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montanaThursday, November 10, 2011 www.montanakaimin.com kaimin CAMPUS ASUM launches Through the lens COT committee of a Emily Creasia Montana Kaimin

Shanda Hayward filled a prescription bottle with green M&M’s as she completed a soldIer practice order for Adderall in her pharmacy lab. OURNALISM SENIOR Hayward, 20, is a pharmacy JSeth Dahl started his vid- technology student at the Uni- eo documentary “Through versity of Montana’s College of the Lens of a Soldier” to Technology. She raved about document each individual the new fume hoods in the lab, Montana veteran’s experi- which were bought with grant ence through a single pho- money. tograph. Hayward is a member of a “I believe these stories new Associated Students of the need to be told,” said Dahl, University of Montana COT who is also a veteran. “With Committee that started last our current wars, we’re cre- week. She hopes more COT ating many new veterans. students will get involved, or- Around 800 attend UM. ganize student groups and take They’re all around us and advantage of possible funding attend class with us.” from ASUM. The new com- In the studio, Dahl asked mittee is designed to increase Iraq and Afghanistan veter- knowledge and understanding ans to show one photo from between the COT and the UM their tour that speaks about main campus. their deployment in some Hayward said many COT way, whether happy or som- students don’t even realize ber. they are paying a $49 ASUM “I believe mainly in docu- fee in their tuition. menting history and getting “I didn’t know I had a voice them to tell their stories,” in where that money went,” she he said. “I decided to stick said. with Iraq and Afghanistan Hayward said she could see vets with this project to put COT radiology and pharmacy a face to our generation of technology students in the fu- veterans.” ture starting a health group and asking ASUM for funding to help cover the costs of con- Turn to pages six and seven to see the photos ferences or new equipment. and stories six of those “The two-year campus has a veterans shared. lot to offer and brings diversity to the four-year campus that Seth Dahl for the Montana Kaimin wouldn’t be there otherwise,” An Iraqi child asks for a soccer ball said Cathy Corr, department during a zone patrol of the 1-163rd chair for applied arts and sci- Infantry’s sector outside of Hawijah, ences at the COT and faculty Iraq in July of 2005. On many vil- member of the committee. lage visits and various missions kids “We’re all UM; there are more would plead, “Mister, Mister, soc- similarities than differences.” cer ball, soccer ball,” when we were stopped. Gunning from the Humvee Corr said that since most turret I would hand out candy, toys of the COT programs are two and occasional soccer balls. years, there is more turn over See COT, page 4

Volume CX1V Issue 42 UM’s Independent Campus Newspaper Since 1898 @KaiminNews Montana Kaimin 2 OPINION Thursday, November 10, 2011 ENVIRONMENTAL COLUMN LGBTQQI ‘safe spaces’ necessary, As President Engstrom recently THE SANE not exaggerated stated, our campus community The undersigned affiliated fac- needs to come together “to combat L ulty of The University of Montana’s behavior that detracts from our core ENVIRONMENTALIST Women’s and Pro- value of celebrating diversity.” This gram are writing this letter for two need is especially pressing given E Where the reasons: 1) to thank President Royce the current state of this campus for Engstrom for his recent statements LGBTQQI students, faculty, and buffalo roamed about the importance of creating “a staff. Our campus has made great By Cody Wooden welcoming learning environment strides in moving towards that “wel- T Some people say hindsight is 20/20. Today, we can all agree that celebrates diversity” (See Presi- coming learning environment,” but that pissing off the British was a smart move, slavery was legiti- dent Engstrom’s October 5th email there is still work to be done, and mately evil, and displacing thousands of Native Americans was to the Campus Community), and 2) Professor Valentin’s letter unfortu- T just plain dumb. No one alive today can claim responsibility for to respond to a recent problematic nately demonstrates that. Professor these acts, but we can all know them as being important decisions Letter to the Editor by one of our Valentin states that the Student Af- that have set off tidal waves throughout American history. colleagues, Michel Valentin, which fairs Diversity Council is “positing a E However, there is a persistent echo of against one suggested that LGBTQQI (, campus. . . in a war situation where of these groups that continues in America today: the treatment , Bisexual, , , islands of safety have to be created of Native Americans and what’s left of their land. But luckily for Questioning, and ) students, for LGBTIQ people” and contends faculty, and staff at UM had no need that this is an inaccurate perception R them, resource extraction corporations discovered hidden trea- sures of wealth beneath the ground of reservations throughout for “safe spaces.” We contest Profes- of UM. Many WGS faculty are re- the West. And the saga of exploitation continues. sor Valentin’s claim and join Presi- sources for the UM Allies Program For example, take the uranium mining on the Navajo Indian dent Engstrom in promoting a wel- See LETTERS, page 3 S Reservation in Arizona. During the Cold War, efficiently min- coming, safe, and diverse learning Online Letter: environment at The University of to the ing uranium was crucial if we wanted to build nuclear bombs • Engstrom defends biomass plant and obliterate Russia, so why not mine on more lenient sovereign Montana. EDITOR states within our own borders? Pretty genius plan, until a few Na- vajo hogans were contaminated with a toxic slough of uranium- AY IT AIN’T SO, JOE. EDITOR COLUMN mine leftovers. To this day, uranium is still causing problems on S Longtime Penn State foot- the reservations in the Southwest. ball coach Joe Paterno has an- Hydraulic fracking for oil is also a major environmental con- chored arguably the cleanest col- SPORTS cern on private and reservation land alike, including on the Fort lege football program in history Downtime with Daniel: Penn State Peck Indian Reservation in Eastern Montana. Shooting water into — until now. By Daniel Mediate, sports editor the ground to force out oil is eerily similar to Bill Murray’s meth- Late Wednesday evening, the ods of eradicating that pesky gopher in “Caddyshack:” ill-fated Penn State board of trustees dis- to compare this to. That’s why it’s This scandal has halted the man and wasteful. Fracking might be a decent way to extract oil if it missed Paterno and the school’s so bad. The stigma attached to who used to be the most famous didn’t cause minor earthquakes and make tap water flammable. president amid a swamping mess this school has been tattooed on Pennsylvania employee, an icon in Those are two things I would rather not have to deal with to have involving sex abuse allegations the campus. college sports culture. Paterno has cheap oil. against a former assistant coach. Paterno dodged charges because been a part of the Nittany Lions It’s no secret that a lot of reservations are in bad shape these Last week, state Attorney Gen- he told athletic director Tim Curley since 1950 and at the helm since days. The Bureau of Indian Affairs estimates that 66 percent of eral Linda Kelly announced the about an alleged 2002 incident in 1966. His brown-tinted glasses and working age people on Montana reservations are unemployed indictments brought by a grand which a graduate student reported worn windbreakers were older than and 38 percent of the employed still live below the povery line. jury against former Penn State finding Sandusky performing sex his players, and now he has coached Oil and mining companies know this. They come to the reserva- defensive coordinator Jerry San- acts on a boy in the shower area of his last game. tions, court the tribal councils, promise jobs, then, as Sarah Palin dusky, who is accused of multiple a football locker room. Paterno told He is a man I’ve looked up to, best put it, “Drill, baby, drill.” sexual assaults on children. Two Curley, who failed to report it to the my father has looked up to and my Nowadays, people can look back and say that treating the Na- Penn State officials were also in- proper authorities, the attorney gen- father’s father has looked up to. It’s tive Americans badly was wrong. Attempting to wipe out native dicted for failing to act on those al- eral said. Then Paterno apparently depressing that Paterno won’t be cultures was a mistake that an older generation of Americans legations and then lying about it. did nothing. remembered for the national titles, made in the past. But now, in the present day, some people are This scandal has engulfed “JoePa” has been the benchmark the undefeated seasons and his in- trying to preserve the ghastliest American tradition by taking ad- Penn State, making Happy Valley for excellence on and off the field. surmountable tenure at Penn State. vantage of the same reservation land they so happily gave away not so happy anymore. Given the chilling nature of these ac- What’s worse is that the 84-year- over a century ago. Sorry for the doom and gloom this week, but This is potentially the big- cusations, I thought Paterno would old coach, whose eventual retire- I feel that environmental raping and pillaging should never go gest scandal in the history of have sought justice for the kids and ment has been the subject of peren- unheard. college sports; there is no prec- help for Sandusky. nial speculation, didn’t get to make [email protected] edent here. Knowing he didn’t, I wanted to that call on his own. [email protected] There is no other situation cry or puke. I don’t know.

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The Montana Kaimin, in its 114th Editor Photo Editor Tom Holm Kyle Houghtaling Tor Haugan Columnists year, is published by the students Jayme Fraser Sally Finneran Paige Huntoon Jessica Neary Carli Krueger Bryn Hagfors of The University of Montana, Mis- Business Manager Design Editor Camillia Lanham Alexandria Valdez Justine Schulerud Linds Sanders soula. The UM School of Journal- Curtis Black Billie Loewen Amy Sisk Court Weston Copy Editors Kyle Schmauch ism uses the Montana Kaimin for News Editors Multimedia Editor Videographer Photographers Bethany Bea Bekhi Spika practice courses but assumes no Dillon Kato Brady Moore Beth Beechie Forest Chaput de Sain- Alice Krebill Cody Wooden control over policy or content. Heidi Groover Web Editor Arts+Culture Reporters tonge Missy Lacock Cartoonist The Montana Kaimin is printed on Victoria Edwards Jeremy Meine Emily Downing Nick Gast Claire Mikeson Valerie Rinder campus by Printing and Graphics. Arts+Culture Editor Reporters Lizzy Duffy Tim Goessman Ali Murray Send letters to the editor to Michael Beall Cody Blum Brooks Johnson Megan Jae Riggs Masaki Nakagawa [email protected] Sports Editor Rebecca Calabrese Dolan Hannah J. Ryan Designers Matt Wier Daniel Mediate Emily Creasia Sports Reporters Lindsey Galipeau Chris Wells Montana Kaimin Thursday, November 10, 2011 OPINION 3 LETTERS (as some of our students have) do reality exists [it is here that Lacan national diversity, as well as of the From page 2 not their own oppression and especially the French femi- circulations of power mediated by by acknowledging it. Reading the nists who follow him may help]; race, class, age, and sexual orienta- PISSED? and, as such, we understand that works of the French psychoana- 3) determining what should exist; tion, Women’s and Gender Stud- our campus is, in fact, all too often lyst Jacques Lacan may help them and 4) working to change what is ies encourages students to think an unwelcoming and even violent understand some part of their ex- into what should be. The students critically and to envision justice PLEASED? space for LGBTQQI students. We periences, but it will not erase the and staff working at Student Af- for all peoples. hear stories of professors’ office violence they have experienced fairs are doing just that — they are In accordance with this mis- doors being egged and LGBTQQI and continue to experience. By determining what should exist sion, the UM Women’s and Gen- PETRIFIED? students being spit at, called acknowledging the importance (safety for all students) and they der Studies Program supports names, and threatened on a regu- of their lived experiences, they are are working to make that a real- the efforts of the groups like UM lar basis. Some of our students rather opening up spaces (both ity through events like the Day of Allies, the UM President’s Office, have told us about hearing com- real and metaphorical) where they Dialogue and continuing discus- Lambda Alliance, the Women’s Write a letter. ments directed at them around can work together to put an end sions about the lived experiences Resource Center, the Student As- campus like “If I only had a shot- to hatred and oppression. In her of marginalized communities on sault Resource Center, and others gun” — certainly an indication piece “Not By Degrees: Feminist our campus. who work to make this campus a Please email letters of that our campus is analogous to a Theory and Education,” the les- The Women’s and Gender Stud- safe and welcoming environment 300 words or fewer to war zone. And none of us should bian feminist activist and scholar ies Program’s mission is as follows: for all of its members. [email protected] ignore the recent suicides of LG- Charlotte Bunch argues that such Women’s and Gender Stud- or drop them off in BTQQI youth who have been bul- The undersigned faculty theoretical readings as Lacanian ies encourages the production, Don Anderson Hall 208. lied throughout their lives. psychoanalysis are important to discussion, and dissemination of of the WGS Program: In addition to discounting the understanding our experienc- knowledge about women’s expe- Elizabeth Hubble Please include a lived experiences of LGBTQQI in- es. However, she argues, we can- riences, oppressions, and achieve- Ione Crummy phone number. Letters are dividuals, Professor Valentin’s let- not stop there, and it will never be ments in Montana, the United Anya Jabour printed on Thursdays. ter accuses them of creating their enough to just read or hand our States, and the world. In the last Sara Hayden own oppression through their oppressors a copy of a book by decade this focus has broadened Lee Heuermann own misunderstanding of their Lacan. We must take our efforts to include the study of gender, Teresa Sobieszczyk psyches. Students who have been to the next level by 1) describing sex and sexualities. By fostering Hiltrud Arens beaten and raped for being gay what exists; 2) analyzing why that awareness of cultural and inter- Montana Kaimin 4 NEWS Thursday, November 10, 2011

COT realize those services exist. two lunchtime meetings a month From page 1 “It may be intimidating for on the COT campuses ­— the first COT students to come to the of which happened last week — ASUM [brief ] and less investment in a sense mountain campus,” she said. ASUM will develop a presence at of campus community. “It’s a lot bigger with a lot more the COT. Amy Sisk “ASUM needs to continue to students.” “We want people to feel like Montana Kaimin hold designated meetings, not She hopes to let COT stu- they have a place to go with ques- just for one year,” she said. dents know of these services tions about ASUM,” she said. Students soon could be able to change the preferred name There have been ASUM by having those agencies table Corr said a higher percent- and gender listed in University records such as enrollment lists. COT committees in the past, at the COT once a month or so. age of the COT students are The Associated Students of the University of Montana passed but ASUM Senator Emerald LaFortune also said she nontraditional and may have a resolution Wednesday urging the University to offer preferred LaFortune, chair of the new wants ASUM to look into families, which means they name and gender options for students. The bill supports the ef- committee, said she has ideas changing election bylaws to have less time for extracurricu- forts of the Diversity Programming Office to help make all stu- to create long-term change. create a permanent seat for a lar activities. dents comfortable in class. LaFortune said she wants senator from the COT. “Not everyone at the two- Jamar Galbreath, diversity programming coordinator, said that to let COT students know of “We want COT students to year campus is interested or it can be uncomfortable for a transgender student to repeatedly ASUM services like childcare, feel included and like they have a has time,” she said. “But the have to explain to professors why they go by a particular name. legal help and transportation, voice,” she said. “We need to take opportunity needs to be there “The process is difficult enough,” he said. “The and she doesn’t think they a fresh look at what still needs to for everyone.” last thing they need is to come out to a large group of people should have to leave the COT be done to do that.” [email protected] publicly if that’s something they’re not ready or prepared for.” east and west campuses just to LaFortune said by holding The resolution urges the University to implement preferred name and gender options through Banner, the information system that processes everything from the payroll to student FEATURE PHOTO records on campus. This would allow for students’ preferred names to appear on class rosters the first day of the semester. A committee will discuss the feasibility of implementing the changes at a meeting Thursday. Also, Mayor paid his second visit this year to an ASUM meeting, talking about everything from glass recycling to transportation. But he spent the majority of his Mountainside Chat discuss- ing homelessness. Of Missoula’s 900 homeless people, Engen explained that although some can afford rent, they cannot find housing because they lack extra money to put down a security deposit. “That’s the barrier, four or five hundred bucks,” he said. “It kills me that that’s the difference between having safe shelter, and not. I think that’s something we can figure out a way to solve.” The city is working on a plan after completing a homeless needs assessment last year, but Engen said the resources are not yet in place. “There are so many agencies in Missoula who are in the busi- ness of managing human services, but often they are competing for scarce dollars so they are in the position of fighting with one another rather than working together,” he said. ASUM also passed a resolution endorsing the efforts of stu- Sally Finneran/Montana Kaimin dent groups across the state working to host a Rocky Mountain Students wait outside the Mansfield Library late Wednesday night while firefighters check the building after a Power Shift Conference on student leadership and environmen- fire alarm went off. Public Safety received the call at 10:28 p.m. and declared it a false alarm at 10:40 p.m., allowing tal sustainability. students back inside. [email protected] Montana Kaimin Thursday, November 10, 2011 NEWS 5 MISSOULA Occupy movement works with homeless

Cody Blum and sometimes belligerent. Lon- Montana Kaimin go said these instances happen with the homeless campers. Occupy Wall Street protesters Longo also pointed out that camped out on the front lawn most situations that arise from of the Missoula County Court intoxicated homeless people can House are incorporating the be peacefully resolved. city’s homeless population into Missoula Sheriff’s Deputy Bill their movement. But now they’re Burt said he’s seen some poor dealing with issues that come behavior on the part of some of along with that acceptance. the homeless who camp near Curtis Longo is a facilitator at the movement. He said he saw the Occupy movement. He has one camper dumping out a large been there since day one, when bottle full of urine onto the grass Missoula protesters walked near the dumpsters next to the through downtown and ap- courthouse. proached the county courthouse “A lot of these people moved steps. That was just over a month here out from under the bridg- ago. Now, Longo helps organize es,” he said. the details of the movement and Burt said many of them don’t helps out with the security shifts participate in the movement and that extend through every night moved to the courthouse lawn of the week. for its desirable proximity to downtown. Basic amenities like Nick Gast/Montana Kaimin He said the number of home- A sign made by Occupy Missoula protestors sits in front of the encampment at the Missoula County Court House outhouses set up on the lawn less people joining the move- Wednesday evening. Missoula Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Burt said many of the campers at the courthouse moved there from ment has increased in the last may also attract homeless camp- under the bridge. month, despite significant de- ers, he said. creases in the overall population Longo said that, for the most Missoula. He is frustrated that She lives with her husband and joining the Occupy movement,” of the movement. part, the integration of the home- there is no intensive detox center two dogs in a camper topper on she said, adding it’s made some “They are part of the 99 per- less has been a peaceful process in Missoula for people with sub- the back of a red pickup parked people less belligerent too. “We cent,” he said. “They are being that gives the movement a stron- stance abuse problems to spend in front of the movement’s check- can’t have violence here.” misrepresented, too.” ger presence. On a couple of oc- more than a few days and thinks in tent. She has been with the Regular propane donations What bothers Longo, he said, casions though, verbal disagree- the city is doing the homeless a movement for three weeks, and have made security shifts in the are problems that occur with ments involving the homeless disservice in that regard. As a her avid support has continued cold possible. Private donors campers on the courthouse lawn have escalated to the point of facilitator, he hopes to further throughout. fill accounts set up with stores who aren’t directly involved with having to call law enforcement, improve the movement’s connec- On a night security shift, around town allowing the pro- the movement. One thing that Longo said. tion to the homeless population, Epley said she’s noticed a lot testers to buy food, blankets and distinguishes participants from “We don’t like having to and even begin to address sub- of homeless people responsi- shelter for the winter. Longo said non-participants is the consump- do that,” he said, adding that stance abuse issues. bly participating in the move- he and others plan on staying tion of alcohol on the premises. those altercations always in- Kelsey Epley has been living ment. Some of them have even until spring. The movement enforces a no-al- volve an intoxicated person. in Missoula for about 10 years. shed substance problems for the “Imagine the message we’ll cohol policy on the premises, but Longo said he’s observed al- Like Longo, she plans to stay on movement. send when they see us out here still, there are those who come coholism as a problem with a lot the courthouse lawn for the win- “It’s amazing how many peo- when the snow melts.” back to their tents late, drunk, of the homeless population in ter. Epley doesn’t have a house. ple who have quit drinking since [email protected]

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BASKETBALL Lady Griz open regular season with tough road tournament

Kyle Houghtaling play as a team,” Sullivan said. identity too, (but) it looks like Montana Kaimin The Lady Griz will have they have a lot of shooters to their work cut out for them in me.” The University of Montana the tournament’s first round. Also squaring off in the De- Lady Griz open their first reg- The Bulldogs return three Paul tournament are St. Mary’s ular season game against Sam- starters from their first-ever and the host team, DePaul. The ford University at the DePaul tournament qualifying team, Grizzlies will face one of those Tournament in Chicago. and the tape shows that they two teams in either the conso- The Friday matchup will be can all dial it up from deep. lation match or championship a good measuring stick for the “In the exhibition game, they game depending on the first- Lady Griz, since both Montana shot more threes than they did round results. Neither team is and Samford were No. 14-seeds other shots,” head coach Robin a slouch. in last season’s women’s NCAA Selvig said. “They spread you St. Mary’s was 19-13 overall tournament. out and try to get to the hole or last season and finished sec- “It’ll be interesting because shoot threes, so they are going ond in the West Coast Confer- those guys were in the tour- to be interesting to guard.” ence, only below No. 8 Gonza- nament last year, so they’re a Thirty of the 55 shots Sam- ga. The team went to the WNIT good squad and it’ll be a lot ford took in its exhibition game and lost in the first round to different competition,” sopho- last week came from behind Nevada, 65-62. more forward Jordan Sullivan the arc. The team connected on DePaul is a women’s bas- said. “We can’t go in thinking 11 of them. ketball powerhouse. The Blue it is a big team because we can Even the Bulldog’s post Demons are ranked No. 19 in compete.” players are involved in the the AP poll to start this year Tip-off for the Samford three-firing frenzy. Their start- and finished the 2010-11 season matchup is slated for 2:30 p.m. ing forwards, Taylor Reese and ranked No. 10 in the nation. Sullivan & Co. look poised Hannah Dawson, shot seven They were only seven points for tougher competition. In 3-pointers combined, sinking away from beating No. 2 seed their final exhibition game three. Duke for a spot in the elite against Montana State Uni- Fortunately for Montana, the eight last season. versity-Northern, Sullivan Bulldogs lost their two leading No matter whom the Griz dropped 14 points on 6-of-11 scorers from last season. That face in the second round, just shooting and tallied 13 re- means, however, the Lady Griz being in Chicago has the team bounds for a double-double. will have to focus on shutting amped. Montana won 70-48. the whole team down instead “I’ve been just ‘Chicago, Chi- Despite the success, all of just one or two key players. cago’ all day, every day for the sights are pointed toward Sam- “We don’t know enough last week, so I’m pretty excited Nick Gast/Montana Kaimin ford. about them to say we’re going about it,” Sullivan said. Kenzie De Boer of the Lady Griz looks to pass the ball as Kylee Denham of MSU-Northern defends during an exhibition game Monday at Dahlberg “We just want to go play to zero in on somebody,” Sel- Fortunately, attendance and Arena. The Lady Griz defeated MSU-Northern 70-48. hard and have a lot of fun, go vig said. “They’re searching for intensity at the tournament should offer plenty of excite- ment. “DePaul is a place that draws for women’s basketball, which is fun,” Selvig said. “It should be a good atmosphere.” [email protected] Montana Kaimin Thursday, November 10, 2011 SPORTS 9 BASKETBALL Griz to collide with Colorado State

Court Weston Montana is coming off a Montana team would have to Montana Kaimin 64-52 exhibition win over rely even more on Hutchison NAIA Lewis-Clark State Col- as well as redshirt freshman The first step to ridding lege on Nov. 3. Billy Reader, who stands a bitter memory from the “We got a little complacent 6-foot-9, 217 pounds. minds of the University of in that game,” Tinkle said. “They’re our other two big Montana men’s basketball “We kind of played down to guys,” Tinkle said. “I don’t team members is just about the level. They were frustrat- want to put too much pres- here. ing our guys and executed sure on them, so guys like The Grizzlies open their their game plan well.” Mathias (Ward), Art (Stew- 2011-12 regular season sched- Colorado State will prove ard) and Kareem (Jamar) are ule not too far from where a much tougher test for the going to have to step up and their previous season ended. Grizzlies, as the Rams com- take some pressure off those On March 9, Montana fell piled a 19-12 record last year young guys.” 65-60 in the Big Sky Confer- and were 10-5 against non- The senior-junior-sopho- ence championship game to conference opponents. more combination of Stew- the Northern Colorado Bears “There’s just been one ard, Ward and Jamar made in Greeley, Colo. Greeley is exhibition game, but we’ve significant contributions to a mere 30 miles southeast watched it a bunch,” Tinkle last year’s team, but Tinkle of Fort Collins, where UM said of game planning for said the three will have a will face the Mountain West CSU. “They’ve got a lot of much larger impact on “re- Conference’s Colorado State shooters out on the perim- bounding, defending the Rams at 7 p.m. Friday. eter. Like us, they’re a little forwards and doing some “It’s going to be a hard- thin in the post. They’ve got things in the post offensive- Nick Gast/Montana Kaimin fought battle,” UM head coach some real causes for con- ly.” Junior guard Will Cherry of the Griz looks to the hoop after being Wayne Tinkle said. “If we win, cern – bigger wings, big post It is not only Tinkle’s for- fouled by Joey Wayman of Lewis-Clark State during an exhibition game great. But at the very least, we players that can put it on the wards that will see a modi- Thursday at . Cherry played 30 minutes in the 64-52 have to have improved upon floor.” fied role this year. As every Griz win. the previous week.” Another potential reason year brings different lineups, for concern for Montana is players who may not have the unknown status of senior played much the previous forward-center Derek Selvig. season could see an increase Selvig, who was a key in playing time or a more im- player on last year’s squad, portant role. suffered a high ankle sprain “On paper, we have a lot early in the second half of guys coming back,” Tinkle against LC State. said. “But we’ve got a lot of “We’re bringing him on guys playing more extensive the trip,” Tinkle said. “I roles or playing different po- know it’s probably unlikely sitions this year, so there are he’ll play, but I’m not ruling still a lot of question marks. it out. If he’s not ready, he’s We have got to be patient as not ready. We’re not going to a staff.” make him play injured.” Perhaps some of those If the 7-foot, 230-pound questions will be answered Selvig is unable to play, Tin- following Montana’s date kle said it is likely 6-foot-9, with Colorado State, but 230-pound sophomore Eric Tinkle is more concentrated Hutchison would start in his on his team’s mentality and place. drive rather than the out- “If we’re not able to have come of Friday’s game. Derek out there, it’s just go- “Our effort, our focus ing to allow for an opportu- and our attitudes,” he said. nity for someone else to step “Those are the areas we up,” Tinkle said. “Then we’re should be going full-tilt on getting experience for those right away. Then the rest will young guys that will help come.” our team down the road.” [email protected] An already undersized Montana Kaimin 10 FEATURE Thursday, November 10, 2011

Snowbowl to open freestyle terrain park Story by Billie Loewen

E WAS SUPPOSED lege of Technology, met with chairlift, Lavelle, to the lower to be the next big Montana Snowbowl owner Grizzly lift. Dillon hopes to thing. He was Bradley Morris and mountain build the park so skiers and supposed to put manager Pat McCay to dis- snowboarders of every level HMissoula on the map with cuss expanding the resort’s can have fun and learn new big-name ski and snowboard Freestyle Team’s terrain park tricks. companies. Then, last sum- and opening it to the public. For freestyle skiers, like mer, 14-year-old Tanner Ol- The executives are on Olson, a terrain park at Snow- son died in a car accident, board, Dillon said. Morris bowl seemed like it would leaving the ski and snow- confirmed the plan is a go. never happen. board community stunned. Dillon, for his senior proj- Gregg Janecky, executive As the first snow hits the ect in high school, built the director and founder of the mountains and with the sea- elements the Snowbowl Free- Backwoods Project, spent the son’s first rail jam fundraiser style Team currently use. In past three years writing pro- for Olson’s memorial set for addition to these elements, posals for Snowbowl to create Friday, the freestylers in Mis- Dillon said he and members and support a lasting park. soula may soon have a more of Missoula Zoo Crew plan However, temporary obsta- permanent place to unite and to build three to six jumps, cles were the only result. fulfill a major part of Olson’s ranging from 10 to 40 feet. “Snowbowl wasn’t ready dream. They also hope to set rails, to support a park,” Janecky Two weeks ago, Joe Dil- tires and boxes off High said. “And the freestyle com- lon, a recent graduate of the Roller, the tuck-through run munity support wasn’t strong University of Montana’s Col- connecting Snowbowl’s high enough. There is insurance to

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“When I talked to Brad goust won a gold medal in He describes the sport as (Morris), I wanted to make aerial skiing at the Olympics a passion to try something sure the park would be main- in Nagano, Japan. The influ- new on the slopes alternative tained every day,” Dillon said. ence of Burgoust would be to traditional mogul skiing. “I think we are figuring out monumental in the Missou- A year ago, he co-founded ways to make that work.” la ski community for years the Zoo Crew, a group that, Thomas Vincent, a UM to come, perhaps even sti- like Janecky’s Backwoods student and member of Zoo fling the wave of new-school Project, has been working to Crew, believes this year is freestyle that grew in other support a freestyle commu- finally right. “We have film- mountainous regions. nity in Missoula. ers,” he said. “We have build- In 2001, new-school free- “Lookout and Lost Trail ers. Now it’s time to build.” style skiing boomed again both have terrain parks,” Dillon’s primary concern is when Kalispell-born, bad- Dillon said. “Freestyle kids building a park that’s safe. boy skier Tanner Hall won in Missoula are driving two “If someone gets hurt this gold at the winter X-Games. hours just to ski on a park. year, it is going to seriously Ski films featuring Hall and There has been a need for a deter Snowbowl from want- other freeskiers set a high park in Missoula for a long think about, and Snowbowl is Caras Park, moving them to ing a park in the future,” he bar for what kinds of tricks time.” stuck in its ways.” Marshall Mountain for three- said. “We don’t want to out- were possible on skis. The In Montana, especially Janecky, a professional day events with more than 25 build ourselves.” freestyle market began to Missoula, freestyle skiing is dropped by his sponsors after local bands. Still, without a Longevity, Dillon said, is boom as skiers and snow- behind the times. Blame the moving to Missoula because major and permanent terrain key to the new park. boarders began to share an old stigma. Blame the old rip- it wasn’t on the freestyle park, Missoula wasn’t much appreciation for each other. pers dedicated to traditional map, said the Missoula ski of a blip in the Rockies’ free- Backing Up backcountry powder versus and snowboard scene hasn’t style scene. Nationally, new-school Why Missoula’s Ready the young up-and-coming changed much from the ‘80s Snowbowl’s move could freestyle skiing events like Vincent grew up in Boze- kids looking to build bigger stigma: It’s still skiers versus change that, but building a slope-style, half-pipe and big man and didn’t want to be one and bigger jumps. Vincent boarders; old school versus terrain park takes a tremen- air started to grow in popu- of the “gapers” or tourist skiers, new tricks. dous amount of work. It takes larity in the late 1990s, a re- so he got into freestyle skiing. See FREESTYLE, page 12 As the dominant ski area, snowmobiles and snowcats, sult of frustrations with the Snowbowl has been much and a team of people dedicat- competitive nature of tradi- more focused on serving tra- ed to building and maintain- tional mogul and aerial ski- ditional freestyle skiers carv- ing the park initially and after ing. In the winter of 1997-98, ing through mogul-laden every snowfall. This year, Zoo the same year as the first runs and hitting small, struc- Crew believes the community winter X-Games, Salomon tured jumps rather than jib- is big enough to maintain the became the first company to bing on rails and half-pipes project. market twin-tip skis. The cre- and throwing huge, X-Games Zoo Crew will be partner- ation of twin-tip skis, or skis style jumps. ing with Dillon to build Snow- with turned-up ends at the That’s not to say there bowl’s terrain park, which he front and back, made it easier weren’t freestyle events hap- said could be open by early to to ski backward and allowed pening in town – they just mid-December. Morris said skiers to takeoff and land weren’t at Snowbowl. Ja- the official opening date for jumps with more variety. necky’s Backwoods Project the park will depend on when This was the same year hosted rail jams too big for there is enough snow. Missoula ski icon Eric Bur- Montana Kaimin 12 NEWS Thursday, November 10, 2011 FREESTYLE is “mostly about backcountry Freestyle Potential “Tanner’s first year ski- cations as a result. From page 11 powder skiers — not freestyle ing, he landed a 360,” Vincent In the meantime, the first Janecky spent the last three skiers at all, really,” Zeimet said. “He had been skiing for rail jam of the season happens summers working as the blames the monopoly Snow- said. “In Montana, we’ve been three years, progressing faster this Friday. The Ride for Tan- trampoline director at High bowl has had over the Mis- behind because we have good than anyone I’ve ever skied ner Rail Jam for skiers and Cascade Snowboard Camp soula ski community. snow and big mountains, so with. He was throwing double boarders will be held at Caras in Government Camp, Ore. “Snowbowl is the only ski we ski the backcountry. But backflips, cork 9’s, some of the Park at 7 p.m. All proceeds There, he developed a trampo- resort in Missoula,” Vincent there is a new generation of most technical tricks around. will go to the Tanner Olson line progression program for said. “They have dedicated kids coming up who don’t He was annihilating other Memorial BMX Park and Lost freestyle aerial training that riders who have been skiing care about powder.” 14-year-olds and competing Trail Mountain Slopestyle gyms around the country are there forever. That has made The same kids who would against kids seven years older fund. now using. During the winter Snowbowl really closed-off to rather spend all day hitting than him. He was going to be “Tanner’s death rumbled months, he teaches the same new ideas in the past.” rails and jumps than seeking the next Tanner Hall.” the whole ski community in classes at Mismo Gymnastics Ben Zeimet, owner and powder are getting too good The 2014 Winter X-Games Montana,” Vincent said. “He in Missoula. director of Hi-Line Films, for the freestyle resources in may seem ages away, but Ja- inspired his friends to push in Many of Tanner Olson’s watched the Missoula ski Missoula. necky said the games may be and ride on the same level. Ev- friends have filled his classes. community change over the “In Montana, there aren’t pivotal in gaining support for eryone is trying to be the free- Spaces are available in begin- past 25 years — or not change, jumps big enough for kids to Missoula freestyle. For the styler he could have been.” ner classes, but the intermedi- for that matter. learn new tricks,” Vincent said. first time, the 2014 games will This year, after years of ate and advanced classes are His new documentary, “The terrain park at Snowbowl offer medals for slope-style, work and waiting, the Missou- full. Regardless of limited re- “Why We Ride,” explores the for the freestyle team now is big-air and half-pipe. Likely, la freestyle community could sources, freestylers in Missou- history of ski bums in Mon- great for beginners, but we have there will be another rise in have a place to call home. la continue to improve. Olson tana. kids ready to throw the biggest demand for terrain parks and [email protected] was the epitome. The film, released Saturday, tricks around.” new-school freestyle skiing lo-

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