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Students Traffic suspected problems of making fake IDs worsen Chelsi Moy Madeleine Creevy Kaimin Reporter Crime Reporter Two Police say Just when UM Office of University of fake-ID students Transportation Montana stu- buyers won’t thought that not warned dents are fac- be charged traffic prob- about lems around ing charges Beckwith the University for selling construction hundreds of fake Montana dri- of Montana ver’s licenses to underage campus could not get any worse, drinkers across the state. they did. Cascade County Attorney UM senior Colleen Farrell dis- Brant Light has not filed charges covered this as she drove to school against the two suspects, but Monday morning. Cars were backed up on they have admitted to police to Beckwith Avenue for blocks falsifying public records. because of construction that forced Light said he assures charges part of the street to close. are coming. “It is just so frustrating to sit in Great Falls police officers traffic on my way to campus know- obtained search warrants for the ing that all the parking spots are 18-year-old’s and 19-year-old’s being taken up,” Farrell said. dorm rooms. One of the suspects The Mountain Water Company voluntarily gave police his com- is replacing a fire hydrant on the puter, while two other comput- corner of Beckwith and Arthur ers were confiscated. The com- avenues, and this caused the traffic. puters were sent to the Criminal “That specific part of Beckwith Investigation Bureau in Helena, Avenue will be closed for the rest where police expect they’ll find of the week,” said Dennis Bowman, images of hundreds of fake a Mountain Water Company offi- Montana driver’s licenses and cial. the people who bought them for The company is replacing an old $20 to $35. fire hydrant, and that consists of Light said he will not investi- ripping out the old pipes and gate the buyers whose pictures replacing them, Bowman said. may be found on the computers. Jamie Bernard, a UM graduate The suspects’ names have not student who was riding his bike been released. past the construction, said he avoids The fake IDs — which Light driving to school because there is said look real under dim light — always some sort of traffic problem have pictures of the underage around campus. buyers with fake names and “You would think they would have done this construction over the birth dates. summer when there were not as “These IDs they are making many cars going to and from cam- are very good,” said Master pus,” Bernard said. Patrol Officer Steve Pretat, who Bowman said the hydrant had also works on the Great Falls been in place on the corner since Police Department’s Special the 1940s and needed an upgrade. Project Division. Lately, the “The Missoula Fire Department department has been working told us that it needed to be replaced Josh Drake/Montana Kaimin Mountain Water Company worker Cliff Fletcher digs to a water line on Beckwith Avenue and Arthur Avenue on in order to provide maximum fire See FAKE IDs, Page 8 Tuesday. Westbound traffic will be closed on the 400 block until the end of the week. protection,” Bowman said. “That is why it is more important to replace it than worry about traffic.” Nancy McKiddy, ASUM direc- tor of transportation, said her office UC equipped to be Internet ‘hot spot’ was not notified by the city or any other office on campus about the Curtis Wackerle same time. less Internet on campus. said. construction on Beckwith. For the Kaimin “We wanted to be the front run- Security of the campus network is “People make threats, people do It would make it a lot easier if ner,” Zarr said. a priority, so users who want to things,” Waldorf said. “We have to there were more communication New hot spots are popping up all The service is paid for by student access UM’s wireless Internet must be able to track them down.” about construction projects between over Missoula, and they’re not all fees. have a LEAP-activated wireless card Wireless Internet hot spots began the University and the city, she bars or clubs. Although the service has been on their laptops and an account with appearing in major cities in 2001. said. The UC has become one of available to students, staff employees CIS. The LEAP security standard Common locations are public parks, “If we could get the word out to Missoula’s newest places to access and faculty members since the begin- creates a tunnel that blocks hackers shopping malls, cafes and airports. students before these projects start, the Internet through a wireless net- ning of the semester, only about 50 from snatching the wireless signal. Missoula has a number of these then it would be easier on everyone work. Registered users can surf the people are registered, said Rick Users must be UM students, faculty places including Worden’s Market involved,” she said. Internet from almost anywhere in the Waldorf, enterprise network special- or staff members. and Liquid Planet Cafe. Mike Root, a junior at UM, said UC, provided they have the correct ist for CIS. The only two cards that will sup- “The system is pretty much in its he was stuck waiting at the stop- equipment. Techies refer to such a At least one UM student appreci- port secure access are the CISCO infancy,” Worden’s co-owner Tim light at Beckwith and Arthur place as a “hot spot.” ates the service. Aironet 350 for PC users and the France said. “Like the rest of the avenues. UC director Joel Zarr said the “It’s great,” student Abe Airport version 2 for Macintosh that world, we’re still trying to figure out “I was late to class because they Computing and Information Systems Abramson said. “I can go get a comes built-in with some Mac OS X what the Internet means to us.” decided to rip up the road. It is so department pitched the idea of a UC snack, sit in the upstairs lounge or laptops. The cards typically cost $50 France said Worden’s primary annoying because the construction hot spot. The UC supported the idea down by the credit union, send an e- to $100 if purchased separately. motivation for offering Internet serv- just ended on Campus Drive and and tested the technology in the sec- mail, pay bills. It’s a great conven- Other hot spots in town have differ- ice was to enhance the experience for now Beckwith is ripped up,” Root ond-floor study lounge last spring. ience.” ent security standards and log-on customers. said Over the summer, the entire UC was Abramson, 60, who works in real procedures. Wireless Internet signals are radio “You think the University could outfitted with the wireless capability estate, was the first person besides The cards are necessary to protect get involved and set up a better to support up to 150 users at the CIS employees to register for wire- the integrity of the network, Waldorf See INTERNET, Page 8 time table.” 2 Wednesday, September 24, 2003 OPINION Montana Kaimin

Editorial Guest Column UM irrigation policy Health Center keeps students as focus Column by as well as provide us with feedback from students has water on the brain about these services. The CHC offers many valuable Rob Loflin resources for students, including Medical Services, It’s nearly October now, and the weather’s cooling, the leaves which is open 24 hours a day, the Counseling and are turning and the shirtless, hacky-sacking, ultimate Frisbee- Psychological Services (CAPS) with clinical psy- playing types are losing their excuse to walk around campus chologists and counselors available to help you, the half-clothed. Within a few days, fall will be here in more than Health Service Pharmacy run by the pharmacy pro- name. Whether it’s the high costs or the complaint that gram on campus, the Student Assault Resource One sign of summer that remains, and will remain for a while too many impersonal physicians treat you “like a Center, the Peers Reaching Out (PROs) program longer, is the incessant watering of UM’s green spots. The sprin- number,” you mostly hear negative responses about offered by Health Enhancement Services, the Self- klers seem to be on nearly full time. No matter what time of the health care these days. Unfortunately, everyone has Over-Substances Program, and the Dental Clinic, day (or night), those walking on campus have a pretty good had a run-in with the health care system or with a which is a rarity on a college campus and one of the chance of receiving an unwanted soaking from the sprinklers. health care provider that has encouraged this reputa- nicest facilities we have. Not only does the CHC Tom Javins, the assistant director of Facility Services, which tion of being a money-guzzling bureaucracy and offer many wonderful programs, but also most of is in charge of making sure the Oval and other places of plant lends credence to the complaints. The great news them come to you at no cost above your student life grow like the Amazon rain forest, said much of the water for University of Montana students is that the Curry health fee, which is $122 this year. You apparently Health Center (CHC) overcomes this stigma and used on the lawns isn’t metered separately from the buildings on knew about these programs and their inexpensive provides excellent personalized care that won’t campus. This means that figuring out the actual number of gal- costs because the results of student surveys showed shrink the size of your wallet. Additionally, the lons-per-day used on irrigation is shaky at best. an overwhelming majority of you (about 98 percent) CHC is so dedicated to keeping students as its focus In a situation like this, though, figures would simply flesh out gave them a thumbs up on all that it invites you to share your a problem that is in plain sight everywhere around us: The In the past few years, health points of service. concerns and needs with every University of Montana wastes a shitload of water. care expenses in the United At the end of the meeting, Dave month at the Student Health If looking in the right places, those concerned about water States have risen at a rate of 12 Bell gave a tour of the CHC. As he Advisory Club (SHAC) meetings. percent, but the CHC has man- showed us down the hallways of conservation would have no problem finding instances of its mis- The first SHAC meeting con- aged to raise student health the building, he discussed with us use. Looking toward the Oval, they could see a suspicious vened last Monday, Sept. 15. fees by only 4 percent during the difficulties and joys of running amount of water spraying the concrete seal in the center and the About 15 students showed up, brick walkways leading toward it. Any other sidewalk on campus the same period. a large health clinic. Listening to most of us working toward a his words, one thing was clear to (one that leads to the UC from behind the Davidson Honors degree in a medically related field, me: He, like all employees of the College, for instance) seems to get an inappropriate amount of and seven administrators attended, including the CHC, is there because he wants to be. As he liquid refreshment, too. director of the CHC, Dr. Dave Bell. Throughout the expressed his desire to keep the quality of care high, UM gets most of its water the same way we do: They buy it. course of the meeting, it became obvious why the manage costs and reduce the length of time that The University has about 20 wells at its disposal, Javins said, but health center has been so successful at meeting stu- patients wait for care, I gained an understanding of little water is derived from these sources, at least for now. So, dents’ needs: Each of the administrators is commit- how hard it is to provide top-notch patient care at once again, even though there is no solid, accurate figure on how ted to providing the best health care possible to the such a low cost. much money is spent on watering, it is extremely safe to assume students at the lowest cost. That isn’t easy. In the As a pre-med student, I found the meeting inter- that a lot of money is spent on making sure that the cement we past few years, health care expenses in the United esting, the opportunity to be involved in the busi- walk on is thoroughly drenched. States have risen at a rate of 12 percent (that’s ness side of medicine invaluable and the commit- The reason UM waters is obvious: Few people want to spend huge!), but the CHC has managed to raise student ment of the CHC administration admirable. If you four-plus years at a campus with brown grass and withering health fees by only 4 percent during the same peri- have any interest in the health services offered on trees. Some watering is necessary, granted — but so is some od. They’ve done this through responsible planning campus, have ideas for new ones or simply want a environmental and fiscal responsibility. and by allowing students to take part in the budget free dinner, join us at the next SHAC meeting on “Irrigation season” at UM runs from May to October, using an process. The budget at the CHC is set up to allow Monday, Oct. 6 at 5 p.m. in CHC room 076. Contact undetermined, but obviously huge, amount of water during fire the organization to function smoothly each year, not Rick Curtis @ 243-2820 for details. and drought season. Some fires still rage across our scorched to maximize its profits. land. Just weeks ago it appeared that the whole state would be a One purpose of the first meeting was to discuss Rob Loflin is a senior in biochemistry and mem- fireball. Multiple counties in Montana go on strict no-watering future committee agendas, but the main point was to ber of SHAC. bans nearly every summer to try to curb the damage of pro- introduce us to what the CHC has to offer students, longed, devastating droughts. For the state’s major University to waste tremendous amounts of a precious resource is irresponsi- ble.

Jared Ritz, sports editor institutions. This makes it difficult to attract high- caliber faculty. Further, while the Montana Legislature does not directly set tuition rates, they actually have a larger say on tuition than the Board of Regents. Take this past session for example; Montana Legislators cut the University System Letters budget by so many millions of dollars that adminis- trators had no other choice but to raise tuition. to the editor The Montana GOP also forgets that they have controlled the Montana House and Senate for a long time. Since 1993, Montana students have seen tuition rise by 282 percent, and, correspondingly, GOP playing political Montana has exported more teachers, civil servants, games with tuition spin and business leaders than ever before. The correla- The MONTANA KAIMIN welcomes tion between rising costs in education and decreas- letters to the editor. When I was president of ASUM last year I saw ing support from our Legislature is astounding. plenty of politics. The general premise behind poli- I did not write this to be political. I am simply tics is to spin information to convey an opinion. The pointing out facts. The Montana GOP should try Please keep letters under 300 words, and include your claim by the Montana GOP that Pat Williams should using them every once in a while. I did not spin a name, phone number, year in school and major. be blamed for tuition increases is a clear example of thing. Look at your tuition bill and look at who is in bad politics. office. You don’t need a Ph.D. to see the correlation. The GOP is correct that rising costs of faculty, Don’t let them spin this any further than it has been. Guest columns may also be submitted, staff, and even student employees can lead to they must be 700 words. increased financial needs. It is also true that the Jon Swan Montana Legislature does not directly set tuition Denver, Colo. rates; the Montana Board of Regents does this. E-mail all submissions to [email protected] What the Montana GOP fails to note in their attacks on Pat Williams is that UM employees are at the bottom of pay scales when compared with peer

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Colombia Lecture American Indian Panel High: 74 7 p.m. — North Underground Lecture Hall 3-5 p.m. — UC Theater After two months in a war-torn country, Scott American Indian leaders discuss indigenous Low: 35 Mostly Cloudy Nicholson returns to the U.S. and lectures about issues as part of American Indian Heritage Day. the devasation he saw. He also wants to discuss e’re getting into one of those boring, awful weeks for efforts to spray herbicide on plants Kaimintember Board of Regents weather. It’s just going to be sunny, pleasant and normal to kill the coca plant. He says the MSU-Billings Wfor a week. Weather people hate when it’s pleasant and spraying is causing illnesses among Montana’s governing board for normal. We love hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, windstorms — the the people who live there. Lecture all University business meets. bigger the disaster, the better. We also really love to send reporters presented by Community Action for out to the scene of weather catastrophes, especially if they’re on Justice in the Americas, among oth- Friday TV. The reporter barely standing up, clutching a microphone and ers. screaming, “It’s really windy here! Oh, the wind!” Tried and true, Homecoming Parade it always works. Cheap Plant Sale Deadline Kaimin Weather - “Turning rain into bucks! Cha-ching!” 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. — UC Atrium 2 p.m. Even a little, cute pot of bunchgrass might help Today’s the deadline to apply to be in the your nasty, stinky room become a tropical paradise. Homecoming Parade on Oct. 4. Call Sharon Plants from Missoula’s Open Space project Palmer at 542-2330 to find out more or pick up a greenhouse are up for sale, going for as low as $1 entry form at the Alumni Association office in Accuracy Watch a plant while helping the open space efforts in Brantly Hall. town. Lots of these plants are native plants that used Wild Rockies Rendezvous to cover the hills around town before noxious Caras Park The Montana Kaimin is committed to accuracy in its weeds wiped them out. The Open Space project The two-day event features keynote speaker reports. If you think the Kaimin has committed an attempts to restore these plants. Karin P. Sheldon, director of the Environmental error of fact, please call 243-2394 or e-mail Law Center. [email protected] and let us know. If we find a ASUM Senate Meeting factual error was made, we will correct it on this page. 6 p.m. — UC 332-333 Hall of Fame Inductees Coming up tonight: resolutions that may change UC Ballroom Campus Drive to Alumni Way, the USASUMPA- The Grizzly Hall of Fame inducts four new mem- Ask Adam TRIOT Act (we have no idea), the Freedom of bers. Tickets $30 a person or $250 for a table of ten. ASUM Act of 2003 and more. Go to www.griztix.com for more information. If you have a burning question and you want some answers, let Adam know. He’ll find out Items for the Kaimin Calendar of Events can be sent to [email protected]. The Kaimin does what’s going on and write about it. not guarantee publication of all submissions. Send questions to [email protected]

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Matt Baldwin nears the top of the Mission Mountain Divide during a trip across the range last weekend. The Missions are located about 45 miles north of Missoula. Mountain Mistress

Photos and story by Nick Wolcott

Water coming down from Lost Lake fans across rocks as Matt inches his way over a slippery log.

he Mission Mountain Range. If I We began from the end of Fire Road 79 north- We began to forge through a swamp, finding logs could marry a mountain range, she west of Seeley Lake and headed toward Crystal to traverse, and where there were none, sinking up to would be the one. So rugged, so beau- Lake. The late afternoon sun passed through the our ankles in wet moss. The sun was already behind tiful, and completely untouched. ponderosas, occasionally catching my eyes. Nagging the mountains, but we trudged on, fueled by the Don’t get me wrong, there are many thoughts repeatedly cycled through my brain, the massive amount of calories we drank the night magnificentT ranges; the San Juans of Colorado, the grime of city life still thick on my soul. Classes, before and the desire to be somewhere to catch the Brooks Range in Alaska, the Wind Rivers in deadlines, debts, the scowls of past professors, peo- sunrise. Wyoming — but this one’s got my heart, and best ple to please, failed relationships and ex-girlfriends. We reached the edge of the swamp and started yet, she’s the girl next door. This past weekend my I slowed my pace, letting Matt disappear ahead of uphill, beginning a fierce wrestling match with the buddy Matt and I crossed the range. This is the story me. trees and bushes that stood densely between us and of our venture and why I love her so. We arrived at Crystal Lake about three miles later Lost Lake. Sweating and grunting, we pushed up the I had invited a lot of people to come along, but to find a father and son from Ronan settled in for the steep slope. Finally, we reached a small cliff and the they all backed out. Yup, just me and Matt, my part- evening with a pot of coffee on the fire. beginning of an alpine environment. The sun was ner in adventure. I’m glad it was just ours to enjoy. “Where you boys headed?” asked the father. down, tinting the clouds a pale orange. We scram- Our conversations could regress to nonsensical psy- “We’re crossing the range toward Lucifer Lake,” bled up the cliff and followed its treeless edge. I chobabble without inhibition. We could push on into I answered. noticed that a euphoria had entered my head, forcing the night without a second thought. We could scale “Oh. How do you get across that way?” he asked. my bothers and worries out. cliffs and not worry about other peoples’ safety. And “We don’t really know. We’re just gonna go up We reached a saddle at dark, squinting to find a most of all, the plan of crossing the range was ours, and have a look,” I said, and we turned to head west flat piece of land to lay our tent. As we erected the something we dubbed “the mission across the along the northern shore of the lake. The trail began tent, the wind picked up, throwing 30 mph gusts and Missions” almost two years ago to the day as we to deteriorate and had trickled to nothing by the time trying to toss the tent back from where we came. We looked across High Park Lake on a previous soirée. we reached the western edge. dropped into the tent exhausted. Too tired to cook, Montana Kaimin OUTDOORS Wednesday, September 24, 2003 5 we fished bagels from our bag and obscured by Daughter of the Sun “I’m going up to the ridge,” smothered them with peanut butter. Peak. Matt said, referring to the rock wall I drifted into an exhausted sleep. We skirted the edge of the lake to our right. I looked up the steep Soon rain, pelting our tent so hard and followed up the drainage of slope with nervous apprehension. it sounded like hail, jarred me Mountaineer Lake. It was easy “OK,” was the only response I awake. And then Matt and I were moving now that we were above could muster. Anything would be back in the swamp, except it was tree line, and we hopped from rock better than this scree hell. among urban decay, crumbling to rock beside the cascading water. It wasn’t much better, just steep- walls formed swamp-filled hall- Whack! Something cold hit my er. Now I had to make sure every ways. We were running from some- face pulling me out of deep step was solid and every handhold thing — not sure what — a room thought. We had reached snow and a sure thing. One miscalculation, that was a chapel, military forces, a Matt couldn’t resist the temptation. and I’d be tossed down this hill World Trade Center that was no I looked around. We were sur- until I was a lifeless, battered form longer, pounding rain, bear, fear, rounded in beauty, jagged peaks, hundreds of feet below. return to sleep, endless insane deep-green foliage, waterfalls com- I neared the top of the ridge sleep. ing at us from all around, a deep where Matt was waiting for me. After what felt like 10 hours, a blue sky holding fluffy clouds, par- “Go peek over the edge,” Matt glow of light illuminat- said, grinning. ed the tent walls. I scrambled up the Hallelujah, I thought. remaining 10 feet and Morning had broken. I poked my head over. could be done with this There was nothing but dreadful night of sleep- air below me. A gla- ing. Zip. cier met the Garden It wasn’t the sun Wall on the opposite that had risen, but the of the ridge. Below a moon. A lazy crescent huge mountain lake moon, hovering over glowed green. the Bob Marshall We followed the Wilderness to the east. ridge to the top of the The valley we had Missions in awe. come from was now a The sun was shin- lake of fog. To the ing. west, freshly snow- The weather was capped peaks shone sweet, yeah. against the dark sky. The Mission Mountains have few established trails. We spent Made you want to The stars painted the most of the trip making our own, sloshing through swamps and move your dancing sky with a bluish glow. beating back branches. feet. And Orion sang me I promise you, no Avalanches from previous winters have sent thousands of logs into a song. adise. drug cocktail can make you feel Lost Lake creating a dam on the eastern shore. My subconscious had just spent Leaving the river, we headed up this good. Flathead Valley to the hours wrestling all my fears and a steep rock field. With calves west, the Bob Marshalls to the east, phobias. Now all was calm, silent. burning, we reached a glacial pool. a row of snow-covered peaks run- OWENS HEALTHCARE WILL BE There I was, lying on a piece of There was no life, just rocks and ning north to south and a navigable INTERVIEWING ON CAMPUS IN OCTOBER rock high in the Mission snow. 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Everything I want days of sick leave, a matching 401(k) plan, paid bereavement and jury duty days, with a clear sky, except for a dark- entered our heads: What did the in a woman except the sex, but, seven paid holidays, life insurance and more. We will also assist you in paying for bellied cloud hanging onto the other side look like? hey, I’m involuntarily celibate any- your California Pharmacy Board Preparation. Garden Wall, a mammoth rock A rock the size of a truck tire way. Please stop by and visit our booth on Wednesday, October 1st at the Big Sky Career Fair face that we were to cross that day. came bouncing down with decapi- The next day, I lay in the park- from 9:00am - 3:00pm. We didn’t know what was happen- tating speed past where we were ing lot of the trail head waiting for We will also be on campus Thursday, October 2nd for one-on-one ing on the western side of the going to be in five minutes. our ride, spooning the remaining interviews. If you wish an interview, please sign up with the Office of range, and doubt crept into our “Holy shit,” Matt said, summing peanut butter out of its jar; so hun- Career Services or forward your resume to minds. up my feelings as well. gry, so worked, so dirty and so [email protected]. You can also The day began with more After a quick breather, we happy. Till next time, my sweet contact Human Resources office for any bagels, peanut butter and bush- charged the hill, but the scree was mistress, I’ll be thinking of you. additional questions at (530) 246-1075. whacking as we descended to Lost soft and steep, and every step Lake. The Garden Wall looked upward was met with a slide back insurmountable from this vantage down. We struggled with this Don’t Download point, a 500-foot-high cliff using all four limbs, the heavy stretched tautly across the horizon. packs making our movements For Free When If there was a way up it was awkward. 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Four Bear Program Students interested in participating in Fall 2003! 549-0958 the Four Bear Program must attend ONE of the following seven meetings: NW Andrology (all meetings will be held at Urey Lecture Hall) & Cryobank Tues, Sept 23rd 1:10-2:00pm Tues, Sept 30th 11:10-12noon Missoula, MT Wed, Sept 24th 3:10-4:00pm Wed, Oct 1st 5:10-6:00pm Thur, Sept 25th 5:10-6:00pm Thur, Oct 2nd 1:10-2:00pm *Egg donors also needed Mon, Sept 29th 4:10-5:00pm *Minority donors encouraged 6 Wednesday, September 24, 2003 NEWS Montana Kaimin Senate boosts firefighting funds New ski area prepares WASHINGTON (AP) - The ing as part of a separate $937 mil- old-growth forests, was not fin- Senate increased funds for fighting lion emergency package of aid for ished in time to combine it with the for business by Big Sky wildfires by $400 million Tuesday, victims of natural disasters. spending bill. nearly doubling fire suppression Burns said the $400 million in The spending bill, for the fiscal money in a $20 billion Interior new firefighting money could year beginning Oct. 1, also Erika Kirsch and today about half the land has Department spending bill. change — either increasing or includes $2.3 billion for the For the Kaimin been set aside and protected. "These dollars will help mitigate decreasing — as the two chambers National Park Service, $1.72 bil- Hohne said the elk population has the costs of fighting the terrible work out their differences on the lion for the Bureau of Land As Montana’s ski and snowboard doubled in the area since the pur- fires this season," said Sen. Conrad Interior spending bill. The House- Management and $2.3 billion for population awaits winter, it can chase. Burns, R-Mont. "Now we need to passed bill provided $690 million the Bureau of Indian Affairs. look forward to one more snow The owners began the shift into find a long-term solution to this for fire suppression, while the orig- The Senate approved, on a 92-4 playground. a ski resort in 1994 when they pur- problem so we're not facing it year inal Senate bill had $514 million. vote, an amendment offered by Moonlight Basin Ski Resort, 45 chased the first ski lift, Iron Horse, after year." Work on the Interior bill, which Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., to miles south of Bozeman, hopes to which they gifted to Big Sky in The wildfire funds will go passed the Senate by a voice vote, ban commercial advertising at be up and ready for business on exchange for access to the moun- toward alleviating the chronic was completed as senators moved events staged on the National Mall. Thanksgiving Day, said Rich tain, Hohne said. The lift will be Hohne, vice president of marketing problem of the Interior Department toward a tentative agreement on Bingaman said his measure was under Big Sky ownership, but lift and sales for the resort. and the Forest Service having to President Bush's "Healthy Forest" in response to the Interior pass holders of either Big Sky Ski “There are a breadth of activities borrow money every year from initiative, a measure to ease envi- Department's decision to permit a Resort or Moonlight Basin will and options in Montana sports,” other accounts because they don't ronmental restrictions on logging football and music festival on the have access to the lift. Hohne said. “We have great moun- have enough to cover the cost of and speed thinning projects in “The Iron Horse lift is a com- Mall this month sponsored by the tains and great skiing here. People firefighting. national forests to reduce the dan- mon-area lift,” Hohne said. National Football League and Pepsi take to that.” This year the two agencies are ger of wildfire. and including large banners adver- Ski passes will be $39 for adults The ski area — with the largest and $35 for students. Season passes expected to borrow $850 million to The deal would allow thinning tising Pepsi and other products. and fastest lift in the state — was for adults will be $410 if purchased pay for past firefighting efforts and on about 20 million acres of fire- The Interior Department and the once affiliated with Big Sky’s by Dec. 15 and $485 after. Season to combat fires that burned some 3 prone national forests. Aides said National Park Service, Bingaman resort and the two still share a chair passes for students will be $350. million acres this year. the agreement, crafted so as to said, "have bent over backwards to lift, the Pony Express. The resort The resort hopes to draw people House and Senate negotiators answer some of the concerns of accommodate corporate interests has one other ski lift, the Iron to the mountain by offering “the this month have already agreed to environmental groups that it would that wanted to use the Mall for Horse, and two more will be run- welcome, open arms of Montana include $319 million for firefight- allow timber companies to harvest commercial purposes." ning come opening day. and hospitality,” as well as lower The Senate rejected two efforts A new quad chair lift will be ticket prices than neighboring Big about 2,400 feet long. The six-pas- •Wholesale Bead by Senate Democratic leader Tom Sky, Hohne said. Strands Daschle of South Dakota to senger Northface lift will be 8,700 The competition between Big •Colored HEMP increase funds for Indian health feet long. The two chair lifts cost Sky and Moonlight Basin is friend- •Jewelry Findings programs. One amendment would about $4 million. This gives skiers ly, Hohne said. & Supplies have added $292 million for the and snowboarders access to 1,500 “There’s been a nature of com- •Made in Montana Indian Health Service, while the acres of terrain. petition here, but we’re working September Special Jewelry second would have transferred $79 According to First Tracks Online more toward making the Big Sky 10% off entire purchase •Tons of Gemstones magazine, Moonlight Basin will million from funds to reorganize community as a whole an awesome 2301 S. Grant Street from S. Africa have a total vertical descent of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to place,” Hohne said. (Behind the Mall off South Ave.) Wire Wrapping & 3,050 feet in its first season, Big Sky Resort could not be Beading Classes health programs. 549-1729 M-F 10-6 • S 11-6 including 1,850 feet of lift-served reached for comment. - expires 9/30/03 - *Locally Owned* access and an additional 1,200 feet “We’re still partners with Big Outwest Storage of in-bounds, hike-to terrain. Sky. If we can get more people in near Lolo The Northface wraps around the this area, everyone is going to Elenita Brown 1st Month Free! mountain and ski-pass holders have rise,” Hohne said. 273-2399 access to beginner, intermediate, Jeff France, owner of Board of Dance Studios upper-intermediate and black dia- Missoula, doesn’t think many mond runs, Hohne said. Missoula residents will ski at •Professional Training• Owners Joe Vujovich, Lee Poole Moonlight Basin, simply because and their Fort Lauderdale-based •Ages 3 to Adult• Voted it’s too far. partner, Keith Brown, bought the •Missoula - Stevensville• Missoula’s Best “People go local because they Serving Missoula •UM Credit Available for original 25,000-acre tract of land in don’t want to drive four hours,” Since 1994 the Jack Creek drainage area Spanish & Flamenco• France said. between the Gallatin and Madison With 17 ski resorts in Montana, NEW mountain ranges in 1992. Vujovich, the addition of one more probably ~ 777-5956 ~ Poole and Brown asked foresters, won’t make much of a difference, DDoonnuuttss water resource consultants and especially for Missoula-area snow wildlife experts to help them study (made fresh daily) sports. the area and devise the best options “I don’t think it’s going to hurt 2 locations for conserving the land, Hohne 432 N. Higgins (Downtown) local mountains any. They kind of said. The owners’ goal was to reha- 1221 Helen Ave. (1 block off campus) have a monopoly here,” France bilitate the heavily forested land, said. Suffering from mild to moderate Asthma? Northwest Physicians Research Network, Inc. is seeking volunteers for a national asthma drug research study of an investigational inhaled medication. Participants must be ages 12 to 75, healthy, non-smokers, and be able to attend 6 visits in 18 weeks. Qualified participants will receive: • Study-related medical exams, lab tests and medications • Compensation for time and travel For more information call:

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Horoscopes for the ignorant Aries (March 21-April 20) *** Limp Bizkit may have just dropped its fourth album, “Results May Vary,” yesterday, but they’re already in the studio recording their fifth album, tentatively titled “The Torkelsons.”

Taurus (April 21-May 21) Be Kind, **** Fred Durst’s under-lip moustache is named Earnie. Rewind

Gemini (May 22-June 21) “Well, because I love ***** In the Bizkit num- movies,” said Wilma ber “Hotdog,” Durst uses Theatre manager Bill Emerson after the f-word 46 times because he’s commenting on his 18 so darned hardcore. years with the theatre. Emerson is winding Cancer (June 22-July 22) the last showing of “Northfork,” an inde- **** Remember that dude pendent film shot in Skeeter who played guitar Montana. for Limp and wore the monkey Adam Bystrom/Montana Kaimin make-up? He quit the band. But don’t worry, he makes almost as much money at Taco John’s. Leo (July 23-Aug. 23) *** UM to attempt time warp again A lot of folks think that it was Durst’s idea to spell Joe Prebich The erotic misadventures of the two students “We are hoping to open up the community to biscuit with a “z” and a “k.” It Kaimin Reporter begin when their car breaks down and they are something different and fun (with this musical),” was actually the late George forced to spend one cooky, crazy, strange night said Desiree Twigg, an employee of the Burns, who was a close friend What could be more fun than a transvestite in the castle of Transylvanian transvestite drama/dance department. of long-time Bizkit manager doctor, mad scientists, groupies and two college Frank ‘N’ Furter. Furter shows them a night of “We want people to have fun at the show,” Cal Ripken Jr. students? love, lust, subduction and submission. Twigg said. The University of Montana’s Department of Throughout the show, the students become The musical is known for its audience partici- Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept. 22) Drama and Dance will bring this and more in its entwined deeper in the world of the strange as pation, which includes dancing, shouting and **** Freddy Durst tried to fall production of “The Rocky Horror Show.” they begin to lose themselves to the oddities many more actor-induced antics. There will be The show will be a live stage musical featuring hit on Fred Prinze Jr.’s that surround them. prop bags available in the lobby prior to the UM performers and actors. wifey, Sarah “Michelle” Gellar, at The musical, which will be the first of the show, so come prepared to get a little crazy. The musical, which is based on Richard 2003-04 season for UM Theatre, will show Oct. This will be a night of adult language and a gala affair, but he ended up get- O’Brien’s sci-fi musical of the same name, ting tossed. Like a chump (hey). 7-10 and 14-18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Montana sexually explicit subjects. Tickets can be pur- brings together the twisted and bizarre tales of Theatre in the PAR/TV building. There will be a chased through the UM Box Office at 243-4581. two college students and the experiences they special double showing Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. and More information is available at www.umthea- Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) share along one of the oddest of journeys. midnight. terdance.org. *** “Three Dollar Bill, Y’all,” Limp’s debut album, is played in the U.S. Morning horn ruins Uncle’s sleep; A nation mourns House of Representatives regu- larly on Party Tuesdays. I always am any time in the a.m.; it Here’s how the conversation would I ended up calling my Mom later Uncle Luke doesn’t matter if I’ve just woken up or have gone, had I chosen to accept it. that day on my way to class: Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) not. I think a doctor should write me a Me: Mmhh? Me: Hey Mom, thank you so much *** Durst’s patented Presents little note that I could carry around that Mom: Hey pookie. How’s it going? for the early-morning courtesy call. backwards-hat look is reads, “This poor soul is not responsi- Me: (untypeable groaning noise). Mom: I’m sorry pookie. I thought By Luke Johnson used mainly to hide the fact ble for anything that he does or says Mom: Whoops. I’m sorry. Go back you’d be up. before noon.” So I’m groggy, especial- to bed, honey. Me: When have you ever seen me that he’s in his mid-50s. So this morning I get a call at ... ly since I’ve just been rudely woken But of course, I did not answer the up before ... Oh never mind. Look, the Hold on. I’m sorry. Not this morning and I’m desperately looking about my phone. I instead shut the power off on real issue is that I had a couple of when you’re reading my column, but Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. room. I’m trying to figure out exactly my cell phone and made a B-line back female companions over and you this morning the day that I’m writing 21) **** Most people what it is making the noise, so that I to bed, figuring that if there really was woke them up- this column. I didn’t write this column don’t know that Limp’s might permanently quiet it. an emergency worthy of such an early Mom: Yeah right. the same morning that you’re looking drummer is none other than Then all of a sudden the hamster in wake-up call, my mom could call me Me: But, still, you shouldn’t call me at it. That would be a ridiculous thing former Heisman trophy winner my skull starts rotating the wheel ever back on my house line. that early. to do. And frankly, you’re a ridiculous B.B. King. King won his so slightly: “Luke. You know that I wasn’t that steamed about the [Mom and I went on talking about person for even thinking that that’s the Heisman trophy off of Charlie sound my stupid young friend. Know whole thing. I was really more embar- subjects unrelated to this column, way I do things. Can I trust that we’re why it sounds like that dumb ring you rassed. You see, I wasn’t the only one including: how the family’s cats were Ward on a side bet in a maca- on the same page now? Good, finally. put on your cell phone? Probably woken by my mother’s call. How I doing, my little brother and the weather.] roni-sculpture contest. All right, so this morning I get a because your cell phone is ringing.” wish it was so. However, the two What have we learned? call on my cell phone at 6:37 a.m. ... Oh, right. So I stagger over to the female companions sleeping in my 1) Do not call someone if you feel Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. sorry hold on again, this time it’s my other side of the room where the celli bed were also roused from sleep. That that they could be sleeping. It’s not 19) ***** Gwyneth fault. Mah bad, mah bad. I suppose is charging. Who in the heck could be wasn’t it, however. My roommate and very nice. 2) Columnists often take you’re going to need some precursor Paltrow used to show up calling? Did one of my drunken his three girlfriends were also stirred something that really happened to knowledge, or “background informa- on the scene at Limp concerts friends get tossed in the old hoosegow from slumber. And to make matters them and might happen to anyone and tion” as we in the industry call it, so as until someone told her that and need to ring up Uncle L. for bail- that much worse, we happened to turn it into a column. This is called to better comprehend this complicated, they weren’t cool. That person ing purposes? Was it the Princeton have a “guy on the couch” that partic- observational humor. It is hilarious. 3) compelling story. could have saved Paltrow the admissions office calling me back ular evening, and both he and his lady It should also be pointed out that The Uncle is not a morning person. trouble of ever going out if with news that they had merely mis- friend were rudely torn from hiberna- we’ve also been enriched by reading I prefer to spend my mornings in bed they would have told her that placed my application four years ago tion as well. Nine people all told were some excellent classic poetry. like any other rational person. I don’t and of course they want to make up now conscious thanks to my mom’s Apologies: she wasn’t cool either. want to see or hear what’s going on for lost time with a belated full ride? truly thesaurus-emptying phone call. I’ve got two apologies to make. First outside my window if the number on Was it my non-existent agent telling To make matters worse, no amount off a big “I’m sorry” to my mom. She’s Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) the clock has an a.m. next to it. If the me to hop a flight to the Miramax lot, of tossing and turning was able to get a nice lady and without her calling, this ***** Limp came close to Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders are because Natalie Portman needs a me back to sleep that morning. It was column, which I consider a national going ska in 1997. It was doing nude stretches in my backyard make-out partner for “Teenage Mutant nothing short of a tragedy. treasure, never would have come out. before nine in the morning, I’m not a plea from Durst’s step brother Ninja Turtles 4” and I’m their top Please thank her by calling her back at going to wake up and check it out. Cornface Anderson that ulti- choice? No. It was probably Ed A plague there is, most uncouth 3:37 a.m. at 721-7610. That’s not really Heck, they may very well be out there mately made them reconsider. McMahon calling on behalf of the When the stars align poorly in my mom’s number, it’s Domino’s. I’m every morning. I’m in no position to 6:37 a.m. Lottery. I was going to be a heaven not that big of a jerk. tell you otherwise. Point being, I like Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) millionaire many times over. And an innocent, unfortunate youth Finally another apology goes out to my beauty sleep. **** Say what you will, but Actually I knew exactly who it was Is awoken by a call at 6:37. you, the readership, because where OK, so this morning I’m sleeping if you hate Limp, you can take on the other end. I stumble over to the — A passage from William I’ve said 6:37, I’ve been lying. The peacefully and I get a call on my cell phone and whose name is listed on the Shakespeare’s “King Lear.” call was actually made at 8:37 a.m. that cookie and stick it up your ... yeah! phone at 6:37 a.m. Now I’m groggy, as caller ID: Mom Celli. What a surprise. 8 Wednesday, September 24, 2003 NEWS Montana Kaimin Staff pensions feeling $350 million squeeze

Jesse Piedfort the shortfall, even though it had Administration Reporter nothing to do with the loss. “Personally, I would resist it to A $350 million shortfall in the the last,” Duringer said. “It was- pension program for Montana n’t us that lost the money.” public employees won’t immedi- PERS invests the pension fund ately impact University of money with investment tools pro- Montana staff employees, but the vided by the state Board of Montana University System Investments. might have to pick up some of PERS is used by 1,131 of the the tab. university system’s staff employ- “The current retirees are not in ees. The pension plans in the sys- jeopardy as long as they address tem are composed of contribu- the problem,” said Bob Duringer, tions by employees and the state. vice president of Administration Cheryl Bramsen, president of and Finance. the Montana Public Employees While there is enough money Assocation’s UM chapter, said in Public Employees Retirement that while she hasn’t formed an System to continue paying opinion on the report, she is sur- Bret Ferris/Montana Kaimin retirees, the program will eventu- prised at the size of the shortfall. There are more than 30 confiscated IDs on the “Wall of Shame” behind the counter at Worden’s Market. ally run out of money if nothing “I haven’t formed an opinion, Worden’s is one of the few Missoula establishments that posts all the fake IDs it has collected. is done, Duringer said. except that I’m horrified,” A report by the state’s Bramsen said. in Missoula and Bozeman,” Legislative Fiscal Division dis- Fake IDs Staff employees who work Pretat said. Internet closed the $350 million shortfall more than 960 hours per year get Continued from Page 1 The men are being charged in in PERS. The money was lost Continued from Page 1 a pension plan and have the Cascade County because that is between July 2000 and July 2002 option of using either PERS or with Great Falls businesses in an where they sold the majority of waves, so hot spots are often free to when stock market investments the Teachers Insurance and alcohol-law-compliance project. use. All that is required is a radio took a downturn. the IDs. It is also the UM stu- Annuity Association College The Tavern Association in dents’ hometown. tower that can project the signal up To make up for the shortfall, Retirement Equities Fund, an Great Falls notified police after The maximum penalty for fal- to 300 feet. The wireless connection $662,000 will have to be added to is high speed and typically faster alternative system that allows confiscating a large number of sifying records is 10 years in PERS each year. than DSL. employees to decide how to fake IDs. The Holiday gas sta- prison. However, Light said he “What it means to us is some- “You wish your connection at invest their own pension money. tion on Fox Farm Road alone will not push for this kind of one is going to have to come up home worked like this,” Waldorf Administrators all use TIA- confiscated nine IDs, Pretat said. punishment. with $662,000 to make it whole,” said. CREF for their pensions, Police then contacted Great “They’re young people,” Duringer said. “I don’t think it’s Duringer said. UM faculty mem- Falls high schools to help identi- To register, pick up a form at the Light said. “They have no crimi- UC information desk or at the CIS within the capability of any sin- bers choose between TIA- CREF fy the people on the IDs. Those nal record. We are not out to office in Liberal Arts Building and gle agency to just cough up the and a different pension plan for caught said they received their money.” send these people to prison, but return the form to CIS. Any ques- Montana teachers. IDs from the UM students. it is a serious offense. We do The state will likely contribute tions can be addressed by the CIS The issue will not come up in The suspects have allegedly want to hold them accountable.” some to fill the program, but staff at 243-5455. the ongoing contract negotiations sold fake IDs in Missoula, The men cooperated with Duringer said the university sys- Gallatin and Cascade counties. “Hopefully, in the next year this between the MPEA and the state, authorities and Light said he is will really bust open,” Waldorf said. tem will probably be asked to Bramsen said. “I know they are passing IDs contribute money to make up for taking this into consideration.

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