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(406) 243-4310 or [email protected] 45 ONE CREPT FILET 46 Heart line BATTEN TIMES 47 Smelly pranks PED HELOT DEB 52 Desire OGRE DERIVATIVE 55 Fashion designer NEITHER TELAVIV Chanel TACHOMETER LILY 56 Circa ORE TUTOR TON 57 Showy flower XEROX DYNAMO 58 Unpleasant SHOAL FEMUR TOW emanation COAX DOMINATION 59 Hangman's knot ANTI IRIS NOOSE 60 Air show stunt MESS MEAT TONER 2 February 7-13, 2018 montanakaimin.com OPINION KAIMIN EDITORIAL Nothing transparent about the handling of Lady Griz soccer coach’s firing Another year at the University of Montana, another confus- Two days later, Haslam told the Missoula Independent that al assault and harassment cases. At the foundation of many of ing, mysterious case of sexual misconduct emanating from the Plakorus had not resigned; instead, the UM Athletic Department these mishandlings has been an administrative desire to protect athletic department. had decided not to renew his contract. He’d been fired. the reputation of the University over the safety of its students. On Jan. 30, Lady Griz soccer coach Mark Plakorus was fired While engaging in campus town halls and interviews during Although Bodnar has maintained he was unaware of the initial after the University discovered a series of phone calls from Pla- the fall semester, President Seth Bodnar repeatedly invoked the decision to depict Plakorus’ departure as a resignation, it was ul- korus to a Las Vegas escort service. These calls were made during term “transparency” to describe his intentions if he were to be timately the prioritization of the reputation of a coach and an ath- recruiting trips to Las Vegas on a University-issued cell phone. picked as UM’s next president. In a campuswide email sent out letic department that put students, particularly Lady Griz soccer UM athletic director Kent Haslam was looking through Plako- on Feb. 2, Bodnar claimed the process the University has engaged players, in danger, as well as produced a confusing, unconvinc- rus’ phone records after receiving a series of complaints from in to begin “a new leadership direction in the soccer program” ing narrative about the reason for Plakorus’ dismissal. players that Plakorous had been texting them at inappropriate has, and will continue to be, “supportive, transparent, and inclu- In his email, Bodnar stated the University is “committed to times. These players also alleged experiencing various forms of sive.” our first priority, our students.” A commitment to transparen- inappropriate touching from Plakorus. There is nothing transparent, however, about allowing the cy and the safety of students is too important to simply give lip This was not the story initially told by the University, how- student body to spend three days believing this “new leadership service to. It should be the driving force of all administrative de- ever. direction” was an innocent case of a man putting his family be- cisions. Hopefully, this obligation is one the administration will The day Plakorus was fired, the University announced he had fore his career, as opposed to a case of sexual misconduct that take seriously moving forward. resigned from his position as Lady Griz soccer coach. This initial somehow managed to take the University three months to fully announcement indicated Plakorus’ resignation was the result of investigate.