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Sustainability Club grows ambitions

EdEn EngbErgJournalist

A grant will provide an excuse for students to get down and dirty. Volunteering efforts could be rewarded with more than just the sat-isfaction of a job well done; it could also mean an armful of fresh, organic produce.

Boise State anthropology Associate Pro-fessor John Ziker and the Sustainability Club

were recently awarded the Fullbright Eco-Grant for $3,500 to spend on their vision of a community garden.

The project’s official title, “Sustainable Space and Community Garden,” was en-

visioned as a means to observe patterns of consumption and local ecosystem impact

and interaction.Karl Mertens, anthropology graduate stu-

dent and the project’s manager, wants this gar-den to become more than just a space to grow food, but a place to inspire BSU and the com-munity and encourage sustainability.

“We’re going to need lots of volunteers” Mertens said. With a smile on his face, he seemed eager and ultimately satisfied with their progress.

“We’ve already done a Service Saturday in January, and are looking forward to doing another one, hopefully in March” said Crys-tal Stuvland, a senior English major with a writing emphasis and Sustainability Club member. “About 20 people helped turn ground and clean up by raking and pruning back bushes.”

The property on Juanita Street near campus has been allocated to the Sustain-ability Club by Boise State.

When the news was near official, fliers were distributed to the surrounding neigh-borhood to garner feedback to support the

inclusivity of community within the space and gather volunteers.

“The immediate neighbors are ex-cited to watch the progress of the garden,”

Mertens said.Probable access to the irrigation line be-

hind the property is also underway. Mertens envisions an off-the-grid existence for the gar-den, relying on solar energy to pump the water from the irrigation line to supply the garden.

Mertens is working with BSU administra-tion to demolish the house to make more space for the garden. There is already a shed and a garage with office space which means the vacant home is more of a hindrance than

a help to the project. The building is yet to be planned for demolition.

Sustainability Club has also proposed

internships for working in the garden or for organizing and administrating its efforts to the Environmental Sciences Department.

Discussions with those in the Biology Department ushered in ideas surrounding the sharing of the space for more than just the garden.

Mertens and other Sustainability Club members are open to a truly cooperative ef-fort to utilize the space as best possible. They hope to work with other community gardens to foster a viable working relationship and to get advice for how to start.

“We’re planning and designing how to divvy up the space right now; we have to be mind-ful of how small it is. I would love to see mostly cold crops this year,” Mertens said.

A long list of produce was then proposed by both Mertens and Stuvland as the two brain-stormed ideas for what exactly to plant. Expect

to see cabbage, potatoes, parsnips, radishes, ru-tabagas and kale. A bank of blackberry bushes and the likely prospect of herbs are already established.

“We’ve even started a compost pile. There are definite plans for a picnic area and a fence to be built,” Stuvland said.

The club hopes the growing visibility of the project and exciting lineup of events for Earth Week in April will bring in volunteers and the work will be effectively executed. For now, they’re just counting down the days un-til spring is finally in the air and warming their freshly turned soil.

For information on how to volunteer, e-mail Karl Mertens at [email protected] or find out more about Sustainability Club and its efforts by e-mailing Jenna Duffin at [email protected].

An experiment in ecosystems,

community gardens

Members of the Sustainability Club clean the plot of land awarded to it for a community garden via funding from the Fullbright Eco-Grant. The new garden will be located 1415 Juanita St.

Take notes on how to save our planetLindsEy HiLEman

Journalist

Every day is Earth Day at the Bookstore.

An entire line of Earth-friendly prod-ucts are available: notebooks, index cards

and sticky-note pads made from recycled materials and pens made from plastic water bottles. The store even has biodegradable pencil cases and sheet protectors. Holly Hunsaker, supply buyer for the Bookstore, said she feels the push from her suppliers to purchase more recycled products.

“But if the price point isn’t there, then the students aren’t buying,” Hunsaker said.

Bookstore employee and senior history major Alan Butcher admitted he had never

had a specific request from a student for these recycled products. While it’s true the retail price of the recycled products might be slightly higher than its less environmentally friendly counterparts, the cost of the impact on our planet could be greater.

According to the Environmental Pro-tection Agency, 900 million trees are cut down every year for use in American paper mills. Then, approximately one billion trees’ worth of paper is thrown away in the U.S. each year. As far as plastic goes, it is estimat-ed that less than 30 percent of plastic bottles are recycled. According to Beverage Mar-keting Corporation, in 2006, the average American con-sumed 28.3 gallons of bottled water.

“I think we are going to see a steady increase not only in the availability but in the purchase of recycled products,” Hunsaker said.

Aside from the clearly marked products, often packaging is green not only in color but in nature. Many of the imprinted prod-ucts the bookstore sells are made, at least partially, of recycled materials.

Currently, most of the recycled products are made of post-consumer materials but because of the murky gray color that re-sults, there will soon be a push for the new sugar cane paper. Sugar cane paper is made from bagasse, a by-product of the sugar

making process. This paper is whiter and brighter than its environmentally friendly predecessors.

“That (the color) was one of the biggest complaints before,” Hunsaker said.

Pilot Pen Corporation has found a way to do its part with its BeGreeN line of products which includes pens, mechanical pencils, highlighters and markers. Its newest addi-tion, B2P (Bottle to Pen), is made of 89.9 percent post-consumer recycled content. More specifically, recycled plastic water bot-tles. One plastic water bottle can make two B2P pens and the pens are refillable with the popular Pilot G2 refills.

Recycled pens, pencils and note-books are sold at the Bronco Book-store in the SUB.

Water-butter pens were introduced to

the store recently.

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If you’re sick of eating sandwiches and pizza, check out these three all local and good-for-you-and-your-wal-let-too options. These sug-gestions are directed toward vegetarians and vegans, but all three locations also offer

something for carnivores.

Parilla Bar and GrillParilla Bar and Grill is in the

heart of Hyde Park located on 13th St. and has cozy outdoor seating with a bar.

As for the grill portion, the unique style of burritos and tacos that Parilla has to offer are especially veggie friendly. Vegetarians can order the Veg-

etarian Burrito, consisting of a full size (there is a smaller op-tion also available) flour tor-tilla, black or pinto beans and cilantro lime rice. Garnish with lettuce (cheese and sour cream if you’re feeling it) and avocado and go for the corn salsa!

Fried tofu with panko can be added, but vegans beware, the oil is shared with fish. At just under $8, it’s almost spendy, but you can get two servings out of the full-size burrito (or get the smaller version for a few bucks less) and it comes with chips. Complement your creation with a Jarritos mexi-can soda.

Oriental exPressOriental Express is an Asian

food gem in downtown Boise. Most people don’t know where or what it is. I hate to give up my best-kept vegan secret, but their food is too good not to share. It’s been brightly re-painted, Oriental Express is on 11th Street between Main Street and Idaho Street.

This is one of the few Asian places in town that has vegetar-ian potstickers, but as for being vegan-friendly, you’ll have to inquire when ordering.

For vegans, all tofu op-tions can be made soy-based and fried in fresh (and heart healthy) canola oil.

Two rather tasty dishes are Orange-Peeled Tofu and Gen-eral Tao’s Tofu, both listed in the menu as “hot” on the spicy scale but can be made more mild. There aren’t any veggies

in these particular dishes but a heaped serving of rice and the sauce will fill you up.

Their vegetable section on the menu is extensive and should please just about any-one, especially for less than $10 a person. Get some hot tea and enjoy the best service in town. Lunch specials are the same, just smaller portions and less money.

dOnnie Mac’s trailer Park cuisine

Lastly, we’re gettin’ classy with Donnie Mac’s Trailer Park

Cuisine. Located on Grove St. between 16th Street and 15th Street, it wasn’t until a few months ago that I was informed of vegan options on their menu. The first time I went, I missed these and ordered my stand-by and immediate favor-ite, the Trucker Mac n’ Cheese with sweet potato fries and trashy sauce (has sour cream). For the vegans, they have The Mac’s BLT, Killer Chili or their delicious Corn Dawg on a Stick (try it miniaturized as well). Get yourself a cold glass of Kool-Aid to top it off and

feel the full force of trashiness. Most options are less than $10 a person and you can have lunch for two for no more than $15. It’s hard to beat the prices and their service is also excellent, the decorations titillatingly trashy with great drink specials that made me wish I was 21 and that it was late enough to start drinking.

So the next time you’re feel-ing up for something new, keep in mind the variety that’s avail-able within blocks of Boise State and support your local veggie and vegan-friendly restaurants.

Three inexpensive spots to munch like a vegan

Peppers, which are high in Vitamin C and Zinc, were used by health practitioners in the nineteenth century to battle rheumatism, arthritis, depression and chills.

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Pesca-what? Demystifying green eating

Face it; people eat some pretty funky stuff. But what about when they limit their diets and label them different things? What exactly is a “vegan” and how does it differ from a “vegetarian?” Restrictive diets aren’t just for tree-huggers -- many people adopt them for ethical, political, religious and health related reasons.Vegetarian: The most commonly known, vegetarianism is a diet that consists of everything but meat, and sometimes eggs. Some vegetarians also choose to abstain from by-products of animal slaughter, such as gelatin, whereas others don’t mind.Ovo-vegetarian: This variety of vegetarianism includes eggs, but not dairy products. They’re not quite vegan, but a little bit more intense than just a vegetarian.Lacto-vegetarian: This form allows dairy products, but excludes eggs.Pescatarian: This form of vegetarianism includes fish and seafood, but does not include other types of meat. It also typically allows dairy and eggs. Often used as a transition to complete vegetarianism, or as a way to incorporate more protein.Vegan: This form of eating eliminates all meat, dairy and animal by-products from the diet. It is restricted to vegetables, grains, fruits and nuts.Raw vegan: A little bit stricter than regular veganism, raw vegans only consume raw foods; this means no cooking or processed foods allowed.

by Lauren Hooker

There’s a Hooker in the kitchenVegan Lentil Soup

There are a lot of misconcep-tions surrounding vegetarianism and veganism; you won’t get the nutrients you need, you won’t get enough protein...

However, these ideas aren’t true. As long as you’re a well-planned vegan or vegetarian, the incorporation of correct amounts of nutrients in your diet is a “piece of cake.” Vegetarians get a bad rap from pasta-tarians -- those who think copious amounts of pasta equal a balanced, no-meat diet.

Lentils are the third highest plant-based protein. This soup is packed with flavor and nutrients, and is cheap to boot. Find your lentils in the bulk section and you’ll save even more.

Ingredients:5 cups vegetable broth (make

sure not to get chicken or beef, as they have animal by-products in them)

1/2 onion, diced2 large carrots, sliced1 tsp. vegetable oil1 tbsp. minced garlic1 stalk celery, chopped1 tbsp. lemon juice2 tbsp. Italian seasonings1 tbsp. parsley, chopped2 bay leafs1/2 cup yellow corn1 tsp. dried thyme1 tsp. salt2 tsp. pepper1 cup lentils1 tbsp. tomato paste

Directions:1. Heat up the vegetable oil in

a large soup pan. Sauté the garlic and onions for four minutes on medium heat, stirring occasion-ally. Add the carrots and celery, and saute for three minutes lon-ger. Add the corn.

2. Mix in the vegetable broth, lentils, parsley, Italian season-ings, thyme, bay leaves and to-mato paste. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat. Simmer for 60 minutes, or until the lentils are tender (not mushy!).

3. Stir in lemon juice, salt and pepper. Remove the bay leaves, and serve.

Makes roughly 6 servings.

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There were 565 forcible rapes committed in the state of Idaho. Of that number, only 121 arrests were made, according to the Idaho State Police, in 2009, .

While this statistic is alarming in itself, the conse-quences of these rapes are what is truly worrisome. Be-yond the psychological and mental effects, unwanted pregnancy is frequently a result of rape. In a piece of legislation titled “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” House Republicans are attempting to redefine our status quo regarding abortions. While abortions are cer-tainly controversial, that does not give any one party the right to attempt to drastically limit the personal choices available to women.

The original text of the bill meant to redefine rape, which would have excluded any women who became pregnant from being drugged or unconscious, or were victims of date rape and statutory rape. According to the Huffington Post, the bill attempts to ban all Medicare or Medicaid money from being used to pay for abortions, except in the case of rape or incest, as well as restrict fed-eral subsidies for any health care plans that cover abor-tion, even if the cost of the abortion is paid entirely with private funds.

Boise State junior and English major Rachel Hammes does not support these changes.

“I’m extremely furious about this,” Hammes said. “The idea that a group of people-- are mainly men-- can reduce a women’s trauma and decide what really effects someone and what they can do about is utterly ridiculous.”

Republicans are also submitting a bill called the “Pro-tect Life Act,” which would allow hospitals to refuse emergency abortions to women, even if they would die without one.

While these bills have undergone recent changes due to public outrage, both are awaiting a vote in the House. In addition to these atrocities, Planned Parenthood and Title X is raging and South Dakota has attempted to re-define the murdering of abortion providers a justifiable homicide.

Chad Shohet, a Boise State junior theater major feels this kind of action is unnecessary.

“Planned Parenthood is an organization that pro-motes the education of safe execution of sexual activi-ties,” Shohet said. “Including the advocation of safe-sex practices which protect young people from STI’s or unwanted pregnancies. The removal of funding for this organization will have devastating effects, as without proper education for safe sexual practices unwanted pregnancies will skyrocket as well as transferences of STI’s.”

Personally, if I didn’t know better, I’d say pigs were fly-ing. It’s an embarrassment to the American public that such large steps backward are even being considered, let alone voted on. What better way to encourage girls who are victims of a horrific sex crime to keep their mouths shut than to pass bills discrediting their trauma? All these pieces of paper are doing is making it likely that women faced with an unplanned pregnancy will take desperate measures. To ban funding for family planning institutions, redefining rape and killing providers of le-gal abortions won’t stop people from having sex and get-ting pregnant -- it will result in a lot of back alley traffic.

While the re-wording of certain bills is already a step in the right direction, it’s imperative that society con-tinues to realize the significance of these bills and the potential consequences they hold. Showing support by signing petitions, such as Planned Parenthood’s open letter to congress and MoveOn.org’s Political Action petition are a simple way to let the government know that this can not be tolerated.

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Once again this spring brings us the threat of tuition and fee in-creases. This year’s increases could top eight percent, yet nobody on campus cares. Many people ask-- should tuition and fees go up or go down? We write today to say that whether they go up or down is simply a short term solution to a long term problem. Higher edu-cation needs to be released from the shackles that public funding places upon it and allow individual students the incentive and re-sponsibility to manage their own advanced learning.

Across the country and in Idaho we do a great injustice to the lower class and many in the middle class. In Idaho, every citizen who buys anything or has a job is required to pay taxes for our state’s higher education programs whether they use them or not. This cre-ates a gap of injustice; minorities and those in the lower class use state higher education at a much lower rate than those in the middle and upper classes. So what does that mean? It means that the poor in our society, many of which do not receive education beyond high

school, are forced to pay for the advanced learning of those in the upper and middle classes in our state.

Currently, many attend our state universities simply because they are told to do so or because their friends are doing it. Because of this a majority have very little of their own equity invested in their higher education. All are subsidized through tax payers and most receive aid from the federal government. This translates into a four year graduation rate of just six percent at Boise State.

How do we fix this problem? Public funding for universities needs to be eliminated which makes attending higher education more valuable to every student. If the majority of your education was paid for by you, and not by somebody else (society) you would have the incentive to finish in four years with a degree that is valu-able in the market place. Funding for higher education should only come from tuition, fees, donations, and endowments.

If you had to pay for 100 percent of your education how much

harder would you study? How much faster would you finish your degree? Would you be interested in paying for a bicycle center, a pool, bowling alley, student news paper, or more importantly degrees that give individuals very little skills. Or would you only be focused on your goals as a student? There may be different an-swer to those questions, but the underlying principle is freedom and responsibility. If we increase choice and responsibility we will have a four-year graduation rate that is higher than six per-cent because our university will be full of people that are here to be educated.

We only have so much space in this article; this is just the tip of the ice berg. We have so much more to share with you in regards to reforming higher education, please stay tuned.

Trevor Grigg is a senior majoring in entrepreneurial manage-ment. Joesph Bunt is junior studying political science.

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It should come as no surprise that this genera-tion is on a quick slope toward zero interpersonal communication. Men request women to be a Face-book friend rather than ask for their phone num-ber. Hungry people use smartphone apps to locate nearby restaurants rather than open a Yellow Pages. Starbucks orders are taken via smartphone before standing in line. And now, even a personal relation-ship with a higher being has gone digital.

First, it was iPrayer Journal to tweet prayers and prayer requests. Now, a company called Little iApps LLC has released a smartphone application for the Catholic act on penance called “Confession: A Ro-man Catholic App.”

The app boasts a text message-like conversation the program describes as being an examination of conscience specific to each user.

It is password protected and has a step-by-step guide to the sacrament, inviting Catholics to “prayerfully prepare for and participate in the Rite of Penance.”

It is not the fact that people are praying and con-fessing via smartphone that is astonishing. Because really, there are apps that look like a beer being drunk out of a glass, and an app for putting funny mustaches on a talking mouth. Odd apps are not shocking.

This app stands apart from others by bridging the gap between a centuries-old ritual and the modern tech-savvy world, offering the same guidance to the new generation, but in an updated way.

Equally amazing is the official backing the Con-fession app has received. This app is said to be the first smartphone app to receive imprimatur, or a formal sanctioned approval from the Catholic Church. This is in the wake of Pope Benedict XVI’s 2009 World Communications Address that official-ly blessed social media networking and spreading God’s word via the Internet.

Don’t think of it as stooping to a low level of religious zealots -- think of it as reaching a genera-tion that is always connected to the Internet. As the saying goes, “If you can’t beat them, join them.” In this case, it’s about time that religion stepped out of the stuffy sanctuary and into a place that will reach more people.

Campus Minister Chuck Skoro at St. Paul’s Cath-olic Student Center supports the app and the pope’s

modern progression in technology.“We should always be in a position of growing

and changing while holding onto the wonder-ful treasures of the scriptures and our traditions,” Skoro said.

Skoro is also glad the Pope is catching on to the generation’s most prized form of communication.

“Not everything on the Internet is wonderful and uplifting, but some things are -- or have the poten-tial to be -- very good,” Skoro said. “We need to say that and say it often.”

Senior mass media major and practicing Catholic Ryan Bradshaw is also supportive of the new app.

“I think the idea of using new media is great,” Bradshaw said. “I can say from personal experience that I was more nervous about how to confess than what to confess, this app might calm a lot of nerves. I don’t think it will be harmful, I think it will be helpful.”

Verbalizing thoughts or feelings holds a person accountable to those emotions. Once it is voiced, it can’t be unsaid.

Similarly, telling someone, even a smartphone app, about a committed sin is holding that person more accountable to his or her actions. The Confes-sions app can act as a faceless sounding board and potentially alleviate heavy guilt.

“We human beings have incredible powers of self-deception,” Skoro said. “And we find all kinds of ways to rationalize unacceptable behavior. Perhaps that’s why Jesus gave the task of forgiveness to the Church rather than leaving it as something that is solely between the person and God.”

While the app goes through the motions of ex-pressing remorse and asking forgiveness, it is still expected of the confessor to seek a priest for abso-lution. Bradshaw agrees that even though the app is intriguing and he will probably try it, it would not replace the act of confession, because it can’t.

“It is there to help guide you, to assist you in the process. It’s an aid not a replacement,” he said.

Everything on the Internet seemed unusual at its conception -- online dating, shopping for clothes without trying them on, playing virtual board-games with strangers -- but eventually those strange things become common and widely accepted.

Perhaps prayer and confession are the newest members to the strange-at-first, super-helpful-later club that can help transmit religious values across a larger area than ever before.

“Media has a special place in our faith lives. Me-dia is the new evangelism,” Bradshaw said.

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At the intersection of sci-ence and technology, there is just as much potential for danger as progress. Bioterror-ism has emerged as one of the most significant threats to na-tional security and public health, prompting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) within the U.S. Department of Defense to invest heavily in re-search that addresses chemical and biological hazards.

Boise State University faculty Jodi Mead and Inanc Senocak are conducting research as it relates to reconstruction and simulation of hazards once they are detected in the atmosphere. They have been awarded a grant of more than $300,000, jointly funded by DTRA and the National Science Founda-tion (NSF), to support their work. Per capita, the total dollar amount of the award to Boise State is the highest of any of the 32 given in any state thus far through the NSF’s Algorithms for Threat Detection program.

Senocak, an assistant profes-sor of mechanical engineering, worked on a similar project as a postdoctoral fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory before joining Boise State. Using statistical algorithms and simpli-fied models of air pollution, he was able to reconstruct the dis-persion of contaminant plumes in the atmosphere.

At Boise State, he is expanding his research to rapidly simulate the dispersion of contaminants in the air with the goal of reduc-tion and control of threats to ci-vilians in urban areas and troops on the battlefield.

“It’s essentially situational awareness,” Senocak said. “But to produce refined projections of a contaminant dispersion event, a high level of computational ca-pability is needed to move from simple modeling to complex mathematical modeling.”

That’s where Mead, a profes-

sor of mathematics, comes in. An expert in numerical analysis, she provided new algorithms aimed at making models and predictions more accurate.

“When a sensor detects a threat in the air, you want to know what it is, where it’s com-ing from, where it’s going to go and how fast it’s going to hap-pen. And you want to be able to do that without losing public confidence or expending unnec-essary resources,” Mead said. “As the level of fidelity in the physi-cal model increases, the uncer-

tainty decreases.”The uncertainty is the margin

of error built into any predic-tion based on a physical model. From simulating space missions to creating weather forecasts and advising communities during an emergency, that margin can af-fect human lives, and Mead and Senocak are focused on closing the gap.

“Our collaboration in math-ematics and engineering is a unique strength in addressing a viable threat on the horizon,” Mead said.

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defense hazards grant

The Division of Student Affairs welcomes Libby Gre-aney, the new executive director of University Health and Recreation Services, effective Feb. 14.

Greaney’s hire brings more than 24 years of experience in health, recreation, wellness and management. She served for the past 10 years as director of health services at West-ern Kentucky University.

Greaney earned her doctorate of educational leadership and organizational development at University of Louisville. She also holds a master of business administration and mas-ter of health care administration, both from Western Ken-tucky, a master of exercise science from the University of New Hampshire and a bachelor of science in health educa-tion from the University of Vermont.

The executive director of University Health and Recre-ation Services is responsible for providing comprehensive patient programs and services that protect and promote the health of university community members, including direction of the assessment and monitoring of campus health issues.

Greaney leads a diverse staff that provides medical and counseling services, fitness, aquatic and outdoor programs, wellness and membership services, injury prevention, care, and facilities management.

University welcomes new health and recreation services executive director

The Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) program will hold an open house for prospective students and interested companies in the Stueckle Sky Center at Bronco Stadium Feb. 28 5:30-7:30 p.m.

The program is designed for middle-to-senior-level professionals who wish to obtain a master’s degree in business administration on a schedule that minimizes disruption of work and personal pursuits. Partici-pants will earn an MBA in two academic years’ part-time class attendance.

The MBA program began in 2006 and was the first program of its kind in Idaho. It is unique in that it was created in partnership with a consortium of businesses.

Participants lauded the program for its creativity in the evaluation of business problems, the immediate link between class projects and work tasks, an integrated curriculum that took into account a wide range of business units and a trade mission-style international experience in Vietnam.

More than half of Boise State’s Executive MBA graduates said they received promotions or advanced their careers as a result of their participation in the program.

For information and to make reservations, visit http://emba.boisestate.edu or call 426-4034.

MBA program hosts open house

Boise State’s Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Reading Series features Wisconsin poet Abraham Smith, Sun-day, Feb 27, at 7:30 p.m. at Pengilly’s Saloon. The saloon is located at 513 W. Main St. downtown and is free and open to the public.

Smith will read from his newest book, “Hank,” which is a tribute to country music legend Hank Williams Sr.

Smith is a literature and creative writing instructor at the University of Alabama. His journal credits include American Poetry Review, jubilat, Northwest Review, Denver Quarterly, Typo and Ninth Letter, among others.

Other accolades include Smith being named a Writing Fellow in 2004 by the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and his first book of poems, “Whim Man Mammon,” which debuted in 2007.

“To see Abraham Smith read his poetry is to watch a man on fire for the word,” said critic Erin Mullikin.The reading series brings nationally renowned authors to the Boise State campus. For information,

contact Torin Jensen at [email protected].

Fine arts program brings Wisconsin poet, Abraham Smith to campus

Registration for 2011 summer sessions is now open. Eligible students can register for classes through open registration -- appointments aren’t necessary.

The summer program offers more than 500 courses which include core, upper division, graduate and distance classes. Workshops and educational travel programs are also available. Students can take courses on campus, online, at other satellite campuses or in the field.

Perks for students who enroll in summer courses include getting a degree sooner, lower class cost and easier parking and smaller classes.

Sessions begin May 16, June 6 and July 11 and are offered for 3, 5, 8 or 10 weeks. Workshops are of-fered throughout the summer. Students can view a complete schedule and register online by logging onto BroncoWeb at http://broncoweb.boisestate.edu/.

For information, visit www.boisestate.edu/summer or call the Boise State summer program office in Extended Studies at (208) 426-1709.

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The bookstore now carries a new line of apparel. Not only are its sales making a difference in a another country by selling this brand on campus, but it costs no more than other well-known brands.

Students can buy T-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies on campus that will help elevate workers of Alta Gracia from poverty.

Alta Gracia provides university apparel and pays its workers living wages in the Dominican Republic.

The Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), an in-dependent labor rights organization, has performed a market-basket analysis to establish a living wage standard for apparel workers.

The Dominican Republic legal minimum wage is less than $150 per month.

Alta Gracia pays workers the WRC’s determined living wage of $510 per month, 340 percent of the minimum wage, or more than triple the legal minimum wage.

Alta Gracia said it pays enough to make sure workers are fed, clothed, housed and can educate their families.

Students who buy Alta Gracia apparel affect each worker in more ways than just being paid above minimum wage.

The WRC verifies Alta Gracia pays its workers enough to allow them to meet basic needs, including nutritious food, drinkable water, housing and energy, health care, transportation, education, childcare and the opportunity for savings, according to Gena Mad-ow, spokesperson for Alta Gracia.

She said the goal is to provide the people of Domini-can Republic a chance to build their lives and protect themselves and their families.

The company is located in Villa Altagracia -- which is where the name Alta Gracia comes from, mean-ing “high grace” -- a small town in the Dominican Republic.

“I care about where my clothes come from. I like presenting the style of the brand I’m wearing but, also the meaning it gives,” said Arianne Sermonia, a 20-year-old theater arts major.

More than 350 colleges and university bookstores sell the apparel, according to Alta Gracia.

Sermonia said they are willing to represent workers and bring awareness.

Students interested in speaking with workers of Alta Gracia can take part in a virtual worker tour hosted by Jess Caldwell-O’Keefe, director of Women’s Center, today at 4 p.m. in Simplot C Ballroom inside the Stu-dent Union Building.

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Tom Luna, Idaho’s superintendent of public instruction, woke up to a nasty sur-prise Feb. 17. His pick up truck had been vandalized overnight at his Nampa home. The perpetrators have not been identified or found.

At 4:36 a.m. Nampa Police were dis-patched to Luna’s home. Officers who ar-rived at the scene found the word “Luna” had been painted with an “X” over it in black spray paint on the passenger side door and two tires were slashed and flat-tened. Evidence suggested this incident took place overnight. The investigation continues, as there is no evidence leading to suspects.

According to Department of Education spokeswoman Melissa McGrath, both Luna and his family have been receiving threats and unwanted visits to their home. The weekend before the vandalism of Lu-na’s truck a man came to Luna’s mother’s house to confront her about the plan. Luna happened to be there.

“Superintendent Luna asked the man to leave and to call him or e-mail him at the office Monday, but the man would not leave for several minutes. (Superinten-dent) Luna did report this incident to the police,” McGrath said.

This incident followed Luna’s pro-posed reforms for public education which include: expanding online schooling, eliminating more than 700 teaching posi-tions, introducing merit pay for teachers, increasing class sizes and eliminating the need for new teachers.

“We do believe the incidents are related in some way to the proposal to change the public education system through the ‘Stu-dents Come First’ plan,” McGrath said. “In recent weeks, the level of rhetoric and misinformation around this plan has been escalated.”

Hearings on this legislation were sup-posed to continue in the Idaho Senate Feb. 16. The proposed reforms are being re-modeled due to unpopularity with teach-ers, lawmakers and the parents of students.

McGrath said that Luna’s plan proposes to spend existing state revenues differently.

“There is no other plan on the table to do anything else, except to cut Idaho’s schools deeper cuts. That is not an option,” she said.

According to some sources, Luna and his mother’s addresses and other personal information leaked by e-mail from the union of teachers through the Idaho Edu-cation Association (IEA). However, all accusations have been denied by the IEA.

“We did not put out any addresses, we send out hotline messages that address bills and current legislation,” said Sherri Wood, president of IEA. “Never once did we put out an address through e-mail.”

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Alta Gracia is located in Villa Altagracia -- which is where the name Alta Gracia comes from, meaning “high grace” -- a small town in the Dominican Republic.

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Thursday, February 24, 201112:00 PM - 2:00 PM HIV TestingLocation: University Health Services, Norco Bldg4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Alta Gracia: Virtual Worker TourLocation: Simplot C Ballroom6:00 PM CONVICTIONLocation: MG-113 (mathematics geosciences building)6:00 - 7:00 PM Visiting Artist, Andy Holtin public lectureLocation: Barnwell Room, Student Union Building7:00 PM Undergraduate Poetry ReadingLocation: The Writing Center Friday, February 25, 20116:00 PM CONVICTIONLocation: MG-113 (mathematics geosciences building) Saturday, February 26, 20112:00 PM Boise Philharmonic Youth OrchestraLocation: Morrison Center8:00 PM Enigma VariationsLocation: Morrison CenterSunday, February 27, 20112:00 PM - 3:30 PM The Emperor’s New ClothesLocation: Morrison Center Stage

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Spring 2011

Schedule

17 Vanessa Alvarez Sophomore, utility10 Brittany Barcellos Sophomore, outfield26 Morgan Barnes Freshman, pitcher/utility24 Georgia Behne Sophomore, catcher/outfield06 Holly Bourke Sophomore, utility31 Devon Bridges Freshman, utility03 Kellie Caplan Junior, utility

15 Christina Capobianco Junior, infield18 Ashley Collier Sophomore, pitcher/outfield

08 Allie Crump Junior, pitcher/utility20 Megan Harvey Sophomore, catcher/utility

07 Natalie Kelley Freshman, outfield01 Jessica Kraft Sophomore, infield16 Trisha Nobridge Freshman, utility

04 Jessica O’Donnell Freshman, utility05 Kelly Sweeney Junior, utility02 Tazz Weatherly Junior, utility

22 Mackenzie Whyte Freshman, infield21 Lela Word Sophomore, pitcher/infield

09 Maghan Yurek Junior, catcher61 Aubray Zell Junior, pitcher

Roster Head Coach Erin Thorpe Assistant Coach Shelly ProchaskaAssistant Coach Justin Kloczko

R2 Rings & Regional’s

Joey McculloughProducer

There is nothing like snow flurries to spark the mood to break out a mitt, bat and a ball. That is, unless you’re the Boise State softball team. Granted the Broncos have been playing in warmer weather than in Boise, but come sun or snow, this team is ready to play.

The Broncos’ season began nearly two weeks ago in California, facing Loyola Marymount and Long Beach State. The Broncos earned the vic-tory against LMU, but dropped the following three games.

Playing in Las Vegas last weekend at the Lou-isville Slugger Classic, the Broncos earned a win against Cal Poly 7-5, but lost by a single run to then No. 23 Brigham Young University 12-11. The Broncos also fell big to No. 10 Tennessee and No. 13 Oregon.

Head coach Erin Thorpe talked about how BSU shouldn’t be afraid to face its remaining opponents after what the Broncos went through last week. Thorpe was also impressed with other aspects.

“Pitching definitely started out better than in our previous two years,” Thorpe said. “I think our offense has struggled a little bit, but we saw a much better offense the second weekend than we did the first.”

This season comes with a lot of expectations for Boise State to set the bar for the future. Soph-omore Holly Bourke recognizes these goals.

“R-squared. Which means a ring for (win-ning the) WAC Championship and to make it to regional’s. Those are our two big goals,” Bourke said.

Bourke, who played in all 61 games last year for Boise State, can expect even more playing time this season at the plate and all throughout the infield.

“I think this team is capable of making it to the postseason,” Thorpe said.

In only the third year of coaching, Thorpe and her staff are still building and cultivating the program -- one that currently has no seniors.

“We expect the best for this season, but we’re all looking to build going into next season when we have everyone back,” Thorpe said.

So with no seniors, the junior class will be looked up to as leaders on and off the field.

Junior Kelly Caplan understands that her leadership starts with being a good example by giving it her all in practice and in games.

“Having two and a half years under our belts, it feels as if we’re all coming together,” junior Au-bray Zell said. “We’re there to show (the fresh-men) how we do things, but they have been catching on really quick and doing a good job.”

Chemistry is what binds this team together

and the team is noticing the fusion.“(Team chemistry) is something that is going

to help us make progress quicker,” Thrope said.The Broncos are ditching the cold weather

and heading to California for a second time to be part of the UC Riverside Tournament. Boise State will be looking to right the ship after

its 2-7 start.“We just keep working hard at practice and

have a mindset to keep working hard,” Bourke said. “Eventually the wins will come even though the first two weeks didn’t show it.”

Boise State’s first home stand starts Friday March 4 against Southern Utah at 2 p.m.

FebruaryLong Beach Kickoff Tournament

Saturday, Feb. 12 vs. Loyola Marymount 2-1(W)Saturday, Feb. 12 vs. Long Beach State 0-2 (L)Saturday, Feb. 13 vs. Long Beach State 0-2 (L)Saturday, Feb. 13 vs. Loyola Marymount 3-4 (L)

Louisville Slugger ClassicFriday, Feb. 18 vs. #23 BYU 11-12 (L)Friday, Feb. 18 vs. #3 Tennesse 1-15 (L)Friday, Feb. 19 vs. Cal Poly 7-5 (W)Saturday, Feb. 19 vs. Long Beach State 5-7 (L)Sunday, Feb. 20 vs. Oregon 0-10 (L)

UC Riverside Tournament (Riverside, Calif.)Friday, Feb. 25

vs. UNLV 10 a.m.vs. UC Riverside 3 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 26vs. Cal State Northridge 3 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 27vs. UC Riverside 11 a.m.

MarchBoise State SpringHill Suites Invitational (Mountain Cove Softball Field)

Friday, March 04vs. Southern Utah (DH) 2 p.m., 4 p.m.

Saturday, March 05vs. Seattle 12 p.m.vs. Southern Utah 2 p.m.

Sunday, March 06vs. Seattle 12 p.m.

Santa Clara Bronco Classic (Santa Clara, Calif)

Friday, March 11vs. Santa Clara 7:15 p.m.

Saturday, March 12vs. Santa Clara 12 p.m.vs. UC Davis 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 13vs. Albany (DH) 11 a.m., 1:15 p.m.

Judi Garman Classic (Fullerton, Calif)Saturday, March 19

vs. Arizona St. 4:30 p.m.vs. Penn State 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 20vs. Washington 2 p.m.vs. Cal State Fullerton 4:30 p.m.

WAC Conference GamesMarch

25 -- vs. Nevada 3 p.m.26 -- vs. Nevada 1 p.m., 3 p.m.29 -- at Utah Valley 4 p.m.30 -- at Utah 2 p.m. 4 p.m.

April1 -- at San Jose State 4 p.m.2 -- at San Jose State 1 p.m., 3 p.m.3 -- at Saint Mary’s 1 p.m.8 -- vs. Louisiana Tech 3 p.m.9 -- vs. Louisiana Tech (DH) 1 p.m., 3 p.m.15 -- at Utah St. -- 3 p.m.16 -- at Utah St. (DH) 1 p.m., 3 p.m.18 -- at Weber St TBA22 -- at Hawai’i 10 p.m.23 -- at Hawai’i (DH) 8 p.m., 10 p.m.29 -- vs. Fresno St. 3 p.m.30 -- Fresno St. (DH) 1 p.m., 3 p.m.

May6 -- at New Mexico St. 6 p.m.7 -- at New Mexico St. (DH) 2 p.m., 4 p.m.

11-14 WAC Softball Championship (Fres-

no, Calif)* Double Header (DH)

The 2011 Boise State softball team has already faced three Top 25 teams, proving this squad isn’t afraid of a challenge.

Expectations couldn’t be higher for one of the nation’s youngest programs

Tazz Weatherly has started all nine games for the Broncos this sea-son. Weatherly is tied for the team lead in runs batted in (RBI) with five.

Allie Crump leads the Broncos in home runs (3). Crump also has recorded 20 strikeouts and two wins.

Aubray Zell is second on the team in innings pitched (16.1) and holds the teams lowest ERA (3.00).

Maghan Yurek made her 45th-career start behind the plate last week against No. 14 Oregon in Las Vegas.

Kellie Caplan leads the Broncos in batting average (.419) and has the most team at-bats (31).

Holly Bourke has the best on-base percentage (.452) for the Broncos and leads the team in walks (6).

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The Pac-10 Championship is a national stage for the Broncos to showcase their tal-ent and domination -- also it’s a platform for revenge.

Last year Oregon State took the title, beating the favored Broncos by a mere two points, but this year Boise State is seeks a different outcome.

“We just want to get the title back in our hands. I think each individual has something to prove themselves. They all want to be Pac-10 Champions. We just need to wrestle to win each and every match,” head coach Greg Randall said. “Each guy has to worry about himself and not worry about everybody else. If we do that then we should have quite a few champions and the team race will take care of itself.”

The Beavers’ win last year at the Pac-10 Championship doused the rivalry that ex-ists between the two teams with gasoline. However, the men are not allowing what happened in the past to override their focus on the present and what they have accom-plished this season.

“I think you have something to prove every

year. I don’t think we are necessarily riding on what happened last year, but we are taking it as if it’s our year to win. We have eight seniors on the team and we want to end off right and get that Pac-10 title and then head on off to nationals,” senior Kirk Smith said. “We aren’t hanging our hat on what happened last year or years before, we are only interested in this year right now.”

Seniors Adam Hall and Smith both put on impressive performances last year in the indi-vidual conference championships.

Smith dominated his three matches with two wins by fall and one win by major deci-sion. He opened up Pac-10 action with a pin in the quarterfinal round, earning a spot in the 184-pound title match with a 9-1 major decision in the semifinals. Smith finished the weekend with a win by fall to secure his sec-ond straight conference title.

Hall opened the tournament with a win by fall in the quarterfinals. However, the semi-finals would prove to be a challenge, as he managed to avoid an upset. Hall then wres-tled Cal Poly’s Chase Pami, who had previ-ously beaten Hall in the 2009 title match to capture the Pac-10 Championship. How-ever, Hall wrestled to a 5-1 decision to secure his first conference title.

“I got the job done. My semi-finals match

was a little shaky. I ended up having to fight off a pretty close attempt at the end. Finals were a really good match because I was wres-tling my nemesis in college. I wrestled a really smart match and it was a breakthrough as far as that tournament goes, because I hadn’t won a conference tournament yet,” senior Adam Hall said.

The goal for the Broncos now is to stay healthy and to mentally and physically pre-pare themselves during practice. The Pac-10

Championship will prove more challenging for Smith as he is coming off a sprained ankle.

“When it’s time to tape it up, it’s time to go. I think we’ll be surprised how much fight Kirk has in him when he actually steps on to the mat,” Randall said.

Boise State will begin its fight for a Pac-10 title Sunday, Feb. 27 in Corvallis, Ore.

“It’s just another thing to check off the checklist: win a Pac-10 (Championship),” Hall said.

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The indoor track season comes to an end for Boise State at the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Track and Field Championships. The meet will take place Feb. 24-26 at the Jack-sons Indoor Track in Nampa.

The Broncos have 10 athletes na-tionally ranked and three looking to defend WAC titles. The men will look to capture the team title with numerous others vying for individ-ual titles. Here are some athletes to watch for this weekend:

EEtu ViitalaThe junior long jumper from Fin-

land has won every competition in which he has participated. He leads the WAC with a jump of 25-4, nearly a foot farther than anyone else. Vii-tala will not only be competing for his first long jump title, but he is also looking to hit the automatic qualify-ing mark for nationals. He is current-ly two inches short of that mark.

RacquEl JonEsJones has won four meets this sea-

son competing in the long jump, in-cluding three straight. She sits No. 4 in the WAC with a jump of 19-0.

RElaysThe men’s 4x400-meter relay team

is undefeated this season, winning four-straight events. They ran the second fastest 4x400-meter time in Boise State history this year with a time of 3:14.98. Two members, Manoah Wesson and Jeff Daw, rank nationally in the open 400-meter, No. 95 and No. 99 respectively. Wes-son is coming off his first 400-meter title, running a career-best 47.98 sec-onds.

On the women’s side, the distance medley relay team leads the WAC, setting a season-best time of 12:16.42 at the final meet of the season.

Rolando tRammElAnother member of the 4x400

relay team, Trammel has won three-straight events in the 60-meter hur-dles. He set a career-best in the event two weeks ago, running a 7.96. The time is the best in the WAC and No. 41 in the nation.

KuRt FElixFelix will be looking to defend

his heptathlon title. He set a new WAC record in the heptathlon this year with a total of 5,669 points. The junior is also a threat in the long jump, high jump and triple jump, with a rank of second in the WAC in each event.

tREVoR KRaychiRKraychir will be defending his

weight throw title. He has won five out of six events this year, throwing a career-best 66-3, which ranks him No.19 nationally.

mElE VaisimaThe junior will defend the weight

throw on the women’s side. She is un-defeated this season, winning all six events. Vaisima also set a career best throw of 61-10 ½ and will be looking to improve upon that this weekend.

BRian PiERREThe distance runner came back

this season after spending two years away from the track due to foot surgery. He has won two-straight 3,000-meter titles, running a career best 8:28.25 at the last meet of the season. Pierre will have to hold off teammate Jeff Howard who won the 3,000-meter last year.

WAC Indoor Track and Field Cham-pionships preview

Road to redemption

Mele Vaisima is one of many Broncos looking to assert themselves this weekend at the WAC Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Senior Kurt Swartz defeated Stanford’s Garrett Schaner 8-4 Jan. 28 at Taco Bell Arena. Swartz will try to do the same at the Pac-10 Championships in Corvallis, Ore. at the Oregon State campus.

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