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UM’S INDEPENDENT Weather CAMPUS NEWSPAPER MONTANA Sunny SINCE 1898 Chance of rain 56F Tuesday, October 24, 2006 Volume CIX, Issue 31 Letters K AIMIN House race from a spotlights bad date Iraq War CHANDRA JOHNSON Page 2 MONTANA KAIMIN From their stands on Iraq to the Beer way they campaign, the differ- ences between Republican Congressman Dennis Rehberg and Mile his Democratic challenger, Monica Lindeen, couldn’t be starker. To inebriety and Although their campaign for Montana’s lone seat in the U.S. beyond House of Representatives has been somewhat overshadowed by a rau- Page 4 cous Senate race, the two have been debating since June, offering contrasting views on issues rang- ing from security to the environ- Student ment. Perhaps the candidates differ most on the prosecution of the war Hunters in Iraq. Rehberg, who has visited Iraq twice during his three terms in office, defends the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq as essential to What to do with the war on terror. “I work every day to help create your kill a secure future for Montana’s fam- ilies. In order to do this, we must win the war on terror,” Rehberg Page 9 said. “Calls for immediate with- drawal from Iraq are irresponsible and undermine our fight against Sports global terrorism.” Lindeen, who trails her oppo- UM coaches ink nent in both name recognition and campaign cash, says the U.S. con- new deals tinues to fight a war with expired ideas behind it. “The status quo is a failed poli- Page 10 cy,” Lindeen said. “What we need is a representative who will listen Libertarian to the facts and make independent Amanda Determan/Montana Kaimin decisions to win back the confi- Lifting up a corner of the carpet in Aricka Turner’s Lewis and Clark Villages apartment reveals the mold and damage caused by an unsealed dence of the world while decreas- freshman shower. Residence Life maintenance services steam cleaned Turner’s moldy carpet several times, but Turner says the mold remains. ing the cost of war in terms of lives and money.” running for Given the war and instability in Student blames Residence Life the Middle East, Lindeen and Rehberg agree that the U.S. must State Senate become more energy independent. for moldy carpet, health problems They both endorse alternative DYLAN LASLOVICH energy resources, but differ in MONTANA KAIMIN TY HAMPTON their emphasis on options like MONTANA KAIMIN she says she began having recur- orange sticky notes on her refrig- wind, solar and hydropower and Will Stock wears his political ring nosebleeds, followed by erator from the five trips that grain-based ethanol. views on his sleeve – or better yet, headaches and nausea the first Residence Life’s maintenance Traveling the state in a green his answering machine. UM junior Aricka Turner has a week of the fall semester. department made to her apart- bus fueled by bio-diesel, Lindeen, “People should not be afraid of rotten living situation. “It would just keep getting ment. After receiving Turner’s a Huntley resident and four-term their government. Governments A six-foot-long strip of carpet worse and better and then worse call, the maintenance crew applied state legislator, is making energy a should be afraid of their people,” leading out from the corner of her again though the months,” Turner multiple steam cleanings to the central theme of her uphill cam- Stock’s answering machine plays. living room is growing mold in said. “It wasn’t painful or too seri- carpet. Turner claims the moisture paign. “Yes, it is a time where we must her two-bedroom apartment in the ous, but it was constantly uncom- from the steam cleanings has had Coming from a farming family, cherish our civil liberties and free- Lewis and Clark Villages. fortable.” little effect – if not made matters Lindeen says she’s not only con- doms. So if you do appreciate that, Turner said she is constantly ill While rearranging her apart- worse. cerned about the environment, but please just leave me your name because of the mold and blames ment in early September, Turner “They still haven’t done the one also about Montana’s role in the and number and I will get back to the Residence Life for not clean- found the mold, which had been thing we initially wanted them to future of alternative fuels. you; unlike our government.” ing it up. But Residence Life said hidden from view behind and do, which is to pull up the carpet “Energy security is one of the Stock, a 19-year-old it isn’t so sure the mold exists and under her couch. The carpet had and check out underneath it for biggest issues facing this country,” Libertarian, is a freshman at the that it offered Turner ample oppor- turned white and the wooden legs mold spores,” Turner said as she Lindeen said. “Montana can be University of Montana who’s run- tunity to change apartments and of the couch had traces of mold on lifted up a corner of the carpet such a leader in renewable fuels ning for the Senate District 49 she refused. them, as did the length of the back exposing what she said she because the crops used can be seat. His reasons for running as a Turner, a broadcast journalism of the couch. Water from the believes is damage to the founda- grown right here.” Libertarian are deeply rooted. major, moved into apartment A14 apartment’s shower had leaked tion beneath. That may be, Rehberg said, but “I am sick and tired of the right of the complex in May with her through the wall and into the liv- Turner claims Residence Life oil and coal should remain part of and left wings saying, ‘We’re roommate. Beginning in July, she ing room. Turner said she believes maintenance told her that they the energy picture too. going to run for the people and for says she started feeling symptoms the leak results from a lack of would not be returning after it “We must increase our domestic of sinus congestion, sneezing and caulking to seal the shower. brought fans in to dry her carpet See SENATE, Page 5 sore throat. Later in the summer Turner has a collage of five See MOLD, Page 8 See CONGRESS, Page 4 www.montanakaimin.com M o n t a n a K a i m i n 2 Opinion Tuesdsay, October 24, 2006 Letters from a bad date Editorial College students should stop tokin’ Scoreboards for the scoreless: Mating made easier and start votin’ Of the many things I am bad at, by far my biggest failure is dating. While some guys are like a pizza guy in a porn when it comes to women, I am more If there are two things college-age people don’t care about, like the janitor who stumbles into the scene and looks they are money and avoiding death. confused. Not sound right? Well that’s the only explanation we could Take this great moment in Pat history: last year I come up with when we saw this statistic from the Center for was at a party when a girl told me she wanted to Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement: come to my house and watch a movie. Though I was Only 47 percent of citizens aged 18 to 24 voted in the 2004 elec- let down by her entertainment choice for the evening, tion nationwide, the lowest percentage of all age groups. I said OK because I like movies. What does such widespread apathy say about our generation? Halfway through the third film she turned and We’re not sure. With many issues currently at stake that so asked me what my problem was. Apparently she had directly effect young people – especially their money and the never wanted to watch a movie in the first place. I lives of their peers – it doesn’t make sense. Apparently smoking tried to explain that I hadn’t either, but by then she up and listening to the new Death Cab for Cutie CD is just more was too mad to listen. important. After the embarrassment wore off, I got to thinking Take a look at some of the issues that could be decided by about what “my problem” is. Could it be how I’m politicians elected two weeks from today, on Nov. 7. usually blissfully unaware of what other people are On the state level, there’s the minimum wage initiative, I-151, thinking? Could it possibly be my award-winning which would increase Montana’s minimum wage by a dollar to ability to make an ass out of myself? You tell me, $6.15.