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City to study U+2 By Stuart Smith @notstuartsmith
Police officers sweep through “The Cube” in the Colorado State University Morgan Library during a bomb threat Nov. 7. Officers covered both floors on multiple sweeps, some carried assault rifles during their searches and they later led a K-9 unit through the building. PHOTO BY TONY VILLALOBOS MAYCOLLEGIAN
Bomb threat made in Morgan Library By Erin Douglas @erinmdouglas23
Students evacuated Tuesday evening after a bomb threat was made at the Colorado State University library. An all-clear was issued by the CSU Police Department at 9:47 p.m. following the evacuation around 7:30 p.m. There was no device found in the building, according to CSUPD. Police could not confirm an arrest as of 12 a.m. Wednesday. About 100 students stood
outside of Morgan Library around 7:30 p.m. watching as the CSU Police arrived on the scene. Students were evacuated by a fire alarm, but the University later sent out an alert at 7:42 p.m. informing the campus that a bomb threat was made. The suspect is a 30-40 year old white man with a red beard, according to CSUPD. The Morgan Library was the only building on campus under the bomb threat. No other buildings were evacuated. Officers were seen clearing
the library room by room with assault rifles after the building was evacuated.Many students waited outside the library, held back about 150 feet away from the building. According to eye witnesses, students were slow to evacuate and several thought it was a drill or a prank. “People were packing up pretty slowly,” said Saskia Czura, a freshman biochemistry student. “Everyone evacuated, though. I was kind of surprised because I really thought it was a drill, but I’m glad everyone
is safe.” Students will not be charged library late fees Tuesday night or tomorrow morning. The library remained open as scheduled until midnight. “Our first priority is that the students who are working in the building, both our employees and students studying, are safe,” said Amy Hoseth, an interim assistant dean for the library. Erin Douglas can be reached at news@collegian. com.
At their latest Senate meeting, the Associated Students of Colorado State University, Colorado State University’s student government, passed a bill advocating for $10,000 from the ASCSU discretionary fund for a study that would look at U+2. Specifically, the occupational study will “focus on the city’s existing occupancy ordinance (U+2),” in an effort to determine if U+2 has had any impact on neighborhood quality or housing affordability. ASCSU President Josh Silva will also be allocating $3,000 from the President’s discretionary fund to the study, bringing the total to $13,000 from the student body. Silva also said the University administration is willing to donate to the study. U+2, originally called “threeunrelated,” has been part of Fort Collins since the 1960s, when the city passed the ordinance to fight what citizens then saw as growing pains. In an interview with the Collegian in 2015, Dale Wood, the city occupancy inspector at the time detailed the history of the ordinance. Previously, when Fort Collins was still mainly an agricultural town, European immigrants would come every harvest season for work, and residents were unhappy. Many of these families were poor and had large families, and because of this the city council wrote up what was then a criminal-level ordinance that would prevent them from housing multiple families in each household. When the city shifted away from its agricultural roots, the ordinance stayed on the books, but was largely ignored by all parties involved. see U+2 on page 5 >>
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Theta Chi event works to ‘End the Stigma’ By Natalia Sperry @Natalia_Sperry
The Theta Chi fraternity welcomed students to their “Ending the Stigma” event with Chick-fil-A, cookies and the promise of student-lead conversation on the topic of mental illness. The fraternity hosted the event in order to raise awareness about mental health in the Clark A102 lecture hall from 5 p.m-6 p.m on Nov. 7. James Stadelmaier, freshman health and exercise major and Theta Chi class treasurer, said the purpose of the event was to encourage students to talk about mental health issues that often get pushed aside. “For people ages 15-24, the number three reason for death is suicide,” Stadelmaier said. “It’s something that shakes me to my core, but I have a hard time talking about it. A lot of us do.” A panel of mental health experts lead the event, answering audience questions and providing thoughts on various issues surrounding mental health. The panel consisted of counseling services staff members Rachel Brenner and Keiran Bissell, as well as health network medical coordinator Pooja Tandukar. Student panelists included: Lauren Adams, mental health program assistant at the CSU
The ‘Tell Someone’ program is a resources available to anyone who is concerned about mental health issues. PHOTO BY FIELD PETERSON COLLEGIAN
Health Network and junior Health and Exercise Science major; Diego Lopez-Duran, junior economics major and La Conexión Family Leader at El Centro; and Arrison Stanfield, senior philosophy major. To set the tone for the personal nature of the night, hiphop artist Mitchell Alexander Khoshdel, also known as “M.A.K”, performed a song from his upcoming album centered around different types of mental illness. Khoshdel said he wondered if his experience with depression
was nothing more than a “bad phase,” something students in the audience reiterated throughout the night. In response to this, panelists discussed the stigma surrounding mental health, including issues such as self-diagnosing, misconceptions about mental illness and some of the cultural and social barriers that keep people, especially those within marginalized communities, from seeking help. “It’s very common for people to go through periods of time when they’re feeling depressed
or anxious. … They’re the most common things we see at the counseling center,” Brenner said. Brenner cautioned students not to self-diagnose themselves as being mentally ill, because these symptoms can indicate that one’s body is reacting normally to overwhelming circumstances in life. On the topic of stigma, LopezDuran said that one way to best help others is to reiterate that there is no shame in seeking help. “There’s this stigma of not wanting people to think that you’re crazy,” Lopez-Duran said. “We need to all advocate that it’s okay to go to counseling.” Stanfield said that misconceptions of mental illness often lead people to want to “fix” their friends and loved ones’ suffering. “I think a lot of times the word ‘mental illness’ causes people to think of things in a disease model,” Stanfield said. “But in many cases, these people are not broken, and they don’t need fixing.” Panelists also emphasized the importance of self awareness, both when helping others and when taking care of oneself. When asked about how to approach friends that may be depressed or suicidal, Adams said that it can hard to start a conversation with someone you’re worried about in part for
selfish reasons. “A lot of times we focus on our own barriers … (but) if you think your friend might be considering suicide, you need to ask that question no matter what,” Adams said. “Although it can be hard, you’d rather have a friend that’s alive and angry than a dead friend.” Adams also said that students wanting to help a friend can use CSU’s Tell Someone referral service. Although the service cannot guarantee anonymity, Adams said that students can request to have their name withheld if this is a major concern. Panelists also shared resources that students can use to help themselves, including the five free counseling sessions available to all students through the CSU Health Network. After this, the cost is $10 per session. The fraternity hopes to host future events like this in order to continue the conversation surrounding mental illness, according to Stadelmaier. “I want (people) to know that they’re not alone,” Stadelmaier said. “If they are struggling, there’s people they can go to, there’s other people who are going through the same thing, there’s always some way that if you’re suffering, you don’t have to go through it alone.” Natalia Sperry can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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Faculty Council discusses various issues on campus By Yixuan Xie @yixuanxie1
On Nov.7, Faculty Council was held from 4-5:30pm in the Room A201, Clark Building at Colorado State University. At the beginning, they adopted the motions for Section K Resolution of Disputes, Teaching and Advising, Student Course Survey, in addition to elections for graduate and undergraduate student positions on Faculty Council Standing Committees. After discussions and voting on these motions, Rick Miranda, provost and executive vice president, reported on the Incremental E&G (Educational and General Expenses) budget, which included new resources, financial aid, new expenses
and net for the 2017 fiscal year. The budget was previously reported on during the Board of Governors meeting in October. “The governors’ higher rates budget leads to a lot more positive now,” Miranda said. “Because of that, we are likely to restrict the resident undergraduate work.” Tim Gallagher, Faculty Council Chair, pointed out the administrative professional council is integral in decision making. “If any of those amendments said are approved, then we will not be allowed to vote on the amendment motion because we have to bounce it back to administrative professional council, and their bluffing before we are allowed to owe nothing,” Gallagher said.
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Author, journalist Ed Darack to give book talk By Clair Tillotson @clairmonet
For those who like great books, military history and conspiracies and writers, author, journalist and photographer Ed Darack will hold a book talk on his recently released book. The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) is bringing Darack to talk about his book, “The Final Mission of Extortion 17,” at Colorado State University. Darack is scheduled to talk, November 14, in Clark C- 251 at 6 p.m. Darack also is holding a book signing at Old Firehouse Books on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. Darack is an independent writer and local Fort Collins resident. According to his personal website, Darack’s scope of work encompasses “front-line ground and air combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, aviation and space exploration, the study and beauty of the atmosphere (and) aesthetics throughout nature.” Darack’s recent book, “The Final Mission of Extortion 17,” released in September 2017, is about the fateful day, Aug. 6, 2011, when helicopter Extortion 11 went on a mission for special operations troops and was shot down, never to return. “All 38 onboard perished instantly in the single greatest moment of sacrifice for Americans in the war in Afghanistan,” as stated in the book synopsis. “Those killed were some of the U.S.’s most highly trained and battlehoned commandos, including
Margarita Lenk, Board of Governors Faculty Representative highlighted important notes from the Board of Governors’ meetings on October 5 and 6, including updates on the CSU system strategic map and the Western stock Show Complex, the strategic plan and SPARC layers of involvement for CSU-Fort Collins, goal for the campaign, successes of CSU athletics, stadium updates, CSU Global, the Anatomy Zoology east wing revitalization and funding and expenditure models. Then Faculty Council approved university Curriculum Committee Minutes for Sept. 22 and 29, Oct. 6, 13 and 20, as well as fall degree candidates and two new centers, institutes
and other special units, which includes a Colorado Water Center at CSU and One Water Solutions Institute. Action items were discussed afterwards, including approving the academic calendar for fall semester 2022 through summer 2024 and four new degrees to be established effective Fall 2018. These new degrees are Master of Science in Ecosystem Sustainability and Doctor of Philosophy in Ecosystem Sustainability in the Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, Warner College of Natural Resources, Master of Arts in Counseling and Career Development in the School of Education, College of Health and Human Services and Bachelor of Science in Data Science in the College of Natural
Sciences. The last action item discussed was revisions to the Graduate and Professional Bulletin proposed by the Committee on Scholarship, Research and Graduate Education. The revisions contained two parts: application and scholastic standards. For application, for US Citizens or permanent residents, that CSU’s 3.0 minimum undergraduate grade point average requirement may be waived. For scholastic standards, that a cumulative 3.0 grade point average in all regular course work is required after students are admitted to a graduate program. Yixuan Xie can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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New energy model increases utility rates for Fort Collins By Ty Betts @TyBetts9
Ed Darack to give book talk at CSU Nov. 14.
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15 men from the Gold Squadron of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, known popularly as SEAL Team 6, which had raided a Pakistan compound and killed Osama bin Laden just three months earlier.” The author was introduced to the story by Darren Freyer, who is from Fort Collins and now works as a pilot at the training base up in Eagle, Colorado where Darack learned much of the story of Extortion 17. This takedown of Extortion 17 sprung many conspiracies which Darack discusses as well as the “history of the Afghan war to that date, U.S. helicopter use in Afghanistan and the new and evolving military technologies and tactics being developed to mitigate such tragedies now and in the future.” The event in Darack’s book is the greatest loss of American lives in the war in Afghanistan, according to Kris Kodrich, SPJ adviser. Clair Tillotson can be reached at news@collegian.com.
Three options were presented to Fort Collins City Council Tuesday regarding the future of energy; they went with option three. Essentially, utilities in the future will retain a tier system, where those who use more energy pay greater rates, with a new addition time-of-use rates. This means that rates will fluctuate depending on the time of day consumers use electricity. The ordinance also specifies that for households heated solely with electricity, they will only be subject to TOU rates, not the tier system.
UTILITY RATE INCREASES ■ 1.8 percent Electric ■ 5 percent Water ■ 3 percent Wasterwater ■ 0 percent Stormwater
Option one, which was rejected, was recommended by the utilities staff and eliminated the tier system, replacing it only with TOU rates. Mayor Wade Troxell favored this approach but was outvoted. “I think we need to keep it simple and enable users to actively manage their demand,” Troxell said. The option approved still
City Council members at the City Council meeting on Nov. 7th. PHOTO BY JORDAN REYES COLLEGIAN
includes TOU rates which are planned to take effect by Oct. 1 2018. The plan is to increase rates during summer months from 2-7 p.m. and during winter months from 5-9 p.m., when energy is the most expensive to utilities, according to Lisa Rosintoski, Customer Connections Manager for Fort Collins utilities. Fellow council-members agreed that the tier system can be complicated to residents but felt ultimately it encourages energy conservation. The current tier system is broken into three categories. Those who use 500 kWh or less pay less. Then with each additional 500 kWh, rates increase. The council also approved rate increases for electricity, water and wastewater. These increases were estimated by utilities to collectively increase an average residents monthly utility bill by $3.70. Councilmember Ray Martinez ultimately voted for these rate increases but conveyed his frustration at the burden it
puts on residents over time. “My concern is every year we raise rates. Every year it goes up, just a dollar or two a month,” Martinez said. “I’m really concerned about that. At what point do we say what’s enough?” Councilmember Gerry Hovak said this is an issue caused by wanting to minimize current costs while not looking ahead to what will require money in the future. “There is a natural pressure to not raise prices and to only raise prices when you have to.” Hovak said. “We have lines that are a hundred years old that are being replaced now.” Although there was overall frustration with need to further increase utility rates, Mayor Troxell said he is still happy with the new energy system that Fort Collins is moving toward. “I’ll be voting against option three, but as I’ve mentioned before I think all of the options lead in the right direction.” Troxell said. Ty Betts can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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Journalist discusses Russia’s role in 2016 election, relationship with US By Haley Candelario @H_Candelario98
Julia Ioffe never intended to be an expert on Russia, but her knowledge of Soviet history has allowed her to report on relations between Russia and the United States for various publications. Ioffe, currently a U.S. politics, national security and foreign policy reporter for The Atlantic, discussed Russia’s involvement in the 2016 U.S. election during the “What Russia Wants” event Tuesday evening at Colorado State University. Ioffe said it is a proven fact that Russia interfered with the election, but how much influence they had has not been determined. “There’s still a lot we don’t know. The stuff coming to light ... doesn’t totally surprise me knowing how Russia operates,” Ioffe said. “But, it has to be contextualized and I think there’s still a lot we don’t know about how they did what they did. We also don’t know what impact it had, how much it influenced the election, so whenever there’s that grey area, there’s a lot of room for politics.” According to Ioffe, people allow their personal politics to influence their decision about Russia’s involvement. “People start with the politics then look at the facts of
what happened either because they want Trump out of office tomorrow, or because you think that Trump was elected completely legitimately and this was just a democratic ruse to get him out of office as opposed to looking at what actually happened separately from the politics of it,” Ioffe said. Ioffe said the focus on Russia’s involvement with Trump’s election distracts from problems in America that allowed him to win. “People think that Russia’s the story ... All this story about Russian interference -- it’s about us, it’s about ourselves,” Ioffe said. “It’s not really about Russia. We’re just trying to find a really simple explanation for what happened when really the explanation is probably very complex, and there’s probably not just one explanation. Ioffe said Russia originally did not promote Donald Trump but were promoting anybody that was not Hillary Clinton, including candidates such as Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein. According to Ioffe, the Russians only intended to weaken Hillary Clinton’s campaign and did not expect Trump to win. “They thought it was all sown up for Hillary and that they would just weaken her going in, and she wouldn’t be as hawkish towards the Russians as she would have
The Final Mission of Extortion 17
Julia Ioffe poses for a portrait following her “What Does Russia Want?” presentation at the Lory Student Center on Tuesday evening. PHOTO BY FORREST CZARNECKI COLLEGIAN
wanted to be,” Ioffe said. “Trump winning was a huge surprise for them, and I don’t think they’re very happy with how it’s turned out. Things have only gotten worse for them. Because of their meddling, because it has been uncovered, anything Russian is completely radioactive.” Haley Candelario can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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U+2 >> from page 1 When CSU decided to start expanding in the early 2000s, and the city began to see increasing problems of rowdy households, the law was brought back to the forefront of the city’s mind. One of the earliest examples of police considering enforcing “three-unrelated” in the Collegian archives was an article from May 6, 2004, detailing a household that broke the record for most citations collected. Eight total tickets, totaling more than $2,000, and police had been called to the house more than 20 times. While the boys in the house bragged about their accomplishment, even hanging one of their public-nuisance tickets on the wall, the city and University began to suspect that “three-unrelated” might need to make a return. In response to that and many other instances, the City of Fort Collins asked Corona Research, a firm in Denver, to investigate the extent of violators and any effect that enforcement could have. The study, published in 2005, found that for properties in the lower and mid-range markets, where most college students reside, landlords would be better off because of enforcement, and tenants would be worse off, at least in the long term. That same year, in
anticipation of enforcement beginning again, the city downgraded breaking the ordinance from being a criminal to a civil offense. In 2007, the first citations were issued. The two years in between were used as an educational period for the public so that people knew about the ordinance. It was during that period that the name “U+2” was coined for the ordinance to make it easier to remember. Since then, several hundred cases have been investigated. ASCSU has been at odds with the ordinance since enforcement began again in 2007, but they started actively fighting it in 2015. The Sydoriak administration was unable to do much on the issue, but Silva is hopeful that he will succeed. “What we really need to be conscious of, as students, is thinking about U+2 not as a student issue but as an economic issue and an affordability issue,” Silva said. “It’s important to keep in mind that (the city cares) about maintaining the quality of housing and the affordability of it.” Stuart Smith can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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OPINION Wednesday, November 8, 2017
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Marijuana controversy indicative of larger issues Michelle Fredrickson @mfredrickson42
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. In spite of ominous predictions from Fox News about how legalizing marijuana in Colorado would have devastating consequences, the exact opposite has proven to be true. Marijuana has had no significant negative health effects on the public health of Colorado, according to Dr. Larry Wolk, the director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment and the state’s chief medical officer. I, for one, trust the director of the public health department to know about
public health. He arrived at this opinion from a place of reason and science, recognizing what the data from his department has shown him. If anything, he comes at this argument from an anti-marijuana training. “I was trained traditionally as a pediatrician, and part of that training is that marijuana is bad, illegal, and we counsel patients against using marijuana,” Wolk explained in an interview with Westword. “In a regulatory role in a state that’s legalized it, you have to park that as bias and be much more objective.” The only negative side effect of legalizing marijuana was a slight increase in cannabis-related trips to the emergency room. These were mainly from people visiting Colorado from out of state and trying edibles for the first time, according to Wolk. The state has actually found that use levels among adults and adolescents has not changed since legalization, belaying fears
that marijuana legalization would cause rates of use to skyrocket. Furthermore, an extremely low rate – 2 percent – used marijuana and then drove, which is much lower than the average for drinking and driving. And the same percentage of women consumed marijuana while pregnant as smoked tobacco. Overall, the data from CDPHE paints a promising picture of a legalized substance providing additional government funding for social welfare programs and not really having any serious negative public health effects. Even more than that, new research has also shown that marijuana is linked to reduced numbers of opioid deaths in Colorado, because it is used to treat chronic pain as an alternative to opiate painkillers. This is compelling evidence. A person doesn’t need to be a user to be swayed by numbers that look like this. These numbers should convince anyone capable
of rational, well-reasoned thought that legalizing marijuana had none of the bad outcomes predicted by Fox News and associated rightwing publications. Marijuana shouldn’t still be a controversial issue. We have a great deal of research and data on the health effects, and it does not appear to be a ‘gateway drug’ to worse addictions. While heroin addictions are on the rise, this is consistent with a national trend and likely results from prescription opioid abuse, not marijuana. It’s difficult to understand why this issue is so controversial still, despite all the evidence to the contrary. I posit that marijuana is controversial for the same reason climate change is controversial, the same reason vaccinations are controversial – intentional ignorance of fact. It is simply impossible to change people’s minds about an issue when they ignore facts. The only thing rational people can do is try to convince
them to recognize their own irrationaliy and for everyone to think they are rational, to ask themselves: What is the factual basis for the argument? Whenever I have a strong opinion, I always stop to ask myself what the data to support it is, what the evidence is and how I could defend my view to others. Working as a columnist obviously helps me refine this skill, but it is something everyone should do. Marijuana, among so many other things, is controversial because of willful ignorance of fact. In order to make this issue non-controversial, the community at large must address this larger problem. Every single individual should stop and critically assess their opinions and be willing to change them if they don’t have evidence to back it up. Michelle Fredrickson can be reached at letters@collegian. com
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Fort Collins should adopt collectivist attitude Tianna Zachariah @TZachariah20
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. Societies either have individualist cultures or collectivist ones. Both are valuable, and both can have unfavorable side effects. Americans are individualistic in comparison to other countries. This can be both good and bad. It is good in the sense that America is a society that values success and achievement on a personal level. Americans are always growing and striving to be better individually. However, this can also be an impediment in the sense of individual responsibility when it comes to addressing social problems within the community. Because collectivist cultures are community oriented, individuals take more responsibility in the well-being
of fellow citizens. Adopting a more collectivist approach would benefit society. It would place more responsibility on individuals to do their part in making sure communities thrive. In order to enact this kind of change, we start by shifting to a more communityoriented perspective. Then we decide to actually see the people who struggle within our community and volunteer to do something about it. People in individualistic cultures do not often identify with others outside of family, friend groups or other identity based organizations. This is an issue, because when identity is found solely in oneself, it is harder to empathize with other people’s struggles. We distance ourselves from them and their situations, and it becomes easier to turn a blind eye to sufferings because they don’t directly affect us. This idea is the equivalent of the Colorado State University ideal that “Rams take care of Rams.” Because students identify with CSU and bond with others over this common identity, students not only find pleasure in taking care of fellow Rams, but see
it as a duty. If someone hurts a Ram, it threatens the entire collective identity, and as a Ram, we feel responsible for doing something about it. This mentality needs to spill over into other areas of life. As growing individuals trying to find our place in this world, we need to make it our duty to care about all people, not only those in our circle. Take for example homelessness in Fort Collins. According to Emily Wilmsen, a PR Coordinator for the City of Fort Collins, 19 percent of the population is homeless. Students are keenly aware of this issue from the many articles written about it in the Collegian. The student organization, Get to Know Your Neighbors, has done a phenomenal job of taking steps to address the homeless community in Fort Collins. This club is the perfect example of how we could take responsibility for the well-being of everyone in our community. We need to have the courage to look at the homeless in our community and to see their lives. We need to have the compassion to acknowledge
the hatred and tragedies in our community. We need to feel the separation. Once we start actually seeing the areas we fall short, we will we be able to change and improve it. It is impossible to create solutions when the problem is not even acknowledged. When we start seeing the things that people in our community are struggling with, only then can we start to tackle these social problems. We will be more equipped and comfortable to stand with each other during both the good and the bad. Build a community around which you can feel attached to and around which you can feel a social responsibility to protect. If all of us built a community like this, our Fort Collins culture would be one of acceptance, transformation, growth and peace. To make an impact on the homeless community in Fort Collins and other communitycentered initiatives, visit the Fort Collins Rescue Mission, Outreach Fort Collins or Fort Collins Homeless Coalition. Tianna Zachariah can be reached at letters@collegian. com
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When you can’t find your box of winter clothes. Tears of joy when you get an apartment. Getting a 97.8 percent on a quiz and your grade still dropping. SNOW!!! IT’S SNOWING! Professors who require attendance at the end of the semester. Warm, cute socks. When it’s cold outside but the bus is lava hot. Professors who don’t hate you for skipping class. People who can’t drive in the snow. Planning holiday parties with your friends.
SPORTS Wednesday, November 8, 2017
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Gurriel’s punishment proves MLB does not have priorities straight Eddie Herz @Eddie_Herz
The outcome of the 2017 World Series may have been decided close to a week ago, but Yuli Gurriel’s actions during Game 3 of the fall classic and the MLB’s handling of the situation should not be forgotten. Gurriel was caught on camera making a racist gesture towards Los Angeles Dodgers’ JapaneseAmerican pitcher, Yu Darvish. It was also reported that Gurriel used the term “chinito,” which translates to “little Chinese boy,” to describe Darvish in the dugout during the World Series. The punishment inflicted by Rob Manfred was nowhere near harsh enough and sends a terrible message. Handing a five-game suspension to Gurriel at the very beginning of a new 162game season essentially means nothing. Even if the Astros go 0-5 during that span, it likely
their season. This means that Manfred truly didn’t take the incident seriously, undermining the gravity of the incident. Manfred’s explanation of his decision entails that he did not want to hurt the entire Astros team because of one player’s actions. Though this is a valid argument in certain circumstances, it is far from acceptable in this case. There is no denying that immediately suspending Gurriel could have affected the outcome of the World Series and stripped Houston of its first championship in the franchise’s 55-year history. However, in order to reflect that Gurriel’s actions were intolerable, the star first baseman needed to sit out for the rest of the World Series. Gurriel’s derogatory actions are not acceptable in any circumstance and especially not in this day and age. The MLB sent an awful message to every Asian-American. And ironically enough, Houston has the fastest growing Asian population in America, with an annual growth of around 5.7
In total, there are over 500,000 Asian-Americans living in Houston, all of which should be disgusted by Gurriel and even more appalled at the MLB’s handling of the situation. To make matters worse, Gurriel did not even seem like he cared once he learned that his actions were caught on camera. Veteran teammate Carlos Beltran had to explain to Gurriel that he should show sympathy in response to the situation. The fact that Beltran had to tell Gurriel this says a lot. Gurriel may be from Cuba, a very different culture than America, but the first baseman is 33 years old and has now lived in America for two full years. He should know better and he clearly did not learn from his actions. If the MLB gave him appropriate repercussions, maybe he would have learned something. But since the MLB completely diminished Gurriel’s consequences, there is no way he learned anything. Do you really think sitting in the dugout for five games next season with a shiny World Series ring on his finger really upsets Gurriel? Absolutely not.
The Houston Astros celebrate after a 5-1 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. PHOTO BY LUIS SINCO LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS.
Gurriel and the Astros lost the World Series, the team and its fanbase would certainly be frustrated. But regardless, Gurriel should not have been allowed to see another pitch in the World Series after his actions. The fact that this occurred during the World Series should be irrelevant. Whether Gurriel acted this way in April or October,
appropriately and show the Asian-American community that these derogatory actions are unacceptable. Manfred did not do that, though. Instead, he prioritized the outcome of the game over multiple blatant acts of racism committed by Gurriel. Eddie Herz can be reached by email at sports@collegian.com.
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Europeans essential to CSU’s championship By Austin White @ajwrules44
Culture in the United States is different from any place on the planet. And apparently Americans’ love of a particular condiment is unique, at least in the eyes of Colorado State volleyball’s Sanja Cizmic. “A lot of ranch, we don’t have ranch,” Cizmic said. “Food was a big (culture change), especially going to dorms. I was eating just salads and chicken my first month here.” Cizmic hails from Split, Croatia and travelled 5,579 miles to the U.S. in fall of 2014 to begin her playing career for CSU. A change in culture would be expected to be a huge obstacle for someone coming from a place so vastly different, but since she played with American teammates on her volleyball teams back home, Cizmic had an idea of what she was getting into. Still, America presented a completely new home that required quite a bit of paperwork to fill out to even come over. Once here, fellow senior Jasmine Hanna remembers meeting the Croatian and trying to figure out some of the questions she asked. One specifically dealing with local animals. “One of my first memories of her is that we were driving together, and she was asking me about some sort of animal that we had,” Hanna said. “She’s like, ‘It’s the really porky animal.’ It was probably 15 minutes of me trying to guess what it was and come to find out it was a porcupine.” The outside hitter did know what kind of program she was getting herself into. At the time, the Rams were coming off their 19th consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament and dominated the Mountain West Conference every year. Head coach Tom Hilbert even made a trip to Slovenia in order to convince Cizmic to move Fort Collins. That type of dedication to her and the success of the program played a major role in Cizmic deciding to be a Ram. Colleges in Croatia did not allow for her to go to school while also playing volleyball, so the decision seemed pretty simple. On the court, Cizmic has been instrumental in the Rams’ march towards a 23rd consecutive NCAA tournament, which they clinched last Saturday by winning the conference again. Earlier in the year, Cizmic was named Player of the Week by the AVCA after putting up 35 kills in a three-match weekend, 13 of which came in the Rams’ sweep of then-No. 16 Michigan. Last year, her 335 kills led the Rams along with her 3.02 kills per set. In total, she has put up 694 kills in her four years at CSU while maintaining a .248 hitting mark.
Her role is larger than getting kills on the court, however. Both Hilbert and Hanna echoed the statement that Cizmic is the “team mom.” She is constantly checking on her teammates to see how they are doing and learning about who they are. “She’s been like a team mom from the minute she walked in the door,” Hilbert said. “That’s what we are going to miss the most about her. She’s a great leader and a great person, and she’s a servant leader as well as being a great player.” “That’s how I was raised, that there is always a why behind something,” Cizmic said. “I’ve always tried to understand some of the teammates and why someone is the way they are so that is probably why they say I’m the mom of the team.” That motherly role expanded a couple years ago once sophomore Paulina Hougaard-Jensen joined CSU. The Denmark native came 4,848 miles to become a Ram, and Cizmic was there from the beginning. “I remember last year when I was really homesick the first semester, I talked to her about it,” Hougaard-Jensen said. “She was comforting me and was like, ‘It’s going to get better.’” As with Cizmic, Hilbert made a similar trip out to Copenhagen to recruit Hougaard-Jensen to Fort Collins, and she was hooked. She described how people in Denmark do not pay too much attention to volleyball, as seen by the couple hundred people who would show up for the championship matches she played in. An average attendance of around 2,000 from the CSU faithful at Moby Arena was a huge plus. “Our federation made these rules that all the games you had to have 150 people watching otherwise you would get a ticket,” Hougaard-Jensen said. “We would get tickets all the time…the biggest game I played in Denmark, like the championships, we probably had less than Moby on a bad day.” The middle blocker has quickly become a centerpiece for the Rams after injuries to fellow middles Kirstie Hillyer and Alexandra Poletto thrusted Hougaard-Jensen into the spotlight. She has responded well by having a .466 hitting mark which ranks third in the entire country. Her 1.32 blocks per set also ranks second in the Mountain West. “She’s a person that if I say, ‘You can’t do this, you’re not good enough at this,’ then she will spend the next two months trying to prove you wrong,” Hilbert said. “She comes to practice every day wanting to get better. She almost has a chip on her shoulder all the time like, ‘I have something to prove.’”
Paulina Hougaard-Jensen and teammate Sanja Cizmic go up and get a block during their win against Wyoming in the Border War. PHOTO BY JOE OAKMAN COLLEGIAN
CSU head volleyball coach Tom Hilbert talking to the players after the game against the Air Force Academy.
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The European duo is quietly putting their mark on the No. 19 team in the nation. Most of opponents’ attention goes to the other outside attackers in Breana Runnels and Hanna who are the top two Rams in kills. Instead of focusing on Hougaard-Jensen, teams look at the 6-foot-6 inch Hillyer and worry about her. Cizmic is still third on the team in kills with 206 and Hougaard-Jensen comes in right behind her with 202. Hougaard-Jensen also leads the Rams with 116 total blocks. But the interest in culture goes both ways as Cizmic and Hougaard-Jensen’s teammates were certainly curious about life in Europe. Over the summer, the team got to find out those answers for themselves. The Rams toured across the continent playing some local clubs and national teams while also enjoying their summer vacation. The
second stop on that trip? Split, Croatia. “I thought it was really cool, even Tom said that he now realizes why in some situations I am the way that I am,” Cizmic said. “I made them all jump into the water because they were scared of sharks…it was really fun, I really liked it.” “You remember certain things in your coaching career about certain players, and that I will remember forever,” Hilbert said. “It helps the other way, too, because the players learn a whole different side of her. They understand who she is and why she is the way she is, so I think that was so cool to watch that happen.” Cizmic showed her closest friends, her teammates, exactly what her life was like and introduced them to her family and friends. Even Hougaard-Jensen, who said she has been all around Europe, had never been to Croatia.
“This team that we have right now, we are basically the same team that we were last year, and that’s probably the closest team we’ve had at CSU in a long time,” Cizmic said. “I wouldn’t say it brought us closer because we were already really close, but I would say it definitely helped us work through some situations together.” The Rams will need that kind of unity at the start of December when they embark on the challenge that is the NCAA tournament. The deepest a CSU team has ever been is the third round, meaning it will take quite an effort from this group to do something CSU has never done. For now, the team and their Euro duo will focus on getting better and maybe staying away from all the ranch dressing that the U.S. has to offer. Austin White can be reached at sports@collegian.com.
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CSU set to battle Nevada after clinching MW title By Luke Zahlmann @lukezahlmann
Life after clinching for No. 19 Colorado State begins on the road against conference foe Nevada as the Rams have a unique opportunity to look ahead. Each opponent for the remainder of the season will serve as preparation for the NCAA tournament that begins in mid-December. Allowing injured players to get fully healthy, conjuring up new game plans that they can use in the tournament and vigorous practices lie ahead for the remainder of the regular season. The first test for the Rams is the Wolfpack, who they swept earlier in the year at Moby Arena. A team that has dealt with an injury to their star Shayla Hoeft, the Wolfpack are 9-17 on the year but have been able to muster a .500 record in the Mountain West (7-7). Stepping up for Nevada has been sophomore Ayla Fresenius on the outside. The Rams were able to hold Fresenius to a mere six kills in their match earlier in the year on a -.083 percentage. “(Nevada) has a really fast offense,” sophomore Katie Oleksak said. “We’re working on making sure that we’re getting out to the pin when we’re blocking and making sure that we’re really closing the blocks.” Although the Rams swept the Wolfpack in the first meeting,
their next meeting in Reno will present a brand-new game plan. With an increased intensity in practice where coach Tom Hilbert is changing the mindset, the Rams will come into the match looking to improve areas such as serving and serve receive as they push towards the tournament. With two servers in the top 10 in service aces in the conference, the Wolfpack will present another opportunity to improve one of the chinks in the Rams armor. The scout team for the Rams will take on a new level of importance as the year wanes and the jump serving abilities of their players will be crucial in allowing the team to adapt to the difference in serving power that comes with the increases in competition. Though the wins and losses for the remainder of the season have taken a smaller importance, Jasmine Hanna and the Rams’ leaders are preaching intensity and focus in their remaining matches. “It’s really easy if you’re not playing the best of competition to relax,” Hanna said. “(Nevada has) nothing to lose so they’ll bring their best against us and we may have a big challenge so we just want to play well.” Despite their last loss coming over a month ago, the Rams have avoided the complacency that comes with winning and pushed through their less-than-stellar conference opponents, winning
the games they are supposed to win. The Rams are going into their match against Nevada knowing they will most likely be without starters Sanja Cizmic and Alexandra Poletto, both resting minor injuries. With half of their compliment of seniors out, the Rams will lean more heavily on Hanna’s leadership as well as the leadership of their star setter and Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week, Oleksak. Oleksak leads the conference in total assists (1,094) and assists per set (12.02) and has upped
the ante with her fourth overall ranking in assists per set in the nation. After a successful freshman year, Oleksak has stepped up even more for the Rams and been a constant force among the multiple injuries and lineup changes around her. Having the top offensive force in the conference is an accolade that would not be possible without the constant precision of Oleksak. CSU has fallen prey to the downfall of the Mountain West Conference and will look to raise their level of play going into
the tournament, rather than play down to the level of their opposition. The Rams’ match against Nevada presents their first match as champions and will take place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday on the Wolfpack’s home floor. The official Colorado State volleyball Twitter account will provide streaming links for those who are not able to make the trip, with the same holding true for their match against San Jose State on Saturday at 3 p.m. Luke Zahlmann can be reached by email at sports@ collegian.com.
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Etsy artist captures architectural charm through drawings By Gracie Ludens @gracieludens
A bike accident involving 18 stitches and rendering the victim temporarily immobile generally does not lead to a happy story. For Emma St.Aubin, who graduated from Colorado State University in 2016 with a master’s degree in public health, a bike accident presented her with an opportunity to start drawing. St. Aubin is the owner of Etsy shop Saint Aubin Ink where she sells hand-drawn replicas of buildings in the Fort Collins community. “I’ve been drawing my whole life,” St. Aubin said. “My mom’s an artist (and) my dad’s an architect, so I always joke it’s a great combination of the two.” Because the accident left St. Aubin with stitches in her leg, she said she could not go anywhere on Memorial Day and instead started drawing. Her friends were excited about a drawing of her house that she posted on Instagram, and they soon requested drawings of their own homes. She started her Etsy shop the last weekend of May. Realizing that people liked these hand-drawn buildings that St.Aubin was creating, she began to expand her portfolio by drawing some of her favorite buildings around Fort Collins. St.Aubin said that one of her most popular drawings is a compilation of breakfast locations around town.
“The architecture here is incredible,” St.Aubin said. “Every single building has a story behind it.” The stories these buildings hold also make them a part of the community, St.Aubin said. She hopes to draw the unique buildings in Fort Collins and build a community around the drawing. “I love how passionate she is about it,” said Carmelo Mannino, St.Aubin’s fiancé and a CSU alumnus. “She sits down every night and she just draws, and she loves it.”
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called Me You and Brew, referring to St. Aubin, Mannino and their dog. ■ Her art is also sold at Wolverine Farm Letterpress & Publick House, Old Firehouse Books and Etsy.com. ■ Aubin takes custom requests. Along with her appreciation for intriguing architecture, St.Aubin said that generally her drawings show her favorite places in Fort Collins.
“It’s a fun way to share and express my favorite parts of town,” St.Aubin said. Mannino said St. Aubin does research prior to each drawing. They bike to the locations and take photos from several angles or use Google Maps to get the full picture of each building. “She wants to make sure she gets all the detail,” Mannino said. Using art as a form of selfexpression has become more prominent in St.Aubin’s life since getting engaged. In the past, she said she used to journal about the details of her life, but that it was easy to keep her writing to herself. “I started drawing as a different means of an outlet,” St.Aubin said. “Instead of writing things and keeping them to myself, I wanted to share this new shared life with my fiancé and my dog.” Saint Aubin Ink began as Me You & Brew. This name was representative of St. Aubin’s new life with Mannino and their dog, Brewster. After deciding the name sounded too much like a coffee shop, she changed it to the current name: Saint Aubin Ink. While St. Aubin used to only use ink for her drawings, she has since started drawing with pencil to make fixing mistakes easier, then goes over the lines with ink. Once they are completed, she scans the drawings and shrinks them from their original size. St.Aubin said she prints the
Emma St. Aubin holds up two of her drawings. She sells her pieces on her Etsy shop, Saint Aubin Ink. Many of her pieces feature buildings from Fort Collins. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN
drawings at home to give them the authentic hand- and locally-made feel. “We would love to encourage local artists,” said Susie Wilmer, owner of Old Firehouse Books. St. Aubin’s prints are sold online at Etsy.com, as well as at Wolverine Farm Letterpress & Publick House and Old Firehouse Books. St.Aubin said she is participating in one or two Makers Markets in December, one of which will take place Dec. 9 at the Bean Cycle. Beth Kopp, operations manager at Wolverine Farm Letterpress & Publick House, was the first person to agree to selling
St.Aubin’s drawings at a Fort Collins business. “Her art prints and cards make wonderful gifts and keepsakes for tourists, visitors and people that love Fort Collins,” Kopp wrote in an email. “Folks are always looking for something unique to our town to purchase, and Emma’s art is perfect for that.” What began with a painful bike crash for St.Aubin has since become a creative outlet that turned into an Etsy shop. “It’s really fun,” St.Aubin said. “Dreams are coming true.” Gracie Ludens can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.
FORT COLLINS LIFE
Little Shop of Physics makes science accessible to community By Julia Trowbridge @chapin_jules
Focusing on making science interesting and accessible for all, the Little Shop of Physics travels around the city, country and world to share their love of science. The Little Shop of Physics, a science outreach organization, was founded 27 years ago by Brian Jones and has grown exponentially since then. The organization does outreach events for all ages and at any possible location. “The first event was 27 years ago,” Jones said. “It was really small. I started with one student, then two and it’s grown ever since.” One of the focuses of their experiments is to make compact and low-cost science kits in order to increase accessibility. “The big thing is that we want the science to be accessible,” said Heather Michalak, an outreach coordinator for Little Shop. “We want it to be interesting, and we want it to fit into a box.” The most common outreach
event the Little Shop does is showing their science kits to younger children. They try to focus on involving the children with the science and making the experience more handson, as opposed to showing a demonstration. “It’s a much better way to learn: learning by doing,” said Damian Rupp, a junior studying physics at Colorado State University and an intern at Little Shop. “It teaches us too. The kids tend to break things and we have to fix them. It makes our job more hands on as well.”
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The Little Shop also travels for their outreach events. In addition to going to different states, the organization has also gone out of the country. Last January, a
Little Shop of Physics intern Ana Lopez shares the concept of wave physics, or how waves are made, with kindergarten students at the Wind River Indian Reservation. Here, the waves can be seen between the nodes, or the points of the rope that aren’t moving up and down. PHOTO COURTESY OF ADAM PEARLSTEIN COLLEGIAN
group of students with Little Shop went to Todos Santos, Mexico and brought their hands- on experiments. “The event was after school,” Michalak said. “The kids didn’t have to come, but the whole village
showed up.” The Little Shop of Physics has a partnership with a corporation called B2Gold, which helps fund their out-of-country outreach project in Nambia, Africa. Their first visit was two years ago, and
the experience was magical, Michalak said. “I got to host a couple of astronomy meetings, and that was the first time any of them got to see their own night sky close up,” Michalak said. “It was just jaw dropping for them.” The Little Shop takes in any student who wants to intern for them. Although most students are studying in the STEM field, they have had students who were studying English or history and were great contributions to the organization. “We have three rules: you have to like kids, you have to like science and you have to look good in tie-dye,” Jones said. “If so, we’ll happily take you on.” For some people who volunteer, the Little Shop becomes a community. “It’s lots of fun,” Rupp said. “The people here are great. It’s like we’re our own little family.” Julia Trowbridge can be reached at entertainement@ collegian.com.
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Art Department’s Mini Gallery showcases student artists By Ashley Potts @11smashley
There are seven official art galleries at Colorado State University. Many have featured student work, but only one is dedicated to art by and for student artists. The Mini Gallery is hidden in the “F” wing of the Visual Arts Building. It functions as an essential steppingstone for many student artists as they strive for careers in the art world. The gallery is miniscule both in dimension and show length. The room is small and includes nothing but stark white walls and a drab concrete floor, but every week it is transformed. Exhibitors have one week to exhibit, according to undergraduate coordinator Elizabeth Sorenson. Signups are opened one week before finals. It is open to all undergraduates, but seniors get priority. Sorenson is the holder of the Mini Gallery signup sheet, which usually fills up within the first day. Occasionally, students like Shannon Slack and her collaborators get lucky, though. Their show only happened because a slot opened up midway through the semester. The three-person show, entitled “Smörgasbord,” was the show in the gallery last week. It was a complex, interactive and collaborative installation show. “This is my first big collaboration, especially as an installation,” said Slack, a senior art major studying painting and graphic design. “I had to think
The Mini Gallery in the Visual Arts building hosts an exhibition from several student arts. The gallery featured various pieces of furniture, hidden notes with inspirational words and a rack of clothes in order for the viewer to ‘dress for the occasion. PHOTO BY OLIVE ANCELL COLLEGIAN
about how I want my art to be viewed and how I think art should be viewed in contemporary times.” Slack has had her work displayed in other galleries but felt there was something special about the Mini Gallery. Namely, feedback from peers outside the usual classroom setting, she said. “I think the biggest benefit is that the Mini Gallery is a place to present what you’re thinking about for you capstone show,” Slack said, referring to the capstone show every art major pursing a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts
must present as their thesis before graduation. “To get feedback in the Mini Gallery on what you’re imagining for you capstone is really helpful.” The Mini Gallery is also used as the first step art students take out of the classroom. There is both freshness and vulnerability in each show. Gary Huibregtse, an art professor and photagraphy area conordinator, believes this step is vital in an artist’s creative cycle. “I think we want to be moved, we want to feel something when we look at work,” Huibregtse
said. “That’s part of the gallery and the exhibition. It’s emotional communication.” Emotional communication can be delivered through art, Huibregtse said. “Idon’tthinkit’sartnecessarily until the piece becomes an act of communication,” Huibregtse said. “The creative cycle is completed by us showing our work, and that’s why we have things like the Mini Gallery.” Slack also said she believes showing work is an important step for student artists. “I think if you’re trying to say
something with your art, which most people are, it takes showing that to somebody to actually make that come to fruition,” Slack said. “And if you are wanting it to be your sole source of income, you’re going to have to show it to someone.” Slack said her show in the Mini Gallery inspired her to continue her creative process and keep showing her work. “It’s made me want to push my limits,” Slack said. “I want to keep doing it.” Ashley Potts can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com
FORT COLLINS LIFE
Late night restaurant employees share their funniest stories By Henry Netherland @NetherlandHenry
Late nights in Fort Collins are full of interesting experiences. As soon as midnight hits, the streets become desolate and take on a vibe that completely contrasts the normal atmosphere of the the day. This can be especially visible in businesses that are open late at night, which are the only sources that can literally shine a light on these moments. Fort Collins late night employees share their favorite late night moments with The Collegian: “One of my favorite nights at the Alleycat was the Alleycat Cup, a race of mini quadcopters that took place between 2 and 6 a.m. in the Alleycat hosted by a famous drone pilot and inventor of a mini drone called the ‘Tiny Whoop’ (Jesse Perkins),” said Alleycat Coffee House employee Hunter Horsfall. Horsfall said Jesse Perkins
travelled the world flying the mini quadcopter using a method called First Person View, which is a method using virtual reality goggles that make you feel as if you are in the cockpit of the tiny little aircraft. “Jesse asked me if we could set up a course in the Alleycat late at night, which we did, so we filled the Alleycat with a light up race course that we must have spent half the night assembling,” Horsfall said. Horsfall said some of the world’s best Tiny Whoop pilots spent the whole night racing in the Alleycat. “It was kind of like a real world version of Mario Kart in the sense that they had to avoid whatever obstacles were around “the cat” at the time, which really cracked up everyone who happened to be around,” Horsfall said. Gabe Yamartino, a Cheba Hut employee, said his favorite story involves a costumer passed out on the restaurant’s patio. “(He was) in just his boxers,
and none of his clothes were anywhere around the scene,” Yamartino said. “So we had to call the ambulance, and they helped him out.” Pizza Casbah employee Tristan Hawkins said one of his co-workers got stuck with a heroin needle while taking out the trash and had to go to the emergency room. He also shared stories involving his roommate who also works at a late night restaurant. “My roommate, she works at the Alleycat right out back, and they’ve had people like come in and f*cking smear shit on the walls,” Hawkins said. “Like literal feces. I’m not f*cking with you. We have homeless people coming in here all the time, and they’re just spun out on all types of drugs. I’d say the weirdest shit that ever happened was probably that heroin needle.” Henry Netherland can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com
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The Used show raw emotion in ‘The Canyon’ By Alec Erickson @CTV_Ace
Imagine one of the worst years of your life. A year filled with loss, suicide, depression and regret. Now, when you compile all the emotion into a record, you may get close to what The Used is trying to attempt with their latest release, “The Canyon.” Some may be quick to label this as just some other emo record, but as we label the good times in our lives as mountains and the bad as valleys, we find that The Used is at their best when they are writing about canyons. Orem, Ohio-based band The Used formed all the way back in 2001. Ever since forming, they found some moderate success as a post-hardcore and emo outfit, but where they really stood out was their ability to write hit songs. While the band had several incredibly successful records ever since the release of their debut self-titled back in 2002, they had suffered a minor lineup change after the release of “Imaginary Enemy” back in 2014. Founding member Quinn Allman was replaced by
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Justin Shekoski, and for a while it seemed unclear what would happen with the band. After spending a good part of 2017 recording, The Used looked to come out stronger than ever with their latest release, and that is where seventh studio album “The Canyon” comes in. “The Canyon” is an impressive 17-track record that clocks in at around an hour and 20 minutes in length. From front to back, you get the sense of how much the band has grown as musicians as they are able to put a lot of raw emotion into this record. It starts with a somber and dark spoken word intro that really sets the tone for how serious the subject matter is, and from there things progress to the point you have
a hardcore and intense record that keeps your attention. Musically, we hear a lot of new influences in the band’s style as they play. From more upbeat and faster rhythms to dramatic and engaging guitar riffs, the band has really stepped up the energy on “The Canyon.” When you listen to tracks like “Broken Windows” or “Vertigo Cave,” you hear just how more metallic sounding chords work in their favor. Progression isn’t as big of a role in tracks themselves as they are throughout the entire record, but what does stand out are the dance like rhythms on tracks like “Rise Up Lights” and “Upper Falls.” Songs are styled and mixed to fit their themes, and when things are dark, they create a atmosphere to reflect that. Songs like “Pretty Picture” start out as these almost innocent rock ballads, but as you really begin to listen, you hear how they are more of an anthem than anything else. Lyrically, this is vocalist Bert McCracken’s strongest effort to date. While there is a lot of anger, fear and depression layered in this album, it is done in a tasteful and poetic manner that makes you really connect
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with the track. “Funeral Post” is a track that punches you in the gut as it focuses on the anger that one faces when a friend commits suicide. While there is a lot about McCracken’s friend committing suicide, “The Canyon” has tracks layered throughout that really walk through all the stages of grief. Lead track “For You” is focused on the depression aspect, and tracks like “Upper Falls” and “Broken Windows” deal with the anger. The Used is proving themselves to be complex and powerful as songwriters and using that skill to their advantage. Because of how this record is written, most people
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will unexpectedly stumble upon a song that really connects with them as this is a record that fits into any bad situation. Should you listen to it? Absolutely! What The Used have manage to create with “The Canyon” is a unexpected and brilliant attempt at tackling a very real and serious subject. It comes from a genuine place, and that is because this all happened. The Used released one of the strongest records of the year, and for that reason alone it should be worth a listen through. Alec Erickson can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com
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Aggie Theatre benefit concert to fundraise for Puerto Rico By Matthew Smith @latvatalo
About 3.4 million U.S. citizens are caught in a historic humanitarian disaster. Hospitals are without power. Food and water are scarce. A month on, Puerto Rico is still in critical condition. In an October statement made by the Mayor of the capital city San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz said “no one needs an invitation to help, to feed the hungry, to cure the sick, to give a helping hand to those in need.” Dozens of charities have popped up to meet this urgent call to action. At the #FoCo4PuertoRico benefit show at the Aggie Theatre this Thursday, Fort Collins can join in the cause to rescue the neglected
American territory. Musical acts at the Nov. 9 show include The Patti Fiasco, a soulful hard-rock group out of Wyoming named by Paste Magazine as a “Band to Listen to Now.” Accompanying them will be Maxwell Mud, Qbala, Guerrilla Radio and Undercover Bear.
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Thursday, Nov. 9. Doors open at 6 p.m. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. ■ Where Aggie Theatre All ticket sales—$10 in advance and $15 upon opening at 6 p.m.—will go to the nationally
accredited Unidos por Puerto Rico, a non-profit providing tens of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid to the hardest hit communities. A silent auction at the Aggie will split proceeds between Rocky Mountain Music Relief, a benefit for musicians impacted by natural disasters and the popular humanitarian GoFundMe campaign The People of Puerto Rico Rise to support infrastructure and communication. RMMR is partnered with MusiCares, the charity arm of the Grammyawarding Music Academy. According to one economist, Puerto Rico may take over a decade to fully recover. Matthew Smith can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.
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LOS ANGELES – The Walt Disney Co. has reversed its decision to exclude Los Angeles Times critics from press screenings of its films. “We’ve had productive discussions with the newly installed leadership at the Los Angeles Times regarding our specific concerns, and as a result, we’ve agreed to restore access to advance screenings for their film critics,” Disney said in a statement sent to The Times on Tuesday. The statement followed declarations by the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. (which includes Times staff writers), New York Film Critics Circle, Boston Society of Film Critics, National Society of Film Critics and Toronto Film Critics Assn. that Disney films would be ineligible for yearend awards consideration for as long as Times film critics were banned from advance screenings. The Walt Disney Co. revoked the newspaper’s access to all press screenings, the ABC press site and other media events after the Times ran a two-part series on the company’s business ties with Anaheim that Disney considered unfair.
The outside of the Aggie Theater seen earlier this year.
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(11/7/17). Step into the spotlight over the next two years. Disciplined work pays well. Communications require persistent focus this winter, as career challenges lead to a growth phase for home and family. Summer discoveries inspire domestic changes and professional expansion. Lead with your heart. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Bob Iger, Walt Disney chairman and CEO, speaks during the Disney Legends Awards at the D23 Expo fan convention at the convention center in Anaheim, California, the United States, on July 14, 2017. PHOTO COURTESY OF XINHUA/ZHAO HANRONG/SIPA USA/TNS
The matter went public when Times editors included notes in the Friday and Sunday Calendar sections to explain why there were no Disney films featured in the holiday movie preview section, and why Justin Chang’s “Thor: Ragnarok” review was not running on the day the film opened. Support within the journalism community began to grow throughout the
weekend, with film writers at the New York Times, Washington Post and A.V. Club announcing boycotts of Disney press screenings and filmmakers including Ava DuVernay tweeting their support. When contacted, a Disney rep had no comment beyond the statement. Content pulled from Tribune News Service.
— 6 — Focus on short-term household goals. Clean up an unexpected mess. Reality conflicts with a preconceived notion. Dig for a clue. Rest, and enjoy domestic comforts. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 7 — Miscommunications could spark without warning. Take time to nip them in the bud. Consider the long-term impacts of your words. Work out solutions in conversation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 7 — Hold out for the best deal. Don’t get intimidated. A bargain is within reach. Use your persuasive arts. You get more with honey than vinegar. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 8 — Your personal routine could get disrupted. Priorities change, and so do your plans. Slow down to avoid mistakes. Shift perspectives for insight. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 5 — Disagreement requires compromise, but wait. Take time to think things through. Plan for your desired outcome. Lay
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