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University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Associated Students of the University of Montana Montana Kaimin, 1898-present (ASUM) 10-25-2005 Montana Kaimin, October 25, 2005 Students of The niU versity of Montana, Missoula Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy . Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper Recommended Citation Students of The nivU ersity of Montana, Missoula, "Montana Kaimin, October 25, 2005" (2005). Montana Kaimin, 1898-present. 4840. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper/4840 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]. Feature Inside Sports Big Sky calendar girls Stand up straight! Sorry, no pics of with a cause streaker inside Page 7 Page 4 Page 8 M O N T A N A K A I M I N Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Volume CVIII, Issue 32 Car hits cyclist, plows across footbridge Ambassador to speak out ERIN MADISON MONTANA KAIMIN on human A white sedan drove across the Van Buren Street footbridge, striking a bicyclist before crashing into trafficking the wood railing on the small bridge to the south of the footbridge Monday evening. DANIEL PERSON The bicyclist, who was hit at the north end of the MONTANA KAIMIN footbridge, suffered minor injuries but was not trans- ported to the hospital, said Sgt. Scott Hoffman of the Up to 800,000 people a year are Missoula Police Department. the victims of human trafficking The driver, Roger Darden, was not hurt, said in the world and not even Hoffman. The car’s passenger, Joanna Himber, ini- Montana is immune to its effects. tially refused medical treatment. Himber’s leg gave Mark Johnson, a former U.S. out as she left the scene. She then complained of pain ambassador and the director of in her ankle and arm, Hoffman said. the Montana World Affairs “She thinks she tripped,” said Jim Hayes, Council, said that “small but University of Montana Public Safety officer. organized” trafficking rings have The passenger was examined by EMTs and taken been discovered on Montana’s by ambulance to the hospital with an ankle or knee border with Canada. As recently injury, Hoffman said. as last week, websites offering to Darden believes he had a seizure. sell babies could be found on the Darden said he exited Interstate 90 at Van Buren Internet. Street, intending to go to the auto parts store near That is why Johnson’s group is Albertson’s in the Eastgate shopping center. sponsoring a lecture this The next thing he remembers is the airbags inflat- Wednesday by Nancy Ely- ing and blood from his nose dripping down his face, Raphel, a former ambassador and he said. State Department official, which Himber would not comment. will address human trafficking Darden was arrested for an outstanding warrant, and what the international com- Hoffman said. The officer didn’t know what the war- munity plans to do next to combat rant was for. Darden was also cited for driving with a it. suspended drivers license. Other possible charges Ely-Raphel is one of three will depend on the findings of the investigation, speakers who will be making pre- which usually takes a week or two, Hoffman said. sentations at UM this week in The car came close to crashing into the river, honor of the United Nations’ 60th Hayes said, but was stopped by the small bridge’s anniversary. wooden railing. Various groups at UM are pre- “They could both be a lot worse off,” he said. senting speakers who are authori- The man was not impaired by alcohol and whether ties on issues that the UN is deal- he was under the influence of drugs or had a medical ing with, according to Karen history of epilepsy was unknown, Hoffman said. Adams, UM’s Model UN’s advis- The driver will be given a thorough drug test, he er. said. Until recently, Ely-Raphel was “It’s kind of tough to believe he’d still drive that director of the U.S. State far,” Hoffman said, “especially with this kind of traf- Departments Human Rights fic.” Bureau and Johnson described her Darden missed the concrete trashcan on the north as the “authority in the world” side of the footbridge, but hit the round barriers on Scott Poniewaz/Montana Kaimin about human trafficking. the south side, causing one to roll down the grassy Joanna Himber, the passenger in Monday’s car crash near the footbridge, holds her wrist after her leg gave out leaving the According to Johnson, the UN scene with UM Public Safety. The driver, Roger Darden, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. Himber was taken to the hos- See ACCIDENT, Page 12 pital for arm and ankle injuries unrelated to the crash. The accident occurred at approximately 5:20 p.m. See UN Page 12 Missoula COT receives $200,000 for job training Money could meet the most needs, COT Dean training, trucking and contracting. a job making $30,000 a year job, the programs in January, he said. Paul Williamson said. More than one-fifth of Montana he said. While the money will allow the fund programs The Montana legislature appro- businesses reported a shortage in Another possible training pro- COT to offer more training pro- priated $200,000 to the COT, and employees last year, according to gram would be the allied health grams, it’s one-time money, for truck drivers, similar amounts to other two-year a survey by the Bureau of area, such as a lab technician cer- Williamson said, so these won’t be institutions in Montana, last Business and Economic Research tification, Williamson said. long-term programs. lab technicians spring, said University of at the University of Montana. Eighty percent of businesses “Our goal, of course, is to try to Montana President George One of the areas having the that employ radiological technolo- use it and demonstrate the post ERIN MADISON Dennison. hardest time recruiting workers is gists and technicians reported it effect it has on the college and the MONTANA KAIMIN The money became available to truck driving, with 80 percent of was hard to recruit workers and 20 community before the legislature the college July 1 and can be spent companies saying it’s hard to percent have major problems meets,” he said. The Missoula College of over the next two years, recruit workers and 40 percent retaining them, according to the The COT has about 120 pro- Technology is still working out Williamson said. saying it’s hard to retain them, Bureau of Business and Economic grams it’s looking at adding, he the details but has decided to use The money is to create training according to the survey. Research survey. said. $200,000 appropriated by the leg- programs to get students into jobs “There’s a big crying need for Williamson isn’t yet sure exact- “This is just touching the sur- islature for training that will get as soon as possible, Dennison truck drivers,” Williamson said, ly how many programs the COT face,” Williamson said. workers into the job market as said. hence the COT is looking at the will be able to implement or how While grateful for the money, soon as possible. Williamson is looking at a num- possibility of training drivers for a many students it will effect. $200,000 isn’t a lot to start a pro- That’s how the COT can get the ber of different certification pro- commercial drivers license. “The more the better,” he said. gram, he said. “most bang for the buck” and grams including lab technician Someone with a CDL could get The COT will probably begin www.kaimin.org 2 M o n t a n a K a i m i n Opinion Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Ancient Mariner Editorial Journey to the center of Mansfield Library The second coming of No welcome awaited me at the J. Edgar Hoover first floor doorway. Slowly ven- turing into the gloom, I distin- guished bleary figures scattered The FBI may potentially be watching you, tapping your phone lines throughout the uncomfortable and reading your e-mails, even if you’ve done nothing wrong. silence. Pale skin peeked out According to an article in the Washington Post from Oct. 24, records around the collars and cuffs of obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center indicate that sweaters. Fingers tightened, form- there are 13 cases from 2002 to 2004 in which the FBI conducted ing death grips on books and secret surveillance on certain U.S. residents using outdated warrants as papers. Wide eyes gleamed well as improper oversight. beneath thick glasses. Lips mur- The article points out that the FBI used expired warrants to obtain e- mured recitations of Dewey mails, took bank records without proper permission and even conduct- ALEX SAKARIASSEN able reality of the outside world Decimal numbers, filling the air ed an “unconsented physical search.” MONTANA KAIMIN cedes to a fantasy realm directly with the dull buzz of library In one of the cases, a citizen was kept under surveillance for five from the pages of vintage science echolocation. years, and the FBI waited 15 months to notify the Justice Department fiction. I went about my business, eager that this person had moved from New York to Detroit.

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