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Cover illustration The Montana Kaimin is a weekly For comments, corrections or letters to Daylin Scott independent student newspaper at the editor, contact FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA the University of Montana. It does [email protected] not condone or encourage any illegal or call (406) 243-4310. Montana Kaimin @montanakaimin @MontanaKaimin activities. The Kaimin office and the It’s a pandemic, cut us some slack University of Montana are located For advertising opportunities, contact Since social distancing started in March, who don’t have it that easy. at the forefront of everyone’s mind. we could ask for. And for every extend- on land originally inhabited by the [email protected] or we’ve all had to make some major changes There are plenty of us who, now, in Unfortunately, compassion has not been ed deadline, every email check-in, every Salish People. Kaimin is a derivative call (406) 243-6541. in our day-to-day lives. The University of addition to our educational responsibil- a blanketed requirement by the University optional final paper, a weight is lifted off of a Salish language word, “Qe‘ymin,” KAIMIN COMIC Montana has done its best to accommodate ities, have to worry about how to pay at this time and not all of our professors of our shoulders. that is pronounced kay-MEEN and means “book,” “message,” or “paper these changes with online coursework and rent in the coming months without our have decided to follow suit. There are And It’s not that we are lazy and it’s that brings news.” lectures, and as students, we can appreci- previous income, having been laid off plenty of classes that are demanding the not that we don’t care, it’s that we have a ate that. However, many of the details of due to the closing of campus and so many same quality and quantity of work from great deal more on our minds than Moodle how to manage the in-person classes that local businesses in town that provided us students as they were a month ago and at and Zoom. With very little good news on have moved online have been left up to college students with employment. Even this point, that’s just not fair or realistic to the horizon regarding the pandemic, we EDITORIAL STAFF NEWSROOM STAFF each individual professor, and we are defi- for those of us who are unconcerned with ask of us. should at the bare minimum be met with nitely more appreciative of some methods our finances for the time being, there is The decision that some professors have understanding and flexibility. If there is EDITOR-IN-CHIEF NEWS REPORTERS DESIGNERS than others. still a global pandemic going on and that made to shorten the duration of classes ever a time to give students the benefit of Cassidy Alexander Mazana Boerboom Kaitlin Clifford To the professors who have been flexible can inevitably take a toll on our mental by two weeks is a relief in theory, but it the doubt, that time is now. Hanna Campbell Constance Darlington BUSINESS MANAGER Dante Filpula Ankney Lily Johnson and understanding to the individual health as well. becomes much less of a relief when the Patrick Boise Cameron Kia Weix Lindsey Sewell students’ circumstances: thank you.Week We ofIt’s 4/6/20 no secret that - 4/12/20 in 2020 depression realization is made that it is not that two Aidan Morton appreciate you more than you know. and anxiety disorders are fairly common weeks of the curriculum have been cut, While there are plenty of us who are doing among college students, and not being it’s six weeks of coursework that has been NEWS & SPORTS EDITORS CARTOONIST LIKE IT? HATE IT? WISH WE WERE DEAD? Sydney Akridge SPORTS REPORTERS Cooper Malin just fine, holed up at our parents’ house, able to leave our houses or participate in condensed into four weeks. Email us your opinions at Helena Dore Jack Marshall scrolling through quarantine memes on In- any form of “normalcy” does not help to Having a professor who is empathetic [email protected] Luke Schmit COPY CHIEF stagram and participating in the occasional combat either of these. It’s no wonder that to each of us and our unique situations ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Griffen Smith Andrea Halland Zoom meeting, there are just as many of us education, as important as it may be, is not right now is the most important thing that Erin Sargent ARTS & CULTURE REPORTERS COPY EDITOR FEATURES EDITOR Austin Amestoy JoAnn Martin Paul Hamby Clint Connors Meghan Jonas WEB MANAGER MULTIMEDIA EDITORS Alex Miller Alex Zoellner Edited by Margie E. 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MUS CANCELS GRADUATIONS about the resident such as age or gender was not Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton released, but the individual was “middle aged UM shortens Lewis and Clark Village vacate notice or above,” the Missoulian reported. Gov. Christian announced April 1 that all in-per- moved out of the University Villages more Steve Bullock and the Health Department CAMERON KIA WEIX son spring 2020 commencement ceremo- because of the lost income than to practice both released statements expressing their [email protected] nies at MUS campuses are canceled. UM social distancing. condolences to the victim’s family. This administrators are developing plans UM Housing decided Tuesday, March is the sixth death caused by COVD-19 Students moving out of the Lewis and to send the Provost and faculty across 31, that a shortened vacate notice at Lewis Clark Village apartments are now required the state to conduct smaller in-person complications in Montana as of April 6. and Clark would be better for students, (MEGHAN JONAS) to pay less rent because of shortened graduation ceremonies at a later date, according to Sandy Curtis, executive direc- vacate notices, but current expenses still UM President Seth Bodnar stated in a tor of housing and community standards. may be a strain for some tenants. campus wide email. University officials NO EVICTIONS FOR RENTERS She said the change would remain in Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, UM also plan to release a video on May 9 Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced in effect until April 30 and would also apply Un-quarantined thieves prosper Housing temporarily shortened the Lewis showcasing “some of the people, places and a press release March 31 that utility shut-offs to students who had already moved out, and Clark vacate notice to 30 days. UM programs that make this institution unique,” and evictions relating to non-payment of rent reducing their remaining rent. on vacated UM campus (HELENA DORE) Housing normally requires tenants to sub- Bodnar said. would be suspended through April 10, 2020. Bullock UM’s website states students can also mit vacate notices 60 days prior to moving DANTE FILPULA ANKNEY issued these directives after Montana saw it’s fifth confirmed request a release from their housing con- out of Lewis and Clark Village and 30 [email protected] STUDENT LOANS TEMPORARILY FORGIVEN COVID-19 death last week. Residents whose homes receive tract. Requests must include the form, a days prior to moving out of the University The U.S. government suspended student loan payments and federal funding assistance can benefit from the Cares Act, letter explaining why the student should Villages, according to UM’s website. interest for the next six months. The move will offer relief approved March 27. The bill delays evictions of qualified be released and any documentation sup- MARCH 27: LOT H, WHERE BREAK-INS HAPPEN: EPISODE 2 Ava Sweet, a sophomore studying to the nearly 20 million Americans paying off school debt. renters for 120 days, provided the resident doesn’t violate porting the request. In our next episode of “Lot H: Where Break-Ins Happen,” communications with a minor in climate It was part of the $2 trillion economic stimulus package their lease in ways unrelated to not paying rent. (DANIEL The usual Lewis and Clark Village va- change studies, moved out of her Lew- one bandit tried to pry open the driver door of a vehicle. the federal government passed known as the Cares Act, an DUENSING) cate notice is longer than the notice for the is and Clark apartment Sunday, March Fortunately for the vehicle owner, the crook left empty effort to relieve some of the economic burden caused by the University Villages because of more tenant 29-- three days after Montana Gov. Steve handed. Unfortunately for the vehicle owner, the crook left COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Education also turnover. It can therefore take longer to GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT OFFICE MOVES TO VIRTUAL OPERA- Bullock issued a statewide shelter in place behind scrapes and dents on the vehicle. announced payments made after March 13 are eligible for a fill vacancies, Curtis said. She said vacate TION order. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, refund. The action covers most, but not all people. It applies notices help UM Housing know ahead of The Global Engagement Office announced it will continue she had been planning on staying at her MARCH 27: LOT H, WHERE BREAK-INS HAPPEN: EPISODE 3 to federally held loans, which make up about 85% of federal time when there will be vacancies to fill. regular operations online. Current international students, apartment over the summer. A thief swiped $30 to $40 cash from the center console of student loans. (SAVANNAH STANHOPE) UM Housing did not discuss adding English Language Institute students and education abroad Sweet said she sent in her vacate notice a locked vehicle after breaking in. The unlawful act was other changes to vacate notices, Curtis students can still reach out to their respective services four days before she moved out so she caught on video, but the footage was too grainy to identi- said. COVID-19 IMPACTS MISSOULA FOOD BANK through email and by phone during regular business hours. could be with her family during the global fy the thief. Unlike police in NCIS, UMPD was unable to The shortened vacate notice followed The Missoula Food Bank suspended its acceptance of food (CLAIRE SHINNER) health crisis. “enhance” the lack of pixels on the screen. Vehicles left on Montana Gov. Steve Bullock’s March 30 donations due to COVID-19 health precautions, according to “I moved out because my mom wanted campus are targets for thieves during quarantine, according order to prevent evictions and foreclosures the Missoula Current. The non-profit implemented several LADY GRIZ HEAD COACH NOT RETURNING me to come back home so our family could to Giffin. during the COVID-19 pandemic. The other adjustments, including a halt on accepting help from be together in the face of COVID-19, and After four years serving as heach coach of the Lady Griz order, effective through April 10, banned volunteers. The Food Bank is now only being operated by because she was scared that I wouldn’t APRIL 1: THE COWARDLY CROOK basketball team, Shannon Schweyen told 406mtsports.com most evictions in residential rentals, and employees. The organization asked the public to contribute be able to get back home if I didn’t come UMPD officers spotted a triumphant thief strutting away her contract will not be renewed for another season. After prohibited landlords from charging late monetary donations in place of food. “While we are endless- soon,” Sweet stated in an email. from McGill Hall, a bike frame in hand. Upon recognizing he the Big Sky Conference tournament in March, Schweyen fees on rent while the order is in effect. It ly grateful for the number of people who are willing to help Sweet initially thought she was going had been seen by the officers, the cowardly crook dropped was offered a two-year contract to stay with the team, but also banned cancellations and late fees on in this time of unprecedented need, we are also committed to be charged for two months of rent, but the bike frame and fled. Officers were not able to catch the was told on Wednesday, April 1, that her contract would not utilities like electricity, water and internet to doing our part in preventing community spread, and (CS) learned Lewis and Clark had changed man but are now in possession of a lone bike frame for the be renewed. service. therefore are making hard choices on how to proceed,” the their policy. Her bill currently states she is owner to claim when they inevitably find their bike frame- A 2018 Federal Reserve report found organization stated in a Facebook post. (SS) being charged for more than one month of less. PRIMARY ELECTIONS TO OCCUR THROUGH MAIL over 60% of adults nationwide would have rent, but less than two months, she stated. The Montana state government announced the state’s June difficulty paying an unexpected expense of UM CONSIDERS BRINGING BACK WINTER SESSION Emma Kiefer, a senior, said she moved 2 primary election will be conducted through mail as part $400. Kiefer said her balance from rent at APRIL 1: PROHIBITED PARAPHERNALIA out of University Villages and back home Provost Jon Harbor released a campus-wide survey to gauge of an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19, the Associated the University Villages is over $400. One student stoner at the now-deserted Miller Hall decided on March 28, but was charged rent until whether UM should reinstate a winter session. The new ses- Press reported. “To stay at home, Montanans must not to bring their bong home to mom and instead left the April 23. She said she can afford the pay- sion would last three weeks, starting in late December and The move eliminates the need to staff hundreds of polling continue to have a home,” Bullock stated residence hall due to COVID-19. During a Health and Safety ment, but other students may not be able ending in mid-January. It would be billed separately from stations. According to officials, this could result in earlier in the March 30 order. “Many Montanans check, RAs discovered the smoking apparatus in plain sight, to. fall and spring sessions. The University last offered a two- election results than usual. Same-day registration and voting are faced with the loss of their income on top of a dresser. The student was referred for conduct. Kiefer said she lost two of her jobs at week winter session during the 2017-2018 academic year. will still be allowed. The ballots will be mailed on May 8 and and with it, the ability to pay their rent or UM and faced reduced pay at her third However, low enrollment and financial strains prompted it will include return postage. (SS) mortgage.” APRIL 6: BIKE CLEAN UP to cut the term in spring 2018 and extend summer session job before spring break. She said she University of Montana police officer Brad Giffin said he has two weeks. “The time between fall and spring semesters can EARTHQUAKE SHAKES MISSOULA seen a rise in bike thefts and motor vehicle thefts on campus be used for high-impact and focused learning experiences Missoula felt a 6.5-magnitude earthquake Tuesday, March since Governor Bullock implemented a statewide shelter that complement and advance your regular course of study,” 31 that originated near Boise, Idaho, and reached much of place order. In addition to thefts, Giffin suspects home Harbor said in a press release. (HD) disturbance calls to increase. UMPD officers are aware and Western Montana. This is the largest earthquake Missou- working to combat the increase. “Theft is our most common la has felt since July 2017, when a 5.8 quake struck near FIRST MISSOULA COVID-19 DEATH REPORTED Lincoln, just 80 miles away. No damage was reported in crime anyway, but when there are no people around, it’s A Missoula County resident passed away due to corona- easier,” Giffin said. Missoula from the tremor. However, internet service lagged virus-related complications, according to the Missoula for many residents after the event. (SS) City-County Health Department. Identifying information

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4 April 8, 2020 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com April 8, 2020 5 If passed, this seat would join two committee consolidated them into one News others set aside in 2012 for graduate stu- referendum because the changes would be dents and for Missoula College students. minimal. According to the resolution, the seat would “provide direct representation and ASUM engagement for the University’s freshman ASUM Voting Guide: All about the candidates and referenda populace.” Ethan Hanley is the only Business Man- ager candidate running for the 2020-2021 HANNA CAMPBELL SUSTAINABILITY FEE ARTICLE 6 school year. [email protected] The ASUM sustainability fee would If passed, the Board of Member Orga- Hanley, originally from Bozeman, is a ju- CAMERON KIA WEIX become mandatory for students. Currently, nizations, which oversees student groups, nior at the University of Montana majoring [email protected] students can opt out of paying. Fall 2019 would grow from five to seven members. in accounting and has been involved with had an opt-out rate of nearly 30%, accord- The limit of senators on it would also ASUM for three years. He started as a stu- ing to the resolution. The $6-per-semester increase to three, rather than the current dent at large for the Board on Budget and The Associated Students of the fee has paid for projects like covered bike limit of two. This would address what Finance and the Publications Board. He University of Montana’s election will parking and water bottle filling stations on ASUM Senator Zoe Nelson called a lack of also served as a senator and, most recent- determine its next senators and executives, campus. senate representation on the board. ly, as vice president of the ASUM senate but it could also change how it operates. The referendum would also explicitly during this school year. Hanley said the Students will be able to vote on 10 ACTIVITY FEE mandate that the board ensure student position of Business Manager is a goal he referendums on the ballot this spring, The ASUM activity fee would increase groups comply with the conduct code. has been working toward for three years. impacting everything from student fees to by $3, from $67 to $70 per semester, The ASUM Business Manager would be- “Business manager is a position I’ve the senate’s order of succession. effective fall 2020. The fee is the primary come chair of the board, and ASUM’s office really wanted to do, and I’m excited to run Candidates running for president, vice funding source for more than 150 student manager and student group coordinator for it,” Hanley said. president, business manager and senator groups and all ASUM agencies, excluding would join as non-voting members. If elected, Hanley said his main focus positions started campaigning Monday, ASUM Transportation. will be to place more emphasis on accessi- March 30. Because of the coronavirus ASUM has experienced shrinking fee ARTICLE 3 bility to student group funding. According outbreak, campaigning is only occurring revenue with decreased enrollment. It has The order of succession would change to Hanley, the current guidelines to obtain online. also dealt with increasing costs, particular- slightly with this referendum. If the presi- funds are somewhat complicated to follow, The candidates usually campaign face- ly in ASUM Childcare, due to increases in dent, vice president and business manager and it can be difficult to find the correct to-face using methods like lobbying in student demand and the minimum wage, could not serve, the longest continuously forms. Hanley is planning to make a guide classrooms, hanging up posters and draw- the Kaimin reported this March. for students that describes the funding ing on sidewalks with chalk. But according serving senator would be next in line if process. to the Head of Elections Committee Shane confirmed by two-thirds of the senate. ACTIVITY FEE He would also like to establish an ac- Stonge, this year candidates will transition Currently, any senator who won two- Part-time students, who take six credits count set aside specifically to fund student to campaigning through social media and thirds in a vote would be next in line. or less, would be able to pay ASUM’s ac- groups’ fundraising events. Currently, online meeting formats like Zoom. The resolution stated having an order for tivity fee at a lower rate and access ASUM student groups have to go through the Instead of the typical in-person elec- which a senator would take over would be services starting in the fall 2020. At $35 entire ASUM senate. The senate sometimes tion forum, candidates join in on a Zoom “more practical and functional than having per semester, the part-time rate would be chooses to fund groups’ events through meeting on April 8, 2020. According to the none.” about half the regular fee. the final budgeting process, which is held elections website, candidates for president This referendum would also add the Currently, part-time students can opt-in once a year. The senate also sometimes and vice president will be debating from ASUM vice president as a non-voting to the full fee. Otherwise, they do not have funds groups’ events through a separate noon to 12:50 p.m., and candidates for member of all committees when needed, access to ASUM services. The resolution allocations process. Hanley said that he business manager will debate from 1 to except the Constitutional Review Board. states “ASUM believes that every single hopes having an independent account with 1:50 p.m. Candidates for senator positions UM student should have access to its ser- money set aside for event funding will will debate from 2 to 2:50 p.m. During this ARTICLE 8 vices and student groups.” help student groups raise money for them- time, candidates can interact with students The constitution would no longer list selves. He also would change the process and explain their platforms. Students also ARTICLE 4 proceeds from entertainment activities as a source of income for ASUM, since UM so that the requests would only need the have the opportunity to ask questions via If passed, the number of ASUM senators Productions went under in 2018. Other business manager’s approval, which Han- the Zoom chat. would be proportional to UM’s enrollment, changes would be grammatical. ley said would speed up the process. The ASUM elections will be open for rather than the current set of 26. ASUM student vote April 22 and 23. Students can Another one of Hanley’s initiatives would have one senator for every 500 ARTICLE 9 would be to purchase and rent out vote via the UMontana app, which can be students, with a minimum of 20 senators The Publications Board, which oversees equipment student groups regularly downloaded on smart phones. total, beginning with next year’s election. the Kaimin, would see two changes if this request funds for, such as microphones The composition of ASUM’s senate and A 2012 referendum previously increased referendum passes. The Constitutional Re- and speakers. This would decrease the constitution have not changed since 2012, the number of senators from 20 to 26, view Board would become the final body amount of money ASUM has to set aside according to ASUM Senator Zoe Nelson, shortly after UM’s enrollment peak in 2011. who chairs the constitutional revision ad to review certain decisions made by the for equipment. It would also decrease the Enrollment has since declined by around a time student groups would have to wait hoc committee. She said the committee third, the Kaimin reported. University of Montana junior Ethan Hanley. Hanley, current vice president of the ASUM senate, is the sole Publication Board, after ASUM’s president TOP: University of Montana junior and vice president candidate Emma Kiefer. Kiefer is a current senator and senate. for the requested equipment. Students cur- initially formed to adjust the senate’s The referendum would also allow the candidate running for Business Manager for the 2020-2021 school year. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO and serves on the Zero Waste Advisory Board and the Sustainability Board for ASUM. BOTTOM: University representation in response to declining The Provost’s office would also formal- rently request funds to buy the equipment senate to remove a senator by majority needed through the STIP account (the State of Montana sophomore Morgan Hahn. Hahn, a current ASUM senator, is running for president with running enrollment, but it soon saw the need for vote for violating the senate’s new confi- ly lose the ability to appoint the board’s mate Emma Kiefer. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS other changes to the constitution. ten materials ASUM labels confidential. ARTICLE 7 faculty member. In practice, appointing Term Investment Pool). It is an ASUM dentiality agreement. account used to purchase student group The ASUM constitution requires a The agreement, a byproduct of changes Senators would never be allowed to share This referendum would create a dedi- this position has varied depending on the majority in favor and at least 12% turnout the information unless it otherwise became cated ASUM senate seat for an incoming board’s composition, according to Nelson. equipment that will last at least two years. Hanley said he is utilizing social media Hanley said that even though he is run- to the UM code of conduct, covers infor- Hanley said from the time the students for a referendum to pass. The referenda are mation about alleged conduct violations by public or ASUM gave permission. freshman. The ASUM president would to advertise his campaign. He hopes to ning unopposed, he still is going to run his ARTICLES 1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 submit the request to the time the group listed below under the fee or constitutional recognized student groups ASUM reviews. appoint the senator in the fall with confir- have a strong online presence and is also campaign the way he originally planned receives the equipment, the process takes article they would change. The student senate reviews these groups mation by two-thirds of the senate, starting These articles would be changed to planning on holding virtual events via to raise awareness about the upcoming approximately three weeks. through closed ASUM sessions or writ- fall 2020. improve grammar and readability. The Zoom, including virtual coffee meetings. elections. He said even though the voting

6 April 8, 2020 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com April 8, 2020 7 If passed, this seat would join two committee consolidated them into one News others set aside in 2012 for graduate stu- referendum because the changes would be dents and for Missoula College students. minimal. According to the resolution, the seat would “provide direct representation and ASUM engagement for the University’s freshman ASUM Voting Guide: All about the candidates and referenda populace.” Ethan Hanley is the only Business Man- ager candidate running for the 2020-2021 HANNA CAMPBELL SUSTAINABILITY FEE ARTICLE 6 school year. [email protected] The ASUM sustainability fee would If passed, the Board of Member Orga- Hanley, originally from Bozeman, is a ju- CAMERON KIA WEIX become mandatory for students. Currently, nizations, which oversees student groups, nior at the University of Montana majoring [email protected] students can opt out of paying. Fall 2019 would grow from five to seven members. in accounting and has been involved with had an opt-out rate of nearly 30%, accord- The limit of senators on it would also ASUM for three years. He started as a stu- ing to the resolution. The $6-per-semester increase to three, rather than the current dent at large for the Board on Budget and The Associated Students of the fee has paid for projects like covered bike limit of two. This would address what Finance and the Publications Board. He University of Montana’s election will parking and water bottle filling stations on ASUM Senator Zoe Nelson called a lack of also served as a senator and, most recent- determine its next senators and executives, campus. senate representation on the board. ly, as vice president of the ASUM senate but it could also change how it operates. The referendum would also explicitly during this school year. Hanley said the Students will be able to vote on 10 ACTIVITY FEE mandate that the board ensure student position of Business Manager is a goal he referendums on the ballot this spring, The ASUM activity fee would increase groups comply with the conduct code. has been working toward for three years. impacting everything from student fees to by $3, from $67 to $70 per semester, The ASUM Business Manager would be- “Business manager is a position I’ve the senate’s order of succession. effective fall 2020. The fee is the primary come chair of the board, and ASUM’s office really wanted to do, and I’m excited to run Candidates running for president, vice funding source for more than 150 student manager and student group coordinator for it,” Hanley said. president, business manager and senator groups and all ASUM agencies, excluding would join as non-voting members. If elected, Hanley said his main focus positions started campaigning Monday, ASUM Transportation. will be to place more emphasis on accessi- March 30. Because of the coronavirus ASUM has experienced shrinking fee ARTICLE 3 bility to student group funding. According outbreak, campaigning is only occurring revenue with decreased enrollment. It has The order of succession would change to Hanley, the current guidelines to obtain online. also dealt with increasing costs, particular- slightly with this referendum. If the presi- funds are somewhat complicated to follow, The candidates usually campaign face- ly in ASUM Childcare, due to increases in dent, vice president and business manager and it can be difficult to find the correct to-face using methods like lobbying in student demand and the minimum wage, could not serve, the longest continuously forms. Hanley is planning to make a guide classrooms, hanging up posters and draw- the Kaimin reported this March. for students that describes the funding ing on sidewalks with chalk. But according serving senator would be next in line if process. to the Head of Elections Committee Shane confirmed by two-thirds of the senate. ACTIVITY FEE He would also like to establish an ac- Stonge, this year candidates will transition Currently, any senator who won two- Part-time students, who take six credits count set aside specifically to fund student to campaigning through social media and thirds in a vote would be next in line. or less, would be able to pay ASUM’s ac- groups’ fundraising events. Currently, online meeting formats like Zoom. The resolution stated having an order for tivity fee at a lower rate and access ASUM student groups have to go through the Instead of the typical in-person elec- which a senator would take over would be services starting in the fall 2020. At $35 entire ASUM senate. The senate sometimes tion forum, candidates join in on a Zoom “more practical and functional than having per semester, the part-time rate would be chooses to fund groups’ events through meeting on April 8, 2020. According to the none.” about half the regular fee. the final budgeting process, which is held elections website, candidates for president This referendum would also add the Currently, part-time students can opt-in once a year. The senate also sometimes and vice president will be debating from ASUM vice president as a non-voting to the full fee. Otherwise, they do not have funds groups’ events through a separate noon to 12:50 p.m., and candidates for member of all committees when needed, access to ASUM services. The resolution allocations process. Hanley said that he business manager will debate from 1 to except the Constitutional Review Board. states “ASUM believes that every single hopes having an independent account with 1:50 p.m. Candidates for senator positions UM student should have access to its ser- money set aside for event funding will will debate from 2 to 2:50 p.m. During this ARTICLE 8 vices and student groups.” help student groups raise money for them- time, candidates can interact with students The constitution would no longer list selves. He also would change the process and explain their platforms. Students also ARTICLE 4 proceeds from entertainment activities as a source of income for ASUM, since UM so that the requests would only need the have the opportunity to ask questions via If passed, the number of ASUM senators Productions went under in 2018. Other business manager’s approval, which Han- the Zoom chat. would be proportional to UM’s enrollment, changes would be grammatical. ley said would speed up the process. The ASUM elections will be open for rather than the current set of 26. ASUM student vote April 22 and 23. Students can Another one of Hanley’s initiatives would have one senator for every 500 ARTICLE 9 would be to purchase and rent out vote via the UMontana app, which can be students, with a minimum of 20 senators The Publications Board, which oversees equipment student groups regularly downloaded on smart phones. total, beginning with next year’s election. the Kaimin, would see two changes if this request funds for, such as microphones The composition of ASUM’s senate and A 2012 referendum previously increased referendum passes. The Constitutional Re- and speakers. This would decrease the constitution have not changed since 2012, the number of senators from 20 to 26, view Board would become the final body amount of money ASUM has to set aside according to ASUM Senator Zoe Nelson, shortly after UM’s enrollment peak in 2011. who chairs the constitutional revision ad to review certain decisions made by the for equipment. It would also decrease the Enrollment has since declined by around a time student groups would have to wait hoc committee. She said the committee third, the Kaimin reported. University of Montana junior Ethan Hanley. Hanley, current vice president of the ASUM senate, is the sole Publication Board, after ASUM’s president TOP: University of Montana junior and vice president candidate Emma Kiefer. Kiefer is a current senator and senate. for the requested equipment. Students cur- initially formed to adjust the senate’s The referendum would also allow the candidate running for Business Manager for the 2020-2021 school year. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO and serves on the Zero Waste Advisory Board and the Sustainability Board for ASUM. BOTTOM: University representation in response to declining The Provost’s office would also formal- rently request funds to buy the equipment senate to remove a senator by majority needed through the STIP account (the State of Montana sophomore Morgan Hahn. Hahn, a current ASUM senator, is running for president with running enrollment, but it soon saw the need for vote for violating the senate’s new confi- ly lose the ability to appoint the board’s mate Emma Kiefer. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS other changes to the constitution. ten materials ASUM labels confidential. ARTICLE 7 faculty member. In practice, appointing Term Investment Pool). It is an ASUM dentiality agreement. account used to purchase student group The ASUM constitution requires a The agreement, a byproduct of changes Senators would never be allowed to share This referendum would create a dedi- this position has varied depending on the majority in favor and at least 12% turnout the information unless it otherwise became cated ASUM senate seat for an incoming board’s composition, according to Nelson. equipment that will last at least two years. Hanley said he is utilizing social media Hanley said that even though he is run- to the UM code of conduct, covers infor- Hanley said from the time the students for a referendum to pass. The referenda are mation about alleged conduct violations by public or ASUM gave permission. freshman. The ASUM president would to advertise his campaign. He hopes to ning unopposed, he still is going to run his ARTICLES 1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 submit the request to the time the group listed below under the fee or constitutional recognized student groups ASUM reviews. appoint the senator in the fall with confir- have a strong online presence and is also campaign the way he originally planned receives the equipment, the process takes article they would change. The student senate reviews these groups mation by two-thirds of the senate, starting These articles would be changed to planning on holding virtual events via to raise awareness about the upcoming approximately three weeks. through closed ASUM sessions or writ- fall 2020. improve grammar and readability. The Zoom, including virtual coffee meetings. elections. He said even though the voting

6 April 8, 2020 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com April 8, 2020 7 turnout does not affect him personally, it is Montana studying political science, has “It’s really hard to have an effective important to get as many students to vote been a part of the Associated Students of student government when over half of the as possible so their voices are heard. the University of Montana for three years. body in a single calendar year resigns,” Hanley said that if elected, he hopes to Gregory was the president of Model UN Gregory said. create something that will last by imple- for two years and is active in Greek Life. If classes continue to be taught remote- menting the ideas on his platform. He said he is running for the position of ly during the fall semester, Gregory and “I want to create the groundwork and ASUM President in an attempt to make Flanagan said they will strive to improve framework for future business managers to students’ opinions heard more by ASUM communication between students and work on,” Hanley said. and UM’s administration. UM’s administration. They said they “I really want to elevate student voices would also promote an emergency grant on campus and to make it so that the program that the current ASUM Presi- changes that happen on campus are student Abbigail Belcher is overseeing. The Morgan Hanh and Emma Kiefer are dent driven,” Gregory said. program offers funding to students dealing running for president and vice president, Flanagan is running beside Greogry with strenuous life situations. respectively. Both students are current to be ASUM’s vice president. He said he Gregory and Flanagan are also reaching ASUM senators. found his niche taking part in public ser- out to their peers and student groups over ASUM presidential candidate Hanh is a vice. Flanagan has been part of ASUM for social media and Zoom. Their website de- second year student studying communica- almost two years and is an active member tails their platform and past experiences. tions with a minor in business administra- of UM’s Collegiate Debate Club. Cierra Anderson and Christian Pfeifer tion. He works with the UM Food Pantry “I decided to run because I felt like I was are the last group running for ASUM presi- and volunteers at elementary and middle in a position where I could use my knowl- dent and vice president. schools around Montana, participating in edge and my passion for public service to Anderson is a second year law student anti-bullying campaigns. serve the student body,” Flanagan said. pursuing a master’s degree in econom- “I really, truly believe that when we Their first goal is to push sustainability ics. She was president of the Economics engage in our civic process and build those on campus by banning plastic bags at UM Club and is currently a senator for ASUM. muscles of civic engagement, we have the Dining. Gregory and Flanagans would like Anderson is also involved in efforts to ability to invoke change,” Hanh said. “This students to use the reusable bags handed stop domestic violence. She said she was position as ASUM president gives you the out at orientation. inspired to run for ASUM president after vehicle to try and do that.” They also want ASUM to go paperless. talking to a student whose problems were Kiefer serves on the Zero Waste Adviso- According to Flanagan, If ASUM went not addressed by the senate. She said he ry Board and the Sustainability Board for paperless, particularly during their weekly shared his concerns to the senate about a ASUM. Kiefer also has volunteered with meetings, it would save ASUM’s resources professor discriminating against him twice. ESL and study abroad classes and was a and further campus sustainability. By running for ASUM president, Anderson teaching assistant at UM for three years. Gregory and Flanagan’s second idea hopes to give students more of a voice. She is also lead proctor for UM’s Disabil- is to improve communication between “We are here to advocate for students, ities Services for Students. She is running student groups and ASUM. Gregory and and I don’t think [ASUM] has been effec- for ASUM vice president to further the Flanagan would accomplish this by gath- tively doing that … and that change has to University’s sustainability efforts. ering feedback from student groups about come from the top,” Anderson said. “I really, really am going to be pushing how to improve ASUM’s accessibility. Anderson’s running mate, Pfeifer, is a for sustainability… It’s not a sideline issue They would also answer student groups’ junior studying political science with a mi- to me. It’s not just something to add on for questions about ASUM’s policies and nor in English. He is an ASUM senator and support. It’s really what I based my identi- expectations. the president of the fraternity Sigma Phi ty around and what I want to advocate for The third focus of Gregory and Flana- Epsilon. Pfeifer also participated in and on a higher level,” Kiefer said. gan’s platform addresses student retention. held leadership positions in Boy Scouts Hanh and Kiefer’s platform includes The candidates said they will improve of America. Pfeifer said he chose to run implementing a Green Campus Initiative. retention by advocating for more fee and for ASUM vice president to make ASUM Kiefer said the Initiative is divided into six tuition waivers for low income students. less daunting for students who know little categories — setting and infrastructure, They also think working with Curry about how the senate operates. energy and climate change, waste, water, Health Center to provide students with “Working from a vice presidential po- transportation, education and research. subscriptions to the meditation application sition allows me access to administrative The Green Campus Initiative is aimed at University of Montana sophomore James Flanagan, left, and junior Taylor Gregory. Gregory is running for ASUM president with Flanagan as his running mate. Headspace, if possible, would improve resources and other networking possibil- consolidating currently disjointed sus- CONTRIBUTED PHOTO students’ mental health. ities to help me do large scale projects,” tainability efforts on campus, Kiefer said. Gregory and Flanagan’s last goal in- Pfeifer said. University of Montana graduate student Cierra Anderson with her husband. Anderson is in her second year Hanh and Kiefer also want to make the campus a stronger place. As far as our phi- One of the last points on their platform and the eventual transition to in-person volves ASUM reform. According to Greg- To address sustainability, Anderson and of grad school, and is running for ASUM president with her running mate Christian Pfeifer. ASUM Sustainability Fee non-optional for losophy goes, we want to create a culture is to offer more campus services to dis- classes. ory, senators oversee the high number of Pfeifer plan to help the ASUM Senate go CONTRIBUTED PHOTO students. of respect based on empathy,” Hanh said. abled individuals. Kiefer said that she and To reach out to their peers, Hanh and student groups and committees. The team paperless by purchasing tablets that would The group also emphasized diversity in Hanh and Kiefer said they would like Hanh would like to work with professors Kiefer are utilizing social media, as well as said they would like to consolidate respon- be used during weekly meetings. They voices heard as possible and get as many according to Pfeifer. their platform. They plan to host student to increase financial opportunities for to make services such as assisted note Zoom. They plan to conduct virtual meet- sibilities among committees, like merging also want ASUM to hire an intern for its issues resolved as possible,” Anderson Anderson and Pfeifer are relying mostly dialogue sessions where students can students by working with the UM admin- taking and private test-taking rooms more ings with student groups. the marketing and outreach committee sustainability office. said. on Zoom meetings to discuss their cam- comment on areas where ASUM needs istration and financial aid office to “create accessible to students. The team is also with the website committee. This would But the main objective on their platform Another initiative Anderson and Pfeifer paign. They have also created a website to improve campus inclusivity. Hanh simple, transparent, and predictable looking for ways to gather extended feed- make ASUM senators’ duties for ASUM is to create an Advisory Council made would like to implement is to create a that details their platform. The two are and Kiefer would also like to make each strategies” to help students, according to back on how ASUM can improve campus more manageable, they said. Gregory and up of students that represent everyone polling project called Student Canvas. This using social media accounts, which they ASUM senator go through an implicit bias their platform. They also want to make accessibility. Taylor Gregory and James Flanagan are Flanagan would also like to address the on campus, including veterans, graduate project, which would be accessible online, are promoting. training, which identifies people’s uninten- students more aware of scholarships and If classes continue to be taught online another pair of candidates running for high turnover rate among ASUM senators. students, Native American students, and would let students access information tional biases. jobs available to them. They would like to during the next school year, Hanh and the ASUM president and vice president They said they will reduce the turnover others. This council is meant to address about ASUM. It would also give students “As a member of the LGTBQ communi- improve the scholarship portal to be more Kiefer said they will develop plans to positions. rate by advertising the benefits of joining, students’ problems on campus. a way to provide feedback about ASUM, ty, I know how much diversity makes our user-friendly. address student retention, unemployment Gregory, a junior at the University of like earning internship credits. “This way we can try to get as many

8 April 8, 2020 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com April 8, 2020 9 turnout does not affect him personally, it is Montana studying political science, has “It’s really hard to have an effective important to get as many students to vote been a part of the Associated Students of student government when over half of the as possible so their voices are heard. the University of Montana for three years. body in a single calendar year resigns,” Hanley said that if elected, he hopes to Gregory was the president of Model UN Gregory said. create something that will last by imple- for two years and is active in Greek Life. If classes continue to be taught remote- menting the ideas on his platform. He said he is running for the position of ly during the fall semester, Gregory and “I want to create the groundwork and ASUM President in an attempt to make Flanagan said they will strive to improve framework for future business managers to students’ opinions heard more by ASUM communication between students and work on,” Hanley said. and UM’s administration. UM’s administration. They said they “I really want to elevate student voices would also promote an emergency grant on campus and to make it so that the program that the current ASUM Presi- changes that happen on campus are student Abbigail Belcher is overseeing. The Morgan Hanh and Emma Kiefer are dent driven,” Gregory said. program offers funding to students dealing running for president and vice president, Flanagan is running beside Greogry with strenuous life situations. respectively. Both students are current to be ASUM’s vice president. He said he Gregory and Flanagan are also reaching ASUM senators. found his niche taking part in public ser- out to their peers and student groups over ASUM presidential candidate Hanh is a vice. Flanagan has been part of ASUM for social media and Zoom. Their website de- second year student studying communica- almost two years and is an active member tails their platform and past experiences. tions with a minor in business administra- of UM’s Collegiate Debate Club. Cierra Anderson and Christian Pfeifer tion. He works with the UM Food Pantry “I decided to run because I felt like I was are the last group running for ASUM presi- and volunteers at elementary and middle in a position where I could use my knowl- dent and vice president. schools around Montana, participating in edge and my passion for public service to Anderson is a second year law student anti-bullying campaigns. serve the student body,” Flanagan said. pursuing a master’s degree in econom- “I really, truly believe that when we Their first goal is to push sustainability ics. She was president of the Economics engage in our civic process and build those on campus by banning plastic bags at UM Club and is currently a senator for ASUM. muscles of civic engagement, we have the Dining. Gregory and Flanagans would like Anderson is also involved in efforts to ability to invoke change,” Hanh said. “This students to use the reusable bags handed stop domestic violence. She said she was position as ASUM president gives you the out at orientation. inspired to run for ASUM president after vehicle to try and do that.” They also want ASUM to go paperless. talking to a student whose problems were Kiefer serves on the Zero Waste Adviso- According to Flanagan, If ASUM went not addressed by the senate. She said he ry Board and the Sustainability Board for paperless, particularly during their weekly shared his concerns to the senate about a ASUM. Kiefer also has volunteered with meetings, it would save ASUM’s resources professor discriminating against him twice. ESL and study abroad classes and was a and further campus sustainability. By running for ASUM president, Anderson teaching assistant at UM for three years. Gregory and Flanagan’s second idea hopes to give students more of a voice. She is also lead proctor for UM’s Disabil- is to improve communication between “We are here to advocate for students, ities Services for Students. She is running student groups and ASUM. Gregory and and I don’t think [ASUM] has been effec- for ASUM vice president to further the Flanagan would accomplish this by gath- tively doing that … and that change has to University’s sustainability efforts. ering feedback from student groups about come from the top,” Anderson said. “I really, really am going to be pushing how to improve ASUM’s accessibility. Anderson’s running mate, Pfeifer, is a for sustainability… It’s not a sideline issue They would also answer student groups’ junior studying political science with a mi- to me. It’s not just something to add on for questions about ASUM’s policies and nor in English. He is an ASUM senator and support. It’s really what I based my identi- expectations. the president of the fraternity Sigma Phi ty around and what I want to advocate for The third focus of Gregory and Flana- Epsilon. Pfeifer also participated in and on a higher level,” Kiefer said. gan’s platform addresses student retention. held leadership positions in Boy Scouts Hanh and Kiefer’s platform includes The candidates said they will improve of America. Pfeifer said he chose to run implementing a Green Campus Initiative. retention by advocating for more fee and for ASUM vice president to make ASUM Kiefer said the Initiative is divided into six tuition waivers for low income students. less daunting for students who know little categories — setting and infrastructure, They also think working with Curry about how the senate operates. energy and climate change, waste, water, Health Center to provide students with “Working from a vice presidential po- transportation, education and research. subscriptions to the meditation application sition allows me access to administrative The Green Campus Initiative is aimed at University of Montana sophomore James Flanagan, left, and junior Taylor Gregory. Gregory is running for ASUM president with Flanagan as his running mate. Headspace, if possible, would improve resources and other networking possibil- consolidating currently disjointed sus- CONTRIBUTED PHOTO students’ mental health. ities to help me do large scale projects,” tainability efforts on campus, Kiefer said. Gregory and Flanagan’s last goal in- Pfeifer said. University of Montana graduate student Cierra Anderson with her husband. Anderson is in her second year Hanh and Kiefer also want to make the campus a stronger place. As far as our phi- One of the last points on their platform and the eventual transition to in-person volves ASUM reform. According to Greg- To address sustainability, Anderson and of grad school, and is running for ASUM president with her running mate Christian Pfeifer. ASUM Sustainability Fee non-optional for losophy goes, we want to create a culture is to offer more campus services to dis- classes. ory, senators oversee the high number of Pfeifer plan to help the ASUM Senate go CONTRIBUTED PHOTO students. of respect based on empathy,” Hanh said. abled individuals. Kiefer said that she and To reach out to their peers, Hanh and student groups and committees. The team paperless by purchasing tablets that would The group also emphasized diversity in Hanh and Kiefer said they would like Hanh would like to work with professors Kiefer are utilizing social media, as well as said they would like to consolidate respon- be used during weekly meetings. They voices heard as possible and get as many according to Pfeifer. their platform. They plan to host student to increase financial opportunities for to make services such as assisted note Zoom. They plan to conduct virtual meet- sibilities among committees, like merging also want ASUM to hire an intern for its issues resolved as possible,” Anderson Anderson and Pfeifer are relying mostly dialogue sessions where students can students by working with the UM admin- taking and private test-taking rooms more ings with student groups. the marketing and outreach committee sustainability office. said. on Zoom meetings to discuss their cam- comment on areas where ASUM needs istration and financial aid office to “create accessible to students. The team is also with the website committee. This would But the main objective on their platform Another initiative Anderson and Pfeifer paign. They have also created a website to improve campus inclusivity. Hanh simple, transparent, and predictable looking for ways to gather extended feed- make ASUM senators’ duties for ASUM is to create an Advisory Council made would like to implement is to create a that details their platform. The two are and Kiefer would also like to make each strategies” to help students, according to back on how ASUM can improve campus more manageable, they said. Gregory and up of students that represent everyone polling project called Student Canvas. This using social media accounts, which they ASUM senator go through an implicit bias their platform. They also want to make accessibility. Taylor Gregory and James Flanagan are Flanagan would also like to address the on campus, including veterans, graduate project, which would be accessible online, are promoting. training, which identifies people’s uninten- students more aware of scholarships and If classes continue to be taught online another pair of candidates running for high turnover rate among ASUM senators. students, Native American students, and would let students access information tional biases. jobs available to them. They would like to during the next school year, Hanh and the ASUM president and vice president They said they will reduce the turnover others. This council is meant to address about ASUM. It would also give students “As a member of the LGTBQ communi- improve the scholarship portal to be more Kiefer said they will develop plans to positions. rate by advertising the benefits of joining, students’ problems on campus. a way to provide feedback about ASUM, ty, I know how much diversity makes our user-friendly. address student retention, unemployment Gregory, a junior at the University of like earning internship credits. “This way we can try to get as many

8 April 8, 2020 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com April 8, 2020 9 News Horoscope Week of 4/6/20 - 4/12/20 Zoom is an art, and every sign is an artist The Weekly Crossword by Margie E. Burke Our astrologists have had two full weeks to decipher the art of Zooming. And trust us — it is an art. UM Housing moves remaining Jesse Hall residents to Knowles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): LIBRA (SEP. 23-OCT. 22): 14 15 16 DANTE FULPULA-ANKNEY to perform resident lockouts and after hours Your virtual backgrounds are on POINT, Remember, your mic is hot, hot, HOT [email protected] on-call rotations. Aries! Thank God, too — nobody needs to when you enter the room. Pro tip: smash 17 18 19 “We encouraged them [RAs] to discuss their GRIFFIN SMITH see what your room looks like two weeks that mute button before you let out your 20 21 22 23 [email protected] options with their family and assured them into this shit- primal roar of stress. 24 25 26 27 whatever choice they made would have show. On mute, no one can no impact on future roles with our depart- Students living in Jesse Hall were asked hear you scream. 28 29 30 31 32 33 ment,” Curtis said. “We really wanted them TAURUS (APRIL to move to neighboring Knowles Hall March 34 35 36 37 38 39 27 as UM Housing navigates residence hall to do what was best for them.” 20-MAY 20): SCORPIO (OCT. 23- While RAs who remain on campus still 40 41 42 43 operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. You’re just so NOV. 21): need to do parts of their job in person, they “The decision to move students from Jesse mysterious, You’re awfully quiet 44 45 46 47 are implementing changes to limit social in- was to solely consolidate students, while still Taurus. That in the chat, Scorpio. teraction in the dorms and comply with CDC 48 49 50 51 maintaining the CDC social distancing re- big, dark, That’s funny … you social distancing guidelines. Dorm commu- quirements, to be able to serve them better,” alluring 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 nity discussions and weekly traditions are always had so much to said UM director of communications Paula rectangle… 59 60 61 62 now operating over Zoom and email. say under your breath Short in an email. what goes on in the lecture hall. “RAs are engaging with residents and 63 64 65 66 67 Short said after the first weekend of April, behind that hosting events online regardless of whether Zoom’s private mes- roughly 80 UM students live in dorms on always-off 68 69 70 they are on campus or not,” said UM Hous- sages are just perfect campus. camera? Are ing director Sandra Curtis. for you, aren’t they? 71 72 73 Jesse Hall, one of two 11-story residence you listening UM Housing also adjusted RAs’ compen- halls at UM, only housed three floors of stu- attentively? SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22- Copyright 2020 by The Puzzle Syndicate sation to incentivize continuing their duties ACROSS dents before UM opted for remote learning. Shutting your DEC. 22): 1 Priceless? 70 Falls behind 27 Witch's work Six students and two resident assistants as RAs. Room and board was no longer a 5 Head monk 71 Look intently 29 Wis. neighbor eyes and ly- Honestly, thanks for continued living in the dorm after corona- proper incentive for RAs to complete their 10 Long in the tooth 72 Santa's reindeer, 32 Top-notch ing in a prone taking one for the virus concerns prompted mass move outs duties because RAs did not still have to be 14 Enlarge, as a e.g. 33 Many miles off state? Oh team and “raising your hole 73 It's genuine, in 34 Clownfish of film across campus. on campus, according to Curtis. wait, that’s just sleeping. You’re sleeping, hand” every time the professor asks a 15 System of beliefs Germany 35 Swear There are no plans or requests for the use UM Housing now compensates RAs aren’t you? question. Half of us probably haven’t been 16 Whimper 36 Rock from outer of Jesse Hall, Short said. But she added that living on campus $1,200, in addition to room 17 Jason's ship DOWN space listening, but if we have to hear our profs UM administrators have planned to use the and board. RAs that live off campus, but 18 Surfer's need 1 He played Danny 37 Garlicky GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): say “I’ll wait…” one more time, we’re all building for the coronavirus pandemic. continue to engage with residents, are being 19 "___ and shine!" in the original mayonnaise Look, if you’re gonna be misting your gonna lose it. Empty group, in "Ocean's 11" Luau fruit Alisha Johnson, the public information rewarded $300 for the rest of the semester. 20 39 Curtis said the stipends recognize the addi- succulents, reorganizing your closet or math 2 Air again 42 Pilot's announce- officer for the Missoula City-County Health Tolerated Bird of prey ment, for short tional service RAs living on and off campus fluffing the mountain of 26 pillows on your CAPRICORN (DEC. 23-JAN. 19): 22 3 Department’s COVID-19 response, said the 24 Sound a bell 4 Skin softener 45 Newspaper bio bed with a Gemini-shaped imprint in the You’re trying hard, Cap, and we appreciate county health department has no plans to are providing. 25 Like some 5 Top of the heap 47 Shell competitor Second-year RA Olivia Adams, a senior middle of the mattress, does your camera that. But for the sake of everyone in your witnesses 6 Clear soup 50 Exaggerate use UM dorms for quarantine purposes. really need to stay on? Missoula City Communications Director arts and music major, decided to stay in Mill- breakout room, have you tried unplug- 28 Sequel's sequel 7 River bottom 53 Eyelid cosmetic 30 Familiar with 8 Laudatory lines 54 Moscow money Ginny Merriam also said the city does not in- er Hall. She said her workload is different, ging your router and plugging it back in? but it doesn’t feel like more of a burden. If CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Holding a convo “en español” is easier 31 Barnyard bleat 9 Salad ingredient 56 Lavender flower tend to designate UM dorms for COVID-19 34 Office door 10 Time for 57 Bust a gut Your focus and drive have only improved when we can hear more than every other quarantine. anything, it’s a little less work. adornment showers 58 Feeling of anxiety since quarantine started, Cancer. For in- “The City-County emergency response As for the stipend, it was a nice bonus af- syllable. 38 "SNL" specialty 11 Traveler's aid 59 Give a hand? stance, your ability to contribute to in-class is working on securing some motel rooms ter being laid off from her other jobs, but did 40 Divisible by two 12 End of a threat 60 Cornmeal cake discussion while lying in bed with the AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): 41 Fine thread 13 Legal title 62 Pinball error for quarantine. We have particular concerns not provide an incentive for her to stay, she LINDSEY SEWELL | MONTANA KAIMIN lights out and a blanket pulled up to your 43 Macbeth's burial 21 Docking spot 65 Missile's path about people who are experiencing home- said. UM’s policy and procedure changes Zoom is a whole new platform for ro- chin is just damn impressive. For your place 23 Storage 66 Mare's mouth- lessness and don’t have any place to be made her feel safer about staying on campus. mance, Aquarius, and it’s time to tune in. 44 "Semper fidelis", containers piece next trick? Brushing your hair? quarantined,” Merriam said. “The biggest reason that I stayed, person- Every time your crush sneezes or their for one 26 Place to go play

All residents from Jesse moved to ally, is that I really like this job,” Adams said. chair squeaks, their beautiful face fills your 46 Exxon Valdez, LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): e.g. Answers to Last Week’s Crossword: Knowles Hall. Male students were placed on RA compensation was funded with revenue screen — pure magic. Make sure you’re saved from RAs who moved out and no Oh Leo, master of the “Touch Up My on mute, though. We can hear your heart 48 Be in arrears L A M P A B E A M T H I S the West second floor, while female students 49 Typeface option A R I A L E D G E H A T E longer needed room and board. However, Appearance” button, teach us your ways! moved into the East first floor. The Jesse thumping. 51 "Right you ___!" R I L L P A G E T U R N E R office, where Jesse, Turner and Knowles res- student residents who moved out are re- Perhaps with your tutelage, we all may 52 He played Henry V E L O C I T Y E N I G M A idents normally pick up packages and check ceiving refunds that UM Housing estimated one day reach the heights of your digitally PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): V and Richard III A L I M O N Y C O I L 55 Kind of lily L I M E C A R T L O A D out items, moved to Knowles hall on the last could total $1.1 million. smoothed glamour. Times are tough — nobody’s going to 59 7-Up alternative M A I N E M O V I E B R O As of March 30, $900,000 in refunds to complain if your dog sits in on class, too. O N T O weekend of March. 61 Ideal, as a T O N I C S L U M residents had been processed. As students VIRGO (AUG 23-SEP. 22): O N E G R U E L S L I M E Knowles residents already lived on the In fact, we can personally guarantee you society T E R T I A R Y F L O G three open floors of the building. None of continue to move out, that number will No pants? No problem! They only see your can stop any productive conversation in 63 Butcher's cut increase, according to Curtis. R A I N B R A V A D O these residents or RAs moved to the fourth upper half, anyway. If you even turn your its tracks if your classmates catch just one 64 Torah teacher A B S E N T D R A M A T I C floor, which was closed for the year due to Unlike the RA stipends, UM is losing camera on, that is. glimpse of — ooh your puppy is soooooo 67 Something to pull S A N A T O R I U M K I T E revenue due to the refunds and will have to cute! 68 Get the pot going T R O T R A M I E I O T A low enrollment. 69 Dentist's tool A B B Y S P E N D A N O N When University classes moved online, make budget adjustments in the future. No more than half of UM’s RAs continued decisions have been made about how UM living on campus. UM Housing needs RAs housing will rebudget, Curtis said.

10 April 8, 2020 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com April 8, 2020 11 News Horoscope Week of 4/6/20 - 4/12/20 Zoom is an art, and every sign is an artist The Weekly Crossword by Margie E. Burke Our astrologists have had two full weeks to decipher the art of Zooming. And trust us — it is an art. UM Housing moves remaining Jesse Hall residents to Knowles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): LIBRA (SEP. 23-OCT. 22): 14 15 16 DANTE FULPULA-ANKNEY to perform resident lockouts and after hours Your virtual backgrounds are on POINT, Remember, your mic is hot, hot, HOT [email protected] on-call rotations. Aries! Thank God, too — nobody needs to when you enter the room. Pro tip: smash 17 18 19 “We encouraged them [RAs] to discuss their GRIFFIN SMITH see what your room looks like two weeks that mute button before you let out your 20 21 22 23 [email protected] options with their family and assured them into this shit- primal roar of stress. 24 25 26 27 whatever choice they made would have show. On mute, no one can no impact on future roles with our depart- Students living in Jesse Hall were asked hear you scream. 28 29 30 31 32 33 ment,” Curtis said. “We really wanted them TAURUS (APRIL to move to neighboring Knowles Hall March 34 35 36 37 38 39 27 as UM Housing navigates residence hall to do what was best for them.” 20-MAY 20): SCORPIO (OCT. 23- While RAs who remain on campus still 40 41 42 43 operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. You’re just so NOV. 21): need to do parts of their job in person, they “The decision to move students from Jesse mysterious, You’re awfully quiet 44 45 46 47 are implementing changes to limit social in- was to solely consolidate students, while still Taurus. That in the chat, Scorpio. teraction in the dorms and comply with CDC 48 49 50 51 maintaining the CDC social distancing re- big, dark, That’s funny … you social distancing guidelines. Dorm commu- quirements, to be able to serve them better,” alluring 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 nity discussions and weekly traditions are always had so much to said UM director of communications Paula rectangle… 59 60 61 62 now operating over Zoom and email. say under your breath Short in an email. what goes on in the lecture hall. “RAs are engaging with residents and 63 64 65 66 67 Short said after the first weekend of April, behind that hosting events online regardless of whether Zoom’s private mes- roughly 80 UM students live in dorms on always-off 68 69 70 they are on campus or not,” said UM Hous- sages are just perfect campus. camera? Are ing director Sandra Curtis. for you, aren’t they? 71 72 73 Jesse Hall, one of two 11-story residence you listening UM Housing also adjusted RAs’ compen- halls at UM, only housed three floors of stu- attentively? SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22- Copyright 2020 by The Puzzle Syndicate sation to incentivize continuing their duties ACROSS dents before UM opted for remote learning. Shutting your DEC. 22): 1 Priceless? 70 Falls behind 27 Witch's work Six students and two resident assistants as RAs. Room and board was no longer a 5 Head monk 71 Look intently 29 Wis. neighbor eyes and ly- Honestly, thanks for continued living in the dorm after corona- proper incentive for RAs to complete their 10 Long in the tooth 72 Santa's reindeer, 32 Top-notch ing in a prone taking one for the virus concerns prompted mass move outs duties because RAs did not still have to be 14 Enlarge, as a e.g. 33 Many miles off state? Oh team and “raising your hole 73 It's genuine, in 34 Clownfish of film across campus. on campus, according to Curtis. wait, that’s just sleeping. You’re sleeping, hand” every time the professor asks a 15 System of beliefs Germany 35 Swear There are no plans or requests for the use UM Housing now compensates RAs aren’t you? question. Half of us probably haven’t been 16 Whimper 36 Rock from outer of Jesse Hall, Short said. But she added that living on campus $1,200, in addition to room 17 Jason's ship DOWN space listening, but if we have to hear our profs UM administrators have planned to use the and board. RAs that live off campus, but 18 Surfer's need 1 He played Danny 37 Garlicky GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): say “I’ll wait…” one more time, we’re all building for the coronavirus pandemic. continue to engage with residents, are being 19 "___ and shine!" in the original mayonnaise Look, if you’re gonna be misting your gonna lose it. Empty group, in "Ocean's 11" Luau fruit Alisha Johnson, the public information rewarded $300 for the rest of the semester. 20 39 Curtis said the stipends recognize the addi- succulents, reorganizing your closet or math 2 Air again 42 Pilot's announce- officer for the Missoula City-County Health Tolerated Bird of prey ment, for short tional service RAs living on and off campus fluffing the mountain of 26 pillows on your CAPRICORN (DEC. 23-JAN. 19): 22 3 Department’s COVID-19 response, said the 24 Sound a bell 4 Skin softener 45 Newspaper bio bed with a Gemini-shaped imprint in the You’re trying hard, Cap, and we appreciate county health department has no plans to are providing. 25 Like some 5 Top of the heap 47 Shell competitor Second-year RA Olivia Adams, a senior middle of the mattress, does your camera that. But for the sake of everyone in your witnesses 6 Clear soup 50 Exaggerate use UM dorms for quarantine purposes. really need to stay on? Missoula City Communications Director arts and music major, decided to stay in Mill- breakout room, have you tried unplug- 28 Sequel's sequel 7 River bottom 53 Eyelid cosmetic 30 Familiar with 8 Laudatory lines 54 Moscow money Ginny Merriam also said the city does not in- er Hall. She said her workload is different, ging your router and plugging it back in? but it doesn’t feel like more of a burden. If CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Holding a convo “en español” is easier 31 Barnyard bleat 9 Salad ingredient 56 Lavender flower tend to designate UM dorms for COVID-19 34 Office door 10 Time for 57 Bust a gut Your focus and drive have only improved when we can hear more than every other quarantine. anything, it’s a little less work. adornment showers 58 Feeling of anxiety since quarantine started, Cancer. For in- “The City-County emergency response As for the stipend, it was a nice bonus af- syllable. 38 "SNL" specialty 11 Traveler's aid 59 Give a hand? stance, your ability to contribute to in-class is working on securing some motel rooms ter being laid off from her other jobs, but did 40 Divisible by two 12 End of a threat 60 Cornmeal cake discussion while lying in bed with the AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): 41 Fine thread 13 Legal title 62 Pinball error for quarantine. We have particular concerns not provide an incentive for her to stay, she LINDSEY SEWELL | MONTANA KAIMIN lights out and a blanket pulled up to your 43 Macbeth's burial 21 Docking spot 65 Missile's path about people who are experiencing home- said. UM’s policy and procedure changes Zoom is a whole new platform for ro- chin is just damn impressive. For your place 23 Storage 66 Mare's mouth- lessness and don’t have any place to be made her feel safer about staying on campus. mance, Aquarius, and it’s time to tune in. 44 "Semper fidelis", containers piece next trick? Brushing your hair? quarantined,” Merriam said. “The biggest reason that I stayed, person- Every time your crush sneezes or their for one 26 Place to go play

10 April 8, 2020 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com April 8, 2020 11 Arts Opinion As classes move online, UM Theatre and Dance adapts Column: Online musical theater makes for bootleg classes AUSTIN AMESTOY BEN WAMBEKE [email protected] [email protected]

The coronavirus pandemic altered life for I rolled out of bed this morning at 11:26 everyone at the University of Montana, and and asked myself, “what’s on the bracket online classes for arts students have come today?” The answer: not much. with a lengthy set of challenges, according to On a normal weekday, I’d have musical theater majors. anywhere from one to three or five “When you’re meeting in a two-hour classes, but today I choose to binge-watch acting class twice a week, losing that feels season 12 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. My significant,” freshman Luke Cusomato said. laziness is inspired by my online theater, Since the University shifted to remote dance and music classes, which sounds learning after spring break, Cusomato like just as much of a contradiction as it and others have seen classes cut short, is. performances canceled and experienced I would hate to put any blame on the anxiety over their continuing education School of Theater and Dance, or the in a field that Cusomato calls “very School of Music, for how little I enjoy interpersonal.” online classes. I have always avoided Cusomato starred in six performances online classes whenever necessary of UM Theatre and Dance’s production of because I don’t do well with instructions “Spring Awakening” before the rest were given over email, nor with extended, far canceled in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. off due dates. “It was really difficult,” Cusomato And it isn’t my teachers’ or the dean’s said. “You have this feeling of working on fault that this happened. They were just COURTESY OF PIXABAY something for so long, you get a taste of it, as blindsided as we were, and as the and we knew what was still to come. Losing heads of the departments who rely on have very creative solutions that I really that was the hardest part.” physical interaction as a teaching tool appreciate. My music theory class is Cusomato’s acting class, normally an just as much as the actual course load, I now a filmed, Hogwarts-themed lecture in-person course involving scene work, in commend them on having us receive any with an accompanying Spotify playlist pairs and small groups, is now learning how information at all. full of examples. My dance class has to perform and submit remote auditions. He I’m just not suited for an entirely us learning choreography from famous said professional castings often require them online schedule. I specifically chose the pop music videos such as “Hit Me Baby before in-person auditions are considered. pre-BFA Musical Theatre track because One More Time” by Britney Spears and But that still left voice lessons, violin and I love the work I do with other people. “Countdown” by Beyoncé. My acting more to adapt to the internet. Cusomato said KAITLIN CLIFFORD | MONTANA KAIMIN I love the feeling of battling wits with class lets us exercise our online video he’s only had one voice lesson so far, and the a scene partner, figuring out a line in auditions, an increasingly popular real- lack of clear scheduling has left him in limbo. office revenue, the mood has been positive. “It feels like I’m just having a whole semester For now, Cukale remains in Missoula — solfege with my group or finding a world audition style. “I’m maximizing my time in my days “It’s surprising we haven’t been all doom wasted and I’m not going to be able to make she said she feared going home and bringing common flow with the other dancers in I truly appreciate the effort, but it’s not and trying to set up structure to keep myself and gloom,” she said. it up.” COVID-19 back to her parents. Facing the a particularly exciting combination. I’m the same. When my due date for my class within my practices,” Cusomato said. Nicole Cukale is a junior musical theater John DeBoer, interim dean of the College possibility of indefinite online classes, she not getting the same education online is a month from now, who’s gonna stop “Otherwise, I’m screwed.” major who described a similarly difficult time of Arts and Media, said the college has been expressed frustration. without that human element. me from bingeing all eight Harry Potter The transition hasn’t been easy for theater adjusting to the change. Since she completed working to transition courses online, but “I can’t afford to go to school for another It’s a first-world problem, even just a movies in a day? I tried at first to make professors, either. Pamyla Stiehl is an all her generals, even more of her theater acknowledged there have been difficulties. year, so I hope they figure this out,” Cukal personal problem at this point. I am, just my life the same as possible. I got up associate professor in the School of Theatre classes have hit roadblocks following the “We’ve all been working hard, and we’re said. like everyone else, worried about getting every morning at eight, showered by nine and Dance, where she teaches musical theater switch. going to show what’s possible when this COVID-19, because I don’t want to die and was working on online classes at ten. auditioning, theater history and musical “Most of my classes are performance- sort of challenge is put to us,” he said. “A and I don’t want my elderly parents based,” she said. “Doing that at a distance just lot of great art is made under constrained But as soon as the luxuries provided by theater dance. or immunocompromised friends to die isn’t possible.” circumstances.” home started to kick in, I knew I was too She said going online was difficult, but either. I understand why it’s important to Cukale said her keyboard classes have DeBoer said professors were told to assess far gone. the cancellation of spring productions hit the stay inside, and I’ve been hunkered down already listed final grades, since not many course work up to the end of in-person classes I miss the exercise and sunlight hardest. as much as possible to ensure the spread people have a keyboard at home. Her dance and assign practicum credit from there. provided by walking to class. I miss “There were a lot of tears,” Stiehl said. “It of this disease is slowed even just a little. class, taught by Stiehl, no longer has any Additionally, Stiehl said the dean the conversations with friends as we was sort of a breakdown — an emotional Being stuck inside, though, it makes choreography to learn or perform — just had charged professors with the task of waited for our lecture to begin. But support group happened in class that day.” my frustrations come to the surface. those two papers left to write. brainstorming curriculum tweaks in the event most of all, I miss the feeling of doing Stiehl said her history class was the easiest They’re the only things I can think about. But her greatest concern is over the classes remain online for the upcoming fall something worthwhile. I am proud and to adapt, but noted her dance class would’ve It does frustrate me to pay for in-person canceled “Pride and Prejudice” performances semester. understanding of how the University been nearly impossible to recreate online. classes while taking online classes. she and others had been working on to debut One possibility she said they’ve discussed of Montana and our arts departments Instead, since she had already covered most And what kills me is I know it in April. Cukale said she’s not sure she’ll get is grouping more “academic” classes in responded to this crisis, but when the of the standards, her students will write two frustrates my teachers, too. Everyone’s her practicum credit now that the show has the fall and pushing production classes to days start to go by in a blur, I find it papers to finish the course. doing the best they can to deliver the Among fellow arts professors, she said been canceled. the spring with the hope things will have difficult not to miss the way things used same quality of classes as before, but despite production cancellations and no box “It’s given me a lot of anxiety,” Cukale said. returned to normal. to be. it’s just not possible. My teachers all

12 April 8, 2020 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com April 8, 2020 13 Arts Opinion As classes move online, UM Theatre and Dance adapts Column: Online musical theater makes for bootleg classes AUSTIN AMESTOY BEN WAMBEKE [email protected] [email protected]

12 April 8, 2020 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com April 8, 2020 13 Reviews Reviews Missoula band shines on “Last Rain of the Summer” ‘Coffee & Kareem’ offers no laughs in a Bass master Thundercat doesn’t question what life has to offer in “It Is What It Is” ALEX MILLER September 2018, featured Bruner on bass. time where we need laughs the most [email protected] “Fair Chance,”’ is held together by a simple drum loop and arpeggiated bass lines from Bruner, using the highest Thundercat wants you to know that ranges of his custom six-string bass. “I somebody hurt him, but he has not keep holdin’ you down, even though given up on love. Stephen Bruner, aka you’re not around,” Bruner sings with a Thundercat, offers so much more than a lush and spacey vocal effect. broken heart on his fourth studio album, Ty Dolla $ign borrows lyrics straight “It Is What It Is.” from Miller’s “Hurt Feelings,” singing in The virtuoso bassist, a member autotune, “Keep my head above water, of the new school of jazz musicians my eyes gettin’ bigger, the world gettin’ alongside Kamasi Washington and smaller, I been gettin’ richer, only made Flying Lotus, has a storied career. His me crazy, mama said I’m different, since I major break came while playing with was a baby.” legendary thrash punk band Suicidal The love for Miller continues on the Tendencies in the early 2000s, but his title track for “It Is What It Is.” The song, most recent successes have come from which again focuses on Bruner’s bass his collaboration with Kendrick Lamar wizardry, is a slow-paced dirge. “When I on Lamar’s 2015 rap-jazz fusion epic “To sit back and reflect, from a broken heart, Pimp a Butterfly.” sometimes there’s regret, it is what it is,” The production of the album was Bruner sings. handled by both Bruner and Flying But this is a two-parter. The second Lotus, with much of the musical focus CLINT CONNORS And they’re going to need a lot of half is kicked off by Bruner calling “Hey [email protected] being on Bruner’s extraordinary bass repetitive slapstick and sex jokes that Mac,” into the musical ether. Miller would make a seventh-grader roll his playing. Sonically, there is not much on “It’s not hard to make people cry. Kill responds with “Whoa,” a sample of one eyes to do that. the album that looks like a risk. Instead, a dog.” of his famous ad-libs. What this song The mean spirited tone of “Coffee & it is a doubling down of Bruner’s funky “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” director manages to do with its tone and lyrical Kareem” does this “humor” no favors. jazz. But that does not mean that this Judd Apatow’s statement in an interview content really encapsulates what the Both of the protagonists treat each other album lacks any forward motion. for Vulture may have been extreme, but album is about. horribly throughout the film, to the point “It Is What It Is” is an album full of it demonstrated an important point: Bruner delivers a cohesive effort that where I didn’t want them to become lyrical growth. Bruner’s past albums MEGHAN JONAS comedy is one of the most difficult film looks at life with all of its ups and downs. friends by the inevitable happy ending. have had a more stream of consciousness [email protected] is grinding. Listeners can hear the rawness genres to pull off successfully. From love lost to death, to buying a new Not that they’re any more tolerable approach to lyrics, especially 2017’s of Holte’s vocals that come straight from his Indeed, it’s much easier to forgive a fancy grill on top of the California hills, We might not be able to go kick our heels on their own. Kareem’s smack talk and “Drunk.” “I’m gonna eat so much fish I chest. drama that doesn’t make you cry than Bruner shows that his view of life is not up in groups right now, but Jackson Holte James’ dad jokes get old the minute they think I’m gonna be sick, gonna blow all This kind of hubbub matches up with the a comedy that doesn’t make you laugh. one-dimensional. It is fun, it is sad and it and the Highway Patrol are making sure we’ll start. my cash on anime,” he sings in “Tokyo.” dive bar grunge style of the music. “Last Rain Joke telling is a convoluted art form, one is whole. He understands that sometimes have our practice for when we can. It’s only during the manic climax, That can still be found on this album, of the Summer” is something you would hear that’s not given the respect it deserves, you can’t change things, and that “It The Missoula band’s second album “Last when Betty Gilpin gets to shine as the especially in “Dragonball Durag.” in your local brewery, but it’s also something especially in our current climate. But Is What It Is,” is the best salve for the Rain of the Summer” is a folksy paradise. It deranged Detective Watts, that director Perhaps the best line of the 15-track effort you could swing dance to at a barn party. more on that later. hardest moments in life. makes you want to sing and to dance and Michael Dowse (“Stuber”) decides the is uttered over Bruner’s bouncy and It’s hard to stick a label on Jackson Holte Perhaps the challenge is why most to fall in love against the backdrop of Aspen movie should at least be kind of funny. sultry bassline and the simple boom-bap and the Highway Patrol. It’s folk, but it’s also movies trying to get a laugh these past groves. This could be a hiking record or a Why has laziness become the norm drum beat that thumps throughout the blues. And country. And rock. Influences from few years have been awful. As other dancing record or a sitting at home record. with comedies? When will the genre I song. “I may be covered in cat hair, but I those genres bleed into each other until you’ve genres, like superhero and horror, It starts off sounding harder than typical love prove its worth to a movie viewing still smell good. Baby let me know, how got a record that’s something else entirely. continue to evolve, comedy continues to folk or country. Deep bass and drums compete population that doesn’t hold it to the do I look in my durag?” You look great, Tyson Gerhardt, Marko Capoferri and regress. with lead singer Jackson Holte’s deep, same level of respect as tear-jerkers? Thundercat. gravelly voice. Despite the heaviness of the Brian Tremper on guitar, bass and vocals, Enter “Coffee & Kareem.” Released We can’t underestimate the power of Moments of silliness aside, Bruner instrumentals and vocals, it transitions into a respectively, give a fullness to the record that exclusively on Netflix on April 3, it laughter. It’s especially important in a shows a capability to address real pain surprisingly light album, complete with love couldn’t come with just Holte’s vocals, no crosses off every box on the bad comedy The news never rests. COVID-19 world, where all we need to and loss. “Fair Chance,” featuring Ty songs and harmonicas (our favorites). matter how good they are. The tracks don’t checklist: lackluster attempts at humor, do to see grief and suffering is check our Dolla $ign and living meme Lil B, is a Holte’s voice is close to breaking on “Death sound like four musicians fighting for a boring action scenes and an attitude that phones. We can’t expect to grin and bear reflection on the loss of longtime friend Knell Blues,” and he conveys a certain type moment in the spotlight; they sound like they says, “this is just mindless entertainment. FOLLOW OUR WEBSITE FOR THE LATESTS STORIES AT it when we can’t even grin. and collaborator Mac Miller. of frantic urgency when he sings, “If you just want to make good music. Together. We don’t have to try.” So, if you’re looking for a picker-upper Bruner and Miller worked together get to heaven before I do, don’t forget to tell “Gethsemane” rounds out the album as Police officer James Coffee (Ed Helms) this month, go watch “Superbad” or on Miller’s 2014 mixtape “Faces,” with them who sent you.” It’s eerie without feeling a beautiful love song listeners don’t expect. is having trouble connecting with his MONTANAKAIMIN.COM “Tropic Thunder.” Or any of the other the bassist providing production on the threatening. Suddenly the harshness of the previous tracks girlfriend’s son, Kareem Manning great comedies of yore. If “Coffee & track “55.” Miller then provided vocals Holte’s voice is rapid on “Fast Lane West,” is gone and replaced with a raw sweetness. It (Terrence Little Gardenhigh). When Kareem” is any indication, there won’t be on “Hi,” from “Drunk.” Bruner returned reminiscent of Johnny Cash’s “Boy Named feels like coming home from that dive bar and Kareem tries to get rid of his potential OR FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA @MONTANAKAIMIN more “greats” anytime soon. the favor and played bass on “What’s Sue” and other fast-talking country singers going straight into the arms of someone you stepdad, they end up in the middle of a the Use?” from Miller’s “Swimming.” from the near past. It’s rapid-fire, making love. We would have whiplash if this song drug cartel’s latest sale. Miller’s Tiny Desk performance, one listeners wonder how Holte can sing so damn wasn’t so tender. With targets on their backs, the two are of his last before his untimely death in fast. On “John Henry’s Hammer,” his voice Listening to this record makes us feel tough. forced to team up and stop the crime.

14 April 8, 2020 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com April 8, 2020 15 Reviews Reviews Missoula band shines on “Last Rain of the Summer” ‘Coffee & Kareem’ offers no laughs in a Bass master Thundercat doesn’t question what life has to offer in “It Is What It Is” ALEX MILLER September 2018, featured Bruner on bass. time where we need laughs the most [email protected] “Fair Chance,”’ is held together by a simple drum loop and arpeggiated bass lines from Bruner, using the highest Thundercat wants you to know that ranges of his custom six-string bass. “I somebody hurt him, but he has not keep holdin’ you down, even though given up on love. Stephen Bruner, aka you’re not around,” Bruner sings with a Thundercat, offers so much more than a lush and spacey vocal effect. broken heart on his fourth studio album, Ty Dolla $ign borrows lyrics straight “It Is What It Is.” from Miller’s “Hurt Feelings,” singing in The virtuoso bassist, a member autotune, “Keep my head above water, of the new school of jazz musicians my eyes gettin’ bigger, the world gettin’ alongside Kamasi Washington and smaller, I been gettin’ richer, only made Flying Lotus, has a storied career. His me crazy, mama said I’m different, since I major break came while playing with was a baby.” legendary thrash punk band Suicidal The love for Miller continues on the Tendencies in the early 2000s, but his title track for “It Is What It Is.” The song, most recent successes have come from which again focuses on Bruner’s bass his collaboration with Kendrick Lamar wizardry, is a slow-paced dirge. “When I on Lamar’s 2015 rap-jazz fusion epic “To sit back and reflect, from a broken heart, Pimp a Butterfly.” sometimes there’s regret, it is what it is,” The production of the album was Bruner sings. handled by both Bruner and Flying But this is a two-parter. The second Lotus, with much of the musical focus CLINT CONNORS And they’re going to need a lot of half is kicked off by Bruner calling “Hey [email protected] being on Bruner’s extraordinary bass repetitive slapstick and sex jokes that Mac,” into the musical ether. Miller would make a seventh-grader roll his playing. Sonically, there is not much on “It’s not hard to make people cry. Kill responds with “Whoa,” a sample of one eyes to do that. the album that looks like a risk. Instead, a dog.” of his famous ad-libs. What this song The mean spirited tone of “Coffee & it is a doubling down of Bruner’s funky “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” director manages to do with its tone and lyrical Kareem” does this “humor” no favors. jazz. But that does not mean that this Judd Apatow’s statement in an interview content really encapsulates what the Both of the protagonists treat each other album lacks any forward motion. for Vulture may have been extreme, but album is about. horribly throughout the film, to the point “It Is What It Is” is an album full of it demonstrated an important point: Bruner delivers a cohesive effort that where I didn’t want them to become lyrical growth. Bruner’s past albums MEGHAN JONAS comedy is one of the most difficult film looks at life with all of its ups and downs. friends by the inevitable happy ending. have had a more stream of consciousness [email protected] is grinding. Listeners can hear the rawness genres to pull off successfully. From love lost to death, to buying a new Not that they’re any more tolerable approach to lyrics, especially 2017’s of Holte’s vocals that come straight from his Indeed, it’s much easier to forgive a fancy grill on top of the California hills, We might not be able to go kick our heels on their own. Kareem’s smack talk and “Drunk.” “I’m gonna eat so much fish I chest. drama that doesn’t make you cry than Bruner shows that his view of life is not up in groups right now, but Jackson Holte James’ dad jokes get old the minute they think I’m gonna be sick, gonna blow all This kind of hubbub matches up with the a comedy that doesn’t make you laugh. one-dimensional. It is fun, it is sad and it and the Highway Patrol are making sure we’ll start. my cash on anime,” he sings in “Tokyo.” dive bar grunge style of the music. “Last Rain Joke telling is a convoluted art form, one is whole. He understands that sometimes have our practice for when we can. It’s only during the manic climax, That can still be found on this album, of the Summer” is something you would hear that’s not given the respect it deserves, you can’t change things, and that “It The Missoula band’s second album “Last when Betty Gilpin gets to shine as the especially in “Dragonball Durag.” in your local brewery, but it’s also something especially in our current climate. But Is What It Is,” is the best salve for the Rain of the Summer” is a folksy paradise. It deranged Detective Watts, that director Perhaps the best line of the 15-track effort you could swing dance to at a barn party. more on that later. hardest moments in life. makes you want to sing and to dance and Michael Dowse (“Stuber”) decides the is uttered over Bruner’s bouncy and It’s hard to stick a label on Jackson Holte Perhaps the challenge is why most to fall in love against the backdrop of Aspen movie should at least be kind of funny. sultry bassline and the simple boom-bap and the Highway Patrol. It’s folk, but it’s also movies trying to get a laugh these past groves. This could be a hiking record or a Why has laziness become the norm drum beat that thumps throughout the blues. And country. And rock. Influences from few years have been awful. As other dancing record or a sitting at home record. with comedies? When will the genre I song. “I may be covered in cat hair, but I those genres bleed into each other until you’ve genres, like superhero and horror, It starts off sounding harder than typical love prove its worth to a movie viewing still smell good. Baby let me know, how got a record that’s something else entirely. continue to evolve, comedy continues to folk or country. Deep bass and drums compete population that doesn’t hold it to the do I look in my durag?” You look great, Tyson Gerhardt, Marko Capoferri and regress. with lead singer Jackson Holte’s deep, same level of respect as tear-jerkers? Thundercat. gravelly voice. Despite the heaviness of the Brian Tremper on guitar, bass and vocals, Enter “Coffee & Kareem.” Released We can’t underestimate the power of Moments of silliness aside, Bruner instrumentals and vocals, it transitions into a respectively, give a fullness to the record that exclusively on Netflix on April 3, it laughter. It’s especially important in a shows a capability to address real pain surprisingly light album, complete with love couldn’t come with just Holte’s vocals, no crosses off every box on the bad comedy The news never rests. COVID-19 world, where all we need to and loss. “Fair Chance,” featuring Ty songs and harmonicas (our favorites). matter how good they are. The tracks don’t checklist: lackluster attempts at humor, do to see grief and suffering is check our Dolla $ign and living meme Lil B, is a Holte’s voice is close to breaking on “Death sound like four musicians fighting for a boring action scenes and an attitude that phones. We can’t expect to grin and bear reflection on the loss of longtime friend Knell Blues,” and he conveys a certain type moment in the spotlight; they sound like they says, “this is just mindless entertainment. FOLLOW OUR WEBSITE FOR THE LATESTS STORIES AT it when we can’t even grin. and collaborator Mac Miller. of frantic urgency when he sings, “If you just want to make good music. Together. We don’t have to try.” So, if you’re looking for a picker-upper Bruner and Miller worked together get to heaven before I do, don’t forget to tell “Gethsemane” rounds out the album as Police officer James Coffee (Ed Helms) this month, go watch “Superbad” or on Miller’s 2014 mixtape “Faces,” with them who sent you.” It’s eerie without feeling a beautiful love song listeners don’t expect. is having trouble connecting with his MONTANAKAIMIN.COM “Tropic Thunder.” Or any of the other the bassist providing production on the threatening. Suddenly the harshness of the previous tracks girlfriend’s son, Kareem Manning great comedies of yore. If “Coffee & track “55.” Miller then provided vocals Holte’s voice is rapid on “Fast Lane West,” is gone and replaced with a raw sweetness. It (Terrence Little Gardenhigh). When Kareem” is any indication, there won’t be on “Hi,” from “Drunk.” Bruner returned reminiscent of Johnny Cash’s “Boy Named feels like coming home from that dive bar and Kareem tries to get rid of his potential OR FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA @MONTANAKAIMIN more “greats” anytime soon. the favor and played bass on “What’s Sue” and other fast-talking country singers going straight into the arms of someone you stepdad, they end up in the middle of a the Use?” from Miller’s “Swimming.” from the near past. It’s rapid-fire, making love. We would have whiplash if this song drug cartel’s latest sale. Miller’s Tiny Desk performance, one listeners wonder how Holte can sing so damn wasn’t so tender. With targets on their backs, the two are of his last before his untimely death in fast. On “John Henry’s Hammer,” his voice Listening to this record makes us feel tough. forced to team up and stop the crime.

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Members of the club Thursday Night Ride are dedicated to biking, skiing and hiking together every Thursday in Missoula. But they can’t meet due to social distancing rules, so members created a new weekly series to keep people active. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock enacted a stay at home order March 26 that affected over 1 million state residents. While the order encouraged people to stay home as much as possible, it permitted Montanans to recreate on public lands. Before the stay at home order, the group originally sent out weekly meeting spots for rides. But as cases started to mount in Montana, organizer Aaron Baldwin changed the program. “Sending out group ride announcements would be irresponsible and undermine the extraordinary measures our schools and small business are taking,” Baldwin said. “Instead of just shutting the group down, I decided to put out a route each week that people could ride solo.” Baldwin implemented three new rules for the ride. He asked that all riders follow CDC social distancing guidelines, he requested that riders complete one bike ride per week and he asked that riders interested in being on the group’s leaderboard send him a message over TNR’s Facebook page or email. “The leaderboard is just to help motivate people to get outside and exercise An information post sits alongside the Crazy Canyon trail. The trail system is part of the Pattee Canyon Recre- during this stressful time and give people a sense of being part of the group ation area Southeast of the Missoula city limits. GRIFFEN SMITH | MONTANA KAIMIN even if they have to ride alone,” Baldwin said. The group’s first ride featured 21 riders who tracked and reported their times. Baldwin sends a weekly email to over 200 people. Alden H. Wright, a retired professor of computer science at the University of Montana, said the move to biking alone has been easier for him. “I am two weeks away from my 78th birthday, and I was about to quit riding with the group because I can’t keep up,” said Wright. “ Since there is no pressure to keep up with a group, I can walk when I need to.” Wright has biked for 73 years of his life, and mountain biked with TNR since 2004. He also does research and teaches about the evolution of technology at UM. While the trail is isolated, and Wright says he is not at his peak fitness, he enjoys his time biking. “These virtual rides have been a great way to continue participating,” said Wright. In addition to implementing the new online leaderboard, Baldwin considered adding optional trail segments and requesting that riders take pictures at particular locations. TNR explores mountain biking in the Missoula area. The group tried to select less-traveled trails to avoid large crowds that have been spotted around the city’s outdoor spaces. Club members have biked the Sound of Music and Sidewinder trails, which OLD CHICAGO IS THE are located in the seasonal North Jumbo zone. During the first couple of weeks after the city opens them, Baldwin said Missoulians flock to these trails to look ™ at wildflowers. “I intend to be even more mindful of crowds and busy areas with the Solo CRAFT BEER AUTHORITY Ride Series,” said Baldwin. “The whole point is to avoid having a big group gathering together.” Trails chosen are often long and involve some technical terrain. Solo ride organizers often pre-check trails to make sure they are dry and nothing is blocking a path. SHOW UM ID The week’s trail, with a trail map and participant photos, is sent out Wednesdays. AND GET 10% OFF MISSOULA • 3630 N Reserve • Near the corner of Reserve & Stockyard • 406.926.1155

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