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MATT DALLEY Journalist

Tucked behind the Women of Steel art gallery in Garden City may be the Treasure Valley’s best kept secret - the

Visual Arts Collective. Referred to simply as “the VAC” by its visitors, the collective com-bines visual art with musical and theatrical performances to give patrons an experience that is unique for Boise.

Walking into the VAC for the !rst-time can be overwhelming; the massive sculpture Siddhartha Gotama in Gas Mask greets pa-trons as they walk through the red curtains that separate the foyer from the cavernous main gallery. "e open ceilings provide an airy atmosphere to the large, but welcom-ing, central room.

All forms of art cover the interior, includ-

ing the bathrooms which feature murals by Erin Ruiz.

"e current visual exhibition, “Relics and Derelicts,” features art by Patty Payton, Phil Bell, Michael Wyatt and Sean Wyatt. "e automobile themed exhibit, sponsored by the Farm Boys Car Club, will run through Nov. 29.

"e ‘Collective began in 2005 when a group of artists wanted a venue for a one-o# art show. Since the exhibition featured large sculptures, most local galleries were un-able or unwilling to accommodate. Taking matters into to their own hands, the crew of artisans rented a space in downtown’s linen district.

"e one-time stint morphed into a Trea-sure Valley art-scene staple.

When the lease expired, the VAC moved to its current location - just two miles away.

In addition to moving to Garden City, the VAC made another major change in the spring of 2008 – becoming a 21 and up es-tablishment.

“It’s a bummer, but our state is really weird and we can’t survive without selling booze,” said co-founder Samuel Stimpert. “We do make some money on art sales, but it’s not enough to keep a huge 9,000 square foot building up and running.”

"e new and improved space the VAC calls home is becoming well known for more than just visual art.

“"e original thought was for it to just be a gallery. Maybe we would have called it ‘Arts Collective’ because we do a lot more than that (visual arts) now,” Stimpert said.

Like the art displayed, the VAC host bands from a variety of musical backgrounds. Acts

Garden City art venue collects, promotes local talent

Samuel Stimper seen ëkicking ití in his art gallery music venue hybrid space. GLENN LANDBERG/THE ARBITER

KIM KINGJournalist

Faculty senate members have proposed changes to the process for a !nal grade ap-peal. Policy 3130 eliminates appeals based on assignments or exams students feel are graded too harshly, unreasonably or by un-realistic standards.

"e proposal states these are “issues of professional judgment” and within the pre-rogative of the instructor.

"e faculty senate also proposes the re-moval of student representation.

ASBSU Sen. Chase Johnson is sponsoring a resolution to recommend a compromise.

“I am uncomfortable with one person making a decision and that decision being !nal. It should not be up to the sole discre-tion of the provost,” Johnson said.

"e former policy included an aca-demic grievance board composed of sev-en faculty members and seven student senate members.

“No policy is going to be perfect,” he said. “"ese are gray areas open to individual in-terpretation. Faculty still have to have a say over course material, and whether or not a student meets those intellectual standards is up to the professor.”

He said university code violation should be grounds for a grade appeal, but proving an allegation would take a preponderance

of evidence.“We are just students, so how can we say

we know more than a professor,” he said. “I have had grades I didn’t feel were fair, but I accepted them. It was a learning experi-ence and it made me a stronger person.”

Johnson said his main objective is to bring student representation back into the process rather than dispute the issue of grade appeal.

“You have to understand that even though students are excluded in their proposal, faculty members are as well,” he said.

"e new procedure will begin with the professor and then be presented to the head of the department. If the problem is not resolved the student will be directed to the dean of the college involved. From there it will go to the provost o$ce for a !-nal decision.

ASBSU President Trevor Grigg collabo-rated with Johnson to recommend a coun-cil of seven members to maintain student involvement.

"e council is composed of two faculty members, two students, a dean, the Vice-President for Student A#airs and Vice-President of ASBSU.

“We have a long way to go on this,” said Johnson. “We have worked hard and spent time ensuring a fair procedure, but they don’t have to listen to us. I take a humble stance in this and realize I am just an ana-

lyst, not a judge.”ASBSU Sen. Aaron Henretty said he is in

support of legislation to protect the rights of students.

“We can’t give teachers full control,” he said. “If I have an issue, I want students and faculty involved so there will be two points of view. But there are not a lot of students familiar with the procedure.”

A small student sampling on campus con!rmed his statement. Few knew a griev-ance policy existed.

“... If I don’t like my grade and feel it is unfair, I can do something about it?” said sophomore Kyle McCormick, a history ma-jor from Boise. “But will it really matter if teachers are giving the grades and then teachers determine the outcome of an ap-peal?” he said.

Other students said every e#ort should be made to ensure fairness, even if it means an additional compromise between the sta# and students.

Policy 3130 and Johnson’s resolution will be presented to the Academic Standards Committee and then forwarded to the fac-ulty senate for reconsideration.

“I expect a discussion about our rec-ommendations at the next faculty senate meeting on Nov. 10,” Johnson said.

"e meeting is scheduled at 3:15 p.m. in the SUB, Hatch A ballroom, and is open to the public.

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BENJAMIN MACKJournalist

“"e emergencies had already happened and to other people. People fell through the sky, crashed into buildings, tried not to breathe. Cocaine was accused of not being cocaine.”

So begins Boise State Master of Fine Arts (MFA) graduate JR Walsh’s short story “An Insurrection,” which won the 2009 Esquire Fiction Contest.

According to Esquire, Walsh’s story is “a manic, inventive vision of survival,” and

was selected from more than 3,000 sub-missions. In addition to a $2,500 prize, Walsh’s story is featured in the magazine’s current issue.

Walsh, who currently works at Boise State in International Admissions, gradu-ated from the MFA program in the spring. Founded in 1932, Esquire has featured such famous writers as Norman Mailer, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Arthur Miller. "e magazine has a monthly circulation of over 700,000.

Junior Truman Young is impressed by Walsh’s achievement.

“Getting a story in Esquire, that’s pretty big,” Young said. “"at’s a magazine that’s read nationally. It’s pretty cool that some-one from Boise State did that”

Walsh isn’t the only MFA graduate to achieve fame.

Cynthia Hand Struloe#, a 2003 graduate of the program, recently sold her !rst novel to HarperCollins Publishers. HarperCol-lins, founded in 1819, is one of the largest publishers in the world, with over 30 im-prints and thousands of titles.

“It’s a thrill to see what our recent gradu-ates have been accomplishing in the pub-

lishing world. "ey make us proud,” said Mitch Wieland, a member of the MFA faculty and founding editor of BSU’s liter-ary journal, "e Idaho Review, in a press release.

Weiland is currently working on a collec-tion of short stories, entitled “Good Dogs,” and a novel.

Tyler McMahon, a 2007 BSU graduate and currently an assistant professor at Ha-waii Paci!c University, will have a story published in "e Antioch Review and was shortlisted for the prize anthology Best of the West 2009, making its list of “Other No-table Western Stories of the Year.” Another 2007 graduate, Sayzie Koldys, has a story cited in “100 Other Distinguished Stories of the Year” in the latest issue of "e Best American Short Stories.

And the accolades for MFA graduates keep coming.

Ahsahta Press, BSU’s not-for-pro!t pub-lisher, announced that one of its authors, Kate Greenstreet, was No. 17 on the Poetry Foundation’s list of Contemporary Poetry Best Sellers for the week of Sept. 27. "at ranking put her ahead of current U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan and among the top

poets in the world. "e ranking was for Greenstreet’s book “"e Last 4 "ings,” which was released by Ahsahta Sept. 15. Her !rst manuscript, “case sensitive,” was published by Ahsahta in 2006 and remains among its top-selling publications, ap-pearing at No. 1 on the current Small Press Distribution bestseller list.

According to the MFA Web site, Ahsahta press was originally founded in 1974 as an outlet for the works of Western writers that were no longer in print.

Recognized nationally, Boise State’s MFA program has stringent admission re-quirements, requiring candidates to sub-mit a letter of intent, writing samples, and a minimum of three letters of recommen-dation to even be considered. According to the MFA Web site, “the MFA Program in Creative Writing o#ers degree tracks in !c-tion and poetry, emphasizing the art and craft of literary writing and concentrating on the student's written work.” "e MFA program is recognized as one of the stron-gest in the region.

More information about the MFA pro-gram can be found at www.boisestate.edu/english/mfa.

MFA creative-writing alumni achieve literary fame

BENJAMIN MACKJournalist

Hit-and-run, vandalism and bike theft remained the most common crimes commit-ted on Boise State’s campus in October, statistics show. University Security responded to !ve bike thefts, !ve cases of vandalism and two hit-and-runs total. "ese numbers are up slightly from September, when three bike thefts, three hit-and-runs and only two cases of vandalism were reported.

Interestingly, most of the crimes in both months occurred on Fridays.In the October report, the most severe crimes reported included the slashing of a BSU

employee’s tires Oct. 21 and a case of fraud reported Oct. 22 in which a student pur-chased textbooks with a credit card illegally. An act of arson Oct. 8 in the men’s locker room sauna in the Student Recreation Center resulted in the closing of the sauna.

According to University Security, students and sta# can avoid being victims of bike theft by remembering to lock his or her bike with a sturdy bike lock. Chain or wire bike locks are not recommended, as thieves can use wire cutters to cut them.

"ere were no sexual assaults reported on campus last month. Still, students, par-ticularly women, are advised to avoid walking alone after dark, especially near the Greenbelt.

Students can !nd more information about campus safety by visiting University Se-curity’s Web site, http://!nad.boisestate.edu/security.

Boise State crime log: Bike theft, vandalism persist on campus

Oct. 21 Bike Theft –

Oct. 21 Vandalism –

Oct. 22 Fraud –

Oct. 22 Possession of Marijuana –

Oct. 23 Vandalism –

An unknown suspect cut a lock and took a bike from a rack outside the Education Building.

An unknown suspect slashed two tires on a BSU employ-ee’s vehicle near the intersection of Juanita and Potter.

A !nancial transaction card was used to fraudulently purchase textbooks in the Bookstore.

Marijuana was found in a student’s room in Taylor Hall.

An unknown suspect keyed a car in the Cha#ee Hall parking lot.

JENNIFER SPENCERJournalist

Stop. Breathe."is simple technique promotes relaxation

and stress relief, according to a free workshop by Health and Wellness. "e “Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life: Mindfulness for Man-aging Stress” workshop is held Tuesday nights from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., Oct. 27 through Nov. 17.

In the workshops, Christina Berg, director of Wellness and Natalie Gri$n, wellness Assis-tant, teach methods of handling stress.

In the !rst session, nine students of various backgrounds gathered in the SUB’s Ah Fong ballroom to learn about the importance of the mind/body connection, the stress response system and the bene!ts of breathing and medi-tation.

“What I want you to walk away with today is how the mind a#ects our bodies,” Berg told participants.

"ough stress can be bene!cial to motiva-tion, it is the number on health issue a#ecting students, according to the National College Health Assessment.

“I see it (the workshop) as a high need for students,” Berg said.

Berg engaged attendees with self examina-tion questions such as determining stressors, stress warning signals and coping mechanisms. Breathing exercises, done at the beginning and end of the session, promoted awareness and living in the present.

“It’s really a challenge to live in the moment

and the only moment we can guarantee is this moment,” Gri$n said.

"e series will focus on skill building through instruction and interactive exercises. "rough a PowerPoint and handout, Berg and Gri$n supplied scienti!c and historical information, such as case studies, behind the concept of stress.

Michael Adams, a junior social science major from Idaho Falls, appreciated the scienti!c ap-proach. Adams participated in another stress management course earlier in the semester and wants to continue his exploration of the subject.

“I’ve been getting into meditation. "is stu# interests me so I wanted to learn more about it,” Adams said.

Gri$n, a masters student in health science/health policy, understands the academic strains students face. She helped design the workshop to appeal to individuals from vari-ous backgrounds.

“What I want them (students) to get out of it is what they want to get,” she said.

"ough registration for the workshop is now closed, Health and Wellness o#ers a “mindful-ness based stress reduction” two-credit course beginning near the end of February. "e 10-week class counts toward kinesiology, health science and counseling education credits.

Health and Wellness also o#ers a variety of free or low-cost classes and workshops through-out the year ranging from weight management, smoking cessation and even cooking.

“All of our events and workshops are based

around the needs of students,” Gri$n said.For a full listing of events, visit http://www.

boisestate.edu/healthservices/events/index.asp. Online registration is required and closes 24 hours prior to the event or workshop.

Health and Wellness is located on University Drive across from the Old Campus School. Sta# is available to answer any questions or con-cerns at (208) 426-5686 or wellnessservices@boisestate.edu.

For more stress relief techniques, visit http://www.helpguide.org/mental/stressreliefmedi-tationyogarelaxation.htm.

Health and Wellness workshops provide resources, stress relief

In addition to mediation, other

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Physical activity

Social support

Healthy diet

Appropriate sleep

Positive thinking

Religious/spiritual practice

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ranging from Portland-based space rockers “No Go Know” to the bombastic Israeli pow-er trio “Monotonix” to the folksy “Mirah” have played the VAC on separate occasions.

Local rock legends “Built to Spill” have even used the building as a practice stu-dio on multiple occasions. "e de!nitive Boise rockers will return to the VAC’s stage Nov. 23 to play a show bene!ting Boise Community radio.

Performance art also has found a home at the VAC. Events ranging from poetry slams to theatrical shows are common.

"e VAC’s sense of intimacy is what makes the establishment so special; the organiza-tion is building a community by bringing artists and supporters together.

"eater major Matt Baltzell performed a skit called “Skit/Skit” twice at the collective.

“It has a cool level of intimacy,” said Balt-zell. “Since the stage is so low, it feels like the crowd is part of the show.”

For more information of on the Visual Arts collective check out their Web site, www.vi-sualartscollective.com or visit them at 3638 Osage Street in Garden City.

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Church, ATTN, Le Fleur will perform Saturday December 5.

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MARGARET REIMERJournalist

“!e Pavilion” is a play about coming to terms with life’s tragedies and the com-plexity of human relationships.

!e play is set in Pine City, Minn., at the class of 1990’s high school reunion. Peter (Dwayne Blackaller) is trying to mend things with his ex-girlfriend Kari (Hollis Welsh). !e Narrator (Andrea Caban) acts as many of their classmates.

It is a story with which anyone who has ever had nostalgia for a past relationship can relate. “!e Pavilion” focuses on Pe-ter and Kari who were high school sweet-hearts sharing the most adrenaline "lled moments of life with each other when ev-erything was new and di#erent. !ey were voted cutest couple in the yearbook.

Senior year however, the couple en-countered its "rst crisis. Rather than stay-ing and working things out with Kari, Peter moved away and never spoke to her until this night. Twenty years later he comes back to try and mend things.

!e universe was constructed in a 15 by 35 foot space. Light bulbs covered the ceil-ing representing the cosmos. A soft lav-

ender light bathed the stage. !e e#ects were mesmerizing.

!e play begins with !e Narrator giv-ing a poetic and humorous synopsis of the beginning of time. In language that sparkles with poetically written prose, !e Narrator introduces Peter.

Peter steps onto the stage holding a bouquet and sporting a naïve grin. Black-aller plays the character of Peter as a man that is extremely likeable, but self-pre-occupied. He wants to mend things with Kari but has not thought out how lasting the pain was he in$icted 20 years before.

Welsh gives Kari complexity through faraway looks and wistful smiles. !e character is that of a woman who has faced a life of disappointment. She is in an unhappy marriage with a man who is obsessed with golf. Her experiences have “pushed her 17 degrees o# from where she wanted to be,” she said while talking to Peter.

!e Narrator, played by Caban, moves between roles acting the parts of all of Kari and Peter’s former classmates. She smoothly transitions moving to a di#er-ent spot on the stage. One moment Caban was playing the stoned mayor, Cookie,

then she became a repressed lesbian FDA agent, then she was playing the God-like narrator who sends shooting stars $ying above Peter and Kari’s heads.

Welsh and Blackaller had great chemis-try. !e "ghts between Peter and Kari were e#ective at creating tension. Welsh did a fantastic job conveying the pain Kari went through after the break up. Welsh’s voice broke in pain while delivering her lines. At times Blackaller played the role without enough emotion. !is created the feeling that Peter had his head completely in the clouds. All three actors deserve credit for perfectly executing the nasal Mid-western accents the general public is familiar with from “Fargo.”

“It’s about "nding the balance between the dissatisfaction with what is, and your a#ection for it,” Craig Wright said. “Ul-timately, it is deciding that I have more a#ection than I have disappointment. !erefore I will a%rm what is.”

Students can attend any perfor-mance at Boise Contemporary !eater for $12 with a student id. “!e Pavil-ion” will be running through Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. For information visit their Web site, www.bctheater.org.

Pavillion plays through the universe, lost love

COURTESY ANDY LAWLESS/ BOISE CONTEMPORARY THEATER

ZACH GANSCHOWJournalist

!e stakes were high. Students, sta# and various artists passed through the Quad Friday, where they were presented with an opportunity: out-carve your fellow pumpkin designers to claim victory on a variety prizes.

Francis Fox, a sculpture professor at Boise State is the sta# ad-visor for the student Boise Sculptors Guild.

“We wanted to raise some money for the group, and we thought the pumpkin was an appropriate venue for sculptures. A local farmer donated all the pumpkins to us, nearly an entire patch. It was incredibly generous,” Fox said.

Fox competed in the contest. He won the “Artistic award” with his surface engraved “spider-and-web” design. Kristi Marshall, an Art Metals student, took the “Academic prize” with her carved interpretation of “Where the Wild !ings Are.”

Marshall stated, “it was a childhood story I have always though about, so I felt compelled to re-create it.”

!e bells tolled, bringing the 4 p.m. judgment upon the Quad. !e pumpkins were briskly removed from safe haven upon a sheltered table, and lined up, one by one, for the critical public to gaze upon their designs.

Marty Schimpf, the Dean of arts and sciences marched through the crowd, his black coat of the "nest wool whipped behind him. !e deliberations began. Schimpf brandished a notebook in his hand and a mystery guest judge named “Linda” by his side. !e competition was "erce, and after 20 minutes of analysis, the vic-tors were announced.

!e highest quality of “Post-it” notes were used as ribbons atop the winning pumpkins. In the end, Cami Ruh Clemo, a BFA student in ceramics took the “Best in Show prize” with her can-nibal pumpkin.

“My father had a pattern that he cut out from a cigarette ad and used on our pumkins year after year. !at face was the source of inspiration for my shish-kabob design,” Clemo said.

Gwen Downs took the “Gory award” with her piece “Blood and Guts.” Her pumpkin took an application of red coloring for blood, and a salvaging of innards to carefully have them spill out of the face ori"ce. Downs claimed that “it was worth it.”

!e Guild holds its biggest event in the spring with an iron pour at the Visual Arts Collective.

“It’s better than a rave,” said Victoria Wood, a BFA sculpture student. “It’s so exciting being around the hot iron as it pours.”

THE PUMPKIN JUDGMENT:

Cannibal pumpkin wins best in show

PHOTOS BY ZACH GANSCHOW/THE ARBITER

(Above) Best in show: Winner of Best in Show went to Cami Ruh Clemo, a BFA student in ceramics.(Right) The lineup was judged by Marty Schimp, Dean of the college of Arts and Sciences, for Friday’s fundraiser.

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to you:Thank you San Jose

BRITTNEY JOHNSONJournalist

San Jose State su#ered a huge loss on the road to Boise State Saturday and the Spartans deserve a huge thank you.

No, the thank you isn’t for giving Mr. and Mrs. Moore their "rst son to son colligate touchdown. !e thank you is not for exposing a weakness in Boise State’s o-line.

!e thank you is for throwing the ball Kyle Wilson’s way.

Wilson, a pre-season All-American, has had a frustrating season to say the least. No, the frus-tration isn’t because of his playing ability; Wil-son has been arguably the toughest cornerback in the Nation. !e frustration comes from other teams that watched countless hours of the 2008 season. !e season showcased Wilson punish-ing quarterbacks who threw the ball to his side of the "eld.

!ose who watch Boise State football can’t blame a quarterback for throwing away from

Wilson and taking a chance with Brandon !ompson, Jerron Johnson and George Iloka. Last week not a single ball from a pass happy Hawai’i team went Wilson’s way.

Saturday at Bron-co Stadium, the crowd saw a great site. Jorda LeSecla did the unthinkable. He threw a ball to a receiver covered by Wilson. !e pass was intercepted and to carried 27 yard’s into the opposite end zone by Wilson.

!e thank you to the Spartans is for helping bolster Wil-son’s stats. It’s a thank you for giving Wilson more impressive seconds to be dedicated to his highlight reel. Furthermore, the biggest thank

you is for removing that massive monkey o# Wilson’s back; the pick-6 was Wilson’s "rst of the season.

Wilson is back; he was never gone. He was there on the "eld silently doing his duty while opponents’ quarterbacks shuddered at the thought of him get-ting close to their ball.

!e only problem now is, what quarterback re-maining on the Bron-co’s schedule will have the guts to throw to the Wilson side again? Will any dare? Wilson surely hopes so.

However, until that sor-ry quarterback decides

to toss the pigskin in Wilson’s area, the nation will just have to watch the humble leader of the Bronco’s defense continue to give receivers "ts.

KIRK BELLJournalist

!ere were plenty of spectators who expected to see the Boise State Broncos (8-0, 3-0 Western Athletic Conference) frighten yet another WAC op-ponent. San Jose State (1-6, 0-3 WAC) were victims of a Boise State team that put up 45-plus points for the "fth time this season during its rout of the Spartans, 45-7.

BSU struck early with sophomore quarter-back Kellen Moore connecting with his younger brother and true freshman Kirby Moore for a 61-yard touchdown. It is the "rst score between the brothers since playing high school football in Prosser, Wash. It was Kirby’s "rst collegiate visit to the endzone.

“Tyler Shoemaker de"nitely deserves a lot of credit,” Kirby Moore said. “He set pick on the guy who was trying to trail me. !ey just gave it to us pretty good right there.”

!e Broncos stuttered early with one score in the "rst 23 minutes of play. SJSU answered during the second quarter with an 11-play, 77-yard touch-down drive which ended when junior quarterback Jordan La Secla hit junior wide receiver Marquis Avery from 11-yards out. !at would be the last time the Spartans visited the end zone - the was tied at 7-7.

Broncos junior kicker Kyle Brotzman brought the score to 10-7 on a 32-yard "eld goal with 7:00 left in the "rst half.

With just 44 seconds remaining in the sec-ond quarter, Kellen Moore engineered two more scores. !e "rst came on a pass to a second fresh-man Mitch Burroughs on an 18-yard pass to make it 17-7. !e Broncos would score a second time 41-seconds later.

!e Broncos were provided with great "eld posi-tion after a forced fumble and recovery by junior nickel back Jason Robinson at the Spartans’ 22-yard line.

“We ended up getting some points and I think it helped the momentum and I think it put them down as well,” Robinson said.

Kellen Moore would follow his o#ensive line into the end zone on a 1-yard dive to make it 24-7 mo-ments before halftime.

“We seem to go in spurts,” BSU head coach Chris Petersen said of the o#ense. “I think that’s just the kind of team we are. We’ve always been that type of program. I don’t know why. I think that it’s hard, drive after drive, to sustain things. I think that we’ve got a lot of tough competitive type people and when they feel an opening they’re going to take full advantage.”

Kellen Moore found junior wide receiver Aus-

tin Pettis on an 8-yard fade route to the corner of the end zone which gave the Broncos a 31-7 lead over SJSU.

Kellen Moore would "nish three quarters of play with three passing touchdowns, one rushing score and 278 passing yards. He completed 21 of 33 toss-es through the air and no interceptions.

Broncos’ senior cornerback Kyle Wilson re-corded his "rst interception of the season 56-seconds later. Wilson’s "rst pick-6 of the season came from 27-yards out and brought the BSU lead to 38-7.

“It’s an unreal feeling. A few days ago I was just dreaming and kind of joking with my roommates…I just had a feeling there was go-ing to come a point in a game coming that they were going to test me and I was just going to be ready,” Wilson said. “I de"-nitely got a lot more action than I usually do. I was just ready.”

Kellen Moore attributes much of the o#ense’s passing success to Wilson.

“He’s a shutdown defender,” Kellen Moore said about Wilson. “He likes playing man on man. He likes to get up in your face. It only makes us better during the week and during practice. Going against him all o# season and all fall camp makes us better. He’s just a special type of guy out there.”

Wilson and the Broncos’ defensive back"eld held the Spartans to 131 yards through the air. !e BSU defensive line created pressure on La Secla and company. !e pressure forced the Spartans to make poor decisions and incomplete passes.

!e Broncos recorded 11 tackles for loss and two sacks against the Spartans’ o#ensive unit. SJSU was held to 223 total yards for the afternoon.

BSU sophomore running back Doug Martin en-tered the game late in the fourth quarter. He had six carries and a 36-yard touchdown scamper with 0:20 left in the contest for their "nal score, 45-7.

Petersen believes Martin will be ready for the Broncos next conference battle against Louisiana Tech.

Despite constant pressure on Kellen Moore through much of the game, SJSU were able to re-cord only one sack by the hand of senior defensive end Carl Ihenacho.

!e Spartans also had success with eight tackles for loss and holding the Broncos to 140 net rushing yards. BSU averaged 190 rushing yards per game prior to its Saturday match up.

!e Broncos take on the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (3-5, 2-3 WAC) at Ruston, La. !ey play Friday, Nov. 6. Kicko# is 6 p.m. MT and will be shown on ESPN 2.

Broncos spook Spartans, 45-7

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Cornerback Jeron Johnson celebrates with fellow cornerback Kyle Wilson after Wilson’s 27-yard interception which he re-turned for a touchdown. BSU beat SJSU 45-7.

...the biggest thank you is for removing that massive monkey off Wilson’s back

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!e Boise State women’s soccer team defeated Hawai’i Friday 2-1. !e win secured a spot in the WAC tournament and knock Hawai’i, Idaho and Louisiana Tech out of contention.

Hawai’i mid"elder Mari Punzai put the Rainbow Wa-hine in front in the 13th min-

ute with a 30-yard chip shot that sailed over sophomore goalkeeper Liz Ruiz’s head and o# her "ngertips.

“I was in the mid"eld and a square ball was passed across and the other girl was left un-marked. It’s about marking. Everybody just has to keep their man and not allow free shots,” said senior mid"elder Kaylea Perenon.

Moments later, the Boise

State defense had a miscom-munication that led to a one on one situation for Ruiz. She ripped a shot which shot over the top from about 18 yards out. In the 20th minute, the Broncos almost equalized the score. Hawai’i goalkeeper Ka-nani Taaca failed to clear the ball in a scrum near the top of the 18-yard line. A Bronco player "red a shot toward the goal with Taaca still o# her

line, but the Hawai’i defense cleared the ball from 6 yards out to keep it 1-0 at the half.

In the 67th minute, things turned Boise State’s way. Ju-nior forward Shannon Saxton hit a strike toward the goal that was blocked by a sea of defenders.

Junior mid"elder Chey-enne Jones picked up the re-bound and shot toward goal, but Hawaii’s Taaca made the save. Taaca allowed the re-bound to go straight back to Jones, who hit another shot on goal, which was hand-balled by Punzai in the box. Sophomore mid"elder Brandy Hickcox stepped up to take the resulting penalty kick and buried it to tie the game at 1-1.

“I thought Cheyenne want-ed to take it, but she said she didn’t want to so I just said I would step up to the plate and take it and hopefully get the team going from a goal,” Hickcox said.

Eight minutes later, the Broncos had a free kick from deep on the left. Freshman mid"elder Maureen Fitzger-ald sent a cross into the box, which was $icked back across goal by sophomore mid"eld-er Chelsea Robinson. Kay-lea Perenon jumped on the cross, putting the ball in the

back of the net for the game-winning goal and securing a WAC tournament berth for the Broncos.

“I knew she was going to $ick it because last weekend that’s just how another goal got scored. It was the same people even,” said Perenon. “We had to win one of these

games this weekend to get into the tournament so it was really important to win this "rst one and not have to rely on winning the second.”

!e Broncos take on WAC-leading San Jose State. !e Spartans enter the game on a 13-game unbeaten streak, Sunday at 1 p.m.

Bronco soccer clinches WAC tournament berth

Boise State forward Shannon Saxton battles with Hawai’i defenders during Boise State’s 2-1 win over the Warriors Oct. 30.

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TRENT LOOTENSJournalist

Kirby Moore came to Boise State to play football with his brother Kellen. !e brothers played to-gether as early as Pop Warner league and now have the chance to showcase their skills at the college level.

Saturday against San Jose State the brothers connected for their "rst touchdown as Broncos.

Kirby lined up wide left next to sophomore Tyler Shoemaker for a "rst down play on BSU’s own 39-yard line early in the "rst quarter. Kellen took the snap and rolled out to his left with strong pressure coming from his blind side and threw a laser over Shoemaker right to Kirby. With his great hands, Kir-by pulled in the high pass and took o# with nothing but blue in front of him all the way to the end zone.

“When I "rst caught the ball I thought the guy was really close to tackling me,” Kirby said. “It was like it was too easy at "rst so I was checking around to make sure no-body was around me.”

Kirby took advantage of the look San Jose State’s defense gave him and utilized a great block by Shoemaker to break into the open "eld.

“I wasn’t expecting it, but the defense they played just worked to our favor and I just tried to make the most of the opportunity,” Kir-by said. “!ey were playing man coverage and Tyler Shoemaker deserves a lot of credit. He put a pretty good pick on my guy who was trying to trail me.”

!e Moore combination "nally coming together was a great sign for the Bronco o#ense. Kirby is another reliable weapon to Kel-len’s arsenal. !e quarterback a barrage of options for potential deep threats.

Kirby, along with receivers Aus-tin Pettis, Titus Young and Shoe-maker completes the most dan-gerous wide receiver combination since the 2007 Fiesta Bowl team. Mitch Burroughs, a graduate of Meridian High School, caught his

"rst touchdown of the season on a wide open 18-yard pass Saturday.

“We’ve got a lot of guys. (Op-posing defenses) Can’t really fo-cus on one guy. Other guys will make plays and kill you with it. Every week it seems like we’ve got a new guy stepping up. You just got to be prepared for everyone,” Kellen said.

Kellen thought it was great to "nally be able to connect with his brother for a score, but realizes it’s going to be the "rst of many.

“It had to come at some point. We’re going to be here a few more years,” the quarterback said.

Kellen’s "rst touchdown pass to his brother was a special mo-ment. !e team had been waiting for this moment all year and for it to happen the way it did was great for everyone.

“!at was awesome. I think everybody on our sideline had a smile on their face. To get a chance to play division one football with your brother is rare. Not many guys get a chance to play division one football and then when your brother is good enough to play and you can hook up for touchdowns too, it’s special,” Boise State head coach Chris Petersen said.

!e Moore brothers get their next chance to put up points next week against a beleaguered Loui-siana Tech pass defense who sur-rendered 327 yards through the air in its most recent game in a loss to the Idaho Vandals.

MOORE brothers finally CONNECT

I think everybody on our sideline had a smile on their face.

Chris PetersonBoise State head coach

Sophomore quarterback Kellen Moore stretches during pre-game warm-ups before the Bronco’s match-up with U.C. Davis Oct. 3.

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One week has passed since the Internet gi-ant Yahoo closed Geocities. It just doesn’t feel the same anymore.

My childhood seems to have died, never mind the fact I was only 12-years-old when I hosted my "rst Web site on Geocities. How-ever, I wasn’t the only one who created a site on Geocities. In fact, at its peak in the late 90s, Geocities was one of the most-visited Web sites on the Internet.

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Web 1.0 can best be described as the true beginnings of the Internet’s appeal to the general population. Web sites in this era com-municated primarily in one-way. It was quite simple: An owner (called a “Webmaster”) would make a Web site and people would look at it. !e Web site would be updated as often as the Webmaster provided. Users didn’t have many options to provide feedback other than directly e-mailing or leaving messages on a message forum if one existed.

!is static state of Web 1.0 didn’t exist just because people weren’t creative enough to produce the dynamic Web sites that we’re used to seeing today. It was because of our technological capabilities at the time. Most people were connected to the Internet at much slower speeds. !e ability to create dy-namic Web sites where users could generate his or her own content started popping up when broadband speeds were introduced. Web 1.0’s days were numbered as Web 2.0 took over with better technology came better communication.

We now live in Web 2.0, where the Inter-net is mostly comprised of user-generated content. !e Webmaster is no longer needed since users themselves could upload his or her own information whenever he or she wished. Without Web 2.0 it would be impos-sible to upload images to Flickr, impossible to add information to your Facebook pro"le, harder to host your own blog without coding skills and ridiculous to tell me when you were eating meatloaf through Twitter.

!e popularity of Web sites hosted through Geocities decreased as people became more infatuated with blogs, social networking and fast media hosting. !e Internet today is much more useful and well rounded now that users aren’t reliant to the one-way communi-cation and limitations of Web 1.0. It is a great example to show the true power behind tech-nological advances. Web 3.0 is only a dream right now, but once we build upon what we have, it will become the next reality. Uh--I mean E-reality.

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Using diet soda as a solution to a sweet-toothed craving may need reconsideration. Research has shown that diet sodas may not be as “diet” as the name implies.

Diet soda may be a calorie free beverage that appeals to weight watchers world-wide, but it may not be as simple as it seems. Ac-cording to an article by WebMD, diet sodas and other foods without calorie sweeteners might make weight control harder. A study was conducted by Purdue University which gave rats arti"cially sweetened, low calorie food and compared the results with rats who were fed food sweetened with sugar. !e data showed that the rats eating the ar-ti"cial sweetener gained more weight.

!ese results caused speculation that, over time, sweeteners used in many diet foods condition the body to not associ-ate sweetness with calories which alters its

ability to accurately assess the amount of calories being consumed. An inability to monitor such intake can lead to overeating.

An article from Australian newspaper “!e Age” concurs. It discussed studies which have found that arti"cial sweetener seems to break down the physiological con-nection between sweet tastes and calories. !e lack of an association between the two makes it easy to eat more and more sweets.

Another problem with arti"cial sweeten-ers is they are not fully satisfying. Scienti"c American discussed how the brain does not "nd splenda to be completely ful"lling. Research was done where scientists moni-tored 12 women with a MRI as they drank both sugar water and water sweetened with arti"cial sweetener, which were made to taste exactly the same. !e women who drank the actual sugar water responded with much more pleasure activity in their brains. Splenda, it seems, activates the re-wards system, but doesn’t satisfy. Without this satisfaction, a desire for more sugary

foods and drinks develops.According to the article, people who

drank more diet soda showed a correla-tion with a higher risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disease.

Such results shine a light on the idea that the consumption of beverages such as Diet Coke may contribute more to a trend in overeating than aiding in any sort of weight loss.

Boise State sophomore Katherine McBeth typically avoids both regular and diet soda, but says that given the option, she would de"nitely pick up a regular soda.

“ I believe that arti"cial sugars are ex-tremely bad for the body,” McBeth said, “Also, regular tastes better.”

In the future, the chronic diet soda drink-ers of the world may have to reconsider his or her level of consumption, especially if the reason for drinking it has anything to do with weight loss or management. But for those who drink regular, perhaps there is new reason to say, “let them drink soda!”

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