Broken statue

This poor statue is Noah releasing the raven, a symbol of freedom.... or something.  Anyways, it was vandalized and knocked over, and now lives trapped and tied up where no one can see it.

Big Sky Tourney, Day 3- Griz beat UNC

Players from the University of Montana prepare to enter the court Friday, March 15, 2013 in Dahlberg Arena.  The Griz beat UNC 70-56.

Monte welcomes Kareem Jamar to the game.

University of Montana center Eric Hutchison (45) tips off with Northern Colorado center Connor Osborne (34).

Montana's Kareem Jamar focuses on a free throw attempt.

Montana center Eric Hutchison (45) stuffs Northern Colorado center Connor Osborne (34).

Spencer Coleman (10) gets the student section PPPUUMMPPPEDDD UUUPPP!!!!!

Big Sky Tourney, Day 3- Lady Griz beat Sac. State

University of Montana guard Torry Hill (2) fights for the ball with Sacramento State's Alle Moreno (22) Friday, March 15, 2013 in Dahlberg Arena.  UM beat Sacramento State 74-53.

A Griz fan shoots free throws during an intermission.

University of Montana's Kenzie De Boer (10) is tripped by Sacramento State's Margaret Huntington (24).

University of Montana guard Kenzie De Boer (10) shoots for two.

Big Sky Men, Day 1

Northern Colorado head coach B.J. Hill gets a closer look at the action on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Dahlberg Arena.  UNC beat MSU 69-56.

Montana State guard Antonio Biglow (5) dribbles around Northern Colorado guard Tate Unruh (15).

Montana State guard Michael Dison (3) keeps his eyes on his opponents.

Montana State guard Antonio Biglow shoots a three pointer.

North Dakota's Brandon Brekke (24) shoots over Southern Utah center Cal Hanks (34) Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Dahlberg Arena. UND beat SUU 69-52.

Southern Utah's Damon Heuir (3) gets the ball knocked loose.

Souther University's Jackson Stevenett (21) shoots the ball.

Southern Utah's A.J. Hess (35) drives past North Dakota's Josh Schuler (32).

Big Sky Women, Day 1

FYI I'll be live tweeting photos (or trying to) during all the games that I shoot this weekend.  Check it out @samfwilson.

Swoop, Eastern Washington's mascot, cheers during EWU's 68-53 victory over MSU.

Montana State's Peyton Ferris (2) fights EWU's Laura Hughes (54) for a rebound.

Eastern Washington guard Kylie Huerta (4) looks for an opening.

Eastern Washington's Laura Hughes grimaces on the floor after being knocked down.

A boy grabs dollar bills during an intermission game.

A spectator has a section to himself.

Sacramento State guard Alle Moreno shoots a free throw.

Idaho State head coach Seton Sobolewski talks to his players during a time out.

Herpes research

Momei Zhou, a graduate biology student, runs experiments in the Clapp building yesterday.  Zhou is working on a project with other students and faculty to better understand how the Herpes virus finds its way into organisms.

Lab technician Qin Yu takes a break while amplifying sections of DNA to test resiliency to the Herpes virus.

Undergraduate student Erin Ellerbach checks her work after feeding an artificial growth medium to U373 cells.

Hoop 'n Pole

Students from the course 'Native American Sports and Games' watch as classmate Andrew Houghton throws a spear at a rolling hoop during a game of Hoop and Pole in the Oval. 

Students chase the hoop.

Rotunda Day- Video

This is also my 200th post.  Neat!

Thanking firefighters revisited

Citizens of Fort Collins thank passing wildland firefighters on Overland Trail Road while the High Park Fire rages during the summer of 2012.

Griz beat NAU, become reg. season champs

Here's a link to the full gallery!  It's coooool!

University of Montana men's basketball coach, Wayne Tinkle, gives a post game talk after the Grizzlies' 63-50 victory over NAU on Saturday, March 9, 2013 in Dahlberg Arena.  The win crowned the Griz as the 2013 Big Sky conference regular season champions.

University of Montana men's basketball coach Wayne Tinkle celebrates with his players in the locker room after winning the Big Sky Conference regular season champion title.

The net, post game, post cutting.

Northern Arizona University guard DeWayne Russell (12) falls to the floor after missing a rebound.

University of Montana guard Will Cherry (5) looks for an opening past NAU guard Michael Dunn (2).

Happy fans.

Happy coach.

Ice revisited

I was looking at photos from last summer and I came across this one which didn't strike me as that interesting before.  This was from a Colorado Ice indoor football game on June 2, 2012, when I was able to shoot the game from the rafters.

Rotunda Day, pt. 2

Rep. Alan Redfield (R- Livingston) leaves the podium after addressing students from universities in Montana during the Student Day at the Capitol building yesterday.  The day was organized by the Montana Associated Students, and featured speakers from Lt. Gov. John Walsh and both the house and the senate.

MontPIRG lobbyist, Sam Thompson, left, ASUM lobbyist Asa Hohman, and MontPIRG lobbyist, Sean McQuillan, address a bus filled with University of Montana students at they near the capitol building in Helena for Student Day at the Capitol building yesterday.  The day was organized by the Montana Associated Students, and included students from universities around the state.

Rotunda Day, pt. 1

The lede from Jackson Bolstad's story from the Student Day at the Capitol:

Students from the University of Montana and colleges across the state went to the Capitol to support a tuition cap, state employee raises and other initiatives Thursday afternoon in Helena.

On the bus to Helena.

Too much pizza, not enough students.  Fortunately the capitol is filled with hungry legislators too.

Meet the Legislature- Bryce Bennett (D- Missoula)

Rotunda Talk

This was from a couple of weeks ago, but it's running in the Kaimin today with a legislative roundup story.  These two men are talking in the Montana Capitol rotunda, which looked pretty interesting as I passed by.

Selfie

Lake Como road, trying to find a place to rest my head.

Hamilton Kmart

The Hamilton Kmart is in the running for the most scenic Kmarts in the country.  It sits below Blodgett Canyon, one of my favorite places in the whole world.

Bitterroot Horse