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No details known about Tuesday Obama visit Officials: short notice is normal BY ALLISON SYLTE The Rocky Mountain Collegian While President Barack Obama’s campaign has confirmed that he will be making a stop at CSU on Tuesday, the specifics of the visit are still unknown — even to the CSU departments charged with providing logistical support. Sources close to the campaign say that details as to when, where and who’s invited will be released sometime this weekend, though they say his speech will occur sometime between 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. This short notice is normal, according to Blaine Nickeson, the assistant vice president of campus relations and chief of staff at Denver’s Auraria Campus, which is comprised of CU-Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver and the Community College of Denver. The Auraria Campus has seen two recent presidential visits, including one last October and another on Aug. 8. Nickeson said campus officials didn’t receive notice about the most recent visit until Aug. 3.
“You definitely have short notice when it comes to these types of things,” Nickeson said. “But a presidential visit can be a real opportunity for your campus to be seen nationally.” CSU Spokesman Mike Hooker said the university hasn’t received any details from the Obama campaign, though he does know that numerous CSU departments — including University Operations and the CSU Police Department — will be working with the Secret Service to ensure that the visit runs smoothly. Because public institutions are separate from political campaigns, CSU will present the Obama campaign with a bill for any of the costs incurred by the visit. Since Obama’s visit to CU-Boulder in April was not technically a campaign visit, CU footed the bill at an estimated cost of $110,000, according to the Denver Post. “As someone who’s watched the organizational process for a good deal of small events, I know the good things that come out of putting out an event that’s well-orchestrated,” CSU
President Tony Frank said. According to the Morgan Library Archives, the last standing U.S. president to visit CSU was Dwight D. Eisenhower in the late 1950s. In 2008, more than 45,000 student community members gathered in the Oval for then-Sen. Obama’s last visit. Senior agricultural sciences major
Tony Rau, a recent graduate of CSU, has the job that every college student can only dream of. He is a full-time lab technician at a Fort Collins highlight –– Odell Brewing Co. Rau entered CSU as an animal science major on the pre-vet route, but ended up as a biochemistry major and was encouraged to take a brewing class. Taught by Jack Avens under the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, the class –– Brewing Science and Technology, or FTEC 460 –– showed Rau and many other students about the brewing process. “The process is one biochemical pathway,” he said. On the second day of class, Rau recalls thinking, “I want to do this for the rest of my life.” During the class, students are able to take field trips to seven breweries around Fort Collins and apply what they’ve learned in class at Equinox, Odell’s and Funkwerks breweries during the semester. The course started in 2005 and is offered every semester to 20 qualified students, who must be 21 or older, have a background in organic chemistry and fill out a three to five page questionnaire created by
the professor. According to Avens, CSU is the only university with an undergraduate academic brewing science course. This puts students on track to a career in brewing. After the class, the next step is to obtain an internship at a local craft brewery. “An unpaid intern is on track when the need (for workers) arises,” said Doug Odell, founder of Odell Brewing Co. The semester after taking FTEC 460, Rau signed on to be the undergraduate teaching
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President Barack Obama greets the 45,000-50,000 gathered supporters on the Oval when he visited Colorado State on Oct. 26, 2008. Obama is scheduled to revisit CSU again next Tuesday, Aug. 28.
Beer hobby becomes full-time brewing job By AMANDA ZETAH The Rocky Mountain Collegian
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assistant for the class. During that time, he also held a parttime internship at Odell’s. After nine months, Rau got offered a full-time position as a lab technician. Rau’s main job is quality control and quality assurance, according to Odell. Rau is one of two lab technicians hired on to oversee the brewing process. Rau’s job entails checking for bacteria and contaminants in the yeast. He also See BREWING on Page 5
Graduate Tony Rau took the brewing technologies and sciences course while at CSU, leading to an internship and eventual job at Odell Brewing Co. in Fort Collins, Colo. Photo by Nic Turiciano
“Mike understands the big issues and he’s very ready to dig into those and get to work and get the job done.” Tony Frank | CSU President
CSU Chancellor Michael Martin shares his path to higher education By KATE SIMMONS The Rocky Mountain Collegian CSU System Chancellor Michael Martin might have worked in a mine. The newly-appointed face of the three-campus CSU system spent his young years in the small, rural town Crosby, Minn. where many of his peers did not pursue higher education. But Martin, with the support of his parents, decided to go to a four-year college, becoming the only one of his siblings to do so. “My family was very encouraging, not because they knew about it personally, but they understood that I could stay back in Crosby, Minn. and probably join many of my peers in working in the mines, but that was not a future that my parents thought was in my best interest or theirs,” Martin said. Martin, the former chancellor at Louisiana State University, took over as CSU’s chancellor over the summer. Martin has spent the last few months
getting acquainted with Colorado and is excited about being a part of the university. “Mike understands the big issues and he’s very ready to dig into those and get to work and get the job done,” said CSU President Tony Frank. “There is never any hesitancy on his part to role up his sleeves and get to work.” According to Frank, Martin’s job is to handle interactions with the Board of Governors — the 15-member council that oversees the CSU System — the state legislature, the Colorado Commission on Higher Education and to represent CSU at a variety of events in Denver. “Having someone focused on all of those areas is really important,” Frank said. “I think Mike will be a leading voice within Colorado about the importance of sustaining public higher education.” Martin said he is aware of his responsibilities and goes to work every day ready to remind decision makers to remember See CHANCELLOR on Page 5
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“Sharing a cup of tea allows for laughing, loving, rejoicing, mourning, ruminating and simply being.”
Cultural divide cured with a bit of Turkish
By BROOKE LAKE I can close my eyes and remember molding my fingers around an almost unbearably hot cup of Turkish tea—two sugars. I was sitting in a scarf merchant’s shop in Istanbul, next to the Blue Mosque, pushing through introductions with a handsome stranger who convinced me to share a cup of tea with him. All my Western instincts told me that was I was about to do would result in trouble. While flying high above the Atlantic Ocean en route to Istanbul International Airport, I swore over a bag of stale peanuts that I would commit myself to meeting new people. So I waived all preconceived fears and asked this friendly Turkish stranger, who I just met not 10 minutes ago, to smoke hookah with me later that evening. After fighting our way through Taksim foot traffic and climbing eight flights of stairs I found myself on the terrace of a quaint café overlooking the Bosporus River. Over a pot of apple tea, my newfound friend, Askim, and I enjoyed each other’s company despite barriers of culture, religion and language. There we were, with a world of difference between us, laughing through broken English about Pokémon and American cinema. From there, we spent every possible minute we could together walking through palace gardens, hopping on ferries, strolling through every park and street possible, and sharing a myriad of local Turkish food. Every day ended with a hot pot of tea, and warm conversation. After spending an abundance of time together I noticed the differences between Askim and I were just as egregious as the first time we met, if not more so, but what had dissolved was fear. The same fear that caused a neighborhood watchman to shoot and kill an innocent African American boy wearing
a hoodie. The same fear that tells the American majority any time they see my Muslim friends to think ‘terrorists’. The same fear of African Americans which resulted in segregation and dehumanization from white Americans, pre-1960s. The same fear that resulted in policemen shooting an innocent Latino man waiting for his friends on a street corner. Our differences do not divide us; it is that our fear captivates us. A good portion of my summer was spent drinking tea with people altogether unfamiliar to me as an American—a veiled Libyan woman who could only speak Arabic with me on a plane to Frankfurt, a Swiss engineer traveling via Eurorail to Zurich, an exchange student from Bosnia at a café in Florence and a touring German couple at a cave hotel in southern Turkey. Of course, there were moments of confusion and awkwardness upon meeting all these people, but certainly fear had no place in our tea time. When mixed, I believe hot water, tea leaves and sugar, shared between any two people, can be powerful enough to break chaliced stereotypes, and eradicate the fear that starts wars and ruins lives. Sharing a cup of tea allows for laughing, loving, rejoicing, mourning, ruminating and simply being. Upon my departure from Frankfurt International Airport, I concluded my summer thrills in my journal with this declaration. I pray for opportunities to share a pot of tea with people I most fear and do not understand. Surely such antiquated fellowship can bring a people so divided together on the most basic understanding of the human condition. This I believe to be true—you are my brother/ sister, regardless of race or religion, status or gender, and I am to love you as such. I want to challenge my community and whoever reads this to bury your anxiety, and share a cup of tea with someone unfamiliar to you. You never know what the result might be… Brooke Lake is a senior international studies major. Letters and feedback can be sent to letters@collegian.com
OUR VIEW
We matter this election For the first time in recent memory, an acting president of the United States will be on the CSU campus. When President Barack Obama arrives on Tuesday, it should be more than enough proof that in the next general election this community is in a key state and in a key county that could turn the tide in this election. This visit is a high profile reminder of just how important it is for students to stay informed in the coming months, up until the moment ballots are cast. Larimer County is a swing county and Colorado is a swing state in this election. Every voter in this community has big role to play in November, and one that may actually make a difference. Think about which way each
major county in the state will lean the morning after election night — Democrat or Republi-
“Expect to see quite a bit of political activity in the coming months, more than many presidential elections, actually, because we land in a politically strategic location.” can. Boulder County will be blue, obviously. El Paso County will be red, also obviously. Weld County will also likely be red. Denver County will most likely be blue as it was in 2008. Arapahoe was
also blue last election. So on which side of the aisle might Larimer County, the sixth largest in the state, land? We helped vote Obama into the White House, but traditionally we can be unpredictable. Expect to see quite a bit of political activity in the coming months, more than many presidential elections, actually, because we land in a politically strategic location. Don’t be surprised if you see some sort of response by the Republican campaign soon after Obama’s visit. Like Hermann Cain, that should be hilarious. And with so much discussion that will be going on around us, we need to stay informed on the facts and not just be swayed by partisan propaganda, because this year our vote might actually be pretty important.
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It’s good to be back, Colorado State
By RES STECKER Well, here we are everyone. It’s the start of another semester, and I must say that I am pleased to find out that CSU hasn’t lost any of its substance over the summer. The bookstore—which I swear is a for-profit arm of the university—in the LSC is as insane as ever during the beginning of semesters. Normally I try to buy cheaply off Amazon, but a professor-specific book had me waiting in line there for a good half an hour. Already I have found myself cursing the bicyclists that seem determined to irritate as many people at one time as possible by riding through the middle of the sidewalk lining Eddy and Clark during peak people hours. Even better is that a professor had to cancel class due to not having a working projector, and being let go early would have been okay had I not been bombarded en route to the LSC by the coupon book people. And best of all, I was pleased to find out that the third floors of most buildings still seemingly have absolutely no temperature control—because swel-
tering through my language class is just my kind of fun. But hey, these issues are nothing that an on-campus stadium can’t fix, right? In all seriousness though, I really do enjoy being back in the swing of things. Seeing how excited the newcomers are to be here, and seeing some of the really special people from last year always makes for a good time. Plus it is always a bonus when you can go more than a few days without having some stranger confront you and inquire if you wouldn’t mind them asking you a few questions. For all the newcomers to this campus, get ready for that experience, it really is a part of going to school here. This time of year is great because everyone is so happy, pleasant and easy to talk to. Everyone dresses nice and smiles when you make eye contact—because their will hasn’t yet been eroded by weeks of endless reading, research, and testing. Nearly two years ago to the day, I stepped onto this campus as a completely different person than who I am today. This place has totally changed who I am, what I value, and what I believe ideologically. And there is nowhere else I would rather be getting an education. If you are open minded—even a little—then I guarantee this campus will change you in one way or another. Who you become while you are here is likely the core of who you will be for the rest of your life. And it is really important to decide who you are now, and what you believe in. Hopefully this semester will be one
where you challenge yourself intellectually, socially and physically. Life is meant to be hard sometimes, and if yours isn’t then you aren’t doing it correctly. Anyway, that is my little philosophical tirade, and if it struck a positive chord with at least one person, I would consider that a success. Optimistically, over the course of this year I will get a few positive emails from some of you and probably more hate mail from the others. Which is a good thing, because it means I am pushing the right buttons and talking about the tough subjects. I truly do hope that my articles will provide some insight into the important issues of the day—along with some dry quick humor—and provoke really strong feelings. After all, people are most vocal about things they feel strongly about, and discussion is the first step toward action. But now, sadly, as you reach the end of this article, you all will probably have to head back out into the daunting openness of CSU, but maybe catch a free high five from people—they seem to have been going around. And now that I think about it, hopefully those high fivers washed their hands thoroughly; college students and their hands are not exactly the cleanest things. Who knows where they’ve really been. Res Stecker is a junior international studies major. His columns appear Thursdays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to letters@collegian.com
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our student body when they are making decisions that will affect CSU students. “I won’t be able to directly influence students anymore because I’m here in Denver … but I hope I can influence the people who do,” he said. “I hope in that process I can make them continually better servants of the notion that it’s always about the students.” In his time as a university president or chancellor, Martin has developed two rules he takes with him to work every day. “No. 1: it’s always about what’s best for the students. No. 2: everyone on campus is important. From professors to the people who mow the lawn, they all serve the students so they’re all important,” Martin said. “It’s very easy in these jobs to get caught up too often in your own ego because people call you ‘chancellor’ and think that’s important,” Martin said. “That’s only important if you can use whatever that is to advance the best interest of the students. It’s never about me.” Chancellor Martin said he hopes to make each of the CSU System’s three campuses — in Fort Collins, Pueblo and online — more successful by connecting them and utilizing their individual resources. “One of the things I think a chancellor can do is be the person who helps think through those cross-campus relationships and remove the barriers that would prevent that from occurring,” he said. “Part of that, it seems to me, is to be the cheerleader and the innovator for relationships which cause the three campuses to be more mutually supportive of one another.” But Martin isn’t a complete newcomer to CSU. A
decade ago, he was considered for the vacant president position at the university. As one of two finalists, Martin chose not to continue on in the process. “At that time, I still hadn’t concluded that I was ready to lead a major university,” Martin said. “My ego wanted me to do it but my ratioMARTIN nal thought process said maybe a couple more years … I didn’t see myself ready to take it on. Ten years later and a couple jobs in between later, I think I am.” Larry Penley, the other finalist, took the job instead and resigned years later amidst a chorus of critique over his job performance. At his previous job as chancellor of Louisiana State University, Martin faced budget reductions and had to figure out how to keep a campus prosperous despite those reductions. CSU has experienced similar budget cuts and a tuition hike in response to Colorado’s state government budget cuts. From what Martin has observed, lawmakers are supportive of higher education and his job is to work with them as the face of CSU. “In general, the populace and the state leadership (in Colorado) deeply regret having to make those cuts and as a consequence there is a fundamental, intrinsic value they have placed for higher education and CSU in particular,” Martin said. “I’m not sure if that was the case in Louisiana. Many people love LSU deeply but the broader population and the state leadership, I don’t believe had quite the same commitment to higher education as Colorado does.” Martin explained that with Colorado being in the
top five states whose population has bachelor’s degrees, most of the state’s citizens believe in and have witnessed the value of higher education. “Even during budget cut times it’s nice to know that the citizenry and representatives and the leaders of the state still value what universities do and that gives you a chance to feel as though, when the economy turns, enthusiasm for investing in higher education will endure,” Martin said. “I think as this economy turns around, even if we don’t see a huge uptake in funding, I don’t think you’ll see continued reductions,” he said. “My sense is that there’s a stronger conviction to fix it here than there is other places and I hope that that shows.” Martin said he would not have graduated college without state subsidies. “During my growing up years, the state of Minnesota subsidized my education at a very high level,” Martin said. “My home state of Minnesota has always been a very strong supporter of higher education. I would not be here were it not.” His father graduated high school and worked as a diesel mechanic in mines. His mother didn’t graduate from high school but became the mayor of their small rural town. “It was clear to them (his parents, that) education was the only way in which the next generation was going to advance over where they started,” Martin said. Martin is the only one of his siblings who attended a four-year college. One of his brothers is a mailman in ru-
ral Minnesota and the other manages five little radio stations. Both of Martin’s children have gone on to pursue higher education. His daughter, Amanda, attended the University of Wisconsin and his son, Sam, went to the University of Minnesota and went on to get a second degree at Sarah Lawrence College. Currently, Sam is completing his second master’s degree. “I don’t think you have to have been a parent to be a university leader or a great university citizen, but in my case it helped a great deal,” Martin said. “I literally was the dad who moved my daughter into the residence hall and didn’t want to be seen crying in the hallway,” Martin said. “... I had to disguise my angst of my daughter leaving home.” Martin’s son attended the University of Minnesota while he was there as dean of the institution and – as Martin admits – might have used his father’s status to his advantage. “He, on more than one occasion, I discovered, had taken my all-access parking pass out of my car and was using it himself, so I had to threaten to have university police arrest him despite the fact that he was my son,” Martin said. Coming to Colorado to join the CSU team is a transition, but Martin said he is ready to do all he can to continue advancing CSU’s progress. “I’ve always felt that Colorado State and the Colorado State system has been ahead of the national curve in several important areas and I think it can continue to do that,” Martin said. Senior Reporter Kate Simmons can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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looks at plates and makes media for different brews, while tasting a variety of brews in the process. “I have a hand in every aspect,” Rau said. Alongside Rau are technicians, production staff and “(everyone) is on the same page, which makes the process smooth,” Rau said. There is camaraderie among brewers at Odell’s and other breweries around town, who share their passion and also tend to share customers, Rau said. As the founder, Odell’s main job is to promote the brewery outside its walls, he said. Odell’s began in 1989, and now produces around 16 to 17 beers a year. That doesn’t include the 40 to 50 beers per year that they produce on their small brew system, solely used as samples on tours and to put on tap at the headquarters. Odell’s is a contributor to the beer culture around Fort Collins. According to Odell, “craft brewing
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Multiple frauds pollute the BP oil spill compensation fund for Gulf Coast victims By JAY WEAVER The McClatchy Tribune MIAMI - Not a single drop of the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico touched the land-locked city of Homestead, Fla., or the Keys peninsula to the south. But a Homestead businessman saw the April 2010 oil rig explosion and subsequent environmental disaster as an opportunity to cash in, authorities say. Jean Mari Lindor filed about $15 million in BP damage claims for himself and others for wages purportedly lost due to the spill's economic hit on the region's tourism and fishing industry. Lindor submitted as
many as 700 suspicious claims, mostly for low-income workers who each paid him a processing fee of $300, a prosecutor said in federal court last week. As a result, Lindor and the other South Florida claimants were paid about $3 million from the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, which was established by BP after the protracted Deepwater Horizon spill. Lindor, arrested earlier this month, is among nearly 110 people nationwide who have been charged with defrauding the BP oil spill fund program over the past two years, according to the Department of Justice. The majority of the offenders
have been charged in Alabama. Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Watts-Fitzgerald said Lindor filed "fraudulent documents" as he allegedly fleeced the $20 billion compensation program set up by BP for oil spill victims in an agreement with the Obama administration. The prosecutor said Lindor, 41, committed "multiple frauds" as he engineered an "affinity crime," noting the majority of people who filed the loss claims through his business Noula, Inc., were, like him, of Haitian descent and lived in South Florida. In court, Watts-Fitzgerald also
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cast doubt about the general validity of their claims, because they lived so far away from the spill off the Gulf Coast. Under the BP fund program, any person or business in the United States or foreign countries could file compensation claims for lost wages or other economic damage caused by the disaster, as long as they submitted proof, including legitimate documentation such as income tax returns and other financial records. Lindor's Miami attorney, Joel DeFabio, said that he and his client "looked forward to defending the case."
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It started small, with six on-campus offices gathering 62 backpacks and donating them to local elementary schools. Today, 13 campus employees coordinate this program and more than 200 volunteers donate their time to the annual community effort, called School is Cool. “The idea was created as a community outreach program and an opportunity for Colorado State University to demonstrate its commitment to helping young students succeed academically,” said Kathy Phifer, one of the founders. Phifer believes the growth has been remarkable. “It’s very important to remember that, in the early years, all of the money was donated by CSU employees,” she said. The program has recently received a grant from the Bohemian Foundation and the CSU Bookstore. Every $25 donation fills a backpack with the required materials for each grade level. “It adds up, college students know this,” said John Parry, the director of the CSU Bookstore. These prices are the reason that external support and every donation makes a difference in helping to fulfill student needs. Parry has helped with this program for 14 years. “It is a very nicely done student program,” he said. With his help and the help of hundreds of volunteers, nearly 27,000 backpacks have been delivered in the last 21 years. Today, backpacks are donated to students grades K-12. “It has been through the dedication and com-
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mitments –– both monetary and time –– that this program continues to grow and succeed,” Parry said. Many CSU students remember shopping with their parents for school supplies when they were younger and showing up on their first days of grade school with all their new goodies. School is Cool believes every child should have this opportunity to start school on the right foot. “There is no better way for us, as a great university, to put our beliefs into action than to support kids in our hometown getting what they need to succeed in school,” said Tom Milligan, vice president of External Relations. “I am so proud of CSU for starting this great program, and even more proud that we’ve kept it going for 20 years. School is Cool will be here 20 years from now too – it is that good.” Even with all the support School is Cool receives, the organization still has needs that are not being met. “The poverty numbers in Fort Collins are staggering,” Phifer said. However, everyone’s efforts have still impacted each student’s future in a positive way, she added. “School is Cool is, in many ways, exactly the kind of program that makes CSU what it is.” Milligan said. “We are a community that cares about each other, and when we see a chance to help someone, we just do it.” Collegian Writer Megan Timlin can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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Riding your bike on campus: How safe are you, really? BY CARRIE MOBLEY The Rocky Mountain Collegian On a campus where nearly 15,000 bikes pass through per day, and in a town named the 11th most bike-friendly town in the country according to Bicycling Magazine, there are rules and regulations one must follow in order to ensure safety for cyclists and pedestrians alike. As students prepare for the new school year, however, reading the bike safety manual given out by CSUPD might not be at the top of everyone’s to-do list. Here’s a list of the most important things to know when using a bike on campus.
#1: Bikes are, according to Colorado law, considered vehicles. This means that when riding a bike, all traffic rules must be followed. “The number one misconception among students is thinking that bikes are treated like pedestrians,” said Joy Childress, Traffic and Bicycle Education and Enforcement Program Coordinator at the CSU Police Department. “People always think they don’t have to stop at stop signs or they forget to give a verbal signal when they are about to pass someone.”
#2: Cyclists riding at night need to have a front light and back reflector on their bike. This is especially dangerous at night when motorists are less likely to see a cyclist in the first place. Using a
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Liberal Arts major Eric Feldman locks his bike up outside the Campus Recreation Center. CSUPD charges $5 to cut a persons bike lock. Most bike-related incidents occur in the fall.
flashing light on the front of your bike and a reflector on the back of your bike can alleviate these problems and help motorists and pedestrians alike see where cyclists are located. The CSU Police Department manual on bike safety
specifies that the light needs to be visible from 500 feet in the front and the reflector needs to be visible from 600 feet behind the bike.
#3: There is no bike riding in predetermined dismount zones on campus
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All of the zones are clearly marked and are in effect from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. These dismount zones also apply to skateboards and inline skates. “I take the dismount zones and bike safety regulations pretty seriously on campus, and that’s mainly because I don’t want a bike
majority of these were issued because the cyclist had broken one of the rules above. To incoming freshman planning on using a bike, Cowden gives simple advice. “Wear your helmet, even though no one else does.” ASCSU Beat Reporter Carrie Mobley can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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cop to chase me down,” said Kristian Cowden, a senior psychology major. “I’ve never gotten a ticket from them, and I hope I never will.” The CSU Police Department issued some 666 traffic violation tickets to cyclists last fall, according to Childress, who added that the
cut through the Plaza and circled the Laurel/North Campus/Moby area more than once. The Oval itself was packed once we got in there, front to back and then some,” Gamber said in an email to the Collegian. The CSU College Re-
publicans are in the process of organizing events counter to Obama’s speech, according to club President Brad Dick. He said the details will be released sometime this week. The CSU College Democrats will be volunteering and campaigning for local candidates, said club Presi-
dent Kelsey Maez. “There’s a certain amount of respect you need to have for the president of the U.S. when he comes to campus,” Frank said. “We need to put our best foot forward as a university.” Editor in Chief Allison Sylte can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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Drought causes massive traffic jams on the Mississippi River BY DAVID ZUCCHINO The McClatchy Tribune Even in the best of times, the Mississippi River is a slow and torpid thoroughfare. But when an extended drought persists and the muddy waters recede, squeezing barges through the narrow channels becomes an expensive, and sometimes impossible, chore. The great summer drought of 2012 has closed lower sections of the river, shut down harbors and forced barges to run aground as river levels drop to near-record lows. With no significant rains in sight, authorities responsible for keeping the Mississippi open for commerce say
things are likely to get worse before they get better. Early Wednesday, nearly 100 towboats and barges were backed up near Greenville, Miss., at an 11-mile stretch of river shut down after a barge ran around overnight. The barge was freed and refloated Wednesday afternoon, but normal twoway traffic was restricted one way, Petty Officer Ryan Tippets of the U.S. Coast Guard in New Orleans said. By late afternoon, two vessels were moving northbound, to be followed by southbound vessels overnight, Tippets said. "We've gone from a su-
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perhighway to a little onelane road," said Robert Anderson of the Mississippi River Commission in Vicksburg, Miss., established by Congress in 1879 to promote commerce on the river. The backups are delaying grain and industrial products headed to markets, costing barge owners at least $10,000 a day, Anderson said. Every year, about 180 million tons of cargo flow up and down the Mississippi's 700-mile southern section between Cairo, Ill., and Baton Rouge, La. _ a vital conduit in the nation's transfer of goods. A typical barge carries 1,600 tons, versus 100 tons for a rail car and 25 tons for a tractor-trailer. River depth has dropped to just 9 feet at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, down from a record 61.7 feet at the height of last year's Mississippi River floods, Anderson said. River flow has
dropped to 200,000 cubic feet per second from a high of 2.5 million cubic feet per second during those floods. The Mississippi's alltime record low was set during the devastating 1988 drought that caused an estimated $1 billion in losses. The river was recorded at minus 10.7 feet at Memphis that year. The level at Memphis on Wednesday was minus 8.9 feet, Anderson said. If the drought continues, river levels at Memphis could conceivably set a new low, said Rene Poche of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Memphis. "We don't know what quantity of rain we need, but we do need a lot of it," Poche said in a telephone interview. Low flow levels have closed at least four of the 19 harbors between Cairo and New Orleans, Anderson said, and at least a dozen barges
have run aground in August. Many barge owners are now carrying lighter loads, costing them more per ton to move cargo but also reducing chances of running aground. The barges transport corn, soybeans, wheat, coal, chemicals, petroleum products, fertilizer and construction materials. The effect on consumer food prices is likely to be slight unless there are long and extended river closures, said Donald C. Sweeney, associate director of the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. Most corn, soybeans and wheat are shipped to overseas markets, Sweeney said. But because petroleum products from overseas and Texas do go to U.S. markets, and increased shipping costs over extended periods could drive up gasoline prices slightly, Sweeney said.
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HP takes huge quarterly earnings hit from low demand By PETE CAREY and BRANDON BAILEY The McClatchy Tribune SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Hewlett-Packard Co. delivered a sobering earnings report Wednesday, as accounting charges forced it to declare the biggest quarterly loss in its history. And with sales down in all its major divisions, CEO Meg Whitman warned of tough times ahead. "We're on a journey here," said Whitman, who has repeatedly warned that HP will need several years to turn its business around. HP, the world's largest PC-maker, has struggled with slowing demand as more consumers opt to buy tablets and mobile phones instead of computers. Its other business divisions are also challenged. Since taking over as CEO 11 months ago, Whitman has vowed to push the company to develop new tech products that are both innovative and profitable, but she has not yet reversed a steady decline in the company's revenue. Whitman said Wednesday that the company has
made progress but also faces many challenges, among them organizational issues, economic conditions in western Europe and Asia, a sales effort that is "not where it should be" and competitive difficulties in its software, networking and services businesses. The $8.9 billion third-quarter loss was not unexpected. The Palo Alto, Calif., company disclosed last month that it would be taking a massive loss because of one-time charges, including a $9.2 billion write-down on paper related to its 2008 acquisition of tech services provider EDS and its earlier purchase of PC-maker Compaq. Under accounting rules, companies typically must take a write-down on what's called "goodwill" when the business value of a large acquisition declines from the price for which it was purchased. The loss also includes $1.8 billion in restructuring charges, primarily severance payments related to cutting its workforce. More people are taking early retirements than expected this year. Ul-
timately, the company plans to trim 27,000 jobs by 2014. Absent those charges, HP said it would have earned $2 billion in profit on its $29.7
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“Overall we have a very long way to go but we are taking steps to fix the problem and help Autonomy succeed.” Meg Whitman | (CEO of HP) billion in revenue for the quarter. A more recent problem with an acquisition is the performance of the British software company Autonomy, bought for $10.3 billion under prior CEO Leo Apotheker. HP has struggled to increase sales and profit in that unit. "Overall we have a very long way to go, but we are taking steps to fix the problem and help Autonomy succeed," Whitman said. Despite these issues, Whitman called it "a decent quarter," with the company
ter the report. Analyst Jayson Noland at the Robert W. Baird & Co. investment firm said investors were reacting to grim news on several fronts. The company revised its earnings forecast for the rest of the year, saying it expects to earn between $4.05 and $4.07 a share, excluding
one-time costs, which is at the lower end of its previous target. Even the greater-than-expected number of employees who opted for early retirement was a good-news, bad-news situation, Noland said. While that will help HP lower its costs, he explained, "you'd rather hear that employees are really committed and think there are wonderful opportunities ahead and they don't want to leave." Whitman is attempting a major remake of the company and "she generally seems to be doing the right things, given the cards she's been dealt," Noland said, adding that Whitman appears to be streamlining the company's consumer business and investing strategically in expanding the "enterprise" segments that sell hardware, software and services to big corporate
customers. But he agreed with Whitman that a turnaround "doesn't happen overnight." "There are companies with a lower cost structure, like Lenovo, and there are companies that have been much more innovative, like Apple," he said. HP is "kind of caught in the middle, trying to invest in innovation and cut costs at the same time." While HP's earnings were better than Wall Street expected, the company reported sales were down in all of its major segments. Its PC sales fell 10 percent. Revenue from commercial computing hardware was down 4 percent. And sales for both the printing and technology services divisions fell 3 percent. Only the software division, which contributes a tiny slice of HP's revenue, saw sales rise 18 percent, to $973 million.
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Memories of last year’s loss to CU-Boulder bring up sore memories for offensive tackle Joe Caprioglio. It wasn’t even the 28-14 loss that was hardest to swallow for the fifth-year senior as he recalled that fateful day nearly one year ago. It was the injury to his ACL and a lost season which stung. When spring football came around, he was still left to watch as the offensive line struggled. “It was hard, but not nearly as hard as last fall,” Caprioglio said. Injuries to Caprioglio and Jared Biard left the offensive line devoid of bodies, forcing guys to play more snaps than usual and it showed on the field. The Rams’ line lost a lopsided battle in the trenches, surrendering 27 sacks in the the team’s first scrimmage. With Caprioglio and Biard back for fall camp, the offensive line made significant progress since April. “We’ve added a lot of depth with the three guys that were injured and didn’t take a lot of snaps,” coach Jim McElwain said. “You add three guys, especially two that are considered starters, and take them out you’re gonna struggle.” McElwain pointed to spring as an opportunity for players to get quality reps where they otherwise wouldn’t. He said the improved line, top to bottom, allows him to play an eight man rotation during the season. The guy happiest to have a healthy, deep front five is quarterback Garrett Grayson. “It’s night and day difference from spring till now,” Grayson said. “Having Joe and Biard back is great. It makes it easier on me and I think it makes it easier on them too because I’m not so worried about the defensive line gettin’ to me. I’m looking down field and making reads quicker and so they don’t have to block for as long.” The biggest strength of CSU’s offensive line is pre-
season Outland, Rimington, Lombardi candidate Weston Richburg. The 6-foot-4, 297 pound center is widely considered one of CSU’s best players and a sure-fire NFL caliber offensive lineman. “It all starts up front in the middle,” McElwain said. “That’s where all the calls are started and echoed inside out, so having a guy that’s played as many snaps as he has is huge.” Even Grayson has gone home with tales of Richburg’s tenacity at the point of attack. “I always tell my dad and
family he’s got the offensive line mentality, that mean streak, he wants to bury people into the ground, so he’s a guy you love to have up there,” he said. With a new season quickly approaching, Caprioglio and the rest of the offensive line can lead the way to erasing the memory that’s haunted him since last fall. “We have a lot of guys with games under their belt, so I definitely feel like we can be (the strength of the team),” Caprioglio said. “Now that we have all the
plays kind of wrapped up and starting to understand everything well, you can see it kind of coming together.” Sports Editor Cris Tiller can be reached at sports@ collegian.com.
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Across 1 Chandelier danglers 7 It’s east of Yucatán 11 Nervous reaction 14 Prophet in Babylon 15 Short mystery writer? 16 Evergreen State sch. 17 Cairo’s location? 19 Miss a fly 20 Get licked by 21 Place to fill a flask 23 She played Honey in “Dr. No” 25 Flood zone structure 26 Letters followed by a colon 29 [I’m in trouble!] 31 Neuter, as a stallion 32 Backrub response 33 Short race 35 “Holy Toledo!” 37 More succulent 39 Breakfast in a bar 42 Red herring 43 Paint ineptly 44 Walked away with 45 Two-timers 47 Briquettes, e.g. 49 Exclusively 50 “Aida” setting 52 Texas slugger Cruz 55 Where some manners are important 57 Sports negotiating group 60 “Need __ on?” 61 Havana’s location? 64 Blue __ 65 Sheet music symbol 66 Bit of roller coaster drama 67 Hosp. worker 68 Help with an answer 69 It has 100 seats Down 1 Common email attachment format 2 Support bar 3 What FAQs offer 4 Shows interest 5 Filmmaker Russ 6 Mattress supports 7 Caboose, for one 8 Petroleum giant that merged with Chevron in 2005
Yesterday’s solution
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9 Hogwash 10 Adams who shot El Capitan 11 Jerusalem’s location? 12 Mount Carmel locale 13 Kept in check 18 16-Across mascot 22 Fox of “Transformers” 24 Big galoot 26 Uris novel, with “The” 27 Upsilon preceder 28 Lima’s location? 30 Cole Porter’s Indiana hometown 33 Bad-mouth 34 Diver’s domain 36 Debatable “gift” 38 Crescent moon points 39 Tank unit 40 “OMG, too funny!” 41 “__ volunteers?” 43 What makes an amp damp? 45 Send a new invoice to 46 Marital challenge, perhaps 48 Rugged 49 Like many an extra-inning game 51 Former CBS head Laurence 53 Trades 54 Réunion attendee 56 Lunch spot 58 Novelist Jaffe 59 USAF rank above senior airman 62 Newt, once 63 Make sure
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