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Montana Kaimin, February 10-16, 2016 Students of the University of Montana, Missoula University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Associated Students of the University of Montana Montana Kaimin, 1898-present (ASUM) 2-10-2016 Montana Kaimin, February 10-16, 2016 Students of the University of Montana, Missoula Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy . Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper Recommended Citation Students of the University of Montana, Missoula, "Montana Kaimin, February 10-16, 2016" (2016). Montana Kaimin, 1898-present. 6910. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper/6910 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM) at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Montana Kaimin, 1898-present by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FEBRUARY 10-16, 2016 / 10-16, FEBRUARY N I M I A MONTANAKAIMIN.COM MONTANAKAIMIN.COM K A AN MONT FINDING Page 4 / THE LAST BEST COLLEGE COLLEGE BEST THE LAST FELLER @montanakaimin @montanakaimin facebook.com/montanakaimin ASUM CHILDCARE AT RISK PAGE 3 STUDENT EMPLOYEES FEELING BUDGET CUTS PAGE 3 HIGH PRAISE FOR STUDENT TRANS FILM PAGE 8 2 FEBRUARY 10-16, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM OPINION TRANNY 911 EDITORIAL More chart-topping STUDENT FEES: OUR queers, please LAST LINE OF DEFENSE Editorial Staff [email protected] Michael Siebert [email protected] hough the news lately has been plenty of gloom and doom, ne of the most exhilarating countless more have all found a cer- students are wrong to feel powerless in the face of top-down moments in music last year tain amount of underground success. budget cuts that have fired popular instructors and proficient wasn’t a song. Rapper Young But none of them have found stardom T ThugO appeared on the cover of Dazed, quite like Young Thug. Le1f has not had bureaucrats. ASUM student fees support many of the most important a fashion magazine, in September 2015. a chart-topper, Cakes da Killa is not fea- institutions on campus, and students have a responsibility to stand by The cover was less important than the tured on Kanye tracks and Mykki Blan- them. spread within, where Thugger wore a co no longer makes music. The tenor of campus may be changing uncontrollably, but students sheer cream Molly Goddard dress. But, is it because hip-hop isn’t ready can stop some of the worst of it. It’s why we have student government Homophobes came out of the wood- for a queer rapper, or is it because lis- and student-led institutions in the first place; to pick up the slack and work to complain. But what’s more in- teners aren’t? Sure, homophobia is still provide students services the administration cannot or will not. teresting is that this didn’t seem to af- rampant in lyrics and from some of rap’s From the people who watch the campus’ children to the impresarios fect his credibility. Thugger has almost biggest figures. But, with more rappers that keep the Adams Center packed with buckle bunnies, agencies fund- 1.3 million Facebook fans, with multiple coming out in support of LGBTQIA ed through ASUM student fees are in trouble from the enrollment drop. certifiable hits, all without having ever rights, that argument seems to lose Decreasing student fees aren’t the only reason foundational campus released a studio album. He has con- credibility. sistently fucked with hip-hop’s notions Hip-hop is often hypersexual, and institutions are struggling, but they’ve made unforeseen budgetary fluc- of masculinity since the beginning; his while we can handle a straight guy rap- tuations harder to weather. wardrobe is tight, feminine and chic, ping about gay people, are we cultur- Adapting to new federal regulations means ASUM Child Care faces an and he raps in a warbly, high-pitched ally ready for someone rapping about existential threat if it can’t find ways to cover a sudden shortfall. UM Pro- moan. anal sex? Could we have a Billboard hit ductions will not receive any funding from ASUM next year, and can only In other words, he’s a stark contrast about Azealia Banks picking up girls operate off their accumulated nest egg for so long. ASUM Transportation to what we think of as the archetypal and giving us the details? It doesn’t ap- just bought two brand new electric buses, and as the University’s prima- hip hop figure. There’s a whole new pear that way. Because while we have ry means of combating Montana’s legendary proclivity for drunk-driving, school of others like him. Future, Drake, gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans charac- cannot afford to be cut. The Montana Kaimin and KBGA both saw their Rich Homie Quan, ILoveMakonnen and ters on television shows and in film, we proposed fee increases voted down last year as ad revenue simultane- more are all deconstructing the idea have yet to really delve into what those ously continues to fall. that rappers need to be hyper-mascu- identities mean in more than a superfi- All organizations funded partly or in whole by ASUM student fees line, whether through lyrics or appear- cial way. ance. And existence isn’t exactly represen- have seen their operating budgets dwindle as thousands of students Which means that we’ve laid all the tation. So, the reason we haven’t seen a who once paid them took their tuition somewhere else. groundwork for the next step: a main- mainstream queer rapper has less to do Paying slightly higher fees is something students have to get used to stream queer rapper. with hip-hop and more to do with us. if they don’t want to see the University lose important services that help Culturally, we’ve seen everything If we still can’t handle some of Nicki everyone. To Montanans, any tax is a grim reality, but with enrollment short of this happen. Macklemore had Minaj’s lyricism, how long will it take sinking every year, and the administration offering no answers whatso- a hit single about supporting gay mar- radio stations to spin tracks about boys ever, students aren’t left with any other options. riage, Frank Ocean alluded to his queer- kissing boys, or gender dysphoria? Voting in favor of fee increases at the end of the semester is a chance ness in an open letter he published on We need to stop thinking of rep- for students to score a rare victory after years of retreating. The quality his Tumblr, and now, the gradual ac- resentation as something that can be of UM’s academic offerings may be diminishing, but it’s going to be much ceptance of feminine behavior. So, why achieved just by having queer individ- harder to get to class when the buses stop running and your kid’s daycare is there not even a single openly queer uals present in our media. We need to is halfway across town. A few extra dollars from each of us won’t stop rapper that we can point to that has think of it as a genuine sharing of their seen crossover success? experiences. We need to be willing to the University’s decline, but it will substantially soften the blow. It certainly isn’t because there’s a listen to Cakes da Killa talk about his shortage of them. Rappers like Le1f, bad breakup if we champion Drake for Cakes da Killa, Mykki Blanco and doing the same thing.▪ Cover photo by Lacey Young / @ laceyyoung87 OPINION NEWS ARTS SPORTS KIOSK FEBRUARY 10-16, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM 3 NEWS ASUM Child Care survival at risk Silas Miller [email protected] for 20 fewer kids at any given time. Sanks, director of ASUM Child Care, went tion their rooms with low walls to maintain If rates remain the same, this would to Helena to plead for changes to the pro- small group sizes. Low walls would allow ASUM Child Care may need to discon- shrink the program’s annual revenue by posed regulations for child care centers. their caregivers to watch two groups at tinue or downsize to comply with oncom- $168,000, according to Meixner. Meixner said he thinks a decision will once, keeping staff costs down. ing state regulations, according to ASUM With fewer kids to care for, ASUM be made concerning the fate of the child Nothing is for certain, according to President Cody Meixner. would still have to maintain the same size care program by mid-February, when Meixner, who said, “Losing 20 spots is still The Child Care Development Block staff it currently has, as the number of care- ASUM senators budget for the upcoming a very big possibility.” Grant Act of 2014 mandated new child care givers needed for each group wouldn’t fiscal year. The state of Montana must submit regu- regulations across the United States. change significantly. Meixner said he walked away from the lations to the federal government by March In accordance with the CCDBG, Mon- Furthermore, they will have to increase Helena meeting feeling optimistic ASUM 1 of this year, leaving minimal time for any tana must decide how many kids can be staff training and pay for background Child Care may be able to maintain their exemptions or changes to occur. cared for in a room at a given time. checks, changes which incur annual costs current numbers of kids while adjusting to There will be a Montana state child care The state has proposed a plan that of at least $5,500, according to Meixner.
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