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  • Required Reading: Friday, Feb. 3, 2012

    The Senate wants you to trust it again, the home of Typhoid Mary and dozens are killed in an Egyptian soccer riot.

  • Montana artist’s life, work revisited

    Professors write book without ever meeting

    Admirers of Fra Dana talk about her as though they all knew her. Stories of Dana's life are retold with such detail and certainty it is as if Dana took each art historian and curator out to coffee and told them about her hardships. But Dana lived in the turn of the 20th century as one of Montana's most prominent female artists.

  • UM releases sexual assault report

    The University of Montana released a public copy of the sexual investigation report Wednesday that hit  President Royce Engstrom's desk Tuesday.

  • Required Reading: Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012

    UM releases the sex assault investigation report. Facebook looks to cash in as the ACLU looks to slap its wrist.

  • Sexual Assaul Series Part 3: Outreach

    1. Outreach takes time and consistency Many campus officials agree the biggest challenges UM faces in preventing sexual assaults is the transient nature of the student body and the crime's link to the perceptions of a wider world. To be successful, Vice President Teresa Branch says it'll take "consistency and commitment.

  • ASUM bulks up sexual assault resources

    The student senate voted Wednesday to expand campus programs offering support to women and victims of sexual assault. Associated Students of The University of Montana President Jenifer Gursky and Sen. Mariah Williams authored a bill that will improve campus safety by beefing up the Women's Resource Center and the Student Assault Resource Center.

  • Peace Corps Ranking Sam UM Maintains Peace Corps Ranking

    For the second consecutive year, more Peace Corps volunteers per capita came from Missoula than any other metropolitan area in the country. The University of Montana plays a part in that ranking. The University of Montana ranked 14th among medium-sized schools for the number of students who became Peace Corps volunteers in 2011.

  • Report received, public release delayed

    Diane Barz delivered a report on the University of Montana's sexual assault investigation to President Royce Engstrom on Tuesday. Despite Montana's state records law — which says public documents must be available "on demand" to anyone who requests it  —  the University said in a press release at 4:43 p.

  • Mom 1 Mom: degree worth time, debt

    Amy McGregor didn't set out for a specific degree when she enrolled at the University of Montana eight years ago. Mostly, she needed the money. McGregor, a 30-year-old mother of three, started school at UM in hopes of not just getting all she could out of an education, but all she could out of student loans.

  • University continues to debate parking alternatives

    Complaints about limited parking are nothing new, said Director of Public Safety Gary Taylor. Frustrated students walk into his office every day, but their dilemma isn't an easy one to solve. The debate at last Wednesday's Associated Students of the University of Montana meeting helped explain the problem — some students spend more than 20 minutes driving around campus looking for a free space.

  • Required Reading: Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012

    Senators give back a little cash, the New York Times has its readers budget for the Department of Defense and Spotify puts the squeeze on non-paying users.

  • Donaldson hearing 2 Donaldson pleads 'not guilty'

    University of Montana football player Beau Donaldson pleaded not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent in Missoula District Court Tuesday.

  • Fee fight at MontPIRG forum

    The big question at a MontPRIG forum Tuesday was whether the non profit needed a student fee to operate.

  • If you're sexually assaulted ...

    Where to go and who will know you went.

    For survivors of sexual assault ... Maybe it was years ago, maybe it was last night. The Kaimin evaluated where you can go,

    and who will be informed you were there. Part Two of a four-part series exploring the culture, law and science surrounding sexual assaults and how they're handled at the University of Montana and nationwide.

  • Romney wins big in Florida, routing Gingrich

    Romney beats Gingrich in Tuesday night's Florida primary.

  • UM grieves for forestry professor

    3 p.m. Update: Memorial scheduled

    The University of Montana lost an instructor, mentor and friend over the weekend. Don Bedunah, 59, a range resource management professor and researcher, died in his home Saturday morning. He is deeply missed by his family, University faculty, students and many others.

  • MontPIRG to host forum for students today

    The Montana Public Interest Research Group used to be a political force to be reckoned with. But last year, students narrowly voted to cut its funding. Now they want it back. Students voted 1,395 to 1,327 last spring to discontinue MontPIRG's student fee in the wake of a Kaimin report on accounting problems, a wave of resignations, internal conflicts and a power-mapping strategy that included profiling the group's allies and enemies on campus.

  • Sexual assault reporting emerges as national issue

    EDITOR'S NOTE: This is part one of a four-part series exploring the culture, law and science surrounding sexual assaults and how they're handled at the University of Montana and nationwide. Part one evaluates why campus sex crimes have garnered growing public attention and why some colleges are reevaluating their policies.

  • Police Blotter: Jan. 23-30

    Bus Bumping Jan. 24 8:58 a.m. An ASUM bus slid into a parked car near the Maurice and Beckwith bus stop. The car's bumper was cracked in the fender-bender.   Side Swipe Jan. 25 2:12 p.m. A hit-and-run involving two cars occurred on Maurice Avenue near Beckwith.

  • News Around the Big Sky: Jan. 23-30

    NEW MISSOULA FLIGHTS TO SAN FRAN Allegiant Airlines announced that it will be adding non-stop flights from Missoula, Kalispell, Bozeman and Billings to San Francisco, Calif. The flights will start on April 27, with a special introductory price of $39.

  • Required Reading: Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012

    "Big Bang" is a big deal, Obama calls for tuition cost control and the New York Public Library wants you check out something that's not a book.

  • A case for the Snowpocalypse

    Snowfall raises season snowpack to 90 percent

    Early this January, snowpack in Montana was far below average. With only 45 percent of the season's expected snowfall on the ground, it meant that to reach the amount of snow needed for the rest of 2012, more than half of the snowfall had to fall in the coming three months.

  • Required Reading: Friday, Jan. 27, 2012

    Your resume might not be very useful, Egypt really wants Americans to stay and a company that is worth ten times the entire NFL.

  • UM sees decline in Wintersession enrollment

    Though the University will not know official enrollment numbers until the third week of the semester, enrollment for Wintersession 2012 showed a decline, said Jeff Wimett, the school of extended and lifelong learning registrar. "We still have strong enrollment, but not as strong as in 2011 and 2010," Wimett said.

  • Rhea ASUM Parking Engstrom announces forums on sex assaults, ASUM debates parking

    Engstrom tells ASUM he will hold forums for students on the sexual assault investigation.