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TRANSPARENCY PROBLEM MAIN HALL’S

APRIL 27, 2016 / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM / THE LAST BEST COLLEGE NEWS @montanakaimin @montanakaimin facebook.com/montanakaimin 2 APRIL 27, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM OPINION Cover photo by Evan Frost / @efrostee

BIG UPS & BACKHANDS EDITORIAL HATE THE KAIMIN? THEN VOTE FOR OUR FREE INCREASE Backhands to the Beyonce fans who went after Big Ups to the Ted Cruz look-a-like who agreed Editorial Staff editor@montanakaimin Rachael Ray instead of Rachael Roy. to be in a porno. As the only newspaper representing the interests of the campus community, Big Ups to Target for their bathroom equality. Backhands to Missoula liberals for finally one would think there’s no option but to love the Montana Kaimin. Nevertheless, We should all have equal access to where we demanding the deportation of a Muslim. holding power accountable on campus and reporting the news, ideas, arts and shit. sports on campus rubs some people raw. Big Ups to Missoula conservatives for finally Backhands to Prince for reinforcing that every demanding stricter sexual assault sentencing. “Trashy paper with disgusting, one-side[d] reporting;” reads one Facebook re- music legend will be dead by 2017. view, “bland and disappointing;” says another. Most telling by far, “Kaimin 2008: Backhands to “Game of Thrones” for fulfilling 5 stars. Kaimin 2016: 0 stars.” Big Ups to Tidal for managing to stay relevant their weekly boob quota by showing 90-year- through Beyonce. Fingers crossed that it dies be- old woman tits. This concept — that the Kaimin is swell some years and shit others — is exactly fore Paul McCartney. why voting for the upcoming fee increase is so important. About half the staff Big Ups to Cruz and Kasich for teaming up rolls over every year, including almost all of the editors, so the tenor of the paper s to Donald Trump for confusing against Trump. We haven’t seen a move like Backhand can change dramatically semester to semester. 9/11 with 7/11. Now I’ll feel guilty double-fisting that since Hitler and Stalin partitioned Poland. slurpees. If you hate the Kaimin now there’s a good chance you’ll love it in the future. If you love it now, maybe you’ll hate it next year, or in 100 years. Legacy media works LETTER TO THE EDITOR: like that. All the Kaimin’s original champions and detractors are dead, yet the pa- per survives. It should service next year too, and for another 100 years. This year’s Kaimin may not have been conservative enough for your tastes, or Your vote is your voice not radical enough. Maybe the paper didn’t cover your nook of the arts commu- I remember the first time I voted. The vote. They believed deeply that if they nity, or adequately report an event that you felt was important. But next year it 26th Amendment had recently been en- were old enough to be shipped off to might. The Kaimin is an institution that takes new journalists and whips them into acted by Congress changing the voting war (Vietnam) that they should have shape. age from 21 to 18, which meant as a se- the right to cast their vote. That fight Campus papers don’t exist solely to hold power on campus accountable, but nior in high school I would get to vote was won and the right to register and also to bleed student journalists of their defects and produce professionals ready in my first election. vote as an 18-year-old is now something It wasn’t until I closed the voting I would encourage each of you to take for the job market. The Kaimin journalists you hate now are likely in the process of booth curtain behind me that the real- advantage of. losing their baby teeth. You may love their work in the future. ization that I had the power to affect I believe so passionately that your And that’s what you’re paying for with the Kaimin’s proposed $1 fee increase change really sank in. vote is your voice and if you do not ex- — better journalists for your future community. This is a big election year for our ercise that hard fought right then you Low enrollment means less students paying fees to support student journal- country and for our state. Not only do are letting others choose the path of this ism which, in addition to an industry-wide fall in ad revenue, hits the Kaimin hard. Montana voters get to cast their bal- country and state for you. lot for the next president but they will Many Montana races come down to a Last year the Kaimin fought for a dollar and lost by a handful of votes. That loss choose who will be our congressional very thin margin. One vote can make a meant smaller papers and staff, lower pay and a more difficult time focusing on representative, governor, legislative difference in the outcome of an election. what matters most: reporting. representatives, statewide officials and We’ve come a long way since 1971. It’s fine to despise the Kaimin — healthy, even. But it would be a mistake to will vote on the many issues vying for a Times have certainly changed; the is- let your campus paper falter because you didn’t like it this year. Not voting for the spot on the ballot. sues we face are significantly different fee increase robs students of the opportunity to gain firsthand experience in the Being 18 doesn’t come without its than the ones we worried about back challenges. Many of you are still in then. You have your whole life to live; publishing world. Voting “no” doesn’t just hurt the writers you may despise, but school and are working tirelessly to it should be you who helps decide how photographers, videographers, graphic designers, copy editors and ad salesmen graduate, get accepted into college or it will look, what progress will be made that labor every week to keep campus informed. find employment. You are busy with and the issues that need to be addressed. With the fee increase, staff can diversify. With that comes a new staff with dif- SATs, ACTs, sports, clubs and all the On this 45th anniversary of the 26th ferent worldviews and talents. With your vote we can worry less about finances other goings-on of this unique phase of Amendment I want to encourage all el- and more about putting out a newspaper that infuriates everyone, not just you. life. igible voters to register andto vote. Be- Forty-five years ago people your age lieve in your voice, just as I much as I It’s a mistake not to vote for the Kaimin fee increase. Its importance will re- fought determinedly for the right to believe in it. main long after this staff graduates. There is no other outlet like it here. Your vote --Blaire Fjeseth ensures that we can keep taking the piss long into the future. ▪ APRIL 27, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM 3

TRANNY 911 as we all know there are a million free parking spaces. The Madison Street Missoula College to feature Bridge will hopefully be finished with repairs by then, but that is also unclear. parking chaos, dope beer license Furthermore, though enrollment is Michael Siebert [email protected] much more in flux at a vocational-style school than at a state university, Mis- soula College has seen a significant The need for a new Missoula College and sawmills. But regardless of the state ers.” drop in enrollment. Nonresident fresh- campus has been known for some time. of enrollment, it is abundantly clear that The campus has since changed lo- man enrollment is down a staggering 50 The current facilities, which could be a new facility is long overdue. cations and is now situated past the percent, while even resident freshman described as “somewhat ramshackle,” I don’t think anyone would dispute Eastgate Albertsons on 909 South Ave. enrollment has plunged 28.7 percent, consist of a building technically owned that. It’s a great idea in theory. However, West. It’s a significant upgrade from according to the most recent census. by the public school district and several in practice, it’s a little less rosy. the old campus and, despite the bizarre Barring a sudden economic collapse, trailers outfitted as classrooms. Accord- The new Missoula College has had a choice of coloring the building a reptil- history shows that those numbers aren’t ing to UM’s spring 2016 census, Mis- troubled history for some time but es- ian green, is a sleek, modern building. due to rise significantly any time soon. soula College currently serves roughly pecially so in late 2012 and early 2013, (There’s even a restaurant at river level, The time for this building is 1,600 students. The current situation is when plans were in place to build the which reportedly will have a beer and long-overdue, and as Hickman said, intimate at best, crowded at worst. new campus on the fields where Dorn- wine license, thank you very much.) “Missoula College enrollment alone A solution in the form of a new cam- blaser is located. Yet, there is no parking plan that isn’t indicative of how much that cam- pus has been in the works for some time. It was referred to as the “south cam- will accommodate all of these students. pus is used.” But a new building is not University of Montana Registrar Joe pus,” and almost no one was happy Katie Dalessio, director of fiscal and necessarily the solution to all of Mis- Hickman said that, as far as he is aware, about it. Legislative session minutes personnel services at Missoula Col- soula College’s problems. There are el- “this has been something they’ve been from January 2013 include friendly jabs lege, speculated that “students will just ements that will become problematic as trying for 15 years.” Missoula College like “the south campus site … was cho- purchase a Mountain Campus parking my class moves toward graduation — has seen peaks and valleys in enroll- sen without any public participation on permit … the hope is that students may let’s pray to God that a plan to fix some ment due to everything from the state of the location,” and “The University of park on Mountain Campus and use the of it is in the works. ▪ the economy to the closure of factories Montana is unaccountable to taxpay- bus.” And that is totally fine, because

UMPD to report a custodian for throwing away equipment.

April 16 LATE NIGHT, LACERATED HAND Just after 2 a.m., a passenger punched a Peter Friesen [email protected] window on the bus as they exited, crack- ing the glass. The driver called UM Police to report the vandalism. April 21 A VISIT FROM PAUL BUNYAN April 17 UM Police put in a work order for the HIV AID grounds crew to clean up several branch- An alarm connected to an HIV freezer es and trees that were pulled out of the in the Charles H. Clapp building went off ground next to the Gilkey building. There Sunday night. Freezer number 4 is down are no suspects. until further notice. A Clapp building fac- ulty member was called. April 14 STRIPLING SPIRITS April 19 Several kids were reported climbing EVERYTHING IS FINE NOW on the roof of the law building. UMPD A custodian heard a loud beeping couldn’t find the children. noise coming from behind the Adams Center. After investigating, he found the April 15 alarm was coming from the outdoor ele- ONE MAN’S TRASH... vator at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. He A Health Sciences employee called shut off the alarm. 4 APRIL 27, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM Student Political Action Committee holds gun control forum

Abby Lynes man Chris Morozumi said. They can [email protected] also be registered and stored with UMPD. Student Political Action, a commit- Discussing the city background tee of ASUM, hosted a forum consist- check ordinance, law professor Antho- ing of four panelists who discussed ny Johnstone said there’s also conflict gun rights on Tuesday, April 19 in between what the city and the state light of issues Missoula has been fac- control. Ultimately, the state could ing surrounding guns. Around a doz- deny Missoula the right to enforce en people attended. background checks for the private Missoula’s city council has been purchase of guns. considering revising the city’s gun or- In addition to legislation, panel- dinance to require background checks ists discussed everything from mass for all gun sales, and a bill allowing shootings to gun sales in Montana. concealed carry on Montana campuses There’s no clear-cut definition for a gets brought up nearly every year in mass shooting, political science pro- the state legislature. fessor Abhishek Chatterjee said. There “Things like campus carry will usually has to be an element of sur- definitely come up in future legis- prise to it. latures and most likely will not get They tend to happen more often in Lacey Young/@laceyyoung87 Chris Morozumi, a salesman for Frontier Guns and Ammo, speaks at the Student Political Action gun forum on April 19. passed,” panelist Mike Hopkins said. countries with greater access to fire- Hopkins is running for the state leg- arms, he said, because guns have the islature. power to quickly kill people. at Frontier Guns and Ammo, where he tomer being denied. If the campus carry bill gets Laws requiring background checks works. He encourages people who plan on through the House and Senate, it’s for the private sale of guns are diffi- “Obama’s my best salesman,” he purchasing guns to do their research usually vetoed by Gov. Steve Bullock, cult to enforce, Hopkins said. said. and take gun safety courses. Hopkins said. Morozumi said that on a day when Morozumi also added that in the “There’s a lot of options out there if Currently, guns toted to campus President Barack Obama introduces three years he has worked at Frontier people go look for them to learn about have to be kept locked, unloaded and plans to propose gun control legisla- Guns and Ammo, he has only had one safety,” Morozumi said.▪ hidden from view in a car, gun sales- tion, he has a line going out the door background check result in the cus-

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cy response to different incidents,” Gladwin said. “We’ll cover policies, we’ll cover de-es- calation techniques and things like that.” Mike Ryan, a senior at UM, attended the concert and said UM Productions checked tickets at the top of the stairs leading to the floor of the Adams Center. When he walked down the stairs, he was stopped and asked to show his hand stamp and ticket again. Ryan, 22, got a wristband to buy alcohol and said the concert as a whole was less row- dy than expected, at least from his spot on the floor. “Nobody ever asked to see my wristband, and I only witnessed the police walk into the depths of the crowd once,” he said. Although he didn’t have a bag, Ryan saw people at the entrance to the Adams Center searching through every purse that entered the concert. Brad Murphy, the executive director of the Adams Center, said bag checking at spe- Security prepares for Luke Bryan cial events is one of the most important things campus police and security do. Brian Walton/@brian.walton Luke Bryan walks out onto center stage while performing Kasey Bubnash “We have to take precautions. There are “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye,” as part of his Kill The Lights Tour at the Adams Center on April [email protected] 20. active shooters, bombers, terrorists and we have all those protocols in place,” Murphy The University of Montana’s Adams Cen- sworn security. Then we also provide all the that,” Gladwin said. said. “We have bomb dogs that come through ter hosted Luke Bryan for two nearly sold-out law enforcement personnel needed.” For concerts like Luke Bryan, Gladwin before we open the doors. We bag check. No nights last week, an event that spurred UM Gladwin said the non-sworn security said there is a security presence of three to one gets into the building unless they’ve been Police to prepare their security officers nearly team consists of about 55 retired officers who five non-sworn officers as soon as the first checked. I think that’s really important.” six months before the shows. are still certified peace officers in the state of truck rolls in to set up. UM police officers Murphy said his staff and UM Produc- Captain Ben Gladwin said with such a Montana. UMPD hires and trains these offi- show up a few hours before the first act and tions have been preparing with campus big name coming to Missoula, UMPD was cers, the ones seen in khaki shirts and base- they all stay until the entire crowd has gone police consistently for the last three months expecting a large and enthusiastic crowd in ball caps, to work part time and supervise home. to host Luke Bryan. The process is long but need of a little control. special events on campus. Gladwin said officers are trained to su- worthwhile. Over 10,000 tickets were sold for “The University of Montana is unique in “So they basically aren’t out on the street pervise special events every year just before both nights of the show combined. that we don’t contract private security for big answering calls for service, but they’re show- football season, whether they’ve already been “These are the type of events that put us shows,” Gladwin said. “The University Police ing up and working special events like bas- through training or not. on the map,” he said.▪ Department hires and trains all our own non- ketball, football, concerts and things like “That covers everything from emergen- Convicted rapist Cody Marble freed as innocent man

Judge Ed McLean would sign the documents Shelby prison later that day, according to Claire Chandler istered as a sexual offender, and has been in [email protected] prison ever since. required for his release by 1 p.m. Tuesday, Montana Innocence Project Legal Director and Until now, that is. Marble was expected but he waited for two days while an inno- Larry Manch. Peregrine Frissell to be released Tuesday, April 19, from Shelby cent Marble sat in prison. The soon-to-be exoneration was due in [email protected] Prison after new evidence arose and several The delay in Marble’s case was caused by large part to an investigation by the Montana former witnesses recanted their testimony. former prosecutor Fred Van Valkenburg’s Innocence Project. The lead investigator for Fourteen years ago, Cody Marble was Missoula County Attorney Kirsten Pabst request for input in the motion to dismiss. the case was Spencer Veysey, a UM student 17 and in the juvenile wing of the Missou- filed a motion to dismiss judgment that “Professional courtesy and common de- who died recently in a climbing accident. la County Detention Center for two counts morning, which was expected to lead to cency require the Court to offer the former It will be the second exoneration caused of marijuana use and taking the family car Marble’s direct release. The document said prosecutor the opportunity to file an amicus by the Montana Innocence Project in the last without permission. it was clear witnesses lied about things they memorandum,” Judge McLean’s order said. five months and in their history. Their first His mother committed suicide about could not possibly have witnessed in order "To my knowledge, there is no law nor exoneration ever was in December 2015, three months earlier, and Marble had been to reduce their own sentences. They went precedent supporting or allowing an inter- when Richard Raugust’s homicide convic- diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disor- free earlier, and the collateral damage sent ested third person to intervene in a criminal tion was overturned. der and was facing problems with drug use. an innocent Marble to prison for almost half case," Pabst said Thursday in an email. “MTIP remains hopeful and confident While in detention, another inmate his life. The order said, “Further input will be that in the near future Cody Marble will be claimed to witness Marble sexually assault a Marble was actually released from pris- completed within 21 days.” completely exonerated, and justice will then 13-year-old boy. Marble was convicted, reg- on Thursday, April 21. It was expected that Marble should have been released from be done,” Manch said.▪ 6 APRIL 27, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM

Evan Frost / @efrostee Nick Kakavas assesses the state of his BFA studio in the Art Annex on April 22. His senior thesis exhibit will focus on ceramics and sculpture, but as an artist he makes use of many mediums such as photography and screenprinting.

Evan Frost / @efrosteeKakavas printed male celebrities onto ceramic plates with an inkjet printer before firing them, leaving behind only the iron in the ink.

Shattering vanity

Evan Frost age of 17, studying journalism, art and science Evan Frost / @efrostee A table of Kakavas’ work shows his interest in male sexuality and [email protected] before settling on a Bachelor of Fine Arts. his propensity for smashing his own work. He sees parallels between the work he The inspiration for his art started on the does now and his childhood dreams of being wall of his childhood bedroom, which was a scientist, experimenting with glazes and covered in magazine cutouts of shirtless kilns like chemicals and bunsen burners. male stars. The obsessions of a self-described His draw to ceramics and pottery comes “chubby gay kid who idolized male celebri- from the unpredictability of the medium. ties” have evolved into a critique of the mod- “With clay, there is always that surprise,” ern media’s interpretation of the male body. Kakavas said. “I love that chance that it could Justin Bieber, Chris Hemsworth, Daniel come out really bad.” Craig, Ryan Gosling and David Beckham’s Many of his pieces have cracks or are distorted bodies are strewn across bone chi- downright broken, emulating frustration na plates, “the kind your grandma would with modern male vanity. In between tries at hang on the wall,” BFA artist Nick Kakavas college, Kakavas had to return home to care said. for his sick mother. The gravity of the situa- “Guise,” his upcoming show at the Real tion changed his thinking about the way peo- Good Art Space on Thursday, explores the ple look. effects of media on the male psyche through “After you take care of someone like that, ceramics and film, with interpretations of ste- looks are so petty,” he said. reotypes of gay culture, such as twinks and Kakavas’ work will also be shown along bears. with the 2016 BFA class in the Gallery of Vi- Evan Frost / @efrostee Kakavas speaks about his ceramics and sculptures in front of a Kakavas returned to UM in 2012, seven sual Arts in the Social Sciences building from table of his pieces in the Art Annex on April 22. years after leaving Wheaton, Illinois at the April 28 - May 13. ▪ OPINION NEWS ARTS SPORTS KIOSK APRIL 27, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM 7

CONGRATULATIONS UM CLASS OF 2016! SUNRISE SALOON 1101 STRAND AVE., MISSOULA 406.728.1559 WWW.SUNRISESALOONANDCASINO.COM 8 APRIL 27, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM Will diverse candidates increase voter turnout?

Silas Miller [email protected] their team offers a diverse portfolio of student interests. The upcoming ASUM election’s diverse Engebretson called her team a “democrat slate of presidential candidates could lead to a and republican running together,” as their higher voter turnout than in recent years. Ev- campus activities lie on virtually opposite ery candidate said they expect a larger turn- ends of the sociopolitical spectrum. out than last year. “Sam can’t relate to those with military Nearly 2,400 students cast their vote for and conservative backgrounds, while I can,” a presidential team in 2015, according to she said. “And I don’t have the same relat- ASUM’s website. There were two sets of can- ability to those affiliated with environmental didates to pick from, and both were Greek-af- conservation.” filiated. Also on the ballot are Sadi Nazriev, who “I think this is the first time in a few years is from Tajikistan, along with his Hispan- that we have any non-Greek teams, and I ic-American running mate and wife, Korin imagine those teams are reaching out to cor- Leroy. With the slogan “All Students Matter,” ners of campus who might be left out of the the married couple feels they will draw votes election process,” ASUM senator and presi- from students of international backgrounds dential candidate Wyatt Smith said. who usually don’t vote. Smith and his running mate, Taylor Mc- As the only candidates running who ar- Evan Frost/@efrotee ASUM presidential candidate Sadi Nazriev and his running mate and Dermott, are both members of Greek orga- en’t involved with ASUM, they are outliers spouse, Korin Leroy, are hoping to attract a more diverse voter turnout in this year’s ASUM election. nizations. Candidates will have to tap voting in the cast of current senators. They see this blocs elsewhere around campus to win this as an advantage, with the hopes they will be are both of indigenous backgrounds. connected from the services ASUM provides. year. able to educate students unfamiliar with the Aside from aiming to tap the Native vote “I’m trying to bring about awareness of “It’s the swing votes that matter,” Smith functions of ASUM, garnering support in the on campus, La’a is drumming up support the benefits they are entitled to by paying the said. process. from students at Missoula College, where he ASUM fee,” La’a said. Garnering attention from those swing Nazriev said a larger vote this year than is enrolled full time. He said although stu- Back on the main campus the duo plans to voters are Sam Forstag and his running mate, last is necessary for them to win. dents there pay the same ASUM fees as those gather support from students of Native back- Elizabeth Engebretson. The only female Also hoping for a larger turnout are can- on the Mountain Campus, the distance leads grounds and “minorities in general who feel member of her ROTC class, Engebretson said didates Antonio Morsette and Isaac La’a, who to more voter apathy because they feel dis- we can represent their vote,” Morsette said.▪

Photo courtesy of William Finnegan William Finnegan surfs at Cloud- break, Fiji in 2005.

was in the program. “I was not a good workshopper — too arrogant, defensive, unreceptive to constructive criticism.” Having barely published anything at that point in his career, he said, “the experience forced me to reckon with readers, which was overdue.” Though there weren’t any waves in Missoula during his time, he did enjoy living here. Eventually, he grew “surf- starved,” heading off for the South Pacific after receiving his master’s in Recent Pulitzer winner shares 1978. In “Barbarian Days,” Finnegan tells Photo courtesy of Ken Seino about his experience at UM tales of adventure and self-realiza- tion brought about from his passion The University will feel shockwaves Silas Miller writer said in an email his time in the for surfing, on which he journeyed to from the award as well, said Kevin [email protected] MFA program at UM was “terrific.” He distant corners of the globe, including Canty, director of UM’s nationally rec- got to learn from literary heavyweights Southeast Asia, Africa and the South ognized creative writing program. University of Montana Master of like Richard Hugo, Bill Kitteredge and Pacific. “It obviously does wondrous things Fine Arts graduate William Finnegan Ed McClanahan. Of his award, Finnegan said, “Win- for the program as far as visibility and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his Though he was just awarded the ning a Pulitzer is a great kick in the prestige is concerned,” Kanty said. memoir, "Barbarian Days: A Surfing most prestigious writing award in the ass, so far.” The book took him decades Finnegan will visit Missoula for a Life," Monday, April 18. biography or autobiography category, to write, so he would like it to “find as book reading at Shakespeare and Co. The 63-year-old New Yorker staff Finnegan was writing fiction while he many readers as possible.” on May 26 at 8 p.m. ▪ APRIL 27, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMN.COM 9

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Evan Frost / @efrostee Members of UM United gather outside of Main Hall on Dec. 11, 2015 to protest the University’s recent budget cuts. The leaders presented a peti- tion to the President’s office asking for more creative solutions to the budget problems.

fter ruling out chaining themselves cation from the administration this semester “I read the paperwork and looked at the to the rails of Main Hall and climb- at the University of Montana has resulted What $500,000? Excel documents [listing departmental re- ingA onto the roof to hang a banner with in campus-wide confusion among students In November, President Engstrom will be enti- ductions], but it was impossible to decipher,” “Listen Up Royce” painted across it, the pro- and faculty members. Since November, the tled to a deferred compensation plan of $500,000, said David Riley, a senior majoring in ecolog- testers settled for a standing banner. It read administration has released a series of am- which he will receive in increments of $50,000 ical restoration. “Cast Your Vote,” and was staked into the biguous numbers, facts and names, which over 10 years when he reaches the age of 65. University of Montana student Danielle grass in front of Main Hall. fail to explain, comprehensively and simply, The deferred compensation plan is an ar- Vasquez said she didn’t know where to go University of Montana students Camer- the reasons for, and results of the budget cri- rangement made between the Montana Board to find information, and would sift through on Best, Rena Thiel and Isabel Langlois gath- sis. of Regents and Engstrom, whereby a portion of newspaper articles to find the facts. ered in front of Main Hall on Tuesday, March The ambiguity has resulted in students Engstrom’s income would be paid out after the On numerous occasions the Kaimin re- 15 in a bid to draw attention to the lack of and employees being forced to draw their income was actually earned. quested public data from Main Hall that communication and transparency between own conclusions, which the administration Engstrom and Montana State University Pres- listed employee layoffs by name. The admin- the administration and the campus commu- deems to be wrong, while still refusing to set ident Waded Cruzado receive annual salaries of istration refused to provide the information, nity during the budget crisis this semester. the record straight. $280,000. Those salaries remain $50,000 below resulting in Main Hall releasing a list of cut Handing out flyers with a list of demands Deputy Commissioner for Communica- neighboring states like North Dakota, whose positions by department. for Main Hall on one side and a survey on tions and Human Resources Kevin McRae president receives roughly $335,000, and Idaho, The administration says information the other, participants voted on whether or and the Commissioner of Higher Education whose president receives $325,000, said Deputy regarding the budget crisis is readily avail- not the administration was honoring a cru- Clayton Christian both said the administra- Commissioner for Communications and Human Re- able to those wanting to find it. Yet Kaimin cial part of UM’s mission statement, “the tion as a whole has been transparent, mak- sources Kevin McRae. reporters, trained to find such information, staff strives to maintain open lines of com- ing information available to students who As an incentive for the presidents to accept are also being stonewalled by the adminis- munication.” want to find it. their current positions, the Board of Regents of- tration. As well as a call for open dialogue, Best Engstrom sent out a campus-wide email fered a deferred payment plan benefitting the Throughout the semester, the Kaimin has said the group wanted to draw attention to in November listing areas affected by low presidents and the University in the long run, published a series of stories about the effects the $500,000 “raise” President Royce Eng- student enrollment and a decrease in reve- McRae said. of the budget cuts. Vice President of Integrat- strom will receive in November. nue. The email stated the impact of the num- While Cruzado’s deferred compensation plan ed Communications Peggy Kuhr has alleged “It’s crazy that he gets a $500,000 bonus bers and the implications for the following is funded by a life insurance policy through the errors in several stories, which after investi- in the midst of this,” Best said. “That money Spring semester. MSU Foundation, Engstrom’s is partly funded by gation were found to be the result of inaccu- needs to go into the general fund.” Although information was provided, it the UM Foundation’s operating budget, an annual rate and contradictory information released The $500,000 is neither a raise nor a bo- was confusing to those outside the adminis- total of $10,000, and partly by students’ tuition by the administration. nus, but it’s not surprising people think it is. tration who know less about the specifics of and fees, he said. A story addressing the layoffs within the The lack of transparency and communi- the situation. Office of Planning, Budgeting and Analysis, APRIL 27, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM 11

Finance Mike Reid answered questions 30. As the face of the DHC, Drake mentors about the budget at a faculty senate meeting students and helps them with their scholar- on March 10, there has been little conversa- ship applications on a daily basis. Over the tion regarding budget matters. past 11 years, Drake has helped countless “There is an absence of any conversation students receive prestigious scholarships at all on campus, which is remarkable,” Weix from around the world. said. She suggested the level of discussion on The decision to lay off Drake was made campus may have been reduced so student by DHC Dean Brock Tessman upon instruc- enrollment for next semester is not impacted. tion from Provost Brown. Tessman had to Laid-off staff and faculty aren’t the only choose from the four employees in the DHC, employees leaving next year. Over the course he said during an interview in February. of the academic year, four leading mem- Drake recruits students who are eager to bers of the administration sequentially an- serve, lead and excel academically. The ad- nounced their plans to retire at the end of the ministration will remove her position, which fiscal year. brings students to UM and helps them Last semester, Vice President for Student during their college career, she said during Affairs Teresa Branch announced her retire- an interview in February. ment. This semester the retirements of Kuhr, “The job is essential from the perspective Will McKnight / @willmck_photo Students of Reinvest Montana march to UM Foun- Provost and Vice President for Academic Af- of the students, faculty and parents,” she dation chairman Mack Clapp’s office, shouting their demands for a revote on fairs Perry Brown and Director of the Office said. divestment of university funds from fossil fuel interests on March 23. of Alumni Relations and UM Lobbyist Bill Drake made $36,779 in fiscal year 2015, Johnston were also announced. according to the University’s Budget Book listed the termination of the position of bud- but administrators have kept mum on their While their near-simultaneous departure from that year. get director, Edward Wingard. Kuhr stated merger. Who moved upstairs and who — if seems too suspicious to be merely coinciden- The names of employees being laid off in an email that the position had been “elim- anyone — was laid off is unknown. tal, Engstrom said the exodus of cabinet-level were not announced in a supposed bid to inated last fall,” and has not existed since High-level administrators deny anyone administrators has no relation to the budget protect the privacy of those losing their jobs. October 2015. at UM has been laid off at all by the budget and enrollment crisis. Students weren’t told which of their profes- The employee directory, however, listed cuts. “All the people came to a decision that it sors would not be returning come Fall, un- Wingard as budget director when the article Deputy Commissioner Kevin McRae was the time in their life to retire,” Engstrom less a professor announced it themselves. originally ran. The list of employee reduc- noted an error in the use of the term ‘layoff,’ said. “None were precipitated by the budget Not releasing names also confused stu- tions by department provided to the Kaimin stating the term was not accurate “legally or situation.” dents whose professors are departing for by the administration also stated that the po- practically.” This contradicted Engstrom’s In Engstrom’s email at the end of last se- reasons unrelated to the sudden budget cuts. sition of budget director was occupied and to use of the same term in a January email that mester, he stated that 27 employees would Cameron Best, a senior majoring in geogra- be eliminated. stated, “we are putting into effect 27 layoffs, be laid off by June 30. After record requests phy was shocked to learn his geographical The inaccuracies in the story were caused which take effect on or before June 30.” received by the Kaimin, those numbers were theory professor Tom Sullivan was being cut by the discrepancies between official releas- The Missoulian, the Missoula Indepen- found to be misleading. A list of departmen- due to what Best believed was a lack of fund- es of information, and contradicts facts Main dent, KPAX, MTPR, NBC Montana, the tal cuts shows instead that 35 employees will ing allocated to that particular position. Hall made public only after stories were pub- Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Newstalk KGVO, be affected by budget cuts. Although the Sullivan was contracted as a visiting pro- lished. ABC Fox Montana, the Flathead Beacon, the University states it has reduced 192 employ- fessor for one year. At the end of this semes- The directory was also updated after Great Falls Tribune, the Billings Gazette and ee positions, the departmental list shows 305 ter his contract will end, Department Chair the story’s publication, and after the Kaim- the Independent Record are also using the removed positions. of Geography Christiane von Reichert said. in demonstrated to Kuhr that the error was term “layoff.” Exactly who decides who is laid off is also The position will remain empty next se- the administration’s. Wingard is now listed When Engstrom announced the cam- a point of confusion. The Board of Regents mester. as a fiscal strategist for Administration and pus-wide realignment program, he created oversees the University’s funding alloca- Commissioner of Higher Education Clay- Finance, a previously unlisted position. The an email address where people could send tions, making sure the administration stays ton Christian said it is dangerous to specu- position of budget director for OPBA was opinions and suggestions. He did not make within their budget, Commissioner of High- late what may happen next fiscal year, across also removed from the directory after pub- himself available to meet with students to er Education Clayton Christian said. the system, not just at UM. The University’s lication. discuss their concerns. The decision to lay off employees at UM revenue is made up of state funding and tu- Wingard would not confirm the change Attempts made by the Kaimin to contact was made at the university level by the ad- ition. If one is low, the other might be high in his job title, and Human Resource Services the administration at UM continue to be ministration, with no influence from the enough to balance out the other, he said. would not release further information with- lengthy and the responses to inquiries are Board of Regents, Christian said. “UM needs to work as a team, meeting out another public records request. rarely detailed. “The local campus CFOs determine what the needs of students and living within the Wingard was already listed as a fiscal In an attempt to convey the perspective is in the best interest for the institution and budget,” Christian said. strategist for Administration and Finance ac- of concerned employees, the Kaimin con- how the cuts are deployed,” he said. Administrative claims of transparency cording to a Feb. 17 information request into tacted numerous faculty and staff members. Among the employees laid off were key are complicated by releases of information the employment status of OPBA employees Many voiced their concerns about the lack of personnel geared toward recruiting students that are both cryptic and contradictory. Clar- provided by Human Resource Services, con- transparency from the administration, but on a local and national scale, who had the ification often comes only after publication tradicting official UM directories and lists of few would go on the record for fear of the re- potential to boost enrollment numbers and of facts provided by Main Hall that are later laid off positions. percussions their words could have on their increase revenue. denied to be true. When the administration The merging of OPBA employees into jobs. Director of External Scholarships and Ad- cannot communicate consistent facts sur- Administration and Finance could account Anthropology professor G.G. Weix said vising Laure Pengelly-Drake will be laid off rounding budgetary layoffs, it is no wonder for the discrepancies released by Main Hall, since Vice President of Administration and from the Davidson Honors College on June students and employees feel left in the dark. ▪ 12 APRIL 27, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM 03-00052

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This Thursday, 20 seniors in the School of Art will display their art in the annual Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Thesis Exhi- bition. The students’ work will be split be- tween the UC Gallery and the Gallery of Visual Arts in the Social Sciences Building. The exhibition will be the final chance for seniors in the program to display their art at the University. Cathryn Mallory said the exhibition is mandatory for seniors in the arts depart- ment because it gives them the opportuni- ty to professionally display their work and is a “culmination of [students’] ideas and techniques.” Olivia Vanni/ @ogvanniphoto Maul’s final Olivia Vanni/ @ogvanniphoto Kara Maul, a senior art major, explains her BFA “It’s a really diverse show because there piece of her 25-piece thesis project, senior thesis project that is currently displayed in the University Center Gallery are so many different artists exploring dif- a jade plant, took her 30 hours to ferent ideas, different techniques,” Mallo- as a part of the BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition. complete. ry said. would render my face and always have an Senior Josh Taira’s exhibit, “the Event of of technique than it is content. He said lectively called “Past and Present.” The extreme part of me visible in the artwork,” the Century,” is a combination of screen- screenprinting, a printing technique in- 25 panel drawings use a combination of Maul said. “So for this, I still wanted to printing and performance to analyze ad- volving mesh, can be incredibly difficult graphite, wood burning, ink washes and stick with the self-portraiture and iden- vertising and its effects on people. The big to master to make it look clean, something a varnish on masonite board to depict ev- tity route, but I wanted to make it easier “event” Taira’s piece promotes is actually he’s tried to do during his time in the art eryday objects that have secret, significant for viewers to connect with and for the nonexistent. program. meaning to Maul herself. audience to relate to it on a personal level “A lot of what I think marketing and “I’ve graduated from being not good to Ranging from a polar bear puzzle that themselves.” advertising does is it creates a cycle of being kind of good,” Taira said. Maul used to try to solve with her father, All the senior artists’ work will be for desire and subsequent disappointment,” Taira’s is one of 14 pieces on exhibit at to an avocado plant she and her boyfriend sale in the two galleries. While the work Taira said. “And then they come out with the Gallery of Visual Arts, while six of his tried desperately to keep alive, Maul in the UC Gallery is already available for something else, and you go through that fellow seniors will be featured at the UC sees the paintings as an extension of the students to view, the official opening re- cycle again. That’s what this is trying to Gallery. self-portraits she usually specializes in. ception for both galleries will take place explore.” One such senior is Kara Maul who “I’ve always worked in a self-portrai- Thursday from 4-6 in the UC and 5-7 in the Taira’s piece is more of a culmination will be presenting a series of portraits col- ture way but always very obvious. Like I Gallery of Visual Arts.▪ I tried and mostly failed to meditate concentration, but as I kept at it, I be- Rylan Boggs and decided to give it a shot. to college students who were just try- gan to feel something. I became more [email protected] Meditation has always struck me ing it for the first time. aware of my breathing and felt my as slightly pretentious. I’ve always as- Bob Jacobson, a jovial older man and body line up in a way I hadn't expe- I sat cross-legged, counting my sumed that people meditate so they director of the center, led us in medita- rienced before. I felt calm for the first breaths, with my eyes barely open, try- can smugly tell their friends about it tion with Bill Pfeiffer, an equally jovial time that day. ing to look at the tip of my nose. later, not unlike sex. yet slightly younger bearded fellow. But was that girl with dreads maybe Am I doing it right? However, I was willing to put my We moved through several different into me? That girl with the dreads was kinda doubts aside to give it a try. I’m quite types of meditation focused primarily Shit, got distracted again. cute. Was she staring at me? glad I did. on breathing and clearing the mind. Meditation 101 is held each Monday What breath count am I on again? A dozen of us sat in a room sur- Occasionally our meditation leaders night at 7 p.m. until the last class on Shit. rounded by portraits of the Dali Lama. would have us focus on the tips of our May 14. Osel Shen Phen Ling, which is I was at Osel Shen Phen Ling, a Ti- We relaxed cross-legged on small cush- noses or have us feel the energy flying Tibetan for “land of clear light bene- betan meditation center in Missoula. ions in a circle, while drinking tea and out of our toes and scalps. fitting others,” is located at 441 Wood- The center offers a class called Medi- talking quietly. The idea of energy flying out of my worth Ave. The center suggests a $15 tation 101. I stumbled upon it during The group ranged from those who scalp rather terrified me and broke my dollar donation. ▪ hours of aimless Facebook scrolling had been meditating for over 20 years 14 APRIL 27, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM

Will Mcknight/@willmck_photo Luke Bryan insructs the audience to put Will Mcknight/@willmck_photo Fans cheer as Luke Bryan performs his second their hands in the air as he sings “Kick the Dust Up” at the Adams Center song during his first show at the Adams Center on April 20. on April 20.

Will Mcknight/@willmck_photo Little Big Town opens for Luke Bryan at the Ad- Will Mcknight/@willmck_photo Little Big Town’s guitarist Jimi Westbrook ams Center on April 20. The band has been performing thogether since 1998 performs at the Adams Center on April 20. Little Big Town was one of two bands to open for Luke Bryan. Luke Bryan: Could you be more vanilla?

Claire Chandler and around the Campus Rec parking a row before greeting the crowd, say- Afterward, I chatted with two UM [email protected] lot. ing he had been fishing on the Bitter- alums, Randy Munden and Jessie Cun- Dustin Lynch and Little Big Town root all day, which got a big round of ningham, about the show. They both On a scale of zero to major coun- started off well. Both acts were very in- applause. agreed that the concert was just okay. try music fan, I rank about an 8.5. I’ve teractive with the crowd, signing hats Bryan’s songs and concert were a Cunningham joked that his favorite been to Dierks Bentley, Carrie Under- on stage and taking selfies on people’s bit vanilla to me. He had all the mak- song was “probably the one about hot wood and Taylor Swift concerts, two phones. I got pretty jazzed when Lit- ings of a good concert: a good crowd, a girls,” pointing out that Bryan’s songs times each. So when the Kaimin asked tle Big Town sang “Pontoon,” all four good band and a solid smile. But Bryan have little variety. me to cover the Luke Bryan concert, I members of the band performing their seemed a bit jaded and tired. Don’t get Overall, it was not a bad way to slipped on my cowboy boots and mo- parts well. Then it was time for Luke me wrong, he was funny and worked spend a Wednesday night. But I would seyed on down to the Adams Center Bryan to appear. the crowd into a series of cheering hesitate to pay $75 for general admis- on Wednesday night. I walked by two It took him awhile. The concert frenzies. It wasn’t until Dustin Lynch sion.▪ hours earlier and a line of big-haired, started at 7:30, but Bryan didn’t come came back on stage to duet with Bryan cowboy-booted and flanneled people on until 9:50. He started off with “Rain that I realized how little energy Bryan already stretched from the entrance Is a Good Thing.” He did four songs in was putting behind his songs. OPINION NEWS ARTS SPORTS KIOSK APRIL 27, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM 15

Movie review: The best and worst of Missoula’s bar bathrooms JUNGLE BOOK RATING: Rylan Boggs Rhino [email protected] The all metal reflective walls make Bathrooms are gross. There’s no get- the room feel like a martian spaceship. ting around that. However some are Albeit a shit, piss filled spaceship with a logo-less condom dispenser that I worse than others, so we went on a Bowen West Thursday night bathroom bar crawl to can only assume dispenses condoms, I [email protected] let you know which ones not to puke in. mean, I doubt it is full of tampons and Though honestly, if you’re puking in a I really hope there’s no snacks in there. People love the cabaret extravaganza bar bathroom you’re probably not su- Stocks that is the original 1967 animated ren- per concerned with your surroundings. Wow, actually not that bad in here. dition of “The Jungle Book,” but there is Anyway, be safe out there. Nice little wood shelf above the urinals something that feels more sincere and fun Charlie’s where I can rest my beer or head while I with the latest release. Goddamn, this is gnarly. I think it’s pee. There’s a sign warning me If I fight Directed by Jon Favreau, “The Jungle the only heated room in the bar and it I will be banned for six months and for Book” is a fun adventure film that is well feels about 90 degrees. There’s some se- some reason there’s two plungers as op- worth your time. rious piss-trough action completed by posed to one. Have I been using plung- For the unaware, “The Jungle Book” is a condom dispenser that’s selling some ers wrong my whole life? Are you sup- the story of Mowgli (played by newcom- decently depraved shit like a “Glow-in- posed to have two!? er Neel Sethi), an orphaned human boy, the-Dark Tingler Ring” and something Oxford who’s raised by a pack of wolves in the called “Pandora’s box.” Additionally, Pretty sure a customer started twerk- Sydney Macdonald/@syndeysmacdo As of April jungle. Mowgli sets out on a journey of the one stall in here is only about shoul- ing right after what looked like a mar- 21, 2016, the inside of the mens restroom self-discovery to find his place in the jun- der height so it’s basically just a viewing riage proposal went down in the seating at the Badlander holds chipped toliets and gle, all the while evading the man-hating area. There’s a sticker that says “Dump area. The staff looks super non-phased graffitti ridden walls. Beware, you might fall tiger, Shere Khan. into the floor cracks if you take the wrong on Trump,” on the toilet which is full of and is locking all the booze behind this step. “The Jungle Book” is a story that sur- what looks like loose tobacco. Can’t get massive metal cage since it’s 2 am. Any- vives off of its characters and cameos from out of this one fast enough. way, the bathrooms. People don’t ap- some of Hollywood’s biggest names. From Badlander pear to be big fans of flushing here, but Like maybe a 4 -star hotel in a decent Bill Murray’s charming portrayal of Baloo, Yup, this is it. I’m dying in here. Al- save the whales right? There’s another neighborhood nice. Wood floors, actual to Christopher Walken’s mafia boss-in- most everything in here that can be bro- machine selling “Rough Rider Con- mirrors, stall doors that close; this place spired King Louie, every performance is ken has been and the place is covered in doms” and “Horny Goat Weed,” what- has got it all. If you ever need to take spot on. At the end of the movie you are graffiti. The music from Dead Hipster is ever that is. All in all, not that gross in an emergency bathroom break , Feruqi’s left wishing you could spend more time booming and the walls are closing in. the big scheme of things is your place. However, I don’t know with these animated characters. My chest starts to constrict and I lunge Feruqi’s what’s going on with the beer here. It Idris Elba gives a standout performance for the door kicking a piece of tile loose Holy shit, not sure whats going on somehow tastes stale, not something as the utterly terrifying Shere Khan. Elba from the floor. Jesus. here but these bathrooms are super nice. I’ve ever encountered before. ▪ owns every scene as Shere Khan and has a presence that rivals some of cinema’s best villains. Easy Star All-Stars to play Top Hat Even though the characters are phe- nomenal, they are nothing compared to Rylan Boggs playing in Montana. reggae drummers and looks up to musi- the impressive visuals and animations. [email protected] “It will be invigorating to play in cians like Bob Marley, Prince and Stevie Seriously, this film looks amazing. The and around the mountain states, since Wonder. way that the animals move reaches a lev- Easy Star All-Stars are a New York we love experiencing the beauty of na- “I am in shock over the news of el no film has reached before. There are reggae collective that made a name for ture while on tour to contrast with how Prince’s passing, Katz said, “When we moments in the film where you have to themselves creating reggae covers of much time we spend at the shows and lose somebody great I know that artists remind yourself that everything save for whole albums. The group chooses al- on the bus.” vocalist Kirsty Rock said . have to play even stronger, you keep the Mowgli is a computer-generated image. bums like Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the The group is playing at the Top Hat music playing.” “The Jungle Book” captures the magic Moon”and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” this Wednesday, April, 27. Their stop in Katz cited Prince’s stage presence and the mayhem of the classic 1967 an- and recreates them as “Dub Side of the Missoula is part of Easy Star’s Dub Side and influence as a huge inspiration. imated film. It’s a testament when you Moon” and “Thrillah.” of the Moon tour on which they will pri- “Prince just brought this energy and can have a movie that can strike a perfect The Easy Star’s have also covered The marily play from their Pink Floyd cover. this message that you can’t even de- balance between endearing and dark, Beatles' “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Despite the band losing and gaining scribe and his legacy manifests through kid-friendly and mature. The film has a Club Band” calling it “Easy Star's Lone- members over the years, the group is practically everybody on the music couple of awkward moments, such as the ly Hearts Dub Band,” and Radiohead’s very tightly knit, “it is a core of players scene today,” he said. snake Kaa only appearing for one scene to “OK Computer” as “Radiodread.” and we kind of have a language and Opening for the Easy Stars is Colo- tell Mowgli how his parents died and King The group first chose “Dark Side of we’re kind of like a big family,” Ivan rado reggae band, Tatanka. Doors open Louie breaking into song in the middle of the Moon,” to cover as an experiment Katz, a drummer for the group, said. at 8:30 p.m. and the show starts at 9:00. an intense monologue, but at the end of the and their curiosity yielded the first of Katz has been playing drums since Tickets are $15-$18 and the show is 18 day “The Jungle Book” is an incredibly en- many cover albums. he was a teenager and he’s been a band and over. ▪ joyable movie.▪ This will be the group’s first time member for 13 years. He is inspired by 16 APRIL 27, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM Griz track’s Weber balances Baby on board: motherhood and sprints

Tiffany Folkes defect to a child, and I had no idea about that,” [email protected] Anna said. “He had told my mom about that when I was little — that it might affect me hav- Anna and McKenzie Weber set up for ing kids — so it didn’t worry me until she told the second run of the day, with Anna sitting me that. in front and her twin sister Kenzie in back. “She seemed worried, so I got worried,” Friends Amanda Foley and Ashley Millard Anna said. kept a steady grip on the sled so that they didn’t She saw her heart doctor within a week. She unexpectedly plummet towards the bottom of was already four-and-a-half months pregnant the hill. and at high risk of being put into the position Once situated, Foley and Millard let go, and of needing her second heart repair. Her doc- the two sliced through the snow with serious tor asked her straight-up if she was going to speed. go through with having the baby. Her blood Halfway down the hill, the sled hit a bump, would double during the pregnancy, enlarging Anna’s hat slid over her eyes, and they were her heart and putting more stress on her leak- suddenly going down the hill blind. A chorus ing valve. of screams ensued, and Anna threw her legs Without a doubt, Anna was going to have out of the sled. There was no direction to her her baby. actions except to stop their downward plunge. “I was definitely scared,” Anna said. A few seconds later, Anna woke up in a co- She wasn’t the only one scared. coon of snow after being thrown off the sled. Anna had met Zander Ehnes in seventh “We hit the one tree that was on the hill,” grade when both of their Great Falls middle she said. schools were competing against each other in About 45 minutes later, Anna and Kenzie a basketball game. They were together on-and- were sitting in the ER waiting room with their off until they began a steady relationship in dad. Kenzie’s head had slammed into the back their junior year of high school. They graduated of Anna’s head, and Anna blacked out mo- in 2013 and both began attending the Universi- mentarily after impact. It wasn’t until she was ty of Montana. waiting for a medical consultation that Anna’s Ehnes had just left the country for a 10-day back finally began to hurt. Kenzie’s eyes were cruise when Anna found out about her preg- beginning to swell, and she was limping from nancy. The night he returned home, he picked an injury to her left knee. her up, and they went back to his house. She As the two waited to hear the verdict on didn’t hesitate to tell him the news. how a seemingly harmless day of sledding “What about your heart?” was one of the would affect their upcoming track season, first questions he asked. Anna was clueless as to just how much this ER She had already seen both of her doctors by Will McKnight / @willmck_photo visit would affect the rest of her life. Sophomore Anna Weber runs a 50-meter sprint drill during practice on Nov. this time, so she told him everything. And the The two were called into separate rooms. 30, 2015. Anna and her sister McKenzie Weber are both originally from Great list of people she needed to tell didn’t stop there. Kenzie got an MRI for her knee, while Anna Falls, Montana. When winter break came to an end, Anna got an X-ray for her back. Anna played the joke off as their dad left the Anna was born with TOF, a rare combina- told her close friends on the track team during When doctors analyzed Anna’s X-ray re- room to go warm up the car. tion of four heart defects present at birth. She a movie night. They all knew that she was out sults, there was a strange shadow hiding part of “Really? Really, McKenzie?” Anna said had her first open-heart surgery at the age of 1 at the moment because of her back injury, but the picture. The doctors had no idea what this once they were alone. Then, she told her sister and will receive one more in the future to repair no one had any idea what she meant when she shadow was, so they took her to get a CT scan. what was really going on. a leaking valve. said she would be out for a bit longer than ex- Rules of the Health Insurance Portability Anna was indeed pregnant. There are various symptoms that can come pected. and Accountability Act required Kenzie and “It was shocking,” Kenzie said. “I was very with having TOF, but Anna has been exempt After getting over the initial shock, close their dad to leave the room when the doctor surprised.” from them all. Although she has been required friend and fellow track athlete Lakyn Connors came to deliver the news to Anna. At the time, Anna was training to compete to go through a series of heart tests before every played her usual position as mom of the group Coming from a family with a long line of in her first complete track season after only be- track season, she has never faced any restric- and asked Anna every question in the book. cancer, Anna’s father was concerned for An- ing able to compete in outdoor her freshman tions. Being pregnant came with its own chal- “Are you eating right? Are you drinking na’s overall health; the shadow could have been year. Waiting for the return of test results re- lenges, though. enough water? Are you taking prenatals? I a tumor. Kenzie and their dad were relieved garding her rare heart condition kept her on the “My heart doctors didn’t really talk to me went everywhere with it,” Connors said. “But when they rejoined Anna, who assured them bench during her freshman indoor season. about anything like that because I’m not as old she’s just amazing. She never stopped doing that everything was fine — she had just frac- And it wasn’t until two days later when she as some people are when they have kids, so we anything. She worked really hard this fall in tured her back. told her mom about her pregnancy that she re- hadn’t had that conversation yet, but people Great Falls, was still going to school and was “I thought you were going to tell us you alized the risks she would face being pregnant who have heart defects have a slightly higher still doing everything.” were pregnant,” Kenzie said. with Tetralogy of Fallot. percentage of passing down any kind of heart A couple of weeks before she told her team- OPINION NEWS ARTS SPORTS KIOSK APRIL 27, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM 17

mates, she sent an email to her main track Griz track’s Weber balances coach, Brian Schweyen. He and a few athletes were at an indoor track meet, so she had to email him the news about her fractured back, motherhood and sprints her pregnancy and her temporary leave from the team. Anna understood that her spot on the team may need to be filled, but Schweyen assured her that, even if she needed to take a year off, her spot on the team was always open. “She’s a great talent, and she has the ability to be really fast, so I was absolutely hoping that she’d come back to the team,” Schweyen said. Track has always been a big part of Anna’s life, so it was nice to know that just because she was going to have a baby, her track career wasn’t over yet. From her track coaches and teammates to her family and boyfriend, she had a wide range of support that kept her on track with her athletic goals and a healthy pregnancy. Ehnes was at Anna’s side for each and every doctor appointment during her pregnancy. At each visit with her heart doctor, she received an echo sound on both her and her baby. They closely monitored her baby’s heart to try to detect any signs of a major heart defect. It took a few times, but the doctors were able to spot full signs of a healthy heart in her baby. Lacey Young / @laceyyoung87 And, on May 20, 2015, Zoey Rae was born, but McKenzie Weber plays with Zoey, her twin sister Anna Weber's daughter, during track practice on March 2. Zoey comes with a complication unrelated to her heart. to practice with the sisters almost everyday, and while each sister takes time to practice one-on-one with a coach, the When Zoey was born, it was unusually qui- other entertains Zoey with toys on the track. et. Anna was in awe of her newborn baby, but Ehnes grew concerned when Zoey wasn’t cry- In the end, though, it was important to her Kenzie lifted Zoey up and out of her stroller think it may make me perform a little bit worse ing. She was having a hard time getting the flu- that she continued both her schooling and track as Anna spoke to one of her running coaches, because I’m always looking around wondering id in her lungs out, but the nurse assured that career. Vicky Pounds. Anna would squeeze in a quick where she’s at. But I’m in short sprint and only she would do it on her own. Anna remembers “Track has always been a pretty big part of 30-minute practice while Kenzie watched with running for like 12 to 25 seconds, but it’s always that Ehnes kept repeating “Something isn’t my life, and it’s kind of just what I know, and it Zoey from the open lanes of the track. on the back of your mind — where is she.” right.” pays for a big chunk of my school. That’s big, Anna started her first lap while Zoey Distraction or not, Anna said that Zoey It wasn’t long until Zoey was taken away to too,” Anna said. “And to prove to myself that grasped the handles of her green dinosaur. At only influences her school, track and future the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. I could do it.” first, her legs couldn’t keep up with the speed career endeavors in a positive way. Zoey has “It kind of went from the whole world in This spring will be her first time competing that she pushed, and her knees hit the rubber. changed and added to her life, not ended it. your hands to terror in a couple minutes,” again in over a year. Kenzie grabbed Zoey in a flash and placed And whenever she’s busy in class, at prac- Anna said. “But she pulled out of it strong.” Anna began training again last June. Af- her back on two feet. This time, she slowed the tice or at work, there is usually somebody All of the fluid was successfully extracted ter only gaining 12 pounds during her preg- speed of the rolling toy with her hand as Zoey available and more than willing to look after from Zoey’s lungs, and doctors determined nancy, it wasn’t hard to get back into decent took tiny steps forward. Zoey. that she had no minor heart defects. She was shape, but now training has become more “Good job, bubba!” Anna said as she fin- “Zoey is the best thing to have ever hap- completely healthy and Anna was extremely difficult as she pushes herself to get back to ished her lap, taking a brief moment to pull pened to me, Anna, our family, everyone in- grateful; neither she nor Ehnes would ever have the shape she was in when she last left off. Zoey’s hat further over her ears before going for volved,” Kenzie said. “She is so cute and so to worry about the condition of Zoey’s heart. On an early March afternoon, Anna, her second lap. much fun. She has become one of the most But from that moment on, everything in her Kenzie and Zoey arrived at the outdoor track The sight of Zoey brings a smile to not only important people in my life.” life changed. next to Dornblaser field. Anna pushed Zoey Anna and Kenzie’s faces but all the other ath- Right now, Anna is working towards It’s not only a lack of upper body strength in a stroller, and a green dinosaur push-toy letes and coaches flanking the track. Brief greet- beating her personal record in the 100 meter, that has proved to be challenging, but Anna hung off Kenzie’s hand. ings of “hi Zoey” and “she’s so cute” come from graduating with a degree in psychology and said that something as simple as running to the Zoey was swaddled in a puffy green coat, a people walking by. having a job. For others, having a child may grocery store on a whim is hard now. Every- beanie with cat ears and a Victoria’s Secret blan- “Zoey is like the light of all of our lives,” have taken the energy out of their drive, but it thing revolves around Zoey now, which isn’t a ket that was at least three times her size. This Connors said. has only fueled Anna’s. bad thing, but it’s different. was still the first week of outdoor practices, and Her presence brings a bit of joy to another She has big goals for her future, but being a When she and Ehnes came back to Missou- the wind was making it a chilly one. exulting practice but sometimes can be a dis- mom may just be the biggest reward of all. la, she began to notice how her priorities dif- After strength training and weightlifting traction for Anna’s progress. “My favorite part about being Zoey’s mom fered from her friends. Being able to go out or on campus, Anna and Kenzie had run home to “It feel likes there’s more eyes on me, which is that, no matter what happens in my life, I can go downtown wasn’t something that she want- pack up Zoey before heading to the track for an makes me nervous, but it’s better because you look at her and boom — I am filled with happi- ed to do or that was important to her anymore. outdoor practice. perform better that way,” she said. “But also, I ness and fulfillment,” she said. ▪ 18 APRIL 27, 2016 / MONTANA KAIMIN / MONTANAKAIMIN.COM Track athlete Matt Quist running for ASUM senate Tiffany Folkes hopes to qualify for the NCAA West Re- fine. [email protected] gionals. “I think he’d be perfect. He’s very Last fall, Quist had a class with cur- level-headed, very articulate, and he With voting season taking over the rent ASUM president Cody Meixner. thinks things out really well, so I University of Montana campus, it means They were partners for an assignment think that’s the perfect thing for the typical outpouring of pamphlets, bro- and, when working together in the him,” Schweyen said. chures and other promotional efforts to ASUM offices one day, they began to dis- Quist feels fortunate that rally support for campaigns. This spring, cuss ASUM. Quist wanted to extend him- he chose to pursue track in- a Grizzly track athlete is looking to throw self beyond athletics and become more stead of basketball in college. his hat in the ASUM election ring. involved on campus, so Meixner helped With track being more of an indi- Matt Quist used to be involved with him do so. vidual sport, there is much more flexi- his middle school’s leadership group, but Quist is currently a student at large for bility in practicing compared to a more once he entered high school, his passion both the Board on Budget and Finance team-oriented sport. The only thing that for track and basketball outweighed his and Student Political Action Committee. concerns him are the 24-hour budget other priorities. His grades were an im- “I made connections there, and there’s meetings, but he said that his coaches are portant aspect of his goal to attend col- so many people in ASUM that I really ad- more than willing to work with his fu- lege, but he put everything else on the mire and want to surround myself with,” ture schedule. backburner. Once he came to college, he said. He’s going to be busy, but being busy though, he began to see the bigger pic- Quist wants to be a positive contrib- is in Quist’s comfort zone. ture. utor to the Senate, but only time will re- “Every time I take on something “While you still love sports, you un- veal what causes he will become most new, I’m a little bit nervous, but I’ve derstand that sports are temporary, and passionate about. He knows that being an proven to myself time and time again what you choose to do after college is for- athlete may give people the impression that I can handle more than I think I ever,” Quist said. “Ultimately, I decided that his only goal as a senator is to serve can handle,” he said. “I know what it’s that I wanted to really buckle down, get student athletes, but he’s interested in like to spread myself too thin, but I don’t involved and get serious about school, learning more about issues on campus so think this is one of those cases, so I’m re- and I love it.” that he can better serve the student body ally confident in my decision, and I’m ex- Loren Benoit / Montana Kaimin Now, as he rounds out his sophomore as a whole. cited about it.”▪ year, he has decided to run for a positon He’s excited to learn something new on the ASUM Senate. and continue to build new connections, Quist is currently a jumper on the but he will also learn more about the art men’s track and field team. In late Feb- of balancing priorities. Suspended in the air, Matt ruary, he placed third in high jump and As an athlete, he’s been juggling school Quist prepares to land in 14th in triple jump during the Big Sky In- with practices and travelling. It’s going to the sand pit during the door Championships. He’s trying to stay be a lot of work, but track and field head men's triple jump in the spring of 2015. healthy and strong in preparation for the coach Brian Schweyen is confident that outdoor championships in May, where he he’ll be able to balance everything just Wanted Part Time: Entrepeneur with great social media skills to promote and distribute the most researched and Clinic U of M Faculty & Sta Massage School published concentrated whole food product in the Open 6 days a week Allegiance $25 copay for 60 minutes COMTA accredited school world. 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