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Arts Sports Features Ceramic styles Saving the day Learn to be a in the UC with Sarah Braseth B.I.T.C.H. Page 6 Page 7 Page 4 M O N T A N A K A I M I N Wednesday, November 2, 2005 Volume CVIII, Issue 37 Students Rumsfeld hints at increased forces in Iraq LOLITA C. BALDOR increasing the number of coalition “We’ll decide what we’re going cook up ASSOCIATED PRESS forces during periods when there to do about December as we go was an expectation that the insur- along, but it would not be a sur- on gents and terrorists would like to prise to me that the commanders WASHINGTON (AP) — try to disrupt the political process,” would want to have some sort of award- Iraq Coming off one of the deadliest Rumsfeld told Pentagon reporters. an overlap there” between arriving EYE months for American troops, Rumsfeld and Gen. Peter Pace, and departing units, Rumsfeld Troop increases likely Defense Secretary Donald H. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of said. for December Rumsfeld indicated Tuesday that Staff, said they expect insurgents U.S. troop levels rose to a peak winning elections, insurgents the number of U.S. forces in Iraq to expand their attacks as the elec- of 161,000 before the Oct. 15 elec- expected to increase could rise temporarily as Iraqis tions approach, but would not say tion on the new constitution, but prepare to vote in mid-December exactly how they plan to protect dipped to 158,000 as of Tuesday. dishes attacks, bombings parliamentary elections. U.S. soldiers from the growing There were 159,000 U.S. troops in “We have had a pattern of number of roadside bombs. Iraq for the January elections. ERIN MADISON Rumsfeld also defended the government’s decision not to per- MONTANA KAIMIN Dancing to a different drummer mit United Nations human rights investigators to meet with terror Charlotte Haugen’s heart was suspects detained at Guantanamo racing. Bay. Three U.N. experts were She had a salmon to filet and given permission to visit the facil- cook, a sauce to make, accom- ities in Cuba but said they won’t paniments to prepare and only go if they could not interview pris- one hour to do it. oners. The first-year College of Rumsfeld said it was not appro- Technology student had prac- priate to give U.N. investigators ticed making the meal at least the same extensive access that has eight times before. been granted to officials of the She forgot to put on the gloves International Committee of the she was supposed to wear; she Red Cross. didn’t reduce her sauce enough. “There has to be a limit to how But she didn’t overcook the one does that,” Rumsfeld said, salmon, an easy thing to do, and adding that government does not she walked away with the want to increase the number of bronze medal in the hot food organizations that have extensive category. access to the detainees. He said the The Oct. 23 American decision not to provide full access Culinary Federation cooking to the U.N. officials was made not competition was the first time by the Pentagon but by the U.S. Haugen used her cooking skills government. competitively. Rumsfeld and Pace talked at She wasn’t the only COT stu- length about the deadly homemade dent to win a medal. Three other bombs — called improvised COT students who participated explosive devices — that have in the competition brought home become a growing threat in Iraq, medals as well. including killing seven service Carol Chandler, a second-year members in three separate attacks student, won a gold medal for Ashley McKee/Montana Kaimin Monday. desserts. Wayne Weidon, also in UM freshman Tamara McGinley, a biology major, dances with other members of the weekly Unity Dance and Drum’s West African Dance Class on Tuesday January and October were two at 506 Toole Ave. McGinley will also be dancing in the “Day of the Dead,” a Mexican festival celebrating life and death. “We will be dancing and having his second year, won a silver of the deadliest months in Iraq, fun,” McGinley said. A parade will begin tonight at 5 p.m. downtown. It will end at Caras Park where there will be more dance performances and live award for hot foods, and Sonia they said, because elections were music. Ward, a first-year student, took held then, and the insurgents are home a bronze medal in cake trying to prevent the Iraqi people decorating. See IRAQ, page 8 Students have one hour to pre- pare an entire meal, said Melinda Dorn, executive chef at Democrats force closed session over Iraq intelligence Creative Catering in Missoula and COT culinary team coach. LIZ SIDOTI Intelligence Committee’s investigation into ond phase would look at issues that couldn’t Ward was allowed to bake the ASSOCIATED PRESS prewar intelligence. be finished in the first year of work. cake in advance but had only an “The United States Senate has been The committee worked on the second phase hour to decorate it, Dorn said. hijacked by the Democratic leadership,” said of the review, Roberts said, but it has not fin- The cake had to be a birthday WASHINGTON (AP) – In a day of political Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee. The ished. He blamed Democrats for the delays cake with a theme. drama, Democrats forced the Republican-con- Republican leader also said President Bush’s and said his staff had informed Democratic Ward chose to do hers in a trolled Senate into an unusual closed session decision to nominate Samuel Alito to the counterparts on Monday that the committee winter wonderland theme, com- Tuesday, questioning intelligence that Supreme Court had “set the Democrats back hoped to complete the second phase next plete with snowflakes and President Bush used in the run-up to the war in on their heels ... This may just be a reaction to week. sparkles. Iraq and accusing Republicans of ignoring the that.” “Now we have this ... stunt 24 hours after She used fondant, which are issue. Democrats sought assurances that their staff was informed that we were moving sheets of white sugar paste, to “They have repeatedly chosen to protect the Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts to closure next week,” a clearly angry Roberts decorate it, Dorn said. Republican administration rather than get to of Kansas would complete the second phase of told reporters. “If that’s not politics, I’m not “It’s a tough medium to work the bottom of what happened and why,” an investigation of the administration’s prewar standing here.” with,” she said. Democratic leader Harry Reid said. intelligence. A six-member task force – three In mid-afternoon Tuesday, Reid demanded Fondant is popular for wed- The afternoon halt in Senate business let members from each party – was appointed to the Senate go into closed session. The public ding cakes because it makes the Democrats steer the spotlight to the war in review the Intelligence Committee’s work and was ordered out of the chamber, the lights cake look very smooth, but if Iraq, an issue on which the president is doing report to their respective leaders by Nov. 14. were dimmed, and the doors were closed. No it’s on too thick, it tastes like badly in public opinion polls. Roberts’ committee produced a 511-page vote is required in such circumstances. cake covered in Tootsie Roll, Taken by surprise, Republicans derided the report in 2004 on flaws in an Iraq intelligence Reid’s move refocused attention on the con- she said. move as a political stunt but agreed two hours estimate assembled by the country’s top ana- tinuing controversy over prewar intelligence. See COOKING, page 8 later to a bipartisan review of the Senate lysts in October 2002, and he promised a sec- See DEMOCRATS, page 8 www.kaimin.org 2 M o n t a n a K a i m i n Opinion Wednesday, November 2, 2005 U-wire Guest Column Bush could still break Newfangled anxiety in Missoula ‘Second – Term Curse’ ERIK HURD were not, in fact, inspired by anti- I cannot help but feel we are exag- FOR THE KAIMIN gay sentiment. The facts, as they gerating the threat posed to appear, establish that one incident “gays.” Sure, some of you may of violence as of late was inspired insist that I “just don’t know,” and (U-WIRE) EUGENE, Ore. - In the world of baseball, superstition by an anti-gay sentiment - even that the prejudice against “gays” seems to be falling by the wayside. In the last two seasons, supposed- The anxiety has nothing to do then we do not know for certain, in Missoula is both subtle and ly cursed teams have swept the World Series.