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THE RO CKY MOUNTAIN
Fort Collins, Colorado
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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Volume 121 | No. 26
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CSU wraps up celebration of Native American History Month
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What do you think of when you hear the word “algae”? Pond scum? Strange smells? Stepping through it and nearly drowning? Well you might not know that algae has a bunch of practical uses, such as:
By AMANDA ZETAH The Rocky Mountain Collegian Over the course of November, CSU has been celebrating Native American History Month with a variety of events to raise awareness of the Native American population and its history, both on campus and in the surrounding Fort Collins community. “Our goal is to create the cultural awareness that Native Americans are here and are very proud,” said Haley Ruybal, a senior fine arts major and self-identified Native American. According to CSU Institutional Research, there are 104 students at CSU that identify as Native American. The Native American Cultural Center (NACC), one of CSU’s diversity offices, planned guest speakers, a food sampling session at The Aspen Grille and information sessions over the course of the month to bring attention to the fact that many Native American tribes are from the Northern Colorado area. “A lot of students don’t realize what native tribes were in this area –– they assume that Colorado started with French trappers,” said Ty Smith, director of the Native American Resource Center. Along with Native American Heritage Month, the cultural center works to increase awareness across the board. See HISTORY on Page 3
WANT TO GET INVOLVED? Stop by the Native American Cultural Center in Room 218 in the Lory Student Center.
Practical Uses for Algae
An Energy Source
ERIN MROSS | COLLEGIAN
Officer Paul Ashe works the swing shift Monday in Parmelee Hall. The CSU Police Department has increased their presence in the residence halls recently.
New student violations program By SKYLER LEONARD The Rocky Mountain Collegian Due to a new tracking system, alcohol referrals in residence halls increased substantially from 188 incidents in 2010 to 808 in 2011, according to statistics released by the CSU Police Department this September. But that doesn’t mean more students are being caught drinking in the dorms. The 430 percent increase is because Conflict Resolution and Student Conduct Services (CRSCS) now tracks not only meetings it has with students, but meetings residence halls have with students as well.
In residence halls, 728 meetings were conducted with students who violated alcohol policies, while 144 were conducted by CRSCS. Sixty-four cases overlapped. Director of Residence Life Laura Giles found the overall number of alcohol citations for 2011 to be similar to previous years, noting that the numbers may be more accurate thanks to the modern tracking system. “If nothing else, we have better numbers because we have a system that is more current,” Giles said. Giles said that residence hall meetings closely follow guidelines set by CRSCS and the supervision of its staff to ensure students are on track to
change their ways. Hearings held by residence halls normally deal with what Giles calls low-level cases. “What we deem as low level is a student walking in a hallway with beer in their hand,” Giles said. Hearings with residence hall directors occur after a Resident Assistant (R.A.) makes contact with a student in possession of alcohol. The R.A. then submits a report to the resident director of the hall, who then has a hearing with the student. With 728 hearings held in resident halls, CSUPD Chief Wendy Rich-Gold See CSUPD on Page 3
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Rams get little rest before UNC By QUENTIN SICKAFOOSE The Rocky Mountain Collegian
DYLAN LANGILLE | COLLEGIAN
Guard LeDeyah Forte (1) fights through pressure from head coach Ryun Williams during practice.
If there were any question if the CSU women’s basketball team is still hung up on its season opening loss over the weekend, the answer would be no. The Rams fell short in their debut with new head coach Ryun Williams to Montana State on Sunday, but Tuesday night’s game against the University of Northern Colorado has Williams’ eye on the next one. “We’re going to address it here with film and practice, but onward has to be our mentality,” he said. “You can’t change the last game, but you can change the things within that last game.” However, Williams won’t have much time to turn those aspects about his team’s performance around before getting tested again. The Rams will run on only one practice between Sunday’s loss and Tuesday night’s showdown in Moby. “There’s only so much you can do in a day, unfortunately,” Williams said. “They’ll battle us. They will be a physical, blue collar type of team, so we
have to be ready for that.” The Bears travel to Fort Collins with impressive numbers from their season debut against Air Force, the same type of numbers that gave the Rams a rough stretch over the weekend. UNC grabbed 45 boards and shot almost 50 percent from the field against the Falcons on their home court in Greeley last Friday, but CSU senior forward Meghan Heimstra likes her team’s chances in their home gym. “We lost to them at their place last year in a pretty close battle that we should have pulled off,” Heimstra said. “So that will have us looking for our first win on the Moby court.” Heimstra, who is typically one of CSU’s breakout performers, had an unusually rough welcome back with a performance that fell well below her previous averages. This is something she is already looking forward to fixing; with a specific plan in mind. “For a first game, I think we had lots of ups as a team, but also things that need to be worked on,” Heimstra said. “I need to get more rebounds. I’d
FIRST GAME STATS UNC
FG percentage: 49.7 Rebounds: 45 Turnovers: 27
Like many fossil fuels, algae can be burned as an energy source. It does produce carbon dioxide, but unlike burning fossil fuels, that CO2 can be offset by the growing of more algae. In theory, this makes it a perfectly sustainable energy source.
Pollution Control
Algae can be used as sewage treatment medium. Straining out toxic chemicals and other things that might be considered vaguely poisonous. Algae can also capture fertilizer runoff from farms, when such fertilizer is used in excess. Tasty, no? Speaking of which...
CSU
FG percentage: 32.2 Rebounds: 40 Turnovers: 18
like to get at least 10. I’m going to focus on getting more steals, and helping out my team on defense.” UNC won its exhibition game and season opener, and Williams acknowledges the fact that UNC’s momentum will play a factor in Tuesday’s game. “We do need to worry about Northern Colorado. We need to contain their strengths,” Williams said. “But right now it’s more about Colorado State, and fixing what we can control.” The Rams and Bears tipoff at 7 p.m. at Moby Arena. Women’s basketball Beat Reporter Quentin Sickafoose can be reached at sports@collegian.com.
Nutrition Seaweed is a species of algae. Some species of seaweed are cultivated and harvested. It is actually extremely good for you, if you can get past the vaguely slimey spinachy look of it. And if you didn’t read the above section... The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff.