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Photo courtesy of Dr. Jim Barron Dr. Barron inserts a needle into a reptile.
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The thought of lizards or snakes is usually enough to turn most peoples blood cold, but Dr. Jim Barron, Assistant Professor of Biology here at MSU-B, hunts for the creepy-crawlers every summer. Barron, a vertebrate ecologist, chose to study Phrynosoma hernadesi, commonly known as the mountain short-horned lizard, two years ago for several reasons but the simple fact that very little research as been done on the species was motiva-
tion enough for Barron, the consummate scientist. His field work also satisfies the Universitys expectation that all faculty members specializing in the sciences produce and publish scientific research. In his proposal to MSU-B, Barron stated, The primary goal of this project is to describe, in detail, the daily movement patterns, home ranges, temperature profiles and habitat associations of Phrynosoma hernadesi, through detailed tracking using radio-telemetric equipment. In other words, the little buggers are tagged and tracked to find out
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Graphic courtesy of Dr. Matthew Benacquista LISA will detect bends in space.
There comes a time in everyones life when you look back, and reflect on your own history. One gets a grand sense of accomplishment and the knowledge that you have made a difference to scores of students and friends through diligence and hard work. This kind of reflection is earned in time, and MSU-B has a number of faculty that have the right to such a claim. It is unfortunate that the kind of accomplishment referred to here takes so much time to accumulate, and after so much time there comes a time to pass the responsibility and opportunity of shaping young minds to another. Dr. C. Adrian Heidenreich in the Department of History, Political Science, and Native American Studies is retiring after 29 years of service to this fine institution. Dr. Heidenreich received an Associate of Arts degree with work in Social Science and Life Science from American River College California. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from California State Univer-
Photo courtesy of Dr. C. Adrian Heidenreich Dr. Heidenreich while doing field work. Montana College, which is now MSU-B. He received the distinguished professor award in 1983, and in 2002 the MSU-B Intertribal Indian Club awarded Heidenreich a plaque, In Recognition of Your Outstanding Continued Support of Our Club. Heidenreich said he is most proud of his sponsorship and association with the Intertribal Indian Club. The Club Pow-Wow is the largest student sponsored event on campus. Heidenreichs involvement with the Native American culture is extensive. Another point of pride is his adoption into the Heywood and Mary Lou Big Day family in the Crow (Apsaalooke) Tribe, where his name is Duxxiiadeeitche which means Goes to War in a Good Way. Dr. Heidenreichs expertise in Native American Studies has given him the necessary experience to publish over 30 publications, reports, and papers. Among his most notable are the 1982 Baasaxpilua: Northern Plains Celebration, a video film on Crow Fair, the 1992 program for 49, a play by Hanay Geiogamah working with the EMC Communication Arts Department and Native American Studies program, and most recently the 2005 Map of the Historical Crow Nation and its Connection to the Great Northwest. Once retired, Heidenreich plans to travel and pursue more projects for publication. In the next year or two a book dealing with Lewis and Clarks, mostly Clarks, involvement in the first treaty expeditions to the Northern Plains and their impact on the Native American tribes they came in contact with is due to be published. He also plans to make documentary films and hopes to release them on PBS, the History Channel, the Science Channel and other documentary formatted broadcasters. Heidenreich would like to spend more time with his families, and attend Native American events. He wants to attend a sweat lodge event, and the Dance of Universal Peace of which his wife, Constance, is a participant. He also is scheduled to teach a few classes at MSU-B after his retirement. He wont have a full load of classes, but his unique expertise will still be available. Im going to be retired not tired, he said with a smile. Dr. Heidenreich is opening a new chapter in his life to explore his creative energy and make greater contributions in his specified fields. He says what he will miss the most is the daily contact with his students, and which will certainly be missed by by his students as well.
Photo courtesy of Dr. C. Adrian Heidenreich Dr. Heidenreich poses in front of buffalo on Native Land.
Photo courtesy of Dr. Jeffrey Sanders Native American dancers join together for the Grand Entry. This is not a sacred event; this is Part of the excitement about this a social event, said Sanders. Its a cel- years event is because of the host drumebration of Native American culture and mers. One group, White Fish Jrs. hail pride. from Saskatchewan, and the other group, The grand entries will be at 12 Southern Boyz, are from Chattanooga, p.m. and 6 p.m. on Fri. and Sat. Gilham OK. Gilham said that the drummers are said he thinks this is one of the most im- really well known within the pow wow pressive parts of the weekend. The grand circuit and have developed quite a folentry is basically what the name implies. lowing. In his opinion, the host drumIts a parade of sorts, led by a color mers are the most integral ingredient guard, followed by drummers and dance when planning a pow wow. Since the contestants. host drummers are so widely When you see it youll think, aniticipated, Gilham expects the event Wow. Theyve been doing this for thou- to be a success. sands of years, said Gilham. Dr. Sanders said that in the past, ITIC has about 30 members, all of very few non-Indian residents have atwhom will be visible during the pow tended. He said hed definitely like to wow. Gilham said the group will be re- see more MSU-Billings students and sponsible for the usual event manage- Billings residents out this year. ment matters. He said theyll be taking Anyone interested in music, entries, selling raffle tickets and even dance, rhythm, color or art ought to go, judging categories. said Sanders.
Well the only thing I can think of to explain the lack of crime lately is the recent onslaught of midterms here on campus. It seems students were too busy studying to create the usual havoc, but never fear- we still managed to have a few occurrences, not the least being a newfound need for a campaign
to make MSUB a urine-free campus! It seems we keep having the same problems each semester what with the pee pee and the porn and the hey hey and the pain and the ouch! (fans of the Professor Frink know what Im talking about) Well anyway, here you go. It aint much and it aint pretty. 2-11 An officer found a student urinating in the Rimrock parking lot and of
course, when asked how much he had to drink, the response was just two beers. An MIP and citation for public intoxication were issued. 2-13 A person who is not a student was caught red handed looking at porn in the commons area of the library. On top of that, an inquiry was made and officers discovered that the offender is listed on the state sexual/violent offender registry.
2-18 A couple of citations were issued during a traffic stop in the Rimrock parking lot for obstructing an officer. 2-18 Somebody snuck into the mens basketball locker room during a game and absconded with a couple of players wallets. So. Not. Cool. 3-2 Officers were called to one of the off campus family homes and a PFMA was issued with a no contact order.
3-4 Another disturbance behind a family home rental, this time it was some late night revelers in the alley. Officers kindly asked them to move on and they kindly complied. Yeehaw. Thats it friends. Until next time, you know the drill. P.S. Shout out to Matt Harris just for the hell of it. (Olivia has started a trend, once again)
Photo courtesy of Dennis Nettiksimmons Prof. Nettiksimmons jams during a recent show.
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Photo by Nicole Livermont Dr. McGinnis was worked to allow better research on campus. In conjunction with rais-
School, volunteered to lend a hand in locating and tagging the lizards. Together, they spend six hours a day, five days a week walking up and down their field site looking for the reptiles. It averages out to about six lizards per day, Barron says. Ive found about 200 over two years. Thats a lot of lizards. He notes that there seems to be a lower survival rate among males, perhaps because they are more conspicuous to predators. Also, there is almost no visible migration in the tagged lizards, which is remarkable among reptiles in general. Anectdotal evidence also suggests that the population of Phrynosoma hernadesi is on the decline; however, more data is needed to draw any long-term conclusions. The species has been placed under the heading of a Species of Special Concern, which is similar to though not nearly as severe as an endangered species. Dr. James Barron earned a B.S. in Geophysics from Purdue in 1982, and worked as a geophysicist for Tenneco Oil Co. in Lafayette, LA from 1982 to 1989. He received his Ph.D. in Zoology from Indiana University in 1995.
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MSU-B Music S tudents Named Divisional Y oung Ar tist Winner s Students Young Artist Winners
Jacquelyn W eitz Weitz and Briane R one y Rone oney to Compe te Compet Nationally This Month
MSU-BILLINGS NEWS SERVICE Two music students in the Montana State University-Billings Department of Music recently won coveted music awards. Jacquelyn Weitz, pianist, and Brianne Roney, mezzo-soprano, were named Young Artist winners in the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Northwest Divisional Competitions, held in Portland, Ore., qualifying them to be among seven competitors at the national competition later this month in Austin, Texas.Jacquelyn Weitz, from Billings, is a senior with a double major in piano performance and vocal performance. Jacquelyn has a long list of musical accomplishments. As a pianist, she won both the High School and Collegiate division of the Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras Young Artist Competition. In spring 2003, she was a finalist in the Pinault International Competition and was awarded first place in the state division of the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition. She was the first-place winner of the Missoula Symphony Associations Young Artist Competition in February 2004, which garnered her two solo pi- tition of the Netherlands, where over 20 ano performances with the Missoula countries were represented. Symphony that same month. Jacquelyn is a piano student of Jacquelyn has been successful in MSU-Billings Music Professor Dorothea national and international piano compe- Cromley. titions as well. Brianne Roney, a junior vocal perIn April 2004, Jacquelyn won the formance major from Cody, Wyo., made Aurora Symphony Orchestra Concerto her solo debut in the Rimrock Operas production of Verdis La Competition, held in Traviata, as Flora. She Boulder, Colo., and perwas a member of the formed Rachmaninoffs Rimrock Opera EnThird Concerto in D semble in Nosferatu Minor with the Aurora and La Boheme. This Symphony Orchestra, past summer, she sang the conducted by Maestro roles of Sister Dolcina/ Richard Niezen, that First Touriere in Sister May. Angelica with Rimrock It is a pianists Operas One Act dream to be one of only Festival. 24 chosen out of hunBefore coming to dreds of applicants to MSU-Billings, Brianne participate in the Young Artists Program at the performed and competed in everything from the prestigious Van Cliburn local to international levInstitute in Fort Worth, els in dance, instrumenTexas. Jacquelyns tal, vocal, and theatrical dream was realized not presentations. She studonly once, in the summer ied tap, jazz, modern, of 2004, but an unheard and ballet for 14 years at of twice, as she was chothe Cody Center for the sen again to participate in the 2005 Van Cliburn Photos courtesy of MSU-B Performing Arts. Institute. Brianne is a vocal News Service In November Weitz (Top) and Roney student of Lesley Jorden. 2004, Jacquelyn was will compete at Nationals. From the stage to chosen as one of only 30 the MSU-Billings tennis court, Brianne is equally students, worldwide, and the only student from the United States, talented. For the past two years, she has to compete in the Young Artists Compe- played #1 singles for the MSU-Billings tennis team. She was a two-time Wyoming state champion in #1 singles, undefeated her last year. The MTNA Young Artist Competition is a prestigious event held each year, for college music students, during the MTNA national conference. The national winner of this competition receives a cash prize and will perform in a Winners Concert during the conference. Students pursuing undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees all are eligible for the competition. The threetiered MTNA competitions begin at the state level. Winners of each state competition advance to the divisional stage and then proceed to the national competition finals. The Northwest Division is comprised of colleges and universities from Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Alaska. The MTNA is a non-profit organization comprising 24,000 independent and collegiate music teachers committed to advancing the value of music study and music making to society. Founded in 1876, MTNA is the oldest professional music teachers association in the United States. During the past three years, the MSU-Billings Department of Music has sent students to the MTNA national competition. Irene Duke, a clarinetist and a 2005 MSU-Billings music graduate, participated in the national competition in both 2004 and 2005. She was a student of MSU-Billings Music Professor Dr. Gary Behm, chairman of MSU-Billings Department of Music.
March is National Nutrition Month. This is a great time to look at your current eating habits and make changes if needed. How healthy is your diet? How does it compare to the average MSU-B diet? Heres some info that may be interesting and useful. During the fall semester of 2004 we conducted the National College Health Assessment. We distributed the surveys in classrooms and obtained 644 surveys. One survey question asked, How many servings of fruits
Club Connections: Unit ed Campus Ministr y and Psi Chi United Ministry
UCM brings Ecumenism t o to Campus
United Campus Ministry is a religious club on campus that spends its time holding Bible studies and worshiping. It also does service projects, such as helping the homeless, and helps its members as well as the community reinforce its faith in God, or even helps people find their faith. It is supported by United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church USA, the Lutheran Church (ELCA), United Church of Christ, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and the American Baptist Churches, but accepts all different backgrounds. Traditional and non-traditional students, faculty, and staff are all welcome to attend any or all UCM events. Every Tuesday there is a noon lunch gathering. Lunch is provided and it is held in the SUB atrium. On Wednesday there is a noon Bible study, also held in the SUB atrium. It is casual Bible study and you have to bring a lunch. On Thursday there is Food, Fun, Faith at 5:00 p.m. During that time, the group meets at a different place every week, and they cook, eat, and stick around for a fun activity, movies, chatting, or listening to music. Retreats are held one weekend a semester where MSU-Billings students meet with students from Bozeman and Missoula. Additional services that the ministry provides are counseling, crisis assistance, referral to community services, and they can even give you a ride to local churches. The campus minister, Rev. Kim Woeste is available most mornings Monday- Friday, and always by appointment for praying or talking. her office is located in SUB 207, or she can be contacted by phone at 657-2165, or by email at unitedcampusministry@hotmail.com. For more information about the club itself, check out http:// www.msubillings.edu/umc. The minimum requirements for admit- are over 1,000 colleges and universities tance include having a GPA or 3.0, be- that participate in this club nationally. The students and faculty advisors ing enrolled at least one year at MSUBillings, and working toward a major choose who they believe will achieve excellence in the club. After or minor in psychology. they induct new members, The club feeds the creativthey register them with the ity of their members by usnational board, located in ing professional programs Chattanooga, Tenn. Under and other leadership prothe president, Amanda L. grams. The goals of this Engellant, meetings are club are to maintain schoheld the first and third lastic excellence, and to Wednesdays of every make advancements in the month at 3:00 p.m. in the field of psychology. This Garrison Room on the club publishes a magazine fifth floor of the LA buildEye on Psi Chi, which ining. Among other things, forms the members about the club shows a movie the goings-on of the club. one time a month that perPsi Chi is a member tains to psychology and of the Association of Colmental health, in hopes to lege Honor Societies, affiliGraphic courtesy of lower the preconceived ated with the American Psypsichi.vassar.edu notions that American chological Association, the American Psychological Psi Chi brings movies and currently have about mental illness because of HolSociety, and is a sister honor leadership to MSU-B. lywood. society to Psi Beta. There
Psi Chi was founded in 1929 and is a branch of the National Honor Society. Men and women who are interested in Psychology are encouraged to join.
Photo courtesy of www.msubillings.edu Rev. Kim Woeste talks to a student during Welcome Week.
Its Election Time A gain! R oll Out the Platf orms Again! Roll Platforms
Main Campus Candidat es Candidates
Se th Berglee Seth
While serving as a Senator for this past semester, I have begun to understand the needs of the students and the university as a whole. I would really appreciate the opportunity to continue working for the students of MSU-Billings.
education, as well as the education of my peers. As a 24 year old, married student I would like to lend support especially to non-traditional students. I am also up for supporting ethnic minority students in any way possible, as I believe there can never be enough diversity on campus. I would generally support any improvements to students experience here at MSU-B.
I desire. I think that I am a good candidate because I absolutely love people and I also love communicating with others and I am a very good problem solver!
Stacie Dix
Running for a second term as Senator, I would like to continue to be a voice for the students. As an RA I interact with students on a daily basis, it is important that their voice is heard. I am an engaged student on campus attending a wide variety of events put on by different student organizations. I would like to continue to be a voice for the students through ASMSU-B. Thank you!
Loren Moreno
As a Senator for the school I feel it would be my job to make sure people from all walks of life were heard. Every comment would be passed on to those working for a better MSU-Billings. As an out-of-state student, I want to help others from out-of-state. With my experience of living in the dorms, I want to fix that ridiculous meal plan. I want MSU-Billings to have its best year now and be part of that.
Sarah McIntyre
I am running to be a Senator-at-Large because I have really enjoyed being on Senate this year and would like to continue the work I have been doing. It is such a great opportunity to grow as an individual and help bring campus issues to the attention of those who have the power to change what needs to be changed.
Amanda Morales
I am running for senator because I want to become more involved in my college and my
Christa Jensen
I am running for Senator-atLarge because I would like to become more involved in student life more than I currently am. I want to meet more people because I am a people person and living at home it is hard to be as involved as
Man y Cooks Dont Alw ays Spoil Many Alwa the Br oth: S tirring the P ot Bro Stirring Po
Lisa Kemmerer, Ph. D., of the English and Philosophy Department, along with eight other women, will be bringing the second annual Stirring the Pot forum to the MSU-Billings campus this month. The event will be Thursday, March 23 at 7 p.m. in the Lewis and Clark room of the SUB. Kemmerer, who has achieved an almost cult-like following on campus, was the mastermind behind last years forum, Voices of Change. It was presented as an assignment for her Ecofeminism philosophy class. In order to be eligible for an A in the class, students were required to participate in some aspect of the forum. This years forum, Ecofeminism: Women, Nature, Justice, is sponsored by the Department of English and Philosophy in alliance with United Campus Ministries (UCM). Kemmerer said this event is part of Womens History Month. She said that although this is not a class-sponsored debate, four students from her Ecofeminism class last semester will be participating. Students Amelia McDanel and Sara Schantz will introduce the speakers and the topic of Ecofeminism. The forum is designed to challenge people to rethink gender relations, as well as relations with people of different abilities, races, and ages, and our relations with nature and other animals. The speakers will cover a range of topics all centered on environmental/nature issues, within the social context of hierarchy and dominance. Rev. Kim Woeste of UCM, will cover scripture; Dr. Joy Honea, of the Dept. of History, Native American Studies, Political Science and Sociology, will give remarks on women in families; Director of International Studies Director Analicia Pianca will speak about ableism (discrimination based on ones abilities or disabilities) and racism; Thora Dexter will lecture on ageism and Kemmerer of the Dept. of English and Philosophy will talk about nature and animals. Each of the speakers will talk for about five minutes. Following the panels remarks, two more students, Bethany Dopp and Morgan Hanley, will present the book The Pornography of Meat, by Carol Adams. Dopp and Hanley will be applying the issue of dominance and hierarchy through the book. Ecofeminism: Women, Nature, Justice is designed to provide opportunities for expanding our understanding of the world we live in and how we live in our world. After the presentation of the book, the forum will be opened up for discussion between the audience and the panel. Last year about 80 people attended. Kemmerer expects a similar reception this year. Refreshments will be provided.
Kevin Majewski
Matt Harris
Major: Biology Minor: Business Administration I am running for the position of ASMSU-B President because I would like to make a difference. After serving you with pride as a Senator I am eager to take myself to the next level. I will do whatever it takes to provide you with the means to achieve academic excellence. I plan to be an accessible resource to all students and work hard for all of you. Thank you for your time, and I would greatly appreciate your vote.
Matt Harris
Graphic courtesy of Dr. Lisa Kemmerer Kemmerers Ecofeminism philosophy class sponsered a forum.
Dan Hansen
MSU-B Drama Committ ee Committee Sponsor s Classic Sponsors and Cutting Edge Drama
MSU-B is offering students an opportunity to see a truly classic play. The Communications and Theater Department in association with ASMSU-B Drama Committee are producing The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. This play is one of the standards to which all other drama is compared. The setting of the play is the late 30s during Americas slow crawl out of the Great Depression, but before World War II. The city is St. Louis and the four characters are Amanda, the mother, Laura, the daughter, Tom, the son, and Jim who is a possibility for Laura romantically. The characters are written to represent a dream of reality, or the failure reality brings to dreams. Amanda is played by Martha Carlson who is a veteran of theater in Billings. Tom is played by Sam Herbert, a newcomer to the stage. Laura is played by Jessica Kohn, and Jim is portrayed by Josh Payne who you may remember from The Transparency of Val, and Beauty is a Beast. These actors have been hard at work in rehearsals and their characters are already coalescing.
Photo by Paul Jangula Students are rehearsing for Williams The Glass Menagerie. Randy Pugh is directing this project, and is working from a sense of personal nostalgia. He has seen several productions of this play, and has taught it in his Introduction to Theater classes. When asked why he chose The Glass Menagerie he said that he hoped the name recognition would draw a large audience. He also wants to expose his audience to a true classic of American theater. Weve been neglecting the classics, Pugh said. He continued to explain that the production staff has and is planning to send invitations to area high schools within a 100-mile radius. Pugh plans to have a discussion session either before or after the performances in order to solidify the concepts in the audiences minds. Pugh says that this play has continuing appeal. When questioned why he responded, Tragic things happen to ordinary people. You cant go back and repair the past, and I like that this play acts like a membrane in that the characters can take the audience from present to past and back to present. The performance dates are April 12 through 15. Show-time is 7:30 p.m. in Petro Theater. The Student Senate Finance Committee has also secured tickets for all MSU-B students. MSUB students get into all theater productions without charge from this date forth. Faculty, staff, and community members still have to pay; sorry folks, but we have to pay for the lumber the sets are made out of somehow. Another free show for students is running the week after The Glass Menagerie. In true theater family affair style, Alicia Pugh, Randys wife, is directing The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. This play is a series of single actress monologues dealing with
Por tland Sends Ellio t Smith a P ostcard of A dmiration ortland Elliot Postcard Admiration
Clementine, was covered by one of the most prominent bands of Portland, The Decemberists. It features acoustic The Good Will Hunting guitar with highlights of harmonica true guy, more familiarly known as Elliot to the original. In fact, most of the Smith, was a prominent star of the artists chose to keep a tone that was punk/folk genre at the turn of the synonymous with Smiths sound and century. Born Steven Paul Smith in with the Portland vibe, including The Nebraska, the singer called himself Helio Sequence (Satellite), Swords Elliot. He spent his teenage years in (I Didnt Understand), and Eric Portland living with his dad, and it Mathews (Needle in the Hay). was during this time that Smith Others tried to take the original lyrics discovered the guitar. He joined the and apply them to a totally different punk band Heatmiser and simultasound, like the albums version of neously pumped out several solo Happiness. Here the Lifesavas took albums (which are what awarded him the Smith original and morphed it into a the most recognirap-like track, tion.) In 1997, which deserves he was contacted A for effort, No w Im a crash credit an Now by Good Will but the outcome card regist ered t o Smith. is a bit disapregistered to Hunting director Its no t the name that y ou pointing. It just Gus Van Sant to not you write a track for doesnt fit with call me with. the soundtrack. the rest of the That tune, Miss Elliot Smith as retold by album. The last Misery, won track, High Dolorean Smith an AcadTimes, is an emy Award unreleased track nomination and by Sean Croghan, the title of the Good Will Hunting friend and former roommate of Elliot guy in the music world. His music Smith. My favorite selections include embodied the spirit of Portland. It the before mentioned Decemberists and was mostly acoustic, with folk, jazz, Helio Sequence tracks and also The punk and country influences and Biggest Lie by Dolorean and Befeatured unrefined vocals. tween the Bars by Amelia. Knock His lyrics are what gave his music character. They were poetic and profound, venturing into all that is meloncholy and exploring themes familiar to Elliot Smiths life, particularly drugs and despair. In October of 2003, his body was found in his Los Angeles home. His death was the result of what many argue were selfinflicted stab wounds. He was 34. It is no surprise that Smiths death hit the music world pretty hard, especially in the indie-rock culture of Portland. His influences stretched across zip codes and musical genres in the laid back city, and it was because of this that the recent To: Elliott, From: Portland was released. This musical compilation is a tribute to the late musician with some of Smiths most memorable songs redone completely by artists from Portland. The opening track,
Album artwork by Ryan Dobrowski Knocks version of Speed Trials just plain sucked. It is well-known that tribute albums are always hit or miss. I think that To: Elliot, From: Portland hits the mark, with the exception of just a few outcasts. It portrays Portland exaclty in a way that one would expect, and it recreates Smith in a way that is true, but not redundant. It definitely has an indie/underground feel, and although I would probably choose Elliot Smiths versions, this album is an honorable attempt to bid farewell to one of Portlands greats. Elliot, you are missed.
Photo courtesy of www.varandadoazur.blogger.com.br Elliot Smith left a gaping hole in Portlands music scene with his death in 2003.
Middlese x is Fiction That R eads Lik e Middlesex Reads Like Nonf iction in a Good W ay Nonfiction Wa
Middlesex starts its story in a small village in Greece and takes us on a journey with one family through different countries, lives and times. The book introduces us to Calliope, a second-generation GreekAmerican girl growing up with her family and their secrets. At times in the book, we are looking at the life of Calliope and her family in Detroit and we are quickly taken back in time to life in Greece with her grandparents where we start to learn more and more about this familys secrets and what they left back in Greece. This is all very important in understanding the family and may be an answer to all Calliopes problems. Calliope was raised as a girl in a middle class family whose father is infatuated with American cars. Her life seems normal but when she hits puberty, it becomes very difficult for her. She starts to have feelings for other girls and when other girls are developing breasts, she starts developing facial hair. Throughout her uncomfortable journey, you cannot help but feel sorry for her and wonder how she will come out of it all. After waxing, shaving and growing to almost sixfeet tall, her family finally takes her to a specialist who finally says what the reader is predicting all along; she is a hermaphrodite. After the shock of not knowing what she is anymore, Calliope runs away to find herself. The book takes you through her journey of learning how to walk, dress and act all over again in a new body. You can feel the awkwardness in Eugenides writing, which is not something you always get. The book is fiction but you read it thinking its real and when the book is done you cant help but want more and want to know how their lives all end. This book shows the taboo of incest but doesnt make it dirty or too uncomfortable. I had never heard of Jeffrey Eugenides, the Pulitzer Prize winning author before, but I will certainly be looking for him in Barnes and Noble from here on out.
in the film). Before you get excited, understand that 1) these vampires are never shown consuming blood of any Maybe you were thinking of kind, 2) they cannot fly, 3) hypnotize seeing the film Ultraviolet maybe anyone, 4) turn into mist, 5) create you shouldnt. Why? While the first ghouls or homunculi, or 6) even third of the film may have visual merit intimidate children. As the (not found in the Computer Graphics), Hemophages are the underdogs of the the film overall will make your organs film, we are forced against our will to bleed. You might not make it to the side with them and somehow support credits. their never-explained cause. Luckily The concept behind the film for the Hemophages, they have Milla relies heavily on the willing suspenJovovich to wear unnecessarily tight sion of disbelief as the movie actually and combat-ineffective clothing to promotes disbelief. It seems that in the engage in anti-climactic fight scenes. future there will be a struggle between And who would be worthy of fighting regular humans and an underground such a protagonist? An insecure, element of vampires (Hemophages germophobic suit with the lamest nasal apparatus in film history you will know him as Daxus (Nick Chinlund). It is rare in film for audiences to dislike the antagonist and the protagonist with equal intensity. Any success in the film is limited to imagery. Kurt Wimmer, who brought you the wonderful film you should have watched (Equilibrium), crafts visually stimulating scenes at the outset of the movie. The color use and composition of many shots in the early portion of the film are remarkable, but the CG and the soft-focusBarbara-Walters-interview style filter pollute any imagery that might have been pleasing. It has been said that the best part of a good movie and the worst part of a bad movie is the special effects. UltravioMovie poster courtesy of art.com let hammers this point home
with the force of Mjollnir. You would think that someone would have drawn the line at bad CG and poor character development. Nope. The dialogue in the film made myself and comrades question whether or not the screenwriter was comfortable with the English language. The bad dialogue crushes any hope of good (or even mediocre) acting. The interchange of quips at the climax of the film elicited peals of raucous laughter from the reviewer and his friends. Our laughter was amplified by the fact that everyone else in the
theater was silent, for they had already been reduced to semivegetative states by this multi-sensory lobotomy. We, here at The Retort, are requesting photos of anyone that actually enjoyed the film, so that we may avoid you wherever and whenever possible. (In case you were wondering, Mjollnir is Thors hammer) (In case you were wondering who Thor is, he is the Norse god of thunder and gave you Thursday, formerly Thors Day)
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Seriously? Hair; the cut, style or color. I like when someone does something different; I like a clean cut. Tracy Jo Schweigert Major: Public Relations/ Political Science Minor: Philosophy Junior Minnesota
Depends on what way my heads pointing. I guess whether or not shes wearing a wedding ring. Rick Parkinson Major: Communication Sophomore Villas, New Jersey
Smile. Big smile and straight teeth. Kelli Morse Major: Public Relations Junior Billings
Face. Its the first thing you look at, I guess. Brett Weese Major: Communication Sophomore Wilke, Saskatchewan Canada
since Sept. 11, he claims to be Puerto Rican. He then joked about how Montanans seem immune to the cold, since Comedian Dan Ahdoot visited several people in the audience were MSU-Billings on February 21. Many wearing shorts and sandals in the 20 depeople know him as a finalist on season gree weather. His jokes encompassed his two of Last Comic Standing. For an hour family life, telling stories of his crazy and a half he got the audience to laugh family and his childhood. His dad used at his funny and sometimes obscene April Fools Day as more of a day of confession instead of jokes. One year, jokes. Ahdoot graduated from John his dads joke basically went like this Hopkins University with honors as a pre- Son, remember that year that you came med student. He quickly decided that he home from camp and your hamsters wanted become a comedian and moved were dead? Well, I killed them . . . no, to New York City to pursue his dreams. just joking, I forgot to feed them. Ha. He has performed at all of the comedy Ha. Ahdoot is not only Iranian, but clubs in Manhattan, and is a founding member of an improv troupe. He won Jewish as well. He said that people, upon first prize at the Philadelphia Comedy learning that he is Iranian, ask about the Competition in 2003, has been featured nuclear bombs being manufactured in on ABCs 20/20, been a guest speaker Iran. He calmly jokes that the terrorists on 98.7 KISS FM Morning Comedy do not send out emails to all the IraniSpecial, and has written freelance for ans, revealing their secret intentions. Comedy Centrals Crank Yankers. One day after an act, a man came up to Ahdoot has opened for Lewis Black, him and said that Ahdoot looked more Jewish than Iranian. What, does that Dave Chappelle and Jay Mohr. He opened his act Tuesday night mean that the size of my nose outweighs with the statement that he is Iranian, but my need to make a nuclear bomb? he replied. Then he started poking fun at real-world problems. He joked that people who were in the hurricanes did not leave sooner because the names are not scary enough. If a hurricane was named Hitler, people would be hitting the road as soon as they heard about it. He said that it is good that America accepts refugees, but that America Photo courtesy of www.danahdoot.com is not utilizing them to the Ahdoot graced MSU-B with a recent appearance. best of its ability. If the
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Thi s story was originally printed in the March 15, 2005 issue of The Retort. Believe it or not, St. Patricks Day actually has a meaning and a reason, besides getting drunk and wearing green. The original St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in Wales about AD 385 and was given the name Maewyn. He considered himself a pagan until he was sold into slavery at 16 years old by a group of marauders who raided his village. That brought him a lot closer to God. He escaped after six years and went to Gaul to study in a monastery. It was there that he became aware that his calling was to convert pagans to Christianity. St. Patrick died on March 17 in AD 461. Thats why we celebrate St. Patricks Day on March 17. According to the official St. Patricks Day website, St. Patricks Day is a traditional day for spiritu8al renewal and offering prayers for missionaries worldwide. St. Patricks Day was first celebrated which just happens to be doing great. in America in 1737 in Boston, Mass. Natives U2 are considered one of the As with most things American, best bands of all time, Riverdance, its meaning has changed greatly over has been seen by 60 million people the years. Spiritual renewal? What worldwide and their GNP (gross part of getting drunk and wearing national product) surpassed Great green underwear is that? Most Britains a few years ago. So it looks Americans celebrate St. Pattys Day like even in Ireland theyre not by wearing green to prevent being exactly praying for missionaries pinched and by consuming large worldwide on St. Patricks Day. amounts of green beer. Many cities Whatever the original meaning of this have St. Patricks Day parades and holiday was, its still fun to party Irish some even go so far as dying their style, so dont worry about the hows rivers or streams green. and whys, just be responsible, be safe The Irish look at St. Patricks and have fun on St. Patricks Day. Day in a whole other light. In Dublin St. Patricks Day is now known as the St. Patricks Day Festival. They dont use it to commemorate the past but to look to their future. They are Photo courtesy of www.epspipeband.ca very proud of Butte boasts the largest Irish population per capita in their country, Montana.
To get the flavor of Harry Potters Bertie Botts Beans booger flavor just right, Jelly Belly, the makers of Jelly Beans, bought in a group of seven year old boys to taste different types of booger flavored beans. In the end, all the boys picked the same booger bean and thats how they picked the winner! Dont worry, acne sufferers, eat that chocolate! Its a common myth that chocolate can induce an acne flare up but after two universities did studies on the sweet delight they found no link to acne and dermatologists today find no link to acne with ones diet. Do you have the hiccups? Place a pinch of sugar on the tongue to get rid of them. You can also take a teaspoon of sugar after eating curry to ease the burn in you mouth! In the original Willy Wonka movie with Gene Wilder, the Oompa Loompas didnt actually sing any of the songs. Other singers were brought in and their voices were dubbed in! If you watch closely you can see that some of their lipsyncing skills were a little off! Although it is not known exactly how Hersheys brand Kisses got its name, but its thought to have been because of the sound or motion the chocolate made while being deposited in the production process!
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He said his work is all related to music, hence the name. Im into music quite a bit, said Tippets. [Its] what it would be putting a song on paper. Tippets was trying to capture the essence of music with his pieces. Playing with the concept of musics ability to take the listener on an emotional journey, Tippets wants his senior exhibit to take the viewer on a similar journey. He said his show is essentially a study about the connection between music and visual arts. In his artist statement, Tippets wrote: The compositions which you see here [are] each meant to represent its own song. Jeanne Hutchinson La Femelle March is Womens History Month, which makes it a fitting time for Jeanne Hutchinsons exhibit, La Femelle, French for the female. In an email to The Retort, Hutchinson wrote: My senior show is about my exploration of current feminine issues while retaining a connection with the past. My journey through color, glass, bronze, copper and steel has inspired my work for the future. My work is very consciously about women. I returned to university after raising my children, to pursue my lifelong passion of art and to facilitate my studio art degree. La Femelle opened March 13 and will remain on display until March 24. Hutchinsons work can be found in the Student Gallery, located on the first floor of the LA building. A reception will be held March 17 from 6 to 9 p.m. The Line and The Color are DreamingIllustrations by Neil Jussila Also exhibiting right now is Art Professor Neil Jussila. Jussila has been an instructor here since 1969. The works displayed in The Northcutt-Steele Gallery are the fruition of his 2004 sabbatical. Jussilas work took on a new dimension during his time away from campus: he began incorporating prose and poetry into his artwork. Jussila said, I do what I really love, which is to illustrate my work with prose. When I finish a painting or drawing, I illustrate it with prose that, for me, makes the work far more interesting and acts as a bridge between the audience and the work. I like to work with themes of love,
About our photo: A night of drinking and cleavage bearing at Howl at the Moon of Universal City in Los Angeles.
The month of March is busy for the art department. Three senior artists are exhibitingboth on and off campussimultaneously. In addition, Art Professor Neil Jussila has pieces on display this month, as well. Sherri Cornett Chrysalis Sherri Cornetts senior show Chrysalis is on display at Toucan Gallery, located at 2505 Montanan Ave. The life size mixed media pieces were put up March 10 and will remain up until April 4. Cornett said her contract with the gallery was the main factor contributing to her decision to exhibit off campus. Due to the scale of her work, Cornett also said the works may not have fit in the student gallery. The pieces are set at the end of a winding path of river rock. Cornett used steel, copper, bronze, glass, wood and fabric to create her fantasy asylum. It is from images of cocoons, caves, cradlesplaces of protection in times of personal growth, said Cornett. Toucan is open Mon. through Fri. from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sat. and Sun. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Brian Tippets Visual Music On display in the SUB Galleria is Brian Tippets Visual Music. His show will be up from March 13 to March 24. Tippets collection of digital photos and photo collages were made with the help of the new digital age.
grace, life, death and mortality. Jussilas exhibit includes depictions of landscapes, mothers and children, cartoons and illustrations for studies and book covers. The display went up on Feb. 24 and will be up until March 24. *information about Neil Jussila was taken from a MSU-Billings news service press release*
Photos courtesy of artists Top left: Tippets conveys music through art. Right: Hutchinson explores the female form. Bottom left: Cornett discovers personal growth in Chrysalis.
I just wanted to clarify something, and that something is that despite this past issue, reports of my untimely demise are vastly overstated. That being said, these columns are getting harder and harder to write. I figured this would be an easy week,
I will confess that there was a time in my life when my political views were somewhat polarized. I was (and perhaps still am) a raging liberal. At the time my opinion was that if you were a Democrat you were probably right, and if you were a Republican you were probably wrong. Many years, and a whole lot of experiences later, I find that view almost comical. I have since renounced any one political affiliation and have instead sided with logic and rationality. I have become disgusted with partisan politics because what both sides fail to realize is that they are fighting the wrong battle. Do we really believe that if Republicans or Democrats were given exclusive control of our government that somehow we would be propelled into a golden age of enlightenment and prosperity?
choose not to vote for all the right reasons. Finally I would like to address both the Democratic and Republican parties alike. Shame on you! You have taken the trust of the American people and perverted and twisted it into nothing more than a means to an end. The people of this country deserve better than that. We deserve a group of people who truly care about what we want and work to make our country better, not just more profitable.
Photo by Olivia Koernig the world. No longer can we exist as who we are supposed to be, enough of the reinforced everyday-acceptable, it needs to be a question of are we enough of ourselves to even exist... Can I honestly look in the mirror and smirk out of relief that I am what I tell myself I am and not just the appearance or pencil-mug full of ideas, idle on the desk. Constancy is also a must: it saddens me, seeing those that used to be but are no longer, like finding out that Batman is just a comic book character. Its not so much that the illusions are shattered, the illusions were never truly there its finding out that those we see are mortal, capable of letting us down, and that they never really were. Accomplishment is not found in how much alcohol you can consume in one weekend, how many drugs you have done over your lifetime, how much money you make or any other societally-reinforced construct of accomplishment. Want to impress me? Try living... Live your life, not everybody gets to.
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Photo by Matt Langman The Lady Jackets suffer a loss to the Lady Aggies at semifinals.
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The MSU-Billings Womens basketball season came to a surprise ending on March 1, as the fourth seeded Lady Aggies of Oklahoma Panhandle upset the first seed Lady Yellowjackets, 80-71, in a Heartland Conference semifinal game at Alterowitz Gym. Things seemed to be going MSU-Bs way at halftime as 17 points from forward Michelle Liber propelled the Lady Jackets to a 41-31 lead. The second half was a different story as OPSU shut down the MSU-B offense holding them to just 29 points on 34.3% shooting while the Lady Aggies shot 48.4% from the field and made 14 free throws to score 51 points after the break and pull off the upset earning a berth in the league championship. We did not play our charteristic game half, said head coach Kevin Woodin. To start with our nine turnovers in the first half cost us points which meant we should have been up by more then 10 at the half. Compound that to our shooting in the second half where we went something like one for 19 from three point range and it becomes very evident that we were outplayed. Panhandle is a good team and took full advantage of our mistakes by shooting phenomenally in the second half. The loss, which cost MSU-B any chance of an NCAA tournament bid, means the Lady Jackets end the season with a 19-9 (9-3 HLC) record and also marks the end of the collegiate playing careers of three of MSU-Bs best. Guard Lisa Jellum and forward Tanya Petersen both graduate in May while guard Shannon Harvey hangs up her sneakers with a year of eligibility left due to recurring knee problems. Despite the disappointing end to the season and the players the team will lose, Woodin looks forward to next year, his third since leaving Billings West High School to take over the Lady Yellowjackets program. We have a lot of good players coming back and I think we can get back to the playoffs and maybe the NCAA tournament, he said.
struggles is the Yellowjacket softball team (5-14) as they lost six of eight games at the Central Washington Invitational March 2-5. The two bright spots came as MSU-B defeated Western Oregon 3-1 and St. Martins 4-2. Several of the other games were close as MSU-B even put a bit of a scare into nationally ranked Humboldt St. as the Lady Jackets were ahead 1-0 until the bottom of the sixth when the Lumberjacks posted 3 runs. HSU would eventually go on to win 3-2. The Lady Yellowjackets will open their home schedule on Mar. 11 playing a double headed against Dickinson St. at Cenex Field. MSU-B then goes on the road for its next 16 including 12 Heartland Conference games before returning home for 12 straight games against HLC opponents to finish out the regular season.
versity on March 17-18 at Cobb Field. The games will mark the first time a Yellowjacket baseball team has taken the field in Billings since May of 1975. The Jackets will also host a media/fan day at Buffalo Wild Wings on March 16 from 4-6 pm MSU-B began the season with a couple of road trips, first dropping four games to NNU and then to Texas to take on Heartland Conference opponents again being swept by St Marys before moving on to face St. Edwards and Incarnate Word. After the two doubleheaders against NNU, The Jackets will complete the breif home stand by taking on Colorado Christian University in a doubleheader March 21; the games against the Cougars at Cobb Field were scheduled only after the two teams were snowed out of their games in Denver in February. MSU-B will then go on the road for eight games before returning to Billings for their final 22 games during the month of April.
I have them; or maybe they have me. Encompassing my waist and accompanying me everywhere I go. Help or hindrance, I am blessed with them; my hips. I was not born this way of course. As most infants, I was the lovable ball of flesh with pudgy cheeks and an endless fascination with my own hands. Through most of adolescence, I remained fairly pudgy, in a ruler sort of way. Then puberty arrived and things began to shift, mainly down, but shift nonetheless. I began to resemble an hourglass. My hips really have their own personality; two forces in one being. My hips, they love to flirt, and many times, they make their decisions without first consulting me. They are not judgmental and seem to have no biases. They love to taunt and take no prisoners, continuing to tempt even after I have become aware of their actions. I lost control of these creatures once I became 17. I was in my junior year of high school. A male friend of mine, clearly with no reservations, informed me they reside in their own zip-code. Apparently, my hips enjoyed such a statement and set up permanent residence in their current state. I realized their full force, in all their glory, once I graduated high school. Now, please understand that my senior year and the following summer were spent in midst a circle of wrestlers. I had been the
trainer, so the status simply continued beyond the mat. I had become the female essence in a world of testosterone. I was one of the guys, if you will.
which in themselves, are questionable as to their fashion value. However, I remain fortunate to possess a rational partnership between my hips and my mind; for
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I met their friends and their friends met my hips. After dating one of these men for a while, I discovered my hips (and what follows behind) were two of the top factors that contributed to our dating. Maybe my hips could do all my bidding, with my approval of course. Not only do these hips attract attention, both wanted and not, they have also taught me how to dress. Many adolescent females and young women turn to Cosmo and Glamour magazines as a prime fashion consultant. Me, oh no, I turn to my hips. They are the prime decision maker when it comes to my own personal fashion choices. There are two things I am forbidden to wear, according to my two best judges. The first, summer slip dresses. Reason being, yes. My hips. They seem to be the area containing the largest width, and these dresses seem to accentuate just that. I resemble somewhat of a wine bottle, where the bulk of the volume resides in the lower half. The second item that my hips will never allow are capri pants, they see right through this fashion craze. You see, my hips have been accessorised with short legs. I am not a tall person, so short legs are logical. Yet, when attempting to follow the skewed fashion trend of calf-length pants, I became well aware of their influence. Capris are to fall into the area of the shin (between the knee and the ankle) if the wearer happens to be the average fivefoot, seven-inch woman. I, myself, somewhat lack in the height department, so the hem tends to fall right above my ankles. Attempting to sport such pants leaves me looking like I tried to keep a pair of pants a little two long, or as though there is a beach adorned with clams, fresh for the digging. I realize now that I have pointed out more negative than positive attributes of these hips of mine. There is a list of tasks my hips help to achieve; the first being laundry. My laundry basket never slips and my clean clothes never seem to find themselves
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carelessly strewn about. Another thing these hips are great for is saving room. If out at dinner, at a sports event, or some other public gathering, I make it more than simple to save a seat. All that is necessary is to sit slightly off center. This impedes on the seat next to me, which the person waiting to grab this seat will inevitably avoid, so as not to sit too close to a stranger. Much like a car slightly over the yellow line in the parking lot, thus using two spaces instead of one. This leaves ample room for the late company to have a full seat upon arrival. Compliments from one
woman to others tend to be sordid in intention and origin, yet there is one which remains my favorite; when another woman bestows the title curvy. This could be arranged into many categories, depending on the woman receiving such a compleiment. However, I find it the best in many situations with the recipient walking away possessing a small light of confidence; nearly every time. A womans body consists of smooth and flowing lines that neither end or begin at any given point. Therefore, when I am called curvy, what they are really saying is that I am a woman.
they slipped along, these daylight ghosts both weightless, born of light two forms cast down by Helios who passers would unite from west they shrank, at noon were gone then stretched out to the east one south, one north they traveled on the space betwixt decreased until a path worn well at last their courses crossed they both upon each other fell within the other lost but being bound to passers by their joining did not last without a way to say goodbye each from the other passed and left no sign where they had been no tracks, no leaves displaced no sound to echo soft therein where fleeting forms embraced
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