Zoe ColburnStaff Writer

“It’s in the house,” Verne whispers, in terror, into the phone held tight in his hand. A green, web-footed monster jumps on the stage; splashing sounds come from the speakers. The arrival of the monster has been long anticipated with much of the first act of "A Nighttime Survival Guide" seemingly leading up to this point.

It's the story of a preteen boy living in Arco, Idaho and his penpal Aki, a girl in Japan learning to survive the night and how to get rid of monsters that might be real.

Three performers handle the limbs and head with rods connected to the pup-pet's appendages. They are dressed in black—meant to blend into the background, but too present to be ig-nored.

Verne bows to the mon-ster puppet—a Kappa—and it bows back. “Bow again, a little lower this time,” says Aki over the phone. He does. The monster bows again.

They repeat the process once more and water, which gives him power, spills from a dip in the kappa’s head, leaving him coma-tose. A sense of relief waves over the audience.

The kappa puppet, along with the two other puppets which make an appear-ance later in the play, an akiname and tsukumogami, are built in a style meant to emulate the traditional Japa-nese Bunraku. This type of puppet theater relies heav-

ily upon the performer han-dling the puppet.

“People who do bunraku, they study all their lives just to do simple movement. It takes a lot of work and it’s physically really demand-ing. You have three people crowded around a puppet and they’re crawling all over the place,” said Theater Arts Professor Michael Baltzell, who designed and built the puppets.

He based the puppets on monster designs by illustra-tion and drawing professor Bill Carman. “Because it was Japanese-based in the story, we decided to try to embrace the bunraku style, the Japanese puppet theater, so there is anywhere from a single individual to up to three people manipulating

one puppet at one time,” Baltzell said.

Creating the puppets was an involved process, and one which was different in many ways—partly due to the collaboration, Baltzell said, but also because the use of traditional Japanese monsters demanded a cer-tain amount of adhesion to the traditional image.

While Carman adapted the monsters to his vision, it was not the be-all-end-all of what the puppets had to look like.

“What I didn’t want to do was describe the monsters too specifically,” Carman said. “Because I’ve been in situations where the art directors or editors want you to just execute their ideas, and no artist wants

to do that.”Because Carman took

this approach, it made the collaborative element of the puppets somewhat more intuitive.

“None of it was a strict re-production of any one part of the design,” Baltzell said. “So it all turned out sort of collaborative.” The puppets couldn’t be direct copies of any one part of the design; Carman made decisions in his designs based on the play and he didn’t want the exact traditional design primarily because the monsters were being seen by a western boy.

Creating puppets, though, is more than just taking a design and bringing it into the 3-dimensional world. Professor Baltzell also had to consider all the details

of the puppets, from the material they were made of to how the monsters would move.

“I started with the tsuku-mogami,” Baltzell said. “So I started with the watch, actually the first watch that comes out. And that I did research on how to do that manipulation. Because, you know, it wants to be mechanical because it’s a mechanical thing that’s come alive.”

To get the mechanically organic feel of the move-ments, Baltzell researched robotic hands. “I found a couple of sources of how people were making sort of do-it-yourself robotic hands. And that was what it

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Alan Moore has spent many winter nights hoping and praying for snow this year, and so far, it hasn't helped much. Moore is the president and directing manager of Bogus Basin Ski Area.

“People know the con-ditions up at Bogus Ba-sin pretty well, and they know it’s been kind of lim-ited with regards to snow,” Moore said.

Little snow means Boise State Ski and Snowboard Club members are forced to look elsewhere to enjoy the outdoors.

Moore explained there

are many factors that limit precipitation from reach-ing the Bogus Basin area, and weather reports can be misleading.

“The statisticians of the world call them in-dependent variables, and there are just too many,” Moore said. “Including the jet stream, including the fact that we are up against a mountain in the valley, including the highs that sit just off the coast sometimes that keeps any weather from coming in."

Ski and Snowboard Club members plan a once yearly excursion to a big-ger resort but rely heavily on snow at Bogus Basin to have an active season.

“We have our annual trip to Jackson Hole, so that gives everyone a chance to get four days in,” said Ski and Snowboard Club President David Redinger. “But other than that, it’s hard to arrange car pools up to Bogus when nobody has the interest to go.”

Redinger said he and club members have made few trips to the Bogus Ba-sin due to lack of snow.

Ski Club member and Bogus Basin employee Johnny Whittemore has been witness to the low snow levels this year, but claims that despite poor conditions, entertainment can still be found.

“The snow hasn't been

great, but the addition of the Mountain Dew ter-rain park helps a lot,” Whittemore said.

The 50 acre terrain park opened this year, and has provided relief to en-thusiasts who are unhappy with snow conditions, but Redinger, Whittemore and club members have decid-ed to spend more time and money at Brundage Re-sort. Brundage Ski Resort is located two hours north of Boise.

“Right now I am in the process of planning at least two or three trips to Brundage before the se-mester is over,” Redinger said. “Their snow is better up there. We have some-

one who has a cabin up there, so as long as we can get the right dates to go up and get the interest, we will be taking ten to twelve people up each time.”

Redinger says despite the lack of snow both this year and last, Ski and Snowboard Club member-ship has risen.

“We at least doubled, if not more, this year in membership compared to last year,” Redinger said. “Our Jackson Hole trip last year only had 18 members go, and this year we had 31."

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) The rules stay the same for awhile. Re-view practical arrangements and get organized. Make a spending plan, without spending yet.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Don’t argue ... it’s not worth it. Especially since you’re likely to change your mind. Regulations could interfere with plans. Begin with commonalities, and consider new avenues. Listen to your heart.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Your ideas still have some bugs to work out, but you won’t know if you don’t try. Take detailed notes. A practical plan works better than a gamble.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Tempers are short, so choose your battles well. Sometimes it’s better to let another win. A female finds a treasure. It’s mind over matter now. Bend with the wind.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You don’t have to carry the load alone; someone who loves you is willing to help. Or you could take it easy today, and start again tomor-row. Bubbles, good music and candles are nice.

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ful, entertaining and always educational Dr. Picklestein can now follow his sci-ence demonstra-tions, photos, vid-eos, games and a lot more on his Face-book page.

Dr. Picklestein, alter ego of Henry A. Charlier, a Boise State associate pro-fessor of chemistry and biochemistry, has shared his love for science with school children in classroom presenta-tions all over Idaho. Charlier is now giv-ing students a way to reach him online through Facebook.

“The other day a young teen told me about the impression

one of my presenta-tions made on her when she was in the fifth grade,” Charlier said. “She’s now in the ninth grade and wants to become a chemist and has an interest in engineer-ing as well. Those are the stories that keep me going.

“I’m hoping that Facebook can help me motivate more young people to follow an interest in science, technol-ogy, engineering and math (STEM).”

Dr. Picklestein’s Facebook page has posts to interest students of all ages, teachers and just about anyone who enjoys one of the STEM topics

Scholarships boosted by auctionBoise State fans

have a chance to get their hands on excit-ing memorabilia and tickets this month during the Boise State Auction 2013.

Lovers of the or-ange and blue can bid online Feb. 12 through 26 for items ranging from tickets to athletic events, gift certificates, Bronco items and the chance to watch the Colorado State basketball game from the Arena Club seats. One lucky bid-der will earn the op-portunity to attend the pre-game “Chalk Talk” with coaches.

A black-tie dinner

and live auction will be held on Saturday, May 4, to continue the scholarship fun-draising. The yearly tradition started in 1983 at Boise State as a way to provide more financial op-portunities to stu-dents, through the support of alumni and generous local Boise businesses.

Dignitary tables with President Bob Kustra, Coach Chris Petersen and Coach Leon Rice have already sold for $6,000 apiece, according to de-tails on the auction website.

The auction and

gala dinner pro-ceeds fund scholar-ships for students at Boise State and is sponsored by the Boise State Alumni Association. This event has raised more than $4 mil-lion in funds for ac-ademic and athletic rewards through the Boise State Alumni Association’s Lega-cy Scholarship en-dowment and the Bronco Athletic As-sociation’s Athletic Excellence Scholar-ship endowment.

For more infor-mation visit boises-tateauction.afrogs.org or email alexcook@boisestate.edu.

Campus Read visitorBruce Barcott,

author of this year’s Campus Read selec-tion, will give a free lecture at 7 p.m. Tues-day, March 5, in the Student Union Sim-plot Ballroom.

Boise State selected “The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman’s Fight to Save the World’s Most Beautiful Bird” by Bar-cott as the 2012-13 Campus Read book. It was named one of the best books of 2008 by Library Journal. Part nature writing, part travelogue, part biography, it is a true story that chronicles one woman’s crusade to stop a multinational

corporation from ex-terminating the last scarlet macaws of Belize. Her dramatic struggle brings alive the worldwide battle over globalization, demand for energy, environmental de-struction, the fate of the planet’s spe-cies, and the realities of economic sur-vival in a tiny Third World country.

Faculty, staff and students are encour-aged to attend the lecture. Faculty can visit the Campus Read website to find infor-mation to help engage their students with a pre-produced extra credit opportunity.

President’s Awards accepting entriesEntries are now

being accepted for the President’s Writ-ing awards. Contest categories are open to all work prepared for Boise State un-dergraduate courses in spring semester

2012 through spring semester 2013. Pre-viously published work is not eligible.

Deadline for en-try is 5 p.m. March 22. Two prizes will be awarded in each category: first prize

is $150; second prize is $75.

Please visit the President’s Writing Awards webpage for more informa-tion about catego-ries and submission guidelines.

Amy MerrillNews Editor

The State Board of Edu-cation (SBOE) is holding meetings at Boise State Wednesday and today.

The session Wednes-day, beginning at 1 p.m. is slated as a work session. The work session will in-clude an update to the Board’s Complete College Idaho Plan.

However, on Thursday at 8 a.m., the SBOE will reconvene in the Simplot Ballroom in the Student Union Building.

The morning will begin with a review and approval of the agenda and minutes before the open “forum begins.

Students and other indi-viduals interested in speak-ing in the open forum were required to sign up at least two days in advance and should be aware they will be limited to three minutes of speaking time.

Students who weren’t able to find time to sign up are encouraged to attend the meeting.

“I think if students want to show up, that would be great. Thursday will prob-ably be the best day for students to show up. Their agenda is available on their website. The only thing I would say is not for stu-dents to expect a lot of ac-tion,” said Ryan Gregg, As-sociate Students of Boise State University (ASBSU)

president.Students who have

signed up to speak should be aware the forum is not a platform to air personal matters, personal com-plaints, grievances or parti-san political issues. Instead, it should be a place to voice concerns about potential tuition increases, or to tell the Board that Boise State needs to hire more profes-sors or offer more class sessions, if students are in fact concerned about these things. This sounds a lot like we’re encouraging stu-dents to complain about these specific matters.

Keep in mind, members of the Board will not re-spond to any of the speak-ers during the open forum. The comments or concerns voiced by speakers will be recorded and referred to the individual or institu-tion best suited to address the comments.

“When students sign up

and say, ‘I do listen, this is important to me,’ I think it does help,” said Stacy Pearson, vice president of Finance and Administra-tion. “When they set their tuition and fees in April,

typically the student lead-ers come up and we ask them to spend some time talking about if they sup-port the tuition increase.”

The SBOE meets again

in April to set tuition and potential fee increases. At this February meeting, stu-dents have the opportunity to tell the Board why they should or should not be paying more in tuition.

“That’s why I think stu-dents should care, it mat-ters how long it takes for you to get your degree and start making money,” Gregg said. “If you stay in college another year, it’s not just your tuition, it’s your housing, and it’s your food and it’s your transpor-tation, and then you add on the median salary that you’re not making.”

Gregg recommends stu-dents wear their Boise State colors and let people know students are interested.

“Seeing that students care about their meeting would be great. Rarely do students show up,” Gregg said. “I think they would appreciate the interest.”

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“Get involved” is the mantra of any college ad-visor. “Set foot on campus and become fresh meat for clubs and organizations that need new suckers to do heavy lifting” is a little long to fit on motivational posters.

The mantra stays in the background, like those ‘buy shirts’ songs that play in Kohl’s, but it never quite leaves. After resisting, the boredom of the previous semester fueled a desper-ate application for a Växjö International Students board member position, which I got.

New suckers? Check. Did I get some heavy lift-ing or tedious jobs shoved onto me? Yeah, that hap-pened too.

Since I was expecting it, I thought a preemptive volunteering gig would be less risky. Turns out the trip I volunteered to ar-range got its date changed, so instead of a month to arrange it, I had two weeks.

Thankfully, last semes-ter’s crew did a lot of the legwork on the trip so I just had to pursue their old contacts to renew some old deals the board had going. Still rather stressful since I hadn’t done some-thing along these lines before and everyone just flapped their hands when I asked for help, saying, “Oh no, you’ll be fine.”

Since that failure in pre-emptive volunteering, one would think I learned my lesson and stopped doing it. That didn’t happen. In-stead, I sign on for being secretary, leading a week-long trip in March, being toastmaster and managing a crew at the Welcome Dinner.

Volunteering generally means you, at some level, want to do whatever it is you volunteered for. The only one of those I wanted to do at any level is the trip in March.

The rest came about because board meetings happen once a week, usu-ally lasting an appalling three hours. This time could easily be cut in half if every question regard-ing “who wants to do…” didn’t end in ten to fif-teen minutes of staring in awkward silence.

If someone does vol-unteer, they generally sound as enthusiastic as voluntarily providing tar-get practice for a firing squad. The toastmaster position needed one male and one female; none of the girls wanted to step up to the plate.

Ten minutes of awkward staring and “I guess I can do it” finally came to an end when my patience snapped and I said, “I’ll do it. Sign me up. Yaser, we should meet later for details.”

Bronco Abroad:Culture clash at the board level

SBOE open forum meeting on campus

Students can attend and show the SBOE they care about tuition and classes.Photo Courtesy mCt CamPus

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When students sign up and say, ‘I do listen, this is important to me,’ I think this does help.

ONLINEThe meeTing will be sTreamed on The web. agenda maTe-rials and a link To The video sTream are available aT www.boardofed.idaho.gov.

‘College Scorecard’ aims to measure costCourtesy MCT Campus

President Barack Obama’s administration Wednesday unveiled a new online tool aimed at giving prospective college students a better idea of what individual col-leges will cost and whether the financial burden will be worth it.

The “College Scorecard” comes as student debt is at an all-time high, gradu-ates are entering a tough job market, and families are overwhelmed with confusing and sometimes hard-to-find information about costs.

Obama, during his State of the Union address Tues-day night, said families could use the website to figure out “where you can get the most bang for your educational buck,” though some experts Wednesday criticized the data the ad-ministration chose to use.

The site allows consumers to get bare bones informa-

tion on 2 and 4-year colleg-es and universities, includ-ing tuition costs, graduation rates and graduates’ average loan repayment per month.

The goal is to eventually include data on graduates’ employment and earnings, part of a push to make col-leges more transparent about, and accountable for, student success.

“We know students and families are often over-whelmed in the college search process—but feel they lack the tools to sort through the information and decide which school is right for them,” U.S. Sec-retary of Education Arne Duncan said in a state-ment. “The College Score-card provides a snapshot about an institution’s cost and value to help families make smart decisions about where to enroll.”

Students can search for a specific institution or by factors such as location, size or majors offered.

Some of the informa-tion is re-purposed from previous Education Depart-ment initiatives, such as the College Navigator website that provides much of the same data.

The latest effort focuses more on helping students decide whether a particular school will be worth their investment by highlight-ing financial data, includ-ing how much the average student borrower has to repay each month after they graduate and how that compares to other institutions.

For example, the site provides the following in-formation about students at the Boise State Univer-sity: The average net tu-ition price, after grants and scholarships, is $13,082 a year. About 29.9 percent of students graduate in six years. For students who relied on federal loans to help pay for college, about 7.8 percent of them de-

faulted within three years of entering repayment. The average borrower pays back about $171.47 a month for 10 years.

Consumers can see how the costs and default rates compare to other colleges and universities. The default rate is a way to judge whether gradu-ates are earning enough to be able to pay off their loans. If students compare University of Illinois’ av-erage loan default rate to those at other colleges, for example, they would learn it is about 1.8 percent at Northwestern University, 4.4 percent at DePaul Uni-versity, 15.2 percent at Chicago State University, and 18.6 percent at Harper College in Palatine.

The national average de-fault rate is 13.4 percent. Augustana College’s vice president, W. Kent Barnds, criticized the “one-size-fits-all” approach. He also said it emphasizes future

earning potential instead of student learning.

At $21,840, Augustana’s net tuition price ranks on the high end, according to the scorecard.

The typical amount that graduates have to repay in loans each month, about $287, also ranks high.

Augustana, a liberal arts school in Rock Is-land, has about 2,500 undergraduates.

“Access to a great educa-tion cannot and should not be defined only through the language of dollars,” Barnds said. “There is much more to consider when measuring the worth of a college education and degree.”

Barnds said evaluating colleges based on its grad-uates’ earnings will reward institutions that graduate large numbers of future engineers and corporate executives but not neces-sarily those who graduate large numbers of teachers.

Securing smartphonesCourtesy MCT Campus

Smartphone carry a lot of things an identity thief would love to have: stored passwords to online accounts, banking information, email addresses and phone numbers. How can anyone make sure private data stays private? Adam Levin, co-founder of the Identity Theft 911 website and former direc-tor of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, offers these tips:

Lock phone with a pass-word. It’s the most basic se-curity step, but one that some

people skip. Yes, a hacker could break in anyway, but they may not want to bother.

“Most bad guys will simply move on to the next, easier target,” Levin noted. “It’s a lot easier for a thief to steal a smartphone with no password than it is to work on cracking your phone.”

When shopping on phones, use an application rather than a browser. Most major retail sites offer dedicated shop-ping applications that help shield users from fraudulent phishing sites and other scam-mer tricks, Levin said. Just be

sure it’s the official app before downloading it.

Log out. When you’re done checking your credit card bal-ance or checking account, be sure to sign out.

“And never click the box ask-ing the app to save your user ID or password,” Levin suggested.

Connect to Wi-Fi only when needed it. Turn off the feature on your phone that automatically connects to any nearby Wi-Fi network, Levin recommended. Oth-erwise, “hackers with the right software can easily hack your phone.”

And close your Bluetooth connection when you’re done.

Delete all personal data be-fore selling or donating your

old phone. Look in the set-tings for an option to “erase all content,” “factory data re-set” or something similar.

Take steps to keep personal information safe.Photo Courtesy mCt CamPus

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Matt Shelar and Ryan HoffmanStaff Writers

The annual Oscar Academy Awards are like the Super Bowl for movie buffs every-where: the stars, the clothing, the speech-es and most importantly, the freakin’ mov-ies all usually add up to an entertaining night of entertainment.

Seth MacFarlane is hosting this year’s ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 24 and com-pared to the grating James Franco/Anne Hathaway and slightly disappointing but kind of funny Billy Crystal ceremonies of years past, having the creator of one of the most successful crude animated shows host makes me perk up.

It will certainly be interesting to see what “Mr. Family Guy” will bring to the table. Plus, you know, there was that whole Ted movie that’s only the highest grossing R-rated comedy of all time and was pretty dang funny to boot (Thunder Buddies 4 Lyfe!).

Here are our picks for this year’s winners:

Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings PlaybookDaniel Day-Lewis – Lin-colnHugh Jackman – Les Mis-erablesJoaquin Phoenix – The MasterDenzel Washington – Flight

To many movie-junkies, Bradley Cooper’s nomina-tion is likely a joke (given his previous roles). But his performance in Silver Lin-ings Playbook is a definite game-changer. There Will Be Blood – Need I say more about Daniel Day-Lewis? Without saying, he quali-fies. Washington and Jack-man are your typical awe-some actors and never fail to deliver. But it’s Phoenix’s year. Every minute of the Paul Thomas Anderson’s masterpiece, The Master, Phoenix shines on screen. His body and face are con-torted for all 144 minutes of screen-time.

Pick:Joaquin Phoenix

Alternate: Daniel Day-Lewis

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Alan Arkin – ArgoRobert De Niro – Silver Linings PlaybookTommy Lee Jones – LincolnPhilip Seymour Hoffman – The MasterChristoph Waltz – Djan-go Unchained

These gentlemen are undoubtedly equal to the actors they supported in their projects this past year, and in some cases better (i.e. Arkin, De Niro, Waltz). Waltz, given his flawless performance in Inglourious Basterds (2009), is an absolute favorite for this category. However, Arkin, De Niro, and Jones are not to be tri-fled with. These guys are veterans of the art of act-ing and gave near-perfect and very warming perfor-mances this year. It’s so hard to judge their per-formances against each other. But it was Hoffman who gave another very loud performance. His chemistry on-screen with Phoenix was phenomenal and some of the most be-lievable acting I’ve ever seen. Unfortunately it’s too close to call, as all of these nominees are mas-ters of their art.

Pick: Christoph Waltz

Alternate: Philip Seymour Hoffman

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams – The MasterSally Field – LincolnAnne Hathaway – Les MiserablesHelen Hunt – The Ses-sionsJacki Weaver – Silver Lin-ings Playbook

From the 30-year-old Hathaway to 66-year-old Sally Field, there is a very diverse spread of females in this category. Anne Ha-thaway, who many of us probably remember get-ting her start 12 years ago in The Princess Diaries, has developed into quite a name in Hollywood, winning her first Golden Globe earlier this month. She, over the seasoned Field, deserves this Oscar and has done everything in her power to make earn it. Another terrific young ac-tress, Adams, did a terrific job in The Master. Phoenix and Hoffman are wild-men in this movie, but it is the very well-regimented Adams who holds their uncomfortable chemistry together.

Pick: Anne Hathaway

Alternate: Amy Adams

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Amour ArgoBeasts of the Southern WildDjango UnchainedLes MisérablesLife of PiLincolnSilver Linings PlaybookZero Dark Thirty

Naturally, the am-biguously titled Lincoln sounds like it has all the tools to build the movie to end all movies about the Civil War. With Spielberg as its director and Daniel Day-Lewis as honest Abe, it screams Oscar. However, this front-runner has the potential to flop at the Academy Awards as Avatar did in 2009. With Affleck’s Argo, Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, and Tarantino’s very loud Django Unchained, I be-lieve it’s anyone’s game.

Pick: Zero Dark Thirty

Alternate Pick: Django Unchained

Best Picture

Predictions2013Oscar

When you’ve got big names like Spielberg, Lee and Russell in the mix, there’s just no place for lesser-known (but still quite deserv-ing) talents like Haneke and newcomer Zeitlin. Beasts of the Southern Wild was particularly a cult fave, but Playbook and Pi are more virtuoso directing efforts. Lin-coln will have stayed in viewers’ heads longer due to the political situ-ation currently befalling the nation.

Best DirectorMichael Haneke – AmourAng Lee – Life of PiDavid O. Russell – Sil-ver Linings PlaybookSteven Spielberg – LincolnBenh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Pick:David O. Russell

Alternate Pick: Steven Spielberg

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When it comes time to do homework, some students “surprisingly” find them-selves on their futon covered by a blanket with their cat curled up on them. They’re obviously “too tired” or “not feel-ing well enough to do their homework.” Some students said they shared these sentiments.

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Araceli Contrerasjunior accounting major

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Courtney Brandt freshman psychology major

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Ever been downtown on a Saturday night? If your answer is no, you are seriously missing out. Some of you might judge me and say downtown Boise is the most boring activity to par-take in on the weekends. How-ever, this is a column about what I believe every college student should do before they become a real human and have real human responsibilities.

To those of you who are living the 21-year-old life, I strongly advise you to bite the bullet, take the risk, throw on a pair of heels and venture on down to the abyss of To-kyo Teas and late night hot dog stands.

Eight months into my 21-year-old life I have to admit I’ve had some of the best times of my life down there. If you’re new to this scene, let me give you my oh-so-expert advice on where and when to go. You have to start off at Café Ole. Drinks are cheap and strong and you can order chips and salsa. I’m sold.

From there we usually head

to Bistro or Humpin’ Hannahs. It’s when it hits around 1

a.m. when we all stumble to Dirty Little Roddies. And no, the name doesn’t lie. If you like 90’s wedding music, mechani-cal bull riding and a whole lot of dancing, then this is the place for you.

When the lights finally turn on at 2 a.m. everyone seems to bolt. Probably for the reason of being sweaty from fist pump-ing, guzzling fireball shots all night and mainly not wanting the attractive male or female to see what you really look like in the light.

The wise choice after you ditch the hunk is to head on over to Jimmy John’s where the party continues until all the drunken folks have decided it is time to cab it home. And if you’re really looking to top off your night and not have a hangover the next morning, then I also advise you to spend the nine dollars for a num-ber 16. I promise it will save your life.

So brush out those tangles and throw a little lipstick on. You never know when and how you’re going to have the best night of your life. But I can promise you if you have the right attitude when hitting the town it sure won’t disappoint.

The best part about it? Un-scrambling all of the stories the next morning over a big greasy breakfast at Elmers.

I’ll see you this Saturday. Cheers!

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Alx StickelAssistant Arts and Entertainment Editor

was based on, was that sort of mechanics,” he said.

The materials used were important for creating the right look for the creature.

If the tsukumogami had been made of foam rub-ber like the kappa and the akiname, it would’ve looked all wrong.

Whereas if the kappa and akiname had been made of the same material as the tsukumogami, their texture wouldn’t have been there to make them lifelike.

“I’m fond of the mate-rial of foam rubber to work with,” Baltzell said of the material used for the kappa and akiname. “You know you can squash it up and move it. It feels alive to me. It feels like skin and looks like skin.”

The material also has the added bonus of being mal-leable enough so the entire head of the kappa puppet

was one piece of foam rub-ber, and looked more or-ganic, according to Baltzell.

“For me it’s sort of a pro-cess thinking, well, that’s sort of how your body makes itself,” he said. “Sort of folded around, and it’s better than sort of cutting out eyebrows and gluing them on. It feels more real to me, more interesting.”

The puppets, though, are still just puppets without the performers who handle them, called silhouettes.

“They certainly did a great job making the pup-pets come to life. After all, they’re just dolls un-til somebody, an opera-tor, somebody who wants to invest life into them does that,” Baltzell said. “They’re more than stage-hands, there’s a sort dance theater element to them.”

Because the puppets were created after the bun-

raku style, the perform-ers had to play an integral part in the story, implying although these monsters seem real, their actual reality is meant to be questioned.

Baltzell said the silhou-ettes “not only operate the puppets, but they also expend they reflect other action in the play that has to do with father figures, and they sort of move the story along.”

Junior multi eth-nic studies and French major, Jamie Thomas, went to see the play opening night.

According to Thom-as, the show is to be highly reccommended to fellow students and com-munity members.

"The highlight of the play were the puppets. They were intricate, well-conceived and they captured the fantastical elements of the story,"

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“A Nighttime Survival Guide” is playing at the Boise Contemporary The-ater until March 2.

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Whether you decide to dress up or dress down, what you wear can impact your performance. Al-though it may seem irrel-evant for anything outside of the usual job interview, dressing in what you are comfortable in, or what makes you feel good, can boost your confidence.

It can also possibly even help you with testing or presenting.

“I think that our confi-dence levels are definitely affected by what we wear,” said professor Kimberly Assad McAdams, Ph.D., of the psychology depart-ment. “Anything that you can do to make yourself feel more confident in your abilities or to help you feel better about yourself is going to ben-efit you in terms of your performance.”

This idea of being bene-fitted in your performance also goes along with

testing. McAdams said if you

prefer certain clothes on exam days or have a usual routine you do, you espe-cially want to wear those clothes or continue that routine on test day.

“I prefer to wear some-thing that is comfy on test days,” said sophomore communication major Meredith Carlsen. “I also like to get a coffee and then read over my notes as I’m walking to class.”

According to McAd-ams, wearing something you believe will make you more confident or more relaxed on test day is important. The same goes for continuing the routine which you find yourself doing nearly every day.

Dressing in something which makes you confi-dent can also be applied to the everyday life.

Harry Penate, a fresh-man english major in the ROTC program at Boise State, said he believes wearing the Army’s uni-

form helps him with his everyday performance.

“Wearing this uniform makes me feel proud and very confident,” Penate said. “It makes me want to work harder because I’m representing the Army.”

Another aspect of this is dressing up for presentations.

“We tend to view people who are dressed for the job or who are dressed better as being more assertive and as being more confi-dent,” McAdams said. “I always tell my students before giving an oral pre-sentation that, ‘you guys don’t have to dress up, but I strongly encourage you do so because then it seems like you know the material better.’”

So how do you decide what to wear?

McAdams said you want to wear something which you feel good in, and also you don’t want to feel like you’re wearing something which is “not reflective of your personality.”

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One step closer to equalityBrenna BrumfieldAssistant OpinionEditor

A few months ago Boise took a big step towards equality for all of it's citizens who are part of the LGBT community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender etc.) An ordinance was passed allowing LGBT citizens to be allowed equal opportunity in hous-ing, jobs, and use of public buildings and services.

It passed 5-0. This made Boise one of the four cities in Idaho to imple-ment anti-employment discrimina-tion laws. The question that is raised now is if this will truly do what it was set out to do. Though this does bode well for the advancement of human rights in Idaho, there is still a lot of progress to be made.

Michial Cantrell, a criminal jus-tice major, has mixed feelings about the effectiveness of this legislation. “I think that it is good that our city made the decision to make such a bold statement, however based on the Right to Work laws I don’t feel that it will make a noticeable change in the job markets,” Cantrell said.

Cantrell unfortunately has already felt the effects of discrimination in

the workplace. He was fired, before this ordinance passed, for minute causes immediately after he was dis-covered to be gay at work. They listed next to nothing in the cause of termi-nation. Still this termination would not necessarily have changed if it had happened during this new leg-islation. The Right to Work laws are

something that Idaho, along with 22 other states, agreed to. It allows em-ployers to fire their employees with-out any named reasons.

He explains,“it would still be pos-sible for an employer to fire someone based on their sexual orientation by citing unrelated issues as cause or by giving no cause at all since it is not required.”

Cantrell admits the system isn't perfect but that this was still an important part of getting equal

rights “I do feel however that it does make a statement that such behavior will not be tolerated in our state,” Cantrell said.

Though Cantrell is correct in the fact the system can be abused, it is still important to remember that this action does have consequences. This ordinance is not a huge change

but it does show that Idaho is taking a step toward equal protections for it's LGBT citizens. This is an impor-tant change during this period where LGBT teen suicide has been rampant across America, and other big moves, like the removal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, are coming to light.

Andrew Geske, a transgender stu-dent studying health science, has tak-en this change optimistically. “This ordinance is a big step in the right direction, and I think it sets a good

example for other Idaho cities to fol-low, but there’s still a lot of work to be done here in Boise.”

Geske speculated on how impor-tant this change was for him, and his family. After coming out, the biggest worry his parents faced was how he would be able to get into the job mar-ket. They were sure that his gender identity would stand in his way. Now he hopes he can help calm some of those fears, as well as face the job world with a renewed excitement.

When asked if he felt more secure in applying for jobs and housing now that the ordinance passed, he ex-claimed, “Oh, hells yes! It’s good to know that I’ll be judged for my per-formance at work or my credit his-tory just like everybody else, rather than for my identity.”

This ordinance was a huge step towards equal rights in Boise, but it was only one step, before true equal-ity can be achieved other protections will likely be needed. What's impor-tant though is to remember that this is still something to celebrate. This ordinance may not change every-thing but it did give hope to those fighting for the cause, and brought a new wave of optimism to the LGBT community in Idaho.

Anti-discrimination ordinance is just the beginning

““—Andrew Geske

This ordinance is a big step in the right direction, and I think it sets a good example for other Idaho cities to follow, but there’s still a lot of work to be done here in Boise.

The city council meeting, which passed the ordinance last semester, voted unanimously in favor of passing the ordinance. JAKE ESSMAN/THE ARBITER

Zachary ChastaineOpinion Editor

There may come a time in your college career when you realize you’re studying something you just can’t stand and the choice to go to college be-cause you thought it would be more profitable in the long run doesn’t seem to be panning out.

Maybe it’s time to change your major, and that’s okay.

Not everyone is cut out for marketing. Maybe a biology student finds they don’t actually like science (never happens) or a stu-dent studying English may find he or she actu-ally hates writing, and so it goes.

Changing your major can be the shift you need to make your college ca-reer worth it.

Especially if you’re con-vinced you’re studying the wrong thing, is there really any reason to con-tinue pursuing a degree you hate?

If you grew up making lemonade stands every single weekend as a kid, then by all means, keep your business degree.

But if you were friends with that lemonade stand kid and only went to busi-ness school to hang out then maybe you’re not on the right track.

To be sure, there are very real risks to swapping your major.

For example, if you were on some kind of a four year graduation plan you will probably have ruined that plan and it may take more than four years to graduate.

But then again, if you transfer schools, take one wrong class or fail some-thing important you prob-ably won’t graduate in four years anyway since all your credits will get messed up just enough to stunt your four year plan.

More time in class can mean more money spent, more loans and more time starving to death in a dorm room.

If you don’t love what you study then what’s the point? Even if you only love it a little bit.

Bearing in mind your degree is what you make of it, meaning just because you graduate with a degree in political science doesn’t mean anyone is going to hand you a job like a re-ward for a job well done.

This is no videogame—you have to work just to actually get work in the real world.

Putting effort into net-working and meeting people in the industry can be just as important as ac-tually getting the degree itself, so if you find net-working with politicians is awful and soul crushing then maybe that’s a sign the political science realm isn’t right for you.

And if you are going to need more than four years to graduate then why not get your credits all janked up on your own accord. It should be your decision.

Don’t be afraid to change your game.

College is about learn-ing think critically and be-ing bold enough to make risky decisions about your path.

Buckin-A: Changing your major is healthy

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"I love it. I go there all the time; but I wish the grill had meal replacements."

Lauren UrnessFreshman Communications major

“It’s very convenient, espe-cially if you live in Chaffee; be-cause you walk down the stairs and it’s RIGHT there.”

Devin GuyFreshman Mechanical Engineering major

“It’s really convenient be-cause by the time the BRC closes, this place is still open.”

Armand NanceFreshman Communications major

“I love it, especially living in Chaffee, because if you’re do-ing homework really late you can just stop in for a snack.”

Jarrod GravesFreshman Marketing major

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A serve into national contention

The 2012-13 Boise State men’s club volleyball team poised in their home court at Bronco Gymnasium.

Angie ChristiaensStaff Writer

For the first time in pro-gram history, Boise State’s men’s club volleyball team qualified to compete in the NCVF National Tour-nament on April 3-7 in Dallas, Texas.

In order to qualify for this tournament, the men’s club volleyball team will have to first attend their conference champion-ships held March 2-3.

Competing under the Pacific Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (PIVA) conference, the Broncos will have to vol-ley for first place, which would guarantee their trip to the national tour-nament to be completely paid for.

The men’s club volley-ball team has been playing in tournaments since last spring competing against other schools from sur-rounding states.

They’ve been compet-ing very well, finishing in the top three of all tourna-ments they have played in this academic school year.

The team, with 10 of-ficial Boise State students and an excellent coaching staff, has high hopes in the upcoming PIVA tourna-ment and nationals.

Ryan French, a cap-tain and middle blocker for the team, believes the team can make some serious moves toward tournament play.

“We feel we can fin-ish very high in the PIVA championships and pos-sibly go very far in the na-

tional tournament given that we are an unrecog-nized and unsanctioned club and will be compet-ing in the Division 1 AA with similar school and club teams as ourselves," French said.

This team is competing to make a statement not only as a program, but to raise awareness at the na-tional level of Boise State having a successful men’s club volleyball team.

“With the group of guys that make up the team now, we are all very ath-

letic, talented, skillful and experienced,” French said. “We feel that this is about time that our school be seen on a national level for something other than football.”

However, this team has done more than just com-pete in volleyball on the hardwood.

The team essentially functions internally in or-der to continue playing the sport they all love by working hard.

“We are governed by the recreation center and take

care of all our registration, paperwork, travel, accom-modations and organizing by ourselves via our offi-cers,” French said.

By being a completely self-funded team, the men’s club volleyball team has also been holding fun-draisers to earn money to travel to nationals, in the event they don’t place first at the PIVA tournament.

The team has also been active in the community.

They have been tak-ing time to volunteer and provide clinics over the

summer season in order to spread the passion of vol-leyweball and to help raise money for their travels.

While their financial struggles persist, the team has showed that time and time again obstacles will not be problematic to-ward their goals; even if they have to dive a couple times.

For up-to-date results and to check their prog-ress in the upcoming PIVA tournament and nation-als, be sure to check their Facebook page.

Women’s tennis break even in UtahJohn GarretsonSports Editor

The women's tennis team (5-1, 0-0 in MW) made the trek to Utah over the week-end to take on Utah State and BYU at their respective stadiums and came out even at 1-1 over the trip.

"It was our first time on the road this season," junior Sandy Vo said. "The altitude is a lot higher in Utah, which was something we prepared for the best we could."

First stop for the Broncos came at Logan, where the women handled Utah State 5-2 Friday afternoon. Even though the Broncos came away with the W, this was the first match of the season that

the women allowed points to their opponents in a match.

Striking first were the Broncos in the doubles play, as they secured both points for the win. No. 2 seeded ju-niors Vo and Morgan Basil defeated Julie Tukuafu and Kristina Voytsekovich 8-4.

Freshman Megan LaLone and sophomore Sammie Watson also won 8-4 over Hillary Hays and Kallie Sperry at the No. 3 spot. The Pietzuch twins, seniors Manuela and Marlena, did not finish the No.1 match because the points had been secured.

Carrying the Broncos to victory in the singles play were Basil, LaLone and Wat-son, who scored victories at

the No. 4, 5 and 6 positions, respectively.

The one who struck first and and gave the Broncos the extra edge was freshman Teal Vosburgh, who earned the first Broncos singles win with a 6-0, 6-3 No. 3 spot victory.

"It was a good win against Utah State as they are a strong team and it's always great to win on the road," Vo said.

Traveling to Provo was a different story for the ladies.

It was the Cougars who took the doubles points for the match, a first for the Broncos this season.

BYU's Meghan Sheehan-Dizon and Nicolette Tran took the No. 1 seed over the Pietzuch twins in a 8-6 loss for the Broncos. Vo and Basil as well as Watson and LaLone fell in the No. 2 and No. 3 spots respectively.

BYU carried their momen-tum into singles play, only allowing the Broncos one victory: a 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 No. 1 seeded match win from Vo over Morgan Anderson.

The Cougars were able to defeat the rest of the Broncos to take home the 5-1 victory.

"It was a tough road trip

and I'm really proud of all the girls for how well they fought in all of their weekend matches," Basil said.

It's a brief week at home

for the women as they pack their bags again for Utah, this time to head to Salt Lake City to face off against the Utah Utes this Saturday.

West Coast BiasSay it ain’t so, TitusCorey MorganStaff Writer

What has happened to Ti-tus Young? All it took was 10 days for two seperate teams to say “thanks but no thanks.” What gives?

For four years, Young was known as the “big-play” guy that could explode for a touchdown at any moment. The guy was plain and sim-ply, the most dynamic foot-ball player Boise State has ever had.

After graduating from Boise State in 2011, Young was selected in the 2nd round of the NFL Draft by the De-troit Lions. Young’s momen-tum was at an all-time high.

Young would go on to have a stellar rookie cam-paign for the Lions, playing in 16 games while having 48 receptions, 607 yards and 6 touchdowns. The next year, in only 10 games, he had 33 receptions, 383 yards and 4 touchdowns; things were looking up for Young.

But on Dec. 4 2012, the Detroit Lions placed Young on the Injury Reserve (IR) list, ending his would-have -been great season. Techni-cally, he was placed on the IR due to the knee problems he had been having through-out the season.

But if you were to ask any of the Lions management, it was because of his behav-ior on the team. The “last-straw” for the Lions’ man-agement came when Young purposely lined-up in the wrong place on an offensive play due to him not getting the ball thrown his direction enough.

Adding to the list of be-havioral or attitude prob-lems Young has had in his professionial career, these antics have started at a young age.

In a 2007 video interview back in high school, Young’s uncle talked about Titus get-ting in trouble with his high school administration and football team in his 9th and 10th grade year.

In 2008, Young was sus-pended three games by Boi-se State Head Coach Chris Peterson for violating team rules. The 3-game suspen-sion turned into a season-long suspension, ending his season after only playing in 3 games.

Junior Morgan Basil returning a serve at home.

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