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NEWS | PAGE 6
ENTERTAINMENT | PAGE 8
THE AMAZING KEEPING QUIET MR. HORNUNG FORT COLLINS PROPOSES
ROMANTIC SCI-FI COMEDY PUSHES LIMITS OF DEFINING A HUMAN
PROJECT TO SILENCE TRAINS THROUGH CITY
CSU FORWARD KEY TO BLOWOUT WIN
THE RO CKY MOUNTAIN
Fort Collins, Colorado
Thursday, January 31, 2013
COLLEGIAN
Volume 121 | No. 92
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THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891
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THE FIRST PART IN AN ONGOING SERIES: THE LORY STUDENT CENTER CONSTRUCTION
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Superbowl XLVII between Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers is right around the corner. Most of us will be celebrating at parties or bars with beer, chicken wings and face paint. However, there are many people who will not be celebrating in our traditional way — NFL football players who are not playing on Super Bowl Sunday.
By CASSANDRA WHELIHAN The Rocky Mountain Collegian Across the country, sitting in his office in Washington, D.C., Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post columnist George F. Will reflected on his childhood and counted his blessings. “It certainly was a blessing to have educated parents. They both were teachers. The conversation was good. B o o k s were a part of life and a big part of our décor in our h o m e , ” WILL Will said. Having teachers for parents, he is no novice to the importance of education. Will enjoys the academic setting, so much in fact, that he has dedicated a big part of his life to traveling the country giving speeches. “Well, it gets me out of Washington. I’ve forgotten who it was defined Washington as an enclave surrounded on four sides by reality,” Will said. “It’s extremely good to get out into the country and hear what normal people are thinking and talking about and I particularly enjoy getting together with students.” Considered to be one of the most renowned writers in the world, according to a CSU official, Will is known for his appearance in over 450 newspapers, his biweekly column in Newsweek and his political commentary on ABC. Thursday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m., the conservative commentator will take stage at Moby Arena as part of CSU’s 2013 Monfort Lecture Series. Nearly 2,500 tickets have already been reserved by CSU students,
PHOTOS BY ERIN MROSS | COLLEGIAN
Senior Spanish major Angela Sharpe sits in the Sunken Lounge Wednesday while construction continues outside the The Lory Student Center. LSC renovation will be completed in fall 2014.
YELLOW TAPE LANDSCAPE Project is the most costly since 2007 Behind the tall green fences and trailers that now line the west end of the Lory Student Center, a team of up to 30 construction workers have begun laying the foundation for the largest capital improvement project on campus in recent memory. Once the summer is over, that team will expand to up to 300, who will work day and night to ensure that the $65 million project finishes both on time and on budget. “It’s always unique to remodel a building while it’s being used,” said Bill Bialek,
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quently used by students.” Construction officially began during winter break, and so far, the crew has torn down the solarium and the west end of the south ballroom, as well as started to update the LSC’s over 50-year-old utility system.
ith the Lory Student Center renovation in progress, five of the seven diversity offices that currently reside in the LSC are being relocated to the MAC gym in the CSU Rec Center. The Women and Gender Advocacy Center and the Resources for Disabled Students center both have offices outside of the LSC and will be unaffected by the construction. Students and staff will be making the move anytime between April and May
See LSC on Page 11
See OFFICES on Page 11
Executive Director of the Lory Student Center Mike Ellis, left, talks with the construction crew about the Lory Student Center Renovations Wednesday morning in the Sunken Lounge. The renvoation adds approximatly 40,000 square feet to the existing space.
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Watch CTV11 tonight at 8 p.m. on channel 11 for more or go to ctv11news.com.
a CSU graduate and superintendent for Saunders Construction. “ ... It’s a challenge to be in the center of campus and in an area that is so fre-
THE COST OF NOTABLE CSU CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
BUDGET (IN MILLIONS)
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CAMPUS ACADEMIC INDOOR BEHAVIORAL ROCKWELL THE THE LORY RECREATION VILLAGE PRACTICE SCIENCE HALL COMPUTER UNIVERSITY APARTMENTS CENTER FACILITY BUILDING ADDITION SCIENCE CENTER FOR BUILDING THE ARTS $36
$66 Visit collegian.com tonight for a live blog feed of the event.
By ALEX STEINMETZ The Rocky Mountain Collegian
By ALLISON SYLTE CTV News
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Diversity offices relocate during the renovation
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LORY STUDENT CENTER $65 $60 GREG MEES | COLLEGIAN
CSU’s Ramskeller to reopen today Student gov. to Frank: no ASCSU
By ANDREW CARRERA The Rocky Mountain Collegian
At around 2 p.m. Wednesday, a sprinkler pipe burst in CSU’s Ramskeller causing a fire alarm to go off about two minutes later, prompting students to evacuate the Lory Student Center for about 20 minutes. “All I heard was a sound –– a really high hissing noise,”
Fort Collins authorities discuss the burst pipe in the Ramskeller with LSC Executive Director Mike Ellis Wednesday at around 2 p.m. MADELEINE WILBUR | COLLEGIAN
See SKELLER on Page 10
more tuition increases By SKYLER LEONARD The Rocky Mountain Collegian
Wednesday night in the ASCSU Senate Chambers, university president Tony Frank discussed a proposed tuition increase for students in the upcoming fiscal year — something that student government opposes because
part of the money would go to increase faculty salaries by 3 percent. If approved in the new fiscal budget, the faculty salary increase ASCSU is against would stop a three-year halt the university has had on faculty salaries. See TUITION on Page 5
Things quarterbacks who didn’t make it to the Super Bowl are doing this Sunday Tom Brady Sitting around thanking the fates he won’t have another chance to choke.
Brett Favre
Trying to figure out how to come back. Again.
Peyton Manning
Smashing his little brother Eli at the new Madden game.
Tim Tebow
In church, praying that someone (anyone) will give him a shot to play quarterback.
Andrew Luck
Rewriting all of his horoscopes for next season.
Mark Sanchez
Taking notes, desperately.
Drew Brees Counting the number of records he’s broken.
Aaron Rogers
Sulking that he isn’t the NFL’s golden boy anymore. The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff.