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Vol. 127, No. 129 Monday, April 23, 2018

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Haley Ratcliff, Wout Bouckaert and Allie Holton hold a discussion about mental health and gun violence at the Columbine Shooting Memorial Rally and Vigil in the Clark A building on April 20. PHOTO BY FORREST CZARNECKI COLLEGIAN

Student activists honor Columbine victims, share experiences

By Samantha Ye @samxye4

Editor’s Note: Wout Bouckaert currently works for Rocky Mountain Student Media Corporation as a variety show producer for Collegian TV. On the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting, Never Again Northern Colorado, a bipartisan group of student activists, hosted a community memorial and discussion.

The event started with a reading of the names of the 15 Columbine victims, followed by a moment of silence.

Due to lower turnout

than expected, the event then shifted to a mostly informal forum, where students shared their experiences and activism regarding gun violence in schools.

CSU students Wout Bouckaert, undeclared freshman, and Haley Ratcliff, senior health and exercise science major, along with Allie Holton, a junior at Poudre High School, sat on the forum.

Bouckaert emphasized the fact that gun violence is not limited to mass shootings which tend to get more attention.

In 2016, the Center for Disease Control and

Prevention counted 38,658 deaths due to firearms, averaging nearly 106 deaths per day. Almost two-thirds of all firearm deaths are suicides, according to an analysis of CDC data by FiveThirtyEight.

“This is something I feel should be brought out more, because I thought, we hear only about the big tragedies where multiple people are killed in the same instance, but this is an ongoing, continuing issue that leads to suicide, homicide and accidental gun deaths as well as mass shootings,” Bouckaert said.

Holton relayed her experiences as a student,

for which the possibility of a shooting, never really goes away.

Poudre School District schools go through multiple active shooter drills each year, where students practice hiding and blockading classroom doors.

PHS went through one such surprise drill on the same day the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida happened, Holton said.

“We were all huddled in the corner of the auditorium... and we all thought we were gonna die,” Holton said. “That was not one of the greatest

Valentine’s Days. And, half an hour later, I found out that it really happened in Florida.”

Holton had been instrumental in organizing the Poudre School District student walkout. Due to her involvement, Holton’s classmates advised her to sit near closets or near exits in classrooms because they feared she would be targeted in the event of a shooting.

Also invited to speak at the event were Rachelle Delich and Rachel Grohs, founder and co-founder of UTURN, a recently formed non-profit specializing in connecting see COLUMBINE on page 4 >>

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Operation Bear Hug offers resources , education on mental health

By Austin Fleskes @Austinfleskes07

The Adult Learners and Veterans Services office set out once again to educate the Colorado State University and greater Fort Collins community about suicide and suicide prevention with their Operation Bear Hug event.

After the success of the first Operation Bear Hug event in April 2017, the OBH team made some changes and updates to the event to further educate and draw in more teams.

“It’s about the message,” said Henry Seen, one of the creators of the event. “The message is about saving a life and how to do it.”

This year’s event consisted of many of the same principles as the first year but with some further updates.

Teams ran the three kilometer race, completing numerous physical and mental tasks along the way in order to learn more about suicide, suicide prevention and how to tell if someone is showing danger signs. These obstacles included a tire flip station, sandbag carrying, trivia and more.

Alexandria Knappe, the president of the OBH team, said the overall goal for the event was

to save someone’s life, even though that could not necessarily be measured.

Knappe said some of the changes to the event include live band performances, as well as a resource fair.

“That resource fair includes job employment, housing employment as well as some mental health opportunities,” Knappe said. “That’s a really huge part in uniting not only the students but uniting the community.”

Oren Pierce, the president of the Student Veterans Organization and one of the creators of the event, said this year’s OBH will be the team’s completed whole idea, as well as bigger than last year.

Pierce said the OBH team is hoping to create a handbook for other universities to use and create their own OBH events. There were 27 people signed up for the event, ranging from student organization teams to community organization teams.

Kevin Thomas and his team the “Meat Sweats” were running the course for the department of animal sciences.

“We’re just trying to have fun, maybe compete,” Thomas said, adding that events like this are good for raising awareness.

Cameron Sato and his team from Les Schwab Tires said his team came out to support the community and support the cause. After finishing, Sato said he enjoyed every second of running the course.

“It does bring awareness to a lot of people,” Sato said. “It’s a great cause, and it’s a great event for teams.”

Sato added he hopes to see more teams come out for the next OBH event, as he will be running it again as well.

While teams ran the course, those not competing were treated with the resource fair, food trucks, face painting and bounce house for kids as well as live music performances.

This year, team ROTC 1 came in first place with a total course time of 39:48.

William Powell, Bryce Strohecker, Kyle Pieper and Justin Olson, the members of ROTC 1, said winning the event meant a lot, as eventually they will be part of the community that put the event together.

“We’re out here supporting our veterans and our fellow students in their fight against suicide,” Powell said. “I think that is pretty big.”

The team said that they

Team Resilient Grizzlies competes in the tire flip obstacle at Operation Bear Hug. PHOTO BY MEGAN DALY COLLEGIAN

are going to save the $250 for something similar to a 401k account.

The second place team took home $150 and the next six teams each took home $100. This money was donated by the American Legion Riders in the form of a $7,000 donation.

Seen said the event this year was much bigger and better funded than the previous year.

“I have a great staff and a team that has put this whole thing together,” Seen said. “I can’t give enough thanks to those guys.”

Knappe said seeing the teams

coming out to compete is an honor to her.

“I feel honored and blessed that I could be part of such a great event,” Knappe said. “The message is so important and I’m so thankful that everyone supports us.”

Knappe said he hopes competitors not only had fun, but become more knowledgeable about how to support someone who is struggling.

“Hold on to hope,” Knappe said.

Austin Fleskes can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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children who have experienced trauma with dedicated mentors.

Delich, who has mentored others before, said she noticed most all of school shooters had attachment issues partnered with lack of proper guidance.

UTURN is meant to be a preventative in that sense, giving kids who have had traumatic experiences guidance from people who overcame similar situations, so they do not turn to similar acts of violence.

Delich and Grohs started the organization after the Parkland shooting as a way to

truly do something about the problems they saw.

“This is our amends to you, (the students),” Delich said.

After the event, Karen Manely, a junior at Fossil Ridge High School and part of the student walkout organizing team, said forums like these were important to gaining the support of the community and working to fulfill everyone’s needs.

“This is meant to bring together the polarized, whether it be (people) polarized by politics, by religion by age, anything,” Manely said. “If you’re polarized, you’re not going to make any progress, and through these and forums such as these, we will make progress.”

Samantha Ye can be reached at news@collegian.com.

POLITICS

Primary election candidates discuss Syria, bipartisanship, impeachment during forum

By Ravyn Cullor @rcullor99

With Colorado primary elections in two months, three of the four remaining candidates for Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District seat participated in a forum in the Lory Student Center Saturday.

The CD2 Candidate Forum hosted Democrats Joe Neguse and Mark Williams and Republican Peter Yu. A stand in for independent candidate Nick Thomas gave closing remarks.

This event was the final forum held by Fort Collins for Progress, Indivisible NoCo, Northern Colorado NOW and the Colorado State University Straayer Center for Public Service Leadership, following forums for gubernatorial and attorney general candidates.

The forum was moderated by Colorado State University students Daniela Pineda-Soraca, a senior in business administration and international studies, and Anthony Taylor, senior political science major.

Sam Houghteling, program manager of the Straayer Center, said all candidates for the 2nd Congressional District were invited.

He estimated around 150 people were in attendance.

Neguse started his career in politics while attending the University of Colorado Boulder and serving on the CU Board of Regents. He co-founded New Era Colorado, a nonprofit which has registered upwards of 150,000 young people to vote, according to his campaign website.

He said he would use his experience working with Republicans on the Board of Regents to help overturn Citizens United, increase funding to services which fight the opioid epidemic and support U.S. humanitarian involvement in Syria.

“It’s important to be able to work with folks . . . who might see the world differently,” Neguse said.

Williams served in the Air Force during the Gulf War and later as an intelligence analyst focusing on the Korean peninsula.

“I never thought I’d see the day where two guys with pointy haircuts were arguing about the size a nuclear button,” Williams said.

Williams said, while he would vote to impeach the president, it would be important to communicate with Trump supporters, who feel disenfranchised by a “broken political system,” and “give them a compelling reason

to re-enter the political body.”

Williams describes himself as an independent Democrat and said it is about the people, not party or power.

Yu said his experience in an immigrant family helped him appreciate hard work and the American Dream. “(I want to) step up and give back to the country which gave so much to me,” Yu said.

He supports DACA and continued military involvement in Syria. Yu also said he feels the Robert Mueller investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 Trump campaign has not made any progress or revealed compelling evidence.

He said he does not believe Trump should be impeached for collusion. Yu said the anger towards the president out ways love for America, which causes gridlock and separation.

“It’s our responsibility (as citizens) to support our president,” Yu said.

Nick Thomas’ stand in said his campaign is focused on uniting Coloradans and fighting tribalism.

Primary elections will be open to unaffiliated voters for the first time this year and will be held June 26.

Ravyn Cullor can be reached at news@collegian.com.

Democratic candidate of Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District Joe Neguse, right, speaks to a crowd in the LSC Grand Ballroom during a forum for CD2 candidates. PHOTO BY MATT BEGEMANCOLLEGIAN

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Beta Gamma Nu Inc. hosts conference for underprivileged youth

By Jorge Espinoza @jorgespinoza14

Members of the Beta Gamma Nu Incorporated fraternity spent Thursday meeting with underprivileged youth to discuss attending college via a youth leadership conference.

The conference brought 31 students from Global Leadership Academy, a high school in the Mapleton School District in Denver, a school district that many Beta Gamma Nu Inc. members attended themselves, as a way to give back to the community while simultaneously encouraging youth to attend college.

Many of the students in attendance came from marginalized and low-income backgrounds, and Beta Gamma Nu Inc. member Joseph Ortega said hosting this event gives students an idea of what college is like, when they may have never had the opportunity to learn about college prior to the event.

“For many of us we wanted to find a way to give back to the community,” Ortega said.

“I feel like there are a lot of students who don’t have the opportunity to attend events like this, so it’s our way to give back to our community, and show them what college is like

and show that it is possible to achieve higher education.”

They took the students through a variety of different workshops to help them understand what attending college is like and why they should. Students also got the opportunity to tour campus and to talk to college students about their experiences.

Emerson Picchioe, a high school junior, said after attending this conference he feels more confident in attending college.

“One of the main reasons I didn’t want to (go to college) was because I didn’t know what I wanted to study, but talking to them and going to the presentations helped me realize that you don’t have to come here declared,” Picchioe said.

Edwardo Gomez, a member of Beta Gamma Nu Inc. and former student from Mapleton School District, said the event was important because it gave students the idea that college is an option for them.

“I actually came from the Mapleton School District, and growing up in Mapleton we didn’t really have youth leadership conferences like this,” Gomez said. “We didn’t really have opportunities to show us that college was an option, so I feel like having this

conference is a way to show students that there is a way to go higher up and there is a possibility to do something great in life.”

While the event was put on specifically by Beta Gamma Nu Inc., other organizations were also in attendance.

Raeven Clockston, a member of the Delta Xi Nu Inc. sorority, attended the conference with the hope of also encouraging prospective students to attend college.

“For me personally, I’m super excited to see programs like this happening, and I’m here mostly to show my support and give back to the community in this way,” Clockston said. “I know when I was at this stage in my life I was really interested in having people in college reach out to me and show me that it was an avenue that I could go down and utilize.”

Overall, Gomez said having this conference gave him the opportunity to help students realize their full potential.

“I just want to inspire kids to think that they can do college and they can do whatever they want,” Gomez said. “I just want these students to realize their full potential and show them that there is a future for them.”

Jorge Espinoza can be reached at news@collegian. com.

The members of Beta Gamma Nu answer questions during the Youth Leadership Conference. One of the most emphasized points of the conference was that there is a community in place that is there to help any incoming students in their transition to college. PHOTO BY JOSH SCHROEDER COLLEGIAN

CAMPUS

Memorial held on the Plaza for those who died on the border

By Rachel Telljohn @racheltelljohm

A memorial for those who have lost their lives at the border of United States and Mexico was held Thursday on the Colorado State University Plaza.

The memorial was the joint effort of Ethnic Studies in Action, Young Democratic Socialists of America and Students Against White Supremacy.

Ethnic Studies in Action wrote to The Collegian that the memorial was a collaboration with some of the CSU Dreamers. “(We created) a display that both informed students about the system factors that push and pull folks to cross the border, statistics about who crosses and what the experience is like,” Ethnic Studies in Action wrote.

Part of the memorial featured images of butterflies, with the message “migration is beautiful”

underneath. Ethnic Studies in Action wrote about the different art used for the memorial.

“We used images from Faviana Rodriguez, quotes from Gloria Anzaldua, roses and candles in our vigil,” Ethnic Studies in Action wrote. “We also used old t-shirts and slashed water jugs to memorialize folks who did not make it.”

Ethnic Studies in Action posted about the event on Facebook. YDSA tweeted the event out, calling for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be abolished.

The event lasted until around 1 p.m. Thursday. The memorial was similar to the “wall” built by College Republicans on the Plaza, although this memorial was not a direct response to the walls built previously.

Rachel Telljohn can be reached at news@collegian.com.

CRIME

Four-month long meth investigation culminates in five arrests

By Samantha Ye @samxye4

A four-month long investigation into the sale of methamphetamine and firearms resulted in the seizure of drugs, weapons, cash and property as five people were charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming.

Three pounds of methamphetamine, small amounts of cocaine, prescription opioids, marijuana and marijuana concentrate were seized during the investigation, according to a press release.

Also seized were three motor vehicles, $20,000 in cash and 21 firearms, four of which were used in other crimes.

Kymber Tiernan of Cheyenne Place, Wyoming was arrested in Wyoming and booked into the Laramie County Detention Center. Julio Quintero of Denver, Travis Harre of Denver, Anthony

Walters of Loveland and Angela Perez of Loveland were also booked into the Larimer County Jail. They have all since posted bond.

“This investigation was successful because of the hard work and cooperation of local, state and federal agencies all working toward the same goal – reducing the impact of illegal drugs in our communities,” wrote Joe Shellhammer, Larimer County Sheriff’s Office Captain and Northern Colorado Drug Task Force Commander, in the release.

The investigation spanned from Cheyenne, Wyoming to Fort Collins, Loveland and Denver. It was led by the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force, the Larimer County District and several other investigation bureaus.

The charges are only an accusation and the defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Samantha Ye can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Tony Frank needs to prioritize student engagement Ethan Vassar @ethan_vassar

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Colorado State University is a large and expansive campus, so it can be easy to avoid someone or make sure you never see certain people.

Thanks to the sprawling 586 acres the campus covers, there are multiple routes to class so you can avoid any unwanted and awkward interactions with specific peers. The 33,413 students enrolled makes it easy to walk around without the fear of seeing your crazy roommate from freshman year who never washed their sheets. However, there is someone who should be seen on campus much more often than that person is: University President Tony Frank.

President Frank and his notorious beard seems to hide himself away from campus and the student body, only to

appear for sparse speaking engagements, probably just to remind the student body he exists.

CSU’s 14th president appears aloof. Besides the occasional emails and excruciatingly formulaic tweets, the student body has no real connection with the man who is quickly becoming a myth due to his lack of prominent engagement.

Frank’s lack of accessibility may be in part due to all the other commitments that occupy his time. When he isn’t begging for CSU to be let into a Power 5 conference, Frank “serves on a number of state and national boards.” Currently, Frank serves on seven different boards in addition to his responsibilities as president of CSU. While it’s great that Frank is reputable and respected enough to serve on multiple seeminglyprestigious boards, the number of conflicting agendas and time commitments is concerning.

These other responsibilities may cause many conflicts of interest and take Frank’s attention away from CSU, and in effect: the students.

Personally, I would feel a little disrespected if my needs as a student were put on hold or pushed to the side because

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of Frank’s dealings with the National Western Stock Show Association Board of Directors.

This represents a growing concern and trend of the growing divide between presidents and students. Around this time last year, many university presidents ranked student engagement near the bottom when ranking their responsibilities, according to a study from Deloitte Center for Higher Education Excellence. Only a staggering two percent ranked student life and engagement in their top three. This is a vicious circle - the less a president interacts with students, the less important student engagement must seem to him.

Additionally, one would hope that Frank isn’t spreading himself too thin. A lack of engagement with the student body has caused a fair amount of dismissals, namely at the University of Missouri, Baylor University, and Mount St. Mary’s in Maryland.

Student engagement is not only important to students but the university itself.

This is a problem easily remedied by taking a few hours out of each week to stop by the Lory Student Center and grab a bite to eat with some students.

Standing in line to order a coffee

at Morgan’s Grind or Sweet Sinsations would be another quick but efficient way to interact with students and build up a rapport of affinity.

In a world over-saturated with social media interactions, a face to face conversation means so much more than any tweet or email from Frank’s office. Even just seeing him walking around campus would mean more than a month of tweets.

The argument could be made that Frank has engaged with students. He’s been president since 2008, so he should have a good grip on student life if he’s been president for 10 years.

While I’m sure Frank did his best to connect with students in his first few years as president, there is little to be seen now.

As the world has changed, so have student needs. Even relying on observations made last year would be a tad obsolete.

They’d provide a good basis, but every year there are a slew of new enrollments, each new class provides their own concerns, suggestions, and questions that should factor into university decisions.

The Chronicle of Higher education recommends college presidents should get to know students by spending time

where they hang out and attend meetings held by student organizations in their first year.

Although Frank is going into his tenth year as university president, it is still necessary that he do these things every year every year. Not only out of consistency, but because essentially every year Frank is president is his first, and only, year dealing with these exact 35,000 plus students. As one class graduates, a new, different and younger class moves into the dorms.

Both students and Tony Frank have a lot to gain from increased engagement. Students would get a more personalized information on what’s going on around campus and feel as though their voices are heard by our leadership. Frank would get a better sense of student needs and what is important to today’s CSU student.

Assuming Tony Frank takes some of these words to heart and decides to grab a quick lunch with some students at the LSC, I’ll be waiting by the upstairs Bagel Place this Thursday, April 26 at 2 p.m.

Ethan Vassar can be reached at letters@collegian.com.

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Mass shooting experiences should not be politicized Leta McWilliams @LetaMcWilliams

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Today is the anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre. This school shooting shook the nation, and since then mass shootings have become a regular occurrence in the United States.

We need to take the time to remember the survivors of Columbine as well as the survivors of other mass shootings. These people are not crisis actors, and we cannot keep belittling the horrific events they’ve gone through in order to push our own political agendas.

Chelsea Sobolik, a student at Colorado State University, is a survivor of the Aurora Theater Shooting that

happened in 2012. As someone that experienced and survived a mass shooting, she believes the way our country handles mass shootings isn’t focused on helping the survivors.

“The public’s responses to mass shootings has definitely changed quite a bit, particularly since Columbine,” Sobolik said. “I was only 10 when Columbine happened and even I can recall it being a tragic event that shook the entire nation. Now it seems that as a nation, we have sadly grown accustomed to school shootings-or any mass shooting, happening on a regular basis. People often forget about one when the next occurs, so many survivors don’t have enough public support or people around to validate their experiences.

Just because these shootings keep happening doesn’t make any one of them less significant - especially to a survivor.”

The idea that the mass shooting survivors advocating for change are crisis actors is incredibly insensitive and belittling the terrible experience they’ve been

through. Many people are accusing the kids of the Parkland School Shooting of being crisis actors, solely working with the purpose to sway the public for gun reform.

“Being a survivor myself, I know that a lot of our needs in the aftermath of a shooting tend to get buried underneath the gun issue. We need to make sure survivors’ mental and emotional needs are not getting left behind. More than anything, they need to feel empowered to heal.”

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There’s a difference between disagreeing with these kids’ push for gun control and making them victims of hate crimes. They’ve

been through an experience that many of us will never understand, and posting tweets using these kids as target practice or posting fake pictures of them ripping up the Constitution is disgusting.

Their experiences and healing should be the priority of the public, not hurting them to push a political agenda.

Sobolik believes one of the best things we can do is follow up with survivors and give them a voice to reach out to new victims of mass shootings.

“Being able to find the will to continue on with life as mass shooting survivors means constantly having to combat PTSD, anxiety, triggers, and invisible mental wounds is a journey that few fully understand,” Sobolik said. “It has probably been the most challenging thing my friends and I have had to do, but within these challenges are stories of hope, connection, empowerment and resilience, among many other things…

Survivors who are years into their journey have strong voices that I think new survivors could feel comforted

by.”

As a way of paying it forward and staying reminded of the needs of survivors, Sobolik is working as director of communication for an organization called The Rebels Project. Founded by Columbine survivors after the Aurora Theater shooting, The Rebels Project is meant for survivors to get help from people who’ve experienced the same tragedy.

The Rebels Project is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting survivors of mass tragedy throughout their healing, and their leadership team is made up entirely of survivors from several different communities.

“We do not go the political route, but instead connect with and validate survivors and their unique experiences so that they don’t feel alone in their process,” Sobolik said.

“This approach, in my mind, is what the growing community of survivors needs.”

Leta McWilliams can be reached at letters@collegian. com.

COLLEGIAN COLUMNISTS

Mental health in veterans deserves attention CJ Ash @Cee_Jay_Ash

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 editorial board.

Depression and suicide are national epidemics, and even more so with America’s military veterans. Veterans experience mental health disorders, substance use disorders, post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury at disproportionate rates compared to their civilian counterparts.

As Colorado State University is home to more than 2,000 student veterans, we must all better understand the situation facing our community.

According to a study from the Department of Veteran Affairs, around 20 veterans take their own lives every day.

That represents roughly 19 percent of all suicides, despite making up less than 9 percent

of the population.

Nationally, suicide is up across the board according the CDC. From 1999 to 2014, suicide rates increased 24 percent, from 10.5 to 13.0 per 100,000 population, with the pace of increase greater after 2006. The Department of Veterans Affairs released a report in 2016 after studying 55 million military medical records from 1979 to 2014, and in it veterans were found to have suicide risks 22 percent higher than non-veteran adults.

This begs the question of why the rates are so much higher for veterans. Having lost my best friend and fellow veteran to suicide in 2014, I can tell you that the problem is not so simple.

Studies don’t show an association between deployments and suicide rates, but rather they show increased rates of suicide that correlates with separating from military service.

A study by the Pew Research Center found that “Veterans who served in the post-9/11 period reported more difficulties returning to civilian life than those who served in

Vietnam or the Korean War/ World War II era, or in periods between major conflicts.”

It is difficult for civilians to grasp the difficulties veterans face in transitioning from active duty to civilian life.

The problems in transition are varied. While the military prepares its members for combat, they do not do a very good job in providing training in life skills.

Military culture is strange and demanding, but members learn to love and embrace it. According to a study in “Advances in Medical Education and Practice,” this culture includes, but is not limited to, the “values, customs, traditions, philosophical principles, ethos, standards of behavior, standards of discipline, teamwork, loyalty, selfless duty, rank, identity, hierarchy, ceremony and etiquette, cohesion, order and procedure, codes of conduct, implicit patterns of communication, and obedience to command.”

Becoming an active member of the armed forces requires a complete transformation of one’s self and adaptation to all

of the aforementioned culture points.

When separating, all of that disappears, and veterans must undergo that process once again; but this time while finding a new job, relocating, enrolling in school, living independently for the first time, or reuniting with one’s family after long absences overseas.

Healthcare services are completely provided by the military, but once separated, a veteran has to learn how to get a doctor, dentist, life insurance and also know how to navigate the paperwork and process of obtaining benefits and services from the Department of Veteran Affairs.

Out of 21.6 million military veterans, only 8.5 million of them are enrolled for healthcare through their VA provider.

Veteran Affairs secretary Dr. David J. Shulkin reacted to the VA’s report, saying, “We know that of the 20 suicides a day that we reported last year, 14 are not under VA care.

This is a national public health issue that requires a concerted, national approach.”

Many veterans with PTSD

and other mental health symptoms are seeking help, even more so in recent years.

Even so, there still exists a significant percentage of the veteran population not seeking treatment.

One reason could be the difficulty of working with the VA. “When patients have a delay initiating care they’re less likely to follow through,” reported a 2014 study by the VA. Another could involve the stigma that seeking help is a sign of weakness, and could potentially limit one’s chances of getting a certain job.

The transition from military to civilian life can be objectively and empirically connected to depression and suicide with our veterans.

To my fellow veterans, there are options for you. If you feel like something is “off,” I must stress to you that treatment does work. You can and will get better.

Veterans are a welcome part of the CSU community, and Rams take care of Rams.

CJ Ash can be reached a letters@collegian.com.

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SOFTBALL

Rams salvage weekend series with Sunday victory

By Mack Beaulieu @MacknzJames

The Colorado State softball team (24-14, 8-7 Mountain West) squandered a chance to move up the conference ladder this weekend as it lost the series to San Jose State (27-15, 10-6 MW).

In their effort to avoid the sweep, however, the Rams had one of their best performances of the season.

The team saw a wide range of outcomes in the series as Friday was a total blowout in favor of the Spartans, Saturday was a hardfought loss and Sunday featured arguably the Rams’ best game of the season.

“After Friday we tried to tell the team that that was really just not us and you have to have a short memory in this game,” coach Jen Fisher said. “So we just tried to really wipe that slate clean.”

The Rams were run-ruled by the Spartans 20-4 after Bridgette Hutton gave up five runs in 2.1 innings, four of them coming on a grand slam home run in the third.

Larisa Petakoff came on in relief after that, but the Spartans’ next batter hit another homer to make it 6-0 after three innings.

While the Rams were getting blanked through the first five innings, things continued to unravel on the mound as Petakoff quickly put runners on and Kaylynn Pierce couldn’t stop the bleeding as her own relief effort yielded twelve runs in the final two innings of the game.

“It was just too hard to stop the bleeding,” Fisher said. “This game tends to be contagious and

we saw that.”

The next game went a little better for the Rams, but ultimately yielded the same result as Alison Petty and the Rams’ offense couldn’t overcome the Spartans in an 11-4 loss.

Petty and the Rams were able to weather a lack of control on the mound and consistent run production from the Spartans for the first four innings.

WEEKEND RECAP VS. SAN JOSE STATE ■ Friday, April 20: Loss, 4-20 ■ Saturday, April 21: Loss, 4-11 ■ Sunday, April 22: Win, 10-3

Against one of the conference’s strongest teams, Petty battled and managed the day like a quarterback trying to keep it close in the fifth inning. After surrendering her fifth run in as many innings, though, the Rams’ offense stalled and couldn’t get any more runs after a Gamboa triple drove in two runs in the third.

The game was always in reach for a power-hitting Rams team until the seventh inning when Hutton couldn’t hold the Spartans in check. The Spartans came into the inning with a 7-4 lead, but earned two runs each off Hutton and Petty to put the game out of reach.

“I thought Alison pitched well,” Fisher said. “I liked what we did, but it’s a really good hitting team, they’re fighters and they’re

The Rams storm home plate to celebrate a home run hit by Isabella Navarro during the game against San Jose State on April 22. The Rams beat the Spartans 10-3 after dropping the first two games of the series.

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at the top of the conference for a reason. They know the game well and they’re not going to roll over.”

After the coaches liked what they had to to see in game two, the Rams’ doubled down on Petty and the sophomore delivered with one of the best wins of her career in a game the team wanted badly.

While pitching a complete game, Petty only gave up four hits in the 10-3 win.

“I don’t want to say they’re rude,” Petty said. “But just how they play the game is different from how we play the game. The way they played it the past two days and how they came out today, they came out cocky. I think that just made all of us want to beat them more.”

Gamboa continued her strong

weekend and gave the Rams only their second lead of the series with a two-run homer in the bottom of the first. The 2-0 lead only got bigger as the Rams put runs up in every inning but the second.

“Our two losses were very hard,” Gamboa said. “But I think we used that as fuel today and it definitely worked.”

Amber Nelson went 4-for4 with two RBIs on the day and Madison Kilcrease contributed two of her own to help push the game out of reach for the Rams.

But the surprise contributor of the day was Isabella Navarro. Navarro got her first home run of the year after transferring from Trinidad State, where she was a major power hitter for the Trojans.

“It felt so good,” Navarro said.

“Like ‘Yes, finally. Yes.’” Gamboa, who has seen big hitting weekends become the norm, was happy to see Navarro and others come up big this series.

“I think the team believing in them is a huge thing,” Gamboa said. “Belief brings confidence and if we believe in them then they’ll have that confidence and do what they do best.”

The Rams will try to bring some of that belief to their matchup with San Diego State (14-28) from April 27-29 as they desperately need a series win or sweep to stay in contention for the Mountain West title.

Mack Beaulieu can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

TRACK & FIELD

CSU excels during busy weekend in California

By Mamadou Balde @mamadoubalde62

The Colorado State Rams kicked off a busy weekend in California with the Bryan Clay Invitational and the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate where multiple Rams registered personal bests.

In the heptathlon, the Rams were led by Talia Marquez who registered 4,963 total points to place fourth in the event. Her score ranks 10th on CSU’s alltime outdoor list in the event.

Marquez registered a time of 2:18.96 in the 800 meters to earn 839 points towards her total, her highest scoring event.

“She (Talia Marquez) finished well today,” assistant head coach Ryan Baily said. “She was a gamer and put a good heptathlon together. I’m really proud of the way she competed. She’s heading

in the right direction and moving towards where she wants to be.”

Registering a personal best in the men’s shot put was senior Austin Blaho. Blaho set a mark of 17.55 meters for a second-place finish and to move up to 14th on CSU’s all-time list. Maria Muzzio set a personal best in the women’s discus with a mark of 49.83 meters. Her mark moves her up to 16th on the all-time list.

“Considering the issues we had traveling today (delayed flight), for Austin (Blaho) and Maria (Muzzio) to hit lifetime bests on a day like today is a real testament to how they were able to prepare and be able to compete,” head coach Brian Bedard said. “Definitely wasn’t the best situation to have these guys ready, so this was a really good job on their part.”

At the Mt. SAC Relays, the

Rams’ distance crew continued their scorching hot season.

Cole Rockhold led the Rams in the 5,000 meters with a time of 13:47.52. Currently, Rockhold’s time ranks fifth in the nation.

His time ranks fourth on the alltime list. Three athletes joined Rockhold in the top 10 of CSU’s all-time list. Eric Hamer placed third in the event with a personal best time of 14:00.55 (seventh alltime). He was followed by Wayde Hall who placed fourth with a personal best time of 14:00.84 (eighth all-time). Carson Hume rounded out the top 10 with a seventh place finish and a time of 14:03.64.

“I thought we had some good things happen this weekend, and I thought we ran tough given the travel,” distance coach Art Siemers said. “We’re taking the right steps to doing some big

things heading to the end of the season. I thought that the guys running in the last 5k of the night ran especially well. Their goal was to run a time that would be an NCAA first-round qualifier and traditionally that’s under 14:05.

They did that, and that’s a big PR for each of those guys.”

The final day of the California trip ended with Destinee Rocker matching her own freshman record in the 100-meter hurdles.

Rocker placed fourth at the Beach Invitational with a time of 13.41 to match her record. Her time is 43rd in the nation and sixth in the nation among freshman.

In the women’s high jump, the Rams were led by Autumn Gardner and McKenzie Wright who both cleared a height of 1.75 meters. Gardner placed third in the event while Wright placed fourth. In the men’s high jump

Trenton Wallace set a personal best by clearing a height of 2.10 meters to place sixth in the event.

“I thought that we had some good performances today but I thought it was a little bit of a mixed bag overall,” Bedard said.

“We did have some highlights this weekend, but for this particular trip, I thought we’d have more highlights or more people hitting PRs or peaking here.

We’ll regroup at Wyoming, tune some things up and get ready for conference.”

The Rams will compete at the 7220 Invite hosted by the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming on April 27, their last stop before the Mountain West Championships from May 9-11.

Mamadou Balde can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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FOOTBALL

Defense steps up during Green and Gold game

By Luke Zahlmann @lukezahlmann

After splitting results in the first two scrimmages of the spring season, the tiebreaker went to the defense courtesy of their success in the trenches early and often in the Colorado State Green and Gold scrimmage.

The story of the scrimmage was the lack of offensive success in red zone situations, falling peril multiple times to defensive pressure down low.

The success of the defense was highlighted when the scrimmage shifted to 12-yardand-in situations, forcing back-to-back turnovers, limiting the offense without a touchdown in the session.

Though the play calling in the spring game strayed from regular game day tactics, the offensive line showed progress in the running game as Izzy Matthews was able to take advantage for chunk gains when given the opportunity. The game plan shifted often towards giving the Rams’ young signal-callers

repetitions in a more gameconducive environment, leading to the touches for the stable of running backs being low. Playing through the air failed to yield the desired results for the offense, having multiple drives stalled by way of sacks and pressure.

A shift in defensive scheme from the 3-4 to the 4-3 has led to an increase in reliance on the Rams’ linebackers in Tre Thomas and Josh Watson, a challenge that was met by the duo. Thomas served as a mainstay in the backfield on the day, taking advantage of several miscues along the offensive trenches. The linebacker broke around the corner for multiple sacks, including a number of drivestalling tackles in the backfield.

“At the end of the day, it’s just playing football,” defensive lineman Richard King said. “We just have to get the ball down, live to fight another down and just grind it out. Red zone is gonna be very key if we wanna be a dominant defense.”

Replacing stalwart Jake

Bennett, center Colby Meeks was assigned the duty of filling the void and led an offensive unit down low that struggled outside of the run game.

Sans a couple big gains from run-pass options, the Rams’ passing game struggled with incoming transfer quarterback K.J. Carta-Samuels in street clothes.

“I just need to work on being more vocal and encouraging people,” Meeks said. “I’m more of a guy that leads by example, I’ll make the calls on the o-line, but I need to get people moving, make sure they work.”

A bright spot in the struggling passing game was redshirt junior wide receiver Brenden Fulton who hauled in multiple passes on drag routes and rollouts, leading to several big gains after the catch. Fulton utilized his quickness in the short passing game to free up Olabisi Johnson on deeper routes down the field, but the offense failed to capitalize. “(Fulton) is a guy that impressed all camp, impresses every special teams coach, he’s

Linebacker Anthony Giusti holds up the prized turnover belt after getting an interception in the end zone during the CSU spring game.

PHOTO BY JOE OAKMAN COLLEGIAN

a dependable guy,” Bobo said.

“You know where he’s gonna be as a quarterback.”

The Rams will take their season into the summer program following their upcoming exit interviews. The first live test for the team is still nearly five months away

when they host Hawaii in their season opener, fielding a vastly different squad once their transfers and freshmen become acclimated with the team.

Luke Zahlmann can be reached at sports@collegian. com.

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ARTS & CULTURE Monday, April 23, 2018

BOOKS

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Andy Steves, author of ‘Europe: City Hopping on a From stripper to savage: Cardi Budget,’ to speak at Old Firehouse Books Tuesday B brings the party on new

album ‘Invasion of Privacy’

By Claire Oliver @claire_oliver21

Studying abroad is a trip in itself, but when the classroom becomes crowded, branching out to a new city can seem like a great way to experience not only the country you’re in but the cities and places that surround it.

Andy Steves, the creator of Weekend Student Adventures and the author of “Europe: City-Hopping on a Budget” provides an easy way for students studying abroad as well as travelers on a budget to explore some of Europe’s most interesting cities, and he will share his experiences at Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins later this week on April 24, 6 p.m.

“One thing I really wanted to focus on was concise and direct descriptions because we all have a Twitter-like attention span these days,” Andy Steves said. “And especially with Instagram being so popular, we just want to look at pretty pictures. And so I brought this understanding from the millennial perspective through all my descriptions and the structure of my chapters and everything.”

Traveling runs in the family for Steves. His father, Rick Steves, is a well-respected travel writer himself and Andy Steves took inspiration from his father’s book to create something new and different that stands out on its own.

“When I was in college myself, I was traveling around using my dad’s guidebooks for the cultural and museum information,” Andy Steves said. “But I couldn’t afford his restaurants or his hotels, and so I’d have to travel around with ‘Let’s Go,’ which is a student-oriented guidebook written by Harvard students.”

Although the guidebook was helpful, Andy Steves still felt that there was a need for a more concise guidebook for the student traveler looking for a weekend getaway while studying abroad. This need truly presented itself when Andy Steves was abroad in 2008 in Rome.

“We had three-day weekends so we were like, holy cow it only costs 30 bucks to get to Prague, or to Paris or to Amsterdam,” Steves said. “Let’s jump on these weekend trips and live it up ... By the end of the semester I was organizing trips for 30 friends as well as just random acquaintances in my program.”

By Evan Vicchy @evanNOTkevin7

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Andy Steves will be in Fort Collins to promote his new book, “Europe: City-Hopping on a Budget.” PHOTO COURTESY OF ANDY STEVENS

The tour company blossomed from there. Andy Steves’s tour guide business plan even won an award in 2010 during a business competition at his alma mater, Notre Dame.

“I was like alright if these judges think I can do it then I might as well give it a shot and see what happens,” Andy Steves said. “And that was in 2010 so that was eight years ago and since then we’ve taken thousands of students on exciting tours around Europe, connecting them with locals and showing them the most interesting and exciting parts of these different cities.”

Andy Steves wrote his book as a supplement for his tours and as a way to showcase new and interesting things in 13 of Europe’s most popular cities including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Dublin, Edinburgh, Florence, London, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Rome and Venice. Each city was selected for their must-see sights, but the guidebook also provides information about places that lie off the beaten path.

“So for people who want to do something more unique, the book is full of that kind of information and tips,” Andy Steves said.

One tip Andy Steves had is that the further east someone travels, the cheaper it will be.

In places like Budapest and Prague, it’s cheaper to grab a beer compared to a city like London or Dublin where it might be 12 euros to buy a pint.

But even if you are traveling to a city on the west side of Europe, Andy Steves has picked out places in his guide that help to fit a budget,

even when it comes to bars and clubs.

Andy Steves, although learning quite a bit from his father about traveling the globe, has taken his guidebook and tours a step further in order to cater to the younger generation. Whether it’s a group of students studying abroad looking for a weekend getaway or budget travelers looking for a more structured way to travel, Andy Steves provides an across-the-board guide of where to go and what to do.

“I’m going to be sharing a ton of cool stories, stupid jokes and a ton of practical tips,” Andy Steves said. “Not just for Europe but also general travel.

And when it comes to general travel, I’m going to share the latest apps and other modern technology that we can use and leverage and utilize to save time and money while you’re traveling.”

Andy Steves’ book is filled with new tips for the budget traveler. It’s a perfect travel companion for those who plan to study abroad next semester and know they have a few weekends to get away and see new and exciting places. The book is an investment worth making. It may be $20 for a guidebook but it could save hundreds in the long run, Steves said.

“When we think of Europe, we think of ancient history or WWII,” Steves said. “But in reality, we are making history every day, and I want to connect students with what is going on in Europe now.”

Claire Oliver can be reached at entertainment@collegian. com.

Cardi B is a badass with a big mouth and a big ego, and she lets you know on her debut studio album “Invasion of Privacy.”

While people watched as her single “Bodak Yellow” rose to the top of the charts, many wondered if Cardi B was a onehit wonder or if this was just the beginning of a successful career. On closing track “I Do,” Cardi vindicates her status as the princess of rap by saying, “They said by now that I’ll be finished, hard to tell. My little 15 minutes lasting long as hell.”

And certainly, this statement proves itself to be true across the 13 tracks as she adds new humor, shock value and sonic textures to rap.

As a social media starlet, Cardi knows how to work a crowd. Her no filter attitude translates remarkably well into songs like “Bickenhead” and “She Bad” where her brazen lyrics are both jawdropping and hilarious.

On “She Bad,” Cardi turns into the mistress of temptation at church when she spits, “Write a verse while I twerk.

I wear off-white at church.

Probably make the preacher sweat. Read the Bible. Jesus wept.” She doesn’t stop there.

Over the throbbing electronics of “Bickenhead,” she gives the ladies a list of places they can pop their hoo-ha: in the car, on the stove, in Miami and, you guessed it, in church.

Is “Invasion of Privacy” sexual? Yes. But, Cardi also expresses her vulnerability on this album, which is refreshing

to hear in a genre crowded with the same old concoction of booze, drugs and one night stands.

With “Be Careful,” the MC expresses her dissatisfaction with the shady behavior of her lover over an understated production. The softness of its kooky train horn beat draws you in so you’re focused on Cardi and her words.

“Be careful with me. Do you know what you doin’? Whose feelings that you’re hurtin’ and bruisin’? You gonna gain the whole world. But is it worth the girl that you’re losin’,” sings Cardi. And, yes, she actually sings the chorus. Even though her singing isn’t the best, the way she holds your attention is commendable in its own right.

“Invasion of Privacy,” however, is not perfect. There are a handful of duds like the generic “Best Life,” featuring Chance the Rapper and the sleepy “Thru Your Phone,” but what the rapper loses with fillers she gains back in sonic experimentation. What makes this album such a success is the risks taken in its sonic pallet, giving listeners new sounds, textures and song structures to fall in love with.

A prime example is the buzzing “Bartier Cardi” structured with a lonely piano blended with the peculiar droning of an undefinable instrument.

Should you listen to it? Yes In all, “Invasion of Privacy” works. Despite its imperfections, this record will solidify Cardi B’s place in the music industry. Instead of being formulaic, she takes chances with her music lyrically and musically. These risks show the world that she’s not a one-hit wonder. Cardi B is an innovator and boundary breaker who’s determined to create the mainstream rather than just swim in it.

Evan Vicchy can be reached at entertainment@collegian. com.

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PHOTO GALLERY

FoCo MX kick-off features local bands Slow Caves, Write Minded

Sam Mouton performs with Write Minded at the kickoff event for FoCoMX in the RamSkellar on April 19. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS

Jakob Muller performs with Slow Caves at the kickoff event for FoCoMX in the RamSkellar on April 19.

PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

Jarod Ford (TurtleBear) performs with Write Minded at the kickoff event for FoCoMX in the RamSkellar on April 19. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

Oliver Muller performs with Slow Caves at the kickoff event for FoCoMX in the RamSkellar on April 19. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

Jesse Neth performs with Write Minded at the kickoff event for FoCoMX in the RamSkellar on April 19. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

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ARTS & CULTURE Monday, April 23, 2018

CAMPUS

14th annual African Night emphasizes the rise of rich African cultures

By Daniela Navarro @thedanielaazahra

Africans United hosted their 14th annual African Night, which focused on the rise of uniting Africa Friday evening in the Lory Student Center Ballroom.

The event, Africa Rise Up, educated around 300 members of the Colorado State University community about different African cultures and showcased art, poetry and dance from students involved with AU. AU is an organization that emphasizes the importance of educating oneself about the culture and happenings of Africa.

Every year, the group hosts African Night to share a deeper look at African cultures.

“I hope that the CSU community takes away the truth of Africa instead of what they hear of T.V. and other stuff,” said Nicole Acheampong, president of AU. “I want them to get a true-life experience of what Africa is and, on top of that, there are people on this campus that share their identities. They have a lot to offer and it’s time for Africa to stand out.”

This year, AU emphasized the opportunities and resources Africa has to offer despite negative media portrayal and misconceptions.

“The theme of the African Night is Africa Rise Up. That’s a woke moment for us, that’s something I want people to be aware of,” said Sandra Asante, vice president of AU. Asante also spoke on modern slavery in Africa, which she said goes unnoticed in the CSU

community. The event featured a play on the topic.

“We don’t really know about it, and we want to educate the community of what’s going on,” Asante said.

Each year, African Night encourages a space where Africans can be represented and empowered. “(African Night is) a big part of the club,” said Huldah Berhe, a first-year political science major.

“We try to organize help for our community, and make a safe space for African American students at CSU to come and meet students who are just like one another to make a more fun and enjoyable experience at CSU.” Participants from Eritrea, Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana and Francophone (Frenchspeaking African countries) performed dances from their countries while wearing traditional clothing to showcase the different cultures.

Asante, who represented Ghana, recited a speech from Yaa Asantewaa, the Queen Mother of the Ashanti Empire (Ejisu). “’I must say this: If you the men of Ashanti will not go forward, then we will,’” Asante quoted. “’We the women will. I shall call upon my fellow women. We will fight the white men. We will fight till the last of us falls in the battlefields.’”

Yaa Asantewaa is well known for her leadership position in the Ashanti-British “War of the Golden Stool,” which was a fight against the British colonists.

Arisson Stanfield, a fourthyear philosophy major, wrote and read a poem called “African

Diaspora,” which described not only the oppression of Black people but also their rise to power and unification.

“Let my people go, we carry scars of war,” Stanfield recited.

“I need to make the pilgrimage to Africa, black is buried treasured trove, black is gold.”

Some students said the event gave them the opportunity to reflect on their African lineage.

“I feel like Black people don’t realize that when it comes to African Americans, there’s more than just the American side, there’s the African side too and that’s another side of the culture than just being American,” said Corissa Norwood, a second-year health and exercise major. “Just knowing where we’re from, not just the slavery in America, but actually from Africa; what’s going on there, what’s happening, the music, the food, the celebrations (is important).”

After the presentations, the night continued with a fashion show, which showcased traditional clothing from Ethiopia, Sudan, Senegal, Guinea, Kenya and Nigeria.

The night ended with the announcement of the new AU leadership team, who plan to make the 15th annual African Night as successful as this one.

“We are declaring Africa as a whole needs to stand up and unite,” Acheampong said. “This show’s target is to emphasize that Africa, as a whole, ... will rise.”

Daniela Navarro can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

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Sudoku Solution

Yesterday’s solution

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2. What is the average spring temperature?

A. 41 degrees

B. 54 degrees

C. 46 degrees

D. 62 degrees 3. what year in spring had the most rainfall?

a. 1970

b. 1988

c. 1932

d. 1947

Trivia Answers: 1 = A, 2 = C, 3 = D

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1. What is the first day of spring called?

a. vernal equinox

B. Chevrolet equinox

C. solstice

D. autumnal equinox