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From the Editor’s Desk

Caires Should Prioritize Our Role as the Student Press Student Leadership

As the semester opens, it seems worth spending a few words explaining the intent underlying the publication before you. After all, the Exponent’s existence is made Eric Dietrich editor-in-chief possible by support from student fee monies, which supplement the advertising revenue that funds a majority of our operating budget.

That, paired with the nature of our role as MSU’s student newspaper, obligates us to serve our campus community on several levels. We exist to entertain, certainly — and I have no doubt our crossword is far more widely read than anything printed on our editorial page — but also to engage our readers on a more serious level.

In highlighting events, ideas and people, our publication serves as a focal point of our student culture, creating a common experience that reaches a broader section of campus than anything short of the CatGriz football game. By providing advertising opportunities to local businesses, we also play a vital role in connecting students to the greater Bozeman community.

Most importantly, our coverage represents the primary means available to students to understand the workings of our university administration and student government, which make decisions that impact our lives, finances and educational opportunities on a daily basis. While it doesn’t always make for riveting coverage, the access

we provide to those processes is essential to the health of our community.

MSU is fortunate to have no shortage of competent administrators and passionate student leaders, but it is an unavoidable truth that those in power will from time to time make poor decisions. It falls to our broader public to hold them accountable for those shortcomings.

In no small part, the Exponent serves students by encouraging the discourse necessary for that accountability. With our news coverage, we place the facts underlying issues in the public domain for scrutiny.

With our commentary, we provide a forum for the student voices so often left marginalized.

That role provides us with certain responsibilities: objectivity in our reporting and fairness in our opinions, along with the relentless pursuit of issues’ complete truth and, when necessary, vigorous resistance to outside pressure on our coverage. Our staff will do our best to live up to that ideal this year — and our letters section exists to provide our readers recourse at the times we fall short.

Ultimately, this publication belongs to the student body. To a greater extent than almost any other institution on our campus, it is crafted by and for students, service which is a point of immense pride for those of us lucky enough to take part in it. I can only hope that our readers take an equal measure of satisfaction in their own ownership.

As Matthew Caires, MSU’s newly hired Dean of Students, begins his service, he certainly has no shortage of issues on his plate. In addition to the immense task of reaching out to the many facets of MSU’s student culture, he must rise to the challenge of articulating the student perspective at the administrative level.

His most important task, however, should be to develop opportunities for student leadership.

Historically, the university has focused on providing services to students through programs implemented by paid career staff, the approach underlying everything from Residence Life to the recently reorganized Office for Student Success. MSU would be well-advised, however, to redirect its efforts toward encouraging opportunities for students to serve each other.

Too often, staff-driven programs, wellintentioned though they may be, fail to engage students in their education and surroundings in a meaningful way. Instead of creating a culture where students take responsibility for their educations in an adult sense, soft paternalism tends to reduce us to something akin to products on an assembly line, subject to an externally directed education better suited to a high school setting.

It seems likely, sadly, that this state of affairs has a significant impact on our dropout rate. If asked to take on more responsi-

bility, perhaps some of the quarter of freshmen who leave our campus by the end of their first year could be retained.

Groups like the Network of Environmentally Conscious Organizations, whose efforts developed the campus’s recycling program, should serve as role models for institutional involvement. Given the right combination of passionate leadership and institutional support, student-driven efforts can and do make substantial contributions to our campus community.

In the process, they develop their participants from passive learners to proactive community members, providing students with the single most important educational opportunity MSU can offer. In that sense, extracurricular engagement is as important to the university’s mission as is its undergraduate research.

As a liaison between MSU’s students and administration, Caires is in a unique position to help broaden the impact of those experiences. In addition to advocating for the funding and services necessary to support student initiatives, he has the ability to facilitate the dialogue necessary to build student ideas into viable programs and polices. The talents of MSU’s student leaders are among the campus’s most important resources; it would be a missed opportunity not to invest in them.

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Subject of ‘127 Hours’ Speaks at Freshman Convocation

Aron Ralston speaks to students at the 2011 Freshman Convocation.

Kristen Ingman Aron Ralston, the man whose courage and willpower became popularized through the 2010 film “127 Hours,” spoke to hundreds of students, faculty and community members gathered last evening at

Brick Breeden Field House for the 2011 Freshman Convocation.

MSU President Waded Cruzado described Convocation as, “A call for a new beginning.”

Ralston emphasized that one must take responsibility for his or her actions in

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life in order to make more powerful decisions. Referring to his 2003 accident in Blue John Canyon, he explained, “I was responsible for having created this experience for myself.”

Rather than regretting the choices he made leading up to his accident, Ralston

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considers his experience to be “the greatest thing that’s ever happened” to him. He added that he “gained a sense of what is important” from the experience.

Made popular through NBC’s Tom Brokaw and more recently through James Franco’s portrayal of him, the canyoneer was forced to amputate his own arm after it became lodged in a fallen boulder. Ralston published his autobiography, “Between a Rock and a Hard Place,” in 2004.

While Ralston is a talented climber, skier and outdoorsman, he is also a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with degrees in both mechanical engineering and French.

He is far more than a climber who was able to escape the clutches of death — each intricate detail of his autobiography demonstrates his deep knowledge of the world around him.

Opening his autobiography with an excerpt from Homer’s “The Odyssey,” Ralston revealed his contemplation of widely known ideas and their relation to his personal experience. “Between a Rock and a Hard Place” not only shares the epic story of Ralston’s survival but also displays his talents as a writer and thinker.

Despite the physical loss of his right arm, Ralston insisted, “I didn’t lose anything that day. That is the gift of our adversities.”

Restructured Student Senate Election on Horizon Garrett Smith In upcoming weeks, MSU’s student government will hold senate elections using a new districting model.

Senate candidates will now be considered by academic colleges, instead of the past model based on candidates’ residential category.

Senators will be elected from the nine colleges at MSU, with each college receiving a number of senators proportionate to their enrollment. For example, the College of Letters and Science will have more senators than the College of Nursing. Additionally, three senate seats will be designated “at large” and open to any eligible student.

The new system is being used because it is believed to better represent a wider student demographic. Another benefit of

this new system is that senators have had a much better chance to get to know their classmates than their neighbors.

Student body president Blake Bjornson commented on the change, saying, “It’s a lot more powerful for a student to say that they represent their college than saying that they represent off-campus housing.”

Furthermore, all senate seats will be elected annually in the fall. In the past, there were two elections, with one in fall and another being in during the spring semester.

There have been several criticisms of the new annual election system.

One criticism of having one election early on in the year is that freshman, who have only been in school for a few weeks, may not be aware of the elections and will not run.

Of this criticism, Bjornson said, “We are doing our best [to ensure] that our different contingencies will know about the election and will put their names in the hat.”

Another criticism of only having one election is that there entire senate could turn over at once. Because the senate runs on specific procedures, if the whole senate were to be new, a sharp learning curve could slow efficiency.

Bjornson said that there is a contingency plan in case the whole senate does turn over. The week after the election, an orientation will be headed by Dean of Students Matt Caires and Director of MSU Leadership Institute Carmen McSpadden to teach new senators basic procedures and responsibilities.

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Orchestra Director Placed on Leave Report concludes Shuichi Komiyama Violated Sexual Harassment Policies Derek Brouwer An internal, unpublished MSU investigation into the conduct of Emmy awardwinning Orchestra conductor Shuichi Komiyama has concluded that his actions with a female student violated the university’s sexual harassment policies, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports.

The document obtained by the Chronicle reportedly describes in detail several allegations against Komiyama by female students, including allegations by a student that she felt pressured by the assistant professor of music to participate in sexual acts.

According to the Chronicle, the investigative report determined that — while available evidence could not demonstrate that the sexual acts were coerced — “Student A” felt pressured by Komiyama to stay in his favor, and that he “implicitly and explicitly conditioned his help with her music career on sexual favors from her.”

Komiyama has denied all allegations, and his lawyer, Chuck Watson, stated to the Chronicle that “this is probably a case of hurt feelings that unfortunately is being turned into something else. These are complicated relationships, particularly in the arts.”

The investigation reportedly considered numerous interviews with students, former students, Komiyama, and other MSU staff members, as well as emails sent

by Komiyama to Student A. Ultimately, the Chronicle reports, the investigative group concluded that the statements made by Student A were more credible than Komiyama’s.

Komiyama has been on paid leave since allegations emerged in April. Other faculty have also been hired to temporarily fill his

positions in the orchestra and jazz band.

According to the Chronicle article, MSU declined comment, considering the investigation an internal personnel matter.

Montana Board of Regents policy permits termination of a tenured faculty member like Komiyama for several reasons, including “unreasonably endangering the welfare or unethical exploitation of students, employees or campus visitors.” MSU officials did not say if the university plans to pursue termination proceedings.

Komiyama had been credited with transforming the university’s orchestra and jazz programs since joining MSU in 2006.

He has an Emmy award for composing and arranging and has also worked as a studio musician in New York and Los Angeles.

While in Los Angeles, Komiyama plead guilty to two felony counts of sexual intercourse with a minor, the Chronicle reports, after a 16-year-old girl complained to high school officials. For the offense, Komiyama served a five-year probation sentence.

The Chronicle reported in May that MSU was “apparently unaware” of Komiyama’s prior offense. MSU did not begin conducting formal background checks on all new employees until 2010.

According to the Chronicle, MSU’s investigative report also discovered that Komiyama often hosted students at his house, and that underage drinking sometimes occurred during such gatherings.

Komiyama has denied supplying alcohol to underage students.

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle article quoted here can be accessed at: http://www. bozemandailychronicle.com/news/education/article_c78b8016-d5ef-11e0-824e001cc4c03286.html.

Some worried the South 8th Avenue construction project would cause traffic issues on move-in day.

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Despite Construction, MSU Move-In Day Goes Smoothly Grant Zimmerman On Aug. 24, over 1,500 new students started moving into their dorms at MSU. Though several construction projects surrounded campus, the move-in process seemed to continue unaffected.

The intersection at College Street and 11th Avenue underwent transformation into a roundabout to alleviate rush-hour congestion. Grant Street was closed near Marga Hosaeus Fitness Center for several weeks in June and July as the crosswalks were torn up and replaced. South 8th Avenue has also been closed since the end of the summer as crews work to replace an old water main.

Grant Street reopened in July and the roundabout was nearly finished one week before move-in day, but, explained project engineer Brian Heaston, the roundabout had its opening delayed because of trouble with the delivery of light poles. Although assurances were given a week in advance that the intersection would be open, construction workers could be seen working on the eve of move-in day.

Even with the last minute delays, the roundabout opened in time to provide access to students. The only closure was South 8th Avenue, although the intersections at South 8th Avenue and College Street and South 8th Avenue and Harrison

Street remained open. According to Bob Murry, Bozeman City Engineer, the city had worked with MSU to ensure as little traffic disruption as possible.

According to Tammie Brown, Director of Residence Life (ResLife), this is because MSU strives to make move-in day a well-orchestrated, cross-campus and community event. Along with a map of recommended routes to take to campus, signs were placed at all major intersections near campus guiding parents and students to-

Even with the last minute delays, the roundabout opened in time. wards their dorms.

This year ResLife had to plan for the largest freshman class in school history, with 3,200 students living in the dorms.

Unlike last year, when ResLife scrambled to find places to house a record-breaking class, it had prepared for the large class by setting up temporary housing in nearly every dorm.

In addition, Brown said that 150 students are permanently living in Family and Graduate apartments.

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Dean of Students Matthew Caires on Success and Campus Life Matthew Caires was hired over the summer as MSU's new Dean of Students. The Dean of Students, a position which has been vacant for several years, is responsible for advocating student interests to MSU's administration. The Exponent sat down with Caires to gain his perspective on campus issues.

Else Trygstad-Burke Exponent: As the fall semester commences, what are your first priorities?

Matthew Caires: When I started, one of my absolute first priorities was to meet as many people as possible. I’m going to try to be accessible to students.

What are your thoughts on how MSU, in our current economic climate, can continue to support students in need of financial assistance?

We can help provide access to jobs. I think we could also do a much better job teaching students about finances.

Where do you see MSU's Greek organizations going in the next few years?

Up! I want to partner with the fraternities and sororities. I plan to get to know as many of those students as possible. If they do the right things, we’re going to support them a ton.

What suggestions do you have for new students to adjust to their new environment?

Go to class, go to class, go to class.

That’s got to be a major priority. Get to know your professors and take advantage of the academic workshops. Get involved on campus. College is too short not to take advantage of study abroad opportunities, the student senate and student organizations.

What do you feel is the role of student initiative groups and student leadership on campus?

They are vital. I’m a product of that student leadership experience. It’s really important for me that the administration pays attention to that. We have to listen to students because they’re on the front lines.

They know their concerns and we need to be responsive to them.

What are your views on the campus tobacco ban?

I’m supportive of it, and I know it’s controversial, but students voted in favor of it. Most people like status quo – they like security and stability. And when we change, for certain people it’s going to be really rough. But we have to continue to evolve as an institution.

What do you feel is the most important advice for students to hear in terms of post-university success?

Ask for help! Ask us for letters of recommendation. Use the Career Services center – we have this incredible center dedicated to finding internships and jobs for students.

We would love to hear the story of how you hurt your arm!

I was was biking with Blake Bjornson through the woods. I shattered my scapula.

It was a funny way for me to start my relationship with the student body president.

Rally on Mall Promotes Sexual Assault Awareness

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Last week students gathered in front of Montana Hall to raise awareness about sexual assault and violence at the first annual Red Zone Rally.

The event was hosted by the MSU VOICE Center and supported by its student groups Students against Sexual Assault (SASA) and Men Stopping Rape.

The event title refers to the so-called “Red Zone” — the first six weeks of college across the United States when students are at increased risk for sexual assault.

Several students and faculty members spoke to the crowd, urging individuals to do their part in the prevention of sexual violence and assault. Among the speakers was Matt Caires, MSU’s Dean of Students.

“We need leadership from our students to really understand the complexity of this issue,” said Caires, encouraging victims of sexual assault to ask for help.

The VOICE Center emphasizes the fact that one in four women are victims of sexual assault, which they say highlights a need for education and involvement, primarily on college campuses.

Bryan Vadheim, President of MSU’s Interfraternity Council, stated, “Too often students feel that they can’t make an impact.”

Despite Vadheim’s Bryan Vadheim and Erika Lacy Image Courtesy MSU voice center remark, the 30 to 40 speak at the Red Zone Rally.

MSU students involved The VOICE Center hopes the event in SASA have not only raised awareness of its presence on campus taken an active role on campus by reaching for both new and returning students. The out to residence halls, Greek life, academic VOICE Center and SASA hope to build a courses and athletic teams, but have also community of educated and engaged indi- involved themselves in the greater Bozeviduals who do not tolerate sexual assault.

man community through Bozeman High School and Big Sky Youth Empowerment Program.

In regards to the VOICE Center and SASA’s dedication to community outreach, Alanna Sherstad, VOICE Center Coordinator, stated, “Sexual assault is everybody’s business.”

Sherstad is confident that MSU and the wider community are headed in a positive direction with regards to eliminating sexual assault and violence.

“We’re going to start seeing change in our culture,” she said.

The VOICE Center is now hiring volunteers. Applications available in SUB 370 or at sasamsu.webs. com VOICE Center 24-hour support hotline: 406-994-7069

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OPINION

editor | Brent Zundel

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Bozeman and the Case of the Hidden Building Codes Oil on the Yellowstone: Our Energy Future?

The Yellowstone River meanders 20 miles above the oil spill.

Two days before the fireworks of Independence Day 2011, Montanans found another, unexpected, flammable substance fouling the banks of the YellowBrent Zundel opinion editor stone River near Laurel.

The record floodwaters breached the Silvertip Pipeline, spewing oil into the surrounding waters.

Exxon initially estimated that 42,000 gallons of crude oil escaped into the longest undammed river in the lower 48 states, but, at that time, they also claimed that the pipeline had been shut off after only six minutes. Later, the Montana Department of Transportation showed that the pipeline was not fully sealed for 49 minutes — over eight times Exxon’s original estimate — but Exxon never updated their estimate for the amount of oil spilled.

A column citing the deceitfulness of a massive multinational corporation that exists solely to enrich its shareholders would add little to the debate that has embroiled Montana. Rather than simply blame the company, we must ask more difficult — but more revealing — questions.

It seems apparent that this year’s devastating floods affected the rupture of the pipeline. The question of what directly caused the break in the pipeline is fairly easy: Officials believe that floodwaters raging at four times their normal level exposed the pipeline, allowing debris to crash into and sever it.

However, the question of the rupture’s root cause is far more sinister and fewer people are asking it. Did the Silvertip Pipeline itself cause the oil spill? Or, put more generally, did the 2.5 million miles of pipelines that crisscross the United States, transporting oil, natural gas and other hazardous

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materials, cause this oil spill?

Did all of the refineries belching smoke across the nation and across Montana cause this spill? Did production of oil from Canada’s Athabasca tar sands or fracking in the Bakken formation in the nearby Williston Basin cause this spill?

In short, does our insatiable use of non-renewable petroleum products cause the rainstorms and floods that then rupture pipelines carrying the very same petroleum products? In essence, we are witnessing a positive feedback loop: The more petroleum we burn, the more natural disasters and strange weather patterns we must confront. The more natural disasters that occur, the more pipelines are ruptured by out-ofcontrol weather.

And, clearly, natural disasters are occurring more and more frequently. The Yellowstone River hit a 100-year peak this summer. Other rivers and creeks in southeastern Montana inundated towns like Roundup, Joliet, Lodge Grass and many others. In other parts of the country, the Mississippi River has been experiencing what used to be termed “100-year floods,” due to their frequency and severity, every couple years.

While some fundamentalists, like GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann, claim that natural disasters are signs from God that we aren’t living as we should, the real answer is the heavy, black, non-renewable sludge coursing through the veins of our country.

The transition to cleaner sources of energy will doubtlessly be painful, but a future in which we do not immediately address this addiction will be infinitely more so.

Where will Montana be — leading the vanguard of clean energy with research institutions like MSU, or left in a smog-choked 20th century?

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I just realized my house might be a deathtrap.

After consulting the Bozeman Chronicle’s series of publications on unsafe houses and the fires that conMatt Schwager sume them, I decided to opinion writer take a good, long look at the contents of my own home. We have one fire detector amongst four bedrooms; two of those bedrooms, of which one is mine, lack egress windows.

I would like to list all construction flaws my domicile undoubtedly contains, but I can’t, because I don’t know what to look for. I looked through the Montana Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, but it just covers acceptable behavior in the landlord-tenant relationship. No word on building safety.

So I called the Building Inspection Division of Bozeman to see where I could get a copy of the building code adopted by the city, as well as thousands of other cities across America. I was told that the code is a copyrighted document and is not free to the public, online or elsewhere.

That’s right. The very codes by which new buildings, residential or commercial, are planned and erected are not generally available for public perusal. They are copyrighted. You need to pay $111 to get a download of the International Building Code, or you can drive to the Building Inspection Division each time you need to page through the voluminous binders that house a loose-leaf copy. There’s a severely crippled version of the code available on the publishing corporation’s website, but it’s still a product: you can’t search the document or print it, and municipalities that adopt the code and make additions are prohibited from publishing their custom-

ized version. The code is not owned by the nation, county or city.

This is a bit of a problem. Blame, though, is not to be laid at the feet of our city and its employees. This is a problem that concerns the unquestioned national adaptation of an unbelievably sequestered and secured document as law. Perhaps if this legal methodology dealt with parking or food truck vending, there would be less of a concern (which isn’t actually excusable). There’s a burnt-out apartment house somewhere near campus, though, that insists on the unique and subtle peril affixed to this situation: thousands of students are unaware of the building code and have few resources to turn to if they wish to consult it.

No student, no matter how hefty their scholarship may be, should be expected to expend extravagant amounts of money or time to figure out how their house should have been built to reduce the chance of its inhabitants dying in a fire. No citizen should be required to be tied to an Internet connection in order to page through safety regulations. Merely posting the codes online is not enough — the fact that our laws are not accessible is an error in both the spirit of law and in practical application.

There’s a considerable effort on the part of the city to educate Bozemanites about checking for security concerns, registering complaints and being well-versed in the language of unwieldy litanies of law. However, until these codes by which we should live become freely available — through a corporation’s change of heart or by a widespread illegal distribution campaign that extends past the couple sketchy copies of a 2006 code I found online — nobody can really consider themselves safe.

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Discrimination Alive and Well

Rugged individualism is a central tenant to Montanans; growing up here, I learned we share the belief that those who live here are Patrick Hessman free to strike out, carve opinion writer their own niche and live the life they choose to live without interference from others. Yet this right is unfairly denied to thousands of individuals across Montana, and millions across the United States.

Every day the words “fag,” “dyke” and “queer” are unfairly thrown at innocent people. Violence sometimes follows, and these people are forced to endure this hate because those they choose to love are not whom outdated social structures say they should.

Discrimination has even come from the top down. Montana’s 2011 Legislature struck down a Missoula law guaranteeing residents protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation. The House blocked Senate Bill 276, which would have struck down the long existing (although inactive) state law declaring same-sex intercourse, as well as essentially any act of sex that doesn’t result in procreation, a felony.

For a state and country that values freedom and acceptance, why should this happen?

On a national scale, the problem even leaks into colleges, usually thought of as tolerant and open environments. The nonprofit group Campus Pride revealed in a 2010 survey of 5,000 American collegeage students identifying as gay, lesbian or transsexual that 23 percent of LGBT students, staff or faculty have experienced acts of discrimination. A staggering 33 percent considered leaving their college because of

challenging environments.

Even more chilling is that LGBT youth have a high suicide rate. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention reports that several studies conducted in the U.S. found that gay, lesbian and bisexual teens attempt suicide at a rate three to six times that of heterosexual teens.

Yet there is hope. The It Gets Better Project, founded in response to the September 2010 string of gay teens committing suicide, has provided support for gays and lesbians by fostering a web environment for video testimonies from other LGBT people, friends and supporters, and even celebrities.

Organizations such as Queer-Straight Alliance have chapters at high schools and colleges all across the country, even an MSU chapter, which begins its regular meetings on Sept. 12.

The LGBT movement has had many successes, such as legalization of gay marriage in New York and many other states before it. Media has slowly been turning in favor of accepting homosexuals as well. Yet the tragedy of the Sept. 2010 teenage suicides serves as a chilling reminder that there is a long way to go.

If you claim to stand for freedom and equality, ask yourself if millions of people worldwide deserve to be hated for simply being different than the norm. Montana itself was built by hardworking people who believed in following one’s own path in life.

Shouldn’t gays and lesbians be free to do the same?

As James Baldwin once said, “Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy.

The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.”

Fools Ryan Bovy You know what really chaps my lips?

Fools.

As a resident of the 11th and College area, naturally, this roundabout is pissing me off !

Every morning I walk through there praying I don’t get killed. People drive around the corners without a thought that there might be some thug in the crosswalk running late for class. Thankfully, I’ve had to jump out of the way only once — after which I was cursed at by the driver who almost hit me. Tell me how that makes any sense! Right of way, b-word!

Clearly no one has been reading these “How To” guides either. Yield signs aren’t stop signs, people – KEEP MOVING! And if you choose to ride your bike through the pedestrian crosswalk, I hope you get hit.

That is just reckless, fools.

Cirque du Cercle Derek Brouwer So Bozeman has another roundabout.

I’d like to say, “cool,” and move on.

But I can’t.

Because if the new roundabout has accomplished anything, it has shown that Bozeman is still a small town. And I mean painfully small. We may have organic grocery stores and a cutting-edge university, but Bozeman isn’t exactly cosmopolitan.

No, Bozeman is a place where a roundabout is front-page news. Here, the installation of a new traffic pattern prompts fullpage color graphics to educate Bozemanites on the proper way to avoid an ambulance while driving in a one-way circle.

You’ve got to be kidding me.

Yet, after strolling through it every day, I’ve realized that the Chronicle’s how-to

guide may actually have been warranted: Some of us just don’t know what to do inside this mysterious vehicular vortex.

For those still clueless, a few Do’s and Dont’s. Do: Slow down. Don’t: Stop completely. Do: Yield to humans on foot.

Don’t: Ride your bike through the crosswalk. Seriously. Do: Take a victory lap.

You’ve earned it.

Roundabout Engineering Matt Schwager I have no problem with roundabouts.

Really, the only flaw that I see is that roundabouts have an untapped potential that could prove wonderful for our citizens.

They can be even more efficient, even faster, more aesthetically pleasing.

For instance, take the idea of a circle: round, eternal, perfect. That’s nice, but who wants to be trapped in an eternal loop while they are driving? Not me! A circle in a traffic context is just demoralizing.

Why not something stronger, something with more direction? An octagon would have more points on it and therefore more character. Besides, we already have octagon traffic signs; why not establish a theme?

How about a triangle? It’s big, it’s easier to understand, it has a direction. Let’s try to see a circle have that level of determination and potential for safe driving.

Even better: a straight line. No sharp corners to navigate, no ambiguity. You just drive where you need to go in a line!

That’s it. That’s the solution. We must begin building only roads that are straight lines — the natural successor to roundabouts on the evolutionary timeline. America is destined for boundless prosperity if we focus on this new, singularly perfect design.

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“I’ve always wanted to play in a big stadium, and now we’ll have that atmosphere.”

— Leo Davis, senior offensive lineman

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Stevenson is confident that the academic side of the university will also benefit from the stadium expansion.

“I anticipate hearing a lot more about gifts to the university as a result of the excitement,” he said, because “athletic donors tend to be more generous” and the success of the End Zone Campaign will make them far more likely to donate to future, nonathletics projects at MSU. 90 percent of donors to the project had already given gifts in support of university programs other than athletics, and that money was essential in funding the renovations of Gaines Hall, Hamilton Hall and the Fitness Center, among others, according to Stevenson.

Another encouraging statistic: 30 percent of donors to the campaign were Image by colin gaiser

NEW SEASON, NEW STADIUM Colin Gaiser Design by Chris Stanick

It’s been less than one year since MSU and University President Waded Cruzado launched the “End Zone Campaign” to expand and renovate Bobcat Stadium. Now, $10 million and 2,700 seats later, the new stadium is ready for the Bobcat football season opener vs. UC-Davis on Saturday, Sept. 10.

The opener will be preceded by a dedication ceremony on Friday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m.

Approximately 2,700 new grandstand seats have replaced the temporary bleachers in the south end zone where the student section will now be located. Student seat-

ing has been increased by 33 percent. In addition, students now have their own entrance, concession stands that allow Cat Cards and paperless tickets that can be uploaded online to the student’s Cat Card.

If that’s not enough, MSU students will be looking directly at the new highdefinition scoreboard at the north end of the stadium.

“Students are what make the game day experience bigger and louder,” said Michael Stevenson, President of the MSU Foundation, the organization which coordinates the university’s fundraising efforts. “Now we’ll have more students closer to the game than ever before.”

However, some students are reluctant to give up their coveted position at the 50-yard line.

Dillon Haskell, sophomore student senator and self-proclaimed “hardcore” football fan, is hesitant to embrace the new set-up.

“I’m the kind of guy who gets painted up even if it’s 10 degrees out,” he said. “As a football fan, I like to be able to actually see the game.”

Even so, Haskell said he is excited about the opportunity to “mess with and intimidate the other team” from the south end zone. And to do this, students won’t have to wait until the game starts — the

visitors’ entrance to the field has been strategically located directly below the new student section.

The Bobcat Football squad understands the importance of home field advantage. In reference to the team’s recent season opener at the University of Utah, which the Bobcats lost 27-10, senior offensive lineman Leo Davis said the stadium atmosphere was “unbelievable.”

“I’ve always wanted to play in a big stadium,” he continued, “and now we’ll have that atmosphere. More fans will have access to the games,” Davis said.

While football fans may be eager to experience the new stadium, other students

“We’ll have more students closer to the game than ever before.“— Michael Stevenson, President, MSU Foundation

making their first gift to MSU, making the pool of potential future donors significantly larger. Thirty percent is “incredibly high,” Stevenson said, “an unprecedented number.” are less enthused. One common concern is The local economy has also benefited that the money allocated towards the new from the stadium expansion, Stevenson exstadium could have gone towards struggling plained. “MSU is providing a lot of jobs for academic programs or to help students who our community at a time when not a lot of can’t afford to pay MSU’s increasing tuition opportunities are out there.” Two hundred rates. new jobs were provided during the stadium However, no student tuition or fees construction. were used to finance the stadium projOverall, though, Stevenson said he is ect. Only private monies were used, said most excited about the ability for the renoStevenson, and “that’s not a choice. It’s the vated stadium to “showcase the university.” law.” Total private donations for the project “People that haven’t been here in years totaled $6,000,000, with the Montana will be here to see the stadium,” Stevenson Board of Investment providing the remain- assured, “and they will be traveling quite a ing funds through loans that MSU will pay distance just to share in the experience.” back with increased ticket revenues and other athletic earnings.

Online Football Ticketing Introduced for Students Michelle Thomas Attention Football Fans: MSU is implementing a new ticketing method for students to attend football games. Now, on the Monday prior to the home game, students are encouraged to go the website www.msustudenttickets.com to reserve their seat at the game via their Cat Card. Students may also show up with a Cat Card on game day and see if seats are still available. A wristband will be given to students at the game which will allow them to leave and return to the stadium.

In addition to ensuring a seat at the football game, students can purchase a $10 buddy pass, which allows one guest to sit in the student section with the student.

This option will be available for all home games, with the exception of Cat/Griz.

Students who reserve seats in advance and show up to all the football games throughout the season will have priority release on tickets to the Cat/Griz game.

Visit www.msustudenttickets.com website for more information and to view eligibility requirements for reserving tickets.

This weekend the Bobcats are playing their first home game of the season against UC Davis. It is the Gold Rush game so be sure to wear your best Bobcat gold. Students can reserve tickets online until Thursday, Sept. 8, at 11 p.m. Be sure to bring your Cat Card to the game!

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$10 Million Price Tag 2,700 New Seats 200 Jobs Generated for New Construction

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Michael Gross “Slam-bang, fender-denting, wallsmacking action,” accurately describes the Gallatin Speedway Track Championship races held in Belgrade last Friday.

Although the event did not feature any serious crashes, it had enough fender collisions, spin-outs and close calls to keep the crowd enthused.

At 100 mph, the adrenaline junkie stock car drivers punched their crafty automotive masterpieces around the .375 mile clay track as fast as they could for a spot at the top. The most daring drivers — those willing to take the sharpest turns and squeeze the most juice out of their engines — were rewarded with cash prizes.

The night began with the street stock division, continued with the super stock division and ended with the modified division. For those unfamiliar with the sport, it might help to know the definition of “stock car racing.”

Stock car racing is one of many forms of counterclockwise car racing on an oval track ranging from .25 miles to 2.66 miles.

NASCAR is the most famous stock car racing organization in the world. But unlike NASCAR, which features races ranging from 200-600 miles at top speeds of 200 mph, the Gallatin Speedway’s races

are eight miles long (three laps) and its drivers do not exceed speeds of 120 mph.

Street stock racing uses cars that are most similar to actual street cars in their mechanical framework. Super stock incorporates cars that are similar to street stock but have further and more technical engine modifications to improve performance. Modified cars feature even more (you guessed it) upgrades than super stock and are therefore even faster.

On the first lap of the first race of the night, Taylor Martin — number 6 street stock racer of Belgrade — spun out, causing the race to be held up an extra five minutes. Beau Brown of Deer Lodge took first place and the accompanying $125 prize for winning the division. Brown has won five championships in the past four years, including the Gallatin Speedway Track Championship in 2007 and the Electric Speedway Championship.

When the super stock racers came out, it was obvious that their cars were on a higher level than the street stocks. They were larger, louder, faster and smellier.

The exhaust those cars released was tremendous, a testament to how hard their engines were working. Jeremy Meirhofer from Belgrade took first in this division and the hefty $400 prize. He has 20 total career feature wins, including the 2003 and 2004 street stock Supernationals Championships. He switched to racing super stock in 2005.

The modified races were even more exciting than the super stocks. The cars were much larger and louder, and modified to the point that their frames were designed for turning left strongly enough for each car to have at least two wheels off the ground for swifter and more precise turning. Erin Shane of Bozeman won first place and the $400 prize in this division.

He has taken first place in modified twice before (2006 and 2008) as well as in super stock (2004 and 2005).

The Supernationals will be held at the Gallatin Speedway Sept. 9 and 10. This event will be relatively inexpensive: $10 for those aged 18 and over, $8 for ages 13-17 and free for 12 years and under. The speedway is located in Belgrade, only 20 minutes outside of Bozeman.

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Fall 2011 SAT., AUG. 27 ... YELLOWSTONE RIVER RAFTING, Yankee Jim Canyon Cost: $40.00 MSU priority thru: 8/25 SUN., AUG. 28 ... YELLOWSTONE RIVER RAFTING, Yankee Jim Canyon Cost: $40.00 MSU priority thru: 8/25 SAT. - MON., SEPT. 3 - 5 ... GLACIER NATIONAL PARK HIKING & CAMPING Cost: $95.00* MSU priority thru: 8/30 (pre-trip meeting on 9/1 at 5:30 in ORC) SAT., SEPT. 10 ... YELLOWSTONE RIVER RAFTING, Yankee Jim Canyon Cost: $40.00 MSU priority thru: 9/8 FRI. - SUN., SEPT. 16 - 18 ... GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK HIKING & CAMPING Cost: $75.00* MSU priority thru: 9/12 (pre-trip meeting on 9/14 at 5:30 in ORC) SAT., SEPT. 24 ... HYALITE LAKE DAY HIKE, Gallatin Range Cost: $10.00 MSU priority thru: 9/22 SUN., OCT. 9 ... MADISON RIVER CANOE & KAYAK TOUR Cost: $20.00 MSU priority thru: 10/7 SAT. & SUN., OCT. 22 & 23 ... YELLOWSTONE PARK TOUR Cost: $50.00 MSU priority thru: 10/20 SAT, OCT. 29 ... GARNET MOUNTAIN DAY HIKE, Gallatin Range Cost: $10.00 MSU priority thru: 10/27 SAT., NOV. 5 ... MT ELLIS DAY HIKE, Gallatin Range Cost: $10.00 MSU priority thru. 11/3 SUN., NOV. 20 ... BRIDGER BOWL SNOWSHOE HIKE, Bridger Range Cost. $10.00 MSU priority thru: 11/17 SAT., DEC. 3 ... YELLOWSTONE PARK XC SKI TOUR, Northwest Area Cost: $15.00 MSU priority thru: 12/1 Cost includes transportation, group equipment and organizational expenses. Participants are responsible for personal gear, meals, clothing and other individual needs. Each trip has minimum & maximum limits. Outings are open to MSU students, faculty, staff and university affiliates. Guests and public may also participate on a limited basis. Payment in full is required at the time of registration unless a non-refundable deposit is indicated (*).

Refunds will not be issued for day trips or non-refundable deposits unless the event is canceled by ASMSU Outdoor Recreation. Credit will be issued for cancellations received at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled trip departure.

AVALANCHE SEMINARS Avalanche Awareness & Rescue Workshop: Wed.., Nov. 16 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. in SUB Consists of lecture and rescue beacon exercise / Instructed by Ron Johnson / FREE !

Basic: Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 from 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. in MSU SUB, Dec. 3 from 9:15 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at Bridger Bowl Conducted by “Friends of GNFAC”, visit www.mtavalanche.com/education or call 587-6984 for details KAYAKING BEGINNING KAYAKING (Pool ): Instruction in paddling, rolling, safety, equipment selection and other basics Oct. 18 - Nov. 15 ... Class will meet consecutive Tues. from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Cost = ASMSU-$35/MSU-$45/Public-$55 (MSU priority thru: 10/14) OPEN BOATING: Thurs. from 6:00 -7:30 p.m. Begins - 10/13 ... Ends - 12/8 (closed 11/24) FREE !!! co-sponsored by ASMSU Recreational Sports & Fitness (MSU CAT Card or Facility Use Pass required) WILDERNESS MEDICINE COURSES Aerie Backcountry Medicine (Contact Aerie Backcountry Medicine at www.aeriemedicine.com or 542-9972 for further information) Wilderness 1st Responder: Oct. 4 - Nov. 6 (Tues. & Wed. evenings from 5:00-9:00 and weekends of Oct. 22&23, Nov. 5&6 from 8:00-6:00) Wilderness 1st Aid: Nov. 12 & 13 (optional CPR on 11/11) Wilderness 1st Responder “Refresher”: Nov. 12 & 13 (optional CPR on 11/11) BICYCLE & SKI WORKSHOP This facility provides the opportunity for MSU students, faculty/staff and affiliates to perform maintenance and repairs on personal equipment. A limited supply of parts is stocked for resale. Options include: “Do It Yourself” - free use of work area and tools “Technical Assistance” - an attendant is on duty periodically, call for schedule (generally M-F, 3:00- 5:30) “Drop Off Service” - available for individuals who prefer to have a technician do the work, inquire for rates.

RESOURCE CENTER: Plan your own adventure through use of our maps, trail guides, books, videos & magazines Phone: 994-3621 … www.montana.edu/outdoorrecreation

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RENTAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ● MSU students, faculty/staff and university affiliates are eligible to rent equipment. An MSU ID is required for verification. Persons having paid the ASMSU Activity Fee for the current semester will qualify for the student rate. An additional 10% will be charged to other eligible patrons. ● Reservations are accepted beginning Monday for the current week. Minimum rental period for reservations is 1 day. A non-refundable deposit equivalent to 1 day rental charge for each item is required to secure a reservation, payment for the balance of rental charges is due upon issuance of equipment. Full credit (no cash refunds) for deposits will be granted for reservations which are canceled at least 24 hours prior to the beginning of the designated rental period, cancellations of less than 24 hours notice will forfeit the reservation deposit. ● Although reservations are encouraged, "walk-in" rentals are also welcomed.

RENTAL PERIODS: ½ Day: 12:00 - 5:00 Overnight: 4:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. (following day) Daily: 9:00 - 10:00, 12:00 - 1:00 or 4:00 - 5:00 (following day)

ITEM/DESCRIPTION AVALANCHE SHOVEL AVALANCHE TRANSCEIVER & PROBE BACKPACK: external frame BACKPACK: internal frame BICYCLE: mountain (includes helmet, lock) • CANOE: 16'9" (includes PFD’s, paddles, carrier) • CANOE: inflatable, 16' (includes PFD’s, paddles, pump) COOLER: 24 quart COOLER: 80 quart DAY PACK DRY BAG: 3.8 cu. ft.

FUEL: propane, isobutane or white gas GAITERS HELMET (rafting) ICE SKATES: figure • KAYAK: “sit on top” (includes. PFD, paddle, helmet) • KAYAK: inflatable (includes PFD, paddle, helmet, pump) LANTERN: battery LIFE VEST (PFD): type III/V PADDLE: canoe/raft • RAFT: 13', self-bailing (includes pfd, paddles, pump, helmets) • RAFT: 14', self-bailing (includes pfd, paddles, pump, helmets) • ROWING FRAME: fits 13' raft (includes oars, no dry boxes) • ROWING FRAME: fits 14' raft (includes oars & dry boxes) SLED/SNOW SAUCER SLEEPING PAD: closed cell foam SNOWSHOES: includes poles * STOVE: backpack (isobutane) * STOVE: camp, dbl. burner (propane) TENT: 1-2 person TENT: 2-3 person TENT: 3-4 person TUBE: river/lake floating WATER CARRIER: 5 gallon XC SKI PACKAGE: touring (includes skis, NNN/BC boots & poles) XC SKIS: touring, waxless (NNN/BC bindings) XC BOOTS: NNN/BC XC POLES: adjustable

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Outdoor Rec Center Camps in Glacier National Park Cassie Wilson Many new and old students may not be familiar with the ASMSU Outdoor Recreation Center. The Rec Center is “that Blue Barn by Roskie”, but they also coordinate about 12 trips a semester for students or anyone affiliated with MSU to take part in.

Just last weekend they took a three-day trip to Glacier National Park.

The group set up camp at Johnson Campground, near St. Mary. This site lies on the eastern side of the park, which is known for its mountain scenery and accessibility to nature. The three days included beginning and intermediate hikes, and the

"I felt like an ancestor of Prometheus. I made fire!"

-Sally King trip fee included transportation, equipment, tents and park entrance fee. For $95, it doesn’t get much better.

Students were, however, responsible for bringing and cooking their own food, but camping stove and pots were provided.

A country restaurant was located about a quarter mile from the campsite; it was like roughing it with a security blanket.

Sally King, an English instructor at A.C.E., said she had never pitched a tent, started a fire or eaten dehydrated food from the package. But on the trip, she learned to do it all. “I felt like an ancestor of Prometheus,” she said, “I made fire!”

Unlike many field trips in high school, these trips are “coordinated” rather than “guided,” meaning that participants pretty much get free roam of the park as long as they are back at the campground by a certain time.

“We get new and diverse groups of students each semester,” said Mike Cavaness, director of the Outdoor Recreation Center.

“It’s pretty rewarding to see the bonds that form at the end of each trip."

“Glacier National Park has spectacular scenery, easily available hikes and great wildlife to observe. Each student has a different motivation to come, but they’re all worthwhile reasons, ” Cavaness added.

For Janna Delwiche, a sophomore, the best part about the trip was the 11.6 mile hike from Logan Pass along the Continental Divide. “We saw mountains, waterfalls, streams, wildflowers, wildlife and had plenty of time to think and admire the scenery,” she said. “It was a fantastic way to spend Labor Day weekend!”

The Outdoor Recreation Center’s next big weekend trip is to the Grand Tetons, Sept. 16-18. Throughout the semester, though, the center offers plenty of day trips closer to Bozeman. From kayaking the Madison to hiking Hyalite and snowshoeing Bridger, there are loads of options to choose from. If you’re new to MSU or just want to take advantage of Bozeman’s stunning outdoor activities, check out “that Blue Barn by Roskie” or visit www.montana.edu/ outdoorrecreation. Spots fill quickly, so don’t procrastinate!

Student Drew DeWolf snowboards above Henry's Lake this summer.

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Working Hard or Hardly Working?

Ways to Explore Bozeman’s Outdoors Kris Drummond If you’re like me, you may have recently found yourself in the library or the SUB, distraught and wondering how exactly you’ve gotten there or what happened to the sunshine and lazy summer mornings. Returning to class inevitably evokes thoughts of the places you just didn’t quite get to and the activities that almost happened.

However, don’t despair: with sunshine and high temperatures stretching into late October, there is still plenty of time to take advantage of all the Bozeman area has to offer, while simultaneously maintaining at least some semblance of responsibility.

The following list highlights a few ways to get outside and explore the local area.

For more locations or activities, check out a local bookstore, search online or just get in your car and drive!

Hiking One of Bozeman’s best features is its absurdly close proximity to the mountains.

Surrounded by a different range on every side, there is an abundance of hiking and backpacking trails of every length and difficulty level. Some of my favorites: Emerald/Heather Lake: The Emerald Lake Trailhead is located at the very end of the road past Hyalite Reservoir. Featuring a 5-6 mile hike, this may be the most easily accessible trailhead for a moderately challenging weekend jaunt. Surrounded by a nearly 360 degree bowl of cliffs and glacier

fields, the Emerald and Heather Lakes provide an amazing experience and a minimal time commitment.

Sheep Lake: Located in the Henry’s Lake Mountains south of Big Sky, Sheep Lake is worth the tough hike. A six mile trail follows a winding creek through beautiful aspen groves and open meadows before reaching the lake. Complete with a cliff to jump off, a 2,000+ foot couloir which can be skied until late July and an abundance of wild mountain sheep, this lake will not disappoint.

Floating/Water Activities One of the many highlights of a Bozeman summer is the abundance of rivers to float down or jump into on a hot day. Favorites: Jefferson River, Three Forks: The Jefferson is a wide, slow moving river about 45 minutes out of town that takes about 2-3 hours to float. With a 40-foot bridge to jump at the end, it is a perfect day trip for those on a tight schedule.

Ennis Lake, Ennis: Even if you aren’t lucky enough to know someone with any sort of watercraft, Ennis Lake is still a good time. Relax or camp at the lakeside campground or drive across the bridge to the cliff section, which features jumps ranging from 20-50 feet and two rope swings.

Watch out for rattlesnakes and don’t let the mean-spirited warden catch you drinking and leaping!

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John Butler Trio Performs at the Spruce Moose Festival Ashley Piper

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ported the audience into another world: one where the only focus is you, the jump and the snow.

TSP is a local film company comprised of Justin Brodin, Shane Dowaliby, Johnny Durst, Alissa Torvinen and Andy Hahn.

Following the immense success of their first feature film, “Come Find Us,” TSP decided to create another movie. While initially they were going to focus on other ski resorts, their love for Montana gravitated them back to the place where “Come Find Us” started.

Their sights have shifted a little since then. “Set Your Sights” focuses on riders who have pursued skiing as a potential career, many of whom are on the cusp of becoming professional riders.

“Set Your Sights is about goals,” said producer Shane Dowaliby, a recent graduate of the MSU School of Film and Photography. “They’re close enough to having it in their sights and need to focus on it. They

have the passion and the dedication, and they’re on the up and up.”

“As filmmakers, we are following the same path to create better films each year,” Dowaliby added.

Toy Soldier Productions is expanding its brand. With showings in over 15 cities, many of which are outside Montana, as well three upcoming film festivals — including the International Freeskiing Film Festival in Montreal — the group is more than ready to make its mark in the sport.

Despite their success this year, Dowaliby considers “Set Your Sights” a stepping stone. “All the pieces are in place. The first two years we were learning how to make a movie. Things are starting to come together now for next year,” he said.

Dowaliby also mentioned how much the community’s support means to them: “MSU has allowed us to do what we do.

They’ve been supportive from day one. We were just blown away by the support from

“Set Your Sights” on Local Company’s Newest Ski Film Vanessa Naive

Throughout our lives, we are told to set short-term and long-term goals for ourselves as a means of figuring out where life is going. Goals can be elusive, but sometimes they manage to find you and propel you forward through the next step in life. “Set Your Sights,” the second ski/snowboarding movie by local film company Toy Soldier Productions (TSP), set out to do just that. The filmmakers debuted their second feature on Sept. 1, 2011 to nearly sold out crowds at the Emerson Center for the Cultural Arts.

The premiere’s high energy throttled the air: bass-ridden music pumped through the speakers as little kids and older adults waited in anticipation. The crowd donned itself in TSP t-shirts and hats, showing their support.

The movie captivated the audience as skiers and snowboards careened off jumps.

The almost surreal style of filming trans-

The world-renowned John Butler Trio capped the three day Spruce Moose Festival in Big Sky last weekend with an electric performance. Following local bands Cure for the Common and Pinky and the Floyd, John Butler Trio played under the big Montana night sky, igniting an energetic fire in the audience that seemed to erase the cold mountain air. Butler’s upbeat guitar riffs and passionate lyrics provoked the audience to dance for the entire set, inspiring calls for “one more song” at the end of a lively drum and guitar solo.

The Australian jam band consists of guitarist and vocalist John Butler, percussionist Nicky Bomba and bass guitarist Byron Luiters. “April Uprising,” John Butler Trio’s most recent album, contains upbeat, bluesy guitar riffs with catchy lyrics to match. Just a few days before John Butler Trio’s performance in Big Sky, they performed at the famous Dave Matthews Band Caravan at the Gorge, alongside artists Dispatch and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

Aside from music, John Butler also uses his fame to speak out on political issues in Australia. His most recent blog speaks out against construction of a gas refinery in Australia. For more information on John Butler Trio, their impact on the global community and their music, visit johnbutlertrio. com.

If you did not get to experience John Butler Trio live or haven’t heard their music, consider listening to the following songs: “Don’t Wanna See Your Face,” “Zebra” and “Used To Get High.” last year, and we’ve seen it again this year.”

“The people in Bozeman have made this possible for us,” he said.

For more information on upcoming showings around the state and the release of their DVD in October, visit www.toysoldierproductions.com.

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Calendar

THE ASMSU EXPONENT | September 8, 2011

september 9 - 15

F r i d a y F r i d a y M o n d a y We d n e s d a y september 9 Towne’s Harvest Farm Stand, 3 - 6 p.m.

By Flagpole on Campus Fresh produce for sale!

Dick Sneary Lecture 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Gaines Hall 101 Lecture and workshops featuring award winning architect and illustrator Montana Brewer’s Festival, 5:30 - 11 p.m., Gallatin County Fairgrounds, Tickets: $20-$25, Ages: 21 & over The third annual microbrew event that brings together 25 brewers featuring their best Montana-made beer selections Julie Gosswiller, Azusa Komiyama, and Angella Ahn, 7:30 p.m., MSU Reynolds Recital Hall Tickets: $5-$10 A piano and violin concert featuring works of Schoenfield, Brahms, and Milhaud “The Guys” Sept 9 -10, 8 p.m., MSU Black Box Theatre, Free Admission A staged reading of a play centering on a piece of the aftermath involving the 9/11 tragedy Art Gallery Walk 6 - 8 p.m., Bozeman’s Main Street and Emerson Cultural Center

c o n t i n u e d “Embrace”: Painting by Francesco Gillia Exhibit Runs Sept. 6 - 16 ASMSU Exit Gallery An artistic exploration of the human body created by MSU graduate student Bobcat Stadium Dedication Ceremony Public Reception: 7 p.m.

Formal Ceremony beginning at 8 p.m.

Bobcat Stadium Come celebrate our renovated stadium

Saturday

s e p t e m b e r 12 Registration Deadline for Adding Courses!

Registration Deadline for Dropping Courses using ‘MyInfo’!

Tuesday

s e p t e m b e r 13 Farmer’s Market 5 - 8 p.m. every Tuesday until Sept. 27th Bogert Park Enjoy a variety of local vendors along with food and music

John Colter Run 9 a.m., Missouri Headwaters State Park in Three Forks, MT Entry Fee: $20 A seven-mile cross-country run along John Colter’s famous trek

Lecture: Maya Angelou 7:30 p.m., Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, Free Admission Considered one of the greatest voices of modern African-American literature, Angelou, the prolific and multi-talented activist will be holding a free lecture on MSU campus

Gold Rush 2011 Bobcats vs. UC Davis Football Home Opener Game begins at 1 p.m.

Bobcat Stadium

Workshop: Powerpoint 2007 12 - 12:50 p.m.

Renne Library Heathcote Classroom

s e p t e m b e r 10

S u n d a y We d n e s d ay s e p t e m b e r 11 Bozeman Marathon and Half Marathon Bridger Mountain Range To register and for more info visit bozemanrunningcompany.com

septemb e r 1 4 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

c o n t i n u e d Sphere of Influence Tour 8 p.m., Emerson Cultural Center, Tickets: $15 Absinthe Film’s tour presents its newest snowboarding film for the season Marga Hosaeus Fitness Center Open House All day Admission to the gym, group fitness classes and the pool are free along with fitness demos and consultations McNair Scholars Program Information Session 3 - 4 p.m.

Wilson Hall 1-130 Information regarding a scholar program offered to first generation, low-income, and minority students

Thursday s e p t e m b e r 15 Hausser Lecture 6 - 8 p.m.

Museum of the Rockies Theorist David Schweickart will give a lecture entitled “Economic Democracy” involving his opinions on the economic downturn College of Business “Meet the Accounting Recruiters” Fair 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Stadium Club - 3rd Floor Accounting firms gather to meet with students regarding future job pursuits

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Play about 9/11 comes to Black Box Theater Kendra Schaff The devastating events of 9/11 affected each person in a different way. For journalist Anne Nelson, it was a springboard for a play. She met a fire captain who needed assistance in writing eulogies for his fallen crew. Nelson then attended a benefit event and was asked by the artistic director for the Flea Theater in New York to write a play relating her experience. It took her eight nights to write the play, and it was in rehearsal within a week. “The Guys” was born.

In the play, the two main characters Joan and Nick are brought together when Nick calls Joan to ask for help in writing the eulogies for most of his men who were killed in the events on 9/11. The two develop a friendly relationship while going through the emotional journey in an afternoon. The Christian Science Monitor has called "The Guys" "a courageous and riveting play that tackles the horror of Sept. 11th with an intimacy that's both unsettling and healing."

In memory of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the College of Arts and Architecture and MSU's School of Film and Photography will perform “The Guys” on stage at the Black Box Theater. Stephanie Campbell and Tom Watson, faculty members in the School of Film and Photography, will be starring in the play. After first reading the script, Campbell recalled thinking, “This [play] has got to be done on this campus. It is a beautiful play.”

“The Guys” will be showing at the Black Box Theater on Sept. 9 and 10, at 8 p.m. There will be 165 free tickets available the public each evening. Tickets are being distributed on a first-come first-serve basis at the Visual Communications Building front desk (corner of 11th and Grant) and at Cactus Records. There is a limit of two tickets per person.

There will also be a reception after the play and a discussion about the healing process ten years after the attacks of 9/11.

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culture

THE ASMSU EXPONENT | September 8, 2011

A Question of Loving Yourself Q- What”s the best way to meat friends?

-Adam A.

Hello. Sherlock is out this week. I’m Clarence Mjork. Deal with it. As for your question, whoa. I have no idea how you meat friends, and I can only guess that you’d want to use some sort of tendered sirloin steak. Even then, I doubt if they’d still be your friends after that. If you’re asking about how to make new friends, then that I can help with. Just be interesting. Do things like:

Loudly read a book. I don’t mean to read a book out loud, but to silently read a book, loudly. Prominently plant your tush in a coffee shop or in front of Montana Hall, make sure your book has an impressive title, and then make your eyebrows do acrobats. When asked about the specifics of what you’re reading, just reply with “I’m still digesting it.”

Do something with a Frisbee. You may have noticed that a game of Ultimate is an excellent excuse to run around with your shirt off and feel the grass between your toes (don’t worry about the dog poo; everyone here picks up after their dogs).

Perhaps a leisurely game of Folf is more your taste. You could also try your hand at Frosblenoff. That game doesn’t exist yet, so it’s super hip. Have fun.

Wear cool shoes. Preferably a brand that has a following and that people can identify with. It’s like saying, “Hey, I’m a guy who shares your interest in poor arch support and style.” Point being, if you put yourself out there, someone will find you.

Everybody Wang Chung Tonight, Clarence Mjork

Ever heard the phrase, “You’ll find it when you stop looking?” Lately, it seems like everyone I know is concerned with finding someone. Tired of being frustrated and lonely, they are willing to settle for the first person who comes along that they believe can fit their “ideal” model.

It’s like we have a film over our eyes — a curtain, if you will, that only allows us to see the shadows on the other side.

Our imaginations play tricks on us; we see things differently than they actually are. We overlook a person’s characteristics that we don’t like and instead focus solely on the attributes they may or may not have that match the image we’ve built in our heads.

You can’t make more of something than it is. What’s meant to be will happen, regardless of whether you’re impatiently waiting for it or not. In the meantime, it’s important to remember that you have to love yourself before anyone else can. It

doesn’t matter so much what others think of you but what you think of yourself.

Taking the time to get to know and love yourself is vital. We spend more time alone than we do with others, and that’s a long time to spend being uncomfortable.

Being uncomfortable for that long can lead others to feel uncomfortable around us: if you don’t find yourself to be pleasant company, how can you expect anyone else to?

The process of learning to love ourselves can take the intensity away from

What’s meant to be will happen, regardless of whether you’re impatiently waiting for it or not. searching for another to love us. When we are no longer immediately assuming that the next person we meet could be “the one,” we’re able to see them with a clarity we would not otherwise have. We get the opportunity to learn about them without bias and without jumping to conclusions.

If something comes out of a meeting like this, it will more than likely be truer than if it were rushed.

So take a deep breath and relax. Remember what it’s like to do something, for you, with no stipulations. Do something that makes you happy. Happiness is rewarded with more happiness. As Theodore Rubin says, “Treat yourself at least as well as you treat other people.”

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ASMSU Exit Gallery Presents: “Embrace” by Francesco Gillia Artist Statement When asked about my artist stateform, tone, color, flesh, skin and bones as ment as part of the preparation for this a condensation of reality. Art to me needs show, I faced the reality that I am not yet to reflect the emotional and spiritual ready to write one, as I am myself still in condition of human beings, the desire of the process of arriving at the meaning(s) truth, essence, presence and meaning. of a series that came into being very sponI am strongly influenced by those taneously and forcefully. I am showing Roman marble statues of antiquity which paintings in which only two of the eleven survive today only as fragments, and in works are finished, and so for me this exparticular by how the absence of limbs hibit functions as a sort of “check point” makes the remaining parts more powerand opportunity to assess where I am ful. This fascination with the fetishistic currently and to gauge the viewer’s reacpower of presence versus absence began tion to my work. While I can offer some quite early for me; as a boy growing up thoughts currently informing my work, in Rome I was captivated by the Torso I also invite you to stop reading here if del Belvedere, baffled by how a fragment you wish, and experience the paintings could condense such presence. through the filter of your own making.

This particular series of paintings I find myself consists of large-scale trying to negotiExperience the paintings frontal female nudes, ate a space within without heads, withthe history of the through the filter of your out feet, and with a traditional repredirected and arguown making. sentation of the ably confrontational nude in Western focus on the pubic art, a place bearea which is at the tween the polarities of sterile neoclassical viewer’s eye level. The female figures in revival and ironic postmodern response. this series are missing feet, yet if visible the I look at the body as architecture and as feet would be at floor level, so that spaa surface capable of accumulating and tially and conceptually the bodies share reflecting light. I look at body shapes as or better yet invade the viewer space. design possibilities, and values and paint While the painterly surface and glowing quality as abstract relationships. In terms light invites the viewer to look up and of the subject of the nude, I accept anydown, the urge is simultaneously denied body willing to pose and start investiby the cropped body. For me, the size gating the body from the starting point and the regular rhythm of the repetition of an anatomical detail that may appear transform the bodies into organic archiinsignificant or marginal and then work tecture; they are the human translation of that detail back through vision and possithe colonnade of a Doric Greek temple. bilities. This process either invalidates or My final question: within this visual conconfirms my original perception of that text, does the nudity emphasize human particular body. An important question vulnerability in contrast to the enduring for me is whether my paintings can reinpresence of classical marble and stone or vigorate the viewer’s own sense of wonder does it elevate the body towards a closer and possibility. The perception of beauty association with the gods by referencing in truth fascinates me: the beauty of light, their divine space?

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Things You don't Want To Hear From Your New Roommate It's never too late to move Into a sIngle. by Tammi Heneveld

"This has been on the floor for less than 72 hours, bro–– still totally edible."

"I just don't think most people truly appreciate the profound and artistic genius behind Johnny Rebel's lyrics, you know?"

"Do you have any extra pictures of your sister I could have?"

"Technically my grandmother has been dead for a few years, but her soul has been trapped in this doll since the funeral. Sometimes she speaks to me at night."

"Brushing your teeth is just one of those things people do for certain holidays. Or in the movies."

"MSU seemed like such a nice place to go to college! Plus, it doesn't violate the terms of that stupid restraining order..."

"Actually, the preferred term is 'yiffing', and it'll only be a once-a-week kinda thing. Probably."

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by Tammi Heneveld

“I’m sorry, officer, but my turn signal is broken.”

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.