Volume 126, No 107 March 29, 2017

Volume 126, No. 107 Wednesday, March 29, 2016

NEWS

Mountain campus plans expansion PAGE 4

Climbing to empowerment:

OPINION

GOP healthcare plan a trainwreck PAGE 6

Audrey Ancell is a usual at the Miramont FItness Center who usually puts the bouldering wall to good use. PHOTO BY OLIVE ANCELL COLLEGIAN

Female rock-climbers discuss involvement in the male-dominated sport

By Zoe Jennings @zoe_jennings4

Earlier this year, 19-year-old Margo Hayes from Boulder, Colorado, achieved a new milestone in the world of climbing. After ascending La Rambla in Siurana, Spain, which has a difficulty rating of 5.15a in the Yosemite Decimal System, she became the first woman to complete a climb of that difficulty, ranking with even the top male climbers.

Abby Matzke is a head climbing coach at North Miramont Lifestyle Fitness in Fort Collins, Colorado. In a male-dominat-

ed sport, Matzke is encouraged when women hit milestones in the climbing world, she said.

Matzke began climbing 11 years ago when she fell in love with the sport at a birthday party. Now she oversees all of the coaches and climbing teams at Miramont, including non-competitive teams for little kids and competitive teams, including an all-girls competitive team.

Although Matzke believes that climbing is a male-dominated sport, women are becoming more represented in the sport, she said “It’s up and coming for wom-

en,” Matzke said.

Hayes’ milestone climb along with increased numbers in young women in climbing help cultivate women’s involvement in the sport.

“This is a huge deal for women,” Matzke said about Hayes’ climb. “We just had a huge breakthrough for female climbers. No woman has ever done that.”

Matzke teaches students during the weekly Ladies Climb class offered at Miramont. The class was designed to encourage women to start climbing.

“Now women are getting into it, but it’s definitely intim-

Ladies Climb Classes: Every Sunday at 9 a.m. idating with all these men who are so good,” Matzke said.

Anita Rae recently moved to Fort Collins and said she marveled at the climbing wall. She heard about the women’s climbing class and thought it was a great opportunity to learn.

“I knew nothing and I stillfeel like I know next to nothing, but at least I can get up there,” see WOMEN on page 11 >>

SPORTS

CSU thin in secondary PAGE 13

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NEWS Wednesday, March 29, 2017

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ASCSU ELECTION

ASCSU to include speaker of senate position on election ballot

By Nicole Towne @nicole_towne21

As election day approaches for the Associated Students of Colorado State University, taking place April 3-5, a new position will accompany the president and vice president on the ballot. The position, speaker of the senate, will be an unbiased leadership role intended to lead Wednesday night legislative senate sessions.

The candidates running for the position are Isabel Brown, Jennifer Murray and Baylor Shubert.

Discussion to create the speaker of the senate position began last year, said ASCSU vice president Mike Lensky. Traditionally, the vice president was required to direct senate sessions and be in charge of the Student Fee Review Board. This has resulted in a hefty workload and there was confusion about whose role it was to speak on behalf of the ASCSU Senate to the CSU administration.

After meeting with the past two ASCSU Vice Presidents, Phoenix Dugger and Lance C. Li Puma, current speaker pro tempore and ASCSU presidential candidate Edward Kendell draft-

ed bill #4603. The bill amended the ASCSU constitution to create the speaker of the senate position as well as amend the job requirements of the vice president.

The vice president will no longer be required to preside over the weekly senate sessions or speak on behalf of the senate. These duties will be given to the elected speaker of the senate.

In essence, the speaker of the senate will represent and serve as a leader for the legislative branch, the senate, Lensky said.

“The speaker of the senate will chair senate,” Lensky said.

“They will hold leadership meetings with senate officers and they will be the voice of the senate body to administration.”

Isabel Brown Brown is a sophomore majoring in biomedical sciences and Spanish. Brown is currently a senator for the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and holds the position of acting senate outreach officer.

“As a regular senator, I’ve been a little frustrated and disappointed throughout the year because of the political culture we’re experiencing as an ASCSU

was student senate. Brown said she has received awards for parliamentary procedure and was placed in the top 60 student senators in the U.S.

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student body,” Brown said. “It’s been frustrating because, at the basic level, I believe our roles as senators is simply to represent the student body that has elected us into those positions.”

Brown said she hopes to change the political culture of ASCSU. “If elected into the position I would not have the ability to vote on any legislation,” Brown said. “I wouldn’t be able to debate on any legislation when it comes to the floor, but instead I would use the

parliamentary procedure process, which is how a senate session is run, to create an unbiased open venue for all the senators and students who wish to come to senate sessions.”

One characteristic Brown said sets her apart is her experience with parliamentary procedure, the system that the elected speaker of the senate will use to conduct senate sessions.

In high school Brown competed on the national circuit for speech and debate and her event

Jennifer Murray Murray is a sophomore transfer student majoring in theater and political science. She is currently serving as a senator for the College of Liberal Arts.

“I think with my experience of being in senate all year, I know how senate works and I know the internal culture, which is very toxic,” Murray said. “There are a lot of problems and some of it starts with senate leadership.”

Part of Murray’s plan to improve senate culture is to provide training for incoming senators on how senate works, including parliamentary procedure.

New senators get sworn in, but are not trained on parliamentary procedures, Murray said.

“I definitely want senators to know what they’re doing before they hit the floor,” Murray said.

Another part of her platform is getting ASCSU to direct their focus outward and focus less on internal legislation. By doing see ASCSU on page 5 >>

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NEWS Wednesday, March 29, 2017

CAMPUS

Mountain campus may expand, open for season May 15

By Jym Cox @jym2233

The CSU Mountain Campus will open May 15 for natural resource students, forestry students and campus groups for conferences, and is pursuing building expansions.

Every summer season the campus houses classes for Warner College of Natural Resources students. This year Mountain Campus will host over 120 conference groups and over 20 Poudre District Elementary groups.

Mountain Campus houses an average of about 200 students from the Warner College of Natural Resources each summer.

“We are looking at additional classroom and research facility expansion in conjunction with the Warner College.” Pat Rastall, Director of Mountain Campus, wrote in an email to the Collegian.

The main course, Field Ecology and Measurements Information (NR-220), a requirement for many Warner College majors, begins when Mountain Campus opens for the season on May 15.

NR-220 is a four-week program separated from the original forestry program in the late 1960s or early 1970s. In the class students learn many outdoor skills necessary for their careers. This summer the NR-220 season will last for 12 weeks with three sessions.

Other classes include F230,

CSU’s Mountain Campus at sunrise. PHOTO BY BRIANNA NASH COLLEGIAN

a Forestry program that goes from late May to early June, and Poudre School District’s Environmental Science camps, EcoWeek, in the fall.

Non-class activities are abundant throughout the Mountain Campus season. Conferences are held there as well as self-efficacy and team building challenges on the ropes course.

Other departments and faculty events take place as well as non-affiliated groups with educational purposes.

CSU’s Mountain Campus has been owned by CSU for over 100 years.

Originally it was established as a forestry field camp in 1915, as an act from Congress allowed CSU to find land in Roosevelt National Forest to establish a site for biological research and field study.

Then CSU President Charles Lory took a trip with then Colorado Gov. Elias Ammons to the roughly 1,500 acres they would later designate as CSU property.

It was not until 1972 that CSU officially purchased the property from a family of homesteaders the Koenig family. Many of the original buildings have been restored by the Colorado Historical

Society and remain on the property to show what life was like for pioneers. The cabin now serves as the Mountain Campus Museum.

The campus was first known as Pingree Park, named after an 1800s logger by the name of George Pingree who once ran a railroad tie camp in the valley.

However, Pingree was involved in the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and so in 2015 CSU changed the name to Mountain Campus.

During the Sand Creek Massacre a band of Colonel John Chivington’s Colorado volunteers massacred a community of Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes in Sand Creek. While only nine of the volunteers were killed, 148 natives were killed - more than half of them women and children, according to History.com.

The Colorado volunteers returned and killed the wounded, mutilated the bodies and set fire to the village.

“He didn’t reflect CSU’s values, so we decided to change the name to help integrate the campus into CSU more, and to also honor the long tradition of Native American tribes in the valley who were there for generations before Pingree,” wrote Rastall.

Rastall has been working at Mountain Campus since 1976.

“Growing up in Michigan, I fell in love with Colorado and the

high mountains,” Rastall wrote.

“When you take a deep breath the air has a way of going right through your skin and into your soul,” Rastall wrote. “When you spend time in the valley you appreciate simpler things like a good book or writing an old-fashioned letter on real paper.”

Brianna Nash, a CSU senior in journalism and political science, worked three summers at Mountain Campus. She spent two summers surveying and one cooking.

“It’s one of the most unique places because you get to experience solitude with other people,” Nash said. “You get to share the beauty of solitude.”

CSU students are always invited during the season. Groups can book facilities and stay overnight and there are Forest Service camping sites along Colorado State Highway 14. There is also plenty of hiking.

“Many great hikes start in the valley,” Rastall wrote. “Some are scenic and mild, others can be strenuous and include 12,000 foot, non-technical mountain ascents.”

Additionally, there are summer or season positions available for utility, food, housekeeping, the ropes course and Eco-Week instructors.

Jym Cox can be reached at news@collegian.com.

SCIENCE

CSU professor receives $513,000 for hydrogen research

By Ty Betts @Tybetts9

With lasers strong enough to burn through paper, CSU researchers are cooling hydrogen in order to better understand the atom and the fundamental properties of physics.

Assistant physics professor Dylan Yost recently received a grant of $513,000 for his research at Colorado State University involving the use of lasers to cool hydrogen atoms.

Yost said the team is focusing on hydrogen because they see it as a fundamental atom that is crucial to understanding other properties in physics. Cooling the atom, Yost said, is essential in making measurements on its characteristics.

“If you get cold atoms you can study reactions without messy thermal effects,” Yost said.

The process of cooling hydrogen involves using lasers to send photons to the hydrogen atom which counteracts the movement of the atom.

Dylan Yost is an Assistant Physics Professor who works with precision ultraviolet spectroscopy.

PHOTO BY JULIA TROWBRIDGE COLLEGIAN

“If the atom is able to only absorb photons that are opposing its direction, then the atom gets very cold,” Yost said.

The funding Yost received was awarded to him by the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Development Pro-

gram, or CAREER program. The foundation provides funding to researchers who are new investigators in their field.

Henry Warchall, the chair of the CAREER Coordinating Committee, said the foundation selects their recipients based on several factors.

“CAREER awards are judged on intellectual merit and broader impact. We look for inventive and novel research coupled with educational outreach,” Warchall said.

Yost said his team tries to create educational opportunities that promote an interest in science. They have begun work with the Little Shop of Physics, an organization that tries to build scientific interest in K-12 students.

Other outreach that Yost said he and his team focus on are public lectures and course development for graduate student classes.

The CAREER awards do not have a high success rate. Warchall said only 20 percent of applications get funded. How-

ever, to those who do, they are guaranteed a minimum award of $400,000 in funding.

This laser device uses photons to cool hydrogen atoms. PHOTO BY JULIA TROWBRIDGE COLLEGIAN

According to Yost part of the funding will go toward building a custom-made vacuum chamber for the cooling reaction to take place. The chamber needs to be highly specialized, so they will have to build it from the ground up.

CSU physics graduate student Samuel Cooper said building the technology from scratch is the best part. He has been focused on creating a method to contain and manipulate hydro-

gen atoms.

“There is no book you can open up to tell us what to do. The solutions to our problems end up being extremely diverse,” Cooper said.

Yost explained that because hydrogen tends to form bonded pairs, they use a stream of oscillating electrons to break the bonds and get individual hydrogen atoms.

An obstacle the team faces is finding a way to make measurements with atoms, which are very small. Graduate physics student Adam Brandt has been focusing on a way to solve this issue.

“When you make a measurement you need a ruler to base the measurement on. The same goes for light,” Brandt said.

Graduate physics student Zak Burkley said soon all of the pieces they have been working on will come together and they can begin to see the results they have been working toward. see HYDROGEN on page 14 >>

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SCIENCE

Young women to discover engineering pathways at CSU Saturday

By Rachel Telljohn @racheltelljohn

Colorado State University is holding an engineering pathway event aimed to empower young women this Saturday, April 1.

CSU is one of multiple universities to hold Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, hosted by the university’s Society of Women Engineers. The event will take place Saturday, April 1 from 12-6 p.m.

“Our goal is to help girls discover and explore the different disciplines of engineering

>> ASCSU from page 3 this, she said she hopes to improve ASCSU’s internal environment and redirect their focus to the students.

“I think externally focusing instead of working on issues that are so internally focused will help that toxic environment, because if we’re actually representing our students there is not much room for personal opinions,” Murray said.

In terms of inclusivity, Murray wants to make sure the voices of senators from the student diversity programs and services offices such as the Pride Resource Center have their voices heard. Specifically, she wants to make sure CSU keeps its promise to non-binary students.

“I want to make sure the school keeps their promise of keeping the (gender neutral) bathrooms across the campus,” Murray said.

Baylor Shubert Shubert is a junior double

through fun and educational experiments,” Breanna Novak, an organizer for the event, wrote in an email to the Collegian.

The day is a way for middle school aged girls to learn about the different disciplines of engineering, according to the society’s website. Girls will have the opportunity to meet current CSU engineering students and discover how becoming an engineer allows both the privilege and opportunity to make the world a better place.

“It is an important event be-

cause it exposes young women to Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) related fields that they may not have otherwise been exposed to,” Megan Andrade, registration coordinator for the event, wrote to the Collegian.

There will be two different informational sessions for the girls to attend. The day will conclude with a showing of the new movie, Hidden Figures, which highlights part of what the day is inspired to show the young

girls - that women engineers can have outstanding or lasting impacts on the world.

“We hope that through this day young girls (will be exposed to STEMM fields), which historically are encouraged less frequently in young women than in young men,” Andrade wrote.

Other universities, such as University of Texas - Austin and Purdue hold a similar event. The day is inspired by Girl Day, part of a movement from DiscoverE Engineering, with a similar goal:

a worldwide campaign designed to introduce young women to careers and educations in engineering.

“The event is important for campus, because it demonstrates that members of the CSU student body are actively involved in closing the gender gap that exists in STEMM fields and attempting to educate the public, as well, about the possibilities open to young women,” Andrade wrote.

Rachel Telljohn can be reached at news@collegian.com.

majoring in natural resource tourism and business management. He has served as an associate senator this past semester.

Shubert is the only speaker of the senate candidate that is involved in Greek life. He is a founding father of the recently founded fraternity, Delta Chi. Shubert, like Brown and Murray, wants to make sure that ASCSU does not get caught up in politics, but instead focuses on the needs of the students.

Shubert said he would like to start working on making the senate more inclusive and reflect the university rather than the beliefs of specific individuals within ASCSU. “I believe that I have the ability to run (senate) and make this position as non-political as possible,” Shubert said. “That’s the whole point of this position. We don’t have a vote. We shouldn’t have an agenda that’s other than the best interest of the university.”

Part of Shubert’s platform is to be more visible on campus to

students and encourage them to get involved.

Shubert said he wants to create an inclusive environment and get more students involved

in senate sessions.

“The number of students I see on campus who don’t know what ASCSU is surprising to me considering how much ASCSU

does,” Shubert said.

Nicole Towne be reached at collegian.com.

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OPINION Wednesday, March 29, 2017

COLLEGIAN COLUMNISTS

Incompetence killed the GOP healthcare bill

By Zane Womeldoph @zwomeldo

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There is a concept in psychology called the Dunning-Kruger effect, a form of cognitive bias in which we tend to overestimate our abilities in the areas where we are actually the most incompetent.

Essentially it boils down to lacking enough knowledge to even be able to sufficiently eval-

uate your own skills at a certain task. As I told my friend recently after a particularly frustrating game at the rec center, it wouldn’t be pick-up basketball if the worst player on the court didn’t shoot the ball every time they touched it.

Everyone has witnessed this effect in others and we have all undoubtedly been victims of our own oblivious ineptitude. Personal failings of humans are excusable; no one is infallible.

But witnessing serial incompetence by those in charge of our country is another thing entirely.

The most recent example, plucked from the top of a large stack generated in barely two

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months, is last week’s embarrassing defeat of the Republican party’s latest joke of a healthcare bill.

Trumpcare, Ryancare, the American Health Care Act - call it what you will. In reality it was a literal piece of garbage penned

by Ayn Rand fetishist and fake smart-guy Paul Ryan - who is also the Speaker of the House and the best Republicans can muster up when trying to produce some kind of policy expert to “fix” our healthcare system by insuring 24 million fewer Americans and making everyone else’s rates go up.

I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed a more humiliating spectacle in the decade or so that I’ve been paying attention to politics.

Since the day Obamacare was signed into law seven years ago, Republicans have done nothing but preach it as the cause of the impending collapse of civilization and a slow and inexorable descent into the living hell of healthcare coverage for everyone, even poor people!

While Obama was still in the White House, House Republicans voted 60 times to repeal Obamacare. It was the focus of nearly every legislative drama that played out in Obama’s second term. In Sept. 2013 Ted Cruz filibustered for 21 hours to try to defund the program. A few days later the House refused to pass a government spending bill unless it defunded Obamacare, then proceeded to shut the government down for two weeks.

Now, when the Elephants control the House, the Senate and the presidency, instead of taking the steps necessary to

craft a bill that satisfies the various factions within their own party, has a decent chance of getting through the Senate and doesn’t completely screw-over their constituency, they tried to ram through an objectively terrible bill that met none of the above requirements.

It took Obama and Democrats thirteen months to write and pass Obamacare. Trump has barely been in office for eight weeks. Obama was instrumental in writing Obamacare. Trump, the veritable king of Dunning-Kruger himself, didn’t even know what was in the AHCA and reportedly kept asking aides, “is this really a good bill?”

During campaign season Trump repeatedly stated that Obamacare would be repealed and replaced with something better and cheaper that would provide healthcare for everyone.

Then, instead of compromising and building consensus, he tried to strong arm reticent Republican congress members before calling for a vote on the bill just because it was the anniversary of the passage of Obamacare (symbolism!), then telling Ryan to pull the bill completely when it became apparent that it was going to fail.

“Rookie’s error,” said minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, “you do not bring up your bill just to be spiteful to the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. You build your consensus in your party — and in the Congress, hopefully — and then you bring up the bill.”

Trump prides himself as being a master negotiator and ran partially on the idea that his

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business expertise will translate seamlessly to politics. People love to say that the government should be run like a business.

Now I’m not a businessman, but I think it’s safe to assume that most businesses don’t operate with chaos as a guiding principle.

Also, it appears that convincing/ forcing a congressman to vote for a bill that is a bad deal for all of their constituents is a lot harder than negotiating a lease. Maybe the “Art of the Deal” doesn’t apply as much as some of us thought.

So while the Dunning-Kruger presidency bumbles on, we find ourselves surrounded by incompetence. We have a president who knows nothing, but doesn’t know it and we have a government controlled by a party that had seven years to come up with a solution to fix a program that they continually say is “imploding,” then proceeded to pull a Hindenburg and crash and burn in spectacular fashion. Our president knows nothing about government and our Congress knows nothing about governing.

Rep. Joe Barton, a Republican from Texas, summed it up nicely: “sometimes you’re playing Fantasy Football and sometimes you’re in the real game. We knew [Obama], if we could get a repeal bill to his desk, would almost certainly veto it. This time we knew if it got to the president’s desk it would be signed.”

April first is a few days away.

Do me a favor and hold the practical jokes. I’ve had enough of fools lately.

Zane Womeldorph can be reached at letters@collegian.com.

OPINION Wednesday, March 29, 2017

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Kwon Atlas endorses Eddie Kendall for ASCSU President

By Kwon Von Atlas

Mayoral candidate, CSU alumni

Editor’s Note: The views expressed in the following column are those of the writer only and do not necessarily represent the views of the Collegian or its editorial board.

The civil rights movement in America is often seen as an opaque time period remembered in black and white images of marches and sit-ins. It is slowly becoming a distant moment that is gentrified and manipulated by political elites who cherry-pick words from the movement like

“equality” and “diversity.” These words are now used to dismantle progress towards self-determination and shared equity for minorities. Far right groups are growing in relevancy by twisting equality into a call for equal representation for racism, sexism and homophobia, calling it diversity of thought. Recently at CSU the Diversity Grant and other diversity-promoting initiatives have been under attack by this rhetoric.

This new strategy is effective and dangerous because often our leaders are ill-equipped to argue against it. This is why

I am skeptical when politicians champion diversity so frivolously. It has become a box that every political hopeful has to check before running for office and it can be hard to tell who is really up to the task. As the writer of the Diversity Bill, which was an amendment to the ASCSU Constitution, adding voting seats for students of color, LGBT orientation, veteran status, disability and more, I am particularly interested in the race for CSU student body president. This student has the power to veto any bill weakening or removing the amendment stu-

dents fought three years to pass.

Looking at the options for this election, there is no one I trust more than Eddie Kendall.

Eddie fought alongside students who wanted to pass the Diversity Bill. He also helped amend the bill, making it bulletproof. I remember how in an emotional response, Eddie even resigned from ASCSU to focus on getting the bill passed.

He cried with us when it did not pass the second vote, but I remember he did not give up.

He worked even harder with the other side to bring it back up for a third vote and celebrat-

ed with us when it ultimately passed. There are many great choices for student body president this year, but as a fellow ram for life, I encourage you to vote and canvass for Eddie and Kyrie. In my opinion, they have the most relevant experience to the challenges facing all CSU students next year. Get out and vote! Don’t sit on the sidelines and don’t forget about the City election either. You have the opportunity to vote for a new mayor and a new student body president who will fight for you.

Letters to the Editor can be sent to letters@collegian.com.

NATIONAL COLUMNISTS

Sex, the Constitution, and standing up for core values will define us

By Geoffrey Stone

The Philadelphia Inquirer

For the last half-century, we have experienced a constitutional revolution. It is a revolution that has tested the most fundamental values of the American people and that has shaken constitutional law to its roots.

It has bitterly divided citizens, politicians and judges. It is a battle that has dominated politics, inflamed religious passions and challenged Americans to rethink and re-examine their positions on issues they once thought settled.

In the course of this ongoing conflict, American law has called into question the constitutionality of a broad range of government regulations of sexual-related behavior, including contraception, abortion, obscenity and homosexuality. In its effort to address these issues, the U.S. Supreme Court has found itself confronting fundamental questions about the nature of sexual freedom; the meaning of liberty, equality, and privacy; the legitimacy of government efforts to dictate sexual morality; and the appropriate role of religion in public life.

Not surprisingly, our social mores and our laws governing sexual behavior are deeply bound up with religious beliefs and traditions. Indeed, American attitudes about sex have been shaped over the centuries by religious beliefs—more particularly, by early Christian be-

liefs—about sex, sin and shame.

A nettlesome question in constitutional law is how courts should cope with that history in a nation committed to the separation of church and state.

At first blush, it might seem a bit of a puzzle that constitutional law has come to play such a central role in shaping our debates over these questions. Nothing in our Constitution expressly guarantees a right to sexual freedom.

Supreme Court justices from almost any prior era in American history would no doubt be surprised to learn of the role the court and our Constitution have come to play in our contemporary disputes—some call them “culture wars”—over such issues as obscenity, contraception, abortion, sodomy and same-sex marriage.

At the same time, though, it is important to understand that the world of the Framers of our Constitution was not dominated by a commitment to religious dogma. It was, rather, dominated by the values and ideals of the Enlightenment.

America was founded not as a “Christian nation” but as a nation committed to the “pursuit of happiness” and to the separation of church and state. The Framers believed that although religions have a right to set their own rules of behavior for those who share the faith, they cannot constitutionally enlist the authority of the state to compel others to conform their behavior to the

commands of a religion that they do not accept as their own. To them, that was fundamental.

Many, perhaps most, Americans assume that the sexual values and attitudes of the 1950s reflect the historical norm, and that with the advent of the “sexual revolution” of the 1960s we experienced a historically unprecedented shift in our attitudes toward sexually related issues. In fact, though, history is far more complex than many Americans assume. Homosexuality, for example, was seen as acceptable in the pre-Christian world, and the idea of the “homosexual” as a person with a distinct personal identity did not come into existence until the late 19th century.

Similarly, although many Americans assume that the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade was radical and revolutionary, in fact, abortion, at least prior to “quickening,” which occurs at roughly 4 { months into pregnancy, was legal throughout human history, including at the time our Constitution was adopted and, indeed, until the late 19th century. It might surprise many Americans to learn that abortion services in that era were widely and openly advertised in the press.

Along similar lines, there were no laws against sexual expression in the United States until the early 19th century, and material that later came to be called “obscene” was widely see NATIONAL on page 14 >>

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SPORTS Wednesday, March 29, 2017

SOFTBALL

Colorado State catcher a rare find on the softball field

By Austin White @ajwrules44

Left-handed catchers are rare. The belief is that they have a harder time throwing out runners stealing third because a majority of hitters are right handed, causing the lefty catcher to have to throw through the batter.

They are so rare, in fact, that Major League Baseball has not had a starting left-handed catcher since 1989. Lefty catchers are rare in softball as well, with Colorado State softball head coach Jen Fisher saying she has never coached a lefty catcher in her 20 plus years of coaching.

So just how rare is it to see a lefty catcher in softball? It is about as rare as a sophomore player hitting .477 with a .611 on base percentage, a .923 slugging

percentage and nine home runs through 25 games of a season.

That rarity has become a reality as Colorado State’s Amber Nelson is the owner of that stat line and the owner of a left-handed catching mitt.

Nelson grew up as a lefty catcher basically because she could catch the best on her team, so her coaches put her behind the plate. From there she never really stopped catching as she fell into the position.

The fall into catcher is similar to how she would describe her start in softball, as Nelson began playing when she was 6 years old because she watched her sisters playing softball. She took a year off around eighth grade to play volleyball, but found herself drawn back to softball and has not stopped since.

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around the field, I kind of just fell into it,” Nelson said. “I’ve always been drawn to the sport, there is something about it.”

That draw to the sport led her to great success at Murrietta Valley High School in Murrietta, California, but college scouts seemed to be afraid of bringing in a lefty catcher.

“A lot of coaches when I was trying to get recruited were pretty skeptical about it,” Nelson said. “I don’t really think it is a disadvantage, it’s just another hand.”

The Cali girl finally decided to come to CSU after seeing all the quality facilities the school offered and how nice the coaches and current players were to her before she was even on the team. But, most importantly, she loved seeing all the green on campus and it is that green grass that she continues to find when coming to bat.

Her batting numbers are in the top 10 in on base percentage and slugging percentage in the entire country and her batting average is the 11th best. At six feet tall and hitting lefty, she towers over most hitters and umpires at the plate and has natural talent at being a hitter.

She leads the Mountain West in all three of those previous categories and also leads in home runs with nine.

The poise and self confidence that comes with great

Sophomore Amber Nelson is hitting .477 with nine home runs this season. PHOTO COURTESY OF CSU ATHLETICS

hitting is something rarely seen from sophomores and those lessons were tough ones to learn for Nelson.

When she was eight-yearsold her mother passed away suddenly, forcing Nelson to become more independent right away. Her father was a truck driver at the time and moved to day shifts, so most of the time he was gone before she was even getting up for school.

Nelson’s sisters’ school started before her’s, so she had to grow up quickly and figure things out that most 8 year olds do not have to worry about.

“I had a lot of self-responsibility and I grew up a lot faster than other kids my age,” Nelson said. “I think that has helped a lot with maturity on the field.”

That maturity is quickly making her a respected voice in the dugout as she takes on the catcher’s role of being the field general.

“She is one of about four or five kids that I would say her teammates really rely on her and respect her,” head coach Jen Fisher said. “She says ‘this is what they are doing’ or ‘this is what is being called’ or ‘this is how I think we should handle this.’ She is listened to, she is heard.”

However, being just a sophomore means she has not quite come out of her shell. Fisher describes her as quiet and shy, but her teammate Haley Hutton believes that quietness comes from her confidence and focus.

“I think she is very confident in herself to the point where she’s strong and she knows and believes what is right,” Hutton said. “You can’t really ever tell if she is having a bad game or a good game because she is always level.”

That level head is what has helped Nelson grow from her freshman year in not only her hitting, but also her de-

fense. She has given up only two passed balls all season and has thrown out five runners attempting to steal.

“Amber’s been throwing girls out left and right,” Hutton said. “She throws them out early, they don’t run the rest of the game and they are scared to get leads and that takes a toll on the other team.”

“I think I am a lot more confident. Not just at the plate but also behind the plate catching,” Nelson said. “We have body cues between me and the infield…I just know what they are thinking, so I think that’s made me a lot more confident behind the plate and that has transferred over to hitting as well.”

With all this success coming for a sophomore, the pressure of becoming a large part of the team’s game plan can be heavy. After the Rams’ loss to San Diego State on March 24, Fisher and the team stayed on the field and talked for around 20 or 30 minutes in what Fisher described as a “heart-to-heart.”

Nelson struggled that game, going 0-3 with a pair of strikeouts and came back to the dugout in tears after the talk.

“Sometimes when you are on a roll it feels like the minute that you don’t get on base it’s almost like ‘crap, I let the team down,’” Hutton said on her own experience with early career success. “I just had to remind her once, ‘don’t worry, you don’t have to hold the team up every single time. We got your back.’”

“She is being very humble,” Fisher said. “I think she knows that she still hasn’t tapped her full potential…I think that hunger to be better has kept her humble, she is very hungry to put up even more numbers.”

The “heart-to-heart” seemed to inspire the whole team and trigger that hunger in Nelson. In her first at-bat folsee NELSON on page 14 >>

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FOOTBALL

In-house challenge benefitting Colorado State secondary

By Eric Wolf @eric_wolf5

If the Colorado State secondary is in search of a proving ground, they do not have to go far to find one.

From the outset of spring camp, coach Mike Bobo emphasized that the team would be thin in the secondary. In reality, only three cornerbacks and four safeties with any kind of playing experience sit on the CSU roster this spring.

While a few of those guys like senior cornerback Kevin Nutt Jr. and senior safety Jake Schlager saw extensive starting experience last year, the rest of the group is largely raw in age and experience.

The group includes seniors like Houston Haynes, Justin Sweet and Shun Johnson —but that group has combined for only four starts at CSU. It also includes sophomores in corner-

back Robert Awunganyi, who played in eight games last year, and safety Jamal Hicks, who made five starts in 2016.

For the group, the time to mold something tangible is now.

Fewer players means more reps overall. The first and second team guys are getting more snaps together and players who might not normally find the field on a consistent basis are becoming more involved.

“You look out and you have some guys that people have never heard of before, people that have primarily been practice squad guys in the past,” Schlager said. “It gives them a chance to compete and it gives them a chance to show what they have.

They may not always get that chance, but when you are low on numbers it gives them a great chance to do that.”

Less players might mean increased reps, but maybe an even

bigger component is who those reps are coming against.

“We are thin in the secondary this spring, but we have to accept that challenge and go out there and compete everyday,” Bobo said. “Going against those guys -- it is only going to help us.

You are not going to win every battle, but to go against those guys in practice will help us in the back end.”

When Bobo says “those guys,” he is talking about the dynamic group of receivers facing off with the CSU secondary every day in practice, players like Michael Gallup and Olabisi Johnson as well as the ever-developing talent in Detrich Clark and Anthony Hawkins and not to mention Tennessee transfer Preston Williams, who is on the field with the team this spring.

The Rams potentially have the best returning wide receiver corps in the Mountain West

Kevin Nutt Jr. (10) going through the defensive back drills during their spring practice. PHOTO BY JAVON HARRIS COLLEGIAN

conference. That kind of competition offers a unique challenge for the Rams in the defensive backfield.

“I see it as an opportunity because we are going to play guys

who are just like them or maybe even better than them,” Nutt said about facing the CSU receivers in practice. “To have that every practice and go against them and see FOOTBALL on page 14 >>

TRACK & FIELD

BASKETBALL

Clavell earns national recognition, Hassan named MW track and field athlete receives AP All-American votes of the week

By Justin Michael

By Chad Deutschman

@JustinTMichael

After earning first-team All-Mountain West honors, being named the 2016 conference player of the year and being selected as a member of first-team All-MW defensive team, Gian Clavell was named an Associated Press honorable mention All-American on Tuesday.

One of 36 total players to receive votes for the first, second or third teams and the only member of the Mountain West, the senior guard averaged a team-leading 20.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists per contest in 27 games this season.

Clavell is the first CSU player to receive All-American recognition since Colton Iverson in 2013.

Clavell finished his career with 1,062 points in 70 CSU games played, ranking 18th on the CSU career scoring chart overall and 16th in career scoring average at 15.2 points per game.

Kansas’ Frank Mason III was the top vote-getter on the AP team. The rest of the first team was made up by Josh Hart (Villanova), Caleb Swanigan (Purdue), Lonzo Ball (UCLA) and Justin

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Colorado State’s Mostafa Hassan was named Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field Men’s Athlete of the Week after a personal record-setting performance last weekend, the conference announced Tuesday.

Hassan is the first Ram to earn weekly outdoor conference honors this season.

CSU Senior Gian Clavell brings the ball down the court against CSU Bakersfield on March 20 in the NIT Tournament. The Rams were defeated 81-63, which made this Clavell’s last game as a Ram. PHOTO BY ELLIOTT JERGE COLLEGIAN

Jackson (North Carolina).

Second-team selections consisted of Nigel Williams-Goss (Gonzaga), Luke Kennard (Duke), Malik Monk (Kentucky), Dillon Brooks (Oregon) and Johnathan Motley (Baylor).

Finally, the third team was

made up of Josh Jackson (Kansas), Markelle Fultz (Washington), Bonzie Colson (Notre Dame), Ethan Happ (Wisconsin) and Lauri Markkanen (Arizona).

Justin Michael can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

Hassan recorded a lifetime-best 180-5 (54.99m) discus throw to win the event by over 17 feet at the Fum McGraw Invitational, the first outdoor event of the season for CSU. In addition to ranking 12th-best in CSU history for the event, Hassan’s mark sits atop the Mountain West early in the outdoor season by over 7 feet (Utah State’s David

Hirschman, 173-1).

The mark set by the Cairo, Egypt native ranks 11th on the NCAA west outdoor qualifying list and ranks 21st in the country. The 180-5 mark would be long enough to qualify Hassan in any of the previous five NCAA West Preliminaries.

Hassan is the first Ram to earn weekly outdoor conference honors this season. It is his third outdoor award of his career; he also holds two indoor honors from the conference.

Hassan, the 2017 shot put national champion, is a threetime First Team All-American, a candidate for The Bowerman Award, a two-time Mountain West Student-Athlete of the Year, a three-time All-Mountain West honoree and an Academic All-Mountain West honoree.

The Colorado State track & field team will be back on the track this Saturday at the Tom Benich Invitational at Nottingham Field in Greeley, Colorado.

Chad Deutschman can be reached at sports@ collegian.com.

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ARTS & CULTURE Wednesday, March 29, 2017

FEATURES

Local yoga instructor creates class for people in recovery

By Randi Mattox @randi_mattox

Trigger warning: This article contains references to addiction, trauma and mental illness.

Reader discretion is advised.

Editor’s Note: Yoga for Recovery students were unable to be reached for comment.

Cat Lauer was overcoming an eating disorder when she realized yoga was her medicine.

“There were a hundred things I could have done recovery without, but yoga was my glue,” Lauer said. “It was there on a good day; it was there on a bad day.”

Lauer worked with a yoga therapist to recover from her disorder and immediately felt inspired to help others. This prompted the creation of Yoga for Recovery, a free yoga session founded and taught by Lauer for people in recovery from addiction, trauma or mental illness.

“The idea is that it is creating a safe space for people to make connections with other people in recovery and to be comfortable with their yoga practice,” Lauer said.

Each recovery session is four weeks long with a one-hour class each week. The first week focuses on simple yoga poses; the second week is for body movement; the third week is slow-paced and restorative; and the fourth week is for making connections with classmates.

Lauer said she promotes a safe environment for free-expression in her classes.

“It is a space where people can come in and cry, or be angry or laugh,” Lauer said. “You can come into this class and sit down the whole time, and that’s cool. Or you can come in ten minutes late because you were so stressed about coming. All I ask is people show up and give it a try. It’s a very, very simple thing, which I think can have a big impact.”

Emma Hogan is a sophomore at CSU studying communication studies. She is not in recovery from addiction, trauma or mental illness but avidly

Cat Lauer teaches a yoga class at Old Town Yoga. Photography is discouraged in Yoga for Recovery classes to protect the identities of those in attendance. PHOTO COURTESY OF CAT LAUER COLLEGIAN

practice yoga two to four times a week and can attest to the power of yoga in her everyday life.

“It’s super spiritual,” Hogan said. “Yoga has definitely encouraged me and given me strength.

When I am stressed or have a lot going on, I just think of the spir-

To register for Yoga for Recovery go to catleaslauer.com. itual wholeness in my practice.”

Lauer said yoga helps people in recovery specifically because it forces people to come into their breath and focus on their body.

“I think by practicing (yoga) that we get motivation to practice recovery because we get these little glimpses into being calm and comfortable,” Lauer said.

Lauer’s yoga trainer and Fort Collins RYT 500-hour yoga

teacher Andrea Bilderback said yoga helps with recovery because it forces people to be in the moment.

“Often, a separation from understanding and accepting one’s body and focusing on things outside our control, i.e. past and future events, can be a major hurdle in recovery,” Bilderback said.

Yoga for Recovery is free and accessible to anyone in recovery.

“I really want it to be something that anyone in recovery can do,” Lauer said. “Recovery is hugely expensive. All the time in different doctor’s offices. In therapy. In different groups. All the loss of time at work. Loss of work. So, if someone is going to spend 15 dollars, I want them to spend it on themselves. Even for someone who could afford it, just take this for you.”

While Lauer is a regular instructor at Old Town Yoga, the recovery sessions take place in a different studio or location every time.

“I always try to pick spots that people can easily walk to or

that the bus is close by,” Lauer said. “I like that because it introduces people to different areas, and it kind of gives us our own space. It’s very contained. It becomes this really tight community because it’s just us.”

Hogan said yoga is most beneficial to her when she has a lot on her mind. She believes this is why yoga could help someone in recovery.

“When you go to practice, it really is your time to focus on you, and to think about all of your thoughts and to release anything that you are worried about,” Hogan said. “It just reminds you to take a moment out of each day to really settle down and think through all of the thoughts racing through your head.”

Bilderback said anyone considering Yoga for Recovery should know that Lauer’s makes students feel comfortable and at ease in their practices.

“Cat’s approach to teaching is one of patience and compassion, and yet she has a strong, clear presence so that you feel

safe to explore unfamiliar territory if you are new to yoga,” Bilderback said.

To sign up for Yoga for Recovery, go to catleaslauer.com.

Registration is as simple as answering a few questions and providing contact information.

“I like to have some way to contact them because I like to reach out and create a way for them to tell me something that’s not in person,” Lauer said. “Sometimes people just want to share something with me beforehand that they want to be private. So, I want to make sure that they can text me, or email me or call me. I just like making sure that there’s a conversation there.”

The spring session of Yoga for Recovery begins in May. “Come on it, and learn little yoga,” Lauer said. “See if it works for you. You don’t have to come in and feel like you need to talk or share. It’s just a safe place.”

Randi Mattox can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

The Rocky Mountain Collegian | Wednesday, March 29, 2017 >> WOMEN from page 1 Rae said. “I was afraid to get up there. Heights are scary. I kinda got over that really fast.”

Rae attributed her improvement to her instructors and the encouragement she has felt within the climbing community.

“I know a lot of really good women here,” Rae said. “I love to just watch them because I learn so much from just watching, especially the women because they are so much more graceful usually.”

Someday she hopes to get her four-year-old granddaughter into climbing, Rae said.

“She’s a bundle of energy,” Rae said.

“She’s doing awesome,” Matzke said about Rae’s improvement since starting the class. “She could not do this a few weeks ago.”

Although men and women often have to compete together, there are physical differences between their bodies that make climbing logistically different.

“Women build muscles differently,” Matzke said. “It’s a lot harder for us to get really good.

We have to rely on form rather than just muscle, so it’s definitely intimidating. We can still crush.

Women are awesome. It just takes a little more effort.”

Miranda Sheets has been climbing on and off for the last three years. She climbs for fun and enjoys bouldering.

“Men definitely have dominated the sport,” Sheets said.

“There are certain large bouldering moves that come more naturally to most men than most women. That’s definitely not across the playing field. That being said, I wouldn’t say it’s not necessarily easier. We definitely have our strengths. Our little fingers fit a lot more places than men’s.”

According to Sheets the traditionally male-dominated sport is quickly growing to include women.

“There’s a lot more of a mix

now,” Sheets said. “It’s almost an even playing field.”

Peggy Grabbe started climbing this January because it is a full-body workout and she hopes to climb with her three grandchildren someday.

Grabbe does not think that climbing is a male-dominated sport based on her experience with the welcoming community.

“The really nice thing about this is everybody helps everybody,” Grabbe said. “When you come there’s nobody here competing against each other. I’m obviously their mom’s age, but they are so nice and will help me.

They’ll encourage me, high five me when I get down and I’ve done something I’ve never done before.”

The welcoming community is helpful in encouraging women to participate in climbing, according to Matzke.

“What’s nice about regulars is that everyone gets comfortable with each other, which is nice,” Matzke said. “The climbing community is like a family. We’re just trying to make it comfortable for women just coming into the family to make them a little more comfortable on the wall. Being up there like that you think that everyone is watching you and things like that, which they’re really not.

It’s trying to teach them to get out of their head and have a lot of freedom on the wall and not worry about people judging them.”

Sheets is excited for the increased gender equality in the sport, she said.

“It makes the sport a lot more fun and more welcoming,” Sheets said. “You can join in and not feel like you’re the lesser of the group.”

After climbing a route that she watched competitors complete the day before, Grabbe felt empowered, she said.

“It really makes you feel good,” Grabbe said. “I did it. I can do that.”

Zoe Jennings can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

Abby Matzke, a climbing coach at Miramont Fitness, demonstrates climbing techniques to a client. PHOTO BY OLIVE ANCELL COLLEGIAN

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BOOKS

Old Firehouse Books emphasizes community, literacy

By Darby Osborne @_darbs_

One word to describe Old Fire House Books: red.

The vibrant color is a theme throughout the store. Embracing their historic background as a firehouse, the store has taken the color for its own trademark, spraying it across every surface.

Though some of the foundation is worn from use, the vintage look remains true and adds to the local bookstore’s overall charm.

Old Firehouse Books is located in the heart of Old Town, brimming with bookshelves.

With various bookstores spread thickly over Fort Collins, Old Firehouse Books stands out with its large, unique space that has an assortment of literary classics and novels written by new authors.

Jessica Neal, a sophomore at CSU, has a good review after her first time visiting the bookstore.

“The atmosphere was very laid back and had home-type feel,” Neal said.

Inside, customers can find all types of books from science fiction to history, marked by signs overhead. The store has novels from classic authors like Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë, but newer writers like Stephen King and George R.R. Martin also grace the shelves.

In addition to books, the store also sells art, posters, table side “knick knacks,” t-shirts and “The Great Wall of Socks.” These

small, inexpensive items work well in capturing the attention of all possible customers rather than just book lovers.

CSU sophomore Kayla Spakoff is a frequent customer at Old Firehouse Books.

“Every time I go there I can find an amazing book to read and so much more,” Spakoff said. “I love all of the artwork and the fun book t-shirts they sell too.”

Location: 232 Walnut Street

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Old Firehouse Books has a friendly, smart staff who add to the experience of the store. The employee interaction with customers is a huge part of the bookstore’s appeal.

Along the walls of books there are notes hanging from shelves. Knowledgeable employees supply these small messages that give personal insight and references for customers.

“No matter what you’re looking for, you can come in and be able to get a couple recommen-

dations for what to read,” said Renee Becher, event coordinator at Old Firehouse Books. “We work very hard to have that diversity.”

The store emphasizes the importance of keeping people in touch with everything literary. Book clubs, special events and readings by authors are all offered to encourage active reading and involvement within the community.

Fort Collins residents are known for supporting the community and local businesses, and these events shape the Old Firehouse Books patrons.

Though Old Firehouse Books prides itself on being a local, independent bookstore, this niche can have its setbacks.

When books are out of stock the amount of time for a re-stock can double, coupled with the factor of other readers wanting the same copy. The store encourages customers to reserve books ahead of time.

Nevertheless, Old Firehouse Books has been the top character in the Fort Collins book scene for over 40 years and it does not look like they are going anywhere.

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ARTS & CULTURE Wednesday, March 29, 2017

FOOD & DRINKS

Urban Egg Eatery serves locally sourced, unique breakfast food

By Mareena Winchell @mareenaaaa_

Urban Egg Eatery is a diamond in the rough. Innovation, creativity and delicious are all words that can describe the restaurant.

Urban Egg opened its doors a little under a year ago and has become a popular Old Town attraction. Urban Egg is known for their build-your-own Bloody Mary bar and their distinctive, interesting menu.

Location: 320 S. College Avenue

Hours of Operation: Everyday from 7 a.m.-2 p.m.

“Something about eating at Urban Egg makes me feel cool and healthy,” said Jennifer Springfield, a customer at Urban Egg. “This is actually

my first time eating here, but I will definitely come back and recommend it. It is a shame this restaurant does not get the credibility it deserves.”

Urban Egg’s menu and food is inclusive to everyone they serve. They take pride in serving local, fresh produce as much as possible. Their menu consists of breakfast items like natural juice blends, numerous types of pancakes, French toast, Benedicts and local Hickman’s Colorado brown eggs.

For lunch, they serve items including soup, salad, gourmet burgers and sandwiches.

Customer Jake Hoppes said Urban Egg is one of his favorite brunch spots.

“The best part about Urban Egg is that there is rarely a wait time and, for a brunch restaurant in Old Town, that is a total plus,” Hoppes said. “My favorite part is the manager is always walking around and checking in, it makes you feel important and that this place really cares about what they serve you.”

Urban Egg’s decorations and atmosphere take a more

modern perspective, which is appreciated locally. The restaurant has even gained national attention by placing tenth on Urbanspoon’s list of 101 Great Breakfasts in the United States.

Customer Bethany Medina said Urban Egg provides an enjoyable vibe.

“When I read the menu it is a struggle to decided what to order because everything is just so unique,” Medina said. “This is my go-to recommendation when people ask where to get breakfast or lunch because it is so out of the ordinary and it just does not compete with any of the other breakfast and brunch places in Old Town.”

Customer Daniel Guzman said he admits that the restaurant is a little pricey.

“What you pay for is what you get,” Guzman said. “The prices go up because you are getting top notch ingredients and that is completely worth the price for me.”

Mareena Winchell can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

The Urban Egg, A Daytime Eatery on 230 S. College Avenue. PHOTO BY BRIANNA NASH COLLEGIAN

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MOVIES & TV

‘Song to Song’ hits a high note, Rooney Mara excels

By Brody Coronelli @brodycoronelli

Great experimental filmmaking often splits its audience into two groups. The first may deem the lack of convention messy and the second may praise its divergence from traditional structure and presentation. “Song to Song,” Terence Malick’s new film is made for the latter, offering a tantalizing, eccentric and emotionally-dense portrayal of the music scene in Austin, Texas.

Malick is not exactly known for abiding commercial filmmaking standards.

Instead his movies find color and personality in their divergence from convention, an approach that has thrived in his recent films “The Tree of Life,” “To The Wonder” and “Knight of Cups.”

Starring Rooney Mara, Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman, the film mostly uses this musical association as a backdrop, instead focusing on a complicated and continuously unravelling love triangle between singer/songwriters BV (Gosling), Faye (Mara) and the wealthy music producer Cook (Fassbender) who offers BV a record deal.

However, this is not the two-hour episode of “Nashville” this synopsis makes it out to be. The film looks at these relationships with wavering, avant-garde detail, using Malick’s fragmented style of filmmaking to reveal deep, philosophical truths about these characters that go far deeper than surface level proclamations like “I love you,” “I hate you” and “I miss you.” At first they come off as collected and driven by their image, but through the off-kilter trials of Malick’s filmmaking, they become fleshed out and vivid with individual conflicts. These are characters that demand to be understood, but take time to comprehend.

“Song to Song” is an experimental film in every sense of the word. Instead of focusing on a traditional narrative, Malick prioritizes the mood of each scene, deconstructing it and forcing the audience to see it in different ways. He creates this mood through intensely stylized cinematography and set design, giving the movie a dreamy quality while also maintaining a sense of emotional grit necessary for character development.

What immediately sticks see SONG on page 14 >>

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ARTS & CULTURE Wednesday, March 29, 2017

>> HYDROGEN from page 4 Burkley believes that what they find could be impactful to everything we know about physics.

“This work is significant because if you can’t explain the hydrogen atom, how can you explain everything else?” Burkley said.

As for Yost, he said he is happy that his research is gaining recognition through foundations like the CAREER program and that with their support he has the ability to continue his research.

“It feels great to get the affirmation from the scientific community that this is a valuable course of research,” Yost said.

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

>> NATIONAL from page 7 available and enjoyed in the United States until the era of Anthony Comstock and the late-19th-century social purity movement.

Understanding this history, and understanding how and why our constitutional law has evolved as it has over time, is essential to understanding the true nature of our ongoing controversies, and the stakes for the future. With the outcome of the 2016 election, and with possible changes in the makeup of the Supreme Court, we may soon confront fundamental questions about the continuing vitality of Roe v. Wade and of

constitutional guarantees forbidding discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

It is imperative that we adhere to the commitment of the Founders of our nation that religious dogma shall not dictate the meaning of secular law and shall not serve as an excuse for denying fundamental freedoms to the American people. This is a battle we have both lost and won at different times in our history. Now is a time for citizens, legislators and judges to stand up for the core values of our American nation.

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>> NELSON from page 8 over SDSU. “I’m proud of her for growing up pretty quickly and being away from home,” Fisher said.

“It’s been fun playing with her, I wish I had more years with her,” senior Haley Hutton said.

Nelson’s success is forcing opponents to pay attention to the once overlooked lefty and Fisher knows the challenge of facing tough pitches is still in front of her sophomore slugger. But the only lefty batting and catching Ram on the team has been through harder times and will not let any pitch she sees take away her confidence.

Austin White can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

>> FOOTBALL from page 9 challenge them every play, it is really helping all of us as a unit.”

“The better the guys you go against, the better you are going to get,” CSU safeties coach Jamie Bryant said. “The more opportunities you get to go up against those guys, the better you are going to get. At the end of the day you are going to find out who wants to compete and who wants to get better.”

Without a deep bench those opportunities come fast and in a high number. Nutt said that the increase in snaps is mentally and physically tiring, but that the defensive backs know now is the time to challenge themselves.

With that repeated competition, every defensive back is

going to get burned sometimes, especially when covering a guy like Gallup, but the defensive backs stress that the in-house competition is nothing but good for the secondary. Better to be beat by a teammate now than by someone in an opposite colored jersey when the season starts.

“It’s always frustrating to lose, nobody ever wants to lose, but we have to forget about it and go to the next play,” Nutt said. “You also have to to remember that they are on scholarship too. They are good just like you. When you get beat, you have to figure out what you did wrong and make it right the next time you go up against them.”

Eric Wolf can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

>> SONG from page 13 out about this film is the camera angles. Instead of framing traditional shots, Malick often uses off-kilter angles and movements to document each scene, often using it in a first-person manner that allows the viewer to feel like they are present in the conversations. This grants a sense of emotional urgency that is hard to ignore. This urgency is also furthered by the improvisational charm of each scene. The dialogue feels spontaneous and loose, never feeling rehearsed or scripted.

“Song to Song” is not a movie that reveals itself easily.

Many scenes and conversations are left up to personal interpretation and the haunting, poetic voiceovers from multiple characters make them profound and thematically dense. However, getting to the heart of them reveals a film with deep,

philosophical musings on love, sexuality, art, vanity and the struggle of trying to find yourself and project that authentically when those around you are more concerned with appearances—a common thread among artists and musicians where eccentricity, whether it is honest or deliberate, is often an adventurous and alluring trait.

Out of all the performances in this film, from the suave, sentimental charm of Gosling to Fassbender’s manipulative, fragile recklessness, Mara steals the show. She is elegant and innocent with a constant undercurrent of emotional uncertainty and she often expresses this without saying anything at all.

Despite its setting in Austin, Texas, one of America’s musical epicenters, the musical themes in the film tend to take the backseat. Malick instead chooses to

focus on the off-stage lives of these characters. Although, the film does feature cameos from many notable musicians. Iggy Pop, Patti Smith and former Sex Pistol’s member Jon Lyndon all make appearances. The rock outfit The Black Lips stood in as Mara’s band and singer/songwriter Lykke Li played a small role as Gosling’s former lover as well.

Should you watch it? Yes. “Song to Song” is by no means a conventional film and its themes take time to unravel, but its sharp, colorful visuals, emotionally dense characters and hard-hitting commentaries that sit below the surface are a treat for anyone willing to dig a little deeper. Malick is a master at making movies that are hard to forget and this is no exception.

Brody Coronelli can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

Daily Horoscope Nancy Black

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY

(03/29/17). Love’s easier to find this year. Partnership thrives.

Study, investigate and learn new tricks. Group changes lead to a passion, romance and creativity phase. A growth year for family finances launches.

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

ARIES (March 21-April 19) —

8 — Make a great connection with someone influential.

Focus on shared finances over the next two days. Draw upon hidden resources.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 8 — You’re stronger and more confident today and tomorrow.

Check your course, and then full speed ahead. Discuss plans and coordinate action.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 5 — Review and clarify your plans. Make sure that everyone involved has been looped into the conversation. Pay attention to an elder’s suggestions.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 8 — Confer and plan with your team. Create an inspiring vision statement, and keep it visible. Ask for what you need, and get it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 9 — Communication is key to managing new responsibilities.

Coordinate your response to breaking news. Listen to provide what your team needs.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 8 — Discuss your future

aspirations with your educational team. An experienced counselor can illuminate the road ahead.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 9 — Get practical with finances.

Negotiate deals and payment plans. Discuss priorities and strategies with your partner.

Communication with an influential authority leads to positive results.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 8 — Communications get through. Strategize and compromise with your partner to take advantage of an opportunity. Reach out to your networks for support.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — 7 — Listen to your elders, especially regarding health and well-being. They can share what worked or didn’t. Share information, resources and ideas.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — 8 — Write some down. Share conversation, good food and drink with family and friends.

Learn valuable tricks from an elder.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 7 — Talk with family to align on domestic priorities and plans. Share the news, and work out who will do what.

Collaborate on a household project.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 9 — You’re sharp as a tack, especially brilliant with communications, networking and making connections. Participate in a larger conversation.

COLLEGIAN.COM Wednesday, March 29, 2017

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