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Arbiter, December 5Students of Boise State University

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ASBSU discusses removal of Morriss' presidential pictureProposed bill fails

during finalmeeting

BY RY~N HORTENSENHews Writer

During the final AssociatedStudents of Boise State UniversitySenate meeting of the 2005 fall se-mester, a bill that would removeformer ASBSU President DavidMorriss' picture from the Forumwas introduced and discussed, but

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did not pass.The proposed bill, titled

"Protection ofASBSUCredibility forFuture Generations to Come," hadthe purpose of relocating formerASBSU President David Morriss'presidential picture into the BoiseState Archives.

Davis Morriss was impeachedand removed from office by theASBSUSenate last March for mis-appropriation of funds.

The bill was sponsored by sen-ators Zuko, Busnardo, Bobic,Bommarito, Du, Dunn, Rossland,and Olson.

"His picture takes away from this

place of honor and this is our placeof honor," Zuko said during themeeting Thursday.

According to the bill, "Judgmentsin cases of impeachment shall notextend further than the removalfrom office and disqualification tohold and enjoy any office of honor,trust or profit under the ASBSU...ASBSU should no longer honorDavid Morriss for his rule as ASBSUPresident."

"It's an honor for these picturesto be up on the wall. These picturesare up because of distinguishedpresidents. He [Morriss] did some-thingwrong ...and there is no rea-

son why that picture should be upon that wall," Sen. Dunn said.

Sen. LaTisha Clark said BSUstu-dents should have a say.

"I do not think it is fair for us tomake a decision like this withoutletting the students have a voice init," said Clark. "If students want thisto happen, they will let us know. Ifstudents do not want this to hap-pen, they will let us know."

The meeting was reopened to gal-lery comments so members of theaudience could voice their opinionsregarding the proposed bill.

"You guys say this is a room ofhonor and I agree with the senators

that if someone did do somethingwrong, his/her picture should notbe hanging in this room with otherhonorable presidents," said BSUstudent Julie Klebenow.

Alex Daw, BSU student and vicepresident ofBGLAD agreed.

"Many students I believe wouldagree with the senate that Morrissshould be removed from this room.If you're going to represent thestudent body you've got to do itwith honor. If you don't, then youdon't deserve to be in this r-oom.Here's a student's. voice. Removethat picture," Daw said.

Interactive Learning CenterStudents send

chocolate vagina to-Rush Limbaugh

Boise State brokeground on the first construction

project of it's Campus Master Plan earlier thismonth. The $13.5 million Interactive LearningCenter, a 54,000 square foot building, is beingconstructed near the Multipurpose ClassroomBuilding.

The building is being financed throughbonds issued by BSU and is repaid throughpledged revenues of the university, accordingto BSUofficials. The project is expected to takearound 16months to complete.

This new construction has caused an incon-venience for some students, as the entire arealocated just east of the Multi-purpose Buildinghas been closed off.

"The detour is often frustrating, but it's worththe wait and the hassle for what an exciting ad-dition the building will be to our campus," said

'. BSUstudent Iacqui Taylor. "This building is go-ing to be a great place to study.". Other facilities like the Interactive LearningCenter are located at other universities like'Virginia Tech, George Mason University and

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CHRISTENSENNews Writer

"The new building represents a new way ofteaching and learning. Students have typicallysat and listened," said Project Director DougSuddreth.

Suddreth explained the building will be away to facilitate an alternative to traditionallearning by providing a means for more groupinteractivity.

"It will symbolize our commitment to ourstudents to facilitate state-of-the-art learningwith cutting-edge technology," said BSUPres.Bob Kustra.

Kustra said the Interactive Learning Center is"part ofthe university's efforts to accommodateits growing numbers of students and providethem with a quality learning experience."

"People call this 'my baby,' It's a very excitingproject," Suddreth said.

The center will include a 200-seat lecture halland 12standard classrooms, a multi-media lab,multi-purpose/distance learning classroom,a visualization classroom, an experimentalclassroom, as well as numerous study lounges.

"Learning is a complex undertaking and. even the bestteachermay not succeed at reach- .

Fifteen student-members'of the Boise State UniversityOrganization for Gender Equalityand Education received nationalattention Tuesday from conser-vative radio talk show host RushLimbaugh after they sent him avagina-shaped chocolate.

The group sent Limbaugh avagina-shaped chocolate suck-er and a card thanking him forpublicizing the chocolates onhis show in August, which theysaid helped raise $845 for theLouisiana Coalition AgainstDomestic Violence from the saleof the chocolates.

Limbaugh talked aboutthe chocolates on his show inAugust after members of the BSUWomen's Center distributed vagi-na-shaped chocolates to about 20freshmen during an honors col-lege orientation on August 18.

The incident garnered localand national media coverage, andBSUofficials called the act a mis-take and "entirely inappropriate."

Yet, one group of students de-cided to use the publicized va-gina-shaped chocolates for agood cause, said aGEE PresidentWhitney Johnson. aGEE soldthe chocolates to raise money forthe Louisiana Coalition AgainstDomestic Violence.

"The Salmon River ChocolateCompany donated their time andmade the. chocolates for us [forfree]," Johnson said.

She said the aGEE did not re-ceive any money from any otherBSU organization for the fund-raiser, "it was all the aGEE."

"Wehad one left over so we sentit to Rush Limbaugh to say thankyou for talking about [the choco-lates] in August," Johnson said.

Johnson said the aGEE alsosent a card that was signed by 15members of the group.

Limbaugh read the letter on-air, which states: "With warmestappreciation by mentioning thechocolate vaginas on your showwe were able to raise $845 in-sales for the Louisiana CoalitionAgainst Domestic Violence. Inap-preciation, we've enclosed one of

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ing all students successfully," Kustra said. "OurCenter for Teaching and Learning will serve as aresource for our faculty to review new theories ofcognitive development, to adopt learner-centeredclassroom practices and to experiment with strat-egies for motivating learners." .

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LONDON ...:..Surely we can' allagree there Is nothing humorousaboutlncontlnence. ,

And we don't make fun of fatpeople or gays or teen pregnancy orpeople In wheelchairs, do we?

So why Is everybody In Britainlaughing so hard at Matt Lucas andDavid Walliams?

From the island that gave theworld Monty Python, Basil Fawltyand Mr. Bean, it seems The Next BigThing is "Little Britain."

It began in 2001 as a series ofBBC radio sketches. Lucas, 31, andWalliams, 34, developed a castof stock characters who seemedto capture the icky underside ofBritain. Two years later, the net-work took a chance on a televisionseries.

In its first season, the show gath-ered a small but devoted following.About midway through the secondseason, it took off.

This month's premiere of theshow's third season drew 9.5 mil-lion viewers and a whopping 40percent market share. Its charac-ters have become national icons,as familiar to the masses as PrinceCharles or David Beckham.

Take Vicky Pollard, the slovenly,rude, stupid and constantly preg-nanrteenagcr played by Lucas. Herwhiney "No but yeah but no butyeah" is fast becoming the Britishequivalent of Jerry Seinfeld's "yad-da yadda yadda.'

In one sketch, Vicky, who has justhad another baby, is visited in hergrungy flat by a social worker. Thesocial worker wants to check on thebaby. After hemming and hawing,Vicky admits she has swapped herbaby for a Westlife CD.

"How could you do such a thlng?"asks the stunned social worker.

"I know, they're rubbish," repliesVicky.

Tasteless? Juvenile? Vulgar? Yes,all of that and worse.

Critics have 'panned the show."Dreary,' derivative rubbish," ac-cording to the high-minded Times."Nasty newcomers are not a LittleBrit funny," was the judgment fromthe mass-circulation News of theWorld.

But when it comes to comedy,there is no accounting for taste, andMiddle England apparently hasfallen in love with the weird andrepulsive characters that populate"Little Britain."

White House expressesconcerns about Iraq'ssponsored news

WASHINGTON - The WhiteHouse and a senior Republican law-maker expressed concern Thursdayover reports that the U.S. militaryhas been paying Iraqi news mediato produce positive stories aboutthe U.S. military's efforts to bringstability to Iraq.

The U.S. military command inBaghdad, meanwhile, defended thepractice, saying that it was neededto counter falsehoods and propa-ganda from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.

U.S. Army officers have been pay-Ing up to $200 per month to Iraqinewspaper, radio and televisionjournalists to produce stories thatreflected well on the U.S. militaryand the conduct of the war. _

Former and current U.S. militaryand defense officials told KnightRidder they feared that the effort rancounterto the U.S. goal of building ademocracy in Iraq, including a freepress, and that it risked undermin-

ing the credtbillty of the U.S. mill-tary and American government.

The Knight Ridder report camea day after the Los Angeles.Timesreported that the U.S. military hasbeen secretly paying to have pro-U:S. stories written by U.S. militaryinformation specialists publishedin Iraqi newspapers.

White House spokesman ScottMcClellan said that the Bush ad-ministration was "very concerned"about the reports of paid-for news.

"We asked the Department ofDefense to look into this," said

.McClellan. "And we're seekingmore Information. I know that thePentagon is seeking more informa-tion, as well. The United States is aleader when it comes to promotingand advocating a free and indepen-dent media around the world, andwe will continue to do so."

Sen. John Warner, R-Va., thechairman of the Senate ArmedServices Committee, said thatwhile he could not verify the re-ports, he was "concerned about anyactions that may undermine thecredibility of the United States aswe help the Iraqi people stand up ademocracy.

"A free and Independent" pressis critical to the functioning of ademocracy, and I am concernedabout any actions which may erodethe independence of the Iraqi me-dia," Warner added.

He said he had asked thePentagon to brief his committee onthe issue Friday.

Asked whether paying for posi-tive stories could undermine thecredibility of the U.S. military andthe Iraqi media,' Maj. Gen. RickLynch, a spokesman for the U.S.command in Baghdad, replied that"half the battlefield is the battle-field of the media."

He said that it was vital to coun-ter propaganda put out by al-Zarqawi, who has used the Internetextensively to disseminate state-ments and gruesome videos ofhos-tage executions.

lncal/bsuState approves newdoctoral programin Electrical andComputer Engineering

The State Board of Education onThursday unanimously approveda new doctoral program in electri-cal and computer engineering atBoise State University. Universityofficials say they will admit thefirst students to the program inSpring 2006.

The new Ph.D. is the third doc-toral program to be offered at BoiseState. The university already offersa Ph.D. in geophysics and an Ed.D.in curriculum and instruction.

President Bob Kustra said the

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new program in electrical and com-puter engineering will bring manybenefits to the Treasure Valley andto Idaho, and is an important stepforward for Boise State as a metro-

.polltan research university of dis-tinction.

"If we truly are to become a re-search university, we must be ableto attract high quality faculty andretain our own students to pursuegraduate work in Idaho," Kustrasaid.

Learning and research oppor-. tunities for undergraduate andmaster's degree students wil\ begreatly enhanced by the additionof this doctoral program, ProvostSona Andrews said ..

"The current talents and exper-tise of our exceptional faculty havepositioned us well to initiate thisprogram," Andrews said.

The degree will also provide newopportunities for partnershipswith industry, government agen-cies and other Idaho universities,said Cheryl Schrader, dean of theCollege of Engineering.

"Companies are relying moreon university research and lesson their own R&D. This is an op-

. portunlty to' partner' and providethe basic research component,"Schrader said.

The new Ph.D. is a research-intensive degree, and doctoralcandidates will work' with fac-ulty on funded projects In areassuch as sensors, advanced inte-grated Circuitry, image process-ing, memory materials and robot-ics, said R. Jacob Baker, chair ofthe Department of Electrical andComputer Engineering.

The projects are funded bythe Department of Defense, theEnvironmental Protection Agency,the Department of Energy and oth-er agencies.

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A man robbed a casino in GreatFalls, Mont., and fled on a bicycle.

Minutes later, he was stuck andkil\ed by a police car that hadrushed to the scene to investigatethe robbery.

Center [from page 1JPortland is the design architect.CM Company of Boise is managingthe project.

Ben Hambleton, director of aca-demic technologies at BSU, wasalso instrumental in developingthe program statement that guideddesign of the Interactive LearningCenter.

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The use of Native Americans as school mascots has caused controversy. This giant statue of anIndian at Erwin High School in N.C. is one example of mascots involved in the national debate.

BY RYAN MORTENSEN American Heritage Month during Suzanne McCorkle, professor ofHewsWriter November with a series of work- Communication at BSU,moderated

shops, forums and other events. the discussion.The event featured a panel dis- Before the discussion began,

cussion in which Native Americans a short documentary was shownfrom four different tribes dis- to members of the audience bycussed the tradition ofusing Native Jay Rosenstein titled "In WhoseAmerican mascots for U.S. sports Honor?" The documentary takesteams. Perspectives ranged from a critical look at the long-runningopposition of native mascots to re- practice of "honoring" Americanspectful acceptance. Indians as mascot and nicknames

Speech Showcase winners receive over $1,500

A public forum titled "Native:American Mascots in Sports" washeld Wednesday in the HatchBallroom of the Student Union:Building as the final event ofNativeAmerican Heritage Month., The Boise .State University:Cultural Center celebrated Native

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HewsWriter

Audience members num-bering about 650 attended the

:Communication Student Speech,Showcase Thursday evening in theStudent Union Jordan Ballroom

.to watch eight finalists competefor over $1,500 in scholarshipmoney. The showcase featured fl-nalists selected from about 1,000Communication 101students.

Speech topics ranged from"Tips on Becoming a Good Step-Parent" and "Entertaining Young,Children" to "Germans Don't WearLederhosen" and "Ghosts: Who's

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the fabled vaginas-Cor you. Thankyou so much, the Organization forGender Equality and Education."

Johnson said the OGEE is a new:BSU student organization and re-:celves all of their money from fund-'raisers. Johnson said the groupdoes not receive student fees.

Mark Wheeler, interim vice pres-ident of student affairs at BSU,saidhe became aware of the OGEE'sfundraiser when Limbaugh com-

Standing Behind You?"Speakers included Audrey Burda,

Sierra Edgar, Aaron Green, JeffHansen, Maggie Hodges, CatherinePerryman, Diana Ries, andStephan-David Spelter. Each show-case speaker was judged on criteriasuch as thesis, audience adaptation,organization and delivery.

Accordingto the director of theshowcase and Communication101 instructor Dawn Craner, theStudent Speech Showcase aims fortwo main goals: "One, to providemodels of and motivate speakerstoward speech excellence, and two,to celebrate successful communi-cation in the public sphere."

First place winner Aaron Greene,

mented on it."When the episode aired, we got

some calls about it,"Wheeler said.Wheeler said he understands

that some people were offended bythe incident.

Limbaugh may be one of them."I still don't believe this. I can un-

derstand some people being upsetabout it up on the campus at BoiseState," he said during Tuesday'sshow.

At BSU, one student is voicinghis disapproval of the incident.

who spoke on "Entertaining YoungChildren," said he appreciates thesupport from his class and profes-sor.

"My daughter is my world as asingle dad, it just made sense tospeak about something so wonder-ful," Greene said., Greene is not the only speak-er motivated to deliver a speechstemmed from passion.

Second place winner Diana Riesspoke on annexation, an issue shehas grown up with. "I chose to 'speak on something like this be-cause seven years ago, my familywas annexed into the city, and it hasimpacted us a lot," Ries said.

During the judges' deliberation,

Brandon Stoker e-mailed BSU of-ficials and The Arbiter Thursday,calling the incident a "scandal."

"I am completely embarrassedand outraged by this most recent in-cident perpetrated by the Women'sCenter," Stoker said. "This has un-doubtedly tarnished the image ofthe University with more than 40million Americans (who listen tothe program)."

Johnson clarified that theWomen's Center did not have any-thing to do with the fund-raiser,

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In sports. The film also looks at theIssues of racism, stereotypes, mi-nority representation and the pow-erful effects mass media will go todefend and justify the mascot.

Panelists included Duke Staggs, amember of the Confederated Tribesof Siletz Indians; Iilllan Putra, aBSU freshman studying biologyand member of Shoshone, Paiute,Chippewa, and Cree; RodneyCurley, Navajonatlon, who is alsothe Martin Luther King Jr. HumanRights Committee chair; EricaWatts, a BSUfreshman studying so-cial work; Jessica Wingett, BSUse-nior studying secondary educationin Communication; Julie Klebenow,BSU freshman studying criminaljustice; AmyOrtmann, a health sci-ence major and Ian Smart; BSUju-nior and Communication major.

McCorkle asked four questions ofthe panelists regarding the issues ofhaving Native American mascots insports and each panelist was giventhe opportunity to reply., One ofthe questions posed to thepanelists included, "Why do youthink NativeAmerican Tribes findit offensive when sports teams usethem as mascots?"

Staggs said people are taking the 'Native American mascot and put-ting it on the same level as an ani-mal because there are more animalmascots than Native Amerlcanmascots.

Curley also said that the problemarises when it is used for entertain-mentvalue.

Wingett responded by sayinga lack of education is a contribu-tor to the problem. Ortmann con-eludedthat the group being lookedat should work together andedu-eate others so both parties canwork together.

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Comm 101 students were selectedfrom a drawing to participate inan impromptu speech of about fiveminutesinlength.

BSUstudent Joshua Bishop spokeon low-carb diets and won the im-promptu drawing for a $50 award. ', "This gives people a really unique

opportunity. For some, this mightbe one of the hardest things theywill ever do," Craner said.

Main supporters of the eventincluded Rob Perez, senior vice-president for U.S: Bank and BSUalum, Communication Chair RickMoore, Dean of, the College ofSocial Science and Public AffairsMichael Blankenship, as well asBSUCommunication instructors.

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Wheeler said it may be offensiveto some' in the BSU community,but OGEE students did not violateany school policies by sending thechocolate and card to Limbaugh.

"No Boise State employees wereinvolved in the selling of the choc-olates. Nor were taxpayer dollarswere used to purchase the choco-lates," Wheeler said.

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not Influence other members of so-ciety, this argument would be halftrue. On the other hand, all drugsdamage' users' Intellectual capac-Ity, physical health and Indepen-dence, thus the principal victimsare the users themselves.

Moreover, Individuals do notoperate In a vacuum -their stupiddecisions Inevitably Impact others.For example, a stoner who gets highand decides to take a spin for somemunchies endangers everyone Inhis Immediate vicinity. A user whophysically or emotionally abuseshis family under the Influence ofdrugs Is adversely affecting theirsafety and quality ofllfe. A desper-ate addict who robs, burglarizes ormurders for drug money poses anobvious menace to the communityat large. Other consequences areless obvious, Drug use accountsfor a large number of Illnesses, In-juries, and fatalities. This Increaseseveryone's Insurance premiums.Addicts who bottom- out at the endof the social ladder will be depen-dent upon the state for food, shel-ter, treatment and rehabilitation.Who do you think pays for that?Certainly not the drug dealers orstrung-out users.

In short, there are enormous so-cial risks and costs associated withdrug use. Legalizing these sub-stances would only intensify these

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ment with the legalization camp ifall prospective users rescind theirnational citizenship (and thus myobligation to pay for their dim-wit-ted decisions), move to a desertedisland and leave behind all whocould be impacted by their sub-stance abuse. Au revoir, and happydipping, dropping, drinking, in-jecting, snorting and smoking, youcrazy dope-heads!

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drugs are equallydangerous

BY BR~NDON STOKEROpinion writer

I love reading arguments in fa-vor of drug legalization. They of-ten include statements to the ef-fect of "marijuana is not as bad assmoked tobacco," or "marijuanacauses fewer auto accidents thanalcohol." People might as well ar-gue "methamphetamine isn't anyworse than snorting pseudo ephed-:

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BY JEFF P1>.TONGuest Opinion

Regarding The Arbiter's recentnews story, "BSU has not joinednational debate about militaryrecruitment on campus," WoodyHoward was quoted as saying,"The policy doesn't really doanything for military morale."

This is an absolutely ignorantand shortsighted argument. Itdoes hurt moral and jeopardizesthe unity, cohesion, and effec-tiveness of a fighting force.

Allow me to clarify. First, we donot put females on the front linesof combat. Why is that?

.The reason is if a man is wound-ed other men tend to, keep on

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rlne, red phosphorous, hydrochlo-ric acid, drain cleaner, battery acid,lye, lantern fuel and antifreeze."Apparently, these are all thorough-ly convincing rationalizations thatjustify drug legalization. After all,lots of other things are worse thandrugs. .

Other thoughtful arguments in-clude: Legalization would reducecourtroom clog,' free up lawen-forcement resources, save tax dol-lars and ease prison overcrowding.Coincidentally, these same argu-ments could be used to legalizerape, murder and grand theft.

I wonder what the correlation isbetween drug users and those whoadvocate drug legalization? Judgingby their arguments, Iwould assumeit's quite high.

At any rate, here's the problemwith the 'let's legalize drugs' school

fighting. If a woman is wounded,the tendency is to care for andprotect. Sorry, but it is the natureof natural interactions in certainsituations that renders the sepa-ration of men and women to benecessary in close combat.

There are no bathrooms onthe front lines. A woman bathingwith a canteen in front of sexu-ally deprived men is a recipe fordisaster. '

A man and a woman in a fox-hole on guard duty for a four-hour watch at night invite's prob-lems.

It is a distraction at the veryleast, and inviting failure to thefunction they are supposed to bedoing. We do not need the flirting

of thought: They ignore the implicitfact that drugs are highly addic-tive substances that entice the..useof stronger drugs, radically ImpairJudgment and often compel usersto employ tactics of desperation tofeed their vicious addictions.

I know what the hippies are say-ing: 'We only want to legalize mari-juana!' But where does the slipperyslope end? When the flower chil-dren grow bored with marijuana,will they want to legalize harderdrugs? And what of this gatewayphenomenon - namely, the trendthat smoking marijuana leads tothe abuse of harder substances.While it Is impossible to determinethe number ofmarijuana users whomove on to harder drugs, most us-ers of heroin, crack and other suchsubstances invariably began withgood 01' Mary fane. .

The only cred-ible argument infavor of drug le-

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and other things that would oc-cur, which would take the mindof soldiers off of their duty.

Why don't men and womenshower together? Because of thesexual nature and awkwardnessof it. The potential criticism, thepotential unwanted contact, theuneasiness of those who wouldtake offence at "being inspected"by one who would be aroused' bythat sex.

Now, lets talk about open ho-mosexuality. As a male, I do notwant to shower with anybodythat is attracted to men. This istantamount to placing men andwomen together in the showers.

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of a known, active, homosexual.Sorry if that is offensive,_ but it

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won't happen, but they are notwhere the rubber hits the road.

What of unit cohesion? Whatabout the disunity that wouldoccur if a known, active, homo-sexual were in the group?

You cannot afford to add a fac-tor that culture can predict thatit will be a problem.

The military is not the placeto do social experimentation."Don't ask, don't tell," was afailed and bad policy from thebeginning.

quarters. I would not want tobe in the shower with anybody,male or female,that would takean interest inmy sexuality.I should nothave to feel likean object of at-traction while Iam in a danger-ous situation.

We' wouldnot put a maleand a femaletogether ina foxhole, sowould the lead- ------------ers have to worry about placingtwo homosexuals together? What

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!ks to the enormous sue-~ the independent movie~an Dynamite," Idaho has}.It further on the forefront,~ comes to the business ofimovies. Initial steps are be-~n in building the local film:y and attracting more film1ion to the Gem State. .,~aturdaYI Dec. 3, a newlylcollectlve of local filmmak-')bed "This Lovely Machine"elymachine," took a giant~, they began productionJ independent feature film$iacA."~n and directed by Gregory~who most recently edited:;ard-winning documentary,~:, which premiered at theundance Film Festival and}shown in theaters and on~006, "Amnesiac 1\' is a sci-~tion thriller inspired by:~cl-fl serials, Orson Wellsumphrey Bogart's "Philip'e." "It's been in the worksnod five, years ... well, the;~yne said.e describes the film as "a,~i-fi mystery that re-lrnag-1world of the future through:s of the past."

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When forcefully-retired "SkinCollector:' John Dunn is reinstat-ed and tasked with the mission oflocating and destroying a dam-aged android called "Girl #13," he'sexpecting a simple clean-up job.What he gets is a one-way ticket tooblivion when he finds that Girl #13carries a dark secret that shattersthe very fabric of his-existence .. ",;

. Bay~~ said he\w..~~~i?~pir"e.~,pyfilm noire characterswlrCn creat-ing Dunn, "He's really based on allthe archetypal hero characters thathave ever graced the silver screen.He's an amalgamation of the hard-boiled detective from HumprheyBogart movies and has the outlaweffect of a Hans Solo:' Bayne said."He's just that sort of hard-boiled,

witty detective character."According to Bayne, there are

fundamental secrets Dunn learnsalong the way about the machinerace, his employer and his line ofwork that destroys his world andmakes him have to reevaluate whathis life is about and what the worldis. Beyond being the witty hero, heis also a damaged character, Baynesaid,

"I've always, been really into sci-; ence fiction and the ideaof the evo-'lution of man and machine. Theidea of those two worlds meshing,"Bayne said.

While the act of producing a filmlocally is not new, the method inwhich this film is being producedis a definite evolution for the localfilm scene.

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preparation involved acqumngold studio equipment and buildingprops and sets. "It's been kind of abig deal:' Bayne said.

"Amnesiac A" has foregone thedigital revolution, instead opting toshoot on traditional 35 mm film us-ingmotion picture equipment dat-ing from the '60s a'nd '70s that hasbeen acquired from studios such asWarner Bros. and Disney, includ-ing a 35 mm motion picture cameraused on such films as "AClockworkOrange" and "The Godfather."

Also, unlike most 'on-location'productions, the film will be shotcompletely on sets built in an oldAlbertsons ice cream factory, nowacting as a studio space.

In pre-production for threemonths, the local crew of over 20dedicated filmmakers, artists andcraftsmen have volunteered theirtime, skills and efforts designingand building multiple sets, propsand costumes, while the cameraand lighting crew has spent numer-ous days receiving intensive hands-on training in the technical aspectsof traditional motion picture cin-ematography.

"It's really come together pret-ty well:' Bayne said. "The biggestchallenge has been that there's nota lot of folks here with a real work-ing knowledge of motion pictureequipment.",;\ccording to Bayne,the cinemit6grapher who is theowner of all the equipment used forthe film has been training peopleon the equipment.

"We're at a point right now where.we don't have a whole lot of moneyand it's been all on a volunteer ba-sis, but the nice part is that peopledo get this working knowledge."

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to cook, but minimal time to pre-pare. This recipe will give you mul-tiple meals, which means more timeto cram. Check back next Mondayfor some tasty gift ideas.

As the dark, gray days of anotherwinter move in, the challenges oflooking good in the cold take onoversized proportions.

Many of us want to pile on ev-erything that's warm and cuddlyto fend off the icy temperature.Goodbye, style. Hello, fuzzy knitset your grandma sent you as aChristmas present. But don't fret;cold weather does not have to becombated with unstylish clothing,

There's a wide range of stylishoptions for warm coats and jackets.You can wear a topper one day, andthe next a short puffy or fake furshearling jacket.

Because few college students canown every style of jacket and coat(we can barely afford llamen noo-dles as it is), Idecided to list somesuper-trendy looks to pick from.Every style from double-breastedmilitary coats, knee-clearing leantoppers, the calf-length fitted coatwith a belt, pea coats, bathrobestyles, trench coats, faux shearling'and fur- or faux fur-lined stormcoats can be worn this season tomake your winter wear a fashion hitno matter how frightful the weath-er. .,,'

But tile real ttick is to, look be-yond the fashiOlFi:rends and con-sider what you already have in yourcloset and how much versaulityyouneed for yourIifestyle. As for color,it's the year for red. It will cheer youon gray days, especially since in-version is, once again, just aroundthe corner.

If you can buy only one coat tokeep you cozy warm around theclock, the bathrobe style gets thethumbs-up for staying in fashion. Itcan be dressed up or dressed down,and looks good with everythingfrom jeans to a business skirt.

The trench coat is another clas-sic that will look current next yearand beyond. Everyone should haveat least one classic style in a dark,color that works for day or night. Abathrobe coat and menswear stylesare good examples. Cashmere isalso considered a good investment,even though it can get a little pric-ey. But remember, it is durable andlasts for years. But if it is not in yourbudget to purchase this warm andtrendy fabric, casnmere blends areless expensive.

Fashionably speaking, the mili-tary-inspired officer's coat or a coatwith a belt is a must-have this sea-son. It is one of the biggest trends incoats. This coat style fits in both thetrend to nautical influences and thecurrent fondness for Russian looks.

They're available in every pricerange, Lucky, a magazine aboutshopping, featured an entire page ofmilitarystyleswithdouble-breastedbuttons and over-the-knee lengthspriced from $228 from the Limitedto $1,035 from See by Chloe. A smallhint that will save you bundles ofcash is tocheckoutthrift stores.These coats,can usually beJoundin really good conditioti and for riot

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Season the chicken breasts withsalt and pepper, then poach them inchicken broth for about 15 minutesor until completely cooked. Just re-member chicken and pink are not afashionable or healthy duo.

In a large saucepan, combine theremaining chicken broth, beansand seasonings and simmer. Then,in a small frying pan, saute the gar-lic and onions in olive oil. Add thegreen chilies and saute for 2 moreminutes. When tender, add the gar-lic, onions and chilies to the beanmix. Continue to simmer until thechicken is done. Once the chickenis done, let cool and then either cutor tear into bite size pieces. Add thechicken to the bean mix and let cookfor one hour.

Serve up however much you wouldlike for a taste test, ~n,d then pou, l' therest into extra Tupperware, let cool,cover and freeze., '

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designers are especially fond ofbelted coats in fall runway presen-tations. Michael Ko;;' piped a greatblack fitted coat with red and addeda red belt. Ralph Lauren anchoreda gray bathrobe coat with a heftybrown belt.

A new belt may be your choice toupdate an old coat, but be sure it's:'1e right belt. Although some de-signers used thinner belts, manyothers chose the chunky looks. Itshould be a wide leather appropri-ate for heavy, wool and in a colorthat enhances the overall look. Youdon't want to put a narrow trouserbelt on a coat because it will disap-pear in the heaviness of the coat'sfabric.

Fitting with the military theme,the pea jacket is enjoying strongpopularity this year. It is a bestseller in metropolitan areas and insmaller towns because of itsversa-tility.It's flexible enough to be wornas outerwear or sportswear. Thelength is convenient for getting inand out of cars and running downsteps.

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In the same vein, the lean toppercropped at or above the knees is apresence in the same category. It isseen as a continuation of the springcoat often shown over light, softdresses early in the year. The coatmay be worn as part of a sportswearoutfit, but it isn't necessarily coor-dinated with what's underneath.

But the most important question:What do you wear for real warmth?

The news is in the puffy parka,which, isn't so puffy anymore. It'sthinner and it may have more in-sulation. But it's not as bulky. It canalso be as long as the knees - all thebetter to keep you warm.

The storm coat with fur or fauxfur lining is also' on the rise. Andshearling or faux shearling coatsare considered extremely warmand elegant. Also, fur and faux furtrims are still popular, though it isimportant to remember faux fur isalways the best option. It's cheaperand no animals are harmed in themaking.

In any event, the coat is a signifi-cant investment you want to last forseveral seasons; so make sure youmake the decision based on qualitymore than passing trends.

Feel the fabric. If it feels hard orflimsy to the touch, it will not wearwell. Also, pay attention to the Iin~ing. If it isn't lined or is lined withinsubstantial material, pass.

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BY MARK CAROKnight Ridder Tribune

Until recently ifyou saw "church-es" and "Disney" in the same sen-tence, you might expect the word"protest" to be lurking somewherein between. But now Disney, whichhas run afoul of certain evangelicalgroups in the past, is wooing thosesame people in an attempt to cre-ate a film franchise the magnitudeof "The Lord of the Rings" crossedwith "The Passion ofthe Christ."

For this equation to work for"The Chronicles of Namia: TheLion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,"however, Disney won't be the onlyparty stretching its boundaries.It's one thing for a disenfranchisedchurch-going audience to flock toan overtly religious statement suchas Mel Gibson's "The Passion oftheChrist.· It's quite another for themto embrace something they've tra-ditionally shunned: a Hollywoodfantasy.

"The Lion, the Witch and theWardrobe,· which Disney will re-lease nationwide Dec. 9, is the firstfeature-film adaptation of the lateBritish author C.S. Lewis' beloved,immensely popular seven-book"Narnia" series. A tale of four sib-lings who discover a wondrous landthrough the back of a wardrobe,and become entangled in a classictale of good vs, evil amid talkinganimals and other magical crea-tures, "The Lion, the Witch and theWardrobe" has been a favorite ofyoung readers since its 1950 publi-cation. .

Many of these readers have en-joyed this story and subsequentbooks as pure imagination-ticklingfantasy. But the faith communityalso has long embraced "Narnia"and its author, considered an im-portant religious writer for bookssuch as "Mere Christianity," an ar-gument for orthodox Christianity.They don't have to squint too hardto see the parallels between JesusChrist and "Narnia" hero Asian, themajestic lion who sacrifices himselffor humans' salvation.

So the movie, directed by "Shrek"co-director Andrew Adamson andstarring Tilda Swinton as the WhiteWitch and Liam Neeson as the voiceofAsian, offers Disney a rare oppor-

tunlty to reach two massive audl- reach to Christian groups has gob-ences: the young, fantasy-oriented bled up less than 5 percent of themoviegoers who turned the Harry movie's marketing budget, yet thisPotter series and "The Lord of the campaign has been far-reachingRings"lnto lucrative franchises and nonetheless.the often-movle-averse Christian On Oct. 11, about 850 pastorspopulation that propelled "I'he gathered at the Wheaton .(111.)Passion of the Christ" to unprec- Bible Church for one of six big-cityedented box-office heights. "Namla" presentations featuring

Disney thus has been attempting Lewis' stepson (and movie co-pro-a tricky dance that Involves assur- ducer) Douglas Gresham; Waldening Christian higher-ups that "The Media President Micheal Flaherty,Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" whose conservative-leaning com-stays true to Lewis' Christian roots pany made the movie and struckwhile telling everyone else that the a distribution deal with Disney;movie has mass, secular appeal. a Disney representative and oth-

"We want every fan, regardless ers, These events, as well as almostof how you're a fan, to come to the 150 others scheduled at churchesmovie," said Dennis Rice, Disney's across the country were coordi-senior vice president of publicity. nated by Motive Entertainment,"The most important thing I'd like which previously directed the faith-to stress is we are not going after based efforts for "The Passion of theany fan base at the expense of any Christ."other." John Thompsen, a pastor- of

Disney even has released tW()': ,Aurora,-_Ill:s Warehouse Church,"Narnia" soundtracks, iJne' -fea:: - aescrlbed the Wheaton event as "anturing the film's score, the other effort to convince the gatekeepersa compilation of Christian rock- ofthe faith community that Disneyers offering "Music Inspired by the hasn't screwed up Namia."Chronicles of Narnla," Thompson and others who were

The overall marketing strategy there said presenters showed a 10-includes the usual holiday-movie minute clip of "The Lion, the Witchbonanza of product tie-ins, with and the Wardrobe" and discussedpromotional partners Including promotional and informational rna-McDonald's, General Mills and terlals assembled by Outreach, an-Procter & Gamble. Disney also has other veteran ofthe "Passion" cam-contracted malls nationwide to paign. These included door hang-transform their Santa Claus greet- ers, bucksllps, posters, resourceing areas into mini Namlas. DVDs and Narnia "Passports."

The studio has aggressively tar- Pastors were encouraged to distrib-geted schools, distributing 250,000 ute these materials to their congre-educational guides In a push to gants as well as to organize Namlaget "The Lion, the Witch and the events and movlegoing outings forWardrobe" added to middle school their churches.curriculums. "If we could get every- Event host Lon Allison, direc-body in America to read the book, tor of the Billy Graham Center atthey might be excited about the Wheaton College, said he tookmovie," Rice explained. home Namia handbills and gave

David Miller, entertainment them to Halloween trick-or-treat-analyst for the Los Angeles-based ers. "Hopefully they'll take theirSanders Morris Harris Group, es- mom and dad and go see 'Narnia,"timated that Disney is spending Allison said. ."about $180 million on "The Lion,· "The presentation was basi-the Witch and the Wardrobe:" $100 cally kind of a sales pitch," saidmillion on the film, $80 million on Jason Hartong, youth and youngmarketing. "This is a series ofbooks adult pastor at Aurora Community'just like 'Lord of the Rings' that has Church. "Wefelt like we were beinguniversal appeal in languages all marketed to, getting us involvedover the world, so it seems like a bet in all of this Namia paraphernaliaworth taking," he said. "But it's an rather than showing us the movie;expensive bet." It was two hours of promotion and

Rice said the "grassroots" out- only 10minutes ofthe movie."

In fact, one striking differencebetween the campaigns for "TheLion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"and "The Passion" is that Gibsonwas screening his film to fellow re-ligious travelers for months beforeit opened. The first time anyonesaw "The Lion, the Witch and theWardrobe" in its finaLversion wasat a press junket two weekends agoin NewYork.

Another key difference is themovies themselves. "The Passion"is a graphically violent account ofJesus' final hours. "The Lion, theWitch and the Wardrobe" is a fam-ily-friendly fantasy that can be readas a parable about Christ's love.

Gresham resists the filnis beingpaired. "That's a little like compar-ing a slaughterhouse to a lovingfamily," he said. "Each is valuableto mankind, but I know dam wellwhere I'd want to spend my time."

Still, the, new movie's .investors 'can only hope'iTheLion, the Witchand the Wardrobe" connects as ef-fectively as "The Passion of theChrist," which grossed a whop-ping $371 million domestically andanother $241 million overseas. "Ithink 'The Passion of the Christ' isdefinitely a watershed moment inthe movie business," Rice said.

Films such as Robert Zemeckis'"The Polar Express" and the Disney-distributed "The .Greatest GameEver Played" have since tried to tapinto a similar Christian network.Dave Santrella, general manager ofthe Salem Communications-ownedChristian/family-oriented WYLL-AM 1160 and WIND-AM 560, saidhis chain has become involved inmore recent movie promotions, in-cluding the new "Zathura" and up-coming "Yours,Mine & Ours.'"

"In the last couple of years thereseem to be more films coming outthat Salem could get behind thanthere were prior because more fam-ily-themed or Christian-themedfilms have made it into the generalmarket," Santrella said. "People arestarting to recognize that there'ssignificant value behind aChristianaudience, that they have money,they have disposable income, theyhave interests, they don't just spendtheir entire life in church."

Yet many pastors now say thatchurchgoers did more for "The

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part because ofthe studio's involve-ment with "Narnia.' The AFA,alongwith other groups on the religiousright, had been protesting Disneyfor gay-oriented events at its themeparks (which haven't disappeared)as well as its ownership ofMiramax,which released such iconoclasticfare as "Priest" and "Bad Santa" be-fore the founding Weinstein broth-ers departed in September.

"We felt like Disney was beingmore responsive to the Christiancommunity with a movie like thisand also the factthat(former Disneychief executive officer) Michael

. Eisner was gone and they got ridof Miramax," AFA President TimWildmon said, adding that Disneyis currentlyworklng with AFA'sme-dia division to promote "Narnia" onthe group's 180radio stations.

The question now is whetherDisney can have and eat its secularand religious cakes. In a culturalclimate that pits "red" vs. "blue"states, conservatives vs. liberalsand the religious vs. the secular,one group's embrace ·of a moviemight reflexively trigger an oppo-site reaction from another.

"When they're marketing it to thechurch, they're saying, 'This is anopportunity to' take the Christianmessage to a broader culture,"said Seattle-based faith and cul-ture commentator Dick Staub, au-thor of "Christian Wisdom of the[edi Masters." "And so it feels to thebroader culture a bit like a Trojanhorse."

But entertainment analyst Miller"said he doesn't expect Disney'sChristian outreach to scare offnon-religious moviegoers, noting, "Ithink there will be a number of dif-ferent constituencies who go to secthe film for different reasons."

Carmike Cinemas President MikePatrick said his Georgia-basedchain, which operates primarilyin small towns, has been receivingmany church requests for groupsales and theater rentals. But hestill views "The Lion, the Witch andthe Wardrobe" as "a mainstreamfilm, period. I think the Christianthing is just an extra."

He added: "Wethought (this) wasgoing to be 'Lord of the Rings,' andto add 'The Passion' group to that,that's just a win-win for us."

Passion" than "The Passion" did forchurches. For all of the "Passion"tie-In events, screenings and trin-kets, church culture and member-ship didn't necessarily change.

"('The Passion') was a great mov-ie, but it didn't help the churchgrow," Hartong said.

Plus, to some pastors, "Narnia" isa less obvious sell. "I don't think weare taking the same approach as wedid last time (with 'The Passion'),"said Kevin Diederich, pastor ofNaperville's Life Point Church,which showed "Passion" trail-.ers and organized a screenin~. "Ithink 'Narnia' is great, don't get mewrong, but it is symbolic and usesa lot of film imagery. Imagery andfantasy are not foreign to churchhistory, and yet today we don't useit, and we're more skeptical of it.I think a lot of people in churchesmaybe are not pushing the moviebecause of that title; the (act thatthe word 'witch' is in it has freakedsome people out."

'To Thompson, the great oppor-tunity presented by "The Lion, theWitch and the Wardrobe" may beto reconnect certain churchgoerswith popular culture. "The church,especially the evangelical church,has not been a great friend of thearts for a while, especially in rela-tion to film," the 35-year-old pas-tor said, noting he grew up beingtaught that movies were "detri-mental to the spiritual well-beingof Christians .... I find it interest-ing that the church is starting towake up to the importance of filmas a way to communicate ideas andtruth."

Of course, communicatingthrough art was always Lewis' aim."This is not a Christian movie,' saidGresham, an outspoken Christianwho said he resisted imposinghis own evangelical ideas on thefilm. "The Lion, the Witch and theWardrobe' is not a Christian book.Jack (Lewis' nickname) said, 'Wedo not need more people writingChristian books. We need moreChristians writing good books:"

Meanwhile, Disney's efforts atgood faith, so to speak, already havepaid off with parts of the Christiancommunity. Late this summer the'American Family Association end-ed its nine-year Disney boycott, in

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Boise State University head foot-ball coach Dan Hawkins has an-nounced the 2005 teams awardsfor this year's Western AthleticConference Champions. The an-nouncement of this year's awardwinners was made during theteam's annual banquet on Saturday(Dec. 3) night.

The list of award winners in-cludes; ,

Strength "Plow Horse" Award:Offensive Tackle - Daryn Colledge(Senior - North Pole,Alaska)

Defensive Scout Team Player ofthe Year; Linebacker - Tim Brady(Freshman - Boise, Idaho)

Offensive Scout Team Player ofthe Year:Quarterback - NickLomax

•• 1 (Freshman - Tualatin, Ore.)Special Teams Scout Team Player

of the Year; Defensive End - StevenWulff (Freshman . - Palcentia,Calif.)

Special Teams Ironman:Linebacker - Josh Bean (Sophomore- Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

Outstanding Offensive LinemanAward; Offensive Tackle - DarynColledge (Senior - North Pole,Alaska)

Outstanding Defensive LinemanAward: Defensive Tackle - AndrewBrowning (Junior - Lake Oswego,Ore.)

Academic Achievement Award"Pat Fuller Memorial": RunningBack - JeffCarpenter (Senior - Kuna,Idaho) .

Special Teams Player of the Year:Returner - Quinton Jones (Junior -Cerritos, Calif.)

Most Valuable Offensive Player:Running Back - Lee Marks (Senior- Reseda, Calif.)

Most Valuable Defensive Player:Linebacker - Korey Hall (Junior -Glenns Ferry, Idaho)

Denny Erickson Award: Safety- Ia Falo (Sophomore - MountainHome, Idaho)

Captains Awaras - Offense:'Tackle' - Daryn Colledge (Senior -North Pole, Alaska)

Captains Awards - Defense:Linebacker - Korey Hall (Junior -Glenns Ferry, Idaho). 'Captains Awards -Special Teams:

Punter - Kyle Stringer (Junior -Humble, Texas) ,

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Courtesy Broncosports.com : Bauscher, and Tyler Tiedeman.The 'Broncos sliced the Bengalslead to 72-71 on a Karl jumper tocomplete a 26·13 run.

The Bengals answered witha layup by Tim Henry to push _the lead to 74-71.Boise State hada chance to get closer but SethRobinson had a shot blockedby Slim Millien then Eric Lanemissed a 3-pointer after gettingthe rebound.

Idaho State delivered amessagein transition after the Lane miss

when Millien slam dunked an al-ley-cop from Logan Kinghorn topush the lead to five. .

Boise State turned it over on theother end and Idaho State sealedthe win with an old fashionedthree-point play to push the leadto 78-71. Tim Henry scored thebasket and was fouled by SethRobinson. Boise State never gotcloser than six.

Karl led the Broncos with his

BY DUSTIN LAPRAYSports Columnist

CobyKarl

. After traillng by 14points mid-way through the second half, .Boise State rallled to pull withinone point with three minutes, 20seconds to play, but the Broncoscould not get any closer in an 88·79loss at Idaho State on Thursdaynight.

Idaho State (3-1)led the Broncos59-45with just over 11minutes toplay, but Boise State made a furl-ousrally behind Coby Karl, Matt See Hoops [page 81-.

The BCS BS

. Pll1lTll BY STANIEl BllEW5TEIVl'HE ABBITE1l

Andre Agassi, and his half of fame partner and wife, SteU1Braf entertained the crowd Sat-urday night at Taco Bell Arena during the Tamarack Bock-n-Bacquet. .

I ain't scared, so I'll come rightout and say it, "I hate the BCS."

Everyone is happy that that thenational championship final1y fig-ured out correctly and that Texas(70-3 ooowee!) and SouthernCalifornia (66-19) have set thescene for what forecasters considerthe greatest match-up in the historyof college football. I cannot arguewith that .

On a night where it was But I still have qualms about amore about the personali- system that will allow a 7-4 Floridaties ofthe athletes, than their State team to play Penn State in thephysical attributes, a hand- Orange Bowl. The five power con-ful of the best tennis players ferences (ACC,SEC,BigTen, Big 12in the world put on an enter- and Pac 10) each send their cham-talning exhibition "for fans pions to the Bes. So West Virginiaat Taco Bell Arena Saturday and Georgia get in, Ohio Statenight. gets a spot on a technicality and

The Tamarack Resort's Oregon (11-1) gets robbed so thatRock-n-Racquet's charity the F#@'!ing Irish can play for bigfundraiser featured an en- bucks in Tempe, Ariz.tertainlng host in Wayne Just imagine, had the SeminolesBrady, the father of the top lost Saturday, they would havemen's doubles team of Bob made the ominous MPC trip to

, and Mike Bryan, who was Boise to play our beloved Broncos.on hand with James Blake, Frankly, I am glad they aren't com-Viktoria Azarenka, Andre ing. I saw that defense hold theAgassi and Steff!Graf. Hokies' ground game to a meager

There were .four tennis output, at best, and I do not wantmatches on the blue court, to see another Jared Zabransky-similar to the one at the U.S. Georgia debacle.Open where Agassi and Blake The college bowl season sche-dueled it out this summer, in matic in general getson my nerves.what many called the great- Imean, Fresno State gets to goto theest tennis match ever during Liberty Bowl(an upper-tier contest)the quarterfinals. The final to play Tulsa despite losing Usfinalevent Saturday was the re- three games ofthe season, not evenmatch for the two. catching a piece of the WACpie.

Before the re-match, Blake, There are 27 bowl games. Thatthe No.24 player in the world, equals 54 teams. There are 117teamed up with his good NCAA Division I teams. Thatfriend Agassl in a double's means that only 63 won't go to thematch with the Bryan broth- post-season!ers. Agassi and Blake defeat- I know that colleges across theed the brothers 8-6. nation get a bunch of money out of

Agassi stayed on the court, bowl games and that it is great forteaming up with his tennis programs and their athletes to playhall of fame wife, Steff! Graf in another game. They get a monthas the pair went against Mike off to get healthy and get to show offBryan and Viktoria Azarenka their teams to recruits on nationalin a mixed doubles match. television. I know that every ath-Azarenka is the world's top lete wants to play in the postsea-ranked junior player. Graf son. I know how much each cravesand Agassi won 6-4, and fol- to end a season, a career on a wln-lowing the match, the young ning note.Azarenka showed her excite- But it all seems watered down.ment to play with the couple, . It seems .like any Podunk collegesaying, "especially, since I or BCS conference bottom-feedergot my ass kicked from stars that can manage six wins can playlike this." in a bowi game and I wonder if the

The last doubles match be- whole thing isn't just a ploy to makefore the showdown had the a little cash so that athletic direc--Bryan brothers split off and tors and head coaches can becomepairing up with Boise State's millionaires.

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There are those professional athletes who takeit all for granted. Then there is James Blake.

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Going into the ~eekend's games,the Boise State Broncos knew iliey'had some work to do. If they wantedto stay undefeated, they had to gothrough Utah Valley State and theup and coming Washington StateCougars.

For the Broncos, first thing'sfirst.

·We really take one game at atime,· Boise State guard BenitaBuggs said. "Thls week started withUtah Valley. That's what we lookedforward to."

The Broncos fell down 3-0 toUtah Valley State on Thursday, butthat was as far as the Wolverineswould get. _

The Broncos would score 10con-secutive points, and 23 of the next25 points to take a 23-5 lead with 13minutes, 42 seconds still left in thehalf.

·We executed well," Buggs said.·We ran our lanes, we got our re-bounds, we ran the floor. We didwhat we do best."

The score at halftime was 47-20inBoise State's favor.

But the second half was slightlyless spectacular. The Broncos shot38% from the field, as comparedto the 51 percent in the first half.However, Utah Valley State didn'tcome close to a comeback, and theBroncos finished off the game withan 85-55win.

"We lost intensity," coach GordyPresnell said. "When you lose in-tensity, you lose execution.

"I feel pretty good. We did nothave a real good second half. Butwhen you have a 27-polnt lead it'shard to stay intense:

The win gave the Broncos theirfirst 5-0 start since the 1985-1986season.

"I've not once thought about It,"Presnell said. "Our schedule hasnot really been strong. Nowwe playa team from the PAC10,a much bet-terteam.

"This Is a hard Washington Stateteam. We're going to have to makesome adjustments to beat them."

PHI1lO BY STANLEY pllEWSTEIIII'HE ARBITER

True freshman Jessica Thompson scored a season-high 32 points Sunday against WashingtonState, but the Broncos lost to the Cougars in overtime BO-76in Taco Bell Arena.

When the Cougars actually found With the score 59-51 in the "That's the sign of a good team,"their way to the Taco Bell Arena on Cougars' favor,. Thompson lit a Presnell said. "They get off_themat.Sunday, the Broncos' adjustments spark. She hit a brilliant lay-up with Now what we're trying to do is gofell shy, but dangerously close to an two minutes, 45 seconds left and out and win our next two. We've gotupset. drew a foul. When she hit her free a tough Wyoming team and Denver.

"This was a tough one," Presnell throw It put the game within one We've got to get off the mat and getsaid. ·We had the opportunity to point. The Cougars led 65-64. . going."wlndown the stretch: Michelle. Hessing blocked Jackie Lee, the teams leading

The Broncos started the game Washington State's Amanda scorer, was upbeat after the tougheven with the Cougars, and recov- DuRocher on the ensuing posses- loss, and- gave some encouragingered from being down by as much slon, and Nadia Begay hit a three- words for Thompson.as. seven points, 26-19, to come pointer at the two-minute mark to "I'm proud of less," she said. ".It'swithin one at the first-half buzzer. give the Broncos a late lead, 67-65. my job to score and I only got, what,

In the second half the Broncos But with a 71-69 lead and 31 four or five? She stepped it up andstarted slow, and fell down by eight. seconds on the clock, Thompson she came out and carried the team.But with the game in Washington missed two free throws and the Youmake some and you miss some.State's grasp, and the season's lead Cougars capitalized and sent the It just so happened she missedscorers for Boise State, Jackie Lee game into overtime deadlocked at some.'and Nadia Begay, both struggling, 71-71. "We're going to bounce back.true freshman Jessica Thompson "Ineeded to hltthose," Thompson We've got the coaching staff's sup-ascended from the fray. said. Overtime didn't go well for port. We've just got to keep our

"She's doing well," Presnell said the Broncos as Washington State's heads up and continue to go strong.of Thompson. "She's never played Katie Appleton hit two consecutive Coach mentioned that that's what aas point guard before now. She has threes, and three free throws to give great team does."been kind of thrust Into the role by' her Cougars an 80-76 final edge. The Broncos will head out oninjuries. She did a good job." The loss was the first of the sea-. a four-game road trip beginning

Thompson went 13-for-28 from son for Boise State, and with a four Thursday at Wyoming. The nextthe field and finished the game game road trip coming up, Presnell home game for Boise State is onwith an astounding 32-polnt per- pointed out the need to bounce Dec. 28 at 7 p.m., following the MPCformance. back. Computers Bowl.

Hoops 'llrompage 71

first career double-double (points-rebounds) with a game-high 21points and 10 rebounds. Bauscherhad 16points and seven rebounds,while Tiedeman added nine points,six rebounds, and six assists. KennyWilson scored 12 points off thebench for the Broncos.

David Schroeder led the Bengalswith 19 points and 12 rebounds.Idaho State shot 40 free throws

compared to just 15for the Broncos,who had two players foul out andfour more finish with four fouls.

Saturday night in Ogden, Utah,Kenny Wilson came off the benchfor Boise State to score 19 points tolead the Broncos to a 74-66 victoryover Weber State.

Wilson went six of nine from be-yond the 3-point line, as the Broncosshot 43 percent from beyond the arcfor the game.

Coby Karl and Seth Robinsoneach scored 12 points and MattBauscher added 10 for the Broncos(3-2).

Nick Covington scored 18 pointsfor the Wildcats (3-3) and CoricRiggs had 10 points and eight re-bounds. The Broncos led 7-1 earlyin the game, but a 10-0Weber Staterun gave the Wildcats a 15-12lead.

Boise State answered with a 12-2run at the end ofthe half and led 36-32 at halftime.

The Broncos made six of seven3-polnt shots in the first 5:08 of thesecond half to extend their lead to54-40. Weber State cut the Broncoslead to five, 59·54, with 7:12remain-ing, but never got any closer.

After winning its first threegames, Weber State has nowdropped its last three. .

The game was the second meet-ing. between the two teams thisseason, Weber State beat the

.Broncos In Boise, Idaho 66-61 onNov.21.

Boise . State plays Wednesdaynight on the road against BYUbefore coming .back to Taco

Bell Arena to host SacramentoState on Dec. 11.

PHI1lO BY M@ALLIlEIlITHEARBITER

Renny Wllsonls second in the WACin three-point shootingpercentage. He led the Broncos with .19 Saturday on the road .

December 5

Georllia, dominates" LSU to win SEC' titleBV'OSH KEHDJ.l:IL.Knight ~Idder Newspapers

ATLANTA·The last thing MarkRlcht said to his team before it leftthe locker room Saturday eveningto, play in the, SEC ChampiorishipGame was, "Make sure they knowwe're here."

By the end of the game, therewas no doubt of that, as the No. 13Bulldogs' footprints were all overNo.3 LSU. Georgia dominated theTigers 34-14 in front of 73,717 fanstnthe Georgia Dome to capture theschool's 12th conference title.

"I can't describe the feeling I'mfeeling right now," said defensivecoordinator Willie Martinez, whoseunit held LSU to 151 yards until theTigers' final drive of the game. "I'msitting here looking at the score-board, and Ican't believe we're SECChampions."

The Bulldogs, picked to finishthird in the Eastern Division, nowwill come back to the Georgia Dometo play Big East champion WestVirginia in the Sugar Bowl on Jan: 2.The Sugar Bowl was moved from itsusual location in New Orleans this Georgia's offense scored moreseason due to damage suffered by points than any Tiger opponentthe Superdome during Hurricane since the Bulldogs beat LSU 45-16Katrina and that storm's aftermath. last season in Athens. The last time

"We were supposed to be third in a team other than Georgia scoredthe East right now, and we're No.1," more than 31 against the Tigers wassafety Kelin Johnson said. "That's during the 2001 season.top shelf stuff right there." Twenty-two minutes into the

The way they got to the Sugar game, the Bulldogs had becomeBowl surprised even the Bulldogs.' the first team to score more than 20

"I knew we were going to come against LSU since Tennessee in theout real intense and wanting to second game ofthe season. LSU en-dominate, but being. able to do it tered the game allowing 14.2 pointsin a game like this is really special per game, the fourth fewest in theand shows what kind of team we nation.have," said senior receiver Bryan Senior quarterback D.J. ShockleyMcClendon, who blocked a punt in won the conference title in his onlythe second quarter to set up a 15- year as a starter while cornplet-yard Georgia touchdown drive. ing just six passes for 112 yards

The Bulldogs (10-2) got sterling and rushing for 10 yards. Two ofperformances from every part of Shockley's first three completionstheir team, and the game felt a were touchdowns to junior Seanlot like it was over when Brandon Bailey, a 45-yarder and a 29-yarderCoutu tied the SEC Championship that gave the Bulldogs a 14-0 leadGame record with 51-yard field goal after the first quarter.to give the Bulldogs a 27-7 lead with Georgia's defense knocked LSU14:40 left. starter JaMarcus Russell all over

"During the week, that's what we the place and eventually out ofenvisioned, having a game like that the game with a shoulder injury.'where every cylinder was click- Georgia sacked Russell three timesing, offense, defense and special and got backup Matt Flynn two

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Blake (from page 71 cause they are for really unselfishreasons. They are for other peopleto help create better lives for oth-ers.

"The matches you win," Blakesaid. "They give you the voice tobe able to do that. lb put you inthe limelight so you can really usethis time wisely to help others."

But without the call from afriend, Blake would not have cometo Boise.

"To be honest, the first reasonI came here was when I heardAndre Aggasi was involved. If heasked me to do something, I'm go-ing to do it. It's just what friendsdo, and I try to be as good a friendto him as he has been to me,"Blakesaid.

Aggasi and Blake also hadsome unfinished business to doon the court. The two met for thefirst time since the quarterfinalsSaturday at Taco Bell Arena. In amuch more laid back atmosphere,Blake defeated Agassi.

But before those two went at itSaturday night, Blake made theday of an ll-year-old boy fromBoise earlier that afternoon. Blakewas part of a tennis clinic at theBoise Racquet and Swim Club withsome of the other participants.Blake was the first to give a youngtennis player in the audience achance to play with a profession-al. Starting by himself, then beinghandicapped by over a half-dozenBoise State cheerleaders holdingon to his left hand, Blake narrowlybeat Matt, the youngster, but notbefore giving the young man thetime of his life.

This is James Blake. This is theman who was helped as a child torecover from scoliosis as a teen-age. This is the son, who broke hisneck, lost his father and was par-tially paralyzed, only to return totop form in the tennis world.

"We are not just people that yousee on TV.We are human beings.We go home and we have troublesas well," Blake said.

But he is stronger than thosetroubles that have been broughtbefore him. ~:

the neck injury," Blake said. "Butright after Icame back was whenmy father passed away and then Iwas stricken with a virus that wasstress related-related to the deathof my father. That took about sixmonths longer with shingles andthat was a pretty painful experi-ence to go through."

This adversity is what bringsBlake closer to his fans.

"I think that helps with kids re-lating to me because everyone hasproblems. Everyone has toughfamily situations or injuries. Noone is going to be on top of theworld from the time they are bornto the time they die. I think it justmakes it more realisticjhat we arehuman," Blake said.

He, along with Andre Agassi,Steffi Graf, Bob and -Mike Bryanand Belarusian teenager ViktoriaAzarenka were in Boise Saturdayas part of Tamarack Resort'sHock-it-Racquet event at TacoBell Arena. The event is an an-nual fundraiser designed to ben-efit The Andre Agassi CharitableFoundation.

Helping out with charity isnothing new to Blake.

"I was a part of my own eventthat I put on (last week) in Virginiato help benefit cancer researchand help out where my father wastreated." He also donates 100 dol-lars' per tour win to the HarlemJunior Tennis Program, the placewhere he learned to play tennis.

He also gives another 100 dollarsper win to the Shriners Hospital.

Here is a man who has won atevery level. He was the top colle-giate player at Harvard Universityas a sophomore. He has won threecareer titles as a professional, in-cluding the Stockholm Open inOctober.

But the wins on the tour are nothis driving factor. It's events likeRock-n-Racquet that he loves.

"These things are, in my opin-ion, more important than thematch play in Wimbledon and theU.S. Open and things like that be-

Georgia quarterback DJ. Shockley (3) threw for just 112 yards, but tossed two touchdownpasses and ran in this one as the Bulldogs beat LSD for the SECtitle Saturday in Atlanta.

"We played a complete game,and that's what we've been look-ing for all year," senior defensivetackle Ked ric Golston said. "It cameat the right time. The only peoplewho said it was a rebuilding yearwere the people outside this foot-ball team."

The game's outcome became in:evitable when senior cornerbackTim Jennings picked off LSU back-up quarterback Matt Flynn andreturned the interception 15 yardsfor a touchdown two plays afterCoutu's field goal. The extra pointgave the Bulldogs a 34-7 lead andleft the mostly pro-Georgia crowd14 minutes and 16 seconds to cel-ebrate.

Georgia avenged the 34-13 whip-ping it took at the hands of LSU inthe 2003 title game and advancedto the Sugar Bowl for the secondtime in Richt's five seasons. Withits 12 conference titles, Georgia re-mained third in the conference foroverall crowns but moved to withinone of Tennessee's second-place to-tal of 13.

"We're better than we played to-night," LSU' coach Les Miles said, '"how~yer"qeorj!;hLJ' pJay~(L lilscchampions." '

Northside graduate Will Thompsonhad two sacks.

"We were having success gettingpressure with four (rushers) so wedecided to go with thai," defensiveline coach Rodney Gamer said."We challenged our guys to winthe game up front. Throughout theweek, everybody was talking aboutLSU's defensive line. Everybodyhad kind of forgotten about us. Wejust challenged our guys about re-spect. Sometimes you just have togo out and take it."

The Tigers' 230 yards was theirlowest output of the season, andGeorgia had 11 tackles for lossagainst the SEC's fifth-best offense.

"They just seemed to want it morethan we did, and they showed it,"LSU senior offensive tackle AndrewWhitworth said. "We've got to getback to the drawing board. Takenothing away from Georgia, theyplayed a great game."

Georgia's special teams' domina-tion capped the night. LSU's SkylerGreen, who was 15th in the nationin return yards, never got to returnone kick Saturday, and LSU's aver-age starting field position was itsown 19. Georgia's average startingfield position was its own 40.

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Boise' State to play BostonCollegein'MPC Bowl

USC lights up UCLA; Rose Bowl is next260 yards rushing on 24 carries byBush, who had 228 at halftime.

Asked how easy it was to runagainst UCLA, Bush replied, "On ascale of 1 to 10? ... 10. The offensiveline did a great job today." ,

Bush, who has rushed for 1,691yards this season, not only ran pastand sidestepped tacklers but twiceleaped UCLA players as if he wererunning the high hurdles.

"This wins it for him," Leinartsaid, referring to Bush becom-ing the fifth USC tailback to getthe Heisman, to be awarded nextSaturday.

"Hopefully, it did," Bush said.Remarkably, Bush isn't the only

1,000-yard tailback on the team.LenDale White now has 1,193 afterrushing for 154 on Saturday.

"The way they run the ball, I'venever seen anything like that,"Olson said. "Matt sits back therewith so much time, and Reggie andLenDale just do their thing."

Leinart, emotionally over-wrought at the prospect of play-ing his final regular-season game,needed most ofthe first half to gainhis composure.

After repeatedly overthrowingreceivers early, he finished 21 of40 with three touchdowns - andcaught an ll-yard pass to set up thefirst of Bush's two touchdowns.

"This; Bush said, "is the typeof season we envisioned from dayone."

ship against a Texas team that won team ahead 51-6 nearly three min-the Big 12 title Saturday with a 70-3 utes into the fourth quarter.rout of Colorado. "We thought we could win like

"We both put an exclamation this," USC coach Pete Carroll, "andpoint at the end of our season," USC we wanted to show what we are allmiddle linebacker Oscar Lua said. about.""Nowwe will face off, and hopefully From the game's first possession,it will be a good game." when they drove 70 yards to a field

The matchup is among the most goal, the Trojans made it clear whycaptivating in the history of college they are being called one of thefootball-two teams with storied tra- greatest offensive teams of all time,ditions, Space Age offenses, mar- with a playbook missing nothingquee quarterbacks and the running except humility.back, Heggie Bush of USC, likely to They succeeded with reverses,win the Heisman Trophy. passes back to the quarterback off

That the teams ranked 1-2 the reverses and improvised shovelentire season kept their standing at passes.the finish adds to anticipation that They ran pretty much whereverhas built since August-or maybe and however they wanted for 430since 1967, the last time USC played yards against a UCLA team thatTexas. lived down to its reputation as the

"Texas has been there snipping nation's third-worst rushing de-at our heels, and we have noticed fense.them there," Lua said. "Offensively, we surpassed ev-

UCLA, a thoroughly unimpres- erything we have done before,"sive team despite its No. 11 rank- Carroll said.ing and 9-2 record, apparently is USC's offensive statistics,headed for the Sun Bowl against Saturday and all season, are eithereither Northwestern or Minnesota. mind-boggling or numbing, de-Only a surprising decision by Fiesta pending on perspective.Bowl officials to pick Oregon rath- "I'm disappointed and ernbar-er than either Notre Dame or Ohio rassed," said UCLA quarterbackState would change the Sun Bowl Drew Olson, whose team trailed 59-scenario. 6before he led it to a touchdown.

The only thing surprising about ,i~,t".c~We~three quarters, the Trojansthe USC-UCLA game was see- hadgained 578 yards, better thaning Bush and quarterback Matt their best-in-the nation average ofLeinart, the incumbent Heisman 571 per game.winner, still on the field with their They finished with 679, including

BY PHILIP HERSHChicago Tribune The two teams have never met.

The Eagles were the secondbest offense in the ACC this sea-

The upset losses by Florida State son, averaging 388.2 total yardsover Virginia Tech and Georgia per game.dominating LSU Saturday shook The defense is led by defensiveup the Bowl Championship Series end Mathias Kiwanuka, The se-match-ups on Sunday. nior standout is second in the ACC

Georgia's win over LSU gave the with 9.5 sacks and 15.5 tackles forBulldogs the SEC title and into the loss.Nokia Sugar Bowl against West Other bowl match-ups haveVirginia. Fresno State against Tulsa in the

Florida State (8-4) was all but Liberty Bowl, Despite losing theset to play against Boise State in final three games of the season,the MPC Computers Bowl before the Bulldogs accepted the inviteplaying the upset card in the win to the Memphis, Tenn. based bowlover Virginia Tech on Saturday, game following the loss to USC.and will now play Penn State in Tulsa got in after defeating Centralthe FedEx Orange Bowl. Florida for the Conference USA ti-

The vacancy was left, free for tie. Nevada will travel to Hawaii toBoise State to play 19th ranked play UCF in the Sheraton HawaiiBoston College in the MPC Bowl on Christmas Day.Computers Bowl on Dec. 28 at La Tech had an outside chanceBronco Stadium. to get an invite to maybe the New

The Eagles finished the regu- Orleans Bowl or the Las Vegaslar season with a 8-3 overall re- Bowl, but were not invited to eithercord and 5-3 in the Atlantic Coast despite a seven-win season and.Conference. Boston College fin- an upset road win against Fresnoished second in the Atlantic di-. State on Friday night. BYU willvision of the ACC behind confer- California in the Las Vegas Bowlence champion Florida State. and Southern Miss and Arkansas

The match-up at Bronco State will play in the New OrleansStadium will be against two cold Bowl on Dec. 20. Two-time de-climate teams, and the third na- fending national champions USCtionally ranked opponent thi~ will play Texas in the ltose Bowlseason for Boise State. on Jan. 4 for the national title.

BY TREVOR HORNSports Editor

LOS ANGELES - The scoreboardat the Coliseum quit trying to keepup early in the fourth quarter.First a few bulbs fizzled, making ithard to be sure of a score SouthernCalifornia had rolled up at an expo-nential pace.

Then the numbers morphed intoa foot-high, solid line, leaving thecrowd of 92,000 to reflect insteadon the essence of what they hadseen not only in USC's 66-19 vic-tory Saturday. over crosstown rivalUCLA but a few dozen other timesin the last three years.

Once more, USC was lights out.Once more, the Trojans have add-

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For the second straight year andthe fourth time in the eight seasonssince the BCS was created to deter-mine, often imperfectly, who is No.1 in college football, two undefeat-ed teams will play for the nationalchampionship.

This time, it will be USC (12-0)against Texas (12-0) in the RoseBowl on Jan. 4.

"We are the kings of L.A. now,·USC tight end Dominique Byrd said.~We want to be kings of America onJan. 4."

USC, winners of 34 straight, willbe trying for an unprecedentedthird straight national champion-

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