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Montana Kaimin, April 24, 2013 Students of the Niu Versity of Montana, Missoula University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Associated Students of the University of Montana Montana Kaimin, 1898-present (ASUM) 4-24-2013 Montana Kaimin, April 24, 2013 Students of The niU versity 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 nivU ersity of Montana, Missoula, "Montana Kaimin, April 24, 2013" (2013). Montana Kaimin, 1898-present. 5627. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper/5627 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]. GOLFER OLIVIA WEBER SAYS GOODBYE see page 11 MK Wednesday, April 24, 2013 montanakaimin www.montanakaimin.com MISSOULA Survivor of near-fatal Close Calls, Close Co-Workers: heart attack shares his story Ashley Nerbovig Montana Kaimin Two Facility Service work- ers sit together in mismatched chairs around a coffee-stained, paper-strewn table and reflect on the events of the past week. “Damn good thing I like looking at your ugly mug,” Don Reynolds said to Hilton ‘Skip’ Conroy. “Lucky I like you, that’s not usual for non-Mon- tana-natives.” The two men, who have worked together since March, are now laughing together, re- laxing after a long day of work. “I guess you’ll be wanting the whole story,” Conroy said. Conroy, a burly middle-aged man with a bushy mustache and glasses, appears to be in the prime health when you meet him. Last week however, while working with his other facility services labor crew- members, he suffered a nearly fatal heart attack. “I thought it was just heart- burn,” Conroy said. “I’d been having it for nearly a week Thom Bridge/Montana Kaimin Thanks to quick action taken by his co-workers, Hilton ‘Skip’ Conroy survived a heart attack on April 17, 2013 and is back to work. See HEART page 4 CAMPUS CAMPUS Faculty demands say in budget cuts Native students push Grace Ryan ing unnecessary administra- universities are here for stu- Montana Kaimin tive positions, the Global Lead- dents, faculty and staff,” histo- to create new position ership Initiative, the Graduate ry professor and co-author of In response to pending bud- School, all centers and insti- the petition Mehrdad Kia said. Bjorn Bergeson of the proposal, said the po- get cuts, a group of University tutes that aren’t self-supporting “The bureaucracy comes as the Montana Kaimin sition would help streamline of Montana College of Arts and and any extravagant admin- servant of these three groups, the often-daunting registration Sciences faculty members start- istrative spending like out-of- not as people who should de- Native American students process many Native American ed a petition in attempt to in- state travels. The petition also cide on their own what they are petitioning the University students go through. crease communication between calls on the administration to want to do to us.” of Montana and the Associated “For Native American stu- the administration and faculty, reclaim a $1 million investment History professor Michael Students of the University of dents, it can actually be really staff and students about how in Enrollment Services and to Meyer said cutting the budget Montana in an attempt to cre- difficult for us to go through those budget cuts should be reinvest that money in existing for existing courses, programs ate and fund a full-time Native the process of financial aid handled. programs. Finally, it suggests and faculty members would American financial aid special- because we have unique situa- The petition calls on the ad- that each of the top adminis- only continue to hurt enroll- ist for the Financial Aid office. tions such as higher education ministration to stop making trators return 5 percent of his ment numbers, which could The students said having a rep- scholarships and tuition fee unilateral decisions and to start or her salary to the academic result in larger budget cuts in resentative would help Native waivers,” Stovall said. involving faculty in conver- budget to support affected pro- the future. students through the hurdles The federal government sations about how to contain grams and eliminated classes. “We’re cutting sections of applying for financial aid. gives blocks of loans to Amanda Stovall, co-author costs. It also suggests eliminat- “This is a university and See BUDGET page 4 See FINANCIAL AID page 5 Volume CXV Issue 94 UM’s Independent Campus Newspaper Since 1898 @KaiminNews Montana Kaimin 2 OPINION Wednesday, April 24, 2013 POLITICS COLUMN heard around the YOUR WORLD THIS WEEK SOCIAL SCIENCES Finding the Silver Lining “I’m in no mood to be gentle with anyone!” By Lilian Langston OVAL DAH Last week the United States Senate voted down every single That’s not what her UC HEALTH SERVICES gun bill that appeared before them. President Obama had been face looks like when “I’ve got a f—ing masters “I want a meat campaigning for stricter gun laws since the Newtown, tragedy, her body is attached in slacking, dude.” sandwich.” but his bill requiring stricter background checks seems unlike- to it.” ly to return unless another massacre shakes the nation. Howev- er, this bill’s failure is opening the door for immigration reform. The immigration reform was brought on by “The Gang of Eight” — a bipartisan group that consists of Senators Chuck ARTS + CULTURE COLUMN Schumer, D-N.Y., John McCain, R-Ariz., Bob Menendez, D-N.J., o the mighty Baucus Marco Rubio. R-Fla., Dick Durbin, D-Ill, Lindsey Graham, machine isn’t running KEEP MISSOULA WEIRD R-S.C., Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. The bill S for re-election in 2014 Hyperactivist includes four changes to current law: legalizing undocumented — whadya gonna do about immigrants, increasing border security, strengthening employ- it? Probably, for most of you, By Brooks Johnson, A+C editor ment screening and creating temporary worker programs. shrug and not care until Elec- The possibility of both the gun law and the immigration tion Day, if even then. Yet a are those that choose to live ple ready to buy into the bot- law passing was too much for moderate Republicans and con- small — but loud and well or- far from work/school and tomless rhetoric of traveling servative Democrats to handle, especially those hoping to run ganized — percentage of you burn gas like beach bonfires. talkers. (Of course many of for re-election. But with the gun bill now out of the picture, it are already turning the wheels For every member of Men of those sermon-slingers mistake seems plausible for immigration reform to pass. to get State Superintendent Strength there are the pro- “piety” for “bigotry.”) There are several reasons that immigration reform is seen Denise Juneau or former Gov. spective National Coaltion of This is by no means a call for differently than gun control reform. One of them is timing. Schweitzer to run for his seat Men rank-and-files. (The dif- apathy. There is plenty of that While the gun bill was a relatively last-minute decision, the im- (didn’t we just want him to ference between those two is lingering like smoke on this migration reform has been a bipartisan effort for months. The run for prez in ’16?). Likewise, so vast I’ll just have to direct campus. What we need is em- “Gang” has been working on a compromise since the election wherever the Republicans you to the archives to avoid pathy for one another’s views in November, and opponents of the gun bill — like Sen. Rand in area town hang (French- getting angry about the latter.) and reasoning. Let’s not let Paul, R-Ky. — have expressed a level of support for the immi- town?), they too are preparing Oh see, I got riled up. Missoula get TOO weird, now. gration reform. to get Rep. Daines or Corey There are politics in every- Why isn’t there a College In- And then there are the 2012 election-related considerations Stapleton on the ballot. It nev- thing in this town, especially dependents group? Why don’t that add to the appeal of the reform. Mitt Romney reined in a er ends, does it? on campus, where we’re more we finally take Bill Hicks’ ad- not-so-shocking 27 percent of Latino vote in the 2012 Presiden- One of Missoula’s greatest or less expected to wage ideo- vice and start the “People Who tial election. With that in mind, many Republicans are (smartly) strengths is our devout po- logical war in some way or an- Hate People Political Party?” in favor of the bill because they want to entice Hispanic voters litical candor. Big marches, other. Unfortunately, thanks (Oh yeah, no one would show through social issues. big progressive movements to the Internet, we don’t have up.) Why can’t we challenge I see it as an overall disappointment that the gun bill did and big organizational efforts to read opinions we don’t want ourselves to read the opin- not pass, and the fact that lawmakers are waiting on yet anoth- abound. Big surprise, it’s also to anymore. We don’t even ions of someone we disagree er tragedy to happen before considering the bill again baffles one of our singular flaws.
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