The Arbiter 10/25/2010

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Where are Boise's scariest places?

Where'd all the money go?

ASBSU has burned through 78 percent of academic-year funding

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Discretionary Budget

Contingency Budget

The primary fund for ASBSU, it is intended to be the source of the majority of the funding for legislation for the entire year. Also called "ASBSU Sponsored Projects."

Money that has been set aside to cover any excessive costs, with some already reserved for minimum balance and staff and employee matters.

Doubled-Up Students riding the bus has doubled to more than 160,000 trips this year Gabrielle Brandini Journalist

Back in 2007, when the the fixed stand-by-amarked-sign system was still embryonic, Valley Ride counted the amount of times when a Boise State student used their bus pass.

There were 19,540 students enrolled in the Fall of 2007, and those students used their pass 77,657 times. This means if every student rode the bus to school in 2007, they did so just three times.

Since then, Valley Ride has received a face lift: adding bus stop signs, altering fare prices, and updating the entire look of the line. The catalogsized map was replaced

with cheaper, smaller one-route maps, the website was updated, entire routes were changed to streamline the whole system.

"I definitely ride the bus more than I did a couple years ago," said Angel Koyuyong, freshman and English major.

"It's easier to catch the bus now because there's actually bus stops as opposed to a couple of years ago."

Instead of wandering down the road looking for a bus to flag down, students can find a bus stop and call the customer service line that's written on the signs for bus times.

Although bus attendance numbers have jumped drastically, there's only an extra

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Students hop onto the Orchard Route bus route on University Drive. handful of students -about 500 more -- enrolled at Boise State this year compared to 2007.

The difference for Valley Ride is that those students have taken the bus 161,224 times this year - more than twice the amount of times ridden compared to 2007.

If every single student in 2010 rode the bus this year, they hopped on weight times.

The main reason students ride is to cut costs.

During the price hike of gasoline in 2008, students rode the bus 126,580 times, 50,000 more times than the year before. The $4.00 a gallon caused

RESEARCH Boise State gets 3D Visualization System Journalist

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contributed $300 to bringing "Kristin's Story" here.

The Cultural Center received $4,500 for its annual Tunnel of Oppression, taking place Nov. 12-13. This covers materials for decorating and food and drink for the volunteers.

The most recent piece of legislation was $700 for the Islamic Cultural Week which took place last week.

Further fiscal legislation is still in the works, including a proposal to bring the formerly high school-exclusive "Rachel's Challenge" program to Boise State. The program was inspired by Rachel Scott, the first victim of the 1999 Columbine High School Shootings and her journal entries. The legislation for this is still in committee.

Sarah Tatischeff said it is worth it to have both programs come to the university.

"I actually had this at my high school," Tatischeff said. "The Rachel's Challenge program goes through five different things on how to make you a better person ... it still focuses on the bullying aspect of it, but it focuses more on improving yourself."

ASBSU used to have $25,000 allotted to spend but the funding was cut this year because they only used about $8,000 last year.

Because ASBSU has already used nearly the entire discretionary fund, they will probably have to use their contingency fund for the rest of the academic year.

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Suzanne Craig The Associated Students of Boise State University (ASBSU) had $15,000 to spend at the beginning of the year, and with 70 percent of the school year left, they have already spent more than $11,000.

Not including the $8,000 that was earmarked for Homecoming, ASBSU has spent $11,700.

Homecoming is not included Get Involved: in this total because some of the ASBSU Senate charges are still meets at 4:30 p.m. being processed. every Monday and When it does Friday in the SUB come through, the Forum Room remaining funds of $3,300 are probably not going to cover it, leading the Senate to dipping into the contingency fund for the remainder of the academic year.

The $11,700 has been spent on four pieces of legislation. The first was the Gene Harris Jazz Festival sponsorship, which cost $5,000. This bill was passed Oct. 1.

The second bit of legislation was a proposal from Alpha Chi Omega, one of Boise State's sororities, which cost $1,500. It is to bring the program "Kristin's Story" to Boise State. "Kristin's Story" is presented

by Andrea Cooper, whose daugher Kristin Cooper was sexually assaulted by a friend and subsequently commited suicide. The program is designed to help sexual assault victims get help. This program came to Boise State 4 years ago and Alpha Chi has been trying to bring it back. Alpha Chi

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people nationwide to use alternative modes of transportation, and that mentality has stuck.

"It's a waste of gas for me because I live so close to campus," said Koyuyong. "And I don't want to pay money for parking."

A parking permit for the semester starts at $84 dollars, and $158 dollars for the entire year. Along with gas, insurance, and other car payments, taking the bus is a much more feasible option for many students.

"I'm too poor to have a car," said Kate McNearny, sophomore and English major. "Taking the bus is a lot easier and cheaper."

The Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) has donated a 3D visualization system to Boise State. The system, which was assembled by the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), is located in the Department of Biological Sciences.

The system comes with hand controls that follow the researcher’s movement with optical cameras. It also comes with special glasses. Now researchers can view and control their data in great detail from multiple angles.

The researcher puts on the glasses and stands in front of a 3D television screen. A computer transforms the data into images on the screen. The researcher controls the images with a small handheld device.

CAES gave the system to Boise State to conduct modeling and simulation research. The system can visualize surface defects in certain materials. And geoscientists can use it to visualize big data sets such as the Earth's surface and what's below.

“We haven’t decided what we’re going to use it for, but now that we have it here on campus it will certainly be utilized,” said Mark Rudin, vice president for research at Boise State.

Two Boise State graduate students who interned at CAES this summer will train faculty and staff who want to use the 3D visualization system as part of their research. Idaho State University and the University of Idaho also received the same type of system.

The system won’t be used for any specific projects right away, but Rudin said it can be used for a variety of research applications. It will be especially useful for geosciences and materials science projects.

Rudin would also love to see this technology used in the classroom to enhance student learning at either the graduate or undergraduate level.

“Students learn differently nowadays,” he said. “You know, I think the 50-minute lecture is kind of a thing of the past. I think sitting in the laboratory taking photographs or collecting data in notebooks and so forth was very valuable and it’s still very important in the research process.”

This 3D visualization system “just adds another dimension to the research,” he added.

Rudin said the university wants to get more of the systems and put them in different colleges around campus. That way the colleges can incorporate them into their research and learning activities.

Rudin is also interested in how these systems might affect academic publishing. Traditionally a research paper is published in a print journal.

“And the trend, I’m guessing the trend in the future may be online Web-based journals where you can actually visualize and perhaps manipulate these 3D images as part of a research paper,” he said.

“I really think it reenergizes where we’re trying to go as a university,” Rudin said. “And it’s really exciting that we’re developing this capability throughout the state and that we’re given the opportunity to do this.”

Campus security deters crime through prevention, involvement Stephanie Scheibe Journalist

While a campus teeming with unaware citizens may already be an invitation for prospective criminals, it is the staff that operates under the Boise State University Security Dept. that ensures the safety of the thousands of students, faculty and staff who wander the BSU campus daily.

Contracted with the Boise Police Department, Boise State always has at least one employed police officer securing campus 24 hours a day. Security officers

patrol campus the majority of the time as well, while volunteer police officers come intermittently.

The number of officers on campus is usually small, but there are 20 to 30 officers who work downtown and are available immediately upon an emergency call from the university.

While many preventative measures are taken directly, Lieutenant Plott, officer in charge of the units that patrol campus, said students are key when it comes to preventing crime on campus.

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Murder for hire

How a Chicago real estate executive was charged in murder-for-hire plot McClatchy News CHICAGO — The case against Brooks Kellogg has all the elements of a graphic crime novel — an alleged mistress with a dark background, bruising highstakes court fights and a murder-for-hire plot.

But behind the details spelled out in a federal court document lurks the question: What could possibly lead a respected 73-yearold Chicago businessman and former Kildeer village trustee to allegedly put out a hit on a business associate?

Kellogg seemed to be living the sweet life. He was a top executive for real estate companies in Libertyville, Ill., and Steamboat Springs, Colo. He and his wife, Gail, had an apartment on Chicago's Gold Coast, a home on a golf course in Steamboat Springs and one in his college town of Hays, Kan. But Kellogg had serious money problems, court records show.

A former business associate, Stephen Bunyard, who works at a real estate firm in Destin, Fla., had sued and won a judgment that Kellogg and a business partner owed him $2.5 million for cutting him out of a plan to build a 16-unit luxury subdivision in Steamboat Springs. Bunyard is also suing Kellogg for $500,000 on a townhouse deal.

Kellogg, who had real estate deals scattered across Chicago's suburbs, would soon face bigger issues.

Barbara Jean Blackmore, 47, who lived in Clifton, Colo., claimed that she was Kellogg's mistress and that, in September, Kellogg told her he wanted to hurt or kill Bunyard, according to an FBI affidavit released Thursday.

Blackmore agreed to put him in touch with a contract killer, the document said. The FBI stated that Blackmore "has provided

You want him killed?

Yeah. misleading information and inaccurate information in a number of respects," but that events corroborated her story.

On Oct. 5, Blackmore called Kellogg while FBI agents listened. The person Blackmore identified as Kellogg agreed to talk to the killer directly, saying the sooner "it" occurred, the better.

That led to the following exchange, according to the FBI document: On Tuesday, Kellogg met an FBI agent posing as the hit man at Denver International Airport and paid him $2,000 for expense money to commit the killing.

When the agent showed Kellogg a photo of Stephen Bunyard, Kellogg reportedly said, "That's the guy."

"You want him killed?" the agent asked.

"Yeah," Kellogg said.

When the agent asked if Kellogg had any other jobs for him, Kellogg reportedly said, "Yeah. I've got some other things in mind."

Kellogg was arrested and charged with use of interstate commerce in the commission of murder-for-hire.

If convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Bunyard watched out for himself after learning of the threats but took no special protections, said his attorney Reed Morris of Steamboat Springs.

"Of course, he was hoping, as anyone would, that this was all bluster," Morris said. "That this worked out as it states in the (federal affidavit) is shocking."

Larry Pozner, a Denver

attorney representing Kellogg, called the FBI complaint "sketchy" and said there was "no reason to think this is accurate."

Pozner questioned the reliability of e-mails and alleged conversations, and in particular challenged the credibility of Blackmore, who has a lengthy criminal history in two states, the FBI affidavit alleges.

Blackmore gave the FBI instant messages pasted into an e-mail — with misspellings intact — where Blackmore wrote "so you want him dead," the affidavit alleges.

"If that is necessary yes," Kellogg allegedly replied, adding, "bullet is the only way to safely get the job done" and "If that is the only option."

Reached by phone at her home, Barbara Blackmore said she met Kellogg online about tw-and-a-half years ago and the two had a relationship. He gave her money to pay bills, she said.

"When he came along, it seemed like a blessing, and it ended up a total nightmare," she said.

Some of Kellogg's acquaintances expressed shock Friday at the allegations. Kellogg's nephew defended his uncle, saying, "There's something else going on."

Doug Kellogg, 43, of Rockford, Ill., said he does not believe the allegations against his uncle.

"I would never, never believe it," Doug Kellogg said.

Although he said he hasn't seen or talked to his uncle in more than a year, Doug Kellogg described

him as funny, clever, generous and gregarious.

Meanwhile, Kellogg's Beth Corp., a real estate firm in Libertyville, is suing the village of Wilmette over a piece of downtown property on Green Bay Road. At a Sept. 16 meeting, Kellogg said, "We want a CVS store because they want to pay a lot of rent for it. It's an economic issue for us."

Mike Zimmerman, corporation counsel for Wilmette, said it was "disconcerting and disappointing to learn that one of your litigants is allegedly involved in something like this."

Earlier in his career, Kellogg worked as a high school teacher.

He was a frequent visitor to his college town, where he won an award for renovating a shuttered movie theater into a 1950s-themed banquet hall and bar. He also co-chaired a multimillion-dollar fundraising campaign for his alma mater, Fort Hays State University.

"People are, frankly, shocked," said university spokesman Kent Steward.

"This is one of those things that don't make sense."

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RIME

October 9-14, 2010

Oct. 14: A car hit a parked car on Manitou Avenue and University drive at 3:50 p.m. The driver did not leave a note. A report was taken.

Oct. 14: Two intoxicated men were fighting at The Village Apartments at about 3 a.m. One was arrested.

Oct. 11: An unattended purse was stolen in the ILC. A report was taken.

Oct. 9, 11: Two quick release front wheels were taken off of bicycles outside Taylor Hall. A report was taken.

Security “We start with education,” Plott said. “We do new student orientation where we talk to students about things like locking up their bikes and being careful walking on the greenbelt.”

Plott said student involvement in crime prevention is two measures: awareness and reporting.

“Students need to be aware of their surroundings and prevent themselves from being a target,” Plott said. “They also need to report any suspicious activity. The more we can get involved with people on campus, the better job we’ll do as far as preventing and addressing crime."

Corporal Paul Grabe, has patrolled the campus for 19 years.

He works the 4 p.m. to 2 a.m.

[from page 1] shift, trying to prevent crime as soon as he sees it.

He said officers look for people who "maybe shouldn’t be there.”

“We’re looking for somebody that maybe looks like they’re not a student or they don’t have any business on campus. Basically, after doing the job for a number of years, they’re kind of looking like they’re up to no good.”

At 4 a.m. one morning he was put to the test when a suspicious group of students were near some bike racks in the housing area. After talking to them and realizing that their denial was to what seemed like an attempt at a bike theft, Grabe was able to make a case against them and the students involved were excluded from campus.

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To vote or not to vote?

Lazy voting: An American tragedy

Vivacious voting: An American right Karey Hoke Journalist

An 18th birthday marks the day an individual can vote.

It’s exciting to finally be able to participate in this American "rite-of-passage," knowing what you mark on a ballot will directly affect an election.

As Election Day nears, whether at a national or state level, some voters make it a priority to read up on all the candidates, to ensure they are well-informed.

But for a number of voters with hectic schedules, sometimes gathering intimate knowledge of every candidate is simply not an option.

People base their votes on a variety of reasons. Maybe they grew up in a conservative family, and rather than searching out information about different candidates’ platforms, they merely choose the Republican nominee.

Others may have heard a radio or television ad and appreciated a candidate’s stance on that one specific issue.

Or, perhaps a person could pull a "Will & Grace" moment and vote for someone because they are black, gay or Jewish.

Whatever the reason, every American has the right to have their voice heard. Some elections are more critical than others. For example, the 2008 Obama versus McCain election had the highest voter turnout the U.S. has seen in decades.

Each election, from a state level to a national level, is important. Regardless of whether or not they are up-to-date on every single candidate, Americans should take the time to vote.

It is a basic American right to be able to vote for any candidate, no matter how the voter came to that decision.

While a candidate's stance on specific issues is definitely important, even more so, their charisma and persona to the general public can make or break an election.

Andy McCutcheon, a BSU senior and communication major said, "I think that people sacrifice information and being well-informed for relatability and the prospect that (the candidates) will change things in the way that they want."

He added more and more,

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people are voting for a specific candidate simply because they will do things a "conservative" or "liberal" way. This isn't necessarily a bad thing -- it simply reflects a voter's personal choice, which is exactly how it should be.

No one should criticize others for voting solely because of political party preference. If a politician has made an effort to represent himself in a way that caters to Democrats or Republicans specifically, the ones who cast their ballots for said politician have every right to do so.

Voting is an essential American right. Whether or not someone knows every candidate in-depth and intimately is irrelevant: everyone can and should vote during an election.

It’s like freedom of speech -- it’s unconstitutional to stop ignorant people from talking, so why should they be stopped from voting?

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Voting in the United States is a right that should be thought through carefully. If someone is not well-informed about the candidates, then that person should not vote.

A democracy is set up to urge every individual to vote for who he or she feels will represent their individual interests; however, people do not vote that way anymore.

"I think most people slack off (when it comes to voting) which is unfortunate," President of Democracy Matters Gus Voss said.

Instead of doing the research on the candidates and submitting a true vote, "lazy voters" either do not care about who gets elected or voice someone else's opinion. In both cases, these people should not vote at all.

"If people don't see a candi-

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Political campaign ads litter street sides as the 2010 gubernatorial elections quickly approach.

date that will serve their best interests, they shouldn't vote at all," Vice President of College Republicans Domenic Gelsomino said.

The purpose of voting is to give people the opportunity to have their voices heard. Since there is no option for "indifference" on the ballot, those who do not care are heard through not voting.

Those who use their vote to support someone else's candidates should take more pride in the process or just refrain.

For example, some of the younger crowd is not engaged in politics enough to know which candidate would best represent their interests. These young voters decide they will favor either the Republican or Democrat, despite who the candidate is or what he or she represents.

"People should decide where they stand and then vote," Gelsomino said. "They should not vote for anyone else or for anyone else but themselves."

If someone does not know who to choose and decides to vote for the candidate of their families' or friends' affiliation, they would be better off not voting.

People should research the candidates to decide for themselves or not vote at all. Voting one way or another because of family affiliation wastes the vote and skews the results of those who are politically engaged.

Voting for someone else's interests basically gives that person or group two votes, which is not fair to the rest of the populous.

Everyone gets one to use for himself or herself. Someone shouldn't bother voting if it does not express how he or she feels.

The more politically engaged people become, the more they will vote for who they want, Voss and Gelsomino said.

The more educated the populous becomes on politics, the more educated and moderate our representation will become.

With uneducated voting, comes uneducated and uneven representation. Become politically engaged to make your choice count. Otherwise, leave the it to politically educated.

Who's running in 2010 STATEWIDE RACES

FEDERAL RACES U.S. SENATE Constitution: Randy Lynn Bergquist Democratic: William Bryk and P. Tom Sullivan Republican: Mike Crapo and Claude M. "Skip" Davis III

2ND DISTRICT U.S. HOUSE Democratic: Mike Crawford Independent: Brian Schad Republican: Katherine Burton, M.C. "Chick" Heileson, Russ Matthews and Mike Simpson

GOVERNOR Democratic: Keith Allred and Lee Chaney Sr. Independent: Jana Kemp and Pro-Life Libertarian: Ted Dunlap Republican: Walt Bayes, Butch Otter, Ron "Pete" Peterson, Rex Ramell, Sharon Margaret Ullman and Tamara Wells

1ST DISTRICT U.S. HOUSE Democratic: Walt Minnick Independent: Dave Olson Libertarian: Mike Washburn Republican: Harley Brown, Michael Chadwick, Raul Labrador, Allan M. Salzburg and Vaughn Ward

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Constitution: Paul Venable Democratic: Eldon Wallace

Republican: Joshua Blessinger, Brad Little and Steven Dana Pankey ATTORNEY GENERAL Republican: Lawrence Wasden SECRETARY OF STATE Democratic: Mack Sermon Republican: Ben Ysursa SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Democratic: Stan Olson Republican: Tom Luna

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Juan Williams: NPR's reject; Fox News' 2 million dollar baby Jana Hoffman Columnist

Tweet that inspired this week's column: jeffala @NPR was right to fire Juan Williams. He interjected his personal views into his profession: objective journalist National Public Radio's ex-news analyst Juan Williams is not a victim of the "leftist media." He may have lost his ten-year post with NPR, but Williams just scored a three-year, 2 million dollar contract withFox News (cha-ching).

Juan Williams was fired by National Public Radio because he went on The O'Reilly Factor on Oct. 21 and shared his "feelings" on a highly sensitive and racially charged topic. Williams was canned because he chose to step outside the bounds of unbiased reporting and into the land of Bill O'Reilly style commentary when he said, "Look, Bill, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous."

Williams just wanted to talk about his feelings, is that really so bad?

Yes, yes it is.

Though Williams may have sincerely believed that discussing his "feelings" on The O'Reilly Factor might have gleaned a post 9-11 empathetic connection with the public, he was out of line. As an analyst, his job isn't to talk about his feelings, it's to thoroughly investigate issues and report them to the public in the most unbiased and indepth way possible.

That's the real issue here. Williams' commitment to NPR contractually trumped any need he apparently had to vent on The O'Reilly Factor.

He knew this. Williams has been a reporter since 1976 and worked for NPR for the last 10 years.

He was well aware that the head honchos at NPR weren't keen on his relationship with Fox News, and rightly so.

The O'Reilly Factor is a news commentary show.

Guests are invited to share their personal take on political issues -- not to report the news. Williams got too comfortable in the show's spotlight. He got caught up in emotion and completely took for granted his responsibility to report, analyze and state fact.

The cold, hard truth is that journalists have the responsibility to shove their personal opinions into the deep dark recesses of their conscience while reporting. Regardless of their feelings about any given issue, journalists have an ethical obligation to analyze and report. That's it.

Though inappropriate, NPR CEO Vivian Schiller said it best (and later apologized) when she told the press that Williams should have kept his fears about riding on planes with Muslims between himself and "his psychiatrist or his publicist."

It's quite obvious, really. Let's say NPR decided to keep Williams on long enough to finish out his contract. The more he would engage in emotionally slanted commentary on the The O'Reilly factor, the more his presumably unbiased, politically correct stance at NPR would be scrutinized.

Williams' ejection from his news analyst position at NPR, though notably abrupt, was fated the moment he took a seat next to O'Reilly. An ultimatum of sorts would be inevitable for most anyone brave enough to report for National Public Radio and Fox News' Prime Time commentary shows simultaneously.

NPR's dismissal of Williams was justified.

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UP to PAR and BEYOND

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Blake Brown heads talented BSU golf team John Garretson Journalist

bad nine hole scores but each one of them turned it around on the back, kind of what we’ve been working on,” BSU head coach Kevin Burton said.

The experienced Brown, who is the only one on the squad to have a collegiate win under his belt, leads the relatively young Bronco team. The Scottsdale, Ariz. native played at Horizon High School in which he was named Junior Golf Association of Arizona Player of the Year in 2008 an was named to the All-State team his junior and senior year. It didn’t end for Brown there as he entered his freshman year at Boise State, in which he was one of three Broncos to play in all 11 tournaments that year and won Western Athletic Conference golfer of the month in November 2008.

“Blake is one our leaders.

He’s a solid player, he’s already got a collegiate win

under his belt, and he’s got a lot of talent,” Burton said.

It was his sophomore year that gave Brown the honor he had always wanted -- a college tournament win. It came at the Palouse Collegiate in Pullman, Wash. in which he shot a season-best 8-under 208.

Brown has acknowledged his increasing success over the past years from the high school to collegiate level, but knows the season is not done yet.

“My game has come a long way since my freshman year, so I can continue to improve upon the mental and physical aspects by working out and being consistent,” Brown said.

The Broncos continue to swing away at the remaining piece of their fall schedule at the Herb Wimberley Collegiate tournament at La Cruces, N.M. Oct. 25.

The Boise State men’s golf team has been traveling across the continent this season, playing all the way up in Pullman, Wash. down to the tropical Cabo San Lucas in Mexico, bringing the Bronco mentality and game play along for the ride.

Just a few weekends ago, the team finished an incredible fifth out of 16 teams at the Purple and Red Invitational in Leyton, Utah, beating established programs such as California Polytechnic and Loyola Marymount.

Placing in the top 13 on the individual scoring were juniors Blake Brown and Scott Spiewak. Brown shot a 74, 70 and 70 with an overall stroke count of 214, finishing 2-under-par while Spiewak shot a 70, 69, 76 ending with a 215 count and putting him at -1 overall.

“Overall it went pretty well. We finQ&A WITH BLAKE BROWN ished fifth out upon the mood I’m in. If I’m FAVORITE CLUB: “Depends of 16 teams. if I’m in a good mood I like angry I’ll use my driver, but We weren’t my wedge” taking sand trap shots with that far out of even a better ton (current BSU coach) FAVORITE GOLFER: Kevin Bur finish. We put together some Italian food and getting PRE-MATCH RITUALS: Eating solid rounds all 10-12 hours of sleep” the way through the line up one on State University's FAVORITE COURSE: Washingt through five was pretty solid. We had a couple

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WOMEN'S GOLF to finish STRONG

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Young Bronco team hopes for big results Wyatt Martin Journalist

The Boise State women's golf team hopes to continue its improvement on the season in Memphis, Tenn. this week at the Memphis Fall Invite. While the team has struggled to finish at the top of its previous tournaments so far this year, coach Nicole Harris is very optimistic about where they're headed.

“We've been playing really well, we've shot three of our lowest team scores that we've had the past couple years,” Harris said. “Everyone's scoring averages have come down quite a bit.”

In last week's Prices Give 'Em Five Collegiate, in Las Cruces, N.M., the ladies finished 12th out of 14 teams.

Remarkable outings from sophomore Hayley Young, and junior Michelle Gooding propelled BSU. Young finished the tournament six over par in three rounds to finish 7th. While Gooding was plus 16, putting her in 29th.

Young has led the Broncos in scoring in each of their four tournaments so far this season, including some of her best career rounds to date.

“Having the experience last year has prepared me more for this year,” Young said.

Getting experience for her young players is something coach Harris is very familiar with. With no seniors and

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National powerhouse Hawai'i swept the up-and-coming Boise State Broncos 3-0 Saturday night at Bronco Gym.

Boise State swept by Hawai'i Broncos fall to No. 4 Rainbow Wahine

John Garretson Journalist

The Boise State Broncos volleyball team (17-8, 4-5 Western Athletic Conference) fell to the nationally ranked Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine (18-1, 8-0 WAC) in three

sets (25-13, 25-23, 25-20) Saturday night at Bronco Gym. The Broncos looked a bit nervous in the first set as the Rainbow Wahine took the court in their intimidating black and green uniforms and professional demeanor.

Several unforced Bronco errors along with Hawai'i's

dominant block wall guarded the net and forced the Broncos to fall 25-13.

Boise State found life and came out with fire, playing smarter and using strong communication to bring them an early 12-8 lead in the second game. However, it was the Rainbow Wahine’s

pinpoint precision with the ball as well as rocket-like kills that put them over the Broncos 25-23.

The third set played out the same. BSU came out strong with a 9-5 lead, yet brought back some of the obvious errors seen in the first match that buried Boise State’s

only 3 juniors, the Broncos are relying heavily upon their underclassmen to come out and perform well this year.

“One of the advantages is that everybody's fired up and ready to play, nobody's mentally checked out yet. Even though we're young we are experienced because most of the girls got a chance to play last year,” Harris said. “We're going to have the same team next year, so it's great.”

Bringing in top players who are ready to perform as freshman has been one of Harris' strategies since her days of coaching at TCU. As an assistant there, she helped the Horned Frogs reach five straight NCAA Golf Championship appearances, winning three.

The team has one tournament remaining after this week's Fall Invite, before they head into their winter off-season. Even as the weather gets colder the girls will continue to practice until there's snow on the ground, at which point they'll move indoors for putting and short-game practice.

The team's roster consists of nine women, five of who travel to tournaments. The girls have a chance to play into one of these spots the week before in practice, so whoever is hot at the time will travel. Although this would apparently seem to add rivalry between teammates, the girls find that it actually builds camaraderie in

the team.

“You can trust in each other. I think that's a really important aspect on the golf course, knowing that my teammates are going to come in with solid scores,” Gooding said. “We're all really close, I would say we're like sisters. A lot of us have been together for a long time.”

With a dynamic combination of youth and talent, the Bronco women's golf team has a chance to reach excellence this season and for many beyond.

chance of a come back.

“We started the match a little tight," Boise State head coach Sean Garus said. "After we spotted them 10 in game one, we played them pretty tight from then on and there were a lot of things to be happy about. I think it’s a great opportunity (to play Hawai'i).

We get them in front of a packed house here and once again a sell-out crowd to come see us play volleyball at a really high level and I don’t think we disappointed. They showed that they were a program that’s really on the rise.”

Senior middle blocker Alisha Young enjoyed the experience of playing ranked teams, such as Hawai'i. ”It’s a great opportunity to play such a good team," Young said. "They’re a wellbalanced team, a prepared team. We’ve had the opportunity to play the University of Washington and now Hawai'i, so it’s a great opportunity to see where we rank up against those teams."

Young led the Bronco squad with nine kills, a .381 hitting percentage, four assisted blocks and 11 total points. Junior setter Breann Nesselhuff recorded 30 assists, while sophomore outside hitter Fiona Jones and junior libero Amanda Remy had seven digs apiece.

For the No. 4 Rainbow Wahine, Idaho native Brit-

tany Hewitt had eight kills, a .429 hitting percentage, six digs and 11.5 total points.

Hewitt played volleyball at Eagle High School and grew up watching Boise State volleyball.

“It was really exciting because I used to watch my sister play here so I kind of grew up watching (BSU volleyball),” Hewitt said.

It was the last time Hawai'i would play at Bronco Gym as Boise State moves from the Western Athletic Conference to the Mountain West Conference next year. The Broncos play a must-win game against Fresno State Monday night at Bronco Gym. Fresno State beat the Broncos in five sets Sept. 25. The Broncos must win to stay in contention for the WAC tournament.

The

One of the advantages is that everybody's fired up and ready to play, nobody's mentally checked out yet. Even though we're young we are experienced because most of the girls got a chance to play last year,” Harris said.

“We're going to have the same team next year, so it's great.

It was really exciting because I used to watch my sister play here so I kind of grew up watching (BSU volleyball),” Hewitt said.

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Speed kills Faster paced Bulldog offense gives Broncos fresh challenge Kirk Bell Managing Editor The AP Poll No. 2 Boise State team was off through yet another weekend of the No. 1 team falling to the underdog.

This week, No. 11 Missouri put a dent in Oklahoma’s shortlived driver’s seat to the national title game in January.

While this was all happening, the Broncos (6-0, 2-0 Western Athletic Conference) were planning for a different type of Louisiana Tech (3-4, 2-1 WAC) football team than they’ve seen in the past.

“They were in the shotgun and some spread stuff last year but it’s much different,” head coach Chris Petersen said.

“This is all spread. A lot of big spits. No-huddle, going fast.

They were going no-huddle in the past but they weren’t going really, really fast. It’s quite a bit different.”

Bulldog offense >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The former hit-you-in-the-mouth type of football LT has traditionally played has been put to the wayside by new head coach Sonny Dykes who has switched up his focus to lightning quick offense who put together 97 offensive plays in their victory against the Idaho Vandals.

“We’re still figuring him out,” Petersen said of Dykes. “Know his reputation, know the lineage he comes from. You can see the job, that he’s making an impact in a hurry in his first year.

There’s no doubt that he’s going to do some great things in that Louisiana Tech program.”

The Bulldogs’ senior quarterback Ross Jenkins has played efficient football, completing 70.5 percent of his passes with only two interceptions. He has six touchdowns this season with time spread to the Bulldog back-ups who account for three more touchdowns through the air.

Junior running back Lennon Creer rushed for 299 yards and four touchdowns -- his only touchdowns this season -through the past two games, and has carried a heavy load for the running back corps.

Jenkins has two receivers who have been equally tough in junior Taulib Ikharo and sophomore Richie Casey. Ikharo has 31 receptions for 309 yards and Casey has 28 receptions for 308 yards. Despite finding success with Jenkins spreading the ball out, the two receivers have only caught three touchdowns this season.

Bulldog defense >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Despite Derek Dooley’s departure for greener pastures at Tennessee, the Bulldogs held on to one of their key coaches in defensive coordinator Tommy Spangler. The consistency and similarity to prior Louisiana Tech defenses, according to Petersen, is a welcome sight for a team who appears to have finally hit its stride on offense.

“They’re a solid defense,” senior wide receiver Austin Pettis said. “They’ve got a lot of athletes, a lot of speed out there. It’s definitely going to be a better defense than we’ve seen in the past couple weeks so we’ll have to make sure we buckle down and take care of business on offense.”

Louisiana Tech is third in the Western Athletic Conference in rushing defense, allowing 152 yards per game to opponents on the ground. The Bulldog pass defense has been dismantled at times, allowing 296.71 yards per game to their opponents.

La Tech’s defense is led by junior linebacker Adrien Cole and junior defensive end Matt Broha. Cole leads the team with 54 tackles, three tackles for loss and one sack. Broha has been a force on the defensive line with nine tackles for loss, six sacks and two forced fumbles.

Bulldog special teams >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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Louisiana Tech senior quarterback Ross Jenkins will try to defeat Boise State for the last time in his career.

Though the Bulldogs’ ever present return threat Phillip Livas is still a clear and present danger to any opponent, a new face has emerged as a kickoff return threat.

Sophomore Lyle Fitte has averaged 28.4 yards per return this season on kickoff returns for the Bulldogs. Livas has averaged 21.1 yards per return on kickoffs, but has struggled to break free bringing back punts. He has averaged 4.4 yards per punt return. The Bulldogs have only been punted to nine times this season, drastically marginalizing Livas’ ability to break free on punt returns.

Moore approaching, passes records >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

BSU junior quarterback Kellen Moore is currently besting his NCAA touchdown to interception ratio record of 13-to1 with 16 touchdowns and one interception. He passed Bart Hendricks' former school record set in 2000 of 650 passes completed, now standing at 663 and counting with six remaining games and a potential bowl game to accompany Moore's senior season, should he choose to stay one more year with the Broncos.

Moore is two touchdown passes away from tying Ryan Dinwiddie's record of 82 touchdown passes completed. He is fourth in career passing yards for BSU with 8,589 passing yards.

The current record is held by Dinwiddie with 9,819 yards.

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Ghostbusters spine-tingling haunts in Boise Top 5

Lauren Hooker Journalist

What town has had grisly executions, horrifying murders and shocking suicides?

As one of the top haunted cities in Idaho, Boise is home to several paranormal hotspots. As the Halloween season approaches, many people turn to Haunted World or the Corn Maze for a thrill. But for a seriously spooky experience, others seek out the real deal. Cold spots, apparitions and strange occurrences plague these locations and most are accompanied by a bone-chilling story.

Note that most of these locations require permission before entering the premises and trespassers will be prosecuted.

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October 25, 2010

Hoi Polloi

Censoring?

I'm over it Karey Hokey Columnist

I am a music fanatic. The day I don't have music playing in my car while driving will be the day pigs fly. Nine times out of 10, I have my headphones on, no matter where I am.

Having said this, I will confess that a good portion of my music is not suitable for younger ears. I have no issues with listening to rappers and singers dropping F-bombs and running their sailor mouths. However, I realize not everyone shares my explicit music tastes.

Censoring is a huge part of any social media network.

Whether you're watching television or listening to the radio, there's bound to be something either bleeped out or changed entirely to be more PG-friendly.

I completely understand the need for some censorship. If I had children, I wouldn't want them hearing what Lil' Wayne thinks of a particular girl, or what Ke$ha wants to do to a certain guy. I wouldn't want to pollute my kids' minds with the stereotypical "sex, drugs, rock and roll" lifestyle.

However, I am strongly opposed to what local radio stations have began bleeping out: the word "alcohol."

The particular song I heard with this censoring was Trey Songz' "Bottoms Up." It's a great song, in my opinion -- it has all the essentials for a good party song. But in the last few weeks, local radio stations have been editing the word alcohol out of it.

Yet, later on in the song, when Nicki Minaj begins her part, she specifically says, "Can I get that dro?"

For those of you who don't know, it is referring to either a specific type of marijuana or a type of bong.

Like I said, my music taste is explicit and varied.

I don't mind listening to people sing about alcohol and drugs.

But to bleep out the word alcohol, which is actually legal for every person older than the age of 21, and keep a blatant reference to illegal drugs audible?

Boise is a college town.

We may not be as hardcore of one as, say, Moscow, or Boston, Mass. But many of the people in Boise attend BSU. Chances are, most of us will be exposed to alcohol, either in person or in song. To me, when something as simple as this term is censored out, it almost ruins the song.

Another great way to ruin a song is to blast it loudly and obtrusively in others' faces. I've seen people on campus who hold their music devices about six inches in front of them -- sans headphones. I love music as much as the next person; I don't like hearing someone else's tastes blaring at me when I didn't ask for it.

The bottom line is, music is a form of self-expression and a personal choice.

Sometimes, obnoxious music-listeners need to be censored. And sometimes, censorship in songs is needed -- but when words such as alcohol are removed, it seems to me the station DJ's got bored and tried (unsuccessfully) to switch it up.

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Members of the Black Student Alliance gather for a photo Saturday. Some members dressed in ‘70s clothing for the party, while others came to have a good time and show support.

Black Student Alliance gets groovy Lauren Hooker Journalist

Disco lights, streamers and a plethora of balloons set the mood for the Black Student Alliance’s '70s party Saturday night.

Students and non-students of all races and ages dressed up in their finest bell bottoms, platform shoes and tie-dye to bust a move and get to know one another while promoting diversity and acceptance.

“My favorite part was being able to emcee,” sophomore civil engineering major

Jonathan Curtiss said. “You get to hype the crowd and get everyone involved and up and dancing.”

The dance floor was the place to be, and brought back the '70s with songs from KC & The Sunshine Band, Donna Summers and the Bee Gees. Attendees broke out their best hand jives, hip thrusts and even learned how to dougie, which is a hip modern dance.

“We want to introduce BSU students to the Black Student Alliance and say, ‘We’re fun!

Come party!’ ” President Verdell Brookens said.

The Black Student Alliance is geared toward the integration of African and AfricanAmerican culture into the college setting.

“We want diversity in our group,” sophomore biology major Meskerem Berhanu said. “White, black, Hispanic, Indian, everyone. Diversity is everyone.” Berhanu is from Ethiopia.

The club aims to promote diversity and culture through social events, guest speakers and weekly meetings designed to get everyone to participate in a fun way. BSA sponsors several

events a year to get involved, meet new people and learn more about the club.

“Black Student Association is about being a community for black people on campus, and also a door-opener for those who don’t identify themselves as Black,” Brookens, a sociology major from Chicago, said. “Many black students feel like they don’t have an identity on campus, so we help them. We want to dispel myths and stereotypes about Africans.”

BSA meets every Friday at 4 p.m. in the Cultural Center.

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