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Montanan Editor Wins Rising Star Award
The editor of UM's alumni magazine has been
named The Rising Star in Communications by
the Council for Advancement and Support of
Education's Northwest United States and
Western Canada region.
Brianne Burrowes, editor in chief of the
Montanan since January 2008, received the
award recently at the CASE District VIII
annual conference in Seattle. The award
recognizes a young professional with three to
five years experience in the education
advancement professions whose early success
bodes well for future leadership and achievement.
A Polson native and graduate of Polson High
School, Burrowes began working in University
Relations while still a student in UM's
School of Journalism. She worked her way up
in the department from intern to assistant
news editor. Upon graduation in 2007 she was
hired as a news editor. Less than a year
later, at age 23, she became the youngest
Montanan editor in its 25-year history.
CASE District VIII comprises the U.S. states
of Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and
Alaska, as well as the Canadian provinces of
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba.
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Event Raises Awareness About College Suicides
Each year, 1,100 college students in the
United States take their own lives. In an
effort to raise awareness of this fact, and
of depression and suicide in general, UM will
host Suicide Prevention Awareness Week March
24-26.
UM's Curry Health Center Health Enhancement
program is sponsoring the week's activities,
which include a free event called Blues Fest
that will feature local musicians in the
University Center Atrium from noon to 1 p.m.,
Tuesday through Thursday.
During Blues Fest, Health Enhancement student
employees will talk about the difference
between "the blues" and depression, screen
public service announcements produced by MTV
and provide access to confidential online
mental health assessments and other
educational resources. Health Enhancement
also will have a table on the Oval near 1,100
flags representing the number of college
suicides every year.
For more information, call Megan Stone at
406-243-2809 or e-mail megan.stone@umontana.edu.
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Event Promotes Importance Of Gender Issues
The UM Women's and Gender Studies program
will screen and discuss the documentary
"Sisters of '77" on Wednesday, March 25, to
examine the history and current condition of
gender issues.
The film about the first National Women's
Conference in 1977 will be shown at 7 p.m. in
University Center Room 332, and a discussion
will follow. The event begins at 6 p.m. with
hors d'oeuvres and refreshments.
At the national conference, 20,000 women
convened to pass resolutions on reproductive
freedom, sexual preferences, minority
rights and determining the future of the U.S.
women's movement.
For more information about the UM event, call
Stacy Rye, Women's and Gender Studies program
coordinator, at 406-243-2584 or e-mail stacy.rye@umontana.edu.
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Lady Griz Going To The Dance
Tournament MVP Mandy Morales scored 23 points
to lead the Lady Griz to a 69-62 victory over
the Portland State Vikings in the title game
of the 2009 Big Sky Conference Women's
Basketball Championship in Missoula on
Saturday, March 14.
The Lady Griz, who tied a program record
with their 28th victory of the season, will
make their second straight trip to the NCAA
tournament and the program's 18th appearance
overall. After defeating the Vikings on March
7 to win the Big Sky Conference
regular-season title, Montana needed to do it
again a week later to win the tournament
championship.
Montana hit 17 of 20 free throws in the
final 5:04 minutes of play. The Lady Griz
scored 17 of their
final 22 points from the line and went
24-for-27 in the second half after going
without a free-throw attempt in the opening
20 minutes.
Morales led both teams with 23 points and
added nine rebounds while playing all 40
minutes. Sophomore Sarah Ena had her fourth
double-double in the last five games with 19
points and a career-high 14 rebounds. Senior
Sonya Rogers, who joined Ena on the
all-tournament team, was Montana's third
double-figure scorer at 12 points.
Montana was awarded a No. 13 seed and will
face No. 4 University of Pittsburgh on
Saturday, March 21, in Seattle, Wash., in the
first round of the 2009 NCAA Women's
Basketball Championship.
No. 5 Xavier and No. 12 Gonzaga will meet at
the same site after the Lady
Griz game. The two winners from Saturday's
games will meet at 7:30
p.m. (MDT) Monday, March 23.
Montana Grizzlies
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Montana Tennis In Full Swing
The UM men's tennis team claimed two
victories and took one loss in the Grizzlies'
second weekend of dual matches this season.
Montana fell to Eastern Washington 5-2 in Cheney,
Wash., on Friday, March 13. On Saturday,
March 14, the Griz topped Lewis-Clark State
College 5-2, but narrowly lost to Idaho 4-3
on Sunday, March 15.
The Grizzlies are 3-3 after the weekend, 1-1
in Big Sky play. Senior Felipe Raw and junior
Raydner Ramos won each of their doubles
matches. With the three victories, Raw and
Ramos are 6-0 in doubles play this spring.
Next, the men's tennis team will travel to
California and Nevada for six matches in six
days, beginning with matches at Pacific on
Thursday, March 26.
The Montana women's tennis team traveled to
Lewiston, Idaho, on Friday, March 13, where
Lewis-Clark State edged out a 4-3 win. On
Saturday, March 14, the women were swept 7-0
by Washington State in Pullman, Wash.
The women travel to Bozeman to play Utah
State on Saturday, March 21, and Montana
State University on Sunday, March 22.
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