KEEPING THEIR DISTANCE Missoulians Try to Find a New Normal in a World Without a Normal

MONTANA KAIMIN KEEPING THEIR DISTANCE Missoulians try to find a new normal in a world without a normal

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Volume 122 Issue No. 27, April 22, 2020 Kiosk Kaimin Editorial

Cover photo The Montana Kaimin is a weekly For comments, corrections or letters to Daniel Duensing independent student newspaper at the editor, contact FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA LETTER FROM THE EDITOR LETTER TO THE EDITOR the University of Montana. It does [email protected] not condone or encourage any illegal or call (406) 243-4310. Montana Kaimin @montanakaimin @MontanaKaimin Forgive renters now and later activities. The Kaimin office and the Approaching the end: Apart but not alone University of Montana are located For advertising opportunities, contact UM Housing has halved its vacate notice. Unemployment on land originally inhabited by the [email protected] or FEW DAYS last time I sat down with like mine. We don’t get that this happened, and has skyrocketed. Class has been canceled. Thankfully, our noble Salish People. Kaimin is a derivative call (406) 243-6541. AGO at 10 my staff and told them, to share that moment of there’s nothing that can Governor has suspended evictions, in a surprising turn after of a Salish language word, “Qe‘ymin,” KAIMIN COMIC p.m., I sat on “this may be the last time accomplishment with be done to fix it. UM’s that is pronounced kay-MEEN and the phone we’re all together,” it was our families and friends, administration will try closing our places of employment and thus suspending our means “book,” “message,” or with my partner, curled true. many of whom were to give us an almost- incomes for the well-being of our communities. Which was Aup in a blanket, petting These last times were ready to travel hundreds ceremony, but it won’t another surprising turn; given that it involved the well-being of “paper that brings news.” my childhood cat bound to come. They of miles to be with us. be the same. For those our communities. Thankfully, due to these courageous and char- and telling her about were bound to come for We don’t get to stand of you who are angry or itable actions, we’ve gone from living month-to-month to living EDITORIAL STAFF NEWSROOM STAFF my plans for putting all of us who thought together, a UM family, frustrated or sad, you a different-month-to-a-different-month. together the last Kaimin they had time to say who may not have all should be. We deserved Without rent forgiveness in the face of this pandemic, the stu- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF NEWS REPORTERS DESIGNERS of the semester. We goodbye but didn’t. known one another, but better. dents and working people of our community have simply been Cassidy Alexander Mazana Boerboom Kaitlin Clifford have this conversation But for the first time somehow all made it to In a way, this letter is happily informed that the letterbomb they had been waiting to Hanna Campbell Constance Darlington every Sunday, usually since coronavirus the same place. my goodbye. This paper receive will be arriving later than anticipated. An entire commu- BUSINESS MANAGER Dante Filpula Ankney Lily Johnson in person, but this time changed my life as a Every day I think is the goodbye of the nity who have lost their incomes cannot be expected to procure Patrick Boise Cameron Kia Weix Lindsey Sewell it was different. This student, it hit me that about how much I wish seniors on my staff who said lost income out of thin air when the first of the month Aidan Morton was the first time since I will never have the I could eat one more UC thought there would be appears, be they out of work magicians or not. Even without the NEWS & SPORTS EDITORS CARTOONIST COVID-19 canceled my experiences I’d been Market bagel, or read more. It’s not what we threat of eviction hanging over our heads, debts to landlords and Sydney Akridge SPORTS REPORTERS Cooper Malin daily routine, in-person imagining since I started a book on the Oval or hoped for, but it’s what utility companies will accrue on people who were struggling, by Helena Dore Jack Marshall classes, graduation and at UM on Aug. 29, 2016. pick up the last issue we have left. As you try no fault of their own, to make a single month’s rent in the first Luke Schmit COPY CHIEF favorite parts of my life There are hundreds of the Kaimin. For all to find your own way place. There is nothing to stop them from milking us, hand over ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Griffen Smith Andrea Halland that it really hit me. of students at UM, like of the seniors who are to say goodbye, know fist, the moment the moratorium is lifted. For the common cow, Erin Sargent The last time I me, who will end their approaching the end, that we’re here. We may this is an average day. For the common human being, this is not. ARTS & CULTURE REPORTERS COPY EDITOR screamed in my car in college careers without it’s personal in its own be apart, but we’re not Well, come to think of it, for the common human living in the FEATURES EDITOR Austin Amestoy JoAnn Martin Lot A because I couldn’t the ending we were way. The thing is, it’s alone. United States presently, it isn’t too far out of the ordinary. Thank- Paul Hamby Clint Connors find a parking spot was promised. We don’t hard to explain what it fully our federal stimulus checks are creeping in at glacial pace, Meghan Jonas WEB MANAGER likely the last time I get to walk across a feels like to be ready for CASSIDY ALEXANDER and when they get here we might have enough to buy some MULTIMEDIA EDITORS Alex Miller Alex Zoellner would come to campus. stage and receive our one chapter of your life EDITOR-IN-CHIEF groceries. Quinn Corcoran Jordynn Paz The last time I dragged diplomas, something to be over while feeling [email protected] Dearest Landlords: if you’re worried about rent not being Claire Shinner Ben Wambeke OFFICE ASSISTANTS my feet on my way to that carries even more frustrated you can’t read paid, I hear the grocery stores are hiring. Ava Cline STAT 422, it was my last weight for students with the last few pages. We’ll see you there and we can discuss our leases. DESIGN EDITORS MULTIMEDIA STAFF Norbert Weber in-person class, ever. The a not-so-typical journey It isn’t anyone’s fault BY TYSON GERHEART Jacqueline Evans-Shaw Hazel Cramer Abigail Stone Daylin Scott Daniel Duensing Cassandra Williams Jiakai Lou Liam McCollum ADVISERS Nick Mills Jule Banville MEET THE 2020-2021 KAIMIN LEADERS Emma Smith Chris Johns ERIN SARGENT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF CASSIE WILLIAMS, BUSINESS MANAGER Savannah Stanhope SENIOR, JOURNALISM JUNIOR, POLITICAL SCIENCE

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As of April 17, they have created around sault after he allegedly attacked the woman, 5,300 cloth masks, 1,400 face shields, 350 shoe her son and two other hikers on the M Trial. covers, 350 head covers, 400 gowns and 300 Kuntz was booked into Missoula County Jail UM responds to Zoom security concerns mask covers, according to a press release. April 19 after receiving treatment for two As of April 20, there are 40 positive cases of stab wounds. Kuntz’ brother, Jacob Kuntz, COVID-19 with 26 recoveries and one death published a message on Facebook April 14. in Missoula County. In the entire state, there He wrote that he and his family witnessed have been 433 confirmed cases, 243 recover- Kuntz’s mental health deteriorated during ies and 10 deaths from the virus. The Missou- the month prior and called the Missoula Pro- la City-County Health Board passed a face bation and Parole and Missoula police office DANTE FILPULA-ANKNEY cloth recommendation on April 16 to protect to report his behavior. He also said he offered [email protected] essential workers and the public who come to drive his brother to the ER for mental HUNDREDS IN HELENA PROTEST into contact with each other. The Health health treatment, and he refused. “Our COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS Board hopes this recommendation will be hearts go out to all the victims, their families, 4/11 A BURGLAR’S BLUNDER Around 600 people gathered outside the widely accepted, but wearing a face mask is friends and the community of Missoula, MT A resident in Rimini Courts left their Capitol building in Helena on Sunday, April not a requirement. (DANIEL DUENSING) for this truly senseless tragedy that could 19 to protest Gov. Steve Bullock’s stay-at- house for 24 hours and returned to scrapes have been avoided,” he wrote. (PAUL HAMBY) home order and COVID-19 restrictions, and dents on their door where someone MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER CAMERON PARKS according to KRTV MTN News. Many pro- TRANSFERS TO UM HOUSING ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR MT FAMILIES seemed to have unsuccessfully tried break- testers at the “Montana Liberty Rally” said ing in. UMPD was not able to locate the Former Sacred Heart University guard Some families who have suffered sub- the restrictions infringe on their constitution- stantial financial hardship from COVID-19 lousy looter. Cameron Parker announced on April 18 he is al rights. Several people brandished flags transferring to play for UM. During the 2019- are eligible for rental and security deposit and signs with statements like “freedom not 4/13 INDISCREET DESTRUCTION 2020 season at Sacred Heart, Parker broke the assistance, Montana Public Radio reported. fear,” “all work is essential” and “open up NCAA record for assists in a game with 24 Applicants must have at least one child A rock flew through a window of the now.” According to reporting from the Hele- assists. He also had 16 assists in a different under the age of 18 and a substantial loss of UC, shattering it with precision and na Independent Record, Helena Police Chief game, which was tied for second-highest income. The Montana Department of Com- power. The rocket-armed rock launcher’s Steve Hagen said he didn’t believe everyone in the NCAA in 2019. Parker is the second merce said applications should be reviewed escape was foiled as UMPD caught up at the rally practiced social distancing, but transfer to commit to Montana Men’s basket- within 5 to 10 days and once approved, the with them. The delinquent was cited for none of the rally participants were cited. ball in 2020. Northern Arizona guard Cam- rental payment or deposit will be paid di- (MAZANA BOERBOOM) criminal mischief and trespassing. eron Satterwhite committed to UM on April rectly to the applicant’s landlord. Gov. Steve 1. Satterwhite will be immediately eligible to Bullock prohibited landlords from evicting 4/15 UNAPOLOGETICALLY PRODUCTIVE BULLOCK ANNOUNCES CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR play for UM because he is a grad transfer. It tenants earlier this month but the Montana A resident of Helena Court reported a ‘PHASED REOPENING’ AFTER APRIL 24 is unknown whether Parker will have to sit Landlord Association is working to overturn noise disturbance late at night, the sound Gov. Steve Bullock announced April 17 out for a season. (JACK MARSHALL) the directive. (CASSIDY ALEXANDER) of power tools were keeping them awake. that he and a Coronavirus Relief Task Force UMPD was unable to hear the power tools are formulating a tentative plan to reopen UM LAUNCHES INITIATIVE TO HELP SMALL KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION or locate the restless worker making the the state in phases after his stay-at-home BUSINESSES RECOVER UNCERTAIN directive expires April 24. “We have flattened The University of Montana’s Business A federal judge canceled a key permit for most of the stay-at-home order. LINDSEY SEWELL | MONTANA KAIMIN the curve and we have saved lives,” Bullock Emergency Assistance and Recovery the Keystone XL pipeline on April 15, but the stated in an email. “Because we acted early (B.E.A.R.) Initiative is connecting small busi- ruling does not shut down work already in Department of Education. Scott said she Facebook information like the user’s city, ing to Medical Director Jeff Adams. with input from public health and emergen- nesses across Montana to the individuals, progress at the U.S.-Canada border crossing CAMERON KIA-WEIX [email protected] had not heard of any cases of Zoombomb- device, carrier and a unique advertiser HIPPA, a federal law protecting patient cy response experts, Montana has a signifi- programs and organizations that can help in Montana, the Associated Press reported. ing at UM. identifier. Zoom updated the app to stop privacy, requires data to be encrypted in cantly lower rate of infection per capita than them during the COVID-19 pandemic. The The hearing was part of an ongoing lawsuit Zoom, the group meeting software used UM has subscribed to Zoom’s enterprise sending the data last month, and it now transit and in storage, among other condi- many of states that did not act as aggressive- Missoula Small Business Development Cen- the Fort Belknap Native community and the for UM classes, clinics and meetings, is version for at least three years, which has faces a class action lawsuit regarding the tions, according to Neff. To comply with ly.” Bullock listed three conditions that must ter at UM is helping businesses access loans Rosebud Sioux Tribe brought against TC raising security concerns, according to several features the free version doesn’t, matter, Bloomberg reported. HIPPA, this version of Zoom has certain be in place for a reopening to occur. There through the Small Business Administration Energy and President Donald Trump. The UM’s chief information officer. according to Scott. These include encrypt- UM can view aggregate data about the settings to prevent the company from must first be “a sustained reduction of new or CARES Act. The Blackstone LaunchPad tribes say the pipeline, which is expected to UM has relied on Zoom for remote ing the data transmitted, giving users the number of meetings and number of users accessing the personal health information it cases” in Montana for at least two weeks. In and Accelerate Montana Rural Innovation stretch 1,200 miles from Canada to Nebraska, classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. option to record meetings and requiring on Zoom in a day, but nothing about indi- transmits, according to the company’s web- addition, hospitals must be equipped to treat Initiative are also offering webinars and violates historic land rights and could bring CIO Renae Scott said she sent the April 8 participants to sign in with their Net ID. vidual users, according to Scott. She said site. These include not allowing recording all new patients, including those who have coaching sessions. So far, 25 businesses coronavirus into the area with an influx of email in response to concerns from faculty Scott recommends hosts use passwords the service does not share individual infor- to the cloud, Neff said. not contracted COVID-19. Last, state and lo- have used the B.E.A.R. Initiative program, workers. The project to build the pipeline and articles about security issues, as well for meetings, share links sparingly and use mation as far as the University is aware. Neff said faculty who need access to this cal public health officials must be able to test began less than two weeks ago and Judge according to an email sent to UM employees as Zoombombing — when trolls disrupt the virtual waiting room feature, where The University also has access to a HIP- version submit a request to him. The next all Montanans with symptoms of the virus Brian Morris of Great Falls said he will make on April 20. meetings with graphic content. participants must wait for the host’s per- PA-compliant version of Zoom, according time they log in, the service asks to confirm and “conduct active monitoring of newly (SYDNEY AKRIDGE) a judgment about the pipeline’s construction The number of daily users on Zoom mission to join a meeting. The FBI’s Boston to Jonathan Neff, director of IT for the Col- that they want to switch. From then on, confirmed cases and their contacts,” Bullock in due time. (CASSIDY ALEXANDER) grew to more than 200 million last month office additionally recommends restricting lege of Health Professions and Biomedical they can use the HIPPA-compliant version. stated. (HELENA DORE) M TRAIL ASSAULT UPDATE compared to the former maximum total screen sharing to just the host and ensuring Sciences. He said clinics on campus like the The college has about 75 users on this ver- The mother of two who survived an of 10 million, according to Reuters. As the MONTANA INMATES MAKE PPE FOR HEALTHCARE users have the updated version, which has UM Physical Therapy Clinic and the DeWit sion, Neff said. attack on the M Trail April 10th is receiving service has experienced increased use in WORKERS better security. RiteCare Speech, Language and Hearing UM announced April 8 it would move treatment at a Salt Lake City hospital. A schools at all levels, it has received numer- Zoom’s iOS app also sent analytics data Clinic use the service to contact patients. all in-person summer classes to remote in- In an effort to help, inmate workers at Gofundme started to cover the cost of her ous reports of intruders disrupting classes to Facebook without addressing it in the Curry Health Center started using the struction over Zoom, the Kaimin reported. the Montana Department of Corrections injuries with a goal of $45,000 passed $50,000 and meetings, the Washington Post re- privacy policy, according to analysis from newer version of Zoom for appointments It had not yet decided whether fall classes have been commissioned to make Personal April 20. Missoula prosecutors charged Jared ported. Some school districts have banned the website Motherboard. The app sent on March 23 and has seven users, accord- would be remote or in person. Protective Equipment for healthcare workers. Robert Kuntz with multiple felonies for as- the service, including the New York City

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TOP: University of Montana junior Melody Hollar COVID-19 closures push climate change activism online stands next to the Griz statue on the Oval with a GENEVA ZOLTEK UM’s options are limited when it comes campaign sign for "35% Less Energy By 2025." Hollar [email protected] to decreasing its carbon footprint via energy tabled there for the first two weeks of March consumption. collecting signatures. The University is a NorthWestern Ener- A student-run campaign to cut the Uni- gy customer by default due to a 1998 state BOTTOM LEFT: Climate Response Club president versity of Montana’s energy consumption by legislative decision that gave UM a one-time more than a third is inching forward after the Melody Hollar tables in Eck Hall to gather signa- opportunity to choose how it would purchase global COVID-19 pandemic pushed activism electricity. Now, the University can’t purchase tures for the “35% Less Energy By 2025” campaign. online. electricity from any company other than “One thing COVID-19 is going to tell us NorthWestern. This leaves the University is if you ignore science, people die,” said BOTTOM RIGHT: A whiteboard set up in the with little authority over how the energy it Melody Hollar, student activist and president University Center by the Climate Response Club, of consumes is produced, and UM can’t know of the UM Climate Response club. whether it is consuming coal, natural gas or which Hollar is president, polls students on their Two weeks before classes went online, solar energy. conservation priorities. Hollar was tabling on campus to spread the “Until that status changes, the levers we word about a campaign she’s spearheading have for changing what type of power we with fellow club members called, “35% Less use and how much are limited. We can either Energy By 2025.” The campaign aims to reduce our energy use on campus or build reduce energy consumption on campus in energy projects on campus, but we can’t buy order to fight climate change. electricity from other places,” Rocke said. More than 300 signatures have been gath- Overall, Rocke said two-thirds of UM’s ered in support of the goal so far, but Hollar greenhouse gas emissions come from energy said she does get pushback. consumption – that’s everything from “The bigger challenge is the title isn’t exact- plugged-in iMacs to ventilation systems. The ly sexy. Because it’s small, it’s palatable to the remaining third of emissions come from other administration, but maybe not to the people sources, like campus transportation, lawn who want everything to change right now,” fertilizer and waste management. Hollar said. “Everything does need to change. According to Rocke, UM lacks the data to It’s just, can we actually do that?” understand how individual buildings' energy Although the request is less daunting than systems perform. When people fiddle with eliminating all UM’s fossil fuel consump- thermostats, leave windows open or even tion or forbidding the use of plastic, it’s still change lightbulbs, energy systems become ambitious. Accomplishing such an energy less efficient. reduction goal could take millions of dollars, “We don’t have enough staff to monitor according to UM Sustainability Coordinator building performance. There’s a lot of poten- Eva Rocke. tial to miss something,” Rocke said. On Sept. 5, 2019, UM completed a success- Because of its inability to monitor energy ful bond sale of $146.8 million. The bond sale consumption in buildings, unknown inef- generated approximately $63 million, which ficiencies could be costing UM money and UM’s administration intends to invest in contributing to the global carbon budget. student-serving infrastructure. “If we really want to meet aggressive goal Campaigners for 35% Less Energy By 202” setting and cap our emissions when we start aim to pivot that money toward their goal. Fiscal Year 2021, we would have to poten- Last fiscal year, UM spent about $4 million tially invest millions in our buildings. That’s on energy at the Missoula campus. Electricity significant, and it’s hard to compete with and natural gas were the energy sources used. other things we have to spend money on,” According to Brian Kerns, an engineer from Rocke said. Facility Services, the University spent about The Associated Students of the University $837,000 on natural gas to heat buildings with The University of Montana's central heating plant uses steam from natural gas to heat buildings on cam- of Montana is now involved in 35% Less steam during the 2019 fiscal year. Over three pus. GENEVA ZOLTEK | MONTANA KAIMIN Energy By 2020. During a Zoom meeting times as much (about $3 million) was spent on April 1, the student senate unanimously on electricity to power other facilities. surrounding energy use on campus. Rocke later said via email that UM admin- Club members, the COVID-19 outbreak has ing on ways to engage students and adminis- passed a resolution endorsing the initiative. “It’s the admin’s decision whether it be- While campus is adjusting to the new para- The carbon cost of the University’s energy McKinstry, the Seattle-based firm, will be istrators weren’t ready to confirm specific put signature gathering and face-to-face activ- tration from a distance. When asked whether Noah Durnell, an ASUM senator who comes practice or not,” Durnell said. digm of social distancing and online learning, consumption during the 2019 fiscal year was paid to perform an energy audit on campus costs prematurely, and will have a more ism to a defining halt. she had any hope for collective action on co-sponsored the resolution, said the next Durnell also said the novel coronavirus has the administration is not ignoring the con- approximately 23,500 metric tons of CO2, over the summer. That analysis will include precise number by the end of the summer. “I’m bummed out. I was just starting to get climate change because of the novel coro- step for the campaign’s supporters will be to complicated the initiative’s progress. tinuing pressure to become more sustainable. according to an ASUM senate bill. That’s recommendations to increase energy efficien- UM Vice President Paul Lasiter declined strength to the movement. Then COVID-19 navirus, Hollar said, “people don’t trust the meet with administrators and advocate for “Initiatives on campus have been on the At a Sustainability Campus Committee equivalent to the carbon emitted from 5,000 cy with estimated savings in UM’s budget. to comment on the feasibility of the stu- happened and everything went online. Now seriousness of issues. It’s been a maddening the bond sale money to go toward energy back-burner because COVID-19 needs to Zoom meeting April 13, Rocke announced vehicles driven over a year or about 300 tank- McKinstry has worked with the University of dent-proposed energy goal or how it would I feel like I have to completely change my decade. The facts are out there. We just have conservation. Durnell said activism and take precedence,” Durnell said. “As soon as about $200,000 will be spent for a partnering er trucks’ worth of gasoline, according to the Washington and University of Idaho on other be weighed against other financial priorities. tactics,” Hollar said. to respond.” ASUM support can not finalize UM’s finan- the pandemic slows down, I want to see this engineering firm to assess building efficiency EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalency calculator. energy efficiency projects. As for Hollar and the other Climate Response However, Hollar is optimistic and is work- cial campus commitments alone. initiative taken up at a quick pace.” — a step forward in uncovering unknowns

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The Montana Kaimin asked our photographers to capture life at a distance. At a time when we are hardly asked to step out of our homes, these are the new moments created by COVID-19.

Victor Mendoza, left, and Miguel Angel Olivas, right, wait to take orders at the El Cazador food truck located on West Front Street, Saturday, April 18. Since the El Cazador dine-in restaurant shut down because because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the business took to the streets by serving customers out of a food truck. Olivas, a graduate student at the University of Montana, was saddened all his theater performances for spring semester got canceled. To help pay his bills, Olivas, who has worked in the food truck before, happily took the gig when his boss Alfredo Hernandez offered him a position. “I was full of anxiety because I didn’t know how I was going to pay rent,” Olivas said. “With that said, I’m thankful for Alfredo opening the doors for allowing me to come back to work. The stimulus [check] helped me and the taxes did too, but with the popularity that’s been given to us with what we’re doing and how we’re doing it, people have been coming out more.” DANIEL DUENSING | MONTANA KAIMIN

A message of encouragement on the Roxy Theater billboard, early April 2020. The Roxy was scheduled to preview 75 films as part of the International Wildlife Film Festival, which will now be held online, April 18 to 25. DANIEL DUENSING | MONTANA KAIMIN Two people drive through Missoula with face masks during the Corona Virus pandemic. EMMA SMITH | MONTANA KAIMIN

8 April 22, 2020 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com April 22, 2020 9 .Taylor Coon takes a break from reading to, from a safe distance of about six feet, chat with her study partner Miranda at the University of Montana oval, April 20th Roommates Sarah Boggs and Hunter Dow chat outside the Rhino.The Rhinoceros, a local 2020. QUINN CORCORAN | Missoula bar nicknamed “The Rhino,” remains open during the Corona Virus pandemic. Patrons MONTANA KAIMIN can order and receive drinks through the front door. EMMA SMITH | MONTANA KAIMIN

TOP: Pie Hole employee Josh Park loads a to-go pizza box with a supreme styled pizza, Saturday afternoon, April 18. Since all non-essential businesses were closed down in late march due to the COVID-19 outbreak, restaurants like Pie Hole have been providing curb-side delivery. Like Park, employees at restaurant chains are taking precautions against the spread of the virus by wearing face masks. DANIEL DUENSING | MONTANA KAIMIN LEFT: University of Montana sophomore Austin Wald stands on an empty sidewalk outside Mountain Tai Sushi on Higgins Avenue, Saturday April 18. Like many Missoulians, Wald ordered a take-out meal for lunch as dine-in restaurants are closed in Montana due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The last few weeks have not been easy for Wald. He temporarily lost his job as a massage therapist because he was deemed a non-essential worker.

University of Montana Dining worker Janyce wears a bandana as a face mask at The Market, inside the University Center, Monday afternoon, April 20. Janyce said although The Market has been less busy, students and staff still stop in to shop. "There's still about 95 students on campus, so they still come over and they have their meal plans to do a lot of grocery shopping," Janyce said. "There still a lot of faculty on campus that will still come in for their coffee." Big Dipper has it's seating boarded up and no line during the COVID-19 pandemic. DANIEL DUENSING | MONTANA KAIMIN SAVANNAH STANHOPE | MONTANA KAIMIN

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MAZANA BOERBOOM mostly untouched. He change on the upper layer [email protected] said sabbaticals are an above the permafrost. But, incredible opportunity Klene isn’t sure if the trip University of Montana to do interesting and will happen in 2020. professors awarded intensive research that Klene said most travel sabbatical are expected can be brought back and or research plans for to decide if they would shared with UM students. May and June have been like to postpone, cancel When he let the canceled. They’re still or keep their plans for the Provost’s office know planning and preparing coming year by Friday, his decision on an online to go to Alaska in August, April 24. form, he chose the “other” but they don’t know if it “The uncertainty gets to checkbox and explained will pan out. all of us,” said economics his situation. He could not “We’re assuming the professor Jeff Bookwalter. decide if he was deferring regulations will ease at Bookwalter was or keeping his plans. some point this summer, awarded a full year of If he had to definitively but we don’t know when COURTESY OF FILM FREEWAY sabbatical for the 2020- choose one option or the that will be,” Klene said. 2021 school year. He other, he doesn’t know She’s hoping to make CLINT CONNORS was excited to move to what he would pick, things work for the [email protected] the festival’s previous years, as well as projects available remotely, were large- ful experiences for people,” she said. “[It] Washington D.C. with University of Montana geography professor Anna Klene studies the effects of climate change on the Bookwalter said. On sake of the students new selections. According to the festival’s ly supportive. The sponsors were also kind of feels better to try something new his wife and kids to be permafrost of Alaska during one of her summer research trips. CONTRIBUTED | ANNA KLENE one hand, he’d hate the who depend on the press release, there will be a Q&A with cooperative, she said, despite not getting than just to shut it all down.” a visiting professor at waste of a sabbatical if permafrost research done Carrie Richer, had just a few weeks to Tom Mustill, director of the Greta Thun- the exposure that a theater setting would For more information about this year’s the Catholic University he were forced to stay in in Alaska. But the logistics move 75 International Wildlife Film Festi- berg-centered short, “#Naturenow,” that provide. International Wildlife Film Festival, as of America and do Missoula. He would also are difficult. Anyone val films from the Roxy Theatre to online same day. “The pandemic has made everybody sort well as where you can stream films, visit research with the U.S. be devastated to learn the traveling to Alaska has streaming. Richer said giving virtual passes a of gather around and think out of the box,” wildlifefilms.org. Agency for International job was still waiting for to follow guidelines such Richer, the festival’s artistic director, and sliding price, which starts at $5, will allow she said. The International Wildlife Film Development (USAID). him, but he couldn’t go as quarantining for two the rest of the team heard of the damage students and educators who are “in a weird Festival was founded in 1977 at the Univer- He said his family anymore. weeks before going out the novel coronavirus was doing in Italy boat right now” to have easy access to the sity of Montana. worked hard to make Much like Bookwalter, anywhere. when they decided to completely change films. Richer started her role as artistic director sure they could take the Professor Anna Klene Each university that course in March. By then, a finalized bro- The Youth Matinees, blocks consisting of in 2018. She moved from Jackson Hole, Wy- sabbatical year together, is unsure about her participates in the chure was ready to print and plane ticket films to be viewed in an educational con- oming, where she had previously done film Bookwalter’s wife found upcoming research plans. research also has its own commitments were already made. text, will not be part of this year’s festivi- festival work, to be a part of this festival’s a job in D.C., and they Klene is a geography regulations around travel “It turned out to be the right call,” she ties like usual. legacy. were ready to enroll the professor finishing up her they need to follow. It said. “But it was a nerve-wracking few The festival’s website instead includes a “I really, really was inspired by the job kids in school there. But sabbatical year now. She could get expensive days.” list of films that students can view, sorted of running a 43-year old film festival,” she now they’re not sure if was lucky enough to make and difficult to follow The festival is now scheduled to screen by grade-level. Additional educational said. “Which is a pretty big deal in Film they still have jobs for the it to a conference in New all of the guidelines. films online from April 18 to April 25. materials will also be added. Festival Land.” following semester. Zealand in December, just Klene hopes there will “We’re a little nervous because this is The Youth Matinees were not the only Richer said that the festival takes scien- He thinks in a month months before most travel be reliable testing for the not what we do,” Richer said. “But I think activities to be canceled. A dress-up parade tific accuracy and ethicality very seriously there might be some more was restricted. virus developed soon so we’re excited to try something new.” and a presentation about wildfires have when selecting films. That’s why, she said, clarity. But, then again, he The conference was that could help them get Of the films, 54 will be available to the been postponed as well. The annual, week- professors and graduate students from said he would have said the first one held in the into Alaska. public for free. The other 21, including the long filmmaker training program, IWFF UM’s wildlife biology department are the same thing a month southern hemisphere Klene is grateful her Sundance selection “Tigerland,” will be LABS, has also been delayed. heavily involved in the judging process. ago. about permafrost, ground project wasn’t one of the available with the purchase of a virtual And 11 films originally scheduled to The artistic director said she kept If everything goes as that is perennially frozen. ones in May or June that pass. appear in the festival couldn’t make the thinking about the animated short “See planned he’ll be able to Permafrost is her research was outright canceled. The pass will also provide access to live transition online. Animals,” which has a twist ending that study the way foreign focus, and she and her She’s sure there are a Q&As, special events and other additional Richer said the new format was challeng- comments on viewing the world through economic aid flows colleagues take students lot of professors dealing features. ing for filmmakers who are hoping to get our screens. through USAID to less from multiple universities with more stress around The festival will group many of these their work noticed by distributors. Having “It just stands out to me right now be- developed countries and to Alaska every summer canceled plans than films and events with a specific theme in movies be easily accessible online and for cause it kind of feels like that’s where we’re its impact on things like to study it. The project, herself. She said she feels mind. April 20, or 4/20, as Richer point- a low cost, she said, would normally jeop- at,” she said. infant mortality rates and called the Circumpolar lucky to be in Missoula, ed out, will be devoted to learning about ardize their chances of getting a theatrical Richer said she and the rest of the staff happiness. Active Layer Monitoring where she feels relatively mushrooms. release or a streaming deal. will try to push through any challenges the He is excited by the (CALM) program, is in its safe, but it’s still stressful April 22 will celebrate the 50th anni- She said, however, that the filmmakers, new online format brings. prospect of studying 25th year. They research worrying about friends’ versary of Earth Day with selections from including those who could not make their “Hopefully it provides enough meaning- something that’s been the effect of climate and family’s health.

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help you decide which meme, old or new, you you feel like cock, so ease off and don’t let the 17 18 19 are. fear spread. COVID COUNSELING Don’t let your horoscopes be dreams, or some- 20 21 22 23 SERENA PALMER thing like that. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 22): TIKTOK 24 25 [email protected] Advice for online therapy Hit or miss. I guess you never miss, huh? The TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): VINES whole multi-screen thing on Zoom has been 26 27 28 29 30 ’M 23 AND BACK at my parents’ house. didn’t have any pressing issues at the time of “Hi, welcome to Chili’s.” At least, that’s what great for socializing after class. Now you and 31 32 33 34 35 36 Which isn’t so bad. I alternate between old the session, but we ended up talking about how you could be saying if you could go back to your friends can finally get back to singing woman activities and preteen ones – from this was a time of recovery for me. I had just work. Instead, you’re stuck at home along to TikTok songs off-key… 37 38 39 with lipstick on your Valentino within 40 minutes of course. knitting (potholders, mostly, thanks for gone through many intense life changes, like 40 41 42 43 44 asking), to scrapbooking, to TikTok dances and moving across the globe and back to my par- white bag and not enough mon- CAPRICORN (DEC. 23-JAN. 19): IPlayStation. Anything to distract myself from ents’ house for the first time in years, and now ey for chicken nuggets. And 45 46 47 you can’t be expected to “FORTNITE” family drama, my canceled graduation ceremo- I have to deal with a lot of uncertainty, like not 48 49 50 51 52 ny and the thousands of dollars of debt I have knowing when I’ll be able to see my long-dis- complete your homework. With all of this free time, you can finally from a study abroad semester cut short. tance partner again. You’re 19 and you never 53 54 55 56 57 fucking learned how to learn those sick dance But some days I don’t need a distraction, I The truth is, everyone needs something read. moves the cool kids 58 59 60 61 need guidance. different from therapy, and it’s OK if you don’t are doing. You’ll be a I’ve always been an advocate for talk therapy know what that is. I needed a reminder to be 62 63 64 GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): master at the floss, the at any stage in life. Whether for self-growth or more self-compassionate during this time. It’s DOGE Carlton and…wait. Did 65 66 67 simply to talk something out with an unbiased OK to mourn my losses, have bad days and “Fortnite” steal your coronavirus wow so Copyright 2020 by The Puzzle Syndicate third-party. spend hours playing video games. My session deadly stuck @ home signature dance move ACROSS So when I learned Curry Health was doing also helped me realize I needed to cut back on when go back? miss frndz of awkwardly pumping 1 Music for a movie 66 Apportion, with 26 "My bad!" online counseling sessions for the rest of the certain social media travel accounts, because it mom & dad craz you wor- your arms up and down? 6 Dance maneuver "out" 27 Tap trouble semester, I decided to give it a shot. I hope this was only triggering sadness and anger about ried send help 2020 stinks. They are SOOO getting 10 Kind of carpet 67 Token taker 28 Sup in style Casanova, for String instrument article gives you some of the tools you need my study abroad experience cut short. LINDSEY SEWELL | MONTANA KAIMIN sued! 14 30 (therapy language) to try it out for yourself! My therapist also told me I should be proud CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): THE FALLEN one DOWN 32 Moving stairway 15 Distinctive air 1 Blind segment 34 "Ad Astra" star of myself for simply having a therapy session. HEROES AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB.16): THIS IS FINE therapy. If you have a specific issue you’d like 16 Sullen look 2 Vending 35 Inkling THE PROCESS It shows that I care about bettering myself to discuss, or a problem you need to solve, be We know self-quarantine has left you That title Says it all. You’ve been 17 1836 battle site machine item 36 Hollywood's and that I made my health a priority. If you’re proactive and guide your therapist. This is your feeling dead, but you’ve got to get our ass out of trying out meditation and you’re getting more 18 Fingerboard ridge 3 Face shape Bruce or Laura The Curry receptionist, Mary Ann, still works considering therapy, I hope you know that it’s bed. At least drag yourself to the keyboard, and comfortable with your surroundings. The virus session, and you should feel empowered to lead 19 It follows that 4 Make a payment 38 Machine parts from the office to answer phones, so call (406) a huge accomplishment that takes strength and press F to pay respect for these late icons: Tardar will pass. Just breathe and pretend you’re in a Magic charm Shoreline Half of seis it wherever you want it to go. 20 5 41 243-4712 to schedule your virtual appointment. courage – kudos! Sauce (a.k.a. Grumpy Cat), Stefán Karl Stefáns- quiet, burning building. Hey! Did someone say 22 Kind of monkey problem 42 Speaker's 6. Manage expectations. Our session froze She can tell you who you’ve seen at Curry Curry will continue to son (a.k.a. Robbie Rotten from “Lazy Town”) “frog?” That’s your angry word! 24 Stadium section 6 African tour platform a few times, which is slightly horrifying when before, if anyone, and how many sessions you MY TIPS and Harambe (a.k.a. Our Lord and Savior). 25 New parents' 7 ____ the tables 43 Flaky rock you’re trying to spill your deepest feelings and have left. Each session is still $25, and it gets offer online PIECES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): “BEE MOVIE” need 8 Before of yore 44 Arctic sightings suddenly this stranger’s goofy face is stuck on 26 Quirky 9 Tom Brady, 46 Woodstock wear charged to your student account, so no need to 1. Dedicate a well-lit space for the session. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): BABY YODA “Bee Movie,” but every time you check your screen for ages. It won’t be perfect, so take 29 Italian dressing notably 48 Expire pay it right away. She scheduled me for the very If you can, avoid sitting in your bed or around counseling services You’re waiting. Waiting with those longing Netflix, there’s nothing good on, but every time it with a grain of salt. It’s also OK if you simply eyes for someone to like that picture you posted you go to do homework, you remember your ingredient 10 Word in a Tom 49 Visibly happy next morning, I picked an intern I hadn’t met other family members. The therapist will also Set straight Hanks film title Like some milk didn’t like it. Maybe you didn’t click with of yourself and your dog living #Quaran- professor hasn’t assigned anything in weeks, 31 50 before. ask to choose a code word – so they know if throughout the 33 Fearless 11 Derby entrant 52 Coffee break your therapist, or maybe it’s just too awkward tineLife. You couldn’t have been the only one but every time you try to read that Ben Franklin Before your session, you’ll be asked to fill out your privacy has been compromised. 37 Seamstress 12 Foretell from snack through a screen. Commend yourself for trying, who thought it was funny, but also lowkey biography, you fall asleep, but…fuck! You’re so the regular mental health screening question- 2. Take it seriously. Before my session, I acted stickers omens 54 River sediment and find other outlets. summer to students topical, right? Oh, it’s been 12 seconds. Better bored! naire on the Curry Health portal and an online as if I was really going out for counseling. I 38 Not forthright 13 "Eww!" 55 Lock opener? 7. Apply for the emergency fund if you can’t check the likes again. consent form. As a precaution, you’ll write the showered, brushed my teeth and got dressed. 39 Word with arm 21 Go soft, in a way 56 TV's Hutch afford the $25 counseling fee. I haven’t tried this who were enrolled in ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): “STAR WARS’ PREQUELS” or dish It grows on you Use a keyboard address of your current location and the address The act of hygiene and self-care is worth it. 23 57 tip myself, but mental health is essential, so I’d VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEP. 22): AREA 51 It’s over, Aries. COVID-19 has the high 40 Ghostly 25 Refuse 60 Census datum of the nearest emergency center. You’re putting 50 minutes of time into just hope that the University would try to work with spring, 2020. Sessions You WILL go on that jog today. It’s time to ground, so you can’t leave your house and go 43 TV's Rogers or Right after scheduling, you’ll get an email focusing on yourself. Treat it like an important you, especially during these isolating times. stop putting it off and be assertive, like the to that party. I know you don’t like the virus Ed Answers to Last Week’s Crossword: from Curry with the link to the appointment. meeting, because it is important and so are you! 45 Like sachets raiders of Area 51. Oh, wait. Only 150 people because it’s course, rough and irritating (and O V E R P L A N S T I E S It was my first time using Zoom, so I had to 3. Test your Wi-fi. If possible, call a friend or are $45 each, or $25 if 47 Sun shade? Although I look forward to face-to-face ther- showed up to that. Well, it wouldn’t hurt to it gets everywhere), but you underestimate its B I L E L O B O P I N T O download it to my computer, which only took family member on Zoom before your session 48 Lucy who apy again, I have a feeling the days of quaran- wait one more day… power. Don’t try it. E S O P H A G U S I N V A R a few seconds. Note that it’s not necessarily a just to make sure the connection works in your you are enrolled in at played Xena tine will see me making another appointment S I P H O N T E L E C A S T replacement for in-person counseling and not counseling spot. LIBRA (SEP. 23-OCT. 22): FLEX TAPE 51 Frosted a cake someday soon, if I can fit it into my busy, busy Shocked E T E R N A L D E G A S the right option if you need emergency care. 4. Bring stuff. 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a mug of tea to hold during our session so I semester credit. sixth package of Oreos. Your brain is thinking 59 SWAT operation L O V E K E V I N A N N A THE SESSION had something else to focus on occasionally. If back to those first five you obliterated and 61 Bug U S E L O N E R C A S E D there’s an item that helps you relax like a hot saying, “That’s a lot of damage!” But your stom- 62 Recital piece M A R K E R S U G A R I got lucky with my therapist – she had read drink, fidget spinner or notebook for doodling, ach’s protesting, “How ‘bout a little more?” 63 Like Andersen's D I N A R S A N D B A R my notes from the previous several years with bring it! I also set my phone aside so I wouldn’t duckling M A R T I N E T R A V A G E various counselors at Curry, so she knew a bit be distracted. 64 ____ with E L I T E C H A R L A T A N about my personality and my past struggles. I 5. Take control. This goes for all types of (tolerate) S E V E N A O N E R O P E 65 Large pitcher S C E N T P U T T K N E W

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Lady Griz guard Sophia Stiles contemplat- ed putting her name in the NCAA transfer portal after the team lost in the first round of the Big Sky tournament, before it was revealed April 1 that head coach Shannon Schweyen’s contract would not be renewed. “Shannon really cared about her players,” Stiles said. “When I got hurt, she was the first person to call.” Schweyen replaced UM head coach Robin Selvig in 2016 after working for 24 years as his assistant. Selvig originally recruited Stiles, but when he stepped down, Schweyen took over. Schweyen posted a 52-69 record in the four seasons she was head coach, including a 17- 13 record in the 2019-20 season. On April 1, 2020, the Missoulian broke the news that her contract would not be renewed. UM has not issued an official statement explaining why Schweyen’s contract wasn’t renewed. University of Montana guard Sophia Stiles stands ready to play defense against Idaho State guard Jordan Sweeney. Stiles scored 6 points for the Griz during the “There’s a lot of things out there in the game. LIAM MCCOLLUM | MONTANA KAIMIN media and on Twitter that are just wrong,” said Stiles. “I want to comment, ‘This isn’t right,’ but obviously I’m not going to do that. Including Harrington and Frohlich, six of the It’s just sad.” nine players who appeared in UM’s last game Kent Haslam confirmed on April 20 that will not play for the Lady Griz in 2020. Of Mike Petrino will be interim head coach in those six players were seniors McKenzi John- 2020 for the Lady Griz. ston, Taylor Goligoski and Emma Stockholm, “I actually didn’t commit right away to him who scored almost half of UM’s points last [Petrino]. I was still thinking about leaving year. the program,” Stiles said. “He told me his This pattern of players transferring from vision and his philosophy and I just feel like I the Lady Griz followed the former coach trust everything he is saying.” throughout her tenure at UM. Hailey Nichol- On April 17, over two weeks after Schwey- son, Sierra Anderson, Nora Klick and Caitlin en’s departure, star freshman Jamie Pickens Lonergan all left the program during the 2017- entered her name in the NCAA transfer por- 18 season with eligibility remaining. tal. Pickens averaged more than seven points Katie Mayhue transferred to Texas-Arling- a game for the Lady Griz in her only season ton in April 2019. Sammy Fatkin left the team with the team. On April 17, MontanaSports. in December during the 2019-20 season. com reported that she intends to return to “People and media can make it whatever her hometown of Helena to play for Carroll they want, but honestly this isn’t where they College. were meant to play, and they didn’t feel like “Can’t believe we didn’t get the chance to they fit into the system,” Stiles said. OLD CHICAGO IS THE fulfill our lifelong dream of playing in a Lady Stiles recently had surgery on her injured Griz jersey together,” Schweyen’s daughter, shoulder and is currently doing physical ™ Shelby, tweeted after Pickens announced she therapy in her hometown of Malta. Despite the number of players the Lady Griz lost in CRAFT BEER AUTHORITY was transferring. “I’ll always be your biggest supporter.” 2020, she said she still believes the team will Shelby and her sister Jordyn both redshirt- be good next season. ed for UM last season. No word has come UM Athletic Director Kent Haslam report- regarding whether the two will remain on the edly offered Schweyen a two-year contract be- team. fore revoking the offer, according to the coach SHOW UM ID Guard Gabi Harrington and forward Kylie in an interview with MontanaSports.com. Frohlich both said they were transferring from No announcement has been made regarding when the 2020 basketball season will start. AND GET UM in March, before Schweyen left. Har- 10% OFF rington averaged 7.5 points per game for the Lady Griz, while Frohlich had 1.7. MISSOULA • 3630 N Reserve • Near the corner of Reserve & Stockyard • 406.926.1155

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