Vol 127, no 135, wednesday may 2, 2018

Vol. 127, No. 135 Wednesday, May 2, 2018

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RESOURCES DURING FINALS WEEK

“QUEENS OF THE JUNGLE” IS NOT RACIST

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In its 77 year history, College days went from a university-wide spring picnic to alcohol-fueled riots that put CSU in the national spotlight. In 1987 the event caused 124 arrests and over one hundred injuries. The CSU President at the time, Phillip Austin, told press that he “couldn’t visualize any circumstance under which this would be allowed again.” PHOTOS COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

CSU ‘College Days:’ the wild springtime behaviors of the past

By Sarah Ehrlich @sarahehrlich96

Historical information was provided by the CSU Special Archives and Collections office.

More than a hundred years ago, an event that started as a simple spring picnic to release steam during finals week turned into drunken riots at Campus West 77 years later.

The event was College Days, the weekend of celebrating before finals week that people considered the best party in the Rocky Mountain region. As the spring semester comes to a close

in 2018, students prepare for the Undie Run. More than 70 years ago, students would have been preparing for College Days.

Alumni who lived through the wild parties recalled large amounts of 3.2 percent beer, great musical guests and plenty of reckless behavior.

“More like a college daze,” said CSU alumni Autumn Tysko, who attended the event in the early ‘80s. “It was an insane drinking event. They literally sold beer in buckets and had people like Joe King Carasco sing his hit song ‘Party Weekend’ at

the big concert.”

College Day’s humble beginning started in May of 1910, when classes were dismissed and students and faculty took the day for picnicking and fun in the Poudre Canyon.

In 1922, College Days became a late spring celebration of western culture with a parade, barbecue, dance and collegiate rodeo where western attire was strongly encouraged. Being dunked in a tank of ice water was the fate of those who failed to meet the dress code.

Moving on 20 years, College

Days remained a sophisticated all college gathering, and 1940 was set to be a special year. In addition to the popular rodeo, parade and dance, this was also the year CSU President Charles Lory would retire after serving the school for 31 years. An oil painting of Dr. Lory was presented at a banquet and currently hangs in the Lory Student Center.

The anticipated spring event would soon lose its classiness starting in 1964 when 12 CSU students were arrested for drinking beer downtown. The

punishment was a choice of paying $25 or writing a 500-word theme on “the responsibilities of young adults.” Quotations from U.S. presidents and the Bible were required, and for the female offender, a quote from Emily Post’s “How a Lady Should Drink.”

It only took a couple years for College Days to escalate into a weekend of excessive drinking everyone could join in on, and each year got a little worse. The same weekend in 1967 that the see COLLEGE on page 12 >>

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CITY

Contaminated recyclables pose problem for Larimer County, CSU

By Ty Betts @TyBetts9

A plastic bottle recycled in Larimer County will likely end up in the stockpile of Denver’s recycling center. Director of Solid Waste for Larimer County Stephen Gillett said he is unsure if any of these materials will actually be repurposed.

“We have not told them they can landfill these materials,” Gillet said. “We’re still hopeful something is going to happen, but I don’t know if that’s a good hope seeing what’s happening in the world.”

The recycling industry depends on buyers who want to use recyclable material for their products but Gillett said the market for these materials is at an all-time low with part of the problem being contamination.

Contaminated recyclables, meaning they are either dirty or unable to be processed at the Larimer County facility, are currently increasing in frequency and now make up more than 10 percent of the recyclables the landfill processes, Gillet said.

The recycle stream at Colorado State University currently has a contamination rate of around 5 percent, said Sheela Backen, integrated solid waste program manager for CSU. To reduce the contamination in Larimer County, Gillet said he wants to focus on educating the public on how to recycle right.

“People want to recycle. They

have a belief that everything is recyclable, so they put everything into the recycle bin,” Gillet said.

This “wish-cycling”, as Gillet describes it, is ultimately leading to a contaminated recycle stream with certain glass and plastic types entering the facility unable to be processed and products that are too dirty to accept.

“Cardboard is highly recyclable,” Gillet said. “But if it has food on it – i.e. a pizza carton that has cheese stuck on it – by the time it gets to a paper mill three months later, it has started to decompose and attract rodents.”

Backen said there are ways people on campus can reduce contamination of recyclables before they reach the Larimer County Recycle Center.

“They need to empty their bottle before they put it into the recycle bin and they need to take lids off of their coffee cup and make sure the liquid is all out,” Backen said.

Part of the need for this education for smarter recycling in Larimer County is to conform to standards with the rest of the industry and appeal to buyers.

“Recycle markets have always been like a roller coaster ride with ups and downs,” Gillet said. “Well this time, the down ride is hitting all-time new record lows.”

Last year, Gillet said partially contaminated recyclables were still processed because they could eventually be sent out of the country to China. This has since

Nick Dalla, a machine operator for the CSU Integrated Solid Waste Department, picks up a recycling bin at the Facilities North building on campus. The Integrated Solid Waste Department picks up recycling from approximately 60 locations around CSU’s campus and Fort Collins five days a week. COLLEGIAN FILE PHOTO

changed.

An article by Resource Recycling shows that as of March 1, China reduced the amount of contamination they will accept from 1.5 percent to a 0.5 percent contamination rate. This may seem like a minor reduction, but previous enforcement of this policy was weak, allowing highly contaminated materials to be processed. The new approach is expected to come with greater enforcement of the contamination levels.

With contamination levels around 10 percent, Larimer County would not be able to

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comply with these stricter regulations without taking further measures.

“Our infrastructure is not able, without some changes, to meet these standards,” Gillet said.

In the event that Larimer County starts enforcing stricter acceptance policies of their own, Backen said the University will start to see fines of up to $175 for each load the county rejects. Gillet, however, said educating the public on recycling smarter is the preferred option.

“We are going to try and educate and by education hopefully people will say, ‘Hey,

I’m part of the problem,’ and want to do the right thing,” Gillet said.

Although the recycling industry is suffering from a lack of buyers who Gillet said can use virgin materials for less money, he still thinks it is important to maintain the practice of recycling.

“Recycling is still the right thing to do because there is only so many trees in this world, so much oil and we can’t just keep burying stuff,” Gillet said. “We need to invest in infrastructure and to recycle right.”

Ty Betts can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Campus buzzes after beeing Bee Certified

By Meagan Stackpool @MeaganStackpool

Since Sunday, April 22, Colorado State University is officially a bee certified school.

Bee hives were placed on the west side of Durrell in an effort to make CSU a more beefriendly campus. The bees, brought by the Apiculture Club in conjuncture with the Pollinator Friendly Campus Committee, are here to help protect the flora around campus.

Kirstie Tedrick, sustainability coordinator, and one of the people responsible for making the hives possible, explained why bees were brought to campus in the first place.

“It actually all started with a concerned student that wanted to save the dandelions that grow on our lawns for native pollinators,” Tedrick said in an email to The Collegian. “We understand The significant role that pollinators have in our ecosystem so we wanted to be able to promote habitats, food sources, and safe places for nesting here at CSU.” After concerns were raised surrounding the bees, the Pollinator Friendly Campus Committee was formed.

Tedrick said that faculty, staff

and students with experience in environmental safety, landscape architecture, bee and pollinator research, student organizations and more sit on the committee, with representation from Housing and Dining Services and the President’s Sustainability Commission.

The committee, as well as the newest incarnation of the Apiculture Club, worked with Housing and Dining services to provide a place for the bees. Freddie Haberecht, facilities manager and part of the Apiculture Club, discussed why the bees were an important opportunity for students.

Haberecht said that the Apiculture Club maintains the hives and hopes that one day they will be able to produce honey to bring the full benefit of the bees to students.

The hives, funded by the Housing and Dining Services Sustainability Fund, serve as a learning urban agriculture site for students.

After the three hives were placed in the northernmost fire escape at the Durrell Dining Center, the Pollinator Friendly Campus Committee thought it would bee only fitting to apply to become a certified pollinator friendly university through Bee Campus USA.

Pollinators are a vital part of the food system. PHOTO BY SARAH EHRLICH COLLEGIAN

The three hives are not the only bee friendly additions to campus. A pollinator bed outside of Clark A was the first of many bee zones designed with the sustainability of the creatures in mind, as the committees webpage explains.

For those worried about the increased bee activity, the committee has a swarm

response in place. Their webpage reports that anyone worried about swarms, nuisance bees, wasps or hornets should contact Environmental Health Services.

The hives on campus are part of an effort to increase sustainability and to minimize impact on the environment.

Haberecht explained the significance of the hives, purely for the students.

“These are the first student-run and student learning-oriented hives that have been on campus in fifty years,” Haberecht said.

Meagan Stackpool can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Morgan Library, LSC offer study spaces, destress activities for finals

By Charlotte Lang @ChartrickWrite

Morgan Library and the Lory Student Center are offering extended hours, study spots and stress-free activities for Finals Week.

Morgan Library will be open until 2 a.m. from Monday, May 7 through Thursday, May 10.

The library will also be offering the Event Hall as a study area. According to Jenna Allen, a college liaison from the library, this is because space is an important aspect of finals week.

“During finals, the library is packed. Students study wherever they can find a free square inch,” Allen wrote in an email to The Collegian. “We can’t make the Morgan Library bigger—but we can open extra space where we have it.”

According to the email, the library had 33,820 visits

for last semester’s finals week, along with 961 study room reservations. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were the busiest days, with approximately 8,4009,400 visits each day.

While the library has offered extended hours and space before, a new addition will be brain breaks, a series of free stress-relief activities from May 2-10.

“These are meant to be fun diversions to give students a chance to breathe and relax for a little while, so they don’t burn out,” Allen wrote. “Sometimes students forget that studying longer and harder doesn’t necessarily lead to better learning … You have to take regular breaks and practice selfcare.”

The brain break activities are listed on the library’s website.

Options include therapy dogs, crafts and balloon animals.

“Brain Breaks during finals week was one thing the Libraries wanted to try because we can potentially have a positive impact on a large number of students at the moment they need it most,” Allen wrote. “Rather than watch students burn out, we want to improve their chances of success by helping them take care of themselves. If we can get you to laugh for a few minutes, to take a deep breath and relax, that’s our goal.”

The library continues its stress-free theme by also setting up book displays highlighting selections meant to inspire students to take care of themselves. These displays are accompanied by a board allowing students to share how they relax during finals.

Therapy dogs, one of the library’s most popular events, will be available on May 2 from 12-1 p.m. in the Event Hall.

The Lory Student Center, too, will be offering changes.

LSC Late Nite will be from May 6-9. During these days, the LSC will offer 50 percent off food and coffee with extended dining hours— 7 p.m. to midnight. Coffee vendors will be open until 10 p.m.

MORGAN LIBRARY VENTORS ■ Sunday, May 6:

That’s A Wrap and Sweet Sinsations ■ Monday: May 7: Subway and Intermissions ■ Tuesday, May 8: Garbanzo Express and Sweet Sinsations ■ Wednesday, May 9: Bagel Place and Intermissions Geoff Valdez, assistant director of retail operations

for the LSC, called this a good reward to the students for their hard work over the semester.

“The slogan is ‘Fun, Fuel and Focus. For fuel, we want to nourish (the students),” Valdez said. “Many can forget to eat during the stress of studying.”

Along with these offers, the LSC will be opening their meeting rooms as study spaces.

The full list of rooms is available on their site.

“The LSC is 300,000 square feet,” Valdez said. “We like to open that up to options for study spaces during this week.”

Students can also relax with free massages in the Student Leadership, Involvement and Community Engagement Conference Room from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday.

The University’s Finals Week will be from May 7-10.

Charlotte Lang can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Fort Collins on-track to meet first carbon emissions milestone

By Samantha Ye @samxye4

Fort Collins continues to progress ever closer to carbon neutrality, as Mayor Wade Troxell announced at Friday’s ClimateWise Envirovation event that the City’s carbon emissions for 2017 were 17 percent lower than in 2005, down 2 percent from 2016, according to a press release from the city.

Previous reports put 2016 at only having a 12 percent reduction, but updated data and other methodology improvements has revised it to 15 percent for that year.

This puts the City on track to meet the goals established in the Climate Action Plan, Molly Saylor, City environmental data analyst wrote in an email to The Collegian.

The goals are to reduce emissions 20 percent from the 2005 base year by 2020, 80 percent by 2030 and by 2050, become carbon neutral, or have net zero emissions.

Fort Collins set 2005 as its baseline emissions year because it aligns with the baseline of many cities, states--including

Colorado--and countries, thus adding the benefit of comparability and consistency, Saylor wrote.

Per capita, carbon emissions have already decreased 35 percent since 2005, wrote Saylor.

The main contributor to the progress from 2016 to 2017 was the 5 percent drop in electricity emissions, Saylor wrote.

“A decrease in electricity use and an increase in solar and hydropower were the two main drivers of this progress,” Saylor wrote. “Electricity represents 51 percent of our carbon inventory so these improvements have a significant impact.”

Lindsay Ex, City climate program manager, wrote that the 2017 energy efficiency programs show energy savings equivalent to over 28,600 megawatts an hour, generating an excess $38 million in local economic benefits through reduced utility bills, direct rebates and leveraged investment.

One program, ClimateWise, provides participating local business solutions to save money and gain recognition for waste reduction and energy conservation, among other

things.

“In 2017, ClimateWise Partners realized $460,289 in annual savings by implementing cost-effective strategies to be more efficient and reduce operating costs, all while reducing emissions by almost 16,000 metric tons of CO2,” Ex wrote.

These factors, along with the rapid pace of solar installations which now exceed the 10MW threshold for locally installed solar capacity and increased waste diversion from landfills, have helped put Fort Collins on a downward emissions trend, Ex wrote.

Saylor wrote that while the trend will likely not be linear due to too many unpredictable factors such as weather, policy changes and technological advancements, a development such as the Platte River Power Authority recently purchasing 150 megawatt of utility scale wind power to come online in the early 2020s will have a significant positive impact.

The City will also be partnering with Town Square Media next month to launch “Take 2,” a marketing campaign

Fort Collins is on track to meet the carbon emissions milestone goals established in the Climate Action Plan.

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to engage residents to replace lights with efficient LEDs and make one less car trip each week, Ex wrote.

There are also the Innovate Fort Collins Challenge projects.

To encourage more community participation, projects proposals which reduce greenhouse gas emissions may be granted from $3,000 to $75,000, according to the City website.

Applicants for the 2018 challenge can submit a letter of intent no later than May 18.

The 2017 grant winners included Colorado State University ($44,550)

for developing an online transportation and safety education module and Front Range Community College ($65,212) for solar photovoltaic panels and an electric vehicle charging station at the Harmony Library, which were installed in recent months.

Katy McLaren, senior environmental planner, wrote that the City has been kept up to date on the projects through quarterly reports and will be providing an update in coming weeks on the City’s website.

Samantha Ye can be reached at news@collegian.com

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It’s okay to not ‘have it all figured out’ “Queens of the Jungle” is not racist Leta McWilliams

CJ Ash @Cee_Jay_Ash

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 editorial board.

The Colorado State University Multicultural Greek Council caused quite a stir recently by protesting the sale of a T-shirt with the words “Queens of the Jungle” emblazoned across the front. They claim the shirts were offensive: “The word ‘jungle’ has been used to trivialize people of color and cultures of color,” the president of MGC said in an interview with The Collegian.

This accusation is ridiculous; once again, everyone needs to relax and stop looking for reasons to feel victimized.

The slogan “Queens of the Jungle” was a play on the phrase “King of the Jungle,” a common reference to lions, which makes sense because these shirts had lions on them. The purpose was to promote a spring 2018 philanthropy event, hosted by the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, where sororities compete with one another to win a foam social from Pi Kappa Phi. Any profits from this event were to go to The Ability Experience, a nonprofit organization that serves people with disabilities. The Ability Experience was founded in 1977 as the national philanthropy of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity with the purpose of instilling lifelong service in its members and enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities.

Pi Kappa Phi’s philanthropy events are traditionally successful in collecting individual donations and raising money for charity.

Truly bad things do happen in the world, there’s no excuse for that, but this is not one of them.

When a group of people decides to protest a charity event because the word “jungle” offends them, this is approaching new levels of insanity and takes our focus away from solving the real problems in the world by dominating the public discourse with trivialities.

Jungle is a word in Hindi meaning “not an inhabited place.”The word covers forest, wilderness, wold, waste, and even the world (without human structures). The lion is known as the “King of the Jungle.”

One could argue that this title

was given to lions based on their fearlessness, their strength and their ability to maintain order in the pack. One could also argue that tigers are more suited to the title, as they are larger than tigers, have bigger brains and actually live in the jungle, unlike lions. The debate between lions and tigers makes more sense than saying “Queens of the Jungle” is racist.

What we have is a fraternity hosting a fun event with sororities, donating the profits to a charity, and another group going out of their way to be offended by it - to the point of protesting a charitable event. Students are not helping themselves by incorporating this victim culture into their identities.

The MGC did not use the situation to discuss ideas or open a dialogue with the fraternity about their concerns. They did not give anyone a chance to have an honest discussion about this. Rather, they went to the fraternity’s meeting to read a letter of demands. When those demands weren’t met, the Pi Lambda Chi Delta Chapter protested a charity event and then bragged about it over Twitter.

This is not heroic or commendable behavior. It’s just another group of students looking to start some conflict on campus over nothing.

In speaking of his own experience as a student, former President Barack Obama echoed this when he said, “to make you a better citizen; to help you to evaluate information; to help you make your way through the world; to help you be more creative. The way to do that is to create a space where a lot of ideas are presented and collide, and people are having arguments, and people are testing each other’s theories, and over time, people learn from each other, because they’re getting out of their own narrow point of view and having a broader point of view.”

A couple of generations ago, Americans survived tough times by hustling, believing in themselves and working harder.

They did’t worry about these kind of things. Today, the pep-talk for the downtrodden is nothing more than excuses and passing the blame to someone else.

We live in one of the greatest times in our country’s history, and there are better things to spend your time doing than protesting designs on T-shirts. They were not intended to be offensive or racist; they were intended to help people and raise money for a good cause.

CJ Ash can be reached at letters@collegian.com.

@LetaMcWilliams

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Graduating is a time for excitement. There are so many open doors, whether that’s getting a job, moving on to the next degree or going to travel.

For some, these new possibilities are stressful. You don’t know what you’re doing, not sure of any life plan even though all of your friends know exactly what their future holds. You’ve been a student your entire life and now that you’ve got your golden ticket of a diploma, instantaneous success is expected. Your friends and family keep beating you down with the “what’s next?” question and all you can say is “I don’t know.”

And, contrary to the unrealistic societal expectation for students to have their entire life together by the time they graduate college, it’s okay to not know what they are doing.

In the speech “Wear Sunscreen” by Mary Schmich of the “Chicago Tribune,” she said, “Don’t worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.”

This is important for graduates, and college students in general, to remember; worrying about the future won’t do any good.

So often our generation is told that the way to perfection

is by getting a good job, getting a house and having kids, but this is not true. Having a plan, fulfilling a life purpose and striving for perfection are a waste of time.

Obviously it’s good to plan ahead, have goals and strive for success, but things almost never go as planned.

Trying to achieve perfection and trying to achieve the mythical ‘“perfect life plan” are two sides of the same coin.

Both are extreme pressures from previous generations, both are mostly impossible to achieve, and both are bad for mental health.

The United Kingdom Mental Health Foundation found that perfectionism is linked to depression. In a column on the topic, one author described many experiences of people who believed that if they weren’t perfect, they weren’t good enough, and the way that contributed to anxiety and depression.

The same line of thought can be seen in students trying to figure their lives out immediately out of college.

According to a CareerBuilder survey, 47 percent of college graduates did not find a first job that related to their college major. As well, 32 percent of college grads said that they had never worked in a field related to their majors. By choosing their majors, these people had plans to work in a specific field and it turned out differently than they expected.

Having a plan and seeing the success of that plan isn’t the same as what it used to be. Success is typically judged on the same standards our parents were held to- have a well-paying job, buy a house, get married, have kids, all right out of college, which is significantly more difficult

for us to achieve compared to previous generations.

In previous generations, financially crippling student loans weren’t as common and it was possible to work a parttime job and pay for school.

This generation cannot realistically be held to outdated ideals of success.

“Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life,” Schmich said. “The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don’t.”

This is an important thing to keep in mind for students graduating who don’t know exactly what they’re doing after they’re out of school. The idea that you need to know what you’re doing by the time you graduate isn’t realistic, and will only take away from the graduate’s happiness.

It’s okay not to plan ahead.

A lot of people are unsure about their future, and even if everyone around you seems to have their life figured out, the truth is no one knows what they’re doing.

Finally, the best piece of advice to look at is from author Charlie Hoehn: “And therein lies the best career advice I could possibly dispense: just DO things. Chase after the things that interest you and make you happy. Stop acting like you have a set path, because you don’t. No one does.... There is no explicit path I’m following, and I’m not walking in anyone else’s footsteps. I’m making it up as I go.”

Leta McWilliams can be reached at letters@collegian.

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Getting sh*t done.

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Shrek is coming to Netflix.

Kanye saying slavery is a choice.

When Cheeba Hut gives you a free sandwich.

Getting hit in the face with rain while on your bike.

Laminating stuff.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

CSU mental health services hears student concerns 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 editorial board.

Letters to the Editor reflect the view of a member of the campus community and are submitted to the publication for approval Dear Editor, Earlier this week, The Collegian ran an opinion piece written by a student encouraging other students to look outside of the CSU Health Network for mental health resources. We want you to know that we hear your concerns.

We also want to provide more context around wait times and scheduling.

The CSU Health Network Counseling Services is committed to providing quality services

that are accessible to all CSU students. Many universities have made the decision to refer students with the most longterm concerns to community providers.

Philosophically, we have decided that it is better to provide as much service as possible to all of our students.

Although we are fortunate to have a large staff of counselors and more mental health resources than most other colleges and universities, the number of students requesting counseling has increased each year. As a result, we are typically unable to offer weekly individual appointments except in emergency situations.

Most students see their counselor every two to three weeks, and many join one of our weekly counseling groups

or utilize immediately available on-call services for urgent situations. For students who want to be seen more frequently, our staff is happy to help them connect with someone in the community.

Regarding online scheduling, we want you to know that we carefully considered this option but decided against it for several reasons.

Since there is a large demand for counseling, an initial appointment with an ongoing counselor may be two to three weeks in the future at some points during the semester. By asking students to come in to see us or call us for a brief screening appointment (before their initial appointment with a counselor), we are able to problem-solve interim solutions or make a more immediate plan

MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS SUPPORT DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME? Please help them by telling key university offices that you’re concerned.

911 CALL

Immediate risk of someone hurting themselves or others, call 911 from any location. If you are on campus, immediately tell the dispatcher that you are on campus and then your campus location.

Tell Someone: If you are concerned about a student or employee we will connect them to support. tellsomeone.colostate.edu or 970-491-1350.

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND CARE PROGRAM:

CARE

The Employee Assistance Program offers a confidential referral to mental health counselors for employees and members of their household and up to six counseling sessions without a charge. The CARE program connects and refers employees to community resources that provide health and social services. ombudsandeap.colostate.edu/employeeassistance-program

for those in crisis.

We also do our best to make room for new students, so it is necessary to space out the appointments of our ongoing clients. We are always looking for innovative ways to use our resources to meet the evolving needs of our students. Over the last few years, we have taken action to improve student access to resources, including increasing the availability of staff for immediate drop-in services, expanding our after-hours availability, offering a wider variety of groups and workshops to meet the diverse needs of our students, expanding our outreach efforts in partnership with Health Education and Prevention Services and Student Diversity Programs and Services and offering more

appointments at the end of the semester designed to help students manage added distress and demands.

In addition, YOU@CSU, an online student success portal that connects to online and oncampus support resources, is now available to all students with easy 24/7, confidential access through RamWeb. The pressures of life and school can be difficult to balance, and we want to be part of helping you find that balance.

We are committed to continuing our work to be as responsive as possible to student needs.

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CLUB SPORTS

CSU baseball finds limitless success with limited support

By Christian Hedrick @ChristianHCSU

With a recent string of conference titles, national championships and deep National Club Baseball Association World Series’ runs, the Colorado State club baseball team is arguably the most successful team on campus.

Despite their success, the team has had to overcome an annual decline of resources and attention from the University.

While CSU currently supplies the baseball team with a budget of about $3,000 per year, annual budget cuts have put pressure on players’ pockets and fundraising efforts to meet demands.

“Funding is definitely our biggest limitation,” CSU assistant coach and former player Brett Bogner said. “I definitely think the University could help us more. Back when I was president of the team in 2013-14, we were getting about $8,000 from the school and that has declined ever since.”

While the baseball team’s budget has shrunk, expenses have continued to pile up. Among the most common expenses are travel, equipment and field rental.

“Field rental is an issue that’s been hard with the University,” Bogner said. “We used to have

that field on campus, but they demolished it probably eight to 10 years ago. Now we have to pay for field rental. That’s a pretty big expense... probably a few thousand dollars each semester.”

Constructing another on-campus field may be an unrealistic expectation from the University, but there are other, less expensive ways that CSU can support the baseball team and other club sports.

“The University could help us out a little more with marketing and our public relations stuff,” Bogner said. “A lot of people don’t even know we’re here. Our games are always free and there’s always pretty good weather, so I think the University could help.”

Without scholarships and state-of-the-art facilities to train and attend games, club baseball does not garner the same national attention as NCAA baseball. Nonetheless, CSU club baseball players believe they dedicate as much time and energy to the sport as their NCAA counterparts.

“We treat it like any other NCAA program, I would say,” said CSU catcher and Club President Jake Walker. “We come out here and practice two-and-a-half to three hours a day, four days a week and then have games all day Saturday and Sunday. More than half of all of

CLUB SPORTS

The Colorado State club baseball team celebrates a victory over Wyoming in 2017.

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our players’ schedules are spent out here being a student athlete and balancing school just as much as any other athlete at this school.”

The Rams’ demanding schedule is rooted in their success and sets them apart from many other club teams.

“There’s a stigma against playing club baseball and we’re kind of the outliers in that situation since we usually go to the World Series, compete at a high level and carry a lot more guys than some of the other club sports here,” Walker said.

The club baseball team may

not have to fight that stigma much longer, as a return to Division I status could be in the future.

“I think it’s always on the radar,” Walker said. “Colorado is starting to become a bigger baseball state and with Greeley (Northern Colorado) and Air Force being the only Division I programs in the state, I think there’s pressure on CSU and CU to bring back Division I baseball and I think it’s feasible if both programs wanted to.”

Even if the program never receives Division I status or proper funding, club baseball

will always be a home for athletes who want to continue their love for the game.

“A lot of the time, club baseball is like a last resort for a lot of us,” Walker said. “I was a former NCAA baseball player and a lot of our guys came from playing in junior college and NCAA. I’m sure it’s the same for a lot of other club sports (athletes) here who wanted a different atmosphere, but wanted to continue playing the game they loved.”

Christian Hedrick can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

TRACK & FIELD

CSU lacrosse receives CSU track and field adds several conference recognition athletes to their stout recruiting class

By Luke Zahlmann @lukezahlmann

After a season that featured plenty of loss, the Colorado State men’s lacrosse team brought home multiple victories in award season with six players being named for all-conference honors.

The second-team allconference list was littered with Rams’ defensemen as Trey Sayers and Daniel Simpson were both recognized, along with midfielder Deryk Delahanty.

Delahanty registered eight goals and eight assists a piece to bring his point total to 16 on the year, good for fourth on the Rams’ squad.

The honorable mentions list featured the Rams’ mainstay on the attack, A.J. Stewart. Along with Stewart, Kenny Madison and goalie Frank Culhane were also on

the list of mentions.

Stewart, being given the role of team leader with the graduation of Ashton Monnheiser, registered the second-most points on the team with 28, with a teamleading 24 goals making up the majority of his production.

The Rams finished the season 4-9, failing to enter the postseason a year after doing so. Multiple Rams received recognition despite the lack of team success, highlighting the bright spots in a darker season.

Not on the list of honorable mentions was attacker Pete Aplet who lead the team in points with 29. Given Stewart’s presence on the team, the snub is less than ideal for the senior who led his team in the most important of categories.

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

By Evan Grant @EGrantSports

The Colorado State track and field and cross country programs added multiple new athletes to their respective teams for the upcoming 201819 season.

The nine new athletes added on will give the Rams 17 new competitors for the 2018-19 season, the other eight having been added to the team earlier this spring.

Among the newcomers is Aria Tate, a multiple-time state qualifier. Tate will be competing as a multipleevent athlete for the Rams during the upcoming season, looking to continue her success in hurdles and sprints. Along with Tate, the team also added sprinter and jumper Nia Powdrell from Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

Powdrell set multiple-state

records in high school to go along with her doubledigit New Mexico state championships, accruing most of the titles in her junior and senior years at Cleveland High School.

Powdrell ranks in the top10 in both the 60-meter and 200-meter event in Portland State school history as well.

Another notable signing for the Rams during this offseason is Fort Collins’ native Morgan Stewart.

Stewart attended Fossil Ridge High School where she currently ranks as the No. 2 athlete in the state of Colorado in discus. Stewart has personal records of 143-feet-2-inches in the discus, and 37-feet-8.5inches in the shot put.

The crop of sprinters added Monday will join the already stout group of distance runners added by

An athlete shots a put at the Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championship held at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. PHOTO COURTESY OF JUAN LABRECHE/ NCAA

the Rams in earlier signing periods. The group of distance runners is highlighted by nations’ leader in the 3,200 meters, Michael Mooney.

Evan Grant can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

ARTS & CULTURE Wednesday, May 2, 2018

CSU REACTS

Not following the herd: What makes Ram culture unique?

By Nick Botkin @dudesosad

CAM The Ram. More than 500 student associations. Two hundred fifty-plus majors.

These are just some facts of Colorado State University one can learn from perusing the CSU Admissions website.

But what does campus culture mean specifically to CSU students?

What distinguishes our Ram culture from other schools? And how are we contributing to that culture?

For Nika Fridman, a freshman psychology and sociology double major, the people are CSU’s strength.

“I think they are more genuine and not as materialistic,” Fridman said.

Fridman also said students care about each other, as opposed to their material goods. Mary May Molitor, a freshman interdisciplinary liberal arts major, agrees.

Molitor said people are welcoming.

“The professors and faculty are encouraging,” Molitor said.

“They want you to succeed.”

Molitor said students embody the same spirit as well.

For some students, the spirit of activism and self-awareness make our campus distinctive.

“Everybody is down to earth,” junior soil and crop sciences major Kenon Miner said. “They care about the environment.”

Other students think of the community within their particular concentration.

James Zafarana, a senior human dimensions of natural resources major, said the Warner College is a “pretty tight-knit community.

“I think it is just that realization we are all in it together.”

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The college’s unique strength?

“A lot of love for the world outdoors,” Zafarana said.

On a broader level, Zafarana said CSU’s campus is distinctive because of the open spaces. It is fun to see people get out on nice days and interact, Zafarana said.

For other students, the university’s history adds to the

uniqueness.

Colorado State is the state’s land-grant institution, founded in 1870. CSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences offers nine undergraduate majors with 28 different concentration options. 39 graduate degree programs are also offered.

“I feel like we are true to our ag heritage,” said Andrew Hopp, a senior soil and crop sciences major.

Hopp said CSU keeps the agricultural spirit alive through departmental outreach, in addition to research with local farmers, and CSU’s extension program.

For other students, the spirit of open debate enhances CSU. Chris Poulos, a senior soil and crop sciences major, said the free speech zone is unique.

“You feel you can say what you want,” Poulos said.

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western hillside has been a CSU tradition since 1924. At the time CSU was known as “Colorado A & M.”

Poulos also enjoys the hands-on experiences. He said he feels it is a symbiotic affair, in which he brings his knowledge to the table while gaining experience.

So how have students contributed to Ram culture?

And what have they taken from it?

“Just the open attitude, the pursuance of teaching, and learning from others,” Miner said. “We all have different goals and a lot of them intertwine.”

Other students engage differently with the campus.

“I am not the most involved on campus,” Zafarana said.

“But I do try to go to different symposiums and talks that are important to my education.”

Zafarana added that the collegiate experience at CSU has enhanced his critical thinking skills.

“One thing I have learned from college is to check your ego on what you think,” Zafarana said.

So what really ties the campus together?

“I think it is that realization that we are all in it together,” Molitor said.

Nick Botkin can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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College >> from page 1 long-awaited Hughes stadium began construction, 165 arrests of drunken students and out of town visitors were made.

Student program boards attempted to better organize College Days during the late ‘70s to reduce the risk of deviant behavior. Beer sales at Hughes Stadium gave some control in hard liquor consumption, and a special event license to sell 3.2 percent to those 18 and older and more controlled security seemed to lower tensions.

Unfortunately, this did not last long.

“What would normally take 10 minutes to get somewhere took an hour because of all the students partying in the streets. A girl walking across the street in front of our car just dropped an entire case of beer cause it was too heavy.” -Elena Jaramillo, CSU alumnus The 1980 College Days resulted in a 40-page file

of complaints of sexual harassment at the Lagoon and hundreds of dollars in damages to Corbett Hall. One student fell 30 feet after attempting to scale a wall of Parmalee Hall.

“I was in elementary school when College Days was still happening,” said Elena Jaramillo, a CSU alumna.

“What would normally take 10 minutes to get somewhere took an hour because of all the students partying in the streets. A girl walking across the street in front of our car just dropped an entire case of beer cause it was too heavy.”

For the next seven years, the police would be on “arrest mode,” but would be no match for the memorable riot of 1986 at the Baystone and Sunstone apartments, where about 3,000 partiers made over $25,000 worth of damages and a 12-foot bonfire in the middle of Baystone Drive.

The weekend of April 25, 1987 was the bitter end of the infamous College Days.

After a successful lineup of musical guests, including a newly formed funk-rock band called the Red Hot Chili

Peppers, a riot happened at Campus West resulting in plenty of arrests, hospital trips and damages.

The following night, a second riot ensued. After several attempts to control the crowd, police deployed tear gas, causing the crowds to descend onto campus, destroying property and injuring others along the way, according to the CSU Police Department’s history page.

The following morning the University made the announcement that College Days was officially canceled and was reinforced by Colorado’s new legal drinking age of 21.

After reminiscing of the Mud Bowl on the Intramural Fields and bed races that required an abundance of alcohol to participate, CSU alumnus Barry Kofman said the events were short lived.

“It’s hard to believe now that CSU would have ever allowed an event like College Days,” Kofman said.

Sarah Ehrlich can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

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MUSIC

Fort Collins concert venues address accessibility for disabled concert-goers

By Maddie Wright @MaddieRWright

Concerts require a lot of standing, dancing and occasionally even moshing.

They are filled with people, sweat, colors, loud sounds and lots of physical strain. All this has the potential to be difficult for physically and/or mentally disabled concert-goers.

Fort Collins has a handful of old venues that pose an interesting challenge for accessibility and accommodations.

“Initially (the Downtown Artery) started with just the upstairs and it was installed into one of the oldest buildings here in Fort Collins,” said Maxwell Tretter, the assistant director of the Downtown Artery. “At that time they were very conscious about accessibility for those with physical disabilities minus the one flaw, which is that you had to go up these stairs to get up there.”

Each venue differs in what they are able to do for their guests and performers. The Aggie is different from The Downtown Artery, which is different from the Art Lab, which is different from the Mishawaka Amphitheater.

The Mishawaka Amphitheater is another old venue posing different challenges. It was built in 1916, and looking at accessibility here is different from other venues.

“It is very important to provide access to everyone so we have a lot of different ways we do this,” said Dani

Grant, the owner and general manager at Mishawaka. “We have configured ramps for the entries into the restaurant.

We have, you know, areas where there are no steps all the way down to the stage in the amphitheater, but it’s not super comfortable and it’s not super easy.”

Northern Colorado concert venues deal with more than just old buildings and restroom circumstances.

The Mishawaka is an outdoor venue which gives the issue of natural disasters.

“We struggle with restrictions on building because we’re in a floodway,” Grant said. “So you know it’s not just about money and putting in ramps, it’s about not being allowed to build things in the floodway so we’re really challenged, you know.”

Being outside, the walk to the amphitheater itself is also a difficult feat for some.

“People take shuttles,” Grant said. “Not all of our buses are handicap accessible, but we do have them so we make sure that we provide a space for our handicap bus riders on our handicap shuttles. So we do receive a bunch of phone calls about accommodating.”

One common thread with every venue is their willingness to adjust for and accommodate the needs of anyone who may need them.

“If a person in a wheelchair is going to be coming, we give them preference for having a spot closest to the stage,” Tretter said. “That way they have the best experience possible when they come

here. We have members that are blind that frequently come here, and all of our staff members are trained to help them reach all of the different spaces that they would like to experience.”

Tretter said talking about and addressing these issues is an important step in being able to accommodate successfully for those who need it.

“It’s a conversation that comes up frequently,” Tretter said. “We have meetings every week with all the staff members and we always get their input and it’s something that we always address. It’s on our item list every week of ‘this event’s popping up, how can we be accommodating in case x, y and z happens?’ It’s something that we’re always cognizant of and try to make the best adjustments for.”

A staff willing to work hard and be helpful is another key element to being accessible.

“We’ve trained our security guards to offer assistance,” Grant said. “They’ll pick you up in your wheelchair and carry you where you want to be.”

Beyond what audience members are able to do within a venue, it’s important to consider who else utilizes a venue.

“I think something the Artery prides itself on is we’re one of the only venues that have stage access for those with physical disabilities,” Tretter said.

Maddie Wright can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

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(05/02/18). Together, you and your partner blossom this year.

Organize your itinerary and studies. Reassess assumptions and preconceptions. A summer communications boom leads to family blossoming. Adapt to professional challenges.

Winter explorations reveal breakthroughs. Take new territory together.

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

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — 7 — Don’t take on more than you can complete by the deadline. Consider logistics and practicalities. Keep detailed written records.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 6 — Review the budget carefully before agreeing to a purchase or new expense. Postpone an important decision until you’re sure.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 7 — Wait to take action until you and your partner are on the same page. Being temporarily overwhelmed could incite sparks.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 8 — Stick to practical objectives with your health, fitness and work. Make plans and connections. Avoid fantasies and distractions.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 6 — Listen and learn with your family. Moderate a disagreement. Reassure someone who feels left out.

Share your thoughts and dreams.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 7 — Domestic matters have your attention. Gaining security could mean giving something up.

Provide comfort and good sense.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 6 — Attempt a compromise in an area of discord. Each can give a little. Outline your plan and budget. Follow through on your promises.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 7 — Expenses may be higher than planned. Postpone and research.

Communicate with your team for practical solutions.

Collaborate your way around an obstacle.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21) — 8 — Do without something or give something up for something you want more.

Personal discipline overcomes a challenge. Patience comes in handy. Take charge.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — 5 — New information challenges old beliefs. Reflect and consider before doing anything. Think of someone who needs you. Avoid sensitivities.

Get advice from a wise friend.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 7 — Inspire your team by example. Listen carefully to avoid conflict. Check the data.

Avoid stepping on anyone. Share ideas and resources in your community.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 6 — Avoid professional controversy by keeping a low profile and focusing on the job at hand. Listen carefully to instructions. Look for silver linings.

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EVENTS

Ram’s Improv impresses audience with hilarious performance

By Evan Vicchy @evanNOTkevin7

Making up lines on the spot can be a challenge but this is what Ram’s Improv thrives on.

The Ram’s Improv group gave Fort Collins’ Bas Bleu Theatre a good laugh with their interactive, hilarious and completely student-organized improv show Monday night.

“It’s so much fun to make people laugh from something you literally just thought of.”

SONNY WALLS DIRECTOR OF RAM’S IMPROV

An improv is a form of theater where every action, line and movement is made up on the spot. In order to keep the skits short and sweet, the entire show by the Ram’s Improv group was condensed into a series of games designed to keep the energy going.

Functioning as two competing teams, the actors

either played for team green or team gold. Usually, the games had at least one or two people from opposing teams and whoever won would get a point for their whole squad.

The first game was called Freeze. It is played by two actors who act out a scene until another member of the company says, “freeze,” and switch places with one of two in the scene. This creates a whole new story based off of the eliminated person’s body position.

A personal favorite game they played was an improv rap battle. Using only one word given to them by an audience member, actors rapped a whole sentence using words that rhyme with the audience choice. For example, the word “dart” was used and an actress rapped about a grocery cart while team green rapped about a stinky fart.

Audience suggestions make it so that nothing is a planned action and makes it more challenging for the actors. One of the performers asked the crowd, “Can anyone give us a setting for this next skit?” to which I shouted from the back, “Church!” The actors used a

church as the setting to create individual characters that fit into the context of my suggestion.

So how do you direct an improv show when it’s all made up? Director Sonny Walls explained the process and how the show manifested itself.

Walls is currently a theatre performance major at CSU. “To direct a show like this, it’s not like I’m telling people where to stand and what to say,” Walls said. “Basically, what I do is teach the actors how to improvise and how to create characters from those improvisations which can then be turned into its own mini story. It’s so much fun to make people laugh at something you literally just thought of.”

Because of this randomness, it is also interesting to note that the actors don’t know what their fellow performers are going to do or say either. If watched closely, confusion was a common initial reaction.

The beauty of the element of surprise is making things feel less calculated which produced an entertaining show.

Evan Vicchy can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

5 ways to boost self-esteem during finals @dudesosad

Finals can make you feel like you know nothing.

You might feel unable to memorize important ideas. You might have troubles grasping specific concepts. But there are ways to overcome this malaise. A little sense of self-esteem can be immensely helpful.

Here are a few ideas to help boost that self-esteem.

Relish the challenge of finals.

Finals are a challenge.

Make no mistake, memorizing a semester’s worth of material makes family reunions look fun.

Instead of being daunted by the challenge, relish it. Think of it as an opportunity for maturity and profound growth. Perhaps the old you would have run from the tests, screaming in panic. There is a new you at the helm now.

Remember the end goals too.

These exams may help you with your long-term goals. So, remind yourself of the person you want to become. Think of the tests as a pesky stepping stone to that end.

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Remind yourself of your strengths.

This is not just an excuse for a feel-good moment. The end of a semester is a time to assess your progress as a whole. It is an opportunity to prepare for the next one as well.

Do not shy from the weaknesses, but remind yourself where you excel. So maybe you cannot talk about limiting reagents at a professor’s cocktail party. But perhaps you are an acrobat with words, penning prolific works of fiction or poetry. Remind yourself of these strengths during paroxysms of self-doubt.

Also remember that grades are an objective thing. They are cold numbers and in no way reflect your own unique intellectual strengths. Yes, you might have flubbed a few tests in the past, but those numbers do not define you.

Hang out with friends or family.

Friends and family can remind you of your strengths and unique qualities, perhaps in ways you might not recognize. Spend some time with them. Get together to talk and have coffee. Do not let this distract from studying, but a break

is absolutely necessary from time to time.

Bonus: You can listen to your friends tell their own horror stories about studying for finals.

Organization.

Just outlining the upcoming deadlines and exam schedule can be helpful. You can feel like you have accomplished something by organizing this information. And you have. Having these schedules delineated will give you an idea of how to prepare. Preparation is a significant baby step en route to success.

Shake it off.

Get up and do something physical. That might just fill you with a rush of confidence and physical release. Do something fun and goofy. Turn on your favorite piece of music and dance around, like Tom Cruise in “Risky Business.” Or even sing a song to calm yourself, like Adam Sandler in this scene from “Anger Management.”

And yes, hopefully, you will feel pretty and witty.

Nick Botkin can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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