The issue of sexual assault was addressed at two separate forums in Missoula yesterday.
University of Montana President Royce Engstrom spoke with students, who recently returned from winter break, about the progress of an investigation into alleged sexual assaults involving UM students. That probe was launched just days before winter break began.
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I can’t write that Cops and Courts is going dark because looking back, I realize — gulp — that the blog has been dark for awhile because I haven’t posted in a very long time indeed. Blame the holidays (cue a chorus of humbugs).
It’s not as if there’s no news. Friday [...]
We’ll continue to follow this story as it develops:
The University of Montana has hired an outside investigator to review allegations of a recent sexual assault on campus that reportedly involved two female students, multiple male students and the date-rape drug Rohypnol.
UM Vice President Jim Foley told the Missoulian on Wednesday that [...]
Here’s the update on yesterday’s arrests of two University of Montana football players:
Two University of Montana football players who were tased by Missoula police trying to break up a weekend party pleaded not guilty Monday in Missoula Municipal Court.
Quarterback Gerald Kemp (left, in photo) and cornerback Trumaine Johnson (right), both [...]
The University of Montana football team’s come-from-behind 28-24 victory over Northern Arizona made for an exciting fourth quarter yesterday. Unfortunately, it seems the excitement didn’t stop with the game.
At about 2:40 this morning, someone complained to police about a noisy house party on North Russell Street.
As the Missoulian’s [...]
There was so much news on the Cops and Courts front yesterday that we’re resorting to a roundup today.
Campus shooting was accidental: One University of Montana student was charged with misdemeanor negligent assault after accidentally shooting another in the hand. Today’s story looks at the shooting itself and the university’s response.
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This is the story we’ll be following today. Missoulian reporter Chelsi Moy was on campus when the shooting happened, and editor Michael Moore – back in reporter mode – and photographer Kurt Wilson quickly joined her:
Missoula police continue to investigate the shooting of a man at the University of Montana early [...]
Rob Natelson – who once said his conservative views led the University of Montana School of Law to oppose his teaching constitutional law – has been denied emeritus status at the school.
Natelson retired last year and joined the Independence Institute, a Colorado think tank, but recently returned to Montana. As Chelsi Moy’s [...]
The University of Montana quarterback, and son of NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of drunken driving.
A Missoula County sheriff’s deputy stopped Montana early this morning for speeding on Van Buren Drive in Missoula’s Lower Rattlesnake neighborhood:
Deputy Ken Guy was sitting in his [...]