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eepin' it real Passing the buck

ASMSU finalizes budget

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Comedians Bo P and Shawn C brought down the house with their ethnic humor last Friday in

the SUB Please see related story page 5.

Bv MARcus H1sooN Exponenr Ediror

If money talks then the ASMSU Senate is going to yell this week.

The Senate will convene Wednesday, Thursday and Sat­urday to put the finishing touches on the year 2000 ASMSU budget-a process that started in mid-December. Charged with the task of bud­geting $740,000 to the 28 ASMSU committees is no small feat.

Along with tuition and other fees, full-time students pay a $35 student activity fee each semester to supportASMSU. This fee composes the money to be bud­geted each year.

"It's the responsibility the Senate has m order to allocate the students money from the1r activity fee,"saidASMSU Presi­dent Matt McKamey. "Every student who pays the activity fee is paying $35 to this organi­zation and it's our responsibil­ity to make sure that money is spent \\isely and according to how the ma3ority of students want it spent:·

The budgeting process begins when ASMSU commit­tees submit their budgets before the end offinals week of the fall semester. The Senate and Fi­nance Board, whose members are appointed by ASMSU Ad­ministration to review and rec­ommend changes to the budget,

meet with the head of each ASMSU committee to ask ques­tions about the proposed bud­gets. ASMSU Administration takes each committee's proposal and revises it to fit within the $740,000 budget. The Finance Board then reviews the budget created by the administration with each committee head and makes any changes they see fit. Finally, the Senate reviews the administration':-; budget and Finance Board recommenda­tions to approve a f ma! balanet..>d budget.

According to ASMSU Off­Campus Senator Doug Martin, the budgeting process 1s not something senators take lightly.

"It's important because we're using students' funds," Martin said "It's our responsi­bility to make sure student:; get the most enJO.}'Tltent out of their fees. We're tr.ving to maximize the use of their fees"

ASMSU Business Man ager Stephanie Marshall said the Senate's task is much more than simply making a balanced budget on paper. She said the Senate has to accurately iden­tify the financial need of each committee to make sure no dol­lars are overspent.

"In order to have better programs now, we need to bud­get student money effectively," Marshall said. "Ifwe don't, stu­dents who are paying these fees won't see the best possible ef­fects."

lopments in Helena affect students Students find Jielp for lost scholarship money

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f• that would pro-1million to reno­e Library moved

: loser to final ap-1 h e Legislature. uong Range Build-

lanning (LRBP) opriations sub-

11 approved House t t he library reno­d forwarded it to

• Appropriations l . The committee

tabled it last Thursday be­cause commit­tee members wanted to work on it more. The bill would fund the addition of 10,000 square feet of student

• House Bill 14- $7.5 million for Renne Library renovations

• House Bill 509- to insure MAS has input when choosing student regent

• EpiCenter- Clause enabling building to utilize technology

space as well as health/ safety renovations to the li ­brary.

had any problem with it they wou ld have been voiced," said Jake Ankeny, ASMSU lobbyi st. " I have "They did talk about

the bill, but they didn't get to discuss the library, if they see Developments page 4

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CHICAGO CCPX) -Good Samaritans throughout the United States are coming to the rescue of college stu­dents who were duped into believing they had won $10,000 scholarships renew­able for four years from Hous­ton-based Adams Vision USA.

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From coast to coast, individuals, corporations, colleges and universities are trying to help 51 students who were gypped out of their scholarships when AdamsVision told them it didn't have the money to pick up their tuition costs. Last

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State last w('d<t'nd.

Montana citizens shortchanged by state legislators To the Editor:

On February 10, 1999, the Senate Natural Re­sources Committee held a hearing on three bills to ei­ther repeal or fix I-137. This initiative was passed by the voters in 1998 and prohibited the use of cyanide heap leach technology for open-pit gold mines.

The senators said that these bills were needed be­cause you can't get the facts out to the voters during a campaign. They talked about the voters making their deci­sions based on 30 second sound bites. They said that laws should be made in the legislature where the issue can be thoroughly debated and an informed decision made.

The large hearing room was filled to capacity with Montana citizens anxious to provide testimony on the bills. Both the proponents and opponents were allotted equal time. But time ran out and dozens of citizens on both sides of the issue were not allowed to speak their piece.

These people came from all over the state - from

Belgrade, Chinook, Corvallis, Dillon, Willard, and Gild ford. The roads that day were icy and treacher­ous, yet they came. They were not paid lobbyists. They took time out from busy schedules to prepare statements and get to the hearing.

The senate committee would not take an extra hour or two to hear them. Instead they allowed each only a 30 second sound bite to state their name and whether or not they suppo rted or op­posed the bills.

What was so pressing that the hearing has to be ended in a timely manner? Were there other committee hearings scheduled? Was the senate convening an evening session?

No. While rejected citi­zens faced the long drive home, the senators simply went off to dinner or to the local watering holes where they could be cornered by well-paid lobbyists for a lei­surely discussion of the is­sues.

Carol Mackin Helena, MT

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Paul Monaco is, as he put it recently, "an arts educator, artist and author from Gallatin Gateway." He is also the head of the Media and Theatre Arts Department here at

Paul Monaco is not in­volved with the theatre depart­ment apart from allocating money as department head and interacting with theatre prof es-

MSU. He teaches KEITH SUTA classes in film and tele-vision and pa1ticipates Exponent Columnist rn the activities of KC"S:VI TV. I'm sure that there are also nu­merous other artistic and media-associated endeaYors in which he is in­YOl\'ed.

I have a problem with Professor Monaco. It starts with a question: '"Where is our theatre department?" Some­where between the first nme I saw Shakespeare in the Parks and the time when I entered college, the Theatre depaitment metamorphosed into this new entity, the Department of l\le­dia and Theatre Arts. I guess that ".'.\ledia" refers to televi­sion, photogi·aphy and film. I wonder what the "Arts" part refers to. I notice that, right now, our film department is an extraordinarily popular one. It has more students sign up than can be allowed to take classes. I also noticed that, as I went through high school and into college, as the film department got bigger, theatre got smaller. Once. the department used to put on more than two plays a year! Sometimes sL-x shows, not even counting the Underground 'I'heat1·e! But, as our state edu­cation budgeters get stingier. and as we try to support too many uniYersities, the monev gets drained out each year. -

sors. Yet. like a true uniYersity department head, he shows up at the BIG theatre productions, looking for all the world like a proud father. (This is an appro­priate simile because a father has all the fun and a mother does all the work.) I remember the \\'ay some theatre students rolled their eyes at the news that i\lr . .'.\fonaco would be at­tending the openmg night of "The Atomic View Mote;," a man·elous production that was recently re-staged on its way to a regional competition. I didn't see Professor .'.\Ionaco at the openmgof"Bend In The Road." Maybe he came another night.

Mr. l\lonaco wrote an edi­tonal recently in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle supporting Bozeman State Representa­tiYe SteYe \"1ck's piece of legis­lation to shut down the ::\Ion-tana Ans Council. an arts funding foundation that ad­ministers grams to groups and indiYiduuls around the state for all sorts of artistic endea\ -ors. Now, whether Professor l\Ionaco likes or thinks we should continue to support the Montana Arts Council isn't re-

ally my concern The cone! usior

have been leaping to is that Mr. Monaco i! call an "Arts Nazi." Hit

denounces all govr funding for the ~ ''structurally i I sible." His rea• That individual gr not schools or m which. apparent I~ only appropriate to support the a_

goes on to state that "A pleasure is individual collective. and art d 'progress' as science This is a pretty heav sophical concept Frc of my recent st udie~ there are a number of phers who would d with .'.\Ir . .'.\Ionaco, wh as I know. is not consic authority on the philo aesthetics. The idea has not progi·e::;sed is stich."y philosophical cc I can no more say a progress than he can doesn't. \ CRs, televi: now the Internet pro• Public with numero ways to experience art pression. Progress in ogy provides new \\'Orie Like, l\.IO\TIES, Mr. l\I

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ture can certainly survive with­out the Arts Council and arro­gantly declares that organiza­tions will simply have to "bud­get more wisely ... raise their ticket prices slightly or do a bet­ter job of attracting private do­nations."

I am the President of Parrot Productions. We have produced two films, eight plays and numerous other projects from radio to video

since 1994. There are a lot of groups here who need fund­ing. Audiences a re there only if you can pay enough to ad­vertise. We have walked the streets, where local merchants won't even hang up a poster for your show, much less buy an ad in your program. We were started by a grant and usually only manage to pay our bills because of the few private donations that we can

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find. It's pretty grim . The Vigilante Players went to year­round per forming two years ago, and with a ll their shows, all four members still had to collect unemployment. And these folks get an NEA grant! Their programs are FULL of ads from private donators. Their tickets cost a reasonable amount.

Oddly enough, I have never seen Paul Monaco out

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s tumping th e st r eets of Bozeman , look ing for money to su ppor t h is job. And he still won't. Steve Vick wants to take the money from the Arts Council and give it to (guess what?) schools. I won­der if any of his students have collected a grant or prize for their senior p rojects. I wonder if they let him know just how tough it is to be a real artist in this town.

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Scholarship: Generosity provides solution continued from page 1

year,theoompanypromisedschol- neys. A complaint against the puterCorp.hasofferedpersonal arships to one student in every company already has been filed computers to each of the 51 stu­state and Washington D.C. with the Texas attorney dents. In Texas, Gov. Dolph

Given the assurance of general's office. Briscoe and H-E-B Grocery Co. having the money, many win- Mer reading about the each have pledged to pay the ners chose to attend some of the scholarship screw-up, people $40,000 scholarship guaranteed nation's most expensive schools across the country decided to to Justin Burt, a freshman at institutions whose tuition their help. An Alaska woman gave Notre Dame. Montana recipient parents cannot afford to pay. $1,000 to the winning student Kendra Young is getting help

Adams Vision owner Val from her state. A Hawaii busi- from her school, Grinnell Col­Adams, who has been convicted nessman gave $1,300 to another lege in Iowa, which has contrib­in the past of writing bad winner who attends the same uteda$7,500granttowardthis checks,isquicktopointoutthat college the man's daughter year's expenses and hopes to no application fees were ever re- graduated from posthwnously. provide additional money over quired from students or their A woman who lives near Duke the next few years. parents - a claim that has been University in North Carolina Despitethegift.s,manystu­confirmed. But that hasn't has offered housing to yet an- dents say they're not sure they stopped many contest partici- other student winner, and Se- can remain at the schools they've pants from looking for attor- attle-based Microworkz Com- chosen to attend.

Developments: Committee deliberations continue

spoken to everyone on the subcommittee and have received very positive feedback."

The subcommittee also tentatively ap­proved a clause to a bill, which mandates the university to take the lowest bid for construction of the EpiCenter. The partial exemption clause will allow the EpiCenter to accept donations from industry partners for the high tech systems within the build­ing. Without the clause, it is unlikely the technology the EpiCenter is based upon would be possible.

In addition, House Bill 509, which will ensure Montana Associated Students (MAS) have a say in choosing a student rege nt, was passed in committee and passed in the House, 77-23, earlier this week. In the past, the MAS selected a can­didate and submitted the nominal.ion to

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Gov. Mark Raci cot. Racicot would then appoint whomever MAS nominated. The bill will mandate that MAS select at least three candidates for student regent. The bill was requested by Racicot to ensure that MAS will continue to have input after he is no longer in office as well as present more candidates for him to choose from.

"The reason he (Racicot) requested it was because he wanted more than one nomination," said Ankeny. "Also, our gov­ernor wanted to make sure we have a say by codifying the precedence that has al­ready been set."

According to Ankeny, in the past the governor chose whichever candidate was nominated. The bill will help MAS and the governor because of the difficulty in choos­ing just one candidate.

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Tuesday, February 23 / 1999

·lo Guthrie delights crowd at Gallatin Gateway ,[ f E TOlv\RSKI

la11agi11g f.ditor

lk legend Ario Guthrie d and delighted a crowd hursday night at the Gateway Inn. thrie brought with him treasure of stories to

ent his performance of s that made him fa-

1 between songs he had nee laughing about his ces. such as at tending Billings and falling off at Woodstock

essed in black and a ponytail to harness hite hair, Guthrie told

e day his first album rded, when he ran over ·end's house and excit-

him that the album '·"I know, man:' said his got it," and he held up

The Beatles"'Sergeant l Lonely Heart's Club hi ch had been released

verything after that s passe. even the stuff

; recorded that day," he

was as anmsing as it was mov­ing. Songs like "Motorcycle Song" were performed in the same set as the somber "1913 massacre," which is the story of a group of union workers and their families who were burned to death by hired thugs at a Christmas party.

Many of the songs in­voked the spirit of his social activist father, Woody Guthrie, who spent his career singing for and about less-fortunate folks -migrant workers, dust bowl refugees and labor activists. Guthrie cited his father's phi­losophy that ·'In order to make the world better for everybody, it's gonna take evel}·body. There are no throw-away people."

Keeping it in the family, Guthrie was joined by his daughterSarah, whose graceful, if timid guitar playing was coupled with a beautiful voice and an obvious adoration of her father.

Despite shout.ed requests to play"Alice's Restaurant," Guthrie only teased the audience by start­ing to play it then abruptly stop­ping to launch into a story about his experiences performing the

P11011111\ Sw Lrn,\iHn Folk singer Ario Guthrie plays to crowd of 300 at the Gallatin Gateway Inn last Thursday. In addition to his famous songs, Guthrie provided charming anecdotes to further entertain the crowd.

legendary 18-minute-longsong. was greeted with a enthusias- lobby, signing autographs and Guthrie ended the concert tic a pp la use and a standing ova- chatting with the locals.

with an inspiring rendition of tion. "I love this place," the el-his father's most famous song, After the show, both of the der Guthrie said. "It's one of my ''This Land is Your Land," which Guthrie's hung around in the favorite places to hang out."

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ndlebox makes mark on Bozeman Black comedians perform at SUB SANDERSON

day night at the Cats probably the only place an were multiple sets

were autographed. The was also the only place

"our skinny guys with es and long hair belt.ed

music that made the dlebox a success a few

· tting the stage a little af­p. m., Candlebox was 'Ya surging crowd ready

1. With the first cord, vacat.ed the bar area and

the dance floor. By the ~ music was over; not a the dance floor was left

ed from perspiration. =ts too hot in this club,"

ly acquired Candlebox yer Rob Redick just af-

3how. ''I love playing in kd., I'm nuts, but Pm just t1 guy who doesn't drink

"ck feels that rock mu-11in coming in vogue. ''Its d that 1998 was the year :i, but then it came back," 'With a lot of new bands, again." ~d guitarist Peter Klett ne time at lhe end of the leave his mark in ink,

'Owd. "(Bozeman) is very Jle, especially when Pm ·boobs," Klett said. andlebox's opening act,

Candlebox lead guitarist, Peter Klett, hammers out a riff.

the band Goodness, has been who fuels the music industry. traveling with Candleboxfortwo "Fans are the ones that change months. Carrie Akre, lead singer everything," Akre said. "Bring and lead guitarist, thinks "rock is back rock. Some have no vision, about energy. There is something no spine. Rock is coming back." about great guitar rock that sets Judging by the per person you free." sweat loss at the Cats Paw; rock

Akre li:-.iPnH to everything music is still more than able lo from Lauren I !ill lo~jork,knows fuel a crowd.

Bv DAN TYLER

Exponent Writer

On the 30th stop of their nationwide tour, stand­up comics Bo P and Shawn C, churned out their brand of "black" humor at the SUB Fri­day night in honor of Black History Month.

If it weren't for that darned Warner Brothers Net­wor k, maybe some of their comedy would even

has lost its rather juvenile charm.

The subject matter re­lied on the same old stand-by's - girlfriends, television com­mercials, OJ Simpson and growing up black and poor in the South.

Additionally, Bo P in­corporated in his act some pretty disgusting humor which basically just ridiculed handicapped people. It was

sick and in­s ensi ti ve.

have been funny. Un­fortunately, however, one of the definitions of humor comes from the innate

The subject matter relied on the same old stand­

by's- girlfriends, television commercials,

OJ Simpson and growing up black and poor in the

South.

Even though the term "po­litically cor­rect" has be­come old and tired, some things don't need to be

reaction to something surpris­ing, ironic or unwarranted which may elicit laughter, de­light or amusement. No part of their routines hadn't been done before, often a thousand times over. Ever heard of Ri­chard Pryor, Eddie Murphy or Martin Lawrence? At least those comics either quit while they were ahead or moved on to some new material. There is a lesson lo be learned here.

For the low-brow crowd, gratuitous spouting of words ht>ginning with "F" and "Sh" might be funny in a Beavi" an<l Butihead sort of way hut f"nr the rest of us, it

mocked and deserve a certain amount of re­spect. Such miserable attempts at humor hardly did honor to ei­ther black culture or black his­tory.

The guy behind me loved the show and laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed. But then again, he came in laugh­ing and after awhile, you got the feeling that he didn't go out much. As for me, I'll save my laughs for the next line up of comedians and pray lhaL not only will we hear somelhing that is both origi­nal and tasteful, but actually funny.

6 Tuesday, February 23, 1999 Exponent

SUB Theater s"vings and sways with a 'Voyage Through Dan BY D1\N TYLER

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Ballet, swing, tap and hip-hop all came to­gether Saturday night to celebrate dance in all its forms at the "Voyage Through Dance'' perfor­mance at the SUB with overall crowd-pleasing, graceful performances. The two-hour production weaved its way through 16 routines, several of which glowed with rhythm and fun and a few left the audience shaking their heads.

Kudos to Pepper Parke and her tremendous choreographic skill coupled with the grace and talent of her dancers. The opening performance titled "Breath," with music by the industrial/techno band Prodigy, was exciting and intense as the dancers opened the show in an eerie swirl of greenish light and swaying arms and legs.

Similarly, Parke and espe­cially one of her dancers, Kirsten Berger, led other dancers through several more fun and fast-paced routines that were vaguely reminiscent of the Fly Girls' numbers from the late '80's show "In Living Color." The only fault to be found, which occurred throughout the program, fell on the inabil­ity of the SUB Theater's sound system to truly blast out the music on which so much of the depth of the routines relied.

Laurel and Taryn Eaton also put together sev­eral amazing tap routines which were executed nearly flawless with spirit, pride and a sense of childlike de­light. In particular, just be­fore the end of the show, the duo performed a clogging duet that astounded the eye and tickled the ears.

The grand finale, "Charleston," directed by MSU's Rozan Pitcher, was a

P11orn R) ·Rt.. Tap Cats. Laurel and Taryn Eaton performed in "AVoyage through Dance from Ballet to Swing last w The show was presented by the MSU Dance Company.

fantastic finish to a show of lier in the program. ups and downs, especially in The finale literally light of other routines cha- sparkled as 10 ladies and a reographed by Pitcher ear- single gentleman recalled the

roaring twenties. F l: and juke joints in a d: array of well-practiced flashed across the sta

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With more than their fair share of turn­overs in the first half, the Montana State Bob­cats dug themselves into a huge hole against the Weber State Wildcats and could not put to­gether enough of a comeback to win the game, falling to the Wildcats 79-68 in Big Sky Con­ference action on Saturday.

The Bobcats came out of the gate cold and watched Weber State open up leads of 22-10 and 37-20 before building up a 20-point half­time lead.

In the first half, Mon­tana State was plagued by

played very hard," Lawson said. "Things were going vpry well for us."

"That is one of the better first halves we have had," said Ron Abegglen. "We were the ag­gressors in the first half."

The Bobcats had a tough time getting any­thing going in the first half, putting only 28 points on the board, led by sophomore John Lazosky with seven.

"We just didn't come to play," said senior Mike Henry. "We just couldn't do anything right."

Fortunately for the Bobcats, and the ma­jority of fans that did stick around to see the

second half, things changed during the second half, but

17 turnovers compared to the ball-control offense of the Wildcats that only com­mitted one.

"I was surprised to see anybody left in the stands when we came out for the

second half, I wouldn't have stayed to see a

game like that."

unfortunately for Montana State, it was too little, too late to pull out a win.

"We got together (at halftime) and decided to come out and play as hard as we cou Id," Henry said.

Montana State

"Our point guards played terrible in the first half," said Montana State head coach Mick Durham. "I was surprised to see any­body left in the stands when we came out for the second

-Montana State head Coach started out the second half with one of their few runs

half, I wouldn't have stayed to see a game like that."

Weber State started the run early in the game, led by guards Eddie Gill and Marc Lawson who combined for 27 of the Wildcats' 48 points in the first half.

"We were really focused, we came out and

Mick Durham of the game when they used the first eight minutes of the half to cut the lead to

10, and then cut it down to four on a Danny Sprinkle three pointer with just over six min­utes to play.

See 'Cats page 9

3U shows well at first ever Bobcat Classic tournament o the Expone/l/

he Montana State Uni­. women's tennis team d two matches on Fri­

d two more on Sunday e inaugural Bobcat :i's Tennis Invitational lMSU Tennis Center. •n Friday the Bobcats ld intra-state

ontana, 5-3,

Drummond claimed victory at been putting us over the edge," No. 2 doubles with an 8-2 win said MSU women's coach over Jessica Redding and Kylie Wagner.

The Lady Griz captured the top two singles matches with Reddingand Canuso both posting victories. However, the middle of the Montana State

Heidi Tate. "The number two doubles team of Ritsco and Drummond really stepped up for us. They had a very impres­sive two matches. We're very happy to have beaten Mon­tana, even without our num­

singles line-up proved to be too ber one singles player in the line-up. Everyone has moved up a position

defeating the sity of Denver, arher in the

We put ourselves in a great position and we have our sights set on the top seed

at the conference tournament.

and is getting the job done."

Earlier in the day, Montana State

lontana State d the match

I t Montana in s action, with 1mber one tandem of

Bakke and Sharon d defeating Montana's muso and Molly Sand-7. The Bobcats duo of ~ Ritsco and Rachel

posted a 5-3 win over -Montana State Tennis coach Heidi Tate DU. Again, MSU

strong as Ritsco, Cleland and Elizabeth Lowrance gave the Bobcats a 3-2 advantage head­ing into doubles.

"Our doubles play has been outstanding and has

dropped the first two singles matches, be­

fore Ritsco, Cleland, Lowrance and the first and second doubles teams all posted vic­tories.

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onf erence title hopes dashed by Lady Wildcats o the Expo11e111

he Montana State Uni­,; women's basketball i ommitted 34 turnovers

;e to a 67-40 setback to 111State University Satur­t~ht.

leber State (11-13, 10-4) t}::l out to an early 16-0 1.efore MSU scored their tsket on a Kelly Martin

free throw at the 14:23 mark. The Wildcats built a 20-6 mar­gin with 6:28 remaining in the first half, before Montana State (16-8, 10-4) went on an 8-3 run to go into intermission, trailing 23-14.

"Weber State came out like gangbusters, and we didn't respond," said MSU head coach Tracey Sheehan. ''They were in their realm, and we couldn't

make a basket." In the second stanza, WSU

wentona 15-4run to open the half, building a 38-18 advantage at the 14:48 mark on a layup by Meghan Geddes. The Wildcats took their largest lead of the game at 65-34 with 2: 16 remaining on a Shelley Olson free throw.

"Obviously, we didn't take care of the ball and they were in control the whole way," Sheehan

said. ''We're struggling and we need to find out what's going wrong. We'll need to look within ourselves and respond to the challenge."

The Lady 'Cats were led in scoring by Tennyson Ballek with 12 points and nine re­bounds. For the game, MSU shot 37 percent from the field, but were an icy 29 percent in the first-half.

VVeber State was guided by Geddes with 16 points and Shelley Olson with 12 points, including a three-of-four night. from beyond the three-point arc.

MSU, who has clinched a Big Sky Conference tournament berth, will play at Eastern Washington University on Thursday and Po1-tland State on Saturday to close out the regu­lar season.

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Tennis: MSU shows well at inaugural tournament Co11fi1111ed fro111 pnge 7

Jump for joy In other action in the

opening round of the invita­tional, the Air Force Academy defeated Montana 5-3, win­ning the third, fourth, fifth and sixth singles matches and the third doubles match. The late match between Air Force and Idaho State was canceled due to time restraints.

On Sunday, the Bobcats swept two matches in the fi­nal day of play at the tourna­ment. MSU defeated Big Sky Conference nval Idaho State, 5-4, before downing l\1SU-Bill­ings, 7-2, in the night cap.

"I was very pleased with our play over the entire week­end." said Tate. "\Ve proved that we're the top team in the Big Sky Conference .!\fountain

Region. We put ourselves in a great position and we have our sights set on the top seed at the conference tournament.''

The Bobcats opened the day with a 5-4 win over Idaho State. The two teams split singles play, wilh MSU win­ning at the fiirst, fourth and fifth. Montana State's num­ber-one doubles team of Bakke and Cleland downed Idaho State's Trene Kakulia and Jennie Vasterling. 8-4, while the match was clinched at number three doubles with Lowrance and Heidi Dayhuff posting a 9-7 victory over the Bengals.

Against MSU-Billings. the Bobcats claimed the first four singles spots. before the

Yellowjackets received victo­ries from Jennifer Rodriguez at No. 5 and Bozeman native Breeanne Rust at number sl.x. MSU went on to claim all three doubles matches.

The Bobcat women enter the tough part of their sched­ule as they travel to the Uni­versity of Texas-San Antonio tournament next weekend, where they'll face top-50 cali­ber teams.

"\Ve play some tough op­ponents in the next month. starting this weekend in Texas," Tate said. ''We'll need some players to step up to the challenge. I think this will be good preparation as we head towards the conference tour­nament.''

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MSU Basketball: The Lady 'Cats will be on the road to play Eastern Washington.

The 'Cats will be at home to play Eastern Washington. Saturday

MSU Basketball : The Lady 'Cats will be on the road to play Portland State.

The 'Cats will be at home to play Portland State.

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Sprinkle's three pointer and a quick time-out by the Wild­cats.

Weber State used the next four minutes of the game to go on a 9-3 run to put them­selves back up by ten again.

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The loss drops the Bob­cats to 13-12 for the season and 7-7 in the Big Sky.

Weber State, with the win, raises their record to 11-3 in the Big Sky and can wrap up their first Big Sky title since 1994-95.

The Bobcats will be at home this weekend to play

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"At least we aren't fight­ing to get in (to the tourna­ment)," Durham said. "But we have some things to get done this week."

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National Eating Disorder Weeli raises weighty issue BY JENNIFl'R GEISER

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Do you ever find your­self chronically dieting, weighing yourself exces­sively, losing or gaining ab­normal amounts of weight, fasting, purging, exercising excessively, eliminating most fat from your diet or using medication to alter your weight?

These are all symp­toms of eating d i so rder s. Not ever yone wi t h these symptoms develops an eat­ing disorder b u t they may be an indicator of pr oblems surrounding food.

Society has commer­cialized the cult of thinness, placing a strong emphasis on appearance. A $40 billion diet industry portrays beauty as being unrealisti­cally thin, causing many people to be dissatisfied with their normal weight (52 percent of females be­lieve they are overweight by

at least five pounds) . People begin obsessing on food, weight and body im­age, which may lead to some form of an eating disorder, depres-

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Eating disorders have body temperature.

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Eating disor­ders are frequent in our society and are probably un­der-reported due to t h eir co n nec-t ion w i t h secre-tiveness and sh ame.

So why do people develop an eating disorder? Eating disorders are often trig­gered by things like: teasing about appearance, past physical, sexual

* A recent survey of MSU freshman women found about 30% exhibiting some signs of an eating disorder

* 90-95% of diagnosed cases are female

*The mortality rate of per­sons with an eating disorder is a s high as 22% (the highest r a t e of any psychiatric illness)

The term eating disorder is somewhat mis­leading as it im-plies that the es­sence of the prob­lem is disorder ed eating and that the solution is to learn to eat nor­mally again. Typi­ca lly, patients may have underly­ing issues (83% of eating disorder cases met the cri­teria for mood dis­orders). This is one reason it is difficult for some­one with an eating disorder to get help; they often do or mental abuse,

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