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Inside the Kaimin Sports p 5 On Campus Today Forecast So Ced Said p 2 Griz fall hard to Big Sky • 10:00 a.m. - 2 p.m. Blues Fest, information on depression and High 39F Higher ed mill levy up for suicide prevention, giveaways, UC champion Vikings • 7 p.m. Wilderness Issues Lecture Series, Gallagher 106, free Low 25F renewal again – Courtesy of UM Events Calendar ASUM picks Elton concert comes with a price nominee for Alex Sakariassen the Adams Center administration, in an interview with the Kaimin Foundation at the close of Elton MONTANA KAIMIN states that “in appreciation for Monday. John’s performance on April 11, making room in his concert touring Muse said that an appearance 2008.” The University of Montana schedule, UM has agreed to transfer by a musician of John’s caliber Muse said the Adams Center regent post Adams Center has offered to the donation of $75,000 to the was benefi cial to both the campus has been networking within the Amy Faxon donate $75,000 to the Elton John Elton John AIDS Foundation.” and the community and could Missoula community to raise the AIDS Foundation “in appreciation” The memo was sent out recently bolster UM’s appeal to prospective donation, and locals have so far MONTANA KAIMIN for the April 11 Elton John concert. and has not yet students. been supportive of the effort. Some Read full memo at The agreement does not say how been signed by MONTANAKAIMIN.COM “It’s good UM student groups are aiding the Editor’s Note: Cedric Jacobson the Adams Center will raise the either Adams www.montanakaimin.com for the state, donation effort as well, she said. is a columnist for the Montana donation. Center director it’s good for Muse did not say how the Kaimin. On Monday, the Montana Mary Muse or Howard Rose of the community … it’s good for the Adams Center would fulfi ll the Monday night the ASUM Senate Kaimin obtained from UM’s the Howard Rose Agency. As students,” she said. obligation if it is unable to raise voted to send Cedric Jacobson Legal Counsel offi ce a copy of a such, the conditions are still under According to the memo, the the full $75,000, but said she was to Dillon as the student regent “Memorandum of Understanding” negotiation. Adams Center “will deliver a not the only offi cial on campus nominee from the University of sent to the Howard Rose Agency, “We’re doing this as a good certifi ed check in the amount of involved in the process. Montana. John’s representatives in concert business decision for the benefi t Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars “This is supported across the Jacobson will be interviewed negotiations. The memo, sent by of this community,” Muse said ($75,000) to Rose on behalf of the See CONCERT, page 4 by the Montana Associated Students on Wednesday. They will recommend up to three Still searching applicants to be interviewed by Gov. Brian Schweitzer. The new student regent will be appointed by Schweitzer and confi rmed by the Montana State Senate. Sunday afternoon, the ASUM interview committee, made up of a few senators and students at large, interviewed three applicants for the position and chose to recommend Jacobson to the senate. Sen. Ali Tabibnejad, head of the interview committee, said Jacobson’s resume was the most impressive out of the three. “They were good, but they didn’t stack up to Cedric,” Tabibnejad said. Jacobson was an ASUM senator two years ago, and last year he served as the ASUM vice president. He was involved in 13 university committees during his time on the senate and 23 last year. He continues to be on seven UM committees this year and sits on the retention task force. Last year, Jacobson was appointed by Schweitzer to the Commission on Community Service, which UM President George Dennison chairs. Jacobson said all the different committees and administrators that he worked with have kept him informed of what is going on at UM. The biggest issue is funding for higher education, he said. “It’s our Brandon Gonski / For the Kaimin duty to provide affordable higher Divers Robert Hansen and Chris Roberts from the Flathead County Dive Team resurface during their search Saturday for the body of Mike Meadows. UM student Cyril Kenneth Richard, Meadows’ roomate, is charged in Meadows’ education for the citizens in the death and with dumping the body in the river. This was the third day searchers were out on the Clark Fork combing the river bottom for Meadow’s body. state, but that’s always a struggle,” Jacobson said. “Especially considering the social economic status of the state.” Search for body in Clark Fork yields no results Last year he felt like he accomplished a lot personally and Mike Gerrity County Sheriff’s Offi ce, said he “From what I observed in fi nd it,” Gonski said. professionally. The best place for MONTANA KAIMIN won’t send his team any farther portions of river we were able to Gonski said that debris from him to do the most good for the down the river. dive, there are plenty of rocks and winter runoff had greatly reduced most people is by sitting on the Treacherous conditions in the “At this time it is simply not other obstacles for Michael’s body visibility underwater for dive Board of Regents, Jacobson said. are stalling the reasonable to continue searching to get snagged on,” White said, teams, saying that visibility was, at There were four applications for search for the body of a Missoula downstream,” White said. “The “But there is no way to know.” best, six inches to a foot in areas of the position until ASUM President man who was thrown into the strong current between pools and The high-risk search effort water that were, at the shallowest, Dustin Leftridge withdrew his at river after allegedly being stabbed eddies makes searching the main led Missoula County Search 38-feet deep. the last minute over the weekend. to death by UM student Cyril channel impossible with divers, and Rescue to request additional “It’s just really hard to see in He said his job right now is very Kenneth Richard. cameras or scanning sonar.” support from volunteers for parts there. The Clark Fork is pretty time consuming and he needs to While the search for Michael White, whose team has been of the search. dirty,” Gonski said. concentrate on his double major Meadows has not been offi cially working in cooperation with dive Brandon Gonski, a UM senior Richard has been charged with next year. called off, the diffi cult and teams from Missoula County who volunteered to assist dive deliberate homicide and evidence See REGENT, page 8 dangerous conditions search and Search and Rescue, said that teams in the search Saturday by tampering after Missoula Police rescue dive teams are facing may the area of the river under the providing kayak support as well said he stabbed his roommate, only grow worse with the rising bridge spanning the Alberton as manning rope lines connecting Meadows, in their apartment in the Check us out water level because of winter run- Gorge where Meadows’ body the divers to the riverbanks, is Copper Run apartment complex on the Web at off. was allegedly dumped has been pessimistic about any possibility on the early morning of Feb. 21. www.montanakaimin.com Cpl. Jordan White, dive team searched repeatedly over three of fi nding Meadows. Richard, who said he acted in commander for the Flathead days. “We’re probably not going to See SEARCH, page 8 2 Opinion Montana Kaimin Tuesday, March 4, 2008

EDITORIAL So Ced Said More guns, Vote yes to six-mill levy for higher ed All right, Montanans, it’s time more esoteric meaning. The levy have serious more violence to do our decennial duty to higher serves as a way for us, as citizens, repercussions. education. Last week, the big to send a strong message to our A failure to More guns will not bring less violence. campaign for renewal of the six- state government. It is crucial that approve the The group Students for Concealed Carry mill levy kicked off in Helena. Montanans come out and continue levy would on Campus is pushing to legalize carrying This levy provides for a property to support the idea of higher be just such guns on the University of Montana campus tax to help fund the 11 campuses education funding in the state. an error, and and other colleges. They maintain arming statewide, and has continued to Basically, it comes down to the would have college students with Colt .45s and Berettas aid our budgets since it was fi rst idea that education will be the next d i s a s t r o u s will protect us from shooting sprees like instituted in 1948. big resource in Montana. They’re consequences those seen at Virginia Tech and Northern Each year the six-mill levy saying that the bachelor’s degree for the future of our state funding. Illinois University. raises about $12.5 million for is our generation’s high school Montanans need to invest Having a weapon in the home increases the Montana University System. diploma, and that’s something in their future, and the levy is the chance of homicide. A household with a Although that number seems small we need to keep in mind as we important as we look to doing so. weapon is three times more likely to have a Jessica Mayrer compared to total state funding, it lay the fi nancial groundwork for We have the opportunity to give family member killed than a home without News Editor comprises about 15 percent of what the next several decades. As a the legislators in Helena a strong a gun, according to the Bloomberg School of Public Health at we receive. It is still a fairly large state, we need to brace for the message. We have the chance Johns Hopkins University. sum of money, and our system has need of an educated populous to say that Montana citizens Is it really a good idea to bring guns into our house? come to rely on it. to keep Montana economically recognize the importance of Nearly 13,000 students spend much of their lives on this Luckily, Montanans have been healthy and competitive. We owe higher education, and are willing campus, many living independently for the fi rst time. Learning generous enough to renew this levy an affordable college education to support it by entering into a how to drink, date and deal with life makes for moody students and every 10 years for the better part of to our population, especially voluntary property tax. Although sometimes-volatile situations. Placing guns into inexperienced a century. I hope that we as a state considering the anticipated decline the tax is small compared to the hands ensures more violence, not less. have grown accustomed to this in graduating class size over the amounts we spend on other items, Suicide is nearly fi ve times more likely in a home with a method for funding, and will vote next 20 years. the message is still there. There is gun than without, according to Bloomberg. And Montana, with to continue to do so in November. Higher education has always a real opportunity to provide the already lenient gun laws, rates second nationally in suicides by In 1998, which is the last time the had to fi ght for funding, but this lawmakers in Helena with a cold, gun for children 16 and under. levy came to a vote, it passed with coming legislative session will be hard, irrefutable fact. Homicides are most often committed by guns, especially 61 percent approval. the hardest we’ve faced in a long Once this levy has passed a handguns, according to the Department of Justice. Some of you may argue that time. We’re at the tipping point popular vote, we can use it as Guns don’t stop violence. It’s been proven in study after these are reasons why we need not for higher education funding in an aid to convince the state for study. That’s like saying if UM hands out donuts, we’ll all lose worry about this campaign and this state. Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s increased funding. With increased weight. That kind of logic is paid for by gun manufacturers who the vote this fall. After all, we’ve College Affordability Plan during funding, we can better walk the profi t from fear. always voted in favor before; it will the last session was the fi rst line of quality and affordability Gun manufacturers make money off of weapons designed happen again, right? And besides, substantial increase to the MUS and continue to provide a fi rst- to kill. The gun lobby has spent about $20 million in political $12.5 million is just a drop in the state appropriation in years, but class education with a price tag contributions since 1990, according to opensecrets.org. That cash bucket of the University’s budget. it’s not enough to stave off tuition that Montana families can afford. helps pay for the message that says carrying a gun brings safety. Why all the muss and fuss? increases for long. We have a Cedric Jacobson is a senior in According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice, a division of the The six-mill levy is not just chance to continue this positive cellular and molecular biology. Department of Justice, it’s about 10 times more likely that a gun about the money; it has a much change, but a misstep now could will be used in a crime than one will be used defensively. And there are the accidents. Do you really trust that kid three rows over with a handgun? He can’t even fi gure out when the Not everyone would carry guns screening this very thing homework is due. And don’t forget Dick Cheney. with concealed weapons policy process. This in Germany Nearly one out of fi ve gun wounds is an accident, according dispels the fear Letter in the 1930s. to Bloomberg. I’m replying to the individual of gun-waving Where that Another study, conducted by the California Research Bureau, concerning her fears about the fanatics on to the ideal led to, I the research arm of the California Legislature, said states with movement to carry concealed campus because hope you are lenient concealed weapon laws generally have higher violent weapons on campuses. I respect the individuals Editor familiar with. crime and murder rates than states with stricter handgun laws. her views and intend to answer her who do carry Thus, the I’m not saying we shouldn’t own weapons. Guns are part of our concerns to the best of my ability. concealed decision to Western culture centered on independence and self-suffi ciency. Regarding public safety, the (legally) are by legally carry But there are too many variables on a crowded college campus, idea of carrying concealed doesn’t their very nature a concealed and we don’t need eager 18-25 year-olds pulling a John Wayne take away from the respect they upstanding, law-abiding citizens. weapon should be left up to the imitation on the Oval. deserve in any way. But let’s face The only gun-toting crazies will individual who has the right to Utah colleges, Colorado State University and Blue Ridge the facts, if you are in class and be the ones who abide by no gun do so. It should not be left up to Community College in Virginia now allow weapons on campus. someone pulls out a gun and starts laws, thus the idea of gun control the decision of some group or Fortunately, we have yet to see how an armed student body reacts shooting people, by the time that laws becomes meaningless. Those party who has a paranoia of such, to a crisis situation. law enforcement or public safety disposed towards crime will coupled with a healthy dose of While many advocates of weapons on campus are framing personnel arrive it becomes a always fi nd a suitable weapon to ignorance. No offense intended. this as a personal freedom issue, it’s not. As the Department of mop-up effort. It takes immediate fulfi ll their desire. It has been proven through Justice tells us, if you bring a gun into the house, little Suzie’s and initial action to avoid mass Also, remember that our Second studies that districts who allow law chance of getting shot increases exponentially. killings. The police cannot be Amendment in the Bill of Rights abiding citizens to carry concealed everywhere all the time. explicitly states, “ ...the right of weapons, in those respective I sensed an overriding theme of the people to keep and bear Arms, places the crime rates have indeed fear in the article concerning the shall not be infringed.” The idea dropped. For further information idea that everyone on campus of hiring more safety offi cers does concerning this evidence see www. would be waving guns around. If nothing to help solve the problem. NRA.com. everyone could carry a concealed Do you surmise that our Founding Remember, guns don’t kill Pissed? Pleased? Perturbed? weapon, then yes, I would Fathers didn’t see the danger of people, people kill people. Write a letter to the editor. wholeheartedly oppose any such allowing only the government actions myself. In order to obtain a to own guns? Study your history – Duane Schlabach, [email protected] permit to carry concealed, one must and you will fi nd that a certain sophomore, education go through a rigorous background individual convinced the public of

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CONCERT Continued from page 1 Fight for your rights institution,” Muse said. “I’m not the only person working on this. That would be quite daunting.” However, UM President George Dennison said the University is not responsible for raising any money for the donation. “There was an agreement to assist, but it’s to be raised and we’re not paying any University money for it,” Dennison told the Kaimin Monday evening. Dennison said he was unaware of the specifi c conditions of the memo and was not privy to any of the memo negotiations. “I haven’t seen the agreement. I didn’t negotiate the contract, or the agreement for that matter,” Dennison said. The possibility of a second Elton John concert in Missoula fi rst came under fi re last fall, when Rose criticized UM’s management and production of the October concert in an e-mail to Muse. In the e-mail, Rose said the agency was “open to re-evaluating a Univ (sic) of Montana concert under the right conditions” and suggested UM consider changes to its “student project team,” UM Shane McMillan / Montana Kaimin Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union Steve Shapiro addresses a group in the UM School of Law Friday afternoon. Shapiro was in Missoula for an annual gathering of the Montana ACLU Productions. on Saturday, but also took time to talk on campus about the need to protect civil liberties in the face of the war on terrorism. Rose could not be reached Monday for comments on the October 2007 e-mail or the recent memo. www.montanakaimin.com www.montanakaimin.com www.montanakaimin.com www.montanakaimin.com Dream homes go up in flames www.montanakaimin.com www.montanakaimin.com Woodinville, Wash. (AP) – since the 1990s. Snohomish County District 7 Three seven-fi gure dream homes The sheriff’s offi ce estimated Fire Chief Rick Eastman said. went up in fl ames early Monday that Monday’s pre-dawn fi res did Later, however, Kelvin Crenshaw, in a Seattle suburb, apparently set $7 million in damage to the “Street special agent in charge of the by eco-terrorists who left a sign of Dreams,” a row of unoccupied, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and mocking the builders’ claims that furnished luxury model homes Firearms in Seattle, said there the 4,000-plus-square-foot houses where tens of thousands of visitors was no evidence such devices had were environmentally friendly. last summer eyed the latest in been used. The sign – a sheet marked high-end housing, interior design The FBI was investigating with spray paint – bore the initials and landscaping. Three homes the fi res as a potential domestic ELF, for Earth Liberation Front, were destroyed and two had minor terrorism act, said FBI spokesman a loose collection of radical fi re or smoke damage. Rich Kolko in Washington, D.C. environmentalists that has claimed Crews removed incendiary No injuries were reported in the responsibility for dozens of attacks devices found in the homes, fi res, which began before dawn in the wooded subdivision and were still smoldering by midmorning. The sign left behind said in red scraggly letters, “Built Green? Nope black!” and “McMansions in RCDs r not green,” a reference to rural cluster developments. One alleged ELF activist is on trial in Tacoma, Wash., in the 2001 fi rebombing of the University of Washington’s Center for Urban Horticulture. Kaimin Sports Tuesday, March 4, 2008 Vikings hand Griz worst loss in 94 years Bill Oram Side MONTANA KAIMIN If the Montana Grizzlies were looking for a boost of confi dence lines going into the Big Sky Conference Tournament this weekend, Saturday’s humiliating 108-56 loss to Portland State probably Sports Briefs wasn’t it. The 52-point rout was the most lopsided contest in the Big Sky this Golf – The University of season, and the worst loss for the Montana golf team fi nished Griz since a 70-12 defeat against ninth of 15 teams at the Washington State in the 1913-14 Northern Arizona Invitational. campaign. The widest margin in The Grizzlies shot a fi nal-round Griz history came in a 103-34 win 326 on Sunday at Oak Creek over Gonzaga in 1945-46. Country Club in Sedona, Ariz., Montana coach Wayne Tinkle and fi nished 31 strokes behind spent last week insisting that his Eastern Michigan, which team had improved since a 70- came away with the team title. 68 loss in Portland on Jan. 31. The highest-placing Big Sky Apparently, the Vikings had too. Conference team was NAU, As a result of the Senior Night which took third. Montana’s blowout, Montana (14-15, 8-8 best fi nisher was sophomore BSC) earned the fi fth seed in the Jacqueline Olson, who fi nished upcoming tournament and on with a fi nal-round 76 to tie for Saturday will play at Idaho State, seventh overall. Her 11-over-par with whom the Griz split a pair of 155 was just fi ve strokes behind games earlier this season. individual champion Catherine The Vikings, who locked up Fortin from Eastern Michigan. the right to host the conference tournament with a 28-point win at Track and fi eld – Three is Montana State Thursday, scored a lucky number for UM’s Loni on their fi rst 11 possessions of Perkins-Judisch. The senior the game, opening up a 24-9 sprinter won Outstanding lead in the game’s early minutes. Track Athlete honors at the Montana, which never led, could Big Sky Conference Indoor never close the gap. Track and Field Championships “We didn’t play well at all,” in Pocatello, Idaho. Perkins- said senior forward Andrew Strait Judisch won both the 200- who, along with senior guard Matt and 400-meters and led the Martin, was honored before the Grizzlies’ 1,600-meter relay game. “We didn’t guard at all, we team to victory. Three events pretty much let them do whatever won, and three records broken. they wanted on the offensive end. Perkins-Judisch broke her own It’s no one’s fault but our own.” school marks in the 200 and 400 Jeremiah Dominguez, a 5-foot- and, along with senior Stephanie 6 transfer guard for the Vikings, Radke, sophomore Erin Clark led the team with 24 points in just and freshman Jenna Haven, 26 minutes of play. He nailed 6- broke the UM 1,600-meter relay of-8 3-point attempts, but also record. The 56 career points that effectively drove the lane, cutting Perkins-Judisch has racked up in through the Montana defense Big Sky indoor championships like an electric hacksaw through Hugh Carey/Montana Kaimin is the most ever for a Griz Styrofoam. UM guard Ceylon Elgin-Taylor drives the ball to the basket as Portland State’s Deonte Huff goes for a block during last Saturday night’s game at . Portland woman. The Montana women “He’s just fantastic,” Tinkle State’s stellar defense contributed to Montana’s 14 turnovers of the game as Portland State won 108-56. fi nished in a tie for fourth, and said. “He can hit threes, obviously. the Griz men fi nished in sixth. He can get by and dish it off; he’s the Vikings led 57-25. playing in a mask to protect his loss at Gonzaga on Nov. 11 – that Sacramento State claimed both just tough. It’s hard to keep in front “He’s a whale of a player and nose, which was broken in Friday’s the Grizzlies had just one player crowns. of him; he’s herky-jerky with the I know he’s getting my vote for practice, led the team with 10 score in double-fi gures. Montana ball; he’s tough.” MVP,” Tinkle said. points. It was the fi rst time since shot a paltry 32.7 percent from Monday’s Scores By halftime, Dominguez had The Grizzlies never seemed to the second game of the season See BBALL, page 6 already poured in 19 points and be able to fi nd any rhythm. Strait, – when Martin had 18 in a 77-54 Weber State – 89 Sacramento State – 69 Ovechkin Standings Down but not out

Men’s bball School Big Sky All reaches 50 +Portland State 13-2 20-9 *Northern Arizona 11-5 20-10 *Weber State 10-6 15-13 goals in NHL *Idaho State 8-8 11-18 *Montana 8-8 14-15 WASHINGTON (AP) – Alex Montana State 7-9 15-14 Ovechkin scored a hat trick in Eastern Washington 6-9 11-18 Washington’s six-goal fi rst period, Northern Colorado 6-10 13-16 and he fi nished with fi ve points in Sacramento State 2-14 4-24 the Capitals’ 10-2 victory over the Boston Bruins Monday. Women’s bball Ovechkin’s three goals give School Big Sky All him a league-leading 52 and made #Montana 12-2 22-5 him the fi rst to 50 in the NHL this *Idaho State 11-4 19-8 season. *Portland State 10-4 20-7 He was credited with a fourth Montana State 9-5 14-12 goal in the third period, but offi cial Northern Colorado 6-8 12-15 scorers changed it later, giving Weber State 6-9 12-15 him an assist on Brooks Laich’s Northern Arizona 6-9 10-18 power-play goal that made it 9-2. Sacramento State 4-11 6-21 Ovechkin’s two assists Eastern Washington 1-13 4-23 Eric Oravsky/ Montana Kaimin gave him 38 on the season as +Clinched regular season title Senior forward George Sayer saves a pass Friday night against the MSU Hellcats at Glacier Ice Rink in Missoula. Despite an early score by the Cats, the Griz Washington snapped Boston’s six- #Clinched share of regular season title. won 8 - 3. Sayer scored three goals and had one assist. The Griz won against the Cats the Saturday night 6 - 4. game winning streak. *Clinched spot in postseason tournament. 6 Sports Montana Kaimin Tuesday, March 4, 2008

BBALL “I don’t know that he was Dominguez, with teammate early and our big guy could get time expired. The Griz were out putting the stops on it, they Scott Morrison hollering “MVP! going early, I think that gave us of timeouts and should have been Continued from page 5 seemed pretty aggressive in my MVP!” in the background, said, confi dence, and it might have hurt assessed a technical foul – the eyes, but not to a fault,” he said. “It “Everybody was just on tonight; it their confi dence as a team.” game’s three offi cials received the fl oor, nearly half of Portland wasn’t like they were running and was a good night for us and we’ve Strait said the mask was one-game suspensions from the State’s 62.5 percent display, gunning and pressing. You don’t just got to keep going.” “uncomfortable” and limited conference – but instead the game including 14-of-25 from beyond want to call the dogs off, ever. With Strait overcoming his his peripheral vision. He will went to overtime, in which the the 3-point line. You’ve got your guys playing broken nose, and freshman Brian likely have to continue to wear Griz prevailed 72-63. The Grizzlies, who were at one hard; shoot, they put a whoopin’ Qvale still nursing an injured it throughout the Grizzlies’ Tinkle said he doesn’t expect point this season the fi fth-best 3- on us and I wasn’t upset with that ankle, the Vikings were able to postseason run, starting Saturday this week’s playoff game to be point shooting team in the country, at all. His guys just kept making control the post, outrebounding in Pocatello. any easier. connected on just 6-of-25. plays for each other.” the Griz 45-24. The Vikings also Recently, games between the “It’s going to be another battle,” Dominguez sat out of the Bone said he felt the margin of snared 16 offensive boards, 11 Griz and Bengals have been hotly said Tinkle, the Grizzlies’ general. game’s fi nal 13 minutes, but victory was unfortunate and that of which came in the pivotal fi rst contested, with both teams splitting “Especially the way the last game Portland State’s attack wasn’t he would have preferred to win by half. the last four games, three of which ended. It’s going to be a hostile impeded. All 12 Vikings who six or eight. “I think one thing that helped – including last year’s quarterfi nal environment, we’re gonna take played, scored and never seemed “The problem is right now we’re us probably was Andrew (Strait) win by the Grizzlies in Missoula troops down there and we’re going to let up. on a mission, just like anybody breaking his nose the other day,” – went to overtime. to have to band together and really Tinkle said he didn’t feel like else,” he said. “It’s March. We Bone said. “He was good again The Griz beat Idaho State on get ready to get after it. We have coach Ken Bone’s Vikings were want to play at a certain level tonight, but usually he’s better, the road Feb. 24 when referees no choice, now it’s elimination running up the score, but that every possession, unfortunately there’s no doubt about it. And chose not to recognize Jordan time if you lose. So we’ll try to everything went right for them. the score was lopsided.” when he couldn’t get going Hasquet’s plea for a timeout as regroup and forge ahead.” Griz lacrosse returns defeated

The University of Montana Sargent and Jake Bagley led the Men’s Lacrosse Team went 0- Griz in scoring, each netting hat 2 in two close contests over the tricks in the contest. Sunday found weekend, traveling more than the Griz trailing 20th-ranked 1,200 miles to play conference Simon Fraser University 4-10 opponents the University of after two quarters. The Griz fi nally Washington and Canada’s Simon regained their form in the second Fraser University. half, and led by senior attacker The Grizzlies took on the Zander Ault’s six goals, fought University of Washington Huskies back to make it a two-goal game (5-1) Saturday in their second with less than three minutes left. conference matchup of the season. The clock beat the comeback once The game was back and forth all again, and the Griz lost 16-13. The day, but in the end the Huskies Griz have another tough weekend were able to hand the Griz their ahead, slated to play fi fth-ranked fi rst loss of the season with a 14- Oregon and Oregon State on the 13 fi nal. Townsend Hall, Tucker road. –Kaimin Sports Elizabeth Rauf/Montana Kaimin RIGHT: Senior midfi elder Jake Bagley attempts to recover the ball from a Simon Fraser University defender during the fourth quarter of their game Sunday in Burnaby, British Colombia. News 7 Montana Kaimin Tuesday, March 4, 2008 To market, to market

Kenneth Billington / Montana Kaimin Juniors Giselle Smith and April Davis have worked at the UC Market as baristas for three years. The Market is generally busiest between 9 a.m. and noon.

Marijuana plants sent to recycling center Recycle this paper! SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – A trash bag full of marijuana Instead they’ll be held as Please pot grower in northern California plants. evidence of a crime. is following nature’s rules, if not The center collects leaves, tree Police say the marijuana could the law. limbs and other natural material have come from anywhere in Workers who were sorting for composting, but San Jose Santa Clara County. They don’t items at a San Jose recycling police say the plants won’t end know how much of the pot in the center last week found a large up that way. bag was sellable. News 8 Montana Kaimin Tuesday, March 4, 2008 SEARCH Spacecraft photographs Martian avalanche for fi rst time Continued from page 1 PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – A slope below. The cascade kicked a natural event in action on the “We were checking for robotic spacecraft circling Mars up massive debris clouds, with surface of Mars. Most of the springtime changes in the carbon- self-defense, then drove roughly has snapped the fi rst image of a some measuring more than 590 landscape that has been recorded dioxide frost covering a dune thirty miles out of Missoula to the series of active avalanches near feet across. so far has not changed much in fi eld and fi nding the avalanches bridge overlooking the Clark Fork the planet’s north pole, scientists The landslides were spied millions of years. was completely serendipitous,” River where he pulled Meadows’ said Monday. by the Mars Reconnaissance The avalanches occurred near Jet Propulsion Laboratory body, which was wrapped in a The image, taken last month, Orbiter during a routine tracking the north pole and broke part of a scientist Candice Hansen said in a blanket, out of his car and pushed reveals at least four avalanches of of seasonal changes. The probe 2,300-foot cliff. statement. it into the water. fi ne ice and dust breaking off from arrived at the planet in 2006. Residents of the apartment a steep cliff and settling on the It is rare for scientists to catch complex called police after allegedly seeing Richard cleaning blood off the landing in front of education at UM. the apartment with bleach. REGENT Lilly, a translator from Mosul, Richard’s defense attorney, Continued from page 1 Iraq, who did not give her full Peter F. Lacney, declined to name due to security concerns, comment on the pending case. gave a presentation to the senate Deputy Missoula County A successful student regent discussing how Iraqi orphans and Attorney Andrew Paul said that the needs to organize and get students refugees, mainly translators, could possibility Meadows’ body may involved in political processes, benefi t from studying and fi nishing not be found by the time the case Leftridge said. their education in Missoula. goes to trial may not necessarily “It’s a signifi cant amount of Sen. Kevin Nalty stressed the harm his case against Richard. time,” he said. fact that Iraqi translators are in “There has been successful The senate also appointed Svein immediate danger and they would prosecutions for homicide in this Newman, who was on the senate be fi rst to take advantage of this country and in this state in which last year, to the senate after Joe program. a physical body was not found,” Tipton resigned. The program would allow Iraqi Paul said. In addition, the senate translators who might not have the But Paul added that such an unanimously passed a resolution funds, to fi nish their education and outcome is not common. supporting a program that would get a degree through UM. “It doesn’t happen everyday,” allow Iraqi refugees who are Lilly and Nalty will present this Paul said. translators for the program to President Dennison military to be able to fi nish their Friday.