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N I M I A K A N A T N O M page 10 page Confusion and contradiction and contradiction Confusion surround budget cuts and layoffs cuts budget surround 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.