April 12, 2005 Volume 76 Issue 10

Betsy Harris
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Saturday, March 26, ASMSU-B
last year. The park was divided into
four different areas for 0-3-year-olds,
4-6-year-olds, 7-10-year-olds, and spe-
cial needs children. The weather was
chilly and there was snow on the ground
but it didnt stop the children from com-
ing and having a good time.
The annual Easter Egg Hunt
started in 1991 when all student sena-
tors were asked to find a project and
one decided to start an annual Easter
Egg Hunt. The turnout has slimmed
down in recent years because there are
several other hunts in town. In 1991,
however, there was only Eastern Mon-
tana College(MSU-B) and South Park
in competition for hungry candy-eat-
ing children.
Director of Student Life, Jeannie
McIsaac-Tracy, was one of the sena-
tors in 1991, and has attended all of the
hunts except one. While conditions
may not have been ideal this year,
McIsaac-Tracy recalls one year when
it was raining hard and they all had to
wear black garbage bags just to stay
pulled off its 14
th
annual Easter Egg
Hunt. Volunteers arrived at Peaks to
Plains Park at 8:30 a.m. to hide the eggs.
They proceeded to hide 8,000 eggs.
This number was a 2,000 increase from
dry. The children still came, which
proves two things; first, bad weather is
relative, and second, if you hide them,
they will come.
The Easter Egg Hunt is a won-
derful opportunity for MSU-B to give
to the community and enhance commu-
nity relations. It is all done by volun-
teers and donations and is another op-
portunity to give to our community.
Usually the ASMSU-B president
plays the Easter Bunny, but this year as
Adam Lucido was not available, Kevin
Najewski was the bunny. Sodexo do-
nated the cookies and cocoa that was
served after the hunt. Other donors
included; Chuck E Cheeses Pizza,
Dairy Queen, Hardees, Hastings, Old
country Buffet, Pizza Hut, Shop-Ko,
Taco Bell, Taco Johns, TCBY Yogurt,
and Wal-Mart. Target refused to do-
nate stating that, It would be bad for
their business to endorse Easter. Un-
fortunately, there always has to be
some politics, even with the Easter
Bunny.
From now until July 17, the
work of artist Kevin Red Star will
be on display in the Yellowstone
Art Museum.
Running Rabbit is a display
of Red Stars art from throughout
his career. A native of the town-
Red Star displays at YAM
Beth Kern
A&E Editor
ship of Long Grass on the Crow
Reservation, Red Star began
studying art at an early age. He
attended the Institute of American
Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New
Mexico in 1962.
According to Linda Ewert,
Curator of Education at the
Yellowstone Art Museum, Red
Star learned painting from contem-
porary thought. However, his art
also speaks of tradition. The im-
ages of Native Americans in his art
are dressed in traditional attire,
while the use of color and treatment
of the figures is very contemporary.
Continued on page 3
In the painting Dancers
(The Red Star Brothers) which is
most prominent in the display
room, the patterns on the cloth and
beading are flat, yet they appear
Largest
Inter-collegiate
Pow-Wow in
Billings
p. 4
Terri Schiavos
case for life
p. 9
Club Connection
p. 14
The Retort
Classifieds
p. 20
Another Successful Easter Egg Hunt at MSU-B
Kevin Red Star paintings displayed at YAM.
photo by Beth Kern
Participants searching for eggs at the MSU-B Annual Easter Egg Hunt.
photo by Tove Bornes
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Betsy Harris
Co-Editor-in-Chief
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Why College?
Editors Rant
The Sacajawea bronze in Issue 9 was incorrectly attributed to Willis
Johnson; Jonathan Johnson is the sculptor.
Why school? Well, when I
first started school my goal was
like everyone elses. To get a job.
I remember sitting in front of that
16-year-old at CJs and thinking,
This acne prone 16-year-old has
an effect on my future some-
thing is really wrong here. After
I didnt get the job delivering ribs
at CJs, I thought I better go to
school to prevent further humilia-
tion in my life.
I would like to comment that
I had an illustrious career before
the CJs incident. In fact, I used
to make the same amount of
money in one week that I currently
make per month. Life was good,
but all good things come to an end
to make way for even better things.
Delivering ribs at CJs was not a
better thing. Going to school is.
As I said, when I first started
school, I just wanted the degree,
but as I took psychology, history,
and some of my other general edu-
cation requirements, I really began
to enjoy learning things I had for-
gotten or had never known in the
first place. I was becoming aware
of a whole new world out there
that I had always thought of as
boring. It was the world of
academia, and I loved it. Where
else can you argue about the issue
of reality? (When not under the in-
fluence)
By my second year of school,
I decided I liked having summers
and vacations off and having an
excuse to work only part-time. I
enjoy meeting the people at MSU-
B and the respect I receive from
trying to better my life, especially
as a non-traditional student.
Why school? Its better than
getting a real job. I may end up
with a PhD!
In my first semester at
MSU-B, I joked that I was ma-
joring in Getting out of Food
Service. Like prostitution and
exotic dancing, the money from
waiting tables is hard to beat.
Two years later, Im an English
major, WITHOUT a teaching
option. What? No teaching op-
tion?! people gasp in horror,
What will you do?! I hope to
write for a living, although I
work with more than a few
people who are servers with
bachelor degrees. Its possible
Ill end up one of them.
Weve all heard that sexist
joke saying that many women go
to college to get their Mrs. Im
the opposite. I got rid of my
Mrs. and decided to go to school.
My desire is to never have to
rely on a man to provide those
things that only money can buy.
As a parent, its important
to set an example of the value
of education and hope my chil-
dren follow it. Additionally,
with a college degree I will
likely obtain a better paying job
and more easily afford their tu-
ition.
When I graduate in two
years, I will be the first of my
siblings to hold a college degree.
That makes my education even
more of an accomplishment, es-
pecially when considering that
I dropped out of high school.
And ya know what? I actually
love going to school now. For
all of these reasons, college is a
stimulating, engaging experi-
ence that will enrich my life,
even if I never get a job outside
of a restaurant (God forbid).
What about you, do you know
why youre here?
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Red Star
(cont. from page 1)
Another interesting aspect of
his art is how he treats men and
women, says Ewert.
Unlike in early paintings of
Indian women which were very
romantic, Red Star treats men
and women equally. People today
like the stability of this image, but
the image must move forward.
One of the most pleasant
paintings on display is that of a pair
of tipi.
The tepee is almost sacred,
Ewert says. Its like carrying your
church and spirituality with you.
Red Star is constantly work-
ing and preparing for public exhib-
its like Running Rabbit here in
Billings, and the annual Masters of
the American West show at the
Museum of the American West in
Los Angeles. He still returns oc-
casionally to Santa Fe and the In-
stitute of American Indian Art
where he sets up a studio and con-
tinues his work. He developed the
habit of research and observation.
He continues to study Crow Indi-
ans and uses this knowledge in his
art.
I hope to accomplish some-
thing for the American Indian, says
Red Star, and at the same time
achieve personal satisfaction in a
creative statement through my art.
Dear Retort,
Hello
In your first edition as the
new co-editors, you wondered
why nobody reads the Retort.
Pretty simple. Every one of the
high schools in town has pro-
duced a far better newspaper.
For the past four years, the Re-
tort has been in either a state
of stagnation or decline. Jar-
ring headline setups, improb-
able layouts, very little in the
way of news, articles on the
soccer t eams upcomi ng
matches which appear after the
games al r eady have been
played, on and on.
No one has known
(oftentimes including members
of the Retort staff) when the pa-
per will next appear. It often has
appeared t hat t he st aff has
viewed the paper as a vehicle
to promote themselves with
mug shots of the writer of a
four-paragraph story and no
picture of the subject of the ar-
ticle, endless photos and fea-
tures on the staff but a product
that gives no one a reason to
care whos throwing it together.
Oh well. You may have no-
ticed Ive tended to employ the
past t ense i n my comment s
above. One could see the begin-
nings of the turnaound in the
March 15 edition. When you
mentioned that the Retort is
onl i ne, I checked i t out on
March 23 and found the 20-
page March 29 edition! The
writing style is more active and
interesting, the subject matter
has more appeal (Niki Por-
ter even made the police blot-
ter sparkle), the graphics have
improved significantly (play
the pictures bigger and crop
closer and theyll be better).
Also, let us know when the
next paper comes out and stick
to your deadlines now that
we have a Retort worth reading.
Toms Gilles
Senior, Spanish
Dear Retort,
Heres my pet peeve of the semes-
ter: cell phones. I know its not a very
original pet peeve, but after today (in
which I suffered through one cell phone
jingle and another persistent message
alert beep during an exam), I have de-
cided cell phones bug me. Cell phones
make me feel like a loser. Every day,
right after class, I notice at least one or
two classmates flip open their phones
the second they get out the door, and
dial up. It must be nice to always have
someone to call. Ive also noticed cer-
tain individuals who actually text-mes-
sage people during class! What ever
happened to daydreaming during bor-
ing lectures? Better yet, I love it when
students put their phones in vibrate
mode, like its really that quiet. When
the phone goes off, the entire desk vi-
brates. What really gets me worked
up is when youre working at a cash
register, and someone comes to buy
something while holding a conversa-
tion with a completely different per-
son. Its as though you dont even
exist! Ironically, I have a cell phone,
so I really cant get pissed at other cell
owners. All I can do is moan and com-
plain about how they irritate me, but
complaining is so much fun. Dont
get me started on roller-bags!
Hanna Rugg
21 years old
Finance Major
Dear Retort,
I am a member of t he
MSU-Bi l l i ngs cheerl eadi ng
team and I would just like to
start by thanking you for the
article you did on us. It was
great a deeply appreciated. We
are currently going through a
situation with our team, and
we have heard other teams are
going through similar prob-
lems, concerning the athletic
department. WE were recently
scheduled to leave for a com-
pet i t i on i n whi ch we had
rai sed money for, were re-
fused that money by the AD
and then were given a dona-
tion to cover our costs to the
same compet i t i on and have
again been told that we are not
going. This is just one of the
many bat t l es t hat we have
fought this year and our team
would like to be heard on this
matter. We did not know if you
covered stories such as these,
but we figured we would give
it a try. If you have any ques-
tions or suggestions please let
us know and we will get back
with you as soon as possilble.
Again, we thank you for all of
your support bot h past and
present.
Sincerely,
MSU-Billings Cheer Team
three dimensional. There is no one
spot i n t he pi ct ure t hat draws
a t t e nt i on, be c a us e i t s s o
busy.
Indian culture has in the
past been ignored to a great ex-
tent. It is, for me, as well as for
many other Indian artists, a rich
source of creative expression,
says Red Star, quoted from an es-
say by Suzanne Deats on the
Running Rabbit exhibit.
Its filled with spirit,
Ewert says. We are here in In-
dian country, surrounded by land,
space, and tradition. These chil-
dren see the tradition in these
paintings.
We as Americans have the
native ways in common, Ewert
continues, such as individual-
ity.
Most people nowadays,
Ewert explains, prefer to see In-
dians the way they were in the
past, in the mythological image
of the old West. Red Stars art
taunts this image. It makes
people look at the culture as it is
today.
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The 37
th
Annual Inter-collegiate
Powwow was held Friday and Satur-
day March 25 and 26 at the Holiday
Inn Convention Center in Billings,
Montana. The events started with a
large warm-up, type dance where all
of the dancers, young and old, male and
female, crowded the floor and moved
in a circular motion practicing their
dance or just walking. After the warm-
up the announcer called for the series
of dancers he wanted on the floor. The
tiny tots went first and the rest followed.
The flash of culture and bright colors
of the powwow definitely appeals to
the common spectator. As I was taking
pictures of the event, I spoke with a
young boy with a very vivid and wild
dress and I asked him what dance he
was doing. A girl that was accompa-
nying him said, hes doing the jingle,
and giggled. I didnt understand why
she would laugh until my sister who
was with me explained that the jingle
was a female-only dance. I also expe-
rienced my first authentic Indian taco
and learned the importance of fry bread
to all natives. I wandered the displays
and vendors where I found things such
as jewelry and t-shirts with logos such
Nicole Livermont
Reporter
Largest Inter-collegiate Powwow in Billings
as cK, Custer Killer, and Rez Ball, and
NO FOULS, as well as authentic In-
dian salsa made of all natural sun dried
ingredients. The festivities were ulti-
mately a competition of dancers with
very skilled drummers to complement
their dance. A Crow Tribe drum group
I found explained a few basic rules of
drumming and the progression into the
pastime. Its said that you cry when
youre sad and sing when youre happy,
so the drummers and singers sing to
symbolize happiness. said Ron
Yellowmule, a drummer of the group.
Each drummer of a group knows ev-
ery song that they sing and from the
Hot dance, a war dance, to anything you
can imagine, the group is right on tune
and always a united sound. They also
explained that when youre young you
dance and as you age you transition to
the drum and make way for the new
generation of dancers. Its a cycle that
is always moving and each dancer
knows when their dancing days are
over and they begin to drum. The Cer-
emony Masters were Russell Standing
Rock and Corky Old Horn. The host
drums were the Black Bull Jr.s, Hill
Horse of Rocky Boy and the River Bot-
tom Jrs, but all drums were invited to
come and join the event. The head male
dancer was Dustin Whitford of Rocky
Boy, Montana and the head female
dancer was Loni Whitford, also of
Rocky Boy, Montana. Miss MSU-Bill-
ings Inter-Tibal Indian Club was Althea
James of Shonto, Arizona and the in-
coming princess was Julia Plain Bull
of Crow Agency, Montana. The con-
test categories for the men were Teens
and Juniors, Grass, Traditional, Fancy
and Tiny Tots. The womens catego-
ries were Teens and Juniors, Jingle Tra-
ditional, Fancy and Tiny Tots. The event
was magnificent and everyone who
came looks forward to the 38
th
Annual
Inter-collegiate Powwow.
As graduates enter the real
world upon graduation, they are often
hit with the reality of debt. As students,
it is easy to accept loans that pay tuition
costs instantly, but over the four years,
or often more, that it takes to graduate,
those loans can add up to a frightening
sum.
With tuition costs increasing at
nearly double the rate of inflation, it is
almost impossible to attend college
without some form of financial aid.
With Pell grant funds not keeping up
with inflation, and student loan interest
rates down, many students have turned
to loans for help. Sandy Baum, Ph.D.,
Professor of Economics at Skidmore
College asserts that 61 percent of all
students take loans, which is nearly a
15 percent increase from the number
of students who did a decade ago. She
also states that based on data collected
from 1999-2000, students usually have
an average of nearly $17,000 of debt
upon graduation. If that isnt scary
enough, add to the equation credit card
debt; 21 percent of all undergrads carry
somewhere between $3,000 and $7,000
of debt on plastic. When they gradu-
ate, some students have buried them-
selves in such a deep hole of debt,
that there is no way to crawl out.
Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard
Law School professor describes debt
as some sort animal, And once youve
accumulated debt, the debt takes on a
life of its own. It demands to be fed,
and it takes that first bite out of the pay-
check. And it means the opportunity to
accumulate a little, to get a little ahead,
better than free money? MSU-B of-
fers Financial Aid to of 80 percent of
the students enrolled, including grants,
fee waivers scholarships, work-study,
and of course, loans. However, most
institutions, including MSU-B, will re-
quire a current Free Application for Fed-
eral Student Aid (FAFSA), which can
be filed on a paper copy or over the web
at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
Once one has graduated, consoli-
dation or refinancing of the loans should
be considered. Consolidation allows
all of the loans that have accrued over
the four (or five or six!) years that it
took graduate to be bundled into one
large debt. This is good, because often
a lower interest rate can be applied.
Also, this usually results in only one
debtor and only one monthly bill, mak-
ing it easier to keep track of the pay-
ments.
No matter how a student decides
to pay for college, it is important to plan,
both short term and long term, to keep
from being buried in debt. It is impor-
tant to know exactly where money is
coming from, and how it will need to
be repaid. By being prepared and
knowledgeable about the student finan-
cial journey, students can achieve a debt
free future.
Debt is a Rabid Animal That May Nip You in the Butt
Student Loan Debt is on the Rise
Dana Livermont
Reporter
The Facts on Student Loans
Perkins Loans undergrads
awarded up to $4,000 a year and grads
awarded up to $6,000 a year, based on
need; must be enrolled at least half
time; up to 10 years to repay; 5 per-
cent interest
Stafford Loan (subsidized)
undergrads and grads awarded funds
based on grade level and dependency;
based on need; must be enrolled at
least half time; between 10 and 30 years
to repay; interest rate changes yearly;
Federal Government responsible for
interest while in school
Stafford Loan (unsubsidized)
undergrads and grads award based
on grade level and dependency; need
not necessary; must be enrolled at least
half time; between 10 and 30 years to
repay; interest rate changes yearly; stu-
dent are responsible for interest while
in school
PLUS Loan for parents of
undergrads; child must be enrolled at
least half time; parent must not have
bad credit history; award is based on
cost of attendance and other aid re-
ceived; between 10 and 30 years to
repay; interest rate changes yearly
to maybe put together a down pay-
mentits just never there.
Although, these numbers can
be frightening, there are ways to better
prepare oneself to recover from debt.
While still in school, it is important to
be aware of all of the resources that are
available. Often there are grants, fee
waivers, and scholarships available,
which dont have to be repaid. Whats
Once youve accumu-
lated debt, the debt takes
on a life of its own. I t
demands to be fed, and it
takes that first bite out of
the paycheck.
-Elizabeth Warren,
Harvard Law School
Powwow participants in full traditional dress.
photo by Nicole Livermont
Things like this always
happened to other people, I
never thought something like
this would happen to our fam-
i l y, s ays i ns t r uct or Al an
Christensen. On January 31,
2005 Alans twenty-one-year-
old daughter and another fe-
male friend were kidnapped at
knife-point and taken out of
Billings and raped. That night
Alan met up with his daugh-
t er, and l at er met wi t h t he
chief of police, a counselor,
and a nurse from the Sexual
Assault Victims unit. Its a
miracle she is alive today, he
says.
Alan Christensen is one
of the instructors in the Col-
lege of Education. After much
time and thinking, he and his
family decided to make some-
thing good come out of such a
hor r i f i c s i t uat i on. He has
taken on a crusade to inform
s t udent s about awar enes s ,
safety, and what to do if some-
thing similar to his daughter s
experience were to happen to
them. Since the tragic event,
Alan has been very open and
honest about what has hap-
pened and he i s s ur pr i s ed
about the overwhelming feed-
back and support that he has
recei ved from st udent s and
faculty.
His lectures focus on be-
ing aware of your surround-
ings and knowing what to do
i n case st udent s fi nd t hem-
selves in a similar situation.
Some people to report assaults
to are Barbara Hagel, head of
security at MSU-B (who also
gives lectures throughout the
school year ) , t he Wel l ness
Cent er on Campus , and a
Sexual Assault Unit at Dea-
coness Bi l l i ngs Cl i ni c. I f
nothing else, just tell some-
one. Al an want s vi ct i ms t o
know that it is not their fault
and to report these crimes.
His lectures focus on past
victims as well. If you had
been a victim of sexual as-
sault or rape, it may be ad-
vised that you seek counsel-
i ng. Wi l l t hat mean I am
weak if I go? asks one stu-
dent. Not at all. Counseling or
seeking a helping hand to get
over such an event is healthy
and relieving. Learning how
to be cautious and trusting at
the same time is a struggle
t hat many vi ct i ms have
trouble overcoming. Counsel-
ing provides assistance to that
hurdle.
Fr om t hi s exper i ence,
Alan values open communica-
t i on even mor e wi t h hi s
friends and family. Many past
victims were too scared to let
their parents or friends know.
Alan pushes for honesty and
openness among families.
Teacher Speaks of Daughters Abduction
Lecture on Awareness and Overcoming Sexual Assault
Emily Valenzuela
Creativity Editor
Sexual Assault Awareness
Month should be every month, but in
the month of April there is a more rig-
orous act to raise awareness. Sexual
violence is a public health problem and
April highlights this with special
events and campaigns advocating the
need for prevention.
In the late 80s, the National
Coalition Against Sexual Assault
agreed on this date to promote and
educate public understanding about
sexual violence in our society. The in-
tensified awareness efforts for April
will hopefully help to bring an end to
sexual assault.
Sexual assault is the legal term
for rape but can be any type of un-
wanted sexual touching. Of all crimes,
rape is one of the most underreported,
which makes it hard to determine just
how often it happens. The National
Womens Study found that a whop-
ping 84 percent of women did not re-
port their rapes to police. Even scarier
is that in eight out of 10 rape cases, the
victim knows the rapist.
The study also estimates that
between one in four college women
experienced attempted or completed
rape in college and only five percent
of college women who are raped seek
April: Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Good Touch Bad Touch
Melissa DeVries
Staff Writer
help at a rape crisis center. Colleges
have never been immune to sexual
assault, but there has been a rise in
media attention on the subject allow-
ing institutions of higher learning to
be more aware of the problem. Col-
lege students who have been victims
of sexual assault are most likely not go-
ing to report the incident due to the fact
that alcohol or drugs are usually fac-
tors. They may be accused of being a
slut or a liar.
Women arent the only ones af-
fected by sexual assault. Men are also
a target; its just not talked about as
much. Men feel as if this is a womens
fight and it doesnt affect them, or they
see it as weak or embarrassing. The
fact is that most men are the predators,
but they can also be the victims, most
likely from other men. Studies show
that 10-20 percent of males have been
sexually assaulted at some point in their
lives.
After a sexual assault has oc-
curred, you may not only be hurt men-
tally or emotionally, it may also be
physically. If you are sexually as-
saulted, you should seek medical at-
tention immediately. Sexually trans-
mitted diseases are common whether
youve been assaulted or not. Three in
1000 college students alone are HIV
positive. Remember, sex should never
be used as a weapon. To show your
support for SAAM, please wear a teal
ribbon.
If you or someone you know
have been sexually assaulted
please contact someone. Here
are some local numbers at your
service 24-hours a day.
YWCA sexual assault services
crisis line....... 259-8100
Campus Police....657-2147
Billings City Police...911
If on campus........9911
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From now until May in the Stu-
dent Union Galleria and the Northcutt
Steele Gallery the art of Joanna
Peterson, Carol Spielman, and
Michelle Dyk will be on display.
They are all autobiographical,
says Peter Warren, professor of art here
at MSU-Billings. This is an incred-
ible show. Weve never had three se-
nior art shows all at once let alone three
of this quality.
According to Warren, Petersons
display is the most blatantly autobio-
graphical.
Most students couldnt fill the
galleria, says Warren. Joanna did
it.
Thirty six pieces of her artistic
photography line the walls of the SUB
Galleria and adorn the faces of vol-
leyballs filed neatly near the ballroom
entrance.
Its alternative photography,
says Peterson, describing the various
methods she used to develop images
on everything from leaves to canvas.
Theyre all personal, Peterson
continues. They tell about my life.
Michelle Dyk displays her pic-
torial autobiography in the form of
hundreds of photocopied pictures of
her friends and herself. Her sense of
humor comes through in the photos of
her sweeping rocks or vacuuming the
grass, says Warren.
The significance of the photo-
copies, says Dyk, speaking of her dis-
play in the hall outside the Steele Gal-
lery, is that they provide a tangible,
gritty feel, and they are easily acces-
sible. It creates an unsentimental feel.
Its easy to reproduce. The copying
blasts out the image and creates high
contrast which is visually interesting.
Senior Artists Showcase Promising Variety
Beth Kern
A&E Editor
It makes the display approachable.
Carol Spielman, whose art is dis-
played in the gallery, has a plethora of
works displaying horses and things as-
sociated with horses. From the prairie
to glassy water holes, says Spielman,
her art is an expression of energy, peace
and contentment.
I love bright colors, says
Spielman. And glass is so much fun
to work with. It reminds me of wa-
ter.
Art is a way to express her en-
ergy in all its forms, says Spielman. A
particular piece is the expression of
Its an all too familiar site;
with 10 minutes to get to class the
lines at the Sodexho (the coffee
stand) in the Liberal Arts building
extend almost out the door. Among
those in line are the amateurs,
people who drink one cup of cof-
fee in the morning for a pick-me-
up. But, for many of us lined up in
the morning clutching to our
double espressos like a security
blanket, that morning cup isnt so
much a pick-me-up as it is a ne-
cessity. So when the $300 on your
U-card has been depleted half way
through the semester, one has to
ask: Are three double caramel
macchiatos a day really necessary?
For many college students,
especially those addicted to caf-
feine, that morning fix has become
increasingly unaffordable. The re-
lationship between inflation and
addiction has proven to be very
profitable for most coffee houses.
Recent studies performed by
Roland Griffiths of Johns Hopkins
and Laura Juliano of American
University found that people who
have a caffeine habit can become
addicted. In fact, its not so much
the buzz, wonderful as it is, guar-
anteeing the return of customers,
its the symptoms of withdrawal.
Along with this information, stud-
ies done by the Centers for Scien-
tific Interest show a 16oz.
Starbucks espresso contains three
times as much caffeine as a No-
Doz. So, are these manufactured
jolts of energy worth the $3-$5
price tags that are attached? More
importantly, why is the cost of a
double latte more than a typical
coffee picker earns in a day?
A large portion of the worlds
coffee is exported form Third
World nations in Asia, Latin
America, and Africa. On those
smaller plantations, local coffee
pickers earn less than $2 per day.
Unfortunately, about 80 percent of
the profits from the coffee indus-
try go to the retailers and traders.
These statistics have sparked a
change in the $55 billion industry.
The hope is to direct more of the
fruits of the industry to the low in-
come workers in developing coun-
tries. A new push toward Fair
Trade coffee, which guarantees
farmers a minimum price, aims to
change the depressing prices that
have forced many coffee farmers
into poverty. Thankfully Fair Trade
is advancing to a number of coffee
houses across the country. Its an
attempt to link the wealthy corpo-
rations to farm workers, while giv-
ing the consumers the final say.
Still, Fair Trade continues to
be a small part of the coffee in-
dustry. Fair Trade beans represent
about one percent of the specialty
coffee industry. Paul Rice, Presi-
dent of Transfair USA, the Cali-
fornia based non-profit organiza-
tion that promotes Fair Trade cof-
fee says, Consumers in the U.S.
are the sleeping giant, our prob-
lem is not the indifference of con-
sumers, its the awareness.
However, the next time you
go to buy a cup of black (no
sugar), or a double caramel
macchiato, instead of feeling
guilty, take comfort in the fact
MSU-B proudly serves Seattles
Best, one of the few prominent
supporters of Fair Trade coffees.
Also, try to remember the com-
plex journey from crop to cup, and
the farmer who earns a living har-
vesting the beans.
Inflated Coffee Prices Not Discouraging Sales
Ashley Fagerstrom
Staff Writer
nervous energy in which 6,000 cop-
per wire strips are twist-tied to a grid.
Joannas art is the most
postmodern, says Warren. The
meaning comes first in her work.
Carols is the most modern because of
its formeverything can be easily
described. And Michelles is in be-
tween.
When asked which set of pic-
tures are her favorites, Peterson replies
that the series of her pregnant belly and
her son, Christian, stand out in her
mind.
They are the strongest because
they are the most recent, she says.
Theyre what Im going through right
now.
When I first came to college,
says Dyk of her art career. I told ev-
eryone I was doing art because I
couldnt think of any better ideas. As
it turns out there isnt anything better I
could be doing.
After graduation, Dyk plans to
go on to grad school or possibly do an
internship, she is not sure which.
Peterson plans to sell her artwork in
the short-term. In the long run, she
plans to return to school for her teach-
ing certificate. Spielman will possi-
bly continue her education in art as
well.
Coffee prices stacking up.
photo by Ashley Fagerstrom
Art by Spielman, Dyk and Peterson.
photos by Beth Kern
The National Governors Associa-
tion (NGA) has recently passed an ini-
tiative, Redesigning the American High
School, made possible by a grant from
the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The NGA seeks to change the way high
schools prepare students for post-second-
ary education and for their careers, some-
thing that many fear high schools are
falling away from.
On February 26 of this year, Bill
Gates gave a speech to the NGA, which
has been causing much controversy. In
his speech, Gates makes the point that
the high schools of America are obso-
lete. He states that, By obsolete, I mean
that that our high schoolseven when
theyre working exactly as designed
cannot teach our kids what they need to
know today. He asserts that our high
schools, which were designed over 50
years ago, need to be upgraded, and pos-
sibly completely redesigned, much like
a computer, as the world demands more
from them.
Some of the problems with the
current system, according to Gates, in-
clude the rationing of education, drop-
out rates, and performance. All of
which, he claims, can be addressed by
designing high schools to prepare ev-
ery student for college. He asserts that
too often low-income and minority stu-
dents are discouraged and kept away
from taking demanding courses, and are
left to fall behind the others. He also
brings forth some interesting statistics.
In the industrialized world, America
ranks at the top of the list for high school
dropout rates. Only three of every 10
students who graduate from high school
plan to attend a four-year college. This
in turn is causing the U.S. to fall in
rank for the number of adults who suc-
ceed at college and earn a degree.
America is falling behind the rest of the
Bill Gates Presents Argument to Redesign High Schools
Dana Livermont
Reporter
world when it comes to performance,
too. Bill Gates says, In math and sci-
ence, our fourth graders are among the
top students in the world. By eighth
grade, theyre in the middle of the pack.
By twelfth grade, U.S. students are scor-
ing near the bottom of all industrialized
nations. Gates urges that this qualifies
an economic argument to redesign
high schools, as American students fall
farther and farther behind the rest of the
world in all fields, including technol-
ogy, engineering, and science. China
now graduates over three times as many
engineers as the United States.
The NGA is proposing some
ideas to address the problem. Measures
will be made to increase awareness, not
only about the countrys inadequacies,
but also the consequences of those in-
adequacies. The NGA plans to have
institutes where governors senior ad-
visors can learn ways states are rede-
signing their high schools with success.
It will also hold the 2005 National Edu-
Our nations flag is a proud symbol
of the freedom we have obtained over years
of war and triumph. To disrespect the flag
is to disrespect millions of people and our
country. Many people are unsure how to
care for and respect a flag. The common
knowledge that most Americans have is
to face the flag during the National An-
them, and a few also know that it may
never touch the ground or it must be de-
stroyed. These are the very basics of flag
etiquette. While every American can not
be expected to know every rule to the flag,
it is good to know a few dos and donts so
that it is not you who shames our nations
honor.
One key point is how to fold a flag.
NO you dont wad it up and throw it in a
drawer like you do with your laundry; it
takes skill and great care for someone to
fold a flag.
Fold the flag in half width-wise
twice. Fold up a triangle, starting at the
striped end ... and repeat ... until only the
end of the union is exposed. Then fold
down the square into a triangle and tuck
inside the folds.
Now, do you know how to display
a flag honorably? Heres how to display
the flag that will prove to America you are
proud to be here.
1) When the flag is displayed over
the middle of the street, it should be sus-
pended vertically with the union to the north
in an east and west street, or to the east in a
north and south street.
2) The flag of the United States of
America, when it is displayed with another
flag against a wall from crossed staffs,
Show Some R-E-S-P-E-C-T for American Flag
Jacey Jansma
Staff Writer
should be on the right, the flags own right,
and its staff should be in front of the staff of
the other flag.
3) The flag, when flown at half-
mast, should be first hoisted to the peak
for an instant and then lowered to the half-
staff position. The flag should be again raised
to the peak before it is lowered for the day.
Half-mast is lowering the flag to one-
half the distance between the top and bot-
tom of the staff. Crepe streamers may be
affixed to spear heads or flagstaffs in a pa-
rade only by order of the President of the
United States.
4) When flags of States, cities, or lo-
calities, or pennants of societies are flown
on the same halyard with the flag of the
United States, the latter should always be at
the peak. When the flags are flown from
adjacent staffs, the flag of the United States
should be hoisted first and lowered last.
No such flag or pennant may be placed
above the flag of the United States or to
the right of the flag of the United States.
When the flag is half-masted, both flags
are half-masted, with the US flag at the
mid-point and the other flag below.
5) When the flag is suspended over
a sidewalk from a rope extending from a
house to a pole at the edge of the side-
walk, the flag should be hoisted out, union
first, from the building.
6) When the flag of the United States
is displayed from a staff projecting hori-
zontally or at an angle from the window
sill, balcony, or front of a building, the
union of the flag should be placed at the
peak of the staff unless the flag is at half-
staff.
7) When the flag is used to cover a
casket, it should be placed so that the
union is at the head and over the left shoul-
der. The flag should not be lowered into
the grave or allowed to touch the ground.
8) When the flag is displayed in a
manner other than by being flown from a
staff, it should be displayed flat, whether
indoors or out. When displayed either hori-
zontally or vertically against a wall, the
union should be uppermost and to the
flags own right, that is, to the observers
left. When displayed in a window, it
should be displayed in the same way,
which is with the union or blue field to the
left of the observer in the street. When
festoons, rosettes or drapings are desired,
bunting of blue, white and red should be
used, but never the flag.
9) The flag, when carried in a pro-
cession with another flag, or flags, should
be either on the marching right; that is, the
flags own right, or, if there is a line of
other flags, in front of the center of that
line.
10) The flag of the United States of
America should be at the center and at the
highest point of the group when a num-
ber of flags of States or localities or pen-
nants of societies are grouped and dis-
played from staffs.
11) When flags of two or more na-
tions are displayed, they are to be flown
from separate staffs of the same height.
The flags should be of approximately
equal size. International usage forbids the
display of the flag of one nation above
that of another nation in time of peace.
12) When displayed from a staff in
a church or public auditorium on or off a
podium, the flag of the United States of
America should hold the position of supe-
rior prominence, in advance of the audience,
and in the position of honor at the clergymans
or speakers right as he faces the audience.
Any other flag so displayed should be placed
on the left of the clergyman or speaker (to
the right of the audience).
13) When the flag is displayed on a
car, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chas-
sis or clamped to the right fender.
14) When hung in a window, place
the blue union in the upper left, as viewed
from the street.
Now that you know how to care for the flag
lets hope that no one disrespects such a prize
and American possession.
cation Summit on high schools. Here
governors, educators, and CEOs can
discuss problems and solutions from an
array of perspectives. The NGA also
hopes to set standard definitions for per-
formance and dropout rates, so that
states can be compared to each other.
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A tattered old glory thrown inappropriately over some chairs in the Rimrock
Conference Room.
photo by Melissa DeVries
Emily Valenzuela
Creativity Editor
From the land of the Lobbyists Week 10 in current Legislations
Name: Judy Williams
Political Background: I have no
political background!
Schooling: B.S., Rehabilitation,
EMC (now MSU-B); J.D. (Juris Doctor)
University of Montana School of Law.
Why did you want to go into law?
From the time I was really young I wanted
to be a lawyer. During college, however,
I interned with Lutheran Social Services
and Child Protection Services, which
piqued my interest in social work. I also
decided I really needed to go to work and
make some money. I went to work for
the Department of Public Health and Hu-
man Services after college and worked
nearly five years as a social worker. Dur-
ing that time I worked with a lot of law-
yers, some of whom were very good and
some of whom were awful. I decided
then to go back, get my law degree, and
hopefully be one of the very good law-
yers.
Senate Profiles: A Look into the ASMSU-B
New Lawyer Judy Williams Available for Representation
What type of law do you enjoy/
certify doing? I enjoy a general civil law
practice. I have never wanted to be a crimi-
nal defender, but I did like my most re-
cent position with the Attorney Generals
Prosecution Services Unit. Basically, I
like helping people.
Have you worked with students
before, if so, where and how? I was an
Adjunct Professor at Rocky Mountain
College for a year and I enjoyed that very
much. When I worked at Montana Le-
gal Services and with the State Bar Pro
Bono Project, I sometimes worked with
students, too, and I always found students
are curious and challenging. I have two
teenagers at home who keep me on my
toes and I usually enjoy them, too!
What do you like best about this
position? I like researching the variety of
legal issues students inquire about, help-
ing them understand their legal options,
and getting their situations resolved. I
know I will like having summers off!
What do you see as the biggest
struggle with this position, and how do
you plan on approaching it? The most
difficult thing for me so far is the prohibi-
tion on taking contested cases. I am ac-
customed to being involved in litigation
and I believe some of the cases I am work-
ing on now could be resolved more quickly
if I could simply set a court date. Short of
funding this office through the summer,
however, it would be difficult to remedy
that problem.
An interesting issue I had not an-
ticipated is students who try to obtain le-
gal advice through this office for their non-
student roommates, relatives, etc. Be-
cause this service is funded through stu-
dent fees the student must be the client.
ASMSU-B Administrative Assistant,
Valerie Sperry, does a very good job of
screening students in that regard.
What are some ideas you have
for this upcoming year? If there is suf-
ficient interest I would like to offer brown
bag type gatherings to educate students
on areas of law that might be of general
interest to them. For instance, all renters
should know about the basics of land-
lord-tenant law. Tort reform is getting a
lot of press, but I doubt if most people
understand the true impact such laws
might have on their ability to be fairly
compensated if they are injured. For
instance, the McDonalds Hot Coffee
case is often used as an example of the
problems with tort cases, but if more
people knew the actual facts and his-
tory of that case they might revise their
opinions. I am also open to requests
from student groups or classes to speak
to them about legal issues they might be
exploring in their studies or activities.
What services do you offer stu-
dents? According to the ASMSU-B
Student Legal Services guidelines,
which are available from this office, I
can represent students in uncontested
civil cases including divorce, simple
wills, name changes and other matters.
Since I came on board I have been con-
sulted about a variety of interesting situ-
ations, including: libel, landlord/tenant,
parenting plans, speeding tickets,
guardianships, and visitation enforce-
ment, among other things. This office
does not accept criminal cases, includ-
ing DUI and similar matters.
From the Land of the Lobby-
ists Week 10 in Current Legisla-
tion
Connie Summers is a lobbyist
for MSU-B in Helena and she has
been keeping The Retort up-to-date
on what is happening with the latest
bills in Helena.
House Bill 2 There was an un-
successful attempt to restore $250
thousand dollars for Indian Education
for All into the budget for higher edu-
cation. After being unable to come
to a conclusion, the democrats used
one of their silver bullets to move the
bill out of the committee and onto the
floor. There was an unsuccessful at-
tempt to refer the bill to House
Appropriations(again). The bill is ex-
pected to be on the agenda for the
House floor once again. According
to our sources this is a nasty fight!
House Bill 16 deals with fund-
ing for non-beneficiary students
Native American Colleges
receive federal funds for Native
American students.
There are approximately 400
non-Native American students at
these colleges and they receive no
federal funding for them.
House Bill 135 requires a
cost-effective system for state airline
ticket purchasing.
This bill came about because
state employees pay $50-60 more per
ticket than regular fliers.
House Bill 435 attempts to es-
tablish Governors Postsecondary
Scholarship Program
This bill deals with how the
state handles money from private do-
nations that has been specified for
scholarship use.
It is in appropriations.
House Bill 476 increases mar-
riage license fees for funding domes-
tic and sexual violence victims ser-
vices.
This bill came before the
House for a second reading.
Big Question: If youve been
married 20 years and never abused
your wife/husbanddo you get a re-
fund?
House Bill 521 establishes bid
preferences for food produced in
Montana
This bill was heard before
House Appropriations.
The Farmers Union criticized
MSU for not using canola oil prod-
ucts and Wheat Montana products.
The Department of Admin-
istration opposed the bill.
A study indicated that other
states, in response to this bill, are pass-
ing similar preference bills and it is
hurting Montana companies and cre-
ated a burden on Montana taxpayers.
The Department of Correc-
tions opposed this bill.
The issue that there are no
meat packing plants in Montana, re-
quiring us to buy back our beef from
out of state.
House Bill 555 creates parents
as scholars program
House Bill 593 prohibits lob-
bying by certain public employees
This bill was tabled in com-
mittee.
House Bill 729 establishes a
four percent tax on prepared food
This bill was tabled in com-
mittee.
House Bill 747 limits liability
for student construction projects
House Bill 754 requires those
seeking office to take a test on the con-
stitutions
This bill was tabled in com-
mittee.
Apparently, legislators were
very uncomfortable with being tested!
Senate Bill 72 continuation of
health insurance as a retirement incen-
tive
Senate Bill 78 Minimum
wage bill.
This bill would raise the
minimum wage to $6 an hour, or
to the federal minimum wage,
whichever is higher.
Senate Bill 149 state ser-
vice contracts to be preformed by
citizens, legal aliens, or visa
holders
Senate Bill 171 gives au-
thority to hire coaches for longer
duration
Senate Bill 184 local op-
tion sales tax
Senate Bill 221 creates a
non-resident student fishing and
hunting combo license
Currently non-resident
students pay $625 for this li-
cense.
If the bill passes, they
will only be charged $75.
Senate Bill 267 TANF,
low-income housing support;
shelter allowance; grants to pre-
vent homelessness
Senate Bi l l 273 t he
MSU-B rural school of medi-
cine
Execut i ve act i on was
taken by Senate Finance and
Claims on the bill.
An amendment passed
reduci ng t he fundi ng from
$250K to $50K.
An amendment which
would include a WWAMI rep-
resent at i ve on t he pl anni ng
committee passed.
The sponsor of the bill
indicated he felt $250K was
needed and the House could still
pass that amount.
The motion was made to
table the bill and passed on a 10-
9 vote
Kala French was confirmed
as a member of the Board of Re-
gents of Higher Education.
Betsy Harris
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Terri Schindler Schiavos Case for Life or Death
Anne Plowman
From the Right
In looking at the dying with dig-
nity debate and the Schiavo case, I
feel it is only fair to provide you, the
reader, with some important personal
background information about my-
self. I grew up with a strong sense of
human mortality and frailty as my
father suffers from two serious and
degenerative long-term illnesses. As
a result, my immediate family and I
have had a number of frank and open
discussions about our individual
wishes and sentiments regarding what
we each, as individuals, consider to
be extraneous medical measures and
states of consciousness. Our willing-
ness to discuss end of life care might
strike some as unseemly or callous,
but we view it as a practical reality
not to be shied away from. A recent
hospital stay for my Dad and media
coverage of the Schiavo case have
served as important reminders about
the value and importance of those
conversations. For the past several
years, we have followed the Schiavo
case, and others, as they have made
their way in and out of courtrooms.
We feel a great deal of sympathy for
family members struggling with both
sides of the coin. The loss of a person
you care about is tragic no matter how,
or when, it comes. Yet, death is in-
evitability for all of us, even those
order. Michael Schiavo was ap-
pointed as his wifes legal guardian
in June of that year. The medical
settlement was won upon the basis
that the obstetrician should have de-
tected the potassium deficiency. The
couple was awarded just over a mil-
lion dollars for economic damages
and loss of companionship. It wasnt
until early 1994 and after the settle-
ment was won that the Schindler fam-
ily, Terris parents and siblings, be-
gan to contest Mr. Schiavos guard-
ianship. The rift occurred over divi-
sion of the settlement money and how
it should be best spent with regards
for Ms. Schiavos continued care.
It has been suggested by some,
that Mr. Schiavo has sought to bring
an untimely end to Terris life for
monetary gain. In all likelihood, how-
ever, the settlement money in ques-
tion has been gone for some time. As
to the accusations that Mr. Schiavo
has not been as proactive as he ought
to be with regards to his wifes long-
term care, he did pursue experimen-
tal options in hopes of recovery for
his wife early in her treatment. Long
term care, such as that required to
sustain Ms. Schiavo, is very expen-
sive, even at a basic level. Further-
more, the extensive brain damage
sustained by Terri offered little if any
hope for improvement.
I admit there are elements of the
Schiavo case that appear unseemly,
namely, Mr. Schiavos long term girl-
friend. However, the American judi-
cial system has routinely found in fa-
vor of Mr. Schiavos position that
Terri be allowed to pass on. The oft-
repeated court decisions have been
based on medical evidence, court ap-
pointed independent reviews, and tes-
timony from a variety of sources.
I know it hurt to let Terri go, but
allowing her physical life to come to a
close was a compassionate decision. It
has been said that, We do not remem-
ber days, we remember moments. Im
sure that during the course of her life,
Terri was a part of many wonderful mo-
ments for her family and friends. I hope
that they will take comfort in those same
moments now. She will live forever in
their hearts and minds even though her
body is now gone.
I sincerely believe that life (i.e. the
ability to think, breathe, laugh, etc.) is a
short precious gift. Our actual duties as
human beings are relatively few, but the
most important is making the most of
the time were given the best way we
can. May we all be a part of many happy
and wonderful moments for many years
to come.
Anna Johnson
From the Left
I am writing this article on the 29
of March, I dont yet know the outcome
of this life or death struggle in Florida. I
am of the opinion that Terri should be
allowed to live; otherwise the argument
could be made that every bed-ridden
nursing home resident should be starved
to death as Terri is. Terri Schiavo
Schindlers case is not new; it has come
to light in the media before. In a Febru-
ary 2000 ruling, Judge Greer of the 6
th
Judicial Circuit Court in Clearwater, Fla.
ruled her feeding tube should be re-
moved. In April of 2001 her feeding
was removed for three days until an ap-
peal put Judge Greers order on hold.
The decision to remove the feeding tube
was made based on the testimonies of
Michael Schiavo, his brother, and his
brothers wife, claiming that Terri made
statements a year before her injury that
she never wished to live artificially.
Judge Greer dismissed testimony by
Meyer, a girlfriend of Terris who pre-
sented evidence against removing
Terris feeding tube based on a conver-
sation Meyer had with Terri around
1982 regarding Karen Ann Quinlan
(who was comatose and on a respira-
tor). In Quinlans case, her parents
wished to put an end to her life by tak-
ing Karen off her respirator. Meyer re-
members Terri wondering how doctors
and lawyers could know what Quinlan
wanted or was thinking. According to
the Buffalo News, Meyer recalled that
Terry stated, Where there is life there
is hope. Someone should be asking
Michael Schiavo why he has changed
his mind on the well being of Terri from
wanting her to live to wanting her to
die. After the incident that left Terri in-
capacitated in February of 1990,
Michael filled a medical malpractice
suit in 1992 against Terris physicians.
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Allowing her physical life to
come to a close was a
compassionate decision.
who sleep in hyperbaric chambers or
believe in cryogenics.
While people may not agree
about how or why Terri Schiavos life
is now coming to a close, it is impor-
tant to remember that there are ex-
ceptional factors in this case that in-
fluence the manner in which we form
our opinions. Although care and qual-
ity of life are at the center of the
Schiavo firestorm, the fight began
over money won for the couple in a
medical lawsuit brought by Terris
husband, Michael, in 1993.
The couple had wanted to start
a family but experienced difficulty in
conceiving. Ms. Schiavo had begun
fertility therapy and was under the
care of an obstetrician. In February,
1990 Ms. Schiavo suffered an aneu-
rysm and severe brain damage as the
result of a potassium deficiency most
likely brought about by an eating dis-
Life is sacred, and should not
be taken from any innocent
individual.
He claimed they should have treated
her potassium imbalance which pur-
portedly led to her cardiac arrest result-
ing in her current condition. According
to a transcript of his testimony, during
the malpractice trial Michael made no
mention of Terris wish to die rather,
Michael told the jury he wished to take
nursing classes in order to learn how to
care for Terri. According to World Net
Daily, it was not until after winning $2
million that Michael began to change
his story. Eight months after winning
the malpractice lawsuit, Michael told
the nursing home not to give Terri medi-
cation for an infection from which she
could have died, but the nursing home
treated her despite Michaels wish. This
alone should make one wonder which
of Michaels stories to believe. Should
one believe the stance Michael took dur-
ing the malpractice trial? According to
a transcript of his testimony he stated,
I feel wonderful. Shes my life and I
wouldnt trade her for the world. I
believe in my wedding vows. ... I be-
lieve in the vows I took with my wife,
through sickness, in health, for richer
or poor. I married my wife because I
love her and I want to spend the rest of
my life with her. Im going to do that.
Or should one believe the Michael who
is now fighting so hard to take Terris
life from her. In a few days this matter
will be resolved, but whether Terri lives
or dies, it is my belief that her life should
not be taken from her. Life is sacred,
and should not be taken from any inno-
cent individual.
The Victorian, Billings,
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who don t know what t he
Victorian is, its a small busi-
ness targeting the knowledge
and awareness of sexual in-
t ercourse and al l t hat goes
with it. The shop is located
at 2019 Minnesota Avenue in
the downtown area of Bill-
i ngs. Thi s part i cul ar st ore
isnt a porn shop, but rather
a safe haven for anyone to go.
They give Hepatitis A and B
tests as well as vaccinations
and Syphilis tests or any other
STD test for free. They also
give Hepatitis C testing every
The Victorian: Billings Best Kept Secret
Nicole Livermont
Reporter
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utes or less. Sound appeal-
ing? Its something to check
out, but you must be 18 or
over. The owner is 62 year
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government or public health
agencies, they merely create
a space sai d Svet i ch. The
shop has an area in the rear of
the building that is open for
outside STD testing agencies.
Mont ana Target Pr event i on
does much of the testing and
supplies are donated largely
by the County Health Depart-
ment. They crew of the shop
try to target the college crowd
because one bad decision can
ruin your whole life accord-
i ng t o Svet i ch. That i s why
its important for a clinic like
this to be available. Free test-
ing is a very important asset
to broke college students. Be
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when you visit, as there is a
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workable hours for everyone
i n t he communi t y, I woul d
strongly encourage everyone
to drop by. If not for testing
or counseling, there is a large
variety of adult toys as well
as l i nger i e and books and
magazi nes. One can even
grab a cup of coffee and hang
out. The experience will be
worthwhile and is open to ev-
eryone.
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ing the knowledge and
awareness of sexual inter-
course and all that goes
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quick in response that the re-
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St uart , a mem-
ber dedicated to
t he counsel i ng
of IDU (injection drug use)
and STD awareness counsel-
ing. There is no funding that
goes into this business from
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I tems for sale at The Victorian.
Congress shall make no law re-
specting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of
the press, or the right of the people peace-
ably to assemble, and to petition the gov-
ernment for a redress of grievances.
This is the first amendment to the
Constitution of the United States of
America. This Amendment guarantees
a journalist the right to seek and report
the truth. This Amendment guarantees
all U.S. citizens the right to say what-
ever they want about anyone or anything.
The law has three exceptions to the First
Amendment. It is against the law to
threaten the life of the President or
threaten to do harm to any public offi-
cial. It is against the law to say anything
to purposely damage the reputation of
another. It is against the law to persuade
a crowd to riot.
The press has codes of ethics and
censorship authorities to make sure that
what is reported is true and doesnt cross
a very thin line between news and sen-
sationalism. Some press agencies
have higher ethical standards than oth-
ers. It is unethical to print an outright lie,
but some publications do. Celebrities
have sued such publications for damages
and won. Brad Pitt is pregnant with Big
Foots baby. Any publication that prints
this deserves to get sued, but under the
First Amendment the publication has a
legal right to print it. This kind of court
proceeding is a civil trial where a judge
has to decide between right and wrong
or truth and lie. Grand Jury court pro-
ceedings can have more impact on the
effectiveness of the First Amendment.
President Bush, in his January
2003 State of the Union Address, said,
The British Government has learned
that Saddam Hussein recently sought sig-
nificant quantities of uranium from Af-
rica. Former Ambassador Joseph Wil-
son was sent to Niger in Africa to con-
firm these findings.
Wilson was sent to Niger by the
CIA, but without Director George
Tenets knowledge. Robert Novak, a
columnist for the Chicago Sun Times,
reported that two senior CIA officials told
him that Valerie Plame, a CIA opera-
tive on weapons of mass destruction
and Wilsons wife, had a hand in his se-
lection to go to Niger. Matthew Cooper,
of Times Magazine, and Judith Miller,
of the New York Times, wrote subse-
quent stories mentioning Plames role as
a CIA operative. Disclosing a govern-
ment operatives identity is federal law
violation.
The Department of Justice ordered
Truth and Secrecy of the First Amendment
Paul Jangula
Staff Writer
a Grand Jury investigation. Cooper was
subpoenaed and ordered to relinquish his
source of information. Cooper refused
to tell the Grand Jury the name of his
source. Coopers source told him to tell
the Grand Jury who he was, Cooper did
so and got to go home.
The Grand Jury then sent subpoe-
nas to Cooper and Judith Miller. This
time the Grand Jury wanted all research
materials and records regarding Valerie
Plame. Cooper and Miller refused, cit-
ing their First Amendment rights. The
Chief District Judge, David Sentelle, held
that, A reporter called to testify before a
Grand Jury regarding confidential infor-
mation enjoys no First Amendment pro-
tection.
Sentelle cited a Grand Jury case
from 1972. Branzberg v. Hayes involved
a reporter having a picture of a pair of
Taricani is serving six months house ar-
rest for not naming a source that provided
him a videotape showing corruption. In
Washington, a Federal Judge is holding
five reporters in contempt for not nam-
ing a source who gave them informa-
tion about Wen Ho Lee, a nuclear scien-
tist suspected of passing secrets to China.
The Justice Department is now planning
to launch an investigation into finding
who leaked information about a secret
satellite program code named Misty
to the Washington Post.
Following the Copper Miller
Grand Jury declaration, Lucy Dalglish,
Executive Director of the Reporters
Committee for the Freedom of the Press,
has called for shield laws protecting jour-
nalists and their sources. These shield
laws would equalize the precedents set
in cases like Branzberg and Cooper
orientation, and other distinguishing traits.
Recently Montana State Senator Dan
McGee wrote an article for the Laurel Out-
post dealing with restricting the freedoms
of homosexuals. McGee filled his article
with references to morals and values and
assurances that most people believe as he
does. The first Amendment guarantees
McGee the right to impart his ideas.
The Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nation,
Neo-Nazis, and many more groups are
all protected under the First Amendment.
It is up to the reader to recognize small-
minded bigotry and move on to more im-
portant issues. The First Amendment
guarantees the right of free speech to ev-
eryone, if the right is taken from a few, all
risk losing the freedom.
The First Amendment, regarding
the press, is a law written to ensure trust
between U.S. citizens and the govern-
ment. The government, as in President
Nixons case, does some strange things
to ensure what it considers to be the best
for all. The ability of the press to report
these strange things provides the trust
which is necessary for the government to
function. If the government disregards the
First Amendment whenever it feels like
in order to protect secrets from its citi-
zens, the citizens have no reason to trust
the government.
Who killed Kennedy? What really
crashed in Roswell New Mexico in 1947?
What was President Reagans involve-
ment in the Iran Contra scandal? Why
are U.S. soldiers still occupying Iraq? Has
everything been told about 9/11? The
press has a duty and a right under the first
Amendment to seek answers to these
questions. If the government isnt forth-
coming with information, they appear to
be hiding something. Can they be trusted?
The other side of the argument is,
should the American people be made
aware of everything? Should the security
protocols of military bases be made pub-
lic knowledge? Should it be reported
where nuclear weapons are stored? Timo-
thy McVeigh did unspeakable damage
with a homemade bomb. Had he known
where nuclear weapons were stored, and
how to get to them, Oklahoma City might
not now exist.
The First Amendment is a one-sen-
tence law. The Laws, legal precedents,
and civil court transcripts, concerning the
First Amendment, could fill the entirety
of the MSU-B library. The right to know
and tell has always been and probably
always will be at odds with issues of pub-
lic safety. U.S. citizens are forced to trust
the judicial system to uphold laws and
make decisions based on the highest of
moral standards. The job of the press lately
seems to be to remind government offi-
cials of this responsibility. A citizens job
is to trust your ears and make decisions
using your conscience.
hands making hashish. The Grand Jury
in 1972 ordered Paul Branzberg to tell
them whose hands were in the picture.
Branzberg refused, citing his First
Amendment right to protect his sources.
The 1972 Grand Jury said that the First
Amendment doesnt protect criminals
performing illegal acts and that
Branzberg could not use the First
Amendment to protect his source.
Branzberg relinquished the name, and
the First Amendment precedent was set.
Sentelle used this precedent as the rea-
son Copper and Miller could not use the
First Amendment to protect their infor-
mation. They were ordered to turn over
their materials or they would be sent to
jail.
The Cooper and Miller case is the
most prominent of the First Amendment
cases that have occurred in recent years.
Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the appointee of the
Attorney General who ordered the Grand
Jury investigation into the Plame case, is
now seeking Judith Millers phone
records investigating her involvement in
an Islamic charity linked to terrorism. FBI
agents raided the home of Victor Conte
looking for evidence of a source who
leaked Grand Jury testimony to the San
Francisco Chronicle about star athletes
and steroid use. In Rhode Island, James
Miller. The bill is currently looking for a
sponsoring congressman, and could take
years before being voted for or against.
Reporters have not always been ha-
rassed about sources like Cooper and
Miller. In 1972, burglars broke into the
Democratic Parties National Committee
offices in the Watergate Hotel. Two re-
porters for the Washington Post, Bob
Woodward and Carl Bernstein, began
writing a series of stories that implicated
government officials in the break in.
President Nixon was implicated when
Woodward and Bernstein were given an
audio tape of Nixon giving instructions
concerning the burglary. On August 8,
1974, President Richard M. Nixon re-
signed the Presidency of the United
States. Woodward and Bernstein re-
ceived nearly all of their information from
a source called Deepthroat. Under the
First Amendment, Woodward and
Bernstein have been able to protect the
identity of Deepthroat for over 30 years.
Bernstein says that Deepthroat is fatally
ill, and upon his death his identity may
be revealed.
The First Amendment also protects
what has become known as hate speech.
The law allows and defends the rights of
people to encourage hatred towards oth-
ers based on race, color, religion, sexual
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Aprils here, did you get your
taxes done yet? If youre like
me, you make big plans every
year to pay off those credit card
How Are You Going to Spend Your Tax Return?
bills and every year you get a
new pair of shoes or just spend it
on something you wouldnt
normally buy. With that in mind,
Although a team from MSU-B
won the regional College Bowl Cham-
pionship, many students dont even
know what The Varsity Sport of the
Mind is. This hasnt always been the
case. In the early 1950s, College Bowl
was broadcast on the NBC radio net-
work. Later sponsored by General Elec-
tric, College Bowl became a nationwide
TV show in 59 and was eventually
known as GE College Bowl.
This years national tournament
will be held at the University of Wash-
ington on April 22-24. The Mentally
Retorted, Jed Barton, Erin Fladmo,
Sean Whiting, and Anna Johnson, won
the regional championship in Missoula
in February. Competing against teams
from Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Alaska and Canada, MSU-Bs team
flexed their mental muscle and stifled
the other schools teams.
Here are a couple of the campus
College Bowl questions that catapulted
The Mentally Retorted into the regional
championship:
The first are called true, the
next three false, and the last two
floating, because they never reach
the sternum. What are these bones?
Its primary definition is: a glot-
tal spirant, either as in house or
voiceless as in herb (ERB). What
is this letter, used in chemistry, to rep-
resent the element with only one pro-
ton and one electron?
If you answered ribs for the first
question and H for the second, you
may be ready to try a pair of regional
sample questions:
College Bowl: Do You Have What It Takes?
Olivia Koernig
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Photo by Melissa DeVries
Danny Kobold
Because of the circumstances of my
rehab plan, I will not be getting any
money back, therefore simplifying
the possibilities of spending it.
Photo by Melissa DeVries
J eanne Hanson
My tax return isnt very big,
so Ill put it in savings or go
shopping.
Photo by Melissa DeVries
Ricci J olley
I already spent it in Hawaii on
a hot Samoan named Aka.
Photo by Melissa DeVries
Solveig Heigis
I should pay off my bills, but
Im sure Ill spend it at Bucks!
Melissa DeVries
Staff Writer
I decided to ask some students on
campus what they planned to do
with their sweet, sweet cash this
year!
After puberty, its lymphatic tis-
sue is replaced by fat, but this vascu-
lar organ remains functional
throughout life. Name this gland
found just beneath the breastbone,
the gland that produces so-called T-
cells.
Its Ministry of Education has
decreed that as of April 2002, every
schoolchild will start learning English
at age 6. That has panicked most of
its non-English-speaking elementary
teachers. Name this Montana-sized
Asian nation of 126 million.
You are a C.F.G. (Certified
Freakin Genius) if you answered first,
the thymus gland, and next, Japan. Like
our campuss College Bowl team, you
may be ready for the stiff National Com-
petition. Find out in this set of ques-
tions from last years tournament:
In logic, this term is defined as
an invalid transition from premise to
conclusion. It is thus distinguished
from falsity, which is a value at-
tributed to a single statement. What
is this three-syllable term that, in lit-
erary criticism, has types named in-
tentional and pathetic?
He was expelled from the Com-
munist Party for painting an unflat-
tering portrait of Stalin. That was
a few years after his most presti-
gious commission was ripped from
the walls of Rockefeller Center for
containing a flattering portrait of
Lenin. Name this Mexican mural-
ist.
Fallacy is the correct answer for
the first question and Diego Rivera is
the answer for the second. If you got
these correct, you should look into
starting your own College Bowl team.
Complete information is available at
www.collegebowl.com.
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Your brain: Use it or lose it.
Lets throw out a stereotype: All
Chinese people look the same. Previ-
ously, I would never have said this
aloud, but these were my thoughts ex-
actly. Picture this; a little Chinese child
loses his or her parents in the supermar-
ket. How would he or she begin look-
ing for them? Telling the cashier, Well,
my mommy has black hair...uh, well,
my dad has black hair too. Now,
its pretty obvious that Im looking at
this situation from a purely non-Chi-
nese, Montanan who hasnt had any ex-
posure to China before-point-of-view;
but, in a country that just reported its
1.3 billionth birth on January 6, 2005,
its difficult for most MSU-B students
to fathom how that many people who
look so similar in our eyes could actu-
ally be in themselves, individual.
Let me tell you what surprised this
small-town Montana girl when she
came to China. Not all Chinese people
look the same. Maybe Im giving away
the backwardness infused in me from
my small town upbringing here, but,
really, this simple truth was eye-open-
ing for me. Not only do all Chinese
people not look the same, but cultur-
ally, not all Chinese people are the same.
China shares a similarity with
Montana in that over 90 percent of the
population belongs to one ethnic group.
Ninety-three percent of Chinas popu-
lation is counted among the Han ma-
jority. Apart from the Han majority,
China also officially recognizes 55 other
minority people groups.
The student I am currently tutor-
ing is part of the ethnic Hui minority.
Throughout China, Hui people are
known for their shrewd business sense
and also for their dietary rules. In most
cities they are also famous for their lamb
kabobs and other unique dishes. Most
Hui people are Muslim. The first time
I met my 14-year-old student one of the
first things she told me was, I am Is-
lam, I do not eat pork. I smiled and
MSU-B Student Hails from China: One Country Many Peoples
Miranda Breding
Guest Writer
said, Well, thats okay.
During my time in China Ive had
the opportunity to meet people from the
Tujia and Miao minorities in south-cen-
tral China as well as Tibetans,
Dongxiang, Manchu and Mongolians,
among others. Sometimes its quite
evident that these folks are part of a dis-
tinct group but often its not. Minority
groups in any country often suffer dis-
crimination in all forms so sometimes
Chinese minority people are also not
eager to stand out and be different.
Tibetan people have a reddish hue
to their cheeks, often caused by expo-
sure to the elements while tending herds
of yak on the high plains. Sounds un-
a very traditional lifestyle of livestock
herding. Dongxiang people are cultur-
ally Muslim and speak a dialect that is
thought to be a distant relative to Mon-
golian.
In the northeast region of China,
specifically in Changchun, where I
study, the largest minority group is prob-
ably the Korean minority. At my school
I often think Im in the middle of a
Korean village. Not only is Changchun
host to many ethnically Korean Chi-
nese, but it also attracts many South Ko-
rean foreign exchange students since the
border to North Korea is only about 180
miles away. There are also individuals
belonging to the Man (Manchurian) and
as a museum. I visited this museum
last fall and was amazed by the odd
and sad (even depressing) events
which transpired on those grounds.
I asked my friend, Tony, who
is part of the Man (Manchu) Minority
for his view on being part of a distinct
group. He explained that the Man Mi-
nority has largely been assimilated into
the Han Majority saying, I am living
my life in the majority so most of my
friends are of the majority. He did
however say that there are a few di-
etary differences found in the Man
Minority. We cant eat dogs, maybe
like the Americans. We cant eat black
birds. He explained that in the Qing
Dynasty, the last Chinese Dynasty
before Chinas Revolution beginning
in 1912, all the emperors were of the
Man Minority. The first emperor of
the Qing Dynastys life had been saved
by a dog and a bird therefore, now Man
Minority people dont use these ani-
mals for food. Tony also explained
an interesting aspect of being from the
Man Minority, In my minority the
culture is that when a baby is born, the
baby will be hung on a wall in a type
of swing basket [not put in a crib] be-
cause the Man people do a lot of work
on the back of a horse and they want
the baby to have the feeling of being
on the back of a horse. People from
my minority dont feel uncomfortable
on a train or ship. Tony feels proud
to be from the Man Minority and says
that his minority name is especially in-
teresting because, unlike any other type
of Chinese name, it contains names
from emperors of the Qing dynasty.
China is a huge country cover-
ing over 3.5 million square miles. Al-
though all people living within Chinas
borders are officially Chinese, this
term means something different to
every person. To some it means that
they dont eat pork. To others it means
that they depend on horses for their
livelihood. Some wont eat dog. Some
wear dark indigo-dyed clothing and
some don shining silver headdresses,
and some have a longer name than oth-
ers. Its remarkable that so much di-
versity can be present in every corner
of this land. Though most Chinese
people do have black hair and dark
eyes, I guarantee you that most Chi-
nese people do not look and are not
the same. Thats the beauty of China.
believable, doesnt it? One time a Ti-
betan college girl showed me some pho-
tos of her family. She flipped to one
photo and said, This is me herding yak
in the summer with my sister. Herd-
ing yak and rosy cheeks only touch the
surface of Tibetan culture which cen-
ters mostly on Buddhism.
Tujia people are known for the
importance of cattle in their culture as
well as their colorful traditional costume
decorated with flowers and silver jew-
elry. In Mongolian culture the impor-
tance of horses can still be seen in
dances, special dishes or sometimes in
Mongolian minorities in this city.
Although Changchun has a rela-
tively short history of about 200 years,
several very important events took place
in this city. When the Japanese sought
to establish their own Manchukuo Em-
pire in China in 1932 they chose
Changchun as their capital. They were
ultimately unsuccessful in their attempts
in China, but their fingerprint on his-
tory can be seen as many of the gov-
ernment buildings built in the Japanese
style still stand. For their short-lived
Manchukuo, the Japanese placed a
Chinese man named Henry Puyi as
their puppet governor. Puyi was from
the Man (Manchurian) Minority and
was also the last Emperor of China.
For a dramatization of these historical
events The Last Emperor is a good
movie to check out. Puyis palace still
stands in Changchun and today serves
A Chinese man cooking lamb kabobs on the street that cost about 25 US cents.
photo courtesy of Miranda Breding
Jane and Joe
College, pay atten-
tion, P.R.E.S.S. is
talking to you.
So, youve
elected to pick a ma-
jor in Communica-
tion/Public Rela-
tions, have taken all
the relevant course
work (and got as-
toundingly good
grades in all your
classes) and have
been chatting with
Career Services
about getting an in-
ternship this summer.
But youve hit
a snag. Unless youve
managed to create an in
with a member in Billings
professional community,
youre having trouble get-
ting pointed in the right di-
rection. Who do you con-
tact? Which companies
are advertising positions?
creating a club like P.R.E.S.S., Pipinich
said, was to provide an environment
where students could work hand-in-hand
with area business owners and entrepre-
neurs in order to create networking oppor-
tunities.
Pipinich, who was recently recog-
nized on campus as the Work-Study Stu-
dent of the Year, said that implementing
P.R.E.S.S. his freshman year would have
undoubtedly bolstered his career.
If I hadnt been so involved in
campus, theres no way Id be as suc-
cessful in Public Relations, Pipinich
said. It would have been nice to have
something in place to help me along the
way.
Another goal of P.R.E.S.S. is to
educate its members and encourage them
to join sister clubs around campus that
cater to their specific majors. For ex-
ample, P.R.E.S.S. would put a journal-
ism major in touch with members from
MSU-Billings student-run newspaper,
The Retort. P.R.E.S.S. would also en-
courage a student interested in event plan-
ning to get in touch with the University
Relations Office.
Joining P.R.E.S.S. could defi-
nitely lead to internship opportunities and
is a good way to get involved on cam-
pus, Pipinich said.
Although P.R.E.S.S. specifically
caters to students majoring in Commu-
nication or Public Relations, all majors
are encouraged to join.
In addition to Pipinich, founding
members of P.R.E.S.S. include Danielle
Erickson, a senior majoring in Public Re-
lations, Dan Feinberg, a graduate student
majoring in Public Relations, and Brit-
tany Hageman, a graduate student ma-
joring in Public Relations.
P.R.E.S.S. members are advised by
Sue Balter-Reitz, an Assistant Professor
in the Department of Communication
and Theatre at MSU-Billings.
Balter-Reitz said she encourages
students to join P.R.E.S.S. for the invalu-
able practical application the club offers.
Any time you get together with
students with similar interests to apply
what you learn, good things are going to
happen, Balter-Reitz said.
For information on how to join
P.R.E.S.S., please contact Pipinich at
(406) 860-2430 or by E-mail at
mpipinich@student.msubillings.edu.
P.R.E.S.S Club Might Be For You
I never in a
lifetime thought
that I could watch
someone die. I am
one of those sensi-
tive sorts, that gets
teary from watch-
ing a commercial.
grape juice. I can still
hear her raspy voice
hollering for her pre-
cious drink. It was ob-
Leslie Phillips
Guest Writer
That night, in the moments be-
tween worlds it occurred to me...I
could pick her up, and hold her. I fell
into a deep peaceful sleep.
That morning at work, I was re-
lieved to hear that Alma had made it
through another night. For some rea-
son (divine intervention?) I decided to
check her o2
saturation. This
was a little odd
because we do
not do this much
on the psych floor. Her reading was
the lowest I had ever seen at 45 per-
cent. I instinctively knew, and then
the reading confirmed that Alma was
about to go. I went to her and I sat on
her bed. I took her fragile little hand
in mine and I sang to her. I sang
hymns that I had learned as a child.
When I didnt sing I would hum. I
felt so peaceful, Alma and I together.
I was surprised to see a small smile
on her face, then she opened her eyes.
The Reality of Death and Being a Nurse
She told me that she could see her
husband and her son. I held, and
rocked, and sang to Alma for the next
half an hour. I watched as each breath
she took came slower, and slower. A
ray of sunlight came through the win-
dow and fell perfectly across her face.
Alma took her last breath. I didnt
want anything to interrupt such a
spiritual and peaceful moment. Af-
ter praying and sitting quietly in that
God filled room, I went to get the
nurse.
I am eternally thankful that my
first experience of death was so serene.
I knew that she wanted to go, and that
she would go to a better place. I am
very grateful that Alma let me be with
her in her last moments. I think that
by having my first experience with
death be a positive one, I will be better
able to handle the deaths that I am sure
to witness in my chosen profession. I
wish that everyone could be as lucky
as I was to watch someone die.
I will never forget her name: Alma.
Her last moments have had a deep
impact on my living ones.
I had been working at the hos-
pital as a mental health worker for
about a year. In that period of time
my eyes were opened to many differ-
ent experiences; but I had never seen
anyone die. Alma came to us from a
nursing home. She had the typical
aggressive behavior of someone who
is scared and not treated as gently as
needed. I remember that she loved
vious that this was a lady with spunk.
Man I would have loved to see her
when she was younger. She made me
chuckle with her stories of making the
boys chase her,
and playing prac-
tical jokes.
After a few
refreshing days
off, I was floored to see my feisty Alma
laying in bed unresponsive. I was in-
formed by the nursing staff that this is
the type of behavior that people have
when they are dying. Apparently, Alma
had taken a turn for the worse. As a
couple of more days passed she laid in
her bed occasionally hollering out in
pain. I was devastated. I felt so empty,
and helpless. I wanted to pick her up,
to hold her close to me, to rock her and
sing to her.
What will a career in Communication or
Public Relations really mean?
Its true. Internships and fellowships
that hone these PR skills are out there, but to
land these coveted positions, students often
need practical application in their respec-
tive fields. Thats where P.R.E.S.S. comes
in.
P.R.E.S.S., one of the newest student-
run organizations founded at MSU-Billings,
stands for Public Relations Education in
Student Society. The goal of this student-
driven organization is to coordinate work-
shops with area business professionals and
to help students make connections in the
community, bridging the gap between a
students college and career.
Matt Pipinich, a senior majoring in
Public Relations, is the founder and co-di-
rector of P.R.E.S.S. The premise behind
Nursing Students Sound Off about Death and Angels
Montana Student Nursing Association
(MSNA) is a statewide club whose objective is
to promote unity, personal growth, commu-
nity involvement and the profession of nurs-
ing by providing students the opportunity to
broaden their scope of practice through lead-
ership development. Below are two personal
accounts from students clinical rotations
within the nursing program.
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I wish that everyone could
be as lucky as I was to
watch someone die.
Brittany Hagerman
Guest Writer
MSNA is the Montana Student Nursing Association.
It is all about the angels that I
almost didnt take time to hear about.
Angels that provided hope for me
and my client for years to come.
I was just beginning my first
nursing rotation. I got a male that
just had surgery to remove a cancer-
ous tumor in his colon. I was re-
lieved and I thought it would be less
Abbey Masters
Guest Writer
Nursing Student Learns Invaluble Lesson
bags under her eyes. I introduced
myself and said I would come back
to meet her husband after he woke.
Throughout the day, I was in and out
of the room, keeping busy doing
nursing activities: I took vital signs,
gave medications, and even gave my
first suppository. I was so excited that
I got a patient I could practice my
nursing skills on. I stayed so busy
that I hardly talked to my client. Oh
no. How could I do a care plan if I
didnt ask questions about his his-
tory? If the history portions were un-
finished, I wouldnt pass my care
plan. I knew he was in too much pain
to talk at length with me. I asked his
wife to meet with me later that day.
She agreed. I went to my next class
discouraged that I had to go back to
the hospital that evening.
I finished my next class, com-
plaining to the other nursing students
that I had to go back to meet with
Leos wife. I felt I had better things
to do than ask dumb history ques-
tions about Leos childhood illnesses,
previous injuries, and prior hospital-
izations, but I went back to the fourth
floor ready to ask away.
My client was again sleeping,
so his wife and I went into a quiet
lounge. I began to ask questions, just
going down the list; I got to the ques-
tion about disease history. She told
me hed had colon cancer seven years
ago and had been given a clean bill
of health, until now. She said,
Some days Im just sure he wont
live to see the next. I told her I
couldnt imagine dealing with her
situation. I asked her how they did
it. How did they cope? Then I heard
about the angels. She said, We be-
lieve in angels. When you feel like
nobody else is there, you can always
turn to your angels. She told me
about the night the doctors and
nurses thought her husband would
die, and the angels watched over
us.
We spent the next two hours to-
gether as she tearfully discussed
Leos ongoing battle. We talked
about the difficult times when he was
too sick to eat. We spoke of the anxi-
ety before every yearly exam to see
if the cancer had come back, and the
joy for six years in a row when it
had not. We talked about the hor-
rible day, on the seventh year, when
the doctors had again found cancer.
We discussed the preciousness of
life, the reality of death, and the un-
certainty of what lies ahead. Most
of all, we talked about hope. As we
finished our conversation, my
clients wife wiped her tears. She
looked right at me and said, Honey,
whenever life is tough remember that
we all have angels. Remember to
have hope. I left the hospital, went
home, and cried. How could I have
not taken time to listen earlier that
day?
A year later I saw Leo and his
wife holding hands. She asked, Do
you work at St. Vincents Hospital?
I told her that I was a nursing stu-
dent. She said, I knew it. Leo, this
is the student that helped us so much
while you were in the hospital.
They thanked me and told me Leo
was in remission, and headed back
to work next week. As they were
leaving she said, And to think, the
week we met you, we didnt even
know if he would make it.
That night I knew why I had
been assigned to Leo: to teach me a
lesson. I learned about the value and
impact of taking time to talk with
your patients and their families. It
was a lesson about what being a
nurse really means and a lesson
about life. On days when Im feel-
ing down or overwhelmed, I remem-
ber that I have angels. I remember
the true value of hope and strength.
I remember Leo.
Well it looks like we have a
short report here, which is pretty
good actually because it means we
are either behaving lately, or getting
away with it better (ha ha). The past
couple of weeks have been pretty
quiet here at beautiful MSU-B, but
there are a couple of concerns that cam-
pus police want to convey to the stu-
dent body. Number one and the most
important is the serious threat of iden-
tity theft. Recently a person or group
of people were handing out coupons
for free food and drink at a local eating
establishment near campus. When stu-
dents arrived at said restaurant they dis-
covered the promotion was actually a
solicitation for credit cards. Students
were being asked to fill out applica-
tions requesting private information,
Niki Porter
Staff Writer
and the perpetrators were photograph-
ing drivers licenses and student IDs.
Make sure that you are positive of the
credentials of someone when you are
giving out sensitive information, espe-
cially your social security number. To
access information on identity theft pre-
vention and guidance, go to:
www.consumer.gov/idtheft or call 1-
800-ID-THEFT.
In other news, on March 28, a
duty officer heard a female screaming
on campus, but was unable to locate
the source. Maybe we have our own
campus banshee? I think we should
name her Claude.
On March 29 a suspicious car
was seen in a campus lot, but it turned
out to be nothing, just a weary traveler
taking a rest, supposedly.
Believe it or not, thats all she
wrote this issue! Not a lot of action
this time around, but hey, thats okay,
right? Until next time, be good, eat well,
and multiply!
homework since Id already had a
patient with the same diagnosis and
surgery. Little did I know.
I walked into the room, I saw
Leo sleeping in his bed. He looked
pale and his hair was messy. His
wife was sitting next to the window.
She looked up. She didnt look
much better. Her hair was done, her
make-up applied, but she had dark
photo courtesy angelfocus.com
Angels among us.
Mike Wolfgang Schrage
Columnist
Scraping The Barrel: A Cruel Retort
Back Row: Lynn Demarais, Ashley Fagerstrom, Betsy Harris, Dana Livermont,
Anne Plowman, Nicole Livermont, Anna J ohnson
Front Row: Kevin Koepplin, Pat Olp, Melissa DeVries, Emily Valenzuela, Olivia
Koernig, Mike Schrage
photo by Dan Hansen
Olivia, I asked while flipping
through a copy of Paintball Nazi
Magazine (A magazine for and by
paintball fascists), Can I say
mother%&^$#! in the paper? She-
Who-Edits paused and stared at me for
a few uncomfortable seconds.
In what way? she asked, ejecting a
massive wad of chew from her lip into
an empty bottle of Colt .45 malt liquor
that happened to be nearby.
As in, oh, I dont know, something
like Which one of you
mother%$#@&! Ate my
mother%^*#@!$ animal crackers?!?
F#@! I guess so. You might have to
substitute [expletive] for f#$! though.
Thats what the Associated Press does.
Olivias arch-nemesis and Co-Editor,
Betsy was on her sixth vodka tonic
before deciding to chuck an ashtray at
me as I played solitaire on the computer.
The ashtray whizzed by me and hit
Kevin, the sports reporter flush in the
head as he napped atop his $350
textbook. After a very weak whimper,
he collapsed to the floor where he lay
motionless.
Mick! barked Betsy, She-Who-
Also-Edits.
Mike. I corrected, slinking lower in
my seat so as to not give her such a
prominent target.
Whatever. Look. We need a graphic
for your dumb column. Dan was going
to draw you or something, but we all
got together and decided that a picture
wont work, based on the fact that you
look almost exactly like Sporkman.
No, Im being pigeonholed as a
cartoon with no eyebrows! I snapped,
giving my fellow writers the evil eye,
daring them to disagree.
Well, actually, Mike, you do sort of
look like Sporkman, inherently bitter
disenchanted marketing pimp Evelyn
interjected, tending to Kevins possible
concussion. I think I saw something
like this on E.R., She muttered, poking
Kevin with a pencil. I chose to ignore
her, based on the fact that in no way was
I in the mood for one of her famous
forty-five minute spiels on how she was
under appreciated and neglected.
Whats wrong? Evelyn asked just
as Kevins eyes rolled up in the back of
his head and his breathing grew faint.
Ah. You told him he looked like
Sporkman, didnt you?
Duh. Thats why he flipped. Melissa
yawned, tearing into a package of foil
wrapped toaster pastries, as she nudged
Kevins motionless form with her foot.
Get up, dude.
Just then, the phone rang. Betsy
snatched it up.
Retort. Go get bent.
If it makes you feel any better, Mike,
I always thought you resembled a beach
ball. Emily stated as Betsy slammed
the phone down , knocking the empty
Colt .45 bottle over, sending Olivias
improvised spittoon clanging off the
floor.
Dan wont be at the meeting.
Something about harboring an illegal
marsupial.
Now Dan Hansen is a fine cartoonist
who, and I mean this in the nicest
possible way, looks like a cross between
a very militant Teddy Ruxpin and the
Little Caesars Pizza Pizza guy.
At this point we settled in for our
weekly brainstorming sessions. I kid
you not, this place looks like a market-
ing retreat for Cosmopolitan magazine.
Little tiny rays of estrogen are bouncing
all over the room like dice in a Yahtzee
cup, and with the extreme male/female
ratio, I really felt that I was three wine
coolers and an episode of Oprah away
from spending all weekend laying
around my apartment, bloated and
moody.
Okay. Its a slow news week. Any
Ideas for a story? Olivia asked as a
silence filled the room, save the quiet
snick-snick-snick of Emily clipping
her gnarly toenails.
I feebly raised my hand.
Yes, Mike. You have an idea?
Yeah. How about we trick some
developmentally challenged kid into
eating cat food? I suggested with a
shrug.
No. Absolutely not, okay? And no
more stories heckling the Special
Olympics, understand? Not after they
picketed our office. If Dan hadnt turned
the garden hose on them, theyd still be
out there, whining about the lack of
sensitivityof our staff.
Well, Betsy hit Kevin in the head
with an ashtray, and now he has this
uncontrollable twitch in his left leg.
Thats at least what, second, third page
material?
At least. reasoned Olivia. The
downside is now, who will cover
sports?
Just insert some dribble about the
croquet team winning regionals.
But we dont even have a croquet
team. Melissa remarked as she tore into
a foil wrapped toaster pastry, eyeing
Emilys rapidly growing pile of toenail
clippings.
Oh come on, who reads this rag
anyway? reasoned Betsy as she
searched her pockets for a lighter for the
Marlboro hanging from her lips. I
know I dont.
Okay, Mike. I need a name for your
column. Olivia said, skimming over
her notes.
I sent you a list. I insisted
And what did I say, huh? First, ethnic
slurs are out of the question, second,
The Bridges of Madison County was
a name already taken.
Does it hurt being that stupid?
Betsy cawed.
Relax, Betsy. Want half of my
pop-tart? Melissa cackled.
No, Skipper. I dont want half of
your dumb pop-tart. Once they make
a Southern Comfort flavored pop-tart,
let me know. Until then, please stop
talking to me. she said, hands
shaking uncontrollably as she
fumbled for another smoke.
And Emily, I swear to sweet Jesus,
if your nasty toenail clippings get any
closer, I will drop the hammer on you,
Valenzuela.
Just then, a shrill beeping from
Olivias watch interrupted Betsys
threats.
Im late for an appointment with
my shrink, Announced Olivia.
Wonderful, when they find out
why you are such a lousy editor, you
let me know, quipped Betsy, spitting
a cigarette butt on Olivias shoe.
An uneasy and tense silence
enveloped the office. Emily flipped
her cell phone open and quietly
spoke.
Yes, campus police? Uh huh.
Right. The Retort office again.
Mmm-hmm. She quickly
looked around, noticing Evelyn and
Melissa thumb-wrestling over the last
toaster pastry.
Is there anyone present who
knows a thing or two about concus-
sions? No? No, no reason.
They said if they have to come
back, theyre gonna use dogs and
tear gas. Emily informed us, cup-
ping her hand over the receiver as the
long simmering tensions between the
two editorial rivals began to boil over.
Im done playing with you,
chicken little. Take another step and
Ill be standing triumphantly over
your bloated corpse and youll be just
another footnote in the annuls of
college journalism! Olivia said
coolly, locking her steely gaze on her
Co-Editor.
Nice jacket Olivia. It looks
like discarded drapery from a Motel
6. Now take a step back before I
cleave your skull with a fire axe! she
cautioned as Kevin rose unsteadily to
his feet with the wild eyed look of a
street person too long off his meds.
Hay un gato en mis
pantalones! he rambled in Spanish.
Hay un gato en mis pantalones! At
this point, a thick ribbon of drool leak
out the side of his mouth.
Bizarre. I observed. I saw
something like this on 20/20 once. A
German kid got hit by a milk truck,
and when he awoke from his coma,
he could speak fluent French. It
appears the same has happened to old
Kevin here.
Aqui? Cuantos dolares
para la mujer fea! Aqui! Aqui!
Kevin spat, waving his hands about.
Me llamo Javier! Javier!
Thats what, second, third
page material, right questioned
Melissa.
At least, answered Olivia.
Someone quick, get a picture of me
and the anomaly! This will look
great in the next issue! She smiled
and put her arm around the very
bewildered sports reporter. This kid
might be my ticket out of this
dump.
Quien
Whatever, Poncho. Now
shut up and say cheese, you freak.
Editors Note: This is a
purely fictional portrait of the Re-
tort, not a factual news story.
Girls Night In is a collec-
tion of short stories assembled to
benefit War Child, a humanitar-
ian organization which directs
aid and assistance to children
affected by war.
It is one of a series of books
to help raise funds for War Child.
It contains 21 donated short
stories from east coast and
England based female authors.
Girls Night In features
stories from distinct female
points of view. The stories are
each unique in their voices,
however, after reading only half
of the book, it becomes fairly
easy to predict the ending of
whichever story is being read.
The main character will inevita-
bly get married, get laid, dump
the dead beat boyfriend, or be
reunited with the man she once
loved.
Despite the predictability
of many of the stories, there are
still some clever voices and
writing styles. In Party Plan-
ner, by Meg Cabot, the whole
story is told through a series of
e-mails. She weaves a tale about
event organizer Charity Weber
and her disastrous company
holiday party. Cabot provides
self commentary through
Charitys e-mails to her best
friend. Often the most amusing
thoughts are done in the form of
the subjects of e-mails. Such
subjects as shut up, no you
shut up, killing self now, and
still killing self add amuse-
ment to the unraveling of the
chaotic holiday party. Of course,
in the end of the story, Charity
ends up with the rich, good
looking, CEOs nephew. Be-
cause this was the first of the
collection of stories it was easy
to enjoy and accept the perfect
ending, however, after 12 more
stories of heroines ending up
with Mr. Right, it becomes
annoyingly redundant, even to
the extent of whats the point of
continuing to read?
If one does continue to
read this collection of short
stories, he/she may be enter-
tained by Cat Lady, by Alisa
Valdes-Rodriguez. Cat Lady
tells of Teresa, a Latina woman,
who upon being unmarried on
her 35
th
birthday decides she is
now a cat lady. Valdes-
Rodriguez details the cat lady
with crumbs on her shirt, hair
grease, and Easy Spirit Shoes.
She cleverly contrasts cat lady
with cat woman who is a slinky,
black leather sex goddess.
Valdes-Rodriguez slowly trans-
forms Teresa from cat woman to
cat lady, but predictably in the
end, Teresa meets a veterinarian
under a boardwalk who sees
beyond her greasy hair and
Betsy Harris
Co-Editor-in-Chief
paisley dress and they marry and
live happily ever after, making
Teresas stereotypical overbear-
ing mami happy as well. Once
again, the reader experiences
another fairy tale ending.
The heroine does not
always end up with the man in
this collection of short stories but
unfortunately that does not
change the predictability of the
stories. In The Truth is Out
There, by Marian Keyes, Ros
Little dumps her jealous boy-
friend with the help of an alien.
In In Agony, the reluctant Ask
Jane columnist finds out her
often absent husband is having
an affair, through a letter, of
course. In Know it All, by
Sarah Mlynowski, the heroine
finally stops trying to sabo-
tage her ex-boyfriends meet-
ings with his envisioned new
love. In Dont you Know
Who I am? by Adele Lang,
the reader is subjected to a
transcript of a flat, linear,
unbelievable character, re-
cording her thoughts for a
small amount of time. These
stories amble along, but there
is no real pleasure or exhilara-
tion in reading them.
Girls Night In is a
collection of short stories that
is lending aid to a good cause,
but it often feels like these
ladies spent little time creat-
ing thoughtful, unique stories.
Aside from being difficult to
finish, Girls Night In would
only seem an option if there is
no one to talk to, no movies to
see, nothing on television, and
you have completely surfed
the internet. With so many
other original thoughts and
ideas out there it is barely
worth the time to read this
collection of short stories. If
you do decide to read this
book, at least you can say you
donated money to a good
cause.
Girls Night In Enough to Make You Go Out
Indigenous- Indigenous
(2003) Since the death of Stevie Ray
Vaughn(SRV) in August of 1990,
several talented blues guitarists such
as Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jeff
Healy and Joe Bonamassa have been
knocking on the door to SRVs seem-
ingly unattainable legacy. Mato
Nanji, the lead guitarist and vocalist
for the all-family affair Indigenous,
flat out kicks the the door down with
their major label debut, Indig-
enous. Although 1998s Things
We Do and 2000s Circle gener-
ated local radio airplay and attracted
a respectable following, their most
recent effort resonates with the sense
of legitimacy.
The all Native American
(Nakota Sioux, to be exact) blues
quartet explodes from the gate with
the albums first track Cmon
Suzie, a bluesy, ballsy riff heavy
number that grabs the listener by the
MikeWolfgang Schrange
Columnist
lapels and gives him a good, hard
shake. Matos vocals on Want You
To Say remind one of wiping the
steam off of a bathroom mirror after
a hot shower, and the very compe-
tent cover of Jimmy Reeds
Shame, Shame, Shame makes
one seriously consider buying a sec-
ondhand Gibson and riding it to
guitar superstardom. The drumming
of sister Wandbi Nanji, while no-
where near the levels of Double
Troubles own Chris Layton, is al-
most twice as potent than anything
on top 40 radio. Bassist Pte and
percussionist Horse do nothing
short of providing the perfect com-
pliment to the groups centerpiece-
Mato Nanjis explosive picking and
deep vocals. Ironically,
Indigenouss greatest strength is
also its greatest weakness. Any song
on any of their albums, this one es-
pecially, could easily be cloned
from any Stevie Ray Vaughns song
catalog. If you are looking for a re-
invention of the genre, I suggest that
you look elsewhere, but if you are
looking for solid songwriting and
solid playing, Indigenous might
just fit the bill.
Check These Out- Cmon
Suzie, Want You To Say, I
Wonder
Weekly events
Wheat Mont., Saturday
nights, open mic, 7-9 p.m.
Rock Creek Roasters,
Tuesday nights, open mic, 5-8
p.m.
Events
April 11An Introduction to
Feng Shui at Parmly Billings
Library, 7 p.m.
April 12Climbing Mt.
Aconcagua: One of the Seven
Summits at Parmly Billings
Library, 7 p.m.
April 12Cookin at the
Alberta Bair Theater, 7:30 p.m.
April 12Jazz Concert at
Cisel Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
April 13Student Recital in
Cisel Recital Hall, 3:10 p.m.
April 13Introduction to Tai
Chi at Parmly Billings Library,
7 p.m., 657-8258
April 14-16J.K. Ralston
Days at the Western Heritage
Center
April 14-16Dr.
Frankenstruedels Lemon Fresh
Laboratory of Horrors in Petro
Theater, 7 p.m.
April 15-17, 21,22The Gin
Game at the Billings Studio
Theater
April 15-16Trial of the Big
Bad Wolf at Venture Theater,
591-9535
April 15Jude Bowerman
Band from Seattle, Wash.
April 15Avenue Cabaret: The
Woods Tea Co. with Greg Keeler
at the Depot, will also be aired
on Yellowstone Public Radio, 7
p.m.
April 17Senior Recital, Jason
Feller, tenor in Cisel Recital
Hall, 3 p.m.
April 19Symphonic Band
Concert, 7:30 p.m.
April 19Comedy & Pet
Theater at Alberta Bair Theater,
7:30 p.m.
April 19Spring Bling Tar with
Trick Daddy in the Shrine
Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
April 22Jesus in the Grostic
Gospels: How newly Discov-
ered Texts are Changing Our
View of Early Christianity at
MSU-Billings Library, 10:40
a.m.
April 22Choral Concert, 7:30
p.m.
April 23Paul Taylor Dance
Co. at Alberta Bair Theater, 8
p.m.
April 23Hemlock with
Endever at F.O.E. in the Heights
April 24Peaks to Prairie
Triathlon in Red Lodge, 9 a.m.,
peakstoprairie.net
April 23Senior Recital, Luke
Kestner, percussionist, 7:30 p.m.
April 24Junior Recital, Mark
Chepulis, alto sax, 3 p.m.
Events for April 11-24
Indigenous Kicks Butt with Major Label Debut
cover scanned by Niki Porter
David Burlington, local
si nger/ songwri t er, has been
playing the Billings scene for
over 10 years. Self taught, he
has been pl ayi ng gui t ar for
over 17 years. His repertoire
includes acoustic, 12 string,
electric, and resonator (dobro)
guitars, harmonica, a bit of pi-
ano, and a voi ce l i ke none
other. His style can be com-
pared to that of Ben Harper,
Jack Johnson, or Keller Will-
iams, but really, its a magic all
its own. His original songs are
a variation of themes ranging
from funk to blues to even a
hi nt of ol d t i me bl uegrass.
Dai sy May has a j ump
around funk feel with melodies
that sharply change without
warning. Call on Me is a
slow passive blues in open tune
mi nor key, and Thi s Ol d
Town, a sort of love/hate song
for Billings has an upbeat de-
pressing sound. A crowd fa-
Niki Porter
Staff Writer
David Burlington: Have Guitar, Will Travel
vorite, Pleasure to Please,
has a folky Jack Johnson feel
to it, and you wont be able to
stop yourself from feeling the
beat. He does a variety of cov-
er s i ncl udi ng Wi despr ead
Panic, the Grateful Dead, Bob
Dyl an, Paul Si mon, and an
amazi ng r endi t i on of t he
Stones Honkeytonk Woman.
He al so covers qui t e a few
songs by the man himself, Rob-
ert Johnson, who, legend has it,
made a deal with the Devil at a
f amous cr ossr oads i n East
Texas in order to become the
greatest songwriter/guitarist
ever. It could even be a true
story since Johnsons songs
have been covered by Led Zep-
pelin, Eric Clapton, the Red
Hot Chili Peppers, the Rolling
St ones, and many ot her s.
Burlington has played many lo-
cal venues such as The
Beanery (now Traxx), Caseys
Golden Pheasant, the Farmers
Market, and an occasional full
moon party at Mackenzie River
Pizza. He hosted the Wednes-
day night open mic at Artspace
for several years before they
moved to their new location,
and can currently be heard on
Tuesday nights at Rock Creek
Roasters, downtown, for their
weekly open mic. He has also
pl ayed f or a f ew l ocal
fundraisers, including Planned
Parenthood and the Northern
Rockies Plains Council. His
dobro, which is a steel guitar,
can be heard on Roxy LaFevers
and her Combos CD Montana
Maid. Burlington is currently
col l aborat i ng wi t h l ocal re-
cording legend Brad Edwards
to work on the release of his
first CD. His slide work is out
of control, and when you hear
i t , one has t o wonder i f
Burlington himself made a deal
at the legendary crossroads.
The hit Broadway musical The
Full Monty was at the Alberta Bair
Theatre on Monday March 21 and it
was probably the closest thing to the
Reno, Nev. male strip review, The
Thunder From Down Under, that
ABT will ever host.
The show is about a group of
unemployed mill workers in present
day Buffalo, NY looking for a quick
way to make some cash. This band of
men is being led by seemingly the most
desperate of them, Jerry Lukowski, who
needs to make $10,000 so he can keep
The Full Monty Banana Hammock Party!
Melissa DeVries
Staff Writer
cruited, is against an old man dancing.
Thats when Jerry brings up the obvi-
ous, his names Horse which can only
mean hes hung like one. What better
for a male strip review than to have a
well hung black man? Then all the men
start singing about it in a song called
Big Black Man.
The group starts to practice for the
big day by dancing in their underwear
together and trying to be comfortable
in doing so. When it comes close to the
show, Georgie questions them on why
anyone would want to see their show
and Jerry quickly replies that they will
be showing it all; The Full Monty!
At the end of the show the un-
employed mill workers turned strip-
pers come out to dance in rent-a-cop
uniforms and strip down to red thongs.
This group of average men thrusting
with all their might drives the crowd
wild. As they walk away they rip off
their thongs and all you see are these
bare asses jiggling with every hop and
thrust forward. When they turn around
you think you are going to get a
glimpse of the real thing but they are
covering their packages with their
hands. As the lights start to dim the
high beams of light from the Full
Monty sign behind the actors light up
and they move their hands, the sign
blinding the audience from getting a
peak.
I give the show an A. I could sit
through it, which takes a lot.
joint custody of his son, Nathan, with
his ex-wife, Pam.
The show starts out with Georgie
Bukatinsky rushing the stage announc-
ing that working women like to have
fun which got every lady in the Alberta
Bair audience in an uproar and then
the music started. Boom chicka bow
bow! The music starts and out comes
Buddy Keno Walsh stripping down
to a bright red banana hammock thrust-
ing his pelvis forward with every beat
to the music. The crowd got even
louder. I dont know what was funnier,
the ladies my mothers age going nuts
or the look of fear and lost comfort on
the men who were forced to go to the
ABT with them.
Jerry and his buddy Dave
Bukatinsky, Georgies husband, are
walking by the show and see the
swarms of women rushing to pay $50
a pop to see Buddy strip and thats when
Jerry gets his bright idea. Why cant
we do this? Were real men. Dave,
being overweight, isnt too hot on the
idea at first which brought on one of
the funnier lines of the show.
Dave: I tried to go on a diet once.
Jerry: What happened?
Dave: I got hungry.
With Jerrys zealous charm work-
ing away at Dave he gives in, and they
start the recruiting process.
Throughout the show there are
some great musical numbers including
the one where Dave and Jerry are work-
ing out when they see Malcolm
MacGregor, a guy from the mill, sit-
ting in his running car with a hose si-
phoning the exhaust into the car. The
men then break into a song declaring
their friendship for Malcolm and how
they are going to help him commit sui-
cide by dropping rocks on him or help-
ing him jump off a bridge. Malcolm
doesnt kill himself but instead joins
Jerry and Dave in their quest to strip.
While holding auditions, the men
start to get frustrated as they realize not
many real men are cut out for this kind
of work, and then Horse T. Simmons
walks in, a big black man in his 60s.
At first Harold Nichols, the old shift
manager at the mill whom theyve re-
David Burlington in action.
photo courtesy Niki Porter
graphic courtesy ABT
The Full Monty appeared at ABT on March 21.
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The architect of the sand wedge,
Gene Sarazen was the first person to
capture the career Grand Slam. He
won the PGA Championship three
times (1922, 1923, 1933), the U.S.
Open twice (1922, 1932), the British
Open (1932) and the Masters (1935).
In spite of these accomplishments, he
is mainly remembered for the unbe-
lievable shot he hit 70 years ago.
Seventy years ago this April,
Gene Sarazen made history at the Mas-
ters.
Trailing leader Craig Wood by
two strokes Sarazen approached the par-
5 15
th
hole with the look of second place
staring him in the face. So he did the
only thing he could. He stepped into
the tee box and sent his ball on a 250
yard journey to the right side of the fair-
way. While rolling to a stop, the ball
became nestled underneath the short
blades of Bermuda grass rather than sit-
ting up on top of them.
As he walked off the tee and
headed for his ball, a roar arose from
the 18
th
green 600 yards away. Wood
had just finished his final round with a
birdie putt that gave him a four day to-
tal of 282 and a three stroke lead over
Sarazen. A victory seemed imminent
for Wood.
The Shot Heard Round the World
Kevin Koepplin
Staff Writer
After talking to his caddie, Stove-
pipe, Sarazen figured that if he could
pick up two strokes on 15with an eagle,
he would only need to birdie one of the
final three holes in order to force a 36-
hole playoff with Wood the next day.
However, the only way to pick up an
eagle would be to go for the green in
two shots. This meant that Sarazen
would have to clear the pond that fronts
the green and avoid the thick rough that
lurked behind it.
Stovepipe suggested that he use
his 3-wood in order to clear the pond,
but after seeing the poor lie of the ball
Sarazen realized that he would need the
loft that only his 4-wood provided.
They conferred one last time before
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Stovepipe handed Sarazen his desired
club. The next five seconds will be re-
membered in Masters lore forever.
When Sarazen addressed the ball
he closed the face of his club very
slightly for more distance. Then, with-
out a practice swing, he crushed his sec-
ond shot with a swing that course de-
signer Bobby Jones would later de-
scribe in his personal journal as so
perfect and so free, one knew immedi-
ately that it was a gorgeous shot.
The ball barely cleared the pond
and bounced slightly to the left onto the
green. It appeared as if some celestial
force had taken over curving the ball
from right to left directly into the bot-
tom of the cup.
The cheers from the gallery
bombarded Sarazen as he arrived on
the green to retrieve his ball. He had
just hit the rarest shot in golf, an un-
thinkable 2 on a par-5. His double-eagle
had erased Woods three stroke lead and
all he had to do was par the final three
holes. The next day Sarazen capped
off the amazing comeback by defeat-
ing Wood in the 36-hole playoff, 144-
149.
That victory gave him his first
Masters victory and the career Grand
Slam. It was the last victory of major
importance for the man who revolution-
ized golf, and his double eagle serves
as a signature to a legacy that he left
behind. Gene Sarazen was the first person to capture the career grand slam.
photo courtesy Kevin Koepplin
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The MSU-B Lady
Yellowjackets Softball team
made the NCAA West Region
Power Poll. The power poll lists
the top ten schools in the region
for the given sporting events.
This was first time that the Lady
Jackets have ranked in the re-
gional power poll. After the great
start this season, Coach Aumend
has led his team to a record of 16
win and 8 losses. Seniors Loey
Ehnes, Layne Pavey, Jordan
Waverek, Stephanie Cochrun,
Cami Rainey, Sara Hanley,
Theresa Campbell, Melissa
Lady Jackets Softball First Time in Power Poll
DelSignore, and Megan McCrae
have earned
the recogni-
tion they de-
serve aft er
such a great
performance
this season on
the field. The
determination
of the Lady
Jacket s t hi s
season will
help them
into the end
of the season
play.
T h e
MSU-B Softball team competed
in the Easton Tournament of
Bryce Skjervem
Sports Editor
Champions, April 1 and 3. The
Lady Jack-
ets com-
p e t e d
a g a i n s t
teams from
California,
Ar i z o n a ,
Wa s hi ng-
ton, Ha-
waii, and
O r e g o n .
The tourna-
ment was
hel d i n
Mode s t o,
California
a n d
brought together teams from
around the northwest to compete
photo by Bryce Skjervem
NCAA West Region Softball
Power Poll
School Record
Cal State-Bakersfield 1-10
Cal State-Chico 12-7
Cal State-Dominguez Hills 24-5
Central Washington 10-10
Hawaii-Hilo 20-2
Humboldt State 31-1
Montana State-Billings 13-7
San Francisco State 20-8
Seattle University 11-9
UC-San Diego 10-9
against each other in a show of
talent. MSU-Billings competed
well with the teams from in the
tournament and seemed to be
very capable of keeping larger
schools in check when it came
to the abilities of Montana Ath-
letes. Many of the teams in the
West Region Power Poll com-
peted in the Easton Tournament
of Champions also.
The Lady Jackets softball
season wraps up in Billings
with sixteen home games start-
ing the week of April 5 and con-
cl udi ng on Sunday May 1.
Come out and suppor t t he
MSU-Billings Womens Soft-
ball team at one of their home
games.
The Lady Yellow J ackets will play the first of 16 home games on April 5.
As sports go, bowling is one of
your more laid back choices. The
concept is, you take a ball that
weighs somewhere between six and
sixteen pounds, and roll it down a
slab of wood at 10 sticks standing
up 60 feet away. If you knock down
all 10 sticks, without the ball going
off the edge of the wooden slab, you
score a strike. If you can do that 12
times in a row you score a perfect
300 game.
Bowling started in England
when British Nobles started rolling
cannon balls at wooden sticks stuck
in the ground. The game of bowling
has come a long way since then. To-
day, if you join a bowling league, you
are part of the largest group in the
world. Bowling alleys and bowlers
exist in almost every country on the
globe.
Bowling is supposed to be fun,
but like any other game or sport, it
depends on your approach and atti-
tude toward it. If you spend decades
trying to be the best, and you find
that no matter how good you get
there is always somebody who is
better; the game can be frustrating.
If you spend decades bowling with
family and friends having a good
time, and not really caring about
your score, bowling is great. You can
be a good bowler and still have a
great time, but that takes a little more
effort.
Bowling is Fun and Accessible for Everyone
Paul Jangula
Staff Writer
Bowling, like any other game,
is a matter of practice. The more you
bowl the better you get. It can be
tough just to go bowling, because the
bowling alleys are usually full with
leagues. Leagues bowl for 33 weeks
in a single season. The bowling al-
leys; Fireside Lanes, Sunset Bowl,
Center Lanes, and Town and Coun-
try Lanes, make almost all their
Summer leagues are usually
smaller and there are fewer of them.
Open bowling is much more acces-
sible in the summer months. Most
of the bowling alleys have open
lanes all day and night. A good rule
of thumb is to call before you go.
You may be thinking, Im not good
enough to join a league. Yes you
are. Everybody starts somewhere,
money from leagues. A league guar-
antees 10-12 teams of four or five
members will bowl for 33 weeks.
Open bowlers who bowl once every
three or four months dont provide
enough business to keep the bowl-
ing alleys open. The best way to get
to bowl is to join a league. Leagues
start in August or September and run
through April or May. Summer
leagues start in May and run through
July or August. To join a league all
you have to do is ask a bowling al-
ley employee.
and many league bowlers have
league averages under 100. As you
bowl and learn the game you get
better.
If you do bowl on a league, it opens
up opportunities to bowl in tourna-
ments. There are annual city, state,
and national tournaments. If you get
really good, and can maintain a 200
average, you can join the scratch
association. Tournaments pay well
for top finishers. However, if you
have ambitions of participating in
NCAA sports you cant join a
bowling league or bowl in tourna-
ments. Once you start playing for
money youre considered a profes-
sional athlete, and you lose your
amateur status. An amateur status is
a requirement for all NCAA sports.
Billings bowlers provide stiff
competition at the scratch level.
This season, just in regular leagues,
twenty-four 300 games and eight
800 series have been bowled. An
800 series is three games of 267 or
better being bowled. Greg
McCannell, the Billings Mens
Bowling Association Secretary, set
the record this season for the
highest series ever bowled in
Billings with an 854.
In 2002 the ABC Nationals Tourna-
ment was held in Billings. Bowlers
from all 50 states and 14 countries
came to Billings to bowl. More than
60,000 people bowled in the
tournament and gave Billings an
economic boost. The Billings
Nationals Tournament holds the
record in nationals history for the
most 300 games shot in a single
tournament at 64. The Nationals
Tournament, first held in 1901,
travels from city to city every year
and Billings is trying to get it back
in 2010.
Bowling is great exercise, and can
be relaxing at the same time. You
can take out your frustrations by
throwing a heavy object at targets,
or you can work on learning how to
make the ball curve on the lane. In
any case, bowling is for everyone,
including you.
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Name: Patrick Olp
Age: 21
Hometown: Billings, MT
Major: Organizational Communication
Minor: none
Dream job: To own my own coffee shop in Hawaii
Top of celebrity make out list: Keira Knightley or
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Famous person youd most like to kick the crap out
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Recurring nightmare: tripping and falling off a cliff
About your photo: posing for my friend Shannon
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Age: 20
Hometown: Stevensville, MT
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Minor: Spanish
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Weall need to believe Weall need to believe Weall need to believe Weall need to believe Weall need to believe
Weall need comfort, knowing that something is Weall need comfort, knowing that something is Weall need comfort, knowing that something is Weall need comfort, knowing that something is Weall need comfort, knowing that something is
Absolute, and solid and pure Absolute, and solid and pure Absolute, and solid and pure Absolute, and solid and pure Absolute, and solid and pure
And then comesme And then comesme And then comesme And then comesme And then comesme
Thedark stain on my family Thedark stain on my family Thedark stain on my family Thedark stain on my family Thedark stain on my family
Theblackest of all sheep Theblackest of all sheep Theblackest of all sheep Theblackest of all sheep Theblackest of all sheep
Thelet down, thedisappointed #3 Thelet down, thedisappointed #3 Thelet down, thedisappointed #3 Thelet down, thedisappointed #3 Thelet down, thedisappointed #3
Therotted up, limb of our family tree Therotted up, limb of our family tree Therotted up, limb of our family tree Therotted up, limb of our family tree Therotted up, limb of our family tree
And I dont seethepoint And I dont seethepoint And I dont seethepoint And I dont seethepoint And I dont seethepoint
Of even trying Of even trying Of even trying Of even trying Of even trying
I dont understand why I dont understand why I dont understand why I dont understand why I dont understand why
Thisclover hasfiveleaves Thisclover hasfiveleaves Thisclover hasfiveleaves Thisclover hasfiveleaves Thisclover hasfiveleaves
Why me, of all thepossibilities Why me, of all thepossibilities Why me, of all thepossibilities Why me, of all thepossibilities Why me, of all thepossibilities
If theGod that my mother criesupon If theGod that my mother criesupon If theGod that my mother criesupon If theGod that my mother criesupon If theGod that my mother criesupon
Had any compassion, maybeHecould havesaved usall from Had any compassion, maybeHecould havesaved usall from Had any compassion, maybeHecould havesaved usall from Had any compassion, maybeHecould havesaved usall from Had any compassion, maybeHecould havesaved usall from
thistragedy thistragedy thistragedy thistragedy thistragedy
Tell meChrist caresenough to bleed for me, Im nothing but Tell meChrist caresenough to bleed for me, Im nothing but Tell meChrist caresenough to bleed for me, Im nothing but Tell meChrist caresenough to bleed for me, Im nothing but Tell meChrist caresenough to bleed for me, Im nothing but
therefuseof thissociety, thepisson thetoilet seat, I am nothing, therefuseof thissociety, thepisson thetoilet seat, I am nothing, therefuseof thissociety, thepisson thetoilet seat, I am nothing, therefuseof thissociety, thepisson thetoilet seat, I am nothing, therefuseof thissociety, thepisson thetoilet seat, I am nothing,
and never will be, and if by somesick twist of fate, adeity can love and never will be, and if by somesick twist of fate, adeity can love and never will be, and if by somesick twist of fate, adeity can love and never will be, and if by somesick twist of fate, adeity can love and never will be, and if by somesick twist of fate, adeity can love
methen takeaway my pain, and slowwe, dont tell methat theres methen takeaway my pain, and slowwe, dont tell methat theres methen takeaway my pain, and slowwe, dont tell methat theres methen takeaway my pain, and slowwe, dont tell methat theres methen takeaway my pain, and slowwe, dont tell methat theres
growth in enduring, causemy patienceiswaving, yesI am angry, yes growth in enduring, causemy patienceiswaving, yesI am angry, yes growth in enduring, causemy patienceiswaving, yesI am angry, yes growth in enduring, causemy patienceiswaving, yesI am angry, yes growth in enduring, causemy patienceiswaving, yesI am angry, yes
I am venting, causeI dont seethedamned point in my purging, I am venting, causeI dont seethedamned point in my purging, I am venting, causeI dont seethedamned point in my purging, I am venting, causeI dont seethedamned point in my purging, I am venting, causeI dont seethedamned point in my purging,
never relenting, alwaysrepenting, and fighting for something, and never relenting, alwaysrepenting, and fighting for something, and never relenting, alwaysrepenting, and fighting for something, and never relenting, alwaysrepenting, and fighting for something, and never relenting, alwaysrepenting, and fighting for something, and
never achieving, Ivedreaded that maybeI should just try it myself never achieving, Ivedreaded that maybeI should just try it myself never achieving, Ivedreaded that maybeI should just try it myself never achieving, Ivedreaded that maybeI should just try it myself never achieving, Ivedreaded that maybeI should just try it myself
that way if I fail itsmy own fault, causeIvecometo theconclusion that way if I fail itsmy own fault, causeIvecometo theconclusion that way if I fail itsmy own fault, causeIvecometo theconclusion that way if I fail itsmy own fault, causeIvecometo theconclusion that way if I fail itsmy own fault, causeIvecometo theconclusion
that nothing issolid anymore, Nothing issolid. that nothing issolid anymore, Nothing issolid. that nothing issolid anymore, Nothing issolid. that nothing issolid anymore, Nothing issolid. that nothing issolid anymore, Nothing issolid.
by Dave W. by Dave W. by Dave W. by Dave W. by Dave W.
1) Rocky Hor r or Pi ct ur e Show
2) My Li f e as a Dog (f or ei gn)
3) The Tur ni ng Poi nt
4) The Rose
5) Sweet Char i t y
The Retort Back In The Day
Forty Years Ago
SUDDENLY ITS SPRINGY-- Riding into thesunset on a typical J anuaryspring-type
dayWednesdayis GaryDonovan on this photographers motorcycle. Thesceneis above
thePhysical Education Building. J anuary 22, 1965
--Photo By James B. McGovern