Volume 105, Issue 13 I January 20, 2011
MSU's Student Newspaper since 1895
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Bore your friends to death with baseball statistic>s Masthead MANAGEMENT EDITORIAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OPINION EDITOR Eric Dietrich Brent Zundel PRODUCTION MANAGER NEWS EDITOR Claire Bi choff Joy Dale ADVISOR SPORTS EDITOR Bill Wilke Heather Kruger ART DEPARTMENT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR PHOTO EDITOR Sabre Moore COPY EDITOR Daniel Ca, sid)' GRAPHIC DESIGN Jill Searson Todd Schilling. Tina mith. Moriah CONTRIBUTORS Ellig, Emma Light. Tammi Heneveld Mike Tarrant. Pat He man. Matt Smith. Ann Staudinger. Adrian Lucas. ADVERTISING & BUSINESS Vane a aive. Ben Miller. Alicia AD SALES MANAGER Ex.le). ate Carrol. Garrett Smith. Kri Scare away t he cat John Langer Drummond, Michelle Thomas, with recaps of every AD SALES REPRESENTATIVES Michael Gro basket ball game Ryan BOY) BUSINESS MANAGER Contact Us: Ja)' Trotter Phone: 406-994-3976 The Exponent wants to hear your stuff. OFFICE MANAGER Email: [email protected] Tucker Hankinson Interested in being a sports writer? Email Web: exponent.montana.edu [email protected] THE ASMSU EXPONENT FOLLOW THE EXPONENT Stro id union Be, d119 Room 366 ON TWITTER Bozeman tV1T 59715 http://www.twitter.com/ #! / osmsuexponent 4 06 994 3976 Letters Policy: Advertising: Letters can be addressed to Ad space must be reserved by 5 p.m. [email protected] and the Friday prior to the Thursday publi should be kept under 300 words in cation date. The Exponent's ad soles length . Submissions should be signed staff can be contacted at and may be edited for AP Style, [email protected] grammar and length. or 406-994-261 1
LETTERS I
Dear Exponent. Why Cut Physic ? \\hen I read 1he Dec. 9 column b) Ma) be this isn't the correct place to Mike Tarrant. it made me smile I am on ask this. but a fnend and l \\ere \\Onder the other end of the employment spectrum mg wh) so man) cuibacks have been '' ith .+5 years of" ork behmd me. Mike. made m the Ph) sics Department \\hen 1h1~ "hen you finall) graduate and enter 1he 1s upposed 10 be a school of engmeering': \\ ork force. ) ou can look forward to two Ho" can there be record enrollment at the weeks ( 10 days) \'acation per )ear for the school. mone) to build a football stadium first Ii\ e) ear.; of emplo)ment-full stop. and the College of Busme s recei' ing • .\ o spnng break. no Christmas break, no million in donations, and still monumenta long summer break. no option to k.ip ou1 cuts within the Physics Department? I just and ftoa1 the Madison or enjo) a perfect looked at the enrollment for fall ·IO. and powder ski da) - unless you surrender the College of Engmeenng has the mo'' ) our precious 'acation time 10 do it. ll 's students, except for Letters and Science. immoral for ure, but that is the American which is a reall) broad area of study. Thi· system. reall) bothers me: 1 came !O 1h1s school Enjo) the wonderful opportunity tha! becau e of the engineering. but hO\\ can you have to go to chool and learn! you have a good engineering chool and - Richard Gordon be culling back in the Physic Depart ment? It does no1 make sen e. - Derek T. THE ASMSU EXPONENT I JANUARY 20, 2011 3 From The Editor's Desk Help Wanted: Amateurs, Wanting to Learn
If the headline wasn ·t are able to make of it. staff members with no interest in \\.rilino with the new semester: a giveaway, The That's especiall) true because MSU professionally put in tens of hours a we:k Brent Zundel - Opinion Editor Exponent is looking does not have a trad1t1onaJ journalism pro because they believe in our importance as Brent 1s a junior double majonng in to bring on a few new gram With the exception of a few graphic a focal point in MSU's campus culture. ~he bio-resources option of civil engineer staff members. Which. designers. almost none of us have any This is a publication where an en!!ineer ing and Hispanic studies. Apart from an if the reader would fonna1 training. instead, we've learned ing student, like myself. can serv; as the gering readers with his section, he enjo) s forgive me, provides how to produce this paper from what we ' editor-in-chief. fishing. hunting. backpacking and being an excuse to render Eric Dietrich can teach ourselves and each other, often I have my biases. of course. but I a gringo in Spanish-speaking countries. this column an exer through trial and error. Editor-ln{hief believe that's something speciaJ. And He can be reached at opinion@exponent. cise in self-promotion. That amateur spirit quite often limits us. something this campus should take pride montana.edu. In particular, we need wnters: stu More often than l care to admit, we make in. But. once again, we ·re limited by the Heather Kruger - Sports Editor dents who can e>,.plore and explain the mistakes that would be unheard of at our taJents that students can bring to the table. Heather Kruger is a senior majoring in inner \\Orkings of our campus, from our grad-student-staffed counterpart in Mis If you're interested in contributing--let English literature. In what little spare time student government to our administra soula, the Montana Kaiman. But it aJso us know, either through email at editor@ she has. she enjoys meeting new people tion. Students who can spur dialogue by provides this campus with an e>.traordi e:>.ponent.montana.edu or by stopping by and experiencing the world. She can be shanng their opinion on our community's nary opportunity. our office on the third floor of the SUB. reached at [email protected]. issues. Students who would like to help us This is a publication where a freshman New Faces engage our community through our enter with no experience can work-and thrive On a related note, we're lucky to have tainment and athletics coverage. -as a reporter. This is a publication where a pair of additions to our editorial staff We also need participants. Students- or others--who will take the Lime to write a letter to the editor, contribute a rant, or Correction: merely send us a homble joke to include July, Aug. and Sept. Ridership The article "City Funds Streamline for First Time"' in the on The Bo>.. Students who are willing to Dec. 9 edition incorrectl} labeled a table listing riderslup Service: 2009 2010 take the time to share their ideas, or their numbers for the Streamline bus system. The table should have Streamline: 38,009 42,517 constructi\e criticism appeared as follO\\ s: As our campus·s student newspaper. Saturday: 3,263 3,822 tlus publication 1s--and is onl)--what the Nightline: 1,775 2, 181 talents and interests of the student bod) Livingston: 1,241 1,950 iEDITORIAL State Legislators: Prioritize Education
There 1s no question that Montana· s es. eight agricultural experiment stations. means Montana's students. who already university ·s abilit} to remam dynamic niversit} S}Stem is a vital part of our and statewide e>.tension offices contribute struggle to afford their education, could because the loss of discretionary spending tate's culture and econom}. Despite the over 13.500 jobs and SI billion to the see their bill rise b} as much as $870 a money would make 1t more difficult for tate ·s tight fiscal situation, the Legislature state's economy. Generating $253 million year. educators to respond to students· needs. hould heed the united front presented by in state ta:>. revenue, the university returns It's unfortunate that. over the past The university's ability and willingness to he students and educators who testified near!} $2.60 for every $ l of support it re half-centur). lawmakers have chosen to support community and student initia in Helena Jan.18 and do their utmost to ceives. As the state's land-grant university, shift the burden of university education ti\es, from the Local Government Center provide higher education with the funding MSU is an integral part of Montana. from the state's shoulders to the students. to Towne's Harvest Gardens, were 1-ey it needs to continue to serve the state. Funding cuts to the higher education In 1988. slate contributions made up 74 to its recent recognition for community Delegates from MSU"s four campuses budget would translate into a combina percent of the universit) system's budget; involvement by the Carnegie Foundation. n Bozeman, Billings. Great FaJls and tion of program cuts and tuition increases. in 2010. the) amounted to a paltry 41 lt would be a shame if austerit) measures HaHe, aJong with Montana business both of which would ha\·e dire impacts percent strangle that t} pe of effort in the future. leaders and representatrves from \anous on the uni\'ersit) S) stem ·s abilit) to sene With the average MSU student accu It's often been said that the bulk of the xtension agencies presented a unified students and the state. mulating appro\imatel) $24.000 in loans, state's budget serves to educate. incarcer ate and medicate. In choosing which to essage: The return pro\ ided on the One member of the Jo10t Appropria the Legislature would be ill-ad\ i. ed to ·tate's investment 10 the universit} system tions Subcommittee on Education. Sen. increa'e this financial burden. Enough of prioritize. it would behoove our la"' mak ers to invest 10 the state's citizens-and 1b n both economic development and per Bob Hawks (D-Bozeman). has estimated Montana·s best and brighte t. saddled with future. mnal opportuntt) is unmatched. that tuition could rise b) as much as 15 to debt, are already forced to leave home to According to a recent I) -released eco 18 percent 1f the 5 percent spending cut seek higher-paying out-of-state jobs. homic impact study. MSU's four can1pus- current!) on the table become law. That Spending cuts would also hamper the THE ASMSU EXPONENT I JANUARY 20. 2011 4 (!)Qp~in~i~O~"~~~~~-c_ls_sue_s~~~-c~Soc_ia_lc_om_m_en_m~_ 1 Bridger Bowl Gender Segregation a Reflection,. of Society
moge e>v Don e Cass dr Bozeman has onl) eight agriculhlfal experiment stations A Helena man. Fritz we no longer segregate based on race. but three urban grain eJ and extension offit:es in ever; Montana Behr. has recent!) we have upheld the Victorian standard erntors left. Ofren the count). A recent economic impact tudy threatened to report of segregation b) gender. If the upreme rallcst structure on the underscored this presence as creating O\er Bridger BO\\ I to the Court ruled that eparate 1s not equal. '' hy rural horizon. its un 13.500 jobs and more than$ I billion in Montana Human are we still promoting the idea toda)? mi takable design of per onal income across the state. Rights Bureau for hu Why is it unconstitutional to segregate a peaked roof tapering While the economic impact study man rights Yiolation classes into black and white. but legal to Matt Smith above ''hat resembles seeks to quantif} the metrics of Mon- Wh)? The dilemma segregate into male and female? tana State UniYersit) 's engagement with houlders creates the lie with Bridger's One has to wonder if this con tant Montana, the Carnegie communit) ilhouette of a sentinel standing guard "Women's Only" ki class. which has separation from birth into '"boy" and '·girr· involvement designation signifies a more over rural communities. The function of been in e:\istence for quite a while but was is damaging our culture. Girl babies get a grain elevator is easily summarized in qualitative testimony. In its application to criticized b) Behr just recent!). Behr, who pink. bo) babies get blue. Girls get dolls one \\Ord: export. Grown throughout the Carnegie. MSU detailed I 5 of its many grew up as a Jew in azi Germany. said Gallatin Valley. grain, the product of local communil) outreach projects. one of in an intef\iew with the Bozeman Chron knowledge and labor. would wait in the which was the Towne's Harvest Gar- icle that he ha taken interest in thi issue elevator' bins for its train-borne transport den, which is an urbanized agricultural because he does not want di crimination to market. The elevator is the mechanism adaptation called a community supported to be a problem in America an) more, and We live in a society in which Bozeman and agricultural com agricultural (CSA) project. In a CSA. b) not letting men join the women's ski munities across the nation contributed to communit) members bu) "shares·· of that tells us that men class (or women join the men's ski class), America. the 2.5-acre fann, where snidents study Bridger i just furthering a discriminatory MontaJ1a State University President ing under the College of Agriculture's and women a re very rhetoric that should be a thing of the past. Waded Cruzado has spoken often of Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems Bridger Bowl does have a men·s MSU's land-grant foundations and has Program work as interns. Each communit) different, when, in ski class too. and the) haYe used th.is in especially emphasized our institution's shareholder receiYes a ,·ariety of produce defense of the women's class. They also unique history. MSU was chartered under throughout the growing sea on. Every reality, they are not so state that the) don't want women to "feel the second Morrill Act; the first became sea'on the CSA reintroduces hundreds of pressured .. b) men in a ski class. bur they different at all. law 111 1862. The act directed that its Bozeman resident to local agriculture and uruversitie hall "teach such branches of donates thousand of pounds of produce to would consider letting a man in if the rest learning as are related to agriculture and the Gallatin Valle) Food Bank. of the group agrees to do o. What about the mechanic arts ... in order to promote The grain elevators of Bozeman have the transgendered? Transvestites? Homo tb.e liberal and practical education of the pre ided over unprecedented community sexuals or eYen heterosexuals who feel industrial clas es in the everal pursuits · changes and. while similar agricultural more comfortable with the other gender? and boys get trucks. Then. going into and profession of life.·· icons have aged oYer the centuries, the If not ever; one agrees to haYing a person adulthood. eYen in 1011. there are still Once a predominant!) agricultural underlying duty of the land-grant institu- · of the opposite sex in their class. where "acceptable" women·s hobbies and men's community, Bozeman was selected to host tion has not. Like the grain elevator. the does that leave them? Gender is much hobbies. We live in a society that tells u Montana's land-grant institution in 1893. land-grant institution is meant to serve more complicated than differentiated bod) that men and women are very different., Bozeman's econom) and culture have Montana and the rest of the nation: it ag parts, and generalizing men and women when. 111 realil)-. they are not so differ since shifted in parallel with the univer- gregates academic disciplines. research into two all-encompassing group can be ent at all. True, the women in the Bridger il) 's. Today. MSU is one of the nation ·s and tradition in a way that addresses the damaging for anyone who falls outside the women ·s class may prefer the com pan) of ' top research universities. according to the demands of an ever-evolving economy "norm.'' other women. The) ma) not want men in Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement and society while "taying true to its It may seem ridiculous that such a stir their class. or the) ma) feel uncomfortable 1 for Teaching. which has also classified foundations. One aspect of Montana State has been caused by a course in "'inter around men in general. But the women MSU as one of Lbe nation's most commu Univer ity is dissimilar from the eleva- recreation. but at a deeper le' el it raise who feel this Wa) need to ask themseh es nity-engaged institutions. MSU. once rel tor though: It is not ru1 exporter - it is an some intere ting questions. One thing that one important question: If separate is 1101 egated to nothing more than a few barns, inseparable part of Montana. comes to mind i •· eparate but equal." equal. how will women eYer be equal to is now composed of four campuses in Even though we have moved past ra- men if they are con tant1) separated'~ 5 Billings, Bozeman. Great Falls and Havre. cial segregation. somehow the notion of i: separation remains with us toda}. Now 0 THE ASMSU EXPONENT I JANUARY 20, 2011 5 Opinion Cl Issues
Transitions 'Tl'Jgr by Adria" Lucas Image b1 ay Dole Google defines stronger together, for we both understood On Jan. 8. a mental!) together. and it is all too eas) for tempers transition to be: "l) what it ~as like lo be a man without a unbalanced '.!'.!-year to flare when the) clash. Free speech is Passage: The act of countr). old with a bald bead simultaneously one of the most important passmg from one state With parents. an interesting transi and unnerving grin and most dangerous liberties given to or place to the next. 2) tion takes place. Entering into the world shocked the nation Americans, especially when used from Conversion: An event of transitioning, of growing and changing by opening fire upon a position of influence. Take the ~O 10 that results in a trans and adapting, we are entering into their Congresswoman census worker who was murdered in Ann Staudinger formation." These world. Becoming adults is witnessed Pat Hessman Gabrielle Giffords of Kentuck). and left with the word "FED" four years contam more in the mind than in the body. Some Arizona. along with scrawled on his corpse. Can anyone argue the'greatest concentration of transiuons. parents might accept this change openly 19 others. Coincidentally, Saral1 Palin that inflammatory anti-government senti I From moving out of Mom and Dad's to and willingly: some might not. For those marked Giffords' district with a target ment wasn't at least partly responsible? dorm life to apartment life to possibl) who do not, the idea of their dear little ing reticule on a map of congressional It matters not if the speaker doesn't take married life. the college years hold the child growing up produces hardship and districts represented by Democrats who their words seriously. be~ause someone. most change. New friendships are made; relational strain. voted for the health care reform. Am I somewhere will. old friendships, broken. Life dreams are But what does all of this mean for blaming the tragedy on the moose stew It is tragic that nearly 10 years after crushed; life dreams. inspired. us? Besides just serving as something to Ioving former governor of Alaska? Not in 9/11, when the United States was indeed While home for Christmas break, my read instead of your textbook, what do my the slightest. To many of her stable-mind more united than it had been for years, mother referred to me as "a man without ponderings of transition have to do with ed supporters, it was nothing more than a we have succumbed to such division and I a countr)." During college, the Google life? Transitions are your life. and mine symbolic, if intimidating, way to denote definitions of transitions are fully utilized. too. To quote Stephen Knoll. "To be in those they opposed. Passing from one home to another-from college is to be in transition. To be twenty "Anger·· is the trendy fashion in It is tragic that nearly l 0 r home with Mom and Dad to home with something is to be in transition. It's just today's political climate. The Tea Parry 1 a roommate-is a continuous theme of life. [We're] forever learning to deal with movement is fueled by it. Commentators years after 9 / l l , when I the college student's lifestyle. And the something new and readjusting." on both sides capitalize on it, as did in the United States was c passage isn't always easy. Returning home Admittedly. a large portion of life tran coming representatives. This is the point i for my first break as a freshman. I felt sitions are encountered while at college, when we must ask ourselves: Is anger any indeed more united than fan odd juxtaposition of realities. Unable but that isn't the start, and it certainly is basis for a democratic system? It seems 1 to remain in my new home at MSU. I not the end. From here, we transition to that the Constitution's attempt to estab it has been for years, we •was also unable to break back into my grad school, med school, another city. lish "a more perfect Union" and "insure 1old home fully. l had grown. changed, We transition to new roommates and domestic Tranquility" seems lost with the ·have succumbed to such Itransitioned. Yet that wasn't the only thing spouses. We transition to new lifestyles. venomous discourse filling the air. !transitioning; my identity was transform new beliefs. new dreams. Transitions form Vitriolic language abounded during divisions and squabbling. ing, transitioning. Separated from my our Jives; each and every single student the 2010 election cycle. with Democratic 1parents and comforts. my personality that walks this campus and every campus lawmakers being referred to as "en started to form. prompted by the transi are bound together by the transitions that emies," offices being vandalized. and who squabbling. This tragedy will undoubt Jtions in my life. make up life. could forget the Obama Joker posters? edly change the rules of how Congress The relationships l had known previ In this, we 're all the same. Some deal Lest we forget. the left is not innocent interacts with its constituents, but a more tously were somehow changed. 1 starred with their transitions better than others; from this mudslinging as well. Oppo important lesson should be learned: The 1ro change and grow; J no longer fit inside some are dealt more jarring transitions. nents Photoshopped Hitler's 'stache and maelstrom of political discourse has gone lthe box my friends and fan1ily had known ln the end, the transitions in our lives. a swastika armband onto President Bush past "too far" and is closer to "crossing 1me in for all my life. For some friend the passages and conversions. form our years before the same fare befell President the threshold into MiddJe-earrh." Perhaps. lships, this changing became a bland text identities. So, embrace these years and Obama. Case in point? Demonizing those m memory of those who were lost in the Jan. 8 shooting. we should recognize messaging conversation or an awkward these transitions. Struggle through. smile you disagree with may be a great way to the destructive nature of passionate and 1coffee date. But with the friends who through, learn some things while you're energize supporters. but what happens derogatory attitudes towards those we had changed as well. my friendship grew here. With that, congratulations on a when someone takes it too seriously? disagree with and remember the bonds we !stronger. We would sit, drink tea, and renewed semester. At MSU, opinions and beliefs from all have as Americans. discuss society. Our transitions made us all over the country and the world come THE ASMSU EXPONENT I JANUARY 20, 2011 6 Opinion Cl Social Commentary MIKEservations Short, punchy articles railing against the myriad A Holiday Affair injustices of campus life. Have something to rant on? Contact us at [email protected]. Just keep submissions 200 - 300 words. And, please, try to refrain from personal attacks.
Allow Me Not to Introduce The Walkers Myself Ann Staudinger 'v\ 1th the snow and 111creasmg amount Brem Zundel of ice. traveling to class can be dangerous. On the first da) of classes. man) lsually. I walk and\\ atch the death trap this break.. I honestl) couldn't get enough introductions proceed 111 e"\actl) the same I spent the break of ,1<.le\\alks and avoid the co\ crt sheet painful wa). The professor asks students in bed with an old of you. l k.no'' I focused on you more than 1 to introduce themselves b) providmg th!'.! ice. ''hen )OU approach me: the Fast friend of mine. an old practical I) an) thing el e. buc ) ou took. it \\'alker. the Slow Walk.er. and the Wroncr rest ot the bl ea!) -e) ed class \\llh a fe\\ friend I missed dear!), all in stnde and were there for me eve!) Side-of-the-Stde,, alk. \\alker "' basic detail. about themsehcs, uch as especiall) in bed. time. Isn't there a quote about \\hat stands their name. maJOr. hometO\\ n and. 1f the\ The Fast Walker: When I hear ) ou The couch work.s in a behind evel) great man? I don't remember approachmg. 11 causes m) heart to race are ambitiou,. one interesunv thino abo~t pinch. but it's nothing 1t e"\actl) . but. sleep. m) dear. without C' "' themsel,es. You walk. so quick.I) and gam so much Mike Tarrant like a bed. How- you. I would probabl) lose m; marble . It 1s the last item that causes so man} ground. that I start to" alk faster as well. e'er. "e got close Here's what l propose: lf)OU will students so man) problems. Most stu to aYoid being trampled and late for'' hat thi break.. and I realized just hO\\ much continue to be steady. fulfilling and com dents can at least mumble their names e' er you (and sudden!) I) must be late I longed for that time under the covers mitted. I will do the same. I will make and the subject the) are spending tens of for. As I '' alk faster. m) feet start to slip together. ti me for you and ensure ) ou remam a thousands of dollars to stud). but when ~nd suddenly J am not-so-graceful!) try It took. me a fe,, days to make the top priority. Although I now have meet the) are asked one interesting fact about mg co save myself from a near-accident. time. l \\as caught up in the whirh,ind ings. homework.. clas . more work. and themselves. the) freeze up. e"\t time. please JU ·1 push me out of the at the end of the emester and. well. 1 week.night drinking to do. ;ou and I will "I neYer kno" what to sa) : · the) wa) and save me the embarra sment and suppo e l just couldn't change gear that neither fade nor fizzle. The bond we built sheepishly explain. Or, "I always get strained mu cles. quick.I). For a fe,, da) s. l continued to these last few weeks will last I can feel 1t. nen·ous introducmg myself." the) self The Slo'' Walker: I don't k.now be much too bus). but then I got sick. It Our time under the co,ers together is too deprecatingl) rationalize. The worst and where you are going. but personall) J haYe forced me to slow down. and I made time. most uncomfortable students will sa1 that clas es to get to. Trust me. I under tand And. oh, did I discover what I had been complete!; hO\\ terrif) mg it is to walk 111 the) are not interesting people missing. We cra'' led into bed together. Our time under the You knO\\ "hat? Suck II up' lf you this weather. but please LI) to maintain a and at the time of this writing. we still normal human speed instead of tree sloth can ·1 thi nk of one interesting aspect of haven't changed our behavior one iota. speed. If) ou ·re re all) that afraid of walk. covers together is too }ourself-the one person whom you know Dear sleep. l missed )OU terribly. le ing. ma) be you should sea) home; I'm better than an) other-) OU probabl) are took. a cold ''inter break '' ith cwo bouts of -sure ;our professors will understand. special to let slip away. boring. I don ·t e'en care "hether or not sickne · and a broken snO\\.board bind1110 The Wrong-Side-of-the-Side'' alk I actually find) our one thmcr interestmo· for me to realize ju t how much I needed"' simpl) the fact that you ha,; one aspec7· Walker: V. hen I am looking down. you. special lo let ·lip awa) a\01d111g tragedy on my \\a) to class. and of )Ourself that) ou thmk 1s important Howe\ er. we need to talk.. With the ad And on thaL note. m) darling sleep. I look up JUSl 111 time to almost collide enough to share "ith me will suffice to ' ent of this spring ·emester. I wish 1 could I will heed your call and put awa; m1 ~uict m) qualms that you are a hopeless!} with ;ou. it makes me wonder '"h> I) contmue to sta} home '' ith ) ou. just lik.e laptop to come get m bed ms1p1d person de' 01d of an) pas ions ) ou didn't step a till) bit 10 your nght to we did all those laz) Sunda) mommg~ Read: "Talk Dirt) to Me," b) Salhe lf) ou can't come up '' ith a single i\\ 01d our near-colhs1on and:?.)" hat you wnh the sun peek.mg through the blinds. Ti dale. ~nterestmg thmg to share. I will probabl) were do111g walking on m) side or the But all these jerks are once again pull- Mike is ll'ell aware that he is crill· ignore you for the rest of the semester sidewalk Welcome to the Untled States. mg me aw~) I\ 1th their demands on m) cal, cynical and brutally honest. often at or at lease glare disdainful!\ at you unul "here we oddl) enough u e the right side lime. l don t kno\\ tf I can gi\e you the the expense of be111g called a 1erk. Ifyou the ne\t class period. durin.g which I "ill of the road. M) disda111fonou1s almost ~ltenuon I reall) \\ant to give and. more disagree with him. make sure he kl1011·~ bv forget "ho) ou e\'er were outweighed b) 111) confusia"n as to'' h) b) important]). chat )OU and I both desene. l e-mailm~ the £r:po11e11t m lerrers(fl e.\po- This i college-not high school. this stage Ill ) our life '' alk.ing on the right am SO!T) I hope }Ou ''ill understand. 11em.111onta11a edu. Fan mail. lwll'e1·er. can Learn to mtroduce )Ourself. side of the sidewalk. is a difficult). I hope )OU don't think. I was tiftmg he sem direct 1·ia his Facebook page. Hours: Daily 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM SPRING 2011 Phone: 994-3621 11w11· montana.eJu:ourJoorrecreation
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"'='"·.. ~··"·· (You can sell back other stuff like video games and DVDs too.} .:: ) 1! an1a1on.com /buyback 5 ' 5 THE ASMSU EXPONENT I JANUARY 20, 2011 9 News Cl General Cl Student Life D The Feature Bozeman to Consider News Briefs Montana Residents Raise Concerns The bill is scheduled to be heard Eco-Friendly Changes Over 'Fracking' in Big Timber in the Senate Natural Resources Com Garrett Smith Residents state-wide are worried that mittee of the :w 11 Legislative session. natural gas e:-.periments in Sweet Grass January 21 at 3pm. County may leak chemicals into nearb} drinking water and land. Bozeman Provides Homeless Warm Gas companies such as Noble Energy ing Center '~ith $6,000 and Devon Energy have begun drilling The Human Resources and Develop by method of hydraulic fracturing, or ment Council (HRDCJ turned to the city ·tracking'. in the deep-shale gas fields for funding m order to keep Bozeman ·s near Big Timber. 'Fracking · is a process homeless warm this winter. that cracks the ground and releases the Although the HRDC does not natural gas or oil beneath. by wa:r of traditionally eek funding through the toxic chemicals. s:rnthetic sand. and city. Bozeman City commissioners ap water that are pumped into the grow1d at proved this one tune allocation in order high pressure. to supplement the $18,000 raised by Currently. oil and gas companies are the Greater Gallatin Homeless Action exempt from regulation regarding the Coalition. Steam billows out of a pipe I Image by }O'f Dale public disclosure of which substances After Josmg a lease for a warehouse he Cit) Commission and the The Agreement has two separate parts: are being pumped underground. In an ef near the Gallatin Valle) Food Bank, Mayors' Community Climate Task The Municipal Climate Action Plan and fort to protect Montana residents. North the homeless warming center set up a T Force met on Tuesday night to the Community Climate Action Plan. ern Plains Resource Council. a conser temporary location at the Gallatin Valley consider recommendations to the Commu The Municipal Climate Action Plan fo vation and agriculture group. has been Fairgrounds. The HRDC has secured nity Climate Action Plan. The two groups cuses solely on the city and city operation. working on Senate Bill 86. If passed. this as a permanent location for their discussed various aspects of the Comm u The City has estimated that it will be able it will require oil and gas companies to operations untiI March." nit) Climate Action Plan. going over ideas to control and reduce the amount of pollu publicly disclose which fluids are being and funding. The Mayors' Community tion that it exudes to l 5%below the 2000 used in Montana. Climate Task Force has written a proposal levels by 2020. The City estimates that it consisting of 42 eco-friendly changes that will be able to make these changes due could be made to Bozeman, that were nar rowed down from many suggestions that POLICE REPORTS~ came from the citizens from the area. The "I don't th ink we task force took the suggestions from a sur January Highlights Compiled by Joy Dale vey that many citizens had taken earlier. shouldn't look at things Among the ideas were Charging Jan. 4 Jan. 8 stations for electric cars. a popular anti because they cost Suspicious incident - it was reported Suspicious incident - an individual idling law for vehicles running over two II that an intoxicated male was trying to reported that while driving, another minutes, and initiative for increased money. hand beer to passersby. driver displayed a knife and made bicycle use. The committee has suggested Jan. 7 stabbing motions with it while driving a higher gas tax or a 5 cent higher fee on Cynthia Andrus Disturbance - a male became angry by. This occurred following both drivers plasuc bags to help fund the changes that and threw a piece of pi=a against the making obscene gestures at one the committee wants to make. When City wall in Culbertson Hall. another. Commissioner Cynthia Andrus was asked about funding issues she stated, ··1 don't to its ability to regulate the city buildings thmk we houlda 't look at things because and operations by implementing policies. STAND UP LATELY? they cost money." The Cit;r Commis ion The Community Climate Action Plan will focus on both private and bu iness Your Skeleton will \Ole on all the proposals planed next Changed From month. Evef} ingle of the 42 ideas will C02 emissions. The Mayors· Community Cartilage To Bone be voted on individually. passing if the) Climate Task Force measured the C02 At2Months could be implemented and if funding levels for a year and divided 1t by Boze After Conception. could be secured for the idea. man 's population to get a reading that A Lifetime Starts On November 2006 Bozeman signed refl ects an individuals C02 output. due A t The Beginning. the Mayor's Climate Protection Agree to unpredictable population growth. It ment. The plan, which has been signed was estimated by the task force that the GALLATIN VALLEY by more than 900 ma)ors across the US, individual emitted 13 metric tons back in RIGHT TO LIFE pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emis 2000. but that amount can be reduced to www.gvrtl.com sions to 12% below 1990 levels by 201 2. IO metric tons of C02 by 2020. P.O. Box 634, Belgrade, MT .· MSU Ad ocates Share Storiesi Voice Support for MSU Funding Photo & Story by Joy Dale I Design by Tina Smith & Tammi Heneveld ozens ofuniver_sity stu had a voice" in the budgeting Beck will be corresponding with dents, commumty mem process. "We represented MSU City of Bozeman Manager Dills while in Bozeman and re D bers and business lead well," Dorhauer said. Chris Kukulski told the commit porting to ASMSU Senators, ers testified the importance of Tucker Porter, a veteran and tee that "we can't afford not to students, and MSU staff. Beck funding for the Montana State graduate student in Livestock teach people. The quality of life also relays information to Dills University campuses and its pro Management and Industry, told in Bozeman is thanks to educa including students' concerns, grams to the Joint Appropriations committee members of the dif tion," Kukulski said. and updates from the MSU Subcommittee on Education hear ficulty he faced finding a job as MSU President Waded community. ing in Helena. a veteran without a degree--his Cruzado, as well as members of MSU Lobbyist Doug Steele Last week, the committee, motivation for continuing his ed the Board of Regents and other works with legislators to influ which oversees the budget for ucation. Porter was sympathetic MSU representatives, continued ence public policy that may Montana's university system and to the tough decisions that leg to reference the economic impact affect MSU. He has been work K-12 public schools, voted 4-3 to islators face, and said that "as a report that was recently released. ing closely with the Joint make a 5 percent cut across the whole, [student's testimonies] are Cruzado stated that for every $1 Appropriations Subcommittee board. Craig Roloff, vice presi going to speak a lot louder than the state invested in MSU, the on Education and the Board of dent for finance at MSU, told the any one person," he said. return to Montana was $2.60. Regents. Throughout the sessio Bozeman Daily Chronicle that MSU students representing Steele will relay any relevant ir this would result in a loss of ap the Billings, Havre, and Great Lobbyist Efforts formation regarding MSU to lei proximate $2 million for MSU. Falls campuses who testified to ASMSU Lobbyist Michael islators in an effort to advocate Five students from the the committee included a diverse Dills has been actively lobbying for funding for MSU, Extensior Bozeman campus shared their range of traditional and non-tra for MSU students and will con Services, and its Agricultural personal stories with the commit ditional students, including single tinue his efforts throughout the Experiment Stations. tee. Hoping to make a difference parents, married parents working 2011 Legislative session provid in the committee's budgeting de full time, scholarship recipients, ing legislators with information cisions, Kailyn Dorhauer, a senior and online students, to name a about ASMSU and MSU and in Kinesiology, spoke about her few. trying to influence policies that efforts to expand rural healthcare may affect students. in Montana. Dorhauer commented ASMSU Student that "it was interesting to Legislative see that students actually Director Andrew JOINT APPROPRIATIO S SUBCO M TTEE 0 ED CA 0 TOPIC/AGENCY TOPIC/AGENCY o~ MONTANA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BUDGET HEARING AGENCY BUDGET HEARING ~~ ..-c ·· Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education Programs ·· Office of Public Instruction: Local Education Activities ::::>::z: ::e-' ·· Board of Regents I- ·· Student Financial Assistance; ·· Tribal College Assistance, Students/Public Comment AGENCY BUDGET HEARING ·· Office of Public Instruction Public Comment EXECUTIVE ACTION - MONTANA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM EXECUTIVE ACTION ·· Community College Assistance ·· Office of Public Instruction ... All Programs ·· Appropriation Distribution Program (Campuses and Research/Public Service} EXECUTIVE ACTION ·· Office of Publ ic lnstruction ... All Programs EXECUTIVE ACTION - MONTANA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM ·· Appropriation Distribution Program (Campuses and Research/Public Service} WRAP UP - OFFICE OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION "-N N>- WRAP UP - MONTANA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM .-c'< ·· Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education Programs ::::>::z: ::e-' ·· Board of Regents WRAP UP - SECTION E (EDUCATION BUDGET} I- ·· Student Financial Assistance; ·· Tribal College Assistance, Students/Public Comment AGENCY BUDGET OVERVIEW AND BUDGET HEARING PUBLIC COMMENT .-c .... "' l()~ WRAP UP - SECTION E (EDUCATION BUDGEn ' ..... EXECUTIVE ACTION ~~ N~ Ne c ·· Board of Public Education w <.!). w~ ::::>~ ·· Montana School for the Deaf & Blind ::::>~ I- I- WRAP UP - SECTION E (EDUCATION BUDGET} AGENCY BUDGET OVERVIEW AND BUDGET HEARING ·· Office of Public Instruction LAST DAY FOR JOINT SUBCOMMITIEE ACTION "~"'7 ~ N e ·· 8:00am - 12:00pm: Joint meeting with standing committees to AGENCY BUDGET HEARING ::::> ::e discuss joint appropriations subcommittee actions (Room TBD} ·· Office of Public Instruction: State Level Activities ::z: -' I- TH E ASMSU EXPON ENT I JANUARY 20, 2011 12 ~SP-~O~rfs~______a _B_oz_em_a_n ___a_B_ooc_~~~~~ ike clockwork, eve!) winter the The Cit) of Bozeman maintains and of the bike shops around town sell studded cesses are abundant either north or south. surrounding MonLana mountains operates three ice rinks around town at snow tires and/or fat tire special!) bike and it only takes a little bit of leg work to L seem to experience some sort of Beall, Bogert, and South Side Parks. for winter riding too. get off the beaten path and into some gor dry spell around mid-Januaf). And al South Side Park is closest to campus, and Winter hiking is another great ' ay geous winter terrain. though 2011 started off with a great storm the ASMS U Outdoor Recreation Cen- to get ome exercise when the ski hiU lf your adventure takes you into some cycle, the last couple weeks have not ter rents kates for half, full or multiple isn't in good shape. The "M,'. Pete's Hill backcountry terrain, take the time to check been exceptionally wintery. This dry spell day rates. Play it Again Sports also rents and Sypes Canyon are all close and see the avalanche report at mtavalanche.com usually brings random temperatures and skates. Play it Again Sports and Second enough traffic to maintain a good snow to help make safe decisions while travel less consistent snowfall. leaving skiers Wind Sports also sell quality used skates packed trail. so basic hiking boots are ing in the snow. AJthough you ma) not get and snowboarders with limited options to for those looking to hit the ice more often all that's needed. It's reall) interesting to into extremely steep terrain without the exercise and play outside as they nonnally throughout the winter. check out these local areas in the winter help of a snowmobile or backcountry sb..is. would at the ski hill. If the mid-January dry spell ho t when the naked trees create a more open. even shal lower slopes. especiall y wind Many people pass the time playing warm enough temperature. , the roads cool atmosphere and make for framing loaded ones, have the potential to slide. video games or watching the latest epi around town will melt and there is no great pictures of the surrounding views. So if the powder is scarce or the ski sodes of their favorite reality show - may excuse not to bust out that bicycle - even For a more remote adventure into the hill is melting, there are till plent) of be doing homework; but for many others if it was supposed to ht> garaged all winter. woods. consider renting nowshoes for a outdoor winter activities to help you sta) the urge to get outside and do something Wear a light coat, bring gloves and a hat. day l1ike into the backcountr). Depend off the couch - unless it ·s raining. Maybe persists, which means other activities must and stretch those legs with a light pedal ing on where you·re going to hike. the then it's the best time to stay on the couch suffice until the powder starts to fall once around town. Unless the slush gets incred ASMSU Outdoor Recreation Center and and seriously pray for snow. again. lf the temperatures remain cold ibly deep. it's surprisingly easy to bike the Panda Gas Station have very afford enough one activity stays smooth and pris through, and as long as you don't slam on able rental rates and are easy stops on the tine no matter how much snow falls: good the brakes while turning, bikes get decent \\ ay to the mountains, whether going to old-fashioned ice skating. traction on ice and hard-pack snow. Most Hyalite or the Bridgers. Forest Service ac- NO JOB TOO Saturday, January 29th LARGE 1Oam-4pm in the SUB OR TOO SMALL $5 (scholarships available) • Check Engine Light Diagnosis R<1ndy Wild, Owner • Precision Tune- Ups To register: • Reasonable Cost Mon - Fri 8 AM - 5:30 PM E-mail: voice @montana.edu • Intelligent Repair • Brake Service 1401 East Main Stop by: VOICE Center - SUB 370 Spe< iali::.ing in all rype.\ <>fforeign & cio111( \fie a11ro Call: 994-7UZ or 994-7662 & truck. repair. part.\ & H! n •i c 14 C9 Entertainment Cl Reviews Cl Distractions cArt CIThe Box Drunken Old Man Shoots Up Old West Pot Hessman givmg it an e~tra edge to differentiate tt ounesy of the Coen Brothers and the most despicable character on screen, from other recent Westerns. The musical Jeff Bridges. mo" 1e screens were but it makes him all the more endearing. score is mood} and somber. 111cred1bl) graced by the most foul-mouthed. ewcomer Hatlee Steinfeld avoids t}pi C appropriate for the dark tone of the SlO!). alcohol-swelling. disgusting movie hero cal pratfalls of child actors and delivers "Get out to although I have to give special mention to for man) years. It's about time too. be a very trong performance as Mattie. the it, cause someone had to give Ke$ha a run vengeance-seekino 14-year-old who hire the "The Good. the Bad. and the Ugl)' ·· see if only for her money. Easy pop culture targets Roo~ ter to find he; father' killer. Round esque theme that pla) s in the final battle aside, "True Gnt" is a remake of the 1969 ing out the main cast is Matt Damon as as Rooster charges at four men. holding to watch Jetf film of the same name. \\ hich garnered LaBouef. a Texas Ranger who serve as the horse's bridle in his teeth and a gun in John Wayne the onl) Academy Award he the butt of jokes throughout the movie. It's each hand. Bridges kick ever received. Fans of Westerns crying a hilarious LUrning of the tables to see the Many haYe alread)' watched this great sacrilege at a remake need not worry· man who once played the invincible Jason film, but if you haven't, then take this children off The remake proves itself as a visceral and Bourne being shot, tied up. trampled. and month-old review's word for it and get out to see it. if only to watch Jeff Bridges kick II beautifully shot entry to the genre. even biting a hole through his O\Vn tongue. pore es. The Academy's lightning may strike The film's engaging sto!) has all of children off porches. h Rooster Cogburn twice. Jeff Bridges 's the classic themes of the Western: quest. perforn1ance is unforgettable and makes loss and, of course. vengeance. A hilari the movie. Rooster may vef) well be ous dark humor streak also permeates, Music To Keep You Busy This Semester Vanessa Naive ave your albums from last year public check him out. For those of you 15 brings '90s rocker P.J Harvey's "Let ··celebrity socialite" Heidi Montag hopes seen too much replay? Looking that love old hits such as "The House Of England Shake:· alternative band Mog to make waves with "Under treetlight H for something fresh and new for Blues" or "Midnight Rider", Greg Allman wai 's "Hardcore Will ever Die. But You Glow" after her "Superficial" 2010 flop. the upcoming semester? This quarter in released "Low Country Blues" on the Wi ll." the popular Bright Eyes \\ith 'The Peter Bjorn and John also release their music boasts many anticipated returns san1e day. The Script is following up their People's Key" and the eclectic Devotchka new album "Gimme Some" on March '.!9. from old favorites, new artists. and plenty summer smash hit "Breakthrough (Falling with" 100 Lovers." For the blue ) rock Anticipated releases are expected from of music to keep you busy for the next few to Pieces)" with their album "Science and fans. Drive B) Truckers is releasing "Go artists such as Aerosmith, Fiona Apple. months. I took to Metacritic's "Upcoming Faith.'' Go Boots" also. Adele follows up her Be) once, Bush, Cassie, Coldplay. Death Albums" list to see what we have to look On Jan. 25, Cold War Kids are releas album hit "Chasing Pavements" with ··21" Cab For Cutie. Jason Derulo. Eve, Fleet forward to as school starts to kick in. ing their long awaited album "Mine Is on Feb. 2'.!. Foxe , Foo Fighters. Franz Ferdinand. Released JUSL last week, the long Yours." following up their hit "Hang Pop punk darling A\ ril Lavigne releas Nelly Furtado.Jay-Zand Kanye We t, anticipated Cake album "Showroom of Me Up To Dry" in 2006. Other indie hit e her fourth album "Goodbye Lullaby" Lad} Gaga, Marilyn Manson. M)' Morn Compassion" hit the helves after seven releases include Deerhoof's ··Deerhoof on March 8. Hip-hop star Lupe Fiasco ing Jacket, o Doubt, The Offpsring, years of hiatus from the band. Cage the vs. Evil," and Iron and Wine's "Kiss Each also releases "Lasers··. following up his hit The Old 9Ts. Panic! At The Disco, Peter Elephant also released their second album. Other Clean.'' For the singer songwriter "Superstar" on the same day. And finaUy, Bjorn and John. Radiohead, Red Hot Chi Li The critically acclaimed band The types, Amos Lee' new album "Mission R.E.M. drops their latest album "Collapse Peppers. Ru h, The Shins. Britney Spears, Decemberists released their new album. Bell" also drops this da)'. And for tho e of Into O\\-.'' Witco. Amy Winehouse. and 'Z2 Top. "The King is Dead'' on Jan. 18, and have you sti ll loving '90s alternative, The Get The end of March brings The Strokes· earned noth.ing but rave reviews. Ian Axel Up Kids is releasing "There Are Rules." untitled album. Yellowcard's "When released his debut album. and I high!} February releases include electropop 's You're Through Thml-mg. Sa} Yes:· suggest an) fans of The Fray or OneRe- Cut Copy's Zonoscope on Feb. 8. Feb. Mountain Goat '"All Eternals Deck," and THE ASMSU EXPONENT I JANUARY 20, 2011 15 Entertainment Cl Distractions------·Ahn Trio Premiers "March Of The Gypsy Fiddle" Vanessa Naive Image by Doniel Cassidy c prepared to have your definition the \llusic Department. She grew up in The trio said growing up in two dif Balancing leaching and touring is a of"classical music" redefined Jan. Seoul. Korea. with her two sisters. and ferent cultures is a huge influence in job in and ttttttof itself. but she said: "As l B 21 and 22 by the world-reno\\ ned then later moved to New York City While their musical training. ''We never seemed write this, I'm sitting in my hotel room in Ahn Trio and MSU Chamber Orchestra at satisfied doing something one way or the Shanghai looking at the amazing sky the Ellen Theatre. The concert features the ·nonnal' way, but instead always want to scraper of this historic town. I feel very three Ahn sisters -Angella(\ iolin). Lucia try new things and experiment," Ahn ex lucky that I get to do what I love the most !piano). and Maria (cello). The concert plained. "We didn't wake up one day and - playing music - and make a living doing \\ill be featuring t:he Montana premier decide to be different or innovallve." it. Can't wait to perfom1 for all of you in of.the Mark O'Connor Triple Concerto "We didn't wake up Ahn is also excited for the Montana Bozeman!" ''March of the Gyps) Fiddle." one day and decide premier of the Mark O'Connor Triple Performance Dates, Prices and locations In over ten years. the trio has recorded Concerto. "As performers. we try lo con With the MSU Chamber Orchestra SI\ albums, performed in all 50 states, and vey to our audience the composer's intent to be different or Jan. 21, 22 in over 30 countries. Their recent release, innovative." as much as possible. The March of the Friday, Jan. 21, 7 :30 pm, Reynolds "Lullaby For My Favorite Insomniac," Gypsy Fiddle is a beautiful, moving and Recital Hall, Montana State University made o. 8 on the Billboard Charts for fun piece," Ahn states. Tickets ($20) at Reynolds 406-994-3562 26 weeks in the classical album category. How does somebody who grew up Most recently. they toured the Czech in two large cities, attended Julliard, and Saturday, Jan. 22, 7:30 pm, The Ellen Republic with t:he Tata Bojs to old out travels the world. end up in Bozeman? Theater - Tickets ($20) at Ellen Theater shows. They have also had many guest " I may be Bozeman's biggest fan!" says 406-585-5885 artists join them on stage - from the rock her mother wasn't a musician, she did Ahn. "I love the sense of community in Benefit Recital* Jan. 25 band Kin from Australia, to the German bnng them to many different venues - Bozeman. I love how green it is. I've Tuesday, Jan. 25, 7:30 pm, Reynolds electromc music artist Juno. from symphony concerts, to dance recitals made great friends ... I believe Bozeman Recital Hall, MSU - Tickets ($20/$5 for Angella Ahn is currently the assistant and museums. which sparked the three is one of the most beautiful and greatest students) at Reynolds 406-994-3562 adjunct professor of Violin and Viola in girls' interest in music and the arts. places to live." •Benefit for MSU Music, 9uesl appaomnce by Jeni Flem1119 Philosophy Club A-Z Lecture Review D is for Defining Constitutional Integrity Lecture by Nick Landeros I Summary by Shelby Rogala At 4 p.m. Wednesday in the fireplace lounge, the MSU Philosophy Club holds a weekly guest lecture series with topics ranging from immortality to the bottle of the sexes. nginal Intent can be a tricky thing the words of the Constitution. but by the that their intent was for it to be a fluid forefathers is a tip-toe game that tries to to pin down. Deciding whether papers and views expressed b} those who document, while not being so fluid as to incorporate what some perceive to be the 0 to base interpretation on literal or wrote it as well. Interpreting words liter change easily. as our amendment process backbone of our country with what others figurative language is only one part of the al!) can lead to misunderstandings and suggests. However. an amount of prob argue is realit} equation. It seems that in documents of miscommunications that aren't readil) lems arise when putting the Constitution How true does one stay lo a document written 200 years ago. and how much law. literal language is the on!) signpost; resolved by bringing in a figurative inter in the context of modem day society. with room is there for reinterpretation? howe\ er, bringing letters or additional pretation. but they ma) be important. advances in technology, changes in culture documents by those who wrote the law Our founding fathers ha\e been criti and some might argue an entirely different baloed treat) can mudd) the mi:>... Intent, cized. praised and questioned in their writ society with entirely different needs. Bal therefore, can be measured not only by ing of the Constitution. It can be argued ancing these needs with the intent of our THE ASMSU EXPONENT I JANUARY 20, 2011 16 Distractions Cl Entertainment Calendar of Events · • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Jan. 20 - Jan. 29 Compiled by Moriah Ellig FRESH FRIDAY, JAN. 21; 7:30 PM EMERSON CULTURAL CENTER Fresh celebrates the Farmers thinkers and PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF business people across Amenco who ore PLASTIC BOULDERING WATER ISSUES IN KHWISERO, re-inventing our food COMPETITION BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL system Forging KENYA healthier, sustainable FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JAN. 22 & TUESDAY, JAN 25 4 PM FRIDAY & SATURDAY alternatives, they offer 23; 9 AM-4 PM PROCRASTINATOR THEATER JAN 21 & 22; 7 PM a practical vision for o MSU CLIMBING WALL IN Hosted by Engineers Withough Borders WILLSON AUDITORIUM future of our food and HOSAEUS FITNESS CENTER this presentation will discuss the problems our planet. Experience some of the most inspiring ac $35 to register ahead of time, $40 on the that the people of this area face dealing tion environmental and adventure films in day of the competition. with accessibility to clean drinking water, the 'world Traveling to exotic landscapes FILM SCREENING - BOZEMAN and the work that EWB undertakes to '' and remote cultures, and bringing audienc YOUTH INITIATIVE combat this crisis. es up-dose and personal with adrenaline packed action sports, SATURDAY, JAN. 22; 7 PM the 2010/2011 World Tour f. EMERSON CRAWFORD THEATER is an exhilarating and Bozeman Youth Initiative will be screen provocative exploration of the ing a short documentary film by Ned Gall mountain world. nckets are about Bozeman Youth Initiative ·s mobile ovoilable of REI, Bongtoi/ greenhouse bus project. Come check it Bike and Ski, Northern Lights, ouff Suggested donation is $5 at the door and Mountain Hot Tub. BOZEMAN FIGHTFORCE ULTIMATE $12 per night, $22 for both nights in advance. GASLAND FIGHTING $14 of the door TUESDAY, JAN. 25; 6:30 PM SATURDAY, JAN. 29; DOORS EMERSON CRAWFORD THEATER OPEN 6 PM *Gas/and, N an award-winning docu BELGRADE EVENT CENTER 7TH ANNUAL ONE-ACT FESTIVAL mentary by Josh Fox, is a story about & nckets are $20 before event, prices go up POTABLE WATER: I POOP IN FRIDAYS SATURDAYS, landowners across the notion who have day of event. DRINKABLE WATER? JAN. 21 - 29; 8 PM experienced water contamination in areas WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26; 4 PM EQUINOX THEATRE of intense gas drilling. $5 at the door WOMEN'S BASKETBALL VS. MSU SUB'S FIREPLACE LOUNGE Local playwrights, actors and directors IDAHO STATE This week's topic of the MSU's Philosophy combine their talents on The Equinox stage _-- . MONDAY, JAN. 24; 7:05 PM Club's weekly meeting, is presented as to produce four original One-Acts chosen ~ a collaboration between the Network of specifically for this festival. Come enjoy BRICK BREEDEN FIELDHOUSE Environmental Organizations and the these never-before-produced scripts! Shows American Institute of Architecture Students begin of 8 pm nckets ore $12.00 general ~~ J.,~~r. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL VS. as part of Water Conservation Week. and $10.00 for students. THE D-FACTOR MONTANA THURSDAY, JAN. 27; 6:30 PM SATURDAY, JAN. 29; 2:05 PM MUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES - BRICK BREEDEN FIELDHOUSE HAGER AUDITORIUM LIFE DRAWING SESSION Directed by Kade Leachman, a Bozeman MEN'S BASKETBALL VS. MONDAY, JAN. 24; 6- 9 PM middle school student, this film inherited MONTANA linguistic disability of dyslexia through SATURDAY, JAN. 29; 7:05 PM HAYNES HALL, RM 233 the eyes of dyslexics themselves. This is a Take the opportunity to improve your unique opportunity to view dyslexia from BRICK BREEDEN FIELDHOUSE drawing skills Whether you ore a novice a new perspective. or on experienced artists the THE TRIAL OF SARAH JONES session is o fun and WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26; 7 PM fulfilling chance to improve PROCRASTINATOR THEATER your technique and r----~ Experience this dramatic reading of the learn from others! murder trio/ of o young single mother in o Open to oil MSU time and place when abortion is illegal. students $5 Directed by Stephanie Campbell starring admission students from MSU's School of Film and Photography as well as community mem bers Will be followed by o pone/ discus sion. Free and open to the public. THE ASMSU EXPONENT I JANUARY 20, 2011 17 Distractions Cl Entertainment ------ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • WINTER FARMER'S MARKET BENEFIT RECITAL SATURDAY, JAN. 22; 9 AM - 12 PM TUESDAY, JAN. 25; 7:30 PM EMERSON CULTURAL CENTER REYNOLDS RECITAL HALL Find grossfed meats, goat cheese, root The Ahn Trio will be ploying o beneht 2ND ANNUAL FAST-A-THON vegetables, greenhouse fore, form fresh recital for the MSU Mr.1sic Department. All MONDAY, JAN. 24 eggs, seeds & starter plants, breads & proceeds from this concert will support S nsored by the Mr.1shm Student Assoc10- baked goods, handmade garden fools, string programs within the Deportment of t·on (MSAJ of MSU, this year's Fast-A-Thon 1oms & preserves, groins & oils, and more, Mr.1sic. $20 general admission, $5 students 1s in remembrance of the hr.1ngry in our oil under one roof and children. community. Portic1ponts ore encouraged to fast during daylight hours. At sundown, th& MSA will host o meal to break the fast, as well as presentations by members of the MSA and the Gallatin Volley Food Bonk. Those interested may sign up to participate in this year's fast of www.monfono edu/ mso/ fostothon.html Got an exciting, VIOLENCE PREVENTION INSTITUTE SATURDAY, JAN. 29; entertaining, IOAM-4 PM SUB extraneous, The Violence Prevention Institute will discr.1ss Music - violence in our culture and social factors educational, that contribute to violence. Participants will learn leadership skills and become JOSEPH FIRECROW GRACE POTTER & THE or just plain excellent event empowered as o positive bystander and WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26; 7:30 PM NOCTURNALS role model for prevention. The conference SUB BALLR OOMS coming up? is limited to 40 participants. Cost is $5 and THURSDAY, JAN. 20; DOORS AT Experience the amazing music of Joseph lunch is provided. Contact Alanna Sherstod 6:30, CONCERT AT 7:30 PM Firecrow, a Grammy award winning Native at [email protected] or 994-7142 to reg EMERSON CULTURAL CENTER American Flr.1tist and winner of the 2010 ister Deadline is Monday, January 24th. Find more information of www.vootie.com Native American Music Association Artist LET US KNOW! of the Year Award. Mr. Firecrow "weaves the fabric of America through story and DAZ DILLINGER OF THA DOGG music." Send to: POUND [email protected] Community FRI DAY, JAN. 2 1; 7 PM BRIDGER CREEK BOYS ZEBRA COCKTAIL LOUNGE WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26; 7 - 9 PM Doz was one of the key members of Include name of event, date &time, STARKY'S AUTHENTIC 2ND ANNUAL MARCH FOR LIFE the mid-90's rap powerhor.1se Deothrow location, and any other information AMERICAN GRILL SATURDAY, JAN . 22; 10 AM Records. Producer/ Rapper Doz Dillinger worked alongside some of the West Toke o break in the middle of the week MAIN STREET Coast's best rappers from Ice Cube to to enjoy some blue gross with the Bridger Musi be submitted by 4 pm the Hosted by Students for Life, the pro-life fopoc. Before the performance by Doz Creek Boys. No cover charge, all ages. Monday before publicotion group of MSU, the march will toke place Dillinger, there will be a Rap Bottle featur to commemorate the 38th anniversary of ing 16 of the best rappers in Montono . Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision MC's will bottle for o chance to win $500 which legalized abortion. The event will in cash and prizes. Judging the contest begin with o will be Bigg, Vice President of DOG program of GPOUNDRECORDZ. Tickets ore $ 13 speakers and at Cactus Records, Bling Wireless, and pastors in the online of loco/ pro-life community, www.thejegroup.com, $ 16 at the door. followed by o peaceful AHN TRIO procession down Main FRIDAY, JAN. 21 ; 7:30 PM Street. Participants will REYNOLDS RECITAL HALL meet in front of the $20 general admission, $5 students and Courthouse at the corner children. of Third and Main. THE ASMSU EXPONENT I JANUARY 20 201 1 18 Entertainment Cl Distractions------ WANTED FREE T ., r-.,. 0 0 vO"CVS P r>e Butte Guesl Ronc'l " FREE Via P1gm1e Goo'S Very cu'.e & I end y n c~ol ( fro11 the past I Dear Sherlock, Mv new year~- resolution was 10 swp the death ofmanliness and become manlier. Any suggestions? Dan C. must say I am mildly surprised Lhal working from dusk till dawn, preferabl) you should need any help on this sub hitting metal with a hammer. and come I ject. Although lhe role of women has home too tired to do anything but ha\e a changed dramatically through the years, beer and go to sleep. If we allow men to lhe expected roles of men haven '1 changed have paternity lea\ e and expect Lhem to since \Ve invented lime. Society. econom have an equal share of Lhe child-reanng ics and populations ma) change but dam process. what are we left with'? Sure. there mit if we should be expected to change. will probabl) be better parenung with the If we succumb to a changing societ) 's shared responsibilities. but ho\v \Viii we demands. ho\v can we e" MEN THROUGH TIME Join us at our Annual Shareholders Meeting WE . WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Wednesday, January 26th . 12: 15pm -1: 15pm - SUB Room 232 ,,-...... _...... _ msubookstore.org ~--~ MSU BOOKSTORE 9000 B.C. 1883 2011 074 focebook.com/msubookstore.org - THE ASMSU EXPONE NT I JANUARY 20, 2011 19 ------Entertainment Cl Art ASMSU Campus En "Unseen Symmetry ITUDINTMI By Patrick Bakken Photography The exhibit will show in the Exit Gallery Jan. 18 to 28. There will be a free public artist reception Wednesday, Jan. 19 from 5 - 7 p.m. in the gallery. umans instinctively grew up just west of Minneapo scan a visual object for lis. Minnesota. He has always Hsymmetrical qualities. been one for the outdoors and Our mind is constantly survey traveling and it is the passion of ing. consciously and uncon adventure and exploration that sciously. for symmetry. Artists brought Bakken to Bozeman. have been putting it in their In the two and a half years of work since the renaissance to lh ing in Bozeman. he ha seen Flat Log River help portra) order and harmony. the deepest valleys and nothing Artist Patrick Bakken manipu has stood in his wa:r to climb ' 1ated images to create unseen to the top of the mountains. Imes of S) mmetry and serenity BaUen has exhibited pieces 111 Instead of our mind search- the Emerson Gallery. which has ing for symmetr), this project asked for an extension of use. directly ponrays 1t. The photos Other artworks were selected create a fascinating pla} of na to be shown at the undergradu ture and human manipulation: ate art exhibit titled ·'Personal establishing familiar places that Vision." With a combination of ha\e never been seen before. passions being photography and Billen is a current student travel, and with his motivation attending Montana State Uni for both, he will continually \ers1t} in Bozeman and 1s ma push the boundaries of impos JOnng in photography. Bakken sible to possible. Yellowstone The Exit Gallery is a student organized art gallery that hosts seven, two week exhibits per se mester as well as other arts events. The Exit Gallery educates, informs, and encourages creativity and is an outlet for emerging artist and new, exciting ideas! The Exit Gallery is located in Strand Union Building room 212, Montana State University, Bozeman. Hours are Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. King Crossword ACROSS Welcome to The Box, a weekly feature intended to provide 1 Mass an eclectic array of puzzles, cartoons, joke~ and quotes. The achusetts Exponent Staff would like to solicit suggestions for content to cape 4 Eager be published here. 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