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THE RO CKY MOUNTAIN
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
COLLEGIAN
Volume 121 | No. 50
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THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891
Colo. lowest funding for research in the nation
MADNESS IN MOBY
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.