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JENNIFER SPENCERJournalist

!e Senate Finance Committee’s vote on the newest healthcare reform bill Tues-day could drastically transform the current healthcare system. In response to Obama’s proposed healthcare reform bill in the House, HR 3200, Senate Finance Commit-tee Chairman Max Baucus, a Democrat from Montana, introduced his own version, also called America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009. If passed, it will become meshed with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee bill before moving to the Senate "oor.

Sen. Baucus’s bill would cover an esti-mated 94 percent of Americans and require

every citizen to obtain healthcare by Jan. 1 2013 or pay an annual penalty, depending on income. Costing $829 billion over the next decade, money for the new plan will come from more than $500 billion in gov-ernmental spending reductions, including Medicare, beginning in 2011. Insurers and medical equipment manufacturers will be hit with $10 billion in new taxes to help pay for the plan.

!e main di#erence between Obama’s plan and Sen. Baucus’s bill is the elimi-nation of the public option. !e public option, led by a governmental advisory committee, would provide mandatory in-surance to those who cannot a#ord their own coverage.

Instead, the America’s Healthy Future Act

provides the option of maintaining cover-age with private insurers or enrolling in a nonpro$t health care cooperative. Coop-eratives are non-pro$t organizations which ensure pro$ts go back into patient care.

!e plan o#ers four income contingent levels of coverage which all provide basic bene$ts, including primary care, prescrip-tion drugs, and hospitalization. Notably, individuals with preexisting conditions will no longer be barred from coverage and Medicaid eligibility standards will change, increasing the amount of people that enroll. In contrast to Obama’s plan, Sen. Baucus's bill does not require employers to pay for their employee’s health coverage. Coverage will be denied to

Healthcare reform bill put to vote

Tuesday; BSU reacts

BENJAMIN MACKJournalist

More federal aid is on the way for students struggling to pay for college, thanks to new legislation passed by Congress Sept. 17. Called the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, the legisla-tion knocks private lenders from the student lending market while bee$ng up funding for Pell Grants and, the Congressional Budget O%ce reports, save taxpayers an estimated $13.3 billion between 2009 and 2014.

!e bill, passed largely along party lines, sets a deadline of July 1, 2010 for all American higher education institutions to switch their loan systems to the federal direct loan plan, creating sav-ings by eliminating the Federal Family Education Loan program, which allows private banks to originate loans for students at subsidized rates.

According to the bill, the Secretary of Education will be able to “implement activities and services that increase students’ persis-tence in and completion of postsecondary school,” and develop a database to track students’ success in schools and in the work-

force. It also permits states to make grants to nonpro$t organiza-tions “including student loan guaranty agencies to implement the program.”

“!is is (the) right thing $nancially,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said of the bill. “!is is the right thing economically. !is is the right thing educationally.”

Duncan added that the bill will be a good long-term investment for students as well as for the overall health of the economy.

“!e Student Aid Fiscal Responsibility Act will allow us to invest $87 billion in savings,” Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., said, who wrote the bill. “!at will help us make college more a#ordable, to build a world class community college system, to improve opportunities to help our younger students succeed and pay down the de$cit.”

Seen as a victory for Democrats and President Obama, Republi-can leaders derided the act as a federal takeover of the student loan industry and complained that despite the act’s title, little about the bill re"ects $scal responsibility.

“Today’s vote was about expanding the size and scope of the fed-eral government through tens of billions of dollars in new

House passes Student Aid, Fiscal

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BENJAMIN MACKJournalist

September marked the !rst recorded decline in Idaho’s unemployment rate since November 2006, according to new data released by the Idaho Department of Labor.

According to the Department of Labor’s statistics, state-wide unemployment stood at 8.8 percent last month, down from a high of 8.9 percent in July. "at rate was the highest since July 1983.

Locally, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Statis-tics, unemployment in the Boise area, which boasted nearly 40 percent of Idaho’s workforce, was 9.8 percent in August, the latest month for which !gures were available.

While this data may seem slightly positive for many, the economic climate remains dire for many Boise State students.

“It’s a rough market, and it’s going to be rough unless some money is injected into the local economy,” said junior Jerome Edwards, a construction management major. “I have friends that can’t get a job at McDonald’s.”

Sophomore Brock Bridges agrees with Edwards.“It’s pretty hard to !nd a job and go to school at the same

time,” Bridges said. “"e hours just don’t mix. "ere’s no time.” Bridges said he’s been actively searching for a job for over a month.

Debbie Kaylor, director of the Career Center at BSU, said she’s seen an increase in the number of students utilizing the Career Center’s services in trying to !nd a job.

“We are working with a lot more students trying to !nd jobs,” Kaylor said. “It’s a far more competitive market than it used to be.”

High general unemployment rates especially a#ected col-lege students, Kaylor said, because it means highly experi-enced, older workers who have been laid-o# from other jobs were also searching for the exact same jobs as students.

“Everybody’s looking for an advantage,” Kaylor said. “"e days of just submitting ten or so applications and expecting to get a job are over."

Yhindi Struthers, a sophomore majoring in sociology, is another student looking for a job. Struthers said she’s look-ing “for something extra,” to do in addition to her job as a Resident Advisor (RA) with University Housing, but hasn’t really found anything so far.

One of the keys for !nding a job, according to Kaylor, is networking.

“It really helps to know someone when you’re looking for a job,” Kaylor said.

One networking tool Kaylor advocates is linkedin.com, a website which allows users to connect with others in di#er-ent career !elds.

“When it comes to online networking, linkedin’s really the best,” Kaylor said.

Based out of San Francisco, linkedin has increased its sta# by almost 50 percent this past year and is nearing its 50-mil-lionth member, according to Reuters.

According to cnn.com, the short-term job market still appears bleak, but Kaylor believes students should remain positive.

“Don’t get down and keep your attitude up,” Kaylor said. “Don’t do the same thing (when applying for a job) over and over and expect a di#erent result (each time). You have to network.”

Plus, Kaylor said, students can still get lucky sometimes.“Employers are always looking for a good !nd,”

Kaylor said.But, Kaylor does conced that it’s still tough to get a job.

“Its tough out there right now,” Kaylor said. “Nobody’s try-ing to sugarcoat anything.”

Struthers thinks persistence is key when trying to get a job in the current economic climate, and is also a way to help end the recession.

“If we keep working at it, it might get better,” Struthers said.

Despite this, Struthers said she doesn’t have a lot of hope for getting another job in the near future.

Kaylor advocated that students looking for a job should visit the Career Center for help and resources.

“Students whould take advantage of the resources we have,” Kaylor said.

Open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Career Center o#ers students help in !nding jobs, writing resumes, making cover letters, practicing interviewing skills and networking with others.

"e Career Center is located at 1173 University Drive inside the Alumni Center, across the street from Bronco Stadium.

While the number of jobs in the Idaho economy was es-sentially unchanged in September, employers have cut over 48,000 jobs in the last year, driving the number of Idahoans with jobs to only 685,000, the lowest since January 2005. Manufacturing jobs have fallen back to 1992 levels, while construction was at the lowest job total since 1998. Since May 2007, when unemployment was at a record-low 2.8 percent, the number of people !ling for unemployment claims has risen steadily.

Unemployment remains near record levels

MIKE JOHNSONJournalist

Boise State political science professor Gregory Raymond has been named the !rst occupant of the Frank and Bethine Church Chair of Public A#airs. "e chair is housed in the College of Social Science and Public A#airs and is funded by the Frank Church Institute at Boise State. "e institute was established in 1982 to honor the late U.S. Senator of Idaho, Frank Church.

According to Boise State’s endowed chair policy, an en-dowed chair is one of the highest achievements for a faculty member and “confers its holder with additional funds for research, teaching, graduate student support, and provides

some $exibility to the chair holder to advance his or her work in other ways, such as travel, conferences, and equipment.”

A New Jersey native, Raymond received his Ph.D. in In-ternational Studies at the University of South Carolina be-fore doing post doctorate work at Harvard. Raymond is the author of 15 books. "e themes of the books relate to world politics and political science. Raymond has spoken at uni-versities and research institutes in 22 di#erent countries. In 1994, he was named Idaho Professor of the Year and received Boise State’s Outstanding Researcher Award. Raymond has earned a slew of awards for teaching excellence throughout his career.

“Greg Raymond is one of Boise State’s !nest and most pro-digious scholars,” said Melissa Lavitt, dean of the College of

Social Sciences and Public A#airs at Boise State.Lavitt insists Raymond’s selection for the chair position is a

“!tting tribute to the legacy of Frank Church.”Currently, Raymond is working on the 4th edition of his

book, ""e Global Future: A Brief Introduction to World Poli-tics," as well as a new book about recent foreign policy. "is book, not yet titled, will be “assessing how successful Ameri-can foreign policy has been,” according to Raymond.

Raymond also stays busy teaching a plethora of po-litical science courses at Boise State, including Introduc-tion to International Relations and Politics in Russia and Eastern Europe.

Raymond has described his appointment to the chair posi-tion as “the highest honor in my academic life.”

Professor Gregory Raymond named Frank and Bethine Church Chair of Public Affairs

It’s a rough market, and it’s going to be rough unless some money is injected into the local economy

Starbucks, Subway and Burger King are all out of job applications. The pull tab machine at Burger King ran out of tabs that you take to log into their website to apply.

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Dear letter to the Editor,I am a senior about to graduate with a degree in anthropology/archaeology. In all my time that

I have invested with BSU, I have seen a lot of change on campus. One of which is tra!c. Tra!c has always been a problem, along with speeders because people are always in a hurry to get to where they are going, etc. Since the university is growing and improving, parking is becoming less and less and therefore people are having to park farther and farther away.

Here is where we start, the majority of the student body probably has some idea of right from wrong when using the cross walks to get to the other side, but I’ve been noticing a lot more stu-dents jay walking and automatically thinking that since they are in the middle of the road, they have the right of way! "ere is some truth to this statement but it is also false and is dangerous.

I’ve also been seeing a lot of this with bicyclists, thinking that just because there on a bike, they have the same rights as pedestrians, which is totally false. What I am trying to propose is that there needs to be more said on the rules of the road in relation to bike and pedestrian safety before something bad happens, to ensure the safety of the student body and faculty.

Rachel Wong is senior studying anthropology.

Letter to the editor:

Pedestrian’s need to be

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MATTHEW DELEON!GUERRERO

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Governor Butch Otter’s plan to holdback 6 percent of funding for Idaho colleges and universities is impacting BSU’s #nancial appropria-tions with a projected total cut of approximately $4.7 million. While much of this cut will be absorbed by BSU’s #nancial reserves, the possi-bility of repercussions toward employees and students is still on the table.

President Bob Kustra Com-mented on these budget cuts by reassuring his Boise State Community that, “At this time, the university will be able to avoid furloughs and layo$s of its employees.” However, if the economic stability of the state doesn’t improve by next year’s budget, President Kus-tra predicts, “we will likely continue to look at expendi-ture reductions and student tuition and fee increases to help us maintain our opera-tions.”

"e cost of tuition has risen from about $3,872 a year for a full time, in state student in 2005-2006 to $4,864 a year for

2009-2010 according to the BSU admissions website. "is school year marked the low-est tuition increase for Boise State Students in the last 14 years. In terms of the future for student tuition BSU Pro-vost Sona Andrews stressed that a tuition increase would be a “last resort” and also pointed out that BSU had the smallest tuition increase this past year than all other Idaho higher education institu-tions.

According to the Boise State o!ce of Finance and Administration, in May 2009 BSU was looking at receiving an allocation of $132,720,200 for #scal year 2010. "e to-tal budget, estimated at the time was approximately $138,373,800 which included more than #ve and a half mil-lion coming from student tu-itions and fees.

In the information provided by the O!ce of Finance and Administration, the college with the largest allocation of the FY2010 budget was the College of Arts and Sciences with $749 million. "e low-est funded was the college of Social Sciences and Public A$airs (SSPA) with $195 mil-

lion slated for FY2010. "e af-fects of the budget holdbacks for these projected #gures are likely to remain the same ac-cording to Dr. Andrews.

“BSU will not be asking for budget decreases among Col-leges and Departments,” An-drews said. [poll id=”136”]

Dean of the college of Health Sciences James Girvan stated, “the most recent state budget holdbacks required of Boise State are being met centrally through one time fund reserves so no monies are being required from any Colleges or non-academic units at this time.”

"is year BSU received $4.8 million in Federal Stimulus, a non permanent #gure aimed toward combating the eco-nomic downturn. "e future funding and economic live-lihood of BSU comes in rela-tion to a litany of external fac-tors, Provost Andrews wanted to indicate to lawmakers that maintaining higher educa-tion funding is “more impor-tant now than at any other time” claiming that graduat-ing students will help get us out of this economic slump by attracting and creating businesses.

Budget holdbacks, creating problems

EVAN WESTERFIELDJornalist

"e 26th annual Frank Church conference will will feature and analyze current environmental and political challenges to pending ne-gotiations on international climate change Oct 20.

Since its establishment in 1982, the Frank Church Institute has created the Frank Church Chair of Pub-lic A$airs at Boise State Uni-versity to continue the prin-ciples of Frank Church, who represented Idaho in the U.S. Senate from 1957-1981. "e Frank Church institute’s goal is to build the endow-ment to fully fund the Frank Church Chair of Public Af-fair, fund the annual Frank Church conferences, and fund the proposed scholar-ship at BSU.

"e subheading for this year’s conference is: “"e Global Environment: From Kyoto to Copenhagen.”

"e conference will fea-ture policy experts from a wide variety of institutions giving their thoughts on the possible outcomes of the in-ternational summit held in Copenhagen, Denmark last December.

"e keynote speaker for the event is William Davis, Director of the United Na-tions Center in Washington D.C. He will give the key-note speech on: “"e Po-litical Climate for Climate Change Negotiations.”

Davis will speak at 7:30 p.m. in Jordan Ballroom in the SUB.

Davis is the UN’s senior representative in Washing-ton, serving as a spokesman for the UN and working with o!cials in the executive and legislative branches, the me-dia, the public and business community. Before joining the UN, Davis worked for global and functional a$airs in the U.S. State Depart-ment’s Bureau of Legislative

a$airs, where he oversaw departmental interactions with the U.S. Congress on global priorities. Davis also worked as the department’s senior legislative adviser on relations with Congress in regards to the Secretary of State’s O!ce of Reconstruc-tion and Stabilization.

Other speakers partici-pating in the conference are: William Meadows (president, "e Wilderness Society), Matthew McHugh (former Democratic repre-sentative from New York), Dan Miller (former Re-publican representative of Florida), Michael Buck (Na-tional Association of State Foresters), John Gardner (Vice President for energy research, policy and cam-pus sustainability for BSU), and Don Reading (Vice President of Ben Johnson Associates).

"e conference runs from 8:30 a.m.- 2 p.m.

ENVIRONMENTAL

CHAL L ENGES

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Broncos’ dive into the water against competitors during their 2008-09 season. They finished sixth at last season’s conference championships.THE ARBITER FILE PHOTO

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BSU swimmers hope for big splashKIRK BELL

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Boise State swimming and diving has slowly climbed the Western Athletic Con-ference ladder since their inaugural 2006-07 season. !at year they placed last in the conference. By the 2008-09 the Broncos had produced their "rst conference cham-pion in then freshman Stephanie North in the 100 free.

Last year the team "nished sixth at the WAC Championships meet and hope to carry that momentum through to this year’s competition.

“Last year was just amazing what hap-pened,” North said. “So coming o# of that, just knowing that I can do better than that and still get faster…I’ve worked more this summer than I did last.”

Youth is what carries much of this sea-son. Head swim and dive coach Kristin Hill sees some of her incoming freshmen and established, improving swimmers as a cor-nerstone for yet another leap in talent.

“I like the fact that we have strong incom-ing freshmen,” Hill said. “!e girls who are freshmen on the team have de"nitely add-ed depth and strength and work ethic…!e work that they put in last year and through the summer to prepare for this season is undeniably something that they did well. But I really focus on the returners when I look a the team and what the accomplish-

ments are going to be this season.”Hill believes that Canadian native Chris-

tine Raininger is a talented piece to that progressive puzzle the Broncos are trying to put together in both the butter$y and in-dividual medley events.

Hill also sees sophomore Emily Ir-vin making a splash for the team as this season goes on in both the breaststroke and individual medley.

“Quite hon-estly, I feel that I could put Emily in some other events that she could probably go up against any-body in our conference and win,” Hill said.

!e desire to take the next step as one of BSU’s premier athletic programs has mold-ed the young women into what could be a championship team very soon. It is a leap that they think they could make as early as this season.

“Our goal has always been to win our conference championship,” Hill said. “To take people to the NCAA Championships. We’re getting very close to those things. We think that we can take a couple of people to

the NCAA Championships this year on the individual qualifying process…We know that it’s a de"nite reality.”

!at type of optimism drove sophomore Amber Boucher over the summer to con-tinue pushing herself to the edge, hoping to make that leap into championship status. Boucher rallied to set records with North in the 100 $y and 50 free last year, emerging as one of the Broncos trendsetters.

“!at really motivated me to do a lot of training over the summer so that when I came back this year that I could hit the weights hard from the begin-ning,” Boucher said. “I wouldn’t have to start over with not so much

muscle…I’ve been able to hit swimming so much harder.”

Both North and Boucher have set a bench-mark for the Broncos to achieve. Each has a new swagger that comes with experience and success. !ey have shown the desire and determination to make those strides to become better than the year before.

“I think for both of them the big separator this year is going to be just that they have a

lot more con"dence than they’ve had be-fore,” Hill said. “And that’s something that I can see just from them talking…I think con"dence level for these two has much changed and that’s going to be a huge fac-tor as a team.”

!e Broncos ran away with WAC Shoot-out honors in San Jose, Calif. this weekend including a convincing victory over three-time defending champion University of Nevada by the score of 150-54.

!ey walked away with an overall 5-0-1 record following the two day meet.

!e Broncos brought home the top spot in the 200 medley relay during their "rst day of competition, followed by day two tri-umph in the 400 medley relay. !ey placed second in the 400 free relay during day two respectively.

Boucher recorded a third place "nish in the 200 free during day one competition and a "rst place spot in the 50 free during day two of competition.

Stephanie North placed "rst in both the 50 and 100 free during day one. Day two re-peated the 100 free "rst place performance accompanied by a third place spot in the 200 free.Irvin placed "rst in the 200 IM and second in the 100 breast during day one followed by a "rst place "nish during day two in the 200 breast.

Freshman Jenn Cahill saw success dur-ing her collegiate debut in the 1000 and 500 free..

TRENT LOOTENSProducer

!e wildcat has become a new commodity for college football teams across the nation. It’s highly developed of-fensive schemes have allowed teams to utilize the wildcat to bene"t its players’ strengths.

Made famous by the Florida Gators’ Tim Tebow and Per-cy Harvin during their time together in college, the wildcat now is used in some shape or form by nearly every team in college football.

Recently, Boise State began experimenting with the wildcat and decided it was going to start playing a larg-

er role in the o#ense.During the Bowling Green game, BSU unveiled it’s new addition when its running backs took direct

snaps. Adding Titus Young’s speed on $y sweeps could potentially make BSU’s o#ense more po-tent than it is already.

Boise State head coach Chris Petersen likes the di#erent options the wildcat gives his team

a n d plans on using it more as the season continues.

“I would love to be a b l e

to run the option. I think it’s very dangerous and potent especially in college football, but you’ve got to play to your guys’ strengths,” the coach said. “!ere’s a lot of good football plays out there that we’d like to get into our game plan.”

BSU wants to leave all possible options open for the of-fense, but "nding time to practice new plays and perfect-ing them is easier said than done.

“It’s interesting when you move parts around just a lit-tle bit how much it can change things. You really have to spend time working on it,” Petersen said.

NFL teams, including most notably fellow-Floridians the Miami Dolphins, have joined the bandwagon too.

!e Dolphins have made a killing from the wildcat of-fense allowing running backs Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams to take direct snaps.

With the addition of former West Virginia star Pat White, Miami has turned their o#ense into a wildcat-"rst system that will allow White’s skills to shine on a higher level. White made a living with Steve Slaton in the back"eld at WVU and was

drafted by Miami speci"cally for wildcat purposes.It seems, though, that the coveted o#ense has slowly

moved its way west and found another team willing to try its luck with the wild o#ense in Boise.

“If you get the right guys back there it’s not one-dimen-sional. You see Pat White being able to make that o#ense work at Miami and we’ve got guys that can make plays like that too,” sophomore wide receiver Tyler Shoemaker said.

Defensively, trying to stop the wildcat has proven to be quite the task for many college and NFL teams. Having a dual-threat athlete line-up to take snaps forces defensive coordinators to pull out their hair. BSU has played teams who run the wildcat and have learned how to e#ectively defend against the o#ensive subterfuge.

“It keeps defenses on their toes and it’s hard to defend,” junior nickel back Winston Venable said. “You have to think run "rst when defending it and that can throw a de-fense o# dramatically when they throw.”

Running backs Doug Martin and Jeremy Avery are prime candidates to run a wildcat o#ense along with wide re-ceivers Titus Young and Austin Pettis. Young can also run

end around sweeps with his speed to get to the outside like everyone saw against Bowling Green.

Wildcat shows its face at BSU

JOSH RASMUSSEN/THE ARBITERBoise State players go through their energizing and flamboyant pre-game ritual before the UC Davis game.

So coming o! of that, just knowing that I can do better than that and still get faster…I’ve worked more this summer than I did last.

North

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BRENDAN SHERRY Journalist

"e Bronco men’s golf team tied for 10th place at the Wolf Pack Classic in Reno, Nev. Tuesday. "e Broncos shot even par on the #nal day of the tournament to tie Gonzaga Uni-versity.

Sophomore Blake Brown led the way for the Broncos with a three round score of 218. "e score was good enough to earn him a tie for 21st place. Wichita State University won the team competition with a 17-under 847. "e Shocker’s senior, Dustin Garza, took individual honors with an 11-under 205.

Although the Broncos #nished in 10th place with a 15-over

879, they were able to improve their team score each round. After beginning the tournament with a score of 300, the Broncos shed a few strokes each round #nishing with scores of 291 and 288.

Seniors John Baranco and Robbie Richards #nshed with 222 (+6) and 223 (+7) respectively. Baranco and Richards were followed by freshman teammates Taeksoo Kim and Clayton Kosanovich. Kim #shed with a 10-over 226 and Ko-sanovich recorded an 18-over 234 in his #rst tournament of the Fall.

Following the tournament, the Men’s Golf team will rest until Oct. 26, when it heads to Las Crucas, N.M. for the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate which is hosted by New Mexico

State University"e Boise State Cross Country teams competed well at the

Willamette Charles Bowles Invitational in Salem, Oregon last week. "e men’s team was runner up to Chico State and the women’s team #shed seventh overall. Boise State junior, Sawyer Bosch, led the way for the men’s team and Shannon Porter led for the women with a 5k time of 17:53.68. "e mark was good enough for a sixth place #nish.

Bosch was named the Western Athletic Conference Cross Country Athlete of the week last week for the second week in a row. Bosch’s 8k time of 24:13.72 was good enough to earn him thirdplace overall at the event. Bosch’s Athlete of the Week award is the Cross Country team’s third this year.

Golf, Cross Country update

U OF I SURGING, beats San Jose State

Idaho’s Deonte Jackson scores a touchdown for the Vandals against Boise State on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007, at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. MCT CAMPUS

MATT BEDINGERJournalist

"e University of Idaho Vandals are in uncharted waters. At 5-1, their only loss coming from Pac-10 opponent Wash-ington, the Vandals have enjoyed their best start since they became a Division-I program and have already eclipsed their win total from the last two seasons combined.

U of I holds tight to the second place spot in the Western Athletic Conference with a 2-0 league record.

"e Vandals faced the San Jose Spartans Saturday with a 29-25 victory, improving to their best start since joining the Football Championship Subdivision.

Junior quarterback Nathan Enderle threw for 216 yards, three interceptions and no touchdowns against SJSU.

Backup sophomore quarterback Brian Reader led the #nal attack that would put the Vandals ahead during the #nal minutes of the game. Reader threw just one pass to junior wide receiver Eric Greenwood for 11 yards during the game winning drive.

Running backs Princeton McCarty, Deonte Jackson and DeMaundray Woolridge combined for 278 yards rushing. McCarty scored one touchdown and Woolridge put up two scores.

[poll id=”145”]Last Saturday, U of I faced Mountain West Conference

opponent Colorado State. After a back and forth battle, Colorado State had a chance to tie the game with a 2-point conversion with 1:41 to go. "e Rams’ try was stopped short of the goal line by a black and gold curtain of jerseys, including junior safety Shiloh Keo, who then recovered the ensuing onside kick from CSU. Unable to bleed the clock, Idaho gave the ball back to the Rams with just over a min-ute to play. On the #rst play of CSU’s potential game-win-ning drive, Keo intercepted Colorado State senior quarter-back Grant Stucker to seal a 31-29 win for Idaho and give the Vandals their best start in their Division-I history.

Idaho hosts Hawai’i Oct. 17 in Moscow, Idaho.

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Dozens of Boise City Police vehicles blocked o$ streets around BSU’s Engineering building this afternoon in response to an armed persons call.

According to people on the scene, two students used a gutted gun, which was ultimately mistaken for an intact gun, for a school project.

“A student observed a male walking up the staircase with a long gun,” according to O!cer Nesbitt of the Boise Police Department.

“I was walking by the Engineering building, past the (Recreation Cen-ter) to my car, and heard some commotion,” said Boise State graduate student Ryan Cooper, “and then I drove o$ and that’s when I saw the cop cars.”

Cooper described commotion as a bunch of pops and loud noises. He said the speed of the cop cars “burning down University Street” alerted him to the fact that something big was happening.

"e call which BPD received at 1:46 Saturday afternoon “was relayed through a professor.”

He said the gun “ended up being a shotgun.”“We set up a perimeter,” Nesbitt said, “and as soon as we could we

made entry into the building and evacuated some people and other people we asked to lock themselves in rooms until we could make sure it was safe.”

He said the situation is “still being investigated.”Police cleared the building to ensure there was no real danger."e Arbiter will follow this story and publish updates as they are

made available.

Engineering building surrounded during gun scareAPRIL WISNIEWSKI

Columnist

It’s always a sad day to me when I have to say goodbye to my %ip %ops for another 3 seasons. I get rebellious and wear them again and again un-til I just can’t deny the fact that my toes are blue and I am miserable all day. "at said, Fall is my favorite time of the year to get up and get dressed in the morning. Why? Layers! I love layers and boots. Tights and sweat-ers. Hats, scarves, arm warmers and scoopies.

According to all of the major maga-zines the staples for this fall are trench coats, leopard print shoes and acces-sories as well as faux fur. (Faux pro-nounced “pho” and not fox…fox is not green!) And these days it is very is very important to be environmen-tally conscious. "e downfall to all of these gorgeous items in Vogue or Ma-rie Claire is that they all cost a fortune and we are in a recession, especially college students. "is said, most of these items are timeless and a lot of us already own a few pieces. If you want to be trendy this fall and do not own these staples, I am here to help!

"ere are many stores in the greater Boise area where you can hit awe-some sales and there are great #nds at second hand stores. One of my fa-vorites is the Lux Fashion Lounge on Idaho and 8th.You can shop for new and slightly used fashionable clothes. Everything from vintage to designer jeans. I once found an awesome pair of cowboy boots for 15 bucks! Score, if I do say so myself.

Repeat Boutique on Vista is awe-some for designer jeans. Just ask the sales associate for your brand and what they have in the back. You usu-ally walk out with what you went in there looking for. "e Idaho Youth Ranch {any location} sometimes houses rare pieces that you may only #nd if you take time to search.

As far as retail goes, Urban Out#t-ters in the BODO has the best sales. I would like to give you more insight to when they are but it seems every time I go I #nd some little treasure I NEED to have for 5 to 10 bucks. An-thropology also has kick ass sales, just a little less frequent so keep your eyes peeled. If you are an online shopper, try Overstock.com or Zappos.com, they have excellent shipping prices and a great return policy.

Another great way to get clothing that is “new to you” is to have a clothes swap. Get a bunch of your girlfriends or guy friends together, bring all of the items you don’t wear, don’t want or don’t #t you, put them in a pile and go for broke! "e best thing is that you actually won’t go broke but will have the satisfaction of feeling like you went shopping all day. {Clothes Swap etiquette: DON’T leave with more than you came with}.

Happy Fall Shopping everyone! Stay warm!

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entitlement spending and the elimination of choice, competi-tion, and the innovation of the private sector,” Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., said. “"is job killing leg-islation is rife with hidden costs that will be passed on to future generations.”

Under the current program, the government pays subsidies to lenders and guarantees the loans.

"e student loan legislation will

provide $40 billion to increase the maximum annual Pell grant scholarship to $5,550 in 2010 and to $6,900 by 2019, from $5,350 to-day.

Starting in 2011, the amount of the scholarship will link to the cost of living, rising along with the Consumer Price Index, plus one percent.

"e bill also includes about $10 billion for community colleges

and increased investment in two-year community colleges that en-roll about six million students na-tionwide a year. It also provides about $8 billion for early-child-hood programs and $2.55 billion for historically black colleges and universities.

As of press time, university of-#cials were unclear exactly how much the bill will bene#t Boise State speci#cally.

Locally, Idaho’s representatives were split on the issue. Democrat Walt Minnick voted for it, while Republican Mike Simpson was in the opposition.

"e bill now goes to the Senate, where it must await approval by a majority before making its way to President Obama’s desk.

Obama has said that he will sign the bill if it arrives at the White House.

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to illegal immigrants and the proposed plan does not allow abortions to be covered by federal tax dollars.

"e impact of Sen. Baucus’s bill on Boise State students will be minimal, according to Ferdinand J. Schlapper, executive director of Health, Wellness and Counseling.

“If they mandate insurance en-rollment coverage for everyone it wouldn’t impact students who al-ready have a mandatory insurance requirement,” Schlapper said.

BSU requires every full-time student to have health insurance. "e Maskin Group, based in New Jersey, administers the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP).

According to Schlapper, it re-mains uncertain if SHIP will be a$ected by the proposed plan or not.

However, since part-time stu-dents require no coverage, the proposed plan could impact them the most.

Not everyone approves of Sen. Baucus’s bill on-campus. Opposi-tion comes from some who claim it is too expensive, could reduce

quality care and gives the govern-ment too much control over indi-viduals’ healthcare.

“Developing a system with more federal oversight is not something I favor,” said Dr. Pamela J. Spring-er, Nursing Chair and Associate Dean of the College of Health Sci-ences.

Springer recommends trying to positively change the current healthcare system.

“We have some health care sys-tems that are already providing high-quality care at reasonable costs. Let’s start there,” she said.

Vincent Serio, Director of Medi-cal Services at BSU, thinks Bau-cus’s bill does not go far enough in altering the existing system.

“It’s kind of like a Band-Aid, rather than major surgery,” he said.

He recommends more strin-gent oversight on the current single payer structure. "is, he says, would give the chance for insurance companies to alter their practices. "e leap to a uni-versal healthcare system may be too soon.

“Americans don’t like to change things really drastically,” he said.

In his State of the University ad-dress on Aug. 19, BSU President Bob Kustra expressed concern about insurance companies’ role in healthcare.

“When we hear the ‘public op-tion,’ and we hear the president thinking about dropping it from the plan, it worries me greatly that we would leave healthcare to the pro#t motive in America,” Kustra said.

Students at BSU remain mixed on the proposed plan.

“Funding is my only concern about the bill, but if the reform re-ally would not cause extra spend-ing, I’m all for it,” said Laura Rog-ers, ASBSU Senator for the College of Social Sciences and Public Af-fairs.

Along with the added expense, senior communication major Catherine Atchison worries how the plan could cause reduced quality of medical care.

A mother of a special needs child, Atchison depends on proper healthcare.

“I work for the insurance, not the pay,” she said.

Micah Young, a senior commu-nication major, is covered by gov-ernment healthcare. He believes everyone should have a choice if they want to receive health care or not.

He agrees with Atchison about the reduction in quality of care in the proposed plan.

“It’s the DMV version of health-care,” he said.

Freshman chemical engineer-ing major David Martin thinks the plan could lead to socializing medicine as whole.

“I think it’s (the plan) a beautiful idea, but I think it’s a pipe dream at the same time,” he said.

Since being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 15, part-time graphic designer Kyle Miller depends on twice daily shots of insulin. At $100 a vial, Miller’s medical expenses exceed $200 a month.

“Everyone should have the opportunity for healthcare and not be broke because of it,” Miller said.

An o"cer with the Boise City Police Department ducks behind a truck in the parking lot adjacent to BSU’s Engineering building, Saturday afternoon, after receiving a report of a man inside with a gun.

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Today’s Birthday (10/12/09) Today you know for sure that you’re on the right track. You have all the supplies, energy and ideas you need. Instead of making hay while the sun shines, how about making some money?To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19Today is a 7 - So you think you want to be king (or queen) of the hill? Put on that crown only after you do the work.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)Today is a 7 - You get a chance to wrap up a project that’s been nag-ging you. Do it completely. Start something new tomorrow.

Gemini (May 21-June 21)Today is a 7 - Change is in the air, and long-distance communication confirms your intuition. Travel is possible. Take the train.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)Today is a 6 - Friction today keeps you from peak performance. An older person shows you something you weren’t taught in school.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19Today is a 7 - Take advantage of every opportunity to tell others you love them. Wisdom grows as you show your feelings.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18Today is a 7 - You’ve been dragging your feet on a project. Now is the time to move ahead. Anything you do will have good results.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20Today is a 7 - By the end of the day you’ll be on a roll. In the morning you need to get the engines started. Find the right key.___(c) 2009, Tribune Media Services Inc.Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

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JOEY MCCULLOUGHJournalist

On Friday night, some might say the Yankees might have got away with a win. I say no way!

"ird base line umpire, Phil Cuzzi, miss-called a “foul” ball in the top of 11th inning in the Yan-kees and Twins game. "e ball hit by the Twins catcher, Joe Mauer, landed fair (clearly) after left #elder, Melky Cabrera, barely missed catching it. "e ball bounced into the stands in foul terri-tory. Normally, that would be two bases awarded to the runner but Cuzzi must have been thinking about where he was going to dinner after the game insted of paying attention.

He ruled the ball foul but from the plethora of camera angles that captured where the ball land-ed, all came to the same conclusion - the ball was fair.

"e Yankees sort of got a break. Instead of hit-ting a double, Mauer later reached #rst base on a single. It is logical to propose the Twins would have taken a 4-3 lead and possilby won the game if they could have strung together hits to score

Mauer. However they didn’t and here are some reasons why I don’t think you can blame the umpire’s blown call for the Twins losing Friday’s playo$ game.

- If the right call was made and Mauer was awarded second base, it will would have been up to his teammates to bring him in to score. Mauer is not what you would call a quick runner. Either an extra base hit or a couple of hits would have been needed to score Mauer.

- After Mauer’s single, Minnesota’s Jason Kubel and Michael Cuddyer hit singles to load the bas-es with nobody out. "e next three batters lined out, softly grounded out and %ied out. "e Twins failed to score with the bases loaded and nobody out.

-In the 4th inning, what looked like a golden opportunity for the Twins to score was quick-ly cut down when Minnesota’s Carlos Gomez slipped o$ second base after hitting a double. He was tagged out before the runner trying to score, Delmon Young, could reach home. Young was strides away from scoring. If Gomez had just stayed on second base, the Twins would have

had another run to their total.-"e Twins inability to score with the bases

loaded in the 11th inning is just the tip of the ice-berg for them in game two. "ey left 17 men on base the entire game. "e Twins had too many chances to score runs through out the game.

"ere are hundreds upon hundreds of possi-blities that could have changed the direction of Saturday’s game. "ings like what pitches were thrown and whether or not the batter decided to swing are just two factors. "e blown call by Cuzzi was pretty bad.

"ere is no excuse for that, especially in the playo$s where everyone, umps included, are expected to be at their best. "e Yankees won the game on Mark Teixeira’s home run that barely made it out in the bottom half of that gut-wrenching 11th inning. To blame the umpire’s bad call is such an easy go-to for when a team loses a game.

Baseball along with all other sports are about responding to adversity and big plays. When something doesn’t go your way don’t whine and complain, rise to the occasion and deal with it.

JOSH RASMUSSEN/THE ARBITER