The Class of Covid-19

Mia Snyder

For the longest time, graduation seemed like an illusion to me, a mountaintop I could see but never thought I would reach. By my junior year, I’d switched my major upwards of five times, from Kinesiology to Chemical Engineering to English. I…

Reptiles: The Beautiful And The Deadly

Greg Louzan

The desert Rattlesnake looked me dead in the eyes for a staring contest on my second lap through the snake room at the Museum of the Rockies last weekend. It was another snowy February morning in Montana and what better way to warm up than look at…

Know Yourself Lead Yourself Lead Others

A Retired Green Beret’s Philosophy on Effective Leadership

Mia Snyder

Who was the best leader you’ve ever followed? Who was the worst? How has leadership shaped or changed your life?I took a moment to ponder my own answers to these questions as I sat down with Phil Kornachuk to discuss leadership training and how…

Americans and the Holocaust

National Traveling Exhibit from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum comes to Bozeman

On January 27, 2020, the world solemnly acknowledged and recognized the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the notorious Nazi concentration camp located in contemporary Poland. Dignitaries from many nations attended…

Bozeman Bring Your Own Bags

Abby Hernandez

Montana is affectionately known as the “Last Best Place,” and Valley of the Flowers Project is working to keep it that way. I’m sure most of you know the concept of BYOB (Bring Your Own Beer), but Valley of the Flowers Project is…

An Interview with Montana Raptor Center

Healing for the Hawk

Christie Selensky

Becky opened the wood door, unlocking the clasp without saying a word.We stepped into the enclosure, a large, looming bird swooping above our heads to land on the other side of the room. I let out a surprised, undefinable squawk, unsure if I should…

Blueprint in Bozeman

Andrew Jefferis

As far as my understanding on homelessness went, my knowledge on the issue wasn’t as full as it is now. I grew up in Connecticut, which has the greatest “achievement gap” in the country. To be frank, Connecticut’s obstinate…

Top 10 Takeaways from the Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan

Kate Hulbert

The Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan has been in discussion for a year, and after much research, community input and tons of meetings, it was recently adopted. All 68 pages of it! Most of us won’t have time to sit down and read the whole…