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A steel beam from the site of the 9/11 Attacks in New York City finds its final resting place behind Poudre Fire Authority Station 3. PHOTO BY ELLIOTT JERGE COLLEGIAN

Steel beam from World Trade Center finds permanent home in Fort Collins

By Erik Petrovich @EAPetrovich

While children who weren’t yet born on Sept. 11, 2001, played in a playground nearby, a steel beam pulled from the ruins of the World Trade Center was the center piece for a Fort Collins memorial held Saturday near Spring Park.

The 5-foot long, 3,059 pound

beam will be featured behind Fire Station 3 near Spring Park.

Upon its construction in 2017, the beam will become part of a memorial that will tell the story of the beam’s journey to Fort Collins and honor the 343 firefighters who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.

“My hope is that the beam will serve as a constant reminder that every day firefighters, police

officers and first responders put their lives on the line for all of us,” said Fort Collins City Council member Kristen Stephens.

Some were content with just being in its presence, but many in attendance reached out to touch the steel wrapped in Old Glory.

The beam acted as a reminder of the day for those who wanted to feel a tangible connection

to what was 15 years ago a simple I-Beam in a New York skyscraper.

The Journey of the Beam The beam was pulled from the wreckage of the World Trade Center and brought to Fort Collins over the course of a 1,800mile trip from New York.

A group of firefighters traveled to New York City with nothing but a pick-up truck and

a trailer. They had worked with the Terry Farrel Firefighters Fund, the New York Port Authority and other supporters in the community to get permission to bring the beam to Fort Collins and raise $25,000 in the process.

Poudre Fire Authority Battalion Chief Doug Lee detailed the journey of the beam after see STEEL BEAM on page 6 >>

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Bastille to headline Red Rocks after captivating listeners with new album

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Indie-pop band Bastille will headline Red Rocks Amphitheater on Oct. 7 at the Jeep on the Rocks event with Andrew McMahon, and those in attendance will be some of the first people to hear music off their new album “Wild World” that was released just last month.

Bastille is composed of four immediate members with Dan Smith on vocals,Will Farquarson on lead guitar and backup vocals, Kyle Simmons on keyboard and Chris “Woody” Wood on drums. Recently, the band added additional touring member Charlie Barnes.

Since the bands initial debut in 2012, they have added more mix tapes to their fast growing repertoire such as “Other People’s Heartaches Part One,” “Other People’s Heartaches Part Two” and “Other People’s Heartaches Part Three” which took a unique twist on other artist’s songs by covering them with a heavy upbeat tempo in soft rock kind of way. And in 2014, Bastille experienced immense success after the release of their first album that included the song “Pompeii” which was in the top five on Billboard’s Top 100 for 2014.

Now premiering their second official album, “Wild World,” Bastille presents melancholic, yet pop-like tracks with massive vocals from Smith. With any amount of success comes a great amount of pressure and responsibility, and with such massive hits from their first album, the band has been open about the pressure they feel to create popular singles.

However, despite this pressure, they still managed to succeed once again in creating unique songs. “Wild World” is a blend of many genres that are reminiscent of 90s dance hits and alternative rock. see BASTILLE on page 7 >>

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Two officers sue for racial discrimination in Fort Collins Police Department

By Dan DeHerrera @CSUCollegian

A discrimination lawsuit was filed against the City of Fort Collins and top police officials last Wednesday claiming that the City police department had condoned a culture of discrimination against Latino/ Hispanic officers.

The lawsuit was the second filed this year claiming racial discrimination in the Fort Collins Police Department. The first was filed April 29.

Former Det. Kennyburg Araujo and current FCPD Sgt. Francis Gonzales filed suit against the City Sept. 7, claiming years of unjust treatment because of their racial background and a lack of initiative from the City to prevent discrimination.

“For decades, the FCPD has fostered and condoned a culture of discrimination against Latino/Hispanic officers, which is evidenced in its hiring and promotional practices as well as its disparate treatment of Latino/Hispanic officers in

its disciplinary decisions and performance evaluations,” the complaint states.

The officers claimed that their FCPD superiors prevented them from getting promotions, repeatedly and openly criticized them, retaliated against them after they filed internal complaints, used racial slurs and unfairly disciplined them.

Det. Araujo and Sgt. Gonzales claim they were repeatedly passed over for promotions, despite being highly qualified.

According to the lawsuit, Det. Araujo and Sgt. Gonzales allege prevalent discrimination in the department prevented them from career progression, while white members of the department were promoted despite being less qualified for similar positions.

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the suit alleges.

According to the complaint, Sgt. Gonzales was later told by several individuals that Deputy Chief Vagge had “blackballed” him, actively blocking his promotion to lieutenant throughout the course of his career.

Det. Araujo saw the same treatment, having outperformed several other candidates for a promotion but was not selected.

During the selection process, his superior, Sgt. Shaklee,

told the selection committee that Det. Araujo did not have enough experience for the position. However, a white officer with less experience was chosen after Sgt. Shaklee pressured the committee not to select see DISCRIMINATION on page 14 >>

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Mothpocalypse Now: Moth infestation may disappear after weekend

By Jessie Trudell @JessieTrudell

Thousands of recently-hatched moths have occupied Fort Collins within the last week.

According to Matt Camper, Colorado State University faculty instructor and entomologist, this is an anomaly.

“We haven’t seen anything like this in over 30 years,” Camper said. “At least in Colorado, nothing.”

These local moths, known as vagabond crambus in the scientific community, typically feed on lawn grass throughout the summer in their caterpillar forms until taking up residence in their cocoons around mid-July. Toward the end of the summer, the vagabond crambus in its moth form emerges from its cocoon. A high population of moths now suggests that there was a high level of caterpillars over this past summer.

“It’s a past infestation, and the moths are now remnants of the infestation this summer,” Camper said. “We know that in the caterpillar form they can cause incredible damage in high numbers by clipping the tips of grass like a lawnmower.”

The moths are significant-

“Moths have traditionally utilized celestial light to navigate.

They’re attracted to the light during the night by nature.”

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ly prevalent in the Fort Collins area this year, but Camper said it is difficult to determine an exact explanation.

“A storm may have pushed the moths up into the Denver, Castle Rock, and Fort Collins ar-

Large numbers of vagabond crambus moths rest on the outside of a door at the Plant Sciences building on Friday morning.

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eas,” Camper said. “Abundant insect infestations can ride storms and it could just be something that has been pushed up.”

These moths are attracted to light, constantly swarming areas with high light presence, specifically at night. Shutting off porch lights and limiting light as much as possible can attract less moth action.

“Moths have traditionally utilized celestial light to navigate,” Camper said. “They’re attracted to the light during the night by nature.”

Camper said he cautions people against using any pesticide or insect treatment on the moths. As soon as the moths have mated, which will have occurred over the weekend, they will die and no longer have a presence, he said.

“Insects spend most of their time in the larvae stage, and in

the adult stage or moth stage, they’re programmed to mate,” Camper said. “Once they’ve mated, the moths will die, and the birds will be happy.”

Camper is also involved with CSU’s Bug Zoo, which boasts an impressive collection of arthropods. An arthropod is an invertebrate animal with an exoskeleton, jointed appendages, and a segmented body. Arthropods include inse cts, arachnids, myriapods and crustaceans.

“We lend out bugs to professors that use them in class, as well as use them for outreach programs for groups like K-12 students and FFA” Camper said.

“We buy a lot of bugs, and there’s a big enthusiast trade market for bugs.”

CSU’s Bug Zoo showcases a collection of 30 different species, including scorpions, hermit crabs, tarantulas, beetles, cock-

roaches, and much more. The selection totals somewhere near 20,000 individual arthropod specimens, with both native Colorado and exotic species.

“I really like tarantulas, I love arachnids a lot,” said Maia Holmes, a Warner College of Natural Resources senior that is also in charge of insect husbandry for CSU’s Bug Zoo. “Arthropods are so under-appreciated.”

Holmes has a band of volunteers and works in the Bug Zoo every day of the week. She is in charge of feeding, monitoring, and general care of the insects.

“It’s strange to me that arthropods are so under-appreciated,” Holmes said. “Arthropods are about 80 percent of the terrestrial biomass of the planet, and 97 percent of the biomass consists of invertebrates as a whole.”

According to Holmes, there

are approximately 122 million insects to every human on earth.

Within this statistic, there are three million ants per human on the planet.

“It’s also strange to me that people are so afraid of bugs, when they’re literally everywhere,” Holmes said.

Camper also acknowledged the intense reality of the number of insects we as humans coexist with.

“In really fertile soil, like a pasture or something with grass, there can be a lot of bugs,” Camper said. “A single footprint in a pasture is covering approximately 7,000 arthropods. It’s incredible.”

For more information and updates on CSU’s Bug Zoo, you can check out “CSU Bug Zoo” on Facebook.

Jessie Trudell can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Famous Memory Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus speaks to full house Thursday night

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UCA Art Museum debuts $2 million donation renovation

By Nicole Towne @nicole_towne21

Established and respected cognitive psychologist, Elizabeth Loftus, spoke to a packed Lory Student Center Theater Thursday evening about a topic she has devoted decades of her life to: memory.

Author and contributor to over 10 books and leader in countless experiments, Loftus provided an interactive presentation that explained to audience members that memory is not quite as concrete as we think.

Loftus explained that when presented with untrue information, the brain is able to accept it as true, fully believe it and recognize it as a memory.

“When exposed to misinformation, many people accept it and take it as their own information,” Loftus said.

Loftus explained this by addressing research she conducted. In one experiment, she talked with the parents or older siblings of the subjects, and found out about a few events that happened in the participant’s childhood. Upon meeting with the participant, Loftus asked the participant to confirm whether

By Hailey Deaver @autumn_hail

The UCA Gregory Allicar Musuem museum had a grand re-opening on Sept. 10 for the renovation, which added 6,000 sq. feet of space. The museum’s name changed after a $2 million gift for a renovation project.

The ribbon cutting ceremony began at 1 p.m. and was shortly followed by a large

crowd of people pooling into the museum.

The $2 million gift was donated for the renovation project, and was inspired by the immense collection of art that was gifted to the museum.

Fort Collins Mayor Wade Troxell stepped up to speak about the new addition to the art museum and how it will give members of the community

see ART MUSEUM on page 7 >>

Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus speaks in the Lory Student Center Thursday night. PHOTO BY JULIA TROWBRIDGE COLLEGIAN

or not the childhood events she mentioned happened to them.

She would proceed to describe three true events. After the third event she shared a fourth made up event about getting lost in a mall and being rescued by an elderly person.

“We asked about three true experiences, things the mother told us really did happen, and then a completely made up experience about being lost in the mall,” Loftus said. “We got about a quarter of our subjects to fall swayed to the suggestion and

remember all or part of this negative experience of being lost in the mall.”

Loftus also discussed the power of a story and its ability to unintentionally become a false memory.

“If you just get people to make up a story about themselves, have them make up a story how they rescued a cat from a tree as a child, then many people will later start to believe that they had this experience of rescuing a cat,” Loftus said. “Even though it see PSYCHOLOGIST on page 7>>

After the ribbon cutting, the crowd was allowed to view some of the artwork inside. PHOTO BY C.J. JOHNSON COLLEGIAN

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Annual city bicycle count provides data support for bike infrastructure projects

By MQ Borocz This week is the annual Fort Collins Bicycle and Pedestrian Count, where volunteers will help collect the data needed to support future improvements to the bike and pedestrian infrastructure in Fort Collins.

Tracey Lipfert, FC Moves Bicyclist and Pedestrian Count Coordinator, said that with bicycling becoming increasingly popular in the fast-growing city, FC Moves needs the data from the counts to support bicycling infrastructure policies.

Volunteers will collect data Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday during shifts from 7 to 9 a.m., 12 to 2 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.

There are still several volunteer shifts available at the 16 intersections and 11 trails where the data is collected. Locations that are close to campus are the Laurel and Mason intersection and the Lynwood/Heatheridge and Prospect intersection.

The Bicycle and Pedestrian Count, put on by FC Moves, is part the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project, which fosters a nationwide effort and methodology for counting and promoting

bikes and pedestrians. Fort Collins began participating in 2012 and was rated as one of five platinum level bicycling communities in the country

by Bicycle Friendly America in 2013.

“Fort Collins has been big on bikes for a very long time,” Lipfert said. “This is part of (the Bicycle Friendly America) designation, evaluating our community’s rates of bicycling and walking. We also just want to know what our community members are doing so we can take care of them through infrastructure.”

The busiest of the 16 intersections is the intersection at Laurel and Mason, where 430 bicyclists were counted during one two-hour shift last year. A result of that data is The Laurel Street Pilot Project, which includes the protected bike lanes on Laurel and the green bike boxes on Laurel and College and Laurel and Mason. The bicycle light at Laurel and Mason is the only bicycle light in Fort Collins and is a pilot test to see if the city can use them in other parts of town.

The Bicycle and Pedestrian count also counts helmet usage and the male and female

>> STEEL BEAM from page 1 PFA Division Chief of Operations Rick Vander Velde spoke on the significance of the day itself.

“What the four of us believed would just be a road trip ended up being an emotional journey we will remember for the rest of our lives,” Lee said.

The firefighters made a few stops along the way, which Lee said turned into hour-long ordeals thanks to curious people asking about the beam and its significance.

“As we headed west, all four lanes were closed, except for the procession,” Lee said. “We were rarely without an escort.”

As they drove underneath highway crossings in Chicago, Lee recalled seeing local firefighters lined up saluting as they drove underneath. Lee said they were “waving flags as we went by.”

After four days and nearly 1,800 miles of driving, the flag made it to Fort Collins in October 2015. It was originally kept away from public viewing at Fire Station 4, but was moved to its new home at Station 3 near Spring Park for the ceremony and public viewing.

The Memorial at Spring Park The memorial’s final design is

still being developed, however, artist renderings were available for public viewing at the ceremony.

The renderings show a memorial split into five screens, each showing a particular aspect of the September 11 attacks. The design encompasses three design elements intended to reflect the tone of the memorial - chaos, represented by jagged lines, contemplation, represented by blank space, and honor, represented by parallel, orderly lines.

Construction on the memorial is expected to begin this year and complete sometime in 2017.

15 Years Later Stephens described her own experience the morning of the September 11 attacks while she spoke to the crowd about the meaning of the beam.

“I was waiting for one kid to get on the bus, for the other to get to swimming lessons, and (as I was) making lunch I turned on the TV and was horrified,” Stephens said.

Stephens kept a focus on honoring the bravery of first responders, saying that those acts of bravery remind her that there is still good in the world. She also thanked the World Trade Center Beam Committee in Fort Collins

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Fort Collins volunteers will assist in the annual Bike and Pedestrian Count next Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. PHOTO BY RYAN ARB COLLEGIAN

split of bicyclists.

Over the last four years, there has been about 60 percent helmet usage on trails and 39 percent on streets. Males accounted for 60 percent of bicyclists and females accounted for 40 percent.

Most of the bicycling and pedestrian traffic in Fort Col-

lins occurs around the Colorado State University and Old Town areas, but Lipfert said the City is looking to change that.

“Certainly the core, Old Town Fort Collins, has a lot more bike traffic than the periphery but we’d like to see those numbers on the rise too,” Lipfert said. “That’s another

reason why we track, we want to see where things are for our community. If people aren’t riding because there’s not good bicycling infrastructure, we definitely want to change that.”

To sign up to volunteer. visit www.fcgov.com/bicycling/.

MQ Borocz can be reached at news@collegian.com.

for working on a final design for the memorial.

There was one man who kept a sign lowered during the ceremony that read, “ 9 11 WE NEED TRUTH.” The man was not vocal

during the ceremony and did not appear to be making any major disturbances immediately after, although he did raise the sign a few times in the hours that followed.

“It’s almost like a religious symbol,” Lee said on the beam.

“They don’t know how to treat it.”

Erik Petrovich can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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>> PSYCHOLOGIST from page 5 starts as a story, it starts as an instruction to be convincing (and) it ends up having this effect on consequent memory.”

Loftus also discussed the 1984 rape case of Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton.

As a 22-year-old college student in North Carolina, an attacker broke into her house and raped her. Thompson survived and took the case to court. With the help of authorities she identified Cotton as the perpetrator after seeing a photograph of him as well as seeing him in person.

Cotton was sent to jail, but he was not the same man that broke

into Thompson’s house. Speculations rose following the trail about another possible suspect, Bobby Poole, and Thompson was once again asked to identify her attacker. When presented with Poole and Cotton, she chose Cotton.

Loftus used this to exemplify that not only memories can be fuzzy, but to also build off the idea that eyewitness accounts can present unintended accuracy issues, especially for stressed and sleep deprived witnesses.

At the end of her presentation, Loftus received a standing ovation, and students left the students with one of her famous

>> MUSEUM from page 5 better resources.

“Fort Collins is featured in an exhibit in Washington D.C. at the U.S. museum of American history,” Troxell said.

Speakers said that the exhibit is meant to send a message about building a better community.

“This is really an extraordinary resource for our community, our schools and everyone that enjoys our community,” Troxell said.

The mayor cut the ribbon and welcomed the public into the museum.

The new exhibit contains art from over 60 countries, and more than 200 pieces of art came from the Harford-Tandstad collection.

The museum additions portray three themes: Global Encounters, Approaching Nature and Dialogues With Power.

The renovation also provided a permanent showcase for the African and Native American collections, and space for temporary exhibits and collections to be rotated.

The educational programs in the Robert W. Hoffert Learning Center will receive an updated

space as a result of the expansion.

People of all ages gathered outside of the Visual Arts Building waiting for the ribbon cutting ceremony to begin. The community event was free to the public. Food trucks were open for business outside the front doors to the building. Rebel Popcorn, Nitro Coffee, Austin Taco, Koby’s East Coast Snowball Stand and La Piadina provided food and refreshments for the crowd.

CSU students, guest, and teachers alike were prepared for the opening of the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art known previously as the UCA Museum of Art. Linny Frickman, director of the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, said the renovations would not have been possible without donors and the work of volunteers.

“This new cultural treasure is the result of the hard work of so many – our small but mighty staff, our dedicated volunteers and board members, and all of the donors who believed in this project and made it possible,” Frickman said.

Hailey Deaver can be reached at news@collegian.com.

>> BASTILLE from page 2 While songs like “Good Grief” may be destined for repeat on radio airwaves, it is darker themed songs like “Snakes” and “Two Evils” that really bring out more of the bands personality and show fans that they have the same vibes from their first album.

On the song “Two Evils,” front-men Smith and Farquarson opted for a more sultry rock tune with only pure vocals and plucked guitar.

Bastille completely followed through on the production of hit singles with evocative stories in songs like “Four Walls” and “Send them off!” which are really dark lyrically but upbeat and catchy musically.

Smith’s vocals are absolutely phenomenal in “Wild Life.” The

control he has in his voice in one song alone is impressive, not to mention a whole album with songs ranging from deep and low to higher pitched and smooth.

FINAL SCORE: 8/10

In a world where a lot of music sounds the same, Bastille offers something different with “Wild Life.” I would recommend this album not for fans of the songs “Pompeii” and “Bad Blood” but also for those who enjoy alternative rock albums with songs that you can jump to and songs that make you think.

For a chance to hear songs off this album live, don’t miss Bastille at Red Rocks Amphitheater early next month. Go to redrocksonline.com to purchase tickets.

Taylor Felver can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

quotes.

“Memory, like liberty, is a fragile thing,” Loftus said.

Students said they found her work both intriguing and applicable.

“I thought her studies were very interesting,” said Dartanyan Broeker, junior psychology major. “(The studies) had a lot of

real world application that a lot of people don’t really think about. For instance, eye witness accounts aren’t (always) accurate and she can prove why they’re not.”

Psychology major Sierra Thompkins said the keynote speech related to class content.

“It’s crazy to me that your

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mind can play tricks on you like it does,” Thompkins said. “It’s really interesting that she has discovered that and proved it through multiple methods. She proved that our memory isn’t definite like we think it is, and that’s really cool.”

Nicole Towne can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Lawsuit says scientific fraud at Duke cost government $200 million in grants

By Jane Stancill

A lawsuit brought by a whistleblower against Duke University accuses former researchers of using false data to win dozens of government grants totaling more than $200 million.

The federal lawsuit was brought by a former Duke researcher, Joseph M. Thomas, on behalf of the U.S. government under the False Claims Act, a federal law used to combat fraud against government agencies. Thomas named Duke University, Duke University Health System, retired Duke pulmonologist William Foster and former researcher Erin Potts-Kant.

It alleges that data were falsified or fabricated by Potts-Kant working under Foster’s supervision in a lab that conducted research on respiratory function and illnesses such as asthma.

Since 2006, the lawsuit says, scientists relied on the bad data to publish papers and seek grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Environmental Protection Agency and other government agencies.

“Defendants have abused the public trust,” the lawsuit says..

“They have engaged in system-

atic research misconduct and fraud, and failed to comply with the terms, conditions and assurances of their grant awards.”

Potts-Kant was accused of embezzling money from Duke in 2013, which triggered an internal review of her research findings at the university. She left Duke and was eventually convicted of embezzlement, but the lawsuit contends that the university and Foster had for years turned a blind eye to repeated warnings about suspected research misconduct by Potts-Kant.

Further, the suit alleges that Duke concealed and minimized the extent of the wrongdoing after the fact. It claims that during an internal review in 2013, a Duke official asked those looking into the fraud to communicate by phone so as not to create “a paper trail.”

Michael Schoenfeld, Duke’s vice president for public affairs and government relations, issued a statement saying the university handled the situation appropriately.

“After Duke learned that a former employee, Erin PottsKant, had been embezzling funds from the university (for which she later was prosecuted and convicted), we also discov-

ered discrepancies in some data that she had been generating in research projects,” Schoenfeld said “. Even though the full scope of Ms. Potts-Kant’s actions were not known at the time, Duke notified several government agencies in June 2013 about the matter and immediately launched a formal scientific misconduct investigation, as required by federal law.”

He declined further comment. Matthew Broughton, a Roanoke, Va., attorney who represents Johnson, declined to discuss the lawsuit or make his client available. Efforts to reach Foster and Potts-Kant were unsuccessful.

The lawsuit was filed in November 2015 in U.S. District Court in Virginia and was sealed by the court until recently. It was first reported online Thursday

by Science and a publication called Retraction Watch.

Under the False Claims Act, Duke could be liable for triple damages to the government plus other fines. Thomas, a cell biologist from 2008 to 2012, seeks a percentage of Duke’s settlement with the government, plus attorney’s fees.

It’s not the first time Duke has been tarnished by allegations of research misconduct.

Former Duke cancer researcher Dr. Anil Potti falsified results that were published in the most prestigious scientific journals, in a widely reported scandal a few years ago. Last year, in a deal with the federal government, Potti agreed not to do research for five years. Duke settled lawsuits with the families of eight cancer patients who had been in clinical trials based on the phony research.

Contained in the new suit are similarly explosive accusations that Potts-Kant’s data was either made up, manipulated or came from experiments that were done incorrectly. The effects rippled across Duke and across other universities, because Foster’s Airway Physiology Laboratory was a hub of scientific collaboration that conducted experiments for others. Foster was considered a leading researcher in the area of inflammation of the respiratory airways.

According to the lawsuit, Potts-Kant worked in the lab using several machines that measure lung functions by force-ventilating mice. PottsKant completed experiments in a fraction of the time that it took another scientist, the suit said, suggesting that either experiments weren’t performed

or results were manipulated.

Other researchers were unable to replicate the results, which often conformed to scientists’ preconceived theories, and little raw data was found during Duke’s subsequent internal review. Further, the suit said that thousands of mice were killed for no purpose when antigens were administered at too high a dose.

The fraudulent results were used in 38 research papers or journal articles co-written by Potts-Kant, the suit said, at a time when she was a junior employee in her early 30s. Foster was also an author on 38 of the papers. The suit alleged that Foster failed to supervise PottsKant, disregarded warnings about her work and did not compare her results to data stored in the machines.

The false research in the publications was submitted to government agencies by Duke to show progress on grant-funded projects, the suit claimed.

Duke applied for and received 49 grants totaling almost $83 million, and Duke and other universities received 15 multiyear grants for $121 million, the suit said, based on the bogus findings.

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OPINION Monday, September 12, 2016

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9/11 is misused as an instrument for propaganda Sean Kennedy @seanskenn

When we speak of 9/11, what do we talk about?

We of course talk about grief and loss and the courage of those that responded directly to the tragedy, but what else do we talk about? Do we talk about what we’ve learned? Do we talk about this tragic event’s place in history?

Being only one person, I can only speak from my limited perception of society. However, from my perspective, it appears that the national conversation surrounding 9/11 has gotten hung up on ritualizing grief- and that’s incredibly problematic, because it has left the door open for other forces to dictate how this event will be remembered and how it will be conceptualized and taught in history.

Instead of being a learning moment for the United States with regards to its foreign affairs, but instead 9/11 has been co-opted by the government to be a medi-

um for propaganda to reinforce the military-industrial complex.

Think about it. What other national tragedy is so routinely memorialized among the American public? Pearl Harbor?

Even then, the amount of media devoted to graphically reliving the attack on the Twin Towers every year is unrivaled by any other major tragic event. It’s not like we see JFK’s head being blown off every November. 9/11 receives so much more attention because enemy attacks help sell political policy to the public; the same can’t be said for a presidential assassination. I realize that drawing a parallel between those two events isn’t the most fair for the argument, but the point remains: 9/11 commemoration is a politically-motivated occurrence, a point that becomes even more important when it is considered what policies it has been used to advance.

Since the attack on the Twin Towers fifteen years ago, the U.S. has drastically increased its invasion of and involvement in the Middle East. While the events of 9/11 of course initially spurred a war that we now know was based on false pretenses, the dramatic influence on policy outside the

trenches has been even more significant. U.S. use of special operations forces has increased every single year since 9/11, even today, and the Obama administration continues to expand its use of drones, a program which on multiple occasions has ended the lives of dozens of people without being able to identify them.

This isn’t just about disagreeable military policy. The fact is that in the 15 years since we were attacked on our own soil, the federal government never bothered to make any change in policy besides greatly increasing the well-intentioned but ultimately misguided military presence in the Middle East that spurred the attack in the first place, and never bothered to own up to conducting a war on false pretenses that killed thousands and displaced millions or re-examine the possible causes for the attack.

Don’t believe me? Well, did you know that federal authorities have known since 2002 that the men who perpetrated 9/11 received housing, flight school and financial support from the Saudi Arabian government?

Shouldn’t that have warrant-

ed investigation, even though they’re a geopolitical ally?

These are the true costs of letting outside forces dictate how we choose to move on from grief as a country. The federal government continues to wage violence against communities in the Middle East even though Americans as a whole are now strongly opposed to doing so.

We have never truly moved on from the events of 9/11 as a country, and the powers that be have utilized that knowledge to manipulate our grief into support for, or at least acquiescence to destructive, failed military policy. It’s in the best interest of domestic warlords that we per-

petuate and relive this tragedy ad infinitum.

It’s important to honor the dead and those who heeded the call of their communities when they were most in need, but we can do so without indulging in hollow rituals every year that only serve to advance the tide of profitable chaos that will only serve to create similar attacks against our civilians in the future. If we truly wish to honor our victims, we can do so as a country by breaking the cycle of grief- and our addiction to destruction.

Sean Kennedy can be reached at letters@collegian.com.

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SPORTS Monday, September 12, 2016

Colorado State starting quarterback remains mystery

By Chad Deutschman @ChadDeutschman

Colorado State still doesn’t know who their quarterback is.

The farewell Hughes Stadium campaign began with a 23-14 Colorado State win over University of Texas-San Antonio (1-1) and created even more controversy surrounding the team’s quarterbacks.

CSU (1-1) came into the game with a lot of unanswered questions, the most important being who the starting quarterback will be.

Senior Faton Bauta got the start under center and quickly led the Rams to a field goal on the opening drive of the game.

Bauta played the entire first half, helping the team to a 20-14 lead at half.

The real fun, however, came at the 12:41 mark of the fourth quarter.

Bauta and the offense struggled to move the ball to start the second half, and after throwing three straight incompletions, two of which missed badly, the boo birds greeted the offense as they walked off the field.

True freshman Collin Hill then entered the game for the team’s next offensive possession, much to the delight of the fans.

Head coach Mike Bobo said after the game that the decision to play Hill came due to the fact the team could not move the ball.

“I was not real reluctant when we could not complete a pass,” Bobo said about the decision to play Hill. “We thought that if we were struggling throwing the ball we would give him an opportunity. He didn’t play great either but he had two big completions.”

By playing Hill, there is now no chance of the freshman redshirting the 2016 season.

“You wold like to redshirt a young guy,” Bobo said. “But (through) spring, we felt he had a really good chance to be a really good player, so we get him ready to play. All along I was saying it would be a three-quarterback race and it was.”

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Hill could potentially receive a medical redshirt.

The first pass Hill threw went for 11 yards and a first down to sophomore Olabisi Johnson.

Hill would go on to finish the game 2-6 for 26 yards.

Once Hill entered the game, there was the sense that the team was now his; that there was no going back once you throw the true freshman into the fire, but that was not the case.

Hill went on to start every drive for the remainder of the game, but Bauta came in for situ-

Freshman QB Collin Hill came into game during the fourth quarter of CSU’s home opener win over UTSA 23-14. PHOTO BY ELLIOT JERGE COLLEGIAN

ational plays, utilizing his legs to help the offense move.

Bauta finished the game 6-17 for 82 yards, while also adding 4 carries for 39 yards. “(Collin) is gonna compete this week, and give us the best opportunity to win,” Bobo said.

“I still believe Faton will play, and gave us an opportunity to win with his running…he got some huge yards running the ball, which was big for our offense.

That last drive the completion by Collin and then the 6-7 yard run

by Faton put us in field goal range

and Wyatt (Bryan) was able to make the kick.”

The Colorado State quarterback play has been extremely ineffective thus far. Now with two games to look back upon, the position group has combined to go 14 of 43 passing for 171 yards.

Completing about 30 percent of their passes, the CSU quarterback competition, or lack there of, is in dire need of someone to separate themselves from the pack.

In Saturday’s win over UTSA, the poor quarterback play from Faton Bauta and Collin Hill

was bailed out by an impressive performance on the ground, as the team ran for 220 yards, 193 of which came in the first half. Between Bauta and Hill, there were only three completions for CSU in the second half.

Last season’s starter Nick Stevens was the only quarterback in the race to not receive playing time against UTSA after struggling in week-one. Stevens is still in the race, according to Bobo.

“Nick has to compete,” Bobo said. “He has to improve and show he can hit his targets. That

is where they all stand. We do not have a starting quarterback right now.”

It could be Hill, it could be Bauta, or it could be Stevens. The team doesn’t know, the quarterbacks don’t know, Bobo doesn’t know. The race goes on.

When Colorado State takes on the University of Northern Colorado Sept. 17, it is very likely that the first player to go under center will not be the last.

Collegian sports editor Chad Deutschman can be reached by email at sports@collegian.com.

SPORTS Monday, September 12, 2016

CSU defense searching for maturity

By Eric Wolf @Eric_Wolf5

Going into the 2016 season, the Colorado State coaching staff expected some growing pains for the team’s inexperienced defense; they just never expected it to be as bad as it was in the 44-7 loss to Colorado in the Rocky Mountain Showdown.

Not a lot went right for the Rams defense on the night of Sept.

2, and a lot of it had to do with that inexperience and the mistakes that come with it.

“It was a lot of little maturity mistakes,” linebacker Kevin Davis said. “I wouldn’t say too many missed tackles, but it was little things that we could have done pre-snap and then during the play. There was no reason for us to make those mistakes, but we did make them.”

“I think it all has to do with experience. I think everybody, there eyes were wide open,” defensive lineman Jakob Buys said. “Even at

the end of the game people were just like ‘wow man we played in front of 70,000 people.’ I was sitting there and I was like damn, we just lost in front of 70,000 people.”

Friday night, the brand new defense came into the game eager to make plays and a name for themselves. They played hard, the coaches insist on that, but they made too many young mistakes.

They knew what to do, but once the lights turned on, they struggled mightily in the aspects of the game they have worked on all through Fall camp.

In the desire to make plays, they sacrificed their defensive jobs in order to do it. The defense got lost in the moment, caught up with trying to do too much, and it cost the defense as a whole.

The veterans know it, and defensive coordinator Marty English knows it. At Monday’s weekly press conference, English said he is no longer accepting the excuse that his defense is inexperienced and that’s why the mistakes are happening.

He can’t accept that excuse any longer, but he realizes that things are not going to change overnight.

“It’s unacceptable, but at the same time I have to understand that it’s gonna take two or three games for us to understand that you can’t make those kinds of mistakes,” English said.

For English, the challenge is getting his guys to play faster and more aggressive without sacrificing their defensive responsibility in the process.

It’s a delicate balance, one that English is still trying to figure out.

“We have got to give the guys a chance to play faster and more aggressive,” he said. “I don’t know if that means that there are some things that you can’t do. I’m hoping that we don’t overcomplicate it.”

The coach can try and teach it all he wants, but at the end of the day, it can only come from experience. That’s why English is still trying to come to terms with the fact

CSU volleyball swept by Texas, drop fourth straight match

By Michael Roley @michael_roley

This game had been looming on the schedule for months with anticipation high, and the interest even greater.

The Texas Longhorns were coming to Moby Arena.

And on Friday night there they were, coming off a runner-up finish in last year’s NCAA tournament and ranked third in the country.

The Longhorns looked every bit the part Friday night, sweeping Colorado State (25-20, 25-23, 25-23) in front of 6,253 at Moby Arena, the fifth highest attended game in CSU volleyball history.

It was also the marquee match up of the year for the Rams.

CSU (4-4, 0-0 MW) held their own with Texas (6-1, 0-0 Big 12). In total the match featured 24 ties and eight lead changes. The Rams held leads at several junctures, including a 17-12 advantage in the third set before the Longhorns would rally for five straight points to tie it at 17. Texas then scored 13 of the match’s final 19 points to seal the victory.

“They’re a hard team to stop,” head coach Tom Hilbert said. “I thought we would have more advantages in long rallies in this match….I think my team had fun,I think we were close in two sets. We did some pretty good things in the last two sets especially with our point scor-

ing and serving being tougher and getting some blocks. That’s a team (Texas) I think that a couple years from now this young team (CSU) beats.”

Jasmine Hanna led the way for the Rams with 11 kills and Kirstie Hillyer contributed seven more to go along with four block assists and one solo block.

CSU has now lost their fourth consecutive match, an unfamiliar position for a program that has a cumulative record to date of 89-13, dating back to the beginning of 2013. The team is in a bit of lull at the moment, as the loss to Texas marks the third consecutive match the Rams have been swept in.

But going toe-to-toe with one of the nation’s best should only increase their confidence going forward.

“I think more than anything it’s a confidence booster for us,” Hanna said. “We just competed with one of the best teams in the nation and we hung in there the whole time. This gives us confidence continuing on.”

From an attacking standpoint, the Longhorns looked to have a huge edge in the first set.

Texas hit .429 in the set while the Rams struggled, hitting at a .097 clip. Hillyer was in on three blocks in the set while Texas struggled to serve it in-bounds with five service errors.

CSU battled admirably the rest of the match, fighting back from a 22-17 deficit in the

second set to deadlock it at 23 before two Longhorn kills from Macaya White and Paulina Prieto Cerame ended it.

In the third stanza CSU jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead before Texas rallied back with five straight points to gain a 5-4 advantage. Later on CSU took a 17-12 lead before Texas once again climbed their way back and knotted the set at 18. The Longhorns would eventually close out the sweep by a score of 25-23.

It was a big game for CSU. But throughout the match the Rams never seem rattled. They were upbeat and loose after scoring points. Friday’s stage against a top-level team didn’t appear too large for this young, freshman-heavy squad.

“There was a lot of maturity tonight,” Hillyer said. “That was really cool to see everybody come together.”

Friday night’s crowd was large and made their presence known at several points throughout the match. The atmosphere was a player’s dream to play in, and regardless of the outcome, a memory that players can cherish and enjoy forever.

“It’s unreal,” Hanna said.

“I love it (the atmosphere).

This is why I came to Colorado State and this is why I’m playing volleyball- for moments like these that I can remember for the rest of my life.”

Michael Roley can be reached at sports@collegian.com

that it’s going to take awhile for his defense to figure it out.

The first step to figuring it out came Friday night. The loss certainly got the defense’s attention.

The game opened the team’s eyes and served as the best kind of learning experience, but it’s just one step in a season full of them.

To build this defense, the players on the field have to trust each other completely. If they want to do their job like the coaches have been preaching, they have to know that the guy next to them is doing the same thing.

It’s not an easy thing to do for a young group of defenders, but again, it takes experience.

“We all have to trust each other no matter what and the thing is the trust grows once we start doing our job,” Buys said.

“It starts in practice and starts gradually increasing during the

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game. We have to do our job, we can’t think oh we have to make every play. This defense, it’s all eleven guys or none of us.”

“It is a new defense, it’s a new team and that can be an exciting thing,” Safety Jake Schlager said.

“Obviously, it was pretty scary in the first game. We have room to grow and a lot of room to build.”

For this defense to mold together, and build their own brand of football it is going to take time.

Time as in multiple games into the season from what English has said.

For the Ram’s fortunes this season, the sooner the better.

“I mean hopefully it happens immediately but I think it is going to happen with playing time, (with) guys getting into actual games. Hopefully, it happens fast,” Davis said.

Eric Wolf can be reached by email at sports@collegian.com

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ARTS & CULTURE Monday, September 12, 2016

MGC Stomps heats up the LSC dance floor

By Camila Nadalet @CSUCollegian

Walking up the stairs toward Ballroom A in the Lory Student Center on Thursday night, it was clear that there was something going on. Music was blasting and loud cheers could be heard far from the doors to the ballroom.

What was happening inside those doors was MGC Stomps, an annual affair put on by CSU’s Fraternity and Sorority Life.

MGC Stomps is an event in which all ten sororities and fraternities that are part of the Multicultural Greek Council participate. Each sorority and fraternity has some of their members create a team, and they choreograph a type of line dance known as strolling. After weeks of rehearsing their dance, it is stroll-off time.

“My favorite part was seeing the overwhelming support everyone had for each other.”

ARALHI HERNANDEZ MGC STOMPS ATTENDEE

The event always attracts a rather large audience. Members of Greek Life make up a large majority of attendees but parents, friends and even students who are interested in joining a sorority or fraternity are included in the crowd.

The brothers of Omega Delta Phi Fraternity Incorporated performing their stroll. PHOTO COURTESY OF CISCO MORA

When the event began and the first team went up to stroll, the energy level in the room rose through the roof. Everyone was cheering and shouting for the gentlemen of Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity Incorporated, the first fraternity to perform; the energy only got higher and higher with each team that took the stage.

Along with the vitality that was filling the room was a great

sense of unity and support. For members of MGC, part of what they pride themselves on is how all ten organizations, though separate entities, are united as one greater community. That sense of community can be seen even to those who are not part of Greek Life.

“My favorite part was seeing the overwhelming support everyone had for each other,”

said first-time attendee of MGC Stomps Aralhi Bustillos Hernandez. “I’ve never seen anything like it, and it’s so awesome to see the bond between everyone.”

After every team was done performing their choreographed dance, the floor became everyone’s for the taking, and multiple organizations went up to stroll at the same time. At this point in the night, the strolling turned

from more competitive in nature to just pure fun and enjoyment.

Though this event is considered a competition between different organizations, it was evident that at the end of the day, all that really mattered was having fun and embracing the community that the attendees are a part of.

Camila Nadalet can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com

Colorado-based bands making it big in the music industry

By Camila Nadalet @CSUCollegian

We all know that Colorado is known for mountains, the Mile High City, weather that can never seem to make up its mind, and of course, the champions of the 2015 Super Bowl, the Broncos. But what people never really seem to think about are the renowned musicians that come from our beautiful state. So let us look at who these artists are and give ourselves yet another reason to be proud to live in Colorado.

The Fray The Fray are from the Mile High City itself. Their first album, “How to Save a Life,” came out all the way back in 2005. They

consistently came out with al album every year until 2014 when they released their latest album called “Helios.” Regardless, hit songs of theirs like “How to Save a Life” and “Over My Head,” both from their first album, continue to be played over a decade later.

It is evident that the band knows how to make music that will stay around for quite some time, and I think it is safe to say that the reason for that is them being from Colorado.

One Republic Colorado Springs, or “The Springs” as locals call it, is home to OneRepublic, a popular alternative rock band. Their very first album, “Dreaming Out Loud,” released in 2007, hit platinum.

From it came two hit singles,

“Apologize” and “Stop and Stare.”

This Colorado-based band did not stop there though. They have continued to produce hit music since the release of their first album. Most recently, they have come out with “Wherever I Go,” a single released earlier this year that took over the radio.

The Lumineers With hit songs like “Ho Hey,” “Submarines,” and most recently, “Ophelia,” the Lumineers have made themselves known in the world of music. Based out of Denver, the band released their debut album entitled “The Lumineers” in April of 2012. The album was quite successful, hitting number two on the Billboard 200 in January 2013 and going platinum in the United States

and Ireland in December of the same year. Four years later, the Lumineers are still making music, having released their second album, “Cleopatra,” in April of this year. Already, it is doing quite well, and there is likely more success to come in the future for the Lumineers. So thank you, Denver, for sharing this great band with the rest of the world.

3OH!3 Boulder, Colorado is home of the CU Buffs, and more than likely home to many other things, though most Fort Collins locals think of it purely as enemy territory. What many people do not know about Boulder, however, is that it gave us the popular alternative-rock duo 3OH!3.

Their first album, 3OH!3, was

released in 2007, and in 2008, they released the album “Want,” containing the song “STARSTRUKK,” their biggest hit to date. Also part of their repertoire is “My First Kiss” featuring Kesha from their 2010 album entitled “Streets of Gold.”

While they may not be as widely known as they once were, 3OH!3 still continues to make music to this day, having released an album in May of this year. And, hopefully, knowing that the duo is from Boulder does not make us like them any less because they do know how to produce some quite entertaining music.

Camila Nadalet can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com

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Alec Reviews Music: The Head and The Heart’s new album is a failed attempt at genre-jumping

By Alec Erikson @CTV_ACE

With folk music in the 21st century, we often see bands gain massive cult-like followings to the point where newcomers on the scene can sell out entire arenas and massive venues and have no problems moving records.

For the band The Head and The Heart who recently headlined RamFest, this is very much the case. With two records under their belts and sold out shows across the nation, things have been moving forward for the band at a very fast rate, but their recent album, “Signs of Light,” is a huge step back.

The Seattle-based band has been making a name for themselves as a power house in the genre for a little over seven years.

With the release of their debut self-titled album “The Head and The Heart” back in 2011 dominating small record store shelves, the band made a huge splash and soon everyone was clamoring for a physical copy of their first record. For good reason too. Their debut album put the band on the map and eventually led to them getting signed with Sub Pop. It wasn’t long until the release of their critically acclaimed sophomore record “Let’s Be Still” in 2013. The record reached the #10 spot on Billboard 200 and further cemented their place at the forefront of the scene. It was only a matter of time until their next release, and that brings us to “Signs of Light.”

“Signs of Light” is a 13 track record that clocks out at around 50 minutes long. It is one of the most awkward and clunky records to listen to from front to back, and there seems to be no real structure or driving narrative. Let’s get one thing straight before we dive into the album.

This is a drastically different record than anything else The Head and The Heart has produced. It can easily fool you with the alternative label slapped over it, but don’t let that deceive you.

The Head and The Head has tried something completely different, and it’s not for the best.

The lead track “All We Ever Know” is the first sign that the band has changed their sound.

While there are many great elements that I can appreciate them changing, like the tempo and rhythm, there are many things that seem awkward and out of place for a folk band.

The shift from folk to pop can be a huge gap to try to bridge.

They embrace a lot of more electrical elements in a way that is reminiscent of Mumford & Sons’ latest endeavor. While it sort of works here for the lead track, there are plenty of other tracks where it doesn’t quite fit in and

throws the track out of balance like in “False Alarm” and “Take a Walk.”

The redeeming factor to some of these awkward musical placements is the vocals. The vocals on this record are at an alltime best and are something else all their own. Arguably, the best track for what this record is has to be “Turn It Around.”

Lyrically, think of the most generic things that pop singers write songs about, and that’s what you get with “Signs of Light.” Most of this record deals with issues like the stressful relationship issues. While it is nothing new, there are some more of the subtle religious undertones that we have grown accustomed to from The Head and The Heart.

It’s just one of those things where the repetition of the subject matter, no matter how you spin it, is just as overused as it was before.

If you look at tracks like “Dreamer” and “Oh My Dear,” they are essentially from a lyrical standpoint the same thing. Musically, the songs are different. But, when you really listen to the lyrics, this record can get old fast.

Final Score: 1.5/5 The main issue with “Signs of Light” is that it is trying too hard to be something it is not. It is a halfway decent pop album, but it really sucks at being a folk record. While I can appreciate the fact that The Head and The Heart tried something new, this record is their version of selling out after moving labels. I would recommend that if you really like this band, just listen to their first two records and skip past this one. Basically, this is what I think soccer moms would call good music.

Alec Erickson can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com

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ARTS & CULTURE Monday, September 12, 2016

>> DISCRIMINATION from page 3 Det. Araujo, the suit claims.

Over the course of their careers, both received high marks and praise from their superiors, including Sgt. Gonzales being referred to as “the gold standard” for sergeants, and Det. Araujo as having “the essentials to be an exceptional officer.”

In the department’s history, only one Latino/Hispanic officer has ever been promoted to Lieutenant, according to the complaint.

The complaint makes numerous allegations that their superiors, Sgt. Gary Shaklee and former Deputy Chief Donald Vagge, repeatedly and willfully discriminated against them based solely on their Hispanic heritage.

As part of the internal investigation, Sgt. Gonzales served as a witness for Det. Araujo. It was during this time that he discovered claims that Deputy Chief Vagge had repeatedly blocked his promotion to lieutenant.

The officers were repeatedly and openly criticized by their superiors and subject to disparate remarks, including being referred to as “tonks,” a racial slur referring to people living in the U.S. illegally,

according to the lawsuit.

After the formal complaints were made, the plaintiffs were actively retaliated against after bringing their concerns to superiors, the suit claims.

Det. Araujo brought his concerns of discrimination to the attention of the FCPD in 2014, filing a report with human resources and with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

According to the complaint, Det. Araujo brought his concern to Deputy Chief Vagge, who allegedly did nothing to reprimand Sgt. Shaklee.

Det. Araujo was soon after issued “written reprimand, removed from his collateral-duty assignments, suffered a reduction in pay, and was constructively discharged.”

Det. Araujo and Sgt. Gonzales also claimed they were unfairly disciplined - including a number of incidents where white officers were not were not held to the same standards.

In one such incident, Det. Araujo was reprimanded for not submitting a police report at the end of his shift. Another white officer, having received the same

reprimand, was released from a probationary period at the scheduled time, while Det. Araujo was kept under watch and issued a work plan, the suit claims.

Despite several circumstances in which the department actively discriminated against Latino/Hispanic officers, the city did nothing to reprimand officers in command, or to offer relief to those affected, the complaint states.

The internal investigations reported no wrongdoing on the part of either defendant.

According to the lawsuit, FCPD “has continually failed to take seriously complaints of race discrimination,” continuing that, “in taking no action to correct this unlawful behavior, Fort Collins has engaged in discrimination and has ratified the discriminatory conduct of its supervisors and final policymakers.”

Det. Araujo and Sgt. Gonzales are seeking trial case and damages including lost pay and benefits, emotional pain, suffering, humiliation and mental anguish.

A trial date has not yet been set.

Dan DeHerrera can be reached at news@collegian.com.

Daily Horoscope Nancy Black

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY

(09/12/16). When an income surge floods your coffers, save some for later. Learn new skills.

Shift gears with a collaborative effort. Quiet springtime insights lead to blossoming romance and partnership. Ratchet up the passion.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — 6

— Schedule meetings and parties for the next two days. Group and community events have you engaged. Lack of funds hampers progress. No shouting.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 7 — Expect more responsibility over the next few days. Career opportunities arise, requiring quick attention. Don’t be confused by an elder’s inconsistency. Discuss it later.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 6 — New expenses require stable income. Study, research and travel offer different options for exploration. Pursue practical passions and prepare a marketing campaign.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 7 — Changes necessitate budget revisions. Today and tomorrow favor financial planning. Expensive pitfalls line the road ahead. Keep your family on the right track.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 8 — Partnership pulls you through a risky situation over the next two days. It could get romantic, if

you can keep from arguing.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 6 —

Focus on your work today and tomorrow. Avoid gossip and controversy. Don’t risk your health; keep to your routines.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 7 — Your relaxation could get disrupted over the next few days.

Enjoy the game, without taking expensive risks.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 6 — Home and family demand more attention today and tomorrow. Run into something unanticipated. Tempers may be short. Don’t discuss money. Take it easy, and keep your cool.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — 8 — Your creative muses sing to you today and tomorrow. Write, edit and prepare documents. Hunt for answers.

Sharp words hurt. Practice your communicative skills.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — 8 — Abundance can be yours, over the next few days. The possibility of misunderstanding or disagreement is high today.

Repay a debt.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 8 — Prepare to launch your latest initiative. You’re especially powerful today and tomorrow.

Don’t try a new trick publicly yet. Keep practicing.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 6 — Balance stressful situations with peaceful ones. Take time over the two days for private contemplation, meditation and planning. Don’t get stopped by past failures.

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

Across 1 Is blessed with, as talent 4 Creator of Finn and Sawyer 9 Leave rolling in the aisles 13 That, in Spain 14 “Olde” store 15 Ring over an angel 16 Crustacean catcher 18 Out of town 19 Intent 20 OB/GYN procedure 21 Hiding spot for a cheater’s ace 22 Put off bedtime 25 Weapon in Clue 27 Brewery product 30 “Defending our rights” org.

33 Electrified atoms 34 Scans for injured athletes, briefly 35 __ Mawr College 36 Piece of pizza 37 To-do list entry 38 Worse-than-one’s-bite quality 39 Online TV giant 40 Since, in a holiday song 41 Fifi’s friend 42 Slip for a tardy student 45 Like the Arctic, compared to most of the planet

47 Two-base hit 51 Debate issue 53 Illness characterized by a red rash 54 Soon, to a bard 55 Decorator’s wall prettifier 58 Subtle look 59 Lion groups 60 Former AT&T rival 61 Former fast planes 62 Unemotional 63 Bladed gardening tool Down 1 Makes a difference 2 “I won’t tell __!”

3 Buffalo hockey player 4 Title venue for Hemingway’s old man 5 Sported 6 Kindle download 7 Wall St. debut 8 Volleyball barrier 9 SeaWorld star 10 Backyard bash 11 Jai __ 12 String-around-your-finger toy 14 Cooking appliance 17 Explore caves

20 Sailor’s word of obedience 22 Information that ruins the ending 23 Costner/Russo golf film 24 Basilica recess 26 Water down 28 Bank claim 29 Salinger’s “With Love and Squalor” girl 30 Palindromic pop group 31 Study all night 32 Keats or Byron, e.g.

34 Pageant title with 51 contestants (the 50 states plus D.C.) 36 Roe source 42 Partners’ legal entity: Abbr.

43 Madison Ave. bigwig 44 Most TV “operas” 46 Sounds from sties 48 “Mutiny on the Bounty” captain 49 Slow movement 50 Perfumer Lauder 51 Four-note lights-out tune 52 Singles 53 Prefix with care 55 Collectors’ albums ... and a hint to six puzzle answers 56 Gallery collection 57 Chihuahua uncle Yesterday’s solution

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Yesterday’s solution

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