THE ASMSU November 5, 2009 • Vol. 104, Issue 10 ANNUAL SKI SWAP TO SUPPORT BRIDGER YOUTH PROGRAMS 6 l "HATE-FREE BOZONE" BOZONE RESPONDS TO WHITE SUPREMACISTS GOLF PACKS UP THE CLUBS AND BASKETBALL TIPS OFF 13 2 THE ASMSU EXPONENT I NOV. 5, za lllCIT LETTERS FOITMllvs. Welcome to your MSU Dear Editor, The worst part of all is that the sit SAC•EllTO I am writing today on behalf of the ation will get much worse before getti students and faculty that park in the F better. With more snow and/or rain, t STATE (dirt) parking lot. As the fall weather potholes will get bigger and more n hits Bozeman, the seasonal destruction merous. I propose the lot be graded of the dirt lot has commenced. Potholes some manner to restore the conditic develop, then deepen, then deepen This should be a small job, and I thiru some more. This year seems to be par­ is well worth the effort. ticularly bad, to the point that in some places the lot is nearly impassable. This I know those ofus that park in the d is not (much) of an exaggeration. I have lot don't pay as much, but tl\at does a fairly high clearance 4X4 vehicle, and mean that we don't deserve some ba I don't think a smaller car's suspension maintenance to allow for continued l can handle some of the more crater-like of the lot. areas. n-asthead THIS ISSUE BROUGHT TO YOU BY: MANAGEMENT EDITORIAL ADVISOR NEWS EDITOR Bill Wilke Eric Dietrich EDITOR-IN-CHIEF STATIC EDITOR Brandon French Lisa Lundgren PRODUCTION MANAGER DISTRACTIONS EDITOR Claire Nelson Ben Miller ART DEPARTMENT ATHLETICS EDITOR PHOTOGRAPHER Erica Killham Bruce Muhlbradt OUTDOORS EDITOR GRAPHIC DESIGN Daniel Cassidy Todd Schilling, Andreas Welch COPY EDITOR ADVERTISING & BUSJNESS Jill Searson AD SALES MANAGER Jake Lewendal CONTRIBUTORS Ashley Wheeler, Brent Zundel, r AD SALES REPRESENTATIVES Howard, Trudi Mingus, Kyle Reyne James Rota, Ashley Lewis, Nathan Carroll, Joe Thiel, Josh Fre: Catherine Boberg, Sabre Moore Amy Lanzendorf, Mary Biehl, Jos Wirtz, Derek Brouwer, Nate Cox. L BUSINESS MANAGER Tanner, Matt Smith, Mike Tarrant, Shardae Johnson Andrew Mazzella, OFFICE MANAGER THEASMSUEXPONENT Tucker Hankinson Strand Union Building Room 366 Bozeman, MT 59715 Phone: [406) 994-2224 editorraexponent.montana.edu THEASMSU f ABOUTTHEar ti s &.. Bruce Muhlbradt Bruce is a Bozeman area pho­ exp~~~o~o tographer in his senior year at MSU working on a Bach­ elors Degree in Photography. He worked as a photographer ""In order for three people to keep a secret, two must be dead ... before coming to MSU and is currently the staff photogra­ -Ben Franklin pher for the Exponent. Having photographed a wide range of subjects from wild horses in the North Dakota badlands to endangered parrots in Australia and Brazil has inspired Bruce to pursue a career in photojournalism and documentary photography. The goal of Bruce's photography is to not only to tell a story, but also to use photography to emotion­ NEWS 4 COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPEAK FOR AND ally connect the viewer with hls subjects. AGAINST TOBACCO BAN A ASMSU FORUM The debate surrounding tobacco use on campus is heating up, so a group of people for and against the bad decided to lock themselves in a room together and talk things out. ERIC DIETRICH was there, and has decided to share the experience with you . SUBMIT YOUR 5 SPOTLIGHT: CAMPUS RESEARCH cover art· Ever wonder about the interaction between humans and wildlife in Kenya·s Southern Rift Valley? If so, JOE THIEL.:s article on ecology re­ search should be right up your alley. Shock ofshocks, the Exponent is produced by stu­ dents, and guess what?! We want your artwork plas­ 7 CAN THE GRIZ KICKS OFF tered all over our recycled-paper body. Well maybe, A competition between MSU and UM. I'm down. It deals with a can food not that so much, but definitely on our cover. drive. I'm still down. ASHLEY WHEELER has the details. Featured artists get the benefit of being seen by nearly 10,000 faces. Try fitting that into a gallery! DISTRACTIONS 8 THE IPOD IS THE ULTIAMATE DISTRACTION Give us a jingle, or drop us a line, we'd be happy Have you ever actually taken the time to consider just how much time to help you out. (Hey, per chance, can you scratch you spend connected to your 1Pod? Well, BEN MILLER has, and this is my back... lower. Thanks.) his take on the phenomenon. 9 THE BOB-KITTYCAT email: productionraexponent.montana.edu Has one of your college friends been missing for an extended period of phone: 406/994.2224 time, and you know there was no way he was ever going to graduate? Might want to check out the University Prison. JOSEPH WIRTZ will tell you where to find it. REC[REATION] 12 MY TAKE There are still two undefeated teams playing in the NFL, and it is boilerplate already week eight. ERICA KILLHAM is wondering which one is going to EDITORIAL DEADLINE: fall first. The ASMSU Exponent prints approximately 5,000 copies Monday at five p.m. prior to every Thursday and is free of publication date 12 WORKING COWS charge at nearly 65 locations. limited one per reader Addi­ SALES DEADLINE: NATE COX reflects on the beauty of a hard day's work, filled with cows. tional copies of the current is­ Friday at five p.m. prior to sue of The ASMSU Exponent publication date Deadline may be purchased for $1.00, may shift at the discretion of 13 ASMSU PROPOSES TAILGATE REFORM payable in advance the Editor-in-Chief Tailgate reform is being debated again in ASMSU, and KYLE REYNOLDS TO CONTACT US: Introduced in 1895, The is covering the whole thing. Make sure to read up so you know what to The ASMSU Exponent office is ASMSU Exponent 1s the old­ located on the MSU campus est college newspaper in expect at future football games the state of Montana. Origi­ 305 Strand Union Building nally introduced as ·a way Bozeman, MT 59717 A SHEPARD FOR BOZEMA to increase college spirit at STATIC 15 Phone: (406)994-2224 Montana State ... exponen- In light of the Hate-Free Bozone march. MATI SMITH asks readers to Fax: (406) 994 ·2253 t~l~: • reflect on what hate and v10lence really mean for the Bozeman com­ Email: munity. editorfilexponent.montana.edu Web : exponent.montana edu 16 GNORANCE IS NOT CRE T "ITV TRUDI MINGUS discusses the Creat1v1ty Movement 1n her opinion article this week. Don't know what it is? Read on and try to keep your temper even. Printed on recycled newsprint with soy-based inks. 16 MSU'S NEXT PRESIDENT Do your part! Please share this How do you feel about Waded Cruzado being MSU's new president? publ1cat1on with friends and recycle BRENT ZUNDEL tells us how he feels. when you've fully exhausted the ASMSU Exponent. THE .ASMSU EXPONENT NOVEMBERS, NEWS I 4 window, smoke comes in." through an ashtray." "We have professional athletes who Nick Landeros, a community attend this university, we have people ber who doesn't smoke, disagree with asthma, and we have people who can maneuver my way around c NEWS just fine without going through t just want to take a break and get some fresh air," said Sasha Dingle, a student clouds that don't exist," he said. who identified herself as a member of Jenny Haubenreiser, the dire Comm.unity the MSU Leadership Institute. of MSU Health Promotions and o Alex Crosby, a freshman in market- the ban's primary advocates, that including sm Members Speak less tobacco prod is necessary be "We have professional ath­ "There is no safe For and Against letes who attend this uni­ of tobacco." versity, we have people with to just worry Tobacco Ban at asthma, and we have people smokewhensmokf who just want to take break is part of the prob! and get some fresh air." she said. "This is al ASMSUForum - Sasha Dingle the health of evei: on this can1pus." The final deci on the issue rests ing and a smoker, spoke against the pro­ MSU's administration. ASMSU, the posed ban, arguing that "Maybe the is­ versity's student government, will sue isn't that we're smoking on campus, mit a resolution outlining what it cor but that smoking areas are directly in ers the opinion of the student body front of buildings." meet with President Geoff Gamble o Zach Stewart, a Junior in University successor, Dr. Waded Cruzado, to ll Studies, added that "we haven't really its case, President Pro-Tempore Jt provided them the opportunity to go Folsom said. someplace else." Folsom, who did much of the wo "A lot of times, when it comes to to­ organize the forum, said that he co1 bacco, it becomes almost a witch hunt ers it a success and anticipates thati thing," Crosby said. lar events will be held in the future. Often, much of the debate seemed to The Senate plans to debate the i come down to a matter of perspective. at its regular meeting in SUB z.35 at 6 Proponents of a ban repeatedly referred on Thursday, Nov. 5. "I was impre to "clouds" of smoke, and Medical Sci­ with what both sides had to say," Fo ence student Adam O'Brien compared said. "I think it will be ve1y beneficu walking out of the library to '"walking the senators on Thursday." WORDS BY faculty from the effects of secondhand Eric Dietrich smoke.