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Former ASUM president to lobby for UM in Helena
According to Dustin Leftridge, there’s at least one thing people learned about him during his term as ASUM president last year: “I look good in spandex,”
he said.
At a fashion show organized by Students for Economic and Social Justice last February, Leftridge strutted across a runway in the UC clad in purple spandex pants and green underwear.
It’s an ensemble he probably won’t be wearing to his new job.
Leftridge, 23, will be the official student intern lobbying for the University of Montana in Helena during the 2009 legislative session, which begins Jan. 5.
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Opinion
Editorial: “Quantum of Solace” doesn’t deserve a place in the 007 pantheon
James Bond hasn’t survived 23 films over half a century because he has a license to kill. Car chases, brutal hand-to-hand combat scenes and exotic settings aren’t what keep the world watching. Any high-octane “XXX”-type movie can dish out that gruel.
Bond survives by his high-class British charm, cheeky humor and slyness with the ladies. It’s all about the clever dialogue. The man has become a franchise—the second most lucrative behind Star Wars—but the franchise is, in the end, just a man. People are watching him, not the explosions, the cars or the women. Whoever the actor may be—if it’s Sean Connery, Roger Moore or Pierce Brosnan—people go to see Bond. James Bond. Men compare themselves to him and women imagine themselves with him.
But Bond was MIA in the latest edition, “Quantum of Solace.”
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Sports
Around the Big Sky
Following a dull week in the Big Sky Conference that saw conference-leader Weber State idle and second-place Montana notch a lackluster 29–10 win over winless Idaho State, the final of the regular season promises to be much more eventful.
Sacramento State could clinch its first winning season since 2000. Idaho State still searches for its first win. Eastern Washington can influence history, as an Eagle win against Weber State could help Montana share the Big Sky Conference Championship for a record eleventh straight season. And there is the 108th “Brawl of the Wild” pitting Montana against Montana State in a game that the Griz need to win to do their part in extending the streak against a red-hot Bobcat team that could bolster its playoff resume with its first win against Montana in three years.
Eastern Washington (4–3, 6–5) at No. 8 Weber State (7–0, 9–2)
After a week off, Weber State closes out its season with a chance to clinch the first outright BSC title in program history if they can beat a surging Eagle squad that dominated the second half in a 28–13 victory last week against Northern Arizona.
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Arts
Ballerinas and modern dancers portray current issues
Chances are, you’ve never seen trained dancers, clad in flamboyant housedresses, impersonating animals. But if this boisterous and awkwardly–funny scene is something you’re interested in, you probably want to attend the Drama/Dance Department’s annual Fall Dance Showcase.
The showcase features 17 original dances choreographed and performed by UM students and faculty, including this Animal Planet-inspired dance entitled “The Dingo Wants More Lollies.” UM dance professor Michele Antonioli, one of the showcase producers, says the dance, which was choreographed by senior dance major Ashley Griffith, offers viewers a hilarious chance to forget about their problems.
“It’s wonderfully lighthearted, whimsical and clever,” Antonioli said. “It’s really absurd humor. Everyone’s talking about the recession and crisis, but I think a little absurdity just helps you let go.”
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Outdoors
Economic hardships force Filipinos into city slums
In the Manila garbage dump known as Smokey Mountain, children delve into freshly-dumped piles of refuse, hoping to scavenge enough to get their families through another day in the Philippines.
These children in Tondo, a notoriously poor Manila neighborhood, do not have time to play.
As the competitive advantages of small-time agriculture have dwindled, rural Filipinos have been forced to the city in search of new livelihoods. According to the BBC, two million people live in Manila’s slums and this number continues to grow.
The Philippines is the world’s 14th most-populated country and sits in the belly of Southeast Asia. From 1898 with the end of the Spanish-American War until 1946 when Japan invaded during the Second World War, the Philippines was under U.S. control.
Traces of this colonial past are still evident in the Philippines’ robust guest-worker program. According to the Miami Herald, Filipino workers abroad are expected to send home $15.7 billion this year — making many Filipino families dependent on the greater world’s economy.
With this summer’s spike in grain prices and the recent economic shakeup, conditions in slums like Tondo will continue to worsen.
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