Vol. 128, No. 44 Thursday, October 11, 2018
OPINION
SPORTS
ARTS & CULTURE
Being vegetarian doesn’t make you healthy
Rams basketball will bounce back under Medved
Step back in time with CSU’s Fall drag show
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INFOGRAPHIC BY MEG METZGER-SEYMOUR COLLEGIAN
ASCSU promotes U+2 survey, campaigns for alternative Me+3 By Stuart Smith @stuartsmithnews
Love it, hate it or flat ignore it, U+2 is a fact of life in Fort Collins. The executive branch of the Associated Students of Colorado State University is ramping up their campaign to replace Fort Collins’ U+2 law with one
that’s been discussed for years: Me+3. U+2 is the colloquial name of Fort Collins’ current housing ordinance that prevents more than three unrelated persons from living in a single residence. The proposed Me+3 would up this limit to four persons. Since the Jason Sydoriak administration in 2015, the
ASCSU executive branch has worked to replace or amend U+2. Last year, the ASCSU Senate approved $10,000 from the Senate discretionary fund to help fund a survey, with additional monetary support from CSU’s Administration. At the end of last year, the Senate body also approved $30,000 for Me+3 campaigning for the executive branch. When
the surveys came out, ASCSU spent $2,700 for a plane to carry a banner about the survey, telling students to check their mail. Student body President Tristan Syron said the rationale behind the allocated funds for taking on U+2 reform was that it’s a student issue, one his campaign emphasized last spring. “The problem is, there
hasn’t just been one person to say ‘this is an issue, this has been an issue for a while, let’s tackle it,’” Syron said. “If the student body wants this done and they’re paying this fee, we’re finally going to use it on something that they want and put all our forces on it.” The survey went out in early
see ME + 3 on page 4 >>