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After 50 days of excuses and lies, UM makes ‘proactive decision’ on asbestos When reporters at the Missoulian learned of the loose asbestos in a few McGill Hall offices, UM officials had already known for over a month. The Missoulian asked questions in mid-January, and UM made a bold move. UM spokesperson Paula Short sent the Missoulian a study purporting that this particular type of asbestos, chrysotile, “does not present a detectable risk to health.” The ethical reporters at the Missoulian checked out the study, and found it was written by the asbestos industry’s pet scientist, David Bernstein. You may have heard of this tactic being used
by the likes of the tobacco industry, who paid scientists to create junk studies showing smoking wasn’t bad for you. Or maybe you’ve heard that the oil and gas industry did the same thing to create false controversy over the existence of climate change, throwing scientific fact to the wind. The World Health Organization minces no words in denying this junk science. “The scientific evidence is clear,” reads the WHO literature. “The firm conclusion of the WHO and IARC assessments is that chrysotile causes cancer of the lung, larynx and ovary, mesothelioma and asbestosis.” For an institution of higher education to peddle junk science in a brazen attempt to save face is
reprehensible. But it also begs the question: If reporters didn’t press UM about the potential effects on the preschoolers in the building, would anyone have bothered to check that? On Jan. 15, Short denied the possibility that the asbestos from the specific heating duct could have gotten to the preschool. Not until after the Missoulian ran that story did UM perform its first test of the childcare facility on Jan. 19 -- 38 days after loose asbestos was found in the building. On Monday, Jan. 21, according to lab results provided by UM, surface dust levels of asbestos were found to be more than 20 times higher than
federal standards — where children play. However, on Saturday, Jan. 26, an email was sent to parents saying the facility was safe. It would be eight days after learning of the asbestos levels before UM moved the children out of the building. Despite the delay in testing, the attempt to downplay the health risks, the withholding of lab results and the blatant lies about the facilities’ safety, President Seth Bodnar sent an email to campus on Feb. 1 calling the decision to close McGill Hall “proactive.”
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BIG UPS & BACKHANDS Backhands to any professor who assigned a paper due the day after the American holiday that is the Super Bowl. Big Ups to one-ply toilet paper for making sure every student leaves campus with chapped hands, lips, and asses. Backhands to the thousands of asbestos fibers swimming around in our lungs. Big Ups to all of us at UM for getting to class through the snowpocalypse. Big Ups to Maroon 5 for proving that mayonnaise is an instrument. ILLUSTRATIONS JACKIE EVANS-SHAW | MONTANA KAIMIN
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Don’t bring your weed to Idaho, period. HELENA DORE
helenamay.dore@umontana.edu Lookout Pass Ski and Recreation area sits just across the Montana-Idaho border on I-90. It’s an affordable, relatively close skiing destination popular among University of Montana students. Weir and Jerry Johnson hot springs are nestled in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National forest in Idaho, down Highway 12. These springs offer UM
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students adventure and relaxation for the low price of a scenic two hour drive along the Lochsa River. Despite the high reward, driving to the Gem State can pose a big risk if you’re planning on having a toke and soak or a smoke and ski. Laws related to drug possession and trafficking in Idaho differ from those in Montana in significant ways. Bozeman resident and incoming UM
student Robert Glover, 25, is familiar with these distinctions. He was cited for marijuana and paraphernalia possession in September after being pulled over and searched by a police officer just across the Idaho border on Highway 12. Paying for an attorney to fight the charges forced Glover to take a big chunk out of his savings, he said. According to Glover, the police officer
had initially pulled him over for speeding. “He thought I may have gone 55 in a 50,” Glover said. After further questioning, the officer allegedly searched Glover’s car and discovered a small amount of marijuana. Glover received a citation that called for him to appear in court in Grangeville, Idaho, almost seven hours away from his home in Bozeman, for charges of drug and paraphernalia possession. Glover sought legal
counsel and his charges were dropped in court. In Montana, Glover is a medical marijuana card holder, so he can buy marijuana legally at any dispensary. But in Idaho, possession of less than three ounces of marijuana under any circumstances is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in prison and up to $1,000 in fines. Possessing more than three ounces is punishable by up to five years in prison and $10,000 in fines. Charges for selling and trafficking marijuana in Idaho are even more harsh. Selling marijuana is a felony, punishable by five years in prison and $15,000 in fines. Trafficking marijuana, which involves manufacturing, importing, exporting or distributing the drug, or having the intent to do so, is also a felony. All trafficking charges hold mandatory minimum prison sentences. The punishment for trafficking between one and five pounds of pot in Idaho is a mandatory one-year prison sentence and $5,000 in fines. Getting caught trafficking between five and 20 pounds leads to a mandatory three-year prison sentence and $10,000 in fines. Trafficking over 25 pounds ends in a mandatory five-year prison sentence and $15,000 in fines, if caught. With these marijuana laws in a place so close to Missoula, it’s a good idea not to bring weed outside of the state. However, if you do bring it or forget that you have it, it’s also a good idea to know your rights in case you get pulled over. Police can pull someone over for speeding, even if it’s just one mile over the speed limit. So if you are speeding at all, you are at risk. All police need is reasonable suspicion that a law has been broken to justify a traffic stop. This means they can pull you over to ask questions, even if you have been driving the speed limit. They can also pull you over for a variety of other reasons – anything from having a broken tail light to having dark tinted windows. Unlike searching your house, police do
not need a search warrant to justify searching a vehicle. All they need is probable cause. Probable cause includes seeing something illegal in the vehicle, smelling illegal drugs in the vehicle, using a dog to detect illegal drugs in the vehicle or obtaining your permission to search the vehicle. Therefore, should an officer ask if he or she can search the vehicle, you have the right to refuse as long as the officer has no probable cause. If the officer attempts to search your vehicle without asking for your consent, you can make it clear that you do not consent to a search. If in court it is determined that a police officer illegally searched your vehicle, judges apply the exclusionary rule to the confiscated evidence. The exclusionary rule removes the evidence obtained through illegal searches and seizures from analysis in your trial. It is important to remember that Idaho, a state that has some of the harshest marijuana laws in the country, is surrounded on all sides by states where pot is either completely legal or legal medicinally. Canada, which shares its northern border, also recently legalized marijuana. As legalization has spread across surrounding regions, the amount of weed seized in Idaho has increased. According to an article published in the Idaho Statesman, Idaho police seized almost 1,400 pounds of marijuana in 2017, nearly three times the amount seized in 2016. The Idaho State Journal reported on Jan. 30 that Idaho police seized almost 7,000 pounds of marijuana plants after stopping a semi-truck around Boise last Thursday. This single bust would outweigh all marijuana seized in the state of Idaho in the past five years combined. As a driver, it’s easy to forget that each state is different when it comes to what is legal and illegal. When asked what advice he would give UM students driving over the Idaho border, Glover said he would be very careful about what he had in his car.
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McGill shuttered, asbestos overhaul underway after initial missteps PAUL HAMBY
paul.hamby@umontana.edu University of Montana officials took questions Friday from students, faculty and parents affected by the closure of McGill Hall after tests results over the past month showed elevated levels of asbestos throughout the building. Attendees, some of whom had worked in McGill for several decades, questioned how classes would be able to continue and what delayed the University’s response to discovering loose asbestos. “Today is the first day that I’ve heard anyone say that they’re sorry about this affair, and I’m rather shocked that it took 51 days to close the building,” said Barbara Koostra, the former director of the Museum of Arts and Culture at UM. Koostra, who worked in the office technicians identified the initial asbestos contamination, said she complained several times to administrators about the conditions in her office. The asbestos came from a degrading wrap from an HVAC unit above her office. The University then hired contractors who sealed the room, removed the unit and conducted tests to ensure the area had been abated of asbestos, meaning the asbestos was removed. Although subsequent air tests showed no particles in the air, dust samples from spots around the building tested positive for asbestos, including the daycare center in McGill’s basement. UM Director of Facilities Kevin Krebsbach said the University bases its standards on abatement on those established by the Environmental Protection Agency during the cleanup of a massive asbestos contamination in Libby, Montana. According to the EPA’s website, the superfund site cost over $500 million for complete abatement and exposure to asbestos led to the deaths of nearly 400 people. Krebsbach confirmed that McGill would remain closed for the rest of the semester while crews cleared all of the asbestos. “Basically, we’re going to replace all of the pipes in the entire building,” he said. According to UM communications director Paula Short, the University will increase both visual inspections across campus as well as aggressive air testing in the older buildings. Both officials and the technicians hired to test for asbestos received criticism for their testing methods, waiting to reveal results and for the
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Pamela Hoppe, a longtime teacher at the ASUM pre-school, reacts to UM officials discussing the discovery of asbestos in McGill Hall at an information meeting on the evening of Jan. 31. 2019, held in the UC theatre. ZACH MEYER | MONTANA KAIMIN delay in evacuating the building following those results. Mark Shogren, director of media arts, said millions of dollars of specialized equipment have become unavailable to students because of the sudden closure, including computers and cameras. He also said that the University placed him and his colleagues in unnecessary danger. “I don’t remember anything in my contract saying that I would have to deal with a risk of any kind of exposure to anything in this building,” Shogren said. In one portion of the presentation, UM Safety Program & Associate Emergency Manager Chuck Emnet explained that symptoms for diseases associated with exposure to asbestos typically don’t appear for several decades. Several members of the audience, who at-
tended a meeting for the parents of children in the campus childcare services on campus, returned to reiterate their concerns. Short said the University would stay committed to ensuring that, should health problems arise for children in the child care program, parents would still be able to hold the University accountable. “Even if it’s 40 years from now?” asked a parent. “Yes,” Short said. The closure announced Jan. 31 required everyone to exit within 30 minutes, with a warning to leave behind any personal items in order to prevent the further spread of asbestos fibers. Some students who both work in the storage room and attend courses in McGill as media arts students now have no classes and no job for the
time being. Following the meeting, the University allowed students and faculty to retrieve some items from the building that posed little risk of carrying asbestos particles, such as books, folders and binders. Kaitlin Clifford, in her third year at the School of Media Arts, has taken several classes in McGill Hall. Before this week, she said she would spend close to six hours a day in the building’s computer lab. According to Clifford, her professor still has not secured a new workspace for her interactive media class. “I just wish they would have told us sooner,” she said. “I got the email saying there was asbestos in the building Tuesday, went to class the next day, and then the next I found out that we were moving.”
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Griz Card scanners to be required at all Greek life events ADDIE SLANGER
addie.slanger@umontana.edu Changes to the University of Montana’s agreement with fraternities and sororities will require Griz Card scanners at Greek events, including those with alcohol. UM’s Greek Life relationship agreement, last updated in 2012, lays out “reasonable rules and regulations in order to maintain institutional standards of excellence.” Lacey Zinke, fraternity and sorority involvement director at UM, said she and her team began revising the agreement in October 2018 with hopes of updating and condensing the document. In this revision, they included a stipulation involving Griz Card scanners at Greek life social events. “Safety is our first priority, on campus and in Greek life,” Zinke said. “The Griz Card is just a tiny piece of that.” Fraternities are already required to submit an official guest list with function attendees, Zinke said. The Griz Card will be a way to cross-reference those names. “If there were an incident, we know exactly who was there and can pull the timestamps [to see] if it all fits in,” Zinke said. Freshman Tanner Leone, 18, is a member
of Phi Delta Theta. The fraternity is a dry fraternity, meaning no alcohol is permitted in the house, but his organization will still be impacted by the scanner regulation. The San Francisco native said he thinks the policy will be beneficial for Greek life at the University. “I think it’s a really great idea to have people swiping their cards,” Leone said. “It’s a great way to prevent people who aren’t supposed to be [at a function] from going.” Leone said he thinks the policy will be easily implementable throughout the houses because of its convenience. “There’s been a lot of things going on,” Zinke said, when asked why the agreement was being revised now. “So we are going to step up, and we’re going to be leaders in that charge.” Greek life at UM has come under fire recently. Last year, a sorority member reported a rape by a fraternity member to Missoula police and UM officials, saying she felt UM mishandled her case, according to the Missoulian. She also spoke of rape culture within Greek life. “Greek life hasn’t gotten a great rap in the media recently, all around the U.S.,” Zinke said. “And so with that, we need to be sure
JACKIE EVANS-SHAW | MONTANA KAIMIN that our risk policies are up to date.” The draft agreement recently finished what Zinke believes are final edits. It will be put to a vote at the student and adviser
level, then at the administrative level. These votes will happen in early February, and will be implemented immediately if the draft is approved.
New UM environmental group plans to focus on education and awareness ADDIE SLANGER addie.slanger@umontana.edu The Associated Students of the University of Montana approved a new enviromental group on Jan. 28 as the administration gears up for the Campus Climate Conversation this spring. The Climate Response Club, lead by freshman Raina Woolworth, 18, of Mississippi, will host its official kick-off event Feb. 14. “Our focus is really on educating students at the University of Montana,” Woolworth said. “[We want to] undertake projects that will mitigate the University’s climate impact.” The group is not the first to have this mis-
sion. Climate Action Now, the University of Montana’s last environmental group, strove for similar education and awareness. The club reached its peak a few years ago with almost 40 members and close to 90 students subscribed to its email newsletter. Climate Action Now has since disbanded. Woolworth said as of now, the Climate Response Club is still deciding how similarly (or differently) to operate from its predecessor. As far as ideas for projects and campus involvement, Woolworth said the club is still in the preliminary stages of development. She said members would like to do a Tunnel of Oppression, an exercise that shows how present day actions are affecting future generations and people living in poverty. They
also hope to participate in the Campus Climate Conversation, an event featuring faculty, administration and students on April 4. The event is by invitation only. Nicky Phear, climate change studies instructor and program director at UM, is the newly-approved club’s advisor. “I want to be following their lead to support what their own goals are and to be a liaison with the University to help pave their way to success,” Phear said. The challenge some campus environmental clubs faced, historically and presently, is as much due to “shifting political views on climate change as it is the University’s budget,” Phear said. She said part of the complication with Climate Action Now began
when members joined a national movement encouraging universities to stop investing money in fossil fuels. “[The push for divestment] has been a point of struggle over the years, because the University Foundation’s mission is to raise as much money as possible so they can invest in education,” Phear said. “And so there’s been some differences of opinion about whether that’s the best place for the University to put its energy. It’s at times been kind of confrontational.” The Climate Response Club will be faced with navigating the interplay between its own agenda and the University’s. The club hopes to do so efficiently by focusing more on education than pushing policy, Phear said. montanakaimin.com February 6-12, 2019
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UM’s 10-year challenge: Did she glow up? SYDNEY AKRIDGE
sydney.akridge@umontana.edu The University of Montana has changed a bit in the last 10 years. Some buildings have had facelifts while others aged, the student population decreased, tuition increased, and the University administration has a whole new lineup. This begs the question: If the University of Montana did the 10-Year Challenge, did UM glow up? This year, social media have been obsessed with the 10 Year Challenge: Showcasing a picture from 10 years ago right next to the best selfie to prove to the world that we did, in fact, “glow up.” The trend makes up more than half-a-billion posts on Instagram alone. In the 2008-2009 school year, the U.S. was in a recession. Students opted for in-state schools rather than more expensive ones outside of Montana, and more students stayed in the dorms to save money on rent. In the fall semester of 2008, about 130 students were housed in dorm study lounges because there wasn’t enough space for all the residents. By January, 2009, those students were finally moved to permanent dorms, and the
study lounges were emptied. In the same school year, the University’s Common Data set shows 79 percent of students lived in student housing, and only 29 percent of those students were underclassmen. This includes on-campus dorms and off-campus, university-owned apartments. The latest data of students living on campus comes from the 2017-2018 school year. Seventy-two percent live in student housing and 35 percent of those students are underclassmen. Since it’s peak a bit less than 10 years ago, enrollment has dropped by more than 30 percent. As the student population decreased, the cost to attend with tuition and fees at UM increased by almost 40 percent for in-state students, from $2590.75 per semester in 2008-2009 to $3621.80 in 2018-2019, and over 50 percent increase for out-of-state students, from $8227.85 in 2008-2009 per semester to $12,479.80. But the changes in the past 10 years can be seen in more than just the numbers. Three buildings were added to the University of Montana Mountain Campus: the Interdisciplinary Science Building, the Payne Family Native American Center and, most recently,
Photo illustration ZOIE KOOSTRA, SARA DIGGINS | MONTANA KAIMIN the Harold and Priscilla Gilkey Building. Schools and colleges also changed names. The College of Forestry and Conservation became the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation. The School of Business Administration became the College of Business, and the School of Fine Arts became the College of
Visual and Performing Arts. The faces of the UM campus have changed in the past 10 years. The number of students and faculty have shifted. The campus has new additions and touch ups. So what do you think? Did UM glow up?
Courtside calamities, roughhousing roommates and drunk pianists PAUL HAMBY
paul.hamby@umontana.edu Jan. 23: I’m only passing through University of Montana police checked in on a camper parked overnight in the Dornblaser parking lot. When the driver said he would be moving along within the next few days, officers wished him luck in his travels. Jan. 24: Best of enemies A verbal argument between roommates at the Lewis and Clark Village prompted a call to UMPD. Police took testimony from both parties before referring the case to UM Housing. According to UMPD Sgt. Brad Giffin, “It was just a case of two people not able to get along.”
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Jan. 25: Vehicle vandalism UMPD investigated a case of criminal mischief after a late night passerby decided to make some adjustments to a car parked on 6th Street. The vehicle owner reported both his antenna and a windshield wiper had been bent during the night. Police currently have no suspect. Jan. 25: It’s Miller time A student in Miller Hall broke tradition by actually answer-
ing the door when a suspicious RA checked in on a sticky, skunky scent. If only he read the Kaimin, he’d know to keep it closed. Jan. 26: The piano has been drinking UMPD had to end an impromptu concert at Miller Hall. Two men followed a student into the building, then sat down at the piano to entertain the other residents. Police arrived shortly afterward and escorted them off campus.
Jan. 26: “Do you know who I think I am?” Adams Center security had to issue a warning to a student attending a Lady Griz game after he tried to upgrade himself to courtside seats. When told several times to return to his seat in the students’ section, he decided that he’d rather watch the game at home. Jan. 27: It’s OK to be a narc sometimes A liquor policy violation turned into a hospital visit after a student in the dorms was sent to St. Patrick’s for alcohol poisoning. The student recovered and will likely not face disciplinary action. “It’s sort of an amnesty thing,” Sgt. Giffin said. “We encourage everyone to feel free to call if they think somebody needs help, without being afraid of getting in trouble.”
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Killer Mike is killing the Netflix game now LILY SOPER
lillian.Soper@umontana.edu
The most succinct response to “Trigger Warning with Killer Mike” is embedded within the show itself: “First off, shout out to Killer Mike, ‘cause only somebody like Killer Mike could even think of something so crazy and actually pull it off.” This line comes up in episode 5, “Outside the Box,” when Killer Mike sets out to create a band called “The Super Group,” with members of all different political ideologies (imagine “The View,” if it were a musical). While the band (complete with a juggalo, a white nationalist and a black cowboy who believes Jesus is “clear”) wasn’t a raging success when it opened for Run the Jewels, it made a larger point about art overcoming hate. This kind of “Nathan for You” meets political revolution is the dynamic in which “Trigger Warning” thrives. “Trigger Warning” possesses an undeniable “Nathan for You” aspect, allowing its participants to express themselves and, at times, dig their own holes. Mario, a low-key racist drag queen who appears in half the season’s episodes and is a member of “The Super Group,” is a direct gift to us from the gods of reality TV.
Personally, my favorite Mario-ism would have to be “You know, I have a song called, uh, ‘Don’t Box Me In.’ Well actually the song is called, ‘Box Me In,’ but the song’s about not boxing me in.” But there are a lot of vital quotes from which to choose. Most of the participants are absurd, but it takes absurd people to go along with integrating porn into a trade school’s education program, starting the “Church of Sleep,” or buying an island and naming it “New Africa” to create your own civilization. These premises are wild, but provide insight to a kind of radicalism that’s palatable enough for Netflix. The senselessness of some of the plot points also provide a perfect foil for the genuinely brilliant episodes. My favorite episode, episode 3, “White Gang Privilege”, centers around allowing black gangs to profit off of their image in the same way that white gang such as the Hell’s Angels do. Creating Crip-a-Cola and Blood Pop, the rivals sell their sodas across from one another at a farmers market, proving to the white attendees that they don’t need to be afraid of what, and who, they don’t know. At the end of the day, “Trigger Warning” combines our generations two favorite things— absurd comical bits and political revolution— and is exactly what we need right now. See you guys later, I’m off to order some Crip-a-Cola from Worden’s.
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Netflix’s romanticization of a killer: the Ted Bundy tapes EMMA SMITH
emma2.smith@umontana.edu
If you’re a true crime addict, “The Ted Bundy Tapes” on Netflix will excite, disturb and ask you to rethink the entire story of America’s most notorious serial killer. This is not a show to play in the background while working on homework. It’s engaging, educational and it will make you want to understand the mind
of a psychopath. This show demands your undivided attention. “The Ted Bundy Tapes” thrives in the slow reveal of specific (and bizarre) facts about Bundy — he had blue eyes, but when he began to discuss murder and women, his eyes turned black. What?! Whether you’re watching by yourself or with a group of friends, prepare for some sweaty palms and a racing heartbeat. The documentary series highlights Bundy’s more charming, intellectual and handsome traits; he was the perfect boy next door. The scariest aspect of the “The Ted Bundy Tapes” is the show’s ability, and apparent com-
mitment to, humanizing its protagonist. When his mother cries to the press after his trial, you have to remind yourself of his heinous crimes and narcissistic personality. If the producers’ goal was to get viewers to let your guard down, finding it within yourselves to feel some sympathy for Bundy, they nailed it. There aren’t many documentaries that have the power to make you feel bad for a serial killer. “Tapes” will do that. At the same time, the show glamorizes a man who assaulted and murdered as many as 30 young women and girls. That was a weird thing you did, Netflix!
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Indoor kayaking, local country and sexy chocolate Wednesday 6 The Catholic Campus Ministry kicks off Now You Know: Theology in the Modern World, a series of discussions regarding all things catechism. Father Cody Williams will field questions from the audience about this week’s topic: Is there any evidence for God and Jesus? University Center 223. 2 p.m. Each Wednesday at the Kettlehouse Northside tap room is Community UNite. A dollar of every pint sold goes to support local causes and nonprofits. This week supports Opportunity Resources. 5-8 p.m. Pull out your pipes for Kraptastic Karaoke at the Badlander. 10 p.m. Free. So you think you lack the skills needed to paint a killer flightless bird? So what? Art looks better after a little wine anyway. It’s BYOB at Painting with a Twist’s guided “Bloomin’ Ostrich” workshop. Supplies are provided. Booze is not. This is an 18+ event, but save the drinking for those 21 and older. 2100 Stephens Ave. $35. Call 540-4105 to make a reservation.
Thursday 7 DJs Kris Moon and T-Rex bring electronic dance tunes to Party Volcano, the latest incarnation of Dead Hipster, at the Badlander. $1 vodka all night. 10 p.m. 21+. No cover. We Missoulians sure do love our water sports. Take a look at the Clark Fork during the summer months if you don’t believe us. Currents Aquatics Center knows you’ve got to keep your paddling skills fresh over the long winter months, so bring your freshly cleaned kayak down to squeeze in some practice. 8 p.m. 18+. 600 Cregg Lane. The Top Hat continues it dedication to
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analog artistry with the next chapter of its Acoustic Avenue series. Josh Clinger and Jed Nussbaum (who call themselves Hardwood Heart) have roots in bluegrass, but dip into genres as varied as jazz, blues and rock ‘n’ roll. 134 W. Front St. All ages. 8 p.m.
Friday 8 Everyone’s favorite ‘90s throwback dance party returns to the Badlander. Lucky for you, ‘90s fashion is pretty in right now, so you don’t need to hit the thrift store too hard. I Love the ‘90s Dance Party. 9 p.m. 21+. $3 cover. Do the boot scootin’ boogie down at the Sunrise Saloon to local country favorite, the Lolo Creek Band. 21+ 9:30 p.m. Polyrhythmics bring their groovy, blueeyed funk and soul to the Top Hat. Sweatshop Sneakers open. 9:30 p.m. doors. $10 adv. All ages.
Saturday 9 If you’re craving the feeling of wandering aimlessly around the farmers’ market, the closest you’re going to get for a few more months is the Missoula Valley Winter Market at the Senior Center on 5th and Higgins. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Learn how to waste less and save some money at the Clothes Mending Workshop at Freecycles. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Imagine Nation Brewing presents Palentine’s Day, which it describes as “like Valentine’s Day, except extra queer -— encompassing all kinds of love, and with art and music.” Crafting supplies for card-making provided, or BYO supplies. Crafting is at its peak from 3-6 p.m., and stick around for music from The Old So and Sos until closing at
8 p.m. Comedian Mary Houlihan brings her one-lady show Me & Jack from NYC to the Roxy. Check out our preview coverage on page 22. Shows at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. $13 adv. $16 door. All ages. Dirty Sexy Chocolate Show returns again for its cabaret-meets-comedy cooking show. Featuring local favorites including choreographer Heather Adams, Reid Reimers of Rocky Horror fame and musician Josh Farmer. Showings at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. The Wilma. $25-35. 18+. Absolutely with DJ Kris Moon at the Badlander. $3 Absolut drinks 9 p.m. to midnight. No cover. 21+.
Sunday 10 Center yourself with some hair of the dog. Yoga and Cider at Western Cider. 10:30 a.m. $10 covers class and one cider. If you’re more jagerschnitzel than yoga, check out Brunch and Biers at Missoula’s German brewery and eatery, Edelweiss Bistro at Bayern Brewing. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Charcoal Squids play KFGM Ballroom Sessions at the Union Ballroom, above the bar. Seated event. $8. 3:30-6 p.m. Carla Green plays jazz at Draught Works Brewery. 5 p.m. English folk hero Richard Thompson Electric Trio is touring his nineteenth studio album, with a stop at the Wilma. Ryley Walker opens. 7 p.m. $30-40. All ages.
Monday 11 Skip the bouquet this Valentine’s day and learn how to make a Insta-chic succu-
lent garden at the DIY Succulent Centerpiece workshop at Western Cider. 5:30-7 p.m. $65 entry fee includes all supplies, succulents and dried flowers. Tufts University’s favorite folk-rock sons, Guster, tour their latest album, “Look Alive”, at the Top Hat. 8:30 p.m. $25. All ages. Pretty Tricky Trivia at Western Cider every week at 7 p.m. Whiskey Peach, Sour Cherry and McIntosh ciders are $3.
Tuesday 12 The Craicers and Friends bring traditional Irish music to Imagine Nation Brewing each Tuesday. 6-8 p.m. All ages. Dust off the banjo you found at that pawn shop and head to Montana Distillery for the picking circle. 6-8 p.m. every Tuesday. All ages. Hippie Sabotage plays the Wilma at 7 p.m. Check out our write up on page 18. Turkuaz plays the Top Hat at 8 p.m. Check out our write up, also on page 18. Warm up your soggy brain with Trivia Tuesdays at the VFW each week. 8-10 p.m. Drink specials on domestic tallboys, well drinks and Fireball. 21+.
Wednesday 13 Women’s climbing night at the Rec Center rock climbing wall. Get belay certified and climb on, climber. $5 includes gear and personalized instruction. 9-10:30 p.m. All levels of experience welcome. Beats Antique bring its electronic world-fusion to the Wilma. $25. 7 p.m. All ages welcome.
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Top 4 Events: Funk, folk, cabaret-cooking and comedy Friday, Feb. 8 Polyrhythmics bring their laidback, punchy funk to the Top Hat for a night of Missoula’s favorite dance move, the PBRClutch-and-Sway™. The Seattle-based band melds the sounds of bands like The Meters, Galactic and Lettuce into its own smooth and syncopated jams. Sweatshop Sneakers opens. 9:30 p.m. doors. $10 adv. All ages. Saturday, Feb. 9 Dirty Sexy Chocolate Show is back and more absurd fun than ever. It’s got everything: singing, dancing puppets, but most importantly, chocolate. This cabaret-meets-cooking show features local favorites including choreographer Heather Adams, Reid Reimers of Rocky Horror fame and musician Josh Farmer. Showings at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. The Wilma. $25-35. 18+.
Saturday, Feb. 9 The multitalented comedian Mary Houlihan is flying all the way from NYC to bring us her one-woman show, “Me & Jack.” Houlihan has been seen on Funny or Die, IFC, and “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” and has written for the New Yorker. So, yeah. She’s kind of a big deal. Show is at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. $13 adv. $16 door. All ages. Sunday Feb 10 If you’ve heard a sad guy playing acoustic guitar with a fake British accent on the street during First Friday, you may be familiar with covers of Richard Thompson. The originals are better. If you’re not already a fan, you may have heard some of the hits like “Beeswing” and “1952 Vincent Black Lightning,” which generally revolve around falling in love with a red-haired girl. $30-40. 7 p.m. The Wilma. All ages
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Sex: Fun, but kind of scary. There’s a lot of brain shit leading up to making the beast with two backs. What if they think your body looks funky? What if you’ve got bad breath? What if they have bad breath? What if when you’re making out, your cat walks on the bed and gets in the way and you feel really awkward? What if you have an anxiety attack in the middle of sex? If you have anxiety, gettin’ busy can be a little scary. There’s a lot that could go wrong, awkwardness that can turn into self-doubt, self-doubt that can turn into self-hatred. As someone with an extensive sexual history — more than 50 people — I can say that sometimes, the anxiety just hits you. Sometimes, your partner touches you in a way your brain doesn’t like, and you feel afraid and start crying. It’s not that your partner has done anything wrong, but that your anxiety has convinced you of something that is probably not true. Anxiety surrounding sex is normal. It’s a very intimate moment for everyone involved, and you’re in your
most vulnerable state when you are in that position. It’s okay to feel nervous, but that nervousness can spiral into a naked anxiety attack. From experience, they’re never fun. I can’t tell you how to go into a sexual experience without any anxiety, partially because that’s not possible and because I’ve never been able to do it myself. But I can tell you what’s worked for me in the past to alleviate some anxiety. First of all, do you want to sleep with this person? Because if you don’t want to sleep with this person, don’t. You don’t have to, and you shouldn’t. That’s the biggest thing I want to convey: If your anxiety is about feeling coerced or forced or pressured, you are 100 percent allowed to leave. If you are feeling unsafe, call a friend and get out of there. Is your partner doing something that is making you uncomfortable? Tell them. You don’t have to use the “Fifty Shades” system of “red” and “yellow,” but I think every sexual partnership should have a safeword. Having a specific word to say when you’re not down for something can make
you feel more comfortable and safe. Are you worried about what they think of your body? Don’t! They’re sleeping with you, right? They like you! Plus, you’re so hot. Look at you go, you hot person. Concerned about your bedroom skill set? Here’s the thing: Sex is a lot like basketball. Even if you’re bad at it, you’re still gonna have a good time. What you need to remember is that communication is key to a good time and a healthy relationship (sexual or not). It’s up to you to voice how you feel about things and listen when your partner speaks up. Sex is a conversation with your bodies and words, and the only way you’re going to get through the anxiety is to communicate with it.
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Hate bars? You clearly haven’t been to the bowling alley I don’t know much about bars, but I know that I hate crowds and people and also bars. That being said, The Bowl Dog Lounge, a.k.a. the bar within Westside Lanes & Fun Center, is, without a doubt, the best place to grab a drink in all of Missoula. My reasoning is simple: Have you ever been groped at the bowling alley? Have you ever heard of someone getting roofied at the bowling alley? If you’re a feminist trying to have a good time in Missoula, your options may feel limited. Stockman’s is out of the question (duh), and even reasonable joints like James Bar can get nightmarish by midnight on a Friday. But Westside Lanes is always there for you. To convince you, I’ve compiled the following anecdotes: The last time I was at The Golden Rose, a drunk old man told me that I stood “like an erect cock.” Today at the bowling alley, a drunk old man told me that I looked very nice and then left me alone for the rest of my time there. The last time I was at The Badlander, a bro put his hand down my shirt by accident. He was gesticulating so aggressively with a fellow bro that he didn’t even notice, and I had to physically remove it for him. Today at the bowling alley, I navigated from the pool table to the bar without bumping into anyone because there were only four other people there. The last time I was at the Top Hat, it was the 2016 election. I blacked out at some point around Michigan getting called and puked in the alley out back. Today at the bowling alley, Fox News was on and Donald Trump was a hero. There are more reasons to love the bowl-
HALISIA HUBBARD | MONTANA KAIMIN ing alley beside its clear progressive feminist vibe. Westside Lanes has an arcade, a full bar, a pool table, and darts, probably karaoke sometimes and, holy shit, bowling. Unless you count making fun of the frat dudes trying to hit on your hot friends as a game — which I totally do — what other activities does the Mo Club provide? Westside Lanes also has food, which is likely edible and maybe even tasty. If nothing else,
the menu is comprehensive; you can get an omelet, a burger or, get this, a basket of , mini corn dogs. I don’t know about you, but I prefer my bar to understand that when it comes to corn dogs, I want mine in bulk. So next time you want to go out, don’t go downtown. Go to Westside Lanes & Fun Center. Get a gin & tonic (which, for the record, is far superior to the average gin & tonic), maybe a basket of mini corn dogs, and thank me while
you enjoy yourself absent of aggressive sexual attention or binge-drinkers. Just don’t go on Wednesday afternoons; cause that’s kind of my thing, and, as stated, half of the bowling alley’s appeal is that none of you people are there.
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2011 was a different time at the University of Montana. As snow flurries scattered across the sidewalks and painted campus into a nearly perfect postcard photo, nearly 15,000 students returned to Missoula for the spring semester. That year, students were living in study lounges within their residence halls because there simply weren’t enough beds for everyone. Classes were overflowing, and registering the first day of the semester likely wouldn’t guarantee a spot in the necessary courses. Royce Engstrom was at the helm of UM’s administration, working under then-Com-
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missioner of Higher Education Sheila Stearns. Being a student at the University of Montana meant being a student at the best college in Montana. In 2019, campus doesn’t feel the same as it did back then. While the air is just as cold and finding a parking spot somehow hasn’t become any easier, a 28 percent drop in enrollment has changed what it’s like to be a student here. For the past eight years, the number of students who choose to go to college in Missoula has been steadily declining. Since then, administrators have
been scrambling to figure out what caused this downfall and what to do so the University doesn’t collapse altogether. The cause for the crisis is unclear. Some say it’s because our rival, Montana State University, is stealing away potential students with its shiny new buildings and attractive, high-salary STEM majors. Others blame it on a 398-page book highlighting the University’s history with sexual assault, “Missoula” by John Krakauer. Some might say it’s because UM hasn’t established its identity. The reason for the enrollment crisis may never
be entirely clear, but here’s a breakdown of the possible culprits.
Among those packed into the stadium for Griz football home games are fans, alumni, current students and high school seniors deciding where to attend college. Kent Haslam, director of athletics at UM, said athletics is an integral part of campus and is often a way for potential students to catch a glimpse of
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what the University has to offer. Missoula native Kay Peters said some of her fondest childhood memories include attending Griz football games with her father, Todd, and brother, Kyle. Peters said Washington-Grizzly Stadium was always freezing cold, but cheering on the Griz was a tradition for her family. “Eating hot dogs and having soda and popcorn at these Griz games is like eating Gushers now. It’s kind of nostalgic,” Peters said. Football games were some of Peters’ earliest interactions with the University of Montana, where she would later attend college as a communications and women’s, gender and sexualities studies double-major. A Washington Post article found a correlation between college athletic success and admissions. Playing in a nationally broadcasted college football game can serve as an hours-long advertisement for that school. From 1998 to 2009, the Grizzlies won the Big Sky Conference football championship. This was the longest winning streak in Montana football history, accounting for over half of UM’s 18 Big Sky Conference crowns. In addition to dominating the
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conference, the Grizzlies won a national championship in 2001 and made multiple football conference subdivision playoff appearances. Since the winning streak was broken by a runners-up finish in 2010, Griz football has not found the same success. The next year, UM saw the beginning of what would become about a 30 percent decline in enrollment.
Mike Heitkamp, UM’s new associate vice president of enrollment and financial aid, said making sure UM is telling the right story about the student experience is critical for the success of recruiting potential students. “We need to make sure when our students go back home and are talking to their friends and families, the story they’re giving them is the one we’re striving for every day,” Heitkamp said. In 2011, then-UM President Royce Engstrom put together a 20-member task force which would develop the University’s brand identity — everything visual a potential student interacts with — to enhance faculty and student recruitment. The task force met for over 15 months, and UM
hired an outside consulting firm to help achieve its goals. In April 2013, UM launched its new brand, which included a new logo and homepage for the UMT website, according to a press release. But enrollment continued to decline. In late 2017, another outside consulting firm, AGB Institutional Strategies (AGBIS) was hired to consult the University about the current state of enrollment management and how to improve it. A couple months later, AGBIS released a report that highlighted UM’s strengths, but also said, “the lack of a brand identity that all staff, from Executive Leadership to campus tour guides, can articulate when asked is a constraint that needs to be addressed immediately.” AGBIS said the campus has somehow perceived declining enrollment as evidence that the University is also declining in quality. The report disagreed, stating UM needs to pitch itself in a way that connects with more prospective students and families. Communicating UM’s message effectively is a priority, Heitkamp said. In November 2018, the Kaimin found that prospective students who had signed up to receive UM recruiting materials did not receive the right mail and online communica-
tions for at least eight months before being resolved. Peters remembers receiving mail and emails from UM while she was in high school. A series of posters made their way to her home, all sizable pictures of campus. While they were great photos, Peters said it was laughable that the University would send photos of the same view she had out her window. Starting her sophomore year of high school, Peters would make the half-mile walk down Connell Avenue for math and Arabic courses at the University. Growing up in Missoula meant Peters and her peers visited UM often, sometimes even attending lectures and taking courses in their high school years. Despite experiencing life as a UM student long before applying for college, there was more than one school that caught her eye. Peters wanted to leave the state because of “hometown bias,” leading her to look for schools that offered similar degrees as UM, such as Portland State University. “I thought, ‘This school in my hometown can’t possibly be the fantastic school that I’ve now found out it is,’” Peters said. Potential students care about different elements of recruitment tactics than they did in the past, Pe-
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ters said. Whether sending a postcard is harmful to the environment matters, as does how aesthetically appealing a university’s website is.
Peters said the University’s reputation as a liberal arts school has also been long-held by prospective students both in and out of Missoula. According to a study by Emsi, a data collection company that uses reports from the National Center for Education, the number of humanities degrees awarded by colleges in the U.S. from 2010 to 2016 stayed nearly constant, while degrees awarded in science, technology, engineering and mathematics increased by about 40 percent. In Montana, awarded degrees followed the same trend. In 2016, Peters graduated from Hellgate High School with a load of college credits on her back and a nearly-completed math minor. She said she’s often asked, “Well what are you going to do with that?” when she tells people about her majors, both in liberal arts. While Peters said she doesn’t think pursuing math as a major would’ve made her more employable, the University’s reputation as a liberal arts
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school contributes to her peers’ decisions to attend. Both Montana State University and UM have major options in social, biological and physical sciences, psychology, computer science and mathematics. MSU offers more specialized STEM degrees than UM, but UM is the only institution in the state offering degrees like journalism and dance. While UM’s enrollment has been declining, MSU’s has been on the rise, according to the Montana University System. Since 2010, MSU’s enrollment has increased by over 3,000, putting the university at an all-time enrollment high, approaching 17,000 students. Since 2010, five new buildings and a parking garage have been added to Bozeman’s campus. The Gilkey building, built in 2016, was last to be added to campus. According to an extension of UM’s facility services website, no new construction bids are open. Many new buildings and renovations come from private donations. According to a 2016 Kaimin article, donors choose where gifts are directed and how the money will be used. Gifts not for a specific cause can be allocated in different ways within a department, typically going to the area of
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greatest need.
For Peters, campus was just part of the home she’d come to know since she was little. It wasn’t unusual for Main Hall to stand photogenically against soft blues on a snowy day, and the portrait that made it onto Krakauer’s book cover was not unlike what Peters saw any other winter day. But what made the book cover stand out was “MISSOULA” in big white letters, and underneath, “Rape and the Justice System in a College Town.” In 2013, Griz quarterback Jordan Johnson began his trial for the rape of a female college student, for which he was found not guilty. After the trial, Johnson filed suits claiming the University mishandled the investigation and was paid $245,000 as a settlement. Krakauer, a best-selling author and investigative journalist, turned his eye to Missoula shortly after Johnson’s case. Krakauer’s book, about a series of sexual assaults that occurred at the University of Montana from 2010 to 2012, was published in April 2015 and received nationwide attention. It wasn’t long before the book was catapulted into the
national spotlight. Within three months, the book made the New York Times Best Sellers List. By June, it was No. 1. For four months, the book held a spot as one of the top-selling books in the country. According to an Inside Higher Ed article, applications at colleges increased the year after a Department of Education investigation on sexual assault. This investigation, which was launched in 2011, looked into the mishandling of sexual assault cases at UM. Drew Colling, director of the Student Advocacy Resource Center and campus assault prevention coordinator, said in an email that the investigation helped the University achieve multiple positive outcomes. Since then, students have been coming to campus more aware of interpersonal violence, Colling said. And because of the national attention, the University’s work to prevent sexual assault and support survivors has served as a model for other institutions across the U.S. UM is currently facing a nearly $400,000 fine for failing to accurately report crime statistics from 2009 to 2016. Seven rapes were missing from the statistics, and the Missoulian reported in January 2018 that a sorority member did not think her re-
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SEPT. 12, 2018 ported sexual assault by a fraternity member was handled appropriately. UM did not have a clear chain of actions following reported sexual assaults within the Greek life system. Peters said she had to weigh the stories told in Krakauer’s book with the experiences she had on campus. She always felt safe, and said she was able to see the measures the University put in place to protect students from assault, but it was still at the back of her mind. When she was deciding where to go to school, her father said to her, “I’m nervous for you.” “When a kid is leaving home, safety is something that comes to mind because you want that kid to come back home no matter where that kid is going,” Peters said. But despite the University becoming an example nationwide for any parent’s worst fears, Peters said her parents would have been worried about her no matter what. It didn’t matter where she went to school, the reality was that leaving home meant coming into new dangers, and “kids’ safety is a concern no matter what,” she said. Peters said she feels safer at UM because public scrutiny forced the University to improve its pre-
SEPT. 13, 2017 vention and support services for sexual assault on campus, and if Missoula had not been the subject of Krakauer’s book, the campus may not have prioritized improving student safety. New students are required to participate in bystander intervention training, which teaches students strategies and techniques to prevent interpersonal violence, and the Student Advocacy Resource Center offers a 24-hour crisis line in addition to its office hours in Curry Health Center.
Heitkamp, the UM VP, said the challenges UM faces are unique, but not unlike those at other institutions. With the support of the administration, he said he believes the University is headed in the right direction for success. UM spokesperson Paula Short said UM’s enrollment decline does not stem from just one factor. The impact of these factor is difficult to measure, she said. Short graduated with a bachelor’s degree in forestry from UM in 1994. What excites potential students about the University now is not too different from what made her excited to come to UM when
JAN. 31, 2018 she graduated high school in Greybull, Wyoming, she said. “It’s a lot about making sure that what the perception is outside of campus matches what goes on at the University of Montana campus, because we have a really amazing story to tell,” Short said. Short said UM President Seth Bodnar and his team are focused on making sure students are connecting with the University both when they apply and while they are students. By doing this, the University should reap benefits both in enrollment and retention. Heitkamp said UM is anticipating an increase in the upcoming class next year, but might not have increased enrollment overall due to the size of this year’s graduating class. Fall 2020 is when UM will likely begin to see a bigger shift in new students, he said. Peters, now 21, works as an intern in the Women’s Resource Center (WRC) on campus. She holds office hours, acts as an advocate and even organizes comedy shows for female students to heal from trauma through laughter. One of her favorite things about the space she works in is that it’s the largest feminist library in Montana. Among other resources such as SARC, the
WRC can also provide support for students who are survivors of sexual assault, Peters said. Employees and interns can provide full confidentiality for those seeking support. After graduating from UM, Peters said she hopes to go to graduate school and later become a director of communications for a nonprofit or a professor for women’s, gender and sexuality studies. Peters said her perspective on UM’s years-long struggle to remedy declining enrollment trends is not unlike that of other students. She is disappointed with the consquences students face due to declining enrollment. However, Missoula is her home, and the University is part of that home. The effects of declining enrollment are seen all over campus. Entire floors of residence halls are closed, faculty and staff have been vanishing due to layoffs, buyouts and retirement incentives. Tuition has increased up to 10 percent, depending on a student’s residency. Students must wait longer for services like financial aid and academic advising. The University has shrunk and bent to meet its budget constraints, and it has to respond to these issues if it hopes to improve enrollment.
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Turkuaz, Hippie Sabotage: Rainbow funk and mixtape-style EDM NOELLE HUSER
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What if we could see music on a color spectrum? Funk ensemble Turkuaz takes this approach to extremes. They are following their rainbow all the way from Brooklyn to Missoula and bringing us their circus. The way the eccentric group sees it, each of the nine members has their own pigmented aura. Each channels that aura in their performance and in their costuming. With chromatic commitment, they play neon-bright arrangements. The group formed in 2011 and has been frequently touring since, splattering their color through four full-length studio albums and three live releases that capture the vibrancy of their shows. Elements of R&B and alternative rock pop explosively in their music. They own their chaotic energy, bringing the disco with their over-the-top retro vibes. Their sound is saucy and psychedelic, painting love, the swagger of confidence and big city life. Their latest 2018 release, “Life in the City,” is all good vibes. The horn-tooting title track beckons with groovy guitar, while “Supertastic,” is spaztastic with slapping bass and twinkling synth. The group certainly captures the color and energy of the city that never sleeps with songs like “Make You Famous” shining like a marquee, “The Question” charming in lusty lyrics and the over-caffeinated “If I Ever Fall Asleep.” Glowing horns, jazzy
drums and bright male/female harmonization make for a multi-colored mess of fun. Turkuaz performs an all ages show at the Top Hat Feb. 12 at 9 p.m. Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 the day of the show. Eminence Ensemble opens.
HIPPIE SABOTAGE 2018 saw Hippie Sabotage selling out the Wilma for a drug-altered evening of EDM. The chill, psychedelic electronic music explored themes of love, longing and adventure. Most notable is their hauntingly overplayed Tove Lo remix of “Habits (Stay High).” I mean, come on. Who hasn’t smoked weed and cried in their car to that lusty love song? The self proclaimed trip-hop brothers Kevin and Jeff Saurer return to the Wilma to
woo more sedated tweens, teens and college students with more wondrous beats. The brothers grew up in Sacramento, California, making music together since childhood. What started as two boys messing around with instrumental hip-hop tapes evolved into new possibilities with the EDM phenomenon. As the brothers grew up in the technological age they became big time EDM fans, influenced by artists like Low End Theory and Flying Lotus. They mixed their hip-hop mixtape sensibilities with a passion for production and became the trill team Hippie Sabotage. They’ve blown up on the internet since, with more than 1 billion streams. They were quickly pushed into the mainstream, performing with big name pop artists like Ellie Goulding and the aforementioned Tove. Hippie’s signature is easily-recognizable tunes that allow you to turn your brain off and kick back, like the rhythmic “Your Soul” and the low-swinging hip-hop beat of “Devil Eyes.” Judging by their repeated album covers of girls in bikinis staring mysteriously into the camera, it
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seems the duo has found their brand. 2017’s “Drifter” is more understated. Less is more here, and the instrumentals carve a promising experimental path. This reflects the duo’s increasing engagement with its audience in live performance as the two jam with live guitar and stage-dive into crowds. Yet they still fall into the same trappy trap on material like “Bob Dylan,” detracting from artfulness by trashing the sentiment behind the actual artist they’re inspired by. The title track holds its power in its tranquility and reserve. It starts groovy and mellow, then busts into a sensuous beat. “Different” shows some sentiment behind the work with satisfying simple guitar and basic (but functional) lyrics: “Try ‘til you miss it, then just go back around.” The Saurers remind themselves to stay satisfied and motivated in the work they do, come whatever change. Easy for them to say considering the comfort of the money they are bound to make in the marketable world of lamestream EDM. But, hey, Hippie Sabotage has a soft spot in all our hearts. It’s the same kind of painful nostalgia of looking at your own infinity sign tattoo with regret and an acceptance of… well, continuity. Though they are not the most prolific of artists, they do provide the mind-numbing dance party we all need sometimes. Hippie Sabotage plays Feb. 12 at The Wilma at 8 p.m. The show is all ages and tickets are $27 in advance and $30 the day of show. Sebastian Paul opens.
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‘Scenery’ and Emily King’s earnest romance NOELLE HUSER noelle.huser@umconnect.umt.edu Emily King’s music is romantic, but in a way that is quenching and uncloying, giving her heart graciously in each lyric she coos. Her new album, “Scenery,” released Feb. 1, pursues a fierce grace, indulging in experimentation full of empathy and independence. Music is the center of King’s world, being raised by two musicians in a small apartment in the Lower East Side of New York City. She dropped out of high school to start her career early, getting her GED at 16 to play shows at restaurants in the city. Clive Davis’ J Records signed and dropped her after she was nominated for a Grammy for “Best Contemporary R&B Album” in 2007 for her debut “East Side Story.” But with a true talent for writing one-of-akind songs, she strutted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012 with the coveted Holly Prize (so named for famed musician, Buddy Holly). Her new album shows a confidence in her craft. “Scenery” is full of steadfast sincerity, nostalgia and optimism for the future. King is at her most inventive here, investigating with range and detail each subtlety and grand orchestral moment. “Ca-
liche” is the calm before the storm filled with Spanish guitar and “Blue Light” has the allure of romantic violin. “Scenery” is a work that peers backward with a strong vision. “Marigold” basks in windowsill wistfulness, soaking in the sunny solitude of upstate quietness. Meanwhile, King shines with confidence in her decision to leave the city in the sweet ‘80s pop ballad, “Go Back.” King holds nothing back, remaining sincere and steadfast in her compelling relationship advice. “Teach You” preaches self-worth and patience. “2nd Guess” is all about the bravery it takes to be vulnerable, open your heart and learn to hold and be held. “I can lift you up if you let your guard down,” she sings. King has a kind of grace that comes from not just possessing a kindness for others but having a kind of peace within oneself. King removes something heavy from her chest in “Forgiveness,” singing over exonerating electric guitar about a mind-consuming love. She finds forgiveness in the complexity of her own soul that spills into “Running,” where she sings, “It’s a feeling of freedom I’m after, and I hope I find it someday.” Always empowered by her internalization of independence, “Can’t Hold Me,” is her most glowing, self-pleasuring song yet. Though her songs may feel idealistic at times, she whisper-sings them with an animated charm. “Scenery” is a reminder that there can be unforgettable power in softness.
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BROODS’ ‘Don’t Feed The Pop Monster’ is a 12-track bop
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kaiylin.mercer@umontana.edu Everyone has a list of albums that are perfect for their kitchen dance sessions — mine includes Remo Drive’s “Greatest Hits” — and now I can add BROODS’ “Don’t Feed the Pop Monster” to the pile. Last night, the pop collection inspired me to dance around my kitchen like the perfect Quirky Indie Queen that I am. The brother-sister duo from New Zealand released its third studio album last week. “Don’t Feed the Pop Monster” features an upbeat tempo for the majority of the album that contradicts the heartfelt lyrics of songs like “Sucker” and “Every Time You Go I Cry.” Reminiscent of alt-pop duo Oh Wonder, BROODS wraps up relatable lyrics about lost love, confidence and self-doubt in a nice package that is easily digestible. They’re songs you can nod your head along to or, if you’re paying attention, cry a little because you, too, are a “sucker for everything.” The lead single released off the album, “Peach,” is an airy and lively pop song that feels like a good mood and a walk in the sunshine. Key changes in the song highlight the lyrics of “I’m high, and I’m low. No control.”
“Peach” reached number one on New Zealand’s Hot Singles Chart just days after its initial release, and the second and third singles (“Everything Goes Wow” and “Hospitalized”) received the same reaction from fans and critics, with Uproxx.com saying the songs were “a strong sign of things to come.” And indeed, the singles are a good representation of the entire album. “Don’t Feed The Pop Monster” flows nicely through its 12 tracks, keeping the same general mood throughout them all. It doesn’t get monotonous, though. Each song has its own tone and tempo, some more sad and reminiscent of the melancholic tone of The Neighbourhood, like “Too Proud” and “To Belong.” Some songs, such as “Old Dog,” are sexier and more confident like a K.Flay song. BROODS’ reliance on layered vocals gives the duo’s songs a unique feel. Georgia Nott provides lead vocals and her bedroom-y voice has a calming effect when necessary and an alluring effect when its wanted. With her brother, Caleb, on backup vocals, the duo is a gender reversal of XX, with more digestible and relatable lyrics. montanakaimin.com February 6-12, 2019
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Get ready for some more Aquarian-made chaos Aquarius season rolls onward, and we’ve just experienced the second lunar eclipse of 2019. It’s time to practice radical self-care and brutal honesty with friends. We’re wilding out this week, folks. Capricorn (December 22 - January 19): This is the time for doing what Caps love most: viciously interrogating their own interior lives. Ask some questions this week about your most deeply held notions regarding ambition and success. There is more to life than academics and your career. Aquarius (January 20 - February 18): It’s still your season, baby. You’re thriving. Continue engaging in practices and rituals that you find both calming and which annoy your Capricorn friends (they’re just Aquarians, but without the dreaminess!). Pisces (February 19 - March 20): You’re gonna love this week, because it’ll include a favorite Pisces activity: being of service to your community. Go volunteer at the Poverello Center, or offer to DD for your friends! They’ll thank you for it.
Aries (March 21 - April 19): Are you typically a messy bitch? Uh-huh. Are you proud of that? Absolutely. But, at least in terms of employment, are you turning things around this month? Yes! Continue taking yourself seriously this week, your bank account will thank you for it. Taurus (April 20 - May 20): As per usual, you are continuing to focus on making your house a home and taking care of your friends. We love you for that. This week, though, consider letting your friends take care of you for a change, damn it. Gemini (May 21 - June 20): Honestly, this week is an opportunity for you to decide if the per-
son you’re “seeing” / ”hanging out with” / ”just talking to” / “other euphemism for sex” is worth taking seriously. Be kind to yourself during this trying time.
something this week (A romantic partner? Your homework?). Here’s your friendly reminder that you didn’t need it anyway. Move on, get yourself a Bota Box pinot grigio. You’ll be OK, sis.
Cancer (June 21 - July 22): Two words, baby: radical selflove. Your inclinations are so ... whatever the opposite of narcissism is, that it has to be said: treat yourself this week.
Libra (September 23 - October 22): Oh my god, clean out your damn closet (literally and figuratively, but mostly literally)!
Leo (July 23 - August 22): The other horoscopes you look at this week are going to recommend you work on cultivating some self respect. Here at the Kaimin, we’re brave enough to say what no one else will: Honestly, don’t. You’re a freaking Leo, all you have is self-love. This week is one for total self-debasement. Virgo (August 23 - September 22): You lost
Scorpio (October 23 - November 21): Your inclinations toward creativity and overscheduling yourself are reaching a tipping point — decline some invitations! It’s the world’s best natural high. Also, bask in the glow of that list of serial killers and their signs that was recently floating around the world wide web: no Scorpios on it! Tell that to the haters (and to Geminis; there were a lot of Geminis). Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21): You are savvy with money, so this week you’re going to get interested in property ownership, which is… cute. But we’re millennials; no one’s owning a dang home! Take your partner out for a nice dinner instead and thank us later.
Shaggy, oh Shaggy, wherefore art thou, Shaggy? ZOIE KOOSTRA zoie.koostra@umontana.edu I think I just got lucky. I saw one or two Shaggys (by the way, yes, it’s Shaggy from Scooby Doo,) in pictures that I didn’t quite understand. I did a little research and was just in time, because over the next few days, the internet exploded with Shaggys and I found myself giving his backstory to everyone I knew. I’m shamelessly the “mom friend” of my group, I usually don’t know what any memes mean. But last week when the “Powerful Shaggy” meme began to gain traction, I suddenly had some very lucrative knowledge about his origin. I was surprised though when no one wanted to admit they didn’t know what Shaggy was doing on our timelines or why. The conversations were tinged with shame. One literally happened in a basement, another in my home with all the blinds shut.
As my boyfriend admitted he didn’t get why his facebook fan pages for “The Office” and “Star Wars” were all flooded with Shaggy, I wondered why he hadn’t asked anyone in the comments for an explanation. But to do so would have meant he had to admit he didn’t know what was going on. And nothing is more uncool on the internet than admitting you don’t know what’s going on. No one wants to be that guy who doesn’t get the joke, but meme culture is often so nuanced and fast-paced that a lot of us miss it through no fault of our own. We’re fake laughing along on the TL, only to run to our basements, shut the blinds and ask our friends what on earth is so funny about Shaggy. But if Ariana Grande can tattoo the words “Japanese barbecue finger” on her hand (at least that’s what my cool friends tell me she did) you can go to knowyourmeme.com and feel no shame. I promise. From one mom friend to another, you’re doing amazing, sweetie.
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Dating Jack Nicholson is a joke to NYC comedian MAZANA BOERBOOM mazana.boerboom@umontana.edu We all move through life enduring our own unending, internal monologues, but is yours about a fictional whirlwind romance with Jack Nicholson? No? That’s why they let other people do the comedy. One of the first big-name female comedians to come through Missoula, Mary Houlihan, will take the stage of the Roxy Theater on Feb. 9 with her one-woman show, “Me and Jack.” Houlihan, 29, is a comedian based out of New York City. Her comedy career began in 2012 with stand-up, and now she works as a successful alt-comedian with a unique style, perhaps best known for her appearances on “Billy on the Street with Billy Eichner.” Most comedians talk about their personal lives, but Houlihan creates her own characters with monologues about their fictional lives. Her one-woman show, “Me and Jack,” is a parody of the movies “Yankee Doodle
Dandy” and “New York, New York,” both of which feature themes of romance and roads to stardom. Houlihan’s show explores her climb to Hollywood fame and, yes, her romance with now 82-year-old Jack Nicholson’s whirlwind romance and her climb into Hollywood fame. Houlihan mostly performs in New York and Philadelphia, but “Me and Jack” has opened up opportunities for travel. “I was a little bit scared to do that because I thought, ‘Oh don’t you need to have a million fans in the city you’re visiting?,’” Houlihan said. “But, it turns out you don’t, and people will come.” In addition to NYC and Philly, Houlihan has brought “Me and Jack” to stages in New Jersey, Buffalo and Rochester. This summer, she plans to go international with the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Houlihan’s decision to come to the Zoo was made easy when local comedian Sarah Aswell’s comedic partner, Nick Ryan, responded to a tweet Houlihan put out asking
PHOTO COLUMN | SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER
Finding light: my annual journey through SAD BY ELI IMADALI SAD is something many people experience, including myself. With a nasty inversion in the winter, cold temperatures that can limit getting out and lots of students under stress with irregular sleep patterns, Missoula is a prime candidate for a seasonally depressed population. Even after a few years here, I still feel like a crushed cigarette in the puddle sometimes. But this year, I’m documenting how I feel through photography. Too often, we ignore our darker emotions to only portray our lighter ones. I want to make something beautiful out of my SAD, to find light in a dark winter. I hope this photographic journey through my own winter depression can help others at UM and in Missoula feeling similarly. For counseling and other resources, contact the Curry Health Center, right on campus.
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for people to bring her to their towns. This will be her first time in Missoula. “Making people laugh is just the best feeling,” Sarah Aswell, 37, said. “The reason people laugh is because they feel a connection with the person who is making them laugh.” Ever since her husband dared her to try stand-up comedy a few years ago, Aswell hasn’t stopped. Now she hosts an open women and nonbinary comedy workshop on the last Wednesday of every month at the Badlander. Along with comedic partners Ryan Cole and Nick Ryan, Aswell just started Revival, the comedy promotion company hosting Houlihan. “Mary is a perfect first person for us to have,” Aswell said. “Mary’s really weird, she’s a real oddball, and her comedy is innovative and different.” Aswell hopes that by bringing Houlihan to Missoula and hosting workshops, she will encourage the local female and nonbinary communities to be more open, to speak up and to “inject humor back into their lives.”
Houlihan said she loves comedy because she loves being creative and making things, and the most fun way to do that is with humor. “I think maybe my message would be there’s an audience for everything, so just make what you want to make and don’t feel like you have to conform to a particular style that already exists,” Houlihan said. Aswell’s mission is to bring more diversity to the comedy scene in Missoula. “The human experience isn’t just the straight white male experience,” she said. “It’s people of different ages and races and orientations, and the sooner we can have all those stories on stage, the better.” Houlihan will perform at The Roxy on Saturday, Feb. 9, 7-9 p.m. Additionally, there will be a free comedy workshop for women and nonbinary folks on the same afternoon, details to be announced. Tickets cost $13 in advance and $16 the day of, and there will be merchandise for sale. Burns Street Bistro is sponsoring.
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Leftovers BARRY MAXWELL She asks, “What’s for dinner?” and I’ve got nothing planned, but I’m happy to oblige. “Let me see what I can fix for you,” I say, and trot to the kitchen. I make do with what I’ve got at hand, aiming for bittersweet, forcing the biting and the bland to cooperate. A two-handed heap of kale wilts from the size of a pillow to a simmering pan full, bubbling and briny and dark as seaweed, and baby carrots steam over a bright ginger infusion. I watch patiently as rice swells in a glass pot, and I peek at the chicken in the oven, its skin crackling to peppery brown. The meal comes together in spite of the dissonant color scheme—orange, green, russet, and white—all done on cue and waiting for plates. I call to her in the bedroom: “It’s dinner!” She prances into the kitchen barefoot; I offer silverware and she shakes her head. She munches
a dripping dill pickle from the jar and says, “Oh, no thanks. I’m not hungry anymore. Looks good, though.” My belly grumbles as I load a plate with more than I want, and I swallow my anger for an appetizer. I keep my mouth shut, and seal my resentment in plastic wrap to mask the sour odor. I sit cross-legged at my desk and eat while I scribble notes on revisions, delete half-hearted drafts, and tap the Back key between bites until my plate is as clean as the sentence I’m cutting—nothing left but juice. “So there,” I mumble. The Big Bang theme song rings from the bedroom. She coughs on a hit and laughs at those crazy science kids. I set to putting away the leftovers, nibbling savory bits, pinching slippery bites of dark meat from the bottom of the pot. A peppercorn cracks like fireworks in my mouth, and my lips buzz from the piperine. I grab the chicken barehanded and swing it whole from pot to container—not a drop of broth splatters my clean counter. Carrots and greens I
tuck into recycled snap-top tubs, the buttery pot liquor lukewarm and clotting. I tamp clumps of white rice solid into a clear plastic brick. The wooden serving spoon hangs onto a tempting mouthful, and I work it into my mouth like a mannerless street boy. My teeth scrape a neat-rowed hatch across the grain and I lean against the sink and chew the rice with bulging cheeks. I can’t tolerate wasting food. It’s pathological and needy, as though every meal might be the last. The under-sized fridge is crowded with unfinished dinners, and I slide the milk to the right, roll the cabbage to the back for space. I stow the leftovers like a well-packed moving van, and the load organizes itself until the refrigerator is as full as a suitcase waiting by the door. The next night I stack containers on the counter and take inventory. Some are too old to trust. They still look edible, but the window of opportunity has closed, and I reluctantly scrape them into the trash. If I could fold myself into a container and snap the top shut over me, or settle with the rest at the bottom of the trashcan, I would, if only to call it to an
end. A meal can be made of what remains—not a good one, but a meal. I spoon up careless portions in a mismatched palette: a dry twist of chicken breast, a muddy assemblage of limp vegetables. Aimless trails of liquid pool in the center of the chipped stoneware. I put the plates in the oven to warm. I want to throw them cold into the garbage with the rest— leave the mess for someone else to deal with, and walk out for a solitary bite. I want to run my fingers down the menu and taste the entrees through the ink, dine in the booth by the window, and flirt with the waitress while I linger over coffee. “What’s for dinner?” she calls from the bedroom. I’ve lost my appetite, and the smell of the reheated food repulses me, but I haven’t got the energy to make anything fresh of the night, or less apathetic. “Nothing,” I say quietly, when she asks again. “Leftovers.” Originally published in Hot House, 2015.
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to taste. Boil until the water has mostly receded into the pasta. Remove from heat. Do not drain; the starch in the water is what serves as the base for the cheese sauce in the absence of a roux. Add half-and-half to the pasta and return to heat long enough to boil. Remove from heat again and stir in the cheese until melted into a sauce. The sauce should be light yellow, smooth and stretchy. Season with salt and pepper. Add any other seasonings that you wish and garnish with parsley and breadcrumbs. Serves 2-4 Contributed by Lindsey Sewell
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Be picky with this Rickey RAVEN MCMURRY raven.mcmurry@umontana.edu
WHAT WE’RE DRINKING
The coconut lime rickey from Plonk Missoula. I’ve seen it too many times on Instagram to come downtown and not check it out.
WHY WE’RE DRINKING
Ciao Mambo has crayons, that’s all you need to know KAILYN MERCER kailyn.mercer@umontana.edu
WHERE YOU’RE EATING
Ciao Mambo, a nice little Montanan-owned Italian restaurant kitty-corner to Bridge Pizza. You’re immediately greeted with a strong smell of garlic, which is really all you can ask for in life. The atmosphere is comfortable and just the right amount of swanky to make a group of poor college students/reporters feel kind of awkward. I went with a group of coworkers, and we were all delusionally tired and giggly, which stood in stark contrast with the mood lighting and romantic colors.
WHAT YOU’RE EATING
Pasta, probably. It is Italian, you know. They immediately bring you a basket of fresh garlic bread, which doesn’t really do the job of garlic bread because the garlicky butter is spread atop the crust and doesn’t have much of a chance to sink into the rest. For the main course, I had the sun-dried tomato penne, which wasn’t that great. The tomatoes were just a bit overpowering and the oil a little too prevalent, but the steamed broccoli? AMAZING. All in all, pretty tasty. For dessert, I shared a lemon marscapone cake, which was probably the highlight of my entire life and turned a kinda-shitty day into a tasty, cake-filled evening.
WHAT YOU’RE DRINKING
Probably water. The wine list is extensive, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find a glass under $7.
With Flipper’s right around the corner, you’re better off grabbing a $4 beer after your meal. Wine is overrated if it’s not coming from a Franzia box, anyway. But if you’re trying to impress someone and you can shell out money for two glasses of wine, they’ve got everything you could ask for (especially if you don’t understand wine). Go ahead and ask them what would pair nicely with your eggplant alla parmigiana. They probably know.
IN CONCLUSION
Honestly, take your date here for Valentine’s Day. Make reservations, though, because this place gets busy (just like you might if you take your date to a place like Ciao Mambo). It’s a nice way to say “I have enough money to buy you a nice meal this one time, but from here on out, honey, it’s frozen pizza and PBRs.”
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Ciao Mambo is Missoula-swanky (read: not very swanky). But the white paper laid over the tables and the crayons stationed next to the red pepper shaker make up for any awkwardness we might feel. You heard that right, ladies and gentlemen and people beyond the binary. You can draw on the fucking tables. Write your date a love letter in crayon, pen a poem about the way the wind blows the leaves around, who cares! The table is your oyster, and you’ve got crayons! Crayons never get old.
It is Service Industry Night, and my friend and I needed a night off campus. SIN means drink discounts, so we made our way to Plonk. The interior has this warm, soft light that will hide any makeup mistakes. After work we were both looking a little different than we did in the morning.
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It’s sweet, and then it’s sour. This rickey entices you with a coconut and lime mix-up in the first sip. Then comes the lime, just the lime, and it is mighty sour. With every sip, the facial twitches increase. When you have to rethink the next gulp, is that a good sign?
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Plonk. It’s like downtown’s posh older sister that wouldn’t be caught dead hanging out with the other bars. It’s a downtown wine bar to which you can wear whatever you want. Some people come professional, straight from work. But me? I walk in wearing my plaid and Vans.
Is this rickey worth it? No, she is not. For $7 to only remember the sour taste of lime, it’s not for me. I’m not even tipsy, and I like to party. But Plonk provides the perfect opportunity to take that Insta pic you’ve been needing to post to remind your followers you’re still alive.
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Discovering your inner queen: So You Think You Can Drag MAZANA BOERBOOM mazana.boerboom@umontana.edu If the world of drag seems intimidating, know that you’re not alone! This is where workshop leaders at “So You Think You Can Drag” step in to help. Jaz Dierenfield, who goes by Aladdin Glambert on stage, is a junior at the University of Montana and the coordinator for UM Allies. They started the drag workshops last year in an attempt to make it more accessible and less intimidating for prospective kings and queens. Dierenfield clarified that drag can be whatever it needs to be for whoever is performing. There are queens and kings, storytellers and dancers. For sophomore Josey Smith (alias Handsome Jerry), drag helped her find a part of herself she didn’t know existed. She saw a Facebook post about the workshops last year and joined the with no prior experience but loads of curiosity. Now she’s competing for Mr. Gay Big Sky and has performed as Jerry on several stages, where she says his personality takes over. “No matter what happens, if the music stops and I’m still in the middle of my number, it’s like he’s gonna know what to do,” Smith said. Jerry is a ladies-man who cares about the deep stuff. He’s clean-cut and pristine, but still rugged, often sporting big hair and a mustache made of glitter. Jerry loves to sing and dance and has a purpose behind every performance. “There might be one sequence or movement or lyric or drum solo or something about the music that drives him,” Smith said. Hot tip: Head over to the Badlander for the Zoo’s annual Disney-themed drag show on Feb. 9 for some inspiration before hitting up your first workshop. “So You Think You Can Drag” workshops will be held in the University Center from 5:30-7 p.m. every other Tuesday starting on Feb. 5. There will be five workshops, open to the community, that culminate in the UM Pride drag show at the end of the semester.
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TOP: Panty Rock co-host Zara Renea Spritzer performs to “Dear Future Husband” by Meghan Trainor during the second act of the show, which took place in January 2018. MIDDLE: Panty Rock Drag Show performer and founder of the SYTYCD worskhop, Aladdin Glambert struts their stuff to the song “Strut” at The Badlander on Jan. 27, 2018. BOTTOM: Christina Drake takes a tip from an audience member. LIAM KESHISHIAN | MONTANA KAIMIN
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Soft lights, the scent of fresh pine, and faux marriage: The annual Foresters’ Ball Hosted by the The University of Montana Forestry Club, The 102nd Foresters Ball brought two evenings of swing dancing and flannelthemed fun to campus over the weekend of Feb. 2, 2017. For the weekend, the usually plain Schreiber Gym on the west side of campus was transformed into a logging village, complete with a chapel, museum and slide. Ball-goers danced the cancan, got fake married for the night, listened to “Cash For Junkers” play its honkytonk and western swing, and got their photo taken in the photo booth all in support of forestry scholarships. Students constructed the set over the last week, starting on Jan. 28. Forestry club members and volunteers used wood they collected back in October (350 poles of pine) from the mountains around Missoula. The next day, foresters worked in 8-hour shifts to deconstruct the mini-village, starting immediately at the end of the ball: midnight.
Forestry club members and other dancers kick their legs out during the group cancan dance.
Joe Guidotty leads his fellow post-dancing foresters in the traditional club chant Saturday evening.
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A Foresters’ Ball-goer takes a ride down a pine-covered slide from Schreiber Gym’s upper-level track into a wood chip pile at the gym’s floor. montanakaimin.com February 6-12, 2019
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Andrew Craigan Harris: The Grizzlies’ blue-collar jokester HENRY CHISHOLM henry.chisholm@umontana.edu For his 19th birthday, Andrew Harris wanted to play Cards Against Humanity. He texted his friends, inviting them to his house in Kalispell for drinks and games. His friends were thrilled, but also surprised. They weren’t used to Harris making the first move when setting plans. Harris took the longest to read the answers to the Cards Against Humanity prompts, because he couldn’t stop laughing. Harris had laughed himself to tears minutes into the game, and once he lost control, nobody else could hold themselves together. The next morning, while his friends repacked their overnight bags, Harris thanked each of them personally for coming. Harris breaking down in blissful tears was common. One time, he went with his friends to watch “Movie 43” at a theater. Critics hated the feature-length collection of comedy shorts. So did Harris’ friends. But Harris laughed at every cheesy joke, and once the tears began to flow down his cheeks, his friends couldn’t help but laugh with him. Harris was a big-hearted (and big-bodied) goofball. He loved his friends, family and playing football. He wasn’t one to ask for support from others, but he often helped an elderly neighbor carry his groceries from his car to his apartment. He didn’t always talk much, but his friends say his face was so easy to read that it didn’t matter. Harris killed himself on Jan. 21, 2019. He was 22. “Why didn’t they vote for me?” Harris asked as he walked into his high school coach’s office. It was the offseason following his junior season at Glacier High School in Kalispell and his coach had just announced the off-season captains to the team. Harris’ name wasn’t among them. His coach didn’t tip-toe around the subject when answering his star defen-
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sive lineman’s question. He told Harris that his jokes could be hurtful. He told Harris that when he coached up his teammates, he tended to be too harsh. He told Harris that, during half-speed team drills, sometimes he looked like he cared more about beating his opponent or impressing his coaches than helping his teammates learn plays and schemes. But the meeting didn’t end after the coach outlined Harris’ faults. Harris wanted to know how he could become a better leader for his teammates, and a better person in general, so they spoke about what achieving those two goals would look like. On the field, there was little Harris needed to change. He was a first-team All-State defensive end with contagious intensity and toughness, but branching out to build relationships didn’t come as easily to Harris as bull rushing opponents. “It wasn’t that he couldn’t connect with people,” Harris’ longtime friend Jason Hayes said. “He just knew who he could connect with.” Over the off-season, while his teammates tried to get bigger, faster and stronger, Harris studied leadership. He learned how to think more strategically about how to get the best out of his teammates. He learned that different teaching styles work better with different personalities. His coach says he was impressed by his interest in self-improvement. By the time autumn rolled around and it was time to vote again, this time for season-long captains, Harris had earned his teammates’ respect; they voted him captain for his senior year. In 2014, Harris helped lead Glacier High School to its first state title. It was the first championship for a Kalispell high school in 44 years and the most lopsided championship game in 55 years. Two years later, following his redshirt freshman season with the Uni-
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Andrew Harris poses in Washinton-Grizzly Stadium on Oc. 31, 2018 for a Kaimin story about legacy athletes at UM. LACEY YOUNG | MONTANA KAIMIN
S PO RT S | COLU M N versity of Montana, the Griz coaching staff asked him to change positions. He’d played defensive line for his entire career, but he was undersized for the Division I level, so he moved to linebacker. His coaches weren’t surprised Harris handled the change well. He never missed workouts. He never missed classes. He did his job without complaint. Harris was one of the stars of the 2017 Griz Spring Game. He led either side with 11 tackles and half a sack, but his performance was overshadowed by a battle for the starting quarterback job and a three-interception performance by one of his teammates. He was filling in for a trio of injured linebackers and their return pushed Harris down the depth chart. Harris grew up in a football family — his father and brother both played for the Grizzlies — and his family was an important part of his identity. He loved his nieces and nephew. At family dinners, he sat at the kids’ table with them. He regularly visited ScottiBelli’s, an Italian restaurant in Kalispell. He liked the filet steak with peppercorns and broccoli. His dad is friends with the owner of the restaurant, and the pair planned to meet Harris in Italy this May while Harris was studying abroad. On busy nights during high school, Harris and his friends liked to go into the kitchen to bother the chefs and joke with them while they worked. A few days before he died, Harris attended a Grizzly Security company meeting and spoke about managing expansions and potential changes the company could make to its human resources unit. He spoke clearly, with confidence and a smile. He earned applause from the dozen or so executives from across the state who were in attendance. This was the next step toward Harris inheriting the family business — which he’d worked for since he was 16 — after he graduated from UM with a bachelor’s in business management in December 2019. He wanted to buy property near Flathead National Forest, west of Kalispell, and build a home where he could hunt, fish and ride horses. This portrait was reported through interviews and conversations with Harris’ coaches, parents, friends and teammates.
The Griz-Cat basketball rivalry takes on a new face HENRY CHISHOLM henry.chisholm@umontana.edu Tyler Hall stood at the top of the threepoint arc while he watched his last chance to knock off his rivals in front of his home crowd slip away. He stood there as his teammate missed a tough 3-pointer that could have kept the Bobcats’ hopes alive. He stood there as Montana guard Ahmaad Rorie pulled down the rebound. And he stood there as Rorie dribbled out the final few seconds on the clock. The Bobcats’ star sharpshooter didn’t move his feet an inch. Hall played a spectacular game Saturday, and the loss doesn’t fall on his shoulders. He pulled up from the corner and knocked down shots with hands in his face. He bobbled the ball as he pulled it to his chest but still drained threes from deep beyond the arc. He carried his team to a halftime lead with 21 points in the game’s first 20 minutes. He was bananas. But, as has been the case over the last four years, Hall’s best wasn’t enough to beat the Grizzlies. Now a senior at Montana State, Hall has played Montana in seven games. He’s lost six of them. In his lone win as a sophomore, he scored 37 points on 13 shots. This season is the last of an era for college basketball in Montana. Over the last four years, basketball’s Brawl of the Wild has pit Hall against a familiar cast of Grizzlies. In a few months, all of them will be gone. The next time the Griz head to Bozeman, Michael Oguine, Bobby Moorehead, Ahmaad Rorie and Jamar Akoh will have graduated. Oguine and Moorehead have played in Griz-Cat games for four years. Rorie’s been around for three seasons. Akoh for two. All four started on Saturday. Who knows, even head coach Travis DeCuire could be ready to make a jump to the Pac-12 when the season ends.
Bobcat senior guard Tyler Hall watches as Kendal Manuel makes a layup during the Grizzlies’ 83-78 win at Worthington Arena in Bozeman on Saturday, Feb. 2. HUNTER WIGGINS | MONTANA KAIMIN
Hall will be fighting for a spot in the NBA, and he has the best odds of jumping from the Big Sky to the pros since All-Star guard Damian Lillard left Weber State in 2012. But in three weeks, Hall’s Bobcats will trek three hours up I-90 to Missoula, where the Grizzlies will be waiting for the last iteration of a classic matchup. Hall, the most prolific scorer in Big Sky history, will want the chance to cap his career with a win over his rivals. “They’re all great players,” Hall said of the Grizzlies after Saturday’s loss. “It’s nice playing against those guys, but they’re getting wins and I’m not.” montanakaimin.com February 6-February 12, 2019
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Ladies lose but men win in Griz-Cat basketball double-header
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LADY GRIZ - 52 MONTANA STATE 74 Montana State beat the Lady Griz 74-52 in Bozeman on Saturday. The loss drops the Lady Griz to sixth in the Big Sky Conference, one spot out of a bye in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament. The final score was the most lopsided Cats win in the rivalry since 1977. Montana started hot, building a ninepoint lead before the Cats even made a basket. By the end of the first quarter the Lady Griz led 20-13, and none of the Lady Griz starters had seen the bench. But a strong start wasn’t enough to counteract Montana’s 3-of-19 shooting performance in the second quarter. The combination of a zone defense from the Cats and bench players contributing half of Montana’s second-quarter minutes was too much to overcome. Montana State flipped a 7-point deficit to a 7-point lead. The Cats all but won the game in the third quarter, making over half their shots compared to 5-of-19 for Montana, and they stayed hot through the game’s end. Oliana Squires and Blaire Braxton led the Bobcats with 33 combined points on 14-of-23 shooting. Squires, a junior guard, posted eight assists, while junior forward Braxton added six rebounds. Sammy Fatkin was the Lady Griz’s leading scorer with 13 points on 5-of-14 shooting. She made three of Montana’s seven 3-pointers. The Lady Griz completed their second of three weekends on the road on Saturday. They’re 1-2 so far in the stretch of five games on the road, the longest for any team in the country during conference play. Montana will take on Idaho on Thursday Feb. 7 and Eastern Washington next Saturday before returning to Dahlberg for three games at home.
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A 3-point shot earned a lead for the Cats
Lady Griz forward Jace Henderson controls the ball during a tight play late in the game. HUNTER WIGGINS | MONTANA KAIMIN and chased the Griz off to the locker room at halftime in Bozeman on Saturday night. Things looked grim. Tyler Hall, Montana State’s star shooter, who is the leading scorer in Big Sky Conference history, had already reached his full-game average of 21 points. It looked like, for the second time on Saturday, MSU could walk away with a win in Worthington Arena. The crowd roared when members of the Montana State football team carried the Brawl of the Wild trophy around the court during a first-half timeout, but while UM’s football team may have broken Griz fans’ hearts this year, Griz basketball would not. The team, well-known for its ability to step up in the second half, flipped the script on the Cats and fought through foul trouble to
win. Hall cooled off in the second half, in part to changes to Montana’s defensive strategy. Unable to shoot effectively, he was reduced to occupying Griz defenders and opening passing lanes for his teammates. Jamar Akoh, a redshirt senior forward for Montana, and Sayeed Pridgett, a junior guard, sat out most of the first half due to foul trouble, but it was the Bobcats who found themselves in foul trouble in the second half. Ahmaad Rorie drew calls and delivered consistently from the free-throw line at key points. Scoring the final points of the game, which sealed an 83-78 win for the Griz. Both Akoh and Pridgett minimized fouls and stayed on the court in the second
half, which was the key to the Griz settling back into their normal roles defensively and offensively after a shaky first half without two key players. Michael Oguine, a senior guard who sat out last week due to a back bruise, scored 17 points. Rorie hit a team-high of 20 points, 6-of-6 free throws and grabbed nine rebounds. Despite their strong play, Montana’s top guards couldn’t outscore MSU’s top two scorers, Hall and Harald Frey, who racked up 41 points. Montana improved its conference record to 8-2—good for first place in the Big Sky— and overall record to 15-6. The Griz are at home next week playing Idaho and Eastern Washington. The Griz-Cat rivalry will come to Missoula on Feb. 23. montanakaimin.com February 6-12, 2019
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Mixed results, crazy crowds at Brawl of the Wild Saturday, Feb. 2, was a day of mixed emotion for Griz and Cat fans alike. The past weekend saw the first iteration of the Brawl of the Wild in Bozeman this season. The Lady Griz played during the day and were roundly defeated by the Cats, losing 74-52. Though the Lady Griz held the lead throughout the first quarter, a failure to finish saw them outscored by the Cats. This result moved the Lady Griz down to sixth in the conference and boosted the Cats up to fifth. On the mensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; side, a comeback from behind after halftime saw a close win. The Griz emerged from a tight game with an 83-78 victory over the Cats after the team got its fouls under control in the second half. 6,013 people were in attendance, the largest crowd in Worthington Arena this season, nearly doubling the previous high this season.
TOP: Montana State student Konnor Swanstrom, middle, attempts to distract a University of Montana player from shooting a free throw. ABOVE: Lady Griz forward McKenzie Johnston attempts to block Montana State University guard Oliana Squires. Squires scored 20 points in Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game. Grizzlies senior guard Michael Oguine questions a play call during the game. Oguine led the Griz in freethrows, scoring 7 over the course of the game.
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