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December 122011

The Broncos are now heading to the MAA-CO bowl.

Charities around the valley still help needy families this year.

Will their new home online instigate ample student feedback?

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A yeAr in music

One mix tape to rule them allTrevor VillagranaAssistant Lifestyles Editor

In the spirit of the holidays, what better gift is there than the gift of music?

My gift to you is not just a list of 2011’s latest and greatest pop, hard-core, punk rock and hip-hop gems. No, it is indeed much more than that. What I’ve provided is a mix tape: 10 songs to broaden your horizons over Christmas and into the new year. Enjoy.

The first song is one I stumbled upon only re-cently, but it immediately caught my attention.

renegAde 86, performed by Los Ange-les post-hardcore outfit Letlive, is an excellent opener and electrifying blend of drop-tuned, distortion-laden guitars with some of the most impressive vocals of the year. My hat goes off to frontman Jason Aalon Butler’s inten-sity on this track and for being crowned as the “Greatest Rockstar in the World” by Kerrang Magazine.

Without losing much steam we move onto the second song, A HeAvy AbAcus by The Joy Formidable, an indie powerhouse hailing from the United Kingdom. Their album, “The Big Roar,” is easily one of most enthralling albums I have ever heard and has been on repeat since I had the pleasure of purchasing it a few months ago. This song is massive yet tender, and let’s face it, there is nothing more attractive than a woman who can shred like lead guitarist and singer Ritzy Bryan.

Next up on the list is Anxiety, the first single from Angels & Airwaves’ follow up a l b u m , Love PArt two. There isn’t anything I don’t absolutely love about this song. The synth parts are perfect, the gui-tars are subtle but bold and lead singer Tom Delonge’s extensive vocal layers offer a depth people such as Adam Levine and Jared Leto can only dream about.

With that being said, we take a slight left turn and visit the melancholy world of Child-ish Gambino and his HeArtbeAt, a song about forbidden romance and the woes of being wealthy and lovesick. This song is reminiscent of Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” and encapsulates hip-hop’s shift from big cars and big houses to the loneliness of being at the top of your game.

Finding a song to follow Gambino was challenging, but just when I thought all hope was lost, I channeled my inner Black Flag and went with the obvious choice: Brooklyn’s “I Am the Avalanche.” Their song

brookLyn dodgers took me back to when I heard punk rock for the first time. The vocals are gruff, the guitars are piercing and if I could find two words to describe how this song makes me feel, they would be broken and glass.

Let’s throw a curve ball. Exit New York hardcore and enter delicious indie pop rocker, Two Door Cinema Club and the band’s song,

wHAt you know. To be honest, I do not remember where I heard this song for the first time but the guitar riffs in the intro and choruses have been stuck in my head since.

Rounding out the seventh spot is a song from the group I consider to be The Beatles of my generation. Blink-182’s

wisHing weLL is essentially a three-and-a-half minute hook, pairing Delonge’s exceptionally poppy melodies with words about death and longing. After the first listen I couldn’t help but go back for a second, third and inevitably thousandth time with this one.

If I were to take a poll about whether or not a group of people had heard of Death Cab for Cutie, odds are their hands would shoot up like rockets into space. However,

underneAtH tHe sycAmore, a somber ballad about finding peace in trou-bled times, was released prematurely, in my opinion. Although originally put out at the first glimpse of summer, I feel as though the fall and winter act as a better backdrop.

The last two songs of this mix tape I have gladly bestowed upon you reflect what many would consider guilty pleasures. I have ad-mittedly had a predisposition to Kanye West from a young age and after review-ing his joint release “Watch the Throne” with Jay-Z earlier this semester, I’d say my love for him has only doubled. After h e a r i n g ni**As in PAris, and the next, and final, track of this mix, I looked up at the sky and thought to myself, “These songs, these songs right here, will go down in history as 2011’s two most amazing dance club hits.”

And this brings us to the end. I feel as though this last song needs no introduction and no further adieu. So, my dear friends, I give to thee, suPer bAss by Nicki Minaj. Need I say more? I think not.

Playlist: The Arbiter compiled a list of bumpin’ songs to help you get through finals with most of your sanity still in tact.

Her time spent wooing the audience on “Saturday Night Live” gave her a strong fan

base which was further solidi-fied on the big screen in “Baby Mama” and in her NBC show “30 Rock.” In her debut book, “Bossypants,” Fey proves she is a funny author as well. Her comedic approach to writing shines through the pages as

she gives her readers an hon-est memoir of her life. For any fan of Fey, this is sure to be an

entertaining read.

bossypants by Tina Fey

Written by U.S. Memory Champion Joshia Foer,

“Moonwalking with Einstein” is a deep study of memory and

its significance to life. Foer also explores the many memory devices (mnemonics) which

can be strategically used to in-ternalize things of importance. Even though the semester is nearly over, this book could serve as a useful tool in the

semesters to come.

moonwalking with einstein: the Art and science of remembering

everything by Joshua Foer

Set in the early 1980s, “The Marriage Plot” revolves around

college graduate Madeleine Hanna and her intriguing love triangle involving an old friend and a new mystery man. As Madeleine sorts through the

many complications of life, she finds herself questioning the

core values she once believed. Jeffrey Eugenides portrays

the certain atmospheric aroma which 1980s suburbia held in

this classic coming-of-age tale.

the marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

Reading for fun? What is that? Here are some books that will engage the causal reader and book-lover alike over the winter break.

three books to read over breakby Jereme Curtiss, Journalist

trends of 2011Natalie CraigJournalist

Many fashion lovers put a new spin on old trends and brought them back in style in 2011. Dresses were longer, scarves were bulkier, boots were shorter, bold colors and rich prints replaced neutral colors in the closet.

The maxi dress and skirt became very popular in the spring and continue to be a must-have. With the urban vibe in Boise, the maxi is easy to embrace for locals and works well with any style.

Scarves can be a trend to embrace year-round.

With the evolution of the average scarf into an in-finity scarf, they add edge and s o m e t h i n g extra to every outfit and style.

Scarves

Skirt hemlines are getting longer but our boots are still shrinking. Even though it’s cold outside, ankle boots are still one of the top trends to make a debut this year.

Ankle boots

Trendsetters also began mixing prints of dif-ferent patterns and colors. The year began with deep and rich colors and mix-matching a variety of prints and hues was the perfect way to be no-ticed on campus.

Prints

Fashion spectators saw a lot of chic styles with boyish accents, not only on the runway but also on campuses across the nation. This trend in-cludes menswear such as the blazer and bow ties incorporated into girly outfits. Not only is this an easy trend to embrace, but it also adds edge to any look.

Boy meets girl

Even though bright colors were vastly present this year, one color went with everything and added an elegant, girly touch to any outfit. Nude was the way to go this year—from stilettos to acces-sories, it was the perfect hue for the ladies.

The ‘70s are coming back to the fashion world and bringing wide-legged trousers. The pants might be tricky to pull off but with the right accessories they can work with any body shape. While this trend wasn’t very popular on campus it was a huge hit on the runway and is expected to trickle down.

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W o r l d

Signs are plastered with demands to “Cross out thieves” and redo elections.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA —- Protests took place across Russia on Sunday as tens of thousands of people gath-ered to call for new elec-tions, claiming the Dec. 4 elections were rigged.

The protests primarily took place in Moscow, but most major cities had one.

Chanting against the “party of crooks and thieves,” crowds gathered in Bolotnaya Square across from the Kremlin and

stayed all day. There was a march from a location near the Kremlin to the square.

The route was lined with heavily armored police cars and buses of interior min-istry police were waiting nearby, but police report no one was detained.

This is a marked con-trast from the hundreds who were taken into cus-tody during the protests last Monday.

The demands by the pro-

testers include the release of more than 1,000 prison-ers picked up during last Monday’s protests. They also include new and hon-est elections as well as a fair government.

The majority of the pro-testers do not wish for a revolution, some calling the protests the “Great Decem-ber Evolution” in a play on the Bolshevik’s Great Octo-ber Revolution, according to the Washington Post.

Russian protests continue, challenge prior elections

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MEXICO CITY, MEXI-CO —- On Saturday night a 6.7 magnitude earth-quake shook the Guerrerro state of Mexico, though no damage or injuries were immediately reported.

The epicenter was a little more than 100 miles from Mexico City.

High-rises in the capital swayed slightly and peo-ple were herded into the streets in an effort to pre-vent injuries.

A mild panic swept through the city but after the quake and subsequent aftershocks, everything went back to normal.

There are some buildings which will be checked for structural damage.

There were no reported damages or injuries out-side of a few power fail-ures according to Mexico City’s mayor, Marcelo Ebrard, who posted to his Twitter account.

Magnitude 6.7 earthquake shakes Mexico

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HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. —- Tyler Brehm was iden-tified as the gunman who walked down Sunset Blvd. on Friday, firing at motorists with no apparent objective until he was shot and killed by two police officers who happened to be nearby.

Amateur video footage shows Brehm pacing back and forth and firing at least 20 shots from a handgun. According to witnesses he was screaming about how he wanted to die while firing the reportedly .40 caliber hand-gun. The two officers, one a

detective and the other an off-duty motorcycle officer, approached and ordered Brehm to drop his weapon. He was shot after pointing his gun at the officers.

One driver was wounded in the shooting but Brehm was the only death.

The wounded driver was taken to Cedar-Sinai Medi-cal Center and is reported to be in critical condition. His name has not been released.

Two people were treated at the scene for minor injuries.

Brehm’s motive for the in-cident is currently unknown.

Hollywood street shooter identified

Occupy Boston was evicted, 40 arrested

BOSTON, MASS. —- Ear-ly Saturday morning police officers came into the camp at Dewey Square and asked the 50 or so protesters still there to leave.

Approximately 40 were ar-rested after refusing to vacate the square. The move and ar-rests were not scenes of cha-otic resistance as were found in New York, Oakland and other cities. The mayor of

Boston claims this is due to a good working relationship between the department and the protesters, according to NECN. Protesters dispute this claim, continuing their protest in the Boston Com-mon, holding up a tent in symbolic protest to their eviction.

“This isn’t over. This is not over,” said Eli Feghali, an Oc-cupy Boston protester.

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New doctorate program given the go-ahead

BOISE, IDAHO —- The Idaho State Board of Education approved the new materials sci-ence and engineering doctorate program at Boise State.

The program is scheduled to begin in August 2012 and will be starting with approximately six students, that number hope-fully growing to 50 in the next six years.

The Micron Foundation has donated $13 million to the development of the doctorate program. This is the largest do-nation in Boise State history.

“This department (material science) has been on the rise ... nationally and internation-ally,” President Bob Kustra said. “Particularly in the areas of nov-el materials, biological sciences and nanotechnology.”

TOKYO, JAPAN —- The world's oldest dog died last Monday after falling ill and refusing to eat, according to owner Yumiko Shinohara.

Pusuke, a fluffy tan Shiba mix, was declared the world's oldest living dog last December by the Guinness Book of World Records. Ac-cording to the Associated Press, Pusuke's 26 year life-

span was equivalent to 125 years in a human.

Pusuke was 26 years old and eight months. The dog was born on April 1, 1985 according to Guinness, but did not break the record for longest lived dog.

That honor goes to an Australian cattle dog called Bluey who died at 29 years old in 1939.

World's oldest dog dies at age of 26

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Garden awarded

BOISE, IDAHO —- The Rooftop Garden and Bee Farm received Gold-level rec-ognition from NASPA, the national association for stu-dent affairs administrators in higher education.

The award is in the Stu-dent Union, Student Life, Greek Life, Leadership and Related category.

The project has provided 12 internships and multiple service-learning experiences for environmental science stu-dents. Currently, the produce being grown is sold to Univer-sity Dining Services. The prod-ucts are advertised as being entirely organic.

The program is considering expanding its operations to a possible worm farm, solar pow-ered irrigation and flowers to sell at the Bookstore and other locations.

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Holiday celebrations

Stephanie CasanovaAssistant News Editor

The holidays are a time to celebrate and make memo-ries with family and friends.

They’re a time for feasts and presents. Lights, lawn ornaments and bright-ly lit trees decorate the neighborhoods.

There are many ways people celebrate the holidays.

All over the world people celebrate Christmas and similar holidays with unique traditions.

In Mexico, communities get together and go door-to-door singing the story of Mary and Joseph in their journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem.

“It’s kind of a form of Christmas caroling. You get a bunch of people and you sing carols and then you end up at the church and you have some sweet bread and Abuelita hot chocolate,” 20-year-old junior Lizbeth Jauregui said.

In Japan, Christmas is a holiday for couples and isn’t necessarily a religious celebration.

In the Basque culture, Olentzero, a coal-maker comparable to Santa Claus, brings presents to good children and coal to bad children.

The Basque also receive their presents and get together with friends and family for a dinner filled with extravagant foods on Dec. 24, but do not open the presents until Dec. 25.

“The night before, (we) walk around the street and we have different songs for him (Olentzero). So they sing the songs to Olentzero and then Olentzero gives them candies that after-noon. Then they also go to the church and they give some presents to some other children,” Spanish teacher Izaskun Kortazar said.

There are many theories about how Christmas origi-nated and where its true meaning lies.

Practicing Christians, regardless of denomination, believe Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of Je-sus Christ.

Though the Bible does tell the Christmas story, histo-rians differ on Jesus’s exact birth date.

“No one knows the exact (calendar) date of his birth,” Pastor Jim from the Univer-sity Christian Church said.

One theory is that on March 25, an angel an-nounced to the Virgin Mary she would give birth to God’s son. Nine months from March 25 is Dec. 25, therefore it’s believed this is the day of Jesus’ birth.

Another theory is the celebrations stem from Pagan traditions.

Before Rome’s conversion to Christianity, Pagans cele-brated the rebirth of the sun god, Mithra, on Dec. 25.

Under Constantine I’s reign of the Roman empire, the Catholic Church became universal. Christians adopt-ed certain Pagan customs and named the celebrations of Dec. 25, Christmas.

No matter what the ori-gin of Christmas really is, people have unique ways of celebrating the holiday.

Catholic churches of-ten hold a special mass midnight on Christmas morning.

Christian churches typi-cally celebrate the holi-day by hosting a service Christmas Eve. Many Chris-tian churches dedicate all of December to the birth of Christ by reading the Christmas story, singing Christmas songs and having children reenact the birth of Jesus, along with other traditions.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints hosts a devotional the first

Sunday of December to commemorate the birth of Jesus. Thousands of Mor-mons attend the conference in Utah and listen to the first presidency of the church speak their testimony.

The world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings at the event.

“They sing like angels, not that I’ve ever heard an angel sing, but I imagine that’s what it would be like,” Bec-ca Bush, graduate student and member of the LDS church, said.

Christmas is not the only holiday celebrated in December. Another fairly common one is Hanukkah, or Chanukah, a Jewish celebration com-memorating the rededicat-ing of the Holy Temple of Jerusalem in second cen-tury B.C. The celebration lasts eight days and is very family-focused.

The common symbols of Hanukkah are the meno-rah and a clay top, called a dreidel, which is used in a common game for children.

But the holiday season has evolved into much more than the tradition-al religious roots com-mon in Christmas and Hanukkah.

It has become a time to celebrate the love of family and the love of friends, re-gardless of religious affilia-tion or beliefs.

Arie Verdoorn, a 22- year-old senior, recog-nizes the more well known Christmas holiday stems from Christianity, but also believes the meaning of Christmas doesn’t have to be purely based on the Bible.

“I do understand what Christmas is about and what it symbolizes. It’s re-ally come down to a tradi-tion for me and a reason to be around family,” Verdoorn said. “Christian-based or not, that’s irrelevant, it brings us together.”

Charities ring in the new yearCheyenne PerryJournalist

From bell-ringers posted at the doors of Fred Meyer to food drives at local schools, charities make them-selves known during the holiday season.

Businesses, organi-zations, schools and churches devote time and money to create op-portunities for people to participate in the season of giving.

“When it comes around the holidays, the idea of donating and of thinking about charitable efforts becomes top of mind to a lot of people,” said Da-vid Proctor, who deals with media and pub-lic affairs for the Idaho Foodbank.

Having worked for the organization for 10 years, Proctor has witnessed how the holiday season affects the food bank.

“There’s more emphasis (on donating) and more activity and more giv-ing around the holidays, there’s no doubt about it,” Proctor said.

Recently, events such as 7Cares Day have gathered donations for the Idaho Foodbank.

The 7Cares Day is a food drive hosted by KTVB which collected donations of food and accepted cash donations last Saturday to distribute between the Ida-ho Foodbank, Boise Res-cue Mission, Jubilee House and Salvation Army.

Perhaps the most

well-known charity to host events during the holiday season is the Salvation Army.

Through its many Christ-mas fundraising efforts, the Salvation Army funds its main Christmas event, the Toy ‘n’ Joy store, along with many events continu-ing into the new year.

The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign has bell-ringers at the doors of JC Penney, Albertsons and Walmart, to name a few.

Approximately 50 per-cent of the Salvation Ar-my’s income comes from donations during the holi-day season.

The Toy ‘n’ Joy store gives parents the ability to pick out toys for their chil-dren and receive a food box for Christmas.

Each food box contains a ham or turkey to feed the family. The toys and food necessary for the store come from previous fundraising events.

This year’s Toy ‘n’ Joy store will take place the week before Christmas, starting on Dec. 19.

Some businesses partici-pate in the organization’s Angel Tree program.

Businesses can set up Angel Trees in their facili-ties decorated with Angel Tree tags containing a Christmas wish of a boy or a girl.

Customers take these tags, buy presents to ful-fill the child’s wishes and return the presents with the tags back to the tree. Currently, the Salvation Army has 47 Angel Trees

adopted.Captain John Stennett,

the commanding officer of the Salvation Army in Ada County, explained the importance of Christ-mas fundraising for the organization.

These holiday events create publicity for the Salvation Army, increase the amount of donations and funds received and help families during what can be the hardest time of the year.

“It’s not just a matter of helping them through (the holiday season), but it also kind of gives them hope,” Stennett said.

Boise Rescue Mission is also hosting a holiday event to help families.

It organized a Christ-mas Banquet in Boise and Nampa this year.

This dinner allows peo-ple to eat a hot nutritious meal, pick up a food box for Christmas and receive toys that have been collected

through the Toys for Tots program, according to the organization’s website.

The Boise banquet will be held at the Garden City Boys and Girls Club from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and the Nampa banquet will be held at the same time on Dec. 21 at Nampa First Church of the Nazarene.

Individuals can partici-pate by donating the toys or foods listed on the website. People are also encouraged

to volunteer for the events. Boise State also has a program set up to help stu-dent families during the holiday season.

Holiday Help is a program supported by student affairs and or-ganized through the Information Desk. The program works to better Christmas for families in need. Students can visit any of these organizations’ website for more informa-tion on how to donate.

Former Boise State Student Gary Culley rings the annual Salvation Army bell that asks for donations from holiday shoppers. Culley was fighting the cold outside of Fred Meyer on a sunny December day.

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Therese SchwenklerColumnist

Question: How did you spend the past year of your life?

Awhile back, I conducted a nerdy time-tracking experiment and discovered the following: •I spent an average of 350

hours, or nine full workweeks per year, browsing Facebook.•I spent less than a third of this

time engaging in meaningful face-to-face interactions with the important people in my life—about the same amount of time that I spent cleaning (yes, cleaning).•Of the social interactions I

did have, most of them were pretty dang superficial.•Other than sleeping, the big-

gest piece of my time (almost one-fourth of my life) was spent working at a job I did not love.“OMG,” I thought. “WTF is

going on?”If you’re like most people, you

probably spend your life doing stupid crap too—at the expense of what’s truly important to you.

Next question: Do you want to wake up one day, as a 90-year-old and realize you spent your life watching “Jersey Shore” and eating cookies? Or do you want to be the old person who wakes up every day and is satisfied with how she’s spent her life; the old person without regrets?

I propose we commit to mak-ing 2012 “The Year of The Im-portant.” In 2012, we will focus relentlessly on the things that are really and truly important to us; the things that pass the “Re-ally Old Person Test.”

You know, the “Really Old Person Test:” If you were a really old person looking back on your life, what things will have made it truly worthwhile? What’s the stuff that will have made the difference between living a ma-terialistic life and a meaningful one; a pathetic life and an awe-some one; a mediocre life and a GREAT one?

Grab a pen right now and make your list. Now take a good, hard look at this list.

Go stick it on your TV. And on your laptop. And on your steering wheel. Go stick it on your bathroom mirror—stick it anywhere that you find yourself staring for long periods of time (yeah, I know you’re that vain). Remind yourself that these are the things to make time for in your life.

2012: May it be the first of many years that didn't suck.

Note: “Get Unlost” will no longer be running in The Arbiter, but continue getting weekly ad-vice at theunlost.com.

If you don’t do this, 2012 will totally suck

Another Va Tech tragedySuzanne CraigBreaking News Editor

BLACKSBURG, VA. —Ross Ashley of Partlow, Va. was identified as the shooter who killed Officer Deriek Crouse on Thurs-day before killing himself.

According to a Virginia State Police media release, there was no indication of prior contact or con-nection between Ashley, a part-time student at Rad-

ford University, and Vir-ginia Tech officer, Crouse.

As explained in the me-dia release, Ashley had stolen a Mercedes from a realty office on Wednesday after walking in with a gun and demanding an employ-ee's keys.

The car was later found abandoned on Smart Road at Virginia Tech.

Crouse had a car pulled over in a routine traffic stop at the Cassell Coliseum

parking lot, but had yet to get out of his unmarked police vehicle when Ashley approached the officer and fatally shot him. Ashley then fled on foot.

It is thought he then changed his hat and hood-ie, stuffing them in his back-pack and then abandoning it at the Greenhouses.

This pack was re-covered later on in the investigation.

During the search for

the suspect, a Montgom-ery County sheriff saw a male pedestrian walking in a parking lot before briefly losing sight of him. When the deputy reached the subject, he found the man was dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

He was later identified as Ross Ashley. When his body was found, he had no identification on him and was dressed differently than the witness reports.

Ashley was the second body reported to have been found in the update Thurs-day.

The in-car camera in Crouse's cruiser captured footage of a male with a handgun near the vehicle at the time of the shooting. The clothing in the back-pack at the Greenhouses was similar to that worn by the figure in the video.

The investigation is still ongoing.

Police officer and gunman identified in Thursday's murder-suicide at Virginia Tech

Rebecca De LeónEditor-in-Chief

After you graduate, you'll be happy to say goodbye to the home-work, the projects, the tests and the constant worry about grades. But you will also most likely be interested in what your beloved alma mater is doing after you've gone.

That's where the Alumni Association comes in.The Boise State Alumni Association doesn't just keep you up-to-

date on the current events at the university which holds your heart forever, it also provides benefits to you as an alumnus. It is a crucial part of the university via scholarships, donations and good ol' fash-ioned team spirit through initiatives such as FAN Friday.

Of course, you do have to pay a little to be a member of this ex-clusive club, but you pick your level of monetary dedication, which can range from $15 a year to a couple hundred smackers for pack-ages for life.

However, your money is well dispersed—you get the shiny ben-efits and you help donate to scholarships the Alumni Association awards to students still struggling to pass that math class.

Why you should stay connected

›››What you get

› 10% off regularly priced apparel at the Bronco Shop

› Access and discounts to the Stu-dent Rec Center

› Discounts on rentals from the Outdoor Rental Center

› Full access to Albertsons Library› Access to the Tennis Bubble› Ongoing assistance from the Ca-

reer Center including help building resumes and job searching

› Discounts to events at the Mor-rison Center, Taco Bell Arena and the Special Events Center

› Built-in discounts for a plethora of places such as certain hotel chains, restaurants, banks and credit unions, movie theaters, entertainment ven-ues and home-building products

› A network of fellow Broncos around the country

What you give ‹‹‹

› Money goes to scholarships to help Boise State students meet increasing fees.

› Be a part of awards such as the Distinguished Alumni and Top Ten Scholars program which highlight the achievements of alumni and students.

› Create a network of Bronco buddies with alumni gather-ings around the nation.

› Alumni Center hosts Homecoming and Bronco Bash tail-gate parties to reinforce Bronco pride and spirit.

› Promote Bronco traditions and student programming such as the FAN (Future Alumni Network) Club.

Even if you graduate and get a job in a land far, far away, the Alumni Association works to maintain chapters all over the nation so you can still have a part of the college experience else-where by getting together with some fellow Bronco Nation enthusiasts.

You can all bleed blue together over a few brewskis, just like back in the good old college days.

To find out which package works best for you upon graduation, check out alumni.boisestate.edu or visit the nice people at the Alumni Center across University Drive from the stadium.

Want to be even more awesome than you already are? Come intern at The Arbiter. Email your resumé to [email protected] or stop by the office, lo-cated in the first floor of the new Lincoln Parking Garage.

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To: Dr. Patt Elison-Bow-ers, Psychology Department Chair; Dr. Robert Kustra, President, Boise State Uni-versity:

My name is Heidi Shanklin and am currently enrolled as a non-traditional freshman student, choosing Psycholo-gy as my major. I have several concerns with the criteria for the Psychology major I would like to share and per-haps garner the reasoning be-hind the need for requiring Anatomy and Physiology for

the aforementioned major.Being a non-traditional

student, I was excited to at-tend A&P (as I will hereafter refer to this class), though my anticipation was damp-ened when the opening salvo of “Welcome to Anatomy & Physiology. Seventy-two percent of you now seated in this auditorium will fail this course,” was lobbed to the at-tendees. This should not be a cause for bragging rights to students who are struggling to attend college as a teen

and most especially to those, like myself, who have raised families and then returned after twenty-five years or longer.

Neither Idaho State Uni-versity nor the University of Idaho–both four year aca-demic universities–require this course for the attainment of a degree, but only one ba-sic Biology course to satisfy the Psychology Major. It is my understanding Psychol-ogy is not part of the Health Sciences department and

is, in fact, part of the Social Sciences and Public Affairs department, therefore the A&P courses should not be requisite for those choosing this field of study.

The courses required at the U of Idaho offered are as fol-lows for those choosing the Psychology field: Biology 102–Biology and Society or Biology 115–Cells and the Evolution of Life.

And at Idaho State Univer-sity, their single requirement is: Biology (1)100–Con-

cepts Biology: Human Con-cerns and Lab. (This course is designed for non-science, non-health related majors.)

The amount of students forced to take or retake these two courses–some up to three times–in order to re-ceive a passing grade of C or above no doubt generate a great deal of funding for the Biology department, since many Health Science majors in addition to Psychology majors, art majors, et al, are siphoned into these courses,

each semester reaping funds from 200+ students per class.

I question the need for re-quiring these classes when Psychologists do not or can-not write prescriptions, nor would we be calculating the body mass of a patient in or-der to determine the medica-tion dosage to be prescribed.

Thank you for your time and I await your respective responses to my queries.

Heidi Shanklin is a fresh-man psychology major with an English minor.

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Save trees, fill course

evaluations out online

Eva HartOpinion Editor

Technology often makes things easi-er and more convenient. Boise State is utilizing this concept with the decision to save a couple of trees by getting rid of paper course evaluations and putting them online.

Students are constantly using the in-ternet. They use it to do research for papers, turn in assignments, complete

Relocation reduces response rateTony MadonnaOpinion Editor

Since course evaluations have moved online, professors have to stress the importance of these assessments in the classroom. But unless profes-sors provide an incentive for students to com-plete these documents, many bubbles will be left unfilled.

Of course, the university is saving trees, money and time by putting the course evalu-ations online. The point of them, however, is for professors to receive student feedback and that aspect is lost through this relocation.

English professor Ralph Clare, Ph.D., agrees.

“The response rate for these things is pret-ty low right now. That was the case at two other universities I taught at in the spring,” Clare said. “I think professors just have to keep begging students and reminding them of the importance of evaluations.”

No matter how many reminders a pro-fessor gives, there will still be students who don’t care. Because students have to take their own time to complete the evalua-tions, the number of respondents will likely diminish.

“In practicality, I don’t think as many stu-dents are going to respond,” English profes-sor Carrie Seymour said. “I announced it in my classes and sent around email reminders, but my response rate right now is sitting be-low 60 percent in most classes.”

Paper evaluations ensure a greater majority of students respond. Aside from the few who might be absent, every student would have no choice but to fill one out in each of their classes. Since professors aren’t supposed to teach new material or administer tests dur-ing dead week, this is an optimal time to do course evaluations.

Also, some students will only take the time to evaluate a professor in order to pro-vide negative feedback, otherwise they don’t see the point. If only those students com-plete the online evaluations, the results will be skewed. In-class paper evaluations have a better chance of gathering a balance of responses.

Ethan Sauer, a sophomore political science major, also thinks paper evaluations are the way to go.

“(Professors) will get a better turn out pa-per-wise than just leaving (the evaluations) up to the students to remember to go fill them out,” he said. “Taking the time outside of class is not an incentive.”

The only way professors will get a decent amount of feedback is to provide an incen-tive. As of now, some professors use various motivational techniques including dropping a low quiz grade or a cheat sheet for the final

exam in order to get a high percentage of their stu-dents to evaluate them.

Although all of those stimuli sound helpful, they do not aid students’ learning. Instead of learning and mastering a key concept of a course, students can click a few bubbles to raise their grade. As Clare points out, perhaps the university could motivate students without cutting their learning.

“In the future, I wouldn’t be surprised if sys-tems like BroncoWeb didn’t allow (students) to access their records and grades until they fill out the evaluations,” he said.

Having the course evaluations online does not propel the ultimate goal: receiving students’ feed-back. Rather, it reduces the amount of student re-sponses or allows students to receive credit where credit isn’t due.

First year of online evals

Requirements for psych major make no sense

Sophomore Sean Bass takes time during his morning to evaluate his teachers. Some professors have decided not to do online evaluations.

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online courses and keep in contact with friends and professors.

Studies show that 78.7 percent of college students admit to spending more than three continuous hours on the internet at least twice in a four week period.

Judging by this, putting the evalua-tions online would make filling them out more convenient for students.

Boise State’s decision to move course evaluations out of the classroom and put them online has upset some stu-dents. This includes Kayla Nixon, a ju-nior political science major.

“I’m not going to do it,” Nixon said. “During finals, the last thing I need to remember to do is go online and do those. Not convenient.”

It’s understandable students are busy, but in this day and age, many students have the internet on their cell phones as well as access to internet-ready computers all over campus.

Course evaluations take only a few minutes. It is easy to sit down, do all of them and be done.

“I’d rather do it online,” Deirdre Zo-bel, a sophomore business major, said.

Ryan Laxson, a junior mass commu-nication major, agrees with Zobel.

“It’s way more convenient than fill-ing out those stupid things in class,” Laxson said.

Printing out the evaluations not only costs the school money, it also takes up valuable time in class that should be used for learning and reviewing. Boise State is trying to make the evaluation process more conve-nient for the students, the teachers and the budget.

It doesn’t matter what form student evaluations are in, students should pri-oritize them. They are important for giving teachers feedback on what stu-dents enjoyed and what areas need im-provement.

Sharayah Sherry, senior English ma-jor liked the online evaluations.

“It should be required to get your grades for the semester because if it isn’t required then it might fail as a sys-tem and many teachers who are either awful or amazing will go by unnoticed,” Sherry said.

That is exactly why Boise State is en-couraging professors to give their stu-dents incentive, such as extra credit or dropping low quiz scores, to complete these online evaluations.

Between Facebook updates and tweets, students should go fill out the course evaluations for their professors, and potentially earn a little extra credit. It’s worth the time you’re already wast-ing playing Angry Birds.

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December 16, 2011Commencement. Taco Bell Arena. 10 a.m. The ceremony includes the processional and recessional of candi-dates as well as individual recognition of each graduate. Four K-12 teachers will be recognized with the first-ever Pesky Awards for Inspirational Teaching.

December 17-18, 2011Boise Philharmonic: “The Messiah.” Morrison Center. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17, 2 p.m. Dec. 18. Handel’s seasonal favorite is conducted by Robert Franz and features the Boise Philharmonic and the Boise Master Chorale. $11.50-$41.50. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit BoisePhilharmonic.org.

December 18, 2011 to January 6, 2012“A Christmas Carol.” Morrison Center Recital Hall. 2 and 4 p.m. Tickets for this family-friendly reader’s theater are available by calling 426-1110, at all Select-a-Seat outlets, at the Morrison Center box office or online at www.IdahoTickets.com. Presented by the Morrison Center Family Reading Series. Visit mc.boisestate.edu.

December 26, 2011 to January 2, 2012Holiday Break. University offices closed Dec. 26-Jan. 2. Intersession classes will be held on campus from Dec. 19-23 and Jan. 3-15.

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Cirque du Soleil: Michael Jackson “The Immortal” World Tour. Taco Bell Arena. $50-$175. This produc-tion combines the artistry of Cirque du Soleil with the spirit, passion and heart of Michael Jackson, who transformed global pop culture. $50-$250. Tickets available at www.IdahoTickets.com. Visit taco-bellarena.com.

January 3-5, 2011“My Fair Lady.” Morrison Cen-ter. 7:30 p.m. $30-$50. Part of the Fred Meyer Broadway in Boise series. Tickets are avail-able by calling 426-1110, at all Select-a-Seat outlets, at the Morrison Center box office or online at www.IdahoTickets.com. For more information, visit mc.boisestate.edu.

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Coming off their second one-loss season in two consecu-tive years, the Boise State Broncos will once again be attending the Maaco Bowl in Las Vegas a week from Thursday.

Many Bronco fans had their fingers crossed for a shot at a BCS Bowl game, but Boise was passed up by lower ranked Michigan (No.13) and Virginia Tech (No. 11). Subsequently, the Broncos will go to the City of Sin again this year.

They will face Arizona State out of the Pacific-12 Conference where they finished in the middle of the pack. The Sun Devils began their season 5-1, with a very convinc-ing 43-22 win over USC in their fourth game of the season.

Injuries plagued the Devils, who finished the year on a four-game losing streak, dropping games to UCLA, Washington State, Arizona and Cal. The Broncos will be the highest-ranked adversary to face ASU this season.

Arizona State is led by 6-foot, 8-inch junior quarterback Brock Os-weiler. The Kalispell, Mont. native has thrown for 3,641 yards and 24 touchdowns this season, along with three rushing scores. Osweiler’s strong-arm and ability to gain large chunks of yardage has fueled the pass-happy Sun Devil offense this year.

Osweiler has a pair of thousand-yard performers working with him in junior running back Cameron Marshall (1,038 rushing) and senior

wide receiver Gerell Robinson (1,156 receiving). Both are very physical athletes that tend to lay punishment on defenders. At

5-feet, 11-inches and 215 pounds, Marshall is a battering ram who creates his own holes when the offensive

line can’t make any. Robinson is a big-play wide receiver who out muscles defensive backs, yet

still has the speed to run by them. This is someone who will be playing on Sundays

in the near future and should be the focus of the Broncos’ secondary.

On defense the Sun Devils have got a physical specimen in linebacker Von-taze Burfict. The junior is ASU’s lead-ing tackler with 68 tackles. To add to the number, Burfict has seven tackles for a loss and five sacks as well.

Overall, Arizona State has under-achieved this season and have decided

to part ways with Head Coach Dennis Erickson (former University of Idaho

head coach).Unless the Sun Devils find some new

sort of magic in their bag of tricks, Kellen Moore, Doug Martin and the rest of the se-

niors should end their careers as Broncos with another bowl victory. The win could set the Bron-

co senior class as the most winning class in FBS his-tory, putting them one ahead of the old record of 49—set

by the 2009 Bronco senior class.

Information What: MAACO BowlWhere: Las Vegas, NV

Who: No. 7 Boise State Broncos 11-1, 6-1 (MW) vs.

Arizona State Sun Devils 6-6, 4-5 (Pac 12)

When: Thursday, Dec. 22 6 p.m. MST Watch: ESPN

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Eight bowl games to watchLucio PradoJournalist

In between the shopping, the dec-orating and the sipping of eggnog during the holiday season, sit down and enjoy some good old-fashioned college football. Eight games that could be interesting and could end up being worth watching:

No.8 the SheratoN hawaii Bowl

Christmas Eve: Coach Chris Ault will take his Nevada Wolfpack to Hawaii, going against the confer-ence USA champion, No. 21 South-ern Miss. The Wolfpack’s pistol offense brings a downhill running style that ranks eighth nationally, averaging 251.8 yards per game. Southern Miss will spread its of-fense out, then run right through a defensive line, averaging 207.8 rushing yards a game. With such great rushing teams it will be up to the defenses to make stops on third downs and get off the field. This could be hard to do considering both teams average more than 32 points per game. Prediction 35-31, Southern Miss.

No.7 ticket city BowlJanuary, 2: No. 19 University of

Houston vs. No. 22 Penn State. Houston takes its high powered

offense which averages 50.8 points per game, against the nation’s No.5 pass defense Penn State. Two ques-tions need to be asked: can Hous-ton bounce back after being blown out in the conference USA cham-pionship game? Can Penn State maintain its focus with all of the controversy surrounding the pro-gram? Prediction, Case Keenum throws for five touchdowns in his final game as a Houston cougar and beats Penn State 35-21.

No.6 capital oNe BowlJanuary, 2: No. 20 Nebraska vs.

No. 9 South Carolina. Both teams average more than 30 points per game. Nebraska has an explosive backfield that features super ath-letic quarterback Taylor Martinez and a powerful finisher in halfback Rex Burkhead. Nebraska currently ranks 14th nationally and averages 223.9 rush yards per game. South Carolina brings its fourth ranked defense to the party and will look to its standout defenders Melvin Ingram and Jadeveon Clowney to slow down Nebraska’s rushing at-tack. Prediction, Nebraska will struggle to move the ball against South Carolina athletic defense, South Carolina wins 21-14.

No. 5 outBack BowlJanuary, 2: No. 17 Michigan State

vs. No. 16 Georgia. A great Big Ten vs. SEC matchup—both teams av-erage 30-plus points per game and

holding teams to an average of less than 20 points per game. Coming off conference championship los-es, both teams have something to prove. Michigan State was a couple mistakes away from a Rose Bowl and Georgia held its own against No. 1 LSU for a half. Look for a turnover to determine the winner of this game. Prediction, Michigan State played a tougher schedule and looks more consistent, 28-14 Michigan.

No. 4 at&t cottoN BowlJanuary, 6: No. 8 Kansas State vs.

No. 6 Arkansas. Considering that Arkansas’ two loses were to No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama, it is sur-prising they were not ranked No. 3 in the polls. Kansas State started off hot at 7-0, but lost to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. The Cotton Bowl might as well be a BCS game because it traditionally has great match-ups. With two explosive of-fenses and a couple young defenses this game could turn into a track meet. Prediction, 45-42, Arkansas. The Razorbacks have many weap-ons, however Kansas State always keeps it close.

No. 3 toStitoS FieSta BowlJanuary, 2: No. 4 Stanford vs. No.

3 Oklahoma State. The presumed

NFL No.1 pick Andrew Luck’s last collegiate game will pit him against an Oklahoma State team that is upset about being left out of the national championship game. Stan-ford plays a traditional pro-style offense with lots of tight ends and several different sets will give the Oklahoma State defense trouble. Averaging 43.6 points a game, Stan-ford offense will be able to keep up with the Oklahoma State wide open run-and-gun system. Oklahoma State’s offense is too good and they will be looking to make a statement going against a beaten up defense. Prediction, Andrew Luck keeps it close but Ok State takes it 52-38.

No. 2 champS SportS BowlDecember, 29: Florida State vs.

Notre Dame. This bowl match up takes us back to the ‘90s when both programs were national power-houses. Notre Dame is improving and Florida State has a young team that is possibly two years away from being a national contender. Notre Dame hasn’t named a starter, An-drew Hendrix replaced Tommy Rees in their regular season finale and Florida State loves to cause turnovers—ranked as the No. 4 scoring defense in the nation. Pre-diction, 24-13 Notre Dame.

No.1 roSe BowlJanuary, 2: No. 10 Wisconsin

vs. No. 5 Oregon. A preseason national championship predic-tion for several fans, this match up pits two very different explo-sive offenses.

Respectively Oregon ranks third in scoring offense and Wis-consin ranks fourth. Not once this season has either team been held to fewer then 27 points.

Wisconsin will line up in the power-I and run it behind its big offensive line. Wisconsin run-ning back Montee Ball averages one touchdown every 7.8 touch-es. Ball scored four touchdowns in the big 10 championship, giv-ing him 38 on the season and only needs two more to break Barry Sanders’ single-season, NCAA record of 39.

Oregon has lost its last two Rose bowl appearances and wants to get back on track.

LaMichael James is the work horse for Oregon and with blaz-ing fast speed look for the Ducks to get him the ball in space. Pre-diction, Wisconsin can’t contain Oregon, 45-38 Oregon Ducks.

So enjoy your holiday, relax and bring in the New Year with some college football action.

Check out our online coverage of Boise State over the break as they face Arizona State in the MAACO Las Vegas Bowl.

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Idaho State Board of Education approves new football complex, additional bleacher seatingJohn GarretsonOnline Sports Editor

The Idaho State Board of Education unanimously approved two major addi-tions to Bronco Stadium on Thursday.

The board finally gave per-mission for construction to begin on a $22 million foot-ball complex in the north end zone and add a 3,300 bleacher section, which would increase stadium ca-pacity from 36,800 to well over 37,000. The 69,000 square foot football com-plex would consist of new coaches’ offices, meeting rooms, locker rooms, equip-ment rooms, weight and training room and a play-ers and recruits lounge. The 5,200 bleacher seats already in existence will be moved to Dona Larsen Park along with the track for the new track and field complex, and will put 8,500 new bleachers in the same location.

Boise State has already raised over $7 million for the construction, and has re-ceived $5 million in pledges. The university hopes to con-tinue financing the project, opening it up to the finan-cial board in February for the hope to break ground in spring 2012.

These new additions could not come at a better time for the Boise State football program.

With the announcement of new athletic director Mark Coyle and the major conference realignment to the Big East, it not only con-tinues to improve the facili-ties at Bronco Stadium, but gives reassurance to Head Coach Chris Petersen that the university is in progress of becoming an elite football program.

This is also one step closer for the university to eventu-ally fill in the gap of stadium seating in the north end zone as well. This is the future look of the North endzone of Bronco Stadium, once the new football facility is complete.

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Stadium expansion under way

The Eagles’ luck runs outSteelheads tie series end, support charity

The second week of De-cember brought the Colo-rado Eagles to Boise for a home-stand against the Idaho Steelheads.

This anticipated matchup is now split heading into the final game of the series. But, hockey is not the only thing on the minds of Steelhead fans as they prepared for a se-ries end on Saturday night.

Toys-for-Tots is back and the excitement is bigger than ever. In preparation for this event, Rocky Johnson and members from our Ma-rine Corps announced the event on Wednesday and Friday night.

Wednesday night brought heartbreak as a 2-0 lead in the first period would not hold. Just 90 seconds after the Steelheads’ second goal the Eagles would answer with a bit of luck.

A bad bounce of the puck off the glass led to a goal by the Eagles. The early momen-tum the Steelheads had was gone by the end of the first.

At the end of the first pe-riod, the score was tied at two. With a goal in the second and a goal in the third, the Eagles took game one of the series and looked to take control of the series with a win on Fri-day night.

Friday night would prove to be the game of the season for many Steelhead fans. The team again led 2-0 in the first period with both goals scored within 25 seconds of each other. Unlike Wednesday night, the Eagles were not able to answer in the first pe-riod, ending 2-0.

However in the second, the fast-paced scoring that set the tone in this series would con-tinue in favor of the Eagles with two quick goals.

The second period ended with another goal on each side and the score tied at three. The crowd had a sense this game could be the game of the year with another Steel-heads goal early in the third period.

Little did anyone know,

the Eagles would answer and send the game into overtime. Tied at four the battle contin-ued, but remained tied at the end of overtime. The crowd rallied as the first home shoot-out began.

The Steelheads quickly scored on their first two shots while Colorado missed. Colo-rado answered with a goal to put the pressure back on Ida-ho. With a chance to place the Eagles in a must score situa-tion, the Steelheads had their one and only stumble as they would make three out of four shootout goals.

The crowd lost control as the Steelheads held off the Eagles for the most exciting win of the year. The series tie heads into Saturday night, with Toys-for-Tots and a Steelheads win on the minds of all.

The preceding article was written by Dan Miller, a mar-keting student participating in the Idaho Steelheads In-ternship Program presented by The Arbiter.

Chris Hepp (left) helped the Steelheads to victory Friday at Century Link Arena.Photo Courtesy idaho steelheads

Griffin adds lore, not Luck, to Baylor in winning school’s first HeismanMCT Campus

NEW YORK — Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III happily agreed to requests to pull up the pant leg of his suit Saturday night — show-ing off a blue Superman sock complete with red cape.

Baylor’s newly minted Heisman Trophy winner cer-tainly fit the superhero bill at Best Buy Theater in Times Square. Griffin delivered an acceptance speech that cel-ebrated what being named college football’s most out-standing player meant to Baylor, which claimed its first Heisman in the 77th presen-tation of the award.

“We are Baylor. … I say this is a forever moment. May we be blessed enough to have more of these in the future,” the player known as RG3 said.

“If you get to go to the Heisman (ceremony), wear your best suit, best shoes, best socks,” he said at a news conference later. “We’ve done a great job resurrecting the program. We had tradi-tion … but it had eroded.”

Griffin, a talented passer with track-star speed and the son of retired Army sergeants from Copperas Cove, Texas, has changed and heightened the image of Baylor. It was once clouded by years of struggles on the football field and scandal in the men’s bas-

ketball program.“This is a transformational

moment for Baylor’s football program and the entire uni-versity,” athletic director Ian McCaw said. “What Robert’s accomplished tonight will have a lasting impact.”

It’s a sure bet that the Heisman will find a promi-nent spot in the on-campus Simpson Athletics Center, where recruits can’t miss it, McCaw said.

Griffin totaled 1,687 points in the voting, top-ping Stanford’s Andrew Luck, who played high school football in Houston and finished runner-up for the second straight season, by 280 points. Griffin gar-nered 405 first-place votes to Luck’s 247.

Griffin is the first Texas high school product to win the Heisman since BYU’s Ty Detmer, of San Antonio, won in 1990. He’s the seventh player at a Texas university to win, but the first since Texas’ Ricky Williams in 1998.

Griffin, one of three play-ers in Football Bowl Subdivi-sion history with 10,000 ca-reer passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards, only two years ago found himself sidelined with a torn ACL. He said not being able to play took him from playing football just because he was good at it, to loving it.

While Baylor launched

his Heisman campaign this season, it seemed to lose steam after the Bears lost three games.

But then Baylor sum-moned a monster fourth-quarter comeback against Kansas. Then Griffin racked up almost 600 total yards and the game-winning touch-down pass as the Bears beat Oklahoma for the first time.

The campaign surged as Baylor trounced Texas in the regular-season finale Dec. 3. Eighty percent of the Heis-man voters didn’t file their ballots until that day or after-ward, which could’ve been crucial as Luck’s and Rich-ardson’s teams were idle.

Griffin leads the nation with a 192.31 passing effi-ciency, on pace to shatter the NCAA record of 186.0. Bay-lor finished 9-3, with its most wins since 1986, and earned a berth to the Alamo Bowl. Still, some doubted if a Bay-lor player would be able to top those from more nation-ally lauded programs.

Griffin, a junior who has his undergraduate degree, hasn’t announced if he will return to Baylor for his se-nior season or go to the NFL. Whatever he does next, he will always have a place among Heisman winners — and Baylor lore.

“It seems like the script was written perfectly,” Griffin said.




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