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NEWS
4/12/2016Pg 4
Samantha HartingAsst. News Editor
Boise State held the official groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the beginning of construction on the Honors College and First-Year Resi-dence Hall on April 7.
The new hall, located across from the Student Union Building and adjacent to the Intramural Turf Field, will be opening in the summer of 2017. It will allow students to live there in the Fall. With a $40 million budget, the new hall will be able to house 656 students over a 236,000 square foot area, according to Boise State’s Honors College website.
Boise State President Bob Kustra kicked off the event
with a few words about the university.
“What we’re doing today only happens because we’re successful,” Kustra said. “A project like this could never happen if we were somehow on the brink of financial de-spair, where our enrollments were questionable, where our funding was an issue, where we really didn’t know what di-rection we were going or how positive and optimistic we were about it.”
Kustra went on to say the progress of the university is due to a campus-wide effort, and thanked some people individually, such as Dean of the Honors College Andrew Finstuen.
“We are just so fortunate to have had Finstuen’s leader-
ship,” Kustra said.Finstuen also spoke about
the project and its impact on the university.
“It puts us in rare—rare and select—company of schools across the country, the very few schools across the coun-try that have this full-scale living-learning community,” Finstuen said. “It makes (the Honors College and First-Year Residence Hall) a complete and total building and service to students.”
He then commented on the new building’s ideal location.
“It’s also going to be a sym-bol for the campus. Right in the heart of campus, we’ll have a building that will shout aca-demic excellence,” Finstuen said. “It’s a wonderful tribute and testimony to the excel-lence of Boise State as mani-fested through this building.”
Samantha Walker, junior chemistry major and presi-dent of the Honors Student Association, spoke about the
community building oppor-tunities available through this space.
“I think it’s really exciting for the Honors College,” Walker said. “It represents how large we’re growing. Honors stu-dents obviously know how big the program is, but now there is actually a physical symbol for the rest of the university.”
Two honors students—sophomore mechanical engi-neering major Laura Rill and sophomore health science ma-jor Kelly Krause— were both impressed by the ceremony.
“I think it’s cool that they made such a big deal out of it. I don’t always think about start-ing construction as a big deal, but it is, especially since it’s such a big space,” Krause said.
Rill also appreciated the
gathering, and was glad to see there was a large turnout.
Among the audience were some members of the con-struction crew who are work-ing on the site.
“So far we’ve had some problems to start with—with some contaminated soils, but we’ve gotten that taken care of and it’s going really good right now,” said Superintendent of Rimrock Construction Rick Spjut.
Spjut feels the crew is right on track to be done by next summer.
“It’s going good. We have a lot of local sub contractors and they’ve all been wonder-ful to work with,” Spjut said. “They’ve kept us on schedule so far, and we look forward to being done.”
Boise State faculty, and others involved in the project, officially broke ground on the Honors College and First-Year Residence Hall (Photo by Samantha Harting/ The Arbiter).
““—andrew finstuen
It’s a wonderful tribute and testimony to the excellence of Boise State as mani-fested through this building.
New Boise State Honors College Officially in Progress
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NEWS
College of Education rises 17 spots in national ranksPatrick AdcockNews Editor
The College of Education moved up 17 spots in the U.S. News and World Re-port’s top graduate schools, ranking it number 71 for the best programs in the coun-try.
“We’ve placed a lot of emphasis on improving our graduate programs, specifi-cally our doctoral program,” said Richard Osguthorpe, dean of the College of Edu-cation. “We’ve also placed a lot of emphasis on increasing our external grant funding and research opportunities. Those are two indicators that
have helped us rise in the rankings.”
These two factors allow the program to attract high calliber students and faculty and help fund new research.
But according to Os-guthorpe, this hasn’t made the college lose sight of its undergraduates.
“Our vision for the Col-lege of Education is to have nationally renown pro-grams,” Osguthrorpe said. “That starts with our under-graduate teacher preparation programs, and we spent a lot of time and effort in trying to improve those programs.”
As the university contin-ues to grow, Osguthorpe said
it continues to separate itself in its commitment to both research and teaching.
“The real magic of Boise State is we bring together excellence in teaching with excellence in research. Most universities choose between the two,” Osguthorpe said. ”They’re either solely fo-cused on teaching or solely focused on research. Here at the College of Education, as well as all of the colleges across this university, we’ve been able to move into a cat-egory of being a doctoral re-search institution. But we’ve never let go of our focus on teaching.”
Osguthorpe said there
have been a lot of milestones in getting to this point, from large grants to doubling the number of graduates of their doctoral program, and he expects these trends to con-tinue.
“If you look at these rank-ings, we are the number one rated public graduate school of education by Carnegie Classification Peer Group,” Osguthorpe said. “That’s a great thing for our college and our students as well.”
Jennifer Snow, associate dean for Teacher Education, said this isn’t just a milestone for the College of Education, but for the university as a whole.
“If the College of Educa-tion is ranked somewhere because of teacher educa-tion, there are teacher edu-cation programs in every college on campus,” Snow said. “It’s such a team collab-orative effort, and we have a leader who’s encouraging us to work together to accom-plish great things.”
This status increase for the university has already had positive impacts, and these will hopefully continue.
“These things tend to be self-perpetuating. When a program is seen as very good you start attracting students that you might not otherwise have attracted,” said Associ-
ate Dean for Research and Advanced Programs Keith Thiede. “It feeds on itself. We end up getting, on average, much better applicants. We accept better students and we graduate better students.”
Thiede hopes one result will be increased support from the state as politicians begin to see how Boise State is impacting the local com-munity.
“It’s who we are becom-ing as university. As we’ve pursued that status as a met-ropolitan research university of distinction over the past decade, the College of Edu-cation is following that,” Os-guthorpe said.
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NEWS
4/12/2016Pg 6
Iec comes to Boise StateZoey NguyenStaff Writer
The Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge is an annual com-petition for young college students from all over Idaho. Contestants present their business ideas to a panel of judges. The competition awards $100,000 seed mon-ey to the winner.
The competition is divid-ed into fours tracks: Healthy Living, Agriculture/Agri-cultural Technology, Tech/Consumer/Service, and So-cial/Cultural/Environmen-tal Impact. Each had a win-ner, runner up and a second runner up.
The competition fea-tured two round. The final rounds had 23 finalists from Boise State, University of Idaho and Bringham Young Universty-Idaho. The final contestants arrived in Boise on March 31 for a meet and greet, and to prepare for their final pitch the follow-ing day.
The final pitch was an op-portunity for each compet-ing team to present their idea to three different groups of judges in 15 minutes. All judges were successful busi-nessmen, entrepreneurs and corporate representatives.
Judges rated the perfor-mances by a pre-set rubric, making up the final scores.
The award ceremony took place that same night at Trailhead, where contes-tants had the opportunity to set up their own table to present their idea or prod-uct. The presentation was not part of the competition, since the results were already decided by then. However, since various entrepreneurs
and investors were present at the event, participants could promote their ideas, as well as network and make new connections.
Boise State came in first in two tracks: Agriculture/Agritech and Tech/Con-sumer Product/Service. The winner for Agritech was the Hurd Tracking team. Their idea was to develop a track-ing system and attach it to cattle to prevent farmers from losing them.
“Hurd Tracking was formed to use a composition of existing hardware tech-nologies, and layer on an intuitive user interface, that forms the core competency of our product,” said Hurd Tracking team leader Jared Cooke. “We are able to pro-vide this service consider-ably below the market price of existing market competi-tion, furthering our compet-itive advantage.”
First place for Tech/Con-sumer Product/Service went to Shaw Mountain Technology, a company that specializes in memory al-loys, primarily the magnetic shape memory alloy Ni-Mn-Ga.
Their first product is an MSM micropump, which can accurately deliver vol-umes of fluid that are over 500 times smaller than a drop of water.
“This is an exciting oppor-tunity because of the variety of needs for precise dosing, ranging from laboratory ap-plications like cellular in-jections and pharmaceutical studies to human drug deliv-ery like insulin injections for diabetics,” said Aaron Smith, team leader of Shaw Moun-tain Technology.
Shaw Mountain Technol-ogy’s plans haven’t stopped at the competition, as it plans to continue developing its business.
“The next step for Shaw Mountain Technology are to manufacture a series of our micropumps that we can send to early adopters that are interested in testing our product,” Smith said. “These results will verify our technology in a vari-ety of applications and network us within their re-spective com-munities.”
O v e r a l l , the event was a suc-cess for the c o n t e s -tants and g u e s t s . F i n a l i s t s s e e m e d to have en-joyed the event, regard-less of placing or not.
“The Idaho En-trepreneur Challenge was a great opportu-nity and we are thankful to Boise State University for hosting it and to Zions Bank for donating the funds that made it all possible,” Smith said. “We received highly valuable feedback from the judges—who were industry experts, investors and expe-rienced business-people—which will help direct our fu-ture efforts which have been enabled by the prize money.”
Other Boise State teams who placed included Tran-sitFox, Recycled Carbon Fi-ber and Defkon Technology.
Teams came up with ideas,
ranging from recyclable shopping bags to guns with a security lock of a fingerprint scanner.
“Don’t let us be a judge of your idea, though. We hope that, no matter what hap-pens, you will keep pursuing your idea and that this was a good way for you to learn how to improve it,” said Gor-
don Jo n e s , dean of the College of Inno-vation and Design and host of the awards. “I also hope you took advantage of the opportunity and made some connections tonight, which is one of the important things for an entrepreneur.”
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NEWS
Lecture series combines integrative efforts between departmentsJonathan ReffStaff Writer
Subjects like history, Eng-lish, music and mythology typically don’t have much in common, but sometimes they can come together un-der one umbrella.
This is what English pro-fessor Samantha Harvey hopes to achieve with her “Idea of Nature” public lecture series.
“The goal of the series is to bring together different disciplines,” Harvey said. “It’s unusual to have, for example, humanities and science disciplines talking to each other. But with the
environment, that’s really an essential need—to cre-ate a space of interdisci-plinary dialogue.”
The first installment of the Spring series featured Colorado State University geosciences professor El-len Wohl and had over 250 attendees. The second part featured University of Kansas history professor John Muir, and saw around 225 listeners.
Senior multidisciplinary arts major and intern for Harvey, Brittany O’Meara said, “I was pleasantly surprised at how great the speakers were.”
Harvey considers the
series’ lecturers experts of their chosen fields of edu-cation.
“They can talk to a non-specialist audience in ac-cessible ways,” Harvey said.
Harvey said the instruc-tors, who come from around the nation, bring their own definitive view-point on nature combined
with their distinct fields to deliver a thought-provok-ing lecture.
“They are bringing not only a specific idea of na-ture, but also how their discipline talks about the environment. Local envi-ronmentalists, educators, university professors and students can find things that are applicable to them
in their own endeavors,” she said.
Since her inception of the idea in 2012, Harvey has partnered with approx-imately 25 sponsors to ex-pand the series.
“It’s part of having edu-cation that’s not exclu-sionary to (Boise State) students, which is really important to the series, es-pecially since it goes over a lot of disciplines,” O’Meara. “It’s kind of like a ‘more the merrier’ situation.”
The Idaho Conservation League, the MK Nature Center inside the Idaho Fish and Game Depart-ment and the Nature Con-
servancy are but a few of the multiple sponsors col-laborating with Harvey.
“My goal is to try to get many different interested groups together,” she said.
The third part of the series will feature Idaho-born Harvard history pro-fessor, Laurel Ulrich on Thursday April 14 at 6 p.m. in the Simplot Ball-room.
“She’s going to be talking about a 111-year-old torti-lla and reconstructing the whole history of the person who made it,” Harvey said.
O’Meara predicts this lecture will have over 300 attendees.
““—Brittany O’Meara
It’s part of having education that’s not ex-clusionary to Boise State students, which is really important to the series, especially since it goes over a lot of disciplines.
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Religious Freedom Restoration Act must be repealedPatty BowenManaging Editor
New York, Vermont and Washington state gover-nors banned all state-fund-ed travel to Mississippi last Tues. April 5.
The ban was in response to the Mississippi Reli-gious Freedom Restora-tion Act, signed into law on the same day by Mis-sissippi Gov. Phil Bryant, allowing people to deny performing marriage for same-sex couples if it con-flicts with their religious beliefs.
The language in this bill proposes even larger impli-cations for possible action against LGBT individuals.
Although banning travel to Mississippi is the right step, this might not be enough to show how se-rious the impacts of this bill may be. Instead, large corporations should move their businesses out of Mississippi, essentially halting Mississippi’s com-merce to the point where they need to repeal the re-ligious freedom act.
On April 5, Paypal de-cided to not expand in North Carolina after a sim-ilar law was passed. This is a great example of how our nation should be reacting to this repulsive act.
“Becoming an employer in North Carolina, where members of our teams will not have equal rights un-der the law, is simply un-tenable,” said Dan Schul-man, PayPal’s president and CEO, in a statement.
According to Mark Jo-seph Stern, columnist for
Slate, Mississippi’s new law could have large negative effects, including allow-ing religious businesses owners to fire LGBT em-ployees or refuse service to LGBT individuals, re-ligious landlords to evict LGBT tenants and reli-gious teachers to refuse to allow trans students to use bathrooms aligning with their gender identity.
“The measure, cloaked in the language of religious liberty, is essentially an at-tempt to legalize segrega-tion between LGBTQ peo-ple and the rest of society,” Stern wrote in his column. “No state has ever passed a law so blatantly rooted in malevolent animus toward LGBTQ people.”
Stein is absolutely right in his explanation of how devastating the effects of this bill could be.
More actions should be taken by national corpo-rations and individuals to make sure this act is re-pealed as soon as possible, before it ruins the lives of LGBT citizens of Missis-sippi.
The Mississippi Reli-gious Freedom Restora-tion Act not only takes away an individual’s right to marry, it takes away their right to a job and housing security.
Allowing this act to con-tinue to exist is essentially agreeing to allow LGBT citizens to live in fear of constant prosecution.
Students who are op-posed to the Mississippi Religious Freedom Resto-ration Act can sign a peti-tion at Change.org.
STUDENT VOICES
How should we react to Mississipiʼs Religious Freedom Restoration Act?
“I don’t support it. I don’t know if we should go as far as creating
traveling laws.”
“The name is contradictory to what it is doing. We need to
make our opinions noticed. If you just sit back it will seem
like you don’t care.”
“I’m against that, but if you’re forcing someone to cater to a marriage they’re against, that I have a case for. If you really don’t want to cater, saying no
should be allowed.”
Talha Ahmed, Freshman,
Computer Science major
Patrick Chapman, Junior, Computer Science major
Kailee Quinn, Sophomore,
Special Education major
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Sadikovic aims to reframe refugee discussion Justin Kirkham Editor-in-Chief
When Belma Sadikovic ar-rived in the United States at the age of 16, she had been without a permanent home since she was eight. Gunfire, snipers and sirens drove her family from Bosnia to Ger-many, relocation regulations sent them back to Croatia and a two-year waiting period earned them a place in Boise, Idaho.
And, when she arrived, she had next to nothing.
“My mom literally had an International Organization for Migration bag with our documents inside,” Sadikovic said. “And, in her purse, she had pictures, her dad’s watch and, I want to say, a pair of socks.”
While pushing carts at Al-bertsons to help her family make end’s meet, she com-pleted high school. Sadikovic went on to obtain an under-graduate degree in German from Boise State, finish her master’s degree in English as a second language and even-tually pursue her doctorate.
Now an adjunct intructor at Boise State, she leads work-shops to discuss how to work with refugees. Sadikovic be-lieves it is important to help change how people perceive and interact with those indi-viduals.
“I want our society, if in any way possible through my story, to change the frame of how we view different popu-lations and the stigma that is attached to, say, Mexicans, homeless people, LGBTQ populations, refugees, Mus-lims,” Sadikovic said.
This central theme was the highlight of her TEDxBoise talk on April 2 with her hus-band, Refik Sadikovic. She
aims to allow refugees, like herself, to tell their own sto-ries.
“I experienced a war through the eyes of a child, and he saw it as a young adult,” Sadikovic said. “We don’t need to hear it from some Joe who will say what-ever to get the votes.”From ‘ant’ to advocate
When Sadikovic first faced the stairs leading up to Boise High School, she was over-whelmed in the face of some-thing so large and so foreign.
“Every time I go back, I relive it,” Sadikovic said. “I remember these stairs that go up—they looked huge, and the school looked huge. I felt like a little ant.”
According to Sadikovic, all refugees undergo some form of trauma, and those experi-ences heavily color their ac-tions and beliefs for the rest of their lives. Some trauma may come in the form of a daunt-ing memory of stone stairs or it could be more dire.
“I’ve seen a person who was wounded as we were going to the market to buy bread,” Sa-dikovic said.
As an educator, Sadikovic believes it is important for oth-er teachers to be aware of their refugee students and how they might react because of their own experiences. Some stu-dents might sit closer to doors or at the ends of tables and some might act out.
For Sadikovic, school was originally one of her favor-ite activities. But, after her teacher in Germany asked her not to participate in a poetry reading because of her accent, she began to be more shy and reserved. It took her years to break out of this shell.
“Belma knows what it’s like to have little to hold onto ex-cept the love of others,” said
Maggie Chase, chair of the College of Education, who oversees and teaches Sadikov-ic in her doctoral coursework. “Her regard and respect for the trauma and culture shock many refugees have experi-enced plays a huge role in how and why she emanates posi-tive energy.”
Now, after years of working and learning, Sadikovic has become an advocate and busy educator, in spite of her trau-ma, in multiple schooling sys-tems across several languages.
She teaches courses at community colleges in ad-dition to Boise State and serves on the Adult Learn-ers and Cultural and Ethical Diversity boards for the City of Boise. She also works with Idaho Neighbors United and the Boise State Refugee Alli-ance on inclusion initiatives.the current Frame
Sadikovic recently re-ceived the 2016 Success and Integration Award in Idaho for her work in the Boise community. Claudia Peralta, associate professor in the College of Education, recommended her for the award.
“She hasn’t forgotten her roots, and she hasn’t forgot-ten the refugee community,” Peralta said.
According to Sadikovic, ref-ugees in Idaho are only offered two weeks of English courses before they must try to obtain some sort of employment. And, if those individuals don’t accept the first job offered to them, they lose their medic-aid, food stamps and other cash assistance. This often leads refugees to take on low-wage jobs.
“Its not, as some people say, a free ride,” Sadikovic said.
She explained refugees are responsible for all of the mon-
etary measures required for their relocation. After getting a job, one must pay for their original plane ticket to the United States.
“The word refugee—there is a negative connotation at-tached to it,” Sadikovic said. “A lot of times when refugees come here, they are needy, but they have valid needs. It’s like a baby. They are needy, but they have very valid needs.”
According to Sadikovic, there are 63 million displaced people in the world. Just a handful of those people—upwards of two to three mil-lion—are resettled refugees. 500 of those are resettled in Boise each year.
Each of these refugees par-ticipates in the English in-tensive classes and seeks out low-wage job opportunities Sadikovic described. And, because of society’s deep-set desire to make them what Sadikovic calls “contributing members of society,” their trauma and social experiences are overlooked.
Media claims they are ter-rorists or economic leeches, but she believes it is important for people to hear, directly from refugees, how they have helped create and contribute to the communities around them.
Peralta agrees with Sadikov-ic. As an immigrant from Uruguay, she knows first hand how important it is for people to educate each other about their cultural backgrounds, creating mutual respect.
“It’s important that we, as members of the larger com-munity of Boise, understand who they are, why they are here, and what things they can contribute to the dialogue,” Peralta said. “Every commu-nity member is important, and every new member that comes into Boise State helps Ph
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Sadikovic aims to reframe refugee discussion etary measures required for their relocation. After getting a job, one must pay for their original plane ticket to the United States.
“The word refugee—there is a negative connotation at-tached to it,” Sadikovic said. “A lot of times when refugees come here, they are needy, but they have valid needs. It’s like a baby. They are needy, but they have very valid needs.”
According to Sadikovic, there are 63 million displaced people in the world. Just a handful of those people—upwards of two to three mil-lion—are resettled refugees. 500 of those are resettled in Boise each year.
Each of these refugees par-ticipates in the English in-tensive classes and seeks out low-wage job opportunities Sadikovic described. And, because of society’s deep-set desire to make them what Sadikovic calls “contributing members of society,” their trauma and social experiences are overlooked.
Media claims they are ter-rorists or economic leeches, but she believes it is important for people to hear, directly from refugees, how they have helped create and contribute to the communities around them.
Peralta agrees with Sadikov-ic. As an immigrant from Uruguay, she knows first hand how important it is for people to educate each other about their cultural backgrounds, creating mutual respect.
“It’s important that we, as members of the larger com-munity of Boise, understand who they are, why they are here, and what things they can contribute to the dialogue,” Peralta said. “Every commu-nity member is important, and every new member that comes into Boise State helps
add to that community.”Instead of looking at refu-
gees from a deficit perspective, Sadikovic believes it is best to ask how one can help.
“Refugees are going to come, and they’re going to stay. It’s not like we’re going to get rid of them or they’re going to disappear,” Sadikovic said. “They’re here, what can we do?”a leader and an educator
Despite the enormity of her own personal struggles, Sadikovic continues to be an inspiring figure and benefac-tor to those around her.
“When I look at the course-work she has taken, along with all her volunteer work, the courses she has taught and her leadership positions, I sometimes wonder if she has a twin,” Chase said.
Even in light of this, many people ask her how she is “not broken.”
“Yes, I did not have a child-hood, but it made me a more responsible person,” Sadikovic said. “I’m happy. I’m glad I had those teachers who saw me as more than a refugee and more than an ELL learner.”
Sadikovic said she was a good example of “when a community gives back to someone in need.”
“I don’t think that I would ever be able to pay someone back for what they’ve done for me, but I can give it forward as a way to give back,” Sadikovic said.
She hopes to be able to reach out, even if just to one person, and create a chain of understanding so she can change that frame of how refu-gees and minority populations are viewed and understood.
“I call myself ‘nepantla,’ or ‘in the state of in between,’” Sadikovic said. “I’m a liaison and a cultural broker.”
Idaho Refugee Count 2004-2014
Africa: 2,297
*Idaho Office for Refugees
East Asia: 765
Europe and Central Asia:1,361
Latin America/Caribbean: 101
Near East/South Asia: 2,774
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‘This Is Our Youth’ opens on Boise State stagePatty BowenManaging Editor
The stage is completely black. After a moment, the light’s reveal a young man watching television in his crowded apartment in Man-hattan.
The audience watches from feet away, soaking in the television screen’s sound and light. “This Is Our Youth,” a 2014 Broadway play, is currently being per-formed by the Boise State Theatre Arts Department.
“(The close proximity of the play) was like peeking in the window and watch-ing these people for two hours,” said David Kepner, senior theatre arts major who played Dennis in the play. “In a way you’re watch-ing (these characters) go through this chaotic mo-ment in their lives, and just realizing what shit they’re going through and how they’re kind of screwing themselves over over and over again.”
“This Is Our Youth” is set in 1982 and follows a 48 hour span in the lives of Dennis, Warren and Jessica, three young adults trying to figure out their place in the world.
Through the course of the play, audience members watch as all three characters struggle with issues revolv-ing around friendship, fam-ily, substance abuse and re-lationships.
“Warren and Dennis have this great relationship that goes back, presum-ably, for years,” said Robyn Monkarsh, stage manager of the play. “Warren tried to go to school, but it wasn’t for
him. He is constantly do-ing the wrong thing. Den-nis thinks he’s the best, but all of his friends in the drug dealing community are starting to rise above him. I think that is very relatable.”
Sophomore theatre arts major Quinn Donaldson played Jessica in the play and expanded on how relat-able the play “This Is Our Youth” is.
“When you’re younger, you’re a completely dif-ferent person than when you’re older, because you go through all of these things in life that affect and change you,” Donaldson said. “Re-ally, even though you are a different person, it’s beauti-ful to watch yourself grow up and see that change.”
Due to the timing of the play, actors and crew mem-bers only had three weeks to memorize lines and prepare for the performance.
Despite the time crunch, director Tracy Sunderland encouraged the play’s three actors to focus on the details and text of the play.
“We were creating the characters from inside out, so once we knew the play and what we were doing, we kind of let the text shape our bodies and do whatever it did on stage. And we kept that blocking,” Kepner said.
The details Sunderland emphasized in the produc-tion created what Kepner considered an intimate ex-perience. Kepner felt each movement he made was being observed, creating a heavy realism within the per-formance space.
According to senior the-atre arts major David Weath-erby, who plays Warren,
another important aspect of the play’s realism was the control actors had over vi-sual and audio cues.
One instance of this was when Weatherby played a song on an old record player.
“You hear the static of the
record versus a remastered recording,” Weatherby said. “That’s actually a Frank Zap-pa album that we found on the internet.”
Several moments in “This Is Our Youth” include heavy language and visuals that
could be considered offen-sive to audience members.
Kepner said this is an im-portant mechanism to the audience, helping the audi-ence relate to the characters more.
“The audience comes first
all the time,” Kepner said. “It’s how we can convey a message. Theatre is a way to spark an emotion, so they can feel for the character for the show and find something new about them that they saw in the show.”
(Left to right) David Weatherby, Quinn Donaldson and David Kepner starred in the Boise State Theater Department’s “This Is Our Youth.” (Photo by Devin Ferrel / The Arbiter)
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Art exhibit ‘Phenomenon’ explores the unexplainable
Caroline CampanaStaff Writer
Boise State alumnus Karl LeClair is featuring his art exhibition at the Student Union Building.
LeClair titled the exhibi-tion, “Phenomena” which to him means the unexplain-able.
“Phenomena” is LeClair’s second solo art exhibition.
His first one was at the Eagle Performing Arts Center, but LeClair also had art featured in the Boise Art Museum.
The inspiration for “Phe-nomena” was unexplain-able situations one can ex-perience, but when asked, it can mean something dif-ferent to everyone.
LeClair uses different types of art, such as en-gravings, drawings and
sculptural installation in “Phenomena.”
This show changed LeClair’s directory. It helped him incorporate more ideas such as sculp-tures, drawings and paint-ing, diversifying LeClair’s normal studio practice.
“Art is a lot about play, capturing the spirit of play-ing and experimenting,” LeClair said.
LeClair uses a unique style of art called printmak-ing. The prints in his art exhibition are copper plate engravings.
This process requires LeClair to remove pieces of copper from a large cop-per plate. Each line in every print is a small piece of cop-per removed from the larger plate.
LeClair graduated from
Boise State in the winter of 2013 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education. LeClair has always been fascinated with art, but it wasn’t until high school when he knew he would be interested in art as a profes-sion.
Associated professor in printmaking, Jill AnnieMar-gret, had LeClair as a stu-dent for three years.
“Karl is great to work with,” AnnieMargret said. “He is a kind person with in-teresting ideas and is a very serious artist, but also has a very strong work ethic.”
“Phenomena” took LeClair well over a year and over 200 hours of labor to produce.
“Those are really labor intensive,” said LeClair. “And the sculptures are es-sentially concrete and pa-percrete mixed together which is hard because they can dry really fast.”
Currently, LeClair works for the City of Boise at the Boise City Department of Arts and History as a pro-gram assistant. He loves be-ing able to have a job in the art field.
“In the next five years, I really think Karl’s career will launch,” AnnieMar-gret said. “With his strong worth ethic and eagerness to be successful, he has a bright future in front of him.”
LeClair hopes his future will bring more opportuni-ties to display his work.
He is excited about Boise State showing his artwork. According to LeClair, Boi-se doesn’t offer many places for artists to exhibit their work.
“There is a really big lack of public spaces where art-ists can show their work in town,” LeClair said.
“Phenomena” is located on the second floor of the Student Union Building un-til April 15. It is open to the public. Admission is free.
Karl LeClair covered papercrete with concrete for “Phenomena.” (Photo by Devin Ferrell/ The Arbiter)
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Student organization provides sober activitesJane OringAsst. Culture Editor
From tailgating to week-ly bowling at the Student Union Building, these events are provided for peo-ple in recovery. Director of a local social recovery com-munity, Ignite208, Shawna Ross, wants to reach out to students at Boise State by creating fun activities to do while also maintaining a so-ber lifestyle.
“I am hoping we can start a revolution as a youth,” Ross said. “College students need to have alternatives, to see it’s possible and cool.”
Ignite208 partners with Students and Other Bron-cos Enjoying Recovery. “SOBER” is a student or-ganization at Boise State providing healthy activities, support group and recre-ational events. Organization meetings are not on a set
schedule, but SOBER Presi-dent and health sciences graduate student Lucas Don-aldson said the recreational events are more consistently attended.
Recreational activities can be a great opportunity for students to connect with one another through new or different experiences. By partnering with Ignite208, SOBER offers students the ability to participate in group hiking, bowling, yoga and tailgates. These activities are focused on maintaining a so-ber outlook.
“We provide recreational activities for those in recov-ery,” Donaldson said. “There is this fear (with those in re-covery) that there is nothing fun to do anymore.”
Donaldson said those struggling with addiction may be accustomed to a cha-otic lifestyle. SOBER offers ways to meet new people go-
ing through the same transi-tion.
Ross said bowling in the SUB has become one of the more popular events for members, their families and friends.
“I never thought bowl-ing would be such a popular event, but I get emails all the time asking if bowling is hap-pening this week,” Ross said.
There is also a monthly yoga class taught by instruc-tor Gavin Kastner at the Campus Recreation Center. These classes also offer prac-tice in meditation as well as yoga. Ross said these classes are small, but offer room for more people to participate.
Ignite208 has also started scheduling weekly hikes up to Table Rock. According to Ross, this activity brings in people of all ages.
“We like to incorporate people who are in recovery and people who support
those in recovery,” Ross said.
During football season, SOBER and Ignite208 host a tailgating event for Bronco home games. Don-aldson said it is one of the most consistently attended events.
Christiana Svetkovich, senior psychology major and SOBER group officer, said tailgating for those who want to remain sober can be a challenge. The amount of drinking that happens dur-ing tailgating events can create boundaries for those who want to enjoy the event without drinking.
“The SOBER tailgates provides a great alternative for those who love sports,” said Svetkovich.
For this event, people are introduced to a differ-ent tailgating environment, rather than the usual drink-ing atmosphere. There are
games, food and conversa-tions that help support peo-ple in recovery.
For people struggling with addiction, a strong sup-port system is vital to over-coming isolation. Ross said addicts tend to be alone, whether it’s listening to mu-sic or finding other activities to do by themselves. Some addicts might not even want to reach out to one another for help.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, substance addiction can consume a user’s life. An ad-dict might have their daily routine focused on their substance of choice. For those in recovery, changing their previous lifestyle may require support from loved ones and friends.
Support groups for those in recovery can help engage them in healthy activities and provide a sense of com-
munity. According to Sub-stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis-tration, studies show social support communities can promote effective recovery.
“Being able to participate in a club where you have meaning and a job can really help those in recovery,” said Svetkovich.
Along with social support, Svetkovich wants to start in-volving more families and friends to help strengthen bonds between them and those in recovery.
“The substance abuse can cause families to fracture at times,” Svetkovich said. “Depending on the situa-tion, it may cause families to be less strong.”
To contact SOBER or Ignite208, visit both Face-book pages. Ross said to contact the group via the email found on Ignite208.com.
(Left to Right, Back to Front) Jay R., Emily W., Trent T., Mike F., Gavin Kastner, Elena A, Shawna Ross, Lucas Donaldson (Photo Courtesy of Ignite208 ‘s Facebook Page)
Boise State students help with Idaho Green festAngel AbayaStaff Writer
In the small community of Boise, the people who live here and the services they offer make the city shine.
Kelsey Jae Nunez and Seth Brown, the coordina-tors of the Idaho Green Fest, know this better than anyone.
Idaho Green Fest, now in its fourth year, gathers com-munity members together through music, art, food and the environment. This one-day event will take over downtown Boise on Sat., April 23, from 4-10 p.m.
“It’s a community cel-ebration of the Earth,” Nunez said. “It’s also a cel-ebration of our sustainable economy in Boise.”
The festival celebrates all things local, such as artists, musicians, and food ven-dors.
Idaho Green Fest pro-vides local entrepreneurs and businesses that exem-plify social and environ-mental consciousness a space to advertise their ser-vices and bring Boise closer together.
“(Idaho Green Fest) is an opportunity for folks to connect to others that are passionate about the planet and about the commu-nity, and also learn about non-profits and businesses they can be involved with,” Brown said. “If students are looking for a job, it’s a great opportunity to meet folks in a field of environmental sustainability.”
With a large percentage of students attending Boise State coming from states
like Oregon and California, this event provides those unfamiliar with local social and environmental issues a chance to get more involved in the community.
“Folks that really gain a lot from the Idaho Green Fest are folks that are new to town, especially ones that are from states where they’re more progres-sive with their recycling,” Brown said. “A lot of those people are confused as hell
when they get to Boise and they’re like, ‘What do you mean you can’t compost at the curbside?’”
Though Nunez and Brown hold the reins of the festival, the community also helps support the event that supports them.
“I would say it’s our baby, but we didn’t invent it out of thin air,” Nunez said. “It’s been the product of a lot of volunteers—it’s a commu-nity effort.”
This year, public relations students at Boise State helped market and adver-tise the festival in the com-munity and on campus.
The group of students, known as United PR, raised awareness for Idaho Green Fest through First Thurs-day events, Saturday market events, creating a media kit and the festival’s own Insta-gram account.
“We come to them with ideas and they’re like, ‘al-
right, start it up’,” said Jake Martinez, leader of United PR.
The public relations team, formed through the com-munication class PR Cam-paigns, feels humbled and grateful to work for Idaho Green Fest.
“(Nunez and Brown) are really, really cool,” said ju-nior Alexa Ries, a member of Martinez’ group. “I was kind of nervous because it seems like such a big deal
holding an event that peo-ple around the city are going to come to, but everything’s just so stress-free. It’s been nice helping them because they help us as well.”
Ries also made a sign for Idaho Green Fest to use at the festival and promotion-al events. She made the sign out of all recycled materials, such as wood she found in a shed and cans donated from a recycling center.
United PR hopes to raise more awareness of the event amongst students on campus. April 21, the day before Earth Day, United PR will be in the quad with an Idaho Green Fest booth.
“One of the big things that (Idaho Green Fest) needs is student support,” Martinez said. “Our main goal is to get more people at Idaho Green Fest and reach out to Boise State.”
The public relations stu-dents hope the event pro-vides students with more eco-consciousness.
“I think (student aware-ness of Idaho Green Fest)is important because the Boise State community is a big part of the Boise popu-lation, and they teach a lot about sustainability and how to be eco-friendly,” Ries said. “I think it’s im-portant for students to live that lifestyle here because I feel like Boise is going to be a bigger city, so we do need to keep that stuff in mind. Plus, it’s a fun way for them to learn more about how to be eco-friendly and how to support local business.”
United PR will also make an appearance at this up-coming Saturday market right before the event.
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During the 2014 Idaho Green Fest, hundreds came out to participate. (Photo Courtesy of Idaho Green Fest Facebook Page)
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Sports & Rec
Work out and hydrate in this warm weatherAli RobertsSports & Rec Editor
With the summer months fast approaching and the temperatures cranking up, it becomes increasingly impor-tant to stay hydrated.
According to the Mayo Clinic, lacking appropri-ate hydration can lead to: exhaustion, dry skin, head-aches, low blood pressure, fever and in the most severe cases, unconsciousness.amount oF water to drink
There are several reasons to stay hydrated. Most peo-ple know the guideline of drinking eight glasses of wa-ter a day, but there are several factors that can go into how much water different bodies need.
“Fluid needs depend on metabolism, which vary based on height, weight, body fat, physical activity level, temperature and hu-midity and illness or other medical conditions,” said campus dietitian MarLee Harris. “The eight glasses of eight ounces of water is a general guideline and is easy to remember. Only about 25 percent of Boise State stu-dents meet this general rec-ommendation. So for most students, it’s a good place to start.”
According to Dietary Reference Intake, the re-comended total water in-take —including fluids in foods— varies by gender. This means that it is 2.7 li-ters per day or about 11.5 cups for women, and 3.7 liters per day or about 15.5 cups for men. This number is taken from total water intake needed without accounting for the water ingested when
food is eaten.water From Foods and alternatives to water
Although humans get a lot of water from the foods They eat, we can’t rely on that alone.
“We get about 20 percent of our fluid needs from fluid in foods such as soups, fruits, and vegetables. Any other beverage such as tea, coffee or juice counts towards our total fluid intake,” said Har-ris. “With water you are get-ting all the fluid without ex-tras such as calories, sugar or caffeine you may not need. Plus, water is free and readily available.”
There is the obstacle of people either not enjoy-ing the taste of water or just not liking to have to drink a lot in the first place. Harris suggests several alternatives such as: ice cold water or ice chips— cold water can taste better. Sparkling water that doesn’t contain added sug-ars or sodium, adding fruit, herbs or spices to water to add flavor without adding calories and sugars, or milk because it will add to the dai-ly needed fluid intake while giving protein and vitamins.
There are several other ways besides these listed, and Harris suggests trying different combinations to see what will work best for personal preferences.staying hydrated while working out
Most of the time people get the most dehydrated while working out, but stay-ing hydrated is necessary to remaining safe and healthy during exercise.
“The best way to be hy-drated for a workout is to
stay hydrated throughout the day. Sipping on fluids regularly so you enter your workout well-hydrated will help you feel better during the day and your workout,” said Harris. “During a work-out, sip on fluids regularly. Water is sufficient for most workouts less than 60 min-utes. Consider a sports drink to maintain electrolyte bal-ance if you workout over 60 minutes.”
The best way to stay safe is to continue to drink water throughout the day, and to keep track of how much wa-ter has been had throughout the day.
“Tap water can meet fluid needs just as well as bottled water. Carry a water bottle and fill it up frequently at your house or around cam-pus,” Harris said. “Some-times setting a goal such as one bottle before lunch or putting a reminder on our phone helps us to think about and drink more water.”
Cold as ice...cold water is some-times more palatable; keep a pitcher or extra water bottle in the fridge or try sucking on ice chips
Bubble over...try a sparkling wa-ter; there are flavored sparkling waters with no added sweeten-ers or sodium.
Infuse...add fruit, herbs, and spices to water to add flavor
Spritz...pour a splash of juice in flat or sparkling water
Milk it...milk, including soy, count towards your fluid intake while giving you protein and vitamins and minerals.
Smooth it over...blend up a combination of fruit, vegetables, yogurt, ice, juice, water, or milk for a smoothie
Pop up...popsicles can contribute to your fluid intake; watch the amount of sugar and try making your own with fruit
*Special thanks to MarLee Harris
If plain water isn’t your thing, try these ideas:
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Hit the rec this summerMelissa LambertStaff Writer
As the semester winds down and students head back home, summer activi-ties are slowly heating up.
The Campus Recreation Center, the Cycle Learning Center, and Outdoor Pro-grams Center are all offer-ing great opportunities for students and the commu-nity members to continue to be active at Boise State.
Students who want to use the Recreation Center throughout the summer get a discounted price for the rest of the summer. They have memberships for alumni and families in the community as well.
“We are pretty laid back for family hours,” said Rec Center employee James McMurray. “Kids can come and swim during the week.”
The Rec Center’s sum-mer hours are Monday through Friday 6a.m. to
8p.m., Saturday 8a.m. to 8p.m. and Sunday noon to 8p.m.
At the Outdoor Pro-grams Center students can rent equipment for a dis-counted price. Items such as rafts, camping equip-ment, kayaks and canoes can be borrowed for per-sonal use.
They also offer different trips throughout the sum-mer. There is an upcoming “finals relief ” rafting trip on May 1.
“The outdoor program center does lots of trips for students such as back-packing, hot springs trips and multiple rafting trip opportunities,” McMurray said.
The Cycle Learning Center is also staying ac-tive during the summer. They are open Monday through Friday, 10a.m. to 6p.m.
They offer weekly rides, starting and ending at the shop, until the weather
gets too hot mid-summer. Every first Wednesday
there is an opportunity to attend a free bike mainte-nance class, as well. Bike rentals are also available for students and the gen-eral public.
“Summer is a great time to take advantage of our extensive rental fleet,” said Cycle Learning Center manager Gabe Finkelstein. “We have many different brands for all kinds of bik-ing needs.”
The bike shop offers free advice and welcomes any-one wanting to know more about biking in the com-munity.
“We are unique because there is no buy-in mem-bership, and we are trying to create Boise State’s bik-ing community as a self sustaining group,” Finkel-stein said.
For students taking sum-mer classes, there is no shortage of summer activi-ties to be involved in.
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Boise State’s softball club swings into springJessica RichmondStaff Writer
Spring is in the air, and along with it comes fresh cut grass, warm weather and baseball—or in this case, softball.
Boise State’s softball club is ready and rearing to get the word out about the team this year and have one of the best seasons yet.
With the season just starting due to canceled games and rain outs, the club has only played one weekend so far. They trav-eled to Washington April 2
to play against Washington State University on April 3.
Despite losing both games, it was a great week-end to start off the season for the girls, and got them more amped and prepared for the upcoming tourna-ment. The tournament will take place in Lewiston, Idaho on April 16 and 17.
“This season is going good so far, even though we don’t have very many games,” said Aubree Saito, vice president of the club. “We always expect and hope to have a fun season with girls who are com-
mitted and wanting to be a part of something that we all enjoy together.”
The schedule for the club this semester wasn’t as intense as they thought it was going to be. Their first game they had was canceled due to weather conditions. Other schools they had originally planned on playing didn’t respond. All of the home games this season were canceled as well.
The club’s schedule will finish with the tourna-ment in Lewiston. With the cancelations and short
season ahead, the girls in the club still practice two to four times a week, and are excited to keep playing together.
“To motivate the team before games, we have ev-eryone say a personal goal and a team goal for the day so they know what to work for,” said junior, Melissa Evens. “We also have brief pep talks and a quick cheer in between innings. But to motivate at practice, we look specifically at what we need to work on for the games.”
The club members main-
tain a positive outlook on this season by coming off a great weekend in Washing-ton and continuing prac-tice multiple times a week with their team to prepare for their second and final tournament of the season. Even though they keep a positive outlook, the num-ber of members in the club could potentially grow if the club was able to play home games. Hosting games at Boise State for the club would raise aware-ness of the club, as well as give students the chance to attend a game and show
support.With the continued
spread of awareness for the team and hard work on and off the diamond, the schedule and member number will continue to grow in seasons to come.
“I joined the team be-cause I had a friend who was on it and I needed something to do. I stayed because everyone on the team became like a family away from home to me,” Saito said. “I’ll be sad to leave in December, but can’t wait to see where the team goes from here.”
The softball club faces down against Washington State Univeristy on April 2 (Photo by Shari Harting / The Arbiter)
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Boise State men’s tennis loses five game streakLindsey ParobekStaff Writer
“This was the shootout at the O.K. Corral,” said Boise State men’s tennis coach Greg Patton, after the Broncos’ win over Moun-tain West rival New Mexico State (4-1) on April 3.
Following impressive wins at Air Force and New Mexico State, the Boise State men’s tennis team re-turned home Friday to their final six-match home stand at Appleton Tennis Center.
After closing out their regular season road sched-
ule, the Broncos looked to take the momentum of a four-match winning streak into the weekend.
“New Mexico has been our heated rival ever since I had hair. I am so elated to get out of Albuquerque alive, since their home court advantage and fierce competitiveness makes each and every ball that is struck vital,” said Patton.
After taking the doubles point, the Broncos held strong and took five of the six singles matches from New Mexico, giving them the decisive 4-1 victory.
“Every match was too close for comfort. I am so proud of Brian (Foley), who was up 5-2 in the sec-ond set and held off a four game onslaught by New Mexico‘s number one play-er,” Patton said.
Boise State was ranked number 64 in the nation by the Intercollegiate Ten-nis Association, with a 13-8 overall record and 2-1 in league play. The Broncos looked to maintain their undefeated 5-0 record at home.
Freshman Kyle Butters and senior Toby Mitchell,
the reigning Mountain West players of the week in back-to-back weeks, helped the Broncos defeat Fresno State Friday night at Appelton.
Butters, the freshman from New Zealand, defeated Fresno State’s Patrik Pech in straight sets 6-1, 6-4 and has now won eight consecutive matches, improving to 18-10 on the year.
Following a victory by senior Tomas Tenreiro, Mitchell clinched the win for the Broncos, defeating
Fresno State’s Euan McIn-tosh 6-4, 5-7, 6-0.
“This was a typical Boise State thriller,” said Patton “Our guys are getting stron-ger and stronger, and com-peting really hard.”
However the Broncos couldn’t extend their win-ning streak any further. The Nevada Wolf Pack sur-prised the Broncos Sunday afternoon and ended the Broncos winning streak at five.
The loss was the first at
home this season. “Nevada wanted it more
than we did today. This is what sports are all about. You have to bring your best every day and to every match, or you are going to lose. We did not bring it to-day, and as a result we lost,” said Patton.
With the 4-3 loss, the Broncos’ record moves to 6-1 at home on the season. The Broncos return to ac-tion Friday, April 15 against San Diego State in Boise.
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