Vol 127, No 66, November 27, 2017

OPINION

Vol. 127, No. 66 Monday, November 27, 2017

WHY WE THINK JOSH SILVA WAS IMPEACHED PAGE 6

SPORTS

RAMS DRAW REMATCH AGAINST MICHIGAN PAGE 10

A&C

MARCHING BAND WILL LEAD PARADE OF LIGHTS PAGE 12

Dealing in the Dorms A CSU student recounts his experience dealing drugs while living in dorms. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ZOE JENNINGS AND TONY VILLALOBOS MAY COLLEGIAN

Student reflects on experience drug dealing

By Henry Netherland @NetherlandHenry

Editor’s Note: Some subjects who are quoted in this article will remain anonymous due to the illegality of their actions described in the article.

It’s late at night. You’re walking home, and a man appears out of the shadows, offering you some drugs. You refuse. He offers again. This time, more persistently. Attempting to avoid

conflict, you give in and take a puff.

When most people hear the words “drug dealer,” they imagine a scenario similar to the one above. However, a former drug dealer at Colorado State University says the reality is much different from the nightmare-inducing fantasies created by parents, teachers and popular culture.

He first smoked marijuana

with a friend when he was 15. It was the first time smoking for both of them, and there were a few setbacks.

“We didn’t break anything up,” he said. “We just set the nug on f*cking fire. But then we realized that we needed to make a pipe, so we made it out of a can. ... Looking back at it now, I’m like, ‘that’s horrible.’”

He began selling drugs almost accidentally. He did not

According to a study conducted at the University of Michigan, daily use of marijuana by college students is the highest it has been in 30 years.

officially begin until November 2016 in Newsom Hall, a dormitory at CSU. Before that, he was acting as an intermediary between a distributor and their customers.

“It started out with me being like, ‘Well, I know this guy, and I can get you this because I know this guy,’” he said. “And so it started out sort of like a middleman business see DRUG DEAL on page 11 >>

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SCIENCE

Student researcher studies conservation in China

By Zoe Jennings @zoe_jennings4

The two hardest things that Francis Commerçon has done in his life are interviewing 200 rural Chinese villagers and raising a wild owlet.

Many who know Commerçon describe him as modest, intensely smart and trustworthy.

“Francis is one of the nicest guys I know,” said his friend, Nolan Bunting. “He’s kinda quiet, kinda reserved, but he’s very willing to help out and is always there to have your back.”

Beyond his modest demeanor and ability to put people at ease when talking to them, Commerçon is a hard worker who is constantly thinking.

When he was in fifth grade, older mentors taught him how to go birding. In high school, he remembers catching birds in nets and putting numbered metal bands on their legs to track migration and participating in other various citizen science projects.

When Commerçon came to Colorado State University, he co-founded the CSU Field Ornithologists club in order to cultivate a birding community at the University.

During the fall semester of his sophomore year at CSU, he decid-

ed to study abroad in China under a program that concentrated on anthropology and journalism, although his majors are wildlife biology and biological sciences.

It was an intense semester, and Commerçon earned 16 class credits while traveling around China. The semester culminated in an independent study project, when he was given four weeks and an allotment of money and was expected to produce a 20-minute presentation and a 50-page report.

Commerçon stayed with a family of a researcher he had never met. The family was ethnically Dai and lived in a small village in Xishuangbanna.

While in the village, he talked with local researchers and observed that the bird populations had been “decimated,” he said.

Silver pheasant, jungle fowl, even crow and duck populations were depleted and green peacocks were extinct in the area.

Returning in the summer of 2016, Commerçon came back to continue volunteering at the World Agroforestry Center under a grant he received from the Boettcher Foundation and the honors college at CSU. Through surveys, he found that about 44 percent of households had a person who had hunted birds within the past three

years, according to Commerçon.

Beyond the obvious cultural differences, conservation had a different meaning for the people he surveyed.

“I see it as a public service that benefits everyone,”Commerçon said. “But for them conservation is law enforcement. It’s police raids.

It’s undercover spies.”

Commerçon returned to the village during the summer of 2017 to conduct more research.

He planned for the research to be used for his honors thesis project at CSU. Now that Commerçon could identify the problem while understanding the cultural differences he sought to ask questions that would lead him to answering why the wildlife was being over hunted.

Commerçon sought to answer questions through categories such as attitudes toward bird conservation, scale of hunting and motivations for consumption of wild meat.

Delwin Benson, one of Commerçon’s honors thesis advisers, studied hunters for most of his career and understands the complicated dynamic between hunters and conservationists.

“I sometimes worried about him being in a situation where he is interacting with people who are doing something illegal and by in-

Francis Commercon, a volunteer ornithologist at CSU, pointsout a raptor nest in Lory State Park. PHOTO BY ERICA GIESENHAGEN COLLEGIAN

ference does that make him a possible person to be looking down upon by the government,” said Benson, a professor in the department of fishery and wildlife biology at CSU. In the end, Commerçon interviewed 200 people in five villages during that summer.

“The process this summer has got to be the most difficult thing I’ve ever done in my life, except for perhaps last summer when I raised a baby owl and that was very

difficult as well,” Commerçon said.

A villager had taken the owl from its parents. Commerçon could not help but raise it. The baby owl was nocturnal, blind in the day light and only ate meat.

He constructed an enclosure and trained the creature how to hunt.

As a result, Commerçon lost a lot of sleep, he said.

The extensive surveying led to Commercon learning how hard and time-consuming social see CONSERVATION on page 5 >>

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CITY

State builds roads in hopes of trading out alternative transportation

By Samantha Ye @samxye4

Completing a passenger rail for the long-term but expanding the highway in the short-term make up a large part of the future transportation plans for northern Colorado.

The last community issues forum of the year, hosted by Sen. John Kefalas and Rep. Joann Ginal, featured an expert panel to discuss the future of Colorado transportation.

The panel consisted of Andy Karsian, legislative liaison for Colorado Department of Transportation; Jim Souby, president of Colorado Rail Passenger Association; and Becky Karasko, regional transportation planning director for North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization.

According to Souby, CRPA’s

main concern now is getting a Front Range passenger rail running from the north to south border along Interstate 25.

Souby and Karasko both serve on the new passenger rail commission, which will facilitate the rail’s development.

As far as funding goes, Souby said the conversation about the cost of rail has changed now that it costs an equitable amount to expand the highway.

“If we could build significant passenger rail capacity in that (I25) corridor, it will sustain and carry fourteen times as many people as (an) interstate highway,” Souby said. “It’s an extraordinarily efficient system. It just has a high front-end cost, and that’s where the challenge is for us.”

A majority of Colorado’s transportation funding comes from state and federal gas tax, over

half of which goes toward simply maintaining the existing infrastructure, according to Karsian.

CDOT, on average, has an annual shortfall of $1 billion.

Some of that money is made back through certificates of participations or COPs, since Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) prevents the state from going into debt without obtaining voter approval first.

“We sell state buildings to a private entity who wants to buy it and then buy it back and use that money for the roads, essentially,” Karsian said. “That’s what a COP does.”

The nature of obtaining funds means a rail system would require ballot measures to push through, according to Souby. He cited a survey which showed a majority of those in the Front Range supported using $50 million of a $700

million sales tax for a passenger rail system, but the same measure had far less support in western counties. As such, the rail commission has discussed seeking funding from a special district limited to those served by the rail, since a statewide measure would likely not pass.

However, as a long-term project, Souby said the rail will take a gradual, step-by-step approach with just a few rails to test the competitiveness of the system against automobiles.

In the meantime, CDOT is pursuing the expansion of the interstates to deal with congestion.

While Karsian acknowledged the state cannot build itself out of congestion, it is a short-term solution.

“Why are we still building highways? Because we have to,” Karsian said. “Because we can’t

build the rails right now. Because we don’t have the hyperloop.

And our roads are congested and they’re unsafe and we have 1950s roads for a 2020 environment. So, that’s why we keep building roads.”

Karsian said the main concern of CDOT was improving the safety of the roads, but the complexities of switching to safer alternative transportation made it a challenging task.

“We build the roads in order to hopefully have rail and technology and other things, so that we don’t need to build the roads later,” Karsian said.

According to Karasko, the multimodal transportation buildout plan for northern Colorado, involving all projects around I-25, is set to be complete by 2075.

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

CAMPUS

Students apply for passports through on-campus fair

By Samantha Ye @samxye4

Colorado State University’s first passport fair took place allday Thursday in the Laurel Village Pavilion and saw an attendance of 127 people.

Students could either make an appointment or walk-in with the properly prepared paperwork to get their passports.

Hosted by the Education Abroad department, the event intends to get students thinking about international opportunities and remove a potential barrier, according to Aimee Jones, assistant director of Education Abroad.

“In order to have an international experience—whether it’s study abroad, intern abroad, travel abroad, research or as part

Conservation >> from page 3

science research is, along with the complex relationship between wildlife conservation and culture, he said.

Many honors students receive platitudes from advisers and professors, but for Commerçon’s advisors, they really mean it.

“He’s a top-knotch person,” Benson said. “Should I give him my advice, or should I just let him do it his way because it might be better?”

Jennifer Solomon also advised Commerçon’s thesis project.

“It’s pretty unusual for students to realize that

of your career—the one thing you absolutely will need is a passport,” Jones said. “ A United States passport costs $135, not including the cost of the photo, and is valid for 10 years, which means it can be applied to any other travel opportunities as they arise. Students can now get passport photos in the RamCard Office.

During the fair, 92 students applied for free, having received free passport scholarships.

To be eligible for the scholarship, students like Alexandra Lager, a junior electrical engineering major, need to be U.S. citizens, have a campus staff member’s nomination, demonstrate a financial need and never have had a passport before.

Although Lager was not able to do study abroad because of limited opportunities for her current year and major, she said she still wants to travel, potentially to Denmark where her ancestors owned a castle.

“I was actually hoping to get my passport two years ago, like as a birthday present, but it was never in the budget for my family or myself … but, now that I have a passport, I’m so excited,” Lager said.

According to Jones, a fall 2018 passport fair is already in the works along with 100 free passport scholarships.

Passports from passport fairs usually arrive within two to five weeks, according to Jones, which is about half the time of traditional applications.

Jones said that many students have found it easier and more comfortable to get their passports on campus with CSU staff.

Sophomore Spanish major Hannah Wieseler said the fair came at the perfect time as she was planning to go to Valparaíso, Chile in spring with hopes of learning to speak Spanish fluently.

“Ever since I declared (a) Spanish major, I’ve wanted to do a study abroad,” Wieseler said. “And it’s kind of intimidating because there’s so much you have to do…so it was really nice to have the University’s support with the passport stuff.”

Wieseler was a walk-in applicant and said she found the process very easy.

Several official passport

conservation work revolves around the people,” said Solomon, a professor in the Warner College of Natural Resources. “To do that at his stage in his career is impressive.”

In the end, Commerçon extrapolated several results from his surveying. Some of these results included that eating wild meat tastes better than domestic meat, people would still hunt even if it weren’t fun, and the villagers are aware of the bird population decline and they appreciate birds for aesthetic reasons. A finding that inspired Commerçon to conduct more research is the result that the greatest predictor of hunting was the community social norms around it.

Commerçon plans on visiting Xishuangbanna over winter

break. During this visit, he will be able to explore the culture more deeply, he said.

Mingxia Zhang, Commerçon’s advisor in China and an assistant professor at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens, recently received a grant to improve conservation education in the village. Commerçon will return in summer 2018 to help with the project.

“He’s serious in data collection when he’s doing interviews and always works very hard,” Zhang said. “Many people in our office think his work is meaningful as over hunting is a serious threat to local biodiversity.”

Zoe Jennings can be reached at news@collegian.com

CAMPUS

agents from Denver came to help with the event. The fair also included booths from the Peace Corps, Education Abroad and the Office of Financial Aid, who informed students about the financial aspects of education abroad.

“Finances can be a barrier, and we don’t want (them) to be,” said Erica Norris, financial aid coordinator.

According to Norris, 99.9 percent of financial aid can be applied toward travel abroad.

“This is really our last shot (to travel abroad) before you have a mortgage, before you have kids, you know,” Wieseler said. “I’m grabbing life, and I’m gonna go for it—so, I’m excited.”

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

Racist email about student prompts public safety alert

By Joe Manely @joemanely

Colorado State University President Tony Frank and the Public Safety Team issued a public safety alert Friday afternoon before students set off for Fall Break in response to investigations of a racist email targeting a CSU student.

According to the email from CSU Public Safety, a small group of faculty members received a racist email that referred to a specific student. It was sent from a spoof account, leading the CSU Police Depart-

ment and IT officials to investigate the source of the email.

“CSU strongly condemns this behavior and has moved quickly to investigate and prevent further abuses,” the email said.

The alert is all the Public Safety Team can say right now.

Frank requested for anyone with information to contact CSUPD via phone call.

The message concluded with a brief message, “CSU is #NoPlace4H8.”

Joe Manely can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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OPINION Monday, November 27, 2017

COLLEGIAN EDITORIAL

Why the ASCSU president was (really) impeached

By The Collegian Editorial Board @CSU Collegian

Editor’s note: This is an editorial. Editorials do not reflect the view of all employees of the Collegian, but instead represent a stance taken by the Collegian’s editorial board, which consists of the editor-in-chief, the managing editor, the digital production manager, the news editors, the opinion editor, the sports editors and the arts and culture editors.

We went home to our families last week and realized we failed you. When our parents asked, “So, they impeached that guy?

Why?” we sighed. When we saw the same question in our Facebook comments section, we struggled to answer.

Unless you have been following our news coverage religiously since the beginning of the semester and reading in between the lines, it’s difficult to understand why CSU’s student body president, Josh Silva, was impeached. Even Senator Kevin Sullivan, after being presented with over 100 pages of jumbled evidence that night, said the body was left with more questions than answers.

Our campus deserves to know what happened. We were on this since before it was even a story.

The same people who covered the election last spring when Silva won by a handful of votes are the same people who heard rumors about impeachment before the semester even started. We followed it

from beginning to end: meeting off the record, digging through documents, requesting records and promising anonymity if someone, anyone, would be brave enough to tell our readers why.

But, sometimes we’re limited in what we can show you, and sometimes answering the question of “Why?” instead of simply “What?” requires interpretation.

So, here, we offer one answer; our own interpretation of what happened, as outsiders (without a stake in an outcome) who were offered an inside look.

Silva’s impeachment started long before the first senate session of the year. If we look at the timeline Silva and Senator Cerridwyn Nordstrom included in the impeachment evidence, it’s easy to see the process started before he won the election. A group of conservative students on campus (The Conservative Interest Group, now an LLC, that started out as a caucus of student government two years ago) endorsed Silva and Michael Wells for ASCSU president and vice president. To them, the candidates’ platform appeared to be the most fiscally conservative.

After Silva won, the timeline shows that Nordstrom, and presumably other liberal-leaning senators, were concerned that his presidency would be a “major loss for diversity,” since he was endorsed by CIG, which has a long track record of controversial stances in ASCSU and on campus. The

beginning of the impeachment was political, despite claims by Nordstrom that it was not.

Then, senate went on recess for the summer, and Silva’s cabinet stayed to work. The marketing director, Kyrie Merline, couldn’t be there over the summer, and Silva had concerns early on about her performance. She came into the position in August worried about her job—a problem that was amplified by Silva’s relationship with another person in the marketing department. The relationship eventually sparked the Office of Equal Opportunity investigation to determine whether Silva was giving his partner preferential treatment in the department.

Merline said in her remarks at the last senate session that she feared for her job and had her selfworth questioned. Whether or not Silva was actually planning to fire Merline and promote his partner (an accusation that was made, but not yet proved, as the OEO investigation is ongoing), it’s clear that Silva had fundamental problems communicating with and leading his cabinet.

Finally, there are several claims that Silva acted inappropriately and unprofessionally in the office. Some members said he made them uncomfortable coming to work. Others said they felt the need to resign due to his intimidation tactics, among other accusations, most of which we interpret as a characterization of his inability

to show empathy and thus resolve the issues that began to pile on with each negative interaction.

All of this created a toxic work environment, escalated by Silva’s complete denial of any responsibility for the issues at hand throughout the process.

There’s also the non-issue of the Wall Street Journal contract.

Silva was supposedly impeached because he violated the ASCSU Constitution when he failed to consult the senate before negotiating the terms of providing the newspaper to campus. But, to be frank, violations like this happen all the time. In the years we’ve covered ASCSU, we’ve found them forgetful, even negligent, when it comes to sticking to their constitution.

While this is not an excuse for Silva, precedent would suggest that a president would not be impeached for a procedural violation.

In fact, the senate itself was in violation during the impeachment because, according to the organization’s impeachment procedures, they are technically supposed to go into an executive session (They didn’t because CSU General Counsel advised against it in order to comply with open meetings law in Colorado. But, they did not even comply with that, because they held the vote by secret ballot—not legal if complying with sunshine law).

The Wall Street Journal violation was, at best, a small additive

to the larger concern for the toxic environment helped by, if not inspired by, poor leadership, and at worst, a cover-up. His admittance of fault here is not helpful because the members didn’t really care about The Wall Street Journal contract. They cared about their friends who felt harassed, threatened and intimidated.

And, because ASCSU has a tendency of scheming behind closed doors to solve problems rather than confronting each other openly, three petitions were filed, 120 pages of evidence was submitted (some of which was supposed to be redacted, but accidentally wasn’t), and a University investigation (of which the results should be released in the near future) was initiated.

We’ve been told that the organization is going to work on revising their impeachment procedures. They should. But more than that, they should reflect, openly and directly with one another, on how a toxic culture starts in the first place. Perhaps it was best said by Senator Isaiah Martin that night when he asked his peers, “Is this an organization that you want to be able to proudly say you were in?” Right now, if this culture of what Merline described that night as drama and backdoor meetings continues, the answer appears to be no.

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COLLEGIAN EDITORIAL

The FCC’s current agenda is pro-corporate, dangerous ByThe Collegian Editorial Board @CSUCollegian

Local media is under attack now more than ever. In the era of fake news and record levels of distrust in the media, we’re threatened with having our voices taken away.

The Federal Communications Commission Tuesday recently moved to eliminate the current net neutrality protections put in place in 2015. We have written about this issue previously, and since then, there have been a record 22 million public comments on the FCC’s proposal. In spite of all the public discussion that has taken place, the FCC has pressed forward with its plan to reclassify internet service providers and remove the existing net neutrality protections.

Many of the flaws in the FCC’s reasoning have been discussed.

We need to talk about the impact.

Net neutrality is the idea that internet providers must treat all traffic equally and prevents pro-

viders from preferring some traffic over other traffic. Think about how you are able to call anyone on the phone, regardless of who they are. Removing net neutrality rules sets us up for a scenario analogous to cable TV, where providers saddle you with packages of channels that you will never watch but also restrict you from watching a specific channel without purchasing 50 others.

Repealing net neutrality protections could transform internet service into a cable TV style purchasing process, eliminating consumer option and restricting the open nature of the internet.

This restructuring would damage smaller sites, such as The Collegian, that aren’t big enough or powerful enough to get their name in these bundles.

The principle of net neutrality is what keeps small companies afloat on the internet and competitive with websites with far more money and reach. It becomes even more important when considering how little competition is

present in the consumer internet provider market, with many rural or poorer areas having a single provider to choose from. Dismantling net neutrality could perhaps work in a competitive market, but that is not the reality we face today.

Why does this matter to The Collegian?

Small media companies rely on the principle of net neutrality to compete and succeed. We don’t have the backing of a major company to fund us or to advocate for us. Without net neutrality rules, users accessing our website could experience slower speeds or even be blocked from visiting our website entirely. In turn, we could be blocked from reaching our most important audience (That’s you!).

At its core, net neutrality prevents internet service providers from dictating what you see and do on the internet. Media companies are especially vulnerable. We’re already dealing with the bubbles that social media has put around us. To further divide access to information on the internet is dan-

gerous.

Why does this matter to all of us?

These rules are not just about consumer protection, they are about protecting the very nature of the internet that relies on openness and competitiveness to push technology and information forward.

But, internet service providers (ISPs) blocking specific sites is a worst-case scenario. This isn’t going to happen overnight. Regardless of the vote in December, we won’t immediately see huge changes. The problem comes from the long-term effects. ISPs that own media companies could start to prefer their content over others, giving their own content a competitive edge and squeezing out the competition.

Over time, we will start to experience consequences as we are pushed away from some content in favor of other content that is cheaper or more accessible. We would slowly lose our ability to find information for ourselves as it

becomes hidden by different service packages or different speeds.

Freedom of information is paramount to learning and growing, particularly on college campuses where students’ jobs are to learn. Losing net neutrality could have lasting consequences on our ability to educate ourselves and to discover different opinions online.

What can you do?

We’re not too late to stop this from happening. We have resources and information at this point.

Involvement is the most important step. Battle for the Net has information about calling your representatives along with more information on net neutrality and what is at stake. You can also go to www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express and enter Proceeding 17-108 and in the comments, say you support Title 2 oversight of ISPs. Being involved and raising awareness is the best way for us to prevent this from happening and protecting our voices.

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COLLEGIAN COLUMNISTS

Discrimination in roommate situations needs to be addressed Jayla Hodge @Jaylahodge

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by the Collegian or its editorial board.

A student from the University of Hartford, Brianna Brochu, was recently expelled and arrested on the charges of criminal mischief and felony bigotry for hate acts against her roommate, Chennel Rowe. Brochu tempered with her roommate’s belongings, poisoning her by putting body fluids in her belongings and food.

Brochu documented it all on Instagram referring to Rowe, a Black woman, as “getting rid of Jamaican Barbie.” The story spread across the nation, showing a trend in racism and acts of hate on college campuses.

While college campuses are becoming more diverse environments, across the country there has been a rise in bias motivated incidents. Colorado State University’s own campus has seen its share of these kinds of incidents, particularly this school year.

Blatant discrimination and bias motivated incidents are not new or uncommon on predomi-

nantly white campus like CSU. The problem is simple. Many young people are leaving home for the first time, and most are leaving communities with similar identities as them. They are being thrown together with other ethnic groups and identities they may be unfamiliar with.

According to a study done

by UCLA, minority students at schools with less diversity experience more incidents of stereotyping and discrimination.

Correspondingly, reports of discrimination occur much less often at schools where the student body is more ethnically diverse.

I had my own experiences with prejudice and racial bias living in the dorms my freshman year. I had a roommate who made living conditions extremely uncomfortable and isolated me through her passive aggressive behavior and mean rumors. It got so extreme, it was eventually brought to the attention of the Resident Assistant.

While the school took measures to move her out and separate us, it was never addressed that they underlining reason of her passive aggression was simply that my race and cultural differences made her uncomfortable.

This is the new form of racism. The cloaked dislike and harmful stereotyping of people different then ourselves.

Another incident involved me reporting offensive and racist remarks to my RA made by a

white male on my floor. The incident became borderline violent when he found out I reported his use of racial slurs. He forcibly entered my dorm shouting and furious. I was not only terrified, but had to scream multiple times before he left. This incident was again brought to the attention of the dorm supervisors, but the school took no further actions to separate us.

Responding to marginalized students with statements like, “not everything is about race” is a privileged and dangerous way of thinking. It digresses the seriousness of these incidents.

I am not the only marginalized identity going through these regressive experiences on this campus.

Campus racial climates have been linked to academic success of of both marginalized and non-marginalized students. The same study also found that the

psychological attitudes between and among groups influences how well students of color perform and whether they stay on track towards graduation.

The University needs to do more to protect and welcome marginalized identities. While CSU definitely needs to improve this aspect, the fault also falls on the white and dominate identifying students on this campus.

People of majority identities don’t participate enough in conversations around racism, sexism,homophobia, antisemitism and other forms of oppression. It makes them uncomfortable.

BY avoiding these necessary but ‘uncomfortable’ conversations around oppression, predominate identities are actually using their privilege to suppress and silence marginalized people. While many do not consider themselves racist, sexist, or homophobic they are upholding

those convictions.

At the meeting with Tony Frank this October, several black students suggested implementing programs, similar to the required online alcohol and consent courses taken by freshmen moving into the dorms, around diversity and cultural awareness.

This can help with elliminating bias and increasing the experiences of marginalized students in the dorms.

Although many students feel like they have heard these comments and sentiments repeatedly, many haven’t gained awareness of how much these incidents and and messages are experienced by the smaller communities on this campus. Racism harms everyone, but unlike the majority of student on this campus, students of color cannot ignore it.

Jayla Hodge can be reached at letters@collegian.

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VOLLEYBALL

CSU to begin NCAA tournament against Michigan

By Austin White @ajwrules44

A 23rd consecutive NCAA tournament appearance will begin for the No. 23 Colorado State Rams with a rematch against the Michigan Wolverines at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 1. The Rams will travel to Palo Alto, California in the regional hosted by the Stanford Cardinal, the reigning national champions.

“I have confidence because we are CSU volleyball, but

Michigan is a great team,” said senior Jasmine Hanna. “They played in the Big Ten this year, we played in the Mountain West … so I know they have gotten better.”

The Rams (28-3, 17-1 MW) and Wolverines faced early this season when CSU swept them in Moby Arena. Michigan (21-11) made it into the tournament via an at-large bid.

“Both teams will go into this thinking, ‘Oh this is what we saw last time,’” said head coach Tom Hilbert. “You real-

ly need to throw that out the window … We just got to go prepare for them like we never played them before.”

The bracket was revealed nationally on ESPNU as the Rams looked on from their watch party held at The Mayor of Old Town. CSU fans filled the tight space to show their support and help send the team off.

Only the top 16 teams in the tournament are seeded, but based off the Rams placement in the Stanford region,

they are a de facto eight seed.

CSU is the only Mountain West team making it into the field as they earned the conference’s automatic bid by capturing the conference title for the 14th time back on Nov. 4 with a sweep over the Boise State Broncos.

A win against Michigan would most likely result in a matchup with Stanford who is the tournament’s No. 3 seed overall and one of the top four teams. The Cardinal will take on the University of Cal-

ifornia, Bakersfield in the first round. CSU is 0-11 against the Cardinal all-time.

“We just have to continue to play the way we always do,” freshman Breana Runnels said. “I’m going to play my role just like everyone else is and we just have to work as a unit to win this game.”

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

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Rams own the paint in win over Northwestern State

By Austin White @ajwrules44

In honor of Black Friday, Colorado State men’s basketball held its own two-for-one deal by outscoring Northwestern State 40-20 in the paint in a 72-60 win at Moby Arena. The victory ends a three-game losing streak for the Rams, who returned home after losing their last three road contests.

Without junior guard Prentiss Nixon in the mix, who missed the game due to a concussion, sophomore guard Anthony Bonner started in his place. It was J.D. Paige that picked up the most of the slack though. The Denver native finished 6-of-9 from the field for a season-high 19 points.

“We just kept the game plan simple,” Paige said. “That’s just what we need just to score in the paint but when Prentiss (Nixon) comes back it’s going to be the same thing.”

The Rams (3-3) controlled the glass all night and started by owning a 21-12 advantage in total rebounds during the first half. CSU finished with 14 offensive boards and out-rebounded the Demons 41-30 in the contest.

The first half remained close despite the rebounding advantage due to the Rams inability to hold onto the ball.

CSU turned the ball over ten times in the first half, leading to 15 points for the Demons. The Rams did their own damage on defense though by forcing 12 turnovers and totaling only three fouls in the first half.

Coming out of the break, the paint opened up even more for the Rams. CSU scored its first 23 points of the second half in the paint or at the free

J.D. Paige dribbles the ball during the game against Northwestern State on Nov. 24. Paige finished with a game high 19 points to lead the Rams.

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throw line.

Redshirt sophomore Raquan Mitchell inserted himself into the game in the second half by scoring ten points and making multiple highlight plays for CSU. The 6-foot-3 guard drove to the basket several times, often displaying his impressive vertical by going up and around the defenders.

“He’s named ‘Two-Three Quan’ for a reason,” Paige said.

“Quan (Mitchell) brings energy every night, I think that’s one of the problems that we have.

Sometimes we come out a little bit too flat sometimes, but we come out with energy we gonna be real tough to beat and we need to just have consistent energy for 40 minutes.”

“I had to get used to it but right now I’m very comfortable,” Mitchell added. “I just want to do whatever to win.”

Paige continued to work on offense in the second half as he finished as the Rams leading scorer with 19 points. Mitchell added 16 points off the bench and Che Bob also achieved his

fourth straight double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds.

After 11 straight days on the road, the Rams will get a much needed off day Saturday. Head coach Larry Eustachy spoke about how proud he was of his team fighting through all of the travel and game time to get the win Friday night.

“It doesn’t matter what the name of the team on the jersey is or (what) their record (is),” Eustachy said. “We had just lost three-straight and had a very difficult 11 days so this is a big

game for us … This was an NBA road trip without the charter.”

The win for the Rams comes at a much needed time as they begin one of the toughest portions of their non-conference schedule. CSU will travel to Missouri State Tuesday, before hosting Colorado on Dec. 2. Tip off against the Bears is set for 6 p.m. MT and can be seen nationally on ESPN3.

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

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Rams soar over North Carolina Central in lopsided win

By Luke Zahlmann @lukezahlmann

Redshirt freshman Grace Colaivalu joined the starting lineup and gave new life to the Colorado State women’s basketball team on its way to a lopsided 85-48 win over North Carolina Central.

Coming off a gritty performance against Oklahoma, coach Ryun Williams inserted Colaivalu into the starting five, and the Rams never looked back. Usual ignitor Sofie Tryggedsson was up to the task once again as she hit back to back 3-pointers to get the scoring started for the Rams.

The freshman duo of Colaivalu and Lore Devos led the way for the Rams from the start, with Devos dominating in the paint on both sides of the court.

Devos racked up eight points and six rebounds in the first half, using her size as a virtue. Williams put the ball in Colaivalu’s hands early and often, having her bring the ball up for the Rams.

“Grace is just someone who gives a lot of energy,” Devos said.

“She’s always there for the team, and she helps us out a lot. I can learn a lot from everybody here.”

After senior leader Hanna Tvrdy voiced concern about defensive focus following the loss to Oklahoma, the Rams ceded little to the Eagles. In a game where the Rams’ offensive attack still lacked fluidity in the opening half, the defense became the focus, forcing 10 turnovers in the first two quarters.

The Rams hit just two of their first 11 shots from beyond the arc and shot under 35 percent in the opening half. Their domination on the boards and on defense came to fruition as the Rams out-rebounded the Eagles 20-9 in the second quarter alone.

“The girls that went to the (offensive glass) really committed,” Williams said. “We kept a lot of balls alive, got some second chance points (and) got fouled, so I thought that was just good energy basketball.”

The frustration hit its boiling point for the Eagles as their bench was assessed a technical foul late in the second quarter,

allowing the Rams to push their lead to 38-24 going into the final two periods. With the foul count favoring the Rams 15-5 in the first half, the officiating was called into question time and time again by the Eagles’ coaching staff.

Of the lopsided stats in the Rams’ blowout victory, the rebound differential served as the catalyst in a less-than-stellar offensive game. Devos, junior Annie Brady and senior Veronika Mirkovic led the way as the Rams out-rebounded the Eagles by 19.

The third quarter served as an opportunity to pull away and the Rams did just that, outscoring the Eagles 18-7 to push their lead to 56-31 going into the concluding quarter. As the Rams continued to push their field goal percentage up, the Eagles suffered an opposite fate, shooting a mere 13.3 percent in the third quarter, an indicator of the Rams’ bench stepping up.

“It was great to get a lot of kids on the floor,” Williams said.

“Get them some game minutes and that’s how kids learn the best

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Finishing out the game strong, the Rams put in a handful of bench players to close it out. The closing quarter was the highest scoring for the Rams with 29 as the fatigue of the Eagles began to show. The Rams bench served as a change of pace, with defense being their strong suit. Devos and Tryggedsson were more than capable of picking up the slack, both scoring double digits. “(Getting everyone minutes)

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is really important,” Tryggedsson said. “I think if we want to go far, we need everybody to play, and it’s important for all of us to have minutes and just spread them out a little bit.”

The Rams head into their first road game of the year at 3-2. Traveling to Denver to play the Pioneers Thursday evening, the Rams will face one of many in-state opponents on their schedule that does not have them leaving the state of Colorado until January.

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

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SPORTS Monday, November 27, 2017

FOOTBALL

VOLLEYBALL

DC Marty English to retire after bowl game

CSU celebrates MW Championship after victory over UC Davis

By Colin Barnard @ColinBarnard_

Colorado State head football coach Mike Bobo announced that defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Marty English intends to retire from coaching after the team’s bowl game.

MARTY ENGLISH ■ Played linebacker at Idaho

State and Northern Colorado ■ Coached at Northern Colorado (1987-2002) and Wyoming (2003-2011) before CSU ■ Joined CSU as linebackers

coach and co-defensive coordinator in 2012 ■ CSU ranks sixth in the Mountain West in scoring defense and eighth in total defense

“I want to thank Marty English for his dedicated service to our football program and to Colorado State University,” Bobo said in a statement. “Marty has done an excellent job as a coach, teacher and leader of young men at Colorado State for the past six seasons, including the last three with me, and has represented us with class. He is a loyal, dedicated coach and family person, and somebody for whom I have a great deal of respect.”

English joined CSU’s staff in 2012 as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach and held that position until 2014. In 2015, English solely coached linebackers before returning as defensive coordinator for the past two seasons.

Throughout his 31-year coaching career, English coached at three front range teams in Northern Colorado (1987-2002), Wyoming (2003-2011) and CSU (2012-2017).

Former CSU linebacker Shaquil Barrett earned Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year under English’s tutelage in 2013.

He has also coached multiple all-conference players throughout his career.

“Our focus is on finishing this season strong with a victory in our bowl game, for our program, our coaches, our student-athletes and our fans,” Bobo said.

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

By Austin White @ajwrules44

One final home win for the five seniors on the No. 23 Colorado State Rams came Saturday afternoon in their four-set victory over the University of California, Davis (25-18, 25-18, 27-29, 25-18). “The game started, and I settled, and I realized that we still have a game to play, it’s not over yet,” senior Sanja Cizmic said on being emotional in the pregame senior ceremony. “It was just like getting calm and getting back into it.”

Historic benchmarks were also surpassed by a couple younger Rams after the match.

Sophomore Katie Oleksak set the record for most assists and most assists per set in a season in modern scoring era history at CSU. She ends the regular season with 1,310 assists, breaking the record of 1,293 set by Deedra Foss in 2014. Her 12.02 assists per set also bests the 11.76 mark set by Foss in

2013.

Fellow sophomore Paulina Hougaard-Jensen broke the CSU all-time record for hitting percentage in a season with her .473 mark for the year. The previous record was held by Angela Knopf, who hit .456 in 2001 and had 449 kills. Hougaard-Jensen finishes the year with 257 kills.

As for the match, CSU controlled the Aggies defense by putting up a .327 hitting mark for the match. Five different Rams had five kills or more in the match but none higher than Jasmine Hanna, who had 14.

The blocking effort did not make an appearance in the first set, but CSU quickly recovered and sealed their blocks to pick up six in the second set alone.

Redshirt sophomore Kirstie Hillyer led the way with 11 block assists in the match to tie a season high which she had set in the Ram’s opener against the Duke Blue Devils.

UC Davis did not allow the

Rams to get their 22nd sweep of the year, however, when they took the third set 29-27.

The Aggies’ offensive leader, Mahalia White, picked up eight kills in the third frame alone, leading the Aggies to their best hitting mark of the match at .275. CSU had a match-high five serving errors in the third set.

“I think we were put into a false belief in the first two sets of what UC Davis was like,” head coach Tom Hilbert said.

“They were significantly better starting in set three.”

Blocking went on a roller-coaster ride for the match as the Rams had only two blocks in their third-set loss, but came back in the fourth with eight more blocks to finish with 16 for the match.

“The big thing was us not being able to block their right side attack through the last half of the third set and the first part of the fourth set,” Hilbert said. “But then we ended up being successful in the end.”

The last set featured struggles from both sides on offense, but the eight blocks from CSU proved to be too much for UC Davis to overcome.

The Rams celebrated their 14th Mountain West title after the match. Winning the conference guarantees them a spot in the NCAA tournament, which marks their 23rd consecutive appearance.

“I mean we have been missing (the Mountain West trophy) for a year-and-a-half now,” Hanna said on waiting almost a month to hold the trophy after winning the conference. “(I’m) glad to have it back with us.”

Up next for the Rams is their 23rd consecutive NCAA tournament appearance. The Rams will play Michigan in the Stanford regional in Palo Alto, California. The game will begin at 5:30 p.m. MT on Dec. 1.

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

The Colorado State volleyball team celebrates its 14th Mountain West title Saturday afternoon following a win over UC Davis. CSU will head to the NCAA tournament for the 23rd consecutive year. PHOTO BY AUSTIN WHITE COLLEGIAN

ARTS & CULTURE Monday, November 27, 2017

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almost. The entire time I was selling drugs, I called myself a professional middleman.

I didn’t like the term ‘drug dealer.’”

Once he realized he was taking all of the risk and none of the reward, he decided to capitalize on the situation and started buying high quantities of marijuana and charging customers. He acquired his supply by going down to Denver with a friend who had a medical card.

They would purchase mass quantities of weed at a discount.

CSU’s Director of Student Conduct Services, Melissa Emmerson, said this behavior is punishable by the University.

“Dealing drugs on campus would be considered a serious violation of the Student Conduct Code as it compromises the well-being and safety of the entire residence hall community,” Emmerson said in an email to the Collegian. “A student found responsible for distributing drugs and violating the law would likely be facing a high-level sanction such as suspension from CSU.” During his time as a dealer on campus, he accepted the risk of being caught and facing harsh consequences. For him, it was worth it. Considering the harsh punishment enacted on drug

dealers, especially ones dealing out of a dorm room, it is easily assumed that the job is stressful. He said the experience was just the opposite.

“It was very lax because the way that I went about it was that I didn’t view it as a scary situation,” he said. “You see that shit on TV, and it’s like, ‘Oh, everyone’s out to get everybody,’ but in reality some people are just trying to get high, dude.”

“It was very lax because the way that I went about it was that I didn’t view it as a scary situation,” he said. “You see that shit on TV, and it’s like, ‘Oh, everyone’s out to get everybody,’ but in reality some people are just trying to get high, dude.”

One of his former customers liked that he dealt out of his dorm room.

“I’d say that since I was buying from a friend, it really didn’t feel any different from the exact same experience happening outside of the dorms,” the customer said. “If you keep your stash in the dorms as is, I feel like it’s nothing more than just convenient to sell in the dorms as opposed to walking off campus to do it.”

Although rare, there were moments when he felt he was going to be caught. Once after deciding to germinate some leftover seeds, he had a close encounter with his resident assistant.

“My RA actually knocked on my door onetime and was like, ‘Hey man, you growing weed in here?’ and I was like, ‘Uh, no,’”

he said. “I was terrified that he knew, but he was just fucking with me. And it scared the living hell out of me.”

He said the main reason he was successful and never got caught was because he exclusively sold to people he already knew he could trust.

He primarily sold marijuana; however, he also sold various narcotics. When he could access them, he sold dabs, concentrates, molly, psychedelic mushrooms, acid, Adderall, dextromethorphan and promethazine. He only sold

marijuana and mushrooms regularly. He got his supply for the other drugs through his connections as a horticulture major.

Before coming to CSU, he only smoked once a month. By the end of his freshman year, he said he was smoking six to seven times a day. Now, he has heavily cut down on smoking to focus more on school.

Looking back on his experience as a dealer, he said he has no regrets. In the seven months he was a dealer, he estimates he made a total profit of around

$3,000. He also enjoyed the numerous friendships he made through his business.

“I think that everybody needs to have a really good first year,” he said. “And I think I had a really good first year.”

According to a study conducted at the University of Michigan, daily use of marijuana by college students is the highest it has been in 30 years.

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FEATURES

CSU Snowboard Team creates friendship on and off the mountain

EVENTS

CSU Marching Band to lead annual Denver Parade of Lights

By Mack Beaulieu

By Yvette Redwood

The snow season is approaching in Colorado and the Colorado State University Snowboard Team is gearing up to shred.

Recognized as a collegiate sport club for over a decade, the CSU Snowboard Team has been pushing to build up their team and be more inclusive this year.

“Essentially we’re just a bunch of kids who love to snowboard,” said the club’s vice president, Meghan Walsh.

“What we really care about is getting the team together, so that it is like a real team. We’ve had more events this year than we’ve ever had. We have one at least once a week.”

Walsh and team officer Pierce Graves said some of those events include team movie nights, trips to the skate park, impromptu grinding sessions and team parties.

One of the new events this year was slush week, a five-day event to bring in new members and give them a chance to get to know older members off the mountain.

Sophomore Shay Rego first found a community she was comfortable in with the team.

In the beginning, she had to push herself to go, but now she is glad she did, she said.

“I tried fitting in with sorority girls, party girls...everything,” Rego said. “I didn’t really fit in, and it was nice to come to the snowboarding team and not be treated like a girl, to just be treated like another one of the dudes. I can just like chill out and talk about snowboarding and things I actually care about and relate to.”

Rego said coming to the snowboard team was more of a two-way street than other organizations she has tried to be a part of because she did not have to push for interaction.

“They weren’t shying away from them,” Rego said. “No one was ignoring anyone because they were new and they took a genuine interest in trying to talk to the new members… They put in the effort, which is really nice.”

Fellow sophomore Jay Elliot, who transferred in from the University of Utah also said he is happy to have found his niche so quickly. One of his main concerns going in, however, was how high the level of competition was, but now he

The turkey is away, and the holiday cheer is here.

The Colorado State University Marching Band will return to the streets of Denver to lead the 43rd annual 9News Parade of Lights. The parade will begin at 6 p.m. at the Denver Civic Center.

CSU’s 265 musicians, the colorguard, the Golden Poms, CSU Cheer and Cam the Ram will be performing with numerous floats and balloons at the parade.

CSU will be the only collegiate marching band in the parade, said Director of Marketing for the University Center of the Arts, Jennifer Clary, in a press release.

The band will be in the parade on Dec 1. only and will stop in front of the CSU Denver Center on 475 17th Street. They will hold a reception for alumni and Ram fans when they will perform the CSU fight song. Tickets for the reception can be purchased online at the Alumni Association page. Association members are $10; non-members are $15 and children 12 and under are free.

Before they head to Denver, the CSU band will be hosting a performance in the the neighborhoods of Fort Collins on Nov. 30. The band will be going around the University Center of the Arts building, located on Remington Street. According to band director Richard Frey, the band will being on the south side of the UCA and will march counter-clockwise, ending in front of the UCA. “Some people start with us and walk on the sidewalks, so

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says that those concerns have subsided.

“We go up with the whole team and everyone’s at a different level, so you can do whatever you want to do,” Elliot said.

“Nobody takes anything too seriously. Everyone wants to have a good time, but some people are really out here grinding and learning their tricks. You can kind of commit as much or as little as you want.”

For Walsh, being active on the team is important in building skills and capitalizing on your investment, he said.

“I think that a huge part of it is letting kids know that they can and that they will improve,” Walsh said. “If they come to practice and use our coaches, it’s like anything else, you get out what you put in.”

The team has three pro coaches. One of them, Mark Hoyt, was the first american to ever land a triple cork 1440.

Whether it is the help of coaches or older members, all the athletes feel like they have improved.

“I’ve definitely improved already,” Jay said. “When it snowed a couple of weeks ago, we put a rail on campus over by the bridge. I kind of got worked up a bunch and I was falling a bunch, but I was confident enough to stomp stuff I haven’t before.”

Confidence has been a key part of Rego’s improvement as well, as she has gotten more comfortable with other members.

“I’m a lot more confident doing things as simple as boxes,

I can actually land them now,” Rego said. “I used to have an embarrassment if I fell, and now I don’t care anymore. The officers are just stoked that I’m trying.”

Rego and Elliot said the best advice they could give to new members is to get involved in early events so you have a connection with your teammates off the mountain. As much as they have already gotten out of the program this year, there is still time to do that before things get more intense.

The team holds unofficial practices at A. Basin every weekend until official practice starts when Keystone or Breck resorts open, according to Walsh.

The costs are expensive, but Walsh says that the prodeals they get from their sponsors and the weeklong trips they take for about 100 dollars make the initial fees worth it, especially if you are going to buy a pass for yourself anyways.

“We’ll take anyone and everyone,” Walsh said. “If you want to, join us.”

people simply watch us go,” Frey said. “The biggest crowd always ends up being at the front of the UCA, where we’ll stop and play the parade tune one last time.”

Following the parade, the band will be performing at the 2017 Holiday Spectacular Concert at 7 p.m. in the Griffin Lobby.

According Frey, performing in these parades allows the band to give back to community and represent CSU as a whole.

“The preview is an opportunity for us to give a small ‘thank you’ to our neighbors and the community in Fort Collins,” Frey said. “It is a terrific opportunity to represent CSU and bring the holiday spirit to hundreds of thousands of people both live and via the TV broadcast.

Tickets for the concert can be purchased online at the University Center of the Art ticket office website. Student tickets are not available for this concert, however, students could attend an open dress rehearsal for free with their student ID. Alumni members can be treated to a free hot drink provided by Human Bean Coffee Truck by showing their membership card.

9News Parade of Lights When: Dec. 1 at 6pm Where: The parade starts the Denver Civic Center

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10 best original Christmas songs MUSIC

By Nate Day @NateMDay

It is officially that time of year; the time in which those of us who have been holding out against all things Christmas have no choice but to surrender and accept that the season is upon us.

No one can deny that one of the biggest parts of the Christmas season is the music, and we’ve all jammed to Celine Dion’s version of “Feliz Navidad” too many times, and Christmas music becomes old fast.

To combat any early onset Christmas music fatigue, here is a list of the 10 best original Christmas songs: 1.”Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays” by ‘N Sync If you didn’t blare this song every year, were you really a `90s kid? It’s fun, it’s poppy and it brings back memories of the days when Justin Timberlake had frosted tips; so what’s not to love?

2. “All I Want For Christmas Is You”

by Mariah Carey Alright, you had to see this one coming. Perhaps the most

famous Christmas anthem, and certainly Carey’s best-selling song. “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is certain to light up any party and will surely get anyone’s foot tapping.

3.”Christmas Lights” by Coldplay Coldplay’s always had a flair for mellow rock and adult contemporary music, so it makes perfect sense that they would eventually put their skills to good use and record a Christmas tune. The best part is, Coldplay has a little more street credit than other Christmas junkies, like Michael Buble for example, so you could get away with listening to this one without getting judged.

4.”Last Christmas” by Wham!

In what’s undoubtedly a capitalistic attempt to combine Christmas and heartbreak,

Wham! managed to churn out one of the season’s catchiest songs. Whether it’s the original version or Ashley Tisdale’s, it’s safe to assume it will be stuck in your head at least twice over the next month.

5.”Everyday is Christmas” by Sia The Australian singer-songwriter dropped an album of 10 entirely original Christmas songs this year, providing us with plenty of content for the list, but this is by far and away the best track. A somber ballad about feeling the truest form of love every day sounds like an average Sia song and tugs at the heartstrings every single time.

6.”Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto” by James Brown James Brown brings a little funk to Christmas in this jam that simultaneously reminds

listeners that there are people out there who aren’t fortunate enough to enjoy the holidays in the splendor that many of us will. It’s an important reality that we should all keep in mind, and work to solve.

7.”Santa Tell Me” by Ariana Grande For those of you hooked on Grande’s R&B influence pop, she’s got the perfect holiday song for you. A fun, poppy jam, “Santa Tell Me” manages to bring in Grande’s signature romance while wrapping it up in the wistful Christmas spirit.

8.”Deck the Rooftop” by the Cast of “Glee” Okay, this one isn’t exactly original, it is a mashup of “Deck the Halls” and “Up on the Rooftop,” but it manages to take two old, tired and overdone songs and smash them together to

breathe new life into them. Not to mention, “Glee” is an expert at making old songs into renewed pop jammers, so you know you are in for a good time.

9.”Darkest Carols, Faithful Sing” by Christopher Lee We all knew this massively talented actor was an oddball but did you know he also released a handful of heavy metal Christmas songs? This one twists the lyrics to famous holiday tunes into something a little darker than was originally intended.

10.”Do They Know It’s Christmas?”

by Band Aid A charity single written in the 1980s to combat the famine in Ethiopia, this song featured the likes of Bono, Phil Collins and Sting, so it was destined for greatness. Even better, similar supergroups have covered the song several times over the years to raise money for charities. The most recent version, recorded by Band Aid 30, features Ellie Goulding, Rita Ora and Ed Sheeran.

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

WHAT’S UP FORT COLLINS

Kent Washington to release mixtape at the Artery

By Ashley Potts @11smashley

Tuesday, Nov. 28: KCSU will host a Comedy Open Mic Night in the Ram Skellar. The event will be hosted by David Rodriguez of Fort Comedy. Anyone can sign up for free by posting in the KCSU Open Mic Night Facebook event. The event will run from 5:45 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 30: New Belgium will have a Women in Sustainability pan-

el discussion starting at 6 p.m.

The panel will feature Tonie Minamoto, director of communications & sustainability for housing and dinning services at CSU; Annette Meredith, city energy project adviser for the city of Fort Collins; and co-chair of the C3E steering committee and Jenn Vervier, strategy and sustainability director for New Belgium Brewing. They will discuss their work and what it is like to be a woman in the growing sustainability field. The event is hosted by Net Impact at CSU, a

non-profit working to inspire the next generation to work sustainably.

The CSU Marching Band will put on their annual Parade of Lights Preview at the University Center for the Arts. They will preview their performance for the community before heading to be a part of the 9 News Parade of Lights in downtown Denver on Friday, Dec. 1. The performance kicks off at the corner of Matthews and Lake Street at 6 p.m.

Local band Slow Caves will

perform at Hodi’s Half Note. The show starts at 7 p.m. The band is back in town after touring the country all semester. They will play three shows in Colorado before heading back out on their West Coast tour through the month of December.

Friday, Dec. 1: The Music District will host “Notes and Spokes,” with Kentucky-based cellist and songwriter Ben Sollee. The event kicks off at 5 p.m. with a bike cruise from The Music District to New Belgium, when there will be live mu-

sic by Poet’s Row before screening Sollee’s bike-centric short film “Ditch the Van.” The event is free but requires RSVP. CSU student Kent Washington will host “Ugly Sweater and Du-Rag” mixtape release party at the Downtown Artery. Washington will be releasing his project entitled “T-9” after two years in the making. The project is inspired by 2000s mixtapes. The event kicks off at 10 p.m. and is free and open to everyone.

Ashley Potts can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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ALEC REVIEWS MUSIC

Walk The Moon’s latest crossover is a mixed bag

By Alec Erickson @CTV_Ace

Alec Reviews music What if you attempt to create another chart-topping record?

The answer may be harder than you think, seeing as how Walk The Moon stumbled upon that attempt with their sophomore release of “Talking is Hard.” Their third release, while it does have some fun and engaging tracks, is disorientated and confused in style, and the lack of identity is more detrimental to the album than one might initially assume. “What If Nothing” is energetic and engaging, but you really must work through it to find something to enjoy.

The Cincinnati, Ohiobased group have changed a lot over the years. Starting back in 2008, the group would start to experiment a lot with their style, something they still do.

Once the group released the

track “Anna Sun,” they started gaining a lot of popularity really quickly. The group’s self-titled debut album came out in 2012. The group had already gained a following back in 2010 with their self-released “i want! i want!” The band really found success with a few of their singles like “Anna Sun” and “Tightrope,” which built up a lot of hype for their sophomore release “Talking is Hard,” which had “Shut Up and Dance” peak at number one of the Billboard Alternative charts. While the band did have some lineup changes early one in their life, they have found some consistency with Nicholas Petricca, Kevin Ray, Sean Waugaman and Eli Maiman. From their self-titled to their now third studio album, the band has been constantly shaking things up and experimenting with their sound. Usually this works, however there are just a few times on “What If Nothing” when it falls flat on its face.

“What If Nothing” is a 13-track record that clocks in at around 56 minutes in length.

Right off the bat, you can hear how drastically Walk The Moon are shifting away from “Talking is Hard.” The shift is not necessarily bad. Many times tracks

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are layered throughout this whole record to be a lot of fun regardless. The downside is that sometimes they are a bit shallow and lifeless. When you listen to the whole record, you begin to question the singles that the band went with. “What If Nothing” at times becomes clunky, and this is more of a result of the two producing styles on it.

Musically, we see Walk The Moon embrace more of a stadium rock vibe on this record, something that is designed to get people moving and singing along. For this to succeed they need more simple mixes and layers that do not necessarily deter from the rest of the record, and that is exactly where tracks like “One Foot” and “All Night” come in. Then you listen to something like “Kamikaze,” which has a more synthetic driving force that is reminiscent of past generation and is paced in a more scripted and expected way. Where this record really begins to have fun is when tracks you do not really expect to do much begin to progress into something that is bigger than life. Tracks like “Surrender” and “Feels Good to be High” are some of the pinnacle experimental rock tracks

that “What If Nothing” offers to listeners. These two tracks alone show how much Walk The Moon have changed in the last few years since their last release and how they know just exactly what makes an engaging song.

Lyrically, Walk The Moon have always been more experimental and out there with their song writing, but this is where we start to see how clunky and messy it can be when things do not work out well. “Headphones” is a great track with how it is structured, but its metaphor is weak and awkward in places and does not necessarily do a whole lot to support the record as a whole. Then you listen to something like “Sounds of Awakening,” which is very Phil Collins inspired, and the lyrics are trying to be a lot more meaningful and deep than they appear to be, a trait shared by much of this record.

When things are simplified like on “Press Restart” and “Can’t Sleep (Wolves),” it works more in the favor of fans, as it is easy to get lost in the track and not worry too much about what might be going over your head.

Walk The Moon have made another enjoyable record. Their songwriting just has not fully found its voice in a lot of places.

Band info: ■ In addition to charting here

in the states, “Shut Up and Dance” peaked in countries like Poland, Australia, Canada, Germany and more.

■ The band’s name comes from The Police song “Walking on the Moon.”

■ The group won Top Radio Song and Top Rock Song at the Billboard Music Awards in 2016 for “Shut Up and Dance.”

Should you listen to it? Maybe “What If Nothing” is an interesting record in that there are some hidden gems that are actually really fun to listen to. The few singles off this record are actually more off putting than the record itself and fans will be in for something they may not be used to with Walk The Moon. The band is constantly experimenting and changing things up, which is a good thing that they don’t necessarily need to worry about the sophomore slump anymore.

Alec Erickson can be reached at entertainment@collegian. com

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