Vol. 128, No. 47 Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Vol. 128, No. 47 Tuesday, October 16, 2018

NEWS

OPINION

SPORTS

New Era Colorado aims to engage student voters

Should Dennis Prager come to CSU?

Rams winless in triple h eader weekend

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CSU senior English and ethnics studies major Xavier Hadley poses for a portrait. PHOTO BY COLIN SHEPHERD COLLEGIAN

Student musician reflects on artistic growth

By Miles Parrish @parrishm20

Xavier Hadley, a 22-yearold Colorado native and English senior at Colorado State University, goes by the name of “Xavley” and is making waves with his music all over Colorado. Hadley has been making and releasing music over the past couple of years, and through music has found his own personal creative identity.

Under his stage name, Hadley has put out an impressive catalog of music.

With two albums and multiple EPs on Spotify, Apple Music and SoundCloud, the artist has much more in store.

In his music, Hadley shows off production skills and vocals with hypnotic melodies over self-produced beats utilizing entrancing guitar notes. Through his music, he embarks on the pursuit of selfexpression through one of its purest forms.

“I feel like I have a natural drive to just create stuff and I like to see myself through different mediums,” Hadley said.

When peering into Hadley’s music, the organic nature of his creative process becomes clear. While he is not void of outside inspiration, he credits guitarist and singer-songwriter Steve Lacy as the man that got him started in music. Hadley is able to make a world of his own that he has allowed listeners to enter into seamlessly.

“I’ve been scared to say what I want to say and be myself for so long,” Hadley said. “And now I think I want to use music to actually say the things that I want to say and talk about the things that I want to talk about.”

When asked what he uses to record his music, Hadley said “I use those headphones,” and pointed towards his pair of SkullCandy earbuds laid on the table. When in the process of bringing his musical concepts to life, Hadley uses his Fender guitar, amp and his laptop. It’s a

humble setup, but he does much more than just make do with it and manages to produce music of a quality that surpasses the expectations of his resources.

It is evident that music has provided him a release for the things that occupy his mind.

There is an inherent sense of a personal connection between Hadley and his music that is easy to appreciate. Hadley aims to provide a lens into the multiple experiences and

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Madison Gould, a senior art major at Colorado State University, decorates the Lory Student Center with green and yellow balloons for homecoming weekend. She is part of Colab, the Lory Student Center marketing collaboration, and enjoys getting to be a part of all the various projects that take place there. “We decorated in order to make the LSC a more festive and inviting place for visiting families,“ Gould said. PHOTO BY BROOKE BUCHAN COLLEGIAN

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News | Tuesday, October 16, 2018

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Board of Governors forms search committee for next president

By Emma Iannacone @EmmaIannacone

The search for the next Colorado State University president has taken its first steps.

The CSU Board of Governors announced the official formation of a Presidential Search Advisory Committee in an email to the campus community Oct. 15. Plans to establish this committee came from the Board of Governors meeting Oct. 5.

to the Board, featuring members ranging from professors to deans and prominent community members. This includes such members as Vice President for Student Affairs Blanche Hughes, Associated Students of CSU President Tristan Syron and Fort Collins Mayor Wade Troxell.

TIMELINE OF THE SEARCH COMMITTEE ■ On Sept. 30, Tony Frank emailed

“I’m excited to be part of the committee. Dr. Frank truly was an advocate of the student voice, now I want to ensure that we get that same standard or better.”

TRISTAN SYRON ASCSU PRESIDENT

This follows President Tony Frank’s recent announcment that he will be stepping into the chancellor position full-time July 2019. Currently, Frank serves dual roles as University president and chancellor.

The 16-member search committee will be led by Board of Governors Vice Chair Nancy Tuor. According to the email, the committee is comprised of both Board of Governors and CSU Representatives elected

the CSU campus announcing he will step down.

■ The Board of Governors confirmed plans to establishment a presidential search advisory committee to find a replacement for current president Tony Frank on Oct. 5.

■ The board announced the official search committee, including members such as associated students of CSU president Tristan Syron, on Oct. 15.

The Parker Executive Search firm, a recruitment services organization that works with universities to hire executives, was chosen to assist in the selection.

Syron wrote in a statement to The Collegian that his goal is to best represent the needs of students on the committee.

“I’m excited to be part of the committee. Dr. Frank truly was an advocate of the student voice,

President Tony Frank stands for an interview after the annual Fall Address. Frank announced this week that he will be stepping down as president this summer and take on a position as full-time Chancellor of the Colorado State University System. PHOTO BY MATT TACKETT COLLEGIAN

now I want to ensure that we get that same standard or better,” Syron wrote.

After identifying and interviewing applicants, the committee will recommend candidates for consideration by the Board, which is the final hiring authority, according to the email.

“It’s an exciting time for a new leader to step in and build on the significant momentum that CSU has experienced over the past decade,” wrote Rico Munn, chair of the Board of Governors, in the email to campus.

CSU plans to conduct listen-

ing sessions with students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members about what they hope to see in the next president, according to the email. More options to give feedback and information about the sessions will be released by early November.

In his announcement, Frank wrote that the Board of Governors requested he remains the full-time chancellor of the CSU system, a position he has held since 2015.

In his email, Frank reflected on his 10-year presidency, including the growth of the Uni-

versity and increased diversity of the student population, and offered support for the search for his successor.

“I’ll be around for the rest of this year, and then I’m just moving down the road,” Frank wrote.

“And I have enormous confidence that the Board will be able to attract an outstanding leader who will lead what shapes up to be an extraordinarily promising decade ahead. I can’t wait to see what that decade brings for CSU.” Emma Iannacone can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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New Era Colorado helps students register to vote

By Ravyn Cullor @RCullor99

Students walking on campus for the last few weeks may have heard the same question many times: Are you registered to vote?

New Era Colorado asked that question to get students to the polls.

New Era Colorado spent weeks on the Colorado State University campus offering voter registration and registration updates for students. Anna Woods, regional organizing manager for New Era Colorado, said their office out of Fort Collins registered 5,200 voters this year, including at CSU and other schools in Northern Colorado.

New Era Colorado is a local, non-partisan nonprofit which works with student-run campus organizations to get students registered to vote.

“Young people make up one in three voters in Colorado,” Woods said. “We have a lot of potential power in the state. We are also the group that is least likely to be registered to vote.”

According to a Vox poll from

July, only 28 percent of voters age 18-29 are “absolutely certain they are going to vote in the midterms.”

According to New Era Colorado’s website, they have registered 150,000 voters, and in 2012 86 percent of the people they registered turned out to the polls.

“If (students) don’t vote, (their) ability to have a say in (their) representation at multiple levels of governance, as well as on particular policy issues, is forfeited,” wrote Kyle Saunders, political science professor, in an email to The Collegian.

This year, CSU was one of only 58 institutions out of 1,488 that scored full points in Washington Monthly magazine for commitment to encouraging students to vote.

CSU has created an action plan to get students involved in voting through the Student Leadership, Involvement & Community Engagement Office. The plan includes student organization involvement, the voter registration drive, voter education, a polling station in the Lory Student Center and evaluation of data collected by the National Study of Learning,

A sign advocating for students to go vote hangs near the Plaza on Nov. 8, 2016.

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Voting and Engagement.

“CSU has had an active student culture for many years with many politically, and socially active students on both sides of the partisan fence,” Saunders wrote.

“I think that’s wonderful because the more civil discourse on issues and our political future that we have, the better off our society will be.”

Woods said it is important to be on campus registering students because it is most students’ first time voting, and the voter registration process can be intimidat-

ing. She also said it’s important for students to update their registration every time they move, because mail-in ballots aren’t forwarded like other kinds of mail.

“When young people don’t vote, they become less of a voice to their elected representatives,” Woods said. “Issues that young people typically care about, like student debt reform or environmental impact issues, are paid a little less attention to when young people aren’t seen as an important electorate.”

New Era Colorado has ended

its voter registration event, but students can still register to vote online, through the mail or in person at the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder office or a polling location.

“I’m registered to vote because it’s a privilege that I want to take advantage of, and I want my voice to be heard,” said Fia’Ave Gaoa, a sophomore psychology student.

“Only I can vote for my interests and what I believe in.”

Ravyn Cullor can be reached at news@collegian.com

POLITICS

Fort Collins teachers, supporters advocate for Amendment 73

By Julia Trowbridge @chaplin_jules

Once again, Fort Collins teachers are advocating for increased funding for public education. This time, they’re trying to raise awareness on how your vote can change that Fort Collins teachers and supporters are getting the word out about Amendment 73 on the midterm ballot, which would increase public funding education through what they refer to as “walk and knocks” and “honk and waves.”

The amendment aims to increase funding for public schools through an increased income tax.

If passed, taxes would increase for people making over $150,000 per year, which currently makes up 8.2 percent of Colorado’s population.

In order to get on the ballot, Amendment 73 had to obtain supporting signatures from 2 percent of voters in each State Senate district. It also has to pass with 55 percent majority vote, because it’s a change to the Colorado Constitution, according to a news release from Secretary State Wayne Williams on Amendment 73.

The amendment surpassed the signatures needed from 2 percent of voters, and got 170,000 signatures, said Donald Anderson, the current chair of the State Advisory Council of Parent Involvement in Education.

Fort Collins, the 14th Senate

District, was the second district to meet its goal, Anderson said.

“So we know there is a need, and alike, for what we’ve done,” Anderson said. “We don’t have some big funding, this is totally grassroots and really trying to make it happen.

It took a lot of effort to be able to get across the state and get signatures.”

“If you go cheap, you get cheap results. We’re essentially shooting ourselves in the foot by not properly funding education.”

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Due to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights and the Gallagher amendments in the Colorado Constitution, increasing funding for public education is difficult, said Shelly Wells, a teacher for Poudre School District. This is because both amendments limit property taxes, and public schools are funded through a mixture of state and property taxes, according to GreatEducation Colorado, the grassroots organization behind the amendment.

Kurt Knierim, a Rocky Mountain high school teacher of 27 years, is currently advocating for the

amendment, said Colorado spends around $2,800 less per pupil than the national average. Voting for this amendment will help change that, he said.

“We’re facing a huge shortage of teachers because we can’t pay them,” Knierim said. “And we want the best people in front of kids because this is our future. I’m at the end of my career but I’m doing this for the young teachers because they deserve better than I got.”

Another teacher advocate from Fossil Ridge High School, Niall O’Dwyer, said his experience teaching in Ireland for a decade demonstrated Irish kids outperform American kids. This is generally because those class sizes are smaller and Ireland puts more money in education, he said.

O’Dwyer said America has been falling down in rankings, and bettering public education is the way to keep on the cutting edge of innovation.

“If you go cheap, you get a cheap result,” O’Dwyer said. “It’s really short-termist to think like the old saying, ‘a penny wise a pound foolish.’ We’re essentially shooting ourselves in the foot by not properly funding education.”

Rob Jackson, a teacher at Fossil Ridge High School, said Amendment 73 would be a great benefit to local communities and public education because he feels that this funding issue should also be helped at the state level.

Jackson said there’s current-

Lisa Musante, right, a teacher in the Poudre School District, and Sarah Weeks, left, who teaches in the Poudre School District, hold signs advocating for support on Amendment 73.

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ly a $100 fee to participate in the Speech and Debate club he coaches, but doesn’t want that opportunity to be limited because of a financial burden.

“School funding in Colorado is very important, because Colorado is too great of a state to have the funding situation it currently has,” Jackson said. “Fees are all too common for a lot of sports and activities, so funding education will perhaps enable some schools to provide funding for clubs and activities so kids won’t have to pay so much money to take part in an extracurricular.”

Anderson said this amendment is the best way to increase funding for public education because it will create a steady income for schools

that are protected.

Another benefit to the amendment, Anderson said, is that only higher-incomes families will be taxed higher. Higher-income-families still profit from good public education, whether that’s through their children or helping create better educated kids for the future.

“With the Gallagher measure, we keep losing money locally that the state has to backfill in,” Anderson said. “This measure puts a hole in that bucket, so it’s not going to leak anymore. I think this is going to make our schools better, our teachers better and help our communities.”

Julia Trowbridge can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Opinion | Tuesday, October 16, 2018

COLLEGIAN COLUMNISTS

Don’t use student fees to bring Prager to CSU Leta McWilliams @LetaMcWilliams

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.

It was announced that Dennis Prager would be coming to Colorado State University’s campus, hosted by Turning Point USA, to discuss his ideologies Oct. 29.

The last thing many students at Colorado State University want is their student fees to be used to bring a racist homophobic speaker to campus. ASCSU approved it anyways.

Prager is known to be extremely problematic, especially in regards to race. Prager co-founded a non-profit organization called PragerU in 2009.

The website is filled with racist content, including a video discussing the Black Card and how people of color manipulate those around them by using it for their own gain.

Almost 30 percent of students at CSU are people of color, so bringing Prager and these ideas to campus is marginalizing over 7,000 students.

Prager is also known for having homophobic views, stating “every religious and non-religious tradition, every major moral thinker in history, not one of them in any tradition in history has ever advocated for changing the definition of marriage … I want gays to have every right, however redefining marriage is not called for.” This is not only a contradicting statement, but it is also extremely homophobic. Prager also stated that same-sex marriage could lead to polygamy and incest.

Many current and former CSU students discussed their frustrations towards ASCSU Oct. 4 for bringing Prager to the university. Luce Stone, a junior anthropology major and employee at the Women and Gender Advocacy Center, was the first to speak about Prager’s upcoming visit.

“Free speech and debate are key parts of college campuses, but do we want to host a speaker that

actively wishes harm towards people of marginalized identities?”

Stone asked.

Many other students spoke out against TPUSA hosting Prager on campus. However, in the name of freedom of speech and since the event does not break any of their bylaws, ASCSU approved TPUSA’s request, and continues to disregard the fears of students.

TPUSA is also known to be extremely problematic. They’ve been known to stalk left-leaning students online, document and film what they’re doing on and off campus and dox them. They consistently make those against their ideologies feel unsafe through scare tactics and intimidation strategies. TPUSA is the same organization that brought Charlie Kirk to CSU last year, making many students feel unsafe.

“Is engaging in debate worth risking the safety and well-being of our queer, Muslim and female students, especially with the events of the Charlie Kirk event last spring, which brought neoNazis to campus?”

LUCE STONE WOMEN AND GENDER ADVOCACY CENTER EMPLOYEE

After Kirk’s appearance last year, many students on campus want nothing to do with this event.

The event brought White nationalist and neo-Nazi groups to CSU’s campus, putting students in danger and requiring police to be at the Lory Student Center.

In the name of free speech, people like Prager should be able to come to CSU. However, the event should not be funded by student fees. TPUSA is once again putting students in danger by bringing someone so problematic to campus, and is doing so by using the money from those they are harming.

Leta McWilliams can be reached at letters@collegian.com.

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Opinion | Tuesday, October 16, 2018

COLLEGIAN COLUMNISTS

UN climate change report should make us examine personal choices Madison Thompson @heyymadison

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The Arctic ice is melting. The sea level is rising. The ocean is full of plastic and hurricanes are ravaging American coastlines at an unprecedented rate – it’s only predicted to get worse.

The most recent United Nations climate change report warns that we only have 12 years to act on climate change to stop a rise in temperature of 1.5 degrees Celsius or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit.

Regardless of the fact that only 100 companies are reportedly responsible for over 70 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, individuals still have a greater duty to adjust their personal choices to help mitigate the effects of climate change than corporations.

You might be asking yourself,

“Is my degree even worth it anymore?”

Businesses take time to change practices. Humans can change their behavior any time they want to. We don’t tend to recognize this power because of the responsibility that comes with it.

Consumers drive demand, meaning businesses don’t exist without us. We have the power to force their hand by prioritizing more responsible and sustainable lifestyles.

The report lays out different pathways to reorganize and restructure our industrial systems to effectively remove more carbon dioxide than we emit.

The rest of the world could take a lesson from Bhutan, the only carbon-negative country in existence. This is largely achieved through the protection of their forests by the constitution. It mandates that 60 percent of its total land should be maintained under forest cover at all times. Other countries have also made efforts to protect the environment.

Sweden is so good at recycling that the country has run out of trash, and they’ve pledged to

be the first fossil-fuel-free country. Germany plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions 95 percent by 2050.

These goals are ambitious and we should surly hope they are carried out to the best of the countries’ abilities. But it is easy to become paralyzed with frustration or even blinded by hope that if they’re working it out, you don’t need to think about it.

“Consumers drive demand, meaning businesses don’t exist without us. We have the power to force their hand by prioritizing more responsible and sustainable lifestyles.”

This can seem like an overwhelming prospect when you consider the amount of individual decisions that happen in every day life which affect the health of the planet.

It does take some re-learning and conscious implementation,

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Prager teaches liberalism rather than leftism Guest Author @CSUCollegian

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Dennis Prager is coming to speak on campus. It’s a once in a lifetime chance to hear, face to face, one of America’s wisest and finest men.

I used to be a man of the Democratic Party. Those ideas and values are what I thought made for a happy, American life. The problem is, I was wrong. These folks are not liberals; they are leftists.

There is a huge difference, and leftism does not bring happiness.

Mr. Prager will explain. I’ll do a little.

Maybe start with a recent Prager University course on the difference between liberalism and leftism. Prager University now has over 300 five-minute videos from some of the best minds in

America. It has over 1.7 billion views- mostly from young people.

I was introduced several years ago to Mr. Prager’s books, talks, and daily, three-hour talk- radio show. He, in turn, introduced me to all sorts of other great liberal thinkers, books and podcasts. He changed my life for the good. For example, at college I essentially learned leftism. I learned that the essence of a man must be seen through the lens of race, class and gender. Prager teaches liberalism.

“Mr. Prager has helped me and millions of others become much happier and much better Americans.”

Liberals hold that the essence of a man is his character, values and behavior. It rejects the leftist view of man as regressive, primitive and illiberal. It rejects deans of diversity and inclusion on campuses, people essentially hired to count skin pigment, ovaries and testicles.

Leftism teaches us to love socialism; liberalism teaches us to value free market capitalism.

One ideology makes us selfish and demanding, the other makes us free and strong and self reliant.

By teaching such values Mr. Prager has helped me and millions of others become much happier and much better Americans.

You won’t hear this at Colorado State University or at almost any university today. You won’t hear it from the Democratic Party, in our media or from Hollywood.

That is because people in those areas have never learned liberal American values, or they simply rejected them. They embrace the terrible value system of leftism.

Go see this great man. You’ll hear things you will never hear on these leftist indoctrination centers, now called our universities.

Hear what true liberal, American, happiness-inducing values sound like. It may change your life. It may not. That’s life too.

Howard Sachs.

The Collegian’s opinion desk can be reached at letters@collegian.com. To submit a letter to the editor, please follow the guidelines at collegian.com.

but there are a handful of things you can do every day to minimize your carbon footprint.

If you go to a coffee shop and plan on staying for a while, ask for a reusable mug like the ones you use at home. Buy a few reusable bags from King Soopers and leave them in your car so you don’t have a reason to forget them. Avoid buying single-use plastics if you can. Bike, walk or take the bus to get you where you’re going. Buy local products that don’t need to be trucked across the country (looking at you, Amazon).

These are all options you can make on a day-to-day basis that shouldn’t cause too much stress.

Still, according to the report, your food choices are the single biggest contributing factor to helping or hurting the development of climate change.

We need to effectively eliminate the consumption of animal products in our diet to have the biggest impact possible on mitigating climate change. Livestock production accounts for 83 percent of total farmland yet produces only 18 percent of calories and 37 percent of protein.

The lowest impact meat and dairy products still cause a signif-

icant amount more environmental destruction than the lowest impact fruit and vegetables.

Lead researcher Joseph Poor from the University of Oxford said in a 2018 Guardian article “A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use.”

Pointing the finger at an outside entity is the easy route because it essentially removes any responsibility for your own participation in the mitigation process. No one wants to be constantly bogged down with decisions that force them to repeatedly examine their own priorities.

With over 7 billion people and counting, it’s easy to convince yourself that your actions don’t matter, but you have the power to influence your little slice of the world. We can’t expect corporations and governments to handle everything for us. Their goals are admirable, but true change will always come from the bottom-up and it starts with you.

Madison Thompson can be reached at letters@collegian.com.

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Studying for a quiz with over 70 key terms.

That quiz only being 10 questions.

Incompetent group project members.

Classes that have assignments to watch Netflix movies.

Spacing out during class and missing a bunch of slides.

Binge watching a whole season of a show with your friends.

Teachers that don’t publish or share their slides online.

Knowing the professor puts their slides online.

How hard it is to clean a slow cooker even though it’s really easy to cook with.

When you and your best friend bring twin lunches on accident.

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BY SEQUOIA WITH COLE MCCULLOUGH’S ASSISTANCE I woke up and looked out the window to see nothing but red rocks and sand everywhere. I strolled up to the front seat to inquire where we were going and dad said we were headed to some creek in Utah for a whole freaking WEEK! Now, I had a lot of cat stuff to do back home and the thought of being gone for that long and getting really behind did not sit well with me. Uncle B assured me though that I would have fun and it would be good for me to get out of the house for a little bit.

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look too fun to just stick my paws in the cracks so one day I decided to go explore. Dad let me go off and explore as long as I promised to not go too far. There were so many cool rocks to climb on and caves to explore. At one point, I looked around and realized I didn’t see anyone around me.

I was completely alone in this weird place. It started to get later in the day and sun was going down, but I couldn’t find my way back to my dad or Uncle B. Soon it got really dark, and I started to get scared and confused why nobody came looking for me. After I walked around in the dark for a while I decided to find a little cave to hide in and stay out of the cold. I wasn’t having much fun anymore, and I just wanted to go home.

I didn’t get any sleep that night. As soon as the sun came up, I found a nice rock to warm up on and worked on figuring out a game plan. It took me most of the morning but eventually I found my way back to the place where I last saw everyone. As I got closer, I realized that I didn’t know

anyone there. I walked over to this lady to try and explain my problem and see if she knew where my dad was. For some reason, she seemed confused about why I was out there and where I came from. She was cool though and let me hang out all day with her and her friends. They gave me a bunch of snacks too, which was definitely a bonus.

Then towards the end of the day they scooped me up and took me to their car and gave me a ride. At this point

I was getting nervous about finding my dad. They didn’t understand cat very fluently so I was having trouble explaining the gravity of the situation I was in. I decided to just enjoy the ride because anything was better than another night alone out there. We made a bunch of different stops and the lady talked to a bunch of different people each time to tell them about me. At one stop she took me out of the car and there were a bunch of shadowy figures approaching

us, I was a little scared at first but then quickly realized who it was. It was my dad and Uncle B! I guess this amazing lady was driving all around the desert trying to find my humans.

They hugged me really hard and gave me a bunch of kisses.

It felt so good to be back with my family again and sleep in my soft little cat bed. I learned my lesson though! I’m not going to ever wander away too far from my dad again.

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One of my favorites is the Horsetooth Dog Park which includes a pond. Make sure to get there early in the summer though. After hundreds of dogs swimming, yours may not come out as clean as you would have hoped. Furry friends can become pretty muddy pretty quickly with the gravel lined shores. If you’re looking to keep your dog out of the mud, check out Soft Gold Park north of Fort Collins or Fossil Creek Dog Park south of Fort Collins.Both have plenty of grass for your pup to roll around in. These are especially wonderful areas to bring your dogs if they are well-behaved and up to date with medical standards.

If your dog likes to run more than socialize, there are a few options out of Fort Collins that can give your dog its fix. Within the Cache la Poudre is Hewlett’s Gulch, a

7.9 mile trek up the northern side of the river. This trail is accessible all year round to all but motorized vehicles and has a creek running down the middle of the gulch allowing for a few water crossings. It is a personal favorite for mountain biking and hiking. It offers a challenging ride and gives my dog the freedom to roam and access water. Other areas that allow the hounds to go off the leash are further in the Cache la Poudre Canyon near the Pingree Park Road and Cameron Pass, but always beware of the regulations for pets to avoid being hit with a pretty big fine.

Looking for a quick outing with the furry friend?

Head down to the Poudre River Trail located along the Poudre River in town. A nice area to park and began your walk is at Lee Martinez park. Within this area a few ponds can be found as well as off the beaten path trails that follow along the river. Another quick stop is the dog park directly located behind the College of Liberal Arts. It is a smaller grassy area, but is usually filled with dogs and is conveniently close to the college. No matter where you go, please remember to be courteous of fellow pet owners and visitors and pick up your pet’s waste.

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A little over a year ago, my human owner Trigg took me from my free-roaming farm life — where endless chickens could be killed — to go become a river dog. Well, Trigg really didn’t just take me; my previous owners weren’t very happy with me after my 5th or 6th chicken. I didn’t mind leaving though since he seemed like a nice guy.

On my very first day with him, he took me along to climb at Duncan’s Ridge at Horsetooth Reservoir. I had never been up that high before though, and got pretty scared. I wined a lot and kept complaining about making it down the trail. Luckily, since that first day, I have overcome some of my fear of heights, but heights wasn’t the only thing I had to adapt to to keep up with this guy.

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Sports | Tuesday, October 16, 2018

HOCKEY

Men’s hockey struggles in triple header weekend

By Ashley Potts @ashleypotts09

The Colorado State men’s club hockey team faced a pair of desert opponents in Arizona State University and the University of Arizona over the weekend. Between the trio of games, the Rams’ mistakes burned them.

The Rams faced the Sundevils first Oct. 11. Both teams had a 1-2 record in the Western Collegiate Hockey League coming into their matchup.

The first two periods of play were uneventful for the CSU side.

Sophomore goaltender Joe Morgan had several saves but allowed ASU to score twice in the early going.

The team came alive in the third period, scoring two goals in as many shots a mere 30 seconds apart. Junior Ben Joseph and sophomore Greyson North set up a shot for freshman Sam Cote, who slipped past the Arizona State goalie Bronson Moore. The breakaway was the first Rams’ goal, nearly halfway through the third period.

Less than a minute later, sophomore Tanner Gillis tipped in a slap shot from senior Brein Caseria to tie the game.

Their goal-scoring run was

short lived. Soon after, the Rams got themselves into a 5-on-3 hole as Gillis was called for tripping and North was called for holding.

Within the 2-minute penalties, sophomore Liam Millar was called for delay of game, extending the Rams’ penalty kill. Defending the power play was the Rams’ kryptonite as each ASU goal was scored on the hosts’ penalty kills, taking the game 3-2 behind the advantage.

The Rams were forced to rebound before the next night’s game against the Wildcats.

In the first minute of the second period, the Wildcats got the Rams out of position and forward Trey Decker put one in the back of the net less than a minute into the frame, this time past Rams’ junior goaltender Avery McDonnell.

Senior Austin Ansay created some opportunities before answering back for the Rams. Sophomore Jonathon Johnson found Ansay open near the blue line and the two combined for the Rams’ first goal of the game, five minutes into the second period.

The Wildcats once again answered in the period, taking advantage of their short-term stand in the Rams’ zone.

The third period was more of the same as both teams jockeyed

for leverage.

“Despite the score ... we put it together and played well in all three zones,” Caseria said. “Things (weren’t) working this weekend.

We (weren’t) entering the zone with a lot of speed and creativity.

But we’re just trying to do the dirty things: get the puck to the net and get rebounds.”

In the last minute of the game, the Rams pulled McDonnell to garner a personal advantage, but the visitors sealed the Rams’ fate with an open-net goal.

“They’re a great team,” Caseria said of the Wildcats. “They get in front of the puck well and (took) away our options.”

Coming into their second leg of their Wildcats matchups, the Rams sought redemption, winless on the weekend. The Wildcats buried two in the net early, enabling a comeback opportunity for the hosts.

Sophomore Noah Miller scored off an assist from junior Aksel Campbell at the tail-end of the first period to keep the Rams in the game. The early goal was their quickest score of the weekend.

After a weekend of miscues, the Rams were given an opportunity to take advantage of a Wildcats’ crosscheck, putting them down a player for the game’s remaining minutes.

Tanner Gills (23) races an Arizona defender to the puck.

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Instead, they answered back with a penalty of their own, forcing them to play 4-on-4 in the early moments of their power play chance.

Then, up a man once again, the Rams fell prey to another crosscheck, eliminating yet another Wildcat from the ice, creating a 5-on-3 advantage.

This chance proved fruitful for the Rams.

Junior Ben Joesph tied the game at two—for the second time of the weekend—with assists from Gillis and Ansay. The tie was shortlived as the Wildcats scored two more goals on Rams’ penalty kills before the game was over, adding to the previous total of three goals

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given up on penalties by the Rams.

Forced to pull their goalie once more, the Rams allowed another empty-net goal, sealing a winless weekend.

“Goals aren’t easy,” Caseria said.

“The puck just wasn’t bouncing our way ... we figure that out with hard work. We just have to ... keep working and stay the course.”

The Rams left their homestand 1-5 in the WCHL and 2-6 overall.

The Rams now have a significant break in their schedule, not playing again until Nov. 1 when they travel to the University of Arkansas.

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

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VOLLEYBALL

Paulina Hougaard-Jensen takes MW Offensive Player of the Week

By Mack Beaulieu @Mack_Covers

Colorado State junior and middle blocker Paulina Hougaard-Jensen took home Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week honors Monday after a career-high weekend that featured sweeps of both Boise State University and Utah State University.

It was the second weekly conference award that Hougaard-Jensen has won in her career and the first of her career on the offensive

end. The hitter was remarkably efficient for the weekend offensively but did not stray away on defense either as she led the team in blocks.

Over the course of the weekend, Hougaard-Jensen recorded 27 kills to lead the Rams while also hitting at a .556 pace, buoyed by a dominant performance against USU. In their sweep of Utah, Hougaard-Jensen was able to set career highs in both kills and hitting percentage with 16 kills and a .727 percentage respectively.

Part of a broader plan to get more players involved in the of-

fense, particularly from their middle positions, Hougaard-Jensen alluded to a new mindset helping her.

The team altogether is attempting to get back to playing as well as they have in the past after a slow start to the season and conference play.

Hougaard-Jensen and the Rams will have the chance to extend their streak of strong play this week as they go on the road to take on the University of New Mexico Oct. 18 and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Oct. 20.

Mackenzie Beaulieu can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

VOLLEYBALL

Rams charge to third-straight sweep over conference foe

By Luke Zahlmann @lukezahlmann

Adorned in state pride uniforms, with friends and family lining the stands, Colorado State volleyball swept their way to a perfect weekend over Utah State University Saturday night (25-15, 25-12, 25-12).

Coming into the match 3-15, USU played the role of underdog throughout the match. Following a 1-14 mark against the Aggies going into the 1983 season, the Rams had a 26-match winning streak prior to their homecoming matchup.

An early 4-0 lead, including a pair of kills by redshirt junior Kirstie Hillyer, swelled to 9-2, forcing the visitors to burn their first timeout.

The momentum stayed with CSU for the entirety of the opening set. From the first point on, the Rams led the way.

“(Family) is always such a great fan support. I definitely always want to put on my best game for my parents because they’re the most fun to have around.”

KIRSTIE HILLYER CSU MIDDLE BLOCKER

The match was one of efficiency for the Rams’ offense. With a current hitting percentage paling in comparison to last season, the offense showed another flash of last season’s success. The hosts held a distinct height advantage from the onset, utilizing Hillyer and junior Paulina Hougaard-Jensen to capitalize on the mismatch.

The short-lived match came to a close with Hillyer and Hougaard-Jensen leading the Rams’ spread-out attack. Hougaard-Jensen registered 16 kills on a .727 percentage, both career highs, while fellow middle Hillyer tallied 10 kills of her own.

“Teams have kind of taken my cross-court shot away because they know that’s what I like to hit,” Hougaard-Jensen said. “Today they didn’t really so it felt good (to get that) ball again.”

After setting the tone in the first set with a .515 percentage, the Rams went on to post a .442 mark in the match, their highest of the season. The offensive onslaught was due in part to the members in attendance.

Effectiveness was in supply on both sides on the night as the hosts’ defense shined as well. In all, the Rams held USU to a lowly .104 at the net. The gridlock for their opposition is nothing new as the Rams had held opponents to a .172 percentage prior to their matchup with the Aggies.

Junior libero Olivia Nicholson subbed in once again as fellow junior Amanda Young continues to work her way back from injury.

The former outside hitter accrued 12 digs in the match, just ahead of Runnels (9). The high digs total was an anomaly for Runnels who is better known for her striking abilities. “(Utah State) was targeting our off blockers,” Coach Tom Hilbert said. “They were playing a lot of balls to the front defender. There’s been some other teams that have done that too, they feel like they can get us.”

After an 8-8 tie, CSU rattled off 17 of the next 21 points. Once again spreading the wealth, the offense in the run featured four different hitters chalking up two or more kills.

The final set served as a broken

Kirstie Hillyer celebrates a kill during the game against Utah State.

PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

record as the match-clinching set saw the Rams cruise to another lopsided tally, with multiple double-digit leads to show for it.

In the absence of a threat, the Rams supplied time to freshman Sasha Colombo. Coming into the match the outside hitter sat at 12 kills on the year. In the USU game alone, Colombo was able to rack up seven kills, a season high.

The team will soon add Young back to their lineup as well. The only holdup has been medical clearance, but the future has brightened with the specialist dressing in each of the last two matches.

Riding the wave of their win streak, the 14-6 Rams will head to Albuquerque, New Mexico to face the University of New Mexico Lobos Oct. 18.

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

Paulina Hougaard-Jensen hits during the game against Utah State. The Rams beat the Aggies 3-0. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

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Arts & Culture | Tuesday, October 16, 2018

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EVENTS

Kurt Vile throws it Annual Maker Faire showcases back on new album future inventors in Denver “Bottle It In” sicians, sculptors. Last year, there was a woman who 3-D printed violins for underprivileged kids who couldn’t afford $2,000 wooden violins. It really gives back to the community.” Ham said.

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By Henry Netherland @NetherlandHenry

Editor’s note: The activities portrayed in this story were done legally and in a safe environment.

Coming away from the success of “Lotta Sea Lice,” indie folk rocker Kurt Vile continues down his path of rootsy psychfolk with the release of “Bottle It In.” Vile is a Philadelphia raised singer-songwriter who has been musically active for a decade and a half, formerly working with another Philadelphia act, The War on Drugs. Since 2008, he has maintained a string of critically and commercially, by indie folk standards, successful solo releases.

OVERALL 6/10 ■ Best Tracks

“Hysteria,” “Mutinies,” “Rollin with the Flow,” “Bassackwards,” “(bottle back)” ■ Worst Tracks “Bottle it In” Vile typically takes a laidback, slack approach to his version of folk music. This is not to say he does not have any musical ambition, which he does, with several tracks in his discography surpassing the 10-minute mark. Unfortunately, this ambition acts as Vile’s greatest musical detriment.

When he takes on longer song lengths they often feel unjustified because Vile will often rehash the same guitar chords while slowly increasing the instrumental density of a song.

Vile’s nasal accent is filled to the brim with personality by itself. Not to mention it perfectly compliments the twang of his guitar tones. However, as friendly and down to earth as his voice can be, it can be a little off-putting when he hovers around a note but does not hit it directly. I thought this would be an interesting comparison to do sober and after a smoke session.

Sober listening “Bassackwards” has some of

the strangest production I have ever heard on an acoustic cut in general. Interspersed with more traditional guitar chords are other sampled guitar chords that sound reversed, creating a spinning sensation. Vile’s guitar playing is consistently pretty dreamy, but it does wear out its welcome a bit toward the end of the 9:46 runtime.

I love the dreamy reverb soaked vibrato Vile includes on “Rollin’ with the Flow.”

Some of his vocal melodies run a bit flat, but he continues to maintain this slacker persona that matches perfectly with his gentle indie folk.

One smoke session later…

I know I said earlier Vile’s singing is a little hit or miss for me, but I don’t think there’s a section on the album as vocally unlistenable as the 10-minute title track. His singing is noticeably awkward and his falsetto is weak. The minimal guitars and annoyingly repetitive drum pattern do nothing but put a spotlight his vocal shortcomings. There is absolutely no reason this song should be almost 11 minutes long.

The guitar chords in “Mutinities’” remind me of the kind of thing you’d hear on a Midwestern emo song circa mid-2000s, something from an American Football record or something.

He does reuse the same chords over and over again, but there is a bit of intricacy with the constantly shifting rhythm within each riff. Not to mention the transitions from a fairly barebone instrumental to a drony, very dense and almost noiserock influenced instrumental.

While “Bottle It In” is not really a standout release within Vile’s discography, it’s still a pretty decent release and I cannot really say I disliked any of the instrumentals. My only issues were Vile’s occasional offkey singing as well as how he stretched out his instrumentals to ridiculous periods of time.

Vile is not exactly a versatile artist so some of these extend portions can be hard to stomach.

The closing track, “(bottle back)” is a bizarre track for the record. It’s a cute, cartoonish sliver of glitchy electronica that Vile alluded to earlier in the record with some of the production, but this is where he fully embraces the genre.

Henry Netherland can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

“Make” magazine started the Maker Faire in San Fransisco as a showcase of “makers” who create.

Whether the creations are innovative or classically brilliant, Maker Faire seeks to kindle everyone’s love for hands-on creation. Appropriately named “The Greatest Show & Tell on Earth” the annual Maker Faire took place this past weekend in Denver.

In 2017, Maker Faire held its first official event in Denver. Jay Ham, a professor in the Colorado State Univrsity soil and crops sciences department, presented the “Gardening with Circuit Boards” booth in 2017 and 2018.

“We present projects on soil moisture sensors and irrigation systems,” Ham said. “Water is something very important to the Front Range, so we want to teach people how these microprocessors can help them. At our table, we like to present three audiences: commercial growers, kids, and anyone in-between.”

Ham went on to explain that interests in soil sensors and remotely controlled irrigation systems drew interest from traditional farmers, greenhouse growers, and even the cannabis industry.

“Everything from master woodworkers, master welders, mu-

Fashion Show showcased their 15th annual paper dresses that can actually be worn. Ed Board, an elementary-level circuit board instruction tool, showed kids how to build their own electronics. FarmBox Foods presented their specs for a fully-functional vertical farm coming soon to the Front Range.

Among these few were multiple booths making arts and crafts, and the familiar smell of Christmas wafted through the complex from the vendor selling warm cinnamon-coated almonds.

“People don’t realize how much art is at Maker Faire,” said Ham. “Everything from master woodworkers, master welders, musicians, sculptors. Last year, there was a woman who 3-D printed violins for underprivileged kids who couldn’t afford $2,000 wooden violins. It really gives back to the community.”

Maker Faire is essentially a melting pot of ideas. Prior to the official Maker Faire in Denver in 2017, the Front Range held Mini-Maker Faires in Loveland and sparked an interest among cities in the collaborative effort. Now, Maker Faire embodies a theme of community and low-cost opportunities.

“Most everything at Maker Fair is low cost,” Ham saidWW. “It’s more about encouraging creativity rather than price tags.”

Linc Thomas can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

“(Maker Faire) was different from what I expected. They had robot competitions, ones as small as a cell phone to robots as big as a golf cart with a hammer just smashing TVs.” DYLAN CASEY CSU SOIL AND CROP SCIENCES MAJOR

Dylan Casey, a senior in soil and crop sciences experienced his first Maker Faire in 2017.

“It was different from what I expected,” Casey said. “In its infancy, it was still growing, and this year I expect it to have grown a lot more. I still saw a lot of super cool stuff there. They had robot competitions, ones as small as a cell phone to robots as big as a golf cart with a hammer just smashing TVs.” Unique makers at this year’s event spanned from vertical farms to steampunk airships. The Paper

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Bach in Black performs for Lincoln Center anniversary

By Walker Discoe @Wdiscoe

Seated in a small room off the main reception center at The Lincoln Center, the cello and percussion fusion band Bach In Black awaits their next performance.

They had just played at the gala celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Lincoln Center, and would soon be performing before an audience in the lobby.

Comprised of two cellists, Liam Kimball and Herman Chavez, as well as drummer Joseph Kinerson, Bach In Black performs covers and interpretations of popular songs, taking the audience on a genre-hopping, cello powered journey through music.

“I guess I would define us as like a band, or an ensemble that does solo things interspersed,” Chavez said. “But we do play and practice together fairly regularly.”

As a group that formed officially just last June, playing this sort of venue is a big accomplishment, es-

pecially it being one of the group’s few performances.

“Actually this is the second time we’ve performed together as a group,” said Kimball. “The first time was at the FoCo Fringe Festival, at the Lyric. And that was a three-day festival in late July, and we formed as a group in June.”

Chavez, a freshman at Colorado state University, also plays in CSU’s symphony.

WHERE TO LISTEN ■ Bach in Black’s music can be

found on their YouTube channel.

“It’s amazing because it gives us the opportunity to play at a high level,” said Chavez. “Playing professionally with an orchestra, and playing professional pieces.

It’s good to be able to take the concepts I learn in an orchestra and then apply them in a small group setting like this.”

Chavez plays on a nearly

175-year-old French cello, an instrument that came into his possession through a program intended to give young musicians with real potential extraordinary instruments. Chavez is modest about his caliber as a musician, but Kimball was willing to support his talent as a cellist.

“He’s great.” said Kimball. “On a scale of just okay to the best ever, I’d put him at a solid pretty good.”

Chavez finally interjected, explaining what it means to be a good cello player.

“The cello is an instrument that you play with your whole body, as compared to other instruments where you might be only using your arms or using your upper body,” Chavez said. “But having the entire cello on you means you have to really wrap yourself around it and play with your whole self. And so I think the aspect of bringing your body, and your self to the musicality is what sets a great cellist apart.”

Also in attendance of the Lincoln Center anniversary perfor-

Bach in Black performs live at the Lyric Cinema. Liam Kimball serenades the crowd with the song “City of Stars” from “La La Land” during the Fort Collins Fringe Festival July 29. PHOTO BY SARA GRAYDON COLLEGIAN

mance, were the parents of Chavez and Kimball. Since their children began playing at a young age, they’ve always been supportive of their desire to perform.

“We just support them as much as possible,” said Emma Chavez, Herman Chavez’s mother. “We see that it’s important for them. They love to be able to show what they are passionate about in events like this and at the same time being part of the community. So, I think

it’s a good combination, and we see it as a good experience for them.”

Bach in Black hopes to perform more in the coming months, and are passionate about showcasing their performance skills. The band expects to keep playing, practicing and performing together, all the while developing their skills and becoming better musicians.

Walker Discoe can be contacted at entertainment@collegian.com.

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Out-of-state students react to first snow of season

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By Lauryn Bolz @laurynbolz

The early winter storm on Oct. 10 shocked native Coloradans and fast forwarded the fall season. Even more appalled by the early chilly weather were the new out-of-state students, particularly the ones native to the south.

The snow garnered some mixed reactions. Junior history major Chrissy Reese transferred schools from her native state of California this year and was very excited to be experiencing her first snow storm at Colorado State University. Coming from Southern California, the sudden oncoming of winter weather was different from anything she had ever experienced, but she was prepared to savor every bit of chillyness.

“The first time seeing snow fall from the sky was so cool!” Reese said. “It’s been hard to adjust to the cold, but seeing seasons change, and seeing snow fall from the sky was something I’ve never seen before. It’s so crispy out here!”

Reese is not the only student ready to go out and play in the snow.

Jessica Escobar, a junior zoology major from Tijuana, Mexico, spent her first snow storm in Colorado bragging to her friends back home.

“I opened all the windows and saw the snow falling, and I took a million pictures and sent them to all of my friends and family,” she said. “It was majestic.”

Some students, however, are not embracing the chilly weather

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like Reese and Escobar. During the Wednesday morning snowstorm, junior sociology major Dylan Powers was found curled up in Clark A, unsure how to face the weather. Powers, who grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, had not seen snow before the storm.

“This is awful,” Powers said, “I don’t like it at all.”

The big question for all the outof-state students facing the snow for the first time is simple; How are they going to make it through the wintery season? Escobar admits the need for an ice scraper. Powers, who was still warming his hands from his trip to his last class, was at an odds for how to prepare for the next four months of winter.

“I’m just going to suck it up honestly,” he said. “I don’t know what else to do.”

Lauryn Bolz can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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Hadley >> from page 1 emotional states that he goes through.

Songs like “Prsnlspce” and “Somethin’” are two examples of the different relationships he experiences with people. As time passes, these experiences, relationships and emotional states change, and Hadley still has plenty of room to grow both as a person and an artist.

“I guess a lot of my older music would be kind of angsty, maybe cinematic at times ... It’s reflective of a younger me and doesn’t really reflect what I think about now, but it’s definitely growing,” Hadley said.

“I guess I feel like the music has some catching up to do”.

Hadley released his first album under the Xavley name, titled “Ghost on the Run”, in December 2017. Immediately afterward, he got to work on his second project called “Oof.” and released it this July.

“I have ADHD, and I have this thing where I hyper-focus for periods of time,” Hadley said. “On weekends I would sometimes work on songs from as soon as I woke up to the moment I went to bed. I have to keep using this skill that I’ve gained for as long as possible”.

Through his musical pursuits, Hadley has been able to make several connections within the music world, whether through time spent in the Denver art community, or forming connections with fellow artists on SoundCloud. He even reconnected with his old stepbrother, who goes by “DreamLike”, through SoundCloud and

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CSU senior and english and ethnic studies major Xavier Hadley poses for a portrait on Oct. 15. PHOTO BY COLIN SHEPHERD COLLEGIAN

has formed a musical relationship with him, constantly sharing music between each other and exchanging feedback.

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Hadley has much planned for his future in music. An artist’s process brings new ideas and experiences, but as he matures, he also finds interest in expressing

his origins. Hadley has another EP titled “With Love,” planned to release around January 2019.

“Going forward I would like to explore topics relating to my relationships with the general population of people around me, the earth, masculinity, race, how it was growing up in predominantly white spaces, sexuality ..., “ Hadley said. “I guess I’d like to talk about my story and what I’ve lived as a person. Music has definitely made me more comfortable in my own skin.”

Miles Parrish can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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Daily Horoscope Nancy Black

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY

(10/16/18). High profit potential abounds this year. Make longterm home improvements in steady increments. Discover an unexpected gift for your family.

Winter lights up your house before transitions hit a team roster. Your career heats up this summer before a new domestic phase dawns. Celebrate together.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

— 9 — A major industry revelation opens new opportunities.

Stay focused. If an option goes against your grain, turn it down.

Do the work to expand your territory.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 8 — Expand your exploration. An enticing opportunity presents itself. A formidable barrier blocks the path, so take care. Check the road ahead, and choose the best route.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 9 — Take care of business. Focus on

sales, marketing, accounting and management. Maintain existing accounts while expanding new growth possibilities. Collaborate on a profitable venture.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 8 — Together, you can reach the stars. Release excess baggage.

Don’t get talked out of what you want. You can get what you need.

Everything seems possible.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 8 — Together, you can reach the stars.

Release excess baggage. Don’t get talked out of what you want.

You can get what you need.

Everything seems possible.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 8 — A lucky break lands you into a fine romance. Creativity flowers.

Weave a harmonious song with long-term implications and possibilities. Stay sensitive to another’s feelings.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 8 — Home improvements made now have lasting value and benefit.

Consider and plan. Research for best value. Test colors before committing. Paint makes an outsize difference.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 8 — The more you learn, the more

you discover you don’t know.

Fact and fantasy clash. Edit and clarify. What you write and express serves lasting value.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — 9 — Costs can vary widely.

Monitor your budget carefully to increase savings. Research for best value. Keep generating income. A profitable project has expansion potential.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — 9 — Take advantage of a beneficial personal development.

Step up to the next level. Things may not work perfectly the first time. You grow into it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 6 — Rest, and envision a delightful future. Consider the past as you imagine what’s ahead; and then choose. Meditate on your desired outcome, and organize plans.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 9 — Success comes through team diversity. Old assumptions could get challenged. Your game is picking up momentum. Do your part to contribute to a shared effort.

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Sudoku

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