The Montana State Exponent

09/12/2025

After realizing how many students wear noise-canceling headphones I changed my own habit. I wanted to see how different I would feel without them. Would I feel exposed? Would I talk to others? All of these questions were answered after a few days, and I realized I would not go back.

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09/12/2025

09/09/2025

Bobcat cross country swept the competition Friday night with two perfect scores at the Twilight home opener. Both the men’s and women’s teams secured the top five places in their respective races, earning perfect overall scores of 15 at Dyche Field.

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09/08/2025

Every morning for the next two months, Isabel Masi, Oskar Robinson and Emily Quillen will hike to a concrete helipad perched high on the ridge of the Bridger Mountains to clock in for work. Their job? Counting migrating raptors as part of a decades-long effort to monitor their populations.

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09/06/2025

Eagle Mount is closing out summer with its first Annual Summer Concert on September 4 at the on-campus amphitheater. The evening will feature performances from Lost Canyons, The Dead and Down, and MSU graduate Madeline Hawthorne, along with local food and drink vendors, disc golf, and adaptive cycling demonstrations.
Volunteer opportunities are available with free admission for those who serve.

Tickets are $30, and children under 12 attend free.

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09/05/2025

Welcome Bobcats! With the first three weeks of classes nearly over, the fall semester is officially in full swing, and you all — hopefully — have begun settling into your college experience. Let's be honest — college can be scary, so let us here at the Exponent slow it down for you and offer some words of advice. Read about some college life tips from the Exponent editorial team via the link in our bio!
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04/29/2025

From hitting double aces in under a month to making regionals for the first time in program history, the women’s golf team had no shortage of fireworks this season. The team participated in the Big Sky Conference (BSC) Women’s Golf Championship last week, which marked the end of the spring season and — according to Head Coach Brittany Basye — held memorable moments for a handful of athletes.

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04/28/2025

“Grief changes you,” said Gigi Marino, a clinical nurse operations manager at the Bozeman Health Cancer Center. She spoke on April 14 at the “Resilience and Cancer: The Complexities of Grief” event, hosted by the Cancer Support Community at MSU (CSCU).

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04/27/2025

MSU hosted its fourth consecutive Climate Week from April 21, partly in celebration of the 55th annual Earth Day on April 22

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04/26/2025

“Grief changes you,” said Gigi Marino, a clinical nurse operations manager at the Bozeman Health Cancer Center. She spoke on April 14 at the “Resilience and Cancer: The Complexities of Grief” event, hosted by the Cancer Support Community at MSU (CSCU).

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04/25/2025

New information has emerged regarding the lawsuit surrounding the visa statuses of two MSU international students. On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responded to an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Montana lawsuit by filing a motion to dismiss a temporary restraining order (TRO) granted by Federal Judge Dana Christensen for the District of Montana. The DHS claims the two graduate students had their Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) status terminated — not their F-1 visas, as initially reported — due to criminal charges against them in Bozeman. However, the ACLU of Montana maintains that neither plaintiff has been convicted of any crime.

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04/22/2025

An electric atmosphere and roaring crowd fueled the MSU rodeo team through a weekend sweep that kicked off the spring season. Led into the arena Thursday night by members of the football team as part of a tradition to reciprocate the rodeo team’s runout at football games, the thrilling first performance built momentum for the ‘Cats, who are now looking ahead to a competitive spring season.
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