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Marthe Cohn, Holocaust survivor, speaks about her experiences through the Holocaust, modern day neo-Nazis and her opinions surrounding today’s political climate. PHOTO BY TONY VILLALOBOS MAY COLLEGIAN

Cohn talks espionage, engagement for Holocaust Awareness Week By Austin Fleskes @Austinfleskes07

The crowd rose to their feet in a rousing round of applause as Marthe Cohn, the guest speaker for Colorado State University’s 20th annual Holocaust Awareness Week, took the stage Wednesday night. Cohn, a 97-year old French native was a spy for the Intelligence Service of the French First Army. Cohn gave her story to the community in a touching speech in the main ballroom of the Lory Student Center, as well as in a interview with the Collegian, CTV and KCSU on Wednesday morning.

Cohn was born in Metz, France in 1920. Growing up, education was emphasized for Cohn in a time when education would not have been. “All seven, we had the best education we could get. For my parents, it was extremely important,” Cohn said. “We were not rich, we were comfortable. (My brother) helped us and he financed everything. I was in school during the war, which was not permitted. We had no right to be in school, but I was in school anyways.” When the Germans invaded France, Cohn’s sister was eventually arrested and taken by the SiPo, a Nazi military police

force. After plans were made to free her, Cohn’s sister refused to escape, and later Cohn found out that she had been sent to multiple camps, and eventually Auschwitz, where she disappeared. “We don’t know how she died, we don’t know anything,” Cohn said. “We know that she never came back.” Cohn explained to the crowd she liked to honor her sister before telling her story. Before joining the army, Cohn trained and finished school as a nurse. Cohn went on to explain that she joined the Army in November of 1944, where she eventually was

assigned to the 151 Regiment of the French Army. Cohn became a member of the Intelligence Service of the French First Army when she met the colonel of her regiment, Pierre Avia, during a lunch. After the two talked about Cohn’s ability to read and speak German, the colonel explained why the Intelligence Service needed her as a spy. “He explained to me in Germany, all males from the age of 12 to old age are in uniform,” Cohn said. “So any men in civilian clothes walking the streets of Germany would be noticed and arrested.” After 13 attempts to cross

the border into Germany, Cohn was eventually successful on try 14, where she crossed the border through an area in northern Switzerland. The first time she crossed, she was told to crawl behind a patch of bushes and wait for two sentinels to turn their backs, and walk in between them into the country and to the east, as there was no barrier between the countries. “Once lying behind those bushes, seeing the sentinels come and go, I absolutely, frantically, desperately didn’t want to go,” Cohn said. “I felt that no one had the right to make me go. I felt very see HOLOCAUST on page 6 >>

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ASCSU prepares for election season By Natalia Sperry @Natalia_Sperry

The Associated Students of Colorado State University convened Feb. 21 to discuss new legislation pertaining both to the upcoming and future election seasons. Campaign Finance bill passes, looks to the future ASCSU passed a bill (17-55) to reform Campaign Finance by allowing for future elections for ASCSU leadership to be publicly funded by student fees. However, this portion of the bill would not go into effect until next year, and at this time includes no exact reallocation for those fees, said Elections Manager Tyler Siri, who wrote the bill. The bill also reduces the campaign expenditure limit to $1,250 and would require candidates to disclose the source of all campaign funds, effective for the 2018 elections season. “We’re setting the stage to allow for student fees to be used by campaigns. There’s a

lot of reasons for this, including accessibility and efficacy,” Siri said. “But unfortunately, we’re going to be waiting until next year to implement that. This allows us to set the stage for that.” Siri said he intends to present a solid plan for the implementation of student fees for future elections after the 2018 election season has ended. Senators such as Liam Aubrey said although this bill would not change any funding for this year, they are worried about the future implications of this legislation. Aubrey said although he agrees with increasing the accessibility and equity of campaigns, Senators should speak to their constituents, since most people who run for office are already involved with ASCSU in some way. “I think we also need to think about the students who aren’t in ASCSU … that’s their money too,” Aubrey said. “I think we have an obligation to spend this money as responsibly as possible.”

Senator Jennifer Murray said while she agreed with these concerns, she supported the bill after her own experiences with debt following her campaign last year. “I think that anyone who has the passion to put their time and effort into running a campaign should be able to regardless of their financial status,” Senator Murray said. In preparation for election season, the ASCSU Senate unanimously ratified (280-0) new members to the Elections Committee, which oversees all elections business. The new Elections Committee members include Chief of Staff Eddie Kendall, Corbin Hart, Amelie Bever and Adriana Graybeal, all of whom had prior experience with either the Elections Committee or ASCSU. Kendall, who served on the committee for two years, said he began his career at CSU on the Committee as a freshman. The rest of the Elections Committee will come before the Senate floor for ratification

Elections manager Tyler Siri presents Bill #4724, Campaign Finance Reform, to the ASCSU Senate. The bill’s goal is to give monetary assistance to campaigns for the upcoming election in order to improve the student government’s accessibility.

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next week as further preparation for the election season, which will begin after spring break. According to Siri, applications to run for President, Vice President, Speaker of the Senate and Senator are now available

online. All interested applicants must attend a mandatory orientation, the first of which will be held March 12 at 4:15 p.m. in the Lory Student Center. Natalia Sperry can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Students across US walk out of class to protest gun violence By Collin Binkley Associated Press

In a wave of demonstrations reaching from Arizona to Maine, students at dozens of U.S. high schools walked out of class Wednesday to protest gun violence and honor the victims of last week’s deadly shooting in Florida. The protests spread from school to school as students shared plans for their demonstrations over social media. Many lasted 17 minutes in honor of the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Hundreds of students from Maryland schools left class to rally at the U.S. Capitol. Hundreds more filed out of their schools in cities from Chicago to Pittsburgh to Austin, Texas, often at the lunch hour. Thousands walked out in Florida. At the protest in Washington, students held a moment of silence in memory of those killed in Parkland

and listened as the names of the dead were recited. Daniel Gelillo, a senior at Richard Montgomery High in Rockville, Maryland, helped organize the protest and said students aimed to pressure lawmakers to act on gun control. Up until now, he said, nothing has quite fazed them. “The Orlando shooting, Las Vegas and now Parkland,” he said. “Something has to happen. Innocent people are dying because of the easy access to firearms in this country.” At Dublin Scioto High School near Columbus, Ohio, about 200 students sat outside in silence for 17 minutes and wrote notes of support that will be mailed to survivors of the Florida shooting. Afterward, they gathered in a circle to discuss how they could push for stronger gun control. “No child should have to go to school and be scared for their life,” said Daviyana Warren, a 15-year-old sophomore at the

school who walked out. “It hits close to home because it’s happening to us.” While some groups have worked to organize national demonstrations in the coming weeks, students say gatherings Wednesday were mostly impromptu and organized out of a sense of urgency to find solutions to gun violence. Many of the protests were accompanied by chants of “Never again,” which has been a rallying cry since the Florida shooting. “These gun deaths are happening like every day, and we’re not doing anything to change it. It’s ridiculous,” said Rebecca Parch, a student who organized a walkout at Lakewood High School, near Cleveland. “It’s just too many lives lost, and I think that teenagers are just done with it now.” Students at her school and others called for limits on AR-15 rifles, the weapon authorities say 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz legally bought

and used in the Florida attack. Teens at some schools called for a ban on the AR-15 and similar rifles among civilians, saying they should be reserved for military use. Principals at some schools allowed the protests and promised not to punish students for leaving class. Parch said the administration at her school vowed to join students in similar demonstrations in the future. But some districts threatened to discipline those who joined the wave of walkouts. Superintendent Curtis Rhodes, of Texas’ Needville Independent School District, said students who left class would be suspended for three days, even with permission from their parents. “Life is all about choices and every choice has a consequence whether it be positive or negative,” Rhodes wrote in a letter to families and on social media. “We will discipline no matter if it is one, fifty or five hundred students

involved.” Similar walkouts already are being planned, including on March 14, one month after the Florida shooting, and on April 20, the anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado. While some students said their opinions have been belittled because they’re still teenagers, they counter that they’ll soon be voters and shouldn’t be taken lightly. Some said they’re taking a stand because lawmakers haven’t. “They send out their thoughts and their prayers, and we appreciate that, but that’s enough,” said Warren, of Dublin Scioto. “We need change.” The Florida high school shooter’s lawyer has said he is sad, mournful and remorseful and has called him “a broken human being.” Content pulled from Associated Press.

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College of Natural Sciences welcomes new data science major By Charlotte Lang @ChartrickWrites

Data Science — a study based on computer programming, data analysis and database systems— has recently been introduced to Colorado State University as a major in the hopes of preparing students for a successful future in a technologically-based world. Developed and led by Executive Associate Dean for Academics in the College of Natural Sciences Simon Tavener, the new major is interdisciplinary and will span four departments: computer science, statistics, mathematics and economics. The degree is planned to commence in Fall 2018. “We felt it was important for CSU’s role as a land grant university that we be able to train students in this growing area,” Tavener said. “I hope to establish a new major with strong enrollments that will prepare students for both the 21st century workforce and for further study in a range of different fields.” In order to prepare students in such a way, students may expect a set of new courses developed jointly by the departments for the concentrations. “Data science at CSU will be built on a set of existing courses offered by the departments of statistics, mathematics, and computer science,” said Jay Breidt, a professor for the Statistics

department. “Our curricula will all get a fresh look and infusion of new ideas, since those existing courses need to integrate as seamlessly as possible with innovative new courses.” Faculty will be working to ensure students taking this path will obtain the right mix of mathematical, computational and statistical tools— both from old and new courses. An example of one concentration is statistics and, already, changes for students and faculty in the department have been noticed. Changes include the steady growth of the statistics major and the availability of data science courses in the statistics major. “Statistics is an integral part of data science, so students who follow the traditional statistics major will be encouraged to take the data science courses and will almost automatically get at least a data science major,” Breidt said. “(The data science courses) will make the stat major even more interesting and marketable, and students will figure this out quickly.” While the benefits are many across all fields, there is a higher demand for faculty and the departments are currently searching for people to fill this demand. It is hoped that students in the major or minor will develop

the skills needed to solve modern, data-intensive problems across all fields. Each concentration is constructed to follow this goal.

“Our curricula will all get a fresh look and infusion of new ideas, since those existing courses need to integrate as seamlessly as possible with innovative new courses.” JAY BREIDT STATISTICS PROFESSOR

“Students in the statistics concentration … will focus in particular on using tools from probability theory to make appropriate inferences in the face of uncertainty,” Breidt said. “Students in the computer science concentration will learn more about fast computations and massive data sets, and students in the economics concentration will learn more about that particular application area. In other words, the data science degree is interdisciplinary, but the concentrations allow students to study more deeply within a particular discipline.”

These skills and practices will lend themselves to life outside of college as a result of the growing demand for data science majors in many career fields. According to Breidt, these can range from business, medicine, public policy and the sciences. This wide range of opportunities and applications is what motivated Tavener in bringing this major to the University. “The enormous increases in our ability to collect, store and communicate data over the past two or three decades has fundamentally changed science of all stripes: business, industry and finance, health care and government,” Tavener said. “The challenge now lies in drawing insights from and making predictions based upon the vast quantity of data. The demand for data scientists who can do so currently outstrips supply, so we believegraduatesfromthe program will be highly employable.” Other members of the faculty recognize the demand of skill sets the introduction of the major will equip students with. “There is a growing demand for data scientists globally,” Janice Nerger, Dean of the College of Natural Sciences, said. “Preparing our students for the job market is a priority of the College.” Charlotte Lang can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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University president put on leave amid uproar over costume By APNewsNow Associated Press

ALAMOSA, Colo. — The president of a university in Colorado has been placed on leave amid accusations she bullied faculty and staff, failed to improve declining student enrollment and mocked workers with an offensive Halloween costume. The Denver Post reports

Adams State University President Beverlee J. McClure was placed on leave last week after photos of her in the costume in Oct. 2016 began circulating on campus. McClure became the university’s first woman president in April 2015. Attempts were made to contract McClure, but phone messages were not returned. The school’s board of

trustees did not offer details on McClure’s leave, except to say that “the priorities of the current board are no longer congruent with the priorities of the president, and the parties are therefore working to accomplish a mutually agreeable resolution.” Content pulled from Associated Press.

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Weinstein uses quotes from female celebrities in his defense By Brian Melley Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Harvey Weinstein wants a judge to dismiss a federal sexual misconduct lawsuit against him and invoked the words and actions of Oscar-winning actresses in his defense. Lawyers for the disgraced film mogul said Tuesday in federal court in New York that the proposed class-action lawsuit filed by six women should be rejected because the alleged assaults took place too long ago and they failed to offer facts to support claims of racketeering. The lawsuit, which could potentially involve hundreds of other women, said Weinstein assaulted young women trying to break into Hollywood when they were alone with him and that his former film companies operated like an organized crime group to conceal widespread sexual harassment and assaults. Saying that the proposed class of affected women was “fatally overbroad,” lawyers for Weinstein said that the suit would include all women Weinstein ever met, whether they even claimed to be harmed. The defense cited comments made by Meryl

Streep and Jennifer Lawrence in support of Weinstein, who was one of the most powerful men in the movie industry before allegations dethroned him and unleashed a torrent of sexual misconduct accusations that spread far beyond the entertainment industry. Lawrence told Oprah Winfrey that she had known Weinstein since she was 20 and said “he had only ever been nice to me,” according to the filing written by attorneys Phyllis Kupferstein and Mary Flynn. Streep said Weinstein had always been respectful in their working relationship. The filing also questioned the veracity of claims that the women who sued were under duress because of threats Weinstein made if they complained. It cited Gwyneth Paltrow as an example, saying she went on to work with Weinstein and win an Oscar for “Shakespeare in Love” in 1998 after he was accused of harassing her during the filming of “Emma” in 1994. “Paltrow was not so offended that she refused to work with Weinstein again, nor did her career suffer as a result of her rebuffing his alleged advances,” the court papers said. Representatives for

Lawrence, Streep and Paltrow did not immediately reply to messages from The Associated Press seeking comment. Attorney Elizabeth Fegan, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of six actresses, said her team looks forward to showing that “Weinstein and his enablers should be held responsible for decades of assaults and coverups.” “If Weinstein thinks he will win by twisting women’s words against them, he fails to understand the law on sexual assault and the depravity of his own conduct,” Fegan wrote in reply to an email. At least 75 women have told the news media that Weinstein harassed, behaved inappropriately toward them or assaulted them. Authorities in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, New York and London are investigating. The filing by Weinstein’s lawyers came the same day other defendants in the suit, including The Weinstein Co., sought to dismiss the legal action. The company Weinstein co-founded with his brother said it was unaware of Harvey Weinstein’s conduct and that he was solely responsible for his actions. Content pulled from Associated Press.

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Vargas to speak at LSC on Define American organization By Audrey Weiss @Audkward

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Emmynominated filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas will be speaking at the Lory Student Center on Feb. 27 at 5:30 p.m. The event will be open to the public and hosted by Dreamers United at Colorado State University and RamEvents at CSU. Vargas will be discussing his experience as an undocumented immigrant and his work as CEO of Define American, a nonprofit organization aiming to shift the way in which America approaches issues of immigration, identity and citizenship. In 2011, Vargas wrote an article about his experiences as an undocumented immigrant, which was published in the New York Times Magazine. “I convinced myself that if I worked enough, if I achieved enough, I would be rewarded citizenship,” Vargas wrote. “I felt I could earn it.” In 2013, Vargas released his documentary, “Documented,” chronicling his move to America, his work as an immigration rights activist and his first interaction with his

mother, whom he last saw at the age of 12 in the Philippines 20 years prior. “Even though I think of myself as an American and consider America my country, my country doesn’t think of me as one of its own,” Vargas said in his article. Vargas and his team at Define American initiated the Define American College Chapters program in October of 2015. The program allows college students to participate in these conversations. According to the Define American website, Vargas launched the program as a response to the ever-changing environments on college campuses to look to youths in order to discuss pertinent issues regarding immigration, identity and citizenship. “Intersectionality is not just a concept. People are living through it,” Vargas said during a Mashable interview in 2015. “I see Define American Chapters as operating through that lens.” Students can join or start Define American Chapters at their campuses with the toolkits available on the Define American website. Audrey Weiss can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Congressman booed as people demand action By Nicholas Riccardi Associated Press

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. — Grumbling and jeers met the request for a moment of silence for the 17 people killed last week in the Florida school shooting. “Let’s do something for them!” one man yelled at the beginning of Republican Rep. Mike Coffman’s town hall Tuesday night. Another participant cried out, “We’re done with thoughts and prayers!” Coffman’s swing district in the Denver suburbs is all too familiar with mass shootings. A few miles to the northeast of the high school that hosted Tuesday’s town hall is the location of the Aurora theater massacre, where 12 people were shot to death in 2012. A few miles to the southwest of the town hall site, just across the district line, is Columbine High School, the site of the 1999 school shooting that killed 13. In a district that voted for Democrats Barack Obama in 2012 and Hillary Clinton in 2016, Coffman has been a perennial political target for Democrats. He is in his

Holocaust >> from page 1 sorry for myself. It took me an extremely long time to overcome the fear.” Cohn explained in her interview she overcame this fear to prove to her officer that she both could and wanted to do the mission. Once in Germany, Cohn was able to gather vital information about retreating German forces by posing as a German nurse looking for her Nazi husband. She gathered information from several German officers, including one she helped heal with her years of training as a nurse, even though he boasted of his atrocious acts against Jewish people. “He said he could smell a Jew from a mile away,” Cohn said. “Apparently that morning his smell(ing) was pretty bad.” The crowd reacted with applause as Cohn finished her story. Lawrence Horowitz, a jewish student at CSU, said he attended because it was part of his history. “Hearing about it first hand is something that is really inspirational,” Horowitz said. “I love to be a part of it and be able

fifth term, but Democrats have not made gun control a centerpiece of their campaigns for votes though the electorate is evenly split between Democrats, Republicans and those unaffiliated. That could change this year. The raw emotions at Coffman’s town hall shows how guns have become a volatile issue in an already hyper-charged midterm election, stoking passions that will be difficult for Democrats to contain, and difficult for embattled Republicans like Coffman to defend against. Patti Seno, 53, broke into tears as she recounted how her husband, a firefighter, was on the scene of the Columbine shooting and an attack at a nearby school in 2013 that killed one student. Her son had planned to see a midnight showing of the new Batman movie the night that the gunman attacked the audience in Aurora. Yet, she told Coffman, she hadn’t spoken out until watching students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida, campaign for new gun laws. “I am ashamed, as it took children to shake me from my to witness it while holocaust survivors are still around.” Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik hopes those at the event walk away recognizing they can do a lot more than they think they can. “We don’t just recall the massacre, we also recall the positive effects,” Gorelik said. “That memory of those who were murdered translates into positive action.” Momo Yohn, one of the organizers of the event, said she thinks the fact that it gained so much attention without any issues showed a lot of unity and a lot of peace. Denise Negrete Peters, the president of Students for Holocaust Awareness, said it is important for anybody to see a survivor tell their story first hand. “It’s very important for us to never forget what happened,” Negrete Peters said. “This is a way to strengthen our remembrance.” Cohn hoped to pass along the spirit of engagement and fighting spirit for the future, especially for younger generations. “To the children and younger students, be engaged,” Cohn said. “Never accept an order that your conscience refuses.” Austin Fleskes can be reached at news@collegian.com.

comfort zone to come forward to say enough is enough,” said Seno, a Democrat. “An avalanche is coming to Washington, sir, and it is going to be led by our children.” Coffman has received $34,000 in contributions from the National Rifle Association, more than any other Colorado member of Congress. Gun control activists, sometimes accompanied by family members of those killed in Aurora, have pushed him for years to back more restrictions. Yet even after the Aurora shooting in 2012, Democrats did not mention gun control in their campaign against Coffman. It barely came up in 2014, either, after two Democratic state legislators were recalled for passing new state gun restrictions. “The West is different,” said Josh Penry, a veteran GOP strategist and Coffman adviser. “There’s this basic understanding that Congress passing a lot of laws isn’t going to stop evil people from committing evil acts.” Still, two days after the Florida shooting, a potential Democratic challenger to Coffman, Jason Crow — like Coffman, a combat veteran

— demanded that Coffman return his NRA donations. That cheered Laura Chapin, a Democratic strategist who’s been active in gun issues. “The massacres are getting bigger and worse,” Chapin said. “It would be smart of Democrats to go after Mike Coffman’s hypocrisy.” Sharp questions about guns dominated the hourlong town hall. Coffman said he was willing to discuss “reasonable restrictions within the parameters of the Second Amendment,” a statement that drew fierce boos from the crowd. He repeatedly declined to back an assault-weapons ban but said he’d consider “red flag” laws that would allow the temporary confiscation of firearms from those judged to be a threat to themselves or others. He spent much of his time defending some of his previous votes, including for a bill last year to require states to accept concealed-carry permits from other, less-regulated states and another for a bill rolling back an Obama administration rule confiscating guns from people judged not competent enough to manage their Social Security benefits. Coffman contended

it was a civil rights issue and noted the American Civil Liberties Union and disability rights groups supported the rollback, a statement that also drew hearty boos. “I cannot understand how somebody who represented the district that has the Aurora theater in it can say this is a bad idea,” Alex Tillman, 48, who works in risk management, told Coffman. Coffman said was going to meet with school safety and law enforcement officials and suggested the government beef up school security — another statement that infuriated the audience. Asked what he would do if he found his personal principles conflicting with the desires of his constituents, Coffman drew more boos when he said he thought they matched pretty well. “The angriest voices show up, I get that,” Coffman said. “I respect the views of the people here and it’s helpful to me, but often times it’s not the views of the totality of the district.” Content pulled from Associated Press.

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It’s time to talk about eating disorders Lauren Willson @LaurenKealani

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by the Collegian or its editorial board. More than 30 million Americans currently struggle with some kind of eating disorder, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. These mental illnesses do not discriminate; they can affect anyone. Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. About every hour, one person dies of an eating disorder-related complication. As a survivor of AN, it’s my responsibility to share a message about the destructive impacts of eating disorders. More importantly, I want to tell anyone suffering that they have the potential and the power to recover.

Despite the fact that so many struggle, there are still gross misunderstandings about disordered eating. Eating Disorders Awareness Week starts Monday, so it’s an optimal time to end the silence, the misconceptions and the shame around eating disorders. 1. Eating disorders do not only affect adolescent white females. Any person of any age, gender, socioeconomic or cultural background may be diagnosed. There are multiple types of these disorders, including bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and other specified feeding/eating disorders. Each of these disorders has different diagnostic criteria, symptoms and health impacts, but all are extremely complex and potentially life-threatening. No two cases are identical. Over the 10 years I suffered from AN, I was hospitalized and sent to treatment nearly a dozen times. During these stints, I met many patients, each with a unique story. There was a 12-year-old girl from the U.K., a 14-year-old boy from North Dakota, a 15-year-old transgender girl from New Jersey,

a 17-year-old African-American female from Aurora, and an 8-year-old boy from Colombia. Often the only thing I had in common with the other patients was a diagnosis, often depression, anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Sometimes we might reduce ourselves to the label the doctors have given, clinging to it like an identity. Early in our stays, we were so sick that we lost sight of who we truly were. Thanks to treatment, some were able to reclaim their sense of self. But, many did not. Some of us subsequently fell into a series of relapses, becoming more distant from their soul with every step back. I made a pact with one of my closest friends from treatment to go skiing once we were both healthy. She died before that could happen. 2. Eating disorders are not a choice. Some people believe eating disorders are a choice. Nothing could be further from the truth. These conditions are recognized as illnesses by the American Psychological Association, and their onset has nothing to do with conscious decision-making.

A 9-year-old girl does not wake up one day and think: “Hey, I should starve, exercise and dehydrate myself to the point of having a Grand Mal seizure. It would be so much fun to get force fed with a rubber tube inserted into my nose, especially while a team of six psych-ward doctors hold me down against my will. I really want to miss two-and-ahalf years of school, because I’d much rather be locked up in a hospital room than experience dating, friendship or joy.” But, from the age of nine and onward, all those things and more happened to me. It wasn’t a voluntary choice, but a result of the mental illness that compelled me to shed and gain dozens of pounds in an endless cycle of selfdestruction. 3. It’s not for attention. One common misconception is that eating disorders are petty attempts to get attention. Eating disorders are not and should not be treated any differently than other physical conditions, whose onset is regarded as uncontrollable. I encourage everyone who has struggled with an eating disorder,

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Don’t pull every author accused of sexual assault from the shelf Leta McWilliams @letamcwilliams

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by the Collegian or its editorial board. The #MeToo movement has taken off, and has continued with full force since the sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein. From movies to medicine, people are calling out sexual predators and standing together. Young adult authors have recently come under fire. On Feb. 7, an article was published by Anne Ursu asking for those who have been sexually harassed in the writing industry to speak up against their perpetrators. Many known authors have been accused, among those are Jay Asher, Sherman Alexie and James

Dashner, who wrote “The Maze Runner” series. Students need to be aware of what’s happening. As a teenager, it’s hard to find proper representation and openings to engage in difficult conversations, and books written by these authors provide that opportunity. Sexual assault is never okay, especially when the predator is in a place of power. However, that doesn’t mean all of these books should be avoided. We should still read these books unless the authors actions go against the lessons they write about. Jay Asher wrote “13 Reasons Why.” It has won many awards, been praised for its ability to bring awareness to teen suicide and was made into a Netflix series last year. In a classroom setting, it normalizes teen suicide and its warning signs, opens the discussion of mental illness and represents how harmful others can be in a high school setting. Before “13 Reasons Why” was published, it was difficult to find a YA novel that accurately

represented teen suicide and why it happens. However, since the book was published in 2007 there have been countless YA novels that could easily take its place, including “All the Bright Places” by Jennifer Niven. After being accused of sexual assault and being dropped by his publishing company, Asher’s “13 Reasons Why” has no place being taught in a classroom setting. Not only does the book cover teen suicide, but it illustrates horrific examples of sexual assault and rape. Because the author has been accused of this conduct, his writing on the topic hold no merit. However, the trickier case involves Sherman Alexie. Alexie wrote the awardwinning novel “The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.” This book has been praised time and time again for its ability to bring awareness to the modern day Native-American. Alexie, being Native-American himself, says a lot of the book is based on his own life growing up on a reservation. It’s difficult to say that “The

Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” should be pulled from the classroom setting because there’s nothing else that compares to its content. The story itself shows the horrors that Native-Americans face in present day society as well as the difficulty of trying to grow up as a Native-American in a white dominated society. Alexie’s actions should not result in the continued marginalization of an entire group of people. We should still acknowledge the message behind his work, but recognize the actions he is accused of. When reading this book, Alexie’s sexual assault allegations need to be part of the conversation teachers have with their students if this book is read in a classroom setting. Only when a book is written that holds the same representation as “The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” can it be pulled from the classroom setting. Until then, Alexie’s novel needs to stay in the YA curriculum. Leta McWilliams can be reached at letters@collegian.

in any manifestation, to speak out about their struggles. Doing so will allow for earlier diagnosis, remove unnecessary stigma and prevent deaths. The need for addressing this topic is well illustrated by a recent interaction of mine. When I told my mother that I was writing this article, she could not understand why. “Are you sure?” She asked. “Do you really want to be seen only as ‘that girl who has anorexia’?” “Anorexia took up literally half of my life,” I said. “I can’t change that. But I can use my experiences to shed light on an issue that too many people are afraid to talk about.” My own mother, who saw me struggle with severe AN, feared that admitting I had this disease would lead others to equate it with my identity. I am more than a diagnosis, and so is everyone who has been affected by an eating disorder. It is time we start talking about eating disorders and stop pushing false stereotypes. Lauren Willson can be reached at letters@collegian.

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SPORTS Thursday, February 22, 2018

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WOMEN’S BASKETBAL

Hutton named MW Rams falter from deep in Pitcher of the Week second loss in as many contests By Mack Beaulieu @Macknz_James

A key part of Colorado State softball’s early success this season, junior pitcher Bridgette Hutton was announced as the Mountain West Pitcher of the Week Wednesday. Hutton went 2-1 last week in CSU’s trip to the Hillenbrand Invitational with a 1.56 ERA. Hutton pitched complete games against the University of Troy and the University of Arizona along with a win against the University of Montana to help the Rams continue their fast start. It is her second time winning the award in her career, and the first conference award for the

Rams this season. In six games this season, Hutton has a 2.21 ERA and a 5-1 record for the Rams (71). One of many Hutton’s to attend CSU and play sports behind her sisters, mother, uncle and grandfather, Hutton is just living up to the family name. Earlier this year, her sister, Haley Hutton, won the Outstanding Achievement in Softball from the Sportswomen of Colorado The Platteville, Colo. native will have her first chance to play in front of a home crowd on Feb. 27 at 3 p.m. as CSU takes on instate rival, the University of Northern Colorado. Mack Beaulieu can be reached online at sports@collegian.com.

Colorado State University’s Bridgette Hutton (13) pitches during a game against Buffalo on Friday, March 3, 2017. PHOTO BY FORREST CZARNECKI COLLEGIAN

By Luke Zahlmann @lukezahlmann

Colorado State women’s basketball suffered another barnburner gone awry against the Boise State Broncos as they fell late in Boise, 55-49, and failed to capitalize on another opportunity to rise in the conference standings as the season comes to a close. The Rams once again led the Broncos after the first quarter with a spread scoring output among the team. Junior Annie Brady led the way with four points on two inside buckets after the opening quarter. The Rams failed to extend their lead further than a pair due to shoddy shooting and the lack of a single trip to the charity stripe. Relying on the outside shot early kept the Rams in the game while also serving as a hindrance to their momentum. Three separate players had a make from beyond the arc in the first, but the Rams became reliant on the shot, forcing themselves into a jumperheavy offense. “We made some mistakes,” coach Ryun Williams said. “They had 12 points off of our turnovers in that first half. We made a couple subs and, voila. It was more us and they got in that double bonus.” Stalwart senior Hanna Tvrdy hit the Rams’ first pair of attempts from the free throw line midway through the second, another example of the Rams’ inability to get inside against the Broncos. A team that usually feeds on driving and cutting to the basket, the Rams hoisted up over half of their overall attempts from outside in the opening half. The reliance from deep led to a juxtaposition of first-half results for the Rams as they trailed by seven after leading by eight at the half in their previous matchup with the Broncos. With 15 attempts in the first half, the Rams had already beat their first matchup total of 14 with a half to go.

Hannah Tvrdy looks to see if the ref called a foul on a play that caused her to fall during the pink out game agaisnt Fresno State on Feb. 17. The Rams fells to the Bulldgos 75-64 in overtime. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

“You gotta go make some baskets, there’s another end of the floor,” Williams said. “We chart how many shots we miss inside the restricted arc, we missed 13. That’s a 3-foot shot.” Coming out of the locker room, the game plan for the Rams stayed true with their first three attempts after the break coming from deep. Fortunately for the streaky squad, they hit two of the three to gain ground on the Broncos. The fouls built up quickly for the Rams in the third, sending the Broncos into the bonus with a considerable amount of clock left before the final quarter. Despite foul trouble for much of the third quarter, the visitors trimmed the Broncos’ lead to three with the final quarter remaining. The Rams’ 38 points in the first three quarters were made up of 25 from the trio of Tvrdy, Stine Austgulen and Brady. Outside of the three, the Rams did not get much of an offensive rhythm going, missing multiple looks inside as the game drew closer to the final whistle. The Rams held the Broncos

without a field goal for over five minutes in the final quarter but failed to expel the deficit as they shot a combined 1-for-10 during the shutout. A failure to hit one of their many attempts from deep served as the catalyst for the Rams’ misfortunes. They finished the contest with a 23.1 percent clip from deep, with 29 percent shooting overall. “We had some crucial misses at the foul line in that stretch when we could have maybe really closed the gap,” Williams said. “That’s stuff that we can control and that’s probably why we’re beating our heads against the wall.” The contest served as one of the most glaring offensive cold streaks in a season full of lulls for the Rams’ offense. The Rams will look to end their two-game losing streak at home as they host Nevada in Moby Saturday in their second to last game of their season. Virtually out of contention for the first seed in the conference tournament, the Rams will look to gain momentum in their final two contests. Luke Zahlmann can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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SPORTS Thursday, February 22, 2018

TRACK & FIELD

CSU looks to repeat at MW Championships By Mamadou Balde @mamadoubalde62

Colorado State Track & Field is on its way to yet another Mountain West Championship where they hope to repeat as conference champions on both the men’s and women’s side. The key for the Rams last year was their rise to occasion. In clutch situations, the Rams combated the opposition and held their own. This season, the Rams will have to have the best meet possible if they hope to qualify for the NCAA Championships. “We just try to put together the best meet we possibly can as a team and support each other the best we can,” head coach Brian Bedard said. “We let the officials add up the points at the end and see where we end up.” With multiple Rams registering times on CSU’s top20 all-time indoor lists and

two broken program records, the Rams have put together solid meets all season long. 33 of the times on CSU’s all-time indoor lists are from current Rams. Senior Grant Fischer broke the program record for the 5,000-meters at the Husky Classic. Fischer registered a time of 13:44.24, breaking the record set by teammate Jerrell Mock just a year ago (13:44.65). Cole Rockhold also bested a program record this season in the 3,000-meters. Rockhold registered a time of 7:50.10, breaking Jefferson Abbey’s previous record by over one second. “Like any season … our team personality changes a little bit and our leadership changes a bit,” Bedard said. “But we do have enough athletes on both the men’s and the women’s team that were part of one or more championships and I think that has a lot of value as far as

keeping composure and having younger athletes how to get it done at a championship meet.” The Rams aren’t competing for a title this season, rather they are defending their title. With multiple freshman having contributed to the Rams’ championship run, the experience from returning members is a valuable aspect for the team. The focus will shift to the women’s team, whose roster is filled with younger athletes that were not a part of the Rams’ championship last year. “That experience helps, we have a fairly young women’s team so I’m assuming they’ll get swept up in the whole thing and get excited and figure out what it’s all about as we get started. That’s the hope,” Bedard said. The Mountain West Championships will take place from Feb. 22-24 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Should all go well for the Rams

Junior Hayden Williams pole vaults at the CU Open in Boulder on Feb. 3. PHOTO BY JACK STARKEBAUM COLLEGIAN

at the MW Championships, they will compete at the NCAA Championships held in College Station, Texas. “I just think we have a good opportunity on both the men’s and women’s side that we have a shot at competing for a championship,” Bedard

said. “Anytime we’re in that position, I think, it makes the meet a lot more fun and exciting. ... I feel very thankful as a head coach to be in that position.” Mamadou Balde can be reached at sports@collegian.com

MEN’S BASKETBALL

CSU embarrassed by Boise State in 87-54 throttling By Colin Barnard @ColinBarnard_

The Colorado State men’s basketball team is in the midst of its worst season in nearly a decade. Three head coaches, a seven-game conference losing streak and injuries to the top two scorers made it seem impossible for things to get any worse. On Wednesday night in Moby Arena, though, the discouraging season reached its lowest point in a 87-54 loss to Boise State. CSU failed to mount any momentum on the offensive end as Mountain West Player of the Year Candidate Chandler Hutchison proved his legitimacy early and often, en route to a 27-point performance. Averaging 19.6 points per game on the season, Hutchison nearly topped that in the first 20 minutes with 18 points in the frame. The Rams’ offensive woes were highlighted by an abysmal 28 percent shooting from the field, just 24 percent from 3-point range. In stark contrast, Boise State made 46 percent of its shots and outscored the Rams 34-18 in the paint. Following the game, junior guard J.D. Paige admitted it was the team’s worst performance of the season. “We just didn’t bring it tonight, and there’s no excuse for that,” Paige said. “As a whole

team, we didn’t bring enough energy . . . We’ve just got to show more heart, that’s what it comes down to. We didn’t show (any) heart, (any) competitiveness tonight. It’s just baffling.” The Broncos set the tone early, embarking on separate 8-0 and 9-0 scoring runs within the opening 10 minutes of the half to take a commanding double-digit lead early. At times a saving grace for CSU on the tumultuous season, rebounding woes proved detrimental for the Rams against the Broncos. From the get-go, BSU muscled its way into the paint on both sides of the ball. CSU’s Nico Carvacho, the leading rebounder in the Mountain West averaging more than 10 rebounds per game, was held to two boards and zero points in the opening half. Meanwhile, the Broncos mounted a severe advantage on the boards that continued throughout the contest. The Broncos outscored the Rams 24-10 in the paint, leading to a robust 56 percent shooting from the field. Behind Hutchison’s scoring, the Broncos took a 50-29 lead into the break. Already down and out after the disheartening half, the Rams merely went through the motions in the second half as things went from bad to nearly unwatchable. CSU endured a nearly nine-

minute stretch in the half without a single point. In the same time, the Broncos put together a 20-0 run to rob the already lifeless Moby Arena of its last breath. “It takes every guy individually, sitting down and talking to them to try and figure out (what went wrong),” interim head coach Jase Herl said. “We talked about controlling what we can control with our effort and energy and attitude, and I thought we could have done a lot better job of that tonight.” Forward Deion James led the Rams on offense with 12 points and six rebounds. In his return from a broken hand that sidelined him for six games, Paige matched James with 12 points on 4-of-11 shooting. Carvacho fell one rebound shy of his 13th consecutive double-digit rebound game. A graduate of Longmont High School in Longmont, Colorado, BSU guard Justinian Jessup also made his presence felt against the Rams, scoring 16 points, including four makes from 3-point range. “I think it’s hard when you’re losing. To be able to flip that attitude, it takes a very mature, professional type person,” Herl said. “At some point, we’ve got to put our foot in the ground. Things are going to happen in life it’s more so how we respond to them, not, ‘Why did it happen to me?’” In their penultimate game of

Junior Guard Prentiss Nixon drives to the hoop during the first half of action against the Boise State Broncos in front of a home crowd in Moby Arena on Feb. 21. PHOTO BY ELLIOTT JERGE COLLEGIAN

the season, the Rams will travel to Reno, Nevada to square off against the Nevada Wolfpack on Sunday, Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. In the team’s first meeting of the year, CSU dropped a hard-fought game, 76-67. The league-leading Wolfpack will have an opportunity to clinch their second consecutive

MW regular season title against the Rams. The university is in its fourth week of a climate assessment of the men’s basketball program and Larry Eustachy. Colin Barnard can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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SPORTS Thursday, February 22, 2018

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Trio of women’s hoops seniors prepare for home finale By Christian Hedrick @ChristianHCSU

When the Colorado State women’s basketball team takes the floor against Nevada Saturday afternoon, they will be playing for their home fans, a top seed in the conference tournament and for three seniors playing their final regular season game at Moby Arena. “You want to win that game, of course, for your seniors and make sure they have a positive finish to their career in Moby,” CSU head coach Ryun Williams said. “Moby is a special place. They think so, they know so, so to get a W is huge and everybody knows it. The underclassmen know it, the coaches know it.” CSU’s senior trio of Stine Austgulen, Veronika Mirkovic and Hannah Tvrdy has started all but two of the Rams’ 26 games this season. Though the veteran triad will likely start again on Saturday, hearing their names announced in the starting lineup has not always been a given. “The thing I’m really proud of this group is they all were patient,” Williams said. “They kind of had to wait their turn. Those three seniors – they sat plenty of minutes on that bench and that’s hard to do. I have great

respect for those three and how they handled it.” Cracking the starting lineup on a consistent basis has not simply been a matter of seniority for CSU’s tenured trio. Each had to earn and learn their way to the top of CSU’s talent-laden roster. “They never got too frustrated,” Williams said. “They kept grinding, they kept listening and they kept learning. They kept learning, ‘This is how I get on the floor.’ Once they got their chance, they’re making the most of it.” Vying for playing time often yields tension and tenacity among teammates; but for these three, the journey from the bench to between the baskets has only strengthened the bonds between one another. “Us three, we’ve kind of been through the good and the bad together,” Tvrdy said. “Our first year here we joked around how we were always on the blue squad, the practice squad.” Even as mainstays in the starting lineup, Tvrdy and her fellow seniors continue to look back fondly on their blue days on the bench. “We still kind of make jokes like, ‘Hey we’re the blue squad,’” Tvrdy said. “Where we’ve come from to now that we’re all seniors and finally doing this together is

really special.” Now fixed in the starting lineup, the Rams will surely miss these seniors’ presence, on both the offensive and defensive ends, when they take the Moby Arena floor again next season. Throughout her career, Austgulen has been a threat to score whenever she sees the floor. Her 46 percent mark from deep this season is on track to break the CSU single-season record set by Vanessa Espinoza in 2003-04 (45 percent). “Stine’s (Austgulen) been maybe the steadiest player we’ve ever coached here,” Williams said. “The way she’s shooting the ball, she’s been one of the better shooters we’ve had here so we’re going to miss that.” On the defensive end, Tvrdy’s tenacity has set the standard for how to compete at the collegiate level. “Tvrdy’s one of the toughest competitors we’ve had and she too defends so we’ll miss that grit and toughness from Tvrdy,” Williams said. Improving throughout her career on both ends of the court, Mirkovic has emerged as a steady two-way player for CSU. “Veronika (Mirkovic) has probably been the most versatile kid in that group,” Williams said.

Teammates celebrate Hannah Tvrdy’s game-winning 3-point shot during the State Pride game against the University of New Mexico on Saturday, Jan. 27. The Rams beat the Lobos 74-71 in overtime. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

“She’s kind of a post player that can guard all five spots on the floor. She’s an extremely valuable piece defensively and she can drive the ball. They’re good players and we’re going to miss them all.” Before their departures become palpable, CSU’s seniors are set on leaving it all on the court down the stretch and making their final season one to remember. “I don’t want to leave with any regrets out there,” Tvrdy said. “With the game (last) Saturday, I

am just still so frustrated with that because I feel like I left something out there ... I want to learn from that game and in these last three games and in the tournament, I just want to give it my all because this is my last basketball ever.” Tvrdy, Mirkovic and Austgulen will play their final regular season game at Moby Arena against Nevada on Saturday at 2 p.m. Christian Hedrick can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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Rockies’ Jeff Hoffman starting Cactus League opener on Friday vs. D-backs By Patrick Saunders The Denver Post

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., – Rockies right-hander Jeff Hoffman, in a spring training battle to make the rotation, will start the club’s Cactus League opener on Friday against the Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields. Manager Bud Black confirmed the news Wednesday morning. Hoffman’s start on Friday, of course, has no direct bearing on his possible place in the rotation, but the Rockies are eager to take a long look at the right-hander, who

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was the centerpiece of the July 2015 trade that sent shortstop Troy Tulowitzki to Toronto. This year’s Cactus League games are scheduled to begin earlier than usual. Friday’s first game comes just four days after the Rockies’ first full-squad workout on Monday. That timetable will alter how Black uses some position players in the early going. “This is a different schedule,” he said. “We were proactive, especially on the pitchers’ side, to make sure the pitchers coming into camp were adequately prepared and (are) ready to jump on the mound a little quicker than

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in years past. “You’ve got to be careful early on that you are not putting guys out there when they are not quite ready. But we forewarned all of our players. But you might see a couple of veteran players not start the first game, or two, or three, until they get their legs underneath them. Then, again, you might see some veteran players play on Friday.” This is an important camp for Hoffman, whose inconsistent 2017 season concluded with a 6-5 record and a 5.89 ERA. After getting called up from Triple-A, it looked like, for a time, that Hoffman had turned the corner. In three dominating starts against

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the Phillies, Padres and Cubs in late May and early June, he pitched 20 1/3 innings, allowing just three earned runs on 10 hits, while striking out 22 and walking only one. But with July and August came some command issues, a drop in fastball velocity and an increase in home runs allowed. When Atlanta mashed four home runs off him in 4 1/3 innings on Aug. 17, Hoffman was sent back to Triple-A. The Rockies brought him back up in September as a mop-up reliever, but did poorly, allowing 11 runs and seven walks in 7 2/3 innings. Hoffman views this spring as

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a fresh start, but the goal remains the same: make the starting rotation, albeit with a different approach. “I was a little bit mad at myself last year, for putting myself behind the eight-ball a little bit,” he said. “It was definitely hard for me to get sent down at the beginning and see all of the success the other guys were having. To not be a part of that was hard. “But now, looking back on it, I think it was a good growing experience. It was a transition year and in the long run I think it will make me better.” Content pulled from Tribune News Services.

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What the Broncos’ 2014 offseason spending spree can tell us about 2018 By Nicki Jhabvala The Denver Post

Feb. 20--This story always begins with a plane ride, because that was when the message was fully received. DeMarcus Ware, en route to Colorado to discuss the possibility of becoming a Bronco in March 2014, looked behind him and saw cornerback Aqib Talib sitting a few rows back. Both were bound for Dove Valley, both would sign soon after and both would later be introduced as the newest members of the Broncos’ remade defense. The moment, 30,000 feet in the air, is when Ware knew what was happening. He could see John Elway’s vision for the Broncos after their embarrassing Super Bowl XLVIII loss to Seattle. “Just their mentality is a ‘now’ mentality. A mentality of, ‘I’m not looking forward to the next season or the season after that -- the time is now,’ “ Ware told a crowd of reporters on his first day as a Bronco. “So when I looked back there in that back seat and I see Talib, I’m like, ‘You know what? They’re trying to get the job done.’ “ Those two joined freeagent safety T.J. Ward, as well as Emmanuel Sanders, a former Pittsburgh Steeler wide receiver who would sign days later to be Denver’s No. 2 receiver in the wake of Eric Decker’s departure. The payout of nearly $125 million in veteran talent happened in the span of about five days, ensuring the Broncos were the talk of the offseason as Elway opened their checkbook and gave Peyton Manning a defense that would soon match their prolific offense. But the truth is the moves took months of planning and shuffling names on their free-agency board, and lengthy negotiations with others, including cornerback Dominique RodgersCromartie, receiver Brandon LaFell and defensive end Jared

Allen. Elway’s plan for remaking the Broncos four years ago, however, could provide a loose blueprint to his approach this year, as they’re expected to pursue quarterback Kirk Cousins, a soon-to-be free agent who will become the highest-paid player in the NFL, and will begin to remake the current roster.

NOTABLE 2014 FREE AGENT SIGNINGS ■ DE DeMarcus Ware ■ CB Aquib Talib ■ S T.J. Ward ■ WR Emmanuel Sanders

In 2014, the Broncos entered free agency with nearly $29 million in salary cap space based on the accounting of their top 51 contracts -the top 51 are the only ones that count against the cap in the offseason -- before their massive shopping spree. They cleared another $10.1 million when they released veteran cornerback Champ Bailey and later received $4.1 million when offensive lineman Chris Kuper retired. This year, the Broncos are projected to have around $26 million in cap space. But they could save even more if a pair of veterans are let go. Talib, 32, has two years remaining on his contract and carries a cap charge of $12 million for next season. If he’s released, the team would save $11 million cap space. The impetus for parting with Talib is primarily twofold: money and younger talent. The Broncos think highly of cornerback Bradley Roby, and his fifth-year salary rises to $8.526 million. Keeping Roby, Talib and veteran Chris Harris would eat about $30 million in cap space. It’s quite possible the Broncos will part with running

back C.J. Anderson, too, to save an additional $4.5 million. Anderson, a 1,000-yard rusher last season, has two years remaining on his contract but no guaranteed money, which would allow the Broncos to release him without having anything count against their cap. Rarely does a 29-year-old quarterback at the top of his game hit the open market, and Cousins will come at a cost much greater than the $125 million the Broncos shelled out to their four big additions in 2014. The floor for his next deal was reset when Jimmy Garoppolo signed a $137.5 million contract with the 49ers and, according to early projections, Cousins could easily seek $30 million a year and $100 million in guarantees. “At the end of the day, I want to win,” Cousins said during Super Bowl LII week in Minnesota. “I was talking with Coach (Charlie) Weis earlier and he made it clear, ‘Hey, go where you can win.’ That’s exactly what the plan is. “Now ... there are a ton of variables that decide, ‘Do we think we can win?’ But that will ultimately be what makes the decision.” And that’s where the comparison to the 2014 Broncos diverges. Four years ago, the Broncos had leverage and appeal that allowed them to configure the contracts in a way that helped their cap. A month prior, the Broncos were playing in the Super Bowl with the most prolific offense in history, led by Manning. New deals were heavy on incentives and escalators. The Broncos don’t have that appeal this year. After winning Super Bowl 50 in 2016, Denver has been shut out of the playoffs for two seasons and has an offense in disarray. What they do have, however, is a defense that ranked among the top five in total, passing and rushing yards allowed. They also have history.

Denver Broncos running back C.J. Anderson carries the ball against the Carolina Panthers at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver on Sept. 8, 2016. Anderson has two years left on his contract with the Broncos, but faces the possibility of being released with no guarenteed money on the rest of his contract. PHOTO COURTESY OF STACIE SCOTT COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE/TNS

Despite their recent lull, the Broncos remain one of the NFL’s marquee franchises run by a Hall of Fame quarterback in Elway who, for the most part, has been unafraid to make the tough decisions. They will also probably have a pair of elite receivers in Demaryius Thomas and Sanders, who figure to stick around as they pursue a change at quarterback. And to boot, they have potential,

with proably 10 draft picks this year and options to manipulate cap room and acquire veteran talent. If they play their cards right, Cousins might just be the next guy on a flight en route to Denver, knowing full well the Broncos have embraced a “now” mentality. Content pulled from Tribune News Service.

SPORTS Thursday, February 22, 2018

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Rockies might move leadoff bopper Blackmon to another slot By Jack Magruder Associated Press

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Charlie Blackmon was historically good as a leadoff hitter last season. So good that the Colorado Rockies might try to move that production into a more productive spot in the lineup. As spring training opened, the Rockies already have talked to Blackmon about the possibility of hitting in the middle of the order this season as they attempt to fill the hole left by the apparent loss of mainstay Carlos Gonzalez, who remains a free agent but does not appear to be in the team’s plans. “I think Charlie is the type

of player who can hit a lot of different places in the lineup,” manager Bud Black said. “If it makes sense to hit him somewhere else besides first, we are really going to look at it. When we start games on (February) 23rd, you might see him hit third. You might see him hit different spots. Don’t be surprised if that happens in spring training and we’ll see what that looks like.” The 31-year-old center fielder has spent almost all of his last four full seasons hitting first, and he won the NL batting title at .331 with career highs with 37 homers and 104 RBIs there last season. His production was prodigious. Blackmon’s RBIs and 383 total bases were major

league records from the No. 1 spot. His 86 extra-base hits were an NL record, third-best ever. His 144 “runs created,” a new analytic figure, was tied for the highest. Second baseman DJ LeMahieu and third baseman Nolan Arenado appear to be fixtures at the No. 2 and No. 4 spots, and the left-handed hitting Blackmon might be a good fit at No. 3 inasmuch as he would break up the two righthanded hitters. “He can hit first, second, third, fourth, fifth, based on our personnel,” Black said. “The beautiful part of this is, Charlie is open because he’s an extremely team-first guy. He’ll do what is best for the team and not have any mental

hangups about it.” “A lot of times, you run into some players (where) you do something out of the norm and they freak out. He’s not one of those guys. He’s so mentally stable that he could handle that,” he said. If Blackmon moves, the top possibilities for the leadoff spot appear to be outfielders Raimel Tapia and Ian Desmond. Tapia is a candidate for Gonzalez’s vacant outfield spot, as is Desmond, who also played first base last season and could see time there again. Tapia had a .329 onbase percentage in 171 plate appearances as a rookie last season, with 12 doubles and five stolen bases.

Desmond, who missed two months with a broken hand, had a .326 on-base percentage last year and has a career .317 percentage. He had four 20-homer, 20-stolen base seasons in his last five healthy years. “Basically, a lineup works when you get guys on base,” Black said. “Charlie does a good job of getting on base. DJ does a good job of getting on base. Nolan gets on base. “Ian adds a couple of different elements that are enticing for a leadoff hitter. He has some speed. He has some power. Again, Ian can hit anywhere in the lineup.” Content pulled from Associated Press.

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Hockey dads Bourque, Donato bear stress of watching US sons By Jake Seiner Associated Press

GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Ted Donato wasn’t worried about family bragging rights. Watching from the stands while son Ryan played in the Olympic quarterfinals, he couldn’t do much but be anxious, anyway. “Just a nervous dad watching the games,” Ted Donato said. Hockey dads and former athletes Ray Bourque, Ted Donato and Chuck Terry were among the nerve-wracked American fans who watched the U.S. bow out of the Olympics with a 3-2 shootout loss to the Czech Republic on Wednesday. Each of their sons — Chris Bourque, Ryan Donato and Troy Terry — took turns in the shootout, and all three came up empty. Don’t expect the dads to be too disappointed. Not after the unexpected experience of seeing their sons compete in Pyeongchang in a year when the NHL skipped the Olympics. Ted certainly had nothing but pride for Ryan. The Boston Bruins prospect scored his tournament-leading fifth goal in the first period, surpassing his father’s total of four in the 1992 games. “I’d be happy if he doubled it,” Ted Donato said. Ryan Donato won’t get the chance, and at least for Ted Donato’s blood pressure, that might be OK. Ted played in 796 NHL games and has been the coach at Harvard for

14 seasons. Ryan, 21, is in his third season playing for his dad with the Crimson. All that hockey experience, and still Ted has never felt hockey anxiety quite like watching his own child, now playing in the AHL for the Hershey Bears, skate on the Olympic stage. “I get nervous even coaching, but at least you’re involved and you got enough on your mind,” Ted Donato said. “As a player, you get probably the least amount of nervous just because you’re out there and you’re just so invested.” The shootout was a strange, sad bit of deja vu for Ray Bourque. The Hall of Famer was among the Canadian shooters turned away by Czech goalie Dominik Hasek during a shootout in the 1998 Olympics, one that left Canada without a medal. “I was told if I come back with any colored medal, it would be an incredible feeling,” Ray Bourque said. “And I just kind of blew that off, saying that, ‘It’s going to be a gold or a silver.’ I came back with nothing, and that was very disappointing.” Chris was 12 at the time and attended those games. He and Ray discussed that letdown ahead of Pyeongchang, and the elder Bourque also recounted for Chris some memories from the Olympic village. “Being in the Canadian village there where you have your own little place and common area to meet at night was one that I’ll never forget,”

Goalie Pavel Francouz (33), of the Czech Republic, blocks a shot by Chris Bourque (17), of the United States, during the penalty shootout in the quarterfinal round of the men’s hockey game at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT SLOCUM AP PHOTO

Ray said. Chuck Terry long thought his son, Troy Terry, would grow to be a football player like his dad. Chuck was a backup quarterback at Arizona State, but Troy got hooked on hockey after seeing his first Colorado Avalanche game at 2 1/2 years old and he now plays for the University of Denver. The kid seems to have made the right choice. “It’s unreal, because he’s actually here at the Olympics playing,” Chuck said.

The Terrys figured Troy would have a good shot at the Olympic team when NHL players were held out. He came up through the U.S. national program and was a shootout hero at the world junior championship last year. “He’s always been someone that could raise his game in big games his whole life,” Chuck said. The parents weren’t sure what to expect at these Olympics, with rosters filled with journeymen, young

talent and veteran players with NHL and other professional experience. Turns out, the Americans won’t take home a medal. That won’t ruin the experience for at least a few proud fathers. “You never really believe it until it happens,” Chuck Terry said. Content pulled from Associated Press.

ARTS & CULTURE Thursday, February 22, 2018

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‘Survivor’s Guide to Prison’ shows corrupt criminal justice system By Katie Walsh

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Activist and filmmaker Matthew Cooke directs an antiprison film under the rubric of a prison and justice system guidebook in the arresting documentary “Survivor’s Guide to Prison.” Actor, producer and former inmate Danny Trejo serves as a guide, along with Cooke, who offers his own direct commentary, fleshing out details and facts. A cavalcade of celebs join Trejo and Cooke, including Danny Glover, Ice-T, Tom Morello, Busta Rhymes, Questlove, Brandon Boyd, B-Real and others, who voice statistics and offer commentary. Susan Sarandon provides voice-over in this stylish and forthright film about the broken U.S. criminal justice system. The tips and tricks of the “Survivor’s Guide To Prison” include lessons about making it

through police interrogations (get a lawyer) and surviving county jail ( just get out of it as soon as possible, post bail by any means necessary). There are subheadings such as “Join a Gang,” and “Make Weapons.” These lessons are illustrated with anecdotes and experiences from the harrowing life stories of Bruce Lisker and Reggie Cole, two innocent men imprisoned for decades for murders they didn’t commit. They survived solitary confinement, prison stabbings, jailhouse informants and being railroaded into plea deals, and lived to tell the tale. Cooke liberally employs footage of police brutality and prison abuse that is difficult to watch, including abuse, beatings and torture of prisoners both mentally ill and not. The film details the racial bias in prison stats, goes into the social injustice that

prisoners face, the economic realities of prison labor that pervade the mainstream industry and the equating of prison labor to modern legal slave labor. Michelle Alexander, author of “The New Jim Crow,” offers her expert testimony about the ways in which the private prison industrial complex strips rights from marginalized people, and other scholars, experts, law enforcement officers and activists offer commentary as well. Cooke hits his points hard, fast, and quickly. There is a lot of information to synthesize, which Cooke humanizes with personal stories. Lisker and Cole are the throughlines, along with other former inmates, as well as the story of Susan Mellon, a woman who was also wrongfully imprisoned, and is bonded to Cole as a fellow victim of an inept LAPD detective who

investigated her case. Cooke wants to demonstrate how this can happen to anyone, and the lessons are carefully chosen and worded to show how corrupt and difficult to navigate the criminal justice system is. Ultimately, the film seeks to humanize prisoners, to rehabilitate the idea of prisoners as people, though they have been dehumanized through this punitive system and harsh media representations. “Survivor’s Guide to Prison” offers real solutions, including ending the war on drugs, ending for-profit prisons and increased citizen oversight, as well as instituting restorative justice programs, as well as better mental health and drug rehabilitation. It ends in a very spiritual and metaphysical place, with Deepak Chopra describing forgiveness as

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divine consciousness. That forgiveness is the only way out of this system that individuals currently have in their power achieving personal freedom from within. Content pulled from Tribune News Service.

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ARTS & CULTURE Thursday, February 22, 2018

NATIONAL

NBC’s Olympics coverage embraces the drama but offers something for all By Meredith Blake Los Angeles Times

There’s nothing quite like the threat of mutually assured destruction to lend some drama to the Olympics, is there? Every two years, the Olympic Games return to television, offering viewers a unique metanarrative that unfolds over two weeks. The Sochi Games in 2014 were plagued by protests over LGBT rights in Russia, plumbing problems and _ who could forget? _ Bob Costas’ pink eye. Two years later, Rio was all about the spirited people of Brazil overcoming Zika, economic woes and disconcertingly green pools. We’re only a few days into the 23rd Winter Olympics, but the pre-packaged story this year is about whether the unifying spirit of athletic competition can cool the nuclear brinkmanship among North Korea, neighboring South Korea and the United States. The Games kicked off Friday night in Pyeongchang, just 60 miles from the border with North Korea, with a ceremony titled “Peace in Motion” that combined the usual pyrotechnic wizardry, adorable singing children and elaborate light displays with a moving call for harmonious coexistence. In addition to an urgent performance of John Lennon’s “Imagine” by a quartet of South Korean music stars, there were projected yin-yang symbols and doves and even thousands of synchronized drones deployed not in the name of war but to create dazzling airborne animations in the night sky. Athletes from both sides of the DMZ marched into the stadium under a unified Korean flag, prompting deafening applause from most of the audience – except for Vice President Mike Pence, who sat in silent protest as the dignitaries around him rose to their feet. (The irony was duly noted on Twitter.) The event culminated with the lighting of the Olympic flame, carried up an illuminated flight of stairs by a pair of hockey players from the unified Korean women’s team, one from the north, one from the south. The message of peace was as clear and infectious as the K-pop that blared in the stadium throughout the parade of nations. The ceremony also marked the beginning of a new and hopefully turmoil-free chapter for NBC, its first Olympics in many years without either Matt Lauer, who was fired in November after allegations of sexual misconduct, or Costas, who stepped down last

year. Anchored by Katie Couric, newly appointed Olympics host Mike Tirico and analyst Joshua Cooper Ramo, NBC’s broadcast of the ceremony was instructive and mostly intelligent, though not without embarrassing moments. Following a year in which sports and domestic politics have intersected messily, and in contrast to the Sochi Games in 2014, when NBC was criticized for soft-pedaling Russia’s humanrights record, the network emphasized the geopolitical stakes of this year’s events. As Couric, who returned to NBC to anchor the ceremonies, pointed out, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is the first member of the regime’s ruling family to visit the south since 1953. She was seated in the dignitary box directly behind Pence and his wife, Karen, and provided dramatic cutaways throughout the night. (The glaring look on her face as the U.S. team entered the stadium was worthy of an Oscar, if not a gold medal.) NBC plugged the arrival of the unified Korean team almost as enthusiastically as the season finale of “This Is Us.” For those of us who can recall the Olympics of the Cold War, it all had a throwback vibe, even if the Olympic athletes from Russia, barred from competing under their nation’s flag because of a doping scandal, received relatively scant attention. At times on Friday, NBC laid on the international intrigue a bit thick. “Are these teams taking the first steps down a new and peaceful path, or is this the very last image of fellowship and hope before tragedy strikes the people of this peninsula?” analyst Ramo asked regarding the unified Korean team. “That’s why it’s so electric here, hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of lives are at stake.” Warms the heart, doesn’t it? NBC, in fact, seemed to be taking a cue from “This Is Us,” its tearjerking megahit whose success is a reminder that viewers apparently love nothing so much as life-and-death drama. Fittingly, the network kicked off Friday’s three-hour broadcast with a montage narrated by Sterling K. Brown, the Emmy-winning star of the series. The weekend also offered plenty of sweeping spectacle and a few moments of levity. To the delight of Couric, Pita Taufatofua, the bare-chested Tongan flag bearer who became a viral star of the Rio Games, made a

triumphant return to the opening ceremony. “Mike, I’ll handle this one,” a breathless Couric told her co-host as Taufatofua, wearing nothing but grease on his upper half despite temperatures in the 20s, strutted onto the floor of the stadium. (He made the Bermudan athletes, with their knee-bearing shorts, seem positively wimpy by comparison.) The seemingly interminable parade of nations often turns into the parade of trivia. But instead of rattling off the usual Wikipedia fun facts about each country, Couric and Tirico focused on the athletes, sharing improbable biographies about lugers from India and a family of cross-country skiers representing Thailand. The cringe-worthy commentary was refreshingly rare and mostly came courtesy of Ramo, who made numerous broad generalizations about “Asian culture” that felt like rehashed stereotypes. He claimed that Koreans viewed Japan as “a cultural, technological and economic example,” a comment that many interpreted as putting a positive spin on Japan’s imperialist rule during the previous century. NBC issued an on-air apology Saturday. Even on a night when we were urged to “imagine there’s no countries,” the show skewed heavily toward American athletes. Anyone who took a shot every time the camera cut away to skier Lindsey Vonn would have passed out well before 11 p.m., and NBC also seemed to use clever editing to draw out Team USA’s entry into the stadium for as long as possible. At times throughout the weekend, NBC’s programming felt like an early episode of a reality show called “America’s Next Breakout Olympic Star.” Would the winner be 18-year-old Ghana-born short-track speed skater Maame Biney? Or figure skater Bradie Tennell, a 20-yearold newcomer to international competition? The jury is out, but by Sunday, NBC at least had its first American gold medal winner, 17-year-old snowboarder Red Gerard. Yet the personalities never completely overshadowed politics. Saturday’s prime-time broadcast included a report by Mary Carillo about the unified Korean women’s hockey team, which includes 12 players from the north. Carillo found inspiration in their 8-0 loss to Switzerland on Saturday because, she said, “For the second night in a row, Korea came together.” Content pulled from Tribune News Service.

EVENT CALENDAR THURSDAY 22

Liz Vice, Magic Rat, 8pm Danielle Ate the Sandwixch & Peter Mulvey, Avogadro’s Number, 6:30pm J boog - L.O.E. Tour w/ Special Guests Jesse royal and Etana, Aggie Theatre, 8pm Donna Bryson: Book Talk and Discussion, Bean Cycle Roasters, 6pm

FRIDAY 23

LaserDome: Beyoncé, Otterbox Theatre, 7:30 Lola black w/ Autumn Burn, Kind Dub and WAKE THE BAT, Hodi's Half Note, 8pm The travelin’ McCourys, Aggie Theatre, 9pm Trisha Adams, Avogadro’s Number, 7pm

SATURDAY 24

Plasma Canvas and Bitter Suns, Pinball Jones Campus West, 8pm Midnight Growlers, Island Grill, 8pm The Movers & Shakers, Magic Rat Live Music, 8pm

SUNDAY 25

Late Night Comedy at Elliot's with Nathan Lund, 10:30pm Motionless In White - The Graveyard Shift Tour with Every Time I Die, Chelsea Grin, Ice Nine Kills, Aggie Theatre, 7pm

MONDAY 26

Funk Jam, Hodi’s Half Note, 10pm The Session, Live from Fort Colins, The Hop Grenade, 7pm Backcountry Film Festival - Fort Collins NIGHT ONE, Odell Brewing Co, 7pm

TUESDAY 27

RE:Turn, Hodi’s Half Note, 9pm Thriller Author Carter Wilson: Book Talk and Discussion, Bean Cycle Roasters, 6pm Backcountry Film Festival - NIGHT TWO, Odell Brewing, 7pm

WEDNESDAY 28

Ran off the Rooster, Moe’s Original Bar-B-Que Ft. Collins, 8pm Bluebird Music Festival Hype Show: Sun Jr., Odell Brewing Co,., 5pm

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ARTS & CULTURE Thursday, February 22, 2018

FEATURES

Fort Collins band Autumn Burn creates uplifting rock By Miranda Moses @mirandasrad

The Communications Manager at the Fort Collins Music District, a delivery driver for Carrier, a Quality Assurance specialist at NASA and a New Belgium “Beer Maestro” are the diverse faces that make up Fort Collinsbased hardcore band, Autumn Burn. While their day-to-day jobs may be profoundly different, this tight-knit group of musicians have at least one thing in common: making music with a unique sound and an uplifting message in a band they love. Over the course of over a decade, Autumn Burn’s music style evolved from a punk band to a hard rock band, bridging on the essence of metal to a sound entirely its own that is influenced by many genres such a soul, blues, punk and hard rock. “Part of what makes this band special is the flexibility in the sonic range,” said Mikus Shoemaker, the bass guitarist, backup vocalist and scream vocalist for the band and a daytime delivery driver. “While it does often dive into metal, the sound also has room for lighter and more melodic moments.” Eric Romero, the lead vocalist and guitar player for Autumn Burn, said fans often point out the edgy band’s sensitive, lighter side. The band’s songs illustrate themes of internal strife and resolution, and according to the songwriter, spreading a positive message will always be something that the band is about.

“When writing lyrics, I think it is really important to have some sort of different message that is bigger and say, ‘Hey, even though this sucked in your life or this was difficult, you grew,’” Romero said. “My dad always said it best, he said, ‘It is not the fall the defines you, it is how you pick yourself up and dust yourself off.’ So, I have always tied that into the music.” Shoemaker said he himself experiences the effects of the music while making it.

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Collins is Feb. 23 at Hodi’s Half Note at 8 p.m. This band will be accompanied by Lola Black, Kind Dub and WAKE THE BAT. General admission is $10.

“I do think the band’s music helps people process hardships, because I have had it help me in my life, especially last year being quite personally turbulent,” Shoemaker said. Autumn Burn toured the country from Chicago to New Mexico, participated in Vans Warped Tour, won the Art Institute of Colorado Battle of the Bands and frequently shows up in the Denver rock scene at venues such as Summit Music Hall. But, Romero said that although the band loves touring outside of his hometown, their favorite moments are those where they are able to play in Fort Collins. The Colorado State University alumni grew up in Fort Collins and works as one of the talent buyers for New

Belgium Brewing. According the Romero, Autumn Burn is fortunate enough to have built a relationship with venues in the Fort Collins music community so that the band can continue playing where they love to perform, but this is a privilege. The town possesses a large hardcore rock community, but the musician said the amount of venues booking hardcore and punk bands such as Hodi’s Half Note and Surfside 7 is disproportionate to the amount of bands trying to play. In continuing the theme of spreading positivity, Romero attempts to give heavier bands a space at New Belgium. “It is amazing how so many bands have nowhere to play,” Romero said. “Because they are not big enough to play Hodi’s, they have maybe gotten their foot in the door at Surfside, but nobody else will book them. So, I am trying to think of ways that I can maybe bring them into the brewery.” Autumn Burn also makes a point to invite up-and-coming bands to open for them at their shows and use their ability to book gigs to uplift other local artists. “From the simple task of helping bands get on and off the stage to setting up shows for up and coming musicians to perform, Autumn Burn does its best to support local music,” said Matthew Durnil, drummer for Autumn Burn who also works for NASA as well as the Air National Guard. “The music business is a rough business. I think it is important for musicians to learn to share the stage. Nobody can work the music business alone.” Romero said he is grateful

Autumn Burn practice for their showing on Feb. 23 at Hodi’s Halfnote in their private practice space outside Fort Collins. PHOTO BY JON PRICE COLLEGIAN

for the efforts of the Fort Collins Music District, FoC0MX, The Downtown Artery and Salt Magazine to open up spaces and give exposure to more and more kinds of artists. The opening of Fort Collin’s new venue Washington’s has made him excited not only for the performing opportunities that it will give his band, but many other bands, as well. The musician, who has fostered over 40 foster dogs, said the he is an empath by nature and cannot help his urge to help everyone around him and surrounds himself with people who like to do the same, including the men of Autumn Burn. Band guitarist Joshua Rivera is also a member of the Fort Collin’s based band I Am The Owl, and works as the Communications Manager at the Fort Collins Music District, and therefore, according to Romero, “eats, breathes and sh*ts music everyday.” Despite his busy life, the musician, who joined the band in 2014, said the band gives him an

opportunity to have fun with his best friends. “The great thing about Autumn Burn is that we are all friends first, band mates second,” Rivera said. “I know these guys have my back and actually care about my well being beyond just wanting to make great music with me. That kind of friendship translates on stage and in the studio.” Durnil considers Romero a little brother and has known Shoemaker and Rivera since they were in other bands. He has always admired their effort to support local music. “For bands to last for over a decade, the need to be family,” Durnil said. “As family, Autumn Burn will always have its ups and downs, but we work through them to achieve greatness with new music and kick ass shows. They are great musicians, and I am grateful to share the stage with them.” Miranda Moses can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

traffic to clear. Explore your current surroundings, and you may discover something wonderful. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 7 — Invest in the highest quality without wasting money on features you don’t need. Carefully budget to keep expenses lower than income. Use shared resources. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21) — 7 — Collaborate on a solution. Tackle a sticky subject with your partner. Willingness to compromise provides workability. Be receptive and open-minded. Listen generously. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

get your heart pumping. Physical action advances your work and fitness. Avoid accidents or injury. Move your body to grow stronger. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 8 — Engage in activities and with people that you love. Surround yourself with simple pleasures like music, art, games and romance. Share the goodness. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 7 — Make your home more comfortable. Don’t take on new challenges yet. Stay out of someone else’s argument. Nurture your family with comfort food.

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(2/22/18). Study and grow this year. Great leaps forward are possible with coordinated teamwork. Consider fresh perspectives. Fun with family and someone attractive this summer comes before a retrospective change in direction leads to renewed energy and vitality. Listen to your heart and the ones you love. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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7 — Do the research. Obligations vie with new tasks for your time. Either stay focused or slow down. A hidden danger could arise. Talk to someone ahead. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 9 — The next two days could get profitable. Pay attention to expenses, or risk spending it all. Save some for a rainy day. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 8 — Expect energy surges. Someone may want more than you want to give. Consider personal priorities before automatically agreeing. Take time for yourself. CANCER (June 21-July 22)

decisions or moves yet. Slow down, and consider hidden implications and consequences. Review plans and options. Savor rituals and peaceful moments. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 7 — Hang out together with friends, and work out an action plan. Talk, laugh and blow off steam. Get to know someone better. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 7 — Hold off on making a professional decision. Get feedback from your team for a wider perspective. Wait until everyone can make the meeting. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 6 — Take a break to plot and

ARTS & CULTURE Thursday, February 22, 2018

FOOD & DINING

The Cupboard presents free food, innovative cookware By Julia Trowbridge @chapin_jules

With free food and innovative cookware, The Cupboard shows off their products weekly. The Cupboard, an independent kitchen specialty store in Fort Collins, has hosted demonstrations in their store since 1972, in addition to participating in citywide events like the Fort Collins Foodie Walk, which takes place on the third Friday of the month, and other events. The Cupboard’s demonstrations bring the environment of the store together by allowing customers to learn more about the products, according to Jennifer Davey, the demonstration coordinator.

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“I think it just allows people to see the products in action, and also to participate,” Davey said. “So you’re not just walking through the store, you can engage with somebody who’s sampling their local product or a representative who’s showing how cookware works. So you get a more involved experience. We try to create as magical of an experience as possible.” The people demonstrating the store’s products are brought in through various ways. The employees will sometimes make something with the cookware, especially with the Foodie Walk.

Other times, sales representatives are brought in to share their more professional knowledge of the product or local vendors also sample their products in the store. “We bring in local vendors as much as possible,” Davey said. “It’s great because they can speak directly about why they made their product, and people can put a face to the name of something and sample it.” This past Saturday, sales representative Jason Schmidt, and his wife Robin Schmidt demonstrated a Le Creuset pot and a Swiss Diamond pan for The Cupboard’s cookware sale. The Schmidts have presented demonstrations at The Cupboard around three times a year for the past five years. “My favorite part is making people smile and feeding people,” Jason Schmidt said about the demonstrations. Throughoutthepresentations, the Schmidts’enjoyed sharing their food and knowledge with customers. Many customers going through the store inquired more about the products as they sampled the food. “It’s really fun,” Robin Schmidt said. “I love to cook, so this is great for me.” Davey said that The Cupboard offers demonstrations of free food and their products in order to teach people more about how to improve their experience in the kitchen. “Our goal is always to educate people,” Davey said. “It’s not just about selling products. We want to be a source to learn more about cooking, about all aspects of that, and have that information to help, not only shopping but what they do in their kitchen.” Julia Trowbridge can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

Robin Schmidt and Jason Schmidt prepare a potato and cheese soup with parmesean crisps for a demonstration at The Cupboard this past Saturday. Jason Schmidt is a sales representative for Swiss Diamond and Le Creuset and is showcasing these products for The Cupboard’s cookware sale. PHOTO BY JULIA TROWBRIDGE COLLEGIAN

EVENTS

Little Shop of Physics Open House returns for 27th year By Julia Trowbridge @chapin_jules

With a half-million volt Tesla coil, hands-on experiments and other collaborating scientists, the Little Shop of Physics is hosting their 27th Open House. On Saturday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m., the Open House will take place in the Lory Student Center and surrounding areas. There will be familiar experiments from the last 27 years, as well as multiple new experiments and improvements for this year’s event.

“That’s what I’m looking forward to: these moments of sheer joy and it’s all about science.”

Brian Jones, director of the Little Shop of Physics, and Damian Rupp, a senior studying physics and a LSOP intern pose for an illustration of forced perspective. Jones is in a much larger chair with a much larger slinky, but he is farther away. The seats are aligned at the top of the chair to in order to give this illusion. This set up will be available at the Open House for people to take photos of. PHOTO COURTESY OF ADAM PEARLSTEIN

HEATHER MICHALAK LITTLE SHOP OF PHYSICS OUTREACH COORDINATOR

The physics department hosted a competition for visiting high schools called the Physics Bowl when the department would set up fun and interactive demonstrations for those who were not competing at the time 27 years ago. Brian Jones, the LSOP director, eventually took this over, opened it to the public and grew the event to the size it is today. “The first year, we had one room with about five tables in it, and about 20 different things set up,” Jones said. “We had about 200 people come by and we thought ‘This is fantastic!’” Over the years, the Open House has grown to have 300 hands-on science experiments, three different presentations and half a dozen partners from places all over campus. Approximately 8,000 visitors showed up to last year’s event. “It’s just like seeing an old friend, but seeing a lot of old friends and a bunch of new friends,” said Adam Pearlstein, an LSOP outreach coordinator. “Like 8,500 of them.” This year’s theme is “Exploramous.” The LSOP encourages people to explore and try out the experiments themselves in order to lean how they work. “The idea is that you can just work with things and touch them, and you’re the one who

Kenzie Isbell, a volunteer for a Little Shop of Physics’ event, teaches a young boy the trick behind one of event’s stations. PHOTO BY BROOKE BUCHAN COLLEGIAN

gets to drive the process and see how things work,” Jones said. This year, the LSOP has added 30 new experiments, including some called rainbow fractals, into the shadows and sand dune lagoon. The sand dune lagoon uses a blow dryer to stream air into the bottom of a bucket of sand, and the sand starts to behave like water because the sand particles are allowed to move freely past each other. Heather Michalak, one of the outreach coordinators, is excited about the Open House and the experiments they have for students to explore. She said she is most excited to see all the students happy faces. “One of my favorite things kids do, and adults do, is they get so excited they have involuntary body movements,” Michalak said. “They’re just

jittery with excitement because it’s just amazing. I have this video of this kid who’s just so excited about this experiment that he can’t control what he’s doing. That’s what I’m looking forward to: these moments of sheer joy and it’s all about science.” Jones said that at an open house, one adult came up to him saying that he was excited about the event when he was a child, and couldn’t wait to have kids so he could bring his kids to this event. “It’s nice to be a part of something that creates a community event at CSU where it’s got enough longevity that someone could think that way,” Jones said. “That’s kind of cool.” Julia Trowbridge can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

ARTS & CULTURE Thursday, February 22, 2018

MUSIC

SiR breathes new air on ‘November’ By Miles Parrish @parrishm20

In January 2017, Top Dawg Entertainment, a label known for big names like Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar, signed singersongwriter Sir Darryl Farris, or, as he is known professionally, “SiR.” Now, a little over one year later, SiR has released his first LP since becoming TDE’s newest signee, and shows why he deserves his spot on TDE’s roster. As is tradition for anyone signed with TDE, SiR brings a breath of fresh air with his music. While “November” is clearly a R&B record, it is also an incredible blend of both soul and jazz; it’s a blend that is both beautiful and haunting in the atmosphere that it creates. Upon reviewing the tracklist for “November,” the lack of features caught my eye. With one feature from Schoolboy Q and one from singer-songwriter Etta Bond, it’s intriguing to say the least that nine out of the 11 tracks on “November” are solely occupied by SiR himself in an era of music where high feature

counts seem to be a common piece of the framework for a release. That being said, SiR dominates all of that space on his own, and the features that we do get on “November” do nothing but add to the tracks. Schoolboy Q’s verse on “Something Foreign” is a fantastic addition that shows great chemistry with SiR, and Bond’s vocals are essential to the atmosphere created on “Something New.” At 32 minutes, “November” is a relatively short project but would risk overstaying its welcome if it were any longer. Instead, by occupying a short time frame, “November” keeps its luster. Although SiR brings a new vibe to the R&B genre with this project, that doesn’t mean it can’t be subject to repetition. Luckily, SiR prevents this from being an issue by giving the album a somewhat brief runtime. SiR also does so by adding just the right amount of variety to the track list, as heard on songs like “I Know” and “Better” where SiR adds some experimentation with autotune and reverb to his vocals. While “November” is a great

exhibition of SiR’s vocal talent and unique blend of genres, there are points where SiR leaves some things left to be desired. Each song on the album creates a new atmosphere to dive into, but some tracks do not add enough to that atmosphere and begin to feel repetitive towards their second half. “Better” is a prime example of this. While the song drew me in initially, SiR doesn’t bring much change to the table throughout the song, and it consequentially feels monotone throughout its runtime. Should you listen to it? Absolutely “November” is very consistent in its quality. “D’Evils” and “Something Foreign” will without a doubt be in my rotation for the foreseeable future, and I can easily see “I Know” being revisited. Overall, SiR does a great job of creating an atmosphere unique to himself on “November,” but occasionally falters in his ability to keep that atmosphere regularly interesting, but that’s about the only true flaw that I can pull from this project. I highly recommend you give this album a listen. With

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24 Thursday, February 22, 2018 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Winter Warm Up Sale!

Beer

Liquor

Wine

Coors, Coors Light Suitcase ..... .....$16.99 $16.99 Jack Daniels ..................................$36.99 Bota Box Wines ............................$15.99 24pk – 12oz cans

1.75L Black, Honey, Fire

3.0L All Types

24pk – 12oz cans

1.75 Gin

750ml Chard, Rose, P Noir

24pk - 12oz cans

1.75L

750ml

18pk – 12oz can

750ml Scotch

750ml All Types

30pk – 12oz cans

750ml Bourbon

750ml

30pk – 12oz cans

750ml

750ml New Zealand

1.75L Silver, Gold

750ml All Types

Variety 12pk – 12oz btls

1.75L 80 proof

750ml All Types, Argentina

12pk – 12oz btls/cans

1.75L Superior, Gold

750ml

15pk – 12oz can

750ml Whiskey

1.5L All Types

Bud, Bud Light Suitcase..............$16.99 Bombay Sapphire.........................$33.99 Butter Nut Wines ..........................$10.99

1107 City Park Ave. Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m. - Midnight Fri.-Sun. 8 a.m. - Midnight

(970) 484-1107 Craft Beer of the Month Ninkasi Brewing

......................$ $ 9.99 .......................$16.99 Miller Lite Suitcase ....................... $16.99 Ketel One Vodka ...........................$31.99 J Lohr Chardonnay ...................... Michelob Ultra ...............................$17.99 Johnnie Walker Black ..................$29.99 .................. $29.99 Barefoot Bubbly............................$ 8.99 Busch, Busch Light......................$14.59 Knob Creek....................................$25.99 .................................... $25.99 Rhiannon Red Blend ....................$ 8.99 Genesee Beer ...............................$11.99 Grey Goose Vodka .......................$21.99 Brancott Sauv Blanc ....................$ 8.99 Hamms Suitcase...........................$11.39 ........................... $11.39 Cuervo Tequila .............................$21.99 Cupcake Wines .............................$ 7.99

6pk – 12oz cans...................$ 7.99 24pk – 12oz cans

Prismatic IPA, Paciﬁc Rain Pale, Yours Truly Ale

Funkwerks Brewing .....................$17.99 Southern Comfort.........................$21.99 Trapiche Oak Cask Wines ...........$ 7.99 Sierra Nevada Brewing ................$15.39 Bacardi Rum .................................$18.99 Kungfu Girl Riesling.....................$ 7.99

Import Beer of the Month

Molson Canadian

6pk – 12oz btls....................$ 6.99

Kegs 1/2 Barrels Old Aggie Lager ................$99.99 Coors, Coors Light............$102.99 Bud, Bud Light ..................$102.99 Pabst Blue Ribbon ............$89.99 Labatt Blue .......................$79.99 Keystone Light ..................$77.99 Miller High Life ..................$77.99 New Belgium ....................$119.99 Odell Brewing ...................$125.99

Kegs 1/4 Barrels

Shock Top......................................$13.29 Jameson Irish ...............................$18.99 Sutter Home Wines ......................$ 8.99 Upslope Brewing .........................$ 7.99

1.75L Bourbon

1.5L All Types

6pk – 12oz cans

Scoresby Scotch .........................$18.99 Corbett Canyon Wines.................$ 5.99

Avery Brewing...............................$ 7.99

1.75L

1.5L All Types

IPA, Lager, Brown, Citra Pale

IPA, Gose, Rascal, Brown

New Amsterdam Gin ....................$17.99

6pk -12oz cans/btls

1.75L

12pk – 12oz btls

750ml Rum Cream

12pk – 12oz cans/btls

1.75L

12pk- 12oz cans/btls

750ml Hot Cinnamon

Variety 12pk- 12oz btls/cans

1.75L Whiskey

All Types 12pk- 12oz cans

1.75L Spiced

..............$13.29 Dos Equis Lager, Ambar.............. $13.29 Rum Chata Liqueur .....................$15.99 Heineken .......................................$12.99 Pinnacle Vodka .............................$14.99 ...........................$12.99 Angry Orchard ..............................$14.59 Fireball Whiskey ........................... $12.99 Smirnoff Ice, Seltzers ...................$13.99 Canadian Mist ...............................$11.99 Twisted Teas..................................$13.49 Calypso Rum.................................$ 9.99

Odell Brewing......................$73.99 Odell IPA.............................$85.99

Kegs 1/6 Barrels New Belgium.......................$45.99 Fat Tire, Voodoo, Citradelic, and many more... Mon. - Thurs. 8 a.m. - Midnight Fri. - Sun. 8 a.m. - Midnight 1107 City Park Ave. campuswestliquors.com @campuswliquors

Prices Good Thru 2/24/18

Evan Williams Black.....................$18.99 Lindeman’s Bin Wines .................$ 7.99

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Craft Cave Feature of the Week

New Belgium Bombers

$9.99

La Folie, Kriek, 22 oz btls French Oak While They Last! Saison

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