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NEWS

Medical Center

A tour of the nearly-finished site

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OPINION

Who won the debate?

Opinion editor Taylor Tougaw on last night’s debate

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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the Democratic and Republican nominees for the 2016 presidential election, debated in New York on Monday September 2016. They are pictured to the left at earlier campaign stops.

First presidential debate:

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Trump, Clinton talk policy, personality

By Stuart Smith @logloc19

Trump said that “our jobs are fleeing the country . . . we’re losing our good jobs.”

“We have to renegotiate our trade deals and keep these countries from stealing our companies and our jobs,” Trump said.

Several minutes later, when the debate had shifted to how their economic plans would affect the country, Clinton claimed that “Donald was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis,” which he promptly denied.

He then started attacking Clinton’s support of the North

American Free Trade Agreement, signed into law by her husband Bill Clinton during his tenure as president, saying that it was “the worst trade deal.”

Following that, he attacked the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade agreement that was signed by 12 separate Pacific

Rim countries in February of this year.

Trump went on to speak about his economic plan for just the country, claiming that his tax cut would be, “the biggest since Ronald Reagan.”

Clinton responded by striking against Reagan’s trickle down economics.

“(Trickle down economics) did not work... slashing taxes on the wealthy did not work,” Clinton said.

There was not much time spent on Clinton’s emails or Donald Trump’s tax returns, except a short exchange when Holt asked Trump why he has not submitted his tax returns publicly.

Trump responded to Holt’s question by saying that he will “release his tax returns... when she releases her 33,000 emails that have been deleted.” see DEBATE on page 4 >>

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Robin Reid, the director of the Center for Collaborative Conservation of Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources, will speak at the Lory Student Center Theater from 6:30-8:00 p.m. tonight.

Reid will be a featured speaker for the President’s Community Lecture Series. Hosted by President Tony Frank, the presentation showcases extraordinary faculty at CSU that are public and free for the community.

Reid’s presentation, titled “Walking with Herders (and Others): Bringing Different People Together to Work with Nature,” will focus on creating resolutions for conservation issues by assembling businesses, government, citizens and scientists. Reid will additionally discuss how CSU has developed into a worldwide pioneer by assisting a variety of people to work jointly with nature through the work of her and her colleagues.

In addition to being the director of the Center for Collaborative Conservation, Reid is a member of the CSU faculty in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability and the Senior Research Scientist in the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory. Reid’s courses educate students in collaborative conservation and sustainability.

Reid graduated from CSU in 1992 with a PhD in Rangeland Ecosystem Science. Since 1992, Reid led research, education, outreach in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the western United States on conservation and pastoral development issues before coming to CSU in 2008 from the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya.

In 2012, Reid and her team were awarded the 2012 Sustainability Science Award by the Ecological Society of America. More recently, in 2014, Reid was awarded the Michael Malone International Leadership Award.

Reid’s career in the field of collaborative conservation and sustainability has helped unite businesses, government, citizens and scientists to construct solutions for difficult conservation problems to benefit people and nature.

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NEWS Tuesday, September 27, 2016

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New health center to bring counseling, medical, education services under one roof

By Gabriel Go @rgabrielgo

The Student Fee Review Board toured Colorado State University’s new Health and Medical Center, located on the corner of Lake Street and College Avenue on Monday, Sept. 26.

The Student Fee Review Board is a group of student representatives who oversee $55 million in student fees. Some members of the Associated Students of Colorado State University serve on the board.

The building is a $59-million-dollar project funded by student fees, private donations and self-generated revenue from the CSU Health Network.

“The Student Fee Review Board really takes a look at the health center,” said Mike Lensky, ASCSU Vice President and SFRB Chairman. “The Health Network takes about $200 per semester and counseling services takes about $44 per semester, so it’s about $244 dollars a semester that is going into this fee.”

According to CSU Health Network Executive Director Anne Hudgens, the new center would address problems that the current centers are not capable of handling.

“The biggest thing is that it will get all our services under one

roof,” Hudgens said. “We’re in three locations right now. Counseling and medical (services) are separate, and the health education folks are separate.”

Hudgens also said that the new building will house more counselors than the current facilities can provide for.

“We have more demand for counseling services than we have space to put counselors currently,” Hudgens said. “We’ve got a partnership with the VA (Veteran’s Affairs)… and we literally have them in a closet in Hartshorn.”

The tour was well received by members of the SFRB, who were guided through the construction site by Hudgens.

“The first thing that came to mind was, ‘Wow, I got to share this,’” said Danait Hailemicael, first-time board member.

“When you actually get to do the tour and you’re asking questions and getting answers from these directors as to why they’re building what they’re building, it makes me feel a little more relieved.”

The CSU Health and Medical Center, which reached its halfway point of construction on Aug. 1, is anticipated to open during the summer of 2017.

The new center will provide full medical and mental health

services to students under one building. Consisting of four floors, three will be dedicated to students and faculty. The fourth will be left open for possible expansion.

Key highlights of the facility include a public walk-in clinic, pharmacy, occupational health services, imaging resources and an infusion therapy center.

The first floor will also feature public bathrooms where people can take showers after commuting to campus without a car. The CSU Health Network worked with the CSU Alternative Transportation Fee Advisory Board for this service.

At least 15,065 students used CSU Health Network services during the 2016 Fiscal Year, ac-

cording to a pamphlet from the Health Network.

According to the CSU Health Network, 48.4 percent of all CSU students used medical services, 12 percent of CSU students used both medical and counseling, and 18.3 percent of students used counseling services.

Gabriel Go can be reached at news@collegian.com.

Students brought handouts in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and handed out black ribbons. They had a table with resources for those interested.

Black ribbons were handed out to other tables on the plaza, including both the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton tables.

Members of the group held a large cutout of a black ribbon on the plaza. They said their main purpose was to educate passersby about stopping violence and police brutality in America.

“I think that we’re all scared,” Cohn said.

She explained she came into class last week upset and explained to her class why.

The class is a social work class learning how to facilitate groups. When Cohn proposed

the idea of a demonstration, her class wanted to show that there is community behind the movement.

“I’m scared and I have a daughter,” Cohn said.

Cohn stood on the plaza holding a sign that said, “Stop the Violence,” while her daughter played nearby.

She said that part of the purpose of the demonstration was to educate the public on how to be a peace officer.

Henry Seen, social work junior, explained each community has a peace officer. Peace officers are any government officials that enforce the law, but are not limited to police officers.

“Become a peace officer and stop the violence,” said Henry Seen, social work junior. “We’re not accomplishing anything by losing lives.”

Seen said that if social justice is the nation’s main goal, then Black Lives Matter is the movement to get behind.

“Why create a new (movement)?” Seen asked.

Seen said that it does not matter what color individuals are for and that, right now, the movement needs to be about black lives. He said that the U.S. is already fighting two other wars, and does not need a third.

“We don’t need a civil war in our own country,” Seen said. “(The movement is important because) we have way too much violence.”

The social work class was on the plaza to promote stopping the violence, according to instructor Pam Bishop. She explained her class was very passionate about getting out and ensuring all voices were heard.

Bishop said it was entirely student planned, and she was there to support her class.

“Right now, the crisis is facing African-Americans (and the Black community),” Bishop said.

“We want to support all people.”

Bishop said her students helped her to understand why the Black Lives Matter movement is important through an analogy regarding putting out a fire. If multiple houses are being watered, but only one is on fire, it makes sense to turn the water – or attention – to that one house until the fire is put out.

Cohn and others led the organization of the event. Seen said that the group is hoping to host future events regarding violence and police brutality in America.

Rachel Telljohn can be reached at news@collegian.com

CSU Health Network Executive Director Anne Hudgens discusses the use of each room to members of the CSU Student Fee Review Board during a walk through of the New Health Center Building.

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Students hold demonstration to promote an end to violence across America

By Rachel Telljohn @racheltelljohn

Around 20 students organized a demonstration to spread the message “Stop the Violence,” around 11 a.m. Monday on the plaza.

The demonstration was partially in response to the shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina last week, but students said it was an overall response to police brutality and violence around the nation over the past year.

Kate Cohn, social work senior, organized the demonstration with help from her social work class and professor Pam Bishop.

Bishop’s social work class and students from another social work class, “Human Diversity Practice Issues,” attended the demonstration.

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NEWS Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Distinguished Alumni Awards Ceremony to take Place Oct. 6

By Rachel Saurer A total of 23 Colorado State University alumni will be honored at the CSU Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Awards. The awards recognize CSU alumni each year who have distinguished themselves professionally, brought honor to the University and have made significant contributions of time to the university or their community.

A ceremony will be held in the Lory Student Center ball-

room following a dinner for the honorees on Oct. 6 at 5:30 p.m. in honor of the recipients.

“These recipients are individuals who have really brought honor to the university in a variety of ways,” Angie Dixon, director of marketing and communication at CSU, said.

“People who can attend are people who are close to the recipients,” Dixon said. “Like family, friends... people who really support them.”

According to Dixon, around 300 people attend the event.

“It’s a really special night to recognize those who have done so much for our community,” Dixon said.

The honorees receive specific awards based on certain criteria, according to the nomination guide on the CSU alumni website. The following is a list of the awards and recipients: William E. Morgan Alumni Achievement Award: Richard L. Robinson (‘51) and Edward A. Robinson (‘54) Charles A. Lory Public Service Award: Douglas and Wynne Odell

Jim and Nadine Henry Award: Thomas Bradbury (‘58) and Margaret Bradbury Albert C. Yates Student Leadership Award: Daniele Croteau (‘16) Graduates of the Last Decade Award: James Iacino (‘12) Distinguished Athletics Award: John Mattos (‘71) Distinguished Faculty Award: John Straayer Distinguished Alumni Employee Award: Carmen Menoni (‘87) and Jorge Rocca (‘83).

Distinguished Extension

Award: Robert and Nancy Sturtevant (‘06).

Distinguished International Award: Gye Woon Choi (‘91) College Honor Alumnus Award Roger Steininger (‘86), Stuart Ross (‘89), Michael Mooney (‘71), Richard George (‘73) Nancy Richardson (‘82), Shaesby Scott (‘97), Dean Tsao (‘73) and Patricia Olson (‘81).

Tickets and table sponsorships for the event are available on the Alumni Association’s website.

Rachel Saurer can be reached at news@collegian.com

>> DEBATE from page 1 Clinton responded by claiming that he “paid nothing in federal taxes.”

The next topic was about race relations between police officers and the community.

The candidates focused on a New York City law that was ruled unconstitutional called “Stop-and-Frisk,” which allows police officers to stop random pedestrians on the street and frisk them for hidden weapons and other illegal

items or substances.

Clinton took an anti-stopand-frisk stance, arguing that it infringed on the rights of citizens and was almost entirely racial profiling.

Trump argued that it was a valuable tool for law enforcement, claiming that it had brought down the murder rate in New York City from “2,200 to 500.”

The final topic for the night was about ISIS, countries with nuclear capability and the 2003

Invasion of Iraq.

The candidates spent a significant amount of time arguing whether or not Trump had supported the invasion, with both Holt and Clinton claiming that he had.

Trump insisted that he had always been against the war and told everyone to ask radio and television host Sean Hannity about their arguments about it, which Hannity confirmed in his post-debate interview with Trump.

Though the CNN/ORG poll showed that most viewers believed Clinton had won, some online readership polls showed otherwise.

A readership poll in Time Magazine after the debate showed 60 percent of 742,524 readers believed Trump had won, and a poll of 347,530 readers in CNBC had similar results with 59 percent of readers who believed Trump had won.

Trump felt he won the de-

bate and in a post-debate comments said it went better than he ever thought.

The debate Monday night was the first of three scheduled for the election season.

The next Presidential debate will be held on Sunday, Oct. 9, and will be moderated by Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz.

Before that, though, there will be a debate between the Vice President hopefuls on Tuesday, Oct. 4.

Stuart Smith can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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OPINION Tuesday, September 27, 2016

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Who won the first presidential debate?

Taylor Tougaw @TTougaw

Before you read this, I should state that I’m not a fan of either candidate. As a conservative, I can still freely tell you that I have major reservations about Donald Trump, as you can tell by reading the intro of an article I wrote last year about him called “Of course Trump is winning, the silent majority created him.”

Shameless self promotion aside, I went into this debate with an open mind.

That being said, I’m going to break this down into a couple sections with my verdict at the end. I will judge on the number of true and false claims made by each candidate, individual policy proposals (you know, what debates should actually be about) and overall presence and charisma.

First, we’ll start off with some true and false claims made by each candidate. My original idea was to go through the whole transcript of the debate and count up each true and false statement made by each candidate and compare them. Shame on me, however, for thinking there would be unbiased fact checkers. I looked to NPR to be that guiding light for me, but as usual, I find their fact checking to be dubious at best. Some bold claims the candidates made went completely unchecked while other claims, which read more like opinions, got hammered by the NPR staff.

Granted, this is only an hour after the debate, so I took it upon myself to check the ones that NPR left out. I also chose to omit any ‘facts’ that were presented about the economy. Realistically, nobody has any clue what the economy will do under any plan, so any ‘fact’ that said a candidate’s plan would destroy/create jobs or raise/lower the deficit is pure speculation. Here’s my tally: Trump made about twelve true or mostly true statements, with fourteen to sixteen being mostly or blatantly false. Clinton made about eight to ten true or mostly true statements with a remarkable about four to five being false.

Do with this what you will.

In my opinion, the amount of blatantly false statements made

by Trump is red a flag in and of itself. However, there are a lot of true statements that aren’t getting a lot of credit. Clinton, for someone who, in my opinion, has built her campaign on deceit

did surprisingly well on making factual statements.

Now, the most fun part, addressing the actual policy decisions. There were three positions that really stood out to me: trade, race and gender relations, and foreign policy.

Straight up, Trump hammered Clinton on trade. The Clinton machine has been in Washington for decades and has been instrumental in passing trade agreements like NAFTA, which decimated middle class jobs and sent them to countries like Mexico. The only trade agreement Clinton didn’t vote on was CAFTA, and she supported the TPP in its early stages, although she claims to oppose it now. Trump called her out on this flip flopping hypocrisy and it stuck, especially for the millions of Americans whose jobs are now in Mexico. Trump stated the Carrier Corp. is moving their operations to Mexico and laying off 1,400 people, which is true.

Clinton did not have much in response to this. She responded by attacking Trump’s tax plan and talking about her father’s drapery business. Trump also addressed currency devaluation in China.

Clinton tried to say that the great recession happened when people slashed taxes on the rich and took their “eyes off of Wall Street,” which is ironic as Wall Street banks are some of her top campaign donors.

Trump’s momentum was brought to an immediate halt when race and gender relations came to the fore. Trump started by talking about how black communities are being decimated by violence, which is true. Violence in Chicago, for example, is up. However, Trump then went straight for the stopand-frisk policy which, aside from being highly questionable as to its effectiveness, was flat out ruled unconstitutional.

When pressed on its unconstitutionality, Trump said that wasn’t true, which is 100% just wrong.

Stop-and-frisk may just be one of the most controversial things we’ve ever done in this country and has done a lot to harm police-community relations.

Also, Trump felt very proud of himself for creating a club that, paraphrasing here, didn’t discriminate against blacks or Latinos. He said that “people applaud him for that.” How the hell is that something to be proud of? Not discriminating against people should be the absolute minimum of human standards, not a bragging point.

Clinton hammered Trump on gender relations as well. She pointed out that Trump has called women an array of insult-

ing names, including Ms. Piggy and Ms. Housekeeper to a Latino woman. Trump’s response?

Something along the lines of ‘But it was for entertainment television.’ Not a good role model for young women, Mr. Trump.

Neither side offered a truly comprehensive foreign policy. Clinton might have one on her website, but having a public policy on dealing with terrorists is a great way to tell terrorists what your plan is.

Lastly, foreign policy was a mainstay of the debate. It’s hard to tell who the victor was here.

On one hand, Trump hammered Clinton over the disastrous policies of pulling out and then not pulling out of Iraq. He claims that is how ISIS was formed, which is true. However, Clinton should not shoulder the blame there, even though she did vote for the Iraq war. Decisions like that are made by entire administrations, not one person. Trump also pointed out that we pay 75% of the NATO budget, which is astronomical for an organization that does so little.

In response, Clinton pointed out, very poignantly, that under Article 5 of the NATO charter, it states that an attack on one is an attack on all. The only time that this has ever been enacted was after 9/11, when these countries came to help us out in our time of need. Additionally, she pointed out that Trump had said he would blow Iranian sailors out of the water for capturing our sailors. While this might sound like a position of strength, it also sounds like a way to start another war in the Middle East, just like the one he claimed started ISIS and the disaster in Iraq.

Neither side offered a truly comprehensive foreign policy.

Clinton might have one on her website, but having a public policy on dealing with terrorists is a great way to tell terrorists what your plan is.

Lastly, we have overall charisma. This plays a larger role in politics than we want to admit.

There are two camps of thought to this. One side is that Trump treated Clinton and Lester Holt like play-toys. He talked over them like they were nothing.

Many see this as an Alpha male leading the lesser pack wolves around. Another perspective is that Hillary remained calm

and composed in the face of tantrum-like child behavior. She remained ‘above it,’ so to speak.

Since this is an opinion article, my opinion is that Trump won the overall charisma challenge.

To me, it looked like Hillary was totally unprepared and was talked over for 75% of the debate. The moderator couldn’t even reign him in; Trump had total control of speaking time.

When he called Clinton out for signing NAFTA, one of the worst trade deals in history, her only comeback was “well, that’s your opinion.” Good one, Hillary. It didn’t help that she was basically reading off of a note card the whole time while Trump was staring her down like a prey animal.

All in all, I have to make a decision. It wasn’t great and this election is a circus. But if I have to go a slight edge to someone, and I do mean slight, I’m giving it to Trump. His rampant lying should be a huge red flag to any paying attention, but his overall command of the debate and surprisingly large number of truthful statements are enough to lend credibility to his campaign. If Hillary wants to win the next one, she shouldn’t let him dominate the speaking time so much and not let him interrupt her all the time.

1-0 Trump. Barely.

Taylor Tougaw can be reached at opinion@ collegian.com.

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OPINION Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Accessibility needs to be a priority in University planning Sean Kennedy @seanskenn

What’s the most challenging aspect of college life? If you polled 1000 students at random, many would argue that exams, professors, or all of the studying required is the most difficult.

But what about simply getting around campus? What if something as routine as accessing classrooms or other campus resources was one of your biggest challenges?

Such is the reality for college students with disabilities, who Disability Studies Quarterly estimates account for as much as nine percent of all college students in the United States.

While outright discrimination against individuals with disabilities has been outlawed since the 1990s by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), some argue that the college experience for those with physical and mental disabilities is still an unnecessarily challenging experience, despite universities’ effort to accommodate them.

Sarah Kim, a physically disabled student at Columbia University, argues in the Columbia Spectator that “to be a physically disabled student on campus is to face disheartening, paradoxical experiences: many people notice you, but only a few, if any, will go out of their way to help you.”

Kim notes that at Columbia, students with disabilities face a host of different challenges, including a lack of physical accommodations like ground-level elevators and what she perceived as a general low level of knowledge of disability resources among university staff.

While experiences on different colleges’ campuses may vary, on a federal level, certain accommodations for students with disabilities are mandated by law. Under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA), universities are required to provide resource centers to disabled students to offer academic accommodations to help minimize the effects a student’s physical or mental limitations might have on their learning. The ADA and RA have since been updated in 2010, to include mandates for stronger protection of accessibility, including requiring resident halls and dormitories to offer more accessible entrances in their

structures and lower limits on reach ranges for control buttons in appliances and lights.

However, while federal protections for disabled students have increased since the inception of the ADA in 1990, research suggests that colleges have not taken an active role in publicizing the availability of these resources to incoming students. According to a 2006 study of 85 colleges, none of the colleges surveyed provided any mention of unique services for people with disabilities, and only 40 percent made mention of the disability services they had to offer on campus.

Student remarks reinforce this idea that many universities approaching accommodation of disabled students in a reactive manner, as opposed to a more proactive approach.

“I feel like I’ve been the one telling them, ‘This needs to be fixed, this isn’t what I expected, we need to change this and this and this,’” Jesus Hernandez, a wheelchair-using freshman at Swarthmore University, said in an article from the Phoenix.

Further investigation of student comments reinforced this issue of universities reacting to problems with accessibility after they had already developed.

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On campus here at Colorado State, the university appears to follow suit in this reactive approach of accounting for the needs of its students with disabilities.

According to Resources for Disabled Students (RDS), an on-campus resource and advocate for students with disabilities, while CSU continues to improve its accessibility, challenges remain in some of its infrastructure and technology.

Because many of the buildings on campus were constructed a long time ago, not all areas within them on campus are accessible to those in wheelchairs.

Because CSU buys many of its online programs and software from third-party vendors, some of which do not take accessibility into account in their design of technology, some students may not be able to access critical information online.

While I understand that the university is taking steps to address these particular issues, it shouldn’t take complaints from students with disabilities for their needs to be considered when making planning and purchasing decisions as an institution. For example, if the university is going to revamp one of its online programs like

RamCT, and it’s going to buy software from an outside party to do so, shouldn’t the accessibility of the software be taken into consideration before purchase? With all the construction occurring around campus, shouldn’t administration keep RDS up-to-date with developments so as to warn visually impaired students?

While I’m not meaning to imply that university leadership deliberately doesn’t consider these factors in their mission, it is still indicative of the present situation on campus in which the needs of disabled students aren’t considered until after plans have been set in motion.

Many leaders around campus emphasize the value of inclusivity in our community, and they can put weight behind these words by bringing the needs of disabled students to the table to begin with. To truly be a campus inclusive of all in its community, then the needs of students with disabilities must be an active priority, not an afterthought.

Sean Kennedy can be reached at blogs@collegian.com. He also hosts a weekly radio show, SUBMERGE, on Sundays from 7-9 p.m. on KCSU Fort Collins.

DEBATE EDITION NOPE DOPE Trump repeatedly interrupting Clinton with “wrong!” #mansplaining The fact that Hillary was wearing red and Trump was wearing blue #irony When your twitter feed is filled with people who support the candidate you don’t like There was one mention about student debt. #SOS

Not giving Lester Holt enough time ask the final question

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OPINION Tuesday, September 27, 2016

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What does the second amendment really mean?

By Brody Trujillo @CSUCollegian

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” That is our second amendment in its entirety.

There are two parts to the amendment. One part of the amendment concerns a well regulated Militia and another concerns the right to keep and bear arms.

The amendment was created to assert the need for State’s rights. The Founding Fathers loved the idea of State’s Rights because they didn’t want different parts of the country to feel as though the federal laws didn’t apply to them. So keeping this in mind, they wanted to set the precedent for a state sponsored

militia. As an extension to the rule, they added that in order to maintain a militia, it is the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

This Bill of Rights will always read as a reaction to oppression from the British and the second amendment should be no different. In 1774, the British banned imports on firearms and gunpowder and went on to confiscate guns and gunpowder into the year 1775. The Bill of Rights was written in 1789 and the founding fathers would not have forgotten about when their firearms got confiscated. They needed them for an uprising and wanted to create a government that could be overthrown if it got out of control, which that would be impossible today. The military is too strong and sophisticated for that.

So yes, NRA, you are right that the constitution guarantees the right to keep and bear arms, but that sentence was written in the 1780’s when the guns available took 30 seconds to load.

They were also so inaccurate that when a tight formation of men were walking towards the Americans in the Battle of Bunker Hill, George Washington famously had to tell his men to wait until they could see the whites of the enemy’s eyes before firing. In today’s day in age, we had a lone sniper shoot 12 trained police officers from a building at least 100 feet away.

Technology has advanced, but rather than learn from what has happened and create laws that might help protect people from mentally ill citizens using their arms to hurt others, our congressmen continue to

make laws that allow for less restrictions for gun owners.

They fought background checks, which the majority of the country was for, for years. Some continue to say that “a good guy with a gun can beat a bad guy with a gun” while law enforcement officials and prior examples of a “good guy” intervening say that’s a terrible idea (“We don’t know who the good guy is versus who the bad guy is if everybody starts shooting”). They say that guns are the best way to protect your home from intruders, but hiding and calling the police actually is the best way to protect your property and life.

So if all of the reasons people give for continuing the status quo with guns are either incorrect or misguided, then why don’t we do something about it?

The NRA won’t allow us. They

Letter: Abortion versus adoption

By George Simon Guest Author

For almost as long as I can remember, abortion has been part of the debate. An important issue always, it is one that will continue to create tension between those in favor and those against it and one certainly, like in the past, playing a role in the coming election in the United States.

It is easy to take side on the question, not so easy to come up with solutions or at least measures that could get the two sides closer.

While I may personally be against the act itself, who am I to try decide for others? Specially when most certainly ignorant of the full context and details leading to a woman’s decision, which, in the end, is certainly a heart breaking one when going on with the more extreme solution. Before passing judgment and condemn, shouldn’t we try instead to find solutions that could bring help, even if just in a few cases and no matter how little?

While each life has to be treated with respect, having the baby may create problems to both mother and child throughout the pregnancy and thereafter, the difficulties taking infinity of forms.

In a perfect world, the mother would have a companion’s support, or she would have the resources to take care of her baby, or

she would have someone to take care of her needs during pregnancy and watch over her son or daughter after giving birth while she study or go to work. Remove any of these equations and the whole picture becomes entirely different and even disastrous.

To take side is easy enough to those not directly related to a woman’s hardship, but is there alternatives? Could incentives be created in cases where and when choices are mainly motivated by the lack of resources? And who should pay for all the expanses related to these services?

The freedom of choice remains the ultimate protection and it particularly shows its importance when and where circumstances are unfavorable or constraining; and Governments should try to play their role of stewards a little better then, giving groups or individuals the tools, at time financial, so positive actions can be taken.

Though an important element in the equation, Adoption is not the magic bullet. Forcing a human being already emotionally fragile to get through the full process of pregnancy shouldn’t even be considered. Adoption is nonetheless an element that can be helpful to the entire spectrum of positions if everyone join hands with the objective to make a difference. If the choice is due mostly to a lack of resources to

women looking for a way out, it opens ways in these particular instances.

How many parents have had to go abroad to adopt a child?

How much did they have to spend and what type of difficulties did they go through?

How many more people are willing to spend time and money to fulfill their dream of parenthood?

Not only is the cost of adoption abroad high, but it is also long and the road arduous, the obstacles numerous and the results not always those expected.

A law allowing would be parent to support a woman considering abortion could have a serious impact quickly. Even if such measures were to help only a handful of expecting mothers and would be parents, it would already be a victory for Pro-Life movement, as well as to the tenants of abortion. While keeping the right of women to decide, it would alleviate stress and suffering to many by offering an alternative. It would also give a new tool to the adoption sector and bring happiness to countless infertile couples.

Though it wouldn’t solve the problem entirely, even small, a victory is a victory, and in this case, one benefiting all sides.

Letters can be sent to letters@ collegian.com.

spent a ludicrous $3,605,564 on lobbying in 2015 and $1,190,442 on candidates in the 2012 election cycle. Whether you like it or not, money talks, and the NRA is dictating policy among those that take money from them.

Even as another shooting happened at a mall in Washington, nothing will change.

Congress will continue to shoot down any proposed gun regulations. The NRA will continue to infect the minds of the nation with their propaganda. The second amendment will continue to be misunderstood. People will continue to die all because we created machines with the sole purpose of killing people and we are convinced that they aren’t dangerous.

Brody Trujillo can be reached at opinion@collegian.com.

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CSU offense adjusts to get ball to playmakers

By Chad Deutschman @ChadDeutschman

The first time Colorado State football played an opponent from a power-five conference in 2016, they were embarrassed to the tune of 44-7 against the University of Colorado.

Three weeks later, CSU (2-2) got their second crack at a power-five opponent.

After falling 31-24 in week four to the University of Minnesota in a hard fought game, the game plan going into the season has been more or less thrown out the window and buried in the backyard.

This transition won’t show on the depth chart — that has stayed relatively constant with the exception of a few quarterback names bouncing around — or even in terms of how the offense is run.

The transition shows in who is getting the ball.

After a less than impressive showing in the first two games, coach Mike Bobo has made the decision to put new players in the program and get them the ball, often.

Making a transition like that requires some adjustments to the offense. Not every player fits in to the standard offense as well as the coach would like, but when you have players who can make plays sitting on the bench, adjustments need to be made in the offense to accommodate their skill sets.

“We need to find ways to move the ball, and be creative to get guys touches that might not fit in our ‘standard offense,’” Bobo said.

“The second way is basically we were struggling a little bit trying to create momentum plays...find ways to get guys touches that don’t really fit in to what we do 75 percent of the time.”

One of those guys whom does not fit the mold of the standard offense is Detrich Clark. Clark, a transfer from Eastern Arizona Junior College, played quarterback at Macon County High School in Macon, Ga. and also at Eastern Arizona. At CSU, Clark will not be throwing any passes.

Clark has lined up at both running back and wide receiver and also scored a touchdown from the “wildcat” position against Minnesota. Clark has carried the ball 13 times for 77 yards on the season and caught two passes for 25 yards on the year.

“Similar to Deonte Gaines, we knew that we were going to have to have someone that could possibly replace Deonte,” Bobo said. “We thought (Detrich) could do some of those things in the slot and it’s just the stuff you are able to do with guys like him, it puts a lot of pressure on the defense.”

Clark is still working on his route running, according to Bobo.

But when you have a player that

Minnesota defensive lineman Steven Richardson (96) stops Colorado State wide receiver Detrich Clark in the fourth quarter at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. Minnesota won, 31-24. PHOTO BY ELIZABETH FLORES. (MINEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE)

has a chance to score every time he touches the ball, the team needs to find a way to put the ball in his hands. If the team has to change the offense to adjust to player’s skill sets, they will.

“We probably have more individualized packages than we’ve done in the past, that’s a bit different,” offensive coordinator Will Friend said. “It’s just who is going to be on the field doing certain things.”

Clark is not the only new guy making an impact. Freshman running back Marvin Kinsey Jr. has surpassed sophomore Izzy Matthews on the depth chart, and Bobo wants to give the young man from Atlanta, Ga. more touches.

Kinsey didn’t see the field much in the first two games due to a lack of knowledge in the offense.

Kinsey has corrected that and is now ready to enhance his role even more.

“I would say Marvin Kinsey, tremendously, has been studying hard and is working extremely hard in practice and is improving every week,” Bobo said. “We have to find ways to get him more touches.”

Kinsey leads CSU in rushing touchdowns (2).

Last but not least, is junior Michael Gallup. Like Clark, Gallup is a junior college transfer.

Gallup spent time at Butler County Community College in

El Dorado, Kan. before coming to CSU. Gallup came to camp as an extraordinary athlete, catching the eye of Bobo early, but was hampered by an ankle injury. Bobo said that Gallup has a high ceiling, but needs to polish his route running.

Gallup leads CSU with 14 catches for 179 yards and two touchdowns, both coming in the past two games.

“You talk to guys all the time, guys want to get on the field, guys want to have the opportunity to play; it’s about production,” Bobo said. “When a ball comes your way, do you have the ability to make the catch? And that’s what (Gallup) has done. He hasn’t done everything perfectly, (but) when he

plays he has production and that’s what we’re looking for offensively.”

Clark, Kinsey and Gallup have become playmakers on the CSU offense. The coaching staff will look to get the ball in their hands even more moving forward into conference play. If adjusting the offense means more touches, so be it.

“You got guys that I feel need to touch the ball,” Bobo said. “It’s a way to make sure they touch the ball.”

These playmakers and the rest of the Rams will battle Wyoming for the Bronze Boot on Oct. 1 at Hughes Stadium at 8:15 p.m.

Chad Deutschman can be reached at sports@collegian.com

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Michael: Colorado State can’t afford to start conference play with loss

By Justin Michael @JustinTMichael

After an up and down start through the first month of the season, Colorado State has an opportunity to start conference-play on a positive note with a win over Wyoming Saturday.

CSU may not have gotten off to the fast start Ram fans were hoping for in Mike Bobo’s second season, but sitting at .500 through the non-conference portion of the schedule is not a bad place to be. Beating Colorado and/or Minnesota certainly would have been impressive feats for a Ram team that returned just two defensive starters and lost the two leading receivers from the year before, but inexperience and instability cost CSU in both games.

CSU competed well on the road against an extremely experienced Minnesota team and the Rams had every chance in the world to upset the Gophers. The loss was disappointing because the Rams hurt themselves with missed tackles and two turnovers, but there were a lot of positives to build off in the one-score loss.

Now 2-2, the Rams have established their starting quar-

terback, the offensive line has produced at an elite level in back-to-back weeks and the success in the running game against the Gophers allowed the offense to move up-tempo. After scoring just seven points against CU in week one, Bobo’s offense is in a much better place as the team heads into this matchup with Wyoming.

Along with the added tension of a rivalry game, winning this Saturday would be huge for the Rams’ Mountain West Championship hopes. More important than the Rocky Mountain Showdown, going undefeated, or shocking a power-five opponent, the end goal for this program is to win a Mountain West Championship for the first time in 14 years. That goal remains achievable and the path to attaining it begins Saturday with the 107th Border War. I am not trying to over hype Wyoming, especially after they found a way to lose to Eastern Michigan last Saturday. However, a win over the Pokes would be the first CSU victory in a conference opener since 2011, a 17-14 victory over New Mexico.

The margin for error is extremely slim for the Rams, whom reside in the Mountain Division

with Air Force, Boise State, New Mexico, Utah State and Wyoming. Typically any more than one conference loss eliminates any opportunity for reaching the Mountain West Championship game, so losing the first conference game over the past four seasons has all but put the Rams out of contention right out of the gate. If the Rams want the opportunity to consistently compete for a MW title, this will have to be the first trend to change.

In all fairness, the Rams have drawn a fairly tough conference opener the past two seasons with road games at Utah State (2015) and Boise State (2014). Losing to the train wreck that is Wyoming would be an embarrassment though, especially for a program that has dreams of reaching the power-five.

CSU needs to focus one week at a time, but the reality is the outlook of the entire 2016 season would change with a loss. Aspirations of conference championships would shift to finding a way to finish the season .500. Excitement from the fans would diminish and, in all honesty, most would just set their sites to 2017 and the on-campus stadium.

On the other hand, a win

Colorado State beat Wyoming 26-7 in the 2015 Border War. PHOTO BY ABBIE PARR COLLEGIAN

would set the tone for the rest of the season and would put enormous pressure on Utah State to come away with a road victory in Fort Collins in week six, after the Aggies lost to Air Force last Saturday. I am a firm believer in momentum and the role it has on a team. Sometimes all it takes for a team to come together is the initial win and the rest falls into place as the team gains confidence.

Wyoming is an opportuni-

ty for a young Colorado State team to start conference play on their home turf, under the lights and in front of what will probably be one of the larger crowds of the season. It still feels like this team is searching for for it’s identity, but a rivalry win would be a perfect way to kick off the Mountain West campaign.

Collegian sports reporter Justin Michael can be reached by email at sports@collegian.com

Freshman Oleksak named MW volleyball offensive player of the week

By Michael Roley @michael_roley

Freshman setter Katie Oleksak was rewarded with the Mountain West offensive player of the week honors after a school-record performance last Thursday, the conference announced Monday.

Oleksak dished out an eye-popping 59 assists in a 3-1 win over Fresno State, which is the most all-time in a four set match in CSU program history since the NCAA instituted the 25-point rally scoring system.

Oleksak also had 41 assists in Saturday’s 3-0 sweep over San Jose State.

The Phoenix, Ariz. native averaged 14.29 assits per set the last two weeks en route to being named the MW offensive player of the week.

Oleksak’s play resulted in the team hitting .347 in the first week of Mountain West play while averaging 16 kills per set. Oleksak is also aver-

“Oleksak is the first CSU freshman to win a Mountain West player of the week award since Katelyn Steffan won in 2008.”

aging one block per set in conference play thus far.

Oleksak is the first CSU freshman to win a Mountain West player of the week award since Katelyn Steffan won in 2008. Oleksak is the first true freshman to win in 18 years — Angela Knopf won in 1998.

For the year, the freshman setter is averaging 11.58 assists per set, which places her seventh in the country in that category and second among freshmen. Oleksak had also tallied 40 or more assists in eight of the team’s 13 matches so far this season.

CSU (8-5, 2-0 MW) is coming off of two consecutive wins to kick off conference play. The Rams will play Utah State on Thursday on the road at 7 p.m. MT. Collegian Sports Reporter Michael Roley can be reached at sports@collegian.com

Freshman Katie Oleksak was awarded the MW offensive player of the week after a record-setting 59 assists against Fresno State.

PHOTO BY ELLIOT JERGE COLLEGIAN

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CSU Swing Dancing Club builds community through dance

By Zoe Jennings @CSUCollegian

Crammed into a hot ballroom, 50 dancers mill around.

The energy and excitement in the room is palpable as the dancers exchange partners, try new moves and laugh at themselves.

The teacher occasionally claps her hands to get the chattering group’s attention. As she demonstrates moves that progressively get harder, the dancers get goofier as the night goes on.

The CSU Swing Dance Club meets every Wednesday at various ballrooms in the Lory Student Center or other locations.

From 8:15 p.m. until 9:15 p.m. there is a teacher-led swing dancing lesson, and from 9:15 to 10:15 p.m., the big band swing music is turned up and there is an open dance. The lesson costs $1 to attend both the lesson and open dance and $2 to attend only the open dance.

Keiko Friar is a freshman studying English at CSU. New to the club, Friar attends to have fun and let go.

“I really like it,” Friar said.

“I definitely don’t have as much dance experience as a lot of people do, but I do really find it fun.

It’s a great way to meet people and sort of take a break from all the academic stuff.”

According to Friar, people attending the club must be “willing

to put themselves out there and mess up but keep going.”

“You’ve gotta be willing to have fun and pretty secure in your skin,” Friar said. “It’s character building. I definitely make mistakes all the time.”

Friar said she plans to keep coming back to the club so she

can get better at dancing, gain more confidence and meet more people.

Ruth Bruhn teaches some of the swing-dancing lessons at the club. Former vice president of the club, Bruhn now teaches dance at Indigo Blues in Fort see DANCING on page 14 >>

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Nuance Chocolate and The Coffee Registry host educational tasting event

By Max Sundberg @jmaxsun

On a crisp Sunday morning, shadows slowly shifted as the sun started to warm the streets of downtown Fort Collins. Chatter echoed down alleyways as shops began to open and brunch was being served. “Joe, party of three,” a hostess called from a restaurant patio.

A small but growing crowd began to gather in front of Nuance Chocolate, eagerly awaiting entrance to an event that would leave them buzzing with intrigue, caffeine or some combination of the two.

It was Sunday, Sept. 25, the morning of the sold-out coffee and chocolate pairing presented by local businesses Nuance Chocolate and The Coffee Registry.

At 214 Pine St., Nuance is nestled in the heart of a thriving artisan food and beverage production district. It neighbors the Welsh Rabbit Cheese Shop and sits directly across the street from Compass Cider.

At the strike of 10:30 a.m., guests funneled in.

Classical music and rich, sweet scents lent an atmosphere of warmth as attendees made their way to the small tables around the shop that surrounded the central display of freshly

made truffles and chocolate bars.

Guests were greeted by co-owner Toby Gadd, who founded the shop with his wife Alix, and Jon Lange, a roaster and barista trainer for local coffee distributor The Coffee Registry.

“How many of you have been here before?” asked Gadd.

More than half of the guests raised their hands.

The excited group, ranging from their early 20s to 70s mingled, expressing their interests in fine coffee and chocolate. Some had experienced prior tasting events, while others were first timers to this type of gathering.

“It’s chocolate,” a patron said with a chuckle. “How could it not be great?” see NUANCE on page 14 >>

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>> DANCING from page 12 Collins. One of the first places that she experienced swing dancing was at the CSU Swing Club.

According to Bruhn, the lesson during the CSU Swing Club is always fun because it “always has a really high turnout.”

Although, like popular music styles, swing dancing trends come and go, the CSU swing dance scene has really flourished, according to Bruhn.

Bruhn’s said her first priority when teaching a swing dancing lesson is to make sure the students are having fun.

“No one is ever bad; they are just new,” Bruhn said. “New people learn because it’s fun and they want to get into the movements, and they want to learn enough to have fun at the dance.”

Bruhn said that is how she learned.

“There’s a reason that I’m still here and dancing six years later,” Bruhn said. “Getting them to have fun is the priority, and they can learn the moves when they come back.”

Colby Evans is a first-year graduate student at CSU studying

chemistry. Since he has attended the club, he said he has learned new swing dancing moves as well as improved his moves.

“I’ve learned how to do some Charleston, and I’ve had good refreshers in Jitter bug, swing and lindy hop,” Evans said.

Evans said he attends the club not only to learn but also to be social.

“It’s a fun, energetic way to be around other people to get to know them,” Evans said.

“There’s always something new to learn, something new to try.”

According to Evans, it’s a great way to do a dance with a group of people that you would otherwise look ridiculous doing by yourself.

Aja Mattise-Lorenzen is the president of the CSU Swing Club. She has attended nearly all of the meetings since her freshman year.

“I really like the community that exists in swing dancing,” Mattise-Lorenzen said. “Everybody is always there for each other, whether that’s on the dancefloor or off the dancefloor.

It’s a very friendly, open environment.”

The big band swing music is a big reason why people enjoy swing dancing.

“Honestly, I really like the music too,” Mattise-Lorenzen said. “Swing music has always had a special spot in my heart.”

Bruhn agreed that the music draws attendance.

“I love the vintage music,” Bruhn said. “That was my favorite thing coming in was being able to hear big band music again. It’s just such a different sound from what you hear.”

Aside from the music, swing dancing can improve other aspects of life, according to Mattise-Lorenzen.

“It’s a good way to get some exercise and a good way to meet friends,” Mattise-Lorenzen said.

“You get to connect with this part of history that you don’t really get to experience on a daily basis. Anybody can do it. There’s no reason you couldn’t do it.”

For more information, join the CSU Swing Dance Society group on Facebook.

Zoe Jennings can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com

>> NUANCE from page 13 In front of each seat laid five different types of dark chocolate atop descriptive placemats. They designated each chocolate’s origin and gave an overview of tasting notes. To the left, there was a coffee mug and a description of each coffee to be served.

The tasting began with an introductory explanation of how Nuance makes its chocolate, starting with what Gadd called “show and smell.”

Chocolate bean pods were passed around, followed by products from further along in the production phase in making small-batch chocolate.

The tables were set up with pens and paper for guests to write their tasting notes.

Gadd explained that in the past, he had paired the various chocolates and coffees for patrons himself.

“What I found about pairings is that people always want to do it themselves too,” Gadd said.

Gadd decided to change the process of the pairings to become a more interactive experience for the guests. He encouraged them to talk about which pairings work and which don’t as they tasted each chocolate with each coffee.

“It should taste good together, but sometimes it won’t,” Gadd said. “It can be fun to collaborate with neighbors, but try to keep your own head a little objective.”

As coffee was being poured, Lange began to describe its journey into our mugs.

“Each coffee cherry is hand picked only when ripe,” Lange explained. “And each tree only produces about one pound of coffee per year.”

He described how, after re-

ceiving the imported coffee, his company makes several sample roasts and runs them through trials in a process called cupping, which is essentially a professional tasting to measure the coffee’s body, sweetness, acidity, flavor and aftertaste.

“It takes about 2,000 hours for the coffee to go from germination to brewing,” Lange said.

As the coffee began to flow and the chocolate was nibbled in parallel, lively culinary conversations took hold of the room.

Gadd and Lange roamed from table to table, making conversation with guests regarding their observations.

“I thought the Guatemalan coffee made the Ghanaian chocolate a bit more acidic,” one guest noted to another.

“Bad acidity is sour,” Lange said. “Good acidity is brightness.”

“It’s amazing,” another guest said. “I never noticed how coffee changes in flavor as it cools.”

“Coffee and chocolate work in opposite ways,” Gadd explained.

Flavors hit hard at first with coffee because of its heat. With chocolate, it takes time to notice subtitles because you need to warm it in your mouth first.

“I think the way to do it is take a little bit and nibble, then let it melt,” Gadd said. After it’s melted, you’re to take a sip of coffee, and try to notice flavors created from the combination.

By the end of the tasting, guests were fully caffeinated and ready to tackle the rest of their days, presumably with a greater knowledge of artisan chocolate and coffee.

Kate, a Nuance employee and CSU graduate student in Fermentation Sciences said that Gadd has previously spoken at CSU. He talked to members of her program about chocolate production and

the science behind it.

For others interested in the science of coffee and chocolate, or those who simply want a taste, learning about chocolate and coffee can be as easy as attending a pairing.

For more information about Nuance Chocolate or The Coffee Registry, visit nuancechocolate. com or thecoffeeregistry.com Max Sundberg can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

Daily Horoscope Nancy Black

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY

(09/27/16). Changing directions with your work after this Full Moon eclipse could impact your vitality. Go for balance. Nurture your body, mind and spirit.

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

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

— 8 — For about six weeks, with Mars in Capricorn, move forward boldly. Pour energy into your career. There’s more work coming in over the next two days. Stretch before repetitions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 8 — Travel and exploration call to you for a few months, with Mars and Pluto in Capricorn. Articulate and follow long-term plans.

Invite someone special along today and tomorrow.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 8 — Take action to grow joint accounts over the next few months. Pull in a fat harvest.

Focus on increasing savings.

Focus on home and family today and tomorrow.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 7 — Study the situation today and tomorrow. Summarize your views. Move into a new level of partnership over the next month and a half, with Mars in Capricorn. Share responsibilities.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 9 — Provide excellence. For over a month and with Mars exalted in Capricorn, work faster and earn more. Release stress through rest, meditation and exercise.

Today and tomorrow especially get lucrative.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 8

— Take action for love over the next six weeks, with Mars in Capricorn. Instigate romance or diversion. Deeds speak louder than words.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 6 — Improve your family’s living situation over the next six weeks, with Mars in dutiful Capricorn.

Make plans while you clean closets and clear clutter over the next two days.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 7 — Team projects go well today and tomorrow. Enjoy a party phase. Education and exploration are key themes over the next six weeks, with Mars in Capricorn.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — 8 — Face a professional test or challenge today and tomorrow. Dedicate action toward making money. The next six or seven weeks could get lucrative, with Mars in Capricorn.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — 9 — You’re spurred to act. Venture farther today and tomorrow. Your personal and physical power grows over the next six weeks, with Mars exalted in your sign. Develop new skills and old talents.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 6 — Reduce and minimize excess clutter for about six weeks, with Mars in Capricorn. Clean closets, garages and attics. Enjoy your renewed, peaceful space.

Revise the budget today and tomorrow.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 8 — Romance with your partner simmers today and tomorrow.

Pour energy into a team effort over the next six weeks, with Mars in Capricorn.

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Across 1 Civil __ 4 Tropical fish with large peepers 10 Add to the staff 14 Jungle swinger 15 Rapper whose professional name sounds like a candy 16 Sport, for ports: Abbr.

17 Kindled 18 Churchgoer’s “If it’s meant to be” 20 Explorer Ericson 22 Kitchy-__ 23 Blame taker 24 Curtain material 26 Another name for the gladiolus 30 Cable box display 32 Dispensable candy 33 High bond rating 34 Geological epoch in which mammals arose 37 Leave __: reward the waiter 38 Post-Cold War hierarchy ... and what is literally contained in the circled squares 42 Mortar carriers 43 __ Fables 44 Nonprofit URL ending 45 Adherent’s suffix

47 Muscat residents 51 Out-of-the-office assignment 55 Point of view 56 Peau de __: satin-weave cloth 57 Wide shoe width 59 In any way 60 They’re often passed on the road 64 Holiday threshold 65 Starting course 66 Austrian capital 67 “__ Misérables” 68 Chris of “The Good Wife” 69 First female Shuttle pilot __ Collins 70 H.S. 12th-graders Down 1 NYSE locale 2 Per unit 3 Head to bed 4 Brussels’ land: Abbr.

5 “Don’t worry about me” 6 Copter predecessors 7 Provide with funding 8 Evergreen that’s a homophone of a vowel 9 Political refugee 10 Judaism : kosher :: Islam : __

11 Start 12 Took part in a marathon 13 Cake mix need 19 City southwest of Warsaw 21 Reporter’s quintet of questions 25 Ask for Whiskas, perhaps 27 Opinion columns 28 Lion’s den 29 Jabber 31 Prefix with friendly 35 Muse of poetry 36 Marlins’ MLB div.

37 Source of media revenue 38 “Me neither” 39 Barely beats 40 Valentine card hugs 41 LP measures 42 Baseball inst. in Cooperstown 45 “__ it my way” 46 Turn sharply 48 Orange choices 49 “Well, __!”: “What an outrage!”

50 Blood pressure elevator 52 Acid test outcome, possibly 53 Party hearty 54 Nancy Drew creator Carolyn 58 White-tailed coastal bird 60 Nine-digit ID 61 Lav, in Bath 62 Three on a sundial 63 __ Antonio Yesterday’s solution

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