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Page 5 Pages 7-11 Page 13 Foresters gather ASUM candidates Recalling the for a day answer questions Mount St. Helens of competition before election eruption after 30 years www.montanakaimin.com MKontana UM’s Independent Campus Newspaper Since 1898 aVolumeimin CXII Issue 96 Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Endangered species of the mind The past and future of the President’s Lecture Series Andrew Dusek position he thoroughly enjoys, Montana Kaimin and he completely invests himself With the carefully constructed in the coordination process, from cadences of an academic, Alexan- establishing initial contact to the der Nehamas spoke to the crowd lecturer’s last uttered phrase. that had gathered in the dark- The process begins more than ness before him on a late-March a year in advance. Once the list evening. The renowned philoso- of speakers is approved for each pher had come to the University academic year, Drake meticu- of Montana campus to reflect on lously oversees every detail of the morality, mystery and innate the preparations. Working with a beauty of friendship. His talk was yearly budget of $25,000, he con- part of the President’s Lecture Se- tacts each candidate with a “quite ries, which has hosted more than detailed” e-mail invitation. The 200 speakers from around the message includes his preferenc- world during the past 23 years. es regarding what he wants the But with changes at the univer- speaker to present at the lecture sity in the offing, it could be an and accompanying afternoon endangered species. seminar, as well as an explanation Started in 1987 during the of what it is in the individual’s short tenure of university presi- background that drew his interest. dent James Koch, the series has That is the hook that reels them drawn a wide range of speakers, in. from famous figures like Acad- Once the speakers accept the emy Award-winning director offer, the assisting starts. Drake Sydney Pollack and Nobel Prize- picks them up from the airport, winning poet Seamus Heaney to chauffeurs them around Missou- obscure academics whose names la and oversees their scheduled Ben Coulter/Montana Kaimin elicit little or no recognition. But UM Professor Richard Drake enjoys a quiet moment in his office in the Liberal Arts building on Tuesday afternoon. Drake, events during their stay. These in- while speakers and even universi- the chair of the history department, is the dominant organizer behind the President’s Lecture Series, which brings guest clude interviews on Montana Pub- ty presidents have come and gone, speakers from a variety of backgrounds to the university to share their insight and experiences. lic Radio, luncheons with faculty one man remained a constant fix- and dinner at the Prescott House. ture of the series, always sitting in In my view, the President’s Lecture Series has become such a Two days after Nehamas’ re- the darkness of the audience. flection on friendship, Drake Professor Richard Drake, chair critical part of the institutional culture. Any effort to discontinue sat in his stifling hot office in of the UM history department, has “ it will immediately raise concerns about the robustness and the Liberal Arts building, amid been at the helm of the program shelves of history texts and file since its inception. Koch appoint- vitality of the intellectual atmosphere and environment on campus. cabinets containing the event pro- ed him to be the sole coordinator -George Dennison, University of Montana President grams and information for every of the series, and he has remained speaker in the history of the se- the only individual to hold the po- announced his retirement in Janu- history department, although he he’s done. ” ries. He praised the message of sition. In light of recent changes ary after 20 years at the Universi- said it was to focus more intently Drake appeared undaunted his latest guest speaker, a Prince- at the University, however, many ty, amid the uncertainty of a $3.6 on the lecture series. and unwilling to let changes at ton University humanities profes- question the future of the lecture million budget shortfall. In addi- “I’m spreading myself too thin the University affect the lecture sor, and chalked up the event as series. tion, Drake, 67, announced that he with my workload,” he said, add- series or his dedicated service President George Dennison was stepping down as chair of the ing that he has a while yet before as coordinator. He said it is a See LECTURE, page 15 MontPIRG temporarily removed from ballot Jayme Fraser Emily May said. “The athletic fee She said the e-mail order did not requirements hadn’t been met. Let the people vote; we don’t know Montana Kaimin was in there, but the MontPIRG fee include directions to publish the ad MontPIRG argued that they what they are afraid of,” Trill- A ballot referendum asking stu- wasn’t there.” on any other days. The ad was ac- shouldn’t be punished for the mis- ing said. “We’ve done everything dents to support establishing a $5 May then spoke with Kaimin cidently excluded from the Friday take of the Kaimin.” right on our end. We collected over refundable fee for MontPIRG was office manager Ruth Johnson, and Tuesday editions because of After May spoke with UM legal 2,500 signatures. We have hung up temporarily removed from the bal- ASUM Legal Services Director confusion during the transition to counsel David Arnofsky around at and handed out over 3,000 pieces lot Tuesday after miscommunica- Annie Hamilton and Elections next year’s advertising staff. 4 p.m., she e-mailed Business Ser- of literature about the vote and tion from the ASUM office and an Committee Chair Will Selph about “We regret the error,” Johnson vices to put MontPIRG back on the have collected over 1,000 pledges unintentional error of the Kaimin a possible constitutional conflict. said. ballot for Wednesday and Thurs- to vote in the last 48 hours. We are business office. After Selph spoke with fellow The Kaimin business staff post- day’s regular elections. just trying to do the right thing by The ASUM constitution re- ASUM senators, the Elections ed the advertisement on the paper’s “The constitutional requirement having students vote.” quires ballot language for any ref- Committee and May agreed to website Tuesday afternoon after for appearing four days in the Kai- The MontPIRG referendum erendum going to a student vote to remove the MontPIRG fee from a request from MontPIRG, which min hasn’t been met so if someone and elections for positions on next be published in the Kaimin four the CyberBear ballot at noon, the hoped the item could then still ap- chose to challenge that it would be year’s ASUM Senate opened for consecutive issues before elections deadline to certify the ballot with pear on this week’s regular ballot interesting how that shakes out,” voting on CyberBear Wednesday open. The MontPIRG referendum UM Business Services. instead of during a special election May said. “I’m not speaking about at midnight and will close Thurs- did not meet this requirement be- “At that point, we called (Mont- May 3 to 4. myself, but I think that someone day evening. cause the ad containing the refer- PIRG Chair) Jared Trilling and Trilling and other MontPIRG probably will.” A referendum proposing a endum language was accidentally told him about our decision,” May supporters expressed concern that Trilling said he is happy to have $26.10 per-semester increase to the excluded from the last two issues said. voting turnout could be adversely the referendum back on the regular mandatory athletic fee paid by all of the paper. The Kaimin business office re- affected by moving the referendum ballot and encourages students to students will be open for voting “(Tuesday) morning at about ceived the order for the ad several to a special election. vote. during a special election from 8 11, I was looking at the Kaimin, hours after deadline Wednesday, “We couldn’t really decide “We welcome the vote of the a.m. on May 3 to 8 p.m. on May 4. and I looked for the referendum but still published the referendum what to do,” May said. “It’s no student body and oppose any ef- [email protected] language,” ASUM Vice President language Thursday, Johnson said. one’s fault, but the constitutional forts to silence the student voice. See related story on page 12 2 MKontana aimin Opinion Wednesday, April 28, 2010 EDITORIAL College journalists were right to stand up to bullying Perhaps the authorities thought which requires a more rigorous unlike Montana, Virginia is one not a man who recognizes reality, they could play loose with the law process than a search warrant.