Vol. 128, No. 48 Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Vol. 128, No. 48 Wednesday, October 17, 2018

OPINION

SPORTS

ARTS & CULTURE

College helps those with Autism

CSU defenders beginning to see their work come to fruition

Bike culture in Fort Collins is getting more inclusive

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Students walk in front of the solar-powered trash and recycling bins in the Plaza. The bins were introduced to campus in late September.

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY COLIN SHEPHERD COLLEGIAN

Solar-powered trash, recycling bins New waste compactors recently installed across campus

By Blake O’Brien @BTweetsOB

Solar panels have started to appear more across Colorado for a while now; no longer are these energy-absorbent sheets of silicone limited to calculators and rooftops.

In the last few weeks, solar panels have been spotted in a new place

around the Colorado State University campus: atop recycling bins and trash cans on campus. Well, what look like just trash cans.

These new contraptions are high-tech, self-powered and interconnected trash and recycling compactors. They are made by Bigbelly, a smart waste company, and can hold up to five times the

amount of waste as a regular trash or recycling bin, according to the company’s website.

All aspects of the Bigbelly stations – the compaction, the communications, the calculations – is powered by a 22-watt solar panel atop eachw station. The panel absorbs sunlight and stores the energy in a 12-volt battery within the

unit.

In September, the University installed 58 of Bigbelly’s fifth-generation compactors along the academic spine of campus as part of a two-year pilot test.

The compactors are set up in “double stations” – a side-by-side configuration where trash goes in one unit and recycling goes in the

other. These stations replaced numerous traditional trash and recycling bins on campus.

Aside from a jam that stopped one station from fully closing near Yates Hall, everything has gone smoothly, said Sheela Backen, the integrated solid waste program

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CAMPUS

Foothills Campus expecting parking fees for 2019-2020 school year

By Emma Iannacone @EmmaIannaCone

Students and faculty can no longer park at the Colorado State University Foothills Campus for free.

The formerly free lots will be transitioning to permit parking in Aug. 2019, and those parking at the Foothills Campus will have to pay to park.

Facilities Management and CSU’s Parking and Transportation Services are working together to update the Foothills Campus parking regulations for paid parking. The departments conducted five information sessions with stakeholders to find out how to best accommodate the needs of the campus.

“We’re out there to gather information from the folks who work out there about what their business is, what their business needs are, what some of their personal needs are as it relates to parking out there or

getting to and from campus,” said Dave Bradford, the director of Parking and Transportation Services.

Some of the stakeholders at the sessions included faculty, staff and graduate students, Bradford said. Bradford recognizes the difficulty in asking people to pay for a service that was originally free, but he says the need for upkeep outweighs the inconvenience.

Parking and Transportation Services is an enterprise division of CSU, meaning it receives funding only through the revenue it generates through fees. Fred Haberecht, campus planner of Facilities Management, said it is mandated that all users pay into the services, which is not the case at the Foothills Campus. These payments help fund to upkeep needed for the Foothills campus.

“While there is no permit parking, there also is no mechanism to maintain parking lots, keep them well lit and

provide the same accommodation you’d have on Main Campus,” Haberecht said.

“I’m confident that whatever is employed at the Foothills Campus will have options just like there are on Main Campus. That’s not to say they’re going to be the same options, they may be tailored to the unique needs of the Foothills Campus.”

FRED HABERECHT CAMPUS PLANNER OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Haberecht said that by requiring paid permits for the Foothills Campus, the university will be able to better maintain the parking lots to the same standard as the other

CSU campuses.

The University plans to begin improvements to the Foothills parking facilities during the summer of 2019 before the permit program is implemented. There are also talks of enhancing public transportation to provide more options to students, faculty and staff who choose not to purchase permits.

“There’s a discussion of whether transit could be enhanced to a greater degree than it is today at Foothills Campus as part of this package,” Haberecht said.

Currently, there’s one TransFort bus that travels between the CSU Transit Center and the CSU Engineering Research Center on the Foothills campus, though it only runs once an hour.

Bradford said Parking and Transportation Services is looking outside the box for the best transit system for the Foothills Campus.

“Is a Transfort-type service

the best for that location, or do we need to look at other transportation options that might lend more flexibility and more increased service?” Bradford said.

However, there isn’t yet a finalized plan for what fees and permits will be offered, but the program will be tailored to the needs of the Foothills Campus, Haberecht said.

“I’m confident that whatever is employed at the Foothills Campus will have options just like there are on main campus,” Haberecht said. “That’s not to say they’re going to be the same options, they may be tailored to the unique needs of the Foothills Campus.”

The permit plan will be developed based on the five listening sessions and will be turned over for further listening sessions with stakeholders in the winter.

Emma Iannacone can be reached at news@collegian.com.

Cars are parked in a parking lot at the Colorado State University Foothills Campus. The Foothills Campus will require parking permits beginning August of 2019.

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Trash >> from page 1 manager for Facilities Management.

So far, one of the biggest benefits of the compactors has been time saved, she said.

Since Bigbelly’s compactors can hold so much more trash or recycling than the previous waste bins on campus, they have to be emptied far less often.

“My group was emptying the recycle bins on campus every other day. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, we would empty them,” Backen said. “Now, it’s about once a week that we empty them.”

There are sensors inside of every Bigbelly bin that can tell how high the waste is piling up. When it reaches a certain level, the compactor comes on and condenses the pile.

For Tom Satterly, associate vice president for Facilities Management, it wasn’t his first time working with the solar compactors.

Satterly formerly worked for the University of Georgia, which implemented Bigbelly stations on its campus in 2009.

In an email to The Collegian, Satterly said that UGA now has 140

individual Bigbelly compactors on campus. Last year, the program resulted in an 86 percent decrease in the number of waste collections – from 20 pick-ups per month to only two or three with Bigbelly, he said.

“Our Facilities Management team is excited to use even smarter machines (and) leveraging technology to improve our ability to efficiently and effectively perform what have traditionally been manual labor duties.”

TOM SATTERLY ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Not only that, the compactors have software that will notify University staff if approaching full.

When a compactor needs to be emptied, it will send an alert to an online dashboard that keeps track of the status of all Bigbelly units on campus.

“When it tells us the bins are full, we go and empty it,” Backen said.

The Collection, Logistics, Efficiency, and Notification management software also provides the University with data to improve the efficiency of CSU’s waste program.

Satterly said that it measures metrics including collection efficiency, recycling diversion and volume per waste stream. “(Bigbelly stations) allow CSU to reallocate time and resources to more visible, meaningful projects on campus,” Satterly said.

That’s not to mention the environmental impact.

“Fewer collections and more optimized operations means that fewer liner bags and trash are going to the landfill,” Satterly said.

Among other things, the new solar-powered compactors are also supposed to look better, Backen said.

Bigbelly bins employ a strategy of total containment to avoid visible waste, overflow and curious critters, according to the company website.

“It’s the aesthetics,” Backen said. “The aesthetics is better throughout the campus corridor now.”

The program was approved by Provost Rick Miranda and funded by three University sources: the President’s Student Financial Advisory Committee, the Lory Student Center and Facilities Management.

Satterly said that the units

Bigbelly station locations

High Capacity Double Station

Existing Bin Location

High Capacity + Standard Capacity Double Station Standard Capcity Double Station

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weren’t purchased; rather the program runs on a subscription model that includes software, installation, inspection and much more. Each double station’s monthly subscription cost is $222, Satterly said.

It’s not official if more solar-powered waste compactors will be installed on campus. When asked about future plans, Satterly said that the first 58 Bigbelly units

were, “hopefully only phase one of a full campus deployment.”

“CSU deployed Bigbelly’s smart waste system to create a cleaner, safer campus with more productive waste and recycling operations,” Satterly said.

Blake O’Brien can be reached at news@collegian.com.

NATIONAL

Journalism students help Miami man become free after 12 years

By David Ovalle Miami Herald

One month after a judge ordered a new trial and cast doubt on the evidence against him for murder, Andre Gonzalez is a free man.

Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped the case against Gonzalez, who spent 12 years behind bars for a murder outside a North Miami-Dade nightclub, a killing his defense lawyers said he did not commit.

Gonzalez, who was also known in court records by the alias Tony Brown, walked out of jail just before noon.

“The sun and the breeze just felt so wonderful, knowing I’m walking on real pavement,” Gonzalez said of walking out of jail. “It’s been such a long time and hard struggle. It’s a wonderful feeling right now.”

Gonzalez, 46, said he plans to reunite with his four children and his fiance. He isn’t sure what his future holds.

“I’m just trying to let it all sink it,” he said.

His freedom came thanks to students from the Medill Justice Project at Northwestern University, who interviewed a prison inmate that admitted Gonzalez was not the killer. The inmate, Arnold Clark, later testified in court that his friend, a DJ at the club that night, was the actual kill-

er, not Gonzalez.

In September, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Miguel de la O agreed with the defense, casting doubt on the state’s key eyewitness and the significance of DNA found on a cap found at the crime scene. He ordered the conviction reversed - and that Gonzalez be given a new trial. “(Gonzalez) presented credible, admissible evidence demonstrating that the crimes of which he was convicted may very well have been committed by another,” De la O wrote in his order.

The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, however, “disagrees with this conclusion” and says the judge ignored key evidence - including that supposed real gunman “was too short to be the assailant,” according to a final memo released on Tuesday.

But prosecutors decided to drop the case because Michael Morris, the surviving victim and key eyewitness, is in a “very fragile state and questions his ability to withstand another trial.” Also, the victim’s DNA has long been destroyed, meaning it can’t be tested on items that might refute Clark’s story, prosecutor Chiaka Ihekwaba wrote the memo.

“The state of Florida, in no way, believes that this defen-

dant is innocent of the crime,” she wrote.

At Gonzalez’s original trial, prosecutors maintained that he was the one who shot and killed Nigel Whatley during a robbery and scuffle outside the Players Club in October 2005.

A surviving victim, Michael Morris, who was wounded in the robbery, identified Gonzalez as the attacker.

“The sun and the breeze just felt so wonderful, knowing I’m walking on real pavement. It’s been such a long time and hard struggle. It’s a wonderful feeling right now.”

ANDRE GONZALEZ RECENTLY FREED

But Morris told police he was only “60 percent” certain the attacker was Gonzalez, who also went by the name Andre Gonzalez. Defense lawyers said Miami-Dade police homicide detectives mishandled the photo lineup when interviewing the surviving victim.

Other key evidence was Gonzalez’s DNA, which was discovered on a black skull cap discarded near Whatley’s body,

On Tuesday, Oct. 16, inside the courtroom of Judge Walsh at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building in Miami, Fla., Tony Brown, is relieved after Miami-Dade prosecutors dropped his murder case. He spent 12 years behind bars for a murder his lawyers said he did not commit.

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a cap Morris later claimed the gunman wore during the robbery. During the trial, Gonzalez’s girlfriend testified she was with him at the club that night, but took no part in the killing.

His defense lawyers suggested that Gonzalez dropped his cap in the parking lot that night, and detectives planted the idea of the gunman wearing the cap in the mind of the eyewitness. Judge de la O agreed, saying Morris never mentioned the gunman wore a cap until nine months after the shooting.

Jurors in 2010 originally found Gonzalez guilty of second-degree murder, attempted murder and armed robbery. He was sentenced to life in prison. Afterward, a Miami-Dade judge granted a request for a new trial, but the decision later was overturned by an appeals court.

As for Clark, he said he initially refused to testify at the time of the crime for fear of reprisals from the nightclub, or the real killer.

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POLITICS

Ballot Issue 1A aims to fund mental health facility in Larimer County

By Rory Plunkett @jericho_wav

While the National Institute of Mental Health reports 1 in 5 Americans suffers from a mental illness, a citizen initiative that will increase mental health and behavioral care to Larimer County is going to be on the ballot this November.

Ballot Issue 1A will ask voters for a 0.25 percent sales tax increase (25 cents for every $100 spent) to be put in a fund that will help the distribution of services that already exist throughout Larimer County.

The funds will also be used to design and build a new treatment and detox facility inside the County.

“We should treat these two diseases (mental illness and substance addiction) like we do cancer, heart disease or diabetes.”

FRED GARCIA CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF SUMMITSTONE HEALTH PARTNERS

The Board of County Commissioners for Larimer County unanimously supports this initiative.

The group campaigning for this issue to be on the ballot, Larimer County Citizens for Mental Health Matters, believes that this initiative will be voted in.

“This ballot measure will ask for money that will be put into a fund for behavioral health services of Larimer County,” said Jody Shadduck-McNally, treasurer and volunteer coordinator of the Larimer County Citizens for Mental Health Matters team. “The money will go to designing and building a crisis center for the county that will open in about (three years) at the intersection of Trilby and Taft Hill by the landfill.”

Shadduck-McNally said they will be saving taxpayers money by building the facility on county land.

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, one in five adults in Larimer County experience mental illness.

83 people died by suicide in Larimer County in 2016 and another 75 took their own lives in 2017, according to the Larimer County Office of the Coroner.

Shadduck-McNally claims the proposed facility will help combat this issue.

Shadduck-McNally added that while Larimer County has been experiencing substance abuse issues, such as opioid addiction, there is no detox center in the County. Due to this, individuals looking for such a center have to go to the Denver or Greeley centers.

“About 60 percent of the people in the Greeley center are Larimer County residents,” Shadduck-McNally said. “I have heard from some people that the Greeley center is overpopulated. We have parents who have children who need medication for mental health problems and they can’t find a professional

In this file photo from November of 2016, a sign shows students where to vote at the LSC. This political season, ballot issue 1A aims to fund a mental health facility in Larimer County.

PHOTO BY FORREST CZARNECKI COLLEGIAN

crises are increasing in Larimer County. Suicide has doubled in Larimer County since 2009 and it continues to have among the highest suicide rates in the nation according to pamphlets from Mental Health Matters.

Chairperson for the board of SummitStone Health Partners Fred Garcia, who has worked in the behavioral health field for about 39 years, also backs this measure.

“In 2017, we had 41,000 people suffering from some kind of mental illness,” Garcia said. “We had 30,000 people who had some sort of substance abuse issue. Of that number 26,000 people did not have access to treatment.”

Garcia said the only reason people might not vote for this mea-

here in Larimer County.”

There was a similar initiative to Ballot Issue 1A on the 2016 ballot, but Shadduck-McNally believes that this time there will be more votes to pass the measure.

She said that Laurie Stolen, the behavioral health project director for Larimer County, went around the County and talked to groups who did not vote for the initial ballot.

“When she talked to them more about how they were trying to solve the issue, she changed a lot of their minds,” Shadduck-McNally said. “We found out what the community needs, and that is what this ballot will solve.”

According to Larimer County Citizens for Mental Health Matters, instances of mental health

sure is that some people oppose any kind of raise in taxes.

Garcia encourages voters to move past the idea that people suffering from mental illnesses and substance abuse issues need to help themselves and pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

“We should treat these two diseases (mental illness and substance addiction) like we do cancer, heart disease or diabetes,” Garcia said.

Voters will be able to submit their vote for this ballot measure and many more on Nov. 6.

“It’s not going to fix everything, but it’s a step in the right direction,” Shadduck-McNally said.

Rory Plunkett can be reached at news@collegian.com

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University spends $374.9 million on research expenditures

By Julia Trowbridge @chapin_jules

Everything seems to be growing at Colorado State University.

CSU spent $374.9 million on research expenditures the 2018 fiscal year, a 10.8 percent increase from last year’s research expenditure of $338.4 million, according to SOURCE. This is the 11th year in a row CSU has increased research expenditures “It gets exciting when we see research expenditures go up because that means we’re seeing research funded pretty much across campus, and the impact is broader across the different disciplines,” said Melissa Reynolds, research associate dean for the College of Natural Sciences.

“Part of that 10 percent increase is actually really good news for the future, far beyond what you’re seeing today because some of it is going into resources that will have an impact that lives long beyond when those dollars are actually spent. And not just in the project itself but also in the students who get to participate and the impact that it has on their future.”

KRISTEN BUCHANAN CSU PHYSICS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND RECENT KECK FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENT

One of the causes for the increase in research expenditures comes from the CSU Research and Scholarship Success Initiative, said Alan Rudolph, vice president for research at CSU. The RSSI was started two years ago, focusing on strategically investing indirect costs funds into university research through funding parts of core facilities.

“Research is really the creation of ideas. . . for a variety of

Colorado State University spent a record amount of money on research expenditures during the 2018 fiscal year, totaling approximately $374.9 million. PHOTO BY JULIA TROWBRIDGE COLLEGIAN

purposes in society,” Rudolph said. ‘This is important to the component of the land grant mission because the practice of research, in terms of field research, has a strong ethos on our campus to make an impact.

Research is an important component of that society fabric... in many ways, so I think that’s a really important part of the mission of CSU.” Research expenditures include hiring professors and the day-to-day activities and instruments that it takes to run a laboratory, Reynolds said. This includes anything from chemicals to glassware to people needed to conduct the research.

“I like to think about it like if you’re going to do a yard project,” Reynolds said. “Before you take on this massive ‘I’m going to build a patio’ project, you’re have to go buy the lumber and you have to go find the people, buy the nails, get the plants together. So all of that is the ex-

penditures for that project.”

The main source of research funding comes from federal grants, like the National Science Foundation and from US Department of Defense, Reynolds said. Out of these expenditures, $268.7 million was from federal sources in the fiscal year of 2018, which is a 12.3 percent increase from last year’s federal funding of $239.2 million.

Other sources of research funding include private grants, industrial sponsors, state funding and foundations. CSU has been excelling at receiving money from the Keck Foundation in particular, Rudolph said.

The Keck Foundation grants money to research projects that are ambitious and other research funding sources might find risky, said Kristen Buchanan, associate professor in physics who won the most recent Keck Foundation grant. The Keck Foundation’s mission is to try to push what’s possible, Bu-

chanan said.

“The Keck grant is really an opportunity for us to try and do something that nobody else has tried to do before,” Buchanan said. “And they really look for things that are high risk but have the potential to be transformative in terms of their research impact. They want to fund things nobody else wants to fund.”

Buchanan, along with other research scientists, was awarded $1 million to build a soft X-ray microscope to study individual electrons in magnetic materials and how they spin. This microscope would be on the frontier of laser development, Buchanan said, by using a laser with a much smaller wavelength in order to image the spin waves occurring in magnetic materials at small size scales and fast time scales.

“The Keck grant is about trying to push those limits, and trying to push those limits using experimental techniques we

can do on a tabletop,” Buchanan said. “So being able to walk across the hallway and do something as opposed to fly across to the other side of the country is a big deal in terms of how quickly your science can progress.”

There’s a lot of positive things that come out of the increase in research expenditures, both for the scientific advancements and the impact research has on students, Buchanan said.

“Part of that 10 percent increase is actually really good news for the future, far beyond what you’re seeing today because some of it is going into resources that will have an impact that lives long beyond when those dollars are actually spent,” Buchanan said. “And not just in the project itself, but also in the students who get to participate and the impact that it has on their future.”

Julia Trowbridge can be reached at news@collegian.com

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COLLEGIAN COLUMNISTS

Supporting men Those with autism can benefit from development in college as survivors of sexual assault Ethan Vassar

@ethan_vassar

By Guest Author @CSUCollegian

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.

Letters to the Editor reflect the view of a member of the campus community and are submitted to the publication for approval The Collegian article, Society needs to recognize male sexual assault victims, by Arisson Stanfield published Oct. 14, expressed the need to acknowledge male victimization from sexual assault This is something we are working on here at CSU. It is brave of men to come forward as victims of sexual assault since it often means directly countering the messages men receive growing up about gender and sexuality. Men are supposed to be tough, strong, and not let anything get through their armor of masculinity. The pressure to be this type of man means limiting expressions of vulnerability. And admitting being a victim of sexual assault is a very vulnerable and brave thing to do.

We at the Women and Gender Advocacy Center (WGAC) would like to take this opportunity to let students know that we believe we are a place for all survivors and victims of sexual violence to seek resources and wan to be a starting point for healing. We recognize that men face unique barriers to

seeking service and we are constantly working to remove those barriers. In fact we know that 1 in 6 men will be victims of sexual assault in their lifetime.

One way to both prevent sexual assault and encourage survivors to seek resources is to redefine masculinity. There is a community of men working to do just that at CSU.

MORE INFORMATION You can call the Victim Assistance Team at (970) 492-4242 or you can drop in at any time from 8:00-5:00 Monday-Friday at 112 Student Services Building to speak to an advocate.

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Men in the Movement is actively working to counter harmful messages of masculinity that encourage survivors who are men to stay silent. If you identify as a man and want to get involved, check out the involvement tab at wgac. colostate.edu.

If you identity as a male survivor of interpersonal violence, confidential advocacy services are available to you (and all victims of interpersonal violence).

In solidarity, The Women and Gender Advocacy Center staff 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.

One of WGAC’s entry doors to their office in the LSC welcomes students with vibrant colors. PHOTO BY SAMANTHA YE COLLEGIAN

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To say college is important is a drastic understatement.

With so many more doors open to them, college graduates typically earn more on average and have job stability, career satisfaction and success outside the workplace. Additionally, college involves many important firsts: living alone, cooking meals and advocating for oneself.

For most students, these take a back seat to the supposedly more salient financial aspects of college, but for those on the autistic spectrum, they are just as important, if not more so.

This all rings true for me, as I have Asperger’s syndrome, classified as being on the autistic spectrum in 2013.

It’s referred to as a spectrum because of the wide variety in severity and symptoms expressed. Typically, most on the autistic spectrum share a difficulty in communicating with others and they themselves have narrow interests with repetitive behaviors. Additionally, Richard Mills of the Research Autism organization writes that “stress affects everyone, but there is a growing awareness that autistic people may be particularly stressful to high levels of unhealthy stress.” This makes it extremely challenging for those with autism to be productive and contributing members of society.

Although Asperger’s syndrome is considered to be on the “high functioning” part of the spectrum, I still have difficulty with communication, particularly deciphering exactly what someone or a piece of text is getting at, and usually always have to ask for clar-

ification. Additionally, I am quite habitual and the slightest change or unforeseen hiccup in my daily routines brings with it an avalanche of stress.

With all these factors, college would seem like a horrible experience for those with autism. However, the college environment is crucial to help those on the spectrum learn to deal with the unfortunate hand they’ve been dealt and overcome; it’s something to be proud of.

With all these factors, college would seem like a horrible experience for those with autism.

However, the college environment is crucial to help those on the spectrum learn to deal with the unfortunate hand they’ve been dealt and overcome it, something to be proud of.

For me, Colorado State University has helped immensely and changed me for the better.

College provides a backdrop for those like myself to overcome the three symptoms commonly shared: difficulty communicating, narrow interests, and repetitive behavior.

College provides a myriad of opportunities to improve communication skills. Having a roommate might seem daunting at first, but it gives those on the spectrum a chance to develop more intimate communication skills. Luck out and your roommate might be a great friend and can help you further communication skills with a new friend group. On the other hand, a troublesome roommate will prepare someone with autism for the all-but -ertain times later in life when they’ll have to deal with a rude customer or an unsavory landlord.

In the classroom, more pro-

fessional types of communication can also get better when stopping by a professor’s office hours. They are, or at least should, do their best to help their students succeed. Joining a fraternity or sorority could also be helpful in increasing one’s comfort in interacting with a variety of others. And of course, there is the Student Resolution Center at CSU which offers workshops and professionals to talk to, assisting and cultivating communication skills.

College also provides opportunities to broaden the interests of those on the spectrum.

The hundreds of student clubs and organizations can cultivate multiple interests, widening the horizons and hobbies someone with autism can engage in. This rings true for me.

My freshman year I joined the opinion desk of this fine newspaper and it has helped expand my interests so I have more options in my future. Additionally, the huge number of different subjects a university offers, and CSU’s AUCC credit requirements help expand what someone with autism would typically expose themselves to.

A reliance on routine actually helps in college. For me, having a routine not only decreases the amount of stress I have on a daily basis but also helps me stay on top of things and make the most out of my day. Going to bed and getting up at the same time every day helps with feeling well rested, and with the unpredictable nature of the day minimalized, so too is stress. Here, it is necessary for those on the autistic spectrum to realize reliance on routine isn’t a bad thing and can be helpful.

In short, although it may seem scary and daunting, the benefits of college will outweigh any discomfort. The importance of communicating better, widening one’s horizons and learning why routine is a good thing do a great deal to help those with autism flourish in society and life in general.

Ethan Vassar can be reached at letters@collegian.com.

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Liberal Arts students do not engage in critical thinking Rory Plunkett @jericho.wav

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.

Critical thinking is an aspect of higher education that has not been engaged with enough, especially in Liberal Arts classes at Colorado State University.

A university should be a place where critical discussions are held, especially in the College of Liberal Arts because the College, for the most part, is dependent on discourse.

Critical thinking is a muscle that should be flexed during a higher education at any university, including CSU.

CRITICAL THINKING noun 1. disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence Dictionary.com It is not a coincidence that critical thinking is not present enough in higher education.

According to Global Citizen, critical thinking has been overlooked at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

This means that critical thinking skills are usually not taught until the level of higher education.

Critical thinking is a skill that helps people across mul-

tiple disciplines. According to a study by P12, refined critical thinking skills prepare people better for the workforce, they can improve academic outcomes for students, and correlate with higher political participation and more sound judgments.

Critical thinking is a skill that is demanded by many major employers, so critical thinking prepares students for employment after they graduate. Therefore, it is an important skill to practice at an institute of higher education.

According to research done

by Mark Jon Snyder, CEO of the MSA Consulting Group and adjunct professor at Elon University, 89 percent of faculty claim that critical thinking is a primary objective. However, only 19 percent can clearly define critical thinking. And even worse, only nine percent can describe how to teach critical thinking, and eight percent use critical thinking standards in their assessment techniques.

Liberal Arts disciplines require critical thinking from their students, however, their modes of measurement, grading, and teaching are far more abstract than discipline such as Computer Science.

Many students are still able to have decent academic outcomes without properly engaging in critical thinking. This is problematic because said students are graduating college without their flexing critical thinking muscle and therefore missing the multitude of benefits tat come with having and applying this skill.

As a Liberal Arts student, I can see that there are some students in the department

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who do not engage during class. There are plenty of quiet and absent people in my communication studies class, a class that is revolved around and dependent on communication. This is an example of how students themselves are not practicing critical thinking in this learning environment.

They tend to simply focus on what they think will be on the next test, not application of these lessons.

Critical thinking is a crucial skill to have in the workforce

and as a citizen in a democracy. Without critical thinking, one would be ill-equipped and less prepared to perform civil duties such as voting.

In my four years at CSU, I have seen students not engage in critical thinking while in class, and it seems to be increasing. This can look like students agreeing with teachers when answering questions just for the sake of agreeing with them, often repeating what the teacher said but in different words. It can also look like stu-

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Sports | Wednesday, October 17, 2018

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Revitalized defense stems from adjusting to new system

By Eddie Herz @Eddie_Herz

The hiring of a new defensive coaching staff, as well as the transition from a 3-4 to a 4-3 formation, resulted in glowing optimism surrounding the Colorado State University defense heading into the 2018 season.

That sense of positivity, however, did not translate to success immediately.

CSU began the season by allowing 43 points to the University of Hawaii at home, a team who, at the time, was not expected to pose a significant offensive threat given its inexperience. The defensive unit responded to that performance by surrendering 45 points to rival the University of Colorado Boulder a week later.

Since losing to Illinois State University and allowing the Football Championship Program to muster 35 points in that fifth game, CSU’s defense has established itself.

“There are always going to be hiccups when you are adjusting to a new system, new coaches and a new culture,” said senior safety Jordan Fogal. “You try your best to hash out those wrinkles in the spring and fall camp, but you never know what is going to happen when you get into the season. We hit some

hiccups throughout the season, and we are slowly starting to make those corrections and I think it’s showing.”

CSU shut San Jose State University out in three separate quarters two weeks ago. The team built off the SJSU win by holding the University of New Mexico to 18 points, a team who entered the game with the 17thbest scoring offense in the Football Bowl subdivision.

“(Coach) Jancek came in preaching about changing the culture and identity. I see it changing. Everything is going for the better right now.”

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The unit was unable to record a sack until their third game of the season against the University of Arkansas.

Through its first five games, CSU only registered two total sacks as a team.

Over their past two games, they have combined for nine total sacks.

The defense has ultimately

adjusted to the new scheme it praised during the offseason.

“I really believe the continuous reps of playing in a system defensively (have made a difference),” Coach Mike Bobo said.

“They’ve done a better job of playing harder, and I think the result of playing harder is because of understanding the 4-3 scheme a little bit better. We’ve been able to play faster.”

The challenges associated with adjusting to a new defensive formation are extensive. As Fogal mentioned, the in-game experience and heightened practice intensity was necessary for the switch.

“We have been practicing really hard, so I think our defense is finally coming together,” said redshirt senior and defensive lineman Caleb Smith. “We are finally getting more comfortable playing together. Our trust is building up, so I think that is why it is translating to better play in the games.”

Lacking a true identity contributed to the constant defensive struggles in 2017, according to defensive leaders. Besides finding effectiveness in a new defensive scheme, the goal of implementing new defensive coordinator John Jancek was solidifying an identity they have been missing.

“Everyday we are getting better,” said redshirt junior

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linebacker Tre Thomas. “To see how much we are actually getting better, based on those games we just played, is a good feeling to know that we are progressing every day.”

The next opportunity for the team to stretch their defen-

sive progress is against Boise State University Oct. 19.

BSU comes into the game averaging 32.5 points and 406.1 yards per game.

Eddie Herz can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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Arts & Culture | Wednesday, October 17, 2018

CULTURE & COMMUNITY

Queer business owner wants Fort Collins to ride radically

By Miranda Moses @mirandasrad

Fort Collins holds a notorious reputation for passionate bike enthusiasm. Justyne Rayne, a business owner with a knack for bike recycling and community inclusion, wants to make sure this Colorado joy is not exclusive to only certain types of people.

After moving to Fort Collins from Portland two years ago, Rayne wanted to immerse herself in the local biking community to make meaningful connections and accelerate her business. After not seeing a place for herself within the town’s various mountain bike racing teams, Rayne took matters into her own hands and created a racing team with a priority of inclusion.

“We ride bikes for the freedom, exhilaration, and community they allow for and to create a more inclusive environment on the trails.”

JUSTYNE RAYNE FOUNDER OF THE GLITTER WHEELS MTB COVEN TEAM

“I did a cursory search of all the teams and clubs in town and realized that none of the organizations I found mentioned anything about inclusion,” Rayne said. “The women’s groups simply said ‘this group is for women’ and did not elaborate any further. There was no mention of whether queer girls or non-binary people were welcome.

These groups weren’t for me.

So, as they say, if what you’re looking for doesn’t exist, create it. Thus, the idea of my club Glitter Wheels MTB Coven was born.”

Currently, Rayne said her business is about a “vintage bike boutique” more than anything else. She focuses on the “rare, the collectible and the weird.”

Especially for beginners, Rayne said, entering the local bike community can be jarring.

“Bike culture can look like bearded dudes in flannel, it can look like a boys club,” said Rayne. “It can look like this very intimidating environment of people wearing weird clothing and people don’t look like you, and everyone seems to know what they are doing.

There are beginner courses for this, but it’s such a bummer that’s it’s hard for a beginner to feel okay with just going and riding with groups. I am not re-

ally a beginner but I don’t ride with certain groups for a lot of the same reasons, it is not always a friendly environment.”

Opening a space for women, transgender people and non-binary people to enter the biking world was the forefront priority towards Rayne’s creation of the Glitter Wheels team. She describes it as a haven for the rebels, outcasts, punks and weirdos of Fort Collins, absent of profitable dues, judgment and bro-culture.

“We ride bikes for the freedom, exhilaration, and community they allow for, and to create a more inclusive environment on the trails,” Rayne said. “It is a queer-forward group, and all non-cismale identities are welcome.

This includes both queer and cis-gender, heterosexual women. It is designed to be a safe space where vulnerability and real open communication is encouraged.”

The inspiration for establishing the club came from Rayne’s observations of discrimination, such as recent news of Colorado Springs pro racer, Jillian Bearden, who was removed from her Zwift team for being transgender. It also comes from her own experiences of isolation and intolerance as a trans, queer woman in the biking world.

“I have had women complain that I am on the women’s Strava Boards,” Rayne said.

“Strava is a social competition and not even a real race.

There are no prizes. As for the cis men I see on trails, and in my shop, I get misgendered a lot. There are certainly many exceptions, but without fail if I am on a busy trail ride at least half of the cis men I pass either stare at me with a ‘what are you?’ expression or call me man or dude.”

Even when she was the only member, Rayne observed Glitter Wheels MTB Coven’s impact on how other spaces are navigating the ways in which they welcome potential members.

“I made friends with some of the racers on the Sugar Beats racing team, a small, elite women’s mountain biking team, who were lovely and welcoming,” Rayne said. “They saw the inclusive wording on my Glitter Wheels Facebook page, and quickly updated their Facebook page with inclusive wording.”

In addition to riding, Rayne also owns her own online, bike-oriented business, the high-end Bike Recyclery, which she founded in 2006 in St. Louis after she found a bicycle in a trash can and fixed it up. In a couple years time, some of her bikes valued up

Justyne Rayne, owner of the Bike Recyclery, tunes up a 1950s Hetchins Magnum Opus Hellenic bicycle in her shop located in Fort Collins, Colo. on June 4. PHOTO BY SARA GRAYDON COLLEGIAN

to $4,000, and she now ships bikes and bike parts to customers around the world. Because she considers herself a “local detailed boutique,” the businesswoman spends her time writing passionately about each product and its history, as well as taking photos so customers know exactly the value of what they are purchasing.

“Details and history are what I’m in it for,” Rayne said.

“I admit I am very passionate and a little obsessed.”

Rayne has over 12 years of experience working on bicycles while researching and learning about the history of bicycles and their parts. She also worked in a few bicycle repair shops, over 5 years, as a bicycle mechanic. Even still, Rayne said that the pressure to prove herself and her knowledge about bike parts because she is a woman is still ever present. Her website reads, “woman-owned and

operated” and sometimes she said she feels as though men tend to challenge her.

“I get asked to repeat myself a lot,” said Rayne. “They heard me, but they want to re-word the question so they can make sure I actually know what I am talking about. And then dudes will try to mansplain if they think I have said something a little bit off, they’ll be like, ‘No, actually, this is how it is’ and I’m like, ‘Well, okay you can have that if that is what makes you happy, but this is what this part is.’”

So that women are allowed a space to learn about the construction of bikes, without the same pressures she has felt in the male-dominated bike industry, Rayne helps to teach a class a the Fort Collins Bicycle Co-op. The class is designed to let woman work on bikes without being underestimated or discouraged, and Rayne has intentionally marketed the class

to non-binary, transgender and queer folks, as well.

Although Rayne is constantly fighting for such improvements of inclusion, she said she still sees the need for more progress in Fort Collins, where people have ridden off her radical dreams.

“I hope to start a weekly ride, and maybe some bigger trips eventually,” Rayne said.

“I also hope to do some community building nights that are more about discussing the state of the wider bike community and what we can do to improve it. I have ideas about a forum where people can post up that they’re riding somewhere and would love company. All in all, I hope to make seeing queers and weirdos on the trails are a regular occurrence.”

Miranda Moses can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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MUSIC REVIEW

Young the Giant’s ‘Mirror Master’ gets vulnerable, raises questions

By Ashley Potts @ashleypotts09

Reading through Young the Giant’s song lyrics is often like trying to analyze poetry. There are lots of metaphors and things that don’t quite make sense when just blindly singing along to the catchy tunes that accompany the words.

From top hits like “Cough Syrup” and “My Body,” the band is known for making music about deeper things. The band’s fourth album, “Mirror Master,” is no different, and listening to it from start to finish isn’t exactly easy listening.

The band was pretty clear about exploring new ideas on this album, but that sentiment didn’t click until track five or six.

The first two songs on the album, “Superposition” and “Simplify” were released early as singles.

The band performed the two songs mixed in with their Grandoozy set that was highly reminiscent of their recent “Home of the Strange” tour.

They fit with the canon Young the Giant fans have come to know.

Tracks three and four “Call Me Back” and “Heat of the Summer” are a little more chill, but still fit in with the expected indie vibe.

The album feels really relatable. Lyrics like “feel like it’s been forever/ since I had my sh*t together” certainly relate to some inner struggles that the album aims to get at. These songs are new, but they feel like they fit with the rest of the

band’s past discography.

“Oblivion” starts out with a familiar sentiment. The opening lines “rich bored kids, pissing away fortunes” and “sell your soul to make it, it’s the modern way” are on par with their whole “Home of the Strange” album, which was very political. “Oblivion” gets a little chaotic and feels like one of those moments you could tell the Beatles were on acid. Frontman Sameer Gadhia said that’s kind of the point.

“I wanted that part to go on forever,” Gadhia said in an interview with Billboard. “That is pure cacophony after you listen to it enough times, and it kind of becomes in itself calming, even though it is so chaotic.”

After that chaotic moment, there is a very serious moment in “Darkest Shade of Blue.” The song takes a moment to say outright “you’re not alone.” In the midst of a very metaphoric album about self-reflection, this is a nice moment of clarity. However, it’s not a song that will be on many daily playlists as it’s very deep and rather somber.

The same goes for “Glory.”

Gadhia said it’s meant to address the contradictions within oneself.

“I try to think of myself as a good person, but in the eyes of the church, I am most definitely a sinner,” Gadhia said in an interview with Billboard. “... There are just so many things in society that we believe to be all good or all bad. And obviously, they’re not. Everything is gray. Nothing is black or white.”

While this context is understood, this track is lost on me. If I tuned in to it halfway through I might think I’d accidentally turned to a Christian radio station. The instrumentals are beautiful, but this

is still my least favorite track on the album.

“Tightrope” seems to keep with the theme of thinking for yourself while being pulled in a million different directions. This track is very upbeat and on brand. It’s not hard to picture Gadhia performing this one live. Unfortunately, Grandoozy was the only Colorado stop on their upcoming tour, so we’ll have to wait to see that.

“Panoramic Girl” and “You + I” are both very chill and kind of sexy and romantic. While this album was heavily about self-reflection, Gadhia said “At the end of the day, we can go into the philosophies of all this crazy shit, but if I have no one to share it with, then what’s the point?” These songs focus on that human connection. They don’t bop as hard as some Young the Giant songs, but still make for good listens.

The title track, “Mirror Master,” is one of the most Young the Giant sounding tracks on the whole album. The chorus is incredibly catchy and will likely have fans singing along. It also brings together much of the ethereal message of self-reflection that the album follows. It seems to say that life is crazy and it’s hard to figure out who you are at any given time, but you just kind of have to embrace it and decide who you want to be and go for it.

Should you listen to it? Yes. It leaves a lot to figure out, but it’s overall a good listen. Listening straight through has a lot of ups and downs, but there are definitely gems in there that are worth playing on repeat.

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