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University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Associated Students of the University of Montana Montana Kaimin, 1898-present (ASUM) 2-27-2019 Montana Kaimin, February 27, 2019 Students of the University of Montana, Missoula Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy . Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper Recommended Citation Students of the University of Montana, Missoula, "Montana Kaimin, February 27, 2019" (2019). Montana Kaimin, 1898-present. 6985. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper/6985 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM) at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Montana Kaimin, 1898-present by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Breakfast that buzzes?! Is eating bugs our only chance? by paul hamby OPINION Truth of addiction PAGE 13 NEWS UC greens keeper PAGE 14 SPORTS Griz-Cat weekend recap PAGE 30 Issue No. 19 February 27, 2019 KIOSK | CLASSIFIEDS & CONTENTS CONTENTS ON THE COVER PHOTOS ELI IMADALI, DESIGN DAYLIN SCOTT KIOSK 2 Help Wanted NEWS 4-8 PROGRAMMING 9 Opportunity Resources, Inc. is seeking individuals who want a meaningful job supporting EVENTS 10-11 Persons with Disabilities in Enhancing their Quality of Life. We have a variety of FT/PT regular OPINION 3, 12-13 positions $11.00/hr. and sub-positions $9.75/hr. that may fit your lifestyle. Evenings, Overnights FEATURE 14-17 & Weekend hours available. Excellent Benefits! Must Have: Valid Mt driver license, No history of MUSIC 18-19 neglect, abuse or exploitation. Applications available at OPPORTUNITY RESOURCES, INC., 2821 STYLE 20 S. Russell, Missoula, MT. 59801 or online at www.orimt.org. Extensive background checks will HOROSCOPES 21 be completed. NO RESUMES. 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Add logo for $15 Email [email protected] PAGE 22: USING CERAMICS TO HEAL FROM PARALYSIS NEWSROOM STAFF News Reporters BUSINESS STAFF Sydney Akridge, Helena Dore, Paul Hamby, Editor-in-Chief Melissa Loveridge, Cameron Kia Weix, Erin Business Manager Matt Neuman Sargent and Addie Slanger Patrick Boise Managing Editor Arts & Opinion Reporters Office Assistants Mazana Boerboom, Noelle Huser, Emma Katie Lindner an Norbert Weber Cassidy Alexander Smith and Lily Soper Arts & Opinion Editors Sports Reporters Erin Goudreau and Drew Novak LJ Dawson and Skylar Rispens Sports Editor The Montana Kaimin is a weekly independent student Henry Chisholm Multimedia newspaper at the University of Montana. It does not Quinn Corcoran, Daniel Duensing, Kaden condone or encourage any illegal activities. The Kaimin Multimedia Editors Harrison, Eli Imadali, Jiakai Lou, Micah office and the University of Montana are located on Sara Diggins and John Hooks Pengilly and Hunter Wiggins land originally inhabited by the Salish People. Kaimin is Designers a derivative‘ ‘ of a Salish langage word, “Qeymin,” that is Design Editor pronounced kay-MEEN and means “book,” “message,” or Zoie Koostra Jackie Evans-Shaw, Halisia Hubbard, Lily “paper that brings news.” Johnson, Daylin Scott and Lindsey Sewell Web Editor For comments, corrections or letters to the editor, contact Savannah Sletten Copy Editors [email protected] or call (406) 243-4310. Lydia Mercier, Connor Simpson and Luke Features Editor Smith For advertising opportunities, contact Kailyn Middlemist [email protected] or call (406) 243-6541. Social Media Jessica Andersen 2 February 27-March 5, 2019 montanakaimin.com OPINION | LETTERS & VOICES Editorial: Whose grievances matter at UM? This month, UM found itself having to re- bers. After the incident, this student filed a report servative students, promote anti-American values fended conservative student was to send out a spond to two students who claimed their access to UM’s Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Ac- and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom.” campus-wide email, while his response to the ag- to equal opportunity and a discrimination-free tion office, receiving a prompt response that they This, however, was not the only alleged dis- grieved indigenous student was to make sure no campus was violated. We are not necessarily in- would be investigating her claim. criminatory event to take place at UM this month. one outside the confines of the meeting knew the terested in the respective validity of these two Several days later, President Seth Bodnar sent There was also the case of an off-campus field trip incident took place. claims, but instead in the radically different ways out a campus wide email addressing this incident, in which an indigenous UM student witnessed In his email, President Bodnar justified the President Seth Bodnar chose to respond to each of stating that a student had recently felt harassed the use of a slur historically wielded against Mon- seriousness with which his administration takes them. due to her “expression of politically conservative tana’s Chippewa Cree population. allegations of discrimination and harassment About two weeks ago, a UM psychology and views” and that UM takes “all allegations of dis- This student requested a meeting with Presi- with the claim that they “believe in the dignity political science student was tabling in the UC crimination and harassment very seriously.” dent Bodnar to discuss a formal process by which and worth of every member of our community.” for the right-wing nonprofit Turning Point USA Some details not mentioned in President Seth facilitators of off-campus field trips might be held It would be nice to see that tenet applied more (TPUSA) when she encountered a group of stu- Bodnar’s email include the fact that TPUSA main- to the same codes of conduct as those employed consistently by this administration. dents who, she claims, told her to “fuck your or- tains a professor watchlist (on which several UM by UM. Despite the student’s request that a re- ganization.” professors have been listed) and that according to porter be present, Kaimin reporters were refused LIKE IT? HATE IT? WISH WE WERE DEAD? The TPUSA member claimed that these stu- TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, the expressed goal entry by UM spokesperson Paula Short, informed Email us your opinions at dents had been sent to her table by their professor of these watchlists is to document and expose that this would be a closed meeting. [email protected] to provoke her as well as her fellow TPUSA mem- “college professors who discriminate against con- So, President Bodnar’s response to the of- LETTER TO THE EDITOR BIG UPS & BACKHANDS Your Voice: Legislative Sessions As a student, I can’t help but think about It’s frustrating to hear statistics like 1 in Big Ups to Seth Bodnar’s half-court higher education funding as we continue the 50 people will be victims of revenge porn basket, the real highlight of Cat-Griz. 2019 Legislative Session. State funding for public within the general public and now suffer universities has taken a nosedive since 2008. Al- mental health implications. Of these people, though spending has been on the rise in recent many are also often ashamed or scared to years, funding was still down 16 percent in 2017, come forward. Backhands to people who are still adjusted for inflation, from where it was in 2008. Victims of revenge porn often lose their anti-Semitic in 2019. WTF. This drives up tuition and forces universities to jobs or find themselves unable to get a job make-do with less at the educational expense of as a result of this nonconsensual sharing of students. someone’s photos. House Bill 192 would be a Montanans clearly value public education, tool to help stop the amount of people neg- Big Ups to the petition to sell Montana as we have largely bucked these national trends. atively affected by revenge porn and help to Canada. Let’s GTFO. State higher education funding rose by 5.1 per- protect Montanans. cent, adjusted for inflation, since 2008 in Mon- It is imperative that we find a solution tana, making us one of only five states that flout and support this bill as this law would pro- Backhands to UM Dining for throwing the national trend. Even though we have staved tect victims and ensure justice would be a better party for their ducks than for off cuts, we are still the seventeenth lowest public served. university spender per student in the nation. We their students. can do better. As we see enrollment fall overall in Kayla Sheridan the Montana University System, we should ask Big Ups to the dark energy ripping apart ourselves this legislative session if we will honor our values and do all we can to preserve afford- the universe 9% faster than expected. able, high-quality public university education in Montana, or if we will settle for “good enough.” ILLUSTRATIONS BY LINDSEY SEWELL | MONTANA KAIMIN Katjana Stutzer montanakaimin.com February 27-March 5, 2019 3 NEWS | UC PLANT LADY University gardener speaks for the trees ERIN SARGENT terest more toward the science of plants and [email protected] being a little more environmental.” Upstairs in the UC Branch Center, Chad- Down a narrow staircase to the basement wick and one of her students, Maggie Gam- of the University Center, a fenced off room mons, work to re-pot a dracaena massangeana, stands out, lit up with sunlamps and full of or corn plant (not actually corn), that’s been tropical plants.