Vol. 128, No. 116 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 by The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Vol. 128, No. 116 Tuesday, April 9, 2019

OPINION

SPORTS

ARTS & CULTURE

CSU, do more for starving students

Women’s basketball signs Ellis to financial aid agreement

A woman captured looks deep into modern slavery

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ASCSU President candidate Ben Amundson and Vice President candidate Alexandria Farias answer questions during the ASCSU LSC Theatre Debate April 3. PHOTO BY MATT TACKETT COLLEGIAN

Amundson-Farias dispute alleged misreporting of financial documents By Collegian Staff @CSUCollegian

Associated Students of Colorado State University presidential candidate Ben Amundson and vice presidential candidate Alexandra Farias’ campaign finance documents have come into question after a member of the organization filed a report alleging that the campaign had misreported their finances and donations. In an interview with The Colle-

gian and in a campaign video posted to their Facebook page, Amundson said he and Farias donated most of their campaign money to the Food Bank of Larimer County, due to their platform on food insecurity. Because of this donation, Amundson said the campaign could not afford to print colored flyers. But, that was questioned when ASCSU Controller Nick Bohn filed a report against the Amundson-Farias campaign, alleging that the candidates have misreported

their campaign finances and are in violation of the ASCSU Elections Code. After the report was filed and delivered to the Rocky Mountain Student Media newsroom Monday afternoon, The Collegian launched an investigation into the claim but found that transparency around how much money was donated was lacking. Additionally, in his report against the campaign, Bohn noted discrepancies between the

cost of items included on Amundson-Farias’ campaign finance report. Bohn additionally wrote in a witness statement that he had noticed some campaign expenses were not disclosed in their financial report, including candy that was handed out while they campaigned. According to the donations and expenditures (D&E) report received by The Collegian, currently, the Amundson-Farias campaign has donated a total of $100 to the

Larimer County Food Bank. The Collegian was not able to confirm with the Food Bank how much Amundson’s campaign donated, nor were they able to confirm that he made a donation. Due to the fact that the individual who could confirm this information was out of the office during the time of contact, however we will update this article online if any further information becomes available.

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CAMPUS

ASCSU switches NYT to online subscription for all students, faculty By Ceci Taylor @cecelia_twt

The Associated Students of Colorado State University recently passed a resolution that moved The New York Times subscription from paper copies to the online version. The new method went into effect last Thursday. Zachary Vaishampayan, ASCSU chief of staff, said The New York Times approached ASCSU late in the fall semester of 2018 to convert. He said ASCSU was interested for a few reasons, one of them being because of the lack of paper copies The New York Times provided. Currently, students pay 50 cents for The New York Times as a part of CSU’s readership program, Vaishampayan said. The total yearly cost of all the newspaper subscriptions is $66,000, included in ASCSU’s general account. “We’re a campus of about 32,000 students and maybe 5,000 faculty and staff,” Vaishampayan said. “229 copies isn’t exactly a lot. With the digital subscription, it’s a copy for every student and faculty member.” ASCSU President Tristan Syron said the old amount wasn’t meeting student or faculty demand. “If you were up early enough, you were a lucky student,” Syron said. “If you were here at 11, you

were out of luck.” Vaishampayan also said they made the switch because of environmental concerns. “Environmentally ... 229 copies of an admittedly large newspaper and distribution is high, whereas online, I suppose there’d be electricity costs, but that’s about it,” Vaishampayan said. Vaishampayan also mentioned accessibility concerns with the old paper subscription. “With the online version, you can read it anywhere,” Vaishampayan said. “It’s also compatible with e-readers, or text to speech devices, and, admittedly, they’re not back (to) doing this, but recently all their videos have closed captions for the hearing impaired.”

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Vaishampayan said that the new contract kept the price of the subscription the same as before, but now students have access to a lot more resources, including ar-

chives going back to the 19th century and educational resources, especially for journalism majors. Besides The New York Times, CSU’s readership program offers students paper copies of both The Denver Post, to provide a state paper, and USA Today. “This program has been going on for at least 10 years, probably longer,” Vaishampayan said. “Those decisions were made a long time ago, but we still stand by the three newspapers that were chosen.” Syron said they learned their lesson after Silva’s impeachment and actually passed a resolution through the senate. “We would’ve been able to execute this faster had we not passed a resolution, but we decided that the right thing to do was to make sure everyone had a say,” Syron said. Syron said that staying informed is important, which is why CSU provides these papers for students, faculty and staff. “As we educate America’s future, they should know what they’re talking about, and in order to do that, they should have access to media,” Syron said. “You’re at a world-class university; you should understand what’s happening in the world.” So far, there isn’t much talk into digitalizing The Denver Post or USA Today, but it is a possibility.

Newsstands announce that the Associated Students of Colorado State University made The New York Times subscription digital, so CSU students can now access their subscriptions online. PHOTO BY ANNA MONTESANTI COLLEGIAN

“At this point, we want to see how The New York Times would go,” Vaishampayan said. “If the program goes well, I absolutely think they should look into that sort of thing.” Vaishampayan said that all students and faculty have to do to sign up is go to accessnyt.com, choose “Colorado State University” and sign up with their school “@rams. colostate.edu” email. Vaishampayan encouraged ev-

eryone to sign up for the new subscription. “This is one of the benefits that you have nowadays going to a university — getting opportunities like this,” Vaishampayan said. “How many employers in the future will be providing The New York Times for you? This is an opportunity you have being a college student; I say take it.” Ceci Taylor can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Funds >> from page 1 According to the Elections Code, all updates to campaign finance reports are due Monday and Friday at 3 p.m. to the elections manager. The Elections Committee sent documents for all of ASCSU’s current campaigns after the Monday deadline. The code specifies the D&E report should include copies of all receipts and invoices as well as the sources of all donated funds to the campaign. In his statement against the Amundson-Farias campaign, Bohn wrote that the candidates violated ASCSU’s Code of Ethics by misreporting information on their campaign finance documents. Under ASCSU’s current Elections Code, presidential and vice presidential candidates have a budget of $1,250 which they are prohibited from exceeding. In response to Bohn’s allegations, Amundson said he had not yet heard about Bohn’s report, but he had hoped to resolve the issues with Bohn in person. “I haven’t heard a word about it, so I hope they do give me a word as soon as possible,” Amundson said. “Honestly, I was just disappointed they didn’t want to talk about it in person. So, I tried to talk to a couple of the team members in person, and they said they didn’t want to talk.” Amundson clarified that his campaign has not claimed to donate all campaign funds, but

rather a considerable amount of personal money. However, he specified that the campaign has donated more than what is reported on the D&E. He also added that the campaign has specifically made sure not to claim that the money donated to the food bank came from campaign funds, as that could eliminate them from the running, according to Graybeal. “We didn’t actually give away necessarily that fund, but what we are saying is our money - our personal money - not a single penny has been spent on anything except a campaign donation and black and white printing,” Amundson said. In response to claims that Amundson-Farias would need to report these donations as campaign funds due to them being used as a campaigning tool, Amundson said the donations are meant to send a message. “We are not saying it explicitly to win votes, we are actually saying it to send a bigger message — that you don’t need to have the most expensive campaign (or) people handing out free stuff today; you don’t have to spend all your money,” Amundson said. “There’s even question of, ‘Should ASCSU give us some money to spend on our campaign?’ We are saying absolutely not. We are sending a bigger, broader political message that we don’t need all of this. I wouldn’t say it is expressly a campaign tool.” Amundson said, on the issue of transparency, that it would be inaccurate to say that the campaign lied about their donations. “We are willing to show you receipts,” Amundson said. “We

are willing to go to the distance to show you that this is all real, and we haven’t spent a single penny on anything except our donation and black and white print.” Graybeal said Amundson would need to disclose donations if he made the donation with campaign funds or in connection with his campaign. If he made donations with his personal money, he would not need to disclose that information, Graybeal said. “If he is using it as a campaign strategy, it is no longer personal finance, meaning that he would have to record it on the D&E,” Graybeal said. “When it comes to his own personal life outside of his campaign, he can donate as much money to the food bank as he wants to. But, if he is using it as a campaign strategy and is donating campaign finances, that means it has to be recorded and will eliminate him from the race if it is over the amount he is allowed to spend on his race.” Graybeal said she would argue Amundson’s donation is a campaign strategy. When explaining why he had not disclosed the total donation amount, Amundson said he was still following the precedent set by the 2017-18 Elections Committee when he reported that he donated $100 of his campaign funds to the food bank while campaigning for Speaker of the Senate. If he were to report the full donation in the D&E, his campaign could risk being disqualified from the election, Amundson said. “They could completely eliminate me, so I say no because of precedent,” Amundson

said. “Last year, the Elections Committee looked at it, so not just the elections manager, the whole committee looked at it. And they said, ‘You can’t disclose that number or you are eliminated.’” Amundson said the 2017-18 ASCSU Elections Committee advised him not to disclose the actual amount of money he donated to the Larimer County Food Bank because doing so could eliminate him from the race. In regards to possible allegations of Elections Code violations, Amundson said Graybeal’s decision does not reflect the precedent set by last year’s committee. “This isn’t one person’s say. Last year, it was eight people’s say and those eight people voted and said that I would be eliminated if I disclosed it,” Amundson said. “I understand she is supposed to advise the candidates and if I was ever called into a hearing with the Elections Committee I would say this is the exact precedent you set, that is the judicial precedent.” In an email to The Collegian, current student body President Tristan Syron wrote that the 2017-18 Elections Committee decided that candidates did not need to include donations they made on their D&E reports. “Last year, the issue arose of whether or not charity needed to be put on the D&E. The answer came back as no, because it isn’t a ‘campaign expense,’” Syron wrote. Graybeal said all donations, as valid campaign finances for those whose platforms emphasize charitable giving, are public

information. As such, the Elections Committee did not tell Amundson not to disclose the actual amount his campaign donated. “We did not tell him to not disclose anything, we just told him he had to fill out the D&E properly,” Graybeal said. On the issue of reporting donations, Graybeal specified that regardless of precedent, she has specified to the 2019-20 candidates that donations used for campaign purposes must be reported in the finance reports. “If he has submitted more than that ($100), then it has not been recorded on his D&E, which is not alright, ‘cause he is supposed to be recording all of those,” Graybeal said. “I have had a conversation with him about that, due to the fact that if he goes over budget and has any violations against him, it would disqualify him from the race.” Graybeal said all campaign finance reports are available to the public, and people can contact the Elections Committee if they are interested in viewing a campaign’s financial reports. “If students are concerned about campaign finances, they can come talk to the committee. We’re more than willing to discuss campaign finances. With it being that public access piece, we’re not hiding anything from them,” Graybeal said. “The committee’s here to make sure that they have that ability to reach out and ask those questions because we can talk to the campaigns directly and get those questions answered for them.” Collegian staff can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Fort Collins man arrested for menacing, false imprisonment By Natalia Sperry @Natalia_Sperry

Police issued a reverse 911 call to a southeast neighborhood in Fort Collins Sunday upon finding a suspect armed with a gun inside his residence. Michael Aguirre Jr., 42, was arrested by Fort Collins police for the unlawful restraint of another person and for knowingly placing someone in fear of imminent serious bodily injury under Colorado state law. Aguirre was charged with false imprisonment and menacing, two class five felonies, in addition to child abuse and domestic violence. FCPS was informed of a domestic disturbance at 5:30 p.m. April 7 in the 6600 block of Antigua Drive, according to a City

press release. Officers discovered Aguirre armed with a gun inside. All other parties were able to exit the home by the time police arrived, according to the release. After Aguirre refused to comply with an officer’s commands to exit the apartment, the FCPS SWAT team responded to assist. Police were able to safely take Aguirre into custody after about four hours, and he was booked into the Larimer County Jail. Police ask anyone with information to contact Detective Annie Hill at 970-221-6340 or Crime Stoppers of Larimer County at 970-221-6868. For more information, visit www.fcgov.com/police/. Natalia Sperry can be reached at news@collegian.com. Olivia Armagno contributed to this report.

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The Yoga Way of Life Over the course of the past few decades, our society has created a perception of yoga that has resulted in barriers to entry to this beneficial practice. One of those perceptions is that to be “successful” at yoga, one must be able to touch their toes or be physically fit. Another is that to take part in a yoga practice, one must be a so-called “hippie.”

There are some amazing sport climbing places just north of Fort Collins in the Poudre Canyon. Some popular crags are Crystal Wall and the Poudre Palace both about 15 miles up the canyon with parking right after the tunnel. The granite is superb and the views while climbing are breathtaking. Both these areas have a range of climbs from easy to hard. One thing to note is that the Palace requires a river crossing and during high water it is dangerous to cross so only cross if it is low enough (high water typically occurs from May to the end of July).

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Yoga & Beer Do you like yoga? Do you like Beer? Head to Verboten Brewing in Loveland! Join Alisha Johnson Saturday, April 20th in building community, strengthening your body and mind, and enjoying a delicious pint of beer afterwards. You’ll be sure to leave feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. If you miss this one don’t worry because Alisha will be putting on other classes every 3rd Saturday of the month. This event can be found on eventbrite for only $20! Participants must be 21 years of age or older and please bring your own mat. By Alisha Johnson

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COLLEGIAN COLUMNIST

CSU administration should do more for starving college students Abby Vander Graaff @abbym_vg

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. The Colorado State University community continuously demonstrates a concern for one another through programs to eradicate food insecurity and other forms of poverty. This has even become a key issue that Associated Students of Colorado State University presidential campaigns have included in their platforms. But to truly solve these issues, we must reflect on why they exist. CSU tuition and living costs are large contributors to financial insecurity for students. CSU should place a larger emphasis on providing financial assistance to students who really need it. Rams Against Hunger, a program run by the Student Leadership, Involvement and Community Engagement office and its partners, states that one in 10 Colorado State University students experience food insecurity. SLiCE office assistant director Jen Johnson theorizes that this insecurity comes from the disparity between income and living costs for students and faculty. “CSU is trying to give access to as many diverse backgrounds of students as possible, which is a really important goal,” Johnson said.

“When you admit people with more diverse or more intense need, and don’t actually backfill with the supports that are necessary, we start to see this gap. And I think that’s what’s happening with food.” This would mean assisting students in navigating tuition, housing and other living costs. CSU’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System report shows that only 63% of CSU students received scholarships in 2016-17, and 48% received loans. The average scholarship amount was $6,291 and the average loan amount was $6,921. This issue extends beyond students as well. Johnson estimates that between 10-15% of faculty and staff are experiencing food insecurity. While active CSU community members suffer, the University caters to outsiders. We continuously see renovations in more public aspects of the university, such as dining halls or the Canvas Stadium, when this money could go to current students, whether through scholarships, cheaper meals, or repairs to our many run down liberal arts buildings. CSU told The Coloradoan it has spent $35 million on dining halls in the past 12 years. $11.2 million was spent on The Foundry dining center and renovation of Corbett lobby alone, according to SOURCE. These additions do benefit students, but that’s probably not why they were implemented. These projects were more likely created with the intention of impressing

alumni donors and prospective students who provide new sources of revenue to the university. One selling point of CSU is its sustainability. On the website dedicated to demonstrating this, CSU advertises the new Rams Against Hunger Food Recovery program. But under the question “What should I do if I run out of meals?” on the Dining Services website that students use, there is no mention of the numerous programs that help ease student food insecurity. Once per semester, students can donate two of their 20 extra meal swipes to a peer in need, but are prohibited from donating any more or using their regular meal swipes on another person. If leftover meals swipes aren’t redeemed, the profits are retained by the dining center, according to the Dining Services FAQs webpage. CSU must place a greater emphasis on making decisions and policies that not only benefit the University, but individual students, staff and faculty members. This institution has an immense amount of financial and intellectual resources. It’s time they are put to good use. Since its creation, Rams Against Hunger has raised $88,454 from the community — CSU makes about this much on a year’s tuition from two out of state students. Rams should take care of Rams, but by working for profit instead of wellbeing, the administration has exempted itself from its own mantra. Do better, CSU. Abby Vander Graaff can be reached at letters@collegian.com.

SERIOUSLY

Scheduling doctor appointments deemed too much work, students rather suffer By Marshall Dunham @gnarshallfunham

Editor’s note: This is a satire piece from The Collegian’s opinion section. Real names may be used in fictitious/semi-fictitious ways. Those who do not read editor’s notes are subject to being offended. Doctors at Colorado State University have recently reported that doctor visits are no longer necessary among college students, due to the fact that calling and setting up appointments is a lot of work and kind of scary. “Once you reach an age where your parents stop calling medical professionals and setting up appointments for you, it’s actually no longer necessary for you to visit the doctors,” reported CSU doctor Jude Ramirez. “Scheduling appointments is a lot of work, and you

have to talk to some stranger that you can’t even see. That’s spooky.” Ramirez went on to explain that instead of attending appointments or checkups, college students should completely ignore all their health problems and hope they don’t get sick. “Let’s be honest, with the outrageous wait time at the CSU Medical Center, it’s not like you’re going to see a medical professional in a timely manner anyway,” Ramirez pointed out. She went on to add, “Instead, I’d recommend that you hunker down, cross your fingers, and pray to whatever god you believe in that no physical or mental ailment befalls you.” “I had the flu pretty bad, and I made an appointment at the CSU Medical Center,” explained junior Neuroscience major Jenna Albridge. “By the time my appoint-

ment came around three weeks later, I didn’t have the flu anymore.” Albridge went on to report that she “wasn’t falling for that one again,” and that “next time, I’ll just sweat it out with a couple blankets and an entire season of a sub-par Netflix original.” “I’m pretty sure I have a kidney stone that started bothering me sometime last semester,” explained sophomore business major Richard Howell. “I think my appointment is scheduled for sometime in May, but I’m not entirely sure. It’s been so long.” Howell went on to report that, given the recent announcement that visiting the doctor is no longer necessary, he may scrap the entire appointment altogether and hope he passes the stone on his own. Marshall Dunham can be reached at letters@collegian.com.

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Tuesday, April 9 Hodi’s Half Note is hosting RE:Turn Tuesdays featuring Exmag with LWKY, Plaid Hawaii and common practice at 8:30 p.m. Bridging the gap between electronic music and live performance, Exmag has made a name for themselves on both the electronic and new wave scene. Their latest EP, “Glimpses Of A Vision”, features two funk fueled, soulful dance hits guaranteed to get you grooving. The Regional is hosting a solo performance from Brennan Mackey of King Cardinal at 6 p.m. Similarly to his band’s raw roots rock sound, Brennan Mackey creates smooth, emotional and impactful music through the use of his vocals, guitar and banjo instrumentation.

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Sports | Tuesday, April 9, 2019

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Women’s Basketball signs Makenzie Ellis to financial aid agreement By Ashley Potts @ashleypotts09

After a season of struggles, the Colorado State University women’s basketball team has started looking to the future. The team announced April 8 that they signed graduate transfer Makenzie Ellis to a financial aid agreement. Ellis will have immediate eligibility. The forward’s basketball career has been successful so far. She was selected to the 2014 USA U17 National Team trials while attending Booker T. Washington High School in her home town of Tulsa, Oklahoma. According to ESPN, Ellis was the No. 98-rated player in the country coming out of high school, 15th at her position. She remained high in the rankings, despite being on the sidelines due to an injury her senior year. She was also a McDonald’s All-American nominee, selected as a Tulsa World All-State nominee and she received a nod for the Oklahoma 6A All-State Tournament First Team. After high school, Ellis played two seasons at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and two seasons

at Southern Methodist University. Ellis started 33 of 33 games for the Buffs in her sophomore season (2016-17) and performed well. She had an average of 6.4 points per game and a .371 three-point field goal percentage. She also had a team second-best in rebounds per game that season at 4.2 rebounds per game. Ellis was also second on the team in free throw percentage her freshman season, sinking 26of-31 from the line.

“I just love how Makenzie competes. Her toughness, the intensity she plays with and the versatility to her game will be welcome additions to our lineup.” RYUN WILLIAMS HEAD COACH

In her time in Boulder, Ellis performed well against an opponent that will remember her when she

arrives at CSU. She had a 16-point, 4-for-4 three-point shot night against the University of Wyoming back in 2016. She then transferred to SMU, where she, again, led the team in free throws. She went 31-for-38 from the line in 29 appearances in the 2018-19 season. “We are very excited to welcome Makenzie to Colorado State women’s basketball,” Head Coach Ryun Williams said in a press release. “I just love how Makenzie competes. Her toughness, the intensity she plays with and the versatility to her game will be welcome additions to our lineup. She is a confident young lady with a very good basketball IQ and will bring a mature, winning approach to our program.” Ellis is the second new addition to the team this offseason, joining Australian commit Katia Stamatelopoulos. Current Rams — Jamie Bonnarens, Megan Jacobs, Marlee Kyles and Tori Williams — will suit up for the team for the first time next season after redshirting the 2018-19 season. Ashley Potts can be reached at sports@collegian.com

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Arts & Culture | Tuesday, April 9, 2019

MOVIES & TV

‘A Woman Captured’ shares intimate account of modern-day domestic slavery By Lauryn Bolz @LaurynBolz

“A Woman Captured” at first seems to follow the relatively normal life of a woman living in rural Hungary. She goes to work, picks flowers and chatters with the filmmaker about the lovely evening. Then, she is given her enslaver’s leftovers as her dinner. Bernadett Tuza-Ritter’s debut documentary film that profiles the daily life of a modern slave, Edith, sent shockwaves around the entire world and has created a new movement to stop this form of domestic slavery. The film was shown as part of the ACT Film Festival April 7 and was followed up by a Q&A session with Tuza-Ritter. The initial project of a five-minute short film soon became a one-and-a-half-year journey. Tuza-Ritter not only documents but explores and dissects the life of Edith, who for the first three-quarters of the film is only known as her servant name, Marish. “I started this film with a different topic,” Tuza-Ritter said. “I applied to the Hungarian Film School to study directing, and they asked that I make a five minute short about the day of a person. I met this family through a friend of mine a few years earlier only by chance. I knew that Marish (Edith) was a servant, but I didn’t know she was not paid.” Through organic and claustrophobically close shots on Edith’s

tired face and worn hands, along with uncomfortably quiet music which enhances tense moments, Tuza-Ritter makes the audience feel as trapped as the subject is in her everyday life. As Edith moves through a modern world and a very contemporary house, the life that she and 45 million other modern slaves are living hits shockingly close to home. Perhaps what makes the film so unique in comparison to other films is how it challenges commonly enforced journalistic standards of documentary filmmaking. Tuza-Ritter makes herself a character from behind the camera, often helping Edith with her chores and providing her comfort when she is abused. After a few months of filming Edith’s oppressive life, Tuza-Ritter reveals that she has called the police anonymously, only to be told that the Hungarian police were aware of the phenomenon happening, but that there was no way that they could provide protection for victims. After her phone call, Tuza-Ritter takes on a much more active role in helping Edith. Through developing a close friendship with her subject, Edith gains the confidence to escape her oppressors. In a sequence of tense, heart-pounding shots, Edith, along with Tuza-Ritter, flee from the house that she has been enslaved in for approximately 10 years. The audience witnesses the intense mix of feelings, from horror to ecstasy, that dance across Edith’s face as she begins her new life as a free woman. “I’m heading out into the big world with 150 euros in my pocket, the clothes that I am wearing, at 52 years old,” Edith said as she boarded a train to the city alongside Tuza-Ritter. Edith and Tuza-Ritter’s story

has received international attention for its personal and organic storytelling and strong calling for social reform. It also raises questions on if it is for the own good of the subjects for filmmakers to take a more humanitarian approach to telling their stories, unlike the previous standard of a neutral storyteller. “This is my first documentary, so I didn’t really know the rules before I started to shoot,” Tuza-Ritter said. “I heard that documentary filmmakers should be an observer, but I think it would not be ethically fair if I did not react to my protagonist’s life. The most important thing is that she is a human being, and the second most important thing is how I can show this to the world without hurting her.” Since the film has shown in her own country, Tuza-Ritter said that a conversation has started in order to reform the system to help victims of modern slavery. “I had the rights to be more like a filmmaker or more like a person,” Tuza-Ritter said. “From the ethical side, it was obvious that she needed me. It was my first point to be there as a human being to support her.” Encore screenings: “Angels Are Made of Light”: Monday, April 8, 6:30 p.m. at The Lyric “Moonlight Sonata”: Deafness in Three Movements and Edgecombe: Tuesday, April 9, 6:30 p.m. at The Lyric “Gaza and Our Song to War”: Wednesday, April 10, 6:30 p.m. at The Lyric “Midnight Family and Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains”: Thursday, April 11, 6:30 p.m. at The Lyric Lauryn Bolz can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.