Students Reflect on Campus Living in a Pandemic Story by Nikki Zambon Photos by Emma Smith
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
MONTANA KAIMIN Slices of Life: Students reflect on campus living in a pandemic story by Nikki Zambon photos by emma smith Volume 123 Issue No. 4, September 9, 2020 Kiosk Kaimin Editorial Cover photo Emma Smith The Montana Kaimin is a weekly independent student newspaper at the University of Montana. The Kaimin office LETTER FROM THE EDITOR and the University of Montana are located on land originally FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA inhabited by the Salish People. Kaimin is a derivative of a Salish language word, “Qe‘ymin,” that is pronounced kay-MEEN and For comments, corrections or letters to Headline: UM brought us back. Now it has to keep us safe. Montana Kaimin the editor, contact means “book,” “message,” or “paper that brings news.” Well, it’s official. This week marks the “Oh, BOOOOO,” you might be saying. distancing over Labor Day weekend; and maybe? [email protected] FiFtEeNtH DaY oF InStRuCtiOn, and as “When is everyone going to SHUT UP about it’s easy to blame them when they go out We don’t know. We’re not sure UM does, EDITORIAL STAFF NEWSROOM STAFF or call (406) 243-4310. of press time, there’s been no campus responsibility?!” And we get it. But hear us anyway and come back infected. either. shutdown. Nice job defending your den, out. Because we’re talking about institution- This is not to say that individuals don’t As we move forward, as a student body, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF NEWS REPORTERS MULTIMEDIA STAFF @montanakaimin For advertising opportunities, contact Grizzlies. al accountability. need to act responsibly. The only way this we need to hold one another accountable. Erin Sargent Hanna Campbell Hazel Cramer [email protected] or This 15th day, Wednesday, Sept. 9, is the We’ll soon know what COVID really looks school year is going to work is if every single But more than that, as we watch other uni- Isabella Butler Liam McCollum last day you can drop a class on Cyberbear like on campus. We’ll be financially locked person does their part, in the dorms, during versities across the country threaten to dis- BUSINESS MANAGER Griffen Smith Nick Mills call (406) 243-6541. to get a full refund. Coincidentally, it’s also in to our classes. We’re here, and UM wants classes and on Friday nights. You are not cipline (and in some cases, expel) students Cassandra Williams Nikki Zambon Emma Smith the day UM has planned, finally, to release us here to stay. exempt from the rules. who don’t follow all of the rules, we need to Jacob Owens Alexis Schroeder @MontanaKaimin a first set of numbers of COVID cases on This week, in our cover story, we check UM, like every other institution, is trying hold accountable the institution that decided SPORTS EDITOR Walter Medcraft campus. in with students living on-campus. How is to solve an unsolvable problem: How do to bring us back together in the first place. Jack Marshall SPORTS REPORTERS Matt Tryan As UM gears up to publicize testing dorm life going during a semester when a you maintainWeek a functioning of 9/7/20 society in the - 9/13/20 Mariah Thomas CLASSIFIEDS statistics and coronavirus-positive rates from midnight trip to the bathroom, down the middle of a pandemic, when, in reality, if the NEWS EDITOR John Paul Edge DESIGNERS Curry Health Center for the first time since hall, without a mask, could get you written country could all just completely shut down, LIKE IT? HATE IT? WISH WE WERE DEAD? Mazana Boerboom Constance Darlington the pandemic started — and as we simulta- up? (True story.) we might curb COVID-19? Email us your opinions at ARTS & CULTURE REPORTERS Natalie Brancaccio We Want You! neously commit to fall semester by finalizing It’s so easy, isn’t it, to place the respon- Is the solution outdoor classes under [email protected] ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Noelle Annonen Colten Rothwell We are looking for friendly, enthusiastic team members for full-time and part- our (for the most part in-person) tuition sibility (and blame) on an individual? It’s tents that leak rainwater? Or clearly marked Alex Miller James Bradley time positions. Flexible scheduling available. Customer Service and cash handling payments — it’s important to talk about easy to send an email to thousands of 18- to hallways and classrooms dictating where Clint Connors CARTOONIST experience preferred. Must be able to lift 50 lbs occasionally, 25 lbs regularly and responsibility. 22-year-olds, asking them to consider social everyone should sit? Or Healthy Griz Kits, FEATURES EDITOR Meghan Jonas Cooper Malin Addie Slanger stand for long periods. Some cooking and Food Prep. Please, no phone calls! COPY CHIEF OFFICE ASSISTANTS Applications can be picked up at Ole's Country Store #11, 1600 S. Russell St. MULTIMEDIA EDITOR Andrea Halland Abigail Stone Claire Shinner Sussex School seeks substitute teachers for K-8 classes. Applicants should have COPY EDITORS ADVISERS experience working with children through teaching, childcare, or summer camps. ICYMI Edited by Margie E. Burke DESIGN EDITOR Zandria DuPuis Tammy Kim Pay is $13/hr and hours are flexible, some substitute teaching jobs are advance SUDOKU Daylin Scott Alicia McAlpine Jason Begay notice. Please see our website (sussex School.org) to learn about our progressive (In case you missed it) Difficulty: Easy DIGITAL EDITOR education model. Contact Christy at [email protected] to apply. Resume HOW TO SOLVE: Sara Diggins and 3 references required. 2 7 5 Each row must contain the UM is releasing campus COVID numbers numbers 1 to 9; each column must on Sept. 9. Here’s our first piece about contain the numbers 1 to 9; and 3 each set of 3 by 3 boxes must KAIMIN COMIC what it’s going to look like: 6 1 9 contain the numbers 1 to 9. Our resident videogame review writer Answers to Last Week’s Sudoku: breaks down upcoming game releases 7 9 here: 2 5 7 3 4 9 1 8 6 4 2 5 1 3 8 5 6 7 4 2 9 TikTok keeps recommending wild 4 6 9 2 8 1 5 3 7 Starbucks orders. Thank God one of our 8 2 4 3 9 arts reporters splits her work time with 6 2 5 1 7 8 3 9 4 us and one of the local Starbs. She spills 3 6 2 7 1 4 6 9 3 8 5 2 the deets here: 8 9 3 4 2 5 7 6 1 7 8 6 9 7 2 8 3 4 6 1 5 Missed last week’s cover story? We 3 4 1 9 5 6 2 7 8 covered Disability Student Services, and 4 1 the extra burdens UM’s students with Copyright 2020 by The Puzzle Syndicate 5 8 6 7 1 2 9 4 3 disabilities face: COOPER MALIN| MONTANA KAIMIN montanakaimin.com September 9, 2020 3 2 September 9, 2020 montanakaimin.com Week of 9/7/20 - 9/13/20 Horoscope Briefs & Blotter The Weekly Crossword by Margie E. Burke 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Try these fun and funky Friday night plans 17 18 19 ERIN SARGENT 20 21 22 [email protected] Briefs: The last week in a nutshell 23 24 25 26 COVID NUMBERS IN MONTANA which will start on Sept. 22. The class is a film and television studio. The facility is and the University of Montana. According meant to uplift women and encourage them set to cost over $19 million and will cover to reporting from the Missoulian, the fire 27 28 29 30 120,000 square feet of space. According to Total Montana cases are up nearly 900 in a to pursue a new project, initiative, business released nutrients into the soil, and allowed 31 32 33 34 35 36 week, as of Monday, yet total active cases idea, etc. The program intends to create an a Missoulian article the studio will more growth for future plants. The city of are down by 35 in the same time. Missoula environment where women support be the first of its kind in Missoula said it has a GPS location of differ- 37 38 39 40 one another, aren’t afraid to share Montana and should ent plant species across the mountain, which County also reported 13 fewer active cases 41 42 43 44 than the week before. Over 8,300 Montana ideas openly and have access bring economic they will use to restore native species and cases have been reported since the start of to inspirational female men- benefits with it. kill weeds. (GS) 45 46 47 the pandemic, with about 900 people recov- tors. Offered in partner- Final approval 48 49 50 51 ered in the past week. Hospitalization rates ship with the Davidson by the county is expected continue to rise, with over 163 statewide, Honors College, the LIBRARY LAUNCHES VIRTUAL EXCHANGE 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 nearly 30 more than last week. In Missoula course will be taught by Decem- WITH JAPAN STUDENTS County three people have died since the by a UM alumna and ber and 59 60 61 the con- start of the pandemic, with no new deaths will be available to all 62 63 64 struction The Maureen and Mike Mansfield center in the last couple of weeks. Statewide there UM students, at any launched a virtual exchange program with could take 65 66 67 have been 118 deaths, 14 in the last week.