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montanaTuesday, January 24, 2012 www.montanakaimin.com kaimin Campus faces reality SEX CRIMES HAPPEN HERE In 2010, 6 people reported sex crimes to Campus Safety. 41 talked to SARC. Missoula has 279 registered sex offenders. According to UM and state sex crime statistics. Jayme Fraser during Engstrom’s midyear state the investigation until the official Missoula police are reviewing Montana Kaimin of the campus address from 4-5 report is released Jan. 31. 50 cases from the last two years p.m. Wednesday in the University “We’ll let the report speak for after some city council members As reports of sexual assaults Center Theater. Engstrom said itself,” Foley said. complained about the depart- against students piled up over in the release he would answer The timeline on page 4 outlines ment’s handling of rape cases. Po- winter break, the University of questions on any subject after his how UM’s investigation about two lice Chief Mark Muir will present Montana drafted a plan to review speech. student sexual assaults escalated the findings to a city committee 1 and rewrite its policies, in addition Vice President Jim Foley said into a campus-wide analysis of p.m. Wednesday in City Council to ramping up education on cam- Engstrom did not promise a stu- policies’ effectiveness in prevent- Chambers at 140 W. Pine St. pus. dent forum this week, just to an- ing attacks and fairly helping vic- Similarly, campus officials say At a community forum Jan. 17, nounce their times, despite mul- tims recover or seek justice. they’re working to resolve com- President Royce Engstrom prom- tiple reports by local media to the Some students who were sexu- munity accusations of apathy, ised to host question-and-answer contrary. Vice President of Student ally assaulted while attending UM special treatment for athletes and sessions for students this week, Affairs Teresa Branch said the fo- told local media the policies of the unclear sexual assault reporting but in a press release Friday he rums were postponed so students Missoula Police Department and policies. said they would be held in fol- could be more engaged in ad- the University disenfranchise lowing weeks — he did not spec- dressing the problem. victims without adequately pun- ify when. The dates and times of Foley said UM won’t have an ishing assailants or fighting the See INVESTIGATION, page 4 those sessions will be announced updated comment for students on larger trend.

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CAMPUS Foresters’ Ball to change venues, decor

Linds Sanders an old logging town for the two props,” said Missoula’s Fire Mar- modate for this higher fee: Cou- year the Foresters’ Ball provided Montana Kaimin nights of the event. shal Gordy Hughes. ples’ tickets cost $30 and single $20,000 in scholarship. Over the past few years, the With a new location comes tickets cost $20. A ticket drop The increased square footage This year the leg-lifting can- Foresters’ Ball has been hosted new fees. The Adams Center from a helicopter over the oval of the Adams Center means a can girls, proud, chanting log- in the Schreiber Gym. The gym, provides a larger space and high- and competitions held on Boon- bigger town. Four new store fa- gers and makeshift sheriffs will built in 1921, is not equipped er capacity, but also higher costs. dockers Day, provides ways for cades will be added — including barrel into the Adams Center for with fire sprinklers so fire code This year 400 more people will students to win and find free a bank housing ATM machines the 95th annual Foresters’ Ball. regulations forced the event to be able to attend the ball each tickets. to solve previous problems of Volunteers will spend four spend $250,000 to install sprin- night, raising the attendance While a small amount of pro- students without cash wishing days using lumber donations klers or find a new location. to 1,600 people per night. The ceeds from the dance cover the to purchase merchandise. and creative construction plans “The problem is you have rental fee for the Adam’s Center cost of the event, the majority to build a jail, saloon, chapel and somewhat of a nightclub atmo- costs nearly twice as much as of the money provides scholar- See FORESTERS’ BALL, page 8 four new stores. Ultimately, the sphere with a lot of fuel from the the Schreiber Gym. Ticket sales ships for students who volunteer arena will be transformed into raw woods of the western town have increased by $5 to accom- in constructing the ball. Last

Volume CX1 V Issue 51 UM’s Independent Campus Newspaper Since 1898 @KaiminNews Montana Kaimin 2 OPINION Tuesday, January 24, 2012 TECHNOLOGY COLUMN U SAY What’s the coolest and/or dumbest thing ZEROS AND ONES you did over break? SOPA IN THE By Brady Moore UC

In 1984, The Terminator said “I’ll be back,” and those words have been stuck in American pop culture ever since. Last May, I left this column without so much as a “See ya.” But, I’m back nonetheless. A few of you may remember me from last spring; most of you won’t. The powers that be at the Kaimin are kind enough to let me babble for 500 words once a week about computers, cameras and ca- Lief Christian Kate Klundt bles — the things necessary to compulsively check your Facebook, Aubrey Juden Sophomore, Twitter and (eight years ago) MySpace. Sophomore, Music Junior, Communications Elementary Education Last year I wrote about iPhones, the technology behind the Super Well, my roommate and I Probably going to Seattle They’re the same thing. Bowl and The Oregon Trail. I discussed iPads, talked about 3D mov- started a nonprofit called for New Year’s. And the I turned 21 over break. I ies and bid adieu to the Zune. Montana Musicians and dumbest thing was prob- proceeded to go downtown This semester I’ll write about anything and everything technol- Artists Coalition. ably wrecking my dad’s and have 13 shots in two ogy touches. How does that phone in your pocket actually work? snow mobile. hours. Should you get a Nook, a Kindle or an iPad? Would you ever even Go online to see full-length video of this week’s “U Say in the UC” responses. use a tablet? And what the hell is SOPA? ONLINE: www.montanakaimin.com/multimedia Let’s start with that last one. SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, has been blowing up the interwebs lately and for good reason. EDITORS’ COLUMN SOPA could potentially change the way everything on the Inter- We are a generation of tolerance. net works. SOPA’s bread and butter is wording that allows intellec- Our parents and society taught tual property owners to blacklist sites hosting pirated content. us to be tolerant of others’ political views, ethnicities and sexual orien- EDITORIAL What does this mean to you? Movie studios could require that Google remove sites from search results. Record companies like tations. As college students, we tol- Optimum that you buy Internet access from could force ISPs to erate the roommates we don’t like Despicable. prevent people from even going there. In essence, the sites still ex- because we’re bound by a lease. We ist, but you’d be blocked from accessing them. As a journalist I’m tolerate being the generation of col- We’ve muddled the line be- We tolerate sexual assault be- rather fond of my intellectual property, but SOPA crosses the line lege graduates with no jobs because tween right and wrong. By not act- cause we don’t actively stop it. We and doesn’t look back. we have no power to change it. ing, we’ve encouraged even normal see the guy in the corner of the par- Worse yet, SOPA has an “anti-circumvention” clause. The clause But the thing is, it’s easy to tol- people to think it’s okay to sleep ty, scoping out the drunkest girl in makes Websites, blog posts, images and videos explaining how to erate. You don’t have to agree with with a drunk girl who threw herself the room, but when he approaches get around SOPA nearly as bad as hosting pirated content. A Face- anything. You just have to keep at them. Rapists aren’t always the her we pretend we didn’t see. Dur- book status pointing to a silly cat video hosted on an infringing your mouth shut. cold-blooded villians from mov- ing educational events we distract Website would be deleted. And if Facebook refuses, the government On our campus and in our ies. The reality is, they share our ourselves because we’ve heard it has the authority to shut them down. town, we’ve even come to tolerate classrooms, they’re in our circles all before. When we learn a friend Pirating intellectual property is wrong. It is stealing, and you ab- a grave crime. We have come to of friends, we see — and even talk is accused of rape, we don’t say solutely shouldn’t do it. But that’s why the Digital Millennium Copy- tolerate sexual assault. To tolerate with — them in keg lines and at bar anything out of disbelief. We’ve be- right Act exists. The DMCA makes hosting pirated material illegal. is to let something exist. With the counters. We refuse to accept we are come so tolerant that many victims It also grants owners the ability to have their content removed. Ever continuous stream of news about friends with people who could do feel they’re the ones at fault, not the click on a video only to see “Video Removed?” That’s the DMCA our classmates and neighbors being this. We’ve been tolerant so long we “friends” who violated them. in action, but it is far from perfect and has its flaws. It was written drugged and raped, it seems we’ve begin to believe that under certain The only thing more despicable in the days before Google, searching, linking and social networks not just tolerated sexual assault, circumstances, it’s not rape. than the fact many victims know became integral parts of our daily lives. we’ve let it flourish. It is. their attacker is that we know them, You may have noticed on Jan. 18 that Wikipedia and several oth- “Intolerable” has been President We’re so tolerant we rarely see too, and we don’t stop them from er sites went “black” to show their disdain for SOPA. Consideration Engstrom’s go-to word in describ- these people as victims do. To the thinking it’s okay. of the House of Representatives bill, and a similar Senate bill called ing our campus’ view on sexual as- one in five women who will be Missoula, it’s time we quit talking PIPA, the Protect IP Act, have since been postponed for lawmakers sault. We might suggest despicable. sexually assaulted during their life- about sexual assaults and start stop- to look into the issue more deeply. It’s despicable that our gen- time, these friends, these coworkers, ping them. It’s time we quit just help- eration has become so tolerant that these fellow students — call them ing victims once it’s too late and start [email protected] we’ve forgotten how to say, “Don’t anything but a rapist — will haunt acting against assailants. We mean it even think about it.” them for the rest of their lives. when we say they’re despicable. montanakaimin Newsroom Phone 406-243-4310 Business Office Phone 406-243-6541 The Montana Kaimin, in its 114th year, is published by the students Editor Photo Editor Hannah Ryan Sports Reporters Lynn Campbell Masaki Nakagawa of The University of Montana, Mis- Jayme Fraser Sally Finneran Linds Sanders Eric Anderson Sarah Dickmeyer Allison Bye soula. The UM School of Journal- Business Manager Design Editor Amy Sisk Dustin Askim Jess Neary Mike Powell ism uses the Montana Kaimin for Curtis Black Carli Krueger Spencer Veysey Alexandria Valdez Matt Wier Columnists practice courses but assumes no News Editors Web Editor Senior Videographer Austin Schemp Copy Chief Nick Gast Brady Moore Photographers Alyssa Small Missy Lacock control over policy or content. Victoria Edwards Dillon Kato Reporters Videographer Forest Chaput de Sain- Copy Editors Brady Moore The Montana Kaimin is printed on Paige Huntoon Cody Blum Beth Beechie tonge Bethany Bea Bekhi Spika campus by Printing and Graphics. Billie Loewen Arts+Culture Editor Tom Holm Arts+Culture Reporters Nick Gast Alice Krebill Cody Wooden Send letters to the editor to Michael Beall Camillia Lanham Emily Downing Tim Goessman Missy Lacock Cartoonist [email protected]. Sports Editor Jacob McHugh Brooks Johnson Megan Jae Riggs Claire Mikeson Thayne Palmer Editorials are discussed and writ- Daniel Mediate Candace Rojo Dameon Matule Designers Ali Murray ten by Kaimin editors. Montana Kaimin Tuesday, January 24, 2012 NEWS 3

rocking his car back and forth Jan. 22, 12 a.m. POLICE BLOTTER he got out and asked mainte- Officers arrested a man for nance personnel to help him. giving a false name after find- BORROWING BELLIGERENT BUD Officers warned the driver and When he looked back at his car, ing him passed out next to the BURGLAR Jan. 8, 2:15 a.m. released him. it had caught fire. The city fire elevator on the top floor of Jes- Dec. 22, 6 a.m. Officers arrested a man on department responded and put se Hall. A University of Montana an outstanding warrant near APPROPRIATED out the blaze. No one was hurt. truck was reported stolen from the University Village. He was ACCOUTERMENTS CITATIONS: a campus parking lot. Officials drunk and causing a distur- Jan. 11, 12 p.m. DISAPPEARING Rahmo Omar, 26, partner/ recovered the truck at 6 a.m. in bance while wearing a bright Three external hard drives, DOUGH family member assault red Team Budweiser sweat- East Missoula with a full tank valued at $160 each, were re- Jan. 20, 3 p.m. Michael Moran, 36, partner/ of gas and without damage. shirt. ported stolen from a modular $100 in cash was reported family member assault The person left all the tools and classroom on the COT campus. missing from an office in the John Barnes, 20, obstructing equipment in the truck. BIKE BANDIT Performing Arts Building. a peace officer Jan. 9, 1 p.m. PILFERED PASSPORT There are no suspects at this FAMILY FOIBLES A $200 bicycle was reported Jan. 12, 6 p.m. time. Dec. 25, 11:55 a.m. stolen from the UM parking A foreign exchange student Public Safety responded to a garage. reported his passport and oth- SIBLING domestic disturbance. Officers er documents stolen from his SHORTCOMINGS arrested a woman for trying to PASSENGER PERILS room in Knowles Hall. Jan. 21, 2 a.m. choke her partner. Jan. 11, 2 a.m. www. Officers arrested a man after Officers arrested a man on CAR they responded to a domestic LIFTED LAPTOP an outstanding warrant. Offi- CONFLAGRATION disturbance at the University MONTANA Jan. 4, 6 a.m. cers stopped the vehicle he was Jan. 19, 4:30 a.m. Villages. His sister was taken to A university laptop worth riding in for spinning “bro- A UM employee’s car caught St. Patrick Hospital for injuries. $800 was stolen out of a McGill dies” in the Park-N-Ride park- fire after he tried to get it un- INSINCERE IMBIBER KAIMIN Hall computer lab. ing lot next to Dornblaser Field. stuck from the snow. After .com Montana Kaimin 4 NEWS Tuesday, January 24, 2012 INVESTIGATION Dec. 30, Barz agreed UM has “a gap of the community wanted more whether they would be accessible to aries for victims seeking help or re- From page 1 in reporting sexual assaults.” information from the University. the public. porting crimes. “The university is required to Engstrom decided to speak gener- Review the athlete conduct “One of the reasons a lot of sex REPORTING GAP take immediate and appropriate ally at a public forum Jan. 17 about code. violence is not reported is because Just as students were wrapping action to investigate or otherwise the investigation and UM policies. Sections of the university’s stu- it’s partner-on-partner, not stranger- up finals week, the Missoulian re- determine what has occurred if it Engstrom announced at a public dent athlete conduct code needed to on-stranger, so a lot of women aren’t ported UM had hired former State knows or reasonably should know forum Jan. 17 that the investigation be clarified and emphasized to ath- comfortable calling it that,” Gurksy Supreme Court Justice Diane Barz of possible sexual violence,” Barz has expanded from attacks on two letes by Athletic Director Jim O’day, said. “So how do we create a safe to “review allegations of a recent wrote. “There is evidence that there students to a campus-wide evalua- but reforms would not involve zone for students to come to?” sexual assault on campus that re- has been a sexual assault that has tion of policies because of the com- changing policies, Engstrom said at The director of UM’s Student As- portedly involved two female stu- not been appropriately reported munity’s response and the coming last week’s forum. sault Resource Center declined to dents, multiple male students and and investigated.” forward of more student victims. Launch expanded education speak with the Kaimin yet because the date-rape drug Rohypnol.” Privacy laws prohibit UM Engstrom told an audience of more and outreach programs, includ- she says she’s been busy organizing Anonymous sources tell the Kai- from disclosing any informa- than 100, the majority of whom ing some by the time school staff and services for the semester’s min and other local media that up tion it gathers to the public or the were not students, that he has di- resumed this week. start. to three of the assailants are Griz- police. The University will share rected several UM officials to ad- Vice President of Student Af- Engstrom encourages anyone zly football players. Engstrom later information that campus re- dress this issue. fairs Teresa Branch said her office with information that could help confirmed athletes are involved, sources have gathered with police Review existing reporting poli- posted flyers around campus that the investigation regarding sexual although he would not provide only if directed to by the victim. cies for possible revision. read “UM will not tolerate sexual assault to contact Lucy France, the details, citing university policy that Vice President Foley and UM assault.” The Associated Students UM’s Title IX representative and grants students privacy for internal ENGSTROM Legal Counsel David Aronofsky of the University of Montana and member of the investigation team, investigations. EXPANDS, DIVIDES were tasked with comparing poli- the Women’s Resource Center are at 243-5710 or lucy.france@umon- The announcement of the inves- INVESTIGATION cies to state and federal laws as well also coordinating with Branch, but tana.edu. He also stressed that if tigation encouraged some student Investigations into student con- as best practices. Engstrom said one it’s still unclear what form their col- a person has been assaulted they victims to come forward to UM duct code infractions and violations new protocol will require a report laboration will take. should call 911 or the crisis line at officials, local media and victim of Title IX are confidential under on alleged sexual assaults be de- ASUM President Jen Gursky Curry Health Center, 243-6459. advocates with their stories of how state and federal law. But after local livered to him monthly. Foley de- hopes their work could expand the [email protected] existing policies don’t work. In an media mentioned UM’s investiga- clined to comment on what level of Women’s Resource Center’s pro- update letter to Engstrom released tion in mid-December, members detail would be in those reports and grams and address cultural bound-

DEC. 15 DEC. 16 DEC. 19 DEC. 30 Timeline The Missoulian reports An anonymous source tells The Missoula Police De- Barz updates Engstrom on that UM hired former State the Kaimin and the Missou- partment says one woman the investigation’s progress, Supreme Court Justice Diane lian up to three of the attackers who spoke about being at- saying UM has “a gap in re- of the Barz to review allegations of were Grizzly football players. tacked at a party in early De- porting” sexual assaults. multiple male students drug- cember could be linked to Investigation ging and attacking two female separate attacks on the UM victims. campus, reported the Missou- lian.

JAN. 6 JAN. 10 JAN. 15 JAN. 17 JAN. 19 Grizzly football player Beau Some Missoula City The Missoulian speaks to Engstrom promises to “ag- A press release about Eng- Donaldson is booked at the Council members ask Police a former UM freshman who gressively” fight against sex- strom’s midyear speech on Missoula County Detention Chief Mark Muir to answer was sexually assaulted and left ual assaults at a community Wednesday says student fo- Center on the charge of felony questions about how his school because of the incident. forum attended by more than rums about sexual assault intercourse without consent for department trains inves- She thought she’d reported her 100 people, including city of- “will be held in the coming an incident in September 2010. tigators and say he used attack when she went to Curry ficials. weeks.” The Missoulian interviews inaccurate statistics when Health Center, but UM and The Board of Regents, who two sexual assault victims from speaking to local media federal policy stopped her in- govern Montana higher educa- this fall who were unhappy about false rape reporting. cident from being reported to tion, say they want to address with how they were treated by other UM officials who could sexual assault reporting on members of the Missoula Police have initiated an investigation. campuses statewide. Department.

Montana Kaimin 6 NEWS Tuesday, January 24, 2012 around the BIG SKY Winter Break Edition NEWS COMPILED BY DILLON KATO

GRIZ PLAYER ARRESTED ON RAPE CHARGES Griz running back Beau Donaldson, 22, was arrested Jan. 6 on a felony charge of sexual intercourse without consent. According to an ar- rest affidavit in September 2010 a woman — referred to as Jane Doe — had spent the night at Donaldson’s home after drinking at a party. She said that while sleeping, Don- aldson had pulled down her pants and began to have sex with her. According to court records, Donaldson admitted to having sex with Doe during a phone call in December 2011 between Donaldson and Doe that was monitored by police. He apologized repeatedly and cited a drinking problem. At a hearing Jan. 9, Judge John Od- lin reduced Donaldson’s origi- nal $100,000 bail to $50,000. Odlin has since removed the bail and released him on pre-trial supervision, during which Donaldson will wear a GPS monitoring bracelet and Nick Gast/Montana Kaimin must submit to alcohol testing. Beau Donaldson (far left) appears in court remotely while his attorney, Milton Datsopoulos (middle), negotiates bail with Judge John Odlin (right) at the Following the arrest, Univer- Missoula County Courthouse on Jan. 9. Donaldson was then granted pre-trial supervision on Jan. 13. sity of Montana Vice President Jim Foley told the Missoulian that Donaldson had been sus- a pipeline break spilled oil rels worth of oil were recov- reported the Montana Stan- student transcripts in the fall pended indefinitely from the along the Yellowstone River ered. In addition to the penalty, dard. The investigation found and launched an investiga- football team. last summer, reported the As- Exxon will also reimburse the changes to the records of 36 tion in October. Blackketter sociated Press. The company state for more than $760,000 in former or current students has said Montana Tech will be EXXON REACHES agreed to the penalty Thurs- emergency response costs. by an employee of the school. using new software to prevent $1.6M SETTLEMENT day, after estimating that 1,509 Don Blackketter, the chancel- future grade tampering. barrels of crude oil had been lor of Montana Tech, told the WITH MONTANA MONTANA TECH spilled during the leak. Of Standard that those students OCCUPY MISSOULA Exxon Mobil will pay a $1.6 INVESTIGATION those barrels, less than 10 bar- REVEALS GRADE who had graduated could face TENTS REMOVED million fine to Montana after revocation of their degrees, TAMPERING The tents used by the pro- while the current students test group Occupy Missoula An internal review by could face penalties, includ- Montana Tech has revealed were taken down Jan. 17 by ing expulsion. The school first Missoula County officials, re- more than 100 instances of noticed some irregularities in unauthorized grade changes, ported the Missoulian. This

BRIDGE OF DREAMS Please email letters of PISSED? 300 words or fewer to MUR QUAGLIA [email protected] Jan. 23 - Feb. 24 PLEASED? Reception: Feb. 9 | 5:00PM or drop them off in Artist Talk: Feb. 9 | 5:30PM PETRIFIED? Don Anderson Hall 208. Please include a Write a letter. phone number. Letters are FOR INFO CALL 243-5564 printed on Thursdays. WWW.UMT.EDU/UC Montana Kaimin Tuesday, January 24, 2012 NEWS 7 came after county commis- They have asked landown- FORMER GRIZ Election Commission, report- sioners passed an ordinance ers in western North Dakota FOOTBALLER, ed the Los Angeles Times. The that banned camping on coun- and northeastern Montana to ACCUSED DRUG national court removed bans ty property without a permit. search their property for dis- DEALER PLEADS NOT that stopped corporations One man who refused to leave turbed soil or matted grass. and unions from contributing BY THE the tents was arrested and Arnold was reported missing GUILTY to political campaigns. The cited for misdemeanor disor- by family Jan. 8 after going out On Thursday, Jason Wash- state’s counter decision up- derly conduct and obstructing for a run. One of her shoes was ington, a former Grizzly quar- holds Montana campaign fi- NUMBERS a public official. found by investigators on her terback, pleaded not guilty to nance laws that prohibit such The next day, Occupy mem- running route. the federal charge of conspira- spending, but only applies to bers held a rally in front of the cy to manufacture and distrib- state elections. federal courthouse building in OBAMA BLOCKS ute marijuana, reported the Missoulian. He is one of six JUDGE RULES Missoula to protest corporate KEYSTONE XL 155 personhood. people charged in December MEDICAL Number of people PIPELINE PERMIT after a federal raid of medical who filed paperwork President Barack Obama re- MARIJUANA NOT TWO MEN CHARGED marijuana businesses in west- to become official jected the permit for the Key- ern Montana. Federal agents PROTECTED FROM WITH KIDNAPPING candidates for state stone XL pipeline on Wednes- earlier claimed he was consid- FEDERAL RAIDS elections on the first IN REPORTED DEATH day, which would carry oil ering bribing police and politi- According to the Associat- filing day Jan. 12. OF SIDNEY TEACHER from Alberta, Canada’s tar cians, but Washington said the ed Press, a judge has ruled that Lester Vann Waters Jr., 47, sands across Montana and the accusations, based on a tapped Montana’s medical marijuana and Michael Keith Spell, 22, west to Texas refineries and phone conversation, were just law doesn’t shield providers are in jail in Williston, N.D. on ports. TransCanada, which a joke. of the drug from federal pros- charges of aggravated kidnap- was seeking the project, likely ecution, delivering a new blow to an industry reeling from a ping in the case of a missing will re-apply for the permit, MONTANA SUPREME Sidney teacher, Sherry Arnold, reported the Washington Post. state and federal crackdown. While environmental activists COURT DEFIES US U.S. District Judge Donald 202 reported the Associated Press. People who died in praised Obama’s decision, the SUPREME COURT Molloy on Friday dismissed Although Arnold’s body has crashes on Montana Republican party and others The state supreme court a civil lawsuit filed by 14 in- not been found, authorities roads in 2011, reported said the decision did not con- ruled in January to overturn dividuals and businesses that said she is presumed dead Montana Public Radio. and believe that she might be sider the jobs that the project – at least in Montana – the US were among more than two buried on vacant farmland. would create. Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling dozen medical marijuana pro- in Citizens United v Federal viders raided by federal agents last year across Montana.

FEATURE PHOTO 2 days of school cancelled by Missoula County Public Schools after snowfall last week.

1,521 Record weekday atten- dance for Snowbowl set Thursday.

$50-$100 The price of tickets to see Tim Tebow when he comes Tim Goessman/Montana Kaimin to Missoula for an event at A person walks by the bear statue last Thursday during record snowfall in Missoula. According to the National Weather Service the storm dumped about the Adams Center March 7. 16 inches between Jan. 17-19. He will be speaking at a fun- draiser for City Life Com- munity Center that evening. Student tickets are $30. www.MONTANAKAIMIN.com Montana Kaimin 8 NEWS Tuesday, January 24, 2012 MONTANA New commissioner to receive $70k pay raise Amy Sisk the only two Montana higher the UM and MSU presidents to field the community’s concern process, Gursky said she wel- Montana Kaimin education officials to receive were appointed after a national for MUS and its new leader, the comed the outcome. similar compensation plans. search, although Engstrom was process was not geared toward “I know you are the right can- Clay Christian’s appointment Kevin McRae, associate com- previously UM’s provost. specific student input,” Gursky didate,” she said with a smile di- to the state’s highest-ranking post missioner for communications “National searches have been said at the meeting. rected toward Christian. in higher education came earlier and human resources, said that the exception, not the norm,” Despite complaints about the [email protected] than expected and with a much historically the commissioner said Stearns at the regents meet- larger paycheck than his prede- has made a higher salary than ing last week in Helena. cessor. university presidents. The past Out of the past eight or nine The Board of Regents, which few years have been an excep- commissioners, Stearns said, governs all public higher edu- tion since MSU hired a new at least half were deputies pro- cation institutions in Montana, president in 2009 and the regents moted from within the commis- voted Thursday to approve voted to increase UM President sioner’s office. Christian, previously the regents’ Royce Engstrom’s pay last fall. Regent Todd Buchanan ex- chair, as the new commissioner Christian’s higher pay is a result plained there is no set process of higher education. His prede- of the Montana regents’ efforts to appoint a commissioner. cessor, Sheila Stearns, announced to offer competitive salaries that So when the regents learned last spring that she would retire match neighboring states. of Stearns’ plan to retire, they in June. As the new commissioner, hired the consultant to help fill In addition to his new job title, Christian plans to be consistent the position. Christian will receive the same with the previous goals of Stea- “Under her guidance and salary ­ — $283,300 — as the Uni- rns, which include balancing along with the guidance of versity of Montana and Montana affordability with accessibility everybody on the board, we State University presidents. This and quality. agreed that the first thing we Kaimin Archive Photo is nearly $70,000 more per year Students prepare Schreiber Gym for Foresters’ Ball last year. This year the University system officials needed to do was solicit input,” than Stearns’ salary. And if Chris- ball will be held in the Adams center. have faced criticism since an- Buchanan said. “We wanted to tian remains commissioner for at nouncing Christian’s appoint- hear from every stakeholder.” Foresters’ Ball practice spaces for most sports least five years, he will receive ment in December. Although The commissioner’s of- From page 1 on campus such as tennis, track, $455,000 over a period of 10 years the regents paid a consulting fice conducted a listening tour golf, basketball and volleyball. as part of his deferred compensa- “The bigger space gives us firm to search for a new com- throughout the state last fall to Next year, the Foresters’ Ball tion once he turns 65. Currently room for flare because you’re missioner, the firm never con- hear from students, faculty and might need to be hosted on a dif- the UM and MSU presidents are not just copying what you did ducted a national search. Both community members. But Jen ferent weekend. last year,” said UM senior Jonah Gursky, president of the Associ- The Foresters’ Ball is the sec- Vaughan, who has volunteered Other agenda items pertaining to UM ated Students of the University ond longest-running event held for Foresters’ Ball for the past • The regents voted to authorize UM to pursue plans to hire of Montana, said the listening on campus, following football. four years. an architect and contractor to install outdoor stadium lights session in Missoula was held Muse understands the foresters’ Through a cancellation, dumb in Washington Grizzly Stadium. See article in Wednesday’s off-campus, and the only other need to uphold this tradition. luck and cooperation, the Adams paper for the full story. opportunity for students’ input “They feel responsible to Center had a 6-day slot free for • The regents approved bonuses to three soccer coaches. was through the student regent, make it work and carry on that the Foresters’ Ball. This is rare, • The commissioner’s office notified the regents of UM’s plans who fills one of seven seats on tradition, and it’s important for said Adams Center Executive Di- to eliminate the range resources management option within the board. the university to carry on that rector Mary Muse, since the Ad- the forestry degree, as well as the conservation option “While these listening ses- tradition.” within the resource conservation degree. ams Center is set up to provide [email protected] sions were particularly designed

Montana Kaimin 10 SPORTS Tuesday, January 24, 2012 GRIZ [ profile] MATHIAS WARD junior, forward Age: 21 Major: Graduated with a finance degree in Business Adminstation last spring Hometown: Gig Harbor, Wash. First dunked a basketball: 8th grade On my iPod: John Mayer, Jackson and Adele Favorite TV show: The Office Define swagger: Kevin Henderson (freshman on the team) because he is swagger. He defines the word perfectly. Best career sports moment: NCAA tournament berth after beating Weber State Individual goal: To do everything I can to help the team win Team goal: To make it back to the tournament Favorite activity: Frisbee golf Favorite Missoula hangout: Bowling alley

Nick Gast/Montana Kaimin junior, forward Age: 21 Major: Double major in sociology and communication Nickname: Ali Hometown: Anaconda, Mont. On my iPod: Mostly country and the top songs on iTunes Favorite TV show: Prison Break Favorite food: Pasta with chicken What sport I would play if not basketball: Soccer Individual goal: To go to law school Team goal: To win the Big Sky Conference and go to the NCAA tournament Favorite activity: Hanging out with friends and family, reading and shopping Favorite team as a kid: Dallas Cowboys I would like to trade places with: Angelina Jolie Favorite city to visit: New York City Motto: In the end everything will be Okay, and if it’s not Okay then it’s not the end.

Nick Gast/Montana Kaimin ALEXANDRA HURLEY Montana Kaimin Tuesday, January 24, 2012 SPORTS 11

hurdles. She ran a 7.95, taking a tenth of a second off her ca- reer best and two-hundredths of a second off Kris Schmitt’s 1989 school record of 7.97 sec- recap onds. Within minutes, Hall [ ] broke her own school record of GRIZ 19’ 2.5’’ in the long jump. Hall Erik Anderson free throw line paid dividends (9-11 overall, 3-4 BSC). The Griz starters scoring in double leaped a distance of 19’ 4.25’’ to Montana Kaimin in the first half for the Grizzlies Griz beat EWU 79-71 on Dec. figures. Sacramento State was set the new mark. too, as they shot 93.8 percent 30 in Dahlberg Arena. The paced by Fantasia Hilliard’s 21 The Griz also had three oth- MEN’S BASKETBALL from the charity stripe on 15-16 Eagles lost their previous Big points and fellow starters Alle er Big Sky Conference qualifi- The University of Montana shooting. The one miss came Sky match up against Portland Moreno (14), Se’nyce Parrish ers. men’s basketball team stayed from senior forward Derek Sel- State 78-76 in overtime on Jan. (13) and Kylie Kuhns (10) also Junior Kourtney Dan- hot at home this weekend, vig. 21. reaching double figures. reuther, last spring’s Big Sky crushing Big Sky Conference The stellar shooting contin- The Lady Griz’s next con- champion in the 400-meter rival Sacramento State 85-56 at ued in the second half for the WOMEN’S test will be at home against hurdles, ran a 56.05 to win the UM’s Dahlberg Arena on Jan. Grizzlies. Selvig’s lone three- BASKETBALL Eastern Washington (11-9, 5-2) quarter-mile field. 21. pointer of the game pushed the The Lady Grizzlies (11-8 on Thursday, Jan. 26. Mon- Senior Courtney Kosovich The victory moves the Griz- lead to 20 with 13:55 left to play, overall, 4-2 BSC) returned to tana won 53-46 in the previous pole-vaulted 11’ 11.75’’ to fin- zlies to 6-1 in Big Sky play and and the Grizzlies never let the the win column with an 88-79 meeting between the teams in ish second in that event, and 13-6 overall, making them margin slip less than that num- victory at Sacramento State (7- Cheney, Wash. senior Kesslee Payneran ran a second in the conference. The ber again. 13, 2-5) on Jan 21. Their previ- second place 5:02.87 mile and Hornets’ loss sets them at 0-7 The Griz finished the game ous exhibition visiting the Lady TRACK also qualifed. in the Big Sky and 5-13 overall. shooting a season-high of 65.1 Bears of Northern Colorado left The University of Montana’s On the men’s side, Keith They’ve lost eight in a row and percent from the field. Senior much to be desired after a dis- track teams traveled to Boze- Webber qualified by winning haven’t won since a home vic- forward Art Steward led the appointing 59-42 loss. man’s Brick Breeden Fieldhouse the pole vault event at a height tory on Dec. 18 against North team in field goal percentage Montana scored more than on Jan. 20 for the Montana State of 15-5. Dakota. along with points scored — 42 points in the first half Sat- Dual Meet Invitational. Montana continues on the The Grizzlies took com- netting 20 points on 9-10 shoot- urday. The Lady Griz scored Junior Lindsey Hall high- road with a visit to Washington mand early in the game, seiz- ing from the field and 2-3 from 54 points to gain control of lighted the day for the Griz- State’s Cougar Indoor in Pull- ing the momentum on a fast the line. Other Griz starters the game. Led by sophomore zlies after breaking two school man, Wash., Friday and Satur- break no-look feed from sopho- scoring double figures were guard, Torry Hill’s first half records. Hall first broke the day. more guard Kareem Jamar to a Mathias Ward (16), Will Cherry brilliance with 12 points and school’s mark in the 55-meter [email protected] streaking junior forward Math- (12) and Kareem Jamar (12). four assists, the Lady Griz took ias Ward, who finished with a Senior guard Heath Hoff- a 54-36 advantage into half- two-handed dunk. The play man paced Sacramento State in time. That 18-point lead would prompted the Sacramento State scoring with 12 points. Reserve swell to 21 before a late rally by head coach to burn a timeout junior center Konnor Veteto the Hornets cut the advantage and sent Dahlberg Arena’s was the only other Hornets to seven before the game’s final crowd of 3,709 into a ruckus. player to reach double figures, margin. Montana kept the crowd daz- scoring 11 points. Junior forward Katie Baker zled, shooting a remarkable Montana’s next three con- led Montana with 22 points 65 percent from the field in tests will be road games, start- and eight rebounds. Hill (19) the first half on their way to a ing with its Jan. 26 matchup and junior guard Kenzie De 43-29 halftime advantage. The against Eastern Washington Boer (14) were the other Lady Montana Kaimin 12 NEWS Tuesday, January 24, 2012 FEATURE PHOTO Extradition hearings set in missing teacher case

Associated Press kidnapping, which carries a prosecutor Michael Weber maximum sentence of death alleges the two men kid- Extradition hearings will in that state. napped Arnold from a Sid- be held next month for two The two are accused of ney street about 10 minutes men jailed in North Da- kidnapping Sherry Arnold after she left her home. Only kota in the kidnapping of a of Sidney, Mont. The 43-year- one of her running shoes has Montana teacher who is pre- old Sidney High School alge- been found. sumed dead. bra teacher was last was seen The FBI asked landown- A judge in Williston on leaving her home to go for a ers in extreme northeastern Monday scheduled the hear- run the morning of Jan. 7. Montana and in four coun- ings for Feb. 14, the Grand Waters and Spell quali- ties in northwest North Da- Forks Herald reported fied as indigent and were kota to search abandoned (http://bit.ly/A7wexT). appointed public defenders. farmsteads that have shelter- The men — Lester Waters Each has a bond of $2.5 mil- belts with rows of mature or Jr., 47, and Michael Spell, 22, lion. rotting trees. both of Parachute, Colo. — The FBI is leading the According to court re- have been in the Williams two-state investigation. The cords, the two men left west- County jail in Williston since agency has said Arnold is ern Colorado less than two Nick Gast/Montana Kaimin Jan. 13 and are fighting ex- presumed dead, although days before Arnold disap- A student jumps over a puddle formed from the melted snow Monday after- tradition to Montana. They her body has not been found. peared. Both have criminal noon in front of University Hall. Monday marked the first day of classes for face charges of aggravated Richland County, Mont., records. the Spring 2012 Semester.

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