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For more information, please contact [email protected]. r Officials African-American studies flounders Program to be temporarily cancelled when Doss retires the money in the liberal said he hopes that no one will Nancy Borgmann, director condemn By Tricia Greaves studies program and use it to lose interest in the African- of the affirmative action for the Kaimin teach students for next year,” American studies program, program, agrees with When retiring professor James Flightner, dean of the but he feels that by waiting, Flightner. Ulysses S. Doss walks out of college of arts and sciences, “students can be assured of “The loss of one of only two of clinic the Liberal Arts Building on said. getting a professor who is African-American faculty is May 15, it may be at least a qualified. “ of extreme concern to me. By Daniel Short Flightner said the African- year before there are any Thompson will be part of a We hopefully have the need Legislative Reporter American studies courses African-American studies will be cancelled next year. special committee to find a to find a qualified African- HELENA—Outrage classes offered at UM, a UM “They’ll still be in the catalog replacement for Doss. American.” was in plentiful supply at official said. though, so they can be Flightner said UM would Both Borgmann and the Capitol Tuesday as “It’s very late in the revived if we can hire some­ be looking for an African- Flightner said they believe Montana’s elected repre­ academic year to have a good one,” he said. American to fill the position. the chances of finding some­ sentatives condemned the search for the position, so Sam Thompson, president “I think that’s what we’d one as qualified as Doss are firebombingofMissoula’s what we intend to do is hold of the black student union, have to do,” he said. See “Doss” page 4 Blue Mountain Clinic. Several members of Missoula’s legislative See contingent related tookadvan- stories tage of a on lunch-hour page 3 press con­ ference , blasting the perpetrators) of the arson. “The governor today is condemning the actions that happened at Mis- - soulaatthe clinic and has offered the assistance of the entire office in any way, shape or form that we can help,” said Amy Townsend, the governor’s press secretary. Beth Baker spoke on behalf of Attorney Gen­ eral Joe Mazurek, who is in Washington, D.C. Baker said Mazurek was appalled by the incident and will do everything in his power to support the TUESDAY’S EARLY morning rain brought umbrellas out but the showers gave way to partly sunny skies and warmer Gregory Rec investigation. In a writ­ temperatures in the afternoon. Today's forecast calls for sun and temperatures in the 50s. Kaimin ten statement Mazurek said, “People who bring acts of terrorism to the Dining service cooks up plan heart of our communities must be held accountable for improved Cascade room for their actions, and we also concerned about having only the stand ready to help the By Jeff Jones for the Kaimin summer to get any work done, he said. federal, state and local law LoParco is certain, however, the large enforcement agencies in­ Like an old jar of generic mustard, the space in the Cascade Dining Room can be volved bringauni ted com­ Cascade Dining Room may be replaced by better used from both student and eco­ mitment to this effort.” a new dijon-version of the Country Store. nomic standpoints. Baker added that Tues­ Hoping to close the Cascade room at the “It bothers the heck out of me to open for day morning in Washing­ end of the semester, Mark LoParco, UM 45 minutes,” said LoParco, referring to the ton, D.C., the National dining services director, dining room’s limited Association of Attorneys said students may return to hours. The facility has a “We have this General had approved a find a revamped Country capacity for nearly 500 motion to support legisla­ Store in its place. beautiful space customers but has been tion aimed at protecting “Right now, it looks and want to do averaging around 150 for patients and health care pretty good,” LoParco said lunch and 175 at dinner, personnel at family plan­ Monday. “We have this beautiful things LoParco said. ning clinics. The resolu­ beautiful space and want to with it.” In contrast, the Coun­ tion “urges Congress to do beautiful things with it.” try Store, open at 9:30 adoptlegislation designed LoParco said the change —Mark LoParco, a.m. until late evening, to protect women, physi­ is in the proposal stage but dining services director sells an average of more cians and other health sketches have already been than 400 sandwiches a personnel from violence made to reconfigure the dining room. day. aimed at family planning Plans include a pasta bar and stir-fiy Tim Astle, head resident of Miller Hall, Joe Weston/ Kaimin clinics across the country area, he said. said he hopes the conversion takes place in UM POLICE Officer Roger Baeth where abortions are per­ fills out an accident report. The UM Students would still have the option to time for Fall Semester. Office of Campus Security has formed.” buy traditional Country Store food such as “It sounds nice to have a place to study recently been reviewed by a peer Rep. Bob Ream, D-Mis- sandwiches and hamburgers, but would and eat,” Astle said. “During the winter, it group and a campus committee. soula, said, “I and others also be able to dine in or take food out, will be terrific.” have served at the Blue LoParco said. The Cascade, located upstairs in the See related story Mountain Clinic as an es- He said a top priority is making Lodge, has been closed off and on during on page eight. See “Clinic” page 3 changes for as little cost as possible. No the spring for years, Mike Patterson, Lodge major renovations are in the plans. He is See “Cascade” page 4 Montana Kaimin, Wednesday, March 31,1993 2 MONTANA KAIMIN EDITORIAL BOARD Karen Coates • Mark Heinz • Bill Heisel • Kyle Wood Joe Paisley • Linn Parish • Deborah Malarek Editorials reflect the views of the board. Columns and letters reflect the views of the author. EDITORIAL------- An open letter to the arsonist(s) ---------------------- You hid beneath the blanket of Cowardice. Women's B-ball night, carrying out a shameful justice That is the one word, above all, driven by the pleasure of destruction that enters my mind when I think of Column and the titillating excitement of not deserves equal your character. getting caught. What a truly divine For arson is not an act of redemp­ by warrior you are. Hallowed be thy media coverage tion, of restitution or of God. It is Jamie A look back at the Women’s Most Wanted Name. naked cowardice. Kelly Yes you, the warrior, the Messen­ West Regional held this past The Blue Mountain Women’s weekend in Missoula shows that ger with the Message of Pain and Clinic now lies in ruins, and you live Suffering, have succeeded in torching women’s basketball can be every behind your piety, your perceived that which you hate most. But you bit as exciting as men’s basket­ moral infallibility, your faith in the subordinated man’s law to God’s (by didn’t stop a damn thing. ball. Hie 69 points scored by Texas righteousness of that act. But you the way—where does it say “Thou You are not saving one baby, not Tech’s Sheryl Swoopes show she cannot escape, even granting your shalt not abort”?). You, however, one fertilized egg, not one conglom­ is obviously one of the top players anonymity, the moral blackness of have taken the anarchist’s path, a eration of human cells. The Blue around today. path that does not respect law and who you are. Mountain Women’s Clinic will not But what lies ahead for her For fire burns things, the flesh, therefore places a low value on after her college career is over? human life. discontinue its services. It is not the man-made, nature. But it does threatened by your terrorism, and it Very little when it comes to bas­ not and cannot incinerate the incor­ Let me restate that: You place a will not be scared into packing up ketball. low value on human life. poreal, the soul, the essence of every and leaving no matter how many The best players in women’s person’s character. It won’t stop You want to enslave, not emanci­ fires you set and lives you disrupt. basketball cannot perform as pro­ Willa Cregg and her clinic from pate. You want to control, not live. fession al s in this country, because You are worse than an arsonist: you It’s exciting, isn’t it, to read the providing much-needed services.