Montana Kaimin, March 13, 2012 Students of the Niu Versity of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, March 13, 2012 Students of the Niu Versity of Montana, Missoula

University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Associated Students of the University of Montana Montana Kaimin, 1898-present (ASUM) 3-13-2012 Montana Kaimin, March 13, 2012 Students of The niU versity of Montana, Missoula Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy . Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper Recommended Citation Students of The nivU ersity of Montana, Missoula, "Montana Kaimin, March 13, 2012" (2012). Montana Kaimin, 1898-present. 5510. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper/5510 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM) at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Montana Kaimin, 1898-present by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ONLINE Go online to meet Missoula’s Girl Scouts ONLY: www.montanakaimin.com/multimedia March Madness Kaimin Sports picks inside 7 montanaTuesday, March 13, 2012 www.montanakaimin.com MISSOULA kaimin CAMPUS Scouts celebrate 100th birthday ASUM forming review board Amy Sisk Montana Kaimin A student has called into question the constitutionality of a bill passed by the student government that allows non- ASUM affiliated groups to collect only opt-in student fees. Haynes Hansen, a board member of MontPIRG, submit- ted a letter to ASUM Presi- dent Jen Gursky’s mailbox on March 1 requesting she form a board to explore the matter. “I think Senate Bill 38 takes a decision that should be the students’ and gives it to the Senate,” he said. “It’s saying what can be on the ballot and what can’t be.” The bill’s author, Sen. Travis Suzuki, said the change to an opt-in fee does not take away students’ rights. “It basically makes it so students don’t have to jump through hoops to get back mon- ey from a fee of a non-ASUM affiliated group,” he said. Although the bill does not specifically target MontPIRG, Nick Gast/Montana Kaimin it prevents any organization Girl Scouts of Missoula recite the Girl Scout Law in front of the Missoula City Council Monday evening. Mayor John Engen declared 2012 the Year of the not associated with the student Girl in Missoula in honor of Girl Scouts of the USA’s 100th anniversary. government from collecting a refundable student fee. Sally Finneran When I was a Girl Scout, I ing arrested in Prague. And yes, I also sold cookies. But Prior to this school year, Montana Kaimin learned how to act and draw, ex- I went to summer camp, worked it’s not the cookies that made me MontPIRG collected a $5 fee plored Mexico, fell in love with at summer camp and mastered the the person I am today. It was the Girl Scouts are more than the from every student, which Ireland, jumped off a bridge in the art of a one-match campfire, all Girl Scout experience. trademark cookies they sell every could be refunded by filling out Swiss Alps and thought I was be- while proudly singing silly songs. spring. See GIRL SCOUTS, page 8 See ASUM, page 8 CAMPUS CandacePersian Rojo studentstion, came to Missoula from give her when sheback came to Missoula through af- Three weeks ago, Rasulovafood, fliers,” she dance said. “It already takes Montana Kaimin home country in May of 2007 to ter hearing about it from her and the PSA set up a food table three to four hours to cook the improve her English. In the fall friends. Since then she has acted in the University Center sell- food. It takes a lot of time, but For Layokat Rasulova, a Per- of 2008 she began her education as the group’s director and the ing traditional Tajik foods and I don’t mind doing this for the sian student from Tajikistan, in history at UM. International House’s director. baked goods to raise money community.” Missoula is a home away from “I’ve been here for five years, Through the PSA, Rasulova has for Big Brothers Big Sisters. The Rasulova applied to be a Big home that’s welcoming, safe and and I was welcomed nicely … started giving back to Missoula booth raised a little over $70, but Sister this year and is waiting to a place that she wants to give people were so friendly, and I felt by sharing her culture through Rasulova said that she plans to be assigned a little sister in Mis- back to. like I was in my own country, so dance, food and community ser- have more booths in the future soula. Rasulova also volunteers Rasulova, a senior at the Uni- nice and safe,” she said. vice with the Poverello Center with better advertisements. at the Poverello Center and the versity of Montana and president Rasulova joined the PSA and Big Brothers Big Sisters. “I want to make posters and of the Persian Student Associa- See PSA, page 4 Volume CX1 V Issue 79 UM’s Independent Campus Newspaper Since 1898 @KaiminNews Montana Kaimin 2 OPINION Tuesday, March 13, 2012 TECH COLUMN Where will you be watching Montana ZEROS AND ONES take on Wisconsin in the second round Connected by cola U SAY of the NCAA’s this Thursday? By Brady W. Moore IN THE ONLINE For more responses, check out an extended U Say in the UC at UC ONLY: www.montanakaimin.com/multimedia I’d like to teach the world to sing, and I’d like to buy the world a Coke. Who wouldn’t? Unfortunately, I’m tone-deaf, and I lack the financial backing to even begin a project of that magnitude. Luckily, we have Coca-Cola. The company recently launched a new ad campaign that connects the world with carbonated cola. Yes, everyone hates advertisements. We skip them whenever possible, and when we can’t, we’re zon- ing out and staring at our phones. But this is more than an advertisement; it’s social networking at its sugary finest. James Bailey Brittany Muth Eric Hutchison The campaign plays off of the 1971 television spot with Junior, Biology Sophomore, Political Science Junior, Organizational the most perfectly diverse group of people ever assembled I have class shortly after I plan on watching Montana Communication singing about how they’d like to buy the world a Coke. The (the game) starts, so I’ll take on Wisconsin. Probably, I’ll probably be watching on hip, modern version allows you to actually do so. It’s pret- watch what I can. But after I’ll just watch it at my (house) the bench. I’ve got a lot of ty ingenious. From your computer or phone, you are able that I’ll definitely be getting with my roommates. family coming to that game to buy a Coke and send it to one of a few special vending updates on my phone in in Albuquerque, so it should class. machines scattered across the globe. The 240-calorie gift is be a good one. delivered to the next person to use that vending machine, along with a video or text note you compose. After the re- EDITORIAL cipient giggles with joy and enjoys a sip, they can record a ither our elected stu- thank you video or write you a note that gets sent back to dent representatives you via email. I’m waiting for a response from one lucky Ecan’t respect student EDITORIAL thirst quencher in Cape Town, South Africa. rights, or other student lead- It only gets cooler. When you send your gift halfway ers are abusing the consti- Act like leaders across the world, you can watch an animation of the Coke’s tutional review process as “journey” from your computer to wherever you sent it. The leverage in a political game. animation utilizes Google Maps and Google Street View It’s tough to conclude otherwise In 2011, ASUM debated how ASUM from collecting any stu- and makes you think about how far away that cola actually when the Constitutional Re- much authority the student dent money except in the form is. view Board has been called to senate had to change the lan- of an opt-in fee — groups like But wait, I only speak English. How will I ever know meet for the third time in three guage of a ballot issue asking the non-profit MontPIRG. what the “thank you note” I receive actually says? Google’s years to decide if an ASUM de- students to reinstate a $5 re- If this was such a bad deci- got your back once again. Google Translate automatically cision violates student rights or fundable MontPIRG fee. Some sion by ASUM, why has it tak- translates the text notes to your native language. our government’s written rules. senators argued the wording en nearly a month to ask for the All in all, it seems pretty awesome. It’s something a phil- One of the 2010 meetings was was biased, while MontPIRG review? anthropic George Jetson would have loved. It’s sort of like a procedural question sparked and others said it couldn’t be The questions answered by paying for the toll of the person behind you, but on a much by a series of simple mistakes, changed because the wording the march of constitutional re- more global scale. Imagine, if you will, strolling along the but the other two incidents re- had to match that seen on the views have been important in sidewalk of one of the world’s cities, when suddenly you veal a troubling trend.

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