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Arbiter, July 17Students of Boise State University

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BSU sells namingrights, 4 million

BYMONICAPIDCENewsEditor

BoiseState sold naming rights to the local TacoBell franchisee earlier this month. The deal willtotal 4 million between cash and other contribu-tions. The money will be distributed over 15yearsand willgo to scholarships, athletics, and buildingmaintenance.

The annual payment will exceed $208,000.TacoBellwill pay over $52,000annually for marketing,and contribute $6,300a year towards the "TacoBell Scholarship." The terms for the scholarshipare still being hammered out. Gene Bleymaier,director of athletics, says the scholarship will beavailable to all students.. "Taco Bell Scholarship[fund] will not be designated for a student ath-lete." ' .

"It's a tremendous benefit for the Arena, it willbenefit the students and the university." saidBleymaier.The 4 million dollar deal will indirectlybenefit students and the university as a whole.

According to Chris Rosenbaum, BSUbudget di-rector, the multimillion-dollar deal isn't likely toaffect the matriculation fee; it may affect the ath-letics fee. There Is no guarantee that the deal willeffect student fees next year.

The real pressure, says Rosenbaum, should beput on the State Legislature. BSUhasn't seen anincrease since the economy went bust. "It's grim...no increases of any kind."

According to Bleymaier benefits for BSU ath-letics will be postponed, the expense of chang-ing names will be the first priority. Whatever isleft over willtrickle down to Athletics.Some of themoney set aside for Athletics will go back to theTaco BellArena.

The building formerly known as The Pavilionhas doubled its asking price. Last year Athleticspaid about $75,000 for use of the facilities, thisyear the department expects to pay twice that,said Bleymaier.Alongwith financial changes arethe physical changes.

The transition from Pavilion to Taco BellArenashould be completed in the next 2-3 months ac-cording to Audrey Eldridge, Pavilion public rela-tions manager. The Taco Belllogo willbe on eachentrance- and on the sidelines of the basketballcourt. The logo Is under construction and won'tbe revealed until later in the year, but the websiteis up: www.tacobellarena.com.

The Pavilion is excited to have a communitysponsor. "I think it will bring more attention tothe arena by having a corporate sponsor," saidEldridge. .

Taco Bellhas been a sponsor ofBSUathletics forthe past 5years. Lastwinter TacoBellapproachedBSUwith the idea of buying the naming rights toThe Pavilion. "We have enjoyed a very positiverelationship with the Athleticdepartment at BoiseState since 2000,and we are confident this agree-ment will only strengthen it. We believe in the vi-sion ofhigher education in the state ofIdaho. Wealso believe this is a way we can giveback to thecommunity, and provide wonderful exposure forour company," said Carl Nicolaysen, president ofthe localTaco Bellfranchisee.

The Pavilion has been an icon at BSU since1982.

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TACO BELL: Taco Bell Corp;, a subsidiary ofTriCon GlobalRestaurants,lnc.lnc. is the largest Quick-service Mexican-style res-

.teurant chain in the world, with approximately 4,600 locations in 50states and a growing international market

HISTORY: Originated by Glen Bell, Taco Bell became a real-. ityon Merch 21,1962. Tha first Taco Bell restaurant was built inDowney, California. The first franchise was sold In 1964.Taco Bellwent public in 1969 and was acquired by PepsiCo in 1978.Then, in1997, PepsiCo created TriCon Global Restaurants,lnc. which nowowns Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Pizza Hut.

MARKETING STATISTICS: The company serves more than55million people weekly in restaurants across the country. Nearly123 million people see a Taco Bell commsrcial once a week·· abouthalf of the US population. Over 4.5 million tacos are served in TacoBell restaurants each day.

RAW MATERIALS: Taco Bell is the largest restaurant con-sumer of whole Iceberg'lettuce in the world. In one yeer, franchiseand company restaurants consume:

·5.2 billion corn and flour tortillas- 60 million pounds of fresh tomatoes-152 million pounds of lettuce- 56 million pounds of pinto beans-.366 million pounds of ground beef~92 million pounds of cheddar cheese

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CAMPUS OPINIONSON THE NEW TACO BELL ARENA:

"I think it's a terrible name ...but if it brings more money toBSU. than it's cool."-Ian Percy, Environmental haalth

"I don't really give a shit ... Idon't even eat Taco Bell, and itwon't make me start:- Amanda Costello, English majo,

"It's embarrassing:- Kiely Prouty, English melo,

"No quiero Taco Bell:- Haathar Jasper. French mejor• Compiled by Gregory Rutty

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WASHINGTON--The presi-dent's men are doing very well.The president's women are do-ing slightlyless well,but stillnotbad.

With new White House sal-ary figures leaked to TheWashington Post and an Excelspreadsheet, crack WashingtonPost researcher MargotWilliamsdetermined that men in theBush White House earn an av-tmigeof$76,624 a year~Womenearn $59,917 on average: Thatmeans Busb-women earn about?8_pe~ent of what Bush men

earn. staffers earning $157,000--theAs it happens, that's almost top of the pay scale thlsyear--12

exactly the national average are men. That's roughly compa-for the gap in pay between the rable to the 26 percent repre-sexes, although it's a goodrblt-: sentationofwomen in the fed-below the 88 percent for the era! government's 7,000-personnearly 1 million professional Senior Executive. Service, ac-and administrative employees cording to the Partnership. forin the federal workforce. Also, Public Service.the White House has the advan- Overall,working in the Whitetage of making all its hires from House is quite a good living.scratch after the 2000election. The average salary, $67,075"is. At the White House; the gap well above the latest available

..hasnothmg t.odo with wag.edi,~- metropolitan Washmgtonav- .crimination: Women and ~ erage "of $48,420, 'and nearlywith similar titles receive simi- double the nationaIaveraglLof.lar pay. Rather, it comes from . $36,764.Butdoil'tfretaboutthethe domlnance of men in high- overpaid presldential adyiSer:,end jobs: of the 17Wnite-House ...•.M~st ~f them could ,iJeea.rnmt

far more as lawyers, lobbyists of the highest-paid decreased Gottesman, the president'S cur-and corporate executives. by one. The new head of Bush's rent personal aide, gets $54,400

The list, as of June 12,has its USA Freedom Corps service ini-' for such tasks as guarding col-share of surprises. The lowest tiative was given a lesser title leagues' access to Bush, accept-paid of the 431 in thenon-ca- and salary than herpredeces- ingknickknackshandedtoBushreer "White House Office" (a sor. and placing the president'scollection ofmostlypolitical ap- As in many workplaces, a speeches.on lecterns. .pointees and staff on loan from good relationship with the Two of the 431 employees areother agencies) is James Baker, boss seems to payoff. Israel unnamed because' they. comewho as President Bush's envoy Hernandez, - who served as from intelligence agencies.in search of Iraqi debtrelieChas Bush's "body»man in Texas,at-The spooks 'get' $125,972.lind

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BY DR. PETERWOLHEIMSpecial to the Arbiter

With the current renamingof the BSU Pavilion as "TacoBell Arena," top BSU adminis-trators tout the $4 million ex-tra they will now' have to helpmaintain the building andprovide an undisclosed num-ber of athletic scholarships.But no officials have discussedwhat exactly Taco Bell gets outof this. new association withan up-and-coming collegiatesports program.

Far from pure corporate gen-eroslty.Taco Bell's motivationsmight be more readily tracedto tht\m~ed,t~ window-W1lshan 1n1age' tarnished by a se-ries of boycotts, lawsuits, cita-tions and a nation-wide "Bootthe Bell" campaign waged oncampuses across America. AsIdahoans file into the rechris-tened facility for both basket-ball games and. graduationceremonies, they might con-sider the following:

·In 1999 the AmericanMedical Association's studyof rising obesity trends amongAmericans of all ages singledout high-fat foods and specifi-cally "fast food chains like TacoBell and Pizza Hut" that havemade their way into schoollunchrooms. The study notedthat weight-related problemssuch as heart disease, diabe-tes, gall bladder disease, highblood pressure and elevatedcholesterol levels are "sec-

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of fat, and 1620 milligrams ofsodium, both of whtchelthermeet or exceed recommenda-tions. The salad alone coq-tains 80 milligrams of choles-terol, or one-third of the sug-gested dally maximum. ThreeLight Tacos and a diet sodaoffer nearly 20 percent of thecholesterol; and between 25and 80 percent of the recom-mended sodium intake. Noneof Taco Bell's menu selectionsmade it to the list of "healthierchoices" that fast-food chains'now serve.

·Wonder \Vhythe, formerTaco Bell spokes-dog has dis-appeared from billboards andlVscreens? According to thejouinalof the American BarASsociation (Sept/Oct. 201)3),'the company was court-or-dered to payout $30.1 million

,in copyright infringement feesto Joseph Shields and ThomasRinks, the original creatorsof the Chihuahua marketingmascot. The journal quotes

.Rinks as complaining that"After Taco Bell approachedus for our ideas, they just wentahead and used the characterwe had created without payingfor it,"

·In June of 2002 the GeneralAssembly of the PresbyterianChurch of America endorseda consumer boycott of all TacoBell food products, and restau-rants. The boycott had origi-nally been organized by theFlorida-based Coalition ofImmorkalee Workers, in re-

"Taco Bell's motivations might bemore readily traced to the need 'to win-dow-wash an image tarnished by a se-

ries of boycotts, lawsuits, citations and anation-wide "Boot the Bell" campaign

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ond only to tobacco-relatedr deaths" as preventable forms

of mortality. To be sure, theAMA report cited lack of suf-ficient exercise "as the maincause in weight gain," but alsoattributed poor dietary habitsamong younger people to theready availability of fast foodon school campuses.

·In 2000 Kraft Foods recalledover 636,000 cases if TacoBell taco shells because theywere partially made from al-lergenic GMO-contaminatedcorn meal. According to theReuters press' agency, the re-

~.call cost' Kraft over $10 mil-lion in lost revenues. The inci-dent is credited with first rais-ing public outcry and concernabout the migration of geneti-cally modified foods into themainstream grain crop sup-ply. '

·When the Minnesota. Attorney General's office re-

cently analyzed the nutrition-al value of the most popularmeals at leading fast food res-taurants, they determined thatTaco Bell Taco Salad and 16oz. Soda provides 1057 calo-ries, approximately half therecommended daily adult in-take. It also supplies 55 grams

sponse to Taco Bell's refus-al to enter into negotiationsover wages and labor condi-tions. The farmworkers whopick tomatoes for Taco Bellwere earning a maximum of$7500 per year, a figure whichhas not increased over the pasttwenty years.

Taco Bell's refusal to evencome to the table with theworkers has precipitated the"Boot the Bell" protest ac-tions on at least sixteen cam-puses from the Unlyersity ofCalifornia State University.

·Numerous environmentalgroups have cited Taco Bell,among other fast-food indus-try giants, for use 0 polyvinylchiorine packaging materialsin containers for dips, saucesand condiments. Like plasticcutlery and Styrofoam coffeecups, these materials containtoxic substances that contami-nate land fill sites, ground wa-ter and even air if they are in-cinerated.

Finally, sources close to BSUstudent groups report that theyare investigating the legality ofthe BSU-Taco Bell contract,given that the construction ofthe Pavilion was apparentlyfinanced out of student fees.

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. Ai Barber Park Sunday swanns of people walt to air up their rafts and other floatation devices. The river Is a source of affordablefun for Boise State students. '

Report on pre-war intelligence assails CIA

BY CAROLYN MICHAUDAssistant NeWs Editor

Boise State students search-ing for a good way to have funand stay cool at the same timedo riot have to look far. We arcfortunate to have campus lo-cated right next to the refresh-ing waters of the Boise River.For many students during thesummer, the river provides agreat place to cool off and re-lax as well a being cheap enter-tainment. According to studentNathan Nichols, who floatsdown the river a couple of times

. every summer, ~t's "a goodwayto pass the time with out spend-ing too much money,'1t Thesewarm months turn the rivernext to campus into a hotspotfor floating. People come inswarms with rafts, inner tubes,kayaks, and many other devicesto enjoy the cool waters.

Most .floaters begin theirtrek down the river startirig atBarber Park and ending at AnnMorrison Park. This jaunt be-tween parks is around five milesand usually takes between oneandahalftotwoandahalfhoursdepending on the current.

Not only is floating the river acool and relaxing way to spendan afternoon, it is also inexpen-sive. Parking at the newlyre-modeled Barber Park launchingsite' costs only $4 per vehicle.Rafts and inner tubes are avail-able for rent at the park. Tubesare $5 a piece while a four-manraft rents for $30 and a six man isavailable for $42. Every raft rent-al includes an appropriate num-ber of life vests and paddles. Allflotation devices are rented forthree hour time blocks and canbe returned to a check-in pointat Ann Morrison Park. However,

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it is important to remember tobring an in-state artvel"sllcenseor to be prepared to leave a de-posit when renting equipment.The rental shop is open be-tween llam-5pmWednesdayto Friday and llam-6pm onweekends and holidays. Theyare closed on Mondays andTuesdays.

More avid floaters are al-ways welcome to bring theirown equipment. Many sport-ing goods shops around townsell all types of rafts, kayaks, _and other flotation equipment.Inner tubes can be purchasedfrom many tire dealers (such asBig 0 Tires on Broadway whichsells tubes for $8 apiece) ..

During the week a shuttle busruns between Ann Morrison andBarber Park to pick 'up floatersat the end of the run and takethem back to their vehicles atthe. launching point. It arrivesat Barber Park every hour onthe half hour and departs fromAnn Morrison every hour onthe hour. The bus runs froin 1-8pm on weekdays and 1-9pm'on weekends with a charge of $2per person.

Each summer over 250,000people hitthe waters a BarberPark according to the IdahoChamber of Commerce'sOfficial State Travel Planner.People are drawn to the river

. formany reasons. "It's the best

WASHINGTON - The SenateIntelligence Committee blastedthe CIA Friday for its pre-warconclusion that Iraq had weap-ons of mass destruction and thepanel's leaders said that lastyear's invasion probably wouldhave been avoided had the in-telligence been accurate.

The document was especiallycritical of an.October 2002 clas-sified report to Congress andto the White House that assert-ed Iraq possessed both chemi-cal and biological weapons andwas "reconstituting its nuclearrogram." That report called a KRT PHoro BY ClIUCK KENNEDYIKRTP .'. WASHINGTON, DC • U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet gesturesNational Intelligence Estil?ate, • following a speech to students at Georgetown University in Washington, February 5,served as the Bush admlmstra- 2004. Tenet denied Thursday that his ilgency tailored infonnatlon on weapens oftion's stated underpinning for mass destruction to build a case fer war on Iraq.the invasion.

The 521-page Senate docu-ment concluded that the reportoverstated the evidence or drewconclusions not supported bythat evidence.

At a news conference, Sen.John D. Rockefeller, D-W.Va.,

. the committee's rankingDemocrat, declared, "We wentto war in Iraq based on falseclaims." He said that Congress"would not have authorizedthat war ... if we knew what weknow now."

The panel's chairman, Sen.Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said thathad he known Iraq had noweapons of mass destruction"the battle plan would be differ-ent." He said it probably wouldhave been modeled after theconflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo,where pressure from alliedbombings, rather than land in-vasions, changed conditions onthe ground.

The Senate committee as-sailed both the operationaland analytical failings of theintelligence community, espe-cially the CIA. It said the com-munity was virtually blind toIraq's weapons program afterthe 1991 Gulf War. The prob-lem was compounded after UNweapons inspectors departed in1998. The CIA had none of itsown agents on the ground.

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In at least one instance the re-sulting bad intelligence becameone of the most compelling ad-ministration claims to supportthe war. The key source for theoften-repeated claim that Iraqhad mobile biological weaponslabs was an informant who sup-plied the intelligence to an un-named foreign intelligence ser-vice. Other accounts have iden-tified the country as Germany.The information was later de-termined to be bogus.

The Senate document accus-es the intelligence analysts, of-ficers and managers of "groupthink," which it describes as a"collective presumption thatIraq had an active and growingWMD program."

John McLaughlin, deputy di-rector of central intelligence,acknowledged Friday that theintelligence community "couldhave done better." But, he said,it was "wrong to exaggeratethe flaws or leap to the judg-ment that our challenges withpre-war weapons intelligenceare evidence of sweeping prob-lems."

He said that a major prob-lem with the estimate was thatkey judgments were published

in a condensed version with-out the "caveats and disclaim-ers" that appeared in the fulltext. Unfortunately, he said, thefull text "apparently was notreviewed by all our readers" --White House'officials and mem-bers of Congress.

McLaughlin, who will be-come acting director of intelli-gence when the current direc-tor, George Tenet, steps downthis weekend, may become oneof the first victims of the r,port.

Both Roberts and Rockefellersaid the intelligence communi-ty needs sweeping changes andthey might come sooner ratherthan later.

Roberts indicated that theWhite House has been laboringto "find an extraordinary candi-date" to become the new direc-tor.

An intelligence source saidthat the White House has beenhaving trouble finding some-one willing to take on the taskwith no guarantee that he or shewould still be around after theNovember presidential elec-tions.

President Bush, on a cam-paign stop in Pennsylvania, de-fended his decision to go to warandhisassertionsaboutSaddamHussein and weapons of massdestruction. "We haven't foundthe stockpiles, but we knew he

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bar in Boise," said one 'student.He, like many others, likes tobring along a cooler On his raft-ing trips. Although being on theriver isa great form of recre-ation, it is important to remem-ber to always be cautious whenaround the water. This goes forfollowlngthe laws (such as notbringing along any glass bever-age containers) as well as usingcommon sense. For instance,

,"No matter what the weatheris like, always wear sun block,"cautions student .ChristieNichols who recently received abad sunburn while floating theriver ..

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could make them," Bush said."The world is better off withoutSaddam Hussein in power."

Sen. John Kerry, Democraticpresidential candidate, said,"The fact is when it comes to na-tional security, the buck stops at

~ the White House, not anywhereelse."

Though the final report wasdescribed by both Robertsand Rockefeller as a bipartisanproduct, it was clear that par-tlsanship played a role. The re- ,port, for instance, focused onlyon the quality of the intelligenceprovided to the administration- not on how the administra-tion then cast the intelligence to ,support the invasion. The pan-el's report on that will be issued,after the elections as per anagreement struck by Rockefellerand Roberts.

An "Additional Views" docu-ment submitted by Rockefeller,Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., andSen. Richard Durbin, Dvlll., as-serts that officials at the "high-·est levels of government repeat-edly overstated" what the intel-ligence community was report-ing.

The three Democrats citedan internal CIA study of its pre-war intelligence prepared by ateam of analysts led by RichardKerr, the agency's former dep-uty director, asserting that theadministration, by repetitivelyquestioning analysts, had cre-ated "significant pressure onthe intelligence community tofind evidence that supported aconnection" between Iraq andal-Qaida. '

In a telephone interviewFriday, Kerr said, "There waspressure, certainly there was."But, he said, the pressure didnot "paralyze the effort" of theanalysts.

But he was highly critical ofthe Senate report and said that"a lot of people at the CIA whohave read it, talked about it, are'not at all pleased with it."

"They're unhappy becausethey think it was poorly done .... I personally wouldn't have a lotof confidence in the (commlt-.tee) staff. I've a lot more confi- 'dence in the CIA," he said.

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BEIJING-t'{ot too long ago,Dong Qiang's degree in infor-mation-technology . manage-rnent would have assured hima comfortable job in China'shigh-tech sector,

But this spring, the college se-nior interviewed with 12 com-puter companies and got 12 re-jections, Each time, he said, theemployer toldhim that he didn'thave the skills the company waslooking for.

After investing in an expen-sive private university educa-tion, that's not what Dong want--ed to hear. But in a nation that'spumping out more college grad-uates than ever, adegree-s-oncean instant passport to China'sprofessional elite-isn't worth.what It used to be., In the coming weeks, 2.8 mil-

lion Chinese will graduate fromcollege, a 32 percent increasefrom last year. But as fast asChina's economy is growing,the job market' can't keep upwith that kind of increase, andthis year's class of graduates isbracing for less pay and recordlevels of unemployment.'

As many as 800,000 will still bejobless in September, the gov-ernment predicts. Those whodo take jobs will accept salaries25 percent to 30 percent low-er than last year, according toTaihe Consulting, a human re-sources research firm.

These, are historic chang-es in a country where the gov-ernment used to assign all col-lege graduates to jobs, virtuallyguaranteeing them a lifetime ofstability. Today, as China movesfrom a planned economy toamarket-based one, there's nomore automatic placement.

Competition for jobs Is fierce. lion Chinese entered collegeEmployers say there are-jobs last year, compared with about

available-but not necessar- 1 million in 1998. The proper-ily white-collar jobs in the gov- tion of 18- to 22-year-olds en-ernment, finance or high tech, rolled In college has grown tothe sort of positions that col- 15 percent. Dozens of for-prof-lege graduates are aceustojned it universities have popped upto accepting. Some employers around the country to meet thesay students who are rejected growing demand.for their first-choice jobs turn "But the demand for employ-up their noses at lesser posi- ment has not grown at the sametions that also require college rate," said Yang Changjiang, andegrees. economist at Fudan University

"Their expectations don't in Shanghai.match the real situation," .said The disparity produced dra-Gayle Gao, human resourc- matic results for the class ofes director for China Asset 2003, the first to enter collegeManagement Co., a mutual under the new policy. Out offund firm. 2.1 million graduates, 630,000

A university survey found that of them were still unemployedmore than half of last year's in September, according to gov-graduates who were still unem- ' ernment statistics.ployed at the end of the sum-' The average starting sala-mer had been offered jobs, but ry dropped by 40 percent. andturned them down. one-fifth of students, receiving

Gao said students' traditional government loans defaulted onexpectations can't be met be- their payments. 'cause there are so many more The situation only figures tograduates now and because get worse next year, as ChinaChina's changing economy has takes measures to slow its run-different needs. Universities, es- away economic growth and thepecially newly established ones, number of college graduatesdon't adequately equip students climbs to 3.4 million. Yang pre-with skills prized in today's job diets that unemployment of col-market, such as oral communi- lege graduates will be a problemcation and memo writing, she for 10 to 20 years.said. If that's the case, he said, the

It wasn't long ago that a col- . government must step in withlege degree in China was as rare some form of training or otherand valuable as jade. As recently assistance' to help graduates.as 1995, only? percent of 18- to Students, especially those in22-year-olds attended universi- college, are revered in China forties. ' symbolizing the bedrock value

In 1999, China implemented a of education, and if they are up-policy to double the number of set, broader unrest can follow.college students-both to make "It can bea threat to China'shigher education more acces- stability," Yang said. "The gov-sible anct to help fight off the ernment has to watch careful-Asian economic crisis by keep- ly."ing young people out of the job Some members of the classmarket temporarily. of 2004 are getting restless. At a

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Semeseter at Sea program uses the world as teacher

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BYCHRISTINA MEDINAThe Record (Bergen County,

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For some, traveling abroadinto a world brimming with hos-tility against the United States isout of the question.

For Tom Kalajian, 21, ofKinnelon, N.J., it was the perfecteducational opportunity.

Kalajian, a senior at theUniversity of Pittsburgh, trav-eled to Cuba, Brazil, South Africa,Kenya, Vietnam, Singapore,India and other countries dur-ing 100 days on the S.S. Explorerearlier this year. The Idea oftraveling around the world in afew months lured Kalajian intojoining the Semester at Sea pro-gram. "A lot. of these places Iwouldn't be able to get to oth-erwise," he said. "I wanted themost experience in the shortestamount of time."

One such experience Kalajianrecalls is sailing on a riverboatdown the Amazon River inBrazil for three days and inter-acting with natives.

"I did everything that I want-ed to do," he said. "I went to allthe sites that Iwanted to see.The only thing I wish I had donewould have been to preparewith the languages a little moreand get a base to talk to the 10-al " .c s.The language barrier was a

problem for Kalajian in SouthKorea, where few spoke Englishand those who did weren't will-ing to assist students in need un-

less they tried to speak Korean."After we made an attempt"

they would make an attempt tohelp JIS In English," he said.

Kalajlan: observed that theyounger Korean generation isincreasingly anti-American asa result of U.S activity in thecountry.

"People would commentabout how they didn't like thegovernment, but they drew adistinction between our gov-ernment and us being there,"Kalajian said.

Despite. the hostile politicalclimate in some of the countrieshe visited, Kalajian said he nev-er feared for his safety.

"We had a briefing before wearrived in port to know how tostay safe and what we shouldavoid," Kalajian said. The stu-dents _ who always slept on theirship ~ were warned to keep theireyes open, travel In-groups andwatch out for pickpockets. Theywere also kept out of unfriendlyterritories in each country andwere constantly chaperoned byfaculty and staff members.

The Semester at Sea programaccepts about 640 undergrad-uate students and 28 facultymembers from across the coun-try and overseas, along with se-nior citizens interested in travel.With the introduction of a newship this summer, the programwill be able to accommodate atleast 50 more travelers.

Dr. Don Gogniat, directorof international programs forSemester at Sea, got to know

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each of his sjudents, attentionmost students wouldn't nor-rnally get on a larger collegecampus.

"These are a select bunchof, kids that are motivated,"Gogniat said. "They all share asense of adventure and knowthis is the most unique expe-rience they have done in theirlives so far."

Kalajian found he had easyaccess to his professors in thesmaller, more intense classes _some of them in his major, po-litical science. At his university,150 to 200 students were en-rolled in one of the larger class-es, but on the ship, classes didnot exceed 20 students.

The Semester at Sea programis different from many collegestudy-abroad programs be-cause it gives students an eclec-tic view of the world rather thanfocusing on just one country,said Max Brandt, chief academ-ic officer for the program.

"Students are out in the fieldrather than watching video-tapes," Brandt said. "They're of-ten out involved in festivals andceremonies where they can seeand hear live performances ofmusic and participate."

"Over the course of months(the ship) really began to feellike home," Kalajian said."Being able' to experience asmany countries as I have, (oth-er students)-will be exposed toa variety of cultures, somethingthey can't do by just visiting onecountry."

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The way I see it, good ideasare usually few and far between.They are so rare that when weactually have one, we bask inits ideological glory by regu-lar means of gloating to our

. friends, family, and Internet sexpals. Sometimes a good idea willcome about slowly and delib-erately, but they usually mani-fest themselves like an abruptsneeze at a fancy restaurant:loudly and without the com-mon courtesy ot foreshadow-ing. I've had many great ideas inmy time, and have been witnessto even more; but nothing com-pares to the recent conceptionof "TACO BEll ARENA."

For those of you who aren'tup on recent events, Taco Dellrecently bought the namingrights to the Boise State Pavilion

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So in lieu of The Pavillion,we now have Taco Bell Arena.Personally I like tacos and in-digestion, so I headed down tothe local Taco Bell on BroadwayAvenue for a little glimpse ofwhat Boise State can expect forthe next 15 years.

As luck would have it, therewas a fender bender in the in-tersection in front of the restau-rant, so some good Samaritanhad taken it upon himselfto di-rect traffic away from the hor-rendous scene of twisted met-al and human carnage- well asmuch human carnage as youcan get for a quarter inch dingon an SUV bumper-until the

police could come and polite-ly tell both parties (and the selfappointed traffic flagger) not tobother them unless an accidentactually happened. Needless tosay, I asked our good Samaritanfor the best route to Taco Bell,and in his ex-cited state twothings hap-pened: 1) Hetold me to perform a rather im-possible sexual act on myself,and 2.) I ended up about a quar-ter of a mlle away from TacoBell. In all, I'd rate this drivingexperience at least five pointshigher than any encounter I'vehad with the Boise State traffic.crew on account of personal-ity and efficiency. Hopefully theTaco Bell Arena talent scoutswere in the area.

Exhilarated after a seven min-ute detour, I finally stepped footinto our beloved Taco Bell. One

thing I've noticed about fastfood chains is that each of themhas their own personal scent;Subway, for instance, alwayssmells like bread dough andgym socks. Taco Bell is no ex-ception to this rule. As I opened

the glass door,

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lanche of refried beans andcat food (Imagine the mov-ie "Backdraft", but with theodor instead of flames). Windburned, I took my place behinda windy line of a dozen people-including six kids who changedtheir orders no less than fivetimes each. Eventually, I or-dered some kind of taco pizza(in actually' it looked more likea regular burrito that someone

. forgot to roll up), I tossed backa couple of Turns, and basked inthe relaxing glow of a partially

wiped off table.The way I look at it the Taco

Bell Arena is going to be a hit. Infact, I'm honestly looking for-ward to it. Imagine the possi-billties of combining such a lu-crative fast food chain with our

'·'beloved Pavilion. Upon enter-ing theparldng lot-after beingdlrected to Nampa and back byorangutans with orange direc-tional lights-you'd pull up tothe drive through intercom andorder your concessions; get anumber (for instance: 783), parkyour car, then wait by the side ofthe ticket office while they callout" ... number 137... ", Insteadof having a young boy push thecourtside brooms during time-outs at basketball games, therewill be an unshaven high schooljunior who's trying to makethe payments on his DodgeDaytona.

I played the drums during the

basketball games for years, andam deeply disappointed thatI'll miss the opportunity to, re-place the cymbals with tortillas.Even the names "Balcony" and"Mezzanine" will be changedto "Burrito" and "Burrito thatsomebody forgot to roll up".

What excites me the-most,though, is the wall of taco smellthat will greet visitors as theyenter. After all, if Qisneylandcan make the Pirates of theCaribbean ride smell like abunch of sweaty buccaneers,surely somebody can makethe Taco Bell Arena smell likestale bagels and filthy pigeoncoupes.

In the meantime, all of thistyping has made me hungry. Ifanybody needs me I'll be downat Taco Bell trying to roll up ataco pizza.

Media-fueled hubbub degrades '9/11' debateBYTONYAJAMESON

Knight Ridder Newspapers

Before we in the news me-dia began covering "Fahrenheit9/11" as if it was the secondcoming of Christ - or should Isay "The Passion of the Christ"- I was excited about seeing thedocumentary.

I liked Moore's previous one,"Bowling for Columbine," butnow I'm disgusted at how easilyTV, newspapers and magazineshave willingly become unpaidmarketers for the film.

The combined results of acontroversy-obsessed media,missteps by some conservativegroups, the political climateand Moore's strategic market-ing prevents most people fromseeing "Fahrenheit" with anopen mind. It also helped themovie take in $23.9 million dur-ing the opening weekend.

It reminds me of the brou-haha that overshadowed MelGibson's "Passion."

The two-sided debate sur-rounding both movies tappedinto the insecurity of a coun-try immersed in a war on terrorthat has no foreseeable end. Oursoldiers and civilians are beingkilled by an enemy that fightswith as much religious convic-

tion as President Bush claimsto possess. The us-versus-themdebate between Christians andJews over "Passion," and be-tween conservatives and lib-erals over "Fahrenheit," killsthoughtful dialogue.

"You kind of invite them into create a controversy," saidPhilip Rosen, professor of mod-ern culture and media at BrownUniversity.

For "Passion," the media ma-nipulation was- transparent.Gibson let only select peoplesee early screenings of the film,but in TV and newspaper in-terviews he spoke out against .forces trying to silence the film.The news media couldn't getenough.

The road to success for"Fahrenheit" has taken a simi-larpath.

In early. May, Moore an-nounced Disney's,. decisionnot to distribute "Fahrenheit"weeks before the Cannes FilmFestival, where he won a topaward. The announcement cre-ated a flurry of news coverage,with Moore complaining aboutbig corporations controillngthe flow of information. Thesearch for a new distributor be-came another news item until

Lions Gate Films agreed to dis-tribute it.

In June, the conservativegroup Move America Forwardurged theaters not to show thedocumentary. Two weeks. ago,another group, Citizens United,filed a formal complaint againstMoore's movie with the FederalElection Commlssion.. Itclaimed "Fahrenheit" violatescampaign rules.

Bad moves."Any attempt at suppressing

a movie always inevitably back-fires," said Norman Ornstein, apolitical expert at the AmericanEnterprise Institute.

To counter, the left-leaningMoveOn PAC launched a na-tional campaign to get at least

. 100,000 members to, see thefilm. More than 115,000 peo-ple pledged to see "Fahrenheit"when it opened nationwideJune 25.

"When the right-wing groupscame out and tried to censorthe film, we decided we real-lv needed to defend the film,"said Adam Ruber !--'~oveOn'snational field director.

When Lions Gate request-ed a rating, the Motion PictureAssociation of America gave"Fahrenheit" an R for violence

and language. Moore launchedan unsuccessful legalbattle toget it changed to PG-13.

But the company isn't amember of the association andtherefore isn't required to sub-mit "Fahrenheit" for a rating,said an association spokesman.For example, another politicallycharged documentary, "SuperSize Me," is unrated.

The question is, why didLions Gate request a rating' inthe first place?

The company declined tocomment, but I'm guessing itwasn't concerned about help-ing parents gauge whether"Fahrenheit" was appropriatefor kids. The ratings battle wasanother news story.

"All of this really lifted thisfilm to a different level in termsof coverage," said Ornstein."Those things create the no-tion that you have a huge con-troversy."

It's another media-stokeduproar that exploits our fear ina time when fear seems to be allwe have.

ABOUT THE WRlTERTonya Jameson is a columnist for the

Charlotte Observer. Readers may writeto her at: Charlotte Observer. 600 SouthTryon Street. Charlotte. N.C. 28202·1880.

LIGHTEN UP:A dose of humor,

could help politiciansinspire the nation.BY JOHN HIEGER

The Seattle Times/NEXT

If inspiration were a market-able commodity, our presiden-tial candidates would be broke.The only thing both men havein common other than the factthey are both boring white guys

. is that neither of them is capa-ble of rallying more than halfof anything, If John Kerry andGeorge W. Bush were cowboys,they'd never get the herd acrossthe river.

Much has been made aboutReagan's legacy as the presidentwho could unite the Americanpeople. In the wake of his mas-sive funeral bonanza, we'veheard line after line about howhe rallied the American spirit,and for a while achieved unpar-alleled approval ratings acrossthe board. He was the "greatcommunicator," but more im-portantly, people trusted him,liked his personality and, in asense, he almost seemed hu-man. At the time, he was a goodmodel for the American spirit,at least on the outside.

To put it in my dad's words,"They'll be more people liningup to urinate on Clinton's gravethan Reagan's grave,"

In recent decades, politicianshave seemingly degeneratedback into the scope of sleazethat was associated with notori-ous power freaks like Nixon andhis ilk. Folks from both sides ofthe political spectrum extendtheir faith too far If they tru-ly believe their man is moral-ly consistent across the board.Words like Lewinsky and phras-es like WMD do little instill faithin the purity of our most promi-nent leaders. .

So why is it politicians todayaren't capable of inspiring themasses collectively? I think thegap between liberals and con-servatives reOlains constant be-cause there is no definitive an-swer to our needs. Both partiestout liars and prudes and bothparties know it. Kerry is a stickand Bush is a liar and nobodywith half an operable brain isreally that inspired by either.

They need to rekindle Reagan'spersonable touch, master hisacting craft and sell America aspeech and personality we canrally behind.

Neither candidate is capa-ble of altering the oil-and-wa-ter formula that comprise ourregion's political landscape.What's the answer? What unitesthe closely divided? For me, it'shumor. A friendly pulse with anidea can bridge any gap.

That's the oQIy way I can jus-tify and tolerate my two con-servative friends - humor. Ifmy two Republican buddies,or "Nazi youth," as I tall them,weren't able to laugh at them-selves and at me, we wouldn'tbe able to kick the ball of de-bate around without coming toblows.

Humor lightens the air andmakes vicious rivals seem alittle more human: RonaldReagan used to hang out withhis Democratic rival in theHouse, Speaker Tip O'Neill, af-ter the day was done. Both mensaw eye to eye and were capa-ble of putting their differencesto rest for the sake of conversa-tion and a good laugh.

Humor can transform a poli-tician into a leader. It soundssimple but it isn't. Humor isn'teasy to come by, especially inSeattle, where many peopleseem to be collectively uptight.Try sneezing loudly on a Metrobus and you'll see what I mean.

Locally, we could lighten upa little, and on a broader scale,America would do well to startseeing our adversaries as hu-mans. As it exists today, onlyRepublicans like Bush and onlyliberals like Kerry. That isn'tcutting it on the scale of greatleaders. Today, all the punchlines are about the candidate'smessage. We need believableleaders who can speak to thecommon threads in all of us,not cheerleaders banking onthat undecided 1percent.

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John Hieger is a writer for NEXT, aSunday opinion page in The SeattleTimes. and a 2001 graduate of CentralWashington University. E-mail:NEXT@seattletimes.com

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Gilligan gets·on.board in.MontrealBYAMBERFUGER

Sports Reporter

The Chicago Bears have BrockForsey,BryanJohnson,andRyanDinwiddie. The PhiladelphiaEagles" have Quintin Mikell.The Denver Broncos have IebPutzier. The Seattle Seahawkshave Matt Hill. Kansas Cityhas Shaunard Hartz, and thePittsburg Steelers have Kimovon Oelhoffen. These formerBoise State football stars im-pacted Bronco football forev-er and continue to make theirpresence known In profes-sional football. Now Canada iscatching Bronco fever as formerBoise State receiver Tim Gilligansigned a contract to play withthe Montreal Alouettes in the

Canadian Football Leaguein June. Gilligan joins formerteammate Bart Hendricks In

the CFL. Gilligan, a native out ofElko, Nevada went from a walk-on hope to be kicker his fresh-man year to team captain anda record setting receiver his se-nior year. Gilligan was Initiallyinvited to Boise State as a walkon receiver. He contacted thecoaching staff several weeks be-fore reporting and requestedthat he start out kicking, WhenGilligan arrived at practicehe began running routes andcatching passes. His kicking ca-reer at Boise State ended beforeit started.

Despite standing only 5 foot9 Gilligan became an intricatepart of the Bronco line up. In2002 Gilligan was an honor-able mention selection on spe-cial teams. His senior season,the amazing year that will behard to forget is the season thatshowcases Gilligan's ambi-

tious talent. Gilligan finishedthe 2003 season second In theWAC and 12th in the nation Inyards, receiving per game with a97.0 average. He finished thirdIn the WAC In receptions pergame with 5.5. Gilligan was alsoranked 20th in the country inpunt returns and second in theWAC. He finished third in theWAC in all-purpose yardage.

During the Broncos loss-toOregon State last season Gilliganreturned four punts for 91 yardsincluding a 61-yard touchdown.Following a 24-10 win overIdaho, Gilligan returned threepunts for 66 yards to average22.0 per return. Gilligan movedup to the number two spot inthe nation with his performanceand was also awarded WAC spe-cial teams player of the week.

Gilligan shined during 2003being named first All-WAC re-

Tim Gilliganceiver and second team All-WAC punt-returner. He also seta Boise State record of 1,192 re-ceiving yards on a career-high

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g7 catches. He caught a team-best 66 passes and scored sixtouchdowns while averaging his97.0 yards per game receiving,

MLB's star shines bright in TexasBYJAMES BAKER

Sports ReprterThe Arbiter

Is it the sweet sound of thecrack of a wooden bat demol-ishing a baseball 500 feet intooblivion? Perhaps it's the gath-ering of the home run gods of

~ baseball, coming together tosee who can out drive each oth-er in one of the most showcasedevents in sports. Whatever"thereason, with the arrival of theannual Major League BaseballAll-Star Game, comes the HomeRun Derby, a chance for 12power hitters to show off theirtalent, and give the fans some-thing to remember for years tocome.

Monday's Derby held thepotential to be the most stun-ning display of power since thederby of 2000, In which sluggerSainmy Sosa blasted a total 'of26 homeruns in one night, in-cluding several that surpassed500 feet, and setting the homerun distance record at TurnerField in Atlanta. The eventwas scheduled to pit a recordfour active players In baseballwith 500 home runs or'more:Cincinnati's Ken Griffey Ir.,San Francisco's Barry Bonds,Baltimore's Rafael Palmeiro,and Chicago's Sosa. Griffey, aformer Derby Champion, un-fortunately aggravated a ham-string Injury Saturday and didnot attend. He was placed on

"the IS-day disabled list and wasalso unable to play In the All-Star Game.

Philadelphia's Jim Thome isincluded on the list of partici-pators, who just so happens tobe on the 400-career home runlist. Also scheduled to competewere newcomers David Ortiz,of Boston, and Texas' HankBlalock.

With the combination ofBonds, Sosa, and Griffey Inthe outfield for the NationalLeague, many are hailing it tobe one the greatest outfields ofall-time for an All-Star Game

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HOUSTON, TX _ Fonner Texas Rangers' Sammy Sosa and Alex Rodriguez share a laugh during a workout at Minute Maid Park In Houston, Texas, on Monday, Balitmore'sJMiguel Tejada won the Home Run Derby and set the single round record with 15 slams.

event. ESPN picked the 1957outfield of Hank Aaron, WillieMays, and Jackie Robinson totop the list of great All-Star out-fields, but a case can be madefor this year's players voted In.Sosa and Bonds are shoe-ins forthe Hall of Fame, and Griffey,often compared to baseballgreat Roberto Clemente, is no-torious for his power and skillat the plate along with his speedand agility in the outfield. Theonly thjng that holds him backfrom entering the Hall of FameIn Cooperstown, Ohio, is theunfortunate string of injurieshe's faced In the past few years,

backs at each of the 117 DivisionI-A schools.

BEST IN THE NATION:Minnesota. The Golden

We're about a month away Gophers were third In the na-from the opening offall football • tion In rushing offense lastcamp, and with the season ap- season (289.2 ypg, a nation's-proachlng, we'll once again trot best 46 rushing TDs) , whenout our weekly overview. TBs Marion Barber III and

Today we look at running Laurence Maroney combinedbacks. Next week, it'll be wide to average 178.2 ypg, Both arereceivers, followed in order by speedy and can tum the cor-offensive line, defensive line, ner; each also is tough enoughUnebackers and secondary. to run between the tackles.Finally, we'll rank the quarter- SEC: Auburn. Carnell

Who's got the best running backs for falltBYMiKE HUGUENINThe Orlando Sentinel

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which started in 2002 with atom tendon In his knee.

As every baseball fan remem-bers' Sammy Sosa • competedwith Mark McGwire in 1998 tobeat Roger Maris' single-seasonhome run record of 61, a recordthat stood for over 30 years.McGwire eventually hit number62 first, but Sosa soon followedsuit, and ended the season with .66. Since that year, Sosa has hita total of 292 homers, helping toput him 9th on the all-time list.

And of course, let's not for-get Bonds, who' has been dev-astating these past few seasons,including 2001, when he beat

"Cadillac" Williams may be thenation's best. He is ably backedup by Ronnie Brown. IfTigersCoach Tommy Tuberville issmart, he'll make sure Williamsgets at least 20 carries a gameand Brown gets at least 10.

ACC: Florida State. Thereare better backs in the leaguethan TBs Leon Washington andLorenzo Booker, but no teamhas as good a duo.

BIG EAST: Syracuse. Walter.Reyes has a legitimate chanceto lead the nation In rush-

McGwire's HR record with hit73 jacks, topping McGwire'smark of 70 In 1998. Bonds'skills include more than justpower.hitting however. He hasmaintained at least a .320 bat-ting average since '01, won sixNL MVP awards, 8 Gold GloveAwards, and was named Playerof the Decade in the 90s by TheSporting News.

Tuesday night following theHome Run Derby the night be-fore, the All-Star game was held,with Jack Mckeon of the WorldSeries-winning Florida Marlinsheading the NL squad, and JoeTorre of the New York Yankees

ing (he had 1,347 yards and 20TOs last season), and backupDamien Rhodes is solid.

CONFERENCE USA:Louisville. The Cards have anice 1-2 punch in Eric Shelton,an FSU transfer, and LionelGates, a former all-state playerat Jacksonville Parker. Sheltonis a bruiser (6-3/245), andGates is a nice change-of-paceguy.

MID-AMEmCAN: BowUngGreen. The Falcons figure tocount on their running game

managing the AL. Startingpitchers had yet to be namedby Saturday, but posslbilitiesInclude Texas' Kenny Rogersand Oakland's Mark Mulder forthe AL, and Houston's RogerClemens or Arizona's RandyJohnson for the NL. Eitherwould be a fine choice for theNational League, due to the factthai this year's events are inHouston. The game was playedin Clemens' hometown, andJohnson pitched his way to aperfect game earlier in the sea-son, arguably the highest pin-nacle of achievement in base-ball.

a bit more this season with theloss of star QB Josh Harris. Thatwill be fine with TBs P.1. Popeand B.J. Lane, who combinedfor 1,503 yards and 11 TOs lastseason. Plus, those guys will berunning behind the best line inthe MAC.

BEST BACKS IN OTHERLEAGUES: Texas in the Big 12;Minnesota In the Big Ten; NewMexico in the Mountain West;USC in the Pac-lO; North TexasIn the Sun Belt; and FresnoState in the WAC.

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Gilligan became the first Broncoreceiver to ever have 200-yardreceiving games. He even brokethe school record with 16 catch-es in one game against BYU.

As the Broncos look to 2004with fresh talent, the formerBroncos reflect on their col-lege careers to establish theirplace in professional football.Gilligan may not be playing forhis first choice (the Bears, gofigure) but Canada is preparedto let this record setting Broncoexpress his talent on the field.Gilligan will forever be remem-bered In Bronco football andBronco fans can anticipate anever-Impressive professionalcareer from Gilligan in the yearsto come.

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the WACVandals will spendone more year in theSun-Belt before theupgrade

BYJEREMY RASMUSSENSports Editor

The University of Idaho,BSU's perennial archrival sincethe school's conception, hasaccepted an invitation to jointhe WAC. The Western AthleticConference Board of Directorsmade the decision official inHalf Moon Bay, Californialast month. The conferencechange will be effective July'Ist, 2005, meaning the Vandalswill endure a final season inthe Sunbelt Conference beforeupgrading to the WAC. Nextyear's rivalry game will markthe first time in four years theBroncos faced the Vandals in aConference match-up.. Last year the Vandals hadtrq~\!leS getting by in theSun elt, but U of I director ofathle .cs Rob Spear was thrilledat the opportunity to step up.to the WAC. "This is an historicday for Vandal athletics," Spearsaid on the U of! athletics web-site.

The 2004 pre-season rank-ings have U of I ranked deadlast at 117th among Division-Ischools. New head Coach NickHolt is hoping to tum thingsaround. Holt is coming froma 12-wIn season and a shareof the National Title as theLinebackers Coach at USC lastyear. The Vandals have wononly eleven games In the lastfour seasons combined. Thegood news for U of I is theirstarting quarterback this year.Junior Michael Harrington,the younger brother of DetroitLion's QB Joey Harrington,is going to run the show withmost of his top receivers re-turning from last year, includ-ing Orlando Winston, who wasgranted a sixth year of eligibil-ity.

Holt aims to change the los-ing attitude In Moscow withhis new offense and defensiveschemes: One large problemwill be their defense. Only twodefensive starters will returnfrom last year's 2-8 team, se-nior defensive end BrandonKania and junior lineback-er Mike Anderson. Also, theBroncos' five game winningstreak over Idaho and the factthat BSU hasn't lost at home Intwo years, doesn't make a goodstart look promising for theVandals in 2004.

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The two biggest eventsthis past month, enter-tainment-wise, wereprobably Michael Moore'shighly. controversial andoverwhelmingly success-ful "Fahrenheit 911," andthe Vans Warped Tour.

The latter, now in itstenth year of touring punkrockers and skateboard-ers, storms its way into theIdaho Center with mixedpolitical views. Rangingfrom social and globalpolitics to the state of thenation and the state ofpunk rock, everyone hadan opinion that somehowworked around Moore'sfilm.

With a heightenedawareness of currentevents, the underly-ing theme for this sum-mers' Warped Tour wasanything from what itwas once dubbed bythe Statesman: Today'sTotally Warped Youth.The masses had a voice,however independentor equally represented.Most views leaned towardthe left, but the messagewas clear: Get Aware, GetInvolved, and Go Vote.

On their down time, I satwith some of the perform-ers at this years' WarpedTour to get their opinionon things. lowe a specialshout-out to Atmosphere,The Bouncing Souls, TheCasualties and TakingBack Sunday, whose in-terviews didn't make thecut.

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OM: What did you think of "Fahrenheit911?"

JB: We've been touring so much Ihaven't had a chance to see it. [GreglGraffin saw it though the other day.

OM: What did he think of it?JB: He says what everyone else says,

that it will change your opinion of Bush.I laughed and said, "No, It won't changemy opinion of Bush because my opinionof him is already pretty bad." He said, ."Well it will put him in a new light." 1said, "I don't think so, because on onehand you have him as a downy characterbeing controlled by Cheney, Wolfawitzand Ashcroft and all these old hogs. Onthe other hand I think of him as an actualevil human being who couldn't give a fly-ing fuck about anyone who doesn't givehim money,"

OM: Bad Religion has always been onsome political level whether it be gov-ernment or social. How does your newalbum emulate your past records?

JB: We haven't been as political in thesense of national politics. More so on be-ing socially political, like what does it feellike to be a human on the planet-in 1982?1994? 198!? 2000? 2004? We always talkabout what it's like to be a person. Thisnew record we talk about America andwhat it' s like to be thought of as a bul-ly, do we really want to be an empire thatgoes around and beats up small coun-tries?

OM: So you think other countries thinkof us as Bullies?

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OM: How does that make you feel? .JB: Fine. The first time we went to

Europe in '88 a German came up to meand said that he loved my band but hat-ed me. I asked hlm why and he said be-cause I was American. I can understandthat, I live there, I get his meaning.

OM: So are you proud to be an Americanor shameful?

JB: I'm not proud or ashamed. That'sa view that gets you into a nationalisticbubble. We have a lot of thlngs we can of-fer the world and I think most Americansare compassionate people.T really dobelieve that. I don't think the Americanpeople are a bunch of nco-conserva-tive fascists that think that anyone whodoesn't agree with them is some athe-ist liberal kook that wants to destroy thefabric of this country. Everyone needs toremember 'how this country was found-ed. It was because a bunch of liberalatheist kooks were persecuted for theirreligious beliefs. Now you have GeorgeBush saying, "I'm doing Gods work" withChristian fundamentalists. Where are weright now?

OM: So do think questioning theGovernment is unpatriotic? ,

JB: No! I think it's the most patrioticthing you can do. But if you do that, allthe sudden you're labeled as a terror- .ist, which is just great. They say there isa war on terrorism, but until I see battleships pulling into Northern Ireland,thereis only a war with the Middle East. Everyone thinks they are the only terrorists.Terrorism has been around a long time.Look at Timothy Mcveigh, what was he?

OM: A terrorist.JS: A Fucking Terrorist! Like when the

news yesterday said they weren't rais-ing the terror alert.but there was an "im-manent terrorist strike based on unsub-stantiated information," I can do that.They say shit like it couldbe a terrorist or

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it could be a kid on a tricycle, we don'tknow. Then when nothing happens theytake credit for doing their jobs. It's likethey're duct tapping plastic wrap overour mouths and telling us to breathe.

OM: So do think terrorism has a lot todo with media bias creating fear?

JB: That's what our new song "LosAngeles Is Burning," is about. Yeah.It's about the media making a biggerdeal over lame issues than they should.They're trying to get people to tune inby scaring the shit out of them. It's allabout ratings. Like the 0.1. trial. No onegives a shit about that now. TV isn't hereand now. TV is 12 hours ago. They makeit seem like you have to tune in now bymaking a big deal to tell you it's"live."Big deal.

OM: So what would be their lowestcommon denominator?

JB: I think their lowest common de-nominator. is power. TV stations pick

what kind of shows and edi-torials they're going to runand that's scary.

OM: So do think the media is liberal orconservative?

JB: I used to think the media was enter-tainment. It didn't matter. Unless it wasa Stanley Cup Final it wasn't real. If youthink about it, the only thing that is realis sports events.

Every show has some hidden agenda.When you hear Big Mac-eating peoplesay Saddam Hussein really did fly thoseplanes into the World Trade Center yourealize how powerful that agenda is.

OM: What can you - Jay Bentley- doabout terrorism?

JB: Nothing.

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OM: What did you think ofFahrenheit 911?

FM: Pretty good, a little slow inthe middle.

OM: What stuck out the mostto you about the film?

FM: That Saudi Arabia ownsseven percent of our country.It was pretty revealing. A lot ofthe stuff I didn't know, like the

. Bush-Bin Laden ties.OM: Your latest album seems

a little more political than pre-vious ones.

FM: Barely. Ifyou look at "Punkin Drublic," which is from '94,half the songs were political.The president wasn't on thatalbum cover though. Our newalbum has four or five politicalsongs but some aren't political.

OM: Do you think this new al-bum has more of a social po-litical impact on today's youththan "Punk in Drublic" did?

FM: Sure. I hope so, like yousaid, the title is more political["War on Errorism"J but youwant to try and be timeless withan album. Bad Religion did thesame thing with "The Empire

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OM: Do you listen to AirAmerica?

FM: A little bit. I have SatelliteRadio.

OM: On the tour bus?FM: No at home, the punk

rock station on that is so killer.I listen to it a little bit. I actuallylisten to right wingl conserva-tive radio more because I findyou. have to know their argu-ment more than you know it ...when you're arguing. They bothmake me angry so I read theNew York Times. I believe thetwo party system is better thanItaly's 13 party system. There,when a party wins it only repre-sents about 10% of the people.A party system seems weird inthe first place. If you fix the sys-tem here it will still be a two par-ty systemand it will still work. Idon't know, the whole reasonI got into politics was becauseGeorge Bush has been the worstpresident of my lifetime. I grad-uated from San Francisco State

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OF NOFXwith BA in Political Science so Ithink I am more well-read than90% of the bands on tour. But I

.don't think you need to finishschool to know what's going on.Brett Gurewitz dropped out ofhigh school in tenth grade andhe is one of the smartest peopleI know.

OM: Greg Graffin has a degreethough, doesn't he?

FM: Right. Dexter Hollanddoes too, but look at his lyrics,they're remedial. They're notrocket scientist lyrics. But youshould always listen to peo-ple who have something to saythat's legit. People have a prob-lem with me because my bandhas some funny lyrics. I don'tunderstand why you can't befunny and political at the sametime. Just like AI Fraken orMichael Moore, you.don't haveto be a serious political sciencemajor.

Fat Mike is in charge of thePunk- Voter Tour this fall.Though 110 Idaho dates havebeen set, eheck your local listingsin the months ahead.

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"Well .. .it's definitely changed.I wasn't around for it in the '80s,but when I was around it was alot smaller and more person-al and friendlier. You'd go to ashow and know everyone theremore than being at a 'concert.' Ihave kids coming up to me say-ing, 'Hey I really liked your con-cert.' I thought we were playingpunk shows, not concerts. It'sgetting less personal and morepopular than it used to be."

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Before the Earth, planets, and the stars were ever created, there was the Almighty God Jehovah, who.always was. Then Jehovah God created His only begotten Son (Jesus Christ) the Word, and theyTogether created the Heavens, the Earth, and tile angels.

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-preaching to the choir or do youthink it is really going to make.a difference in this upcomingelection?

B: I think It will make a differ-ence to people who already feelthat way. I think it will get themto vote. I think it preaches to apretty apathetic crowd. I don'tthink it will sway anyone whoisn't or who is lazy.

OM: How have you guys been _using a band to get behind a po-litical platform?

N: Well in September we'regoing to be riding our tour.withthe Punk-Voter Tour. The vol-unteers will be out there at theshows getting fans to register tovote ..

OM: So you're encouragingkids to vote.

B: Right, I mean they don't'have to vote the way we wantthem to vote, It's their choiceand they should definitely becounted.

OM: You guys have been to-gether for awhile and I knowthis isn't your first WarpedTour ...

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to the Warped Tour now thatwe're far into the 21st century

and there is a war going ont nection right now. The portion0: I have noticed that political of America that he represents

issues rarely came up before in never goes overseas. They stayinterviews, and when we talk to here' and spend .money, Theykids outside now there seems to . spend billions of dollars9n rna-be an air about something that chlnery .thats gets destroyedneeds to be changed. That's the overthere to geneplacedbutdifference I have felt they can't pay the people when

OM: What would you like to they are destroyed. The people -see happen with America and we meet in Europe. are awareits situation with the world? that the American Government

0: I'd like to see us get out of and the American people aren'tall these countries that we've the same thing. .been arming and get involved N: It does get blurry some-with positive ways of funding times though.medication, food and AIDS re- B: And that's what gets con-search. Things that are positive fusing to them. They're like,and not us going in to a coun- "you're American, why don'ttry because of our interests in you do something about it?"starting some war. They don't see how it Is possi-

N: Look at Canada. They have ble this could go on. You know,socialized heath care and ed-. you Impeach Clinton for sleep-ucation, because they know. ing with a girl but now you haveNow that I am a parent I think, a criminal in office that goesgoddamn the schools here suck. around the world bullying peo-My cousin just broke his leg and pie. ~y don't you impeachhe doesn't have Insurance and him? .it's like what Is he going to do? OM: Of Fahrenheit 911, what

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ArIes (March 21-April19) -Today Is an 7 -You're smart and cute, and that's a goodcombination. But don't think you'll getaway with breaking the rules.

VIrgo (Aug. 23-5ept. 22)-1bdaylsa7-YoU can't have it both ways or be in twoplaces at once. You're going to have tochoose, or at least set priorities. It's goodpractice.

Aquarius (Jan.2O-Feb.18)-TodayIsa7- -A person you'd like to get to know bettercould have a conflict of interests. If he orshe stalls, don't feel bad. It might be for areason that isn't your fault

Taurus (April2O-May 20) -TodayIsa7-Ifyou find yourself wondering what to dowith your spare change, set it aside for arainy day. Youll be thankful that you did.

GeminI <May 21-June 21)-TodayIsa7- -Once you've agreed to a compromise,' '-you can get on with your busineSs. Thenext few days are good for turning a tidyprofit Don't meetthis opportunityWl-prepared.. - ,

Ubra (Sept. 23·Oct. 22)-TodayIsa1-Of course you want fame and fortune, .just like everyone else. But don't sacrificesomething that's more important, liketime with YOillfamily

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PIsces (Feb. 19-March 20)-lbdaylsa7-It's not a particularly good day to begina bold adventure. Tho many details stillneed to be addressed, and youll soonfind out what they are. Make a shoppinglist and a fix-it list

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)-Todaylsa7-The things you want will cost more thanexpected. Ifyou anticipate it, the costs

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