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Starting point guard Dorian Green out with a concussion
THE RO CKY MOUNTAIN
Fort Collins, Colorado
Thursday, November 15, 2012
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Volume 121 | No. 72
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THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891
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STRIP CLUB
The end of the world is coming in five weeks, and we once again visit the various possibilities of how the world shall come to an end. One of these is “Planet X” or “Nibiru”, which could collide with the Earth on 12/21/12. Or won’t, because phones are out there.
By AUSTIN BRIGGS The Rocky Mountain Collegian On Nov. 14, the excitement in the air was palpable in room 459 of the Behavioral Sciences building as a large pile of clothes, food, gift cards and toiletries was divided up to donate to two underprivileged families in Fort Collins. The assembled donations were the culmination of a semester’s worth of hard work for members of the Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) Student Outreach club. The group had conducted fundraising efforts, gone to local businesses and collected donations from faculty to be able to help the families over the holidays. Included in the mix was a stack of gift cards to local businesses for the families to use. Subway, Cold Stone Creamery, King Soopers and Lowes were a few of the cards in the separate piles. Early next week, two members of the club will present the baskets at the homes of two local families. This is the third year that Allison Hamm, club president and junior HDFS and social work double major, has collected donations with the club. She pointed out that there’s usually many generations of people in the families receiving the baskets, from grandparents to grandchildren. “I always hear the families are overwhelmed by how much they get. They’re shocked,” Hamm said. Hannah Anderson, an HDFS senior, said the gift cards will allow the families to purchase Thanksgiving dinner and also be able to eat at restaurants — something that college kids take for granted. See BASKET on Page 5
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Ralphie, played by Nate Wozniak, is blind in a daydream as his dad, junior theatre major Tim Werth, and mom, freshman theatre major Annie Booth, weep to him. A Christmas Story opens Thursday at the University Center for the Arts and will run Thursday through Sunday until Dec. 15.
I triple-dog-dare you to see this show By LIANNA SALVA The Rocky Mountain Collegian After a successful theater camp for kids this past summer, the CSU theater department decided to go one step further. The classic and beloved tale of one boy’s mission to find happiness in a Red Ryder BB Gun, CSU’s production of “A Christmas Story” brings together child actors and college students. Half the cast are CSU students while the other half are children who participated in the department’s summer acting camp, “Kids Do It All”. The story of a boy, Ralphie Parker, and his quest to get the ultimate Christmas present is one familiar to those who have seen the 1983 motion picture of the same name — i.e. everyone who had a childhood. The play was based on the movie and follows the story closely, but will also use the elements of live theater that were not in the movie, such as the physical presence of the adult Ralphie who is the narrator of the story.
“It’s action-packed and very funny. This is one of the only shows with kid actors,” said Nate Wozniak, who plays Ralphie in half of the performances. The performances feature two casts of children: a green cast and a red cast. “It’s one of the most authentic shows that you could see here. The set is awesome; it is so realistic in every way,” said Ben Braiman, who plays Grover in the green cast. Most of the kids want to go further with their theater education, and are even thinking about going to CSU when they are older to study theater. “My favorite part is the environment and how it feels to be in a large performance,” said Tannis Downing, who plays Sissy in the green cast. “It’s really fun working with the college students; it’s a new experience.” Cricket Elder, portraying Helen, added that the college students felt like older siblings. The theater majors involved with the show are enrolled in the department’s newest course, called “Teaching Creative Drama to Children,” according
NEWS BREAKOUT BOX What: CSU Theater presents “A Christmas Story” When: Nov. 15 to Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 18 to Dec. 9, 2 p.m. Where: UCA University Theater Cost: $8 students or youth, $18 general public
to director Laura Jones. Their responsibilities are managing the children on and off stage. Many of the children explained that the hardest part was knowing their cues and being quiet off-stage. The student managers, or “kid wranglers” as they were called on set, used their own experiences of being on the stage as well as what they learned in Dr. Jones’ class to help the child actors feel comfortable in such a large performance. Tickets can be purchased online or at the UCA ticket office. Performances will alternate between green and red casts. UCA Beat Reporter Lianna Salva can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.
“The goal of this was to try to get the office of the president to connect to campus and tell the students their goals and what they’ve accomplished.” Brain Roling | Director of Community Development
‘President on the Plaza’ event invites student participation By CARRIE MOBLEY The Rocky Mountain Collegian In an effort to better connect with students, the Associated Students of CSU hosted a “President on the Plaza” event Wednesday in which members of the executive cabinet addressed the student body and took questions from curious passers-by. The panel, consisting of President Regina Martel, Vice President Joe Eden, Finance Director Wendy Bowling and Chief of Staff Robert Duran, intended to better engage students and educate them in the processes within ASCSU. “We really wanted to have a time to get out in front of students when we weren’t trying to sell or promote anything,” Martel said. “We wanted a time to just talk to students about the progress we have made this year and open it up for questions.” The forum also served as a way for ASCSU to showcase some of their accomplishments. One student asked about current payment methods for the late night bus system. “We are currently working on a way to have the bars in Old Town add the bus fare to a student’s tab,” Duran said.
“We want to make it as accessible as possible to as many students as possible.” Other students asked about marketing for the RamRide Return program. “Right now we are working to promote RamRide Return primarily through word of mouth,” Duran said. “We also have been passing out fliers with every person who uses RamRide so they know they can get safely back to their car the next morning.” This open forum was the first initiative put on by the Campus Outreach Initiative Team (COIT), which was recently created through legislation passed by the student Senate in order to improve relationships between ASCSU and other student organizations. “The goal of this was to try to get the office of the president to connect to campus and tell the students their goals and what they’ve accomplished,” said Brian Roling, director of Community Development. “We think it’s really important to put ourselves out there and speak to students in order to address recent issues and let students ask any questions they may have.”
Reasons NOT to worry about Nibiru It Wouldn’t Hurt a Bit
Even if we did see Nibiru coming, the collision would likely incinerate all of us on impact, so we wouldn’t feel a thing.
We’d See It Coming
For comparison, the Moon is 27 percent the size of Earth, and about 384 thousand miles from Earth. A planet on a collision course could be seen clearly. There’s no such object in the night sky, other than the moon...
Smaller Objects, Bigger Concern
ERIN MROSS | COLLEGIAN
ASCSU president Regina Martel answers questions from the student body during a question and answer session Wednesday. The ASCSU president’s cabinet was on the plaza answering questions about student fees and sharing their solutions to the biggest problems students are facing.
Although many students seemed disinterested at the idea of talking to their student government, Roling added that ASCSU would continue to
seek student input. “Whether people show up or not,” Roling said, “we want to show them that we are here and willing to answer
their questions and work with them.” ASCSU Beat Reporter Carrie Mobley can be reached at news@collegian.com.
Forget another planet sized object coming to hit us, there are much smaller objects out there that are bigger threats. Such as Asteroid DA14, which is projected to come within 13 thousand miles of us. The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff.