Vol. 128, No. 53 Thurssday, October 25, 2018
OPINION
SPORTS
ARTS & CULTURE
Keep the Proud Boys away from CSU
Volleyball has a defined path to the postseason
Holocaust survivor connects students and victims
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Diamond Nicholson, a sophomore human development and family studies major, talks with other students after racist remarks were directed towards her and other students of color. Nicholson and several other students attended the Colorado Democrat rally held inside the Lory Student Center Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. PHOTO BY NATALIE DYER COLLEGIAN
Tensions flare between students after Sanders rally By Haley Candelario @H_Canderlario98
Several students of color were told to “go back to Africa” following Sen. Bernie Sanders’ appearance at Colorado State University Wednesday evening. Over 1,800 people attended the “Get Out the Vote” rally in the Lory Student Center, which featured Sanders, Sen. Michael Bennett, Democratic nominee
for Colorado governor Jared Polis and Democratic nominee for 2nd Congressional District Joe Neguse as special guests. The political candidates encouraged the crowd – many of them college-aged – to vote in the midterm elections Nov. 6. “Our message to Trump is a very profound message,” Sanders said. “This is a great nation not because we have a $700 billion military budget. We are a great nation not because we
have more millionaires and billionaires than any other country. We are a great nation because we have led the world in the fight to understand that we are a common humanity.” Following the rally, a group of students approached undeclared freshman Alexandra Owen, who wore a “Make America Great Again” hat and shirt. “I thought it was very brave of her because if you were at a Trump rally wearing a Bernie
shirt or a Bernie hat, you would have been kicked out or escorted,” said Rodica Ninguin, a junior studying political science and ethnic studies. “And she came all the way here. No one did anything to her.” Ninguin and Diamond Nicholson, a sophomore human development and family studies major, said they went up to Owen with other students with the intention of having a non-confrontational discus-
sion about why she attended the rally wearing a shirt and hat in support of President Donald Trump. “We weren’t trying to riot, we weren’t trying to fight,” Nicholson said. “I honestly wanted to talk, like, what are you here for? In no disrespectful way, like, what are you here for?”
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