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Arbiter, November 1Students of Boise State University

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Then who will?Educate yourself, then vote according t() your conscience,

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Students can register to vote at the poll on Nov. 7This Public Service Announcement is brought to you by '--Arbiter

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on-the ~overASBSUSenator-at-large candidates and their

platforms take center stage•••page 12

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Humans transformed by bicycles and cars ... page 17

BSU absent in recycling effort ... page 17

F-spot: Lesleigh Owen visits her favorite.holiday ... page 25

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Pearl Jam to hit the Center Nov. 5 ... page 20

Mozart rocks ... page 20

Classified Advertising for the smart and savvy ... page 22

Dilbert ... page 25

Crossword ... page 25

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The Arbiter is the official studentnewspaper of the students of BoiseState University. Its mission is toprovide a forum for the discussion ofissues impacting the campus andcommunity. The Arbiters budgetconsists of feespaid by the studentsof Boise State University andadvertising sales.The Arbiter is dis-tributed to the campus and commu-nity on .Wednesdays du~g theschool year. The first copy IS free.Additional copies are $1 each,

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on campusBSU athletes in the war on drugs ... page 6

Greens, Libertarians, and the Natural Law Party ... page 5

Non-violence, civil disobedience and Ruckus ... page 40

the nationThe League of Women Voters and 80 years of activism., .page 8

How important could voting really be? ... page 9

A Bro~cos skin of their teeth win ... page 140

editorCarissa Wolf wrltlnv coaches

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news editorSean Hayes editorial advisor

Dr. Dan Morris

a&eedltorMike Winter writers

Stephanie BoddenLena BrainardStuart BrysonSam GarciaRenae Hall

sports editorPete Erlendson

diversity facts posted throughoutcampus are intended to encour-age passers-by to stop and thinkabout diversity issues.

Oct. sl-Nov. 2 - Local andregional speakers will talk ondiversity issues to people whogather in the Quad. Speakersinclude Martin Orr (Oct. S 1),Dennis Smartt (Nov. 1) and SamByrd (Nov, 2).

Oct. So--November 2:A"Potato Poll" in the Quad and inthe Student Union will serve as avisual representation of discrim-inatory acts that occur on cam-pus. Students write about dis-crimination they have experi-enced and then put a potato in abin to represent the hurtful act.The potatoes will be donated tothe Idaho Food Bank.

Nov. 2-A roundtable meet-ing identifies and examines insti-tutionalized racism on campus.

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Ruckus Society,direct actionhit campusNational group heldnon-violence workshopby Stuart Bryson

the Arbiter

With a name like "Ruckus," you might expect chaos, but thenational organization is actually dedicated the principles of

non-violence. Trainers from the Ruckus Society, like Lynne Stone,are dedicated to educating activists in environmental and humanrights organizations to use civil disobedience and direct action as amethod of achieving social change.

"If your goal is to make yourself feel better, then do somethingviolent, but I am not on that page," Stone said.

Stone and fellow trainer Jennifer Krill held a five-hour workshopfor local activists on non-violence and civil disobedience in theLookout Room, Saturday Oct. 21. About 15 members of differentgroups attended the workshop, which focused on diffusing aggres-sion and working as a group during protests or other types "directaction" that bring protesters face to face with police and potential-ly angry citizens.

Stone has been organizing activists since she was 10 years oldwhen she protested the destruction of her Lexington, Mass. ele-mentary school to build condominiums. She has worked for theRuckus Society since 1998. In the past 18 years Lynn has beeninvolved in all sorts of" environmental, human rights and civilrights organizing including the preservation of ancient forests,opposing apartheid, and anti-whaling issues with groups rangingfrom Physicians for Social Responsibility to the Sea Shepherds,

Stone's experience in Nicaragua during the Contra War solidi-fied her resolve to work within the United Stated for change.

'1\s I have been hoping for a long time, there is a burgeoningmovement that is addressing corporate and global injustice," saidStone.

She sees direct citizen action as an integral part of institutingsocial change and educating the public;

Local activists attending the non-violence training includedIdaho Progressive Student Alliance member Amanda Rich. Shebelieves that trainings of this type are necessary to prevent con-flicts between protesters and the police, such as occurred down-town Boise on Sept. 26. At that event, 17 were arrested protestingthe policies of the International Monetary Fund and the WorldBank. While she agrees that police may have overreacted duringthe protest, Rich believes the protesters could stand for some train-ing as well.

Rich sees the role of non-violent protest as an essential part ofpromoting social change. She says that sometimes the truth takesawhile to get out, and sometimes protesters are not given credituntil history shows that they were right.

"No one today would say that Martin Luther king was a radicalidiot, but lots of people said that in the 60s," she said.

Dialogue on Race seriesto promote reconciliationhY Stuart Bason Television indicates that four out

the Arbiter of 10 Idahoans do not want theirneighborhoods to be. ethnicallydiverse.

Dinh, who has worked inSeattle on similar issues, is con-cerned about Idaho's future. Shesees the mission of the Multi-Ethnic Center as being primarilyeducational, and says .that onlyeducation will help prevent theracial divisions that haveoccurred in many urban areas,She claims that diversity not onlyincludes ethnicity, but also gen-der, sexual orientation and lifeexperience, as well as appreciat-ing different ideas, methods andways of thinking.

'That's what makes Americaso great," she said.

The event uses a variety ofmedia that organizers hope willfoster dialogue about race issuesamong students, faculty, staff andadministrators. These include:

Oct. SO-:-Picket signs with

BSU's Multi-Ethnic Center issponsoring a Dialogue on

Race Week from Oct. SO throughNov. 2. The four-day event is apart of the U.S. Department ofEducation's initiative to promoteracial reconciliation and dialogue,"Many Paths, One Journey:Building One America."

Multi-Ethnic Center coordi-nator Tam Dinh says the maingoal of the event is to raiseunderstanding about diversity.

'1\ lot of students on campusare not aware there is a raceissue," she said. "Race relations isa sensitive topic that many do notwant to bring up; however it is avery real problem in our commu-nity."

According to Dinh, a recentsurvey by Channel Seven, theIdaho Statesman, and Idaho Public

Expert on studentbehavior to speak

Nov. 8

Gerald Amada, a nationally rec-ognized expert on student

misconduct. in the classroom andon campus, will make two presen-tations/workshops to faculty andstaff in the Special Events CenterNov 8. He will present "CopingWith the Disruptive CollegeStudent" from 9-11 a.m. and"Coping With Misconduct in the

Classroom" from 2-4 p.m.A retired professor of psychol-

ogy from City College of SanFrancisco, Amada has writtenmore than 30 articles and reviewson the subjects of mental healthand psychology. He helped foundthe City College of San.Franciscomental health program and hisbooks on college student behaviorare standard texts in the field.

Admission is free and facultyand staff are welcome to either orboth sessions. Two additionalworkshops will be offered duringthe spring semester. The first willbring together Boise State' profes-sionals in a workshop on the stu-dent code of conduct, disciplinaryjudicial procedures and the servic-es available to assist students. Thesecond workshop will explore therole of advising and instruction in

creating a climate of respect oncampus. Dates and locations to beannounced.

For additional information, con-tact Kent Neely, extension 14H, orBlaine Eckles, extension 1583.

Safety seminars oncampus heightencrime awareness

by J. Patrick KellySpecial to the Arbiter

The Ada County Sheriff's officewill give a safety seminar on

Nov. 7 at 7:00 p.rn, at the StudentUnion Jordan Ballroom. It is spon-sored by the Boise State Women'sCenter, and co-sponsored by DeltaBeta Nu and BGLAD. The event isopen to both women and men.

The seminar will offer street-smart tips, the proper use of Maceand pepper sprays, and what stu-dents and faculty should do in anemergency situation.

The Cop Shop, a local store thatspecializes in self-defense. andpolice related merchandize con-tributes to the seminars by givingaway free whistles. Sheriff's deputyBriton Stuart leads the seminars.

'These whistles are very high-pitched and loud; a great deter-rent," Stuart said.

The seminars also offer instruc-tion on how to properly dischargepepper sprays.

"It's amazing how a little Macecan go a long way in preventing anattack. And when purchasing Maceand pepper spray it's important tobuy a high quality brand with asafety guard," Stuart added.

Pre-registration is preferred,but not required. For more infor-mation, call 426-4259.

Publication boardseeks studentrepresentation

The Publication Board is seek-ing five students to fill empty

seats. Currently only one of the sixstudent representative seats isfilled. The Publication Board,which meets once a month, pr(}-vides financial oversight for BoiseState University's student newspa-per, the Arbiter. In the spring, theboard selects the editor-in-chieffor the upcoming academic year.

For information, contact PeterWollheim at 426-3552.

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~pusBS~Counseling Centercan relieve anxietyby Roxanne Nichols

Special to the Arbiter

Isschool driving you crazy? Do you need someone to talk to? Youcan go to the Counseling and Testing Center to get help.The Counseling and Testing Center is available to any enrolled

student, said Dr. Jim Nicholson, the director of the center. All coun-seling is free, but testing may cost, he said.'

Senior staff members who are either licensed psychologists orcounselors provide counseling. There are four counseling graduatestudents who also work in the center, Nicholson said. None of themprescribe medication, but the center works closely with the StudentHealth Center, he said.

Students can schedule unlimited appointments, based on the stu-dent's need and arrangements made with the professional involved,he said. Appointments usually last 50 minutes. '

The Counseling and Testing Center is located on the sixth floorof the Education Building. It is'open on Monday through Thursdayfrom 8 a.m, to 7 p.m. and on Friday from '8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Rock the Voteoffers alternativesThird party candidates to meet students

. by Sean HayestheArbiter

Thi~ afternoon, students wili have the opportunity to meet, ' representatives from the many third party candidacies cur- ,

rently on the ballot in Idaho. Some third parties competing forthe vote are the Greens, the Libertarians, the Natural Law Partyand the Reform Party.', "We're trying to offer students an, alternative way to beinvolved in' politics outside the mainstream," said ASBSUPresident Nate Peterson. '

ASBSU Lobbyist Brook Smith will sponsor, the event.Peterson suggested it as a means to arouse student curiosity bydressing ASBSU Senators as former presidents and offering stu-dents photo opportunities. .,'

The i\lternative Rock the Vote' will beheld today from 11:30a.m. to about 40 p.m.

This event comes on the heels of last week's Students Vote2000, sponsored by the College Democrats and CollegeRepublicans.

The rally was able to host the following candidates for localelection: Linda Pall for Congress, and state legislative candidatesGeorge Klein, district 13, Ward Hower and Lee Carey, district 15,David Sneddon, district 16 and Linda Emery, district 17.

Representatives for, but not the congressional candidatesthemselves, Butch Otter and Mike Simpson, also were in atten-dance.

College Republicans member and ASBSU Senator Brad Saito,addressed the ASBSU Senate over his dissatisfaction with theturnout of Republican candidates for office. Saito said that theRepublican Party billed itself as a "party of youth."

"When it came time for, them to put their money where theirmouth was," Saito said, "They put it in some other orifice."

Saito said he will maintain his involvement with CollegeRepublicans nonetheless. .

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The athletes are required todo community service as part ofthe C.H.A.M.P.S. program:Challenging Athletes' Mindsfor Personal Success.C.HAMJ~S was created by theNCAA to support the studentdevelopment initiatives of itsmember institutions and toenhance the quality of the stu-dent-athlete experience withinthe university setting .

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Athletes act as anti-drug role modelsPlayers send message to youngsters during Red Ribbon Week

some BSU athletes could attend drinking has influenced her makes them listen more to whatby Dayle McNabb wearing their uniforms. The choice to remain drug-free. we have to say. If we show the

Special to the Arbiter athletes were not there to speak "It was a really touching kids that we are responsiblebut rather to be seen. speech. She really brought with our choices in life maybe

"By attending we show the home the negative affects that they will follow our lead,"young women and men that we come with drinking and drug "BSU athletes are role mod-care about them being safe and use," .said Tara Milligan, a els for the children becausestaying away from drugs and member of the BSU soccer they have a year-round pres-alcohol," said Fred Goode, sen- team. ence as the athletic seasonsior academic adviser for athlet- The athletes also went to change," Goode said. 'We canics. elementary schools in Boise to show them that if they take

Activities included a per- talk to the students. The main care of their education, workformance by RHYTHM; a points were to stay away from hard in their sport; and staygroup'of students from all dif- drugs and alcohol, information away from alcohol and drugsferent schools who used con- about the effects drugs and then they, too, can be success-struction equipment to beat a alcohol can have on their aca- fu1."rhythm and led everyone in a demic endeavors, and to stay in Red Ribbon Week endedchorus yelling "Say no to school and listen to their teach- Saturday at Boise Townedrugsl" A sixth grade class ers. Square. Athletes were theresang a song about being drug- "I think athletes make good from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. hand-free, and students gave speech- role models for the children ing out DAR.E badges, redes on their attitudes toward because the kids can usually ribbons and MAnn stickers.drinking and drugs. relate to athletes," said Jemima When Goode was asked to

One elementary school stu- Hayward, a member of the be involved he decided todent explained how her father's BSU tennis team. include Boise State's studentabsence from her life due to his 'They look up to us and this athletes in the effort.

A. ttlhletes lent BSU's good1"1..name to Red Ribbon Week,which kicked off on Friday,Oct. 20, as part of a month-long campaign urging peopleto abstain from drugs and alco-hol, started 10 years ago by

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was part of a NCAA-mandatedcommunity service initiativeand an effort to curb drug useand underage drinking

Hundreds of elementaryand junior high school studentsgathered on the Idaho Capitolsteps to make their pledge tonot do drugs or drink under-age.

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(U-WIRE) MADISON,~'ls:.-:9trrie ChapmanCatt, aRipon, Wis., native, reorgan-ized the national suffrage move-ment and suggested the organ-ization of the League ofWomen Voters to inform the 20million new voters created bywomen's suffrage.

"Carrie Chapman Catt wasthe founder of the League, oneof the key women in the suf-frage movement in passingthe19th Amendment," saidBeverly Speer, officemanager ofthe League of Women Votersof Dane County.

'Wisconsin played a hugepart in the suffrage movementbecause Catt was fromWisconsin and started the

league," Speer said. 'Around 15states (had) passed the amend-ment already, but Wisconsinwas known to be the first stateto sign and ratify the 19thAmendment to theConstitution."

The League of .WomenVoters, a nonpartisan politicalorganization that encouragesparticipation of citizens in gov-ernment and influences publicpolicy through education andadvocacy,was founded by mem-bers of the National Women'sSuffrage Association at theirlast convention in 1920.

Eighty years after its found- .ing, the league continues tobuild on its activist roots,espousing beliefs that both menand women should playa criti-cal role in advocacy, said KathyJohnson, president of theLeague of Women Voters of

Wisconsin. League membersare still encouraged to be polit-ical by educating citizens aboutgovernment and lobbying forsocial reform legislation.

."Our vision is to inform thepublic and ourselves about gov-ernmental issues and qualifica-tions about candidates so the.public can make up their ownminds when election timecomes," Johnson said. 'We'rereaching people in new ways.

Anyone can click on Dnet(Web site) from grassroots.comto find information on the 'can-didates, local and national."

Dnet provides candidatestatements on a variety ofissues. The league sends outquestionnaires to all candidatesregistered for each office, andthe responses are publishedverbatim for public review,Speer said.

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After 80 years of informingthe public, the league is cele-brating its anniversary this yearwith a special exhibit at theMadison Public Library, 201 WMifflin St., about women whoplayed a part in the suffragemovement titled "Women inAction: Rebels and Reformers1920-1980."

'We encourage people whodon't know much aboutwomen's influences to go see it,"Johnson said.

But the league also staysbusy during nonelection times.

"Election is pretty year-round, like this year, where wehave two spring and two fallelections," Johnson said."During the other times, wehave more speakers and issuemeetings. We also get ready forthe next election by workingwith naturalized citizens. Weeducate them on how to voteand use the system. We try toinfluence the citizens in theirrole for democracy."

However, there are still citi-zens who are not doing theirpart for the community. .

'We don't have enough peo-ple participating," said VirginiaSapiro, a political science profes-sor at the University' ofWisconsin-Madison. "Less thanhalf of the men and women inthe U.S. vote." .

To improve participation, theleague also registers voters andholds public forums andstatewide meetings that pertainto county and state issues andrelationships. Johnson said ittakes positions and influenceslegislation throughout the year,advocating topics that its mem-bers care about - like familyissues, reproductive rights andland use.

"One of our key issues is, andwill be, campaign financereform. It's the key issue for thenational league as well,"Johnson said.

Although the members ofthe leagues are predominantlyfemale, a few are males, who aregenerally spouses of womenmembers.

'There are probably 5 per-cent or less male members, butit's still growing," Johnson said.'We wanted to change our

name to the League of Votersto accommodate for the malemembers, but we didn't wantanybody else to take ourname."

Anybody is welcome to jointhe League of Women Voters,Johnson said. Because it's a vol-unteer organization, one wouldjust have to join and pay dues,which are $50 per year for theDane County and Wisconsin'.league branches.

Once someone joins, he orshe becomes a member of allthree levels - local, state andnational.

The league especially wel-comes young and diversegroups of people to join, whichSpeer says is a problem for theleague.

"Diversifying our member-ship is one of our efforts," Speersaid. "It is made up of predom-inantly white, middle- to upper-class females."

Tara Domine is currentlythe only UW-Madison studentvolunteering with the league.Domine, a junior, said she dis-covered the league's link on herpolitical science Web site herfreshman year, The link sparkedher interest, leading her to vol-unteer for three months. thatyear. Now she works part timeat the league's office.

"It's not feminist, and that'swhat 1 liked about it," Dominesaid. "I think people sometimeshave the wrong impression onwhat the league is about. Theythink it's a feminist organiza-tion, but it's different. Peopleshould come here and look atthe issues we work on. We doso many great things. A lot ofpeople turn to the league forgood information about debatesand the candidates."

Copyright ©2000 The DailyCardinal via U-Wire

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Every vote mattersComplied by Randy Deyton

Special to the Arbiter

History demonstrates thatevery vote does matter. In

some elections, just a few voteschanged the course of history.In fact:

-Several states, includingCalifornia, Idaho, Oregon,Texas and Washington,became states by just ONE·vote?

-In 1948, Lyndon B.Johnson, our 36th president,

became a U.S. senator by a ONEvote margin?

-. The same year, if ThomasE. Dewey had gotten ONE votemore per precinct in Ohio andCalifornia, the presidential elec-tion would have been thrown tothe U.S. House ofRepresentatives, where Deweyenjoyed more support than his

. rival - incumbent Harry S.Truman? In fact, Dewey wasexpected to win the generalelection by a landslide, so mostRepublicans stayed home.

-Only 51.5 percent of theelectorate voted in 1948, and

Truman defeated Dewey.-In the 1960 presidential

election, ONE additional voteper precinct in Illinois,Missouri, New Jersey andTexas would have denied JohnF: Kennedy the presidency andput Richard M. Nixon in officeeight years earlier.

.-In recent years, the out-comes of many state and con-gressional races have beenreversed as recounts have shift-ed a handful of votes from onecandidate to another.

Politicians try their hand atconverting disillusioned youthby Sarah Roberts

Daz1y Egyptian (SouthernIllinois University}

CARBONDALE, Ill.Statistics may show trends ofapathy among young people, butRob Sanjabi revels in buckingthat stereotype. Sanjabi, 16, wasone of more than 300 studentsfrom area high schools and com-munity colleges who gathered onthe Southern Illinois Universitycampus to meet with politicians

. and explore the political systemas part of Youth GovernmentDay 2000.

Sanjabi,who is co-president ofCarbondale Community HighSchool's Young Democrats,attended the two-day eventbecausehe is concerned about thequality of education in the state.

He said events such as YouthGovernment Day provide stu-dents with a chance to interactwith politicians and gain a posi-tive outlookon government.

"It's helpful to students to seethat people like (Paul) Simon andSen. (Dick) Durbin take time outfor events like this and show thatthey really care,". Sanjabi said.'They have real stories and expe-riences that are invaluable."

The event began with a dinnerFriday evening. Former U.S.Sen.Paul Simon, now the director ofthe Public Policy Institute at SIU,attended the event, where he dis-cussed ways to motivate familyand friends to participate in thedemocratic process.

'We need to involve youngpeople in developing the future ofour nation," Simon said. "This is

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one way to recognize students'potential and encourage them toget personally involved in. ourdemocracy."

The festivities began with vis-iting politicians circulatingamong students and participatingin group discussions. IllinoisAttorney . General Jim Ryan,Illinois Sen.. Lisa Madigan, D-Chicago,and Durbin were amongthose in attendance. .

Following presentations,politicians, students and accom-panying. faculty retired toSimon's Makanda home for a pic-nic lunch and a keynote addressfrom Durbin.

Sitting by a serene lake overbarbecue and baked beans, stu-dents listened attentively toDurbin's inspiring speech aboutthe importance of becominginvolvedin government.

"Representing the state ofIllinois is such a wonderful chal-lenge and a wonderful opportuni-ty," Durbin said. "There areopportunities for each of you tohave the same experience oneday."

Durbin served for 14 years inthe U.S. House ofRepresentatives before succeed-ing Simon in the· U.S. Senate.Durbin proudly discussed his rolein introducing the bill to bansmoking on airplanes while amember of the. House ofRepresentatives,

Durbin also recounted hisrecent trip to Africa to seek war.sto improve the quality of lifethere. He reminded the studentsthat his examples could one daybecome theirs.

'We are all moving togetherin this world, and you shouldthink about Y0l,lrpotential role inpublic policy,"Durbin said.

'We change the world becausewe open doors and get ideas outthere. Youhave a chance at them,and the whole world couldchange the right way." .

SIU President James Walker,who formally welcomed' the

. crowd, concurred."It's you who will be the lead-

ers of tomorrow," he said. "It isyou who will be moving thisnation forward. We have a lot we

need to do, andwe're counting on .you."

Simon said that he wantedstudents to leave the event with asense of purpose and the fee.ingthat they are an important part ofgovernment.

'That's what these two dayshave been about," Simon said.'We want them to use their tal-ents, their creativity and theirdedication to make this a betterworld, not just for themselves,but for a great many others."

Sanjabi, who created his ownWeb site, www.illinoiseducation-revolution.org, to raise awarenessabout the problems in education,said he thoroughly enjoyed theweekend and the chance to min-gle with major political players.

'They're not just politicians,they're' real people, and they'regood people," Sanjabi said. "Icamehere inspired, and I left hereinspired." '.

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ASBSU: It's not just for frat guys anymoreWhy students should care about their student government

by Sean Hayesthe Arbiter

There is not a day I don't. . hear-somebody on campus

complaining about this or that'policy, sometimes rationallyand sometimes off-the-wallirrationally.

At the heart of the matterare many honest faults withBoise State University. Why isit necessary to enforce parkingrestrictions at 3 'a.m. onChristmas? Why can't. youwalk across the grass withoutlosing your shoe in a foot ofmud?

BSU is controlled by com-mittees; the Parking andTransportation Committeedecides on parking, theCalendar Committee decideswhen spring break will be

held. And they all send theirrecommendations on to BSUPresident Charles Ruch. Ruch,in turn, is at the mercy of theState Board of Education. Ifyou wonder why you can't geta beer at a campus event, lookno further than the StateBoard. The speck on the bot-,tom of the ladder is you, gen-tle reader.

We, as students paying thefees that helps keep this uni-versity afloat, do have somepower. Forone thing, ordinarystudents may sit on all com-mittees. Secondly, student sen-ators are elected to representstudent interests on commit-tees.

Currently, some of thosesenators have slipped intooffice with less than 10 votes.I'm' not kidding, 10 measly

Self-defense Training~Tues, Nov 7th 4-6 pmSUB Jordan Ballroom

Hosted by Arja CountySheriff's Dept.Sponsored by ASBSU

and the Women's CenterSu ported by Delta Beta Nu and BG

RSVP Preferredbut not required:

426-4259

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votes.Reporting on ASBSU, sit-

ting . through every singlemeeting of the Senate, forabout a year-I've learned thepower structure at theUniversity" and how littleimpact students really have inthat system.

I've never met a senator, orany ASBSU official, whom Igot the distinct impression didnot care about students. Theproblem is, most studentsdon't care about them or aboutthe inner workings of theUniversity. And that is thereason your fees increase andyou can not find a parkingspot.

Of the 16,000 students atBSU, less than 10 percentvoted in the last ASBSU exec-utive election. In unopposed

races, senators won with twoto five votes. It seems that notonly do BSU students not careto do anything themselves,they also can not, be botheredto spend one minute voting forsomeone who is' motivated todo something.

, The BSU ennui has alsoaffected its student govern-ment. Nine applications havebeen turned in this year to filleight vacant seats. That meansthe five Senators left over fromlast November's election orwho have since been appointedstand almost no chance ofbeing defeated.

It's a wonder Senators areas committed as they are, theycould spend their meetingsplaying miniature golf andordering pizzas with studentfees, and if I did not report it

in The Arbiter, 98 percent ofBSU students would neverknow about.it,

If BSU can be seen as a,microcosm of the world atlarge, it is depressing to thinkabout how mass laziness andflakyness screws us all over.As Ruch said in .a roundtablediscussion last month, not vot-ing does not stop the political

- machine.For those interested in

. being a part of ASBSU and/orthe committees that controlstudents' lives, contact theASBSU secretary at 426-1440.Elections will be held Nov. 8and 9.

Sean Hayes C(1l1 be reached atshayes@arbitermail.com

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•activities••

LECTURESandPRESENTA-

TIONSNOV. 1

Donald Asher, national-ly known speaker, will talkon how to get into the grad-uate school of your choice at7 p.m. in room 103 of theEngineering TechnologyBuilding. Sponsored byGraduate Admissions andthe Career Center. Call 426-3903.

NOV. 2Literature for Lunch,

WCA, 720 W. WashingtonSt. 12:1(\-1 p.m. Topic: "TheGod of Small Things" byArundhati Roy, Free.Sponsored by Boise StateEnglish department. Call426-1179, 426-1233 or sende-mail to cmartin@boises-tate.edu orjwidmayer@boisestate.edu.

NOV.6"U.S. and World Global

Economic Outlook"Student Union HatchBallroom A-B. 5:30 p.m.Presentation by Boise Stateeconomics professor ArunRaha. Sponsored by BoiseState economics depart-ment. Free. Call 426-3351.

"Harry Potter: What'sAll the Fuss?" StudentUnion Hatch C-D. Paneldiscussion with Boise Stateeducation professor StanSteiner and a local psycholo-gist, minister, and twolibrarians. Sponsored byBoise ,State College ofEducation. Free. Call 426-3962.

WORKSHOPSand CONFER-

ENCESNOV. 1

Political Party Forumwill be holding classes,workshops and seminar inthe SUB from 7 p.m, to 9p.m.

NOV. 1-2HIV conference will be

holding workshops andseminars in the SUB from 6a.m. to II p.m.

NOV. 4Mid Service Training

will be holding classes,workshops and seminar inthe SUB from 8 a.rn, to 5p.m.

NOV. 6Elementary Education

will be holding classes,workshops and seminar inthe SUB from 6 p.m. to 8p.rn.

NOV. 8Department Chairs will

be holding classes, work-shops and seminar in theSUB from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Pay Attention to MelWill be holding classes,workshops and seminar inthe SUB from 9 a.m. to 5p.m.

STUDENTCLUBMEETINGS and

EVENTSNOV. 1

College Democrats willhave a booth open in theSUB from 8 a.m, to 5 p.m.

Dialogue on Race willhave a booth open in theSUB from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Vedic Philosophical &Cultural Club will have abooth open' in the SUB from8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Alternative Vote 2000will be held in the SUB fromII a.m. to 4 p.m.

IPSA General Meetingwill be holding a meeting inthe SUB from 5, p.m. to 7p.rn.

NOV. 2College Democrats will

have a booth open in theSUB from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Dialogue on Race willhave a booth open in theSUB from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.8:00:00 AM

AA will be holding ameeting in the SUB from 7a.m. to 8:15 a.m.

SWAT will be holding ameeting in the SUB from10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Alpha Kappa Psi will beholding a meeting in theSUB from7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

BGLAD Weekly will beholding a meeting in theSUB from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Dialogue on Race willbe holding classes, work-shops and seminar in theSUB from 7 p.m, to s.sop.m,

Lacrosse Club will beholding a meeting in theSUB from 7 p.m. to II p.m.

Alpha Kappa Psi will beholding a meeting in theSUB from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

NOV. 3College Democrats will

be holding a meeting in theSUB from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Idaho Green Party willhave a booth open in theSUB about the Write-in bal-lot Information from 8 a.m,t05 p.m.

Pre Med. Club will beholding a meeting in theSUB from I:45 p.m. to 3 p.m.

MLK Committee willbe holding a meeting in theSUB from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Political Campaign

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Debate will be held in the booth open in the SUB fromSUB fromr p.m. to 9 p.m. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

NOV.SKappa Sigma will be

holding a meeting in theSUB from 3 p.m, to 5 p.m,

Delta Beta Nu will beholding a meeting in theSUB from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Kappa Sigma Pledgewill be holding a meeting inthe SUB from 7 p.m. to 10p.m.

NOV.6ASBSU Executive

Meeting will be holding ameeting in the SUB from7:30.a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

College Bowl will havea booth open in 'the SUBfrom 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

College Democrats willhave a booth open in theSUB from 8 a.m, to 5 p.m.

Self-Defense will have abooth open in the SUB from10 a.m. to 4 p.m,

SPB Board Meetingwill be holding a meeting inthe SUB from 4:30 p.m. to7:30p.m.

NOV. 7AA will be having meet-

ings in the SUB from 7 a.m.to 8:15 a.m.

BSU Radio CommunityAdvisory Board will beholding a meeting in theSUB from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m,

Ranger Club will have abooth open in the SUB from8 a.m, to 5 p.m.

Volunteer ServicesBoard will, have a boothopen in the SUB from 8 a.m.to 5 p.m.

IJ;>SSA will have abooth open in the SUB from9:30 am, to 2:30 p.rn,

Self-Defense will beholding classes, workshopsand seminar in the SUBfrom 4 p.m, to 6 p.m.

senate Meeting will beholding a meeting in theSUB from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Ski Racing 'Team willbe holding a meeting in theSUB from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

- Beta Alpha Psi will beholding a meeting in theSUB from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Snowboarding club willhave a special even t in theSUB from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

NOV.SASBSU Elections will

have a booth open in theSUB from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

College Bowl will havea booth open in the SUBfrom 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Vedic Philosophical &Cultural Club will have abooth open in the SUB from8:30 am. to 2 p.m.

LDSSA will have abooth open in the SUB from9:30 am. to 2:30 p.m.

Ski Class will' have a

ARTS andENTERTAIN-

MENTEVENTSNOV. 1

Treasure Valley ConcertBand, Meridian MiddleSchool. 7:30 p.m, Presentedby Boise State music depart-ment. Free. Call 426-3980.

Dia De Los MuertosAltar will have' an exhibit ondisplay in the SUB from 7 a.m.to t ip.m.

Noon Tunes -MaryMeade will be having aperformance in the SUB from11:30 a.m, to I p.m.

NOV. 2Student trumpet recital,

Greg Cox, Lindsey Hobaft,Justin Smitchger. MorrisonCenter Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m.Presented by Boise Statemusic department. Free. Call426-3980.

NOV. 3ANIMA, Special Events

Center. 8 p.m. Student UnionClassic Performances present-ed by Student Union andActivities. Tickets: $10 gener-al admission, $5 students, sen-iors, alumni, faculty and staff.Call 426-4636.

NOV. 4"Swan Lake," Morrison

Center Main, Hall. 8 p,m.Presented by Ballet Idaho.Tickets: $16-$35. Call 426-1110.

NOV.SDavid Saunders, horn,

Morrison Center Recital Hall.4-p.m. Faculty Artist Seriesperformance presented byBoise State music department.TiCkets: $5 adults, $3 seniorsand free to students and BoiseState' faculty and staff. Call426-3980. RESCHEDT,lLEDTO FEB. 26.

Lorenzo Micheli concert,Morrison Center Recital Hall.7:30 p.m. Winner of theGuitar Foundation ofAmerica contest. Tickets: $5-$10. Call 42&-3980.

Symphonic WindsConcert, Morrison CenterMain Hall. 7:30 p.m.Presented by Boise Statemusic department. Tickets: $5general, $3 seniors and free tostudents and Boise State fac-ulty and staff. Call 426-3980.

NOV. 6STUDENT RADIO.will

be having a special event inthe SUB from 8 p.m. to 10p.m,

NOV. 7"Gimme Shelter," Special

Events Center, 7 pm, StudentPrograms Board film.

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Tickets: $2 general, $1 stu-dents at the door. Call 426-4636.

Senior flute recital.Morrison Center Recital Hall.7:30 p.m. Presented by BoiseState music department. Free.Call 426-3980.

NOV.SPiano recital by students

of Del Parkinson, MorrisonCenter Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m.Presented by Boise State MusicDepartment. Free. Call 426-3980.

Sonatina Festival,Morrison Center Recital Hall.All day. Closed to audiences.Call 426-3980.

Student recital; KatieO'Neal, piano. MorrisonCenter Recital Hall.- 7:30 p.m.Presented by Boise State musicdepartment. Free. Call 426-3980.

Scholar/DonorLuncheon. Sponsored by BoiseState University Foundation.Invitation only. Call 426-3276.

Treasure Valley ConcertBand and Boise MasterChorale, Mountain Home HighSchool. 7:30 p.m. Presented byBoise State Music Department.Free. Call 426-3980

STUDENT RADIO willhave a special event in the SUBfrom 8 p.m, to 10 p.m.

NOV. 1-30"Abstraction," Alumni

Association Juried Art Show; .Student Union Gallery. 7 a.m.-I I p.m, daily. Presented byStudent Union and Activities.Free. Call 426-4636 '

NOV2-S. Sesame Street Live, The

Pavilion. 7 p.m. Nov. 2-3, 10:30a.m., 2 p.m. & 5:30 p.m, Nov. 4,I p.m. Nov. 5. Tickets: $8.50-$18 at Select-a-Seat, www.ida-hotickets.com or call 426-1766.

SPORTINGEVENTS

NOV..2Bronco volleyball vs, Long

Beach State, The Pavilion. 7p.m. Tickets: $3. Call ,426-4737.

NOV. 4Bronco football at

Arkansas State, Jonesboro, Ark.Bronco volleyball vs.

Pacific, Boise State Pavilion. 7p.m. Tickets: $3. Call 426-4737.

NOV. 7Bronco

exhibitionPavilion.r.so4737.

men's basketballgame, The

p.m. Call 426-

NOV.SHlgh school football play-

offs, Bronco Stadium.

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Nine students cameight seats in ASBElections to be held Nov. 8and 9by Sean Hayes

the Arbiter .

Though dozens of electionpackets were picked up by

interested students, only ninefollowed through to the end inbouts to be the next representa-tives of students at large inASBSU.

Among those running isincumbent Senator Brad Saito, apolitical science/biology majorfrom Weiser who has served inASBSU since last November'selection. His priorities includesupporting expansion for theMultiethnic and Women'sCenters, expanding recyclingprograms, initiating a commit-tee to create a secure bike struc-ture and ensuring that studentswill have an "open forum" inSenate.

Recycling was also one ofSaito's platforms in the last elec-tion. He'recently sponsored aresolution to ban hard-to-recy-cle Astrobrite paper from cam-pus usage.

"When I first got to thiscampus as a student there wasnot a recycling program here soI watched this program growfrom nothing into something,"Saito said. "It's definitely in itsbaby steps right now and I just

hope I can move it along,"He also said he is consider-

ing a bill to allocate some.Senate funds for more recycling

. bins. On the heels of ASBSUrecycling .director ArielleAnderson telling Senate shesees "no support at all" from theBSU adminis-

. tration towardrecycling, theissue has alsomade it toFrancisoPedraza andBrookeBaldwin's can-didate plat-forms.

Pedraza,also elected toSenate lastNovembercalls for insti-tutionalizing arecycling pro-gram at Boise .State. His plat-form also callsfor a means ofpublishing teacher evaluations,sponsoring communityactivism, and promoting a stu-dent-run book buy back sys-tem. ASBSU President NatePeterson recently hired a coor-dinator for a book exchange:

program that ifsuccessful couldspell the end, of$90 textbooks.

"It's possible,the students willbenefit, it's goingto happen,"Pedraza said.

More along

the lines of traditional studentlife - fraternities and football -incumbent Senate Pro TemNick Leonardson, a financemajor and Kappa Sigma officer,hopes to promote school spiritand Greek involvement.

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He also advocates having a"rowdy section" at football 'games, or a, special reservedsection for students to be closeto the action and "go crazy andnot annoy others around 'you,"

Brooke Baldwin, a political, science major from Idaho Falls,

appointed toSenate earlierthis semesternow hopes towin her seatthis election.Her platform,like Saito's,includesrecycling andexpansion oftheMultiethnicand Women'sCenters. Theplatform alsoincludesadding morewomen'ssports.

An Oct. 4< '. Arbiter cover

story explored the federal TitleIX requirement for equity inmen's and women's sports. TheAthletic department's choice ofadding skiing as the' nextschool-sponsored - womens'sport instead ofthe more popularsoftball drew somefire.

"The AthleticDepartment issimply doing thebare minimum tomeet Title IXrequirements,"Baldwin said,

"If you try to get rid of theparties, if you try to get rid ofaU that fun stuff, you're not

going to get anybody, but wereally need to make more ofa concerted effort to push inthat direction. That's what Imean by strengthening the

Greek system." -Leonordson

Nick Leonardson

base of people coming in whowant to move these chapters jna place that I think they shouldbe moved which is a lot moretoward community service,scholarship and campusinvolvement, not so much thesocial aspect," Leonardson said.

"If you try to get rid of theparties, if you try to get rid ofall that fun stuff, you're notgoing to get anybody, but wereally need to make more of aconcerted effort to push in thatdirection. That's what I meanby strengthening the Greeksystem," he added.

Francisco Pedraza

'They must do more to reachgender equity."

She alsosays she will not usestudent fees to increase her pay.A recent bill that would haveraised ASBSU salaries wasvetoed by President Petersonlast month. The issue has alsomade it to the platform of BradChristensen, a candidate vyingfor his first term in Senate.

"I see no need for a raise inpay for ASBSU officers,"Christensen said, "$19 timesfive could be used more eftec-tively elsewhere:'

$19 is the amount Senatepay will go up if. Senate over-rides the veto.

The sophomore communica-tion/English major from IdahoFalls, also lists recycling,encouraging participation inathletic clubs, finding parkingalternatives and publishingteacher evaluations as mainconcerns.

"Oftentimes the evaluationdone at the (end of) the semes-ter is too late for studentswho've already' thrashed theirGPA,"he said. "I move that wedo something about it."

Jordan Kowallis; a politicalscience major from SodaSpring appointed to the Senate

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earlier this semester, lists safetyas a big concern."I don't think that every-

thing is being done with whatwe currently have," she said,adding that increased patrolsand lighting would help allevi-ate some of the issue.

Her other platforms includeadding more bike racks, morechange machines and betterpromotion of student activities.

"So many time at BoiseState I haven't known about·things that I would have likedto attend," she said. She sug-gests Senate take an active rolein making students and facultyaware of campus events.

Entertainment is also a pri-ority for communication/jour-nalism major Lee VanderBoeghwhose brother Matt currentlysits on Senate.

'We have all these activities

and so people will show up outof a campus of 15, 000,"VanderBoegh said. "Even at thefootball games the student sec-tion is the smallest of thebunch it seems like."

He says event plannersshould explore the kind ofactivities that students want oncampus and gear programs totheir demand.

"Even if we have a greatprogram set up if it's not totheliking of the population as awhole it's not going to workout too well," he said.

His main platforms include'increasing student involvementand hosting more on-campusentertainment. He also wantsto represent concerns of thoseliving in residence halls andpromote safety awareness.

Thomas Tureman, anexchange student from

"The Athletic Department is

simply doing the bare mini-

mum to meet Title IX

requirements," Baldwin

said, "They must do more to

reach gender equity."

Germany is making his firsteffort to fun for election. Thecriminal justice major's priori-ties are to work to lessen highstudent fees and textbookprices.

"I have a very big problemwith the high book prices,'Tureman said. "Youbuy a bookfor $50, $60 and get $5 back onit."

Tureman also wants to workto better health insurance cov-erage for students struggling inlow-wage jobs.

"You have to raise healthystudents because your futurerelies on these kids," he said.

He also advocates makingthe top floors of the parkinggarage open to general permitholders. The philosophy of thepay-as-you-go system, universi-ty officials have said, is to fundadditional parking garages.Tureman said that studentsshould be placed before profits.

Seeking to boost non-tradi-tional student involvement inASBSU is Jim Sherman, anEnglish/education major whograduated high school in

Midvale in 1975.Sherman could not be

reached by press time,' but listshis concerns as steep textbookprices, financial aid dilemmas,non-traditional student issuesand the old standby parking.

'The students and teachersneed more parking," his plat-

form states.Any registered student is

eligible to vote. The electionswill be held on Nov. 8 and 9.Poll stations will be postedaround the entire campus.

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History holds true as Broncos win anothernail biter in Las Cruces '

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LAS CRUCES, NM - Athree-yard scoring pass fromBart Hendricks to wide receiv-er Lou Fanucchi provided BoiseState with a narrow 34-31 vic-

o tory over New Mexico State onSaturday night, in a gamewhich featured plenty of dramaand an impressive. fourth quar-ter for the Broncos.

After giving up consecutivetouchdowns to the Aggies inthe third quarter, and trailing31-27 heading into the fourthperiod, Boise State's offensechewed up nearly 11 minutes ofthe final period clock, while theBronco defense was successfulin holding NMSU on its onlypossession of the fourth quar-ter.

Boise State's game winningdrive actually started after amissed Dario Aguiniga fieldgoal, and New Mexico Stateholding the momentum afterturning a 27-17 early thirdquarter deficit into a 31-27fourth quarter lead. But, theBroncos turned that momen-tum ~round thanks to a 140 play,

n-yard drive that ended up Although the Broncobeing the deciding factor in a defense gave up 317 yards rush-tremendous Big , West ing and 31 points to the Aggies,Conference football game. the group came up with the big- On the game winning drive, stop after Hendricks and com-sophomore tailback Brock - pany regained the lead withForsey rushed for 36 yards, just over eight minutes to playwhile Bart Hendricks complet- I in the game.ed passes to three different New Mexico State returnedBronco receivers. Hendricks the ensuing kickoff back toalso converted a key third down mid-field, but moved just 15play from the New Mexico yards in six plays before beingState 35-yard line with a five faced with a fourth and sevenyard run, with Forsey convert- situation from the Bronco 38'ing a fourth and one from the yard line. Rather than go forNMSU 2 i-yard line with a the first down, NMSU head'powerful pitch run. The coach Tony Samuel elected tolengthy drive ended with quick kick and attempt to pinHendricks finding Fanucchi as the Broncos deep. But, the punthe ran through the middle of rolled into the end zone for athe end zone and cleared touchback, and New Mexicouncovered to complete the State never saw the ball again.three-yard scoring play. Three first downs and 10

'We seem to run that playa plays later, Boise State hadlot down there in the end zone," worked the final 4:57 off thesaid Hendricks of the final clock and celebrated by taking a

-scoring pass, his seventh touch- knee on the final three plays ofdown throw of the season to the game. Hendricks andFanucchi. "It's a great route Fanucchi hooked up again toversus any coverage, and Lou help seal the game, on a deepjust happened to get open 4I-yard pass and catch that'there." 'moved the ball from the Bronco

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st-yard line to the NMSU 38-yard line and picking up thefirst first down of the drive.

Hendricks would also com-plete a clutch IS-yard pass toJay Swillie on a third and nine,while Forsey sealed the gamewith a three-yard gain on athird and one play with 1:25 toplay.

"I really did think we weregoing to find a way to win," saidBoise State head coach DirkKoetter, as his Bronco teamimproved to 6-2 on the seasonand 2-0 in Big West play. 'Thisis a huge win for our team. Itkeeps us on track, and I'm justvery proud of our guys. Therewere so many plays that couldhave gone either way, and wewere fortunately able to makethe bigger plays down thestretch."

Hendricks ended the gamecompleting 23-6f-36 passes for375 yards and three touch-downs,just three yards shy of acareer high. Fanucchi, Putzierand Swillie combined for 17 ofthose receptions, including 116receiving yards by Fanucchiand 109 yards by Swillie.Putzier nearly made it a 100yardhat trick.finishing with 96receiving yards. Combined withBrock Forsey's 106 rushingyards, and Boise State rolled up541 yards of total offense forthe fourth time this season and

scored at least 30 points in thei-ith straight game.

But, it was New MexicoState that controlled the gameearly. Behind its inside powerrunning and outside optionattack, New Mexico Statejumped out to an early 7-0 leadjust three minutes into thegame. Boise State scored justthree points in the first quarter, 'before adjusting to an aggres-sive NMSU defensive front.

In the second quarter, theBroncos scored on three of fourpossessions, including a four-yard touchdown run byHendricks and a to-yard screenpass from Hendricks to Forseyfor another touchdown. It ledto a 20-17 Bronco lead at half-time.

The lead that was extendedto ten points early in the thirdquarter as Hendricks hookedup with Swillie on a perfectlythrown 27-yard out pattern atthe front of the end zone. BoiseState looked well in control ofthe game at that point, but NewMexico State answered with'touchdown drives on the nexttwo possessions, setting up thedrama of the' fourth quarterand the Bronco come frombehind win. '

Compiled by Pete Erlendsonfrom wire reports

Contact Pete at Pete@arbiter-maiL com

Pete's PicksThe Vandals return to action after a bye last weekend. Idaho will

face North Texas, the same team Boise State dismantled twoweekends ago. Idaho will need this game to gear up for NewMexico State the following week as the Vandals cannot loss againif they hope to go to the Humanitarian Bowl.

Idaho will beat North Texas - New Mexico State willknock offconference undefeated Utah State in the Aggies versus Aggiesmatch up - The Broncos travel to Arkansas State and will crush theIndians 51-7.. North Texas (0-2) and Arkansas State (0-3) are out of the run-

mng for the H-Bowl. Idaho (1-1) and New MexicoState (1-1) bothhave one conference loss and would need both BSUand Utah Stateto loss. The Broncos (2-0) and Utah State (3-0) are undefeated inconference play and are in the drivers seat. '

If' BSU and Utah State are undefeated when they meet up inBronco Stadium on Nov. 11, the winner will be headed to the

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These tendrils don't last for 15minutes like fame and then yougo on with your life as if noth-ing happened. Anyone whoconsiders using a rape cry forrevenge on an ex-boyfriend, tocover a guilty conscience, or toget attention should thinktwice. Our society should not .tolerate such behavior anymore than we should tolerate .sexual assault in general.

I hope this woman is prose-cuted to the full extent of thelaw. I also think she should haveto do community service at therape crisis center. Hopefully, shewould realize the insidious .nature of her crime if she spenttime with. women who havebeen raped and survived.

Do you live In a democracy? Why or why not? If you1 ;1

could write In anyone for President who would It be?

The FreeMarkLankford

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photos & stOry by Daniel Wolfthe Arbiter

Jeremy Webster

DW: Do you live in ademocracy? Why or why not?. JW: Not a Jeffersonian

Democracy, we live in a businesscalled democracy. They candefine words however they want,they can.use words to manipulateyou. So, yes by their definitionwe do live in a democracy,because that's what theycall it.

OW: If you could write in anyone for President who wouldit be? .

JW: Nader or Zack De La Rocha(RATM)

Mathew Davlin

".,1 .OW: Do you live in ademocracy? Why or why not?

MD: No. We live in aRepresentative democracy to thefullest extent. And even at.times.I don't believe we are fully repre-sented. .

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. Lynda LeppertBoise ...Job steers dear ofc:orporate world

This is a parking attendant'sresponse to The Arbiter's

October 4,2000, Your UNRE-AL Horrorscope, Virgo: (Augss-Sept 22)

Slaughterhouse; garbagecollector - -been there, donethat. Bothjobs rolled into one. Iwas a paralegal and legal secre-tary for a large corporation.This (parking attendance) jobgets me out in the. air awayfrom the killer-sharkegomani-ac corporate lawyers and bringshealth and sanity back to mylife.There are pretty clear linesof right and wrong in the park-ingenforcement business - notrying to figure out what theword "is" means.

Health. and' sanity have avalue far in excess of successon the corporate ladder.

Maryann MerrickParking Attendant. and

Fellow Student

OW: If you could write inanyone for President whowould it be?

MD: If I were to write-inanybody it would probably haveto be Mickey Mouse, becausehe's the only one that couldbring us into a happy nation. -----------

Cary Lucich

OW: Do you live in ademocracy? Why or why not?

CL: Do we live in a trueDemocracy in the U.S.? No, butdoes it work? Apparently fornow.

DW: If you could write inanyone for President whowould it be?CL: Undecided

lam a friend and supporter ofMark Henry Lankford, a

man being held in the State ofIdaho, in solitary confinementsince October 1983. Mark ha~been sentenced to death forcrimes that were commited andconfessed by his younger broth-er, Bryan S. Lankford. Bryanwas also in death row, but wasmoved and given a lesser sen-tence. Mark remains there;fighting for his life and the fair-ness that every humandeserves.

The State of Idaho made adeal with Bryan in 1983, that hewould not get the death sen-

. tence if he testified against hisown brother. The prosecutor .lied to the jury and court, say-ing there was no such deal, butin 1995, The Idaho SupremeCourt ruled that there wasindeed such a deal. Howeverthey did not apply this ruling t~Mark's case, only to Bryan's,'making it seem, for all practicalpurposes, that it is legal inIdaho to lie to a jurj; with thejudge's knowledge that one islying.

The prosecution committedperjury, obstruction of justiceand conducted a maliciousprosecution against MarkLankford .: There has been nopunishment for these illegalacts, for Mark remains on deathrow, subjected to living condi-tions that violates the UN'sMinimum Standards ofConfinement! This cannot beallowed to continue; it must bestopped! Mark is innocent!

I ask you to assist in thisfight for freedom and fairness.You can write to Mark, hisattorneys or your government,to ask that they get involved.get. educated on this travesty ofJustice. You can find out moreby visiting Mark's web sites on

the Internet at:http://hjem.get2net.dk/mic

rask/free/markhtmlhttPi!/www.ban=

found.u-net.com/camp27.htmPlease understand that all

people in Idaho are not racistsor murderers, the Idaho mediajust has not educated them, forthey are also afraid to reportwhat the State has perpetratedupon a US citizen!

Thank you for your assis-tance and know that Mark isthankful for all you may do onhis behalf. If it can happen to aman like Mark, it can happen toany of us, unless we are rich orfriends with judges!

Don't let Idaho commit firstdegree, premeditated murderon Mark Lankford!

. You may contact Mark at:Mark Henry LankfordC-Block #20489 .PO Box 51Boise, ID 83 707-0051USA

Yours sincerely.Jennifer Pfiffner

Rape is no joke

Iwouldjust like to express myopinion of the woman who

faked her sexual assault on theGreenbelt Saturday. This kindof behavior is a disgrace towomen and a detriment to ourso~iety.Wome~ who use "rape"Cries for attention, media expo-sure, or any non-assault reasonsare just as abhorrent as the menwho commit rape. Her singleaction willmake the next REALvictim's experience even worse.The next victim will have a dif-ficult time getting people tohelp. her, getting believed, andgettmg the prompt responsethat is needed for these cases.

Rape is not a nebulous, fleet-ing entity; the aftershocks con-

o tinue throughout your life aridaffect every aspect of your life.

Corporate spC!nsors fundcampus recycling .

Privileged minoritymaintains world debt'Faithful unify to eliminate world debt

by Arielle AndersonSpecial to the Arbiter

A s you are all aware, ther\.recycling program here isnext to null and the amount ofmoney that I have to work withis also very sickly. If, you canbelieve it, Coca-Cola actuallygives me my annual budgetthat consists of $ 12,000. Thismay sound like a lot, but onceyou subtract the $460.00 that Ihave to give to BFI on a month-ly basis, just to pick up thenominal amount of recyclingthat we use on a weekly basis;and the purchasing of properrecycling reciprocals; and theevents that I am required to puton for you guys ... e.g. EARTHDAY; it's really not a lot ofcash. .

by Scott BonnerSpecial to the Arbiter

r"J"">day, 19,000 children will. .1. die of preventablecauses. It happened yesterday,too, and the day before. And itwill keep happening ~ 19,000innocent lives snuffed out eachand every day - until debtrelief becomes a reality. This isnot an exaggeration. It is theresult of a 1997 study by theUnited Nations DevelopmentProgram. Debt repaymentsdivert money away from basiclife-saving health care in theworld's poorest countries.

Many humanitarian organi-zations all over the world, mostnotably Jubilee 2000, have beencalling for the cancellation ofthe, unpayable debts of theworld's poorest countries bythe end of 2000. Jubilee 2000has collected more than 18 mil-lion petition signatures from120 countries.

So why hasn't it happened?It is because the privilegedminority who run this world -

OK, so great, we get moneyfrom a multi-billion dollar cor-poration for us to recycle andyet BSU... let me type thatagain ... BSU does not fund theprogram at all!1!! '

And yet, they expect some-one to carry out this enormoustask- someone who is not onlyworking a part time job offcampus (yes, I have bills too),involved in school organiza-tions; and oh yeah, working ona double major- to somehowsprinkle magical fairy dustaround campus and create aprogram that is "environmen-tally" sound.

Now,do not think that this isa bitch feast, because it's not.Rather, I just 'want the peoplethat are not holding true totheir obligations (BSU) to step

the wealthy elite, their huge'multi-national corporations,and their enforcer (theInternational Monetary Fund)- flat out refuse to let it hap-pen. These greedy fat cats havetheir boots firmly planted onthe necks of the poor, and theyhave no intention of letting up.

For if significant debt reliefdid 'occur, many of these poorcountries would no longer bebeholden to these morallybankrupt corporations. Theycould no longer be coerced intoopening up their borders forthe rape and plunder of theirresources. That means no moredirt-cheap labor for the likes ofNike.

The workers wouldn't haveto 'toil for hours upon hours indangerous sweatshops, thatpump out clothing for The Gapand Old Navy. The peoplewould. demand livable wages,decent working conditions, andhealth benefits.

And this scares the livingdaylights out of the privilegedclass. Because if these corpora-

up to the plate and take charge.It is time for the' University totake the blame for the lack ofsupport that they have givenpast directors and present ones.

Also, if anyone is interestedin helping me out in the recy-cling arena, please contact me atx481S or e-mail atMiriahCijl,micron.net And ifyou guys are really pissed offabout the lack of support, let'sget together and form a groupof people that would like tohelp me put all the recyclablematerial in front of the Quadssometime soon.

'Thanks again, and I encour-age anyone to call me and askquestions or just chat.

Arielle Anderson is the ASBSURecycling Director.

tions could no longer exploit''workers in other countries, theywould have to stay here inAmerica and pay us decentwages. And that's just not very

. profitable! ' The CEO ofDisney, Michael Eisner, mighthave to take a pay cut, becausehe, too, relies heavily on over-seas sweatshops. (Don't worry.too much about him, though,because he's currently beingpaid hundreds of millions ofdollars a year.)

Time is running out. Thepiling corpses are just as real asthe newspaper this is printedon. Everyone can and shouldhelp with this effort.. It is amoral imperative.A good placeto start is by contacting sena-tors, representatives, and thepresident, and telling them thatit's NOT okay to let 19,000children die every day so thatthe rich can get richer.

Jubilee 2000 has more infor-mation on their web site, andmany other ways to get

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Cheap bicyclists sportpricey body partsby Megan Marchetti

the Arbiter

The majority of the time I am baffled. My best friend and Ihavedecided that we are aliens. Really, I know it sounds cliche, like

something from the X-fIles, but I am sometimes embarrassed to beapart of the human race.

I am appalled by how I am looked at as being inappropriatebecause I do not have an electronic leash (definition: cell phone,pagers, etc.) or an uneconomical and exorbitant Pathfmder to driveon my one and a half-mile commute. I do not have cable or read"Vogue"or even have an Internet Provider Service in my home.

Since I do not read Vogue I have absolutely no idea how to dressexactly like everyone else, nor do I have"One Hundred and Oneways to please my Man" memorized. I have no idea 'how to applymakeup unless it is for a.costume party and then I use it to changewho I am for a specific reason, not because I think my lips should beredder and my eyes more oval. I used to think that having dread-locks meant that person cared about the earth and the inhabitantson it. The bumper stickers on their SUVs say to "Love OurMother" and I could swear it had a picture of the Earth next to it!

The other day this girl told me that I needed to accept things theway things are. She also told me she did not buy her textbooks yetbecause she got a new "Cellular Plan" that added 100 more min-utes. Sis Boom Rah for you sweetie!

My mother tells me "it must be nice to think everything has thepossibility to be ideal." What is wrong with wanting things to beunrefined? What is wrong with blue? Now it has to be azure,cerulean, sapphire, turquoise are some BS like that. Why can't wetake something natural and appreciate it without having to give itbigger boobs or dye it~

What I want to know is when did humans. start becomingandroids? Everyday the dimwits that drive in the North End reaf-firm the selfishness that makes me want to go back to my mother-ship. It is my understanding that when I got my driver's license Iwas agreeing to follow ALL the rules in the Idaho Driver'sManual. Not Just the ones I thought were good ideas 'or fit into myschedule. Here are the rules stated in said manual about bicycle's

, rights:Chapter 12BicyclesThey must yield to any vehicle that presents a hazard(Which is aU of them) But after slowing to a reasonable speed

may cautiously make a turn or go on through the intersection. (Thisis why white lines at stop signs and stoplights are not optional). Abicyclist approaching a' red light must stop before entering theintersection. HOWEVER, after slowing to a reasonable speed and .-yielding the right of way, a bicyclist may cautiously make a righthand turn without stopping, or make.a left-hand turn into a one-way roadway without stopping (This is why right on reds are legalbut not REQUIRED.) ,

A couple of things not mentioned but make sense to me are thatbike lanes are for bikes. They are not extended parallelparking. And yes, you do need to.look before you open your cardoor next to a bike lane because some poor saps actually ride theirbike to work because they enjoy it.

Perhaps I am bitter. I was hit by a car two years ago and rackedup a $4,000 bill with St. Luke's because the car did not stop. Noteven when my hip cracked did they brake. Probably better thoughtthat they did not stop because I would have probably gotten a tick-et for damaging their precious car, To hell with my body! ,

So, I guess the "cheap question" this week is how cheap do wethink humans are?

The cheap Megan Marchetti can be reached at cheth]r@yalwo.com

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by Lesleigh Owenthe Arbiter

All Hallows' Evein allThroughout my childhood,

my mother pooh-poohed thewhole Halloween subject: Itwasn't Christian, she suspectedour neighbors of spiking themini-Snickers with broken beerbottles, those MichaelMyers/Jamie Lee Curtismovies gave my older sistersnightmares, etc., etc. 1 used to .dread the annual trek throughour neighborhood, greedy foryet more' Tootsie Rolls andMilky Ways but blushing mis-erably under layers of greengook as I lumbered down thestreet, awash in the headlightsof my mother's car.

No devil-worshiper wouldget the chance to nab her baby,by God.

It's a miracle I still celebratethe holiday. In fact, once I freedmyself' from my mother's stern'finger-shakings and the yellowglare from her Buick Skylark'sheadlights, Halloween quicklyascended to the pinnacled posi-tion of My Favorite Holiday.It's notjustthe scented candlesand pumpkin pie or the oppor-tunity to surrender myself tothe seductive and _catharticthrill of fear. Nope, I dig the

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whole concept of All Hallows'Eve in all its cultural and his-toric richness.

I tried to explain this to mymother, trying gently to disa-buse her of the notion thatHalloween sprang, fully grownand garbed, from Lucifer'shead.

"I 'hate Halloween," shesighed the other day. 'Whatpossesses these kids to dress uplike freaks and risk life and limbfor a piddly sugar high?" (I did-n't consider her use of the word"possess" coincidental.)

"You know, Mom,Halloween actually has a prettycool history," I said. "Did youknow it traces all the way backto ancient pagan cultures?"

"Gee, really?" she asked in a'classic "duh" 'tone.

"Way back beforeChristianity had even poppedout of Judaism's womb, theancient Celts used to divide

, their years into quarters, kindof like today's four seasons.They cooked up holidays tomark the passing of each newseason of birth, life, death andrebirth. The Celts consideredSamhain [pronounced "sow-in'], which means 'summer's.end' and represents the birth oftheir new year, the holiest ofthese celebrations.

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Digglng up HalloweenCultural and historic richness behind All Hallows' Eve

guest opinion contiued from pg. 17involved: http://www.jubilee2000uk.org

A quote from their web site: .....whoever is to blame for the hugebuild-up of debt, the only people who suffer as a result are the poor-est people in the world. Some of the money got spent badly. Somewas wasted. Some went into the pockets of dictators. Some wentstraight back to the West through corrupt lending. Some simplyacted as a subsidy to Western companies. Very little of it actuallyhelped ordinary people. But it is ordinary people who suffer nowbecause of the debt - people who were probably not even bornwhen the loans were made." .

On November lith, people from allover the globe will be join-ing Jubilee 2000 in their call for debt relief. We should all jointhem. All Americans should exercise their First Amendment rightto peacefully assemble and denounce this horrible injustice.

saints instead of serving asEurope's Dia de los muertos"

"Uh-huh," Mom said, tryingnot to look irritated, "so if thechurch supposedly turned itinto a holy day, how come ourkids still dress up like devils andvampires and drain all thecandy. out of the neighbor-

.Celts celebrated their land'sharvest and its subsequent.death as it prepared for the newseason of life and death.During this time, these folksbelieved the veil that separatesthis world and the spirit worldgrew gauzy, allowing them theopportunity to commune withdeceased lovedones, divine theThfuture and see .most clearly into . .--'.."the past." .

"The deadpeople told themtheir fortunes?"my mother asked.

"I don't thinkthat was the idea.Unlike us, thesepeople didn't con-ceive of time assome kind of uni-linear "shoestringthat: ..

'l\ shoestring?" Mom asked.. "Okay, okay, the· pagans

understood time as moving inacircle, while modern Western.civilization envisions it as astraight and narrow highway toheaven, so to speak. Theybelieved their new year repre-sented the point of intersectionbetween the once-was, the now-is and the will-be, Diviningfuture events and hooking' upwith. representatives from thepast didn't seem so crazy....

"Okay,so how did this paganholiday become the Halloweenthat 1 know and love?"

"Most historians trace thehistory of American'sHalloween back to the 18401',when Irish women and mensifted into America to escapeIreland's potato famine. Theybrought with them theirancient myths and rituals,including the celebration ofHalloween, now so calledbecause the Roman Catholicscouldn't abolish the pagan cele-bration and instead renamed itAll Saints' Eve, All HallowsEve and eventually, Halloween.Calling it 'All Saints'· Eve'allowed them to pretend theholiday celebrated their dead

Bonner, a 1999 Boise State graduate, became politically active after readingHoward Zinn's A Pev.p/e'sHistoo q,C the United States. He started the See-No-EvilSam political cartoon in 1999; it can be accessed on the web at M/!W ~emoevilsam,com·Bonner 1?ends a let of time participatinIJ in web dialogs and researching social issuesat sites like M/!W%17Ulg:org,and hi! is ajan of Noam Clwmsky.

hood?"'l\ll these wacky traditions

date back to ancient practices,although no one seems really toagree which ones. Take the cos-tumes. Some nee-pagans insistthis ritual winds all the wayback to the earliest Celtic cele-bration, when children andadults dressed up like fierce

. goblins and trolls to scare awaythe evil spirits who joined thedearly departed in roaming ourworld on .Samhain. Others,however, believe the traditionstretches back to ancientScotland, when women andmen commemorated the newyear by cross-dressing, maybein hopes of confusing the evilspirits or maybe just to symbol-ize the changing of seasons."

'l\s for trick or treating,some say it's a remnant ofanother Scottish tradition ofvisiting homes at Samhain andrequesting spirits - liquid ones.Others insist it models itselfafter the ninth century, Catholictradition of 'souling,' in whichbeggars ambled from home tohome, promising to pray for thesouls of the families' dead rela-tives in exchange for somesweet cakes. Still others recall

the ancient Celts' tradition ofleaving a plate of grub to nour-ish their dead relatives' jour-neys to and from the spiritworld.

"Most .historians and neo-pagans seem to agree that theancients Celts placed candlesinside hollowed out turnips in

atorder to light their loved ones'journey home from the spiritworld:'

"So," Mom .slowly began,"we have a holiday that cele-brates the pagan new year,marks the. time when benignand evil spirits move betweentheir shoestring and ours andencourages our kids to dress uplike demons, beg for sweets andscare one another into cryingfits because they want to prayfor our' souls while high onchocolate. Before that night,though, we'll scoop out a pump-kin's guts and carve a sadisticvisage into it, all to flag ourancestors and invite them tohaunt us."

"Urn, kinda," I said. Why didit sound so much better when Isaid it?

'Thanks, sweetie, for liftingthat cloak of gloom from myshoulders," Mom said sweetly.

Okay, I failed to embrace mymother within my' circle ofenthusiasm, but I have nextyear to convince her.' After all,honoring the past and makingplans for the future pretty muchsums up the whole idea ofHalloween, doesn't it?

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Nell Shipman Film Festivalcalls attention to 1920'sIdaho filmmaker

.!!LKate Hoffinanthe Arbiter

October 22 was a day when.. the magic of the silent film

was revived with the screeningof. "Something New," a blackand white silent film producedin 1920 by an Idaho womanfilmmaker. A beautiful, live

,"soundtrack," performed byBoise organist Doug Lemmona! the richly renovatedEgyptian Theatre, accompa-nied it and four other once-losttreasures of 20's filmmaking.

Today, her work and life areonce more of interest. Nearlytwenty years ago,Tom Trusky,a Boise State English professorand the world's leading experton Shipman, discovered some"badly photocopied essays"written by her which recountedher experiences of workingand living in Idaho.

Although her films werebelieved to have been lost,Trusky recovered five of themover a number of years and hasseen several of them releasedon video. In conjunction withBSU's Western Writers Series,he edited and' publishedShipman's autobiography 'TheSilent Screen and My TalkingHeart" He is currently at work'editing her correspondencefrom 1918 to 1970 - the year ofher death.

Shipman moved .to Priest

Lake in northern Idaho, whereshe filmed six movies. - Herentourage included a menagerieof 70 trained animals whichacted in her films, includinghorses, dogs, opossums, deer, acougar and a bear. Shipman"was ahead of her time in manyrespects", says Trusky, Shetreated her 'animals humanely, ,treated the land with respect,and used female heroes in herfilms,

Then her lover's footbecame gangrenousand he nearly died.

He took off on adelirious ,jaunt

across the frozenlake, but Shipmanchased him down

and got him medicala"ention~

Her three years in northernIdaho were far from carefree.When a landlord tripled herrent, she moved and builtLionhead Lodge. But the iced-over lake could only be tra-versed by boat, so they had tobreak up the ice as they went.With seventy animals, thiscould not have been a quick orsimple undertaking.

After losing her money to abankrupt distributor, Shipman'sfilm crew broke up and returned

to Hollywood. She, her son, andher director/lover stayed inIdaho to take care or the ani-mals. Somewhere during thistime, a saboteur poisoned herfavorite dog and leading animalstar. Then her lover's footbecame gangrenous and henearly died. He took off on adelirious jaunt across the frozenlake, but Shipman chased himdown and got him medicalattention. '

, A media attack alleged thatshe mistreated her animalsbecause many were dying due

, to the extreme cold and the lackof food brought on byShipman's poverty.' _

Although she was neveragain a successful actress (shehad starred in all but one of hermovies), she wrote screenplayssuch as Cary Grant's 1954-"Wings in the Dark," novels,and articles for "Redbook,'

A Canadian movie compa-ny's documentary crew filmedthe Nell Shipman Film Festival.Their documentary includesfootage from the festival andinterviews with Trusky, as wellas material from BSU's IdahoFilm Collection.Representatives of GoldieHawn Productions, interestedin producing a feature film onShipman, also attended.Portions of the proceeds fromthe festival will go to supportthe Egyptian Theatre Organ

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Earnest Orange rocks.Blues BouquetLocal band returns for more November 9

by Brandi BrunoSpecial to the Arbiter

MontyPython is their hero. Several of them once occupied a fry-sauce-colored, haunted house. They are obsessed with finding

a "spiritual leader." These are the musical men of Earnest Orange,and if you're looking for a good time in the Boise area, they are yourticket.

They come from Twin Falls, a town that has produced its own fair'share of musical talent over the years (Sometimes Y, for example).

The band, first started receiving attention in Boise early lastspring, when they landed a steady gig at the Blues Bouquet. Sincethen, they have traveled throughout the Northwest in search ofappreciation.

And they're starting to earn it. They are already playing twice amonth at the Blues Bouquet, and have performed from Spokane toBig Fork, Montana.

On October 18, at the Blues Bouquet, they rocked the house.Extreme versatility and flexibility marked, their. performance:

, whether you prefer reggae or bluegrass, jazz or rock, or anything inbetween, they played it. '

One of the most entertaining parts of the night came whenEarnest Orange donned cowboy hats and broke into' hardcoreKentucky bluegrass. Not only did the band themselves get to smilin',but the diverse crowd went absolutely wild. '

Each band member is an extraordinarily talented musician. EricDeWitt's creativity on the saxophone, blended with Shelby Rollin'sstrong bass line, lays a strong foundation for Zach Turner's appeal-ing vocals, and Jacob Florence's innovative beat on the drums is afantastic foundation for all of their music. Each member shows mas-tery of his instrument.

Regardless.of your musical tastes; these guys cater to every fla-vor. They do a terrific job of individualizing cover songs rangingfrom KC & the Sunshine Band to Sublime, and even a little Cake.They have ail electrifying stage persona and connect amazingly wellwith their crowd; it is obvious they love what they do.

Earnest Orange will be performing at the Blues Bouquet again onNovember 9 and 10. For other information about upcoming per-formance dates, or information on the guys themselves, check outtheir website at wwwearnestorange.com.

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Grunge to grip IdahoCenterDid Pearl Jam.start Grunge?

throw things at the stage).Pearl Jam still has the same

mystique they started with; theystill do the music for themselves.They are very fan-oriented,.andnot very commercially oriented,which is part of their attraction.

The band didn't approve ofthe prices Ticket Master wascharging their fans, so they suedthem, eventually coming to acompromise. While the banddoesn't mind when people recordtheir concerts, they do mindwhen those who make tapes starttheir own business by bootleg-ging albums.

The last video that Pearl Jammade was "Jeremy," which madeit to the number one spot ofMTV's top 100 best videos of alltime. The band figured they

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Reading the futureand the past .Psychic sessions with the seers

Boise Opera rocksme, Amadeus .

D emember the Psychic.lUriend's Hotline infomer-cial? The one where DionWarwick sat around comment-ing on the amazing powers ofthe psychics? I have a friendwho likes to wonder, "If thePsychic Friend's were so psy-'chic, why didn't they foreseetheir own downfall?"

With Halloween in the air,things such as palm reading,astrology and tarot readingsdraw more of an interest. Idon't know how much stock Iput into these kinds of things,but I've had a few experiencesthis past year that make mewonder about the validity ofsuch things.

A friend took me to a palmreader last year, just for fun, but

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Ifyour idea of opera is li~ited to the old cliche of .Brunhild~ in herhorned helmet and steel-Jacketed breast plates - if you thmk that

opera is either deadly dull or deadly serious business - think again.Boise Opera's production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro,"

performed Saturday Oct. 28 at the Morrison Center for the PerformingArts could permanently cure anyone of thinking of opera' as eitherdull or serious. .

Opera is inherently larger than life - brighter, louder, more exag-gerated in every way. Add to this the over-the-top genius of WolfgangAmadeus Mozart tacked on to a libretto of sharp, subversive comedyby Lorenzo da Ponte and you have all the elements of champagneentertainment.

The opera, first performed in Vienna in 1786, resembles nothing somuch as Shakespeare in the more extravagant of his minor comedies.The familiar old absurdities are all there: the cross-dressing, theorphan-found-to-be-of-noble-birth routine, the women-making-fools-of-men, and the vice-versification, the buffoonery (Figaro's birthmarkis shaped like a ~?!). .

All of which is good but the music is what makes it something spe-cial. And it takes a singer to make the song which leads us to TerriRichter, in lead role of Susanna, who is so good as to seem unfair toeveryone else onstage. She's got a great part but she also makes eventhe least of her lines something special.

Not so is Grant Youngblood in supporting role of Count Almavira.He's good enough in the major places but his robust baritone sank intothe background when blending with other voices. Bass-baritoneDerrick Parker as Figaro did not have this problem; his voice had littleproblem carving out space for itself.

As Countess Almavira, Marcie Ley was fine; but it is in a duet withRichter (Susanna) that the qualities of their voices come into contrast.'Ley's soprano is more brilliant but less warm, responsive and powerfulthan Richter's ..

The orchestral accompaniment by the Boise Philharmonic, con-ducted by Timothy Lindberg, was less ofa presence than it could'vebeen. This is especially true in the finale at the end of Act III, Ecco lamarcia ... andiamo (Behold the dance .. .let's go), in which the playing isa little slow and leaden compared to the version from the soundtrackto 'Amadeus" by Neville Mariner conducting the Academy of SaintMartin-in-the-Fields.

. Costumes and stage properties were rented from other companies,which allows, in this case, genuinely superior work to be more widelyseen.

Maybe it was the cumulative effects of three hours of intense sightand sound, but by the end of the opera electricity was running up myspine and the standing ovation from the packed house was a forgoneconclusion.

Pearl Jam was one of the fore-fathers of grunge, they are

coming to the Idaho Center onNovember s, and tickets arealmost sold out.

Grunge. There seem to be afew debates about who startedthis movement.

In 1990 when Nirvanaexploded from Seattle onto theMTV scene other bands jumpedon the tourbus, Sound garden,Mother Love Bone, and PearlJam. Nirvana was angrier; it keptthem on top and they got morecoverage from MTY.Soundgarden didn't fulfill expec-tations; Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedderwas too much a clone of JimMorrison; and Mother Love

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Nirvana is an aching memoryand Soundgarden is disbanded,but Pearl Jam is still together tenyears later, that makes themgrunge kings of the rock.

Two members of Pearl Jamwere first in Mother Love Bone, acult favorite in the 80's, until thelead singer died. Eventually, JeffAment and Stone Gossard helpedto form Pearl Jam, and in 1991the band signed with. Epicrecords and released their firstalbum, 'Ten,"

Pearl Jam tours about everytwo years, and in past concertsthe band has had a two-and-onehalf to three-hour set list. EddieVedder gets upset if the audiencedoesn't pour their own energyinto the concert (and also if fans

after ten minutes I was con-vinced he called ahead and told

. the palm reader exactly what tosay. It was very uncanny,andstrangely cool. This summer,on a jaunt to Montana, I endedup at The Lamplighter Motelin Helena. Strangely enough,the caretaker of the motel, JohnBogard, was an astrologer. Heended up reading my chart. Butbefore he started, he gave me afifteen-minute dissertation onhow astrology was a sciencewith highly intricate workings.

He went on about how theTV psychics and most newspa-per horoscopes were too gener-alized and only brought downthe science of astrology.Eventually he read my chart,and I will admit, just-like withthe palm reader, I got a veryeerie feeling. He hit too close tohome when he told me aboutmy life.

The obvious next moveseemed to be to talk to someonewho read tarot cards. So lastFriday; I went to Crone'sCupboard. I had my tarot cardsread by Shannon Livingston, a .BSU student. Shannon has herown deck of cards, a circular

'deck, called the Mother PeaceTarot.

Where exactly did tarotcards originate? The jury is stillmit on that question. Some peo-ple believe that Tarot originat-ed in Egypt and India, but.'while historians have not dis-missed the idea, none have sup-ported it either. Another theoryis that the Tarot came fromGypsies that wandered throughEurope, yet the only known factis that Gypsies introduced theTarot and playing cards toEurope. The age the Tarotoriginated is uncertain as well.

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Apparently, the oldest surviv-ing decks date from the mid-fif-teenth century.So what is so special about

the Tarot that would cause pe0-ple to pay to have their cardsread? Shannon told me that theTarot.is more spirituai than it ismagical. According to Anna-Marie Ferguson, a woman whowrote 'i\ Keeper of Words", abook about Tarot, 'The Tarotis just a path to greater spiritu-ality and understanding andself-awareness." .

When I asked Shannonabout what it means to read aperson's cards, she explained,"If the intent is there to lookfor answers to questions you

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have, you will fmd what youneed." She told me that we alllook for someone to talk to, tolisten to us, to point us in theright direction at times, and shejust helps with that. I thinkthere is something to all ofthese things I have mentioned.

And as Shannon pointed out,you do get good palm readers,astrologers, and tarot cardreaders and there are bad ones.I've had amazing experiences. Ifyou want to find out for.your-self, Crone's Cupboard hassomeone on staff, call20S-3S3-OS31 to set up an appointment.Or look in the phone book forother listings.

Free viewing of awardwinning documentaryFilm by BSUprofessor reveals Japanese culture

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couldn't do any-better than that,so they stopped making videos.

The band stands apart from. the crowd, and they've never

been a pet of MTY. In the lastten years they have put out sixalbums, and they have justrecently put out 25 two-disk setsfrom their European tours. -

So make sure you know where. you hid-your tickets. Pearl Jam is

corning to town, touring for theirsixth studio album, the "BinauralTour." And among the die-hardfans there is a definite excitementin the air about the upcomingconcert; this is the first time most

. of them don't have to .drive toother cities to see the band.There aren't many tickets left;but you can try to call Select-a-Seat and see if you can't get thatlast ticket.

by Arbiter staff

Afree viewing of the award winning document:rry, Heart of the Count;Y,will be held on November 9,2000 at 7:00 p.m. In room 101of the Boise

State University MUltipurpose Building. Produced by BSU Professor ofEducation William Parrett,

Heart of the Country is the story of Shinichi Yasutomo, the extraordi-nary principal of a village elementary school in Hokkaido, Japan, and thecollective passion of the teachers, parents, and elders to educate the heartas well as the mind. The documentary reveals the heart of Japanese cul- .ture and its cherished values for learning, mutual responsibility, and trust.

Heart of the Country received a Judges'Award at the 24th NorthwestFilm Festival' a National CINE Golden Eagle Award. It was also a nom-inated featu~ at the 1998 Cinema du Reel International Film Festival inParis; was a i999 nominee for the International Documentary AssociationPare Lorentz Award in Los Angeles;. The film is being honored this yearby the American Anthropological Association.

The hour-long film will be followed by a so-minute discussion with Dr.Parrett. The viewing is sponsored by the BSU Center for SchoolImprovement and the BSU College of Education. Please contact Julie at426-4555 or jhutchin@boisestate.edu for more information.

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