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Curry Health Center at the University of Montana reported multiple positive COVID-19 cases — all currently enrolled students — in an email UM Alert Thursday evening. Read more
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To the dismay of many Griz fans, the Big Sky Conference officially announced the cancellation of the 2020 football season on Aug. 7. This will be the first time Montana won’t have a football season since 1943, when World War II was in full swing. Read more
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The high-pitched hiss of a microphone split the air in front of the Missoula County Courthouse Friday evening. Jay Mattson spoke to a kneeling crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters, telling the story of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old who was lynched in Jim Crow-era Mississippi in 1955. Read more
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Black Student Union Organizes Protest for George Floyd Read more
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Protesters advocating for fairness in the workplace stood outside City Brew Coffee downtown drawing honks and hollers Friday, May 1. One man called from the window of his car at the intersection of Orange Street and Broadway to ask what the group was protesting. “We’re looking for safety in … Read more
With just weeks left until graduation, everything was going according to plan for University of Montana senior Trisha Bartle. The German and creative writing double major had a regular gig wri… Read more
The University of Montana has urged all students to stay off campus. Health officials stress hygiene above all else because there’s no vaccine. White gauze masks hang across the mouths of stud… Read more
Madelyn Allovio removed her left hand from the yoke and yelled through a small window, “All clear!” She rested her elbow near the ash trays that came stock in all the Cessna 172s. Read more
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Missoula’s International Wildlife Film Fest might be coming to a close, but there’s still time to catch some virtual screenings on the festival’s 43rd year. Here are some of our recs. Read more
*Jumps off of platform and lands behind you* Read more
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At 8 o’clock on the dot every evening, echoing howls can be heard throughout Missoula. Students and other residents across town are participating in the 8 o’clock Howl for Missoula. Read more
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UM Housing has halved its vacate notice. Unemployment has skyrocketed. Class has been canceled. Thankfully, our noble Governor has suspended evictions, in a surprising turn after closing our places of employment and thus suspending our incomes for the well-being of our communities. Which was…
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A few days ago at 10 p.m., I sat on the phone with my partner, curled up in a blanket, petting my childhood cat and telling her about my plans for putting together the last Kaimin of the semester. We have this conversation every Sunday, usually in person, but this time it was different. This…
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I’m 23 and back at my parents’ house. Which isn’t so bad. I alternate between old woman activities and preteen ones – from knitting (potholders, mostly, thanks for asking), to scrapbooking, to TikTok dances and PlayStation. Anything to distract myself from family drama, my canceled graduatio…
