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Campus View
Volume 126, No. 16
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
OPINIONS Fort Collins USDA building closed due to anonymous threats By Seth Bodine @sbodine120
The Fort Collins building for the United States Department of Agriculture is closed along with five other buildings across five states on Tuesday due to anonymous violent threats.
18 percent of students at the University utilize counseling services. PHOTO BY NATALIE DYER. COLLEGIAN
Student demand for counseling services increase, CSU Health Network expands By Julia Rentsch @juliarentsch
In recent years, the CSU Health Network has experienced an increase in student demand for counseling services. According to Janelle Patrias, Manager of Mental Health Initiatives for the CSU Health Network, 18 percent of students at the University utilize counseling services. This number has been trending upwards on the CSU campus and across the nation, Patrias said. In order to accommodate these needs, the University has increased the counseling resources made available to students. Resources include a network of counselors specializing on a wide range of issues, the You@ CSU portal and the construc-
tion of the new Health Network building. Approximately 70 members of the counseling staff are available to meet with students seeking help, according to Patrias. The staff includes full time counselors, trainees and academic-year counselors. The ratio of counselors to students at CSU is 1 to 640. Director of Counseling Services Susan MacQuiddy called this an “impressive ratio,” in an email to the Collegian. While the service is experiencing an increase in demand, Patrias said new staff are hired in a timely manner. “CSU has a really strong record of adding additional staff to meet the demands of students,” Patrias said. Several students said they benefited from services provided
by the counseling center. Lange Simmons, physics and math double major, said that the majority of his experiences with the counseling center were positive. “(Counseling resources) aren’t just for when you’re ... in a crisis,” Simmons said. “I feel like a lot of students could benefit even if they’re not in … an emergency state of mental health.” Stephanie Thompson, biology major, said she was satisfied with the “accommodating” and “helpful” resources provided by the counseling center, and that said she valued the one-onone sessions she spent with her counselor. “It was cool getting that face to face time talking,” Thompson said. “It was cool because she could read my facial expressions see HEALTH on page 4 >>
According to a report by the Coloradoan, the building located about a half mile away from Colorado State University at 2150 Centre Ave. had signs taped on the doors Tuesday morning that said the buildings were closed and no one would be allowed inside. A tweet by Denver7 shows a hand-made sign on the door of the B-building: The Forest Service for Arapahoe Roosevelt and Canyon Lakes announced in a tweet that their Fort Collins offices were closed due to safety concerns.
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STRIP Other things we can shut doooown:
You on the b-ball court!!
The four other cities with closed facilities are Hamden, Connecticut; Beltsville, Maryland.; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Kearneysville and Leetown, West Virginia.
School. In general. #BringOnTheSnowDays
The Collegian is waiting for a statement by a USDA representative.
ANYTHING besides Prospect Road.
Collegian News Editor Seth Bodine can be reached at sbodine@collegian.com
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