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Torrential rains are not very common in Colorado.

At most the state gets a few inches over the course of a few weeks, or none at all. It is a downside to living in a desert.

But, on those rare occasions where we do get rain, there are some things that you can do.

By CARRIE MOBLEY The Rocky Mountain Collegian About 30 percent of the seats in the Associated Students of CSU Senate remain unfilled after the student government made an effort to boost involvement this semester.

Currently, there are two colleges still struggling to fill seats. Applied Human Sciences has one seat out of five filled, and Intra-University has one out of four filled, according to ASCSU President Regina Martel.

Earlier in the year Billy Raddell, director of university affairs and academics at ASCSU, had reported that an entire college, Applied Human Sciences, had not filled any Senate seats, which reflected a need in a change of atmosphere in the student government.

Raddell said that after he pointed this out, student government made an effort to fill these seats.

“We made a conscious decision at our retreat that we needed to close the gap between Senate and the college councils,” he said. “We ultimately decided to do that by visiting each college council individually and speaking to them about it.”

The senate started off the year with 17 of the 39 seats filled, and since then has filled 10 open seats. At this time last year 16 of the seats were filled.

“We had Dr. Frank speak at our senate meeting last Wednesday, and I was worried that the senate room would look empty,” Martel said. “I think it was more full that night than I’ve ever seen it.”

Other ASCSU members have noticed the change as well.

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HOW SENATE WORKS Any student can apply to be a senator though his or her college council by visiting the ASCSU office Number of seats available are determined by enrollment in that college There is one senator for every 750 students in a college

Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan speaks for his campaign at Walker Manufacturing, a local lawn mower manufacturer, on E. Harmony Road in Fort Collins Wednesday. Ryan spoke in support of small businesses and the state of the nation’s economy.

Ryan campaigns for a ‘Real Recovery’

By KATE SIMMONS The Rocky Mountain Collegian On a campaign stop in Timnath Wednesday, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan spoke to a crowd of hundreds under a sign reading “We Need Real Recovery.”

A long line of cold Coloradans twisted through the parking lot at Walker Mowers, a family-owned tractor manufacturing warehouse on East Harmony. Vendors hawked buttons and t-shirts reading, “We Built It” and “OMG: Obama Must Go.” Volunteers walked the line with voter registration sheets.

Attendees who made it inside to see Ryan speak, passed through security and cramped into the warehouse.

A stage had been set up between scaffolding that still held plastic wrapped tractor equipment.

“I think he chose this venue to target the whole community, not just CSU students,” said Amanda McGowan, a sophomore biology major.

Campus Republicans passed out 120 tickets to students on campus the day before Ryan’s speech, McGowan said.

The crowd consisted mostly of middle-aged people but some children stood with their parents gripping Romney/Ryan campaign signs and a few college-aged attendees were scattered through the crowd. There was also an area designated at the back for wheelchairs.

“I would have liked to see more students here,” freshman social work major Caitlin Riggs said. “This is one of the most important elections in history and I don’t think 18-24 year-olds understand the impact of their vote. I really didn’t see many college students here.”

Before speeches began, Jamie O’Neil sang hits like “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey. She also changed the words of her own song, “When I Think About Angels” to fit the campaign message.

As attendees arrived, “When I think of angels I think of Paul Ryan,” could be heard echoing through the rafters.

Rachel Drechsler, senior political

science major and treasurer for CSU Campus Republicans, was one of the people that introduced Mitt Romney’s running mate. Campus Republicans President Brad Dick and Vice President Tyler Marr also spoke.

“His values line up with what I believe,” Drechsler told the Collegian after the speech. “Romney and Ryan are going to help create a better America for tomorrow.”

Before elaborating on campaign goals, Ryan talked about how important it is for people to vote.

This election, he said, is especially

NOT IN A CAR. This is sort of an offshoot of puddle skipping, and involves sliding across wet grass to see how far you can get.

As long as you don’t care about getting soaked to your skin, that is.

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Onlookers hold up campaign signs before Paul Ryan speaks at Walker Manufacturing, a local lawn mower manufacturer, on E. Harmony Road in Fort Collins Wednesday.

CSU group wins Colorado’s BioWest Venture Showcase Group proves to be the most promising startup company To be chosen out of five companies for the best emerging company in Colorado and to win $7,500 was the end goal for CSU spinoff company Veterinary Emerging Technologies Development Corporation (VetDC) at the BioWest

Puddles are the eternal bane of people in a hurry.

They have to be carefully avoided so that you don’t have to waste time later drying off your shoes/socks/pants etc. If you’re NOT in a hurry though, jumping around in puddles is one of the most enjoyable things that can ever be done.

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Steven Roy | (President and CEO of VetDC)

Venture Showcase.

The showcase was organized by the Colorado Bioscience Association. This biannual event is provided for beginning companies to bring their ideas in front of a panel of investors and the local communities in an effort to gain the recognition of being the most promising startup com-

Puddle Skipping

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“Personally, cancer is a scary disease and pets are a part of people’s family.”

BY ALEX STEINMETZ The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Things That You Should Do in the Rain

pany.

“Forty exhibitors came to show what they want to do.

There were about 400 people from the industry there as well,” said April Giles, executive vice president of the Colorado Bioscience Association.

VetDC’s presented against four other companies, includ-

ing another spinoff company from CSU, KromaTID. The five teams each had 15 minutes to present their ideas to the panel.

VetDC’s idea was to use shelved medications and others that are brand new to the market and see if there is any chance that they could be used to help cure or limit the occurrence of cancer in humancompanion animals, according to President and CEO of

VetDC, Steven Roy. “To date, there are no companies with the core focus on cancer,” Roy said.

Roy explained that the reason behind the focus on cancer was because it’s a disease that can be unnerving for anyone involved, be it family members or family pets.

“Personally, cancer is a scary disease and pets are a See BIOSCIENCE on Page 3

Soccer Soccer might (sometimes) be boring to watch, but when it is played in the rain it is a whole different experience.

The ball slides around, the players slide around, and it doesn’t hurt as much when you fall/ get shoved over.

Best of all, there is absolutely no chance of heat exhaustion.

The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff and designed by Design Editor Kris Lawan.

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Gia Hunter, Associated Students of CSU President Regina Martel and Audrey Perdue laugh as they get their caricature drawn in the Sunken Lounge Wednesday. Caricature artist Brooke Howell was asked to draw pictures of CSU students to celebrate the Lory Student Center’s 50th anniversary.

Community Briefs High Park Fire Restoration Coalition needs volunteers After the High Park Fire burned 85,000 acres of land in northern Colorado, the High Park Restoration Coalition is proactively trying to keep the the fire damage from leading to any further issues as the winter approaches. The Coalition is made up of various local nonprofits whose focus is on ecological restoration.

“The most immediate post-fire need is to defend roads, reservoirs, rivers, homes and communities from the threat of further landslides and flooding expected in the coming winter and spring months,” according to John Giordanengo, one of the lead members of the Coalition.

Beginning in October, the Coalition plans to begin four restoration projects whose main goals are to protect water supplies and various infrastructures from floods and mudslides. With these restoration projects on the horizon, hundreds of volunteers are needed in order to carry out each project successfully.

If anyone is interested in volunteering, they are asked to signup on the Wildlands Restoration Volunteer website atwww.wlrv.org. In addition to volunteering, the Coalition is accepting donations for the restoration projects. The money will go towards the purchase of seed, mulch, tools, food and training for the crew and the leaders in restoration methods. Donations can be sent to the High Park Restoration Fund at the Community

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Fort Collins to officially open two new parks in October Registry Park and Waters Way Park are scheduled to be open to the public on Oct. 11.

The city will have community gatherings in order to bring the community to the parks unveiling. Each grand opening will include speeches, ribbon cutting, prizes, and snacks — all available to the public.

Registry Park’s event will begin at 3:30 p.m. at 6820 Rangers Dr. and will conclude at 5 p.m. The park is located in southwest Fort Collins‘ Registry Ridge neighborhood and sits on six acres of land.

Waters Way Park’s event will begin at 4:30 p.m. at 715 Fairbourne Way and will conclude at 6 p.m. The park is located in south central Fort Collins adjacent to Pelican Marsh Natural Area and is sitting on 7.9 acres. The public is encouraged to attend both.

These two parks were delayed a few years ago because there wasn’t enough money to fund their construction.

In November 2010, an 0.85 percent sales tax was passed to fund critical services in the community, including the construction of community parks. According to the Director of Park Planning and Development, Craig Foreman, these parks are especially important for the benefit of families in surrounding neighborhoods.

“Basically there is a neighborhood park in every square

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mile of a neighborhood. This way people don’t have to cross busy roads, like College, in order to get to those parks.

Families have the opportunities to walk or ride bikes to the park,” Foreman said.

The city is happy to be a part of the completion of the parks and encourage the community to join in the celebration in October, according to Foreman.

A new traffic light in Fort Collins A new traffic light at the Laurel and Mason Street intersection north of CSU’s campus has been installed.

Beginning Wednesday, the traffic light will transition from flashing to solid signals.

The newly converted Mason Street includes an

added southbound lane that sees heavy bicycle, pedestrian and vehicle traffic.

Since pedestrians are trespassing on Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) property if they cross the open railroad track area, they could be ticketed by Fort Collins police. Designated crosswalks allow prevention of this problem.

Changes to Mason Street are in preparation of the MAX Bus Rapid Transit service, which will travel with vehicles in certain sections of Fort Collins’ streets and follow its own guideway in other sections.

For more information about Mason Street safety or MAX please contact Claire Thomas at 970-221-6882.

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Cancer was central focus BIOSCIENCE | Continued from Page 1

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A long line of supporters wait outside of Walker Manufacturing before Paul Ryan’s speech in Fort Collins on Wednesday. Hundreds of people crowded into the warehouse to hear Ryan speak.

part of people’s families.

If we can provide hope and another life for people’s pets, that’s what we want to do. Cancer is the leading killer of people’s pets today, so what better focus than cancer?”

With cancer as the central focus at the showcase, VetDC was confident that they had a strong exhibit for the panel and the communities. They had begun preparing for the showcase about a year ago, Roy said.

In the end, their hard work and dedication paid off when they won the showcase.

“It was humbling.

This makes the hard work worthwhile to get this kind of recognition,” Roy said as he reflected on the win.

CSU Ventures, a pro-

gram whose primary goal is to aid the innovation of new technologies by bringing them to the market, worked hand-in-hand with VetDC and KromaTID. The President of CSU Ventures, Todd Headley, explained that the competition had a great turnout for both teams.

“We are pleased that VetDC won this competition and that two of our high potential startup companies are getting some well-deserved attention from the bioscience industry in Colorado,” Headley said.

VetDC plans to use their $7,500 prize to continue to further their research.

Collegian Reporter Alex Steinmetz can be reached at news@collegian.com.

Number of RYAN | ‘This is not an ordinary election’ positions fluctuates SENATE |

important because of the lasting impact the incoming administration’s policy will have on the country.

“This is not an ordinary election,” Ryan said in his speech. “We are choosing the kind of country we will have for a generation.”

Ryan focused his speech on the importance of supporting small businesses, providing adequate healthcare, modifying welfare and changing foreign policy with little mention of the youth vote or education.

“It’s starting to get down

to statistics and facts, not just ideas,” junior economics major Marcus Giebel said.

Television screens on either side of the stage displayed graphs of the country’s debt increase since World War II and Ryan explained Romney/Ryan’s plan to fix the budget.

“He did a great job addressing the fiscal issues,” Riggs said. “I think this is a more fiscal election than a social one.”

Ryan said the unemployment rate has stayed above 8 percent for 43 months. He addressed the Romney/Ryan

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platform and their plan to remedy the unemployment rate as well as their support of family-owned small businesses.

Education was mentioned very briefly in Ryan’s speech but CSU students in attendance understood that 18 to 24 year-olds were not his target audience.

“I don’t think it would help their campaign if they target us.” Riggs said.

“Obama does that.”

Logan disagreed. “I think Obama has the upper hand but it would help if they got out and targeted us,” she said.

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Toward the end of the election, Giebel said he expects the Romney/Ryan ticket to come to campus because the youth vote is so important and Fort Collins is a swing district in Colorado.

“If they really want to appeal to those 18-24 year-olds then they have to address that and have a strong stance about what they’ll do about higher education, loans, scholarships and tuition hikes,” Riggs said.

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Continued from Page 1 “When I was in Senate two years ago it was much, much smaller,” said Taylor Jackson, director of student services. “I think that at this point we have much more diversified communication and more independent ideas, which lead to better outcomes for everyone.”

The number of seats available in Senate fluctuates each year, with the number of seats being allocated to a college changing depending on student enrollment. There is one

Senate seat for every 750 students. If these seats are not filled, it means that students in that college are being underrepresented.

“We really want to continue to fill up those extra seats,” Martel said. “We want to do that by continuing to push the college councils to get their students involved, and we also want to make sure that Senate is accomplishing everything they need to in order to attract new people.”

ASCSU Beat Reporter Carrie Mobley can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Roughly 30 percent of the available senate positions in the Associated Students of CSU are currently unfilled. Both the College of Applied Human Sciences and Intra-University have only filled one of their seats.

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“Second hand smoke kills us in a subtle, slow way; like how your bank account drains away from those tiny, less than $10 purchases we all make.”

Thank you for not smoking

By RES STECKER

“I absolutely love walking through the Eddy-Clark corridor, the smoke-filled atmosphere just serves to really refresh me on my way to class” — said no one, ever.

Last week the Collegian ran an article reporting on how CSU was considering banning tobacco products, and it is definitely an annoying issue that needs addressing.

While I believe that banning all tobacco products on campus is a bad idea and ultimately not necessary, something needs to be done to address the cigarette smoking that currently takes place everywhere.

Nearly every day, despite which route I take to class, I find myself immersed in a putrid plume of smoke that some man or woman decided was necessary to exhale as soon as they passed me by.

While I believe strongly that it is every citizen’s right to slowly kill themselves however they choose, I firmly deny that they have the right to subject me to the same fate.

The problem I have with cigarette smokers is that they are affecting the health of many other people with their decision to light one up in public — that simply astounds me everytime I see it. These people are either unaware — or perhaps just do not care — that they are taking time off of everyone’s life that surrounds them while they enjoy a few minutes of nicotine heaven.

This is precisely why cigarette smoking should be banned on campus. Public health is a very serious issue, and the university has a responsibility to protect the health of those students that pay for it to function.

Basically, by allowing cigarettes to continue to be used in the same capacity that they are right now, the campus community is saying it is okay for people to make decisions that could give their peers cancer and/ or other serious maladies.

With the amount of information and research that has been done on the effects of secondhand smoke, there is absolutely no excuse for allowing smoking to continue to be a public practice.

I would absolutely support a campus initiative that would ban on-campus smoking, or at least quarantine it to a few largely people free zones, like the middle of the intramural fields (or somewhere like that).

It would also not be overly difficult to enforce.

We have bike cops that absolutely love enforcing the biking rules on campus — probably because they get paid splendidly to do that. The university could employ the same sort of sanctions on public smokers. Simply write them a citation for violating public health, which should take care of the problem quite quickly. It would most likely pay for itself too.

Hopefully this is not coming across as an attack on smokers. I have friends who smoke and it really is nothing against you as a person, you just have one little habit that I prefer not to pay with my life for.

So, perhaps in the notso-distant future we will go to campus, get educated, and not have to pay for it with our lives.

Perhaps that is a bit too dramatic, but then again — perhaps not.

Second hand smoke kills us in a subtle, slow way; like how your bank account drains away from those tiny, less than $10 purchases we all make.

I do not expect this article will change many of the hearts of those people who have the audacity to smoke in large crowds, but hopefully it will bring this issue to the forefront so that it can be given the attention that it deserves and ensure it’ll be addressed and fixed in a timely manner.

And if anyone is really passionate about making their lives last a little longer and a little healthier, next time Mr. T. Frank writes one of his short stories to you, write him back that you would like to be able to go to class and not be forced to hold your breath for half the distance.

Res Stecker is a junior international studies major. His columns appear Thursdays in the Collegian.

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OUR VIEW

Do something, ASCSU Senate About 26 students get together every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in a room specially made for them in the Lory Student Center to play “Senate.” It’s a game where “senators” sit and listen silently to guest speakers talk about something relevant to campus, or fellow students give extemporaneous speeches on why they deserve a job in student government. Aside from a biannual student fee debate, that’s about all the “Senate” does.

It’d be funny if it weren’t so disappointing.

But this is what the Associated Students of CSU Senate –– your student government –– does on a weekly basis. They don’t audit the executive branch, which manages almost $2 million in student money, to detect wasteful spending. They don’t demand to know from ASCSU

President Regina Martel whether she’s keeping the 16 promises

“It’s time to grow up, Senate. Put a few more hours a week into preforming meaningful tasks that add to the welfare of the average CSU student.” she made to students during her campaign. They don’t evaluate the effectiveness of departments in student government.

But they do wonder why 30 percent of their seats are un-

filled.

It’s no mystery. This particular branch of student government is largely irrelevant, spending most of its time on fairly meaningless procedural tasks that do little to improve the lives of students. They dress up, get together, follow Robert’s Rules of Parliamentary Procedure and listen to speeches, but they don’t represent students.

It’s time to grow up, Senate.

Put a few more hours a week into performing meaningful tasks that add to the welfare of the average CSU student.

Fight over issues that impact students. Protect your Senate meetings from agenda items that just waste everybody’s time.

Then maybe –– just maybe –– students will think you’re worthy of theirs.

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“From where I was standing, I could feel the emotion behind Ryan’s words as he addressed the crowd.

Paul Ryan loves his counry, and wants to help fix it.”

Responding to Paul Ryan’s Fort Collins visit

By KEVIN JENSEN

“The stimulus package was an example of political patronage, corporate welfare, cronyism and the works,” Paul Ryan’s voice echoed throughout the warehouse. “A borrowed expense in wasteful tax dollars.”

Strong words from the VP hopeful at Walker’s Manufacturing near Fort Collins, as he made the case against President Obama’s failed stimulus and economic policies.

This is a much different tune than Rep. Ryan was singing a few years ago, when he was perfectly fine with passing stimuluses with President George W. Bush in office.

“What we’re trying to accomplish today with the passage of this third stimulus package is to create jobs and help the unemployed,” the Huffington Post quotes Ryan as having said.

“What we’re trying to accomplish is to pass the kinds of legislation that when they’ve passed in the past have grown

the economy and gotten back to work.”

Not exactly the same small government rhetoric heard Wednesday at Ryan’s town hall meeting. Wednesday, Rep. Ryan sounded much different than he did at the height of the financial crisis in 2008, when he went before Congress and gave an impassioned, apocalyptic speech in favor of passing a $800 billion TARP bailout — the epitome of corporate welfare.

From where I was standing, I could feel the emotion behind Ryan’s words as he addressed the crowd. Paul Ryan loves his country, and wants to help fix it. The question is whether Ryan’s proposed solutions are enough to combat our titanic deficit.

Paul Ryan is touted as a fiscally conservative Republican (though some of his voting record suggests otherwise) who earned his spot on the Romney ticket because he has the numbers to combat government spending and our debt.

The problem with Ryan’s budget is that, while cutting many social programs and some much needed reforms, his budget still fails to accomplish many of its primary goals. Fox News reports that under the Ryan budget government spending increases just about every year over the next decade, tax and other revenue will continue to rise every year and the 10 year deficit is still $3 trillion.

To put Ryan’s budget into perspective though, we can measure it up against Obama’s budget. Under Ryan’s plan, the budget would grow from $3.6

trillion in 2012 to $4.9 trillion in the year 2022. Under Obama’s plan, the budget would go from $3.8 trillion in 2012 to $5.8 trillion.

Obviously Ryan’s plan will do more than Obama’s to help combat our debt, but with all of the proposed cuts to social programs you wouldn’t think the government would continue to increase spending by trillions of dollars.

Our debt has increased by about $5.4 trillion since Obama took office on January 20, 2009. Today, each citizen’s share of the national debt is more than $50,000. The problem is that this amount that each and every one of us owes will increase under either Obama or Ryan’s plan.

Ryan voted in lockstep to increase the size of government with neoconservatives throughout the reign of President George W. Bush. It seems, though, that those days are behind Paul Ryan, who at least has the courage to sit down and try to hammer out a budget — something all of the U.S. Senate has failed to do in the past three years.

Paul Ryan’s plan may not be perfect, and it may not do enough to fix our deficit — but at least he actually has a plan. It may not be enough to fix our broken system, but at least it looks like a step in the right direction.

Editorial Editor Kevin Jensen is a senior English major. His column appears Tuesdays in the Collegian. He can be reached at kjensen@collegian.com or on Twitter @kevinrjensen.

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“These companies think they’re above the rules of society and think they can just go smear people.”

Scott Goodstein | (founder of Revolution Messaging)

Is political text message spam legal?

BY KIM GEIGER The McClatchy Tribune WASHINGTON — Voters in Virginia are the latest to get a taste of an increasingly popular type of political attack: the anonymous text message.

“Tim Kaine calls for radical new tax on all Americans,” reads a text message attacking the Democratic candidate in the hotly contested Virginia Senate race.

Aside from being false — PolitiFact recently debunked a similar claim by Kaine’s Republican opponent, George Allen — the message came from an email address that used portions of Kaine’s name, giving the appearance that the message might have come from Kaine himself.

Kaine’s campaign said it had nothing to do with the message, and called on Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to investigate.

“This isn’t just a sleazy campaign tactic,” Kaine’s campaign wrote in an email to supporters. “It’s a crime.”

As it turns out, there is some disagreement about the legality of this sort of political messaging.

Although the Federal Communications Commission has clearly stated that unsolicited automated text messages are against the law, some political advertising firms have found a way around the ban.

Instead of sending text messages the traditional way — from one phone number to another — these firms send emails to people’s cellphones, which produce messages that appear much like text messages.

The messages may originate as emails, but the phone companies consider

them incoming text messages, which can come with a charge if the cellphone owner does not subscribe to a text messaging plan, said Scott Goodstein, founder of Revolution Messaging, a text messaging and mobile advertising firm that serves Democratic and progressive clients.

“You’re actually paying to have somebody spewing negative campaign information on you,” said Goodstein, whose company has called on federal regulators to close the loophole that allows unsolicited email-totext messages.

And, he said, these types of unregulated messages deny voters key information about who is behind an attack.

“If I’m going to put up a TV ad, I have to put up a disclaimer and register,” Goodstein said. “These companies think they’re above the rules of society and think they can just go smear people.”

Goodstein pioneered the use of text messaging in political campaigns, helping create the Obama campaign’s text message database in 2008. President Barack Obama used that database to announce Joe Biden as his running mate, and his campaign has been sending out regular text messages throughout his term.

Goodstein said the Obama list operates the right way: It targets only the cellphones of people who specifically signed up for texts from the campaign, and subscribers can reply “STOP” any time to get off the list.

But that system only works for campaigns that have built a large list of

text message subscribers. Smaller campaigns — and outside entities wishing to influence the outcome of a particular race — often don’t have the resources or the time to build such a list. So they turn to people such as Gabriel Joseph, whose firm, ccAdvertising, “specializes in sending emails.”

Joseph would not say whether he was behind the Kaine messages and would not discuss his business, but he has bragged in the past about sending “millions” of messages to cellphones via email, according to a Slate report.

“I don’t know anything about sending text messages,” Joseph said in an interview. “My company specializes in creating unique ways to be able to do stuff.”

Goodstein, whose political text messaging business gives him reason to want to see the industry more tightly regulated, said he thinks sending unsolicited emails to people’s text message inboxes is illegal.

Earlier this month, the FCC issued an advisory opinion that reiterated its ban on unsolicited automated text messages, but did not specifically refer to text messages that are sent by email.

The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 exempts political messages from bans on email spam.

“The FCC’s got their laws, but they don’t ban emails,” Joseph said. “My company sends emails, and emails are specifically excluded from the spam law.”

CSU research project aims to construct waterless toilets

By MATT GABRIEL The Rocky Mountain Collegian For billions of people across the globe, sanitation systems haven’t been updated in hundreds of years.

That’s why the Research Triangle Institute approached CSU’s Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory, or EECL, to become one of the teams involved in the challenge to build a waterless toilet for regions lacking sanitation.

This research is sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

In theory, the final product would burn solid and liquid waste, and then convert the remaining product into energy.

“From a design standpoint it’s a really unique design challenge,” Morgan DeFoort Co-Director of the Engines and Energy Conversion Lab said.

The research is set to last 15 months. If progress goes well there is a good chance another 15 months of research will be commissioned to finish the model.

“If the technology works it’ll go all the way to commercialization,” DeFoort said.

Creating a cost effective and clean way to get rid of human waste in developing countries that don’t possess sewers or water treatment plants could improve the

lives of billions of people in these areas.

In some places, sanitation hasn’t evolved since the middle ages.

“Sanitation systems were non-existent; you threw it in the street,” CSU history professor Barbara Smith said about sanitation in the middle ages.

Of course more improvements than fancy new toilets will be needed to help improve these regions of the world. Even if this research turns out to be feasible, the toilets have to be deployed, the already damaged ecosystems will need repair and there will still be serious problems outside of sanitation.

“You could see a product ultimately coming out that would have a big impact on human health throughout the world,” DeFoort said.

The EECL continues its humanitarian research into improving these poverty stricken countries with this project. RTI International approached CSU’s EECL for their experience in improving biomass cook stoves, which are antiquated stoves powered by wood or other organic material that are used in developing areas.

“RTI asked us to be on the team,” DeFoort said.

The Gates Foundation’s website doesn’t show any money given to CSU in grants for the project yet.

SANITATION STATISTICS 2 million people a year die from unsafe sanitary conditions globally Almost one third of the world’s population have no sanitary facilities 2.6 billion people worldwide don’t have access to modern sanitation Waste is often dumped into rivers in regions with no sanitation system in place Information from BioCycle magazine

There was however a grant given to RTI for $250,062 in August of this year for an unspecified project in the same genre as the waterless toilet.

It is unclear if this award was shared or just for RTI but CSU is about one-third of the team.

DeFoort and five researchers, both faculty and students, will use any funding that does come into the university. Those who do take part in the project will learn about realistic engineering issues teams face in development. “(It’s) very cost constrained, very consumer oriented, and so understanding the customer needs and designing for solutions that are low cost and scalable is a great benefit to the students,” DeFoort said.

Collegian Writer Matt Gabriel can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Elizabeth Lara, a recent alumna of the University of California-Davis, speaks during a press conference in Davis, Calif. on Wednesday, Sept. 26.

UC reaches preliminary settlement in pepper-spray incident

BY STEPHEN CEASAR The McClatchy Tribune The agreement, which must still be approved in federal court, also calls for UC to pay a total of $250,000 to the plaintiffs’ attorneys and set aside a maximum of $100,000 to pay up to $20,000 to any other individuals who join the class-action lawsuit by proving they were either arrested or directly pepper-sprayed, a university statement said.

A video released online, showing an officer spraying seated students directly in their faces at close range

during an Occupy rally, had triggered outrage.

And UC’s own investigations and a shake-up at the UC Davis police force put the university in a weak position to argue against the students’ lawsuit.

The preliminary settlement, which was approved by the UC regents in a closed-door meeting earlier this month, will be paid through the UC’s self-insurance program, which officials said has about $600 million in reserves.

In April, a UC task force headed by former state Su-

preme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso found that UC Davis police had violated policy and that campus administrators mishandled the November 2011 campus protest.

In May, a separate draft report about campus responses to civil disobedience across UC urged administrators to use mediation instead of confrontation in most cases, although it said pepper spray might remain a necessary tool of last resort. A final version was released this month with no major policy changes.

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Record breaking $340 million in research funding Total CSU budget: $ 866,693,196 Research expenditures: $340,000,000 DESIGN BY KRIS LAWAN

}} Percent of total budget: 39.2%

Non-federal:

20 percent

Federal agencies: 67 percent

Local and state funds:

13 percent

Federal Agencies with top research contributions: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: $52.3 million

By AUSTIN BRIGGS The Rocky Mountain Collegian The 2,225 proposals for research money that CSU faculty sent out last year was time well spent. The university hauled in a record $340 million in research funding ending fiscal year 2012.

The $340 million is up $10 million from the previous record of $330 million recorded in 2011.

The record-breaking year also puts CSU on the map nationally. The $340 million makes it second in the nation in research expenditures among public universities without a medical school.

“Seeing research expenditures continue to grow is an important indicator of success at CSU,” said university spokesman Mike Hooker. “Even at a time when other resources have shrunk, this shows that people are confident in CSU to continue to provide world class research in a variety of fields.”

Here’s a breakdown of research funding.

$1,321,033

U.S. Department of Agriculture: $47.2 million National Science Foundation: $36.7 million U.S Department of Defense: $36.3 million

Fiscal year 2011 (last year data was available) of research spending per college

$1,898,468 $9,566,357

$13,754,050

Business Liberal Arts Applied Human Sciences Agricultural Sciences Natural Sciences

$31,131,052

Warner College of Natural Resources

$49,358,971

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ONE INCH. ONE HOUR. Campus experiences torrential downpour

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2 1. From left to right, Dan Levy, Matt Wade, Kaylin McNeil, and Sarah Papke get drenched after a Hummer drives through a puddle on Mulberry St. after the sidewalks become knee-deep with flood water Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Hunter Thompson) 2. Junior mechanical engineering major Garret Ehrick rides his bike near the enterence of the Lory Student Center Wednesday evening.

(Photo by Nick Lyon) 3. A Jeep barrels through inches of standing water in the Lory Student Center parking lot after the storm. (Photo by Hunter Thompson)

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4. A student bikes through puddles near the Morgan Library Wednesday evening. (Photo by Hunter Thompson)

5. A car sits inches from being flooded in the parking lot outside of

the LSC after the massive rain. (Photo by Hunter Thompson) 6. Matt Wade, left, and Dan Levy challenge cars to splash them on Mulberry Street after the sidewalks become knee-deep with flood water. (Photo by Hunter Thompson)

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Rainstorm closes parking lots, floods buildings on campus

By AUSTIN BRIGGS The Rocky Mountain Collegian A thunderstorm pounded CSU and Larimer County Wednesday evening that shut down parking lots and caused minor flooding in buildings on campus.

The city of Fort Collins website showed areas around the university received more than an inch of rain over the period of about an

hour starting at approximately 4:45 p.m.

Other parts of Larimer County received between a quarter and a half inch of rain.

This led to some parts of campus being shut down. Sections of the parking lot north of the Lory Student Center had about 8 to 12 inches of standing water.

CSUPD had stationed patrols at the entrance to the parking lot and

weren’t allowing cars to enter.

CSUPD said the storm also caused minor flooding in the Rockwell basement, the basement of Green Hall and the Engineering Building. CSUPD and Facilities Management are addressing the flooding and assessing any damage, which appears at this time will be minor.

Small crowds of students gathered outside the Lory Student

Center as they debated whether to trudge through the standing water to get to their vehicle.

“I might brave it, but I don’t know if it’s the smartest thing to do,” said junior business major Cameron Delphia as he surveyed the semi-flooded parking lot.

According to the National Weather Service, Weld County is the only area to have been issued a flood warning.

CSU Spokesman Dell Rae Moellenberg said students should not drive through flooded streets and avoid the flooded buildings.

The standing water at CSU was also the first report the National Weather Service had received of any water damages from the storm.

Senior Reporter Austin Briggs can be reached at news@collegian. com.

“A state of mistrust has cast its shadow on international relations...”

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | President of Iran

Iranian president says ‘uncivilized Zionists’ threaten his country

By PAUL RICHTER The McClatchy Tribune UNITED NATIONS — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that “uncivilized Zionists” are threatening to attack his country, but he otherwise was silent on the continuing clash between Iran and world powers over the Tehran’s disputed nuclear program.

Ahmadinejad, in an address that climaxed days of public and media appearances in New York, focused his remarks on what he described as an unjust international system, built around the United Nations, that oppresses the world in the interests of the West’s wealthy minority.

He said his country has “suffered from the agonies of forced aggressions” from countries he didn’t identify.

He said that an “arms race and intimidation by nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction by hegemonic powers have become prevalent” and that a “continued threat by the uncivilized Zionists to resort to military action

against our great nation is a clear example of this bitter reality.”

He complained that the United Nations has no legitimacy, while praising the Non-Aligned Movement, which met weeks ago in Tehran with the Iranian regime presiding. Ahmadinejad said he spoke for the group.

“A state of mistrust has cast its shadow on the international relations, whilst there is no trusted or just authority to help resolve world conflicts,” he said.

Ahmadinejad didn’t dwell for long on his regime’s disputes with Israel, as he has in earlier remarks to the media this week. In an interview on Monday, he said Israel’s presence in the Middle East would be only a short-term one, and predicted that before long it would be “eliminated.”

Before the U.N., he took aim at the materialism of the West and what he saw as the corruption of the American political system. He said the wealthy in the United States spend “hundreds of millions of dollars” on elections, spending they viewed as just “an investment.”

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives a speech at the 67th meeting of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York, New York on Wednesday, September 26, 2012.

Powerful Americans don’t care, he said, “about the 99 percent.”

The U.S. and Israeli delegations didn’t show up for the speech, but many others

did, including representatives of Britain, France, the Palestinians and many Arab

countries.

Outside the U.N., protesters denounced his visit.

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FOOTBALL

Rams face high-powered Air Force rush attack

By ANDREW SCHALLER The Rocky Mountain Collegian

AIR FORCE’S TOP PLAYERS

Defending against an option offense is one of the most difficult things for a defense to master.

Saturday afternoon, the CSU football team (1-3, 0-0 MW) will face that challenge as they travel to Colorado Springs to face rival Air Force (1-2, 0-1 MW) and its potent offense.

The Falcons have been successful running their offense thanks to the ability of senior quarterback Connor Dietz to create plays with his arm and legs.

Through the first three games of the season, Dietz has averaged a modest 119.7 yards per game through the air, but has chipped in 67.7 yards per game on the ground while helping the offense average over 375 yards per game on the ground overall.

With Dietz at the helm, opportunities have opened up for starting running back Cody Getz, who enters this week averaging 153.67 rushing yards per game, which makes him the No. 2 rusher

Quarterback Connor Dietz: 21-39, 359 yards, 0 TD, 0 Int. Running back Cody Getz: 58 rushes, 461 yards, 7 TD Running back Mike DeWitt: 34 rushes, 115 yards, 2 TD Wide receiver Ty MacArthur: 8 receptions, 192 yards, 0 TD

in the nation.

“Obviously he understands what he needs to do and does it great,” CSU coach Jim McElwain said. “When you get into that, sometimes you say ‘do you stop him?’

No, the key is probably is to contain him and not let him explode on you.”

In order to contain the Falcons’ rushing attack, the Rams might look to take a page out of UNLV’s playbook, who last week — after trailing Air Force by 11 points at halftime — put together three consecutive touchdown drives of over 60 yards while controlling the clock and keeping the ball out of Getz’ hands.

The running game, with the insertion of running back

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Air Force Academy wide receiver Jonathan Warzeka (15) earns a first down against the Rams’ defense during the first quarter of the CSU vs Air Force Game last year. CSU plays Air Force this weekend in Colorado Springs.

Chris Nwoke back into the starting lineup will be key for the Rams’ offense in slowing down Air Forces’ attack.

“Like we’ve been trying to do the last few weeks, just gettin the run game going,” CSU quarterback Garrett

Grayson said on what the offense has been focusing on this week. “And then obviously be consistent on third

down, we wanna keep ourselves (the offense) on the field and keep our defense off the field. We’ve been kind of putting them in a bind lately with what we’re doing.”

For both the CSU and Air Force, the beginning of the 2012 season has presented numerous challenges as both teams have struggled out of the gate. Both McElwain and Air Force coach Troy Calhoun have stressed that the difficulties early on have given each an opportunity to teach their respective units how to execute better.

“There’s nothing you can do about yesterday--you can learn from it,” Calhoun said. “I’ve always felt that what you do today does have an impact on what you do tomorrow and for us, we’ve gotta keep playing ball and our endgame has to be to develop as a football team and just to learn and grow from the experiences that we’re able to gain each and every week.”

Football Beat Reporter Andrew Schaller can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

VOLLEYBALL

CSU prepares to face the Wolfpack

By KYLE GRABOWSKI The Rocky Mountain Collegian

PLAYER TO WATCH

Eighth place in the Mountain West is not somewhere the CSU volleyball team is accustomed to being.

The Rams will have a chance to move into more familiar territory Thursday night against MW newcomer Nevada.

The Wolfpack started the 2012 season 1-10, but picked up three straight wins against Cal Poly, Texas Tech and San Diego State in the last 10 days.

“They can be a mistake-prone team. I think that’s what hurt them early is they had a lot of giveaway points,” CSU coach Tom Hilbert said. “But, as most teams do, those things are going away as the season progresses. You still have to play them, and I think they’re going to be good.”

Sophomore middle blocker Tessa Lea’ea dominated Nevada’s last two matches, averaging 3.60 kills and 1.50 blocks per set en route to being named the Mountain West Player of the Week.

“If you allow her to get the ball it’s going to be a long night,” Hilbert said.

“We have to be aware of her, block her well, serve aggressively and keep the ball away from her.”

Nevada’s win over San Diego State caught more of CSU’s attention than an individual player award, however.

“We know they’re good, they beat San Diego State and San Diego State’s a great team,” senior outside hitter

Nevada’s Sophomore Middle Blocker Tessa Lea’ea:

Dana Cranston said. “That’s our gauge, we know who San Diego State is.”

But the Rams don’t really know who Nevada is yet, playing the Wolfpack for the first time in a conference game.

“It’s our first time playing them and we don’t know them that well, but they also don’t know us that well,” Cranston said. “It’s like a preseason game in the mental aspect of playing them for the first time.”

The lack of familiarity between the teams may make the match feel like more of a non-conference match, but the newness is exciting for the players.

“We have to expect everything, they’re going to do things we haven’t seen,” Paige said. “They’re a pretty complicated team. They have two really good middles and our goal is to shut them down.”

CSU had a tough time stopping anything from New Mexico in the last three sets of the team’s loss in Albuquerque, N.M., but the team will not be looking past any other teams for the rest of its schedule.

“I don’t think there’s going to be any doubt of that

for the rest of the year, because that’s what happened at New Mexico,” Cranston said. “Everybody knows without saying, no matter who’s on the other side of the

net we cannot do that again.

We’re not underestimating them at all.”

Assistant Sports Editor Kyle Grabowski can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

FOOD

FOR RENT

HAPPENINGS

EMPLOYMENT

ADDICTIVE Chef dinner specials, salads, artisan breads, desserts, more.

Cafe Vino. 1200 S. College.

Across from CSU.

YES YOU CAN Own a Home While Still in School! Find out more at www. coloradopropertyboutique.com Amber Sigg, High Street Real Estate in the Cafe Vino Bldg

BLOODY Mary flights. Best breakfast.

7 days. Cafe Vino. 1200 S. College. Across from CSU track.

I’m a nut for hazelnut coffee! THE EGG & I 2809 S. College Ave.

HAPPENINGS

NOW HIRING! THE SUMMIT ON COLLEGE is Now Hiring part-time Marketing Assistants. Great pay and great experience! For more information email PPostal@ capstonemail.com. Be apart of the NEWEST & BEST student housing community in Ft. Collins! www.facebook.com/ thesummitoncollege

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Reigning Mountain West Player of the Week Averaged 3.6 kills and 1.5 blocks per set Sept 17-23 MW Top 10 in kills and blocks for the season

TWO CHICKS PAINTBALL Challenge your friends, rivals, or co-workers!

CSU Student discount www.twochickspaintball.com 970-221-3176.

ERIN MROSS | COLLEGIAN

Freshman specialist Kaitlind Bestgen practices hits at Volleyball practice Tuesday in Moby Arena. The Lady Rams’ next home game is Thursday against Nevada.

EMPLOYMENT !BARTENDING! $300/day potential. No experience necessary. Training provided. Age 18+ ok.

1-800-965-6520 ex167.

Experienced Servers and Bartenders needed at local bar.

Call 307-757-7854.

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