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Colo. lowest funding for research in the nation

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By AUSTIN BRIGGS The Rocky Mountain Collegian Dead last. That’s where Colorado finds itself when it comes to state funding per student for public research universities. The state’s two major public research universities — Colorado State University and the University of Colorado — received $3,417 in state funding per student in 2010, the lowest in the nation. These numbers, released last month by the National Science Foundation, show public research universities in peril across the country. State support for the country’s 101 major public research universities fell 20 percent, adjusted for inflation, between 2002 and 2010. Two states, Colorado and New Hampshire, saw state funding drop 50 percent during the same time period. Only seven states saw an increase in state support. “There are a couple of factors that contribute to that,” said Dan Arvizu, the director and Chief Executive of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) See RESEARCH on Page 3

BY THE NUMBERS State funding per student in 2010 $3,417: Lowest in the nation, Colorado’s two major public research universities $16,986: Highest in the nation, Wyoming’s major public research university 50 PERCENT: decrease in state funding at CSU and CU between 2002 and 2010, the highest in the nation 54 PERCENT: amount tuition has increased at CSU since 2008

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Freshman guard Joe De Ciman dunks during the dunk competition at Moby Madness in Moby Arena Monday night. Moby Madness included men vs. women 3-point competition, a women’s skills competition and a men’s dunk contest.

Basketball thrills fans with preseason contests By KYLE GRABOWSKI The Rocky Mountain Collegian You’d have to be pretty good friends with someone to let them jump over you. CSU freshman women’s basketball guard Taylor Varsho met sophomore men’s guard Johnathan Octeus over the summer, so she wasn’t surprised when he asked her to help him out during the dunk contest at Moby Madness Monday night. He wanted her to throw him a lob pass so he could jump over her to dunk. “He pointed right at me, so I stepped up,” Varsho said. The 5 foot 6 inch Varsho hit the pass perfectly and Octeus (6 foot 4 inches) rammed the ball through the rim, sending the assembled crowd of approximately 500 and both benches into a frenzy. “It was just spur of the moment, I didn’t really plan it out,” Octeus said. “She was actually the one who said ‘use

me as a prop.’” Guard Daniel Bejarano ended up winning the dunk contest with 113 total points across three dunks compared to Octeus’ 105, but Octeus scored the only perfect scores of 40, with 10’s from all four judges. His other perfect score came on a 360 dunk after throwing an alley-oop to himself. Most of the evening possessed a relaxed atmosphere. Players from both teams walked out of the tunnel onto the court as introductory videos played, and Reed Saunders, the Coors Field announcer and 2003 CSU graduate who MC’d the evening, regularly bent the competition’s established rules to better the enjoyment of the fans. The event kicked off with a men vs. women three-point competition won by the men 12-9. Forward Pierce Hornung missed all four of his shots, but guard Wes Eikmeier drilled five in a

A new sustainability plan will be made for the portion of student fees that cover the Associated Students of CSU to ensure that increased programming does not mean increased fees, according to Wendy Bowling, ASCSU’s director of finance. Bowling said there will be a fee sustainability task force created in order to combat some disparities with the current fee, which is set at $35.92 for a full-time, on-campus student. “Right now the ASCSU fee for the summer semester is set higher than it is during the fall, which doesn’t make sense,” Bowling said. “This will help us fix some of those cases and in this case we want the summer fee to eventually be 75 percent of the current full-time fall fee.” About seven fee areas are currently experiencing similar problems, according to

THREE POINT SHOOTOUT SCORES Men’s basketball - 12 Women’s basketball -9

SKILLS COMPETITION

Taylor Varsho - 27 seconds Emily Johnson - 22.4 seconds LeDeyah Forte - 20.3 seconds

Bowling. This new taskforce will also help future administrations of ASCSU to better configure their budgets after they are elected and also ensure that all of their new ideas can be implemented. “Every new administration has new ideas and new programs they want to implement, but the problem is that when they are elected there is only about a four day turnaround in which they can prepare the budget for the next year and present it,” Bowling said. “This new set-up will hopefully prevent that from happening.” Bowling added that this would provide the framework for the budget that the new administration would prepare and present to SFRB and hopefully alleviate some stress and confusion caused by the quick deadline. “There are certain obligations that we can’t change from year to year because they are on a contract, and the rest

STORY HIGHLIGHTS A new fee taskforce will help evaulate the ASCSU portion of the student fee This new task force will address disparities between current fees It will also aid new student government leaders to better created a budget for the next year

we can kind of assume won’t change, such as RamRide,” Bowling said. “Most of how we can plan for these things ahead of time comes from looking at past budgets, and another part of it comes from student feedback.” After this loosely constructed budget is formulated, the new administration will use those four days to polish the budget and tailor it to their liking, rather than having to create it fromscratch. “This will give the opportunity for the most See FEES on Page 3

STRIP CLUB

With the second presidential debate scheduled for tonight, there are a number of important questions being asked. Will the president be more lively? Will Romney be overconﬁdent? How will a different format affect the debate performance? And (DEAR GOD) will the moderator be semi-decent, like these?

Questions for the debate 1) For President Obama

“Given your lucid performance in the last debate, has your stance on the Drug War changed since sampling Boulder’s ﬁnest cannabis?”

DUNK CONTEST

Joe De Ciman - 85 points Johnathan Octeus - 105 points Daniel Bejarano - 113 points

row followed by four from forward Greg Smith to seal the victory. “I couldn’t look like Pierce, I couldn’t go 0-fer,” Smith said. “I rode Wes’ momentum a little bit. You see a guy hit five See MADNESS on Page 9

ASCSU

Sustainable student fees By CARRIE MOBLEY The Rocky Mountain Collegian

CONTEST BREAKDOWN

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New magazine release in today’s Collegian By JOHN SHEESLEY College Avenue

Notice something different about the Collegian you picked up today? That thing that just fell out of your paper is College Avenue, a magazine produced by CSU students serving the CSU and Fort Collins communities with engaging and informative coverage of relevant topics. It’s going to be in your Collegian once a month. This month, enjoy preparing for the fast approaching winter with the Snow Sport Issue. Learn to build your own sled and get the scoop on the best winter gear in our Goods & Gear section. Be fit this winter by taking advantage of local snowshoe trails and learning the power of meditation in the Fit & Fine section. Get back to the roots of ski bumming with

the Cache feature on baby boomer ski bums. Be sure to check out special community features such as the stories of Beavers Supermarket and the Rocket Fizz candy shop. Keep up with the CSU community with an exclusive interview with Kelly Turner, fashion entrepreneur, and get the scoop on life during study abroad with columnist Anna Palmer as she reports back from New Zealand. Look for our special Best of CSU issue tucked in your Collegian on Tuesday, Nov. 6 to find out which local businesses have been voted the best this campus has to offer. For more features and columns go to collegeavenuemag.com, and download the RamTalk app for your smartphone to keep up with College Avenue, as well as the rest of student media, on the go.

2) For Gov. Romney

“Have you invented a transdimensional gate and is that where you are hiding the speciﬁcs of your economic policy?”

3) For President Obama

“Given the administration’s use of spy drones on American soil have you considered a drone strike against the Jonas Brothers?”

4) For Gov. Romney

“Considering your (nonexistent) extensive defense policy experience, have you considered an interplanetary defense policy? We can only defend against the Daleks of Skaro for so long, as you are no doubt aware.” The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff.

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Buddhist meditation master speaking at CSU Oct. 18 This Thursday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. in Lory Student Center room 230, the Meditation and Buddhist Interest Club at CSU will present guest speaker Anyen Rinpoche, who will be presenting Bodhisattva Activity on the Vajrayana Path. Anyen Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist meditation master and scholar who is currently teaching and leading a Sangha in Denver. This event is free and open to the public, please arrive early to ensure the best possible seating. The Meditation and Buddhist Interest Club at CSU meets every Tuesday at 5 p.m. in Lory Student East Atrium room 114 for introductory meditation. DYLAN LANGILLE | COLLEGIAN

Fort Collins resident Kirby Hamill shoots at the Fort Collins Archery Range Monday afternoon. The Archery Range, located off of Prospect and I-25, features two practice ranges at marked yardages and an unmarked fourteen target ﬁeld range that runs along the Poudre River.

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Jason Ahola recognized as top 10 industry leader Associate professor of beef production systems, Jason Ahola, was recognized as a 2011 Top 10 Industry Leader by The Cattle Business Weekly. The publication cited Ahola’s work with CSU Seedstock Merchandising Team as faculty adviser, which gives future

beef industry professionals practical experience in the cattle business. Students work under the guidance of Ahola almost the entire academic year to ready purebred cattle for the sale, which is attended by about 500 buyers.

Albert I. and Joan Meyers Symposium hosted by the Chemistry Department

On Oct. 27 at 8 a.m. in the Behavioral Sciences Building, room 131, the Colorado State University Chemistry Department will host the second Albert I. and Joan Meyers Symposium. The event is free, but attendees are asked to register online. The symposium will feature talks from four world-renowned scientists whose research is focussed on the synthesis of molecules relating to human health and the frontiers of organic chemistry. Speakers include Michael Krische, UT Austin; Tobias Ritter, Harvard; Tarek Sammakia, CU-Boulder; and Amos Smith, University of Pennsylvania.

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“We risk that issue of retention of those faculty because of offers from private institutions that are not quite feeling the same pinch.”

Fall is here! For now...

Bill Farlan | Vice President of Research

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Public funds important

Continued from Page 1 National Renewable Energy Laboratory and chairman of the National Science Board. “One is the cost of education is going up so that increases demand for the funds and the number of students is also growing. “We’ve tried not to attach a ‘who’s to blame’ conclusion to the results,” he added. Public research institutions are important, Arvizu said, because they perform essential research and train a large proportion of the nation’s scientists and engineers. They’re also spread across the country, allowing access to any qualified student. “They’re part of the fabric of this country,” Arvizu said. “In fact I think they’re what make this country strong in terms of competitiveness and any erosion of that national asset, I think is hugely disturbing to those of us who are trying to promote science and engineering education for national benefit.” In August, CSU President Tony Frank and CU Chancellor Philip DiStefano released a joint opinion piece in the Denver Post before the Rocky Mountain Showdown. The article detailed the financial impact CSU and CU–Boulder have in Colorado. The combined systems generate $10.5 billion in

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total economic impact, are one of the state’s largest employers and create hundreds of high tech spin-off companies directly related to research done at the universities. The NSF is especially concerned about the growing financial disparity between public research universities and their private counterparts. This could lead to a migration of talented faculty and students to private universities, creating a “twotiered” system, with a greater concentration of research and development in fewer locations. “I think it is a concern,” said CSU Vice President of Research Bill Farland. “We’ve continued to set research records here at CSU so that makes our faculty quite desirable. We risk that issue of retention of those faculty because of offers from private institutions that are not quite feeling the same pinch.” As state appropriations shrink, tuition rates are often increased to make up for the the loss of money. At CSU, tuition has increased 54 percent over the last four years to its current rate of $6,875 per year. Last year, the state reduced funding to CSU by $2.25 million, less than what was initially expected, leaving university officials cautiously optimistic the trend

has bottomed out. “The question remains whether or not that will continue to improve,” Farland said. “Given the state of the economy and that fact we’re seeing increases in some revenues and the trend seems to be turning, our hope is that we can reverse this trend and at worse we’ll see a level budget.” Declines in state funding can have far reaching consequences, said CU spokesman Bronson Hilliard. “It’s reached a very critical moment,” he said. “The critical moment is when we start to see federal institutions looking at CU and CSU and saying ‘you know, the state of Colorado is not supporting these two institutions. We’re not sure if they’re a good investment of research funding anymore.’” Even though the NSF report was issued last month, 2010 was the last year that national statistics were available. Since then, state funding has further decreased at CSU by $25.25 million to the current $91.2 million for fiscal year 2012-13. On the other end of the spectrum, Wyoming led the nation in 2010 in funding per student at $16,986 for its single major public research university. Senior Reporter Austin Briggs can be reached at news@collegian.com.

Next year’s budget

Continued from Page 1 preparration possible,” said Regina Martel, ASCSU president. “We were set up well to begin with when we were elected, but making sure that they have this skeleton to work off and then the next administration will be

able to change it to their liking.” The results from a student survey that will be sent out later this month will be used to help the new taskforce better create the framework of the budget for next year. “We really want this to in-

crease the ability of administrations to add revenue without cutting things,” Bowling said. “But we also want to be able to see changes we can make in order to add new and better programs.” ASCSU Beat Reporter Carrie Mobley can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Randy Luallin for U.S Congress

By KEVIN JENSEN

"During my life of over half a century, this country has been in perpetual undeclared war and police action," Randy Luallin's voice rang out, beginning his speech at a political rally in Loveland. The fact that our Congress hasn't passed a declaration of war for decades despite perpetual global interventionism is well known, but the only congressional candidate in Fort Collins’ district that actively advocates abiding by the War Powers Resolution is Randy Luallin. I sat down with Luallin, Libertarian candidate for U.S. Congress District 2 (Larimer County's district), Monday, and found that he does not shy away from the truth. Randy Luallin is not afraid to address issues often left unspoken by Republicans and Democrats. “The current paradigm that has been in existence ever since I’ve been born is not going to change if we keep electing Republicans and Democrats,” Luallin told me. He is advocating a real change in Washington, one that can’t be accomplished by electing the same partisan politicians. “What we as Libertarians advocate is peace and prosperity, bring our troops home, self defense only, return to the constitution, protect individual rights,” he explained. “We’re advocating abolishing the income tax and replacing it with the Fair Tax.” The other two candidates running in this election represent the two major political parties, which Luallin says differ only in “how they’re going to tax you, how they’re going to spend your money, and how they’re going to wage war.” Randy Luallin is the only candidate that will bring all of our troops home and the only one proposing we only use our military for defense, not for preemptive strikes. “It’s time for us to realize we’re not the world’s policemen,” Luallin told me. “Our military is for defense only. We can have the finest defense in the whole world but we don’t have to have bases all over the world.” Luallin refuses to believe the fear mongering from our government that has been going on for decades. From the communist scare, to Saddam's weapons of mass destruction, the government uses “fear to motivate the American people and get them on board,” Luallin said. Luallin advocates governmental transparency and full disclosure to the

American people. This is something many politicians pay lip service to, but few follow through on. President Obama even went as far as to claim he would reward whistleblowers, but his administration has charged more whistleblowers under the Espionage Act than every previous administration combined — so much for the “most transparent administration ever.” Luallin believes Bradley Manning, who has been imprisoned by the U.S. for leaking classified information, did the right thing. “What I’m advocating is transparency,” Luallin said. “How many secrets do we need? What really constitutes necessity for secrecy? Very little.” This is where Luallin truly differs from other candidates — in the fact that he truly believes the power lies with the people and ardently supports the Tenth Amendment. He doesn’t believe that the government knows best, or that there are just some things that the American public shouldn’t know about. “I can deal with truth,” Luallin said. “It might be painful, it might be difficult, but I can’t deal with a lie.” The corrupting influence of money and Super PACs on our political system is slowly destroying the integrity of our government, but Luallin said to combat this, we “don’t need another law. We don’t need more legislation. We need, as a people, to wake up.” It is the responsibility of the American people to research candidates and choose which is the best man to vote for. “Let them spend their millions,” Luallin said. “Let them dog us with media and half truths,” we the people must not succumb to the influence of their campaign contributions. Luallin is the only candidate running for congress in our district that will end the drug war, vote “pro-choice” on everything and vows to always fight for your individual liberties. He is the only candidate for our district that talks about protecting our constitutional rights — including privacy from government spying and preventing laws forbidding protest. There are very serious issues our country is facing, issues that Republicans and Democrats — both locally and nationally — refuse to acknowledge. If Randy Luallin is the only person running for Congress in our district who is willing to be honest and discuss these issues, he is the only candidate who will get my vote. 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.

OUR VIEW

Celebrities aren’t politicians Yesterday, members of the Collegian editorial board were invited to participate in a conference call with Lena Dunham (yep, the creator of the HBO show “Girls,” whose closest tie to politics is her fictionalized characters’ blasé approach to abortion) as she campaigns for President Obama. Ultimately the conference call was unremarkable: Lena Dunham will be voting for Barack Obama this November and was given the opportunity to share that information and encourage others to do the same (in an official way) thanks to her celebrity status. The problem with Lena Dunham’s conference call — and with celebrity endorsements of political candidates in general — is that actors, musicians, writers and comedians are often great at imagining or pretending to be someone that they are not. This

skill is highly valued and can be very lucrative for a select few, but it does not bring with it an inherent credibility.

“The truth is that wealthy celebrities may be among the least-affected by changes in political policy thanks to their privileged positions.” So why do celebrities continue to be used by both of the dominant political parties as spokespeople? Most of them are famous for adding to popular culture and not for introducing

bills to Congress. The truth is that wealthy celebrities may be among the least affected by changes in political policy thanks to their privileged positions. This election will affect the majority of U.S. citizens, and celebrities best represent a minute but recognizable minority. It’s time that the candidates start rethinking their approach to winning voters. Instead of spotlighting celebrity supporters solely for their recognition, both political parties should promote the stories of thought leaders, academics and working-class people who have made an educated voting decision. Because what’s more valuable, hearing a schoolteacher’s opinion on K-12 education funding or watching Clint Eastwood mumble to an empty chair about failed economic policies?

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

Andrew Carrera | News Editor news@collegian.com Elisabeth Willner | News Editor news@collegian.com Kevin Jensen | Editorial Editor letters@collegian.com

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To be honest, your vote doesn’t matter

By BRITTANY JORDAN

Why do we sit through the political ads every four years? Why do we bother with the supporters on the street corner holding signs telling you to honk if you support so and so? What’s the point? The toga-clad characters on the Plaza pushing voting registration forms in your face, the supporters and the political ads — they’re all looking for one thing: Your vote. On Nov. 6, you’re going to be asked to place your vote for our next president. Some people are ecstatic about this prospect, trying to see some tangible change from their vote this November. As for me, I don’t think that this whole election season is worth it. Voting isn’t necessarily all it’s cracked up to be. Before the hate mail starts, reminding me how blessed I am to live in a democracy, let me say this: I know that I am so unbelievably lucky to live in a country in which I get the opportunity to cast a vote for who I want in charge.

I am fully aware that there are so many countries out there fighting for the privileges that we, as Americans, have. I understand that, and am thankful for that. However, I am realistic about politics. When it comes to voting, it has gotten to the point where all I am doing is researching and eventually choosing the lesser of two evils. To be honest, I don’t have any faith in either candidate; I don’t believe that either of them have the power or insight to help our country in the ways we need. Politics has gotten to the point where it is more about party affiliation and sticking to that party’s beliefs than to your own. And because I don’t have belief in the political system, I don’t have much belief in the voting system either. It’s hard for me to think that my vote makes a difference, when I don’t have faith in the system that my vote is contributing to. This is not to say that I won’t vote. I will fulfill my “democratic duty” and fill out my ballot. However, when I’m through with the whole voting process, I will not send that ballot in with any hope that I am making a difference. Because, after all, I’m just choosing the one I dislike less. Neither of the candidates this year have run a clean campaign, neither have been consistently assertive, neither have stuck to what they’ve said from the beginning. Just because, in the end, I have decided that Romney is the one who I agree with more (now there’s one you don’t hear very often),

that doesn’t mean that I think he is the end-all, be–all politician. It’s sad, really, that I don’t have faith in the democratic system our country is founded upon. It’s sad that when I fill in the bubble next to Romney’s name, all I can think is that “well, he’s better than the other guy.” I just refuse to believe that our forefathers had all this showboating in mind when they founded our political system. So, when you’re considering whether or not to take the time and vote, I may be the one person saying that I don’t really think it’s worth it. If you haven’t done your research, if you don’t really know why you’re voting for a candidate — it’s probably better if you don’t vote at all. Don’t believe the political ads, don’t believe the people that tell you that if you don’t vote for Obama you’re racist. Either take the time to do your research and choose the one you dislike the least, or don’t do it at all. No vote at all is better than an uneducated one. I know that this isn’t a popular viewpoint, and many people are encouraging you to go out and fulfill your democratic duty. I’m not necessarily saying that you shouldn’t, but don’t be conned into thinking that either candidate, or your vote for that matter, is really going to make a difference. Many will call me cynical. I just think I’m being realistic. 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.

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Yays and Nays Yay | to Felix Baumgartner’s jump from space. If political ads were half as badass as this Red Bull marketing stunt, then campaign season would truly be delightful.

Nay |to our football team being blown out once again. It’s not like golf, gentlemen: You don’t win by getting the lowest possible score.

Nay | to Google being able to read our emails. Although even Google probably

Yay | To our volleyball team, continue to make us proud! At least we have one

Yay | to tonight’s townhall style debate. Finally, undecided voters can get their

NAY | to Colorado being dead last out of all the states in research funding. Imagine how much more we could learn about bobcat diseases if Colorado were on par with the rest of the country...

couldn’t make it through an entire Tony Frank email.

questions (like “When is the election?” or “What are the names of the two people running?”) answered.

team that knows what a win looks like.

A final say on my previous column

By NICOLE FRAZIER

Up until Sunday, I felt as if I didn’t need to respond to how my last article was perceived by the community because I didn’t feel the need to belabor the point. But I was advised not to remain deaf to the shots at my character and morality, the abundance of colorful responses pouring into my personal email account or even the well-thought out opinions in opposition to mine. And so my duty lies to answer those who have asked me how I feel about the situation. I don’t think I can appropriately answer that question without first introducing Murphy. September of last year, I was sitting in the library furiously hacking away at a paper when my mom sent me a picture of a little orange kitten with bright golden eyes and asked if I wanted him. Of course, I said yes. I am a cat fanatic. Small, wiry-haired Murphy slept in the caves that my pillows created, he

learned his name quickly, was mesmerized by the ringing power button on the Xbox and sprawled across my lap for a nap while I sat at my desk to finish my homework. Murphy is more than a cat to me. He is my friend. He is part of my family. I believe that animals have the capacity to love and Murphy loves me — not just because I feed him scraps of tuna or let him roam the neighborhood occasionally. At the end of a 15-hour day on campus, Murphy is an exceptional companion. It sounds corny and maybe even childish, but while people angrily called me female body parts and suggested I quit, some congratulated, hated or appreciated my opinion, and others twisted my words and made the assumption of a disreputable upbringing — Murphy was the only one who brought me peace of mind. I felt exhausted and Murphy’s presence erased the tension. The conversation surrounding my last article about military discounts is like a hurricane. In favor of or against my opinion, every comment just contributed to an unruly and uncontrollable storm in which Murphy was the only who could bring me to the eye of the storm. He was the only one who could bring me peace. I will say, before I proceed, that no offense was ever intended by the things that I wrote. And I am not just talking about my last article, but everything I wrote before it and from here on out. I do know that people are going to

continue to say hurtful things because of what I wrote the last time. That is who I am to some people and no matter what I write, fault will always be found and offense will always be taken. And that’s OK. Yes, I am eager and somewhat dependent upon seeing Murphy at the end of my day because what is absent in our relationship is everyone’s input. Other than petting him and giving him food and fresh water, there are no obligations or assumptions of my character. I will admit that reading those comments, especially the really mean ones, were particularly hard to bear. But the simplicity of Murphy makes it seem as if they aren’t directed to me anymore. In dealing with the situation a quote springs to mind by Benjamin Franklin that says “If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.” My position on the matter still stands firm since I believe there is value in my opinions and deserve as much as anyone else’s to be voiced. I am going to continue to write for the Collegian, even if that means I am going to get negative feedback from the readers. At the end of the day, to Murphy, whatever the people have to say about me doesn’t matter. 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.

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ASAP event a disservice to climate change There’s been a lot written lately on the issue of false balance in climate science media coverage, the notion that reporters can inadvertently provide an air of legitimacy to non-experts or unsubstantiated viewpoints in their attempt to show journalistic even-handedness. I was very disappointed to see ASAP contribute to that trend through Wednesday night’s program on climate change, in which Dr. Jay Lehr of the heavily fossil fuel industry-funded Heartland Institute was brought in to butt heads with local research scientists for two hours at the Lory Student Center Theater. While the event was billed as an independent scientist presenting an unconventional analysis of the subject of climate change, Dr. Lehr’s presentation made few if any references to physics underlying the Earth’s climate system. It instead consisted entirely of easilydebunked talking points, anecdotal or cherry-picked assertions, blindingly self-contradictory logic, and obfusca-

tion on matters as basic as difference between the annual flux and the atmospheric concentration of CO2. It was somewhat comical (in an uncomfortable kind of way) to listen to the scientific panel explain the finer points of the stratospheric temperature profile or the competing effects of CO2 fertilization and drought on local ecosystems, only to be followed by the invited speaker’s absurd misdirection that the American Physical Society is opposed to climate change theory (quite the opposite) or that we should be skeptical of expert opinions because the experts were wrong about the Y2K bug (??). Instead of scientifically-minded discussion, what we heard was lobbying, pure and simple, with arguments that were inconsistent, misleading and often downright bizarre. I don’t deny that there are a lot of unresolved issues surrounding climate change science and policy, or that the climate research community has a lot of work to do to engage the large segments of the general population dis-

missive of its work. While I appreciate ASAP’s effort to promote discussion on this issue, their choice of speaker did more to polarize than to clarify. There are plenty of legitimate academics right here in Colorado who could have provided critical but well-reasoned and intellectually honest arguments exploring the limitations of current climate modeling efforts, critiquing the IPCC process, debating the attribution of individual extreme weather events, or analyzing the cost-benefit tradeoffs of different climate mitigation policies. But instead they turned the podium over to an organization famous for putting up billboards tying climate change science to the Unabomber. In my opinion that’s a glaring misuse of student fees, and it reflects poorly on this institution. John Field, graduate student, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory

“Polls just don’t have a lasting impact because there are other factors that directly impact people’s perception of who is best to lead the nation.”

Mitt Romney’s bump in the polls won’t last

By A.J. FOLTZ

After the first presidential debate in Denver, every news channel had begun conducting post-debate polls, CNN was even running a livestreaming poll throughout the debate to track spikes and dips in the viewers’ attitudes toward each candidate. It was clear after the debate that Mitt Romney had done better than most people had thought he would and this was reflected in the polls conducted in battleground states across the country. In most of the critical swing states that President Obama had been holding comfortable leads, Romney is now within the margin of error from taking the lead. However, I do not believe that the group of voters that are still undecided will base their vote on the results of public opinion polls. These undecided voters are more concerned about the policies and records of the two candidates rather than the array of constantly changing polling outcomes. When people go to vote — especially undecided voters — they’re not going to be considering the most recent Gallup poll on each candidate’s likeability or how the public thinks each candidate can handle the economy. Instead, the policies and records of each of the candidates will be significantly more important and influential than the latest public opinion poll. It is true that when it comes to debates, polls usually illustrate a winner and a loser. However, it is the substance (the policies and records) and the candidate’s performance in the debate that determines the results of a public opinion poll. So basically, if Barack Obama were to struggle with Romney in the polls until November, it wouldn’t be due to a reaction to the post-debate polls, it would be due

to his flat, unusually “too polite,” ineffective performance. At the next debate President Obama can — and most likely will — recover from his weak debate performance by holding Romney accountable for his false statements and more effectively communicating to undecided voters the accomplishments of the Obama administration. Voters don’t react to the polls; the polls are a reflection of public opinion, which is usually temporary and constantly changing. Polls just don’t have a lasting impact because there are other factors that directly impact people’s perception of who is best to lead the nation. Since this election is going to be about jobs and the economy, Obama can also gain support he lost with undecided voters with a solid jobs report and another decrease in the unemployment rate. Both the unemployment rate and jobs report provide a familiar context in which voters can interpret President Obama’s record and the effects of his policies. As long as undecided voters qualify a candidate on the basis of their record and how effective their policies are and/ or were, President Obama should be in good shape. Not only do I disagree with the notion that the recent bump Romney has received will carry over to election day to benefit him but I think it has raised an alarm amongst Democrats to end a sense of complacency that was beginning to be expressed. It has forced them to fire up, energize and motivate their base to support the President and the Democratic candidates running for the House and Senate by promoting voter turnout. The voters still deliberating on which candidate to choose won’t base their vote on a public opinion poll, they will base their decision on the records and policies of the candidates with two fundamentally different directions for America. The debates tonight will help reveal to undecided voters which candidate has the best plan for the future of this country. 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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Parasites are plaguing pussycats of all stripes. Bobcats are more likely to contract Giardia, Toxoplasma and Cryptosporidium closer to urban areas, according to a five-year study co-authored by Sue VandeWoude, an associate dean in CSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and other researchers. The study was performed in order to examine how diseases are spread between North American wildcats, as well as outdoor domestic cats, according to VandeWoude. The three parasites examined in the study were Giardia, Toxoplasma and Cryptosporidium. While Giardia and Cryptosporidium cause diarrhea, Toxoplasma presents flu-like symptoms and can be especially dangerous to pregnant women and those with compromised immune systems, according to the Center for Disease Control website. Giardia and Cryptosporidium are contracted by drinking unfiltered water in the wilderness. Toxoplasma, however, is contracted from eating undercooked meat or by handling feces. Toxoplasma eggs, according to research scientist Valeria Scorza, must be in feces for a week to become a problem. One way to avoid this is to clean a cat’s litter box regularly and wash your hands afterward. Blood and feces samples were collected by the research team. With funding from the National Science Foundation, the researchers examined the blood for antibodies to the parasites and looked at the feces for

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CSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has conducted a study on three parasites contracted by bobcats: Giardia, Toxoplasma and Cryptosporidium. The above photo was taken by a remote camera in the Colorado facility.

the parasites themselves. After this examination was done, post-doctoral fellow and researcher Scott Carver mapped out the location of infected bobcats in relation to proximity to urban areas. “(Cryptosporidium and Giardia) were more prevalent in the fecal samples we had from bobcats when they were closer to urban centers,” VandeWoude said, “and the typing we were able to do on some of the Giardia samples suggested it came from people.” Some strains of these parasites are unique only to cats, while other strains can be shared between animals and people. For example, with Toxoplasma, “cats are the definitive host,” according Scorza. This means that when this parasite is present in cats, the parasite’s eggs are

shed through the cat’s feces. In other life forms, the eggs aren’t shed through defecation. Antibodies to this parasite can be formed in both animals and people. Scorza speculates that the reason for the higher number of parasites closer to urban areas was that there was “building into animals’ environment.” Scorza said more research would have to be done to form a definite conclusion. Each of these parasites can be contracted by domesticated animals as well. Lauren Rodgers, South Mesa Lab Technician, said Giardia was a common parasite found among in-house lab tests. Cryptosporidium and Toxoplasma, in her experience, are not present in the tests the hospital performs. Outdoor pets are at risk for

Giardia. “They have access to bodies of water that are stagnant,” Rodgers said. Treatment for Giardia, according to Rodgers, begins with fecal testing. If the sample is positive for Giardia, the animal is treated for five to seven days with an intestinal antibiotic like Senbendazole or Flagyle. To avoid these parasites, Rodgers and Scorza recommend a combination of keeping living spaces clean, washing hands after handling feces and drinking only filtered water. More information on Giardia, Toxoplasma and Cryptosporidium can be found on the CDC website. Collegian Writer Devin O’Brien can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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“The younger students aren’t intimidating, it’s the fact that there are 26,000 of them.” Jacob Nosal | ALVS math tutuor

The ALVS office offers students a chance to shine Non-traditional students find a home at CSU By AMANDA ZETAH The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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The first semester of college is a huge transition. Students must pick a major, pass classes and figure out what to do with the rest of their lives. Now imagine you are a 27-year-old trying to do the same thing. The Adult Learner and Veteran Services (ALVS) office was started in July 2009 and serves students above the age of 23. If they meet this requirement, they are considered a non-traditional student. “In 2011, there were 4,000 students that our office served,” said Jenny Picket, interim director of the ALVS office, “and that number continues to go up each year.” Often these students come from a military background or got married right out of high school. Some start professional jobs, then decide to come get their degree at CSU. It all depends on the person and their individual situation. Donna Baker, 39, is one of those students. She is a senior at CSU majoring in social work and balances raising four kids, 15 credits and an internship with Homeless Gear. “It’s a lot to juggle, but it’s manageable,” Baker said. “Time management and finances are a big struggle.” The ALVS office initially helped her transfer from

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Front Range Community College to CSU. They helped her figure out her financial situation as well. “I have a unique situation, where I’m lucky enough to get enough scholarships that I don’t have to work during the semester,” Baker said. She doesn’t qualify for the Pell Grant anymore, which has made her situation more difficult. On top of the financial burden, Baker is often the oldest person in her classes. She hasn’t been in school for a long time, so it has taken some extra effort to reintegrate into the college life. “These are people who haven’t been in school before with a graphing calculator,” Picket said. This is where the ALVS office comes in. They offer a variety of services to help students adjust and to build a community around the adult learners. On a daily basis, they offer math tutoring and offer a specific CO150 (college composition) class for veterans only. Jacob Nosal, 24, is a math tutor in the ALVS office. As a veteran of the Marine Corps, he served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. After returning from duty, he and his wife

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decided to attend CSU. “CSU is known as one of the top vet friendly schools in the nation,” Nosal said. Nosal also works at the ALVS office as the program review coordinator. He recently wrote a 60-page report on the ALVS office to measure how effective the office is spending student fee dollars. “At the ALVS office, there is this understanding that you’re at school to be academically successful, but

you also need to be personally successful,” Nosal said. He often tutors students as part of the math on track program, which tracks student’s grades and suggests how to improve in each math class. He also participates in the Veteran Success Group, which leads students on weekend outings. Recently, they all hiked Grey Rock. “We formed a sense of community and bonded over our experiences,” Nosal said.

The ALVS office has a strong sense of community, but that is harder to come by in the classroom. “We feel a little marginalized because we are the ones asking lots of questions in class,” Baker said. On top of that, it can be a little intimidating to be the oldest person in the classroom. “The younger students aren’t intimidating, it’s the fact that there are 26,000 of them,” Nosal said.

Despite this, there is a high retention rate for ALVS students. They are often so focused on their academic studies that they graduate on time and do so with high GPAs. “ALVS students bring a lot to the classroom because they offer different perspectives and are extremely focused on school,” Picket said. Student Life Beat Reporter Amanda Zetah can be reached at news@collegian. com.

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Students seek to truly discover their passion through CSU group program By MATT GABRIEL The Rocky Mountain Collegian Only a few young adults really know what they want to do with their lives. Some will claim they have such clear direction, only to discover their true passion later in life. Others may never discover what drives them. In a five week program put on by the Career Center, students can gain some direction in life. “You almost get a team of people who can help you think, ‘maybe you could do this, or I know somebody who does that,’” said Wendy Rose, the Career Center liaison to the College of Liberal Arts and a facilitator of one group. The program, “Discover What Drives You,” is focused on providing an open-minded environment where participants can be open and honest with each other. That way they can talk about issues in their lives, anxieties about the future and their dreams in a supportive, confidential

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environment. Facilitators are the supervisors of the group, but they are on the same level as the participants. Through the group’s conversations and activities, participants learn more about themselves. Talal Howaishel, an undeclared sophomore interested in the mechanical engineering major, said that he plans to attend the group for all five weeks to learn how to accomplish goals. “I will try hard to overcome the fear of making a decision,” Howaishel said. “To make a goal and try hard to accomplish it.” Elissa Buxbaum, the graduate assistant of Career Counseling Services and a facilitator of the group said that the group helps students “find the ways that passion can fit into a career that gives them satisfaction.” A diverse group of students use the program each semester. Groups typically consist of freshmen all the way to graduate students of

many different backgrounds, interests and majors. “We won’t just target undecided, undeclared students because the group is so much bigger than figuring out your major or what you want to do as a career,” said Andrea Karapas the associate director of the Alumni Career Counseling Center. “It’s about really helping you discover more about your own interests and your passions and your strengths and your values.” The groups have become close-knit in the past and have great potential to be this year, according to Karapas. The friendly environment creates a dynamic to foster friendships and usually does. “They’re making connections, they’re finding things in common with one another, and they’re building relationships,” Karapas said. “Discover what drives you” has two meeting times. Participants can come either

WHAT DRIVES YOU? What: A ﬁve week program designed to help students discover who they are and what interests them When: Two different meeting times are available, Mondays from 1-3 p.m. and Tuesdays from 2-4 p.m. Where: LSC room 26 Cost: Free and students are encouraged to RSVP via the CSU Career Center website

on Monday from 1 to 3 p.m. or Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. They meet in Room 26 on the lower level of the Lory Student Center. The group is free to join, but a confidentiality agreement is required. “Sometimes the ‘a-has’ don’t happen in the group; they happen after you leave when you’re processing that information … we’re planting seeds,” Karapas said. Collegian writer Matt Gabriel can reached at news@collegian.com.

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Continued from Page 1 for five and you want to turn it up too.” Women’s basketball coach Ryun Williams’ indicated that the women’s team had a three and a half hour practice before the event and lost because they were tired. Three guards for the women’s team ran through a skills course following the three-point shootout. They were required to perform dribble moves, execute a bounce pass through netting, and hit a layup over a defender. Whoever finished the course fastest would win. Freshman Emily Johnson looked set to take the competition with a blistering 22.4 second time, but sophomore starting point guard LeDeyah Forte blitzed through the cones and open

court passages to finish at 20.3 seconds. “Me and LeDeyah are very competitive with each other, every day at practice is a competition,” Varsho said. “Her first step is amazing and she’s obviously really fast.” Men’s basketball player Joe De Ciman also competed in the dunk contest with Bejarano and Octeus. He threw down a windmill dunk off of a jump shot that bounced back up high enough to go along with throwing a dunk off the backboard, but missed on his third attempt to finish in third place with 81 points. Bejarano caught an alley-oop off the side of the backboard from Greg Smith, performed a 360 off of an alley oop, and dunked off of a soccer rainbow heel flick

from one of the team’s managers. He never scored below a nine on any of his dunks to take first place. Fans cheered the loudest for the men’s basketball players and during the dunk contest, but still acknowledged the women’s team during the skills competition with audible encouragement. Men’s basketball coach Larry Eustachy missed the start of the event because he was recruiting in Chicago, but came by at the end to talk to the fans on the court. “I landed and said ‘just wait,’ I don’t think it’s that hard to figure out,” Eustachy joked. “But this team is so good they don’t need a coach.” Most of the fans who showed up were already excited about both upcom-

ing basketball seasons, but seeing them perform on the court only bolstered that enthusiasm. “I’m planning on coming to a lot of games, I just hope this gets other people excited and more people come to more of the games,” senior civil engineering major Carson Rowley said. Because in the end, the purpose of the evening was not for one team to shoot more three pointers or a men’s basketball player to prove he can dunk better than his teammates. “It’s to get everybody to see our faces and come out and support us,” Octeus said. “It’s more for them than it was for us.” Assistant Sports Editor Kyle Grabowski can be reached at sports@collegian. com.

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“It is also beneficial for the people with special needs to get out and get to hang out. They don’t get to do the things that we do, so it is good for them to get a social life and feel good about it.” Olivia Onofrio | Vice President of CSU chapter of Best Buddies

Best Buddies connects students and people with disabilities By TAYLOR PETTAWAY The Rocky Mountain Collegian One of CSU’s newest student organizations became officially recognized Oct. 12. That organization is Best Buddies, a program that strives to create friendships between CSU students and people with disabilities. According to Ellen Holbrook, president of CSU’s chapter of Best Buddies, the program is a great way to connect the community and students, as well as helping spread the movement to end inequality and show that people with disabilities are beneficial to the community. “It is always good to have a program just for people with special needs interacting with students,” said Oliv-

ia Onofrio, vice president of CSU’s chapter of Best Buddies. “Students our age tend to forget about the special needs population, and we need to see how wonderful that population is. “It is also beneficial for the people with special needs to get out and get to hang out. They don’t get to do the things that we do, so it is good for them to get a social life and feel good about it.” By creating a Best Buddies chapter on campus, the program helps not only the CSU and Fort Collins community, but the state as well, said its members. “I thought this would be good … at CSU,” Holbrook said. “There are three chapters, but no state office for Colorado to support and

help chapters. If we can show community interest that we want one, and the community is ready for it, we can raise money and get one in Colorado.” Holbrook started the process of getting Best Buddies to campus last March. She had to go through an application process to become an expansion chapter through the national Best Buddies office, and then raise enough money to attend a Best Buddies conference during the summer in order to have their chapter considered accurate. At the beginning of the year, they had to go through SLiCE to become a student organization. In order to become an organization recognized by the campus, organizations must complete a registra-

tion form, that includes a constitution with criteria for students organizations, a non-discriminatory clause and a lawful purpose clause; have at least two officers attend officer orientation; and have at least four members and one faculty, staff or graduate student advisor. “The process time varies,” said Hermen Diaz, assistant director of Involvement and Student Organizations for SLiCE. “It depends on the student organization and how fast they work. Once everything is complete it usually takes two to three business days to verify.” According to Diaz, the Best Buddies approval process took a bit slower because of the time it took to get both officers to complete

the officer orientation, due to busy schedules. “I was satisfied, SLiCE does a good job of managing student organizations,” Holbrook said. “That portion was easy, and though it took a few months to register, it wasn’t because of SLiCE and their process.” Now that Best Buddies is officially recognized by the university, it can more aggressively build their chapter at CSU. With almost 35 students already signed up and 20 more interested in the student organization, its officers can start holding informational meetings to attract more members and volunteers throughout the year, according to Holbrook. “This whole thing really

WHAT IS BEST BUDDIES? Best Buddies is a non proﬁt organization. It was founded in 1989 by Anthony K. Shriver. There are almost 1,500 chapters nationwide.

makes you realize what is important in life,” Holbrook said. “You see what true friendship is and care and compassion. I want members to get that. We will have our regular meetings, but we also will get to go on field trips every month and get to go bowling or to the movies. We get to just hang out and it will be really fun.” Collegian Writer Taylor Pettaway can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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