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Volume 122, Issue No. 9, October 23, 2019 KIOSK | ABOUT US OPINION | EDITORIAL Cover photo Sara Diggins Cover design Lindsey Sewell EDITORIAL STAFF HELP WANTED Editor-in-Chief Arts & Culture Cassidy Alexander Editors Elderly woman needs help Participation in government is a right. Don’t limit it. Erin Sargent Business Manager Lily Soper Patrick Boise with cleaning. Friendly Multimedia Editor Cutting constituents off from the nies,” was scheduled to discuss a fee ing. They should also have ample oppor- classes or work, spending a significant News & Sports Sara Diggins atmosphere. Pay $18/hr. Editors opportunity to engage in public comment that would make using solar energy tunity to reschedule based on any chang- amount of money on gas in the process. Sydney Akridge Design Editors is the ultimate disrespect to students and more expensive for many Montanans. es. The government’s ability to function When officials cancel an open meeting, Helena Dore Jaqueline Evans-Shaw Contact Carol at (818) 314-9656. Daylin Scott the public at large. It means many mem- UM students and Missoula residents depends on a robust connection with the they limit the voices they hear about an bers of the public can’t express their views who opposed the fee took time off of public, yet there are still many barriers to issue. Student participation in govern- NEWSROOM STAFF Seeking someone to an to their elected representatives, which classes and work to drive nearly two participation, especially among students. ment doesn’t just depend on students’ means many important voices go unheard. hours to Helena so they could participate According to an annual survey efforts to participate. It also depends on The Kaimin is a weekly independent student News Reporters Multimedia Staff app which would trigger play- For the second time, Montana’s Public in public comment. They were given no conducted by U.S. News, between 2016 the government’s willingness to accom- newspaper at the . It does not condone Mazana Boerboom Quinn Corcoran Paul Hamby Daniel Duensing ing of music when in the prox- Service Commission cancelled an open explanation regarding the cancellation. and 2017, fewer than 50% of universi- modate and respect their participation. or encourage any illegal activities. The Kaimin office and the JoAnn Martin Jiakai Lou University of Montana are located on land originally inhabited Aidan Morton Liam McCollum imity of a known RFID device/ meeting shortly before its scheduled Regardless of the reasons behind can- ty students nationwide brought a car by the Salish People. Kaimin is a derivative of a Salish Addie Slanger Claire Shinner time on Oct. 15. The agency, which is celling the meetings, the PSC’s move sig- to campus. Since nearly all meetings Emma Smith language word, “Qeymin,”‘ that is pronounced kay-MEEN and tag. Example, smart phone or responsible for regulating “the rates naled a lack of respect and consideration between state government officials are means “book,” “message,” or “paper that brings news.” Sports Reporters Hunter Wiggins Dante Filpula Ankney music player to auto start a and service quality for investor owned for constituents’ opinions. The public held in Helena, many students may not For comments, corrections or letters to the editor, contact Jack Marshall Copy Chief electric, natural gas, water, waste-water, should have ample opportunity to know have a way to travel to them. Those who [email protected] or call (406) 243-4310. Luke Schmit Luke Smith Griffen Smith music play list when nearby and legacy telecommunication compa- the time and location of any public meet- do often must take time off from their For advertising opportunities, contact Copy Editor the RFID device. Bluetooth Week of 10/21/19 - 10/27/19 [email protected] or call (406) 243-6541. Arts & Culture Andrea Halland Reporters LIKE IT? HATE IT? WISH WE WERE DEAD? FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Meghan Jonas Cartoonist could also be used in place of Email us your opinions at Drew Novak Cooper Malin [email protected] Serena Palmer RFID. @MONTANAKAIMIN Jordynn Paz Office Assistants Noelle Annonen Ava Cline Please call or text Ruth at Katie Lindner Designers Norbert Weber (224) 200-7847. Kaitlin Clifford Constance Darlington Advisers Lily Johnson Jule Banville @MONTANAKAIMIN Lindsey Sewell Leah Sottile TABLE OF CONTENTS SUDOKU Edited by Margie E. Burke Difficulty: Easy HOW TO SOLVE: 6 8 Each row must contain the numbers 1 to 9; each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9; and BRIEFS & BLOTTER 4 STUDYING’S FOR NERDS 13 1 8 7 each set of 3 by 3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 to 9. 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UM, GRIZ ATHLETICS GETS SUED… of what is causing pulmonary illnesses. AGAIN The lawsuit said around 20 shops in Misidentified minors, shattered Montana could be in danger of closing if UM takes new measures to prepare for the worst A man filed a civil lawsuit the ban went into effect. Bullock’s PAUL HAMBY against a Griz football player office said the purpose of shields and golf cart capers [email protected] and the University after the ban is for researchers OCT. 10: BANNACK PANIC the football player to look into illnesses chain and cable put up little resis- Fans attending the Griz- tracked down the suspect. pleaded guilty in and deaths linked to University of Montana tance against bolt cutters. As zly home games at Washing- “What we learned from the January to a mis- e-cigarettes, accord- police assisted in issuing always, Lt. Giffin said students ton-Grizzly Stadium for the past lockout was that our response demeanor assault, ing to a press release an order of restitution can buy U-locks from from few weeks walked past a new times in locking exterior doors according to the from the Governor’s after somebody decided the Office of Public Safety feature: bollards—defensive to all buildings needed serious . Lorenzo Office from Oct. 8. to smash the wind- for $20 and register their traffic posts—installed to prevent improvement. I think it took SHOOTINGS Brown, a defensive The Montana shield of a car parked in bikes with the University. anyone from running a vehicle police two hours to lock up all end for the Griz, Department of Bannack Court. Along into the tailgating crowds. of the buildings,” Emnett said. punched the man Health and Human with a criminal mischief OCT. 15: COMBS OVER In addition to bollards, which All the residence halls and 400 in the face, knocking Services has reported charge, the offending protect an average of 20,000 most of the newer buildings on out one of his teeth and three deaths linked to shield shatterer must pay for Somebody attending the tailgaters per game, Grizzly campus have exterior door Griz breaking his upper jaw at a vaping. The Center for Dis- damage to the car. When asked Luke Combs concert at the Ad- Athletics have also implemented Card locks that can be locked COLLEGE house party last November. The ease Control has linked vaping for a motive, UMPD Lt. Giffin said, “Who ams Center seemed to love country music a “clear bags” policy for home automatically in an emergency. victim, Noah Willison, alleges that he to nearly 1,500 pulmonary illness cases knows? They’re still going to pay for it.” but hate subtlety. Police halted the “clearly games, limiting those enter- Currently, UM safety policy has already paid over $5,000 in medical and more than 30 deaths nationwide. inebriated” concertgoer a little over a half ing the stadium to plastic bags advises all those on campus CAMPUSES bills, despite monthly restitution from (SYDNEY AKRIDGE) OCT. 11: ROLLER DURPY hour into the show. A quick bit of investigat- and purses no bigger than a outside during a lockout to 132 the perpetrator. Brown was ordered to ing revealed that the person was not only clutch. Magnetometers at the go to the western entrance pay Willison more than $27,000 through MONTANA WOMAN IN NASA’S FIRST The saga between skateboarders and underage, but also possessed a fake ID. stadium entrance also became of the University Center. monthly payments of $100 over 22 years, ALL-WOMAN SPACE WALK campus police continued this week. After a new screening measure at the Missoula College faced but Willison’s attorney alleges the victim receiving two weeks of calls about inconsid- OCT. 18: SECONDHAND SLEUTH start of the football season. a similar lockdown in 2018, needs compensation now. Willison is also Christina Koch and Livingston resi- erate skaters around the UC and the Inter- The threat of gun violence when law enforcement YEARS filing a lawsuit against UM, head football dent Jessica Meir took part in NASA’s first disciplinary Science Building, police met A student in Duniway Hall apparently in K-12 schools and on col- searched for an armed suspect 15 coach Bobby Hauck and Athletic Director all-woman space walk on Oct. 15. The two up with three “amateurs” at the Gallagher took all of the negative press surrounding lege campuses has pushed an throughout East Missoula. Kent Haslam. The student-athlete code women fixed a broken part on the Interna- Building. They asked the three, who were not e-cigarettes to heart and switched back to overhaul in the University’s Giffin has distributed Stop of conduct at UM requires that players tional Space Station. Koch and Livingston UM students, to take their decks elsewhere. harmless tobacco. After lighting up in the preparation for the worst. The Bleed kits, purchased SOURCE: CITIZENS CRIME COMMISSION OF NEW YORK CITY charged with misdemeanor assault be sus- join 13 other women before them to partic- hallway, however, a carcinogenic cloud “It’s unfortunate, sure, but through a surplus in workers’ pended from a minimum 10% of games, ipate in space walks, according to NASA. OCT. 12: GRINDING GEARS lingered. Although RAs alerted campus I think people understand that compensation funds, to roughly but the Griz roster still includes Brown The first planned all-female space walk police, they could not locate its source. it’s just part of the world we one-third of the buildings on KAITLIN CLIFFORD | MONTANA KAIMIN as a redshirt freshman. (HELENA DORE) scheduled in March 2019 did not happen The mobile mayhem continued, with sev- live in these days,” said Lt. campus. His goal is to ensure because of a spacesuit sizing issue. (SA) eral people commandeering a golf cart parked OCT. 18: HAPPY FEET Brad Giffin of the University of that all of them will eventually incidents have been increasing.” even a meningitis B outbreak. broadcasting emergencies. FLAVORED VAPE BAN BLOCKED at the UC. They took the cart on a joyride to the Montana Police Department. be supplied with kits for han- For the past four years, Emnett Nothing affects prepared- “The loudspeaker system BOMB SCARE AT HELENA SCHOOL top floor of the campus parking garage, where Police rushed to the parking lot near the More than 400 people were dling trauma, he said. Giffin also worked to assign an emergen- ness more, Emnett said, than would be ideal. And unlike A judge in Ravalli County blocked Gov. police soon met them. The group, who also Mansfield Library in response to somebody shot across 132 college campuses began to teach every emergen- cy team for each building, and practicing our responses to a some campuses threatened Steve Bullock’s emergency ban of flavored Officials evacuated close to 500 stu- were not students, surrendered the cart and blasting loud music and dancing. Upon ques- between 2001 and 2016, according cy response team assigned to developed classroom emergen- variety of potential emergencies. by tornadoes or hurricanes, e-cigarette products after three Montana dents at Rossiter Elementary School and apologized. Police did not press any charges. tioning, police determined that the person had to research from the non-profit each building how to properly cy procedures for all the major Administrators have also things that we don’t really vape shops and one tobacco industry locked down nearby schools on Oct. 15 no malicious intentions and was “just feeling Citizens Crime Commission of apply the tourniquet and chest classrooms on campus. They begun discussions to update the need to worry about here in group filed a lawsuit. The shops argued after a suspicious object thought to be a OCT. 14: CABLES NOT CUTTING IT very happy.” They asked him to turn his music New York City. Montana hasn’t seal that comes with each kit. also provided each team with a 17 emergency phones installed Missoula, we don’t have any that the 120-day ban, set to start Oct. 22 homemade explosive device was report- down before letting him continue to boogie. seen an active shooter on any “When it comes to planning detailed escape plan for every throughout campus, and those kind of civil defense broadcast and be in place until Feb. 19, did not give ed on the playground. Lewis and Clark After leaving a bike locked with a cable at campus since 1990, when a for campus safety in terms of room in their assigned building. in the University Villages. The system to alert us,” he said. the public enough warning before the County police later reported that the the rack near the Music Building, a student OCT. 18: PUMPKIN SOMETHIN’ Montana State University student emergency preparedness, you Emnett and the recently current phones have a push- According to Giffin, UM ban was set to go into place and the ban object was a plastic water bottle wrapped returned to find a cut cable and no bike. The shot and killed two others in perform a threat assessment that established Campus Prepared- to-talk system that immedi- hasn’t faced any overt threats on flavored vape products would harm in tape and was not dangerous. (SA) owner did have a registration number handy, Through whatever means, a pumpkin a dorm room. In July 2019, an takes into account the proba- ness and Response Group, which ately links to UM police. similar to the threat made at Montana businesses without any proof and it has since been added to a database in once again slid its way onto the spire atop MSU employee shut down the bility and severity of a threat includes UMPD and members of Starting November, according MSU this July or in the five years case anyone attempts to pawn the stolen bike. University Hall for the 22nd time. During Lt. entire Bozeman campus after to determine the risk, and plan UM’s administration, engaged to Emnett, talks will begin with that he’s been with UMPD. Giffin’s five years with UMPD, he’s seen only making threats to “end it all” accordingly,” said the UM Safety in an active shooter tabletop the emergency phone company, “But it’s where a lot of OCT. 15: A CHAIN OF HEART one arrest for trying to uphold the tradition. and take anyone with him. Program manager Chuck Emnett. exercise this last summer. Other Code Blue, to possibly install people meet in large groups, He personally takes no issue with a gifted An armed robbery in 2014 “Preparing for active shooters exercises conducted to date additional emergency phones and that makes it a target area. A bike locked up with a chain near the climber spreading a little harmless Hallow- locked down UM’s campus and gets a lot of emphasis in K-12 and included a bomb threat scenar- with video capability, as well Not being prepared would be University Center met a similar fate. Both een havoc, “so long as they don’t fall off.” half of Missoula while police higher-ed institutions, since these io, a winter weather event, and as a loudspeaker system for irresponsible,” Giffin said.

montanakaimin.com October 23, 2019 4 October 23, 2019 montanakaimin.com 5 NEWS | NORTHWESTERN ENERGY NEWS | NOT DUCKING AROUND Proposed solar energy fee sparks opposition among students Pooping for a cause: Ducks find home with UM Dining JOANN MARTIN [email protected] JACK MARSHALL [email protected] Students opposed to a proposal that would make it more expensive for The UM Gardens manager sat in the Montana residents to use solar energy Food Zoo garden last Tuesday, Oct. 13, traveled to Helena on Oct. 15 to voice and fed a flock of white ducks some their concerns, but the Montana Pub- mealworms as they quacked contently. lic Service Commission cancelled the The ducks are female Welsh Harle- meeting an hour before it started. quins, which are known for the ability to Justin Kraske, the chief legal counsel for adapt in their environment. Male Harle- the Montana Public Service Committee, quins are brown with a greenish head, said the meeting was canceled because at compared to the creamy white female least three of the five commissioners were ducks at the Food Zoo. UM Gardens not present. The meeting has manager Anastasia Orkwiszewski brought been rescheduled for Oct. 22. the ducks to UM in the spring of 2018. NorthWestern Energy has proposed “They’ve really been a great addi- adding an extra rate for new residential tion to our sustainability and our school customers who opt to use solar energy. agriculture program,” Orkwiszewski said. One of the main electricity providers in Orkwiszewski raised the ducks since Montana, NorthWestern Energy’s proposed they were ducklings, so naturally she has charge would require new net-metering a strong bond with them. When asked customers to pay an extra monthly fee. which duck is her favorite, she said, Net-metering customers generate their “that’s like picking out a favorite child.” The ducks spend summers at the own electricity and can give any surplus en- KAITLIN CLIFFORD | MONTANA KAIMIN ergy back to NorthWestern Energy’s electric garden by the Iron Griz and winters in grid. This surplus energy can be repaid in sion by Dec. 27, 2019. However, the Public NorthWestern Energy starts imposing fees, sordo said. “It’s important for Montanans the Food Zoo garden. The biggest im- the form of credit on future bills, according Service Committee (PSC) has cancelled it’s going to make it a longer payback. This, because if politics is not going to work to in- pact the ducks have on the garden comes to NorthWestern Energy’s official webpage. the past two open meetings, the latest in turn, will make going solar less attractive fluence the energy movement here in Mon- from them pooping. The duck poop in Currently, net-metering customers only on Oct. 15, cutting off public comment. for people because they will feel like they tana, then it’s going to have to be private the garden becomes natural fertilizer pay about 65% of the costs associated with Jan and Harold Hoem helped form can’t benefit from the long-term payoffs. people in their own homes and their own for vegetables. The ducks’ old bedding using NorthWestern’s energy grid, the Montana Elders for a Livable Tomorrow, or “To do something like these de- neighborhoods, organizing on their own is also used for fertilizer in the garden. company’s website states. The overall costs MELT, almost 10 years ago in Missoula to mand charges, you are really attack- and making the shift to renewables. And if Living in a garden may not seem like to keep the grid running are fixed, so cus- support better environmental conditions ing the people who are trying to get a that benefit isn’t there, it’s going to be hard an ideal situation for a bird, but Welsh tomers only pay for the amount of energy for future generations after attending a solar energy industry going and the to do that in the grassroots sort of way.” Harlequins can’t fly. Orkwiszewski they use from the grid. Over time, without lecture about sustainability at UM. Jan left people that want to use it,” Jan said. Melody Hollar is a UM student dou- believes they are very spoiled, and she the extra demand charge, customers who Missoula for Helena at 7 a.m. on Tues- UM student Esther Lyon Delsordo ble majoring in ecosystem sciences and gives them treats every day. She feeds The UM Campus Dining ducks eat mealworms out of the hand of UM Gardens manager don’t generate their own energy will need day, Oct. 15, so that she and others could met Jan at the climate march in Septem- restoration and philosophy and minoring them frozen or expired fruit and vegeta- Anastasia Orkwiszewski. LIAM MCCOLLUM | MONTANA KAIMIN to pay more to cover the costs of the grid. participate in public comment about the ber 2019. Delsordo said she planned on in environmental studies. She wanted to bles that people can’t eat. Orkwiszewski If the proposal passes, NorthWest- matter. She said she was notified about attending the latest meeting, which was attend the most recent meeting, but was believes that their favorite food is grapes. The ducks may not be the Houdi- duck eggs to make creme brulee. City it was up to local preschoolers to choose ern would tack on an additional fee for the cancellation only an hour before the cancelled, but had class. Delsordo tried unable to because she had class. She said The web-footed wonders have of- ni of the animal kingdom, but if there laws and regulations in Missoula state their names. UM employees created fered a morale boost for students across new net-metering customers. For each meeting started, with no explanation. to attend an earlier meeting on Oct. 8, but with the growth of renewable energy, it is one thing they are good at, it’s lay- that, “The total number of geese, plus a pool of names, and the tots selected UM. “I thought I didn’t like the ducks customer, NorthWestern would multi- “Trying to get public participation is the PSC cancelled that one as well. For- feels like NorthWestern Energy is pre- ing eggs. According to the Livestock ducks, plus other domestic fowl may not their favorites. They chose Kiwi, Hazel, until I saw the ducks outside the Food ply the number of kilowatts of energy what they’re supposed to be doing as a tunately, she hadn’t yet left for Helena. venting people from participating in that Conservatory, Harlequins can lay up exceed six.” Orkwiszewski didn’t initially Mabel, Etta, Poppy and Duckleberry Zoo,” said student Zandria Dupuis. used during the hours of the month PSC,” Harold said. “They dropped the Delsordo said that having grown up in growth. She said it’s bad for climate change to 330 eggs a year, so that leaves UM plan to hit the duck capacity. In 2018, she Finn. Preschools regularly visit the “The ducks in the Food Zoo make with the highest rate of use by $8.64. ball on the public end of that by doing Missoula, it makes a lot of sense to want to and economic policy in the long run. Dining with a lot of duck eggs. ordered four ducklings, but the hatchery garden on field trips so kids can see having $40,000 in student debt worth Before it can be implemented, the this. They don’t encourage public par- protect the natural world she grew up play- “This is, I think, a really strange inter- Chefs at the Iron Griz incorporate sent two extra ducks as “packing pea- the ducks, but there is no age limit for it,” added student Dan Thompson. proposed fee must be reviewed and ticipation, and it’s really unfortunate.” ing in. She also said that the new demand action in Montana values because I feel duck eggs into specialty dishes, and the nuts.” She began raising the ducks at her duck visitors. Last year, Orkwiszews- College students who are interested in approved by Montana’s Public Service Jan said when people do install clean charge is a way to damage the potential as though Montana is very much about Food Zoo also uses the eggs for special house until they were a few months old. ki allowed a UM RA from Duniway to meeting the ducks can apply on the UM Committee, which regulates rates and energy, which is often expensive, one of growth of the renewable energy industry. independence and self-sufficiency, and events. Last spring, the Food Zoo cele- Once Orkwiszewski moved the bring residents in her hall to the garden Dining website for internships and Food services provided by utility companies. their motives is knowing that the invest- “This just feels like another way to take solar goes perfectly with that,” Hollar said. brated the ducks’ first birthday and used ducks to their home in the UM garden, for some finals week “duck therapy.” Zoo garden volunteer opportunities. The committee must reach a final deci- ment will pay off over time. She said if away the voice for renewable energy,” Del-

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in the U.S. that disregard indigenous peo- ple. It will also apply to variations of this Close to home, Mauna Kea affects faculty and students disregard that persist all over the world. “Our culture is too rich to replace SERENA PALMER anything with money,” Ahina said. [email protected] “It’s never ending. There’s always gon- na be land and sacred lands that are Ka’aumoana Ahina was in Montana being taken away that we are going when he first heard about the chaos to have to continually fight for.” on Mauna Kea. “I’d just flown from The TMT is closer to home than home one to home two,” he said. some people may realize. Montana State For Ahina, home number one is University is one of 39 U.S. institutions . He was born and raised in involved in AURA, the Association of Oahu, the island where the proposed Universities for Research in Astronomy, construction of a 30-meter telescope which is partially funding the telescope. (TMT) in the name of science has been If the telescope is built, MSU plans to send threatening Hawaiians’ sacred land. students and faculty to research there. The telescope, funded by several do- As part of the Montana University Sys- mestic and international science orga- tem, or MUS, UM is indirectly involved nizations, would be used for astronom- in the funding of the telescope, too. ical research. But people are concerned “We’re complicit in that violence,” about Hawaiians’ access to their own said professor of environmental stud- land and protection of their resourc- ies Rosalyn La Pier. An ethnobota- es. The mountain of Mauna Kea is still nist and environmental rights activ- used for religious practice, subsistence ist, La Pier is passionate about the hunting, gathering medicinal and edi- preservation of indigenous land. ble plants and other cultural practices. La Pier spent the summer in Hawaii Mauna Kea has been making na- working with locals to research indige- tional headlines. Thousands of pro- nous health and ethnobotany. She was testers have been living at the base of there when the TMT protests started. the mountain since July, successfully “The main protesters are college halting construction. An ongoing issue professors, school teachers, local attor- with a complicated history, the TMT neys who are indigenous people,” La has incited important conversations Pier said. “So it’s not a stereotypical about indigenous rights. Many students activist rabble-rouser, it’s a super-en- and faculty here at UM are personally gaged connected people who have jobs.” Members of the Pacific Islanders Club perform on stage at the Missoula Children’s Theater for their first annual Luau on April 14. HUNTER WIGGINS | MONTANA KAIMIN affected, and Ahina is one of them. La Pier believes that scholars “Where there are Hawaiians or are held to an ethical standard. Islanders Club, said President Bodnar and research. “Social media is always Ahina thinks it’s important for indigenous people in the world, we “We need to say something about could influence MSU and other institu- a great place to learn more,” said La the club to get the chance to expe- are impacted,” Ahina said. “It doesn’t the fact that we, as an institution, do tions by speaking out. “If he expressed Pier. The KAHEA website, the Hawaiin rience Mauna Kea in person. matter if we are physically on that not want to be participating in, or his opposition, at least on record, I Environmental Alliance, lists legitimate “We are from this earth, and mountain. Our spirit, our ancestors, our complicit in, actions of violence to- think it speaks volumes,” said La’a. ways to donate to specific causes. from that mountain. We are the peo- every being of our soul of who we are ward elders and indigenous people UM President Bodnar’s office did not People can support the UMPIC ple of this earth,” Ahina said. as indigenous people are rooted there, Members of the University of Montana Pacific Islanders Club participate in a protest for Mauna Kea, Hawaii in Missoula, Montana on July 29, 2019. in the name of science,” she said. respond to a request for comment. by attending its upcoming bake sale. CONTRIBUTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA PACIFIC ISLANDERS CLUB or are there, as we speak,” he said. This is why La Pier wrote a letter to La’a compared to The bake sale, to be held on Octo- The next UM Pacific Islanders Club Ahina is a junior at UM and president Clay Christian, MUS Commissioner of Mauna Kea, noting that a desecration ber 29 and 30 in the UC West Atrium, meeting will be on Nov 13th in the Branch of the Pacific Islanders Club. He practices scientific development. mission this year to focus their efforts with TMT and a hula demonstration. Higher Education, and MSU President of Mount Sentinel, closing it down to 9-3 p.m., will fund the club’s educa- Center from 6:30-8:30 p.m., open to all. Hawaiian language and instructs hula, a “We’re not against science. We’re on furthering the Missoula commu- “[We will be] sharing about what the Waded Cruzado, urging them to condemn visitors and recreation, would out- tional trip to Hawaii this winter. DiverseU presents the 14th annual Diver- Hawaiian tradition connected to chants, against you destroying our people, nity’s understanding of the TMT. University of Montana Pacific Island- violence against Hawaiians. Christian and rage the community of Missoula. Ahina says one goal of the trip is sity symposium Nov. 5-7. A full schedule can prayers and stories. He is one of many our beliefs, our places of worship, One of the events is a presentation ers have done to support and stand in Cruzado responded in a letter, writing, La’a also believes it’s important to be able to share the experience and be found at www.umt.edu/diverseu/schedule. members of the UM community who are our language, our practices, our en- taking place at DiverseU on Nov. 6 in solidarity with our home,” Ahina said. “The university will monitor related pub- to educate a predominantly white better educate the community upon impacted by the violence taking place at dangered species,” Ahina said. the UC theater from 2 to 2:50 p.m. The The club protested on Higgins Avenue lic developments in the state of Hawaii.” institution. “Sometimes it feels returning to the mainland. “We’re gonna Mauna Kea, where elders were arrested Motivated by the events at Mauna presentation will consist of a short ed- Bridge in July when the news first broke. The Kaimin reached out to Christian to like a constant battle,” he said. go there, we’re gonna live it and we’re in July during the peaceful protest. Kea, the members of the UM Pacif- ucational film screening about Mauna The DiverseU presentation will be a follow up and received no comment. UM students can help by contact- gonna share it when we come back to the Most Hawaiians are not against ic Islanders Club have made it their Kea, conversation about the problems significant commentary on value systems Isaac La’a, treasurer of the UM Pacific ing leadership, supporting UMPIC, University for spring term,” he said.

8 October 23, 2019 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com October 23, 2019 9 NEWS | SCIENTIFIC DELIBERATIONS ARTS | BEST OF BOTH WORLDS Changes in grad program testing could open doors for more students UM cheerleader is Rocky in Missoula’s ‘Rocky Horror Show Live’

MAZANA BOERBOOM ing, Wetzel said. The department is also NOELLE ANNONEN days throwing stunts with cheerleaders. [email protected] considering changing requirements for the [email protected] Peyton Croaker, a sophomore studying qualifying exam for the doctorate program. psychology, is Iverson’s primary partner. Universities nationwide have se- Students generally take the exam during A stadium full of people cheering The stunts they, as well as the rest of the lected graduate students based on test their second or third year of grad school. and screaming. The abandoned Mis- team, throw require balance, practice, and scores for decades, but the University Right now, students can choose mo Gymnastics Center. In either en- — indispensably — trust in one’s part- of Montana may drop that policy soon. between two exams before they start vironment, Tyler Iverson of the UM ner. But after nine years of cheer, Croaker Some graduate programs at UM have thesis work. Students can either take a Cheer Squad, is just as comfortable. says Iverson knows both the guys’ and considered making the change to bet- written exam or write an out-of-field grant Iverson’s silhouette is tall and muscular. girls’ technical aspects of the stunts. ter fit the needs of more students. proposal. Wetzel said students almost But as he waits to go on the Mismo stage, “He is like the cheer god,” she said. “It doesn’t mean that you’re going never choose the first option, because the Iverson is anything but intimidating as he The team gets closer as the semester to be a better student or a worse stu- questions can be intimidating, and the jumps and dances to the groovy tunes as goes on. Iverson, Croaker and Ross Cole- dent just because you get a good score proposal is a valuable learning experience. he watches the cast of “Rocky Horror Show man, the cheer squad’s team captain and on a standardized test,” said Scott According to Wetzel, CMMB is now Live!”, his face lights up with a mixture one of Iverson’s best friends, all refer to Wetzel, an associate professor in the considering adding a third option to of excitement and concentration. The blue being on the cheer squad as a family. They Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Bi- write an in-field grant proposal. The floor bounces with every barefooted step. have game and movie nights whenever ology (CMMB) graduate program. main difference between out-of-field and Iverson towers above most of his castmates their schedules allow it. Iverson makes it According to Wetzel, while there in-field proposal is that in an out-of-field from “Rocky Horror Show Live!” as he jogs when he can, but whenever he isn’t cheer- has been talk of dropping the Graduate proposal, students write about a topic around the edge of the gym floor, enters ing, working out, working, or studying, Record Examinations (GRE) test at UM, completely outside of their research field. DAYLIN SCOTT | MONTANA KAIMIN from stage right, and brings to life a certain he’s at rehearsals for “Rocky Horror.” a decision hasn’t been made yet. He said Writing an in-field proposal would allow doctor’s creation with flexing muscles. The potential for being falsely stereotyped the test isn’t relevant anymore, referring students to focus on their area of expertise. Iverson darts around the stage through- has come up before. But Iverson said stereo- to a study that concluded the GRE only Wetzel said a few students came out the musical number, throwing con- types like flamboyant male cheerleaders and predicts a student’s grade point average forward requesting the additional ad- fused glances at the other characters. He self-centered female cheerleaders are not at during their first semester. It does not missions option. Roman-Cruz was one lifts one of the actresses up high enough all true at UM. Coleman said when he began accurately predict how students will per- of them. She said the problem with an to hide his face behind her body as he’s cheering in high school alongside Iverson, form in research labs, on their qualifying out-of-field proposal is that students chased through the scene, although he’s it felt odd at first. He thought it would be exam or on their thesis projects, he said. have to focus all their effort on a topic far too large to hide behind anyone. His something like “High School Musical,” where The GRE is a standardized test, similar that will ultimately be unrelated to their PRESIDENT’S frame and his cropped blonde hair made the guys would have the same job as the girls to the ACT or SAT, which costs more than thesis projects for five to six weeks. An him an ideal choice for the character. instead of doing stunts. Although he felt he $200 per attempt. Ph.D student Valery Ro- in-field proposal can help students become That might have been why direc- had to explain what he was doing on the man-Cruz, studying vaccine development familiar with their research, she said. tor Reid Reimers called Buck Claesson, squad to his peers, he quickly realized cheer in the CMMB graduate program, said that Wetzel admitted there is merit to that LECTURE the Cheer Squad head coach at UM, is just like any other sport, any other team. doing well on a GRE does not reflect intel- idea, but working on something outside to ask if Iverson would be interested Iverson hasn’t ever quite felt held down by University of Montana cheerleader Tyler Iverson plays Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s creation, Rocky. LIAM MCCOLLUM | MONTANA KAIMIN ligence, but wealth and the ability to take a student’s research interests can be a in performing the role of Rocky. stereotypes, either on the side of being a male tests. Many graduate school applicants learning experience of its own. Often SERIES Iverson relates to Rocky, which is cheerleader or a “quirky” actor in a chaotic can’t afford the study courses, books and times it helps students branch out be- why he thinks he is the easiest char- play. And he doesn’t mind walking around in tutors to help them prepare for the exam. cause there’s not often a lot of money for 7:30 p.m. acter he could play on the show. gold underwear for almost the entire show. Undergraduate GPA, letters of rec- research. Students may need to write a Wednesday, Oct. 30 “He’s new to everything, but he’s also He claims he’s sung the Barbie theme song in ommendation and purpose statements proposal about something they’re less this big muscle man who has no idea front of an entire basketball stadium. As long are also required for admission into familiar with one day, Wetzel said. UC Ballroom what’s going on half the time, which is as he gets to be himself, at least a little, Iverson UM’s graduate programs. Because these “We’re trying to sort of reevaluate my life,” Iverson said. “And he’s just con- is on board. The only thing he isn’t sure about requirements indicate an applicant’s what’s the appropriate thing for us to be fused and he’s having fun with it.” is wearing fishnet tights and high heels. Free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Tommy Orange Iverson is more used to performing “It’s definitely fun and uncomfortable,” passion and experience, Wetzel said they doing and what works best for training To request disability-related modifications for this better determine a student’s success. the students,” Wetzel said. “Really that’s event, please call 406-243-4866 by Oct. 23. athletically than artistically, although some he said. “But I’m going to do it regardless.” Removing the GRE isn’t the only the goal, is to get students trained to think could argue that throwing human beings change the CMMB program is consider- about hypotheses and experiments.” on top of other human beings is an art form. He’s been on high school and collegiate The Rocky Horror Show Live! will be playing cheerleading teams for nine years, and even at the Wilma on Oct. 25 and 26, at 8 p.m. and performed competitively during his freshman midnight. You can buy tickets online today on the year at UM. Iverson is perfectly suited to the Logjam Presents website, logjampresents.com. UM football field, where he spends game

10 October 23, 2019 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com October 23, 2019 11 ARTS | MUSIC REVIEW OPINION | STUDYING’S FOR NERDS Does Moog like it? A bird’s-eye view of New Music Friday We need a gold standard for how much out-of-class effort is required of us DREW NOVAK be one of Perry’s better offerings as of late. LILY SOPER [email protected] Does my bird like it? I’m order- [email protected] ing him a Hawaiian shirt and a tiny Moog is back, baby! Your favorite avian afi- pair of shades as we speak. Yes. It’s advising season, and with cionado of all things music is here again to guide scheduling classes comes schedul- you through the perils and pleasures of another “UNLOVE YOU” BY ARMIN VAN BUUREN FEAT. ing time to study for them. But how week of brand new tunes. NE-YO much study time are we talking? What do you get when you take a Professors recommend for every hour “PANG” BY CAROLINE POLACHEK stock-standard house beat, piano stabs and spent in class, you spend three additional The title track off the former Chairlift a generically inoffensive vocal turn from hours outside of class for homework and singer’s first solo starts with a simple R&B singer Ne-Yo? “Unlove You,” a song studying. To do the math: if you’re taking keyboard loop, quickly filling with a pulsing so lightweight and nothingy, it evaporates 12 credits, you should expect 36 hours drum beat and layered synths. It is, in a word, before its brief two-and-a-half minute run. per week outside of class. If you’re taking lovely. But with a single onomatopoeic gasp There’s nothing aggressively wrong here, 15, prepare to spend 45 hours per week. (think “BANG” but with softer edges), Polachek which is a special kind of frustrating. Bad That sounds like a lot, right? For distills romantic bliss into a burst of breathy songs should be car crashes, damn it. some classes, it is. UM offers gen eds LILY JOHNSON | MONTANA KAIMIN emotion. That’s the power of good pop. Does my bird like it? Moog had that require the recommended amount Does my bird like it? Moog purred like no reaction whatsoever. I’ve nev- of weekly study time for the whole Seriously kids, if you take away nothing a kitten after each chorus. So… yes? er seen that bird so quiet. No. semester. I took Anthro 101 my fresh- else from my rant, let it be this: Art of KAITLIN CLIFFORD | MONTANA KAIMIN man year and I probably spent 10 World Civilization II is NOT an easy-A. “HARLEYS IN HAWAII” BY “UNEVENTFUL DAYS” BY hours total thinking about it, includ- We could try asking professors to pro- In which the gurl hits the The latest cut from the musician’s 14th hard stare in the mirror after the song’s end. Lauv drops in for this appealing single mix, ing the time I actually spent in class. vide an estimate of required time spent islands. Perry isn’t necessarily known for (?!) studio album, “Hyperspace,” is a ne- The dude is clearly going through it. Yes. sounding right at home among the chart-top- Most upper-division courses (and outside of class in their course descrip- subtlety — this is the woman who wore a on-tinted glimpse of post-breakup ennui. ping K-poppers and Ed Sheeran-penned lyrics. some unnecessarily hard gen eds — tions, but let’s face it: a lot of professors hamburger costume to the Met Gala — so Beck, with a little help from uber-producer “MAKE IT RIGHT (REMIX)” BY BTS FEAT. LAUV Does my bird like it? Moog was at what are you trying to prove, intro-level are disconnected with how easy or hard this understated guitar-and-bass-heavy love Pharrell Williams, mashes together spac- The mark of a successful boy band track is this point hanging from his perch, up- professors?) will cost you anywhere their classes actually are. Those (few) letter to the tropics might come as a surprise ey synths and syncopated bongos, creat- a tricky blend of earnestness and inoffensive side-down and motionless. But hey, it seems from 10 to 20 hours per week, depend- insufferably haughty professors — you to listeners. It’s a mid-tempo track made for ing a futuristic lament in the process. charm, something this 2000s-esque R&B throw- to have pulled him out of whatever exis- ing on your major, and that’s if you’re know, the ones who brag about how few sunsets and open roads, and also happens to Does my bird like it? Moog took a long, back has in spades. “I Like Me Better” crooner tential crisis that Beck song had him in. being responsible. If you don’t spend people pass their classes — will proba- the time you need to each week, you bly suggest you quit your job altogether, may find yourself trying to fit 88 hours’ forego your hobbies, abandon your family. worth of study time into two days. Your life belongs to Geology 101 now. If classes vary so much in terms of So, if we can’t trust our profes- time commitment, how are we sup- sors, and we can’t trust our own Foals is just okay on ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2’ posed to budget our schedules when instincts, who can we trust? MEGHAN JONAS — registering for next semester? A lot of Former students, that’s who. I pro- pian soundtrack for a movie about a hodgepodge gang of misfits. depth as they have for the last decade. students have jobs, families and lives pose we use the average response from [email protected] But then again, so does most of their music. My biggest issue with the album was “Neptune.” Yes, dear in general to plan around, and that’s our course evaluations. What else is “Dreaming Of” is where Foals really soar. Every album has a readers, this was the 10-minute song. I liked it at the beginning, I made no easier when you don’t know if that info for, anyway, other than for The band known for its pumped-up indie rock re- love song, but this one felt different and unexpected. It’s what I’d really did! But at the five-minute mark I was tapped out. The al- Intro to Humanities will take nine hours the aforementioned asshole profes- leased its sixth album, “Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost — listen to in the twilight hours with someone I love but shouldn’t. bum isn’t long by any means. I could have handled at least three or 90 minutes of your weekly effort. sors to use as bragging rights. “My Part 2,” and I wanted to love it. As an individual consumer with This was the only jump from softness to high energy and it was more tracks. But the fact that this 10-minute monstrosity closed If you think you can eyeball the effort class takes 34 hours of study-time a a penchant for angry apocalypse music, I did. But as a critical near perfect. It makes me wish the rest of the album reflected the the album is ridiculous. required in a class based on the brief week.” “Oh yeah? Well, my class broke listener, it didn’t really do anything for me. success that was reached on this track. If “Neptune” had been left off the album (or even put at the descriptions offered — good luck with a student’s psyche entirely. They had to The vocal talent of lead singer Yannis Philippakis is undeni- “Part 2” doesn’t have any peaks or valleys that last over a min- beginning) I would have loved the record so much more. All the that. I once took an art history class be- move back home with their parents.” able with his almost grating pitch. The rest of the band’s work ute. The few times the mood changes are immediately jumped other tracks on their own were solid. “Part 2” lacks effective tran- cause it sounded like a fun, easy edition Students deserve to know as much as on their respective instruments is fantastic. They’re the reason I over. And even when the track isn’t supposed to be slower, like sitions though, making it sound the same as if you had shuffled it to an otherwise math-heavy semester. It possible about their prospective class- even consider the band “rock.” But in “Part 2,” Foals stays in their “Into the Surf,” there isn’t a change from the general angst of the with no apparent reasoning behind the track list. kicked my ass. I barely escaped with a B, es, including what kind of work load individual corners too much. They didn’t even try to do anything record. I will listen to Foals until the day I die. But I will only be lis- and wound up turning to Probability and can be expected, and we might as well outside of the box they put themselves in. If Foals wants to stick to being angsty, sick. But there are dif- tening to a handful of tracks off this album. Linear Equations for an intellectual break. use the data we’re already collecting. The album isn’t bad by any means. “” and ferent roads I was wanting Foals to explore with that. I wanted “Into the Surf” both have the right energy to be put into a dysto- them to come up for air or dive even deeper, not stay at the same

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The Weekly Crossword by Margie E. Burke The stars want you to treat your boo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

VIRGO (AUG. 23 - SEPT. 22) 14 15 16 Get all that energy out. Throw pumpkin guts. Live ‘Native’ Halloween costumes Virgo, you’re like a sweet little marshmallow. your dream. 17 18 19 JORDYNN PAZ Cuddle up and make some s’mores with your bae. 20 21 22 [email protected] PISCES (FEB. 19 - MARCH 20) Or you could have them make one for you. You’re 23 24 25 cute enough they’ll want to do it. Stargazing is in your future. Nothing quite 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Native is buzzing about “Native” says “romance” like being cuddled up in the back Halloween costumes and the many issues sur- LIBRA (SEPT. 23 - OCT. 22) of someone’s truck or laying out on a blanket in 33 34 35 36 rounding the trend. Go check out a haunted house — a park. Daydream about what life could look 37 38 39

Although Missoula tends to be very polit- Preferably a really scary one. like for you and the love of your life 40 41 42 ically correct and many people here are some- Just make sure the person in 50 years. 43 44 45 46 what culturally aware, there are still plenty you bring is okay with of people who will wear “Native-inspired” you jumping into ARIES (MARCH 21 - APRIL 19) 47 48 49 costumes downtown and to parties this year. their arms when the The date for you and 50 51 52 53 54 55 56

I would just like to let everyone know that if boogeyman comes your boo? Corn maze, 57 58 59 you wear a costume of this nature, don’t be out. No shame in baby. Get lost and pro- 60 61 62 surprised when an actual Native person ap- being afraid or tect each other from proaches you to educate you on why your sleeping with the reanimated scarecrows 63 64 65 choice of costume was a bad one. lights on. and killer crows. It Copyright 2019 by The Puzzle Syndicate ACROSS As I hope you all know, Native Americans might seem spooky, but 1 Nightstand item DOWN 30 Popular flooring have a sore history, despite being on our own SCORPIO (OCT. 23 - that’s okay, because we 5 Drinking aid 1 Hold up tile NOV. 21) 10 Did some laps 2 Exotic berry 31 Hole-boring tool lands and cultural homes. Not being properly know you can take on 14 Aspire maker 3 Spirited 32 Distrustful represented is a major issue, and having our We know how anything. After all, you’re 15 Hunt illegally 4 False front 35 Parking pro voices heard is a constant uphill battle. On is- much you love to ob- kind of the scariest one 16 Worker's pay 5 Plant having 38 Handheld sues that pertain to how we are perceived in sess over your exes. there. 17 Fill to excess milky juice telescope 18 Not appreciative 6 Freight weight 39 1990 film, "_____ the media, our pleas for understanding con- Maybe instead of torment- 20 Little laugh 7 Cleaning cloths of Fortune" sistently fall on deaf ears. We are often stifled ing yourself looking at your TAURUS (APRIL 20 - MAY 20) 22 Located 8 Bitter 41 Poker phrase with “Get over it,” “That was so long ago, none old flame’s Twitter, focus on the only Not many signs are as persistent as 23 Pigeon's perch 9 "______you 42 Simpson sibling 25 Financial worry say…" 44 City on the Rio of you actually experienced that,” or my ab- thing that really matters with your new, CASUAL you. That’s why apple picking is the perfect date. 26 Marvel super- 10 Gym wear Grande solute favorite when it comes to “Native” cos- fling: football and tailgating. Go Griz! Yes, it’s a lot of work, but totally worth it for the hero team 11 Float on the 46 Type of tumes: “We’re honoring your culture!” cute pics and homemade apple cobbler. Also, ev- 29 Virgins of breeze fingerprint SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 - DEC. 21) Ancient Rome 12 Chills and fever 48 Edgar ____ Poe I would like to publicly call bullshit. eryone looks good climbing a ladder. Think of all 33 Like some 13 Blend together 50 Newborn's need You are not honoring us in any capacity Let’s face it, you’re a romantic at heart, even the Insta pics. divorces 19 Root veggie 51 Anagram for whatsoever. Wearing fake beads and feathers though you try to act tough. Take someone you 34 Mars explorer 21 Nervously "door" GEMINI (MAY 21 - JUNE 20) 36 Wish otherwise irritable 52 Throat trouble in a stereotypical fashion made to match Plains really love on a ride to look at the changing leaves 37 Succulent plant 24 Typo, eg. 53 Missile housing tribes (because no, not all Indians wore beads, up in the mountains. And while you’re at it, talk Look, Gemini, we’re not saying you’re scary. But 38 Kind of panel 26 Store up 55 Graphic ____ feathers, rode horses and lived in teepees), is about your feelings. Let it all out. Trust us, they if you’re watching a scary movie marathon and se- 39 Latest thing 27 Soft palate 56 Twiggy digs 40 Grand total 28 Well-made 58 Swe. neighbor want to know you. cretly relate to some of the villains, we won’t judge. not honoring us. What you are doing is per- 41 Arbor Day month petuating, supporting and endorsing Native Just don’t tell your date when you vibe with Norman 42 Feature of old slot machines American stereotypes that lead to many issues CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 - JAN. 19) Bates. That’s definitely therapist information. Answers to Last Week’s Crossword: Nose-wrinkling We know how much you love to be practical. 43 that rage against Native people. 45 UPS parcel, e.g. S A L A D A P S E M A M A One of these very present and pressing DAYLIN SCOTT | MONTANA KAIMIN We’re not going to suggest something without CANCER (JUNE 21 - JULY 22) 47 Sea lettuce A L I C E T R I G E B O N issues is sexual violence and assault against a super obvious purpose. Make a pie with your You get the pinnacle of fall dates. You guessed it: 49 Shocking N O M I N A T I N G N A T O weapon honey and then bring it to a neighbor. Or eat it pumpkin patch. Need we say more? D E E D P A T H L A C E D Native American women. According to the Na- ify that I am in no way saying that our pain isn’t an obvious difference. tually leads to high rates of rape and sexual 50 Bare-bones S T A R C H T A C K L E tional Congress of American Indians’ Research is worse than pain felt by non-Native assault When you fetishize a group of people this assault, an issue that is finally coming to light yourself, we won’t judge. It’s the thought that 54 Bagpiper's wear O S T E R H E A R S E Center, 61% of Native women have experienced survivors. However, popular adult Halloween much, eventually you stop thinking of them as with the Missing and Murdered Indigenous counts, right? LEO (JULY 23 - AUG. 22) 57 It may give you N O O S E M E R I T T S P a rush A hayride is the perfect opportunity to show M O N T A G E M O N G R E L assault in their lifetime (three out of five), com- site Yandy will take down a costume depict- human beings. They become objects meant to Women movement. 59 Paddock papa E N E C O N D O A R E N A AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 - FEB. 18) your casual fling you’re interested in them. Think 60 State of mind pared to 51% of white women, and 52% of Af- ing a sexy “Handmaid’s Tale” character that be taken for whatever means you feel will best With the entire country talking about sexu- P O R T E R M E A T Y You love being creative, right? Go carve some about it: screaming children, hay in your clothes, 61 Place for a perm rican American women. Of those assaults, 63% was deemed “inappropriate” and “a symbol fulfill your needs — be it land, labor or plea- al assault, harassment and misconduct, I would S T R I D E T E P E E S pumpkins! Let your significant other be your freezing hands. That kind of patience and dedica- 62 Aardvark fare will be at the hands of non-Native offenders. of women’s oppression” by mainstream soci- sure. Nearly all of the “Native” Halloween cos- like to allow Native women a seat at the table. 63 Conclusion T R I C E C E D I N U D E In the time of #MeToo we are finally hav- ety. Yet, this site continues to sell more than 40 tumes out there are heavily sexualized. When Our voices and stories matter. We need allies muse, or carve something scary like your GPA. tion will show you’re worth cuffing. starter R I S K C O N C E N T R I C A B E L I O T A B E E C H ing a conversation about sexual assault and different “Native American” costumes all with non-Natives see this, it implies that Native now more than ever, and it starts with your 64 Bull's sound 65 For fear that W E R E A P E R C A R E T violence against women. I would like to clar- sexual connotations: You can’t tell me there women represent sex and sex only. This even- choice of costume.

14 October 23, 2019 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com October 23, 2019 15 DANTE FILPULA ANKNEY [email protected] ny with his wife, Aryn, and two kids, Vivia, 5, and Sebastian, 3. However, for him and his family, little would change after It was a hot day in late spring 2017, and after driving for an the ceremony. He would continue to live in the U.S., as he had hour in traffic, AC blasting, Chris Citowicki took for half of his life prior to becoming a citizen. The ceremony a wrong turn onto a toll road. He had no money for the toll, was emotional for the family, but also long and anticlimactic. and his thoughts were racing, trying to figure out what he was Their son found a comfortable spot to sleep on the floor to pass Finding home going to do. the time. Then his phone rang. After being stuck in traffic, a call from Citowicki’s route to citizenship is something both him and UM soccer coach's journey to U.S. citizenship his aunt was not the distraction he needed — knowing what his wife are grateful for. They recognize the fear mongering calls from his aunt entail. She was calling to tell Citowicki that started by a U.S. administration that has tightened immigration he NEEDED to be doing something. policies and deported, detained and denied immigrants from He answered. certain countries. “Listen, I’m on the wrong road here. I got other things to “We went through this process with privilege,” Aryn said,. focus on right now,” Citowicki told her. “Yeah, we were very lucky,” Citowicki added. But his aunt, Maggie, was panicked. Non-citizens, she said, are being deported — including people from European coun- tries. She was stressing the possibility of this happening to him. She said they could decide not to renew his green card, and Citowicki was born in Poland, approximately 5,000 miles without US citizenship, he could be separated from his family. away from Missoula, in 1983, at a time when the communist Citowicki responded with, “Okay, sure.” government was being challenged by protesters. They had That phone call from his aunt while in traffic initiated him placed the country into martial law, instituting curfews and taking his first step toward becoming a U.S. citizen. He sat at rations of food and supplies. According to Citowicki, it went as his computer in an Ontario, California airport to begin what he far as diaper rationing, difficult for his parents who were trying had imagined to be a long process. However, it took him about to raise him. 10 minutes to set up his account online, the first step to becom- To live a better life, Citowicki’s parents fled with him, then ing a U.S. citizen. 2 years old, to live in a refugee camp for a year in Italy. While Citowicki’s application to become a citizen did not come there, he received a kiss from Pope John Paul II; even today, he without hardships, but it was comparably easier than what oth- credits this as a reason why he has been so blessed throughout er immigrants have experienced in the . his life. Obtaining citizenship has become harder for all immigrants “I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for the country under President Trump and his administration, according to of Italy saying, ‘Of course. Come here,’” Citowicki said. Shahid Haque, an immigration lawyer and founder of Border After a year in Italy, Citowicki’s family moved to South Af- Crossing Law Firm in Helena. rica for 5 years during the time of apartheid, legislation passed In fact, during President Trump’s first year in office, there in 1950 that discriminated and segregated the non-white pop- was an increase of petitions filed to become citizens, but the ulation until 1994. The country still deals with racism today. number of people who were actually granted citizenship de- His parents wanted to find a permanent home, one away from creased by more than 40,000, according to the 2017 Yearbook of conflict. Immigration Statistics. Seven-year-old Citowicki and his parents went to the Cana- At the same time, the number of deportations by ICE in- dian consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa to make arrange- creased by over 15,000, according to the 2017 ICE Enforcement ments to move to Canada. Upon arrival, they were told that the and Removal Operations Report. consulate was closed for lunch, to stop by in an hour to fill out Also in Trump’s first year in office, Attorney General Jeff paperwork, according to Citowicki. Sessions announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood But the Citowicki family did not wait the suggested hour. Arrivals (DACA) program would be repealed, and President They weren’t going to wait any longer. Instead, they walked Trump instituted an executive order that stopped travel to the across the street to the Australian consulate, where they began U.S. for six Muslim majority countries, as well as all refugees the paperwork to move to Australia. According to Citowicki, he for 120 days. became an Australian citizen because of a lunch break. “You are facing an agency that is looking to deny your case “I could have been a Canadian hockey player, which is my if they can,” Haque said, “and are happy to deny your case if other favorite sport, but hey, that’s fine,” Citowicki said. they can.” Citowicki spent the next 11 years in Australia, living in both Citowicki says it usually takes about 24 hours for most Darwin and Canberra. He developed a passion for soccer and TOP: Drawings of all of the states and countries where Citowicki has things to set in after hearing them, and so 24 hours later, far started playing professionally for Burns FC at the age of 16. lived hang above a soccer goal in his home in Missoula. from the toll road, he really thought about what his aunt had According to Citowicki, he blew his chance to further his COLTON ROTHWELL | MONTANA KAIMIN told him. She had a point. professional career by under-performing in front of a scout. So BOTTOM: Pope John Paul II holds two-year-old Citowicki’s face in A year and a half after that phone call, on Sept. 25, Citowic- he decided to go play overseas as well as get an education. Italy, 1985, where the Citowicki family lived as refugees for a year. ki, Montana Grizzlies’ head soccer coach, became a U.S. citizen “I just left wanting to try and figure out my life,” Citowicki CONTRIBUTED | CHRIS CITOWICKI at a federal courthouse in Great Falls. He attended the ceremo- said. SARA DIGGINS | MONTANA KAIMIN 16 October 23, 2019 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com October 23, 2019 17 mountains catching his attention. When he stepped off the plane, he called his wife. “He called me from the plane the second they landed and he was like ‘It’s so beautiful here. It’s amazing. You have to see it. FIRED UM COACH’S We have to come here someday,’” Aryn said. All that time, Citowicki was able to remain in the United LAWSUIT UPDATE States on a student visa while working on his undergradu- ate and graduate degrees. He was starting an application for a work visa when he got married and was able to apply for a green card. Mark Plakorus was fired A green card has to be renewed within two years after ac- in 2017 as head coach of the quiring one through marriage and allows a person to work and Montana Grizzlies women’s live permanently in the U.S. However, green card recipients still do not receive certain rights that U.S. citizens receive, and soccer team after texting green cards are not always renewed. escort services on a University- He was unsure of his chances of attaining a work visa, a visa issued cell phone in Las Vegas. a non-citizen can apply for to be able to live and work in the U.S. To be granted a work visa, your occupation is reviewed to see if Plakorus sued the University of it is in the interest of the U.S. Citowicki was applying as a soccer Montana for defamation and coach, which he said is not at the top of the list when it comes breach of contract on May 1, to U.S. interest. And Citowicki had known people who’d encountered prob- 2019. lems obtaining their work visa. As head coach of the soccer He alleges that the University team at Shattuck St. Mary’s, a school in Minnesota, Citowicki’s of Montana defamed him by assistant coach was a Brazilian woman on a work visa. The U.S. did not renew that visa, and she had to go back to Brazil. releasing complaints of sexual Citowicki was able to attain his green card through mar- Citowicki watches the Griz soccer team prepare for a corner-kick drill during the team’s final practice before its matchup with Sacramento State. misconduct that were found to riage. The process was scary, according to Citowicki and his CLAIRE SHINNER | MONTANA KAIMIN be without merit and breached Citowicki gained citizenship at a federal court house in Great Falls on Citowicki looks through a scrapbook of photos from his youth in wife. his contract by releasing certain Sept. 25. His wife, Aryn; daughter, Vivia; and son, Sebastian attended Poland and Australia with his daughter Vivia at his home in Missoula “What if my green card runs out and they just don’t want to Many immigrants today have trouble obtaining a green again if they are coming from a place that isn’t treating them on Oct 15. Citowicki often goes years without seeing his relatives living what Aryn said was an emotional ceremony. renew it, then what?” Citowicki said. card to set themselves up to become a citizen. According to well,” Citowicki said, “and America gives you the opportunity employment information to in foreign countries. CONTRIBUTED | CHRIS CITOWICKI The night before the couple was going in for their interview COLTON ROTHWELL | MONTANA KAIMIN Haque, it is not easy for immigrants to attain citizenship in the to do that. It’s what this country has been doing forever.” media outlets. to attain a green card for Citowicki, Aryn went into surgery U.S. right now, and it’s even harder for refugees. Citowicki became head coach for a ruptured ovarian cyst “the size of a lemon.” He had to re- Refugees are people seeking asylum in another country be- The flight from Canberra to Sydney, Australia was emotion- left the university and started a new club team in the area. He schedule his interview. cause they have been displaced by possible persecution, war, last season, 2018, following al for the 18-year-old; he was leaving his home. repeatedly called Citowicki to ask him to come help with prac- “That was the moment when we were like, ‘Oh my gosh, did or natural disaster in their own country. They have to register Since the day he became a citizen, Citowicki and his team Plakorus’ seven seasons as head His idea was to go to the U.S. for four years and come back. tices. According to Citowicki, he kept saying no until Eaton of- we just screw this whole thing up?’” Aryn said. with the U.N. outside of their country to become a refugee, ac- have been undefeated: having won or tied every game since coach of the soccer team. But to this day, 18 years after leaving Australia, Citowicki has fered him $50 to come to practice and run a training session. According to Haque, marrying a U.S. citizen is one of the cording to Soft Landing Missoula’s website. Sept. 25. Griz Soccer is ranked first in the Big Sky Conference not been back home. He has occasionally seen his mother and “I wasn’t going to say no to money,” Citowicki said,“I’ll easier pathways to attain a green card and become a U.S. citi- According to Haque, it is difficult to prove that you are even this season. Last season, he coached the team to win the Big Sky The University of Montana’s brother since coming to the U.S., but he has not seen his father come out and run a session for you and get out of here. I’ll take zen. However, applicants are put through interviews that scru- a refugee in order to seek asylum, let alone start the process to Conference championship and enter the NCAA tournament for lawyers motioned for dismissal since leaving for the U.S. due to travel difficulties. He said he your money.” tinize the legitimacy of the marriage throughout the process. become a permanent resident after you are given asylum. the first time since 2011. of the case, citing Plakorus’ plans on seeing his dad again for the first time in 18 years this He was driving home from the first practice in his ’91-soft When the interview finally took place, he and his wife were Immigrants are like Citowicki: people choosing to enter a On Sept. 27, the entire Montana Grizzlies soccer team stood, Thanksgiving, if everything works out. top Jeep Wrangler when he thought, “This is awesome.” Cito- separated into different rooms. Citowicki recalls being nervous country on their own accords. They enter the U.S. through a each lined up with their right hands placed over their hearts. failure to go through the He attended Lock Haven University, a small Division II wicki loved every single second of coaching, and right then he and unsure of the birth dates of his wife and two kids. visa that defines the amount of time you are allowed to stay. “The Star-Spangled Banner” played throughout the indoor complaint procedures set out school in Pennsylvania, which had three international students knew it was what he was going to do with his life. “Oh, my God I hope our answers match on each side,” Ci- Visas, green cards and citizenship all result in a lot of pa- field, loud and echoing throughout the dome and into the ears in his contract before filing the already on the team. He was unfamiliar with NCAA guide- He got his first head coaching job in Minnesota, where he towicki said. perwork and headaches for applicants. One small misstep, one of the people in attendance. lines, and after only one preseason game, his eligibility was strived to be as successful as legendary hockey coach Herb Both Citowicki and his wife agreed that waiting for the missing document, and your case could be denied. That is why, For the Grizzlies head coach, there was something unfamil- lawsuit. Plakorus’ lawyer argues taken away. Brooks, after watching the movie “Miracle on Ice.” While in green card approval was the most stressful part of becoming Haque said, an attorney is helpful, though not necessary. iar about this familiar event. As he listened, hand over his own that the courts have jurisdiction To compete in NCAA-affiliated college athletics, athletes’ Minnesota, he earned his graduate degree in sports adminis- a citizen. Those seeking citizenship must have a green card for Citowicki said he and his wife spent $5,000 to $6,000 on at- heart, captured by game-day emotions, he realized just how to hear both sides. amateur status is reviewed and athletes are then issued an tration, met his wife, Aryn, at a bar and saw the birth of his two five years prior to the citizenship process, according to Haque. torney fees to become a citizen, most of which was spent in the different this seemingly typical moment was for him. amateurism certification. Because Citowicki received payment children, Sebastian and Vivia. After having a green card for more than five years and process of getting a green card. “Oh crap, this is my first time listening to the national an- As of Tuesday, Oct. 15, Judge while playing professionally in Australia, he was denied a cer- Over the course of the next 15 years, Citowicki took a variety meeting all other qualifications, it should take 10 1/2 to 16 1/2 In the end, from taking the first step at an Ontario, Califor- them as an American,” Citowicki said. John Larson is still weighing tification and, consequently, the ability to play collegiate soccer of college and club team coaching jobs that moved him from months at Helena to become a citizen after filing your paper- nia Airport to the ceremony at Great Falls, Citowicki’s process Citowicki’s journey to becoming a citizen has ended at a tan UM’s motion to dismiss the in the U.S. Pennsylvania to Minnesota and then to North Dakota, before work according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Ser- to becoming a citizen took a year and a half. house in a suburb in Missoula, where he currently lives. He According to him, this was the end of his playing days. Ci- coming to Missoula. vices. His personal views on immigration are molded from his said he is grateful to attain the American Dream cliche, a house lawsuit. towicki had a decision to stay at Lock Haven and continue his As an assistant coach at North Dakota, he traveled to Mis- Citowicki had renewed his green card once before and experiences growing up — living in a refugee camp as a child, with a white picket fence, a wife, a dog and two kids. education, or return home to Australia. He decided to stay. soula to compete against the Grizzlies. He still remembers fly- would have had to renew it again in 2022 if he didn’t become a bouncing around the world to find a home. “I’ve been lucky enough to live in a lot of places and traveled Meanwhile, his old head coach at Lock Haven, Rob Eaton, ing across Montana, closing in on Missoula, and the way the citizen. Luckily, he did. “People need to be given opportunities to start their lives a lot, and I’ve never felt this at home anywhere,” Citowicki said.

18 October 23, 2019 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com October 23, 2019 19 SPORTS | SETTING THE BAR EVENTS | CALENDAR A longtime player-coach duo shows a promising future for UM volleyball Warehouse raves, tea trades and artsy faves JACK MARSHALL her game every year and every match [email protected] that I’ve known her,” Lawrence said. Godwin had a career-high 11 kills and will highlight some special guests, too. Don’t miss it. Denni- Brown’s Lake and take in the gorgeous sights. Loons, scoters and Allison Lawrence coached fresh- against Idaho State on Oct. 19, which Wednesday 23 son Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at griztix.com other various waterfowl frequent the site. Make sure you bring man Elsa Godwin when Godwin was was the most kills any player on either your handy binoculars to get the best views. 8:45 a.m. UM Adams just 11. Even then, Lawrence could team had. At one point in the season, MANSFIELD DIALOGUE: HONG KONG’S CIVIL SOCIETY ART SWING AT MISSOULA ART MUSEUM Center Parking Lot P. tell that Godwin was talented. Now, Godwin led the Big Sky Conference in UPRISING Get your artsy-fartsy on with a tour of the Missoula Art Mu- Lawrence is her head coach at UM. aces. She also leads UM in total aces. To say the people of Hong Kong are experiencing some tur- seum galleries, live music and some face-to-face time with exhib- THIRD ANNUAL SKELETON SKEDADDLE 1K/5K “There was something about “I was not expecting to be No. 1 in moil is an understatement. But to get the bigger picture, it really iting artists like Lillian Pitt, Barbara Weissberger, Ellen Garvens “Move for your bones” at UM Physical Therapy’s third annual her that really stood out to me, the conference for aces,” Godwin said. helps to put everything into context. Academic Mark L. Sheldon and Ken Little. Not enough for you? There will be hors d’oeuvres 1K/5K event. Runners, joggers, walkers and everyone in between even at that age,” Lawrence said. “I “It boosted my confidence and it was of the Chinese University of Hong Kong will guide you through and a bar, uncultured swine. $5 with student ID. Free for mem- are welcome to get fit this Halloween season. Race winners — thought to myself that this little kid good to know it helped the team too.” his experiences during his 40-year residency and analyze the civ- bers. 5 to 8 p.m. and those with the best costumes — will be awarded prizes. The could make it at the next level.” In 2018, the Griz won 10 games and il uprising we see in the daily news. Explore Hong Kong’s dem- Oval. 1K starts at 2:15 p.m. and costs $20. 5K starts at 3 p.m. and After coaching the club team for a few qualified for the Big Sky Tournament. ocratic social movements and learn more about the tenuous re- “THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW LIVE!” costs $30. Register at runsignup.com/skeletonskedaddle5k years, Lawrence’s husband took over the Five seniors graduated from UM, leav- lationship between the United States and China. 12 to 12:50 p.m. The campiest Halloween staple is back, so grab your fishnets job. Lawrence then was UM’s assistant ing a huge hole in the roster that has Mansfield Library Theta Rho Room. and prepare to get freaky. Whether you’re a virgin or know every coach from 2010 to 2016. She was hired been filled by freshmen this year. line by heart, “The Rocky Horror Show” is theater at its wildest, Monday 28 to be Montana’s head volleyball coach in This year there are six freshmen rowdiest and (dare we say it) naughtiest. We know you’re trem- 2017 after being an assistant coach for six and three redshirt freshmen. Only Thursday 24 bling with antici...pation. Performances at 7 and 11 p.m. $34 to $44 GETTING MORE OUT OF SOCIAL MEDIA years. Lawrence is originally from Alta three upperclassmen on the squad. in advance available at logjampresents.com Face it: social media is here to stay. Let UM’s own profes- Loma, California. She played for Oregon The Griz have started confer- THINGS THAT SUCK: CREATIVE IDEATION sor of journalism Lee Banville show you how to rein its pow- State in college, where she ended up in ence play with a record of 1-7 and The world is a big place, and let’s be honest, a lot of it sucks. ers for good and not evil. The founding editor of PBS New- the top five in the school’s all-time kills their overall record is 2-17. Only Vent your frustrations about everything from poorly designed Saturday 26 sHour’s digital and social media wing will outline how to list. Since becoming the head coach, four of UM’s next 11 matches will products to climate change at the Innovation Factory on the sec- get the most out of one of modern life’s most prevalent tech. Lawrence led the Griz to their first Big be played at home this season. ond floor of the University Center. Most importantly, this event DISCO BLOODBATH WAREHOUSE HALLOWEEN Make social media work for you, not the other way around. Sky Tournament appearance since 2014. Godwin believes that the more the provides the opportunity to come up with real-world solutions BFK Presents are going all out for this year’s Disco Bloodbath, This workshop consists of two parts, the second following on Once old enough to play high school young team wins and loses together, the to all things sucky. Be the change you want to see in the world! a raucous event any self-respecting electronic music fan would Nov. 4. $140. 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Don Anderson Hall, room volleyball, Godwin and her teammate, Sa- better it will get. “This year is kind of a 4 p.m. be sorry to miss. This year’s party is absolutely enormous, with 101. rina Moreno, both attended Sentinel High building year for us, but I think know- 45,000 square feet of both indoor and outdoor spaces. Get the real School in Missoula, winning two Class ing we are going to play with each other TRULY FERMENTED: PUERH AND THE HORSE TEA warehouse party experience with theatrical and visual effects, TRADE ROUTE AA State Volleyball titles in 2016 and 2017. for the next three to four years is going top-notch lighting and more than 30 talented performers here to Tuesday 29 Two of Godwin’s cousins played to build a lot of chemistry,” she said. Puerh — that is, an aged tea from the Yunnan region of Chi- blow your mind. 2901 Brooks Street. 18+. Tickets range from $15 collegiate golf at UM, but she nev- During UM’s first 13 games, the team na — has a storied history worth discovering. Follow its journey to $75 for VIP access. 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. HAUNTED CAMPUS TOUR er doubted her love for volleyball. “I was only able to win four sets. In the from its roots on the Horse Tea Trade Route to present-day quaff- The University is, like, kinda old. And you know how have never been into golf,” she said. “I last five games alone, it won seven sets. ing. Hey, maybe taste a blend or two to see for yourself why this ENCHANTED FOREST much ghosts like to hang around old things being spooky. got introduced into volleyball when I Two of those winning sets came on the fermented beauty is so beloved. Tea Co. 6:15 to 7 Looking for something a little less ravey? Stop by Free Cycles Take a guided tour through campus’ most haunted hot was young as [A] friend and I found road against Northern Arizona Univer- p.m. Free. for an evening of interactive art and performances. Listen to local spots and scratch that supernatural itch. Payne Family Na- out I was good at it and I loved it.” sity, who the Griz nearly beat. Northern singer-, hear some spoken word poetry and watch a tive American Center fire pit. 7 to 10 p.m. Both Moreno and Godwin committed Arizona was ranked No. 1 in the Big Sky belly dance or two. Enchanted Forest is a fundraiser for Turning to play volleyball at UM. Godwin knew Conference preseason coaches’ poll. Friday 25 the Wheel Missoula, a non-profit dedicated to teaching self-care, “BUNDYVILLE” PODCAST Q&A WITH LEAH SOTTILE she wanted to go to UM having played “The key for us is to fix those few self-expression and body-based life skills. $15 tickets available at Journalist Leah Sottile’s “Bundyville” podcast explores the under Lawrence before. She also likes moments that are breaking down,” “WOMEN AND CHANGES” universe.com (search “Enchanted Forest”). 6 to 10 p.m. gripping story of religious ideology and extremist violence how close to home the University is. said Lawrence. “We’re 2 points away UM’s Jazz Program brings Patty Darling of Lawrence Univer- through the Bundy family, most known for armed confronta- Godwin redshirted for a year to in a lot of these sets.” UM still has sity to campus to show students just how exciting jazz can be. The tions with the government in both Nevada and Oregon. This University of Montana redshirt freshman Elsa Godwin celebrates a point for Griz Volleyball in its 0-3 loss to award-winning composer teams up with the UM Jazz Ensemble, focus on adapting to her new life at UM. ten conference games, so there is the Idaho State Vandals, Oct. 17. Godwin leads the Big Sky Conference in kills. Sunday 27 is your chance to dig deep and learn what it takes to make Godwin was one of the three fresh- plenty of time for the team to fix the HUNTER WIGGINS | MONTANA KAIMIN Jazz Band and Lab Jazz Band for a special performance of her a successful podcast focused on intense subject matter. Free. men who redshirted in 2019. This year problems that Lawrence sees. concert, “Women and Changes.” This celebration of female art- BIRDWATCHING AT BROWN’S LAKE Don Anderson Hall, room 101. 7 to 8 p.m. RSVP at montana- is Godwin’s first year competing for UM’s next volleyball game ists features choreography by Bare Bait Dance director Joy French Hey, bird fans! Join Five Valleys Audubon on a day trip to medialab.com the Griz, and she has already shown will be against Sacramento State her potential. “She’s added layers to in Sacramento on Oct. 24.

20 October 23, 2019 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com October 23, 2019 21 SPORTS | SOCCER SPORTS | WALKING ON THIN ICE Learn to Curl highlights the scarcity of ice time in Missoula

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Despite limited ice time, the Missoula Curling Club attracted dozens of new team members to Glacier Ice Rink on Oct.12 to learn how to curl, in preparation for the winter leagues beginning in November. Barry Bollenbacher, the Missoula Curl- ing Club president, has been part of the club since its founding in 2011, when the club had almost 100 members. As of 2019, there are over 200 members in the club. The Missoula Curling Club has ex- panded its club to three seasons a year, with two divisions each season. In ad- dition, the club hosts an annual tour- nament called “The Bonspiel,” which attracts teams from around the country to play in Missoula in early April. Curling originated in 16th century Scotland, where teams played on frozen ponds. According to the U.S. Olympic Committee, there are 25,000 curlers dis- persed throughout over 188 curling clubs across the U.S. The game is played with two teams launching 44-pound stones across An aspiring curler prepares to launch a stone down the ice. EMMA SMITH | MONTANA KAIMIN the ice and attempting to guide them into a bulls-eye target. Each team tries to knock member, explained that the curling leagues der to fit all the curling members in the solution to further expand the group. the other team’s stone out of play while almost exclusively use the outdoor facility. leagues. There is a team of nurses from Of non-members polled, 72% said that keeping their own stones in the target zone. Glacier Ice Rink is owned by the Missoula St. Patrick Hospital with 12 members, they would join the curling club if there After each round, the number of points is Area Youth Hockey Association, a non- according to Bollenbacher. A tradi- was better, more dedicated ice time. added up and offset with the other team’s. profit focused on community and youth tional curling team has four people. “To grow more from 200 members, The University of Montana soccer team cheers and congratulates injured goal-scorer Rita Lang after its Oct. 4 win over Weber State University. CLAIRE SHINNER | MONTANA KAIMIN The team with the most points after the development through winter sports. The Missoula Curling Club creat- there needs to be another ice sheet 10 rounds of curling wins the match. “Missoula is a very winter-oriented ed a self-survey in 2017 to find the best in Missoula,” said Bollenbacher. “It’s a great sport that is social town,” Stewart said. “Ice time has been UM Soccer finds its stride after tough nonconference schedule and fun,” said Bollenbacher. “You tough because of the competition from oth- can play from age 10 to 90.” er sports like hockey and figure skating.” JACK MARSHALL performance of the season, racking up in conference play so far, against Idaho on the road and took on the University Even with hundreds of members and Stewart explained that before the last [email protected] four goals and winning the game 4-0. This State on Oct. 6, and the Griz won that of California Berkeley while away. The multiple curling leagues, the Missoula two seasons, teams had to wait until game gave UM its sixth win of the season. game 2-1. Howard also hit 25 career shut- Griz lost that game 0-1. The first win of Curling Club only has the opportunity 12:30 a.m. to play, and random chang- Despite a challenging start to the After the Portland State game, Montana outs in the game against Portland State. the season didn’t come for UM until the to compete between 9 p.m. and midnight es in the schedule sometimes left teams season, the Griz soccer team is ranked still hasn’t lost a game to a conference oppo- Howard’s 25 shutouts are a school record. team played Cal Poly and won 1-0. on Saturday nights on a single ice sheet. wihout a game for up to six weeks. No. 1 in the Big Sky and is heading to- nent this season. In its first seven conference Including three preseason games, the UM’s next conference game will be Despite limited ice time, Bollenbacher is Though the curling club now has a ward the conference tournament. games, the Griz have won five and tied two. Griz have played some soccer powerhouses. against Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo- happy with the club. “Every year we have dedicated ice time on Saturday nights, only The UM soccer team battled it out Alexa Coyle and Claire Howard are The Griz travelled to Pullman, Washington, rado. The team will then travel to play East- more new people,” he said. “Hopefully we about 80 of the 200 members can participate with Sacramento State last Friday at South leading the team this season. Coyle, a junior to take on Washington State in their third ern Washington for its final conference game. will have our own place in the future.” each week, which Stewart said created a Campus Stadium. The game ended in a forward, has topped the Griz in scores. game this season. They lost 0-6. Wash- Once conference play has been Missoula only has one ice rink in town, time crunch for teams to play. “We have to 0-0 tie after going into two overtimes. Howard, a goalkeeper, has also been able ington State has won 10 games this year wrapped up, the Griz are set to play the Glacier Ice Rink. There are only two ice give a lot of teams bye weeks,” said Stewart. Last Sunday, the Griz took on Portland to keep the Griz atop the Big Sky Confer- and is currently fourth in the PAC-12. in the Big Sky Conference Tourna- sheets, one inside and the other outside. Bollenbacher added that many of State in Missoula. UM had its best scoring ence. Howard has only allowed one goal The team played seven of its first games ment, which they won last year. Meredith Stewart, a curling club board the teams are given alternates in or-

22 October 23, 2019 montanakaimin.com montanakaimin.com October 23, 2019 23 GALLERY | POLTERGEIST VEGETABLE PARTY Ghost Carrot Fest farewell COLTON ROTHWELL chrane, had the crowd swaying and head [email protected] banging simultaneously. Another hit was Salt Lake-based Local music lovers young and old gath- psychedelic band Discographik, which ered at the first night of the fourth and fi- played songs from "Arthropoda," an al- nal installment of Ghost Carrot Music and bum entirely about bugs. Kaden Hendron, Arts Fest at the Veterans of Foreign War lead singer of the group, hopped into the Post 209 (VFW) bar in downtown Missou- crowd, cowboy hat and all, during the la on Oct. 19, for funky music about bugs second song of the set. and dogs who know their owners are The second night of Ghost Carrot Mu- high. sic and Arts Fest took place the following The festival, organized by Joshua Ba- evening, Oct. 20, at Clyde Coffee on Hig- cha of Ghost Carrot Records, went out gins street near . with a bang. Bands from across North The scene at the coffee shop was qui- America drew crowds large enough to fill eter, and festgoers were treated to a cozy the VFW. With the PBR flowing and the atmosphere with a heavier emphasis on music bumping, moshing was inevitable. the visual artists. The festival featured bands like Cal- Ghost Carrot is paired with Bacha's gary-based "36?" who played songs like other Missoula festival, Psych Fest, which "I Think My Dog Knows I'm High," from took place during the summers. Since Ba- the group's new album, "Milk Mountain." cha is moving to Oregon, this festival will The experimental group, led by Taylor Co- be his last in Missoula.

TOP RIGHT: Taylor Cochrane of the Calgary band "36?" runs a set of cables in front of the kick drum at Clyde Coffee for the second night of the Ghost Carrot Records Fest, Oct. 20.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Chloe Behan checks the levels of her guitar moments before performing at Clyde Coffee.

BOTTOM LEFT: Kaden Hendron of the band Discographik belts out a note at the first night of Ghost Carrot Music and Arts Fest 2019 at the VFW 209 bar in downtown Missoula on Oct. 19.

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