TLma e B akken is Rockin' Oil Rush Keeps UM G rads Busy BIG THINKING UM's New Global Leadership Initiative Steven Rinella/ M.F.A. '00 ! i t ] a i l i I sailC l V i a IK 1 M IT O SPRING 2012 VOLUME 29 NUMBER 2 contec PUBLISHER I James P. Foley EDITOR-IN-CHIEF John Heaney '02 DESIGNER Eileen Chontos PHOTO EDITOR Todd Goodrich '88 EDITORIAL TEAM Andrea Lewis Rita Munzenrider '83 Jennifer Sauer '01 Cary Shimek Allison Squires '07 CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Brooke Andrus '10 INTERN Alyse Backus '12 ADVISORY BOARD Denise Dowling '82 Daryl Gadbow '75 Beth Hammock Charlie Hood '61, M.A. '69 Bill Johnston '79, M.P.A. '91 Jed Liston '82, M.ED. 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For a Montanan was chartered in 1906. so far away from home, their songs UMs first president, O scar were a welcomed relief to the Craig, was a Sigma Chi realities o f military service. brother, and a portion of Thanks again to the Jubileers for uplifting soldiers’ spirits across the the UM campus cam e Asian Pacific. from a land grant by a Robert Borberg '72 I Billings i Sigma Chi." Rich Thom pson '73 SONGBIRDS I was downright excited to read the THAT RINGS A BELL THAT RINGS A BELL, T O O article “Bird Songs” in Around the J I read the recent article “The Saga o f the I just want to express my pleasure in Oval in the winter 2012 M ontanan. Sigma Chi Bell” [winter 2012 M ontanan] reading the story entitled “The Saga o f As a lover o f birds, I have always with interest. I was there when D on the Sigma Chi Bell” in the winter 2012 fed chickadees, robins, finches, etc. Bennett recovered the bell in 1978 and M ontanan. I was a member o f the Beta What a wonderful idea to create again when the bell was retrieved by Bill Delta chapter o f Sigma Chi in the 1940s Chickadee Symphony'. Johnston in 1998. As president o f the and remember when the bell was stolen. Avis M. Schmitz Zoanni '42 Sigma Chi Beta Delta House Corporation, There aren’t too many o f us left from Helena I oversaw installation o f the bell into the those days. Adams Center lobby at Hom ecom ing My education was interrupted by 2000. The dedication ceremony included World War II, during which I served lAf A N T E n • B P S Montanan a speech by then-University o f Montana in the Pacific for a little more than W M n I E V e | we|Comes letters President George Dennison and was three years. I returned to school and (m to the editor. attended by area news media. The Sigma received degrees in both business and Chi Bell is dedicated to the community law, with honors. 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Griz Earn Second NCAA Tournament B e lo w : Senior Derek Selvig shoots over Wisconsin's Jared Berggren in the second round of the NCAA Berth in Three Seasons tournament in Albuquerque, N.M. here came a point It was the te a m ’s fourteenth Though they were during the Big Sky straight win, a school record. competitive for a while, the Conference Tournament That streak also was tied for the Griz were outmatched by the Tchampionship game when longest in the nation heading Badgers, who won, 73-49. Wayne Tinkle just sat back, into the Big Dance. The Griz “The guys d id n ’t show as well crossed his legs, and enjoyed the went 15-1 during Big Sky play, as they wanted to,” Tinkle says.