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Volume 123 Issue No. 17, January 27, 2021 Kiosk Kaimin Editorial Cover Photo Contributed Photo The Montana Kaimin is a weekly independent student Feature photo: Oval ice rink / NIAID newspaper at the University of Montana. The Kaimin office and the University of Montana are located on land originally FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA inhabited by the Salish People. Kaimin is a derivative of a Salish language word, “Qe‘ymin,” that is pronounced kay-MEEN and For comments, corrections or letters to Missoula is… back means “book,” “message” or “paper that brings news.” Montana Kaimin the editor, contact We were so close. So, so close to the and forced all of us to take a long hard [email protected] finish line of this godforsaken pandemic. look in the mirror. We’ve had to funda- or call (406) 243-4310. But now, we might have tripped. mentally change how we go about our EDITORIAL STAFF NEWSROOM STAFF Missoula County, acting in lockstep lives. with newly sworn-in Gov. Greg Gian- But that does not mean—when we are EDITOR-IN-CHIEF NEWS REPORTERS COPY EDITORS @montanakaimin For advertising opportunities, contact Erin Sargent Jacob Owens Zandria DuPuis forte, has opened businesses back up so close to getting out of this hell—that Mariah Thomas Alicia McAlpine [email protected] or all the way. Bars and restaurants, as of we can let a few hours of unfettered fun BUSINESS MANAGER Grace Carr Luke Nicholson call (406) 243-6541. Friday Jan. 22, are able to operate at full take precedent over responsibility. Cassandra Williams Allie Wagner capacity and regular hours again. To put Currently, Montana is in Phase 1B of that into perspective, on Monday Jan. 18, the state’s vaccination plan. That means DESIGNERS @MontanaKaimin SPORTS EDITOR SPORTS REPORTERS Isabella Musgrove bars and restaurants were operating at residents 70 years or older, and younger Jack Marshall John Orzechowski McKenna Johnson 50% capacity. Montanans with a high-risk medical con- Makayla O’Neil The newly updated capacity limits are dition, can now get vaccinated. Just over NEWS EDITOR ARTS & CULTURE REPORTERS Olivia Swant-Johnson explicitly vague. According to the new 60,000 Montanans have been vaccinated, Mazana Boerboom Clarise Larson guidelines, “Capacity must be limited to but only 10,000 have received both shots. Meghan Jonas CARTOONIST the degree necessary to ensure customer That’s just over 1% of the state’s total ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Haley Yarborough Cooper Malin groups maintain six feet from other cus- population. Montana has had over 1,100 Alex Miller tomer groups.” deaths, with Missoula County accounting So what about when bars, like last Fri- for 75 of them. MULTIMEDIA STAFF OFFICE ASSISTANTS A child holds a doll while skatingWeek on the iceof rink 1/25/21 on the Oval. -The 1/31/21 rink froze enough for people to skate FEATURES EDITOR Liam McCollum day, hit their capacity limits and people There is the argument that reopening Christine Compton by the end of the week and was closed over the weekend for maintenance. SAM SHATSKY | MONTANA Addie Slanger Emma Smith Maura Lynch are jammed together like sardines in a all the way will create more economic KAIMIN Matt Tryan stinky, boozy can? opportunity and jobs for Missoulians. But MULTIMEDIA EDITOR Zach Meyer ADVISERS Former Gov. Steve Bullock’s statewide how long will that last? From this past Claire Shinner Antonio Ibarra Olivares Geoff McGhee restriction for businesses to close by 10 weekend alone, there will be a spike in Sarah Mosquera Jason Begay p.m., which was extended in December cases. Bars were at capacity. Restaurants DESIGN EDITOR Sam Shatsky by the Missoula City-County Health overflowing with customers. The money Griffen Smith Lukas Prinos Department, was designed to help slow was good, but what is the cost? Kennedy Delap the spread of the virus. But the floodgates This dead horse is so tired of being DIGITAL EDITOR/COPY CHIEF have opened, thanks in part to badgering beaten that it’s starting to kick back. But Andrea Halland SUDOKU Edited by Margie E. Burke by a local coalition of bars and restau- the fact is that if we aren’t careful things rants known as Revive Missoula Bars will get worse, even if just momentarily, Difficulty: Medium & Restaurants, and the aforementioned before they get better. So drink at home. HOW TO SOLVE: lifting of the mandate by Gianforte. It’s easier and there’s less chance to em- KAIMIN COMIC 4 Each row must contain the Gianforte addressed the rollbacks in a barrass yourself. Or, you know, to spread numbers 1 to 9; each column must press conference Jan. 13. this shitty virus. 7 3 1 4 contain the numbers 1 to 9; and “The whole concept here is we’re going each set of 3 by 3 boxes must to move more to personal responsibility contain the numbers 1 to 9. and away from specific mandates,” he Like it? Hate it? Wish we were dead? 8 2 1 9 said. email us your opinions at Answers to Last Week’s Sudoku: But there’s a glaring problem with this [email protected] 6 1 5 decision, which smacks of hubris: We 9 2 6 8 4 3 7 1 5 have a vaccine, but COVID-19 continues 3 3 5 4 7 1 2 6 8 9 to spread through Americans at break- neck speed. As of last week, we hit over 1 8 7 5 6 9 4 3 2 400,000 deaths. To put that into perspec- 3 5 7 2 2 6 8 4 3 5 9 7 1 tive, 405,339 Americans died in all of World War II, according to the Defense 4 5 3 9 2 7 1 8 4 6 Department. 4 7 1 9 8 6 5 2 3 There is a serious difference between spilling blood to stop facism, and going to 2 5 9 4 1 8 1 5 6 2 4 3 9 7 Stockman’s or the Rhino because you’re 7 9 3 1 5 8 2 6 4 just so darn tired of being cooped up. 2 6 7 Let’s get something straight: This pan- 6 4 2 3 9 7 1 5 8 Copyright 2021 by The Puzzle Syndicate demic fucking sucks. It has kneecapped everyone, pushed our sanity to the brink

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Kiosk Kaimin Editorial Cover Photo Contributed Photo The Montana Kaimin is a weekly independent student Feature photo: Oval ice rink / NIAID newspaper at the University of Montana. The Kaimin office and the University of Montana are located on land originally FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA inhabited by the Salish People. Kaimin is a derivative of a Salish language word, “Qe‘ymin,” that is pronounced kay-MEEN and For comments, corrections or letters to Missoula is… back means “book,” “message” or “paper that brings news.” Montana Kaimin the editor, contact We were so close. So, so close to the and forced all of us to take a long hard [email protected] finish line of this godforsaken pandemic. look in the mirror. We’ve had to funda- or call (406) 243-4310. But now, we might have tripped. mentally change how we go about our EDITORIAL STAFF NEWSROOM STAFF Missoula County, acting in lockstep lives. with newly sworn-in Gov. Greg Gian- But that does not mean—when we are EDITOR-IN-CHIEF NEWS REPORTERS COPY EDITORS @montanakaimin For advertising opportunities, contact Erin Sargent Jacob Owens Zandria DuPuis forte, has opened businesses back up so close to getting out of this hell—that Mariah Thomas Alicia McAlpine [email protected] or all the way. Bars and restaurants, as of we can let a few hours of unfettered fun BUSINESS MANAGER Grace Carr Luke Nicholson call (406) 243-6541. Friday Jan. 22, are able to operate at full take precedent over responsibility. Cassandra Williams Allie Wagner capacity and regular hours again. To put Currently, Montana is in Phase 1B of that into perspective, on Monday Jan. 18, the state’s vaccination plan. That means DESIGNERS @MontanaKaimin SPORTS EDITOR SPORTS REPORTERS Isabella Musgrove bars and restaurants were operating at residents 70 years or older, and younger Jack Marshall John Orzechowski McKenna Johnson 50% capacity. Montanans with a high-risk medical con- Makayla O’Neil The newly updated capacity limits are dition, can now get vaccinated. Just over NEWS EDITOR ARTS & CULTURE REPORTERS Olivia Swant-Johnson explicitly vague. According to the new 60,000 Montanans have been vaccinated, Mazana Boerboom Clarise Larson guidelines, “Capacity must be limited to but only 10,000 have received both shots. Meghan Jonas CARTOONIST the degree necessary to ensure customer That’s just over 1% of the state’s total ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Haley Yarborough Cooper Malin groups maintain six feet from other cus- population. Montana has had over 1,100 Alex Miller tomer groups.” deaths, with Missoula County accounting So what about when bars, like last Fri- for 75 of them. MULTIMEDIA STAFF OFFICE ASSISTANTS A child holds a doll while skatingWeek on the iceof rink 1/25/21 on the Oval. -The 1/31/21 rink froze enough for people to skate FEATURES EDITOR Liam McCollum day, hit their capacity limits and people There is the argument that reopening Christine Compton by the end of the week and was closed over the weekend for maintenance. SAM SHATSKY | MONTANA Addie Slanger Emma Smith Maura Lynch are jammed together like sardines in a all the way will create more economic KAIMIN Matt Tryan stinky, boozy can? opportunity and jobs for Missoulians. But MULTIMEDIA EDITOR Zach Meyer ADVISERS Former Gov. Steve Bullock’s statewide how long will that last? From this past Claire Shinner Antonio Ibarra Olivares Geoff McGhee restriction for businesses to close by 10 weekend alone, there will be a spike in Sarah Mosquera Jason Begay p.m., which was extended in December cases. Bars were at capacity. Restaurants DESIGN EDITOR Sam Shatsky by the Missoula City-County Health overflowing with customers. The money Griffen Smith Lukas Prinos Department, was designed to help slow was good, but what is the cost? Kennedy Delap the spread of the virus. But the floodgates This dead horse is so tired of being DIGITAL EDITOR/COPY CHIEF have opened, thanks in part to badgering beaten that it’s starting to kick back. But Andrea Halland SUDOKU Edited by Margie E. Burke by a local coalition of bars and restau- the fact is that if we aren’t careful things rants known as Revive Missoula Bars will get worse, even if just momentarily, Difficulty: Medium & Restaurants, and the aforementioned before they get better. So drink at home. HOW TO SOLVE: lifting of the mandate by Gianforte. It’s easier and there’s less chance to em- KAIMIN COMIC 4 Each row must contain the Gianforte addressed the rollbacks in a barrass yourself. Or, you know, to spread numbers 1 to 9; each column must press conference Jan. 13. this shitty virus. 7 3 1 4 contain the numbers 1 to 9; and “The whole concept here is we’re going each set of 3 by 3 boxes must to move more to personal responsibility contain the numbers 1 to 9. and away from specific mandates,” he Like it? Hate it? Wish we were dead? 8 2 1 9 said. email us your opinions at Answers to Last Week’s Sudoku: But there’s a glaring problem with this [email protected] 6 1 5 decision, which smacks of hubris: We 9 2 6 8 4 3 7 1 5 have a vaccine, but COVID-19 continues 3 3 5 4 7 1 2 6 8 9 to spread through Americans at break- neck speed. As of last week, we hit over 1 8 7 5 6 9 4 3 2 400,000 deaths. To put that into perspec- 3 5 7 2 2 6 8 4 3 5 9 7 1 tive, 405,339 Americans died in all of World War II, according to the Defense 4 5 3 9 2 7 1 8 4 6 Department. 4 7 1 9 8 6 5 2 3 There is a serious difference between spilling blood to stop facism, and going to 2 5 9 4 1 8 1 5 6 2 4 3 9 7 Stockman’s or the Rhino because you’re 7 9 3 1 5 8 2 6 4 just so darn tired of being cooped up. 2 6 7 Let’s get something straight: This pan- 6 4 2 3 9 7 1 5 8 Copyright 2021 by The Puzzle Syndicate demic fucking sucks. It has kneecapped everyone, pushed our sanity to the brink

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Briefs: Vaccinations, anti-abortion bills and an anti-racist little library 20 21 22 MAZANA BOERBOOM life of a fetus born alive after an abortion tions could be subject to criminal charges, education,” Gómez stated in an email. “We Inauguration Fit [email protected] attempt. House Bill 140 would require med- except for HB 140, which would expose med- hope that this chapter will create greater 23 24 ical providers show a woman an ultrasound ical providers to potential civil penalties. access and success in higher education, not of her fetus and encourage her to listen to According to the Centers for Disease Con- only in Native Americans but other [students 25 26 27 28 29 30 COVID-19 and vaccine distribution in Missoula its heartbeat before an abortion procecdure, trol, of over 600,000 abortions in 2015, only of color].” Gómez hopes to foster mentoring, 31 32 33 34 35 36 with a few exceptions, such as if the abortion 1.3% happened after 21 weeks of gestation. connect students to research opportunities As of Monday, Montana had administered is necessary to save the woman’s life. House Another CDC study found that an estimated and help students earn scholarships from 37 38 39 40 more than 77,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses, Bill 171, or the “Montana Abortion-In- 143 infant deaths were induced over a the society. He added that there’s been a lot more than 10,000 of them in Missoula. At the 41 42 43 44 ducing Drug Risk Protocol Act” 12-year period ending in 2014, 97 of interest and support from students and same time there were 308 active cases in the would tighten requirements of which involved a compli- faculty already. county, just 16 of them at the University of 45 46 47 48 for getting abortion-induc- cation with the mother or Montana, down by 10 from Friday. Missoula ing drugs by banning congenital anomalies, Basketball installs Little Free Library honor- 49 50 51 52 is gearing up to join the majority of Montana them from schools, meaning a condition ing MLK communities in moving on to Phase 1B of 53 54 55 56 57 58 requiring informed inherited at birth such vaccinations. Those eligible for vaccination consent and for them as heart defects or 59 60 61 under Phase 1B include: Native Americans The University of Montana men’s basket- to be administered by Down Syndrome. and other people of color who are at a great- ball team put up a Little Free Library outside a qualified medical 62 63 64 er risk of infection; everyone over 70 years of the Phyllis J. Washington College of professional; pur- Professor brings new old; and people aged 16 to 69 who have a Education in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. 65 66 67 portedly to protect inclusive STEM group to medical condition that puts them at higher Day last Monday. The library was filled with women physically and UM books on anti-racism and minority-focused Copyright 2021 by The Puzzle Syndicate risk, including type 1 and 2 diabetes, cancer ACROSS psychologically. House literature, according to UM’s Facebook page. and heart conditions. To find more informa- 1 Carpenter's DOWN 29 Paint thinner Bill 136, or the “Montana The players either purchased the books or tion visit the Missoula City-County Health Wildlife Biology Professor wedge 1 Technical stan- 30 Puts away Pain-Capable Unborn Child Pro- Department website. Erim Gómez, Ph.D. is bringing a donated them from their own collections. 5 Implied dard, briefly 33 Butcher's tection Act,” would make it illegal to abort OLIVIA SWANT-JOHNSON | MONTANA KAIMIN chapter of the Society for Advancement of “The goal of the library is twofold,” the Face- 10 Refinery residue 2 Slangy greeting offering a fetus after around 20 weeks of gestation, CANCER (JUNE 21–JULY 22): Whatup, Anti-abortion bills move through legislature Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans book post stated. “The first is that our com- 14 Tree on Maine's 3 Incompetence 34 Held back ALEX MILLER or once it’s considered potentially capable in Science to the University of Montana. An munity can become more educated about flag 4 T-shirt size 36 Base or case crustacean nation? You’ve got that certain of feeling pain. If it’s necessary to abort the [email protected] Four bills aimed at restricting abortion interest meeting for the group will be held minority themes and learn how to stand up 15 Domicile 5 Hairy arachnid closer spice, and that special sauce that blends high- fetus to save the mother, then the medical access advanced in Montana’s House after over Zoom this Wednesday at 6 p.m. The for social justice and fight against racism. 16 Anagram of 6 Biblical brother 38 Strong dislike Woweee! The 2021 Presidential Inauguration fashion with cool. Nikolas Ajagu, Meena Harris’ practitioner must attempt to save the fetus’s two rounds of reading Monday, with a third organization aims to foster inclusiveness Second, the hope is that it will continue to "coat" 7 Arresting figure? 40 Girder material brought out some fire outfits. From Michelle husband, and you should talk. He graced the life regardless, unless it poses a high risk to reading later this week. House Bill 167, or the in STEM fields and specifically to advance grow.” There are thousands of Little Free 17 Checked out 8 Perfect 43 Go astray Obama showing why she rules the world, to stage with the Dior Air Jordan 1’s. Only he— the mother, “not including psychological or “Born Alive Protection Act,” requires health Chicano/Hispanic and Native American Libraries all around the world, with dozens 18 Performer's array 9 To the point 46 Swing support, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ cozy and current get-up, and you—could get away with that. emotional conditions.” Health care providers care providers to take action to maintain the participation in the fields. “Native Americans in Missoula. 20 Moscow or 10 Fred and maybe all of the fashion senses were tingling. So buckle LEO (JULY 23–AUG. 22): Fire. Passion. who neglect to follow the proposed regula- face severe disparities in terms of access to Manila Barney's time 48 Deodorant type up, bust out the monochrome and find out your Fashion. Amanda Gorman has got the stuff for 22 Into pieces 11 ____ to rest 50 Contaminate fashion spirit animals. you. And your royal leanings will feel at home 23 Go sour 12 Farm division 51 Rose essence AQUARIUS (JAN. 20–FEB. 18): Do you in her custom yellow jacket and red hat. She is 24 Newbie, of sorts 13 Suffix with 53 Trash collectors? like “The Hunger Games?” Lady Gaga does, the new queen of poetry, after all. 25 Curved sword theater 54 Before long or at least whoever helped design her fit does. VIRGO (AUG. 23–SEP. 22): This is so on- 28 Chows down 19 Lipstick holder 55 Grand, briefly Now, she might not have been deciding which brand you could find it at any store, which 31 Granola bit 21 Instant 56 Saddle feature districts were up for tribute, but she was killing Sen. Bernie Sanders did. Except for those cozy Dome on a roof Quid ___ quo Reproductive 32 24 57 it with the navy and fire-red ensemble. Simple, mittens. Anyway, it’s all about practicality and Blotter: House sitters, theft and property defacement 35 Largest of the 25 Like lemons cell yet unique; just like you, Aquarius. functionality for you, Virgo, and what says that GRACE CARR Mariana Islands 26 Soap units 58 Baja bread conduct. He was simply told to go to bed. WEDNESDAY 01/20: PAINTING YOUR PISCES (FEB. 19–MARCH 20): Ella Emhoff, more than Bernie’s “I have an appointment at [email protected] 37 Luau instrument 27 Big galoots 60 Cooler contents But when you trash someone’s apartment, FEELINGS? Vice President Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter, 39 Watch closely the DMV after this” outfit. you can’t expect to get away with it. Officers removed two sets of graffiti assembled an outfit that was equal parts old- LIBRA (SEP. 23–OCT. 22): Let’s talk about Between Jan. 14 and 20, UMPD report- 41 Spruce up Officers returned to the building later that from University of Montana property school and modern classic. A duality of fashion, symmetry, Libra. You love it. And so does ed eight crimes on and around campus. 42 Lend a hand to afternoon after the owner requested that early Wednesday morning. The words if you will. Which works perfectly for you, my Disorderly conduct and criminal mis- 44 Con's confines Answers to Last Week’s Crossword: Michelle Obama, whose perfectly balanced the man be removed from the premises. “White pride versus white silence” fishy peeps. chief appeared as the most common 45 Notary's tool plum outfit stole the whole damn show. And the No criminal charges have been made as were written in gray spray paint on the A C E D S P L I T W R I T crimes, though the week was seemingly 47 Borrower's ARIES (MARCH 21–APRIL 19): Bold. belt. That glorious, magnificent belt. UMPD is waiting for the owner to return pumphouse shed in Lot M. The words B O A R T R A D E H I R E quiet when it came to criminal activity. burden Ambitious. A white-on-white outfit with a SCORPIO (OCT. 23–NOV. 21): You didn’t home and confirm what was damaged. “KKKops, not your friend” were written E L S E R O Y O R B I S O N “Property defacement” was an unusually 49 Nashville NFLer pirate shirt. Jennifer Lopez. show up and promptly left on Marine One in an in red spray paint on the retaining wall of 52 Long time (var.) D A T A B A S E M O M E N T TAURUS (APRIL 20–MAY 20): Cozy and oversized suit. common occurrence. MONDAY 01/18: “X” MARKS THE SPOT the M Trail. Both have been removed and 53 Toweling-off B R A T R E I N S chic; that works for you, Taurus. And who SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22–DEC. 22): Dr. A resident of Miller Hall reported no suspects have been identified. FRIDAY 01/15: BANISHED HOUSE SITTER spot G E E B A T A N O I N T S was both cozy, chic and killing it in all green? Jill Biden’s cashmere overcoat (fun fact) was derogatory remarks written on the door 56 Lookout point H A R D Y R O S A C O O L Lawyer, activist and author Meena Harris, Vice adorned with embroidered flowers representing UMPD officers responded to Yreka of a dorm room early Monday afternoon. WEDNESDAY 01/20: CREDIT CARD SWIPING Court early Friday morning, where a man 59 Constraint O G L E C I V I L A N N E President Kamala Harris’ niece. Go get’em, you every state. She covered all her bases, just like In addition to the disparaging wording, a A resident of Bannack Court reported was reportedly throwing things and yell- 61 Like some wires S L I M O V A L A L O N E hard-working cosmic oxen. you would, Sag. large “X” was scratched into the surface a credit card as stolen early Wednesday It precedes one ing in an apartment. Officers found that 62 T E N A B L E Y A P N E T GEMINI (MAY 21–JUNE 20): Somehow, Katy CAPRICORN (DEC. 23–JAN. 19): No of the door. The cost to fix it is estimated afternoon. The card had recently been 63 Button material the intoxicated man was house-sitting for R O O T S L E S S Perry out-Gaga’ed Lady Gaga. And so would distractions, just forward progress. You’re about to be around $20 to $40 and no suspects used to make unauthorized purchases. 64 Responsibility the apartment’s owner. He was not a stu- R A N C O R W I L D W E S T you, Gem. Sure, she may have been wearing a that life, Cap, and so is Vice President Kamala have been identified. The case is open, as UMPD officers have OLIVIA SWANT- JOHNSON| MONTANA KAIMIN 65 Close-fitting dent, so there was no referral for student French Baroque-era bedspread, but it worked. Harris and her straightforward, powerfully information on a suspect. 66 The way things A Q U A M A R I N E A N T I are going C U L T D I N K Y T S A R purple get-up. She’s not taking any shit (see the 4 January 27, 2021 montanakaimin.com 67 Nautilus captain Y A L E O B E Y S H E R E montanakaimin.com January 27, 2021 5 a stance on the issue—open carrying of News | Guns on campus? firearms on campus—before it was able to lobby for or against the bill. At its meeting on the evening of Jan. 20, ASUM did approve a resolution to oppose open carry at the University of Montana. Bill that could allow guns on campus Maggie Bornstein, ASUM’s Student Political Action Director, said that the decision to oppose open carry was due to multiple factors, among those being extensive research that access to firearms on campus increases works its way through legislature risk of violence, and it challenges the effec- tiveness of UMPD. “Bills promoting carrying of firearms MARIAH THOMAS on campus undermines our campus law [email protected] enforcement officers,” Bornstein said. She said ASUM is against the bill, but Montana House Bill 102 has the poten- missing the testimony on Jan. 20 means that tial to allow guns on Montana’s universi- opportunities for students to take action ty campuses. on the bill are limited. She encouraged The bill has been moving quickly students who were interested in speaking through the state’s legislature. It has about the bill to call or email their legisla- already passed the House of Representa- tors. Bornstein also said ASUM supports tives in a vote of 66 to 31. All yes votes on any students who have stories they wish to the bill were cast by Republicans; the no share in the media. votes were all cast by Democrats. McRae, the Deputy Commissioner of On Jan. 20, the bill had its first reading Higher Education, did submit testimony at in the Montana Senate, being heard by the Jan. 20 hearing. He said that House Bill the Senate Judiciary Committee. If the 102 would create safety concerns and po- bill passes in the committee, it goes to the tential problems at large events. In addition entire Senate for readings and a vote. to these concerns, McRae also mentioned concerns about student wellness, particu- larly the increased suicide risk that could be posed by this bill. Bill sponsor Seth Berglee, a Republican In his testimony, McRae said, “Mon- representative from House District 58, tana’s DPHHS reports that 60% of Montana did not respond to multiple requests for suicides are by firearm and among young an interview. At the first reading of the people it is 72%.” bill for the House Judiciary Committee on For Nancy Hobbins, the suicide preven- Jan. 6, Berglee introduced his bill. tion coordinator at the Missoula Health “The purpose of the bill is to expand Department, this bill is very concerning. the people of Montana’s right to carry “One of the most vulnerable populations firearms with the understanding that the for suicide ideation is college students,” right to self defense is a fundamental Hobbins said. “For college students, it’s of- right that has been granted all the way ten their first time being away from home, back through the Constitution and even there’s higher pressures, and a desire for before that,” Berglee said at the Jan. 6 perfection. All of that is a dangerous recipe hearing. for a young mind.” House Bill 102’s current language holds She also said that, in her line of work, that the Montana University System is Officer Croft outside the University Police station the morning of Jan. 25, 2021. The current campus policy on firearms states that only police officers and Federal authorities licensed to be armed are allowed to carry guns on campus. HB102 would change that. MATTHEW TRYAN | MONTANA KAIMIN one of the most important preventative http://leg.mt.gov/ | CONTRIBUTED OLIVIA SWANT-JOHNSON | MONTANA KAIMIN ruled by the state’s constitution, and, measures is not providing access to lethal because of this, the college campuses in means with which to complete suicide. the state are considered public property. campuses in Montana. as the result of an incident at Montana weapons on the university campuses. The Hobbins said that this bill would make According to Article X of Montana’s the bill is the question of whether the protecting rights,” Johnstone said. “If According to the bill, firearms should The current Montana University System State University where a student killed bill’s current language also has a potential lethal means readily accessible to college State Constitution, the Board of Regents Board of Regents has exclusive authority the University was violating student or be permitted on university campuses, as policy prohibits possession of firearms two other students with a gun in a dorm legal loophole for permitless concealed students, who already have several factors has full power and responsibility over the over firearms on campus. staff rights, then it could be challenged public property. on college campuses, unless they are in room. McRae said that the policy has been carry. putting them at high risk. Montana University System. Because of “Laws that go to the heart of Univer- without this law.” As of Jan. 22, the bill stated, “Any sig- the possession of peace officers or federal on the books for about 30 years. this, the state’s constitution does provide sity autonomy to do the work of edu- nificant prohibition upon the possession authorities who are licensed to be armed. “The policy has worked well, and there the Board of Regents some exclusive au- cating students and searching for truth of firearms at or on the various campuses The same policy also states that students has been no gun violence to speak of since Because of the bill’s fast pace through thority over University affairs. are typically Board of Regents powers,” The Senate Judiciary Committee has of the Montana University System calls living in residence halls are not allowed to then,” McRae stated in an email. the legislature, the Associated Students of If the bill passes, there is still uncertainty Johnstone explained that if House Bill Johnstone said. yet to set a date to vote on whether into question the rights that the people store their firearms in a dorm room. Rath- House Bill 102 would allow open-car- the University of Montana did not have about whether it would override current 102 were to become law, the Board of Johnstone said that, should this bill go the bill will have a hearing in front of have reserved to protect themselves from er, firearms must be stored with campus ried guns on campus, and students would a chance to submit testimony against the University policy. Anthony Johnstone, a Regents can keep their current policy on into law, he thinks it would be most likely the whole Senate. If it is voted out of government interference under Article II, police, and students must follow required be allowed to store guns in their dorm bill at the Jan. 20 morning hearing. professor who teaches a course on Mon- the books. The issue with this would arise that any legal challenges would come committee, then a hearing in front of Section 12, of the Montana constitution.” procedures in order to check them out. rooms, as long as their roommate knows ASUM President Taylor Gregory said tana’s Constitution at Alexander Blewett III when students are trying to determine straight from the Board of Regents against the entire Senate is the next step the bill Berglee said on Jan. 6 that House Bill According to Kevin McRae, the Dep- the gun is there. Those in the state who that the bill falls outside of ASUM’s Law School at the University of Montana, which rules to follow—the state, or the the state legislature. must pass before it may become law. 102 has a lot to do with Board of Regents uty Commissioner of Higher Education, have legal concealed-carry permits would legislative priorities. Because of this, said this law is in conflict with the Board of University. “This is not the way legislation is typi- policies that regulate firearms on college the current MUS firearms policy came also be allowed to have concealed-carry the ASUM Senate was required to take Regents’ authority. According to Johnstone, the issue with cally drafted in terms of the Constitution

6 January 27, 2021 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com January 27, 2021 7 a stance on the issue—open carrying of News | Guns on campus? firearms on campus—before it was able to lobby for or against the bill. At its meeting on the evening of Jan. 20, ASUM did approve a resolution to oppose open carry at the University of Montana. Bill that could allow guns on campus Maggie Bornstein, ASUM’s Student Political Action Director, said that the decision to oppose open carry was due to multiple factors, among those being extensive research that access to firearms on campus increases works its way through legislature risk of violence, and it challenges the effec- tiveness of UMPD. “Bills promoting carrying of firearms MARIAH THOMAS on campus undermines our campus law [email protected] enforcement officers,” Bornstein said. She said ASUM is against the bill, but Montana House Bill 102 has the poten- missing the testimony on Jan. 20 means that tial to allow guns on Montana’s universi- opportunities for students to take action ty campuses. on the bill are limited. She encouraged The bill has been moving quickly students who were interested in speaking through the state’s legislature. It has about the bill to call or email their legisla- already passed the House of Representa- tors. Bornstein also said ASUM supports tives in a vote of 66 to 31. All yes votes on any students who have stories they wish to the bill were cast by Republicans; the no share in the media. votes were all cast by Democrats. McRae, the Deputy Commissioner of On Jan. 20, the bill had its first reading Higher Education, did submit testimony at in the Montana Senate, being heard by the Jan. 20 hearing. He said that House Bill the Senate Judiciary Committee. If the 102 would create safety concerns and po- bill passes in the committee, it goes to the tential problems at large events. In addition entire Senate for readings and a vote. to these concerns, McRae also mentioned concerns about student wellness, particu- larly the increased suicide risk that could be posed by this bill. Bill sponsor Seth Berglee, a Republican In his testimony, McRae said, “Mon- representative from House District 58, tana’s DPHHS reports that 60% of Montana did not respond to multiple requests for suicides are by firearm and among young an interview. At the first reading of the people it is 72%.” bill for the House Judiciary Committee on For Nancy Hobbins, the suicide preven- Jan. 6, Berglee introduced his bill. tion coordinator at the Missoula Health “The purpose of the bill is to expand Department, this bill is very concerning. the people of Montana’s right to carry “One of the most vulnerable populations firearms with the understanding that the for suicide ideation is college students,” right to self defense is a fundamental Hobbins said. “For college students, it’s of- right that has been granted all the way ten their first time being away from home, back through the Constitution and even there’s higher pressures, and a desire for before that,” Berglee said at the Jan. 6 perfection. All of that is a dangerous recipe hearing. for a young mind.” House Bill 102’s current language holds She also said that, in her line of work, that the Montana University System is Officer Croft outside the University Police station the morning of Jan. 25, 2021. The current campus policy on firearms states that only police officers and Federal authorities licensed to be armed are allowed to carry guns on campus. HB102 would change that. MATTHEW TRYAN | MONTANA KAIMIN one of the most important preventative http://leg.mt.gov/ | CONTRIBUTED OLIVIA SWANT-JOHNSON | MONTANA KAIMIN ruled by the state’s constitution, and, measures is not providing access to lethal because of this, the college campuses in means with which to complete suicide. the state are considered public property. campuses in Montana. as the result of an incident at Montana weapons on the university campuses. The Hobbins said that this bill would make According to Article X of Montana’s the bill is the question of whether the protecting rights,” Johnstone said. “If According to the bill, firearms should The current Montana University System State University where a student killed bill’s current language also has a potential lethal means readily accessible to college State Constitution, the Board of Regents Board of Regents has exclusive authority the University was violating student or be permitted on university campuses, as policy prohibits possession of firearms two other students with a gun in a dorm legal loophole for permitless concealed students, who already have several factors has full power and responsibility over the over firearms on campus. staff rights, then it could be challenged public property. on college campuses, unless they are in room. McRae said that the policy has been carry. putting them at high risk. Montana University System. Because of “Laws that go to the heart of Univer- without this law.” As of Jan. 22, the bill stated, “Any sig- the possession of peace officers or federal on the books for about 30 years. this, the state’s constitution does provide sity autonomy to do the work of edu- nificant prohibition upon the possession authorities who are licensed to be armed. “The policy has worked well, and there the Board of Regents some exclusive au- cating students and searching for truth of firearms at or on the various campuses The same policy also states that students has been no gun violence to speak of since Because of the bill’s fast pace through thority over University affairs. are typically Board of Regents powers,” The Senate Judiciary Committee has of the Montana University System calls living in residence halls are not allowed to then,” McRae stated in an email. the legislature, the Associated Students of If the bill passes, there is still uncertainty Johnstone explained that if House Bill Johnstone said. yet to set a date to vote on whether into question the rights that the people store their firearms in a dorm room. Rath- House Bill 102 would allow open-car- the University of Montana did not have about whether it would override current 102 were to become law, the Board of Johnstone said that, should this bill go the bill will have a hearing in front of have reserved to protect themselves from er, firearms must be stored with campus ried guns on campus, and students would a chance to submit testimony against the University policy. Anthony Johnstone, a Regents can keep their current policy on into law, he thinks it would be most likely the whole Senate. If it is voted out of government interference under Article II, police, and students must follow required be allowed to store guns in their dorm bill at the Jan. 20 morning hearing. professor who teaches a course on Mon- the books. The issue with this would arise that any legal challenges would come committee, then a hearing in front of Section 12, of the Montana constitution.” procedures in order to check them out. rooms, as long as their roommate knows ASUM President Taylor Gregory said tana’s Constitution at Alexander Blewett III when students are trying to determine straight from the Board of Regents against the entire Senate is the next step the bill Berglee said on Jan. 6 that House Bill According to Kevin McRae, the Dep- the gun is there. Those in the state who that the bill falls outside of ASUM’s Law School at the University of Montana, which rules to follow—the state, or the the state legislature. must pass before it may become law. 102 has a lot to do with Board of Regents uty Commissioner of Higher Education, have legal concealed-carry permits would legislative priorities. Because of this, said this law is in conflict with the Board of University. “This is not the way legislation is typi- policies that regulate firearms on college the current MUS firearms policy came also be allowed to have concealed-carry the ASUM Senate was required to take Regents’ authority. According to Johnstone, the issue with cally drafted in terms of the Constitution

6 January 27, 2021 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com January 27, 2021 7 The nation’s fight against COVID-19 News | Fighting for students brought Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, back into the public arena. Dr. Fauci has been at the forefront of the United State’s “APPROACHING A battle against COVID-19 since the virus ASUM opposes anti-trans sports bill arrived last winter, and since then, a new gen- eration has quickly become familiar with the GRACE CARR man previously known for his work during [email protected] DEGREE OF NORMAL” the AIDS epidemic. “I think that we could probably, as we get into the fall of 2021, begin to approach a A representative from the Associated degree of normality,” Dr. Fauci said in a Jan. Students of the University of Montana 22 interview. “Maybe not completely the way stood before the Montana House Judiciary it was.” Committee on Jan. 18 and gave testimony AN INTERVIEW WITH As the pandemic raged on, Dr. Fauci be- in opposition of House Bill 112. came the face of the federal government’s sci- HB 112, also called the “Save Women’s DR. ANTHONY FAUCI entific response, a name spanning regions and Sports Act,” would bar transgender girls generations. He has kept the public updated and young women from women’s sports as the medical understanding of the corona- teams at the K-12 and collegiate levels. Q&A BY JACOB OWENS virus shifted and the future was unclear. In a Jack Rinck, an ASUM lobbyist, is a re- time filled with fear and uncertainty, Dr. Fauci cent UM graduate and working in Helena became the symbol of rationality and calm for on Montana’s 67th legislative session for many in the nation. ASUM. He opposed the bill on behalf of Last year concluded with hopes of a speedy UM’s student government, citing previous vaccine distribution, but the rollout has fallen National Collegiate Athletic Association, short of expectations. After a holiday season or NCAA, policies and the potential of COVID-19 fatigue and new variations of economic deficits the Missoula community the virus cropping up, things appear worse in would face. the new year than they did last spring. “In my testimony, I reference two past In an exclusive interview with the Montana pieces of legislation,” Rinck said. “One in Kaimin, Dr. Fauci discussed the current state North Carolina and one in Idaho.” of the nation’s fight against COVID-19 and In North Carolina, the state legislature the work still to be done, as he prepared to passed a bill in 2016, which limited bath- headline the University of Montana’s virtual room accessibility to sex assigned at birth. As a result, the NCAA banned all champi- Mansfield Lecture on Feb. 17. onship events from the state until the law was overturned. This interview has been condensed and edited Idaho passed a bill in 2020 called “The for clarity. Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” which is strikingly similar to the Montana house Montana Kaimin: Missoula is a small bill now. The NCAA threatened to bar community, and the University of Montana Boise from the privilege of hosting the is a smaller public university. What made you decide to give the Mansfield Lecture in regional rounds for the Division I men’s The Montana State Capitol Building in Helena, Montana. CONTRIBUTED basketball tournament during March February? Madness. Rinck told the committee that the NCAA Dr. Anthony Fauci: We have a strong affin- passion for student engagement, political it would take college athletics hostage and ity to the state of Montana. A very important has historically demonstrated they won’t engagement, and public service. He says campus hostage essentially through not favor states that pass discriminatory part of my institute is in Hamilton, Montana, this hearing emphasized his respect for being compliant with Title IX [nor] the which is referred to as the Rocky Mountain legislation regarding trans athletes. In democracy and civility in politics. NCAA,” Bornstein said. addition, he said the organization already Laboratories, even though it’s physically Maggie Bornstein, ASUM Student Polit- On Monday the House passed both HB dissociated from the campus here. We feel has explicit policy in place regarding trans ical Action Director, echoes Rinck’s beliefs 112 and its sister bill HB 113, which bars athletes. that the Montana component of the Institute and facilitates student engagement for the medical providers from distributing med- is equally as part of the Institute, the National “The effects of potentially passing this legislative session. ical care for gender dysphoria to minors. law could be preventing UM and [Mon- Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bornstein said, when choosing which The bills will move through the Senate as anything else. We really do feel that part tana State University] from hosting any bills to take a stance on, UM’s student gov- next. sort of FCS football playoff games,” Rinck of our home from a scientific standpoint is in ernment refers to its legislative priorities. “I think there are a number of organi- Montana, and that’s the reason why I felt it said. “It could hinder the ability of any HB 112 affects the first priority, which is to zations that will likewise also turn out in college in the state to host any sort of con- would be appropriate for me to give a lecture protect funding for the Montana Universi- opposition just because this bill is discrim- in the state that houses one of the important ference championships across all sports, ty System. It also overlaps with the fourth inatory and it has no place, I think, on our both men’s and women’s.” components of our institute. priority, which contains discrimination campus,” Bornstein said. “We don’t want He added that collegiate sporting events protections. to be implicated by any discriminatory are big sources of revenue for not only MK: With regard to messaging, do you In addition, ASUM looks at issues it legislation.” think there’s been enough outreach to the the University, but also the surrounding knows to be important to students in the Missoula businesses that accommodate more rural areas of the United States like past and what areas they felt would be Montana? visiting fans. most impactful to students. Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks at the James C. Hill Memorial Lecture delivered Rinck joined ASUM because of his by Lawrence Corey, M.D., Principal Investigator of the HIV Vaccine Trials “With this bill in particular, we saw that Dr. Fauci: We have tried to do that. In fact, Network (HVTN) in Lipsett Amphitheater at NIH on May 9, 2017. often in our public outreach, we get involved Contributed Photo / NIAID 8 January 27, 2021 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com January 27, 2021 9 The nation’s fight against COVID-19 News | Fighting for students brought Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, back into the public arena. Dr. Fauci has been at the forefront of the United State’s “APPROACHING A battle against COVID-19 since the virus ASUM opposes anti-trans sports bill arrived last winter, and since then, a new gen- eration has quickly become familiar with the GRACE CARR man previously known for his work during [email protected] DEGREE OF NORMAL” the AIDS epidemic. “I think that we could probably, as we get into the fall of 2021, begin to approach a A representative from the Associated degree of normality,” Dr. Fauci said in a Jan. Students of the University of Montana 22 interview. “Maybe not completely the way stood before the Montana House Judiciary it was.” Committee on Jan. 18 and gave testimony AN INTERVIEW WITH As the pandemic raged on, Dr. Fauci be- in opposition of House Bill 112. came the face of the federal government’s sci- HB 112, also called the “Save Women’s DR. ANTHONY FAUCI entific response, a name spanning regions and Sports Act,” would bar transgender girls generations. He has kept the public updated and young women from women’s sports as the medical understanding of the corona- teams at the K-12 and collegiate levels. Q&A BY JACOB OWENS virus shifted and the future was unclear. In a Jack Rinck, an ASUM lobbyist, is a re- time filled with fear and uncertainty, Dr. Fauci cent UM graduate and working in Helena became the symbol of rationality and calm for on Montana’s 67th legislative session for many in the nation. ASUM. He opposed the bill on behalf of Last year concluded with hopes of a speedy UM’s student government, citing previous vaccine distribution, but the rollout has fallen National Collegiate Athletic Association, short of expectations. After a holiday season or NCAA, policies and the potential of COVID-19 fatigue and new variations of economic deficits the Missoula community the virus cropping up, things appear worse in would face. the new year than they did last spring. “In my testimony, I reference two past In an exclusive interview with the Montana pieces of legislation,” Rinck said. “One in Kaimin, Dr. Fauci discussed the current state North Carolina and one in Idaho.” of the nation’s fight against COVID-19 and In North Carolina, the state legislature the work still to be done, as he prepared to passed a bill in 2016, which limited bath- headline the University of Montana’s virtual room accessibility to sex assigned at birth. As a result, the NCAA banned all champi- Mansfield Lecture on Feb. 17. onship events from the state until the law was overturned. This interview has been condensed and edited Idaho passed a bill in 2020 called “The for clarity. Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” which is strikingly similar to the Montana house Montana Kaimin: Missoula is a small bill now. The NCAA threatened to bar community, and the University of Montana Boise from the privilege of hosting the is a smaller public university. What made you decide to give the Mansfield Lecture in regional rounds for the Division I men’s The Montana State Capitol Building in Helena, Montana. CONTRIBUTED basketball tournament during March February? Madness. Rinck told the committee that the NCAA Dr. Anthony Fauci: We have a strong affin- passion for student engagement, political it would take college athletics hostage and ity to the state of Montana. A very important has historically demonstrated they won’t engagement, and public service. He says campus hostage essentially through not favor states that pass discriminatory part of my institute is in Hamilton, Montana, this hearing emphasized his respect for being compliant with Title IX [nor] the which is referred to as the Rocky Mountain legislation regarding trans athletes. In democracy and civility in politics. NCAA,” Bornstein said. addition, he said the organization already Laboratories, even though it’s physically Maggie Bornstein, ASUM Student Polit- On Monday the House passed both HB dissociated from the campus here. We feel has explicit policy in place regarding trans ical Action Director, echoes Rinck’s beliefs 112 and its sister bill HB 113, which bars athletes. that the Montana component of the Institute and facilitates student engagement for the medical providers from distributing med- is equally as part of the Institute, the National “The effects of potentially passing this legislative session. ical care for gender dysphoria to minors. law could be preventing UM and [Mon- Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bornstein said, when choosing which The bills will move through the Senate as anything else. We really do feel that part tana State University] from hosting any bills to take a stance on, UM’s student gov- next. sort of FCS football playoff games,” Rinck of our home from a scientific standpoint is in ernment refers to its legislative priorities. “I think there are a number of organi- Montana, and that’s the reason why I felt it said. “It could hinder the ability of any HB 112 affects the first priority, which is to zations that will likewise also turn out in college in the state to host any sort of con- would be appropriate for me to give a lecture protect funding for the Montana Universi- opposition just because this bill is discrim- in the state that houses one of the important ference championships across all sports, ty System. It also overlaps with the fourth inatory and it has no place, I think, on our both men’s and women’s.” components of our institute. priority, which contains discrimination campus,” Bornstein said. “We don’t want He added that collegiate sporting events protections. to be implicated by any discriminatory are big sources of revenue for not only MK: With regard to messaging, do you In addition, ASUM looks at issues it legislation.” think there’s been enough outreach to the the University, but also the surrounding knows to be important to students in the Missoula businesses that accommodate more rural areas of the United States like past and what areas they felt would be Montana? visiting fans. most impactful to students. Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks at the James C. Hill Memorial Lecture delivered Rinck joined ASUM because of his by Lawrence Corey, M.D., Principal Investigator of the HIV Vaccine Trials “With this bill in particular, we saw that Dr. Fauci: We have tried to do that. In fact, Network (HVTN) in Lipsett Amphitheater at NIH on May 9, 2017. often in our public outreach, we get involved Contributed Photo / NIAID 8 January 27, 2021 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com January 27, 2021 9 with giving interviews to radio stations and TV stations that are not the classic New York, Washington-based networks and cable TV. We try to do some of the local stations, and I think we’ve been pretty successful in that kind of an outreach.

MK: Staying focused on Montana, public health recommendations have been for small gatherings to be held outside if possible, and as you well know, Montana, and much of the northern United States, doesn’t have the luxury of mild winters. What would you advise for those looking to get together indoors this winter?

Dr. Fauci: There are a couple of things that one can do. You could limit the size of the gatherings—the social gatherings—you should try and restrict it to people who have been taking equal care to avoid infections, like people that might get tested occasionally, that consistently wear masks and consistently avoid crowded settings. If you have a social gathering, you should try [as best as possible to] restrict it. Also, you should remember that you’ve got to wear masks, even indoors. Now obviously, if you’re having a meal or you’re having a drink it’s tough to do that because you’ve got to take the mask off when you eat and when you drink, but as to the extent that you possibly can, continue to wear a mask. The other thing that you can do is try to keep the ventilation and airflow going, like keeping a window open or a door cracked to try and make sure to the extent possible that you have a good degree of airflow.

MK: Over 410,000 Americans have died Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks at the podium during a press briefing on the arrival of Ebola patient Nina Pham to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in from COVID-19. This is despite a vaccine October 2014. Dr. Fauci was appointed as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in 1984. Contributed Photo / NIAID being developed with unprecedented speed. How did a country with the medical interest in utilizing this platform technology anywhere from May onward that we’d start knowledge and capabilities of the United MK: And do you see that kind of varied for vaccines and diseases that we have not to get caught up. Otherwise, healthy non-risk States get to a place where it has the most response continuing? Or do you see any been successful in developing vaccines—for college students toward the end of the spring COVID-19 deaths in the world? reason to be hopeful that the disparity may example, HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and in the beginning of the summer. I hope it will lessen a bit? maybe even vaccines against some cancers. Dr. Anthony Fauci receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the United State Department of Health and Human Services/National Institute of Health COVID-19 Vaccine Kick-Off event at NIH on Dec. 22, 2020. be closer to May than June. Dr. Fauci: We’re a big country, and we have I think you’re going to see a lot of interest Contributed Photo / NIAID a diversity of physical, geographic, cultural Dr. Fauci: I would hope that it does. I in determining if this new, very interesting MK: Even when the vaccine is available, and population differences. We have 50 states hope that when people start to see and ask technology can be successfully applied to would have a serious outcome. It’s not only a a mask—the public health measure of for a public health message. I get out there as cines?” In other words, “What percentage of some college age students may not be in a that tend to want to do things a little bit themselves, “How is it that such a rich and other diseases where we have not had as personal responsibility to yourself, but it’s a wearing a mask has become very political in director of one of the institutes trying to spread the population do you need to get vaccinated rush to be vaccinated or they may not get differently, and I think there are probably a powerful country has done so badly com- much success. societal responsibility that you have to have the United States. I know you mentioned it a public health measure. For me, polarization is to get herd immunity?” Until we get herd im- it at all because maybe they’ve already had complexity of reasons why we have suffered pared to others?” they realize that may be due because you want to be part of the solution to earlier, and I’m curious if you think public a negative element and a negative issue to get munity I don’t think we’re going to get back a mild case of COVID-19, or maybe they so badly. I think one of the reasons [the U.S. to some of their own behavior, and I hope that MK: The United States fell well short of end the outbreak, not part of the propagation health institutions, like the National Insti- the message across. For my institution, for what to any degree of normality. We can reach herd haven’t had it, but they just have very little has been so heavily impacted] is we didn’t behavior changes. its goal of vaccinating 20 million Americans of the outbreak. tute of Health, can continue to be effective in our goal is, about basic and clinical research, immunity if 70% to 85% of the population concern about it. What would you tell these do things in a unified way. When you have by the end of 2020, so I’m unsure if this an increasingly polarized political environ- that in some respects, we’re a little bit dissociat- gets vaccinated, added to the people who’ve students? an infectious disease that has the capability MK: Turning to the vaccine, there’s been a timeline has moved, but Lt. General (Ret.) ment? ed from that. already been infected and at least temporarily of rapidly spreading from person-to-person, new kind of technological approach in terms Paul Ostrowski told MSNBC in late Novem- “I think everyone needs to would be protected. If that happens—if we Dr. Fauci: I think everyone needs to get you have to have somewhat of a uniformity of developing some of the vaccines. Pfizer ber that all Americans who want a vaccine get vaccinated, not only to MK: My last question is related to this idea roll out the vaccine program successfully—I vaccinated, not only to protect yourselves— of response. We didn’t have total disagree- and Moderna were the first two vaccines to will be able to get one by June. Many college Dr. Fauci: Well, the National Institutes of a post-COVID-19 world. I’m curious, when think that we could probably, as we get into because even though the likelihood that protect yourselves–but also ment, [but] we didn’t have total agreement, receive emergency use authorization from students are considered low risk and will of Health is a bit different because we do do you think we will get back to a semblance the fall of 2021, begin to approach a degree of you’re going to get a serious illness is low, it’s and many states actually made public health the FDA, and they began distribution in De- presumably be kind of near the end of the to help protect those around research, and even though there is politiciza- of normalcy, and what does that normal look normality. Maybe not completely the way it not zero, and a lot of young people, propor- measures a political issue, like refusal to wear cember. They utilized messenger RNA tech- line to be vaccinated. When do you think you, as well as your family” tion of wearing a mask, the research that we like? was. I don’t think we could abandon all pub- tionately few, but in numbers, a significant a mask. Those are the kinds of things that nology for their vaccines, and I’m curious, college students will start to be vaccinated? do is not going to be influenced by a polarized lic health measures, but I think we’ll be able amount have gotten serious disease—but also – Dr. Fauci get in the way of an adequate public health do you see these messenger RNA vaccines as environment. What gets influenced more is Dr. Fauci: It’s really going to depend on a to be less stringent on many of them and feel to help protect those around you, as well as response. I think if you really want to face the a potential new norm for vaccines? Dr. Fauci: I would hope that it would trying to implement public health measures, number of factors, so it’s difficult to predict be- that we’re approaching a degree of normal. I your family. If you get infected, even though facts about what’s gone on, there has been be as we get into the summer. We want to which each of us all are responsible for. So as cause you don’t know if these factors are going would say that would be sometime in the fall, you don’t get symptoms, you could then really a very disparate inconsistent response Dr. Fauci: I wouldn’t say it’s a new norm. get through the higher priority groups by MK: Something even more controver- an organization, the NIH is responsible much to come into place. One of the most important late fall of 2021. inadvertently infect someone who actually in different parts of the country. I would say that there’s going to be a lot of the time we get to April, so I would think sial than vaccinations has been wearing more for basic and clinical research than it is things is, “What is the level of uptake of vac- 10 January 27, 2021 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com January 27, 2021 11 Arts | Reviews Arts | Good boys, good vibes ‘PARANOIA’ is all over the place Puppy for the pandemic? Emotional support animal numbers increasing CLARISE LARSON MEGHAN JONAS Lindemann’s attempt at being uber-dif- sounds like she got super fucked over by [email protected] [email protected] ferent left the EP with no cohesion. Each her production team. It’s important to have song is on its own island, with an ocean’s people who care about an artist’s passions, Spring semester is in full swing now, Maggie Lindemann refuses to corner worth of distance between each track. but can also bring them back to Earth when marking the third of the coronavirus herself in one genre. “Yeah, turn down the volume or we’re their ego trip stops being cute and starts pandemic. With it comes another semester But maybe this pop princess should. all going to go deaf,” Lindemann says on being icky. without parties, large events or simply getting Is “PARANOIA” bad? No. Should it be “GASLIGHT” before thrashing listeners And Lindemann’s aloofness throughout dinner with friends. with intense, headache-inducing screaming. this EP doesn’t help. We actually can’t tell listened to more than once? Also no. Is it Students are looking for ways to alleviate There’s nothing wrong with a little screa- if she cares, or if she’s driving this schizo- worth even a single listen? Probably not. the strain of isolation and loneliness. To mo, as long as it’s done well. But this isn’t. phrenic record off a cliff for fun. Who’s to This whole record is just Lindemann combat this, students across campuses in It causes discomfort, not catharsis. say? screaming “I’m different!!!” directly in her the U.S. have been increasingly adopting Then we get industrial samples (think Maybe she wasn’t ready for a full project. listeners’ faces. But just because someone emotional support animals, or ESAs. says something over and over doesn’t make Nine Inch Nails, but with a Nickelback That would be fine! Her vocals aren’t bad, filter) on “SCISSORHANDS” that sound especially when she’s going full pop-punk The purpose of ESAs is much like a it true. prescription given by a doctor. Only it’s not a It’s not that the songs are bad, although like they’d be played at a very sketchy rave. princess. But this album is a total cluster- Lindemann goes into some Sia-inspired vo- fuck. medication, it’s a companion to help alleviate they are. It’s the fact that Lindemann put mental health issues such as anxiety or out a 20-minute EP with eight songs on it. cals that don’t quite land as she sings with Lindemann has been putting out singles cool dejection. for six years. In an interview with Billboard, CONTRIBUTED depression. To do some quick math, that’s about two- Logan Miller, a sophomore at UM, adopted and-a-half minutes per song. There’s noting And just when we think it couldn’t get Lindemann said that she was waiting to put artist. But in order to do that, she needs to his dog Delta at the Missoula Humane bad about a short song. Knowing when to any more confusing, we get an acoustic out a full project until she figured out her figure out her sound on her own. And in Society of Western Montana last August. stop writing and let something exist on its guitar. Like? What? How do we go from sound. But she didn’t. Instead, we got a the meantime, she shouldn’t subject listen- Delta serves as his ESA and lives with him off own is important. But it sounds like Linde- screaming to bad samples to a singer-song- grab-bag full of songs that don’t go to- ers to records that don’t work and reek of campus. Miller adopted her after realizing the mann did it out of laziness, not out of an writer showcase? We’re tired, Maggie. gether and make us uncomfortable when uncertainty. pandemic does not seem to be slowing down, artistic process. Please, just pick a genre and stick to it. listening to the album front-to-back. In Lindemann’s defense, the record Lindemann has the potential to be a great and he needed some help. “This summer during the pandemic I was not going through a good time, and she kinda got me out of that mindset,” Miller said. “It’s ‘Lupin’ is an addictive, clever puzzle of revenge nice to have a dog around, it’s motivation to get out there. Being alone is kinda bad for me. My life has gotten a lot better since getting HALEY YARBOROUGH background. Yet that’s exactly what he does address the broader consequences of Delta.” [email protected] does. His repertoire of disguises is simple racism’s irrationality rather effectively. Over 1,300 students at UM have applied for but vast, and his comical makeovers are Yet the heart of “Lupin” lies less in the just convincing enough to deceive those story and more in the actor. Sy remains the ESAs this past year, both on and off campus, Netflix’s new series “Lupin” is like any not looking closely. Couple with Assane’s anchor, pulling off his many artifices with meaning roughly one out of eight people good disguise. remarkable ability to lie, and you have the a lively charisma that brings a modern University-wide. On the surface, it’s a shiny, thrilling and perfect thief. Assane’s heists are magnetic, Arsène Lupin to life. Almost every role is As of now, there are 187 ESA living in mysterious story of a cunning thief. But giving the show a certain shiny appeal that believable, whether he plays a flirt, a father UM housing, Melissa Neidigh, the Associate University of Montana student Logan Miller and his ESA, Delta, outside of the Lewis and Clark apartments on Jan. 15, 2021. CLARISE LARSON | MONTANA KAIMIN beneath lies the dark origin story of a man fleshes him out as both a skilled criminal or a hero– not to mention his killer style. Director of UM housing, said. hell-bent on revenge. and a gentleman. Other characters in the show feel less Director of disability services Amy The stylish French original, created by them a purpose,” Capolupo said. “Dogs or An important thing to consider when for a student to get a disability diagnosis just But “Lupin” is much more than fun and fleshed out than the hero. The police’s game Capolupo says this follows a trend. George Kay, ranks among such foreign cats can give a calming presence. Some people thinking of getting an ESA, Capolupo said, is to get an animal,” Capolupo said. games. of cat-and-mouse with Assane, specifically “Nationally, there has been an increase. But for gems on Netflix as “Dark” and “Cable even have snakes that can constrict around making sure the animal will help you alleviate For Miller, even though Delta is registered Every episode peels back the layers of officer Youssef Guedira’s (Soufiane Guerr- our students, they have been requesting them Girls,” with a plot comparable to “Ocean’s them that can give them a calming presence a disability (such as a mental health issue) and as an ESA, having regular pets on campus as Assane’s childhood, exposing the ugly ab) obsession with each trick, feels tedious even prior to the pandemic.” 11” and a suave protagonist reminiscent of and [make them] feel very supported.” not make the disability worse by causing extra well would make life a lot better. circumstances of his father’s death. His in comparison to the clever fun of Assane’s Sierra Lenox, the shelter manager at Agent 007. The nature of what emotional support stress or anxiety. “I grew up with four dogs in the house, so motives for thievery stem from his desire games. The depth of the villain Pellegrini’s the Missoula Humane Society of Western But the heist-focused “Lupin” is more animals do has not changed during the “Ask yourself: Is this disability expected leaving home and leaving the dogs kinda left for vengeance against the wealthy Hubert corruption does not fare much better from Montana, said that the shelter has seen an Danny Ocean than James Bond. The pandemic. More people are experiencing to last your lifetime? Some emotions could a void in my heart, so getting Delta, it really Pellegrini (Hervé Pierre), who framed the show’s treatment. Aside from being de- increase in interest in adoption during the series is a modern adaptation of the early isolation and increased anxiety due to the be temporary in response to the pandemic, helped me through it,” Miller said. Assane’s father to save his own business. testable, Pellegrini is a one-note character. pandemic. 20th-century “Lupin” novels by Maurice pandemic, as many studies have shown. compared to having major depressive Overall, many college students have a The father, a Senegalese immigrant named He’s malicious with an intent that seems “We closed for about two months during Leblanc. Omar Sy stars as Assane Diop, a Babakar, had been powerless to challenge a undercooked. Something to consider during the pandemic disorder,” Capolupo said. baseline of anxiety and depression, said cunning thief who styles himself after the the pandemic because of safety, but now we wealthy, powerful white man. Assane remains the star of the show. is if your isolation and anxiety is related to the The cause for the increase of ESAs at UM Capolupo. Given the pandemic and all the novels’ hero, Arsène Lupin. are seeing many people wanting to adopt But Assane’s race is what gives him an With Sy’s performance centering the story, pandemic, or to your overall health, Capolupo during the pandemic is that the University is hardships going on in the world, if animals Like Lupin, Assane is a master of animals from us,” Lenox said. edge as a thief. His employers often over- “Lupin” is a clever, exciting series engross- said. not currently a “pet” friendly campus. ESAs can help the average student feel happier and disguise. From the outset of season one, Over the past eight years, students at UM look him, police often confuse him and he ing enough to keep you clinging from CONTRIBUTED “This pandemic may be over by next fall, are not pets, but that does not stop students at more welcome, then UM should allow them. he orchestrates a daring heist to infiltrate have increasingly been requesting ESAs. The plays into white people’s discomfort with one cliffhanger to the next. The first five and if that isolation was just temporary in UM from petitioning to allow both to exist on “If going to college at the University of the Louvre and steal Marie Antoinette’s most popular of the animals for which UM race as easily as he changes his appearance. episodes are currently available to stream, response to the pandemic, now someone may campus. Montana is that more inclusive and friendly necklace. sees applications for are dogs, cats and snakes. Though “Lupin” is arguably unseasoned with five more on the way. be stuck with an animal that they cannot care “If we have a critical mass of students because we allow pets, then we should allow For someone so hulking in size, it’s hard “They might help people get out of bed by its absence of other people of color, it for,” Capolupo said. requesting animals, there shouldn’t be a need pets,” Capolupo said. to imagine Assane easily fading into the in the morning, engage in routines, and give

12 January 27, 2021 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com January 27, 2021 13 Arts | Reviews Arts | Good boys, good vibes ‘PARANOIA’ is all over the place Puppy for the pandemic? Emotional support animal numbers increasing CLARISE LARSON MEGHAN JONAS Lindemann’s attempt at being uber-dif- sounds like she got super fucked over by [email protected] [email protected] ferent left the EP with no cohesion. Each her production team. It’s important to have song is on its own island, with an ocean’s people who care about an artist’s passions, Spring semester is in full swing now, Maggie Lindemann refuses to corner worth of distance between each track. but can also bring them back to Earth when marking the third of the coronavirus herself in one genre. “Yeah, turn down the volume or we’re their ego trip stops being cute and starts pandemic. With it comes another semester But maybe this pop princess should. all going to go deaf,” Lindemann says on being icky. without parties, large events or simply getting Is “PARANOIA” bad? No. Should it be “GASLIGHT” before thrashing listeners And Lindemann’s aloofness throughout dinner with friends. with intense, headache-inducing screaming. this EP doesn’t help. We actually can’t tell listened to more than once? Also no. Is it Students are looking for ways to alleviate There’s nothing wrong with a little screa- if she cares, or if she’s driving this schizo- worth even a single listen? Probably not. the strain of isolation and loneliness. To mo, as long as it’s done well. But this isn’t. phrenic record off a cliff for fun. Who’s to This whole record is just Lindemann combat this, students across campuses in It causes discomfort, not catharsis. say? screaming “I’m different!!!” directly in her the U.S. have been increasingly adopting Then we get industrial samples (think Maybe she wasn’t ready for a full project. listeners’ faces. But just because someone emotional support animals, or ESAs. says something over and over doesn’t make Nine Inch Nails, but with a Nickelback That would be fine! Her vocals aren’t bad, filter) on “SCISSORHANDS” that sound especially when she’s going full pop-punk The purpose of ESAs is much like a it true. prescription given by a doctor. Only it’s not a It’s not that the songs are bad, although like they’d be played at a very sketchy rave. princess. But this album is a total cluster- Lindemann goes into some Sia-inspired vo- fuck. medication, it’s a companion to help alleviate they are. It’s the fact that Lindemann put mental health issues such as anxiety or out a 20-minute EP with eight songs on it. cals that don’t quite land as she sings with Lindemann has been putting out singles cool dejection. for six years. In an interview with Billboard, CONTRIBUTED depression. To do some quick math, that’s about two- Logan Miller, a sophomore at UM, adopted and-a-half minutes per song. There’s noting And just when we think it couldn’t get Lindemann said that she was waiting to put artist. But in order to do that, she needs to his dog Delta at the Missoula Humane bad about a short song. Knowing when to any more confusing, we get an acoustic out a full project until she figured out her figure out her sound on her own. And in Society of Western Montana last August. stop writing and let something exist on its guitar. Like? What? How do we go from sound. But she didn’t. Instead, we got a the meantime, she shouldn’t subject listen- Delta serves as his ESA and lives with him off own is important. But it sounds like Linde- screaming to bad samples to a singer-song- grab-bag full of songs that don’t go to- ers to records that don’t work and reek of campus. Miller adopted her after realizing the mann did it out of laziness, not out of an writer showcase? We’re tired, Maggie. gether and make us uncomfortable when uncertainty. pandemic does not seem to be slowing down, artistic process. Please, just pick a genre and stick to it. listening to the album front-to-back. In Lindemann’s defense, the record Lindemann has the potential to be a great and he needed some help. “This summer during the pandemic I was not going through a good time, and she kinda got me out of that mindset,” Miller said. “It’s ‘Lupin’ is an addictive, clever puzzle of revenge nice to have a dog around, it’s motivation to get out there. Being alone is kinda bad for me. My life has gotten a lot better since getting HALEY YARBOROUGH background. Yet that’s exactly what he does address the broader consequences of Delta.” [email protected] does. His repertoire of disguises is simple racism’s irrationality rather effectively. Over 1,300 students at UM have applied for but vast, and his comical makeovers are Yet the heart of “Lupin” lies less in the just convincing enough to deceive those story and more in the actor. Sy remains the ESAs this past year, both on and off campus, Netflix’s new series “Lupin” is like any not looking closely. Couple with Assane’s anchor, pulling off his many artifices with meaning roughly one out of eight people good disguise. remarkable ability to lie, and you have the a lively charisma that brings a modern University-wide. On the surface, it’s a shiny, thrilling and perfect thief. Assane’s heists are magnetic, Arsène Lupin to life. Almost every role is As of now, there are 187 ESA living in mysterious story of a cunning thief. But giving the show a certain shiny appeal that believable, whether he plays a flirt, a father UM housing, Melissa Neidigh, the Associate University of Montana student Logan Miller and his ESA, Delta, outside of the Lewis and Clark apartments on Jan. 15, 2021. CLARISE LARSON | MONTANA KAIMIN beneath lies the dark origin story of a man fleshes him out as both a skilled criminal or a hero– not to mention his killer style. Director of UM housing, said. hell-bent on revenge. and a gentleman. Other characters in the show feel less Director of disability services Amy The stylish French original, created by them a purpose,” Capolupo said. “Dogs or An important thing to consider when for a student to get a disability diagnosis just But “Lupin” is much more than fun and fleshed out than the hero. The police’s game Capolupo says this follows a trend. George Kay, ranks among such foreign cats can give a calming presence. Some people thinking of getting an ESA, Capolupo said, is to get an animal,” Capolupo said. games. of cat-and-mouse with Assane, specifically “Nationally, there has been an increase. But for gems on Netflix as “Dark” and “Cable even have snakes that can constrict around making sure the animal will help you alleviate For Miller, even though Delta is registered Every episode peels back the layers of officer Youssef Guedira’s (Soufiane Guerr- our students, they have been requesting them Girls,” with a plot comparable to “Ocean’s them that can give them a calming presence a disability (such as a mental health issue) and as an ESA, having regular pets on campus as Assane’s childhood, exposing the ugly ab) obsession with each trick, feels tedious even prior to the pandemic.” 11” and a suave protagonist reminiscent of and [make them] feel very supported.” not make the disability worse by causing extra well would make life a lot better. circumstances of his father’s death. His in comparison to the clever fun of Assane’s Sierra Lenox, the shelter manager at Agent 007. The nature of what emotional support stress or anxiety. “I grew up with four dogs in the house, so motives for thievery stem from his desire games. The depth of the villain Pellegrini’s the Missoula Humane Society of Western But the heist-focused “Lupin” is more animals do has not changed during the “Ask yourself: Is this disability expected leaving home and leaving the dogs kinda left for vengeance against the wealthy Hubert corruption does not fare much better from Montana, said that the shelter has seen an Danny Ocean than James Bond. The pandemic. More people are experiencing to last your lifetime? Some emotions could a void in my heart, so getting Delta, it really Pellegrini (Hervé Pierre), who framed the show’s treatment. Aside from being de- increase in interest in adoption during the series is a modern adaptation of the early isolation and increased anxiety due to the be temporary in response to the pandemic, helped me through it,” Miller said. Assane’s father to save his own business. testable, Pellegrini is a one-note character. pandemic. 20th-century “Lupin” novels by Maurice pandemic, as many studies have shown. compared to having major depressive Overall, many college students have a The father, a Senegalese immigrant named He’s malicious with an intent that seems “We closed for about two months during Leblanc. Omar Sy stars as Assane Diop, a Babakar, had been powerless to challenge a undercooked. Something to consider during the pandemic disorder,” Capolupo said. baseline of anxiety and depression, said cunning thief who styles himself after the the pandemic because of safety, but now we wealthy, powerful white man. Assane remains the star of the show. is if your isolation and anxiety is related to the The cause for the increase of ESAs at UM Capolupo. Given the pandemic and all the novels’ hero, Arsène Lupin. are seeing many people wanting to adopt But Assane’s race is what gives him an With Sy’s performance centering the story, pandemic, or to your overall health, Capolupo during the pandemic is that the University is hardships going on in the world, if animals Like Lupin, Assane is a master of animals from us,” Lenox said. edge as a thief. His employers often over- “Lupin” is a clever, exciting series engross- said. not currently a “pet” friendly campus. ESAs can help the average student feel happier and disguise. From the outset of season one, Over the past eight years, students at UM look him, police often confuse him and he ing enough to keep you clinging from CONTRIBUTED “This pandemic may be over by next fall, are not pets, but that does not stop students at more welcome, then UM should allow them. he orchestrates a daring heist to infiltrate have increasingly been requesting ESAs. The plays into white people’s discomfort with one cliffhanger to the next. The first five and if that isolation was just temporary in UM from petitioning to allow both to exist on “If going to college at the University of the Louvre and steal Marie Antoinette’s most popular of the animals for which UM race as easily as he changes his appearance. episodes are currently available to stream, response to the pandemic, now someone may campus. Montana is that more inclusive and friendly necklace. sees applications for are dogs, cats and snakes. Though “Lupin” is arguably unseasoned with five more on the way. be stuck with an animal that they cannot care “If we have a critical mass of students because we allow pets, then we should allow For someone so hulking in size, it’s hard “They might help people get out of bed by its absence of other people of color, it for,” Capolupo said. requesting animals, there shouldn’t be a need pets,” Capolupo said. to imagine Assane easily fading into the in the morning, engage in routines, and give

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JOHN ORZECHOWSKI [email protected] TheCLARISE LARSON death of the red hat [email protected] In early 2020, UM volleyball announced that Peyten Boutwell, a transfer from In May of this past year, if I walked to Abilene Christian, was joining its squad. the top of the hill at Lakewood Hills Park in The redshirt senior from Oregon will Minneapolis and stood on the bench, I could bring much needed experience to UM’s see the smoke of a burning city billowing 2021 squad. above the skyscrapers. Boutwell and Schuette are two of It was beautiful against the sun, but the the team’s three upper-class players, beauty only lasted a few seconds before the the other being junior Missoula native reality of it set in. Sarina Moreno. The other 13 players are My city was on fire. freshmen or sophomores. My dad was adamant about keeping his “When I visited, it felt like home,” BB gun in his room, because that was the only Boutwell said. “I love the coaches and I form of protection we had. felt welcomed by the team. Everyone was At 9 p.m., we locked all our doors. Even the so nice and I just felt like this is my place doggy door. and this is where I’m meant to be.” She’s We never lock the doggy door. already earned her degree and is working Contrary to what many people might think, on her Master of Business Administration my family and I were not scared of the people during her final year of school at UM. protesting the murder of an innocent man. We Head coach Allison Lawrence stressed were scared that we might see red hats in our the importance of the experience Boutwell city. If we saw red hats, that meant war. Us vs. brings as a senior. Them. “She knows how to get into practice How strange it is that a red trucker hat and get the most out of every rep,” can pick up such powerful connotations in a Lawrence said. “That’s something that handful of years. you don’t really learn until you’ve had It started as a symbol promoting a political enough experience to know what that movement. “Make America Great Again.” A feels like.” simple rhythmic phrase adopted by Donald Lawrence had similar words for junior Trump to grow his campaign into a presidency. transfer Jordyn Schuette, who came to It worked. But as his presidency continued, Missoula after spending two years at Cal the red hats increasingly stood for something Berkeley. darker. They were embraced by white “You play at a program like Cal, and supremacy groups like the Proud Boys, who you see volleyball at the highest level, use politically-driven hatred to justify acts of and she knows how to go about her terror across the country. business at the highest level and expect Now, in 2021, what remains of the red ELLA MUSGROVE| MONTANA KAIMIN the most out of her and her teammates,” University of Montana middle blocker Peyten Boutwell spikes the ball as outside hitter Amethyst Harper stands in watches in the Adams Center West Auxiliary hats’ link to any specific political ideology is Lawrence said. Gym on Jan. 22, 2021. SAM SHATSKY | MONTANA KAIMIN unknown. Joe Biden has been sworn in as the “I’ve been really impressed with the symbol of the horrors that happened in these meaning of “Black Lives Matter.” some things that will take up chapters upon 46th president, but whether or not Trump’s freshmen… the adjustments from COVID last four years. To understand their desire to support a chapters in our children’s history books. most avid supporters will continue to elevate have only made them dream bigger, and America is fragile. How difficult is it to president who let his supporters attack the As my kid flips through the pages of the him as the leader of their cult is unknown. they’ve talked about it and verbalized it Boutwell had 15 kills and 10 blocks in the this year, as the team is required to wear blocker in the Big Sky Conference. Last identify the right side of history to be on when Capitol of our nation. past, I hope they ask why everyone was Only time will tell. a lot more than other classes,” Lawrence game. masks while they play year, Northern Arizona’s Abby Akin led the leader of our republic deceives through lies The inhumane treatment of refugees at our wearing those hats, and not have to know Maybe we will see the red hats as we stroll said. Coach Lawrence said that while the “It conditions you more, for sure… with 145 total blocks. and manipulation? southern border. firsthand why. the aisles of Goodwill. I hope so. But at the Volleyball, like every other fall sport extended time to start gave the freshmen it’s not terrible. We’re just making it UM finished 7-23 in 2019 with a 6-12 What is clear is that denying justice and I want to understand, but I do not. All I can We could go in circles about whose fault same time, the sight triggers a painful reminder at UM, had its season pushed back to the more time to develop, “It inhibited a lot work, and no one’s complained about conference record. equal rights to U.S.citizens is a violation of the do is hope. I hope that we can come together is whose in America. So far, it has gotten us of 400,000 U.S. citizens dead at the hands of an spring. of growth for returners just because they it,” Boutwell said. She added that masks UM’s next game will be against Weber quest of the last 200 years to become a more under this new president. A new beginning. nowhere. I know people fight for what they unbridled pandemic, the normalization of lies “We’re so excited. Put in all this work, lost the bulk of the offseason.” She’s more make the players focus on eye movement State on Jan. 31 after its two games free and equal union. I hope one day red hats can hold a different believe in, and that under each hat is a living, and political division, and of America’s greatest and we finally get to go and travel,” than ready for the season to get underway and communication since they can’t see against Idaho State. I want to understand people’s desire to meaning. That my shoulders will not tense breathing person. I will respect that. Boutwell said. step backward. after an unusual 14-month break. the bottom half of their opponents’ faces. support a president who tells white supremacy up when I see them. That they will no longer But, at least for now, and probably for a long, UM opened play at Idaho State, where I think they will disappear. Or I want to The season is going to look different Boutwell has a goal to be the leading groups to “Stand back, and stand by,” against be a symbol of oppression, racism and white long time: Red hats won’t be a staple of my the Griz beat the Bengals 3-2 on Jan. 24. believe that. They surpassed their original people who are marching to protect our supremacy as they felt like to me for so long. wardrobe. intent and now are forever going to be a humanity and civil rights? —which is the Our former president has said and promoted

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JACK MARSHALL [email protected]

UM Ph.D. candidate James “Jimmy” Bo- and diabetes. As it turns out, the growth sco has played at some of the highest levels of humans isn’t much different than the of baseball against some of the best players growth of C. elegans, at the cellular level. in the world. Now, he’s studying one of the If the researchers find something inter- most basic levels of life and development at esting on the small microscope, they take the University of Montana. the worm sample into a room with a larger “Depending upon the day, I’ll either be microscope that costs thousands of dollars. doing research, taking my own classes, On this microscope, the individual cells of teaching or all three,” said Bosco, a Califor- the worm can be seen and counted. If it is nia native. a male worm, there should be exactly 1,031 He does his research in the Interdisci- cells. plinary Science building, where he works As Bosco explains just how much this in a lab filled with microscopes, chemicals, microscope can zoom in, he shows off his elastic gloves and worms. The worms are phone’s lock screen, a photo of individual called “C. elegans” and they are miniscule bone cancer cells that he took at a lab in compared to an earthworm, so miniscule California. that Mikaya Terzo, a lab tech, stands at the Once Bosco and Terzo are done showing back of the lab looking at them through a the cells of the fluorescent worms, Bosco microscope. walks over to his workbook. Today he is “This is the very base of cancer research,” creating a bacteria by putting a mixture in a Terzo said. machine that spins 25,000 times a second. Bosco and Terzo are looking at the cell As Bosco describes his research, he uses a division in the C. elegans by tracking their sports analogy. genes. The C. elegans they are tracking “We know all of the players that we have, glow because they have genes from jellyfish but now we’re just trying to figure out the that were artificially placed in them. game.” If Bosco and Terzo can find ways to A game that Bosco has already figured regulate the cell division in the glow worms out is most definitely baseball. He was or find signs of mutations in their growth drafted in the 13th round of the 2013 Major early on, they could apply these findings League Baseball draft to the St. Louis Cardi- University of Montana Ph.D. candidate James Bosco in a lab at the Interdisciplinary Science Building on to humans and help cure things like cancer nals, who offered him $80,000 and four Jan. 22, 2021. Bosco and lab technician Mikaya Terzo are studying cell division in microscopic worms, called years of school. The Cardinals originally C. elegens, as a step toward studying and regulating similar divisions in human cancer or diabetes cells. offered Bosco $40,000, but thanks to his KENNEDY DELAP | MONTANA KAIMIN agent, Doug Reinhardt, who was dating Perez Hilton at the time, he was able to get more. to play for a variety of minor league teams, er Luke Voit was a teammate and at one Before he was drafted to the highest level including the Peoria Chiefs (Illinois), Fred- point a roommate to Bosco. of baseball, Bosco played at the University erick Keys (Maryland), Aberdeen IronBirds When he had a daughter and had already of Arkansas and Menlo College, a small (Maryland) and, his favorite team, the Palm played nearly four years of high level base- college in California. At the University of Beach Cardinals (Florida). ball, Bosco decided to go back to school. Bo- Arkansas, Bosco rode in private jets around “Had the St. Louis Cardinals just kept sco worked alongside multiple Nobel Prize the nation before he played in the College that nucleus of baseball players together, winners while getting an undergraduate World Series in front of more than 30,000 we would have been in the World Series,” degree at UC Berkeley before heading up to fans on ESPN and finished third in the said Bosco about his team in Palm Beach. Montana in 2020. nation. Over six of the batters alone on the Along with doing research, he can be “We did a lot of crazy, amazing things, Palm Beach Cardinals made it to the major seen teaching one of his three Chemistry but I actually look back more fondly on my league. Bosco also met his future wife when 123 sections. time at Menlo College, where I was driving he walked into a Lululemon in Palm Beach. “I really like teaching actually,” he said. around in a van,” Bosco said. He played in multiple Major League “Most of the students who sign up for the Upon getting drafted from Menlo Col- Baseball spring trainings alongside and class want to be there.” lege, the St. Louis Cardinals assigned Bosco against numerous professional baseball Bosco’s research is part of his hopeful to the State College Spikes, a minor league stars, including pitcher and four time Major Ph.D. degree in biochemistry and biophys- team in Pennsylvania, where he hit for League Baseball All-Star Bartolo “Big Sexy” ics. Ph.D. candidates at UM rotate around over .300 and was named a New York Penn Coloón, who Bosco hit a home run off of. and research at different labs on campus. League All-Star. New York Yankees first baseman and After playing for the Spikes he went on CONTRIBUTED PHOTO 2020 Major League Baseball home run lead-

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