Sleepless nights might be par for the course as a college student but when does it stop being a bad habit and become a disorder? According to statistics from the Center for Disease Control, “Among 74,571 adult respondents in 12 states, 35.3 percent reported less than seven hours of sleep during a typical 24-hour period… A short sleep duration was found to be more common among adults ages 20 to 39 years (37 percent)…Adults who reported sleeping less than the recommended seven to nine hours per night were more likely to have difficulty performing many daily tasks.” Dr. Vincent Serio, director of Health Services, explained insomnia, one of the most common types of sleep disorders. “Insomnia is a very big term because it means a lot of different things to different people. And I guess probably you could say insomnia is the lack of sleep or the lack of quality sleep.” He further explained that, “the two main categories are acute insomnia and chronic insomnia.” Acute is considered “normal” and lasts... ...

On an island in the south pacific, rice paddies climb up the mountainsides like steps to the sky. Homes not unlike those that may be found in America climb the steps of the mountains with the paddies. Among these homes and farms on a mountain are people planting, harvesting, sowing and churning. They are the Igorot, the natives of the area in the Philippine island of Luzon known as Mountain Province. It is from here that Shelton Woods, Ph.D. hails. Woods was born to Damon and Faye Woods on Jan. 18, 1962, the third child of four. He received his Ph.D. in Southeast Asian History from the University of California Los Angeles in 1993 and became a Southeast Asian History professor at Boise State in 1994. In his time here, he has become the associate dean in the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs. “Students, that’s what I enjoy the most; the eagerness of students to learn about Asian history,” Woods said. “Follow what you really love. Follow your... ...

Despite sparse turnout, Monday night’s Non-discrimination Ordinance in Action discussion panel, put on by the Women’s Center, provided insight and information about Boise’s new anti-discrimination ordinance. The ordinance, passed by a unanimous Boise City Council vote on Dec. 4 of last year, made it illegal to discriminate against an individual on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression in instances of employment, housing and public accommodation in the city of Boise.Panelists included Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho Monica Hopkins, Boise City Council President Maryanne Jordan, and Boise Police Department’s Chief Deputy Pete Ritter and LGBT liaison and Victim-Witness Coordinator Katie Davy. City Council member Lauren McLean was also scheduled to appear but was unable to attend. The panel was created by the Women’s Center to highlight the importance of the new law. “We were really interested in this significant move towards a more inclusive Boise community. That’s obviously what we work for at our Center, so we wanted to talk about how that’s... ...