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MK Wednesday, February 25, 2015 montanakaimin www.montanakaimin.com FUNGUS AMONG US A couple’s crusade against cancer Charlie Ebbers live in such harsh conditions. to UM in January through Bra- SOUND OFF Montana Kaimin Swirling a dark, viscous liq- zil’s “Science Without Borders” uid around a medium-sized program. De Santana studies Professors researching at the cylinder, Andrea explains, technology and chemical pro- University of Montana have “This compound could make cesses in Brazil. Since she’s turned to the Berkeley Pit’s a great source for a potential been in Montana, she has been fungi as a potential building drug type of compound.” extracting small water samples block in the cure for cancer. The couple has discovered from large batches of the Berke- In their lab, Andrea Stierle 80-100 useful compounds since ley Pit water. tracks data on her computer 1992. “I assist the doctors in tak- while her husband, Don Stier- The scientists have spent ing samples of the fungi cul- le writes the couple’s findings their careers looking for drugs tures from the Berkeley Pit,” Who: Governor Steve Bullock in a lab notebook. They sit to- from the natural world close de Santana said, “and then we gether, surrounded chemical by them. One of the couple’s have to extract more bimolec- What: Rallying support on campus hoods, scattered petri dishes early discoveries came from ular strands from the fungi.” for campaign finance reform. and graduated cylinders. the bark of a Pacific yew tree. They isolate strands of the fun- The Stierles started working It’s a unique fungus named af- gi to examine them for their Why: Bullock believes this is a top at the University of Montana in ter Andrea Stirele, Taxomyces potential effectiveness against priority for his administration. 2010 and brought with them re- andreanae, and can be used to certain bacteria. search about fungi that live in manufacture taxol, a drug used Similar to how in 1928, Sir Highlight: “2014 at the federal level, over the Berkeley Pit. Bacteria there in chemotherapy treatment. Alexander Fleming discovered have adapted to survive in its The Stireles’ research at UM the penicillium fungi, a fungus $1 billion dollars of outside money were harsh waters, and the Stirele’s can be used as a foundation for which produces a compound spent influencing elections. And over half of research focuses on fungi that other scientists and researchers that kills or stifles the growth that money we don’t know who made the could block the pathways can- to build upon to find a cure for of the bacteria known to harm cer uses to travel through the cancer. The Stireles’ said they people. Andrea loosely com- expenditures, or what their interests are.” body. lay the groundwork for a larger, pares their work to Fleming’s. The couple began this proj- more financially strong compa- They research and work under ect in the early 1990s. Butte’s ny to come in and grow some- similar conceptual ideas. For more from Gov. Bullock’s Berkeley Pit has a pH level thing out of their research. The composition of the fungi speech, go online to between 2.3 and 2.5, the same The only student who works they find is used in cancer www.montanakaimin.com acidity as a lemon. It was once with the couple is Monique research because it can be believed that nothing could Carvalho de Santana. She came See CANCER, page 8 Transcribed by: Meri DeMarois

DEAD DINOSAURS Presidential veto halts Keystone XL construction for now they are four votes short of gument environmental groups hardisty, alberta Cavan Williams Montana Kaimin overturning a veto. said the negative impacts the Advocates of the pipeline project would have on climate argue the construction of the change would be catastrophic. President Obama, as expect- Keystone XL pipeline would The veto has not stopped the ed, vetoed a bill Tuesday that

create jobs for U.S. citizens and project for good. would have allowed construc-

the veto only hurts potential The energy company behind

tion of the Keystone XL Pipe- economic benefits. the project, TransCanada, is line through Montana. atkinson, neb. “I’m disappointed that the still seeking approval to build The bill was passed by a Re- President vetoed this biparti- the pipeline. In a statement, the steele city, neb. publican controlled Senate and Patoka, ill. san legislation. Keystone will company said it was still com- would have allowed 800,000 help secure our energy future mitted to construction, despite barrels of Alberta tar sands and create good paying jobs,” the veto. existing keystone pipeline cushing, okla. oil to be exported 1,179 miles U.S. Sen. Jon Tester said in a The veto was only the Presi- through to Nebraska and on to news release. “I will continue dent’s third during his time in proposed keystone xl the Gulf of Mexico every day. to reach across the aisle to find the White House, which is the As soon as hearing the news ways we can get this pipeline least a president has done in his port arthur, tex. of the veto, Republicans threat- built to the highest safety stan- time in office since 1881. houston, tex. ened to overturn it. Howev- dards while protecting private er, even though Republicans property rights.” [email protected] maintain control of the Senate, @caveman894 On the other side of the ar-

Volume CXV I Issue 67 UM’s Independent Campus Newspaper Since 1898 @MontanaKaimin Montana Kaimin 2 OPINION Wednesday, February 25, 2015

LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING BUSINESS BUILDING JAKIN’ OFF HEARD “Don’t you ever feel guilty? “Yeah, I haven’t gone to OUND Ya know, chopping down a work in a while...I should Dear my first girlfriend, AR tree that old?” THE probably go tomorrow.” By Jake Iverson “Dude, what?” I basically spent more time getting over you than well, not to be MATH BUILDING totally crude, getting under you. “You got a zero in a class? OVAL ROCKIN’ RUDY’S My clearest memory of us was when I stopped a make out session That’s not even bad, that’s “Damn, they have so much to watch the trash compactor scene from “Star Wars.” flat-out impressive.” It was in my TV room, and we were sloppily stomping on first fuckin’ stationery in here.” base as only inexperienced teens can. We thought we were brilliantly smart to tell our parents that we were just watching a movie, which Hear funny shit around UC COMMONS would surely fool them into thinking that nothing was going on. campus? Tweet it to “I’m dropping this class like You were tall and, to be totally honest, had huge boobs, and my @aroundtheoval a hot rock.” still juvenile mind was fully enamored. You were a year older than me and more than ready to throw yourself into adulthood. The tan- talizing goal of graduation just out of your reach. THE WESTERN CANNON I was 17, deeply entrenched in my junior year of high school. Skin- ny all around, but with a mysteriously round tummy, and exclusively A+C You can’t hide from your racist future in band t-shirts bought at JCPenney. I was virginal, awkward and By Hunter Pauli uncomfortable in my own skin. Social ineptitudes had turned into romantic ineptitudes. I spent all It’s said newspapers publish librarian in the world to sift If you’re the type of person of sophomore year pining for a girl in my English class. During our accusations bold on the front page through their Dewey Decimal who goes aghast when an old per- Shakespeare unit, the teacher picked me to read for Lysander and her and acquittals small on the back. Rolodexes and eat every cataloged son uses the term “negro” you’ll for Hermia, which I took as a sign that we were meant to be together. Your hate crime charge attracts index card referencing cuttlefish. be getting a taste of your own I worked up the courage to ask for her number. We texted exactly more readers than news of your It’s ridiculous and futile esoteric medicine when your grandkids twice. not-guilty verdict, and the media censorship. Even if every archivist see all the past times you used the And if girls scared me before you, girlfriend, you didn’t do a whole victimizes many accused by not in the European Union destroys term “African-American,” which lot to help. Our three months together were like a bad country song, valuing their later innocence with every cuttlefish card on file as the politically correct movement with the broken hearts, dead dogs and broken down trucks. Met- the same weight as their alleged legally required doesn’t mean will undoubtedly someday de- aphorically, but still. For such a short period of time, you, and the crime. Innocent or guilty, most the Grand People’s Study Hall cide is an offensive slur. We like to fallout from you, totally dominated my late teenage years. I limped accused people just want to move of Pyongyang or Butte Silver think that everyone in the future away from the relationship still dumb, and, like the young, white, on and have their tribulations for- Bow Public Library will feel any is going to be less racist, but there’s middle-class virgin I was, wept along to Bob Dylan for longer than gotten. Google makes that impos- pressure to follow suit. And even going to be a lot of evidence that we were actually together. sible. The digitization of human with the index card gone, copies makes it look like we’ve all been The next time a girl showed any interest, I balked awkwardly and knowledge and the creation of of “Walking Your Octopus: A running in place the whole time. faded away, content to bitch about my singleness rather than risk be- near magical search technology Guidebook to the Domesticated The amount of digital informa- ing hurt again. Maybe it’s because my mind refused to remember any means it’s impossible to escape Cephalopod,” yet remain on the tion being left behind is stagger- of the meaningful times I had with you, our fingers uncomfortably your past. Not that people aren’t shelves of Europe, betraying the ing and so are the consequences. mashed into spines. Instead, all I could think of was pulling away to fruitlessly trying. secrets of cuttlefish you wished Are you going to get that dream retreat to my own comfort zone, surrounded by stormtroopers and Last summer the European forgotten. job when the corporate archae- John Williams’ pulsing score. Court of Justice ruled that The Connectivity Revolution ologist digs into your archived But why am I only writing this now? I mean, it’s been four years. individuals have the right to means barring an existential ca- Instagram account from 25 years I should have long moved on to a brighter and bigger (well…) future. request search engine operators tastrophe we must no longer fear ago and sees all the drugs you did Except I haven’t. I’m six semesters into this whole college thing, like Google remove search results another loss like burning of the Li- in college? Maybe you’ll be seen and I’ve yet to fall into any sort of meaningful romantic relationship. related to them – for European brary of Alexandria. While that’s as a prohibition-busting freedom College is the time you’re supposed to find that special someone, Union Google results only. good for humanity in the long fighter in a future of broad legal right? Aren’t we all also pursing MR (Married Right) degrees? A little Wikipedia has since responded run, for individuals of the present intoxicants. Maybe you’ll be seen bit? by cataloging these requests and it’s more of a ticking social time as an narco-terrorist fellow trav- But even surrounded by very pretty (you’re all really pretty) girls, the information they want hidden, bomb. Everything we do online is eler in a future of pharmaceutical I’m still baffled. It’s like I expect the cute girl from my Literary Crit- making the whole system moot. forever and we’re going to have to warfare and drug temperance. icism class to just come up and propose marriage, and we can just The removal of search results but deal with that. Future generations may not em- start naming kids after Weezer band members. not actual content demonstrates It’s embarrassing enough when brace social media with the same But it’s not that easy. And I’d be lying if I claimed to not sometimes inverted censorship, which your friends drudge up an old unabashed vigor as those alive feel nostalgic for that TV room. Even when I know that things are instead of blocking expression photo or offensive quote of yours today. They might see the value of better outside. simply blocks access to expression. from the twilight age of social leaving some things unsaid. It’s a But hey, if any of you want to discuss this problem any further, my Requesting information about media for all to see. Now imagine lot easier to be forgotten when you email is just right down there. you be removed from search that regrettable material piling up never did anything. [email protected] results is like trying to get every for decades for all to see. [email protected] @jakeiverson57 @paulimeth

The Montana Kaimin, in its 116th year, is published Business Phone 406-243-6541 by the students of the montana Newsroom Phone 406-243-4310 University of Montana, Missoula. kaimin The UM School of Journalism uses the Montana Kaimin Editor-in-Chief Deputy Multimedia Editor Charlie Ebbers Photographers/ Gracie Ryan for practice courses but Ric Sanchez Bethany Blitz Erin Loranger Videographers Shibu Arens Business Manager Design Editor Meri DeMarois Jordan Purinton Suzie Chiem assumes no control over Nick McKinney Jess Neary Taylor Wyllie Annisa Keith Copy Chief policy or content. News Editors Web Editors Arts+Culture Reporters Evan Frost Conrad Scheid Ashley Nerbovig Jordan Purinton Rylan Boggs Lacey Young Copy Editors The Montana Kaimin is Brea Gaudioso Ashley Nerbovig Michael Siebert Loren Benoit Anna Reid printed on campus by Courtney Anderson Digital Sports Editor Tess Haas Designers Sam Cheney Printing and Graphics. Arts+Culture Editor Andy Bixler Sports Reporters James Alan Rolph Declan Lawson Hunter Pauli News Reporters Andy Bixler Kayla Robertson Delaney Kutsal Sports Editor Jessie Mazur Alexandra Valdez Katherine Jenkins Kate Shea Send letters to the editor to Jesse Flickinger Amanda Bryant Andrew Houghton Nik Dumroese Liz Lynch [email protected]. Multimedia Editor Peter Friessen Jackson Wagner Columnists Graphics Manager Editorials are discussed Gracie Ryan Dakota Wharry Joshua Thomas James Alan Rolph James Alan Rolph and written by Kaimin editors. Cavan Williams Kolby Kickingwoman Jake Iverson Montana Kaimin Wednesday, February 25, 2015 NEWS 3 RECREATION CAMPUS 5 trails for 1,000 hikers ASUM voting: more

Amanda Bryant Design by James Alan Rolph Montana Kaimin than paper pushing Every six years, UM is re- The University of Montana quired to update their weed Meri DeMarois released the first draft plan for students voted to support," management plan. The timing Montana Kaimin maintaining its land on Mount Hohman said. "This means if was right for Marler to add some the majority of students vote Sentinel and Fort Missoula ear- The Montana Board of Re- new clauses to the plan. 'no' on a fee, then that fee is lier this month. gents has the final say on “It’s about how we can best completely dead and will not The plan, which covers which fee proposals pass in take care of Mount Sentinel so it be charged to students.” around 750 acres, intends to con- the ASUM elections at the end good day. stays valuable for nature conver- Mariah Williams, the stu- serve and maintain the popular of the year, but students' votes “All of the trails need atten- sation and for wildlife habitat, dent delegate for the Board hiking trail in coming years. still matter, and only the fees tion, because some of them ar- while people can still enjoy it as of Regents, said the board re- Marilyn Marler, UM nature they support will go to the en’t in the best condition because they always do,” she said. ceives a packet of fees from area specialist, said the plan cov- Board of Regents. they haven’t really been man- Marler plans to hold public all campuses in the state. The ers weed and trail management, ASUM President Asa aged,” Marler said. comment on the plan until April. student supported fees that along with safety and social is- Hohman said anything stu- There are five different trails The plan is available online at pass during elections are put sues on both properties. Mount dents vote to support on the on Mount Sentinel, but Marler umt.edu/umnaturalareas. into the packet from UM. Sentinel is one of the most sat- [email protected] spring ballot becomes ASUM says some aren't maintained be- "If a fee doesn't pass ASUM, urated hiking trails in the state, @aa_bryant policy. cause they were man-made rath- it won't make it to the pack- with almost 1,000 hikers on a The fee proposals that are er than official, marked trails. et," Williams said. "I've never passed in the ASUM elec- seen anything that has gar- tions are given to the Board nered support from students of Regents to approve, but stu- that hasn't passed through the dents can shoot down any fee board." during the spring elections, If students wish to show Hohman said. extra support for something However, if the regents they can reach out directly to think a fee passed by students the Board of Regents. could have an adverse effect To contact the Board of Re- on the student body, they can gents, call (406) 444-0374. deny it, Hohman said. [email protected] “In terms of fees, ASUM @MeriDeMarois will only pursue fees that the

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Design by Katherine Jenkins Montana Kaimin 4 NEWS Wednesday, February 25, 2015 DIVERSITY Despite low student diversity, program Community Driven: for African-American studies grows

Peter Friesen gregations during this time. Montana Kaimin When he was offered the position, Shearer met with some black colleagues and Growing an African-Ameri- asked them what they thought can studies program at a school about a white man heading that’s less than 1 percent black an African-American Studies is a daunting task, but some program. UM professors have accepted They agreed that he should the challenge. take the job, Shearer said. Tobin Miller Shearer took George Price, lecturer for over as the director for the pro- both the Native American gram in 2009 and has worked and African-American Stud- every year to include more stu- ies programs, has worked at dents into his classes. UM since 1999. He said most ‘We have this large responsibility of replacing the omissions with vital information.’ George Price Native American & African American studies lecturer

K-12 history classes leave large Each year, on the first day gaps around African-Ameri- of class, Shearer said he an- can history, giving students an ticipates a few students to get incomplete picture when they up and leave when they see a get to college. Contributed by Dr. Tobin Miller Shearer white professor walk in. “We have this large respon- Joshua Green, Megan Jones, and history professor Anya Jabour gather for African-American Studies He tells the class, “I want sibility of replacing the omis- Soup and Pie Night. With less than one percent of the student population being African-American, you to know, I know I’m sions with vital information,” the African-American Studies program still continues to grow. white,” and asks them to give Price said. him 15 minutes. That information is our That racial tension is essen- collective history, Price said. the third-oldest program of its Award. Shearer invites 40 to Price said there’s an under- tial to the course and the pro- Slavery built the American kind in the country. 50 students and faculty and lying assumption that Afri- gram, Shearer explained. economy and helped America “It’s a little anomalous isn’t makes big pots of soup and can-American Studies is for Black history is something win the War of 1812 because it?” Shearer said. several pies. black people, so people don’t everyone should know, not of the power and wealth of the Shearer has seen the Af- Charles Bromley, a junior know how this program can just black people, Shearer said. South. rican-American Studies pro- minoring in African-Amer- exist in a place like Missoula. Shearer works to get students The African-American gram grow by 17 students ican Studies, said he feels at He said there are usually to examine the history outside Studies program was first since he took the job in 2009. home in the program and en- about two African-American of themselves and see how it created in 1968, when Ulyss- He’s excited about the growth joys working with the other students in each class, but that affects them, even in Montana. es Doss, a civil rights activist of the program, and takes ev- students. isn’t an issue for the program. With his 15 minutes, Shear- from Chicago, moved to Mis- ery opportunity to talk to pro- “I’ve made great friends in “As I see the work I’m doing er said he tells the class how he soula and former UM Presi- spective students. the program. We all sort of in this field, I’m familiarizing came to be the director of the dent Robert Pantzer asked him Shearer credits the growth hang off each other,” Bromley non-African-Americans with African-American Studies pro- to teach some classes in black to the community atmosphere said. this major part of American gram. history. that he’s tried to build around Courses can cover art, mu- history and culture,” Price He worked in the civil Doss agreed, put a plaque the program. sic, language, geography and said. rights field for a long time. He on his door naming himself He hosts an annual din- history. That multidisciplinary and his family lived in many [email protected] the head of Black Studies, and ner the night they announce nature of the program is one of mostly black communities and @peter_friesen the program was born. It is the scholarship winner for its greatest strengths, Bromley worshipped with black con- the program’s Ulysses S. Doss said. Montana Kaimin Wednesday, February 25, 2015 ARTS+CULTURE 5 WU-TANG er-known guests, Tree and Elzhi, still manage to completely knock Ghostface on his ass. Ghostface falls flat But what makes “Sour Soul” even more frustrating is that the Michael Siebert beats are top notch. BadBadNot- so disappointing. Continuing Good incorporate soaring horns Montana Kaimin in the spirit of his previous two and guitar lines, on top of the releases, Ghostface has teamed usual keys/bass/drums com- Ghostface Killah is an artist up with up-and-coming jazz bo they’re known for. But it isn’t with no shortage of triumphs. trio BadBadNotGood to tackle bombastic for the sake of being When he wasn’t spitting some the instrumentals. BBNG have grandiose — their arrangements of the best Wu-Tang verses of all previously made waves for their are tasteful, written to allow time, he managed to release two collaborations with Odd Future whoever is rapping to take the bona fide classics — 1996’s “Iron- affiliates Earl Sweatshirt and Ty- lead. It is unfortunate that the man” and 2000’s “Supreme Cli- ler the Creator. Their murky, eerie star of this collaboration isn’t tak- entele.” Even his weakest work jazz-hop stylings are a perfect fit Design by Katherine Jenkins & ing those moments and running usually manages to be better for Ghostface Killah. James Alan Rolph with them. than that of his contemporaries, And largely, it works. Ghost’s of tracks like “Woodrow the face is being obliterated by the In truth, “Sour Soul” proba- Wu affiliates and otherwise. flow has not weakened with age, Basehead” is gone, replaced with other artists featured. Danny bly isn’t even that bad. It’s a fairly Recently, after a bit of a slump, nor has the ferocity with which Ghost informing us that he’s go- Brown steals the show on “Six middle-of-the-road effort from it appears that Ghostface has he delivers his lines. He has al- ing to kill someone “with the Degrees.” His voice is so obnox- an aging giant. But the potential been reignited. Ditching the ways been able to hang on his strength of ten midgets.” He ref- ious that it shouldn’t work over that it held is what makes it such RZA-inspired, cold production beats in interesting and atypical erences the film “The Book of Eli” such a subdued instrumental, a maddening listen. It had the of his earlier efforts, his last few ways. “Sour Soul” doesn't fall at the beginning of “Gunshow- but it is strangely palatable. His potential to be the of the have favored bombastic, flat because of how he speaks but ers,” a movie I forgot existed until voice darts up and down in pitch year, and most likely would have live-band arrangements. His 2013 what he’s saying. I heard this track. And in the sec- and tone, creating a surreal and been, had the emphasis not been effort “” “Sour Soul” has some of the ond-to-last track, he drops sage- jarring experience. His feature is entirely on Ghostface. But, in- was largely a success, and last weakest lyrics Ghostface has ever ly advice like “eat fish,” and “do so good that it even makes Ghost- stead, we’re given this. And while year’s “” wasn’t too delivered. While we’re used to yoga.” “Practice makes perfect,” face better, whose godawful first it may have me excited for what shabby either. The production on having to intensely analyze his he says, proving that Ghostface verse is almost retroactively BBNG will do next, it has me do- both is stellar, and even though words, (“Turn nuns to Earths has finally completed his long erased by his much better effort ing something I never wanted to Ghostface is clearly aging, he still Whoopi/She at Allah school”) awaited transition to becoming following Brown. And despite do — doubting the lasting power mostly manages to keep up. instead we’re given lines that I Benjamin Franklin. DOOM’s disappointing verse on of one of hip-hop’s best artists. Which is what makes his wouldn’t even expect from Ye- When he’s not rapping, Ghost- “Ray Gun,” the other two less- [email protected] most recent effort, “Sour Soul,” lawolf. The brilliant storytelling @michaelcsiebert

CRIME ON TWO WHEELS Try not to steal the bait bike, thieves Tess Haas Montana Kaimin track its location. Gladwin said might not buy another nice bike, the subject and picking up aban- deal with people replacing they have caught multiple peo- if the wheel falls off, or the seat doned bikes to reduce theft. bikes all the time. Jameson Boslough, 22, was ple stealing it. gets loose, they might prefer a Social media is also help- “The closer you are to cam- confused when he saw a “ste- Missoula ranks eighth on the different mode of transporta- ing to track stolen bicycles and pus or downtown the bigger reotypical art major" riding Travel Channel’s “Top Ten Cy- tion,” Weiss said. spread awareness. The Missou- your bike lock needs to be,” his precious, recently stolen, cling Cities in the U.S.” Sgt. Travis Welsh of the Mis- la Stolen Bike Facebook page Hughes said. Peugeot Orient Express bicycle Gladwin said higher fuel soula Police Department said has 895 members and multiple [email protected] across campus. Boslough ap- prices means more bikes on the police are taking measures posts daily. @tesshaas proached the tattooed, tank top campus, making them an easy to reduce bicycle theft. These Zack Hughes, who works at wearing thief and demanded target for property theft. measures include education on the Bicycle Hanger, said they answers. Gladwin said students “I saw him biking and he should register their bikes stopped near the UC, so I power and use the metal U-locks, the walked at him,” he said. most effective at deterring bike “I asked him where he thieves. got the bike. I think I seemed Cooper Griffith, 21, had been pissed, and he said he traded a in Missoula for 16 hours be- hobo near the Madison Street fore his cable lock was cut and walking bridge some smokes his bike stolen. Griffith said he for it. I offered to pay him five biked to campus to buy a gym bucks for lost smokes, but he membership. just gave it back.” “Five minutes later, it was He got his bike back, but for gone,” he said. many Missoulians, there is no Ben Weiss, who heads Mis- reunion. According to Capt. soula’s Bicycle Pedestrian Pro- Ben Gladwin, there were 166 gram, a city initiative dedicated bike thefts reported to UMPD to alternative forms of transpor- between 2012 and 2014. He tation, said bike thefts are defi- said bike theft is one of the nitely an issue. Weiss said that more common crimes reported. bike thieves indirectly hurt the There have already been four mission of bike riding. Photo illustration by Annisa Keith/Montana Kaimin reports in 2015. UMPD even “If someone gets their bike According to UMPD, bike thefts are one of the most commonly reported crimes. Between 2012 uses a “bait bike” with GPS to stolen two or three times, they and 2014, 166 bikes were reported missing, and there have already been four reports in 2015. Montana Kaimin 6 SPORTS Wednesday, February 25, 2015 THE NFL COMBINE Former Griz defensive lineman Zack Wagenmann had an impressive showing at the NFL Combine this last week. The Combine is a week- * long event where college football players demonstrate their abilities results : in front of scouts, coaches and managers. The results of the week often dictate their position in the upcoming NFL draft. 40-YD DASH zACK WAGENMANN #1 - DANIELLE HUNTER, LSU 4.57 SEC what they said #11 - ZACK WAGENMANN, UM 4.82 SEC GRADUATED: @nfldraftupdate: “hasn’t blown 3-CONE DRILL me away, but montana’s zack FALL 2014 #1 (TIE) ZACK WAGENMANN, UM 7.07 SEC wagenmann is one of the better #1 (TIE) PRESTON SMITH, MISS. STATE 7.07 SEC de’s participating in this group HEIGHT: 20-YD SHUTTLE of olb conversion drills, to me.” 6’3” #1 - FRANK CLARK, MICH. 4.05 SEC #5 - ZACK WAGENMANN, UM 4.26 SEC @nflpabowl: “dl zack WEIGHT: 60-YD SHUTTLE wagenmann impresses in #1 - FRANK CLARK, MICH. 11.22 SEC #nflcombine explosion drills: 249 LB #5 - ZACK WAGENMANN, UM 12.00 sec tied for 1st in 3-cone (7.07) and 3rd in vertical (37.5) #nflpabowl” bench press #1 - dean simon, northwestern 35 reps @melkiperespn: “to important #17 - ZACK WAGENMANN, UM 14 reps matters: re-watched ewu- vertical jump montana this a.m. really #1 - howard jones, shepard 40.5 in like zack wagenmann’s #4 - ZACK WAGENMANN, UM 37.5 in potential as a day three pass-rusher. so productive.”

*compared to other defensive linemen at the combine watch the combine? tweet your response to zack wagenmann’s AP Photo/Julio Cortez results @kaiminsports Montana Kaimin Wednesday, February 25, 2015 SPORTS 7

HOOPS

‘... if we want to host the Word to the Big Sky Tournament, we have our work cut out for us.’ Mike Weisner Weisner: Griz forward Griz senior eyes third BSC title

Joshua Thomas in 22 games his first season, Montana Kaimin beginning his long run as one of the Grizzlies’ most trusted No matter what’s thrown at shooters. him, Mike Weisner keeps his With the Griz (16-10, 12-3 eyes on the goal. BSC) tied for first place with Late in the first half against Sacramento State, the end of Idaho State, during Thurs- the season and the Big Sky day’s 88-77 win, the senior tournament looms large. forward rose up for a corner “It’s been a long journey,” 3-pointer. Weisner sank it as Weisner said. “I’ve enjoyed he was knocked to the floor, my time here, and I’ve experi- sending Dahlberg Arena into enced great success.” a frenzy. Success indeed. Weisner It’s a familiar sight for long- has taken part in some of the time Griz fans. best Griz teams in Montana Weisner has become a history. The 2011-2012 season staple of UM basketball. saw Weisner and the Griz, After redshirting the 2010- led by Will Cherry, capture a Big Sky title all while Weisner Loren Benoit/ Montana Kaimin 2011 season, Weisner played Keeping his eyes on the basket, Mike Weisner, middle, shoots while being defended by Riley Bradshaw, right, and was developing. Mario Dunn, left, during practice Tuesday. One of the Grizzlies’ most trusted shooters, Weisner will test the Idaho The next season brought Griz Basketball Vandals shot protection when the Griz (16-10) travel to Moscow to play the Vandals (11-14) this Thursday. about one of the biggest mo- ments in Dahlberg Arena his- tory and of Weisner’s career. conference trophy again. Travis DeCuire spoke highly Before that, they’ll finish 16-10 He hit a game-tying 3-pointer While last season didn’t of all the seniors on his team. up their regular season with with 0:03 left in regulation to overall bring him another champi- He said that he’s honored three road games, including send Montana to an overtime onship, Weisner had arguably to have gotten the chance to their next in Moscow to take win against rival MSU. After his best season with Montana. have been a part of their Griz- on the Idaho Vandals Thurs- 12-3 another return to the Big Sky Averaging 8 points per game, zly careers. day night. title game that season, Weis- big sky Weisner shot 46 percent from “These guys work their “It’s been a crazy ride,” ner and Montana won the the 3-point stripe earning him tails off, and I couldn’t be hap- Weisner said. “If I got the the second best 3-point per- pier to see it,” said DeCuire third championship … it centage in the conference that about his seniors. “It’s a bit- would just be surreal.” season. tersweet moment. Obviously [email protected] it’s tough for them to have to @thejt_ ‘ Not many guys think about their last season, but they’ve taken the season have the chance to one step at a time and they’ve say they won it all done a tremendous job grow- Throughout the years ing as men.” Weisner’s season averages three of their four Weisner said playing his last season as a Griz has been playing years.’ tough to think about, but win- 2011 ning has kept his mind preoc- 1.5 PPG, .364 FG% Mike Weisner .278 3-POINT% cupied. “With three road games left in the regular season, if 2012 we want to host the Big Sky 6.0 PPG, .448 FG% Now it’s time for Weisner Tournament, we have our .465 3-POINT% to gear up for one last run at work cut out for us,” Weisner the Big Sky crown. said. “It’s going to be tough, 2013 “It would mean the world but it’s something we would 8.1 PPG, .506 FG% . to me,” Weisner said. “I was love to do.” .466 3-POINT% just talking to Jordan (Greg- Regardless if they host ory) about that recently. Not the tournament or not, with 2014 many guys have the chance a postseason spot already 6.7 PPG, .398 FG% .360 3-POINT% to say they won it all three of clinched, the Griz have the their four playing years.” roster and talent necessary On senior night last Satur- to make the run and win the day, first-year Griz head coach tournament. Montana Kaimin 8 NEWS Wednesday, February 25, 2015 CASTAWAY CANCER From page 1 Clark Fork island closed until May manipulated, grown and transferred effectively to Erin Goudreau gal camping and alcohol con- which led to substantial trash recreation such as fishing and humans. for the Montana Kaimin sumption. Legal activities such buildup at the time, according tubing, as well as convenience Their current research as dog walking, fishing and to a memorandum written for pedestrians and cyclists. focuses on how cancer As part of its proactive po- birdwatching will be off lim- by Chris Behan, assistant The island improvements moves through the body’s licing policy, Missoula has its in the area until police take director at City of Missoula include cleaning under the metabolic pathways. They closed the island on the Clark care of the crime problem. Redevelopment Agency. bridges to allow better water focus on stifling a process Fork River due to illegal activ- The Missoula Police The police are still working flow and clearing trails of de- called metastasis, when ity happening there, the Mis- Department, Parks and on cleaning up the area, and bris from flood events on the cancer spreads from a soula Police Department said Recreation, and the Missoula said in the news release part of Clark Fork River. Some of the localized area of the body Tuesday. Redevelopment Agency are this closure will include throw- landscaping improvements to different regions. According to a news release working together to make the ing away garbage that has ac- planned for the area hope to When cancer has sent out by Rob Scheben, a Clark Fork River island a safer, cumulated in the area. reduce crime through the envi- metastasized, the rate of crime prevention officer with more accessible area, the news The city plans to construct ronmental design of the recre- survival drops significantly. the Missoula Police Depart- release said. a bridge to connect the island ation area. “We’re aiming to inhibit ment, the Clark Fork River is- The City of Missoula to the Riverfront Trail on the The island should be open a particular enzyme system land, located near 1100 West purchased the land in 2011 in east end of West Broadway. The and ready for use again by May that’s associated with Broadway street, is a hub for order to have better control over construction of the bridge will 1, the news release said. cancer,” Stirele said. “A illegal activity, including ille- the growing transient problem, provide easier access to river [email protected] @eringoudreau lot of these compounds have been proven to stop particular types of cancers.” The compounds the couple discovered won’t be used for years. They have to be tested and progressed by pharmaceutical companies before they can be viable on the drug market.

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