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Motion And Rest, Claire M. Tuna

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Motion and Rest is a collection of lyric, experimental, and hybrid poems that feature transit as a recurring trope. The speaker of these poems travels through town on a bicycle, through the sky on a plane flying backwards in time, on a train through the countryside, and, among water aerobicizers, from one end of the pool to the other. Along with physical space, the speaker traverses emotional space, moving through boredom, worry, curiosity, aching, inertia, presence, and play, slowing at times, but avoiding a full stop.

Conveyance is also investigated as it pertains to communications sent and received. The speaker …

Field Of Play, Lauren Ariana Tess

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Sudden Oak Death, Jeffrey William Guay

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

A novel set contemporaneously in rural Montana, Sudden Oak Death follows two protagonists, Wade and his teenage daughter Paige. Each are fighting different addictions, as Wade is in alcoholism recovery, and Paige recently came home from a drug treatment program. In order to succeed, Paige must reintegrate herself into public high school, despite suffering from undiagnosed dyslexia. Wade is raising his family as a single father, and struggles to maintain his emotional stability in the face of his own recovery.

Phoenicians: Stories, Anthony Gregory Cardellini

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Documents From The February 2, 2024 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the February 2, 2024 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Documents From The February 28, 2024 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the February 21, 2024 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Living Among Wildlife: Elevating Human-Wildlife Interactions And Coexistence, Bridget Rebecca Murphy

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

After a semester of learning, both in class and in nature, my writing honed in further on this human-nature divide. To me, I see humans as part of nature – as we are mammals, animals, part of the food chain, biological beings no higher than others on our planet. We have simply constructed this false narrative around us within our societies, minds and media that embeds this division between us and nature, between us and wildlife. Humans have been managing, stewarding, living off and within landscapes for thousands of years. As time and technology evolved, a lot of people began …

Documents From The December 13, 2023 Meeting Of The University Of Montana Staff Senate, University Of Montana--Missoula. Staff Senate

University of Montana Staff Senate Meeting Minutes

Agenda and meeting minutes from the December 13th 2023 meeting of the University of Montana Staff Senate.

Highlights include Secretary election and Presentation by VP for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Zach Rossmiller.

Montana Kaimin, December 7, 2023, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Exploring Underserved Communities’ Perspectives On Wilderness Character In Everglades National Park, Elena R. Thomas, Jaclyn F. Rushing, William L. Rice, Jennifer M. Thomsen, Christopher A. Armatas

Society and Conservation Faculty Publications

Issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion are becoming increasingly important to park and protected area managers. Recently, several Executive Orders have established policies and priorities for steering public lands to better serve the diversity of the US public. Certain groups, compared to the US population at large, are underrepresented as visitors to parks and protected areas in the US, including BIPOC communities (Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color), women, people with disabilities, veterans, people with lower socioeconomic status, and the elderly. This disparity in visitation may be even more pronounced in federally designated wilderness areas. We present a …

A Scoping Literature Review Of Fairness And Equity Engagement In Us River Recreation Allocation Research, Kelsey E. Phillips, William Rice

Society and Conservation Faculty Publications

River recreation in protected areas throughout the United States is increasing at a rapid pace, thus increasing stresses on river environments and the agencies that manage them. River recreation use allocation systems have been implemented, often in the form of permitting systems, to reduce impacts and distribute use among recreationists. However, these allocation systems are typically studied in the context of user preference, manager preference, and economic and policy considerations, thus it remains unclear to what degree these studies have addressed the concepts of equity and fairness within these systems. This scoping literature review explores how research on river permit …

December 2023 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

The Neuronal Calcium Sensor Ncs-1 Regulates The Phosphorylation State And Activity Of The Gα Chaperone And Gef Ric-8a, Daniel Muñoz-Reyes, Levi J. Mcclelland, Sandra Arroyo-Urea, Sonia Sánchez-Yepes, Juan Sabín, Sara Pérez-Suárez, Margarita Menendez, Alicia Mansilla, Javier García-Nafría, Stephen Sprang, Maria Jose Sanchez-Barrena

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The neuronal calcium sensor 1 (NCS-1), an EF-hand Ca binding protein, and Ric-8A coregulate synapse number and probability of neurotransmitter release. Recently, the structures of Ric-8A bound to Gα have revealed how Ric-8A phosphorylation promotes Gα recognition and activity as a chaperone and guanine nucleotide exchange factor. However, the molecular mechanism by which NCS-1 regulates Ric-8A activity and its interaction with Gα subunits is not well understood. Given the interest in the NCS-1/Ric-8A complex as a therapeutic target in nervous system disorders, it is necessary to shed light on this molecular mechanism of action at atomic level. We have reconstituted …

Documents From The November 29, 2023 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the May 7, 2014 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolutions were discussed during the meeting:

SB14-23/24: Resolution Permitting ASUM to Open an Account with the UM Foundation

SB13-23/24: Resolution Amending Article IV Section 7 of the ASUM Bylaws

Montana Kaimin, November 16, 2023, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Documents From The November 15, 2023 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the November 15, 2023 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolutions were discussed during the meeting:

SB12-23/24: Resolution Amending Article IV Section 7 of the ASUM Bylaws

Montana Kaimin, November 9, 2023, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Documents From The November 8th, 2023 Meeting Of The University Of Montana Staff Senate, University Of Montana--Missoula. Staff Senate

University of Montana Staff Senate Meeting Minutes

Agenda and Minutes from the November 8th, 2023 meeting of the University of Montana Staff Senate.

Pretrial Justice In Out-Of-The-Way Places – Including Rural Communities In The Bail Reform Conversation, Jordan Gross

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.

Documents From The November 8, 2023 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the May 7, 2014 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolutions were discussed during the meeting:

SB11-23/24: Resolution Commending KBGA

Washington's General Rule 37 And Montana's Call For Jury Selection Reform, Ellen Boland Monroe

Montana Law Review

In April 2018, the Washington Supreme Court became the first in the nation to adopt a court rule to combat implicit bias in the jury selection process. 2 General Rule 37 (“GR 37”) eliminates the need to raise an inference of purposeful discrimination, lists presumptively invalid reasons for exercising a peremptory strike that are historically associated with racial stereotyping, and uses an objective standard to determine if race or ethnicity could be viewed as a factor in the strike. 3 These changes address growing concerns that the current framework for evaluating biased peremptory strikes has failed to combat discrimination while …

Apparent From The Context: The Contemporaneous Objection Rule And Montana Rule Of Evidence 103(A)(1), Lauren R. Fox

Montana Law Review

It’s a rare millennial who is not familiar with “Legally Blonde,” a movie about an unlikely law school candidate attending Harvard Law School. In her application video, Elle Woods, click-clacking along in her high heels and pink sundress, tells the camera that she “feel[s] comfortable using legal jargon in everyday life.” The audience hears a wolf whistle, and a shirtless man runs up, pats her on the backside, then runs on. She says, “I object!”, gives the camera a big smile, and continues on her way. Although this scene is clearly a comedic Hollywood creation, the legal jargon Ms. Woods …

The Big Sky Shadow Docket: Noncite Opinions And The Montana Supreme Court, Blake Koemans

Montana Law Review

More than half of the Montana Supreme Court’s written opinions in 2022 carry no precedential value and cannot be cited as binding authority to a Montana court. The same is true for opinions issued in 2021, 2020, and 2019. Thousands of opinions—tens of thousands of pages, filled with the Court’s legal reasoning, factual applications, policy judgments, and practical advice—are unusable. Montana is not alone in this phenomenon as unpublished opinions constitute the majority of opinions in many other juris- dictions around the country. Consequentially, this outdated practice is impacting the law in Montana and throughout the country. Nonpublication was an …

Must We All Be Bold As Lions? Unfair Prejudice From Evidence Of Flight And Alternative Standards, Parker Streets

Montana Law Review

A dramatic escape from a rehabilitation hospital, a high-speed car chase resulting in a crash, and an admission of fleeing to avoid jail. Despite fitting the description of an action movie, State v. Strizich presented a conundrum for the Montana Supreme Court, one that created substantial disagreement among the justices on whether evidence of the defendant’s flight should be admitted at trial. One major disagreement was whether to apply the four inferences test used by the federal courts, whereby courts determine the probative value of flight evidence—and therefore, its admissibility at trial—by assessing: the degree of confidence with which four …

The Montana Supreme Court – The Statistics, Monte Cole, Adam Taub

Montana Law Review

The Montana Supreme Court is Montana’s highest court. Unlike most state court systems, Montana does not have an intermediate appellate court. The Montana Supreme Court hears direct appeals from all of the district courts across the state, as well as from the Workers’ Compensation Court and the Water Court. In keeping with the trends of recent years, the Montana Supreme Court has continued to issue more than twice the number of opinions as the United States Supreme Court. Many of these opinions become binding precedent that Montana’s legal community must keep abreast of and incorporate into their practices and scholarship. …

Significant Montana Cases, Paul Dougherty, Amy Rathke, Gordon Wallace

Montana Law Review

In the fall of 2022, the Montana Supreme Court was thrust into the national spotlight in the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s June decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Political commentators around the country closely watched the election for one of two seats on the highest court in the Treasure State, speculating as to whether the balance would tip in favor of justices likely to follow the direction of the United States Supreme Court and overturn Montana’s constitutional protection of abortion. The judicial election raised questions of partisan influence among the members of Montana’s highest …

Now What? The Right To Privacy In Montana After Dobbs, Caitlin E. Borgmann

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.

Treasure State: Gambling Law, Lobbying, And The Case For The Expansion Of Legal Gambling In Montana, Trevor Funseth

Montana Law Review

Drive down a main road in one of Montana’s cities and you will count more casinos than gas stations. What’s more, even the gas station has a casino inside. Pass through a small town and you will likely find at least one Lucky Lil’s or Magic Diamond Casino. Montana is currently home to just under 1,400 state-licensed gambling operators and ranks fifth in the nation in casinos per capita with 1.7 casinos per thousand residents. One study used 21 different metrics including casinos per capita, lottery sales per capita, casino revenues, and gambling-related arrests per capita. Based on these metrics, …

The Severe Or Pervasive Standard In The Modern Age, Levi Kimmel

Montana Law Review

Rising racial tensions in the South following desegregation catalyzed the introduction of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (CRA). However, protections based on gender were not included until the House floor debate on the bill. Congressman Howard Smith, a staunch segregationist, introduced “sex” as a protected class in Title VII of the act as a “poison pill” meant to kill the bill.4 Title VII of the CRA—prior to Smith’s amendment—prohibited employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin. Supporters of the bill feared the inclusion of sex would cause Northern Democrats allied with labor unions to abandon their support …

Montana Kaimin, November 2, 2023, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.