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THE ASMSU April 2, 2009 • Vol. 103, Issue 24

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Open Carry Confusion LATE THE CARRYING OF WEAPONS, AS DEFINED IN 45-8-361(5) (B), ON THEIR Dem· Editor, CAMPUSES." Hopefully this has cleared On page 10 of the March 26th issue, up any confusion surrounding the issue. regarding HB 228, you printed, "[A] gun Thanks for keeping us on our toes! could be openly caJTied in public and d1·awn,provided it isn't pointed at anothe1· person." To be sure, open cany is already legal in Montana. Lucas Reddinger Bozeman, MT

Lucas, HEY YOU! YEAH YOU ... Thanks for your response and the good catch! You are correct about open carry laws currently in Montana. The More than ants love a discarded clause in HB 228 we were referring to in the article was "A person who displays or popsicle on a sidewalk, the ASM shows a firearm for a harmless defensive purpose needs no justification for the SU Exponent LOVES feedback! display and may not be charged with or convicted of an offense for that display" Please send your rants, raves, (the full te::'-.'t is at http://data.opi.mt.gov/ bills/2009fBil1Html/HB0228.htm). and heartfelt expressions of your What some people were concerned about was the implications that this undying love to: could have for MSU. At the time it was ·--i• [email protected] unclear as to whether this could affect "':"'.!IMC~.~ gun control policy on campus. As of this printing, however, the bill has been amended to read: "THIS SECTION DOES NOT LIMIT THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OR OTHER POST SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS TO REGU- masthead (ji/A.vE BIG ~ . .,..-,- . ~ "·p - THIS ISSUE BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

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Tired of the music on your 1Pod? Really wish you knew about some cool "Dimensions Variable," a collection of artwork new music, but aren't that cool. That's okay, LARA VAIENTI and BEN by the MSU Sculpture Guild, will be showing in the MILLER are that cool, and they will help you out! Exit Gallery April 6-17. There will be a public artist reception Wednesday, April 8 from 5-7 p.m. The Exit 9 WORD ON THE STR ET Gallery is located in SUB 212 and is open Monday LARA VAIENTI gives you your Thursday-to-Thursday fill of concerts, art Friday, 9 a.m.-s p.m. shows, and films. Call for entries! ASMSU Arts and Exhibits is now accepting applications for exhibits in the Exit Gal lery during the Fall 2009 semester. You can pick up REC[REATION] 12 YT KE applications at the ASMSU office, in the Exit Gallery ERICA KILLHAM thinks that Montana college athletes are pretty awe or email Stacey Ray. Applications are due July is, some and she's not afraid to tell you why! 2009.

13 BOBCAT PREVIEWS The world of Bobcat athletics 1s constantly changing, but the Exponent boilerplate staff keeps up anyway. Here's what's happening this week with the ·cats. The ASMSU Exponent prints EDITORIAL DEADLINE: approximately 5,000 copies Monday at five p.m. prior to every Thursday and is free of publication date 14 WHEaE HAS ALL THE POWDER GONE? charge at nearly 65 locations, limited one per reader. Addi SALES DEADLINE: The question every skier is asking. BEN MILLER searches high and low tional copies of the current is Friday at five p.m. prior to for the answers. sue of The ASMSU Exponent publication date. Deadline may be purchased for $1.00, may shift at the discretion of payable in advance. the Editor-in-Chief. STATIC 17 EXPO RA TS! Do you have something that really grinds your gears? Gets your goat? TD CONTACT US: Introduced in 1895, The Twists your drawers? The Exponent staff does too -- see what's got us The ASMSU Exponent office 1s ASMSU Exponent is the old located on the MSU campus. est college newspaper in ranting! the state of Montana. Origi 305 Strand Union Building nally introduced as ·a way Bozeman, MT 59717 to increase college spirit at Phone: 14061994-2224 Montana State ... exponen 19 ASK SHERLOCK Fax: (406) 994 -2253 tially. - NATE CARROLL uses his time traveling ability to talk to Sherlock Hol Email: mes and answer YOUR questions -- why he chooses to use his power editorfclexponent.montana.edu The 2008-2009 academic Web: exponent.montana.edu year marks The Exponent's for good and not evil, we may never know. 113th year of publication

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MPILED BY Foundation and Alumni Building. Pre :lndon French sentations from the tribal college history Weather Permitting, Intersection of South 19th t~SU Exponent project research teams will highlight the event, which is free and open to the pub Avenue & College Street TO CLOSE March 30th Jrsday, April 2 lic. There will be no symposium events To minimize impact to residents, businesses and travelers, Students for Danforth Park Meet- on April 7. The symposium precedes the intersection of S. 19th Ave. and College St. will close for the 34th annual MSU American Indian two weeks beginning March 30th to connect 60" concrete ~tudents for Danforth Park will be Council Pow Wow to be held April 10 and pipes installed this winter, various underground utilities and · ng a meeting at 5:30 p.m. in SUB 232. 11 at MSU's Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. a temporary signal. group will be discussing current For more information, contact Jennifer College Street will be closed west of Grant Chamberlain !)1ects, ways to get involved and outli Woodcock at MSt.]'s Department of Na Drive and east of Technology Blvd./S. 23rd St. South 19th :near future priorities. This is a great tive American Studies, (406) 994-3881. will be closed south of S. Dickerson Street and north of •~ to get involved with the Danfonh Garfield. Signage wlll alert travelers to detour routes. 'lt restoration project. Technology Transfer Seminar The MSU Technology Transfer Of urday, April 4 fice will present a one-hour seminar on lstronomy Day "The Basics of Technology Transfer," at \Stronomy Day will take place at the 2 p.m. in SUB 235. Discussion will focus 1 eum of the Rockies from i to 4 p.m. · on what intellectual propeny is, how it • event is hosted by the Southwest is protected and licensed, and when to tana Astronomical Society, the Mu- contact the Technology Transfer Office • '.l of the Rockies, the Montana Space for assistance. For more information, it Consortium, the Solar Physics contact the Technology Transfer Office tarch Group of Montana State Uni at 994-7868. ;.ty and the SPIE Student Chapter of 1.;tana State University. Planned ac Wednesday, April 8 >es include planetarium shows and a Kai Penn at MSU •ber of presentations to include "As- Called "The Next Tom Hanks" by The t nuts and Aliens" and "Crow Indian Boston Globe, actor Kal Penn will speak "Dectives on the Night Sky." A tele at MSU at 7=30 p.m. in the Strand Union e exhibit will showcase many astro Building Ballrooms. A rising star in Hol cal types of equipment and the Sun lywood, Penn is the star of The Name Temporary 3 anll 4·way Slop Signs · e observed from the plaza entrance sake, the Harold and Kumar franchise, and a co-star on Fox's House. "What sets .,,,,.,,~ Road CSOSU1I Sql .e museum. A children's program DollUllDule him apan is his off-screen eloquence, lso be offered as well as a live demo WDf1< lone temet astronomy. The day's events his depth of intention, and his passion e !Museum admission will be free to for the intersection of popular culture, politics and race," McSpadden s~d. In oublic. For more information, call •Local access to businesses May 2007, Penn, whose real name 1s Kal • Watch for flaggers during tll-891. and residents that reside pen Modi, received the Asian Exce.llence peak hours at intersections within the closures. Award for Outstanding Actor for his per of College and 11th and ~ay, April 6 • 25 MPH speed limit along formance in The Namesake, currently College and 23rd. iative American Studies Sympo- all detour routes; 15 MPH plays Dr. Lawrence Kumer on the televi along Garfield St. apresentatives from Montana's sion series House, and was named one colleges will repon on the histo- of People's Top 50 Bachelors. Sponsors incbde the MSU Leadership Institute, For more infonnation: call 388-6832 x 0 or visit the web site. 1f the state's tribes during a Native Weekly newspaper updates will be provided, as well as local radio announcements. ican Studies symposium to be held ASMSU, Diversity Awareness Office ~d Funding for this project is provided by federal, state and local sources. Lectures and Lively Arts. For more in • ntana State University. Sponsored formation contact the MSU Leadership "MSU Department of Native Amer IStudies, the two-day event will Institute at 994-7275. www.19thbozeman.com lld in the Great Room of the MSU NEWS THE ASMSU EXPONENT I APRIL 2, 20t 6

Mosque Attack in Pakistan

nearly 70 people reported to have been development and infrastructure for o killed. ating stability in the region, but questit The Khyber Pass in the region the feasibility of such a task given t where the suicide bombing took place current state of Pakistan and Afghai is critical for supplies to pass through stan. They point towards Bush's fail Pakistan to reach U.S. military sta efforts at reconstruction in Afghanistt tioned in Afghanistan. Taliban guerilla grumble about the amount of aid mon forces have been targeting these tribal necessary and draw comparisons t areas in rural Pakistan to extend their tween Obama's strategy and unsucce! power deep into the Khyber region. ful strategies for rebuilding Viemam. 1 The area in which al Qaeda and other Citizens of Islamabad were inti jihadist groups are operating is grow viewed by BBC news to find out th ing in Pakistan; at the same time these views on the new U.S. policy and whe groups are working to re-establish for er they think it will be effective in bril mer bases in Afghanistan. ing about change. The Pakistani mosque was at Professor Mohammad Irshad S\ tacked on March 27, only hours be ports monetary aid for bolstering Pa fore President Obama announced stani efforts against the Taliban, althot: his comprehensive new strategy for he doesn't see President Obama's n Afghanistan and Pakistan. The plan strategy to be a drastic change from f differs from former President Bush's mer policy. Bilal Gill, a student, agre previous involvement with its less but questions the promise of more f cowboyish "either you're with us or eign aid since, in privatized Ameri against us!" rhetoric and more likeli often decisions are dominated by cor hood of garnering international sup rate rule. port. Oban1a emphasized that extrem Other citizens of Pakistan feel t ist groups affect neighboring nations • their country is being unfairly critici: and others across the world. "This is and b!amed for increased Taliban ac· not simply an American problem. Far ity. Nasir, a telecom worker, interpre from it," stated Obama. Obama's speech as calling Pakistan ~1 He views Pakistan and Afghani Afghanistan responsible for 9/11, s stan as separate and different na ing that Pakistan's borders were uns< tions in their own right, both critical that it is a threat to all of Asia, and t : to countering the insurgency threat. it has not done enough to stabilize ti:!• Insurgency in Afghanistan contrib Imran, an air force officer, is e>qiect utes to instability in Pakistan and vice a lot from America's new president, I versa. Central to the plan is increased thinks that saying Pakistan has not d. aid for developing infrastructure and enough is unfair. effective local governance in the re Abdul Qadir, a government offi< gion. Pakistan's capital of Islamabad adds that the Americans say "do mo will receive $1.5 billion of aid a year, for but see only American interest and five years, to advance economic devel the difficulties that Pakistani pee· opment. face. He says that Pakistanis are not E The recent suicide bombing inten what "do more" means exactly. M sifies doubt officials have expressed discussion is necessary to clarify exJ • about whether Pakistan has the means rations of both parties. to withstand terrorist forces. This is Despite the doubt expressedl especially worrisome given a new al residents of Islamabad, Pakistani ' liance between Pakistani and Afghan Afghan leadership have expressed I Taliban, forged in response to Amer port for the new plan and view it a: ica's intent to deploy more troops to improvement from America's past tr.' Afghanistan. U.S. intelligence has also actional approach to dealing with found levels of cooperation greater two countries. The new strategy hi than previously believed between promise for more dialogue and Seo' A two-story mosque in nonhwest Pakistan's military intelligence and more respectful of Pakistani and waited for the cleric to chant "God is AfP the Taliban. Pakistani leaders have pub Pakistan, filled with 300 people gathered Great'' before letting off explosives in interests. for Friday prayers, collapsed after an at licly denied this. a blast of human limbs. This was the tack by a suicide Critics of the president's new plan bomber. The bomber bloodiest attack seen yet this year, with acknowledge the necessity of economic his Week in

llGHLIGHTS OF THE MARCH 26 SMSU SENATE MEETING

)RDS BY livering his final report to the Senate, Colvin received a standing ovation. Sen. Justin Folsom and Sen. Blake Bjornson were elected as the Senate's ..iate Balks at Plan to Make Chem president pro-tempore and vice-pres ldings Permanent ident pro-tempore. The two positions Senators expressed concern over the are responsible for managing the Sen sibility that temporary chemistry ate, with the president pro-tempore located north of the new Chemistry presiding over its meetings and the vice UBiosciences building may become a president pro-temp chairing the Finance manent part of campus, and unani- Board, Stipend Review and Constitu . sly passed a resolution calling for tional Audit committees. r removal upon completion of the es Hall renovation. Sustainability Supplemental Re , fhe buildings were constructed to quest Considered ; 11Se introducto1y chemistry labs dur- The Senate considered a $1,500 sup , ~ 1the renovation of Gaines Hall, ex plemental budget request from newly . ·ed to be completed in the summer hired Recycling Coordinator Gretchen I ro10. According to the resolution, Hooker to support the sustainability I .ent concerns about the loss of green program by purchasing an iMac com I CACTUS RECORDS -e were met with reassurances that puter and software for her use. I 0 Duildings would be temporary. After discussing the amount of mon I n addition, the resolution argues ey earmarked fo r the computer's pur TOPSELLllC the buildings are not part of the chase, the Senate ultimately decided to I spus's long-range development plan table the issue until additional bids can I ALBUMS OF · expresses concern over their ap- be obtained. I · :ance. Business Manager Marcus Mantik I 1 I You've got chemistry experiments reported that approving the request MARCH 09 I ,5 on in a trailer park," Sen. Ryan Ear would leave around $15,000 in ASMSU's I ' id, adding that "It looks like a meth supplemental account, used to fund un I I own there." budgeted expenses over the course of I 1) Neko Case "Middle Cyclone" Anti-Records I the year. I [Alt. Singer/songwriter. Americana) I 2) U2 "No Line on the Horizon" lnterscope (Rock) • ASMSU Leadership Sworn In I I he meeting represented the han Coming Up 3) Brother Ali "Truth is Here" Rhymesayers [Underground Hip Hop) I r of power from outgoing ASMSU The Senate will hold its next meet 4) P.O.S. "Never Better" Rhymesayers [Underground Hip Hop) I ldent Shane Colvin and his admin ing on Thursday, April, 3 at 6 p.m. in SUB I 5) Dan Auerbach [of the Black Keys - solo) "Keep it hid" Nonesuch I ·.cton to incoming President Teresa 235. Meetings are open to the community I [lndie Garage Blues Rock) I •er, who was sworn in along with and include time for public comment. I 6) Decemberists "Hazards of Love" Capitol [Alt. Rock) I :President Katie Hansen. After de- 7) Stuart Weber "Fifth Row: An Acoustic Tour of Historic Theaters" I [Local Classical) I I Newly Elected ASMSU Officers: I 8) N.A.S.A. "Spirit of Apollo" Anti- [Alt. Rap/ Hip Hop) President: Teresa Snyder I 9) J.J. Cale "Roll On" Rounder [Classic Singer/songwriter) I Vice-President: Katy Hansen I 10) Van Morrison "Astreal Weeks Live·· Manhattan I [C lass ic Singer/songwriter) President Pro-tempore: Justin Folsom I I Vice-President Pro-tempore: Blake Bjornson I I On-Campus Senators: Grant Wheeler, Michael Capp, and Sarah Sample I Off-Campus Senators: Brychan Manry, Eric Fisher, Kyle Blessinger, I Matthew Stem \ I Family/Graduate Housing Senator: Autumn Laughbaum \ ,I Greek Senator: Sarah Butler ~ At Large Senators: Andy Creighton, Eric Brown ' ; ents, complaints and suggesoons can be directed to asmsu@:montana.edu. ' ' -... ------DISTRACTIONS THE ASMSU EXPONENT I APRIL 2,; 8 DISTRACTIONS

No Linet on the Jiggy with the Watts Horizon: THE U2 RETURN IN GLORY WORDS BY Jiggywatts didn't fully bloom into a Ben Miller band until 2008, but it had been flower ASMSU Exponent ing since the late 90s. The members of Jiggywatts include emcees Locke and To begin, I'll share a personal story. James Two and Mugga Tereasa, who It was earlier this year, or last fall, when spins beats. I descended into the dark basement It was in i997 when Locke and James known locally as the "Zebra." I'd heard met, surprisingly not in a record store there was going to be some decent hip but in a comic book shop. During that WORDS BY Caller,'' a rousing spiritual wake-up hop so I forked over the meager cover first encounter, they argued over the Lara Vaienti aimed at a culture of blurry-eyed Bil charge, under io bucks. After purchasing price of a vintage Superman comic. ASMSU Exponent Berry addicts. a Hefeweizen, I found a spot amongst In the early :woo's the separate em Computer jargon is turned into SJ the head-nodding crowd. cees toured together, slaying rhymes With their 12th studio album, U2 tual maxims issued by a voice-of-( The first act was good, nothing spe and beats up and down the West Coast. have "Achrung" it again. "No Line on the shout-chant chorus: "Shush now/Oh, cial, but good enough to not regret pay They were even roommates for a while Horizon" is an eclectic and electrifying Force quit and move to trash." Now: ing the cover. I purchased another beer in 2005. Yet it wasn't until 2008 that the winner, one that speaks to the zeitgeist know what didactic spam sounds lilu between groups, socialized a bit, and West Coast boys - Locke is from Spo the way only U2 can and dare to do. But what's eye-rolling and obli then meandered back to the miniscule kane, Wash., and James makes nearby "Let me in the sound!" Bono yelps at first becomes can't-stop-think dance floor before the next group began, Missoula home - finally and perma several times on the record, most no about-it infectious upon repeat listt in order to find a better spot towards the nently reunited, cranked it up a notch, tably on the dense-and-danceable first "No Line on the Horizon" is, for 1 stage. and fom1ed the aptly named group Jig single, "Get On Your Boots." To be clear, tain, a grows-on-you proposition. " As soon as the first song of the head gywatts. "No Line on the Horizon" isn't some on Your Boots," which has invited SC liner started playing, I knew it was the This new group is currently working radical evolution of rock 'n roll. It's not "Do I like this or not?" head-scratd beginning of a new musical friendship. on their debut album. But their six-n-ack even a radical reinvention of U2. Dirty among critics, blazes to life as pBrian Eno, I Their sound ranges from light, catchy "No, no line on the horizon," Bono iel Lanois and Steve Lillywhite, dili mesmerized by the pertinent lyrics and beats to mellow harmonies all sp1inkled nonstop, catchy beats. sings on the title track, a raw and moody bum has definite moments of cla with great lyrics. In this EP, they incor ode to the muse, where "The Edge's" After the show ended, I found the U2 brilliance. The title track has all· porate history, especially from the 'Sos, rough riffing is soothed by ethereal impact you'd hope for, it is then follo merchandise table in the comer, unoc relationships and an abundance of imag synth. This is an adventurous experi by "Magnificent", classic U2 in all t cupied by customers, with one fellow be ination. ence created by responsible people, for glory. hind the table, leaning on the brick wall. One track, titled "Movin to Space," is responsible people - a record about Adam Clayton's heavy base There were a number of shirts laid out about letting go, getting away from it all, and a couple different CDs. searching for meaning, but always know Bono's vocals full of emotion ar traveling to space and drinking beer on ing the way home. beautiful, melodic guitar solo from' Curious about the performance, I the moon. The album's iisk/reward pays off ear Edge." "Moment Of Surrender" t~ started up a conversation and was taken For some free samples of Jiggywatts, into a whole new niche of the ever-grow ly with a pair of six-minute-plus epics, U2 at their best, a lengthy gospel-tu you can check out their myspace page. ing hip-hop world. both of which have Bono seeking and re number, full of feeling and emotion But be patient, because if you missed ceiving something like divine revelation does not feel like its full 7 minutes• The emcee that night, from what I their first show in Bozeman, they have remember, was Locke; the merchandise in the rattle and hum of the everyday 24 seconds. another scheduled for April 23, 2009, table-manager informed me he was part world. "No Line on the Horizon" is a f at the Zebra Cocktail Lounge. They •viii of a young band called Jiggywatts. I was "Moment of Surrender" - wherein U2 album, but not their best. HoWI also perform at their first music festival intrigued. And since I hadn't wasted too a profound encounter with "a vision of in Lolo, outside Missoula, in early June. despite what Bono says, they wi~ r. much money on booze that night, I left invisibility" goes down at an ATM - is be "irrelevant." "I was born to sin Support some local northwest musi with the Jiggywatts five-dollar EP and a an organ-fueled hymn that takes its you" sings Bono on "Magnificent," newt-shirt. cians and plug in the iPod to some Jig gywatts. own soulful tinle corning to an end. It he might just be right. is immediately followed by "Unknown 9 DISTRACTIONS THE ASMSU EXPONENT I APRIL 2, 2009

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CARNEGIE READERS: "TENDER IS THE NIGHT" MOVIE DUNGEON FREE SCREENINGS MONTANA ROSE When:5p.m. NEVERMIND When:7p.m. When:8p.m. When:8p.m. Where: Library Carnegie, Teen Room Where: Linfield Hall, Room 225 Where: TJ Ranch What: The Livingston-Park County Friends Where: Filling Station What: Film "Mansion Of Madness" (1973, What : Montana Rose will perform Americana What: On the anniversary of Kurt Cobain's of the Library Carnegie Readers welcomes Rated R) directed by Juan L6pez Moctezuma music at the Rockin' TJ Ranch for the MSU all readers to their book discussion the first death the number one Nirvana Tribute act Spring Rodeo dance. Doors open at 8 p.m. for in the world, Nevertnind, is corning to town. Thursday of each month. Their next meeting THE SEVENTH ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO THE cocktails. Since parking is limited, guests are will be held in the Teen Room (due to the One Opening this special 8 p.m. show will be The BEATLES encouraged to take the bus for the evening. Most Beautiful Losers with their Lucero Book Montana discussion being held in the When:7p.m. Event tickets will be discounted for those meets Fugazi alt-councry rock. This show will Community Room) at 6 p.m. The April book is Where: Filling Station riding a bus. There are a limited number of be non-smoking. Tickets are $8 at Cactus or "Tender Is The Night" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. What: Various artists will perform Beatles' tickets available - call (406) 585-0595 for $10 at the door. The May book will be John LeCarre's "A Most songs. Artists perfortning Friday and Saturday advance tickets or reservations. The Rockin' Wanted Man." For more information, please night include Jess Atkins, The Beau Black TJ Ranch is located at 651 Lynx Lane. KATHARINE KRAMER AND FRIENDS contact the Livingston Public Library at (406) Band, Bigsby Jones, Borderline Failing. Dan The Rodeo will be held April 2-5 in the Brick When: 7 p.rn. 222-0862. Bradner, Paul Groueff, Kyle Helm, Colter Breeden Fieldhouse. Cowboys and cowgirls Where: Equinox Theatre Company Langan, Mathias & Friends, the Meatskin from the Big Sky Region will compete for the What: The Equinox Theatre Company is "TWO RIVERS" Jubilee Jug Band, Mountain Grip, The Ruby honor of going to the coUege finals in Casper, proud to present "Jazz at the Equinox," a new When:7p.m. Hicks, The Salamanders, AJ Scaff, The Sleeve Wyoming. Seven schools will be on hand Sunday night series of musical events in Boze Where: Emerson Center for the Arts less Lizards, Slomo Joe and The Knowshows, for the event. Performances will be at 7 p.m. man. The series is hosted by Jazz (bassist/ What: A special screening of "Two Rivers," an Supemoodle, and LangTermes. Ticket prices are $11 reserved and $9 general composer/educator) veteran KeUy Roberti, award-winning documentary film on a Native admission; ages 6 and under free. whose accomplishments are weU known in American reconciliation effort, will be pre THE ELITE the area. Bozeman has long been in need of a sented at the Emerson. The cost of admission When: io p.m. ARCHER'S MOB venue for local creative artists and jazz musi to the 60-tninute presentation is $5; tickets Where: Zebra Cocktail Lounge When: 10 p.m. cians, and the acoustics and intimacy of the will be available at the door. "Two Rivers" What: Hip Hop with The Elite at the Zebra Where: Zebra Cocktail Lounge Equinox Theatre provide just the ticket. This shares the true story of a Native American Cocktail Lounge. One listen exposes the What: Rock with Archer's Mob. Vocals, bass is an all-ages show (a hosted beverage bar will reconciliation group that began in a couple's undeniable talents of Emcees Tha Jessta, and guitar are the shared duties of Aaron Dye be available). Join tap dance master Kather home in Northern Washington State. Within Contact and Hat-Trick the Verbalist. Emerging and Dan ConweU, while drums are covered ine Kramer with friends Eric Funk (piano), five years many more had joined, and together from the Northwest in 2008, these artists by Brett Godde!. John Walker brings his dis Alan Fauque (saxophones) and KeUy Roberti they launched social and political reconcilia are hittin' the game runnin'. After two and tinctively grooving banjo to the mix, and last, (bass) for a night of more than foot tapping. tion initiatives that changed their community a half years in the studio, they are ready to but never least is Jesse Butler and his great They have developed a show that displays and race relations across the region. For more unleash their sound. From lightspeed lyrics to skills on the violin. The result of this rockin' "Jazz Through the Ages." Performances begin info contact: (406) 586-2455 or visit www. hypnotic melodies, every song will captivate. five piece is a slew of seaworthy songs from a at 7 p.m.Tickets are $zo. hopamountain.org Influenced by music of every genre, their landlocked state. Tickets are $5. versatility in beats and style is what sets them apart. Tickets are $4. 4 04 04 04 MONDAY TUESDAY·. WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

MSU E.O. WILSON AWARD CEREMONY \DULT BASICS AIKIDO CLASS AT BIG SKY THE WORD : AN ENGLISH SOCIETY ATMOSPHERE When: Doors open at 7 p.m. When: 2030 p.m. When: 7:i5 p.m. When:5p.m. Where: Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Where: SUB 236 Where: Gallatin County Fairgrounds Where: visit Web site for more info What: Aonosphere will appear at the Gallatin What: A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner known What: The beginners class introduces the What: Formerly known as the MSU English Club, The Word is a student organization that County Fairgrounds along with guests P.O.S. as the Father of Biodiversity will receive today basic concepts and movements of Aikido. The performance kicks off a 34-city tour in a Montana State University's Presidential Students will learn a number of foundation supports the literary .c?mmuruty through Medal for Global and Visionary Leadership. lecture series and wnang workshops hosted support of Atmosphere's latest album, "When techniques from an array of attacks. In ad God Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit He wiU also give a short talk and introduce dition to defensive techniques, methods of by MSU professors and local authors. Look six distinguished scientists who wiU receive for upcoming events. Gold." Eleven years after becoming the first receiving techniques (ukemi) is emphasized. hip-hop act to put the Twin Cities on the map, a\vards that evening for their pioneering work This class runs for eight weeks, and starts the in biodiversity technology. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Atmosphere has grown into one of the most first fuU week of each month. The course cost accomplished MC/producer duos around. Tickers and reservations are required. For is $85 and students may attend one or both of When: 5:30 p.m. m0re information about the Wt!son awards, Where: F-11 on Mainstreet downtown Doors will open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. the classes each week. VtSit www.bozemanai Tickets are on sale at Cacrus Records, Borders see www.eowilsona\vards.org. For information kido.com for further information. What: You've loaded your images on to your about dinner tickets, call (406) 582-1288. computer - now what? Bring them to life Books and Cold Smoke Tobacco, and online at www.porterhouseproductions.com 'HE WORD 'S OPEN MIC NITE AT THE LEAF & with the powerful tools in the affordable "THE FOREIGNER" JEAN Adobe Photoshop Elements. Fii:d out how to When: 7 p.rn. organize and easily locate your unages. T~en, AN EVENING WITH KAL PENN When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Ellen Theatre practice ,vith "quick fix" tools that make 1t When: ;r.30 p.m. Where: Leaf & Bean Downtown What: While staying at a fishing lodge in rural simple ro improve your photos so they really Where: MSU SUB What: Mixed Bag Open Mic sponsored by The What: Enjoy an evening with Kai Penn in the Georgia, pathologically shy Charlie Baker _is so stand out. There's plenty of room to take . Word: An English Society, formerly known as MSU Strand Union Ballrooms at 7:30 pm. One overcome with fear at the thought of makmg notes on the derailed class and time the MSU English Club ha~dout! of the few Indian-American actors - so far - conversation that he pretends he is from a for to question instructor Kathenne Mill~d~. If to break into HoUywood, he looks at how pop eign counrry, speaks no English, and doesn't ou work 00 a PC, sign up for the April 7 intro culture can reinforce, but also challenge and understand anything being said to him. All .o40SQUITO BANDlTO ~ucrory class. For Apple users, sign up for the When:9p.m. overturn, racial stereotypes. With an actor's is well until this "fly on the wall" hilariously April 14 session. Each meets from 5:30 to _;r.30 grace and an activist's unbridled passion, overhears more than he should and things go Where: Filling Station m in the classroom at F-u Photographic What: Spend this night with one-man band, Penn shows the audience the visionaries uproariously awry. ~~pplies and costs $74.99. Pre-registraaon Mosquito Bandito, local grungesters The working to broaden the racial "":~ cultu_ral ex is required. Later in the month, you'U have a perience in movies and on televts1on. Tickets Salamanders and touring hardcore punk acts chance to advance your skills in N.'O classes Dingus and Dynamiteasauras. are $5 for students and ~8 for_ adult~, available for both PC and Apple users. Register and at all Tickets West locaaons, including the learn about these and other F·n classes and Bobcat ticket office and TicketsWest.com. For events when you stop by the store at i6. E_ast more information, please call (406) 994-7275. Main in historic downtown Bozeman, VtSlt www.fnphoto.com or call (406) 586-3281. REC[REATI ON] THE ASMSU EXPONENT I APRIL 02, 2009 10

• THIS· The Exponent presents features front READ THIS

Sea of Despair Lisa M. Cronkhite

I lost you somewhere between b~ack and white, when colors ran together, arming shades of gray. READ THIS was created in the fall semester of 2006 as an extension of the Eng lish Club, now called The Word: An English Satiety, and continues to be published In a cold fog of shadows, I reached out during the academic year. The founders, with initiator John Powers, wanted to to feel you, though my hands turned make the new publication more accessible to the general community, giving ic-a· - -. numb in the empty air conspicuous title and taking great care that the format is appealing - printing it on newsprint with a photo cover. After our first issue, we received support from and my eyes filled with a sea of despair. the MSU President, Geoff Gamble, and several college deans to continue growing The swell of tears purged through me, and improving the publication. Each issue contains literature and art from MSU as I lost you in the dark. srudents, the greater Bozeman community, and the rest of the world. The website www.montana.edu/readthis is our companion to the print publication, so please You hid so far inside my heart, I stopped browse previous and current issues, and take a look at the calendar for upcoming to catch my breath. And when I found you READ THIS and The Word events. in my life, I dreamt of loss again. Submission deadline for the spring/summer issue, Volume 4 Issue 2, is April i7, Artist's Biography: 2009. Please submit to [email protected]. See our submission guidelines. Lisa M. Cronkhite has published work in Bible We acoept poetry, fiction, non-fiction, creative non-fiction, critical essays, poetry, Advocate, Combat Magazine, Clark Street Review, drawin-gs or paintings (color or not), photography, and any other art transferrable Salome Magazine, The Penwood Review, S rap & to newsprint. Stamp Arts Magazine, The Shepherd, Soul FGuntain and Fighting Chance Magazine. She is currently tak ing a writer's course for children based in Connecti cut. Lisa currently resides, here in the U.S. with her husband and two children. She suffers from the Bipolar disorder and writes as a coping skill in the hopes for better understanding.

Cameron Lawson lives in Bozeman, Montana. He attends MSU. Also, photo rapher with clients such as Sony Europe, Disney and Philip Morris. During d summers, Cameron works as a Glacier Pilot in Alaska. .IL 02, 2009 I THE ASMSU EXPONENT REC[REATION] 11

CaCee Walsh is a photographer, poet, writer, and most impor tantly a free and unique individual. She currently lives in the Gal latin Valley.

Aerugo Small Mountain Town David Kowalczyk Zach Kienitz

Its face is All it does is gray and rain all day a beautiful wound. Coming down to greet boughs, on Eyes made ofleather, Rocky Mountain trees lips ofice, And the tiny escalating icicles it owns the Old roads, paved, perform miniature secret smile of white ponds an assassin. Misted mountain tops bottoms and Its heart is lawns sweet and wicked, Cigarettes all in and among bursting with The flower pots big splintered blos devious sins. soming bosom song Its soul is a Of pink, purple, and Red hiding place for Little church in weeks' par gods dark and mysterious. Limping but meeting, Two-dollar bills for most not at the Artist's Biography: bar David Kowalczyk lives and writes Post, selling stamps to tourists going in the small gypsum mining town of and Coming Oakfield, New York, some thirty miles At decrepit motel(s) erst of Buffalo. His poetry has appeared OpeA liquor stbrerundays irrseven anthologies and over seventy Makes for good r..e,tes 'Standing behind this pulpit magazines, including Taj Mahal-Review, _ -tong4mls and Tall gates JesseSulam Istanbul Literary Review, and Munyori ..In small mountain towns Literary Journal. He has taught English Where the west is the future Standing behind this pulpit I know, in Changwon, South Korea, and San ,,,,..- They demand answers Miguel de Allende, Mexico ;fuist's Biography: They say Father, ZaerrKienitE is a Junior her!! at\MSU, "Forgive me, for I have sinned it has been. .." currently enrolled in the School or Film How many? How many? and Photography. I know how it looked in sin When you sat there trusting me, So, you spill you cry you rage So, I sit here trying to listen I was not built for this I can't thrive behind your confessional screen So, protect, serve listen? So, - Nobody could save me from those nights of pain. L/fe what You See? Father... If.you.liked these pieces from "READ THIS", look for Nobody could listen as my sexuality built, crackled and demolished. more in upcoming editions of the Exponent. More will Father.. . be featured in the section titled "Inspire". Now my eyes ache, an~all screams beg fol' Father...

t's Biography: Jesse Sulam is a senior in Global and Muticultural Studies ~th ese studies minor at MSU. His poetry revolves around how internal conflict manifests itself in the face of the public ref!lm. , • REC[REATION] THE ASMSU EXPONENT I APRIL ; 12 REC[REATION]

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-Section Editors It's official. College basketball teams made it to playoffs; that was almost acer in Montana are flat-out awesome. Three tainty. However, many 'Cats fans won of Montana's college teams had incred dered if they could down the UM Griz - Photographers ible post-season performances and in the first round game. The Griz beat caught the attention of the entire nation. the 'Cats in both their regular season Billings' Rocky Mountain College's men's meetings, both in Missoula and at home. -Graphic Designers basketball team took home its first NAIA However, in playoffs where it counted, national championship last week, and the 'Cats downed the Griz, knocking UM -Writers the UM women's team had a great post out of the playoffs and squelching any season run as well. More imponant than Cat-Griz bad mouthers. all of that (obviously) is the MSU men's From there, they traveled to Ogden, -Artists basketball team, and their incredible Utah for the Big Sky Conference Tour playoff performance this season. nament. Their first game was against So, the Battlin' Bears of Rocky Moun the No. l Weber State Wildcats. Once -Business Manager tain College. First of all, if you don't again, the 'Cats surprised sp ectators know, Rocky Mountain College is a small with a win. That win was incredibly well private school in Billings. They compete deserved, as it came due to an awesome -Office Manager in the National Association of Intercol performance by the 'Cats. legiate Athletics (NAIA), and compete And I can happily add to my list of fa divisionally against Carroll College and vorite game moments ever Will Bynum's -Copy Editer Montana Tech in Montana. This is their dunk over the head of an unfonunate first national championship in any spon Wildcat. SponsCenter agreed with me, in school history. How awesome is that? apparently. Bynum's dunk was named The Bears struggled early in the tour no. l on their Top Ten the next day. *All Paid Positions nament, falling behind in the first half of After that game, the 'Cats faced the every game besides the championship. No. 2 Ponland State Vikings in the cham Pick up an application They were the underdog in every game pionship game. Many basketball fans at the Exponenc Offire and wondered if every game they made it thought that this would be the moment to would be their last. Hmm, that sounds their luck would run out, and they would Sub 305 a bit familiar to us MSU fans, doesn't it? be stomped. or Call 994.2224 However, the unseeded Bears battled Instead, the 'Cats showed all doubt through and wound up in the title match ers that they deserved their spot as one for more information. against the also-unseeded Columbia of the top two teams in the conference. College Cougars. After a hard-fought game, they lost by a In the championship game, the Bears devastating two points, 79-77. showed everyone that they belonged in They shot 55.2 percent in the first the tournament. They not only beat the half, their best average all season. Fin Trout Bum Fly Swap V Cougars for their first national title; they ishing the season second in the confer stomped them with a final score of 77-61. ence by only two points and shooting the ··one .\Inn's Trash is :\1wtht'r .\Ian's Tmi.-:11<". Tha~ might not seem like that much of a best they ever have in the title game is Flyfishing Gear Swap point differential, but the Bears held a nothing to scoff at. It's dowru;ght awe Fri, Sat, Sun, April 17,18, & 19 19-point lead at halftime and consistent some. ly out-played Columbia the entire game. 0 Bnng your now or used cquipmtnt to >d1 Oh yeah, I should probably mention betWCtn April 6-16, The Bears were definitely not the that the UM Grizzlies women made it only underdog in Montana, and definite O Com• in Apnl 1~·19 forth< best borpins into the NCAA tournament. That's pret on new and lllcd ~J.r. ly not the closest to home. The Bobcat ty good, too, I guess. men's basketball team shocked basket So, all in all, the Bears, the 'Cats and ball fans all around the nonhwest and yes (ugh), the Lady Griz had incr:dibl~ landed themselves in the Big Sky Con seasons and deserve a big congratula ference championship game. tions. No one was surprised that the 'Cats Rll 2, 2009 I THE ASMSU EXPONENT REC[REATION] 13

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The Bobcat track team begins its outdoor season this weekend at the Al Manuel Invite on April 3.

Men: The MSU men's tennis team is hosting Portland State on April 4 at 11 a.m.

Women: The women's tennis team is heading to Colorado this weekend to take on The MSU women's golf team will head to Wyoming Northern Colorado on April 3 at 2:30 p.m. and Metro State on April 4 at 10 a.m. next week for the University of Wyoming Invite on April 7.

The MSU club lacrosse has a couple of home games coming up this week. On Saturday, April 4, they will play Regis University. Then, on Sunday, April 5, they will take on Metro State University at 10 a.m. Both games will be on campus, possibly in the stadium. Be on the lookout for a finalized location.

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winds, the Nina drought seems to manac description of the Pacific Decadal - common, helpful clues in an attempt to WORDS BY Oscillation (PDO). In 1999 the PDQ shift guess the weather. The Farmer's Alma weakening. Does this mean next winter will Ben Miller ed into a cool phase, meaning less rain nac reassures weather nerds that often ASMSU Exponent and snpw for the western United States. the best tool to see the future of weather a big snow year? Not necessarily, bt However, the PDQ and the NAO is simple observation. does prove that nature's bowels and With fewer powder days this sea (North Atlantic Oscillation) seem to Here are a couple clever, insightful weather are rumbling and will re' son, the total annual snowfall has been change over 10-year periods, which sayings: "When clouds appear like tow their potential magnitude in due rim• significantly lower this winter, which could be good news for the 2009-2010 ski ers, the earth is refreshed by frequent Remember, Montana is notorious annoys both skier and snowboarder season. In other words, the io-year dry showers"; "halo around the sun or receiving significant amounts of p!'e( alike. Unforrunately, along with irregu spell could be over, leaving the seasons moon, rain or snow soon"; "red sky at ration in the late winter months: Ma lar weather patterns also come irregular to come, a winter wonderland. night, sailor's delight, red sky in morn April, even into May and June. crowds. Riders yearning constantly for Bridger Bowl's average annual snow ing, sailor take warning." Last winter, Bridger Bowl e1'.'ten their snow fix show up by the masses fall is 350 inches. So far this season What all this wishful thinking and its season one week to help dedici when the snow finally arrives, yet they Bridger has received just slightly more intense study does inform us about the riders enjoy the flurry of late wi: remain unmotivated if the flakes of fun than 250 inches. Although there has weather is that it fluctuates, a lot. Simi storms. This extension worked aren't consistently falling. been some recent winter activity in the lar to mood swings, weather oscillates perfectly as Bridger's closing day The 2009 La Nifla effect has dras mountains around the Gallatin Valley, it continually. Weather patterns of varying bluebird, warm, and as always, fes tically changed the moods of the rid is very unlikely that any of the ski resorts length take turns roughing up the earth. Though, even after the resortS c ers and mountains across most of the will surpass their average snowfall this Since this winter was unusually there are still rums to be had, occas United States. According to National season. dry and excessively random, next win ally even powder rums. 1 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra However, prescribing all these num ter could be quite the opposite. In the So don't pack up all that snow tion (NOAA) scientists at the National bers to something as unreliable and un March El Niflo/Southern Oscillation Di just yet. Knowing Montana, there'll Climate Data Center in Ashville, N.C., predictable as weather leaves the con agnostic Discussion, issued by the Cli be some flakes to feast on; and as al\ this winter season has been recorded clusion as ominous as the clouds before mate Prediction Center, another branch remember to practice safe, patient b" as the sth driest winter since 1895. With a storm. For centuries humans have been of NOAA, the unfortunate La Nina we've country and avalanche procedures less and less precipitation in the moun guessing and predicting weather pat been experiencing is predicted to de pecially this spring. tains, outdoors enthusiasts are finding it terns and forecasts. Riddles, proverbs, cline this spring. As subsurface ocean harder to chase fresh powder. myths, folklore and short, rhyming cou temperatures begin to rise, along with This correlates \vith The Farmer's Al- plets were - and still are to an extent are low-level east winds and high-level west IL 2, 2009 I THE ASMSU EXPONENT STATIC 15 TATIC Victory for Unions; Defeat for Workers

mation elections. to muster Conversations about the Employee support for Free Choice Act invariably follow the this bill. same course. First, the act is mentioned With fore The blunt force negotiations of in conversation or an interview. Then knowledge 1 Friday, the MEA-MFT, Montana's the question of why the act is necessary of voting a union often lead institutions 1 Jt union, mailed out ballots to 338 comes up, followed by the response intentions, away from merit-based perfor · e and tenure track faculty and i79 that the Employee Free Choice Act will either side mance and towards a culture of : ct professors at Montana State result in more union formations. can infiu- rsity, putting the issue of union Unfortunately, the conversation ence worker mere adequacy, creating a detri . n to a third vote for the tradition ends here. No one asks why ending votes. This mental situation for students and J>luctant-to-unionize MSU faculty. secret ballots will cause more union situation competent professors. venture an unsolicited opinion, formations or why union formations is roughly tana State faculty members would are an undeniable good, likely because analogous ~e to check all the facts and sta both questions have awkward or non to either "' prior to voting for unionization. existent answers. the Republi- dues and fees could easily out The Employee Free Choice Act sub can and Democratic parties supporting mediately. Open ballots for general elec "''Potential salary gains. In addi stitutes card checks, a method of open the requirement that voters in national tions are shortsighted and dangerous. '•the blunt force negotiations of a election, for secret ballots, a method of elections tell election monitors their in As Montana State faculty deliberate koften lead institutions away from private election. In short, card checks tentions prior to voting, opening them on their unionization votes, they can ~1t based performance and towards make public the views and voting inten selves up to harassment by party repre be secure in the knowledge that their ~'ti.re of mere adequacy, creating a tions of every employee, leaving them sentatives. choices are as public as they wish them ·• 11ental situation for students and open to everything from harassment to It is difficult to imagine the support to be, and no more. With the support of '\?tent professors. veiled and open threats. of either major party for a bill of this Democrats in Congress and union sup Bt being said, it is relevant to note Consequently, the Employee Free type, as both would be cognizant of the porters, it is far from certain that fu 4 -ieMEA-MFT is sending out secret Choice Act results in more unions be its double-edged nature. ture faculty considering unionization at ""l to faculty, despite the Employ cause union supporters who know in Apparently, the same logic does not MSU or throughout the United States will have the same protection. . e Choice Act currently working diVldual workers' opinions are able to apply in union formations. Union sup porters cry foul about the perceived · ~h the inth Congress. This act, target non-supporters and coerce them corporate control of union votes, and "•"ioned by unions and congressio into voting for unions. shortsightedly suggest a response that , llllocrats, is a thinly veiled attack Even if corporations are perceived rational thought dismisses almost im- ·• · use of secret ballots in union for- as evil and opportunistic, it is difficult THE ASMSU EXPONENT I APRIL 2, 2 STATIC 16 People are People, N 0 Matter Bow Small

WORDS BY cnnc1zmg idiosyncrasies of learning and racism. Trudi Mingus styles, appearances, religion, sexual Through ASMSU Exponent preferences, mental capacities, etc. We out history, Having differences in people is the constantly force social norms on people women and epitome of life's beauty and, if noth Wherever we go in life, we seem to so those of us that fit in feel more com men have say that we have the right to claim land, fortable at the expense of outcasts who been pegged ing else, they should show us how claim nations and overthrow peoples. don't fit the mold. against each to love deeper and how to view the Over the course of history, people have We should all know better than to other, het world for what it is - a place where displayed great pride in their ethnicity discriminate against any sort of idea. We e ro sexual and origin and, rather than seeing other form our personalities with the thoughts and homo real people live, who have real emo people, we see their differences. we think and opinions we hold as we sexual tions, ideas, feel real pain, joy and Sociologists and psychologists have expect other people to accept our per against each make real mistakes. argued for years over whether it is an ception of reality. We refuse to afford other, Chris intrinsic human tendency to develop a opposition to things we believe - from tianandMus sense of elitism towards groups of peo the most minor of disagreements to the lim against ple separate from one's own. Whether largest discrepancy in belief, we show each other, us how to love deeper and how to innate or not, it is absolutely wrong. that we seem to have enormous capacity Hutu and Tutsi against each other, Jews the world for what it is - a place" Even if we are the most conscious of for intolerance. and anti-Semites against each other; the real people live, who have real emot non-discriminatory people, we all hold Growing up in the northwestern Unit list is long and distinguished, age-old ideas, feel real pain, joy and make our biases towards certain groups. I per ed States, I have seen examples of what battles which should no longer be social mistakes. sonally have found to date only one per the rest of the world would consider a issues that we still worry about every The world is not obligated to 11 son who I've seen express real caring for very intolerant W.AS.P. (White Anglo morning when our front door opens and care of us and owes us nothing but ~ all people at all stages in life: my sister, Saxon Protestant) mentality. Along with welcomes the world into our lives. a group of organisms sharing spac• Kristi. this comes a sad state of intolerance due We are certainly educated enough at indeed obligated to each other. Ifv 1 The idea of mutual tolerance and to the area's predominant white, Chris this point in life to accept the fact that not have one another, we have not peaceful coe.x:istence should not need tian culture with little more to broaden different people have different perspec Please, put away your jokes about rr. to be stated, so why does it seem such the scope. Discrimination predomi tives, whether or not they look, act or ity groups (women are included, th a difficult rule to abide by? We spend an nantly tends to come from white males, were raised like you. Having differences tltey make up 52 percent of the Po ungodly amount of time forcing people which are seen all too often in history in people is the epitome of life's beauty tion) and learn how to love the beat to feel inadequate for their differences; waving proud their barmers of secession and, if nothing else, they should show diversity in body, mind and soul. IRIL 2, 2009 I THE ASMSU EXPONENT STATIC 17

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It's the ultimate test of your ganization Campus Crusade for Christ service. The cheesy breadsticks, for one. f.g skills, and guess what? You're Campus Crusade, for short-and a num And the Sunday-morningwaffle bar. And '5 to parallel park a van in a compact ber are probably also familiar with the the iced tea machine in Hannon. And !Jzed space on a street that is nearly Battle Cry Campaign, a Christian orga having access to a good meal whenever one. You have three cars waiting for nization seeking to effect social and po I feel the need. o park; the streets are icy and you litical change. In this rant, I'm not taking Except for that last part, because it's f.ive minutes to get to class. issue with their respective goals-I'm not quite true. !le only comparable clutch pressure taking issue with their names. As I'm sure anyone living on-campus :ion would be going to the men's Crusade? Battle Cry? Why must these is painfully aware, the dining halls close :.oom at halftime and having a line groups employ such overtly-militaristic at 7 p.m. each evening. Which is fine, if ports fans with full bladders wait names? The word "Crusade" is instantly you're the sort who never feels hungry {_r you to get done. recognizable, as are its historical and between then and whenever you put make matters worse, urban scho religious implications. The Crusades yourself to bed. J expansion is threatening our lasted, on and off, from the nth to the UnfortuJ. dtely, I'm not. If there's one 'lle parking habitats. Once, beau i'Jth centuries and targeted Muslims, thing I've learned in college, it's how to ·~:learings of black asphalt were heretics, and personal enemies of the dread the 9 p.m. hunger pangs that strike ant, and the Subarus ran free and Papacy. Far from being a rallying point just about as regularly as Montana Hall. i were they wished. But now those for Christians, this word carries conno By my math, I pay $1603 a year for my g lots are shrinking at an alann tations amassed by centuries of pillage, seven-day meal plan. Which isn't a bad ~e, with beautiful signs directing rape, and intolerance. The Crusades are deal, as it's probably the only thing that I! to E and S&B parking being re still seen by many Muslims as a sign of keeps me from starving on a diet of Top (1 with orange cones and chain link Christian hostility toward their beliefs. Ramen and Pop-Tarts. f;g. Long-standing nesting spots for Similarly, a "battle cry" also invokes But still - I can't help feeling like I'm 11 Neons have been decimated by patriotism and religious sentiment. A getting screwed if I have to order a pizza .tildings. battle cry's goal is to intimidate and every night to keep my stomach satis d what is being done about our lost threaten an opponent into submission. fied. Or if I have to make a trip to Pickle '*'g spots? Are there new ones being It brings to mind war dances and taunt Barrel whenever I can't make time to fit El:i? No. Instead, parking passes in ing. dinner in before closing time. • and parking violations are contin- I don't understand why Christian Come one, Food Service - would it re 1~elled out. Our native Subarus are groups would choose such militant ally kill you to put out an evening snack? driven from their natural, desig names. These names are designed to It certainly feels like I'm paying for more oarking lots and forced to make a make fellow Christians feel like trench than i2 hours of sustenance a day. >me elsewhere, only to be slapped mates in the war for America, drawing I mean, I really enjoy the whole all you-can-eat thing, but I really wish you'd yellow packet under their weep stark lines and dehumanizing the "ene dshield wipers. my." I presume their goals don't include add "when-you-feel-like-it" to the end. Your customers are college students, •need to stop the destruction ofour intimidating all the heathens out there after all. You can't really expect us to oi5 lots, the selling of more parking into submission. want to eat at normal hours... than there are spots and the pen They shouldn't be waging open war --Eric Dietrich 'Mven to those who lose the game on other ideologies; they should be Sudoltu 8 6 2 4 5

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