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THE RO CKY MOUNTAIN

COLLEGIAN

Fort Collins, Colorado

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Volume 121 | No. 60

www.collegian.com

THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891

CSU students stranded by Tropical Storm Sandy By Kate Winkle The Rocky Mountain Collegian When CSU senior Michael Hanson traveled to Virginia to look at graduate school, he never expected he would be stuck near the epicenter of a giant storm. Sandy was downgraded from hurricane status shortly after making landfall near Atlantic City, N.J. at approximately 8 p.m. The storm affects an area on the east coast that stretches from Mass. to Va. The meteorologists expect 58 mph winds near the hotel in Virginia Beach, Va., where Hanson and his girlfriend, junior Morgan Dorsey, are staying, he said. “It’s definitely my first hurricane I’ve ever experienced,” Hanson said. “People who I know out here in Virginia say it’s a great way to welcome me to the Northeast.” Hanson and Dorsey arrived in Virginia Friday to watch Dorsey’s father,

an alumnus of Virginia Commonwealth, receive an award at the school. They then visited Dorsey’s family and Hanson looked at the university. The CSU students have to take a small connecting flight from Norfolk to return to Colo., but high winds have so far prevented the plane from taking off. “We keep pushing it back days, and days, and days so we’ll see when I get back,” Hanson said. Hanson and Dorsey are staying in one of the upper floors of their hotel, which is about 30 feet from the boardwalk on the beach. The hotel’s generators have maintained power in the building. While they wait to return to Colo., Dorsey and Hanson worked on homework and spent time with Dorsey’s brother, who lives in the area. “We tried to run down to a couple of stores the other day and everything’s closed, so we’re just stuck,” Dorsey said.

Hanson only has class Tuesday and Thursday, so he has not missed much school. But Dorsey had to email homework to her teachers and is missing a test on Tuesday. “That excuse covers it pretty well. ‘Stuck in a hurricane, sorry,’” Hanson said. Kiyara Woest, a sophomore communications major, was visiting her boyfriend at State College, Pa., when her flight was cancelled. Classes have been cancelled for students at the school, but the storm is not what she expected. “Right now there’s just a lot of rain … It’s not as bad inland as I thought it would be,” Woest said. Woest will also be missing classes and at least one exam. She plans to fly back to Colorado Thursday. Hanson expects he and Dorsey will fly out within the next few days. Senior Reporter Kate Winkle can be reached at news@collegian.com.

Courtesy of Michael Hanson

Morgan Dorsey, a human development and family studies Colorado State junior, stands by her hotel on Virgina Beach Sunday afternoon as Hurricane Sandy prepares to make landfall.

Amendment S has little impact on higher ed. By austin briggs The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Madison Brandt | COLLEGIAN

On Monday, Canadian Apple representative, Steven Hayman, kicked off a series of Apple training seminars hosted by the Morgan Library with his lecture on how to creat your own “app.” These seminars will occur over the next serveral weeks, covering topics such as how to author your own digital textbook and how to make stunning photo gifts on your Mac.

Apple engineer speaks on campus Steve Hayman teaches the process of iOS app creation By Kevin ruby The Rocky Mountain Collegian Steve Hayman, senior consulting engineer for Apple, was invited by the Morgan Library to come to campus Monday to teach more than 200 students how to go about the process of iOS app creation. With more than 400 million Apple iPhones sold through June and more than 35 billion Apple iOS applications downloaded to this date, about 70,000 developers have submitted an iOS application to get a chance to taste a piece of that sweet Apple pie. XCode is a suite of tools for developing software on Mac OS X, developed by Apple. All iOS applications are created with this XCode, Hayman said. Even though XCode is in a programming language known as “Objective C”, Hayman showed how to use the XCode application in a way that anyone without prior coding knowledge could use it to build beginner applications.

Hayman went through step-bystep in the XCode application how to create a simple flashlight application. Hayman also noted that there are 155 countries around the world that have Apple App Stores, which houses more than 700,000 apps. He wanted to show that developing apps in different languages is essential to iOS application development. By bringing Steve Hayman to campus, Morgan Library has shown an interest in giving students a chance to learn how to use many different types of technologies, said David Ramsay, director of Strategic Relationships at CSU. “What we’re focusing in on is making the library the information and technology center for the university,” Ramsay said. “We’re going to be crossing over and trying to educate people with technology and then also having the most amount of information that the library normally does. And that kind of conver-

gence between those two of information and technology is probably best suited in the library.” He added that iOS app creation is a significant interest to students at CSU. “Just the amount of iPhones that are out there … it’s pretty pervasive,” Ramsay said. “The apps for those seems like that really relates to students. Students are always interested in developing things, and you know many apps were developed in college dorm rooms.” By bringing in lecturers from Apple to speak to students, Morgan Library believes this will help usher in the convergence of the library and information technology. Morgan Library will also be hosting a series of Apple training seminars focusing on how to use the latest iOS operating systems and devices. These seminars will be led by CSU’s own Apple representative Brandon Tejera. Collegian Writer Kevin Ruby can be reached at news@collegian.com.

A proposed amendment to modernize the state personnel system would have negligible effect on state classified employees at CSU. Put on the ballot with bipartisan support from the Colorado legislature, Amendment S seeks to change a system which hasn’t been updated in 40 years. It “would have very little substantial impact” to hiring practices and operations at CSU and other higher education systems, said Tony DeCrosta, executive director of human resources at CSU. “I don’t see it being a huge change for how we do business at CSU,” he added. He said of the approximately 6,200 employees at CSU, about 2,000 fall under the state classified designation, which is the group impacted by the amendment. State classified employees at CSU include some custodial staff, engineers, IT workers and others. Faculty and administration make up the other 4,200 employees and are exempted from the state civil system. One of the more significant changes would be the universities ability to look at six finalists for any job. Under the current system, an agency can only have three finalists for a job, applicants must live in the state of Colorado and temporary/seasonal workers are recruited and trained at taxpayer expense but aren’t allowed to return a second year to work. If approved, Amendment S would give preference to veterans for hiring, allow temporary workers to return a second year, allow six finalists for a job instead of three and allow job applicants to live 30 miles outside the Colorado border. Political appointments will be expanded from 125 to 325 positions in the state’s senior executive service. It would also change See Amendment on Page 3

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Strip club

As the search for a new home for CSU’s Entomology Museum continues, our thoughts turn to the most exotic insects. For far too long, they have been brutally ignored in favor of more “cute” animals such as squirrels and CAM. Here they get their long deserved recognition!

Exotic and Awesome Insects

Tiger Moths

Tiger Moths are unique because of their sophisticated radar jammer. The Tiger Moths’ biggest predators are bats which rely on echolocation. Instead of trying to outrun the bats, Tiger Moths use their own echolocation to jam the bat’s echo, rendering them invisible.

Ironclad Beetles

Ironclad Beetles have adamantium exoskeletons. They are practically invulnerable. Entomologists have to use a power drill to crack their shells and display them in museums.

Crickets

While they may seem ordinary and tame, crickets are actually a natural thermometer. Scientists have determined that you can tell the temperature just by counting the number of cricket chirps in a 37 second period and then add 15 to tell the temperature in degrees fahrenheit. The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff.


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