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THE RO CKY MOUNTAIN
Fort Collins, Colorado
Thursday, December 6, 2012
COLLEGIAN
Volume 121 | No. 82
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By AUSTIN BRIGGS and KATE SIMMONS The Rocky Mountain Collegian It’s been talked about at length for over a year now, but with less than four weeks until the nation possibly goes over the fiscal cliff, Congress still appears to be no closer to reaching a budget agreement than they were last August, when a committee was charged with crafting a budget deal. The committee failed and if legislators can’t reach a compromise by the end of the month, approximately $500 billion in automatic federal spending cuts and tax increases will be implemented. Lower and middle income higher education students will be impacted more than other groups. According to the State Association of National of State Student Aid Grant & Aid Programs, “If Congress does not act, the cost of attending college will increase by about $5,000, per student, per year, starting with the 2013-14 academic year, for many low and middle income families — and that's before taking into account any increases in tuition, fees and other costs of attendance.” The key question administration officials at CSU asked about the fiscal cliff is what would happen to the federal Pell Grant program, said Tom Biedscheid, interim director of Student Financial Services. “Pell is an integral part of our Commitment to Colorado,” Biedscheid said, referencing one of CSU’s college affordability program for students who come from middleand lower-income families. “Any loss in Pell, any change in Pell, can have a major impact to the institution. So we keep a close eye on that.” CSU students received $22 million out of $33.4 billion in Pell Grants that were distributed nationally in the 2011-12 school year. Most government agencies and programs would see an across the board cut of 8.2 percent.
Spacing Out the Title Rams, Buffs renew rivalry in __________ KATE WINKLE
Pedro Boscan, a Colorado State professor, cleans up the remains of his house after the Rist Canyon fire. Boscan is rebuilding his house with help from neighbors in the community.
Rising through the ashes
CSU professor, Rist Canyon residents still rebuilding after High Park Fire By KATE WINKLE The Rocky Mountain Collegian What was once Pedro Boscan’s home is a giant hole in the ground, surrounded by charred trees that used to be a dense forest. Now the forests’ remnants barely conceal the view of a road and other houses thanks to the summer 2012 High Park Fire. “The reason we moved up here doesn’t exist any more,” Boscan said, who works as a volunteer firefighter and associate professor of clinical veterinary science at CSU. The blaze burned about 89,000 acres by the time it was extinguished. Since the disaster, some areas that were less burned experienced some regrowth and ground cover, while more severely burned areas have been sterilized by the fire. The total structures lost in the fire totaled 274, according to Bob Gann, fire chief of the Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department. Boscan’s home burned the second day of the fire. “It is heartbreaking to the point that for me as a volunteer firefighter, if another fire comes through here I’m going to come to my house. I’m sorry for all
my neighbors and the school and anyone else, but I am never going to do this again in my life.” Boscan said “... I’d still be a firefighter, and I like it and I want to help others, but I will not sacrifice my house ever again.” Boscan is underinsured by about $100,000 and is doing much of the rebuilding work himself, including removing dead trees and controlling erosion by planting seeds in the area. Work on his property and at the university is equivalent to two full-time jobs, he said. Before the fire started, Boscan, his wife and some friends were supposed to go to Beaver Creek for the Tough Mudder run. Instead, they had to evacuate and Boscan was fighting the fire in another area when his house burned. The news was “demoralizing” and “extremely frustrating.” “It was extremely emotional,” Boscan said. “I actually apologized to a couple of the firefighters because I was extremely emotional. I was frustrated, I’m not going to call it angry because it wasn’t really angry, just a moment of desperation.” Boscan estimates that based on the work and money put into his original house and what he received from his
insurance company, he lost $150,0000 to $200,000. Boscan was not the only CSU professor affected by the fire. H.J. Siegel, Abell Endowed Chair Distinguished Professor of electrical and computer engineering and professor of computer science, began volunteering for the Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department shortly after moving to the area in 2001. His goal was to get involved with the community and he said he never expected to deal with a fire of High Park’s magnitude. The defensive measures Siegel learned from the fire department helped protect his home during the High Park Fire. He made sure trees were cut away from his house and that the building’s materials were non-flammable. Boscan’s property also had defensible space and his home would have survived if his neighbor’s trees, which were close to the house, had not caught on fire. The only thing Siegel lost in the fire was his refrigerator, which was filled with food that spoiled when the power was off for 20 days. “My job was fighting the fire, not See RIST on Page 3
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“They punked us, I mean, they were more physical, more aggressive and they had us on our heels.” Dorian Green | senior guard
Buffs outlast Rams in Boulder with skilled offense By ANDREW SCHALLER The Rocky Mountain Collegian
After going up 20 points at halftime, it appeared CUBoulder would run away with an easy victory over rival CSU Wednesday night. In the end, CSU made a big run cutting the Buffs’ lead down to one possession, but CU managed to hang on for a 70-61 victory. In front of a Coors Event Center record 11,708 screaming fans, the Buffs did what they had to in order to pull out their biggest victory of the young season. The Rams’ offense struggled to get off the ground in the first half, scoring just 22 points while shooting 30 percent from the field. “It’s just embarrassing the way we came out,” senior guard Dorian Green said. “They punked us, I mean, they were more physical, more aggressive and they had us on our heels.”
The second half gave the Rams hope, however, thanks to timely shooting from Green, who tallied 18 points, and tough defense allowing CSU to get back into the game. The Rams’ offense, which got off to a 17-7 run in the second half struggled to maintain that pace in the second half, with turnovers and, at times, sloppy play dooming CSU. The Rams had a total of 14 turnovers in the game, a season high against a Buffs team that simply outworked their opponent. “We were totally out played, we were totally outphysicaled particularly in the first half,” CSU coach Larry Eustachy said. “I didn’t know what to expect because I didn’t know what to expect in this situation but I do now. “And I told my team after the game, I apologized to them and told them ‘I have not gotten you tough enough to get your game and take it from Fort
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Colorado State forward Greg Smith (44) lunges for a loose ball against Colorado guard Askia Booker (0) during the first half of Wednesday night’s game in Boulder.
Collins in here to Boulder.’” While the Rams’ offense sputtered, the Buffs’ offense showed periods of dominance and managed to continuously answer the bell when they had to while running a fast-tempo
offense led by point guard Spencer Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie, who fired a shot at CSU over the week calling the Rams CU’s “little brother” backed up his words by torching the Rams’ defense
to the tune of 29 points. The issues CSU had Wednesday night brings up painful memories for the Rams from last season, as the they went an impressive 14-1 at home in 2011-12, but posted a mere 3-9 record on the road. The game against CU provided the Rams with a their first difficult road test of the young season and the result was more of the same struggles from last year. “We didn’t handle it well again tonight Eustachy said of his team’s road performance. “To duplicate this in practice, you can’t. So we need games like this.” CSU will now go on its longest road trip of the season so far when it travels to University of Illinois-Chicago, who the Rams will play Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. MT. Men’s Basketball Beat Reporter Andrew Schaller can be reached at sports@collegian. com.
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“...Competition for the worst school paper” “...Space”
“...the Impenetrable fog of pot smoke” “...a vat of bacon grease, brewer’s yeast and chocolate fondue” “...spite of Ralphie being kidnapped” “...Narnia” “...Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show”
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