Vol 126 no 45 october 24, 2016

Volume 126, No. 45

Monday October 24, 2016

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Gov Hickenlooper Rams’ big victory visits campus over UNLV

QUEERLY EVER AFTER PHOTO BY HALEY CANDELARIO COLLEGIAN

PRISM presents drag show in celebration of pride community

By Hailey Deaver & Haley Candelario @Autumn_hail @H_Candelario98

Despite the name, Queerly Ever After was far from a drag.

PRISM hosted a drag show Saturday, Oct. 22, in the LSC Grand Ballroom to raise money for the Pride Resource Center.

The show began at 7 p.m. and ended around 9:30 p.m.

The show featured many different costumes and routines from professional drag performers as well as student performers. There were over ten performances that took the stage, and all of the performers

volunteered their time and energy for free.

The show was able to raise $1,075.46 thanks to the enthusiastic audience who were encouraged at the start of the show to throw money on the stage when they thoroughly enjoyed a performance.

The two hosts, Kendall McElhaney and Torrey Jay, kept the audience entertained and laughing with their political jokes and their Spongebob references.

The overall aim of the show was to encourage members of CSU’s queer community to embrace their gender and sexual identities while also keeping the audience entertained through each drag performance and the comedic bits by McElhaney and Jay between each performance.

McElhaney said the drag show and CSU’s queer community has played an important role in her time at CSU. “This event holistically in-

A performer at PRISM’s Fairy Tale themed drag show.

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cludes every single marginalized identity on campus, which is something that’s very important to me and very important to my queer community,”

McElhaney said. “Being able to host the show for the third time, right before I graduate, was monumental, and it made see PRISM on page 14 >>

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Colorado State University will host a Veterans Symposium from Oct. 24 to 25 in the Lory Student Center.

The symposium is composed of panels, breakout sessions and keynote speakers.

The focus of the symposium will be to discuss the transition of student veterans from higher education to the workforce. The symposium occurs once every two years.

The main keynote speaker, Teresa W. Gerton, is the deputy assistant secretary of Veterans’ Employment and Training Service for the U.S. Department of Labor.

Marc Barker, the director of the Adult Learner and Veterans Services, believes that the next important step for student veterans is to be able to transition smoothly into a sustainable career.

“The transition from active duty into higher education is crucial and has to be done right, and we’ve done that,” Barker said. “The second most important transition is moving from higher education into the workforce.”

There will be two tracks at the symposium. One track is designed for the ALVS office to share with employers the value of working with veterans. The second track is focused on student veterans and teaching them how to be an appealing applicant for employment.

“We thought that we would bring employers to CSU to share some of our nuggets (of information) about how to retain and value (student veterans) in the workplace,” Barker said.

“We thought that we would help on the employment side to increase the retention of veterans in the workforce.” see VETERANS on page 4 >>

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NEWS Monday, October 24, 2016

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Students write names on plaza in demonstration against police brutality

By Tony Villalobos May @TonytheGnarly

Over 865 names were written in chalk on the LSC plaza in a demonstration against police brutality on Saturday.

The open demonstration was held by the Ethnic Studies Student Organizations in recognition of National Day Against Police Brutality.

The names written were the names of people killed through police brutality in 2016, regardless of race. The demonstration aimed to build awareness to those affected by police brutality.

“It was not a confrontational protest, but more victim-centered,” said demonstration organizer Erica Lafehr. “The idea was to build an impact piece so people can understand the extent of death.”

Lafehr and the student organization wrote out names of victims and drew several body lines along the plaza for each name.

“We really wanted the student body to see these names and just think about the loss of

life inherent to the conversation about police brutality,” Lafehr said.

The ETST student organization hopes to spark conversation among the student police of CSU in order to bring awareness to police brutality issues.

“I think when 30,000 students walk in the plaza, they will be able to see it and spark conversation,” said Angela Groves, senior Ethnic Studies and Psychology major. “If we get more people involved in the conversation we can get more people involved in the change.”

Lafehr said that she believes there will be some push back from students at CSU in response to the demonstration and that the current political state is ripe for that response, but hopes the demonstration will bring awareness to police brutality.

“In essence, I don’t care how they respond,” said Lafehr.

“But at the same time, I hope it will elicit some kind of empathy.

More so, my ultimate goal is critical thinking.”

This organization hopes

Angela Groves has her body outlined on the plaza to signify a death as a result of police brutality. PHOTO BY

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to bring awareness to over 850 deaths in 2016 and to spike empathy from students who may see the names on the plaza.

Groves believes there needs to be an institutional change in order to solve the problem.

“It’s not just police. I realize there are good police,” Groves said. “There are good people that work in these institutions, but these institutions need to change.”

Groves said believes there is

not enough conservation about the issue.

“The biggest barrier we face is that people aren’t talking about it,” Groves said.

Tony Villalobos May can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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NEWS Monday, October 24, 2016

Governor Hickenlooper visits campus, discusses state budget, higher education

By Gabriel Go @rgabrielgo Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and members of his cabinet hosted a town hall meeting on Friday, Oct. 21, at the Lory Student Center of Colorado State University.

The town hall was open to the public and included remarks from Gov. Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne, as well as presentations on the state budget and higher education from the governor’s cabinet.

Colorado State University President Tony Frank introduced the governor, who began the town hall by discussing the growth of Fort Collins.

“Right now, there is such a magic about Fort Collins and what’s going in CSU that (is) not just being talked about in Colorado, it’s being talked around the country,” Gov. Hickenlooper said. “Jobs in Fort Collins rose 2.6 percent in August… so it’s one of ... the fastest growing places in the entire state in terms of job creation. In August, the unemployment rate in Fort Collins was 2.9 percent… by measure, Fort Collins is doing great.”

Topics discussed during the town hall included the impact of state funding on higher education, the expansion of I-25 and alternative transportation.

“The other thing that we’re really focusing on just by necessity is the budget,” Gov. Hickenlooper said. “Our total budget is roughly $27 billion... To make sure we balance this fiscal year, we’re probably going to have to go into our reserves even though we’re not in recession.”

According to Hickenlooper, the state constitution requires that the state allocate $242 million for education, despite the state only having $116 million dollars available.

Hickenlooper then introduced Lynne, who further discussed the state budget.

>> VETERANS from page 2 Student veterans will learn a multitude of things to aid their success in the workforce over the twoday symposium, including: how to negotiate their first salary, how to work with a different peer group and how to leverage their military experience in the workplace.

“We figured out, here at CSU, that we do a really good job of recruiting veterans into higher education,” Barker said. “We do a really good job of retaining them and working on their retention and persistence while they’re in higher education. We realized

“When it comes to higher education, we have set three strategic priorities: affordability, educating adults, and dealing with the attainment gap.”

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“Part of our goal is to demonstrate to you and to all the taxpayers that we are focused on efficiency and effectiveness… much of that has to do with strategic priorities,” Lynne said. “When it comes to higher education, we have set three strategic priorities: affordability, educating adults, and dealing with the attainment gap.”

Chief Finance Officer Diane Duffy for Colorado’s Department of Higher Education further elaborated the state government’s strategic points on higher education.

“In terms of cost, Colorado colleges and universities are very efficient… And when you look at costs and account for inflation, the cost for educating a student hasn’t gone up. It’s (the) financing that has accrued.” Duffy said. “There is just not much discretionary room in the budget for higher education. So, (we) call on you to think about and to understand more about what’s going on in the state budget and how it’s having an impact on higher education.”

Duffy said the state has doubled in-

that we’re sitting on a gold mine of information. For student veterans in particular, getting into sustainable careers is really what’s most important.”

The idea for the upcoming symposium came after those at ALVS realized the importance of employers understanding how to work with student veterans.

“There are unique things that we’ve put into place so that we retain (student veterans) and get them through to graduation,” Barker said. “The graduation rate of our student veterans is better than that of the traditional

Gov. John Hickenlooper spoke in the Lory Student Center Ballroom during a town hall meeting Friday. PHOTO BY JACK FORD COLLEGIAN

vestment in student financial aid and quadrupled fundraising for scholarships.

“I don’t want... you to think, ‘the government is just sitting back doing nothing,’” Duffy said.

Next month, the Department of Higher Education will submit a revised form of CSU’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget with funding recommendations by the state government.

Colorado Department of Transportation Executive Director Shailen Bhatt then took the stage and discussed planned improvements to state highways and models of alternative transportation.

“We have a $237 million project that’s gonna start next year, to be completed two years from now, that’s going to widen I-25… we’ll population.” stop when the money runs out,” Barker hopes the Bhatt said. symposium, and informaBhatt discussed the viability of tion ALVS has to provide alternative forms of transportation for both student veterans such as ride-sharing services. and employers will help to “The other challenge that we develop a better workforce have for all of us across government, in the future. but particularly for the Department “We knew we had of Transportation, is the concept of some … wisdom that we connected and autonomous vehiwanted to share with the cles,” Bhatt said. “Uber did not exist workforce world to help 10 years ago. This new model of mobridge the gap into the next bility on demand is re-shaping the transition,” Barker said. way that the future is going to look.”

For registration and The governor and his cabinet more information about then took questions from an audithe Veterans Symposium: ence that filled half of the LSC ballwww.veteransresources. room where the town hall was held. colostate.edu.

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ment of Public Health and Environment were asked about the growing issues of mental health and long-term sustainability in Colorado.

“Mental health is a critical issue all over our country and certainly in the state,” Bicha said. “I will never forget the day (when) Gov. Hickenlooper called me in the wake of the Aurora Theater shooting and said, ‘We simply have to do more for folks who are struggling with mental health issues.’”

Bicha said as a result of the shooting, the state invested about $20 million in crisis services, a 24/7 hotline and crisis mobile units across Colorado.

“We put in some $20 million in new investments in crisis services, a new hotline that’s available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, crisis mobile units available in every corner of Colorado… but we have to find ways we can engage in folks.”

Duffy also took the opportunity to address the budgetary shortfalls of higher education.

“I think it’s difficult for people to understand all of these competing tensions that are in place that make it very, very difficult for folks to get a grasp of what’s going on,” Duffy said. “I would say (that) first of all is to educate yourself… There is a fiscal reality also and I think people are working hard every day to contain costs. There’s all kinds of initiatives going (from) online learning to less expensive ways of getting folks to and through college.”

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

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Expert to VR Symposium: Virtual reality can heal brain without medication

By Nataleah Small @NataleahJoy

Mind over matter is said to be the key to better health-according to experts, virtual reality technology is now being used to help the human brain solve a variety of the body’s health issues without medication.

William Warren, Vice President and Head of Innovation Programs at Sanofi Pastuer, the vaccines division of a multi-national pharmaceuticals company, described this innovation in a speech at the Lory Student Center last Friday. Colorado State University designated Oct. 19-23 Virtual Reality Week, which included lectures and demonstrations about the technology, as well as a virtual reality development “hackathon.”

Warren’s speech highlighted how virtual reality advancements pioneered by Sanofi Pasteur are being used within the medical community to treat patients suffering from a variety of health issues, including allergies.

The company recently conducted research on the use of VR headsets and games in the healthcare system as alternatives to medication, specifically to treat cases of allergies to cats. Warren said VR allows the company to develop solutions to medical issues in a quick and cost-efficient way. “(We want to) see if we can change the paradigm from a doctor-prescribed health care system to a system in which you can tap into your internal pharmacy, which is your brain,” Warren said.

To combat an allergen, the body must build up a tolerance to it. Researchers learned that patients could build up a tol-

erance to their allergies after increased exposure to cats in an immersive virtual reality simulation.

Participants were introduced to virtual cats one by one until they were able to interact with cats outside of the simulation.

The simulation was based on research that examined the findings of a recent threephase trial. In 60 percent of cases, a placebo drug helped patients combat cat allergies.

This led researchers to conclude that the brain is able to combat allergens with only its “internal pharmacy,” and without the addition of added chemicals or medications.

Warren said that the brain is able to tap into its “internal pharmacy” when the vagus nerve, part of the parasympathetic nervous system, is stimulated by an immune response. The parasympathetic nervous system contributes to the involuntary nervous system, which controls bodily functions such as heart rate and digestion. “(You can) tap into the parasympathetic system where you have an overactive immune response from allergies,” Warren said.

Besides combating allergens, Warren said, VR can be used in a variety of medical settings. It can be used to help individuals with anorexia or binge eating disorders gain an accurate self-image, and to address cases of post-traumatic stress disorder in the military by creating safe, engaging simulations.

Warren said that the wide variety of uses for this technology is changing the way the medical community addresses disease.

“You can really accelerate

Local middle school students try out Virtual Reality headsets at the VR Symposium in the LSC on Friday.

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the pace of innovation by tapping into your internal pharmacy,” Warren said.

Warren said that these innovations are important because though over 7,000 diseases currently have treatments, less than 500 have vaccines. He said that although vaccines save 3 million lives per year, it is very difficult to develop a new vaccine and introduce it into the market.

From early development to licensing and marketing, the process of developing a new vaccine takes between 12-20 years and costs between $1-2 billion. Sanofi Pasteur administers about one billion vaccines to 500 million people per year.

Warren said the virtual reality technology is an appealing alternative to traditional vaccinations because it is non-invasive and non-chemical.

Alan Rudolph, Vice President for Research at CSU, said VR is currently a hot topic. Rudolph is also a program manager for the Walk Again see VIRTUAL on page 14 >>

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OPINION Monday, October 24, 2016

Here’s what my ballot looks like Sean Kennedy @CSUCollegian

With ballots arriving for many this week, I thought I’d offer a brief overview of the issues at the local, state and federal levels that voters in Larimer County will have a say in, as well as submit my brief opinion on the issues that matter most for your consideration. Hopefully, this will help to illuminate the local ballot measures some around Fort Collins may be unfamiliar with, as well as raise new factors to consider in voting on certain measures.

Federal President Especially in this year’s race, I feel that the role of the President is pretty well understood. I’m voting for Jill Stein of the Green Party, simply because I feel an obligation to vote in this particular race. Jill Stein is absolutely not qualified to lead our country, having not held political office at even the state level before, however, I believe she would do the least amount of harm to the security of the American people out of any of the four biggest candidates.

Donald Trump does not have the temperament to lead; even without considering his policies, he’s a definitively bad person that will probably leave the world better off when he’s no longer in it, and would do unprecedented damage to our internal and external affairs.

Hillary Clinton represents an extension of the status quo of rule by the elites. While she did do much for the poor and minorities in the way of advocacy early on in her working life, she has since chosen to abandon them in favor of embracing (and later joining) the wealthy elite to fuel her rise in power.

Her struggle in this election is not so much due to her gender as it is her (whether fairly or not) being the poster child for the elite ruling class that feels content to trample the poor in America and the Middle East as long as it leads to greater profit margins and global influence. In my view, she is untrustworthy and similarly unelectable.

Those who explain away global warming and would prefer to sell off federal land to private owners are not people that generally receive my support, and Gary Johnson, while otherwise very qualified, is no

exception. It is extremely necessary to vote for someone in this election, and I recommend Jill Stein as the least harmful option.

Senate This year’s Senate race will determine if Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet will keep his seat next to fellow Colorado senator Cory Gardener, a Republican. In the interest of balance, and because I’m a left-leaning voter, I recommend voting Michael Bennet for re-election. I originally leaned towards supporting Arn Menconi, the Green Party candidate from Eagle County, but I was drawn back to Bennett by his record of service to the state.

Bennett’s loyalty to his party can at times lead to him supporting crummy legislation, but he also supports many beneficial positions, such as advocacy for alternative energy and limits on lobbying in Washington. I admit that I have not done much research on his main challenger, Republican Darryl Glenn, but it’s important to me that women should maintain the freedom to control their bodies as they see fit, and Glenn as a pro-life candidate would seek to jeopardize that freedom.

Congress Congressman Jared Polis is seeking to continue representing district 2 in Colorado this year, an area that includes Fort Collins and Boulder. Polis is a phenomenal representative who has been a consistent advocate for green energy, an area that is important to me. I was disappointed that he chose to support Hillary Clinton as a superdelegate in the Democratic primaries after Coloradan voters displayed overwhelming support for Bernie Sanders, however, I don’t think that this problematic instance of his choosing the wishes of his party over those of his constituency is enough to warrant voting for an alternative candidate. Polis should do better at staying loyal to the interests of his constituency above all, which he already does a fairly good job of.

State Amendment 69 In a nutshell, this amendment would raise state taxes by $25 billion to establish a universal healthcare system at the state level. An important caveat to this system is that if created, Coloradans would still have the option of purchasing private health coverage if they wish. While I support shifting

to a universal healthcare system at the federal level, I don’t think doing so at only a state level would be a wise decision. While taking such an initiative to bolster the movement towards universal healthcare nationwide is honorable, the massive increase in taxes would place a heavy burden on taxpayers and could discourage businesses from moving to Colorado. With state population growth booming and a minimum wage increase also on the ballot this year, I don’t think Amendment 69 is the best idea right now.

Inflation has far outpaced the rise in the minimum wage over the past several decades, and whether or not you believe that the minimum wage should be a “living” wage, at present, it doesn’t even come close to doing so.

Amendment 70 If passed, Amendment 70 would approve a gradual increase of the minimum wage in Colorado. The state minimum wage would be increased to $9.30 initially, then grow by $0.90 every year until it reaches $12.00 an hour in 2020. While approving a minimum wage hike does always run the risk of spooking employers from hiring more workers, I believe this amendment wholeheartedly deserves our support. Inflation has far outpaced the rise in the minimum wage over the past several decades, and whether or not you believe that the minimum wage should be a “living” wage, at present, it doesn’t even come close to doing so. Workers deserve o be paid at a rate that at least entertains such an idea.

Amendment 71 In brief, Amendment 71 would make it more difficult for citizens to make changes to the state constitution. The amendment would significantly increase the amount of signatures needed on petitions for citizen-initiated legislation and require that constitutional amendments receive at least 55 percent of the vote, not just simple majority, to pass. I don’t honestly know how this amendment got enough support to get on the

ballot; who in their right mind would want to limit citizens’ influence on the laws governing their own state? If you value your own political influence, do not vote for this measure.

Amendment 72 Amendment 72 concerns tobacco products, as it would raise the tax on cigarettes by $1.75 from $0.84 a pack to $2.59 a pack. The money collected on the tax would go towards tobacco education and cessation programs. Diversion programs aside, the proposed tax increase is too drastic to warrant voting for. Granted, at 38th highest in the country, Colorado’s cigarette tax does warrant an increase.

However, raising the state tax by an amount more than the national average cigarette tax ($1.65) is overkill. Even as someone who supports tobacco cessation programs and initiatives to reduce smoking, I take issue with my legislating my values to this degree. Raising the cigarette taxes to such a high degree would be unfair to smokers.

Proposition 106 If approved, this legislation would legalize physician-assisted suicide for the severely ill in Colorado. This initiative would allow those who have received a medical prognosis of death to seek drugs to end their lives, provided that two other physicians confirm the diagnosis and that the patient can prove their mental capabilities to do so. Everyone has control of their own bodies, and so I believe everyone deserves the right to die if they want to. I realize that death is a touchy subject and that many may be wary of allowing severely sick people this right for moral or religious reasons, but I think it would be arrogant of us to assume that there is no pain so great or enduring that it warrants relinquishing one’s own life voluntarily. We have no way of knowing, and should support this legislation.

Proposition 108 This initiative would open up general election primaries in Colorado so that all voters could vote in the primaries of any party they wish, be it Democratic, Republican, or another organization. If you value your freedom and influence as a voter, support this proposition!

Local Ballot Issue 1A This initiative would implement a 0.25 percent sales and use tax in Larimer County to last for 25 years to construct

and operate a mental heath and substance abuse facility in Fort Collins to serve all people. While some may be wary to support the creation of a new tax, I think that this measure is more than necessary in our current times. Mental health is an issue that has a massively underrated impact on communities everywhere. Often we only hear about it after it’s stigmatized by the national media after a mass shooting, but unaddressed mental health issues can cost businesses productive hours from employees, strain interpersonal and familial relationships, and spiral into dangerous violent incidents in the most rare and extreme cases. Supporting this tax to create a local mental health facility will save more money and lives down the road than we could ever know.

Ballot Question 1B This measure would give Larimer County the right to provide and manage internet, cable television and telecommunication services for citizens within its boundaries (this includes Fort Collins). There are no taxes associated with this initiative, though one could reasonably infer that new taxes will be necessary in the future to fund said services proposed by this legislation. I am in favor of this amendment as it will allow for the county to explore the ways it could potentially provide high-quality internet services to our city at a cost-effective price without tying us into any longterm taxes or deals that deprive us of money or freedoms. If the county comes up with such a service plan that requires tax money to operate, it will likely need further approval from voters to do so.

Ballot Issues 3B & 3C Local Poudre School District is asking voters for greater funding through these initiatives.

The combined $43 million bond and mill levy would allow the district to construct several new schools and facilities to meet the educational needs of a rapidly growing population that is already straining the resources of its current system. I support these measures as one who was personally educated by schools in this district, and places a high value on the education he received from it. I have written about these ballot issues in greater detail in the past. Support the bond and mill levy for Poudre School District.

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

SPORTS Monday, October 24, 2016

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CSU flashes true potential against UNLV

By Chad Deutschman @ChadDeutschman

LAS VEGAS- It was not 60 minutes of a complete game, but it was 30.

Colorado State (4-4, 2-2 Mountain West) went on the road to UNLV (3-5, 2-2 MW) fresh off a furious comeback cut short in Boise. If it is possible to have momentum coming out of a loss, CSU had it.

When they got the chance to use that momentum Saturday afternoon, it resulted in a 42-23 blowout victory over the Rebels at Sam Boyd Stadium.

It showed early, as the team went on a 12-play scoring drive on the first possession of the game. Quarterback Nick Stevens capped the drive off with an 8-yard touchdown flick to tight end Danny Nwosu.

Nwosu’s score was just the beginning. Colorado State went on to score on five of their six possessions in the first half.

“Offensively I really wanted to come out this game and be aggressive,” Colorado State coach Mike Bobo said after the game.

“I didn’t want to be timid. I wanted to cut the guys loose and get speed on the field and give them a chance to make plays and the guys responded and made plays.”

The one possession they didn’t score on? It wasn’t so bad, as punter Hayden Hunt turned what was a CSU three-and-out

on offense into a punt downed on the UNLV 2-yardline.

It was that kind of a first half for CSU. What went well, went really well, and what went wrong didn’t go that wrong. The result?

A 35-0 lead at the half, and going back to the fourth quarter against Boise State, CSU had outscored their opponents 55-7 in their last three quarters of play.

CSU out-gained UNLV 298 yards to 72 yards in the first half.

Quarterback Nick Stevens had 168 of his 237 yards passing in the half, and running back’s Izzy Matthews and Marvin Kinsey each recorded two touchdowns, respectively. CSU rushed for 230 yards in the game, as Matthews, Kinsey and Dalyn Dawkins carried the ball at least 10 times each.

One thorn in the side of the CSU offense this year has been their third-down conversion rate. Saturday afternoon the offense was able to take that thorn, and turn into strength. The Rams went 8-10 on third down conversions in the first half, 10-18 total.

“Really proud of the way we executed,” Bobo said. I thought we really had a nice plan for third-down, but Nick (Stevens) did a great job on third down.

Some of the looks we thought we were going to get and who the ball was going to go to didn’t happen that way, and he progressed and went to the next receiver.

And that is what a veteran quar-

terback should do.”

What was most impressive about the half was that it was the first time that all facets of the game were clicking at the same time, with maybe an exception being made during the first half against the University of Northern Colorado.

The defense was able to force two turnovers by way of a Jake Schlager interception and a Justin Sweet fumble recovery, to which the offense responded with seven points of their own.

The CSU defense held the UNLV offense stagnant for all but one drive in the first half as UNLV crossed the 50-yardline just once.

“We capitalized on each other’s momentum. I think the first turnover we didn’t score right there; other than that we capitalized and did a nice job punching it in,” Bobo said. “Great stop, getting the turnover down there and scoring right before half.

Just taking advantage of opportunities, playing off each other, we are growing up.”

“I thought it was a great first half,” Schlager added. “We came out and everybody was flying around having fun. Offense was clicking on all cylinders, defense was clicking on all cylinders, even special teams were. We were playing a complete half, we just need to come out in that third quarter and emphasize coming out, having a quicker

Marvin Kinsey (#25) jumps in end zone after a touchdown. PHOTO BY ABBIE PARR COLLEGIAN

start again but overall I thought it was a great effort and a great game.”

Colorado State couldn’t have asked for a better first half performance. With that being said, there is room for improvement.

UNLV outscored CSU 23-7 in the second half, and held what was a potent CSU offense converting nearly every third-down jogging off to the sideline. For UNLV, however, the deficit was too great to have any realistic chance of overcoming. “(A 35 point deficit) It’s stunning regardless,” UNLV coach Tony Sanchez said. “But 35-points in the first half is not stunning because of momentum coming into this game. It is stunning because we should never give up that many points in the half. It wasn’t all the defense. We

can’t come in and play a half of football like that.”

For CSU, the first half represented what the team is capable of doing when multiple facets of the game are clicking at the same time. Of course the team wants to transfer that play over to the second half, but it is one step at a time. It was one quarter against Boise State and now an entire half against UNLV. When the team executes to their true potential, they become hard to beat.

“At the end of the day we executed enough to win the ballgame and you never apologize for going on the road and winning a ballgame,” Bobo said. “They’re tough to come by and I’m proud of this football team.”

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San Diego State comes back to beat CSU soccer 2-1

By Colin Barnard @ColinBarnard_

Maddi Rodriguez’s first half goal, her first since 2014, was not enough for the Rams to hang on against San Diego State, ultimately falling 2-1.

Looking to disrupt the Mountain West, the Rams (312-2, 1-7-1 MW) matched their opponent’s intensity for the entire game. Despite outshooting the Rams 21-10, the Aztecs (8-62, 6-1-2 MW) had to rely on two second half goals to cement their victory. Pending UNLV’s game against Boise State, the Aztecs move into first place in the MW with the victory.

Physical play was the mantra for a Rams team looking for their first points in club history against SDSU. Paige Brandt’s early save on a scrum in the box set the tone for the first half and showed that the team had plenty of fight left in them. Despite trailing in time of possession and shots for much of the first 30 minutes of play, physicality kept the Rams right where they needed to be.

The first of Taylor Nelson’s two scoring chances came in the

35th minute when she found herself with a seemingly open net after receiving a cross, but an SDSU defender was able to get her body on the shot and deflect it away. Rather than letting the missed opportunity define the rest of the game, the Rams netted the first goal just minutes later. After creating a turnover on the left sideline, Maddie Kessler crossed the ball to Rodriguez in the box. The delicate shot off her right foot found its way over SDSU goalkeeper Gabby English for the 1-0 lead.

“It was all a team effort,” Rodriguez said. “Taylor Nelson should have scored just a couple minutes earlier. It was just us not letting down and it finally happened for us.”

The second half turned sour for the Rams as they could not hold off the pressing Aztec offense. A ball that spun sporadically passed a Rams defender lead to a penalty kick for the Aztecs. Victoria Barba finished the PK to tie the game at one in the 66th minute. Just two minutes later, Aliyah Utush drove a low cross to the waiting foot of Dani Derosa who scored the

game-winner.

The Rams’ intensity did not falter in their effort to stage a comeback. With two minutes left to play, Kaija Ornes gathered a cross and fired a bullet passed the diving English. The effort proved unfruitful as the ball careened off the post, missing the back of the net by mere inches.

“That ball that Kaija hits – a team that’s winning, that goes in off the post,” head coach Bill Hempen said. “A team that’s losing, it just doesn’t happen … She couldn’t have hit that any better, but it bounces out and doesn’t bounce in.”

The physical, intense play that the Rams showed for the entire game was no mistake. As Hempen said earlier this week, his team still had plenty to prove, and they were always going to play to win regardless of the standings. This week’s preparation proved the truth of that.

“Yesterday we had a little bit different kind of pregame practice,” Hempen said. “It was a little bit more demanding, a little more accountable.”

Injuries to starters Madisann Relph and Jessica Jochheim

Hannah Gerdin (14) with a shot on goal during the Rams 1-0 loss against New Mexico. PHOTO BY JAVON HARRIS COLLEGIAN

added to an already lengthy Rams injury report, something they will have to overcome in their final two games. With a similar mindset and equally intense preparation, there’s no reason to believe they will show anything less for the rest of the season.

“It’s hard that we ended up losing that game,” Rodriguez said. “We now know that we can

hang with the best of the best, they are the champions. Going forward, this is going to help us a lot and we’re just gonna come out twice as hard on Sunday.”

Sunday’s game against New Mexico serves as CSU’s Senior Day in what will be the last home game of the season. Play gets underway at 1 p.m. at Lagoon Field.

Colin Barnard can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

Big first half lifts CSU over UNLV 42-23

By Chad Deutschman @ChadDeutschman

LAS VEGAS—Colorado State (4-4, 2-2 Mountain West) dominated UNLV (3-5, 2-2 MW) on the road to the tune of a 4223 blowout Saturday in front of 18,362 fans at Sam Boyd Stadium.

The rout was on early, as CSU quarterback Nick Stevens marched the Rams down the field on a 12-play 75-yard opening drive capped off by a 8-yard pass to tight end Danny Nwosu to put CSU up 7-0. Stevens was 7-8 with 61 yards on the drive.

UNLV quickly worked into scoring position on the ensuing drive, however the drive stalled at the CSU 30-yardline. Rebels kicker Evan Pastel came on to attempt a 41-yard field but missed wide right. UNLV did not threaten for the remainder of the first half and turned the ball over twice. The first came off a Jake Schlager interception at the end of the first quarter — it was the first of Schlager’s career. The second came on a backwards pass

by Rebel’s quarterback Dalton Sneed that Justin Sweet recovered on the UNLV 11-yardline.

The CSU offense picked up right where they left off in last week’s comeback effort against Boise State. The offense scored on five of six first half possessions, utilizing a balanced at-

CSU won against the UNLV rebels 42-23. PHOTO BY ABBIE PARR COLLEGIAN

tack behind Steven’s arm and the three backs (Izzy Matthews, Dalyn Dawkins and Marvin Kinsey).

Sophomore running back Izzy Matthews continued to find the end zone regularly, scoring twice in the first half off 1-yard and 9-yard runs, respectively.

Matthews surpassed his last season touchdown total (five) in the process and now has six on the year.

Joining Matthews in the first half scoring onslaught was freshman running back Marvin Kinsey. After not seeing much playing time in the past two weeks, Kinsey carried the ball four times for 45 yards in the half with two touchdowns of his own, highlighted by a 34-yard scamper in the second quarter to put CSU up 28-0.

Kinsey’s second score of the day came at the end of the first

half on a 1-yard run to put the Rams up 35-0 heading into halftime. The balanced attack for the Rams worked to perfection, rushing for 125 and throwing for 168 in the half, helping the team convert 80 percent of their third down tries in the half.

After the break the Rebels came back to life a bit, scoring on their first possession.

Sneed escaped the CSU pressure and found running back

Lexington Thomas for a 37-yard touchdown to put UNLV on the board, 35-7. Sneed finished the day 7-23 for 185 yards with two touchdowns and one interception, also adding 96 yards on the ground.

The CSU offense reverted back to their early season ways in the second half, going three-and-out on their first two possessions. CSU failed to put up any points in the third quarter for the second game in a row, giving UNLV light.

CSU put the kibosh on any UNLV comeback in the fourth quarter when Stevens hit junior Michael Gallup on a 36-yard touchdown pass to extend the lead to 42-17. The catch marks the third straight game where Gallup has a touchdown catch over 30-yards. Gallup finished the game with seven catches for 91 yards and a touchdown. Stevens threw for 237 yards on 21 of 28 passing with two touchdowns and no interceptions. It was the second consecutive game for Stevens without throwing an interception.

CSU didn’t see the same success in the second half as they did the first, but did enough to leave sin city and head into a bye week with a dominant 42-23 win.

Chad Deutschman can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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Nerdy News: Anime Coming Soon

By Kevin Avis @kevinavis_626

With the end of October upon us, new Fall anime is here. With so many new shows to choose from, I’ve decided to give you my first impressions and what to look for in the upcoming weeks.

Nanbaka “Nanbaka” is the story of a group of prisoners who have escaped every prison they’ve ever been in until now. Nanbaka is a prison that’s known for being the most difficult for breaking out of. Each of the characters, Juugo, Uno, Rokku, and Nico, have a quirk or personality trait that makes them different as well as a skill to help them escape. The first episode introduced enough characters to enhance the story but not overload you with too many people to keep track of.

As for the animation, the art, for someone who doesn’t read much manga, came from the use of bright and vivid colors in the animation, which reminded me of “No Game No Life.” The story is based off of the manga of the same name. If you haven’t watched the series yet, I definitely recommend it because the characters were humorous, the pacing was good and the plot looks like it should have some fun moments and ideas over the course of the series. Overall score: 8/10 Tiger Mask W “Tiger Mask W” is about the world of wrestling and two people fated to face each other, each dawning a Tiger Mask. One of them inherited their mask while the other went through intense training to join “The Tiger’s Hole,” an organization that has control over the world of wrestling. Each person’s goal is the same, to take down the organization. The first episode introduced the audience to the main characters and the villain as well as some other supporting roles so that the audience understands where the story is headed and who the players are in the story. The anime is a retelling of an older series and, through the update, has garnered attention on websites such as Crunchyroll and other anime websites. The story is based off of the manga

by Ikki Kajiwara. The anime has some good characters, though the story now appears very linear with little room for originality.

However, with the idea of wrestling and the underlying stories between characters, the anime looks like it will pick up and get a lot more interesting over the course of the season. Overall score: 7/10

Scorching Ping Pong Girls “Scorching Ping Pong Girls” is a story about cute girls playing ping pong competitively. There is a new transfer student named Koyori who looks to be promising, and the story centers around her and the club as they play ping pong. The anime is your basic sports anime, so isn’t it just cute girls as the draw to the anime?

Well, it may sound like ping pong would be uninteresting, but the story manages to make the sport more interesting. They comment on moves and make the characters look more intense as they play, similar to other sports anime. The series is based off of the manga by Yagura Asano.

Overall score: 7/10 To Be HERO “To Be HERO” is a comedic short about a toilet seat salesman who gets sucked into the toilet, gains superpowers from some weird old guy and must defend the world from aliens.

From the description, it sounds very bizarre. However, the story does a great job at using that to make a really funny series.

The first episode introduced the audience to the characters and gave people a taste of what’s to come with some fights and some of the running gags to be expected of the show, such as the daughter who rejects her father and kicks him out after he gets powers because his appearance changes. They also showed that he can only say certain things because his mind might think certain words, but he’ll say something entirely different.

Overall score: 8/10 Trickster “Trickster” is the story of the boy detective agency. The agency solves cases in the year 2030.

When Kensuke meets Yoshio, he finds that Yoshio yearns for death but can’t be killed. Yoshio has some type of mystical force that kills anyone and anything that gets close to him. Kensuke promises to kill Yoshio when he gets the ability to in exchange for Yoshio joining the agency. The anime looks to have a love premise between the two main characters, and the story in the first episode sets up a villain for the series as well as what we will be dealing with. The world is high tech in nature with large mechs and talking owls. It is definitely a show I was hesitant on at first but after watching further, it could end up being a really good series depending on the pace and plot line. “Trickster” is based off of the manga of the same name Overall score: 7.5/10

Magical Girl Raising Project “Magical Girl Raising Project” looks like a cute anime for girls, but in no means is what it looks like. The anime comes off as a different take on the groundwork that “Madoka Magica” set up for the magical girl genre. In the story, there are 16 magical girls who are in charge of different districts. Each girl was granted the ability from a game that gave a small number of girls the ability to be a magical girl. While on the surface it seems alright, the character who bestows powers upon the girls says that there are too many magical girls and half of them need to die. When the story gets set up in the first episode, you know that the anime will be taking a darker turn.

There is no way that it can compete with “Madoka,” but it looks to be a promising contender to try and reach the same popularity. Overall score: 7/10 All Out! Tis’ the season for sports animes, and a new contender this season is rugby anime “All Out!” The story focuses on two freshmen who join the rugby team.

The first is Gion, a small student who is extremely aggressive towards others when they call him short. The other is Iwashimizu, a tall but soft-spoken character. Both are recruited to join, see ANIME on page 14 >>

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Eighth-annual Old Town Zombie Crawl benefits local charity Turning Point

By Ashley Potts @CSUCollegian

Old Town was quite the sight to see over the weekend.

Zombies of all shapes, sizes and ages came out for the eighth-annual “Zombie Crawl” hosted by Turning Point. From Girl Scouts to Starbucks baristas, everyone was looking spectacularly undead.

“The entire event is a fundraiser,” said Turning Point employee Scott VonBargen.

Turning Point connected with 56 local businesses in the Old Town area to raise money for their nonprofit organization that helps local youth with problems of behavior, mental health and substance abuse. Purchasing a $16 ticket got each zombie a map and a punch card. Zombies then moved around Old Town to the five businesses of their choosing and got something free for each punch.

Many businesses offered beer as their free item. Local bars offered zombie-themed shots.

Some places offered free slices of pizza. A few places offered more tangible prizes such as sunglasses, bandanas, glow bracelets and light-up eyeballs.

The crawl stretched all the way down College Avenue in Old Town and branched out to the side streets, so no matter where you went you were likely to run into a participant. Old Town square was something out of a zombie hunter’s nightmare.

Zombies collected by the stage to watch live entertainment. This included learning the moves to

“We were looking for a niche that hadn’t been filled in the community for an event. At the time there wasn’t really anything for Halloween.”

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Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and watching dance moves put on by local cheer and dance studios.

Between acts, DJ Matt kept the music going while dressed as

a zombie Star Trek commander. Local kids debuted their Halloween costumes early while dancing on the stage. Some were zombies, some were princesses and some were terrifyingly realistic versions of Chucky and Freddie Kruger.

As the night went on, the entertainment got a little spookier. Fort Collins local Bryan Circus Knight took the stage to juggle skulls and twirl flames. He even balanced a flaming beam on his neck as he did a handstand, and swallowed his flames to put them out.

Also featured, was the sky-high Michael Jackson impersonator on stilts, Orange Peel Moses. He dressed as zombie MJ and bounced around and moon walked through the crowd, taking pictures with his zombie backup dancers.

A makeup tent was set up at Old Town Square for those who forgot their costumes but still wanted to participate.

People from Juiced on Imagination came out to give professional looking face paint and gore to those who looked a little too living.

“We’ve been at (Zombie Crawl) since its inception,” said owner Julie Gillian. She and her team of ten offered their services all night, and charged based on the complexity of the look.

“Gore is running the most popular,” Gillian said. The gore they create looks very real, but is actually just made by building up wax, latex and a number of other materials.

“Look at this, it’s made out of maple syrup,” VonBargen said, showing off his seemingly torn up bicep. “I’ve smelled like maple syrup for hours.”

The team at Turning Point created all of this fun. They had the idea and have since been watching the event grow.

“We were looking for a niche that hadn’t been filled in the community for an event,” said Turning Point director, Stephanie Brown. “At the time there wasn’t really anything for Halloween.”

Brown talked about the changes the event has gone through over the years, including the ball after the crawl that has since being scrapped to make the main event even bigger.

“There are a lot of sad stories around Turning Point,” Brown said. “I like that we were able to create an event that attracts so many people and allows them to have a positive outlook.”

Ashley Potts can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com

Fort Collins residents gather in Old Town to have fun and celebrate Halloween. PHOTO BY C.J. JOHNSON

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FoCo Book Fest attracts Colorado Gov., awardwinning authors and international beer expert

By Matthew Smith @CSUCollegian

The FoCo Book Fest took place in Old Town over the weekend, attracting book and brew-lovers from all around the state.

Some of the festival’s biggest names included Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, New Belgium Brew Master Peter Bouckaert, international beer expert and author Horst Dornbusch and award-winning poet Katrina Roberts.

The majority of the day’s speakers were CSU faculty members like Andrew Altschul or local writers like Sarah Hahn Campbell.

At stands across Old Town, Happy Lucky’s Teahouse served their unique brew “Free Verse Cinnaplum,” a plum oolong tea that cultivates the essence of harvest time and bonfires. Bean Cycle Roaster’s also created a festival drink called “Book Buzz 641.3373,” paying homage to the Dewey decimal classification for coffee. Fruity and nutty, this craft roast invoked the distinctive smell and feel of an old book.

One of the first events of the day was the panel called How Books are Brewed at the Downtown Artery, moderated

by CSU Creative Writing Professor Camille Dungy and attended

by Roberts and Eleni Sikelianos. The panelists read from some of their recent work while explaining their processes of putting ideas to paper.

Roberts described the technique of “found poetry,” where the entirety of a poem’s language is taken directly from another source, such as a New York Times article about squalor in Afghanistan.

“I wouldn’t be the poet I am without my family,” explained Sikelianos. Her mother, a rough and tumble rock hound in the Mojave dessert, and her great grandfather Angelos Sikelianos, twice nominated for the Nobel prize in Literature, are some of Sikelianos’ biggest influences.

At the New Brews panel, writers from CSU’s Creative Writing Department shared some of their tales of inspiration, humor and action.

Andrew Altschul, author of Deus Ex Machina, read from his short story “y=mx+b.” A unidentified man with a vague career tries to survive the day while undergoing a crippling existential crisis. The man tells himself “a beer, a cig, a ballgame will make you feel better,” but nothing can.

Assistant Professor Todd Mitchell read for the first time the first chapter of his newest book “The Last Panther,” a story about an 11-year-old Floridian on

a brave mission to save her state’s last panther from poachers.

An impressive group of essayists, poets and fiction writers talked about the drinks that inspire their writing at the panel The Muses.

Richard Keller said he depends on coffee for his writing, not to inspire himself but to inspire others. His book “Coffee Cup Tales” is a collection of overheard conversations at coffee shops. Keller explained that coffee lets out people’s angst, revealing what they worry about most.

Fiction writer Laura Resau uses hot chocolate to break through her writer’s block. She claimed that some of the chemicals in cocoa serve to boost creativity and awareness.

In between swigs form a hip flask, O. Henry said he uses alcohol in his writing, not to think up new ideas with but to cut himself off at the point when he becomes physically incapable of continuing. The famed short story writer actually died in 1910, and his appearance Saturday was a performance by O. Henry specialist Dennis Elkins.

At the event Beer & Politics, Hickenlooper gave a personal and interactive speech on his journey from being the owner of a Denver brewpub to

becoming governor of Colorado.

After his small business took off, Hickenlooper started having higher aspirations.

Hickenlooper said that when he looked at Denver, he thought that “the council members are bums, that congressional representative is a bum, every elected official is a bum,” and he could do a better job. And so he ran for mayor as a dark horse candidate and won against all odds.

The governor explained the title of his new book “The Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics.” Hickenlooper was in a public speaking class at the University of Wyoming when his professor was giving a lecture on the importance of creating opposites. The professor asked “what is the opposite of despair?”

A student responded with “joy.” Then the professor asked “what is the opposite of woe?”

Someone way in the back yelled “giddy up!” Hickenlooper took this joke to be representative of his life. He finds purpose in hard work and determination.

Hickenlooper also read a few passages from “The Oppostie of Woe.” He had just gotten back from college and his

mother was excited to spend the evening talking, but he had already made plans to see a movie with a friend. Realizing his mother’s disappointment, Hickenlooper offered to take her with him, not knowing what the movie was.

As it turned out, it was the controversial X-rated film “Deep Throat,” now considered the most explicit movie to ever be played in conventional theaters.

Too awkward to ask to leave or do anything else, they watched the entire thing in stunned silence.

Along with Tim Kaine, Hickenlooper was vetted to be Hillary Clinton’s running mate. When asked how he felt about the loss, the governor said “Luckily, I didn’t get chosen. I was blessed.”

Overall, the FoCo Book Fest was an entertaining success. Event Coordinator and Business Librarian at Poudre River Libraries Anne Macdonald said, “It really worked to have the mixture of literature and craft brewing.”

Matthew Smith can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com

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“Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do The Time Warp Again” does not compare to the wonderful weirdness of the original

By Ashley Potts @CSUCollegian

The Time Warp may have been too much for Fox’s reboot of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” to handle. The shock factor of outward sexuality and gender-bending has worn off a bit since the original movie debut in 1975.

Accoriding to E! Online, only 4.9 million viewers even bothered to tune in to the show on Oct. 20. This is compared to the audience of the similar “Grease: Live” show from earlier this year which drew in 12.2 million viewers. Those who did tune in weren’t all too impressed with what they saw.

One of the biggest issues was Fox’s decision to not do a live show. While much of the set for Rocky Horror may have been a challenge to shoot, a lot of it could have been pulled off in the same fashion of “Grease: Live.”

The final scenes with the cast on an actual stage left many wondering why that couldn’t have been done in real time. A big problem with the choice was that it should have at least allowed for bigger and better effects, which still fell short.

Much of Rocky Horror’s fame these days comes in the form of audience participation.

Fans wear crazy costumes to midnight showings and live performances and are all encouraged to sing along, get crazy and even throw things around while they watch. Director, Kenny Ortega (yes, from High School Musical) paid small homage to this tradition by setting the opening song in a movie theater. The iconic red lips took the form of an usher leading us to our seats.

There are random flashes back to the theater audience throughout the story. These flashes are truly random and almost out of place, and anyone just tuning in to the tradition may find them utterly confusing.

The casting is subpar as well.

The transylvanians of the 70s were not only more shocking but generally weirder. For example, Riff Raff, the man who opens the door for Brad and Janet and kicks off the “Time Warp” musical number. In the original, he donned a super strange bald on top, long in the back hair-do and a Quasimodo level hunchback.

This Riff Raff, played by broadway actor Reeve Carney, was not very scary. Carney looks relatively normal, just with a paler face and a bad dye job on his long hair.

The introduction of Rocky, Dr. Frank-n-Furter’s science experiment of a boyfriend, also lost a lot of its luster. The original showed the transylvanians unwrapping a mummy to reveal a man in a gold speedo. This version just plopped a man in what looks like gold swim trunks onto the screen and expected us to be shocked.

The main characters, Brad and Janet, played by Ryan McCarten and Victoria Justice were also much flatter somehow. The main idea behind Rocky Horror is Brad and Janet’s transformation from innocent, uptight, goody goodies into people who are accepting of their sexualities and the sexual and gender fluidities of others. McCarten and Justice never really seem to be too much on either side of their character development.

They never seemed too against the new things and didn’t really seem to make a transformation

so much as just go along with whatever.

While Laverne Cox delivers an all out performance as Dr. Frank-n-Furter, her casting may not have even been the best choice. Much of the shock of Frank-n-Furter in the original came from a man strutting around in lingerie wanting to be a woman. Cox plays the entire character very feminine as she has made a full and fabulous transition.

This makes the entire show less shocking. A female creating the perfect man in a lab, however weird that may be, is still not as shocking as a man creating the perfect man in a lab.

Unfortunately, McCarten’s Brad looks more like the original Frank-n-Furter near the end when he ends up in a gold pin up look.

This isn’t to say that the entire cast didn’t perform well. The musical numbers were still as spectacular as always and begged you to sing along. The costuming and screenplay was also on point.

The fact that Rocky Horror has less shock factor now isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Our society has matured enough to not scream in the same girlish fashion as Janet when we see someone who is different. Transgender individuals are now accepted and not seen as shocking or scary. We are no longer as prude about sexuality or gender fluidity as we once were, and this seems to be a step in the right direction.

However, if you’re looking for the perfect Halloween tradition that is over the top strange, I’d stick to Tim Curry’s original.

Ashley Potts can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com

Today: Oct. 24 P & G Career Application Event 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., LSC Hear from your fellow student Emily Yannarella, Employer Connections Specialist with P&G, discuss career opportunities available in P&G's Engineering, Business and Research and Development departments. Also learn the tips and tricks to get through the P&G online application process.

Memory and Concentration 4:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m., TILT Learn information-recall strategies and how to enhance your ability to focus. Sponsored by the Center for Community Partnerships.

Tomorrow: Oct. 25

The Impact of the Presidential Election on U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Behavioral Sciences Building Rm 131 Featuring Greg Dobbs: Two-Time Emmy Award-Winning Journalist, Former Foreign Correspondent for ABC News, and Recipient of the “Distinguished Service Award” from the Society of Professional Journalists. Presented by CSU's International Studies Program and the CELL.

Film Screening: He Named Me Malala 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.. LSC Theatre Award Winning Documentary: This inspiring documentary about courage, survival, and triumph over adversity tells the remarkable story of teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was attacked by Taliban gunmen in Pakistan for advocating girls’ education.

Rather than be silenced, Malala emerged as a global voice for the education rights of children, and in December 2014, became the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

This Week: The Africa Center Panel Discussion: African Refugee Resettlement in Northern Colorado October 26, 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., LSC Grey Rock 290

CineRam - Suicide Squad October 27, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., LSC Theatre

Upcoming Events: Fall Clean-Up

November 5, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., LSC Grey Rock 290

Ethics Colloquium: The Neenan Company; Overcoming an Ethical Crisis November 9, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., LSC Grey Rock 290

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>> PRISM from page 1 my senior year because this is my family. We all share something, and this is my home.”

The word “drag” is an acronym for “dressing to represent another gender” as Jay explained at the start of the show.

The two hosts did their best to make sure that the audience understood this term and encouraged them to stop assuming someone’s gender when it comes to the gender binary.

Senior geology major and co-chair of the drag show, Andy Auer, said the show brings more awareness to PRISM and CSU’s queer community.

“It’s a great way to start

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>> ANIME from page 9 but Iwashimizu declines, only to bring more character development to explain his hesitation. The story has a solid start and I’m excited to continue.

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conversations with people, and I know sometimes students who aren’t aware of our student organization will come to our event, and thereby learn about the existence of of our student organization,” Auer said. “We gain new members that way and we build a better sense of community, so it’s really exciting.”

Auer also talked about the impact drag shows in the past have had and continue to have on them.

“It’s very cool, and it can be very emotional,” Auer said.

“There are some performances that have made me cry in the past, and then there are performances that’ll get the entire

gy utilizes all of the senses and transports people to an immersive environment. “(Virtual reality) is not a revolution of technology, (but) a revolution of perception,” Rudolph said.

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audience on their feet, clapping along, cheering. It is very community-based.”

Several people showed up to the event showing their pride and love for their community.

One student, Julie Dauer, brought a large trash bag filled with popcorn to share with her fellow audience members.

She described the show as “inspiring, energetic, amazing, eye-opening and encouraging.”

Junior art major, Brittany Kiehl, said the drag show is an important event for CSU to have because it lets people in the queer community know they have a space to receive support.

“It allows those who struggle with gender identity issues to have a safe space that they can come and enjoy themselves.” Kiehl said. “I think it’s cool that, not only PRISM, but (CSU) allows a safe space and a place where those who are struggling can come have fun and enjoy themselves and not worry about being judged by other students, other peers, other people.”

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Yuri is given another chance, though, when older Russian figure skater Victor comes to Japan to help train Yuri. In the first episode, you meet Yuri’s family and friends as well as get an understanding of why Yuri wanted to be a skater. The first episode is slower paced, but promises to get better with the introduction of more professional skaters from various countries and the possibility to see Yuri compete in an actual competition, so the audience can see figure skating rather then when they show Victor’s win. Overall score: 7/10

the prequel to successful anime “WAGNARIA.” The story focuses on a new diner and the quirky people who work there.

The story is a lot similar to the original show, but the new characters promise more laughs and looks to live up to its predecessor. It is definitely worth a watch and could become the best anime this season. Overall score: 9.5/10 Although there is a lot of anime to watch and not enough time in the day, hopefully you can use this article to help narrow down your own personal list. Happy watching!

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Daily Horoscope Nancy Black

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY

(10/24/16). Consider possibilities. Plan and budget for longterm goals. Ritual and symbolism satisfy. One door closes as another opens with your career, before romance flowers anew.

Reflect on love.

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

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — 8

— Focus on financial planning over the next three weeks. Talk about family funds. Collaborate to manage extra work today and tomorrow. Share with love.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 8 — Communication thrives with your partner over the next three weeks. Listen and compromise.

Stay in close contact. Romance blossoms, especially today and tomorrow.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 6 — Discuss your work, health and fitness with experts to grow stronger over the next three weeks. Enjoy domestic pleasures today and tomorrow.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 8 — Your thoughts turn toward fun and romance. For about three weeks, it’s easier to express your feelings, and you’re exceptionally creative, especially today and tomorrow.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 8 — Over the next three weeks, fix up your place. You’re inspired; revise the budget today and tomorrow. Get creative with color,

form and function.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 8 —

Writing, recording and publishing projects come together over the next three weeks. Push for a personal goal over the next two days.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 6 — Use creativity to boost income over the next three weeks. Profit from communications. Consider strategies today and tomorrow.

Stay in the conversation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 9 — It’s easier to make personal decisions. Reinvent and share your vision. Inspire your team, especially over the next two days.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — 7 — Complete old projects and plan what’s next over the next three weeks. Professional opportunities have your attention today and tomorrow. Commune with your inner muse.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — 6 — For about three weeks, team projects coalesce. Communication oils the machinery. Plan a trip over the next few days. If you can get away, go.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 7 — Plan your next career move.

Make bold professional choices over the next three weeks. Do numbers with your partner, especially today and tomorrow.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 8 — Invite someone special on an adventure over the next two days. For about three weeks, travel and discovery beckons.

Strengthen loving bonds.

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

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55 “Doctor Zhivago” heroine 56 Potpie veggies 57 Hydroelectric facility 59 Quik maker 63 Dad, to grandpa 64 Ideal party thrower described by the first words of 17-, 27- and 49-Across 66 Cutoff point 67 C to C, in music 68 Richard of “A Summer Place” 69 Org. with a PreCheck Program 70 Sets free 71 Facts and figures Down 1 Electric guitar effect 2 Letter-shaped beam 3 __ Bora: Afghan region 4 Scrooge’s “Nonsense!”

5 Worry about something, slangily 6 Cloak-and-dagger org.

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35 Benevolent fraternal group 36 Salty expanses 38 Center of power 40 Bygone phone feature 43 Pal of Piglet 44 Radio City Music Hall design style 46 Cursory looks 47 Long-legged wader 50 “... near and __ my heart” 51 Assailed verbally, with “out” 52 Surprise win 53 Bright signs 54 Press conference format, briefly 58 Degs. for choreographers 60 Old Roman robe 61 Future D.A.’s exam 62 Sicilian volcano 64 D.C. big shot 65 Morn’s counterpart Yesterday’s solution

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