Vol 127, No 117, Monday, April 2, 2018 by The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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Vol. 127, No. 117 Monday, April 2, 2018

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Thousands take to CSU campus in demonstration against hate, “bias-motivated incidents” for CSUnite Students carry the CSUnite banner during the event on Thursday afternoon. PHOTO BY TONY VILLALOBOS MAY COLLEGIAN

By Meagan Stackpool & Daniela Navarro @CSUCollegian

More than 2,500 people gathered on CSU’s campus Thursday afternoon in a demonstration of support for students affected by the racially-motivated incidents that occurred on campus between August and the spring semester. The crowd of CSU students, faculty and administration gathered to walk across campus from Newton’s Corner to the Lory Student Center Plaza for CSUnite, a university-sanctioned rally and demonstration intended to be a university-wide response to the

rise in bias-motivated incidents on campus. Beginning with a fake noose in Newsom Hall in August before classes began and including incidents of antisemitic messages in residence halls across campus, the campus has seen a rise in incidents of white supremacy. Most recently, flyers from white supremacist groups were found in academic buildings on campus. Since August, students have asked the CSU administration to have a swifter and stronger response to the incidents. The event began with a speakers at Newton’s Corner, followed by a walk to the Plaza.

At the Plaza on stage, a small selection of students from the University Center for the Arts performed as participants gathered. Albert Bimper Jr., the senior director for ethnic studies and the associate athletic director, and Anarely MarquezGomez, a junior undocumented student on Tony Frank’s student advisory board, delivered opening remarks. “Being here today is not going to change anything,” Marquez-Gomez said. “It is about more than just today. It is about challenging those who have brought hate onto our campus. Not theirs, ours.” After opening remarks,

Blanche Hughes, the vice president for student affairs, and Mary Ontiveros, the vice president for diversity, shared personal stories. But after a few speakers, the program was interrupted. Students Against White Supremacy, a coalition of students protesting white supremacy, took the stage to call out both the CSU administration for not calling “bias-motivated incidents” white supremacy, and condemned a campus conservative group, the CSU chapter of Turning Point USA. “Bias-related incidents are acts of white supremacy and they need to be labeled as so,” said Erica LaFehr, one of the students

in SAWS. “The University made the choice to do nothing despite their power to make real change.” The group directly accused Turning Point USA, a national organization with a local chapter on campus, of white supremacist rhetoric, and said they would not “unite” at the same event with the group. Turning Point USA recently hosted its founder, Charlie Kirk, on the CSU campus, sparking protests and counter-protests by antifa and white supremacists, respectively. The CSU chapter of Turning Point USA endorsed CSUnite in a letter to the editor earlier this week. see CSUNITE on page 5 >>

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La comunidad se reúne para apoyar el evento CSUnite By Meagan Stackpool & Daniela Navarro @ thedanielazahra

Más de 2.500 estudiantes, facultad, profesores y miembros de la comunidad se reunieron en Newton’s Corner para participar en una marcha de solidaridad al Lory Student Center Plaza en la universidad estatal de colorado. El evento, que fue un movimiento de unidad llamado CSUnite, celebró una multitud de grupos de diversidad que hablaron sobre unir el campus contra el odio, el 29 de marzo. El evento comenzó con una selección de estudiantes del Centro Universitario para las Artes que se presentaron durante los manifestantes se congregaba. Albert Bimper Jr., el director sénior de Estudios Étnicos y director asociado de atletismo, y Anarely Marquez-Gomez, estudiante indocumentado de tercer año en la junta asesora estudiantil de Tony Frank, pronunciaron discursos de apertura. “Somos una comunidad que está atenta a la forma en que nos movemos hoy porque nos preocupa cómo formaremos el mañana,” dijo Bimper. “No hay lugar para el odio en ningún

lado. No hay lugar para el odio en Ferguson. No hay lugar para el odio en el jardín atrasado de Sacramento. No hay lugar para el odio en el jardín delantero de Fort Collins. No hay lugar para el odio en las clases. No hay lugar para el odio en la plaza. No hay lugar para el odio en las filas de nuestra facultad,” Marquez-Gomez dijo “Estar aquí hoy no va a cambiar nada,” dijo MárquezGómez. “Se trata de algo más que hoy. Se trata de desafiar a aquellos que han traído odio a nuestro campus. No ellos, nuestros.” Estudiantes Contra Supremacía Blanca (SAWS, por sus siglas en inglés), una coalición de diferentes grupos estudiantiles que protestan por la supremacía blanca, protestó por el evento y la organización estudiantil conservadora Turning Point USA apoyó el evento. La miembro Erica LaFehr comentó, para el grupo, sobre la protesta de SAWS contra Turning Point USA y CSUnite. “Los incidentes relacionados con el sesgo son actos de supremacía blanca y deben etiquetarse de esa manera. La universidad tomó la decisión de no hacer nada a pesar de su poder para hacer un cambio real,” dijo Erica LaFehr, una de

las portavoces de SAWS. “Por lo tanto, no habrá falsas banderas de unidad con los estudiantes que perpetúan la supremacía blanca y demandamos la eliminación del capítulo de Turning Point USA del campus de CSU si la administración está verdaderamente comprometida con un ambiente inclusivo y seguro para todos los estudiantes”. Después de las palabras de apertura, los estudiantes caminaron en solidaridad al LSC. Una vez que la multitud llegó al LSC, varios grupos hablaron promoviendo la diversidad y detestando el discurso de odio. En medio de los discursos, SAWS interrumpió para protestar que la administración llamara a los actos de la supremacía blanca “incidentes relacionados con prejuicios”. Luego marcharon mientras cantaban: “No Nazis, no KKK, no TPUSA”. TPUSA respondió a la denuncia pública de SAWS de su organización. “Turning Point USA en CSU está profundamente entristecido y preocupado de que organizaciones como Estudiantes Contra Supremacía Blanca usen la plataforma unificadora de

CSUnite, un evento organizado para unir a nuestro campus frente al odio, para difundir declaraciones falsas sobre nuestra organización,” escribió Isabel Brown, el presidente del TPUSA, en un correo electrónico al Collegian. “Turning Point USA en CSU representa los dos pilares del gobierno limitado y mercados libres, ni más ni menos, e invitamos a cualquier estudiante que pueda estar en desacuerdo con nuestra organización a involucrar un diálogo productivo con nuestros líderes estudiantiles para seguir adelante”. El discurso de SAWS en el evento no fue planeado, pero muchos estudiantes dijeron que tenían reacciones positivas a su presencia. “A veces las cosas más necesarias para decir parecen abrasivas, pero tienen que ser (parte del discurso),” dijo Marina Dart, una estudiante de biología. El presidente de CSU, Tony Frank, habló directamente después de que SAWS salió de la Plaza. “Todos hemos escuchado el dicho, ‘el silencio es oro’, pero no se aplica cuando se trata de odio,” dijo Frank durante su discurso. En una entrevista con El

Collegian, Frank habló de las conversaciones que ocurren en el campus. “Me imagino que habrá muchas discusiones que seguirán pasando en todo el campus y eso es algo bueno,” dijo Frank. “Creo que este es uno en el que hay muchas cosas buenas pasando desde la base y quiero apoyar todo eso”. CSUnite no se localizó en Fort Collins. Los miembros de la extensión de CSU en todo el estado mostraron su apoyo. El club Denver 4-H decoró galletas para mostrar solidaridad con el movimiento CSUnite. Cole Wise, el vicepresidente de Estudiantes Asociados de CSU, explicó por qué CSUnite fue un evento tan importante. “Creo que este es un problema mayor que solo CSU,” dijo Wise. “Creo que este es un problema mayor que Fort Collins, en general, creo que estamos diciendo que este es un tema nacional, pero estamos haciendo nuestra parte. Nuestra parte es llamarlo CSUnite y unirnos, caminar para unirnos como uno.” Meagan stackpool y Daniela Navarro puede ser contactada en news@collegian.com

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Second Operation Bear Hug Chabad at CSU spreads message of community at 13th annual Passover Seder event to be held April 22 By Audrey Weiss @audkward

Chabad at Colorado State University hosted their 13th annual Passover Seder dinner on Friday in the Lory Student Center’s North Ballroom. The event was co-sponsored by Associate Students of CSU, CSU’s Residence Hall Association and the LSC. The event brought students and community members alike together to celebrate Passover, which commemorates the liberation of Israelites as Egyptian slaves. Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik welcomed around 200 guests to the ceremony, giving some background on the relevance of Passover. “The Seder is not just about commemorating history, it’s about going through a journey,” Gorelik said. Over the course of the evening, Gorelik guided guests through the 15 steps of the Seder: Kadesh, U’rchatz, Karpas, Yachatz, Maggid, Rachtzah, Motzi, Matzah, Maror, Korech, Schulchan Orech, Tzafun, Berach, Hallel and Nirtzah. Attendees participated in holiday activities, such as assembling their Seder plates, which included raw onions, a hard-boiled egg, shank bone, horseradish and lettuce; drinking wine or grape juice during blessings; and eating

a kosher meal that included classic Jewish holiday foods like matzo ball soup, potato kugel, and black and white cookies. Throughout the evening, Alpha Epsilon Pi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi, the two Jewish student Greek organizations on campus, guided readings and performed skits related to the text. In addition, they sang songs with attendees in both English and Hebrew. Daniel Elliot, an alumnus computer science student of CSU, said he decided to attend a Seder both on Friday and Saturday night. “I thought it definitely met expectations,” Elliott said. “(There) was a huge effort to pull together the community, (and) I think they did a great job.” Gorelik said one of Chabad’s hopes for this event was to bring together the Jewish community in northern Colorado, as a response to recent anti-Semitic occurrences on the CSU campus. Elliott said acts like this increased by nearly 60 percent from 2016 to 2017, and he believes that Chabad at CSU has done a good job at being inclusive. “In other events like the Menorah lightings, Chabad always has people from the City of Fort Collins, like the mayor, present at the events and able

to participate,” Elliott said. “I think that sends a message that there is a bridge between the Jewish community and local government and that it is accepted.” Caitlin Langmead, a CSU graduate student in global public health, said she had always been interested in Judaism, but said she felt disconnected from her Jewish roots. She chose to attend this event with her neighbor. “When you don’t know anything about it, this is really approachable and fun and welcoming,” Langmead said. Langmead said she would like to attend more events like this. Matthew Merian, President of Chabad at CSU, said he thought the event went “extremely well.” “People seemed to be pretty entertained,” Merian said. “A lot of people came up to me and said that it gets better every year.” Merian said he was very happy that the community and the students were very engaged and actively participated in the songs and blessings. “Our focus is a reminder that, ultimately family, community and spirituality will triumph over the evil and negativity,” Gorelik said. Audrey Weiss can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Deputies assaulted in Larimer County Jail By Austin Fleskes @Austinfleskes07

After a series of events in the Larimer County Jail, three deputies were injured after trying to restrain an unstable inmate. According to a press release from the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office on March 30 at approximately 11:35 a.m., deputies responded to the maximum-security area of the Larimer County Jail after an inmate attempted to harm himself Anthony John Warren Stansberry, 27, tied material from a mattress around his neck. Deputies removed the material, and Stansberry was evaluated and moved to a different area of the prison for closer observation. Shortly after, Stansberry

began to further harm himself by “banging his head on a metal frame and attempting to cut his wrists,” explained the press release. As deputies restrained him, Stansbery spit at, attempted to bite and fought with deputies. Stansberry was restrained and given a padded helmet to prevent him from harming himself. Stansberry managed to work out of his restraints, removed the padded helmet and threatened to assault deputies who entered the cell. He continued to resist and attempted to further harm himself by hitting his head. Deputies were forced to restrain Stansberry again, this time resulting in a deputy’s hand being bitten. Once secured again, Stansberry was evaluated

by medical staff, but did not require treatment. “Stansberry began to slowly de-escalate and was taken out of restraints at approximately 1:40 p.m.,” stated the release. During this altercation, three deputies sustained injuries which included cuts, bruises, a bite and a knee injury. All deputies were treated and eventually released at a local hospital. Stansberry was initially booked on March 29 by Fort Collins Police on “allegations of resisting arrest, obstruction, criminal mischief and escape.” Because of his actions, deputies seek to add a new allegation of second degree assault for the incident. Austin Fleskes can be reached at news@collegian. com.

By Austin Fleskes @Austinfleskes07

After the success of the first Operation Bear Hug in the spring of 2017, the Adult Learner and Veteran Services and Student Veteran Organizations will be holding the second edition of the event on April 22. Operation Bear Hug, created by SVO at Colorado State University, is a multi-staged obstacle course and run meant to inform the CSU community and beyond about suicide and suicide prevention. Teams who participate will work together to run a course around the CSU campus, completing several different obstacles that will educate about the difficulties of living with suicidal thoughts, as well as suicide prevention. Last year was the first time that SVO has run Operation Bear Hug, and Oren Pierce, the president of SVO and one of the co-creators of the event, said they learned a lot from last year’s event and have figured out what to change. “The first go through was more successful than we had anticipated it to be,” Pierce said, adding they expected only a couple of teams in attendance, and ended up with 17 total teams running and over 200 people stopping by the course and booths during and after the race. Pierce explained a few of the

differences that competitors will see in the event this year. This includes changing the start line closer to the hub of the event, a different timing system, a resources fair with information on suicide and suicide prevention, a change in some of the obstacles and the possibility for food trucks. Pierce and the Operation Bear Hug team are hoping to see 50 teams out on the course this year. “We’re trying to get the event perfect so that we can have a handbook so we can start reaching out to other universities and teach them how to do it so they can have it at their own universities,” Pierce said. The Operation Bear Hug team will be holding an information blast on the Plaza on April 5, where those interested can gather information on the event, learn about some of the obstacles as well as register a team. “What we really want to do is, if we ask a random person on campus ‘What is Operation Bear Hug?” they’ll say ‘Yeah, I know what that is,’” Pierce said. “We want to make sure everybody knows about it. Anyone who is interested in registering a team for the event can stop by the information blast on April 5 on the Plaza, the ALVS office front desk or the Operation Bear Hug Facebook. Austin Fleskes can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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CAMPUS

CSUNITE >> from page 1 “Therefore, there will be no false flags of unity with students who perpetuate white supremacy and we demand for the removal of the Turning Point USA chapter from CSU’s campus if the administration is truly committed to an inclusive and safe environment from all students,” LaFehr said. After the interruption, the program appeared to go on as planned. CSU President Tony Frank took the stage immediately following the demonstration, while the students then marched off while chanting, “No Nazis, no KKK, no TPUSA.” “We have all heard the saying, ‘silence is golden,’ but it does not apply when dealing with hate,” Frank said during his speech. TPUSA at CSU responded to SAWS’ public denouncement of their organization. “Turning Point USA at CSU is deeply saddened and disturbed that organizations like Students Against White Supremacy used the unifying platform of CSUnite, an event organized to bring our campus together in the face of hate, to spread false statements about our organization,” wrote Isabel Brown, the TPUSA chapter president, in an email to The Collegian. “Turning Point USA at CSU stands for the two pillars of limited government and free markets—no more, no less—and we invite any student who may disagree with our organization to engage in productive dialogue with our student leaders moving forward.” SAWS speaking at the event was not planned by the university. Other students said they supported their message. “Sometimes the most necessary things to say seem abrasive, but they need to be put out there,” said Marina Dart, a senior biology major. In an interview with The Collegian, Frank spoke of the

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conversations happening on campus. “I imagine that there will be a lot of discussions that will keep going on across campus and that’s a good thing,” Frank said. “I think this is one where there’s a lot of great stuff going on from the grassroots and I want to support all of that.” CSUnite was not localized to Fort Collins. CSU Extension members all across the state showed their support. The Denver 4-H club decorated cookies to show solidarity with the CSUnite movement. Contrary to some of the criticism faced by the administration, other students said they were glad to see the university organize a show of support. CSU Academic Advisor Carla Barela said she attended due to Tony Frank’s transparency surrounding biasrelated incidents. “We know that it’s not just our campus,” Barela said. “He’s being honest in sharing that and validating what so many people, student, faculty and staff experience when they’re exposed to that type of hate.” One of the first speakers, Vance Payne, a senior mechanical engineering student, expressed how he wants the community to proceed forward following CSUnite, and what his vision campus is. “We have to be so unapologetically anti-racist, anti-homophobic, antisexist that it makes you uncomfortable,” Payne said. Cole Wise, the vice president of the Associated Students of CSU, explained why CSUnite was such an important event. “I think this is a bigger issue than just CSU,” Wise said. “I think this is a bigger issue than Fort Collins, in general, I think we are saying this is a national issue, but we are doing our part. Our part is calling it CSUnite and uniting together, walking to stand together as one.” Meagan Stackpool and Daniela Navarro can be reached at news@collegian.com.

Students, faculty and administrators gather on the CSU plaza Thursday afternoon for CSUnite. PHOTO BY FIELD PETERSON COLLEGIAN

Counselor discusses eye movement therapy for trauma By Charlotte Lang @ChartrickWrites

For nutrition majors and interested students alike, Thursday evening in the Gifford Building was eye-catching, as the Holistic Health Alliance hosted Isabel Perez. Perez is a licensed professional counselor specializing in eye movement desensitization reprocessing therapy (EMDR). “EMDR is a type of therapy that helps people heal from traumatic or disturbing life events,” Perez said. “It’s internationally recognized as an effective treatment for PTSD and so many other issues that can be targeted.” Some other issues Perez listed included anxiety, depression, chronic pain, eating disorders and addiction. She personally treated clients with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, performance enhancement and weight management. Perez explained the science behind EMDR and how the stimulation used in the therapy— eyemovement,auditoryortactile— helps clients to eliminate their suffering and symptoms. EMDR activates the brain’s inherent processing system and allows stuck information, like unprocessed memories, to be processed and metabolized properly, Perez said. “Bilateral stimulation is what activates this information processing system,” Perez said.

“And, by bilateral stimulation, I mean any kind of stimulation on either side of your body that is alternating.” Perez said the main goals of EMDR are not only to rid a client of symptoms, though that is what people usually look for. EMDR can also increase the ability to selfsoothe, remain aware of the present and feel a range of emotions. “(We want to) help them regulate their emotions and feel good and bad things,” Perez said. Perez also stated some of the limitations for EMDR. “It can’t change the past, obviously. It can’t erase a client’s memories,” she said. “It can change a client’s relationship to a memory but it can’t erase it.” EMDR’s primary focus is on people currently living with trauma. Perez said trauma is not always the most intense situation one can imagine. Rather, she defined it as anything that leaves a lasting effect and that the brain perceives as negative. “All trauma manifests in some way. If your brain perceives it as negative, it’s going to affect you whether you like it or not,” Perez said. “When it experiences something as disturbing or negative, your brain can get stuck and it won’t be able to metabolize that information properly.” Perez said four types of reactions to trauma include avoidance, re-experiencing,

hyperarousal and disconnection. A paper she handed out to the attendees stated EMDR may be an effective therapy treatment for any of them. Later, Perez talked about the neurobiology research of EMDR. She said it affects multiple parts of the brain, leading to improvement in areas such as emotional regulation, flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, cognition, sleep and alertness. Following her lecture, Perez performed a demonstration of EMDR with a volunteer from the audience. She asked him to focus on a positive thought and then tapped on his knees for a few moments. Afterward, she spoke with him about how he felt and he pointed out the ways his positive emotions were either cementing or changing. At the end of her presentation, Perez spoke on what she has witnessed in her time working with this approach. “It’s really cool to watch. Your brain wants to help you and it wants to take the strengths you already have and make it so that you can use them,” she said. “So it’s really amazing to watch the disturbance go down and then it’s just natural. There’s this realization of, ‘Oh, I can actually do this.’ It’s so amazing.” Charlotte Lang can be reached at news@collegian.com.

OPINION Monday, April 2, 2018

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Conservative students deserve an apology By CJ Ash, Caspian Banki, & Veronica Morin @CSUCollegian

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by The Collegian or its editorial board. Letters to the Editor reflect the view of a member of the campus community and are submitted to the publication for approval. CJ Ash, Caspian Banki and Veronica Morin are three conservative student leaders on campus, affiliated with the Conservative Interest Group, College Republicans and Students for Life, and College Republicans, respectively. CJ Ash is an opinion columnist for The Rocky Mountain Collegian. Dear editor, in response to the article “Thousands take to CSU campus in demonstration against hate, ‘bias-motivated incidents’” published on March 29: Colorado State University sponsored the “No Place for H8” event, an event that sought to unify the entire campus against hate. Conservative and libertarian students do not feel the “unity” recently celebrated at our campus. In fact, our community sees Colorado State as a university of hostility. “Students Against White Supremacy” falsely accused conservative individuals of white supremacy in a neo-Chavista

fashion. The word “racist” has become the new message of the inquisition. CSU students are being prosecuted and mislabeled as white supremacists simply for being conservative. The Conservative Interest Group has members from around the world and from different organizations (College Republicans, Turning Point USA, Young Americans for Liberty, NRAU and Students for Life.) Our members come from diverse backgrounds, different countries and represent an array of political ideologies. The campus attacks on conservatives by radical leftists are nothing new. Just last year, Josh Silva, a conservative immigrant from Venezuela was impeached from student government, in part because of his ties to our organization. The year before, Juan Caro, a Colombian immigrant, faced three impeachments. Emily Faulkner was shamed by a CSU employee for her political beliefs and a Student for Life group had to sue Colorado State for violating their First Amendment rights. In the past week, students were attacked, doxed and publicly harassed on social media for being members of TPUSA. SAWS, in an anti-American and fascist fashion, demanded the organization be banned completely. Conservative students were told that they “do

not belong here” and should have “never attended CSU.” Does this sound like a campus of unity, peace and tolerance? Maybe to the left it does. The statements made by SAWS could be worthy of litigation – Defamation has legal consequences, and does not garner the protection of the First Amendment. We denounce the administration for allowing what we consider to be a slanderous attack to happen. SAWS members are “negligible as to the truth” and demonstrate “a reckless disregard for whether or not the statement were true or false.” We believe the inaction by the CSU administration allowed protesters to slander our fellow students, and this is unacceptable. President Tony Frank also failed to denounce the accusations immediately after. On behalf of the thousands of conservative students at Colorado State University, we are appealing to SAWS, Tony Frank and the CSU administration for an official public apology. Signed, CJ Ash - Chairman, Conservative Interest Group CSU Caspian Banki - Treasurer, College Republicans and Students for Life Veronica Morin - President, College Republicans

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OPINION Monday, April 2, 2018

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Should Fort Collins become a sanctuary city? When the Colorado attorney general candidates came to CSU, they discussed the legitimacy of so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ that do not comply with federal laws regarding deportation and immigration. Denver is one of these cities. A recent lawsuit from the Trump administration against Florida has once again brought the issue to the forefront of the public discourse. In October, Fort Collins declined to take on the label of sanctuary city. Two columnists debate whether this was the correct choice, and if the city should become a sanctuary city after all.

Leta McWilliams @LetaMcWilliams

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by the Collegian or its editorial board. In recent weeks, “sanctuary cities” have been gaining popularity in political conversations. People are unsure whether these sanctuary cities are constitutional, whether they’re beneficial and whether they’re necessary. Sanctuary cities are all three, and there would be a lot of benefit for Fort Collins and Colorado State University if we became one. CitieshavearighttobecomeSanctuary cities, and are backed constitutionally by the Tenth Amendment, which states: “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” This means states have the right to have state laws that aren’t necessarily the federal law. This is the same amendment that is allowing states like Colorado to have legalized marijuana, which is significantly less important than the safety of the people living here. The Tenth Amendment allows for states to make things like marijuana legal, even though it’s still illegal federally. The Tenth Amendment, according to the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, prevents the “federal government from coercing state or local governments to use their resources to enforce a federal regulatory program, like immigration.” Essentially, the federal government cannot force state governments to collect immigration status information. Legally speaking, sanctuary cities are valid. When considering this issue, one cannot ignore the political times. Seth Stodder, a former aid for Obama and Bush wrote in Politico that he changed his opinion of sanctuary cities under the Trump presidency, because of the radical immigration policies and the administration’s generally hostile attitude toward immigrants. While he used to think they would be used to shield felons, he now recognizes that they are actually used to shield normal people from being targeted inhumanly. Under Obama, the immigration policies focused on criminals and not on families and law-abiding undocumented people. Under Trump, the immigration policies focus not on criminal activity but on any human being here so-called ‘illegally.’ Drastic policies call for drastic responses, as evidenced by Stodder’s change of heart. “When the federal government

and state and local governments were on the same page during the Obama administration, as was mostly the Josh Silva case, such “sanctuary” policies were counterproductive,” he wrote. “That can @Jsflix no longer be said today under the Trump administration.” Statistically, safety is increased in sanctuary cities due to the encouragement Editor’s Note: All opinion section content of good relations between undocumented reflects the views of the individual author citizens and law enforcement. If citizens only and does not represent a stance taken by are worried about their citizenship or lack the Collegian or its editorial board. there of being questioned, they are less I remember Sept. 6, 2017, like it was likely to report a crime to the authorities yesterday. The day before, the Trump in fear that their citizenship will be administration had announced the questioned. cancellation of the Deferred Action for U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren stated “when Childhood Arrivals program. Serving as people are afraid the police might ask the student body president at the time, I about immigration status, they are less attended a meeting with staff members likely to report crimes and cooperate who work with DACA and ASSET students with investigations. As a result, criminals to address the situation. thrive, and the general public suffers.” The idea that Colorado State By labeling Fort Collins a sanctuary city, University students who were brought to citizens will feel safer when interacting the U.S. as children and raised as Americans with law enforcement. were now subject to deportation was CSU is a huge part of Fort Collins’ heartbreaking. This issue felt personal. population. Currently My parents are immigrants, more than 33,000 students and I was the first Hispanic attend CSU with almost male to serve as student 20,000 of those students SANCTUARY CITY body president. Several of being white. Labeling Fort ■ A sanctuary city is defined as my friends are immigrants. Collins as a sanctuary I grew up playing in the ‘a city whose municipal laws city would encourage backyard with them. tend to protect undocumented families to move here, Immigration policy immigrants from deportation and would encourage a needs to be viewed or prosecution, despite federal more diversity on campus. through a humanitarian immigration law.’ Students who were once lens. Studies have shown protected by DACA would ■ Denver is one such city. the benefits of the DACA be encouraged to come program. However, the study here, benefiting the label “sanctuary city” is university. overtly political and would Some also cite the provide many downsides to potential withdrawal of federal funds the people it claims to help. Fort Collins as a reason not to become a sanctuary adopting the “sanctuary city” label would city, given Trump’s threats to places like be a setback for several reasons. California and Philadelphia. But under First, while the label claims to the new budget, funds for cities are provide security on behalf of the city already slashed and no longer guaranteed. to undocumented immigrants, the Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney outcome could be the opposite. Making said, “Don’t get all full of yourself about Fort Collins a sanctuary city could put a the amount of money that the federal target on its back for an ICE immigration government gives us, it’s been dwindling raid, as occurred in Oakland, California, for decades now.” and increase the risk of deportation for The financial impact, he said, should undocumented immigrants as a result. not be a reason not to protect citizens. Adopting this policy may also be shortWhile it is true that if we don’t like the lived, as several gubernatorial candidates laws, we should push to change the laws, have promised to stand up to “sanctuary but changing the laws on immigration cities” if elected. could take many years. Until the laws Second, adopting the sanctuary are changed to be fairer, sanctuary cities city label in the name of protecting should be all over the U.S. in order for undocumented immigrants is an unfair people to feel safe. promise, as this policy is legally unsound. Sanctuary cities should be located in Though immigration policy is sometimes more centralized and affordable places compared to marijuana policy, the legal in the U.S. Fort Collins is affordable, case for drug policy is much firmer and centralized and provides many several key differences exist. Precedent exists for drug enforcement policy being opportunities to its residence, making it a shared by states. Additionally, a bipartisan great place for a sanctuary city. framework for the enforcement of Leta McWilliams can be reached at marijuana law already exists in Congress, letters@collegian. through the passage of the Rohrabacher–

Farr amendment. By contrast, the Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that immigration policy is the exclusive constitutional domain of the federal government, via the Supremacy Clause. The Obama administration successfully used this argument in 2012 against the state of Arizona, and the Trump administration is now using it against California. Third, though politics remains polarized as the state struggles to agree on how to fund infrastructure and the federal government faces shutdowns, Fort Collins has been able to get things done by building relationships and avoiding toxic and polarizing identity politics. The city has been able to grow and earn a spot as one of the best places to live in America, in part because of the positive relationships it has been able to cultivate with the state and federal government. The fruits of these hard-earned relationships have come through grants, which have been used to fund projects such as the MAX. Adopting this controversial label of a sanctuary city would jeopardize these relationships and create unnecessary backlash. Fort Collins already attempted to pass a similar policy in 2005, with much controversy, and it failed. Not only is the sanctuary city label harmful, it is unnecessary. Colorado, Fort Collins and CSU have already taken several steps to achieve many of the inclusivity goals that the “sanctuary city” label aims to achieve, without having to carry the political baggage. The state of Colorado has had the ASSET program for years. In October, the city passed a resolution affirming its commitment to being inclusive of immigrants. Additionally, CSU has hosted immigration consultations through Student Legal Services to help students navigate the legal minefield. While DACA students, for now, are shielded from deportation, the federal delegation must continue to work to change these lackluster laws, and in the meantime Fort Collins should not actively work to undermine these laws. As chief Obama strategist David Axelrod said in a conversation with Sen. Michael Bennet, longstanding respect for laws and institutions is one of the factors that distinguishes the United States. In the current political climate, with both parties turning immigration into a political football, the worst solution would be to adopt a “sanctuary city” policy because it would cause more harm than good to the communities it claims to help, while providing little more than political fodder to show for it. Fort Collins can be a welcoming place for immigrants without imposing this misguided political burden on itself. Josh Silva can be reached at letters@ collegian.com.

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CSU rocks Kansas in game three to take weekend series By Mack Beaulieu @Macknz_James

After losing two of three games to Fresno State, the Colorado State softball team (1810) came back this past weekend to win a non-conference series against the University of Kansas (25-12) with two big offensive outings.

WEEKEND RECAP ■ Game 1

Friday, March 30: Win, 8-6 (12 innings) ■ Game 2 Friday, March 30: Loss, 3-6 ■ Game 3 Saturday, March 31: Win, 14-6 (6 innings)

Junior Bridgette Hutton had a day to remember as she recorded a 12-inning win in the first game of the series and the Rams put together timely scores to win two high-scoring games. The Rams’ weekend started with a bang in the double header on Friday as junior Lauren Buchanan hit a solo home run in the top of the first. Hutton (115) held the Jayhawks scoreless for the first five innings, and in the top of the second, the Rams pushed across two

more runs courtesy of seniors Madison Kilcrease and Hannah McCorkhill for a 3-0 lead. “I thought Buchanan played really well this weekend,” coach Jen Fisher said. “I don’t know how many RBIs she had, but she hit the ball really well.” After not getting a hit until the fourth inning, the Jayhawks finally broke through with a run in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI single to make it 3-1. Sophomore Haley Donaldson added an insurance run for the Rams in the top of the seventh to seemingly have the game in hand. However, Hutton navigated hot water in the bottom of the inning and gave up three runs to bring the game to extras. Both pitching staffs regrouped until the 11th inning when they traded runs. Finally, the Rams put it away in the 12th inning. Freshman Ashley Michelena hit an RBI double with runners on first and second to make it 7-5 before the sophomore Corina Gamboa added another run for a threerun lead. In the bottom half, Hutton wrapped up the feat of a 12-inning win. “It was one of the best battles out of a pitcher I’ve ever seen,” Fisher said. The next game didn’t start out as well for the Rams as the Jayhawks got two runs off sophomore Alison Petty in

the bottom of the first. Petty settled down after that and the Rams took the lead on another Buchanan home run to make it 3-2. In the fifth inning, Petty fell victim to a fielding error and lost some of her control while the Jayhawks scored four runs to make the game 6-3. The Rams couldn’t mount any sort of comeback in the remaining innings, only reaching base once on a fielding error and dropping the second game of the day. Both teams got their strokes going early in the third game of the series as Corina Gamboa homered in the first inning after a Buchanan single up the middle to make it 2-0. Senior Kaylynn Pierce was on the mound to start the first when the Jayhawks took the lead on the strength of three hits and an error from Donaldson, making it 3-2. “Gamboa had another really quality weekend,” Fisher said. “The wind was blowing straight in. I don’t know how that went out, she really hit it.” CSU got back on top in the second after freshman Sarah Muzik drove in sophomore Nicole Valdez and Michelena to make it 4-2. After a scoreless bottom of the second, the two teams traded runs again to make it 5-3 going into the fourth. The Rams’ run came courtesy of Valdez who was having one of

Junior Bridgette Hutton throws a pitch during the game against Utah Valley on March 9. The Rams beat the Wolverines 5-3.

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her best offensive outings. “We were all really excited for her,” Fisher said, “She works hard every day, she’s got a nice swing ... She really stepped up and we’re really happy to see her have the quality at bats.” In the fifth inning, the Rams extended their lead by four runs. After junior Danni Klein singled to start the inning, McCorkhill reached first on an error. A crazy turn of events led to Klein scoring on an error and McCorkhill stealing home. Michelena tripled in a run and Buchanan brought her in with a double two batters later to make it 9-4. “Klein scored on a passed ball,” Fisher said, “McCorkhill came around third and the

catcher took off her glove and the pitcher started going back to the mound and so Hannah decided to try and score ... It was just a heads up play ... All of the sudden we saw Hannah scoring, even we were surprised by it.” The Jayhawks got two more runs to cut the lead to three in the top of the fifth, but behind patient hitting and a couple of Jayhawk errors, the Rams added five more runs to seal the game 14-6 and end the game by runrule. The Rams’ softball team will play next on Tuesday, April 3 as they take on Northern Colorado for one game in Greeley. Mack Beaulieu can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

CLUB SPORTS

CSU lacrosse loses hard-fought battle to UCSB By Junior Guerrero @juniorg45

The Colorado State men’s club lacrosse team took on the University of California, Santa Barbara Thursday night in a game that resulted in a tough 8-6 loss. This is the second consecutive game that slipped away from the team. The Rams came out during a chilly afternoon on fire and on a mission. They seemed to be clicking on all cylinders when they jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first eleven minutes of the game. Senior attacker AJ Stewart put the Rams on the board first with a shot that snuck past the keeper and hit the back of the net. Senior midfielder Zach VanCompernolle followed Stewart’s lead when he managed to scoop the ball in from right in front of the net. Stewart would then tack on another goal to make the score 3-0.

Freshman midfielder Grant Breeden played a big part in helping the Rams get on the scoreboard with his two assists. “I try to contribute anyway I can, whether that’s scoring or getting an assist,” Breeden said. The game seemed to be in control by the Rams until they took their foot off the gas and let the Gauchos back in the game. UCSB added a goal at the end of the first quarter to make the score 3-1 Rams. They followed this up with two more goals in nine minutes to tie the game 3-3. The Rams regained the lead at the end of the second quarter with a goal from junior attacker Dominic Santor. This gave the Rams a 4-3 lead going into halftime. As the third quarter began, freshman midfielder Josh Kelly put the Rams up 5-3 in just two minutes. This looked like a perfect opportunity for the Rams to put the game to bed but the Gauchos had other ideas.

The Gauchos went on to score three goals in three minutes to take the lead 6-5 at the end of the third quarter. This sucked all the life out of the crowd and the players wearing white and green. All the momentum found its way onto the Gauchos side and the Rams could never regain it back. The fourth quarter started with two more goals from the Gauchos in just four minutes, giving them a three-goal lead. With five minutes remaining, Stewart managed to find the back of the net for the third time in the game. This gave Stewart his hat trick and put the Rams within two, but the game had already been sealed. Despite a strong start and a hat trick from Stewart, The Rams could not overcome the offense of the Gauchos. “The first half is great. We’re having fun, we’re confident and then in the second half we’re just trying to figure out a way to get that all to stay the same,”

Senior AJ Stewart craddles the ball while a Cal Poly player defends him during the first quarter. CSU lost to Cal Poly with a score of 9-7. PHOTO BY JULIA BAILEY COLLEGIAN

Stewart said. “We’re a talented team,” head coach Ryan MacDonald said. “We have the good stick skills, we have the good composure in the right times, and we have everything that we need. It’s just putting it all together and just getting back to

the fundamentals.” The Rams head into a difficult part in their schedule where they will take on No. 2 Utah at home on Thursday. The game will begin at 7 p.m. on the Intramural fields at CSU. Junior Guerrero can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

SPORTS Monday, April 2, 2018

FOOTBALL

Rams add grad transfer lineman T.J. Roundtree By Colin Barnard @ColinBarnard_

Colorado State completed its 2018 signing class with the addition of graduate transfer offensive lineman T.J. Roundtree Friday afternoon. Roundtree spent the last three seasons with the University of Louisville, primarily serving as a backup lineman. He is the second graduate transfer to join CSU from a Power 5 school this week after former Washington quarterback K.J. Carta-Samuels signed with the program last Sunday. The 6-foot-6, 315 pound lineman could have an immediate impact on CSU’s

relatively inexperienced offensive line. After the Rams lost three senior starters from a season ago, Roundtree figures to compete for a starting position. Prior to his time at Louisville, Roundtree spent one season at Eastern Arizona Community College. A native of Gainesville, Florida, Roundtree played high school football at Yonge High School. After one year of junior college football, Toriano was ranked as a three-star recruit by 247Sports and the No. 24 JUCO offensive tackle in the country. He also received interest from Florida before choosing Louisville. Colin Barnard can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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Pair of Rams to compete overseas for U.S. Collegiate Volleyball Team By Luke Zahlmann @lukezahlmann

After a successful year playing for Colorado State, a pair of Rams volleyball players will compete for the United States overseas on their collegiate level squad. Setter and Mountain West player of the year, Katie Oleksak, as well as her runningmate in the middle, Kirstie Hillyer, will compete for the U.S Women’s Collegiate National Team on their European tour this summer. The tour will begin in Venice, Italy on July 5 with friendlies against fellow competing countries before heading to Croatia for the Global Challenge beginning on July 10. Both players served pivotal roles for a Rams team that went 29-4 last season before being eliminated in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Hillyer struggled with a knee injury suffered in a sweep of then-ranked Florida State.

Despite the injuries, Hillyer posted 256 kills on a .383 hitting percentage. Serving as the Rams’ distributor, Oleksak had a career year with 1,385 assists and played in every single match for the team. The stellar season led Oleksak to be named the best player in the conference in only her sophomore season. Both players will be returning to lead the Rams once again following their stint playing for the national team. The two will also be the only players to be named to the team from the state of Colorado. After the graduations of Jasmine Hanna and Sanja Cizmic on the outside as well as Alexandra Poletto in the middle, the Rams will be even more reliant on Hillyer to improve on her previous success, which will only be helped by a stint with national team coaching. Luke Zahlmann can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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CULTURE

8 ways people promote white supremacy every day By Miranda Moses @mirandasrad

Ok, I can hear you yelling, “I’M NOT A WHITE SUPREMACIST,” but let us contextualize this. White supremacy still permeates many facets of our modern lives: the Pitkin Street that we walk and drive on daily is named after a governor who suppressed uprisings of Native Americans, our school is a land-grant institution, meaning we are learning on land the government stole from indigenous peoples and we purchase and read textbooks that are predominantly written by white men. Just because we as white people cannot identify supremacy because it isn’t manifested in the exact same ways as our past does not mean it does not continue to resonate in our reality; we just have the privilege of not experiencing the negative repercussions of its continued existence. While not all of us are being flat out nazis by distributing flyers around campus that support eugenics and preaching that “it’s OK to be white,” we white people still embody our history of violent colonialism and racism. We are products of a historical white supremacy that has not been completely eradicated, and the only way to reach this cultural idealism is to continue to critically think about how we show up in our community and the world around us. “I’m not a white supremacist,” has been a prominent sentence on campus lately in light of overt displays of racism that white students have been able to recognize. But, perhaps, if we spent less time saying, “I’m not a white supremacist” and more time listening to voices on campus calling us out and not passively claiming to believe in equality rather than making continuous efforts towards justice, then perhaps we would better embody the “unified” label that the University is desperately trying to associate with our community, and minoritized groups would actually feel safe on our campus. If white people are not constantly open to feedback about how we are oppressing those around us, that is white supremacy. And

with that, here are eight other ways we white students are enacting white supremacy on campus without even knowing it: 1. Reading an article in The Collegian about white supremacy written by the whitest white woman. You could read this list, or instead you could start listening to the people of color who have been calling out this very injustice within the CSU and Fort Collins community for years. We should do better. 2. Thinking that just because you are a liberal, you can’t be racist. Just because we listen to NPR and our parents voted for Obama does not mean we are immune from perpetuating white supremacy. For example, if we are going to protests around gender equality yet forget to advocate for the justice of the disproportional number of transgender black women murdered per year for wearing pussy hats, that is white supremacy. If we are going to marches around gun violence and fail to encompass protests around the militarization of the police and police brutality, or not show up for the Black Lives Matter cause, that is white supremacy. If we think we get a pass from racism because we “do the work,” that is white supremacy. 3. Taking up space and not moving out of the way. We must pay more attention to how much space we take up in the classroom or on campus compared our peers and if we are taking actual physical space away from students of color. Are we the only ones talking in the classroom? Are we talking over people of color in conversations with them? Are we cutting in front of people of color to get to doors first, or not moving out of their way in the plaza? You may not even realize you are doing it, but our white supremacy shows up in our entitlement to spaces. 4. Thinking the hate crimes on campus are “unbelievable.” The people who experience hate everyday on our campus are not surprised. When we are still describing Greeley and Aurora as “ghetto” and “scary” places to avoid, calling Black Panthers a hate group equal to the KKK, telling DACA students that their parents should have undergone the

legal proceedings of becoming citizens if they wanted a right to education, singing the “n” word at parties and arguing that “it’s just lyrics,” and having no idea that there are diversity offices on campus, they will continue to not be surprised. 5. Describing Greeley and Aurora as lesser. Let’s think about why we talk about Greeley and Aurora the way we do. And also think about the fact that these places are some of the few places in Colorado where “diversity” is not just a buzzword. Our rhetoric is entirely racialized. 6. Prioritizing parking as a big issue on campus over hate crimes. Yes, parking is an issue on campus, and the prices create unequal opportunity to certain types of transportation for students. But, I would argue that a threatening noose on campus that no one has experienced repercussions from falls under a different realm of urgency, as one threatens the livelihood of students. Both issues can be fought simultaneously, but this ASCSU election season, “biasrelated incidents” should be a priority in voting decisions. 7. Claiming “minority” status. Some beliefs may be less expressed on campus because upon sharing them, there is backlash. Instead of claiming minority status and demanding “equality for all beliefs,” people who truly seek to fight white supremacy would listen to why certain beliefs are getting backlash. Some ideological systems suppress and threaten the lives of actual minority groups of campus who are marginalized every day, and criticizing those beliefs is not excluding them from diversity, but a begging request for those who demand “equality” to realize the belief systems that they publicize are exactly what tears diversity down. 8. Expecting people to “unify” instead of actually addressing issues. Holding hands with a nazi does not make them less of a nazi. No one has to forgive their oppressor because it looks good on paper. “Believing” in equality is one thing; working towards it is another. Miranda Moses can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

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Type1ne wins Clash of the Titans, J.I.D headlines By Henry Netherland @NetherlandHenry

The United Men of Color’s seventh annual Clash of the Titans tournament was an another level this year. On Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Lory Student Center Theatre, eight contestants competed in a single elimination rap battle tournament to determine who was the best rapper at CSU. These eight contestants included Type1ne, Yeshua Canon, VIP, Mad Dog, FocoMofo, Dre B, Fonzilla and Royale. The show was hosted by CSU student, Khalil Perkins. Every match was broken down into two parts. Each part had contestants freestyle over a beat provided by DJ Machadellic for 40 seconds each except for the final match which allowed one 60-second freestyle per person. After both contestants went through their disses, it was up to the three judges to determine the winner. Whoever was chosen would move on to the next round while the other was eliminated. In collaboration with United Men of Color, Clash of the Titans sponsors included ASCSU, Bohemian Foundation, the Nu Alpha Kappa fraternity and Dreamville Records. Various singers and rappers including Kent Washington, Jay Triiiple, Trayce Chapman, DNA Picasso, MTG, Shaun Mercier, Fa$tlife, Mia and Shyann Lee performed throughout the event in between rounds. All of the performances lead up to the night’s big headliner, J.I.D who is signed to J. Cole’s record label, Dreamville Records. Event organizer Kent Washington said this year was the most he has ever looked

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Competitors battle in first round of the rap battles at the seventh annual Clash of Titans in the LSC Theater on March 31, 2018. PHOTO BY JACK STARKEBAUM COLLEGIAN

forward to Clash of the Titans. “This one is undoubtedly the biggest Clash of the Titans to date in terms of attendance and hype. For J.I.D to attend and for him to be signed to J. Cole who is at such a superstar magnitude, it draws a lot of his fanbase to here which increases everyone’s overall experience,” Washington said. The overall winner of the tournament was a veteran contender named Type1ne who was happy to have been invited back. “I thought it went well,” Type1ne said. “I don’t think it’s the best I’ve ever done for sure, but I always love coming to these events as far as competitionwise. I love the fact that they do this especially since there aren’t a lot of hip-hop events or community stuff for the school in general. I think the fact that they have continually gotten to put this on and not only get a sold out show, but also expose

everyone to hip-hop culture is really awesome and really important for north Colorado moving forward.” Coming in second place was Royale, who was disappointed with the results but enjoyed the experience nonetheless. “It was smooth by all means,” Royale said. “It gives people a better understanding of hip-hop, but they got a long way to go. Other than that, it was a cool crowd.” Washington was also proud of how the event turned out. “I think this was the greatest Clash of the Titans so far,” Washington said. “I think the amount of positive energy and diversity is just a beautiful thing. And I think J.I.D had an amazing performance. It was awesome. On all cylinders, it was stressful, but it was a great show.” Henry Netherland can be reached at entertainment@.com.

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3 Trivia of the Week 1. What is the fastest shark? a. Mako shark B. Great White C. Bull Shark D. Hammerhead

3. How many sharks can live in fresh water? a. 3 b. 1 c. none d. 2

Trivia Answers: 1 = A, 2 = C, 3 = D

2. How many species of sharks are known? A. 317 B. 645 C. 440 D. 189