Oct. 13th Edition

Volume 106, Issue 7 | October 13, 2011

MSU’s Student Newspaper since 1895

NEWS

OPINION

SPORTS

CULTURE

4 RAPTOR

6 GUNS & GANJA

12 RUGBY

15 PIZZA

New Species Discovered

Feds Ban Guns for Pot Patients

Cutthroat Rugby Club Profile

Colombo's: Character in Every Slice

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THE ASMSU EXPONENT | October 13, 2011

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LETTERS Fair Religious Observation a Breath of Fresh Air

Calculus Courses Taught by TAs Unacceptable

Dear Patrick Hessman, Thank you for sharing a FAIR observation about religion in last week’s Exponent!

I looked at the title and almost skipped over it because I'm SO TIRED of reading about people griping about all the mean and judgmental Christians (not in the Exponent, just in general), but when I read it, I was surprised!

I am a Christian and it's very frustrating when people bash Christianity because they had a bad experience with someone who doesn't really know what it means to follow Jesus. We are not all like that, and it angers me that so many hypocrites are making a bad name for us. It was refreshing that you presented all sides of the issue, and I hope that it helped people realize that those judgmental people that claim to be Christians are just lost and shouldn't be taken seriously. I feel bad for them and for all the jaded agnostics that have had to deal with them. I just wanted to let you know that what you wrote was like a breath of fresh air!

Calculus education at MSU has reached unprecedented lows. I finally realized this after another painful hour of class taught by a teacher's assistant.

If MSU is a regional leader in engineering, architecture and science education, why are students being taught their most critical coursework by teacher's assistants? Any student unfortunate enough to have seen the flow sheet of doom that maps out prerequisites in the engineering curriculum agrees with this statement: Calculus is king.

Put lightly, most – if not every – class taken in engineering spawns from the fiery depths of the calculus book. I would have thought that $9,800 a semester would more than cover the cost of a qualified professor for a class of such tremendous impact. Shame on the MSU mathematics department for neglecting its most populous and important class by subjecting us to the lectures of under-qualified teachers. It's time for a different course of action in calculus.

LORI SAULSBURY Environmental Horticulture

DARRELL JAEGER Mechanical Engineering

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EDITORIAL

editor-in-chief | Eric Dietrich

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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

Managing the Data Deluge Consuming news in today’s world is much like drinking from a firehose.

Between the internet’s seemingly-infinite expanse, 24-hour cable news and good oldfashioned newsprint, the Eric Dietrich sheer volume of inforEDITOR-IN-CHIEF mation we encounter on a daily basis is, as most of us know too well, quite overwhelming — often to the extent that we find ourselves tuning out to preserve our sanity. Given how important it is for us to understand our community and, more broadly, our world, that’s a challenge we have to address.

That data deluge has fundamentally changed both how we must approach informing ourselves and how media outlets like the Exponent direct our coverage. With the amount of content available online, much of it free, being an informed citizen is less about relying on one or a few media outlets and more about picking and choosing from a far wider range of content. Correspondingly, it is no longer possible for us

or any other publication to aspire to be our readers’ only news source.

For small-scale, community-based media like the Exponent, that means embracing our role as a provider of niche coverage, in our case focused on MSU’s campus and student culture. It’s not that issues beyond the domain of MSU and students’ lives aren’t important, but that we don’t have the means to provide better coverage of national and international topics than any number of sources available through a computer or smartphone.

For the engaged public, the shift necessitates a higher level of sophistication, especially in using technology to optimize our personal between finding news from across the media spectrum and avoiding the pitfall of spending too much time on the process.

For example, RSS (Real Simple Syndication) is a feature supported by most news websites and blogs that allows the articles they publish to be fed into an application like Google Reader (reader.google.com).

For instance, subscribing to the New York Times’ RSS feed (done through the orange icon displayed on participating sites) allows

the application to pull in excerpts of the articles the Times publishes electronically, making it easy to quickly browse headlines and select articles worth reading in their entirety.

Using RSS services, I find I can usually keep up with three or four news sources and a handful of blogs in a half-hour a day, depending on the number of articles I choose to read in full. While most national news websites and blogging platforms provide the functionality, local news outlets tend to be more sporadic. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, for instance, seems to publish only a small portion of its content via RSS, and I should admit that the Exponent’s own feed is a work in progress.

While social media, especially Facebook and Twitter, seem to be playing a growing role in how we find and share media content, I find myself relying on RSS feeds for the vast majority of my news consumption.

Above all else, the media firehose gives us the responsibility to adapt to our brave new world. While it’s easy to disengage in response to the overpowering stream, we must instead learn how to sip from it.

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EDITORIAL: Funding Process Must Be Fair, Accessible The opinion of the Exponent's editorial staff on topics and issues impacting our campus community.

T

he student senate is taking strides to make its supplemental funds more accessible to student groups, but further efforts are needed to ensure the system meets its goals.

Supplemental funding consists of a pool of $50,000 in student fees that is set aside for any purpose the student senate deems beneficial to the student body. The funds are typically granted to ASMSU committees facing unforeseen costs or looking to capitalize on unique opportunities. Groups must submit formal requests which are reviewed by a finance board and subject to final approval by the senate.

Last spring, in an effort to better represent and serve students, the senate opened these funds to any official club or organization — not just those associated with ASMSU — and increased the funding pool from $30,000 to $50,000.

Currently, ASMSU’s guidelines for distributing these funds are remarkably vague, as its bylaws state simply that “the supplemental fund will be used to fund activities

and organizations which the senate believes will substantially benefit or support ASMSU members.” Realizing the potential for confusion and inconsistency inherent in this language, ASMSU has formed a subcommittee to address the issue.

We see two vital issues that the committee must consider as it works to reform the current process.

The first is a question of outreach. Since many students and groups on campus are unaware of supplemental funding, requests could have tended to come from the narrow slice of campus with direct ties to the senate.

ASMSU, then, has a duty to make its supplemental funding known across campus and to encourage student groups to take advantage of it.

By expanding access to all student organizations, ASMSU has declared that supplemental funding is a resource for the entire student body. But, as it currently stands, the system seems more like a tool for those who are in-the-know. If adequate publicity measures are not taken, supplemental funding

runs the risk of becoming de facto cronyism.

Secondly, the senate needs to clarify its bylaws to establish more explicit metrics by

If adequate publicity measures are not taken, supplemental funding runs the risk of becoming de facto cronyism. which to evaluate supplemental requests. A certain amount of flexibility is necessary to senators to exercise good judgment, but the current vague language allows for radical inconsistencies in decision-making.

In particular, senators must devise

guidelines that ensure funds are distributed fairly and evenly within the rolling request model, where funding needs arise over the course of the academic year. Likewise, student government must consider how to weigh the requests of ASMSU committees aside those of unaffiliated organizations.

Will requests from ASMSU committees be considered in the same manner as those from other groups? How will non-ASMSU recipients be held accountable for their use of these funds?

While the aims of last year’s supplemental fund expansion are spot-on, the system will quickly become calamitous — or worse — if proper measures are not put in place.

The recent formation of a senate subcommittee to confront this and other issues is an encouraging move. As the committee develops solutions, it ought to take seriously last year’s mission: the creation of a financial resource pool that is truly accessible to all.

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Paleo Student Discovers Raptor Species JOSH MAZZONI For years, paleontologists have been haunted by the fossilized teeth and bone fragments of an unknown raptor species scattered throughout the mid-western United States and Alaska. As of September 19, an MSU professor and graduate student have helped put an end to this with their discovery of Talos sampsoni.

In 2008, Mike Knell, a graduate student

Talos sampsoni was a small raptor with feathers, long hind limbs and narrow feet that weighed between 75 and 100 pounds. at MSU, found a bone sticking out of the ground of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah. He said he hoped it would be the remains of an ancient turtle — the topic of his dissertation — but it turned out to be something different.

“It’s a pretty exciting discovery,” Knell said. “It opens a hole that we didn’t have

before — what was living in this area at this time.”

During the Mesozoic Era, a period spanning from 250 to 65 million years ago, this area was similar to the southeast United States. Montana and Utah were home to tropics and large rivers; a climate resembling the state of Georgia. At this time, Utah was 50 to 100 miles from the ocean and an ideal breeding ground for dinosaurs.

According to MSU Paleontology Professor David Varricchio, Talos was a small raptor with feathers, long hind limbs and narrow feet that weighed between 75 and 100 pounds.

Varricchio said that through discoveries like this, “We get clear and narrow pictures of something that happened 75 to 100 million years ago.” These types of discoveries show differences in Montana dinosaurs and Utah dinosaurs of the same species — indicators of micro-evolution.

Talos will help the paleontology community in their attempt to reconstruct and understand past ecosystems. However, there will be important effects felt here in Bozeman.

“Our [paleontology] department is one of the only in the country. It’s exciting to get our name out there,” Knell said. “It supports the department — it’s a good school here. It’s like advertising.”

THE ASMSU EXPONENT | October 13, 2011

Student Satellite Set to Launch

KRISTEN INGMAN

The ground station in Cobleigh Hall is prepared and awaiting the Oct. 27 launch of the miniaturized satellite E1PU2 from Vandenberg Air force Base in California.

NASA’s program Educational Launch of Nano Satellites utilizes the excess capacity of rockets to promote the launching of student-built CubeSats. Ehson Mosleh, the program manager for the Space Science Engineering Laboratory (SSEL), explained that MSU is one of three universities that was chosen to partake in the launch later this month.

With funding from the Montana Space Grant Consortium, students with the SSEL have created a 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm satellite with the specific job of taking space weather measurements.

David Racek, a second year graduate student in electrical engineering, and Adam Gunderson, a senior in electrical engineering explained that a solar flare has the capability of crippling communication fields and GPS signals. Obtaining weather measurements from a satellite can help prevent these crises.

The ground station, housed in Cobleigh Hall, will be operated 24 hours a day in the weeks following the launch by volunteers from the electrical and mechanical engineering and physics programs. The students operating the ground station can command

the satellite to share its entire memory with them through a “data dump” that not only provides collected data but also explains the health of the satellite.

Students with the SSEL had hoped to launch the first unit of Explore- 1 [Prime] last February when technical issues interrupted the launch. E1PU2 marks the third attempt

MSU is one of three universities that was chosen to partake in the launch later this month. for Montana students to put a satellite into space, as a 2006 launch failed when the satellite cratered somewhere in Kazakhstan.

Racek commended the SSEL and explained his enthusiasm over his involvement with the E1PU2 launch. “You get to see the whole life cycle of a program like this.”

Gunderson reiterated Racek’s assertion, explaining that his experience with the SSEL is not only useful from an industry standpoint, “The opportunities that present themselves at this lab are invaluable.”

CLUB PROFILE: CHEMISTRY CLUB MORGAN SOLOMON Who: Any major When: Wed., 5:10 pm Where: Gaines Hall, Room 143

The chemistry club has played a positive role in the college and Bozeman community for the past five years, educating the region’s schools and providing accessible resources for its club members and students.

In 2005-2006 the national Outreach Program was integrated into the curriculum so students can educate the public in the

field of chemistry. It focuses on the younger community, presenting demonstrations to elementary and middle schools in the Belgrade/Bozeman district. A few years ago the club traveled to the Crow Reservation, and the children from the reservation now come to Bozeman to be able to learn from the Chemistry Club.

The club funds mostly come from goggle sales that happen at the beginning of every semester and from grants. Dewey Brooke, the president of the club, said he was concerned about their financial basis.

In response, he has been advertising the club more and devising fundraisers, such as the 5K race known as the Dash For Dienes.

Other activities club members participate in include: mentoring incoming and underclassmen for their major and becoming a “Chem shadower” for undergraduate studies.

Many members participate in a one credit class taught by Dr. Trevor Douglas designing modules for the Outreach Program.

“It’s a class that devises a lesson plan, but it’s not as boring as school,” Brooke said.

Currently, the club is planning some upcoming events. This Friday they will be traveling to Harrison, Mont., to educate 3rd through 6th graders in the field of chemistry, and on Oct. 30, an event called Frankenscience will be taking place on the second floor of Gaines Hall and is open to children and students of all ages.

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NEWS

E.O. Wilson Presents Awards to Developers JORDAN MAXWELL

IMAGE COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Student Gov’t Works to Expand Club Funding Options MORGAN SOLOMON HANNAH MUNDT MSU’s student government amended its constitution last spring to broaden the the scope of its supplemental funding process and make more money available to student groups. However, as the student senate has begun to allocate funds this fall, the vagueness of the new language has raised concerns over the ambiguity of the guidelines for allocating funding.

“It seems like there is the potential for abuse of the system,” said Sen. Shelby Rogala, who is heading a subcommittee looking to revise the system. While that group works, student government has temporarily halted appropriations to non-ASMSU groups.

Every student pays a fees of around $150 annually to ASMSU. Historically, part of the money has been put into a supplemental fund to extend budgets for ASMSU programs, but last year the fund was expanded and opened to non-ASMSU student groups.

The change occurred as a result of a student vote to amend ASMSU’s constitution,

recommended by senators after debate over the supplemental fund’s role.

ASMSU President Blake Bjornson said that he hoped that the task force will better define guidelines for allocation and address general bylaw and financial recommendations. He said that the senate should give groups funding because requests for these funds show students “driving what they want to see on campus.”

“It seems like there are some applications for funding outside ASMSU or even outside student groups that would be beneficial to MSU as a whole,” Rogala said.

The student activities office also distributes funds to student groups from a portion of the ASMSU fees specifically earmarked for student organizations. However, the majority of that money is budgeted in advance, making it largely unavailable for unplanned expenses.

Bjornson added that part of the issue is that not enough groups know that the funds are available to them. Similarly, Rogala said that she hopes to create a “better and more transparent system.”

Edward O. Wilson, the father of biodiversity and one of the world’s leading conservation biologists, visited MSU this Thursday to present the “Edward O. Wilson Lifetime Achievement Award” to four world-renowned inventors and scientists.

Organized by founders George and Barbara Keremedjiev, the American Computer Museum presents this award yearly. The criteria are a lifetime dedication and contribution to merging the fields of technology and biology.

The recipients included Jim Lotimer, founder of Lotek and pioneer of GPS animal tracking, and a group of three men, John Kress, David Jacobs and Peter Belhumeur, who developed the iPhone application Leafsnap, the first visual plant species identification software.

The awards ceremony consisted of an introduction by President Cruzado, a brief speech by Wilson explaining the award, followed by the recipients’ acceptance speeches.

While the main theme of the program was

the awards, Wilson and the recipients also shared their expertise in the fields of biodiversity and conservation.

Wilson started the speech by sharing a criticism of modern conservationism; he said that conservationists focused too much on saving the non-living world. He said, according to a doctrine he has christened “Wilson’s Law,” that if we work to understand and save the living earth, we will save the non-living earth.

Lotimer had a similar perspective to Wilson’s. He works not only to understand migration patterns or predator-prey relationships, but to understand the world through the perception of wildlife. Lotimer said that this was the next step that biodiversity must take.

Building off the ideas of Wilson and Lotimer, the collaborators Kress, Jacobs and Belhumeur also spoke to the value of collaboration, especially between different disciplines. This interdisciplinary cooperation allowed them to develop a technology which may prove revolutionary to the field of biology.

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OPINION

editor | Brent Zundel

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Green Card Gun Safety First Ban Defies Logic The federal government launched another attack on our state's medical marijuana program on Sept. 21, when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) issued a statement to all Alicia Exley OPINION WRITER firearms dealers nationwide saying that it was illegal under federal law for a medical marijuana cardholder to buy or own a firearm, and that anyone selling a firearm to a patient, whether they know it or not, could be held criminally culpable.

The issue is frustrating for a number of reasons. The first is the lack of outcry from the right. People who have constantly predicted for the last three years that Obama would try to pry our guns out of so many "cold, dead hands" did not voice anger when a significant amount of our population had its gun rights taken away. Where is the NRA? Where are the protests and angry letters?

Secondly, this measure was passed with little to no scientific forethought. This antiintellectualism has been extremely popular in Washington over the last decade; though there is significant scientific and anecdotal evidence to the contrary, the Drug Enforcement Agency still maintains that there is "no future in smoked marijuana as medicine."

Montana citizens with cancer, multiple sclerosis, HIV/AIDS, Crohn's disease and a myriad of other illnesses would testify to the contrary.

This measure is harmful not only to patients themselves, but to the entire state of Montana. In his letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Montana Attorney General

Steve Bullock mentioned Montana's hunting industry, and how almost 600,000 hunting licenses are sold here every year. It may be hard for those in Washington to understand, but hunting is a way of life in Montana. Tens of thousands of working-class Montana citizens rely on game meat to feed their families throughout the year.

Moreover, at roughly $25 for each deer license (with additional costs to hunt elk, bison, bighorn sheep, etc.), that amounts to over $1.5 million into our economy every year, not factoring in the additional costs of food, fuel and hunting equipment. Not only could this ban deprive medical marijuana patients of the opportunity to feed themselves and their families, the loss of those profits would deal a huge blow to our local economies.

The ATF's memo, which was pointed specifically at medical marijuana patients, is also discriminatory against the users of a drug that is legal in our state. Medical marijuana is used as a painkiller, an appetite stimulant, a psychiatric treatment, a cure for insomnia — the list goes on. But the ATF does not prohibit gun use by those on prescription painkillers, anti-depressants, tranquilizers sleeping pills, or what is perhaps Montana’s most dangerous drug: alcohol.

What about marijuana is so oppositional? Marijuana is not illegal for any scientific reason, and restricting rights of medical marijuana patients because of a decades-old, politically charged, racist stereotype about the drug is neither scientifically nor logically viable. The ATF’s time and money would be better spent preventing crime that hurts others instead of persecuting the patients of chronic illnesses.

61-8-302. Careless driving. (1) A person operating or driving a vehicle on a public highway shall drive it in a careful and prudent manner that does not unduly or unreasonably endanger the life, limb, property, or other rights of a person entitled to the use of the highway.

Why is it that people often follow this standard in every area of behavior aside from driving? Car crashes are often called “accidents” for a reason — innumerable uncontrollable factors conElse Trygstad-Burke tribute to these tragic OPINION WRITER occurrences, most notably the unpredictable Montana weather.

However, the Montana Highway Patrol’s annual report displays that the number one cause of both fatal and non-fatal accidents in 2010 was drivers who “operated a motor vehicle in an erratic, reckless, careless, negligent manner.”

This category, which caused 5,593 accidents last year and 76 fatalities, excludes inattentive driving (distractions), driving too fast for weather conditions, fatigue, cell phone use, alcohol and over-correction, all of which have their own categories. Essentially, 5,593 accidents and 76 fatalities were caused by overtly reckless drivers.

The Bozeman City Commission is considering a mandate that would ban cell phone use while driving. While their intent is admirable and would indisputably result in fewer accidents (cell phone use caused 227 accidents last year, with five fatalities), it seems that a better measure would be to address the root of the problem without such controlling measures.

As most people who go through the Montana Drivers Education classes will explain, the program focuses primarily on

teaching students, at best, about official rules of the road and the consequences of driving under the influence. Barely any information is mentioned regarding road etiquette and responsibilities.

Unfortunately, motor vehicles are extensions of the driver’s personality. Considering the number of individuals who push ahead in line or let the door slam in the face of the person behind them, it is no surprise that rude and risky road behaviors like illegal passing, tailgating and excessive speeding are common occurrences on the road. 2,920 accidents (with 17 fatalities) occurred last year as a result of drivers who failed to yield the right of way.

New drivers must be taught that impatient and rude behavior behind the wheel can be not only lethal to one-self and to others, but also yields few positive results. Drivers who pass illegally only arrive at the destination seconds before the car they pass, and tailgaters generally only succeed in causing the car ahead to slow down in irritation. No other risky behavior is as senseless as reckless driving.

It is fascinating that humans who consider murder, capital punishment and other forms of killing to be immoral and wrong can step into their vehicle, drive recklessly and immediately become the most common killer on the road. This additionally applies to alcohol, cell phone and drug use while driving.

Are we so unintelligent and irresponsible that we need the City Commissioners to tell us not to kill and injure other humans?

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OPINION

The Fall Career Fair last week.

IMAGE BY MATT WILLIAMS

The Art(s) in Career Fair Networking If you’re a civil engineering major, or an accounting or management minor, the Fall Career Fair held in the SUB last week was a veritable mecca. You probably spent a good Matt Schwager OPINION WRITER hour or more weaving through congested hall space, talking with HR reps and PR people and picking up pens and little squishy balls.

You probably got at least three business cards with a cell phone number handwritten on it.

Good for you.

If you’re a member of the School of Arts and Architecture, or even the College of Letters & Science, you probably spent all of five minutes looking at the booth list before you left.

There were few businesses that catered toward art and multimedia students at the career fair, which makes sense, because there are comparatively few businesses catered toward art and multimedia at all. Still, the asymmetry among the booths was noticeable, at the very least; in the sea of students identified by name tags as business or engineering majors, there were exactly zero students who work with design, image or words as their medium.

Career fairs are not generally where these students go to find jobs. Self-motivated degree programs beget self-motivated producers, people who are more apt to develop online portfolios and seek out internship positions through chance and social capital than to go through a more traditional route of career acquisition. There is no industry waiting for a musician or sculpture B.F.A. to graduate, which sucks.

This is why hosting a handful of booths ripe for artists and students eager for

cross-application of skills would be a welcome addition. Even those students with a more directed academic path, such as computer science, could appreciate a ballroom that is not choked thick with construction firms, resource-management companies and little else.

That’s not to say that students are growing soft and sluggish in the desire for easy networking. Professors and curricula alike still stress self-directed promotion, and even the field-trip style film class that deposits students in L.A. demands creativity and motivation. The message is still there and is still getting reception.

What better way to implement and practice this message than to invite professionals onto the home turf where they can be buffeted by a sea of eager students? The soul of networking is the management of people, a difficult skill to gain. Lecturing about the importance of management is one thing; providing opportunities to flex the management muscle is another, arguably more important activity. MSU’s students, like all students, have room to grow in regards to networking, so one more chance to practice is desirable.

So, when fortune smiles upon a spunky film or graphic design student, he might be able to worm his way into some internship at Target or Proctor & Gamble and receive a deck of business cards bearing the title of Communications Manager or something else vaguely related to his specialty. For those of us who’d like more direct opportunities, the presence of the meager sum of media production houses who’d be game to appear on campus would be an effective contribution to career-building. As small a contribution as it would be, such interactions are what make an art degree worthwhile.

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Short, punchy articles railing against the myriad injustices of campus life. Have something to rant on? Contact us at letters@exponent.montana.edu. Just keep submissions 200-300 words.

And please, try to refrain from personal attacks.

YOU KNOW WHAT? RYAN BOVY

You know what really tangles my tonsils?

Passing.

We do it every day on campus: pass someone we know with little more than a few words.

Herein lies the issue: There is not enough time to expound upon what you’d like to say in this social norm. Not every situation is the same; it sucks.

I was walking through the SUB and from a table someone shouted my name. I was happy to see this person and would have loved to stop and catch up, but who has the time? Already late, I had time to say “good” and keep walking.

Every time, I wish I could explain that I’m late or say, “We should chat later.”

Passing conversation is empty anyway.

“How’re you?” – “Good, you?” – “Good” – done. It doesn’t matter that 30 seconds before we passed, I was cursing the world: My girlfriend dumped me, I failed that test and my roommate is kicking me out because I don’t pull my weight, yet I’m still “good.”

If someone doesn’t respond with the standard “good,” how am I to react? I would stop in my tracks unsure of what to do next. Heaven forbid you tell me you’re doing “awful” and just move on like it was nothing. In my opinion, that warrants a later text to make sure you’re still alive.

There is an upside to passing people on campus that you know very well and even those that deserve only a head nod: visitors.

Absolutely nothing is more satisfying than giving your mom a tour of campus and being able to say “hello” to 20 people while you do it. It makes your mom think, “My kid is really thriving here, and he even knows a couple girls!”

As a rule of thumb, if you see me on campus and don’t have time to chat (or it appears that I don’t), eye contact and a smile will suffice. From that I will conclude that you’re doing well and I will smile back so you know the same is true for me.

YOUTH NEED TO CALM MINDS DANIEL R . PETERSON

I AM an old guy. Last year, when I read the screaming banner in the Exponent, MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD, I wrote a meek (unless some judgmental mind saw it and said it was over the top) comment about an event I attended at MSU. My precious letter to the editor never saw the light of day.

How can you MAKE YOUR VOICE

HEARD if people stick their fingers in their ears and turn away? Just because I said young people are ignorant, ignoring the WISDOM OF THE AGES … No, not really. I didn’t say that. I said that youth spend an inordinate amount of time bouncing ideas of one another, gabbing and texting and surfing, watching movies and quoting celebrities. What happened to old-fashioned meditation? Trying to contact one’s Higher Power? Giving the chattering mind a rest?

I LOVE YOU.

I WON’T JUDGE YOU IF YOU WON’T JUDGE ME HEATHER KRUGER

This past weekend, I happened to be downtown when members of the community who had attended and participated in the LGBTQI Drag Show joined the rest of the bar scene to continue their good time. For the most part, the Bozeman community seemed to welcome the addition with open arms.

There was, however, one gentleman walking around with a shirt that said, “Straight Pride.”

I shouldn’t call him a gentleman. On an evening when sexuality in all forms was to be celebrated, this young boy decided he wanted to stir up controversy. But why?

Homosexuality is not unnatural behavior. It has been found in over 1500 species of animals, including lions, albatross and chimpanzees. If human beings are still considered a natural species (despite the distance we keep trying to create between ourselves and the rest of the world) then logically, humans should not be discriminated against for this phenomenon.

It isn’t up to humans to judge one another.

It is not our place to decide who can be loved, where it can be done or how it is accomplished.

We get it, you’re straight. But why must you care whether the person sitting on a bar stool next to you shares this trait? No one is forcing you to change.

LGBTQI members deserve the same respect that “straight” members of society receive. A person should be valued because of their character, their consideration and their integrity, not on their sexual preference, especially when it is not something they can choose.

That’s akin to judging a person based on their skin color. And you know what that means.

“Love is not love/Which alters when it alteration finds/ Or bends with the remover to remove/ O no! It is an ever-fixed mark...”

–Shakespeare

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“It’s hard to fight for a group

that’s invisible.”

-- Kevin Challender

school in 1999. Upon enrolling at MSU, he immediately joined QSA — then called QMSU. “There were only three, maybe four people when I started,” Adams said.

Back then, homosexuality was a taboo subject, he explained. “Everyone knew people who were gay, but no one talked about it,” he said. “It just made people uncomfortable.”

Occasionally, the stigma attached to the Bozeman LGBT (lesbian-gaybisexual-transgender) community led to hate-based crimes. One such instance occurred in 2000, when QSA set up a

“coming-out closet” in front of Montana Hall that was vandalized and burned. A rope noose was also placed on the scene by the perpetrators.

Despite the alarming nature of the incident, the MSU administration remained silent. “Prejudice on Campus Elicits Little Response” read a headline from the Oct. 20, 2000 edition of the Exponent.

“When something like this makes the news, it makes families around the state extremely worried,” Adams said.

But since the unfortunate events of 11 years ago, QSA at MSU has

Photo courtesy Vanessa Naive

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Colin Gaiser | design Tammi Heneveld

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“College was the only place where I got called a ‘fag’ and was actually hit,” Smith recalled, “and I wasn’t even out yet!”

Public Acceptance Attitudes have changed since the tumultuous days of Smith’s youth. Today’s college students have grown up in a transformative era where acceptance of homosexuality has become more mainstream. Same-sex marriage is legal in six states, and Bozeman and Missoula have passed anti-discrimination ordinances, despite legislative opposition.

Kevin Challender has lived in Bozeman most of his life. He says he “always knew he was gay,” but ignored it, figuring he would receive little support from the community.

However, when Challender decided to come out to the Bozeman community last year, he received nothing but support.

“Everyone was really great about it, and that definitely

surprised me,” Challender said.

Later, Challender filmed a YouTube video for the national “It Gets Better” project describing his experiences. The video received so much attention that the Bozeman Daily Chronicle published a front-page feature about it last spring. Despite all this exposure, Challender said he still hasn’t had any negative experiences.

Out in College Tim Adams, current president of the MSU student group Queer-Straight Alliance (QSA), moved to Bozeman on his own during his senior year in high

Vandals defaced the “Coming Out Closet” on the Centennial Mall in October 2000, an unfortunate symptom of the social tension at the time.

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experienced healthy and rapid growth.

Around 50 people, both students and community members, showed up to the group’s first meeting of the semester.

Adams explained that this unexpected growth can be attributed to the normalization of the LGBT lifestyle.

“Most people just don’t really care anymore,” Adams said. “Everyone knows someone who is out.”

A New Era Phenocia Bauerle of the MSU Diversity Office refers to the success of the semi-annual QSA drag show as evidence for the shift toward acceptance. As she explained, the first show was a tough sell.

“We were crossing our fingers that 50 people would show up,” she said.

Now, just a few years later, the “demand for drag” has skyrocketed — a spirited audience of over 500 crowded the SUB ballrooms for this semester’s show, which raised nearly $4,000 for local charities.

The Montana Pride Celebration, which took place in Bozeman last summer, has also developed into an enormously successful gathering for Montana’s growing LGBT community. But the celebration has struggled with opposition in the past.

For example, the 1997 Pride celebration in Bozeman was marred by aggressive protests. “The Ku Klux Klan was distributing literature saying residents should stay indoors or they could catch HIV, like it was airborne,” recalled Jamee Greer of the Montana Human Rights Network in “You Are Loved,” a student-produced documentary about the event.

“Now it’s 2011, and I was marching in the middle of the street with my mom,” Greer said. “It was a pretty powerful experience.”

“Everyone comes across the state for these celebrations, and I had no idea Montana had such a gay community,” said Amy Ophus of the Montana Pride Network, also in the documentary.

“I think it’s phenomenal, and I’m so proud to be a part of this community in Montana.”

The Struggle Continues

Photo by Matt Williams

reg Smith — a successful local therapist, nationally renowned blogger and former priest at the Vatican — is out-and-proud as a gay man in the Bozeman community. But while today his sexuality is hardly an issue, life has not always been as easy for the native Montanan.

Smith grew up in the town of Twin Bridges, population 400, and navigated the school system in a class of 20 people.

“Life revolved around three things,” said Smith, while sipping coffee at the Nova Cafe, “church, sports and work.”

Smith explained that it was commonplace to hear the words “fag” and “queer” among both students and adults.

“To us, gays equaled stereotypes,” he said, “and I had a healthy dose of shame about my sexuality.” This shame is partly what led Smith to the church, because it was a “safe place” where he actually had a voice.

After leaving Twin Bridges for good, Smith came to Bozeman to attend MSU. However, the problems he faced regarding his sexuality were only amplified.

Kings & queens were in high demand at last weekend’s QSA Drag Show.

Despite the progress that has been made, the LGBT community in Montana still faces the reality of belonging to a notoriously conservative region of the country.

“We live in a rural state,” Adams said, “and you’re not exposed to much.”

Photo courtesy Vanessa Naive

LGBT advocate Jamee Greer speaks at the 2011 Montana Pride Celebration.

Greg Smith works with a significant number of LGBT clients at his Bozeman clinic, and sees the same issues arise continually within the community. “[LGBT people] deal with a lot of isolation in Bozeman,” Smith said, “and don’t have the same places to turn to as those in bigger cities.”

This isolation often leads to persistent shame and relationship issues, and, due to the lack of options, many in the community turn to drugs and alcohol as their only means of escape. As Smith explained, LGBT people are actually four times more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol than the general population.

“We need to have options that aren’t alcohol-based,” Smith said.

Another concern of Smith’s is the stigma attached to those in the community who are HIV-positive. Smith, who is HIV-positive himself, sees a number of patients facing enormous emotional struggles while dealing with the disease.

“People feel isolated by the disease, especially in Montana. A lot of Montanans don’t even realize it is here.”

However, to battle the remaining stigma facing the LGBT community in Montana, Smith offers one solution: “People need to come out.” Fortunately, many LGBT people in Bozeman would agree, including Kevin Challender.

“There’s always going to be hate,” Challender explained. “But it’s hard to fight for a group that’s invisible. Once more begin to come out, people will see that we’re not stereotypes that can be fit into boxes.”

As Smith put it, “The more of us there are, the more normal it becomes.”

For more information about QSA, contact Tim Adams at tadamsmt@gmail.com. If you would like to know more about the MSU Diversity Center, you can contact Phenocia Bauerle at diversityawareness@montana.edu.

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Cutthroat Rugby Seeks MSU Affiliation

Outdoor Rec: Kayaking the Madison CASSIE WILSON

Last year's rugby team poses for a team photo.

MEGAN BERNHARDT Who: Anyone When: Tues. and Thurs. 6 p.m.

Where: Brick Breeden fields in the fall, Romney Gym during winter Cost: $50 for rookies, $75 for veterans

Becoming state champions twice in three years is a goal for many, but for the Bozeman

IMAGE COURTESY CUTTHROAT RUGBY

Cutthroat Rugby club, it is reality. The Fish, as the team is commonly called, play in the Montana Rugby Union, which consists of teams from Idaho, Wyoming and Montana.

They travel as far as Oregon and Washington to play non-conference club teams.

The team has been around since 1994, when the Deerslayers and Cobras combined.

The Deerslayers and Cobras were two Bozeman rugby teams who decided to join together in the hopes of making a better team.

Since that time, the Fish have been fairly successful.They will accept anyone, even people who have never played rugby, Tanner Palmer said. Anyone who is interested in playing can practice with the team, and they will get playing time when they show up to games.

Rugby at MSU is gaining popularity, as a women’s program was started this year.

MSU requires that only half the team be students in order to practice on MSU grounds.

So in addition to students, the teams attract people from across Bozeman. They practice in Romney Gym during the winter months, and if there were not students on the team, they would have to pay to rent out the facility.

Some players on the team are pushing for the Fish to become MSU-affiliated next year. Brandon Marsh is talking to the school about becoming Division II.This means they would play both club teams and Division II college teams for two years and, after making more money, would become Division I. Palmer said schools across the country want to compete against MSU, so it is only a matter of time.

Palmer stressed that if anyone is interested, they should come out and play. “We’d love to have more kids come out. The more the merrier.”

For more information about Bozeman Cutthroat Rugby, go to their website at cutthroatrugby.home.bresnan.net/Cutthroat Rugby.

Some people know the Madison River for its blue ribbon fly fishing. Some people know it from warm summer days with 10 inner tubes and a piece of rope. This past weekend, MSU students got to know a different side of the Madison. Last Sunday was a perfect fall day for kayaking with ASMSU Outdoor Recreation.

Heather Cover, a coordinator of the trip, explained how the kayaking trip is slightly different from the other trips Outdoor Rec. takes. “It’s our only river trip that gives the participants some autonomy on the water. They can try out a variety of boats and paddle at their own pace while still having someone along for paddling advice,” Cover said.

The beautiful and slightly cooler weather made the whole kayaking experience more relaxing and scenic. Jadwiga Graczyk, an exchange student, said, “I really enjoyed the moments when I was just floating, feeling the sun on my face. It was fresh ,but sunny all the time!”

She explained that even though she has kayaked in her home country, there was a different atmosphere in Bozeman. This time of year the Madison is fairly tame, so instead of being an action-packed float, this trip was about pure relaxation and appreciation for the great outdoors. She added, “I can feel my muscles today. I like to know that my body was working.”

Outdoor Rec kayaks the Madison River.

Josefin Larsson, another exchange student from Sweden, said the whole experience was fun and instructive. He also has kayaked in his home country, but enjoyed his experience here. When asked if he’d kayak the Madison again, he responded “Yes! I’d love to!”

“I really enjoyed the moments when I was just floating, feeling the sun on my face. It was fresh, but sunny all the time!”

-Jadwiga Graczyk

Outdoor Rec is an organization for students to discover some of what the great Bozeman outdoors has to offer. They coordinate trips almost weekly, and usually at a low price. If you’re interested, visit the website at montana.edu/outdoorrecreation or call 406- 994-3621.

IMAGE COURTESY HEATHER COVER

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SPORTS

Trail Running in Bozeman

Sport: Football Upcoming Home Games: Oct. 15 vs.

Northern Arizona at 1:05 p.m., Oct. 29 vs. Idaho State at 12:05 p.m.

Name: Alex Terrien Hometown: Auburn, Washington Major: Accounting Year in School: Senior How long involved in sport: 10 years Position: Offensive line

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Why did you start playing?

I always liked football growing up but my mom said I couldn’t play, so I played soccer until eighth grade. I’ve always fit the mold of a football player.

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KRIS DRUMMOND This time of year it’s easy to get lazy and fall into a routine of heavy studying that leaves little time for much else. One activity that can be frequently overlooked is exercise, and as the weather gets colder the options for outdoor activity become temporarily limited.

Bozeman boasts a one-of-a-kind trail system that winds through the city and remains usable year round. The trail boasts beautiful conditions (especially in the fall) for an easy walk or a demanding run. Following Bozeman Creek and winding through mature stands of pine and aspen trees, exercising on this trail system is hardly a burden.

Over the last 30 years, the Mainstreet to the Mountains campaign has installed over 60 miles of trails in and around Bozeman, with the ultimate goal of linking them all into a continuous unit. Comprising a majority of the system is the Gallagator Trail, which, according to trails.com “follows the route of the Gallagator Railroad Line, which took passengers between Bozeman and the Gallatin Gateway and was abandoned in the

Competition is the best part of sports. You get to show that you’re better than the guy across from you.

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late 1930s.” This path begins in Burke Park at the base of Peet’s Hill, and runs East-West, ending in the Sourdough drainage at Goldenstein Lane.

The Gallagator sports two (out of five) of Bozeman’s artificially-created bouldering rocks, complete with absorbent woodchips to pad your fall. If you’re feeling ambitious, throw on a backpack with some climbing shoes, and stop for a nice mid-run climb.

With fall in full swing and colors changing quickly, it’s tempting to get out for a sunrise or sunset session. However, the pretty colors aren’t the only autumn novelty. As they prepare for a long winter of hibernation, the local black bear population also tends to enjoy the secluded feel of the trail system as they systematically rip through residential trash bins. With many sightings already reported this year, it’s especially important to tread lightly around these cuddly looking creatures, especially as they become more accustomed to human presence.

Remember that the nice weather won’t last much longer, so get out and enjoy the final breath of sunshine.

What are you looking forward to this season?

Winning games!

How do you motivate yourself before a game?

Working to avoid getting yelled at by the coach and playing well so the students can be proud. It is exciting to play in front of a crowd.

What person or quotation most inspires you?

I think of my family before games.

Do you have other hobbies/ activities/interests?

Skiing and reading.

What’s your favorite class at MSU? Advertising and promotion. It is interesting to learn about marketing and how to get people to buy things.

Anything else you would like to tell readers about MSU Football?

We appreciate people coming to games and supporting us.

-MICHELLE THOMAS

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SPORTS

Get Active with Bobcat Intramurals

Fraternities Pike and AGR compete in intramural football.

MICHAEL GROSS For the majority of freshman and students who still don’t know — MSU Intramurals are a fun way to get involved with the school, be active and unwind from the stresses of class.

IMAGE BY MAURY NEIPRIS

“Intramural” sports existed for thousands of years before any university included in their culture. Translated from Latin, it means “within walls,” — representing those sports played by locals strictly within the confines of their city. In 1913, Elmer Mitchell helped found the first intramural college

sports team at the University of Michigan to give students who did not compete on a national level an opportunity to be active within their campus. According to Jeff Hix, MSU Intramural Director, our school has had intramurals since the early 1970s.

Anyone can sign up. No previous experience or skill is required. It is encouraged that students create their own teams with their friends, however, if you can’t find enough teammates then joining a stranger’s team is also an option. Sports are offered year-round, butyou must sign up before the deadlines to play. These cut off dates are typically a week before games begin. There are tournaments at the end of each season and players on the winning teams get t-shirts.

This fall there will be two 3-week sessions of various athletics and one 4-week session of co-ed basketball and men and women’s volleyball at the end of the semester.

Intramurals consist of all classic sports: softball, tennis, soccer, football and those mentioned above. However they also offer fun, alternative ways to get your heart going. Along with co-ed soccer and flag football which began last Monday, “walleyball” was introduced for the first time to the

Students play intramural soccer.

recreational schedule.

Walleyball is a game of volleyball played on a racquetball court, allowing the players to bounce the ball off the walls like in squash.

However, all other volleyball rules apply. It is a wild and creative combination of games for the not-so-serious. Unlike the other mainstream sports that began this week, which will continue for another ten days, walleyball has a short season lasting only five. The final tournament will be held Oct. 14.

Other fun and light-hearted sports offered this fall are badminton (doubles), folf (Frisbee golf ), “golf scramble,” ping pong and dodgeball. The seasons for these unconventional competitions last four to seven days.

It costs $25 to register a team. There are two games per week for all the mainstream sports with seasons three and four weeks long. More information including dates and the specific athletics offered are available at http://www.montana.edu/getfit/Intramurals/ calendar.html. Get out, get involved, get active and win a t-shirt before the harsh Bozeman weather won’t allow you to wear it.

IMAGE BY MAURY NEIPRIS

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CULTURE

editor | Sabre Moore

As reality TV continues to monopolize television, the concept of the play “The Dead Guy” gives the genre a whole new spin. During the last two weekends of October, MSU will showcase “The Dead Guy” by Eric Cobble, a comedy about a guy, Eldon Phelps, who is offered one million dollars by a TV producer if he agrees to die in one week. He tries to do good deeds with the money, but also ends up spending it at Disneyland and on booze. However, the real catch of the play is that at the end of the week America gets to decide how Eldon will die — putting a real twist on the concept of reality television.

The play began because of Director and MSU Film student Blaine Towles, who chose “The Dead Guy” as his senior thesis. When asked why he picked this particular play, he claimed he saw it six years ago in Denver, CO, where it was originally produced, and that it became one of his favorites.

Production began in June, continuing through the summer and the beginning of the school year. “One of the most fun things about it is its recorded live in front of the audience,” said Towles, who described how the play intertwines film and theatre – something that may be of particular interest to film students at MSU. The play’s multimedia aspect draws the audience into the reality television experience.

“Overall, something that’s going to blow you away is the high energy and how unique the play is,” he said.

“The Dead Guy” will debut at the MSU Black Box Theatre on Oct. 21, 22, 28 and 29.

Tickets are sold at the Visual Communications Building, Black Box Ticket Office, First Interstate Bank in the SUB and Cactus Records. If you are a student, tickets are $8; for general admission, they’re $10. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. with doors opening at 7 p.m.

Bozeman Film Festival

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

IMAGES COURTESY MSU BLACKBOX THEATRE Left: Owen Gresswell as Eldon Phelps Above: Sasha Joseph Neulinger and Felicia Rogers as Dougie and Gina

Colombo’s: Quality and Character in Every Slice ANDREW KEENE they also have a variety of sandwiches, pastas, calzones and homemade soups. With over 25 pizza toppings available, four different sauces, varying styles of crusts and health options like whole wheat and gluten-free, you’ll never be unsatisfied with what can be had.

The restaurant itself has a very homely feel. The lights are soft, neon signs illuminate the place in colorful glows and the memorabilia on the walls give the house character. A large television and numerous arcade games can be found in the side room, where live music is played every Thursday night. The lunch specials are a big draw for many students; with a fresh all you can eat salad bar and a new soup of the day on weekdays. On Tuesday nights, you can get a free pitcher of soda with a jumbo pizza, and beer is half-off.

“We have character, which helps us compete against the chains. We’re like a ma and pop’s place. They might offer a better price, but we can’t be beat on quality.” The price for a slice of pizza ranges from $2.50

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Many times we find ourselves searching for a place to eat with our friends, and everyone has a different idea. There are many choices and appetites to satisfy, but something everyone can agree on is pizza. This time instead of hitting up a chain, try something homegrown and authentic to its core. Colombo’s Pizza and Pasta is just that place.

Founded in 1985 by Joe Colombo and his wife Janet, Colombo’s is very much a family business. For 26 years it has been run by Joe and his family, and they strive to extend the warmth and comfort of home cooking to their customers. “I don’t think anyone puts the effort into making a pizza like we do,” says Colombo. Many of their foods are made in-house with ingredients that are grown and raised in Montana. Fresh vegetables and Montana-raised meats are used in much of Colombo’s extensive menu.

The menu itself has many classic Italian items. Pizza is Colombo’s biggest sell, but

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to $2.95, while a whole pie will run anywhere from $13.95 to $27.95. Colombo’s

“I don’t think anyone puts the effort into making a pizza like we do.”

-Joe Colombo is also within walking distance of campus, located on the corner of College and 10th.

Their hours are from 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, be sure to follow the Facebook page to find a menu and special offers.

The Bozeman Film Festival continued this week with Woody Allen's 41st feature film, "Midnight in Paris." This film stars Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams as two Americans who come to Paris on vacation for different reasons. Wilson's character, Gil, is a writer who is looking for inspiration in one of the most famous cities in the world, and McAdam's character, Inez, is there to get away from her life in California.

Their trip begins normally enough, until Gil goes walking one night for some fresh air and stops by a local bar. He is instantly transported back to the 1920s and meets Ernest Hemingway, Salvador Dali, F. Scott Fitzgerald and many other celebrities of the If you are in time. Gil is so enchanted that he the mood for goes back to the a romantic bar every night comedy that is to hang out with a little out of his idols from the the ordinary, "Lost Generation."

Inez is getting I would increasingly definitely say suspicious and this one is for wants to know you. why he is out at such strange hours and where he is going .But I won't spoil the ending, which is by far the most satisfying part of the film.

"Midnight in Paris" is not a normal romantic comedy since it involves time travel and other fantasies, but the message of the film is one which many can relate to. It is that of a man who wants to return to a simpler time and avoid the complexities of modern life.

Although I am not a huge fan of Woody Allen's work, he does an impressive job intertwining the story lines and keeping the audience involved when the time period shifts. If you are in the mood for a romantic comedy that is a little out of the ordinary, I would definitely say this one is for you.

Rating 8/10

–GRAHAM SANDS-MILSOM

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Calendar october 14 - 20 FRIDAY

october 14 Beginning of MSU Parent/Family Weekend Oct. 14th - Oct. 16th For an event schedule and more info see www.montana.edu/pfa/ weekend.html Cardboard Box City 2011 5: 30 p.m., Bogert Park Join Family Promise of Gallatin Valley as they help raise awareness concerning homelessness and help raise money to support homeless families locally. There will dinner, prizes, and with a pledge of $100 or more you can set up your own decorated cardboard box For more info and to register visit www.familypromisegv.com/ cardboard-box-city-2011 Sudhir Kumar Seminar 11:10 a.m., Byker Auditorium Sudhir Kumar director of The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, will present “Phylomedicine: An evolutionary telescope to explore and diagnose the universe of disease mutations” Marlon Blackwell Lecture 5:30 p.m., Reynolds Recital Hall Marlon Blackwell will present “Transmutations of Place” “Amadeus” Every Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Every Sunday at 3 p.m. till Oct. 16th The Shane Lalani Center for the Arts, Livingston, MT Tickets: $9 - $15 For more info visit www.crazymountainproductions.org Montana Women in Visual Arts Exhibit runs until Nov. 11th, Emerson Cultural Center, Jessie Wilber and Lobby Galleries Featuring art about Montana, fine arts and crafts, and some Native American and internationally inspired Exit Gallery Exhibition Public Reception:“The Real is Real” Nathan Tonning Final Day of Exhibit

SATURDAY october 15

Kiwanis and Lions Clubs Family Fun Day 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Bares Stove & Spa, 301 Evergreen Drive, Bozeman, MT Help support less fortunate families in a Hope for the Holidays fundraiser with activities such as face painting, pumpkin painting, and a BBQ The Wicked Fun Tail Waggin’ Dog Run and Festival Race: 9:30 a.m., Lindley Park Race options: 5k or 1.5 mile Walkers, runners and dogs please join the Bozeman Recreation Department as it hosts a Halloween dog fun run followed by food, live music, demonstrations, a dog costume contest and more! Register at The Bozeman Recreation Department by October 13, 415 N. Bozeman Ave. Run for the Roses Race begins 9 a.m. at Montana Hall on MSU Campus Registration: $20 - $25 Support a good cause in a 1 mile, 5k, or 10k race! Register online at http://www.active.com/running/ bozeman-mt/run-for-the-roses2011-rc865 Bobcat Football vs.

Northern Arizona Game begins: 1:05 p.m.

Bobcat Stadium Come cheer on the Bobcats with friends and family!

Bobcat Volleyball vs.

Sacramento State 7 p.m., Shoyer Gym Support the Bobcat Volleyball girls in their weekend matches!

SUNDAY

october 16 Bobcat Volleyball vs.

Seattle 7 p.m., Shoyer Gym

MONDAY october 17

Exit Gallery Exhibition Opening:“Concourse”

by Chris Holton Reception: Oct. 19th from 5 - 7 p.m., Exit Gallery Contemporary sculpture installations based on the materials and textures already present Build Your Websites NOW! Workshop Begins 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Cost for class: $225 Develop professionally and build a functional website that you can update and manage yourself without using computer code; For more info visit www. eu.montana.edu/profdev Bone Marrow Drive 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Hoseaus Fitness Center Lobby Donors must be ages 18-60, in general good health and complete a consent/health history form

TUESDAY october 18

Hapner Remodel Design Workshop & Meeting Open House and Raffle: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Design Workshop: 6p.m.

Hapner Main Lobby Be a part of redesigning public areas in the Hapner building

WEDNESDAY october 19

PechaKucha Bozeman 6:30 p.m., Story Mansion Admission: $5 PechaKucha (chitchat in Japanese) offers anyone with a passion or a vision an opportunity to share their ideas with the community during a fast-paced, friendly social hour. Presenters include Meta Newhouse, Vaughn Judge, Dean Adams, Ben Bennett and more

Got an exciting, entertaining, extraneous, educational, or just plain excellent event coming up? Let us know at calendar@ exponent.montana.edu

WEDNESDAY continued

Langford Remodel Design Workshop & Meeting, Open House and Raffle: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Design Workshop: 6p.m.

Hapner Main Lobby Jawbone Railroad: Blue Grass 7 - 9 p.m., No cover, Starky’s Authentic Americana Grill Sizzling Salsa Every Wednesday, Lessons at 8 p.m., Dancing till 11 p.m.

Baxter Ballroom $5 per person For more info contact sizzlingsalsa@gmail.com

THURSDAY october 20

Café Scientifique 6 - 7:30 p.m.

Baxter Hotel Ballroom Downtown Bozeman, MT Dr. Tom G. Schwan will speak on “Ticks and What Montanans Should Know About Them” Free and open to the public Dana Tanamachi Lacture 7 p.m., Reynolds Recital Hall MSU Graphic Design Department presents Dana Tanamachi, a custom chalk letterer and graphic designer from Louise Fili, Inc. in New York City Library Workshop: Google Secrets 12 - 12:50 p.m., Renne Library, Heathcote Classroom Discover search tricks and techniques to find additional information and explore Google’s multiple databases Maximizing Google Tools 1 - 4 p.m., Cost: $59 Cost for class: $225 Learn to use Google more effectively; For more info visit www. eu.montana.edu/profdev

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CULTURE

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A-Z Lecture Series

Pascal's Patterns Lecture by Evan Ivaldi | Summary by Kendra Schaff The many patterns in Pascal’s triangle occur when the coefficients resulting from the binomial expansion of (1+x)^n are laid out.

The patterns that occur in the triangle as you lay out the expansion are the sum of each line and will be powers of 2. In the magic 11’s rule, the numbers line up to be powers of 11. The famous Fibonacci sequence that is seen in nature is in the triangle, as well. If the numbers in a upward diagonal sequence are added together then they will show the sequence.

The patterns can move to a third dimension, where the expansion would be (x+y+z)^n, and a fourth dimension, where the expansion would be(x+y+z+w)^n and still create patterns similar to the ones found in the second dimension.

If mathematical concepts accepted as truth can be extended into multiple dimensions, can natural truths be extended as well?

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Is speculation in math valid?

If the physical laws of which math is representative change, does math change? Is math concrete enough to predict behavior in other dimensions, even though it is not testable? Is speculation in math valid? Are we doing the right thing by basing scientific theories off other scientific theories?

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THE ASMSU EXPONENT | October 13, 2011

CULTURE

REVIEWS M VIE REVIEW

SOLITAIRE

A Unique Backcountry Experience

–KAREN WILSON

The Magical Bean Last weekend I walked in on my girlfriend masturbating. I don’t think that she’s been orgasming when we have sex, and I’m scared that I’m not pleasing her enough. What do I do?

First off, masturbating, or auto-eroticism, is a completely normal human activity.

However, seeing that you are in a relationship, this situation is entirely different. You may think it too awkward to call attention to the matter. Secondly, don’t feel threatened by any means, and third, talk about it with your partner.

But this sounds like a humdrum spring cleaning list.

Please don’t view it this way: It is, in fact, more of an orgasmadventure checklist!

Ah, but I digress. Seeing that you have the heebie-jeebies from the assumption that you are not pleasing her, let’s get the facts, shall we? I spoke with the Human Sexuality professor at MSU, James Carter, M.S., who had some great insights into your predicament.

Carter suspects that you may believe that she is going to orgasm through penetration. “However,” he said, “that’s a very small percentage. Until the clitoris is involved, it is probably not going to happen.”

Carter’s advice: “She should help him by showing the movement of the clitoris and how to stimulate it.”

Jilling and jacking off is simply a personal way to find out how one comes. It seems to me that your girlfriend understands her body and wants to orgasm during penetration.

As Carter emphasized, let her show you how the bean works and vice-versa. The outcome? You will be able to please her.

Accordingly, instead of making the situation more awkward, communicate with your partner and think of the positive upshots that come out. The next time you are in this situation, hop into bed with your partner and play.

Happy Orgasms!

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Sweetgrass Productions’ latest film, SOLITAIRE, premiered at the Emerson Tuesday night. It featured skiers, snowboarders and telemarkers, and is set in South America, consisting of segments from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.

The film was two years in the making, and the riding it featured is entirely human-powered, meaning there were no snowmobiles or helicopters involved when the crew travelled to remote backcountry locations. The film reflects this approach; time-lapse shots of epic mountain scenery convey the extensive amount of time that must be put in to getting a single action shot, and the shots themselves aren’t sugar-coated—sometimes skiers fall, and the conditions range from head-high powder to sheer ice.

Regardless of the conditions, the crew struck out and filmed anyway. “We really tried to make each segment in a way that rings true to that spot and our experience there,” said Mike Brown, Sweetgrass photographer and MSU graduate. Director Nick Waggoner elaborated: “In the course of a month, we had basically two runs...so it turns into the journey, which is the point of the whole film. It’s the journey of the unknown.”

Watching SOLITAIRE is like taking a backcountry ski trip to South America; everything about it reflects the continent’s culture. The narration of the film consists of quotes from Joseph Conrad’s book “Heart of Darkness,” translated into Spanish and spoken by an Argentine man with “the most badass voice” that producer Ben Sturgulewski could find.

“We chose Spanish because we wanted to really bring viewers to the places we filmed in, and I don’t think English would have done that justice,” explained Brown. “It’s taken from this classic novel that anybody can read and relate to and learn from, and that’s a method of our films...the ideas are more human and universal.”

“The best reactions that we get are: That movie changed my life, that made me want to be a backcountry skier,” said Waggoner, and it may largely be because “there’s obviously more to the experience than just the skiing.”

SOLITAIRE reflects the backcountry experience, and anybody could do what the Sweetgrass crew does—it just takes motivation to push into the unknown and accept the cards you are dealt.

If you missed the premiere or want to know more about Sweetgrass Productions, check out sweetgrass-productions.com/solitaire.html and look for SOLITAIRE on DVD at Northern Lights Trading Co. next week.

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The ASMSU Exit Gallery presents “Concourse” a sculpture installation by MSU graduate student Chris Holton. The exhibition will be displayed in the Exit Gallery October 17th –28th. There will be a complimentary artist reception open to the public on Wednesday October 19th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.

“Concourse” Contemporary sculptural installation by Chris Holton Artist Statement My current body of work deals with the potential of space when a viewer is present within an installation. When the viewer is in the work, they interact with the space in real time, changing, and manipulating the perception of the space and the space being occupied by them and others. I feel that there is a misconception that we can make space, when in fact all we can do is organize the objects in the space around us, which causes not a manipulation in the space itself, but a manipulation of our perception of space. These interactions are the catalyst for my work.

This current installation uses the 2-Dimensional surface areas in the gallery and turns them into geometric objects that cut into space. The objects that are found within the gallery are visual extensions of the surface areas that delineate the space in the room. Then using the light in the room, I create a setting where the viewer and their own occupancy of space engulf parts of the 2-Dimensional components of the work. These interactions are an idea of potential, or possibility a person has within space, and can be translated from physical space to other spaces we encounter.

Chris’ work is very site-specific and changes depending on what environment he is working in. He utilizes materials and textures already present in the space in order to create complex visual extensions of the surfaces. The viewer becomes another element of this constructed setting. Chris states that, “this does not cause a manipulation of the space itself, but a manipulation of our perception of space.” For Chris, the gallery does not hold his work; it is his work. He has the unique ability to create different contemporary installations based on the aesthetics of each place he exhibits.

Chris has lived in Iowa and Nebraska and is now working on his second year in the graduate program in the MSU School of Art. He received a BFA at Wayne State College in Wayne Nebraska. Chris’s sculptural background has led him to create full gallery installations, such as his latest exhibition, Ascension, which was shown at the Waller – Yoblonksy at MSU.

The Exit Gallery is located in SUB 212. For more information please contact ASMSU Arts and Exhibits at 406.994.1828 or asmsuexhibits@montana.edu.

Cursory Rhymes

Tammi Heneveld

mother goose classics for the 21st-century college lifestyle.

humpty dumpty humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, humpty Dumpty lit a Pall mall as he took the last puff he thought, in a huff, "next year is gonna be rough."

jack and jill Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch some PBr Jack was sure his fake would work and Jill stayed in the car. out came Jack, head hung low his i.D. confiscated Jill was mad and dumped that lad -'twas the only reason they dated.

hey diddle, diddle hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,

the cow jumped over the moon. little John laughed to see such fun and threw up the rest of the 'shrooms.

little miss muffet little miss muffet sat on a tuffet eating her la Pa burrito, along came a drunkard, Beside her he hunkered covering her in mojito.

georgie porgie georgie Porgie pudding and pie, Kissed the girls and made them cry When the boys came out to play, georgie Porgie said, "What the hell, i'm in college: might as well experiment."

Hipster Griz sez...

concept & illustration Nate Carroll

Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.

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the BOX

Welcome to The Box, a weekly feature intended to provide an eclectic array of puzzles, cartoons, jokes and quotes. Have suggestions for content to be published here? E-mail us at: editor@exponent.montana.edu.