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TRANSIT TRANSFORT CONSIDERING NEW LINE
“Stay off the court”
THE RO CKY MOUNTAIN
Fort Collins, Colorado
Monday, January 28, 2013
COLLEGIAN
Volume 121 | No. 89
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THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891
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7-Eleven will soon replace Consuelos
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With the first week of school already a thing of the past, we start anew with yet another Monday. “We came, we partied, we barely finished our homework on time” should be the weekend slogan. Keep your ear to the ground today as you will probably hear the following confessions stumble out of the mouth of some hungover Ram.
After students face construction hassle, new store to open within the month By HALEIGH HAMBLIN The Rocky Mountain Collegian The world’s largest convenience store chain, 7-Eleven, is breaking ground in Fort Collins. Construction of the new 7-Eleven continues on the corner of West Elizabeth Street and City Park Avenue, formerly the site of Consuelo’s Mexican Restaurant. Construction efforts have rerouted traffic and caused trouble for some students during their daily commute. “Although road closures did not cause me to change my commute too much, I was able to see how students had limited access to the Campus West Liquor Store,” said Connor Sims, a sophomore biological science major and off-campus resident. The intersection of West Elizabeth Street and City Park Avenue was blocked off for two weeks, affecting nearby businesses. Wendy’s and the Campus West Liquor Store were affected as access to driveways and intersections was limited by construction. “The construction progress of the 7-Eleven has not influenced our company, thus far,” C.B. & Potts manager Jen Larsen said. “When the store does open, we will then look to see if students’ business is affected. We will continue to focus on our business." The construction project has concentrated on the work behind the fences. Commuters to and from the campus are able to use public and their own transportation with ease. “Being in the center of off-campus apartments, the 7-Eleven will contribute to students who want quick snacks or Slurpee,” Sims said. The city of Fort Collins and the construction team broke ground in early December and plan on completing the project within the next month. See CONSTRUCTION on Page 6
AFFECTED AREAS Ram’s Village Ram’s Crossing Campus West Liquor Elizabeth Street restaurant strip
Post Party Confessions
“What did I drink last night?” “Some guy keeps texting me about his gorilla costume...”
ERIN MROSS | COLLEGIAN
Mechanical engineering students Darryl Beemer (left) and Kevin Westhoff (right) make adjustments to their Mechatronics final project, a foosball table with a capacitive grid that automatically moves the goalie Friday afternoon. The College of Engineering has grown by 25 percent over the last decade, which is the largest growth of any college at CSU.
Enrolling engineers in high numbers Undergraduate enrollment up almost 40 percent in past decade By SEAN MEEDS The Rocky Mountain Collegian As a result of new recruitment policies, the College of Engineering has seen the largest growth rates of any college at CSU over the past decade. “It all started five years ago,” said Kathleen Baumgardner, director of strategic communications for the College of Engineering. “We saw that our enrollment numbers for women were below the national average.” According to the American Society of Engineering Education, the national
average enrollment for undergraduate female students in engineering was 17.5 percent in 2006. At the time CSU engineering had a 15.82 percent undergraduate female enrollment, a 1.68 percent difference. Now, the college can boast a 20.56 percent female undergraduate enrollment rate, which is almost a full 2 percent higher than the national average, reported to be 18.8 percent in the fall of 2011. As a whole, the College of Engineering has grown by 39 percent over the past ten years — more than any other
college on campus. Much of that growth can be attributed to the college’s efforts to attract more female students, but other recruitment initiatives have led to the department’s increased numbers. One of those initiatives is the student ambassador program, which involves a staff of twelve students reaching out to prospective students. One of the student ambassadors, senior mechanical engineering major Caley Follmer, said that the program’s See ENGINEERING on Page 6
How to shed that extra weight from winter break By CORRIE SAHLING The Rocky Mountain Collegian
With CSU’s five-week winter break comes a lot of sitting on the couch eating delicious food that you didn’t have to make for yourself, devouring
frosted holiday cookies and not enough physical activities. “The hardest thing is that (students) went home and sat with family and ate mom’s cooking,” said Ally Mattson, junior health and exercise science major. “It’s hard to get ac-
tive again and it’s easy to use the excuse of school, work or being too busy.” The holidays invite many sweets in large quantities. Now that break is over, Mattson stresses that sweets are a bad thing, and curbing your ap-
petite for sweets will be a big help. It’s not a secret that processed foods are also bad for you, and fresh food –– especially fruits and vegetables –– are good for you, so Mattson suggests that eating such foods
and adding some veggies into your diet will be a major help with getting back in shape. “What most college kids don’t want to hear is to cut out sugary drinks,” Mattson said. See HEALTH on Page 9
“I’m pretty sure a cat snuck in here Friday night and pooped in my mouth. Because my mouth tastes awful.” “How did this latex glove get stuck in my beer bottle?”
“Can someone change the sun’s brightness to 12 percent?” “That’s the last time I eat rum- soaked gummy bears.” “That’s it, I’m never drinking again.”
The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff.