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M O N T A N A KAIMIN
Kaimin is a Salish word for paper We d n e s d a y April 16, 2003 — Issue 91
EPA proposes $95 million Milltown Dam cleanup
Casey Trang which is the tail end of the Milltown Dam. The money from hydraulic dredging. pipeline to the repository or trans-
Montana Kaimin nation’s largest Superfund site. these companies will go toward “It’s like using an underwater ported by truck or rail car. The
Milltown Dam is the third section removal and clean up of the dam. rototiller with a vacuum attached EPA expects to replace the sedi-
The probability of the Clark of the Superfund site, which The EPA’s proposal calls for to it,” said Chris Brick, staff scien- ments removed from the reservoir
Fork and Blackfoot rivers being extends up the Clark Fork to three significant changes to the tist for the Clark Fork Coalition. with the earth that will be
restored to a free-flowing state Butte. Milltown area. Before the sediments are removed to create the repository
increased dramatically on The cost of the proposed One change the proposal calls removed, a barrier will be placed downstream.
Tuesday when the Environmental cleanup is estimated at $95 mil- for is the removal of 2.6 million in the river to separate the area of The second major change will
Protection Agency announced lion. The parties responsible for cubic yards of the “most highly sediment removal from the flow of be the redirection of the Clark
plans to remove Milltown Dam the cost are the Atlantic Richfield contaminated sediments” in and the Blackfoot and Clark Fork Fork River. The EPA is proposing
and its contaminated sediments. Company and Northwestern around the reservoir. The reser- rivers. that the river be physically redi-
“It’s a great day for the river. It Energy, according the proposal. voir is home to an estimated 6.6 Sediments removed from the rected to align with the historic
is what we’ve been working for, Arco is primarily responsible for million cubic yards of contaminat- area will be transported by truck, channel that runs adjacent to
for many years now,” said Tracy the cleanup due to a merger with ed sediments, according to EPA rail car, slurry line or conveyor Interstate 90. The redirected
Stone-Manning, executive director the Anaconda Mining Company in documents. belt to a downstream repository river will flow over the area
of the Clark Fork Coalition, a 1977. Anaconda Mining Company Under the proposal, sediments about 4,000 feet from the reser- where the sediments are pro-
group that advocates for the owned the mining operations, will be removed using two differ- voir. The repository is located out- posed to be removed.
restoration of the Clark Fork which are responsible for the ent techniques — hydraulic side of the 100-year flood plain of The third major change to the
River. majority of contaminated sedi- dredging and mechanical removal the Clark Fork. area is the removal of dam itself.
The EPA’s proposal addresses ments deposited in the reservoir. of surface sediments. The EPA The remaining surface sedi-
the removal of the Milltown Dam Northwestern’s responsibility estimates that 85 percent of the ments will be dug up, mulched, See MILLTOWN, Page 16
and cleanup of the reservoir, stems from its ownership of sediments will be removed using and then slurried through a
Traipsing through the ‘combat zone’ Writing test
failure rate
causes stir
Natalie Storey
Montana Kaimin
Saturday, before he took the
writing proficiency exam for the
fourth time, Kalvin Bailey felt a
sense of apprehension.
Bailey, a senior studying
forestry, was worried he would
fail the exam, which would keep
him from graduating this
spring.
“I’m supposed to be graduat-
ing this spring, and hopefully
this time I passed,” he said. “In
all the writing classes I have
taken, I have gotten A’s and B’s.
And I am kind of upset with the
whole situation.”
Saturday was the last time
the exam will be offered spring
Adam Bystrom/Montana Kaimin semester. Students must pass
A lone ROTC cadet emerges from Lubrecht Forest after successfully finding a check point with location coordinates he needs the exam in order to graduate.
to pass land navigational training Sunday morning. The ROTC students spend last weekend in the UM-owned forest practic- The next time the test will be
ing combat training. See the complete story on pages 8 and 9. offered will probably be next
October, said Assistant Provost
Tax Day protestors torch 1040s on Oval Betsy Bach, who heads the
provost’s writing proficiency
committee.
Bailey is not the only student
the center of the Oval government. to one end of the folding who might not graduate this
Group disagrees
Tuesday. By its side sat a “Some of that money is table, a sign read “Tax spring because of a failing grade
with spending taxes metal container with a small going to the war effort,” said Forms Here.” At the other on the exam.
on war effort campfire in which passers-by Wilson, who hasn’t filed his end, next to the fire, a sign In fact, Bailey said many of
could burn blank tax forms. taxes this year and is unsure read “Burn Tax Returns the students sitting near him
Chris Rodkey
“Tax Day was a wonderful about whether he is going to Here.” while he was taking the exam
Montana Kaimin
way to address issues over later. As the wind kicked up, on Saturday were also “in the
Tax Day has come and the way our taxes are being The group’s audience was the ashes from the charred same boat.” One girl had been in
gone at the University of spent,” said Stan Wilson, a limited to noon-time onlook- 1040s blew into the sky and the same room taking the same
Montana, but not without a Bitterroot Valley resident ers and passers-by. Few pamphlets started to flutter exam with him every time he
few tax forms being set involved with the group, Art stayed much longer than to around the Oval. One of the had taken it, he said.
ablaze in the Oval. in Action. notice the fire and grab performers unwrapped a Berv Naasz knows the feel-
A group of five who called ing. The ASUM senator has
Wilson said he has prob- some of the “free poetry” Ball Park hot dog and placed
themselves “street perform- lems with the way taxes are that was being handed out.
ers” set up a folding table in being spent by the federal Attached with duct tape See PROTEST, Page 14 See ASSESSMENT, Page 16
Inside
News: Sports: Eye Spy:
Find the job of your dreams Men’s tennis team to tackle Uncle Luke takes on
at the University Job Fair. 3-game road trip to close season. the campus writing assessment.
Page 11 Page 15 Page 132 Montana Kaimin, Wednesday, April 16, 2003 letters@kaimin.org
O PINION
Editorial Rick’s Reflections
Support the EPA’s Coca-Cola karma: irony in advertising?
I recently saw this televi- Nicholson helped organize Mendoza’s upcom-
dam removal plan Column by
sion commercial: A few
teenagers are sitting around
ing visit to UM. Mendoza will give a talk titled
“Colombia: America’s Other War” next
What does a Bull trout say when it runs into a that dilapidat- the living room, chatting. Wednesday, April 23, at 7:00 p.m., at the North
ed timber and stone structure that sits just upriver from One particularly rude kid Underground Lecture Hall. Mendoza will address
Missoula? takes every opportunity to the Coca-Cola situation, as well as the role of the
Dam. criticize his companions. The United States in the conflicted country of
What will those same Bullies say about 8 years from now? host offers to get everyone a Colombia.
Not a damn thing. round of beverages. His For their part, the Coca-Cola Company has
Why? Because by then the rickety old Milltown Dam will be a ambitious attempt to carry denied the claims made by Mendoza and his
thing of the past, the river will flow freely and the trout will Rick Stern Cokes for each of his friends union mates, and echoed in Missoula by
thrive. causes him to drop one can. Nicholson and others.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency He regains his poise, and distributes soft drinks Nicholson received a letter in February from
announced that the Milltown Dam would be removed under its all around. The camera pans to the guest with Coke headquarters in Atlanta that said: “I read
proposed cleanup plan of what is the terminus of the nation’s the sharp tongue, and as his Coke explodes all with concern your oft repeated allegations
largest Superfund site. The plan also calls for the removal of 2.6 over him, the word “Karma” appears across the against the Coca-Cola Company and our
million cubic yard of contaminated sediment that sits on the bot- top of the screen. Colombian bottling partners, which are complete-
tom of the Milltown reservoir. The EPA estimates that by 2011 Without getting too technical, the concept of ly false. We are most concerned because your
the Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers will again flow West like karma can be understood by invoking this famil- facts are wrong.” The letter was signed by S’bu J.
they did before the dam was erected in 1908. iar cliché: “what goes around Mngadi, Director, Corporate
As Tracy Stone-Manning put it, “It’s a great day for the river.” comes around.” It’s interesting Issues Management, Media
And it’s a great day for river rats of all ages, ability levels and that the Coca-Cola Company Without getting too techni- Relations.
recreational preferences. Sure it might be a few years off, but would invoke this notion in its cal, the concept of karma Carol Martel, the Director of
someday fly fisherman will be able to begin a float on the marketing. It makes me wonder, can be understood by invok- Public Affairs for the Coca-Cola
Blackfoot and finish up on the Clark Fork, without ever pulling what’s coming around for Coca- Company, made similar claims in
ing this familiar cliché:
the boat out of the water. Cleaner water will produce healthier Cola as the company attempts to a December 4, 2002 letter to Bob
fish and, in time, those fish will flourish. increase its market share of total
“what goes around comes Duringer, the University’s Vice
With the dam removed, the 35,000 fish that the Montana liquid intake worldwide from 10 around.” It’s interesting President of Administration and
Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks estimates congregate at percent to 20 percent? that the Coca-Cola Finance. Duringer is the man
the dam, will again be able to migrate to the upper stretches of Today, the Coca-Cola Company would invoke this responsible for UM’s contract
the Clark Fork and its many tributaries. But, most important, Company is holding its annual with Coke. He also signed similar
with the dam destroyed the Clark Fork’s big and beautiful albeit notion in its marketing. agreements with Coke while at
shareholders’ meeting.
endangered Bull trout might someday be able to swim them- One participant will be Oregon State in 1997 and the
selves into sustainable population levels. William Mendoza, who has worked for Coca-Cola University of Maine in 1999.
But don’t think that fish and their fly-rod toting foes are the for 14 years in his home country of Colombia. The entire story is, of course, extremely com-
only ones who’ll benefit from the dam’s removal. Mendoza is the President of the National Food plicated. Maybe Duringer truly believes that the
In Gov. Martz’s somewhat surprising endorsement of the Industry Workers’ Union in his hometown of University will perish without a contract from
removal of Milltown Dam last January, she said the removal of Barrancabermeja, and has been given entry into Coke that provides just over one-tenth of one per-
the dam and its sediments will insure a cleaner and healthier the shareholders’ meeting by proxy. cent of the University’s budget.
aquifer, which is something all Missoulians can drink to. Since being hired by a Coca-Cola bottler in Maybe the Coke folks in Atlanta cannot imag-
The news is good, but the fate of Milltown’s most recognizable Colombia, Mendoza has represented workers in ine that their associates in Colombia could be
retaining wall isn’t final yet. From now until June 20 the EPA their attempts to procure decent wages and other affiliated with paramilitaries responsible for
will accept public comment on their proposed plan. Then, after benefits. For the efforts of his union, some human rights abuses. Maybe consumers in
listening to the masses, they will issue a final record of decision. employees of Coca-Cola bottlers in Colombia Missoula and elsewhere can’t fathom how they
Let’s hope nothing changes between now and then. No, let’s make make over twice the minimum wage of $115 per could influence what happens in South America
sure nothing changes. month. Mendoza makes about $260 per month. just by drinking an occasional Coke (or Sprite, Dr.
Contact the EPA and let them know the plan to remove the Unfortunately, the rewards of union efforts Pepper, Odwalla, or Minute Maid juice).
dam is right on. You can e-mail comments to milltown@epa.gov. have not been entirely positive. Paramilitary This much seems clear: Listening to William
Or check out the Clark Fork Coalition’s Web site at www.clark- groups have killed seven employees of Coca-Cola Mendoza speak on the matter can help us to
fork.org. The CFC has done more than most to get the dam out of bottlers – all union members – in Colombia since appreciate the luxury of living in a country where
the Clark Fork, and their Web site has a complete run down of 1990. Mendoza claims that he is among 65 union we are unlikely to be threatened with death for
the EPA proposed plan, as well as information about who to con- members who have received death threats from standing up for our views and interests. Also, lay-
tact at the EPA. There will also be a forum on May 8 in Urey paramilitary groups. ing off Coke and Coke products for a while – or a
Lecture Hall from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. where EPA employees will Missoula’s own Scott Nicholson traveled to lifetime – can only be good for one’s karma.
field questions and listen to what the people have to say. Colombia last summer and observed the situation
The spring runoff may be clouding the waters of the Clark — Rick Stern is working on a
for Coca-Cola employees there. While Nicholson
Fork now, but let’s make sure those waters will run cleaner for teaching credential in social studies and a
was in Barrancabermeja last June, three men
generations to come. Do your part and give your two bits. It will master’s degree in curriculum studies. He’s
tried to kidnap Mendoza’s four year-old daughter
benefit us all. also an avid Griz football fan, softball player,
while she and her mother were in the downtown
organic gardener and all-around thoughtful
plaza.
— Liam Gallagher guy.
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O PINION
I thought so. the years students have decided ing cause
that MontPIRG gives students 4. The supremacy of the mili-
Letters to the editor John J. Ewan
senior,
an opportunity to get involved
and work for real change. Help
tary/avid militarism
5. Rampant sexism and
business administration keep student activism alive on homophobia
campus and vote YES to 6. Controlled mass media
Vote ‘yes’ MontPIRG on April 23 and 24. 7. Obsession with national
security
emphatically tells us that our for MontPIRG Ted Morrison, MontPIRG 8. The tying together of reli-
Food Zoo not services and food are outstand- senior, gion and the ruling elite
ing. environmental studies 9. Protection of the power
Over the next two weeks stu-
a police force dents will be hearing a lot about
and freedom of corporations
Byron Drake, Worldwide fascism 10. Suppression or elimina-
Assistant Director campus elections. It’s a time to tion of the power of labor
I am writing this letter in
decide the executives and sena-
response to the “Food Zoo University Dining Services
tors of ASUM. It also is a time on the rise 11. Disdain and suppression
of intellectuals and the arts
Police” letter. I am the Assistant
to vote on a student fee increase 12. Obsession with crime and
Director for Residential Dining.
Part of my responsibility is
Uncle Luke referendum to support the An article by Laurence W. punishment
Grisss Ride. Another important Britt in the spring issue of “Free 13. Rampant cronyism and
keeping the costs of our meal
plans competitive, (currently
is way out of line issue on this year’s ballot is a Inquiry” caught my interest. In corruption
referendum on MontPIRG. it, Britt discussed some common 14. Fraudulent elections
$961 to $1380) while providing In response to Luke Every two years MontPIRG goes features among seven promi- Let’s hope that a “regime
maximum flexibility and vari- Johnson’s editorial in the April to the students with a vote reaf- nent fascist regimes of the twen- change” will soon stop the
ety. 3rd Kaimin, I believe a rebuttal firming our presence on campus. tieth century: Hitler’s Germany, spread of fascism in our century.
We do not employ “Food Zoo to a very careless and danger- MontPIRG has been on the Mussolini’s Italy, Franco’s
Police.” We do employ large ous statement he made is in UM campus since 1982 and has Spain, Salazar’s Portugal, John Photiades,
numbers of dedicated student order. Mr. Johnson says, “There given thousands of students the Papadapoulis’ Greece, Pinochet’s economics professor
employees who take an active has never been a reason to justi- opportunity to be directly Chile, and Suharto’s Indonesia.
interest in keeping the costs of fy idiots wasting away their day, involved with social change. These common characteris-
all meal plans down. By coming their money and their life in Over the years MontPIRG has tics include: April Fools’
in prepared with a Tupperware front of a video poker machine, been the largest and most active 1. Extreme expressions of
container, it would certainly sucking down cigarette after cig- student group on campus. We nationalism, often coupled with squirrel story
give the appearance that your arette.” work to keep a clean and health- xenophobia
friend was planning on remov- Mr. Johnson, yes there is. It’s Hilarious!
ful environment, protect con- 2. Disdain for the importance
ing food. Any all-you-care-to-eat about this thing we have (so I’m sumers, and ensure an open and of human rights
facility would prevent this told) here in America called free- David Rogers,
accountable government. In the 3. Identification and use of
behavior. dom. Freedom to succeed, free- Austin, Texas
past few years students involved enemies/scapegoats as a unify-
We do allow the removal of a dom to fail, there’s a heck of a lot with MontPIRG have worked to
single piece of fruit, a cookie or we can do with our freedom, and increase recycling on campus,
an ice cream treat following not all of it is good for us. In fact, started a food compost project,
every meal. Without these rules most of it isn’t. Last I checked, registered more than a thousand
designed to help control costs, the mortality rate of video poker students to vote, worked to
activities such as your friend’s, playing, chain smoking idiots increase the use of renewable
would significantly increase the was exactly the same as chess energy, and have helped thou-
Congratulations
cost of meal plans for every stu-
dent. Perhaps your friend
playing, herbal tea drinking sands of renters and landlords Margie Patton
geniuses: 100 percent. Who dies know their rights with our tenet-
should consider using our very happier? Who’s to judge? 2003 Student
landlord hotline.
popular Take-Out program. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m Because MontPIRG is differ- Employee of the Year!
Food Zoo To-Go allows you to going to go drink beer and ent than other student groups we
select the food you desire and slouch and watch SpongeBob till must not only win a referendum Congratulations to all of the nominees for a job
take it to-go in a container we the sun comes up, even if it well done. The following departments
to continue our work, but in the
provide. makes me miss class tomorrow. nominated their student workers:
election 25 percent of the student
It is important for you to Got a problem with that? body must turn out to vote. Over SARS; Electronics Department, COT; Zoological
know that 100 percent of the
“left over money” or University Museum, DBS; Intercollegiate Athletics; Health
Dining Services net revenues, •notice • notice • notice • Enhancement, CHC; History Department;
UM Foundation; Center for Environmental
goes directly to benefit the stu-
•notice • notice •
•notice • notice •
Health Sciences, DBS; Department of Drama/
dents of the University of
Dance; Geology Department; DBS + MT/CWRU;
Montana. Remember that UDS This is to notify the public Administration and Finance; University Center;
is entirely self-funded and
receives no state money from
that the top floor of the Department of Art; Spectral Fusion Design and
Empower Fusion; Enrollment Services; COT
the general fund. parking garage will be Admissions/New Student Services; UM Campus
With regards to your com- Compact; Continuing Education; The National
ments about our food being UNAVAILABLE Center for Landscape Fire; Student Support
“bland and repetitive.” Our sur- Center; DBS/OBE; Wilderness Institute;
veys and conversations with Thursday, April 17th Enrollment Services/Financial Aid; Davidson
Honors College; Public Safety; Physical Therapy
students indicate that hundreds due to the Student Job Fair. Department; EOP; Department of
of students are pleased with the
variety, flexibility, and value of Sorry for the inconvenience. Pharmaceutical Sciences; School of Journalism;
what we offer. The feedback we The Rural Institute
receive from our student guests,
Explore the possibilities … www.umt.edu/career
that visit other campuses, •notice • notice • notice •
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N EWS
Pellet problems, paintball pain, pilfered pylons
Jared Ritz Public Safety Jim Lemcke traught individual called 911 the Gallagher Building to any perpetrators, Lemcke
Montana Kaimin said Tuesday the damage himself, requesting to speak arrest him, but could not said.
seemed to be caused by a with an officer on the Kim locate him at the time, No one was injured.
Wed., April 9, 7:07 a.m. small firearm. Williams trail. Lemcke said. On Friday,
Police received two calls “It looks like somebody Lemcke said although the though, they did. Sat., April 12, 9:57 p.m.
concerning vehicle vandalism maybe shot a BB gun Health Center had to turn Lemcke said he was Two of the detour signs set
in two parking lots on cam- through the window,” he said. the man down, unsure of whether the man is out for the stadium expan-
pus, Public Safety records “A BB gun, pellet gun, some- the responding still in jail, but did say the sion to Washington-Grizzly
show. thing like that.” officer found a fines he is facing from the Stadium appear to have been
The first call came a 7:07 Lemcke said different solu- counties amount to several stolen, Public Safety records
a.m., when a female student that activity
Police Blotter tion. hundred dollars. show.
who had parked in a reserved like this seems “Since he is The first was reported
spot in the parking lot to occur in waves, and the a nonstudent, the Sat., April 12, 3:06 a.m. missing on Saturday evening
between Jesse and Knowles spring time is one of the officer brought A Miller Hall resident was from the northwest end of
halls for the night went to major waves. him to the hospital down- shot with a paintball while the Recreation Center. At
move her car and saw that town,” he said. inside his room, Public 4:07 p.m. Monday, the sign
two of her windows had been Thurs., April 10, 4:18 p.m. Safety records show. on the other end of the con-
broken. Public Safety received a Fri., April 11, 9:42 a.m. Officers responded to mul- struction zone was also
A second call came 30 min- call from a man who said A UM student was arrest- tiple reports of shots being reported missing.
utes later from another his friend was suicidal and ed at the Gallagher Building heard in Miller Hall, the Lemcke said it isn’t
female student complaining was refused treatment at for outstanding warrants in record shows, but Lemcke uncommon for movable traf-
of the same problem. She had the Curry Health Center, Toole and Gallatin Counties, said they could have come fic markers to disappear.
been parked in the records show. The caller Public Safety records show. from another source. “Traffic cones and things
Lommasson Center parking said he last saw the man, Police first received a “The officer couldn’t find like that are portable,”
lot, Public Safety records who was not a student, cry- request from the Toole any paintball activity, but he Lemcke said. “And intoxicat-
show, but had since moved ing outside the Health County Sheriff ’s to arrest did hear some fireworks,” he ed individuals might think
her vehicle. Center. the male on Wednesday at said. they will look good in their
Assistant Director of At 4:32 p.m., the dis- 8:30 a.m. Officers went to Public Safety did not find rooms.”
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N EWS
Hunter, vegan combine powers against beef eating
Ramey Corn vegan graduate student in working for a bio-tech compa-
Montana Kaimin environmental studies, are ny in Madagascar where he
working on a “Question Beef experimented with fungi that
A vegan and a wild game campaign” for their graduate- was being used as an insecti-
hunter may seem like an odd level environmental studies cide for a locus control project.
couple to be teamed up, but course, which focuses on Watts said that watching
this unlikely pair has united organizing a social environ- the people of Madagascar
to try to persuade 500 people mental movement. The two destroy their rain forests to
to pledge to not eat beef on were paired up after a brain- create land for cattle to graze
Earth Day. storming session in class on made the environmental
“We’re hoping that people brought their similar thoughts impacts of meat consumption
will not eat beef that day and about beef consumption to disturbingly clear.
see what they think about light. “The ethical implications on
that,” said Mark River, a fish- The two have created the developing nations and our
erman, hunter and graduate Web site: country’s eating and consump-
student in environmental www.questionbeef.com, which tion habits affect less-devel-
studies at the University of gives statistical information oped nations ... plus the ethi-
Lisa Hornstein/Montana Kaimin
Montana. “One day can make and facts about the impact of A national campaign called Question Beef has been started to persuade people cal ramification to animals,”
an impact and ultimately we commercial beef on the envi- not to eat beef on Earth Day. A campaign organizer said 500 people not eating Watts said.
hope that people will choose ronment. People visiting the beef for one day could save 300,00 gallons of water and 125 gallons of gaso- Watts said that too often
not to eat beef.” site can also pledge to not eat line. Americans do not recognize
River and Heath Watts, a beef on Earth Day, April 22. So petition, River said. rated fat and tried to lower his the detrimental effects their
far, 100 people have signed the If 500 people do not eat beef cholesterol intake by substitut- consumption has on the envi-
on Earth Day, more than ing soy protein for meat. River, ronment. It is these impacts
300,000 gallons of water and who hunts and is an avid fish- that Watts and River hope to
Why Pay Rent 125 gallons of gasoline will be
saved, River said.
erman, said that over the
years he has noticed the envi-
educate people about.
“People see our environ-
ment as an unchanging entity,
The two said they gathered ronmental impact of cattle on
This Summer? research from a variety of
sources to compile information
for the Web site, including the
riparian zones. So, last year he
decided to stop eating beef.
“It bothered me to see the
because they see it every day,”
Watts said. “We want to train
people to look deeper ... and to
United Nations, the impacts of livestock on the look at the impacts we’re hav-
Instead of paying rent this summer for a place Environmental Protection landscape and rivers, so that’s ing on our environment.”
you won’t use until fall, you can reserve a brand Agency, and the Department been the last motivating fac- River and Watts said they
new, luxury apartment at Crestview. We’ll hold of Energy of Agriculture. All tor,” River said. want people to sign their
a 1,2 or 3-bedroom unit for you, rent free. In the Web sites that the two Now, he said, he only eats agreement, not eat beef for one
day, and, if they take a liking
addition to saving money, you’ll get amenities took information from can be game he kills from hunting or
to the vegetarian way, maybe
including a heated pool and spa, exercise room, accessed from their site. fishing.
continue experimenting with
covered parking, decks and balconies, “We found as many credible “I realized that my personal
sources as we could and tried decisions on what food I eat do meatless meals.
washer/dryer and dishwasher. to reference them to our site,” have an impact on the envi- A vegetarian diet can be
Crestview Apartments open in River said. ronment, so I need to hold healthy if a person is con-
July, but we’re leasing now. River grew up on a small myself accountable for what I science of their dietary needs
Call 721-8990 or 327-1212. farm in Kansas, where his eat,” River said. and strives to meet all those
family raised cattle. However, Watts’ decision to not eat needs, said Kelly Richards, a
in the past few years, he said, meat was not as recent as registered dietitian for UM.
he began trying to eat healthi- River’s. “A vegetarian diet, if it’s
LH Management 327-1212 er and began eating less satu- Watts, who grew up in well-rounded, can be very
Butte, said he was a vegetari- healthy and provide all the
an for almost six years before vitamins, minerals and protein
becoming a vegan two years you need,” Richards said.
ago. A person needs to make
“I grew up eating a lot of sure that his or her diet is
meat,” Watts said. “I ate meat well-rounded and that they
at every meal.” are not just eating junk food,
He said he also began real- she said. But, she encouraged
izing the environmental people to get imaginative.
impacts of cattle when he was “You can get creative. There
an undergraduate student at are a ton of soy products which
UM studying chemistry. It offer great soy protein and all
was during the time he spent the amino acids that you
need,” Richards said.
One student who was eat-
ing a hamburger for lunch
Tuesday in the Food Court
said that she would be willing
to give up meat for Earth Day.
“Sure, I’d give it up,” said
Bethany Priess, a freshman in
pre-nursing. “If it’s going to
help out, I don’t mind giving it
up for one day.”
River and Watts will speak
at the Environmental Action
Community and The Whole
Food Group meeting on April
16 at 5:30 p.m. in Jeannette
Rankin Hall.
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N EWS
International Week celebrates diversity Yates’ charge elevated
Katie Aschim
Montana Kaimin
For the 380 students from 76 to deliberate homicide
countries studying at the
Jared Ritz and saw Yates kneeling over the
University of Montana, home can
Montana Kaimin young man while holding a cell
seem far away. This week, UM will
phone. After police saw that the
try to bring a little bit of home to The Missoula man who fatally boy was still alive, medical person-
those students while introducing shot a 17-year-old boy late nel came on the scene and trans-
their stateside peers to the sights, Thursday will be charged with ported Brown to St. Patrick
sounds and tastes of foreign deliberate homicide in Missoula Hospital.
countries. County District Court within a Police took Yates to the police
“International Week is a chance couple of weeks.
for students and faculty at UM to
station for questioning, at which
Missoula County Attorney Fred point he again admitted to shoot-
learn about the international com- Van Valkenberg said Samuel Alan
munity here. It’s also a chance for ing Brown, saying that he heard
Yates, 43, is scheduled for his next someone breaking into his Isuzu
international students to educate appearance on April 25, but said
their peers,” said UM Student Trooper and found Brown inside.
he expects Yates’ case will be When Yates went outside, Brown
Exchange Coordinator Meghan moved to District Court before
Squires. Bret Ferris/Montana Kaimin started to run away, the document
UM students (from left to right) Jessica Polichetti, Jennifer Ericson, then. states. Yates then pointed his gun,
Squires works for the Office of Yates has been charged with
Anna Haugsjaa along with Ann Higgins (right), a teacher from the a .357 revolver, at the boy and shot
International Programs, a sponsor deliberate homicide, a felony, for
Experiential College, perform an Eastern belly dance Tuesday afternoon him in the head from about three
of International Week. shooting Randy Paul Brown, a for-
in the UC. The event was a part of International Week here on campus. feet away.
International Week unofficially mer Sentinel High School student,
Gwich’in values Tuesday night in Spanish poetry readings, dance per- Brown was pronounced dead at
kicked off last Thursday, when at close range. If convicted, he
the Gallagher Building. formances and international films 4:50 p.m. Friday at St. Patrick
Elizabeth Jones, Assistant Secretary
The history and culture of are just some of the activities taking could be sentenced to life in prison. Hospital.
for European and Eurasian Affairs,
Kazakhstan and Kyrgzstan will be place around campus throughout the Yates is being held on $100,000 Before Brown’s death, Yates
U.S. Department of State and
brought to life Thursday at 12:10 week. bail in the Missoula County had been charged with attempted
Former U.S. Ambassador to the
p.m. in the Mansfield Center An International Student vs. Detention Center. deliberate homicide charge.
Republic of Kazakhstan spoke at
Conference Room. Thursday night, American Student basketball game On April 11, just after mid-
the UC Theater on the topic “Oil, Because of his death, the charge
Charles Daugherty will speak on is slated for 5 p.m. in the Adams night, someone called police and
Democracy and Militant Islam.” was elevated to deliberate homi-
ecological reformation in New Center. reported hearing a gunshot in the
Friday night, an over-capacity cide in Justice Court on Monday.
Zealand at 7 p.m. in the North Squires said student organiza- 1600 block of Phillips Street.
crowd turned out to listen to Yates appeared in court
Underground Lecture Hall. tions help fuel International Week. Three minutes later, Yates called
Pakistani writer and journalist Tuesday and was notified that the
Daugherty will deliver another lec- One way for noninternational stu- 911, saying “he had just shot a kid
Ahmed Rashid deliver a speech charge had been changed. At the
ture, this time on the Tuatara, dents to get involved, she said, is who was breaking into his car,”
titled “Afghanistan and Central appearance, Yates’ attorney, Brian
Friday at 4:10 p.m. in the North through the Peer Assistance according to the court’s affidavit.
Asia: Rebuilding of Nations.” Smith, asked for his $100,000 bail
Underground Lecture Hall. Iago Program. Students in this program Ten Missoula City Police officers
The official kickoff was the to be reduced. Judge John Odlin
Gocheleishvili, a visiting scholar assist foreign students in adjusting to arrived on the scene shortly after
International Culture and Food refused the request.
through the Central Asia and life in the United States and at the
Bazaar, held Sunday at the UC. An
Caspian Basin program, will speak UM campus.
estimated 3,500 Missoula residents
about ethnopolitics in the Caucasus “A lot of friendships develop out
attended and sampled the cuisine
Mountains Friday at 12:10 p.m. in of the program,” Squires said.
and art of many nations in an open-
the Mansfield Center Conference Celebrating diversity at UM is
market style atmosphere.
Room. nothing new. Student Exchange
The food, information and enter-
Information tables will be set up Coordinator Marja Unkuri-
tainment will continue through the
in the UC throughout the week so Chaudhry said International Week
week, Squires said. The Food Zoo
students can learn about opportuni- events used to be stretched out over
and University Food Court will a month, but the events were con-
ties to study, work and travel
treat patrons to several types of densed to coordinate with the
abroad.
ethnic food, including dishes from International Culture and Food
International Week also boasts a
Portugal, Mexico, Argentina and Bazaar and also to “keep momen-
variety of arts and entertainment
several regions of Africa. tum.”
exhibits. Musical acts, Russian and
Lectures on topics of interna-
tional concern will continue
throughout the week. Joanna
Shelton, former deputy secretary
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Economic Cooperation and during our
Development, and Dick Erb, former Grand Opening Months, March - May 2003
deputy managing director of the
International Monetary Fund,
spoke about international economic Fine Art, Glass, Sculpture, Furniture, Quilts,
institutions Tuesday night in the Soaps, Jewelry, Candles and more...
Dell Brown room in Turner Hall.
The Wilderness Issues Lecture
Series also delivered a lecture on
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Bobby Bare and Thom Bresh
Bobby Bare has long been regarded Thom Bresh is a multi-faceted enter-
as one of Country Music’s most tainer. A singer, songwriter, recording
innovative and talented writer/per- artist, impressionist, and instrumental-
formers. Called “an outspoken ist. Thom travels with an array of gui-
advocate for new directions in tars including his signature handcrafted
Country Music,” “a shrewd judge of “Dualette,” the famous two-sided guitar.
talent who helped bring attention to As a producer, he received a Grammy
many superstars. Bare won a gram- nomination for the Merle Travis album,
my for “Best Country Recording” with “Travis Pickin,” and an Academy Award
Detroit City and also was nominated nomination for “Over You.” Bresh is
over the next several years for “Best also an accomplished impressionist/
Country Single” and “Best Male comedian with a diverse collection of
Country Vocal Performance.” voices which led to two HBO Specials.
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N EWS
Spring triggers yearly mating rituals Revised Martz tax bill
Katherine Sather
Montana Kaimin skims by in House hawks, which reach sexual
maturity after three years of
age, declare their love by HELENA (AP) — By the remodeled by lawmakers. The
A kinky game of chase has grasping each others’ talons
begun in the grasses and thinnest margin, the major tax final version to provide a
and plummeting toward the bill of the 2003 Legislature sur- smaller tax cut of 7 percent
branches of the University of ground, only stopping the
Montana this month. vived a final vote in the House and raise more money than
descent when they reach tree- on Tuesday and cleared the needed to offset the lost rev-
It’s a saga of lust and nuts, a top level.
game of fur and frolicking, and way for lawmakers to wrap up enue.
It’s the birds that complete work by the middle of next It raises about $85 million
an essential part of survival for perhaps the most epic journey
the campus’ squirrels. week. over the next 27 months
for romance each year. Representatives gave final through a new tax on car
The squirrels’ mating habits This month, hundreds of
might be just as telltale of approval, 51-49, to the measure rentals and higher taxes on cig-
Nick Wolcott/Montana Kaimin flocks are returning to after wrangling over it all day arettes and motel rooms. About
spring as the groundhog’s Montana from their wintering
wake them up in the spring Monday. Three votes were $16 million of that would be
annual appearance. territories to find mates and
time.” needed that day before it got used to offset the income tax
“Their breeding season make families.
Kerr said the tonics were enough support to advance as reductions that start in 2005,
starts in March and April,” said “It’s an exciting time,”
common in France and Asia, the crucial piece of the and the rest is available for the
Kerry Foresman, a professor in Greene said. “Millions and mil-
where people would conjure Republican majority’s budget- two-year budget.
the department of biological lions are just streaming north
mixes of molasses, herbs or balancing plan. The spending plan already
sciences. “That’s when the to get to their breeding
roots to boost their energy. Senate Majority Leader relies on $38 million from the
chasing begins. You usually see grounds.”
“It was kind of folk wisdom, Fred Thomas, R-Stevensville, bill.
the male chasing the female, Many travel by night, using
old wives’ talk,” he said. said the bill has enough After 2005, the $40 million
and the female tries to stay the celestial guides such as
Still, other local lovers don’t Republican support to pass the raised in taxes each year will
away.” Polaris, the North Star, and
need any potions to become Senate and reach the desk of be just enough to make up for
The ritual isn’t unique to spring constellations.
aroused. Most small mammals, Gov. Judy Martz without any the continuing income tax
squirrels. Within the next day or two, changes. reductions
Spring is a time for love to including mice and chipmunks, Greene expects the ruby “We’ve got 26 or more of our Martz said she still doesn’t
blossom in many species, even breed in the springtime, said crowned kinglets to pass members that are going to vote like the bill’s reliance on a ciga-
the student. Foresman. through. Students may not be together to bring a good resolu- rette tax increase, but believes
UM anthropology professor Local crows are also getting able to see the little creatures, tion to this legislative session,” the accompanying changes in
Gary Kerr, who teaches a in on the action. They’ve been only two or three inches tall, he said. income tax rates will boost the
course on human sexuality, busy for the past two weeks but they’ll be able to hear In an interview, Martz did economy.
said being outside in the warm constructing nests of broken them. everything but promise she will “I truly believe this has
weather may cause students to branches, and, just getting “They’ll sing from the tops of sign Senate Bill 407. brought us one step closer to our
feel more like flirting. busy. the conifers of Main Hall,” he “We’re fully supportive of plan that will create good-pay-
“Who knows, maybe seeing “The crows have been mat- said. the legislators’ work on this ing jobs for Montana families by
people wearing less clothes is ing like crazy,” said UM profes- The kinglet is one of many bill,” she said. “We will track it reducing income and capital
maybe getting people more sor Erick Greene, of the depart- songbirds that use music in closely. If it veers very far one gains (taxes),” she said. “If it
social,” he said. ment of biological sciences. their quest for a mate. They’ll serves all of Montana down the
way or another, we’ll lobby it
However, Kerr said men’s “They’re nesting all over.” sing to declare their territo- hard.” road, then I would go there.”
levels of testosterone produc- The females will soon start ries and catch females’ atten- The bill originally contained Like Martz, the Republican
tion are actually at their lowest laying eggs, one a day, until tion. the GOP governor’s plan for majority has lamented the
in the spring months. They they build a family of about Though the kinglets won’t cutting taxes on income and on sales tax increases in the bill,
reach their peak levels in the four. stay long enough in Missoula to capital gains, which is the prof- but agreed to vote for them as
fall, particularly at night. The red tailed hawks that establish territory, only a week it earned on investments. It a means of getting the tax cuts
“Biologically I think they’re haunt Mount Sentinel are also before moving further north, was to be paid for with selec- that they believe will prompt
less frisky in the spring,” he intimate this month. Students they’ll be singing on their way, tive sales taxes. more investment and bring
said. “That’s why many cul- who watch the sky might view Greene said. But the measure was rich taxpayers to the state.
tures had a spring tonic to their courtship rituals. The “They’re just horny,” he said.
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F EATURE
Hikingand
helicopters
Cadets battle weather, fatigue during training in Lubrecht Forest
me kinda slow when I have
O
Story by Chelsi Moy Photos by Adam Bystrom n Sunday morning,
the air in Lubrecht been on them this long.”
Forest was chilly and Land navigation requires
damp. each student to use a map,
The rain from the previous compass and protractor to
night had dropped tempera- locate eight targets scattered
tures into the low 30s and throughout the forest in five
left a thick, gloomy cloud hours. The targets are locat-
cover hovering in the sky. ed anywhere from 300
As if waking up at 3:45 meters to 1,600 meters apart.
a.m. for the last three days The entire area is 5,000
wasn’t bad enough — now square meters.
the weather had turned Students must rely on
nasty. their own navigational abili-
While many university ties to find trees with blue
students were recovering spray paint on the trunks
from weekend hangovers by and record their longitude
sleeping in late, members of and latitude.
the University of Montana, Zimmerli-Mann comes to
Montana State University an intersection in the road
and Carroll College ROTC where another ROTC student
programs were awake two is standing guard. She is at
and a half hours before sun- an attack point. After taking
rise to perform land naviga- a drink from her canteen,
tional training at the she plots where the point is
Lubrecht Forest, a UM- located in relation to her cur-
Cadet Nick Kirwan (right) gets ready for take off from Lubrecht Forest. The helicopters were a reward for a grueling owned site located 30 miles rent position. She walks
weekend of combat training. northeast of Missoula in the right up to the spot where
Blackfoot River drainage. the dirt road turns to under-
Although most of the UM brush and stops.
students “Don’t
were used to talk to me,”
getting up at she says.
6:30 a.m. on “Now I’m
weekdays for under the
physical con- pressure.”
ditioning, The five
losing those hours is
extra hours almost up.
of sleep was This will be
draining. the last
UM point that
brought 45 Zimmerli-
cadets, along Mann will
with MSU’s have time to
40 and look for.
Carroll’s 11, She puts
to a three-day training ses- her head to the ground and
sion in the forest to test the begins to count her paces
students’ combat skills. into the forest. Zimmerli-
After getting little sleep, Mann knows that 64 steps
they were on their feet prac- equals 100 meters. If she has
ticing squad tactical exercis- to pace 1,000 meters or more,
es and land navigation. They she will wrap one of her cold
also went on a 5.5 mile ruck fingers around her thumb for
march over snow and mud each 100 meters she walks so
with 30-pound backpacks. she doesn’t lose count.
The weekend event was in It is important to stay
preparation for a week-long focused while moving
advanced camp that juniors through brush, trudging
in the ROTC program will through snow and hiking
attend this summer in Fort over multiple hills in order to
Lewis, Wash. keep a straight line.
“People who are right-
handed have a tendency to
F
our hours into the
third session of land wander to the right and peo-
navigational training, ple who are left handed wan-
Emily Zimmerli-Mann, a jun- der to the left,” UM senior
ior cadet from UM, drags her Jason Felix says.
feet down the dirt road. She The same goes for walking
is dressed from head-to-toe across hillsides. Students
in camouflage. A helmet, a must be conscious not to let
little too big for her head, gravity pull them down hill
droops over her face. The when walking across a hill
combination of a five-pound face, Felix says.
imitation M-16 strapped to Zimmerli-Mann has gotten
her back, two canteens of off-course. She stops and
water on her belt and fatigue looks in all directions.
seem to be weighing her “I know it has to be
down. around here,” she says glanc-
ROTC students retrace their footsteps across a map of Lubrecht Forest after completing their last land ing uphill.
“I just have to toughen up
navigational exercise of the weekend. The cadets had to find five of the required eight check points to pass
my feet,” she says. “It makes And there it is — a tree
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F EATURE
Cadets from the UM’s ROTC program make their way across Fort Missoula’s landing space while UH-60 “Blackhawk” and UH-1 “Huey” helicopters depart overhead.
with a bright blue trunk meeting standards is what “I don’t want to go, but it’s ized training schools. Jesse students on a 15-minute heli-
staring right back at her. this weekend is all about. our job,” Felix says. Mann, a senior at UM, is copter ride back to Missoula.
She quickens her pace as Civilians may think walk- “Everyone knows the risks going into aviation. He says With the four Hueys lead-
she climbs up to her target. ing around a forest locating signing up. I’m not out here it was his childhood dream to ing the way and the two
The tip of her nose is red and spray-painted trees may crawling around in the trees fly helicopters. Blackhawks trailing behind,
she sniffles as she records sound tedious, but the seniors not to use it at some point.” Standing at the edge of an they fly in a single file line to
the location’s coordinates. in the ROTC program know it Brault says she isn’t wor- open field, Mann’s eyes light Fort Missoula.
“That was awesome,” she is an important skill to have ried about going to war up. It is 10 minutes before 10 The helicopter trip was to
says. “It’s been a really chal- in a combat situation. either. As a woman, she won’t a.m., when four UH-1 reward the students for
lenging weekend and finding “Even in Iraq, there was a be stationed on the front line. “Hueys” and two UH-60 working hard all weekend.
points makes it all worth it.” maintenance group who went In her opinion no woman “Blackhawks” were to come But even soaring hundreds of
The cadets get little down down the wrong road and got should be. flying around the mountain. feet in the air at high speeds
time during the weekend. lost,” says senior Jason “Frankly, seeing the They were right on time. could not keep many of the
Even as they sit in the mess Brockus, who will be the first females I’ve seen, they’d be “I’m going to fly those one exhausted ROTC students
hall, opening their brown cadet to graduate from in the way,” she says. “Most day,” Mann says above the awake. And although it was
plastic bags of Meals Ready Carroll College’s ROTC pro- females can’t carry the same loud roaring of the propellers. the first time in a helicopter
to Eat, they are not allowed gram. “It is difficult if you amount of weight.” Six helicopters from the for many, most were confi-
to talk. It is a disciplinary don’t know how to use a com- After graduation, the sen- National Guard land in the dent it would not be their
action, senior Alecia Brault pass and a map.” iors will be sent to special- open field to escort the ROTC last.
says. These skills are especially
“If you’re talking, then you important for seniors who are
are not eating,” she says. counting down the months
“You have seven minutes to until they’ll be on active
eat and then you need to get duty. But the possibility of
out so your buddy can get in.” going to war doesn’t seem to
Accomplishing goals and bother most of these cadets.
A view of the Clark Fork River, east of Missoula from the National Guard’s
“Blackhawk” helicopter. Carroll College’s Jason Brockus follows a path toward the land navigational training area.You can also read
