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University News, February 26Students of Boise State University
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Volum"eX IssueEighteenFebruary 26, 1990Boise State University
ASBSUSenate v. President,Reilly . , ., BSUstudents IdahoImpeachment hearings to start citizens testify in
abortion hearingsby RosemOry E. HardinThe University News '
By secret ballot, the ASBSUSenate voted 10 to one last Tuesdayto begin impeachment proceedingsagainst ASBSU President Pat Reilly .
, An indictment against Reilly ,was presented to the Senate earlierby Steve Martinez.
According to Martinez, he wasa member of the ASBSU judiciaryuntil Reilly decided to withhold hissalary and declare his justice posi-tion vacant because Martinez wasnot a registered full-Ice student.Martinez did not register for classesuntil Feb. 9. The ASBSUConstitution states that all ASBSUmembers must be t:.egistered, full-fee students and have a minimum2.25 GPA.
"I've taken every step to avoidimpeachment," Martinez told theSenate.
He said the morning of Feb. 20he talked to Reilly about reinstatinghim and paying his back wages, butMartinez said Reilly refused.
Martinez said he did not file theindictment against Reilly basedsolely on this problem. "This isjustone on a long list of many."
But Martinez did single outwhat he called a similar case inwhich Reilly opted topay an ASBSUmember who had a GPA below thema~datory minimum.
Students For Life, testified in Iavcof anti-abortion bills ..
Pro-choice advocates favorera number of bills that would rcpcathe so-called·"trigger law," whictwould automatically make abortiora crime in the event the U.S. Suoprernc Court repeals Roc v : Wade,Many pro-choice advocates alsefavored HB·626, which would per-mit abortions as long as they wellterminated prior to fetal viability.
The Idaho American CivilLiberties Union backed HJR-ll, amore generic biII calling for a con-stitutional amendment guarantee-ing a right to privacy. ,.'It was estimated by the House
State Affairs Committee on Fridaythat pro-life testimonies outnum-bered pro-choice statements by a 3-1 margin.
Individual testimony wasstrictly limited by a three-minutetime limit, and professional lobbyIsts from both sides took to thrpodiums first.
Sally Trott, a spokesperson forthe newly-organized "FreedomMeans Choice" citizens lobby, saidher group will be able to mustermore than 6,000 members by the
See "Hearings;" page 13
by Lorry PUNlanceThe University News
The Idaho Legislature's heatedand emotional abortion debatespilled over into the hcavil y-guardedSUB last week, and BSU studentson both sides of the issue made theirviews known to tile joint House andSenate State Affairs Committees.
More than 200 people fromaround the state testified either inperson or by submitting writtenstatements. Some traveled from asfar north as Sandpoint and as fareast as Soda Springs.
The debate was sharp andsometimes angry, but anticipateddisruptions or violence never mate-rialized. Security was tight, with atleast 30 uniformed and plainclothedpolicemen in attendance at all times.
Testimony jelled around threedistinctly different bills. The pro-life contingent overwhelminglyfavored House Bill 625, whichwould prohibit abortion asa methodof birth control. There was scat-tered support for HB-627, a bill thatwould prohibit abortions for anyreason, including rape or incest.
Both ASBSU Vice PresidentLon Burke and Senator Mike Had-don, members of the newly-formed
Steve MartinezPresldent Pat Reilly
According to Reilly, he wastold by an adviser that paying Marti-nez would be in violation of theASBSU Constitution.
One of ASBSU's advisersDavid Taylor said impeachmentproceedings are very serious. "Itsounds like they (the Senators) wantPat to clarify why hcdid what he did(in Martinez's case). They shouldgo through a fact-findingprocc-dure."
At press time, an impeachmenthearing date had not been set, andit also had not been decided if thehearing will 00 open to the public.
The ASBSU Senate chambersare temporarily located in room 115of the Technical Education Build-ing.
According to Reilly, formerPresident Jeff Russell (1988-89)hired an SPB employee knowinghis GPA was below the requiredminimum, then. decided not to payhim. An ASBSU advisertold Reilly10 pay the student after the studentfiled a complaint with the ASBSUJUdiciary. '
Reilly said that case is irrele-vant to Martinez's case. "I'm notgoing to pay him (Martinez) be-causchcwasn'tastudcnt, Hewasn'trecognized by the university as astudent," Reilly said.
Martinez said he had been as-sured by Reilly through Chief Jus-tice Jean Maxon in January that hislate registration would not beaproblem. '
BSUsquirrel incident enrages .animalloversExterminating to get rid of thesquirrels. '
, Richard Lewis, an accountantfor the physical plant, said theycontracted with Sawyer's to "relo-cate the squirrels" somewhere offcampus. In January, metal boxtraps were set on the southeast sideof the communication building.
Most said.on Jan. 30 ;1squirrelwas trapped and then escaped.Then on Jan. 31 another squirrelwas trapped in the box and wasconfined over the weekend with-out food or water in freezing tem-peratures. He said the traps werenot monitored so he contacted thephysical plant and was told it wasthe communication. departnlcnt'sjob to check the traps. Most saidhe had could not find anyone in thecommunication departnlentto con-firm. that they were supposed tocheck tile ~ps.
According to Lewis, the con-tract with the exterminator statedthat is was Sawyer's job to checkthe traps. Because. of this mix-up"the second squireCIremained inthetrap for 24 hours. Most said,"There is no way we could havemonitored the trap; We don't keepregular hoUrs on weekends." The
by Jeff FaulknerThe University News
BSU's physical plantended upwith quite a headache over a deadsquirrel, a $300' bill and angrypeople when they responded to analleged complaint, over. gnawedwires in the communication build-ing.
The physical plant contractedan exterminator to get rid of theguilty squirrels, and several ofBSU's staff and students are an-gered by the incident. However,according to Richard Lewis of thephysical plant, the rodent problemis "solved."
Accordi,ngto communicationprofessor Marty Most, last Junephysical plant elerk Linda Th-.ompson told the communication 'secreuiry that in response to com-plaints from the deparunent, thesquirrels would be trapped. Therodents, according to Thompson,were. biting at the wires and caus-ing structural damage to the build-ing.
Although there is no record ofthe complaint, or any confirmation·by the communiootion department,Thompson contracted Sawyer's
. .-.' Marly MQoIJSpodoI to "'" lInMnIv NewtTrapped squIrrel lies dead In a bloodied trap after It spent 24 hours In freezing weather with no foodor water . The squirrel was trapped on the ~ast sIde of the communication building as part of an effortto remove squirrels that may have been gnawing wires and causing structural damage.
squirrel mauled itself· and died Stephan said February is "the that 'AIDs wouid do the job. fortrying to escape from the cage. baby season" for squirrels and the free, and did.not consider calling
"Of course it's going to try to worst time 10 relocate. Had AIDs the humane society, either.escape-its a wild animal," said done the job, Stephan said, "We .As for relocating the squirrels,Animals in Distress (AIDs) Vice would have encouraged them (the Heidi Kirkpatrick of the BSU or-President Valerie Stephan. ,She ,physical plant) to wait until spring." ganization Voiccsfor Animals, saidsaid. there is a good chance the She said squirrels build their nests she. understood that the squirrelssquirrel had babies in its nest,and early in the year and· to relocate would be relocated to Lucky P-'..ak.added that AIDs would have relo- them now neithertheenvironmcnt where there is no·natural squirrelcated and "rehabilitated" the ani- nor other squirrels would accept habitat 'mals for free and in a "much more them during their birthing season.humane manner" than Sllwyers. Lewis said he was· not aware
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PhCltograpoors Brion Becker. Poul exline. Note TaylorReviewers Lee Arnold. Cliff Holi. Dave Lentz.
Will Speorl'J10n.Phillip Von Borgen.. . Cmy Wees. Randy Yadon •Edllorlal Wrllers Dave Kennedy. Bert VandercarSports Reporters Molt Fritsch. Larry'purviance
Conlrlbutlng Writers Steve F,Lyon. Dene BreakfieldPaste-up/Layout Usa Day. UsaOlson '
SOl9S Representatives Lee Arnold. Germo Bekendcim. Melinda,Davidson. Gretchen Warthen
The University News Is published weekly qurlng tho acodemlcyear by the students of Boise Stote UnIversity. Opinionsexpresseddo not necessarUyreflect those 01 the students. locultyor staHol BSU, Otflces are located at 1603 1/2 UniversItyDrive•Bosle. Idoho. B3725; telephone 208·345·8204,AdvertisIng ratesand subscription Inlormatlon are-available upon request.. , .
Keeppersonal opi.n~onsFree society must tolerate choiceout of ASBSU politics stone, even that stone weathersand
erodes away. Quite often, these"rights" clash with themselves.andeven more often one individual's
For two days last week a state "rights" infringe upon the "rights"legislative committee set itself up of another. The debate over life v,here at BSU10 hear testimonycon- choice faIls into this category.cerning several bills dealing with The courtsdealtwith this issueabortion. This is the hot issue in by ducking whether a "woman'sIdaho right now, more emotional right to control her own reproduc-than "right 10work" a fewyearsago live fate" took precedence over anand no less divisive. "unborn child's right to live," arid
The two positions. "pro-life" instead split the human gestationv, "pro-choice," both cling to spe- periodinlotrimestersandattemptedcious arguments about rights that to define, legally, the biological
issuesofwhentheembryo becomes''Abortion, under a fetus and the fetus ultimately -...;..--------
R e I.U d I becomes human. ,. momentof conception, and bestowa v. wr'B e, sane . Each day of gestation, under on a free falling fertilized ova theof those limited Indl- Roe v. Wade, the embryonictissue "rights" of a person. Technologi-vidual liberties, like ofa potential fetus movescloser to cally, that ova can be preserved indrinking alcohol, that a new legal status as full fledged liquid nitrogen, and preserved for
, fetus. Once past that hurdle, the long periods in those frigid depths.a free society must fetus progresses inexorablytoward But I flndit difficult to see it as a,tolerate because the bccoming"viable,"thatpointwhere person.
p. roposed se X' ed ·b'-.II social costs of ban- it could conceivably live outside In thehuman context, thecourt, ..' the human female reproductive in Roe v. Wade used these sorts of
nlnglt are greater system. At some point in the preg- perceptionsto drawanarbitraryline
short chanqes 'you.th thanthebeneflts.· :~~Y~~:nth~i~~::~:h~': ~~~~~i~:~~:~~~~'mayor may not exist. The pro- societygrants tonewborn individu- "rights" it accorded unborn chil-
Th Idah Le . 1 . d . hei h edlifers claim to protect the unborn's aIs, including revenge for its own dren and the "rights" claimed by• • e ..? gis atu~. again emo~s~tes Its . e!g ten "inalienable right to life" whilethe murder. accidentally pregnant women.level of enughtenment WltnHB547. This Bill prohibits teach- pro- choicerspurport to defend the, The compromise worked for For the sakeofliberty, I hatetoing anything but abstinence in sex-education classes and dis- individual woman's 'also inalien- the' most part. ' Women had time, see this decision changed in anyallows dissemination of birth control information in junior able ''ri~htto'pri~'llCY." underRoe v, Wade, to make the way. The libertyto make choiceshigh and high school, even by the school nurse. Were these ~eltherS1des~entstands .agonizing choices between termi- depends on society accepting that
1 bo ith thei h dsb ied i th d thev i ~W1thoutr1I'St~aking~eassump- nation andblrth.adoption.or kecp- someindividualswillmakctepug-,peope m wi err ea un m esan orare eyjust uonthalthesenghtsexIStbythem ingthech·ld fled' nant cboiceswhich are none of'ourliving i.n their own private Idaho? .. - loa comp et preg-selves, needing no supportmg rea- nancy. -As the fems evolved and business and in which we must not
Yes, they are correct; abstinence is the only 100 percent ~ ~ logical explllI7tion ofmeir ~gaii to lOOkand act hUJil~ her interfere.. Aool'Jon, under.I~oo v.effective way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted ongms. ~y m~ Just be there" choices narrowed until its "rights" Wade, is one of thOse limitedindi·diseases, but advocating the teaching of only abstinence, and ~~the UNVttse Itself. Likeany ~ualedthewoman'sinwhosebody vidual liberties, like drinking alco-I allo 'ng disc SSI'O of birth trol'w' 't!' .• religIon, wht:ther one lands on the Ithad residence Then a state legis- hol,lhata free societymUsttolerate
no Wl u n con 1 onna on IS very "life" or "choice" side does. not lature decided U> redefine "life" on becaUse the sOcial costs of banningdangerous wishful thinking by our esteemed legislators. depend on argumentor convincing its own as beginning. from the it are Jtrellter than the beQefits.
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Quote of the tWeetA poor understanding of others is
the natural outcome of our self-centered view of the .world. RogerFisher and SCott Brown
Get to work, Senators!An open letter to our illustrious ASBSU Senators: What
the hell is going on? Do you really take yourselves soseriously that you think you have to impeach a president to beimportant? We ask you: Who cares?
Is this really going to affect BSU students, will it do lIS anygood? Probably not. -
What will do the students good are: adequate night-timelighting, availability of condoms on campus, adequate fund-ing for child care, a library with lots of resources and longhours, an escort system and perhaps some funding for studentresearch, to name a few.
So get on with what it is we elected you for in the first placeand leave the quibbling, quarreling, twitting and tattling toyour high school counterparts. We are oot impressed!
What smells so bad in here? ASBSU Vice President LonBurke happens to be the president of a student organization
. called Students for Life. No problem except that one of thecontact phone numbers for Students for Life listed with theStudent Activities Office also happens to be the ASBSUoffice phone number. His use of the ASBSU office andtelephone number for club-related activities are questionableat best.
This ethical dilemma arises from the pseudo-credibilityBurke's position lends to Students for Life. When Burketestified at the Legislative abortion hearings last week, heintroduced himself as ASBSU vice president, using hisstanding in the ASBSU political arena to give the impressionthat he represents the majority ofBSU students on this issue.
The ASBSU Senate has declared the abortion debate to beoutside the realm of the BSU'Lobbyist since a dear mandateof student opinion has not and cannot be established. With thatin mind, Mr. Burke, you must be extremely cautious that yourpublicposition remains untainted by your private activities.
by Dave KennedyThe UnlvEKSifyNews
"The pro-lifers claimto protect the un-born's 'Inalienableright to life' while thepro-choicers purportto defend the Individ-ual woman's also In-alienable 'rlghtto pri-vacy.",
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"Pro-blrthers" seek to imposetheir beliefs on America
by TimTeaterSpecial to TheUniversity News
"Actualiy, 'pro-birthers' wouldbe a better termsince thereseems to belittle if eny con-:cern for thewomen or thebaby afterbirth ... "
I suppose ithadto happen. Likemetastatic disease in the' humanbody, the cancer of right wing fun-damentalism is spreading throughour campus. _
Along with such luminaries ofthcfundamenLalist right such as theCampus Crusade for Christ, (soundsa lot likethe Klu Klux Klan.doesn'tit?), Fellowship of Christian Ath-lctcs and others, we now have theso-called "Students for Life." Great!Just what BSU ncedcd-> more rightwing lunacy! .
In the human body, cancer canbe stopped by its surgical removal.In the body politic, no such easysolutions exist People have a right The assignment of spiritual orto express their views even when' ethical values in areas where therethose views are adverse to the con- is no universal societalagreementtinued existence of the very politi- must be left to the individual. EvencalSystem that allows-such expres- within the "pro-life" movement it-sion, self, there is no universal agreement
In the case of the fundamental- on theprohibitionofabortion. Someistright, the goal is to replace our say that there should be no abor-current democratic republic with a tions except to save the mother.theocratic system in which moral Others say abortion is OK in theguardians enforce an orthodoxy of case of rape or incest, Without thetheir own invention. universal acceptance of a given
Whether we are talking about doctrineorphilosophy,theenforce-requiring prayer and Bible reading ment of that doctrine on a society,in the schools, or Christian extrem- regardless of the majority view,ists trying to force the acceptance of becomes tyranny.jhe patently absurd and intellectu- ' As the pro-choice people areally barren "creation science" or the fond of asking, who decides? Who,tired old straw man of secular indeed. The state? Setting aside forhumanism, or subjugate women to the moment the religious establish-the status, of reproductive slaves, ment and lack of universality con-the hidden agenda of remaking cems, how can the state know eachAmerica in the fundamentalist· woman and her circumstances wellimage is there. Make no mistake, enough to presume to make 'a dec i-these folks aren't just our 'friends sion more appropriately than she.and neighbors with whom we have Further, in a time that seems to toutpolitical disagreements, but arc the "family values," whatever they are,enemies of every principal of de- ,how can this type of invasion ofmocracy and tolerance on which individual or family privacy be tal-our nation was founded! erated, let alone advocated.
For instance, take the so-called Ifwe as a people alloW the state"pro-lifers." Actually, "pro-birth- the right to force a woman.to bear Iiers"would bea better term since child against her will, is it incon-there seems to be little if any con- ceiva1>lethat the state could have a
· cern for the women or the baby after "compelling interest" in forcing athe birth, and there is absolutely no. woman to have an abortion? In theconcern for women who have in the interest of population control, thepast, and may yet risk their lives in Chinese government has been doing
. illegal abortions. But I digress. By just that ,couching the abortion argument in But of course America isn'tterms of when does life begin, the China. Theright to espouse ene's"Pro-lifers" ~ to confuse the real ,own religious beliefs is inviolate.issucswhichare: theestablishment However, the right to force thoseof a Slate endorsed religious dOc- beliefsontherestof.societyisintol-trine; and does the state hav~ the crable: In ,consideration of theserightto make reproductivedeci- kindsofsociaiissues, wemusllook
. sions for women and families. behind the catch phrases and monilThere is simply no secular pontification bybouffant-hairedTV
doctrine to, support the "right to evangelislS. We must reject any:life" positjon. The idea that the philosophy that seeks to impose itsstate'has a compelling interest in will on Jhepeople. .protecting life when applied to.a America was founded on the. 'fetus is nothing more than a secular sovereignty of the individ'ual. ,To"
, application of a religious doctrine, back away from that foundation willan application to be eschewed in the be to condemn our body politic to aplural and secular society that is death as sure as metastatic disease.America. in the human body.,
But this notion of Ute better-ment of society through abortiondoes not hold up with many people.The issue involves personal (andemotional) topics. The issue has todeal with morality-a difficulLsubject in such a diversified societyas ours.
sun,we can view the subject ina logical way. Think about moral-ity. Affiliation with acertainchurchmay insLill definite moral behav-iors. But this does not mean some-one else has Ute same beliefs. Faceit Everyone has a right to their ownmoralsand integrity. There is noth-ing anyone can do to change them.True, pro-lifers can try to' instilllaws to stop behavior, but a person'smorals do not change with laws. Iconclude that whether abortion is"right" or "wrong" can nbt be deter-mined by our society. For what is"right" for one, will most likelyoffend someone c1se.
society is made up of such a diversegroup of cultural backgrounds thatwe arc bound to have differentmorals and beliefs. A brief look atold-time Eskimo culture shows abelief in infanticide-the killing ofunwanted babies. At first, a personmay think this is cruel, intolerablebehavior, and people may think soin our society. A study of the Es-kimo culture shows the killing to benecessary for the survival of soci-ety.
1 look at our society and see agreat similarity. Is it healthy forsociety to produce unwanted chil-dren who will be discriminatedagainst, abused, unprotected and un-loved? Certainly anyone with asliver of common sense can under-stand that a wanted child will mostlikely develop into a healthy personwho is willing and able to continueour race. And people should be ableto comprehend that unwanted chil-dren have dim futures. I won't evenstart into the possibilities.
Morals do not .chanqe with laws
Lon Burke·,:"apologize.s
Lon BurkeASBSU Vice-President
Toward ~'TheU,niversity,Enqu.irer?"
Editor:I would like to C,omment.on 'the
nrtlcle: "Playboy Article," .whichappeared in the Valentine issue ofthe University fle.ws; highlightingan evening with PlaybOy Sex advi·,sor Jam~ Petersen. Thisarticlewas obscene and offensive to thoseof us who are. morally conscious.Aside from vulgarity, several ofPetersen's comments, as rcportedbyRosemary Hardin,were general-ized and misleading. In fact, on thetopics of AIDS and abortion, someof Pe~rsen's main points were sooverly generalized they were sim-
The benefits of the saladbars at the University ofMaine have gone from stu-dents' waistlines to its powerlines and even to the bouomline. .
A waste disposal systemat the school's main campusin Orono has begun swallow-ing a ton of salad bar scraps aweek.
In a scaled tank, bacteriabreaks down the organic mat-ter and creates a gas that isburned to spin an electricalgenerator. It' cranks out$8,000 worLh of electricity ayear.
The 4-year-old systemstiH oepemis largely on ma-nure from the school's dairyfarm inanarrangementthat~snot unusual. ,
letters PolicyLetters to The University News are accepted and encouraged. We reserve the right to 'edit for length. libelous content and grammar. Letters must by typed. double-spacedand Include your signature and telephone number for verification. Maximum length forletters Is250words. Letters submitted without phone numbers and signatures will not beprinted. All letters submitted become the property of The University News.
ply lies. On the topic of sex, Pe- ImustalsosaysomeUtingabouttcrsen commented that parents who the so-called poem "Another Dco,"tell their children to"say no" arc as 'which appeared in the Galeria sec"realistic as people who treat the air. tion. The, University, News waspollution pro.~19m~y'saying"~ol.(i .apparcntly dCSperate to print suchyour breath, inferring that It IS blasphemous garbage of no literary
Editor: impossible for single males and value, and whose only objectiveI would like to clear up a situ- females to abstain from sex. I dis- was to slam Christianity.
ation which occurred on Monday, agree. Millions abstain, everyday, I appeal to the editors of ourFeb. 19, 1990. During the Joint and there arc far more important university newspaper to be moreState Affairs Commiueebcaring things in life than sex. According to careful in considering all future ma-held in the BSU Ballroom, I was a poll conducted in the November, terial.Iest we wake up one morningone of the many who stood up to 1989 issue of Psychology Today, ·to find our papcrretitlcd "The Uni-tcstify. 42% of the people polled said sex is .versity Enquirer"!
In introducing myself, I stated not "an ~sential s~~rce ~f pleasure .myoccupationasastudentatBoise Eor ~e Ideal. m~n, but ms~d he Shane BallState University and student body c~lll~ates mumacy and friend- Editor, Chi Alphavice president Idid not intend to .....sh_l;..pS_._. ...
mislead anyone into believing I was (if lir Ii' rt: Ii Ii I tt: p .testifying on behalf of the student .nt-I t e'L ras t at S J tt to nntbody, .although since then it hasbeen brought.to my attention thatmisunderstandings may have arisen.
I apologize if I did not clearlydifferentiate between my role as astudent officer and my opinion as acitizen of Idaho. I was speakingsolely on my behalf.
Please -ac~pt my apOlogies.
by Scott EricksonSpecialto TheUniversity News
Abortion. The debate of thedecade. Pro-lifers and pro-choicersare at each other's throats-trying topush their views. Every day, innearly every paper, there are ar-ticles on this complex issue.
Arguments for and against.abortion come from everyone-andfrom everywhere. However, itseems most people deal with thesubject in a totally emotional way. Ifcel that in order to reach adecision,people must think about the issuelogically and not get caught up in somany emotionally centered argu-ments. I seem to have either a verydistorted image oflife or my simpleviewpoint has been overlooked,because I have notscen many peoplethinking about it quite like I do.
TIle whole issue arises from adisagreement of what makes upacceptedcultural behavior. Our
Ideal RecY~1blghas erected another Trash-busters RecycUng Station in the parkinglot of the M&W'on Fort Street. whichmeans Boise has one more convenientplace for you to recycle your glass. alumi~rium and tm. Use itt' " .
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Using salad bar scraps is,but George Criner, the assis-tant professor who runs theschool's waste researehproj-eet, notes the idea can work atmany institutions. The cam-pus, with an enrollment of13,000 serves about 55,000meals a week in six dininghalls.
Food waste makes upabout4 percent of Americanhousehold trash, and yardwaste makes up another IIpercent. Keeping organicmatter out hfthe trash not onlysaves precious landftll spaceand money, Criner said, butalso creates a fibrous compostthat helps build up soil as wenas nourish it.
The game can be ordered by sons tor the decision to divide themail or phone from the BSU Book- department·store, 1910UniversityDrive, Boise, BSU's request to have theID83725; 385.1404. departments separated was ap-
BSU· proved by the State Board of Edu-senior cation at its January meeting inBoise.wins 'J11enewrlepartmeritchairswill
k to be MartirrScheffer, sociology; Markmar e Ing Plew, anthropology and Bob Marsh,
com petition criminal justice administration.According to Sims, the split
Stacey K. Andersen, a senior at will not include immcdiatcprogramBSU, is one 0[26 college students changes and the earliest request forselected in a national competition additional faculty will not be madeto attend the Direct Marketing Col-. until 1992.legiate Institute. The Institute is co-sponsored by the Direct MarketingEducational Foundation based inNew York and the Chicago Asso-ciation of Direct Marketing Educa-,tional Foundation. The competi-tion will be held in Chicago, Ill.,Feb. 11-16. '
Chartered almost 25 years ago,the Direct Marketing EducationalFoundation is a non-profit founda-tion established to further directmarketing education at the collegeand university level.
Hearings onproposed feehike planned
BSU will hold hearings con-cerning proposed fcc hikes in cam-pus apartmentrates, recreation fees,general education and an ASBSUfee for part-time students. The hear-ings will be held Tues., March 13,in room 217 of the Simplot/MicronTechnology Center. .
Proposed rate increases wouldraise apartment rates by 4.7 to 10.7percent, and room and board ratesby 4 to 4.9 percent. Recreation feeswould increase $5.50 or $7.50, de-pending on which proposal, if ei-ther, is accepted.
Part-time students who now payno fcc for ASBSU would have $4added to theirtuition. The proposalconcerning "general education" fee The creator of Idaho's firsthikeswouldaffectseveralarcasand computer game, "MacSpudd!", willplan to net $575,777 in revenue. demonstrate the program 9 a.m. to 1
Anyone wishing to testify may p.m. Mon., Feb. 26, at the Simplol/sign up in advance at the Office of 'Micron Technology Center.the Vice President for StudentAf- Robert Carr will show off hisfairs, or at the hearings. Oral testi- creation, a game that takes place inmony given should be accompa- Idaho in the future. Carr's game isnied by a written copy for the hear- meant to be fun, but it also carriesing officer. Written testimony must political messages.be received before March 13. As game players attempt to
Pot IS" delivcra truckload ofpotatocsacrossOS a ervlce the state they encounter space ali-
h Id "Ito ens at INEL who drop mutilatedo s mal cattle carcasses from the air and
h larsh"lp project holograms of Slim WhitmanSC 0 commercials on clouds above small
h f" m towns.searc Ir The Ada County HighwayThe U.S. Postal Service has District is "waging a campaign of
'imposed temporary restraining terror and road repair upon theorders on all mail sent to the Aca- populaceofIdaho" and it takes fourdemic Council on Financial Assis- hours to drive across Boise. And,tance on the grounds of false repre- stopping for gas in Hayden Lakesentation. may be.hazardous to your health if
The organization, which also you are not blue-eyed and blond. 0
goes by the National Scholastic "MacSpudd!" runs on an AppleResources Administration, has Macintosh 3.5-inch disk and re-flooded student markets in recent quires a Mac Plus or better. Themonths claiming that.for a$60fec, game is being sold for $9.95, andthey will guarantee at least a $300 also will be included in the 1990 is-seholarship for students who apply. sue of cold-drill magazine.
or their money will be returned:Previously, the Postal Service
had imposed a temporary restrain-ing on all mail received at theorganization's 0 Washington, D.C.,address and, morerecently, imposeda similar order on mail sent to theirSan Diego address.
The BSU's Financial Aid Of-fice advises students that all checkssent to this firm will be detained bythe Postal Service until ajudgmentor settlement is reached, and thatthe firm also is under investigationby the Federal Trade Commission.
MacSpudd!--the computergame forIdaho
BSUschoolssplit intoseparate units
The number of departmentswithin BSU's School of SocialSciences and Public AlTairs willincrease from seven to nine in Julywhen the department of sociology,anthropology and criminal justiceadministration splits into three sepa-rate units.
According to BSU Social Sci-ences and Public Affairs dean RobertSims, the split is "something thathas been in the university'S long-range plans for a long time."
Even though anthropology andcriminal justice administration arerelatively small 0 units within theuniversity, Sims said their"enormous potential for growth anddevel?pment" was among the rea-
un versityb 0 i s e state
l\JIE3oica.1Scienc~ ~1:uden1:s·Applications for the second yearof the program are due in theMedical Record Science Dept.
, on or before 'March 9, 1990
385-1130hE3a.I1:hSCiE3tnCE3builcling
1~~·1~1ACAD~MICYIAR'Must have a minimum GPA of 2.25Applicants must submit a written
management plan and budgetproposal to Dr. Dan Morris
Communication BI~g.;room 224
Deadline for application isWednesday, Feb. 28 at 3 p.m.
Drugs to besubject'of forum
"The Drug Crisis: .PublicStrategies for Breaking the Habit"will focus on various tactics thatcan be used to stem the nation'sdrug problem, when the BSU Schoolof Social Sciences and Public Af-fairs and the Domestic Policy Asso-ciation host a National Issues Fo-rum from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.March 1 in the Student Union Build-ing Ballroom. The public is invitedto the annual forum. For more in-formation, contact BSU professorDennis Donoghue at 385-3391.
Smallbusinessseminars tostart in March
Incoopcration with First Inter-state Bank and Lotus Corporation,the Idaho Small Business Develop-ment Center (ISBOC) at BSU willbe offering a program of financialmanagement seminars for smallbusiness owners and managers.
The seminars address smallbusiness financial analysisand plan-ning, using Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheetsoftware as a teaching platform,Topics will include analysis of in-comcstatcmcnts, balance sheds andfinancial ratios for small compa-nies.
. Twenty seminars will be of-o fcredstatc-wldebetwcen March andmid-May. Theco~tis$125foreachseminar and the first one will beMarch 7 from 7 p.m ..to 10 p.m, inroom 209 of the BSU BusinessBuilding. The instructor will beJohn Medlin, BSU professor ofaccounting. <:>thertrainers include
instructors from Idaho State, NorthIdaho College, College of SouthernIdaho and Lewis-Clark State Col-lege.
For more information, contactHenry Artis, director of training atISBDC, at 385-1839.
English majorsto presentwinningpapers
BSU English majors AndreaScott, Michael Baldner and AndreaJackson will each present theirwinning papers at the Sigma TauDelta (SID) international conven-tion, March 8-10 in San Antonio,Texas.
Scott is a graduate student andcurrently an assistant editor for TheRectangle, STO's literary journal.Baldner, a junior, is vice presidentof the local STO chapter and a tutorfor the English department's writ-ing center. Jackson is a senior andthe current president of BSU'schapter of STD. -
BSUgraduatewins 1989TRIOaward
Boise native Michael Ames,who received his bachelor of busi-ness administration degree in com-puter information systems fromBSU in 1986, was the 1989 recipi-ent of the National Council ofEducational 0 OpportunityAssociation's 1989 TRIO Achiev-ersAward. BSUCollegeofEduca-tion Dean Richard Hart presentedthe award to Ames Feb. 6. ,
The intent of the TRIO Achiev-ers Award is LO acknowledge thoseindividuals who have participatedin one of four TRIO programs.Ames, whois hearing impaired, wonhis award as part of the BSU Stu-dent Support Scrvicesprogram, Theother TRIO programs at" BSU arcEducationalTalentScarch, UpwardBound and Educational Opportu-nity. Award recipients must com-plete one of the programs and show,progress toward their goals.
Sharon Fritz, project directorforTRIOatBoiseState,nominatedAmes for the award. CommendingAmes on his successes in and out ofcollege, Fritz said "Mike's personalstruggle and accomplishments arcan inspiration to us all."
pros-pect (pros'pekt') n. 1. Something expected or foreseen;possibility. 2. prospects Chances for success. --1'. To exploreor search about.
Roger and Me runs overGMFilm examines the plightof troubled Flint, Mich.
I~-by lee ArnoldThe University News
When the 17th century Englishpolitical philosopher Thomas Hobbeswrote that life in a state of nature was"mean, short, nasty, and brutish," hecould not have foreseen Flint, Michi-gan. That's right- Auto City, U.S.A.Once the home of the largest GeneralMotors factory on earth (untilGMdecided they could close shop and movesouth to Mexico where they can getaway with paying workers considerablyless than $16 an hour), Flint is not onlyon the ropes --: it's down for the count
. after a blow from which not even MikeTyson could return.
And former Mother Jones execu-tive editor and Flint native MichaelMoorehas given us the perfect adden-dum to Hobbes' pronouncement. Rogerand Me is Moore's documentary on theimpact ofGM chairman Roger Smith'sdecision in 1986 to shut down the Flintplant, which threw up to 30,000 peopleout of work. But even more than this,the film is a chronicle of a city built onthe values of the American Dream -and how it has turned into a horrifyingnightmare.
On the surface, Roger and Me isgoofy, funny, and at times plain corny.We see Moore and his crew repeatedlytrying to enter the GM world headquar-ters in Detroit and win an audience withSmith. And repeatedly we see thekeepers of the castle, in the form ofsecurity and public relations personnel,deftly maneuver Moore and companyaway - even after his endless phonecalls and letters over a year's time
Thisauto promotion slgn In Flint. Mlch, appears In Michael Moore's Rogerand Mecurrentiy showing In Boise at the Excellence Theatres, ."
requesting an appointment.You laugh when Moore, in jeans
and baseball cap, encounters the clerksat the ritzy Detroit Athletic Club on thetrail of Smith. You laugh when, tocontrast Flint's elite with the majorityof its citizens, Moore talks to women ata country club who complain about why"those people" (the unemployed) don'tget jobs. But boiling under the surfaceis a savage reminder of what thebursting of the free enterprise bubblehas done to the people of Flint, and how'the prophets of corporate America-cutand ran on them when the going gottough.
The laughing is gradually accompa-nied by the unsettling feeling that weshouldn't be, when Moore follows aman around whose job it is to evictpeople from their homes for non- .payment ofrent. We rage against the
mindless showcasings and emptypromises of the business clique's effortstoward an economic renaissance. Andthroughout the three-ring circus Moore,with his aw-shucks demeanor, nevergoes for the jugular, never gets angry,and rarely. complains. Yet his contemptfor Smith and GM, and the compassionhe feels for the people of Flint, is neverfar off.
Roger and "Meis probably the bestdoeumentary this year, but you'd neverknow it by the Motion Picture Academyof Arts and Sciences - they havecompletely snubbed it in the bestdocumentary category for the AcademyAwards. It is easy to see why. This isthe flip side to Reaganomics, the softwhite underbelly of the supply-sideleviathan. It is a slice of America mostAmericans cannot deal with.
The University News
It's rounduptime at theBoise ArtMuseum
One of the first things I noticed as Ientered Ruckus Rodeo. the Red Groomsinstallation at the Boise Art Museuin, isthe array of brightly-colored coats,jackets, and sweaters tossed about witha kind of controlled abandon. Theyseem to be in a haphazard arrangementuntil I noticed patterns in the way theyare juxtaposed - and what is more, Ithought they were part of the exhibit.
It was only when I saw the army ofkids from one of the elementary schoolsstampeding around on their field tripthat I made the connection that the coatsand such were not part of the show. Butstrangely enough, they were a metaphorfor the cowboys, clowns, animals, andother denizens of Ruckus Rodeo-therecklessness of the spectacle harnessedin all its energy, color excitement, anddelightful goofiness. .
The installation is divided into twoparts, for which we can be thankful, asthere is so much for the eye to assimi-late. In the first room we see Butter, thehuge bull, bucking a cowboy high intothe air, with a clown behind the bull andtwo wranglers in front carrying one ofButter's previous victims in a stretcher.Surrounding the spectacle are canvaseswith crowd scenes painted on them, andcanopies decked with banners and flags.
In an explosion ofcolor andmovement Grooms and his RuckusConstruction Co. capture the flavor ofthe rodeo in both its surface festivityand its subsurface tensions betweenman and beast, and men with eachother. The way· the happening of the
By the time he was 14, he'd already rodeo is carried out and ritualized withmade his first guitar, a remarkable the way the various events during thecontraption which the young Handy rodeo, like the steer-roping and so forth, .fashioned from a guitar box and some build up to the finale of the bronco- .discarded screen wire. riding, gives it a kind of fun artificiality.
In 1980, he formed his now famous This is really conveyed hi the rangeband.Major Handy and the Wolf of colors used by Grooms and Co.Colichons. Now 10 years later, after - Carnival-type combinations of hues areseveral albums, several concert tours, most favored - blues with pinks, redsincluding a series of major European .with blacks, and sci forth. Thesegigs last year, and much critical . contrasts, especially the brights andacclaim, Major Handy brings his style darks, add to the underlying tensionsof swampy French "Zydeco cha-cha" 'not so much for balance as for themusic to Boise. visual expression of \he tensions.
So, get plenty of rest before you go. . .The. colors give a slightly darker (inYou'll need lots of pep to keep up with the metaphoric sense) ambiance in thethe energetic beats of this band. From second room, where ihe figures, botheverything I've heard, what a critic for man and animal, have the animatedThe Baton Rouge State Times and qualities from thefirst room but withMorningAdvocate said a few years less of a fun feel-there's humor allback about the band still stands true. "A right. but a little on theblack side. Thethoughtful, articulate man off-stage, ' center piece here is a cowboy wrestlingHandy is a whirlwind on it - shifting with a big blue bull that reminds you of
And dancing won't be the only gears with breathtaking speed, he can . somethingout of a Thomas Hart.Bentonthing on the evening's Mardi Gras -". reel off uncanny swatches of rock, painting from the '30s.·And here also ismenu. Major Handy himself will be blues, country and soul tangled up in the subtext becoming the surface'cooking up a fmc cajun feast for Boise delicious counterpoints of pure reality, for even with the cartoon-like
From the streets of New Orleans to .fans of that hot spicy, southern cuisine. . Zydeco." look on the cowboy's face, the man-the bars of Moscow, Idaho, Mardi Gras Joseph "Major" Handy hails from So don your dancing shoes and versus-animal dichotOmy comes to therevelers have been partying down for (where else) Louisana. Bom and raised .party clothes, y' aII,and trot on down" fore. So the rodeo as event becomes thedays. Well, Lent may start onWednes- in a tiny village in the heart of cajun town for Mardi Gras at the Mardi Gras rodeo as metaphor for manhood. .day, but Boiseans will still becelebrat- country, Handy was brought up with Saturday night. Tickets are $20 per' . _Ruckus Rodeo is at tile Boise Arting Mardi Gras into the weekend when two of the region's most cherished couple or $12.50 single for dinner and,' Museum until Mareh 11. Admission isMadd Maxx Productions brings the staples - f~ (his ~ather worked on a dancing, $8 for just the ~ce.' from all $1 for students with activity card, but if .Zydeco dance music of Major Handy f~m) and ~USIC, ~hlch he learned from .Select-a-Seat outlets. Dinner IS f!om' you go on Thursday, it's free. Even ifand the WolfCouchons to the Mardi his accordion ~laYJng fa~er.and from ·6:30p.m~ to 8:30p.m. The dancWg .you pay the buck, it is more than worthG~~~!~~\.?J'~~fl~ti,\,\~~~~ ~~.!,!~;g~.!~s;.:~§~~~~:.- -.-.~~_a.t:.p~~~ •••.•••••. ' -s.« , •. }~. M .•••.•• ". ,. • •. •. . .' '. . '. . .-,' _,' . - __ .. It, •. .:: .• - , ..• '" _~""_'_~~' __ ._,,__ _ .. ;-:.J
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Couchons bringtheir Zydeco
dance sounds .to the MardiGras Ballroom
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Last Day to- petition for upper divisionadmission for summer and fall 1990 in thecollege of business.
Recommended day to file CSS financialaid form and supporting documents for bestchance of receiving 1990-91 grants, work-study,loans (other than guaranteed Student Loans)and waivers of non-resident tuition. Studentsapplying after this date may not have financial aidin time to assist with fall semester fees. Call theFinancial Aid office at 385-1664 for moreinformation. '
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Free demonstration of computer discadventure game MacSpUdd. 9 a.m. to 1p.m., Simplot Micron Technology Center. Gamewas made for Idaho Centennial by a former BSUstudent.
Christian mime Doug Berky performsFoolosophies: An Evening of Mime with DougBerky, sponsored by Baptist Campus Ministries,7:30 p.m., Hemingway Western Studies Center,free admission but donations will be accepted.
SPB ,film, Boyfriends and Girlfriends, 8 p.m.,Special Events Center. Admission is free to BSUstudents, $1 BSU faculty, staff, alumni and highschool students, and $2.50 general. Boyfriendsand Girlfriends is, a French comedy about theinterplay of choice and chance in setting thewayward course of romantic love. .
National Issues Forum, The Drug Crisis:Public Strategies for Breaking the,Habit, 10:30a.m.-12:30 p.m., Student Union Big Four Room.Call 385-3391 for more information.
Women's basketball, BSU vs. EasternWashington,5:30 p.m, Pavilion.
Men's basketball, BSU vs. Northern Arizona7:45 p.m., Pavilion. '
(tuesday)
Boise Master Chorale's annual springconcert with guests artists; the KiwanisBoys Choir, 7:30 p.m., St. John's Cathedral.Tickets are $7 general admission and $5 forseniors and students from all Select-a-Seatoutlets.
Prong, Volvod and sounouarcen Inct?ncert, doors open at 8:30 p.m., show startsat 9 p.m., The Zoo located at 1246 Front St.!ickets are available from all Record Exchange'sIn advance for $8 or at the door for $10: This isan all-ages show, with alcohol being served tothose with the proper 1.0.
mi~(wednesday)Museum After Hours at the Boise ArtMuseum, 5:30-7:30 p.m. featuring the ~hickenCordon' Blues. Admissiqn is $2 general or freefor BAM members. Call 345-8330 for morelntorrnatlon,
Arnerlccn Festivol Ballet
YWCAMeetingMarch6 at 12noonin theGreenRoom of theSpecialEventsCenter.
i\SBSU rocognlzed ;kJbs ~ndOlgaflIz~tions may pubflSh the dale. time and plaee ot their scheduled meeting lor lhe upcomingweek In this space. Come to The Unlversly News office between 12 noon" pm MOIl-Frl. and f~ OIIt. meetings loon.' .
Mardi Gras at the Mardi Gras, a dinner anddance featuring the music and cCJo.king of• Zydeco musician Major Handy and the WolfCouchons, dinner from 9:30 to 8:30 p.m., dancestarts at 9 p.rn., The Mardi Gras Ballroom. Ticketsare $20 per couple, $12.50 single for bothdinner and dance, $8 for the' dance only from allSelect-a-Seat outlets.
BSU Faculty Artists Series, violin recital bymusl.c professor Cr~igPurdy, 7:30 p.m.,Mornson Center Recltal Hall. Tickets are $4general admission, $2 senior citizens, and free 'for BSU faculty, staff and ALL students at the.door.
(friday)
lMn~_1~lnl~~ (Sund~y)
Symphonic Winds Concert featuring t50-member BSU student group under tdirection of Marcellus Brown, 7:30 p.m., SpecEvents Center. Tickets are $4 geneadmission, $2 seniors and free for faculty, sland all students.
SPB Idaho Films Night, Don't Cry Wolf aPowder Heads, 7 p.rn., Hemingway WesteStudies Center, free.
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SPB film, The Last Temptation of (p.m., Special Events Center. Admissionto BSU students, $1 BSU faculty, staff,and high school students, and $2.50 gen
Big Sky ba~Thursday. andAII-tournamer$19.50 BSU sand younger aIndividual setMarch 7 for $Select-a-Seat
SPB film,. The Last Temptation of Christ, 8p.m., spectat Events Center. Admission is freeto BS~ students, $1 BSU faculty, staff, alumniand high school students, 'and $~.50 general.Revi~wers have' called The Last Temptation ofC~r!st one of the finest, most accessiblerehglousfilms ever made. '
A '- c,entennlal,' Gala, presented by theAmencan Festival Ballet, 8 p.m.. MorrisonCenter. Tickets are $25, $20, $16 and $8 from allSelect-a-Seat outlets. $2 student discountsavailable ..
SPB film, ,:eter Pan, ~ p.rn., Special EventsCenter. ,ThiS free film Is sponsored by the_Stude~t Progr~ms Board Family ActivitiesCommittee an~ IS ope~ BSU students, taculty,staff and their families. Children must beaccompanied by an adult.
Women's basketball, BSU vs. Nevada-Reno, 7:30 p.m, Pavilion.
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Willem Dafoe stars in The LastTemptation 01_eMst, the StudentPrograms Board's featured film forMarch 2 and 5. The show begins at-8 p.m. In ,the Special EventsCenter.
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)f Christ,8iion is freeaft, alumnigeneral.
wnA_I~I~I~U (tuesday)
All Good Women: Wrftfng AcrossGenerations with author Valerie Miner, 12:20p.rn., YWCA, 920 W. Washington SI., free.
BSU Writers and Artists Series, reading by'mystery writer- and feminist lecturer Valerie Miner,7:30 p.rn., Hemingway. Western Studies Center,free.
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t, 8 p.m., Morrison Center. A music~1by 'the BSU theatre arts and musicItS. TIckets are $12, $10, and $8, with1t for children and seniors, from alleat outlets. Free tickets for BSUstaff available at Morrison Center Cox~tickets for BSU students available11 at Morrison Center box office.
basketball tournament, 6:30 p.m.md Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday, Pavilion.nent package tickets: $37.50 adults,U students and high school studentssr available at the BSU Varsity Center.session tickets on sale at 10 a.m.,r $12.50 adults, $6.50 students fromsat outlets.
Valerie Miner
Page 9 February 26, 1990.-The Last Temptation of Christ.shows in SPEC on March 2 & 5
Forget the controversy, forget the excess hypeand forget about every Biblical movie you've everseen. Martin Scorsese's passion-filled labor of love,The Last Temptation of Christ, which look over tenyears to make, is one of the best films made in theUnited States since Raging Bull. Willem Dafoe'sJesus is a brilliant realization of God in man andBarbara Hershey's Mary Magdalene is beautiful andtragic. But Harvey Keitel steals the show with hisriveting performance as Judas Iscariot, Never beforehas a film captured the pain and suffering or thepower of faith as The Last Temptation of Christ.Peter Gabriel provided the moving, yet eerie, middle-eastern based musical score. And David Bowie does abrilliant Pontius Pilot.
The Student Programs Board will show The LastTemptationof Christ on March 2 and 5 at 8 p.m. inthe' Special Events Center. Admission is free for
. students. Don't forget to see this one. For all itscontroversy, I found it the most faith-affirming filmI've ever seen.
-Cliff Hall, UniversityNews film reviewer,
Violin protessor Craig Purdyto present concert on March 2
BSU violin professor Craig Purdy will present anevening of violin music at 7:30 p.m. March 2 in theMorrison Center Recital Hall.
Purdy will perform works. by Corelli, Brahms,Bratt and Bottcsini, He will be accompanied bybassist Jack Koncel of the Boise Philharmonic, BSU'piano professor Del Parkinson and pianist Peggy JoPurdy.
The violinist received his bachelor's degree fromthe Eastman School of Music and his master's degreefrom the New England Conservatory. He hasperformed in masterclasses for such artists andensembles as Joseph Silverstein.Joseph Gingold andthe Tokyo, Guarneri, Fine Arts and Clevelandquartets.
Purdy has performed at many international musicfestivals,including the Heidelberg Opera Festival inHeidelberg, West Germany, and the Evian Festival inEvian, France. He is a member of the BoisePhilharmonic.
The concert is part of the BSU Faculty ArtistsSeries. Tickets are available at the door and sold on afirst-come, first-served basis. Cost is $4 generaladmission, $2 senior citizens and free to ALLstudents.
BSU Sr.mphonic Winds to blowsome 'light" in SPEC March 4
The Special Events Center will overflow withthe "light" of the BSU'Symphonic Winds at 7:30p.m. March 4. ,
The. 50-member band, directedby BSU musicprofessor Marcellus Brown; will perfortn WilliamSchmidt's "The Range of Light," which features BSUpercussion professor John Baldwin as soloist.I'Ihcgroup will also play "Symphony for Band" byVittorio Gianini; "American Voices" by Gary ·C.White; "Passacaglia and fugue in C Minor" by J.S.'Bach; and "Dancing Day," the first movement ofDowning's "Symphony for Winds and Percussion."
Tickets are $4 general admission, $2 seniorcitizens and free to ALL students: For moreinformation, call the BSU music department at 385-1771.(culture)
\nnual BSU Faculty Show, BSU Gallery01Art in the-iberal Arts Building. Show runs through March 2 andlallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday Ihrough:riday,noon105 p.m.SaturdaythroughSunday.
~entennlalTraveling Art Exhibit Paint Idaho, through~arch 3, BSU Studenl Union Union SlreetCale andipecialEventsCenterlobby.
'rogresslons of senior art major Jim RUpp,through'Feb.!8,Student Union Boisean Lounge. Exhibit includesIholography,drawingsand paintings.
Craig Purdy
Disney classic Peter Pan f,lysonto the SPEC screen March 3·
Parents and children can share in the delightful, animation of Walt Disney's classic film Peter Panfrom 2-3:30 p.m, Saturday, March 3 in the SpecialEvents Center.
The free film is sponsored by the BSU StudentPrograms Board Family Activities Committee and -isopen to BSU faculty, staff, students and theirfamilies. ,
Children must be accompanied by an adilltFor more information, call the Student Programs
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Globetrotting, port 3
Boise State studentsteUtheir travel tales
By Holly M. Anderson, ~ ,The University News'''lllL .1
The pubs of Ireland. RomanticParis. England's castles. Australia'sGreat Barrier Reef. British
South America's jungles.We all dream of visiting far-
away places. And for many, a dreamis the most they ever believe it canbe, dismissing the urge to give intothe travel bug.
But some students here at BSUhave let that catchy adventure bugbite, and they want pass on the talesof their travel afflictions. (Hoping,of course, you'll find this travelbusiness kind of contagious.)
"I know it is a cliche, but youhave got to do it when you areyoung," Brian Taylor said.
Taylor, ajunior English major,ought to know. Over the last fewyears, Taylor has traipsed offthrough Europe, Asia, the MiddleEast and Australia. He hopes tojourney to South America soon.
00 minimal as well."If you can live on bread and
cheese, like I did, you can do Eu-rope for about $14 a day."
He called his summer spentscrounging the Irish pubs, rock-climbing in Germany, and meetingstudents from all over the world,"the biggest learning experience I'veever had in my life. Lleamed moreabout everything."
Bittner liked it so much, he isreturning to Europe this summer fora go at the Eastern Bloc nations.
Senior Karen Scheffer, a P0-litical science major, also traveledEurope last summer. She advisestravelers to study up on the politicalbackgrounds, languages and cus-toms of the countries on their tour-ing agenda in order to fully appreci-ate foreign cultures.
The globetrotting Taylor ad-vises independent travelers to taketheir first trips abroad to WesternEurope nations. ''The great thingabout Europe is it can break youinto traveling elsewhere. Once youfind out how easy it really is, you'llonly want to go again."
BSUstudents abroad: Karen SCheffer. left. InVenlce. Italy. Bryan Taylor. middle. bikes InAustralia. Kevin Bittner. rlght. wrltes In histravel [ournol at the home of some German friends,
"It is not as expensive as people Taylor made so many friendsthink," Taylor said. "I spent $4,500 on his first set of travels, when hefor eight months of travel. I worked ventured to Australia a year later forhard to earn it, but I don't want to a six month sojourn, he stayed withlook back on my life and discover many of the Aussies he met ononly missed opportunities and bad previous journeys abroad.experiences." Junior art major Lisa Olson has
Taylor said he was surprised also traveled Down Under. "De-he was able to travel solong, and So spite the fact there were huge creditfar, on such a relatively small sum card bills awaiting me when I gotof money. While traveling, he took home, I don't regret taking that tripadvantage of student discounts and at all."other benefits offered to adults under "I visited loads of art museumsthe age of 26, stayed in youth hos- and galleries in Sydney. I shoppedtelsandshoppedforfoodingrocery in some of the world's greateststores instead of eating out. stores. I hung out at some great
Taylor said anyone really seri-, music clubs. I saw live penguins. Ious about seeing the world on a snorkeled in the waters off the Greatbudget "shouldn't expect to have Barrier Reef. In fact, I guess myeverything like itis here at home." only real regret is that I didn't take
But that is part of the adven- . scuba diving before I left."ture.While visiting a Nepalese vil- KevinBittner,ajuniorpsychol-lage, he found a room for about \0 ogy major, also found the price ofcents anight Of course, itrneanthe his airfare to be more reasonablegot to sleep on a straw bed. than he expected. His round trip
"I learned a lot from talking to plane ticket from Seattle to Amster-other travelers - where to find the dam cost him about $600. Once hecheapest place to stay or eat in this reached Europe, he traveled fromtown or that. And I made a lot of country to country by bike and train.friends that way, too," Taylor said. He said he found his other costs to
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By Jeff FaulknerThe University News
When I hear the label "heavymetal" lazily stamped onto Seattlebands like Nirvana, Tad,Mudhoney and Soundgarden, Iwant to hit someone over the headwith their REM record.
Heavy metal means Guns n'Roses; Skid Rowand Led .Zepplin. It's sexist, macho andprofoundly dull. The Seattle SubPop sound that has been bouncingoff walls in Seattle's downtownbars for the past five years isanything but dull or stupid. Butwhile it isn't David Lee Rothsexism, or Great White's stupid-ity, it isn't Morrissey either.
Seattle's subculture isperhaps best defined by their mu-sic. And Soundgarden would bethe best example, It's violent and
uncomfortable and breaks newground while walking over old.
When I first wandered intoone of those sweaty drunkenhaunts a few years ago I got "TheCure" scared right out of me.Although the Seattle scene putson airs just like any other, it isnonetheless distinct.
Soundgarden was my firstintroduction. Chris Cornell'svoice and incredible stagepresence made me remove thewordsHusker Du from mydefinition of high-intensity music.
Their first album on·A&M isone of the few truly progressiveventures to make it onto a majorlabel over the lastfour post-REMmalaise years. Louder Than Loveopens up on some new sounds andmoods never before heard. TheBlack Sabbath bite of KimThayil's guitar is the only thingthat would warrant comparisonsto heavy metal. But at further
The sel-f mefalsoundlngVolvod,above,and the thrashy Prong willopen the show for Soundgarden, The show Isan all-ages event,
Metal's Prong and Voivodset to thrash at The Zoo
listen their ability to push theenvelope of intensity whilecreating new lines is apparent
.From the opener "UglyTruth" to the closing "Big DumbSex," this four pieceband man-ages to offend and. entice the lis-tener at the same time. Cornell'svocals are intense but not screech-ing. There's no Axl Rose whinehere. If you can't buy the stylisticdistinction from typical heavymetal then the fact thatSoundgarden are better musiciansthan most might convince you.
So far, thanks to our friendsat Adventure World, Boise haswitnessed pieces of the Sub Popcollection with Tad, Nirvana andSkinyard, Although Sound-garden are now signed to A&M,their show should complete thepicture. Catch them Feb. 27 atThe Zoo. Doors open at 8:30, andthe show starts at 9 p.m, Ticketsarc $8 in advance, $10 at the door.
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Let's start with Voivod. punk, hardcore, thrash an~ old,What is a Voivod you ask? It's an metal. ~ey may look wierd (I IIaggressive creature living in a even admit !hat) but.at least theypost-nuclear world ~ sci-fi meets don't.look like every other metalmetal, This band of musical band m the.busmess. .wizards hails from Canada and . Prong ISTommy VIctor,has taken the alternative metal guitar and vocals; ex-Damageworld by storm, Unlike many of member Mike Kirkland, bass; andtheir fellow rockers, their music ex-Swans mem~ Ted Parsons,and lyrics hold more than the . drums. Beg to Differ w~usual adolescent themes. Each of produced by Mark Dodson .their albums have taken Voivod (Suicidal Tendencies, A.n~,through a different experience. . ~etal Chm.eh) and he gives ItTheir new LP,Nothing Face., . U~ht but s~ll raw sound, S<!me:slightly deviates, but still contains .thing that IS welcome cons!dennga general theme. .·the usual tech freaks who like to
Their music is'a lot more dull the.razor-sharp ed~es of aadvanced and inventive than most band WI~ o.verprod~ction. Tedmetal bands, which may explain Parsons skin pounding sendswhy they arc relatively unknown sh~kwave:s ~ugh your headbeyond the hardcore metal while the six-stnng attack of .audience. They pride themselves T~mmy and M~ assaults youron staying off the beaten path and mind and welds into any shapearc always experimenting where they want , . .others fear to tread. Voivod is the . It doesn t get any better ~future of metilI; they areway this •. Catch them at The Zoo WIthahead ofthcir time,· With more Soundgarden .on the 2~th and beexposure, they are sure to become ready.for a mmd~blowmgone of the most recognized and expenence. The show starts at 9rcS~ted bands in the future. If . p.m.
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'1\ot',ustl\t~tbtt :t1lit&tltBy Pearl E. Gates .
Youknow every now and then something happensthat's got to be more than a coincidence. Last week I wastraveling through Boise on business (I'm an investigator ofreligious phenomena) arid caught the story by StellaRondo about Jesus. "Judas Priest" Ithought. "This townis ripe for the greatest . story ever told~thebiggest . religious .~.' . " l~. mystery I've everwitnessed in my 12 /:.¥?-?' .i'l..~1, "\ years as an inves-tigator." r~"'··".ilt':, '. . .. ~.~.I've verified or '!'. '. :;.~;,s',\religious myst er- ~ "~~:'saviour~faced tortfl- ~ ,n~;..dard weeping stat- ..) .;.!'
'.(yawn) holy reflections . .;,.bumpers, oil. storagerefrigerators. Over thebecome a secular .:Yeah, .yeah., yeah, . ~.'thinking while .:;.' "me their story "'~ \ ~~derment. I ,"..,'{was to the . ;;-:;;I heard onestigmatawas gonnascreamingnever stop.Then I got thethat changedthat, ..
. ' Our Lady1> e rpe t u a IMiracleChurch is lo-cated InBaton:Rouge,Louisiana.Until 1969 this was the regulation l00-year-old Cnthollcchurch replete with Ivygrowing over the faded statnedglass windows. Itwas that year that someone donated astatue of the Virgin salvaged from a NewOrleans church.It had been burned to the ground after rumors startedcirculating the parish ofVonOooworship services. Theoriginal Our Lady was moved from the nave to some out-of-the-way, dimly-lit grotto. The new virgin.ascended toher station like a real pro. .~:.' . .:",
Ten years later, much to the delight of the parishion-ers, spots ofblood began appearing at the Virgin's feetevery four weeks. Close Inspection of her palms, feet andside did not reveal the hoped for stigmata. However, "monthly Vigilsof the faithful revealed that the facialfeatures on the HolyMother would take on a pained orptnched look the first two days the blood appeared eachmonth. And that fiveto seven days prior, the marbleMother's usually beatific face seemed to glower at parish-toners, as If daring them to cross her. Some said her
"marble form actually assumed a more bloated look. Thecongregation began to refer to these changes as PMS (pre-miracle slgns.)
Most people felt there was something familiar aboutthe blessed miracle but they couldn't quite put their finger ,on it. Then there were those who simply felt the Madonnawas cursed.
As time passed the women of the church seemed to\ .mherently understand the monthly miracle whlle the men. just shook their heads, rolled their eyes, and gave each
other knowing looks of patience. Soon small .glfts'startedappeartng at Our Lady's feet~hocolate bars, Nuprin,cellophane-wrapped OB's.
Then last month the priest was contacted by Johnsonand Johnson for a product endorsement. Itwould requirea change of the church name but since the endorsementmeant wads of money for the parish, no one complained.
And so it was that Our Ladyof Perpetual Miracle;,became Our' Lady ofPerpetual Menses-I- swear to God-
the Perpetual Menses. The Ultimate Stigmata. And that'sthe whole story. Period.
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by Hack Caughman .PART TWO: A Life in the Night
My best friend Newt was in town this last weekend and. we thought it prudent to check out the local sights andsounds of this happenin' burg. Newt is a large hairy crea-ture who drinks 151 as if it were party punch.
We began our evening at the "Green Crustacean," amainstream seafood diner where we got crabs, and atemuscles and lobster legs. Newt, being from Burley, ate thelobster legs unshelled and had to be heimlicked by our .
. waitress Agatha, a horrid, four-eyed monstress wearing a t-shirt that read, "I'm not pregnant, just retaining water".Agatha and Newt are planning a spring wedding.
.Next we went downtown to a hot-spot called the "FredLion." The entertainment was a post~neo-quasi-hemi-demicpunk orchestra called "Freddy and the Foreskins." Theywere all dressed up in matching turtle-neck sweaters andperformed several of their biggest hits including:"Jailbate.Try itWith Ice, and Get a Haircut." They alsoincluded some very personal renditions. of "Rosie, CutsLike a Knife, and Don't Bring me Down." As a group Iwould give them a 7 although the band members might ratemore or less individually. ..'
We also hit a comedy cluhcalled'i'Snlckers"at1d wereimmediately put to sleep by a trying young comedian whoentertained the crowd with farting and jokes about Jewish'girls. Newt and I left just as he got to the part about the nailfile. His obituary was a short one indeed.
To top off our evening, we chose to drop by' "ElbowMacaroni," a trendy college type bar where trendy collegetypes go to find girls that aren't home studying or swooningover Fred and the 'skins. The music was really loud and ourcocktail waitress never actually made it to the table as therewas a mirror on the way from the bar. She was compelledto continually adjust various leather apparatus underneathher clothing. She was also waylaid by some steroidal typesin black lycra and purple sweaters. It's probably just aswell, Newt couldn't read the beer list as it was mostly inwriting.
Quite a night for a couple of out-of -town dudes. Butnow I'm back to the lecture hall attempting to decipher thehieroglphics in Biology as taught by Dr. Whymee, Newt is.back in Burley at his career of fitting Extended Wearcontacts for potatoe eyes and consuming 151 through alarge funnel. .
NOTE; Newt and I would like to apologize tothe .young Business-Major whose 325i we accidently mistookfor Newt's '65 Bug. OOOOPS.
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Hearings -.~--~---~----Continued from page 1November elections. She contestedan Eastland poll released last week-cnd which said Idahoans over-whelmingly favored a referendum .on abortion.
"The third option of allowingpeople to choose for themselves wasnot even mentioned:' said Trott.
Julie Katzenberger, Vicc-Prcsi-dent of Idaho Right-to-Life, gaveher organization's support to HB-625.
"Birth control prevents lifefrom coming into being," saidKatzenberger. "Abortion kills life,and should not be used as birthcontrol."
Ketchum schoolteacher Char-lene Ross protested the commi ucc' shandling of the controversy.
"I'm disappointed the waythese hearings are held," said Ross."Blaine County is strongly pro-choice. If you outlaw abortion,women will die. Abortion will beeither legal or lethal. Women arebeing treated as vessels for repro-duction."
.Rogcrl.loyd, Hailey .countercdthat birth control abortions weresimilar to the Holocaust.
"We must take a giant step andstop this holocaust:'. said Lloyd."Who's going to take care of our
Renovation Photo of the ·Weekelderly if we keep killing our chil-dren off? HB-625 is a start to heal-ing our nation:"
Genessee nurse Dorothy An-derson said the main issue was healthand safety for women.
"Abortions are performedunder safe and good conditions,"said Anderson. "Do not take thischoice away. Governments shouldnot make choices for women. Ibeseech you to leave the laws theway they arc."
Nelli Bryant, a Caldwell grand-mother of seven, testified in Iavorvof HB-627, a bill prohibiting abor-tions in all cases .:
"None of my children ex-pressed the desire to be aborted,"said Bryant. "Doctors who performabortions are serial killers."
Cecilia Tcshlia, Castleford,gave one of the hearing's mostemotional testimonies when she toldof being gang-raped and goingthrough the agony of deciding 011 anabortion before it was legal."I had to retain a lawyer, and
get the signatures of three psychia-trists," recalled Teshlia. "Men makethe laws to protect men, and womenare left holding the bag. None of...these billsconfront male rights toleave women in the lurch."
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mark she set last season, with 38.5total points, consisting of a9.6 score'on the vault, a 9.7 on the unevenbars, 9.5 on the balance beam, and a
Had Boise State gymnastics 9.7 floor exercise, which ties thecoach Sam Sandmire been given Boise State mark set by teammatethe opportunity to write a script for Anne Staker against Utah State onSaturday's match against the Uni- Feb. 19.versity of Washington, it's likely Along with the record-break-that thedifference between the script ingperformanceofCherianneCalk~and the actual meet would be very ins, Boise State's balance seemedIittIe. the deciding factor, Sophomores
"Everything went perfect to- Debbie Justus and Liz Seeley, andday," said an ecstatic Sandmire, "I freshman Chrissy Koenneckereachcouldn't have asked foranything performedinallfoureventsforthemore." Broncos.
As a team, the Broncos were "Seeley's all-around total ofnothingshortofspectacular,asthey 37.15 and her score of 9.6 on thebeat the Huskies 188.5 to 188.3. vault are season highs. If not for a
A> Their score of 188.5 is the highest. fallon the balance beam, she would. Of the 1990 season by over a full' .have been close to her career-high
three points, and ranks second all- score of 37.55 all-around.time behind last season's effort of Debbie Justus survived a fall189.1. from the uneven bars, and scored a
The meet highlighted the rc- career-high 37.1 all-around. Hertum of Cherianne Calkins, who scores of 9.3 on the vault and 9.45missed the previous four meets af- on the balance beam also constituteter a fall from the uneven bars on career bests.Feb. 9 left her with a sprained neck. Chrissy Koenneckerhada truly
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Men must win two more. .
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It's crunch time for the BoiseState men's basketball team.
If the Broncos want to partici-pate in the Coors Light/Big SkyConference Tournament, they must
t:.- first beat Northern Arizona Univer-sity, and then Weber State in theirfinal two games of the season. TheBroncos already hurt their chancesby losing to Montana State 69-62and Montana 61-43.
Against MSU, the Broncosconnected on only four of nine at-
t. tempts and against Montana the.,.. Broncos sank a dismal eight of 22
from the charity stripe. the Broncosare last in the conference in frcethrow shooting percentage with 61percent.
"We must prepare for Thurs-day's game against NAU as it will
,be a very tough game," coach BobbyDye said.
Seniors Brian King, Rich Bly-the, David Lowery and Ricky Hill
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,.hree BSU recordsfall at ISU track meetBy Corky HansenThe University News
Three Boise State indoortrack records were set at lastSaturday's IntermountainChampionships, held in IdahoState's Holt Arena. .
Stachia Neeley, a senior. from Nassau, Bahamas,.signed her name to two'Bronco records: A mark of19-2 1/4 in the long jumpbested' any of her previousefforts of the 1990 season byalmost a full 12inches. Neeleyalso broke the Boise Staterecord by running the 400-.meter dash in a time of 55.78.Neeiey won both events'.
Senior Christine Olen im-proved on the record she es-tablished two weeks' ago inthe 800-meter run, as shecovered the distance in2:13.04. BSU junior KathyKarpel finished second behindOlen with a time of 2: 15.97. ,
Other top Boise State fin-
ishers were Carla Boyde, whoplaced. second in the 55.meterrunwith a 7.25; Kathy Karpel,who finished second in the3000-meter run with a time of10:26.50; and freshman NicoleEnglish, whosemarkof44-31/2 in the shot-put camed herthird place.
The Boise State men didnot compete in the Intermoun-tain Games as a team, butafewathletes made the trip andcompeted in the mect.
Boise State junior EddieMcElroy. won the 55-meterdash with a time of7 .56, seniorClifford Dillard placed secondby high-jumping 6-10, andfreshman Neil Edwards placedthird in the long jump with amark of 22-114.
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Bronco wrestlers lose to Uof 0, 19-14 Students to have own.seating section in stadium
BSUJunlorNels Nelson. top. wrestles U of 0 Pat CraIg.
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hard-fought match which saw thewrestlers involved in numerous ex-tracurricular encounters.· Oregon
It was a match of expectations. "junio{Scolt Glenn won by a 10-5Both Boise State head coach Mike decision.Young and Oregon's Ron Finley In the third of Coach Young'swent into Friday's wrestling meet pivotal matches, Mitch Mansfieldwith an idea of what they needed to was beaten by Oregon's Curtcomeawaywitll-thevictory. Boise Strahm, whose record is now 18-6-State lost19-14. . Ion the season.
"We didn'tget what we wanted, There were, however, numer-but we got what we expected," said ous bright spots in the loss. TheYoung. most prominent was freshman Tony
On the contrary, Coach Finley Evan's 8-2 win over fellow first-felt his team got a little more than it year athlete Jason Jones. The twobargained for. wrestlers had previously met twice
"Actually, we got a little more : in high school, with Jones winningthan what we expected," said Fin- both by technical pin (a victory ofley. "They (Boise State) came out 15 or more points).ready togo. They were aggressive, The Broncos turned a 10-3and did a fine job." deficit into a 14-10 advantage in the
Young envisioned three weight matter of three matches behinddivisions that could tum the match juniorNelsNelsonandseniorsScolteither way. Boise State wrestlers Cline and Jim Putman. The three-Ray Hickman (126), Tony Piva some now has a total of 60 wins(142), and Mitch Mansfield (177) between them this season.wereallrecognized underdogs going At 150pounds, Nelson ran overin. Pat Craig (9-11-1) ofOregon bya9-
"They (Oregon) were favored 2 score. The match was never reallyto win in all-threeweights," Young close, as Nelson led 5-0 after thesaid, "but we felt that we might be first period, and 6-0 after the sec-abletoslip in and win one of them." ond. With the win, Nelson upped
Freshman Ray Hickman (9-14) his record to 21-8-2 for the season.was beaten by Oregon's Rob Stone Boise State's Scott Cline (18-(9-10-1), ajunior from Anchorage, 12-1) tied the team score at 10-10Ak, After Stone had taken a 4-0 with a solid 11-2 decision overlead into the second. period, Hick- Oregon sophomore Darren Gus-man rallied to 4-2 with 1:26 left in tafson (1-2). Cline struck quickly,the second. Stone answered with a scoring a takedownjust 14 secondstakedown late in the period to take a into the match, and led 4-1 after6-2 lead which proved to be the period one.final score. Jim Putman (21-6-2) gave the
TonyPiva(l5-13-1)alsofell,a Broncos- a temporary 14-10 lead
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with a 9-1 thrashing of Eric Mess-ner.
"Our strength is in the middle,"said Young.
Mansfield's loss cut the Broncolead to one with 190 pounds andheavyweight to go.
Dean Hastriter, a freshmanfrom Nampa, was beaten by the vastexperience of Joe Rassone (15-7), afifth-year senior at the Universityof Oregon.
Atheavyweight, Oregon's CamStrahm edged out first-year TonyVanek 5-0.
The Pac-l0 Championships,heldon March 10-11 in Bakersfield,Calif., is next for Boise State. Ari-zona State is favored to win hand-i1y,followed bya foreseen battle forsecond place between Bakersfieldand Oregon. The Broncos arebunched into the next group, alongwith Fresno State, Cal-State Fuller-ton.and Oregon State, who defeatedBSU 22-14 earlier in the season.
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Stadium history, BSU students will The new plan will convertsoon have their own seating sec- sections 8, 10,16, 18 and"20 intotion. student seating only, The remain-
The new seating arrangement ing five sections on the east sideon the east side of the stadium was will be reserved seating. There willannouncedjointlyearlierthismonth· no longer be general admissionby Boise State athletic director Gene seating on the east side of the sta-Bleyrnaier, and ASBSU President dium.
Broncos lose one-coint thrillerFree from Big Sky play, the The Broncos recovered from
Boise State women used last week Thursday's loss to beat Southernto play in the Northern Lights Tour- Methodist University 75-66 on Fri-nament in Anchorage, Ak. - day. Niki Gamez led Boise State
On Thursday, the Broncos lost : with 26 points ...a one-point thriller to the Univcr- BSU will finish the regularsity of Alaska, Anchorage 77-76. season this week with homegamesFreshman guard Lindsey Rico was against Eastern Washington Thurs-one of five players in double fig- day, and the University of Nevadaures, and led the Broncos with 15 on Saturday.points.
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