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University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Associated Students of the University of Montana Kaimin, 1898-present Montana (ASUM) 10-7-2020 Montana Kaimin, October 7, 2020 Students of the University of Montana, Missoula Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Students of the University of Montana, Missoula, "Montana Kaimin, October 7, 2020" (2020). Montana Kaimin, 1898-present. 9651. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper/9651 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM) at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Montana Kaimin, 1898-present by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. MONTANA KAIMIN Counting the ote The workers behind Missoula’s election Story by Griffen Smith Photos by Matthew Tryan Volume 123 Issue No. 8, October 7, 2020 Kiosk Kaimin Editorial Cover Photo Matthew Tryan The Montana Kaimin is a weekly independent student EDITORIAL newspaper at the University of Montana. The Kaimin office and the University of Montana are located on land originally FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA inhabited by the Salish People. Kaimin is a derivative of a Salish Positive case numbers are not the only numbers we should be paying attention to language word, “Qe‘ymin,” that is pronounced kay-MEEN and For comments, corrections or letters to means “book,” “message” or “paper that brings news.” Montana Kaimin the editor, contact We write our editorials on Mondays, of days. At UM alone. That number will contact isn’t something we should be focusing on all of it. two days before we print. On Monday, only have risen by the time this editorial glossing over. Not only do close contacts Looking for Missoula City-County [email protected] when the Missoula City-County Health runs in print. have to schedule a test in an overwhelmed Health Department’s UM COVID-19 Dash- EDITORIAL STAFF NEWSROOM STAFF or call (406) 243-4310. Department updated its UM COVID-19 If you’re a student living with room- system, they have to make a list of any board? You can find it here: dashboard, there were 33 new cases added mates and need to quarantine, that means close contacts they might have, should EDITOR-IN-CHIEF NEWS REPORTERS MULTIMEDIA STAFF @montanakaimin For advertising opportunities, contact from over the weekend. We don’t know closing yourself off in your room and they test positive. They will have to wait Erin Sargent Hanna Campbell Liam McCollum what the number of active campus cases wearing a mask in any shared living for their results from two separate tests Isabella Butler Nick Mills [email protected] or is going to be when this editorial runs in spaces. Hopefully, you have your own over the course of multiple days. It’s the BUSINESS MANAGER Griffen Smith Emma Smith call (406) 243-6541. print, but on Monday, it stood at 108. bathroom separate from your roommates. waiting game, but in this case, you’re wait- Cassandra Williams Nikki Zambon Alexis Schroeder More discomforting, however, is the Because that’s super common and afford- ing to see whether or not you’ve contract- Jacob Owens Walter Medcraft @MontanaKaimin number of students, staff and faculty able, isn’t it? Good thing you probably ed the disease that’s been causing a global SPORTS EDITOR Matt Tryan members considered close contacts. The have your own kitchen, too. Oh wait. pandemic. And at this point, it doesn’t Jack Marshall SPORTS REPORTERS Zach Meyer UM dashboard averages six close contacts You could always DoorDash every meal? Mariah Thomas really matter how safe you’ve been. NEWS EDITOR John Paul Edge DESIGNERS per positive case. Roughly 600 people, Because that won’t break the bank. Every close contact has to upend their Mazana Boerboom John Orzechowski Constance Darlington officially. This means 600 campus members The reality is there are multitudes more life, email professors, Zoom into an LIKE IT? HATE IT? WISH WE WERE Natalie Brancaccio who have had to quarantine, and 600 cam- campus members affected every day than “in-person” discussion class and figure out DEAD? CLASSIFIEDS pus members who have had to call Curry just the 100+ active cases we see on our how to handle a quarantine while doing ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR ARTS & CULTURE REPORTERS Colton Rothwell Email us your opinions at Health Center or the health department dashboard. We can’t base UM’s handling everything else, too. Alex Miller Noelle Annonen [email protected] James Bradley CARTOONIST to schedule a test to see if they are, in fact, of COVID-19 on only the number of active There are levels of magnitude in every NOW HIRING @ StoneCreek Lodge, positive. If every one of the 33 cases added cases. Every close contact is a potential aspect of this pandemic’s effect on cam- FEATURES EDITOR Clint Connors Cooper Malin Missoula’s Finest Hotel! Week of 10/5/20 - 10/11/20 Addie Slanger Meghan Jonas over the weekend had six contacts, that positive. pus. We shouldn’t just be focusing on the OFFICE ASSISTANTS would mean 198 close contacts in a matter And the mental load of being a close number of positive cases. We should be MULTIMEDIA EDITOR COPY CHIEF Abigail Stone Front Desk, Night Audit, Housekeeping. Claire Shinner Andrea Halland Fulltime, Parttime. Days, Evenings, ADVISERS Overnights available. Call 406.541.3600 DESIGN EDITOR COPY EDITORS Tammy Kim or Apply in person at 5145 Airway Blvd. Daylin Scott Zandria DuPuis Jason Begay Missoula! Alicia McAlpine FEATURE PHOTO DIGITAL EDITOR Sara Diggins SUDOKU Edited by Margie E. Burke Difficulty: Easy HOW TO SOLVE: KAIMIN COMIC 2 6 7 3 Each row must contain the numbers 1 to 9; each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9; and 1 8 each set of 3 by 3 boxes must 6 2 4 contain the numbers 1 to 9. 4 1 Answers to Last Week’s Sudoku: 5 2 3 4 1 8 7 6 9 3 4 2 4 7 9 3 5 6 8 2 1 8 1 6 9 7 2 5 4 3 8 9 6 1 4 2 8 3 5 6 9 7 5 6 7 3 8 6 2 9 1 5 4 9 6 5 7 4 1 3 8 2 1 6 5 2 8 1 5 9 7 4 3 6 4 3 3 5 7 2 6 4 9 1 8 Rylie Wilcox and her horse, Slidin By a Star, compete in the final race of the Marsh Performance Horses 6 9 4 1 8 3 2 7 5 2020 Barrel Racing Series on Oct. 3, 2020. Wilcox placed second in the 1D race, clocking in at 18.319 seconds. Copyright 2020 by The Puzzle Syndicate Saturday marked the end of the 2020 series, which was made up of five races. Riders had to compete in three out of the five races in the series to qualify for the final. About 80 riders participated. LIAM MCCOLLUM | MONTANA KAIMIN COOPER MALIN| MONTANA KAIMIN 2 October 7, 2020 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com October 7, 2020 3 Kiosk Kaimin Editorial Cover Photo Matthew Tryan The Montana Kaimin is a weekly independent student EDITORIAL newspaper at the University of Montana. The Kaimin office and the University of Montana are located on land originally FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA inhabited by the Salish People. Kaimin is a derivative of a Salish Positive case numbers are not the only numbers we should be paying attention to language word, “Qe‘ymin,” that is pronounced kay-MEEN and For comments, corrections or letters to means “book,” “message” or “paper that brings news.” Montana Kaimin the editor, contact We write our editorials on Mondays, of days. At UM alone. That number will contact isn’t something we should be focusing on all of it. two days before we print. On Monday, only have risen by the time this editorial glossing over. Not only do close contacts Looking for Missoula City-County [email protected] when the Missoula City-County Health runs in print. have to schedule a test in an overwhelmed Health Department’s UM COVID-19 Dash- EDITORIAL STAFF NEWSROOM STAFF or call (406) 243-4310. Department updated its UM COVID-19 If you’re a student living with room- system, they have to make a list of any board? You can find it here: dashboard, there were 33 new cases added mates and need to quarantine, that means close contacts they might have, should EDITOR-IN-CHIEF NEWS REPORTERS MULTIMEDIA STAFF @montanakaimin For advertising opportunities, contact from over the weekend. We don’t know closing yourself off in your room and they test positive. They will have to wait Erin Sargent Hanna Campbell Liam McCollum what the number of active campus cases wearing a mask in any shared living for their results from two separate tests Isabella Butler Nick Mills [email protected] or is going to be when this editorial runs in spaces. Hopefully, you have your own over the course of multiple days. It’s the BUSINESS MANAGER Griffen Smith Emma Smith call (406) 243-6541. print, but on Monday, it stood at 108. bathroom separate from your roommates. waiting game, but in this case, you’re wait- Cassandra Williams Nikki Zambon Alexis Schroeder More discomforting, however, is the Because that’s super common and afford- ing to see whether or not you’ve contract- Jacob Owens Walter Medcraft @MontanaKaimin number of students, staff and faculty able, isn’t it? Good thing you probably ed the disease that’s been causing a global SPORTS EDITOR Matt Tryan members considered close contacts.