by Brandon Rasmussen

Alex Hatfield, political science major, sinks a pushpin into the island of Sicily. The glossy, laminated map, pinned to the wall of the Veteran Services rec room has many, each indicating where Boise State student-veterans have been stationed. The U.S., middle east and southeast Asia are riddled with small, plastic bulbs—each color indicating what branch the individual served in. Lori Sprague, coordinator for the campus Veteran Services estimates that Boise State has as many as 1,200 students that are veterans.