Montana State University Bozeman - Montanan Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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Bozeman area legislators were kept in close contact with student wishes during the 1981 legislature. An organization called the Coalition of Concerned Students presented a petition to the state purchasing department and State Senators Ken Nordvedt (above) and Dorothy Eck (left) to discourage the state from buying Japanese tuna. The methods by which the tuna is caught also results in a huge toll on other marine life, especially dolphins. The group succeeded in its goal of getting the state toby U.S. tuna instead, for use in the MSU food services.(Photos by Gouin) 29

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Anderson Williams Students Active in '81 Legislature by John Ward A select group of students traded in the plain, chilly classrooms of Wilson Hall for the colorful hectic chambers of the State Capital Building, when they registered for Political Science’s Legislative Intern Program. The Legislative Intern Program, (POLS 310) was open university wide for applicants. Twelve students applied of which four were accepted into the program. The internship was worth 12 credits in POLS 310 and approximately $1000 in financial compensation. In return, the students worked for the Legislative Council or a major lobby group. From the start of the legislative session January 5, to the end of the session in early April, there was never a dull moment for Eric Anderson. Joyce Brooks, Robert Melgaard and Steve Williams. The foursome discovered life in the legislature to be quite vigorous as 10 to 12 hour days 5 to 6 days a week were commonplace. Quickness and iron stomachs became a necessity to get through a day’s hectic pace and continuous eating on the move. But. according to Anderson, he wouldn't have traded it for anything.He saw the legislative session as a great learning experience, seeing the functions and individuals of state goverment in action. Anderson served as a lobbyist for Montana Petroleum Association, Brooks lobbied for Montana Power Utilities. Melgaard worked with the Legislative Council and Williams lobbied for the AFL-CIO. 28 Melgaard

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Nursing Students Broaden Experience by Patt Hegstrom MSU has the only state supported baccalaureate degree nursing program in Montana. The school, which was started in 1937. boasted approximately 615 students in 1980-81. Undergraduate students spend two academic years on the Bozeman campus and then go to one of the extended campuses at Billings. Great Falls. Butte and Missoula for two academic years of upper division work. Students are given an opportunity to state a preference for the extended campus of their choice. The four years of study at MSU are intended to give the student a broad understanding of nursing and provide the specific skills required by the profession today. General education courses are also taken because a professional nurse is expected to have a knowledge of the many factors which affect individual and family health practices. At the extended campuses, students are provided a variety of experiences in hospitals which are used as clinical laboratories.(Story continued on P.42)