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Vol. 128, No. 33 Monday, September 24, 2018
NEWS
OPINION
ARTS & CULTURE
Kavanaugh accused of sexual misconduct by Boulder woman
ACLU should have focused on mother, not the police
Pride Resource Center hosts annual Queer-B-Q
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ACLU urges reform of campus police By Natalia Sperry & Austin Fleskes @CSUCollegian
drives to close out the first half. CSU accrued only 97 total yards during the opening 30 minutes. “We just have to get consistency out of 11 guys,” senior running back Izzy Matthews said. “Ten guys can do something perfect, but it’s that one guy that’s not and that’s really what puts you in the can ... it’s tough to keep any flow going.” During the Rams’ first half of
The American Civil Liberties Union wrote a letter urging Colorado State University to take further action after two Native American students were removed from a campus tour last spring. In the letter, the ACLU states they are representing Kanewakeron Thomas Gray and Skanahwati Lloyd Gray, following the admissions tour incident, where a nervous parent reported the brothers for “suspicious behavior.” “We are calling on CSU police to amend their policies for dispatcher and officer response and to improve anti-bias training and policing practices that will respect the dignity of individuals,” wrote Sarah Hinger, staff attorney in the ACLU Racial Justice Program, in a news release published by the ACLU. During the tour, police responded to a call about the young men, who are Native American and were visiting from New Mexico when they toured CSU. According to the CSU Police Department, a participating parent called campus police as she was nervous about the presence of the two young men who joined the tour while it was in progress. CSUPD confirmed the brothers were part of the tour and allowed them to return. But the guide was unaware the police had been called, and the group had moved on. The Grays then left campus to return home to New
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Collin Hill jumps into the end zone in an attempt to score a two-point conversion during the CSU vs. Illinois State game Sept. 22. The Rams lost 1935. PHOTO BY MATT BEGEMAN COLLEGIAN
Illinois State leaves the Rams seeing red after another lopsided loss By Eddie Herz @Eddie_Herz
The Colorado State University Rams may have been wearing their unique orange jerseys for Ag Day against Illinois State University, but the same dysfunctional CSU team took the field once again. Illinois State defeated the Rams 35-19 as CSU fell to 1-4 on the season. The Redbirds may be affil-
iated with the Football Championship Subdivsion, but they made the Rams look like the inferior program on Saturday afternoon as ISU accumulated 538 total yards while CSU only mustered 391. “It was an embarrassment for our football team,” Coach Mike Bobo said. “We are not very good right now. That’s the bottom line … we have to coach better and all that starts with me as the head coach.”
The Rams drew first blood in the opening quarter when a nine-yard connection between redshirt senior quarterback K.J. Carta-Samuels and senior wide receiver Olabisi Johnson resulted in six points. The touchdown capped a productive 14-play, 80-yard drive. From then on, CSU struggled to produce anything positive until the second half. The Rams went three-andout in each of their final three
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First Colorado State philosophy major returns to campus By Blake O’Brien @BtweetsOB
There are 144 philosophy students enrolled at Colorado State University this year, according to University Institutional Research, Planning and Effectiveness. In 1961, there was only one. That student was Richard “Dick” Miller, the University’s first ever philosophy major. He started as a CSU student 58 years ago, but his Fort Collins roots go even deeper than that. Miller and his wife visited the University Sept. 19 to speak to students. They were also interviewed by Frank Boring, the lead documentary video producer at CSU for a documentary on the 150-year history of Colorado State, which is approaching in 2020. Miller was born in Burlington, Vermont Oct. 17, 1942. He was the son of a soldier for the U.S .Army. When Miller’s dad was sent overseas to fight in World War II, he and his mother moved to Fort Collins. It wasn’t foreign territory for the two. Miller’s father was from Fort Collins, and his mother grew up in nearby Louisville. Miller spent his early years with his mom in a house south of
town. Before long, his father returned from the war and started working for CSU as an administrator. As a child, Miller was often on campus to see his father and help with University chores. One day, when he was in elementary school, Miller went to Old Main — the University’s oldest building, which burned down in 1970 — to visit his father’s office. A man walked up to Miller and jokingly asked what his father did all day. Miller recalled saying, “He sits behind the desk with his feet up and blows smoke rings.” “The gentleman I was talking to was Bill Morgan, he was the president of the University,” Miller said. Miller said he made up for his careless remarks. Miller helped set up chairs on the day before the commencement ceremony from when he was a kid until graduation day in 1964, the day that he himself graduated. “And about three times out of five, I would then go back the morning of commencement when the P.E. department would bring bins of towels because it had rained the night before,” Miller said. That’s not to say it wasn’t worth it.
On one cloudy commencement day, a limousine pulled onto the sidewalk of the Oval while Miller was helping out. A suited man in a flat hat hopped out to speak with his father. Miller’s dad asked him if he could ride in the limousine and show them where the CSU president’s house was for a reception. “Sure,” he said. “The guy opened the door and I got in the backseat with this really homely old lady with a funny voice … She said, ‘My grandson is getting his degree this summer.’” The limousine eventually arrived at the CSU President’s house. “I got out of the car and opened the door for (the old lady) and escorted her up to the house in Greenhaven,” Miller said. “There was the president (of CSU) standing there and he said, ‘Oh, good morning, Mrs. Roosevelt.’” Mrs. Roosevelt, as in Eleanor Roosevelt, the First Lady of the United States at the time. “Looking back, it was an incredible experience,” Miller said. “I never could’ve imagined something like that would happen back then.” Miller stayed in Fort Collins throughout his childhood and teenage years. Miller eventually
graduated from Fort Collins High School, the building that is now CSU’s University Center for the Arts. By the time that Miller was deciding on a college, the choice was a no-brainer. His father was an administrator at CSU, he knew a lot of the faculty, and campus was one block away from his house. Miller was a Ram, born and bred. He started as a math major, but he said that didn’t last long because he and his advisor “made oil and water look like good buddies.” He transferred to the major for students that have no clue what they want to do: Arts and Sciences undecided. And luckily, as Miller said, Willard O. Eddy — the namesake of Eddy hall — was assigned to be his advisor. Eddy, who was hired as an English professor at CSU, but also had a master’s in philosophy, suggested that Miller take an introduction to philosophy course. And he did. The course was taught by Emanuel Davenport. “In terms of basic raw teaching, he was maybe the best teacher I’ve ever seen,” Miller said. From then on, Miller was intrigued by philosophy. By his sophomore year, there were three
other philosophy professors at CSU in addition to Eddy and Davenport. At that time, five professors were all that was needed to create a department. In 1961, Miller became the University’s first philosophy major, though the title of first philosophy graduate was stolen from him a year later by a transfer student from Copenhagen. “Philosophy sort of spread by word of mouth,” Miller said. “And when you’ve got really good teachers, there’s something seductive about that.” After graduating, Miller went on to complete his masters and doctorate in philosophy. Throughout his career, he taught the subject as a university professor, primarily at the University of Missouri, Rolla. “The thing that philosophy does in and of itself is to teach you to think,” Miller said. “To learn that there are two sides or more to every issue, that there’s nothing wrong with being wrong, that the world is an incredibly complicated thing, and, the thing that’s more important than anything else, is that you have to learn how to learn.” Blake O’Brien can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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News | Monday, September 24, 2018
SCIENCE
MISSion Innovation ends, five climate action plans moving forward By Samantha Ye @samxye4
Mission impossible? More like mission accomplished. MISSion Innovation is the first all-woman innovation marathon for creating and developing targeted solutions to help Fort Collins advance its Climate Action Plan and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. After 24 hours, five lightning lessons and one quality yoga session, participants from each of the five teams had come up with a feasible carbon-reducing solution the City could implement. “There’s real money at stake, there’s real consequences at stake, there’s real things happening,” said Lauren Isenhour, program director. “And that’s valuable knowing that you can do something about the way things are, whatever those things may be.” Around 40 high school and college women participated in the event, either as innovators, student leaders or mentors. Participants spent the entire weekend working on and researching their proposals, peppered with 20 minute “lightning lessons” from professional females in science to inspire the process. Each team even built prototypes of how their technology would theoretically look like, re-
ACLU >> from page 1 Mexico. The ACLU asked University President Tony Frank to act on a May 4 letter sent to the campus community in response to these events. Frank wrote in the letter that the campus tour incident did not reflect the values of the University. “The very idea that someone – anyone – might ‘look’ like they don’t belong on a CSU Admissions tour is anathema,” Frank wrote in his letter. “People of all races, gender identities, orientations, cultures, religions, heritages and appearances belong here.” Hinger, who also wrote the ACLU’s letter, wrote that although Frank’s letter expressed a “heartening promise,” that promise has not been translated into action. CSU Director of Public Affairs and Communications Mike Hooker wrote in a statement to The Collegian that the University shares a commitment to creating a community in which all people feel they belong. “Our sincere, shared concern about the experience of Kanewakeron Thomas and Skanah-
sulting in various 3D printed objects and Carl, the plastic bag sculpture. Teams pitched their ideas to a panel of judges from Colorado State University, the City and the Energy Institute. The winning idea will be supported by the City as an actual carbon-reducing project. The chosen team was ThermaFox, who wanted to make a big change by adding onto, rather than reinventing, an existing material. Their thermal paint, to be applied onto existing roofs, changes color so more outside heat will result in a lighter colored roof, and colder weather will turn roofs a darker, heat-absorbing color, thus naturally cooling or heating a home. “We want to make Colorado the colorful Colorado that we describe,” said Jordan Morgan, team member. The City will support ThermaFox in the development of their project. Judges will connect the runner-up, Project Plastic, with City officials without final guarantee of support. The other teams received feedback on how to further their projects through different means. Pretty Brainy, a nonprofit organization focused on empowering girls to study the sciences, put on the marathon at CSU. It was funded by the $10,000 grant Innovate Fort Collins Challenge awarded them.
The marathon itself has been a year in the making. Last August, Pretty Brainy gathered a group of young women and asked them what they would want to focus given a weekend-long marathon, said Heidi Olinger, Pretty Brainy founder. The resounding answer: climate action. “Any way that I can help to make sure that there is still an Earth left for us is all that I need,” said Andee Craig, one of the student leaders on the board at the time and a student at Windsor High School. Originally, the event was planned for last April but it was moved up to September in order to align better with the Innovate Fort Collins pitches. The “extremely successful” results of this year’s pilot project have led to plans for a MISSion Innovation 2019, Isenhour said — an important type of event. Women today are still largely outnumbered in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, so it was important the women-only environment of MISSion Impossible—where the only men were volunteers to run the 3D printer—gave participants a platform where everyone was on equal ground. “It showed what girls can do other than guys, because guys are usually (thought of as) the engi-
wati Lloyd have only deepened this commitment,” Hooker wrote. Both Hinger and Hooker wrote that the ACLU and the University coordinated over the summer. Hooker wrote that the University has been working for some time to implement changes. “We deeply respect their desire to ensure a more welcoming and supportive climate for Native people at Colorado State University, and our University will be better because of both their concern and that of our very engaged students, faculty, staff and alumni,” Hooker wrote. Hooker also wrote that the University has made efforts to improve the way they manage campus tours as a follow-up to this incident. “CSU Police officers have been instructed to communicate with the tour guide if there is a need to contact an individual who is part of a tour, and if an individual who is part of a tour is contacted by CSUPD, the officers will make sure that the person is reunited with the tour,” Hooker wrote. Additional efforts include name lists for tour guides and identification buttons for tour participants and enhanced tour guide training, intended to make the group welcome more robust while allowing for differences in communication ability
and culture. The ACLU believes CSUPD’s policy on bias-based policing is not sufficient to prevent future bias-based calls, according to the letter. “We urge the CSU Police Department to implement additional training and to adopt specific policies addressing dispatcher and officer responses to bias-based reports,” Hinger wrote in the letter. The ACLU recommends CSUPD incorporate LEED principles: “Listen and Explain with Equity and Dignity.” Additionally, the ACLU suggests CSUPD adopt a “respond and observe” approach. Shortly after the event, the University invited the brothers to return to campus to receive a personal tour and witness the Native American Cultural Centers’ positive programming. “CSU has repeatedly expressed its standing invitation to the Gray family to visit our campus to discuss the progress that has been made and the ongoing work underway and we have repeatedly offered to reimburse the Grays for the cost of their trip to campus,” Hooker wrote. But, Hinger wrote that CSUPD’s current policy makes it impossible for the family to feel welcome on campus.
College and high school students working at the All-Woman Innovation Marathon. The event was held at CSU on September 22nd and 23rd. Participants were assigned a project for their client, the City of Fort Collins, that supported the City’s Climate Action Plan. PHOTO BY ABBY FLITTON COLLEGIAN
neers, but we gave a new perspective,” said Alysa Jones, a high school innovator. “We’re as smart as guys or even smarter, and we can do as much as work as a guy can.” Many of the innovators said they felt overshadowed or talked over when working with men in their field, especially when they were the only women in a class. Being all women though, they said the event inspired logical ideas and a collaborative community. “I don’t think I would have enjoyed (the event) as much if it hadn’t been all girls,” said Cienna Semsak, fourth-year zoology major. Isenhour said the event really allowed girls to fail with a smile on
their face and the confidence to keep going forward. “The whole thing about it being all chicks is that there’s no ‘mean girls’ allowed,” Isenhour said. “It’s just a very supportive environment and that’s really important for girls at this age.” And fortunately, the innovators seem to have heard that message quite clearly. “It’s not about competition; it’s about collaboration,” said Mariah Wang of team ThermaFox after their pitch was selected. “And I definitely think I learned something here this weekend.” Samantha Ye can be reached at news@collegian.com.
KEY EVENTS IN THE TOUR INCIDENT ■ Brothers Kanewakeron Thomas
■ Tony Frank wrote a letter May 4
In the ACLU news release, Lorraine Kahneratokwa Gray, mother of the brothers, expressed her frustration with the incident. “My boys were publicly humiliated and told that their looks alone make them suspicious characters,” she said. “As a mother, I was horrified to hear they were pulled away from a CSU tour because of someone’s misplaced and racially motivated fears. I hope they fix these policies, so other parents do not have to wonder if their children will be safe and welcomed on campus.” Hinger wrote that the ACLU
wants to encourage CSU – and by extension, other colleges – to take affirmative measures to ensure that their campuses are truly welcoming to all students. “As a new school year begins, a new group of diverse students have arrived on the CSU campus. Before long, a new wave of prospective students will also visit the CSU campus,” Hinger wrote. “We write with renewed urgency to ensure that CSU can make good on its promise for these new and prospective students.” Natalia Sperry and Austin Fleskes can be reached at news@collegian.com.
Gray and Skanahwati Lloyd Gray were removed from a campus tour April 30, 2018 when a parent called Colorado State University Police Department on the brothers for “suspicious behavior.” ■ CSUPD confirmed the brothers were part of the tour and allowed them to return, but the guide was unaware the police had been called and the group had moved on, so the brothers left campus.
expressing the sadness, frustration and anger felt by the CSU community following the event. Frank invited the Gray family to return to the CSU campus. ■ CSU implemented new requirements for campus tours, including member identification over the summer of 2018. ■ The ACLU wrote a letter urging the University to take action and reform CSUPD Sept. 20.
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NATIONAL
Kavanaugh denies Boulder woman’s account of sexual misconduct By Laura King & Sarah D. Wire Los Angeles Times
The White House and Brett M. Kavanaugh issued swift denials Sunday night after an explosive new account emerged of alleged sexual misconduct by the Supreme Court nominee when he was in college, adding greater disarray to a nomination already sullied by an earlier charge of sexual abuse. The new allegations, reported by The New Yorker, date back to Kavanaugh’s freshman year at Yale University, when a classmate named Deborah Ramirez from Boulder, CO, says Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at close range at a drunken dormitory party, forcing her to bat him away. Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett is representing as Ramirez as her lawyer. The White House quickly distributed a vehement denial from Kavanaugh, who also had strongly denied a California professor’s claim that he had sexually assaulted her when they were both in high school, a charge that abruptly turned his once near-certain confirmation into a pitched partisan battle. “This alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen. The people who knew me then know that this did not happen, and have said
so. This is a smear, plain and simple,” Kavanaugh said of the latest allegation, adding that he would defend himself at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for Thursday. In a separate statement, a White House spokeswoman, Kerri Kupec, denounced the report as a Democratic-inspired effort to “tear down a good man” and said the White House “stands firmly” behind what increasingly appeared an embattled nomination. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, called for an immediate postponement of proceedings related to the nomination, and urged the FBI to reopen its investigation and “gather all the facts, interview all the relevant witnesses and ensure the committee receives a full and impartial report.” Several Democrats called on Kavanaugh to withdraw his name from consideration. But Kavanaugh’s fate in the closely divided Senate is almost certain to rest with three moderate Republicans: Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Jeff Flake of Arizona, none of whom weighed in publicly Sunday night. If two of them defect, his confirmation is probably doomed. Senate Republicans denied knowing about Ramirez’s claims before Sunday, and some said they
were shell-shocked by the allegations and the dramatic turn the confirmation battle has taken. The latest controversy erupted only hours after Christine Blasey Ford agreed to testify to the Senate committee on Thursday about her claim that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the early 1980s, when they were teenagers. The chaos enveloping the nomination was heightened when Michael Avenatti, the California lawyer representing pornographic actress Stormy Daniels, announced that he was representing a client with “credible information” about Kavanaugh and Mark Judge, the high school classmate who Ford said was present during her alleged assault. In a statement from his lawyer, Judge has told the Judiciary Committee he does not recall the party and that he “never saw” Kavanaugh in the manner Ford described. The New Yorker article, carrying the bylines of prize-winning investigative reporters Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer, did not name or cite eyewitnesses Ramirez said were present at the Yale party. Ramirez acknowledged that her own recollections were faulty because she was highly intoxicated during the party. She said she remembered having a penis thrust in her face, seeing Kavanaugh pulling up his pants immediately after-
ward, and hearing another student shout out what had just happened, calling Kavanaugh by his full name. Her allegations, if borne out, potentially could carry heavier legal ramifications than the assault described by Ford. During his Senate confirmation hearings, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, asked Kavanaugh under oath _ her usual practice with judicial nominees _ whether he had ever committed sexual assault as a legal adult, and he denied it. Kavanaugh was over 18 when he was at Yale. Earlier Sunday, Ford’s attorneys, after a lengthy phone call with committee staffers, said she would testify to the panel ahead of Kavanaugh _ not after, as she had sought _ to present their opposing memories of a drunken party more than three decades ago where she says she was nearly raped. “We’ve made important progress,” Ford’s attorneys Debra S. Katz, Lisa J. Banks and Michael R. Bromwich said in a statement. “Dr. Ford believes it is important for senators to hear directly from her about the sexual assault committed against her. She has agreed to move forward.” Depending how the confrontation plays out, the Senate showdown could provide the capstone to a painful political drama that has riveted Washington and has threat-
ened to derail Kavanaugh’s expected confirmation to the nation’s highest court. Ford’s allegations turned a partisan fight over Kavanaugh’s nomination into one of the most consequential such clashes in a generation, casting a shadow over November’s midterm elections, jeopardizing President Donald Trump’s vow to cement conservative control of the Supreme Court, and providing more fuel for the wide-ranging cultural reckoning that is the #MeToo movement. It still wasn’t clear Sunday who will ask the questions after Ford, a professor at Palo Alto University, takes the oath. Republicans reportedly want to use an outside female counsel to question Ford and Kavanaugh. All 11 Republicans on the committee are men, and they are anxious to avoid grilling a woman claiming sexual abuse on live TV in the #MeToo era. They also could use staff attorneys, rather than ask the questions themselves. “We were told no decision has been made on this important issue, even though various senators have been dismissive of her account and should have to shoulder their responsibility to ask her questions,” Ford’s lawyers said. Ford’s lawyers reportedly have
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FCPS officer resigns after investigation of Target shoplifting arrest By Julia Trowbridge @chapin_jules
A Fort Collins police officer resigned following an investigation into his use of force during an arrest at Target last spring. The internal investigation ended Sept. 20, according to a press release from Fort Collins Police Services. Body camera footage was released at this time, as the trial of the suspect has completed. The district attorney’s office determined that the officer involved did not violate any criminal laws, but he submitted a letter of resignation before the initial hearing due to a recommendation for his firing. In the release, FCPS Chief Jeff Swoboda said when an FCPS employee operates outside the scope of expectations, they are held accountable. “We have high expectations for our employees,” Swoboda said. “This is reflected in our training, policies, and culture.” The FCPS police officer in question heard a dispatch call that a shoplifting suspect was fighting with staff at a Target located on Troutman Parkway March 29. The police officer, who was the first law enforcement officer on the scene, attempted to take the adult female suspect
into custody for six minutes, while she verbally and physically resisted. A second officer arrived, and after two more minutes, the suspect was taken into custody. While trying to take the suspect into custody, the officers used several “less-lethal tools,” according to the release. The first officer on the scene was not wearing a body camera during the incident since his shift was over, but the last two minutes were recorded by the second officer’s body camera. Surveillance footage from the store also captured the interaction. A retail loss prevention employee was injured by the suspect, and the suspect sustained injuries from the incident as well. The suspect was booked into the Larimer County Jail later that day on charges of theft, third-degree assault, resisting arrest and obstruction of a police officer, according to the report. The suspect recently pled guilty to third-degree assault and resisting arrest. Julia Trowbridge can be reached at news@collegian.com. FCPS police officers tase a shoplifting suspect in Target March 29 in body camera footage released after the investigation ended. SCREENCAPTURE FROM FCPS BODY CAM FOOTAGE COLLEGIAN
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Fort Collins police investigate bike collision at Horsetooth and Shields By Julia Trowbridge @chapin_jules
A bicycle collision on Horsetooth Road and Shields Street left the intersection closed for four hours as Fort Collins Police investigated the crash, according to a press release from FCPS. FCPS received a report of a truck versus bicycle collision at the intersection, involving injuries at 3:09pm Sept. 21. The bicyclist, a 16-year-old female, was heading southbound on Shields Street in the northbound lane. The truck was waiting to turn onto northbound Sheilds Street from westbound Horsetooth Road. As the truck started to turn right, the bicyclist swerved into the right lane and collided with the truck. The bicyclist was not wearing a helmet and was transport-
ed to Poudre Valley Hospital due to moderate sustained injuries. The truck driver, Donald Risheill, was not injured. Police suspect Risheill may have been under the influence of alcohol, according to the release. An investigation is currently in progress and charges are pending. Anyone knows more information about the collision, who has not spoken to the police already, are encouraged to reach out to Officer Drew Jurkofsky at 970-416-2224. Julia Trowbridge can be reached at news@collegian.com.
Kavanaugh >> from page 5 pushed the committee to call other witnesses, including a former FBI agent who conducted a polygraph of Ford, and trauma experts who could testify to her long delay in coming forward. The committee has decided it will not subpoena Kavanaugh’s classmate, Mark Judge, who Ford has said was in the room during the alleged assault at a Maryland house party in the early 1980s. Judge has said he does not recall the incident. The White House is wary about Ford’s testimony, nervous that she not only could damage Kavanaugh’s chances for confirmation in the 51-49 Senate, but her account could inspire more women to vote against Republican candidates on Nov. 6. For Republicans, the questioning of Ford will need to tread a fine line between defending Kavanaugh _ who has flatly denied the allegation _ while avoiding a spectacle reminiscent of the demeaning verbal attacks 27 years ago, in the same committee, against Anita Hill. Clarence Thomas was confirmed for the Supreme Court despite Hill’s claims of sexual harassment.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., suggested Sunday that Ford could say little to sway him. Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” he promised a fair hearing but said that “unless there’s something more” to support her accusation, he’s not going to withdraw his support for Kavanaugh. “What am I supposed to do, go and ruin this guy’s life based on an accusation?” he asked. “I don’t know when it happened, I don’t know where it happened, and everybody named in regard to being there said it didn’t happen. I’m just being honest: Unless there’s something more, no, I’m not going to ruin Judge Kavanaugh’s life over this.” By contrast, Sen. Hirono, the Hawaii Democrat who has emerged as one of Ford’s strongest backers, declared: “I believe her.” “I put his denial in the context of everything that I know about him in terms of how he approaches his cases,” Hirono said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “He’s very outcome-driven; he has a very ideological agenda.” Democratic leaders renewed their demand for an FBI investigation of Ford’s claims, contending it could be carried out quickly. In a letter released Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said Trump had falsely
suggested he had no authority to order such a probe. “Contrary to your assertions, conducting background investigations on nominees has long been the FBI’s standard practice, and it is common for such background investigations to be reopened where new information about a nominee becomes known,” they wrote. Republicans have generally backed the White House in saying that reopening an FBI background check on Kavanaugh would be pointless. “Their (the FBI’s) role in this case is not to determine who is telling the truth,” Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” describing that as the task of the Judiciary Committee. “I hope that we will get to the truth,” he said. Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., said on ABC’s “This Week” that he did not feel Ford had been treated well, and that he believed some Republican lawmakers “feel uneasy with the way this has been handled.” Content pulled from Tribune News Service.
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News | Monday, September 24, 2018
NATIONAL
Republican allies tell Trump that now’s not the time to fire Rosenstein By Steven T. Dennis & Ben Brody Bloomberg News
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Senior Republicans cautioned President Donald Trump Sunday against firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein before an investigation of reports that Rosenstein privately discussed whether to record the president and try to remove him from office. “He shouldn’t fire Rosenstein unless you believe Rosenstein’s lying,” Sen, Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said on “Fox News Sunday,” as fallout continued from a New York Times report about Rosenstein’s conversations. Rosenstein has denied that he considered recording Trump or spearheading an effort to remove him from office via the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. Graham, however, said Rosenstein, who oversees special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, should name a second special counsel to look into what he called “a bureaucratic coup” against Trump. Graham said several FBI officials, including fired former acting Director Andrew McCabe, “tried to destroy this president. If Rosenstein’s involved, he should
be fired. If he’s not involved, leave him alone.” Graham has previously said Trump could replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions but only after the midterm elections, which would allow Trump to install someone else to oversee the Russia investigation. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., repeated his call for Trump to declassify surveillance documents signed by Rosenstein, but cautioned against firing Rosenstein now. “The answer, I think, is no for now,” Nunes said Sunday on “Fox & Friends.” Midterm elections are coming up, and it would take time to bring in witnesses who knew exactly what Rosenstein said, he added. “Rod Rosenstein should have his fair day in court,” Nunes said. “However, if Rod Rosenstein really did talk about wearing a wire, then for sure he should be fired.” Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Rosenstein should get a chance to explain his side of what happened after a review of evidence, including memos written by McCabe. “Give Rod a chance to explain
United States Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein listens during a United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 28, 2018 in Washington, D.C. PHOTO BY ALEX EDELMAN CNP/ZUMA PRESS/TNS
whether or not it’s true,” Gowdy said. “But one thing that’s clear: Whether you’re a Republican or Democrat president, you have a right to a deputy attorney general that doesn’t think you’re incompetent and doesn’t feel the need to audiotape conversations with you.” Meanwhile, Secretary of State
Michael Pompeo seemed to suggest that Rosenstein should simply quit. “If you can’t be on the team, if you’re not supporting this mission, then maybe you just ought to find something else to do,” Pompeo said on “Fox News Sunday.” Asked if there had been discussion of removing Trump via
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Small Instagram following means no sorority bids
Marquez’s “devastating” slider gives him ace potential for Rockies
By Ethan Vassar @ethan_vassar
Editor’s note: This is a satire piece from The Collegian’s opinion section. Real names may be used in fictitious/semi-fictitious ways. Those who do not read editor’s notes are subject to being offended. FORT COLLINS - What should have been an exciting and joyous evening for Colorado State University freshman Becky Hamilton quickly went south.
Hamilton came to CSU hoping to get involved in Greek life and went through all the rigors of recruitment week hoping to find a home with one of the many campus sororities. Unfortunately, Hamilton received no bids from any of the sororities she had shown interest in over the course of the hectic week. “They said I didn’t have enough followers on Instagram,” Hamilton said. “Apparently that’s why I didn’t get any bids. I guess you have to have over 1,000.”
At the time of this article’s publication, Hamilton sits at 763 followers on Instagram, following only 428 accounts herself. Many would argue that this is a suitable follower to following ratio, but the CSU Panhellenic Association disagrees. “Generally, we look for people with over 1,000 followers,” said one recruitment coach. “Sometimes we’ll make an exception if a girl is at, like, 950 since you get a lot more once you join a sorority.” We attempted to question her further about this practice,
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Stanfield: ACLU letter should have focused on racist mother, not the police Arisson Stanfield @OddestOdyssey
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. The American Civil Liberties Union is once again interested in a Fort Collins issue. Last Friday, the ACLU wrote a letter urging Colorado State University to take further action after two Native American students were removed from a campus tour last spring. In the letter, ACLU attorney Sarah Hinger claims that CSU is not doing enough to solve the issue of racial bias on campus. Hinger represents Kanewakeron Thomas Gray and Skanahwati Lloyd Gray, two young men who were pulled off their campus tour and questioned by the Colorado State University Police Department in response to a call they received from a mother on the tour who claimed the two young men looked suspicious. While Hinger no doubt wants CSU to do as much as possible to stop this from happening again, she has made a mistake in focusing on CSUPD as the target of her condemnation. In the letter addressed to CSU President Tony Frank, Hinger recognizes that the University is making numerous moves to improve on issues of diversity and inclusion. She said that while these initiatives are noble, “negative law enforcement actions undermine these
positive efforts.” Here lies the problem: Hinger has no reason to blame the actions of the CSUPD for the personal racism and biases of individuals. CSUPD did not profile these two innocent young men, the woman who called the police did. We cannot expect the police to simply bear the brunt of the criticism in this situation when they were simply doing their job. Instead, we should focus on criticizing the mother who felt so terrified and suspicious of two young men of color minding their own business that she felt the need to call the police in the first place. These sorts of events are not isolated to CSU. According to Boston Magazine, a Black student and teaching assistant at Smith College had the police called on her this year while she ate her lunch because she looked too suspicious. At Yale University, a Black graduate student was subjected to police questioning after a white student called the police to report a suspicious person sleeping in a common area of the residence hall, according to CNN. These sorts of incidents are too common and always unacceptable, but much like the incident that transpired at CSU, they are categorically different from cases in which the police are the problem. Take the Miami New Times story of Earl Sampson, a Black man who was stopped by police officers 419 times and arrested 62 times for allegedly trespassing at a store he worked at. Sampson’s story demonstrates that it is possible for the police to play an active role in
discriminating against minoritized people by selectively overpolicing the identities they are most averse too or suspicious of. That is not what happened at CSU. Here, one woman used her bigotry and small-mindedness to tarnish the collegiate aspirations of two innocent young men. That is not to say there is nothing CSUPD could have done better. They should have played a more active role in reconnecting the young men with their tour group. The mistake Hinger makes is insinuating that bad policing was the main issue in the incident, and then demanding that there be an increase in anti-bias training. This proposition is especially troubling since anti-bias training has not been shown to be effective. Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion at UC Berkeley Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton even went so far as to say, “There’s fairly compelling research showing that anti-bias or diversity training either has no effect or backfires.” So what should be done in response to this inexcusable incident and to highlight the harm done to those who have been the victims of the prejudicial dispositions of the small-minded and weak-hearted? We must reach out to those who have been the victims of marginalization and listen to their stories, their lived experiences, and their perspectives. We must stop “other-ing” certain groups of people and calling a select few perpetrators when, in truth, the blame belongs to us all. Arisson Stanfield can be reached at letters@collegian.com.
but the interview was cut short when she received an urgent text on her Apple watch. She proceeded to throw her North Face backpack over her oversized shirt and took off. This practice could be seen as a double standard, since fraternities aren’t as strict with their social media standards. Upon surveying many of the Instagram accounts of men that rushed, most featured pictures of them holding a fish they caught weeks ago and had an average of 233 followers. Despite the situation being
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“beyond frustrating,” Hamilton plans on rushing again in the spring with more followers. “I guess I’ll have to start using more hashtags and follow every guy I match with on Tinder,” Hamilton said. “I might have to go as far as to make my account into a personal blog.” Any followers Becky receives are greatly appreciated right now. “Just don’t slide into my DMs, please.” Ethan Vassar can be reached at letters@collegian.com.
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Wet grass when you go outside barefoot to grab something out of your car.
When professionals give you advice for free.
Forgetting leftover restaurant food in your car.
When your plans to hang out are cancelled.
Having a migraine for two days.
Non-dairy ice cream.
Having meetings scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon everyday. Spilling salsa on yourself.
Watching really wholesome drunk videos of yourself. Spilling salsa on your black shirt instead of your white shorts.
By Patrick Saunders The Denver Post
Playoffs or no playoffs, the Rockies’ 2018 season will be remembered for the emergence of two starting -- or is that starring? –pitchers. Left-hander Kyle Freeland, 25, and right-hander German Marquez, 23, have become two of the best young hurlers in baseball. The duo has combined for 41 quality starts (22 for Freeland, 19 for Marquez), 28 victories, 293 2/3 innings pitched and 373 strikeouts. Freeland, 15-7 with a 2.95 ERA, has garnered more national attention, but Marquez’s firepower and mental toughness on the mound make him a possible future ace. “Go to his game log since the all-star break,” manager Bud Black said Saturday of Marquez
Football >> from page 1 offensive dumbfoundedness, the Redbirds moved the ball exceptionally well. Junior running back James Robinson, who entered the game averaging 8.2 yards per carry, put ISU on the board from two yards out following a missed coverage on the play prior for the team’s first score. Robinson finished the game with 183 yards on 21 carries (8.7 per carry) and two touchdowns. Robinson’s backfield mate, junior Markel Smith, exploited CSU’s defense as well. Smith punched it in from one yard away to give the Redbirds a 14-6 lead with only two seconds remaining in the first half. Considering ISU received the second half kickoff, a key situation arose for the Rams’ defense. Instead of coming out motivated, the unit continued to look flat. The Redbirds put together a five play, 75-yard drive that took only 2:25 off the clock to begin the second half. The drive was capped by a 12-yard touchdown pass from junior Brady Davis to senior Tylor Petkovich. Davis, a Memphis transfer, ended the game with 217 yards passing and two touchdowns. Frustration was evident at that point for CSU. On the same play, senior safety Jordan Fogal was disqualified from the game for targeting Petkovich after delivering a hit to the receiver’s head.
before the Rockies played the Diamondbacks. “His strikeout-towalk rate has been really good. His ERA has been really good. I mean, he matches up with some of the big boys.” Meaning the likes of Washington’s Max Scherzer, the Mets’ Jacob deGrom and Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola. Marquez’s second-half stats certainly read like an all-star’s: 5-2, 2.77, 1.01 WHIP, .219 batting average against and a 6.12 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Friday night, Marquez struck out 11 in Colorado’s 6-2 victory over the D-backs and now has 210 for the season, joining Ubaldo Jiménez (214 in 2010) and Pedro Astacio (210 in 1999) as the only Rockies pitchers with 200 strikeouts in a season. “I knew I could have a good season, because I worked really hard,” Marquez said Saturday. “My goals during spring training A slight shift in momentum occurred thereafter. As fans have seen time and time again this season, the Rams’ offense seemed to finally wake up in the third quarter. After throwing an interception on a deep ball, intended for Johnson on the possession before, Carta-Samuels responded and threw a 17yard touchdown to freshman Nikko Hall on the next drive. The touchdown was the first of Hall’s collegiate career. Following the score, CSU was only down 21-13, but Illinois State did not back down. The Rams’ defense forced two three-and-outs immediately after the score, but the Rams could not take advantage. Following the lack of success, redshirt sophomore Collin Hill was behind center for CSU during the ensuing four drives. “It’s out of my control (getting taken out),” Carta-Samuels said. “Yeah, it’s tough. But, I’m just going to play how I can play and do what I can do.” Hill completed nine of 17 passes for 115 yards while throwing both a touchdown and an interception. CartaSamuels threw two touchdowns and one interception and totaled 142 passing yards. Illinois State put the game out of reach with a little under 10 minutes remaining in the game. The Redbirds were facing third and 19 from their own 40-yard line still leading by eight. A stop for the Rams’ defense would have resulted in a third consecutive three-andout. Davis threw a screen pass to Smith with senior safety Jamal Hicks being the only de-
were to have success and help this team.” So what is he most proud of? “I think the mental (strength), and I have a good vision of my pitches and what I’m doing,” he said. “I think now I have a good mix of my pitches. I have a gotten better at that.” Marquez’s No. 1 project, dating all the way back to spring training 2017, was to develop a hard-breaking slider as a reliable third pitch. He already had a lively fastball and a curve that could buckle knees, but he needed something more. “The slider was the pitch I had to learn, and now it’s come along,” Marquez said. “I can throw it in a fastball count. I think it’s pretty good right now.” Black says the slider is better than “pretty good.” “A slider is easier to control and easier to get to a certain spot (than a curveball),” Black said.
“It was a process that started last spring training, and now it’s a pitch that he’s become very comfortable with, and at times very reliant on. It’s a really devastating pitch to a right-handed hitter.” Gray’s day. Black said that struggling right-hander Jon Gray will start Tuesday night’s game against Philadelphia at Coors Field. Colorado skipped over Gray’s start this week, but Black expressed faith that Gray will get back on track -- with his mechanics, as well as his mental toughness on the mound. . “Let’s do it,” Black said. “I’m in. Let’s go down that path, that we’re going to see the Jon Gray that we know is in there.” After struggling early in the season with both his command and confidence, Gray was sent down to Triple-A Albuquerque for a two-start tuneup. He returned to the Rockies on July 14
and went 4-0 with a 3.08 ERA over his next nine starts. But his last three starts have been disappointing, and he failed to pitch beyond four innings in any of them. His last start, in a big game at Los Angeles against the Dodgers last Monday, went wrong in a hurry. Gray gave up six runs and seven hits in just two-plus innings in an 8-2 loss. Story time. Injured shortstop Trevor Story (right elbow inflammation) missed another start Saturday, but he’s making progress toward returning to the lineup. There is no timetable, but Story increased his infield work and throwing, and also spent more time in the batting cage Saturday and was able to hit some drives to the outfield. Content pulled from Tribune News Serivce.
K.J. Carta-Samuels converses with a coach before taking the field during the game against Illinois State. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN
fender in the area. The safety was quick to the ball and had a chance to wrap Smith up for a short gain. Instead, Hicks missed the tackle and Smith scampered down the sidelines for a 60-yard score. The loss to an FCS opponent will sting for CSU. The defeat marks the first
time the Rams have lost to an FCS team since losing 22-7 to North Dakota State in 2012. Also, CSU was 8-0 on Ag Day, in its popular orange uniforms, before Saturday’s loss. “We have to go back to square one and find our identity,” Bobo said. “We do not have an identity as a football team.
We’ve had one the last three years, an identity of what we are. We don’t have it as a football team right now.” The Rams will be back in action after a bye week Oct. 6 to face the San Jose State Spartans on the road. Eddie Herz can be reached at sports@collegian.com.
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Rams move to 2-0 in Mountain West schedule By Luke Zahlmann @lukezahlmann
Adorned in orange, Colorado State University volleyball did their part on Ag Day, sweeping conference foe San Jose State University in the home-opener of their conference schedule (25-15, 25-16, 26-24). Outside of an attack error by redshirt sophomore Breana Runnels in the opening volley, the Rams dominated the Spartans early. Following the opening point by the visitors, the Rams rattled off five consecutive points, two by way of Runnels’ kills. Runnels added two more to her total in the first set as the Rams cruised to an opening-set victory. The Rams hit .462 as a team in the first set, a sign of things to come for the conference’s preseason favorite to repeat as champions. “Our kill percentage was nice and high, I was very pleased with us offensively,” Coach Tom Hilbert said. “And I was very pleased with us blocking.” After being a thorn in the side of the Rams last season, the Spartans stood as a much softer challenge this year following the loss of their leading hitter Nandyala Gama. The former SJSU middle racked up 24 kills in the teams’ pair of meetings last season and a team-leading 357 in the seasons’ entirety. The Spartans were not without leadership in their attacking as their second-leading hitter from
last year, redshirt junior Fernanda Vido, returned for her fourth year. “We know she’s their most set player,” Hilbert said. “We took away a lot of her back row game today which is a big thing she does. That was an important part of our game plan.” The 5-foot-10-inch outside hitter was unable to find production against the Rams’ front, garnering only nine kills despite a team-leading 33 chances. As a team, the Rams’ defense limited the Spartans’ attack to a combined .116 hitting percentage. Junior Paulina Hougaard-Jensen led the Rams’ blocking force with a team-high five rejections. Defensive prowess for the Rams came despite the continued absence of their starting libero, junior Amanda Young. In her absence, fellow junior Olivia Nicholson stepped up for the Rams, tallying a team-leading 14 digs. “(Libero) is a new role for me,” Nicholson said. “It’s fun, it’s new, it’s fresh, but I know that my job is pretty important so in practice for second balls when Katie (Oleksak) digs; I know I need to improve.” Normally dominating the attacks, Runnels only killed 14 balls in the match as the Rams went with a spread-out effort. Eight Rams registered a kill in the match, with freshman Jacqi Van Liefde contributing the set-clinching kill in the opening set. “I want my teammates to also play well,” Runnels said. “I will be patient, it’s not important that I
Olivia Nicholson and Breana Runnels talk after a timeout. PHOTO BY DEVIN CORNELIUS COLLEGIAN
get the kills, it’s important that we play as a team.” After coasting through the first two sets, the Rams were met with obstruction in the third set as the two teams traded leads for much of the set. After jumping out to an 11-6 lead, the Spartans stormed back behind a pair of kills from junior Thaliana Grajeda. With their attacking force finding a rhythm, the visitors came back to knot the score at 13 apiece, forcing a CSU timeout. Coming out of the break, the
Rams jockeyed for position with the Spartans, exchanging leads until they were on the verge of dropping the third set with the Spartans leading 24-23. The second and final timeout from Hilbert allowed the Rams to rally, scoring three straight to clinch the match, with a pair of Runnels’ kills as the conclusion. The third set brought back memories of the Spartans’ team that has split the season series with the Rams in consecutive years. Heading into their road week-
end on the west coast, the Rams will carry a 10-4 record and a two-match win streak to begin conference play. The Rams begin their trip with a Sept. 27 match against San Diego State University at 7 a.m. Following the matinee matchup, the Rams head to Fresno State University. The last time either of their two upcoming opponents upset the Rams was 2013. Luke Zahlmann can be reached at sports@collegian.com.
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CULTURE
Pride Resource Center promotes diversity, inclusivity with Queer-B-Q By Elena Waldman @WaldmanElena
Now heading into its 20th year at Colorado State University, the Pride Resource Center started the semester off strong with its annual community barbecue last week at the City Park Reservation Shelter. Despite the stormy weather, the colloquial “Queer-B-Q” was full of laughter, conversation and food. The PRC is one of seven Student Diversity Programs and Services that provides students with space and community to express or explore their identities, whether it be regarding their gender or sexual orientation. In addition to the PRC, SDPS includes the Asian American Pacific Cultural Center, the Black/African American Cultural Center, El Centro, the Native American Cultural Center, Resources for Disabled Students and the Women and Gender Advocacy Center.
“The environment is hard for queer and trans folks right now. It’s not always easy to exist openly in this world. So if we can come together and laugh and have fun, that’s important healing work for us to do.” DORA FRIAS DIRECTOR OF PRIDE RESOURCE CENTER
The Queer-B-Q featured several student organizations within the PRC — Bi, Ace, Aro, Pan, Poly, Queer and Questioning (BAAPPQ), Queer Women Engaging in an Encompassing Nexus (QWEEN), Queer Connections, GIG, COLORS, Ostem, PRISM and Graduate QTs. Representatives from each club spoke about their individual purposes and goals and welcomed newcomers into the inclusive space. The gathering was initially created by PRISM, a student-run organization that focuses on building an enriching, safe and empowering community on campus for LGBTQ+ identifying people through hosting events such as the notable CSU Drag Show. A few years after its conception, the Queer-B-Q was picked up by the Pride Center which expanded it into an event for all PRC-affiliated organizations to come together and celebrate. “(PRC) came to support the organizations and create a highlighted spot and space for all the organizations to be able to have visibility,” said Emily Ambrose, former PRC Director. “The idea is that it’s a collaborative space where lots of the community can
The CSU LGBTQ+ Flag hangs in front of shelter #7 of City Park, for the Pride Resource Center’s annual “Queer-B-Q.” PHOTO BY MACKENZIE PINN
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come and gather and learn about the resources that will support them.” The organizations represented at the get-together also shared information about their purpose, upcoming events and meetings. Dora Frias, the current director of the PRC, said that although the queer and trans community is the heart of the PRC, all allies are welcome at PRC’s social gatherings. Frias also said that because of the current political climate, spaces where people are free to be their authentic selves are incredibly important for the well-being of diverse or marginalized individuals. “This might be the first time for a first-year student that they are in a space like this, with as many queer and trans folks that were here today,” Frias said. “I also think that in the current climate, it’s a big burden for us to celebrate and be in joy and
community. The environment is hard for queer and trans folks right now. It’s not always easy to exist openly in this world. So if we can come together and laugh and have fun, that’s important healing work for us to do.” Second-year computer science major Michelle Hernandez said that events like this help people who might be exploring their identities or are not yet comfortable with expressing their identities can find comfort in speaking to others whom they can relate to. “Events like this are great, especially in places where there’s not (diversity)- where I’m from, it’s a conservative small town,” Hernandez said. “I’ve never learned about Pride at all until I came to CSU, which I think is the reality for a lot of people. I think having these kinds of events helps says to people that are closed off, or afraid, or questioning, that it’s okay to be yourself
and this is a great environment to be yourself.”
WHERE & WHEN IT’S HAPPENING ■ The PRC is hosting its 20th
anniversary dinner 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 20 in the Lory Student Center Theatre. Kate Plymale, a first-year political science major, said she came to build relationships with progressive and like-minded people, which can sometimes be difficult to do in the very large student body at CSU. “I’m personally trying to find places and people who are more open and willing to meet other new and different people,” Plymale said. “I feel like the diversity (at CSU) is sort of slim, so being able to go to an event where
that’s accepted and it’s broad was important for me to check out.” The Pride Center is hosting its 20th anniversary dinner on Oct. 20 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Lory Student Center Theatre. Everyone interested in joining the festivities must register beforehand. All students are welcome and encouraged to join the PRC in celebrating diversity and representation. “I think in order to have a resilient student experience, it’s important to be in community,” said Jon Aparicio, an SDPS counselor. “These events are very important for student satisfaction, and being able to lean on each other is important for students. Elena Waldman can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com
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EVENTS
Flow Expo: A celebration of Fort Collins’ most colorful performers
Haelie Shaw hula-hoops at the Flow Expo Sept. 22 in Fort Collins. She has been hula hooping for two years. “It is my escape,” Shaw said. “Once I’m in my flow I forget about time and space and it is just me and my hoop. It’s truly my Zen.” PHOTO BY SARA GRAYDON COLLEGIAN
Corinne “Coco” Watson is the owner of Spectra Circus Entertainment and put on the Flow Expo. “Performing and producing is what Spectra Circus Entertainment is all about,” Watson said. “I love seeing the audience’s reactions the most.” PHOTO BY SARA GRAYDON COLLEGIAN
Drake Bruner does a scorpion pose on aerial silks. Bruner is a senior at CSU studying ecosystem science and sustainability and has been practicing aerial silks for 4 years. “I love just being able to fly, it is such an uplifting feeling,” Bruner said. “I love the family dynamic we have in the community. Every meeting or gig we get to see each other and it is such a welcoming environment. At the end of the day the main goal is to have fun.” PHOTO BY SARA GRAYDON COLLEGIAN
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CONCERTS
Goth-rock band Tribulation defies labels in new tour By Walker Discoe @wdiscoe
Tribulation is a Swedish band characterized by slow, heavy guitar, a crescendo of roaring drums and the muddy, fierce vocals typically associated with Scandinavian death metal. The band’s newest release, “Down Below,” continues this legacy at extreme volume, blowing out speakers and eardrums across North America on their sixth U.S. tour to date. Jonathan Hulten, one of the band’s two guitar players, founded the band Hazard in 2001, which later went on to become Tribulation. Hulten said the change from amateur to professional came as no surprise. “We all had always wanted to release an album, get a record contract, sign a deal and get out there touring,” Hulten said. “And when we found success, and things went well for us, we all saw it as our natural development.” Their success is perhaps a product of the band’s unwillingness to be defined or constrained to a single genre, Hulten said. “Our music has just contin-
ued to develop,” Hulten said. “So, I would say that our first album we were definitely worth calling a death metal band. Not specifically, we were a mix between many things, but with this album, ‘Down Below,’ it’s just not necessary to categorize it. It’s metal, it’s rock, it’s dark.” Darkness is a significant theme that carries throughout Tribulation’s music through the many styles of metal they produce. “Scandinavian death metal is much more groovy, more bluesy, more slow and certainly more dark,” Hulten said. “It’s been there all the time, and a lot of the influences we had as kids have transformed into other shapes, but the interest in darkness has always been there. And it’s still there.” Now on their sixth U.S. tour, Hulten explained the allure of the American experience and the ethos of the North American metal show. “We always wanted to go here,” Hulten said. “I think generally as it is looked upon in Europe, it’s that if you go to America, then you’re a successful band. That’s not always necessarily the case, it’s as much as a struggle anywhere. Touring in North America has been so much
more fun, more rewarding, mostly due to the sense of adventure.” Another significant aspect of Tribulation’s music and performances is their style, face painting and clothing. “Coming originally from the Scandinavian black death metal scene, so [face painting] was something that was very common, and it was something that we saw all the time,” Hulten said. “When we actually started to emulate that it was actually in the veins of the Misfits, more American influences. And of course, Kiss was there as well.” For some, the heavy nature and shockingly dark nature of a band like Tribulation can be off-putting and disconcerting. Someone who isn’t already into death metal, heavy rock or punk rock may hear albums such as “Down Below” and immediately think “This isn’t for me.” Hulten disagrees. “It’s always easier to refer to other bands, bands that most people have heard and can relate to,” Hulten said. “But I would say that if you like rock, and you don’t mind growling, screaming vocals, but you are into classic rock or more traditional American rock, then
Tribulation members Jonathan Hultén and Johannes Andersson perform on stage at the Bluebird theater in Denver Friday night. PHOTO
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this might be worth checking out. Usually, the case is someone hears the growling vocals, and they want more audible ones, like singing. But you get used to it, and that goes for all music. You just need to learn how to listen to it and learn what you like about it. While Hulten and the rest of the band continue their North American tour, anyone can explore a new genre of music and disappoint their mother by listening to Tribulation on Spotify, Ap-
ple Music, YouTube or most anywhere music is found.
MORE INFORMATION ■ For more information about the band and about tour dates visit Tibulation’s Facebook page.
Walker Discoe can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.
MUSIC
Fort Collins band Glass Cases gears up for debut EP release By Walker Discoe @wdiscoe
The three members of alt-indie band Glass Cases are busy working hard to prove themselves as musicians, including the release of a new EP. So far, Austin Seifert, Alex Van Keulen and Cameron Green have released nearly 20 songs, built a respectable fanbase, and have played in multiple shows around northern Colorado. Glass Cases has been working on their new EP, a reworking of previous songs and projects all summer long and they are getting ready for the release. “We decided to take down all our songs, 16 songs that we had recorded, and we chose six of them to make into this EP,” Seifert said. “We started recording them throughout the summer while playing live. We focused strictly on recording and making sure all the songs are just absolutely perfect. So we just finished them, it just got mastered, and now we’re uploading them to Spotify.” The project, titled “Where
Is Foreword,” is intended to be an introduction to a much larger work. “It’s a play on words, really,” Van Keulen said. “It’s essential that this is like an introduction to us as a band. Because we know for a fact we already have other songs…so this isn’t going to be just like a one and done kind of thing.” “There’s a common theme that is running through our music,” said Green, drummer and newest member of the band. “We’re talking about trying to sort through different kind of aspects of life, between school and work and trying to cross into the next step, and kind of sitting in the unknown with that and trying to figure out what the next step is, even if you don’t know what that is.” When it came to choosing what to include on their new EP, Glass Cases tried to stick to the common theme the band wanted to convey. “We wanted to do the (songs) that are kind of similar in sound,” Green said. “Ones that match our sound that we’ve come too. That 16-song
album had a lot of genres that were recorded, so we picked the ones we felt were the most cohesive.” The upcoming show debuting their EP has the band excited and ready to share their music with the world.
WHERE TO LISTEN ■ Glass Cases will be performing their debut EP “Where Is Foreword” for the first time Oct. 13 at the Downtown Artery. Their music is also available online on Spotify.
“Hopefully this show is going to be pretty big,” Seifert said. “We really like the venue we’re playing at. We’ve played with the Artery before… (and) we think it’s about the right size. We’ve been putting a lot of effort into making sure this is the big show that people come too.” Walker Discoe can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.
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‘The Predator’ reboot misses the mark with lackluster plot, excessive comedy
By Elise Schmelzer The Denver Post
Yes, there were packets for decontaminating skin in the case of a biological attack. Yes, there was a zombie defense van with a bloody plastic skeleton on its windshield. But most of the vendors and speakers Sunday at the Self-Reliance Expo in Denver avoided alluding to apocalypse or the extreme. Instead, the event focused on growing vegetables, simple survival methods and staying healthy. The holistic take on survivalism is part of an attempt by the expo’s new owner to rebrand a movement long identified with conspiracy theorists and extremists. “The van’s just for levity,” said Kiki Bandilla, the new owner of the expo and its parent organization, the National Self-Reliance Project. For the past seven years, the Self-Reliance Expo has gathered survivalists, homesteaders and doomsday preppers at the National Western Complex. But Bandilla wants to rebrand the expo and the larger self-reliance movement for the average person who wants to be independent of modern luxuries. Goodbye, men in long beards living in the words ranting about the end of days. Hello, sustainability, hemp and health foods. “This stuff is just smart -- it’s not crazy,” Bandilla said. “What’s crazy is that we think it’s crazy to want to be independent.”
Bandilla, a Castle Rock resident and former president of the Las Vegas High Rise Association, bought the expo from its founder last year and brought her experience in corporate marketing and business development to the endeavor. Now, the annual event’s official name is “The Self-Reliance and Simple Life Experience.” There’s a social media hashtag. The cover of the event’s program features a farmhouse in beautiful mountains. To reshape the movement’s image, Bandilla recruited a wide variety of vendors and speakers to the two-day event she said attracted about 2,500 people. For example, simultaneously at 1 p.m. Sunday, a man led a beginning lesson on beekeeping while a panel of officials from government agencies such as the Denver Office of Emergency Management and the American Red Cross discussed infrastructure. Across the room, a man gave a presentation on the best methods to survive nuclear fallout and electromagnetic pulse attacks. Bandilla recognizes that the self-reliance industry is still driven by fear of the worst. But the survivalist methods and mindset can be applied to any of the small crises people experience every day, such as losing power or preparing to evacuate for a wildfire. “Survival sounds so ominous, but it’s more about thriving,” she said. While much of her community is comprised of baby boomers, Bandilla has seen a rising number
of millennials join the cause as they shirk consumerism and attempt to live simpler lives. Colorado is the perfect place for her project, Bandilla said. Denver has become a hub for outdoors people who are interested in wilderness survival and first aid techniques. Many in Colorado also support efforts toward sustainability and a large swath of the state is relatively rural. “There is a ton of congruency with the lifestyle of Colorado,” she said. Vendors at the expo hawked knifes, gold bars, backpacking food, tiny homes, “frequency modified water,” solar panels and goat’s milk lotion on a table next to an actual goat named Anabelle. For Doug Robinson, self-reliance is important to both his company and his personal life. Robinson sells his portable dome shelters to disaster relief groups, emergency responders and people who want to live off the grid year round. But he also has his own survival in mind. Robinson lives in Springville, Utah, along a large fault line, he said. Someday, there will be a catastrophic earthquake that will cause the homes to sink and become uninhabitable, he said. He knows he can use his Geo Shelter to stay comfortable while waiting for relief. “This is just a way for people to prepare for whatever might happen,” he said. Content pulled from Tribune News Service.
Daily Horoscope Nancy Black
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY
(09/24/18). Your cash flow increases this year. Domestic organization and renovation nurtures your family. A windfall benefits your shared accounts. Together you rise this summer. Home projects light up this winter before a group challenge inspires a rise in your professional stature. Strategize for the future. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — 9 —
You’re getting stronger. This Full Moon in your sign illuminates a new personal direction. Push your own boundaries and limitations. Turn toward an inspiring possibility. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 6 — One door closes as another opens. This Full Moon shines on a spiritual fork in the road. Ritual and symbolism provide comfort and satisfaction.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 8
— Friends come and go with the community and group projects. This Full Moon lights up a new social phase. Share appreciations, greetings and goodbyes. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 8 — Focus toward current passions. The Aries Full Moon sparks a shift in your career. Finish a project before beginning a new professional phase. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 8 — Experiment with new concepts. To really learn, visit the source in person. This Full Moon illuminates a new educational direction. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 8 — The stakes could seem high under the Full Moon. Shift directions with shared finances over the next two weeks. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 9 — Reach a turning point in a partnership under this Full Moon. Compromise and collaborate for shared commitments to pass an obstacle.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 8 — Practice your moves. Review and revamp your skills and practices. Are you having enough fun? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — 7 — Change directions with a romance, passion or creative endeavor under the Aries Full Moon. Express your heart, imagination and artistry. Shift perspectives. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — 7 — Renovate, remodel and tend your garden. Domestic changes require adaptation under the Full Moon. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 9 — Cash flows both directions, in and out. Profitable opportunities bloom under the Full Moon. A turning point arises around income and finances. Keep track. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 8 — Shift the direction of your research. A new phase in communications, connection and intellectual discovery dawns with this Full Moon. Start another chapter.
By Deja Calloway @callowaydeja
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Director Shane Black ruins the long running “Predator” franchise with an overuse of comedy in the reboot “The Predator.” When an extraterrestrial spaceship crashes and kills a team of snipers, the surviving sniper, Quinn McKenna (Boyd Holbrook) manages to stun the creature. Capturing the skilled huntsman, the government calls in evolutionary biologist Casey Bracket (Olivia Munn) to study it. Sure that the government would attempt to keep the incident classified, McKenna mails some of the Predator’s gear home where his son uncovers the alien technology. Awakened from heavy sedation by its hitech armor sensor, the ancient creature escapes the remote government bunker. Set on a quest for blood, McKenna and a group of military misfits’ team up with the biologist to stop the Predator from fulfilling his evolutionary plan. “The Predator” is a disap-
pointment to the reputation set by its predecessors. The film’s story line lacks structure. To further complicate an unclear storyline, Black, who played Rick Hawkins in the original “Predator,” overloads the story by including the Predator’s backstory and the backstories of its many human characters resulting in pacing issues. “Predator,” which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, was originally introduced to the world in 1987. Since its debut, the original has spawned many more films including a crossover of the eighties classic franchise, Alien. Although the film lived up to the gore and blood, the Predator franchise, known for its action and extraterrestrial boogeyman, is turned into a mockery with excessive use of humor in Black’s reboot. Filled with comical one liners, “The Predator” distracts audiences and lacks cohesiveness. Should you watch it? Nope. Even with its great humor, “The Predator” misses its mark in this reboot.
WHERE TO WATCH The Predator is now showing at Cinemark and AMC theaters.
Deja Calloway can be reached at entertainment@collegian. com.
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