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NEWS

OPINION

SPORTS

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR RESEARCHES BATTERIES

HUGHES STADIUM COULD BE REPURPOSED

FORT COLLINS’ NEWEST LO-FI RECORD LABEL

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Rams corral Cowgirls

LARAMIE, Wyo. - Senior outside hitter Jasmine Hanna rises to spike the ball against Wyoming. The Rams defeated the Cowgirls in straight sets. PHOTO BY JOSH CONTRERAS COLLEGIAN

Cizmic, Runnels power CSU to straight-set victory over Wyoming

By Austin White @ajwrules44

LARAMIE, Wyo. - Behind a dominant performance from senior Sanja Cizmic, No. 24 Colorado State wrangled the Wyoming Cowgirls Tuesday night in a straight-set victory (25-17, 25-21, 25-13).

Cizmic took over the match

for the Rams (13-2, 3-0 MW) in the second set with six kills in the frame alone. The Croatia native picked up four more early in the third set and ended the match with her 13th kill to finish with a .600 hitting mark.

“Just getting my feet to the ball and making sure I stay high and aggressive,” Cizmic said in regards to her success. “Even

though they are really good blockers, we can still beat them with our athleticism and I think that’s what we did today.”

Avoiding the strong middle blockers of Wyoming (6-9, 1-2 MW), something head coach Tom Hilbert said the team focused on during practice this week, worked well for the Rams as their outside hitters collected

31 of the team’s 41 kills. Wyoming only recorded six blocks in the match as the Rams improve their head-to-head record in the Border War to 63-20.

“Today our middles weren’t working as well, but our outside hitters were great,” Hilbert said. “It just says that we got a lot of weapons and we are playing consistent and I’m really

pleased.”

Sophomores Paulina Hougaard-Jensen and Katie Oleksak held down the middle on defense by registering six and four blocks, respectively.

The Rams did not have their usual high amount of blocks, but Hilbert was still happy with the performance on defense.

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NEWS Wednesday, September 27, 2017

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Claude Steele discusses stereotype research at Diversity Symposium

By Samantha Ye @samxye4 The path to a successful, diverse community does not lie solely on the elimination of bias, but depends on the cultivation of community and trust.

That was the overarching conclusion Claude Steele presented at Tuesday night’s keynote speech for the Diversity Symposium in the Lory Student Center Theater.

For his presentation, Steele combined his experience in university administration with his social psychology studies on stereotype threat to speak about creating a diverse community.

Keynote speaker and social psychologist Claude Steele spoke Tuesday evening at the Diversity Symposium in the LSC Theater.

He discussed his research on stereotype threat theory, and how educators can build trust within universities to lift this threat from the classroom. PHOTO BY OLIVE ANCELL COLLEGIAN

“There’s not a person on Earth who I think doesn’t experience stereotype threat,” Steele said. “When you’re in a situation where a negative stereotype from a larger society about one of your identities is relevant to what you are doing, you know that you could be seen, treated, or judged in terms of that stereotype.”

Steele gave examples of studies which demonstrate stereotype threat, including a study he worked on where women and men of similar math ability were given a graduatelevel math test. In the initial test, women scored a standard deviation lower than men, but when the stereotype of women being bad at math was negated for the study participants, the scores became equal.

The negative stereotype served as a self-fulfilling prophecy, expectations that affect a person’s behavior in a situation. The effects of the phenomenon were replicated along racial, gender, and other identity lines, mirroring the cultural stereotypes of a specific society.

“If you care about what you’re doing, the prospect of being reduced to a stereotype

is upsetting and distracting, and it can interfere with your functioning right there in the immediate situation,” Steele said. “If it continues on a regular basis, you can feel you just don’t want to be in a situation where you are susceptible to this kind of judgment.”

Steele cited his own experience being the only black graduate student at Ohio State University. He said he was too afraid to raise his hand because he knew he was going to be seen as the black kid who did not belong.

According to Steele, he overcame stereotype threat when a professor reached out to him, valued his opinion and helped him further his passions. Being seen as a person created a relationship of trust and helped Steele move past the fear of stereotyping.

“Can one episode like that be so transformative? I think it can be,” Steele said.

Steele said that although it is important to recognize and manage prejudice, it is more beneficial to establish such relationships of trust.

“If you just make the whole game a game where the work of which is to undo bias first, that’s a pretty daunting thing to take on…it kind of puts people off the game,” Steele said. “But, if as an institution we open up a broader set of connections to students, we get closer to them, we learn what their interests are and we provide concrete ways of showing them how to go forward, that can be incredibly powerful.”

Societies can create environments which allow stereotype bias to thrive, but Steele ended the speech by giving several other ways a community can avoid that, including keeping student interests in mind, encouraging conversations across identity lines, and simply being nice.

Rachel Blake, an event programmer and liaison for the Black/African American Cultural Center, said she appreciated the solution-based angle Steele took for the speech.

“We initially just gave him the topic of stereotype threat because that is what the majority of his research focused on, so I was really happy for him to take stereotype threat and explain it to everyone with an applied type of picture,” Blake said.

Other students in the audience also found the approach informative and helpful.

“I think that this is a really important topic and I think that he applied it to the diversity of our campus really well to

make it directly applicable,” said Ashlie Johnson, a graduate student in applied social and health psychology program.

“This is something a lot of

people think is really important in a classrooms and whatnot, and I think he brought it to more of a real-world type of view, so how we can actually

change the community here to be more encompassing and out of the classroom.”

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

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Suspect arrested Chemistry professor researches batteries, runs own company

By Julia Trowbridge for arson in semiconductors for solar cells in onto a surface through a reduction historians to document invention the form of nanoparticles. The reaction - to maximize the surface and innovation. Five inventors Loveland reactants are injected into an area. from Fort Collins were chosen to @chapin_jules

By Samantha Ye @samxye4

A Loveland resident has been accused of setting his house on fire with fireworks and killing a cat inside the home Monday evening.

According to a press release, Larimer County Sheriff’s Office received a call from an alarm monitoring company about an audible burglar alarm on the 400 block of East 57th Street in Loveland around 8:40 p.m.

When deputies arrived, they found an open door and saw Leonard Francis Simonini crouched in a back room.

The deputies made multiple announcements of their presence and gave commands for him to exit the house, but it was only when deputies entered the house did Simonini respond by yelling at them. Simonini did not identify himself or indicate he was a resident of the home.

Simonini then discharged several large yield fireworks at the deputies, causing them to exit the house. According to the press release, Simonini stayed inside and continued to light fireworks with a gas torch, refusing all commands.

After exiting the home due to intense smoke, Simonini was apprehended by the K9 unit and taken into custody without further incident.

Loveland Fire Rescue Authority extinguished the fire before it spread to other homes, and all immediate neighbors were evacuated. Simonini was treated for smoke inhalation and injuries from the K9 apprehension, but no other people sustained injuries.

The cat inside the house did not survive.

SIMONINI HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH: ■ Cruelty to animals -- Class 1

misdemeanor ■ Three counts of reckless endangerment -- Class 3 misdemeanor ■ Resisting arrest -- Class 2 misdemeanor ■ Obstructing a peace officer -Class 2 misdemeanor ■ Violation of Bail Bond Conditions -- Class 3 misdemeanor At this time, it is not clear why the burglar alarm was sounding, and a bond has not yet been set.

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

For Colorado State University associate chemistry professor Amy Prieto, chemistry is more than just research - it’s taking ideas and bringing them to life.

In addition to teaching, Prieto is the founder and CEO of Prieto Battery, a battery technology company.

Prieto’s research comes from two different angles: taking an idea that someone else has published and creating the device, or taking something that someone has created and published and improving on it. Sometimes, when research is published, not everything about what has been discovered is really understood.

“I love problems like (these),” Prieto said. “Sometimes, I look at literature papers and think, ‘If someone just made a really good sample, we could learn so much more from it.’”

The Prieto Lab at CSU studies renewable energy and energy storage through, which is the key to solving the environmental disasters we see today.

The Prieto Lab focuses on renewable energy and the storage of it. On the renewable energy side, members of the lab study

organic surfactant, a substance that reduces surface tension that has been created through differences in polarity. The nanoparticles, being a thousand times smaller than the human hair, are then suspended in the solution and have the potential to be a semiconductor. “(Dr. Prieto) is very enthusiastic and expressive,” said Rebecca Miller, a graduate student who works for Prieto. “Whenever someone comes to her with a question or idea, her face will light up, and she’ll either point you in a direction or find someone who can help you.”

Prieto is most famous for her invention of a 3-D battery architecture. According to Prieto, the main problems with lithium and sodium ion batteries is their structure, which either makes the battery have a short charge time and short lifetime, or a long lifetime and long charging time.

Prieto invented a battery architecture to make charging and battery lifetime more efficient by creating a porous structure through electroplating - the process of coating a metal, like lithium or sodium, in solution

Amy Preito is an associate professor at CSU and the CEO and founder of Prieto Battery. Prieto got her Ph.D at University of California, Berkeley, and her research is oriented around renewable energy and the storage of it. PHOTO COURTESY OF AMY PRIETO

“I was thinking on how to make a really useful, cheap, and ideally by some - environmentally friendly method,” Prieto said.

“I gave my graduate students ridiculous lists (for this project), like what equipment they couldn’t use, and it came down to electroplating.”

Prieto’s work on 3-D batteries is on display in the Lemelson Center at the Smithsonian Institution, a section created by

be in the exhibit in 2010, including Prieto.

With the study of gathering solar energy, the study of its storage comes into play. One way of storing energy is in hydrogen reactions, because the chemical bonds that occur between a metal and hydrogen have a high energy density. The Prieto Lab is studying an assortment of variables to understand the hydrogen reaction in this complex system.

Working on these projects, Prieto and her graduate students find satisfaction in their research and the bigger picture it applies to, as well as finding satisfaction with working with their colleagues.

“When I came into grad. school, they gave us some advice to be successful in graduate school,” said Jennifer Lee, a graduate student in Prieto’s lab. “Find an advisor that you like, find research that you enjoy doing, and find a group you can tolerate. If you have two of those, you’ll be successful. I needed to have all three, and (Dr. Prieto’s) group fit all three criteria.

She’s the best boss I could have asked for.”

Julia Trowbridge can be reached at news@collegian.com.

NATIONAL

Trump defends administration’s aid to Puerto Rico, denies distraction by his fight with NFL players

By Cathleen Decker Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump denied on Tuesday that his administration had been slow to respond to Puerto Rico’s hurricane devastation because he’d been distracted by his five-day feud with protesting NFL players.

At a news conference in the Rose Garden with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Brey of Spain, Trump repeatedly said Puerto Rican officials had praised administration efforts. However, those same officials have begged for more assistance to the island, which suffered grievous damage earlier this month from Hurricane Maria, after a near-hit from Hurricane Irma.

On his favorite communications platform, Twitter, Trump had not mentioned Puerto Rico from Sept.

20 until Monday night. In the interim, he had written dozens of tweets, many on his criticisms of NFL players who kneel during the pre-game rendition of the national anthem to protest police brutality toward African-Americans.

“I wasn’t preoccupied with the NFL. I was ashamed of what was taking place,” Trump said in reply to a question.

He pressed what has been his argument in recent days: that the protesters were taking a stand against patriotism and military service members. “I don’t think you can disrespect our country, our flag, our national anthem,” he said.

“I’ve heard that before, about ‘Was I preoccupied?’” Trump added. “Not at all, not at all. I have plenty of time on my hands. All I do is work. And to be honest with you, that’s an important function of working _ is called respect for our country.”

A Department of Defense assessment concluded that Puerto Rico’s entire electrical system is damaged and almost half of the population lacks drinking water.

One of every seven hospitals is without fuel or power needed for machines assisting patients.

Trump said part of the difficulty in getting adequate supplies to Puerto Rico is its location.

“It’s the most difficult job

because it’s on the island. It’s on an island in the middle of the ocean.

It’s out in the ocean,” he said. “You can’t just drive your trucks there from other states.”

Returning to the subject later, the president said: “This isn’t like Florida, where we can go right up the spine, or like Texas, where we go right down the middle and we distribute. This is, you know, a thing called the Atlantic Ocean.

This is tough stuff.”

Trump said that as he spoke, U.S. officials were unloading “massive” amounts of food, water and supplies for Puerto Rico, whose 3.5 million residents are American citizens.

The president announced earlier that he would visit Puerto Rico next week on Tuesday.

“The governor has been so incredible in his... in his statements about the job we’re doing,” Trump said. “We’re doing a great job.”

Trump also used the news conference to reiterate a threat to North Korea. Its foreign minister said that Trump’s previous statements constituted a declaration of war, and that

Pyongyang may take aim at U.S. military planes flying nearby.

Trump has repeatedly dismissed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as “Rocket Man,” or “Little Rocket Man,” a reference to the nation’s development of nuclear weapons and its frequent missile test launches.

Asked for his reaction to the threats from North Korea, Trump said that the U.S. was “totally prepared for the second option,” a military option.

“Not a preferred option, but if we take that option, it will be devastating. I can tell you that ... devastating for North Korea,” he said. “That’s called the military option. If we have to take it, we will.”

As he has previously, Trump blamed past presidents for failing to curb North Korea’s nuclear advances.

“It could have been handled much more easily. Yet various administrations, many administrations _ which left me a mess,” he said. “But I’ll fix the mess.”

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OPINION Wednesday, September 27, 2017

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Red Cross efforts are deceptive, donate elsewhere Spencer Reed @sbreed96

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Unfortunate and destructive events such as Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have taken a toll on the Southern United States. Per usual with any major natural disaster, Americans are eager to help. Finding a method to help those effected by recent natural disasters, especially all the way from Fort Collins, can be tedious. Many Americans have ended up donating to the American Red Cross (ARC), however, this has proven to be an ineffective way to improve

the lives of those that are in need.

Only seven years ago, an earthquake shook the foundations of Haiti, and the Red Cross was able to muster $500 million in donation funds.

The organization subsequently spent a fifth of that money on internal expenses; an overwhelming $125 million.

The Red Cross took the remainder of their Haiti funds and dispersed them to other small nonprofit organizations.

These nonprofits took another 11 percent of the donated cash for their own internal program expenses. This reveals two things: the Red Cross has other organizations doing at least a portion of the charitable work that the ARC claims to be doing, and that their statement that 91 cents of every donated dollar goes into relief efforts is a fib.

More shockingly, the American Red Cross built a dismal number of six

LETTERS

ASCSU senators should be investigated for impeachment call

By Guest Author @CSUCollegian

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Christina Vessa was the campaign manager for Silva-Wells.

Dear Collegian, I am a recent graduate of Colorado State University. During my time as a student, I was involved with Rocky Mountain Student Media and the Associated Students of Colorado State University. I write this letter in alarm over the news that the University is investigating charges by 13 ASCSU senators against the sitting ASCSU President. The reasons behind their call for impeachment are not public knowledge.

The University should not only be investigating the sitting president, but also the 13 senators who are filing for his impeachment (13 senators out of the more than 40 senators that represent the student body). My concerns with the call for impeachment revolve around fairness, objectivity and transparency within the business of publicly-elected representatives.

I call upon these 13 senators to detail what feedback was

received from their constituents (specific college councils and SDPS offices) that justified them to continue forward with this move. I also request that the 13 senators publicly disclose when exactly their first conversations related to this matter took place.

I am interested in explicit details, because this petition could result in the unprecedented resignation or firing of an elected ASCSU President who, in my view, is a devoted, thoughtful representative of the student body at CSU. All students are constituents of these 13 senators and are not being served well unless they receive more information regarding this petition. I call upon the University to pursue an investigation into the motives of the 13 senators who filed the impeachment petition; I call upon the senators to detail the exact timeline and feedback that led them to pursue these actions; and I highly urge the Collegian to continue pursuing open records requests in hope that all parties involved with this situation remain accountable and receive due process.

Christina Vessa CSU Journalism and Media Communication, B.S. ’17 Letters may be sent to letters@ collegian.com.

permanent homes in response to the Haiti earthquake in 2010. That’s right, only six permanent homes were built with the enormous $500 million capital that the disaster relief organization started with.

Representatives of the Red Cross responded to criticism revolving around how they spent their Haiti funds stating their spending was, “entirely justifiable given the size and complexity of the Haiti program.”

I believe that the organization’s spending habits were entirely unfeasible.

More recently, the nonprofit organization, Charity Navigator, presented the Red Cross with a three out of four rating on the organizations relief efforts. On the other hand, the ARC was given only a two rating on their fiscal performances.

When asked to disclose what amount of donations

given to the Hurricane Harvey Red Cross effort, the group was reluctant to give a response.

“Yeah, I don’t think I know the answer to that,” said Brad Kieserman, a Red Cross executive, “I don’t know the answer to the financial question, I’m afraid.”

It’s concerning that the organization cannot say what percent of donations are actually being utilized in relief efforts. This is especially true knowing that Red Cross CEO, Gail McGovern, has previously made the claim that over 90 percent of donations go into their services.

For those in Fort Collins that wish to make most impact on the lives effected by recent natural disasters in Texas, I advise them to donate to United Way of Greater Houston. According to Charity Navigator, this organization puts over 87 percent of their funds into the services they promise to deliver. Moreover,

the Houston Food Bank may be another wise organization to donate funds to; they put 96 percent of their donations into their programs.

More transparent organizations exist in regard to the hurricane relief as well.

All Hands Volunteers is one of them. Over 87 percent of the funds donated to them go directly into their causes.

Americares is another disaster option, and a staggering 98 percent of their donated revenue is therein put towards their relief efforts.

If you are trying to make a difference in the lives effected by recent natural disasters, donating to the American Red Cross is not the way to go. Their track record reveals that their donated funds are misappropriated, which is building the organization an increasingly worse reputation among disaster relief groups.

Spencer Reed can be reached at letters@collegian.

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OPINION Wednesday, September 27, 2017

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Hughes can be repurposed, we must decide how Tyler Weston @CSUCollegian

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Enjoying the new stadium should not be reason to forget Hughes Stadium. The debate for what should be done with the 160 acre lot it occupies has finally begun. The three most popular notions at this time seem to be using the land for housing, as a new music venue, or as an open space for outdoor recreation.

Each of these ideas has its merits.

It is important to consider the long-term implications of each option and make a decision that is in line with Fort Collins values and future.

A new music venue could be a great new option for local events, and it could potentially make Fort Collins an even bigger hub for live music. It is worth noting, however that the new stadium has already been doubling as a concert venue. Whether or not it makes sense to have two large music venues within five miles of each other also gives rise to another debate all its own. Beyond that,

there are more widely beneficial uses available to the land.

Not much of the area surrounding Hughes Stadium has been developed, in fact, a few of the over 40,000 acres of Fort Collins natural areas are already right next-door to the now unused lot. Most notably, just over the ridge emblazoned with the famous Aggie ‘A,’ is Horsetooth Reservoir and Natural Area. That green space is arguably the crowned jewel of Fort Collins natural areas and a major piece of the recreation lifestyle that so many of us here enjoy. It is even advertised as a primary reason to relocate to or visit our town. To develop that land into anything that might encroach on the intrinsic value of this particular natural area would be foolhardy.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED: Have an opinion on how Hughes should be repurposed? CSU is hosting a community wide open house on Oct. 18 from 6-8 p.m. at the Drake Centre, 802 W. Drake Road regarding new use for the stadium.

While affordable housing is an issue in Fort Collins, the old stadium grounds are not the place to go about fixing it. As the city

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keeps growing in population, cost of rent has not only increased, but the availability of rentals has decreased. This is an issue that affects many people in Fort Collins, including Colorado State University students and employees.

This may truly seem like a golden opportunity to build affordable and subsidized housing on the grounds and rent it cheap to the university employees in order to minimize their financial burden. After all, some of our school’s employees make as little as ten dollars an hour. This approach is a BandAid on the larger issues at play there, the long term solutions to housing problems are more likely to be found by removing problematic and discriminatory housing statutes like ‘U plus 2.’ CSU could also make some truly progressive moves and use our latest tuition increase to pay each of its employees a more substantial and livable wage.

The third option is to convert the land into a green space for public use. This option has the most clear cut benefits. Natural areas are an important part of Fort Collins. As the city continues to grow, we need to take every opportunity to install more of them and match their growth with that of the city. The idea may not do much to earn extra income for the university, like selling the

Hughes Stadium, located approximately four miles from campus, is no longer used as the University’s football stadium. PHOTO BY JENN YINGLING COLLEGIAN

land to a developer would, but it would be a quality investment in the community. Much of the area is already used regularly for recreational purposes, and with very little work, it could be drastically improved for expanded use.

The point is, with all of the options presented for using the land, which the university has no need for, a decision should be made that can benefit the entire community for years and increase the natural capital that

this city so proudly shows off.

Housing issues can be solved without sacrificing the beauty and sanctuary provided by the natural spaces occupying the foothills.

If you would like your voice heard in this matter, CSU will hold a community wide open house regarding the stadium on Oct. 18 from 6-8 p.m. at the Drake Centre, 802 W. Drake Road.

Tyler Weston can be reached at letters@collegian.com

SPORTS Wednesday, September 27, 2017

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FBI probe exposes ‘dark underbelly’ of NCAA basketball

By Mike Miller Herald-Times

Sept.

27—The college basketball world was rocked Tuesday by the announcement of a federal investigation into corruption in the sport.

Four college assistant coaches from Arizona, Southern California, Oklahoma State and Auburn were among 10 people arrested on federal charges after they were caught accepting cash bribes for directing basketball prospects toward agents, advisers and apparel companies.

From here, the farreaching implications aren’t clear. Change in college athletics has seldom come quickly, but make no mistake, Tuesday marked a watershed in how the sport proceeds.

“This revelation by the FBI exposes the dark underbelly of college basketball, which I have noted is the most corrupt of all sports,” Gerald Gurney told The Herald-Times by phone Tuesday. Gurney is past president of the Drake Group, a think tank aiming to defend higher education from the corruption of college sports.

“This concept of amateur

athletics that the NCAA is attempting to describe, or is attempting to define for the American public, is a myth.

It’s an absolute myth. I’m so happy that the FBI, who can subpoena witnesses and has some real investigative power, are finally involved.”

The NCAA was not made aware of the federal investigation until Tuesday. By that point, Auburn assistant coach and former Indiana Pacers star Chuck Person, Arizona assistant Emmanuel Richardson, Southern California’s Tony Bland and Oklahoma State’s Lamont Evans had all been arrested on federal corruption charges.

Also among those arrested is James Gatto, the director of global sports marketing for basketball at Adidas.

Although Indiana University is one of the athletic departments contractually linked with Adidas, there is no evidence at this time implicating IU in any wrongdoing.

Tuesday was believed to be merely the tip of the iceberg in a historic, two-year probe that began with a cooperating witness at the center of a U.S. Securities and Exchange

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Commission investigation telling federal investigators he had past involvement in corruption in college basketball. The unidentified witness was then used in the undercover FBI operation to unearth the seedy side of the sport.

“Is this going to open up a Pandora’s box? It could,” Seth Greenberg told The HeraldTimes. Greenberg is an ESPN basketball analyst and former head coach at Virginia Tech. “If I’m a head coach, here’s what I’m doing today. I’m bringing my staff in, I’m bringing in my compliance director and I’m bringing in my senior athletic director who oversees my sport.

“I’m just sitting there saying, ‘All right, does anyone have anything to tell me?’ I’m putting it right on the table.

‘Is there something I need to know?’ At least that way you’re opening up the door. I think that’s really important.”

Meanwhile, the University of Louisville acknowledged Tuesday that it is involved in the federal investigation.

Although the university is not mentioned by name in the criminal complaint filed in the U.S. Attorney’s office in

southern New York, a series of allegations seems to point to a school that matches Louisville’s description.

In one case included in the complaint, Gatto and others are alleged to have funneled $100,000 to the family of a high school standout to secure his commitment to Louisville.

As part of the deal, the high school player would later sign with Adidas once he turned professional, according to the complaint.

Although the player was not named, several details in the complaint indicate that it was Brian Bowen, an AllAmerican wing who played at La Lumiere, a prep school in northern Indiana. Bowen was an Indiana target early in his high school career, but that recruitment never seemed to gain traction.

Louisville, like IU, is an Adidas program.

“The shoe companies in general are not investing money in grassroots basketball because of the goodness of their heart,” Greenberg told The Herald-Times, speaking in broad terms about recruiting.

“They’re investing money in grassroots basketball to develop relationships and

trust with the best prospects.

They’re investing money in grassroots basketball to funnel money through to people to get them to go to their schools and to develop brand identity with the best players. How do you change that? I don’t know.”

Although Gatto, an Adidas executive, is charged in the probe, this is not a problem that rests solely with that company. Auburn is outfitted

by Under Armour, while Arizona, USC and Oklahoma State are outfitted by Nike.

“We have these apparel companies who have enormous influence over the conduct of not only basketball, but intercollegiate athletics in general,” Gurney said by phone. “The NCAA and its leadership, including college presidents, are miserable failures at controlling college sports. ... Change must occur here and it begins with replacing the NCAA. I think this is a clear illustration that they don’t have a clue. Or, if they have a clue, they’re misleading the American people.”

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FOOTBALL

Explosive Hawaii offense presents tough test in MW opener

By Justin Michael justinTJMichael

Colorado State football (2-2) opens Mountain West play with a pair of road games, starting with the University of Hawaii (2-2) on Saturday. After using last week’s bye to recover and prepare for what head coach Mike Bobo is referring to as the second season, the Rams will be tested with a deceptively tough road game at Aloha Stadium.

CSU has won six consecutive games in the series and nine of the last 10 games against the Rainbow Warriors, but as many schools have found out over the years, playing on the island is no easy task.

In 2015, the University of Colorado opened the season with a road loss at Hawaii. Last season five of the six regular season games in Aloha Stadium were decided by one score.

Heading into Saturday’s matchup, Bobo is emphasizing that this is an opponent the Rams cannot take lightly, especially given the unique travel conditions. The team will spend roughly eight hours on an airplane, combined with a nearly two-hour layover in San Francisco, Calif.

In preparation for the game, Bobo has talked to a variety of coaches to gain advice on how the Rams should handle team activities both before and after the contest with the Rainbow Warriors. While the uncommon kickoff time of 10 p.m. MT presents a challenge to manage fatigue, Bobo emphasized Tuesday that the team needs to focus on football and not put too much weight into the situation.

More than the kickoff time or awkward travel schedule, Bobo is more concerned with slowing down a strong Hawaii offensive unit.

“They’re very versatile.

You can see they try to be balanced,” Bobo said. “I think the percentages show that they are a little more favored in the run game, but they will threaten you down field in the passing game.”

Leading the way for the Hawaii offense is sophomore wide receiver John Ursua, who is currently leading the nation with an average of 151 receiving yards per game. Ursua is also second in the nation with a season average of ten receptions per game.

After playing in all 14 games as a freshman, Ursua

kicked off the 2017 season with an impressive 12-catch, 272yard performance against the University of Massachusetts on Aug. 26. Since that point, Ursua has consistently been quarterback Dru Brown’s No. 1 target through the air.

On the ground, the Rams will try to contain sophomore running back Dioceme Saint Juste, who has rushed for 100 yards three times this season.

In the Warriors’ most recent loss at Wyoming, Juste carried the ball 26 times for 120 yards.

The combination of the Warriors’ potent passing attack and consistent ground game also opens up the opportunity for play-action scenarios, something Hawaii has done well through the first month and Bobo noted could be a big factor Saturday.

The biggest key defensively, though, is to limit the big play.

The Warriors have an extremely explosive offense, currently tied for a nation-best seven plays of 50+ yards this season.

While the CSU defense has generally played well this season, big plays have definitely been the Rams’ achilles heel. In the most recent loss to Alabama on Sept. 16, the Rams gave up

Cornerback Kevin Nutt Jr. holds the “Bighorn Ram” belt after making a defensive stop at the Rocky Mountain Showdown on September 1, 2016.

The “Bighorn Ram” belt is paseed off between players who force a turnover during the game. PHOTO BY JACK STARKEBAUM COLLEGIAN

touchdowns of 27, 52 and 78 yards in the first half alone. With conference play on the horizon and a MW Championship in their sights, limiting explosive plays is certainly a goal for the CSU defense.

“That has been a problem for us during the first four games,” Bobo said. “I’ve talked at length about how hard we’ve played and we’ve stayed together, handled adversity. But we cannot give

up explosive plays, especially explosive plays for touchdowns.

You want to make offenses work for it. We want to make them continue to hand it off to No. 22 and try to grind it out.”

The Rams’ defense will look to help grind out a third victory of the season on Saturday, Sept.

30. The contest with Hawaii is scheduled for 10 p.m. MT. Justin Michael can be reached at jmichael@collegian.com.

Volleyball >> from page 1 A few early mistakes in the first set put the Rams behind the Cowgirls 12-15 at the media timeout. Serving was an issue as they had three errors before the break, but they quickly corrected those mistakes by getting two aces in the second half of the set.

“I didn’t tell them anything,” Hilbert said. “One of the key things we did was put Amanda Young serving for Paulina (Hougaard-Jensen)…that had her serving three times and we know she is consistent and she was serving against a rotation that was troublesome for (Wyoming).”

CSU took control of the set, ending it on a 13-2 run. Redshirt freshman Breana Runnels found the holes in the Cowgirls’ defense as well by going 5-for8 on her attacks with only one error for a .500 hitting mark in the frame.

Serving was an issue in the second set, but this time only for the Cowgirls. Wyoming had five errors in the first set and added in four more during the second frame. Those service mistakes proved costly for the Cowgirls as they outhit the Rams .242 to .202 in the set and had a 3-1 advantage in blocks.

Much like their last match

against UNLV, the Rams dominated the third and final frame by performing well in every area. The defense held the Cowgirls to a .056 hitting percentage while the offense hit at a .414 clip.

Blocking also came easy for the Rams in the final frame as they picked up four of their eight total blocks to end the match. Cizmic helped frustrate the Wyoming attackers as well by recording a team high nine digs, tied with Oleksak and senior McKenna Thornlow.

Along with Cizmic, the Rams’ outside hitters dominated the net with 11 more kills coming from Runnels and seven from senior Jasmine Hanna. Overall, the Rams hit .297 as a team while holding the Cowgirls to .154.

Wyoming is the first of four straight road games for the Rams as conference play intensifies. Playing a rival like Wyoming on the road is never easy, but the Rams fought through the 1,061 in attendance at the UniWyo Sports Complex.

“Wyoming is always hard to play and they are a really good team that we can never underestimate,” Cizmic said.

“We knew that if we play our

LARAMIE, WYOMING - Middle blocker, Paulina Hoggard-Jensen, goes up for a block against Wyoming on Sept.

26. The Rams swept the Cowgirls in three sets. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

game and if we stick to our game plan we can win that way.”

“I just feel like we were really mature,” Hilbert added.

“We didn’t miss a lot of serves.

We passed the ball well. We stayed solid and consistent for a

whole three sets.”

The same consistency will be needed as the next stop in the Rams’ conference road trip will be Colorado Springs as they travel to take on the Air Force Academy. CSU has won

46 straight matches against the Falcons and is 46-1 overall.

Their match gets underway Saturday, Sept. 30 at 1 p.m.

Austin White can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

SPORTS Wednesday, September 27, 2017

CROSS COUNTRY

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Rams sweep conference awards Air Force tickets sold out to general public

By Colin Barnard @ColinBarnard_

For the second time in the 2017 season, Colorado State cross country swept the women’s and men’s Mountain West Cross Country Athlete of the Week awards. Redshirt seniors McKenna Spillar and Jerrell Mock earned the awards, as announced by the conference on Tuesday.

The recognition follows CSU’s performance at the Roy Griak Invitational. Spillar led the women to a sixth-place team finish after placing 30th out of 188 runners in the women’s 6k. Her time of 22:35.3 was a 16-second improvement over her previous best at the event. Her time also paced all Mountain West runners throughout the week and helped the Rams improve seven positions from their finish last year.

Meanwhile, Mock became the third individual to repeat as individual champion at the event, and the first since 2002-03. In doing, Mock and the Rams became the first program to have the individual men’s Griak champion in three consecutive seasons. Former CSU All-American Jefferson Abbey began the streak in 2015. This award comes just one day after Mock was named USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Men Athlete of the Week.

This marks the second time this season that the Rams swept the weekly conference awards.

By Justin Michael @JustinTMichael

Jerrell Mock. PHOTO COURTESY OF CSU ATHLETICS

McKenna Spillar. PHOTO COURTESY OF CSU ATHLETICS

Jerrell Mock

McKenna Spillar

■ Class: Redshirt senior

■ Class: Redshirt senior

■ Hometown: Logan, Utah

■ Hometown: Littleton, Colo.

■ Repeated as individual champi-

■ Led women’s team sixth-place

Darby Gilfillan and Trent Powell earned recognition following their performance at the CSU Duals during the first week of the season. The Rams are the only team currently in the Mountain West to sweep league honors outright twice in a single cross country season.

Mock’s award is his fourth weekly accolade at CSU while Spillar earned the first award in

her collegiate career.

After the busy weekend at the Griak, CSU will next compete in the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational held at the Zimmer Championship Course in Madison, Wis. Competition begins on Friday, Oct. 13.

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

on at Roy Griak Invitational

finish at Roy Griak Invitational

Excitement for the Colorado State football team remains high in the local community, as the Rams have now sold out of tickets for the general public for two of the Rams remaining home games.

Earlier this month it was announced that standing room only tickets were all that remained for the Homecoming game against Nevada on Saturday, Oct. 14. On Tuesday, Athletic Director Joe Parker announced that general admission tickets for the Air Force game on Oct. 28 have officially sold out as well.

Students can still reserve seats for both games online through the online ticketing portal. If all the student-tickets are reserved in advance, the game will be ruled as an official sellout. If all tickets are not claimed in advance, then students will be able to claim a seat by scanning their ID directly at the gate.

CSU football is currently 2-0 in games played at the on-campus stadium in 2017. The Rams beat down Oregon State 58-27 in front of 37, 853 fans on Aug. 26. A few weeks later, CSU celebrated Ag Day with a 28-point victory over Abilene-Christian on Sept. 9.

The Rams will open up Mountain West play on the road with games at Hawaii (Sept. 30) and Utah State (Oct. 7), before hosting the Wolfpack on Oct. 14.

The Rams last played at Nevada in October of 2014, defeating the Wolfpack 31-24.

After hosting Nevada, CSU will have a quick turnaround with a game at New Mexico on Friday, Oct. 20, before hosting Air Force on Oct. 28. CSU is 1-1 against the academy over the last two seasons.

Most recently, the Rams lost a shootout to the Falcons 49-46 in 2016.

Justin Michael can be reached at jmichael@collegian.com.

Four jet fighters fly over CSU’s new stadium just before kickoff against Oregon State. PHOTO BY DAVIS BONNER COLLEGIAN

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PROFILES

Student creates Fort Collins’ newest lo-fi record label

By James Wyatt @jameswill_I_am

How do you start a record label from your bedroom? It turns out, the thrift store isn’t a bad idea.

At least, it hasn’t been for Colorado State University student Jesse Sanders who founded Plotline Records.

With the equipment he’s collected second hand, Sanders has turned his small living quarters into a recording space for artists.

“I have my futon, my record player, shipping labels and cassettes all piled up in there,” Sanders said. “My 24-track recorder, my microphone setup, piano and instruments.

Everything is in my room.”

Sanders says his setup gives his label a “genuine doit-yourself vibe,” which stems from his love of low-fidelity, rough-around-the-edges production.

Independent artists like Elliot Smith, Sufjan Stevens and the Microphones have inspired him as a musician since he was 15-years old.

“For some reason, I just love sh*tty quality music,” Sanders said. “It’s the weirdest thing, but that’s what I’ve always wanted my label to be.”

Sanders and his friend Kelly Harthan came up with the name for the label during a late-night meal at IHOP in December. “Plotline” came straight from a Death Cab for Cutie song that the two heard in the car before sitting down to talk logistics.

“It came from a song off their second LP,” Sander said.

“We heard the lyric, and we both agreed that was it. That’s totally the name. So Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie helped us come up with the name.”

Sanders remembers the two enjoying their Christmas special pancakes, praying and pondering at what was to come from the freshly founded Plotline Records.

“It was a really optimistic send-off point, and then everything just went downhill from there,” Sanders said.

A week after deciding the name of the label over pancakes, Sanders contracted viral meningitis and nearly died.

“That night that I got sick was really weird,” Sanders said. “I don’t remember most of it, but my roommate told me that I was trying to give him my Bible and that I told him I loved him.”

Sanders was unable to play music for two months and dealt with neck strain for half a year as he began to fall behind academically, financially and socially. Harthan eventually moved back to Denver and fell out of close contact with Sanders.

“It was a really stressful time, but I started reading a lot more and began to write music on my own,” Sanders said. “I’m just glad to be alive.”

As Sanders started to write more songs and record them on his 24-track recorder, the idea of reviving Plotline Records kept coming up. When Sanders met Macy Wagner after her performance at an open mic night, he knew he wanted to sign her to the label.

“She played one of her original songs called ‘Too Weak,’ and I just thought it was awesome,” Sanders said. “I sent her what one of my songs sounded like to show her what my production is like, and she luckily wanted to record.”

As the two’s collaboration began, Sanders and Wagner bonded over the fact they were two musicians who have overcome stage fright to perform.

“He has just accepted me and my art completely, a

hundred percent,” Warner said. “I am so grateful for that. Most people in this industry wouldn’t take me very seriously because I’m so young.”

Jesse Sanders smiles as he talks about Plotline Records, a music label of his own creation. Sanders plays and produces out of the corner of his bedroom as he enters his third year at CSU. PHOTO BY MAYA SHOUP COLLEGIAN

has

goal of having one of her songs published on Spotify, something she wanted to accomplish before graduating high school. As Plotline Record’s first signee, Wagner believes she is closer to being able to share her music with the world.

“My music has been a form of therapy for tapping into the pain and aggression that I’ve had to deal with in the past,” Wagner said. “It’s been a healthy way for me to turn all this into something beautiful and all I’ve wanted is to present it on a platform in the most genuine way possible.”

To Wagner, Sanders has been the mentor she has always wanted out of her peers.

It’s the type of mentorship she hopes to show someone else one day.

“People like him are really far and few between,” Warner said. “When you find someone like him, you need to take their best qualities and show them to the rest of the world and to the people you love.”

James Wyatt can be reached at entertainment@collegian. com.

At 16-years-old, Warner already achieved her

FORT COLLINS LIFE

Mountains, parking and beer: The best and worst things about FoCo

By Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri @dudesosad

When people think of Fort Collins, they might think of Colorado State University or the famed beer scene. They might think of biking. With a long history, the city is experiencing rapid growth and expansion.

With this growth, there are inevitably consequences.

THE GOOD AND THE BAD ■ The good: Friendliness, laid-

back atmosphere, the MAX, green-friendly environment and the proximity to the mountains and other venues.

■ The bad: Traffic, construction, lack of diversity and rent costs.

“Fort Collins is a city that has a huge community feeling,” said Becky Anderson, a senior biology major at Colorado State University.

The friendly atmosphere

of the town is a positive for Anderson.

“Everyone’s willing to say hello and ask about your day,” Anderson said.

Amy Summerfield, a junior social work major at CSU, grew up in Boulder and is able to discern the differences between the two Colorado towns.

“People are just easier to approach,” Summerfield said.

Besides the friendly atmosphere, Fort Collins offers a variety of activities that people can participate in, said Fort Collins resident Dakota Hahn.

“There’s something for everybody,” said the junior political science major at CSU. “If you want to go to bars, you can go to bars. If you want to go hiking, you can go hiking.”

However, students also had their share of issues, the most common being traffic and construction issues. Students also had issues with growth and diversity as well.

“I love it,” said Patrick Lafferty, a senior social work major at CSU. “But it depends

Old Town Fort Collins square seen during sunset. COLLEGIAN FILE PHOTO

on who you are. The Hispanic population that has been pushed to the edge by gentrification.”

The increased rate of rent is pushing people out and making less valued housing more expensive. The city could improve in a number of areas, namely better social services and lowering housing costs, Lafferty

said “The city isn’t thinking about long-term growth,” Anderson said.

Fort Collins can improve by looking at other rapidly growing metropolises and assessing their methods of preparation, Anderson said.

The good: Friendliness, laid-

back atmosphere, the MAX, green-friendly environment and the proximity to the mountains and other venues.

The bad: Traffic, construction, lack of diversity and rent costs.

Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

ARTS & CULTURE Wednesday, Serptember 27, 2017

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David Freed: Novelist, Pulitzer Prize-winner and CSU professor

By Nate Day @NateMDay

All good stories start with characters. For David Freed, an adjunct professor in the journalism department at Colorado State University, it is a rule he applies to his writing and seemingly his own life.

After coming to CSU in 1972 to get as far away from home as possible while remaining in the state, Freed studied biomedical sciences, with the goal of becoming a doctor. After his first quarter, he reconsidered.

“I had an English teacher that told me I was apt for writing,” Freed said. “Then after my first quarter, my GPA was in the tank. Then it was like a light went off in my head.”

Freed altered his trajectory and began studying journalism, a decision he partly attributes to his fascination with the Watergate scandal, which had just been made public.

Eventually, Freed started writing for The Rocky Mountain Collegian where he often reported on Fort Collins City Council meetings, an assignment that he didn’t find terribly

exciting.

Freed said his major change was a good idea. After graduating, he wrote for major newspapers, magazines and Hollywood studios. His writing also led to him and his team at the Los Angeles Times bagging a Pulitzer Prize for their reporting on the Rodney King riots in 1992.

Despite the illustrious career, Freed manages to stay humble by remembering the work of his peers.

“I didn’t anticipate the award

“The Kill Circle,” the sixth novel in Freed’s mystery series, will be released on Oct. 31. at all,” Freed said. “We work in a field where so many journalists’ best work is never recognized, and they are fine journalists.”

Freed’s career brought him to many publications including the Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic and Smithsonian Air and Space, where he still writes about his other passion: aviation.

In addition, Freed has reported on Desert Storm, worked for the FX network and

written five fiction novels. “The Kill Circle,” the sixth novel in Freed’s mystery series, will be released on Oct. 31.

His experience in conjunction with his accolades made him a viable candidate to join the team of journalism instructors at CSU. Greg Luft, head of the Journalism and Media Communications Department at CSU, said Freed teaches to share the wisdom he gained through years of success in the industry.

“He teaches because he wants to put students in a position to gain the same kind of success that he encountered,” Luft said. “In the classroom, he considers himself successful only if his students make significant progress.”

It’s not just his colleagues he impresses but his students as well.

“David challenged me to step beyond my comfort zone, especially with interviews and research,” said Dixie Crowe, a graduate student in the Natural Resources Department. “I actually hear his voice in my head saying ‘says who?’ when I’m reading.”

Freed taught Crowe’s course

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David Freed, journalism professor at Colorado State University, sits in his office in Clark C. Freed is a Putlzer prize winner and published novelist. PHOTO BY JOSH CONTRERAS COLLEGIAN

on specialized magazine writing, which resulted in her being published in Rocky Mountain Quarter Horse Magazine in 2014.

Not only is Freed a decorated journalist with the respect and admiration of his peers, but he’s loved by his students for his aptitude for fun as well.

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And it’s very easy to do that.”

Collegian reporter Nate Day can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

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CULTURE

CSU reacts: Are Hydro Flasks worth the hype?

By Mareena Winchell @mareenaaa_

One of the most popular trends at Colorado State University is a reusable water bottle. Leave it to the school known for its sustainability to rave about an eco-friendly container.

Hydro Flasks are a vacuumsealed, stainless steel water bottle that come in a variety of sizes and colors.

“I am a die-hard fan,” said Melanie Flores, a junior studying biology at CSU. “These water bottles last a very long time, and they keep (your drink) very cold.”

Odds are, you’ve seen a Hydro Flask on campus.

“Any reusable water bottle is a good water bottle.”

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“I am not sure what it is about these water bottles that have made an impact on the water bottle community, but they sure have taken over,” said Joe Salver, a sophomore business major at CSU. “I cannot walk anywhere on our campus without seeing someone with these water bottles.”

Hector Torrez, a junior at

CSU studying sustainability, said Hydro Flasks are a great purchase because they help the environment.

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“Any reusable water bottle is a good water bottle,” Torrez said. “The only thing with Hydro Flasks that sets them apart is that they last for a very long time. With cheaper water bottles, one will have to replace it because it gets nasty or falls apart, but not with Hydro Flasks.”

Samantha Groundman, an undeclared freshman at CSU, said these water bottles are pricey but worth it.

“They cost a pretty penny, do not get me wrong,” Groundman said. “I was so against spending around $40 for a single water bottle for the longest time, but I finally caved when I saw a lot of people with them. They obviously have to be worth the price if so many people purchase them.”

Javier Numez, a junior at CSU studying health and exercise science, said these water bottles are overhyped and not worth the extra money.

“These water bottles are dumb,” Numez said. “I just do

Hydro Flax water bottles are vacuum sealed and are designed to maintain temperatures, both hot and cold, and they are selling at local stores. PHOTO BY ERICA GISENHAGEN COLLEGIAN

not understand how one would want to spend so much money on a single water bottle when they can get another water bottle for less than half the price.”

Some notable features on the water bottles are the bright colors and the logo.

“The colors on these water bottles are just so cute, and they do not have any condensation,” said Brittney Waters, a sophomore studying fashion

design at CSU. “I love that my hydro flask does not sweat because when water bottles do, it’s just nonsense. It has a pretty color, does not sweat, and for me, it keeps ice cold for about almost two days.”

Jennifer Castro, a sophomore at CSU studying horticulture, said Hydro Flasks make an impact on people’s lives.

“One time my friend dropped her Hydroflask and

cried because it had a dent in it,” Castro said. “One thing I noticed with these water bottles is that once someone buys a hydro flask, they never go back to any other brand of water bottles. I personally do not have one yet, but I am thinking of investing in one because they seem durable and worth the money.”

Mareena Winchell can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

ARTS & CULTURE Wednesday, September 27, 2017

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Solange takes a knee at Hollywood Bowl during a night of R&B spiritual nourishment

By Mikael Wood Los Angelas Time

LOS ANGELES — A sanctuary, a dance club, a football field: Solange transformed the Hollywood Bowl into each during a stunning concert Sunday that presented soul music as a means of spiritual nourishment and bodily ecstasy and also of protest at a moment when access to those virtues feels increasingly endangered for some.

Performing almost a year to the date after the release of “A Seat at the Table,” her gorgeous, Grammy-winning album about the threat to black self-determination in America, the singer told the capacity crowd, “This is church tonight, y’all,” then convened an expansive string section to back her for the soothing “Cranes in the Sky.” For “Losing You,” she brought out Dev Hynes of Blood Orange, who created the jubilant disco

track with her and here scratched out effervescent guitar licks that gave folks sitting down little choice but to jump to their feet.

And to finish the resolute “Don’t Touch My Hair,” Solange dropped to one knee in solidarity with the many NFL players who’d done so earlier Sunday in defiance of President Donald Trump’s crude warnings that such demonstrations should cost them their jobs.

The thundering applause at the Bowl made it clear where her fans stood on that issue; it also demonstrated that only Solange’s sister, Beyonce, may be held in higher esteem by an audience.

But that palpable adoration didn’t diminish the sense that something was on the line in this show that Solange is committed to using R&B to engage the complicated questions of the day, not (or not merely) to reaffirm familiar ideas of love and devotion.

She wasn’t the only one so determined Sunday. In addition to everything else, the Bowl served as a kind of clubhouse in a production that Solange curated and called “Cosmic Journey”; also on the bill were Blood Orange, Kelela, King, Moses Sumney and Kelsey Lu, all as open-minded about R&B as the evening’s headliner.

Leading an expert band complete with backing vocalists and a saxophone player, Blood Orange’s Hynes sang about depression and the slipperiness of identity in tunes that blended pointillist synth patterns with rubbery, 1980s-style funk bass.

Kelela evoked the blurring of the line between humans and machines, singing florid melodic lines as a keyboardist and a guy behind a laptop pumped out jagged, futuristic grooves.

And King, based in Los Angeles, triggered warm memories of Stevie Wonder’s lush mid-’70s balladry

then pushed the music to a trippy textural extreme that suggested some type of infinite wave. (Not for nothing did the smell of weed come wafting through the cool canyon air during the trio’s set.)

As well received as these acts were, the evening clearly belonged to Solange, who was performing in L.A. just two months after she drew an enormous crowd at July’s FYF Fest in Exposition Park.

As at the earlier gig, the 31-year-old singer was backed by a small, reliable combo and joined periodically by string and horn players numbering around a dozen.

But here, those players had room to arrange themselves in dramatic columns on a wide staircase that Solange didn’t bring to FYF; the staging accentuated the crisp precision of Solange’s choreography, which involved not just her and her background singers but her guitarist and

bassist too. (Solange didn’t allow The Times to photograph her set, an unfortunately common occurrence among artists whose visual ambition makes their performances precisely the ones that should be seen.)

In the middle of her show which pulled heavily from “A Seat at the Table” for songs like “Rise,” “Mad” and “F.U.B.U.,” the last of which she delivered while weaving between the Bowl’s lower boxes Solange reached back for the sweetly yearning “Crush,” a song from the debut album she released when she was 16.

Then she introduced Hynes for “Losing You” and a handful of other tunes from the “True” EP he co-produced songs, Solange said, “we wrote when we were babies.”

“True” came out in 2012. Five years isn’t long to grow up, but it’s all the time she had.

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NATIONAL

After Semisonic, songwriter Dan Wilson is usually someone else’s genius (like Adele)

By Steve Knopper Chicago Tribune

Dan Wilson noticed something curious about Adele.

On live recordings of the smash they wrote together, “Someone Like You,” the British pop superstar frequently avoids the impossible high notes she nailed so beautifully in the 2011 original. Wilson, the prolific songwriter and former Semisonic and Trip Shakespeare frontman who revisits the song on his own new album, “Re-Covered,” has a theory about this: For Adele, and Adele alone, the climactic notes in her signature ballad make her voice seem ... sloppy.

“Those high notes were a point of contention between her and me. I loved them. It’s her breaking out of the chains of being a mortal person, and she turns into a goddess of singing at that point,” he says by phone from his Los Angeles home. “But there’s also something very vulnerable, (like) the world is about to blow up. I don’t want to guess too much, but she doesn’t sing in a messy way, ever. She doesn’t lose her (stuff ), you know?”

Wilson, 56, is one of those songwriters, from Jimmy Webb to Max Martin to Sia, who has the perfect touch and timing to build other singers’ pop hits. Although he started out in

bands Semisonic’s biggest hit was 1998’s unavoidable “Closing Time” he worked with singers such as Rachael Yamagata and Jason Mraz before landing his first superstar collaboration in 2006 with the Dixie Chicks.

He helped them write several songs, including “Not Ready to Make Nice,” a slow-building rocker that addressed the country trio’s famous on-stage critique of President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq.

“I wanted to make sure that we didn’t lose track of how they felt about their misadventure, about the isolation of having such a certain kind of integrity, about being threatened and hated for their opinions,” Wilson says. “I really didn’t want it to be a political song, in particular, because I felt like we’d miss a more interesting or powerful story. And all of us would agree, we didn’t want to write something preachy.”

Wilson has since cowritten hits for Taylor Swift (“Treacherous”), John Legend (“You And I”), Josh Groban (“If I Walk Away”) and Chris Stapleton (“When the Stars Come Out”). All, including “Treacherous” and “Someone Like You,” are on “Re-Covered,” in Wilson’s own, appealing high pitch, produced with the feel of “MTV Unplugged” or even Johnny Cash’s stripped-

down, early-’90s albums with producer Rick Rubin.

“I wanted to make a little travelogue of what I’ve been doing for the past 10 or 15 years I’ve been doing my own solo records at the same time, but just wanting to show people that journey I’ve been on, to bring it together in one place,” he says. “And I’ve always had this idea that great songs were portable. They could go from one setting to another and still be great. I grew up in Minnesota, where up at the lake or in the woods, someone would have a guitar, and you’d pass it around, and someone would sing pop songs.”

Noticeably, Wilson elevates to a falsetto to achieve the “Someone Like You” notes that were so effortless for Adele.

His version has less power and drama but is more plainspoken and relatable. “I was very aware of trying to avoid doing an Adele impression, trying to get my own take,” he says. “So where she rises up to that apocalyptic, earth-shattering moment, I have to do something different.

With the help of (collaborators) Kronos Quartet, instead of going up, we went in, and it still works.”

Born in Minneapolis, Wilson developed his musical abilities along with his brother, Matt, with whom he performed

in Trip Shakespeare, a rock band that had catchy, underrated songs like “Bachelorette” and “Lulu.” The band didn’t sell many records, so it lost its deal with a major record label, prompting Dan Wilson to split to form Semisonic. “Closing Time” was a smash, released in the final years of rock’s radio dominance, just before Napster kicked in to kill off CD sales, but the group languished after that.

Over the past nine years, Wilson has put out strong albums, like 2007’s “Free Life,” reunited with his brother for a 2009 concert and sporadically played reunion shows with Semisonic, most recently at their former home base Minneapolis in June. But Wilson is far better known, and makes far more money, as a behind-the-scenes songwriter.

During the half-hour phone

interview, he is told a story, gleaned from the radio, about how the great Webb gave Glen Campbell his classic “Wichita Lineman” minus a final verse.

Webb ran into Campbell a few weeks later. Campbell said he and his band had already cut the song. “But it isn’t finished!”

Webb said.

Responded Campbell: “It is now.”

In response, Wilson, who agonizes over songs well after they’re finished, laughs heartily for 15 seconds. Then he calms down and says: “You’ve got to be lucky in so many ways in music, and you even have to be lucky in the good song taste of your collaborators. Because you’re counting on them to stop you from making that one last mistake.”

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