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Math is a much-dreaded con-cept for many students. About seven years ago Boise State Uni-versity began making changes on how introductory algebra classes would be taught. !e changes began with Math 025 and then progressed to 108.

!ese classes would no longer be taught in a traditional class-room setting with an instructor that led a class three to four times a week. Instead, the class would be taken online and students would meet once a week with a professor. !is change brought up many concerns among some faculty and students.

“My "rst instincts upon hear-ing the math department’s inten-tion to phase out instructor-led learning in M025 and M108 were sadness, incredulity, and horror,” former Boise State instructor Jeannette Bowman said.

Other concerns were the extra fees students would have to pay to take the course. !e system was being set up to handle up to 104 sections per year and stu-dents would be required to pay an extra student computer fee.

!e fee is used to cover the ex-penses of the technology used and to pay the math assistants who helped students with their homework in the Math Learn-ing Center lab. At the start of this mathematical revolution, Bow-man took action in attempt to get her concerns heard.

“Math 025 and Math 108 are the springboards for addi-tional mathematics learning at BSU. !e "gures in the “Vision” assert 87 percent of the pre-cal-culus students began with one of these two courses. Even 79 per-cent of the calculus students be-gan their studies at the remedial level. Nonetheless, if the ensuing changes were expected to im-prove the prospects of students’ further mathematics learning, I might be willing to set aside some of my complaints and see the value of compromising,” Bowman said.

Implementing technology in

the classroom is still very new but is quickly revolutionizing the way classes are taught and how students learn. When this was "rst implemented at BSU the re-tention and completion rate was expected to be about 10-20 per-cent lower than those for tradi-tional instructor-led classes ac-cording to Bowman. At the time it could have been quite possible that the system was #awed and not fully developed but changes and improvements have been made since then.

“!e changes in technology have changed so much in the last ten years that it isn’t even accu-rate portrayal of what we could do today versus what we could do then,” said current director of developmental mathematics Gary Hagerty.

Math Department chair, Douglas Bullock feels that there shouldn’t be any reason for hy-brid learning not to work. !e

feedback for both students and professors is instant, making it easy for students to see where their mistakes are and professors can better judge who needs more help with what.

“Last fall, the success rate at Boise State was high enough to make other schools ask us how we did it,” Hagerty said.

Since 2002 Math 025 classes have been restructured to meet three times a week and Math 108 four times a week. Both are taught by a professor and have all of the extra online tools to help students.

“Technology was assisting us in getting greater student success but with that change and the di-rections that we’re headed this year we’re hoping for more stu-dent interactions, more student-instructor interactions, and we are working on building that as a component and truly getting the internet and instructor inter-action to become one,” Hagerty said.

As more discoveries are made and better tools are developed, the instruction mode for these classes have the opportunity to improve. Hagerty expressed that technology is being used to look for new ways to help students.

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HYBRID LEARNING: Revolutionizing math teaching and learning styles

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STUDENT VOICESDo you think taking a hybrid math class

is a good idea? Why or why not?

Andrea Charles, 19Freshman, Radiology

“I think it’s really cool, because some students don’t have time for the 50 minute classes.”

Tracy Hamrem, 20Junior, English

“I think it’s cool because it give students more time to look over classes.”

Daniela Scovel, 21Sophomore, Exercise Science

“I think math classes should be taught in person. Not all people can learn online.”

Chad Garno, 23Freshman, Athletic Training

“I think it’s better to have a one on one class so you can ask questions.”

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The Analysis: Optimizing your math experienceKeeping technology from entering our

classrooms is next to impossible. New innova-tions are changing how professors teach and how students learn every year. It is impor-tant to keep in mind that there are things that should not be forgotten during this education reconstruction.

For example, each professor has his or her own teaching style and each student has his or her own learning style. While online learning for one student may be the greatest thing ever invented, for another, it’s a stomach-churning nightmare.

Many people may hate to admit it, but math

is a vital and necessary skill about which ev-eryone needs to have at least a basic under-standing. For this reason many education systems have established science and math as tremendously important. What may be get-ting neglected is the number of students who absolutely hate math or have a very di!cult time understanding its complexities.

Students who struggle with math generally need to go back to the subject from a di"erent angle. #anks to technology, there are many tools that can help students with this. Visual learners can watch videos and animations of math problems. People who learn by do-

ing can complete interactive exercises. #ose who can simply read and understand the material can just read the textbook. #e only students left in the dark are those who learn more slowly or bene$t more from an in-per-son instructor.

Technology can be great when used cor-rectly and can de$nitely make our lives better and easier. #is, in part, helps to make hybrid classes a great option to have.

No one knows a person’s learning style bet-ter than that person, so shouldn’t that person have complete control over how to learn? #e online math classes have some great tools that can aid students with learning, however the new system still needs improvement. When new gadgets come out, they get tested over and over again. By the time they make their début into the consumer world their %aws have been found, corrected and consumers have a pretty good idea on what to expect. If there is an extensive process involved in ap-proving iPods and laptops, why isn’t there one for implementing new hybrid classes?

Math 025 has changed since 2006 when

the class only met once a week (which wasn’t mandatory) and everything else was conduct-ed online. When students couldn’t under-stand the videos or bene$t from the interac-tive exercises there was a question button or live help options. From our sta" ’s experience, the once a week classes were a joke. #ere is no way that a student struggling with math can learn a week’s worth of topics in a 50-min-ute class.

Since then, the math department has seen the error of its ways. Policies have changed and classes meet three times a week. Teacher to student interactions have been increased as well and the overall experience seems to be improving.

As a student, just keep in mind the teaching styles that suite you best and always try to op-timize your educational opportunities.

!e Analysis represents the majority opinion of !e Arbiter Academics team. Members of the team include, Bob Beers, managing editor; So-nia Trevizio, editor; Glenn Landberg, producer and Jenny Mattefs, community manager.

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When I was told in 2002 that Boise State University had made the decision to o!er computer-assisted classes for Elementary Algebra (Math 025), my "rst reaction was very positive. My 10 years of experience as an adjunct math instructor at BSU plus many other years as a math educator in the public schools had convinced me students have a variety of learning styles, teaching prefer-ences and time pressures. Adding another instructional option would be a welcome addition.

However, the next thing I discovered was that computer-assisted instruction was not meant to supplement the current o!erings. Instructor-led courses were being dropped in their entirety. All the Math 025 eggs were being thrown into a single computer-assist-ed basket. Intermediate Algebra (Math 108)

would soon be forced down the same path.Alarm bells immediately started clanging

in my head. Instructor-led algebra instruc-tion was no longer going to be available? #at couldn’t possibly be right! But I soon realized the University was deadly serious about its decision for their one-size-"ts-all approach to algebra education. It is now 2009 and the University continues their sin-gular approach and is quite explicit they will NOT consider reintroducing the option of a traditional classroom instructor.

Math Success Boise, LLC was established with one sole purpose - to o!er students the option of Math 025 algebra instruction in a traditional classroom with a personal teach-er/student relationship. As experienced math educators, our objective is to help stu-dents achieve their introductory mathemati-

cal goals which will serve as a springboard for their further academic success.

For a variety of reasons, some students did not obtain a solid foundation in high school. Other students did well in math, but it’s been so long since they’ve had an algebra class they just need another running start. As professional educators, we seek to provide a "rm mathematics foundation for students upon which they can successfully pursue more advanced courses. We are anxious to facilitate students’ learning, be available to immediately answer questions and o!er various approaches to problem solving. We also realize it is important that we o!er this alternative at a reasonable price.

However, it is important to understand that traditional classroom learning is not a panacea. All an educator can do is facilitate

a student’s learning. #e learner still has to do the heavy lifting. But before going down any academic path, a student must listen to their inner voice and be honest about what learning style works best for them.

If online instruction works well for you, then you should choose it.

If computer-assisted or hybrid instruction resonates with you, then you should select it.

If having a traditional teacher/student relationship is your preference, then don’t settle for a substitute.

If you think Math Success Boise may be of-fering the Math 025 alternative that best "ts your needs, we invite you to visit our web-site www.MathSuccessBoise.com for more details.

Never give up or abandon your academic dreams. #ere is no one-way to learn. If one method doesn’t work, it’s up to you to seek out and try something else. After all, your fu-ture depends on making your goals a reality.

Good luck and work hard!

Jeannette Bowman is the founder of Math Success Boise, LLC.

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BY BRITTNEY JOHNSONCommunity Manager

With the University of Oregon Ducks crashing onto the blue !eld in less than two weeks and classes just beginning, the Broncos have a lot on their plate. "rough it all, Boise State head coach Chris Peterson has kept a level mentality.

“We just got to go to school, go to the !lm room, go to practice, try to get better, and minimize all the distractions,” Petersen said.

While the football players and coaches are keeping the right focus, the coun-try is buzzing with talk of another undefeated season for the Broncos. "e re-cently-released, AP, preseason poll has the broncos ranked at No.14, the highest preseason rank for Boise State.

“"e main focus of going undefeated is just playing to your potential, doing things right on and o# the !eld, enjoying the week, enjoying the experience, en-joying the game, that is the deal,” Petersen said. “If those things are all in proper context and done correctly then we’ll play as close to our potential as we can.”

Friday marked the end of fall camp with the !nal public scrimmage. Doug Martin got the crowd buzzing after running for an explosive 88 yards on 16 car-ries. "is came as a surprise after the coaching sta# switched Martin to the new-ly formed nickel position on defense last spring.

“"e plan still kind of holds the same for Doug,” Petersen said. “We will still keep getting him reps at running back at practice and !gure things out as we go.”

Martin’s reps at running back came after a decision to not dress D.J Harper or Jeremy Avery for the !nal scrimmage. While Harper and Avery were healing some bumps and bruises from camp, Martin’s stellar performance had coaches considering him for o#ense again.

“If one of those guys [Harper and Avery] was out then we’d de!antly want Doug in the mix, if both those guys [Harper and Avery] we going and productive then we’d keep Doug as an emergency type guy,” Petersen said.

"e starting line-ups for the linebacker position and o#ensive line still prompt questions going into the last week of practice. "is is not seen as a problem giv-en the coaching sta# is used to competition for positions.

“We don’t want anyone to settle in, I think our linebackers had the best prac-tice they’ve had two days ago because they all know it’s very tight. So if we can keep the competition thing going through the entire season that’ll be good,” Pe-tersen said.

Another topic buzzing around Bronco nation is the “Coach Pete” twitter. So is the Coach Pete that as started following your twitter really Peterson tweeting?

“Make sure everyone knows it’s not me,” Petersen said.

BY KIRK BELLEditor

How many times a day does a phone vibrate informing a person of a new Facebook posting or tweet from a friend? How often is that tab at the bottom of the laptop lifted during class to sneak a peek at Myspace and tell people how the professor’s lecture is excruciatingly drab (of course that never happens, right?).

If not already noticed, Boise State athletics has made the move to the networking world with a Facebook page as well as a Twitter account with hope of spreading the word to the greater world of social networking sites (SNS).

"e ultimate goal of Brad Larrondo, Senior Assistant Athletic Director of promotions and marketing, is to spread the good word of BSU athletics to those who are fans, potential con-sumers of sports or those who simply wish to acquire greater knowledge of what Bronco athletics is all about.

“I think the importance there is the connection and that is what we are really trying to do here or trying to build on,” Lar-rondo said. “…It is something that can really take !re.”

"at !re appears to be burning brightly. Whether that con-sists of the current 1,346 members of the athletics Facebook page or the bsufootball twitter [uno$cial, fan powered site], the clear presence of SNS can be found in every corner that has the capacity to link up.

"ese avenues for accessibility have an overarching goal for BSU athletics. To create as many fans as possible which might eventually translate to people stepping away from their com-puters and cell phones and attending events themselves. "e Broncos football program casts a long shadow that sometimes hides the athletic talent of which many might not be aware. Events such as soccer or volleyball matches occur prior to football games can get lost. "e same goes for tennis matches

happening along with softball. Getting the word out is the ul-timate goal.

“If you attend one event maybe next year you might attend two or three,” Larrondo said. “Building that base across the board. We’ve really got it %ying in football and we do have strong support in other sports but we want to grow that.”

Football is clearly a front-runner with fan pages such as “Boise State vs Oregon Biggest Game of the Year!” generated by fans who are already doing a good job of marketing the Broncos football team for themselves.

“I think that the biggest thing is that it allows you to connect with the consumer,” Larrondo said. “It is just one more way to connect. It also allows [BSU athletics] to use [their] fan base or consumer to help spread the word.”

With Lear!eld Communications, Inc. stepping in to handle much of the marketing and communication logistics that Larrondo and company previously maintained, Larrondo believes that lightening the load will open up more time to utilize the explosive and exponential nature of SNS. Generat-ing interest in sports through recognizable athletes and their respective sports is what they would like to see. Figures such as Kyle Wilson and Richie Brockel of football, Taylor Jacob of gymnastics and Anthony "omas of men’s basketball are a few names that Larrondo believes could bring better recognition to their own and other events that might not otherwise get quality attention.

“I think that direct interaction [among players, coaches and fans],” Larrondo said, “is really what we are trying to strive for and allow them more ways to know what our program does, about our student athletes and about our teams.”

"ere is a !ne line in using coaches and athletes to promote their cause. Men’s basketball head coach Greg Graham posted numerous blogs while recruiting to !ll fans in on his status during recruiting. "e extent that he went is not what Larron-do thinks would be typical. "e busy lives of student athletes

could be easily distracted by the extra time spent with the odds and ends of the SNS boom.

“We don’t want to invade on their privacy but and we are very careful of that…,” Larrondo said. “But the ones that we do ask to do this understand the value of it in promoting their sport and helping to drive the attention and the recognition of their sport.”

Check out a few of the local BSU driven sites such as twit-ter.com/broncosports, youtube.com/broncosports and Boi-se State student media - athletics to see what the Broncos are up to.

BSU athletics offers accessibility through social networking

Popular BSU athletic sitesBoise State‘s official athletics sites: twitter.com/broncosports Boise State Athletics [Facebook] Buster Bronco [Facebook]

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Arbiter: Boise State Student Media Athletics [Facebook] twitter.com/KirkBellArbiter twitter.com/TrentLootensArbiter twitter.com/BrittneyJo15 twitter.com/arbiterathletic

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One of Boise State’s o!ensives players crashes through a wall of teammate de-fenders during one of two fall camp scrimmages held by the team in preparation for the season opener at home against University of Oregon Sept. 3.

BY KIRK BELLEditor

One week and counting; there is no question the University of Oregon Ducks are o!cially looming over the minds of Boise State athletes a week before they kicko" Sept. 3 at Bronco Stadium.

For some, it’s a breath of fresh air as fall camp begins to wind down and the task at hand takes precedence.

“It’s nice to be at the end of camp and begin to focus on a team other than hit-ting our buddies,” junior defensive end Ryan Winterswyk said. “As a d-line we’ve come along really well through camp. As a whole defense, I think, everyone has got-ten better. You really can’t ask much more than that.”

On o"ense questions at running back surfaced with juniors D.J. Harper and Jer-emy Avery sidelined during the second scrimmage last Friday night. Petersen said both would be ready for their season open-er against what seems to be a new state-to-state rivalry.

“I’m feeling good right now,” Avery said. “#ere’s no doubt about it -- just ready to work.”

Sophomore running back/nickelback Doug Martin wowed fans enough to so-lidify his ability to play both sides and keep him as a reserve in case a teammate might make an unfortunate fall.

“It makes me feel good to know that we have a [running back] who can step up if one use were to fall,” Avery said. “#at’s good because we will need it. You never know when someone will fall and we’ll need somebody to step up. It’s nice to know that we have somebody who can step up and $ll that role. It makes me excited that

we can do that.”#e Broncos, on the other hand, have

to be prepared for Oregon’s rushing at-tack headed by senior running back LeGarrette Blount and junior quarterback Jeremiah Masoli.

“#e major thing on that is playing your technique and having great eyes,” Winter-swyk said. “You can’t take a down o". You have to go hard because you might think [Masoli] is on the other side of the $eld but in two seconds he’s right next to you. You’ve got to always go as hard as you can. #at’s when you get the [quarterback] hits and the sacks.”

Winterswyk has performed and earned a position as a leader on the defensive line. Others, like Avery, are still trying to $nd that identity as a leader.

“[Harper] and [Keith] Bhonapha have been of great help,” Avery said. “We just have to make things work.”

But good leaders, or those on the right path, take on the lessons others have to teach.

“It’s a bigger responsibility because I’m the oldest,” Avery said. “People look to me to make it work. It’s not just me. It’s D.J. Harper as well. It’s the both of us. It’s not going to just be on me. We both need to be leaders and we both have that experience in the back$eld and we both need to take into consideration that we need to be a big part of that o"ense.”

#at includes learning from the youth in freshman running back, Matt Kaiserman, who has emerged as a local talent from Meridian, Idaho. He makes his collegiate debut this year.

“[Kaiserman] worked and he learned,” Avery said. “He’s going to be up there. He’s unbelievable. He’s got a great work ethic and he’s always willing.”

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BY ANDREW FORDArbiter Editor

Wearing big, black sun glasses, red knee-high boots and a bike tire draped o! the edge of her skirt, Meredith Giske, embodied what Tour de Fat is all about: bikes and fun.

"e event, powered by the Treasure Valley Cycling Alliance (TVCA) and the Southwest Idaho Mountain Biking Association (SWIMBA), had more than 6,000 fans of pedals join in for the day long events Aug 22.

Giske, the event director, said the event gets locals out of their cars and talking about bikes without being too serious.

“So many of the messages about doing the right thing are guilt ridden and heavy handed. We want to set the example that it can be fun,” Giske said.

Giske said the ultimate goal of Tour de Fat is to get everyone who loves bikes in Boise together to create funding for local non-pro#ts.

"ough cranked by local bike organizations, Tour de Fat was created by New Belgium brewery in Fort Collins, Colo. "e brewery takes a sustainable and green approach to many aspects of brewing.

"e #rst commandment of the Tour de Fat is to “Put no means of transport before thy bike: Come by bike because not only are bikes fun, but they help stave o! some of our most wicked ills: Tra$c, obesity, and pollution.”

Junior nursing major, Brielle Brauner, got to the event on a Schwinn road bike “from the 70s.” Sporting a super hero out#t with a black cape, red straps and buttoned with bottle tops, she said the tour was created not just to sell beer, but to help the city of Boise pedal and recycle more.

New Belgium pedals beer into Boise

BY ZACH GANSCHOWProducer

Imagine a bike shop where the tools weren’t o! limits, where the shop is used to educate cyclists and the massive selection of a

thrift-store dedicated to nothing but the bicycle. Enter the Boise Bicycle Project."e project began on a roadside near Sun Valley, far away from any bike shop. A wild-

#re was burning itself out alongside two BLM #re#ghters - Jimmy Hallyburton and Brian Anderson.

“We wanted to create a space where anybody could come in regardless of income, gender, or experience,” said Hallyburton.

Anderson and Hallyburton worked at bike shops in the past but wanted to do something new with their skills.

“We’d much rather be working on old bikes, creating new bikes out of recycled bikes,” An-derson said.

In Oct. ‘07, with a purchase of 60 second-hand bikes for $20 from the Idaho Youth Ranch, the BBP o$cially began. "e e!ort started in a tiny apartment with the motive to distribute the bikes to the people in need of them. Volunteer support is what kept the project moving, including support from Jarrod "ompson, their longest running volunteer.

Gaining recognition, the BBP upgraded the location to a donated temporary home at the Boise Rescue Mission (6th & Front street) in Feb. ‘08. "e space was massive. "ere were do-nated items #lling room upon room with bicycle components. Some rooms held completed bikes; others were piled waist high with frames or rims. Walls were covered with hanging handlebars, forks and tires, as well as bicycle related artwork. Unfortunately the building did not meet certain city regulations. With no water or heat, the shop hours were very limited. However, a full shop was guaranteed whenever they were open, demanding a new building for business.

In July ‘09, a “human powered bike move,” transported 100 percent of the bicycles via hu-man energy to their new shop. Now located at 1027 Lusk street, the permanent home of the BBP features “pure organizational radness,” according to their website.

“People can learn and then teach other people down the road. If they then teach a few more, it could really make a di!erence in the cycling community,” Hallyburton said.

"e BBP has a refugee and “build-a-bike” program for kids, which allows families to earn bicycles by volunteering and therefore learn how to maintain their bicycle.

“We do volunteer here, and after ten hours, they provided a bike free of cost to us,” an immi-grant from Nepal, Dilli Luitel, said. “It is a second hand bike, but functions well. And the good thing here is we know how to #x the bikes ourselves. It’s going to substitute a motor vehicle and save a lot of money for us.”

When it comes down to it, BBP is all about getting more people on bikes. If you have a bike and want to improve it, or you are interested in becoming a cyclist, check out the BBP.

Meet the Boise Bicycle Project

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Jimmy Hallyburton (above left) and Marc Orton (above right) fixing wheels at the BBP shop.

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Wearing big, black sun glasses, red knee-high boots and a bike tire draped o! the edge of her skirt, Meredith Giske,

"e event, powered by the Treasure Valley Cycling Alli-ance (TVCA) and the Southwest Idaho Mountain Biking As-sociation (SWIMBA), had more than 6,000 fans of pedals join

Giske, the event director, said the event gets locals out of their cars and talking about bikes without being too serious.

“So many of the messages about doing the right thing are guilt ridden and heavy handed. We want to set the example

Giske said the ultimate goal of Tour de Fat is to get every-one who loves bikes in Boise together to create funding for

"ough cranked by local bike organizations, Tour de Fat was created by New Belgium brewery in Fort Collins, Colo. "e brewery takes a sustainable and green approach to many

"e #rst commandment of the Tour de Fat is to “Put no means of transport before thy bike: Come by bike because not only are bikes fun, but they help stave o! some of our

Junior nursing major, Brielle Brauner, got to the event on a Schwinn road bike “from the 70s.” Sporting a super hero out#t with a black cape, red straps and buttoned with bottle tops, she said the tour was created not just to sell beer, but to

"e “eco-ness” of the event is seen everywhere; from the thousands of bikes, not cars clustered around Ann Morri-son, to the corn-based, biodegradable cups that sometimes sagged under the 90-degree plus heat of the day. It was no more evident though then in how Tour de Fat managed all the garbage that goes with feeding and hydrating the citizens of Boise.

While most events attempt to keep trash levels under control through frequent trash dumps, Tour de Fat tried something di!erent. Instead of housing trashcans, the event placed compost centers all along the perimeter.

At each of the compost centers were three containers. One for recyclables, one for items that could go into compost and one that would be used for trash, labeled “land#ll.” Almost everything could be recycled or used for compost.

Brian O’neil volunteered to keep a watchful eye over one of the compost centers.

“Everybody knows the di!erence between right from wrong,” O’neil said.

“We’re here so they do the right thing.”"e 2009 Tour de Fat was the eighth year in Boise and the

10th since creation in Seattle in 2000. Usually the only time you’ll see 30-year-olds dressed in

togas, students dressed in super hero costumes and Snow-white all in the same room is Halloween. But once a year, you can see all that and bikes – lots and lots of bikes – at the Tour de Fat.

Students looking to get involved in planning for next year’s event, or in the local biking community can contact the Treasure Valley Cycling Alliance on their website, biketrea-surevalley.org or the Southwest Idaho Mountain Biking As-sociation on their Web site, swimba.org.

New Belgium pedals beer into Boise

BY ZACH GANSCHOWProducer

While the o$cial Tour de Fat festival ended around 4pm, Boise was not free from the clutches of costumed lunacy. Downtown was brie%y entranced by an impromptu theatrical parade of Mardi-Gras quality voodoo. "e following events took place at approximately 11:34pm on Saturday Aug. 22nd, on the corner of 8th & Idaho.

Wandering around downtown, I saw a crowd on all four corners of the street. I just followed the booming bass until I saw stilt walkers and horn players. "e scene was captivating! People were dancing, people on the patios were just watch-ing the spectacle, described environmental studies major and patron of Saturdayís spontaneous street show, James Warnock.

As Police stood by chatting on their radios, seemingly puzzled, March Fourth Marching Band continued the parade down 8th Street, gathering a bigger entourage of dancers and enthusiasts with each pace.

Lots of jivin’ and sweating, people clicking their feet. It was a moving circus of smiles, said Jake DeJongh, Creative Writ-ing major, also in attendance.

While March Fourth (M4) had only travelled from Portland to reach downtown Boise, the presentation of their street show invoked a much further time and place. "e scene was reminiscent of some forgotten theatrical celebration, the band echoing the %avors of Vaudeville in sound and attire. Stripes, feathers, leathers and brass %ashed across the chests and dresses of M4’s artists. Part of the incredible charm was the variety of instruments in use. Counted were #ve in the drum line, seven horns, three stilts walkers and a variety of dancing performers. "e only electric instrument was a black bass guitar, wirelessly broadcasting to a handcart holding an ampli#er. All this took place before we even reached "e Bouquet club, the #nal destination for the evening where M4 played a packed house.

March Fourth joined the Tour de Fat festival as it passed through Portland, their hometown, with Boise as M4’s #rst

show. At de Tour, the enthusiasm was phenomenal. "e full crowd received an encore and returned a crowd-surf to two M4 stilt walkers. Perhaps this bold reception was the con-vincing element leading to the rouge midnight march.

"e band is incredible; full of punk rock band geeks and go-go girls, complemented by %y tattoos and beautiful wom-en, DeJongh said.

For most students at Boise State, our 21st cen-tury youth has prevented us from seeing a good old-fashioned burlesque show. March Fourth is laying tribute to the dusty movement by pumping new blood with a captivating rhythm, refer-encing techno and other modern music while polish-ing the classic soul of Big Band sound.

You donít see too many marching bands out-side of school events, especially some-thing like this, said DeJongh.

Downtown roused by renegade marching band

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ZACH GANSCHOW/THE ARBITER

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BY DAVID LIGHTMANMcClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON – !e passing of U.S. Sen. Edward Moore Kennedy marks the end of a storied era in American political history.

He was one of history’s most towering senators, a skilled lawmaker who crafted scores of statutes that helped how children learn, how doctors treat the sick and how workers are paid and protected.

“He was the Henry Clay of the 20th cen-tury. He got the job done,” said !omas Whelan, associate professor of social sci-ence at Boston University, citing the “Great Compromiser” of the mid-19th century.

Kennedy died shortly before midnight Tuesday at his home in Hyannisport, Mass., after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was 77 years old.

Kennedy’s life was in many ways the story of American politics over two generations.

He was the youngest child of Joseph and Rose Kennedy, last in line behind brothers groomed for the presidency. He lacked the polished charm of his brother John, who won the presidency in 1960, or the grit and "re of brother Bobby, who pursued the White House in 1968.

He virtually inherited John’s Senate seat upon turning 30 in 1962, and he rose fast. His "rst Senate speech announced his pas-sionate support of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and he was instrumental in pushing an overhaul of immigration law through the chamber a year later.

When Robert was assassinated in 1968, Ted became the heir to the fam-ily legacy. In January 1969, he upset veteran Sen. Russell Long of Louisiana to become majority whip, the Senate’s second-ranking position.

!e close vote was a statement by the

party’s liberal wing that Kennedy, who’d opposed the Vietnam War since 1967, was its undisputed leader and the frontrunner to challenge Richard Nixon for the presi-dency in 1972.

!at scenario was shattered shortly af-ter midnight on July 19, 1969, when the car he was driving sailed o# a bridge and sank in a pond on Chappaquiddick Is-land, o# the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.

Former Robert Kennedy campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne died in the ac-cident. Edward Kennedy did not report the incident for nine hours, and six days later pleaded guilty to leaving the scene. He got a two-month suspended sentence, the minimum penalty, and went on national television to explain the series of events.

His true punishment was the damage to his career. In an era when the “silent major-ity” was holding “decency rallies” protest-ing the erosion of moral values in American life, Kennedy was a vivid symbol to many of all that had gone wrong.

“!ere was a sense he always got special treatment, and Chappaquiddick was part of that,” said Michael Franc, vice president for government relations at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative research group. “Conservatives have this sense that he’s al-ways held to a di#erent standard.”

At the same time, Kennedy was qui-etly building a reputation in the Senate as someone who made the system work, ne-gotiating, often successfully, with the Nixon administration on key domestic initiatives.

“He was getting things done. !ink of Kennedy’s initiatives _ more spend-ing on health and education, creating the Environmental Protection Agency, even wage and price controls. Nixon sup-ported them,” recalled Alvin Felzenberg, a presidential historian.

Sen. Edward Kennedy’s death ends classic era in American politics

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Before you do anything, “save as” to the ISSUE FOLDER > MAIN ISSUE > (ISSUE DATE) Name it CLASSIFIEDS_[MM/DD]_[Your name] For instance: CLASSIFIEDS_08/24_Eli

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