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SEPT. 16-22, 2015/ MONTANAKAIMIN.COM / THE LAST BEST COLLEGE NEWS N I M I ALLEGED FLASHER A PAGE 8 K A N REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND TA MON PAGE 15 BSC LOGO LOWDOWN PAGE 20 WITH MORE THAN 20 COFFEE SHOPS AROUND CAMPUS, LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE FIGHTING TO STAY RELEVANT PAGE 10 N I M I A K A montanakaimin.com @montanakaimin @montanakaimin facebook.com/montanakaimin AN MONT 2 SEPTEMBER 16 - 22, 2015 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM OPINION TRANSED OUT As pretty as a regular woman trans coverage in the media, the fact was unjust, and not nearly enough of costly. Michael Siebert [email protected] is that being trans comes down to one them will see justice. Many trans people do not feel the need thing: looks. Caitlyn Jenner’s first big me- Why is this important? Because trans to conform to societal expectations of In last week’s column, I wrote about dia pull involved her posing for the cov- people are living in a world where to sur- how genders should be represented. And the struggle many trans people endure to er of Vanity Fair, while Laverne Cox was vive, you have to pass as cisgender. nor should they — beauty standards are be recognized as more than just a drag named as one of People’s sexiest women. Throughout the world, particularly in arbitrary, unjust and constantly-shifting. performer. Trans men are often dimin- But this is more than just an extension of the United States, being cis is seen as be- The remedy to this is to begin to shift ished to butch women, and trans women the degradation cis women already expe- ing authentic, while being trans is often our idea of what constitutes attractive- are either gay or playing dress-up. The rience; it’s a lot deeper than that. viewed as an attempt to be something ness. The world will be a safer, brighter complexities of gender presentation are It’s worth noting that media typically one isn’t. Because of this, a lot of value is place for trans people if they are able to vast, and no one knows that better than champions a specific type of trans wom- placed on trans people who can success- express beauty in a manner that suits trans people. an: the fully-transitioned, cis-passing, fully pass. them. If we stop placing value on passing, Yet with trans people becoming more conventionally attractive one. This is not To pass as cis is a time-consuming and start celebrating all types of trans and more accepted every day, the world to demean or belittle the accomplish- and money-burning effort that, for many, women, whether fat, skinny, cis-passing has found itself in an awkward spot. ments of these women. The disturbing is either not worth the effort or simply or otherwise, then we are forcing the cul- Trans people, specifically trans women, undertones of this, however, cannot be not possible. 20 to 40 percent of home- ture to shift and allow all body types to are starting to be recognized as the gen- ignored. less youth are queer-identifying, many be seen as appealing. der they embody. But how do we com- At least 20 trans people have been of them trans and gender nonconform- The beauty standards held to trans pliment them? And for the more radical murdered this year. Many of these crimes ing. The services required for this kind people right now are not merely an an- folks, how do we do this without enforc- remain unprosecuted, with no suspects of assimilation are simply inaccessible noyance — they foster oppression. When ing the binary? or investigations into whether they were for those below a certain income brack- we normalize variance, we will begin to While we have seen an immense motivated by hate. Ages range from as et. Surgeries, hormones and other treat- see understanding, and hopefully, less amount of progress when it comes to young as 17 to as old as 66. Each death ments are both time-consuming and violence as a result. ▪ WHITE GIRL POLITIKING Hear the students, divest from fossil fuels After the study is done, they are hop- our all-too-human president, they also they choose to invest their money should Paige Cohn [email protected] ing to double UM’s current capacity of show what a lot of the Northwest is al- reflect that. Especially here at UM, where clean energy production by installing so- ready feeling: things are getting hot. our student representatives spoke up in In the spring of 2014, ASUM voted to lar panels on the roofs of parking garages. Here in Montana, the entire western favor of divestment. divest University of Montana’s endow- And while the UM Foundation and Pres- part of our state declared a state of “ex- Will UM divesting from fossil fuels ment from fossil fuels. The UM Founda- ident Engstrom have cited political rea- treme drought” after record high tem- keep Montana from looking like a scene tion is an organization separate from the sons for not divesting, it would seem to be peratures this summer and record low out of Mad Max? No, probably not. Di- University, yet handles all the donations good business to get out of the fossil fuel rainfall in June, according to the Depart- vestment would probably only be sym- and earnings from the endowment. Re- industry, considering the global market ment of Agriculture. Governor Steve bolic. invest Montana, a student led coalition, is is moving toward sustainable energy. If Bullock declared 15 different counties as The University divesting from fossil asking the UM Foundation to divest from the economic argument doesn't suit you, disaster areas, including Missoula Coun- fuels will not stop the companies from all fossil fuels and reinvest at least 5 per- consider the ethical one. ty, which was designated as a primary drilling or pumping carbon into our cent into environmentally and socially Unless you are watching the recent disaster area. With uncontrollable forest atmosphere. But the reinvestment in responsible enterprises. That’s a big ask, videos of President Barack Obama call- fires burning up the western part of the renewable energies and local business- but it’s coming from somewhere import- ing Bear Grylls a mediocre cook and country and smoke making the air quali- es does matter. It’s the commitment to ant: the students. awkwardly eating half-cooked salmon, ty hazardous to breathe, it’s time the Uni- moving forward and being a leader. Di- A majority of UM students have made you aren’t using your Internet privileges versity did something about it. vestment and a parking garage covered it clear that we want our school to invest right. Equipped with a selfie stick and Universities have an obligation to lis- in solar panels are just a few small steps ethically. ASUM not only voted to sup- video camera, Obama took to the wilder- ten to their students, and provide healthy, forward in a long trek ahead. But consid- port the divestment of fossil fuels, but re- ness of Alaska, the first president to do clean environments for them to learn in. ering that UM is committed to becoming cently they also voted to conduct studies so, to show the real time effects of climate Our Universities are centers of ideas and carbon neutral by 2020, we’d better start on solar energy use for the University. change. And while the videos show us innovations. Their policies and where walking.▪ OPINION NEWS ARTS SPORTS KIOSK SEPTEMBER 16 - 22, 2015 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM 3 EDITORIAL Big Ups to UM Dining for inventing even more currencies to rip us off with. Your PETSA doesn’t prevent rape gyro bar isn’t worth a single drachma. [email protected] The University of Montana’s attempts to revolutionize it’s response to sexual as- Backhands to Eastern Washington sault have not made campus safer for students, and it was never meant to. University’s cool logo. Remember, you’re UM does not statistically have more reported rapes than other universities. The still in Cheney. controversy was never about that. The US Department of Justice’s investigation, Jon Krakauer’s book and the international media attention was in response to institu- Big Ups to President Royce Eng- Backhands to President Royce Engstrom tional failures in Missoula’s academic and legal cultures that discriminated against strom for not whisking any rapists for prioritizing a crackdown on students rape victims. safely out of the country so far this reselling football tickets while building Attitudes about rape in Missoula have not improved. Barely three weeks into the week. yet another business school. academic year, we’ve bracketed a weekend with rape accusations as threatening posters plaster walls across town.