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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

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INTO brings 350 international students onto campus ERIN MROSS | COLLEGIAN

Members of the Global Village Residential Learning Community, a community of international and domestic students, meet outside of Parmelee Hall Monday. Global Village is just one of many programs in place at CSU to support a growing population of international students from over 80 countries around the world.

Collegian Staff Report The Rocky Mountain Collegian In an effort to increase diversity at CSU and boost revenue, 350 students from countries as far as Asia and the U.K. have started classes on campus for the first time thanks to the university’s brand new INTO program. INTO, a private company that specializes in supporting graduate and undergraduate companies at universities, partnered with CSU in February.

When this partnership was formed in the Fall, the university set a goal of 350 international students — a goal INTO was able to meet. Throughout the next five years this program hopes to increase international enrollment by 1,000. According to CSU spokesman Kyle Henley, for every 100 nonresident students at CSU, the university generates roughly $2 million. This semester the university is getting about $7 million from these 350 newly recruited international students.

INTO receives a percentage of the tuition revenues generated by these international students. “As we look at declining funding at the state level, it’s another opportunity to modestly create other revenues,” Henley told the Collegian in February. On top of providing revenue for the university, CSU President Tony Frank said in a news release that this boost of international students cultivates a better college experience as a whole. “A culturally rich, internation-

ASCSU

Budget cuts hit student gov. RamRide, student services, diversity departments see less funding; president, VP receive pay raises BY ANDREW CARRERA The Rocky Mountain Collegian With fewer funds rolling over from last year’s Associated Students of CSU administration, some key staff members and student programs are experiencing cuts, including the RamRide and Governmental Affairs departments. These cuts come months after ASCSU President Regina Martel and Vice President Joe Eden received a raise, which was approved by Senate in the spring. Their salaries increased from $8,250 to $9,000 and $7,250 to $8,000, respectively. ASCSU employees defended the decision, saying the presidential and vice presidential salaries –– unlike others in student government –– hadn’t seen increases since 2005. “I think that was probably one of the hardest decisions that we had to make in the budget process,” Martel said. She added that she made the decision to make sure students who were “passionate about student voice and passionate about CSU” were not “held back because salary.” The organization’s budget summary lists its projected 2011/12 revenue as $1,982,445. By contrast, the 2012/13 ASCSU officials have $1,965,766 in revenue to work with — a $16,678 decrease. Martel cut $24,648 from ASCSU’s executive, judicial and senate budgets. The losses are broken down into a $12,500 budget slash for the Department of Governmen-

tal Affairs, $3,000 from Diversity and $1,822 from RamRide, with others seeing decreases as well. The amount set aside to pay student organizations to staff RamRide operations, for example, decreased by $3,282. “When we redid the budget this year, we realized we were significantly over for the amount we budgeted for,” RamRide Director Becky Ewing said. As such, Ewing doesn’t believe the budget cuts will affect her department’s effectiveness. Lindon Belshe, the ASCSU director of Governmental Affairs, said his department wasn’t in trouble either. “Once again, we’re trying to be good stewards with our expenses,” he said. An expensive legislative tracking program that last year’s administration used –– a $2,500 system called Capwiz –– is being cut and replaced with something easier to use. Only the Departments of Graduate Student Affairs, Marketing and University Affairs are seeing more money added to their budgets. With this increase, University Affairs, for example, now has $16,198 to work on campaign platforms other than Martel’s and Eden’s. The amount set aside for student government salaries is being slashed by $10,729. Belshe’s pay will go from $4,500 to $4,000 and Ewing’s will decrease from $5,000 to $4,000. “I knew that was coming

BY THE NUMBERS How much are ASCSU departmental budgets being slashed? Administration: $25,746 RamRide: $1,822 Community Development: $1,000 Diversity: $3,000 Health: $1,500 Governmental Affairs: $12,500 Student Services: $1,000 Sustainability: $1,000 Total: $47,568

How much are ASCSU departmental budgets being increased? Graduate Student Affairs: $2,500 Marketing: $5,500 University Affairs: $13,448 Total: $21,448

when I applied for the job,” Ewing said. The RamRide director explained that the change was part of greater reforms to the pay scale for all ASCSU directors. Those who put in similar hours –– like herself and Belshe –– would all be paid $4,000. In contrast, directors who work less hours are paid $3,500. “Now it’s more set on equal levels,” she said. News Editor Andrew Carrera can be reached at news@ collegian.com. See PAGE 7 for more on ASCSU budget

ally engaged campus provides the type of learning environment that prepares all our students to interact and succeed in a world that is increasingly complex and connected,” Frank said. “We’ve always placed an emphasis on strong international partnerships in our teaching and research, and through INTO, we’re able to take that commitment to a higher level.” By coming to CSU through this INTO program, international See INTO on Page 10

FOOTBALL

“There’s a good opportunity for a guy to think, ‘hey, maybe I should do it.’” Tom Ehlers | Director of Football Operations

Rams looking to fill spots with walk-ons By Cris Tiller The Rocky Mountain Collegian

WALK ON

CSU holds a long history of success stories that all share a common theme— they started as walk-ons. Ram greats such as the late Keli McGregor and Steve Bartalo came to Fort Collins to play football, but had to earn their way on the team. Bartalo believed he could play quarterback for the Rams before getting moved to fullback, where he had one of the most distinguished careers in CSU history. On Wednesday morning, new coach Jim McElwain is extending the opportunity for a new generation of walk-ons to form their own success stories. The coaches will hold a meeting in the McGraw Athletic Center auditorium at 7 a.m. for any eligible CSU student looking to play college football. Director of Football Operations Tom Ehlers said the team has four to five roster spots available that need to be filled this fall. “There’s a good opportunity for a guy to think, ‘hey, maybe I should do it,’” Ehlers said. “We realize maybe they haven’t trained like ours guys did all summer, but we’re not out there to embarrass anyone or anything. We’re going to work them in quickly, but we’re not going to kill them.” Anyone interested in at-

What: CSU football walk-on meeting When: Wednesday, 7 a.m. Where: McGraw Athletic Center auditorium

tending the meeting is encouraged to bring a DVD or YouTube link with their film from high school or other college teams, although it is not a requirement, Ehlers said. McElwain, who has stressed the importance of depth on both the offensive and defensive lines, tight end and fullback, said the invitation for potential walk-ons is open to “all comers.” Size, however, is ideal simply because of the difficulty of finding the right body type, but those looking to try for skill positions will get a fair look, Ehlers said. “Once we decide we’re going to give them (the opportunity to play), they’re a part of our family,” Ehlers said. “We think they’re important. We want them to be welcome and that’s a privilege we give to them. We have spots, we have needs and if we can find guys that address them, they’ll get a spot and they can say they were on the CSU football team for the rest of their lives.” Sports Editor Cris Tiller can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

It’s no surprise that college tuition rates continue to climb, and the 2013-2014 in-state tuition is projected to increase by another 9 percent from the 20122013 figure. Looking at the somewhat staggering numbers, it’s hard not to ask, “What were people paying 20 years ago?” So we here at the Collegian did a little research to find out just how cheap our parents had it, and also searched CUBoulder’s tuition history because comparing things is fun.

A brief history of instate tuition per semester

1975

CU-Boulder: $532 CSU: $476 The difference: $56

1980

CU-Boulder: $762 CSU: $619 Difference: $143

1985

CU-Boulder: $1,332 CSU: $1,275 Difference: $57

1990

CU-Boulder: $1,842 CSU: $1,734 Difference: $108

1995

CU-Boulder: $2,270 CSU: $2,174 Difference: $96

2000

CU-Boulder: $2,514 CSU: $2,408 Difference: $106

2005

CU-Boulder: $4,446 CSU: $3,381 Difference: $1,065

2010

CU Boulder: $7,018 CSU: $5,256 Difference: $1,762

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CSU named one of the Key campus info best higher education available anytime values by Forbes with CSU Mobile app Forbes ranked CSU among the top 100 Best Buy Colleges in 2012, which takes into account the quality of the education, the career prospects after graduation, graduation rate and low levels of debt. In Forbes’ list of 650 top colleges, CSU earned the No. 311 overall ranking, and was ranked in the top 125 research universities and the top 75 public universities. CSU was also listed in the 2013 Fiske Guide to Colleges, which focused on selecting universities whose curriculum included strong engineering, technical and environmental programs, and emphases. Information included in Fiske includes an overview of a college’s financial aid, campus setting, housing, academics, food and extracurricular activities.

This semester CSU has introduced CSU Mobile, a new application that includes a building locator, campus directory, course catalogue, access to social media, news and events, and resources from the library. Special emphasis was placed on establishing a single site for mobile web applications by the University Technology Fee Advisory Board. Feedback from students about what features they want in the app was essential in determining the services provided. The app is free and is primarily funded by student fees. The simplest way to access the app is to go to colostate.boopsie.com to download, but the app is also available through Google Play and iTunes app stores.

Money Magazine Air quality study for includes Fort natural gas drilling Collins in its list of the 100 Best Places proposed by CSU to Live in America

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Junior political science major Tate Hedgespeth, left, and undeclared freshman Scott Weissmann browse the posters for sale Monday afternoon at the Plaza Bazaar. Subjects of the posters ranged from movies to famous works of art.

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On Monday, CSU researchers are scheduled to propose a scientific study to examine the air emissions in Garfield County from natural gas extraction. The proposed study would review the development process of the well from drilling to completion, examining the variety of chemicals that can be released into the atmosphere as a result of these activities. This includes benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene and a variety of volatile hydrocarbons. Data is not expected to be released prior to its 2015 completion, but periodic progress updates on the project throughout the three-year study is expected. The study will formally be proposed to the Garfield County Commissioners Monday in the Administration Building, 108 8th St., Glenwood Springs.

The list, released Monday, ranks five Colorado cities in its 100 Best Places to Live in America. Those cities—Centennial, Castle Rock, Boulder, Highlands Ranch, and Fort Collins— all made the list, which specifically focuses on small cities defined as having populations between 50,000 and 300,000. Castle Rock ranked highest in Colorado as the 16th best place to live, with Highlands Ranch as a close second at 23rd. Centennial ranked 49th, and Boulder ranked slightly higher at 60th than Fort Collins’ 70th. The magazine attributed the majority of Fort Collins’ success to the presence of Colorado State University. The three cities that topped the list were Carmel, Indiana; McKinney, Texas; and Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

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The Rocky Mountain Collegian | Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Large groups of Syrian refugees stream into Iraq By DAVID ENDERS The McClatchy Tribune NEAR FAYSH KHABUR, Iraq — The 20 refugees who walked across the border from Syria refused to go back. “We have to ask our captain,” said one of the soldiers, who insisted that the group of Iraqi and Syrian Kurds— who waited hours on the Syrian side of the border to make the trip—turn back. They had already walked for nearly a half-hour in 100-degree-plus heat across wheat fields cut and baking in the afternoon mid-August sun. The group didn’t wait to be invited into the shade of the soldiers’ tent, pushing past them with their bags. “There is no way I’m going back to Syria,” said one young man as he strode ahead of the rest of the group, dragging a rice sack full of belongings,“Iraq or death.” Assisted as they crossed into Iraq by the PKK, a Kurdish rebel group that operates in northern Iraq and northern Syria, the group had hoped to avoid the soldiers who said they had orders to turn all refugees crossing illegally back to Syria. “These are orders from Maliki,” one of the soldiers said, referring to the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al Maliki. However, the soldiers—

who were also Kurdish— clearly sympathized with the refugees, who included children, elderly men and women, and one woman carrying an infant. After about 10 minutes of negotiation with the group and a phone call to their captain, who reiterated the order to turn the refugees back, the soldiers relented. “Go in groups of two and three,” one of the soldiers said after allowing the refugees to fill bottles with cold water from the soldiers’ supply. “Go that way,” the soldier said, pointing to a route that led through a valley and more fields. “If you go that way,” he said, pointing to a nearby road, “you’ll be stopped by police.” Thousands of Syrians have crossed into Iraq legally and illegally as the violence there has worsened. A spokesman for Iraq’s Kurdish regional government said that more than 10,000 people have fled Syria to northern Iraq in recent months, and more than 4,000 Arab refugees have entered Iraq’s western Anbar province through the border crossing at Al Qaim—the Syrian side of which is now in control of the rebels battling the Syrian government. Though the Al Qaim crossing remains open, Iraqi officials said other crossings with Syria have been closed,

DAVID ENDERS | McCLATCHY TRIBUNE

Assisted by guerillas from the Kurdistan Workers Party, a Kurdish separatist group that operates in Iraq, Syria and Turkey, Iraqi and Syrian Kurdish refugees cross the Iraqi-Syrian border illegally near Faysh Khabur, Iraq, on Tuesday, Aug. 15.

although they blame that on the Syrian government’s refusal to allow refugees to leave Syria. The Syrian government indeed has frequently prevented its citizens from fleeing through official crossings. Though the Iraqi government has promised freedom of movement for Syrians entering Anbar, they now have been confined to schools. A

camp is being built in anticipation that they will not return to Syria soon, and that more will come. Some refugees say their requests to return to Syria have been denied. “Everyone was being targeted in Abu Kamal by the Syrian army. Even if you stay in your home, you can be killed,” said a 46-year-old who used the name Abu Hassan, referring to fighting in the

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OPINION Tuesday, August 21, 2012 | Page 4

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A Bold New Era, or a Bold New Hail Mary for CSU Football?

By BRITTANY JORDAN

The temperature is cooling (infinitesimally, but still slightly noticeable), school is back in session and soon the leaves will start changing. Fall is right around the corner, and with it comes football season. I have to be honest, there’s very little about football season that I don’t like. The cooler temperatures allow me to whip out the blankets and curl up with friends at games, and the atmosphere reminds me why I’m proud to be a CSU Ram. But here’s the downside to going to all of those games: we usually lose. No matter how hard I cheered, no matter how many times I washed my lucky underwear to be ready for game day, no matter how many different kinds of face paint I tried out in the hopes that I could change their mojo, the Rams continually got their butts handed to them last season. Even the homecoming game against San Jose State, where family and alumni were watching with crossed fingers— the one game I was really hoping we could turn around—we ended up losing. I have to be honest, it was disheartening to continually walk out of Hughes stadium without a big W to celebrate. With a 3-9 record last season, and the season before that, and the season before that, I didn’t necessarily have high hopes for the 2012 season either. That was, until I found out we had a new coach coming to us all the way from the Crimson Tide. Jim McElwain had resurrected my hopes in the Rams finally, finally, winning more than three games. Maybe (dare I say it) we could have a winning season. However, my inner skeptic had concerns. I know that the “head coach” title is coveted, but I had to question his motives in coming from Alabama, the home of football and where McElwain is a household name, to CSU where he has his

work cut out for him. The penny pincher side of me had to question what an offer like this was costing the university as well. McElwain was offered $1.3 million per season for five years, a lucrative offer by any standard. But with CSU’s current budget as strained as it is, could that $1.3 million be used more wisely? Do I believe that we need a new football coach? Absolutely. Steve Fairchild had a good run here at CSU, but after three consecutive 3-9 seasons, his plan wasn’t working anymore and it was time for a change. But did we need someone as desirable as McElwain, who we knew wouldn’t come cheap? My skeptic had to wonder why we were shuttling all of this money into a program we had little hope in instead of a program that we knew would succeed. But, as universities nationwide know, athletics is where you put your money if you want revenue. With rumblings of an on-campus stadium, the athletics department had belt-tightening to do and knew that our football program had to prove itself before there would be any more talk of a brand-worthy facility. CSU wants money — as all universities do, — and the easiest and possibly most lucrative way of doing that is beefing up the program that can easily generate the most revenue: football. The “Bold New Era” for CSU football, however, hasn’t exactly reached ticket counters. Sales aren’t up nearly as much as had been anticipated, but I suppose that’s to be expected after three consecutive losing seasons. Hopefully giving the program some time to prove itself will work, and hopefully all of that money will come back tenfold. I’m doing a lot of hoping this season. In the meantime, I encourage the rest of my CSU community to go out to Hughes and show your Ram Pride this season. Give the players something to play for. Throw on your green and gold beads and some corny T-shirt proclaiming a saying akin to “Ram it up their Buffs” (especially appropriate for the Rocky Mountain Showdown, Sept. 1) and go cheer on your team. Brittany Jordan is a sophomore Psychology major. Her column appears every other Tuesday in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to letters@collegian.com.

OUR VIEW

Diversity in the name of funding On the CSU campus this semester, there are more voices, perspectives and diversity than a typical year, thanks to INTO, a program recruiting students from abroad to study in Fort Collins. This semester, 350 international students will attend CSU, a record high for the university. The influx of students from overseas will enrich discussion and cross-cultural understanding for all students, which will ultimately benefit them as they begin careers in a global workplace. But with INTO, CSU isn’t supporting diversity for diversity’s sake. INTO, by drawing students that pay out-of-state tuition, brings revenue to the university: about $2 million for every 100 non-resident students, according to university spokesman Kyle

Henley. In a time when higher education funding has been cut in Colorado and CSU is searching for

“As tuition goes up every year, CSU should emphasize need-based scholarships and other programs which will bring more diverse students from Colorado, not just abroad.” alternative funding solutions, the agreement with INTO will be lucrative in making up the difference. And while CSU is right to seek creative funding sources, INTO’s real benefit is the diversity it

brings to campus, a goal that CSU should seek to meet not only with international enrollment, but with support for local diversity. While the university works to fund programs to acclimate students from abroad, it could be giving similar attention to lowincome students: those that don’t have the financial means to study abroad or even go to an out-ofstate school. As tuition goes up every year, CSU should emphasize need-based scholarships and other programs which will bring more diverse students from Colorado, not just abroad. If CSU wants to demonstrate that both local and international diversity are important, it should actively seek to increase diversity in all aspects of recruitment, not just those that come with a revenue stream attached.

The Collegian Editorial Board is responsible for writing the staff editorial, “Our View,” and for the views expressed therein. Letters and feedback in response to the staff editorial can be sent to letters@collegian.com. Allison Sylte | Editor in Chief editor@collegian.com Matt Miller | Content Managing Editor news@collegian.com Hunter Thompson | Visual Managing Editor photo@collegian.com

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Ecuador offers Assange Asylum from U.S.

By KEVIN JENSEN Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, has taken refuge in Ecuador’s embassy in London. The U.K. has sworn, upon his first step out of the embassy, to arrest and extradite Assange to Sweden, where he faces questioning for sexual misconduct. Assange was recently granted political asylum from the equator-straddling, South American Republic of Ecuador, ensuring the activist’s safety—if he is able to escape from the heavily policed and eternally surveillanced nation of the United Kingdom. While it would be incredibly entertaining to see Assange make a MacGyver-like escape with nothing but a paperclip, rubber band, and a few threads of his oddly translucent hair and lead the British police on a classic Benny Hill chase throughout the streets of England — the reality of the situation is not nearly as comical for Julian Assange. Britain, in a message to the Ecuadorian government, claimed the legal authority— under the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act of 1987—to invade Ecuador’s embassy and seize Assange if he is not given to authorities. In a defiant response the Ecuadorian foreign minister Ricardo Patiño published the U.K.’s threatening notes and issued a statement saying “(translated) We want to make this absolutely clear. We are not a colony of Britain and colonial times have finished.”

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The strange thing about all of this is that Julian Assange does not actually have any criminal charges pending against him, and there is no evidence that charges would be brought against him should he be extradited to Sweden. So why all of the international hoopla? While Assange faces allegations of rape/sex without a condom (yes, sex without a condom is against the law in Sweden), across the pond in the United States he faces much more serious charges. The U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has said the Justice Department has an “active, ongoing criminal investigation” into the disclosure of classified U.S. documents to the online whistle-blowing site Wikileaks. What Julian Assange fears—and rightly so—is that upon his extradition to Sweden to face sexual misconduct questions (but no actual charges), he will then be extradited to the U.S. to face charges of espionage and treason, for which the sentence could be life imprisonment or death. So the political asylum that Ecuador has granted to Assange appears to not be in relation to the Swedes, who were offered the opportunity, yet refused to question Assange in the U.K. multiple times. Instead, it seems that asylum for the activist has been secured to protect him from a possible human rights infraction from the United States. This is the first time that a democratic government, seeking to uphold international human rights conventions, has granted political asylum to a citizen fleeing political persecution by the United States. This whole situation strikes many Americans as being historically backwards. The U.S. has long been the champion of human rights, commonly offering political asylum to activists during the Cold War and even in recent memory with Washington opening their arms and borders to the blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng. Today the legitimacy of the United

States’ position internationally as a defender of human rights is seriously being called into question. While the U.S. is commonly praised for our domestic rule of law, due process and the protection of civil rights and liberties, the international stance on human rights in the U.S. is hardly favorable. This is due, in part, to our government’s recent assertions that they have the legal right to indefinitely detain its citizens without trial, conduct warrantless domestic surveillance of citizens without a court order, and international questions of the legitimacy of our “enhanced interrogation techniques” (clarification: torture) that occurred under W. Bush. All of this, paired with the recent revelation of the secret, comprehensive U.S. surveillance operation TrapWire, which uses security cameras and facial recognition technology to track citizens — casts an ominous light on America where human rights and privacy is concerned. Even more disconcerting than the use of this technology is the fact that as Wikileaks began publishing the emails, revealing the existence of Trapwire, Wikileaks was hit by a DDoS attack on its server by a group called AntiLeaks, making the internet site and its Trapwire revelations unavailable to the public. Whether AntiLeaks is another citizen hacker group or government front to persecute Assange and his efforts is yet to be known, and we’ll have to wade through mountains of disinformation (also legalized under the NDAA) before we find the truth. The question we must ask ourselves as this international quandary is resolved is whether or not we think the U.S. is on the right side of this issue.

Editorial Editor Kevin Jensen is a senior English major. His column appears Tuesdays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to kjensen@collegian.com

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OPINION TUESDAY Tuesday, August 21, 2012 | Page 5

Find a balance between school, Microsoft work and a social life in college technology

By NICOLE FRAZIER

Being busy can be a good thing, right? Studies have shown that people who have a little more on their plate are better at managing their time. But I definitely think there are limits to how much any one person can do. And it’s the boundaries of these limits that our society continually encourages students to test. I think almost every student can attest to the fact that we work too much and far too quickly. Students are urged to get involved from the very moment they set foot on campus. There seems to be this overwhelming pressure to fill every block of space with something to do; and, in my experience, it happens so seamlessly that you almost don’t realize it. Over the course of a few months, three things occurred in my life that led to my writing on this specific topic. The first: I spent six weeks of my summer in the Yucatán Peninsula. There I lived, studied and functioned at an entirely different pace — one practically unheard of here in the U.S., and at times it was frustratingly difficult to adjust to. The second: after I returned, my

slightly unhealthy daily routine of watching the Twilight movies to a point where I could quote scenes verbatim had developed into an intensely satisfying relationship with Ted.com. It was on this site where I stumbled across the work of Carl Honoré and his 2005 talk, “In Praise of Slowness.” And third: when I realized that I was about to begin another 18-credit, two job and a service project semester, I experienced one of the worst panic attacks I had ever had. The root of my panic stemmed from flashbacks of my experiences of previous semesters. At one point, I was closing in on what looked like a nervous breakdown. I wasn’t happy. I couldn’t put myself together. Most importantly, I couldn’t give anything I did the 100% of attention that it deserved. I felt that if I wasn’t doing anything, I wasn’t being productive enough. I always had to be doing something to feel satisfied. This type of thinking is dangerous. It was in the conjunction with these three things when I got my wake-up call; my “A-ha” moment, I guess you could say. The first thing I came to realize was that it is OK to not overexert myself. It took me a while to realize that if I didn’t fill every second of every day with some task that someone else wanted me to do, it was OK to not do anything if I didn’t want to. I also came to see, with the help of Carl Honoré’s words and my experiences abroad, that there is a value and a virtue in the art of slowness. As a collective group, we devalue the benefits of slowness. Let’s face it, we don’t like anything slow.

The ideology of our culture and university setting is that “faster is always better and busiest is best,” as Carl Honoré puts it. So, what I had learned while suffocating under all that needed to be done in as little time as possible was to function on auto-pilot. Creativity was thrown out the window, along with developing meaningful relationships and self-exploration. I started noticing that my conversations with my classmates were limited to petty competitions of whose “to-do” list was longer. Always trying to be productive was consuming me, and I was too busy “getting things done” to see where I was headed. A friend I had met in Mexico once told me that he feels our Western culture promotes this type of speedy behavior. And because the U.S. moves too fast, we don’t have enough time to enjoy and create. But it’s not that we don’t have enough time, it’s that we just don’t make enough time. And I think, as students, we need to turn the dial back a bit. We shouldn’t be functioning on the highest speed at all times. Between homework, classes, jobs and all the extras you’re involved in, it’s easy— scarily so—to get lost in the hype of it all. Because we are pressured to do so much, I feel that we are missing out on experiences. I am not saying there isn’t any value in quickness or that we need to solely focus on being slow, but that there must be a balance between the two. Nicole Frazier is a senior English and Spanish major. Her column appears every other Tuesday in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to letters@collegian.com.

VP Ryan pick is backward, not Forward.

President Obama has said this election will be a choice between two fundamentally different ideas on which way to move the country. With Paul Ryan selected by Mitt Romney as the Republican Vice Presidential Nominee, the choice couldn’t be clearer. President Obama and Democrats want to move the country forward by lowering the federal deficit with a balanced approach while Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and Republicans in Congress want to attack funding of crucial government programs like education, research and development, work training, transportation, infrastructure and Medicaid, all while fighting to extend the Bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest 3 percent of Americans. Wisconsin Congressman and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan is best known for his budget proposal, which is ironically titled “Path to Prosperity.” Paul Ryan’s budget proposal plans to reduce the federal deficit without raising revenues on the wealthiest Americans, or, as Republicans like to refer to them: “job creators.” The result is that Paul Ryan’s budget would raise $2 trillion less in revenue than President Obama’s plan. This would almost certainly result in harsh cuts to federal funding that help support states and local governments to improve education, update our nation’s infrastructure, protect public health, provide law enforcement and so much more. Instead of asking millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share in taxes like President Obama has stated, Republicans have shown they will fight to extend tax deductions for the very wealthy at the cost of raising taxes and balancing the budget on the backs of students, middle and low income Americans, seniors and critical government programs.

As a matter of fact, Paul Ryan’s budget receives 62 percent of its cuts from programs that assist lower income Americans. His budget proposal would cut funding from the Earned Income Tax Credit, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for the poor elderly and disabled, and would make cuts to child nutrition programs and S.N.A.P. (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), which provides food stamps to people in poverty. The result of attacking these programs will not make America stronger, instead it would drive millions of Americans into poverty or deeper into debt at a time when our nation is facing the worst recession since the Great Depression. Ryan’s budget also attacks college students by cutting both Pell benefits and eligibility as well as freezing the maximum grant at $5,000 per student per year. According to the data provided by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), “these changes would reduce the program’s funding needs by roughly $50 billion over 10 years, by making fewer lower-income students eligible for the grants and reducing the size of the grants for students who still can receive them.” As a student it disgusts me to see Republicans trying to take away opportunities from young, aspiring and motivated students who only want a chance to prove themselves at the best colleges and universities in the world. Not only does the Ryan budget hurt financial aid for students, but it also hurts educators and universities like CSU by making drastic cuts to nondiscretionary programs like biomedical research, environmental protection and transportation. In contrast to President Obama’s budget, Ryan would spend 25 percent less on transportation, 6 percent less on

“general science, space, and basic technology” and 33 percent less on “education, training, employment and social services.” As for Medicaid and other health programs for people with low or moderate incomes, Ryan’s budget cuts funding by $2.4 trillion, which could leave as many as 44 million fewer people on Medicaid. His budget also proposes raising the eligibility to retire from age 65 to 67, and under this plan seniors could expect to pay as much as 68 percent of their health care coverage. That’s up from 25 percent today. Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as Vice President provides a sneak peek for what a Romney-Ryan administration would look like: extreme and destructive. This election will come down to you and the direction in which you decide you want the country to move. If you believe that America can remain the greatest country on Earth while slashing critical funding for education, first responders, research and development, or if you think we don’t need to update our nation’s crumbling roads and bridges, vote for Mitt. If you think millionaires and billionaires should pay less taxes than middle-class families or college students, or if you agree that seniors should pay more for their health care costs, then Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will take you backward. If you want to move this country forward then become a part of this great nation’s history and fight to get President Obama reelected in November, because he hasn’t and will not stop fighting for you. A.J. Foltz is a freshman political science major. His column appears every other Tuesday in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to letters@collegian.com.

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By BAYLEY ENRIGHT

New semester, new classes, new computer. But with all of the different choices out there, how can you make sure that what you are sacrificing nine months of eating to buy is what you really want? Too often we purchase something only to later regret that painful separation of money from our wallet. We bought that iPad and then sighed heavily as someone walked by with the Asus Transformer Prime tablet. We looked at our iPad2, trying to love it as much as we would have loved eating cheeseburgers for the next year instead of ramen—or maybe that’s just me. But with the new wave of technology coming soon, I will take it upon myself, completely unasked (and maybe unwanted) to regurgitate my opinion and force you to read it in the hopes that I can help someone, somewhere out there, to better understand the technological frontier we are currently perched on. I know you join me in your excitement for Windows 8. Not for the software exactly, but for the flood of new hardware that is slated to arrive with it. And since you are like me, playing with all the touch screen computers and tablets, pretending to be flying a spaceship or hacking into a super secure bank vault or something — your dreams are about to come true. Microsoft’s new Windows 8 and the metro-style option designed for touch screens is coming soon. It still has the standard look as an option similar to Windows 7, which if you actually use you just wasted a ton of money because you probably should have stuck with Windows 7. Windows 8 will bring on a wave of fun technology based in touch screens that we can play with and pretend we are cool. I plan to sit in the cardboard spaceship I have with a new touch screen and explore the galaxy. This is an exciting time, but only as long as you aren’t a freshmen. I’ll explain. If you haven’t heard, the Windows 8 release date is Oct. 26. That is just long enough after school starts where the lack of a computer would hurt you, but not nearly long enough after you got that old laptop to get a new, cooler one. So

get ready for buyers regret, freshmen. True, there are some good computers out there now. There are good tablets too. But those tablets won’t come close to the Microsoft Surface, the first mainstream piece of technology with software and hardware under one roof. Yes the first, which some Apple fan boys will undoubtedly point out, is false. To whom I will say, you are false. So there. Also, Apple computers are stupid. Because I said so, that’s why. And yes, I do have an iPad2, that’s why I can justly say how stupid Apple is. There is the possibility of Windows 8 being another Windows Vista, meaning that it will be a bigger disappointment than finding out you are not actually adopted. I don’t think that will happen though. After announcing the Surface, a major surprise to partner companies like HP and Dell, they need to provide a solid piece of software that will lend itself to selling HP, Dell, etc. computers. To compare it to something popular nowadays, it’s like a dance competition. Your friend Winny wrote this great song for you to dance to, like in those StepUp movie competitions. Only once at the competition, you find out that Winny made his own dance to the same song and is competing against you, too. The end result? Winny is a jerk-face unless that song he gave you is amazing. With that explained, at least freshmen know that it isn’t just them that Microsoft hates. They are pretty rude to their friend companies too. But being a judge at that dance off is still exciting. Unless you are a freshmen, I guess. Asus Taichi, which is a tablet and ultrabook, due to the dual screens, is gorgeous. As is Asus Zenbook Prime, and if you couldn’t tell, Asus is awesome. Acer, Lenovo, Samsung, HP and every other company not wanting to go out of business, is pumping out ideas to match Windows 8. It’s just really unfortunate that freshmen won’t be able to fully take advantage of this new wave of technology. And Mac-fan-boys. But they are a lost cause anyway. Then again, most freshmen haven’t dealt with a computer blue screen the night before a big paper or project was due, or third degree burns on your legs from your laptop, whose fans broke a couple months back and now has to be packed with ice to prevent it from self-destructing. So maybe it is fair.

Sarah Romer is a senior electrical engineering major. Letters and feedback can be sent to letters@collegian.com.

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Apple becomes most valueable US company in history BY PATRICK MAY The McClatchy Tribune SAN JOSE, Calif. — Fifteen years after it was nearly driven out of business by Microsoft Corp., only to have the then-reigning tech king toss it a lifeline of $150 million, Apple Inc. on Monday become the most valuable company in history, blowing past the record once held by its former savior. In a powerful symbol of how dramatically it has redrawn the tech landscape, leading millions of computer users from a PC-dominated world to one now increasingly run on smartphones and tablets, Apple saw its market capitalization — the total value of its publicly traded stock — top $623 billion. That’s nearly $3 billion

more than the record Microsoft set during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s, the very moment that Bill Gates was helping to save Apple from extinction. “The reason Apple was able to reach the position they’re in today is simply because they changed the game,” said Shaw Wu, an analyst with Sterne Agee in San Francisco. “If we were all still using the Intel and Windows standard, Apple would just be the Mac business. But it was really the birth of the iPod, followed by the iPhone and iPad, that totally changed everything.” By challenging the Windows-based computing architecture with an effectively closed-off ecosystem, stitching together the

iPhone’s mobile-computing prowess with the content sharing of iCloud and the unabashed seduction of its retailing stores, Apple has hobbled its competitors at every turn. “For all the attempts to knock Apple off its valuecreating pedestal, none have succeeded,” said analyst John Jackson with CCS Insight. “Apple has essentially changed the basis for competition and the broader industry has yet to figure out how to deal with that.” Along the way, Apple has handsomely enriched itself and its investors, many of whom temporarily dumped shares earlier this year after a disappointing earnings announcement, only to embrace the tech giant in recent weeks with renewed gusto.

As its stock price continued to climb, Apple’s market cap climbed above $623 billion, besting the $620.6 billion record Microsoft set on Dec. 30, 1999. Microsoft closed Monday with a market cap of $257.7 billion. Microsoft’s value then was technically still higher than Apple’s when adjusted for inflation. But Apple now holds the non-adjusted record, its shares closing up 2.6 percent Monday at $665.15 a share. And its value is now $200 billion greater than that of Exxon Mobil — the second-biggest U.S. company with a market cap of $405 billion. Yet even as Apple’s value continues to soar, some observers think the company may be getting too big for its own good, with

its sheer dominance in the marketplace and its closed ecosystem bringing potential liabilities in the future. Analyst Roger Kay with Endpoint Technologies Associates said an Apple victory in its ongoing legal battle in a San Jose federal court against Samsung for allegedly stealing its design ideas could, ironically, hurt the Cupertino, Calif., company in the long run because it could become even more susceptible to antitrust actions here and abroad. “If Apple wins this case against Samsung, it potentially comes under increased scrutiny by regulators around the world,” Kay said. “Its market cap is a symbol of its dominance and eventually it begs the question: Is Apple a monopoly?”

Kay said that even in its “hegemony heyday,” Microsoft and its Windows operating system supported a sprawling network of partners and developers, making many of them rich in the process. Apple, which declined Monday to comment for this report, has built its empire largely by creating a walled-off garden of products that seduce and hold on to customers while forcing interested partners to play by Apple’s rules or go away. “It was one thing when Apple was smaller and it could be as obnoxious as it wanted to be and nobody cared,” Kay said. “But now if it starts getting piggy and flicks its finger and a half dozen firms go out of business, then they risk facing antitrust activity.”

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“If you look at the overall trajectory of our campaign, and the ads that I have approved and are produced by my campaign, you’ll see that we point out sharp differences between the candidates, but we don’t go out of bounds.” Barak Obama | U.S. President

Obama says he had nothing to do with controversial ad By Steven Thomma The McClatchy Tribune WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama defended the tone of his campaign Monday—distancing himself from one controversial attack on rival Mitt Romney by an ally but standing by his own ads and political accusations. “If you look at the overall trajectory of our campaign, and the ads that I have approved and are produced by my campaign, you’ll see that we point out sharp differences between the candidates,” Obama said. “But we don’t go out of bounds.” He made the remarks at a White House news conference where he was peppered with questions about a campaign that has been punctuated by a torrent of negative and often personal attacks—some by independent groups, but many also by the candidates themselves. Obama was pressed specifically about charges from his own campaign and supporters that Romney has avoided paying taxes, that he might be a felon, and that he played a role in a woman’s death. For the first time, the president commented on the ad from a pro-Obama group that links Romney to the woman’s death from cancer. “I don’t think that Gov.

Romney is somehow responsible for the death of the woman that was portrayed in that ad,” Obama said, when asked by a reporter. “But keep it in mind, this is an ad that I didn’t approve, I did not produce, and as far as I can tell has barely run. I think it ran once.” The ad was produced by an independent proObama political action committee named Priorities USA, which is run by former Obama aide, Bill Burton. It tells how a man named Joe Soptic lost his job at a Kansas City steel mill after it was bought by Romney’s investment firm and later closed, how he lost his insurance, and how his wife died of cancer. The independent political media watchdog group Politifact.com said the ad “suggests that Mitt Romney is responsible for a woman’s death.” The group and several others called the ad false, noting that Soptic’s wife had health insurance for a year after he lost his job, and that she was not diagnosed with cancer for another five years. Obama disputed a question about why his campaign suggested that Romney might be a felon if he misled the Securities and Exchange Commission about when he left the investment firm of Bain Capital, as a news media report

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Tuitition hikes used to offset CSU students recount their state funding decreases crazy summer adventures CSU tuition rates up 70 percent since 2007 By Austin Briggs The Rocky Mountain Collegian A 70 percent increase might seem good when it comes to your stocks. However, if you’re a CSU student and that’s the amount your tuition has increased in the last five years, it might not be a reason to break out the champagne. In May, the CSU System Board of Governors approved a 9 percent tuition increase for the 2012 to 2013 school year. Tuition increases like this are nothing new. In 2007, CSU tuition cost $4,040. This year, tuition was $6,875 — 70 percent more than it cost five years ago. The main reason, according to CSU officials? Decreases in state funding to higher education. Over the last four years, CSU alone has seen a $39 million drop in state funding. This has forced CSU to find “creative” ways to find new revenue streams, according to Mike Hooker, executive director of public affairs and communications. This has included strategic partnerships with private companies (like Coca Cola), and increasing out-of-state enrollment and tuition increases. “We’re trying to build for the future of this institution,” Hooker said. “Understanding that the nature of state funding is tenuous, we’re trying to do what we can to position CSU for long-term success.” Lynn Johnson, associate vice president for Finance, said the overall cost

of educating a student is the same as it was 20 years ago. What’s changed, she said, is that the funding mix has “been turned upside down.” Twenty years ago the state paid two-thirds of a student’s tuition, with the student paying the other third. “Now that’s flipped,” Johnson said. “The university is not getting any more resources on inflation adjusted dollars than we did 20 years ago. It’s who’s picking up the tab is what’s changing.” CSU Spokesman Kyle Henley said it’s too early in the year to know at what rate tuition will increase next year. “There are a lot of pieces that go into making the decision,” Henley said. “We’re just getting into this year. We’re not at that point where we can say whether that’s going to happen or not.” CSU President Tony Frank asked the Colorado Commission on Higher Education for flexibility for up to a 12 percent tuition increase for the 2013/14 fiscal year. From 2007 to 2012, tuition at CU-Boulder increased 49 percent and is now $8,056 for an Arts and Sciences degree. Both CSU and CU also charge differential tuition. These rates are charged for specific programs of study or to upper-class students with junior or senior standing. At CU, for example, a business major is charged $12,646 per year in tuition. A CSU upperclassman can generally

NEWS BREAKOUT BOX CSU Tuition History (per year): 1950: $114 1960: $141 1970: $270 1980: $619 1990: $1,734 2000: $2,408 2010: $5,256 2012:$6,875 Info found at: http://www. ir.colostate.edu/pdf/tuition/TuitionAndFees_1011.pdf

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By Devin O’Brien The Rocky Mountain Collegian Summer is a time for everyone to let loose, relax, explore and just enjoy some time without any classes to go to — for those who aren’t taking summer classes, anyway. Here are what some members of the CSU community did with their three months of summer vacation.

Diven, one Tough Mudder This summer, more than 1,300 runners ran through a 13 mile course at Beaver Creek filled with snow, mud and electricity, all as part of a quest to be a “tough mudder.” Matt Diven, an interlibrary loan department worker at CSU’s Morgan Library, was one of them. “It hurts, but it doesn’t kill you,” Diven said. The more than 20 obstacles in the course included climbing up two ski slopes while being sprayed with ice water, carrying a 25 pound log up and down a hill and crawling through underwater tubes. After three and a half hours, Diven and fellow contestants got to enjoy free Dos Equis beer at the finish line.

Pamela Coke meets a prince While most of us were just satisfied with occa-

sional glimpses of Will and Kate during the Olympics, associate professor of English education Pamela Coke met her own Prince Charming. Her eight-year-old son Rikky was involved in the Challenger Sports summer camp, which brings soccer coaches over from England to train the campers. A part of this program is the parent’s ability to choose to house one of the coaches for the duration of their stay. Coke and her family hosted Matt Butler, a 19-year-old coach from Liverpool. Coke was introducing Butler to the neighborhood kids when a little girl said to him, “You don’t sound like you’re from around here. You sound like you might be from Alabama.” Butler said he was from England, where the prince and princess come from. The girl gave him a long look and said she didn’t think he was a prince. He didn’t have her princely requirements: a crown, a sword and a horse. Then at one practice, a soccer ball got caught in a tree. Butler retrieved the ball from the tree and brought it back to the waiting children. One little girl looked at Coke when the Liverpool resident returned and concluded from his heroic actions, “I think Matt could be a prince.”

It was then that Coke decided to ensure Butler was a proper prince. At the end of an Estes park horseback riding trip Butler dressed in a crown from a fast food restaurant, brandished one of Rikky’s wooden swords and mounted his horse. Coke took his picture so she’d have proof that Butler met the requirements for being a prince.

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Senior sociology major Adrienne Bouveron was doing an internship in Pune, India for a nonprofit organization that dealt with microfinance. Her internship brought her to the slums every day. Bouveron noticed interesting contrasts here, such as small shacks having a big screen TV and access to cable. One day Bouveron was in the slums with her translator when she saw an old woman stringing white flowers together. The old woman called Bouveron over and spoke. The translator told Bouveron that the old woman wanted to give her one of the strings of flowers to wear. When Bouveron asked how much the flowers cost, the translator told her it was a gift from the old woman. Collegian writer Devin O’Brien can be reached at news@collegian.com

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Augusta, home of the Masters golf tournament, admits first women By DAVID ZUCCHINO The McCLATCHY TRIBUNE A decade after former Augusta National Golf Club chairman Hootie Johnson swore that the home of the Masters golf tournament would not admit women “at the point of a bayonet,” the club has quietly invited two prominent women to join. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore have accepted membership invitations, the club announced Monday — 22 years after admitting its first black members. The move came with little advance notice, and at a time when controversy over the previously all-male club in eastern Georgia had cooled somewhat. The club, long a citadel of Southern privilege and exclusivity — and racism and sexism, according to its critics — gave no explanation for a sudden reversal of policy. But Augusta National’s current chairman called it “a joyous occasion.” In a prepared statement, Billy Payne, who replaced Johnson as Augusta National

chairman in 2006, said: “We enthusiastically welcome Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Darla Moore as members of Augusta National Golf Club.” Payne referred to the decision as “a significant and positive time in our Club’s history.” He added: “These accomplished women share our passion for the game of golf and both are well known and respected by our membership. It will be a proud moment when we present Condoleezza and Darla their Green Jackets when the Club opens this fall.” Payne offered no details about the membership process, or why Rice and Moore were invited. The club has long refused to discuss membership procedures. “Consideration with regard to any candidate is deliberate, held in strict confidence and always takes place over an extended period of time,” Payne said. “The process for Condoleezza and Darla was no different.” Augusta National, which once required that all caddies be black, admitted its first black members in 1990. For years, it has allowed

women to play the course as guests. In 2003, Martha Burk, then the chairwoman of the National Council of Women’s Organizations, staged protests at the club and mounted a national campaign to pressure Augusta into admitting women. Defenders of the club responded with their own protests against what they called outside interference. Johnson, a Georgia native and investment banker who played football for the University of Georgia, replied brusquely with his “bayonet” comment. He said any private club can decide for itself whom to invite as members, whether it’s Augusta National, sororities, fraternities or the Boy Scouts. He called Burk’s criticism “offensive and coercive.” “You know, some of the media tries to portray us — or this woman portrays us — as being discriminatory, and being bigots. And we’re not,” Johnson said in response to a letter from Burk. “We’re a private club. We will prevail because we’re right.” Neither Johnson, whose given name is William, nor

Burk immediately responded to requests for comment Monday. In a statement released by the club, Rice said: “I have visited Augusta National on several occasions and look forward to playing golf, renewing friendships and forming new ones through this very special opportunity. I have long admired the important role Augusta National has played in the traditions and history of golf.” Moore, 58, became the highest-paid woman in the banking industry. She is vice president of Rainwater Inc., a private investment company founded by her husband, Richard Rainwater. “Augusta National has always captured my imagination, and is one of the most magically beautiful places anywhere in the world, as everyone gets to see during the Masters each April,” Moore said in a statement. “I am fortunate to have many friends who are members at Augusta National, so to be asked to join them as a member represents a very happy and important occasion in my life.”

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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, along with South Carolina financier Darla Moore, are the two first women to be invited to join Augusta National Golf Club. This monumental event occurs 22 years after admitting its first black members.

GOP presses Todd Akin to quit Senate race after rape remarks By LISA MASCARO and MARK Z. BARABAK Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Leading Republicans sought Monday to pressure Rep. Todd Akin into quitting the U.S. Senate race in Missouri, fearing his ill-considered remarks on abortion and rape would cost the GOP its shot at controlling the chamber and damage the party’s presidential ticket. Democrats, eager to capitalize on Akin’s comments, issued a burst of fundraising appeals — subject line: “Legitimate Rape” — and even President Barack Obama weighed in, saying the congressman’s statement was hard to comprehend. But Akin, while apologizing, insisted he would stay in the race, one of a handful that could determine which party runs the Senate after November. He made his own money pitch, asking donors to chip in $3 apiece “as a sign of support of my continued candidacy.” The six-term congressman, who represents part of the St. Louis suburbs, drew an outraged response from members of both parties after a Sunday interview in which he explained his opposition to abortion, even in the case of rape. Akin said such pregnancies were “really rare” because “if it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut

that whole thing down.” The near-panic in GOP ranks Monday reflected a political calculation; Akin’s comments played precisely to an assertion Democrats have pursued relentlessly — that Republicans are retrograde and insensitive to women’s rights. And it did not require a great leap of imagination to tie Akin to GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, who has sponsored anti-abortion legislation

with Akin and, unlike Romney, opposes the procedure even in cases of rape and incest. Democrats eagerly highlighted that connection Monday, ignoring the fact that very few Republicans — and certainly neither Romney nor Ryan — publicly stood up to defend Akin or his remarks. “He should understand that his words with regards to rape are words that I can’t defend, that we can’t defend, and we can’t defend him,”

Romney said in an interview with television station WMUR in Manchester, N.H. Obama weighed in during a surprise visit to the White House briefing room. “Rape is rape,” he told reporters. “The idea that we should be parsing, qualifying, slicing what types of rape we’re talking about doesn’t make sense to the American people. It certainly doesn’t make sense to me.” Despite Romney’s swift repudiation, Obama said Akin’s comments “under-

score... why we shouldn’t have a bunch of politicians, the majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women.” In a radio interview Monday with media personality and former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — one of Akin’s few defenders — the congressman said his remarks were ill-conceived and wrong and he apologized. “Let me be clear,” Akin said. “Rape is never legitimate. It is an evil act.” He insisted, however, he would not abandon the race

against Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill, even with clear signs that many in the Republican Party wished he would do just that. GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky pointedly suggested Akin “take time with his family to consider whether this statement will prevent him from effectively representing our party in this critical election.” Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the head of Republican campaign efforts in the Senate, said much the same thing.

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academic rep attracts students Continued from Page 1 students are also enrolled in Academic Pathway programs and English language courses designed to acclimate them to life in the U.S. Students can enter a year of directed courses that include core curriculum courses, while still taking English, to complete their first year of college. “[CSU] has a very good academic reputation, we’re known for our sciences, all across the board our programs are solid, and we offer a great core curriculum,” said John Didier, who was appointed as the center director of INTO in July. He added that CSU has

been welcoming to these students—who are from around the globe and from different cultures. “We share a lot more than what makes us different; once you’ve met in the middle, you can go out and encounter other cultures,” Didier said. And international students at CSU agree that this blending of cultural fabric adds to the experience of a university. “There’s a lot of new culture, but it’s very exciting,” said graduate student Maral Jalili, a construction management major from Iran. “Here it’s more diverse; you have a lot of things in common with other cultures.”

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Colorado State Forest Service Canon City district forester John Grieve, left, identifies bark beetle larvae for land managers. The CSU forestry service is transferring wildfire managment duties in the area to the Colorado Department of Public Safety. Ben Mullen tries to stop him.

Fire managment transitions Recent changes in wildfire control duties help CSU Forest Services emphasize education, outreach A summer of deadly blazes has the word “fire” hot on the lips of Colorado’s legislators, including Gov. John Hickenlooper. Last month, a joint recommendation from Hickenlooper and CSU President Tony Frank led the Colorado General Assembly to pass a bill mandating a transfer of services from the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) to the Colorado State Department of Public Safety, according to a press release. CSFS is a service and outreach agency within the Warner College of Natural Resources at CSU, and is unaffiliated with the U.S. Forest Service. “Essentially the transition is intended to create a central point of accountability,” said Ryan Lockwood, CSFS public and media relations coordinator. “All the state-level responses are now under one

central command.” According to Lance Clem, public information officer for the Colorado Department of Public Safety (DOPS), the Division of Fire Safety at DOPS is now the Division of Fire Prevention and Control. “The legislation and government decided they wanted all of the state’s firefighting and fire control in one place,” Clem said. “From a business standpoint it’ll help the state manage everything relating to fires,” Clem said. “Not just wildfires — everything from fireworks to training.” Lockwood explained that while CSFS transferred its wildfire management and fire suppression responsibilities, it will continue to focus on helping private landowners with fire safety steps in home construction and trees and vegetation around their homes. “Our agency still will be dealing with education and outreach related to fire miti-

gation,” Lockwood said. “We can place a greater emphasis on forest management, education and outreach now that we don’t have the responsibility of fire suppression.” Outreach forester Lisa Mason explained one CSFS outreach program called "Are You FireWise?" which provides education and technical assistance for landowners on how to make their homes safe from wildfires. "A lot of times there's workshops around the state," Mason said. "The Fort Collins district was at NewWestFest last week educating about defensible space. De-

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fensible space is creating an area around the home and clearing that area of fuels, so hopefully the fire doesn't burn down the home." CSFS will also host a Forestry Fair Sept. 29 on CSU's Foothills Campus, which will include an "Are You FireWise?" presentation, a "High Park Fire Recovery" presentation, and information on other forestry topics such as the mountain pine beetle. Mason said landowners should call their local forester for more information on the "Are You FireWise?" program, the Forestry Fair and other outreach events. For more information on CSFS and contact numbers for local foresters visit www. csfs.colostate.edu. Collegian writer Emily Smith can be reached at news@collegian.com. Join the conversation online by following @RMCollegian on Twitter, liking us on Facebook, and checking out our website at www.collegian.com.

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (08/21/12). Your friendships and group relationships are worth their weight in gold this year. You thrive in the social arena, so go play. When winter comes, you may feel the urge to nest at home. But until then, get out and mingle.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) ––6–– Now’s a good time to develop a routine for boring, repetitive work. The challenges you face in your relationships are worth addressing while they are small. Discourse is only temporary. Love prevails. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ––5–– Reinforce your structure and increase your efficiency, especially in working with others. You’re sharp as a tack, and getting sharper. Keep control of your spending. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ––6–– Research is especially fun now. Feed your soul with art and beauty. Make your own presence known. Don’t let a silly misunderstanding escalate into a fight. CANCER (June 21-July 22) ––6–– You can do more than ever before, but keep track of your household spending. Think quickly, move slowly and hold your temper. Postpone travel. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)––7––The pressure increases. Seek what makes you happy. Go into the woods, relax and discover what you have yet to live. Use what you’ve just learned for practical results. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)––5–– Meditate before taking action. Check and double-check the financial data. Stick to the basics. You can work it out. Avoid difficulties in love by getting into the books. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ––6–– Others are thinking up more work for you. Chop wood and carry water, instead of complaining and arguing. You can use some good self-discipline to accomplish it all. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ––5–– Complete your work, especially what requires the most concentration. Do it quickly but carefully. You experience difficulty making a long-distance connection. Expand your heart. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ––5–– Passions flare momentarily. It’s all part of the experience. Take off on a different creative tangent. Team discipline may be required to do the undesired. Move quickly. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ––7–– Notice what doesn’t work about your routine, and set your priorities straight for the next couple of days. Don’t offer to pay for everything. Friends are there for you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ––7–– See what rivers you can cross and what mountains you can climb. Optimism increases when you look at it a different way. Get feminine support. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ––5–– Focus on the long-term benefits of the relationship and on your commitments. Reinvention isn’t always easy, but everything will be easier

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