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Bulging beer bags, BMX bystanders, bogus bongs
Story by Mike Gerrity | September 5, 2008
Montana Kaimin
Aug. 28, 9:58 p.m.
A resident in Pantzer Hall allegedly spotted another resident smoking pot in one of the dorm rooms. When Public Safety officers arrived, the student fessed up, and was cited for possession of dangerous drugs.
UM plays role in understanding Colony Collapse Disorder
Story by Carmen George, Sept. 5, 2008
Mass honeybee deaths across the nation may be threatening more than just the loss of honey for your herbal tea.
Over the last two decades, bee colonies have diminished from 8 million to 2.6 million, due to a variety of factors stressing the hives, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Most recently, a new disorder called Colony Collapse Disorder has affected an estimated 20 to 35 percent of bee colonies, according to data from the National Agricultural Statistical Service. If CCD affects a hive, it can leave beekeepers with a nearly empty hive in as little as a few days.
Bee colony pollination affects about one-third of all food consumed in the United States, according to the Department of Agriculture’s Web site, so CCD could theoretically put the food supply in jeopardy.
Dad sells drugs as kid watches
Story by Mike Gerrity | September 5, 2008
A Missoula man was charged in Missoula County Justice Court Wednesday with selling morphine pills to an undercover informant working with Missoula city police.
According to court records, Thomas Edward Redmond, 46, allegedly sold $200 worth of the Schedule 2 controlled drugs to the informant on Aug. 13, and another $450 worth to him on Tuesday while his 3-year-old daughter sat in the car.
Redmond was charged with criminal possession of dangerous drugs with intent to distribute, a felony, as well as endangering the welfare of a child. His bail was set at $100,000.
UM plays role in understanding Colony Collapse Disorder
Story by Carmen George | September, 5 2008
Mass honeybee deaths across the nation may be threatening more than just the loss of honey for your herbal tea.
Over the last two decades, bee colonies have diminished from 8 million to 2.6 million, due to a variety of factors stressing the hives, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Most recently, a new disorder called Colony Collapse Disorder has affected an estimated 20 to 35 percent of bee colonies, according to data from the National Agricultural Statistical Service. If CCD affects a hive, it can leave beekeepers with a nearly empty hive in as little as a few days.
Three UM students return from DNC in Denver
Story by Amanda Eggert, Sept. 4, 2008
Three UM students experienced the Democratic National Convention in Denver last week in two capacities – one student as a pledged delegate to the Montana Democratic Party and the other two as participants in a program for credit with the Washington Center.
All three said the highlight of the four-day convention was the acceptance speech Barack Obama delivered to a crowd of about 84,000 people at Invesco Field in Denver.
“The number one most memorable thing was Invesco,” said Scott Martin, a delegate for the Montana Democratic Party and UM political science junior. “Obama’s speech just really hit it home. Everything that had been talked about at the convention was touched upon.”
UM students traveled to Africa to help out with school project
Story by Kelsey Bernius, Sept. 4, 2008
Last summer, instead of spending days on the river, drinking and indulging on all the personally gratifying vices the season has to offer, a small group of UM students called Global Grizzlies left their comfort zones to aid those who desperately need help in the northeastern African country of Uganda.
“The biggest impact we had was just being there,” trip leader Hayley Blackburn said.
“You can read all the articles you want about Africa, but you can never understand the situation until you see it for yourself.”
ASUM Senate supports six-mill levy
Story by Allison Maier, Sept. 4, 2008
The ASUM senate made clear their support for the six-mill levy with a unanimous decision to pass a resolution formally endorsing the levy Monday night.
They are the first student government in Montana to officially report their endorsement to the six-mill levy campaign, said campaign coordinator Crystine Miller.
ASUM president Trevor Hunter, who authored the resolution, said that he wasn’t surprised that it was granted unanimous consent.
“I think we really made a huge point of hammering home how important it is,” he said.
Aside from the adjustment of the word “came” to “come” and the addition of the phrase “amongst others” to a series of levy supporters, the bill passed the senate without argument.
New peer-focused tutoring program to launch
Story by Laura Barnes, Sept. 4, 2008
A new, peer-centric tutoring program is about to hit the ground running.
Study Jam, a $10,000 program funded and run by the Provost’s Office, is set to replace ASUM’s old tutoring program, Students Tutoring Students.
Beginning Sept. 8, Study Jam sessions made up of small student groups will be held in the University Center Commons Area. The idea is that students get the opportunity to bounce ideas off each other as they learn, as well as to ask tutors specific questions. Tutoring will be offered for the four most popular subjects requested by students: statistics, chemistry, Spanish and physics. New subjects may be added according to demand.
“I wanted it to be near food and lattes,” said Sharon O’Hare, director of the new program. “This is not a classroom environment.”
O’Hare said there are two advantages to the new program.
Trees to be cut down and replanted on campus
Story by Carly Flandro - Sept. 4, 2008
Students may one day stroll along an Oval shaded by dozens of new oak and sugar maple trees as part of an effort by the University of Montana to re-create the tree canopy that once surrounded UM’s focal point.
But first, at least a dozen trees will be cut down.
The removal of trees, aimed at promoting a look of conformity on campus, will be the first step of the Oval Restoration Plan, according the UM Project Manager Jameel Chaudhry.
But the funding for this first step is hinging on a project with an uncertain timeline — the construction of the new Native American Center.
Gift secures rest of NAS building funding
Story by Amy Faxon, Sept. 4, 2008
After receiving a gift of about $3 million, enough money has been donated to start building the Native American Center at the southwest corner of the Oval.
Construction on the center will begin in mid to late October and last 15 to 18 months, said Bob Duringer, vice president for Administration and Finance.
Last March, the estimated and donated amount of money for the center was $6.6 million. With the increased costs for construction materials and fuel, the governor’s office amended the project estimate to $9.7 million. The recent gift, from an anonymous donor received a month ago, left the project just shy of $10 million.
The state will provide the funding for the operation and maintenance fees each year after the building is completed.
Before construction can start on the center, the Board of Regents has to approve the new estimate at their Sept. 25 meeting in Butte.
Former Griz player goes on trial
Story by Mike Gerrity, Sept. 4, 2008
Former Griz cornerback Jimmy Wilson, 22, will stand trial Sept. 8 in a Los Angeles county courthouse on murder charges from last summer.
Wilson has been held in the custody of the Los Angeles County authorities since his arrest on June 2, 2007, for the shooting death of Kevin Smoot, 29, following a dispute between Smoot and his girlfriend, Wilson’s aunt.
After Wilson showed up at the driveway of Smoot’s house, Smoot was shot in the upper torso and died at the scene.
Soon after charges were filed, Wilson’s grandmother, Gloria Wilson, told the Antelope Valley Press that she believed her grandson acted in self defense, and had arrived at the house to remove his aunt from a domestic abuse situation.
94 students still in interim housing
Story by Kayla Matzke, Sept. 4, 2008
Miller Hall rooms 3A and 3B could easily be mistaken for a janitor’s closet or a boiler room. It’s not until Caleb Thomas steps out into the musky hallway with a bag full of garbage that it’s evident there are student rooms down there.
Thomas is one of 91 male and three female students still living in interim, on-campus housing. The students are being charged a reduced rate of $7 per day compared to the normal rate of $12 per day for a regular room.
It’s possible those male students could remain in interim housing for the rest of the semester, said Director of Residence Life Ron Brunell, but the three female students would probably get permanent housing.
ASUM to weigh in on six-mill bill
Story by Allison Maier - September 3, 2008
The ASUM senate is pushing to inform students about the six-mill levy, a referendum that could give the University of Montana $13 million a year through a property tax that applies to the entire state.
The levy has shown up on Montana ballots every 10 years since 1948 and has always passed. The money raised from the levy is divided among the eleven universities in Montana.
Fewer fall class extensions sought by UM firefighters
Story by Carmen George - September 3, 2008
The week before school started, senior Tara Gillespie was wearing a bright yellow fire-resistant jacket and a hard hat with reflectors as she sweated to put out a forest fire in Lincoln.
Today, Gillespie is in jeans and a long-sleeve shirt, sweating over her homework in class.
The transition from the fire line back to campus life isn’t always an easy one.
Biodiesel bus ends its sustainability tour
Story by Jeff Osteen - September 3, 2008
With the smell of fried corn oil wafting from its tailpipe, the bus that carried four people on a 12-week renewable energy tour pulled up to its final stop for the summer at Missoula’s PEDal Fest in Caras Park on Saturday.
With biodiesel coursing through its gas lines, the modified school bus logged more than 7,000 miles while stopping at 60-plus events throughout the west as part of a Homegrown Prosperity Renewable Energy Tour. The tour, sponsored by the Western Organization of Resource Councils, presented solutions for reducing greenhouse gases and pollution and promoting good-paying jobs and income for rural communities.
ASUM to weigh in on six-mill bill
Story by Allison Maier, September 3, 2008
The ASUM senate is pushing to inform students about the six-mill levy, a referendum that could give the University of Montana $13 million a year through a property tax that applies to the entire state.
The levy has shown up on Montana ballots every 10 years since 1948 and has always passed. The money raised from the levy is divided among the eleven universities in Montana.
UM tunnel project keeps on steamin’
Story by Laura Barnes, Aug. 29, 2008
In 1984, a dangerous little word was floating around the University of Montana campus: asbestos.
Beneath the campus, in a labyrinth of steam tunnels dating back to 1897, asbestos insulation speckled the hot air pumping into university buildings. With the health of the campus in mind, then-Vice President Glen Williams took the word and ran with it.
Soon after Williams began his campaign, asbestos crews began working on campus to remove or contain the asbestos, a fiber that can cause health problems when inhaled. By the 1990s, all of the asbestos that hadn’t been removed had been safely contained, according to Greg Plantz, program director for Facilities Services.
UM Web site getting $57K facelift, seeks student feedback
Story by Amy Faxon, Aug. 29, 2008
A preview of the redesigned University of Montana Web site is available online and is seeking feedback before it is up and running in a couple of months.
The Home Page Subcommittee and Web Technology Services want to redesign the Web site so current and prospective students, faculty, family and alumni can find the information they need quickly and easily.
To help accomplish this, UM purchased a Content Management System for $57,000. All the executive officers in the UM President’s office contributed to the system and to the redesign of the site.
“We want to provide students and faculty with easier access to content that will be meaningful to them,” said Becky Maier, chair of the Home Page Subcommittee.
Lounge living: Dozens denied dormitory dwellings
Story by Kayla Matzke, Aug. 29, 2008
Freshman Tenaya Logan is confined to tight quarters.
Crammed next to her twin-sized bed, in the fifth floor study lounge of Jesse Hall, are the beds of three strangers; a picnic table acting as a desk/drawer cluttered with laptops; hot pink nail polish; laundry detergent; clothes and papers.
Logan, of Shady Cove, Ore., is one of 148 students at the University of Montana living in interim, on-campus housing.
As of Tuesday, Ron Brunell, director of Residence Life, said there are 121 males and 27 females without permanent placing in the dorms. All of the students without rooms are being put up in the study lounges, TV rooms or other locations in the dorm buildings.
Obama fans fill Wilma for landmark nomination
Story by Stefanie Kilts, Aug. 29, 2008
Once again, sign-waving and cheering supporters of Barack Obama gathered in Missoula Thursday.
This time it was at the Wilma Theater to watch the Illinois senator accept the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination live from Invesco Field in Denver, Colo.
The televised showing captured a historic moment in political history, as the first black presidential nominee from a major party spoke.
“Historically, this is huge,” said Sarah Olafson, a freshman environmental studies major. “It is so inspiring.”
Feisty fraternity, friendly fiend, freeloading fisherman
Story by Mike Gerrity, Aug. 29, 2008
Aug. 22, 9:22 a.m.
Someone called the front desk to complain about loud noises coming from a room on the 11th floor of Aber Hall. When Public Safety officers responded, they found seven minors drinking beer. All were cited for MIPs.
Former senator Morrison appointed to lead SPA office
Story by By Allison Maier, Aug. 28, 2008
Former ASUM senator Sean Morrison was appointed ASUM Student Political Action director Wednesday in a unanimous decision by the new senate at its first meeting of the semester.
Morrison, 23, was re-elected to the senate last spring, but resigned to accept an interim appointment to the post last spring.
After seeing the work that Morrison did over the summer, ASUM president Trevor Hunter said he decided to ask the senate to appoint him as the SPA director at its first meeting.
SPA is an ASUM organization that works to get students involved in local, state and national politics.ASUM senator Lucas Hamilton, 21, who chairs the SPA committee, has known Morrison since they first worked together on the senate two years ago.
“I think he’ll be fantastic,” Hamilton said. “I think he’s got the experience and the political knowledge to get things done efficiently and effectively.”
SESJ wins national award
Story by By Stefanie Kilts, Aug. 28, 2008
Last year, they strolled around campus in cardboard outfits, walked the runway in sweat-free apparel, and staged a sit-in at the University of Montana President’s office.
And this summer, the Students for Economic and Social Justice received national recognition for their innovative approaches and tireless commitment for promoting anti-sweatshop policies on the UM campus.
The student group was awarded Action Campaign of the Year by Campus Progress, a project of the Center for American Progress in Washington D.C.
“This award proved this was an important issue on a national scale and a lot of students care where their apparel comes from,” said SESJ member Kelly Driscoll.
The group also gained recognition for their progress on campus. In 2007, the University of Montana agreed to sign on the Workers Rights Consortium, an organization that monitors labor conditions in factories.
Segways back on the beat for UM Public Safety
Story by By Steve Miller, Aug. 28, 2008
After a nearly two-year absence, Segways have returned to the University of Montana campus in an effort to decrease operating costs, as well as to increase the visibility of security.
The addition of the two self-balancing electric vehicles, purchased for roughly $5,600 each, will drastically limit the number of miles driven by patrol cars by about 9,200 miles this year, said Bob Duringer, vice president for Administration and Finance. The he Department of Public Safety will save nearly $6,000 in gasoline.
The two Segways that Public Safety used in 2006 were recalled after the model was discovered to be at risk of malfunctioning.
New system for tickets, stadium access
Story by Deborah Brae Tanner, Aug. 28, 2008
Students will have a new experience on Sept. 8 when they buy their Griz student tickets: Tickets are no longer paper.
Tickets for the University of Montana football team’s home opener against Southern Utah on Sept. 13 become available at the Adams Center and The Source at 8 a.m. on Sept. 8. However, instead of waiting for paper tickets to be printed, students will simply present their Griz card to be loaded with an electronic ticket, something like a reloadable VISA card.
This new process should speed up the process of ticket sales, said Celine Fisher, Adams Center box office manager
“There will be no waiting for us to print another batch of paper tickets because we got low,” Fisher said.
Public Safety cuts illegally parked bikes
Story by By Mike Gerrity Aug. 28, 2008
After a long class on the third day of the semester, Ben Fleischmann left the Math Building to hop on his bike that was safely locked to a handicap access rail outside.
Waiting for him was a group of Public Safety officers. One asked, “Is this your bike?”
About 30 bicycles were cut from handicap access rails all over campus on Wednesday by Public Safety officers, of which a majority was locked to the railing of a wheelchair access ramp outside the Math building.
Students that went to the Office of Public Safety to retrieve their bikes were fined $10, in addition to the cost of their destroyed bike locks.
Director of Public Safety Jim Lemcke said his office gets most of these complaints in the first few weeks of the semester.
“This goes on every year,” Lemcke said.
‘Green’ Think Tank project put on hold
Story by Kayla Matzke
Concerns of a local historical group about the location and design of a new “green” coffee shop at the University of Montana prompted University officials to put the skids on the project.
The Missoula Historical Preservation Office aired its concerns as steps were being taken to build it on the brick concourse north of the Urey Lecture Hall, said Mark LoParco, director of Dining Services.
Think Tank is currently located in the same vicinity as the proposed new shop, one of six coffee bars on campus.
President George Dennison, called “incredibly supportive” of the project by LoParco, said the group has no actual authority to shut down the project, but that its concerns must be weighed.
“We are obligated to consider all comments,” Dennison said.
MHPO jumped in because of concerns about the loss of open space, and that the Think Tank would be too close to the Oval, LaParco said. The preservation group also felt that the buildings around
Former Griz Pate returns to jail
Story by Mike Gerrity
Former Griz football cornerback Jeramy Pate appeared in Missoula District Court Tuesday on charges in relation to violations of the four conditions of his probation agreement.
District Court Judge Douglas Harkin set Pate’s bail at $25,000 after prosecutors suggested that bail be raised.
Pate was convicted earlier this summer on one felony count of conspiracy to commit robbery for his involvement in a home invasion near campus in November.
Two other Griz football players were also charged with the burglary that involved eight people.
Pate received a six-year deferred sentence, meaning he would serve no jail time as long as he agreed to the conditions of an Intensive Supervision Program (ISP) under close eye of probation officers.
Included among the charges are allegations that Pate had smoked marijuana in late June in violation of an ISP Rule.
UM’s new School of Law to open by next summer
Story by Kelsey Bemius | August 27, 2008
University of Montana law students and faculty no longer need to leave campus, cross a river and set up school at Missoula Children’s Theatre on Adams Street to have classes this semester.
Due to renovations and expansion of the School of Law that started in January, roadblocks left the school with nowhere to go for much of the spring and summer semesters.
New walking mall to offer safer access
Story by Amy Faxon | August 27, 2008
This time next fall students won’t be tripping over the deteriorating cement sidewalk in front of McGill Hall.
Instead, the ideal route from the University Center to McGill will be through the Memorial Grove’s new $100,000 walking mall.
“It is too narrow and a really dangerous sidewalk with all the bike and pedestrian traffic,” said Kevin Krebsbach, associate director of planning and construction at UM Facility services.
UM purchases electric truck
Story by Carly Flandro
Gregg Potter is a groundskeeper. Four days a week, he is at the University of Montana cutting grass, trimming shrubs and collecting garbage.
He also drives the same kind of truck Gov. Brian Schweitzer has been known to take for a spin – an electric one.
The University bought the truck purchased for its maintenance crew, marking an additional step in UM’s sustainability push.
The vehicle was purchased with nearly $18,000 in Facilities Services revenue, according to Peggy Schalk, associate director of fiscal operations for Facilities Services.
She said the price of the truck ranges from $8,000 to $10,000 more than a normal vehicle used by the maintenance department.
However, the new vehicles are cheaper to use. Instead of guzzling gas, the truck runs on a battery, which is recharged every day after use.
Potter drove from garbage can to garbage can Tuesday morning. His white truck was similar to others roaming across campus, with a few notable exceptions.
New ASUM leaders bring experience, passion to jobs
Story by Allison Maier
During their freshman year, ASUM President Trevor Hunter and Vice President Siri Smillie were part of the same first-year interest group. They both lived on the fourth floor of Knowles Hall. But it wasn’t until January 2008 that they spoke to each other for the first time.
Hunter interviewed Smillie for a position on the ASUM Senate at the start of the spring semester and was impressed by her legislative experience. She’d worked on several legislative campaigns, including that of her mother, Margaret MacDonald, a candidate in House District 54 in Billings.
In 2007, Smillie lobbied in Helena with Montana Conservation Voters. She spent last fall in Washington, D.C., as an intern with the Senate Finance Committee.
Hunter had been involved in ASUM since he was a freshman. He felt that Smillie’s knowledge of state and national legislative issues, coupled with his experience on ASUM
Former fine arts dean remembered after drowning
Story by Mike Gerrity
At the audition for “Much Ado About Nothing” several years ago, Laura Wright found herself at the mercy of Dr. James Kriley, who was directing the show.
As she tore through her passage from “Taming of the Shrew,” her Shakespearian soliloquy began to fall apart.
“I just vomited my lines,” Wright said. “It was horrible. Horrible. Horrible.”
Still, Kriley pressed her to continue. He made sure she had her three minutes and gave her the same amount of respect he showed all of his students.
After she finished, he asked her to give her name and ID number like everyone else.
“If I was going to get a call back, people would know who I was,” Wright said.
ASUM gets upgrade with $276k bio-fuel bus
Story by Laura Barnes
The University of Montana’s UDASH bus system is getting a facelift this semester.
A new bio-diesel bus replaces one of two buses running the popular Park-N-Ride South Campus route servicing the Lewis and Clark and University villages.
Funding for the $276,000, 29-foot Optima bus came from the student transportation fee and a federal grant.
Stadium expansion complete for first kickoff
Story by Stefanie Kilts | August 26, 2008
The seating expansion on the Washington-Grizzly Stadium has been completed just in time for the University of Montana’s approaching football season
“All in all, the project has gone very smoothly,” said Jerry Ballas, UM architect.
Changes abound at administrative level
Story by Sean Breslin | August 26, 2008
If you blinked, you might have missed some changes at the upper tiers of the University of Montana’s academic departments.
In all, four deanships either have or will have changed hands.
Dean of Students hands down suspensions for sit-in
Story by Jeff Osteen | April 29, 2008
Web update 4/29
One floor below where eight students staged a sit-in two weeks ago in the office of University of Montana President George Dennison, each student received his or her reprimand Tuesday.
The eight members of Students for Economic and Social Justice met individually with Charles Couture, UM dean of students, and were all given three days of suspension and instructed to write two letters of apology, one to Dennison and one to his office staff.
Run-off election for 20th Sen. seat
Story by Amy Faxon | April 25, 2008
ASUM senate candidates Jon Dempersmier and Sean Schilke tied for the last seat on the senate with 350 votes each during Thursday night’s ASUM elections.
There will be a run-off election on Tuesday, April 29 from 12:01 a.m. to 8 p.m. to break the tie. Students will be able to vote by logging into CyberBear and clicking on student services.
Campaign materials will start coming down tomorrow, but Dempersmier and Schilke will be allowed to keep theirs up in the University Center through Tuesday, said current ASUM president Dustin Leftridge.
Different perspectives on whether homosexuality is biology or choice
Story by Kayla Matzke | April 25, 2008
It’s a question asked in various forms for countless years. Does homosexuality come from a person’s biological makeup, or is it a choice?
With different perspectives from different fields of study, five University of Montana professors addressed this question Thursday night at a panel discussion to a packed audience in the University Center.
In his humorous and personal speech, English Department Chair Casey Charles suggested the discussion be renamed “Homophobia: biology or choice.”
Double check finals schedule
Story by Trevon Milliard | April 25, 2008
Students should double check their final exam schedules because teachers may have given the wrong times in their class syllabuses.
The Registrar’s Office accidentally placed the wrong finals times in the printed class schedules in November, said Registrar David Micus. It was the finals schedule for a previous spring semester, he said.
The Registrar’s Office e-mailed professors in January to warn them about the mix up, and they sent another reminder about two weeks ago, Micus said. The office has posted the correct finals schedule on its Web site at http://www.umt.edu/registrar.
Hunter, Smillie, Gosline win ASUM elections
Story by Mark Page and Amy Faxon | April 25, 2008
Trevor Hunter and Siri Smillie won the ASUM elections Thursday night, beating Allie Harrison and Jake Yerger by 274 votes.
“I feel OK I’m excited and really humbled,” Hunter said shortly after getting the news at Sean Kelly’s. “We want to change ASUM to make sure we’re including everyone, make sure ASUM is transparent and open.”
Alex Gosline won the race for business manager against Jose Diaz by 522 votes. If Diaz had won he would not have been allowed to take office after violating ASUM bylaws due to overspending during the campaign.
ASUM office manager retiring
Story by Alex Tenenbaum | April 25, 2008
Carol Hayes has been the ASUM office manager for 18 years, but she says it’s time to call it quits.
Maybe she’ll travel the world, or visit her kids and grandkids more often.
“I’m just not real worried about it,” she said. “Retirement’s a funny thing. When I started, I couldn’t think of how I’d ever leave this job. You know, it’s kind of been my baby.”
Students engage in empty holster protest
Story by Alex Tenenbaum | April 25, 2008
About seven University of Montana students carried empty pistol holsters around campus this week to protest state law prohibiting weapons on campus and UM’s gun-free policy.
ASUM senator Jedediah Cox carried his large .44 Magnum holster on his hip for the last four days.
“I’ve been wearing it around campus, and no one’s said anything,” he said. “I think people just think it’s a big blackberry.”
UM puts hold on three-credit minimum for grad students
Story by Jeff Osteen | April 25, 2008
Graduate students can go another year without having to register for a minimum of three credits to maintain continuous enrollment.
University of Montana Provost Royce Engstrom sent an e-mail Wednesday to the Graduate Student Association informing them that a three-credit minimum enrollment requirement for graduate students will not be enforced next academic year.
“The information from the Graduate Council came late enough that I don’t want to rush through a decision,” Engstrom said in the e-mail.
Peace activist to share experience
Story by Stefanie Kilts | April 25, 2008
Brian Terrell, a peace activist for more than 30 years, will share his personal experiences of his non-violent peace efforts in the U.S. and Central America during a speech at the University of Montana on Tuesday, April 29.
His speech, “Criminalization of Dissent,” will cover increased governmental surveillance, intimidation, and prosecution of non-violent peace efforts. The lecture will start at 7 p.m. in the Castle Room at the UM Law School.
“The line between what is legal, what are protected activities, and violent criminal activity has steadily eroded,” Terrell said.
Soused staggerer, stupid stereo stealer, scattered stoners
Story by Mike Gerrity | April 25, 2008
April 19, 10:30 p.m.
A man was reportedly involved in a fight between his ex-girlfriend and another woman. It included much shouting and taunting threats against the woman. The altercation concluded with the man damaging his ex-girlfriend’s car door as she attempted to drive off. He was cited for criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and misdemeanor assault.
April 19, 11:20 p.m.
Authorities in Big Horn County called the University of Montana’s Office of Public Safety and told them to keep an eye out for a man at the Kyi-Yo Powwow in the Adams Center. Officers identified the man and brought him in on a warrant for criminal mischief in relation to a property crime in Big Horn County.
ASUM election results
Story by Kaimin Staff | April 24, 2008
Executives
President/Vice President:
1) Trevor Hunter/Siri Smillie 816
2) Allie Harrison/Jake Yerger 542
ASUM decides Diaz cannot serve if elected
Story by Amy Faxon | April 24, 2008
After five hours of review and discussion of business manager candidate Jose Diaz’s campaign expenditures, the ASUM senate concluded that he overspent by $21.25 and should not be able to take office next year if elected.
Confusion regarding the rules of parliamentary procedure fueled intense debate before the senate reached its decision. Diaz said he plans to challenge the events of Wednesday night’s meeting to the next ranking official who oversees ASUM. ASUM senate is an independent body that has no oversight from the University of Montana. The elections committee chair Rikki Gregory said that the only option Diaz has is to seek legal counsel.
'Open and Affirming'
Story by Elizabeth Harrison | April 24, 2008
They get hate mail.
They never know if the voice on their answering machine will be amicable or antagonistic.
A woman stopped by after a story ran in the Missoula Independent, says the Rev. Amy Carter, one of two pastors at University Congregationalist United Church of Christ on the corner of Hilda and University avenues.
Dennison says 'No' to workers' rights agreement
Story by Mark Page | April 24, 2008
The meeting between University of Montana President George Dennison and members of Students for Economic and Social Justice scheduled after last week’s sit-in began at 11:30 a.m. And Dennison walked out at 11:37 a.m.
He gave the students an emphatic “no” to their demands, saying nothing had changed as a result of their actions.
“Until the issues surrounding the (Designated Suppliers Program) are resolved, the University will not sign onto the DSP,” Dennison told the students. “I’m not here to debate.”
Nalgene brand may contain toxic plastics
Story by Jeff Osteen | April 24, 2008
If you don’t have one, you probably know someone who does.
The nearly indestructible, clear plastic water bottles that are so often found around Missoula may start to disappear now that Nalgene, the brand that helped make them popular, decided to stop using polycarbonate plastic to produce the bottles.
Nalgene Outdoor Products made the decision last week to stop using the plastic after the Canadian government announced that it is likely to declare a necessary component of the bottles – bisphenol-A, or BPA – toxic.
ASUM voting resumes, early votes must be recast
Story by Karen Plant | April 23, 2008
ASUM election polls on Cyberbear were down for more than three hours this morning due to an error on the ballot. Voting resumed shortly after noon.
ASUM voting paused after error
Story by Karen Plant | April 23, 2008
ASUM election polls on Cyberbear are currently down due to an error on the ballot.
Voting is temporarily restricted until senate candidate Bonggoc Tangjaipak’s name is added. His name has been missing from the ballot since voting started at midnight. ASUM election chair Rikki Gregory said voting should resume around noon today.
Continual violence at Palestine's doorstep
Story by Emma Schmautz | April 23, 2008
Editor’s Note: Emma Schmautz traveled in the West Bank during the spring of 2007 while she studied at a university in Haifa, Israel.
Ramallah
A shell arcs across the rocky field and explodes in a plume of white smoke and blaze of phosphoresce. The earth shudders.
'Shaking of the faith'
Story by Matt Unrau | April 23, 2008
Religion typically offers three things to followers: a set of moral codes to govern their day-to-day actions, assurances of an afterlife that will turn out well for them and a historical account that gives followers reason for their faith.
But what happens when a believer comes to a secular university and learns scientific theory that does not jive with his or her personal creation story?
Students running for Legislature
Story by Mark Page | April 23, 2008
Three University of Montana students are running to become Montana state representatives in Helena and will be on Missoula ballots in November. All three are members of the College Republicans and are running in Democrat-dominated districts in Missoula.
They are not swayed by the odds, though, and all said they have a good chance of winning. Jedediah Cox is running in House District 99 against incumbent Betsy Hands; Steve Dogiakos is running in House District 93 (which includes UM) against retired economics professor Richard Barrett; and Dan Stusek is running in House District 92 against incumbent Robin Hamilton.
Grizzly Adventure
Story by Hugh Carey | April 23, 2008
Racers run through the forests behind Mount Sentinel. There is no trail, nor any signs to follow. With a finish line to cross, whether they are on track or not, they run hard.
Nearly one hundred racers from around the nation, many from Missoula, participated in the GrizzlyMan Adventure race Saturday in the Mount Sentinel and Pattee Canyon areas. The race requires running and biking through approximately 18 miles of backcountry terrain with 3,500 feet of vertical climb, plus navigating a portion of the course with a compass and a map. Competitors navigate through unfamiliar terrain to checkpoints; midway through the course they pick up bikes, which take them to the finish line.
'Many Stars in the Sky'
Story by Trevon Milliard | April 22, 2007
Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment in a series about religion.
Jody Ground, 34, grew up in Catholic schools and went through the initiations that come with it like baptism and his first communion. But Ground isn’t Catholic or even Christian, for that matter.
Ground is Cree Indian and follows his people’s religion despite attending Catholic schools on his reservation near Edmonton, Alberta, where tan-skinned students weren’t even allowed to speak in their own tongue.
ASUM candidate profiles
Story by Kaimin Staff | April 22, 2008
The Kaimin asked ASUM Senate candidates what they, if elected, would do for ASUM. Here are the questions, and what they had to say:
Q1. What specifically would you like to accomplish as an ASUM senator?
Q2. What sets you apart from the other candidates?