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GARDEN GONE GRAFFITI:AFTER TODAY
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Snow and CSU President Tony Frank have a tenuous relationship, much like the Grinch and Christmas. Every time there is a halfdecent snow, we imagine that President Frank rolls his eyes and laughs maniacally as he deletes hundreds (nay, thousands!) of emails begging for a snow day. We, the student body, may need to change our approach.
By KATE SIMMONS The Rocky Mountain Collegian As of now, CSU students and the Fort Collins community are in the dark about how much money has been raised in the fundraising effort for the $246 million on-campus stadium. According to Ann Kaplan, survey director at the Council for Aid to Education, a “silent phase” is the norm in big fundraising campaigns. Administrators work behind the scenes, collecting money from large donors before asking the public for additional donations. This process usually lasts about one to two years, Kaplan said. “There’s always a period in which the university is talking to supporters before they announce (anything),” Kaplan said. “When they do they will already have a large amount of the gifts donated to get the fundraising campaign running.” According to CSU’s Executive Director of Public Relations Mike Hooker, the CSU Board of Governors established October 2014 as the designated time they wish to receive a report from President Tony Frank about where the fundraising effort stands. “That is really the significant date that we are aiming towards,” Mike Hooker said in an email to the Collegian. “We will announce updates as we reach milestones, but there is not a timeline set for those announcements.” October 2012 Tony Frank announced his decision that the university would begin exploring the possibility of
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New Ways to Ask Tony Frank for a Snow Day Black Ice
ABOVE: Dan Smith dodges a snowball during an intense snowball fight near Allison Hall yesterday afternoon. Smith is a freshman graphic design major. LEFT: Undeclared freshman Frank Denny adds snow to the top of the fort constructed by himself and friends from Newsom Hall on the IM fields Sunday afternoon. DYLAN LANGILLE | COLLEGIAN
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“It’s an environment that doesn’t let you sit there and go into a powerpoint fog.” Hunt Lambert | associate provost of continuing education
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Engineering students work on their EcoCar 2, a project that originates from the Department of Energy and General Motors. The fully electric car is helping America secure its energy for the future.
Imagining the future of autos
Students building electric cars By BAILEY CONSTAS The Rocky Mountain Collegian Saturday morning, the history of motor vehicles appeared to be on display at the Motorsports Engineering Research Center in Fort Collins as a handful of students surrounded a Formula SAE car, and an all-electric car. Side by side, students in the Ram Racing club and the EcoCAR 2 Project stood in a
garage to build cars. Today, a nationwide program will launch in the center of this Mecca of technology. Today at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, CSU will be helping to launch the first-in-the-nation initiative to establish an electric vehicle deployment community. A student project called EcoCar 2 will be at the launch. See CARS on Page 5
By CORRIE SAHLING and AUSTIN BRIGGS The Rocky Mountain Collegian The last decade has seen people transition a large part of their lives to the digital world –– from shopping to finding old friends,to the perfect job, a large percentage of the population has come to see the Internet as an integral part of their lives. Not surprisingly, many students in higher education are opting to take their learning into the digital realm. A 2011 study by the Babson Survey Research Group, an organization that tracks trends in higher education, found exponential growth in the number of students taking online, or “distance” courses. The study found that over six million people and nearly one-third of all students in higher education were taking at least one online course. At CSU, this trend is re-
flected in the amount of students enrolling in the university’s online component: CSU OnlinePlus. In the fiscal year of 2012 enrollment topped out at 10,500 unique students, with 5,300 students enrolled in 14,892 credit courses. “Enrollments in credit courses is our most important metric,” said Hunt Lambert, the associate provost of continuing education. Likewise, between 2010 and 2013, revenue increased 53 percent from $21.9 million to a projected $33.5 million. To enroll in a class using OnlinePlus, the student must first be accepted into the university, just like any other CSU student must do. Last year, people from every state and 34 countries were taking courses through the program. Unlike CSU Global which is a separate entity within the CSU system, CSU OnlinePlus is contained within the CSU
With lots of snow, comes lots of ice. And every day mobs of students drive, bike and walk across fields of the stuff on their way to campus. How many slips and slides will happen if classes aren’t canceled?
Fort Collins campus. Taylor Jackson, a senior biological and chemical engineer, has taken two classes through CSU OnlinePlus. Last summer, she enrolled in a 300-level course through CSU OnlinePlus while working a full time job. She said it made her life easier to take it online at her own pace and the level of learning was the same as the in-classroom experience. This semester, she has an online course in addition to full credit hours. Her only complaint is she had to pay full tuition for the three extra credits when she was already enrolled full time at the university. “I think online is better for the stuff I’ve used it for because it’s very scientific and a lot of memorization,” Jackson said. “I don’t have to be in class and learning it. It’s been a lot better to learn it at my See ONLINE on Page 3
Grovelling and begging clearly isn’t working. We need to change our approach. Namely, find out what Tony Frank likes to drink and send him a “complimentary” bottle of it.
Little Children’s Smiles
There is nothing that melts the heart of a miserable miser like the smiles of little children having fun in the snow. Nobody can resist that, right? Unless Frank’s heart is a Grinchy two sizes too small.
The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff.
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CSU professor ranked Cooking 101 top in the world The Nutrition Center at Bill Rankin, head of the Colorado State University College of Business Department of Accounting, has recently been recognized as among the world’s top professors in the field of experimental managerial accounting. According to a recent ranking system, performed by Brigham Young University, Rankin scored second in the world in two of the experimental categories in addition to scoring fourth in the third category. The ranking was based off a pool of scholarly articles, among which Rankin’s eight of many scholarly articles were chosen to be reviewed for the ranking.
CSU is sponsoring a hands on cooking class this Thursday, Feb. 28t for beginners looking to start cooking healthier at home. The event costs $20 per person, or $30 for two and will take place in the Gifford Building, 502 W. Lake St., Room 237. Through step-by-step instructions, participants will work alongside the staff to learn the basic skills needed for cooking healthy at home. The Cooking 101 class will provide the ingredients, recipes, staff support and instruction necessary for boosting confidence in the kitchen.
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Johnson Elementary School fifth grader Nate Peeble directs a ping pong ball through hoops using a hair dryer at Little Shop of Pyshics hosted in the LSC main ballrooms this past Saturday. Created and maintained by a group of CSU science educators and science students, Little Shop of Pyshics is an array of flashing lights, magnets, funky illusions and more crazy fun that engages children and parents alike in learning the magic of science.
Due to a reporter’s error, in the Feb. 18 article, “Benefits of Bikram yoga explored by CSU professors,” it was incorrectly stated that individuals involved in a health study participated in a SOMAX fitness test. In fact, they participated in a “submax” or submaximal exercise test. It was also misstated that Katie Drobnitch is a CSU graduate student. In fact, Drobnitch is a university alumna. It was also misstated that the current yoga research found cardiovascular benefits. In fact, it was past research that identified increased flexibility, strength and balance. The Collegian regrets its errors. FRONT PAGE OSCAR PHOTO COURTESY OF McCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
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“One of the aspects of street art is it’s ephemeral and temporary. In a certain way it gives the piece itself a human element because it’s not going to last.” Ellie Moseman | Art department associate professor
Graffiti garden won’t last forever By AUSTIN BRIGGS The Rocky Mountain Collegian The first thing you notice is the eye. The size of a small television, and surrounded by a collage of 3-D color patterns that twist around the white pupil, the eye stares ominously at visitors as they walk into the graffiti garden on the south side of the visual arts building on the CSU campus. A courtyard enclosed by concrete walls has been turned into a constantly changing art project. Covering the walls is a multitude of art and graffiti work, each one reflecting the unique style of the anonymous artist who contributed their expertise. The idea was developed in a class project within the art department where different groups had to advocate for the arts in some way. The graffiti garden was created to raise awareness of the art form and to offer a chance for community members to artistically express themselves on campus. Other ideas included addressing stereotypes, raising awareness of bulimia and anorexia in dancing and creating a blog for new artists. “Once the students started it, almost overnight people came in and added their own stuff,” said Ellie Moseman, associate professor in the art department and instructor of the class in which the idea for the graffiti garden was developed. “Even from week to week it has morphed and changed drastically.” Leslie Sanders, a freshman art major whose group
came up with the idea, said her group of seven students wanted to focus on censorship in the arts. She added that some people see graffiti as a nuisance or something that needs to be completely eliminated from urban areas, while in fact high levels of artistry, time and talent are required to create what are oftentimes intricate designs. “When people see graffiti on the walls they think of it as ugly and negative,” Sanders said. “We wanted to show that graffiti is a beautiful form of artwork.” After writing up a proposal, which included guidelines like no vulgarity and establishing paint boundaries, the idea worked its way up to department head Gary Voss, who quickly approved the graffiti garden. Arrows in the plaza leading to the newly established graffiti garden and word of mouth prompted artists to contribute their expertise to the project. Within two weeks, all the walls were covered in art. As time progressed, new artists would cover up prior paintings, creating an organic environment that was in constant flux. While some works of art like Michelangelo's “David” or paintings by Picasso and Rembrandt are intended to last indefinitely, the original graffiti garden’s time on earth was limited from the beginning. On Monday, construction begins in the courtyard where the graffiti garden can be found. The space will be turned into a wing for a new electronic media curricu-
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Used spray paint cans lie covered in snow in front of the graffiti garden outside of the Art Building.
lum. The concrete walls will stay, but will be covered over and repurposed. A roof and flooring will be added, transforming the space into an indoor lab. “One of the aspects of street art is it’s ephemeral and temporary,” Moseman said. “In a certain way it gives the piece itself a human element because it’s not going to last.” The project turned out to
be so successful that plans are tentatively underway to create a new graffiti garden somewhere around the art building. “We were completely aware this was temporary,” Sanders said. “Because of the success, we plan on moving it to a different nook of the building.” Senior Reporter Austin Briggs can be reached at news@collegian.com
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Continued from Page 1 own pace.” Lambert said last year $25 million out of $30 million generated through CSU OnlinePlus “landed back on campus,” with the surplus money being used to pay faculty that taught and designed the distance courses, and departments and organizations that supported distance students in any way. “We pay our way and try to break even and have enough surplus to fund program development,” Lambert said. He attributes the increase in enrollment numbers partly to advances in technology; high bandwidth, new methods of delivering online content and expanding global access to broadband connections have made online classrooms easily accessible to wide swaths of the population. The days of staring at a 60-minute pre-recorded video of a classroom lecture are gone. Instead, online classes today force students to actively participate throughout the lesson. If the all-knowing algorithm detects a student is not paying attention, it will send a reminder to the distracted student. “Today the term is ‘en-
gaged learning,’” said Lambert. “It’s an environment that doesn’t let you sit there and go into a powerpoint fog.” CSU differs from many other online programs in that the curriculum and content is designed inside the academic units and departments on campus, compared to other online programs that usually hire third party developers. The Institute for Teaching and Learning (TILT) has a team of 10 that works with faculty who will be teaching CSU OnlinePlus courses. The faculty designs the courses, and TILT develops them for online delivery. Each year, TILT develops around 75 online courses. This setup allows the department to be nimble and responsive to the needs of the distance program. “To make them good you have to work hard. It’s really easy to design a bad online course,” said Mike Palmquist, associate vice provost of TILT. “You want to engage your students, give them challenging assignments; you want them to spend time on the course.” Senior Reporter Austin Briggs and Collegian Writer Corrie Sahling can be reached at news@collegian. com.
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Getting to know gun owners As someone who belongs to neither the Republican nor the Democratic party, I find it easy to objectively watch arguments between the two. I’ve seen many “open-minded” liberals rant and rave about how awful “close-minded” conservatives are. “We are accepting of all people!” they cry. “Regardless of race, class, sex, gender or religion — we By ANNA MITCHELL are culturally inclusive of everyone! We don’t judge!” I find it disappointingly ironic when these same “open-minded” people begin discussing their views on restrictive firearm measures and what they think about gun owners. When people who back weapon bans discover that I support gun ownership, they usually respond one of two ways: Either they will angrily accuse me of being an unreasonable right-wing gun nut who thinks everyone should be packing heat all the time, or they uncomfortably murmur something about how they’re “not trying to jeopardize my Seconnd Amendment rights, but just think that only the police need guns.” This is parallel to when someone angrily declares that all Muslims are violent killing Jihad machines, or assert how they’re “not homophobic, but just think that only straight people have the need to get married.” These are comments that are made by people who greatly misunderstand a culture that is different from their own. These comments are founded in ignorance. To someone who believes Islam is a religion that encourages violence, my advice would be to attend a mosque and to have a respectful Q&A with an Imam. To someone who thinks members of the LGBTQ community shouldn’t have the same opportunities as their heterosexual peers, I would suggest visiting an LGBTQ resource center and striking up a meaningful dialogue about why there are people fighting for such causes. To someone who dismisses gun-rights advocates as paranoid, pro-violence crazies, I would encourage a visit to a firing range and to have a discussion with those activists about what “gun ownership” means to them and why they are fighting to protect their right to do so. Before being qualified to make judgments of a culture, you must understand that culture. You cannot simply trust in popular representations of a group of people. Those sorts of assumptions and stereotypes are hasty, misinformed, dangerous ways of thinking. Last week, four gun-control bills passed through the Colorado House. One of those, HB 13-1226, would ban concealed carry on Colorado university campuses. I vehemently oppose this bill. I have already laid out details as to why I support campus concealed carry in my previous article, “A right to life and a 2nd Amendment right to defend it.” The fact that CSU has allowed concealed carry since 2003 and has not had a single problem with gun violence in all that time is one major reason why. Why has CSU been so safe, even with students and staff carrying potentially dangerous weapons? I believe it is due to the positive culture surrounding guns in the Fort Collins community. I do not consider myself a member of gun culture. But I have taken the time to have open-minded conversations with members of that culture. After just five minutes of speaking to a gun owner, they will be more than happy to spend the time to teach you how to safely handle, unload and discharge a firearm. Gun owners keep a close watch on one another, ensuring all other gun owners are being safe. They do not tolerate those who are handling their firearms aggressively, stupidly or are not obeying protocol in some other fashion. It is a culture founded on safe, responsible ownership. And gun owners are beyond happy to introduce new people to these concepts and explain their ideology in depth. So, if you view those who support concealed carry as a bunch of crazy paranoid gun nuts, I invite you to instead imagine them as belonging to a culture that you just don’t fully understand yet. Then allow yourself to be open-minded to learning more. Because relying on stereotypes isn’t just insensitive; it robs us of a chance to imagine the world (and the people in it) as complex. It’s easy to peg people who support concealed carry on campus as crazy gun nuts. It’s easy to peg Muslims as crazy murderers and gays as destroying the sanctity of marriage. But an easy argument is just not the same as a good, educated argument. Anna Mitchell is a junior liberal arts major. Her columns appear Mondays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to letters@collegian.com.
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CSU call us, maybe? So far there have not been any details on exactly how much money has been raised for our new on-campus stadium or where that revenue will come from. Right now, the CSU student body and the broader Fort Collins community are completely in the dark about the progress being made on the stadium. While CSU students’ pocketbooks are not going to be affected by the stadium, students and the community will be directly affected by what will eventually be done with the stadium. If the funds are actually raised to begin construction, students will have to deal with the adverse effects of the construction for as long as
it continues. If funds are not raised in two years, however, the administration is planning to suspend
“This project will be something that will affect this campus and its students for years to come.” efforts toward raising funds for construction, and instead refocus efforts toward making necessary updates to Hughes Stadium. Either way the student body has a right to know what prog-
ress is being made toward reaching the fundraising goals for the stadium, and right now it feels like we’re being left out of the conversation. This project will be something that will affect this campus and its students for years to come. In the time that it will take to drum up financial support for the stadium, there is plenty of time to reach out to the student body and the community surrounding CSU. To make the leap from a process that was promised to be open and transparent, to one that is the complete opposite does not make any sense and was not what was promised to us.
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Flesh and blood, a universal brotherhood Exhaustion, in every sense of the word, defined me. This was the sixth straight day I had spent in the hospital with my terminally ill father. By 2 a.m., every morsel of comfort had escaped my body. For By BROOKE LAKE an hour I stared at his chest as it rose and fell — I thought maybe if I concentrated hard enough it would never stop. Finally, I could not handle any more and I stepped out of the room to get a glass of water just around the corner. What happened next changed my life. It was my turn to spend the night in hospice with him while the rest of my family found rest at home. As I was walking back to the room I heard the sound of my father violently choking. Panic set in as I sprinted past the nurse’s station and found my dad struggling for air as he choked on his own bloody vomit. I rushed to raise the head of his bed with the remote. As my father’s body rose to a position capable of expelling vomit properly and obtaining air, he opened his eyes wide like the moon, tears streaming down his face as he gave me a look I will never forget. I saved his life. That was the last time my daddy ever looked me in the eyes.
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Hours after the nurses cleaned up the mess and dispensed his dose of pain medicine he fell into a coma and passed away at 11:32 that morning. Blood was the reason my father would wake up, without complaint, in the early hours of the morning to give me a bottle when I was a baby. Blood was the reason he worked as hard as he did, without question, to provide for me for 21 years. Blood was the reason he would stay up until ridiculous hours of the night until I returned home just to say “good night” and “I love you.” I was his daughter, and that meant blood — the deepest connection two humans can share. I believe, however, that brotherhood exists beyond the confines of a biological blood tie. Why were my friends willing, at the drop of a hat, to bring my family food for weeks at a time, smother me with warm hugs, build me up with words of encouragement, sit with me as I sobbed relentlessly and drive 40 minutes to pray over me after working for 12 hours? The answer is blood. These people made the decision to adopt me in their heart as their own blood tie. They sustained me in my most dire hours of need. My father’s life and death taught me an important lesson — we put those we love, albeit family or friends, before ourselves — sacrificing comfort, time and tears in order to make
sure none of our brothers are gasping for air. My blood comes from the United States, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and India. My blood speaks English, Arabic, Kurdish, Persian and Hindi. My blood identifies as Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Atheist, Buddhist and Catholic. When my brothers and sisters are choking, I will run to their side, lift their head and treat them with the dignity and love they deserve — no matter race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Stepping back into reality after my father’s death has left me swelling with hope from my experience, yet speechless in response to the selfishness and hatred I witness on a daily basis. This imbalance needs to change. If we choose to keep ignoring the sounds of choking, we are intentionally allowing our fear of differences be the reason a fellow human being is left without a brother to raise his head for air. For what makes us human? Is it our anatomy — flesh and blood? Or rather, the vast potential for empathy over intellect, the aptitude of brotherhood beyond blood and rising above all, the capacity to love another beyond self. Editorial Assistant Brooke Lake is a senior international studies major. Her column appears every Monday in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to letters@collegian.com.
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Beans really are the magical fruit
By ISABELLA HEEPKE The Rocky Mountain Collegian
The CSU College of Agriculture is working to do its part in the fight against hunger. The university recently donated 3,500 pounds of dry pinto beans to the Larimer and Weld County food banks. The beans and other recent fresh food donations have been made possible by research done to improve crop varieties, according to Coleman Cornelius, the director of communications of the College of Agriculture. “I personally felt proud that our students and researchers were harvesting this food and providing it to families in need,” Cornelius
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said of the donations made this past growing season. The beans were grown on 19 acres for Dr. Mark Brick’s Dry Bean Breeding Project at CSU’s Agricultural Research, Development and Education Center located north of Fort Collins. Brick is a professor in the soil and crop science department. Brick and his team began making their annual donation nearly 20 years ago. Geoff Upson, a grad student in the mid-90s, suggested that they donate a portion of their crop rather than plow it under and allow it to go to waste each season, Brick explained. This year, the beans were made available for donation through the work
of Brick and Barry Ogg, a colleague. The two enlisted help to have the beans harvested and then cleaned by Northern Feed and Bean in Lucerne, Colo. to insure the beans were ready for consumption, explained Brick. The beans will be separated into more manageable rations and distributed through the food bank’s many non-profit agencies and food programs, according to Karen McManus, the food resource manager at the Food Bank for Larimer County. Most of the beans will be distributed through the “Emergency Food Assistance” program, which provides food immediately to those most at risk.
Donations through agricultural research are only one way that CSU helps support the local food banks. Food collection programs, including Cans Around the Oval and Food for Fines, help supply the shelter with non-perishable goods, according to McManus. “We value our relationship with the CSU community and appreciate the support we receive from students and staff,” McManus said. Information about how to support the Food Bank for Larimer County can be found on its website, foodbanklarimer.org. Collegian Writer Isabella Heepke can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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The project comes from the Department of Energy and General Motors. They asked universities around the country and in Canada to put together a senior design project that is related to hyper-electric vehicles. “They gave us a blank slate and asked what does CSU think the future of the automotive industry will look like,” said Thomas Bradley, the faculty advisor for the EcoCar 2 project and assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. A group called Securing America’s Future Energy is a group of CEOs and others who are national security experts, according to Bradley. “They want to improve America’s energy security for the future,” Bradley said. “They went on a nationwide search to determine a location that had all of the right ingredients to launch an electric vehicle effort, so basically we can see if we can develop enough infrastructure, support and education to make
electric vehicles.” The group chose Fort Collins out of anywhere else in the nation. “We have very progressive city and municipal utility. We have a long history of being at the forefront of various utilities technologies,” Bradley said. The launch Monday is beginning at CSU because of the variety of projects involving vehicle electrification. According to Bradley, housing and dining services at CSU is putting in new technology, and the business school has electric vehicle charges. “This is the first time we’ve announced that we have a new role in a national electrical project,” Bradley said. The EcoCar 2 project incorporates a national initiative and CSU students to provide an educational experience. “The great part is that this is absolutely integrated with CSU students’ education. We have opportunities at every turn for students to get involved in developing the technology and getting involved in the organization and to add to
their education,” Bradley said. “It’s just all a part of CSU’s education and research mission.” Allison Kotewicz, a senior engineering student, is one of the only women on the EcoCar 2 project and is on the storage energy team. “What we’re doing is transforming how we use energy. It’s good to have a hands-on training about what engineering really is about,” Kotewicz said. “It’s the car of the future, something that you’d buy (in) 10 or 15 years,” said Jake Bucher, a mechanical engineering graduate student and team leader. “It’s our idea and conception of what they’ll be like.” The goal was to reduce emissions and use fuel cells as energy so that no emissions would be released. “It encompasses every point of building a car,” Bucher said. “It’s funded by Argon National Labs and General Motors. We have direct pathways to big companies for our future relationships.” Another group related to mechanical engineering at CSU has been around since
1996: Ram Racing. “We’ve had our time here for sure. We were a senior design project up until 2009 when we were a senior design project and club,” said Jonathon Nagel, business and marketing director for the organization, which has around 20 members. Ram Racing includes students from all years and majors; by the time the students are seniors they are well versed in building a car that runs on ethanol as their fuel source. “We receive a small budget from the university; it would take $70 thousand to $100 thousand to build one of these cars,” Nagel said. “So we work hard for sponsorships and are mostly privately funded.” Ram Racing is one of the most competitive motor sports program in the state according to Nagel. “We’re really involved start to finish, all of us,” Nagel said. Collegian Writer Bailey Constas can be reached at news@collegian.com.
Hathaway wins, ‘Amour’ wows, ‘Pi’ surprises ‘Argo’ wins Best Picture in 85th Oscars BY SUSAN KING and RENE LYNCH The McClatchy Tribune LOS ANGELES – Austria’s “Amour” is one of the toughest movies of the year to watch but also one of the most compelling and rewarding. On Sunday, the harrowing drama about an elderly married couple struggling to cope when the wife suffers a stroke was honored with the Oscar for foreign language film. “Amour” is also nominated for four other Oscars, including best film, director and screenplay for Michael Haneke and actress Emmanuelle Riva. Meanwhile, “Life of Pi” continues to defy expectations. The fable-adventure about a young man and a tiger sharing a life raft af-
ter a ship wreck has earned nearly $600 million worldwide. And now it has two Oscars – and maybe more – to show for the leap of faith it took to bring the bestselling book to the big screen. Ang Lee’s film headed into the 85th Academy Awards with 11 nominations, including best picture and director. It’s snapped up two Oscars, for cinematographer Claudio Miranda and for its stunning visual effects. Singer Shirley Bassey, who made her Oscar debut Sunday night, received the night’s first standing ovation, for her performance of her classic 1965 hit “Goldfinger” during the ceremony’s celebration of 50 years of James Bond. The age-defying 76-year-old Welsh singer was appropriately decked
out in a strapless, curve-hugging gold gown with matching full-length gloves. In other honors, Christoph Waltz took supporting actor for his performance as a bounty hunter in the slavery western “Django Unchained,” and Anne Hathaway won supporting actress for her role as the doomed prostitute in “Les Miserables.” Disney’s “Paperman” won animated short, while Disney / Pixar’s “Brave” won animated feature film. Mark Andrews, one of “Brave’s” directors, wore a kilt onstage to accept the honor for the film, set in Scotland. Jacqueline Durran won costume design for the period romance “Anna Karenina” and the Oscar for makeup and hairstyle went to Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell for “Les Miserables.” Live-action short went to “Curfew,” directed by Shawn Christensen, and “Inocen-
te,” directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, won documentary short subject. Director Malik Bendjelloul’s “Searching for Sugar Man,” about the quest to find out what happened to a 1970s singer named Rodriguez, won best documentary. Oscars host Seth MacFarlane did the impossible Sunday night as he kicked off the 85th Academy Awards: He made Tommy Lee Jones smile. MacFarlane – and his raunchy sense of humor – was an edgy choice for the Oscars but came across as poised and confident as the show began. And while some feared that “The Family Guy” creator and “Ted” director would turn a scathing laser beam on others, he largely turned it on himself. “It’s an honor that everyone else said no,” MacFarlane joked about being asked to host the show.
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Amy Parsons, Vice President for University Operations, discusses possible sites for the on-campus stadium at the Stadium Advisory Committee at the Hilton Thursday in March of 2012. Funding half of the stadium, around $125 million, will be the order of Athletic Director Jack Graham and his team to receive from private donors.
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Continued from Page 1 building an on-campus stadium, and he said he envisions the facility doing more than hosting football games. “A well-maintained stadium located on the main campus, now with decades of tradition behind it, would be a great benefit to the university, providing a familiar venue for athletics, graduations, freshman convocations, band days and other large events. And so, with that long view in mind, I support our moving forward to attempt to build such a facility,” Tony Frank wrote in an email to CSU students. When the decision was made last October to begin the fundraising process, it was made clear to the public that the funding for the stadium will come exclusively from private donors — no money from tuition, student fees, taxes or state funding will go into the project. According to CSU’s website, several donors have already expressed interest in supporting the project. Other universities have had similar fundraising campaigns for on-campus stadiums, including Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Baylor’s stadium is currently under construction and officials plan to have the stadium complete for the fall of 2014. According to Baylor’s Executive Associate Athletic Director, Nick Joos, all but 10 percent of the $250 million fundraising initiative was paid for by donations. Bonds and a city contribution from a tax increment fund paid for 10 percent of the project. While Baylor could not disclose specifics of their fundraising information, the McLane family provided the largest capital gift in university history to fund the stadium project. According to Hooker, the fate of CSU’s on-campus stadium lies in how much money can be raised from private donations. “When President Frank gave the green light to start fundraising efforts he also said that in two years we need to know that there is financial support to move forward with construction, otherwise the university will need to suspend the campaign and start making some of the necessary investments and updates at Hughes,” Hooker said. Senior Reporter Kate Simmons can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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Loss at the Pit follows similar script BY HALEIGH HAMBLIN The Rocky Mountain Collegian Saturday night must have felt like deja vu for the CSU women’s basketball team. Traveling to the Pit to take on 13-11 New Mexico, the Rams came in on a twogame win streak against Air Force and UNLV. It seemed like it was just yesterday that CSU played New Mexico at home and fell to double digits in the second half in January. The Rams lost 56-71 to New Mexico in Albuquerque, which dropped their record to 9-16 overall and 5-7 in the Mountain West. In both games against the Lobos, the Rams fell after a strong first five minutes and were unable to counter the deficit in the second half. CSU trailed 9-10 with 15:53 left in the first half,
but New Mexico went on a 9-3 run over the next two and a half minutes to establish some breathing room. Looking for a comeback with 3:45 left in the second half, CSU could not overcome the 65-50 deficit and ended up 15 points down. New Mexico made 48.2 percent of its shots from the field compared to the Rams’ 35.4 percent. “I thought we answered really well,” CSU coach Ryun Williams said. “They were shooting like crazy.” Sophomore Antiesha Brown lead the Lobos with 16 points on the night on 6-11 shooting. Giving a lot of credit to New Mexico and their explosive drives on offense, CSU looks forward to their next game on the road against MW No. 2 Fresno State. “We didn’t score consistently in the second half,”
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Williams said. “I am proud of the team ... (they) need to work on offense and defense in the upcoming game.” Freshman Caitlin Duffy scored 17 points to bounce
Winning streak shows program’s progress GRABOWSKI | Continued from Page 1
in attendance Saturday, CSU’s third consecutive sellout and fourth during the streak. You used to be able to stroll up to the gates and grab a ticket 10 or 15 minutes before game time and get a decent seat. Now to get that same spot you need to pick up a ticket days in advance, likely waiting in line with a legion of other fans, and get to the arena potentially an hour early and wait outside, practically fighting for real estate in the arena. That desperation, that dedication from the fans, has created a home environment that they and the players can be proud of.
Both Eustachy and his players have regularly talked about the importance of the fan support, and in particular the student support, to getting where they are today. But on Saturday, Eustachy felt like his team didn’t hold up their end of the bargain. “I feel bad, and I apologized to our fans and our students, because we had the kind of atmosphere that we have been talking about tonight,” he said. “I feel like we let them down. I feel like I let them down. I promise we’ll do better.” I’m certain he and his team will follow through on that promise. Coming off two of the most gut-wrenching losses of the season, there’s no
doubt this team is hurting, but Eustachy has preached the mantra of “don’t get too high, don’t get too low.” They want to get back in the gym, get back on the practice floor and get back into another game to move on and get back to the physical, punishing brand of basketball that has defined the Rams this season. New Mexico outtoughed CSU in Moby on Saturday. It’s not likely that will happen again. Yes, the 27 game winning streak is over, but the Rams can start another one Wednesday. I almost feel sorry for Fresno State. Sports Editor Kyle Grabowski can be reached at sports@collegian.com.
back from a nine point showing in the team’s initial meeting. She hit four of eight shots from behind the arc and had three rebounds. “I wish I could have hit a few more,” Duffy said. “Toward the end of the season it is nice to grow and make those extra shots, but it is a lot better to win.” New Mexico now moves to a 14-11 overall record and 6-6 in conference play, controlling the fourth spot in the league standings. Next, CSU will travel to Fresno State to take on the second place team in the MW. “Tough teams ... need a tough mentality,” junior Sam Martin said. “(We) need to look past this.” Women’s Basketball Beat Reporter Haleigh Hamblin can be reached at sports@ collegian.com.
Sports Briefs Softball losing streak hits six A lack of offensive output cost the CSU softball team its final two games of the Mary Nutter Classic Saturday. The Rams fell to Virginia 7-1 and Syracuse 4-2 while only managing 12 combined hits in the two games. Virginia jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first three innings while freshman pitcher Emma Mitchell recorded 11 strikeouts in a complete game victory. CSU left eight runners on base in its loss to Syracuse and gave up all four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning on three walks and an error. The Rams will play at home for the first time March 1 in the Colorado State Classic.
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Hurdler bests own MW record CSU junior Trevor Brown continued his dominance of the men’s 60-meter hurdles, winning his third consecutive Mountain West title in 7.77 seconds, a conference record. Brown owned the previous record of 7.84 seconds, and finished .15 seconds in front of his nearest competitor. As a team, CSU finished fourth in the men’s team competition and seventh in the women’s. “We had some bright spots and things to be excited about, but with event areas where we don’t have anyone in the finals, that’s a disaster on the last day,” CSU coach Brian Bedard said. “Our staff is really disappointed. We’ve got to get better and work with what we’ve got now. We’re a better outdoor team.”
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Junior business major Scott Hall sits in defeat after the CSU men’s basketball home loss against New Mexico Saturday in Moby. Hall got in line at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in order to get tickets for the game.
Lobos out tough CSU to retain MW first place By QUENTIN SICKAFOOSE The Rocky Mountain Collegian Losing at home isn’t a common occurrence for the CSU men’s basketball team. But the effort from New Mexico guard Kendall Williams was the driving force that carried the Lobos past the Rams 91-82 Saturday, snapping CSU’s 27 home game winning streak and handing the Rams their first loss in Moby Arena since Nov. 19, 2011. Williams posted 46 points, 30 of them coming from behind the arch, setting a Mountain West record of 10 three-pointers made in a single game. “We just gave him open looks early, he got hot and was just feeling it for the rest of the night,” senior guard Wes Eikmeier said. The first two minutes of the game were scoreless, then the high scoring shootout began. Both teams combined for 55 field goals and nine lead changes before CSU entered halftime with a 41-38 lead. “Anytime you score 82 points you should never lose a game,” CSU coach Larry Eustachy said. “I thought it was pretty plain and simple, I thought the tougher team won, give New Mexico all the credit. Steve Alford had his team ready to go. We had no answer for them, we couldn’t stop them.” As the players returned from the break, the pace of the game accompanied them. Eikmeier, who had only seven points in the first half, tallied 11 more in the opening four minutes of the second half. After grabbing a six-point edge over New Mexico with 6:40 left to play, CSU went cold. The Rams spent the following three minutes going 0-5 on their possessions, allowing the Lobos to go on a 14-2 run that silenced the crowd of 8,745 and would award New Mexico the conference victory. “You can’t have the third team (in RPI) in the
country out-determine you and have a chance, I don’t care if you’re playing on Mars, let alone in your home court building,” Eustachy said. Saturday was the second time in three games that the Rams have allowed an opposing player to score 45 points or more, after letting Michael Lyons score 45 in the road game at Air Force last weekend. “Right now it’s not about winning or losing, it’s about playing better. If we execute better and play our game, we’re going to win,” senior guard Dorian Green said. “We played just as poor against Air Force and won. Give New Mexico credit, they are the better team and more physical. We have to get better.” CSU has now dropped two consecutive
matchups for the first time since December. “I think we got caught up in being on posters, all that. I think we forgot what got us on the posters,” Eustachy said. “We all need to do better, and we will.” Saturday’s result drops CSU to 21-6, 8-4 MW while improving New Mexico to 23-4, 10-2 MW and a two game lead on top of the conference. “I believe in this team, make no question about it, I believe in them. But you ask me to get a Ouija board or a crystal ball and I can’t tell you how they’re going to respond,” Eustachy said. “It’s hard to handle success; it’s a great life lesson for these guys.” Men’s Basketball Beat Reporter Quentin Sickafoose can be reached at sports@collegian.com.
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Pierce Hornung, right, leaps for the ball in the first half of the basketball game against New Mexico on Saturday in Moby Arena. The Rams lost to the Lobos 91-82.
Dorian Green’s voice barely rose above a whisper in the press conference following CSU’s 91-82 loss to No. 16 New By KYLE GRABOWSKI Mexico Saturday. His usually confident, full delivery occasionally faltered as he tried to come to terms with and explain what had just happened. As he spoke, a single tear formed in the corner of his left eye closest to his nose. It trickled down his face as the press conference came to a close and, that said more than his words could. This one hurt. It meant more to this team than the three players sitting in front of the assembled media allowed themselves to say. They took pride in winning 27 consecutive home games, and losing in an environment like Moby on Saturday shocked their systems a little bit. It’s understandable. When you expect one outcome for 461 days and 27 games, the opposite can be jarring. The last time CSU lost a home game, current coach Larry Eustachy sat on the opposite bench. Peyton Manning still played for the Indianapolis Colts and was recovering from neck surgery. Katy Perry and Russell Brand were still more than a month away from divorce filings. Of CSU’s 27 straight wins, 16 were by at least ten points. Only one game came down to the final possession, a 65-64 thriller over CU-Boulder on Nov. 30, 2011. Moby held its collective breath as Buffs guard Nate Tomlinson’s last second three point attempt sailed through the air and fell harmlessly to the hardwood. More than anything, the streak became a symbol of CSU’s basketball renaissance in recent seasons. Moby became a full-fledged fortress for the Rams rather than a holiday road trip for Mountain West opponents. Only 2,275 people witnessed CSU’s last loss against Southern Miss. A full throated 8,745 were See GRABOWSKI on Page 6
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that was decided by less than three-tenths of a second. The first place time in the final did not surpass Fuller’s record from the preliminaries. “It was a bittersweet moment for me. It was incredible to break the record in the morning, but it was also humbling to get beat in the finals,” Fuller said. Freshman Erika Stock broke out in her first MW Championship, setting two school records in the 400 Individual Medley and 200-meter breaststroke. “This weekend’s results were shocking to me because I overcame an injury at the beginning of the season to get here. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I certainly wasn’t expecting my best times,” she said. Stock’s performances in the 400 IM and 200 breaststroke earned her an 11th and 9th place finish, respec-
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Woodchuck Ciders All Flavors
Parking lot now open! Dos Equis Ambar, Lager, Mixed
12pk-12oz btls.................$11.99 BEER OF THE MONTH: FORT COLLINS BREWING
6pk-12oz btls
Major Tom’s, Red Banshee, Chocolate Stout, IPA, 1900, Kidd ............. $7.69
6pk-12oz btls.................... $6.99
Liquor
GO RAMS!
Southern Comfort
Svedka Vodka Regular and Flavors
Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
Windsor Candadian
1.75L 70 proof................. $18.99 1.75L ................................. $18.99
1.75L ................................ $17.99 1.75L ................................... $9.99
Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Sale Joel Gott Cabernet
Sledgehammer Cabernet
Souverain Cabernet
Dynamite Cabernet
750ml.................................. $11.99
750ml.................................... $7.99
750ml.................................. $10.99
750ml.................................... $7.99
BRING IN ANY HOME BASKETBALL TICKET STUB (men’s or women’s) for the remainder of the season
AND RECIEVE 15% OFF YOUR ENTIRE PURCHASE! (Excludes sale items,kegs, and cigarettes)
KEG OF THE MONTH: MILLER LITE
$75.99
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