Archive for the ‘UM Student Journalism’ Category
Living Laboratory: State Arboretum at the University of Montana
On April 4, 1991, the Montana legislature and the Board of Regents designated the arboretum at the University of Montana. Today, three stories of plants reach to the ceiling of the University Center.... more
Tyler Hobbs: Life After Griz Football
By PATRICK RECORD - Former starting defensive tackle and team captain Tyler Hobbs looks back on his years as a Montana Griz football player.... more
Missoula Marijuana Prosecutions Resume, Despite ‘Lowest Priority’ Initiative 2
By DANIEL VIEHLAND - Two months ago, the Missoula County Attorney's office decided to resume prosecuting misdemeanor marijuana offenses. Daniel Viehland examines the impact.... more
Multimedia Feature: Sewing Ministry a Labor of Love, Support, Fabric, and Yarn
By RACHEL A. SEIDENSTICKER - The Martha Sewing Ministry is more than just a charity - it's an outlet for members of Christ the King Church to celebrate, mourn, laugh, cry, and commune with one another. ... more
Missoula St. Pat’s Life Flight Program: We Will Find You
By RUSSELL GREENFIELD - St. Patrick Hospital’s Life Flight paramedics, nurses, and pilots often find themselves in remote corners of Montana. Russell Greenfield takes a look behind the scenes of this elite pr... more
It’s a Funny Thing: Missoula a Starting Point for League of Talented Comedians
By TOR HAUGAN - While Missoula's comedy scene may lack the scale of a larger city's, the Garden City circuit has served as a starting point for a growing group of successful comedians.... more
A Salute to Our Troops: The Remembrance Day Roll Call Ceremony
A group of UM Journalism students filed this multimedia piece about the Remembrance Day Nation Roll Call Ceremony at Montana State University on November 11, 2011.... more
A Salute to Our Troops: Photos of Veterans’ Day Events in Montana
A photo gallery of moments from Veterans' Day ceremonies across Western Montana.... more
Snowbowl Set to Expand, Make Public Freestyle Terrain Park
By BILLIE LOEWEN - Montana Snowbowl ski area is preparing to expand their terrain park to bring freestyle skiing in western Montana to new heights.... more
A Salute to Our Troops: The Fallen Soldier Memorial at the University of Montana
By PATRICK RECORD Last Friday, as the rain began to turn to snow, I stood and watched as a handful of Montana’s military men and women revealed the new Fallen Soldier Memorial at the University of Montana.... more
Are Montana’s Rural Post Offices Expendable?
By KELLYN BROWN. The Postal Service wants to close the doors of many of its rural post offices, if it does, few places will be impacted as much as Montana. On the list released in July of 3,753 post office bran... more
A Marriage of Music: Successful Jazz and Pop Artists Make Missoula Studio Work
By RACHEL A. SEIDENSTICKER - After recording seven jazz CDs and headlining clubs in Chicago, appearing on ABC’s “The Commish,” and performing, acting, and modeling across the world, Eden Atwood found hers... more
Bluegrass Music Growing Missoula Roots
By ALANYA CHERKIS - Last month, Missoula hosted its first ZooGrass festival at the Top Hat lounge downtown. Live bluegrass has recently taken hold of the music scene in Missoula, with its upbeat energy, foot-st... more
Nothing in Common?
By KELLYN BROWN. Like I was saying...Don’t compare the Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street protesters. Don’t do it. They are nothing alike. That’s what I’m told, although the effort of one to distance itse... more
Multimedia Feature: California Street Tag Wall Becomes Home to Missoula Graffiti Artists
By ANNELA ROVA and BILLIE LOEWEN - When Missoula business owner and artist Dan Tabish posted a sign on the gigantic wall surrounding his property, he created the only space in the city free and open to graffiti... more
Out in Missoula: An Open, Visible, and Generally Accepted LGBT Community
By TOR HAUGAN, UM Student Journalist. In the early ‘80s, people would drive from Helena to Missoula to hang out with the gay bartender at AmVets, Missoula’s now-defunct bar claimed by the LGBT community. Th... more
Urban Bees in Missoula: Neighbors Against Neighbors While Drafting New Rules
By DANIEL VIEHLAND. UM student and citizen journalist Daniel Viehland reports on the conflict between an urban beekeeper and his neighbors in Missoula. Will it prompt changes to local beekeeping laws?... more
Black Bear Hit on I-90 Leaves Orphaned Cubs
By PAUL QUENEAU. Driving my sons to school Monday morning along I-90, a driver in front of me suddenly pulled off on the shoulder between East Missoula and the Van Buren exit. Then I saw the reason: A good siz... more