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GHOSTFACE KILLAH’S SOUR SOUL LEAVES SOUR TASTE page 5 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.” cavan.williams@umontana.edu 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.