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THE ASMSU April 22, 2010 •Vol. 104, Issue 27 MSU STUDENTS ATTEND CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE IN MIAMI BUDGET BATTLES AND CENSORSHIP: THE EXPONENT'S 1988 CONTROVERSY, PART 2 MEDICAL MARIJUANA: A JOINT ARTICLE 13 2 THE AS MSU EXPONENT I APRIL 22, 20· LETTERS Dear Editor: Culture Club booth at the Food Baza< Thank you MSU students for meet in February. Almost l,ooo t-shins wet ing the challenge of donating over 5,000 collected on that day alone. Then tt t-shirts to Haiti! Bozeman community got on board, an January 12. was a devastating day for the local schools offered to help wit Haiti. Labeled the worst disaster to hit children's clothing. Extension offic1 the western hemisphere's poorest na around the state mentioned the dti\ tion, an earthquake of a 7.0 magnitude and 4-H clubs, FFA groups and schoo hit Port-Au-Prince and flattened most of around Montana brought t-shirts to he· the capital city, the national palace, hos the student drive. Within months tl pitals, schools, and killed hundreds of students collected almost 3,000 pounc thousands of citizens. Much of the city of child and adult t-shirts. Lux Transft was devastated. Students at MSU want donated recycled boxes for packagir ed to make a difference and many having the shirts and the palletizing process fc limited financial means thought, "What free. North Park Transportation offerE can we give to help?" The idea oft-shirts a seriously discounted shipping prit for Haiti \vas created by my freshman to get them to Miami to the "Friends WR 101 students. The challenge: 5,000 Orphanages" warehouse where they w t-shirts by April l. The theme: Would be housed and then flown into Haiti you give the shirt off your back to help the orphanages and hospitals. ASMS Haiti? offered assistance with the shipme· The student drive began in the costs. dorms. The freshman got Jeff Bondi of MSU students did it! With big hear Su111111er Special Resident Life and ASMSU President Te and generous gifting oft-shirts, the sr resa Snyder on board. The group placed dents realized they could make a d tubs donated by Wal-Mart in each of ference in the lives of those who suff Only $75 for 3 Months the do1ms, at the ASMSU office, Gold's in Haiti. With 22.0,000 deaths from th Gym and The Ridge. The students put in terrible quake noted on March l, our a proposal of the t-shirts to the US AID shins will help clothe those who ha· (406) 259·2626 (CIDI) disaster relief organization and little to no clothing. MSU students c ISth and Broadwater the group was matched with two neo give the shin off their backs for Haiti. natal hospitals and three orphanages in A Thank you goes out to all wl Billings, MT St. Damien and Port-Au-P1ince. helped make this possible! Within days, the tubs were filled by Jill Davis generous MSU students wanting to help. English Dept. T-shirts were collected at the Global n~asthead THIS ISSUE BROUGHT TO YOU BY: MANAGEMENT EDITORIAL ADVISOR NEWS ED ITOR Bill Wilke E1ic Dietrich EDITO R-IN-CHIEF STATIC ED ITOR Brandon French Brent Zundel PRODU CTI ON MANAGER DISTRACTIONS ED ITOR Claire Bischoff Ben Miller ART DEPARTMENT ATHLETICS EDITOR PHOTOGRAPHER Erica Killham Bruce Muhlbradt OUTDOORS EDITOR GRAPHI C DESIGN Daniel Cassidy Todd Schilling COPY EDITOR ADVERTISING & BUSINESS Jill Searson AD SALES MANAGER Jake Lewendal CONTRIBUTORS Ashley Wheeler, Pete Lindahl, Nath AD SALES REPRESENTATIVES Carroll, Matt Smith, Mike Tarrant, J Sabre Moore Dale, Amy Larizendorf, Grant Zimm man, Katie Sharp, Ann Stauding BUSINESS MANAGER Andrew Lockhart, Codie Wyers, Ju Shardae Johnson Daigle, Nick Howard OFFICE MANAGER THE ASMSU EXPONENT Tucker Hankinson Strand Union Building Room 366 Bozeman. MT 59715 Phone: 14061 994-2224 ed1torraexponent.montana.edu eXSMSUonent ABOUT arTHE tj s &.. Brian Delaurenti p April 22, 2010 • Vol. 104, Issue 27 I started shooting Laziness 1s nothing more than the habit of resting before you get photography back in tired high school; and after my first run in the dark - Jules Renard room, I never looked back. Most of my work focuses on the little NEWS 4 CONCERT ENCOURAGES VOLUNTEERISM stuff in life, because ul ATMSU timately, I think those ASHLEY WHEELER reports on MSU's 10,000 Hours Concert featuring are the things that hold The Clintons, as well as the events influence on volunteering at MSU. the most value. Pho tography is my passion 4 SPOTLIGHT· STUDENT ACTIVITIES because no matter how Vert-I-Go, MSU's climbing club. 1s teaching both novice and experi fast the sky travels past you, or how soon tomorrow enced students about climbing and all of its glory. AMY LANZENDORF comes; the moment in time located in a photograph tells you where you need to go to get involved in the action. is stuck there forever. s COLLEGE GOP AND DEMS SPONSOR CANDIDATE FORUM SUBMIT YOUR Over the past couple of weeks, the College Democrats and College Republicans Joined together to sponsor two candidate forums at MSU. cover art GRANT ZIMMERMAN reports on the success of the event. DISTRACTIONS 6 MGMT'S NEW SOUND A BIT BLOATED Shock of shocks, the Exponent is produced by stu This week, PETER LINDAHL argues that you should not abruptly ex dents, and guess what?! We want your artwork plas change a style that is working for one that you are not sure you can pull tered all over our recycled-paper body. Well maybe, off. Read on to see what he thinks about MGMT's new album "Congrat not that so much, but definitely on our cover. ulations... Featured artists get the benefit of being seen by nearly io,ooo faces. Try fitting that into a gallery! 6 UPCOMING DISTRACTIONS AND STRESS Give us a jingle, or drop us a line, we'd be fiappy RELIEF to help you out. (Hey, per chance, can you scratch With finals lurking just around the corner, BEN MILLER thought it my back.... lower. Thanks.) might be a good idea to tell you about a whole bunch of shows and events occurring in the next few weeks. Forget about that final and go enjoy the Montana Beer Festival. email: productionraexponent.montana.edu phone:406/994.2224 REC[REATION] 10 LAKERS AND CAYS DESERVE THE FINALS Shocker of all shockers, ERICA KILLHAM wants to see the two best teams in the NBA play for the championship. Unfortunately, she is go ing to have to wait to see if they can both make it through the playoffs. 11 GOLFd TRACK ON THE ROAD, TENNIS WINS boilerplate ATH ME EDITORIAL DEADLINE: While the academic year may be winding down, MSU athletics are still The ASMSU Exponent prints approximately 5,000 copies Monday at five p.m prior to at full throttle. ERICA KILLHAM gives the weekly report on ·cats ath every Thursday and is free of publication date. letic teams. charge at nearly 65 locations. limited one per reader. Addi SALES DEADLINE: tional copies of the current is Friday at five p.m. prior to 11 RUGBY REPORT sue of The ASMSU Exponent publication date. Deadline Our very own JULIA DAIGLE gives a run-down of our local rugby team, may be purchased for $1.00, may shift at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief. the Bozeman Cutthroats. I am sure you will be happy to know that they payable in advance. beat the Billings Bulls 61-10 earlier this week. TO CONTACT US: Introduced in 1895, The The ASMSU Exponent office is ASMSU Exponent is the old located on the MSU campus: est college newspaper in STATIC 12 MIKESERVATIONS the state of Montana. Origi MIKE TARRANT is a little frustrated the Senate meetings still aren'.t 305 Strand Union Building nally introduced as "a way Bozeman, MT 59717 available online, so instead of talking about his failed attempts, he is to increase college spirit at Phone: (406) 994-2224 Montana State ... exponen going to share his views of Bozeman. Sit back and enjoy! Fax: (406) 994 -2253 tially. • Email: editor!aexponent.montana.edu 12 EXPO RANTS Web: exponent.montana.edu The Exponent staffs MIKE TARRANT is not very happy about almost being run over this past week. Drivers everywhere. take note. 13 YOUR HONOR, MEMBERS OF THE JURY ... ANN STAUDINGER 1s not much a fan of labeling, and .she is expressing Printed on recycled newsprint with her dislike of labeling through the medium that 1s rel1g1on. Need I say soy-based inks. more? Do your part! Please share this publication with friends and recycle 15 ASK SHERLOCK! . when you've fully exhausted the NATHAN CARROLL, channelng Sherlock Holmes himself, weighs the ASMSU Exponent. idea of teaching creation theory alongside evolution in a way that only he can. NEWS THE ASMSU EXPONENT APRIL 22, 2010 4 NEWS Spotlight: Student Activities Concert Encourages Volunteerism at VERT-I-GO CLIMBING CLUB MSU WORDS BY According to Koenig, there are over 300 Ashley Wheeler non-profit organizations in the Gallatin WORDS BY latin, Hyalite and Bear Canyons and ASMSU Exponent Valley that students have the chance to Amy Lanzendorf cliffs near Livingston or Gardiner. Hagg donate their time and talent to. ASMSU Exponent said that climbing is e:Kpensive, but the MSU's 10,000 Hours Concert, fea The Clintons are Montana natives club is there to get people outdoors and turing The Clintons, was held on Aptil who play a mix of pop, rock and folk Students can learn about climb climbing.