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UMʼs Independent Campus Newspaper Since 1898 Wednesday MVolume CX, Issueontana 58 Kaimin February 6, 2008 Inside the Kaimin Sports p 9 On Campus Today Forecast Arts p 7 Shoot for three with Sonya • 4:10 p.m. Ecology Seminar Series, UC Theater High 32F Bust out your libretto, opera is • 7 p.m. ASUM Senate Meeting, UC 330–331 Low 26F Rogers. • 7 p.m. Film “Montana Meth Project,” UC Theater coming to campus. – Courtesy of UM Events Calendar Telemark Paul carries Missoula County; Romney wins state ski club Lauren Russell MONTANA KAIMIN races Though former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney decisively won the Montana GOP nomination, locally rowdy Ron Paul fans rejoiced Tuesday night when Paul Elizabeth Harrison emerged the winner of Missoula’s MONTANA KAIMIN Republican Party caucus. Those free-heel skiers carving Missoula’s caucus, part of into the powder at Snowbowl this Montana’s fi rst participation in winter aren’t just crazy. They Super Tuesday – the busiest day of are telemark skiing – the latest the presidential primary schedule snowsport taking over Montana – drew about 250 people to the slopes and the backcountry. Doubletree Hotel ballroom. Ron Telemark is a type of turn, Paul fans dominated the red- where one ski is in front of the speckled crowd with the only other, and the heel is raised on the political signs. rear ski with the skier bent at the “Make no mistake, Montana is knee, according to Todd Frank, Ron Paul country,” Ellen Finnigan, owner of the Missoula gear store a University of Montana graduate Trail Head. student said in a speech supporting “Basically the boot fl exes at the candidate. the ball of the foot,” Frank said. Of 97 votes cast, Paul, a Texas “It sort of makes one long ski out congressman, earned 45, beating of two. It’s basically reinvented Romney by three votes. Arizona alpine skiing.” Sen. John McCain came in next Frank, a graduate of the with seven votes, followed by University of Montana, has been former Arkansas Gov. Mike tearing up the slopes on telemark Huckabee with three votes. skis since 1982. He said he made Will Selph, the statewide head the transition from alpine skiing of the College Republicans of because telemarking allowed him Montana, said that though he to get out into the backcountry knew the race would be close with without having to pay for a lift Romney, Paul’s victory wasn’t a ticket and the gear was more surprise. comfortable. “The Ron Paul supporters “It’s ‘back to the basics’ as it worked hard and did a really good was described to me,” he said. job of getting their voters organized “(Telemark) is an outgrowth of for the caucus,” Selph said. the whole hippie-backpacking The Montana Republican culture of the ’70s in the U.S. The Party, which switched to a winner- equipment was pretty primitive. take-all closed caucus system last All of a sudden the whole fall, joined 23 other states voting experience of skiing was a lot Tuesday night. more fun.” The new system means Despite the new wave of that the person with the most popularity, telemark, tele or free- votes wins all 25 of Montana’s heel skiing as it is sometimes Republican delegates for the called, can be traced back to the national convention. Only about late 1800s to a skier named Sondre 2,000 registered party members, Alisia Muhlestin / Montana Kaimin Norheim from Telemark, Norway, either precinct representatives or Alcyone Max shows her support at the Republican Caucus Tuesday evening. “She turned two today, and this is her birthday party,” said Max’s mom, Jill Russell-Max. according to telemarktips.com. committee members, around the Norheim is credited with crafting state were eligible to vote at the the telemark turn. caucus. “I truly believe this caucus has never happened before.” policy and the Iraq war were the This tricky technique allows Will Deschamps, chairman put Montana more in play than After a meet and greet in highlights of the long-winded free access to backcountry terrain of the Missoula ever before,” the Doubletree Hotel ballroom, speeches, with Huckabee’s unavailable to alpine skiers. C o u n t y For national Super Tuesday election D e s c h a m p s attendees were treated to a suggestion that he appoint Chuck Armed with a pair of climbing R e p u b l i c a n s , results, see page 4 said. “Six of conference call where the four Norris as secretary of defense skins – made from nylon or mohair said that the new the presidential leading contestants directed drawing the most amused response and adhered to the bottom of skis caucus system campaigns have their stump speeches at Montana from the crowd. for uphill climbing traction – tele will make Montana a key player visited Montana in the last six Republicans. See CAUCUS page 4 skiers can get out of the resort and on the national stage. months to campaign, which has Government spending, social into the wild. “My goal is to use it to get into the mountains,” said Kaylie McNamara, a California native UM Productions won’t run next Elton concert getting her teaching credential in biology at UM. She started Stefanie Kilts telemark lessons at Snowbowl six MONTANA KAIMIN The message, forwarded from at a reduced rate.” “It’s not something that UM weeks ago. the ASUM president’s offi ce to UM Productions will still receive Productions will be willing to put “You can be on more variable University of Montana ASUM senators on Jan. 25, said a rental fee for their equipment used on for a reduced rate.” terrain than most other modes of Productions declined to produce that UM Productions’ decision was during the Elton John concert in the UM Productions negotiated with snow travel,” McNamara said. the upcoming Elton John concert, fi nancially motivated. Adams Center, Hamilton wrote. the Elton John promoter on the Along with backcountry, UM Productions director Ryan UM Productions has a standard Hamilton was in Los Angeles production fee, he said, but decided fl uidity and grace are words often Hamilton announced in a recent e- fee of $1 per ticket sold on shows for a conference and unable in the end that the fee was too low. See TELEMARKING, page 4 mail. produced for outside promoters. to be reached. Dan Torti, UM Mary Muse, executive director Instead, the Adams Center will They accepted a lower bid of 50 Productions marketing coordinator, of the Adams Center, would not host the April 11 concert. cents for last September’s Elton would not comment and all other comment on the decision, saying it “I can assure you there is no ill- John show. But, according to the UM Productions members were in was UM Productions’ choice and will between UM Productions and e-mail, “UM production staff Los Angeles for the conference. had nothing to do with the Adams Check us out the Adams Center or the promoter made a unanimous decision that it “The Elton John (concert) was a Center. on the Web at of this concert,” Hamilton said in would not be in our best interest to tremendous amount of effort,” said “It was purely a business www.montanakaimin.com the e-mail. produce a second Elton John show ASUM President Dustin Leftridge. decision,” Leftridge said. 2 Opinion Montana Kaimin Wednesday, February 6, 2008 ASUM Transportation thanks to use. We also want Letters equipment, broken lifts, EDITORIAL bus system supporters you all to know that we frozen or broken fuel are working as hard as to the pumps, frozen buses, The ASUM Transportation board possible to have enough Editor frozen wash bays, road Education, not climate, would like to take this opportunity bus service for all. construction, the rare to thank all that have been helpful in Thanks to the following but occasional grumpy or intoxicated should be priority the process of upgrading the student- individuals and agencies: All the rider, blocked stops, bad drivers, owned and -operated bus system into UM students that support and use people on cell phones, deer, dogs and In its pursuit to go “green,” the University of Montana needs to a full resource for the University the system, President Dennison, VP some bikers not following the rules remember that greenbacks are not a renewable resource. – the following agencies and people Foley, VP Duringer, VP Branch, of the road … In November, UM President George have worked hard to fund new buses ADSUM, Mountain Line, Public To all of you – thank you! The Dennison signed the American Colleges and (they are really coming in April!) Safety, Facilities Services, Planning service is on the way to major Universities Presidents’ Climate Commitment and and to make the system an incredibly and Construction, Residence Life, improvement.