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From script to stage: CSU cast brings ‘Appropriate’ to life Senior theatre major, Sonny Walls, and junior theatre major, Keegan Bockhorst, rehearse the first act of “Appropriate” during the open dress rehearsal. The show opened Feb. 16 and runs until Feb. 25 with 7:30 p.m. shows and a 2 p.m. matinee. PHOTO BY MAYA SHOUP COLLEGIAN
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Lights up. The actors walk out on stage surrounded by the rising sound of cicadas and dim light. The scene goes well, each character connecting through dialogue and action. The performance is captivating. Just as the dialogue on stage advances, the action stops. The director calls to hold the action in order to adjust the sound design. Cicadas don’t sing in the morning. The movement on stage stops in an instant despite the dialogue starting to build and grow to the climax. Garrett Ayers, director of Colorado State University’s “Appropriate,” stops the action to correct a sound design flaw or a
light cue that does not work for the scene. “Alright,” Ayers says. “We’re good, let’s take that again, thank you.”
“APPROPRIATE” SHOWINGS ■The show opened Feb. 16 and
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And with that, the dialogue picks back up where it left off as if nothing had interrupted to scene at all. For every show put on stage
there is an army of people working behind the scenes months in advance to create the finished product. The process for making a show involves a great deal of work and dedication from the cast and crew—each person working like a cog in a well-tuned clock, every piece fits together to produce the show that the audience will see. Casting For this season’s opening show at CSU, the department chose the contemporary family drama “Appropriate” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins to be directed by Ayers. The show focuses on siblings Bo, Toni and Franz who, after the death of their father, have to deal with an old plantation estate sitting on a large piece of
land and mountains of debt. “I read the play and it went fast,” Ryan Volkert, a theatre and economics major at CSU who plays Franz, the youngest sibling. “I couldn’t stop reading. I couldn’t put it down, it flew by for me.” A unanimous feeling throughout the cast and crew is how amazing the show has been. Some even said the show is one of the best productions they have worked on, not only because of the shows content and writing but also because of Ayers’ direction. “So far it’s been the best thing I’ve done,” Volkert said. “I think that it’s beautifully written and just has amazing qualities to it that I’ve not been able to experience anywhere else.”
Makeup and costumes Makeup will also help to convey the age gap, using very specialized techniques to shade the skin tone of the actors. Clothing is another way to convey age. Bockhorst uses the costumes to his advantage, hiking up his pants before he sits down in a way that the older generation men might do. The script The script stands out among other plays from even just a few decades ago for the topics it discusses. American playwrights like Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee did change the way emotion and deepset truth were portrayed on stage, but Jacobs-Jenkins combines see ‘Appropriate’ on page 12 >>
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Student creates ASCSU Women’s Caucus By Matt Bailey @matnes1999
Colorado State University Sophomore Merall Sherif is turning a vision into a reality with the creation of the Women’s Caucus. “It’s sort of my new passion project,” said Sherif, who serves as the power chair and Associated Students of Colorado State University senator from the Women and Gender Advocacy Center and the vice chair of the University Issues Committee and Health Network liaison for the Student Fee Review Board. “Part of the vision for this and the mission is to be able to create a framework that is welcoming to women to get even more women involved and excited about servant leadership, student government and representation.” Although the Women’s Caucus is still in the provisional and conceptual stages, there is a sign-up sheet for people who are interested in joining the Caucus, and Sherif encourages people to personally contact her or visit her at her Lory Student Center office to talk about joining or discuss any ideas. There will be two provisional
meetings about the Women’s Caucus Feb. 26 and Feb. 27 in the conference room of the ASCSU Office in the LSC. According to Sherif, the Women’s Caucus seeks to foster a sense of community and empowerment among womenidentifying servant leaders involved in all branches of ASCSU. Furthermore, the Women’s Caucus provides an opportunity to cultivate a confidence with which to traverse professional environments beyond one’s ASCSU experience. Through the Women’s Caucus, those who identify as female are encouraged to take more leadership positions in student government. “I absolutely love student leadership,” Sherif said. “I personally am an intersectional feminist, and so for me, a lot of my missions in my work is to make sure undeserved communities and their particular issues are highlighted.” Inspired by the Feminist Thought and Activism Conference held by the WGAC in March, Sherif had the idea of using this conference as a model and implementing it into ASCSU to create a constructive, empowered
body that can serve every student on campus. “We want to build community, we want to create safe space and positive constructive energy, we want to use the Caucus as a space for women-identifying people to build political networks with which to share their ideas,” Sherif said. “Creating that groundwork is going to allow the creation of more inclusive and diverse works and projects. That’s really my goal.” Sherif’s roles in student government also inspired her to create the Women’s Caucus. According to Sherif, ASCSU members have the unique privilege and prestige of being able to represent, recognize and support students and their ideas, and this allows for many students to get involved in bigger social conversations. “There’s a national trend of dialogue happening way beyond ASCSU and CSU, and I want our organization to participate in that dialogue, because I feel like we have a responsibility to do that as an institution of higher learning that is supposed to build perspectives and engage in larger social conversations,” Sherif said. The underlying inspiration for creating the Women’s Caucus
Merall Sherif, senator of the Women and Gender Advocacy Center, is creating a Women’s Caucus to empower women to take higher leadership positions. PHOTO BY JULIA THROWBRIDGE COLLEGIAN
comes from Sherif’s passion for serving students. “I represent all 33,198 members of this campus and those are all my constituents, so those are all the people who I am responsible for making their voice heard and for considering them as a whole,” Sherif said. “With that comes a lot of responsibility, but that’s where my passion comes from.” Sherif’s overriding goal with the Women’s Caucus is to create a platform for those who identify
as women to share their ideas and concerns with other people from diverse backgrounds in a safe community setting. “I just really want everyone to know that I’m here and that I’m a resource, and this is my job and that every time I interact with one of my constituents and hear their input, it makes me that much better at doing my job.” Sherif said. “The input I’m giving is that much more representative.” Matt Bailey can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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University adds more than 45 new student groups By Danny Sonnenberg @dannyjsonnenberg
Colorado State University welcomed more than 45 new student organizations this semester, adding to the more than 450 student organizations already in existence, according to the Registered Student Organization Team and the Student Leadership Involvement Community Engagement Office. Julie Koffler, the president of the Fermentation Society, started the club along with several fellow transfer students this year. Koffler said she started the club to get to know other people in her major and practice fermenting outside of class. Most members are fermentation science majors and have an interest in home brewing, wine making, distilling and food fermentation in general. However, club membership is not limited to fermentation science majors. “Anyone who’s interested in any type of fermentation, such as making Sambuca or pickling things, we can definitely help people out with that,” Koffler said. Koffler said her club has a wide range of activities planned for this semester, such as going on brewery tours and hosting guest speakers. Another new student organization is Curiosity Saves the Universe. “I wanted to show people the idea that it just takes a bit of curiosity to shift ideas towards different things and change how we view what happens in the world because business as usual doesn’t work so we need to think of new ways to solve problems, and I feel like curiosity will be the answer to it,” said Sean Washington,
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president of Curiosity Saves the Universe. Washington pointed to examples of how curiosity has caused a paradigm shift in the past, such as when divers first discovered coral bleaching in the ocean or when Edison created the lightbulb. Washington said his club plans on doing different trips, including one to the Denver Aquarium, and also plans on hosting events such as the Carnival for The Corals, where they plan to teach people about coral reefs and coral reef bleaching. Many of Curiosity Saves the Universe’s members are biology majors with an interest in environmental sustainability but is open to people of all majors. The Logging Sports Club has a rich tradition dating back to the early 1990s, but is reinventing itself this semester with a host of new activities and competitions. “A lot about this club is
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CSU senior Maggie Gilman composts with passion By Jorge Espinoza @jorgespinoza14
After a long day of classes, senior human dimensions of natural resources major Maggie Gilman puts on her blue overalls, steel-toed boots, a hat and a pair of gloves before making her way out to the Colorado State University Foothills campus. She will spend the next few hours of her day there composting food waste. “Right away you can smell what degrading food smells like,” Gilman said. “I look around and appreciate where I am. It’s very beautiful out there.” The Foothills campus is home to CSU’s composting machine, nicknamed OSCAR, which has been running since 2011. OSCAR receives food waste from around campus and composts it. According to Housing and Dining Services, OSCAR receives 2,000 pounds of waste a day and has helped divert 93 percent of food waste away from landfills. “When I get out of my car it’s so nice to greet OSCAR because this in-vessel is so old,” Gilman said. “It’s at the end of its lifespan, so we call him ‘OSCAR the Grouch’ because he can be grouchy.” Gilman said composting is important because it is better for the environment. In comparison to landfills, where organic waste will rot and produce high levels of methane, composted organic waste produces significantly less
methane and therefore is less harmful to the environment. Gilman also said composting has become important in agriculture as a way to replenish nutrients to crop soils. Haley Dallas, the deputy director of environmental affairs for the Associated Students of Colorado State University, and Gilman agree closing the Larimer County landfill by 2025 is another reason to compost because composting diverts waste from landfills. “It’s important to compost, first because our landfill is filling up,” Gilman said. “We’re either going to have to build another landfill or send our trash to another county. For that reason and various other reasons the push toward diverting different streams, not just recycling but organic matter, is pretty big.” For Gilman, composting food waste is more than just a job. “It’s doing something that’s meaningful to me on an environmental advocacy level, while also thoroughly enjoying all of the physical, manual labor that goes into it,” Gilman said. “Sometimes I have to get in there and step on all the dirty waste with my big boots. It’s fun and entertaining.” Gilman said some days require more work than others based on the amount of waste that needs to be composted, but the outcome makes it all worth it. “Some days I have so many
CSU compost intern Maggir Gilman rakes a pile of compost at the CSU Foothills Research Campus near Laporte. The piles of compost can reach 131 degrees due to microbes in the soil breaking down organic material. PHOTO BY ERICA GIESENHAGEN COLLEGIAN
bins I feel like I’m going to be there forever, and some days (there’s) not so many, and that’s when the work begins,” Gilman said. “I take a 65 gallon bin, which is transported from campus to (the facility) and I attach it to the tote loader, which essentially lifts up the bin weighing three to four hundred pounds ... and it tosses it inside. That’s the most beautiful part, because all of the colorful foods splashes on top of brown degrading soil, and I know the next day that I come all that
material will be brown as well.” Dallas said the push for composting is important because it makes individuals think about waste in a different way. “It’s a much better way to dispose of our organic waste,” Dallas said. “I also personally like composting because it gets people thinking about zero waste. Then every single time someone has a single use plastic utensil, and they’re throwing it away, people start to realize how much trash actually goes
through their possession in a day.” At the end of her day, Gilman gets to watch the sunset and reflect on her day’s work. “A lot of times I go after a day of classes which means I’m out there catching the sunset,” Gilman said. “Sunsets on the Front Range are very beautiful and it’s a great way to reflect and think about my day while taking care of the waste that was created on campus.” Jorge Espinoza can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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Holocaust Awareness Week seeks to educate students, remember victims By Carson Lipe @carsonlipe
A former spy who ventured behind German enemy lines in order to report Nazi troop movements will share her story with hundreds of people at Colorado State University. Marthe Cohn, a Jewish spy for French Army Intelligence and a Holocaust survivor, will be speaking in the Lory Student Center on CSU’s campus Wednesday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. Cohn, who received France’s highest military award for her actions, will detail her harrowing account during the keynote event of Holocaust Awareness Week on campus. Cohn is one of a small number of Holocaust survivors who are still living and able to tell their story. “This is an increasingly rare experience and we must
remember these individuals and never forget what they were forced to endure,” said Denise Peters, president of Students for Holocaust Awareness. “Marthe was dealt a hand of hardships and was able to fight back.” Cohn’s event, along with five other events, will take place throughout the course of next week. “The goal of Holocaust Awareness Week is to raise awareness and educate about the Holocaust and the lasting impact,” Peters said. Throughout the week, CSU students and residents of Fort Collins will be invited to participate in events such as “A Litany of Martyrs,” where the names of victims of the Holocaust will be read out loud on the Plaza. “We want to honor and remember all of the people who perished in the Holocaust, all
of the individuals who did not survive or who were unable to share their stories,” Peters said. A Field of Flags Ceremony will be set up on the Plaza on Friday, Feb. 16. Flags will be planted in the ground on the Plaza, with each flag representing 5,000 holocaust victims. The flags will be on display the entire week, and the purpose of the display is for remembrance of the victims. “We must remember these individuals and never forget what they were forced to endure,” Peters said. A showing of “The Zookeeper’s Wife” will take place at the LSC on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The movie details the true account of how zookeepers in a Warsaw zoo housed hundreds of Jews who were hiding from the Germans. Carson Lipe can be reached at news@collegian.com.
Parker Meneley, a sophomore microbiology major, looks in reflection at the “Field of Flags” Holocaust Memorial in the Lory Student Center Plaza on Monday afternoon. The memorial is in honor of Holocaust Awareness Week. COLLEGIAN FILE PHOTO COLLEGIAN
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OPINION Monday, February 19, 2018
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Start conserving water to head off Colorado’s drought Michelle Fredrickson @mfredrickson42
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. On a 20 degree day following a nearly 70 degree weekend, the bizarre weather conditions in Colorado may seem to just be part of the state’s unique charm. However, the shifts this year have led to a significant problem - 99 percent of Colorado is already in drought or near-drought conditions, with some areas of the state already declaring a severe drought. This year’s drought is caused by a dearth of snow, which supplies Colorado with most of its water. The continued rise in Colorado’s population doesn’t help. A drought in winter is a bad sign of what’s to come for summer, as a winter drought could exacerbate wildfire risk, which the state already suffers enough from. Unless there is a very snowy late winter and spring or an abnormally rainy spring and summer, Colorado is in for drought of increasing severity until next year’s snowpack. Water scarcity, which is becoming a larger and larger problem every year around the world, is due to increasing demand and decreasing supply. The world population is growing, especially around urban centers, and water usage is increasing even more than population, according to the United Nations. While this is happening, climate change is causing a shortage of snowfall and rainy seasons. Fort Collins and northern
Colorado are currently labeled as “abnormally dry” while Denver and the surrounding areas are labeled as “moderate drought.” Grand Junction and most of the Western Slope are labeled as “severe drought.’” Water scarcity is one of those frightening, looming issues that isn’t a global public health catastrophe yet, but will be before the end of our lifetimes. We need to start preparing for it now. Cape Town, South Africa is a city currently showing the all-too-real situation of a major drought. Cape Town is a beautiful coastal city and it is less than three months away from running out of water entirely. I stayed in Cape Town for three months while doing an internship last summer – winter in Cape Town – and the drought conditions even then were raising alarms. While I was there, we were restricted to three showers a week at five minutes per shower. These guidelines were enforced by our landlords only. The situation has since gotten more severe, with the government now strictly regulating everyone to two showers a week at 90 seconds a shower. Even with these regulations, unless the weather dramatically shifts, Cape Town will face the horror of a “Day Zero’” when the taps in the city run dry. Day Zero was initially scheduled to be April 22, but after some much-needed rain last week it has been pushed to early May. When the water runs out, the city may be thrown into chaos. I see parallels between the Cape Town situation and the Colorado situation, although our drought is not as severe as theirs – yet. I lived in Cape Town in their winter, and already the drought was raising alarms. Now, during their summer, they are facing not just a water shortage, but a total
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water absence. We don’t want that to be us. People need to start practicing smart water consumption techniques right away, because the compounding effects contributing to water shortages aren’t going to stop. Fort Collins Utilities implemented a Water Efficiency Plan, and water use has declined nearly 40 percent since 2000. Fort Collins is on track to hit the previous mark for 2020, and is aiming for an increased decline before 2030. It is actually illegal to waste water in Fort Collins, and last year Fort Collins Utilities identified and addressed 55 cases of such waste taking place. Everyday citizens can be more water conscious by critically thinking about the water they use. It’s easy to leave the water running while doing dishes, but is it really necessary? No. Similarly, while this rubs some people the wrong way, not flushing the toilet every time can help save water, because the toilet is the number one consumer of water in a residence. If not flushing isn’t something you’re comfortable with, consider putting a halfgallon to a gallon filled jug in your toilet tank – older toilets especially use a lot of water, and by creating displacement in the tank, the toilet will use less water. While we don’t need to restrict showering to 90 seconds twice a week like Cape Town, shorter showers can help
This graphic shows a breakdown of water usage. The toilet and the faucet are the biggest culprits. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE EPA
anyone, anywhere. Leaks also account for 12 percent of daily water consumption; many people may have a leak that isn’t causing problems, so they don’t do anything about it. It’s important to call your utilities or maintenance people when you find a leak, because that can be a significant source of water waste. Small things like turning off the faucet while washing hands or brushing teeth can also help stop water waste. Reusing shower water or pasta water to water plants can, too.
Colorado may not be preparing for a disaster like Cape Town just yet, but it’s important for everyone to do their part now to conserve water. Water is a commodity, and it’s going to be a major issue eventually. If we start saving water now, when we are in a drought but not actively approaching a “Day Zero’”, we stand a chance of heading off a disaster before it happens. Michelle Fredrickson can be reached at letters@collegian.com.
OPINION Monday, February 19, 2018
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Black history is necessary, but, shouldn’t be time constrained 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. This month, Colorado State University, along with many other campuses and institutions, are celebrating Black History Month. Black History Month was founded by Carter G. Woodson, and was only intended to be a weeklong celebration. Since its founding, the now-special annual event has gone through several transitions to become the Black History Month we have and celebrate today. Black History Month is celebrated through February all across America and is defined as, “a time of special awareness of African-Americans’ contributions to the nation throughout its history and the contributions of Africans to world history. Public schools focus on important events and individuals related to African-American history and pop media such as television engage in a month of programming to highlight Black history.” While as a collective we must appreciate the purpose of Black History Month, it has also become limiting in the ways Black history is taught in our education system and the amount of events catering to celebrating Black and AfricanAmerican culture. We must keep integrating the history and stories of Blacks and African-Americans into the collective history of America itself. According to an official statement from the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, “Woodson never viewed Black history as a one-week affair. He pressed for schools to use Negro History Week to demonstrate what students learned all year. It was in this sense that Blacks would learn of their past on a daily basis that he looked forward to the time when an annual celebration would no longer be necessary.” Black history in America is too important and expansive to be celebrated in such a limited time frame. Such cramming of Black History Month has lead to “hero worship” of just a small handful of prominent figures in Black history like Martin Luther King Jr. and Harriet Tubman. Very rarely are less prominent, but equally
important, figures like Lewis Howard Latimer or Ida B. Wells brought into focus. This is a time where Black History Month is, sadly, still very necessary. Our education system is still not integrated enough and does not teach very in-depth on the subject of Black history. Black history is as old as the history of America itself. One of CSU’s keynote speakers this month, Leica Brooks with the Southern Poverty Law Center, said there has been a “mis-education” of K-12th-graders in this country on slavery and civil rights movements that has contributed on one of the organizations main focuses being around “teaching tolerance.”
“Black history should be celebrated every month of the year. It is U.S history because the essence of Black history is the struggle for freedom.” ANGELA DAVIS CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
Black History Month presents the opportunity for people to only feel obligated to talk about and focus on the achievements of Black and African-Americans for the 28 days in February. CSU’s Black History Month’s keynote speaker Angela Davis, said “Black history should be celebrated every month of the year. It is U.S history because the essence of Black history is the struggle for freedom.” Black History Month helps African-American and Black Americans feel connected to and proud of their past, and offers a chance for other identities and cultures to learn, engage with, and celebrate the widespread accomplishments of this community, but it is still restricting in nature. It is important that those in majority identities make the effort to educate themselves to Black history outside the single month of February. The CSU community and other communities of high education across the country must work to recognize the accomplishments and history of Blacks everyday and help it become recognized as the history of America; not a history only pertaining to Black and AfricanAmerican individuals. Jayla Hodge can be reached at letters@collegian.com.
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Mike Bobo to host walk-on meeting Feb. 21 By Colin Barnard @ColinBarnard_
For some athletes, the love of football outweighs the setback of defeat. Despite graduating high school without much interest from Division I football programs, their passion for the game does not lessen. At Colorado State University, head coach Mike Bobo and the rest of the football staff are giving students an opportunity to live that passion out. CSU will host an informational meeting for prospective walk-on athletes on Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. in CSU Stadium. The Rams are no stranger to grooming walk-on players into key contributors. Just last season, former walk-on and senior Jakob Buys finished second on the team in sacks and tied for the team-lead in forced fumbles. Kicker Wyatt Bryan, a walk-on who redshirted in 2014, was named a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award and is CSU’s current leader in career field goal percentage. CSU nominated fullback Adam Prentice as its Burlsworth Trophy nominee in 2017, an award given to the nation’s most outstanding player who began his collegiate career as a walkon player. After redshirting as a walk-on freshman in 2015,
Prentice earned a scholarship during fall camp of 2016. “If you want to earn a scholarship, it’s definitely possible, you just have to be willing to put the work in,” Prentice said. “If you love the game that much and are willing to put in that little bit of extra work, it’s definitely possible.”
NOTABLE WALK-ONS IN 2017 ■ Fullback Adam Prentice
CSU’s 2017 Burlsworth Trophy candidate ■ Defensive lineman Jakob Buys Finished second on the team in sacks ■ Kicker Wyatt Bryan CSU’s leader in career field goal percentage
The redshirt junior played in all 13 games for the Rams last season, recording his first career touchdown reception against Air Force on Oct. 28. He served as the lead-blocking fullback on an offense that ranked No. 11 in the country. Though he was unsure about walking onto a team after graduating high school, Prentice’s hard-nosed approach
Fullback Adam Prentice turns to run upfield as defenders close in on him during a game against the Air Force Falcons on Oct. 28, 2017. Prentiss started his career as a walk-on. PHOTO BY JACK STARKEBAUM COLLEGIAN
to football has not wavered. One of the leading determinants in his decision to walk-on was Bobo’s honesty with him during his visit. Despite converting an undersized high school linebacker into a fullback, Bobo still insisted that Prentice could earn a scholarship in the future. Three years later, Prentice is an integral member of the Rams. “We’re all on the team, we’re all in this together, it doesn’t matter who’s a walk-on or who’s
a scholarship guy,” Prentice said. “We’re all here for the same goal, because we love football and want to win. That’s ultimately what it comes down to.” In addition to the lessons he’s learned on the field, Prentice’s experience as a walk-on has only aided his mindset in life. “It’s proven to me that with hard work you can earn whatever you want,” Prentice said. “Whether that’s on the field, in the classroom, just in life in general. If you’re willing to put in
that work just a little more than other people, you’re going to get what you want.” CSU is also looking to fill student roles on the football staff, including positions in creative media, player personnel, recruiting operations and football operations. A meeting for those interested will be held at 6 p.m. on Feb. 21 in CSU Stadium. Colin Barnard can be reached at sports@collegian.com.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
CSU hindered by turnovers in 21-point loss to Fresno State By Luke Zahlmann @lukezahlmann
Interim oach Jase Herl was forced to face the other end of the spectrum of leading Colorado State men’s basketball as the Rams were routed by the Fresno State Bulldogs Saturday night, 86-65. Despite a lull from the start for the host Bulldogs, the Rams were unable to build a lead, only carrying small leads in the early going of the opening half. Early foul trouble served as a catalyst for the diminishment of the Rams lead as Nico Carvacho was forced to the bench with a pair of early fouls, leaving the lineup on the court severely undersized. On top of the mismatch of heights, the Rams were plagued early by turnovers, giving the ball away seven times in the first half, with a pair leading to a 9-0 run from the Bulldogs to flip the script and take a steady lead over the visitors. The size difference left the Rams settling for contested shots, both inside and outside the paint. A lack of clarity on
the offensive side led the Rams to shoot 36.7 percent from the field in the first half, a far cry from their offensive explosion in the first game of Herl’s stint. “We tried to dig down in the post a little more off of Hopkins,” Herl said. “When they’d throw it in there, the other big could bluff and try to recover but a couple times they caught us with our head turned.” A mix of their defense ceding the lane and the Bulldogs outmanning the Rams down low led to a large lead for the home team going into the locker room, 37-26, with the Bulldogs going on a 28-12 run to end the half. The underdog role suited the Rams well early on, but their lack of offensive production served as a hindrance to their upset chances. Picking up the slack for the Rams was junior forward Deion James who was forced down low with the scant playing time for Carvacho early. James finished the contest with 12 points to go along with eight rebounds. The star of the game, despite foul trouble, was Carvacho, who
scored 14 to go with 11 boards of his own. The locker room failed to reverse the course for the Rams as they trailed by double digits for nearly every tick of the second half. The Bulldogs’ defense stifled the visitors all game and tightened down in transition throughout as the Rams only mustered a pair of fast break points. Following their first bye of the year, the Rams came into their matchup against Fresno State well-rested and ready to continue the momentum they built against the Spartans of San Jose State. The break turned to rust for star guard Prentiss Nixon, who failed to register a bucket in the game. Needing 19 to break the 1,000-point mark in his career, Nixon failed to capitalize. “(Nixon) played hard, he did those things we ask him to do,” Herl said. “I thought he defended well, still had four assists and two turnovers but sometimes those shots aren’t falling. I thought he got fouled a couple times (that) they didn’t call which I think could have got
Prentiss Nixon (11) grabs his head in frustration after the Rams suffered their sixth consecutive loss to Nevada 76-67. PHOTO BY JAVON HARRIS COLLEGIAN
him going.” The constant shuffling of the coaching staff finally appeared to impact the Rams as they were out of sync throughout. The Rams ceded 52 points in the paint which served as the most glaring statistic in the loss. The constant inside pressure held true even with Carvacho on the floor for most of the second half. “They out-executed us,” Herl said. “52 points in the paint. They converted our
turnovers into 16 points and when you’re playing on the road you can’t afford to do that.” The Rams will return to Moby for a midweek showdown against Boise State as they look to flip their momentum going into the conference tournament. The Rams are 1-7 in their last eight games. Luke Zahlmann can be reached at sports@collegian. com.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Rams’ six-game win streak snapped in overtime loss By Christian Hedrick @ChristianHCSU
The Colorado State women’s basketball team (18-8, 10-5 Mountain West) and Fresno State (16-10, 11-4) exchanged the lead eight times on Saturday afternoon before Candice White and the Bulldogs pulled away in overtime for a 75-64 win at Moby Arena, snapping the Rams’ win streak at six. “(We) just didn’t play as well as we had been playing for a lot of that basketball game,” head coach Ryun Williams said after the loss. “This is a tough one. We obviously needed to play better, but this is a hard one.” Sporting pink breast cancer awareness uniforms, the Rams came out ice cold offensively in their first game off the bye week. Though Williams dismissed the extra time off as being a factor in the Rams’ shoddy shooting, CSU could not corral the offensive efficiency that helped the Rams to six straight wins. Coming into Saturday afternoon’s contest averaging over 19 points and eight rebounds over her last six games, guard Hannah Tvrdy posted just four points on 2-16 shooting from the field. As a team, the Rams shot 33 percent
from the field and converted on just nine of their season-high 33 attempts from deep. “We’ll take those 3s a lot, but we just had some tough shooting nights tonight, we really did,” Williams said. Before shooting woes hamstrung the Rams, redshirt freshman Grace Colaivalu gave the CSU offense a jolt off the bench with a quick feed to an open Stine Austgulen on her first offensive possession. Austgulen finished the quarter 2-3 from deep, tallying nine of the Rams’ 11 first quarter points. Compounding the Rams’ offensive urgency, Mountain West leading scorer Candice White found her scoring stride in the second frame after tallying just a pair in the first. Burrowing holes in the CSU defense with crisp passing across the perimeter, White brought the Bulldogs lead to a regulation-high nine with a deep jumper at the six- minute mark of the second. White finished the contest with a gamehigh 29 points. “(White is) the best player in the league with the ball in her hands,” Williams said. “She’s so smart. We were really soft on our switches. We didn’t switch to the level very well tonight at all, so her
step back three wasn’t contested at all.” After a trademark step back 3 from White in the waning minutes of the half, Austgulen cut the home team’s deficit to five at the break with a pair of made free throws. Despite a cold half from the field, the Rams came out for the third firing. Austgulen, Jordyn Edwards and Sofie Tryggedsson converted from deep on three consecutive possessions to guide the Rams on an 11-0 run and to their first lead of the game at 3533. While the CSU defense held White and the Bulldogs to just 10 third quarter points, the Rams posted a three-point lead entering the fourth. White and the Bulldogs extended their lead to six points, before Colaivalu came off the bench to provide the Rams with another late-game spark. With three minutes remaining, Colaivalu nailed a deep jumper and stuffed Kristina Cavey on the ensuing defensive possession. Colaivalu then sunk the Rams’ next six points, highlighted by a layup to tie the game with one second remaining in regulation. “I was just doing anything I can to help our team win,”
Grace Colaivalu sprints past a Fresno State defender during the game on Feb. 17. The Rams fell to the Bulldogs 75-64 in overtime. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN
Colaivalu said. Though the Rams finished regulation erasing a six-point fourth quarter deficit, White and the Bulldogs took over in the extra frame. Following a Tryggedsson 3-ball to put the Rams up by a score, the Bulldogs scored 10 unanswered and pulled away with the 75-64 win. White scored 12 of her 29 points in the five-minute overtime period. “The most disappointing thing of overtime was that we let her (White) get into her game,” Williams said. “She’s really good.
Defensively, we could have competed better on the ball.” Although the loss places CSU in a tricky uphill battle for another regular season Mountain West title, it feels the same as any other. “It’s tough, but I think every loss is tough,” Austgulen said. “We don’t really look at the records to be honest with you.” The Rams head up to Boise for a Wednesday night showdown with Boise State beginning at 7 p.m. Christian Hedrick can be reached at sports@collegian.com.
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SWIMMING AND DIVING
Haley Rowley leads CSU to fifth-place finish in MW Championships By Evan Grant @EGrantSports
The Colorado State women’s swimming and diving team traveled to San Antonio, Texas to compete in the Mountain West Swimming and Diving Tournament Feb. 14-17. They finished fifth in the meet to match their best placement under head coach Woody Woodard. The weekend was filled with broken records for the Rams. Junior Haley Rowley shone in the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:10.67, breaking the CSU record for the second time in one day having already broken the record in a preliminary round earlier. Rowley finished first in this event, beating San Diego State’s McKenna Meyer by more than 2 seconds in the competition. Rowley became CSU’s first individual event winner at the Mountain West Championship since Tove Tornstrom, who won the 200-meter butterfly in 2012. Rowley was joined by her teammate, junior Tonicia Thomas, as the top-performing Rams of the weekend. Thomas placed second in the 100-meter
backstroke after finishing in the first seed during the preliminary rounds. Thomas finished the preliminaries with a time of 52.94, outing the former record held by Brennan Fuller by a time of .01 seconds. “Toni has been an emotional spark plug for the team and she fought for and deserves that record,” Woodard said. With the efforts of Thomas and Rowley, the Rams finished off the first day of the competition in fifth on the leaderboard, having come into the day at the eighth spot. Another Ram to break a record during the tournament was freshman Maddie Ward. Ward finished the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:01.44 to set another program record. Her time added another 26 points for the Rams giving her the fourth-place finish in the event. Three other Rams scored in the 400-meter IM. Junior Ida Donohue finished 10th with a time of 4:21.84, freshman Jennae Fredrick finished 14th with a time of 4:23.70 in the preliminary rounds and sophomore Andrea Basile finished 21st with a time of 4:26.12. Sophomore Marie Goodwyn
Haley Rowley of CSU takes a commanding lead in the 1000-meter freestyle during the meet against the Air Force Falcons. Rowley won the Jan. 26 event by more than 30 seconds. PHOTO BY JOSH SCHROEDER COLLEGIAN
also finished in fourth for the Rams with a time of 4:15.99 in the preliminaries, making her the fastest swimmer in the 400-meter IM besides teammate Rowley. “We are very proud of them,” CSU assistant coach Mackenzie Novell said of the 400-meter IM crew. “All the IMers knew they put in the work during the season and they swam confident and fearless
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races. They were well-supported by each other and the team. They take pride in their training and it really shows in days like today.” CSU’s records were all topped off with Haley Rowley being named Mountain West Swimmer of the Meet. Rowley posted the second-fastest 1650-yard freestyle in conference history with a time of 16:15.50.
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All in all, the weekend did not end up the way the Rams hoped. Despite the big day on Friday, CSU finished off the week in fifth place collecting 709 points over the three-day competition. Boise State finished first with 1,250 points for its second consecutive victory in the tournament. Evan Grant can be reached at sports@collegian.com.
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ARTS & CULTURE Monday, February 19, 2018
EVENTS
‘Stepping Through the Decades’ honors cultural roots, expression By Nate Day @NateMDay
Editor’s note: Collegian arts and culture reporter Jarrae Newell participated in “Stepping through the Decades” with Lamda Beta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi. Stepping is a performance in which individuals rely on their own footsteps and claps to create a crowd-encapsulating rhythm.
HISTORY OF STEPPING ■ Stepping originated in South
Africa ■ Stepping is now largely practiced by Greek Life organizations
On Saturday night, the Black/ African-American Cultural Center and the Black Student Union put on a show entitled “Stepping Through the Decades” in which fraternities and sororities had the opportunity to compete in a step competition. The event was hosted by Nate Jackson, a comedian that served as the master of ceremonies for several events over the course of Black History Month. According to Step Afrika!, stepping was “conceived by miners in South Africa as an alternative to drumming, which was banned by authorities.” Since then, the tradition has spread to America and is largely
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elements from all three and forces hard truths to the surface. Understanding the material is the largest aspect of creating a believable play. The actors go through intense table work and research in order to present the audience with honest story telling. Ayers would assign homework for the cast to research the South and Arkansas. After the table work started, the actors did improv scenes mimicking family fights they had experienced. Tech and staging After the staging of the show, which included weeks of rehearsal, the production moved into tech week. This is when the designers would start to officially incorporate their aspects of the show, lighting design, sound and set design being the larger aspects of the show. Tara Tolar-Payne is the stage manager and sees the play from a more technical viewpoint than the actors see. “It’s basically working with
practiced by African-American fraternities and sororities. The event was full of lively music and high-intensity stepping that included vibrant costumes, incredible synchronization, and jumps, high kicks and splits that rival acrobatics in their form. The first group to perform, LIFE (Love is Finding Everyone), was entirely made up of high school students from Sierra High School in Colorado Springs. “I think it keeps us out of trouble,” said Kiki Scott, a member of LIFE. “It keeps us busy and focused on school. The high schoolers also plan on continuing to step in college, according to Lajayzia Cannon, another member of the team. The evening’s theme was “Stepping Through the Decades,” meaning that each performance had to include elements of stepping from past generations, not just modern stepping. Several Greek organizations participated as well. Lambda Beta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, inc., Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, inc. and Pi Lambda Chi Sorority, inc. competed in front of esteemed judges for the evening. “Stepping is really important to keeping the culture alive,” said Briyana Senter, the President the artistic side, with the cast and along with the people who are actually going to implement that like the carpentry and the paint shop since they all don’t talk to each other individually,” TolarPayne said. Stage managers literally manage everything that goes on stage. Tolar-Payne records what props are used where, which doors actors exit through and when each sound and light cue goes off. But stage managers are the silent helpers, they do not contribute to the artistic process. Writing and directing The playwright is instrumental in the creation of the play, and not just for writing the actual thing, but for the stage directions or specific design elements that are included throughout the script. JacobsJenkins asks for long moments of silence and very specific sounds to be played throughout the show in order to create the atmosphere the characters live in. Ayers honors these moments by following the stage directions from the playwright. Luckily, there is room to have some artistic, license especially with the execution of the design elements.
High school students perform step, rhythmically stomping and clapping during “Stepping Through the Decades” on Feb. 17. PHOTO BY NATE DAY COLLEGIAN
of Black Student Alliance. “It embodies working together and it takes us back to our roots as African-Americans.” Perhaps the most exciting part of the evening was the audience engagement, with students frequently shouting out messages of approval and encouragement for the steppers. I think it’s a great opportunity and a great experience,” said Ashlyn Shellenberger, a junior
“As well written as the play is, I think what really sets it apart from other plays is just atmosphere, which is created with sound and with design,” Ayers said. “And of course he’s not designing it, but he is giving you the building blocks in the play or in the stage the directions that are then lead to those design elements.” The show is more than just reality on stage. Each element brings in something natural and unnatural to the story of this dysfunctional family. Design really helps to create levels within the show, according to Ayers, and it can be seen as just a story about a regular family duking it out or it can be seen as a ghost story. All the hard work that has been put into the show will come together on opening night, Feb. 16. The show is free for CSU students and tickets can be purchased online or at the box office at the University Center for the Arts. “I am so proud of this show,” Ayers said. “I am so proud of this show, I can’t even describe how excited I am to share it with people.” Claire Oliver can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.
studying human development and family studies. “We get to learn and know more about their (Greek) councils.” Each performance was also met with applause for the dancers and the Greek organizations that they were affiliated with. Additionally, a number of Greek organizations performed a routine called strolling, or party walking. Strolling is a performance art similar to
stepping, with a stronger focus on dance-like elements, as opposed to rhythmic clapping and stomping. The judges voted Lambda Beta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity as the winner of the competition with their step performance that was inspired by the movie “Friday.” Nate Day can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.
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MUSIC
Bands compete in third round of Battle of the Bands
Lead vocalist and guitarist of the experimental rock band, Chess at Breakfast, Caleb McFaddon sings during the third round of the Battle of the Bands on Feb. 15. The band won the round and will move on to compete at the Moxi Theater in March. Chess at Breakfast recorded their first EP titled “The Gutshalls” in fall 2016. PHOTO BY SETH BODINE COLLEGIAN
Caleb D’Aleo, guitarist and singer of the funk band Amorphic, plays during the Battle of the Bands at Hodi’s Half Note on Feb. 15. Bands competed to move on to the next round at the Moxi Theater in Greeley. Winners of the final round win $1,000 and will be featured on the cover of BandWagon. PHOTO BY SETH BODINE COLLEGIAN
Lead vocalist and guitarist McGill Lee Jackson and trumpet player Matt Becker of the reggae band MountainUs lean against each other as they play at the Battle of the Bands at Hodi’s Half Note Feb. 15. Four bands competed during the third round of the Battle of the Bands, sponsored by BandWagon Magazine.
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Brian Keller of the funk band Amorphic plays the keyboard during the third round of the Battle of the Bands at Hodi’s Half Note Feb. 15. PHOTO BY SETH BODINE COLLEGIAN
Chess at Breakfast bassist Justin Daggett plays at Battle of the Bands at Hodi’s Half Note Feb. 15. The band will release their first album in spring 2018. PHOTO BY SETH BODINE COLLEGIAN
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MOVIES & TV
‘Black Panther’ is everything we wanted and more By Ty Davis @tydavisACW
Very few movies can rival the anticipation “Black Panther” amassed, even when compared to other Marvel Studios films. It takes little effort to see why: a talented, mostly Black cast, lead by a noteworthy Black director, with an Afrofuturist setting. Whether or not this movie failed—as if that were going to be a possibility for the film studio that does not even have “failure” in its vernacular, and with the film already projected to smash box office records—one thing is certain, the film industry will not be the same again. For various reasons this review will not contain a summary of the plot. I think it is for the best if most of the plot points, even the early ones are a surprise. Marvel Studios has been subtly breaking away from the Marvel filmmaking formula for a while now, but “Black Panther” is the first film in the franchise that has accomplished it. “Black
Panther” is only a Marvel movie in logos, otherwise it is a wholly new superhero movie straight from the mind of writer and director Ryan Coogler, previously known for “Creed” and “Fruitvale Station.” The usual strings of Marvel films are not here to control the direction, pacing or tone of the film this time. Much more freedom was clearly given to Ryan Coogler in order to handle this property with the care it deserved. The result is a superhero film with all the quality set pieces and resources, but taken in a new direction. “Black Panther” is easily one of the most visually stunning movies I have seen in a long time. American films usually use a muted color pallet, only ever really emphasizing blue and orange, but “Black Panther’s” colors are so vibrant, so full and diverse, you would swear up and down it was not an American film. The overall design from the sets, to the costumes, to the small expressions of culture inspired by various
African cultures gives “Black Panther” a visual flourish. From top to bottom this film is overflowing with style.
SETTING RECORDS ■ ”Black Panther” set a new
record for movies released in February, earning an estimated $25.2 million on its opening day in U.S. theaters.
One detail that separates “Black Panther” from the rest of the Marvel cinematic universe is that it is more of a drama than an action film. There are disillusioned relationships, family infighting and relationship shake-ups that keep you more invested in the lives of the characters than the actual events, despite the consequences being global. Another highlight of the film are the characters, each one, even the smallest characters, have so much personality in them. Letita Wright is hilarious as
Shuri, who is the sister of T’Challa, played by Chadwick Boseman. Forest Whitaker gives a spectacular performance as Zuri, the king ’s adviser. Lupita Nyong ’o’s Nakia and Danai Gurira’s Okiya have more three-dimensionality as supporting characters than most film protagonists. But the real stars of the show are Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa and Michael B. Jordan as Killmonger. Boseman kills it as the smooth and determined but noble Black Panther. Boseman manages to pull off a distinct and dynamic performance in a superhero/ leader role, a role commonly known for being bland. T’Challa’s journey is an emotionally straining one and Boseman carries it well. But Jordan almost steals the show with his performance as Killmonger. This character will go down as one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s greatest. Not only is this a villain with a sympathetic origin story, but also a relatable cause that even the protagonists of the
film cannot deny that, at its core, is morally pure, despite Killmonger’s overzealous methods. Killmonger is charismatic, intelligent, relatable and sympathetic, and there are not many Marvel villains you can say that about. Jordan is showing he is one of the most talented actors in the industry today. To go in depth with the themes would give too much away about the film, but what I will say is that writers are getting very good at slipping poignant messages into Disney films without raising the eyebrows of Disney’s executives. “Black Panther” can stand on its own from the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but also deliver a desperately needed, relevant message. Now if you will excuse me, I am going to buy a “Black Panther” shirt and represent it like there is no tomorrow. Ty Davis can be reached at entertainment@collegian. com.
Daily Horoscope Nancy Black
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(02/19/18). Expand territory this year. Coordinate your moves tightly with your team. Advance planning makes a difference. Romantic summer escapades provide love to soothe a transition before new energy floods your work and health. Strengthen support networks for your community. Love works miracles. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
options and choose. Others share an important view. CANCER (June 21-July
22) — 7 — Watch for career opportunities. Make sure what you’re building is solid before stepping out. Don’t strain the budget. Use practical resources.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 8 — Travel and discovery beckon. Consider philosophy, metaphysics and mysteries. Business keeps you busy. Find a way to mix it with exploration and fun.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 8 — Review and update financial paperwork and communications. Wait for better travel conditions to go out. Pay bills and manage accounts first.
— 8 — Take care of personal matters. Something you try or propose falls flat. Don’t rebel from authority without good reason. Wait for developments. — 5 — It’s OK to stay quiet and rest, despite social opportunities. Finish up a job. Slow down to get done faster. Keep your batteries charged.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 7
— Together, you can win satisfying results. Coordinate your actions with your team. Discuss possible directions to narrow
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 8 — You’re on the same page with your partner. Take advantage to make financial decisions and review accounts. Synchronize your efforts for maximum efficiency. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 7
— Maintain health and fitness
practices. Work with a partner or coach who can see your blind spots. Listen, and make adjustments. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — 7 — Discuss your passions, and focus your work toward what you love. Love is the bottom line this month. Focus on growing the fun factor. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
— 7 — Fill your home with love. Realize a renovation you’ve long dreamed about. Beautify your surroundings. Invite a special guest for something delicious. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18) — 8 — Take advantage of a surge in creativity and brilliant ideas. Take part in a fascinating conversation, and collaborate with your talented network. Connect and share. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 9 — Profitable ideas abound. Study the most interesting ones. Sift data for golden opportunities. You’re learning valuable skills; keep an open mind.
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