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As the reality of our world expands to so online stalking would also fall outside dia, is virtually self-governing. What gets one through “physical or electronic devic- include social media, laws need to expand reality in the eyes of the law. removed from sites like Twitter and Face- es” would be regarded as stalking offens- with it. Cyberbullying, revenge porn and You’re supposed to be able to ignore book is up to the administrators, and that’s es. the dark web have received widespread things online, to close the tab and look the only after it has been reported by users or It’s a move in the right direction in media attention, and, more recently, so has other way when you don’t like what you hits the sites’ algorithms. But that doesn’t Montana law. Allowing for online harass- online stalking. see. But with the cyberbullying conversa- always help victims of online harassment ment to be used in a stalking case could It is notoriously difficult to get a re- tions of years past, we’ve learned that it’s or stalkers. make receiving an order of protection easi- straining order (actually called “temporary not always that easy. Most people in this The Montana Legislature recently er for victims, which can only mean a safer order of protection”) in a stalking case. day and age are connected to nearly every passed a bill through the Senate, which society for us all. Nothing physically harmful has happened social media, which makes us outrageous- will now see the House. The bill, SB 114, is yet, it could be a prank, whatever. When ly reachable. So if the people reaching us a revision of laws regarding domestic vi- LIKE IT? HATE IT? WISH WE WERE DEAD? the stalking behavior is primarily online, are dangerous, we would want the law to olence, stalking and orders of protection. Email us your opinions at it’s even more difficult. The realm of the help us. In its definition of “course of conduct,” the [email protected] internet falls outside our physical reality, The internet, and especially social me- bill states threatening or harassing some- BIG UPS & BACKHANDS LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Big Ups to the UC Market for staying open over the break. We would have died without its tuna sandwiches.

Backhands to Bobby Hauck for not accepting the whopping 50 bucks my folks put up to let me be quarterback this past season.

Big Ups to the bang-up job of abatement at McGill Hall, now over 60 days without a massive evacuation.

Backhands to the number spring break did on my bank account.

Big Ups to putting the day care back in McGill. Public relations optics who?

JACKIE EVANS-SHAW | MONTANAN KAIMIN

montanakaimin.com April 3-9 2019, 3 NEWS | OBITUARY FOR MURDERED STUDENT Jason Flink: Aug. 7, 1995 – Oct. 19, 2018 PAUL HAMBY with only a few bumps and bruises. [email protected] While Jason didn’t go directly to college or hold a steady job after graduating, he Dave Paul runs an accountability class did travel the Northwest, attending con- for men at Bethel Baptist Church in Mis- certs and staying with friends. His circle soula. Every Sunday evening, he arranges included Christian rappers, firefighters chairs in a circle in one of the church’s aux- and mixed martial artists. He drank White iliary rooms and prepares to discuss what Claws and enjoyed being a 20-year-old. He young men of faith have to confront: fami- was usually the loudest and belted out a ly issues, drug abuse, sex. He works alone, distinctive, Goofy-like laugh. In between but the chairs fill up quickly. Around him concerts and parties, he dedicated himself sits a group of mostly boys; the oldest is 24 to his Bible. years old. “If there was anything Jason was into, it Paul didn’t always set up alone. Jason was smoking pot and talking about God,” Flink used to arrive to class early, usual- said Jeremy Rogers, a friend of Jason’s and ly with friends, to help him prepare the a Christian rapper known as K.O.S. room. Rogers remembered Jason’s marked “You didn’t need to ask him. And I Bible, and his friend’s insistence on com- think that’s a quality that comes from mitting the entire book to heart, even if it knowing Jesus,” Paul said. meant sitting for hours and soaking in an Flink had a Bible that he read in his incense of marijuana smoke. bedroom. As he went through each bit of “We always wondered why Jason didn’t scripture, he circled and underlined, illu- get a job,” Rogers said. “But, he had so minating the book himself. He highlighted many friends and made so many people nearly every “He,” “Lord” and “Savior” on happy, it’s almost like that was what he the page. In the margins, he drew his own was meant to do.” crucifixes and declarations. Kayla remembers bouts of depression “He raises me for His good,” he wrote coming over Jason. Despite having friends in Psalms. His notes end at John 6:53. in cities across several states, he worried Scrolling through Flink’s Facebook nobody truly liked him, that he was alone. page, between shots of Lebron James and He called his sister often. When he first Kobe Bryant and pictures of him usually moved into his dorm room in August 2018, smiling in a backwards hat, most of his he spun the phone around his new space, posts document his ongoing conversation FaceTiming with Kayla and her son Johnny, with God. trying to be a part of their lives in Idaho. Paramedics found Jason at Mountain Jason, the millennial evangelical, held Valley Inn, shot dead at 23 with one oth- a series of cooking jobs after graduating. er Oct. 19, 2018. Court papers filed say his Despite not embarking immediately on a killers came to the motel looking to get professional career, he never neglected his even with a dealer. When they couldn’t spiritual journey. A medium told him his find her, according to charging docu- Jason Flink spending time with his family, including his mother Eva Curnow, at Buffalo Wild Wings a few purpose was to bring light into the lives of ments, they opened fire. Two young men months before he died in October 2018. his friends and family. await trial. Once, when standing in line outside a Preston Rossbach, 19, has an arraign- Jason grew up in Nampa, near Boise, af- man he called his father wasn’t his dad. A concert in Seattle, a bouncer approached ment in May and Jonathan Whitworth, 27, ter moving from Butte with his mother and few years later, he rolled his Saturn on his him and his friends. He singled out Jason. has his next hearing in June. two siblings. He amassed a large group of way to Seattle. “I saw you in a dream,” he said. “I saw Jason’s sister, Kayla Flink Chavez, came friends until moving with his mother to If these events shook him at all, he you in a dream, just like you’re dressed, to Missoula from Idaho when she heard Missoula at 16. He managed to attract an- didn’t show it, at least not to his friends, and God spoke to me. He told me your the news. His brother, Alex Flink, current- other posse by the time he graduated high who never saw him so much as raise his heart was full of treasure.” ly serving a prison sentence, found out school. voice. He rarely talked about his dad, and Jason thanked him, and the bouncer from his mother, Eva Curnow. While still a teenager, Jason learned the he walked away from his wrecked Saturn left.

4 April 3-9, 2019 montanakaimin.com Jason Flink and his best friend from Idaho, Patrick Simon, enjoy a beer in Flink’s room during Simon’s visit in 2018. In the past year, he finally found a ture together. And find our way to God.” church to commit himself to, Bethel Baptist While Linear became a firefighter, Ja- on 1601 6th St. in Missoula. He convinced son enrolled in classes at Missoula College Donovan Linear, a friend since his move to and moved out of his mom’s house and Missoula, to attend the church with him. into a dorm room. After a few weeks he “First thing I noticed is that everyone moved out of the dorms and back in with was older than us. By decades,” Linear his mother, but Jason continued his cours- said. es in business. As Jason turned to God, Linear turned The last time his mother and her fian- to Jason. While working his first season as cé saw him, they grabbed drinks at the a firefighter and going through a separa- Silver Slipper and watched football. Jason tion with the mother of his daughter, Lin- walked away ahead on cash after winning ear found a second home with Jason, his a jackpot earlier that day. mother and her fiancé, Kevin Fournier. A post appeared on Jason’s still-active Jason, called “G” by Linear, barely came Facebook page days after he died. A wom- up to his shoulders. The odd pair grabbed an named “Princess,” a stranger to Jason, Get ahead. Catch up. Stay on track. drinks and talked sports in between Lin- said he spoke with her a few weeks ago. ear taking calls to battle wildfires over the The woman, battling addiction, thanked summer. Jason one last time for breakfast and for “We both got out of our phase of being listening. young and dumb and partying,” Linear “You told me how life is too beautiful to Register today by visiting: umt.edu/summer said. “We both started to move on and ma- waste,” she said.

montanakaimin.com April 3-9, 2019 5 NEWS | MONTANA LEGISLATURE Proposed bill would address predatory crime on campus PAUL HAMBY [email protected]

A bill making its way through the Mon- tana legislature would expand access to orders of protection and apply harsher consequences for stalking, which has be- come increasingly reported on University of Montana campus. SB 114, introduced by Sen. Jen Gross of Billings, will include online messaging as a form of stalking and allow those who fear for their safety to obtain court protec- tion more easily. According to Gross, the shift to the “reasonable person” standard of convic- tion will be the biggest change to Mon- tana’s stalking laws, should the bill pass the legislature. Under the new law, pros- ecutors will have to prove the accused be- haved in such a way that any reasonable person would understand him or her to be to be violent or threatening. This change, Gross said, puts the en- ergies of prosecutors toward holding of- fenders accountable rather than focusing on victims, who may not seem to be under significant distress. Despite the enhanced HALISIA HUBBARD | MONTANA KAIMIN penalties, Gross said she doesn’t expect stalking charges to skyrocket. by their partner reported being stalked. feel they may be at risk. They can turn to “Abusers are able to monitor anyone they “I think what’s important is that the UM’s Annual Safety and Security Report, either the police or SARC. Depending on want from wherever they want.” broader picture of domestic violence is be- published at the beginning of each spring their circumstances, survivors can receive When in doubt, she said, students ing addressed,” Gross said. semester, showed a consistent increase in counseling, legal assistance, a safe resi- should trust their gut. If they feel un- Drew Colling, UM’s Student Advoca- stalking reports over the past three years. dence or an order of protection. der threat, they should contact SARC or cy Resource Center director, said stalking Between 2015 and 2017, reported cases of Jessica Peatree, a SARC intern who has UMPD. will usually just be one part of a toxic re- stalking increased from seven to 16 and re- put in over 500 clinical hours, said any bill Other changes to Montana’s stalking lationship that may also include other ports of domestic violence rose from 11 to improving the ease of receiving an order of law SB 114 will bring include a felony violent behaviors, such as sexual assault 18. Since January, UMPD daily crime logs protection will benefit survivors. The col- charge for anyone convicted of stalking a and domestic violence. Similar to sexual show six reports of stalking on campus. lapse of protection, she said, both embold- minor or violating an order of protection. assault, Colling said, survivors of stalking Colling said the rise in stalking num- ens predators and undermines the safety The bill has made it halfway through typically know their assailant beforehand. bers, like the rise of reports of sexual as- of survivors. the legislative session and currently sits “Stalking, violence, intimidation all sault on campus, may have a beneficial Peatree, Colling and UMPD Sgt. Brad with the House Judiciary Committee for play into an environment of control,” indication. They hope more people are in- Giffin all agree technology contributed further review. Colling said. “You may feel pressured formed enough to know what stalking is, to the steady rise in reports of stalking to downplay the stalker’s behavior, but and comfortable enough to go to the police in past few years. Social media makes it If you or someone you know is a stalking poses a very real threat.” or seek an advocate. possible to stay in touch with friends and victim of stalking, or another According to a report from the Nation- Although the report adheres to criminal family, and it can also provide predators predatory crime, here are some local resources: al Center for Victims of Crime, 61 percent definitions established by the Clery Act, in with a convenient way to track habits and of female victims and 44 percent of male both state and federal Clery Act standards, locations. According to Bureau of Justice SARC 24-Hour Support Line: (406) 243-6559 victims are stalked by a current or former stalking is any act that causes someone to Statistics, one in four victims of stalking UMPD Emergency: (406) 243-4000 partner. Much like strangulation cases, 54 feel threatened or fear for their life. reported unwanted emails or messages. Call 911 if you feel your life is in danger. percent of women murdered in the U.S. Several resources exist for students who “It’s easier. It’s sneakier,” Colling said.

6 April 3-9 2019, montanakaimin.com NEWS | BOOKSTORE OBSTACLES Textbook delays cause problems for student vets CAMERON KIA WEIX [email protected]

Textbook delays at the UM Bookstore have caused student veterans’ studies to suffer this spring. Some veterans Michael Fitzpatrick, 55, said he didn’t get a textbook until Feb. 11, the day before his midterm. He receives benefits from the did not receive Veterans Administration Vocational Reha- bilitation Program, or Voc Rehab, which helps disabled veterans get a job or go into a new line of work, mainly through education textbooks from and training. Students use the program to purchase their textbooks. They are bought at the Bookstore because Voc Rehab doesn’t the Bookstore directly pay third parties like Amazon. “As a disabled veteran, I can’t afford a hundred-dollar textbook just because the until a month Bookstore can’t seem to get them in,” Fitz- patrick said. Until he got his textbook from the Book- store, Fitzpatrick relied on copies in the after the Mansfield library. The weekend before his midterm, flooding from a burst pipe closed the library. He said textbook delays have beginning of the cost him points on assignments and affect- ed his performance in classes. Vets Office Director Shawn Grove said 88 students currently use Voc Rehab. The semester. program can pay back students for text- books they buy, but it can take months. The Bookstore, an independent non- profit, contracted with Barnes and Noble College (BNC) last summer to manage the store after years of falling sales. BNC oper- JACKIE EVANS-SHAW | MONTANA KAIMIN ates more than 770 bookstores nationwide, according to its website, and is a separate said she missed the notification email from the address. the past. company from Barnes and Noble. the Bookstore for ordering textbooks. UM’s new academic calendar also af- Peterson said, on average, the Book- Michele Yanko, BNC regional manager, “It might have looked like an adver- fected textbook orders this year, according store ordered textbooks for 80 percent of said it can take longer to ship books to Mis- tisement to me,” Grey said. “Much to my to Peterson. enrollment and sold for 35 percent of en- soula than elsewhere. Some publishers only chagrin, the week before classes started, I “The transition between fall and spring rollment this semester. She said she could print books as they’re ordered, which can realized I didn’t put my orders in on time, is much tighter,” Peterson said. “There order more textbooks this semester than in take four to six weeks. The main reason for so I went to the Bookstore and they called were some instructors who just didn’t re- the past because BNC wasn’t on as tight of delays is failure to get textbook orders from the publisher.” alize that school was starting three weeks a budget. professors on time, according to Yanko. Amanda Peterson, course materials earlier.” Grove, with the Vets Office, said he Victoria Parker, 33, uses Voc Rehab. She manager at the Bookstore, said this spring Peterson said the Bookstore typically spoke to faculty and Bookstore staff to said one of her professors refused to order was the first semester the Bookstore used orders fewer textbooks than students en- solve the problem. In the meantime, he said a book through the Bookstore, and she had BNC’s system for textbook orders. She said rolled in a class. The number of ordered some students with Voc Rehab have bought to drop the class. a lot of professors asked her if the emails textbooks varies by class, enrollment and textbooks through the Montana State Uni- Fitzpatrick’s professor, Ramona Grey, were spam because they didn’t recognize how many of a given textbook were sold in versity bookstore in Bozeman.

montanakaimin.com April 3-9, 2019 7 NEWS | WEBSITE GLOW-UP

LINDSEY SEWELL | MONTANA KAIMIN UM’s website to be revamped by tech company SYDNEY AKRIDGE the University of Montana campus, and I the same things, are using the same archi- Cole said she plans to go page-by-page [email protected] think we can portray that on our website tecture and the same navigation so that it on the website to ensure all the informa- pretty easily,” Cole said. is easy to use.” tion is correct and up-to-date. A full web- The University of Montana is working The University’s website can be used The committee will also be in charge site integration takes three to five years, with a tech company to redesign its web- as a recruitment tool. Cole said she wants of training employees who are in charge Cole said. site in hopes that it will attract potential people to want to stay on the site longer. It of maintaining department web pages. “We plan on starting with the heaviest students and be easier to use. will display photos, videos and showcase Cole said she plans to implement a website used sites first. So those would be like the UM picked Thorburn Group, a brand- student stories, she added. maintenance schedule for each depart- registrar or the course catalogue. The sites ing agency that has worked for colleges “Right now when you get on the web- ment and start regular training for website that students need to use the most,” Cole across the country, to create a template. site you are just clicking buttons and get- design and upkeep at least twice a month. said. The goal of the project is to help rebrand ting information, but it is not warm and the University, according to Vice President doesn’t engage you,” Cole said. for Strategic Marketing and Enrollment The template should be finalized in Cathy Cole. about six months, and the University is The new website will overhaul the cur- creating the Internet Presence Committee rent website. Cole said her goals include to integrate the new website across cam- improved navigation, search tools, cleaner pus. The committee will be made up of messaging and integrating with the Uni- representatives from academic affairs, ath- versity’s new brand. letics and other major areas of campus. The Cole said she wants the website to committee will work to implement the new show prospective students what it would website structure on individual web pages. feel like to be a student at UM. Around 85 “The reason we want to have an Inter- percent of incoming students visit the site, net Presence Committee is to make sure and it’s often their first impression of the we have the same look, feel and messaging University. across the whole of the website,” Cole said. “We all know how special it is to be on “We want to make sure we are all saying

8 April 3-9, 2019 montanakaimin.com NEWS | MARKETING & ENROLLMENT

Traditional age First-year student From a WUE State Graduated high school with a 3.8 GPA

Office of Strategic Marketing and Enrollement

LINDSEY SEWELL | MONTANA KAIMIN UM determines which potential students are the 'best fit'

SYDNEY AKRIDGE Chandler said UM is looking at high cial media targeting and sending recruiters [email protected] school information to predict a student’s to different areas. university performance. The goal is to un- Advisors now call students between se- The University of Montana is trying to derstand patterns of enrollment and reten- mesters if they haven’t registered for the determine its “best fit student” for market- tion. next semester’s classes, thanks to the office. ing to take a handle on enrollment and re- “This is part of a much bigger effort,” In the future, the University will reach out tention. Chandler said. “We are trying to learn who to students who left UM before graduation John Chandler is one of the professors to market to and how do we retain stu- to survey why they left. working to analyze student data for the dents.” “We can reach out to those students. University. He has a PhD in statistics and The “best fit students” are traditional- They can say no, but we hope that we will teaches marketing at the University each ly aged first-year students with a 3.8 GPA get some information from them,” Cathy fall. Chandler has worked in digital adver- from Western Undergraduate Exchange Cole, vice president for strategic marketing tising and data analysis for more than 20 states, which give residents from 16 U.S. and enrollment said. “We want to know years at various companies, including Mi- states and territories a 150 percent in-state why students leave. We want to know what crosoft. tuition cost at UM. issues we have and find ways to fix them.” UM is analyzing student data starting These students have a first-year reten- Cole said her office will share this work with incoming students from fall, 2010, to tion rate of 87 percent. The average first- with the Office of Student Success and im- create a marketing plan mirroring how the year retention rate for the entire campus is plement interventions and support for stu- retail industry markets to people. just over 70 percent. On average, these stu- dents who are likely to struggle or leave the “Just, like, say Target would use data to dents will graduate with a 3.6 GPA and are University. find who would be most likely to purchase active in the campus community. “We want to get better,” Cole said. “We a product, we are using data to determine The Office for Strategic Marketing and can only do that by looking at past students the propensity to enroll or the propensity to Enrollment plans to use the data to improve and changing how we approach new stu- persist through graduation,” Chandler said. how it markets to potential students via so- dents.”

montanakaimin.com April 3-9, 2019 9 EVENTS | CALENDAR Paranoia, pints and pop-ups: Drink, think and shop til you drop

If you’re a fan of the storytelling podcast If you’re still partied out from spring if you want to stay sad but also dance at Wednesday 3 and public radio broadcast The Moth, then break and want a chill Friday night, check the Badlander, check out the first incarna- you won’t want to miss The Moth Mainstage out John Yau’s poetry reading, featuring his tion of Emo Night. Featuring all your favs Want to hear from one of the judges who at The Wilma. Five storytellers take the stage ruminations on his Chinese-American heri- from AFI, Death Cab for Cutie, Fall Out decides whether the feds can secretly wire- and share true, personal stories involving tage. The reading is part of the UM creative Boy, Jimmy Eat World and many more. 9 tap you? FISA court Judge Richard C. Tall- “Occasional Magic.” 6 p.m. $30 in advance. writing program’s visiting writer series. p.m. 21+. man will deliver his lecture, ‘“Holding the Missoula Art Museum. 8:30 p.m. Delicate Balance Steady and True: The Histo- Joseph, a folksy band of three sisters fea- ry of FISA’s Grand Bargain” at 5 p.m. in room tured on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series, 101 of the law school. plays the Top Hat. $22 in advance. All ages. Monday 8 7:30 p.m. Saturday 6 Missoula Rises hosts Rising Voices at Imagine Nation Brewery. “Resisters” can Missoula’s very own Homegrown Open Every Monday at 6 p.m., showcase your hang out and learn how to write letters, Mic Comedy at the Union Club. First Thurs- Eleven different local boutiques set up talents at Imagine Nation Brewing's open email, or tweet at Montana’s congressional day of every month. Prepare to laugh with, shop at the Top Hat from 2-4 p.m. for the an- mic night. Sign up when you get to the representatives. 6 p.m. laugh at, or if you’re really brave be laughed nual Collective Pop-Up sale. Want to feel the brewery. Drum set, microphone and amps at. 9:30 p.m. 21+ luxuries of the one percent? Pay $20 to get in an are ready for you to use. For trivia buffs, you’ve got some op- hour early. VIP proceeds benefit the Missoula tions, so we’ll help you pick. Hit up Brains DJs Kris Moon and T-Rex bring electronic Insectarium, which is neat. Get quizzical at Western Cider for on Broadway at the Still Room at 7:30 p.m. dance tunes to Party Volcano, the latest in- Pretty Tricky Trivia every Monday night. if good food is a priority. If having a whole carnation of Dead Hipster, at the Badlander. Owls are pretty cool, right? Right. So why Come alone or bring a team for five rounds lotta TVs is what you need, Trivial Beersuit $1 vodka all night. 10 p.m. 21+. No cover. not take a little afternoon trip with the Five of questions with the chance to win drink at the Press Box is at 8:30 p.m. Valleys Audubon to the Ninepipes area to ob- prizes. Starts at 7 p.m. sharp, so make sure serve the courtship flight of the Short-eared to arrive early to settle in and prepare to You’ve got make a choice for karaoke, Owls. If you want to go, and honestly who face-off. Or if you’re on the Northside, too. If you fancy being able to boot-scoot ‘n’ Friday 5 doesn’t, meet at the northwest corner of the there’s also trivia at the Northside Kettle- boogie into a country bar next door without Adams Center parking lot at 4 p.m. Questions? house Taproom at 6 p.m. going outside, check out Rocking Country Contact Larry Weeks at 549-5632. Karaoke at the Dark Horse at 9 p.m. Or if Get thrifty at the annual rummage sale downtown is more your scene, the Badland- at the First Presbyterian Church on 5th near Montana Museum of Arts and Culture er has its standby Kraptastic Karaoke at 10 Big Dipper. The huge fellowship hall turns presents “The Evocative Moment,” an exhibi- Tuesday 9 p.m. into a yard sale on steroids from 9 a.m. to 5 tion of works by Stephanie Frostad. Her work, p.m. If you don’t make it Friday, everything which ranges from joyful to dark, often depicts Adult TnT — Gymnastics isn’t just for is half off from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, and myths and metaphors brought to life as picto- professional gymnasts. Everyone can ben- then turns into a bag sale from 1 to 3 p.m. rial realism. MMAC’s gallery hours run from efit from an hour of moving on the mat. Thursday 4 noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Sat- And no, “TnT” has nothing to do with First Friday is back! The first of the month urday and from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday and explosives. Roots Acro Sports Center has means artists and the arts-enthused flood Friday. blocked out an evening devoted to “tum- If yesterday’s law lecture about FISA the streets of downtown Missoula to show- bling and trampoline.” Get it? 216 Com- didn’t make you bristle with valid paranoia, case some of the finest talents the region has merce Street. $8. 8-9 p.m. check out the College of Humanities and to offer. Bounce from stop to stop and soak Sciences panel discussion titled, ‘“Alexa, are in our little mountain town’s creative juices, Sunday 7 Warm up your soggy brain for Trivia you spying on me?”: Identity, privacy and plus the free wine many businesses offer at- Tuesdays at the VFW each week. 8-10 p.m. technology’ in room 011 of Eck Hall at 4:30 tendees. Various shops downtown. 5-8 Drink specials on domestic tallboys, well p.m. Feeling sad? Your emotions are valid. And drinks and Fireball. 21+.

10 April 3-9, 2019 montanakaimin.com WHAT WE’RE WATCHING | HULU AND ROXY

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY | COURTESY PHOTO HULU | COURTESY PHOTO Kubrick on Film at the Roxy: calling “Shrill” and departing all dads and thirsty art boys JOHN HOOKS that your dad would probably love. Actual- ly it’s got to be in the top five or 10 ultimate [email protected] dad movies. A lavish and extremely boring from the sad fat girl historical epic about a tricky Irishman, the film . The Roxy has always been the best place was shot on film cameras with special lenses LILY SOPER food review for a strip-joint buffet, where she in Missoula for people to watch “films,” but that Kubrick reappropriated from NASA back [email protected] meets a stripper who provides a new life man- since September the theater has also been the in the day. You and your dad can nerd about tra: “Men never tell me what to do. I’ve got a fat only place in Montana to go and regularly about history and science at the same time. It’s Rarely does a show manage to tackle deeply ass and big titties: I tell them what to do.” watch literal films, as in beautiful, grainy, ex- a double whammy. Playing Sunday, April 21. entrenched issues with a vigor that redefines Annie takes these words to heart and her posed-on-celluloid, 35mm analog reels. After the conversation. “Shrill,” a Hulu series adapt- newfound spunk works out for her. She dis- holding special screenings once a month or so, LOLITA: The diplomatic word for “Lolita” is that ed from Lindy West’s memoir of the same covers the less she agrees to apologize for her the Roxy is busting out their first exclusively it’s controversial, but in this day and age the name, does just that. The six-part comedy fol- size, the more respect she garners amongst her film series in April with weeks of classics from best descriptor for it is probably that it is ex- lows Annie (Aidy Bryant) as she navigates her peers. film-school favorite Stanley Kubrick. tremely problematic. The film is an adaptation of the Vladimir Nabakov novel that is a lin- way through a man-child boyfriend, an over- While each of the six episodes is a win- Kubrick is best known for dorm room post- gering staple of the Western canon. Nabakov bearing mother, a sick father who just wants ner, the highlight of Annie’s journey towards er classics like “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Full wrote the script for the adaptation, and it fo- her to play her oboe with him and her conde- self-love is episode four, “Pool.” Annie comes Metal Jacket” and “The Shining,” but for the cuses on a European professor and grown-ass scending editor at a Portland alt-weekly. All across an inclusive pool party even during her Kubrick on Film series the Roxy is shaking man who moves to America, marries a woman, the while, she confronts body-shaming culture stagnant gig as the “calendar girl” at her news- things up a little bit and throwing some deep and develops an upsetting obsession with her coming at her from all angles. Despite being a paper. Despite getting immediately shut down cuts in with the hits. Here’s our guide for what teenage daughter. This one will probably be little stuck, Annie is no one to pity. She’s funny, by her Dan Savage doppelgänger editor, Annie to expect from the films in the series: a great thirst trap for pretentious art boys, if optimistic and defiant of the “sad fat girl” trope attends the party with Fran. Amidst the pool that’s your type. Playing Friday, April 26. we see too often. party attendees, all of whom are stunners and, DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP Annie’s size isn’t the only notorious struggle most likely, all of whom get shamed for their WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB: Probably one of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE: Another of the dorm that “Shrill” refuses to shy away from. The cata- BMIs by their doctors, Annie sticks out as the your dad’s favorite movies, “Dr. Strangelove” room poster staples, “A Clockwork Orange” is is an absolutely wild and pitch-black comedy lyst of Annie’s self-empowerment and the show only one in jeans and a button-up. As a dance also wild one. An adaptation of Anthony Bur- about the Cold War that holds up remarkably itself is an abortion with the aforementioned party forms, Annie breaks down her walls and, gess’ novel, your humble previewer has never well in this turbulent age of ours. Check it out really thought it lived up to the hype. But it’s boyfriend, who, at this point in the series, forces with the help of Ariana Grande’s “One Last if goofy ex-Nazi scientists and crazy Ameri- definitely an experience and the film inspired Annie to leave out the back door after sex. Sup- Time,” and a crowd of supportive women, fi- can military officials ranting about “precious several acts of violent crime in England after its ported by her roommate and BFF, Fran (Lolly nally strips down to her swimsuit and gets into bodily fluids” while ordering a nuclear strike release, forcing Kubrick to pull it from theaters Adefope), Annie finds the courage to do what’s the pool she’s been coveting since childhood against the Soviet Union sounds like your jam. in the UK. He refused to release it again until best for herself and, with that newfound fire, vacations. Playing Sunday, April 7 and Friday, April 12. after he died, so you crime freaks will have a finds herself standing up for herself in all areas So, beyond its quirky charm, “Shrill” is a field day with it. Playing Sunday, April 28 and of her life. She confronts her boss and lands a show of empowerment before all else. BARRY LYNDON: “Barry Lyndon” is another one Friday, May 3.

montanakaimin.com April 3-9, 2019 11 COLUMN | SELF-HARM

DAYLIN SCOTT | MONTANA KAIMIN Self-harm is more than just the punchline to a bad joke

“What are those scars from?” It’s not that I don’t want to answer, it’s that I There are so many reasons someone might People who ask already know the answer, honestly don’t know the answer. I was abused cut themselves, but no matter the reason, it and I know this because they’re looking di- and neglected by my parents, so some might deserves to be noticed and taken seriously. I rectly at the inside of my left forearm. But say I turned to abusing myself for control over still hear jokes about self-harm, as if it’s not an they ask anyway. Maybe because they’ve my body. Others would explain it by pointing act of violence toward oneself, and I just can’t realized I’ve noticed them looking, and they to the depression. I was numb emotionally, I wrap my head around that. feel the need to mention it. Maybe because had to feel something physically. If you’ve hurt yourself in the past, just they’re curious as to why I’d cut myself. It could be both, it could be neither, but it know you’re not alone. It’s nothing to be Sometimes, they want to tell me about doesn’t really matter. What matters is it hap- ashamed of, and you can open up and tell their experience with the same thing. Sim- pened, and just as people notice now, people people about it if you’re comfortable. Anyone ilar scars pucker the skin on their wrists or noticed while it was happening. Not much who judges you for your past can fuck off. thighs, which they’ll show me. These are the was done about it. No school guidance coun- If you’re hurting yourself now, reach out people I want to talk to most. The people with selors approached me, no teachers took me for help. Tell a therapist or a trusted friend. whom I share some strange camaraderie, aside, kids bullied me for it, my dad hit me Professors are mandatory reporters and can whether or not we share the same reasons for for it. help you get the care you need. I still pull my our self-harm. So no wonder I’m ashamed of it. It makes hair out, and I ask my friends to ask me what’s I’m honest when people ask me about the sense that I’d get a tattoo in an attempt to hide wrong when I do. Because it’s okay to need faint scars left over from years of self-abuse. the scars, that I’d wear long-sleeved shirts to help, and it’s okay to ask for it. You deserve it. I started when I was 11, I think. Yes, I think avoid people noticing. I can try as hard as I about it a lot. No, I haven’t cut myself since I can to be honest with people who ask, but I was 21. Yes, it’s very common. Of course you can’t stop cringing at the word “cutting.” I KAILYN MIDDLEMIST know someone else who self-harmed. won’t spend hours talking about it like I will [email protected] The one question I can’t answer is, “Why?” with other issues I’ve gone through.

12 April 3-9, 2019 montanakaimin.com COLUMN | BOSS BABES Direct sales won’t make you friends, but it might cost you money

Beware, “Boss Babes” of Missoula, you aren’t gonna like this one. The most annoying aspect to the internet — apart from, you know, the alt-right — is the adver- tising. Ads are obnoxious enough when they’re in the corner of my screen and eerily specific to my last conversation (or internal thought?) But ads in my timeline however, from people I hardly remember from high school who post 16 times a day about changing their lives with makeup? This is my special hell. Hell yeah, gang, we’re talking about pyramid schemes. I mean, uh, multilevel marketing sys- tems. There’s a specific and minute difference be- tween pyramid schemes and MLMs that might get me sued if I don’t point it out so: A pyramid scheme’s entire purpose is to recruit newbies. An MLM has a product it pushes, and recruitment is only like 90 percent of the source of profit. But back to pyramid schemes. We’ve got Younique, Herbalife, ItWorks and so, so many more. Sometimes they don’t even have a brand in LILY JOHNSON | MONTANA KAIMIN the advertisement; it’s just a vague Facebook sta- tus about how wealthy they’ve become off their starters, a majority of MLMs target young moth- quality. in her own words, she was losing her inner peace couch, and it only cost $99.99 upfront. And hon- ers and use generic phrases like, “Who wouldn’t But even if the product quality were excep- over “some things that you can only see and hear estly, if achieving that wealth only took $100 and want to stay home with their kids?” to guilt trip tional, I’d still feel a little dirty supporting MLMs as top leaders.” embarrassing myself on Facebook, I’d be down in potential “representatives” into spending the after hearing a few stories from former reps. Lo- Moral of the story, kids, is to never pay a job to an instant. Frankly, I’m kind of surprised I didn’t money to join. I also noticed you have a better cal mother and former Younique rep Jessica Lee hire you and never pay it to keep you around. This try it out when I was 18 and stupider. chance of getting benefits as a freelance taste-tes- says, “I was spending $120/month and then some goes for agents, managers and, yes, boss babes. To be frank, I don’t know much about MLMs ter than a direct sales representative. on makeup just to keep my business from getting beyond the fact that my too-good-to-be-true in- I can’t speak for the quality on any MLM prod- shut off.” stincts tell me to run whenever I’m confronted uct. Mostly because I’ve never been willing to talk It’s not just the little fish who are exiting the with them. However, after watching eight-plus to any of the girls from my high school who sell pond. Kara Newton, a former Black Status lead- hours of YouTube broads narrating their depar- them, but also because according to the internet, er (apparently that’s a good thing) and self-pro- LILY SOPER [email protected] ture from Younique, I noticed a few trends. For MLMs’ products are both overpriced and of poor claimed six-figure earner, left at her peak because, HELPING PEOPLE LIVE INDEPENDENT LIVES TALK IS CHEAP. SUMMER TEMP POSITIONS SO ARE TEXT-ONLY ADS. Full-time/Part-time $11.25-$12.25 per hour Contact [email protected] to advertise your band in our special music classifieds. Aware-Inc.org

montanakaimin.com April 3-9, 2019 13 TheNameless

Story by Kailyn Middlemist design by daylin scott

14 April 3-9, 2019 montanakaimin.com Christy Crystal Creek was around the one to finally identify the body. 20 when she left home somewhere in the In the forensic anthropology southeast U.S. and started hitchhiking. She lab in the Social Sciences Build- stepped out of a semi-truck in the parking ing at UM, Bacon spent hours lot of a bar and went inside. Soon, she met measuring Christy’s bones and Wayne Nance, who later shot her twice — comparing them to other bones point blank, execution style — and left her of different ages, races, genders body in the woods. and body types. Maybe. She concluded Christy was No one knows what happened to indeed female, between 4-foot- Christy, or if they do, they’re not saying. 11 and 5-foot-2. The width of her In September 1985, a bear hunter found hips indicated she may have once skeletal remains scattered across a hillside been pregnant, even given birth. near East Missoula. When investigators ar- She died between 1983 and rived, all they found were the bones, two 1985. bullets lodged in the skull and small tufts She had light brown, wavy hair of hair. There were no personal items like most likely treated with a perm. clothing or a purse, only the bare bones of She underwent extensive and rare Christy, and no one knew who she was. dental surgeries up until approximate- Very little is known about the body ly a year before her death. She probably of Jane Doe 3UFMT, nicknamed “Christy smoked cigarettes, staining one side of her Crystal Creek” after the road near where mouth. her body was found. Nothing is known Christy’s body proved she had been about how she ended up dead on a hillside well taken care of for most of her life. And outside Missoula, or why she arrived there now, she was forgotten. She’s been stuck in in the first place. Even her age is an educat- a box, in an evidence locker, for 30 years. ed guess; she could have been anywhere In what Bacon calls an act of generosity between 19 and 21. that came too late for the young woman, The only absolute things about her are she bought Christy’s bones a new home: a the two .32-caliber bullets that ended her purple Rubbermaid container. life. “Purple was her color,” she decided. Sydney Bacon, 43, chose to study Chris- While writing her thesis, Bacon had ty’s remains for her forensic anthropology a difficult time separating her emotions master’s thesis in 2004 at the University of from her research. She was working with Montana. Her choice to study Christy was the body of someone who was all but for- motivated, in part, by the criminal aspect gotten, whose family never found closure of the case. But what intrigued her most and maybe never would, she added. As a was the mystery surrounding Christy’s scientist, her job is to draw conclusions not life and death. from her emotions, but from facts. In the Bacon hoped studying the bones would face of a murder victim with two bullet nail down some facts about the woman’s holes through her skull, that was difficult. identity. And she hoped, even though she To Bacon, Christy was still a person. says she shouldn’t have, that she might be She called her “my girl.”

According to the National Missing and Todd Matthews next to Barbara Ann Hackmann-Taylor’s headstone in georgetown cemetary Unidentified Persons CRIMEJUNKY.COM | COURTESY PHOTO System (NamUs), there are over 12,000 uniden- 4,000 unidentified bodies found each year, the murderers can be identified, charged tified dead people in only about a quarter of them are identified and convicted. the United States, most within a year of being discovered. NamUs “Most of the time, it’s really easy to of whom are murder works to identify bodies from police juris- tell,” Todd Matthews, 48, said. “People victims. dictions across the country in an effort to who commit suicide don’t bury them- Of the approximate give families closure and promote safety if selves in a shallow grave.”

montanakaimin.com April 3-9, 2019 15 onto. The murder of Donna Pounds in 1971 she remained unidentified for 32 years, remained unsolved, and Nance’s status as known only as “Debbie Deer Creek.” the person of interest in the case had fad- Her brothers, Troy and Mark Bachmann, ed. Many didn’t think of him as a suspect started looking for their sister in their 20s. in the more recent murders of unidentified Finally, in 2006, they were able to identi- women. fy Marcella by comparing her DNA with Serial killers like Washington state’s themselves. “Green River Killer,” Gary Ridgway and Forensic anthropology graduate stu- Samuel Little, have more victims attribut- dents at UM work with bones, but are not ed to them than they were convicted for, yet allowed to work with identifying cold like Nance. Law enforcement attributed cases through DNA. Snow calls it “red unidentified murder victims to killers tape.” A lot of the cases are open and un- known to operate in the area, even with- solved, so if students could work on them, out direct links. Some killers confessed progress could be made. Unfortunately, it to more murders than they were convict- is difficult for people outside of the police ed for, despite not knowing the names or department to gain full access to locations of the victims. If bodies were a case, according found, they often weren’t identified — es- pecially if the only thing left behind was a skeleton. Attributing a victim to a prolific mur- derer won’t always give a family peace, Sketch of Barbara Ann Hackmann-Taylor in comparison to photograph said Bacon, the UM researcher. It won’t THE HACKMANN FAMILY | COURTESY PHOTO always solve the crime; a murderer could still be free and a family could be left in Matthews’ career of identifying bodies 2007, he began working as case manager perpetual mourning with no closure. It started as a hobby in 1998. After moving and communications director for NamUs. won’t answer all the questions, she added. to Georgetown, Kentucky, he learned of an “As we resolve these cases we help to unidentified victim known as “Tent Girl” Since Christy’s death, it has been as- provide resolution for families, and in to locals. His father-in-law, Wilbur Riddle, sumed — thanks to books like John Cos- my opinion, we help maintain a safer had been the one to find the body in 1968. ton’s “To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrify- society,” Matthews said. In his time away from his mechanic job, ing True Story of Montana’s Baby-Faced Matthews compared composite sketches Serial Sex Murderer” — that she was a vic- of unidentified bodies with missing-per- tim of Wayne Nance. Nance, who alleged- The process of identifying skel- sons photos and sketches. After finding a ly murdered four people in the Missoula etal remains is long and difficult, missing-persons report in Lexington, he area before dying in the botched attempt- according to UM anthropolo- sent the family the information he had on ed murder of Kris and Doug Wells, cannot gy professor Meradeth Snow, Tent Girl. The family was convinced she be definitively linked to Christy’s murder. 36. States like Montana aren’t was their sister, and Kentucky officials The only major connection between Chris- equipped with the budget or staff nec- exhumed the body from her grave. DNA ty and Nance’s other victims is the area essary to effectively work on cold cases tests proved Tent Girl, who died in De- where their bodies were found. Nance like Christy’s, and DNA is a faster and eas- cember 1967, was 24-year-old Barbara Ann dumped two murder victims linked to ier way to identify bodies. Hackmann-Taylor. She had been dead 22 him outside East Missoula, near Turah. When DNA degrades, it breaks into years. “We can try to assume [Christy was smaller and smaller sections, making Barbara’s family chose to keep her Nance’s victim],” said Judge Robert De- identification difficult after long periods buried in the original gravesite in George- schamps, 75, of Missoula, Montana. “But of time. Time outside of a controlled lab town Cemetery, but added a tombstone we can’t know for sure.” climate and the body location are both with her name. Deschamps was county attorney at the factors that affect how well DNA is pre- “The living victims in unsolved mur- time of Nance’s first murder and remem- served. ders are the families,” Matthews said in bers the panic that set in Missoula as more Christy was found in the wintertime, the 2015 documentary, “The Dead Un- bodies were discovered. In the mid-1980s, but her body might have been exposed to known.” the “Satanic Panic” was taking hold of the elements for two years. to Snow. After solving the Tent Girl mystery, America, and tensions were on the rise for Before Christy’s body was found in Not many people enjoy working with Matthews co-founded the Doe Network, a towns with unsolved murders. But Mis- 1985, the body of Marcella Bachmann was bones, Snow said, but she hopes someday national database for missing persons. In soulians had no one to project their fears found in the same area. A victim of Nance, she can get the UM forensics lab accredit-

16 April 3-9, 2019 montanakaimin.com ed through the Federal Bureau of Investi- After his arrest in 1986, Richard Kuk- gation. With an accredited lab, Snow could linski confessed to killing up to 250 tran- educate students in forensic anthropology sient men, on top of being a hired hitman while helping identify bodies that have for a mafia family. He was charged and been forgotten. Working on solving cold convicted for only six murders. cases in school would help prepare stu- Police assumed the homeless people dents for their careers in forensic anthro- had been attacking and murdering one an- pology. other, not that a serial killer was roaming It’s a long and difficult process, she NYC’s West Side. The police departments said, but it would be worth it to have stu- never made the connection until Kuklins- dents working with both bones and DNA. ki’s confession. Matthews used DNA to identify the body of an 8-year-old boy who died in 1921. Snow successfully extracted DNA Janet Franson, 64, decided she wanted from a body that was approximately 1,000 to continue working homicide cases after years old. retiring from her job as a homicide detec- Both Marcella Bachmann and Devon- tive in Lakeland, Florida. na Nelson, Nance’s other victim, were “The good Lord knew better what I runaway, transient women needed than I knew,” Franson said. who’d left the Pacific She moved to Wyoming with her hus- N o r t h w e s t band, where she began working with Proj- a n d ect ALERT (America’s Law Enforcement Retiree Team), a subgroup of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Chil- dren. She was deployed to Louisiana to help families locate missing loved ones during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The couple then moved to Round- up, Montana, where Franson noticed something unsettling: Native Ameri- cans were missing at an alarming rate, and nothing was being done. She started Lost and Missing in Indi- an Country on May 25, 2015 — National Missing Children’s Day. From her current Reet Jurvetson THE JURVETSON FAMILY | COURTESY PHOTO home in Texas, she runs a website and Facebook page dedicated to helping fami- ifornia, to meet a man named either “John” ted her DNA for comparison to the blood lies of missing people get in touch with po- or “Jean.” On Halloween, Reet wrote a let- on the bra Reet wore when she was mur- lice. She describes her work as “getting the ter: “Dear mom and dad, the weather is dered. police on track” (to) “do something about nice… I go frequently to the beach.” Forty-six years after her death, DNA their loved one’s case.” Two weeks later, on Nov. 14, a teenage proved Reet and Anne were sisters. Franson describes the process of iden- boy out birdwatching found the brutally tifying bodies as tricky and confusing, murdered body on Mulholland Drive. She and “every case has its own issues and had been stabbed over 150 times. Police Christy’s bones have sat in an evidence problems,” but she feels it’s important had no leads in the case, although it was locker for 34 years. Bacon, who now works work that needs to be done, even if generally assumed she was a victim of the as an archaeologist with the Lolo Nation- there aren’t many other people do- Manson family. al Forest, privately wanted to be the one ing it. A composite sketch of the young wom- who solved the case, and she wishes now “We’re all somebody’s children,” an, nicknamed Sherry Doe, was released she could still work with Christy. But, she she said. to the public, but no one recognized her says, she doesn’t have the money or the hitched rides to Montana. Christy could face until June 2015. After Anne Jurvet- time to do it. But when it comes to iden- have been in the same situation. These son’s friends found Sherry Doe’s sketch tifying an unidentified body, “it’s just a women led what’s called “high- risk” life- In 1969, 19-year-old Montreal native on the National Missing and Unidentified matter of who’s willing to pick [a cold styles. Reet Jurvetson moved to Los Angeles, Cal- Persons system, Anne Jurvetson submit- case] back up.”

montanakaimin.com April 3-9, 2019 17 MUSIC | ALL EARS A sisterhood that sings NOELLE HUSER her jazz CDs. We would always sing to the radio and Meegan and Natalie would fight over the [email protected] same harmony.

Three headstrong sisters are bringing their harmony-laden earnest folk to Missoula. After MK: How has the band changed your relationship years of performing solo, Natalie Closner Schep- as sisters? man invited her younger twin sisters, Meegan MEEGAN: Other than growing closer, we have been and Allison Closner, to join her in starting a band. able to break down family roles. They named it Joseph, inspired by the pictur- esque eastern Oregon town and their grandfather MK: How has your sisterhood changed your Jo. The sisters went from self-producing their de- musical experience? but album and playing intimate house shows to NATALIE: There is a lifetime's worth of shared signing to ATO Records and playing big festivals experience. We get to offer so much more to an audience, kind of reading each other's minds in like Lollapalooza and TV shows like “Conan”. ALICIA WATKINSON | CONTRIBUTED lots of ways, it really brings another dimension They are currently at work on their fourth album, to the art. two against one with us twins, but we try to be MK: Is a sisterhood a humbling band experience? but first, they’re embarking on a North American equal. MEEGAN: There is such an innate gratitude that tour starting in Montana. NATALIE: There is also always a mediator if one happens having your literal history beside you. It MK: Do you ever get into arguments? How do you person has tension with another. is so grounding. work through them? MONTANA KAIMIN: Was music something you ALLI: No matter what, because we are family, we MEEGAN: We definitely get in arguments and have bonded over in your childhood? are always fighting for the greater good of con- to work through them. That is part of life and ALLI: Meegan and I looked up to Natalie for new nection. We will always be blood relatives. There Joseph plays Thursday, April 4 at the Top Hat family. Sometimes we run into the dynamic of music. She showed us Daniel Bedingfield and all is always this decision to move through it. Lounge at 8. Tickets are $22, and the show is all ages. KAIMIN COMIC

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18 April 3-9, 2019 montanakaimin.com MUSIC | REVIEWS The bittersweet symphony of Sky Ferreira’s ‘Downhill Lullaby’ ARTIST: Sky Ferreira GENRE: Goth chamber-pop WHERE THEY’RE FROM: L.A. SIMILAR ARTISTS: St. Vincent, Wolf Alice

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The pop icon of my teen years has returned from a six-year hiatus, and listening to her new single, a bittersweet symphony resonated in my heart. Sky Ferreira was once the bad-girl-next- door. She was a viral Tumblr GIF, sprawled in her underwear as a tarantula crawled across her body in the “Red Lips” music video. She looked like the new Courtney Love in her glo- riously haggard mugshot, though her charges were dropped because, big surprise, the drug problem belonged to her shitty boyfriend. But the pop star I worshiped as a teen was an image, an illusion. She was the product of the same ethos behind TV shows like “Skins,” a scandalous saga about dazed and confused British teens. I was left deeply impressioned with eating disorders and scars of self-harm. SKY FERREIRA PRESS | COURTESY PHOTO What I then deemed “trendy,” I am now ashamed of. her label, she released her debut album in being “forced” out of her own Soundcloud. artist Tamaryn and Ariel Pink collaborator Ferreira’s musical reappearance with 2013. The dreamy “Night Time, My Time” was She continued to tease the new album, this Jorge Elbrecht. “Downhill Lullaby,” and confirmation of her an indie-rock synth-pop hit, at least critically time promising fans would hear something The album became an idealized act of re- long-awaited sophomore album, unveils a if not commercially. by March. silience. Ferreira has strengthened her identi- new depth to her identity. Ferreira grits her Ferreira continued touring but always Finally, on March 27 of this year, she re- ty and pinpointed exactly who she is and who teeth to find her own autonomy. The result is a met with trouble. While opening for Vam- leased the highly anticipated single “Down- she wants to be. She will settle for nothing resolute force to be reckoned with. pire Weekend, her vocal cords hemorrhaged, hill Lullaby” along with the first digital less, even if it takes her six years. Ferreira is a Born and raised in L.A., Ferreira was a caused by a vocal node repeatedly misdiag- cover of Pitchfork, all dedicated to Ferreira’s perfectionist; nothing is done until it sounds self-described “feral-looking” child, and so nosed as laryngitis. Opening for Miley Cyrus rebooted debut. The interview reveals her exactly like she intends. Whether listened to shy she was mute for a portion of her child- on the pop star’s Bangerz tour put her on an anxiety-riddled journey and the turmoil of on iPod, computer or car stereo, her message hood. She was raised by her grandmother (a elevated radar, but during her third perfor- producing her most awaited album yet. is clear. woman who used to cut Michael Jackson’s mance she fell and split her shin open onstage. Ferreira vented that for most of her life, We cannot predict what the rest of “Mas- hair). In 2015, Ferreira announced a second al- she had been working for male music indus- ochism” will sound like, or when it will come Ferreira saw singing and posting to her bum, “Masochism.” That New Year’s Eve try figures at the expense of her own creative out for that matter, but “Downhill Lullaby” Myspace profile as a way out of high school. she followed the announcement with an In- vision. She’d been pushed into directions they indicates an intensity and fullness, and a hint She wasn’t wrong. By 15, she had signed to stagram post explaining, “I refuse to put out desired and forced into aesthetic and sonic of her signature dark and dreamy spirit. Capitol Records. They shepherded her into the something that isn’t honest,” and a promise it molds at their demand. She worked with male The goth chamber-pop tune slips you un- industry and branded her as a “rebel Barbie.” would be released in 2016. producers with big egos like Kanye West and derwater as Danish violinist Nils Gröndahl Ferreira broke into the film and modeling 2016 marked a Playboy hype-up shoot. Mike Dean. She had to learn how to stand up astral-projects you into sleepy oblivion. Fer- world, appearing in magazines like “Dazed” 2017 saw radio silence on the music front, but for herself. reira’s soft voice spits out raw emotion, full and “Interview.” a milestone continuation of her acting career Sick of fighting for her own voice, she of pain and passion as she sings, “All the life- She released two electro-pop extended as she landed a role in “Baby Driver” and on dropped the label and used the money she blood and desire. I slowly started my song plays, “As if!” (2011) and “Ghost” (2012) and Showtime’s “Twin Peaks: The Return.” had saved from acting and modeling to finish with fierce. I took the bludgeoned affection. self-deprecating hits like “Everything Is Em- In 2018, the news broke that Ferreira had the album herself. She pulled from her own Come and teach me a lesson. All the things of barrassing.” After a drawn-out dispute with a falling-out with her label, resulting in her trusted team, working with L.A. dream-pop a good time downhill into a lullaby.”

montanakaimin.com April 3-9, 2019 19 GALLERY| MUSIC FESTIVAL

PHOTOS BY Boise by storm & song: Scenes from Treefort DONAL LAKATUA

Alex Toth of Rubblebucket plays the trumpet as he's carried on the shoulders of a friend on the last day of Treefort.

Thousands of people from around the globe (and a number of Missoulians) packed downtown Boise the weekend of March 20tfor Treefort, an arts and music festival. While the yearly festival drew crowds to headliners like Vince Staples, Toro y Moi, and Liz Phair, there were also opportunities to see and hear bands in more intimate venues. The festival is an increasingly popular destination for music-loving Griz, many of whom started their spring break early with a road trip to Boise. The festival has run yearly since 2012 and has grown steadily each year, recently drawing 24,000 attendees in 2018. Five nota- ble bands from Montana played this year too. The bands view it as a fantastic opportunity LEFT: Sarah Tudzin of the Illuminati Hotties spits beer after finishing her set at the Linen Building on the first night of the festival, March 20. RIGHT: A for musicians in the Pacific Northwest. Treefort volunteer pauses for a portrait on his patrol through downtown on March 23.

20 April 3-9, 2019 montanakaimin.com CULTURE | HOROSCOPES & MEMES Aries season continues: Kings and queens of the ashes reign After 23 days, Mercury is finally no lon- way through your season of dominance, of slacklines and sexually coercive DMs for struggle but they better watch out. The ger in retrograde. The bad news is that we take a step back and gaze around. Have the rest of us to navigate. Sorry, we don’t weather changes every 10 goddamn second can no longer blame all our fuck ups on the you burned away the dead wood and dry have a prediction, this is just the way it is. this time of year and it will probably start closest planet to the sun; the good news is brush preventing you from fully blooming? Cancer (June 21 - July 22): pouring rain the second they decide to go that we’re hopefully not going to want to Or have you laid waste to a state forest in True to their nature, Cancers have scut- out in shorts. rip each other’s eyes out so much this week. an ill-advised stunt? You have two tled back into the safety of their Libra (September 23 - October 22): Back from spring break, we’re just rejuve- weeks left to start putting out caves and shell-housing Y’all are just determined to make this nated enough to drag our limp bodies to the fires. during this past retro- week all about you, but quite simply, this end of the semester. Taurus (April 20 - grade. We suggest leav- week is about the collective. Read some Eu- Capricorn (December 22 - January 19): May 20): ing your cages this gene V. Debs speeches and get your mind Our rocks, our lodestones: We need you You’ve been un- week and getting straight. this week. We need your strength and cour- wavering and un- some this week, Scorpio (October 23 - November 21): age. Take note of all the emotional labor phased in the face crab queens. You’re going to be seized by the desire to you’ve expended recently so you can run of the last turbulent Leo (July 23 - strut out into the spotlight and steal the at- the bill after the new moon on the 5th. month, or at least August 22): tention away from everyone else, but you’d Aquarius (January 20 - February 18): that’s what you’re There’s a lot of be wise to remember your comfort zone The reset provided by the new moon telling yourself. But turmoil going on un- lies hidden away in the back, watching and will allow you a great opportunity to slide the cracks are showing derneath these beau- judging. back into your bullshit without anyone and you need to take a tiful faces this week. Sagittarius (November 22 - December mentioning it. breather. It’s not coincidence Leos, just remember ev- 21): Pisces (February 19 - March 20): your season starts on 4/20. erything generally turns out Patience is a virtue that y’all don’t pos- You should be in the midst of hiberna- fine for y’all and hot people fail up- sess, but you’re going to have to be a little tion right now, snug and warm and indoors. Gemini (May 21 - June 20): wards. patient here as the semester winds down. Aries (March 21 - April 19): You’re out in force these days, creating Virgo (August 23 - September 22): The light is visible at the end of the tunnel. Kings and Queens of the Ashes: Mid- a physical and emotional obstacle course Virgos are relishing watching Leos Hang on, sweet Sagittarius. Time’s up for TikTok, an embarassing app beloved by teenagers RAVEN MCMURRY Back in February, TikTok had to agreed [email protected] to pay $5.7 million to settle allegations against them. According to CNN, Tik- There is scum amongst the social me- Tok was collecting personal information dia giants, and it’s Tiktok. On TikTok, kids on children under 13. TikTok made some can create short-form videos on their cell- changes, but (sadly) none of them apply to phones for anyone with the app to see. And settling “the cringe.” when I say kids, I mean users only need to It’s still young people trying to be the be 13. next crop of influencers with stupid videos So these barely-teens are doing cringy of themselves. But what can we do to take dances to popular songs, and when they down this social media poison? Tell your actually talk, these children can barely younger siblings it’s not cool. We have the recreate a good meme. There can only be so power to influence them because our age, many recreations of the “Pretty Boy Swag” to them, is our “cool.” meme. One video is just a kid standing So do the world a favor for all of us alone, and then suddenly being replaced meme-connoisseurs. Let’s take down this by a lamp. It just doesn’t make sense. Sure, cringe-fest. If you need some hilarity in there have been some small stars made your life, watch the Contouring 101 video from TikTok, but the company has already on Youtube. Sometimes the oldies are the had to deal with some pretty major legal best. drama.

montanakaimin.com April 3-9 2019 21 ARTS | SEEING STARS Crystals and horoscopes and zodiac signs, oh my! EMMA SMITH [email protected]

The moon controls the tides, but what about personalities, events and human behavior? Scientists are clear on the fact that there is no correlation between astronomical events and how we behave as humans. In Missoula, howev- er, there is a spectrum of astrological belief, from those who adhere strictly to the predictions pro- vided by their horoscopes to people who casual- ly enjoy accusing others of being Scorpios. Most skeptics would agree that horoscopes are not always the most accurate depictions, but 21-year-old UM student Cierra Reynolds said her horoscope was the motivating force behind her starting a jewelry making business. “I was thinking about it for a while,” said Reynolds. “I was really bored in class and read- ing my horoscope. I’m a Capricorn but I’m also a cusp so I’m close to an Aquarius. My Capricorn Cierra Reynolds crafts a custom-made crystal necklace in her home. EMMA SMITH | MONTANA KAIMIN horoscope told me that this was a great time to recharge and make artwork. My Aquarius horo- red, green, blue, yellow, purple or orange, Croft scope told me if I’d been thinking about starting says. up a business, now’s the time to do it.” Turning to the stars and reading Greek my- Reynolds purchases crystals from the Crys- thology, former UM student Adrian Thomas tal Limit and uses them to custom-make neck- Lemmon said he finds astrology and birth signs laces and earrings. She believes that crystals informative. contain different energies and uses them to “I always sought refuge in the stars and capture bad energy in an environment, she said. always looked towards the sky for peace and Despite following her horoscopes, Reynolds guidance,” said Lemmon. “There is so much in- maintains a critical lense when reading their formation that comes from it. I always tell people predictions. that are skeptical, ‘If the moon can create tides “Some of them, I just don’t really agree be- and have some gravitational pull on us then cause some aren’t meant for you. According to don’t you think other planets do as well?’” my Capricorn horoscope, my element is earth. Lemmon recently got the Musca and Aries My ruling planet is Saturn which is really fuck- constellation tattooed on his hand. ing funny because I got a tattoo of a planet on “When I wanted to get my star sign tattooed my wrist like two years ago. I got it of a planet on me,” said Lemmon. “I couldn’t think of a with a ring around it before I knew about any better place than properly positioning it on my of this.” hand as if the bee was Musca, just barely in Ar- Aura reader Carol Croft, of the annual ies’ way.” Hamilton Psychic and Healing Fair, believes The constellation Musca and Aries is the that crystals help with the alignment of your fly right by Aries’ biggest star, Hamal. “The fly, chakras. She said each chakra represents a dif- buzzing and small,” said Lemmon. “That ram, ferent part of your body and different colors charged and aggressive. It’s almost like they present what condition each body part is expe- both live in harmony.” riencing. Crystals, according to Croft, can help For those interested in learning more about with “healing” chakras. Different crystals, Croft themselves, crystals or auras, check out some argued, give off different energies that correlate of Missoula’s mystical hubs such as the Crystal to your overall aura colors. These auras can be Limit, Sister Earth Creations, or Water Lilies.

22 April 3-9, 2019 montanakaimin.com ARTS | FICTION How to Be the Eldest Sister Rebekah Jenkins

LINDSEY SEWELL | MONTANA KAIMIN

First, you must be born. This is completely derstand what has happened, you check in on ready to be on your own, and that you don’t need of fact. You will nod your head and know the out of your control, so I guess first, you must be Mom because you’re worried and because she your mom to hold your hand anymore, but you next few weeks will be like walking on eggshells made lucky. Lucky enough to be born first, and might not have anyone to talk to. You’ll ask her will be wrong. It’s okay to be wrong, again, it’s all around him. You will eventually get pregnant, then be the eldest out of three girls. That is the if she’s okay, but you’ll already know the answer. part of the job. You will leave. You will abandon but you’ve been taking care of children for years most crucial step in this process. Still, you have to listen to her reflect on how aw- your family in their time of need. When your now; this won’t be anything new for you. Next, you have to grow up knowing you are ful the relationship was, and how much better Advanced Placement English class is discussing When Grampa dies, you have to drive every- the eldest sister. You will have to remind your off she’ll be now that he’s gone. You’ll worry with Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, you will shyly one to St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula. You will younger sisters that you are older than them by her when she says she can’t afford the house by raise your hand, and ask, “I left my family in be exhausted from delivering papers, but you x amount of months or years. This gives you au- herself. their time of need. Does that make me a hero, or have to make sure everyone gets to say goodbye. thority. It gives you the power to be put in charge Next, you’ll deliver papers with your Gram- an antihero?” You have always had a good sense You will have to miss school. It’s part of the job. more often than not, and it also forces them to pa, because that’s your job as the eldest sister. of humility when it came to your own mistakes, You won’t show much emotion, and you keep look to you for guidance. Once in a while, they It won’t be fun all the time. You will have to even if you could never share them with anyone your sisters from arguing on the long drive up will try to say they are the eldest. You will ignore wake up at one in the morning. You will have to except those 40 other classmates. there. Your mom’s new boyfriend will be sitting them because they are younger and don’t know work until six, get home at 6:30, and barely have You’ll come back home eventually. You beside you in the car, but he understands you as many things as you, the eldest, do. enough time to get ready in time to catch the bus have to. Your sisters need you now more than hold more power than he does. This is your fam- When your Mom gets cheated on your fresh- at 7:05. You’ll get tired, and cranky. There will ever. When you are sitting at the kitchen table ily. This is your job; to keep everyone safe on the man year of high school, you don’t explain to be horrible days where you and Grampa don’t for the first time in almost a year, Grampa will way up there, and to distract and comfort every- your youngest sister what your dad did, but you speak at all, through five hours of delivering. walk in, look at you with a sort of wonder, like one before making sure you are okay. That night, simply explain that, “Dad isn’t going to come You’ll regret this later, but it’s just how this job he can’t quite believe you are sitting there, as if after everyone is home and safe and in bed, you back. But we can still see him sometimes.” When works. nothing ever happened, and he’ll say, “You’re will cry yourself to sleep. The next morning, you you feel like your sisters are okay and they un- When you turn 16, you might think you are back,” not as a question, more like a statement will wake up, and do it all over again.

montanakaimin.com April 3-9, 2019 23 FOOD | RECIPES The Weekly Crossword by Margie E. Burke 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 Dorm room cocktail rickey 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Living with students under 21 can be so un- 24 25 26 27 cool. After hearing multiple freshmen complain about the high school drama that has followed 28 29 30 31 them to college, it can be time for a drink. You 32 33 34 don’t have to leave the campus to find the right 35 36 37 38 ingredients for this adult beverage. (Well, ex- cept for the vodka.) Just a quick walk from the 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46

Food Court to the Corner Store and you’re gold- 47 48 49 50 en. This drink is a cheap nod to the coconut lime 51 52 53 54 rickey from Plonk (if you’re under 21, substitute coconut juice for the vodka). 55 56 57 58

59 60 61 62 Ingredients: 1 shot coconut vodka 63 64 65 12 oz. lime club soda from the Corner Store 66 67 68 2 lime wedges from Harvest ACROSS Copyright 2019 by The Puzzle Syndicate 1 Wait state 67 Fortune teller 29 Approach boldly Directions: 6 Normal 68 Over yonder 31 Break in 1. Take one lime wedge and squeeze it into beginning? relations the glass. You don’t have to get all the juice in 10 Lot size, maybe DOWN 33 Kind of pad 14 Archer's ammo 1 Manuscript gap 36 NBC show, there, but put in a good effort for that tart flavor. 15 Erelong 2 Period when "______Got Hot tip: Use highball glasses to feel like your 16 Type of rug forging began Talent" fanciest self in your dorm room, but if you don’t 17 Crowning 3 Dream guy 38 Ruler of the east have one, any glass will do. You can even save ceremony 4 Tony Lama item 39 Stomach remedy the dishwashing time and mix this directly in 4. Want to go from basic to boujee? Buy some 19 Tattered duds 5 Part of MYOB 40 Danger for small 20 Part of BTU 6 Eucharistic plate boats the soda can. sugar from the Corner Store. Use the lime to 21 Grant 7 "Friends" actress 41 Add sugar to moisten the rim of the glass. Pour out the sugar 23 Director's cry 8 ___ canal 43 How some pre- 2. Add the coconut vodka. For this recipe, I on a plate in a bigger circle than the glass and 24 Over-the-hill 9 Comment on, in fer their pasta used Pearl Coconut Vodka. If you need to keep dip the rim into the sugar. Twist the rim into the horse a way 45 Govern badly 25 Bee or Em 10 Berne's river 46 In theory only this drink non-alcoholic, this is the time to add sugar to get an even coat. 26 Take on, as a 11 One of a cereal 48 Roulette bet the coconut juice./water. Make sure you stir it challenge trio 49 Software test up with a metal straw to get the lime juice to Drink responsibly. 28 Shocked 12 Bar fixture? version mingle with the coconut. 30 Prophetic 13 Tampa's time 50 Germ cell 32 Engrave on glass zone 53 Aromatic Contributed by Raven McMurry 33 Make a sweater 18 Have an edge compound 3. Pour that lime soda almost to the top of 34 Coastal bird against 57 Wind instrument the glass. Remember: it’s not a real cocktail Have a student-friendly 35 Blue hue 22 WWII female 58 Brit's bludgeon without a garnish. Take that other lime wedge 37 Have a hunch 25 Pale as a ghost 60 Chow down recipe you want us to 39 ___-ran 27 Butcher's 62 Liquored up and simply cut a slit from the center of it to the feature? Email it to us at 42 Vegan no-no offering rind and fit it onto the glass. Now enjoy your 44 Office note Answers to Last Week’s Crossword: drink, you basic beauty. [email protected] 47 Feature film preceder, once DOLE ADDON SLAB 49 Sarcastic IBIS SEINE AUTO 51 Move unsteadily BIRTHPLACE IRON 52 Forest dweller STARE FLEDGLING Your ad could 54 Chic getaway ORATE RODEO 55 Polished off TIGGER CLEAR 56 Strip ACRE DETEST PAR 58 Study all night POINTER ACETONE go here! 59 Quote a source END ANGINA ARTS 61 Breakfast melon PUTON PICKET 63 "I had no ___!" LETUP SPENT 64 Get the pot going EXONERATE CLASS [email protected] 65 Speck in the sea PUNT ANESTHETIC 66 Fender bender EDGE COATI SOLO result REAR ENDON SPOT

24 April 3-9, 2019 montanakaimin.com FOOD & BEVERAGE | REVIEWS RBE: Refreshing beverage energy MAZANA BOERBOOM [email protected]

WHERE YOU’RE DRINKING As someone who is too young to go to the bars and can’t stand the taste of coffee, my go-to drink is tea. The same five flavors at the food zoo can get boring, so I decided to try something new: bubble tea (aka boba). The comfy, Asian aesthetic of IZA restau- rant, located on the Hip Strip, is as welcom- ing as the friendly staff. Though the restau- rant offers a slew of delicious Asian cuisine and every type of tea imaginable, it was the Miss me with more mediocre house made boba that drew me in. WHAT YOU’RE DRINKING The tea is made of a strong brew, mixed Missoula Italian food with a simple syrup, a choice of dairy or soy milk and tapioca pearls (small, round, RAVEN MCMURRY chewy “bubbles” that give the drink its [email protected] HOW’S IT TASTE? name). A glass of the bubble tea costs $4. The chicken was basic like any addition- Each flavor is distinct: lavender, Thai, berry, al chicken you pay for at an Olive Garden. It matcha green tea and a daily special. I tried didn’t taste seasoned, but that wasn’t the worst the Thai. WHERE YOU’RE EATING part. I expected a thicker alfredo sauce, not the drinks worth the trip. These gummy treats When you hear about Italian food in Mis- watered down version in my wrap. The noo- HOW’S IT TASTE? make the boba both a delicious beverage and soula, where is it usually from? Everyone talks dles were actually pasta shells, which is un- The vibrant orange Thai wasWeek described of 4/1/19by a snack 4/7/19 itself. about Ciao Mambo, but what if you’re looking common for an alfredo, but the shells worked the staff as chocolate milk like, and I found for something a bit more casual and cheap? Ro- perfectly for the wrap since they were so small. the description to be mostly accurate. It had ALL-IN-ALL meo’s is a small Italian bistro across the street At one point I just stopped eating, and half of a creamy, vaguely sweet taste that satisfied I am definitely going back to try more from from Pattee Creek Market. It’s a family restau- the wrap came home with me. I just couldn’t the tea lover in me. The staple of every bub- the extensive tea menu at IZA, and probably rant with warm tan walls and small accents tell if I liked it enough to keep eating. The ble tea, the tapioca pearls, is what makes the those Korean tacos the guy next to me ordered. that remind you that you are about to eat some Chicken Alfredo Wrap had one thing going Italian inspired food. It’s a small place, and for it though: it gave me a carb-induced food Edited by Margie E. Burke honestly, it’s not screaming authentic. While coma. SUDOKU Difficulty: Easy sitting in the booth you can see and hear the HOW TO SOLVE: Pepsi soda fountain where the waiters get your ALL-IN-ALL 2 1 Each row must contain the drinks. You can also hear the sounds of the Honestly, wait for Missoula to get a bet- numbers 1 to 9; each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9; and kitchen staff making your food. ter Italian place. Missoula has great concerts 5 7 each set of 3 by 3 boxes must with some pretty big names and should con- contain the numbers 1 to 9. WHAT YOU’RE EATING sider upping its food game to match. Sure, go 3 7 8 6 9 Alfredo sauce is the glue that holds any to Romeo’s if you want an inexpensive taste 5 1 Answers to Last Week’s Sudoku: good pasta together. It’s generally rich with of Italy. But if you’re looking for a flavorful 7 2 8 4 5 3 9 6 1 notes of garlic and parsley and loads of cheese. experience, pass on it. The service is fine 9 6 4 4 6 5 8 9 1 3 7 2 My hopes for Romeo’s alfredo weren’t high, and the atmosphere is what you’d expect 7 3 5 1 9 3 7 2 6 4 8 5 but I tried to remain optimistic. They have from any standard bistro. Skip out on Ciao 6 4 1 5 7 9 8 2 3 some lunch specials under $8, so my friend Mambo too, it’s just one step up, and it’s not 1 9 6 2 5 3 7 6 8 2 1 4 9 and I jumped on those. I ordered the Chicken close enough to the authentic Italian food ex- 9 8 2 1 3 4 6 5 7 Alfredo Wrap while he got the Meatball and perience you deserve. Treat yourself to some 4 3 7 9 2 6 8 5 1 4 Mozzarella Wrap. A carb haven? Don’t mind Italian food fit for the Queen, just don’t have 9 3 5 8 5 4 3 1 7 2 9 6 if I do. it in Missoula. Copyright 2019 by The Puzzle Syndicate 2 1 6 9 4 5 7 3 8

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STYLE | UGLY SHOES EDITION

Are crocs making a comeback?

EMMA SMITH two years now,” said 19-year-old UM student rocking Crocs during these next few months Olson prefers single-color Crocs. Right [email protected] Lili Pongracz. “They’re useful for so many of variable weather. Whether you’re sitting now, she owns a green pair that she referred things. I wear mine as slippers at home. I around a campfire after hiking, just taking to as “the shit.” lived in my Crocs this summer, as they make off your ski or snowboarding boots, or sim- Crocs can cost anywhere from $20 They’re cheaper than Chacos, made out of excellent camp shoes when backpacking. ply don’t want to wear real shoes, these are to $40. Online, you can order tie-dye, a foam-type material, and you’d plug their They’re lightweight, durable, closed-toed, a good option. They can even work in snow, multi-color, or single-colored versions. holes full of these things called Jibbitz as a and dry quickly!” just make sure to add socks as a base layer. There are Crocs with a slight wedge, flip little kid. Pongracz prefers colored crocs that show- Twenty-year-old UM student Becca Olson flops, and even clogs. One pair features a Crocs may not be the most popular foot- case her personality. considers Crocs to be “universal shoe wear.” fuzz lining inside the shoe complemented wear option anymore, but as the tempera- “The wackier the better,” she said. “Crocs “Crocs are my preferred footwear be- by a floral pattern. If you want to custom- ture rises in Missoula, you may just see peo- stand out by themselves, might as well have cause I can personalize them with Jibbitz,” ize them, Jibbitz are about $4 a piece with ple rocking these colorful slip-ons. fun with the colors.” said Olson. “A shoe that I can make my own over 200 options. “I’ve been truly sporting Crocs for about Don’t be surprised to see Missoulians is a shoe that has my heart.” Get on board guys: Crocs are back.

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montanakaimin.com April 3-9, 2019 27 SPORTS | SENIOR SENDOFF Record-breaking senior class leaves Griz with champion legacy LJ DAWSON [email protected]

From Craig Hall dorms to the NCAA Tournament twice, the four-year 2019 se- nior class — Bobby Moorehead, Michael Oguine, and Ahmaad Rorie — elevated Griz basketball to the most successful two-season stretch in school history. They will never again step onto a game day court as Montana teammates. As they grew from freshmen to seniors, their perseverance and leadership drew fans back into Dahlberg Arena. They grad- uate in May and will move onto to profes- sional lives in basketball and adulthood, leaving the court a little colder without their sweaty number 0, 14 and 24 jerseys. Few bright spots shine from the Griz senior class’ last game, when the team shot under 30 percent against Michigan, but the team’s talent occasionally peaked through against a Big Ten basketball team. “We knew how much we were down. We wouldn’t give up the fight,” Rorie said. “We University of Montana senior forward Bobby Moorehead, left, senior guards Michael Oguine and Ahmaad Rorie listen to questions during the pre-practice press wanted to go in there for each other. And conference on March 20, 2019. The tournament was the last college game for the three. SARA DIGGINS | MONTANA KAIMIN on national television, if we were going down, we weren’t going to go down with- next generation of Grizzlies play the last and high expectations. enjoy and bringing enjoyment to the com- out a fight.” few minutes of the game. Towels were “I’m proud of the selflessness that my munity is a special thing,” Oguine said. The last timeout buzzer sounded and pulled over heads and eyes were red with group has expressed and shown,” head “And I feel like we’ve been able to do that the seniors entered the last three minutes tears. The final buzzer sounded — a loss to coach Travis DeCuire said. in our time.” of the game down 24 points. Rorie stepped Michigan 74-55. Rorie gave up stats and points to play as “[The seniors] helped me lead this team onto the court for a final time with Moore- They walked off the court from their a point guard after transferring from Ore- to what it is now,” DeCuire said. “The level head and Oguine, two guys he’s loved to last game with stoic, but pained faces. They gon, a Pac-12 program, after his freshman of expectation is way different than it was compete with in college. He says he owed wanted to win. They wanted to be Cinder- year. Before this season, Rorie and DeCuire five years ago.” It’s the first graduating it to them — the team owed it to them — to ella. Their carriage turned into a pumpkin decided his goal shouldn’t be to win the Big class that DeCuire said is 100 percent his keep cutting into Michigan’s lead. yet again. Sky MVP award, but to win the conference own. It’s a vision he’s had since coaching “It’s been an honor to play with them Jamar Akoh, a redshirt senior, sat side- tournament. high school basketball, where whomever and be a part of the senior class with them,” lined for his second and last tournament. “He’s taken a back seat, not to anyone, walked the halls made up your team. Rorie said. On the court, he played a huge role as a but just to the moment, to benefit our team,” “I always dreamed of the Division I lev- Sayeed Pridgett, a junior guard who led leader, but injuries forced him out of most DeCuire said. el, having an opportunity to go into differ- the game in scoring for the team, tried to of his last college year. He bestowed as Oguine blew Montana away as a fresh- ent communities and pick the kids that I tell the seniors that the game didn’t define much knowledge as he could to the young man, racking up the best freshman perfor- think would represent me the way I wanted their legacy. posts, but his height and leadership were mance in school history. But then he had to be represented and play basketball the “[I was] just trying to let those guys missed this season and will be missed next to share the spotlight with four other top way I think it should be played,” DeCuire know, just because we lost by however year. When he played, he dominated the Big players. Many of the Griz teammates have said. many points, this is the best senior class Sky Conference in rebounds. hit 30-point career highs, but no one aver- His team is about more than basketball we’ve ever had at Montana,” Pridgett said. Despite the height mismatches, the Griz aged above 20 points a game. They shared and winning — it’s about growth. “And let them know we will always be beat the Wolverines in steals and turnovers. the ball, playing as a unit. “Maybe there’s one class that might have brothers. It’s family.” The Griz left Iowa deflated, but the team’s “Building something we could be proud three rings as opposed to two, but my group The seniors left the court at 1:54 in the disappointing national showing didn’t re- of, the people in the state are proud of and is the only group that’s 100 percent graduat- second half. They sat down, watching the flect the season’s success through injuries putting a product on the floor people can ed and no issues off-court,” DeCuire said.“I

28 April 3-9, 2019 montanakaimin.com SPORTS | COACHING CONTRACT think their legacy is they’re the best senior class in the history of Montana basketball because of what they represent and how DeCuire to return to Griz, per report they represent it, the way the community supports and embraces them proves it.” HENRY CHISHOLM Rorie felt the growth from his first year [email protected] with the Griz until now. He remembers coming to Montana, complacent without Travis DeCuire is finalizing an extension to good study or basketball habits. remain in Missoula as the University of Mon- “All I can do is thank Trav [DeCuire], tana’s head basketball coach, according to a CBS honestly,” Rorie said. “I didn’t care about Sports report. reputation. Just wanted to play basketball. The deal hasn’t been confirmed by UM’s ath- Didn’t care about school, but I think I’ve letics department, though multiple reports sug- improved in that regard, graduated, got a gest the announcement could be coming in the degree and working on another one in me- next few days. DeCuire took over as head coach dia arts.” at Montana in 2014 and has compiled a 109-58 DeCuire holds more pride for this year’s record in five seasons. His team has won the last team than last year’s team because of the two Big Sky Conference titles. adversity they pushed past. DeCuire, 48, is the latest in a line of successful “Because of that I feel like these guys are Griz hoops coaches. Wayne Tinkle, who coached ready to move on with their lives,” DeCuire the Griz for eight seasons prior to DeCuire’s ar- said. rival in 2014, is now leading Oregon State. His Hanging in the air between the flat predecessor, Larry Krystkowiak, was the head plains of Iowa and the Rockies of Montana, coach of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks for two uncertainty filled the future of Griz basket- years and now coaches the University of Utah. ball. Bobby Moorehead hopes the Griz can DeCuire seemed poised to make the leap to build on these past two years to become a a major-conference school this spring. He was a mid-major power house that gains respect favorite for two open head coach positions at Pac- for the Montana name. 12 schools, Washington State and the University “I trust the coaching staff and the play- of California, because of his ties to the schools. ers that will be left behind,” he said. A Seattle-area native, DeCuire grew up about Only next season will show the longev- four hours from Washington State’s campus in ity of the legacy these players left on Mon- Pullman. He’s developed massive recruiting tana. November can’t come soon enough clout in Washington, and more than one-third of for Griz fans hungry to continue watching Montana’s roster is from the state. the program evolve under DeCuire’s lead- The Cougars hired former San Francisco ership. head coach Kyle Smith Thursday. The senior class defined a road of suc- This was the second time DeCuire appeared cess and a culture of family for their young- to be a front-runner for the job at Cal. The first er teammates to follow. More uncertain came in 2014, following six seasons as an assis- than the team’s future is the future of these tant with the California Golden Bears. But De- three soon-to-be Griz alumni, but coaches Cuire wound up at Montana and California just and family remain confident that the skills signed their third head coach, Mark Fox, since that made them successful on court will DeCuire’s departure. propel them into life. DeCuire played three seasons of college bas- “It won’t be easy and they will hit speed ketball at the University of Montana from 1992- bumps and they will see more adversity, 94. In that time, he set the school’s all-time career but I think they’re ready for it,” DeCuire record for assists with 435. As a senior, he ranked University of Montana head coach Travis DeCuire yells instructions to the team from the sideline during the said. 12th in the country in assists per game. At Mer- second half of the game against Michigan State. SARA DIGGINS | MONTANA KAIMIN Even without the bright lights and cer Island High School outside Seattle, he was an shared jerseys, the teammates will have honorable mention McDonald’s All-American. In 2003, DeCuire took his first Division I job as ference history to win 50 games and he was each others’ backs. His coaching career began in the Seattle area an assistant at Old Dominion. In 2008, he took a named coach of the year in 2018. He’s won three Griz nation will still stand behind them, in 1998 at Bellevue High School. Three years job with Mike Montgomery’s staff at California, regular season conference championships and thankful for their devotion to the Universi- later he was named head coach at Green River where he stayed until moving to Missoula. two tournament championships in five seasons ty of Montana’s basketball program. Community College, a few miles down the road. DeCuire is the fastest coach in Big Sky Con- with the Grizzlies.

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When the Grizzlies took the court for a pair of matches in Las Vegas over spring break, it was the team’s first time playing outdoor ten- nis in six months. “It’s pretty difficult coming outside when you’ve been playing indoor tennis with no sun, no wind,” freshman Oisin Shaffrey said. “It’s hard to adjust.” Montana faced off against two Mountain West Conference opponents last week, UNLV and Boise State. Despite losing both matches, the Grizzlies held close with a pair of teams that have beaten down all of their Big Sky foes this season. “We could’ve gotten very big wins, against UNLV yesterday or Boise State today,” senior Alex Canellopoulos said. “You either win or your learn and I thought we learned a lot in these matches that will make us better for con- ference. I’m confident we’ll do well in those last five matches.” The Grizzlies hope their few days in the sun will give them an advantage as they jump back into conference play this week in Missoula. The Grizzlies, who were picked second in the 11-team league prior to the season, are 3-2 and sitting in fourth place at the midway point. “We got off to a real slow start,” junior Max Korkh said. “We have progressed and I think our freshmen are playing a lot better than they did two months ago. But it’s definitely been a really long two months and it’s been a good learning experience for all of us.” Now, the Grizzlies return to Missoula to start a five-game stretch of conference games to University of Montana freshman tennis player Pontus Hallgren hits a forehand while warming up before a match in early March at the Peak Racquet Club. The end the season. The team will host Sacramento team plays at The Peak when snow forces them indoors. ELI IMADALI | MONTANA KAIMIN State on Thursday and Idaho State on Saturday. The Idaho State match is scheduled to be the just a preparation for Phoenix,” Canellopoulos “There’s a huge team aspect and you feel it Part of the reason was Montana’s undefeat- Grizzlie’s first outdoor match in Missoula this said. when you’re playing. You’re playing for the ed record at home. The Griz will try to keep season. In the Big Sky Conference, the top six teams team, as well, which is nice. Tennis has always their home court advantage rolling this If the Grizzlies get the green light to play at qualify for the end-of-season league champion- been missing that for me.” weekend. the Robert O. Lindsay Tennis Complex on cam- ship, which will be held in Phoenix this year. Brown said the younger players on the ros- “Guys are comfortable,” Brown said. pus, it’s unlikely the weather will match what Montana hasn’t missed a Big Sky Champion- ter have developed over the course of the sea- “We spend hundreds of hours there prac- they saw in Las Vegas last week. But when the ship since 1990, but the majority of the Griz- son and are ready to contribute to a stretch run ticing, so it feels real comfortable. We feel matches were scheduled, head coach Jason zlies’ current roster wasn’t around last season. for Montana. pretty excited about going home. Brown wasn’t trying to prepare his team for Of the nine student-athletes on the roster, six “The future looks really bright for Griz ten- The Grizzlies will host Sacramento State the upcoming outdoor matches in Missoula. are freshman. One is a senior. nis,” Brown said. 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the Peak Racquet Club. His eyes were on the end of the season. “(College tennis) is completely different to Brown was the conference coach of the year They play Idaho State noon Saturday on campus “At the end of the day, that week here is playing singles on your own,” Shaffrey said. in 2018, his first season as a college head coach. at the Robert O. Lindsay Tennis Center.

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