Vol. 128, No. 105 Tuesday, March 12, 2019
OPINION
SPORTS
ARTS & CULTURE
Reframe the way we perceive people with disabilities
Baseball dominates first league games of season
CatVideoFest is a ‘purrfect’ fundraiser for cats
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Hate speech graffiti found in Warner College bathroom By Ceci Taylor @cecelia_twt
Colorado State University students walk outside the Andrew G. Clark Building March 1. PHOTO BY ALYSSA UHL COLLEGIAN
As state funding shrinks, CSU shares goals for resident, nonresident students By Charlotte Lang @chartrickwrites
Following years of record-breaking incoming classes, Colorado State University is working to balance an increasing out-of-state population while still sticking to its roots as a land-grant university. Last semester, 31.3 percent of students enrolled in CSU were nonresident students. According to the University’s fall enrollment report, this number is steadily
growing. Leslie Taylor, vice president for enrollment and access, said that a factor influencing the growth of out-of-state students is the strong economy making out-of-state tuition more feasible for a greater number of families. Taylor said other factors include CSU’s growing national reputation, as well as intentional investment in marketing and recruiting in the most lucrative states of California, Illinois and Texas. There has also been a slow but
steady increase of Colorado resident students leaving the state for higher education, creating a competitive market for all in-state, four-year schools. “As the land-grant institution in Colorado, we have the unique mission and responsibility to offer education to all Colorado students who have the ability and desire to earn a degree,” Taylor said. “We take that role very seriously and thus reach out to all areas of the state to recruit students.” Taylor said that, at the same
time higher education in Colorado has been defunded by the state since the recession, the tuition paid by nonresident students has helped balance those cuts, along with more intentional fundraising and grant acquisition. Currently, Colorado ranks 47th nationally in higher education spending per student, according to the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association.
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Offensive graffiti was found written on a stall in the men’s bathroom in the Warner College of Natural Resources March 6. The graffiti read, “We must preserve European culture and values ... ‘diversity’ is not the answer.” The Colorado State University Police Department was contacted after the report because the writing was considered graffiti. The University worked with Facilities Management to remove the graffiti, which was done the morning after the report. Rob Novak, director of communications at the Warner College, made a statement denouncing the graffiti. “The Warner College is an inclusive space for everyone,” Novak said. “We completely disagree and denounce what the graffiti said, and Warner College thinks that diversity is important and essential.” Novak said that this was only the second time he had encountered such a situation in his four years working for the Warner College. CSU also released a statement following the report and the graffiti’s removal. “Like virtually all campuses across the nation, CSU is a target for this type of activity because it is a public space that supports free speech and expression,” the University see GRAFFITI on page 4 >>