Vol. 128, No. 29 Monday, September 17, 2018

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Vol. 128, No. 29 Monday, September 17, 2018

OPINION

SPORTS

ARTS & CULTURE

Juuling is no better than cigarettes

Rams suffer a rout in Florida

Dogs compete to be the ‘best boy’

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CSU Mountain Campus has been open since 1915 and spans 16,000 acres between Araphho and Roosevelt National Forests and Rocky Mountain National Park. PHOTO BY DAVIS BONNER

CSU Mountain Campus brings education, outdoor fun to community

By Ravyn Cullor @RCullor99

For more than a hundred years, the CSU Mountain Campus has provided educational and natural opportunities to the University and local communities.

While the campus is still a place for students from the Warner College of Natural Resources to learn about field work, they also host conferences and other educational groups, said Mountain Campus Director Seth Webb. “(The Mountain Campus) tru-

ly is an amazing asset for the university community,” Webb said.

“It can impact and change lives.”

The campus, which is open between mid-May to mid-October, had 7,000 visitors in the 2017 season, Webb said.

The first academic class was held on the 1,600-acre campus in 1915. The Mountain Campus was designated an official CSU campus in the 1960s and still hosts around 200 natural science students every year, according to itswebsite.

Cradled between Arapaho and

Roosevelt National Forests and Rocky Mountain National Park, the CSU Mountain Campus provides opportunities for CSU and Northern Colorado community members to experience the Colorado Rocky Mountains with a rope course, getaways for CSU staff, faculty and alumni and more than a dozen hiking trails.

“Not a lot of people have the opportunity to learn subjects in their major in the environment they’re learning about,” said Jonah Seng, an ecosystem science and sustainability major and em-

ployee at the campus. “You can sit in a classroom and learn about watershed science, but when you’re here actually seeing this watershed, it resonates a whole lot more.”

In the 1970s the campus added a wastewater treatment plant and additional facilities for conferences and education to increase revenue streams.

The ‘70s also saw the start of an educational program for fifth and sixth-grade students in the Poudre School District called Eco Week. In the ‘90s, CSU took

over the Eco Week educational programs and now hires CSU students and alumni to teach the courses, Watt said.

The upcoming Eco Week courses will be the largest ever, with 1,700 fifth and sixth-grade students attending.

The campus, formerly known as Pingree Park Campus, was renamed in 2015 both to refocus the brand of the campus on CSU, and because the prior year Gov. John Hickenlooper formally apol-

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News | Monday, September 17, 2018

NATIONAL

Psychologist makes sex assault allegation against Kavanaugh

By CQ-Roll Call Staff CQ-Roll Call

A California professor has gone public with allegations that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were high school students in the early 1980s.

The Washington Post reported Sunday that Christine Blasey Ford, 51, a research psychologist who teaches at Palo Alto University, alleged that Kavanaugh and a friend – both “stumbling drunk” – corralled her in a bedroom. There, according to the account, Kavanaugh pinned her on a bed and groped her while attempting to pull off her one-piece bathing suit and the clothes she was wearing over it.

She claimed that the incident occurred at a gathering of teenagers at a house in Montgomery County, Md. Kavanaugh issued a statement last week that he “categorically and unequivocally” denied doing anything of the sort after an anonymous account of the allegations with much less detail emerged. Ford said she had sought anonym-

ity, but as parts of her story emerged without her consent, decided that she should be the one to tell it.

According to the Post story, Ford had called a Post tip line and contacted both Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, D-Calif. and Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee in July.

But she had sought to keep her identity secret.

Feinstein issued a vague news release Thursday saying she had information about Kavanaugh that she had referred to federal investigative authorities, but she did not name the individual who provided the information.

The Post reported that Ford discussed the alleged incident in 2012 during couples therapy with her therapy and that portions of the therapist’s notes were reviewed by the newspaper. Those notes did not specifically mention Kavanaugh but said she claimed she was attacked by students “from an elitist boys’ school” who later gained prominence.

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News | Monday, September 17, 2018

CAMPUS

32nd annual Cans Around the Oval begins at CSU

By Matt Bailey @mattbailey760

It’s that time of the year again.

The 32nd annual Cans Around the Oval is officially underway at Colorado State University, offering students the chance to volunteer and collect food and monetary donations for the Food Bank of Larimer County.

Beginning with last week’s CANS Kick-Off Week, this Cans Around the Oval season offers events students can take part in during this Cans Around the Oval season include CANvassing, CANstruction and collection day events.

“This event is Larimer County’s largest single-day food drive and benefits the Food Bank for Larimer County,” wrote Sarah Stephens, the senior program coordinator of community engagement at the Student Leadership, Involvement and Community Engagement (SLiCE) Office, in an email to The Collegian.

Cans Around the Oval is a CSU tradition in which students, faculty and staff partner with community members, local media and area businesses to raise awareness about hunger and collect food and monetary donations, Stephens wrote.

Hunger and food insecurity, issues that not only impact a vast amount of people outside the CSU community but within CSU witself, Stephens wrote.

“Approximately one in ten CSU students experience food insecurity,” Stephens wrote.

“Thus, your participation in Cans Around the Oval can be felt throughout the county and close to home at CSU, as well.”

Last year, the fundraiser gathered 42,293 pounds of food and raised $56,349 in additional funds, resulting in a total impact of 324,038 pounds of nonperishable food items.

Stephens wrote that the primary goal for this year’s Cans

Mountain >> from page 1 ogized for the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. George Pingree, the namesake of the valley in which the campus sits, was a participant in the massacre.

“There was some outside pressure for the university to disassociate ourselves with the name Pingree,” Webb said.

As the campus has grown and aged, it has faced different

CANstruction, an event that is apart of the Student Leadership, Involvement and Community Engagement’s Cans Around the Oval Event, allows participants who have collected cans to create whatever kind of architecture they desire and to show off the cans they’ve collected. The cans go to the Larimer County Food Bank and helps raise awareness of hunger in the area. PHOTO BY JULIA TROWBRIDGE COLLEGIAN

Around the Oval season is to raise more monetary donations over cans or pounds of food, as monetary donations go further for the Food Bank and for anyone who relies on its services.

The goal is to raise $65,000 and receive 35,000 lbs. of food donations.

“Every dollar donated can be stretched into five dollars’ worth of food by the Food Bank for Larimer County,” Stephens wrote. “Ninety-six cents of every dollar goes right back to hunger relief programs in your community.”

CANS Kick-Off Week took place from Sept. 10-14 and offered students a chance to learn more about Cans Around the Oval and how to register, determine a neighborhood and

acquire collection materials for CANvassing.

Anyone who is interested in taking part in Cans Around the Oval but was unable to stop by the SLiCE Office during the kick-off week can still do so up until collection day on Oct. 17.

In the meantime, students can start preparing the community for collection day through CANvassing, as well as CANstruction, Stephens wrote.

CANvassing offers students a chance to go door-to-door in assigned neighborhoods and spread awareness of Cans Around the Oval. Students will then return to their assigned neighborhoods to collect donations a few days after promotion.

“CANvassing can also occur at local grocery stores, too,” Ste-

phens wrote. “Either way, it’s a method of collecting donations more externally beyond your student organization, friend group, family, staff, etc.”

During CANstruction Oct. 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Lory Student Center Plaza, students can build artistic structures out of cans with a CSU student group, office, group of friends or by themselves.

Students earn bonus pounds for participating in CANstruction, and winning groups will earn even more pounds, Stephens wrote.

Finally, the Cans Around the Oval collection and volunteering event takes place Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants will line the edge of the Oval with donations.

During collection day, stu-

dents and student groups can drop off collected items around the Oval, and students have the chance to volunteer and help SLiCE with the collection between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

SLiCE encourages anyone who would like to learn more about Cans Around the Oval, register or access an online monetary donation link to visit cans.colostate.edu.

Additionally, anyone who would like to volunteer on collection day or has any questions about how to get involved this season can contact the SLiCE Special Events Team at slice_ community_programs@colostate.edu.

Matt Bailey can be reached at news@collegian.com.

challenges. Many of the buildings on the campus are from the 1940s and 1950s, which presents infrastructure problems.

The wastewater treatment plant needs repair, the dining hall has a smaller capacity than the campus can house and new classrooms and facilities are needed to accommodate growth.

The Mountain Campus has also handled challenges in the face of recent natural disasters.

The campus lost 12 buildings and two vehicles in the Hourglass fire of 1994, and the campus closed for a month and act-

ed as a base camp for hotshot crews during the 2012 High Park Fire.

In 2013, the campus closed for two weeks during severe flooding which washed out roads and trails for the Eco Week season. The campus even experienced a tornado in 1987.

Webb said because the campus is located at 9,000 feet in elevation and there is no cell phone service and limited internet access, they have to function with a level of autonomy.

“That means we deal with whatever the natural world brings our way,” said Webb.

But the isolation of the campus is also one of its biggest assets. Webb said, during a time when technology is so integrated into our daily lives, the Mountain Campus allows people to disconnect or even use tech to get closer to nature.

“The Mountain Campus offers all of us an opportunity to connect with and immerse ourselves in the natural world,” Webb said.

The isolation allows visitors to appreciate both the natural world around them and the people in their group and at the campus without the impedi-

ments of modern life. Webb himself met his wife working as an Eco Week counselor more than two decades ago.

“The community up here is really amazing,” said Aileen Palma, a 2018 CSU graduate in conservation biology and an employee of the Mountain Campus. “On top of that, we live in a really beautiful valley where we can wake up to the mountains every single day.”

Ravyn Cullor can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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CITY

231-acre Seaman Fire 100 percent contained, closures remain

By Natalia Sperry & Ravyn Cullor @CSUCollegian

The 231-acre Seaman Fire reached 100 percent containment Sept. 14, according to a press release issued by the Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests service (ARP).

Active fire crews are now focused on clean up and monitoring operations until the fire stops burning, according to the release.

This containment follows a “quiet night” for the Seaman Fire, with relative inactivity reported overnight by ARP. Firefighters lifted the voluntary evacuation of 11 structures on Smith Bridge Road about a half mile away from the fire on the morning of Sept. 14.

Officials placed the Smith Bridge homes and outbuildings under voluntary evacuation starting Sept. 12, following windy conditions which fanned the fire to over 138 acres.

ARP will continue the closure order for the duration of continued public safety operations for the Seaman Fire. This closure includes the Greyrock and Hewlett Gulch Trails as well as the City of Fort Collins’ Gateway Park Natural Area.

There are no road closures in effect.

The fire, which is 12 miles northwest of Fort Collins near the Seaman Reservoir, began

The sun sets through smoke from the Seaman Fire Thursday evening.

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Sept. 11 following a lightning strike. It then grew to over 200 acres by Sept 13, following windy conditions in the Poudre Canyon.

The weekend response team included 120 firefighters, three helicopters and two air tankers, according to the release.

The reservoir, which spans 5,000 acres, is Greeley’s largest mountain reservoir. According

to an email ARP representative Reid Armstrong sent previously to The Collegian, the forest service is working closely with water providers in the area to limit the impact to the Seaman Reservoir and intakes.

Natalia Sperry and Ravyn Cullor can be reached at news@ collegian.com.

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News | Monday, September 17, 2018

CITY

Fort Collins staff and officials attend racial equity training

By Matt Bailey @mattbailey760

Fort Collins city staff members and other local officials attended the National League of Cities’ Race Equity and Leadership (REAL) 101 training on Friday and Saturday, learning concepts and other material regarding racial equity in government and in general.

“This training was all about helping local government leaders build our knowledge and capacity to eliminate racial injustices, heal racial divisions and build a more equitable community,” said Teresa Roche, the Fort Collins chief human resources officer.

The REAL 101 training was planned after Fort Collins Councilmembers Bob Overbeck and Gerry Horak participated in a previous REAL 101 training session, according to a memorandum from Janet Freeman, the equity and inclusion coordinator of the City’s Department of Social Sustainability.

“We had some elected officials who participated in a condensed version of this back in November and they came back and felt that it had been such a valuable insight that there would be benefit to bringing it to a broader reach of our local elected officials,” Senior Assistant City Manager Kelly DiMartino said.

According to Freeman’s

memorandum, the main learning objectives of the training included equipping participants with historical and current influences on institutional and systemic racism, helping to operationalize racial equity in government, identifying opportunities to use racial equity tools for sustained results and helping to build an internal infrastructure and partner with other institutions.

“I think we strive to be a community where everyone feels welcomed, valued and respected, and so the intent of this training was really to look at how as a municipal government we can help advance equity in our community,” DiMartino said.

Friday’s meeting primarily comprised of City staff, which included department heads, members of the Equity and Inclusivity Team and threefourths of the Executive Leadership Team.

Mayor Wade Troxell attended Saturday’s meeting, as well as council members, the city manager, members of the Fort Collins Human Relations Commission and other local and regional officials.

“We have an intention to have active dialogue within this City about this issue, and yet we know there’s just more work to do,” Roche said. “Having a group of executives and city leaders together allows us to just have a larger conversation.”

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The REAL 101 training kicked off with an overview of the history of racism, starting in 1492. In one activity, attendees were split up by tables and were given historical facts about racial events and laws that were passed and tasked with categorizing these events by time period.

“The whole morning was about really looking at systemic racism through history,” Roche said. “This gave us the context that this is so embedded in everything that happens.”

Other activities included talking about explicit and implicit bias and recognizing common language based upon bigotry, prejudice and discrimination.

In one activity, attendees were asked a series of questions to which they had to respond with whether they strongly agreed, strongly disagreed or felt neutral.

“They were questions that were very thought-provoking,” Roche said. “The last one was, ‘Do you believe we can end racial

inequity?’ And it made a lot of us realize that this is a journey. I personally know that there are things I thought I used to know, and now I am just completely open to all new learning.”

DiMartino said the experience was powerful and was a wonderful learning opportunity.

“I’m really looking forward to what spurs from this,” DiMartino said. “I think it will only continue to build.”

Matt Bailey can be reached at news@collegian.com.

CAMPUS

CSU alumni develop company for faster vet diagnostics

By Charlotte Lang @chartrickwrites

Lacuna Diagnostics, a local company founded by five Colorado State University alumni, has made it their goal to keep pets and other animals as happy and healthy as possible with the use of the business’s digital cytologies.

Lacuna currently has technology and 15 clinical pathologists in four countries. The founders include Conor Blanchet, Bikul Koirala, Garrett Walz, Nick Norton and Aaron Wallace.

Blanchet and Koirala said Lacuna’s work focuses on digital cytology and the ability to examine tissue or fluid samples in a more effective and quicker way.

Typically, when a cytology— a sample of tissue or fluid— has been taken, it is boxed and shipped to a centralized laboratory to be examined. According to Blanchet, the time to hear back from the lab can take up to six days.

Rather than mailing samples to be looked at, Blanchet said Lacuna takes digital images of the slide to

be sent “through the cloud” to a group of specialists.

“It’s not an exaggeration to say our team knows more about digital cyntology than anyone else in the world.”

CONOR BLANCHET FOUNDER

“The idea is to capture the entire image and get it to (the specialists) as fast as possible,” Koirala said. “Our average turnaround time is about 47 minutes.”

Blanchet said this work has made a great difference.

“We had a patient the other day with a dog they were worried about,” Blanchet said. “We diagnosed a fungal infection in an hour.

That normally would have taken a week to diagnose.”

The idea for Lacuna’s technology and vision came about in 2014,

while Blanchet was working at CSU’s clinical pathology lab. Here, he realized the disadvantages of waiting for results.

“It became clear that there was an opportunity,” Blanchet said.

He asked pathologists if anyone had found out how to create and use digital slides. Upon discovering no one had, he took the idea to the rest of his team in business school. Their group ended up working on this idea for their capstone project with the intention of taking it past the presentation and into the business world.

“Being at CSU was a perfect storm for this business to come together,” Blanchet said. Blanchet said there were many advantages of the team forming in the business school, such as the chance to work with other serious like-minded students and working in an area allowing for unique opinions. He also appreciated the chance the team had to draw on the expertise of the University’s veterinary school.

Koirala echoed this sentiment.

“If we were not at CSU or work-

ing with each other, we would not have had access to (that chance),” Koirala said.

Lacuna has witnessed many achievements and milestones, one of which was receiving the chance to work with Mars Candy Corporation, a huge player in veterinary medicine. Lacuna received the chance to work with them through Leap Venture Studio, a business accelerator for pet companies.

Another milestone important to the company was their first fundraising round at the beginning of 2018, a friends and family event according to Blanchet.

Koirala and Blanchet also explained how far the company has come over the years.

“It’s not an exaggeration to say our team knows more about digital cytology than anyone else in the world,” Blanchet said. “And that has been a multi-year process.”

With this in mind, the team has many goals in place.

“We’re continuing to expand and grow,” Blanchet said. “We’re also working on the first artificial intelligence assisted image analy-

sis.”

Koirala added that another goal is to make digital cytology a norm.

“No matter where you are, everyone should be able to get access to that technology,” Koirala said.

“They should get results while the patient is still there.”

Working on this company has brought many lessons and Koirala shared that he found it amazing that so many people were willing to help them.

“People are willing to make connections and everyone wants to help a student,” Koirala said.

Blanchet added onto this, claiming that the younger you are, the more likely people are to help.

“You’re never too young to start a company, and you’re never too old,” Blanchet said. “Whether you’re undergrad or graduate students, if you have an idea and you’re committed to it, you will attract the right team to you.”

Charlotte Lang can be reached at news@collegian.com

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Opinion | Monday, September 17, 2018

COLLEGIAN COLUMNISTS

Serena Williams’ actions in U.S. Open were justified 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.

Over the past week, Serena Williams has been receiving backlash in response to her dispute with umpire Carlos Ramos during the 2018 U.S. Open Match. Though many people have shown support for Williams, others are degrading her reputation and it’s unjustified. Williams has been fighting against racism and sexism since the start of her career and this is just another example.

Many try to take away from Williams’ achievements by comparing her to male tennis players.

John McEnroe, a retired American tennis player, belittled Williams by stating “if she played the men’s circuit she’d be like 700 in the world.” McEnroe

later said that he thinks Williams is an incredible player, but regardless of his intention McEnroe is still marginalizing Williams’ success.

According to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency database, Williams has been tested more than any other top American women’s tennis player. Williams also said in July that she was already drug tested five times this year, which is a blatant act of discrimination, targeting Williams based on her skin color.

During the 2018 French Open, Williams wore a “catsuit” that was quickly banned and criticized. Williams said she wore the outfit to help with her blood clots, which she has suffered from for over a year. Regardless of the medical benefits, people called the outfit disrespectful to the sport.

On top of everything else Williams has faced in her career, people have made countless comments on her appearance, saying she’s ugly and resembles an ape.

After the U.S. Open, an extremely insensitive cartoon was published, which showed Wil-

liams throwing a tantrum and resembling a baby.

After facing all of that negativity, it’s completely justified that Williams would be upset after the U.S. Open. Ramos targeted her character, accused her of cheating and penalized her for breaking her racket even though men are praised for doing the same.

McEnroe was notorious for throwing “tantrums” during his matches, even labeled as one of the bad boys of tennis. Many male tennis players throw tantrums, fight with the umpire and break their rackets during games. Compared to those outbursts, Williams was pretty respectful. Her response was far from a tantrum.

Some people are upset on behalf of Williams’ opponent Naomi Osaka, which is fair.

Osaka’s win was overshadowed in the media by Williams’ argument with the umpire. But Osaka wasn’t upset by Williams’ actions. Osaka has looked up to Williams for years and has stated multiple times that she isn’t upset with Williams.

It’s no secret that women’s

COLLEGIAN COLUMNISTS

Younger generation should trade E-Cigarettes for CBD Madison Thompson @heyymadison

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.

Despite being a smokefree campus, not a day goes by where students aren’t vaping at Colorado State University.

There are certainly a multitude of different e-cigarettes on the market, which grew to a billion dollar industry in 2017, but Juul makes up more than half of that revenue.

Juul pods are not a healthy alternative to smoking. Users would be much better off using cannabidiol (CBD), one of the many chemical compounds found in cannabis.

Juuls are deceptive. They are extremely similar in design to a simple USB and the smoke exhaled is minimal compared to cigarettes and cannabis oil making them ideal for students to discretely puff on.

Each Juul pod contains

roughly the same amount of nicotine as a pack of cigarettes and these last between four to five days, but it is totally dependent on the user’s habits.

Typically, a four-pack will cost you about $16. Juul pods actually contain three times the nicotine level permitted in the European Union and cannot be sold there.

Health officials are concerned with the rise of e-cigarettes and vape culture, since smoking cigarettes had almost been eliminated in younger generations. The availability of flavored nicotine has been cited with nearly 81 percent of youth consumers naming this as their primary reason for use.

More research needs to be done on vaping, but consumers should know that inhaling e-cigarette juice is not just inhaling “vapor.” You’re also inhaling nicotine and other toxins that could threaten your immune system and your ability to fight off infection.

CDB is one of the hundreds of cannabinoids, but unlike tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) it is not psychoactive. This means that CBD is absent of the compound which gives you

that feeling of being high that we commonly associate with smoking cannabis.

CBD is generally more expensive than a Juul pod, but in the long-term, you are less likely to suffer from the detrimental health effects associated with nicotine addiction.

CBD can be consumed in a variety of different ways, but vaping is especially desirable because it is absorbed into your bloodstream much quicker than if it was ingested orally.

CBD is also non-addictive and can even help treat addiction.

Some benefits of consuming CBD include chronic pain relief, treating seizures and epilepsy, easement of anxiety, and potentially combatting diabetes and cancer. Preliminary research also suggests that CBD oil could potentially have an effect on more than 50 different health disorders.

More research needs to be conducted on both e-cigarette vapor and CBD oil, but the latter is most certainly a safer alternative to nicotine products.

Madison Thompson can be reached at letters@collegian. com

Serena Williams in action in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open at the the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Tuesday, Sept.

4. Williams advanced, 6-4, 6-3. PHOTO COURTESY OF LOUIS LANZANO

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sports are marginalized, especially women’s collegiate sports.

Williams’ argument wasn’t only for her sake, but for every woman who has felt that she has been treated poorly during her athletic career.

To be upset on behalf of Osaka is justified, but to say Wil-

liams’ actions during the U.S. Open were overreacting just shows blatant ignorance toward the racism and sexism she’s been facing her entire career.

Leta McWilliams can be reached at letters@collegian

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When the dreaded time comes to unclog a drain.

The kindness of complete strangers.

Our football team losing.

Again.

Buying your friend’s artwork.

When your apartment’s pool closes during 90 degree weather.

Going to sleep at 9 p.m. on a Friday.

Stigmatized views on Pumpkin Spice Lattes.

Sleeping 12 hours when you’re sick.

Feeling self-conscious after getting a haircut.

Impromptu wine nights that actually started at noon.

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Sports | Monday, September 17, 2018

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Sports | Monday, September 17, 2018

FOOTBALL

FOOTBALL

CSU swamped by a myriad of miscues, routed by Florida Rams’ special teams at fault for early deficit against GaBy Luke Zahlmann @lukezahlmann

Colorado State football, in their second SEC matchup in as many weeks, fell prey to the University of Florida Gators on Saturday. The Rams lost 48-10.

From their first offensive drive, the Rams looked to be outmatched by their Southern foe. A fumbled snap by sophomore punter Ryan Stonehouse set the Gators offense up early from inside the visitors’ red zone, a mistake that cost the Rams three points.

The fumble served as a foreshadowing of the afternoon as Stonehouse would later have a punt blocked and recovered in the end zone.

“We did a lot of scheme this week,” Stonehouse said. “We went a lot of ‘good on good’ this week, we used a lot of speed in practice to imitate what Florida would do. Stuff like that just sometimes happens... it wasn’t a lot of big problems... it was just small things.”

Despite their best efforts, the Rams’ defense was unable

to overcome several miscues by their fellow units as both special teams and the offense turned the ball over early and often in the matchup.

Led by redshirt senior V.J. Banks, the Rams’ secondary flexed its muscle in the first quarter, holding Gators’ redshirt sophomore signal-caller Feleipe Franks without a completion. Along with the 0-6 mark, Franks also threw an interception down the middle to the aforementioned Banks.

The offense, plagued by constant pressure on redshirt senior K.J. Carta-Samuels, was solely reliant on a lackluster passing game once again.

Outside of redshirt junior Preston Williams (5 catches for 49 yards) on the outside, the Rams’ offense was non-existent in the opening half.

The production that the offense was able to muster was quickly mitigated with a pair of missed field goals by redshirt senior Wyatt Bryan from 40 and 53 yards respectively.

The 53-yard attempt was doomed from the start due to a wayward snap, resulting in a

wide-left kick.

After starting strong on defense, the Rams began to see all three units falter.

Exemplified by a wideopen touchdown to redshirt junior Jordan Scarlett over the middle, the CSU secondary began to allow Franks to have his way. The much-maligned signal caller tallied 52 yards and a touchdown, nary an incompletion in the second quarter.

Once the lead was built, “The Swamp,” the nickname of the Gators’ football stadium, began to swallow the Rams, escalating a 6-0 lead to a 27-0 lead in a matter of only two offensive drives.

Trailing 27-3 when they received the second-half kickoff, the Rams began to show signs of life.

The offense, haunted by the Gators’ second-ranked passing defense coming into the contest in the first half, took advantage of one of the host’s few mistakes. Wide open over the middle was freshman Trey McBride who broke a tackle and outran the Gator’s defense for a 48-yard touchdown to

open the half. The catch was McBride’s first of the season.

The successful series proved to be anomalous as the offense once again went stagnant. Without a running game, CSU failed to find their rhythm, with multiple drops and hits on Carta-Samuels to add to the misery.

“We really killed ourselves tonight,” Carta-Samuels said.

“I think they’re a good team but I think we just made too many mistakes and when you play a good team, you can’t make those mistakes.”

Just when the game was within reach for the Rams, the special teams gaffed once again, allowing Florida junior Freddie Swain to take a punt back 85 yards for a touchdown.

The score came on the same drive as an interception return for a touchdown for the Florida defense, though the latter was called back by a defensive holding.

The return posed as yet another microcosm of the Rams’ ineptitude on special teams against the Gators. The unit finished the game with a pair

of missed field goals and turnovers, resulting in 17 points for the home team.

“You can’t make that many mistakes against a good football team and expect to win,” Bobo said. “We’ve gotta clean that up... they saw something they could take advantage of.”

The 13 minutes of the final quarter served as garbage time for the two squads as the Gators continued to roll, scoring 14 more points in the rout.

The final tally served as the Rams’ third loss of the year, with a lone win to counter it.

The Gators’ scoring output was their second-highest of the last three years.

The Rams will return home to Canvas Stadium to host Illinois State University next Saturday, a matchup that at the onset of the year looked to be easy. Kickoff will be at 1 p.m. with the Rams adorned in their traditional orange “Ag Day” uniforms.

Luke Zahlmann can be reached at sports@collegian. com.

NATIONAL

Cleared for takeoff, Avalanche’s Nikita Zadorov has learned his lesson

By Mike Chambers The Denver Post

Unlike a year ago at this time, Avalanche defenseman Nikita Zadorov has friends in high places within the organization.

To begin last season, the big, hard-hitting Russian defenseman was deep in the organization’s doghouse, serving as a healthy scratch for opening night in New York after reporting to training camp late, overweight and out of shape.

In the ensuing month of the season, he was benched for long stretches during games – once for an entire third period – because of shoddy play the team deemed a lack of effort.

Zadorov, who was 22 at the time, had his new two-year, $4.3 million bridge contract, but he didn’t have the respect

of the coaching staff and general manager Joe Sakic. Zadorov didn’t agreed to his contract until training camp began and then he was held up in Canada because of immigration issues.

“I wasn’t ready. I was traveling everywhere. I was in Ottawa waiting for my visa. It was hard for me,” Zadorov said Saturday after training camp at Family Sports Center.

This year, Zadorov is carrying himself like a mature and seasoned professional. He returned to Denver a month ago to acclimate to altitude and has fared well on all the various physical tests the team conducts.

“Now, I’m all settled. I’m all ready, eating clean – everything,” Zadorov said. “I finished the testing and I continue to build and build.”

Zadorov finished last sea-

son partnering with Tyson Barrie and that pairing was in place Saturday, after Barrie missed Day 1 of camp Friday because of minor muscle strain. Coach Jared Bednar said Zadorov is out of the dog house and in good standing upstairs.

“Contract aside – that’s not my concern. Certainly, you want your guys in training camp from Day 1. The difference for me is his conditioning. He was heavier last year.

His body fat was up last year,” Bednar said. “This (camp) is the sort of push that we wanted him to make – and the maturity we wanted to see out of him as a pro. It certainly looks (good) this year. His testing is better. He’s lighter, quicker.

Everyone of the tests I’ve seen is better than last year, so that tells me he’s more disciplined away from the rink in the sum-

mertime. Hopefully that maturity, that route he’s taking, leads him to a better season.”

A good season for the 6-foot-5, 230-pound Zadorov would mean he’s the team’s most physical defenseman and the last guy an opposing player would want to fight. Zadorov won’t often be found on the power play but he’s a primary penalty-killer who isn’t afraid to produce the big hit that draws attention to the opposition’s toughest player as well as the league.

“I didn’t have any of the big, big ones last year – the ones that cause the line brawl. But I was still finishing guys and maybe I’ve established myself in the league, like no one wants to come at me anymore,” Zadorov said. “But the league is doing a good of protecting us, with the head hits and stuff.

You’re not going to get jumped

from behind like the old days.”

It’s about playing on the right side of the edge. Players like Zadorov can really hurt a team if he crosses the line.

“My game is physical, for sure, and I’m going to be on the edge,” he said. “I still think I’m a clean player. I’m a hard hitter but I’m a clean hitter. I’m not going to kill guys from behind.

But for sure, I’m going to finish my checks and make sure the guys know who they’re playing against.”

Bednar said Zadorov has the size and skill set to be a dominant NHL player. “He’s got so much more yet to give,” the coach said. “He has the potential to be an elite player in this league and we want to try to get him there as fast as we possibly can.”

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Colorado State’s performance against the Florida Gators in a 48-10 blowout defeat was disastrous on every level.

The type of mistakes that are inexcusable against an SEC foe on the road piled up for the Rams throughout the duration of the forgettable game. CSU’s normally sound special teams unit was the most glaring of all.

It took little time for Florida to expose the Rams’ shaky special teams group. The nightmarish performance began on CSU’s first drive.

Sophomore punter Ryan Stonehouse was unable to handle a tolerable snap on what would have been his first punt attempt of the game, allowing the defense to swarm before he was able to get the ball downfield.

Florida was set up in the red zone to begin the drive and capitalized with a field goal to score the game’s first points.

Punting was an issue CSU could not solve against the Gators.

Later in the first half, Florida blocked a Stonehouse punt attempt and collapsed on the ball in the end zone for a touchdown, giving the Gators a 13-0 lead.

Even when Stonehouse was

able to cleanly punt the ball, the results were not ideal. Early in the fourth quarter, junior wide receiver Freddie Swain took a punt back 85 yards for a touchdown that only added insult to injury.

One would assume that senior kicker Wyatt Bryan was feeling self-assured heading into Saturday’s game, having just broken the CSU all-time scoring record against Arkansas and converting all four of his attempts.

But self-assurance was far from displayed in the kicker’s performance against the Gators. Bryan had a chance to tie the score at three on the Rams’ second offensive drive of the game in what would have been a much-needed response to their mistakes if they hoped to keep pace.

Bryan set up from 41 yards out for the field goal, a practical kick for the senior considering Florida’s Dameon Pierce (27) tackles Colorado State’s Anthony Hawkins (14) Sept. 15 at Ben Hill Griffin he nailed a 55-yarder against Stadium in Gainesville, Florida. The host Gators won, 48-10. PHOTO COURTESY OF BRONTE WITTPENN TRIBUNE the Razorbacks. The ball was NEWS SERVICE off target the moment it left they were facing an SEC oppo- those 24 points coming in the get on the board until they were Bryan’s foot as he shanked it nent. first half. behind by 27 points, and the wide right.

CSU’s special teams took Gators won by 38 points.

It comes as no surprise that Later in the second quar- Florida feasted on CSU’s mis- away any chance the Rams had Who knows how things ter, with the Rams trailing 6-0 cues. There is essentially no at getting into a rhythm while could have played out if CSU and desperately needing to put margin for error when playing they were still within reach. If performed up to par on special points on the board, Bryan sent an SEC team on the road.

CSU’s special teams played how teams in the early going. What a 53-yard attempt wayward of The Gators certainly proved it normally does, the first half is known is that the Rams canthe uprights, this time to the that to be true. could have played out much not make this a habit if they left.

The most difficult thing to differently. If Bryan converted want to string together some The performance on special swallow for the Rams will be his first two field goal attempts, wins down the stretch this seateams was extremely uncharac- the fact that special teams er- the score would have been tied son. teristic for CSU. The mistakes rors resulted in 24 points for at six.

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“The Nun” attempts to give horror a new face

By Deja Calloway @callowaydeja

A priest, a nun and a Frenchman walk into a church….

What says horror more than a malevolent spirit and the Catholic church? Last week, Director Corin Hardy and New Line Cinema failed to deliver their own punchline with the release of “The Nun.” The film serves as one of the first of its genre to welcome the highly anticipated Halloween season this year.

Set in Romania, a Frenchman (Jonas Bloquet) stumbles upon a nun, who appears to have taken her own life in the isolated abbey. The Vatican sends a priest (Demian Bichir) and a novice nun (Taissa Farmiga) to investigate the unusual death. Upon arrival, they quickly discover the evils and history buried within the forsaken monastery and are forced to face a demonic presence that has camouflaged itself as one of their own, a nun (Bonnie Aarons).

“The Nun” comes as the fifth film in the “Conjuring” franchise but serves as a prequel to the films attempting to bring the series full circle. Unfortunately, the attempt misses its mark.

Since the world was first introduced to “The Exorcist” in the 1970s, filmmakers have attempted to reinvent and expand the classic “vengeful spirit” horror trope. Despite

some subtle scares and vivid graphics, “The Nun” lacks originality.

While some films have succeeded at reimagining the overly used theme, other films like “The Nun” and the “Insidious” series continue to retell the same demonic story.

To further add to the lack of creativity, the film is also slow paced and fails to clearly tell the story about the plaguing nun-like demonic presence.

As a result, the film fails to fill some of the gaps in the story left behind by its predecessors leaving audiences with more unanswered questions.

WHERE TO WATCH ■ “The Nun” is now playing in Cine-

mark and AMC theaters.

Although “The Nun” may not satisfy the most critical horror fanatics, it definitely gives evil a different look and is a demonic cocktail best served hot.

Should you watch it? Maybe.

Even with its spotty storyline, I enjoyed the simplicity of the scares and recommend “The Nun” to anyone looking to start the Halloween season with a somewhat fresh film.

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New major music festival ‘Grandoozy’ premieres in Denver

By Henry Netherland @NetherlandHenry

Editor’s note: This article reviews acts on the first day of the Grandoozy festival on Sept. 14.

Ever since rumors began spreading in early 2017 about Denver hosting a super music festival, excitement and speculation immediately arose.

News about the festival went quiet until March 2018 when an official announcement was made for Grandoozy. The headliners included the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Florence + the Machine and Stevie Wonder who would be performing from September 14-16.

AMZY- 6/10 Colorado alternative rock band, AMZY said it was “a treat to play for the Grandoozy pioneers.” Despite the group’s young age, they clearly have the drive and creativity necessary to gain an audience. This can be seen in their outfits and stage props. What they lacked, unfortunately, was a distinct style that would separate them from their peers. While some of the melodies were catchy, they were reminiscent pop-rock songs earlier this decade.

JADE BIRD- 7/10 Jade Bird is an English folk singer who has a bit more attitude than her contemporaries. Normally, I am not the biggest fan of folk concerts, but she presented some decent versatility ranging from quainter folk ballads to very rough acoustic bangers.

TENNIS- 6/10 Denver band, Tennis’ 80’s obsessed indie pop can be a bit hit or miss for me. Alaina Moore is far from a dynamic singer, but she manages to pull off some captivating vocal melodies every now and then. Not to mention there were some impeccably tight grooves from guitarist, Patrick Riley.

TY DOLLA $IGN- 8/10 While I was aware of Ty’s incredible vocal chops, I was unsure how well he could pull off this smooth singing style while maintaining the high energy expected at hip-hop concerts. Luckily, though he pulled it off quite well. There were an awkward few moments where he did struggle with singing while maintaining his flow, but they were few and far between. He even surpassed my expectations when he pulled out an electric guitar to perform a notable guitar solo.

BIG K.R.I.T. -5/10 Big K.R.I.T.’s set was a big letdown. I would not say his performance was the worst of the day, but it was the most underwhelming.

The show was doomed from the very start after it became obvious that his voice was mixed so low that he could barely be heard. K.R.I.T. did okay with maintaining his flows, but even he lacked the charisma and swagger he usually expresses wonderfully in his music.

PHOENIX - 5/10

Sameer Gadhia performs with Young the Giant at Grandoozy Sept. 15. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

French indie rock legends Phoenix surprisingly held one of the later spots of the day and the performances were decent.

Thomas Mars’ vocals translated unexpectedly well into a live setting. However, after listening to the band run through what they thought were the most essential pieces in their discography, it made it apparent how much of a one trick pony they are. There were some earworm melodies every once in a while, but after a while, the band’s average sound became increasingly aggravating.

KENDRICK LAMAR 9/10 Considering how cinematic Lamar’s albums tend to be, it was no surprise that his set would have an underlying plotline. Lamar makes good on his Kung Fu Kenny Moniker through a series of short vintage kung fu movie homages featuring him as the protagonist. In between these clips, he performed very energetic renditions of his instantly classic catalog. My only critique would be that some moments felt as though he was phoning it in a bit flow wise. Other than that, Lamar managed to meet the very high expectations set out for his set.

Overall: 7/10 Best act: Kendrick Lamar Worst act: Phoenix For the first year of a festival intended to compete with the likes of Coachella and Lollapalooza, this was not a bad start. While there were some issues with transportation as well as a few underwhelming performances, Grandoozy shows incredible potential in solidifying itself as a must-see annual event.

Henry Netherland can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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EVENTS

City dogs raise money for community at 23rd annual Doggie Olympics

By Miranda Moses @mirandasrad

Amidst the array of dog-centered events Fort Collins offers annually, the Doggie Olympics gives four-legged residents a chance to show that they are not just pretty, fuzzy faces.

Dogs of all ages, sizes, and abilities were invited to compete in this year’s Olympics Sunday at City Park. The event commenced at a sunny 9 a.m. and ended at 1 p.m., during which time dogs were able to contend in 14 events of their choosing and qualification, such as the 25 Yard Dash, the Land Retrieve, the Toy Catch, the Marathon Down and the Obstacle Course competition.

Between events, canines were able to socialize with each other, and many barked from the sidelines. Sponsors such as the High Country Basset Hound Rescue, The Larimer County Humane Society and Friendship Hospital for Animals, amongst others, provided freebies and snacks to dogs and dog parents at booths scattered throughout the affair.

Heather Everett and her sportsman, Seamus the Dachshund Terrier mix, attended the 23rd Doggie Olympics for the first time this year. Seamus competed in multiple trials throughout the morning, taking home a gold in the Marathon Down.

According to Everett, the small Seamus holds a lot of energy, describing him as a “ham” that thinks he is a much bigger dog than he is.

“We do a lot of hiking, we spend a lot of time up in the foothills, even though it’s been a little rough this summer with all the smoke,” Everette said. “But that is kind of our main exercise, and then we do dog training every weekend, basically. I work with Sami Mann, and I have for a long time now. She is the secret behind his good behavior. His bad behavior is all me.”

Hiking as a form of training was a theme for multiple dogs at the event, including Toe, a 10-year-old English Cocker Spaniel. Toe competed in the Extended Down Stay for the senior dog division, a competition in which dogs sit and stay while distractions such as squeaky toys and balls are waved in front of them to excite the dogs to stand up.

Unfortunately, Toe brokedown due to an exciting bright orange snake stuffed animal, but his owner Shannon Schierling said that the competition was all in good fun due to Toe’s status as a seasoned athlete.

“He has an AKC Versatility Title from when he was younger,” Schierling said. “Now he is retired and he is just a pet, but he’s competed in Rally and Obedience and Agility and Tracking.

Seamus, the dachsund terrier mix, jumps over an obstacle at the Doggie Olympics Sept. 16. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

He has done it all.”

According to the Doggie Olympics Facebook page, the yearly event is a fundraiser which benefits Larimer Animal-People Partnership (LAPP) and, “generates funding for community educational programs, scholarships to Pet Partner Workshops, and donations to local pet-minded organizations.”

LAPP is a group of animal therapy teams, primarily made up of therapy dogs although the organization does include one therapy cat named Bernie.

Teams of animals and their handlers regularly visit Crossroads Safehouse, Poudre River Public Libraries, local elementary schools, hospitals and senior living centers.

The LAPP organization is all volunteer-based, and according to Jennifer Vonlintel, the Membership Chair of the LAPP, fundraiser events such as the Doggie Olympics helps the project keep going to aid the community.

“This is just a fantastic event,” Vonlintel said. “It is just wonderful to see how this community really focuses on the human-animal connection. There are so many positive things looking out here, like people using positive training methods with their dogs, dogs really connecting with their handlers, and everyone being safe and respectful of each other and having a bunch of fun. Which is really why we love doing this because people just have a blast.”

Miranda Moses can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

Zeb, the red healer, jumps through an obstacle at the Doggie Olympics Sept. 16. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS

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‘Game of Thrones’ live concert returns to Denver, brings fans together

By Austin Fleskes @Austinfleskes07

When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. Or you could just listen to some great music.

The “Game of Thrones” live concert experience returned to Denver Friday, Sept. 16 to bring fans the songs of Westeros via a live orchestra and choir.

Ramin Djawadi, the composer of the “Game of Thrones” soundtrack, directed a group of not only his own tour members, comprised of several instruments as well as vocals, but a local Denver choir and orchestra as well.

“I think the whole idea behind Game of Thrones, where everything is built from the ground up, translates into the music,” said Avery Chapman, a fan who came fom Aurora who came to see the show.

Chapman was joined by Saravuth “Mulan” Soth, who said that the music and the visuals together build an image in the viewer’s mind.

“Music tells a very emotional story on its own,” Soth said.

“The visuals do help, but when you hear the music on top of it, it helps you remember certain scenes.”

Kicking off with the theme song, the live experience gave fans a taste of some of the show’s most well-known pieces, including “The Rains of Castamere,” “The Light of the Seven,” “Needle” and many more.

All songs were accompanied by clips and scenes from the show, as well as live experiences including jets of fire, smoke,

flashing lights and even Djawadi being raised off the ground while he played the organ.

The night was more than just an opportunity for fans to experience music. After the theme song played and Djawadi introduced himself to the crowd, he expressed a sentiment that resonated throughout audience members: “Let’s have fun together.”

“You can picture not only what is happening in the scene that the music underscores, but you know what you’re supposed to feel, the setting you’re supposed to feel with each house.

Just to be able to experience that live is so cool.”

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Djawadi encouraged fans to express their love of the show and its characters together, even telling them during one song to scream when their favorite character came on screen.

The sentiment of having fun together was true for fans in the audience, including a group of three Colorado State University seniors who came to the show together.

Jesse Zuniga, Jake Cuddemi and Zach Haigh attended the show after Zuniga was gifted tickets by his girlfriend for his

birthday, while Cuddemi and Haigh got their tickets at the same time to surprise their friend.

“We watch the show religiously, since freshman year,” Cuddemi said. “Since we knew each other we have been watching it together. We geek out over the music, it’s awesome.”

Haigh added that they have all watched the show multiple times through and have continued to be huge fans of the show.

“You get one experience by watching the show and feeling the emotion and everything that goes into the visuals, but just hearing the music live from an actual symphony will just give us goosebumps,” Haigh said. “It’ll be such an amazing experience.”

Zuniga said that he has always enjoyed soundtracks and scores, which, coupled with the fact that he is a fan of the show, is why he was excited about the experience.

Cuddemi added that the three listened to the soundtrack on the way down to Denver, while further explaining why they like Djawadi as a composer.

“We were talking about how talented and how smart Ramin Djawadi is, and how he is able to create this entire visual with just his music alone,” Cuddemi said. “You can picture not only what is happening in the scene that the music underscores, but you know what you’re supposed to feel, the setting you’re supposed to feel with each house.

Just to be able to experience that live is so cool.”

Austin Fleskes can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) — 8 — Get into a testing phase. Opportunities arise through tomorrow to benefit your career. Experience pays off. Dress for success.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 8 — Get out and explore. The completion of a difficult project opens time for something more fun.

Travel to intriguing destinations.

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Apply physical muscle.

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Enjoy some fun with someone attractive. To improve your game, follow the rules impeccably.

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Integrity provides workability.

Restore it where missing.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 5 — Get into thoughtful planning mode. Set schedules and make reservations. Organize and file documents and materials. Savor peace and quiet.

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