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This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM) at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Montana Kaimin, 1898-present by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. MONTANA KAIMIN T uesday, October 7, 2003 V olume CVI, Issue 21 Alumni favor renaming Campus Drive after them

Alisha Wyman many other campuses have streets called Alumni ASUM Reporter Drive. Johnston and others first sought the approval An alumnus paid for the recent Washington- of students, and ASUM responded by passing a Grizzly stadium expansion. Numerous alumni resolution last Wednesday in support of the contribute money for University of Montana effort. President Aaron Flint was unsure of the general scholarships and other projects. Many name change at first, but later decided to author volunteer to help with Homecoming and other the resolution. events. “I think it was perfect timing last week with Despite alumni contributions to the all the alumni in town for Homecoming,” he University, the campus map has no tribute to the said. “What a great way to recognize all the graduates. efforts that the alumni do.” That’s why Bill Johnston, executive director The Facilities Committee must now consider of the Alumni Association, and the Alumni the change. If the committee approves the Association board want to change the name of change, UM President George Dennison will Campus Drive to Alumni Drive. decide whether to continue the process. The association hopes to change the name of The fate of the proposal is ultimately up to the street, which wraps around the campus from the city. The alumni board must present it first the corner near the Schreiber Gym to the inter- to the city engineer and then to the City section of Fifth and Van Buren streets, to Council. It’s a process that could take weeks to remind everyone of the “importance of former months. students,” Johnston said. Expenses are limited to the cost of changing The street was most likely named Campus the street signs, Johnston said. The current cam- Drive because buildings and streets are usually pus maps would not be updated until the supply named for their function if not for a person or runs out. This would make the cost of the name entity, said Hugh Jesse, director of Facility change modest, he said. Services. Alumni deserve the honor, Flint said. Johnston presented the name-change proposal “It’s the community support that makes our Adam Bystrom/Montana Kaimin to the Alumni Association board. It’s an idea The Bio Bus runs its loop around Campus Drive Monday afternoon. The University what it is,” he said. Alumni Association is proposing renaming Campus Drive to Alumni Drive in that is not unique to UM, he said. However, light of recent contributions made to the university. UM student dies, man injured in fatal truck rollover

Chelsi Moy taillights flipping in the air. Crime Reporter Laney jumped from the vehi- cle to look for Byrd after the A former University of Ford Ranger rolled down a hill Montana student has been and hit Velk’s house, court docu- charged with negligent homicide ments stated. after the truck he was driving Laney admitted to having “a rolled and his passenger, a cur- couple of beers,” although rent UM student, was ejected Missoula police are investigating from the vehicle and killed. how long he had consumed the Christopher John Laney, of alcohol before driving. Wolf Point was arrested shortly He refused a blood alcohol after the accident, which test, but his blood was drawn at occurred on Hillview Way in the hospital and submitted to the Missoula Thursday morning. Montana State Crime Lab for Katherine Byrd, 18, also of Wolf analysis. Adam Bystrom/Montana Kaimin Point, suffered massive head In court documents, Laney Chicago Tribune reporter Maurice J. Possley discusses the need for changes in the criminal justice system Monday trauma in the accident and was evening in the UC Theater. Possley is the School of Journalism’s 2003 Pollner professor and is teaching a seminar at UM said he was worried about Byrd on crime reporting. taken to St. Patrick Hospital and repeatedly inquired about where she was pronounced dead Byrd’s condition instead of later that morning, according to answering police questions. court documents. Velk said he believes the road Possley: DNA the only way The vehicle rolled one or two is improperly graded in the spot times down the road, ejecting where the accident occurred and Byrd from its passenger side, is primarily responsible for the to reform justice system said John Velk, a witness who fatal wreck. spoke to a police officer at the Byrd was a freshman at UM scene of the accident. Will Cleveland DNA is the tool that can reform memory of a 1999 graduate of this fall, while Laney was a reg- Kent Pratt, another witness, Kaimin Reporter the system. the School of Journalism who istered freshman last spring. “DNA is telling us we’ve died two years later in a motor- reported he awoke when he Both Byrd and Laney were The criminal justice system in blown a piston,” Possley said. cycle accident. heard tires squealing. He then raised in Wolf Point, a town on the United States can’t be cured “What DNA tells us is that while The lecture and visiting pro- looked out of a window to see the Fort Peck Indian reservation. with a quick remedy, but needs a we’ve got plenty of pistons still fessorship was established with massive overhaul, said a visiting firing, this is not fixable with a an endowment from Pollner’s journalism professor at the can of legislative or judicial STP. family, which brings a distin- University of Montana Monday We need an overhaul.” guished journalist to the school night. Possley’s lecture was the third each fall to teach a seminar class Maurice Possley, a Chicago annual T. Anthony Pollner www.kaimin.org Tribune crime reporter, said Lecture, a series delivered in See POSSLEY, Page 8 2 Tuesday, October 7, 2003 OPINION Montana Kaimin Versus Editorial It’s time to take responsibility for our world Arnold should terminate reason our forests are in the predicament they’re in is because the Forest Service was far too his evasive tactics aggressive in fighting wildfires, which has left One of the hallmarks of a great politician is the ability to be a Column by many forests dangerously overgrown. It turns out Smokey was blowing some smoke himself. You good communicator — a political bandwagon made as famous as it David Nolt was suspect by former president Ronald “The Great would think Smokey would be a big hemp advo- Communicator” Reagan — especially in an era where media rela- There seems to be some denial and confusion cate too, considering we could cease harvesting tions can all but make or break a political campaign. about the environment and what we’re doing to trees for paper products if we grew industrial California gubernatorial hopeful Arnold Schwarzenegger has this Earth (i.e. the planet that gives you life). hemp. Somehow Uncle Sam and Smokey are still proved himself just as politically inept in terms of communications Regardless of which science you subscribe to, deathly afraid of the most useful plant known to as he has in the rest of his campaign. unprecedented changes are taking place in the man. On Monday’s edition of “Good Morning America,” cycle of this planet, and whether you accept it or Turning our national forests over to the timber Schwarzenegger did his best to field (read: ignore) Peter Jennings’ not, we humans have a heavy hand in it. industry isn’t going to stop forest fires, no matter questions surrounding his campaign, including whether or not he There are a few options for us. We can: A) what they tell you. They’ve left us little reason to admired Hitler (“I always was against anything and despised any- Deny that there is a problem all together. trust them. Our forests have been mismanaged for thing that Hitler stood for and what the Nazis stood for”) and the B) Admit there’s a problem, but not give a shit twenty-some odd years, and yes, some thinning is validity of reports of inappropriately groping women in his past. about it because “We’re human beings, God damn needed. We just can’t seem to find any common While he was able to answer charges related to the former with it.” ground on the definition of “thinning.” To most ease, the same could not be said for his response to the latter. C) Admit that, “It might be environmentalists it means sus- tainable logging. To the timber With all the subtlety of a steroid-infused rhinoceros, possible that there’s the possibili- The problem in all of our industry it means the more trees Schwarzenegger charged through Jennings’ questions, choosing to ty of a problem, but it’s too early thinking is that we think we you cut the more money you get, answer the query of whether or not the alleged groper of years past to tell so we’re not going to understand the natural world. and “Healthy Forests” is their deserved an apology, with “I mean, you have common sense Peter. worry about it until it really does We don’t, and it’s our lack of ticket into our forests. An alarm- You can figure this out for yourself. Come on now.” become a problem because you humility that’s half the reason ing number of people still seem Jennings, in a proud moment for journalists everywhere, replied, can’t tell us what to do.” for our predicament. to think that it is the environmen- “No, you figure it out for me.” Or D) Change our ever-loving ways today and start living sus- talists’ sole purpose in life to Jennings should not have to figure it out for himself — nor tainable lifestyles and demand blight out every last job known to should viewers from coast to coast have to do the same. The role of that our environment be protected from those who man. This narrow-minded, simplistic thinking is good communication in politics removes the need for inference and are willing to destroy it for money. dragging our country into the landfill. We have detective work like Schwarzenegger suggests we should be doing. The Bush administration has opted for C. Allow the ability to create a drastically different world, It is bad enough for Jennings to ask Schwarzenegger to stop evad- older industrial plants to bypass pesky modern and we can’t be afraid to change. The ironic thing ing questions with generalities — but it continued throughout, with Clean Air Act regulations, block every attempt to about folks like George Bush and Judy Martz is Schwarzenegger depending on enormous capped teeth and larger- increase fuel efficiency (yes, we do have the tech- that the only kind of economy they can conceive than-life persona to do the work for him. nology), completely shirk the reality of global is one of resource extraction, and their policies Before Schwarzenegger effectively plowed through the subject warming, and they call it “Clear Skies.” They’ve destroy the very natural capital these economies of the gropees, he meditated on the subject with a concise “Let me weakened the public’s right to say what goes on depend on. They think that we can’t have a tell you something. No one ever came to me in my life and said to in our national forests, stripped environmental- healthy economy and a healthy environment too. me when I did anything, ‘I don’t want you to do that, and you went impact-statement regulations bare and turned It just ain’t true. over the line.’” wildfires (a natural force in the forest ecosystem) The problem in all of our thinking is that we The frequency of these errors may have something to do with into an evil monster that would burn every house think we understand the natural world. We don’t, the fact that English is not Schwarzenegger’s first language, but in the country down if we don’t allow the timber and it’s our lack of humility that’s half the reason good communication transcends such barriers. Errors of syntax are industry to log our national forests. “What should for our predicament. What we do know is that the one thing, but the way Schwarzenegger bends over backwards to we call our plan?” says Mr. Bush. “Healthy natural world operates on a delicate balance of obscure the issues has nothing to do with his grasp of the English Forests,” replies Mr. Rey. cycles that may seem invisible or impossible for language. Missoula was in a smoky haze this August. It us to see, but they exist and go about their magic This propensity for diversion has its place in politics - those of certainly stifled my tree hugging, but guess what: nonetheless. We know that every action has a us in the know call it ‘bullshit.’ But watching it pile up with such we live in Montana. It’s a big, wild, heartbreak- reaction. Just last week scientists observed that frequency, such ease is downright alarming. This kind of behavior ingly beautiful place, and fires have been burning the hole in the ozone layer reached a record size should be the precursor to a sea of red flags that pop up when in these forests for thousands of years. We are, this year, and it’s lasting longer than ever. We examining Schwarzenegger as a candidate for governor of however, in the middle of a drought, which great- can’t go on passing our problems on to our chil- California. When bullshit eclipses the matter at grabby hands com- ly complicates things, but cutting all of the trees dren. Conservation, despite what Dick Cheney pletely, you can be sure that suspicious timing aside, down isn’t the answer. The worst fires that burned might tell you, is not a personal virtue. Protecting Schwarzenegger is sweating - and it ain’t the bodybuilding any- this year and in 2000 burned in clearcuts that left our environment takes more than catchy names more. the forest floor barren and full of rotting fuel. for hidden agendas, and, most importantly, it And if you think clearcuts aren’t still happening takes us all living responsible, sustainable Scott Bennett, design editor out there, I regret to tell you otherwise. Half the lifestyles.

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Voted ASUM reverses Rosenleaf decision Missoula’s Best Serving Missoula Since 1994 The Kaimin: Former senator to serve on interview committee Helping you The ASUM Senate appointed former Sen. Alex said he wanted a student who was not formerly Breakfast Burritos Rosenleaf to the Interview Committee last Wednesday, involved with ASUM to fill one of the two student-at- NEW avoid paying reversing a decision a week before not to confirm his large positions. Teriyaki Chicken w/ rice appointment. “I think that we should have more student input into attention in class Rosenleaf will serve as one of two students-at-large the affairs of ASUM,” Holmes said. Bakery • Soup • Sandwiches • and More! on the committee, which is in charge of appointing He changed his vote last Wednesday because with 2 locations for 106 years ASUM senators and the student political action director. Schilke’s absence, there was no longer an experienced 432 N. Higgins (Downtown) The senate confirmed Rosenleaf’s appointment after student-at large on the committee. 1221 Helen Ave. (1 block off campus) Christy Schilke, student-at-large on the committee and “I thought it was important that we had people who former ASUM vice president, vacated her spot on the had experience, too,” Holmes said. Car Accident Victims: committee. ASUM appointed Cody Melton, who served briefly A new free report has recently been released that reveals information every car accident victim should have before they speak to anyone. Research shows that even a “fender Sen. Will Holmes was among the dissenters two on ASUM last year, to fill the second student-at-large bender” can cause pain, headaches, loss of energy, fatigue, irritability and even arthritis. Many car accident victims worry more about their car than they do their rights. If you have weeks ago in the 10-9 vote against Rosenleaf’s appoint- position. been involvd in an auto accident, listen to the toll-free recorded message by calling: ment that failed to reach a two-thirds majority. Holmes —Alisha Wyman 1-800-800-4960 ext. 9893.9893 The call is free and so is the report. ASUM reporter Car Accident Victims 1910 Brooks Street OPEN 7 DAYS Missoula, MT 59801 A WEEK Located in Hiking used to be one of Tel: 406-829-8881 Holiday Village Fax: 406-728-6158 Shopping Center

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Erin McClam pany, Martha Stewart Living years in prison and fines of $2 mil- Associated Press Writer Omnimedia, when she declared in lion. 2002 that she was innocent and Continuing her public defense, NEW YORK (AP) - Martha was cooperating with investiga- Stewart posted the court filing on a Stewart asked a federal judge tors. Web site she has used to air her Monday to toss out two of five Stewart's lawyers claim the side of the story. Stewart also counts against her in an indictment count should be dismissed because posts supportive e-mails from fans surrounding her sale of ImClone it violates her First Amendment and newspaper columns that argue shares in 2001 just before the rights and the American legal prin- she is innocent. stock plunged. ciple that defendants are innocent Waksal, a Stewart friend who is Stewart, in papers filed in until proven guilty. serving a seven-year prison sen- Manhattan federal court, asked the "This charge is unprecedented in tence for tipping his daughter to judge to dismiss one count of the 70-year history of the federal sell ImClone, said last week his securities fraud and one count of securities laws," lawyers Robert prosecution was partly about put- obstruction of justice. She also is Morvillo and John Tigue said in a ting big names like Stewart on charged with two counts of false statement. trial. statements and one of perjury. The lawyers also say the "I think that they liked that they The indictment accuses Stewart obstruction count should be dis- had me," he told CBS' "60 of selling shares of ImClone stock missed because none of Stewart's Minutes," "and I got the sense that on Dec. 27, 2001, because she had statements to investigators could if they could have Martha they been illegally tipped that the fami- have hindered the federal investi- would be unbelievably happy ly of company founder Sam gation into her stock sale. campers." Waksal was planning to sell The government has until Nov. Also, a Delaware judge dis- shares. 5 to respond to the filing. A missed a shareholder lawsuit Stewart and stockbroker Peter spokesman for federal prosecutors, claiming that Stewart hurt her Bacanovic, who was indicted with Michael Kulstad, said Monday he company by her involvement in her in June, have pleaded inno- had no comment. the ImClone case. The lawsuit, cent. Arguments are set for Nov. 18, which was dismissed Friday, was The securities fraud count and Stewart and Bacanovic are to filed by shareholder Monica alleges Stewart deliberately go to trial Jan. 12. The five counts Beam. deceived shareholders in her com- against her carry a possible 30

Rachel Cavanaugh/Montana Kaimin Kirk Keegar works on top of a roof at Alpine Meadows, a housing complex being constructed off north Reserve Street. The site is one of many large housing projects currently being built in Missoula. High rents force many students out of area Austin Modine es for students, she said. Kaimin Reporter “As the enrollment grows, and Missoula’s family life grows as well, As the University of Montana’s students are going to live farther and student population grows, more stu- farther away,” Spannagel said. “And dents are forced to find housing far consequently, commuting is going to ONLY SUPERSTAR from campus. be more and more of an issue.” Although more housing units are Most students living far from being built in Missoula, most are campus must drive to school, which ATHLETES SHOULD being built far from the University increases the number of cars on cam- district, and rent in these units isn’t pus and makes parking more of a cheap. crunch. COME OUT OF RETIREMENT. Junior Brie Nenhart knows this all Spannagel said parking and bus too well. transportation issues are going to When first searching for housing, become increasingly important to the There’s nothing romantic about lacing up the wingtips for your big comeback. Nenhart looked for places within a University. An SRA is an economical, tax-deferred way to ensure you don’t run out of mile of campus, but she couldn’t According to data from January find one. 2000 to July 2003, Missoula’s largest retirement savings. Contact us before you decide to hang it up. “It would have been nice to be housing unit increase has been near able to walk to school,” Nenhart the Mahoney Ranch in the Miller TIAA-CREF.org or call 800.842.2776 said. Creek area and the Emma Nenhart eventually found a house Dickenson/River Road area, said farther away and seized the opportu- David Gray, associate planner at nity. Missoula’s Office of Planning and “It’s my first time living off cam- Grants. pus,” she said. “I’ve learned a lot About half of the new units are for throughout the process.” multifamily housing, Gray said. Judith Spannagel, director of the Housing has increased in these ASUM Off-Campus Renter Center, areas because there’s simply more said she has seen students hunt for room to build, he said. homes that are miles from campus. “It’s easier for people to build on Housing units between Russell and larger lots,” Gray said. “You can get Reserve streets have been increas- better designs — that sort of thing,” ingly popular, she said. Builders often avoid areas that “It isn’t where they start looking, have been developed because of but it’s where they end up,” she said. issues with existing lots, Gray said. Spannagel said although new This means houses are built in unde- homes are being built, students are veloped areas, which generally aren’t paying the same amounts. near the University. “People keep asking me if we’re Gray said he hopes the new Lewis seeing the prices in the city come and Clark Villages at South down because of all the new units Dornblaser will help housing prob- that were completed this year,” she lems when the complex opens for said. “The answer is no.” students. He said with newer, high- Although there is competition in priced housing away from campus RETIREMENT INSURANCE MUTUAL FUNDS COLLEGE SAVINGS TRUSTS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT particular price ranges of housing, and fewer houses available near there hasn’t been a drop in price campus, it can become hard for an TIAA-CREF Individual and Institutional Services, Inc. and Teachers Personal Investors Services, Inc. distribute marketwide, Spannagel said. expanding student population to find securities products. For information and prospectuses, call (877) 518-9161. Read them carefully before investing. © 2003 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), 730 Third Avenue, Despite UM’s expanding popula- a place to live. New York, NY 10017 tion, there has been a push to convert “If there aren’t any apartments for houses around campus into single- students to rent, I don’t know where family homes, cutting housing choic- they’re going to go,” Gray said. Montana Kaimin NEWS Tuesday, October 7, 2003 5 ASUM: Co-op housing project a community effort consider the idea, including the He also cautioned ASUM lot of input from members,” Students from similar backgrounds could Lambda Alliance and the Pagan against assuming that all Gachigo said. share cost of living off campus, committee says or Wiccan Education Resources Africans are alike. Interest is a major factor in resources, money, food, trans- Support group. “(Africa) is more diverse than gauging whether a co-op will Fred Miller Bob Duringer, vice president America ever even thought about work, Engebretson said. Enough Kaimin Reporter portation.” A co-op house would take for Administration and Finance, being,” he said. students would have to sign up If a new project by ASUM about 10 to 15 members to get said the University would rally Africa is a very diverse conti- to make the idea worthwhile. Housing proves feasible, stu- off the ground, Engebretson behind any group looking to nent, and Africans have many A co-op house has to abide by dents with similar lifestyles said. Each member would pay form a co-op, but, “We certainly different customs and languages, the same anti-discrimination could soon have the opportunity $150 to $200 per month toward would not subsidize it.” said David Gachigo, a Kenyan rules as any other company, to share a home. the lease on the house, utilities, The administration would working on a master’s degree in Engebretson said. Plans are now in the works to groceries and other expenses. assist a group wanting to form a public administration. But In that respect, Gachigo said, create cooperative housing — a Members serve as the board of co-op with forming a business Gachigo, who served as presi- to find enough members, system of housing in which peo- directors, write house rules and proposal, which would be to the dent of the African Student increase diversity and keep ple form a nonprofit organiza- form a business plan to find group’s benefit because banks Association last year, said house members from feeling iso- tion to share living costs — off financing to lease or buy the would be more likely to provide Africans living in the house lated from others in the commu- campus, said Brad Engebretson, house. loans to a group with UM’s wouldn’t be made to feel lumped nity, non-Africans would be wel- ASUM senator and chairman of Cooperative housing used to backing, Duringer said. together culturally. come into the proposed co-op. the ASUM Housing Committee. be widespread, but have dwin- “The basic premise for any “For us, when we work as a “We would try to get involved At a meeting Friday in the dled in recent years, Engebretson kind of project like this is it has group, it’s easier for us to accom- with other student groups and UC, Engebretson pitched the said, citing information from the to pay for itself,” he said, and plish things together,” he said. other departments on campus,” idea of a housing co-op to a North American Student the feasibility of the project Gachigo said he was intrigued he said. small group of exchange stu- Cooperative organization. depends partly on how many by the co-op idea, but it’s too Cost and feasibility issues for dents from Africa. The African Student members are involved in a co- early to guess how much support a possible housing co-op are still “Within the student co-op, Association was the first group op. Bigger projects have more it could find among UM’s 25 under discussion, Engebretson everything is pooled together,” Engebretson approached, but he difficulty getting loan deals, African students. said, and no decisions have been Engebretson said. “Effort, said he wants other groups to Duringer said. “It’s something that needs a made.

One dies, five hurt in THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF MONTANA AND THE COMMUNITY ACTION FOR JUSTICE IN THE AMERICAS (CAJA) Gaza Strip conflicts present Ibrahim Barzak homes, Palestinian security offi- Associated Press Writer cials and local residents said. US FOREIGN POLICY IN LATIN AMERICA Israeli army officials said they GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) had no report of house demoli- AND REFLECTIONS ON A RECENT TRIP TO IRAQ — Israeli troops fired at tions in the area but that Palestinians trying to bypass a Palestinians fired anti-tank mis- FR. ROY BOURGEOIS checkpoint Monday, critically siles, mortar shells and live FOUNDER, SOA WATCH AND wounding one man and injuring ammunition toward Israeli a 14-year-old boy. Israel said its forces in the area. One Israeli INTERNATIONAL PEACE ACTIVIST troops fired warning shots and soldier was slightly injured, the only shot toward the group after army spokesman said. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 AT 7PM the pedestrians ignored orders to The Islamic militant group halt. Hamas said it fired 16 mortar UREY LECTURE HALL In the West Bank, a bomb shells at Israeli settlements in UNIVERSITY OF exploded after nightfall under an the Gaza Strip overnight, in Israeli army vehicle traveling retaliation for an Israeli air MONTANA CAMPUS near the Jewish settlement of strike on a suspected Islamic Kochav Hashahar, wounding a Jihad training camp in Syria. Free and Open to the Public soldier who was a passenger, Israel had launched the strike in Call 728-3328 for details rescue and army officials said. reprisal for the Haifa bombing. And gunfire erupted across the Israel-Lebanese border Monday, killing one Israeli soldier. Hours later, a four-year-old Sad, Anxious or Irritable? Lebanese boy was killed and his brother wounded in an explosion in a village near the border with Hyper And Out of Control? Israel. Israel’s army said at least Get Help on three mortar shells were shot early Tuesday from Lebanon toward northeastern Israel. National Depression Day, October 9th Lebanese officials said they did- n’t know if Tuesday’s explosion People say college is supposed to be “the best time of your life.” You meet friends that last a lifetime, enjoy in the village of Houla was abundant recreation and have the freedom to do whatever you want. But for many, adjusting to college life can be difficult. caused by a rocket or an anti air- Many students are left feeling stressed, anxious, disconnected and alone. craft shell fired toward Israel In order to help students cope, The Curry Health Center at the University of Montana is now offering screenings for that fell short. a range of common emotional conditions that often go undiagnosed and are misunderstood. If you are feeling sad and The Palestinians wounded in the Gaza Strip had been trying angry, weepy and tired can’t stop worrying, are having nightmares, yo-yo between being elated and being down, or know to cross a road closed by the someone who is, National Depression Screening Day can help you figure out what is wrong. military a daily earlier, as part of Questions you might be asked at the screening event include: new restrictions imposed in response to the Haifa bombing. • Have you lost pleasure in things you used to enjoy? The road links the southern • Do you have trouble sleeping or eating? Gaza towns of Rafah and Khan • Does your mood fluctuate between overly “high” to sad and hopeless? Younis, and was blocked by a • Are you having nightmares about something that happened in the past? checkpoint. A 42-year-old man was in crit- • How long have you been feeling this way? ical condition with a head On October 9, The Curry Health Center will be offering free, confidential screenings wound, and 14-year-old boy was for depression,bipolar disorder, anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. At the shot in the leg, hospital officials screening, you can fill out a questionnaire and talk with a counselor about your said. On Sunday, a 26-year-old personal situation. Even if you don’t have a mood or anxiety disorder and are just man was killed and three others were wounded while trying to going through a couple of bad days, you are invited to come take advantage of the bypass the same checkpoint. program and learn about what services are available on campus. You may learn Also Monday, Israeli tanks something that will help you or a friend in the future. and bulldozers entered the Rafah The screenings and information sessions are being held October 9 at the refugee camp in southern Gaza Curry Health Center, west entrance downstairs, room 073, from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. and demolished four Palestinian Or call 243-4711 for more information. 6 Tuesday, October 7, 2003 SPORTS Montana Kaimin The ref says it best

Lisa Hornstein/Montana Kaimin Willie Walden scores the first touchdown of the game Saturday for the Griz in Washington-Grizzly Stadium as David Richardson of Cal Poly watches after his failed attempt to break up the pass from quarterback Craig Ochs. The Grizzlies will face Weber State this Saturday in the first conference game of the season. Griz slip past Heralded Ochs guides Griz to victory Myers Reece marks set by current Philadelphia Eagles Sporting News also listed him as the No. Cal-Poly, 17-14 Sports Reporter quarterback Koy Detmer. He started in 5 quarterback prospect in the nation. seven games his sophomore year but suf- After high school, the Boulder native Myers Reece The wait is over. fered multiple concussions and an ankle immediately made an impact at Sports Reporter Grizzly football fans finally got to see injury. Colorado. He was an honorable mention The University of Montana Grizzlies made enough big what the hype surrounding highly touted The injuries forced Ochs to sit out the all-Big 12 selection his first season with transfer quarterback Craig Ochs is all plays to pull off a tough 17-14 victory over Cal Poly on second half of his sophomore season. He the Buffaloes and continued his record- Saturday in front of a record crowd of 23,687 fans at about Saturday at Washington-Grizzly didn’t regain his starting position until setting pace his sophomore year. Stadium. Washington-Grizzly Stadium. his junior year, even though he had been It seemed that the best defense against The Grizzlies gained 352 total yards, with many of Ochs, who transferred from the declared healthy earlier. Ochs believed he Ochs was his own 6-foot-2-inch, 205- University of Colorado last year, missed them coming on big gains, including two passes for more should have been allowed to play, and pound body. Despite his nagging injuries, than 35 yards and two runs of 25 yards or longer. the target on his first three pass attempts, tension arose with Colorado head coach he finished his sophomore year in the top but ended the first half by engineering an Even with the big plays, the Grizzlies didn’t pull far Gary Barnett. 10 in school history in passing yards, away from the 3-2 Mustangs from San Luis Obispo, 82-yard drive resulting in a touchdown Three games into his junior year, Ochs touchdown passes and total offense. pass to junior tight end Willie Walden. Calif. suffered another concussion, and his He reached the 2,000-yard passing “They’re a really good team,” Montana head coach Ochs finished with 168 passing yards in already shaky relationship with Colorado mark in only nine games, faster than any two quarters in leading Montana past Cal Bobby Hauck said of Cal Poly. “I think they’re probably football only worsened as he faced more other quarterback before or since at the best team we’ve played to date.” Poly, 17-14. bench time. Colorado. Current NFL quarterbacks After battling for the starting job with Running back Geno Randle had a strong game for the Frustrated with his situation in Detmer and Kordell Stewart are on that run-based Mustangs, but didn’t get help from anybody fellow junior Jeff Disney during spring Colorado, Ochs transferred to Montana list. else on the ground. Randle gained 117 yards rushing, but practices and scrimmages, Ochs reaggra- early enough to salvage eligibility for his The University of Montana hopes he the other five players who carried the ball combined for a vated an ankle injury that slowed him in junior year, giving him potentially two can continue the impressive numbers he net total of zero. Colorado. The injured right ankle needed full years of Grizzly football. In his first had at Colorado here in Missoula. Cal Poly threw for 195 yards, but it wasn’t enough to arthroscopic surgery, making it unclear year at Montana, he has once again had Ochs, who came in for the first series overtake the favored Grizzlies. whether Ochs would play at all this year. to struggle with watching his team from of the second quarter against Cal Poly, Mustang head coach Rich Ellerson and Randle each Seven weeks later, the 22-year-old his- the sidelines. said in a post-game press conference that said missed opportunities plagued their team. tory major has his first UM win and rea- Ochs said his time on the bench at his ankle is still sore and had tightened “I want to say there were four to six times there where son to be happy. Colorado and last year’s season away some at halftime. He wore a brace over we were one more first down from being in scoring posi- “It’s so much fun to be here at from football helped him deal with the the heavily taped ankle. tion,” Ellerson said. “It’s very frustrating when you do Montana,” Ochs said. “I’ve been looking injury. Montana head coach Bobby Hauck enough things well and give yourself a chance.” forward to this since last (October) when “(This year’s injury) was difficult ini- said he and the players are happy to have The Mustangs, known for their option offense, couldn’t I committed here. It’s a dream come tially, but I figured I had been through Ochs on the field, even though he’s still run the option consistently against the Grizzly defense. true.” worse before,” Ochs said. “So I can han- not completely healthy. “We had numerous opportunities on the option to After earning the starting position for dle this. That time last year prepared me “He’s a very good quarterback and the score,” Randle said. “We’re always one block away or a Division I-A power Colorado as a true for something like this and coming out guys know what kind of player he is,” fumble away. We’re disappointed because we work on freshman, Ochs broke school records for today and being able to play with my Hauck said after the game. “I think they that all week.” passing yards and touchdowns by a teammates made it all worth it.” responded to that. He’s got the ability to Junior transfer quarterback Craig Ochs performed well freshman quarterback, surpassing the Ochs was named an All-American his come in and make plays, which he did. in his Grizzly debut, throwing for 168 yards on 11-for-20 senior year It’s good to have him out there; we passing and leading all three Montana scoring drives. Division I-AA in high missed him.” Freshman Justin Hartman started for the second straight school by Despite a lack of mobility, Ochs week, going 2-for-3 for 17 yards. Freshman Kyle Football Parade, showed poise in the pocket and led Samson, who successfully ran the option offense against PrepStar Montana’s three scoring drives. He said it Idaho, also took several snaps, including an 8-yard run on and felt great to play in front of a third down that all but put the game out of reach for Cal 1. McNeese State, 4-1 7. Massachusetts, 4-1 SuperPrep, Washington-Grizzly Stadium record of Poly late in the fourth quarter. 2. Western Illinois, 4-1 8. Southern Illinois, 5-0 three maga- 23,687 Griz faithful. In fact, it’s the best Montana running back Justin Green had his second 3. Villanova, 5-0 9. Western Kentucky, 3-2 zines that he’s felt in a long time. straight big game, running for 99 yards on 25 carries. rank the “Probably two years ago when we beat Freshman Lex Hilliard ran for 57 yards on 14 carries, 4. Delaware, 5-0 10. Wofford, 4-1 top high (Texas) A&M was the last time I felt this including a 3-yard touchdown run early in the fourth 5. Furman, 4-1 14. Northern Arizona, 4-1 school ath- happy,” he said. quarter on a newly installed play. The ball was snapped 6. Montana, 4-1 22. Idaho State, 3-2 letes in the directly to Hilliard without a quarterback in the backfield. nation. The The touchdown proved to be the game winner. Montana Kaimin SPORTS Tuesday, October 7, 2003 7 Griz kickers split in Montana drops weekend matches, Rocky Mountain visit seeks redemption back home Danny Davis talented setter. extremely strong and all of the Academy Falcons, who were Will Cleveland Sports Reporter “She (Sac state setter Lisa teams tend to beat each other up,” Sports Reporter riding a five-game home unbeat- Beauchene) moved the ball around Best said. “Any team is capable of en streak going into the game. The University of Montana vol- The Griz soccer so well and we weren’t able to get beating another team on any given Sophomore Shawn leyball team dropped two confer- University wins one, organized,” Best said. night. We’re taking it one game at Destafney’s header in the 87th ence games over a long and tiring of Montana loses other In the match, Jensen led the a time with the goal of making it minute of gave UM a 1-0 victo- weekend road trip, and the losses soccer team in Colorado Griz attack with nine kills while to the Big Sky tournament.” failed to ry. The goal was Destafney’s could affect its quest to win the senior teammates Audra Pierce Senior Claire Thompson agreed sweep its weekend games in second goal of the season. Big Sky Conference. and Lizzie Wertz added eight kills with Best, adding the Grizzlies Colorado Springs, Colo., contin- Junior Jamie Rizzuto got her Montana lost to Northern each. still have one shot at retribution. uing a trend of inconsistency team-leading third assist on the Arizona University 23-30, 30-24, The Sacramento State loss “The teams that we lost to on that has plagued the team for play. 30-13, 30-21 in four games and marked the 17th the road we get to play at home, much of the year. The win improved UM’s was swept by consecutive road so we’re very excited,” Thompson The Grizzlies lost 1-0 on record to 4-6-2, while Air Force Sacramento loss in which the said. “We still feel very confident Friday to Colorado College, dropped to 5-5-1. State 18-30, 28- Griz played a that we can make the tournament.” which hadn’t scored a goal in Braseth made four saves in 30, 17-30. The conference oppo- Although the weekend failed to almost three weeks, and scored a her third shutout of the season. losses drop nent, a streak bring the results UM was hoping 1-0 shutout against the Air Force “We are creating good scoring Montana to 6-10 We’re taking it one which stretches for, the team showed some Academy, which hadn’t lost at opportunities,” Duerksen said. overall with a 1- game“ at a time to November of positive change and hope for the “We are close to doing a lot of 3 conference home in five games. with the goal of 2000. Best said remainder of the season. “We still have a lot of things things, it just doesn’t seem like record. All three the streak is only Thompson noted that Montana to work on,” said UM senior we are quite there yet, but we losses came making it to the a statistic, was playing its best volleyball in will be.” after a win midfielder Casey Joyner. “We Big Sky tourna- though, and the opening game against NAU didn’t play well. We can defi- The high altitude of Colorado against Weber added that in the and said the team learned a lot nitely do better.” Springs was a determining factor State in a ment majority of the during the road trip. The Griz The CC team, coached by Erik in the sporadic play of the Griz, conference road games last offense was bolstered by the Oman, a former protégé of UM Duerksen said. opener on Sept. year, UM’s loss- return of sophomore Diana Nikki Best, head coach Betsy Duerksen, had “We came out stronger in the 25. es came by a Thompson, who had been rehabili- volleyball head coach not scored since Sept. 19. first half against CC,” Duerksen After a strong slim margin. She tating a shoulder injury for the “They came out with a new said. “By the second game opening-game also pointed to a first part of the season. formation in the second half that against Air Force rolled around, win against successful team “We just got our setter back and we have never seen,” Duerksen we were exhausted.” NAU, the Griz effort in a tour- I assume in the course of her play- said. “It is something we didn’t Joyner agreed, adding that the faltered and nament in ing we will get better,” said Best. prepare for, but it is definitely tough road schedule has pre- watched the Kansas City in Montana will host Portland something that we will familiar- pared the team for the confer- Lumberjacks dominate the next September. State and Eastern Washington Oct. ize ourselves with before the ence season, which opens three games en route to a convinc-”The Lady Griz have 10 remain- 17-18, but will first pay a visit to conference schedule begins.” Sunday against Eastern ing victory. ing conference games on the Montana State on Friday. UM was outshot 14-12 for the Washington. The Grizzly sophomore tandem schedule as they try to secure a “We’re fired up,” Claire game, but sophomore goalkeeper “We are tired of being on the of Whitney Pavlik and Audrey trip to the Big Sky Conference Thompson said. “We’ve been Sarah Braseth kept the Griz in road,” Joyner said. “We need to Jensen had 11 and nine kills, tournament, a challenge they have working on the new offense, so the game until the second over- connect better as a team, but the respectively, while freshman failed to conquer the last two sea- we get to try that out.” time, when CC forward Ashley schedule has made us stronger.” EvaLyn Whitehead contributed 10. sons. In order to get an invitation Hooverson scored her first goal Duerksen, however, is just In the Sacramento State defeat, to the tournament, Montana must of the season. happy that her young team is the Hornets used a balanced attack finish sixth or better in a field of Kaimin Sports With the victory, CC snapped learning. to dominate Montana. Montana eight teams. a four-game losing streak and “Even when we don’t play our couldn’t make one block the entire Despite the output of the road Scoop Score: improved its record to 4-5-1. best, it is good to know that we match, a stat head coach Nikki trip, Best is optimistic and upbeat Kaimin: 1 The Griz were able to rebound can get a win,” Duerksen said. Best credits to an organized about the remainder of the season. Sacramento State offense and its Missoulian: 2008 Sunday against the Air Force “The Big Sky Conference is ...We’re catching up 13 Questions: Tim Bush

Will Cleveland team to believe me. more with that black hair. sure they will get it together. year. Sports Reporter K: So, do you think it is for c. Volleyball shorts ... K: Have you ever lit yourself attention or is it really who she K: Do you have any funny TB: Definitely not wack. Tim Bush is a senior co-captain on fire? is? Bobby Hauck stories? on the University of Montana TB: No, I can’t say that I have. TB: I think it’s for attention. I TB: Bobby Hauck isn’t really K: Who is the most annoying Grizzly football team. He is close K: Has someone else think a lot of what people that funny. He’s kind of a hard ass person on the face of the planet to becoming the all-time school ever lit you on fire? do is for attention or to get and he’s always on people, but it’s and why? leader in sacks, but we think he TB: No. a rise out of people, but nice. He doesn’t let anyone get TB: Keanu Reeves. He is the had problems tackling the wily 13 K: Have you ever lit I’m not sure about her and away with anything. He treats most annoying actor I’ve ever Questions. anyone on fire? how she dresses. That everyone the same and there’s no seen. He is just horrible. He does You be the judge. TB: No. might be who she is. favorites. I really like that about not know how to act. The first K: Have you ever coach Hauck. Matrix was about his only good Kaimin: What about ASUM spontaneously com- K: Since you have movie, and other than that, they all and MontPIRG and the stink busted? sacked so many quarter- K: If your life was a cliche suck. about glass recycling? What’s TB: Obviously not, backs, who is your porno title, what would it be going on there? because I am still sitting favorite quarterback to called and why? K: Let’s end up with the ran- Tim Bush: I guess if it takes too here unharmed. sack and why? TB: Bushwhacked. dom literature question here. much money, it isn’t worth it. It’s TB: I would have to say (Travis) TB: What’s that? not like aluminum where you can K: Are you pleased with this Lulay from Montana State, K: Let’s play the wack, not K: It’s a random question actually make money. It would year’s crop of Latin Grammy because of the big rivalry there. I wack game about literature that you have to take up too much money, so why winners? can’t wait to play them later in the TB: The wack, not wack game? BS your way through. do it? I mean I understand the part TB: Of course, I am just glad year. K: Yeah, the wack, not wack TB: Wow, dude. You’re screwed about the environment, but it is that Enrique Iglesias was ignored. K: On another football note, game. Wack is really crappy and then. just too expensive. That dude is way too feminine for what’s wrong with MSU right not wack is kosher. K: Oh well. In Charles his own good. now? TB: Yeah, I’ve read this. Bukowski’s stories and poems, K: Your last name is Bush, in K: Are there any artists that TB: I can’t really bash them. K: Congrats. Henry Chinaski is a misogynist case you didn’t already realize you feel were robbed? They got a good program. They a. Cal Poly ... and an alcoholic, as was his that. Does that mean you are TB: You mean besides Ricky have some inconsistencies with TB: Not wack. They are father. Is Chinaski a better per- related to our genius president Martin? their team and their coaches. Plus definitely a good team. They’re son than his father just because and that you have a nice chunk all that drug stuff, I would say that contenders. he listens to classical music and of all that oil money he’s got? K: What’s next for Christina is one of the downfalls of the team b. Levander Segars say- reads a lot of books? TB: Yeah, it would be nice, but Aguilera? so far this year. Their team is ing he is a candidate for the TB: No, he’s still a bum and an it’s not true. I’ve had a few jokes TB: Who knows? She used to probably more concentrated on Heisman Trophy ... alcoholic. It doesn’t make him any with bankers, and they believe me, look good, but she doesn’t any- outside things right now and I’m TB: Wack! Maybe next better than his parents. but I’ve never got anyone on the 8 Tuesday, October 7, 2003 NEWS Montana Kaimin Possley to 12 years in prison. of were released because of Possley said he and his partner DNA testing. One of these is Contraceptive halts Continued from Page 1 were able to reveal that two of Jimmy Ray Bromgard, a Billings the convicted teenagers gave man who spent 15 years in and serve as a mentor to the false, conflicting confessions prison for a rape he did not com- Montana Kaimin, the newspaper because of police pressure dur- mit. pregnancy in study for which Pollner worked. ing the interrogation process. “What has Montana done?” Possley is an award-winning Jamie Tarabay them strength, energy, sex drive,” he Investigators subsequently tested Possley said. “Not much, it journalist at the Chicago Associated Press Writer said. DNA evidence, and all four men appears. The state has resisted Tribune, who has spent the last “When you give the testosterone were exonerated of the charges all efforts at assembling any full- SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A hor- and the progestin together, you turn 31 years as a crime reporter. and released. scale independent inquiry into mone-based contraceptive treatment off the brain signals which normally Possley and his partner, Steve Despite the history of wrong- Melnikoff’s involvement in all that stops men from producing go to the testicle. As a result the tes- Mills, are the 2003 recipients of doing, lies, confusion and mis- cases.” sperm has prevented pregnancy ticle stops making sperm and stops the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, takes that has plagued the justice Possley says that this and among 55 couples during a 12- making testosterone.” given by Colby College for system, Possley said steps have many other cases cry out for month test, researchers said Tuesday. At the end of the trial, the sperm “courageous contributions” to been taken in the right direction. review and possible DNA test- The study, a U.S. government- levels of the all the male participants the field of investigative journal- funded program sponsored by One example, he said, is the ing. recovered to the levels they were at ism. Virginia-based family planning January 2000 decision of former Possley proposed a series of before undergoing the program, In his lecture, “Near-execu- organization CONRAD, was able to Illinois Gov. George Ryan to reforms to right the wrongs that McLachlan said, although it took six tions, Exonerations and DNA: successfully and reversibly turn off declare a statewide moratorium he has observed in the justice to 12 months for this to happen. An investigative journalist exam- sperm production in the men who on each of the state’s pending system. McLachlan said the risk of cancer ines the criminal justice system, took part, said Rob McLachlan, death penalty cases. They include allowing public in men taking the contraceptive its resistance to change and how director of clinical research at Prince In a speech given at defenders to meet with individu- would be similar to that of women it can be reformed,” Possley cri- Henry's Institute of Medical Northwestern University, Ryan als being interrogated by police on female contraception. tiqued the criminal justice sys- Research in Sydney, Australia. said that the work of Possley and prior to the filing of charges, Tony Morrow, an endocrinologist tem by citing specific cases he CONRAD often funds medical Mills influenced his decision to changing laws with restrictive from Sydney's Mona Vale hospital, and his partner investigated. studies outside of the United States halt executions. statutes of limitation so that who was not linked to the research, “I’m not here to debate the and works closely with the World At a press conference he told crimes with DNA evidence can concurred. moral question of state-spon- Health Organization. “There's been no evidence report- reporters, including Possley, that be prosecuted no matter when sored killing,” Possley said. “This is the first time the combi- ed that higher levels of testosterone “one of the highest callings in they are solved and reduce the “What we did at the Tribune was nation of long-acting testosterone could be related to prostate cancer, if journalism is to save the life of factors that cause a regular to reframe the debate with these and a progestin have been used in an men are on such treatments they an innocent person…you are to homicide to become a death questions: What is wrong with a effectiveness study, this is the first to would be monitored,” he told The be commended.” penalty case. system that results in 13 men be reported in the world,” AP. “It was a watershed moment Possley ended by saying he McLachlan said by telephone. being released at the same time He said more research with larger — the state’s harshest system of hopes the truth is the ultimate “We're very pleased and excited the you are killing 12? And can the groups was necessary to evaluate punishment had been exposed as reward when considering DNA results are so positive.” system be trusted to kill the right other possible side effects such as its least credible,” Possley said. and wrongful convictions. It was an 18-month commitment people?” sleep disorders and breathing diffi- Possley also criticized the “Seventy-one years ago, by the 55 couples involved, he said. The case of Lori Roscetti was culties. state of Montana and its dealings Edwin Borchard of Yale identi- The trial was conducted in two one that Possley discussed. McLachlan said there are already with Arnold Melnikoff, former fied 65 cases of wrongful con- phases. The first, over three to six In 1986, Roscetti was the vic- two pharmaceutical companies inter- head of the state crime lab viction in the hope of prompting months, involved taking testosterone tim of a brutal rape and homi- ested in the approach but added it whose testimony against defen- change,” Possley said. and progestin to turn off sperm pro- cide, for which four teenagers would “inevitably take several years” dants based on hair samples “And here we are today. There duction. Then when the sperm count were convicted. before the contraceptive would reach found at crime scenes has come are always going to be some rea- was zero or close to zero, the 12- Since state law prohibited pharmacy shelves, and more tests into question. sons that people cite for why month trial period began. death penalty convictions in have to be done over longer periods Montana, he said, has only something can’t get done…Isn’t “What was unusual was the fact cases involving minors, three of of time. reluctantly started to review sev- getting to the truth worth it?” that this was an effectiveness study,” Considering the limited options the teenagers were sentenced to eral convictions garnered on McLachlan said. “Once the sperm for male contraceptives _ condoms life in prison without parole. The Melnikoff’s testimony after the was suppressed the couples used this and vasectomies _ this new contra- fourth struck a deal with the three men he testified on behalf as their (contraceptive) method. ceptive was the most promising male prosecution and was sentenced Other studies only monitor how far specific method, McLachlan said. the sperm count falls.” But Morrow doubted that men Over the 12 months of the trial, would take readily to the new con- the men continually took implants of cept. testosterone and injections of prog- “I think it's not going to be popu- wwwwww.k.kaimin.oraimin.orgg estin, a reproductive hormone. The lar or widespread, because it implants require minor surgery to put involves injections and testosterone them under the skin, McLachlan implants. I think it is one way for- said. ward because there doesn't seem to “Normally there are signals from be any other way,” Morrow said. the brain to the testes that promote The study will be published in the Because really...why wouldn’t you? production of sperm and to make October edition of Journal of testosterone, which is important for Clinical Endocrinology and general health in men — it gives Metabolism.

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