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Monday, October 29, 2012

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Smashing pumpkins for ASCSU

For those of you who had better things to do this weekend then go to the football game, CSU won! In order to capitalize on this victory in hopes of more wins down the road, here are some things that our team can do:

Things The Football Team Can Do To Win

By SEAN MEEDS The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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ASCSU FACTS To smash a pumpkin students had to name an activity of ASCSU. Here are some student government programs: RamRide Test Files For-Ever-Green Collegiate Readership Program

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Tailgaters get football and student gov. knowledge Among the long lines of RVs, grills and cornhole games during last Saturday’s tailgate stood one tent with a more festive theme. The ASCSU tent, stationed in the east A1 parking lot of Hughes Stadium, featured a pumpkin smashing event to spread awareness of the many services ASCSU offers. “In order to be able to smash a pumpkin, students must first tell one of us a service provided by ASCSU,” said Taylor Jackson, director of student services. Volunteers at the tent were handing out free ASCSU brochures so that students could read and be able to name one of the services. Once students were able to correctly name an ASCSU service, they got to choose their own pumpkin to throw on to the blue tarp laid out in front of the tent. Many students were also given t-shirts by the ASCSU volunteers, while free burgers and chips were provided to all who passed by. “Having to name one of the services definitely caught me off guard,” said junior natural resources management major Brian Merewitz. “But I think it’s a pretty good marketing idea for ASCSU.” ASCSU held the event, which was the second tailgating event, to accomplish two goals. “We want to engage students in a conversation to learn more about ASCSU,” Jackson said. “We want to highlight the services we provide like RamRide and Test File.” The second motive for the event involved the Sustainability Department. According to Jackson, ASCSU wanted to engage with other departments. The partnership with the Sustainability Department was meant to promote a green initiative for the event. As part of that initiative, the smashed up pumpkin pieces were disposed in compost cans and students were encouraged to commute to the game via a Bike Parade sponsored by

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Colo. ranks 23rd in average faculty salary COLLEGIAN STAFF REPORT University faculties are comprised of instructors, assistant professors, associate professors and professors –– and their average salary at CSU is $74,228. At CU–Boulder, it’s $82,712, which

is a difference of about $7,500. The two universities still pay their faculties more than other higher education institutions across the state. In Colorado, the average faculty salary is $56,708. Community colleges, trade and vocational school bring the average down. The state’s average is the 23rd high-

est in the nation. Rhode Island pays its faculty the most, clocking in at $73,185. West Virginia pays its faculty the least, with the average salary at $46,591. The averages included information from the state’s public and private higher education institutions. Source: EducationNews.org.

Community mourns death of CSU instructor Even though she was enrolled in another professor’s statistics course this summer, Stephanie Schnorr-Bergslien emailed CSU instructor Rick Gumina at the advice of a friend when the senior social work major was struggling in the course. Within minutes Gumina emailed Schnorr-Bergslien back, offering to sit down and tutor her for however long it took to help her get through the class. After meeting Gumina a couple of times, Schnorr-Bergslien saw him not only as a once in a lifetime instructor, but as a friend and mentor as well. The popular instructor died of a heart attack Oct. 22 on the Colorado State University Campus. He was 55 years old. “He touched lives,” Schnorr-Bergslien said before a memorial service for Gumina on Friday. “He changed lives and nobody could ever have told me that I wouldn’t just learn statistics from him but I’d learn about life and learn about my personal journey through him as well.” Approximately 250 students, colleagues, friends and family members gathered in the Lory Student Center theatre to share stories about

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Rick Gumina’s student Sam Clusman writes a note to give to his family during his memorial service in the LSC Theatre Friday. Gumina, a Statistics

Gumina’s passion for life and the personal impact he had on the thousands of students who passed through his classes during his 15 years as an instructor at CSU. The memorial was held by the College of Natural Sciences. Those in attendance included Jan Nerger, dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Jean Opsomer, the chair of the department of statistics. “Clearly no one who encountered Rick failed to be impressed by his intellect or be warmed by his sense of humor and adventurous spirit

and his capacity for affection and friendship,” Nerger said. Those who knew Gumina described him as a charismatic, caring person always willing to sit down and talk about not only statistics, but life in general or to listen to any personal struggles a student was going through. He would go out of his way to find interesting and unique ways to bring the difficult subject of statistics to life. This included teaching class in full costume every Halloween, and in one case befriending a professor in Can-

ada who sent Gumina ancient Greek coins to use in class. Many students said he inspired them to alter their degree programs to pursue a degree in statistics. “His passion for statistics rubbed off on me and inspired me to further my studies in the subject…” statistics graduate student Sean Barnes told those gathered to mourn Gumina. “He made statistics seem like it could actually be something fun to do for the rest of my life.” Gumina was a devoted family man and an active member in the Foothills Unitarian Church in Fort Collins. Whether it was raising money for student scholarships for a partner church in Romania or volunteering as a sound technician during Sunday services, Gumina was always willing to lend a hand and help other people, said Reverend Marc Salkin in an interview before the service. “Whenever he saw people in need that’s where he wanted to step in and make a difference,” Salkin said. “In addition to that he was a very warm, caring person. He just radiated enthusiasm, friendliness and See MEMORIAL on Page 3

More people were out having fun whilst wearing costumes over the weekend then went to the game. Apparently this helped drive up the team’s confidence. So, every game should be completely devoid of students. Absence shall result in confidence!

Make Everyday Ag Day The Orange Ag Day jersey seems to inspire victories. While we all love the Green and Gold, maybe it’s time to bring back the classic orange jerseys as a team color.

Play high school football teams You can’t play a worse football team than Hawaii... at the collegiate level. So what better way to improve the team’s confidence level than to play against some skinny 16 year olds? The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff.

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Community Briefs

FORT COLLINS FOCUS

CSU’s Leslie Stewart performs Beethoven, Mendelssohn

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Renne Kaminski-Willard and Dane enjoy breakfast burritos purchased at the Larimer County Farmers Market on Saturday morning. This was the last market of the summer series, before the Winter market begins in mid-November.

Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Organ Recital Hall, students and Fort Collins community members can watch CSU’s own Leslie Stewart perform three classical masterworks from the German Romantic period. Stewart, a violinist, is joined by pianist Kim Joyce. The two will perform Beethoven’s “Spring Sonata”, Mendelssohn’s “F minor Sonata” and Brahms’ “Sonata No. 3 in d minor.” Stewart is the director of string pedagogy at CSU and director of CSU’s Summer Conducting Seminar and Master’s Program. Additionally, she plays in the CSU Faculty String Quartet and performs with the Colorado Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, the Fort Collins Symphony and the Cheyenne Symphony. Joyce has performed around Colorado for more than 20 years.

Tickets are $7 for CSU students, $1 for ages 2 – 7 and $12 for adults.

TILT seminar to teach students to study better

Ever sit down to study and find yourself unable to remember any of it an hour later? Well if you’re able to retain any of the information from the Study Smarter: Active Learning Techniques you may find yourself remembering test material a little better. Monday at 4 p.m. in TILT Building Room 105, students can attend the seminar to get some strategies for learning actively and leads to deeper learning. According to the CSU events calendar, it will cover how to incorporate visual, auditory and kinesthetic activities into studying. TILT Learning Programs is sponsoring the seminar.

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turnout for biking to Hughes Continued from Page 1 ASCSU and the Sustainability Department. “We want to make sure ASCSU has a new standard,” said Andrew Oringer, the student director for the Sustainability Department. Oringer was one of the few students who biked from the CSU plaza over to Hughes Stadium. The parade was held in order to educate students on the importance of bike safety as well as offer an alternative method to driving to the game. Although he said the turnout for the parade was low, Oringer was still glad that he was able to use a greener method to commute to the game. The pumpkin smashing event and the bike parade were two new additions to

this year’s ASCSU tailgating event. According to former Director of Student Services for ASCSU and current Marketing Associate for CSU Athletics, Tim Brogdon, all of the changes to this year’s tailgate were benefiting the event immensely. “They are in a much better spot this year than where we were last year,” he said. “We didn’t reach a lot of people last year, but now they are out in front of people raising awareness.” ASCSU considers this to be one of the major marketing events they perform a semester. Brogdon said that last year’s major events included Grill the Buffs, the tailgate event and the Buried Life’s visit to CSU. Collegian Writer Sean Meeds can be reached at news@collegian.com.

Reverend: ‘We’ll miss him’ memorial | Continued from Page 1

caring. We’ll miss him.” Schnorr-Bergslien said she’ll never forget one of the last conversations she ever had with Gumina. She had called him, crying and deeply upset, after receiving a poor grade on a test they had spent hours studying for. “Stephanie, you only fail when you don’t try,” Gumina told her. “So we’re just going to give it our best next time. “ When she saw him later that day, they went for a walk outside. Schnorr-Bergslien said Gumina knew that most students in the lower level statistics classes only had to pass the class as a requirement for other degree programs and he

would try so hard to get those students through the course, knowing it would probably be the last time they would ever use statistics. As they were walking, Gumina asked Schnorr-Bergslien to pick up a leaf and describe it. After she described the colors and vein patterns, he asked her to pick up another leaf and describe it as well. “Both of them are different and unique in their own ways,’” Schnorr-Bergslien recalled Gumina saying. “They both have a purpose but in different ways. Your job is not to be a master statistician. Your job is to be unique.’” Senior Reporter Austin Briggs can be reached at news@collegian.com

30th Annual Pow Wow wows CSU, Fort Collins By Davis English The Rocky Mountain Collegian November is Native American Heritage Month, but the CSU American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) started celebrating a few days early. People of all ages and backgrounds gathered in the LSC Theater for the CSU AISES’ 30th Annual Pow Wow. AISES organized the event and brought performers from all over the region to help celebrate, connect and have fun. The Pow Wow kicked off with the Grand Entry. Dancers dressed in traditional native regalia filled the center of the LSC Theater and began dancing to the music performed by four different drum groups. Three flag bearers were introduced: the U.S. flag, POW flag and Navajo Nation flag all hold meaning to the people involved in the Pow Wow, who paid their respects to what each flag represents. “This Pow Wow is important to keep the power of our culture and our ways … and how important that is for our children and our people,” said speaker Doug Goodfeather (Hunkpapa Lakota) during the Ground Blessing. “Without our elders and their teachings, we wouldn’t be standing here today … without our elders and our veterans and what they sacrificed.” Goodfeather spoke of the importance of women as well as respect and the preservation of culture. He proceeded by performing a prayer in order to thank the creator and to ask him to watch over those in need. As the singing and dancing continued, the real reason for the Pow Wow became clear: it’s a celebration. “It allows us to share and give back to the Native American communities as well as create an environment where non-native [people] can come and experience modern Native American culture,” wrote Delbert Willie, treasurer of

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Native dancers perform during the Pow Wow kick off in the Sunken Lounge Friday. The Pow Wow has been running for 30 years.

AISES, in an email to the Collegian. “We continually do this every year because we believe it is an opportunity to continually educate the CSU students and the Fort Collins community on the beauty of our heritage and culture.” The Pow Wow was not

only a celebration for the Native American people in attendance, but also a celebration of the cultural similarities and differences between peoples. AISES will be arranging more Native American celebrations and events throughout Native Amer-

ican Heritage month in November. For more information, visit www.engr. colostate.edu/aises or the Native American Cultural Center in the LSC Rm. 218 for more information. Collegian Writer Davis English can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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Yesterday’s Question: Which weekend are you celebrating Halloween?

21%

38% 26% 13% *47 people voted in this poll.

38% This weekend. 2% Next weekend. 21% Only on Halloween. 26% All week. 13% All of October

Today’s question: What’s your favorite ASCSU service? Log on to http://collegian.com to give us your two cents.

This is an unscientific poll conducted at Collegian.com and reflects the opinions of the Internet users who have chosen to participate.

You can’t hide from the Internet!

By Allison Sylte

Hopefully by now, you’ve learned that, at least according to an article on CNN. com, women’s votes are influenced by their hormones. And if you haven’t heard about it, good luck finding it on CNN’s website: After a fairly justifiable public outrage, CNN took the story down, replacing it with an editor’s note claiming that “after further review, it was determined that some elements of the story did not meet the editorial standards of CNN.” A statement later released by CNN’s public relations team sheds further light on the (lack of) editorial process behind the story, saying “it’s worth noting that the post in question did not channel through the standard internal process and it was not reviewed by the senior editorial staff before appearing on CNN.com.” It’s good that they’re recognizing this story was a non-story. But it’s bad that they’re not apologizing to their readers, and offering more of an explanation. But more importantly, CNN’s response simply proves that they still don’t grasp the power of the Internet — taking something down may eliminate the barrage of comments that an irresponsible story might produce, but it doesn’t mean that it’s gone from public conscience. The Daily Kos, a democratic blog, has posted the full text of the story — something that’s easy to find with a simple Google search. Multiple other media outlets have screenshots of CNN’s initial post, and it’s easy to find Twitter reactions lambasting CNN for publishing the story in the first place. One could argue that taking down the post was a symbolic action by CNN: They were acknowledging that the journalism involved was not up to par, and were trying to show their audience that it did not meet the paper’s editorial standards. Nevertheless, taking the article down has generated almost as much controversy as the article itself, and, in my mind, it back-

There are many good reasons to elect Karen Stockley to the Larimer County Commission. Among the most compelling: Approximately 19,000 active fracking wells lie just east of us in Weld County. Larimer County sits above the same Niobrara Formation as Weld County and is also considered

fired. It took away from the public’s trust in CNN, rather than reinforced it. According to an article on the Poynter Institute’s website, 78.2 percent of editors at the 110 newspapers certified said there were reasons to remove content from their publication’s websites. The reasons they identified ranged from if offending stories were totally wrong, if a writer felt like they were going to be embarrassed or if a source expressed remorse — all of these could, theoretically, be in line with CNN’s reasons behind removing the story. However, CNN had none of these justifications. Foremost, the writer firmly stands by her post, as does the researcher who started it all. Sure, it was going off of a very questionable study, but clearly some editor assigned it to the writer, and the writer did try to balance the story with dissenting viewpoints. The reason why CNN took down the story was to get rid of the embarrassment it generated. But you just can’t do that online — much like the ugly picture I took for the Collegian last year while wearing a stained t-shirt that shows up whenever you Google me, CNN can’t simply pretend like it didn’t post a story about how periods impact voting. So what should CNN have done instead? They could have done what the Columbia Journalism Review did earlier this year, when they received flak for a story about how Israel imprisons more journalists per capita than any other country that relied entirely on faulty statistics. Rather than taking the story down, the editor admitted that the whole basis for the story was wrong, and then created a forum for the post’s author and dissenting voices to debate about what the post stood for. Sure, it was embarrassing for the Columbia Journalism Review (which has posted A LOT about journalists using shoddy numbers), but instead of taking the post down, they acknowledged that it wasn’t going away, and instead, took advantage of the internet as a platform and generated discussion. Some people say that a newspaper lasts forever, but in reality, the Internet lasts way longer. Editor in Chief Allison Sylte is a senior journalism major. Her column appears Mondays in the Collegian. She can be reached at letters@collegian.com or on Twitter @AllisonSylte.

our view

Sunshine RamFan: The Crisis

Go Rams! This weekend we actually saw our stalwart Ram team tear the enemy’s line asunder — unfortunately the stands were relatively empty of students celebrating their team’s success. What is the reason for such poor attendance? Was it just because it was cold out? Is it because they stop selling beer a few minutes into the third quarter (Probably)? Usually, when you ask students that never attend why, a common response is because we never win, but we actually won this weekend and what support we had left before the end of the game. There are plenty of football

programs across the country that have terrible teams and

“Our teams will perform much better if they have a loud and rowdy crowd to support them–– win or lose.” their fans still support them. Some of this can be attributed to a stronger football culture, but for the most part students show up in because they’re supporting

the people, not the record. We’ve got to stop being fair weather fans. Our teams will perform much better if they have a loud and rowdy crowd to support them — win or lose. Yes we haven’t won many games, but we sure beat CU and had a great performance against Hawai’i. Our football team came through on their part and won us a game. We fans let them down by not supporting them. As Thomas Paine wrote, “These are the times that try men’s souls,” but being a true loyal supporter means fighting for your side, no matter the circumstances.

The Collegian Editorial Board is responsible for writing the staff editorial, “Our View,” and for the views expressed therein. Letters and feedback in response to the staff editorial can be sent to letters@collegian.com. Allison Sylte | Editor in Chief editor@collegian.com Matt Miller | Content Managing Editor news@collegian.com Hunter Thompson | Visual Managing Editor photo@collegian.com

Andrew Carrera | News Editor news@collegian.com Elisabeth Willner | News Editor news@collegian.com Kevin Jensen | Editorial Editor letters@collegian.com

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First sale under fire with Supreme Court case

By Hamilton Reed

One of the most basic tenets of modern business, copyright and trademark law is the doctrine of “First sale”. The idea behind this doctrine is to balance the concerns of companies and producers with the common sense and practical actions of consumers. The idea is that physical products that are copyrighted in America are allowed to be sold in a manner that the producer sees fit (when, where and for how much, etc.), however once this item has been sold, the producer loses all control over the product. In short, once something has been sold outright, the customer is free to resell the item as they see fit. This is how thrift stores, used book stores and Gamestop all stay in business. Today the Supreme Court will weigh in on the case of John Wiley & Sons v. Kirtsaeng. The general premise of the case is that Supap Kirtsaeng discovered that many textbooks that the company John Wiley & Sons sells overseas are far cheaper than those sold in America. So cheap in fact that Kirtsaeng had his family overseas buy books and ship them to America where Kirtsaeng would then resell them on eBay at a price point high enough to make a profit but still low enough to undercut

John Wiley & Sons sales here in America. Seems pretty straightforward, right? Capitalism at its finest. Well, the thing about first sale doctrine in America is that it covers American made products. So what John Wiley & Sons are trying to argue is that since these foreign books are manufactured abroad and being imported they are exempt from the first-sale doctrine. A Supreme Court ruling in favor of John Wiley & Sons means more than just a textbook manufacturer getting away with bullying an entrepreneurial spirit and getting away with extreme levels of price gouging here in America, it also sets a nasty precedent for the numerous items we use everyday. Think about it: It’s easier to point out the things in your room that were made in America than those that were not. Clothes manufactured in Taiwan, computer parts from Thailand, or the near infinite number of products imported from China. Now on a personal level, direct person to person transactions will most likely not be affected simply because there is no easy way for a company to detect them. But large stores that deal in second-hand sales will most likely face increased pressure as will anyone selling such products online. For example, all Apple would need to do to challenge a major sector of the second hand market is to write a script that looks over eBay and craigslist postings that contain the words iPad, iPhone, or iPod and simply send an automated boiler plate cease and desist to the email address provided. This is about more than the economy though, this is about not giving corporations any more power over consumers than they already have. The simple nature of corporations, large groups of humans organized around making large amounts of money, already makes

them more powerful than any one human being, but the more laws that serve to favor a corporation over an individual simply widen the power gap. If Mr. Kirtsaeng were buying textbooks on the cheap in Broomfield and then undercutting the CSU bookstore here in Fort Collins, he would be lauded as an entrepreneur and a paragon of American capitalism. There is nothing intrinsically different about a textbook printed in America and a textbook printed overseas, and there is no reason — except for the greed of humans — that first sale doctrine should not apply. What this case really boils down to is that John Wiley & Sons inflated the price of textbooks in this market for the sake of profiteering and someone found a way to burst this little textbook bubble. Then, rather than graciously bow to the invisible hand and lower their prices to something more reasonable, this company has decided to twist and abuse the word of the law while ignoring the spirit in an attempt to maintain a stranglehold on their prices, and in the process undermine the rights of consumers under first sale doctrine. One of the core tenets of capitalism is that when you buy a physical product, that physical product is yours to do with what you will. I think the fact that there is even a debate about this is absurd and shows just how much pressure corporations exert on our judicial system. Corporations don't need any more help from the law and any ruling other than one in favor of Mr. Kirtsaeng will just be further proof that the needs of the people are not the main priority of our government. Hamilton Reed is a senior computer science major. His columns appear Mondays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to letters@collegian.com.

Guest Column desirable for heavy fracking. The fracking promoters have already crossed the county line and are beginning operations in Loveland. Imagine how we'd feel with 1,000 new wells throughout Larimer County, let alone 19,000. All three Larimer County Commissioners are fail-

ing to protect the interests of the citizens. One of them is being challenged for re-election. We can place a citizen-focused voice on the Board. Consider the downsides of fracking: Public health issues Toxic chemicals are forced through our fresh water

tables; polluted, non-recyclable sludge is pumped back up. Toxic emissions are released from toxic waste storage facilities, pipelines and combustors. Neither the state nor the industry is committed to adequately monitoring these pollutants or measuring their health hazards. Private property concerns

Ask how much an oil rig a few hundred feet from your home would add to its value. Public costs Non-reimbursed damage to roads. Emergency services training and response for wellsite failures. Diversion and destruc-

tion of untold billions of gallons of agricultural and domestic water. Karen Stockley is committed to putting the interests of the citizen above those of an industry unconcerned with our well being. John Gascoyne, Fort Collins and Jan Cross, Loveland

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Continued from Page 8 While the Rams played sloppy, Hawai’i had its share of mistakes as well. The Warriors committed five turnovers in the game, the most critical one coming at the end of the game. While trailing by 3527 and driving down the field, Hawai’i quarterback Sean Schroeder threw an interception to CSU defensive back Jasen Oden, who returned the ball 40 yards for a touchdown and sealed the victory for the Rams. “This one hurts a lot,” Hawai’i wide receiver Billy Ray Strutzmann said. “Being in it the whole game

CSU students start campus fashion magazine The stage is set and the lights are on a brand new fashion magazine called “The Fashion Report” for those who want a taste of local and international fashion news. Fashion Group International (FGI) is behind the start of the first ever CSU fashion magazine after members saw similar magazines at other universities. “My background with photo shoots, paired with Fashion Group International’s support, created the perfect platform to launch the magazine,” Editor-In-Chief Kiah Kristine said in an email to the Collegian. The first issue, which is out today, will be an online-only, free publication distributed through issuu.com until the necessary funds are raised to start printing. “We hope to distribute

and then giving it away at the end. We had a lot of opportunities that we let down, and it just got away from us.” The Rams hope the win will give them momentum heading into their game with rival Wyoming, which CSU plays Saturday afternoon on the road. “The win was good for our team,” CSU linebacker Shaquil Barrett said. “It boosted our confidence, and when we go to Wyoming we’re going to be on the high horse, and we’re going to try to not let anyone knock us off of it.” Football Beat Reporter Andrew Schaller can be reached at sports@collegian.com

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From left to right, Writer Emily Koziel, Editor in Chief Kiah Kristine, Writer Brittan Hughes and Staff Member Kalyn Bessert pose in GG Boutique on Wednesday afternoon. The Fashion Report magazine is being published for its first time today.

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through FGI once we start printing and use fundraising tools such as kickstarter. com, as well as events like our clothing swap, to help with costs,” Kristine said in text message to the Collegian. Coming out with their first issue is no easy task, but along with the officers of FGI, there are over 20 contributors as well as CSU students in Denver and abroad to help cover every angle. “We are directed at affordable fashion that is attainable for college students. ‘The Fashion Report’ won’t just have what celebrities are wearing but will include local businesses and what CSU students can get a hold of,” said Payton Gifford, a member of the photoshoot team. The magazine looks to have contributors from all walks of life. Most are apparel design or merchandising students, but business and journalism students will

also contribute, according to Kristine. Kristine said that one of the goals of the magazine is to include students from many departments. Design Director Verretta Andersen said the magazine allows students to get involved. “This fashion magazine is a way for us all to get involved and gain experience while bringing students together and showing the community what we are passionate about,” Anderson said. The first issue will have a lot on local businesses, such as modeling the clothes of GG Boutique on Laurel Street and additional stories on fashion shows that have been based in Denver and street styles around campus. “It is an awesome mix of Colorado casual and things you don’t usually find around FoCo,” Kristine said. Going along with the season, the first issue will include clothes with a mul-

titude of fall colors that can be seen around Fort Collins. Each issue will be focusing on different fashion trends and will look to highlight looks popular around Fort Collins as well as those associated with the FGI fashion shows. The fashion show held annually in December will have an apocalypse theme this year. Entrants will create clothes from recycled material to go along with the idea of creating clothes with limited supplies. To go along with this theme, “The Fashion Report” will work with FGI to create an issue that showcases the apparel from the show. “We want to make fashion interesting and an important part of Fort Collins through our magazine and we will do so through visually appealing issues,” Andersen said. News Reporter Moonier Said can be reached at news@Collegian.com.

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New players mesh with old stars in exhibition win By ANDREW SCHALLER The Rocky Mountain Collegian The more things change, the more they stay the same for CSU men’s basketball. In a 87-67 victory over Metro State in their opening exhibition game on Sunday, seniors Pierce Hornung and Greg Smith picked up right where they left off last season, each adding double-doubles for CSU. But new players also shined, like transfer guards Daniel Bejarano and Jon Octeus, who took turns running the offense while combining for 19 points and 12 rebounds in 31 minutes of playing time. Highly-touted transfer Colton Iverson, who gives the Rams more size at 6-foot-10, struggled in his first game at CSU, grabbing seven rebounds, but turning the ball over four times in 23 minutes of action. “I just think he was a little nervous,” CSU coach Larry Eustachy said. “And we are going to limit his game with the dribbles. He will be really effective before (the presea-

son is) over.” The Rams worked six players who were not on the team last year into the exhibition in hopes of getting them accustomed to playing with the older players on the team. “That’s why these exhibitions are so good, everyone kind of figures out their roles,” Hornung said. “And you get chemistry amongst the team, and it’s a good chance to improve on that.” One of the Rams that may have to adjust to a new role this season is junior guard Dwight Smith, who factored prominently in the Rams’ run to the NCAA Tournament last season. Smith only played in the last three minutes of the exhibition Sunday, a move Eustachy said is meant to send a message to Smith to perform better in practice in order to compete with the new talent. “I had guys in there that were new, so I’ve got a lot of confidence in them,” Eustachy said. “I think Dwight has got the message that he’s gotta work harder or he’s gonna bury himself.”

NEW RAMS DEBUT Daniel Bejarano: 18 minutes, 10 points, 9 rebounds, 2 steals Jon Octeus: 13 minutes, 9 points, 3 rebounds Colton Iverson: 23 minutes, 8 points, 7 rebounds, 1 block Gerson Santo: 17 minutes, 6 points, 3 rebounds

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CSU guard Wes Eikmeier drives to the basket during the ﬁrst half of an exhibition game against Metro State at Moby Arena Sunday. The Rams won easily 87-67 in a tune up for the season opener on Nov. 9 against Montana.

The Rams rotated in eleven men in the exhibition game, but Eustachy said after the game that he will run an eight or nine-man rotation when the season starts, leaving little

margin of error for players like Octeus and Dwight Smith who are competing for a limited amount of minutes. The players that do get out onto the floor for the

Rams during the regular season will have to learn Eustachy’s offense quickly, as the Rams have said they have only installed one play so far this offseason.

A remedy for the lack of structure in the offense could be getting out in transition, something the Rams excelled at during their exhibition, scoring 26 total points off fast break points and points off turnovers. “Coach has expressed that he wants us to run and we have the depth and capability of doing so,” senior guard Wes Eikmeier said. “So we’re gonna take advantage of missed shots and the players that we have and get up and down the floor. So he’ll get us in the right position to win the game.” Men’s Basketball Beat Reporter Andrew Schaller can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

“We had good focus tonight and we absolutely needed this win.” Tom Hilbert | head coach VOLLEYBALL

Rams make quick work of Nevada in Reno By KYLE GRABOWSKI The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Strong service pressure and an efficient, well-distributed attack allowed CSU to dispatch Nevada quickly Saturday night in Reno, Nev. The Rams hit .323 and held Nevada to a .093 hitting percentage en route to a quick 3-0 win. The Wolfpack never scored more than 18 in any set. CSU’s defense kept all of Nevada’s attackers in check, and pinpoint passing allowed setter Deedra Foss to pick and choose her sets all over the court. “The ball was distributed well and we had matchups that worked,” CSU coach Tom Hilbert said. “Megan (Plourde) was hitting over a kid she could just destroy and Deej was getting her the ball in a way that allowed her to do that.”`Plourde finished with

11 kills and a .421 hitting percentage to go along with four blocks. She was one of four Rams with more than 18 attacks and a hitting percentage above .286. Senior Dana Cranston lead the team with a .435 hitting percentage and 12 kills to go along with eight digs. Nevada gave Cranston a sharp cut shot all night, and she continued to punish them. All four of CSU’s seniors took over the game collectively at a point when the Rams needed a road victory to avoid their third losing streak of the year. “We know that it’s coming down to the wire, and we know we have to perform every game,” Cranston said. CSU’s defense performed outstanding in all facets of the game. The Rams knocked down six total blocks and “touch blocked”

many other balls that Nevada covered and kept alive. Nevada outside hitters Elissa Ji and Grace Anxo combined for seven kills and a -.023 hitting percentage. “Their outside hitters can’t kill balls on us, they had to go to their middles and right side player and couldn’t do that,” Hilbert said. “They hit a lot of unforced errors because when they get in rallies they hit high because they’re intimidated by us.” CSU dominated stretches of all three sets with long point runs powered by Dri Culbert’s serving, culminating in a 16-6 run to end the third set. “She was super consistent and really powered us through them, she didn’t miss,” Cranston said. The win propelled CSU into a tie for second place in the Mountain West with San Diego State, which the Rams

EFFICIENT ATTACKERS Outside hitter Dana Cranston: 12 kills, .435 hitting percentage Middle blocker Megan Plourde: 11 kills, .421 hitting percentage Middle blocker Breion Paige: 8 kills, .333 hitting percentage

lost to on Oct. 25. Both teams trail UNLV by a half game in the conference standings. CSU will renew its Border War rivalry with Wyoming Friday in Laramie for its next match. “We had good focus tonight, and we absolutely needed this win,” Hilbert said. “We are in a race for this conference championship, and we have to beat people on the road. It doesn’t matter who it is.” Assistant Sports Editor Kyle Grabowski can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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“The ladies pay their dues just like the guys and yet they still struggle to see a payout from the public.”

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By Quentin Sckafoose

Moby Arena’s resume includes 8,745 seats that have played host for concerts like The Fray and Steve Miller Band on top of the basketball and volleyball we get every year. Throughout the course of the school year, thousands of tickets will be sold for Moby’s events. A portion of those sales come from the CSU women’s basketball team. However, women’s basketball sells just a fraction of Moby tickets—a fraction that needs to be larger than the number we now see. We all know that women’s basketball doesn’t get the time of day it deserves and I will be the first to admit that I am guilty of contributing to this. I never took the time to think about why this was and couldn’t come up with a valid reason. After all, sports consume a huge part of my life and there’s no way I could hate it. So maybe it’s time to ponder getting more involved with women’s basketball. As the CSU women’s basketball season is upon us, we better ponder fast. Thursday night will be the first time the women’s basketball team will hit the court this season and junior forward Sam Martin is already appreciative of anyone who will be in attendance. “If we have a lot of fans

it makes a huge difference for us when we’re playing. Getting to play in that atmosphere means alot to any athlete — especially us,” Martin said. Martin and her whole team are working to spread the word in effort to get more supporters at their games, a bandwagon I have already hopped on and would love some others to accompany my membership. If you’re going to offer your support to someone, at least support the ones who appreciate it. The men’s basketball team might be numb to home crowds because they are used to seeing a number of people at their games significantly larger than the amount of people that show up for their female counterparts. The ladies pay their dues just like the guys and yet they still struggle to see a payout from the public. “Any sporting event you get the chance to go to is worth being a part of. It’s fun to go to the games and enjoy it. I think we’ve got a good team this year and honestly, anyone would enjoy coming to watch us play,” Martin said. The CSU women’s basketball team hasn’t seen a record-breaking crowd in 13 years. It happened one Saturday afternoon in 1999 when most of us were preoccupied watching cartoons on Nickelodeon. So it seems as though the might be a little past due, and it is our responsibility as a CSU community to help renew that for them. Quentin Sickafoose is a junior journalism major. His columns appear Mondays in the sports section of The Collegian. He can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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CSU punt returner Joe Hansley takes back a punt 76-yards against Hawai’i helping the Rams win 42-27. The Rams won just their second game of the year to improve their record to 2-6.

Rams salvage a much needed win By Andrew Schaller The Rocky Mountain Collegian

rams’ sloppy play

The CSU football team managed to put together a win for the first time in seven weeks Saturday against Hawai’i, but many problems for the Rams still linger on the field. Some positive signs beamed through the shaky win, like Chris Nwoke’s 115-yard rushing performance, though the Rams still managed to repeatedly commit costly mistakes, including Nwoke’s two fumbles in the game. The first of the fumbles came on just the second offensive play for the Rams, when Nwoke coughed the ball up at the Rams’ 12-yard line and Hawai’i linebacker Jerrol Garcia-Williams snatched the ball and took it into the end zone for the game’s first touchdown.

Turnovers: 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles Penalties: 8 for 114 yards Third down conversions: 1-for-6 (.167) Time of possession: 23:54 (Hawai’i: 36:06)

“You can’t play the game if you put it on the ground,” CSU coach Jim McElwain said. “We gave them their first touchdown like we have a couple other times by putting the ball on the ground.” In addition to Nwoke’s two fumbles, running back Tommey Morris added one fumble and third-string quarterback Conner Smith, who was making his first start since high school, threw two interceptions. “Me and Tommey, we do our running, and that’s something we both

have to work on, holding on to that rock,” Nwoke said. “It’s unfortunate and it came at a critical moment.” But despite the turnovers, CSU was able to hold on to the game largely due to the inability of the Hawai’i offense to capitalize on all the Rams’ mistakes. After being set up with field position on the CSU side of the field four consecutive times in the third quarter, due to three turnovers and a blocked punt, the Warriors put just six points on the board. “It was awful. It was terrible,” Hawai’i coach Norm Chow said of his team’s inability to capitalize on the turnovers. “That’s what cost us the ball game. Our defense really stood up and played and we didn’t take advantage of it offensively.” See fball on Page 5

Skelton becomes CSU’s unlikely secret weapon By cris tiller The Rocky Mountain Collegian With first and goal looming from the 5-yard line, linebacker James Skelton found himself lined up behind the center about to take a snap at quarterback, something he’d never done outside of practice. Skelton had played both ways in high school, but never quarterback. In all reality he was a running back and the mission was clear — score. And for the first time in his CSU career Skelton did just that. “I can’t describe something like that,” Skelton said after the 42-27 win over Hawai’i. “I’m just fortunate the hole was so big, so I can thank the o-line for that one.” Skelton finished with just three carries for 13 yards, but sparked his team. The touchdown put the Rams

on top 21-14 with 12:50 left in the first quarter, their first lead of the game. CSU didn’t trail again for the rest of the night. While Skelton seemed hardly phased by the fact he played several snaps out of the wildcat formation, his defensive teammates were thrilled to see their middle linebacker get the sort of attention usually reserved for quarterbacks, Skelton running backs and wide receivers. “I came over there and (we) just smiled at each other and I gave him a high five and a hug. I told him how good he looked out there running the ball,” linebacker Shaquil Barrett said. “Hopefully there’s some more to come for the wildcat for

Skelly. It was a good feeling.” Skelton, a senior, was nearly four years into his career without a single point credited to his name. Not an interception or a lucky fumble had bounced his way. Needless to say he never imagined getting his chance at glory on the other side of scrimmage. “No I didn’t (see myself scoring on offense), I definitely didn’t, but I’m just happy it happened,” he said. “I’d be fine with (moving to offense). I know this is high school football, but I played both ways in high school. I’d be fine to do whatever I can for the team.” CSU coach Jim McElwain first had the idea to

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insert Skelton on offense simply because he could hold onto the ball. The idea turned into reps at practice and McElwain saw enough to implement his new weapon in the game plan. “I said ‘this guy will hold onto the ball, he’s tough and it means something to him,’ I’m ready to put him back there full time,” McElwain joked after the game. “I’m ready to, but they won’t let me on defense because they’re so thin, but we’ll keep that package in.” Sports Editor Cris Tiller can be reached at sports@ collegian.com.