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UM’s Independent Campus Newspaper Since 1898 Montana Kaimin Volume CX, Issue 24 Tuesday Griz-Cat tickets sell out quickly October 9, 2007 Katie Michel UM Athletic Department. because of a demand for season dictated by next year.” MONTANA KAIMIN “They were sold out by 10:30 tickets, the number was reduced to Bill Lamberty, the sports infor- this morning and the GSA 850 with 250 set aside for stu- mation director for Montana State Forecast As Bozeman takes their turn at (Grizzly Scholarship Association) dents. University, said the distribution of hosting the rival Griz-Cat football are sold out,” said Jim O’Day, UM “As both schools had demands tickets to the away team is equal game this year, only 250 students athletic director. for season tickets, the number for UM and MSU, and is based off High 73F at the University of Montana were O’Day said in past years, 1,250 went down to 1,250,” O’Day said. a set agreement between the two Low 42F able to snag a golden ticket tickets were allotted to the univer- “Now it’s down considerably from Monday morning according to the sity of the visiting team, but what it used to be. Part of it, too, is See GRIZ-CAT, page 7 Opinion Visible spectrUM The write stuff 2 Sports A defense of Griz Nation6 On Campus Today •Faculty Recital Maxine Ramey, clarinet Music Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. $6 general, $4 students/seniors •Widespread Panic Adams Center, 7:30 p.m. $32, $27 students Doors open at 6:30 p.m. •President’s Lecture Series “Keeping America Great” David Walker, University Theatre, 8 p.m., Free Shane McMillan / Montana Kaimin Former science teacher Krispen Nelson dissects a cow eye for a group of kids at the spectrUM Discovery Area in the Skaggs Building on Saturday afternoon. The new center is meant to show kids science in a fun – UM News and Events Calendar space and provide a home-base for the University’s Super Science Squad. “I have a biology degree, I can dissect cow eyes until the cows come home,” Nelson said. Around the Ice cream, spiders: recipe for learning World Trevon Milliard London: it’s going to freeze up like into an Science Squad ran workshops ‘Why doesn’t Montana have this?’ MONTANA KAIMIN Britain will halve its remaining ice cube.” including experiments with liquid “There’s no reason a child in the troop contingent in Iraq next Dean dropped the ball. It hit the nitrogen and dissections of cow Highline can’t be involved in sci- spring, Prime Minister Gordon Dozens of shouting children qui- table and thudded like a billiard eyeballs. ence,” Thompson said. Brown announced Monday. A eted and leaned over their tables in ball without bouncing. He grabbed Workshops will be changed Even with the idea, the project British official later said they the Skaggs Building as Sam Dean the ball with his tongs and dropped every few months and new ones took great planning and luck to could not guarantee that any held up a racquetball dipped in liq- it again – this time cracking it. will be tried, Dean said. become a reality, he said. troops would remain in Iraq by the uid nitrogen measuring 320 This was just one demonstration “It’s barely been open 45 min- In 2000, the National Science end of 2008. degrees Fahrenheit below zero. at Sunday’s grand opening of an utes, and we’re packed,” he said. Foundation gave a small grant. A “What do you think is going to interactive science museum called Making spectrUM a reality was few years later, the National Iran: happen when I drop this on the spectrUM Discover Area on the a long haul, said Chuck Institute of Health gave $3 million, About 100 students staged a rare table?” asked Dean, a director first floor of the Skaggs Building. Thompson, a UM professor of even though they usually only fund protest Monday against President from San Francisco’s SpectrUM was part of the $14 mil- medicinal chemistry. Thompson laboratories, Thompson said. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling Exploratorium. lion expansion to the Skaggs developed the idea in 1999, after Then, the Skaggs Building him a “dictator” as he gave a Six-year-old Katie Harmon Building finished this summer. visiting San Francisco’s speech at Tehran University mark- raised her hand and said, “I think On Sunday, spectrUM’s Super Exploratorium and asking himself See SCIENCE, page 8 ing the beginning of the academic year. Missoula Mayor Engen declares ‘Pink Bunny Day’ Israel: Two senior Israeli politicians, Lauren Russell A small bunch of “bunnies” paign.” Asmus said that she has person- including the prime minister’s MONTANA KAIMIN unveiled a proclamation from the Forward Montana volunteers ally registered 50 to 100 people closest ally, talked openly Monday mayor on Monday, encouraging came up with the idea to wear since the campaign started. about dividing Jerusalem, signal- Forward Montana’s “pink bun- all Missoula residents to register pink bunny ears while distributing Jamee Greer, media coordinator ing a possible shift in Israeli opin- nies” may look cute and cuddly, or re-register to vote before the voter registration cards to associ- for Forward Montana, said that ion about one of the Mideast’s but if you don’t re-register to vote, close of registration on Tuesday ate the image of bunny ears with the ears invite comments and most contentious issues. their fangs come out. night. registration. questions, which often lead to reg- – Associated Press “Re-register to vote or feel my Mayor John Engen declared “We needed something catchy istration. wrath” read stickers the group is Monday, Oct. 8, 2007, “Official that would stay in people’s “We’re obnoxious and we’re Check us out distributing as part of their “pink Pink Bunny Day” in recognition minds,” said Veronica Asmus, a cute,” Greer said. “That attracts on the Web at bunny campaign” – their distinc- of the non-profit political organi- University of Montana student people and gives us that moment tive new strategy to re-register zation’s efforts to register voters and Forward Montana intern. “It’s to talk to them and say what we’re www.montanakaimin.com voters. with their “pink bunny cam- working perfectly.” See BUNNIES, page 7 2 Opinion Montana Kaimin Tuesday, October 9, 2007 Misidentification of bears was misidentified just as the EDITORIAL perpetuates stereotypes black bears in the photo were. Letters That is why it is so important. Using only a few words, you The title, “Ferocious but have managed to mislead read- to the fuzzy,” is also misleading. The ers regarding local wildlife. I’m word “ferocious” perpetuates University should base WPA talking about the picture on our cultural fear and lack of Page 5 in Friday’s edition of the Editor understanding of wild animals. more on real-life demands Kaimin. Whoever wrote the cap- between the two. After all, the True, bears can be ferocious if tion below the photo pegged last verified Bitterroot grizzly pushed, but all they really want these bears as “brown bears.” was in 1946. It doesn’t matter is for you to leave them alone. The University of Montana knows that when it comes to life Well, these are black bears, though. Locals should be more That includes not stirring up after college, it pays to write well. species Ursus americanus, but knowledgeable of regional unwarranted propaganda that The Writing Proficiency Assessment, a graduation require- they happen to be brown. In fauna and their associated obviously does them no favor. ment, was created to ensure UM grads would not leave campus fact, black bears can range from behaviors. Grizzly bears have They aren’t fuzzy either. This without the ability to articulate their ideas on paper. blonde to cinnamon to jet-black. massive home ranges and travel again displays ignorance of But in a Kaimin article last Thursday, some UM students ques- “Brown bears” are species extensively at this time of year their wild nature. Next time try tioned whether the WPA is an accurate gauge of how students Ursus arctos. The distinction in search of food. This bear using “wild and majestic.” will perform in their post-college writing. lies in anatomical characteris- stands as a symbol of hope in Please exercise more caution Unless you’re a reporter on deadline, most tics, behavior and habitat prefer- that populations in the Northern when reporting on animals such people will have more then two and a half ences. Continental Divide Ecosystem as bears that can so easily stim- hours to complete an important writing So why is this a big deal? On may again link up with those in ulate our imaginations and assignment.