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

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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. 15. It is set to include MOVING INTO EMPTY SPACE IN THE UC all students, staff and faculty can reg- in Montana by Gov. Steve Bullock prayer. Then, a group of six student by her family to organize the event. testimony from Marie Yovanovitch, a former ister their electronics with UMPD at Two people fell victim to a bogus four years ago. This year, UM stu- singers and one non-student singer She said she felt it was important U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. The hearings The Office of Research and Creative Schol- umt.edu/police/physical-security/default. ticket scheme that made its way onto dents, Cobell’s family and others performed Cobell’s victory song. to recognize the day, and used her will be broadcast on CSPAN, as well as FOX, arships opened the Innovation Factory space php. Registered laptops will be placed the Adams Center Facebook page. Re- came together to learn about and The song, created by Blackfeet connections as a student to make CNN and other cable news channels, likely on Nov. 8. “30 Days of Innovation” will be in a national database that will alert sponding to an ad that offered discount celebrate her life, with a speaker, member Jay Dusty Bull, is a pow- it happen. She worked primarily around 8 a.m. Mountain Time. (HELENA DORE) hosted through Dec. 13. A complete schedule authorities when stolen items appear tickets to upcoming concerts, the two an honor song and a round dance. erful way to honor the memory with American Indian Student can be found at umt.edu/innovation-factory/cal- online and in local pawn shops. students put $30 onto gift cards and “The event was to make her and the victories of Cobell. Services director, Michelle Guz- MAN CHARGED WITH FELONY ARSON endar.php. After the UM Bookstore moved out sent them to the would-be seller via legacy move on,” Running Fisher, “Hearing that my aunt had a man, and Jill Howard, a research OCT. 31: SHELL SHOCKED AFTER ATM MACHINE EXPLODES of the second floor of the University Center, Facebook Messenger. The scammer’s who is Cobell’s great niece, said. song made me feel emotional,” guide at the Mansfield library. the Innovation Factory moved into the empty One conscientious shotgun owner account then promptly vanished, along “[To] let people know why today Running Fisher said. “I was emo- Last year, Running Fisher and A man from Bonner was charged in space. Directors Brad Allen and Elizabeth didn’t want a surplus of shells falling with the $30. Lt. Giffin said any online is Elouise Cobell Day and who tional because I thought of memo- her sister decided to put together connection with an explosion at an ATM Dove oversaw the planning. Students will into irresponsible hands, or bouncing offer, be it for concert tickets or a job, that she is and what she did.” ries of my aunt and how much of a board of facts on Elouise for the machine that occurred on Thursday, Nov. have the opportunity to work with specialized around precariously in the garbage, so involves a convoluted exchange of gift Cobell died in 2011 from cancer, an impact she had on Native Amer- day and displayed it in the Payne 7, at the First Interstate Security Bank off equipment, collaborate with other students he dropped them off at UMPD head- cards almost always indicates a hoax. just two years after settling the icans across the United States.” Center. Given more time to plan, Broadway and Main, according to KPAX. and take one-credit courses such as podcast- quarters. According to UMPD Lt. Brad lawsuit against the Department Cobell’s niece, Joey Ketah, though, she would’ve wanted NOV. 5: PARKING PANDEMONIUM Guy Murray Culligan, 57, was charged with ing, coding or game design. (SYDNEY AKRIDGE) Giffin, it’s a much safer alternative to of Interior for mismanagement spoke after the singers. Ketah it to be a bigger celebration. felony arson after he was accused of lighting just throwing shells and bullets into A basketball event on campus brought of trust funds. The funds come traveled all the way from Seattle Guzman created flyers and an ATM machine on fire just before 11 p.m. GRIZ SOCCER ENDS SEASON WITH LOSS the trash. When asked how UMPD both the young Griz athletes of tomorrow from millions of acres of land for what would have been Co- worked with UM Catering, while Elouise Cobell’s niece, Joey Ketah, speaks on behalf of Cobell’s family at the Elouise on Thursday. Culligan made his first appear- disposes of abandoned ammo, Giffin and a flood of traffic. One outraged per- that were assigned to individual bell’s 74th birthday. She spoke Howard helped gather informa- Cobell Day celebration on Nov. 5. The celebration was held in the Payne Family Native IN SEMI-FINALS American center and was an acknowledgement of Cobell’s achievements as a tribal ance in Missoula Justice Court on Friday, said, “We usually just shoot them.” son called UMPD to vent her frustration Native Americans in 1887. The about Cobell’s determination, tion to make the boards. Running leader, activist and rancher. CLAIRE SHINNER | MONTANA KAIMIN Nov. 8, and his bond was set at $50,000. (HD) After the Griz ended the 2019 season with about having to park three blocks away government leased the land for integrity and encouraging spirit. Fisher said she was thankful the Big Sky Conference title and an undefeat- NOV. 1: DOPE IN DUNIWAY from the University. When asked what things like mining or oil drilling She said that Cobell was her for all the help she received ANNUAL GRIZ-CAT BLOOD DRIVE BATTLE ed conference record, the team lost its first It was your classic conduct refer- campus police could do to help such a sit- and Native American owners were cheerleader, and she lifted up from both women, as well as all third year receiving the Co- “She, just as a Native American KICKS OFF tournament game in the semi-finals. The ral in Duniway Hall: resident assis- uation, Lt. Giffin said, “We speak calmly supposed to receive the revenue, her family. Ketah welcomed the students, staff and family bell Scholarship, an award for woman and being such a great team finished conference play for the first tant smells weed, UMPD officers find to them, try and make them feel better.” but Cobell argued that they were everyone to eat soup and birthday members who supported her. enrolled tribal members. leader that she was, just kind of UM and MSU have been teaming up time since 2014 and skipped the first round weed, UM student surrenders weed. owed more than they were given. cake in celebration of Cobell. Running Fisher said she felt Haley Pavateah-Brown is one made me want to do something with the American Red Cross to see which of the tournament. The Griz lost against It was one of the largest suits After feasting on cake and encouraged to get an education of the students who attended like that,” Pavateah-Brown said. university can collect more blood donations Northern Colorado on Nov. 8 with a score against the federal government socializing, the celebration moved because of Cobell. “She went to the event. She is a senior study- Running Fisher said if Cobell during the annual Griz-Cat Blood Drive of 1-2 after eight minutes of overtime. (SA) and took nearly 15 years to settle. out onto the Oval. The sun was school and she got her education, ing human biology and forensic was there that day she “would just Battle. A driver’s license, blood donor card “I would consider Elouise bright, spirits were high and it and just having her as an aunt is an anthropology, and she is another thank her for everything that she’s or another two forms of identification are as one of my main role models, was time for the round dance. honor and it pushes me to strive to- one of Cobell’s great nieces and done for her people and thank her my main hero,” Running Fisher Participants joined hands ward success, so I can be, hopefully a recipient of the Cobell Schol- for being so amazing and standing said. “She had an impact on not in a circle around the student one day, as successful as she was.” arship. She said that Cobell up for what’s right for her people.” just our family, but on the com- singers standing at the center of This is Running Fisher’s helped her to grow as a leader.

4 November 13, 2019 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com November 13, 2019 5 NEWS | SUBTERRANEAN QUEST NEWS | THEIR OWN PATHS Tunnel research examines UM history and culture UM students celebrate National First Generation Student Day ADDIE SLANGER of gives you a timeline of the students who were JOANN MARTIN who are either first-gen- with: Upward Bound, [email protected] down there, of the mythologies and the stories [email protected] eration students or have Talent Search and Student that are surrounding the tunnels themselves.” experience working Support Services. Each A graffiti hotdog smiled menacingly on the Sherman spoke on the multitude of my- For first-generation with those students. program was designed to concrete corner of a tunnel wall underneath thologies and legends that surround the student Katlyn Norton, Darlene Samson, help students with low-in- UM. It appeared like an Egyptian hieroglyph, tunnels as well, from secret rooms used it was hard to know director of TRIO and a come and disadvantaged an omen to anyone entering the passage. by students for partying, to potential stu- everything about col- previous first-generation backgrounds. UM TRIO Reina Sherman showed off this picture on her dent-run scavenger hunts, to passageways lege when her parents student, said the UM currently uses Upward phone, displaying the photo proudly while she ex- used by boys to sneak into the girls’ dorms. weren’t familiar with it, 2019 fall census report Bound and Student Sup- plained how it contributed to the research project She mentioned custodial staff who were and it seemed like not showed almost 30% are port Services, while also she’s conducting on the tunnels underneath UM. nervous to even speak with her about the tunnels every professor want- first-generation students. working with other pro- Sherman, 33, is researching and examining because of the scary experiences they’ve had. ed to help. But through She said the panel is an grams like the American the historical and cultural impact of the UM Paul Trumbley, the associate director of TRIO Student Support opportunity to ask and Indian Student Services. tunnels, and the legends and lore that come engineering and utilities, said he doesn’t know Services, which she has answer questions for un- Elle Cook, one of the with them. She wants to look at how the tunnels how much he believes in any of the mytholog- been a part of since sixth knowing first-generation students on the panel, was impacted and influenced things like campus ical rumors. He does agree, however, that the grade, she learned to students and give them a raised in a single-parent construction, student culture and UM history. tunnels are an interesting, dynamic subject for navigate through college. sense that they belong. home in Missoula. She Though the project is both archaeological archeological and anthropological research. It was even more Luke Alford, a former said she got a 4.0 GPA, and anthropological, Sherman is conducting “There was a cool section of tunnel that had encouraging listening UM first-generation many scholarships, and this research for a thesis project in the arche- writing on it from students who were getting Kelli Casias, right, and Reina Sherman, in a tunnel that runs from the heating plant out under campus. Casias to people with similar student and program joined Upward Bound ology program. She started recently, and has in here throughout the years,” Trumbley said. became interested in the archaeology of the tunnels after helping to map out the tunnels under Missoula. stories at the Universi- coordinator for the School to prepare herself for CLAIRE SHINNER | MONTANA KAIMIN been working on it for the last few months. “They dated back quite awhile. Like, when the ty of Montana’s second of Integrative Physiology college. But when she Sherman said that when she began working Berlin Wall came down, they wrote about it.” annual First Generation and Athletic Training, started her first year, it for the custodial department, a job she picked Trumbley explained that the tunnels are Student Day on Friday. opened the event by shar- felt like a slap in the face. up last year, she kept hearing the buzz about mostly used for data and steam transfer. Each Norton attended the ing his struggles being a She said it was difficult the tunnels. Already planning for a thesis, building on campus coordinates to a specific panel. She is a first-gen- first-generation student to try to explain to her she was eager to learn more about them. tunnel sequence, where data, steam and electrical eration student from from a small Montana father why she wasn’t “It just kinda fell into my lap and I was like, utilities are sent from UM’s heating plant. Butte majoring in athletic town. He spoke about how acing her difficult classes ‘Oh, shit. Better get that whole grad school thing The tunnels don’t usually see much human training. She said she UM transformed his life. or why she needed certain going,’” Sherman said. “I’d been taking a longer traffic, Trumbley said. Aside from the occasional has been a part of TRIO He said one of his biggest information to fill out break than I intended because I’d been so lost on heating plant employee or maintenance worker since sixth grade, join- struggles as a student was FAFSA. In her second what to do and how to find an interesting project.” who comes down to check for steam leaks, there’s ing Upward Bound in admitting he needed help. year, Cook had to undergo To help tackle this ambitious plan, Sherman no real reason or need to have people down high school, which then “Whatever phase of surgery. She said it was contacted her longtime friend and doctoral there, he said. And besides that fact, Trumb- helped her connect with life you’re in, asking for the first time she had Program coordinator Luke Alford wears a first-generation college student tag at the First Generation Stu- candidate Kelli Casias. Casias, 55, is a Ph.D ley explained, the tunnels are just spooky. TRIO services at UM. help is one of the hard- to ask for help because dent Day talk held at University Center Friday, Nov. 9. At the panel, Alford was among four other University student in the anthropology department at “[They are] creepy. Lots of spiderwebs. “I learned a lot. I est things you’ll ever she didn’t want to derail faculty members who were first-generation college students. DANIEL DUENSING | MONTANA KAIMIN UM and has done extensive research on the Weird, tiny spaces. I’ve had lots of people get found it helpful to know do,” Alford said. “And from her career path. tunnel systems below downtown Missoula. scared by the confined spaces,” he said. that I’m not the only one I think that difficult “I always have that She has also researched other Montana tunnel Not Sherman and Casias, though. As that has the struggles task is compounded in support, and I’m getting systems and their connection to prohibition. their work continues, they plan to spend with college,” Norton college because this is better at asking for help, “I just like exploring tunnels,” Casias said. more time down under campus, exploring said. “And I learned a place where you are but it’s not easy at all,” “Seeing things no one else gets to see.” the various tunnel sections and observing that I should probably assessed on what you Cook said. “I still feel The women started by focusing on the all the evidence of human interaction. go talk to more people know and don’t know.” like I should be able to do timeline of the tunnels. The scale of their For Sherman, this is her passion project; to get the help I need.” TRIO has been a everything on my own, research was daunting, they said. Sherman learning about the history of the University The event hosted a part of UM for 43 years, and that’s just not the and Casias have been researching chrono- through a new lense. She said she hopes that five-person panel made Samson said. It got its case. And now I’m seven logically, and are currently in the 1920s. this project will help others feel the same. up of a mix of staff, name from the three months from gradua- Right away, though, Casias said she un- “I think people are getting more inter- faculty and students main programs it started tion, and that’s weird.” derstood the immensity of the undertaking. ested in the places that they’re involved in. “When we went in the tunnels, I got really So it’s like, why aren’t people more inter- interested in the art down there,” she explained. ested in the history of the University?” “You have artwork, you have graffiti, that kind

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JACK MARSHALL lost a wrestling match. 2019, including two against [email protected] Despite dominating his Eastern Washington, the competition as a wrestler, backup quarterback's UM backup quarterback Graves didn’t enjoy the future is still unclear. Garrett Graves is ranked sport as much as football. Hauck said he believes behind two quarterbacks “Wrestling in high school that UM will definitely who are upperclass- was really fun because I revisit Grave’s role on the men, but he stills makes was with my teammates, team in the upcoming off- highlight plays for the but other than that it was season. But for now, Hauck Grizzlies. In UM’s game a grueling sport,” he said. said, “We have three against Sacramento State, When it was time for healthy quarterbacks, and the redshirt freshman Graves to head to college, [Graves is] one of them.” smeared a kickoff return- he knew that UM would The two other quarterbacks er from the opposition. be his destination. The ahead of Graves in the The next week, Graves hit quarterback had first depth chart are Cam Hum- Eastern Washington’s punt received offers from UM phrey and Dalton Sneed. returner so hard that he after playing at a football Humphrey has started had to readjust his helmet. camp. After visiting the in two games in place of “He’s doing a lot of University a few times, Sneed, who was injured good things,” said UM Graves committed to in UM’s game against head football coach Bobby playing for the Grizzles. Sacramento State. Hum- Hauck about Graves. “He’s Graves spent most of phrey has helped bring the picked up his pace in terms 2018 trying to find his Griz to victory in the two of playing faster and more role on the team. He only games he started in. Sneed physical, which is the ad- saw action in two games, led the Big Sky in total justment he had to make.” where he rushed for 18 offensive yards and also Shelves in the University Center Food Pantry are lined with non-perishable goods, including canned goods. The annual Can the Cats canned food drive will take place at the University of Montana right before the Brawl Before making high- yards. Even though he was named Big Sky player of the Wild football matchup. HUNTER WIGGINS | MONTANA KAIMIN light plays for the Griz, was recruited as a quar- of the week four times Graves was playing high terback, Graves didn’t before he was injured. school football at Lincoln throw the ball all year. Sneed has been a role Can the Cats brings victory to University Food Bank County High School. But because the NCAA model for Graves through- He led the LHS Lions allows players to redshirt out his time at UM. Sneed JOANN MARTIN “There are no losers in this,” said Mis- food insecurity, slightly higher than ball game, fans can bring five cans of to their first ever state and still play in four initially went to the Uni- [email protected] soula Food Bank executive director Aaron the 33% of college students nationally. food for free admission to the games. football championship. games, Graves was able to versity of Nevada-Las Ve- University of Montana quarterback Garrett Graves gets ready for an offensive play during the second half Brock. “We truly are supportive of the Cowley helped organize the pantry in There are many other drop-off locations “You don’t really retain four more years of gas before attending UM, of the Grizzlies’ 42-17 victory over the University of Idaho Vandals. COLTON ROTHWELL | MONTANA KAIMIN The annual Can the Cats food drive work they [the Gallatin Valley Food Bank] February as a place on campus for stu- at UM: the President’s Office, Provost’s realize how many people eligibility by redshirting. where at one point he was competition leading up to the Brawl of do. They meet a profound need in their dents to get food. She said the pantry Office, Brantly Hall, UM Foundation, Main are in your town un- Graves is expanding switched to receiver. “I’ve the Wild football game will contribute to community, just as I think we meet one typically serves 20 to 25 students a month. Hall, Alexander Blewett III School of Law, til they all show up for his horizons this season. learned a lot from him, the University’s food pantry this year. in ours. But we also really want to win.” She also said the food pantry will also W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Con- the game,” said Graves He played defense in high and he really encourages This year marks the 20-year anni- The UM Food Pantry opened in Febru- have a basket outside its door in the UC servation, the Adams Center, the Corner about Eureka, the town school, where he inter- me through adversity,” versary of the Can the Cats competition ary 2019, making this the first year it can for collections during Can the Cats. Store, the Market, McGill Hall, the Law where LHS is located. cepted the ball six times said Graves about Sneed. against Bozeman’s Gallatin Valley Food participate in Can the Cats. Kat Cowley, “It’s not hyperbole to say there are liter- School, College of Business, Curry Health But Graves didn’t as a senior, so playing “He knows what it’s like Bank. In 2018, the Missoula community who runs the pantry and is on the food ally hundreds of groups that get together Center, UM Fraternity and Sorority Office, just play football in high defense on special teams to play a lot of positions.” raised almost 405,000 pounds of food, bank’s board of directors, said she will be ... as a part of this,” Brock said. “I think and the Undergraduate Advising Center. school, he also wrestled. wasn’t new for him. UM’s next game will but lost against Bozeman’s collection organizing the volunteer effort to collect that our community recognizes there’s Brock said this is the biggest food During his junior and After making seven be against Weber State of almost 450,000. The competition this food at the last home football game versus a need. There are a lot of our neighbors drive of the year for the food bank. senior years, he never tackles on special teams in at home on Nov. 16. year will run from Nov. 9 to Nov. 23, and Weber State on Nov. 16. All food and who sometimes might need a little bit of He said even if they don’t win, it still the winner will be announced at half money donations collected at the stadium additional support from the food bank.” greatly fills up their warehouse for the time during the Griz-Cat football game. entrances will count toward the competi- For the Nov. 14 Griz volleyball holiday season and the next year. The Missoula Food Bank’s goal this year tion, but will stay in the UM Food Pantry. game, Nov. 18 Griz men’s basketball For more donation locations and events, is to raise 406,000 pounds of food. Cowley said UM’s campus has a 42% game and Nov. 19 Lady Griz basket- visit the Missoula Food Bank website.

8 November 13, 2019 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com November 13, 2019 9 SPORTS | WAITING TO PLAY ARTS | AROUND TOWN Utah basketball star Naseem Gaskin still waiting to play for the Griz this season Local artists form a musical support group LUKE SCHMIT play started to draw big shirt freshman on the Griz He scored 10 points on 3-of- [email protected] schools to his name in Athletics Website. Gaskin 6 shooting, four rebounds, DREW NOVAK venue Wave & Circuit led the pair to found the the PAC 12. After a tough said he is expecting an two assists and a steal. [email protected] group, with its first official meeting in February Utah men’s basketball decision, he chose to take answer in a week or two. Most of the starting players of this year. Whether it’s promoting productive transfer Naseem Gas- his talents to Salt Lake “I went to the same were guarding against him Few things trouble a songwriter more than relationships among artists, ensuring fair wages kin might play for the City and played under high school as Chris Cobb, throughout the game. the dreaded “writer’s block.” A collection of lo- or providing resources for those lost in a con- Griz this season if the legendary Griz basketball who is the head assistant “I feel like I can do cal musicians met at Break Espresso in down- fusing climate, MAMA hopes to be the go-to for NCAA approves him. player Larry Krystkowiak on our coaching staff, and everything on both the town Missoula last week to brainstorm methods musicians, veteran and newbie alike. Gaskin was born and at the University of Utah. they have been recruiting offensive and defensive of breaking through and stimulating the art of “There are individual communities around raised in Oakland, Cali- Gaskin was redshirted me for a really long time,” side. I'm a good rebound- songwriting. the Missoula scene, but not a group of people fornia. By his freshman during his first season at he said, “So I've just built er, great playmaker. I “I need to make a mess,” Jocie Collins said. willing to connect artists. There wasn’t a hub year at Bishop O'Dowd Utah, where he started to a really good relation- can finish around the “It’s part of the process. I need a little bit of chaos beyond just going out [around town],” Zepeda High School, Montana put on more muscle. He ship with everyone.” rim,” Gaskin said. to start it.” said. She herself is a classical guitar teacher and was already recruiting eventually decided he want- In the past, the PAC 12 If the NCAA declines his Others noted an improvisational style works founder of the band Why We Came West. him to come play for the ed to transfer to play at UM. sent prominent players such waiver to play, Gaskin plans best, while others still preached the power of an MAMA is fiscally sponsored by ARTS Mis- Griz program. His senior When Gaskin put his as Ahmaad Rorie and active to practice hard and make hour or two on the open road. soula, a local organization with similar creative year, he averaged 14.5 name in the transfer portal, guard Kendal Manuel to others better to benefit “When I’m driving, different signs will goals. Moving forward, Zepeda says an educa- points and 6.7 rebounds he knew Montana would UM. Rorie started his colle- his teammates, he said. prompt whatever flow. I’ll be across town and tion committee is being formed. They aim for per game. By the end of his be the best fit because giate career at the Universi- “I'll just stay in the suddenly have a song,” Maria Zepeda said. a full set of workshops to become available for last season, he was ranked coaches continued to try ty of Oregon, while Manuel gym and do everything I Zepeda is the president of this spitballing prospective artists in the spring, ideally provid- Montana Area Music Association organizers Jack Stob, left, Callie Morris, center, and Maria Zepeda listen a 3-star recruit by ESPN to recruit him. He recent- came from Oregon State. can to better myself, and collective of 13 musically-inclined persons, a ing options for University credits. These will to a presenter at Break Espresso Nov. 5. MAMA hosted the gathering of local music connoisseurs to get feedback about how to better the music scene in Montana. DANIEL DUENSING | MONTANA KAIMIN and made it into the top ly sent his waiver to the Gaskin’s recent success I know next year I can small portion of the burgeoning organization include subjects like creating content and web- 50 high school basketball NCAA, hoping UM can in the Maroon-Silver Scrim- make a big impact on the known as the Montana Area Music Association sites and general self-promotion. Once these players in California. give him the opportunity mage two weeks ago indi- team and help in whatever University of Montana guard Naseem Gaskin leaps up for a dunk in (MAMA). MAMA dedicates itself to the state’s plans are solidified, MAMA may apply for full The organization will hold a fundraising p.m. Local bands Cosmic Sans and The Fertile Unfortunately for the to play this season. He is cates he might already be way I can,” Gaskin said. the dunking contest the team held just before the Maroon-Silver growing musical scene and its musicians. In a non-profit status. event, “Meet your MAMA,” at the newly opened Crescent will perform, followed by an afterparty Griz, Gaskin’s stellar currently listed as a red- fitting in well with the Griz. Scrimmage on Oct. 22. SARA DIGGINS | MONTANA KAIMIN town with a shrinking number of independent A weekly series of self-care sessions are also Zootown Arts Community Center located on at GILD on the Hip Strip from 8 to 10 p.m. venues, this sort of support is crucial. planned beginning Dec. 5, “promoting mindful- West Main Street. MAMA’s collegiate branch — Those interested in learning more about A chance meeting with the vice president, ness and taking care to foster creativity,” Zepeda humorously named “Baby MAMA” — will hold Montana Area Music Association can visit Grizzly athletes cashing out: NCAA allows student athletes to profit off play Anthony Lamar Brown, at the Missoula arts said. an event Nov. 16 at the Food Zoo from 5:30 to 7:30 mama4MT.org.

DANTE FILPULA ANKNEY collegiate and professional opportunities, reaffirm evitable move, according to Haslam. [email protected] that student athletes are not employees of their uni- “I'm all for things that allow our student athletes to versities, and assure that both student athletes and benefit,” Haslam said, “and to have the opportunities Anthropology prof prepares for 7th novel send-off The NCAA voted unanimously to allow student non-athlete students are subject to the similar guide- to generate some revenue. I think it is a good step.” ERIN SARGENT about attempting to put things into a larger context and then watchlist for researching this. And the problem is people athletes to profit off of their image and likeness Oct. lines regarding their ability to make money. However, Haslam said his biggest concern regard- [email protected] to show how these pieces fit together in a story. There’s actu- might be wondering, “Oh, why is she searching for all these 29, changing the way University of Montana athletes The NCAA was prompted to review its stance on ing the new guidelines is the possibility of endorse- ally a lot of commonality there. different types of plagues?” And I run a lab! So I literally will be able to use their popularity for financial gain. athletes profiting off of their images after the state ments being promised to a student-athlete before Meradeth Snow has been teaching molecular anthropol- MK: Can you tell me about “The Coincidence Makers”? have the capability of doing the stuff in the book. So I was This changes the NCAA’s former stance that if student of California passed a law in late September allow- they attend a university. This is where each division’s ogy at UM for seven years. When she isn’t teaching students MS: I’ve always been a little bit fascinated with crazy like, I’m just going to go to the library where I don’t have to athletes receive revenue outside of scholarships, it could ing athletes to profit off of their names, images and regulations should come into play, according to him. about DNA, she writes novels under the pen name of Mera- coincidences; I think they’re really interesting. It stemmed log in to look this stuff up! But there are some really awe- ruin “the amateur model,” which distinguishes collegiate likenesses. The law will go into effect in Califor- He said he is also concerned about student athletes deth Houston. The Kaimin sat down with her to discuss her from listening to an NPR show about coincidences. Some- some books out there on this stuff. sports from professional sports. Each division within nia in 2023 and many other states have proposed adding another obligation to their busy schedules. newest book, “The Coincidence Makers,” releasing Nov. 13. where along the line my brain was like, “What would be in- MK: So this comes out the 13th. Are you kind of exhaust- the NCAA, Divisions I, II and III, were directed to begin or are expected to propose similar legislation. According to Haslam, it is likely that only high-profile MK: You have these two passions that might not be as- teresting to do is to try and make coincidences happen,” and ed, or are you already thinking of the next thing you want updating relevant bylaws and policies immediately. The NCAA stated that receiving compensation to student athletes at UM would benefit from the NCAA’s sociated together. So what’s that like for you, when you’re that was how this all came about. Basically, it’s about two to work on? The change “would open opportunities for stu- come and stay at a university or rewarding perfor- decision. This is because businesses will likely offer teaching at one moment and you’re writing in another mo- people, who, that’s what they do. That’s their job. They’re at- MS: I do have a book that’s in progress with a draft dent athletes in a community like Missoula and in a mance and participation is still impermissible. endorsements to only the high-profile student athletes. ment? tempting to thwart a catastrophe, and at the same time, deal completed, and then I’m actually working on the sequel to state like Montana, where certainly college athletics In 2013, the NCAA reprimanded and issued penalties The NCAA’s new guidelines will not MS: OK, this is going to sound weird, but the point of with a personal relationship. this book. It still is in the very early stages. is relevant and people care,” University of Montana to UM for failing to monitor the football team during go into effect until January 2023. teaching especially, it’s about making things into a story. Be- MK: So when you’re doing the research for a book, what’s Athletic Director Kent Haslam said. “There might be the 2012 season. According to the NCAA, UM boosters “There is still a lot that has got to still be de- cause as humans, we learn a lot through story, we have since your process like? You can find a copy of “The Coincidence Makers” online opportunities for them to generate some revenue.” gave student athletes on the football team extra ben- cided. There is no doubt about it,” Haslam said. we’ve been humans. It’s how we learn to communicate, how MS: So the big problem in this book is someone is trying wherever books are sold or on Meradeth’s website at mera- An NCAA press release stated that each division’s efits and let two players compete while ineligible. “Each division needs to lay out bylaws, that’s re- our groups work together. And so teaching, for me, is a lot to start a pandemic, so I think I got on every government dethhouston.com new guidelines need to make a distinction between The new legislation was a necessary and in- ally when the hard work now starts.”

10 November 13, 2019 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com November 13, 2019 11 ARTS | BETTER A WITTY FOOL MUSIC | TASTY JAMS UM Theatre set to open Shakespeare’s ‘The Twelfth Night’ NOELLE ANNONEN Get ready to party with Big Wild at the Wilma circus jazz cabaret: exotic but simple, just [email protected] like the play. The story is chaotic, featur- ing drunkards pranking each other and a MEGHAN JONAS forming’” he says. “Now, I go into it with the Students and actors practice their lines cross-dressed love triangle. The protago- [email protected] mindset of how I would present this to people for the School of Theatre and Dance’s pro- nist, Viola, is played by Kady Nordstrom, in the crowd.” duction of “The Twelfth Night” on the a senior studying acting. Listening to Big Wild feels like a party. Big Wild will be accompanied by a posse stage of the Globe, the famous set where “When we meet her, she has been long You come alive, ready to dance and laugh of talented musicians, including vocalist and William Shakespeare’s plays were orig- orphaned,” Nordstrom said. “She has to do and exist in a moment of recalibration. On Big collaborator iDA HAWK. When talking about inally performed. Except this “Globe” everything she can to fit in.” Wild’s new album,“Superdream,” the level of Big Wild as a musical entity, Stell refers to wasn’t built at the end of the 16th century Viola fits in by dressing up as a man production and vocals are so high that all you the entity as a “we.” However, he stays away on the banks of the Thames. It is a replica named Cesario after a shipwreck leaves care about is how you feel in this very mo- from the word “band,” while still acknowl- built three years ago by Alessia Carpoca her washed up on the shore of Illyria. She ment. edging that he wouldn’t be able to give the for the production of ‘As You Like It,’ and falls in love with Duke Orsino, who is al- And now, Missoula can party with Big show he does without the musicians he has sits inside the circular, black-walled room ready in love with Olivia, who promptly Wild, too. supporting him. of the Masquer theater in UM’s PAR/TV falls in love with Cesario. Nordstrom ad- The electronic producer is coming back to Other artists may use prerecorded tracks building. mires Viola’s wit and optimism in the face Missoula to complete what he says is a “natu- instead of live musicians, but that’s not Big “We get to engage in the material the of chaos. And she hopes the audience will ral pairing” created by the crowds and musi- Wild’s style. He wants to give audiences a Elle Fisher, left, James Kay, second from left, Diego Kjelland, third from left and Tessa Huston, right, rehearse exact way they would have,” Assistant find her version of Viola as relatable as the the opening scene of "Twelfth Night." CLAIRE SHINNER | MONTANA KAIMIN cal eagerness of the city. performance that feels alive and dynamic. Director Shane Lutz said. He says the stu- rest of the play is. Big Wild grew up in Massachusetts as Stell struggled even more when asked to dents are particularly excited to be in a “What college student hasn’t gone Jackson Stell, later becoming producer J compare himself to his musical identity, Big Shakespeare production since the Univer- through a love triangle?” Nordstrom said. Beatz. Across the country, he developed a Wild. He is a quiet and reserved individual, sity of Montana only produces one every Ben Park, a second year in the masters fascination with the mystery and freedom of someone so introverted that you wouldn’t CONTRIBUTED PHOTO | BIG WILD two years. program, plays Sir Toby, Olivia’s uncle and, the West. expect him to find the spotlight. But the spot- Jalynn Nelson is a senior studying act- by Park’s description, a drunken rogue “I think I’m always going to be from light is where his music really thrives. “Music ing who commands the wooden stage as who is part of almost every joke in the play. Massachusetts, and that’s what shaped me is the extroverted side of me coming out,” he she rehearses Olivia’s lines. The Illyrian The cast described Shakespeare as having growing up. But when I look at my music and explains. “It helps me get out my thoughts lady with suitors to spare poses an inter- a lot of audience interaction; wherein the where I want to go in my life, it always in- and energy, which is something I don’t know esting challenge according to Nelson, who characters often break the fourth wall volves the West Coast in some way,” he says. how to do in a normal setting.” tries to find humanity in a woman whose and speak directly to them. Parks says his Missoula may not be the Californian version There is an intimacy behind his answer. goal is to control her surroundings. character does this the most and he enjoys of the West, but it is wild and it is free. Many musicians feel the need to put on a When Nelson marches off the stage, the making the audience part of the play. “Superdream” is the first album that fea- show, even in an interview. Stell has learned cast of the play runs out from behind the “This story may be 500 years old, but tures Stell’s vocals. Unlike other electronic how to turn off the superstar persona, mak- massive structure and begins waving blue almost anyone can relate to it,” Park said. artists, his voice isn’t buried deep in the back- ing him easy to talk to. There are times in our silk sheets around the base of the stage to “Comedy hasn’t changed. It’s never really ground. According to him, this was one of the conversation that I forget he has over a mil- represent waves. Other actors remove and going to change. The audience can be part most nerve-wracking things he has done. lion people streaming his music and is one of - place props on the set. There’s no crew to of a history of audiences.” “I wanted to make a statement and present the biggest up-and-coming electronic artists. U.S. CHINA RELATIONS do it for them. They’ll be arranging and Not everyone on the cast of “The Twelfth my voice in an upfront way, but I’m still not I forget when we talk about our love of conducting the scenes during performanc- Night” has performed Shakespeare before. 100% sure of myself.” Stell has had to learn California, I forget when we talk about the NATIONAL LIVE WEBCAST es in full costume. But they all bring excitement and a great things as he goes, diving into the training of energy of the outdoors, I forget when we talk WITH TABLE DISCUSSIONS There’s a space for the cast to sit with deal of talent, according to Parks. Those a vocalist while staying true to the values he about being scared of change. But I don’t for- the audience on the left side of the stage who haven’t done something like this be- cultivated as a producer. get when I listen to his music. as they wait for their scenes. People seated fore learn as they go. He hasn’t lost the authenticity in his mu- Big Wild’s music brings peace and joy in 6:00 p.m. | Monday Nov. 18, 2019 on either side of the structure will be able “It’s chaotic in the best of ways,” Nelson sic during this transition. “[The music] has to a way that doesn’t feel invasive or over-the- to see the actors making partial costume said. come from an instinctual place,” Stell says. top. It’s perfect for ambient study nights or UM University Center Room 330 Hors d’oeuvres will be served. changes backstage before they go on. Lutz “That’s how I make sure I’m making some- long drives. “At the end of the day,” Stell says, refers to the behind-the-scenes movement ‘Twelfth Night’ opens in the Masquer The- thing that is me.” “I just want [my music] to shift people’s per- happening in full view of the audience as ater, Wednesday, Nov 13 at 7:30 pm and runs He does acknowledge that there was a spectives for the better.” 406-243-2988 | www.umt.edu/mansfield “meta theatricality.” through Dec 1. Visit the griztix.com for specific change, however. Now he focuses more on Please RSVP for Table Selection: [email protected] Mark Plonsky is a visiting assistant di- dates and times and to buy tickets. how he would perform a song, something Big Wild plays Wednesday, Nov. 20 with rector of theater, who composed some of that didn’t cross his mind when he was still EVAN GIIA and Ark Patrol. Doors open at 7 p.m., the music for the play and arranged the performing as J Beatz. “When I was mak- show starts at 8. $20 advanced tickets, $23 day of rest. He described the sound of the play as ing instrumentals, I wasn’t thinking of per- show.

12 November 13, 2019 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com November 13, 2019 13 EVENTS | CALENDAR ARTS | REVIEWS Shakespeare, Paul Revere and ‘The Office’-themed beer Luke Combs made me miss my hometown with ‘What You See Is What You Get’ MEGHAN JONAS Combs leaned into the twang of ‘90s ing” or “typical” or “one-sided.” But in songs all-around good time. Artists featured of the Berlin Wall. Directed by Florian [email protected] country, reminding me of the greats like like “Blue Collar Boys,” people can see them- include Sandman, Junior, Missalaneous & Henckel von Donnersmark, “The Lives Garth Brooks, Chris LeDoux and Alan Jack- selves. They hear about their lives and it’s Wednesday 13 The Caravan Band and The Vintage. 216 Sunday 17 of Others” was one of the first films to W. Main Street. 7 to 10 p.m. dramatize the world-changing event. Tired of seeing “Long-neck, ice-cold beer son. But he didn’t do it so much that it felt not about someone trying to escape it. They “TWELFTH NIGHT” AT MASQUER “A MUSICAL HOMECOMING” This screening is being presented by the never broke my heart” all over people’s Ins- like overkill. can feel proud. THEATRE GHOST OF PAUL REVERE AT THE TOP FEATURING VIOLIST MARIA LAMBROS German Section of UM World Languages tagram captions and tweets? Fear not! Luke Through all of this, you can hear Combs This was the moment on the album Good ol’ Billy Shakespeare has gifted us HAT Winner of the prestigious Naumburg and Cultures in coordination with the Combs has given us all new-inspiration. singing his heart out and remembering where I knew Combs could fully live up to with some of the finest drama in existence, Everyone loves some folk. Come on, it’s Award and called one of “Montana’s Humanities Institute. 3:30 p.m. Liberal Luke Combs has released his second stu- where he came from. the hype. but it’s easy to forget he had a penchant Montana. This Portland, Maine-based trio leading artists and entertainers of the 20th Arts 103B. dio album, “What You See Is What You Get,” The album is so full of killer tracks that The title track, “What You See Is What for humor. Let UM’s Theatre & Dance century,” Lambros joins forces with the is well on its way to superstardom, having and I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t stoked about it’s hard to pick highlights. Almost every You Get,” brought my mood up so high that department remind you with its production String Orchestra of the Rockies. This event appeared as a musical guest on Conan BOOK READING WITH CARL DAVIS having to listen to it. song reminded me of a moment in my life I actually got PUMPED. Combs has chops, of the Bard’s most popular comedy, will also feature young and talented string O’Brien’s self-titled talk show. This is an Listen up, history buffs. Local author Carl I thought my high expectations of the or made me look forward to the future. Usu- and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. He “Twelfth Night.” Enjoy the not-so-simple all-ages event. 134 W. Front Street. 9 p.m. players from local high schools. You can say Davis will be at Shakespeare & Co. to songwriter-turned-endearing-pop-coun- ally there’s a track where a record will slow can sing, he can tell the story of your life, and tale of mistaken identity, topsy-turvy Tickets available at logjampresents.com. you’ve heard these “rising stars” here first. read selections from his latest book, “Six try-singer were going to fall tragically flat. I down and you’ll zone out at least once. That he hasn’t let fame change who he is. romance and (of course) razor-sharp wit. Music Recital Hall. 975 Maurice Ave. $10 Hundred Generations: An Archaeological $12 with student ID. First run is from Nov. I’LL HOUSE YOU AT BADLANDER with student ID. Tickets available at History.” Follow a fascinating tale spanning was dreading having to listen to an hour of didn’t happen here. Luke Combs is absolutely the guy that 13 to 16 at 7:30 p.m. If folk isn’t your speed, check out griztix.com 13,500 years that highlights the cultures of meaningless pop-country. “Refrigerator Door” feels so small-town you’d shotgun a beer with. And then he’ll let Badlander for something a bit groovier. Montana’s First Peoples. 103 S. 3rd Street I was wrong, in every aspect. American that it honestly made me miss the you vent about your ex afterward. And then “THE OFFICE”-THEMED PARTY No cover charge; DJ Hot Pantz and guests West. 7 p.m. “What You See Is What You Get” lived Friday night lights, even though I don’t even he’ll give you a hug and tell you everything Swing by Highlander Brewery for a night in will blow your dance-craving minds for Monday 18 up to my expectations and surpassed them like football and quit cheerleading after two is going to be alright. And then you’ll believe honor of the sitcom that will never die. “The free. 21+. 208 Ryman Street. 9 p.m. time and time again. I couldn’t help but hum seasons. him. Office” trivia is sure to be a hit, but dress up TRENDSETTERS AT THE U POP-UP along and get nostalgic for the days of grow- I can hear “Blue Collar Boys” playing in as your favorite characters to complete the SHOP ing up in a small town. the truck shop at the gold mine I worked at. effect. The best-dressed Dwight might even 16 Looking for some new additions to your This record has everything. It’s got love I can see mechanics and welders of all ages win some prizes. This is an all-ages event, Saturday closet without busting your bank account? songs, it’s got odes to friendship, it’s got and backgrounds singing this inside the cab but those of drinking age can taste exclusive MONTANA MEDIA, MUSIC AND ART Trendsetters at the U has you covered. “The Office”-themed beer. More contests heartbreak and redemption. It’s got Brooks of a 300-ton haul truck. HACKATHON There is no need to leave campus when the are yet to be announced. 200 International & Dunn! Country gets a lot of heat for being “bor- COURTESY PHOTO | THEMUSICUNIVERSE.COM As part of the new Innovation Factory’s University Center’s West Atrium desk is Drive. 5 p.m. “30 Days of Innovation,” this weekend- your one-stop-shop for gently used clothes long devotion to all things creative at reasonable prices. 1 to 4 p.m. Cash, checks and problem-solving is the perfect and Venmo accepted. ‘Doctor Sleep’ is a refreshing sequel that is here for more than just fans’ money Thursday 14 opportunity to complete that project NOELLE ANNNONEN you’ve always meant to finish. Each CHINA TOWN HALL ON SINO-U.S. ic — and murderous — father we all know of Hill House,” brings another character-driv- [email protected] “THE POPPOVICHS” M3AH focuses on a theme; this version RELATIONS and fear. McGregor’s soft-spoken Danny is en concept in a spooky and supernatural set- UM alum Leah Joki brings her newest full- is “remix.” Take your project, flip it China’s status as a superpower in today’s determined to change the Torrance lega- ting without the cliched jump scares and gore length play to Missoula’s Downtown Dance upside down, change it up. The choice political, social and economic climate If you were expecting a remake of cy. Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson) is the that so many thriller movies have used in Collective. “The Poppovichs” explores is yours. Arrive at 9 a.m. for discussion is undeniable. Stay up to date on Sino- “The Shining” from its sequel, think embodiment of the sexy female villain the past. On the slight downside, this fantasy U.S. relations with this 13th Annual mortality through dark comedy, its roots and to choose any resources or materials again. “Doctor Sleep” tries to be what stereotype, out to live as long — and as thriller often leans a little closer to an action China Town Hall. This year will feature based in a writing prompt from UM’s own you’ll need to finish your project. This is so many money-machine sequels can’t young — as she can. Unfortunately for the movie than the slow burn of “The Shining,” a webcast discussion moderated by ABC Dr. Randy Bolton. Joki says she writes what a group-based event, and you are free to nowadays: original. At least, as original kick-ass actress, she’s stuck in a shallow and and many fans of the previous movie are bring your own crew. Innovation Factory. News anchor George Stephanopoulos and she knows: “I cannot vouch for the outcome involving 100 venues across the country as an adaptation of a book can get. somewhat disappointing role with little unlikely to enjoy the contrasting style of its se- of the characters, but I didn’t make this Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor), the depth but plenty of sinister vibes. Abra Stone quel. A handful of intense moments and just a MOUNTAIN RUNNING FILM FESTIVAL and China. After, feel free to join in on the up. This is the reality of my family.” 121 Whether or not you were able to make town hall-style meeting regarding trade cute little boy you all know and love on his (Kyliegh Curran) — cough cough — shines in dash of murder keeps this movie in its genre. W. Main Street. Nov. 14 to 16. 7:30 p.m.. your own sojourns into this glorious wars, education and protests in Hong long tricycle rides through the Overlook this movie as a teenage girl who can commu- Overall, the plot of “Doctor Sleeps” is wilderness of ours this summer, the 7th Kong. 18+. UC Room 330. RSVP via phone Hotel, grew up to be a drunk whose moral nicate telepathically, just like Torrance. She busier than its predecessors, and suspense annual Montana Running Film Festival at (406) 243-2988 or compass points wherever his own needs take holds her own beside the Golden Globe-win- is mostly built through the musical score Friday 15 might be the next best thing. The non- email [email protected] him. After a brief prologue explaining how ning and nominated actor and actress. and the cast’s acting abilities. The biggest profit trail running and open space Torrance learned to cope with the trauma It isn’t until the third act that the score upside is that it isn’t an exact remake of MEET YOUR MAMA AT ZACC advocacy group, Montana Trail Crew, he experienced as a child, chance and a bus returns to the familiar, methodical beat and “The Shining.” Originality and intensity in Missoula is a well-known hotspot for wants everyone to experience the joys Tuesday 19 bring him to a small town in New Hamp- melody famously played in “The Shining.” the story and structure of the movie fresh- creative types, so come support your local of just getting yourself out there. Enjoy shire where Billy Freeman (Cliff Curtis) The movie gives us a bit of fan service, from en the narrative of the franchise and help a selection of this year’s outdoor photos “THE LIVES OF OTHERS” music makers. The Montana Area Music helps him get back on his feet just in time contextual references to the previous movie “Doctor Sleep” stand alone. It is definite- Association (MAMA) takes over the new before viewing a batch of films shot Watch a screening of 2006’s Oscar- for Torrance to gain a telepathic pen pal. in the beginning, to scenes near the end ly a movie worth seeing in theaters. Zootown Arts Community Center for throughout the Rockies. The Wilma. $13 winning “The Lives of Others” to McGregor compellingly portrays a man that are set in some very familiar places. a night of tunes, collaborations and an in advance. 7 p.m. recognize the 30th anniversary of the fall raised up under the shadow of the alcohol- Mike Flanagan, director of “The Haunting COURTESY PHOTO | IMDB.COM

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PAUL HAMBY Clinic “like a salmon going upstream to of John List [email protected] return home,” he said. His return “home” was a path that HOMELESS SHELTERS Wheelchairs don’t roll easily over brick involved car crashes and losing append- pavement. ages to frostbite. In addition to being a John List made his way to the Univer- sought-after physical therapist for the IN MISSOULA sity Center to catch up on the news before wealthy in the Bitterroot Valley, where List his physical therapy appointment, and had grew up, List gutted fish for caviar in Alas- INCLUDE THE just reached the Grizzly statue at the head ka and sold paintings in the Southwest. He of the path leading to the Oval when he ac- mined for gold and collected morel mush- cepted a push. rooms that grew during the springs that POVERELLO CENTER, When List graduated from the Universi- followed wildfires. ty of Montana’s physical therapy program With a fractured neck and missing in 1991, he could stride over the patches limbs aside, List knows he’s lucky to be WITH A CAPACITY of brick stretching from Arthur Avenue alive. to University Hall. Nearly 20 years later, “I’m not a believer, I’m a knower,” List OF 175, MISSOULA’S his left leg ends with a prosthetic, while a said. “Belief is weak, I think. You believe walking cast covers a foot amputated near when you don’t have experience. You don’t the heel. need anything to believe. I believed in the SALVATION ARMY AND List left UM after graduation to treat pa- tooth fairy. I believed in Santa Clause. But tients throughout Montana. Now, he comes I’m a knower now.” THE YWCA. to campus as a patient. For the past six weeks, he’s rounded the Oval for biweek- SOURCE: MISSOULA HOUSING AUTHORITY ly appointments at the Physical Therapy SARA DIGGINS | MONTANA KAIMIN 16 November 13, 2019 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com November 13, 2019 17 amounted to more than $500,000. The tana put him just south of the San Carlos flooding of his home in Hamilton cost Apache Indian Reservation, in the shadow him both more money and his only place of the Pinaleño Mountains. to stay. By 2017, he went south to try and No longer making the six figures he MISSOULA HAS change his fortune. had been making as a physical therapist List was until Burk’s death in 2009. over the past 20 years, he hit the streets of born at Marcus Hoyt Axton, long since Safford as one of its hundreds of homeless Daly Memorial Hospi- retired from the Hollywood THE STATE’S people, picking up bits of protein and col- tal in Hamilton, Montana on rock ‘n’ roll scene of the John walked into a Gila River Valley lecting water where he could. “Just surviv- Aug. 6, 1961. While his moth- 1960s, called John when he homeless camp in Arizona with nothing to ing,” John called it. er, Marcella, held her new- lost the ability to move half offer but a greeting. “When this white stranger came prowl- HIGHEST NUMBER born son, smoke coated the his body following a stroke. During his first month in Safford, in ing around, they didn’t know what the hell hills to the east. “The treatment was June 2017, police made a meth bust that put to think of me. I got labeled as a narc, and Lightning had blasted the mostly us joking around,” the town’s entire homeless community on slept with the fear of God every night that OF HOMELESS side of a mountain in the Bit- John said. Axton, sort- edge. I’d get killed while I was out there,” John terroot Valley, and the fire swallowed of famous for acting in John had heard of a man killed only 50 said. up 28,000 acres. While John became a few blockbusters, no- yards from where he slept a few nights pri- A man named Harrison, massive ac- acquainted with his mother, firemen tably “Gremlins” (he PEOPLE AT JUST or, clubbed in the head with a rock. After cording to John’s memories of him, found and ranch hands worked to stop the played the guy who sold several weeks of surviving on the streets, John sleeping at the edge of the city, alone Sleeping Child Fire, the biggest in the Gizmo out of his curiosity John didn’t want to be alone anymore. and penniless. region since 1910. shop), was more of a musician John drove his truck to the Southwest, “It’s not good for you to sleep alone,” OVER 300. At age 12, John started making his and a songwriter. He suffered a and a blown transmission forced him to Harrison told John, and invited him to join first summer trips into the wilderness stroke in ‘95 and was paralyzed ditch his only form of shelter at a local his camp. According to John, only an idiot that surrounded the house his parents on one side of his body. SOURCE: MISSOULA HOUSING AUTHORITY mechanic’s shop. His long haul from Mon- would walk into a homeless camp uninvit- bought in the ‘50s. No longer able to play guitar, Axton Robert List, John’s father, worked as a told John about the origins of his platinum microbiologist at the National Institute of hits. About how he wrote “The Pusher” on Health (NIH) lab in Hamilton, and Marcel- a paper bag in a bar after his friend died la was a nurse. Mobility was something the of an overdose. About how his bass player List family thought about a lot. laid on the floor and created the bassline Polio twisted Robert’s legs, and John Alaskan Peninsula. An- “His prob- for “Never Been to Spain” from his throat remembers the trips his family made to chored in Bristol Bay, he sliced lem was that he’d when his instrument went missing from local hot springs. His father spent hours through piles of salmon and collected their get so absorbed in a sin- the studio. enjoying the pools. John said a manager at eggs for caviar. gle topic to the point that he wouldn’t fo- Axton’s mother, who wrote “Heart- Good Medicine Hot Springs once watched In 1985, between salmon harvests, John cus on anything else,” Leonard said. break Hotel,” gave him just one piece of Robert swim more than five miles in one found a new bounty. While he and a friend John passed the neuroscience course advice when it comes to writing music. Ax- session. hiked Blodgett Canyon east of Corvallis, despite his supposed tunnel vision and ton passed that on to John: “It doesn’t need His parents’ careers in science and they found a patch of prized morels. graduated in ‘91. Then he went to work as a to make any sense. It just needs to rhyme.” medicine and his father’s struggles with Fire morels, distinct from those found physical therapist. When he died in 1999, Axton left John Polio pushed John toward a career in phys- in river bottoms, stick out of the ground on dozens of CDs with recordings that nev- ical therapy. cream-colored stalks and resemble a fleshy er made it to a radio station, according to “Manual treatment of the body started walnut. They’re some of the most difficult John. for me when I was in high school. I tore mushrooms to farm because of their com- For over a decade, John treated patients “But they’re gone. Everything’s gone,” up my arm pretty good lifting weights, plex symbiosis with the soil after a wild- in Hamilton, Havre, Butte and Missoula. John said 20 years later. and lost some 80% of my muscle mass. A fire. They’re typically gathered by both They came to him as victims of strokes, When Axton originally wrote “I Never friend of mine, a chiropractor, helped put amateur and professional mycologists and from work accidents and femur fractures, Been to Spain,” he used the hook, “born me back together,” said John. fetch a good price; their scarcity and earthy from bones giving way to old age. in a coma,” to answer the lyric, “In Okla- But before he graduated from UM’s PT flavor make them a favorite among chefs. He also worked in the homes of people homa.” At the insistence of his producer, school, he did a little traveling. With the money earned wrangling who could afford a lifestyle of luxury. he changed the line to “not Arizona.” The After knocking out general courses at gold, gutting fish in Alaska and picking Jim Burk, one of John Wayne’s stuntmen, song remains a favorite of John’s, who Montana Tech in Butte, John went south mushrooms in the Bitterroot, “Mushroom” ended his career with the scars of falling found himself in Arizona during one of to Bannack. He operated mining equip- John continued his education at UM. from horses in films like “Flame of Araby,” the roughest points in his life. ment on a ranch, working with a dozen Charles Leonard, emeritus professor of “Pony Express” and “The Big Country.” In 2010, John woke up in a hospital after others to hunt down some lingering veins neuroscience, remembered John as “out- His hips were shot, rendering him close rolling his SUV. He’d fractured the second of gold near the state’s first boomtown. Be- side the mold” of a typical physical ther- to immobile in his home in Darby, where vertebra from his skull. This “hangman’s tween carving up the mountainside with apy student. Although John didn’t excel he retired in the 1980s. John helped Burk fracture” took him out of work for three a backhoe and living off a steady ranch academically in Leonard’s course, it wasn’t maintain his balance and get his legs close years and obliterated his savings. diet of eggs and beef, he went north to the out of laziness, Leonard said. to normal. He was a close friend of Burk John estimates that his medical bills

18 November 13, 2019 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com November 13, 2019 19 ed. John, he still had time to offer the Montan- Along with a daily chore, the center re- about a potential presidential ousting. John gave them his name, although an some work at his ranch before sending quires all of its 175 residents to remain so- When he had a leg to carry him through Harrison would only call him “Montana,” him back North on a bus. ber. John spent most of his stay sleeping in the forest or down a highway on a six- and found a space near the fire. He put his “After everything I’ve made it a metal bunk, rising at 6 a.m. every day to speed, he didn’t have time to follow the feet at its edge. through,” John said, “I know there’s some- grab a little more sleep outside and watch drama of Washington D.C. For the past 18 IN 2017, “[I made] 100 grand a year, down to body looking out for me. Thank you, God, and listen. He enjoyed some of his fellow months, however, politics has been his re- nothing. It happened to me, and it can hap- and thank you, Randy.” residents and kept his distance from oth- treat. pen to you.” John arrived in Hamilton, Montana in ers, but eventually wanted a quiet space “It’s my soap opera. Especially since THE CITY OF “One. Hundred. Thousand,” he repeats. August 2017, just a few weeks from his for his own. Trump showed up. There’s something new In seven more months, he’d have a bed birthday. There, he chose to brave the win- “I’ll always be grateful that the Pov every day, almost every second,” he said. MISSOULA to sleep in. But it would be in a nursing ter. took me in. I wouldn’t be alive I don’t John watches in amused indignation home, and it would be with one less leg. With nowhere to sleep, he tried to com- think without them, but it did get to the before it’s time to roll into the physical But right then, he had a fire, and he had bat the cold by wrapping himself in blan- point where I needed a place of my own,” therapy clinic. REPORTED THAT friends to watch out for him while he slept. kets and staying in a shop tent. Ignoring John said. Steve Ferdig heads UM’s Physical the tingling that pricked at his feet, he John left behind the kitchen and metal Therapy Center. John, now a patient, gets 13 PEOPLE bundled up his core and tried to get some bunks of the Pov when he started collect- his treatment from the next generation of sleep. ing disability in November. He now calls physical therapists. On his Monday and While in Arizona, John skirted Saf- Frostbite set in a numbness that kept a local motel home, and it’s the first time Wednesday afternoon visits, he’s treated WITH NO HOME ford’s predominantly Mormon churches the onset of an infection a mystery for he’s had a bed to himself since his ampu- by second- and third-year students. Still in favor of the services and food banks days. He didn’t feel a thing until his skin tations nearly two years ago. unable to support his weight due to a pres- offered by Safford’s other denominations. thawed. When the needles of pain turned During the summer of 2019, he also sure cyst on his left heel, John’s treatment DIED ON ITS Raised Lutheran by his German-American into the feeling of a hot poker stabbing started physical therapy sessions back at for the past two months has consisted parents, he took a liking to a choir that his feet, John gave up life outdoors for the his alma mater. mostly of caring for his open wound and STREETS, was backed by an electric rhythm section emergency room. mobilizing his joints. at a church known simply as the “Church “At first the surgeon told me they’d “Physical therapists aren’t like going at Safford.” only take a few toes,” John said. to the dentist. You don’t need to be invest- ONE IN “They sure beat the hell out of the Surgeons saved him from further in- With his physical therapy sessions ev- ed to get rid of a cavity. For PT, the patient chants they had us sing when I was a kid,” fection by amputating his right foot to the ery Monday and Wednesday, John has an is in control of the outcome,” Ferdig said. NOVEMBER FROM John said. heel, and taking his left leg to a few inches excuse to find a spot in front of the flat John is currently invested in keeping Randy Clonts, the church’s pastor, has below the knee. screen on the first floor of the University the open wound on his right heel clean roots in the city that go back four gener- The air of the Poverello Center, a home- Center at the University of Montana in the and cared for, and getting the calf muscles HYPOTHERMIA. ations. His great-grandfather broke from less shelter where John stayed for nearly hours leading up to his appointments. of his left leg used to his second prosthet- the enterprising Mormons to start his own half a year, gets thick around meal time If it’s not tuned in to MSNBC or CNN ic. He has goals beyond just surviving and denomination, and his descendants car- with the sweet and salty smell of gravy. when he arrives, he makes sure it is soon watching Donald Trump. He wants to be- IN 2018, ried on the tradition. John, earning his stay at the center, kept after. come ambulatory, to be able to stand and Although Clonts would join his great the kitchen clean during lunch by wiping For the past week, the news cycle has walk, by the spring in 2020 — just in time DESPITE LOCAL grandfather within a year of meeting the counters clean. been turning out feature after feature for morel season. EFFORTS IN OCTOBER 2019, THE MISSOULA LIKE 2012’S CITY COUNCIL PASSED AN “10 YEAR ORDINANCE ALLOWING PLACES OF PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS,” WORSHIP TO ACT AS EMERGENCY THAT NUMBER SHELTERS FROM NOVEMBER TO INCREASED TO MARCH. 16.

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SCORPIO (OCT. 23 - NOV.21): You are too in your you, Taurus? You don’t know why everyone’s The Weekly Crossword by Margie E. Burke own head, Scorpio. It’s time to put that passion freaking out over some clouds. In fact, you 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

into something creative and new! Don’t stay in- might want to take a hike to the M or go for a 14 15 16 side, go out and explore the weather, whatever run downtown while the weather is still nice. Indigenous youth: you are the future 17 18 19 this strange season may bring! Make a leaf pile Feel free, just remember to plan for sudden 20 21 22 JORDYNN PAZ or a snowman. Just don’t let yourself settle for changes in weather. Layers are going to be your [email protected] watching the time pass by. friend this week. 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 SAGITTARIUS (NOV.22 - DEC.21): GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Indigenous youth are some of This week, let your Gemini is well rep- 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 creativity flow! The weather this week has some resented by this dual-seasoned week. You are the strongest people I know. 38 39 40 41 In the last week, there have been varying serious fashion opportunities! Think warm both the capricious, colorful autumn and the 42 43 44 45 posts on social media about Indigenous high fall colors contrasting cool, cloudy still, beautiful winter. This month, be school students illustrating the strength, skies. You know what to do, careful to balance both. If you do 46 47 48 49 compassion and power of our young people, Sagittarius. Be wary of those too little, you will feel trapped. 50 51 52 53 54 some of which are from my hometown. who would question your If you do too much, you will 55 56 57 58 59 60 My high school cross country teams, the blooming innovation. feel exhausted. Manage your 61 62 63 Hardin Bulldogs, won or placed very high time this week, and you’ll find at the state meets. The girls’ team just won CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 - JAN. 19): yourself content. 64 65 66 its fourth-consecutive state title (congrats Just like you, this season is 67 68 69 CANCER (JUNE 21 - JULY 22): Mrs. Farmer) and photos of both teams went transitional! This is the op- If there Copyright 2019 by The Puzzle Syndicate ACROSS viral because they raced with red hand- portunity to stay in and try was ever a time to just stay in and 1 "No ___ luck!" 67 Contradict 27 Be on the mend prints over their mouths, honoring MMIW. out new things, Capricorn. May- enjoy your own company, it would 5 Concoct, as a 68 Sled dog, often 29 Cheesy These feats and honoring of our commu- be you always wanted to try baking be this week. Cancer should spend this plan 69 Word on a penny sandwich 10 Scoundrels 30 Bring up, as a nities is something very common among In- or photography. Maybe you have a backlog of week making up assignments and enjoying a 14 The Bee Gees, DOWN subject digenous youth. These little pieces of activ- books to read or albums to listen to. You know hot cup of tea. But don’t forget about creativity, e.g. 1 Command to 33 Oscar winner Met offering Rover Guinness ism make our communities so proud of who what you want to focus on. Enjoy a productive either. It’s important now more than ever to ex- 15 16 Kind of thermo- 2 Goad 35 Able to be we are and where we are going in the future. week. press yourself in a way that is visible to others. meter 3 Camel, e.g. transferred Another post that came across my Maybe it’s time to finally decorate your door or 17 RSS reader, e.g. 4 Stephen King's 36 Car with a bar 19 Low card in forte 37 Memorial Day newsfeed was more discouraging. A JACQUELINE EVANS-SHAW | MONTANA KAIMIN AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18): This week, stay care- windows. You’ll figure it out; you always do. pinochle 5 Harley Davidson, solo video and article about a volleyball ful of your emotions. Being cooped inside is not 20 Long (for) slangily 39 Furniture wood team from Salt River High School lo- and it sure as hell won’t be the last. I bring will be “To help my community.” Peltier for speaking up for our earth and a direction to take. You must let the extrovert LEO (July. 23 - Aug. 22): Everything’s coming up 21 Enchant 6 Quickly 41 Orthodontist's Way past ripe Rusty nail danger offering inside you free this week, or you will surely be roses this week, Leo! Something you’ve been 23 7 cated on the Salt River Pima-Marico- this up because of all the blatant disrespect That’s why I’m here, that’s why many water. Thank you to every Indigenous 25 Bowling button 8 Corn or wheat, 44 1957 Mathis hit, pa Indian Community in Arizona. our youth have to deal with at such young of my friends are here, and that’s what a student on campus right now, learning in jealous of all the fun your friends are having. hard at work for a long time is finally going to 26 After-dinner e.g. "_____ Are" In the video, I saw two teams, one of ages, from Valier, Montana to Wiscon- lot of people on Native Twitter are doing. these classrooms that weren’t made for you. Don’t let the weather be your enemy this week. pay off. Celebrate with food! Enjoy cider, stew wine 9 "B.C." creator 47 Coffee holder 28 Brownish hue 10 Shoe company 49 "Flashdance" hit Take initiative and make plans. which was mostly comprised of young sin and Arizona. This is everywhere. Indigenous youth are not in school or Thank you to all the youth that will go and hot pumpkin pie. You’ve earned it. Just 31 1973 film, "Live acquired by Nike 50 Lacking zest women of color, the other predominantly Our Indigenous youth do so much for bettering themselves for the sake of getting on and better themselves in order to better make sure you aren’t too content. Always keep and ___ Die" in 2003 51 Linda Lavin role white or white-passing. They were high our communities to make us all so proud rich and living the American dream. We our circumstances. Your struggles and pain PISCES (FEB.19 - MARCH 20): Screw the critics this your next big thing in mind. 32 Pencil part 11 Met highlights 52 Mountain climbing 34 Pretzel topping 12 "Divine Comedy" spike five-ing each other, the way sports teams and they do it while pushing through are here to learn as much as we can so are felt by everyone who came before you, week, Pisces. Listen to Christmas music and 38 Quaker product author 54 Porterhouse, e.g. do after a game or match. However, unlike this racist world with their heads held we can move home to the reservations and we stand with you through it all. dance in your dorm! Snuggle up with a warm VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22): Virgo, If ever there was 40 Hanging-basket 13 Winter weather 56 S.A.T. section most displays of good sportsmanship, high. They run for MMIW, they stand up everyone seems disgusted by, and help. blanket and watch reruns of “The Polar Ex- a time to update your Instagram, it’s this week. flower 18 Menu selection 57 Light beige 42 "Not guilty", e.g. 22 Intense anger 59 Tartan sporters one team — Salt River — was crying, to oppressive policies by wearing their Young Indigenous people are the press.” Who cares that it’s not even Thanksgiv- Fall colors make for great lighting, and let’s be 43 Bees collect it 24 Ruthless ruler 60 Circus structure some players were actually sobbing. traditional dress at graduation (shoutout ones making significant changes in their ing yet? If you want to be holly-jolly, let nothing honest, when was the last time you uploaded a 45 Mischief maker 26 Hog food 63 Pig's digs China cabinet I read the caption, followed by the arti- Deidra Beads for wearing her elk tooth dress communities. They are no longer sitting stop you. Just make sure to stay respectful when selfie? Love yourself this week, Virgo, and the 46 Answers to Last Week’s Crossword: 48 Hitchcock made cle. The volleyball game between Caurus when the entire school board tried to say no) by and accepting things the way they are, dealing with those who disagree. You’re better world will love you, too. No need to steal the F A D E S A L M S L A N E many I N E P T R E A P A N E W Academy, a local charter school, and Salt and they speak up for our communities. they are speaking up and fighting. For than that. attention, just exercise some self-care, and those 50 Contrail's makeup A T R I A T A R A V I V E 53 Refuse River was stopped mid-match because Indigenous youth have to grow up in themselves, for the future generations you care about will notice. T I N T Y P E S C H E M E R receptacle H O A R H E A R E R S members of the Caurus crowd began a world that will forget them, disrespect and for the ancestors that didn’t have the ARIES (MARCH 21 - APRIL 19): A Leo knows how Service station A B S E N T I A S I N 55 making racist gestures including “war them, and continuously push them down. power to change their circumstances. to have fun, even when the weather isn’t ideal. LIBRA (SEPT. 23 - OCT. 22): Take a breath, Libra. You job B E A T R E V T R E M O R 58 Make into law E A T N O S E G A Y E V E That’s great for you! You’ll find no problem in feel anxious this week, and you’re not quite sure T R E P A N R O T R E E L whoops” and tomahawk chops. One game All while they go through the same teenage For this, I want to say thank you. Thank 61 Bread for gyros A D S T O I L E T R Y attendee even recalled the word “savage” bullshit everyone else goes through. you to the young people taking the brunt of making these last few weeks of autumn spec- why. Take a step outside, take in some of that Easy to reach 62 S P A T I A L S O A P being yelled at the Salt River players. They carry the weight of their com- racism, thank you to the Salt River vol- tacular. But do not be foolish. Remember, the crisp autumn air, and really take some time to 64 Computer symbol P R A I R I E E N C L A V E 65 Foot the bill This was a high school match. weather can make conditions dangerous. Make think. Light your favorite fall candle and trust L O R E N A V E T I R E D munities on their shoulders, oftentimes leyball team for holding your ground and 66 Mathematician A V O N T R I G I C I N G These were high school students. without us asking them to. Ask any playing in spite of everything. Thank you sure to take a second opinion. in yourself. In a few weeks, you’ll be back home, Turing T E N T S N A G C A D D Y This, unfortunately, is not the first time Indigneous students in college why they to the Hardin High cross country teams TAURUS (APRIL 20 - MAY 20): You’re the type of stuffing your face with turkey and mashed po- young people have experienced racism, are here, and most likely that answer for making us proud. Thank you, Autumn person who wears shorts in the snow, aren’t tatoes. You’ve got this.

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LUKE SCHMIDT Griz finished with a 42-17 lead. Marcus [email protected] Knight and Nick Ostmo scored five touch- downs combined on 91 yards rushing The Grizzlies, ranked fifth among the “It was a hard-fought win, a team win,” FCS schools, shook early struggles to over- said coach Bobby Hauck at the post-game come a 10-point first-half deficit on Nov. press conference. “We were in a bad shape 9. They defeated the Idaho Vandals 42-17, in the first quarter and our defense kept improving their record to 8-2 this season. pulling the rope, keeping us in it. We were The win increased the likelihood that the struggling on offense with three turnovers Griz will enter the playoffs this season. in the first quarter, we were lucky we Montana achieved 67 yards of offense weren’t down 28-0 or something. After we in the first quarter, threw two intercep- got that fixed, we played really well in all tions and fumbled the ball inside its own three phases. It was a great win for us.” redzone. Idaho’s kicker, Cade Coffey, was Montana will play another home game able to score a 30-yard field goal first. next week against Weber State, ranked With 11:04 left in the second quar- fourth in the FCS. Kickoff will be at 1 ter, Vandal Connor Whitney was able to p.m. at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. catch a 12-yard pass from quarterback Students can reserve tickets Mason Petrino in the end zone, increas- for no charge at griztix.com. ing the lead to 10-0 for the Vandals. Recovered from a previous ankle injury, quarterback Dalton Sneed re- turned to play in the second quarter, replacing Cam Humphrey. This was Sneed’s first game back since the Griz lost to Sacramento State on Oct. 19. The Grizzlies drove down the field and freshman Nick Ostmo scored the team’s first points with a 7-yard touch- down. Before halftime, Montana got two sacks in a row and with 1:49 remaining and forced Idaho to punt the ball. Sneed led the offense to score again, passing a 44-yard pass to Samori Toure. The Griz led 14-10 going into halftime. At the start of the second half, the Griz defense stopped the Vandal of- fense from picking up first downs. Redshirt sophomore Patrick O’Connell recovered a fumble at the Idaho 30-yard line. Once again, Ostmo reached the end zone on a 1-yard touchdown run with 5:44 remaining in the quarter. The game continued in kind. Idaho threw an interception and the Griz capitalized when Marcus TOP LEFT: University of Montana safety Michael McGinnis runs out of the tunnel holding a hammer at the Knight scored another touchdown. start of the game. CLAIRE SHINNER | MONTANA KAIMIN At the beginning of the fourth quarter, TOP RIGHT: University of Montana quarterback Dalton Sneed throws the ball to a receiver during the fourth quarter of the game. COLTON ROTHWELL | MONTANA KAIMIN Dante Olson passed Jordan Tripp’s fifth- BOTTOM LEFT: University of Montana safety Robby Hauck celebrates winning the Little Brown Stein after place record for all-time tackles at UM, the Grizzlies’ win against the Vandals. CLAIRE SHINNER | MONTANA KAIMIN with 336. BOTTOM RIGHT: Grizzly running back Nick Ostmo runs with the ball before being tackled during the third Although Idaho did score again, the quarter. COLTON ROTHWELL | MONTANA KAIMIN

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