HOUSE
SPORTS | PAGE 7
HUNTING
NEW STUDENT HOUSING UNDERWAY NEWS | PAGE 3
TAMING THE WOLF PACK BASKETBALL TEAMS SWEEP NEVADA
THE RO CKY MOUNTAIN
Fort Collins, Colorado
Thursday, February 7, 2013
COLLEGIAN COLLEG
Volume 121 | No. 97
www.collegian.com
THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891
Football signs 24 recruits to 2013 class
“Every coach wants to award all the scholarships. It’s a competitive disadvantage if they don’t. It’s a moving target and takes a lot of attention and management.” Christine Susemihl | Senior associate athletic director for internal operations
ERIN MROSS | COLLEGIAN
Honors Society President Lauren Hartsough sits in her biological psychology class last Thursday, Jan. 31. Hartsough represents a portion of the CSU population that will receive $26.2 million in academic scholarships this year.
ATHLETIC VS. ACADEMIC
Student Financial Services analyzes aid, scholarship disbursement By AUSTIN BRIGGS The Rocky Mountain Collegian Hunkered down in departments around campus, a small team of statisticians stays busy compiling application and enrollment data at CSU. The information is looked at every week, and short- and long-term strategies related to student financial aid, access and enrollment are analyzed regularly by the Student Financial Services department, said Student Financial Services director Tom Biedscheid. “We might ask them how many students do we have in this area, what’s the yield rate,” Biedscheid said. “There’s a core crew that drives it all within the division.” With student loan debt and the de-
faults that come with it hitting an all time high, potential students are being extra vigilant about every dollar they can save when deciding which college to enroll in.
Academic Scholarships This year, students at CSU will receive approximately $26.2 million in academic scholarships. A priority for any university is attracting a diverse student body which includes high ability, academically successful students, Biedscheid said. Competition is tight to get the 4.0 GPA students with high test scores and sparkling resumes to enroll at any university. The largest award CSU offers nonresidents is the Triple Crown –– a to-
tal of 244 scholarships ranging from $20,000 to $36,000 spread out over four years. One of the more coveted scholarships for in-state students is the Green and Gold Scholarship, which is $2,000 per year over four years. “It’s competitive in a lot of ways,” Biedscheid said. “It’s the kind of student that’s going to get an offer like this from essentially any university.” As a sign of this competition, CU– Boulder recently created the Esteemed Scholars Scholarship that goes into effect this fall. Depending upon GPA and test scores, approximately 20 percent of incoming resident freshmen are See SCHOLARSHIP on Page 5
See RECRUITS on Page 6
CSUPD attempts to curb bike thefts on campus By ALEX BEYER The Rocky Mountain Collegian
No matter the weather, hundreds of bikers can always be found pedaling their way through campus. But with a lot of bikes, comes a lot of bike theft. In 2012, 192 bikes were reported stolen to the CSU Police Department. Most bikes get stolen near Westfall, Durward and Corbett Halls, which collectively reported 46 bike thefts in 2012. The second most popular area is the south side dorms, including Ingersoll, Summit, Academic Village, Edwards, Newsom and Braiden, which reported 34 thefts all together. “There is less traffic on that side of campus compared to places like the Academic Village where you have people all over,” said CSUPD Lt. Scott Harris. “And most thieves are not only looking for an easy opportunity but also looking for a quick way to get away
with what they got.” One of those reports came from junior biology major Quinn Watt, whose bike was stolen last summer. “I did go to CSU police, and my bike was registered, so they got all the information for my bike in their records,” Watt said. “They said they would relay it to Fort Collins police also to spread the word. I actually got a call once thinking they found it, but I wasn't that lucky.” With so many instances like this, the CSUPD has taken several measures in order to protect students from bicycle kleptomania. Harris said that some of those measures include educating students on how to properly secure their bikes when they register their bikes, as well as warning the public about bike theft trends through mediums like Today@CSU. Harris also mentioned that having a police presence on campus deters bike thieves from stealing. However, he stressed
Bikes stolen on campus in 2012
46 Bikes- North side dorms
(Towers, Corbett, Parmalee, Allison, Lory Apts)
Laurel St.
Oval
STRIP CLUB
There is a long list of crimes that are just to deplorable to mention. High on this list for those of us in Fort Collins is the theft of bikes. Bike thieves are amongst the most deplorable human beings to stain the beautiful painting of this most bike-friendly of cities. They ought to have a punishment equitable to their crimes, like:
By CRIS TILLER The Rocky Mountain Collegian Size, athleticism and depth. All three were serious needs for CSU football heading into the 2013 off-season, and coach Jim McElwain believes his next recruiting class fills them all. In his first full recruiting cycle since becoming the head coach of CSU, McElwain and his staff announced the addition of 24 players, including 20 from high school and four junior college transfers. “We’re really excited about the quality of the individuals that we brought in … I know we’ve answered some needs,” McElwain said at the announcement press conference. “Each and every one of them we expect to be impact players at sometime in their career.” In McElwain’s newest class is a potential quarterback in Murrieta, Calif. native Nick Stevens. Stevens impressed CSU coaches during a summer workout in which he threw around 65 passes, displaying his ability to hit every route with accuracy. “He missed one throw. Everything else was a catchable, on target, release,” offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin said. “We came away from there going, ‘This is a phenom.’ ... It was a no brainer. There were a lot of people that came back on him.” Baldwin talked about his athletic prowess as an exciting facet to his game that attracted the attention of schools like Boise State. Stevens won a championship in his junior
the
34 Bikes- South side dorms
(Ingersoll, Summit, Academic Village, Edwards, Newsom, Braiden)
IM fields
Punishments for bike thieves Practice Dummies
It’s no secret that the CSU football team hasn’t done well in the past. Clearly, they are in need of some new equipment... new, live equipment. Nobody would ever steal a bike if they knew that, if caught, they’d be doomed to being smashed by linebackers for eternity!
Geese Shepherds
Every spring, CSU is plagued by geese. And someone needs to make sure that they don’t wander onto sidewalks. Fitting, then, that the bike-grabbing scum of the city should be punished by wallowing in geese droppings.
26 Bikes- Student Center/Engineering area
18 Bikes- Clark/Morgan Library, Eddy area 15- Southeast admin Prospect st.
(Chemistry, Gifford, Pathology, Microbiology, Yates, PERC) HUNTER THOMPSON | COLLEGIAN
that one main reason bikes are stolen is simply because bikers don’t use the right lock: a U-lock. “Just by using a pair of wire cutters you can cut through a cable lock in seconds and take a
bike,” Harris said. “Some cable locks can even be opened just by pulling hard on them. U-locks, though, are very hard to defeat and take away a bike thief’s opportunity.”
Some students, like junior liberal arts major Aaron Grinsell, learned this lesson the hard way. His bike wasn’t See BIKES on Page 6
Arrested by Bike Cops
The irony of this is inescapable. As is the humiliation. The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff.