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The Unexpected & Extraordinary Real-Life Story of John List The unexpected & extraordinary real-life story of John List NEWS Underground tunnels page 6 SPORTS Social media money page 10 ARTS Shakespeare play page 12 Volume 122, Issue No. 12, November 13, 2019 KIOSK | ABOUT US OPINION | KAIMIN EDITORIAL Cover portrait Cooper Malin Cover design and illustrations Lily Johnson EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Arts & Culture Editors Design Editors Cassidy Alexander Erin Sargent Jaqueline Evans-Shaw Lily Soper Daylin Scott It’s not cool to not take care of yourself Business Manager Patrick Boise Multimedia Editor Sleeping is not an option. It healthy brain function,” re- work done. Let’s face it: Finals Imagine you are that person wouldn’t have to stay up until 3 Sara Diggins News & Sports Editors is a necessary human function. searchers stated in the study. week and that midterm slump who decided getting sleep was a.m. Sometimes finding the time Sydney Akridge So when you brag about not In addition, research con- can be brutal, and it’s a strug- more important than staying up in the day to go to the bathroom, Helena Dore getting enough sleep, you’re ducted by individuals at the gle to stay balanced. It’s unfair until 3 a.m. to finish a research let alone get a head start on not showing what a dedicated University of Warwick in 2010 to say every student’s stress is project. You already feel terrible homework, can be challenging. student you are. You’re showing concluded that short sleep merely the result of poor time about not having your project The truth is that we all choose The Montana Kaimin is a weekly independent student NEWSROOM STAFF how little you prioritize your increases the likelihood of management, because often done, and hearing your peers to prioritize different things, newspaper at the University of Montana. It does not condone News Reporters Designers Copy Editors health, and you’re contribut- premature death. “People who it’s not. There are ridiculous talk about how late they stayed and no one choice is always or encourage any illegal activities. The Kaimin office and the Mazana Boerboom Kaitlin Clifford Ava Cline ing to a culture that normal- sleep for less than six hours expectations that come with up might make you feel like right or wrong. As adults, we Andrea Halland University of Montana are located on land originally inhabited Paul Hamby Constance Darlington JoAnn Martin Lily Johnson Katie Lindner izes unhealthy behavior. each night were 12% more likely being a student and a working you’re wrong for valuing your get to decide which responsi- by the Salish People. Kaimin is a derivative of a Salish Aidan Morton Lindsey Sewell Norbert Weber A recent study published to die prematurely than those adult, and that isn’t your fault. physical needs more than your bilities are most important to language word, “Qeymin,” that is pronounced kay-MEEN and ‘ Addie Slanger in Science Magazine suggests who get the recommended 6-8 But bragging about how studies. Yes, maybe you should us. You can be right for staying means “book,” “message,” or “paper that brings news.” Multimedia Staff Web Manager Sports Reporters Quinn Corcoran Alex Zoellner that deep sleep might help the hours,” the study concluded. you sacrificed your health to have started working on the up late. You can also be right For comments, corrections or letters to the editor, contact Dante Filpula Ankney Daniel Duensing Cartoonist brain clear itself of toxins that As students, we often find finish that one research proj- project earlier. But you weren’t for choosing to sleep instead. [email protected] or call (406) 243-4310. Jack Marshall Jiakai Lou Luke Schmit Cooper Malin cause Alzheimer’s disease. ourselves overwhelmed, sacri- ect at the last minute doesn’t the only procrastinator here. So please, don’t make For advertising opportunities, contact Liam McCollum Griffen Smith Colton Rothwell “Sleep is essential for both ficing our social lives and sleep just impact you. It impacts Maybe if your sleep-deprived people feel bad about the [email protected] or call (406) 243-6541. Office Assistants Claire Shinner Arts & Culture Reporters Ava Cline cognition and maintenance of in order to prioritize getting everyone around you. friends had started earlier they choices they make. Emma Smith FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Noelle Annonen Katie Lindner Meghan Jonas Hunter Wiggins Norbert Weber LIKE IT? HATE IT? WISH WE WERE DEAD? Drew Novak Week of 11/11/19 - 11/17/19 Email us your opinions at Serena Palmer Copy Chief Advisers @MONTANAKAIMIN Jule Banville Jordynn Paz Luke Smith [email protected] Leah Sottile Ben Wambeke MONTANA KAIMIN @MONTANAKAIMIN TABLE OF CONTENTS SUDOKU Edited by Margie E. Burke Difficulty: Medium HOW TO SOLVE: 8 Each row must contain the numbers 1 to 9; each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9; and BRIEFS & BLOTTER 4 CALENDAR 14 8 5 1 each set of 3 by 3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 to 9. NEWS 5-8 LUKE COMBS REVIEW 15 6 4 2 9 3 7 Answers to Last Week’s Sudoku: SPORTS 9-10 COVER STORY 16-21 8 2 1 9 7 3 6 4 5 MAMA 11 INDIGENOUS YOUTH 22 2 9 5 9 4 5 8 6 1 7 2 3 3 4 7 3 6 5 4 2 1 8 9 TWELFTH NIGHT 12 HOROSCOPE 23 3 9 7 1 8 5 4 6 2 8 3 6 1 8 4 2 9 6 5 3 7 BIG WILD PROFILE 13 GALLERY 24 6 5 2 7 3 4 8 9 1 2 9 7 4 6 9 3 1 7 2 5 8 4 5 6 5 7 8 4 2 9 3 1 6 Copyright 2019 by The Puzzle Syndicate 2 1 3 6 5 8 9 7 4 COOPER MALIN | MONTANA KAIMIN 2 November 13, 2019 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com November 13, 2019 3 NEWS | BRIEFS & BLOTTER NEWS | ELOUISE COBELL DAY Student organizes celebration of female Blackfeet leader munity. She was determined.” the Oval. They moved clockwise MAZANA BOERBOOM Cobell also opened the first Na- to a steady rhythm, ending the [email protected] tive American-owned bank, Black- celebration of Cobell on a note feet National Bank in Browning, of congregation and ceremony. FIRST PUBLIC HEARINGS IN TRUMP IM- Backpack mishaps, transplanted tires and shotgun shells Junior Mikalen Running Montana. And she was a founding “I’m glad that her great niece, PEACHMENT INQUIRY TO OCCUR THIS required to donate blood. All donors must be Fisher organized the University member of the Blackfeet Indian Mikelan Running Fisher, orga- WEEK at least 17 years old and weigh 110 pounds of Montana’s first celebration for Land Conservation Trust Corpo- nized it. Because it came out of or more. Participants can either walk into a PAUL HAMBY NOV. 3: TIRED OF THIEVES Elouise Cobell Day, on Tuesday, ration, also the first of its kind. great love and admiration for a The first two public hearings for the House blood donation event or make an appointment [email protected] A visitor to campus was made wel- Nov. 5. Cobell was a Blackfeet More than 30 people gathered family member,” Ketah said. of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry into at redcrossblood.org, using the sponsor code come by having four tires stolen from woman who filed a lawsuit against in the rotunda room in the Payne Running Fisher is majoring in President Donald Trump are scheduled to “gogriz”. One blood donation event will be OCT. 31: MISSING MAC the bed of his truck parked in Lot G. the U.S. government in 1996 Family Native American Center. Native American studies. She says begin this week, starting on Wednesday, Nov. held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. A backpack left unattended in the Food In preparation for the season, the F-250 for mismanagement of Native Posters with information about that coming to UM was a culture 13, according to House Intelligence Committee 13, in Rooms 203 and 204 of the Todd Building. Zoo became easy prey for a thief. The owner swapped out his summer tires, American trust funds. In 2009, Cobell and her accomplishments shock at first. But eventually, she Chairman Adam Schiff. The first hearing is set Another blood donation event will be held backpack’s owner reported to University thinking they’d be safe enough in the the lawsuit was settled and $3 hung around the circle, and yellow found a home within UM and has to include testimony from Bill Taylor, a former from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15 in of Montana police that along with pens, truck bed for a quick visit to UM. It billion were distributed to Native balloons filled the space. The color helped facilitate events like the Co- U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, and George Kent, Rooms 229 and 230 of the Skaggs building. (HD) pencils and a water bottle, the Food Zoo ended up being a $4,000 mistake, and Americans across the country. represented Cobell’s Blackfeet bell celebration, which brings piec- the U.S. deputy assistant secretary for Europe- burglar also got away with a MacBook. UMPD currently has no suspects. Cobell’s birthday—Nov. 5—was name: Yellow Bird Woman. es of her culture to the University. an and Eurasian affairs. The second hearing is INNOVATION FACTORY OPENS AFTER No suspects have been identified, but established as Elouise Cobell Day The celebration started with a Running Fisher was motivated NOV. 3: TICKET TO HIDE scheduled for Friday, Nov.
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