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The Voice of Montana State University Billings for Over Half a Century
www.MSUBretort.orgMarch 15, 2013 Volume 89, Issue 4
The elections for 2013-
2014 Student Govern-
ment ofcers will be
here very soon polls will
be open beginning on March
19th, through 5 p.m. onMarch 20th. This year, only
one Presidential/Vice Pres-
idential ticket will be eligi-
ble to run for elections: Ryan
Shore for President, and Mary
Owen for Vice President.
As a precursor to the elec-
tions, it is imperative that stu-
dents become familiar with
the candidates for whom they
will be voting. Both Shore
and Owen were recently in-
terviewed to aid in this pro-
cess. Excerpts from the in-
terviews are included in the
following; however, for fullvideo interview coverage
please visit www.msubret-
ort.org/2013/03/media-inter-
views-with-ryan-shore-and-
mary-owen/
Shore is a marketing
and communications major
from Billings, Montana. He
has been a member of the
ASMSUB student Senate for
three years, serving this aca-
demic year on the Executive
Cabinet as the Political Ac-
tion Director (PAD).
Q: What do you think your
qualications for being the
next student body president
are?
A: Qualicat ions, for the
last three years Ive been on
student body government as
senator and the political ac-
tion director so Ive had a lot
of experience just with stu-
dent government and the ins
and outs, but beyond that Im
civically involved and I real-
ly do have a passion to be able
to get student government
more involved in the commu-
nity and reach out beyond the
walls of MSU Billings which
really hasnt happened in the
three years that Ive been here.
Q: What do you think the
most important part of your
position will be?
A: The most important
part, especially on a non-leg-
islative year, is basically just
setting us up in a good posi-
tion for the next legislative
year. As clich as that sounds
we have to have a good solid
foundation for the next time
we approach legislatures be-
cause education is public-ly funded, so we need to cre -
ate good rapport and rela-
tionships with the people run-
ning for ofce. And also, Imean again, civically mind-
ed, we have to be involved in
the community and we have
to show Billings why we are
worth putting their tax dol-
lars into.
Q: What do you think your
greatest weaknesses are?
A: Well, I feel that some-
times I denitely see the big
picture of things, and Im a
goal-oriented individual, but
I dont always see the indi-
vidual steps to get to a cer -
tain place. But thats why Ive
teamed up with Mary Owen
as my VP who is detail ori-
ented. Sees all of those little
steps that we need to take to
get to the goal. And so I can
help her see what we need to
accomplish, she helps me get
there.
Q: What other factors in-
uenced your choice of Mary
Owen as your running mate?
A: Other factors, she is just
kind, shes personable, shes
relatable with people and
shes gonna be basically run-
ning the senate, so its going
to be her job to make sure that
the senators feel welcome, at
home, and then hopefully
that trickles down to the rest
of the student body from the
senators if she has a positive
effect on them. So, shes got
a lot of really great qualities
and Im very, very lucky to
have her.
Q: What is your take on
the fact that you will be run-
ning unopposed?
A: You know, its unfor-
tunate, I, its not what I want-
ed and circumstances pret-ty much put us in that posi-
tion. Mary and I are compet-
itors, so we love to compete
but I guess if I was gonna puta positive spin on it just being
unopposed, knowing that we
can already get going on the
things that we want to have
planned and make a good sol-
id plan for the rest of the stu-
dent body, so it does give us
a certain advantage, but com-
petitively its unfortunate.
Q: What is your favorite
thing about MSUB?
A: My favorite thing? I
will say this, I think we are
more lucky than U of M and
MSU and any other aflia-
tion around the state as far
as higher education because
we have an approachable ad-
ministration and staff thats
always willing to talk, their
doors are always open. And
when we say access and ex-
cellence I feel that we have
a very accessible faculty, ad-
ministration, and staff. And
my favorite thing is just
knowing that if you need help,
or if you need discussion, or
if you just need encourage-
ment youre always, youre al-
ways afforded the opportuni-
ty to do so with the adminis-
tration we have. So I think my
favorite thing that causes ev-
erything else to trickle down
as far as just being an overall
great university, the adminis-
tration is accessible and thats
the most important thing.
Q: What are the most valu-
able lessons youve learned on
senate so far?
A: Valuable lessons,
theres a lot. Id have to say
number one is you have to
learn to dialogue and it cant
always just be necessarilydictation of what you want to
have happen, because every-
body has different ideas, you
have to learn to listen. I canadmit that in my early years
on senate I wasnt a great lis-
tener and I was very self-ab-
sorbed with what I wanted
to have happen and I would
nd myself getting frustrat-
ed that things werent al-
ways going my way but Ive
learned working with, you
know, twenty other people
that thats not always gonna
happen so you have to learn
to be able to discuss things
in a way where you can both
come to terms and thats how
youre gonna get things done.
So Ive learned how to get
things done without my own
ideas impeding on other peo-
ples.
Mary Owen is an education
student from Broadus, Mon-
tana, who is a current Senator
in student government.,
Q: What do you feel are the
most important qualities that
you bring to the President/
Vice President ticket?
A: Thats a good ques-
tion. I feel like my best qual-
ity is reaching out and work-
ing with people. Thats hon-
estly the people here are what
I love most about MSU Bill-
ings and I want to make sure
that your guys voices are
heard in student government
Q: And what do you think
the most important part of
your position would be?
A: The most important
part of my position? Proba-
bly just to go along with what
I just said, being a liaison be-
tween the students and the
senators.
Q: Whats going to moti-vate you to do your best as the
vice president?
A: I guess, I dont know,
Im very self-motivated. Iwant to do the best in every-
thing that I do and Vice Pres-
ident is no different. I mean,
especially, you know, the im-
plications of this, how well
I do affects our campus so I
want to put my best foot for-
ward.
Q: Whats your take on the
fact that you will be running
unopposed?
A: Its denitely, um, one
of those things where I wish
that we had competition just
because I think that makes it
more exciting and, you know,
the students have that choice.
But at the same time, you
know, Im going to take the
election just as seriously as
though we did have someone
running against us.
Q: What do you think your
greatest weaknesses are?
A: Greatest weaknesses
thats a good question. Prob-
ably a tendency to over-com-
mit. Its so easy to want to do,
do, do and then get to where
youre not doing any one
thing that well. So just, stay-
ing balanced between doing a
good job and doing too many
jobs, if that makes sense.
Q: Kind of going off of
that, as a member of the cross
country team there is a possi-
bility that you will be travel-
ing quite a bit. How will you
balance your responsibility to
your team and your responsi-
bility to Senate and MSUB as
a whole?
A: Im out of cross coun-
try eligibility. Im old. But
so, um, I probably wont be
traveling as much as I usual-ly do, and, you know, I de-
nitely still am gonna be sup-
porting the team in the role of
assistant coach. And, but, you
know, how much I travel will
be dependent upon whats go-
ing on here.
Q: What is your favorite
thing about MSU Billings?
A: Uh, absolute favoritething is the community, like
the sense of community here.
I really like how, you know,
just walking across campus
you always see a friendly face,
someone you know, and ev-
eryone from the students to
the faculty are just so willing
to, um, willing to help you in
your educational goals to suc-
ceed.
Q: How did you decide to
run for Vice President? Were
you approached by Ryan
Shore?
A: I was approached byMr. Shore, um, hes a good
friend of mine, and he actu-
ally, um, Ive gotten to know
him through a girl I used to
run with, Sarah Jackson but,
um, yeah, he approached me
and I thought that this would
be a really great way to ex-
pand upon my passion for
helping people.
Q: What changes would
you like to see in senate next
year?
A: I would really just like
to see more, how do I put this?
Preparation and communica-
tion, just making sure that if
there is something big going
on that we make sure all the
senators know about it. If we
decide to make a change, you
know, its a group effort, you
know, a group decision. And
nothing is just kind of sprung
on anyone last minute.
Prior to the nal deadline
for applications two addition-
al candidates had submitted:
Jordan Jones for President,
and Daniel Barnhart for Vice
President. Unfortunately, ten
minutes before the close of
application submission, Barn-
hart discovered that he was
two credits short of the re-
quired thirty-six accumulat-
ed institution credits. Prior
to this discovery, both teams
had been in full swing, pre-
paring for a well-matched de-
bate and campaigns.
Be sure to go to the polls
during the elections. They
can be accessed on campus at
the election tables that the As-
sociated Students of MSUB
will be manning, or onlinethrough your secure login in-
formation.
Student Government Elections: Shore and Owen Run unopposed for 2013-2014PATRICIA HAMPTON
News Writer
Ryan Shore (right) and Mary Owen (lef t) hope to take on the positions of Presdient and Vice President in the upcoming academic year.
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If youre like
me, you
p r o b a b l y
r e t u r n e d
from Spring
Break feeling
w e l l - r e s t e d ,
e n t h u s i a s t i cabout life and
showing off
your new tan (all of which are temporary, I
might add) and the plagues of homework,
tests and college havent settled in just yet.
But, dont worry, they wi ll by next week when
youll be reminded of all the schoolwork you
SHOULD have done during your break.
Here at Starship Retort, we were busy
during the break dedicating our time to
searching the galaxy for provocative opinions,
essential advice, and current news on campus
affecting our readers. Just around the corner
are the elections for the ASMSUB Presidential
and Vice Presidential spots. This year, the
candidates for President and Vice President,Ryan Shore and Mary Owen, respectively,
will be running unopposed for the upcoming
election scheduled for March 19th and 20th.
Check out the front page for more information
on the election and candidates.
It comes as somewhat of a disappointment
that Shore and Owen will be running
unopposed this March. In the past, student
elections featured a forum in which the
candidates answered questions posed by a
panel. These forums often brought up hot-
topic questions and engendered exciting
and interesting debates between candidates.
The results of last years ASMSUB election
showed that of the 5,067 students registered
for the spring 2012 semester, only 417 castvotes. And with only two candidates running
in the upcoming election, lack of student
involvement obviously continues to be an
issue on campus.
I think one of the major goals the school
newspaper focuses on is making it easier for
students to become involved on campus. We
provide updates on campus and community
events, campus club information, campus
and community news, student opinions,
campus sports and more! While MSUB has a
large population of online learners and non-
traditional students, we at The Retort think
that, in collaboration with the student Senate
and other campus organizations, we can help
remind everyone of the importance of getting
involved on campus and in the community
and how it can benet everyone in the long
run.
The Retort hasnt always had the best
reputation with the student Senate and the
community, but, in recent years, we have
developed a great relationship with many
organizations. With both Isaiah Garrision(ASMSUB President) and Nik Wong
(ASMSUB Vice President) being such major
supporters of The Retort in the last year, I
cant help but hope this relationship between
the Senate and the newspaper will continue
to ourish. Shore has always been full of
encouraging remarks for The Retort during
the last academic school year and has become
a regular at The Retortofce lounge enjoying
a sucker or two and some good debates with
the ofce staff. I just want to be able to have
effective communication between The Retort
and student government, Shore afrmed in
an interview with our news writer, Patricia
Hampton. As Vice President of ASMSUB,
Owen will head the PUB Board meetingsnext year and offer advice and feedback to
Retortstaff. While she admits to not being a
consistent reader of The Retort currently, her
support and understanding of our goals are
obvious. I think the school newspaper is an
excellent avenue for students to know what is
going on on campus and to put their voices out
there and be heard. You can view Shore and
Owens full interviews on msubretort.org.
I encourage you to set aside an extra few
minutes on either March 19th or 20th to
vote and show your support not only for the
candidates but also for involvement on campus.
Also, while you are busy patrolling Facebook
to see what your best friend had for breakfast,
LIKE MSUB Jacket Junkies Fan Crew! Thispage is a great spot to nd out what games are
happening on campus and, as their page says,
redene Home Field Advantage at MSUB!
Great pages like these are cropping up online
and theyre making it easier than ever to nd
out whats going on at MSUB. And, if you
havent LIKED us already or bookmarked our
website on your desktop, check out The Retort
Facebook page and website at msubretort.
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Krave Fashion Show Proves Successful Once AgainPATRICIA HAMPTON
News Writer
Saturday, February 23
arrived in Billings with
comfortable Spring
weather, the itch of Spring
break being merely a week
away for Montana State Uni-
versity Billings students, and
the second annual Krave
Fashion Show.
The Krave Fashion Show
is sponsored by Volunteers
of America Northern Rock-
ies (VOANR). VOANR sup-ports at-risk youth, veterans,
and low income seniors in the
area. Within the local com-
munity they have been re-
sponsible for two senior liv-
ing centers in the Heights,
housing one-hundred-and-f-
ty seniors each year, in addi-
tion to Independence Hall, a
transitional living facility for
homeless veterans.
The Krave Fashion show
was originally proposed be-
cause there was a need for a
unique fundraising idea that
would appeal to the Billingscommunity. The Billings
show is modeled after a sim-
ilar event sponsored by the
VOA afliate in Denver, Col-
orado.
The event was held on the
third oor of the Crowne Pla-
za downtown. VIP admission
opened at 6:00pm, and attend-
ees had the opportunity to
meet with the models for the
evening, including VIP Inter-
national model Juan Franco.
Juan Franco is a Miami-based
international model. Fran-
co has modeled for Saks 5th
Ave, Versace, and Macys, as
well as being featured on the
cover of the British magazine
Ouch.
In addition, Mathai, -
nalist of season two of TheVoice, performed at both the
VIP pre-show and the Fashion
Show itself. Mathai is a rst
generation American born in
1992 to parents who immi-
grated from India. Not only is
Mathai an extremely talented
musician, but also highly in-
telligent, having maintained
her place in the top ten per-
cent of her class throughout
her education.
During this time individ-
uals also had the opportuni-
ty to view and bid on the mul-
titude of silent auction itemsthat were on display. Auction
items included two tickets to
see Jeff Dunham: Disorderly
Conduct at Metra Park, a six
month Bikram Yoga member-
ship, and an Elichal Fine Jew-
elry $500 Certicate.
The Show was hosted by
Livin Large Larry (Lar-
ry Wilson) and his wife Car-
rie Wilson. The clothes mod-
eled for the evening were all
from local boutiques. Bot-
tega, Apricot Lane, Buckle,
Desmonds, Neeces, Blush,
and R&R Trading were the
boutiques featured through-
out the evening.
One of the local models was
Sarah Buer, a student at Mon-
tana State University Billings.
Buer became involved in thefashion show through her tal-
ent manager, who coordinat-
ed the show. The models had
four rehearsals at a local ele-
mentary school, and then one
on the day of the show on the
Krave catwalk. The experi-
ence was wonderful for Buer
who commented, I loved the
clothes and how it was like a
high energy show instead of a
straight faced typical fashion
show. The only disappointing
thing was the little mistakes I
made, but if I get asked again
I sure would!Half-way through the show,
Franco was featured on the
catwalk individually. For
the last clothes that he mod-
eled, he strolled down the cat-
walk shirt-less, and proceed-
ed to be auctioned by Wil-
son and Wilson. The auc-
tion prize was breakfast the
following morning at Stel-
las with Franco. The bidding
began at twenty-ve dollars,
and closed at $500. One el-
derly woman bid $475, and
though she was outbid, she
was awarded a chance to join
Franco on the catwalk for a
hug. The winner of the auc-
tion was actually in the rest-
room during the bidding, and
her friends pooled their mon-
ey to win the breakfast forher in celebration of it being
her half-birthday. Perform-
ing between Francos sever-
al appearances on the runway
were members of the Dance
Factory.
After Francos perfor-
mance, Mathai took the stage,
opening with a performance
of Adeles Rumor Has It.
Her second song was an orig-
inal entitled Walking on Wa-
ter (WOW), which she per-
formed in front of an audience
for the rst time that night,
and was scheduled to be re-leased the following month.
For more information
about Volunteers of America
please visit them on the web
at www.voanr.org or www.
facebook.com/voanr.
Some of the silent auction items for the evening. The print was
painted by Karen Johnson from the Billings area. She donated
two paintings for the event and attended the VIP Show before-
hand.
Mathai just prior to performing Walking on Water (WOW) for
the rst time in front of an audience. This was about halfway
through the fashion show itself.
Patricia Hampton, Retort News Writer, with Juan Franco after the
close of the Fashion Show.
Photos by Patricia Hampton
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Parameswarans Stories
Present the Extremes of LoveTABBY MAUSTOutdoors Writer
Love: powerful, beau-
tiful, moving; and yet,
corrupting, embar-
rassing, disappointing. Love
is possibly one of the most
complex emotions that we as
humans have, and has both
the capacity for the sublime
and the sordid. It is the ex-
tremes of love that Rajesh
Parameswaran examines in
his novel I am an Execution-
er: Love Stories.
Within his collection of
short stories, he depicts a ti-
ger whose love for his keep-
er ends disastrously, a man in
his 60s who yearns for noth-
ing more than love and fame
that eluded him in his youth,
a woman who tries to pretend
everything is normal while
her husband lies dead on the
couch, and an executioner
who fails to tell his new wife
his profession. Each of these
characters (as well as all the
rest) struggles with an aspectof lovethat which is un-
requited, that which has not
been appreciated, that which
is faded.
Despite the main idea of
love in many of these stories,
an idea which is relatable, the
plots of many of these sto-
ries can certainly be termed
as weird." For instance, in
one story a man who is red
from his job decides to be-
come a doctor, armed with
only library books in an old
veterinary ofce. He manages
Death Comes to Pemberley: a Disappointing
Continuation of a Classic favorite
to recruit a stream of patients,
write fake prescriptions, and
perform surgery previous-
ly practiced on a couch cush-
ionnot surprisingly, with
less than perfect results.
It is characters like these
that have the reader gasping
at the twists of the plot and
screaming at the characters,
What are you thinking?! Yet
these characters, despite the
terrible and sorrowful end-
ings of their tales, are not
quite malicious. They are in-
stead ignorant and illogical to
the highest extentalso traits
even the most intell igent of us
have the capacity for. Perhaps
we do not quite impersonate
medical personnel or leave
the corpse of our loved one
PATRICIA HAMPTON
News Writer
For those who have read
Pride and Prejudice
and have come to love
the characters of Longourne,
Pemberley, and Highmarten,
P.D. James has another adven-
ture in store. Death Comes
to Pemberley is written as
a continuation of the story of
Elizabeth Bennett (Darcy),
and her myriad of friends and
family members.The novel opens by sum-
marizing the happenings of
Pride and Prejudice, which
allows the reader to under-
stand some background infor-
mation about the world that
they are sinking into without
needing to have read Austens
novel rst. This is convenient
and benecial, even as a re-
minder for readers of Pride
and Prejudice for whom
some time has lapsed since
their last encounter with Eliz-
abeth. On the other hand, the
summarization over-simpli-es the complexity and en-
dearing nature of the original
novel.
While James is able to
capture the essence of Aus-
tens original characters, and
maintains continuity with
the setting, when reading one
does not feel completely im-
mersed in the original style.
For one, Elizabeth, the hero-
ine of Pride and Prejudice, a
vivacious and almost breath-
ing character whose wit and
humor leapt from Austens
pages, has become more sub-dued in James piece. An in-
kling of her true personality
remains, but the energy be-
hind her character is dimin-
ished.
Fitzwilliam Darcy himself
is also differently portrayed
than in the original work. His
personality was originally
dened by his pride and sense
of honor. To the outside world
he was removed and did not
lightly enter into conversa-
tion or other interaction, but
rather observed a situation
before engaging in a discus-sion. James portrayal of Dar-
cy is more approachable, and
while that could be interpret-
ed as the result of his mar-
riage to the more outgoing
Elizabeth, he is still not quite
the man that has been quot-
ed time and time again for his
famous line, You must allow
me to tell you how ardently
I admire and love you. The
Darcy people came to love
seems lacking in Pemberley.
The most negative aspect
of James novel was that so
many of the questions that
Austen left for the reader to
wonder about and interpretare answered in this novel.
Learning of Marys marriage,
and the births of Elizabeths
two children and Janes three
are important to the contin-
uation of the story; however,
revealing the truth behind
mysteries from Pride and
Prejudice encroaches too
much on the original work.
Austen reveals to the reader
that Darcy is responsible for
saving Lydia Bennetts name
when he brought about her
marriage to George Wickham,
but does not disclose the par-ticulars regarding how this
was accomplished. As an ac-
complished authoress, Austen
saw t to withhold this from
her readers, but James disre-
spected her decision and fab-
ricated her own version of the
circumstances.
Much of the focus in
Pride and Prejudice was on
societal concerns, not on le-
galities or the duties of those
in high ofce. While these
were aspects necessary for
this particular plot, and were
skillfully crafted, these were
not the foci of the piece thatit is meant to follow. Too lit-
tle emphasis is placed on re-
lationships between individ-
uals. Not only is this evident
in the lack of development be-
tween Elizabeth and Darcy,
but also in the absence of de-
tailed conversation and inter-
action between Elizabeth and
Jane who came to be seen as
true condantes.
For those who love Jane
Austens original Pride and
Prejudice, James Death
Comes to Pemberley is well-
written and a decent stand-alone novel, but comparative-
ly speaking, is disappointing.
in the front room
over the holi-day as some of
Parameswarans
characters do,
but everyone
has done some-
thing without
thinking before-
hand or with-
out knowing the
repercussions.
Parameswaran
merely demon-
strates the ex-
tremes of these
tendencies.
A l t h o u g hthere are many
levels on which
the average
American reader
can somehow re-
late to aspects of
these stories, one
should be aware
of the authors
culture when
reading. From
Indian heritage,
Parameswaran
incorporates Indian char-
acters and concepts such as
clothing, class distinctions,
and marriage practices. To
those unfamiliar with con-
cepts such as saris, Brahmins,
and arranged marriages, it
would be worthwhile for a po-
tential reader to do a tad bit of
research to understand whats
going on in the story.
Overall, this short story
collection is quite interesting.
It is a fast read due to its in-
triguing plot lines, is darkly
humorous in spots, and is cer-
tainly never boring. This col-
lection will provide you sto-
ries as you have never read
before and certainly dont
want to miss out on! After
all, where else will you read
about an executioner com-
pletely numbed to the work he
does or read a letter from an
elephant?
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La BayadAre (The Temple Dancer): An Ethereal ExperienceSERENE CREES
A&E Writer
As I was perusing the
local movie listings,
deciding what mov-
ie to review for this issue, I
was surprised when I stum-
bled upon a ballet among the
movies. Since I have always
loved the ballet and we dont
get much of it here in Billings,
I was intrigued and was very
excited to have this culturally
rich opportunity!
So, I dragged my reluctant
roommate to La Beyadere
(The Temple Dancer) whichwas playing at the Shiloh 14
theater, and we sat mesmer-
ized for over three hours as
a unique and beautiful story
unfolded.
My very rst impression
was that the ballet had a Bol-
lywood meets Tchaikovsky's
Swan Lake ethereal feel. It
was a good rst impression
because the setting was in
ancient India and there were
a number of similarities to
Swan Lake like the stylistic
lighting, costumes, choreog-
raphy, and in some ways, inthe story line itself.
Though there were no peo-
ple turning into animals, the
dream sequence toward the
end was very similar to the
lake scene in Swan Lake. The
choreography, in particu-
lar the corps de ballet (the
dancing group that does not
consist of principal danc-
ers; they tend to do much of
the same choreography), has
many of the same formations
and sequences.
Also like Swan Lake, the
story was a simple one. How-ever, since ballet has no ver-
bal communication, many
people have a hard time fol-
lowing the story. Even I had a
couple things confused at one
point. Hopefully after read-
ing this synopsis you will be
better prepared and informed
and can simply enjoy the
beauty of the ballet without
all the confusion
about who is who
and what is what.
La Bayadre
recounts the story
of a young temple
dancer (La Bay-
adre) named Ni-
kiya and a war-
rior named Solor.
These young lov-
ers have sworn
their eternal -
delity to each oth-
er. However, as
always, there are
a few complica-tions. The rst
QDear Tiff,
I'm having some
difculties with a pro-
fessor this semester. He lec-
tures during all his classes
and then gives us homeworkbut doesn't seem to be inter-
ested in answering our ques-
tions DURING class time and
just tells us to "look it up in
the book." I know he has of-
ce hours but unfortunate-
ly, I have another class or
work during those times so I
can't meet with him personal-
ly. What can I do to get this
teacher to hear me out?
-Chronic Hand-Raiser
ADear Chronic Hand-
Raiser,
Having difculties
with professors is denitelyfrustrating, but it is kind of
par for the course for nearly
every college student at some
point. The solution to these
collegiate complications are
not always obvious or the
same for every situation.
In your case, I would rec-
ommend that you email your
professor and explain that
you cant come in during the
ofce hours and request that
he allow you to make an ap -
pointment at another time.
When you do meet with
him, make sure you have allyour questions ready so that
you show you are prepared,
that you respect his time, and
appreciate him making a spe-
cial appointment for you.
If your professor wont
meet with you, perhaps he
would be willing to instruct
you and answer your ques-
tions via email.
If the professor is unable
to meet you at an alternate
time, you may have to make
some sacrices of your own.
You may have to miss work or
your other class to meet withhim and, if you are going to
meet him during his ofce
hours, consider giving him a
heads-up so you're not stuck
waiting on other students and
you can utilize your time with
him to the fullest.
If the professor still doesn't
address your questions and
one meeting just isn't enough,
you may need to go over his
head and contact the head of
the department. Though con-
tacting the department head
is a last resort, the university
does need to know when there
is an issue with a professor so
that it can be remedied.
When explaining the situ-
ation to them, make sure thatyou are not merely complain-
ing about a mean professor
but rather, you are desiring a
solution; you want to under-
stand the material so you are
able to complete the home-
work. As a student, you have a
right to get the help you need
to be a successful student; af-
ter all, our tuition pays sala-
ries and keeps the university
open.
QDear Tiff,
As I get closer to
graduation, my parents
have really been on my backabout nding a job and start-
ing my "career." I know the
job market isn't good now and,
as a business major, I know
things are competitive but
right now I just want to have
fun in college before I have to
start living "9 to 5." What can
I say to get them to cool their
jets and just let me enjoy this
college experience?
-Girl That Just Wants to
Have Fun
A
Dear Girl That Just
Wants to Have Fun,
Well, rst off, whois paying for your education?
If you are working your tush
off to pay for school then
yes, I agree that your parents
should back off and let you do
your thing. But, if they are the
ones footing the bill, I can un-
derstand them wanting you to
take your education and ca-
reer more seriously and stop
being a selsh, entitled, and
spoiled party girl.
Since your parents under-
stand the complications of
"the real world," remember
they are simply trying to pre-pare you for your future. They
want you to have a plan so that
when you graduate you dont
fall at on your face. I dont
blame them--because who are
you going to be crawling back
to when you cant manage to
land a job and pay your bills?
I dont know you or your
exact situation, so I cant tell
you exactly how to handle
your parents; however, I do
know that the key to any suc-
cessful relationship, no matter
is that the High Brahmin
(priest) is in love with Niki-
ya also and when he learns
that she is in love with Solor,
he plots to keep her for him-
self. Second, Rajah Dugman-
ta of Golconda has betrothed
his daughter Gamzatti to Sol-
or. Finally, the third compli-
cation is that Nikiya is com-
pletely unaware of the en-
gagement between Solor and
Gamzatti and agrees to dance
at a betrothal celebration onlyto nd out it is for her lov-
er and another woman. The
High Brahmin is, of course,
responsible for her dancing
for the couple, hoping it will
propel her into his arms and
marital bed. He not only sets
up Nikiya but he also tries to
ensure his success in winning
her by trying to have Solor
killed. He does this by seek-
ing out the Rajah and inform-
ing him of Solors vow to La
Bayadre.
Unfortunately for everyone,
the plot goes awry when theRajah declares that it is Niki-
ya who must die and not Solor.
Gamzatti, the Rajahs daugh-
ter (Solors betrothed), learns
this by eavesdropping on the
conversation. Then, being
kind hearted enough to not
want Nikiya to die, she sum-
mons Nikiya to the palace.
Gamzatti tries to explain
the situation and convince
La Bayadre into letting Sol-
or be free from his vow. How-
ever, Nikiya misunderstands
Gamzattis intentions and be-
comes angry and picks up a
dagger and tries to kill her.
Thankfully Gamzattis ser-
vant saves her life.
Realizing what she almost
did, Nikiya runs away. Af-
ter she leaves, full of rage
from the attempt on her life
and out of fear of losing Sol-or, Gamzatti agrees with her
father that the bayadre must
die.
At the betrothal celebra-
tion La Bayadre is sum-
moned to dance and in her de-
pression over losing Solor she
performs a somber dance.
During her dance she is
given a basket of owers that
she mistakenly believes are
from Solor. Filled with hope,
her dancing becomes joyous
but what she is unaware of
is that the basket is from the
Rajah and Gamzatti, and it ispart of a plot to be rid of her.
I dont want to spoil the
ending for you so I will leave
you in suspense. You will
have to either go to the ballet
yourself or Google it to nd
out the ending; though I do
suggest you see La Bayadre
in person to give the story jus-
tice, because it's amazing. I
was enthralled by all the de-
lightful dancing; combined
with the exotic costumes,
striking scenery, and ethere-
al lighting, you are whisked
away to a far-off land lled
with mysterious people, mur-
derous schemes, and hopeless
love.
The dream sequence scene
is especially touching. I have
never cried during a ballet be-
fore but it was so lovely and
romantically tragic that la
premire scne moved me to
tears. Though I cant describe
the scene any more without
giving away the ending, I willsay that it is, without a doubt,
the most incredible scene I
have ever watched from any
ballet.
The author and choreogra-
pher, Marius Petipa, and the
composer, Ludwig Minkus,
have been dead for many
years (La Bayadre was rst
performed by the Imperi-
al Ballet at the Imperial Bol-
shoi Kamenny Theatre in St.
Petersburg, Russia, February
4th, 1877) but the beauty of
the story, the music, and the
choreography are timeless.After reading more about
the original ballet, I realized
that what I saw at the the-
ater was not the whole sto-
ry. I found out that this ballet
has, in fact, been revised sev-
eral times and that the origi-
nal has seven acts; the one we
watched was only three.
My experience at La Bay-
adre was truly wonderful. I
found the opportunity to ex-
perience world class culture
in little old Billings, Montana
a welcome escape. Though it
was a few more bucks thanthe regular movie, it is well
worth it. So, whether you are
a ballet acionado or a novice,
La Bayadre is an out of this
world journey I highly recom-
mend you take.
Check out Carmike.com to
nd showtimes for La Baya-
dere. Cost for tickets are
$15.00 and the runtime is 210
mintues.
what kind, is communication.
You need to sit down with
your parents and talk and
listen. Communication onlyworks if all parties take turns
talking and listening. And I
am talking about active lis-
tening: hearing them and con-
sidering what they are saying.
I totally understand you
want to have fun right now,
but you are not in high school
anymore. You are an adult
and that means it is time to
grow up and realize that an
adult life is about balance.
Yes, you are still in college
and it is okay to have fun, but
just like you have had to learn
to balance your social life
and homework time, you also
need to balance fun and work-ing toward a future.
QDear Tiff,
I am a non-tradi-
tional student and
mother to three children un-
der the age of six. It is very
difcult to balance every-
thing but I'm trying my best.
Sometimes, I have to bring
one or two of my children to
class if the sitter cancels or
their father can't take care of
them. They are still young
and I do try to keep them un-
der control but I can't help but
notice that sometimes I get
dirty looks from other stu-dents- sometimes it's before
we even walk in the door! I
don't really have any other op-
tions and I hate missing class-
es- what can I say to other stu-
dents to help them better un-
derstand my situation and that
I'm doing my best not to dis-
rupt their learning time?
-Frantic Student Mom
ADear Frantic Student
Mom,
Who cares what
they think? As long as your
children are not distracting
the other students and your
professor is okay with it, thenyou should simply ignore
what they have to say and the
looks they are shooting at you.
You are an amazing wom-
an; you are a single mother
going to college!
Check out page 8 in our
Opinion section to get another
take on this common concern.
Have a question for Tiff?
Go ahead and ask her at
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Whether you are a
healthy college
student, a low
income parent, a middle
aged non-traditional student,
or somewhere in between,
health care is an important
part of our lives. Many
students probably dont put
much thought into their
own health coverage until
something goes wrong.
Thanks to the new health carelegislation, commonly known
as Obamacare, most students
can stay on their parents
health insurance plans until
they are 26 years old.
But what about students
who arent eligible for their
parents health insurance?
What if you are too old, or
your parents dont have
health insurance? Well if you
make enough money you can
buy your own insurance and
soon you will even be able
to get a tax credit for that. If
you make little enough moneyyou can apply for Medicaid,
but it is a very very litt le bit of
money. Unfortunately there is
a gap in between those adults
who make too much money
to get on Medicaid but not
enough money to be able to
afford insurance.
According to the Montana
Budget and Policy Center,
there are approximately
7,245 such adults just in
Yellowstone county. Without
New Health Care: What it Means for MontanansHOLLY DANIELS
Opinion Writer
any kind of health coverage,
these people receive little to
no preventative care and tend
to delay treatment when they
do need it. Since health care
is so expensive, they usually
only go in an emergency. At
this point the problem also
begins to affect even those
who do have health carecoverage. When treatment
is delayed or even skipped
altogether, it causes a per sons
overall health to decline. This
means that when they nally
do end up at the doctors
ofce they have a myriad
of problems that need to be
treated in order for them to
get better. This then raises the
cost of health care for all of us,
even those who are covered
by insurance or Medicaid.
These people that are
without insurance are low
wage workers, often parents,
who cannot afford to take sick
days. This means that even if
they are ill, they will probably
still go to work and continue
to spread germs to everybody
else. If a waitress cant afford
to get a u shot, she is at ahigh risk for getting the u
because she has contact with
a lot of people in a day. When
she does get the u she also
cant afford to take a day off
and therefore goes to work
and continues to spread the
u to everybody she comes
in contact with that day. At
that point it becomes a public
health concern.
That is a purely
hypothetical situation though;
what about real people who
are suffering from lack of
health care? Kasey Landwehr,
a single father of two and a
retail worker, has leg pain.
He is not sure what causes
this pain because he cannot
afford to go get it diagnosed.
Kasey used to have a job with
insurance, and was workingtoward resolving his pain. I
was in the process of getting
diagnosed. I had gotten an
MRI, he says. But then he
lost his job. Although he
found a new job, it offers no
benets and certainly does
not pay enough for him to
afford expensive medical
tests. With no way to afford
either insurance or the bills
that would be incurred just
by nding out what is causing
his leg pain, he is left
to simply deal with it
on a daily basis. This
makes it hard for him
to work, or sit, or even
play with his girls
sometimes, but as it
is right now, there is
no other recourse.
And he is not the
only one. Thousands
of Montanan adults
are in the same
situation right now.
Thousands of people
cannot afford tosee a doctor for
necessary medical
issues or even to
deal with day-to-
day illnesses. When
these low income
families run into
what for most may be seen
as a minor problem, they are
faced with the probability
that they will have to choose
between antibiotics for a
sinus infect ion or food for that
week. This not only puts them
at risk for more serious health
problems, but also raises therisk and cost for the rest of us.
When somebody nally
gets sick enough that a
doctors intervention is
inevitable and if they have no
insurance, they usually end
up at the emergency room.
The emergency room is the
only place to go for many
people because they do not
have a primary care doctor
and the emergency room will
treat them without requiring
payment up front. However,
this puts a burden on the
emergency room system
itself because emergency
rooms were not designed to
deal with things like minor
instances of the u or ear
infections; they are supposed
to deal with emergencies. If
somebody ends up in the ER
just to get some antibiotics,
that ER time and space is
being used in a manner that
would be better suited to
somebody getting stitches or
with a broken bone. If morepeople had health insurance
they wouldnt be forced into
the ER with minor medical
problems, they would be
able to see their primary care
doctors or go to the walk-in
clinic, which is designed to
deal with these exact issues.
This is where the Montana
Medicaid expansion comes
in. Governor Steve Bullock is
introducing a bill to expand
Montanas Medicaid program
to include another 70,000
Montanans. According to
the Billings Gazette this isprojected to also bring $750
million of federal money into
our state as well. The report
by the Montana Budget and
Policy Center shows that
expanding Medicaid would
also increase jobs in the
health care industry. The
best part about this is that the
federal government would
pay for 100% of the cost for
the rst three years and pay
no less than 90% of the cost
after that.
By expanding Medicaid,
we as Montanans can ensurethat every adult at least has
access to the basic things that
keep them healthy, productive
members of society. Not only
that, but we would actually
be bringing jobs and money
into the state, two things
that are desperately needed
at this time. The Medicaid
expansion is something
that will help Montanans.
It will provide thousands
with health coverage and
thousands more with jobs. It
will bring millions of dollars
into the state from the federalgovernment and it will ensure
that every person has the
ability to keep themselves
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the community healthy.
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Should Children Be Allowed in the college classroomS?HOLLY DANIELSOpinion Writer
MSU Billings has a
high rate of non-
traditional stu-
dents and as a result also has
a high rate of parents attend-
ing classes. Sometimes neces-
sity requires that children be
brought to class as well. The
children may have a day off
of school and the parents do
not always have other child
care available to them. But
should they really be brought
to college classes?There are some classes
that are simply not appropri-
ate for everybody. For exam-
ple, there is a human sexuali-
ty class offered in the sociolo-
gy department that would not
be appropriate to bring a mi-
nor child to. But what about
general education classes or
classes that do not have such
sensitive subject matter? Is it
appropriate to bring children
to those classes? It probably
depends on the child.
I for one do not bring my
child to class. This is not be-
cause I dont think he could
handle the subject matter, he
probably wouldnt under-
stand it, but because he would
disrupt the entire class room.
I know that he will not sit still
for 15 minutes let alone for
an entire hour. In cases like
my child, he should neverbe brought to class. It would
be more productive for ev-
erybody, myself included if
I were to skip class when I
dont have child care. How-
ever, I have seen plenty of
instances in my classrooms
where children have sat quiet-
ly and colored or played com-
puter games off to the side
and did not disrupt the class
at all. Depending on the child,
they will sometimes partici-
pate in the class, asking ques-
tions about the subject matter
to better understand what is
being studied.
Rachele Willoughby, a Bi-
ology and Chemistry Major,
home schools her 10 year old
son Adian and often brings
him to her science class-
es with her. Hes better at
chemistry than I am. It gives
him an opportunity to learnmore about it and its an in-
credibly good experience for
him. In situations like that,
bringing the child to class is
not only acceptable, but also
benecial to the child.
Ultimately the decision to
bring a child to class needs
to be made on an individu-
al level. Even if the subject
matter and the behavior of
the child are both appropri-
ate, it is always a good idea
to check with the professor
before bringing your child to
class. Some professors may
have a problem with having
minors in their class for what-
ever reason and it is best not
to spring it on them at the
last minute. In my experience,
most of them are OK with it
so long as there is no disrup-
tion and it is on a temporary
basis.If all things work togeth-
er, bringing your child to
class with you can be a posi-
tive experience. It gives them
a chance to see what Mommy
or Daddy is doing all day and
what they have to look for-
ward to when then eventually
go to college themselves.
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Girl Scout cookies:ultimate addictionHOLLY DANIELS
Opinion Writer
Today is the day I have
been waiting for. To-
day is the day my Girl
Scout cookies arrive. I am al-
ways unnaturally excited forGirl Scout cookies. Sure, on
any given day I could just
haul myself out of my com-
puter chair, go to the store and
buy some cookies, but they
wouldnt be Girl Scout cook-
ies. Girl Scout cookies con-
tain extra deliciousness and
possibly a little bit of some-
thing highly addictive, like
crack. That is why I always
order multiple boxes of them.
I tell myself every year that
next year I will order fewer
cookies, but I never do. They
are delicious and the money
goes to support an organiza-
tion I love. If I had more mon-
ey I would order all the Girl
Scout cookies.
This year my friendsdaughter decided that she was
going to outsell every oth-
er girl in her troop. That kid
was a cookie selling machine.
There is absolutely no way I
can resist any little girl trying
to sell me cookies, let alone
one that I know. Also, this
year, the little girl selling me
cookies didnt run away when
I asked her if they were made
with real Girl Scouts (I cant
help myself, it happens every
year.) She just kind of looked
at me sideways and told me
they were probably made
with articial Girl Scouts.
Even though I ordered six
boxes of cookies from her, I
will probably buy more if
anybody comes up and asksme. This works especially
well if they actually have the
cookies with them at the time.
Nothing is cuter than a little
girl in uniform who is try-
ing to give me cookies. Plus,
I know that by buying those
cookies she is going to get a
personal reward so I cant re-
ally pass it up. Girl Scouts of-
fers the girls everything from
stickers to stuffed animals
to a week at camp for sell-
Female Video Game
Characters: Is ThatArmor or Lingerie?HOLLY DANIELS
Opinion Writer
As an avid video gam-
er, I have a bit of a
problem. I like play-
ing fantasy games but I cant
seem to create an avatar that
doesnt look like a stripper.
This is not because I want to
create an avatar with skimpyclothes; those are just the
only things available in many
games. Now, not all games are
like this, but there are quite a
lot of them, and it seems they
are competing with each oth-
er to see who can make the
most ridiculous lingerie and
still get away with calling it
armor.
For example, lets take a
look at Sacred 2: Fallen Angel.
I dont want to get into debates
about game play or different
armor classes and whatnot, I
just want you to look at the ar-mor that goes on female char-
acters. Look at that example.
Thats not armor. Thats not
even clothes. Im really not
even sure how she can man-
age to move around in that,
let alone ght. Oh sure, Ive
heard all the arguments about
mobility and all that b.s., but
seriously, that armor makes
you less mobile.
If you want to talk about
mobility, lets take a look at
Skyrim. This example is a fe-
male wearing Nightingale ar-
mor. This particular set of ar-mor belongs to an elite group
of thieves. It makes sense
they will need mobility and
speed. However, notice that it
still does armor-y stuff. It still
covers everything you would
want protected and will keep
swords and arrows from go-
ing into your essential (and
even non-essential) organs.
The armor from Sacred 2pro-
vides less protection than the
standard bathing suit.
Besides, if the argument
for mobility were true, then
why do the male characters
in these games always end up
with real armor? The real rea-
son the female characters are
wearing this armor is becausesomebody decided that only
boys play these games and
so the females should all look
like strippers so they have
something nice to look at. As
a female player this is pret-
ty insulting. I want to play a
game and I want my charac-
ter to match my own gender,
but when I create a character
I am constantly reminded that
even if females are awesome
and bad-ass and can hold their
own in a battle, they are still
just eye candy. It is a constant
reminder that women are justsexy and nice to look at and
if they arent then they arent
worth playing.
Fortunately, many games
are starting to move away
from this lingerie as armor
trend, but it still happens.
Even though every statistic
shows that females play just
as many fantasy role playing
games as their male counter-
parts, these games are still
marketed to men. The women
are all scantily clad and the
men are all super buff. Hope-
fully more games in the fu-ture will follow the lead of
Skyrimand allow my charac-
ters to wear some functional
armor instead of leaving me
shaking my head and wonder-
ing how a skimpy metal biki-
ni is supposed to protect me
from being killed by pointy
things.
ing enough cookies and on
top of that they are also rais-
ing money for their troop and
the organization as a whole.
Whats not to love?
So, if you havent ordered
your Girl Scout cookies yet,
well, I dont know whatswrong with you. Maybe you
hate little girls, maybe you
dont like cookies; whatever,
those are your problems. Its
too late to preorder the cook-
ies now, but keep your eyes
peeled for the Girl Scouts
around town selling boxes of
them. And if for some reason
you dont like cookies, we al-
ways accept Girl Scout cookie
donations at The Retortofce.
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CORY LOVEC
Sports Writer
In light of the Miami Heat
and their winter winning
streak dominating the
news (along with hearing
of the NHLs Chicago
Blackhawks points streak)
and the Los Angeles Clippersearly-season 17-game
winning streak, I thought it
would be interesting to look
at some various winning
streaks for the four major
sport leagues in America: the
NBA, NHL, MLB, and NFL.
The longest winning streak
in NBA history is the 1971-
72 Los Angeles Lakers, who
won 33 straight games en
route to winning the NBA
Championship.
Gilles Gilbert, Boston
Bruins goaltender, holds
the record for the mostconsecutive games won
by a goalie in NHL history,
winning 17 straight in the
1975-76 season.
The longest unbeaten
streak (it includes one tie)
in MLB history is held by
the 1916 New York (now
San Francisco) Giants. From
September 7th to September
30th, the Giants won 26
straight games. What a
month!The Green Bay Packers
hold the NFL record for most
consecutive home games won,
winning 25 straight from
1995-1998.
The longest road winning
streak in the NBA also
belongs to the 71-72 Lakers,
who won 16 straight.
The Philadelphia Flyers
hold the longest unbeaten
streak by a team in NHL
history; it spanned 35 games
(and included 10 t ies).
The Chicago Cubs hold
the NL record for mostconsecutive games won,
winning 21 straight in 1935.
The most consecutive
regular season games won in
NFL history is 23set by the
Indianapolis Colts from 2008-
2009.
The longest home winning
streak in NBA history was set
by the Chicago Bulls, who
from the 1994-95 season into
the 95-96 season won 44
straight games at home.The longest winning
streak in NHL history is 17
games, set by the Pittsburgh
Penguins in 1993.
The AL record for most
consecutive games won is
held by the Oakland Athletics,
who won 20 straight games in
2002.
The most consecutive NFL
games won (regular season
and postseason) is 21set
by the New England Patriots
from 2003-2004. The Patriots
also hold the record for most
consecutive wins to start aseason, for in 2009 they won
their rst 18 games before
losing their 19th.
Women's Basketball: Falcons
Hold Off Jackets Late Charge
Suzanna Ohlsen
spearheaded an
aggressive Seattle
Pacic attack, scoring a team
high 19 points as the Falcons
upset the Yellowjackets
women's basketball team
63-60 in the quarternal
match-up, Wednesday night
at Marcus Pavilion. MSUB
came back from a 12 point
decit to even the score at
60 all with 1:38 remaining,
before eventually falling by
three in the closing minute.MSUB came out strong and
held a 10 point lead midway
through the rst half before
they hit a shooting slump
that allowed Seattle Pacic
to get back into the game and
take the lead at the 6:44 mark.
After trailing by 12 late in the
second half, Brooke Tolman
nailed a three with 1:38 left to
bring the contest to its second
tie (60-60). Aubree Callen
answered for the Falcon's as
she sank the go ahead shot at1:09 to lift Seattle Pacic to
the seminal round.
It's tough to lose a close
game like that; Seattle Pacic
is a very good team and they
made more plays down the
stretch, stated head coach
Kevin Woodin. I'm proud
of our team and the way we
fought until the end.
The Yellowjackets shot
34.4 percent from the eld
(21-61) compared to Seattle
Pacic's 48.1 percent (26-54).
Neither team shot the ball
well from behind the arch asMSUB went 30.8 percent (8-
26) and the
Falcons shot 26.7 percent
(4-15).
Seattle Pacic won the
battle of the boards, 40-33.
Bobbi Knudsen led all
scorers with 22 points while
also tallying eight assists and
three steals. In her nal game
as a Yellowjacket, senior
Brooke Tolman nished with
12 points, three rebounds and
two steals. Janiel Olson alsohad a solid outing nishing
with 13 points and a game
high nine rebounds.
Our lone senior Tolman
was big tonight; her three
point shooting got us back
in the game and gave us a
chance to win, Woodin said.
I had a great time coaching
her, she was a great leader for
us this year and I wish her the
best going forward.
Seattle Pacic did most
of their work in the post,
scoring 34 points in the paint
compared to the Jackets24. Callen nished with 11
points as her and Ohlsen were
the only starters to score in
double gures for the Falcons.
MSUB held the 21-11 lead
before Seattle Pacic went
on an 11-0 run to take the
one point lead (22-21) at 6:44
in the rst half. The Falcons
found their rhythm as they
scored 16 points compared to
the Yellowjackets eight and
held a nine point advantage
(38-29) at the break.Knudsen led all scorers
with 12 at the half.
We got off to a great start,
and were spreading the ball
very well, stated Woodin.
Seattle Pacic did a great job
of answering midway through
the rst half. We hit a drought
and didn't shoot the ball well
going into halftime.
Seattle Pacic kept
MSU Billings at bay for the
majority of the second half,
until the Jackets used a 16-4
run from 10:02 to 1:38 to
even the score at 60 all. MSUBillings would not be able
to complete their late game
heroics as Callen countered
Tolman's game tying shot to
defeat the Yellowjackets.
Second half, we didn't start
well, but our players locked in
and fought hard to come back
to tie the game after being
down by double gures,
Woodin said. Despite the
outcome I am proud of how
our team played this season.
MSU BILLINGS
MSUB Athletics
MSU BILLINGS
MSUB Athletics
Nanooks End Men'sBasketball Season
The University of Alas-
ka men's basketball
team picked up its
rst postseason victory since
2005, 87-73, over Montana
State University Billings inthe quarternals of the Great
Northwest Athletic Confer-
ence tournament Thursday.
The loss ended the
Yellowjackets season, and
their chance at defending
the conference tournament
title. Montana State Billings
nished with ve players
scoring in double digits.
Stefan Tica led the Nanooks
(16-11) with 17 points. Tica
made ve of seven shots,
including his only three three-
pointers, to key an outstanding
shooting performance bythe Nanooks who shot 58.2
percent connecting on 32 of
55 including 16 of 24 in the
second half (66.7 percent).
UAF also got 13 points
from Sergej Pucar, 11 each
from Ronnie Baker and
Andrew Kelly, and 10 from
Dallen Bills.
Jarrell Crayton led
MSUB with 23 points
and a tournament record-
tying 13 rebounds. Craytonmatched the record set by
Brian Barkdoll of Northwest
Nazarene against Central
Washington in 2011. Omar
McDade had 17 points and
David Arnold nished with
16 as the Yellowjackets
completed their season with a
16-14 record.
MSUB- UAF POSTGAME
NOTES
* Montana State Billings
has won seven of the last
10 meetings with Alaska
Fairbanks.
* MSU Billings and UAF
met for the 59th time, in a
series that dates back to 1973.
* MSUB has won 26 of
the 29 all-time meetings in
Billings.
* Alaska Fairbanks holds a
16-11 advantage in Fairbanks.* Montana State Billings
and Alaska Fairbanks
have met once before
in the postseason. The
Yellowjackets picked up a 98-
91 win in the NAIA District 5
tournament on March 7, 1973.
* This was be only the third
time the Nanooks and MSU
Billings have met on a neutral
oor. MSUB won the previous
two neutral meetings, the last
in Chico, Calif., on Dec. 30,
1993.
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Age Limits in the NFL and NBAT
he hit heard around the
world. By now, every
sports fan around the
world has also seen it. January
1st, 2013. The Outback Bowl.
With a little more than eight
minutes left in the game, and
down 22-21, South Carolina
Gamecock Jadeveon Clowney
met Michigan runningback
Vincent Smith in the backeldmerely a split second after
Smith received the handoff.
The hit by the 272-pound
Clowney, who reportedly runs
a 4.5 second 40-yard dash,
separated Smith from both
his helmet and the football.
Clowney scooped up the
football like a loaf of bread
with his left hand to complete
the marvelous play. Moments
later, South Carolina took a
27- 22 lead, and then later
nished the day with a
game-winning touchdown
pass with 11 seconds left inthe game. Clowney made
the play of the year for his
team and the hit of the year
in college football (arguably
in any level of football); the
play has been a consistent
Best-of-the-Best Champion
on SportsCenters Top 10
plays, making Clowneys
name become even more of
a household name. Going
into the game, Clowney was
already looked at as top-tier
NFL talent, and that play
fortied these statements. For
the season, Clowney recorded
13 sacks, 23.5 tackles for loss,
and three forced fumbles.
He was awarded the 2012
Ted Hendricks Award as thebest defensive end in college
football, was a unanimous All-
American, a Heisman nalist,
and was selected as defensive
player of the year in the SEC
(the strongest conference in
college footballespecially
defensively). Looking at
the game tape and the
numbers, Clowney would be
a consensus rst round draft
choice in this years draft
most likely rst overall
selection. But Clowney wont
be entering in this years draft.
Why? Hes not draft eligible.No, Jadeveon will be
back with the Gamecocks
next season, reportedly
with a $5 million insurance
policy through the NCAA
protecting him if he suffers
a career-ending injury during
the season. The NFL has a
rule prohibiting players frombeing draft-eligible until at
least three years after their
high school graduation. So
Clowney, who was just a
college sophomore this last
season, must play another
season in the college ranks
before he has the opportunity
to advance to the NFL.
Redshirt freshman Heisman
Trophy winner Johnny
Manziel is looking into a
similar insurance policy
while he is forced to remain
in school before turning pro.
The NFL is not the onlysports league that has a rule
preventing players of too
young an age from joining the
league. Starting in 2005, the
NBA changed their rule that
allowed high school players to
enter the NBA draft; players
now had to have at least one
year of college experience.But now, the theme for many
of these players is to attend
the minimum one year of
college and then leave. Each
of the past three 1st-overall
NBA draft picks (John Wall,
Kyrie Irving, and Anthony
Davis) were one-and-done
in college, leaving many
to wonder if this rule is
accomplishing its purpose.
This brings up arguments on
whether this one-and-done
scheme is good for anyone,
whether it be the colleges
that recruit these players, theplayers, or the coaches. The
colleges must decide whether
or not to recruit these types
of players, and how many
scholarships to give away to
new players, who most likely
are only coming for one year
of schooling before leaving
for the NBA. Coaches must
deal with the ever-revolving
door that is their team, which
puts a huge amount of stress
on these coaches and makes
it much more difcult to
succeed on a consistent
basis (Kentucky seems to
be the exception). Players
who may not be suited for
college are forced to attend
(or play overseas); also, theseplayers risk injuries that
could affect their professional
careers. There have been a
great deal of NBA legends
that played at least two years
of college ball, including
Larry Bird, Michael Jordan,
Magic Johnson, Patrick
Ewing, and many, many
others. The players seemed
to come into the league
very well prepared (making
signicant contributions in
their rookie seasons), while
others that have come into the
league either straight fromhigh school (before the rule
change in 2005) or those that
have come after their one year
of college ball seem to be ill-
prepared for the NBA, and
seem to take a year or two to
adjust.
It is difcult to nd the
happy medium between
forcing students to attend
college and allowing them
to join professional leagues.
Of course, the NFL and
NBA have every right to set
standards and decide that
players (employees) must be
of a certain maturity level
and skill set, just like any
other profession has its rules
and standards for who it willemploy. However, it may be
time for each of these leagues
to appropriate funds for a
group that can hear appeals
on whether or not players can
be accepted into the league on
an individual basis. Because,
lets face it, each individual
is different; there are some
college freshmen that are more
suited for the NFL than other
college seniors. Some players
are just ahead of the curve,
and should not be punished
because of it (Clowney
again comes to mind).Allowing underclassmen
the opportunity to have
their cases for playing in the
leagues heard could be the
compromise that both of the
sports need.
CORY LOVEC
Sports Writer
A Hot Streak in Miami
Cold. Windy. That has
been much of theU.S. this winter. The
Northeast has had terrible
weather. Theres been cold,
wind, and snowfall in Mon-
tana. Its been cold through-
out the entire Midwest really.
Snowstorm Saturn wreaked
havoc across the states. But
there has denitely been a
Heat Wave in Miami. Yes,
the Miami Heat have been a
very hot basketball team this
winter. Who knows what the
Heats winning streak will be
by the time you read this arti-
cle? It could have been over aweek ago. It could still be go-
ing on. I can tell you that at
the time of writing this arti-
cle, it stood at 16 games with
the most recent victory com-
ing at the hands of LeBron
James vs. the lowly Orlan-
do Magic. Miami has been
playing dominant basketball,
led by 3-time MVP LeBron
James and co-star Dwyane
Wade. Both have been play-
ing incredible basketball, and
the team seems to be very fo -
cused, while also continu-
ing to stay loose and have
fun (epitomized by their ver-
sion of the Harlem Shake).The Heat are hoping to take
the momentum and chemistry
gained in this winning streak
into the postseason en route to
their second straight champi-
onship (and third straight ap-
pearance). So, does this win-
ning streak actually mean
anything? Lets look at what
history tells us.
First, lets forget for a mo-
ment about both the Heats
streak and the Los Ange-
les Clippers 17-game win-
ning streak earlier this year.
So, of the 18 other winningstreaks that have lasted 16 or
more games, 9 of the teams
have gone on to win the NBA
Championship. Well, doing
the math, and put (very) sim-
ply, that seems to be a 50/50
chance of winning the cham-
pionship. However, if the
streak reaches 18 games, the
odds of winning the cham-
pionship increase to 62.5%.
Now, just to look a little deep-
er into the stats, well consider
the two other times (1990-91
and 2006-07) that two sep-
arate teams have had at least
a 16-game win streak in the
same season (like the Clip-pers and Heat have done this
year); in those seasons, nei-
ther of the teams took home
the NBA Finals trophy. Once
again, does that really mean
anything? Time will tell.
So, as this season continues
to unfold, pay special atten-
tion to the Miami Heat (hon-
estly, itll be hard to not read
about them, as theyre gen-
erally all over the news). As
team after team continues to
fall to them, the Heat increase
the pressure surrounding
themselves to do what seemsto be inevitable: win a sec-
ond straight NBA Champion-
ship. Will the Heat be able to
nish what they have started?
They are the clear-cut favorite
to take home the trophy, and
right now, seem to be unstop-
pable. Some even compare
this group to Jordans Bulls.
Well, lets not go there until
they have 6 rings. Or maybe
lets just start with two.
CORY LOVEC
Sports Writer
Montana State Bill-
ings baseball team
used a ve run
sixth inning to best the Con-
cordia University Cavaliers
6-4, Thursday afternoon at
Hilken Stadium. The Yellow-
jackets have won three out of
their last four contests.
Thursday's conquest marks
the rst time of the 2013 sea-
son that MSUB has won two
consecutive games. The Jack-
ets put together a completeteam effort and willed them-
selves to victory. Devon He-
din had his glove working to-
day, recording a game high
12 putouts. Brad Birch (2-3),
Brody Miller (2-4), and Col-
ter Sternhagen (2-5) com-
bined for six of the Jackets
eight hits. Five different play-
ers batted at least one run in
and scored at least one.
MSU Billings got anoth-
er quality performance from
their hurlers. Three Yellow-
jackets saw action on the
mound, with Lee Busto