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Students and community members attended the ninth annual Career Fitness Fair on Thursday, February 23 from noon to 4:00 pm held in the ballroom of the Student Union Building at MSU-Billings. At the fair, there were more than 60 employers welcoming prospective employees and interns. The goal of the fair is for students to gauge a good idea of what employers are looking for in new employees that are soon to graduate or working on a degree. The employers answered questions like what do students need to be studying for specific jobs, what employers find to be the most valuable assets to retain from the college experience and other tips for guidance. The Career Fair also gave students the opportunity to network with employers and apply for possible jobs and internships. The fair also came equipped with workshops from noon to 4:30. The workshops were Be an Interview Superstar; Brad and Angelina Re-

Photo courtesy of Dr. Jim Barron Dr. Barron inserts a needle into a reptile.

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The thought of lizards or snakes is usually enough to turn most peoples blood cold, but Dr. Jim Barron, Assistant Professor of Biology here at MSU-B, hunts for the creepy-crawlers every summer. Barron, a vertebrate ecologist, chose to study Phrynosoma hernadesi, commonly known as the mountain short-horned lizard, two years ago for several reasons but the simple fact that very little research as been done on the species was motiva-

tion enough for Barron, the consummate scientist. His field work also satisfies the Universitys expectation that all faculty members specializing in the sciences produce and publish scientific research. In his proposal to MSU-B, Barron stated, The primary goal of this project is to describe, in detail, the daily movement patterns, home ranges, temperature profiles and habitat associations of Phrynosoma hernadesi, through detailed tracking using radio-telemetric equipment. In other words, the little buggers are tagged and tracked to find out

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Light-years of progress are being made in the field of space knowledge. The gleaming star to be found around campus is Dr. Matthew Benaquista. Dr. Benaquista has been a professor of Physics at MSU-Billings since 1988 and there is no end in sight. He has an impressive resume that boasts being the Chair of the Task Force on Galactic Binary Populations and is part of the LISA International Science Team. To break it down, hes an astrophysicist working on a Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). LISA is going to be put in orbit to measure gravity waves in space. When large massive objects move, it makes space time move due to the change in distance. The antenna will chart the bends in space. LISA consists of three space crafts that will form an equilateral triangle to orbit the sun. The triangles will be on their own independent orbit but will stay synchronized to a distance of three million miles from one another. The spacecrafts will bounce around a laser that will consist of a certain wave frequency. When the wave changes frequency the scientists will be able to gauge the distance the massive space objects have moved. It may sound simple, but youre being fooled. The distance that an object in spaceis about the distance of half of a hydrogen atom explained Benaquista. This distance is so minuscule that it can only be measured by testing the frequency of a wave. LISAs sister antenna is a ground antenna of much a smaller magnitude. The idea is similar but the antenna is on the ground somewhere in Washington state. Benaquista is

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I feel like I am endlessly pontificating on the finer points of campus involvement. One reason for this feeling could be that I am, in fact, endlessly pontificating on the finer points of campus involvement. Or, maybe I feel this way because campus involvement is a topic of continued and undervalued importance. Beyond adding a line to your resume, fostering new friendships and becoming a part of something bigger than yourself, involvement with campus organizations has other attractive, yet unsung rewards. I spent five days in Los Angeles recently. Why should you care, you ask? Well, because you paid for my trip. Hold on, Im not bragging simply for the sake of making you feel small and unimportant or ripped off. Rather, I am attempting to share what Ive learned with those of you who made my experience possible. And if this prompts someone to join a campus organization, well, that wouldnt suck. One of the perks of belonging to an organization is the possibility to attend conferences and/or conventions where invaluable learning can be accessed. I have friends who spent two days at Chico Hot Springs last month on your dime, too. Im not kidding about this campus involvement thing, man. I was fortunate enough to have one such opportunity as well when, along with three other Retort staff members, I flew to Los Angeles for a college newspaper convention. We went to workshops and lectures in addition to attending keynote addresses given by a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, a Pulitzer winning journalist and an AP reporter. Thanks, ASMSU-B. The convention lasted three days and we met students from big and small college newspapers from across the U.S. and Canada. What we got was a grab bag of information and ideas which we are excited to incorporate into The Retort (you may notice some of them in this very issue!). One thing we saw was that there are other staffs as small and disorganized as ours. We also saw that there are some extremely impressive daily newspapers put out by some of the bigger journalism schools. There were lessons to be taken away from all of them. I though it might be fun to create a list of Four Things I Learned in California at the Expense of the Student Body. #1 Fontana is a city in the LA valley. Of course the meetings for the convention did not last all day. When the days lectures adjourned, hundreds of us college newspaper nerds were unleashed on LA. While exploring and taking in some of the culture available (ever heard Baby Got Back accompanied by a piano?), we met many locals. I was mildly disheartened and wildly amused to discover that in spite of Ted Kaczynski and the Freemen, Montana isnt that well known to some of our fellow members of the union. Some of my favorite responses to where we came from are the following: Fontana, huh? I came to learn that Fontana is a reputedly white trash city in San Bernardino County that a local morning show affectionately refers to as Fontucky. No, thank you, we are not from Fontana. Montana? What state is that in? I only wish I was kidding. Montana? Ive heard of that place. Isnt it kinda like Colorado? If you mean in the sense that both are states in the U.S., then yes, I guess it is kinda like Colorado. Montana? Dont you guys have the Ozarks? Ummm, no. #2 You really do get to see famous people in LA. So on the plane ride down I was looking at a magazine article that was shamelessly exploiting the anatomy of Olympic Speed Skater Apolo Anton Ohno. The very next day waiting for the shuttle outside of our hotel, who did I chance to see? Thats rightMr. Ohno himself. I have pictures to prove it for anyone interested; and we are in love. #3 Public transportation is both a bane and a boon. Following our $90 cab ride from LAX to our hotel in Universal City, we resolved to not take any more cab rides. Fortunately, LA has an infant subway system known as the Metro rail. To make life without a car better for Southern Californians, the Metro also has a number of bus lines which can be accessed from the rail stops. Ive lived here for almost 20 years, and if you havent noticed, Montana isnt exactly current on the public transportation thing. However, we pretty much mastered the system by the end of the trip. This was proven when we spent five hours on the rail and bus lines one day in order to enjoy two and a half hours at Venice Beach. Another example was how comfortable we started to feel standing wedged between a sedentary mosh pit of complete strangers while white knuckling an overhead railing inside a bus traveling at speeds of 40 MPH in between stops which occur approximately every city block. The upside is that we could ride all Metro lines for $3 a day. #4 Operators of public transportation systems are soulless you-knowwhat-holes. This fact was brought to my attention during our $90 cab ride. While spending more than an hour with our less-thangracious Russian born driver, one of the other staff members tried unsuccessfully to make small talk with said person. Apparently, $3.20 a mile does not buy one out of uncomfortable silence and blatant rudeness. Good to know; polite conversation costs extra. This truism became more apparent while riding the Metro buses. Transferring busses is actually a lot more complicated than it might seem, especially for people who are completely ignorant of their surroundings. Of the seven bus drivers we encountered, all but two shouted, belittled and otherwise offended riders, ourselves included. Now, we only rode three buses, but we sure did board six different buses. Whatever. Those are some of the things I learned outside of the convention. Look for the other newspaper-related issues which will be sprinkled throughout upcoming issues of The Retort. Thanks again!

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sity at Sacramento and Master of Arts and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Oregon. His masters thesis dealt with the religious aspects of the 1890 Ghost Dance. His Ph.D. dissertation focused on the effects that early visiting artists had on the Crow Native Americans. Heidenreich had also completed study in English, Archaeology, Biology, Visual Communications, and had contemplated entrance into the Seminary to study Theology. When asked about the broad range of course study Heidenreich said that he aspired to be a Renaissance man, to know all that is knowable. In this, the information age, the Internet fills daily with new discoveries that no one person can completely assimilate. Dr. Heidenreich attempted as complete a journey as possible in his specified interests. Dr. Heidenreich used his unique education to instruct students for four decades. He spent one year as the Post-doctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Institute, and then spent nine years at Rocky Mountain College. He then came to work at Eastern

There comes a time in everyones life when you look back, and reflect on your own history. One gets a grand sense of accomplishment and the knowledge that you have made a difference to scores of students and friends through diligence and hard work. This kind of reflection is earned in time, and MSU-B has a number of faculty that have the right to such a claim. It is unfortunate that the kind of accomplishment referred to here takes so much time to accumulate, and after so much time there comes a time to pass the responsibility and opportunity of shaping young minds to another. Dr. C. Adrian Heidenreich in the Department of History, Political Science, and Native American Studies is retiring after 29 years of service to this fine institution. Dr. Heidenreich received an Associate of Arts degree with work in Social Science and Life Science from American River College California. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from California State Univer-

Photo courtesy of Dr. C. Adrian Heidenreich Dr. Heidenreich while doing field work. Montana College, which is now MSU-B. He received the distinguished professor award in 1983, and in 2002 the MSU-B Intertribal Indian Club awarded Heidenreich a plaque, In Recognition of Your Outstanding Continued Support of Our Club. Heidenreich said he is most proud of his sponsorship and association with the Intertribal Indian Club. The Club Pow-Wow is the largest student sponsored event on campus. Heidenreichs involvement with the Native American culture is extensive. Another point of pride is his adoption into the Heywood and Mary Lou Big Day family in the Crow (Apsaalooke) Tribe, where his name is Duxxiiadeeitche which means Goes to War in a Good Way. Dr. Heidenreichs expertise in Native American Studies has given him the necessary experience to publish over 30 publications, reports, and papers. Among his most notable are the 1982 Baasaxpilua: Northern Plains Celebration, a video film on Crow Fair, the 1992 program for 49, a play by Hanay Geiogamah working with the EMC Communication Arts Department and Native American Studies program, and most recently the 2005 Map of the Historical Crow Nation and its Connection to the Great Northwest. Once retired, Heidenreich plans to travel and pursue more projects for publication. In the next year or two a book dealing with Lewis and Clarks, mostly Clarks, involvement in the first treaty expeditions to the Northern Plains and their impact on the Native American tribes they came in contact with is due to be published. He also plans to make documentary films and hopes to release them on PBS, the History Channel, the Science Channel and other documentary formatted broadcasters. Heidenreich would like to spend more time with his families, and attend Native American events. He wants to attend a sweat lodge event, and the Dance of Universal Peace of which his wife, Constance, is a participant. He also is scheduled to teach a few classes at MSU-B after his retirement. He wont have a full load of classes, but his unique expertise will still be available. Im going to be retired not tired, he said with a smile. Dr. Heidenreich is opening a new chapter in his life to explore his creative energy and make greater contributions in his specified fields. He says what he will miss the most is the daily contact with his students, and which will certainly be missed by by his students as well.

Photo courtesy of Dr. C. Adrian Heidenreich Dr. Heidenreich poses in front of buffalo on Native Land.

MSU-Billings Int er collegiat eP ow w ow Coming Up Inter ercollegiat collegiate Po wo

Have you ever wondered where the money from the and fees portion of tuition and fees actually goes? The money goes into a fund controlled by ASMSU-B. The fund is used then to back things like The Retort, travel for student organizations and clubs to conventions, and to put on activities like the annual Easter egg hunt. One of the more colorful and culturally significant (and the largest) ASMSU-B-sponsored events is the Inter-tribal Indian Club (ITIC) Pow Wow. The 38 th Annual MSU-B Pow wow will be March 30 and April 1 at the Metra Park Expo Center. MSU-Billings students gain free admission when they present their U-card. Director of Multicultural Student Services and Adviser of ITIC Quentin Gilham said its going to be a big one. Last years Pow Wow saw about 3,000 in attendance. This year, Gilham expects to see at least that many, and probably more. Its billed as the largest intercollegiate Pow Wow in the west, said Gilham. Ive got people calling from all over for this. For those who may not know, Gilham explained the pow wow as a large gathering of vendors and displays of American Indian art and culture. He said there will be artwork and artifacts for sale both days. Vendors are people from all over the nation who travel the pow wow circuit peddling their wares. Of course, the largest component of a pow wow is the drummers and dancers. The ITIC Pow Wow will feature the usual dance categories (fancy, grass, traditional, jingle, etc.) along with some specials which are unique to this area, like the Crow style. Dr. Jeff Sanders of the Dept. of History, Native American Studies, Political Science and Sociology said the event has great performance value. He said the pow wow is a cultural event, much like the Cinco de Mayo gathering in South Park.

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also involved with this project. Tricky business. It is a good thing there are qualified individuals. A little background on Benaquista starts with his schooling. He earned his undergraduate from Reed College in Portland, Oregon and recieve his Ph.D. at Montana State University Bozeman. After landing in Montana to complete his education, Dr. Benaquista joined the professors at MSU-Billings as a professor of physics. He started work for NASA in 1995 with a 10 week Summer Faculty Fellowship and has been working with them since. His present LISA project is tentatively set to launch in 2017 or 2018. We can also expect his absence in late March while he is on a trip to England to check out and analyze some astronomical data. Lots of travel, lots of science, and a little fun in between. MSU-Billings can be proud to call Dr. Benaquista one of its own.

Photo courtesy of Dr. Jeffrey Sanders Native American dancers join together for the Grand Entry. This is not a sacred event; this is Part of the excitement about this a social event, said Sanders. Its a cel- years event is because of the host drumebration of Native American culture and mers. One group, White Fish Jrs. hail pride. from Saskatchewan, and the other group, The grand entries will be at 12 Southern Boyz, are from Chattanooga, p.m. and 6 p.m. on Fri. and Sat. Gilham OK. Gilham said that the drummers are said he thinks this is one of the most im- really well known within the pow wow pressive parts of the weekend. The grand circuit and have developed quite a folentry is basically what the name implies. lowing. In his opinion, the host drumIts a parade of sorts, led by a color mers are the most integral ingredient guard, followed by drummers and dance when planning a pow wow. Since the contestants. host drummers are so widely When you see it youll think, aniticipated, Gilham expects the event Wow. Theyve been doing this for thou- to be a success. sands of years, said Gilham. Dr. Sanders said that in the past, ITIC has about 30 members, all of very few non-Indian residents have atwhom will be visible during the pow tended. He said hed definitely like to wow. Gilham said the group will be re- see more MSU-Billings students and sponsible for the usual event manage- Billings residents out this year. ment matters. He said theyll be taking Anyone interested in music, entries, selling raffle tickets and even dance, rhythm, color or art ought to go, judging categories. said Sanders.

Well the only thing I can think of to explain the lack of crime lately is the recent onslaught of midterms here on campus. It seems students were too busy studying to create the usual havoc, but never fear- we still managed to have a few occurrences, not the least being a newfound need for a campaign

to make MSUB a urine-free campus! It seems we keep having the same problems each semester what with the pee pee and the porn and the hey hey and the pain and the ouch! (fans of the Professor Frink know what Im talking about) Well anyway, here you go. It aint much and it aint pretty. 2-11 An officer found a student urinating in the Rimrock parking lot and of

course, when asked how much he had to drink, the response was just two beers. An MIP and citation for public intoxication were issued. 2-13 A person who is not a student was caught red handed looking at porn in the commons area of the library. On top of that, an inquiry was made and officers discovered that the offender is listed on the state sexual/violent offender registry.

2-18 A couple of citations were issued during a traffic stop in the Rimrock parking lot for obstructing an officer. 2-18 Somebody snuck into the mens basketball locker room during a game and absconded with a couple of players wallets. So. Not. Cool. 3-2 Officers were called to one of the off campus family homes and a PFMA was issued with a no contact order.

3-4 Another disturbance behind a family home rental, this time it was some late night revelers in the alley. Officers kindly asked them to move on and they kindly complied. Yeehaw. Thats it friends. Until next time, you know the drill. P.S. Shout out to Matt Harris just for the hell of it. (Olivia has started a trend, once again)

Be yond the Blac kboard: Dr . Ne ttiksimmons Bey Blackboard: Dr. Nettiksimmons

The first thing that inevitably comes up when you mention Professor Nettiksimmons is Where did he get that name? The answer is actually very simple. It is a combination of his last name and his ex-wifes last name. That in itself is the first clue that this is not your every day college professor. Nettiksimmons has taught at MSU-B on and off for at least 10 years. He is currently a University Lecturer in the University Honors Program, Environmental Studies, the English/Philosophy Department, and Political Science Department. He also holds a law degree and practices occasionally. After talking with Nettiksimmons, one would think there must be at least 30 hours in his days because it is virtually impossible to do what he does in just 24. Aside from teaching full-time at MSU-B, Nettiksimmons participates in at least four musical collaborations. Nettiksimmons is in a jazz quartet called Four or More that plays at The Den on Wednesday nights from 811 pm. He is in a band called Battlestar Kramden that can best be described as playing music with a wink and a nod. They play cover tunes in original ways such as a bluegrass version of Led Zeppelins Black Dog and a reggae version of Smoke on the Water. Its nothing out-of-the-ordinary for Kramden to throw a bit of Beethovens Ode to Joy into Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones. Nettiksimmons also plays with a band called Dan Page and the Barncats. Its an American-rock/folk/ country-type band. While the guitar is his main instrument, for the Barncats he plays the steel guitar as well as the mandolin. The Barncats will be playing on March 17 at 9 p.m. at the Fort Rockvale Casino south of Laurel. Nettiksimmons plays finger style solo guitar in coffee houses around town and records his own music under the name Descant Null. Nettiksimmons has been playing guitar since he was a sophomore in high school. He grew up in Montana. While his forte is playing the guitar, he has recently taken up the steel guitar and even playing with the accordion a bit. He enjoys playing in bands and describes it as performing for people in a dramatic way. He enjoys the energy, camaraderie and creativity that musicians playing together can create. In true rock-and-roll fashion, Nettiksimmons didnt seek out bands to join but they just happened. A few guys jammin together and the next thing you know, hes in three bands. Sounds NOT like a professor-type at all, but thats the purpose of Beyond the Blackboard, to crush the stereotype of the professor, which Nettiksimmons does nicely. To recap the reason Nettiksimmons bids one to think his days must be longer than the rest of ours. He occasionally works at a law firm, teaches full time, is remarried, does yoga, is a Netflix documentary freak(even though he hasnt seen the penguin one!) and he plays in FOUR different musical conglomerations. Wow. Check out one of his performances and you surely wont be disappointed.

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hearse, and You Should, Too that addressed a checklist of things to help prep for that important interview. Another workshop was Creative Information Technology Careers, Innovative Options Using Two and Four Year Degrees for the new communication age. There was also The Customer is Always Right, Tips on Providing Stellar Customer Service and Shape Up Your Health Care Career, Explore Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy and More. The fifth workshop was Careers Always Match Majors or Not, Looking Beyond the Obvious to Find a Career being the last workshop in the line up. Some of the advice to be gained came from possible employers like Western Security Bank whose representative said, We take anybody that has customer experience with any type of degree. The recruiter explained that any degree helps with getting a banking license and not only business and finance majors can get jobs; theyre open to everyone. The Navy said it offers good careers and prefer universities like MSUBillings because its a smaller crowd, so we get better quality. They said that most of the students they talked to had an average GPA of 3.2, unusually high for a career fair situation. Other employers commented on how GPA was not very important; its all about experience. Get involved and build a network with people skills and youre on your way. Beyond workshops and career guidance, students could go to the career fair for free stuff and we all know that college students love anything thats free. From spare pens and pencils to squishy balls and other handy little toys like Frisbees and ice scrapers or mints, free goodies were given out by almost every business. Some of the businesses in attendance were Western Security Bank, Wal-Mart, FedEx, National Credit Union Administration, Target, US Army, US Navy, Napa and Billings Clinic. Each annual career fair brings new opportunity for students as well as an array of free necessities for every student to enjoy.

Photo courtesy of Dennis Nettiksimmons Prof. Nettiksimmons jams during a recent show.

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Professors are getting out of the classroom and into the field. The Grants and Sponsored Programs Office has raised more money in a six-month period than has been raised in any other full year. Under the management of directors Dr. David McGinnis and John Walsh there has been an increase in funding for research projects. With increased funding, professors have more of an opportunity to conduct research in their field of study. Walsh notes, Our goal is to get people funded so they can do the work they want to do. There have already been 49 proposals in the first six months of the fiscal year. McGinnis explains, We have a lot of good stuff going right hereWe want to become the third research university in the state. ing money for research projects, Dr. David McGinnis is no stranger to field work. McGinnis has been conducting research on climatology and ecosystems for the past 10 years. McGinnis was asked to present research on the ecosystem in Yellowstone National Park at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in St. Louis, MO. McGinnis teamed up with Dr. David Bennett, associate professor of geography at the University of Iowa, for the research project in Yellowstone. The study investigated the ecosystem in the Park. They were concerned with the interactions between elk, wolves and people. The researchers noted, Too often, these investigations focus on natural ecosystem processes while excluding human presence. They explain that when wolves were introduced the elk population declined and vegetation began to grow rapidly. The National Science Foundation BiocomplexityCouple Natural-Human Systems program funded the project. Besides the effect of wolf introduction, the program encompassed human decisions on land-use change, hunter behaviors, climate and snow, elk population dynamics and migration routes, and willow and aspen growth patterns. Being selected to present his findings at the AAAS is an extreme honor. The selection process for the meeting is very exclusive. McGinnis now seeks to help other faculty members create their own research projects through the Grants and Sponsored Programs Office. Over the past 10 years, McGinnis has been a senior investigator on nearly $2 million of funded research. McGinnis has been to many places. He worked at the University of Arizona, Idaho State University, the University of Iowa, and the University of Colorado. He earned his masters and Ph.D at Pennsylvania State University and was awarded the Warren G. Nystrom award for Best Dissertation in Geography from the Association of American Geographers in 1996.

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where they go and what they do. Barron is attempting to answer some tough questions about the lizards in particular, and about life-science in general, such as, Why do we see reproductive birth patterns the way we do? and, Does what we observe fit our theories? Because these are such far-reaching questions, his study is long-term. Barron plans to study the lizards for a minimum of five years in order to draw some meaningful conclusions from his data. I think there is a real place in science for long-term field studies, said Barron when asked about the basic necessity for such a project. Good science raises more questions than it answers, he said. Barron worked alone the first year of his project, scouring his field site east of the Pryor Mountains near the Montana-Wyoming border. I basically stumbled onto my field site, he recalled. I discovered it by accident. Last summer, however, he acquired a research partner to assist him thanks to a teacher-partner grant from MSU-B. Ben Larson, a biology teacher at Senior High

School, volunteered to lend a hand in locating and tagging the lizards. Together, they spend six hours a day, five days a week walking up and down their field site looking for the reptiles. It averages out to about six lizards per day, Barron says. Ive found about 200 over two years. Thats a lot of lizards. He notes that there seems to be a lower survival rate among males, perhaps because they are more conspicuous to predators. Also, there is almost no visible migration in the tagged lizards, which is remarkable among reptiles in general. Anectdotal evidence also suggests that the population of Phrynosoma hernadesi is on the decline; however, more data is needed to draw any long-term conclusions. The species has been placed under the heading of a Species of Special Concern, which is similar to though not nearly as severe as an endangered species. Dr. James Barron earned a B.S. in Geophysics from Purdue in 1982, and worked as a geophysicist for Tenneco Oil Co. in Lafayette, LA from 1982 to 1989. He received his Ph.D. in Zoology from Indiana University in 1995.

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MSU-B Music S tudents Named Divisional Y oung Ar tist Winner s Students Young Artist Winners
Jacquelyn W eitz Weitz and Briane R one y Rone oney to Compe te Compet Nationally This Month
MSU-BILLINGS NEWS SERVICE Two music students in the Montana State University-Billings Department of Music recently won coveted music awards. Jacquelyn Weitz, pianist, and Brianne Roney, mezzo-soprano, were named Young Artist winners in the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Northwest Divisional Competitions, held in Portland, Ore., qualifying them to be among seven competitors at the national competition later this month in Austin, Texas.Jacquelyn Weitz, from Billings, is a senior with a double major in piano performance and vocal performance. Jacquelyn has a long list of musical accomplishments. As a pianist, she won both the High School and Collegiate division of the Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras Young Artist Competition. In spring 2003, she was a finalist in the Pinault International Competition and was awarded first place in the state division of the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition. She was the first-place winner of the Missoula Symphony Associations Young Artist Competition in February 2004, which garnered her two solo pi- tition of the Netherlands, where over 20 ano performances with the Missoula countries were represented. Symphony that same month. Jacquelyn is a piano student of Jacquelyn has been successful in MSU-Billings Music Professor Dorothea national and international piano compe- Cromley. titions as well. Brianne Roney, a junior vocal perIn April 2004, Jacquelyn won the formance major from Cody, Wyo., made Aurora Symphony Orchestra Concerto her solo debut in the Rimrock Operas production of Verdis La Competition, held in Traviata, as Flora. She Boulder, Colo., and perwas a member of the formed Rachmaninoffs Rimrock Opera EnThird Concerto in D semble in Nosferatu Minor with the Aurora and La Boheme. This Symphony Orchestra, past summer, she sang the conducted by Maestro roles of Sister Dolcina/ Richard Niezen, that First Touriere in Sister May. Angelica with Rimrock It is a pianists Operas One Act dream to be one of only Festival. 24 chosen out of hunBefore coming to dreds of applicants to MSU-Billings, Brianne participate in the Young Artists Program at the performed and competed in everything from the prestigious Van Cliburn local to international levInstitute in Fort Worth, els in dance, instrumenTexas. Jacquelyns tal, vocal, and theatrical dream was realized not presentations. She studonly once, in the summer ied tap, jazz, modern, of 2004, but an unheard and ballet for 14 years at of twice, as she was chothe Cody Center for the sen again to participate in the 2005 Van Cliburn Photos courtesy of MSU-B Performing Arts. Institute. Brianne is a vocal News Service In November Weitz (Top) and Roney student of Lesley Jorden. 2004, Jacquelyn was will compete at Nationals. From the stage to chosen as one of only 30 the MSU-Billings tennis court, Brianne is equally students, worldwide, and the only student from the United States, talented. For the past two years, she has to compete in the Young Artists Compe- played #1 singles for the MSU-Billings tennis team. She was a two-time Wyoming state champion in #1 singles, undefeated her last year. The MTNA Young Artist Competition is a prestigious event held each year, for college music students, during the MTNA national conference. The national winner of this competition receives a cash prize and will perform in a Winners Concert during the conference. Students pursuing undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees all are eligible for the competition. The threetiered MTNA competitions begin at the state level. Winners of each state competition advance to the divisional stage and then proceed to the national competition finals. The Northwest Division is comprised of colleges and universities from Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Alaska. The MTNA is a non-profit organization comprising 24,000 independent and collegiate music teachers committed to advancing the value of music study and music making to society. Founded in 1876, MTNA is the oldest professional music teachers association in the United States. During the past three years, the MSU-Billings Department of Music has sent students to the MTNA national competition. Irene Duke, a clarinetist and a 2005 MSU-Billings music graduate, participated in the national competition in both 2004 and 2005. She was a student of MSU-Billings Music Professor Dr. Gary Behm, chairman of MSU-Billings Department of Music.

Chancellor Se xt on Unanimous Selection f or A ward Sext xton for Aw

MSU-BILLINGS NEWS SERVICE Dr. Ronald P. Sexton, chancellor of Montana State University-Billings, was the unanimous choice of a selection committee, from a broad field of college and university presidents throughout the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada, to receive the prestigious Distinguished Leadership Award for the District VIII Council for the Advancement and Support of Higher Education Chancellor Sexton was accompanied by his family, friends and colleagues from MSU-Billings when he accepted the award Friday, February 24, at a banquet in his honor, in Vancouver, B.C. It was noted in his commendation that since becoming chancellor of MSU-Billings in 1995, Chancellor Sexton has created an innovative vision for Montana State University-Billings that has inspired others to embrace it and to act on it. The result has been an exponential increase in educational service to the community and an enhanced stature in the region. In the face of higher education funding challenges and declines in high school graduation rates, Chancellor Sexton was praised for transforming MSUBillings. While acting chancellor in 1994, he initiated the universitys first campus-wide strategic planning effort, leading the way to achieving those strategic initiatives and more. Here are a few highlights of his tenure as chancellor that garnered for him this prestigious award: Two-Year Education. Chancellor Sexton was the first university administrator to publicly challenge Montana leaders to focus attention and resources on twoyear post-secondary education. He boldly pioneered a campaign of awareness and a call for change, working to gather community and legislative support, resulting in: -The evolution of the MSUBillings College of Technology into a comprehensive community college to better serve the needs of the region. -A Montana University System Shared Leadership Initiative, highlighting two-year post-secondary education. o Montana legislative approval of a $29.5 million bond issue for capital improvements on two-year campuses. -Legislative approval of $3 million for equipment upgrades on Montana two-year campuses, with $1 million allocated to the MSUBillings College of Technology. o A nearly $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to develop training programs for the construction industry at the MSUBillings College of Technology. As a result, a new program in construction trades at the MSU-Billings College of Technology will be up and running this year. -ATwo-Year College Council created by the Montana Board of Regents. Because of Chancellor Sextons ceaseless efforts, the people in the greater-Billings community will be able to watch one of MSU-Billings biggest success stories, as a new academic building takes shape at the MSU-Billings College of Technology. By fall 2007, the new building will be ready for its first group of students. By earmarking $9 million for this project, the 2005 Legislature and Governor Brian Schweitzer extended a tremendous vote of confidence in MSU-Billings for the endless possibilities presented by two-year education in health care, construction trades, transportation, computer and energy-related technical fields. Under Chancellor Sextons stewardship, the MSU-Billings College of Technology has been expanding its role and scope in order to address continued workforce development and two-year education needs across the greater-Billings area, eastern Montana and the state, preparing to better serve the students and employers of tomorrow. Last fall, more than 1,000 students, a record enrollment, were studying at the MSU-Billings College of Technology, in medical technology, automotive technology, computer/systems analysis, power plant technology and other high-demand areas. The College of Allied Health Professions was established by Chancellor Sexton to respond to the needs of Billings 10,000-person medical community, clustering degree programs in three critical areas: o Health Administration; o Health and Human Performance; and o Rehabilitation and Human Services. The College of Professional Studies and Lifelong Learning was established by Chancellor Sexton to respond to the changing academic needs of constituents, resulting in: -MSU-Billings Online, the largest distance-education program in Montana, with 10 degree options from certificates through masters, serving more than 7,000, annually. -The Office of Training and Development, which offers customized educational programming for business and industry. -Community Partnerships that are fostered at the CPSLLs Downtown Campus, where expansion and renovation provide easier access to higher education for 11,000 downtown workers. -Leadership Montana Dr. Sexton was one of the founders of this statewide trusteeship program, a cooperative venture of business, industry, and civic leaders. -Big Sky Economic Development Authority In February 2006, Chancellor Sexton became chairman of the Big Sky Economic Development Authority Board of Directors, bridging a critical partnership between the university, business, industry, community and state. A comprehensive, fiveyear, $21 million People, Pride & Promise Campaign is in its This university has a vital excellence in the classroom, but fourth year. Chancellor Sexton has role in our community. With 5,000 touch and impact every segment of been deeply involved. He identi- students, more than 900 employ- our community through their outfies, cultivates, solicits and stewards ees and an economic impact that reach, leadership and volunteer donors; encourages deans and other exceeds $65 million annually, work. administrators to do the same; in- MSU-Billings will continue to play The brightest star in the fuspires campaign volunteers; and an important role in the growth, ture of Montana State Universityhas set an example by making his education and success of Billings Billings lies in the strength of the own financial investment. in the future. It is also a responsi- commitment of this community, its International Outreach. bility we take very seriously. leaders across every sector priChancellor Sexton established a One of his biggest concerns, vate and public who generously partnership with Anjo International he said, is that, A larger and larger give of their time, resources and Business School in Japan and Jilin share of the burden of paying for expertise to encourage and ensure University in China to provide dis- the cost of higher education is be- our continued growth and develtance accounting education for ing passed on to our students and opment. Japanese students and exchange their families. We are making evThere are seismic changes opportunities for MSU-Billings ery effort to curtail those costs taking place in our world right now. students and faculty. through greater efficiencies, in- Technology not only is bringing the Chancellor Sextons life has creased numbers of scholarships citizens of this planet closer tobeen one of service to MSU-Bill- and larger scholarship amounts, gether, but expectations of employings, its students and the state. He improved accessibility through in- ers, taxpayers and students are forcbegan his half-century commit- novative scheduling and online ing all of us to evaluate and address ment when he stepped onto the courses and programs, and univer- how best post-secondary education campus of Eastern Montana Col- sity/industry partnerships that pro- is to be delivered, what it entails lege, the predecessor of MSU-Bill- vide significant internship oppor- and how best it will be used to serve ings, as a freshman, in the mid- tunities and economic support for the greater good of society. 1950s, graduating in 1959 The coming year with a bachelor of science will present its share of chaldegree in social sciences lenges in everything and history, and a minor in from declining numbers of health, physical education high school graduates in and recreation. In 1964, he Montana to a limited earned the master of sciamount of resources with ence degree in guidance which to get things done and counseling, with a mibut none will be insurnor in psychology, from mountable. When Dr. EMC. After being Sexton walks across camawarded a doctor of phipus, he sees the university losophy-education degree as it is today, with the unique from the University or Orperspective of how it has egon in 1971, Dr. Sexton evolved over the span of the completed post-doctoral past five decades. He can study at the University of show you exactly where he Kansas. met his wife, Marilynn, He served as clinical while they both were studirector for the College of dents at Eastern Montana Education at Central College. They have four Michigan University, but children and three grandthe pull of home brought Photo courtesy of www.msubillings.edu sons. Marilynn calls her him back to the Eastern Chancellor Sextons contributions to husband the most devoted, Montana College campus MSU-B are numerous. loving and patient grandfain 1977 to become director ther in the world, and deof the EMC Institute for our programs. lights in sharing photos of him playHabilitative Services and a profesKeeping down the cost of ing with his beloved grandsons at sor in the School of Education. higher education is important to Dr. their family cabin in Red Lodge. In August 1987, he was Sexton. He knows, firsthand, how Marilynn and I recently named EMCs academic vice presi- hard it is to work your way through spent hours looking over photodent and professor of special edu- college, and often can be found sit- graphs of our years on campus, cation and reading; on July 1, 1994, ting with students, listening with dating back to the 1950s, and a he became acting chancellor and understanding as they share their wave of nostalgia swept over me, continued as a professor of special stories of struggle. Born and raised reminiscing about the people at the education and reading; then, on in Billings, he was a first-genera- university who have made our lives March 22, 1995, Dr. Ronald P. Sex- tion college student who juggled a so special these past five decades, ton was appointed chancellor of work schedule with his studies and and there are a lot of them, he said Montana State University-Billings. athletics. It seems he never did with a smile. Most things on camWhen asked about signifi- learn to slow down. His strong pus are transitory, but the one concant changes he has seen in his 50 work ethic is legendary on campus, stant in my mind is the caliber of years with the university, he said, and many attribute it, in part, to the teaching that has been the legacy It has been satisfying to see an in- significant achievements on cam- our faculty members have handed creased investment in the students, pus under his leadership. As al- down to thousands of students, stustaff, faculty and curricula that ways, however, he is quick to hand dents who then went on to influmakes the Montana University off the credit. Whatever successes ence the lives of yet thousands System what it is: one of the finest, we have experienced, as well as all more. What our faculty members academically, and one of the most of those that lie ahead, can be at- have accomplished with their talcost effective public university sys- tributed to the support of a very gen- ent is the most important work I tems in the United States. Increased erosity community that continues can imagine, and they have done it funding for additional workforce to believe in the importance of their outstandingly well; the success of development programs and funds university Montana State Uni- our graduates is testimony to that. for scholarships give students a versity-Billings, and to the extraor- They are the credit behind any sucboost. All of these efforts position dinarily talented and hardworking cess this university has enjoyed. the Montana University System faculty and staff. The teaching, They are the history of this instituand MSU-Billings to better re- scholarly work, research and ser- tion, and if we are judged in the spond to the needs of the state, the vice commitments of our faculty future on the legacy they left, we region and a changing global and staff are second to none and will boast a history well written, and economy. not only provide our students with one of which all of us would be proud.

National Nutrition Month

and vegetables do you usually have per day? The results may surprise you. Four percent said they dont eat fruits or vegetables. Seventy percent said they have one or two per day. Twenty percent said they eat 3 to 4 daily and only five percent answered they eat 5 or more per day. Its recommended to have at least five serving daily. Fruits and vegetables give us vitamins, minerals, water, fiber, antioxidants and much more. Planning and preparation are important in having a healthy diet. Simply having access to healthy foods will help you make healthier choices. Prepare a grocery list before going shopping. Once inside the store, shop in the outer aisles first, and then move towards the center of the store. Fresh foods are usually on the perimeter, whereas highly processed foods are generally more towards the center. When shopping, pay attention to whats on sale, and stock up on produce that will keep for awhile, such as apples, oranges, several vegetables, etc. This will help stretch your grocery dollar. Have you bought tasty fresh fruit or veggies only to have forgotten about them and found them rotted in the bottom bin of your refrigerator? Once you have your healthy goodies at home, you may want to keep them (the fruit, anyway) in a decorative bowl on your counter or desk. This will add color to your home and make healthy snacks a quick and easy choice that will be hard to forget! When planning and eating your meals, make it a goal to eat at least one serving of a fruit or vegetable in each meal. Then have at least two for snacks throughout the day. Preparation will help you achieve this. Have produce on hand that will travel well in your backpack, such as oranges, apples, bananas, carrots, cauliflower, and broccoli. Buy inexpensive reusable food containers to carry more fragile items, such as fresh peaches, pears, grapes, grape tomatoes, etc. Eating a wide selection of fruit and veggies will not only make your meals and snacks more interesting, but will help you wide variety of nutrients as well. Try making a deliberate decision to get more fruits and veggies in your diet. In about two to four weeks, see if you notice a difference. By paying attention to what youre eating, you may feel better, have more energy, and look forward to meals instead of just reaching for the fast fixes you might have chosen previously. A couple helpful nutrition websites include www.nutrition.gov and www.montanadieteticassociation.org. Take care and stay healthy.

March is National Nutrition Month. This is a great time to look at your current eating habits and make changes if needed. How healthy is your diet? How does it compare to the average MSU-B diet? Heres some info that may be interesting and useful. During the fall semester of 2004 we conducted the National College Health Assessment. We distributed the surveys in classrooms and obtained 644 surveys. One survey question asked, How many servings of fruits

Club Connections: Unit ed Campus Ministr y and Psi Chi United Ministry
UCM brings Ecumenism t o to Campus
United Campus Ministry is a religious club on campus that spends its time holding Bible studies and worshiping. It also does service projects, such as helping the homeless, and helps its members as well as the community reinforce its faith in God, or even helps people find their faith. It is supported by United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church USA, the Lutheran Church (ELCA), United Church of Christ, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and the American Baptist Churches, but accepts all different backgrounds. Traditional and non-traditional students, faculty, and staff are all welcome to attend any or all UCM events. Every Tuesday there is a noon lunch gathering. Lunch is provided and it is held in the SUB atrium. On Wednesday there is a noon Bible study, also held in the SUB atrium. It is casual Bible study and you have to bring a lunch. On Thursday there is Food, Fun, Faith at 5:00 p.m. During that time, the group meets at a different place every week, and they cook, eat, and stick around for a fun activity, movies, chatting, or listening to music. Retreats are held one weekend a semester where MSU-Billings students meet with students from Bozeman and Missoula. Additional services that the ministry provides are counseling, crisis assistance, referral to community services, and they can even give you a ride to local churches. The campus minister, Rev. Kim Woeste is available most mornings Monday- Friday, and always by appointment for praying or talking. her office is located in SUB 207, or she can be contacted by phone at 657-2165, or by email at unitedcampusministry@hotmail.com. For more information about the club itself, check out http:// www.msubillings.edu/umc. The minimum requirements for admit- are over 1,000 colleges and universities tance include having a GPA or 3.0, be- that participate in this club nationally. The students and faculty advisors ing enrolled at least one year at MSUBillings, and working toward a major choose who they believe will achieve excellence in the club. After or minor in psychology. they induct new members, The club feeds the creativthey register them with the ity of their members by usnational board, located in ing professional programs Chattanooga, Tenn. Under and other leadership prothe president, Amanda L. grams. The goals of this Engellant, meetings are club are to maintain schoheld the first and third lastic excellence, and to Wednesdays of every make advancements in the month at 3:00 p.m. in the field of psychology. This Garrison Room on the club publishes a magazine fifth floor of the LA buildEye on Psi Chi, which ining. Among other things, forms the members about the club shows a movie the goings-on of the club. one time a month that perPsi Chi is a member tains to psychology and of the Association of Colmental health, in hopes to lege Honor Societies, affiliGraphic courtesy of lower the preconceived ated with the American Psypsichi.vassar.edu notions that American chological Association, the American Psychological Psi Chi brings movies and currently have about mental illness because of HolSociety, and is a sister honor leadership to MSU-B. lywood. society to Psi Beta. There

Psi Chi Unit es Unites Future Shrinks of the W orld World

Psi Chi was founded in 1929 and is a branch of the National Honor Society. Men and women who are interested in Psychology are encouraged to join.

Photo courtesy of www.msubillings.edu Rev. Kim Woeste talks to a student during Welcome Week.

Its Election Time A gain! R oll Out the Platf orms Again! Roll Platforms
Main Campus Candidat es Candidates
Se th Berglee Seth
While serving as a Senator for this past semester, I have begun to understand the needs of the students and the university as a whole. I would really appreciate the opportunity to continue working for the students of MSU-Billings.

Tytus S tempnie wicz St empniewicz

I am running to be a representative of the students. I am visible to students and listen to their concerns. I am active in tennis and the international club, as well as Senate. I served you well this far and hope to continue the service.

education, as well as the education of my peers. As a 24 year old, married student I would like to lend support especially to non-traditional students. I am also up for supporting ethnic minority students in any way possible, as I believe there can never be enough diversity on campus. I would generally support any improvements to students experience here at MSU-B.

I desire. I think that I am a good candidate because I absolutely love people and I also love communicating with others and I am a very good problem solver!

Brian Gus R edf ern Redf edfern

I have lived on campus for three years, been a RA in the residence halls for two of them, and have good knowledge of our campus and the organizations within our student body. I will do my best to represent the students on this campus to the best of my ability. My goals of a senator would be to get the students involved with our campus and to make sure that organizations and students have the proper funding available.

Kenne th Bur ke enneth Burk

I have always believed in representing the voiceless majority. Thats right, these who are too busy to read this, but still care. I cant promise being able to change the manner in which this university approaches its problems, but I can promise that the concerns of my fellow students will at least be heard.

Stacie Dix
Running for a second term as Senator, I would like to continue to be a voice for the students. As an RA I interact with students on a daily basis, it is important that their voice is heard. I am an engaged student on campus attending a wide variety of events put on by different student organizations. I would like to continue to be a voice for the students through ASMSU-B. Thank you!

Anthon y Flores Anthony

If elected, I assure my recommendations, votes, and decisions are fair and beneficial to the faculty, administration and student body alike.

Janii P eder sen Peder edersen

As a senator-at-large, I would want the students voices heard. Senate is a great way to be involved with MSU-Billings. It is also a great way to keep other students in the loop. I am opinionated and friendly, and I think I would be a huge asset to ASMSU-B. As a current Senator, I believe I have the experience to serve the students as they should be.

Hale y DePuydt Haley

To fairly represent the MSU-Billings student body. I love to be involved in student organizations and bring both fun and organizational skills to groups I belong to, such Jacket Student Ambassadors and MSU-Billings Student Volunteers.

Zac h Abels Zach

As a student athlete I feel that it is important to get involved in many areas in school. The school gives a lot to me and I feel that it is important to give back to the school by participating in important structured organizations like ASMSU-B.

Le wis Rif e Lewis Rife

To continue to represent the students of Montana State UniversityBillings with fairness and dignity.

Loren Moreno
As a Senator for the school I feel it would be my job to make sure people from all walks of life were heard. Every comment would be passed on to those working for a better MSU-Billings. As an out-of-state student, I want to help others from out-of-state. With my experience of living in the dorms, I want to fix that ridiculous meal plan. I want MSU-Billings to have its best year now and be part of that.

Sco tt S teinbac her Scott St einbacher

I have lived and worked at MSUBillings for the past four years and know how student organizations function. I have been involved with Residence Life, Habitat for Humanity, and the Office of Community Involvement. I currently hold a position in the Student Union Building as a SUB Manager. If I was to be elected as a senator I would do the best to my ability to make sure that these funds are directed back to students that need the support.

Tif fani F ehlmann Tiffani Fehlmann

I want to represent and inform the students of MSU-Billings. I am currently a Senator-at-Large and want to continue with the work I have started. I work with the Food Service Task Force, Parking Task Force, the Financial Board and a variety of other campus committees. I believe the students should decide how funds are spent and what happens on their campus.

CO T Candidat es COT Candidates

Chelse y McCollum Chelsey
I have served as COT Senator for the Fall 2005 session and would like to represent the students of the College of Technology again. I live on the main campus and attend class at the COT, therefore representation between dual campuses comes easily. My previous experience and established relations with faculty and administration will allow me to perform the duties of the COT senator well.

Shelle yT ansk anen Shelley Tansk anskanen

The things that I have to offer the student population is experience, a willingness to listen, and empathy of what is best for the whole campus. During my three year term I have served on all three of ASMSU-B standing committees. So I have the experience of how Senate works. This campus is very community oriented that is why I like to serve another term as your student representative. Please vote for me!

Sarah McIntyre
I am running to be a Senator-at-Large because I have really enjoyed being on Senate this year and would like to continue the work I have been doing. It is such a great opportunity to grow as an individual and help bring campus issues to the attention of those who have the power to change what needs to be changed.

Brittan y Lane Brittany

Once again, I am running for Senator-atLarge. If I get elected, it will be the third year that I have served ASMSUB student government. On behalf of the students, I truly enjoy the opportunity to speak out, listen to concerns, and make an impact on important issues. Not only am I dedicated to Senate but its a passion of mine. So vote for me, and I will continue to represent the campus community to the best of my ability.

Serena Ander son Anderson

I am excited to be a part of Montana State University government. I believe I can benefit the committee with new ideas and a launch of energy. Realizing the college world can be very overwhelming, I think implementing motivational speakers to boost the morale for students. Another idea is to gather students and create a support group because when going to new college, students have left their friends and family, and this would be beneficial. Thank you for considering me.

Amanda Morales
I am running for senator because I want to become more involved in my college and my

Christa Jensen
I am running for Senator-atLarge because I would like to become more involved in student life more than I currently am. I want to meet more people because I am a people person and living at home it is hard to be as involved as

...And in Lincoln and Douglas F ashion... Fashion...

Presidential Candidat es Candidates
Kevin Maje wski Majewski
Major: Psychology I founded and presided over Circle K International, a volunteer organization. I proudly serve as Buzz, the Yellowjacket mascot, and actively served as Student Senator for two years. During my two years in Senate, I served on Public Relations/Student Services Committee, and Financial Board. One goal for this year is to increase communication throughout campus, state entities, and increase student representation on the state level. My school pride and well-rounded experience makes me the leading candidate for President.

Man y Cooks Dont Alw ays Spoil Many Alwa the Br oth: S tirring the P ot Bro Stirring Po
Lisa Kemmerer, Ph. D., of the English and Philosophy Department, along with eight other women, will be bringing the second annual Stirring the Pot forum to the MSU-Billings campus this month. The event will be Thursday, March 23 at 7 p.m. in the Lewis and Clark room of the SUB. Kemmerer, who has achieved an almost cult-like following on campus, was the mastermind behind last years forum, Voices of Change. It was presented as an assignment for her Ecofeminism philosophy class. In order to be eligible for an A in the class, students were required to participate in some aspect of the forum. This years forum, Ecofeminism: Women, Nature, Justice, is sponsored by the Department of English and Philosophy in alliance with United Campus Ministries (UCM). Kemmerer said this event is part of Womens History Month. She said that although this is not a class-sponsored debate, four students from her Ecofeminism class last semester will be participating. Students Amelia McDanel and Sara Schantz will introduce the speakers and the topic of Ecofeminism. The forum is designed to challenge people to rethink gender relations, as well as relations with people of different abilities, races, and ages, and our relations with nature and other animals. The speakers will cover a range of topics all centered on environmental/nature issues, within the social context of hierarchy and dominance. Rev. Kim Woeste of UCM, will cover scripture; Dr. Joy Honea, of the Dept. of History, Native American Studies, Political Science and Sociology, will give remarks on women in families; Director of International Studies Director Analicia Pianca will speak about ableism (discrimination based on ones abilities or disabilities) and racism; Thora Dexter will lecture on ageism and Kemmerer of the Dept. of English and Philosophy will talk about nature and animals. Each of the speakers will talk for about five minutes. Following the panels remarks, two more students, Bethany Dopp and Morgan Hanley, will present the book The Pornography of Meat, by Carol Adams. Dopp and Hanley will be applying the issue of dominance and hierarchy through the book. Ecofeminism: Women, Nature, Justice is designed to provide opportunities for expanding our understanding of the world we live in and how we live in our world. After the presentation of the book, the forum will be opened up for discussion between the audience and the panel. Last year about 80 people attended. Kemmerer expects a similar reception this year. Refreshments will be provided.

Kevin Majewski

Matt Harris
Major: Biology Minor: Business Administration I am running for the position of ASMSU-B President because I would like to make a difference. After serving you with pride as a Senator I am eager to take myself to the next level. I will do whatever it takes to provide you with the means to achieve academic excellence. I plan to be an accessible resource to all students and work hard for all of you. Thank you for your time, and I would greatly appreciate your vote.

Matt Harris

Vice Presidential Candidat es Candidates

Dan Hansen
Major: Math Education As an incumbent, I have the experience and the clout that are essential for a Vice President. Over the last year I have brought professionalism, equality, and respect to our organization as the chair of the student senate. Furthermore, I want to ensure that student issues survive the turnover. I can and will provide a stable platform for the executive and legislative branches to operate on. I promise no less than to build on these foundations.

Graphic courtesy of Dr. Lisa Kemmerer Kemmerers Ecofeminism philosophy class sponsered a forum.

Dan Hansen

Andre w Zoeller Andrew

Major: Accounting Minor: Finance I want to be the next ASMSUB Vice President in order to better serve the students. My experiences as a Senator, a Supreme Court Justice, and an active student have given me the tools necessary to serve our student body. I plan to keep Senate organized as well as hold Senators accountable for their duties. Matt Harris and I will serve with integrity and represent the students with pride. I truly appreciate your time, and would greatly appreciate your vote.

Andrew Zoeller All photos courtesy of candidates

MSU-B Drama Committ ee Committee Sponsor s Classic Sponsors and Cutting Edge Drama

Broken Glass and Female Anatomy

gripping, and sometimes-uncomfortable subject matter. Ensler spent a great deal of time interviewing women who were victims of violence, from a woman working with women in a homeless shelter in New York City to women in Bosnia who had survived rape room tortures. The Vagina Monologues is designed to empower women who are in situations where they put up with violence to get out of those situations. The play covers issues of abuse, secrecy of women about their bodies, misplaced shame, and inadequacy, just to name a few. It is the kind of subject matter that is important to say and hear. The main focus is womens issues, but guys dont feel left out. This play is an insight into the psychology of women. If you have ever wondered why your girlfriend gets mad at you for seemingly no reason the answer may reside in the production of this play. Pugh is working with YWCA Sexual Assault Services, and Friday, April 21 the play will be held in Petro Theatre as a benefit performance with proceeds going to assist abused and sexually assaulted women. The other performances slated for April 19, 20, and 22 will be in room 620 on the sixth floor of the L.A. Building. Show-time is 7:30 p.m. and again students get in free. The Vagina Monologues features 12 actresses ranging widely in age, ethnic background, and occupation. Loren Moreno who appeared in Beauty is a Beast, Marco Polo Sings a Solo, and Tartuffe: Born Again is back on stage for this play. Iizawa Chihiro (Yoshimi), an exchange student from Japan, is also featured in the monologues. Pugh has managed to capture in her casting choices the essence of the play. When asked why she chose this play she said, I was interested in the message of empowering women this play promotes. Ensler speaks for women who dont want to speak for themselves.

MSU-B is offering students an opportunity to see a truly classic play. The Communications and Theater Department in association with ASMSU-B Drama Committee are producing The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. This play is one of the standards to which all other drama is compared. The setting of the play is the late 30s during Americas slow crawl out of the Great Depression, but before World War II. The city is St. Louis and the four characters are Amanda, the mother, Laura, the daughter, Tom, the son, and Jim who is a possibility for Laura romantically. The characters are written to represent a dream of reality, or the failure reality brings to dreams. Amanda is played by Martha Carlson who is a veteran of theater in Billings. Tom is played by Sam Herbert, a newcomer to the stage. Laura is played by Jessica Kohn, and Jim is portrayed by Josh Payne who you may remember from The Transparency of Val, and Beauty is a Beast. These actors have been hard at work in rehearsals and their characters are already coalescing.

Photo by Paul Jangula Students are rehearsing for Williams The Glass Menagerie. Randy Pugh is directing this project, and is working from a sense of personal nostalgia. He has seen several productions of this play, and has taught it in his Introduction to Theater classes. When asked why he chose The Glass Menagerie he said that he hoped the name recognition would draw a large audience. He also wants to expose his audience to a true classic of American theater. Weve been neglecting the classics, Pugh said. He continued to explain that the production staff has and is planning to send invitations to area high schools within a 100-mile radius. Pugh plans to have a discussion session either before or after the performances in order to solidify the concepts in the audiences minds. Pugh says that this play has continuing appeal. When questioned why he responded, Tragic things happen to ordinary people. You cant go back and repair the past, and I like that this play acts like a membrane in that the characters can take the audience from present to past and back to present. The performance dates are April 12 through 15. Show-time is 7:30 p.m. in Petro Theater. The Student Senate Finance Committee has also secured tickets for all MSU-B students. MSUB students get into all theater productions without charge from this date forth. Faculty, staff, and community members still have to pay; sorry folks, but we have to pay for the lumber the sets are made out of somehow. Another free show for students is running the week after The Glass Menagerie. In true theater family affair style, Alicia Pugh, Randys wife, is directing The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. This play is a series of single actress monologues dealing with

Por tland Sends Ellio t Smith a P ostcard of A dmiration ortland Elliot Postcard Admiration
Clementine, was covered by one of the most prominent bands of Portland, The Decemberists. It features acoustic The Good Will Hunting guitar with highlights of harmonica true guy, more familiarly known as Elliot to the original. In fact, most of the Smith, was a prominent star of the artists chose to keep a tone that was punk/folk genre at the turn of the synonymous with Smiths sound and century. Born Steven Paul Smith in with the Portland vibe, including The Nebraska, the singer called himself Helio Sequence (Satellite), Swords Elliot. He spent his teenage years in (I Didnt Understand), and Eric Portland living with his dad, and it Mathews (Needle in the Hay). was during this time that Smith Others tried to take the original lyrics discovered the guitar. He joined the and apply them to a totally different punk band Heatmiser and simultasound, like the albums version of neously pumped out several solo Happiness. Here the Lifesavas took albums (which are what awarded him the Smith original and morphed it into a the most recognirap-like track, tion.) In 1997, which deserves he was contacted A for effort, No w Im a crash credit an Now by Good Will but the outcome card regist ered t o Smith. is a bit disapregistered to Hunting director Its no t the name that y ou pointing. It just Gus Van Sant to not you write a track for doesnt fit with call me with. the soundtrack. the rest of the That tune, Miss Elliot Smith as retold by album. The last Misery, won track, High Dolorean Smith an AcadTimes, is an emy Award unreleased track nomination and by Sean Croghan, the title of the Good Will Hunting friend and former roommate of Elliot guy in the music world. His music Smith. My favorite selections include embodied the spirit of Portland. It the before mentioned Decemberists and was mostly acoustic, with folk, jazz, Helio Sequence tracks and also The punk and country influences and Biggest Lie by Dolorean and Befeatured unrefined vocals. tween the Bars by Amelia. Knock His lyrics are what gave his music character. They were poetic and profound, venturing into all that is meloncholy and exploring themes familiar to Elliot Smiths life, particularly drugs and despair. In October of 2003, his body was found in his Los Angeles home. His death was the result of what many argue were selfinflicted stab wounds. He was 34. It is no surprise that Smiths death hit the music world pretty hard, especially in the indie-rock culture of Portland. His influences stretched across zip codes and musical genres in the laid back city, and it was because of this that the recent To: Elliott, From: Portland was released. This musical compilation is a tribute to the late musician with some of Smiths most memorable songs redone completely by artists from Portland. The opening track,

Album artwork by Ryan Dobrowski Knocks version of Speed Trials just plain sucked. It is well-known that tribute albums are always hit or miss. I think that To: Elliot, From: Portland hits the mark, with the exception of just a few outcasts. It portrays Portland exaclty in a way that one would expect, and it recreates Smith in a way that is true, but not redundant. It definitely has an indie/underground feel, and although I would probably choose Elliot Smiths versions, this album is an honorable attempt to bid farewell to one of Portlands greats. Elliot, you are missed.

Photo courtesy of www.varandadoazur.blogger.com.br Elliot Smith left a gaping hole in Portlands music scene with his death in 2003.

Middlese x is Fiction That R eads Lik e Middlesex Reads Like Nonf iction in a Good W ay Nonfiction Wa
Middlesex starts its story in a small village in Greece and takes us on a journey with one family through different countries, lives and times. The book introduces us to Calliope, a second-generation GreekAmerican girl growing up with her family and their secrets. At times in the book, we are looking at the life of Calliope and her family in Detroit and we are quickly taken back in time to life in Greece with her grandparents where we start to learn more and more about this familys secrets and what they left back in Greece. This is all very important in understanding the family and may be an answer to all Calliopes problems. Calliope was raised as a girl in a middle class family whose father is infatuated with American cars. Her life seems normal but when she hits puberty, it becomes very difficult for her. She starts to have feelings for other girls and when other girls are developing breasts, she starts developing facial hair. Throughout her uncomfortable journey, you cannot help but feel sorry for her and wonder how she will come out of it all. After waxing, shaving and growing to almost sixfeet tall, her family finally takes her to a specialist who finally says what the reader is predicting all along; she is a hermaphrodite. After the shock of not knowing what she is anymore, Calliope runs away to find herself. The book takes you through her journey of learning how to walk, dress and act all over again in a new body. You can feel the awkwardness in Eugenides writing, which is not something you always get. The book is fiction but you read it thinking its real and when the book is done you cant help but want more and want to know how their lives all end. This book shows the taboo of incest but doesnt make it dirty or too uncomfortable. I had never heard of Jeffrey Eugenides, the Pulitzer Prize winning author before, but I will certainly be looking for him in Barnes and Noble from here on out.

in the film). Before you get excited, understand that 1) these vampires are never shown consuming blood of any Maybe you were thinking of kind, 2) they cannot fly, 3) hypnotize seeing the film Ultraviolet maybe anyone, 4) turn into mist, 5) create you shouldnt. Why? While the first ghouls or homunculi, or 6) even third of the film may have visual merit intimidate children. As the (not found in the Computer Graphics), Hemophages are the underdogs of the the film overall will make your organs film, we are forced against our will to bleed. You might not make it to the side with them and somehow support credits. their never-explained cause. Luckily The concept behind the film for the Hemophages, they have Milla relies heavily on the willing suspenJovovich to wear unnecessarily tight sion of disbelief as the movie actually and combat-ineffective clothing to promotes disbelief. It seems that in the engage in anti-climactic fight scenes. future there will be a struggle between And who would be worthy of fighting regular humans and an underground such a protagonist? An insecure, element of vampires (Hemophages germophobic suit with the lamest nasal apparatus in film history you will know him as Daxus (Nick Chinlund). It is rare in film for audiences to dislike the antagonist and the protagonist with equal intensity. Any success in the film is limited to imagery. Kurt Wimmer, who brought you the wonderful film you should have watched (Equilibrium), crafts visually stimulating scenes at the outset of the movie. The color use and composition of many shots in the early portion of the film are remarkable, but the CG and the soft-focusBarbara-Walters-interview style filter pollute any imagery that might have been pleasing. It has been said that the best part of a good movie and the worst part of a bad movie is the special effects. UltravioMovie poster courtesy of art.com let hammers this point home

with the force of Mjollnir. You would think that someone would have drawn the line at bad CG and poor character development. Nope. The dialogue in the film made myself and comrades question whether or not the screenwriter was comfortable with the English language. The bad dialogue crushes any hope of good (or even mediocre) acting. The interchange of quips at the climax of the film elicited peals of raucous laughter from the reviewer and his friends. Our laughter was amplified by the fact that everyone else in the

theater was silent, for they had already been reduced to semivegetative states by this multi-sensory lobotomy. We, here at The Retort, are requesting photos of anyone that actually enjoyed the film, so that we may avoid you wherever and whenever possible. (In case you were wondering, Mjollnir is Thors hammer) (In case you were wondering who Thor is, he is the Norse god of thunder and gave you Thursday, formerly Thors Day)

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Bab y, I go tY our Number! Baby got Your

When going out with your friends or going to class, there is usually someone that catches your eye, but what is that is catching your eye? For some its a smile and others its a magnetic personality but whats the first thing we notice. For me, its their shoes. I think you can tell a lot about a person by their shoes; dress shoes, they must care about what they look like and hopefully have a job, gym shoes, maybe they are athletic and care about their health. What ever it is there is always something. Lets see what some MSU-Billings students notice first about their opposite sex.

Seriously? Hair; the cut, style or color. I like when someone does something different; I like a clean cut. Tracy Jo Schweigert Major: Public Relations/ Political Science Minor: Philosophy Junior Minnesota

Depends on what way my heads pointing. I guess whether or not shes wearing a wedding ring. Rick Parkinson Major: Communication Sophomore Villas, New Jersey

Smile. Big smile and straight teeth. Kelli Morse Major: Public Relations Junior Billings

Face. Its the first thing you look at, I guess. Brett Weese Major: Communication Sophomore Wilke, Saskatchewan Canada

Ahdoot Was a Hoot at MSU-B

person can swim from Cuba to Florida, then the Olympic swim team should recruit him/her. The USA would not lose a race ever again. He ended his stand-up performance by doing a couple of prank calls. He called one womans mom and said that her daughter had been caught underage drinking. After he got the mom sufficiently upset, he said, Theres some good news, though, I just saved a ton of money on my car insurance, and hung up.

since Sept. 11, he claims to be Puerto Rican. He then joked about how Montanans seem immune to the cold, since Comedian Dan Ahdoot visited several people in the audience were MSU-Billings on February 21. Many wearing shorts and sandals in the 20 depeople know him as a finalist on season gree weather. His jokes encompassed his two of Last Comic Standing. For an hour family life, telling stories of his crazy and a half he got the audience to laugh family and his childhood. His dad used at his funny and sometimes obscene April Fools Day as more of a day of confession instead of jokes. One year, jokes. Ahdoot graduated from John his dads joke basically went like this Hopkins University with honors as a pre- Son, remember that year that you came med student. He quickly decided that he home from camp and your hamsters wanted become a comedian and moved were dead? Well, I killed them . . . no, to New York City to pursue his dreams. just joking, I forgot to feed them. Ha. He has performed at all of the comedy Ha. Ahdoot is not only Iranian, but clubs in Manhattan, and is a founding member of an improv troupe. He won Jewish as well. He said that people, upon first prize at the Philadelphia Comedy learning that he is Iranian, ask about the Competition in 2003, has been featured nuclear bombs being manufactured in on ABCs 20/20, been a guest speaker Iran. He calmly jokes that the terrorists on 98.7 KISS FM Morning Comedy do not send out emails to all the IraniSpecial, and has written freelance for ans, revealing their secret intentions. Comedy Centrals Crank Yankers. One day after an act, a man came up to Ahdoot has opened for Lewis Black, him and said that Ahdoot looked more Jewish than Iranian. What, does that Dave Chappelle and Jay Mohr. He opened his act Tuesday night mean that the size of my nose outweighs with the statement that he is Iranian, but my need to make a nuclear bomb? he replied. Then he started poking fun at real-world problems. He joked that people who were in the hurricanes did not leave sooner because the names are not scary enough. If a hurricane was named Hitler, people would be hitting the road as soon as they heard about it. He said that it is good that America accepts refugees, but that America Photo courtesy of www.danahdoot.com is not utilizing them to the Ahdoot graced MSU-B with a recent appearance. best of its ability. If the

acts Facts St. P atric ks Da y No t Just About Booze Fast F Patric atricks Day Not
Thi s story was originally printed in the March 15, 2005 issue of The Retort. Believe it or not, St. Patricks Day actually has a meaning and a reason, besides getting drunk and wearing green. The original St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in Wales about AD 385 and was given the name Maewyn. He considered himself a pagan until he was sold into slavery at 16 years old by a group of marauders who raided his village. That brought him a lot closer to God. He escaped after six years and went to Gaul to study in a monastery. It was there that he became aware that his calling was to convert pagans to Christianity. St. Patrick died on March 17 in AD 461. Thats why we celebrate St. Patricks Day on March 17. According to the official St. Patricks Day website, St. Patricks Day is a traditional day for spiritu8al renewal and offering prayers for missionaries worldwide. St. Patricks Day was first celebrated which just happens to be doing great. in America in 1737 in Boston, Mass. Natives U2 are considered one of the As with most things American, best bands of all time, Riverdance, its meaning has changed greatly over has been seen by 60 million people the years. Spiritual renewal? What worldwide and their GNP (gross part of getting drunk and wearing national product) surpassed Great green underwear is that? Most Britains a few years ago. So it looks Americans celebrate St. Pattys Day like even in Ireland theyre not by wearing green to prevent being exactly praying for missionaries pinched and by consuming large worldwide on St. Patricks Day. amounts of green beer. Many cities Whatever the original meaning of this have St. Patricks Day parades and holiday was, its still fun to party Irish some even go so far as dying their style, so dont worry about the hows rivers or streams green. and whys, just be responsible, be safe The Irish look at St. Patricks and have fun on St. Patricks Day. Day in a whole other light. In Dublin St. Patricks Day is now known as the St. Patricks Day Festival. They dont use it to commemorate the past but to look to their future. They are Photo courtesy of www.epspipeband.ca very proud of Butte boasts the largest Irish population per capita in their country, Montana.

Sw ee t Surrender Swee eet

To get the flavor of Harry Potters Bertie Botts Beans booger flavor just right, Jelly Belly, the makers of Jelly Beans, bought in a group of seven year old boys to taste different types of booger flavored beans. In the end, all the boys picked the same booger bean and thats how they picked the winner! Dont worry, acne sufferers, eat that chocolate! Its a common myth that chocolate can induce an acne flare up but after two universities did studies on the sweet delight they found no link to acne and dermatologists today find no link to acne with ones diet. Do you have the hiccups? Place a pinch of sugar on the tongue to get rid of them. You can also take a teaspoon of sugar after eating curry to ease the burn in you mouth! In the original Willy Wonka movie with Gene Wilder, the Oompa Loompas didnt actually sing any of the songs. Other singers were brought in and their voices were dubbed in! If you watch closely you can see that some of their lipsyncing skills were a little off! Although it is not known exactly how Hersheys brand Kisses got its name, but its thought to have been because of the sound or motion the chocolate made while being deposited in the production process!

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Dana Liv ermont Livermont

Age: 21 Hometown: Forsyth, Montana Major: Psychology Minor: Spanish Dream job: Either a Clarice Starlinglike serial killer hunter or maybe a successful and highly paid advertising designer Top of celebrity make out list: Its always Johnny Depp and I think Ill add Orlando Bloom to the list (brunette version, of course!) Famous person youd most like to kick the crap out of: Anne Coulter or Condi Rice, both are pretty slimy in my eyes Recurring nightmare : I dont remember my dreams usually, but I dont like heights/feeling of falling, so being forced to ride a roller coaster would be pretty nightmarish for me. Also the idea of never getting a real job and having to work as a unappreciated food server for the rest of my life. Scary!

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Age: 20 Hometown: Forsyth, Montana Major: Marketing Minor: Sociology Dream job: I would love to be Marketing or Advertising Executive at a huge advertising agency Top of celebrity make out list: Well duke it out for Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom and Id add Heath Ledger this year. Famous person youd most like to kick the crap out of: The only famed person I could ever dislike enough to beat up would be good old G.W. Bush. Other than that I wouldnt really wish harm to anyone else. Recurring nightmare: When I was younger I used to have the recurring dream that Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) was living in my backyard in the trees waiting. Thats it, he never really left the trees or did anything.

Three S tudent Sho ws and a F aculty Student Shows Faculty Exhibit Going on No w Now
He said his work is all related to music, hence the name. Im into music quite a bit, said Tippets. [Its] what it would be putting a song on paper. Tippets was trying to capture the essence of music with his pieces. Playing with the concept of musics ability to take the listener on an emotional journey, Tippets wants his senior exhibit to take the viewer on a similar journey. He said his show is essentially a study about the connection between music and visual arts. In his artist statement, Tippets wrote: The compositions which you see here [are] each meant to represent its own song. Jeanne Hutchinson La Femelle March is Womens History Month, which makes it a fitting time for Jeanne Hutchinsons exhibit, La Femelle, French for the female. In an email to The Retort, Hutchinson wrote: My senior show is about my exploration of current feminine issues while retaining a connection with the past. My journey through color, glass, bronze, copper and steel has inspired my work for the future. My work is very consciously about women. I returned to university after raising my children, to pursue my lifelong passion of art and to facilitate my studio art degree. La Femelle opened March 13 and will remain on display until March 24. Hutchinsons work can be found in the Student Gallery, located on the first floor of the LA building. A reception will be held March 17 from 6 to 9 p.m. The Line and The Color are DreamingIllustrations by Neil Jussila Also exhibiting right now is Art Professor Neil Jussila. Jussila has been an instructor here since 1969. The works displayed in The Northcutt-Steele Gallery are the fruition of his 2004 sabbatical. Jussilas work took on a new dimension during his time away from campus: he began incorporating prose and poetry into his artwork. Jussila said, I do what I really love, which is to illustrate my work with prose. When I finish a painting or drawing, I illustrate it with prose that, for me, makes the work far more interesting and acts as a bridge between the audience and the work. I like to work with themes of love,

About our photo: A night of drinking and cleavage bearing at Howl at the Moon of Universal City in Los Angeles.

The month of March is busy for the art department. Three senior artists are exhibitingboth on and off campussimultaneously. In addition, Art Professor Neil Jussila has pieces on display this month, as well. Sherri Cornett Chrysalis Sherri Cornetts senior show Chrysalis is on display at Toucan Gallery, located at 2505 Montanan Ave. The life size mixed media pieces were put up March 10 and will remain up until April 4. Cornett said her contract with the gallery was the main factor contributing to her decision to exhibit off campus. Due to the scale of her work, Cornett also said the works may not have fit in the student gallery. The pieces are set at the end of a winding path of river rock. Cornett used steel, copper, bronze, glass, wood and fabric to create her fantasy asylum. It is from images of cocoons, caves, cradlesplaces of protection in times of personal growth, said Cornett. Toucan is open Mon. through Fri. from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sat. and Sun. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Brian Tippets Visual Music On display in the SUB Galleria is Brian Tippets Visual Music. His show will be up from March 13 to March 24. Tippets collection of digital photos and photo collages were made with the help of the new digital age.

grace, life, death and mortality. Jussilas exhibit includes depictions of landscapes, mothers and children, cartoons and illustrations for studies and book covers. The display went up on Feb. 24 and will be up until March 24. *information about Neil Jussila was taken from a MSU-Billings news service press release*

Photos courtesy of artists Top left: Tippets conveys music through art. Right: Hutchinson explores the female form. Bottom left: Cornett discovers personal growth in Chrysalis.

Scraping the Barrel: Writing on Fumes

being our Vice President shot a senior citizen in the face. With a freakin shotgun! But, alas, it was not to be. That would be like playing badminton against a paraplegic. Just too easy. Deadline quickly approached, and I sat at my computer loaded down with pirated music and downloadable porn, eating a Slim Jim just staring at the blinking cursor. Blink. Blink. This wasnt getting any easier. I abandoned my computer, and retreated to the living room to watch the Olympics. Of course, all the good Olympic sports had already concluded, leaving me with the four man bobsled, curling, and the luge. It bothered me that people were actually going to get medals for these events, even though bobsledding itself is glorified tobogganing, an activity that involves a frozen surface and a broom that isnt about moving snow, and an event that consists of some dumbass careening down an icy ramp on a brownie pan. I wasted about an hour watching the Taiwanese or whoever, and peeked my head back into the room which housed my computer, just in case I had written something and not remembered it. Blink. Blink. Crap... I said. I was really starting to panic. Even at my very peak of journalistic capabilities, my work was marginal at best, especially when compared to that of a second grader writing about his sixth birthday party. I decided the only way to truly do something was just to do it. Okay. I thought to myself as I settled in with a cold beverage ready to mount a written barrage of biblical proportions. Time to just kick it. Time to kick it with a tasty groove. YOU WANT SOME, MSU-B RETORT?! COME GET SOME! Blink. Blink. It was not, as I imagined, On like Donkey Kong. Time passed, it was now Sunday evening, and it was rapidly coming down to the wire. I needed inspiration, and I needed it fast, but you try to find inspiration in Billings, Montana on a Sunday night. I decided I would peruse the official Schrage archives of past columns stashed under my sink, which is where I would come to a revelation. Take a look above, or perhaps to your left. Go ahead, its alright. Right where my name is. Mike Wolfgang Schrage. Always Wolfgang. Not that anything is wrong with that moniker, but I remembered I had kept pitching new nicknames to my editors to no avail. Call it a desire to reinvent myself, I offered such possibilities as Electric Boogaloo, Dodegball Jesuit, and Sexual Mephisto to name a few. But somehow they never stuck. I couldnt squeeze 500 words out of that, however. Hell, I barely got fifteen. Despite my past articles about racism, religious bigotry, addictions, bias, erectile dysfunction, date rape and incarceration, I failed to gain inspiration and direction. Blink. Blink. So, did you hear about our Vice President shooting someone in the face with a shotgun...

I just wanted to clarify something, and that something is that despite this past issue, reports of my untimely demise are vastly overstated. That being said, these columns are getting harder and harder to write. I figured this would be an easy week,

In Def ense of Rationality

When did politics become a bunch of old men posturing and mudslinging in order to keep themselves or their candidate in power? Whatever happened to politicians serving the public good? Its sad really because people align themselves with a political party and blindly follow because they only think of things in black or white. I personally would vote for any candidate who said they wanted to improve our foreign relations, or feed our poor, or God forbid take religion out of the White House. Their political party is irrelevant so long as they are working to serve the people who elected them, which is becoming increasingly rare. I must also admit that I do not vote. However before you get your political knickers in a knot, let me explain. It has been a long held belief in this country that voting changes things. If we stop and look at the behavior of our elected officials though, we find this to hardly be the case. Our lives and laws are governed by back-room deals and under the table bribes. Our politicians dont care how we vote after we get them into office, because they know that the average American doesnt understand enough about our political system to question it, far less take action. It is for this reason that I do not vote. I will not condone a corrupt system and support unscrupulous politicians simply because voting is the American thing to do. It has often been said If you dont vote, dont complain. However, I wish those people would understand that there are a large group of us who are complaining that there is no one to vote for. So I would like to give kudos to that rare breed of citizen who uses rationality and logic to evaluate the worth and value of politics and politicians, and not blind allegiance to a party. Thank you to all of you who

I will confess that there was a time in my life when my political views were somewhat polarized. I was (and perhaps still am) a raging liberal. At the time my opinion was that if you were a Democrat you were probably right, and if you were a Republican you were probably wrong. Many years, and a whole lot of experiences later, I find that view almost comical. I have since renounced any one political affiliation and have instead sided with logic and rationality. I have become disgusted with partisan politics because what both sides fail to realize is that they are fighting the wrong battle. Do we really believe that if Republicans or Democrats were given exclusive control of our government that somehow we would be propelled into a golden age of enlightenment and prosperity?

choose not to vote for all the right reasons. Finally I would like to address both the Democratic and Republican parties alike. Shame on you! You have taken the trust of the American people and perverted and twisted it into nothing more than a means to an end. The people of this country deserve better than that. We deserve a group of people who truly care about what we want and work to make our country better, not just more profitable.

We Are a Product That Cant Be Sold

-We are a product that cant be sold I dont know how many times it has been said, or who said it first, but all of us are dying. Straight up, no way around it... the sad paradoxical opposed side to the dying coin is that not all of us are living. Judge people based on their decisions, their willful acts I dont dwell on peoples past mistakes, I judge a person based on the decisions that they make and then make again, because I think that the decisions we make matter. It has nothing to do with who you are or where you have been, who hasnt seen some bad times (a sprinkling of violence, homelessness and addiction)? It has everything to do with what you choose to do, whether you choose to live life and how you experience the world. Life is just a chain of experiences. When its all said and done, its all you have, its the only currency that can justify a yesterday. Your charge in life should be to seek out the members of your tribe. They are out there somewhere, no matter how obscure; dont settle for the collective mediocrity that you run into on any given day. This is not to suggest that one cannot know others outside their tribe or go between tribes, but the tribalization of modern society can make up for all the missing pieces in ones life. The missing father or mother, the sibling you always wanted, a childhood compatriot that was never there feel free to substitute them later in life. Try to seek out the rare few who actually prosper from hearing the truth. They know who they are, and if you have any question of whether or not you are one of the small few that I speak of, then by all means I am not talking about you. The chosen few actually enjoy and revel in the coarse and unrefined input that I offer, straight from the soul. And, sadly, its no different here in Montana than any of the previous States that I have lived in: no one wants to hear the truth. They say they do, and its not that they want someone to lie to them, its just that they dont want all the truth up front, they want the watered down version... and carrying all of these buckets of water is getting old. If someone wants friends that blindly agree with them (a team of yes-men), then I am surely not fit to spend time with them or even casual conversation, for I challenge those around me, especially those close to me, and try to be something more tomorrow than I was today (and yes, I piss off my close friends all the time with this but it keeps them coming back). If surrounding oneself with people who condone flaws and ignore your potential so that you can live comfortably is what you want, thats fine, its a way of life that works for a lot of people and you can find happiness there. I prefer truth to happiness and struggle to comfort it reminds me that I am indeed alive, and believe me when I say that I have earned these 26 years through mistakes and regrets. Siddhartha Gautama said that Existence is suffering, its what reminds us that we are not dreaming or dead. Struggle is life. So curl up in your comfort, neglect the ability to improve, and shut out the sounds of criticism that may come your way. We are all far from perfect (and we will never get anywhere near), but the fact that one can recognize this and care puts us one notch above them in my vision of

Photo by Olivia Koernig the world. No longer can we exist as who we are supposed to be, enough of the reinforced everyday-acceptable, it needs to be a question of are we enough of ourselves to even exist... Can I honestly look in the mirror and smirk out of relief that I am what I tell myself I am and not just the appearance or pencil-mug full of ideas, idle on the desk. Constancy is also a must: it saddens me, seeing those that used to be but are no longer, like finding out that Batman is just a comic book character. Its not so much that the illusions are shattered, the illusions were never truly there its finding out that those we see are mortal, capable of letting us down, and that they never really were. Accomplishment is not found in how much alcohol you can consume in one weekend, how many drugs you have done over your lifetime, how much money you make or any other societally-reinforced construct of accomplishment. Want to impress me? Try living... Live your life, not everybody gets to.

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Jacket Men Unable to Climb Over Hilltoppers in Conference Championship

St. Edwards gave the Hilltoppers the 8377 victory and the Heartlands automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. The MSU-Billings mens basketThe Yellowjackets, who had earned ball team came within a few minutes of their place in the title game by defeating clinching its first ever Heartland Confer- Oklahoma Panhandle 80-67 in the semience championship. But five late turn- final, led by seven at half time, 39-22, and overs and some opportunistic shooting by by as many as 10 during the second half. From 12:30 to play onward however, St. Edwards began chipping away at MSUBs lead. The Hilltoppers eventually took a one-point lead with 2:01 to play. For the Jackets things went downhill from there as they turned over the ball on their next five possessions, allowing St. Edwards to score the points which ensured the victory. Besides turnovers another problem for MSU-B seemed to be lack of depth Photo by Matt Langman in the lineup. In addition to Jackets lose their chance to attend NCAA tourney. already being down a player as forward Lucas Walker was unavailable due to a season ending injury sustained against St. Marys on Feb. 18, early foul trouble limited Walkers replacement in the lineup. Jonathan Wiley to just 20 minutes of playing time (compared to 38 against OPSU in the semis) leaving the Jackets without a key defensive specialist much of the game. In his post game remarks to the media, Head Coach Craig Carse made few excuses instead giving credit to the Hilltoppers for winning the game saying Sixty days ago we set a goal to be in a position to win the conference and we did that. As to what happened tonight, things just didnt go our way. Im very proud of our guys; I thought they played very hard and very intelligently. Congratulations to St. Edwards. They did the things they needed to do to win. As to next year which will be Carses 12th along the Yellowjackets sidelines, MSU-B will have some tough holes to fill as the Heartland Championship marked the last appearance in a Jacket uniform of three seniors: Moritz Wohlers, Buddy Windy Boy and Cameron Munoz. Wohlers who played just one year at MSU-B was a vital presence inside the paint for the Jackets, while Munoz and Windy Boy were two of the best shooters in school history. Munoz logged an NCAA Division II record 451 three pointers during his career while Windy Boys 301 baskets from behind the arc were good enough for third all time in school history. We will miss Buddy, Cameron and Moritz, said Carse, But I know we have a lot of guys who can pick up where they left off.

Photo by Matt Langman Windy Boy releases a jump shot.

Photo by Matt Langman The Lady Jackets suffer a loss to the Lady Aggies at semifinals.

yof f t in Hear tland Pla Sur prise! Lady Jac kets Upse Heartland Play off Upset Surprise! Jack
The MSU-Billings Womens basketball season came to a surprise ending on March 1, as the fourth seeded Lady Aggies of Oklahoma Panhandle upset the first seed Lady Yellowjackets, 80-71, in a Heartland Conference semifinal game at Alterowitz Gym. Things seemed to be going MSU-Bs way at halftime as 17 points from forward Michelle Liber propelled the Lady Jackets to a 41-31 lead. The second half was a different story as OPSU shut down the MSU-B offense holding them to just 29 points on 34.3% shooting while the Lady Aggies shot 48.4% from the field and made 14 free throws to score 51 points after the break and pull off the upset earning a berth in the league championship. We did not play our charteristic game half, said head coach Kevin Woodin. To start with our nine turnovers in the first half cost us points which meant we should have been up by more then 10 at the half. Compound that to our shooting in the second half where we went something like one for 19 from three point range and it becomes very evident that we were outplayed. Panhandle is a good team and took full advantage of our mistakes by shooting phenomenally in the second half. The loss, which cost MSU-B any chance of an NCAA tournament bid, means the Lady Jackets end the season with a 19-9 (9-3 HLC) record and also marks the end of the collegiate playing careers of three of MSU-Bs best. Guard Lisa Jellum and forward Tanya Petersen both graduate in May while guard Shannon Harvey hangs up her sneakers with a year of eligibility left due to recurring knee problems. Despite the disappointing end to the season and the players the team will lose, Woodin looks forward to next year, his third since leaving Billings West High School to take over the Lady Yellowjackets program. We have a lot of good players coming back and I think we can get back to the playoffs and maybe the NCAA tournament, he said.

MSU-B is Sprung (On Spring Spor ts That Is) Sports

The spring sports season at MSUBillings is off and running as the Yellowjackets can be found in action on the golf course, tennis court as well as the baseball and softball diamonds. Edwards Invitational in Austin, Texas Feb. 27-28, Shooting a 54 hole score of 1014 to finish in 13th place far behind the tournament champion Northeastern St. (Okla.).

Tennis pr oves a t ough rac ket pro tough rack

On the tennis court success has so far eluded MSU-B as both the men and women have only managed one victory so far as both Jacket teams defeated Whitworth College on Feb. 10. The Lady Jackets have dropped four other meets falling to Lewis-Clark St (2), MSUBozeman and Eastern Washington while the men have lost to L-C (2) and MSUBozeman. Following a spring break trip to Denver to face a slew of RMAC opponents, MSU-B returns home for its only appearance in the Tennis Bubble all season as the Mauraders of the University of Mary come to town Mar. 17-18.

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Both the MSU-B mens and womens golf teams have one tournament under their belts as they prepare for their only home tournament of the season: the annual head to head Ryder Cup style showdown with Rocky, March 16-17 at the Briarwood. The Lady Jacket golfers competed in the Lady Rattler Classic hosted by St. Marys University in San Antonio Texas, Feb. 25-26. MSU-B struggled in its first rounds of the new season, shooting team scores of 370 and 374 in the 36 hole event to finish in 18th place, more than 100 shots behind the winners, Western Washington. The mens squad also ran into trouble out of the gate, playing in the St.

struggles is the Yellowjacket softball team (5-14) as they lost six of eight games at the Central Washington Invitational March 2-5. The two bright spots came as MSU-B defeated Western Oregon 3-1 and St. Martins 4-2. Several of the other games were close as MSU-B even put a bit of a scare into nationally ranked Humboldt St. as the Lady Jackets were ahead 1-0 until the bottom of the sixth when the Lumberjacks posted 3 runs. HSU would eventually go on to win 3-2. The Lady Yellowjackets will open their home schedule on Mar. 11 playing a double headed against Dickinson St. at Cenex Field. MSU-B then goes on the road for its next 16 including 12 Heartland Conference games before returning home for 12 straight games against HLC opponents to finish out the regular season.

Sof tball tak es tw o at CWU Softball takes two In vitational Invitational

Also continuing with early season

Baseball t o open home to sc hedule on S t. P addys Da y schedule St. Paddys Day

The MSU-Billings baseball team will begin the home portion of its schedule by hosting Northwest Nazerene Uni-

versity on March 17-18 at Cobb Field. The games will mark the first time a Yellowjacket baseball team has taken the field in Billings since May of 1975. The Jackets will also host a media/fan day at Buffalo Wild Wings on March 16 from 4-6 pm MSU-B began the season with a couple of road trips, first dropping four games to NNU and then to Texas to take on Heartland Conference opponents again being swept by St Marys before moving on to face St. Edwards and Incarnate Word. After the two doubleheaders against NNU, The Jackets will complete the breif home stand by taking on Colorado Christian University in a doubleheader March 21; the games against the Cougars at Cobb Field were scheduled only after the two teams were snowed out of their games in Denver in February. MSU-B will then go on the road for eight games before returning to Billings for their final 22 games during the month of April.

I have them; or maybe they have me. Encompassing my waist and accompanying me everywhere I go. Help or hindrance, I am blessed with them; my hips. I was not born this way of course. As most infants, I was the lovable ball of flesh with pudgy cheeks and an endless fascination with my own hands. Through most of adolescence, I remained fairly pudgy, in a ruler sort of way. Then puberty arrived and things began to shift, mainly down, but shift nonetheless. I began to resemble an hourglass. My hips really have their own personality; two forces in one being. My hips, they love to flirt, and many times, they make their decisions without first consulting me. They are not judgmental and seem to have no biases. They love to taunt and take no prisoners, continuing to tempt even after I have become aware of their actions. I lost control of these creatures once I became 17. I was in my junior year of high school. A male friend of mine, clearly with no reservations, informed me they reside in their own zip-code. Apparently, my hips enjoyed such a statement and set up permanent residence in their current state. I realized their full force, in all their glory, once I graduated high school. Now, please understand that my senior year and the following summer were spent in midst a circle of wrestlers. I had been the

trainer, so the status simply continued beyond the mat. I had become the female essence in a world of testosterone. I was one of the guys, if you will.

which in themselves, are questionable as to their fashion value. However, I remain fortunate to possess a rational partnership between my hips and my mind; for

The Hourglass
I met their friends and their friends met my hips. After dating one of these men for a while, I discovered my hips (and what follows behind) were two of the top factors that contributed to our dating. Maybe my hips could do all my bidding, with my approval of course. Not only do these hips attract attention, both wanted and not, they have also taught me how to dress. Many adolescent females and young women turn to Cosmo and Glamour magazines as a prime fashion consultant. Me, oh no, I turn to my hips. They are the prime decision maker when it comes to my own personal fashion choices. There are two things I am forbidden to wear, according to my two best judges. The first, summer slip dresses. Reason being, yes. My hips. They seem to be the area containing the largest width, and these dresses seem to accentuate just that. I resemble somewhat of a wine bottle, where the bulk of the volume resides in the lower half. The second item that my hips will never allow are capri pants, they see right through this fashion craze. You see, my hips have been accessorised with short legs. I am not a tall person, so short legs are logical. Yet, when attempting to follow the skewed fashion trend of calf-length pants, I became well aware of their influence. Capris are to fall into the area of the shin (between the knee and the ankle) if the wearer happens to be the average fivefoot, seven-inch woman. I, myself, somewhat lack in the height department, so the hem tends to fall right above my ankles. Attempting to sport such pants leaves me looking like I tried to keep a pair of pants a little two long, or as though there is a beach adorned with clams, fresh for the digging. I realize now that I have pointed out more negative than positive attributes of these hips of mine. There is a list of tasks my hips help to achieve; the first being laundry. My laundry basket never slips and my clean clothes never seem to find themselves

by Erica Geigen

carelessly strewn about. Another thing these hips are great for is saving room. If out at dinner, at a sports event, or some other public gathering, I make it more than simple to save a seat. All that is necessary is to sit slightly off center. This impedes on the seat next to me, which the person waiting to grab this seat will inevitably avoid, so as not to sit too close to a stranger. Much like a car slightly over the yellow line in the parking lot, thus using two spaces instead of one. This leaves ample room for the late company to have a full seat upon arrival. Compliments from one

woman to others tend to be sordid in intention and origin, yet there is one which remains my favorite; when another woman bestows the title curvy. This could be arranged into many categories, depending on the woman receiving such a compleiment. However, I find it the best in many situations with the recipient walking away possessing a small light of confidence; nearly every time. A womans body consists of smooth and flowing lines that neither end or begin at any given point. Therefore, when I am called curvy, what they are really saying is that I am a woman.

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Note From the Queer Side of Life

by S teven Pitt enger St Pittenger
Im the guy that youve seen around campus with the shirts that say things like Gay Pimp and Dont Fuck With This Fairy. To say the least reactions have been mixed. Some people laugh and ask me where they can get one. Others have been so brazen as to call me a faggot to my face, and while I hate to disappoint, I rarely lose sleep over such things. In the past I have been beaten, degraded and humiliated because of my sexual orientation, so its made me pretty tough and a few three letter F-words arent going to make or break me. Still, its interesting to be one of only two people I know who are openly gay on the MSUB campus. I have a number of other friends who are not out yet, but thats another story. Maybe its due to Montanas rural setting and traditionally conservative leanings, but it still surprises me that there are people who think there are no gay people on campus. There are just so many ridiculous stereotypes that people readily accept as fact. It is with that in mind that I feel I must set the record straight (ironic, huh). The first thing I here most often is that gay people think about sex all the time. To that all I can say is DUH! I defy you show me a college student who isnt well versed in the art of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Gay people are just like anyone else, we have sexual desires and feelings just like anyone else, and just like everyone else we dont act on every single impulse that flashes through our head, and just like everyone else sex isnt the ONLY thing we think about. The next thing I hear most often (usually from straight men) is I dont mind being around gay people so long as they dont hit on me or try to touch me. This one still makes me laugh out loud when I hear it. How narcissistic can you be!? To think that every gay man wants you and that even if he did he would be willing to commit felony sexual assault just for the chance to be with you is ridiculous. Gay people are just as susceptible to crushes as the next person, but they are also rational human beings and are not suddenly going to be so overwhelmed with desire that they throw you down on the nearest flat surface and try to have their way with you. If in fact you are approached by a gay person, keep in mind that just like any other romantic encounter you can politely refuse and move on, and quite honestly take it as a compliment, it means someone thinks youre attractive. It does not mean that there is something about you that appears gay. Moving on, the next issue I would like to address is the implied femininity associated with gay men. All I can say that is for some people that is a valid and integral part of who they are, but there are those of us homos, such as myself, that drink beer, scratch our ass in public and think Dolce and Gabbana is some sort of fancy ice cream. The point being that being gay does not come with a predetermined set of personality traits or a proclivity for body glitter and rainbow flags. Finally, I would like to end with one of the number one gay fantasies (NO, ITS NOT DIRTY!). A lot of gay people wish that for just one day all the gay people in the world could be blue. I dont mean sad, I mean actual sky blue. This way people would see that gay people are all around them. There are gay family, friends, co-workers, clergy, soldiers and the list goes on. Maybe if people could see that we really are normal everyday people they would stop being afraid of it. As for me I will continue to live out and proud because I believe that being true to yourself is the most important thing you can do.

Two Poems by Jeremy Hunt

Rewind t o to Pref light Preflight Intr ospection Introspection
all the kings horses and all the kings men turned time over end for end a Pollack painted sidewalk unpainting itself plain dark spots sprung up from concrete erasing human stain becoming crimson pearls or bullets liquid hot which bound up from the pavement and into you are shot they render you unwounded of nothing newly born your form becoming human which from the ground is torn ignoring gravity you suck a scream from sky as if to answer Newton his notion you decry a superman inept untrained in skills of flight you swim a backward crawlstroke through fishes kryptonite and forty stories later alighting on a ledge arriving safe and soundless you lean back from the edge now, thanks to time rewound to whence sane thoughts distorted your chance to think again is impossibly afforded

they slipped along, these daylight ghosts both weightless, born of light two forms cast down by Helios who passers would unite from west they shrank, at noon were gone then stretched out to the east one south, one north they traveled on the space betwixt decreased until a path worn well at last their courses crossed they both upon each other fell within the other lost but being bound to passers by their joining did not last without a way to say goodbye each from the other passed and left no sign where they had been no tracks, no leaves displaced no sound to echo soft therein where fleeting forms embraced

Af ternoon Aft Tryst

Top photo by Nate Petterson Bottom photos by Matt Langman

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