visit the h “I think the nursing st allowed to be in this blessed few,” said Broam the following semesters you could clearly see t ence and changed lives.

It broadens your persp teach me as much as I h Senior nursing majors lian Vaughan’s first inte ers took place near M sessed the herders’ cult Afterwards, they deve

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ething so dear to their It’s that homecooked of your mom or grandhat give you that sense me even when you are

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these living conditions existed in my own backyard.”

Nursing students have created an organization in response to their experiences with the herders called Boise’s Association for the Advancement of Herders (BAAH), with Quiroz’s advising. All students interested in community service and cultural immersion are encouraged to join.

Quiroz has incorporated other parts of the university and community into her project.

The Construction Management Club and Pre-Veterinary Club on campus have both offered their advice and services to the herders and their dogs. The Boise State Rec Center loaned mannequins and masks for CPR lessons for the herders who have to rely on each other in emergency situations.

Nampa and Kuna Seventh Day Adventist Churches and Hands of Hope Northwest have donated first aid supplies to the herders who have no medical access during the time they are not at the ranch. Lowe’s Boise location donated construction supplies and paint to renovate the paper-thin wagons.

Clothing donations have been made by FitMania. Analytical Laboratories Inc provided

testing for E. coli and other bacteria in the herders’ water sources. Dental care supplies have been donated by Alan Walker of All Season Dental as well as Henry Schein, a distributor of medical, dental and veterinary supplies.

Other organizations have donated items for a silent auction where proceeds were used to meet the herders’ health related needs, while other agencies have contributed by offering free animal checkups, handmade fleece quilts and pillowcases, donated mattresses and sleeping bags and holiday goody bags.

Quiroz’s goal is to inspire her students and the community to learn about other cultures while providing service to vulnerable populations. She chooses to help these people simply because she can. “(The sheepherders are) an underserved population that is there needing someone to advocate for them, so why not me? I think I have the position, the knowledge, and the ability to give them a voice,” said Quiroz.

“Nursing is about caring for others and if I don’t do it, somebody else will, but fortunately for them and myself, I get to have the pleasure of being part of this as often as I can.

It’s truly gratifying.”

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stered nurse at Allied ted in the lab in the fall mpleted the lab, Broam herders on her own. tudents that have been clinical are truly the m. “I don’t know about s—but my semester— that we made a differ. I think it’s important. pective for sure. They hopefully taught them.” s Elaina Hilton and Jileraction with the herdMcCall, where they asture, health and needs. eloped exercises and

short lectures for herders and presented them in Spanish at the ranch.

“I did know a little bit about the culture before,” Vaughan said. “They’re very loving, family oriented cultures, so to think about them being separated from their homes and isolated out here, it seems so important to just come and see them.”

The nursing students recognize the importance of their lab on a small and large scale.

“There are a lot of needs in this community right here, but if you look at the bigger picture, and just how foreign workers are treated and how few regulations there are to protect them,” said Vaughan. “If you think about our past programs like the Bracero Program, we just don’t have a good history with treating our foreign workers very well and protecting them in any way.”

Quiroz’s goal of cultural immersion and increased awareness has taken hold in her nursing students who now recognize the lack of human rights these workers experience in Idaho.

“This is a perfect example with their living conditions, their wages, their food and their medical access,” Hilton said. “I had no idea

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Find finals relief amongst holiday, winter events News Editor

Hundreds of students gathered in the frigid 14 degree weather on Dec. 4 to watch the annual campus tree lighting.

The event was full of holiday cheer and Bronco spirit.

Appearances were made by Buster Bronco, the university choir, Bronco cheerleaders and even a reindeer.

Students were able to catch a break from the cold by visiting the complimentary hot chocolate stand.

Shortly after 6 p.m. Buster Bronco took the stage and the countdown began to light the massive tree in the center of the quad.

Buster flipped the large switch and the night lit up with orange and blue lights anouncing the arival of the holiday season.

The Finals Relief events page on the Student Involvement and Leadership Center website is full of other events for stressed and exhausted students to attend.

The events students can find online are as follows:

Pajama Party Radio Takeover

Friday 12/11, from 7 P.M. - Midnight in the Student Union Game Center: Free with Student ID.

Late Night Breakfast

Sun., Dec. 12/13, from 9 - 11 P.M. in the Student

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Union dining area: Need a valid student ID.

Library Cram Snacks, Coffee & Activities

From Sunday 12/13 – Wednesday 12/16, Starting at 10 P.M. in the Albertsons Library.

Free Massages

From Monday 12/14 Thursday 12/17, from 11 A.M. – 2 P.M. in the Student Union Atrium.

Puppy Love Therapy & Service Dog Program

From Monday 12/14 – Thursday 12/17, from 11 A.M. – 2 P.M. in the Student Union Atrium: Dogs will visit these residence halls from 6-8 P.M.: Monday 12/14 – Towers Residence Hall Lobby; Tuesday 12/15 – Suites Clearwater Community Center; Wednesday 12/16 – Chaffee & Keiser Residence Halls.

Celebration Station

From Monday 12/14 – Thursday 12/17, from 11 A.M. – 2 P.M. in the Student Union Atrium.

Upcycle Ornament Workshop

Wednesday 12/16, from 4 – 6 P.M. in the Cycle Learning Center.

Finals Hot Springs Trip

Friday 12/18 at the Idaho Hot Springs: Register Online by 12/15; $33 per person; Visit the Outdoor Rental Center inside the Campus Recreation Building or go online for more information.

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neuromorphic engineering has promising future Cheyene Austin Asst. Culture Editor

Whether it’s autonomous robotics, computer science or biomedical technology, neuromorphic engineering has its hand in the future of every field.

Kurtis Cantley, assistant professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, is the principle investigator of the Cantley Research Group, which studies neuromorphic architectures and nano-systems.

According to Cantley, neuromorphic engineering has been around since the late 1980s, but interest has only recently taken off due to prog-

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ress from the neuroscience community in understanding how the brain works and new electronic device technologies such as memristors and resistive random access memories.

Neuromorphic engineering has application across many fields, including prosthetics and treatment of neurological diseases.

“One of the ultimate things we want to do is to have the ability for our circuits to communicate bi-directionally with neurons in the brain,” Cantley said. “This would open up many avenues for not only understanding how the brain works, but also being able to diagnose or even treat conditions and neurological disor-

ders such as epilepsy, depression, PTSD or even replace lost functionality due to traumatic brain injury.”

Another area of study neuromorphic engineering affects is the development of autonomous robots—machines that can perform tasks without human interference. This includes self-driving vehicles, robots that perform missions in space, machines that conduct inspections in factories and even autonomous weapons and drones used in military combat.

“We are working to build circuits that exhibit the same complex behaviors as neurons and synapses in the brain,” Cantley said. “The goal is to

eventually develop powerefficient intelligent computers that can integrate large amounts of complex environmental information—from hundreds or thousands of different sensors, for example— and pilot vehicles or robots autonomously.”

Cantley said there is substantial progress in having digital computers do useful things like driving cars and detecting anomalies in data streams. However, he explained it takes a lot of energy to do these things if the system isn’t designed for it, so building custom hardware—which is what the Cantley Research Group is working on now— will eventually reduce energy

consumption of those systems.

Many people, including freshman business major Natilee Shaffer, wonder about artificial intelligence and if, one day, humans and robots will coexist.

“Artificial intelligence is both helpful and scary. Computers can do things we can’t more efficiently. But it’s also scary because there can be glitches,” Shaffer said. “You can hack into computerized things. If we put all our trust in artificial intelligence, things can go wrong and it might not be a good thing, especially with self-driving cars.”

Cantley’s research isn’t focused on fulfilling this vision,

but he doesn’t rule out this scenario in the world’s future.

“I think in the long term computers will be able to think just like humans and interact with us as well,” Cantley said. “Hopefully we can find ways to make this happen in a positive, symbiotic manner, more like TARS from ‘Interstellar’ and less like the HAL 9000 from ‘2000: A Space Odyssey.’”

In the short term, however, Cantley believes cell phones and computers will have chips that learn people’s habits, understand commands and commonly-used phrases and help humans to be more productive overall.

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Learn about the history of Albertsons Library Brittany Lindstrom

Albertson’s Library Special Collections / the arbiter

Culture Edtior

The final, frantic dash to the end of the semester is here, and Monday, Dec. 7 marked the start of Albertsons Library’s two weeks of non-stop finals action.

While students prepare to occupy the facility 24 hours a day, few students may take the time to consider the history behind their temporary lodging.

2014 marked Albertsons Library’s 50th anniversary in its current—yet everchanging—facilities. From its simple beginnings as a shared library in St. Margaret’s School, Albertsons Library has been aiding Boise’s students for over 120 years.

Humble Beginnings

Founded by the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho, St. Margaret’s School for Women—located in the Northend of Boise—was the first home of Boise Junior College in 1932.

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Long before the founding of Boise Junior College, St. Margaret’s School maintained its own library facility, which was established in 1892.

According to The Arbiter article “The 1929 Stock Market Crash Spawns Boise’s First College,” written

by Shelly Horton in 2011, Boise Junior College was founded in reaction to the 1929 market crash, which left many parents unable to send their children out of the Boise area for higher education.

St. Margaret’s served both student populations and the library shared its collection and 30 seats until the fledgling college moved into the newly constructed Administration Building in 1940. According to Horton’s article, students also frequented Boise’s Carnegie Public Library—now Boise Public Library—for their studies.

With the move, Boise Junior College was able to enjoy its own space as well as its own library. The Ad-

ministration Building was a multipurpose facility, complete with classrooms, the first student union location and the first iteration of the College Library.

Located in the east wing of the Administration Building, the library was able to seat 104 students and contained 4,500 books.

World War II Book Boom

Boise Junior College saw a tremendous boom in attendance following the conclusion of World War II. By 1946, the student population grew by 250 percent and the library received a bonus to its budget to accommodate war veterans acclimating to student life.

In 1955, the Administration Building sacrificed a chemistry lab in order to expand the library’s usable space. 1960 saw the library’s collection expand to over 20,000 items, and the growing collection and student body desperately needed a larger space.

A bond to construct a

new building for the expanding library was originally shot down by Boise’s citizens in 1961. Vigilance payed off, and an $800,000 bond was granted in November of 1962 for the new building.

Completed in the spring of 1964, this new building housed the library on its first floor—complete with separate rooms dedicated to typing papers and smoking—while English, speech, and art classes were conducted on the second floor.

Age of Expansion

A scant four years later, the library was in dire need of another expansion. In 1965, Boise Junior College had been promoted to Boise College—renamed Boise State College in 1969—and began to offer four-year baccalaureate degrees.

The dizzying boom in both student population and catalogue item count continued. In 1968, the library received a federal

grant to take over the second floor of the building.

The State of Idaho also granted the much-needed funds for building expansion—adding $2 million in funding from the Permanent Building Fund.

This expansion, completed between 1970 and 1972 elevated the facility to its current four floors and added a picturesque fountain in front of the building. This fountain was removed at a later date.

At this time, the library’s collection had grown to over 112,000 items and added the rare books and map collections. Two years later, Boise State College would become Boise State University.

A new name

A final expansion, completed in 1995, not only patched more space onto the front of the library, it also renamed the facility in honor of the expansion’s largest donator. In 1990, Albertsons Inc. announced it was donating $6 million

to the library for building expansion. Once again, the State of Idaho offered funding, bringing the total cost to $10 million.

Terry Madden, associate professor and librarian, recalls a rogue visitor during construction.

“I came to work one Saturday morning and, while I was on the Reference Desk, I noticed we had a chipmunk popping around.” Madden said.

“Several of our student employees took turns trying to catch him. It took about and hour and a half, but they finally managed to relocate him to the great outdoors.”

Today, Albertsons Library includes more than 678,000 books as well as periodicals, the Maker Lab, Special Collections, databases and a Starbucks.

Over the years and countless expansions, the library has been there to serve students and help them achieve their academic best.

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Brittany Lindstrom Culture Editor

Quietly wedged between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is Small Business Saturday. As the title suggests, Small Business Saturday is largely focused on helping support small and local businesses who are often overlooked during the holiday season for larger, shinier, big-ticket purchases offered by retail companies.

Students may be surprised to learn that Small Business Saturday was not founded in 2010 by a coalition of small business owners, but Amer-

ican Express OPEN—a unit of the credit card company which focuses on aiding smaller companies. According to their official website, Small Business Saturday generated approximately $14.3 billion nationwide at independent stores in 2014.

While the official Small Business Saturday has already come and gone, students can still find plenty of deals in person and online. Shopping locally has numerous benefits for local communities. These benefits include bolstering the local economy, generating

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more jobs and is kinder to the environment by reducing the amount of fossil fuels used to ship from big box online retailers.

Local businesses and independent artists can, at times, be difficult to find.

Operating a smaller business often translates into having very little funding for advertising and market outreach. Aside from going door-to-door and visiting every shop in Downtown Boise, students can search online to get a feel for where they want to shop.

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cal organization whose priority is finding and connecting local businesses in Boise and the Garden City area together. Students can read up about local business news and events on their Facebook page, or utilize their official website to find local shops by name or what they sell.

Students have probably seen their bright orange logo on the backs of vehicles, sides of bicycles and hanging on store windows.

This sticker, when placed on a store, serves as a visual guide to which locations in the Boise area are members.

For example, students searching for new or used books can visit Rediscovered Books on 8th Street, while students in need of locally-crafted art and quirky Idaho-themed gifts may want to consider visiting Bricolage in the eco district of downtown.

With finals approaching, students may be a little pressed for time and unable to escape their studies long enough to visit a brick and

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Students can make large impact for local businesses

Boise houses several small businesses. mortar store. Etsy, the online market for handmade goods and vintage items, might be the least likely candidate for students looking to support local businesses.

Yet, thanks to Etsy’s search functionality, this independent giant allows treasure hunters to search for independent sellers located in a specific area.

Students can peruse stores such as The Dapper Jackalope which focuses on quirky illustrations and col-

oring books for children of all ages, or Purr Body for locally crafted bath and body products.

Regardless of where a student chooses to shop, they can feel good knowing their purchases go to directly support Boise’s economy by helping business owners and independent creators stay stable. Plus, students can look amazing and thoughtful when their loved one opens up that perfect gift.

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Key stretch coming up before Broncos enter conference play After a 100-36 demolition of division III opponent Willamette University at Taco Bell Arena on Wednesday night, Leon Rice has his 4-4 Broncos heading into a key stretch before hitting conference play on Jan. 2, against Colorado State.

The Broncos have five games before they take on the Rams, and all five should be close ones. Boise State will play at University of Portland (West Coast Conference, 4-4), and then will be home for their final four against Loyola Marymount University (West Coast Conference, 4-3), No. 15 University of Oregon (Pac-12, 6-0), Bradley University (Missouri Valley Conference, 1-7) and lastly UC Davis (Big West, 4-2).

The five game stretch is crucial for a team looking to gain some momentum after dropping three of their first four losses to AP top 25 opponents. A 5-0 record in the next five games would put the Broncos in a prime position heading into conference play, but head coach Leon Rice knows the challenges that lie ahead.

“We’ve got a tough stretch after Portland with Loyola, who’s playing a lot better.

They took Oregon State down to the wire the other night and then you’ve got Oregon, who is probably playing better than anybody in the Pac-12,” Rice said. “This preseason is shaping up to be one of toughest we’ve ever had.”

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This preseason is shaping up to be one of toughest we’ve ever had.

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ment, they need to pull out the film and statistics that got them to the big dance the previous year. Last season, Boise State ranked 28th in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 60 points per game.

The first eight games of this year have told a much different story. The Broncos are 110th in the country in scoring defense, allowing 67.6 points per game. That includes Wednesday night’s game, where Boise State allowed 36 points they tied for third fewest points allowed in program history this was a step in the right direction.

Unfortunately, that 110 ranking sounds pretty low compared to the teams ranking in field goal percentage defense. The Broncos are 196th in the nation, letting teams shoot 43.1 percent against them.

Part of the problem has been an unknown identity among the roster. Rice has constantly plugged guys in and out of the starting lineup, and players like Chandler Hutchison have seen 34 minutes in one game and then only 14 in the next.

Early on in last season’s campaign, Rice went with a plethora of guys before trimming down the rotation in conference play. On the 2014-

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15 squad, Rice had specific role guys off the bench who were willing to come into the game and take a charge. For example, Rob Heyer—who was always willing to put his body on the line—and Jake Ness had one of the biggest plays of the season last year coming off the bench and taking a charge against Colorado State. That play resulted in a technical foul from Colorado State head coach Larry Eustachy and gave Boise State a huge conference win, 82-78.

Boise State made these type of plays last season to get themselves a 28th ranked scoring defense, a Mountain West Championship and a NCAA tournament berth.

The year before, in 201314, Boise State finished fourth in the Mountain West, 21-13 overall and was left out of the NCAA tournament.

The Broncos finished the season ranked 145th in scoring defense and allowed 69 points a game.

“We’re probably a C+ moving up,” Rice said about the defense. “I think we are getting better. I’ve seen that at practice and it doesn’t always translate right away. Eventually, we’re going to show up and start becoming a pretty good defensive basketball team.”

*After Saturday’s matchup with Portland, the Broncos will head home for five games that last until January 5th

*A key ingredient to wins since 2011-12 has been assists.

When the Broncos have at least 15 assists in a game, they are 37-1 since 2011-12 *The 64-point victory over Willamette on Wed. was the second largest margin of victory in school history.

The largest margin of victory came on Jan. 5, 2013 over Walla Wall where the Broncos won by 67 points.

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In sports, doubleheaders are usually a rare treat for fans. They are always offering promotions and the consecutive games satisfy the public’s growing sports appetite. While the fans certainly love to see them, doubleheaders can be a scheduling nightmare.

Normally, they are used to make up for postponed games or scheduling conflicts, but they are rarely planned due to the fact that it is simply very hard to accommodate everybody comfortably.

This was the case for the Broncos Nov. 13, when scheduling conflicts with a concert forced them to play their game against Cal State Fullerton at the old Bronco Gym. “It was brutal,” said Boise State Associate Athletic Director Max Corbet.

“But, that’s conference policy. It’s really by design and they prefer not to play double headers, but sometimes, at least once or twice a year, it happens and you make the best of it.”

This year, the Broncos’ basketball program schedule lists two same-venue doubleheaders at Taco Bell arena on Nov. 6 and Nov. 16. This is earlier than the past basketball schedules at Taco Bell Arena. Normally, doubleheaders are scheduled later in the season when the arena knows all the dates of the upcoming games and can schedule around it.

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“Normally the plan is can you schedule those later in the season,” said Corbett.

“The conference is really rigid. During the preseason, everybody’s trying to make their schedule and also that’s when the Taco Bell Arena is most busy.

They’re either going to be able to get teams to play on a certain day and they can only come at this time; and we can’t just get anything else scheduled. The building knows come January, February and March, the dates of the games and they’re able to schedule around them easier. It’s the early part of the season when they don’t know because they’re trying to scramble and get scheduled games.”

Same—venue double headers are great opportunities for promotions and building your brand.

Boise State has had issues with policy conflicts that include reserve seating at mens’ games but not womens’, meaning fans must move to a new seat in between games and one progam is broadcasted while the other is left out in the cold.

“Logistically, for us, we don’t want to do it because even if it’s tight, you come in and see the women’s game, and then you have to move for the next one and that’s a pain,” Corbet said.

When creating schedules with teams of college athletes, it is not likely you will be able to have the perfect schedule Every team must make the best of the schedule they are

able to get. Doubleheaders are scheduled as a result of conflicting availability. While Boise State has done a great job handling their schedules, the process never gets less stressful.

“It seems like we’re our own worst enemies sometimes,” said Corbett. “You have schedules, and for example, you don’t want to play Wednesdays but we have to sometimes. And Thursdays are tied with road trips, so athletes start missing too much class, there can be are a lot of variables.”

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Don’t hate your weight during the new year Tiffany Poole Staff Writer

‘Tis the season—everyone is hungry. And during the holidays, just like decorations, food presentations are everywhere. For some, the food may be the best part of holidays— all of the cookies, pies pastries, holiday drinks—the delicious list can go on and on for the sugary wonderland.

It is important for students to have everything they want to eat during the holidays, making it common for students to diet be-

fore going home for the celebration. That is because they know they will gain weight while eating all that junk, so they are trying to even out their bodies’ appearance for the aftermath.

Director of sports nutrition, Hilary Horton-Brown, believes it is still possible to eat grandma’s favorite pie, and still maintain a healthy weight and mentality.

“Something I always tell my athletes is to always grab a healthy alternative for the things you are willing to have an alternative for, like a healthy kind of

cookie,” Horton-Brown said. “If you don’t have anything at all, you will end up cheating and then you’ll get upset with yourself by the time it is January first.”

But just because there are unhealthy treats around, doesn’t mean students should avoid them completely. “We are going to have favorites and there are some favorites you just cannot make healthy. But I believe in eating those things and fully enjoying them without beating yourself up over it,” Horton-Brown said.

“So, I would just say be easy on yourself for eating those foods, but be very aware of eating them in moderation. Try to have some power foods, like fruits and vegetables added to everything with few treats in between.”

During the holidays, there is a loss of time for physical activity. The gym can fall to the bottom of the list and is usually pushed on to the next day’s to do list in order to achieve other tasks. The process is repeated over and over. Start a trend with the family of

a holiday physical activity, like the Turkey Day 5K or even a pushup competition with your siblings.

“If you are active, you can’t afford to go through bad diet for a couple of weeks. Your performance will show and you will definitely feel it,” HortonBrown said. “Picture intervals, or a 30 to 45 minute workout, to maintain the quick pace for a timely, yet effective workout.

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