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Thursday, January 24, 2013
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Volume 121 | No. 87
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THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891
“I could connect with people on a deeper level I met in one night than with people back home.” Dawn Noyes | marketing alum
Students gain global insights overseas By AUSTIN BRIGGS The Rocky Mountain Collegian Last January, Dawn Noyes bid "au revoir" to family and friends in the United States as she embarked on five months of travel, adventure and studying in Vichy, France as part of CSU's Study Abroad program. Noyes, a marketing major who graduated last month, had her eyes set on studying in France since she was a freshman in high school. She worked two to three jobs at a time over a period of seven years to have enough money to be able to travel and study in Europe. The hard work paid off and Noyes attended Université Blaise Pascal in an international business with french program and visited 10 countries during those five months. Noyes was one of 738 students from CSU who studied abroad for credit during the 2011-2012 school year. An additional 407 CSU students participated in international field experiences for non-credit. Nationwide, 273,996 students studied abroad during the during the 2010-2011 school year according to the Institute of International Education. Her favorite memories were of meeting other student travelers in youth hostels throughout Europe and forming friendships on the spot. "I could connect with people on a deeper level I met in one night than with people back home," Noyes said. "They just have the same goals as you do. Sometimes you form lifelong friendships with someone you met one night in a hostel." Chris Churma, a study abroad coordinator for CSU, said CSU has 25 universities across the globe that are exchange partners. Although it's easier and often more affordable for a student to enroll in one of those partner universities, Churma said the CSU study abroad department will work with students who want to enroll in universities outside their network. Any schools not in the network are vetted, meaning their safety, health and transfer credits are looked at closely. “We want to make sure it’s a good fit for the student,” Churma said. Spending three months in the town of Seville in southern Spain was a once in a lifetime experience for junior business administration major See ABROAD on Page 9
ASCSU
Fighting for tuition change Senate recommends removal of employee salary increases from 9 percent hike By SKYLER LEONARD The Rocky Mountain Collegian The past semester was filled with trials for President Regina Martel and the rest of ASCSU. “It’s hard to know what you are going to be faced with,” said Martel. Ultimately, Martel believes that ASCSU has done its job. “Because of the team we have in place right now I think that ASCSU completely rose to the occasion,” Martel said. “We have a lot of work in the coming semester, the progress has been phenomenal.” Of the work that ASCSU has coming this spring, Senate passed a piece of ma-
jor legislation that could have great impact on later Senate sessions. The resolution that passed Wednesday night recommends that a proposed 9 percent increase in tuition be decreased to an amount that would not include an increase in employee salaries. “This may be the most important piece of legislation we vote on this year,” said Lindon Belshe, director of governmental affairs. The recommendation made by Senate will play a significant role later on as ASCSU’s tuition task force continues to work toward a more significant stance against a raised tuition. MARTEL The tuition task force will present its recommendation and findings to CSU President Tony Frank on Jan. 30. ASCSU is also looking at building on existing programs like RamRide and tackling new projects like a new bike sharing
program. Martel stated that it is impossible to say only one thing is important for ASCSU this spring. However, some feel there is always room for improvement in certain programs. Freshman, Mya Wells, human development and family studies major, found that certain programs that ASCSU heads, like RamRide, could be improved on. “I think RamRide is very unique to campus and is very useful to students who enjoy having a little bit of fun on the weekends,” Wells said. “But I think it would be convenient for RamRide to be more timely and available for students in better circumstances such as rides to certain events.” Martel said that RamRide is under improvement with added start up money See SENATE on Page 12
the
STRIP CLUB
We inevitably hear phrases thrown around campus on a daily basis, some common and some... not so much. The following are phrases you will never hear while on campus and around Fort Collins. “The cube was a great use of my tuition money!” “Who is Tony Frank?”
“I wish more people tried to convert me every time I walked through the plaza!”
“I wish I saw more of my professors at the bars on Friday.”
HUNTER THOMPSON | COLLEGIAN
Students walk by the Career Center on the main level of the Lory Student Center Wednesday afternoon. The Career Center is one of the main resources on campus to prepare your resume for the upcoming job fair on Feb. 5 and 6.
BRIGHTER DAYS AHEAD Job market slowly improving for recent college graduates
By AUSTIN BRIGGS The Rocky Mountain Collegian
CAREER FAIR DETAILS
CSU seniors looking for a job after graduation have reason to be cautiously optimistic. A gradual decline in the national unemployment rate along with a projected five percent increase from last year in hiring of newly minted bachelor degree recipients shows better prospects than when this year's graduating class entered college as freshmen in 2009, when job prospects had plummeted from previous years. The national unemployment rate has been slowly but steadily decreasing. In December it sat at 7.8 percent, down from 8.5 percent a year earlier. Stephanie Miller, a senior apparel design major, scored a highly-coveted internship this spring working with Crystal B Designs in Chicago. Miller attributes landing the internship to building a professional resume,
What: Job Fair When: Feb. 5 and 6 Where: Lory Student Center Bring: Your resume and be prepared to possibly interview on the spot.
networking, attending fashion shows and spending “every second of every day” in the design lab on campus. During an interview via Skype, the owner asked Miller if she would come work with her in Chicago. “I’m having the best internship I could ever dream of,” Miller said. When she comes back to Colorado and graduates this spring, Miller has a few tentative offers for internships or part time work at design houses on the front range. One, with Fallene Wells of Denver, she hopes could turn into a full time job. Overall, she’s optimistic about find-
ing work and parlaying her CSU education into a career. “It’s still a relatively small industry in Colorado,” Miller said. “New York is known for fashion, Denver is known for cowboy boots. I want to help in changing peoples minds outside of Colorado and say ‘look, we have some great designers and fashion.’” Although some benchmarks for employment are slowly improving, at least one key area from last year has fallen by almost half. According to a national survey of 4,300 employers released last Fall by the Collegiate Employment Research Institute (CERI), only 22 percent of fulltime hiring managers were sure of their hiring plans, compared to 42 percent the same time last year. Phil Gardner, director of CERI at Michigan State University, attributes the sharp decline in hiring plans to See JOBS on Page 12
“Too bad they legalized marijuana…”
“Ah, another great meal at the dining hall!” “There aren’t enough hipsters at the Alley Cat.”
“I wish I went to UNC Greeley.” ...said no one ever. The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff.
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Community Briefs Golden retriever study to offer key info about cancer
Rodney Page, veterinary oncologist and director of the Flint Animal Cancer Center, and a team at the Morris Animal Foundation are recruiting young, purebred golden retrievers for a long-term study in an effort to learn how to prevent cancer and other diseases in dogs. The Golden Retriever Lifetime Study will span 10 to 15 years and is the longest and largest observational study ever undertaken to improve the health of dogs. Cancer is estimated to be the number one cause of death in dogs over the age of 2. In addition to cancer, the study will identify genetic, nutritional and environmental risk factors for other major diseases affecting dogs, such as obesity, thyroid issues, epilepsy, arthritis and skin disorders.
Grand re-opening of Hodi’s Half Note
Hodi’s Half Note bar and music venue is celebrating new management, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. at the venue, located at 167 N. College Ave. Despite recent rumors, the venue is not up for sale or going under. The grand re-opening will feature a show from Dave Watts and Friends, and Ruff Draft, plus free New Belgium beer un-
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til the two kegs are tapped. Doors will open at 8 p.m. and admission is $5, or $10 for those under 21. Attendees will be served by an all new staff of bartenders, managers and security hired to make the atmosphere for musicians and customers more welcoming.
Lecture series features Pulitzer Prize winner and Washington Post columnist
A limited number of tickets are available for the Monfort Lecture, which will be given this year by George F. Will of the Washington Post, according to a CSU news release. At 7 p.m. on Jan. 31 at Moby Arena, Will plans to lecture on “The Political Argument Today.” He is a graduate of Princeton University and has taught at Harvard, Toronto and Michigan State University. From 1970 to 1972, Will was a staff member in the U.S. Senate. Five years later in 1977, he won a Pulitzer Prize for “commentary in his Washington Post newspaper columns, which have been syndicated nationally since 1974,” according to the release. Will also analyzed baseball economics as a member of the Major League Baseball’s Blue Ribbon Panel.
-- Collegian Staff Report
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“Furthermore, our society’s love of violence and sheer amount of how much we immerse ourselves in it is a bit unsettling.”
Instead of readily accusing guns, blame our culture Guns are seriously misunderstood inanimate objects. On one side, we see people fighting to get them banned, accusing them of encouraging violence. “We need stricter gun laws!” they say. On the other, we have people such as my family, or the lovable NRA, that demand everyone should be able to own and shoot whatever gun they want, whenever they please. By RES STECKER Sadly, I believe both sides are actually fighting the wrong battle. What we should really be addressing is the cultural identity of our nation, where we have many people killing each other with whatever weapon is most convenient. I would posit that it is not a gun’s fault that people die. If and when a person decides they are going to kill someone else, it is extremely difficult to stop that person before they commit murder, after all, precognition does not happen. Even if we were to ban guns in America today, people would simply switch to another method; strangulation, poison, stabbing, vehicular destruction, or whatever meets one’s fancy. My point is that guns are not responsible for people killing each other. No, in fact I am sure that people would beat each other with rocks if that were the only available tool. Instead our cultural paradigm is what is to blame. I cannot remember the last time we went a month without hearing about a killer shooting multiple people. From that horrible night in Aurora at the movie theater to the Newton shooting or the guy who killed his mother over what to watch on television, killings are out of control. What’s more, the first two examples above involved killers that essentially had no relationship with victims. They were seemingly killings just for the act of doing so and to go out with a “bang.” This is what can be identified as a cultural problem. These people have become convinced that there is absolutely no good in their life — and there never will be — so they might as well take as many people with them when they go. Perhaps these people think they will be immortalized by doing what they do, and in a way they are correct. The media descends on the scene like a pack of hyenas, and the story of everyone involved and everyone that knows those involved immediately becomes a national sensation. Furthermore, our society’s love of violence and sheer amount of how much we immerse ourselves in it is a bit unsettling. I know so many people that really enjoy seeing two men (or women) beat the living crap out of each other inside an octagonal arena. It seems that the competitors love to hurt each other just for the sake of doing so. Now, I love sports, but watching two bulked-up people attempt to maim each other in the best way possible is just the modern incarnation of gladiatorial battles. Humanity’s insatiable thirst for violence is nauseating. Now, there are also the usual rhetoric points like violent video games or how people just do not get enough love from their parents or whatever. But the truth is violence in America is everyone’s problem, and a violent person is more often times a product of his or her upbringing than of a medical predisposition towards external hurt. From the President right down the newborn child, no one is separate from a man with a killer’s mind. Solutions to quelling the murdering urges of different people will not be easy to come by. It would take a national paradigm shift akin to the Civil Rights Movement to get the killings under control. Picking out guns is not the right course of action for us to be taking. Yes, gun control is great, but a person armed with the motive to do harm is what the true danger is. In short, no matter what laws are made against people’s activities or people’s purchases, the only way to make the world a safer and better place to live is we must change people’s hearts. Res Stecker is a junior international studies major. His columns appear Thursdays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to letters@collegian.com.
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Use the 2nd responsibly A 19 year old from Wellington who decided to do some shopping, walked into the Walmart in Fort Collins yesterday carrying a rifle over his shoulder. With the mass shootings that are horribly becoming more and more commonplace, many other shoppers were alarmed and called the police, fearing the worst although he was not breaking any laws. The teenager, Zach Conley, told police he was merely exercising his right to openly carry a legally owned rifle, the Coloradoan reports.
Exercising your Second Amendment rights is fine, but only as long as it is done in a legal, responsible way. Legally Conley was well
“A gun is for protection, not for showboating.” within his rights — he was not hurting or intimidating anybody, and there is no indication that any of his actions were dangerous. But did he exercise his rights
in a responsible way? A gun is for protection, not for showboating. There does not appear to be any imminent need for carrying a rifle through Walmart other than to make a political statement, frighten old women, children and any other Walmart patrons. We have rights that are constitutionally guaranteed to us, but common civility usually tempers our exercising of those rights. We all value freedom of speech, yet we all find the protests of the Westboro Baptist Church abhorrent. Exercise your rights, but do it responsibly and respectfully.
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The future could (and should) be now I know, like me, you are all disappointed by the White House’s refusal to build a Death Star. Apparently the administration “does not support blowing up planets.” For some of you, this a sad fact that you have come By SARAH ROMER to deal with. For others, who do not haunt the internet to find things like this and might not believe it, it is very true. Unfortunately, the petition to build the Death Star on petitions.whitehouse.gov grew to overshadow a much more realistic and useful petition: the petition to build the Enterprise. While building the Death Star was probably started as a joke, building the Enterprise is a very serious endeavor. If you ever find a spare moment I suggest you look at www.buildtheenterprise.org. This is a website where almost every angle of building the iconic ship is examined. Cost, size, practicality, functionality and more are all looked at and calculated to give a very exact approach on how to make this inspiration tangible. Will this Enterprise be able to make Warp 9 and battle Romulan birds of prey? No. Will it be able to support a gravity wheel that would be necessary for space travel? Yes. Would it be able to make it to Mars in less than a sixth of the time of conventional rockets? Yes. Something people don’t pay much attention to in regards to space travel is the idea of how inhospitable space
is to humans. To put it frankly, it hates us. There is nothing in space that would enable human life because there is practically nothing in space. Those movies you have seen where an astronaut removes his or her helmet and freezes are absurd. There is no fire or sound in space because space hates everything equally; fire, music, life as we know it, etc. Because of this, any form of space travel is very difficult. Starting in spring of 2015 a year long mission (funding permitting) to study man’s health in space for long durations will be examined. The current record is 438 days held by Valery Polyakov, a Russian Cosmonaut, but that does not mean that it’s a great place to live. No gravity is actually pretty bad for a person. Without gravity, muscles atrophy and coming back to Earth becomes increasingly difficult. This makes the gravity wheel on the proposed Enterprise a revolutionary step in space exploration. It would also be a prototype for other gravity wheels that would need to go into a Moon or Mars base in the future. I understand that other people do not feel the passion I do for space travel. I cannot see the appeal of Crocs or designer clothes or Apple computers. Some people cannot see that advancing in space travel would advance us in green energy, sustainability and world peace while granting an economic boom and frankly, just being awesome. Space travel would help us understand the world around us and our place in it. I recently met someone that when they heard I want to work in the space industry told me that when she learned
more about the universe and how small Earth is, she almost freaked out. Earth is tiny. We are minuscule. But I passionately support space travel because I believe it makes us part of something bigger. Did you know the universe is always moving and changing? That galaxies basically “eat” each other? That the light in night sky is millions of years old? The Death Star is awesome, in the literal sense of the word. It is no wonder why the Internet jumped all over that. If I heard about it sooner, I would have too. But the lack of support for the “Build the Enterprise” petition shows me something else. It shows me that people do not see the value in space travel, in expanding our knowledge. They do not flock to serious attempts to advance humanity, to launch it into a new era, but a fun idea that can be exploited by one man who shuts off his guidance system is what garners attention. Serious space exploration ripples through daily life in ways you likely have never thought of. Modern airplanes, health regimes, sustainable buildings and green energy have all been helped out by space travel. It is my opinion, and my sincere request, that space should not be so casually forgotten as we step into the future. In fact, it is the fastest and greatest way to make that step.
Sarah Romer is a senior electrical engineering major. Her column appears Thursday in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to letters@collegian.com.
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US military to lift ban on women in combat By MATTHEW SCHOFIELD The McClatchy Tribune WASHINGTON — The U.S. military will soon announce the end of a 19-year ban on women in combat, according to a senior defense official, a sweeping change that appears to recognize the reality that female troops have experienced since the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the timing, said that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, “are expected to announce the lifting of the direct combat exclusion rule for women in the military.” The official added that the announcement, which could come Thursday, “will initiate a process whereby the services will develop plans to implement this decision, which was made by the secretary of defense upon the recommendation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.” Like the elimination of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy prohibiting gay men and women from serving openly, the decision represents another far-reaching reversal of military poli-
cy and is emblematic of the changing mores and culture in the American armed services. About 200,000 women are among the 1.4 million active-duty personnel currently serving in the military. The policy change also comes as Panetta is about to step down as secretary after several decades in government, and his White House-chosen replacement, former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, is about to face Senate confirmation hearings. The decision follows a lawsuit filed in November challenging the legitimacy of the ban. The suit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of four female service members. All four had served tours in Iraq or Afghanistan, and two had received Purple Hearts for injuries sustained on duty. Reversing the ban, said ACLU senior staff attorney Ariela Migdal in an email, means “qualified women will have the same chance to distinguish themselves in combat as their brothersin-arms, which they actually already have been doing with valor and distinction.” The lawsuit was chal-
lenging a ruling banning women from “being well forward on the battlefield,” a definition that didn’t always make sense in Iraq and Afghanistan, where fighting took place outside of a traditional frontline. In reality, the policy has been a ban almost in name only. But the danger that female troops faced only came to the attention of many Americans early during the Iraq war when Jessica Lynch, a private first class and Army truck driver, was captured and held hostage. Almost 2 percent of the nearly 4,000 military deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq were women, according to Military Times. “We’ve seen how the realities of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have blurred the lines of combat and service members’ roles and exposure to danger,” said Joyce Wessel Raezor, executive director of National Military Family Association, a nonprofit group that aids military families. “Significant numbers of women have been injured or killed in these conflicts over the last 11-plus years. I would guess their families would tell you those women were ‘in combat.’” Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich.,
Women in the US military
The Pentagon is lifting its ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions. A look at women in military service
By service sector
% of total
13.6%
Army
74,182 Air Force
63,131 Navy
19.0% 16.7%
53,055 Marines
7.1% 13,941
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Women are
Of the more than 6,600 who have been killed in these two wars, 152 have been women
14.2% of all active duty military 7.2% of all high-ranking officers
NOTE: Date as of Sept. 30, 2012 Source: U.S. Department of Defense, AP Graphic courtesy of McClatchy Tribune
chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was quick to voice support of the new policy in a statement: “It reflects the reality of 21st-century military operations.” But Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, a nonprofit group that studies military personnel policies and opposes women in combat, said the change was “irresponsible.”
“For the same reason you don’t see women in the NFL, you shouldn’t see women in combat units,” she said. “Women are not the equal of men.” One argument against the ban was the idea that while women face death or injury in modern wars, the ban also denied many military career fields, necessary training and hurt their chances at promotions. The ACLU’s Migdal also
said that commanders often found their hands tied in trying to figure out how to get needed skills into dangerous areas and yet obey the ban. In October, for instance, an attack by a Taliban suicide bomber in Khost, Afghanistan, killed three American service members, including Staff Sgt. Donna Johnson of Raeford, N.C. Still, Michael O’Hanlon, a military expert with the Washington-based Brookings Institution, said putting women into “frontline combat positions is a very delicate matter.” While details of how to make this decision work haven’t yet been worked out, he said, “The right process seemed more incremental, perhaps starting with the special forces.” However the policy is carried out, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chairwoman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said that lifting the ban is “a historic step for equality. … From the streets of Iraqi cities to rural villages in Afghanistan … thousands of women already spent their days in combat situations serving side by side with their fellow male service members.”
The Rocky Mountain Collegian | Thursday, January 24, 2013
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women’s basketball
Too big, too fast
Lobos crush CSU on boards, win 68-54 in Moby Arena By Kyle Grabowski The Rocky Mountain Collegian
Austin Simpson | COLLEGIAN
Sam Martin (12) shoots over Deeva Vaughn (44) in Wednesday night’s game against the New Mexico Lobos in Moby Arena. Martin had the game high of 16 points and shot 10 of 12 for the evening.
Shaky offensive execution and a lax rebounding effort sent the CSU women’s basketball team to a second consecutive loss and third in its last four games. The Lobos defeated CSU 68-54 Wednesday night in Moby Arena to drop the Rams to 1-3 in the Mountain West and 5-12 overall. New Mexico ripped down 46 rebounds compared to 24 by CSU and nearly had as many offensive rebounds (19) as the Rams had defensive rebounds (21). “They were pretty tenacious on the glass. They’re quicker, they’re more athletic, I mean even when we had position at times they just won those battles,” CSU coach Ryun Williams said. No player exemplified New Mexico’s advantage on the boards than sophomore guard Bryce Owens, who led the game with 10 rebounds even though she was one of the shortest players on the court at 5 feet 4 inches. New Mexico’s 19 offensive rebounds lead to 22 second chance points and helped neutralize an otherwise strong defensive effort by CSU.
“You have to finish the play. We’d play really good defense, and then for them to get the rebound — it’s hard to play another 30 seconds of really good defense,” junior forward Sam Martin said. “We just beat ourselves up in that category.” New Mexico lead by as many as 18 points in the second half after Vaughn hit a three-pointer with 4 min. 13 sec. left in the game. The Lobos built their lead by shooting 51.6 percent in the second half after a dismal 30.3 percent performance in the first and forcing five key turnovers, three of which led to open fast break layups. “They were costly, it’s like we just presented the ball to them for layups,” CSU coach Ryun Williams said. “They got some separation, we got a little loose with some passes. The five in 30 minutes is positive, but the ones we did have we served them up on a platter.” New Mexico senior guard Caroline Durbin converted a four-point play with 14 min. 21 sec. remaining in the second half to extend a six point lead to 10 and her team continued to pull away from there. “As they keep scoring and doing good things and getting rebounds and we are playing our hardest on
game stats Rebounding dominance Total rebounds: UNM 46, CSU 24 Offensive rebounds: UNM 19, CSU 3 2nd chance points: UNM 21, CSU 2
defense, it’s always going to be hard,” redshirt sophomore Mandy Makeever said. “I’m sure we got down on ourselves.” New Mexico held a 2621 at halftime despite only shooting 30.3 percent from the field in the first half. CSU held the Lobos to just two points in the first 7:29 of the game, and lead 9-6 with 11 min. 23 sec. left in the first half. The Lobos responded with a 8-0 run to take a five point lead and never trailed for the remainder of the half. CSU junior forward Martin hit back to back three-pointers with just over three minutes in the first half to bring the Rams within one, but New Mexico outscored CSU 6-2 to close the half. The Rams will take the floor again Saturday against Fresno State in Moby Arena. Sports Editor Kyle Grabowski can be reached at sports@collegian.com.
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“This is the toughest I’ve seen our team respond, so it’s a positive.” Wes Eikmeier | Senior Guard MEN’S BASKETBALL
Rams can’t climb out of Pit, comeback falls short By ANDREW SCHALLER The Rocky Mountain Collegian Playing in one of the toughest places in the nation, The Pit in New Mexico, the Lobos held a 10-point lead over CSU at halftime and seemed to have the game easily in hand. The Rams mounted a run in the second half to put the game within one possession, but the Lobos staved off the run and held on for a 66-61 victory, their fourth straight victory in Mountain West Conference play. “We spotted them too much and they were too tough for too long, it’s that simple,” CSU coach Larry Eustachy said. Junior guard Tony Snell powered the Lobos offensive attack with a gamehigh 23 points while chipping in 3 rebounds and one assist. CSU continued its trend of out-rebounding its opponents, grabbing 42 boards compared to 28 for New Mexico. Senior center Colton Iverson bounced back from a poor shooting performance against UNLV for the Rams and scored
15 points while leading the Rams with 14 rebounds Iverson’s scoring went along with senior guard Wes Eikmeier’s team-high 20 points, after scoring just six in his last game against UNLV, However, it ended up bringing the Rams close in the second half, but as a team, CSU came just short of scoring its most impressive victory of the season. CSU battled back to within three points with eight seconds remaining but Snell’s two free throws iced the game for New Mexico. “Last year in this same situation, we layed down and lost by 30,” Eustachy said. “This is the toughest I’ve seen our team respond, so it’s a positive.” The result places New Mexico solidly in first place in the MW, as the Lobos now have four consecutive victories in the conference, and gives them a two-game lead in the battle for the number one seed. New Mexico will now travel to San Diego State for a Saturday afternoon match-up with Jamaal Franklin and the Aztecs as the Lobos try to extend their lead in the conference.
TEAM LEADERS New Mexico: Tony Snell: 23 points, 3-5 3-point FG, 3 rebounds Chad Adams: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists CSU: Wes Eikmeier: 20 points, 4-6 3-point FG, 2 assists Colton Iverson: 15 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists
The loss for the Rams drops their record in the MW to 2-2 and moves their overall record to 15-4. While they pushed the top team in the conference to the brink, the loss for the Rams extends their struggles they have had on the road. CSU has won just one game on the road in the conference in its last nine attempts and moves its record on the road overall to 2-4. The Rams will now try to regroup as they finish their road trip Saturday at 8 p.m. when they travel to Fresno State for another conference match-up. Assistant Sports Editor Andrew Schaller can be reached at sports@collegian.com.
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spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1 and must deal with the expiration of the continuing resolution appropriations measure to keep the government operating in March. The extension prolongs the uncertainty over Washington’s eventual decision on fiscal matters, said Steven Ricchiuto, chief economist for Mizuho Securities USA in New York. “There is going to be no certainty until somebody blinks here on spending and taxes,” he said. Ricchiuto added, “It’s almost as if the Republicans are taking control of the debate, but now they have to do a better PR job. What they’re saying is, ‘We’re being reasonable, now it’s time for you to be reasonable.’” With the passage of the so-called “No Budget, No Pay Act” by a 285-144 vote, House Republicans hoped to temporarily sidestep a potentially politically damaging fight with the White House over government default. They also hoped to pressure Senate Democrats to pass a budget, something that the upper chamber hasn’t done in four years. Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announced Wednesday that her committee will draft a budget blueprint this year. “It’s interesting to note with … almost four years having passed with an economy that’s been struggling, the Senate never acted,” said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. “It took one week in which their paychecks were on the line that now the Senate’s going to step up and do the right thing.” Though House Democratic leaders derided the bill as a possibly unconstitutional gimmick, 86 Democrats joined 199 Republicans in
voting for the measure. Only 33 Republicans crossed party lines to join 111 Democrats who voted no. Three Democrats didn’t vote. About an hour before the vote, the Democratic-controlled Senate announced that it would take up the House measure and vote on it as early as next week. Under the House bill, lawmakers agree to suspend the debt limit until mid-May without dollar-for-dollar spending cuts, something that tea party groups, some conservatives and other fiscal hawks were demanding. The concession by Republicans had a price: In return for the suspension, the House and Senate must pass a budget by April 15, or members will have their pay withheld in an escrow account. “The principle, I think, is pretty simple — no budget, no pay,” House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said after the vote. “American families have to do a budget. They understand you can’t continue to spend money that they don’t have.” Some lawmakers wondered whether the provision would actually have an impact on House and Senate members. Most members of Congress earn $174,000 a year. The average wealth of a senator was $13.9 million in 2011 and the average wealth of a House member was $6.5 million in the same year, according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics. “We’re going to get paid. It will be delayed, but we’re going to get paid,” Rep. Robert Brady, D-Pa., said during debate on the bill. “No Budget, No Pay has no teeth.” But Rep. Jim Cooper, a Tennessee Democrat who voted for the bill and once authored a more stringent measure, thinks otherwise.
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“We’d get to the hotel rooms and they’d be like, ‘We strongly suggest not leaving the hotel rooms or walking around at night if you’re a female.”’ ABROAD | More Continued from Page 1 McKenna Botts. Botts took three international business classes and one Spanish class at Menéndez Pelayo International University from September through December last year. Like Noyes, she travelled to multiple countries in Europe and also spent time in Morocco, a country she described as having a feeling of lawlessness and poverty that she wasn’t expecting to encounter.
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“We’d get to the hotel rooms and they’d be like, ‘We strongly suggest not leaving the hotel rooms or walking around at night if you’re a female,’” Botts said. Living with a widow and spending time with the widow’s four children in Seville, Botts said she had an opportunity to fully immerse herself in the culture. One of the bigger differences between the United States and southern Spain was the pace of everyday life, which she described as slower and
more relaxed. Every day she would leave school to eat a late lunch at home and everyone in the town would have a “siesta,” or afternoon nap, while she went back to school. “Seville was on a whole different time,” Botts said. “They will sit down at coffee shops for, like, four hours and not even care. They’re so laid back.” Churma, Botts and Noyes all agreed that studying abroad is a lot more affordable than people realize. With
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scholarships, financial aid and a little bit of travel savvy, a student can potentially go overseas for about the same cost as a semester at CSU. “I worked all summer before saving money and you can always work later in life,” Botts said about expenses while overseas. “But for me it was like, ‘When are you gonna be in Europe when you’re 21, travelling?’” Senior Reporter Austin Briggs can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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going to things such as new tablets and GPS systems for the cars. Wells also said she thought that ASCSU could do a better job of reaching out to the community. “There are several other organizations that have done a better job at building community at CSU,” Wells said. “In my first semester I heard of ASCSU, but I realized that I really didn’t know what it was
about, I had to do research to find actual information on ASCSU.” For this spring, Martel said that reaching out further to the CSU community is a part of her agenda. “[ASCSU needs to] get out of our comfort zone and office, go to events and be a face of ASCSU so people know who we are,” Martel said. Collegian writer Skyler Leonard can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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News media challenge court secrecy in Chandra Levy case By MICHAEL DOYLE The McClatchy Tribune WASHINGTON — The Chandra Levy murder mystery has transformed, again, into a broader debate over public access to court proceedings. In legal filings Wednesday, news media organizations that include McClatchy, The Washington Post, the Associated Press and Gannett formally challenged a judge’s orders keeping potentially crucial new developments secret. The companies want access to future hearings and transcripts of past hearings that were closed, concerning a prosecution witness whose credibility now may be in question. “In light of the total secrecy, news organizations... that have attempted to report on these developments have been left to speculate about what is happening,”
attorney Patrick J. Carome wrote in a brief for the media companies. Carome and his fellow attorney with the WilmerHale law firm, Steven P. Lehotsky, contend in their 15-page brief that the cloak of secrecy now draped over the new Levy trial developments frustrate the First Amendment rights of news organizations that “have devoted substantial journalistic resources to covering the criminal proceedings” in the long-running Levy drama. Several of the media organizations involved in the new legal action, including the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, previously devoted legal resources to opening other Levy case proceedings. Last January, responding to a media appeal, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals overturned the judge’s effort to keep juror ques-
tionnaires secret. “The value of public trials is undisputed,” the D.C. Court of Appeals declared in the earlier decision. “The presence of the public and the press at criminal trials historically has been thought to enhance the integrity and quality of what takes place.” A graduate student and former Bureau of Prisons intern, the 24-year-old Levy was preparing to return to her family’s home in Modesto, Calif., from Washington when she disappeared May 1, 2001. Rumors and then revelations that she’d been involved in a sexual relationship with then-Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif., transformed her case into a national media sensation. In November 2010, after the cold case was resurrected, a Washington jury convicted Ingmar Guandique of Levy’s murder. He’s serv-
ing a 60-year prison sentence. “The possible disclosure of that information may create safety issues . . . that I have concluded are somewhat substantial here,” Fisher said at the Dec. 18 hearing. The most important witness for the prosecution was a former Fresno, Calif., gang member named Armando Morales, who testified that Guandique had confessed to him while they were in the same prison. “Given the circumstantial nature of much of the government’s case, the credibility of one of its witnesses is obviously of great importance,” the media organization’s brief notes. Guandique’s defense attorneys have filed their own appeal challenging the trial judge’s secrecy orders. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to comment Wednesday.
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“The sooner you can start the process the better. There’ll be less stress as that student walks across the stage if they at least have an idea of what’s out there.” Chase Weldon | Career Center counselor
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gridlock in Washington, D.C over budget issues, which causes uncertainty in the marketplace and affects hiring practices. “The decline in certainty can be laid on the doorstep of Washington,” Gardener wrote in an email to the Collegian. “So the longer decisions are delayed in D.C. the longer we have to wait until job growth begins to solidify.” Regardless of the problems in Washington and a slower than expected economic recovery, the job market continues to slowly improve, “clawing” its way back to pre-recession levels,
Gardner wrote in the report. “While the number of opportunities may be insufficient to provide every new graduate a meaningful position,” Gardner wrote, “the expansion continues to whittle away at the number having to enter part-time or non-career employment.” CSU students hoping to land a job after graduation will have better chances if they start planning early in their education and use the resources at the CSU Career Center, said Chase Weldon, a counselor at the Career Center. A career fair at the Student Center Feb. 5 and 6 will be the largest event of its kind this semester and will
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have to be kept up to date. “The sooner you can start the process the better,” said Weldon. “There’ll be less stress as that student walks across the stage if they at least have an idea of what’s out there.” Brook LaBossiere, a senior human development and family studies major, used the Career Center to create a targeted resume but she hasn’t been sending it out to employers. Instead, LaBossiere is foregoing the job hunt and is anxiously waiting to hear back from the University of New England in Portland, Maine about acceptance into a graduate program in occupational therapy.
She plans to pursue that degree into a doctorate program at Baylor followed by a stint in the Army using her medical degree to help wounded soldiers get rehabilitated. Regardless of what happens after grad school, she’s confident of being able to find employment with her degree. “I know I’ll find a job as soon as I’m certified,” said LaBossiere. Many industry observers advise recent graduates to be realistic about the amount of money they’re going to make right out of college and that their dream job probably isn’t going to be the first job they find.
"The most troubling aspect of this year's report is the consistent and damning rhetoric from employers that students' sense of entitlement, expectations and level of preparedness is totally out of sync with the reality of the workplace," wrote Gardner in the report's conclusion. The survey found the average starting salary for recent graduates is $37,000 a year, with electrical engineers topping the list at $52,307 and those with a psychology undergrad degree finding themselves last at $33,505 per year. Senior Reporter Austin Briggs can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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