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2 THURSDAY. JANUARY 22. 2004

John Mercer Takes over as Chairman of Regents

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John .\ krcer t ulmm.llt'd .1 'omel1mes tumultuous 2112 1 .:.ir' on the !>late Bo.1rd ol Regents lw beLommg it- c:h.1ir111an I nlhn, ,,ning he\ (h.rnged fnim tilt' persi,tcnt Ltillt to faithful 1:rn t>f highe1 edu.:.1tion.

!he former kgisl.1tm s.ud he is lt:ss d1'p.1r,1g111g be.:ausl he lt.1' seen a gnm mg willmgne" of .\ lont.ln•l uniwr,it' ,,.,tt·m le.id-t'rs lo embr.1(e 'ome of his 1tkas. I he regents .rnd other higher t•ducation oftluJb recogni1e the gre.ltl'r wll' «1111pw.es t.m pl.n m ec:onomi.: de1 elopment .111d ,1.;cept the 1wl1on th.it the h(Mrd t.in h,11 e more ol ,i hand 111 m.111-,1ging the sYstem. he said.

.\ kr(er .1tklllm !edged he (,1me to tht ho,ird with guns hla1ing," qul'stioned ,ilnHht ewrything the regents did .111d stirred some oppos1twn hom (lther members .. \t one point in Nm·ember 2002. he '>aid the board was out of touch with .\krnt,111ans .111d did not underst,111d its dut)' 11as to he more .1cti,·e in m,mage-ment de.:is10m.

" I realh felt we were so much on the wrong t ra..:k Lha l ... I ni.11 h.11·e put .1 bump or two 111 the road that w,is not ahsoluteh nec-essan ,"he said Frid.iv. ' But I felt 1l w,i> .rnd still feel th.ll it \\ ,l',, in

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Folkvords of Wheat Montana in Three Forks," she says. "Sometime I'd just film random people and machines at work."

The short experimental documentary has no cast, no dia-logue and no voiceover. Stillwell filmed both color and black and white super-8 images and relied upon the mechanical sounds in the ~cenes as a score to punctuate the images. Bozeman musician Jeff Arntsen created both the original music and sound design.

"I followed two different sheep-shearing crews around Montana, filming at such places as the Alberta Bair Ranch in f\[artinsdale and ranches near Judith Gap," says Stillwell. " I fol-lowed Bob Chapel of Shephard ,111d his shearing crew and Olen Raisland of Reed Point, head of another tra\'eling shearing crew. The\ let me film insidt' either ranch shearing bMns or, in Chapel's LJse, inside his mobile shearing unit."

~t11lwell, an Illinois native, has taught film production and Linematography at f\!Sll for five vear,. She s,1ys 'he has a life-long affinit\ tor agricultural topiLs ,111d traditions that led her to L\pcriment with the shorn -.ur-foLLS of lanJsLapc anJ 'heep.

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4 OPINIONS THURSDAY. JANUARY 22. 2004

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MAXIE O'BAUCUS

How the hypocrisy of Montana's senior Senator killed my liberal leanings

TIM ADAMS

OPINIONS EDITOR

Thanks Ma.x Baum,. I just need to extend a thank )'OU, along with all the other people who think I'm Satan, to the man who promptly ga\'e me the slap in the face that I needed for a long time. Max Baucus is the man who sealed my fate as a right-wing fascist nut. So, once again, thank you.

Once upon a time I med to be an equal rights screaming, George Bush-hating, greedv corporate pig despising, emironmentall) aware, button ,,·earing, slogan chanting, taking on the man, fighting for all the oppressed peoples or tbe Earth LIBERAL. You'd never know ll to look al me no\\, though.

During high school l 1vas vcn consciou:- of all the oppression going on in the world because of greed and hate. faerrnne who did any "discrminating" was full of hate, or full of greed. Or wor-;e, full of

hate A..'\ID greed. Having a strong sense of social

justice, I believed that if I chanted enough, hand-drew enough post-er and wrote enough letters to Congressmen who would have an aide fake their signature in a form letter back to me, something might change. Poor people would have nicer house,, Little children would not be fat. Women would make exactly as much as men and occupy 50 percent of all jobs in all fields. So would blacks, Hispanics and every other minorit1.

The fact that this was not being achieved was a reason to keep fight-ing. \\'hether or not thi-. was ever a realistic goal was not relevant, because just the feeling that l wa;, fighting against e1il ,iustified anv-thing that came out of nw mouLh. I was inYolved \\ith m,rny organi-zauons in LOI\ n. Fighting pollu-tion, Fighting racism. Fightjng homophobia.

In 2002, l\[ax Baucus was run-ning for re-election. Year earlier he had visited my high school with big bug eyes making the politically correct librarians nod like bobble-head dolls. 1 ow he was visiting a gay rights group asking for volun-teers to make annoying calls during people's clinner and do other chores for his re-election bid.

ln case you aren't familiar, that year Baucus took heat by running an ad against his opponent Mike Taylor. Taylor was shown mas-saging another man's head with an open-chested shirt in a beauty salon. just a few years eadier, BJucus had joined "ith members of Congres in passmg the Defense of \[arnage ALI, federally banning gay marriage. 1 O\\ Baucus was a k-ing people fighting for gar rights to \\'Ork for his campaign which ended up smeanng hi'> opponent u~ing subtle gay stereotypes.

I'm the kind of guy who values

honesty. I would much rather have someone be honest about their dif-ferences with me and try to work them out than have someone lie to mv face and stab me in the back. That's how I felt, and still feel, about Senator Ma.x: Baucus.

At least as a person who is more socially liberal on some issues. I would rather deal with a Republican who completely disagrees \\ith me and is hone t about it than a Democrat who smiles, hakes my hand, takes my mone\, asks me to \'Olunteer and then pa~se a law dam-aging Ill) cause. With Republicans, I have ome sort of accountability. With Democrats, I have people \\ith morab that change more often than Britney's cup size.

During the ame time in American hi~ton. we had Republican House Speaker :-.lewt Gingrich and President Clinton he the president keep it in his pants.

"It's fake n' bake, and I helped!" New semester marks increase in glowing, orange-skinned studen

ANGIE CONNERS

EXPONENT WRITER l've noticed something

strange and rousing about man)' people on campus since I've returned from my much needed three-week vacation. If you pay attention to people the 1,ay I do, vou mar have noticed a ne" breed (lf orange people walking around campu•., .1.:ting as if 1t were the end of sp1 ing.

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OPINIONS THURSDAY JANUARY 22, 2004 5

emocratic Primary Field Leaves Much to be Desired TYLER CEGLER

[ "lT \tvFcl-r R the time this •Hticle is

ed, the lo\\ .1 caucu'cs for n 2004 will be h1storr A

will ha\·e been dcd.m:d, c cand1d,11e, "ill h,1\·e up and moHd to ;-...e11·

·hire, purgin0 the Iowa .111d thc:ir i'sucs from their

1and their Lampa1gm. llions of dollars 1-ill now nt t n mg tn persu.1de the ampshirc electorate thev on.: who Lan beat (,eorge

nd that the~ really do Lare the \Oten,' issue,. I think ~c,s.iry to cxamme all the

candidates again and see where they really stand on the issues.

Since the last Lime I compared the candidates, Joe Lieberman has become nothing more than an asterisk on the polls. I !is for-mer Presidential running mate, Al Gore, stabbed him in the back .ind endorsed "front runner" I loward Dean. The Democratic electorate seems to be ginng him the cold shoulder because of his support for the Iraqi 11·ar (as do the ma1ontv of Americans and because of his support for brae! (as has been C'.S. policr smce the cre.1tion of the nation Israel). \·erdict: Too consenative.

Dick Gephardt's campaign has been extremely successful in garnering the support of those over the age of 85. In order to pay for his one trillion dollar plan of Socialist. .. oops, I mean, Universal l lcalth Care Coverage, Gephardt plans to cut all of this Jdminbtration's Lax cuts, includ-ing those of the middle class, to help pay for it. Of course, the tril-lion dollars 1s Jmt to get the thing rolling and off the ground; who knows what the cwntual co~ts will be. Verdict: Too old-~chool and expensive, .1~ e\ 1denced by his decision to drop out.

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dropped out the nomination race and threw her support behind Dean, giving him an extra ten votes nationwide. Most peoples' reactiom were "Carol i\losle) who?" VerdJCt: Was never ,1 seri-ous contender.

Howard Dean, the one-time front runner, is no"· starting to sag in the polls. His angq rhetoric is now turning voters off, a:, the) can't figure out what it is exactly he stands for, or even if he is conservative, moderate, or liberal. 'lm1 that the race for the nomination is headed toward tht southern states, Dean sud-denly has discol'ered religion, even attending church with for-mer one-term president Jimmy Carter. He :,pends as much time correcting himself a he docs actual campaigning. Verdict: The doctor needs more malpractice imurance.

Rev. Al Sharpton is playing the race card at every opportu-nity. He recently accu ed l loward Dean of racism because Dean never appointed a minority to a high-level cabinet position while he was governor of Vermont. I'll even defend Dean here. Vermont is more white than Montana. It is therefore not a bit unusual that a minority would not be on the governor's cabinet or in other high-level positions The fact that "Reverend" Al Sharpton is so concerned with race makes him the biggest racist of all the contenders. Verdict: Get a new hairdo and get out of the race.

John Kerry's campaign was floundering until recently, when he received six million dollars of new campaign funds. Granted, he had to mortgage his house, but still, six million dollars. His hope is that veterans will turn out in droves to support him, a Vietnam veteran himself. Kerry's recent use of four-letter words should turn off anvone who hopes to have even a pinch of morality in the V\'hite House. His most important endorsement has come from Ted Kennedy, which would make me want to run as far from this campaign as pos-sible. Verdict: If you have to use your own money to finance your campaign, you're not a viable candidate.

Dennis Kucinich's campaign 1s by far the most interesting

to look at. His campaign is anti-establishment, anti-\,ar, isolationism, and free love. I iis staunchest supporters, other than Demi i\1oore's bo> toy Ashton Kutcher, are the remnants of the hippy mol'ement. I !is campaign bus is .in incredible tie dve dis-play. Kuci111ch also is looking for a wife, and you too can join the contest. Just log on to his Web site, and soon you could be i\lrs. Ku1..inich! \'erdict: Not just left of center, but left of normal.

Wesley Clark is lucky enough to be rccei\ ing the endorsement of former Democratic nominee George l\.kGovern. I bet Jll the other candidates arc Jealous they are not getting the support of the worst-running member of their partv's history. l\.lichael l\.loore abo 1s giving his support to Weslev Clark. Lets hope this isn't a "fictitious" endorsement. It still surprises me that the demo-cratic electorate would support someone who so highly praised President Bush and his team of advisors even as the Iraqi war was beginning. Verdict: It doesn't matter what party, just how many stripes on the shoulder.

John Edwards is the sudden surprise. He has unexpectedly risen in the polls. I'll give him credit; he has sworn off a nega-tive campaign, opting instead for optimism and hope. He was given the endorsement of the Des Moines Register, but his inexperi-ence is a turn-off As a freshman senator who financed hi:, cam-paign through the money he won in perso nal injurv trials, one can-not help but wonder if he would e1·en be in office if he would have had to really work hard at raising money. Verdict: Too voung.

Not onlr has the Democratic Party failed to produce anvworth-while candidates, it is tearing itself apart. In the last ten years, according to Time magazine, the Republican party is growing at about one percent a year, while the Democrats are shrinking at about the same rate.

People are tired of the false promises and wacky ideas that politicians left of center are try-ing to float. Now is the time for change. Let's change the slim majority the Republican Party has to a wide majority. Verdict: Bush/Cheney '04.

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6 THURSDAY JANUARY 22, 2004 OPINIONS

"I ani going to keep on doing whatever

the hell I want"

Where is the Respect?

Dear Editor, M} first semester of college is

finally through. [ have met manr new faces and seen many new life-stvles. But as I sit back and recall all th.e people:: ihat I have met, one thing st,111ds out in my mind. This little word called RESPECT. Although 1his io a little word used in everyday language, it> meaning is one th.II is significant and hould be followed more often. It seems that ever>· pen.on th.it I h.ive met dismisses the importance of thb word.

men when it comes to relationships, but when it comes to each other. We sit there and complain and whisper .1bout each other at parties and 1n the SlJB, and ba ically anyv•here in public. This does not gave us a good name either. So why do we do it you ask? Because we are afraid of one another, and that fear becomes hatred and that hatred turns to disrespect. This 1ealousy factor that we have among our own gen-der is completely ridiculous. From both the male and female side, we start the e things called "rumor ." Coming from experience, 1 can relate to other people that have been in this itu.ition. It's hurtful and 1t can destro\ someone's life. Isn't someone's blisiness their own business and no one eh.e's? Startmg rumors causes added stre ' to that person, as well as unnecessary st res:. on us. So I ask \'OU, is this how we ''an1 to live om Ji,es? Does this make us feel belier about ourseh·e> b) bringmg someone ebe down1 If 1t does ... you need help'.

Last but not least. I belie-.e t: some of us ha\'e lo,t respect in o1 selve>. It always '>eem; that after step into the realm of college lose all sense ol morals and ~ that you once had. In the con: sion of trying to find ourselv l changing things that we don't t we lose sight of what " 1mpo Thi-. is our SELF-RESPECT. °Eal stated, easily done, RIGHTI c. self-respect is the most import thing that you can learn from ai one or any s1tu.ition. ·o why we uncaringly allow a persor. take this and walk all over us? T question I cannot answer: that, rou and you alone to figure c But from this letter I hope learn what I ha\'~ learned 1n past four months, and that is 1 respect commands Itself and it neither be gi\'en nor withheld wl it is due. So please, I ask mu, re dress the meaning of RES PE apply 1t 111 ~·our life.

~ LINCOLN ERICKSON EXPONENT WRITER

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I would like towel-come you lo a new year and a

new semester. Speaking of the ew Year, this is also an elec-

tion year. And true lo form, the

political season is alread\ heat-

ing up. Perhaps you have been

paying allenlion to the Iowa

caucus etc. etc? Or perhaps you ha\C been listening lo President Bush try to win the support of e\·ery type of voter possible.

Immigration policy it up and how

much of mY mone\' he/she is going to take to do thi-,.

Of course. the other side of th ts thought is tha1 nothmg ebe matter~. I realh don't gi\'c a rat\ ass if our President 1s pro

con religion, .1bortion, drugs, assisted sui..:ide, etc. \\ h\, ,·ou ask? Be..:ause no matter what

our e-.teemed leatler thinks,

I am going to keep on doing \\'hatever the hdl I \\'ant, and I

am sure )'OU are loo.

Th111k about it. l lo\\ ni.1m· la\\'s do you break on a day-to-

day basis? l would gue's that almost even· person \ iolatcs .1t least one l,1w per da\ So 1f nn1

are .ilreadv breaking a plethora of laws on a daily b.isis, .111d if our president m.1kes one more

'tupid law, thl•n chances ,ire we will just break it like Jll the others.

B,i-icalh what l am saying is that our 1\mcrican societv has it., own set of "do's' and "don'ts," and I re,dh don't

think that they ,ire affected at all bv the law (ok, 111n't it about time nm found the meaning of this lost word and used it?

:-..ow ladies don"t think I forgot ,1hout u,. l belie' e that we h,1\'e n11s-placed 1his word in our YOcabulary as well. .\l.wbe n

SPORTS 7 THURSDAY. JANUARY 22, 2004

obcats Split Opening Weekend at Home

nc\\ 'c mcstt r 'tarted, sports f n' n ... ~e hr rr:m trom the •nd1ron to tl>e

,ood, a' b.1skrtball ~onkr pl.n k1,kr1.o IPto f..i I 6ear plahd ho'! tu the \\'eber

l PIH Sll) \\•Ide.its JnJ th(' "tate :. 01\c•,1n lkngals

pa't \\LCkr1 d, both Big Sk) cren ... c foe,. \'SL; rolled into tO\\ n

sday ~11ght m1m1' thdr leader, ~.1d (0,1d1

the punch earh· for the offense. l oupled with l'nckson s pair of thrcc pornt shot-, \1SL '"is .1ble to ,u,tJin ,1 sizc,1bl(' lead through-out the n:st ol the h,1lf, heading

mt locker rooms up 29-!9. rhc ,econd hall p!Jwd 1m1d1

J,k ... the first, with \ISl dom111.11-111g on the deknsh e .:nd, '' h1ch m tu111 led to eas) score' 101 i\1sL·, most notabh Ento\ pnstenzmg dunk on .i \\SL ddcnd ... r off th(' break. \s h(' has Jone Jll season,

Erickson JssertcJ hb leadership during tht· \\Jning m111utcs of the

game b) taking

Cra\'em suspended gJmc b\ e olfic1Jb questwn-lt.' qu.1lit\ ofticiJtmg g road

"It wasn't anyone's particular fault that he got open looks at those threes. I take my hot off lo him. He was on fire tonight. In this game you can't lake anyone lightly, and we found that out tonight. II

control of the ball .rnd se.il-mg the \ ictory from the ch.1r-1ty stripe.

s. Despite absencc \\'SU's

- Jason Erickson Bobcat Basketball

Erickson led .ill scorers with 22 points, followed by Ento with 14. \\'SU finished

sea'>on ~b, the \\'ild.:ats brought teran squad to Worthington a and the distmction of being ason fa,·orites to repeat as Big onference champs. ut predictions are just that,

ictions, and the Bobcat;, ,·ed Thursda\ night that they

a team to be reckoned with. 'Cats blasted out from the

; early to take a commanding lead. The team's success was to suffocating defense and Si\'e hustle. MSU's backcourt

Jason Erickson and Frank rn forced the Wildcats into a ber of turnovers, which kept 'out of an offensiYe rh) thm. While MSU's backcourt

end, senior forwards Calvin > and Josh Barsh provided

the game with 31 turnovers, a season high. The game also marked Bobcat bead coach Mick Durham's 103

victory in Big Sky play, making him the all time leader in Big Sky Conference wins.

Saturday night's game started off in an opposite direction from Thursday's game, as the Idaho State University Bengals jumped out to an early 16 point lead just five minutes into the contest. Despite the offensi\'e barrage of the Bengals early on, MSU never

got rattled and was able to put together a comeback led by Jason Erickson that provided them with a three point halftime lead.

The Bengals came out on fire again in the second half and were able to regain the lead, one that the) would not relinquish the

~ Photo by Charlie Capp

Sophomore Frank Brown looks for an open teammate during last Saturday night's game against Idaho State. The Bobcats were unable to defeat the Idaho State Bengals, but defeated the Weber State Wildcats on Friday. The Bobcats will host the Grizzlies on Saturday night at the Worthington Arena. The game is slated to start at 7:05 p.m.

rest of the evening. Junior guard Doug D'Amore initiated ISU's potent offensive attack. D'Amore

would end the game with 28 points, but more impressive was his eight for eight shooting from behind the three point arc.

Erickson said, "It wasn't anyone's particular fault that he got open looks at those threes. I take my hat off to him. He was on fire tonight. In this game you can't take anyone lightly, and we found that out tonight."

O\'erall as a team, the Bengals

shot over 50 percent from the field, and over 60 percent ( 11 out of 18) from three-point land. Compound ISU's great shooting night with MSU's inability to put the ball in the basket near the end, and any chance of a second half comeback was quickly thwarted.

On discussing the energy used up to make the first come-back, Erickson noted, "I wasn't tired from the first one, but two

comebacks against a quality team like that is about impossible."

Erickson led all Bobcat scar-

ers with 18 points, while Frank Brown dished out eight assists. The Bengals fimshed the game with four players m double digits for scoring.

J\1SU faces the GriZLlies this Saturday (Jan. 24) in Worthington

Arena. Tip-off is slated for 7:05 p.m. After two weekends of Big Sky play, one thing is certain: there are no dominant teams as

of yet, and the seawn is setting up to be a wild one that probably will not be decided until the final weekend.

ady Bobcats Fall to Weber and Idaho State

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8 THURSDAY JANUARY 22. 2004 SPORTS

• In Head out to the Ice Rinks As Winter Sets

~ RANDI HIRSCH EX PONE "J T \./v IT \

\\'inter month' c,1n often fed long and boring. c'rcLi,1lh 111 the cH'11111gs 1, hen 1l 'ieem' like ,1 pt'r,on's onh option' ,m.: the nJi..:ulous realit) sllll\\!i on tdeYi;.ion. fkLausc ol tht• ,11 ,1il-,1b1lit 1 tlf loc.11 rinb, adi1 itie, on ILC c,111 be com·enicnt, stimu-l.1t111g altcrn.it1n:' to catching up on sill) sitcoms.

\\.i th the conl'enicnce ol loc,11 rinb, such as South,1dc Park ,\l 5th and College ,111d the cowred pavilion at Bogart Park, ice- related activi ties .ire a great actil ity for college students. Plaring on the ice is not limited to skating around in circles on figure ska tes: hockev, broom-ball, and en~n soccer on Ke can all be fu n substitutes.

A person docs not need Ice Dog abi lity to jump in on ,1 ran-

dom g.1111c of hockey. Skill Ie1·eb r,111ge from complelt' bt'g111ners ltl 111ued1blv talented sk.1tcr,. Reg.irdle" of abilit1, pick-up g,1mes are a gre.ll \\,l)' to m..:re,1st' skilb. \\"ith the 11ht,111t.111eous rl'fle\cs .1 nd

Still, the rhk of iniurr from ,1 slip of the skates, a thing puck. or a hocke\ st1Lk are po,~1ble.

Tht' gear llt'ces;.:ir\' for pick-up g.1me' t.111 bt' narn1\\Td do\' 11 to a good pair of 'k.it.:s

,111d a hockc1 b ,1 1 a 11 t e needed to pl.11 hoc ke1, g.11 n-i ng C\perien..:c in tht• sport is one of the be;.t \\'

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ut m,1m in the communil\ he high co't of equipment i!t ticket- to be J fin.mcial J. Olten tunes when uindi-are opt1111.1l }OU ma\ find elf \\ailing 111 a 'ilable line > get on the lift. ~ t.rnr of w. duit1f} \\ ith thi- 'cenario: g there ~taring at llUr com-)ts CnJO}'ing tresh turns Ill ollomle,s pO\\der Jnd more eked powder iust outside of ·are~ bound.Jr\'.

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to \'Our Lhosen recreation or the day. The air is crisp

cool. You are sweating, a lungs stain for that sweet air. The only

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A>ld Weather Provides for Excellent Fishing JONATHAN WILLY

=>ONENT WRITER

c.ru1se down Gallatin yon towards Big Skv and West W5tone offers breathtaking

oery. Fortunately for some of most people stay happily in r vehicles and arn\•e unevent-. at their chosen destination. n again there are those few

15 who ha\'e disco\·ered a bit of igic in the canvon. This time of -, the Gallatin River is frozen pots and flowing well in oth-Yet one thing 1s pretty sure: on t davs the ri\·cr is fairly free of

1hng pressure. Travis from the Bozeman •lcr ~Y' that beginning now ugh earlv ~larch 1s one of his

wite times to fish the upper ion of the Gallatin (Four ncrs to Yellowstone Park). He three reasons for the Gallatin

ig one of his top picks, the first g the wonderful sunn) blue-dai·s. Spending a .SHO\\ rn91

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Way Down High to perform at Zebra Scott on Studying:

~ ERIN LYNCH E,. '0Nt:.l\JT WRlfLR

lJpon m\ .trfl\ .ii at "the how.e" I \\'as ~truck Jt the e\tremeh- laid b.1Lk .ind ''el-coming attitudes of the mem-bers of "\\.1\ Doi\ n High," a Gozern.in-b.1sed rnLk b,rnd. The fin· members \\ere e\cited to be inten·ie'' for the L\ponent. but ,1lso a bit shy. It took some prndd1ng It) get >ome dialog tll)\\ing bet\\'een us.

Even after some pkad1ng the band \\",1' relul!ant to pla\' but once thq did it \\as eYi-dent that these tl\e men were Yery into the musk th.it the)' create.

"I ligh energr intnl.lle h.1rdcore rock" is how the band describe' their mu,ic. .\lan) people \,·otdd sa\.

"\\'hatn·er. rock is rock, it's just trendy to add all those fann· words in front of rock to make them feel special." I was among these skeptics until the band pla1•ed. I then understood what they meant bl' "high-energ) intricate hard-core rock."

-.. Photo by L.A. Hoffman

Way Down High will be playing at the Zebra Cocktail Lounge this Friday with anotha local favoritt', j.C. Auto. The co·ver charge will go to benefit those with autism.

\\'ay Down lligh' three-and-a-half rear histoq of playing together showed in this impromptu performance and shows the maturity that they haYe a5 a collective.

Composed of two guvs from Pennsylrnnia (Dave Cronk, YOc.ils, John 11\ Norei ka, on drums), two homegrown Bozeman-ites (B rad Bindahl, guitar, Jason Lambrecht , base) and one member h.1ihng from

the Hollywood area ( Da\'e Freeburg, guitar) the \'ariety of backgrounds and life expe-rience influence the rh} th ms and lyrics that make up their original songs. \\'a) Do" n High can be heard regularly on the Homegrown Show on the PEAK, a local Bozeman radio station.

Wal' Down High \\ill be running through their ne" CD this Fridav at the Zebra Cocktail Lounge along 11 ith

another local favorite, l.C. Au to. A cover will be taken at the door; all proceeds will go to raise money Lo benefit people with au t ism . The band is currently working on set-ting up a tour for this sum-mer for the l\.lidwest and is looking at working "ith Bravo Enteretainment to set up iuture gigs in the Northwest.

If \'OU are interesting find-111g out what exacth high energv intricate hard~ore rock

Vocabulary Lecture: The wh e re it comes from

RANDI HIRSCH

EXPONENT WRITER

As part of Montana State University's annual Martin Luther King event, Randall Kennedy spoke to a full house 111 the SUB Ballroom on Wednesday the 20th about his book " igger" and the contro-versy it addresses.

Martin Luther King experi-enced racism at its very worst, yet still believed that America could one

FEATURES THURSDAY. JANUARY 22. 2004 13

eel Review: Iliff erent Perse • ect1ves Boy meets girl story

oniJI hh,s. llollpH)l)U l~ pi-; h.b "h,1pprl)-e\\.·r Jfter" for

e~en actnr, except lhn Stiller H ~ m.im.1ge is liter,111}

\h1pwrccked on his hone\-moun His'' lie, pl ) ed b) Debra

lessmg, ,h.ircs the s,ll \\'ith foreign to let hi' ''h,1ir down" b) tollo" mg wild Pollv through her null\' daily endca\'-or>. But 1w.t as you think the moYie 1~ oYcr-- the flightr Polly is re.id) to jet 'el to another destin.1-llon sans Ruben.

Ya\, n--\'ct another romantic

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ramca v, raan ar as een ost to e stu v a roa rogram in Scouand. He will be remembered fondly and man

epic songs will be written about his work in the field of movie critics. On a happier note. the Reel Review has undergone an evolution; now instead of one person making stun up an

lking on things he knows nothing about. vou get two people o will make stun up and know even less on what thev are

alking about Andv Rowse, a film major with an intense fear of rejection

and an overactive bullshit detector, will be covering the male 11mmaker perspectives. Ashley Fingarson. a man-eating mar eting major with a love for melodrama and chick flicks, Wil ell things from the female/film enthusiast viewpoints.

Sometimes they will agree, sometime thev will disagree ometimes thev will get in a violent fistfight in the parkin ot of Wallace Theaters; the onlv wav to find out and to get a review of the latest movies is to read the column_ then see e movie for vourself.

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"Anthem for l\tamma's Boys" Ben Stiller has made millions by playmg the man that bad things happen to. From "There's Something About Mary" to "Meet the Parents," Stiller's character keeps getting recycled into more and more romantic comedies that do Little more than make us giggle and give studio executives hor-rible ideas of making a sequel.

Stiller's newest comedy, "Along Came Polly," also starring Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymore Hoffman, and Debra Messing, adds a new exciting twist to the otherwise standard protagonist know as Gaylord Faulker... I mean Ruben; Ruben is the big-gest mamma's boy on earth. He is the poster child of mamma's

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boys. If mamma's boys had an annual award show telecast on HBO, Ruben would take the cake ( ... but a white cake with no frost-ing because chocolate has caffeine and too much sugar raises your chances of getting diabetes )?

When not busy living... I mean, existing in a sheltered life, Ruben can be found working as a risk assessor at an issuance firm. Somewhere along the way, in the pre-story of the film, Ruben found the guts to ask out, date, and then propose to a very gor-geous-looking Debra Messing. As in real life, women don' t want to be with people who will never take a chance, so 10 minutes into the film, she has cheated on him on their honeymoon and Ruben is back by his lonely pathetic self.

Enter Jennifer Aniston, a.k.a. Polly: Exciting, beautiful, free-spirited, completely terrified of commitment, and the complete opposite of Ruben. Now comes sixty minutes of heart-wrench-ing melodrama where Ruben learns to let go and live life. Polly teaches him to let go of his bor-ing ways and live a little (Isn't funny how a woman can change a man so easily?). In return,

Ruben works on Polly's commit-ment phobias.

This is speck.led with small bits of comedic relief that serve no other purpose but to make the audience chuckle. But what is a Ben Stiller movie without gra-tuitous amounts of "bad things happening."

~ly favorite part of the movie was when Polly encour-ages Ruben to rip apart some useless decorative pillows with a knife. Lets just say it brought out some repressed desires of mine to rip apart my esteemed college/roommate's pillows she keeps on the bed in the guest bedroom. Ashley, what purpose do they serve? Nothing.

Least favorite part was Polly's pet ferret. .. that happens to be blind. Can't we just pick on Ben Stiller and just leave the poor blind little rodents of the world alone? Don't they have enough problems?

In the end Ruben and Pollv get really close, Ruben messes up, Polly gets scared and runs away, Ruben grows some balls and gets her back and they live happi lv ever after. lf that doesn't sound exciting, then go see something else.

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14 THURSDAY, JANUARY 22. 2004 FEATURES

An American-born Woman's Presidency ... in Guyana ERIN WES1WATER

MSU LEADERSHIP NSTl-"1ot man: people real-

i1e there 1s a more successful precedent for American women in the Presidency than Carol Moseley Braun -a look at the recent histol") of a s mall South

American country. Guyana. reveal a model example.

At 23 years old. Janet

Rosenberg. both Chicago born and Jc\\ ish. married her hu -

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h:l\·e cleared rnurself from all z:: E IWll ..A ..

band. Chedd1 Jagan. \\ hilc he \\as stud] 111g dent1str;, at

orthwestern Uni\ erst!)'. A politically acl!\C figure. Chcddi

and his bride returned to hi s nati\'e country of Guyana and were submerged in the racial and economic tensions that

dominated the country. Always an mdepcndcnt

woman. Janet Rosenberg Jagan worked tireless ly in her new country to exert her influence

ter, the better. And last of the very basics; m,1ke sure vou take

care of yourself. Eat well and get plent) of sleep. Once you've ,1ccomplished these primary

skills rour grades shou ld take

off. l\L1naging rnur time is the

next step tow,1rd nrnr name

appeaks. Long pt.>nods of studnng the same

matenal can lead do stress, and being relaxed when \'OU stud) is

almost .1s important as making

sure you h,we the right book.

head a count!). Janet's life. from n) ing

lesson~ to freedom adYocate. i featured m the documen-tary ·Thunder in Guyana,'' a short film b) her cousin,

acc laimed social hi torian uzannc Wa sc rman . The film

sprang from Wasscrman 's vi\ 1d childhood memories of her

mother telling tories about her cousin's acti,ities: he cites the red-co\ ered album full of

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the material prett) well. You kno'' those \\'eb sites that are ah,avs suggested but rare!)

typed mto anyone's Internet browser? \\ell. the(re there for

a reason. Cse them. There are also many places on campus mcluding the math learning

center, the writing center, and the dean of studenb offiL

where YOU can find all the help

mu need. It's also nice to go to the Dean of Students office

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ASMSO J ±A@llil!!t P G F • . ZC: C _ SC ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY

ASMSU would like to welcome everyone back for another great semester. We have appreciated all of the support the student body gave ASMSU this past semester and hope that everyone will continue to do so. Please keep your eyes, and ears open for new shows, exhibits and events that ASMSU will be bringing to you this semester. Have a great end to a great school year.

ASMSUNEWS Are you interested in being part of ASMSUS as a senator? There is one on-campus, one off-campus, and one at-large seat available. So if you feel like taking on the mission of representing the student body, please stop by the ASMSU office in SUB room 281 and pick up an application. Application are due Wednesday, February 4th by 5:00 p.m.

NOW SHOWING ... Stop by the Exit Gallery in the SUB and check out "THE

ART OF HORROR" by Corey Urlacher. The show runs until Saturday, January 24th. From Monday, January 26th to Saturday, February 7th

ASMSU Arts and Exhibits is proud to feature the artwork of Katy Hudson in the Exit Gallery. The openning for the show will be Friday, January 30th from 5 PM- ?PM.

HELPING OTHERS The ASMSU Community Outreach Committee would

like to remind you that there is a blood drive today in the SUB Ballroom A from 10 AM to 3 PM. Please stop by.

Also until January 30th, the ASMSU Community Outreach Committee is running a food drive. Please bring any canned goods and drop them off in the box in front of the ASK-US desk.

Remember CATCAB is always a safe ride home. Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 8 PM to 4 AM.

NOON SHOW Swing by the Northwest Lounge in the SUB on Friday,

January 23rd and check out this week's noon show. ASMSU Concerts brings Morton Etching ham for an hour of entertainment.

"THUNDER IN GUYANA" On Wednesday, January 28th ASMSU and the MSU Leadership Institute would like to invite you to join them

at the Procrastinator Theatre. Starting at 7 PM a feature film about Janet Rosenberg Jagan will be showing.

The film incorporates social and political history in one. Janet Rosenberg Jagan is the first American born woman elected President of a country.

Please stop by and catch this award winning film.

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