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Dustin Frost, a 2004 University of Montana graduate Greg Lindstrom/Montana Kaimin I don’t remember a crash or anything like that. “ Frankly, I wish I could even remember that, but I don’t. – Dustin Frost ” Jayme Fraser • Montana Kaimin half-smile rose up the right side of Dustin Frost’s face as he chuckled with the leadership at St. Joseph Medical Center and the Indian Health Service. Af- near the back of the Billings auditorium. ter, they drove to Wayfarers State Park for dinner near Flathead Lake. His red hair rose above the button shirts and military uniforms But Dustin doesn’t remember the rest of Aug. 27. Asearching for seats at a Veterans Day celebration. When his boss, U.S. Rep. Denny He doesn’t remember state Sen. Greg Barkus driving the 22-foot speedboat into Rehberg, stepped up to the podium, Dustin moved forward to take pictures. a cliff that dark night. After the ceremony, as people chatted with friends from the service or with Reh- He doesn’t remember how he ended up face down in the water. berg and U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, one man congratulated Dustin on his campaign back He doesn’t remember squeezing the hand of a camper who pulled him out of the to health. With the left corner of his mouth anchored, Dustin thanked him and gave lake shortly after 10 p.m. a crooked smile. The first thing Dustin recalls is the ambulance ride from Kalispell Regional His unusual grin is a reminder of a terrible accident a little more than three Medical Center to the inpatient therapy program at Missoula’s Community Medical months ago. Center two weeks later. “I remember the day certainly. That was the day we were up in Polson,” Frost “I remember waking up and I had this tube in my stomach, but other than that I said. “I don’t remember a crash or anything like that. Frankly, I wish I could even felt pretty good,” Dustin said. “So they had to talk me through and tell me what was remember that, but I don’t.” wrong with me.” Dustin, a University of Montana grad and Rehberg’s state director, remembers Though Dustin can’t remember the accident itself, he said he will not forget the traveling to Polson. There, he, Deputy Chief of Staff Kristin Smith and Rehberg met See FROST, page 4 2 MKontana aimin Opinion Friday, December 4, 2009 Caught in the BIG UPS Act Kaelyn Kelly and Willi Brooks Dirty Jokes & Editor’s note: Kaelyn buy, and quickly lessens a higher than women of any We’re getting a little misty-eyed here at BU&BH. We’ve been dropping so much Kelly and Willi Brooks take person’s ability to take con- other age. That means that knowledge on you for the past three and a half months and we’re afraid that you’re just turns writing this column, trol of the situation they are the men most likely to be going to lose it all by next January. Here’s some parting advice: Stay indoors, don’t talk which is published on Fri- in. Not to mention the fact dating women in the high- to anyone and, please, Backhandsdon’t go forming your own opinions! You want us to be out of a days. This is Kaelyn’s week that people like to drink. est-risk age group are of- job? to write. But there’s a double stan- ten the same men watching dard here: For the most part, movies that convey the mes- Speaking of out of a job, Big Ups to the folks at the White House’s Recovery.gov for All you got to do is use your men don’t have to worry sage that it’s OK, and even including non-existent congressional districts to show where the stimulus package has instincts. How do you think a about having someone try normal, to take advantage of created jobs. The White House’s deputy secretary of Unicorns and Leprechauns insists lion knows to tackle a gazelle? to take advantage of them a drunk woman. it was due to a technical snafu. It’s written, it’s a code writ- when they drink; for wom- Don’t worry guys, I’m ten in his DNA, says, “Tackle en, it’s a constant concern. giving you more credit than Surging Backhands to President Obama for announcing that he will send 30,000 the gazelle.” And believe it Women are always re- you might think. I’m grate- more troops to Afghanistan and then start taking them out after 18 months. Listen, or not, in every man there’s a minded not to leave their ful that most men realize Obama, we’ve all had that psycho boyfriend/girlfriend who keeps hitting us up for mon- code written that says, “Tackle drinks unattended in order that it is absolutely unac- ey, has a serious opium habit and rigs elections. (That last one might not fit the analogy.) drunk bitches.” to prevent being slipped a ceptable to take advantage We know you want out, but a “we’ll try to make this work one more time and then we’re I really hope not. date rape drug like a roofie. of someone who is under through” speech won’t do any good. Afghanistan, we need to talk. The above quote came But even when they follow the influence. These movie from Judd Apatow’s “The those precautions, they can scenes are not likely to in- Sari-draped Big Ups to that couple who sneaked past Secret Service to crash a state 40-Year-Old Virgin” and, be at risk for getting raped fluence the behavior of a dinner at the White House last week. Apparently they were on “Real Housewives of unfortunately, it’s not the just because they got drunk. man who respects women Washington D.C.” or something. We thought the balloon boy thing was the lamest stunt only movie that seems to That might be why it’s and knows that the absence ever pulled to get us to watch reality TV, but these guys have upped the ante consider- take date rape lightly. In an- easy for movies like “Super- of a “no” doesn’t indicate a ably. Ball’s in your court, Octomom. other Apatow movie, “Su- bad” and “Observe and Re- “yes.” perbad,” one of the main port” to make a joke out of But what about a guy Five-iron-wielding Backhands to Tiger Woods for joining the Successful Men With characters almost gets a date rape. These movies are who is already considering Impossibly Hot Supermodel Wives But Still Cheat On Them With Cocktail Waitresses “b.j.” from an obviously directed by and marketed to this behavior? Basically, Club. Oh well, as the old saying goes, sometimes you don’t know what you’ve got until gone classmate. The 2008 young men who probably these films are giving him it’s (reportedly) chasing down your Escalade with a golf club. Reportedly. film “Observe and Report” haven’t ever experienced a a nod of approval to perpe- sparked mild controversy situation in which someone trate a horrendous crime. Easily trackable Big Ups to Public Safety for planting a decoy bike with a hidden GPS because in one scene Seth took advantage of them. If Date rape should never device around campus to catch bicycle thieves. Keep up the good fight, guys. And do let Rogen’s character has sex only the same held true for be portrayed the way mov- us know if you are able to find a pink two-speed Huffy with streamers and a banana seat. with an unconscious wom- their female peers. ies are portraying it now — It belongs to a friend of ours and they’d really like it back because it has lots of sentimen- an. According to the United as normal, acceptable, and tal value that they’d rather not go into right now if it’s all the same to you. Moving on. Alcohol is the No. 1 date States Department of Jus- even funny. It’s not. rape drug in the United tice, women between the Kaelyn Kelly is a junior Finally, some farewell Backhands to the most depressing decade ever, in which we States for a few reasons: It’s ages of 16 and 24 experi- studying broadcast journal- got our own 21st century versions of the 20th century’s worst tragedies all neatly pack- easily accessible, legal to ence rape at rates four times ism. aged into 10 short years. There was our own Pearl Harbor, our own Great Depression, [email protected] our own Vietnam, two terms of our own Nixon, at least four or five Kent States, and to keep things fresh, global warming, Katrina and Speidi got thrown in there, too. Oh, and what are we supposed to call this hellish decade so we can gripe to our grandkids about Heard around campus it? The two-thousands? The aughts? The double O’s? Who friggin’ knows? Hey Brokaw, can we be the Greatest Generation now? Please?

“Just because you are from fuckin’ California doesn’t So, there you have it. We hope to see you next semester, by which time you will have mean you can park like shit.” forgotten all about the stuff we just said and have no reason to write an angry letter to -heard in Adams Center parking lot the editor. So on that note: Puppies are tasty. Bye!

“This isn’t a book about your penis. It’s a book about a Top 5 most-read stories man with magical powers.” on montanakaimin.com this week -heard on 3rd floor of Liberal Arts building 1. Old and new friends remember UM student “She said she’d meet me at the airport wearing a dress 2. Failed ski resorts weren’t designed for skiing with a zipper and no panties.” 3. UM student documents human rights issues in Honduras -heard between UC and Aber Hall 4. ‘Warming up the car’ not worth the environmental cost 5. UM names director of new Student Success office MKontana aimin Newsroom Phone 406-243-4310 Business Office Phone 406-243-6541 The Montana Kaimin, in its 112th Editor Photo Editor Arts/Outdoors Reporters Designers Web Editor year, is published by the students Allison Maier Eric Oravsky Collin Behan Alaina Abbott Steel Brooks of the University of Montana, Business Manager Design Editor Justin Franz Pat Cote Columnists Missoula. The UM School of Aaron Fauth Ashley Klein Hannah Ryan Alison Kilts Willi Brooks Journalism uses the Montana News Editors Web Publisher Sports Reporters Jillian Wilson Andrew Dusek Copy Editors Kaimin for practice courses but Brenna Braaten Daniel Doherty Tyson Alger Karen Garcia assumes no control over policy or Laura Lundquist Reporters Matt McLeod Ben Coulter Kaelyn Kelly content. Will Melton Kimball Bennion Troy Warzocha Alexa Dobson Nate Rott The Montana Kaimin is printed on Arts/Outdoor Editor Cody Bloomsburg Photographers Erin Gallagher Brandy Kiger campus by Printing and Graphics. Steve Miller Jayme Fraser Kat Franchino Send letters to the editor to Sports Editor Carmen George Greg Lindstrom Sarah Robertson Alyssa Small [email protected] Roman Stubbs Mike Gerrity Drew Vetere Josh Potter Alexandra Mae Vandergon Jesseca Whalen 3 Friday, December 4, 2009 News MKontana aimin Blotters of the decade Masturbating Mexican, bailing bowels, punching power-team Mike Gerrity realized the student had been Montana Kaimin drinking. He is younger than 21 Now that a decade of turmoil April 11, 2008, 2:50 a.m. and on probation, of which alcohol has gracefully sailed by, we’d like A Nissan Sedan was passing cars at a high rate of speed consumption is a violation. Offi- to take a look back at ten years on Arthur Avenue. An officer pulled the car over and began cers called his probation officer. Recognizing he was going to be of petty crime that went down to approach the 17-year-old female, who was drunk at the arrested, the student attempted to right here at UM. Here are some wheel. She hit the gas and sped four blocks down the road. Police flee. Officers shot the fleeing stu- of the most memorable fiascos to Before the officer could engage in a pursuit, the girl, who grace our weekly blotters, and the dent with a Taser, causing him to had her headlights off, ran a red light. She crossed Beckwith lose control of his bowels, [Chief wheezing old Kaimin reporters Avenue and crashed into a fire hydrant and light pole, which Blotter who brought them to you. Jim] Lemcke said. The man broke collapsed. She also vomited in the patrol car while being tak- loose from the Taser, but complied en to the police station to be processed. She was charged with with officers after that. Saturday, Oct. 14, 2000, a DUI and released to the custody of her parents. 1:56 p.m. (Nate Schweber) “The guy didn’t feel he could Public Safety responded to a run with a full load, I guess,” complaint about noise coming said. “But I’m sure it’s just a buckle was undone. The 26-year- illegal to swing in just panties,” Lemcke said. from the third floor of the Jour- coincidence.” old man was an illegal immigrant Lemcke said. The student is a member of a nalism Building. Michelle Harsh- from Mexico. He was arrested for Facebook group called “I Laugh barger [office manager of Public Friday, March 15, 2002, indecent exposure and reported to Friday, Sept. 1, 2006, In The Face Of Missoula Pub- Safety] said loud rock ‘n’ roll mu- 10:45 p.m. (Paul Queneau) Immigration Services. 10:30 p.m. (Zachary Franz) lic Safety,” which ridicules the sic was disturbing a class in the Police received a report that a The officer did not climb into Some people watching “The UM Office of Public Safety. Forestry Building. Harshbarger toilet on the fourth floor of Aber the tower to look for evidence, Da Vinci Code” in the UC Theater said the musicians quieted down Hall had been blown up with a Lemcke said. asked the man sitting behind them Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009, and there were no further inci- cherry bomb, according to Pub- to stop kicking their seat, Lemcke 2:17 a.m. (Mark Page) dents. lic Safety records. Lemcke said it Saturday, April 8, 2006, said. Later, outside the theater, the When officers confronted an didn’t appear that extensive dam- 11:35 p.m. (Zachary Franz) man yelled and swore at them, intoxicated male in Aber Hall, Tuesday, March 13, 2001, age had been done, and that there Public Safety received a report then punched one of them as they the individual tried his best to get 2:50 a.m. (Trisha Miller) are no suspects. concerning suspicious activity in tried to call 911, Lemcke said. away, bolting down the hall. He Police said they extinguished the University Village. The re- The attacker fled before police tried to run down the stairs, only a brown couch that was on fire in Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003 sponding officer found two wom- arrived. He appeared to be in his to fall and run headfirst into a steel the front yard of the Sigma Phi Ep- (Chelsi Moy) en, about 19 years old, swinging early 40s and 5-feet-10 inches tall fire door. silon house on University Avenue. A woman walking down the on the playground wearing noth- with blonde hair and blue eyes. He “That’ll leave a mark,” [Public The fire was small enough for the Kim Williams Trail reported a na- ing but panties. was wearing a “Power Team” T- Safety Director] Jim Lemcke said. officers to put out and the fire ked man in the coaches’ tower at “If we get this kind of call more shirt, according to witnesses. “So besides a hangover, he will department was not notified, [Lt. the Riverbowl Practice Field. often, it would really help our re- have a knot on his head.” Lemcke Jim] Lemcke said. No one at the “She observed the man stim- cruit of new officers,” Lemcke Tuesday, April 3, 2007, went on to say how silly it was house was available for comment ulating himself,” [Capt. Jim] said. The women were encour- 11:11 p.m. (Zachary Franz) for the guy to run from the offi- Monday. Lemcke said. aged to dress more conservatively, Officers investigating a re- cers because an MIP is not an ar- “It happened shortly af- When the officer arrived, the but will face no charges. ported theft were questioning restable offense, but running from ter the bars closed,” Lemcke man’s pants were loose and his belt “It is, after all, not a Knowles Hall resident, and the cops is. 4 MKontana aimin News Friday, December 4, 2009 FROST the accident and said he would pick them up at their Missoula From page 1 home. With the exception of the sacrifices made by friends and call from a relative who had driven family who sat at his bedside as to the hospital to check on Dustin, he lay in a coma for 10 days, who the car ride was solemn and qui- helped fill the memory gaps and et. Rod just tried to focus on not continue to support his recovery. speeding too much on the dark “It’s absolutely amazing to me road to Kalispell. what they’ve all done,” Dustin said “I concentrated on the driving from his Billings office, the phone and I’m not sure that Brian and pressed to his right ear instead of Kyla didn’t concentrate on the the usual left. “The worst thing praying,” Rod said. “You are al- they dealt with was probably those most speechless. There isn’t any- first ten days when things were a thing to say. There’s no informa- lot worse.” tion to digest, so I think we were all there with our own thoughts for A confusing call the most part. It’s a longer drive Dustin’s father, Rod Frost, re- than you think it is from here to members the confusion that fol- Kalispell.” lowed the 1:50 a.m. phone call on The tired group arrived two Aug. 28. hours after the phone call and im- A chaplain from Kalispell Re- mediately visited Dustin’s room in gional Medical Center told Rod Intensive Care. Soon, they spoke his son had been in a boat accident with the neurologist. Photo courtesy Jake Eaton earlier that night. She said the neu- “Later on in some of the press Dustin Frost (right) and Jake Eaton (left) stand beside one-time presidential candidate Bob Dole in 2006. rologist urged them to drive to the releases, he called them ‘surviv- ers began calling friends and fam- She collected items to help press as they updated others, some hospital as soon as possible. able injuries,’” Rod said. “Right ily from the busy waiting room. It make Dustin more comfortable of his friends were not satisfied. Because Dustin’s work often then he used the term ‘lethal.’ We was filled with curious reporters, during his hospital stay. She knew Dustin’s longtime friend Jake Ea- includes extensive driving, Rod knew it was bad.” candid medical staff, protective Dustin had been reading the non- ton tired of waiting for phone calls had earlier considered the pos- When the boat hit the cliff at law enforcement and the families fiction hunting thriller, “The Old and text messages, so he headed to sibility of his son having an acci- 45 miles per hour, nearby campers of other victims. Man and the Boy,” but he had for- Kalispell after cutting short a busi- dent while traveling. Yet, the news heard the crash. Stacey Graham received no gotten to pack it for his latest trav- ness trip to Chicago. caught him by surprise. Dustin fractured his skull, phone call, but was already wor- els. It was one of the first things Jake had met Dustin through “The weird thing was to get the damaged both sides of his brain, ried about her boyfriend of nearly she grabbed. UM College Republicans. They phone call and to say he’d been in and severed a facial nerve. He three years when she woke to her “I knew that if he woke up he quickly developed a friendship a boat accident,” Rod said. gulped for air when three people ringing doorbell shortly after sun- would want his books,” Stacey setting up yard signs for local His family was not a “boat pulled him from the lake. Though rise and saw her mother in the said. “So I went to his house and campaigns and organizing debates family,” and in the northern land- he was found facedown, he had no doorway. got him gym shorts and T-shirts on campus for the student group. locked state of Montana the idea water in his lungs. One 26-year- “He always texts or calls me on and books.” In College Republicans, Jake saw seemed a little odd anyway. When old woman noticed he was bleed- the road,” Stacey said. “He didn’t On the long drive to Kalispell, Dustin develop a passion for help- the chaplain said “neurologist,” he ing from his left ear and asked him call me that night, so I woke up Stacey tried to stay calm but was ing people through politics. worried his son had drowned and to squeeze her hand. He clutched with that weird feeling. As soon anxious to arrive. She wanted to While still pursuing a wildlife been revived. His fears of paraly- tightly for a moment before his as I saw her standing there, I knew know more about the accident and biology major, Dustin accepted a sis eased when a relative called to eyes closed and his grip loosened. something was wrong.” Dustin’s condition, but her mother college internship with Rehberg in say he saw Dustin’s arms and legs He slipped into a coma. She cried for half an hour. knew very little and the call from his Missoula office. After Dustin moving. In shock, Stacey quickly packed Rod was brief. Stacey didn’t fully graduated in 2004, Rehberg hired Rod called Dustin’s younger Books and gym shorts and then rode with her mother to understand the severity of his con- him to work on his campaign, sister, Kyla, and brother-in-law, With his 27-year-old son in se- Dustin’s house on the other side of dition until Rod and Kyla led her eventually promoting him to man- Brian Rauch. He told them about rious condition, Rod and the oth- Billings. to Dustin’s room in Kalispell. ager. Dustin went through basic The neurologist had inserted a training for the National Guard af- probe into Dustin’s head to gauge ter the elections and then returned brain pressure. An IV in his arm to Rehberg’s office as a field rep- hydrated him. Wires wound resentative. from his chest to a heart monitor. He was asked to run a second Breathing tubes assisted Dustin campaign for Rehberg about the until he had a tracheotomy in his same time Jake returned from neck later that week. Later, a feed- service in Iraq in late 2005. Both ing tube coiled from his abdomen. worked on campaigns that year. Despite the dismal array of The two college buddies moved medical machinery, Dustin’s per- into a shoebox Billings apartment sistent character gave Stacey hope. together. “He was too stubborn to be a Because some candidates were victim,” she said. sharing campaign space, the two staffers ended up in the same Clear the books small office cluttered with two Despite the optimism Dustin’s desks, file cabinets, paperwork, family in Kalispell tried to ex- Continued on page 5 5 Friday, December 4, 2009 News MKontana aimin

“ It’s one of those deals where you try to laugh so you don’t cry. – Jake Eaton ” well, Dustin isn’t just my son. He’s Overnight security guards shirts. Jake commissioned a good my son, but he’s also his own per- added the clustered corner to their friend of Dustin’s to create a logo son.” regular rounds, stopping to ask for and, within an hour, Jake had the Often Jake or Stacey would updates on Dustin’s progress and T-shirt design and began looking give life to the unfamiliar names stories from the day. for a screen printer. Eventually, the for Rod. They were people thank- The women working the shirts were sold on cafepress.com ful for Dustin’s help or encourage- hospital coffee shop would also to help defray the costs of the fam- ment during their own times of visit after their shifts, always of- ily’s stay in Kalispell. need. Those he befriended after fering their assistance and some Eyes squinted and teeth bared, Photo courtesy Rod Frost only one or two meetings. Men good humor. a Calvin-and-Hobbes-esque kid Rod Frost asks his son for shells while pheasant hunting outside of Brady. Dustin from his National Guard unit. Re- Upon hearing that Kyla and her in a striped red top flexes both his had to forgo the family hunting tradition this year. publicans and Democrats. High husband canceled a trip to Disney arms on the front of each Team Continued from page 4 family to establish a Web profile school teachers from Sunburst. World because of the accident, Ginger shirt. yard signs and other promotional through CaringBridge.org that College buddies. Strangers. hospital staff called to have the The back was inspired by materials. would allow them to keep a jour- “He’s that guy that always goes hotel rooms, plane tickets and gate the Sunburst high school where “There are not a lot of people nal of Dustin’s progress for others out of his way to help people and passes reimbursed. Dustin played basketball, ran cross anybody could spend 24 hours a to read and comment on. does the right thing,” Jake said. “Any time you are in a hospital, country, entered science fairs and day with, but we did it,” Jake said. The group in Kalispell upload- “Whenever somebody gets hurt, there are always one or two people helped lead Family, Career, and “I would shoot rubber bands at ed photos of Dustin smiling in his they always say nice things, but who seem to really care, but up Community Leaders of America. him. It was a great source of enter- National Guard uniform, hunting you’d be hard pressed to find a there it was everybody,” Jake said. It reads “The Pride of North Toole tainment for me.” pheasant with his father, standing person saying bad about him.” “I’ve really never seen a hospital County High School” and depicts Dustin, too, playfully distract- next to Bob Dole, playing Guitar Rod, Kyla and others said this where you have such a level of the same little kid flexing his non- ed his friend from work. Hero with a young relative and growing network of encourage- emotional involvement. It’s pretty existent muscles in nothing but “You are on the phone trying to watching an Atlanta Braves game ment helped soothe their turbulent incredible.” dino-print underwear. get contributions out of somebody with Stacey. emotions. It also led to the estab- Between tears and laughter, But support for Dustin’s fam- and he’s making faces at me,” Jake Rod, Jake, Stacey and Kyla took lishment of “Team Ginger.” Team Ginger was born in that ily spread beyond those wearing said, quieting his voice. “That was turns with the daily updates that waiting room corner. The term freshly printed T-shirts. a pretty rough time because it was largely focused on the positives, Team Ginger honored Dustin’s “South Park”- Team Ginger, in turn, was part about the same time he lost his adding more humor as Dustin Jake joined a handful of others inspired nickname and recognized of a bigger unit nicknamed “The mom.” improved. Friends, family and who claimed a corner of the wait- his growing network of support. Boat Family.” Barkus coined the Robin Frost died November strangers extended prayers, shared ing room, huddled under blankets “I was joking around, saying term to describe all the families 2006 after battling serious illness stories and offered assistance: and sometimes clutching pillows. that when we get out of here we affected by his boat crash. Rod for years. • Soldier on Special Frost. Soldier The group of family and friends needed to get him a shirt that said, said the families helped each other Before she died, Robin nick- On! rearranged the chairs covered in ‘I spent so many weeks at the Ka- cope, building bonds with once- named Jake “Little Jakey” in re- • You have to get better and run purple vinyl and grandmotherly lispell Regional Medical Center strangers that would last past their sponse to his jokes that he was her for office so I can tell people I vot- floral prints around laptops, cell and all I got was this lousy shirt,’” shared time in the hospital. favorite son, adopting the friend ed for a Republican. phones and various chargers. Jake said. Continued on page 6 into the family. Jake remembers • I can only imagine Dustin’s relief Where people did not sit, care Team Ginger made their own helping Dustin cope with the loss, to finally see some familiar faces packages with Kleenex, cookies talking on the phone almost ev- . . . even if one of them was Jakey. and packets of Emergen-C filled ery day when Jake moved to Hel- • We are so sorry that such a won- the seats. Flowers and cards from ena and Dustin took a short break derful young man like you has had friends and strangers alike cov- from politics in early 2007. Dustin this enforced vacation. ered the nearby tables between the returned that summer as Rehberg’s • I have noticed that ever since the soda cans and coffee cups strewn new state director. word “hunting” had been men- across plastic placemats. After the boat crash, Jake again tioned that Dustin’s condition “I don’t know how the hos- helped in any way he could. began to improve in leaps and pital got away with not having He stayed with the Frost family bounds. the health department condemn in Kalispell, indefinitely leaving • I have prayed for you, thought our corner,” Rod said, chuckling. his home in Helena. and talked about you, but until “There were half consumed cups “After a day and a half not yesterday I didn’t know you. of coffee, empty to half-empty being there and literally pacing • I’ve always heard that laughter pop cans, and the notorious and around in circles waiting for up- is the best medicine, and I have no dangerous spit bottles that Jake dates, I needed to be up there,” doubt Dustin that you are being kept filled. No one would pick up Jake said. “It was a lot easier on heavily medicated! a pop can if he had set it down and me than being a thousand miles Those messages helped Rod walked away from it.” away. At first, I think I was there discover more about the man his as much for me personally as I was son had become. for him.” “We think our kids are off- shoots of us and they just take our CaringBridge life and move on with what we’ve Upon arrival, Jake urged the given them,” Rod said. “I realized, 6 MKontana aimin News Friday, December 4, 2009 Continued from page 5 Water, please And though Dustin’s hospital- After spending nearly two I guess when he woke up, you were so thankful he’s awake but you ization was easily the longest and weeks in the hospital that included “ his injuries the worst, Rod said her birthday and three-year anni- wonder and question what he’ll be capable of. he feels no resentment or anger versary with Dustin, Stacey was You temper your excitement with reality. toward Barkus for the accident considering a short trip home for – Kyla Frost because he believes it was exactly her father’s wedding over Labor that: an accident. Day weekend. ” “I have compassion for the While she held Dustin’s hand, Kyla remembers her brother’s Even before he could speak, day would be one of Dustin’s first Barkus family. They were both he gave her an answer: He opened eyes following people who moved Dustin gave his family reason to memories after the crash on the physically hurt and they hurt for his eyes, looked up at her and in the room. When they would hope for the best as he slowly re- same lake. Rod was just glad to everybody else,” Rod said. “Alco- reached to touch her face. speak to him, sometimes he would gained awareness. be returning home, his bright-eyed hol aside, I know how I would feel “I was just bawling,” Stacey mouth the word “what,” as if Sensing the side of the bed son behind him in the ambulance. if I was in an accident and some- said. “I knew I was where I needed asking, “What is going on?” or where his father stood, Dustin one was hurt.” to be. It was amazing to know he “What did you say?” would raise his arm as a signal Home and humility For the Boat Family and Team was in there.” Doctors removed Dustin from for a hug. He would wrap that After waking up, Dustin would Ginger, it is easiest to remember Dustin had opened his eyes just the ventilator and fitted him with arm around Rod’s neck and gently occasionally try to convince doc- the hospital downtime that was a couple days earlier. When the a special trach collar. He later re- bring him down by his head where tors and family members that he filled with jokes, stories about nurse’s aid changed the TV from a sponded to commands with two it rested on the bed. Rod and the should be released from the hos- Dustin and the newest YouTube UM Grizzly football game to mu- fingers as part of an initial evalu- others would then talk to him, pital. He didn’t remember the ac- videos. But Kyla and Jake also sic, he moved a bit and gave her a ation by rehab specialists. He then waiting to see if he would shake or cident or many of the recent days remember helping each other confused look. sat up and spoke his first words. nod his head in response. and since he felt largely normal, he through emotional rough patches. “I guess when he woke up, you Mouth dry, he begged for water. “As I think back about it, that didn’t understand why he couldn’t “It’s one of those deals where were so thankful he’s awake but But because doctors weren’t was perhaps even more emotional leave. you try to laugh so you don’t cry,” you wonder and question what sure if he could swallow, no one and touching than even when he “I was certainly convinced on Jake said. “Everybody had their he’ll be capable of,” Kyla said. could give him a drink. Until they first started to talk because you day one, and I think I told a doctor moments when everything was “You temper your excitement with could be sure, the IV tube in his knew he was there and recognized this, that there was nothing wrong too much and we would take turns reality.” arm kept him hydrated. you and that he had emotion,” Rod with me and he needed to send me consoling each other.” Nurses would take shifts Jake was running errands said. “You looked forward to get- home,” Dustin said. “So they had Time lost its usual reliability. It watching Dustin to make sure he when Dustin first spoke, but when ting his hug when you went in to tell me a little more about it.” became a challenge, just as humor didn’t hurt himself as he kicked he entered the room later that day, there.” Jake walked into a therapy ses- became a tool and patience a nec- and turned in agitation as his body Dustin called him by name and After gaining consciousness, sion in Missoula when Dustin was essary skill. and mind continued to wake up. In asked for water. Dustin was moved out of Intensive again trying to convince hospital Waiting, uncertainty and worry a Web post, Rod joked that Dustin “The fact he knew who I was Care. He could eat soft foods and staff to send him home. Seeing his stretched time. must still have some strength left just tore me up,” Jake said. drink water. Then, with the help friend, Dustin turned and asked So, someone reminded the because occasionally he would As a test of his memory, the of a walker, he would take short for help. group about Dustin’s insistence “arm wrestle” three nurses at once. doctor in the room asked Dustin walks down the hospital halls be- “Have you seen yourself in the that golf is not a sport but a skill, “He would be trying to get the if he knew the man and to please fore crashing into long naps. mirror lately?” Jake asked in re- sparking debate and laughter. end of the breathing tube or later introduce him if he did. Just four days after gaining turn. They Googled unfamiliar terms on the trach tube,” Rod said. “His “He said, ‘Yeah, that’s my best consciousness, he was ready to be Walking to a mirror, Dustin used by the doctors. Comforting legs would — almost on their own friend Jake Eaton, the hero of the transferred to an inpatient therapy paused to consider his reflection. hugs made friends into family. — be crawling to get over the rails Iraq War,’” Jake said, laughing at program at Missoula’s Commu- “My lip was kinda down and it But all those magnified mo- of the bed to get out.” the memory. “After ten days of nity Medical Center. Hospital was kinda sagging over there on ments were condensed into one One day, the progress was par- just seeing him there in a coma, it staff loaded the excited and chatty the left side of my face and I real- whirlwind memory by the surpris- ticularly promising. was pretty special for me. I started Dustin into an ambulance for the ized that I couldn’t blink my left ing pace and quality of Dustin’s “He got better and better just to laugh a little bit at the ‘hero of journey. eye,” Dustin said. “So he kinda recovery. even hour by hour. I mean, you the Iraq War’ line, though. Just the “I think he thought he was go- taught me that, ‘Hey, things aren’t Ten days after falling into his could see it,” Rod said. “So for us, fact he was talking and that’s the ing home and we didn’t correct normal right now, buddy.’” coma, Dustin woke up. we got to skip over a bunch of that first thing he would say about me him,” Kyla said. Because his left eye wouldn’t slow, long recovery time.” was incredibly overwhelming.” Though summer temperatures close, Dustin wore a patch while were beginning to fade into cooler he slept to protect it. fall days, this was a beautiful day Rehab specialists worked to for Team Ginger. improve his listening comprehen- Rod remembers the sun that sion and help him relearn forgot- day, which seemed aware of his ten daily tasks. He was asked to uplifted mood. It glittered white identify objects on flashcards, on the surface of Flathead Lake memorize the names of faces ther- as the ambulance passed on its apists showed him and repeat short way south. Evergreens lined the stories as accurately as he could water and the summits of nearby after waiting several minutes. mountains, silhouetted against the In one exercise, a therapist pale blue sky. That sunny autumn handed Dustin a map of Mis- soula’s Mountain Line bus sys- tem and tasked him with plan- ning the quickest route between various points. Dustin jokingly responded that he wouldn’t use the Continued on page 7 7 Friday, December 4, 2009 News MKontana aimin

“I thought it odd that there wasn’t a problem with shaving. Like, I could shave and it was fine. Why is it that I can do that? In therapy one day, they showed me a picture of a camel and for the life of me I couldn’t remember what a camel was called. – Dustin Frost ”

Photo courtesy Dustin Frost Dustin Frost stands next to his UM diploma, which hangs in his Billings office. In October, he was cleared to return home and work up to four hours a day. Continued from page 6 couldn’t remember what a camel body gained strength. He could missing MSU’s homecoming to half-smile. After enjoying a slice confusing bus system, but instead was called.” remember the right words more see Griz homecoming.” of his favorite dessert and chatting call one of many friends in town often. Slowly, he gained more con- But Dustin wasn’t completely a bit, he began catching up on ev- who would happily give him a Medical milkshakes trol over the left side of his face. unsympathetic. erything he’d missed. ride. Rod prepared a big sausage and Dustin took day trips with Team “Being in the box allowed He began by archiving e-mails Jake saw Dustin’s normal per- sauerkraut dinner in his Dutch Ginger on his days off from ther- Stacey to watch her Bobcats on a that filled his inbox past its view- sonality and humor resurface, like oven ten days after returning apy to visit old Missoula friends television — with the sound off,” able limit. Some of the messages the day he walked without assis- home. His son had just been re- or shop for hunting rifles, even Dustin said. were sent by friends and col- tance for the first time during a leased from the hospital and was though doctors wouldn’t clear him Despite the freezing cold, they leagues offering their support. physical therapy session. Dustin on orders to gain weight. to shoot again for several weeks. opened the window of the box to A few shared their own recovery approached Jake, rubbed his Dustin was ready to slowly in- In early October, Team Ginger hear the sounds of a packed sta- stories after sustaining brain inju- stomach and joked that maybe tegrate back into normal life, but made a surprise visit to the Mis- dium. Dustin earnestly joined the ries in car accidents or falling off he should work with his physical still needed therapy and rest. soula Pachyderms — local Re- cheers that followed the cannon’s ladders. Some were simply work- therapist, too. “Dustin was basically letting publicans — meeting. The group five blasts and the boos that ac- related. With the help of his asso- “I’ve worked in politics where all of us wait on him. He didn’t do was easily identified by its mag- companied the opponent’s touch- ciates, he resumed his usual duties you are always trying to over- very much. To get him to dump the netic pull; people surrounded the downs. The announcers’ voices for Rehberg. sell every little accomplishment, garbage was more of an effort than tall redhead. Dustin listened and rolled over the crowd to his good Just before Thanksgiving, but these speech therapists really to just go dump it yourself,” Rod spoke to those who congratulated ear. Stacey wondered if the box Dustin was grateful to hear his undersell themselves with their said, chuckling. “He was playing him on his recovery one at a time. was any quieter than their seats Missoula doctor say that he will titles and work,” Jake said. the brain-injured card on us, he re- He was still adjusting to being in near the cannon would have been. continue to gain more control over Though Dustin could eat, walk ally was.” crowds. And the ecstatic mass Dustin’s own homecoming was his full face and that the hearing in and talk, his memory was slower Other times, Dustin used the waited patiently. greeted with cheers from Team his left ear should return without to recover. doctor’s order as an excuse to Ginger. surgery. He could work full-time “At one point in the hospital hoard the goodies sent by friends, Homecoming He returned home to Billings and he could start shooting his .22 they brought him dinner and it even though he was offered other When a friend offered Dustin just a week later. His life was at the range. was roast beef and mashed pota- options for gaining weight. and Stacey tickets to the Home- nearly normal again as he reset- His excitement at the news toes and broccoli,” Jake said. “He “We couldn’t have any of it coming Grizzly football game, tled into his home and a shortened was like the zeal Stacey saw at knew what it was but he couldn’t because of the order,” Jake said, they gladly accepted. daily routine. Until his stamina re- the Homecoming game. She will think what the name of broccoli laughing before he added, “I didn’t “The one thing he wasn’t al- covered, the doctor limited him to always remember that day, not be- was.” want to have him go through it lowed to do was sit next to the can- working four hours a day. Dustin cause of the raucous crowd or the Dustin can’t sufficiently de- alone. I think I gained more weight non and our seats were right next was excited and relieved to get Griz victory, but because she saw scribe what it’s like to know what than he did. I offered many times to the cannon,” Stacey said. back into the swing of things, if Dustin joking around with friends an object is, but not be able to to give him a transplant. He could So instead of sitting only six only bit-by-bit. as though nothing had changed. name it. He just knows that it is have 10 or 15 pounds if he wanted rows from the blasts, they joined His first day back at work, he “He’s got that grin and his unpredictable. it.” other friends in a box. greeted his coworkers and a cara- eyes were lit up,” Stacey said. “He “I thought it odd that there One of the easiest ways for the Between talking with friends mel mocha cheesecake with his didn’t stop smiling.” wasn’t a problem with shaving. group to gain weight in step with and cheering for the Griz, Dustin [email protected] Like, I could shave and it was Dustin was to make daily trips persistently joked with Stacey fine. Why is it that I can do that?” to Big Dipper for a huckleberry about her alma mater. Dustin said. “In therapy one day, milkshake. “I was a Bobcat and going to they showed me a picture of a Dustin’s memory and reaction the Missoula game,” Stacey said. camel and for the life of me I time continued to improve as his “He thought it was hysterical I was 8 Parkour becoming popular pastime on campus

Hudson “Broom” Therriault seems to fly through the air as he vaults off a wall near the Adams Center.

t first blush, the group of young guys stand- ing outside the Adams Center on a Friday af- Story by ternoon looked like a band of loiterers — until they started to move. Cody Bloomsburg A slim 15-year-old with brown hair and braces got a running start Kent Johns (left) leads Hudson “Broom” Therriault (center) and Amzi Jeffs (right) Photos by at a metal rail about 5 feet tall. He planted a foot on a concrete bench through a Solve the Problem drill near the Skaggs building. For this particular drill, Johns had the Missoula Parkour Group get from one side of the area outside the Skaggs just in front of the rail and made his leap, clearing both the rail and a Kat Franchino Building to another side without stepping on surfaces like cement and grass. wheelchair ramp before landing on a rail on the other side of the ramp with his hands gripping the stub wall to which it was attached. Once Therriault made it to the handrail, Fenstra walked over to congratulate him and The young street acrobat is Kent Johns, co-founder of the Missoula Par- ask about his hands. kour Group. He and the other members try to practice three to four times a “How’s your fingers?” Fenstra said. “Not good, eh?” week, usually on the University of Montana campus. Despite a few scrapes, bruises and possibility for serious injury, Therriault said his par- According to the American Parkour Web site, parkour is “the physical discipline of ents support his new interest. training to overcome any obstacle within one’s path by adapting one’s movements to the “They’re obviously freaked out when we show them the video — they’re saying ‘Oh my environment.” It’s gaining in popularity through videos on the Web site, YouTube, and other God, I can’t believe you did that,’” Broom said. “But they’re very supportive because they Internet media. MTV produces a show called “Ultimate Parkour Challenge.” know this is something I like to do.” Johns and the group’s other founder, Michael Graef, established the club in August of As the weather gets colder, however, it gets harder for the group to practice, and Johns 2008 and its ranks have been swelling ever since. It is now the largest parkour group in said by December they will be confined to the gym. Montana, listing 55 traceurs (a French word for someone who practices parkour) on its Web The group has partnered with the Mismo gym to offer classes and monthly parkour par- site. ties where, for $10, people of all ages and ability levels can come into the gym and try out Josh Fenstra recently moved to Missoula from Lethbridge, Canada, with his wife. The parkour in a controlled setting and under professional supervision. Friday practice in front of the Adams Center was his first with the Missoula group. At 22 The partnership between the parkour group and Mismo started last January when Graef years old, he was the old man that day. took a tumbling and trampoline class to help out with his parkour training, said Mismo Fenstra watched from the ground as 12-year-old Hudson “Broom” Therriault worked program director Jake Zeimet. his way across a brick wall. The toes of his sneakers gripped a 2-inch wide sloped ledge Zeimet now instructs two parkour classes a week that teach local traceurs of all ages the that was about 7 feet off the ground and his skinny, pale fingers dug into the mortar joints gymnastic fundamentals they need to help improve their parkour training. between the bricks. At the most recent parkour party, Zane Reneau, a freshman on the UM track team, stood Therriault paused to rest about halfway across the wall as people in winter coats passed at one end of Mismo’s gym and watched as about 30 other traceurs flew around the space by on the sidewalk below him. in ordered chaos. “Oh man! My fingers — they’re murdering me!” he said. Reneau said sometimes the urge to do a little training takes hold when he’s just walk- Fenstra said he never wears gloves when he trains because they get in the way, but he ing around campus with friends. He’ll run and vault over something and then return to his usually tapes up his hands with athletic tape before he starts. That day, he’d forgotten to do befuddled pals. it until it was too late and blood was soaking through the tape on three fingers of his right “They just think I’m weird and I’m all right with that,” Reneau said. hand. Several videos of the group in action are posted on the Missoula Parkour Web site, http:// Fenstra and Johns started coaching Therriault on how to make it all the way to the set of missoulaparkourgroup.com/home.html. stairs at the end of his path. [email protected] 9 Parkour becoming popular pastime on campus

Hudson “Broom” Therriault rests outside LEFT: Amzi Jeffs (left) and Kent Johns the Skaggs Building during a Parkour prac- (right) attempt a double Kong vault over a tice. Practices can last from an hour to sev- low wall near the Phyllis J. Washington Edu- eral hours, with a break partway through. cation Building.

Kent Johns (left) leads Hudson “Broom” Therriault (center) and Amzi Jeffs (right) through a Solve the Problem drill near the Skaggs building. For this particular drill, Johns had the Missoula Parkour Group get from one side of the area outside the Skaggs Building to another side without stepping on surfaces like cement and grass.

Josh Fenstra, 22, uses the Adams Center to flip over 12-year-old Hudson “Broom” Therriault.

Kent Johns displays the worn-out shoes he wears during Parkour practice. The shoes, made by K- Swiss, are designed specifically for Parkour traceurs and free-runners. 10 MKontana aimin News Friday, December 4, 2009 Decorations at risk Cody Bloomsburg perpetrators get too lazy to rip off the Montana Kaimin décor, so they just vandalize it. While the yuletide season gives The large, inflatable yard art that some people a chance to knock the has cropped up in recent years is a dirt off the better angles of their na- favorite target for slashing, Fiscus ture and show kindness to their fel- said. But if the vandals leave their low man, it gives others the chance blades at home, they’ve been known to get jibbered up on booze and steal to use the blow-up ornaments for Christmas decorations out of strang- tackling practice, Fiscus said. ers’ yards. Homeowners can protect their “We get it every year,” said Cpl. holiday cheers by keeping their yards Camia Fiscus of the Missoula Po- well-lit and the decorations closer to lice Department. “I think alcohol has their houses, she said. something to do with it.” “Me personally, I put my stuff out Fiscus said two reports of decora- on the porch,” Fiscus said. tion theft came in from the Linda Vis- She isn’t sure what the thieves do ta area on Thursday morning alone. with their score, but Fiscus said the “You kind of wonder if there are pilfering has spread to non-seasonal a bunch of scrooges running around,” yard garnishes. Fiscus said. The most recent spree targeted Kat Franchino/Montana Kaimin The shenanigans are a communi- yard gnomes. Thieves often get away with holiday decorations displayed in front yards this time of year. ty-wide occurrence. Sometimes the [email protected] Sprayed soda, Panelists discuss future of Libby Mike Gerrity vironmental Protection Agency, itself is a huge success,” Jazayeri Montana Kaimin thus qualifying affected residents said. suspicious smells When former Montana Con- for government-paid health care. UM law professor Andrew gressman Pat Williams visited the “All our bills will be paid,” she King-Ries said the idea of bring- town of Libby in the early 1980s, said. “We weren’t defeated in the ing criminal charges against W.R. an old friend greeted him. The end.” Grace in an environmental context Tuesday, Dec. 1, 8:30 a.m. friend looked around to make sure What’s left to be determined is was a novel one in the first place, nobody was watching and pulled how future generations of Libby which may have left the EPA more A can of soda or a similarly Williams in an alcove of a build- residents will be affected by what open to attack from the company’s sticky substance was report- Police ing. the EPA cannot immediately clean defense counsel. edly shaken and sprayed around Thursday night, Williams re- up in the area. Two upcoming gen- “Instead of focusing on their a lab in the Skaggs building. A Blotter called to roughly 100 people in the erations of children in Libby have own culpability, the government keyboard sustained about $10 Gallagher Business Building what been exposed to the asbestos-rid- was on trial,” he said. worth of damage. the man whispered to him that day den vermiculite, Benefield said. Furthermore, the company and nearly 30 years ago: “Those are my children and my its five executives who eventu- “Pat. There’s something wrong grandchildren who have been ex- ally faced federal charges in court, up at that goddamn mine. My guys posed,” she said. King-Ries said, were able to tack Mike Gerrity Zig Zag rolling papers. are coughing up too much stuff.” The panelists agreed that epi- their $140 million defense bill on Montana Kaimin Williams was a part of a five- demiology studies are needed to the federal government because of Sunday, Nov. 20, 2:25 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, 11:24 p.m. person panel heading a discussion provide early screening for these their bankruptcy status at the time. A student reported that his bike A “pungent” odor was noticed titled “Libby, Montana: The Next people in order to help curb the “If you had a chance to go down had been stolen from the bike rack coming from a room in Jesse Hall. Conversation.” deadly affects of asbestos expo- to that courtroom, it was packed by Mansfield Library where he’d It was marijuana. One student was Since W.R. Grace and Co. sure early on. The funds provided with suits,” King-Ries said. “They left it, according to Captain Gary cited for possession of dangerous was legally acquitted of criminal by the EPA will also cover screen- didn’t care where that money was Taylor of the UM Office of Public drugs. charges that they knowingly en- ings and diagnostic tests for asbes- going because it wasn’t their own Safety. The student said he had last dangered the people of Libby by tos-related diseases in the future. money.” seen his bike in August when he Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2:04 a.m. covering up the dangers of ver- “Hopefully I can tell my chil- King-Ries stressed that when locked it up. Some vehicles were reportedly miculite, the community has been dren, ‘No, you’re not going to die it comes to environmental justice “No suspects. No kidding,” egged near Corbin Hall. left to grapple with the question of of this,’” Benefield said. criminal cases down the road, Taylor said. where to go from there. University of Montana law stu- prosecution must be a stronger fo- Citations: Gayla Benefield, a community dent Helia Jazayeri, who spoke cus. Sunday, Nov. 20, 4:07 p.m. Liam Callaghan, 28, organizer who has spoken in de- from the panel, said the Public “I feel like (the prosecution) A student in Duniway Hall partner/family member assault fense of the community’s health Health Emergency designation missed an opportunity to tell a hu- was cited for possession of drug Duncan Carroll, 18, since questions were first raised from the EPA will guarantee man story,” he said. “W.R. Grace paraphernalia after the smell of possession of drug paraphernalia about W.R. Grace, said that since much-needed health care for Lib- is coming out of bankruptcy … marijuana drew attention to her Christopher Dillon, 20, the acquittal, Libby has been for- by residents now and in the long (They) made a ton of money in room. Public Safety officers found possession of dangerous drugs tunate in being designated a Pub- run. Libby and they’re still making a a small amount of marijuana and lic Health Emergency by the En- “If nothing else, that in and of ton of money.” [email protected] 11 Friday, December 4, 2009 Sports MKontana aimin Montana readies for Stephen F. Austin attack Tyson Alger makes a bunch of noise, it certain- Montana Kaimin ly gets us excited.” A week removed from mount- The Grizzlies will also look ing one of the greatest comebacks to get their running game back on in school history, the Montana track. After leading the Big Sky in Grizzlies don’t get a break this rushing yards this season, junior weekend as Stephen F. Austin and Chase Reynolds struggled to put its high-octane offense arrive in up yards against the Jackrabbits. Missoula for the Football Cham- Although Reynolds found the pionship Series quarterfinals on end zone three times in the game, Saturday. he squeaked by with 34 rushing After what could have been a yards on 14 carries, as the Griz re- disappointing first-round loss to lied upon Selle’s arm to rally. South Dakota State last Saturday, When a team has to result to the Grizzlies mounted an aston- the passing attack as the Griz were ishing comeback that included 40 forced to last week, the running unanswered points, surmounting a back can oftentimes disappear 27-point deficit with 5:08 remain- on the stat sheet. But that doesn’t ing in the third quarter to win 61- mean they aren’t out there doing 48. their jobs, Reynolds said. Riding high after the historic “When we’re out there throw- victory, Montana looks to put the ing, I’m out there doing my part to win against the Jackrabbits in the keep the quarterback safe,” Reyn- rear view mirror and prepare for olds said. “As long as we’re win- the Lumberjacks — who feature ning, I’m happy. Last week wasn’t the nation’s top-ranked offense. great for me and the week before SFA leads the country in scor- wasn’t, either.” ing offense, averaging 37.7 points Often overshadowed by the a game. Montana, who hasn’t had Drew Vetere/Montana Kaimin arm of Moses is a formidable SFA much trouble scoring points this Josh Harris (96) wraps up Northern Colorado quarterback Bryan Waggener during a November game at Washington- running attack led by Vincent Per- season themselves, ranks No. 2 in Grizzly Stadium. The Griz defeated the Bears 38-10. vis. the country, averaging just one less Washington, Moses threw for we proved last weekend we can stadium is expected to be packed Pervis rushed for 125 yards last point a game. 432 yards and four touchdowns throw the ball very well also.” this Saturday, which means one week in the win against Eastern. Montana coach Bobby Hauck on 43 completions. He attempted Montana also has a distinct constant: Noise. The rushing ability of Per- said the key in outlasting the 57 passes. The Grizzlies counter home field advantage this week- That crowd could play a pivot- vis creates a scenario in which Lumberjack scoring barrage is to with quarterback Andrew Selle, end. Saturday’s temperature is al role in stifling the SFA offense, Hauck’s defense can’t focus solely avoid the turnovers and inefficient who threw for 309 yards and three expected to hover in the 20’s — Hauck said. on the pass. downs that plagued Montana last touchdowns against South Dakota a far cry from the warmer Texas “The biggest adjustment (de- “We can’t let them come in week. State, including two in the fourth climate that the Lumberjacks are fensively) could be us selling out here and run it, either,” Hauck “We can’t be three and out a quarter to complete the comeback. accustomed to. the stadium and having our fans said. “It’s not like the run game is bunch of times and letting their of- With Selle’s performance last “It’s going to be cold by most disrupt them,” Hauck said. non-existent. They make you play fense back onto the field,” Hauck week, Hauck said that if Montana people’s standards except for those The potential for crowd-in- the run, too.” said. “We can’t anticipate this be- encounters a situation in which of us who live in the Arctic,” duced false starts and delay of Montana’s defensive con- ing a 6-3 game.” they need to match Moses pass for Hauck said. “It will be cold and games on the Lumberjack end tainment of the Lumberjack of- The SFA offense runs through pass, he believes the Griz have a we’ll have to see how they deal makes life easier for Montana fense will be the difference be- the air. Junior quarterback Jeremy chance. with it.” defenders like linebacker Shawn tween winning and losing, Hauck Moses led the nation in touch- “Their offense is really dynam- The other advantage the Griz- Lebsock. said. And that’s the difference be- down passes and finished second ic. They’re skilled and got speed zlies have is the crowd at Wash- “When an offense has to go tween ending the season Saturday in yardage. everywhere,” Hauck said. “There ington Grizzly Stadium. After a five more yards, that’s huge for a or moving on to the national semi- Last week, in SFA’s 44- is a reason why they’re leading the relatively low attendance of 19,000 defense,” Lebsock said. “It really finals next week, one step closer to 33 playoff win against Eastern nation in scoring offense. I think last Thanksgiving weekend, the helps our D out. When the crowd the title game in Chattanooga. [email protected] Cold-shooting Lady Griz looking to get on track at home Troy Warzocha game and, despite playing much against Saint Louis and she did Montana Kaimin better in the second half, came up not disappoint, scoring 12 points After one of their worst starts short in the end. in 30 minutes. in nearly a decade, the Montana As far as the inconsistent So far this season, De Boer has Grizzlies will look to build some performances between the two been able to get good looks at the momentum as they come home to halves for the Lady Griz, Beck basket as defenses have gravitated play their next two games against admits that the team has been toward trying to shut down Beck NAIA in-state foes Great Falls struggling to find a solution. and Ena, Beck said. and UM Western on Sunday and “The first couple games we “She makes good decisions on Wednesday. could attribute to nerves, but by offense,” Beck said. The games couldn’t come at a the sixth game, we don’t know,” “She’s got some size for better time, as the Lady Griz are Beck said. “If we grab a lead a perimeter player,” Selvig scuffling at 1-5 and have yet to in the first half, we won’t have said. “She’s got natural instincts find a consistent rhythm offen- to worry so much in the second and she’s doing a good job.” sively or defensively. half.” If De Boer continues to make “We watch quite a bit of film “We’re hoping to shoot the ball good decisions, the Lady Griz of the games that we don’t play better,” Selvig said. “We haven’t should be able to get on track this well,” said senior forward Lau- shot the ball well.” next week by getting a break from ren Beck. “We play offense Despite the team’s early sea- the rigorous NCAA Division I well. We’re good shooters and I son woes, true freshman guard schedule they’ve played so far. don’t know, I guess getting a little Kenzie De Boer continues to For all the doom and gloom more practice will help.” shine as a third offensive option surrounding the Lady Griz’s slow Under legendary coach Robin behind veterans Beck and junior start, Great Falls has yet to get off Drew Vetere/Montana Kaimin Selvig, the sluggish start by the Freshman guard Kelsey Hildal takes a shot during the Lady Griz silver and ma- forward Sarah Ena. the blocks as they come to Mis- Lady Griz isn’t exactly com- roon scrimmage on Oct. 27 in the Dahlberg Arena. De Boer is averaging 10.5 soula with a 0-8 record. monplace. In fact, the last time points per contest and is second Though the Argonauts are the Lady Griz struggled mightily UM is coming off two losses ing only 20 percent of their shots on the team with eight steals so winless, it doesn’t mean they can’t out of the gate was in 1997-98, at the hands of South Florida and against South Florida and shoot- far this season. Against South put points on the board. Four when Selvig’s team won its first Saint Louis at the Los Angeles ing 35.5 percent from the field Florida, the freshman may have players are averaging double- four games, then lost five straight. Westside Thanksgiving Classic against Saint Louis. only scored eight points, but led digit points per game and junior The Lady Griz ended that losing last weekend. The cold shooting by the Lady the team with five rebounds and guard Kristy Henderson is aver- streak by winning 13 in a row and In both games, the Lady Griz Griz put the team in a precarious three steals. aging 22.3 points per game. That 19 of their final 21 games to fin- struggled in the first half to find position as they trailed by more De Boer’s consistent hard work ish 23-7 on the year. their shooting touch, convert- than 10 points at the half of each warranted more playing time See LADY GRIZ, page 12 12 MKontana aimin News Friday, December 4, 2009 LADY GRIZ From page 11 Montana meets Northern Colorado in key league clash average currently places her sixth Matt McLeod State, and have in NAIA’s Division I. Montana Kaimin shown poise and In late November against Cross your fingers, knock on toughness on Southern Oregon, Henderson tal- wood. This could be the year. both ends of the lied 43 points in a loss. With favorites Weber State and floor. The Lady Griz should see Portland State both stumbling to Leading the much less scoring from UM-West- 1-4 records, two new likely con- charge has been ern, but unlike Great Falls, West- tenders for the Big Sky men’s bas- the dynamite ern has chalked up a few wins this ketball crown have emerged. One frontcourt duo of season and comes to town with a of them is Montana, which is a senior Will Fig- 4-6 record. small surprise. The other is a jaw- ures and junior The game against Great Falls dropper — perennial punching Devon Beitzel, holds special significance for bag Northern Colorado. a combo that’s Beck, as she is a product of Great Which team has the more legit- been scorching Falls High School and has since imate shot of lacing up their danc- opposing guards been inducted into the school’s ing shoes come March? game in and hall of fame. We don’t have to wait long to game out. “(The game) wouldn’t be any find out. Their sur- different for me except I played The unbeaten Bears head to prising scor- with some of those girls and Missoula this weekend for a Sat- ing prowess has against some of them in high urday showdown with the Griz, been impressive, school,” Beck said. “I’m glad to and early-season title implications but team defense see them succeed and continue to abound. has been their play basketball. It’ll be good to see A win would establish early- bread and butter. them again.” season league momentum, but Case in point: In the last two seasons, UM is that’s not Montana’s only motiva- the Bears forced 3-0 against NAIA Frontier Con- tion, according to center Brian 20 turnovers ference teams, outscoring them by Qvale. Saturday against an average of 31 points per game. “There’s the payback thing, a usually-disci- That doesn’t mean that Beck is too,” Qvale said. “Those guys plined Colorado ready to take any team lightly at beat us at the end of last year and State team. this point. kept us from getting a first-round A night later, “Our focus is definitely to bye in the conference tournament. the Griz held No. win these next two games. These We ended up losing to Montana 10 Washington games, more than ever, we need to State, so we look at it like it kind 27 points under focus on doing things correctly,” of helped end our season.” their 90-point Beck said. “If we win these two Revenge aside, this wasn’t sup- average during games, it’s a huge stepping stone posed to be a momentous, mar- a game in which in terms of momentum and confi- quee matchup. Sure, Big Sky the Huskies shot dence.” coaches picked Montana second in 31 percent from “I think we have a chance to be their preseason poll, but the Bears the field. a good team, we just got to put the clocked in at sixth. And for good The contest is pieces together,” Selvig said. “One reason — they’ve finished with shaping up to be thing experience can give you a losing record every year since a defensive bat- is consistency and we’re rapidly joining the Big Sky in 2006, a sea- tle, which is fine gaining experience.” son in which they finished 4-24. with Montana Greg Lindstrom/Montana Kaimin If their history against NAIA But for a squad lacking postsea- coach Wayne Montana center Brian Qvale (41) puts up a shot against Boise State defenders last Saturday. Qvale had 12 points and three blocks against the Broncs. teams holds true, the next two son pedigree, the winds of change Tinkle. games will help the Lady Griz rap- have started to whisper. “We’ve keyed idly gain victories as well. Northern Colorado has already on defense since day one,” Tinkle have a team that’s committed to squeak out. [email protected] taken out WAC opponent Hawaii said. “You’re not always going to defend, it keeps you in games. As As always, the play of standout and Mountain West team Colorado shoot the ball well, but when you long as the guys execute and bring Grizzly guard Anthony Johnson Montana Kaimin the effort, I’m happy.” will be pivotal to Montana’s suc- With Northern squaring off cess, but don’t overlook fellow ju- against struggling Montana State nior Qvale. A new and improved tonight, and the 5-2 Griz taking on post game has the once-quiet big 2-4 Eastern Washington, chances man racking up double-doubles are Saturday’s game will give both night after night. teams a shot at capping off an un- The balance of an outside threat defeated weekend. and an inside presence means the It’s the first week of Decem- Bears will have their hands full. ber, but fighting for wins in what’s Johnson said they’ll have to be shaping up to be a cloudy, com- ready to handle a “a Pac-10 team.” petitive conference picture, both “I think it’s safe to say that with clubs will need every win they can all these weapons, we’re playing at a Pac-10 level,” Johnson said. “We’re playing with all kinds of confidence. We’re as good as we’ve been since I got here.” [email protected] 13 Friday, December 4, 2009 Arts MKontana aimin First Friday The Clay Studio The Brunswick Artists’ Studio 1106 Hawthorne Ave. Murphy-Jubb Fine Art 223 W. Railroad Street The Clay Studio will show the work of its five 210 N. Higgins Ave. This month will feature an addition to the art resident artists and nearly a dozen others. For Works by San Francisco’s Paul Harth are on walk in the form of the Brunswick Artists’ Studio, December, the gallery is featuring mainly functional display. Featuring acrylic on linen fabric, the show a working studio for local Missoula artists since works with holiday gifts in mind. Unlike typical “Mission Gardens” depicts “charming and innocent 1979. Every holiday season, it open its doors to shows, the pieces will be available to take home urban folk art scenes,” according to gallery owner the public. This year will feature the work of Andy between 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Beers from Big Sky Ram Murphy. Brown, Jennifer Leutzinger, Dale Sherrard and and finger foods will be served. more, all working with a variety of mediums. The gallery will be open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and again Sorella’s Day Spa Dana Gallery on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 207 E. Main St. 246 N. Higgins Ave. Sorella’s Day Spa will be showing off its recent Dana Gallery’s Holiday Show hosts new The Dark Room remodeling on Friday night and featuring the work sculptural pieces by Doug Olson, whose large, 135 N. Higgins Ave. of photographer Antonia Wolf. metal works reflect Native American themes. The Dark Room remains one of Missoula’s According to employee Kristen Bergstrand, Cheryl Ross-Ellingson displays 30 of her ceramic favorite First Friday spots with the photography the photography features a range of locations, teapots. Andre Van Nuys presents her large vessels of Eric Mullen. Mullen’s photography features the from Europe to Montana. Wine and cheese will be and other ceramics known for their distinctly landscapes of Montana and the Mediterranean. As offered. The show is open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. layered glazes. always, refreshments will be offered and the event is open from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Betty’s Divine 521 S. Higgins Ave. The Artist’s Shop 304 N. Higgins Ave. Missoula Art Museum Betty’s Divine hosts Abe Coley and his latest 335 N. Pattee St. paintings in a show titled “Snowflakes That Are Composed of the works of 16 artists, hosts its annual member show this month. Pieces on display The Missoula Art Museum will be one of Alike: A Celebration of Togetherness in the Holiday downtown’s hot spots on Friday evening as local Season.” are those not often exhibited in the store due to their size or uniqueness. The mediums on exhibition Missoula artist Donna Loos opens her Silhouette include leatherwork, photography, wildlife jewelry, Series gallery. Begleiter.com Studio Through paint, Loos honors the proud weavings, pottery and furniture. 223 W. Front St. tradition and contributions of American Indians The photos of Montana State University graduate to contemporary art. Also on hand will be the Kevin Connolly are featured at Begleiter.com. Computer Central Missoula Coyote Choir, which will start performing Born without legs in Helena, Connolly has taken 136 E. Broadway St. at 6 p.m. photographs across the world on his skateboard, Computer Central presents a different side of its his preferred mode of travel. His story has been business in the presentation of “Landscapes of the Rocky Mountain School of Photography featured on ABC News’ “20/20” and National Mind in Reverse” by Nacy Rishoff. Showing her 210 N. Higgins Ave. Public Radio. reverse glass paintings, Rishoff, a UM student, said The Rocky Mountain School of Photography The show, titled “The Rolling Gallery,” gathers this technique entails painting with acrylics on glass will have a unique photography show featuring the photographs from Connolly’s travels and focuses on and presenting the images that are projected through work of Cyrus, a 13-year-old Australian shepherd the reaction people have to him around the world. to the other side of the glass. dog. Owned by Athena Lonsdale, a professional Connolly will be at the gallery to sign copies of his photographer, the gallery is titled a “A Dog and his new book, “Double Take: A Memoir.” Girl.” The gallery will be open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Java U 1221 Helen Ave. Bernice’s Bakery The Ceretana Gallery This month, Java U fills its coffee house with the 190 South 3rd St. W. 801 Sherwood St. paintings of four UM art students. Pine Park, Sarah The annual employee art show at Bernice’s Ceretana is hosting its Holiday Bazaar from Monk, Mara Vinton and T. J. Lipko explore themes Bakery begins Friday. Artwork includes 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The bazaar features crafts by of landscapes, portraits, music, still life and figure photographs, paintings, jewelry and dresses. Ceretana artists and friends of the gallery, including depiction in this exhibition. Bernice’s is open until 8 p.m. jewelry, hats, cat toys and magnets. Refreshments, beer and wine will be served. Visiting professor to give book reading Friday Collin Behan visiting writer spot because of his Montana Kaimin socially conscious writing and fo- When Peter Orner returned cus on events both globally and in from Namibia in the 1990s, he had “There are a lot of books written by white America. no choice but to write about his ex- “On top of that, he’s just a re- perience; the land and the people Americans about Africa and I really ally great prose writer,” Sharma compelled him. said. The book that resulted is “The wanted to write something different.” One of Orner’s stories, “The Second Coming of Mavala Shi- Raft,” has been made into a fea- kongo,” and Orner will be reading ture film starring Ed Asner, most selections in the Dell Brown Room -Peter Orner, recently in “Up” as the voice of the in Turner Hall Friday. Orner is the fiction writer crotchety old man, Carl. The story Kittredge Visiting Fiction Writer is about a boy whose grandfather at the Creative Writing department — Asner — is continually telling this semester. way.” rica and I really wanted to write Professor emeritus William Kit- him the same story of a World War Released in 2006, the book Namibia is an enormous coun- something different,” Orner said. tredge, the visiting writer position II sea engagement in which the received praise from reviewers try that remains fairly obscure to Many books try to make Africa is funded through a joint venture grandfather deliberately destroys at The New York Times, Boston most Americans, Orner said. It a single, monolithic idea, he said, of the University of Montana a raft filled with Japanese sailors Globe and other major publica- was the scene to the first genocide but there are huge differences be- Foundation and the Office of the whose ship had been sunk. Cur- tions. While what happens to the of the 20th century when Ger- tween regions, countries and vil- President. The Kittredge visit- rently in the editing stage of pro- American teacher in the novel isn’t man colonialists tried to wipe out lages in Africa. So Orner focused ing writer professorship brings in duction, the movie delves into the something Orner directly experi- the local Herero people in 1904. on a specific town and wrote about writers from around the country nature of storytelling and a story’s enced, he said he imagined them Namibia gained independence in the lives and experiences of people to teach an undergraduate and a ability to hold a person decades af- based on his own experiences as a 1990 after successive wars against at the village’s school. graduate fiction workshop for one ter the events that make it up are teacher in Namibia. Germany, England and South Af- “I think whenever you’re writ- semester every year. Orner is an over, Orner said. “The school in the book is rica. Orner said he wanted to write ing about a place that isn’t yours, associate professor at San Fran- “I think stories really function somewhat similar to where I about a place that people might not there are a lot of pitfalls,” Orner cisco State University. in weird ways and one of them is a worked,” Orner said. “Very rural, know much about, but, more im- said. “I think you have to be aware “We as a faculty were re- confessional,” Orner said. nobody around but the school and portantly, he wanted to tell a story of them but then go forward, be- ally excited about his work,” said Orner will read at 7 p.m. in the the teachers and the kids, but re- about the people living there. cause I had to write about this Prageeta Sharma, director of the Dell Brown Room at Turner Hall. ally very, very isolated. Beautiful “There are a lot of books writ- place, I couldn’t help myself.” Creative Writing Program. Shar- [email protected] and scruffy in a strange sort of ten by white Americans about Af- Named for the current Regents ma said Orner was picked for the 14 MKontana aimin Arts Friday, December 4, 2009 Hangin’ out Miller Time By Steve Miller ‘Bad Taste’ a sign of things to come for Jackson’s films

Visionary. Genius. Oscar-win- known as the Astro Investigation ner. Hobbit-esque. and Defense Service, AIDS, as These are but a fraction they attempt to foil a scheme — of the adjectives that come to mind perpetuated by a group of lumber- when describing director/produc- ing, blue-shirt-and-pants-sporting er/screenwriter Peter Jackson. aliens disguised as humans — to When his name is attached to a start an intergalactic fast food movie (“The Lord of the Rings,” chain serving humans. “King Kong,” “District 9,” for Exploding heads, dismembered starters) it’s like the touch of King limbs, green puke (which is vo- Midas — instant gold. The man raciously devoured by the aliens from New Zealand can do no and one of the AIDS members) wrong. and plenty of awesomely awkward Few modern filmmakers can shoot-outs ensue. meld dazzling special effects with Before the majestic score of heartfelt acting the way Jackson Howard Shore as heard in the does. If you’ve ever watched the LOTR trilogy, Jackson made behind-the-scenes features on the use of lame, dated eighties rock LOTR extended edition DVDs (I (complete with synths, electronic have, every single one), his dedi- drums and Eddie Van Halen-like cation, thoroughness and sharp guitar) for the soundtrack, which insight as a master of the cinema only enhances the movie’s campi- is so apparent, it’s staggering. His ness. Exponentially. love, his passion for movie mak- The cast, though small in num- ing, exudes from each and every ber and light on acting skills, is shot, scene, costume, set piece pitch-perfect here; they deliver (you get the point) in his films. lines as they would in a home vid- In anticipation of his latest, eo made among a group of friends. an adaptation of the Alice Se- Yet, in a way, that’s what “Bad bold novel “The Lovely Bones,” Taste” is: a film made by amateurs I wanted to learn more about the for entertainment’s sake, not for a man behind my favorite silver- big intake at the box office. screen trilogy (sorry, George Lu- Though I don’t want to give cas). But because “Bones” doesn’t away too much of the ridiculous- come out until Dec. 11, I decided ness that is “Bad Taste,” I will say to get my Jackson fix a week early, that seeing both of the characters not by pulling a “Lord-of-the- Jackson plays (the nerdy, psy- Rings-athon” (watching the ex- chotic Derek and the mute, dole- tended editions consecutively), but ful alien Robert) duke it out on a by viewing his first feature film, steep mountainside, resulting in 1987’s “Bad Taste,” in 10 install- one of the characters taking a bad ments on YouTube. tumble, splitting his head open and While the title is fitting, it’s a spilling out part of his brains, is severe understatement. It’s low my favorite moment. budget. It’s repugnant. It’s sopho- It’s gross, but in a funny, Sam Collin Behan/Montana Kaimin moric. And, above all else, it’s Raimi “Evil Dead” sort of way. Amber Sturgis, art director for Bernice’s Bakery, hangs a picture at the bakery Wednesday night in preparation for First Friday. Bernice’s is showing employee-made art at this month. brilliant. After seeing this film, I not “Bad Taste” shows Jackson in only stand by my original assess- a directorial light most viewers ment of Jackson as a filmmaking never see: crude, sloppy and gro- Midas (minus the donkey ears), I tesque. now hold him in even higher re- Presumably set in New Zea- gard. Watching “Bad Taste” with land (at least, that’s where it was LOTR, “King Kong” and his 1996 filmed), “Bad Taste” follows film “The Frighteners” in mind, the witless, emotionally-stinted it’s utterly flooring that such a MontanaMK Kaimin members of a government agency prominent director got his start with this derivative, gross-out sci- fi movie. His development as a story- teller has no doubt gone in a direc- tion that would be a great surprise if watching “Bad Taste” when it came out in ‘87. Looking back, though, it’s easy to see that his imaginative sense flourished from bad to good taste. As a film-goer, that progression is inspirational, and, in my mind, enhances the rest of his work. I will certainly look for tinges of his former self when watch- ing “The Lovely Bones.” Though many viewers, including Jackson fans, may see “Bad Taste” as an embarrassing chapter in his ca- reer, for me, it’s an essential piece of the puzzle that is Peter Jackson — a puzzle piece covered in corn- starch blood and fake green vomit. 4 out of 4 [email protected]. 15 Friday, December 4, 2009 Arts MKontana aimin Missoula Events Roundup: What’s taking place while we’re away Justin Franz night include the Wartime Blues the Missoula Children’s Theater show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are on Sorrow,” which went platinum in Montana Kaimin album release party at the Bad- will be presenting “A Christmas sale now at all GrizTix locations 2004. Tickets are on sale now for As the Kaimin winds down lander at 9 p.m. Just next door, Carol” at 2 p.m. and sell for $25. $25 and can be found at Rockin’ for the semester, our event cover- the Palace will present Savoy, an And Christmas wouldn’t be If Bay Area rap isn’t your thing, Rudy’s. age won’t be back until late Janu- electronic music group from Boul- complete without the pops. The try the 23rd-annual “Art Annex On Jan. 25, comedian Gabriel ary. But no worries; here’s a run- der, Colo. Tickets are $10 for the Missoula Symphony Orchestra Holiday Show and Sale.” Work Iglesias will be at the Wilma. down of some major events taking 18-plus show. will perform its annual “Holiday from University of Montana art Known for his animated storytell- place between now and the start of For those looking to get into Pops” show at the University The- students will be on display, as well ing, Iglesias has made the late- spring semester. the holiday spirit this weekend, atre on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and as that of School of Art director night rounds with appearances on Tonight, Def Cartel will play its the Missoula Art Museum will again at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Julia Galloway. The event is free “The Tonight Show” and “Jimmy farewell show. The popular local be offering art craft events every On Friday, Dec. 11, E-40 will to the public and is open Thursday, Kimmel Live.” He also appeared jazz and funk jam band has called Saturday and Sunday until Dec. perform at the Wilma at 8 p.m. Dec. 10 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Fri- on the reality show “Last Comic it quits and the Old Post show will 20. Local choirs and bands will One of the Bay Area’s premier day from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sat- Standing” in 2006. Tickets are be the last chance to see Chris perform and people will be able to rappers, E-40, otherwise known as urday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. $32.50 and are available at Rock- Entz, Sam White, Bryan Bakev- create their own holiday cards and Earl Stevens, gained mainstream On Jan. 19, AFI will be at the in’ Rudy’s. ich, Bill Pfeiffer and Jeff Francis presents. Located on North Pattee popularity in 2006 with his single, Wilma starting at 8 p.m. Origi- [email protected] perform together. The show starts Street, the event takes place from “Tell Me When to Go,” which nally formed in the early 1990s, at 9 p.m. and there is no cover. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every weekend. reached No. 3 on Billboard’s rap the group saw mainstream success Other events taking place to- Also, on Dec. 5 and 6, and 9 to 13, chart. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the in 2003 with its album “Sing the ‘New Moon’ not the worst movie ever made, but... Collin Behan Christmas. Also not so subtle, but Grahame Greene, of “Dances with you are a fan, you’ve already seen don’t care and won’t see it anyway. Montana Kaimin a kick-ass homage to Northwest Wolves” fame, who makes a hi- the movie and made up your own [email protected]. To be honest, I didn’t look for- redneck culture nonetheless, the larious and almost stereotype-free mind. If you aren’t a fan, it isn’t ward to watching “The Twilight father figure guzzles Rainier beer appearance as a friend of Bella’s worth the wad of cash it takes to Montana Kaimin Saga: New Moon,” the second in one scene. father. see a movie in theaters. Wait for it Montana Kaimin installment in the vampire series The main characters in the The movie is set primarily in to come out on DVD and rent it on that has seized the fleeting adora- movie speak in anguished dia- the forests of Washington’s Olym- a rainy day. But, then again, if you Montana Kaimin tion of teen girls across the world. logue, but don’t do much to make pic Peninsula and, although shot in haven’t seen it yet, you probably Having not read any of the books it enjoyable to the initiated viewer. Vancouver, Canada, the filmmak- the movies are based on, nor been The first time I remember seeing ers did justice to the incredible willing to ever do so, I rented the the film’s star Kristen Stewart was beauty of the Pacific Northwest. first movie, “Twilight,” which, in in her role as the hormone-crazed Throughout the movie, characters retrospect, was a wasted two hours jailbait in “Into the Wild.” In that meet in lush groves of ferns sur- of my life. movie, one character colloquially rounded by towering cedar trees. The first movie may have set a describes Stewart’s squinty-eyes The fluid, misty setting goes a low bar for the sequel, but here’s and smoldering gazes as being so long way in setting a melancholy the kicker: “New Moon” isn’t the taken by teen lust that she looks mood for the movie. But just as I worst movie ever made. “just about ready to vault her- started to enjoy the scenery and It was exactly what I expected self onto a fencepost.” In “New peripheral actors, the movie does walking into a theater filled with Moon,” she essentially rehashes a 180 and heads in a completely amped-up teenage girls and even that role, with the two male leads new direction. more ecstatic twenty-something in a barrage of almost-kiss close- After the first hour-and-a-half, women. The acting isn’t good, but ups so awkward I was writhing in the movie switches to the plains I’ve seen worse in other vampire my seat. of Italy so fast it almost gave me movies, like the “Blade” trilogy. Director Chris Weitz insisted whiplash. Without warning, the The plot is long and boring, but it Native American actors play the entire mood of the movie changes has its enjoyable moments. As a werewolves, members of the local pace to include a yellow Lambo- “Twilight” neophyte, I was often tribe who have a genetic tendency rghini, a castle, and lots of vam- confused, but the movie wasn’t re- to turn into telepathic, CGI dogs in pires again. Furthering the con- ally made with someone like me in the presence of vampires. While fusion, tween Dakota Fanning is mind. this particular plot point had the dropped in at this point as a red- More or less picking up where potential to slip into crass ste- eyed vampire who doesn’t blink. the first movie ended, “New reotyping, the actors playing the Judging from the reaction of Moon” doesn’t really kick off until werewolf clan are so good it ends devotees in the audience, the mov- pale heartthrob/vampire Edward up being one of the film’s strong ie follows the book fairly faith- Cullen (Robert Pattinson) dumps points. The most enjoyable mo- fully. At the cliffhanger ending, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and ments in the movie are watching one woman in front of me said practically disappears for the next them interact with one another and simply, “God damn it,” as if wait- 90 minutes of the movie. Bella attempt to draw out lifelike acting ing to find out what happens until turns to the other main man, Jacob from some of the other characters. the next movie comes out would Black (Taylor Lautner), to console They joke, laugh and bicker like be unbearable. her after the breakup, leading to real people far better than any of I’m not under the illusion that a triangle love plot. It just so hap- the movie’s non-paranormal hu- this review will change how fans pens Jacob is a werewolf who lives mans. Particularly entertaining is feel about the movie. In fact, if to kill vampires, so Bella will be torn when Edward inevitably shows up again. All the signs of a big-budget movie are present, including not- so-subtle product placements: Virgin Air, Volvo and Jansport all have particularly lingering shots of their labels and Bella’s dad pres- ents her with a pink Canon camera for her birthday, unwrapped with a red bow on top just in time for 16 MKontana aimin Arts Friday, December 4, 2009 Kaimin Arts looks back at the 2000 decade Books by Hannah J. Ryan Cultural Moments by Justin Franz 1.“The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Eric Schlosser (2006) 1. 9/11 – In the days, weeks, months and years following the attacks, entertainment and culture adapted to Schlosser examines four contrasting food chains (industrial, organic, life in a post-9/11 world. local and hunter-gatherer), as well as their health and environmental con- 2. Election of Barack Obama – His election began a new era in American life when he became the first sequences. African American to hold the highest office in the land. 2. “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi (2000) 3. Death of a legend – Pop star Michael Jackson died in 2009 at the age of 50, just weeks before his comback This graphic novel depicts Satrapi’s childhood in Iran and her early concert series. adulthood through the Islamic Revolution. 4. YouTube – The Web site became our favorite time chew in 2005, providing an easier way to upload and 3. “Under the Banner of Heaven” by Jon Krakauer (2003) view videos online. 5. “The Sopranos” – Coming to an end in 2007, its captivating story makes it the most successful cable Krakauer carefully dissects the ideologies of the Church of Jesus Christ television show in history. of Latter-Day Saints and fundamentalist Mormons in this narrative about 6. The Boston Red Sox – Winning the World Series in 2004 and 2007, the BoSox ended an 86-year-old faith-based violence. curse that haunted New England sports fans for generations. 4. “The World is Flat” by Thomas Friedman (2005) 7. Facebook – Debuting in 2004, the site allows people to live life out loud with status updates, poking and Friedman discusses globalization in the 21st century and the “leveling Farmville. of the playing field” that caused competitors to have more equal opportuni- 8. iPod – The small music player became the norm with its ease and portability in 2001 and now, nine years ties to be successful than ever before in history. later, more than 200 million have been sold worldwide. 5. “Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser (2001) 9. Reality TV – Shows like “Survivor” and “American Idol” captivated audiences. A decade later, “Survi- From youth-target marketing techniques to present obesity rates, this vor” is in its 19th season. book makes you think about that midnight Taco Bell run. 10. The demise of film – With the rise in digital media, film staples like Polaroid and Kodachrome fell. 6. & 7. The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling and the “Twilight Saga” by Stephanie Meyer With witches, wizards and werewolves, series like “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” helped bring reading back into the forefront for young people. It seems that “top 10” lists 8.“The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell (2000) are a good way to incite argu- by Collin Behan In his book, Gladwell analyzes the social epidemics we confront daily Movies ments, hate mail and death 1. “Gladiator,” (2000) and presents a possible way of understanding why change happens quickly threats. With that in mind, the Killer fight scenes, a tragic love story, all-around stellar acting and a or not at all. Kaimin Arts staff undertook gut-wrenching script make “Gladiator” the perfect movie. 9. “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson (2006) the daunting task of assem- 2. “Shrek” (2001) This tale of building schools for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan con- bling such lists for the decade This cartoon holds a good moral lesson for everyone and hides some of tinues to hold its #3 spot on the New York Times list of paperback nonfic- that was the 2000s. We tried the dirtiest lines of any kid movie ever. tion. not letting our personal taste 3. “Lord of the Rings” trilogy (2001, 2002, 2003) 10. “The Associate” by John Grisham (2009) They’re individually amazing, but taken as a whole, the trilogy is one of In his 21st novel, Grisham was inspired by a real-life crime. The main completely dictate the results the great works of cinema. character finds himself with a large salary in a worldwide law firm, but is (though, admittedly, they did 4. “The Departed” (2006) quickly blackmailed into doing dark deeds for the powerful firm because a play some role) and certainly, Scorsese finally got his Oscar by featuring Mark Wahlberg’s ad-libbed secret from his past is held above his head. some things had to be left out — you can’t please everybody. cursing and Jack Nicholson’s crazy eyes in a movie that leaves you sick to your stomach. 5. “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008) An awesome, beautifully told story, “Millionaire” included some of the Albums by Steve Miller most unlikely actors ever in an Academy Award Best Picture winner. 1. “Frances the Mute,” The Mars Volta (2005) – Unyielding and ferocious, the Volta’s second album is 6. “The Royal Tenenbaums” (2001) unlike anything released this decade. Want proof? Listen to the 32-minute-long “Cassandra Gemini.” A Wes Anderson movie needs to be on every greatest list, and this is his 2. “Smile,” Brian Wilson (2004) – Wilson brought his long-awaited follow-up to “Pet Sounds” almost 40 best. The second half of that statement is up for debate. years after the fact. No matter — songs like “Heroes and Villains” and “Surf’s Up” made it worth the wait. 7. “Snatch” (2000) 3. “Kid A,” Radiohead (2000) – The band’s fourth album, filled with bleak imagery of isolation and de- The movie, starring Brad Pitt as a marble-mouthed, tattooed piece of humanization, served as a haunting foreshadowing of things to come. jerky meat, features music, plot and fight scenes that were seamlessly awe- 4. “The Marshall Mathers LP,” Eminem (2000) – Like him or hate him, Eminem’s sophomore effort had some. everyone talking, and with tracks like “The Real Slim Shady” and “Kim,” it’s not hard to see why. 5. “Elephant,” The White Stripes (2003) – From the opening riff of “Seven Nation Army” to the playful 8. “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” (2000) “Well, It’s True That We Love One Another,” the Stripes came into their own with their fourth album. This film is easily the decade’s most creative and entertaining retelling 6. “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots,” The Flaming Lips (2002) – The Oklahoma City boys traveled even of an epic poem. deeper into their psychedelic universe with this partial concept album about love and machines. 9. “The Dark Knight” (2008) 7. “Transatlanticism,” Death Cab for Cutie (2003) – With front man Ben Gibbard’s histrionic lyrics and With “Batman Begins,” director Christopher Nolan saved Batman for Chris Walla’s atmospheric production, the quartet’s major-label debut is as rich as the Atlantic is deep. the new millennium from George Clooney’s nipples. But it’s “The Dark 8. “Stadium Arcadium,” Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006) – More than two decades into their career, the Knight” that is the comic book world’s masterpiece film. Chili Peppers crafted the longest — and best — album in their catalogue. 10. “Zoolander” (2001) 9. “Kala,” M.I.A. (2007) – The Sri Lankan rapper’s second album has a global, earthy sound uniquely hers. It’s great for remaking the screwball comedy for a new decade, but also 10. “The Hazards of Love,” The Decemberists (2009) – On their most recent album, the indie rock troupe because of the look on Mugatu’s assistant’s face when Derek throws the weaves a love tale about a shape-shifting fawn and the woman who loves him. “center for ants” on the floor.

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