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Posted on October 31, 2007
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I’ve been to see this art exhibit twice now. It’s mesmerizing. You walk in and are suddenly transported. Baffled. Soothed.
Beach-grass fronds hang from the ceiling by the hundreds, and fans click on and gently spin, imitating sea breezes.
The world outside drops away, and you’re in some strange alter-landscape — oceanic, yet mechanical.
“Tides: Everglade” is a multimedia installation by artist Jarod Charzewski, assistant professor of art at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. There’s still time to drop by and see it — it’s in the UM Gallery of Visual Arts, Social Science Building, through Friday, Nov. 9.
Posted on October 30, 2007
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Sometimes good things come from bad things. The UM campus has been torn up with construction for the last six months. Steam tunnels that snake under the campus and bring heat to all the buildings – put in place about 100 years ago – were in major need of repair and so the project began last spring.
The north side of campus went under the knife first, my side of campus. When they’re done, which looks to be relatively soon, they’ll move to the south side and torment the faculty, staff and students trying to reach buildings there.
Accessing those steam tunnels for construction is neither easy nor pretty. Major routes of traffic – both vehicular and pedestrian – have been blocked off and the ubiquitous orange fences stretched across most usual access points mean there often is only one option for getting from here to there, and it takes a while and usually a few vain attempts to figure out what the option that works.
But what’s the good thing, you may ask? The good thing is that the loss of parking space during the construction has resulted in an almost urban flood of people to mass transit.
I’ve been riding my bike or taking the Park-N-Ride most days and I’m hearing from many other staff members who are making the move. I heard someone in the bus note recently that he came to campus at 7 a.m. and couldn’t find a parking spot.
On one of the first days of the semester, I was amazed when close to 50 people crammed into the Bio Bus Park-N-Ride a little before 9 a.m. There was standing room only. The numbers have fallen off a little since then, which always happens as a semester progresses.
I wait for the Bio Bus outside the Music Building when the day is over and there is a constant stream of buses – Mountain Line, two Park-N-Rides that head south, and mine, which goes to a lot on East Broadway. It feels something like a little city. Which, I guess is what Missoula has become.
It’s heartening to see that many people are reducing their carbon footprints. Sometimes good things come from bad things.
Posted on October 23, 2007
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Many big names have spoken at UM this fall, including U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Edwards and the country’s comptroller general, David Walker. A few weeks ago presidential candidate John Edwards was here, then the legendary Warren Miller of ski movie fame and the founder of ESPN, Stuart Evey.
Of the bunch, I suppose I was most eager to see James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and a scientist who has been a leader in climatology research for decades. He was at UM Monday and spoke to overflow crowds in a faculty-student seminar in the afternoon and a President’s Lecture in the evening.
I became aware of his and other scientists’ work in identifying chlorofluorocarbons as the main culprits behind the slow undoing of the ozone layer at the Earth’s poles in the 1980s. People listened to them then. Alternatives were found to CFCs and today the ozone layer is slowly repairing itself.
The stakes of climate change are higher now and CO2 is a more difficult challenge, but Hansen is calling for the same kind of action. Coal is his main target and in the afternoon seminar he readily gave a plug to a student group planning a demonstration against coal-fired power plants.
We can’t afford to build any more coal plants that don’t sequester the CO2 and we should try to wean ourselves off coal entirely by 2050, he said.
In the afternoon seminar Hansen showed how climate modeling, although not entirely dependable because “you never know if you have all the physics in a model,” is showing similar scenarios to what has been found in samples taken from ice cores. The ice cores are actual snapshots of Earth history and as such are more reliable.
So, as UM’s Steve Running tells us, there is not a lot of time to sit around and wonder what to do about this. Hansen sees the next 10 years as crucial. He talks a bit about the “tipping point” – when it will be next to impossible to reverse the damage. “It will be a very different planet if we continue business as usual,” he said.
An increase in global temperature of 3 degrees Fahrenheit could be catastrophic in terms of sea level rise. The warmest interglacial periods were about 2 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than today and sea level was as much as 16 feet higher. If the planet warmed by 5 degrees Fahrenheit, sea level could rise by 400 feet, displacing millions of people, to say nothing of other species.
Solutions: phasing out of fossil fuels over a period of years and development of energy sources that don’t generate carbon dioxide, conservation of energy in homes, cars and industries, more forestation to hold carbon in the soil. It would seem these ideas could be implemented. Cost is a factor, but, if we believe our scientists, costs will be much higher and the results devastating to our environment and our economic system if we don’t address the issue soon – and with meaningful measures.
Hansen is taking his message to the public in much the same way that Walker is taking his talk about the United States’ financial mess to the masses (see blog post of Oct. 16). Neither are confident that their message will get results simply by addressing the powers that be. It is interesting to see appeals to the grassroots from some of our most informed leaders. Something is broken, it seems, because experts are going past elected officials to appeal directly to the people in the hopes they will pressure their representatives to address serious problems we face today.
Hansen is no rookie to this business. In early 2006 he was told by the Bush administration to keep a lid on his missives to the public regarding the dangers of global warming. His reply was to give a full airing to their directives and his response, which quoted a phrase from NASA’s mission statement: “to understand and protect our home planet.”
Six months later he wrote an article for the New York Times Review of Books and briefly reviewed three books on climate change while providing a very readable scientific explanation of what’s happening.
We’re been hearing about global warming a lot lately. When I hear it from Jim Hansen, I believe it.
Posted on October 16, 2007
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Americans tend to be spenders, not savers, and it seems the country has gone the same way as of late. The top finance man in the country was at UM last week to tell anyone who would listen that our national checkbook is way out of whack.
David Walker, comptroller general of the United States, was on campus to deliver the second installment of UM’s Presidential Lecture Series. He also spoke to a smaller group in the Gallagher Business Building.
Today’s deficits are not the problem, Walker said. The war in Iraq is not the problem. The problem is where we’re headed economically. “We’re heading for a tsunami of spending,” Walker said.
Much like UM forestry Professor Steve Running is doing with the issue of global warming, Walker is sounding the alarm for the country’s economic stability.
The U.S. Congress today has much less power over the national budget than it did 40 years ago, he said. In 1966, 67 percent of the budget was discretionary spending; today it is about 38 percent. The remaining 62 percent is for programs that automatically increase every year.
Without reform, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are growing so fast that by 2040, they will absorb most of the projected budget.
Walker said the fastest growing cost for the government is interest on our national debt. And, by the way, get used to being trillions of dollars in debt. Billions is now passé. In fact, our total fiscal burden amounts to about $411,000 per household.
Before the tax decreases engineered by the current Bush Administration, the feds were taxing at 20.4 percent of the economy; today they’re taxing at 18.4 percent.
Reforming Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid is a must, Walker said, and there’s no doubt that there will be a need for increased revenue.
Reforming Social Security won’t be a problem, as he sees it. Where it will get tough is in reforming Medicare and Medicaid and dealing with spiraling health costs.
He said the tsunami will begin to build in January 2008 when the baby boomers start to retire. We’ve heard much of this before, but are we listening?
That’s what frustrates Walker. It’s difficult to interest politicians in making financial bad news a part of their platforms. James Carville’s “It’s the economy, stupid” might have worked for Bill Clinton in his first campaign, but he was talking about jobs and the spending that would flow from those jobs.
Talking about cutting back and sacrifices needed from all Americans just isn’t sexy. I don’t think you’ll be hearing, “It’s the financial tsunami, stupid” in the next presidential election.
So Walker is taking his show on the road, talking to groups wherever he can. You can view many of the statistics he’s using by going to http://www.gao.gov and clicking on the Fiscal Wake-up Tour.
Walker wants Americans to know we are bankrupting the future of our children and grandchildren. Will we wake up before the wave hits?
Posted on October 9, 2007
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Warren Miller was on campus last Friday afternoon and there was no way I was going to be a half block away from the man and not slide over to the University Theatre to see the face and body that go with that voice.
As someone who has gotten into skiing relatively late in life, I’ve the passion of a new convert. Watching a Warren Miller ski film is mesmerizing, awe-inspiring and frightening. More fearsome, it typically produces a jonesing sensation that’s hard to get rid of. I’d watched a few Miller films over the previous weekend and, to guess from the looks of the crowd, many of them had done the same.
I’d put the average age of the 600 to 700 people in the theatre at about 26 and most looked to be ready to rumble. The few people more my age also looked like skiers. The change in the weather had made us all ready for some white stuff and Uncle Warren’s appearance in Missoula was like Moses morphing out of the mountain, clutching a snowboard to his chest.
Oh yeah, Stuart Evey, a very nice man who started ESPN, also was there.
Waiting for it all to begin, I saw a man walk down the aisle next to me to the front of the theatre. He had slightly bowed legs with a bit of a wobble. He was wearing jeans and sneakers. It was Miller. It seemed right. I couldn’t imagine him in a suit and tie. I thought, I bet he’s still elegant on skis.
Evey and Miller had received Lewis and Clark Pioneer in Industry Awards from UM the night before. They were introduced as being responsible for more adrenaline rushes than any other two people on the planet. Miller was referred to as the father of extreme sports. Oh yeah …..
Evey spoke first. He talked about the origin of ESPN, how Getty Oil put up the first $10 million and how many people thought it was a crazy idea at the time. No doubt it was.
I was waiting to hear that voice. And it didn’t disappoint. Light and clear, young, challenging, irreverent, coming from a man with a singular take on the world and what you can do in it.
Miller talked about the early years, when he bought a 16-millimeter camera with loans from friends and drove from town to town, renting halls to show his films. It took him three years to pay off the camera. He did one-night stands for 40 years. It was fifteen years before he hired a cameraman and 17 years before he hired an editor.
He talked about renting a hall in Sun Valley one year and thought he’d have a big crowd because he knew a lot of people there, but only six people showed up. A friend told him that night to pay attention to the people who came and forget about the ones who didn’t.
Today there are more than 500 Warren Miller films out there. He’s also written 11 books and still contributes a column to Ski magazine. He sold his company to his son in the 1990s; a few years later it was acquired by Time-Warner.
He’s working on a book titled something like, How Old Would You Be if You Didn’t Know When You Were Born? Uncle Warren is turning 83 this year, but thinks he’s in mid-life. He said young people will know they’re on the right track if they wake up a half hour before their alarm clocks go off.
He talked about skiing, lamented how expensive it’s become, but then talked about the feeling of making turns in deep powder, going through the trees … “no one has written words that can describe that feeling,” he said.
Amen.
All that was missing was one of his films. On the big screen.
Posted on August 31, 2007
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UM’s fall semester got off to a big start this year when classes began Monday, Aug. 27. There’s so much going on that I have been slow to get back to you!
Hey, want some free ice cream, a chance to meet your neighbors and opportunities to win door prizes and hear live music by JillBillies? The Ice Cream Social to welcome new and returning UM students to campus and to Missoula neighborhoods is Sunday, Sept. 9, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the 400 block of University Avenue. Ice cream will be provided by the Big Dipper, Goldsmiths and Baskin-Robbins.
Here are some campus event highlights during September:
SUPERSTAR ELTON JOHN IN CONCERT SEPT. 28
Of course, you have probably heard by now that Elton John will be at the Adams Center Friday, Sept. 28. His performance, which has no opening act, begins at 8 p.m. It is part of John’s “Rocket Man: Number Ones” tour. Information about getting tickets, which go on sale Sept. 5, is available at GrizTix.
A POLITICAL VISIT TO THE BIG SKY STATE
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards will visit campus Tuesday, Sept. 4. Details about his campus visit will be available as they are finalized.
PRESIDENT’S LECTURE SERIES BEGINS SEPT. 11
The first installment of the 2007-08 President’s Lecture Series at UM will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11. “What is at Stake in Afghanistan?” will be presented by Barnett Rubin, director of studies and senior fellow at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University.
Rubin also will give a seminar titled “The Wars in Afghanistan: The Post-Imperial Transformation of a Regional State System” from 3:10 to 4:30 p.m. that day in Gallagher Business Building Room 123. Both events are free and open to the public.
‘WORLD’S LARGEST GARAGE SALE’ IS SEPT. 15
The semi-annual “World’s Largest Garage Sale” will take place rain or shine from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, in the UM Parking Garage near the Mansfield Library.
REGISTER NOW FOR MOLLI COURSES
Registration is now open for several very exciting Montana Osher Lifelong Learning Institute courses that will be offered in Missoula and at the Daly Mansion in Hamilton during October and November. Courses are open to people 55 and older. Course descriptions and registration information are available on the MOLLI Web site.
UM HOMECOMING IS THIS MONTH
UM’s 2007 Homecoming is Sept. 28 and 29. Events start with the Homecoming Kick-Off Celebration from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, at the Southgate Mall Clock Tower. The events includes prizes and giveaways, so don’t miss the chance to win and to celebrate with the University’s dance team and the UM’s mascot, Monte.
Homecoming highlights:
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26: Yell Night Pep Rally. Includes Singing on the Steps, Lighting of the M and fireworks. (This event is usually held on a Friday during Homecoming week, but because Elton John will be performing Sept. 28, it has been moved to Wednesday this year.)
5-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27: Homecoming Buffet at the Food Zoo, located in the Lommasson Center. Cost: $8.25. Public welcome.
5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, University Center Ballroom: Reception and ceremony to honor 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award winners Shane Bishop, Paul Caine and Harley Lewis. Public welcome.
9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, Holiday Inn Parkside: All Alumni Social and Dance. Public welcome.
10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29: UM’s Homecoming Parade starts in downtown Missoula.
11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29: Alumni Tailgate Party in the Riverbowl area near Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Look for the UMAA balloon.
1:05 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29: the Grizzlies take on Weber State in UM’s Homecoming football game.
The Homecoming Art Fair also will be in the University Center Atrium Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 28, 29 and 30. Hours Friday and Saturday are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ART AND DRAMA
Two photography exhibits, “Traces: Montana’s Frontier Re-visited” and “Mike Catlin, Butte: The 1970s” are now at the Montana Museum of Art & Culture. These exhibits will be at the museum through Saturday, Oct. 20.
The UM Faculty Art Exhibition is at Gallery of Visual Arts through Friday, Sept. 28. The gallery is located on the first floor of the Social Science Building on campus.
“Fankenstein” will be presented Friday and Saturday, Sept. 7 and 8, in the Masquer Theatre of the Performing Arts and Television Center. Performances start at 7:30 each night. The performances are part of the Montana Repertory Theatre’s Educational Outreach Tour.
The UM drama and dance season kicks off Sept. 25-29 with “Boy Gets Girl.” Performances are at 7:30 p.m. in the Masquer Theatre of the Performing Arts and Television Center. The play also runs Oct. 2-6.
WRITERS AND READERS, LISTEN UP!
Don’t forget the Montana Festival of the Book is in Missoula Thursday, Sept. 13, through Saturday, Sept. 15.
There’s always something to do at UM! Check the UM Events Calendar for more events.
To submit your University-related events for the calendar, use the online form or e-mail calendar@mso.umt.edu.
Posted on July 31, 2007
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Hi – Brenda again with important deadline information for student firefighters, some academic events for students and a few events to enjoy during August.
EXTENDED DEADLINES FOR STUDENT FIREFIGHTERS
Registration, financial aid, housing and other deadlines have been extended to Monday, Sept. 17, for UM student firefighters.
Students must call 406-243-6566 by Friday, Aug. 17, to qualify for the extended deadlines. The 24-hour number asks students to provide the following information: name, student identification number and name of the agency with whom they are working.
Need more information? Call 406-243-2412 or e-mail david.micus@umontana.edu.
ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC INFORMATION
UM Week of Welcome and Welcomefest: Tuesday, Aug. 21, through Saturday, Aug. 25.
Fall Orientation at UM: Wednesday, Aug. 22, through Friday, Aug. 24.
Information: 406-243-2332, 800-462-8636, karissa.drye@mso.umt.edu.
UM College of Technology Orientation is Thursday, Aug. 23.
Information: 406-243-7882, cotadmissions@umontana.edu.
UM Residence Halls first official housing day: Saturday, Aug. 25.
Information: 406-243-2611, rtucker@mso.umt.edu.
Academic Convocation: Saturday, Aug. 25 4 p.m., University Theatre.
Information: 406-243-4689, arlene.walker-andrews@umontana.edu.
Fall Student Job Fair: Thursday, Aug. 30, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., University Center Ballroom.
Open to all UM students.
Information: 406-243-5460, valerie.marsh@umontana.edu.
ENCOUNTER SOME GRIZZLIES
Great Griz Encounters will be held Thursday, Aug. 16, (volleyball, soccer, cross country) and Thursday, Aug. 23 (football). They take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Caras Park in conjunction with Downtown Tonight. Meet Grizzly players and coaches and maybe you’ll encounter UM’s mascot, Monte!
CHECK OUT THE FLATHEAD LAKE BIOLOGICAL STATION
An open house will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, at the Flathead Lake Biological Station – nature walks, boat trip demonstrations on the research vessel Jessie B and research project displays.
From 8:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, Aug. 9, a free research symposium will be held in the biological station’s Elrod Lecture Hall.
The events are free and open to the public.
Information: 406-982-3301, flbs@flbs.umt.edu.
GAZE AT THE STARS
Don’t forget that the Blue Mountain Observatory will be holding public observing nights on Fridays, Aug. 10 and 17 and Sept. 7 and 14. Free and open to the public.
Information: 406-243-5179.
UP FOR A LITTLE SHAKESPEARE?
Shakespeare in the Parks will present “Merry Wives” on Tuesday, Aug. 28, and “Heartbreak House” on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Performances begin a 6 p.m. on the UM Oval.
There’s always something to do at UM! Check the UM Events Calendar for more events.
To submit your University-related events for the calendar, use the online form or e-mail calendar@mso.umt.edu.
Posted on June 20, 2007
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Hello, Brenda here. Hope you are all having a wonderful summer! June was pretty quiet on campus, but there are some great events coming up that may be interesting and may provide ideas for things to do with out-of-town guests.
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
This Friday and Saturday, June 22-23, Spectorium of Science will take place on campus. Events feature opportunities for the whole family to roll up their sleeves to create, play and explore with interactive science activities, exhibits and entertainment.
Events begin at 5 p.m. Friday, June 22, on the UM Oval when the public is invited to bring a picnic and enjoy the Yellow Eagle Singers. At 6 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom 24 new hands-on exhibits titled “Making Meaning” and “Magnetism” and other activities and interactive performances will take place. Admission for the 6 p.m. event is $4 per person.
Saturday, June 23, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Making Meaning” and “Magnetism” exhibits continue in the University Center Ballroom. Admission on Saturday is $2 per person.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEATER BUFFS
Missoula Colony 12 will take place from June 23 through July 1 in the PAR/TV Center at UM. It is a gathering of artists in support of the writer’s craft and features master classes and staged readings of plays by professional and emerging playwrights.
All-access buttons are $50 and get you into all Missoula Colony 12 readings, classes and workshops.
Afternoon readings are $5 each. Evening readings are $10 each.
Master classes are $10 each or $20 for all three.
Yoga Viewpoints Workshops are $5 each or $25 for all seven.
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Two new exhibits open at the Montana Museum of Art & Culture at UM Thursday, July 12:
“Yellowstone Engraved: Images that Popularized Jackson, Moran, and America’s First National Park” and “Henry Meloy: The Portraits.” Admission is free. Summer gallery hours: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday.
Bruce Cockburn, internationally known singer/songwriter and member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, in the University Theatre. Tickets are $27 in advance and $29 the day of the show and are available through GrizTix.
SKY-WATCHERS WANTED AT BLUE MOUNTAIN OBSERVATORY
Public observing nights are taking place at the Blue Mountain Observatory. Upcoming events will be held July 13 and 20, Aug. 10 and 17, and Sept. 7 and 14.
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS INSTITUTE
The public is invited to attend the evening events of the Environmental Ethics Institute at UM July 30-Aug. 10. The evening events are free and a complete schedule is online.
ENCOUNTERING GRIZZLIES
Two Great Griz Encounters will be held in August at Caras Park in conjunction with Downtown Tonight events in Missoula.
Meet team players and coaches. Events run from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 16: Volleyball, Soccer, Cross Country.
Thursday, Aug. 23: Football
I’ll be back in August with more events information!
Fall semester classes at UM begin Monday, Aug. 27.
There’s always something to do at UM! Check the UM Events Calendar for more events.
To submit you University-related events for the calendar, use the online form or e-mail calendar@mso.umt.edu.
Posted on April 30, 2007
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The big even this month on campus is UM’s 110th Commencement on Saturday, May 12. Ceremonies will be held at the Adams Center.
The ceremony for the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Technology will begin at 9:30 a.m. UM’s professional schools and colleges will hold a ceremony at 2 p.m. More information about the ceremonies and other events surrounding Commencement is online.
Congratulations graduates!
Spend an Evening on Campus to Celebrate Life
UM’s annual Relay for Life — a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, is 6 p.m. Friday, May 4, to 6 a.m. Saturday, May 5.
The event is an overnight celebration of life dedicated to present and former cancer patients and their families and friends.
Art Viewing Opportunities
Two events on campus this month offer a great opportunity to view art by UM students and by Marilyn Bruya, who is retiring after 25 years teaching art at UM.
Through May 11: Graduate Thesis Exhibitions are at UM’s Gallery of Visual Arts, located on the first floor of the Social Science Building.
“Marilyn Bruya: A Retrospective” is at the Montana Museum of Art & Culture, located in the PAR/TV Center, through June 30.
Dance and Theater
Wednesday, May 2-Saturday, May 5: UM’s Spring Dance Concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Montana Theatre. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $12 for students and seniors and $5 for children 12 and under. Available at the Drama/Dance Box Office in the PAR/TV Center or by calling 406-243-4581. Box office hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Tuesday, May 1-Saturday, May 5: “Big Love,” a production of UM’s Department of Drama/Dance, comes to the stage of the Masquer Theatre in the PAR/TV Center. Tickets are $11 general, $10 students and seniors.
A Few Music Events
Check the UM Events Calendar for more!
Tuesday, May 1, 7:30 p.m.: Honors Convocation and Concert presented by the UM Symphony Orchestra and the Department of Music. Music Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, May 2, 7:30 p.m. UM Symphonic Wind Ensemble. University Theatre. $5 general, $3 students and seniors.
Friday, May 4, 7:30 p.m.: Phil Vassar at Adams Center. $36 floor and lower level, $28 upper level. Tickets at Adams Center Box Office, 406-243-4051.
Saturday, May 19, 8 p.m.: John Prine at the University Theatre. Tickets $47 through GrizTix.
Film Festival
May 12-19: The International Film Festival will be in Missoula. Theme this year is “Crisis, Hope, Vision…Solutions for Planet Earth.”
A Day to Learn about Montana’s Economy
Wednesday, May 9: “Monitoring Montana’s Economy: Analyzing Local Economies through Data” will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Gallagher Business Building. Cost: $40, includes parking, lunch and materials. Register online at the the Bureau of Business and Economic Research.
Summer Session begins at UM May 21.
There’s always something to do at UM! Check the UM Events Calendar for more events.
To submit your University-related events for the calendar, use the online form or e-mail calendar@mso.umt.edu.
Posted on April 17, 2007
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As UM flags fly at half-mast, students can express their sympathy in the University Center by writing notes to members of the Virginia Tech community that will be sent to the reeling school.
Students, staff and faculty are encouraged to sign a banner that reads, “We support you, Virginia Tech,” or attach a personal note. The banner, notes and formal letters from UM administrators will be sent to Virginia Tech this Friday, April 20