Fewer Open Container Citations at Boise State Tailgates But Underage Drinking...
When the Boise City Council meets this coming Tuesday, Feb. 25, they'll be briefed by the Boise Police Department on the first year of the so-called "10 to 10" program, which permitted tailgating...
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Video: Demonstrators Target Guns on Campus Bill at Capitol Protest
[ Video is no longer available. ]Approximately 200 demonstrators took to the Idaho Capitol steps in the midday hour of Feb. 27, aiming at the so-called "guns on campus" bill. Organized by the Coalition...
View ArticleStudent Leaders Meet With Governor's Staff, Not Otter, In 'Guns on Campus'...
Boise State University student leaders traveled to the Statehouse Monday morning to discuss SB 1254, the so-called guns-on-campus bill, with Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter. Instead, they were greeted by...
View ArticleButch Otter Signs Guns-on-Campus Bill Into Law
Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter signed SB 1254—the so-called guns-on-campus bill—into law this afternoon, the Spokesman-Review reports. "As elected officials, we have a sworn responsibility to protect and...
View ArticleToday Show Airs Idaho Campus Guns Law Segment
This week's issue of Boise Weekly explores what would happen in the event that Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter signed SB 1254—the so-called guns-on-campus bill—into law. Yesterday, we reported that Otter did...
View ArticleEnhanced Concealed-Carry Course Offered by Cassia County Sheriff For Free
Cassia County Sheriff Jay Heward is offering enhanced concealed-carry permit training for free, the Times-News reports. The course normally costs $150, but Heward told the press his office will offer...
View ArticleBoise State's Mexico Week: A New Journey in Boise's 'Spanish Town'
For the past 15 years, Boise State has been hosting an annual Canada Week. This year brings in the beginning of what will become an annual Mexico Week. Associate Professor Mac Test, who in the past...
View ArticleVideo: Boise State's 'Too Cool' Close Encounter With Int'l Space Station
Some 250 miles above the Earth floats the International Space Station, but on May 6, the space station touched down, not physically, but digitally to Boise State University, where a group of students,...
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Bronco Stadium No More: Albertsons Pays $12.5 Million For Naming Rights
Its blue turf and concrete profile on Boise's skyline will remain, but Bronco Stadium has been renamed. Boise State University Bronco football fans will now be getting seats at Albertsons Stadium—that...
View ArticleExpert: Boise State Has a Big Problem in Underreporting Sex Crimes
Dr. Caroline Heldman, who Boise Weekly readers first met in a February 2013 Citizen profile, unleashed a stunning presentation on sexual assaults on American campuses during a Thursday session of the...
View ArticleGuardian: Boise State Wants Gardner Company to Be Its Landlord
You can add one more packet of interesting documents to the Gardner Company's grand plans for the City Centre Plaza. Boise Weekly readers already know that the volume of contracts surrounding Boise's...
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Governor's Cup Scholarship Winners Announced
With the cost of attending college at an all-time high, "college tuition" might as well be a four-letter word. But for 23 high-school students from across Idaho, the burden of attendance just got a...
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Boise State, Gardner Officials Announce Computer Science Department Presence...
Boise State University's Computer Science Department is splitting sheets with the College of Engineering and getting new digs in the City Centre Plaza. Tuesday morning, representatives of Gardner...
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City Council, With ACHD Commissioners, Hears From Bike Lane Stakeholders,...
The Boise City Council and the Ada County Highway District Board of Commissioners heard from a group of stakeholders for Boise's bike lane project at a meeting the afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 23. The...
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Andrus Center Conference on Women and Leadership Now Available on Podcast
If you missed the Conference on Women and Leadership at Boise State University in September, the Andrus Center has your fix. The Andrus Center has put key moments from the conference onto podcasts,...
View ArticleMarch Madness to Return to Boise in 2018
Big news out of the Boise State University Athletics Department today—and no, it has nothing to do with football. Boise State will play host to the first and second rounds of the NCAA men's basketball...
View ArticleUPDATE: Rape Reported on Boise State Campus
UPDATE: Dec. 8, 2014 One day after the report of a rape on the campus of Boise State University, Boise Police say criminal charges are pending the review of the case by Ada County prosecutors. Boise...
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Transportation Expert to Present on the 'DNA' of City Streets at Boise State
This was a big year for Boise's streets. From cyclists being struck by cars to installing parking meter sensors under the pavement, interest in Boise's roadways has been at an all-time high in 2014....
View ArticleVideo: #BlackLivesMatter Inspires Demonstration, Conversation at Boise State
Farzan Faramarzi is an intern extraordinaire for Boise Weekly this semester—reporting and videoing news and culture stories throughout the Treasure Valley for the past few months. But on the evening...
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Video: MLK / Idaho Human Rights Day Draws Hundreds to Two Statehouse...
The Idaho Statehouse played host to not one, but two Martin Luther King Jr. / Idaho Human Rights Day celebrations Jan. 19. The first event began mid-morning with Boise State University students and...
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Tickets to Obama's Boise Appearance Being Hawked on Craigslist
The news spread fast: President Barack Obama would make an appearance at Boise State University Wednesday, Jan. 21, beginning at 2:45 p.m.—just a day after his annual State of the Union address to...
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Boise Weekly's Coverage Of POTUS in Boise Via Storify
Boise Weekly followed President Barack Obama's entourage Wednesday, January 21st. From touchdown to takeoff, these were the images and voices that witnessed Obama's historic visit to Boise State...
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Boise State Pulls The Plug on Community and Regional Planning Program
Over the years, Boise Weekly has profiled multiple projects, initiatives and students from Boise State University's Department Community and Regional Planning, chronicling the great recession in the...
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Boise Police, Boise State Unveil Pilot Diversion Program to Tackle Underage...
Prior to his retirement, then-Boise Police Chief Mike Masterson told Boise Weekly in 2014 that he was particularly concerned about what he saw as a growing trend of a significant number of young...
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Boise State Adjuncts Demonstrate on National Adjunct Walkout Day
A handful of Boise State University adjunct instructors walked out of their classrooms and into the quad at noon, Feb. 25, to advocate for higher wages, access to benefits and greater job security as...
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