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Montana State Athletics ABOUTTHEar tj s t Amy True 'Spiritscape' I believe that I must make sense of what happened yesterday in order to fully understand what is happen ing today, so it would be no coinci A compromise 1s an agreement whereby both parties get what neither dence that when making art, I am of them wanted. most intrigued and inspired by his tory. I work in an array of mediums, -Anonymous much of my time spent with oils, but am currently concentrated on the methods of encaustic. When observing my work as a whole, it lacks consistency. It is scattered and some pieces could be read as flaky, but at times my life at twenty-two finds it self with the same description. I am most drawn to a single TABLE OF CONTEN 3 YOU ARE HERE artist when their lifelong work reflects their lifelongjoumey and that is my current intention: to reflect, render, and in terpret, to satisfy my creative bug and hope that someone NE 4 NEWS FEED gets a kick out of it. SUBMIT YOUR 5 THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL OSE' cover art ASHLEY HILDRED discusses the history of a resurrected closet. Liter ally. From the ashes. Shock ofshocks , the Exponent is produced by stu dents, and guess what?! We want your artwork plas tered all over our recycled-paper body. Well ma~be, 7 NO MORE RECREATION AT THE BUFFALO not that so much, but definitely on our cover. STATION? Featured artists get the benefit of being seen by nearly 10,00 0 faces. Try fitting that into a gallery! Give us a jingle, or drop us a line, we'd be happy 8 THE TREE HUGGER to help you out. (Hey, per chance, can you scratch my back .... lower. Thanks.) DISTRACTIONS 10 CALE Get the 41 1. your FYI. the low-down on the hoe downs. It's all here guys! email: redesignraexponent.montana.edu 12 GO G phone: 406/994.2224 Culture Jamming isn't a new type of rock. HENRY YORK explains the interesting role of defacing public property for a cause.
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The mists • Go to your College Financial A.id \X'eb Site Oil, Drng Tests Botched is due to the fact that when the dor ~... ~ ..,U\ Check 1 our 1nJ1nJual colk~l LlN Having trouble seeing, the pilot of the was tested for the diseases, they Wt Cosco Busan crashed his ship into the • Check ) our hon1etown organizations still in their incubation period and c ..id ...... ! support structure of the Oakland Bay not show up on the tests. Later, usilt . l ~1c;1l scholar>h1p> h.t\L fcwn applicant' '-\Jlo.1~ Bridge in San Francisco Bay. The Coast fuodol a.. more sensitive teSt, the two viruses WI DL THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL CLOSET IN T01MN Ironically, the lack of attention paid to this year's Queer Straight Alliance (Q.S.A.) 'closet' is consid ered by many in the organization to be an improvement to the hate crimes it attracted in the past. , the answer was always the same. They "Straight allies can also come out of WORDS BY hadn't. the closet to show their support of the Ashley Hildred But Q.S.A. President Josh Hemsath queer community," says QSA member ASMSU Exponent wasn't bothered by the closet's neglect Natascha Quimby. Joel Biggers, a United One afternoon during the third and was pleased about how Coming Out Methodist Minister formerly on cam - Week went this year. pus for Christus Collegium, a campus week of October this fall, a clapboard closet was placed in the Centennial Mall "At least this year it wasn't burned ministry organization, has said he too outside the Renne Library. The closet down," said Hemsath. decided to come out of the closet this belongs to Q.S.A. a Student Activities Hemsath was referring to the year in support of the queer community. Office sponsored group that advocates culmination of a series of events that tolerance, diversity and equality for happened to the closet in 2000. First, Hemsath, a junior graphic * people of all sexual orientations. the sandbags that held the closet down design major, views this year's This fall,, except for a few Q.SA. were found one day hanging from decrease in violence to the box as a a noose. Hemsath said it was then fliers stapled to the door and the usual good sign of change. Others are less dismantled at night by someone on convention of students on the stairs, optimistic. campus. The next day, "some dedicated * the closet remained relatively unused. members of the community rebuilt it, When I asked a handful of people "Obviously we as a community have and then after that it was burned." shown a really accepting and tolerant around campus if they knew or watched • view of others lifestyles in the past by anyone come out of the closet this year The closet, made for Q.S.A. by defacing the closet," said senior Holly members of the Bozeman commu Krings sarcastically. The most recent nity, was one of many examples defacement to which she refers were of community awareness Q.S.A. biblical quotes and disparaging com sponsored during National Coming ments about gays spray painted on the Out Week. closet in the fall of 2006. When I asked Hemsath about his reaction to the Corning Out Week in the United spray-painting last year he said, "We States began as Corning Out Day in i987 wrote it off as drunken graffiti ... the when gays, lesbians and their sup grammar was atrocious." porters marched on Washington and Student and University response to unfurled the AIDS quilt in the National the previous hate crimes toward gays Mall. that have been demonstrated on the According to the Human Rights closet have been minimal at best. This Campaign (HRC), a gay, lesbian, bi community apathy begs the question sexual and transgender (G.L.B.T,) civil of how supportive MSU is of minorities rights organization, Coming Out Day is and whether it distinguishes between celebrated on Oct. 11 to commemorate them. "the spirit of openness, honesty and While Hemsath remains upbeat, it's visibility that the march and the AIDS a little more difficult for me. I can't help Quilt presentation inspired." This year but wonder why no one from the admin marked the 20th anniversary of the istration or the student population said event. or wrote anything about the incident The closet is laden with symbolism last fall. What would have happened if for the G.L.B.T. community. According instead it been the defacement of the to Rebecca Scott, author of "A Brief Dic teepee on campus? tionary of Queer Slang and Culture" the When I brought this up to Hemsath phrase "in the closet" refers to, "where he quickly responded, '"We're a sexual one hides with one's clothes. People minority, not a racial minority. We don't who are not public about being gay are really have the same weight as racial mi said to be 'in the closet.'" To come out norities because there's so much open of the closet is for gays to acknowledge discussion out there about whether either to themselves or others their being gay is a choice or not." homosexuality. But Q.S.A. doesn't draw such a hard ne about who comes out of the closet. li i .._-...l:L-L...#1"1"..T,,-LL.I11'-rA••A_...... ~QWW,IJEA QN.PAGE 4= ta...... a. 1 =-----·- THE ASMSU EXPONENT I NOVEMBER 15, 2°'7 NEWS 6 You can't just change it over." The sad reality is that often at the CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 intersection of religion and sexuality if you deviate from the norm, you must ei ther hide it or realize, like Ted Haggard, that you ai·e "completely heterosexual." While Hemsath does not believe Near the end of our conversation, QSA that people make choices about Hemsath posed the question, "Why 1.10 •. "'"' · 1. • ""'•a ~ · 1 r sexual orientation, he concedes would you go to a church that says you t hat choice is one of the most talked have to work to be good in God's eyes? about issues, especially by members Doesn't God love you unconditionally?" INFO: • of the religious community. ' Monday Forum Meetings ~ The three incident reports I This focus differentiates gays obtained from the campus police Mondays, 7 p.m., Rm 276 Strand Union Building from other minority groups because it show all cases closed due to a lack • implies that they have control over their of suspects. Despite t he fact th at se>..'Uality unlike race or nationality. The no perpetrators were ever caught JavaQ Coffee Social example given was Ted Haggard, the or convicted for the hate crimes, ist, 3rd, and 5th Thursday of the month, 7 p.m., International former leader of the National Associa the blame, in reality, falls on th e tion of Evangelicals who was caught Coffee Traders located at 720 S 10th Ave, Bozeman, MT community which didn' t publicly last year sleeping with a male prostitute express its outrage. Q.S.A. Officers while in possession of methamphet President: Josh Hemsath, Graphic Design, Senior amine. It is important to understand that According to the Associated Press, Vice President: Eric Gustufson, Physics, Senior the question at hand isn't whether or Haggard subsequently went through • not you support gay rights; it is whether Secretary: Faisal Abdur Rani, Chemical Engineering and History three weeks of intensive counseling you are willing to condone an inappro overseen by four ministers. According w/ Religious Study option, Junior priate manner of showing dissent by not to Rev. Tim Ralph, one of the minis saying anything at all. By not standing Treasurer: Bob Cruz, Natural Science Film, Grad ters overseeing his progress, Hag,,oard up in opposition to any hateful act does realized during his therapy that, "He is Social Chair: Daniel Enox, Mathematics, on hiatus that not make us just as responsible as completely heterosexual," and that his Outreach Chair: Jordon Drost, Paleontology, on hiatus three-year extramaiital relationship the people who commit it? with his boyfriend "wasn't a constant After reading this article, my editors asked why I never disclosed Hemsath's thing." Our core valu es: Tolerance. Diversity. Equality. It seems that Haggard uses the sexual onentation. My rationale for concept of homosexuality as a choice omitting his sexuality is that Josh is a in order to convince his relilrious fol lot of things. He's a skier, an Alaskan, Subscribe to Q.S.A. email list: visit http://groups.google.com/grou a Caucasian, and a student. There ai·e lowers that he is not perm~ently a qsa-msu/subscribe to join our email list! homosexual; he merely has made some many other labels I can use to describe homose>..-ual "choices." Josh, but that's not really the point. The You may contact group leadership by sending an email to qsa-ms point is that Josh is a person, just like What bothers Hemsath, a member owner (at) googlegroups.com of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the rest of us, regai·dless of his sexual America, is not Hag,,aard's anti-gay senti ity. ment; it's the element of"self-hating ... Mail: Q-MSU SUB Box 51 Bozeman, MT 59717 PARTICIPATE! PROPOGATE! PRODUCE! eXpSMSUonent is ~iring: Writers Outdoors Editor Photographers Ad Sales Manager Illustrators Ad Sales Reps Graphic Designers Design Editor contact: [email protected] or call 994-2224 'lllBER 15, 2007 THE ASMSU EXPONENT I NEWS 7 ·o' More Recreation at 1e Buffalo Station? Often the lawsuits regarding these found to be only 49 percent liable for that Presler and Bowen are no longer liv lllDSBY fatalities come from fanlllies who be his own death, while the Buffalo Station, ing because of the misuse of alcohol, but : flictor lieve that the drinking establishment Presler's friend who attended the bars we have to ask ourselves if closing a le llJ Exponent should be held responsible for the prod with him and another local bar shared gitimate, though controversial, business uct they serve and the conduct of those the rest of the guilt in the case. The li is the way to handle the situation. r years ago a man became too in they serve it to. Many bars strive to not ability percentages given to each of the :s:ed at a bar in Bozeman and then serve those who are visibly intoxicated entities may seem confusing, however it •ptly drove to the local strip club. as well as help those in need of a ride is common in cases of accidental death. ;ahaving a few drinks at the club home. However, people slip through the Since Presler was found less than 50 rided to drive himself home even cracks, and often the bars are unable to percent liable, his family was award- • '.l he was extremely drunk. Which keep track of who's had enough and who ed $3 million to be jointly paid by · thim crashing into another vehicle, can have a little more. the two bars and the friend. 1ung in his death. His family then The controversy in the case stems Some may readily agree !the local club for damages caused from allegations from family members, with the ruling and see • :r son, and subsequently the Buf who claim Presler was visibly intoxicat it as a landmark case :rcation gentleman's club has been ed and underage and therefore the club in curbing local un , to close. should be held liable for the alcohol he derage drinking. e thought of a club closing because illegally consumed and the resulting fa However, it e its patrons drove home drunk may tal accident. However, employees at the must be .udicrous to some, but the story is club claim that he used a military ID, not every ! ·ite as simple as that. The success a fake ID, and therefore there was no way one's u:rsuit against the local gentleman's that they could have known that he was c:::ems from the charge that the es underage. mment served 20-year-old Richard Employee's at the club stated that l :.e alcohol in 2003. His consumption they are some of the best in the Boze ho! at the station and at another man area at checking IDs and spot j to Presler becoming intoxicated ting fakes. ·e the legal limit for driving. Then, The Buffalo Station faced a •driving home he crossed the cen petition back in 2003 signed on Highway 191 and collided with by many of the residents of lal Bowen, another local resident, Gallatin Gateway who were 0 b 1both of them. trying to prevent it from open :r a. 1e case against the Buffalo Station ing. Since then checking IDs has · g new. Numerous individuals been a priority for them, consider- copious amounts of alcohol and ing they had been faced with.so much ~ to get behind the wheel. Forty opposition; however, a military ID is not ercent of all traffic fatalities in fake, and being able to tell the difference a are caused by people who are between two very similar looking people 5 with a blood alcohol content can be a challenging task. own itie legal limit of .08, according to Moreover, many would say that ev r e 1tional Highway Traffic Safety Ad- eryone should be responsible for their sponsibil rion. m.vn actions, and all the fault should be ity to care of themselves, 1 fact, Mother's Against Drunk placed on Presler for not keeping track of and to take care g gave Montana a failing grade be how much he drank and for not finding a not to hurt others t of its high fatality rate and poor designated driver to take him home. when they are consum g-and-driving legislation and law The same consensus was not reached ing alcohol. It's a tragedy ement. by the courts though, and Presler was NEWS THE ASMSU EXPONENT NOV.15, 21t'i 8 1 Pregnant Woman + Fetal Development Facts + Abortion Facts + All Options = 1 Informed Woman \c111111 l'. Turkish dismbsed Acuna's right to know the the biological facts about her preborn baby. Misinformed by her doctor, Acuna regrets the abortion which ended the life of her child. www.teenbreaks.com click Pregnancy, lifeB-4 Tree Birth. Get The Facts! G. V. Right To Life Po Box634,BelgrodeMT NO JOB TOO LARGE OR TOO SMALL • Check Engine Light Diagnosis Randy Wild, Owner • Precision Tune-Ups • Reasonable Cost Mon - Fri 8 AM - 5:30 PM • Intelligent Repair 1401 East Main • Brake Service Spec iuli::.ing in all f\"fJ<'\ ofjiJu•ig11 <.IC do111e.\/h 01110 <.~ truck repa11: 1n1rt., c( H'r1·ice As the winter season approaches,t should take a look at our winter habits VISA 586-5451 energy usage. The first, and most obvious thing everyone can do during the cold we is to turn down the thermostat a co degrees. This can save hundreds of Jars during the winter season. Also, down the thermostat even more d the night, or when nobody is going Blue and gold in the house during the day. If you have a fireplace, reme that it may warm the area around fireplace, but will cool other areas i had a one night house by drawing air from them to and shooting it out the chimney. doors around the room to help pr this effect. stand ... Wood fireplaces are excellent s es of heat for one room because the can be acquired for cheap or free. A (II • ly, even newspapers like this one c now we re seeing used as fuel if properly prepared. a wooden broomstick, or equi and roll newspaper around it un · newspaper log is the desired size. green. dip the log into a bucket full ofwa completely soak it and then allow dry. Remove the log from the broo and bum. Careful, as this type of log• produce more flying embers than af tional logs. Gift giving during the holiday • sons can be a very e:iq>ensive and ID9 rial intensive endeavor. Try to cut do on the packaging materials you use I try and reuse anything that you possl can. It is also generally more efficiea ' order gifts online or by catalog and h THE ASMSlJ them directly mailed to friends andr rives than to make multiple trips iny ex nent car to multiple stores. news recycled into more news 'iS, 2007 I THE ASMSU EXPONENT NEWS 9 ,,..~·- HAPPY HOUR DIRECTORY r~ \. xpoBOARD Crystal Bar: Wed: "Whiskey Wednesday" $1.50 a shot 10 higl:t whi~key, 10 am- 4 pm. "Men ~d Ladies Night" 2 for l drinks from 9-11 Thurs/Fri/Sat:. "Power Hour," $1 wells and domestic bottles and cans, 11-12 Mon through Fri:"Happy Hour," $1.50 wells Sun: Football Season Special, $1.50 Bud and Bud Light drafts Mixers: Wed: "Wild West Wednesdays" $2 Jack Daniels Thurs: $1 Royal Crowns Fri: $1 wells and drafts, $2 Coronas until midnight Sat: $2 Crown Royals and Stolis Sun: "NFL Sunday ticket" $5 pitchers Rocking R Bar: Wed: $1 draft night, 9-12 Thurs: $3 margaritas from 5-9, and free shrimp from 5-7 Fri: $5 martinis 5-9, free oysters from 5-7 Thurs/Fri: $2 premium drinks Pourhouse: Global warming and its consequenc es will be the focus of the next Cafe Sci Wed: "Wing Night" 35 cent wings entifique to be held at 6 p.m. at Ferraro's Thurs: "Long Island Night," $2 singles and $4 , 1U Exponent Fine Italian Restaurant in Bozeman. The for doubles public is invited to this free informal dis Legion: a;day, November 15 cussion of the issues. Speaker Jonathan "hrough My Eyes: Community Patz, from the University of Wisconsin Thurs: "Beer Pong," $3 PBR pitchers Madison, will describe how climate Sat: $1 draft beers, $3 jager shots ·ls for a Change, a Bozeman change may spark extreme weather, the :c non-profit organization, will host risk of new epidemics, why El Nino may ~ugh My Eyes: Community Ties," offer a sneak preview of the future, good to journal show featuring pho· and bad ozone, and potential solutions , hs taken by amateur and pro to global warming. ilnal female photographers from ama The evening will be filled with Tuesday, November 27 :-1 food, and fun and will also pres "MSU Walk-in Flu Vaccine Clinic ;- important message to about how for Students" mna women and girls perceive the Nov. 26 marks the beginning of Na nt of "community''. The theme, tional Influenza Vaccination Week. At ;µgh My Eyes: Community Ties," tend the walk-in flu vaccine clinic for stu m.osen to encourage girls and wom dents at the Student Health Service from )Ook at the community where they 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., in the south hallway. It ii live and learn and then capture only costs $18, and shots are also avail Want :your Lmakes it special in a photo accom able at the Student Health Service Mon ci by a 75 word essay. Selected pho- day through Friday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 1uhs will be displayed and for sale at 1 'CW from 6- 9 p.m. at the Bozeman Wednesday, November 28 event listed? n ealership 1800 West Main. " Gen der Bias in Science" Kristen Intemann, a professor in '(Jy, November 18 MSU's history and philosophy depart Thousand Roads" ment, will discuss "Gender Bias in Sci ,...ee screening of the film "A Thou ence" at a sack lunch seminar at noon in n.. oads" will be held at 7 p.m. in the room 275 of the Strand Union Building on EMAIL: 1~stinator Theatre at i25 Linfield the MSU campus. Intemann will look at ••he 40-minute film follows the fic case studies from the history of science featu resraexponent. monta na .ed u Jllives of four contemporary Native to identify ways that gender stereotypes 1:ans as they confront the crises and assumptions have influenced what 1Mse in a single day. Film settings scientists have studied and observed, ? the Andean highlands, northern as well as the ways in which research I, the mesas of New Mexico and questions were framed and data was in OR CALLL: • ltttan. The film is directed by Chris terpreted. Intemann also will examine he screening coincides with Na the implications this information has '' merican Heritage Month and is on how objectivity can be promoted and 994-2224 t' MSU's Native Americans in the bias might be corrected. The seminar is a class. For more information, sponsored by the MSU Women's Cen ·tt Rebecca Sobin at 579-4640. ter. For more information contact Betsy Danforth at 994-3836. ~ay, November 20 ' lobal Warming and its Conse "-es" THEASMSUEXPONENT NO V EMBER1~ DISTRACTIONS 10 YOUR THURSDAY TO THURSDA COMPILED BY Sarah Hanen-Bauer 11 11 11 LADYCAT VOLLEYBALL MEN'S BOBCAT BASKETBALL First Year On Main! SKYWATCH ERS When: 7p.m. When: Mon-Fri at 11a.m. 1p.m. and 3p.m.; Sat When: 7p.m. Where: Shroyer Gym. MSU When: 2p.m. Where: MSU Where: Bozeman Public Library at 11a.m. 1p.m. 2p.m. and 4p.m.; Sun at 1p.m. What: Ladycats vs. Weber State zp.m. and 4p.m.. Show goes until Nov. 21st. What: Cats vs. Boise State What Join in celebrating the Bozeman Where: Taylor Planetarium, The Museum of BOZEMAN ICEDOGSHOCKEY Library's first year. There will be food from LADY BOBCAT VOLLEYBALL the Aletvorks, music from MSU adjunct the Rockies When: 7:30 p.m. What: This original production is all abou.t When: 7p.m. Where: Gallatin County Fairgrounds Allen. projects for the kids, and a dedica humankind's fascination with the sky. This Where: MSU Shroyer Gym What: Icedogs vs. Missoula Maulers. Richard Parrish's hanging glass sculpture. show recounts our efforts to understand the What: Ladycats vs. Idaho State Cost: Free sky, from the earliest sky watchers, through JUST ADD ALCOHOL, THE WORD IS WEAPON, BAND OF HORSES, THE DRONES the invention of the telescope, to the Hubble THE GARDEN CITY EXPENDABLES When: Bp.m. Chelsey Padilla Space Telescope and modem views of the Where: The Filling Station . When: 9p.m. When: 3p.m. Universe. Where: Zebra Cocktail Lounge What These bands \vill drone out some killer Where: Reynolds Recital Hall What: Some kick ass rock •n' roll! rock to tantalize your soul and amp your What MSU student, Chelsey Padilla, will COMEDY DEATHMATCH energy level! us with a beautiful piano recital. When: Bp.m. http://wharscookingarnerica.netfPoulrryfTur Cost: Free Where: Equinox Theatre . keyCartoon.jpg What Equinox brings the Gallaan Valley a Contact: 994-3562. bellyful oflaughs to light up y~ur November evening, and to warm the cooling fall rughts. 1\vo reruns of intrepid comic commandos Bozeman Symphony Pops Con square off for a contest of wills, punch lines Gala and comedy derring-do. The laughter will When: 7:30 p.m. come fast and furious in an evening of impro Where: MSU SUB Ballrooms visation that will leave audiences breathless. What The Bozeman Symphony presen Don't miss it. annual pops concert with Tony A\"'afd Wi Cost: Ss Debbie Gravitte performing a variety of way favorites. Silent and live auctions as RYAN MONTBLEAU BAND When: 9p.m. as dancing afterward! Where: Zebra Cocktail Lounge Contact: 585-9n4 or e-mail info@boze What: Ryan Montbleau BMd is building a symphony.org for ticket information. bridge between Americana, folk, blues, rag time. 7o's soul and the contemporary singer songwrirer vibe of artists like Martin Sexton. David Gray and Ray Lrunonragne. 21+ Cost: $6 TH E MERITAGE STRING QUARTET TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE FIGHTS SKYWATCHERS HUFFING FOR STUFFING THANKSGIVING When: 7p.m. When: 7:30 p.m. When: Mon-Fri at 11a.m., 1, and 3p.m.; Sat at RUN Where: Bozeman Public Library Where: Gallatin County Fairgrounds na.m., 1, 2 and 4p.m.; Sun at 1, 2 and 4p.m. When: 9a.m. What The performance is called "Haydn ro What: What fighters dodge, weave, smash Show goes until Nov. 21st. Where: Bozeman Deaconess Hospital Here and Now: The Evolution of the String and bash their way to the title! Where: Taylor Planetarium, The Museum of What: Run or walk to support the Galla Quarter". Join Bozeman's quartet as they Cost: S20 ringside and $15 general admission the Rockies Valley Food Bank. Food donations grea~ musically tell the tale of the cransformation of What: This original production is all about appreciated. During the sK race, you the string quartet. humankind's fascination with the sky. This "smoke the turkey" by beating the cosrut: Contact: 582-2426 or www.meriragequartet. show recounts our efforts to understand the turkey. Anyone who does this \vins a pnS:; com. sky, from the earliest sky \\'atchers, through bur don't think this bird \vill take it easyo the invention of the telescope, to the Hubble you! OPEN MIC Space Telescope and modem vietvs of the Cost: $zo for 5K and 10K race ($5 more Ill: When: 'f.30 p.m. Universe. race day) Kids race requires food for entr Where: Leaf and Bean Contact: www.huffingforstuffing.com for What Ifyou have some talent you'd like to DECK THE HALLS information. share, come to the Leaf and Bean's open tnic When: 12 noon night ro dazzle the crowd' Where: Museum of the Rockies THANKSGIVING BUFFET DINNER BUS DRIVER What: Bring the family and enjoy Christmas When: 2p.m. When: 9p.m. decorations made by local children. Christ Where: Gallatin Gatetvay Inn Where: Zebra Cocktail Lounge mas trees will be decorated in ways that What: A delicious buffer with gourmet reflect the museum's passions - dinosaurs, What This hip-hop show will drive your bus cheeses. delicious turkey and other meat to bliss baby' Yellowstone, outer space and Montana his homemade desserrs and great conversa tory. Cost: $40/guest Cost Free with museum admission. Contact: reservations@gallatingarewayu: com or call 763-4672. AFRO MAN When: 9p.m. TURKEY DAY NFL TRADITION Where: Zebra Cocktail Lounge When: 3:15 p.m. When: Nov.17, 12:30 p.m. Where: MSU What: The tradition continues as the Cats rival the Griz to the bitter end. May the best team win! A.k.a. THE CATS! ~~o~~ ~o~~ ~~~~ ~&un~ When: Nov. i7, ~~o~ 6 p.m. gates open at s p.m. Where: Gallatin County Fair ~~00@B000 grounds What: This band personifies the term legend. ~ Cost: $23 Contact: 406-579-1256. Tickets can be purchased at Cacrus Records, Murdoch's or on-line at www.chamberlinproduc tions.com. THE ASMSU EXPONENT NOVEMBER 15, 20I'! DISTRACTIONS 12 Going Underground with the Jam.m.ers WORDS BY Let's start wi:h the BLF. This clan Moving on to one of my favorite a design and sense of humor that gi1' Henry York destine operation has been jamming the earthlings at the moment, let's talk us the ability to make the choice for ad ' ASMSU Exponent hell out of the billboard, that bland but about Reverend Billy. selves. Of his gospel format, Billy si! nonetheless unavoidable mainstay of Reverend Billy is on a mission from he is simply trying to "put the Odd bM Is this modem life getting you down? human development for the past three common sense to warn us brothers and in God." Amen, brother! Feeling like a worried human with no decades. sisters of the imminent Shopocalypse Through my newfound fascinatlc worried companions? Needing a little The Front meets at an undisclosed and is the subject of an upcoming docu with this movement, I have discoven reassurance that someone out there location to discuss possible locales for mentary entitled, "What Would Jesus many other culture jammers and thli still has their brain off autopilot? satisfactory culture jamming and from Buy?" various formats. Craig Baldwin is a vidi Well, comrades, I too was starting there decides on a proper angle from Coupling a true fear for our current artist hell-bent on the destruction ofd to feel awash with these feelings. That's which to cultural mindset mainstream media doldrums and d when I found the wonder known as "cul approach the with a religious creation of something new, beautift ture jamming." material that Of his gospel format, Rev- fervor for social ac and frightening. Banksy is a well-knO'I Strictly speaking, culture jamming is is already on tion, Reverend Billy graffiti artist whose satirical pieces b the reformatting of the culture around the billboard. erend Billy says he is simply spreads the Good spread from Britain to the far corners us to create new meaning from old de The BLF main Word of a life lived Earth and back again. bris that we've seen a thousand times. tains that it trying to " put the Odd back in free from the en I could go on and on, but all you fol What I found was, in fact, something does not in slavement of a na need to know is that these guys and gl that I had been intrigued by before, but any way hin God." Amen, brother! tional infatuation jam. They jam hard and they jam well had had no name for. It is the reaction der the physi with stuff. Speaking Despite their diverse activiti1 of a brave few to a society that has, to a cal make-up of out against what so these beautiful mutants are connect great extent, fallen in love with its own the billboard, but instead simply alters many ofus simply accept, Billy confronts by their earnest and steadfast quest homogeneity, and it attacks that society it so that it might bring some joy, if only our fetish head-on, performing religious get each and every one of us to sim( with its own tools. Fighting fire with fire, for a few seconds, to the many patrons exorcisms of Mickey Mouse dolls in Dis open our eyes. How else are we si; as it were. of the highway system in their daily ney stores, preaching sermons to Star posed to understand the world arou Culture jamming was brought to my commute. "Marketing for the people," bucks customers, and causing a general us? Let's make it interesting and take attention through a short VHS docu as they call it. ruckus wherever he sets foot. active interest in this gorgeous, terri mentary I found in our very own MSU Never one to forget the little people, Reverend Billy's beef is with the mar ing place, shall we? library. This shoddily-crafted but nev the BLF also makes sure to leave a little riage of a moral standard that is to be It is only after we have seen throu enheless informative video chronicled gift for those workers sent to restore the taken very seriously and yet says noth the thin veneer of media-enforced "n the efforts of a few prominent U.S. "jam billboard to its original form, usually in ing relevant about our everyday lives: a malcy'' that we can appreciate the tJ" mers." My two favorite jam associations the form of a six-pack of choice adult national ambition based on the acquisi 1 seen in the video were the Billboard Lib flawed but nevertheless magnific beverages. Their various works can be tion of as much crap as possible. Billy is eration Front (BLF) and Reverend Billy beauty of this thing called life. wimessed at www.billboardliberation. a shining beacon of truth who shows us and the Church of Stop Shopping. com. the error of our ways while maintaining BER 15, 2007 I THE ASMSU EXPONENT DISTRACTIONS 13 SRCKS ci a:: 0 ti: a:: I 1- Ul ~ u ozeman's Best <( Ul ~ • ~ u. arga1ns: 0 > Ul UJ l a:: :::> 0 u COVERED SECRETS hasn't changed with the times, with Time to Get Your Drink On good cause: The Help Center. But, head here on the first Friday of the month for hands-down the cheapest basic the best bargain around, when every J------..·-- .... The Brawl of the Wild: A Way of Life point in time, a worry. Especially after tantly, it will be the final game for .. WORDS BY Since I have lived here, I have real seniors on the MSU football team. Kim Krieger ized that being a 'Cat fan is a way of life, trash and mini-footballs were being ASMSU Exponent and part of this way is going against all drilled at my teammates and me. "The season's been full of ups 1111 that is maroon. Hateful comments and derogatory downs," stated Lulay. "It's been tOUf The lesson of learning one's ABCs is But how far does the rivalry really signs flooded the stadium (my room at times, but last week's win was hUf vital in the childhood of most. go? mate pointed out the ever-creative 'Tra for us. I think we finally feel like wft However, for people in the state of Far. vis, I Lu-layed your mom' sign), creat past all the bad stuff we've experie~ · Montana, learning whether you are a ing momentum for both teams, as well this season." Montana State Bobcat fan or a Univer A Little History as their fans. And I must say that I have "Our main motivation is to ~ sity of Montana Grizzly fan is just as im Since 1897, the Brawl of the Wild never, besides on television and in the these seniors off in style. They're a git portant. And attending the rivalry foot has been the highlight of the year in the movies, seen so much security. group of guys and there's not too~ ball game between the two might as well state of Montana. With no professional After the Grizzlies won that intense better ways to go out than with a• be marked as a holiday in this state. sporting teams in the area, it makes the battle, it was a mad house and I soon re over our hated rival at home in Bob!J I was a little late in my upbringing Cat/Griz game the hottest ticket in town alized that the security was completely Stadium. It should be a ton of fun." as I was introduced to this eighth won for the past 100-plus years. necessary. I also realized that this was The opportunity that the Bra der of the world, The Brawl of the Wild, Over the last 10 years, the Griz have more than just a football game, it was the Wild gives for these seniors t~ in 2004, at the age of 18. gotten the best of the 'Cats as they have THE football game. out with a bang is something that di Most kids start 18 years earlier. taken seven of the last 10 games. "I think it's pretty safe to say that cherish, and it is always a pleasu Coming from the state of Wyoming Last year, the Bobcats fought hard, it's the most anticipated day of the year watch and be a part of such an on-~ and cheering for the Pokes for most of but lost a defensive battle to the Griz for a lot of our fans," said MSU junior historical event. my life, I was never extremely famil zlies, 13-7 in Missoula. In Bozeman the receiver Tyler Lulay. "The atmosphere Four years ago I was introdUO iar with the two teams in Montana. I previous year, the Brawl was featured and the intensity of the game is un to the Brawl of the Wild, to the rival knew there were two Division I schools in a mud bath, with the 'Cats prevailing matched. It really should be a state between two history-rich schools. II in Montana, and my knowledge never 16-6 over their rivals. holiday." only have I been able to wimess atbl went beyond that. This will be the first year that MSU This game is to what the season cul ics at their best here in Montana, bll And then I graduated from high Head Coach Rob Ash will see a Cat/Griz minates. As a Bobcat, a win over the Griz have been able to watch the continul school and began my college educa game in person, and it will be UM head makes the season a success, no matter story written by both teams. tion in the town of Bozeman. However, coach Bobby Hauck's fifth go at the what. And vice versa. The Montana State Bobcats W01 the first thing I learned had nothing to helm. While he has one of the best win not be who they are without those GI do with my major, English literature. ning percentages in UM history, Hauck Saturday the 17th zlies, and the Grizzlies would not I simply garnered that the Montana is only 2.-2. against the 'Cats, proving At 12:35 p.m. this Saturday, the Bob who they are without the 'Cats. In sa State Bobcats and all associated with that this game is competitive year in cats and the Grizzles will go at it again weird, round-about way, it is as if thi them have a hatred toward anything and year out. in the season-ending game for both two teams have an awkward love-h and everything that is associated with teams. the University of Montana Grizzlies. relationship. The Game Itself The Grizzlies have already locked There is no in-between line, this is just Okay, a lot more hate than love, I experienced my first Cat/Griz foot up a post-season berth and the Bobcats the way it is in Montana. nonetheless, these two teams are ah ball game in Missoula. As a member of are looking to salvage a season, espe Every Montana citizen is either a reason why they each are who they2 the MSU Cat Dancers, we were escorted cially coming off a spectacular win at Bobcat or a Grizzly, and never will you And though it has already been~ onto the field by four - yes, I said four - Portland State. find a person on the fence. police officers. years that I have experienced the III This will be the final game for a lot It's like being a Republican or a ness, I will be telling my kids of 1 Once on the field in the heat of the of people. Sadly, it will be the final game Democrat, a meat-eater or a vegetarian, unique rivalry for many years ro cc game, we were trapped inside a maroon that I will be able to see from the side or to put it in a more simple term, male bowl, and not to go completely over the · associating their ABCs with the Br or female. line. It will be the same for some stu of the Wild. top, but getting out alive was at one dents in the crowd, and, most impor- 2007 I THE .A.SMSU EXPONENT REC[REATION] 15 F*** THE GRIZ GO CATS! ' Wanna add anything? NOW HIRING: sports writers ughout the semester, we've If you could live a day without many interesting things about consequences, what would you do? dent athletes. We now know that Eat anything I want! er Aaron Papich goes country _karaokes, that runner Kayla Lar Elliot Barnhart: mer Bobby Knight, that Christina All ofElliot's answe1·s we1·e p1inted in m has got it bad for Elvis and his his featu1·e, but hen? m·e some of my favs. ede shoes, that footballer Elliot 's ideal dinner guests are Jesus, What's your favorite Chuck Nor , and Yoda, and that basketballer ris joke? exponent odman thinks mean people suck. When the Boogieman goes to bed he '1y, who doesn't? Well, here are a checks the closet for Chuck Norris. gs you might not know in this n room floor edition of "In The Do you wish on shooting stars? Yup, all the time. The world could do without: maroon tat do you want to be when you TRiO '."tp? What do you consider your best u Dl~t surroat st11v1tu yman. moment as a student athlete at MSU? tat was your first job? President's Plunge was definitely the TRiO /Student Support Services offerings for uked at a dollar movie theater un coolest. Spring 2008: '!'leater went under from the man ~t cooking the books. Erin Goodman: • Math 085 (sections 71, 72) - Pre-algebra (3 credit:. pass/ All of Erin's answers were p1inted fail) '' ;1 lccrurnl class, meeung three ume' a \\ed. l .-..1m' are klarson: in he1· feature, but here m·e some of my gn en in cl:iss. There :ire oppormnines for 111-cbss yuesuons, ths faves. .ren I'm nervous: Dark chocolate or milk choco cuss1nn, and pracnce. There is a 11 emphasis on math study sk1lk ~ goose bumps. late? There 1s no prerequ1'1tC for \farh 085. but 1t is a prercqws1te for Ehhh. chips and salsa!! \foth 103. rou could travel back in time ~ any band/musical artist live, What's your favorite book? • Math 103 (sections 71, 72) - Introductory Algebra (3 cred IDuld they be, and why? I am really into the textbooks right its) pro\'1dcs a lcccured component for the T \C \lath 103 course got to go with my old sixth, sev now. anJ tnl'eb three runes a week. Therl are opporrunim=- for 111 class .-id eighth grade obsession band: yue,mrns, discussion , and practice ThL prerequ1sHe for \larh 103 I Base. They rocked my world! What do you want when you grow 1s ~larh 085 or \lath 065, approprfotc \C 1 'S \T 'cnn·s. or proper i-ere my first CD, and I had the up? rran-frr credus. \[;uh 103 1s a prereyuis1te for \lath 1115, 130. \lath ~crush on Jonas and wanted to I want to be successful and happy. I koice just like Jenny. I remember want a beautiful beach house and a hot 149. 150, 151 .111J \t,Jts 216. ,hboree Basketball coach letting hubby.... and then a couple of kids and a SeL Class Schedule in M) Info for times. For addition.ll informa my team listen to the whole CD boxer when I am in my thirties. tion on cligihilit) requirements co be a TRiO/SSS students please morning van trips. Ha. Oh, and st0p b) the oflice at 146 SUB or call 994-4541. ~e made up routines to most of Through the Green Glass Doors, too! there are apples, but no oranges; there are seashells but no beaches; there are hoops but no hulas; there are: !'et is your best Halloween cos basketballs but no courts. I have date? played this game many times on bus tierella trips and floating. THE ASMSU EXPONENT NOVEMBER 15, REC[REATION] 16 The time has finally come. After a solid 50-36 victory at Portland State against the Vikings, the Montana State football team will face the Montana Grizzlies in the always popular and long awaited Brawl of the Wild. The Bobcats are currently 6-4 while Mon tana still stands undefeated at 10-0. Kickoff will be at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17 at Bobcat Stadium. Before the start of the Big Sky Tournament on Friday Nov. 23, the Lady 'Cats (1-25 overall) have two conference matches at home. On Friday, Nov. 16 at 5:30 p.m., Mon tana State will face the Idaho State Bengals (S-22 overall). On the following day, the Lady 'Cats will play the Weber State Wildcats (13-12 overall) at 7:00 p.m. __ _ __ . ___ ! Men The Montana State men's basketball team will be playing two tough non-confer- ence teams. First they will play a home game against the Boise State Broncos on Friday, Nov. 16 at 7:05 p.m. in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. The following week the Cats will travel to Fresno State to face the Bulldogs on Wednesday, Nov. 21 at B:oo p.m. Women Two games into the season, the Lady 'Cats will be on the road this week traveling down to play the Texas Arlington Mavericks. This non-conference game v..rill be played on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. BER 15, 2007 THE ASMSU EXPONENT J STATIC 17 TATIC by Pat Linn .vwould you like to be paid 25 cents report, in the last decade workers have wages when one pound of chicken costs all over the world in designated factories ur to risk losing fingers in a sewing begun to earn only 1 to 2 percent of the around $2 at a Cambodian market locat like Kukdong and Just Garments, both ne, inhale industrial chemicals and final retail cost of a garment. ed near garment factories. industry leaders today. irom spinal damage from standing This drastic decline in labor com An unconscionable double stan DSP requires that university licens 1:.4 hour labor shifts? What? You'd pensation coincided with the skyrocket dard exists between countries that pro ees such as Nike, Reebok and Russell Jt for something better? Well, so ing market influence of Wal-Mart in the duce goods and countries that purchase sign multi-year contracts to exclusively the adolescents, grown men and 1990s. However, doubling workers' wag goods. A typical daily wage of $80 in the purchase collegiate apparel fro~ sweat :nt women who work at factories es would counter the Wal-Mart business U.S. buys 18.1 pounds of chicken at $4-41 free factories. This insures that factories er developed economies, if they model and add at most 25 cents to the per pound, the advertised price this week which make positive changes have busi hoice . consumer's price for a $20 Bobcat t-shirt. at Wal-Mart in Bozeman. ness stability. lwever, dangerous sweatshop con If brands like Under Armour absorbed It costs more money to pay a mini In these designated factories, the stick to the collegiate apparel in some of these costs then consumers mum wage and purchase safety equip WRC guides gradual implementation of like airborne polyester fiber stick- would only pay 15 cents extra for a shirt ment than to avoid and ignore these fair labor policies. This is in direct oppo 11ne cilia in workers' lungs. Breaking produced without sweatshop labor. standards. Some factories choose to pay sition to the typical practice pioneered t:le, U.S. colleges and universities During the last decade, U.S. brands these prices, treating their workers with by Wal-Mart of cutting ties and running, ed with the Worker's Rights Con- have demanded a 49.7 percent cut in dignity. For example, theKukdongfactory which eliminates jobs by pulling con 1 (WRC) and the Designated Sup costs for cotton knit shirts from factories in Mexico and the Just Garments factory tracts from uncooperative factories. . rogram (DSP) are eliminating ille in the top 15 producing countries, accord in El Salvador have implemented fair and Over 150 American colleges and uni uditions from this $3 billion a year ing to the safe labor versities have affiliated with the WRC 'Y· U.S. gov standards, and many have also signed onto the DSP man rights law asserts that all ernment including as well. These schools have partnered to s must be paid a living wage. En data. Labor legitimate guarantee that workers who sew their : 1 in the U.N. International Labor costs are According to a U.S. Labor De unions. sweatshirts are granted the international ·e:ation (ILO), this law demands the factor partment report, in the last decade Unfor human rights of freedom of association 1rkers are paid enough money to in produc- workers have begun to earn only 1 tunately, and a living wage. Affiliated schools de t ! for their basic needs of hous tion costs to 2 percent of the final retail cost apparel velop a purchasing code of conduct re ergy, nutrition, clothing, health that man- of a garment. brands quiring that licensees and factories meet lucation, potable water, childcare, agers have like Nike these standards. :nrtation and savings for a family of most con- and Ree This change carries a cost to be paid -"!size. trolover. bok im by consumers. To join WRC/DSP, MSU ::>st factory laborers are denied So, with mediately would pay l percent of trademark reve aasic needs because of low wages. multina- shifted nues, around $2,ooo annually. A result of MSU affiliation would be doubled wages 0, a National Labor Committee tional brands demanding ever lower pric orders away and nearly closed the facto for workers at the Philippine factory that etailed that a Honduran worker es, managers depress workers' wages. ries. This is where the WRC and the Des produces certain Bobcat polo shirts. The clothing at the rate of 43 cents Furthermore, in most of these is coun ignated Suppliers Program (DSP) enter campus retail price of the shirt of $39-95 r takes home only 80 cents per tries, labor law is often ignored to create the picture. would rise by 0.78 percent and the shirt r spending money on meals and a freer business climate and encourage Clearly, workers are the best moni would cost $40.26 after the wage in nation to work. foreign direct investment. So, with local tors of their own working conditions. So, crease. se left over pennies cannot con governments turning a blind eye on labor the WRC and DSP ensure that workers crime, workers' rights protection will ar have access to legitimate labor unions. stretch to pay rent, bills, child- If you feel that MSU should hool costs, medical emergencies rive only from change within the indus The union's freely elected leadership must also have standing to bargairl over be a leader in a race to the top of er expenses. To finance these, try. ethical business practices, then At the wage level of most apparel fac wages and working conditions on behalf must take out loans, often at check out the WRC website work terest rates. In the struggle to tory workers, 50 to 75 percent of their of the majority of workers. Today, factories that produce Bobcat ersrights.org. If you believe that eir daily needs, workers lose their incomes would have to be spent to meet Gear are difficult to monitor; most of their even those living in the third o improve and control their lives. minimum dietary standards. So, workers orders are for big box retailers. With so world deserve dignity in this ughout the world, apparel facto cannot afford critical sources of nutrition little leverage, universities cannot work life, then email MSU President ot pay a living wage. The average like meat, fish, and fruit. alone to support worker's rights in facto Geoff Gamble and urge MSU to ge paid to workers sewing col- A recent study placed the average ries. However, if MSU affiliated with the affiliate with the WRC and DSP. pparel in Bangladesh is 25 cents. daily wage of collegiate apparel workers WRC, Bobcat Gear would be produced to a U.S. Labor Department in Cambodia at $1.85 - criminally low STATIC THE ASMSU EXPONENT INOV. 15, 280• 18 by Scmjay Vander Wi (Wdting in Place ofRune Vcmder Wi Sweatshop Battle Hello, my name is Sanjay. The Ex will have to work in the lucrative sex· ponent staff has hired me as a SCAB to dustiy. write opinion articles while Rune Vander MSU fans should be proud to Wey is out on the picket line, living the boxers that I sew. I can sew faster di life ofluxury. I am only a 12-year-old boy; any other i2-year-old at the factory.At the Exponent is paying me a few cents the 12 h ours of sewing, I stan to imagl, a sentence. I haven't eaten anything in all kinds of wonderful food .... I am dis three days. I am so dizzy and weak with with hunger. hunger. At my day job, on good days, I I am lucky to writing for the Expo even allowed to go drink from the N nent during the six hours I have off each water fountain that was installed in Conipiled by Lacey Gray night from my day job in a sweat shop late '70s when Princess Diana visited. making MSU Bobcats boxers. I get paid country. I asked one time to go to ··cat Stats'" 1s The ASMSU Exponent"s latest addition to help encourage half a cent for each crotch I sow into each bathloom.... I was beaten and my P student engagement and involvement in the student-run publication. boxer. I am so lucky to be able to work at check was lost due to an accountinft The statistics are generated from randomly chosen volunteers found on this rate of pay. Without this job I would the MSU campus, through the use of a written questionnaire survey. ror. not be able to support my single mother If I continue to work for a few ID and 12 brothers and sisters. Without my This month's questions have been responded to by 100 students. years, I may th~n qualify to be maDI• conmbution my family would be out in ment! Then I might finally get paid CJ! • the rain fighting with rats. time; right now, when I am forc:sl Without globalization, I would nev work overtime, th e managementactQ er live the American dream, saving up takes money out of my paychecks. B · enough money to buy my very own trail digress. If! didn't have this job I \VOuli er with a 1970 Firebird on the front din be able to afford this loin cloth. 14 of MSU students patch. Globalization has enabled me to I hope that Pinko communist R °/o keep this job. Someday I will be rich; all stays on that picket line for month I have to do is sew a few more crotches come. At my job sewing crotchesi have tested out MSU's into these beautiful blue and gold box cannot unionize. We don't have the ers. Someday I hope to save enough to ury of going on smke. If Rune srayi • own my ve1y own pair. I am so very, very those picket lines, I am that much cl hungry. Streamline bus service. to the American dream. I must stop I am lucky that I have not been in save my strength, I have another i6-l jured on the job. If I don't sew crotches day and night ahead of me. My bo fast enough, I will be severely beaten, say that if I don't break my recon and my wonderful job will be given to crotches sewn that I will go wit the next lucky 12-year-old. If I get care water for the next week.... I am so c less, and injure myself, I will be severely with hunger. beaten and fired. Then my whole family ... .& ~ - ...... "' •• ~ 15, 2007 I THE ASMSU EXPONENT STATIC 19 l\F~ IN ©zoo7 S"J Mil1" t-$LL GROC:N1r.J5 nnual Furry Fad rikes Again men and dirty, sweaty guys who didn't RDS BY bathe too often. We've got a rugged his •*1eyer tory of real men and we need to remem JSU Exponent ber our heritage." I couldn't agree more with those bril 's that time of year again, when your liantly, encouraging words. When I think .:ien Retriever starts growing out of Montana history, I think of dirty, hairy 'Ur coat only to aggravate you five men mining in the hills and mountains 1Vis later, when he starts shedding around Butte. How can we forget those l&same luscious coat on your couch men who sacrificed everything, even r to start the same process next fall. looking "presentable" for the sake of ·our dog isn't the only one growing home on the range? How wild would the l 1 winter layer this month though. Wild West have been without its share 11nderground fad quickly rising in of facial hair? 1.. ~ers year by year is currently being Jeff Downer, a former accounting a rated. Perhaps you have stumbled student, loves the idea of such a celebra :: .s this fad on Facebook, or heard a tion. "It's a great idea. It's not a competi !lmen with stubble chatting about it in tiono but a time that we get to bond to otfibrary. gether for a cause." No Shave November" as the festive Perhaps No Shave November can Crossword :oion has been dubbed on the street, even build relationships. We can look ACROSS ~ nt my attention last year when a at our fellow classmates as brethren, all 1 Big swig :.nmate asked me what kind of beard giving up the razor for a month. 5 Fork-tailed flier 9 Windows " growing for the month long experi- No Shave November favors no one, predecessor whether they can grow an extravagant 14 Culture medium 15 False god !ow this phenomena started, I do beard that even Grizzly Adams himself 16 Slur over o~now. What I do know is that a hand would envy or no facial hair at all. All are 17 Nasal medication : · gentlemen partake in this happy welcome and an entire college growing 19 Blair or Evans :oion to show off their various lev out whatever they've got would be quite 20 Curved path ..9 testosterone, all praising the man a threat to the disposable razor blade in 21 Objective 22 Bad repetitions l.!he greatest beard after one month dustry. 28 Dads Enificing the razor. Join in, let loose, throw away your 31 Fruity drink 32 Not needed iowever, I do not believe this oc razor and consider it is extra minutes of 34 Singer Ritter !ll. :i is only for men to celebrate, but sleep. 35 Old pieces of 1 Jd be recognized by women as well. pounds 36 Was sick : ladies I asked about leg shaving 37 Came to roost )!i.hey'd gladly give up the razor for a 39 Is a bookworm 41 Horse hue :::i-month. 42 Legal claims .en, if you can, imagine having to 44 Chorus 1n not one, but two entire legs every members 46 Be obligated to © 2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. e of days. I simply don't have the 47 Episode of a All rfghts reserved. -: )g power to shave that much of my series 49 Round Table ··~not to mention the razor burn. knight 1o Slight of build Solutions ien again, there were a number of 50 Take in food 11 Noisy clamor 51 Corridors 12 Like an extra .; claiming that not shaving for a 53 High-fiber fruit sock ·. !l is absolutely disgusting. One girl, 54 Scrooge's word 13 Bering or Baltic nwished to remain anonymous, rem 55 San Diego pro 18 Desiccate 58 Employee crime 21 Broke bread ·• td about her fabulous days in high 64 Laotian or 22 Singer Maines ;11, explaining to me how the swim Mongolian, e.g. 23 Soprano Patti 65 Fly high 24 Most erotic tw which she wasn't part of by the H=li• 66 Ms. Anderson 25 Uses a heating- 8 "~ompeted to see who could grow 67 Scarlett's Butler cooling process 68 Urge forward 26 Soothes 1-=-11--=-4'-'-."• 1 ngest leg hair. 69 Polk's middle 27 Summer drink . !'he girls' swim team at my high name 28 Easily beaten pugilist, slangily 1111111~"""'~-=+-=+-=- 11 used to grow out their leg hair as DOWN 29 Narrow :cipetition. They'd wear short skirts 1 Prohibit passage 30 Greenstreet 1 ? time to compare and decide who 2 Sense of self 3 Head for Vegas? and Pollack rlrinner was." 33 Knight's title 4 Tasty tidbit 52 Marine snail 59 And not • 1 each his, or, I mean, her own. 5 German 38 Explosive letters 53 Coll. social 60 Paulo harlie Jackson, a Spanish teach expressionist club 61 Actor Voight artist 40 Warbler for one 62 Lennon's <.Qajor, had more than enough to say 6 Marriage vow 43 Very insightful 55 excellence 45 Home or bed 56 Gray shade widow tit No Shave November, claiming, 7 Upper part 57 Fizzle 63 Beiderbecke of 8 Golfer Ernie follower jazz 0 beed to celebrate the occasion. It 9 SingerEtheridge 48 Fall behind 58 Yahoo, e.g. • l 3 us back to our roots as Montan- PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION BY KEVIN LUDWIG 4/liNe're descended from mountain THE ASMSU EXPONENT NOVEMBER 15, 200'1 ETCETERA 20 LASS FIEDS plastic, metal. Used FREE STUFF: HELP WANTED : call Ext 5050 to speak with S1lv1a. 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You can make an appointment to see the Event Begins: November 26 Attorney in the ASMSU office, SUB room 281. There is an $8.00 appointment fee. New ly renovated Hosaeus PE-Complex SU?E~aAo is scheduled to open early January, Thu rs day • Frid ay• Saturday 2008. 7:00 & 9:1 o pm Don't get left behind; sign-up ~ ~ ~ for a tour of the new facility; tours on [ Fridays @ 2:00 pm. Must sign-up; as space is limited space. Recreational Sports & Fitness Web Page Log_ on _to www.montana.edu/getfit for gym complex building hours chmbmg wall. h_ours, fitness class schedules and class descriptions, ' Intramural act1v1ty sch~dules, gym membership information, fitness consultations and gym renovation news.