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Biuek Kuiko came to the U.S. with his family from Nepal. Students volunteer to help refugees in Boise develop literacy, find jobs and integrate them into the community.

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Refugees in Idaho face mountains of English, debt Samantha Royce Journalist Several hundred refugees come to Idaho every year. The International Rescue Committee is one of several organizations that help them settle into a new life.

“Think about yourself,” IRC Community Outreach specialist Keziah Sullivan said. “Or your brother or your sister or someone you know … Would you turn them away?”

Sullivan spoke at an event called “Refugee Journeys: Rebuilding Lives in Idaho” Nov. 11 in the Student Union Building. The event was sponsored by the Boise State Anthropology Club. Sullivan opened the presentation with the story of “Farouk” (a fictitious name), a 10-year-old boy from the Congo.

“Several men with machetes entered his home, grabbed his dad,” Sullivan said. The family could hear shooting outside. Farouk’s mother begged the men not to rape her or kill her husband. The men dragged him outside anyway. Farouk and his family waited for his father for a long time. But when he didn’t return, they left their house and fled across the river to a refugee camp in Tanzania.

Eventually Farouk and his family settled in Boise. Several years have gone by. He still has not seen his father.

“He does not want to entertain the thought that his dad might not actually be alive,” Sullivan said.

Sullivan is originally from Kenya.

She worked with Rwandan refugees there, but decided to come to Boise when the IRC had a job opening.

Keziah Sullivan, a community outreach specialist for the International Rescue Committee spoke to students and the community Friday on the many challenges refugees face in Boise.

“When I came here 10 years ago … you could spot me from a mile off, this black-skinned woman,” Sullivan said. “There was no diversity.”

Now, Sullivan said things are different. There are several thousand refugees in Boise from a range of different countries. Farouk is just one of many. The majority of refugees right now are either Iraqis or ethnic Nepalese from Bhutan.

Many of the Iraqi refugees worked for the American military in Iraq as translators or logistics staff.

“As a result, they have become targets,” Sullivan said.

Life in America and other countries can be difficult for refugees.

Many of them have spent their entire lives doing jobs that aren’t useful to them here. Children such as Farouk often struggle in school.

The language barrier is a huge obstacle for both adult and child refugees. The IRC helps refugees learn English. They also teach them skills such as computer literacy that will help them get jobs.

“Refugees have a very, very deep work ethic,” Sullivan said. “They are willing to take the more menial jobs.”

Even so, it can be very hard for refugees to find work. They get financial assistance for about a year, a time period when they must search for work. More than 70 percent of refugees are women and children.

It’s even harder for the women to find jobs than men. Many refugee women are uneducated and even illiterate.

Debt is an additional hardship.

The U.S. government pays for the refugees’ plane tickets, but the refugees must eventually pay the gov-

ernment back. In many cases, the cost per ticket is more than $1,000.

But thanks to organizations such as the IRC, refugees don’t have to throw away hope. The IRC provides refugees with financial assistance, language tutoring and job search help. They welcome volunteers who would like to assist refugees.

For information on how to volunteer, visit theirc.org.

The BSU Anthropology Club is hosting the Basic Needs Project, a donation drive for refugees that ends Nov. 19. Donations such as hygiene products, winter hats and shoes can be dropped off at the Anthropology Department in the Hemingway Building.

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Journalist My name is Edina Macic. I am 19 years old and from Konjic, Bosnia. When I was 9 years old, I moved to the United States. Today, I’m the Faculty Senate beat reporter for The Arbiter.

A move to a new house can be fun. A move to the other side of the world is a shock.

My parents decided to move to America for a new opportunity after nothing was left after the war from 1991 to 1996. I can only recall the stories my mother told me about the experience both of my parents went through at that time.

America is the new land of opportunities, I was told.

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On Aug. 18, 1999 we moved to California. My family and I were refugees coming to America. Flying over the ocean we finally landed in New York. Being refugees, we sought help and received a sponsor, someone we could live with until we found our own place.

Ready to board the next plane, our boarding passes were not accepted. The only member of my family who spoke any English was my older sister.

My mother panicked because we just got told our sponsor was not able to accept us because he was not financially able. They instead explained we were moving to “Boise, Idaho.”

Is Idaho in America?

We had never heard of Idaho and now we are moving there.

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Moving for me was bad enough, and moving to an unknown state was worse. I boarded the plane to Boise and was on my way to a new life.

My first steps from the Boise airport, I stood next to a tall man with cowboy boots, a hat and a cigarette between his hands. His tongue moved inside his mouth splurging out words I could not understand.

The family that took us in didn’t look any different from the man I saw coming off the plane. A woman, man and their daughter were holding a sign with my family’s last name.

The woman had black hair parted in the middle with two braids to about her lower back. The man stood tall with a jean jacket, jeans and brown boots. Their daughter

If ‘Teen Wolf’ were a bartender, he’d wish he was half as good as me.”

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It’s estimated one of every four college women have been victims of rape or attempted rape after the age of 14, according to a Department of Justice Report. The damage could affect classmates, a friend, a neighbor, a loved one. Male assault statistics are hard to specify, as they are rarely reported.

It’s difficult to put a number on an incident where fewer than five percent of victims actually report the crime, according to the Department of Justice.

On Oct. 10 a woman falsely claimed to have been attacked under Capitol Bridge. She said she was walking on the Greenbelt when a man attacked her from behind.

In 2006, a similar false report was filed. A Boise State student leader claimed to have been attacked because of his sexual orientation. After several candle light vigils and rallies protesting oppression, he finally admitted to having fabricated the report.

Reports such as this are rare, according to Violence Awareness and Response Coordinator Adriane Bang.

“The percentage of folks who legitimately report (sexual assaults) ranges from 92-98 percent,” she said.

The percent who do falsely report sexual assault put an unnecessary strain on the Boise Police Department’s time and resources.

“We find officers spent a significant amount of time on these cases, time that may have been taken away from other legitimate reports with victims in real need of police assistance,” Boise Police Communications Director Lynn Hightower said.

The reasons exactly why someone might fabricate a police report are hard to pinpoint, but there are several possible reasons. was dressed as a school girl, wearing knee high socks and a skirt. I had never seen this.

I was shy because I didn’t know how to introduce myself in English -- let alone talk to them. We all headed to our new house.

Passing the city of Boise in mid August was beautiful. Soon there was nothing in sight.

We arrived in Nampa, in the middle of nowhere. This family lived on a farm.

I looked up at my mom and asked, “Mom, zasto smo mi

“Research has shown that when people do fabricate a sexual assault allegation, it might be to create a ‘cover story’ for having gotten pregnant or having an STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) and they don’t want to admit willing sexual activity to parents or others,” assistant professor of Psychology Elizabeth Morgan said. “It could involve revenge or retribution or the desire to extort money directed towards a particular person (who is accused of sexual assault), or out of an overwhelming need for attention.”

“It is very uncommon for these (false) accusations to get very far and women (or) men are much more likely to suffer rape victimization and not report the crime,” Morgan said.

False reports are not taken lightly.

“Filing a false police report is a misdemeanor with a penalty of up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine,” Hightower said.

While falsified reports put a strain on the police department, they also play a part in discouraging real life victims from reporting an assault.

“It’s hard enough to recover from a sexual assault when people believe you and they don’t question whether you’re telling the truth,” Counseling Services Director Dan Timberlake said. “When people hear stories like this, that then creates doubt ... (and) makes it even more painful to try to recover.”

Bang works with men and women who have been sexually assaulted. She said while victims don’t directly state the impact that false claims have had on them, they definitely seem to contribute to their fear that they may not be believed.

“When victims do not feel comfortable to report or seek support, not only do they miss out on the support essential to their healing, but our society misses out on the opportunity to hold perpetrators accountable and to implement sanctions that would stop perpetrators from victimizing even more loved ones in our community,” Bang said.

While evidence shows false reporting can negatively strain the public’s view on the seriousness of sexual assault, Bang said that it is important to view every case under the philosophy that every victim is innocent.

“We know that most victims legitimately report, and that it is so damaging to our loved ones and our community to presume otherwise,” she said.

dosli ovde?” (“Mom, why did we come here?”)

I was confused, sad and alone.

I didn’t like the setting of a farm and the women who looked like people I’ve only seen in old Western films. To ease all this, we sat in her home with no communication being exchanged.

I broke the silence of saying, “I’m hungry,” but in Bosnian.

The women brought back a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

This was my first meal in America. The next two months I lived

on this farm with only cows and horses in sight. I mastered English, and my parents found us a new place to live in Boise.

Knowing English, I immediately felt like I fit in with the rest of the kids at school. I soon began to forget the communication and adaptation struggles my family and I went through to get to where we are now.

I’m a journalism major at Boise State and still love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I have adapted quite well.

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“Truck” companies’ tasks include setting up ventilation, using forcible entry and doing search and rescue, “engines” are used primarily to put the fire out.

“It’s going really, really well.

We started at about 8:30 a.m. ... and we’ll be done by about five or six (p.m.),” he said.

A Boise Fire Department fireman walks along Lincoln Avenue Saturday afternoon during a training burn. The B.F.D. typically does two to three per year.

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If you happened to zip past Lincoln Avenue Saturday and saw a dozen fire engines and trucks, you can relax -- it was just a drill.

Boise State donated an old building near Lincoln Drive and University Drive for the fire department to use for a training burn. At 12:30 p.m. the building’s windows were broken and some light pre-burning had taken place, but the complete burn was to start at 1:30 p.m. and go to about 5-6 p.m., according to John Peugh, battalion chief for the Boise Fire Department.

The fire department doesn’t often get the opportunity to do these training burns, just two or three times a year, Peugh said.

“We’re fortunate now to get this house,” Peugh said.

The burn will include about

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Students swayed by sweet, salty fat

The sound of murmured orders, noisy tills and fatigued deep fat fryers fills the SUB. Tender, greased up chicken coated in salty, crunchy skin slides down the throats of bug-eyed students.

Processions have formed on campus and are populated by oily hands and bulging waists. They stand stark in front of our glutinous new God, Chick-fil-A. According to the Center of Disease Control (CDC) between the years 2007 and 2008, 72.5 million Americans suffered obesity. The numbers continue to rise at a rate of approximately two million people a year. What’s worse is that an estimated 300,000 deaths may be attributable to obesity every year.

These statistics are shocking and honestly, disgusting.

Obesity can be caused by multiple factors -- what to stick in your face is certainly one of them.

This fall, Boise State added a few more inches to its waist with the addition of a new fast food joint.

The student reception for Chick-fil-A was dramatic and sad.

Some students even camped out over night to win free Chick-fil-A for a year.

Yes, free food for a starving college student is exciting and so are the generally low prices of this cholesterol-loving company. But what’s not cheap are the medical bills that accompany a heart attack at 35.

The CDC reported nine states had a rate of obesity equal to or greater than 30 percent. Idaho rested at a sedate 24.5 percent. That means nearly one quarter of Idahoans are considered obese. Ecstatic reactions to another fast food addition to campus is exactly what we don’t need.

Of these grease-loving, fast-food-worshiping students, it would be interesting to see how many were excited about the impressive cancer research happening at our college. Or who had a comparable amount of enthusiasm for the fact that we have the No. 2 wrestling team in the nation.

The excitement that stemmed from the addition of a new fast-food establishment is nothing short of depressing. It illustrates the skewed priorities of our generation.

The United States has been stuffing its pudgy face

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with saturated fat at a startling rate. Childhood obesity has risen 30 percent over the past three years. It’s astounding people are still turning from this gross reality to stuff more ketchup-soaked fries into their ever-gaping mouths.

In recent years, Boise State has been striving to make its image more “green” by doing things such as establishing a “Green Team” with the mission of promoting sustainability on campus and throughout the greater community.

There is also the rooftop garden in the Student Union Building which was built to teach students how to grow food and create a sustainable food source for themselves.

Chick-fil-A, or any fast-food restaurant for that matter, is nothing short of the antithesis of the “green” image.

Pinching pennies is important to many college students and, of course, this new establishment plays well to a low budget. However, it may be wise for students to consider surrendering some of the money, which will inevitably be spent on weekend beers, to picking healthier choices for eating on a daily basis.

Opt out of the more than 800-calorie nugget and fries meal. Instead, spend a couple more bucks on healthy options. Hearts all around campus will be much happier without the extra 40 grams of fat.

“The way we see it” is based on the majority opinions of The Arbiter editorial board. Members of the board are Bob Beers, editor in chief; Kirk Bell, managing editor; Haley Robinson, opinion editor; Andrew Ford, news editor; Josh Gamble, online editor; Rebecca De Leon, culture editor; and Jessica Swider, opinion producer.

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Chicken Sandwich

Calories: 430 Calories from fat: 150 Fat: 17g Saturated fat: 3.5g Choleterol: 65 mg

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Sodium: 1,370 mg

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Calories: 400 Calories from fat: 160 Fat: 17g Saturated fat: 3.5g Choleterol: 105 mg Sodium: 1,480 mg Hillary Kinzy, chemistry, freshman “I’m really ex-

cited Chick-fil-A is here ... I love the waffle fries.”

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Calories: 430 Calories from fat: 210 Fat: 23g Saturated fat: 4.5g Choleterol: 0 mg Sodium: 210 mg

Steve Hernandez, history, freshman “I

don’t like Chick-fil-A at all ... it’s really cruel what they do to animals.”

What you should be eating each day Ben Meyer, mechanical engineering, junior “I

got a (free sample) when they were handing them out, and it was pretty good. I’d never had a chicken sandwich with pickles before.”

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Chick-fil-A provides students with another option for campus meals and has spawned a plethora of debate among supporters and protestors.

• Calories: Moderately active males between 19-30: 2,600-2,800 • Calories: Moderately active females between 19-30: 2,000-2,200 • Fat calories: Limit total fat intake to less than 25–35 percent of your total calories each day • Saturated fat: Limit intake to less than 7 percent of total daily calories • Cholesterol: Limit intake to less than 300 mg per day • Sodium: Prepare foods with little or no salt to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Aim to eat less than 1,500 mg of sodium per day

Hailey Sorenson, elementary education, freshman “I got 52 free

meals to (Chick-fil-A). I’d never had it before, but it’s really good.”

When Amazon pulled Phillip R. Greave’s e-book “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure” Wednesday, the online giant had only public relations in mind. They aren’t too concerned about the content of their products, so long as there are readers willing to buy them. As a retailer, they have one purpose, and that is to cater to their customers.

Amazon said it best when responding to the customer outcries against Greave’s smut: “Amazon does not support or promote hatred or criminal acts, however, we do support the right of every individual to make their own purchasing decisions.”

The company has a right to sell books containing all sorts of disagreeable subject matter. Yet, when they pulled that bit of trash from its virtual shelf, Amazon proved profit takes precedence over free-speech principals. In the free market, they can do whatever they want, so long as they don’t break the law.

The company’s success stems from its huge offering of products, not because it’s choosy about what it sells. Amazon is good at what it does, and for the most part, people don’t make too big of a scene when they see something they don’t like. Apparently, how-to guides on pedophilia aren’t staples of the mainstream.

After Amazon pulled “The Pedophile’s Guide...” PETA President Jeffrey P. Bezos took the opportunity to further PETA’s mission to vegan-ize the world. He sent a letter on behalf of the organization requesting that Amazon spread some of its appeasing loyalty with its animal loving customers. PETA wants Amazon to pull titles that promote animal cruelty.

PETA spokesperson, Lindsey Rajt told CNN, “At a time when Amazon is coming out very publicly against books on pedophilia, this is a prime time for Amazon to step up and stop selling books that promote other illegal activity, like dogfighting and cockfighting.”

Anyone who enjoys hurting animals needs psychiatric care, and anyone who gets off on sexually abusing children should be sterilized. Yet, it’s really important for each and every person to have access to an equitable information platform. That is what public libraries should be. Amazon is not a philanthropic organization. It’s a retailer.

Though PETA’s demand has its basis in fairness, unless loads of customers throw a fit and threaten boycott, and even then, it’s doubtful the company will cave. PETA’s known for its extreme rhetoric and there are quite a few omnivorous animal lovers out there. Though animal cruelty is horribly offensive, for many people, it pales in comparison to the sexual abuse of children.

The beauty and pain of life begins at the first breath. All fall victim to imperfect upbringings and the many injustices therein. Yet, the notion that people born in America have a right to choose some beliefs and reject others is foundational to the American dream. The free-flow of information allows citizens to transcend their backgrounds, if they want to.

Amazon is a big corporation giving people what they want. Don’t like the products? Don’t by them, and in the mean time, submit a complaint.

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Senior safety Jeron Johnson had a blocked punt in the first quarter Friday at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho. BSU led 28-0 after the first quarter and won 52-14.

Exclamation point Broncos, Vandals finish 40-year in-state rivalry on 12-game BSU win-streak Kirk Bell

Managing Editor MOSCOW, Idaho -- History had written a story of Boise State (9-0, 5-0 Western Athletic Conference) and the University of Idaho (4-6, 1-4 WAC) where each had strong runs against one another. The last game the Vandals won against the No. 4 Broncos set the stage for a 12 season venture to get even.

Friday night in Moscow the Broncos ended a long history of rivalry and emotion by evening that score, matching the Vandals’ previous record of 12-straight games won, before parting ways with no plans in motion to extend the annual in-state engagement.

The Broncos opened up with a threeand-out against the Vandals where U of I

quarterback Nathan Enderle aired the ball out before being forced to punt. Sophomore wide receiver and punt returner Chris Potter received the punt at his own 24-yard line, ran through a couple defenders and found a seam and the end zone for a 76-yard touchdown less than a minute into the game.

“Our whole deal was getting out there and starting fast,” Potter said. “And so I think that really kind of gave us a boost and we’re excited and I’m glad it finally worked out for us.”

In the first quarter alone, the Broncos tallied two interceptions, three touchdowns, a punt returned for a touchdown and a blocked punt. Quite possibly their best 15 minutes of play this season.

The Broncos scored three more touchdowns before the end of the first quarter: an 8-yard touchdown run by junior running

back Doug Martin, a 1-yard rush by senior Jeremy Avery and a 58-yard pass from junior quarterback Kellen Moore.

Moore threw two more touchdowns, one to redshirt freshman Gabe Linehan and another to Avery. Moore finished the game with 19 completions, 216 passing yards and three touchdown passes. Moore has thrown no less than two touchdown passes in a single game this season, totaling 24.

Avery steps out from the shadows

Early during the season, Avery was slotted as the No. 3 running back on the BSU depth chart after completing a 1,000-yard 2009 season. He’s now scored 11 touchdowns, leading the team in trips to the end zone. He knew the season was long and head coach Chris Petersen reiterated his time would come.

“You never know how the season progresses,” Avery said. “You never know how it’s going to change and what it’s going to bring to you because it’s a long season, Coach Pete told me, and it is and that’s how you’ve got to go with it.”

His journey has delivered a career where he has never tasted defeat to the Vandals. It’s something he feels he can take from the rivalry as a badge of honor.

“It actually means a lot,” Avery said. “It’s based on a rivalry no matter how you look at it. It’s a big time game and, to both of us, it means a lot to the team. How we go out there and perform is the best.”

Thompson turns defensive back tide

Senior cornerback Brandyn Thompson made it a point to clear the air of doubt surrounding the BSU secondary. Last week the

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Boise State head coach Leon Rice is perfect at BSU with a 1-0 record thanks to a fine all-around team performance Saturday night.

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Boise State head coach Leon Rice hoped to be the first Broncos men's basketball coach to win his debut since Bobby Dye in 1983.

Rice accomplished the feat as the Broncos decimated division II Western State University (Gunnison, Colorado), 78-52 in the season opener at Taco Bell Arena.

The Broncos were led with a stellar performance by senior point guard La'Shard Anderson. Anderson finished the game with a team-leading 20 points, along with six assists and five rebounds.

“It's a good win, we're going to go into the next game with momentum,” Anderson said.

Boise State has started each of its last four seasons with a win, and have turned in eight-straight homeopening victories. Although, the house wasn't exactly packed for the Saturday night game, the student section was more than solid for the Broncos. Chant-

ing, ranting and heckling throughout the game gave coach Rice and the rest of the Broncos a taste of what the students can help provide at home.

“There were some really encouraging things," Rice said. "I liked the way we broke it open with some defense and some ball movement.”

The Broncos out-hustled, out-ran and out-played the Mountaineers in the first half. Going into the locker room, BSU had shot 53 percent from the field, 50 percent from beyond the arc and 84 percent from the line. With a 22-point halftime lead, the Broncos seemed to put it into cruise-control for the second half. In a span of almost 10 minutes, the Broncos could only manage two field goals and allowed Western to close the gap to 15 points.

Strong defense and the ability to push the ball up court allowed the Broncos to regain their momentum late in the second half. Steals on the defensive end gave way to fast-breaks on the offensive side, giving Anderson and redshirt junior Westley Perryman a chance to show their speed and athleticism in the open court.

Broncos held Hawai’i, college football’s top passing attack, to less than 200 yards and recorded two interceptions against the Vandals Friday night.

“We’re just trying to get better every week,” Thompson said. “We’re a prideful group and we’ve always been and will continue to be. We’re just going to go out every week and try to get better.”

Martin rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns, making it his fourth 100-plus yard game of the season.

Young had five receptions for 75 yards and one touchdown.

The Broncos return home Friday to face Fresno State at Bronco Stadium.

The game can be seen on ESPN2 at 7:30 p.m.

14 Broncos see action in 78-52 annihilation of Western State Free-throw shooting and rebounding were issues the Broncos were hoping to address after their two exhibition games. These points of interest turned into advantages for BSU, finishing 21-24 from the stripe and out-rebounding the Mountaineer's 30-21.

“One thing we did well was rebounding," senior Reggie Arnold said. "We try to go plus a certain number and I think we got way above the number we needed.”

The subs off the bench played a key role in the victory with 14 Broncos seeing action.

“That's what you need, you need your bench to come in, give you a lift and buy you some time,” Rice said. “A lot of the freshman, especially in that first half, really contributed.”

BSU's rotation allowed its starters to stay fresh, which will be a factor when it travels to California later this week. The Broncos face their first two division I opponents of the season in the University of San Diego and the Univerity of California Davis (UC Davis), before they return home Nov. 24 to face Eastern Washington.

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BSU ties rival Oregon State in electrifying wrestling matchup Nikki Hanson Journalist The crowd was on its feet as Alan Bartelli of Boise State wrestled Oregon State’s No. 13 Jason Lara in an exhilarating doubleovertime match.

Bartelli and Lara each scored one point escapes in the first overtime to extend the match to a second overtime. The first period remained scoreless, however, Lara earned an escape to take a 3-2 lead from Bartelli. Bartelli suffered an agonizing loss when he could not answer Lara’s escape in the final overtime.

“He (Bartelli) has wrestled that guy a million times before and every time he wrestles him he gets a little bit better and a little bit closer,” junior Jason Chamberlain said. “The kid (Lara) is really tough, so it breaks my heart that he lost.”

The Boise State dual match with Oregon State promised drama between the two rivals, and the crowd was not disappointed.

Bartelli’s match was just one in a series of gripping moments.

The No. 2 Broncos (1-0-1 overall, 0-0-1 Pac-10) needed a major decision victory in the final match of the night to secure

an 18-18 tie with No. 22 Oregon State (0-0-1, 0-0-1).

Andrew Hochstrasser, who is No. 1 nationally, delivered with an 11-0 victory against No. 14 Kelly Kubec to secure the tie.

Unfortunately, it was not the win that Boise State was looking for. Somehow Kubec managed to avoid getting pinned, despite Hochstrasser’s multiple near falls throughout the match.

“We have wrestled a lot in the past, and he’s been trying to close the gap," Hochstrasser said. "I just wanted to make sure that he knows where he belongs."

Despite Hochstrasser’s dominating presentation, the Broncos were not satisfied with their overall performance.

“The outcome was pretty disappointing," senior Adam Hall said. "I wasn’t really disappointed with my performance, but as far as our team stepping up for our first home dual meet of the season and it being our big rivals, it was pretty disappointing. Our coaches are going to address that.

It’s one of those things where we need to wake up and prove that we’re the number two team in the country.”

Hall, who is also No. 1 nationally, defeated Alex Elder in a big win that earned five team points

for the Broncos. Michael Cuthbertson followed Hall’s lead, winning with a 4-3 decision against Jon Brascetta to put the Broncos on top, 14-0.

Oregon State was quick to answer in the next five match-ups.

The Beavers won at 125,174, 184, 197 and heavyweight classes to take the lead, 18-14, going into the final dual.

“I think they wrestled great," Hochstrasser said. "I think they took advantage of our weaknesses and they came out wanting to beat us."

It was a difficult loss for the Broncos with many opportunities that were not capitalized on.

“You can blame almost every single one of our wrestlers at one point or another,” head coach Greg Randall said. “We needed to get one extra point to win the match and our guys just didn’t have it in them.”

Boise State will travel to Greeley, Colo. next weekend to compete against Northern Colorado University on Friday, then in the UNC Old Chicago Open Saturday.

“It’s back to the grindstone," Hall said. "For us, it’s not back to the drawing board, it’s back to the grindstone cause we know what we need to do."

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The No. 2 Boise State men’s wrestling team was disappointed with the tying effort it gave against No. 22 Oregon State Saturday.

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Oregon State defeated the Broncos in the Pac-10 Championships last season. The upset loss has created high tension between the two schools’ wrestling programs.

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Rose Beal Tony Rogers Journalist Rose Beal was only 11 when Hitler came to power in Germany.

She doesn’t remember the importance of the day because she was too young. Regardless, she remembers her grandmother, normally a strong and disciplined woman, crying profusely. Her grandmother knew Hitler hated the Jews and she was worried about her family and what was to come in the future.

Beal’s grandmother died six weeks later, and never had to live with the knowledge that four of her children, their spouses, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild would all be murdered in the Holocaust.

Thus began the harrowing tale of survival and courage endured by Boise resident Rose Beal.

Beal hosted a lecture in the Student Union Building on Veteran’s Day, an event made possible by a cosponsorship with the Idaho Human Rights Memorial and the Civic Leadership Residential College at Boise State.

The speech, given to a packed house of more than 300 people, was delayed by more than 15 minutes because roughly 100 people overflowed into the hallway, hoping to get a chance to hear Beal’s story.

“Two weeks after Hitler came to power, all Hell broke loose in the streets,” Beal said. “It became so violent in the streets, our parents told us not to go outside or go to the playground.”

The friends she had gathered with in school turned on her. Many Jews were ambushed in the streets by the same people who, a few weeks earlier, were best friends with one another. The German police collected books by Jewish authors and burned them in large bonfires for all to see.

In Beal’s city of Frankfurt, they held

a large book burning in front of City Hall.

“What frightened me the most were these long rows of stormtroopers who were marching down the street, banging on the cobblestones and singing,” Beal said. “I still remember the melody and the lyrics to one of them. It went ‘When Jewish blood is spurting from our lives, things are going well.’ ” About two and a half years later, laws came into effect that stripped Jewish people of their rights. No Jew could hold a government position, Jewish doctors could only treat Jewish patients and all Jewish children were expelled from the public school system. Signs started appearing in storefronts and restaurants that said “No Jews allowed,” and in parks and playgrounds, the signs read “No dogs or Jews allowed.”

“It was after these laws passed that my mother realized that if we were to survive, we would have to escape from Germany,” Beal said.

“We were being treated as if we were sub-human.”

Beal had close relatives in New York City who graciously sent Beal the necessary paperwork to immigrate to the United States. The papers were approved, and Beal was told she would have to wait at least three and a half years before she could come to America. At the time, the U.S. had an immigration quota, and Beal and her family were at the bottom of the list.

“We just hoped that nothing worse would happen to us,” Beal said. “That was not to be.”

More than two years later, things went from bad to worse.

“In the middle of the night, we heard a loud banging at the door. We opened it, and in came three men -- two policemen, and a Gestapo agent. The Gestapo was the secret state police of Nazi Germany.

Beal and her family were marched

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Donald W. Burdick, of Pennsylvania, took this photograph of a body hanging from an open boxcar when he arrived in Germany during the concentration camps’ liberation April 1945. through the streets of Frankfurt in the early morning hours, along with thousands of other Jews. They were led to the main train station, where they were corralled into a decrepit old train. By this point, she knew that they were being deported to Poland.

“We were on that train for one night, and the better part of two days,” Beal said. “When we reached the border town of Beuthen, all Hell broke loose. We were turned over to the stormtroopers,

and they were terrible.”

Stormtoppers met passengers with drawn revolvers, maniacally shooting into the air. They possessed large rubber nightsticks, and severely beat anyone who moved out of the train too slowly.

“Particularly, they would beat the elderly that could not move quickly,” Beal said, her voice shaking from the thought. “They would beat them on the legs.”

Beal recalled how she and her family were corralled once again into a small tunnel, and it soon became so crowded, that people would die standing up, and they could not fall down. The soldiers would beat anyone unlucky enough to get in their way, as was the case for a group of men who began praying. The men refused to stop even after stormtroopers ordered them to, so the soldiers viciously beat them.

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Rose Beal speaks in the Simplot Ballroom in the SUB. She recounts her experiences living in Germany under the rule of Adolf Hitler and her journey to the U.S.

screaming at the men to stop praying, as it seemed the only thing to do to get the beatings to stop,” Beal said.

As they were about to pass through the door at the end of the tunnel, the loudspeakers came on and blared, “Due to the kindness of our Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, you may all now go home.” Beal and her family went back to the station, and waited for the train back to Frankfurt.

“Many years later, I read the statistics of this transport,” Beal said. “There were 17,000 of us on that train.”

Of those 17,000 people, 6,000 made it across the border into Poland, where they were forced into ghettos and killed in Aushwitz, and 9,000 people tried to live in the border region but later died of starvation and disease after war broke out in “No Man’s Land.” The remaining 2,000 were allowed to return to their homes in Germany. However, of those 2,000 people, only 200 made

I want to share with you, that this country has never disappointed me. Between me and my two brothers and my mother, we came here with $2.50. That’s all the Nazi government would let us take. I had a very good life here. We all had a very good life here. We truly lived the American dream.

All of us.

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it out of the country before WWII began. The remaining 1,800 people were murdered in concentration camps. Beal and her family were part of just 200 lucky enough to make it out of Germany.

“I remember the day very vividly.

It was Saturday, May 6, 1939, when we sailed into New York Harbor. I remember standing on the deck of the President Harding and gazing out at the skyline of New York. We saw Lady Liberty standing there to greet us. And we started hugging, and shouting ‘At last, we are free!’ ” Beal held back her tears as much as she could.

Beal opened the floor after the lecture and received questions concerning a variety of topics ranging from her faith, to Aushwitz, to her current feelings of the German government and people. One man, citing Veteran’s Day, asked her what she would tell Americans who are losing faith and pride in their homeland.

“I cannot say more than that the United States is still the greatest country in existence today,” Beal said.

“It’s a once in a lifetime chance to hear a Holocaust survivor,” freshman graphic design major Maria Garth said. “The despair that she felt, the slow, monotonous brainwashing she went through. Hearing these horrors from someone directly affected by them offers a perspective no textbook can ever give us.”

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Local celebrities, barmasters clash on downtown bar tops

Brittney Johnson Online Sports Editor Ever wonder what drinks such as The Thunderfive or the Too Slow Joe taste like? The Red Bull Barmaster event will give you the opportunity to find out Tuesday from 9 p.m. to midnight at the Main Street Bistro.

The exciting dueling bartender competition pits celebrity bartenders against the reigning champion Barmasters.

Boise State wide receiver Austin Pettis will team up with 2010 Fiesta Bowl Defensive MVP

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Brandon Thompson to sling drinks against the defensive line duo of Jarrell Root and J.P. Nisby.

While the Broncos have little trouble stifling opponents on the football field, Broncos competing in the Barmaster competition have a tough task on their hands.

Reigning champion and Boise State student Andy McCutcheon and his bartending partner Tony Anderson will go head-to-head against the gridiron superstars.

“I have no doubt that they are going to bring it,” McCutcheon said. “They are definitely stiff competition that I think is only going to make Barmasters more

entraining for everyone there.”

The team with the most drinks served will win the competition and the title of Barmaster.

Each drink poured is a vote for the team. Last year, the reigning champions had strategy of pouring “stiff ” drinks and picked up ideas that would help them this year.

“I learned how to pour insanely awesome drinks at breakneck speeds,” McCutcheon said. “If ‘Teen Wolf ’ were a bartender, he’d wish he was half as good as me.”

Tuesday night will not only transform an average school night

into a weekend-night-like atmosphere, it will feature a dance floor and Sector 14 will be applying body graffiti to models and offering to do sleeves for those in attendance.

Can the Barmasters continue to dominate or will one of the Bronco superstar teams dethrone them?

“Students should come to this because it’s going to be a really good time and it’s a great opportunity to be a part of the very untraditional world of Red Bull,” McCutcheon said. “We look forward to seeing as many friendly faces as possible.”

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