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On The Tuesday, March 26, 2019 Edition Of Idaho Matters

  • Idaho Matters looks at freedoms of speech on college campuses.
  • Chadd Cripe talks soccer, stadiums and sending Boise Broncos to the Dallas Cowboys.
  • Idaho author and historian revels in revealing Gem State jerks of the past.
  • A Boise State exhibit highlights the contribution of women to Soviet WWII cause.

- President Trump issued an executive order that would withhold federal educational and research grants from colleges and universities that violate the First Amendment rights of their students. We look how this order may be enforced on the Boise State campus with university spokesperson Greg Hahn and Pryce Robinson of the Boise State College Republicans.

- The Boise State baseball team will play at Memorial Stadium, home of the Boise Hawks, until plans for their own venue are sorted out. On the pitch, there are rumblings of a pro soccer team headed our way and the Vandals advance to the third round of the WNIT. And another former Boise Bronco was signed to the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday. We cover Idaho sports news with Chadd Cripe of the Idaho Statesman.

- Author and Idaho historian Randy Stapilus has no trouble talking smack about others, assuming they are great big jerks. He is giving a presentation in Moscow on Saturday entitled "Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Idaho History" and Stapilus joins Idaho Matters to talk about Idaho's biggest "jerks" and what makes their legacy less than rosy.

- Boise State graduate student Hayley Noble's work has focused on gender roles during World War II and her new exhibit, Soviet Women in Combat during WWII, looks at the considerable role women played. From snipers to fighter pilots to tankers, Soviet women played an active role in many forward positions. Noble joins Idaho Matters to talk about these women and how they contributed to victory over Nazi Germany.

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