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Wind KUFM to show Move over Ali – Mike Murphy PBS in HDTV ASAP wants to be the greatest ensemble to perform At the Game Page 8 Page 6 M O N T A N A K A I M I N Friday, October 14, 2005 Volume CVIII, Issue 27 Fifth suspect arrested in Riddle case CAITLIN COPPLE to appear in court in August. Prosecutors said Shannon, Riddle to come over to their that Sosa might have been the FOR THE KAIMIN Officer Amy Flores of the charged late yesterday with Lewis and Clark Village apart- man who insulted him downtown. Missoula County Detention accountability to aggravated ment to hang out and talk, court Riddle said he was sitting on a Center said Sosa faces unrelated assault and accountability to bur- documents said. stool and assumed they had come After more than two months of charges in Arizona. glary, was driving the Chevy About 20 minutes later, Kuethe over to party. searching, police arrested Pedro Prosecutors accused Sosa, 26, Blazer from which Sosa hurled knocked on the door. Ost’s room- According to court documents, “Pete” Sosa Jr. in Maricopa of pistol-whipping Riddle in threats at Riddle. mate said she wasn’t going to let Sosa yelled, “Man, if you’re County, Ariz., on aggravated August. Four other men face Riddle was celebrating his 25th him in, but he knew where they going to talk shit to me, you are assault and burglary charges lesser charges in what prosecu- birthday at Stockman’s Bar prior kept the hidden key because he going to have to deal with it,” and stemming from the attack on for- tors said was an unprovoked beat- to the attack. He stepped outside had dated Ost until two days refused Ost’s requests to leave. mer University of Montana bas- ing, which left Riddle uncon- with two female UM students, before the incident. The door Riddle was hit in the back of ketball player Sam Riddle, scious with a jaw broken in four Amber Ost, 20, and her room- swung open and the five men the head, and when he came to, Missoula police said Thursday places. The others are UM stu- mate, who then got into the barged in. Sosa shoved the barrel of a hand- night. dents Krin Kuethe, 20; Alain Blazer. Sosa began yelling pro- Riddle has said he did not gun in his face, court records Police had been searching for Lapham, 20; former student fanities, and the women asked to know any of the men involved, said. Sosa then hit him in the Sosa, a former UM student, on a Lloyd Woodard, 20; and Ivan Ray be let out. They called a girl- and it was not until he was getting $150,000 warrant since he failed Shannon, 24. friend for a ride home and invited hit that he made the connection See ARREST, page 12 Remembering a soldier Friends and family honor fallen Marine at vigil service Bedard often and a request posed numerous times to her last year. remembered But now, in the early morning hours, Marcinek’s phone remains for his silent. Andrew Bedard, the 19-year-old enthusiam, Missoula Marine killed by a road- side bomb in Iraq on Oct. 3, was a generosity close friend of Marcinek and often attempted to persuade the University of Montana freshman to join him for a late night jaunt up EMMA SCHMAUTZ Mount Sentinel. MONTANA KAIMIN Marcinek said she accepted four or five times and always enjoyed just sitting up on the ‘M’ with It is the dark hour of 4 a.m. and Bedard and watching the orange Rachel Marcinek groggily crawls glow of Missoula below. Ryan Brennecke/Montana Kaimin out of bed to answer a ringing “I wish I had gone more times,” A vigil service for fallen soldier Pfc. Andrew D. Bedard was held Thursday evening at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Bedard, a 2004 Hellgate High phone. Marcinek said. “He always wanted School graduate, died Oct. 4 as the result of injuries he sustained while on active duty in Iraq. “Hey, Rachel, want to go climb to run down. He only fell once.” the ‘M’ with me?” the voice on the Marcinek spoke before an audi- other end asks enthusiastically. It was a voice Marcinek heard See VIGIL, page 12 UM boasts highest Big Sky athlete graduation rate ERIN MADISON we’re graduating our student athletes.” Gee said. It was 2.87 for undergrads. Most student athletes don’t go on to be MONTANA KAIMIN Northern Arizona University had the “This has a lot to do with NCAA professional athletes, he said. Most go second highest athlete graduation rate at rules,” she said. on to be pharmacists, businessmen, jour- 55 percent. The Big Sky Conference has stricter nalists and the like. The University of Montana had a high- Forty-five percent of all UM students academic rules for student athletes than The athletic department works to er graduation rate for student athletes on who entered the same year graduated, UM or NCAA, said Jim Lopach, politi- ensure that students don’t miss an excep- scholarship in 2004 than any other according to the report. cal science professor and faculty athlet- tional number of instructional days, Gee school in the Big Sky Conference, “Our job is not done when our students ics representative. said. according to a report by the University are finished with their eligibility. Our The Big Sky Conference requires ath- “We are always alert about the number Athletic Committee to the faculty senate. job is done when they graduate,” letes to have at least a 1.6 GPA their first of school days the student athletes lose,” Seventy percent of student athletes Athletic Director Jim O’Day told the semester and a 2.0 after, Lopach said. O’Day said. from the 1997-1998 entering class grad- faculty senate. UM doesn’t require a 2.0 until the third Both men’s and women’s track missed uated, said Jean Gee, associate director Student athletes also ranked higher in semester. 21 days. However, the track teams are of athletics. grade point averages than the general Despite that these are athletes, they are made up of three squads, so no individ- “We have never had such a high grad- student population. students, O’Day said, which is why the ual student actually missed all 21 days of uation rate,” Gee said. “This is what our The average cumulative GPA for stu- athletic department is concerned with the spring 2005 semester, she said. department is here for, to make sure that dent athletes for spring 2005 was 2.94, graduation rates and GPAs. See RATE, page 4 www.kaimin.org 2 M o n t a n a K a i m i n Opinion Friday, October 14, 2005 On The Issue the nd O .. u l. va v Is the End O o e h t a d r n u o l r A A . around the bend? . l A KAYLA STEWART a r v o MONTANA KAIMIN O u n e d h t On the heels of several recent natural disasters, including the Asian tsunami, earthquakes and Hurricane Katrina, is a new wave of end-of-the-world predictions Question: The Yankees and Red Sox are done similar to that of the millennium phenomenon when the year 2000 approached. In a recent CNN interview, Pat for. The St. Louis Cardinals are looking tough Robertson, former GOP presidential candidate and tele- and the Chicago White Sox haven’t won a vangelist, said “we might be” in the end times described World Series since 1917. What subject do you in the New Testament. care nothing about that everyone else seems to? The Kaimin sat down with Megan Williams, an assis- tant professor of liberal studies at UM who teaches classes in religious studies, to find out how she interprets Follow-up: You’ve just won a professional these messages. baseball team. What city do you move it to, and what’s the new mascot? Montana Kaimin: How would you interpret the comments made by people like Pat Robertson? •Amy Capolupo Megan Williams: Religious leaders have been making works in disabiltiy services these comments since 300 B.C. It’s a 2,300-year-old tra- dition. It stems from a reading of the Jewish Bible (Old Q1: “I care nothing about Tom Cruise and Testament). Since things are still rolling along, it is high- Katie Holmes. A lot of people do, but I ly unlikely. People should regard these claims with pro- don’t.” found suspicion. Q2: “The Missoula Black Dogs. Everyone Ashley McKee/Montana Kaimin has a black dog around here.” MK: Pat Robertson cites Bible versus such as Megan Williams, assistant professor of liberal studies Matthew 24:8, which describes “birth pangs” that the earth will endure on its way to the end times.