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presence known on campusSARAH MURPHY

Journalist

Ben Andersen is like many other Boise State students. He attends classes, is present on campus, and has an opin-ion on Bronco football.

However, Andersen has a secret -- he has been homeless.

Andersen was homeless while still attending classes at BSU. But before becom-ing homeless, his job laid him o".

A typical day for Andersen included going to class and doing “homework in the li-brary like normal,” he said. “After it closed, I would head to #nd someplace to keep warm downtown.”

He would make his way to the Student Union Building at 6 a.m. because, “it was the only place open that I could sleep at an early hour.”

Andersen received sympa-thy when people found out but, “no one really knew,” An-dersen said. “I guess actually being a student helped out with people not judging me, or ridiculing me.”

Now, Andersen has found a part-time job, received help from his grandmother and “was able to #nd a place to live.”

But Andersen is unlike

many other individuals on campus who have experi-enced homelessness. Every winter, transients make an impression on campus life, often seen roaming the SUB.

Unlike Andersen, some homeless or transients that frequent the SUB can cause disturbances. On Jan. 27, a transient in the SUB was ar-rested for intoxication.

“Whenever we have any-one (transient or student) who is intoxicated we call the police,” said Student Union director Jack Rahmann.

If there is an issue of a homeless or transient person, “taking too much time in an area, we ask them to leave,” Rahmann said.

But, in the nine years Rah-mann has been at the SUB, “it is remarkable how little van-dalism and harassment has occurred,” he said.

“We take situations on

a case by case basis,” Rah-mann added. “We’re always aware of the situation of try-ing to manage our transient population. We consider the students.”

A #fth year student, Alyssa Dunlap has had a few expe-riences with homeless in-dividuals. A couple of years ago, Dunlap was sitting in the SUB when she saw a home-less man set his things down in a chair and left. When he returned he found a second homeless man had taken his seat. A verbal confrontation took place.

“I remember thinking, I don’t want to be here because I don’t feel safe,” Dunlap said. “One thing to remember is they, (the homeless), have a tendency to be territorial.”

But Dunlap’s opinion changed. Last year, Dunlap and some friends continu-ally saw a transient sitting in

the new expansion area of the SUB. “Since the girls had extra meals, we started in-viting him to eat in the BRC (Boise River Café) with us,” Dunlap said.

She said she enjoyed the experience of helping some-one. “He was very grateful for the meals and we still talk to him sometimes when we see him,” Dunlap said.

“$e only time I haven’t felt safe is during their (the homeless mens') arguments,” Dunlap said. “If they’re keep-ing to themselves, there’s nothing to worry about, they’re people too.”

Andersen has one piece of advice for those who en-counter the homeless on campus. “Please don’t look down on them,” Andersen said. “$ey’re only trying to stay alive, (and) if you were in that situation, how would you want people to treat you?”

'They're only trying to stay alive'

SARAH MURPHY Journalist

A Boise State professor has been sentenced to one year of probation for mis-demeanor battery against a BSU student.

Professor Charles M. Odahl, who pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge, was also given a 30 day suspended

jail term and a $337.50 #ne by judge $eresea Gardunia in Ada County Court March 8.

$e incident for which Odahl was convicted occurred Feb. 10 at around 2 p.m. in the Library parking lot on campus. $e Boise Police Department responded to a report concerning a verbal argument between the 65-year-old Odahl and a fe-male student in her early 30's. $e victim, whose name is be-ing withheld, is a resident of Eagle.

Odahl attempted to “knock a cigarette out of her hand, when he missed and struck the victim on the left side of her body,” Boise Police communications director, Lynn High-tower said. Next, Odahl pushed the victim back using his forearm in her upper chest and neck area.

Odahl faced maximum penalties of up to 3 months in county jail, a $1,000 #ne, or a combination of a #ne and imprisonment.

Sanctions from BSU could be issued for Odahl.Odahl is a professor in the history department whose re-

search specialty is Cicero and the Late Republic, Early Chris-tianity, and Constantine and Late Antiquity. Odahl has both traveled and taught extensively in Europe and the Mediter-ranean, and he holds both a bachelor's and master's degree from California State University, Fresno. He holds a Ph.D de-gree in Greek, Roman, and Medieval History from the Uni-versity of California, San Diego.

Classes taught by Odahl at Boise State include Western Civilization, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Cicero and the Late Republic and Latin, among others.

Boise State professor pleads guilty to battery

against student

ZACH GANSCHOWProducer

At 06:00 on a brisk, dark morning, the ROTC class stands at full attention un-der the bright interior %uo-rescent lights for the its upcoming task.

From atop a diving board, a cadet is lead "walking-the-plank" style to the end of the platform. A black ski mask is pulled over his head, obscur-ing his vision, while he holds a decoy M-4 carbine ri%e.

“Bronco Battalion!” is shouted from behind the

mask that reverberates o" the tile surfaces of the Kine-siology Annex, followed by a splash as the cadet plum-mets to the water, wearing his full camou%age fatigues. He resurfaces with the ri%e as the next cadet mounts the platform.

$is aquatic training is called the Combat Water Survival Test (CWST), a lab in the ROTC program at Boise State.

“$is is testing their con#-dence in the water and their ability to dawn, or ditch, their equipment when they enter

the water,” said Major Rick Storm, assistant professor of military science. “It’s a war-rior ethos based event.”

$e CWST consists of three di"erent trials. First, the ca-dets must swim unassisted for 15 meters.

“$ey have their load car-rying equipment (LCE), which is their magazine pouches, canteens, com-pass, #rst aid pouch, full uni-form, minus the boots and their M-4 carbine,” Major Storm described.

$e second event is the

Embedded with the ROTCAquatic combat

Most of the homeless on campus can be found either in the SUB or Library.

See ROTC I page 2A cadet swims with his decoy M-4 carbine rifle as part of the Combat Water Survival Test that occurred in the Kinesiology annex pool.

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SHANNON MORGANEditor in Cheif

Dozens of students from state universities decided to rally on the Capitol steps $ursday to protest budget cuts and “skyrocketing tuition.”

One picket sign read, “I need my higher edumica-tion.” Student’s chanted phrases such as, “No more

budget cuts."According to the Idaho

Statesman, higher education will receive about $68 million less in tax revenue than it did two years ago if the budget proposed by the Legislature's budget-writing committee is passed for next school year.

“Spending from the state general fund will fall 14 percent from this year, and overall funding will fall 8

percent. As a result, the uni-versities are seeking tuition and fee increases between 9.9 percent and 12.4 per-cent next school year,” the Statesman reported.

Idaho State University stu-dent David Scott wanted the Legislature to know how that impacts students.

“Eighty percent of stu-dents at ISU are on #nancial aid, accruing thousands and thousands of dollars in debt,” Scott said. “$at is not ac-ceptable.”

ISU student body presi-dent, Ross Knight was one of the students who spoke to the small crowd of students and media on the steps of the Capitol. “It’s important we #ght for our education,” Knight said.

“Higher costs are forcing us out of the system or into a higher debt load. It’s in Ida-ho’s best interest to invest in the future.”

ISU student Max Pond said most students realize these are di&cult economic times for everyone, but wor-ries about the impact cuts to education will have on the future of Idaho’s econ-omy and feels Idaho has its priorities wrong.

“We’re not trying to be un-realistic. We know times are hard. But I don’t think cuts need to be this steep. It’s a priority issue,” Pond said.

When $e Arbiter asked what things the Legislature should cut instead of educa-tion, Pond replied, “I haven’t

looked at the budget. I don’t know speci#cally. But I’m taking 21 credits; it’s not my job to come up with a solu-tion for this. It's their job.”

Other students in atten-dance worried about the im-pact the rising cost of higher education will have on Amer-ican society in general.

“Education is the great equalizer,” ISU graduate stu-dent Tom Briggs said. “It should not be something only the rich can a"ord.”

A majority of students in at-tendance at $ursday's rally were from ISU and made the three and a half hour drive to Boise, despite it being their midterm week.

“Rescheduling a midterm is hard to do. But showing a united front is part of the pro-cess,” Briggs said.

ISU students wondered why not many BSU students had attended the rally.

“Where is Boise State’s presence,” Pond asked.

Knight said Boise State Associated Student Body President, Trevor Grigg, was extended the invitation for Boise State students to attend $ursday’s protest.

$e Arbiter was only able to locate one Boise State stu-dent at the rally, political sci-ence major Jason Denizak. He wanted to hear what the ISU students had to say and what response they would get from the Legislature.

“$e fact that they’re out here at all is an indicator of how serious the situation

we’re dealing with is,” Den-izak said.

When asked how he felt about the proposed 9.9 per-cent tuition increase for Boise State students, Denizak said, “It’s needed to keep classes and services intact.

Every dollar cut from State funding means it’s trans-ferred to us. It’s a really in-teresting way to balance the budget.

$ey shift the cost burden from the states budget to ours, the students debt.”

After several students spoke on the steps of the Capitol building, the group went inside to o"er testimo-ny to the Senate’s Education Committee.

Members of the commit-tee commended students for coming to speak to them.

Committee Vice Chairman Dean Mortimer compliment-ed them for being profes-sional and courteous, and for removing their hats.

$e Committee seemed to share the concern of the students.

“You are speaking to the choir here,” Senator Chuck Winder said.

Members of the commit-tee assured students that

they too were anxious about the future of education in Idaho.

Senator Edgar Malepeai said, “There is not a person here who does not support K-12 and higher education.”

“The research component of our Universities must be maintained. We know that,” Malepeai said.

ISU student Mathew Blox-am asked the committee to have vision.

“Managers see the now. Leaders see 10 years down the road. Education is the only way the state will have a future," Bloxam said.

“Fight for Idaho, fight for us.”

Senator Winder agreed.“We need to have a vision

for education in Idaho for 10 to 20 years out, Winder said. “The young students here today give me hope for the future.”

Senator Monty Pearce as-sured the students the Leg-islature was doing the best it could to navigate the budget shortfalls and said, “I wish I could tell you it will be better next year but I don’t believe it."

“It’s going to be a slow crawl out of this.”

#ve meter drop where the cadets are blindfolded and then jump into the pool.

“Its like simulating being in the water in unknown circumstances, kind of a shock. (Cadets) must retain control of the weapon and swim to the side of the pool," Storm said.

$e #nal CWST test is the 'unexpected water entry', where cadets are fully sub-merged with their LCEs. $ey must completely re-move their vests and drop their weapon to resurface clear of their equipment.

$e canteens remain empty, increasing their buoyancy to force the cadets to stay submerged longer.

"I can %oat if I need to and I can sink if I need to, so I am kinda lucky to have that body type," said Cadet Joel Kloseer, a third year trainee. "Some people can't sink or %oat to save their lives, which can make CWST di&cult."

To complete the morn-ing's training, all the ca-dets entered the deep end for a #ve minute session of treading water.

DAVID GASCHJournalist

A recent but failed attempt to support the Haiti relief has created a call for change.

$e Public Relations Stu-dent Society of America (PRS-SA) at Boise State requested the ability to make and sell stickers to support Haiti, but after lost paperwork and an untimely processing proce-dure, the urgency no longer exists. $ey sent a memo to the Student Leadership and Involvement Center and AS-

BSU to request a change from the current four-week pre-approval period to a shorter one-week interval.

“If the process is one week, submitting paperwork a week prior would not be leaving it until the last minute,” AS-BSU Secretary of Personnel Recruitment, Gloria Miller, said. “It would be following appropriate procedure for approval.”

$e PRSSA submitted a proposal on Jan. 20 to create stickers for Haiti relief. When they followed up on Jan. 22,

the paperwork had been lost. $ey resubmitted the pro-posal on Jan. 26. $e PRSSA is currently still waiting for approval.

$ey feel that the fund-raiser would no longer be timely and that this process is unacceptable.

As Boise State semesters last 15 weeks, its students, including the PRSSA, believe that four weeks is too much time to #t in other activities throughout the semester. Also, major concern is that funds for trips, events, fund-raisers and expenses that are contingent on timely matters (such as Haiti relief) should not be missed because of the approval process. And al-though the time frame is cur-rently four weeks, events and trips could be pushed back even longer.

“Approval is the #rst step that takes place when plan-ning events, fundraisers, or travel," Miller said. "Student groups are actually on hold for up to six weeks while wait-ing for approval."

$ough the student senate does not control the approval process, they can work to per-suade a change from those who can at Boise State. In

the past, the PRSSA has had to follow up with assistant director of Student Activi-ties, Charlie Varland, to re-ceive funds. PRSSA hopes to make the process more e&-cient to better the experience for students involved with campus organizations.

Varland responded to their request.

"After receiving this letter from PRSSA, I reached out to them immediately and I look forward to working with them to improve processes and procedures for all student or-ganizations," Varland said.

$e PRSSA hopes that the shortened time period will increase student creativity and participation, as well as streamline the process. $ey believe that many of the 177 o&cial student organizations on campus feel similarly and have experienced the same issues.

Still, the PRSSA thinks that the suggested reform would prove better for all involved. As they said, being able to explore ideas and engage in activities that prepare us for the future is a vital part of what Boise State Univer-sity student organizations are all about.

PRSSA proposes expense approval changes

Students protest cuts to education outside Capitol‘Fight for Idaho, fight for us'

ROTC [News page 1]

To see the underwater video that details the tasks of the

CWST, look for the ROTC article at arbiteronline.com

Submerged

About 40 students rallied on the steps of the Idaho State Capitol Thursday to protest cuts to Idaho’s public universities.


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JOSH GAMBLEColumnist

$is week, the Weekly Buzz Kill is going local -- right here in little ol' Boise. I’m taking a break from whin-ing about society as a whole and fo-cusing in on the Idaho State Legisla-ture. More speci#cally, I’m looking at the Joint Finance Appropriations Committee (JFAC).

Congratulations, JFAC, you’ve managed to do something irritat-ing enough to tear my gaze away from pissing o" conservatives and onto you. It’s like you just slipped on Sauron’s ring and now the Buzz Kill Nazgul are on your tail. But enough with my redundant lead -- what the hell are you guys thinking?

Last week, JFAC decided that high-er education doesn’t really need all of the state funding it has to work with, so they proposed cutting an ex-tra $32 million out of the budget. In response, a group of students from various Idaho colleges marched on the Capitol Building on Mar. 10, car-rying signs with slogans like “We’re already poor,” “Don’t price us out of education” and “Us Idahoans need our higher edumacation.”

$anks to budget cuts, students from BSU and ISU are both facing tu-ition increases at around 10 percent. For the record, that’s more than I make per paycheck. Seriously, JFAC, college kids are one of the poorest groups of people. Don’t you watch television? We’re struggling to make ends meet, pay the rent, and a"ord text books (which are a total racket, but that’s a rant for another day) all the while taking on debt before we even have a career. It’s like pumping a dry-docked ship full of water and then tossing into the sea.

Look, I know times are tough and we’re all tightening our belts. I know you’re making some hard decisions. However, being able to a"ord col-lege is hard enough as-is. $e more expensive you make it, the fewer people who will start showing up. A college education is becoming in-creasingly essential to make a decent living in America or when trying to get a job outside of the service sec-tor.

So here’s my solution (and I know it’s nowhere near this simple): let loose all the potheads. You’ll reduce the number of inmates in Idaho pris-ons, and if you impose a #ne for pos-session, instead of jail time, you’ll make money o" of them. $en, take that money saved and put it towards colleges. You’re spending money on potheads either way, but at least this way you’re doing something produc-tive with them.

We’re broke, you’re broke. $at’s just the way it is right now. It’s cliché, but students are the future of Amer-ica, and we need a hand up to get there. It takes state funding to keep higher education a"ordable. Ameri-can universities, including Idaho’s universities, represent golden oppor-tunities for both the individual and the nation. Isn’t that what America stands for? Don’t take that opportu-nity away from America. Don’t take it away from us.

Want to contact me directly? Find me at www.twitter.com/arbitergam-ble or send me an e-mail to [email protected].

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ALLEN SPURGEONJournalist

At 6 a.m. last Tuesday, I stepped out my front door armed with noth-ing but a pad of paper and a pen. Dressed in an old %annel shirt and a pair of ratty cargo pants, I was ready to be homeless for a day. Af-ter scrounging up some cardboard from a dumpster, I made my way to the Albertsons on Broadway.

Unfortunately, I started too late in the morning. Sitting on a grassy knoll outside the Albertsons park-ing lot, I witnessed a plethora of shoppers driving in and out. But by the time I #nished making my sign, “Anything will help God bless,” the stream of cars had slowed to a trickle. My sign complete, I staked my spot on the corner and begged for my breakfast.

After #ve and a half hours passed, I had received more in-sults than donations. “Get a job,” followed by some type of profanity was the most popular remark, and the least original. $e most hateful comment came from a middle-aged white guy, who, I believe, had not taken kindly to the "God bless" appendix on my sign. He informed me, “You are cursed to the hell YOU brought on yourself.” $en he quickly drove o", which didn’t bother me in the slightest because who wants to be in the company of someone like that? Initially I found the rude comments humorous, but their abasing nature soon began to wear me down.

While negative slurs and deri-sion were more commonplace, do-nations also trickled in. One kindly old lady wouldn’t roll her window down the entire way, but was will-ing to stick a dollar bill out of the slit for me to run over and retrieve. Small pocket change was the usual donation, but like my sign said, “Anything will help.”

By 2:30 p.m., when the lunch time rush died down, I had man-aged to raise $3.23, one button, several Albertsons receipts, and one peppermint candy (which had served as my breakfast and lunch) and I was ready for a meal. After

purchasing exactly $3.23 worth of deli meat, and getting a few weird looks in the process, I went outside and found a quiet corner behind Albertsons to eat. I was getting tired of all the abrasive comments and disapproving looks and need-ed a break.

Behind the store I met a harm-less looking gentleman who called himself Rex. After comparing signs and exchanging pleasantries, I told him that I was writing an article about being homeless for a day, and asked if he had any input. Af-ter bribing him with most of my recently acquired meal, he was more than happy to answer my questions.

His most interesting comment was, “Too bad you weren’t out here the other day.”

“You mean the day it was rain-ing?” I inquired slightly perplexed. He seemed like a nice enough guy,

but maybe he was angry that I was just a ‘fair weather’ homeless per-son.

“Yeah,” he replied, “big bucks on rainy days. You get use to the wet and the cold but people feel more sorry for you when it rains and it snows.” And with over 15 years of experience, he should know.

I talked with Rex for a while lon-ger then we went and "hit the eve-ning rush." Between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. I made almost double my morning income, $6.15, and with far fewer insults. At 6 p.m. I said a parting farewell to Rex, left him with the contents of my cup, and trudged home. Tired, hungry, and very cold, I arrived home a short time later, glad that my day of be-ing homeless was over.

My 12-hour stint of being home-less gave me a small glimpse of the truly desperate world these people live in. Considering they live this

life day in and day out, the pain and degradation must be almost unbearable. On Nov. 18, Bethann Stewart of the Idaho Statesman re-ported that in October, there were anywhere between 2,000 and 4,500 homeless people in Boise on any given night.

$at is an increase from 2007 where it was estimated that any-where between 2,020 and 3,078 people experienced homelessness in Ada County over the course of the year.

Next time you see someone sit-ting on a street corner try to put yourself in their shoes. $en real-ize their situation is probably sig-ni#cantly worse, so have a little compassion.

Maybe it means that you will have to forgo a soda the next time you pass a vending machine, but you can be happy knowing that you helped someone survive.

Homeless for a day

Arbiter journalist Allen Spurgeon panhandles as he tries to walk in another man's shoes for a day.MITCH ESPLIN/THE ARBITER

JASON DENIZACGuest Opinion

Okay, I get it: students in Idaho aren't much for protest. We are too busy with our lives to harbor much discontent. Worse still, we take it for granted that tuition will keep

going up every year by leaps and bounds. As a result, we as students let the legislature walk all over us.

It's no secret tuition has been ris-ing, and fast. Faster than in%ation, faster even than healthcare costs.

Fulltime resident student fees for one semester in fall 2003 were

$1,625. $is past fall, they had risen 50 percent to $2,432. In%a-tion for the same period was just 17 percent.

In 2003, the earliest data avail-able from the Boise State Budget Web site (http://#naid.boisestate.edu/budget), Boise State Univer-sity received $72.7 million in state funding. Student fees brought in $50.7 million. By the current 2010 budget, state funding remained stagnant at $78.8 million, while student fees climbed to $84.5 mil-lion. For too long, the prevailing argument has been that universi-ties have other funding sources, so it's easier to cut state funding. Oth-er funding sources? $at means our tuition.

$e state is balancing its budget on our backs. And since most stu-dents at Boise State depend on #-nancial aid, much of that tuition is in the form of debt.

Not only is the state cutting the quality of our education through decreased funding, it is setting up our generation to graduate with

thousands of dollars in student debt all while in an uncertain job market.

It's no secret that many of our best and brightest leave Idaho af-ter high school. Many are enticed to stay in-state due to the a"ord-ability of our universities. If Idaho is to keep its most talented and productive citizens, it must show a commitment to fully funding our public universities.

Very few of my fellow students were with me at the Capitol on $ursday. But if we want to make sure the legislature knows it can't treat university budgets as its per-sonal piggy bank, we students must make a statement.

$e Idaho Student Association is a new group formed for the sake of uniting students from institutions statewide to send a clear message to the state legislature to stop bal-ancing the budget on the backs of students. For more information, check out www.idstudents.org.

Jason Denizac is a senior studying political science.

State funding cuts mean higher student fees

Concerned students from Idaho universities protest proposed budget cuts to higher education Thursday.


You are cursed to the hell YOU brought on yourself.

JFAC


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DANIEL PRIDDYJournalist

The legions of fans who compose the fabric that is “Bronco Na-tion” are a passionate

and opinionated set of in-dividuals who are never shy about expressing viewpoints on the football program they hold so dear.

From the most popular sports pubs on Broadway Avenue, to the most ob-scure bars in the outskirts of Nampa, the most frequent topic of conversation re-volves around one question: When is Boise State going to leave the Western Athletic Conference (WAC)?

"ese words have echoed across the Treasure Valley ever since Boise State defeat-ed Oklahoma in the famous Fiesta Bowl of 2007.

It is a question born from BSU fans' unwavering belief that the Broncos can compete at the nation’s highest level.

"e achievements that the Broncos have enjoyed over the decade are so monu-mental that it is only natural for Bronco fans to want their team to take a place as the

“real deal” in one of the major BCS conferences.

BSU fans are eager to see their team remove the mask of the perpetual underdog and take its place as crowned royalty in college football. However, what they some-times forget is that the WAC has been the central basis of BSU’s athletic operation -- the main source of all the Bron-co’s glory and achievement.

BSU’s place in the WAC is something we ought to em-brace, not turn away from. WAC commissioner Karl Ben-son stated that while he feels it is true that “Boise State is the most dominate team in WAC

history,” he was very quick to point out that long before BSU was a D1 team, “the WAC was making greatness a part its tradition.”

Although it is true the WAC is a so-called “mid-major” conference, we must not for-get that it has a grand history of its own. For more than 30 years, the teams the WAC has #elded have been a jagged thorn in the side of the giants of college football.

"e WAC has been home to numerous top-15 teams, a na-tional championship, a Heis-man trophy winner and is a conference where more than one NFL legend got his start. Steve Young and LaDainian Tomlinson are just a couple of the many professionals who once called the WAC home.

“"e WAC is a maverick league,” said Benson, refer-ring to the unorthodox but ef-fective style that has come to epitomize WAC football.

Deception, trickeration and innovation have always been key components of the WAC. In the 1970s and 1980s, the majority of the big name teams utilized what is now an obsolete o$ensive forma-tion known as the “Wishbone.” "e basics of the wishbone formation entailed running the ball on nearly every play, utilizing running backs as bulldozers, smashing their way through the middle or breaking hard to the outside, forcing defenses into one-on-one match ups.

In the late 1970s BYU coach, LaVell Edwards, de-#ed convention with the implementation of the “Drop- back” o$ense.

Rather than attempting to force his spry team into becoming bruisers, the Cou-gars took to the air, throwing larger opponents into con-fusion with a dazzling aerial

attack. "e development em-phasized speed over power, precision over brute strength and innovation over conven-tion. "e Cougars used their opponent’s size against them, out thinking them at every turn and forcing them to ad-just to a style of play they were unprepared for.

"is approach worked won-ders for the Cougars. "ey ended up establishing their own decade of dominance in the late 1970s and 1980s.

"e Cougar’s unorthodox style of play reached its ze-nith in 1984. "e Cougars kicked o$ their 1984 season by defeating the No. 3 Pitt, and #nished it with an upset victory over Michigan in the Holiday Bowl.

"is led to a national cham-pionship and a Heisman tro-phy award for quarterback Ty Detmer.

"e Cougars were not as prone to “gadget” plays as the Broncos, but they had to endure assertions that it was their tricky form of play (as opposed to raw talent) that led to the Cougar’s success. "is is similar to the accusa-tions that Boise State would not have beaten Oklahoma without "trick" plays.

Benson put it best when he said, “I always tell people that those trick plays worked against one of the best de-fenses in the country. Decep-tion is a part of football.”

Under the WAC banner, the Utah Utes had their own mo-ments of excellence. While in the WAC, the Utes defeated Arizona in the 1994 Free-dom Bowl and climbed as high as No. 8 in the college football rankings.

Other WAC teams, in-cluding the TCU Horned Frogs, Hawai'i Warriors and Fresno State Bulldogs, have all recorded highly publi-

cized victories against big- time opponents.

In the 1990s, the WAC en-dured a tremendous amount of upheaval and Commission-er Benson deserves a lot of credit for holding the confer-ence together. Previously the WAC had a 16-team member-ship, but the conference be-gan to splinter when top notch programs such as BYU, Utah and TCU left for the Mountain West Conference.

“It looked like the rug had been pulled out from under the WAC,” Benson said.

It was at this crucial junc-ture the Fresno State Bulldogs stepped up with a couple big years, nearly making a run at a BCS bowl berth with a string of big wins. Benson has not forgotten those years.

“I give Fresno State and head coach Pat Hill a lot of credit for carrying the water for the WAC,” Benson said.

It was this success BSU built on, allowing them to begin its decade of dominance.

"e term “mid-major” is a vulgar expression. It implies the mid-majors are minor league teams in a sport where the BCS conference teams are in the major leagues.

Division I football is a league unto itself. "e Bron-cos may have to live with the term “mid-major,” but it is obvious that there is a wide gap between the WAC and other smaller mid- major conferences.

According to Benson, “what clearly separates the WAC from the Sun Belt or MAC confer-ences is that in a two year pe-riod, starting in 2006, we had back-to-back BCS berths with Boise State and Hawaii, and in 2008 Boise State deserved a BCS berth but did not get it. We very easily could of and should have had four straight BCS years.”

A look back at the best of WAC football

Courtesy Bronco Sports

Gymnastics place second to Cougars, beat Sun Devils

"e No. 22-ranked Boise State gymnastics team com-peted in their #nal regular season road competition on Friday night (March 12) in the Brigham Young Triangular at the Smith Fieldhouse.

"e Broncos (12-2, 4-0 WAC) were surprised by host team and No. 35-ranked BYU, placing second to the Cou-gars by .425 points. BYU earned the top spot with a team total of 195.725, a season-high, while Boise State placed second with a score of 195.30 and No. 26-ranked Arizona State placed third with a 193.625 score.

Boise State was able to post a season-best mark of 49.30 on bars, also tying for the fourth-best score on the appara-tus in school history. "ey earned a team score of 49.250, good for No. 6 in the record books while also posting marks of 48.0 on beam and 48.750 on %oor as a team.

"e Broncos were led by junior Hannah Redmon, se-nior Taylor Jacob and redshirt sophomore Amy Glass who all captured event wins.

Redmon led the competition on vault, earning a 9.875 score to win her 14th career title on vault as well as her #fth victory this season on the event. She currently holds the No. 4 spot in the career vault wins at Boise State, mov-ing within one of tying for third place (held by Cherianne Calkins, 1988-90, 15 wins) with Friday night’s win. Her #fth win of the season moves her to a tie for No. 7 in single season vault titles at Boise State.

Women’s tennis continues unblemished home record"e No. 46 Boise State women’s tennis team earned

its’ #fth consecutive win as the Broncos also managed to keep their recordperfect at home (5-0) this spring with a 5-2 win over Brigham Young University, Saturday (March 13) afternoon, at the BOAS Indoor Tennis Center.

"e Broncos (8-4) were able to gain an early advantage over the Cougars (4-7) by winning the doubles point, which proved to be important as BYU gave Boise State all it could handle in singles competition.

Boise State earned doubles wins at No. 2 and No. 3 to secure the #rst point of the dual. Elyse Edwards and Bi-anca Jochimsen beat Elle Carney and Chie Hayasaka, 8-2, in the No. 3 match, giving the Broncos a split of the #rst two doubles matches. With the doubles point hanging in the balance, Stephanie Jasper and Marlena Pietzuch recorded a big 8-6 win over Kristina Doerr and Romina Nedakovic to give Boise State the advantage heading into singles action.

"e Broncos quickly extended their lead in the dual as Jasper beat Hayasaka, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 4 and Jochimsen took down Nedakovic, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 3. "at meant the Broncos needed just one more win in the #nal four sin-gles matches to secure the victory.

After dropping the No. 1 singles match, Boise State was #nally able to seal the win as Pietzuch beat Carney, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 6. "e Broncos would extend their lead to 5-1 as Lauren Megale completed an exciting 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 comeback win over Doerr in the No. 2 match.

BYU would narrow the #nal score with a win at No. 5, in the #nal match of the dual. "e score was simply too late to matter, however.

Men’s tennis upset in San Diego"e No. 66 ranked Boise State men’s tennis team suf-

fered a surprising upset, Saturday (March 13) afternoon, as the Broncos’ overall record dropped to 5-5 with a 5-2 loss against San Diego State (2-7) in San Diego, Calif.

Boise State fell behind early, losing the doubles point after dropping the #rst two doubles matches of the day. "e Broncos did score one doubles win as Alex Bothe and James Meredith beat Juan Gomez and Luis Rattenhuber, 9-8 (7), at No. 1. SDSU would head into singles with the early advantage, however, forcing Boise State to win four of six singles matches to win the dual.

In the #rst singles match of the day, Harry Skinner pulled the Broncos even with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Rattenhuber in the No. 3 singles match. After falling behind again, Filipp Pogostkin recorded another point for the Broncos with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Giovanni Vaglietti at No. 4 to even the score once again at 2-2.

Unfortunately for head coach Greg Patton, that is where the Broncos run would end on the day as SDSU scored wins at No. 1, No. 5 and No. 6 to complete the upset.

Arnos places eighth at nationalsBoise State track and #eld senior Zacharias Arnos

gave a lifetime best e$ort on Saturday afternoon (March 13) at the 2010 NCAA Division I National Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by the University of Arkansas. Arnos improved his career-best mark in the triple jump to 52-feet, 7.50-inches (16.04-meters) to help him to an eighth-place #nish and earn his #rst All- American honor.

Arnos, who was one of 16 competitors in the event, re-corded a jump of 52-feet, 4-inches (15.95-meters) in the #rst round of jumps. In the second and third rounds of the preliminary jumps, Arnos recorded fouls and had to wait through the second %ight of preliminary jumps to a&rm his advancement to the #nals.

Including Arnos, four jumpers from the #rst %ight advanced to the nine-man #nals while #ve more were added from the second %ight. Arnos opened up his #nal three jumps with a foul, but went on to post his career-best mark in his second jump of the #nals. His third jump of #nals and sixth jump of the day was a mark of 52-feet, 3.75-inches (15.94-meters).

Arnos is a two-time quali#er for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, but participated in his #rst-ever indoor championships on Saturday. His highest #nish at any NCAA national meet prior to this season was a 22nd-place #nish.

Arnos was the only competitor for Boise State at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championships.

Florida sophomore Christian Taylor won the men’s triple jump with a mark of 56-feet, 4.50-inches (17.18-meters).

BSU Weekend

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It has been 70 days since the Broncos last played a football game -- that game of course being the 2010 Fiesta Bowl. Football players have earned a well-deserved separation from life and football to relieve their minds and their bodies.

Now the Broncos are back at it, just one week into the spring practices where players have the chance to separate them-selves from the good and great performers and to place an emphasis on the most funda-mental aspects of football.

But what about those 63-or-so days the BSU football team has been away from the #eld? "ere are a variety of ways BSU football players stay commit-ted to their competitive and physical edge. Whether it be friendly rivalry or extra time in the weight room, individual Broncos found ways to make good use of their two months away from the gridiron.

Junior wide receiver Tyler Shoemaker found a couple av-enues for o$-#eld activities. He picked up an old love, basket-ball, as an opportunity to com-pete with high school friends.

Shoemaker, a Mountain View High School graduate, came to realization that despite being a regular on the #eld during the 2009-10 season it didn’t quite translate into honed skills on the court.

“As much as it is a break men-tally, it’s still fun keeping your body in shape,” Shoemaker said of basketball. “You’re just doing new things that you used to be good at, you thought, and now you think ‘Dang. I’m kind of rusty. I need to practice.’”

Shoemaker looks to other avenues for #tness during the o$-season: yoga.

Not just any yoga. "e type that picks up the intensity a little called hot yoga.

Shoemaker wanted to work on his %exibility and core strength, both of which are gained through yoga.

Senior linebacker Derrell

Acrey chose to help coach intramural basketball for a competitive outlet. "ough he wouldn’t expound on why he didn’t play, he did say it had to do with his aggressive nature on the court.

Acrey also mentioned other activities like bowling that might seem innocent enough but carry some level of spirited and competitive nature.

“It’s very important to stay competitive,” Acrey said. “It’s easy to fall out of that because you just came o$ the season. Right now the coach wants you to concentrate on school…”

Junior defensive tackle Billy Winn takes time to shoot pool and bowl with friends but his competitive focus tends to be strictly focused on football.

“I’m all about football,” Winn said. “O$-season’s all about getting better and just learning the system. I’m not into all that intramural stu$.”

“I’m a di$erent person away from the stadium,” Winn said. “I’m not a competitive per-son. I’m all about just hav-ing fun and hanging out with friends when I’m away from the stadium.”

Winn sees a need for him-self and other athletes to step away from competition to avoid burnout.

“You’re having fun when you’re competing but it’s a dif-ferent kind of fun when you’re with really close friends,” Winn said. “It is fun just to get away from it sometimes and get a little down time…”

With things set aside, BSU football still comes down to the plain and simple concept of business. Most athletes, de-spite appreciating their down time, are trying to improve on their on-#eld abilities and #nd a way to compete with one an-other whether it be watching #lm or going head-to-head on the blue.

“When I’m here (I’m) always competing with something whether it be in the meet-ing rooms competing for the smallest things like who takes better notes,” Winn said.

Life away from

the field

TRENT LOOTENSProducer

"e amount of time a player spends within Boise State’s football program doesn’t translate exactly to playing time. It must be earned.

Boise State head coach Chris Petersen expects his veteran players to use the knowledge they’ve ac-quired over the years within the program to help make themselves, and everyone else around them, better this spring.

Even if it potentially means making a younger player better who could possibly take your spot later in the year.

“"e number one way guys can learn how to do things is through modeling,” Petersen said. “When you’ve got guys out there doing it the right way it accelerates the process for the younger (inexperienced) guys.”

As we’ve seen in past years, BSU’s coaching sta$

isn’t afraid to give young players chances when they deserve them. "at contin-ues to reverberate in each player's mind, no matter how safe they think their position may be.

"ese reasons, along with many others, are why even the most experienced Bron-cos must continue to get bet-ter every spring and show the coaches how much work they’ve put in during the o$-season.

“Everyday I’m going out there like I’m a freshman,” junior safety, George Iloka, said. “Coach (Marcel) Yates is on me more now because I’m older. He expects more things from me now, and I like that. He wants me to improve everyday.”

"e Broncos do not have a shortage of experience or leadership going into spring ball. BSU returns 22-of-24 starters from the 2010 Fiesta Bowl, along with several other experienced players at just about every position.

Petersen hopes hav-

ing players with game experience in pressure situations will allow the coaches to focus more on the details rather than the X’s and O’s during early season practices.

“It makes it a lot easier when you can put guys out there who know how it’s supposed to look, and oth-er guys can follow through with it,” Petersen said.

What Petersen doesn’t want to see are players feel-ing like they’ve "been there done that" and not going full speed.

Some of the players even admit it’s hard not to loaf around at the beginning of spring drills because of the repetition over the years and the slow pace.

Spring practices are meant to be basic so the players can get used to contact and proper technique. "e veter-ans are considered the tone setters during practices and the new guys focus on the speed of the game and how to adjust accordingly. "e

older players assist in mak-ing the transition as easy as possible for the freshmen.

“Our older guys will help those young guys and know that it could hurt them a little bit, but I think when you’re truly a team and are in it for the right reasons those are the things they will do,” Petersen said.

With only three practices in the books the team is extremely pleased with its status. Nearly a dozen play-ers are out with injuries, and that number can change from day to day. Some of them are still battling inju-ries they’ve had since last season, but it’s not stopping them from participating and contributing.

“I feel like my body is still a$ected by Jan. 4 (the Fiesta Bowl) a little bit, but that’s what you get for playing football,” senior nickel back, Winston Venable, said. “You’re body’s always go-ing to be a little dinged up, but there’s time to rest later in life.”

Spring vocational for veterans

Courtesy Bronco Sports

Greg Graham, the head men’s basketball coach at Boise State University the past eight seasons, has been relieved of his duties and put on administrative leave. Boise State Director of Athletics Gene Bleymaier made the an-nouncement today (March 12).

Graham took over the helm of the men’s program prior to the 2002-03 season and guided the Broncos to an overall record of 142-112 during his tenure at Boise State.

This past season (2009-10) Boise State completed the sea-son with an overall record of 15-17 and a record of 5-11 in the Western Athletic Conference. The Broncos were knocked out of the first round of the league

postseason tournament this past Thursday (March 11) when regu-lar season champion Utah State handed the team an 84-60 loss.

“We appreciate everything that Coach Graham and his staff have contributed to Boise State the past eight years,” Bleymaier stat-ed. “We felt that in the best inter-est of the program we needed to make a change.”

Prior to joining the Bronco pro-gram, Graham was an assistant coach at the University of Oregon (1997-02 & 1982-83), St. Mary’s (1992-97), San Diego State (1989-92), San Jose State (1985-89) and the University of New Mexico (1983-84). He also served as the head coach for one season (1984-85) at Western New Mexico.

Boise State has started a na-tional search to replace Graham.

Greg Graham fired

Greg Graham was an assistant coach at the University of Oregon before coming to BSU.

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The Boise State football team warms up during the first week of spring practice.MITCH ESPLIN/THE ARBITER



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Steadily gaining a colossal fan base in their na-tive Scotland, Bi$y Clyro have now set their sights on America. “Only Revolutions,” the group’s #fth and most recent release, has sold over 100,000 copies and was subsequently certi#ed gold in the U.K. "e album leans towards the more poppy end of rock music and emphasizes big, anthem- esque choruses.

"e trio will make a stop at "e Knitting Factory on Monday, March 15 while supporting Manchester Orchestra. Calling-in from San Francisco, bassist James Johnston gave "e Arbiter the low-down.

Arbiter: How has this tour been so far?Johnston: It’s been great. We’ve done four shows.

We started in Tempe, Ariz. and we had a couple of shows in L.A. the last couple of nights... "e crowds seem to come out pretty early for these shows… so we’re getting a pretty big audience every night. Ev-erybody seems to be enjoying it, so we’re having a great time.

A: What do you think of the other bands you’re playing with?

J: "ey’re good. "ey’re really interesting. I think it’s boring when you get a whole bunch of bands that sound exactly the same and I think there’s a little bit of variety here -- which is good. "e #rst band going on is a band called O' Brother. "ey give the crowd a lot of instrumental sections and really nice, kind of soundscapes. And then "e Features, who I’m sure you’ve heard of. We only heard them for the #rst time on this tour, but they get some really beautiful songs with a bit of a zany twist to them. "ey’re all great bands and it’s nice to be a part of it.

A: Do you get very much time to interact with fans at concerts?

J: Yeah, I think so. When we’re playing in the states, we’re playing smaller shows. It’s a little bit tough back home, the shows are kind of getting big-ger. I think we’re playing to 5,000 people in London and Glasgow and stu$. It’s a little bit di&cult to go out and meet people. But having said that, people are really nice, there’s just too many of them in one go. But we do like to come out and meet the people and see what they thought about the show and see what they think. I think it’s important to de#nitely try and meet the fans if you get the chance.

A: "e big shows you mentioned in Europe, are you headlining those?

J: Yes, they’re headlines. We have not spent a lot of time in the states, so we don’t expect to be play-ing for a lot of people immediately. We’re prepared to be spending our time working our way up. "at’s what we did in the U.K. and Europe. You obviously don’t start out playing to thousands of people so we just build things up slowly over #ve records. We’re lucky enough to play to a lot of people now. But it’s not all about numbers, its about how much you en-joy it and we enjoy every part of it. If it were only about playing huge shows, then we would be in the U.K., doing shows there. We want to kind of spread our wings and explore the horizon a bit.

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JENNIFER SPENCERCulture Editor

What do Diet Coke can hair-dos, Kill Bill throwbacks, poi-soned wa(es and scandalous patriotic attire have in com-mon? One word: Gaga.

Lady Gaga and Beyonce de-buted their nine-minute cin-ematic vision, “Telephone,” "ursday. "e video racked up 500,000 Internet views in 12 hours, according to New Musical Express.

"e homicidal, “"elma and Louise” style romp begins where the “Paparazzi” video left o$. Gaga is in jail following the murder of her psychotic, fame-hungry boyfriend. How-ever, this is no ordinary prison, it’s a prison for bitches. "us scantily clad, heavily tattooed, bi-curious women line up to witness Gaga getting marched to her cell. However, she is soon ripped out of her broad-shouldered, zebra-striped prison ensemble by the hefty female guards.

One of the beefy women remarks on Gaga’s surprising lack of male genitalia as Gaga leaps onto the cell bars with only electrical tape and a trans-

parent thong covering her no- no parts.

Gaga rebounds in the prison yard with a pair of sunglasses studded with lit cigarettes and heavy chains circling her torso. Most of the “bitches” outward-ly shun her, but she naughtily befriends a genderless James Dean wannabe, stealing her (his?) cell phone.

Now in the prison “common area,” a ruthless #ght breaks out between two women. However, Gaga, sporting curl-ers made of Diet Coke cans, re-mains unconcerned. Suddenly, Beyonce calls her on the prison phone and here is where the music part of the music video kicks in.

Gaga and her troupe of promiscuous fellow inmates gyrate to the beat in #shnets and leather lingerie. However, Gaga soon returns to her nor-mal style attire (an oversized %oppy hat and tourniquet style blouse) as she is bailed out of the slammer by Honey B (Be-yonce). “You’ve been a bad girl. A very, very bad, bad girl, Gaga,” Beyonce scolds.

After biting into a 711 style Honey Bun, the two speed o$ in the P*ssy Wagon from “Kill

Bill” fame.“You sure you wanna do this,

Honey B?” Gaga inquires.“What do you mean, am I

sure?” Beyonce replies.“You know what they say,

once you kill a cow, you gotta make a burger.”

After this curious exchange, the pair stops at a diner in the middle of the desert. Beyonce, complete with a school-bus-yellow dress and cowboy hat, greets her man (played by model/actor, Tyrese Gibson). While he starts a #ght with a Harley Davidson riding, mus-tached Latino and slaps a random girl’s booty, Beyonce slips a little blue poison into his co$ee.

Unexpectedly, we see Gaga in the kitchen, a mangled aqua marine old fashion telephone on her head. She sings while heavily eye lined and well toned male dancers prance around with heads of lettuce and loafs of French bread.

“Let’s make a sandwich!” a graphic onscreen declares as Gaga slathers mayonnaise on rows of white bread.

Next, we see Beyonce’s boy-toy coughing after sipping his tainted beverage and Gaga in

the kitchen on Poison TV. She sprinkles various kinds of poi-son in the food a la Julia Child. Gaga, with a yellow telephone handset strapped to her face, delivers the food to the unsus-pecting chauvinist. He sputters and dies on the table while the rest of the patrons soon follow suit. After all this murder, what to do now? If you’re Beyonce and Gaga, you break out the red, white and blue bathing suits and dance in the middle of the slaughter.

A news report %ashes the faces of the recording stars as wanted criminals as they screech out of town. Being on the run from the law doesn’t stop the girls from shakin’ it as they dance, draped in billowy satin from head to toe.

Sirens sound as the women clasp hands, vowing to never come back to the scene of the crime. “To be continued…” pops on the screen, con#rming the inevitable sequel."e ge-nius of Gaga lies in her abun-dant and somewhat disturbing creativity. “Telephone” epito-mizes the Gaga trademark: outrageous, outlandish and over the top. To view the video, visit ladygaga.com/telephone.

It’s murder calling Gaga: the debut of 'Telephone'

Rail Jam brings out the

BOARDERS

MARGARET REIMERJournalist

Snow during March isn't unusual in Boise, but several tons of it is.

"e Campus Rail Jam Tour drew hundreds of students last "ursday to the east Stadium parking lot. "e tour tows snow to campuses across the country so snowboarders have the chance to savor the last of winter.

"e white stu$ cascaded down a sloped platform as snow bums

grinded down two parallel rails during the event.

However, the sunny weather began to cause problems.

“You’re gonna run out of snow pretty soon!,” shouted someone in the crowd.

Despite mother nature's crashing of the party, prize give-aways and a DJ tent kept the crowd energized.

“I think it’s a fun thing to bring to campus,” said Elyse Ballweber, a junior communication major. “I ski, but I’d never do this.”

Some marveled at the danger-ousness of the sport.

“I would probably break bones if I tried that,” said Yhin-di Struthers, a sophomore sociology major.

"e tour’s next destinations in-clude college campuses in Arizo-na, Utah, Colorado, Washington, Nevada, California and Oregon. To learn more about the Campus Rail Jam Tour, visit their Web site at campusrailjamtour.com.

Jennifer Spencer contributed to this article.

Bi!y Clyro will play their set Monday, March 15, at the Knitting Factory.

PHOTO COURTESY BIFFY CLYRO

MCT CAMPUS

Go to arbiteronline.com to listen to !e Arbiter's in-terview with Bi"y Clyro's James Johnston and video coverage of Rail Jam 2010

NIK BJURSTROM/THE ARBITERAn adventure seeking snowboarder grinds down an icy rail during Thursday's Rail Jam Tour.


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