Volume 126, No 81 February 6, 2017

Volume 126, No. 81 Monday, February 6, 2017

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Thousands attend Muslim solidarity rally in Denver

A young protester stands with the thousands of others showing their solidarity for Muslim Americans and other immigrants, Feb. 4, 2017.

PHOTO BY DAVIS BONNER COLLEGIAN

By Seth Bodine @sbodine120

DENVER- Everyone from local poets and lawyers to Denver mayor Michael Hancock spoke to a crowd of thousands at a Muslim solidarity rally event Saturday afternoon.

The rally was organized in a week following U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban, which prevents people from

countries such as Syria and Iran from entering the U.S. The goal of the rally was to show support to the Muslim community.

Many held signs with statements such as “all are welcome” and “to save a life is to save all of humankind.”

Phoenix St. Nolde, an organizer and full-time Denver peace activist, decided to host the rally after receiving requests from the community.

St. Nolde, who identifies as a person of color who prefers they/ them pronouns, said they have been a full-time activist for five years. St. Nolde said they have felt discrimination throughout their life.

“The Muslim community is probably the closest community to people of color, where they’re actually seen as a physical threat because of how they look or present themselves,” St. Nolde said.

“There’s not a lot of communities that deal with that. So, I really felt personally driven to immediately do something as soon as I found about (the travel ban).”

According to the Facebook event, around 9,000 people said they were going, and 20,000 said they were interested. St. Nolde said the Colorado community has been very peaceful and positive post-election. see MUSLIM on page 4 >>

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GOP a party of hypocrites PAGE 6

Stranded student and baby return to U.S. following ban suspension

By Julia Rentsch @julia_rentsch

Hanan Isweiri, a doctoral candidate at Colorado State University, re-entered the U.S. with her infant son Saturday, Feb. 4, following a suspension of the ban on travel to the U.S. ordered

by President Trump.

The ban is known to have affected the ability of three CSU students to travel back to the

campus from their locations abroad.

Isweiri will reunite with her husband and three other children after being detained in a Jordanian airport for 72 hours and subsequently deported back to Libya last weekend due to the executive order issued Jan. 27. The order disallowed travel to the U.S. by citizens and dual-citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries regardless of their visa status.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MARINA MARTIN

The ban was temporarily suspended Friday night after a federal judge ruled against the executive order in a case brought by two state attorneys general who sought to stop the order, CNN reported.

According to a statement released by CSU International Student and Scholar Services, Isweiri is “looking forward to the reunion with her husband and see STRANDED on page 4 >>

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‘La La Land’ whitewashes jazz PAGE 12

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Students lobby at Capitol to expand free speech on campus

By Stuart Smith @notstuartsmith

Juan Caro and Emily Faulkner, students at Colorado State University, visited the Capitol Building in Denver to advocate for State Senate Bill 62 on Thursday.

The bill would eliminate free speech areas on college campuses in Colorado, instead making entire campuses free speech zones. In the places where the Free speech zones originally were, monuments to the First Amendment would be erected.

The bill would also allow students to take their college or university to court if they felt their right to free speech had been violated, but they would not be able to collect any monetary damages.

According to Caro, the bill was unanimously passed through the Education Committee on Thursday.

Caro and Faulkner are the Chairman and and Vice Chairwoman of the Conservative Interest Group of Colorado, and are were organizers of the Free Speech Wall that was built on the

plaza last October.

Caro talked about the riot at UC Berkeley from Wednesday night in his testimony, citing them as a reason to get rid of free-speech zones. “(Those) riots are cultural issue, not a legislative issue,” he said. “We will continue to see riots with the current political situation with or without safe spaces.”

In a phone interview with the Collegian, he expanded on this.

“What we realized,” he said, “is that these safe spaces don’t work, and if there’s going to be a riot like we saw at Berkeley, there’s going to be a riot whether there’s an imaginary line, or a free-speech zone, or there’s not.”

“What we’re arguing,” Caro continued, “is because of the fear of these riots, and of the retaliation, we’ve ended up surrendering our rights… and we’ve been given these free speech zones, safe spaces, which are unconstitutional.”

With the bill, Caro hopes “to get that right back, and to abolish safe spaces, because they were

CSU students, Juan Caro and Emily Faulkner stand in the Capitol building waiting to give their testimonies. PHOTO COURTESY OF JUAN CARO.

not the solution to the problem.”

“College campuses should be the epitome of free speech,” his testimony continued. “They should encourage the free flow of ideas, not limit them to safe spaces and suppress them.”

Faulkner is also the president of CSU Students for Life,

which filed a lawsuit against the University when the University denied a Diversity Grant to the group when they brought an anti abortion speaker on campus for a presentation.

Faulkner said that her advocating for the bill was not directly related to the lawsuit, but that it

was important to talk about.

“For free speech issues, once you start taking away little rights at a time, you end up getting on a really slippery slope,” she said. “I did talk a little bit about my lawsuit. Although it didn’t directly pertain to it, it is a free speech lawsuit.”

According to the bill’s co-sponsor Sen. Tim Neville, R-Littleton, the bill is “critical to our public higher education institutions’ mission as a place of learning and marketplace of ideas.”

In the Denver Post, Neville said that the existence of free speech zones “spreads the incorrect idea that our students should limit their speech to confined areas,” when entire campuses, not specific areas, should be open to free speech.

Neville also said that the bill would not intrude on classroom discussions, and that it would also not prevent campuses from restricting and monitoring groups not associated with the college or university.

Stuart Smith can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Board of Governors discuss immigration ban, stadium updates

By Nicole Towne @nicole_towne21

During the Board of Governor Meetings held at CSU Pueblo between Feb. 1 and 3 President Tony Frank discussed the current immigration ban and a status update was given on the stadium construction.

“What we have tried to do is keep our focus on supporting our students, our CSU students impacted by these policies,” Frank said. “We want to make sure that they are supported to the full extent they can be and that they have the opportunity to continue their studies.”

In addition Frank said that Senator Michael Bennet, Senator Cory Gardner and Representative Jared Polis have been >> MUSLIM from page 1 “I’ve only seen a few groups of people who want to entertain violence or disrupt the peace,” St. Nolde said.

The rally started off with with a sing-along with members of the hip-hop band the Flobots, and the crowd sang, “the refugees are welcome here.” Throughout the rally, the crowd chanted “this is what democracy looks like.”

Michael Hancock, mayor of Denver, gave a speech at the rally and brought a group of students from South High School onto the stage. He told the crowd he was inspired when he visited the school, and a student said Donald Trump should “acknowledge the humanity behind the people you’re talking about,” in response to the travel ban. He said young people should serve as a reminder of how the nation was made great.

Hancock expressed solidarity and support with the Muslim community.

“Our city will stand with you,” Hancock said. “Our city is going to do everything that we can to protect our residents.

We’ve got lawyers working to help us understand what our opportunities are.”

Joseph Salazar, a Colorado state representative, said there is no time to sit idly.

“We don’t have time anymore, for that elected official who sits there and says we need a moderator, that we need to be weak,” Salazar said, “that we can’t rise up for people because those politicians are sticking their heads in the sand while the world is burning around them, and I refuse to be that kind of politician.”

Salazar advocated to not

advocating on behalf of the three CSU students who were stuck abroad due to the travel ban enacted by executive order.

According to the update the stadium construction is currently on schedule and within budget.

The stadium has a pending soft opening for Sept. 2 and an official opening for the first home football game on Sept. 9.

Between naming rights, sponsorships and philanthropy nearly 87 million dollars have been received or pledged towards the stadium.

The stadium has sold out its premium seating for donors which includes 23 suites, 43 loge boxes, 149 indoor club seats and 819 outdoor club seats.

Nicole Towne can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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CSU student identified in fatal car crash due to ice last week

By Erin Douglas @erinmdouglas23

A CSU student was identified as the victim of a fatal car crash last Wednesday night as a result of the ice storm that left roads and sidewalks covered in sheets of frozen rain according to the Larimer County Corner’s office.

Courteney Saeman, 21, was a senior CSU student studying human development and family studies, whose anticipated graduation was May 2017.

Saeman was traveling southbound on U.S. 287 in a 2002 Elantra Hyundai near Larimer County Road 72 when she lost control of her vehicle

on a curve and was struck by a 2014 Subaru Legacy traveling northbound, according to Colorado State Patrol. The driver of the Subaru Legacy has been identified as 53-year-old Cheryl Orr who sustained serious injury and is in care of Poudre Valley Hospital.

Ice storms, like the one that led to the fatal crash, are rare, according to a report in the Coloradoan. The storm on Wednesday was a factor in at least five fatal crashes in Colorado.

The crash occurred around 5 p.m. and closed a section of U.S. Highway 287 north of Fort Collins for several hours.

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Religious leaders from every background joined together to denounce the travel ban imposed by Trump during Denver’s Muslim and immigrant solidarity event, February 4, 2017. PHOTO BY DAVIS BONNER COLLEGIAN

succumb to “protest fatigue.”

He also talked about introducing the Ralph Carr bill, which he says will resist federal overreach. The bill, according to the Arvada Press, would prohibit the state from providing race, ethnicity, national origin, immigration status or religious affiliation of a Colorado resident to the federal government for any illegal or unconstitutional purpose. It would also prohibit any assistance to federal government to create a registry for Colorado residents based on race, ethnicity, national origin, immigration status or religious affiliation.

Hadeel Esmat, a sophomore math education and interdisciplinary liberal arts major at Colorado State University, and senior social work major Israa Eldeiry both said

they attended the rally for support and validation. Both said they went to previous rallies and events such as the march last Tuesday in Fort Collins. “…So for Denver, which is a city bigger than Fort Collins, to have something this big with so many powerful speakers, it’s just empowering,” Esmat said.

Esmat said being with a supportive community was also a reason for attending.

“There’s so much negativity and hate in the media and everything, but we need to realize that there is still this huge community that still does want to support us,” Esmat said.

Eldeiry said she felt hopeful after attending the rally.

Eldeiry said she believes rallies are important but actions such as calling senators and reaching out to the Muslim community

are important steps to creating change.

“I think these rallies are great catalysts for the start to change, but standing out here, as powerful as it is and how much hope it instills in us, there’s more steps to go,” Eldeiry said.

Esmat said she recently went to a high school to have discussions on topics such as what terrorism is. She said she believes part of moving forward is having uncomfortable conversations.

“It is conversations that are uncomfortable but if we don’t step out of our comfort zones, we’re never going to move forward and make a better society and community for all of us,” Esmat said.

Seth Bodine can be reached at news@collegian.com.

responded to at least 35 crashes between 4 and 10 p.m. last Wednesday according to a report in the Coloradoan, and Fort Collins was on accident alert from 5 to 9 p.m. The city was also under a winter weather advisory by the National Weather Service through 9 a.m.

Thursday morning.

The funeral mass to celebrate Saeman will be held at St. Thomas More Catholic Parish on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 11 a.m., and a reception will immediately follow. A rosary will be offered at St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m.

Erin Douglas can be reached at news@collegian.com. >> STRANDED from page 1 three other children when she reaches Colorado in the coming days.”

The status of the second known student who was stranded abroad, Saddam Qahtan Waheed of Baghdad, Iraq, is currently unknown.

The third affected student abroad at the time of the executive order has not been identified by name. According to the statement from International Student and Scholar Services he is a research scholar who was in his home country doing research at the time the ban was enacted.

He planned to return to the U.S. in March to rejoin his wife, who is also currently studying at CSU. It is currently unclear how the temporary suspension of the ban will affect his plans.

“We are in close touch with this family and attempting to find a way to reunite them here,” the statement said of the third student’s situation.

Julia Rentsch can be reached at editor@collegian.com.

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OBITUARY

Memorial to honor CSU student Courteney Saeman Editor’s note: Obituary courtesy of Horan & McConaty funeral and cremation provider

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DENVER POST.

“If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.” (Romans 14:8) Courteney Ann Saeman was reunited with Our Lord in Heaven on February 1, 2017 at the age of 21.

Her beautiful green eyes lit up when talking about her faith, her family, her friends, and her future; she brightened up a room with her presence. Courteney was a source of comfort for those close to her, and as a result of her generous spirit, infectious smile and loving personality, she was an inspiration to many.

She was born August 2, 1995 in Denver, Colorado, to Craig Saeman and Elizabeth Saeman.

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spending time with her family.

Courteney was an amazing daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunt, niece, cousin and friend.

Her faith in God was as beautiful as her smile, and her influence will forever remain in the lives of all who knew her.

Courteney is preceded in death by her mother Elizabeth Ann Saeman (nee Treinen).

Courteney is lovingly remembered by her parents, Craig and Shelly Saeman of Denver; her paternal grandparents, John and Carol Saeman of Denver; her maternal grandmother Dorothy Treinen of Sidney, Nebraska; her siblings Megan, Shauna, Jacqueline and Steven; 5 nieces and nephews, and several aunts, uncles, cousins and numerous friends.

A Rosary will be offered at St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church (2375 East Arizona Avenue, Denver, Colorado, 80210) on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at 7:00 PM. The Funeral Mass celebrating the life of Courteney Ann Saeman will be held at St. Thomas More Catholic Parish (8035 South Quebec Street, Englewood Colorado, 80112) on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 11:00 AM, with a reception immediately following.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial donations be made in Courteney’s name to The Fellowship of Catholic University Students (PO Box 18710 Golden, CO 80402-9809) or Bella Natural Women’s Care (180 East Hampden Ave. Suite 100A Englewood, Colorado 80113).

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Funeral to be held Saturday for accomplished CSU veterinarian Dr. Donald Piermattei, DVM, PhD, died peacefully at his home of cancer on Jan. 28.

Dr. Piermattei was internationally known for his teaching, writing, and surgical expertise in the field of small animal orthopedics. He was author or co-author of more than 90 book chapters and journal articles as well as author of “An Atlas of Surgical Approaches to the Bones and Joints of the Dog and Cat” and “Handbook of Small Animal Orthopedics and Fracture Repair.”

He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, the Founders Award

by ACVS and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the European College of Veterinary Surgery, as well as the Paatsaama Award by the World Small Animal Veterinary Association.

During his professional career he was head of

Courteney attended Mullen High School. She was earning a degree in Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University, where she looked forward to graduating with distinction in May 2017.

Courteney planned on soaking up some California sun before returning back school to pursue a Ph.D. in Occupational Therapy.

Courteney was a devout Catholic and an active member of The Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS).

She had a passion for philanthropy both on campus with The Tim Tebow Foundation, and through Catholic Charities of Denver.

Courteney enjoyed cheering on the Rams football team, attending concerts with friends and

Surgery at Texas A and M, received his PhD at Colorado State University in cardiovascular surgery, accepted the position of Chief of Surgery and Radiology at The University of Minnesota, and after private referral surgery practice in Denver returned to Colorado State University as Chief of Small Animal Surgery.

Don had a lifetime love of aviation and after retirement built three airplanes and flew them from his airstrip near Carr, Co. When he retired from flying he spent time hiking and riding his beloved mule, Babe.

Don sang in the choir at St Luke’s Episcopal Church, Ft Collins, and his memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11, St Luke’s, 2000 Stover St, Ft Collins.

He is survived by his son, David, his wife Marcia, and hundreds and hundreds of grateful animal patients.

Nearly 200 CSU faculty sign pledge to act on climate

By Julia Rentsch @julia_rentsch

Nearly 200 Colorado State University faculty members have added their names to a statement pledging to act on climate change —and more are signing on nearly every day.

The brief statement, only about 250 words in total, states in part: “We are part of the overwhelming consensus that has provided the scientific evidence for and affirms the seriousness of human-caused climate change. We stand for scientific research, reasoned inquiry, and verifiable facts.”

Two CSU professors were inspired to create the pledge just before Christmas after seeing a similar statement made by faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder as well as hearing news that the Fort Collins government was on the verge of signing a letter to President Trump in support of climate action.

Nearly 70 mayors of cities across the U.S. have signed the Letter from Climate Mayors addressed to President Trump, which emphasizes the importance of addressing climate change. Fort Collins Mayor Wade Troxell became a signatory Jan. 3 after City Council unanimously voted to join.

But the mayor was initially hesitant to sign due to a recommendation against it from the council’s Legislative Review Committee in

December, the Coloradoan reported. Troxell said he preferred to focus on what action Fort Collins was taking alone to reduce its environmental footprint.

After hearing of the mayor’s deliberation on the issue Michelle Betsill, associate professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, and Julia Klein, associate professor in the Department of Ecosystem Sciences and Sustainability, said they saw a need to make the consensus among CSU faculty on the issue of human-caused climate change clearly articulated and more visible to the public.

“It just sort of struck me that there was this really big disconnect between what was going on here at the university and some of the decision making within our own community,” Klein said.

CSU professors from a variety of colleges and departments, both science-focused and not, quickly cottoned on to the idea. When Klein and Betsill presented the letter to City Council at the regularly scheduled meeting on Jan. 3, Betsill said the pledge had around 70 signatures.

“This was a few days before Christmas,” Betsill said. “Nobody was around, but people—I think we hit on something. There were a lot of people who were like ‘yes, we need to do this.’”

Klein said that creating the pledge was an opportunity for CSU

faculty to help city decision-makers by contributing their expertise.

“I think increasingly, as a scientist, you want your research to be socially relevant, you know, getting out of that ivory tower,” Klein said. “So we all want to be able to make that connection and conduct science that is in service of society and useful to our stakeholders both within the city and around the world ... I think (council members) really appreciated that we could lend them our expertise and help contribute to their process.”

The pledge has not, however, landed in the inboxes of all members of CSU faculty. Klein said they have been told that they cannot use the email list of all CSU faculty until the pledge gets approved by the university Faculty Council.

CSU’s public relations-run news site, SOURCE, has also declined to publish news about it, citing concerns over the pledge’s political nature.

According to Mike Hooker, CSU’s executive director of public affairs and communications, public relations staff do not post about petitions, pledges or other documents looking for signatures except in cases where university policy is impacted.

In an email to the Collegian, Hooker wrote that the political nature of the pledge is articulated on see CLIMATE on page 14 >>

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OPINION Monday, February 6, 2017

OPINION

Womeldorph: Make Hypocrisy Intolerable Again

By Zane Womeldorph @zwomeldo

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 Republican Party is filled with cowards. This has been evident since the primaries last year when each and every Republican candidate that was blasted rhetorically and in the voting booth by our now-President slowly transformed from a leader to a spineless bootlicker.

Marco Rubio, who is on record calling Trump a “con artist” and “the most vulgar man ever to aspire to the presidency,” proceeded to fully endorse him months later.

Ted Cruz, also referred to by Trump as “lyin’ Ted,” endured personal attacks on his wife and his father by our dignified, tangerine leader and responded by calling Trump a “sniveling coward,” “pathological liar,” “serial philanderer” and “utterly amoral.” He also proceeded to fully endorse Trump and, in perhaps the most pathetic image ever published of an American senator, exhibited a visage of pure self-loathing while at a Trump-Pence phone bank.

And finally we come to the most egregious example: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, standard bearer of the Republican Party and a supposedly principled man and guardian of the core precepts of the GOP. He is perhaps the third most powerful

man in the country but certainly first in the race for Invertebrate of the Year.

He called Trump’s insinuation that a judge of Mexican heritage should be removed from a case involving Trump University a “textbook definition of a racist comment.” He “rejected” Trump’s attacks on the family of Humayan Khan, an American Army Captain who just so happened to be a Muslim and was killed in Iraq in 2004. He was “sickened” by Trump’s infamous and yet somehow irrelevant comments about grabbing women by their genitalia. And when Trump initially floated the idea of a Muslim ban back in December of 2015, Ryan said it was “not what this party stands for and, more importantly, it’s not what this country stands for.”

Then, as if a pattern were emerging, he also endorsed Trump and was one of the first Republican leaders to embrace the “travel ban”—a euphemism of the highest order—calling the rollout “regrettable” then offering a slew of contemptible platitudes defending it, as per his standard operating procedure.

These three men, along with a lengthy list of others in their party, at one point or another either implied or outright stated that Trump was temperamentally unfit for office. Since the moment of inauguration the veracity of that sentiment has been proven repeatedly. Barring a couple notable exceptions each instance of bigotry, each departure from presidential norms and each violation of the principles on which this nation

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supposedly stands has been met with silence at best and with nauseating displays of groveling at worst.

Any hope that the presidency would temper Trump’s absurdities or that the gravity of the office would inject a sense of caution, empathy or appreciation of facts into the man has already been revealed as naivety.

So too, it seems, is the assumption that the standard tenets of the Republican party will be adhered to by anyone in the new administration or in Congress.

The wall is a revealing example. Erecting a $15 billion monstrosity across hundreds of miles that, for myriad reasons, will do essentially nothing to combat illegal immigration and then threatening a tariff on imported Mexican goods shows a disdain for free trade and free market ideals and a rejection of the sacrosanct conservative

stand against wasteful government spending. And yet the Republican response to the suggestion has been nothing but positive.

Expecting any sort of consistency out of these people is obviously asking too much. If you can renege, after less than six months, an assertion that Trump’s ineligibility for office is based not even on his policies but on who he is as a person, you show yourself to be governed by no principle other than fear.

Whether it is fear of reprisal at the polls, fear of ostracism by others in the party or fear of a late-night tweet storm and a swarm of MAGA trolls doesn’t matter. It is clear Trump is and will always be the exact same person he was as a campaigner.

And it is also clear that anyone who so quickly reversed their opinion of the man is simply a scared hypocrite whose char-

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The Patriots winning the SuperBowl. #CheatingPats #PersonalVendetta

Geese being deceptively derpy. #FullOfHate

acter should be questioned no less harshly than that of the man they so recently denounced.

It seems quite possible at this point that the current presidency is careening towards an unseemly end in one way or another. In the event that the Trump administration does something truly grotesque, that their incompetence becomes intolerable or that their skewed world view starts to irreparably damage American interests it will require courage from members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to respond accordingly.

Let us all hope that they rediscover their backbones - or at least fake like they have one before the America that most of us thought we live in becomes irretrievable.

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

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People who take care of you when you’re sick.

SPORTS Monday, February 6, 2017

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TRACK & FIELD

Holston and Rockhold continue hot start for CSU

By Eric Wolf @Eric_Wolf5

As the Colorado State Rams indoor track and field season keeps moving forward one thing remains constant. Lorenda Holston and Cole Rockhold keep running faster.

Holston, who ran a school best 8.13 in the women’s 60-meter hurdles at the CU Open over the weekend, ended a meet with the school record for the the third time this season. The senior won the event to highlight Saturday’s action as the Rams travelled to Boulder for the second time this season.

“It’s a school record and a step forward in her confidence knowing that she’s close to breaking 8.10 and hopefully an ‘8.0’ soon.. that’s what we’re looking for,” CSU sprints coach Karim Abdel Wahab said. “We’re really hoping that at the New Mexico meet next week we’ll be able to PR and get a good mark.

If she stays focused she can do that.”

Holston’s 8.13 is also the second best time in Mountain West conference history in the discipline.

Rockhold headlined Friday for the Rams as the sophomore ran a 4:03.12 in the seeded mile run. Because Rockhold finished fourth in the event, his unofficial altitude adjusted time of 3:57.12 could place him as high as fourth in the country when the official time is recorded.

Coming into this weekend, the fastest mile time in the nation, including altitude adjustments, was 3:57.39 from Adam Palamar of Syracuse.

Rockhold’s 4:03.12 now sits as the second best indoor time in school history.

“We knew there would be some very good runners for CU

running and Cole (Rockhold) was ready to run fast,” said CSU distance coach Art Siemers.

“We knew if he could run under 4:05, he had a really good chance to make it to nationals after scratches. Typically a 3:58 mile makes it to the NCAA Championships so Cole has a time that is nearly a lock.”

Other Friday highlights include the pole vault, where CSU took home first place in both the women’s and men’s event. Junior Nick Meihaus won on the men’s side with a 15-7 while personal bests from junior Stephanie Bess (12-10) and freshman Aliya Simpson (11-11.75) placed them first and second in the women’s event.

In the high jump junior Hunter Price cleared 6-9 and junior Autumn Gardner jumped 5-8.5 as the Rams took home another sweep.

Other first place finishers for CSU on Friday include Mostafa Hassan (weight throw) and senior Emily Romo who won the women’s 400-meter run with a 54.94, the second best indoor time in school history behind her personal best of 53.75.

On Saturday senior Daniel Weirich (55-4.45) and junior Austin Blaho (54-0.75) kicked off the day for the Rams with a 1, 2 finish in the men’s shot put, while Aaliyah Pete’s 54-0 paced the Rams to the top four spots in women’s shot put. The senior was followed by Kelcey Bedard, Linnea Johnson and Aimee Larrabee in the final standings of the event.

CSU’s distance runners also found success all over the board on Saturday.

In his first indoor race of the season junior Jerrell Mock won the men’s 3,000-meter run in 8:13.92, while Grant Fisher took home second with a 8:18.55. In

the women’s 3,000-meters, junior Darby Gillifan finished first while running 9:54.05.

In the women’s 5,000-meters junior Mckenna Spillar (17:35.09) and senior Alex Hess (17:54.14) took home the two top spots in the event. On the men’s side Eric Humer (15:14.20) was followed by Justin Weinmeister

and Nick Costello as the Rams swept the podium.

“I thought overall, as a team, I liked the competitive effort this weekend,” said CSU coach Brian Bedard. “It didn’t all line up all the time where we hit personal records and NCAA-qualifying times but I saw a team that was more prepared. The competi-

tive attitude and focus was there across the board.”

CSU is back in action Feb. 10 when the team will split up between the Husky Classic in Seattle, Washington, and the Don Kirby Invitational in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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

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BASKETBALL

CSU sneaks past UNLV despite offensive struggles

By Colin Barnard @ColinBarnard_

Ugly is one way to describe it and even that might be a little too generous.

The CSU women’s basketball team defeated the UNLV Rebels 44-41 in the team’s poorest offensive performance this season.

Twenty-two turnovers and 3-for-18 shooting from threepoint range usually spell certain disaster; but thanks to a defensive performance that was just as dominant as the offense was lackluster the Rams (18-5, 10-1 MW) escaped with their ninth consecutive victory.

“22 turnovers and we still win,” head coach Ryun Williams said. “We should be thanking our lucky stars because that’s exactly what we were tonight. We didn’t play good at all on the offensive end.”

The offensive struggles started early and continued to worsen. At one point in the second quarter the Rams turned the ball over on three consecutive possessions. Their 13 first half turnovers were one more than they average per game.

The nation’s fifth best scoring defense caused an equally disruptive 19 turnovers which

they translated into 13 points.

When the Rebels clawed their way back in the fourth quarter with a 10-0 run the zone defense that has troubled so many offenses this year once again found a way to win the game.

“If you like offense I apologize,” Williams joked after the game. “If you like defense we’ll pat ourselves on the back for that one. As awful as we were offensively we played defense. I’m proud of them for that.”

With one minute remaining and the Rams up by two Stine Austgulen and Callie Kaiser were forced to step up at the free throw line. The two guards each made both of their free throws to clinch the victory.

One bright spot offensively was Hannah Tvrdy, who scored 10 points on 5-for-6 shooting and brought down eight rebounds while playing all 40 minutes of action. Seniors Ellen Nystrom and Elin Gustavsson each added nine points but also accounted for 10 turnovers.

Tvrdy’s steady contribution was a welcome sight for the struggling offense. Although some of the players struggled offensively they were all able to come together and lock down defensively down the stretch.

“We’re a bunch that really

Sophomore Sofie Tryggedsson swerves around UNLV player Katie Powell. The Rams won, scoring 44-41.

PHOTO BY TONY VILLALOBOS MAY COLLEGIAN

does stay together,” Tvrdy said.

“When something bad happens, we’re like ‘hey, bring it in, we’ve got this.’ I think our chemistry and staying together is something that helps us a lot.”

Despite the win CSU showed

it certainly has its fair share of struggles to correct.

“It’s always nice to win but at the same time this was not us,” Gustavsson said. “We have some stuff we need to work on.”

The Rams will take their

nine-game win streak to Logan, Utah for a matchup against Utah State on Wednesday Feb. 8 at 7 p.m.

Colin Barnard can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

BASKETBALL

Colorado State Rams go wire-to-wire over UNLV

By Eddie Herz @Eddie_Herz

After their second nail-biting one possession defeat of the season to Boise State earlier in the week Colorado State responded with a much-needed 69-49 win over UNLV Saturday. CSU never trailed in the game.

The dominant victory in Las Vegas improved CSU to 15-9 overall and 7-4 in Mountain West play. The Rams are now a half game behind Boise State and Nevada, who currently hold a first place tie atop the conference.

While neither CSU nor UNLV were able to find an advantage on the glass in the contest (both collected 40 rebounds), the Rams dominated on both sides of the ball.

“I think timing has something to do with it,” CSU head coach Larry Eustachy said in a statement. “We came off a tough loss and know why we got beat last game. But I think this group is not your average group.

They’re competitive though

Senior Emmanuel Omogbo listens to the roar of the crowd during the final minutes of a game earlier this season. PHOTO BY ELLIOTT JERGE COLLEGIAN

awfully young. We expected to win this game. The home court diminishes as the year goes on

— saw it against Boise and here today — in my experience.”

The 49 points allowed by the

Rams marks the first time this season Colorado State has held an opponent under 50 points.

The previous low allowed by the Rams was 56 to Stanford, Long Beach State and Utah State, respectively. CSU held the Runnin Rebels to just 30.5 percent shooting on the night, the lowest a Mountain West opponent has shot against the Rams this season.

While UNLV has four starters who average over 10 points per game Tyrell Green was the lone Rebel to eclipse the mark against CSU Saturday night.

On the offensive side of the ball, CSU was an efficient 45.8 percent from the floor.

“That’s the way you play basketball in general,” Eustachy said in a statement. “We were very patient and made them guard us a long time and shot a good percentage because of it. And for a young team, with five young guys, to go on someone else’s court and not let the game break you down is quite a feat.”

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HOCKEY

CSU hockey looking ahead to national tournament

By Evan Grant @EvanNGrant

With the ACHA national tournament just around the corner the Colorado State men’s club hockey team is looking to get into form.

Opportunity came knocking for No. 19 CSU as they played host during a busy weekend. No. 9 Arizona State and No. 22 Arizona came to Fort Collins for a trio of games (two for Arizona, one for ASU).

The first game out of the back to back stand against Arizona ended in a heart breaking

manner for CSU as they fell 3-2 in overtime. Despite the close scoreline Arizona controlled the puck for the majority of the game and were able to generate far more scoring chances than the Rams.

Colorado State goalie Dax Deadrick was a major reason the Rams were able to take the game into overtime. Deadrick’s play in the net was essential for CSU as they faced a relentless high-pressure attack from Arizona.

“I saw the puck well and I played the box pretty well,” Deadrick said after the game.

“They had a lot of good oppor-

tunities and I was just fortunate to get a piece of it a lot of the time.”

The second game against Arizona ended with the Rams losing 5-2. In similar fashion to the first game Arizona dominated puck possession, only this time turning that possession into a 5-2 win rather than an overtime thriller.

Against Arizona State CSU was able to do something the club had never done before. The Rams picked up the first win in team history over Arizona State, 6-3.

Despite coming out of the

weekend 1-2 the club is looking to bounce back and finish the year strong.

Up next for CSU is the hockey equivalent of the Rocky Mountain Showdown. CSU and the University of Colorado will partake in a home-and-home series on Feb. 10-11. The first game will be in the CU Student Rec Center in Boulder on Feb. 10. The teams will cap the series off on Feb. 11 in Fort Collins at EPIC center.

“The CU CSU rivalry is always a very emotional game and you always want to come out on top,” said CSU assistant coach Jamison Wick. “Their place is al-

ways tough to play at but we will go there and play our game and hope to come out on top.”

As of right now the Rams are sitting ranked No. 19 nationally with a 14-16-4 record. They are looking to become the first team in school history to make the ACHA national tournament.

“We lost a couple guys at the semester but we also picked up a couple key guys,” first year player Davis Katigawa said. “I think we definitely have it in us to finish the season strong and make a push towards nationals.”

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

NATIONAL

Patriots roar back, win Super Bowl in overtime

By Jeff McLane

The Philadelphia Inquirer

If it didn’t happen in front of billions of eyes around the world, it would be hard to describe how the New England Patriots pulled off what might be the greatest comeback in the annals of professional team sports Sunday night.

Tom Brady’s refusal to give up after the Falcons climbed to a 28-3 lead midway through the third quarter; the Julian Edelman catch that inconceivably didn’t touch the turf at NRG Stadium; the “two successful two-point conversions that capped two fourth-quarter touchdowns, including the game-tying points with 57 seconds left.

And, lastly, the overtime drive in which Brady meticulously marched New England down the field for the game-winning touchdown - a 2-yard run

by James White - that gave the Patriots an improbable 34-28 victory in Super Bowl LI, and an unprecedented five Vince Lombardi Trophies for Brady and his coach, Bill Belichick.

“We all brought each other back,” Brady, who was named the game’s MVP, said on the Fox broadcast immediately afterward. “We never felt out of it.

It was a tough battle...We just made a few more plays.”

If there was argument left about who the greatest quarterback and coach are, it seems all but moot now. Brady and Belichick are the greatest and they

have the hardware to show for it. The season capped a trying year for the quarterback, who was suspended for the first four games because of his role in “Deflategate” and whose mother dealt with an unspecified illness.

“They just keep competing,” Belichick said of his Patriots.

“They just compete for 60 minutes - or longer.”

The Patriots denied Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan his first title. Ryan was near perfect through the first three quarters.

In fact, he had a 158.3 passer rating - the highest possible number. But Atlanta turtled up as New England mounted its rally.

With 3 minutes, 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter and the Patriots trailing, 28-20, Brady and the Patriots had one last chance. They got off to a slow start, but a stupefying catch by Edelman, in which he secured a deflected pass just millimeters before it hit the ground, advanced New England to the Falcons 41.

Atlanta unsuccessfully challenged the ruling on the field.

Brady then completed his next three passes to move the Patriots to the 1-yard line. White took care of the rest, plunging into the end zone, and then Brady flicked a quick screen to receiver Danny Amendola for the game-tying two-point conversion with 57 ticks left on the clock.

“The offensive did a great job blocking,” White told Fox.

“The receivers did a great job blocking. I just had to run through one guy to get the ball in the end zone.”

The Falcons couldn’t take advantage of the remaining seconds and the game went into overtime - the first in Super Bowl history.

With more than nine minutes left, the Falcons went conservative. They ran on the first two plays of their drive, and on third and long had Ryan drop back to throw. He was sacked by linebacker Dont’a Hightower and fumbled the ball.

The Patriots took advantage and with 6:00 remaining cut the Falcons’ diminishing lead to 2820 when Brady hooked up with Amendola for a 6-yard touchdown and converted a two-point conversion.

With a pro-Patriots crowd chatting “Defense,” the Falcons marched down the field. Ryan hit a wide-open Devonta Freeman for 39 yards. And then Julio Jones made a sideline catch that will forever be remembered as the second-best catch of this Super Bowl. The Falcons receiver somehow managed to pull in the toss by tipping it to himself and dragging both feet inbounds.

But Jones’ grab was all for naught. Ryan was sacked, backup guard Wes Schweitzer was called for holding and the Falcons were forced to punt with 3:30 left.

The Falcons had first dibs to the start the second half after deferring, but it had been 1 hour

and 8 minutes in regular time since their offense was last on the field. They went three-andout when Patriots cornerback and former Eagle Eric Rowe broke up a third-down pass intended for receiver Taylor Gabriel.

But the Patriots squandered good field possession, and after Chris Hogan and Edelman dropped passes, were forced to punt.

The Falcons capitalized.

With Ryan completing 4 of 4 passes for 71 yards, Atlanta went 85 yards on eight plays to reach the end zone for a fourth time.

Running back Tevin Coleman caught a 6-yard touchdown pass out of the backfield and the Falcons held a 28-3 lead.

The Patriots found some life on their next series. Buoyed by a successful fourth-down conversion in their own territory, they cut into the lead when White caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Brady. New England needed 6:25 to score, however, and kicker Stephen Gostkowski missed the extra point.

Trailing, 28-9, with about two minutes left in the third quarter, Belichick gambled with an onsides kick. It failed. But the Falcons didn’t take advantage of good field position and were forced to punt. The Patriots added another field goal early in the fourth quarter to narrow the margin to 28-12.

Defense was the story in the first half, and it was the Falcons that made the mo-

mentum-changing plays. Linebacker Deion Jones forced a fumble that led to the Falcons’ first touchdown. Brady was sacked two times and pressured throughout. And Alford stuck the early knife into the Patriots when he picked off Brady and raced 82 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter.

The Patriots quarterback lumbered over to try and tackle the Falcons cornerback, but he was late and sprawled out on the turf as Alford raced downfield untouched. It was the second-longest interception return for a touchdown in Super Bowl history (James Harrison, 100 yards in the Steelers’ Super Bowl XLIII win over the Cardinals).

The Falcons were up, 14-0, before the turnover, and the Patriots had been able to slow the game with a long drive that featured three Atlanta holding penalties. But on yet another third down on the series, Alford jumped Brady’s pass to Amendola. The Patriots had hoped to trim the lead to at least 11 points.

Instead, they were now down 21.

Dan Quinn’s defense cofounded the Patriots. A young, athletic secondary used manto-man defense to often force Brady through his progressions.

He completed just 16 of 26 passes in the first half. The Falcons’ run defense also held the Patriots to 35 yards on 14 carries (2.5 avg.).

Ryan, meanwhile, was near see OVERTIME on page 14 >>

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CULTURE & COMMUNITY

CSU students share views on Black History Month, participation from the local community

By Nicole Towne @nicole_towne21

Each year a mere 28 days are designated to learn about the contributions black and African American people have made in our history and to celebrate the contributions they make every day despite the racial barriers that are inherent in our society and the daily recognition of historical leaders in the white community.

Black History Month, which started out as a weeklong celebration in the early 20th century, is celebrated across the country, and CSU has several events planned to further the month’s goal of honoring black history.

Cooper-Moore said.

Stanfield said Black History Month is an attempt to rectify missing chapters of a history that we are all a part of. With the exception of the topics such as slavery, Jim Crow Laws and Martin Luther King Jr., black history is almost completely

per-Moore serves as president for.

“I’m excited for this because it gives a platform for local stylists to showcase their talent,” Cooper-Moore said. “It showcases black hair and what that means, and for a lot of black women their hair is sacred.”

“Ideally you don’t need a Black History Month if you just acknowledge blacks throughout history.”

ARISSON STANFIELD CSU STUDENT

Students Jhasmyne Cooper-Moore and Arisson Stanfield from the Black/African American Cultural Center discuss what Black History Month means to them and provide suggestions for how others can respectfully join in on the events of the month.

Stanfield said she has mixed feelings about Black History Month.

“In one sense it can be very enriching and in another sense it can feel like kind of a token thing,” Stanfield said. “It can feel like it’s not nearly enough because it takes an entire history that is inextricable from American history in general and actually predates American history but regulates it to just one month.”

Cooper-Moore said she appreciates Black History Month but acknowledges that it has drawbacks.

“I feel like Black History Month kind of limits people who identify as being black or of black descent to celebrate their blackness in this one month, and with that it’s only 28 days,”

The Black/African American Cultural Center also known as the B/AACC office is holding over 20 different events this Feburary for Black History Month. Anyone can attend. PHOTO BY CJ JOHNSON COLLEGIAN

absent from history classes, according to Stanfield.

“Ideally you don’t need a Black History Month if you just acknowledge blacks throughout history,” Stanfield said.

The B/AACC office is holding over 20 events this month with the overarching theme “Embrace My Blackness.” The events including discussions, film showings, performances and guest speakers.

“I am pretty excited for all of the month’s events,” Cooper-Moore said. “They target the different aspects of what it means to be black.”

One event Cooper-Moore is particularly excited about is the Hair Show: Dripping Melanin, which will be held Feb. 12 in the Lory Student Center Theater at 4 p.m.

The event is hosted by the campus organization United Women of Color, which Coo-

The concept of hair being sacred is something Cooper-Moore can relate to.

“It’s something I’m embracing because I’m told that this is not beautiful,” Cooper-Moore said. “(My hair) is something that is special to me.”

This sacredness is often disturbed when people routinely ask to touch her hair.

“For me for you to ask to touch my hair is you labeling me as something that is not the same as you or something that’s inhuman,” Cooper-More said.

In terms of participating in the month’s events for those who do not identify as part of the black and African-American community Cooper-Moore and Stanfield encourage individuals to be aware of how they are taking up space and come willing to listen and learn.

“I think for non-people of color, for white people and for

anyone who doesn’t feel particularly close to Black History Month because not all black people feel like it’s needed or a good thing, just participate. Just learn. Just be there to listen,” Stanfield said.

Cooper-Moore said everyone is welcome to participate in the events.

“One thing I think people definitely get confused is the fact that if you don’t identify as being black or of African descent is that you can’t participate in Black History Month,” Cooper-Moore said. “The way you participate is just in a dif-

ferent capacity. So I think if you don’t identify as being black or African-American the best way you can participate is to just be there and listen because a lot of the times white people do own a lot of the spaces that are on this campus.”

The Black/African American Cultural Center is open to all students and is located at the Lory Student Center in room 335. For more information about the center and the Black History Month events visit baacc.colostate.edu.

Nicole Towne can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com

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LOCAL EVENTS

MOVIES & TV

Little Shop of Physics teaches science in true Bill Nye-fashion

‘La La Land’ whitewashes jazz, repeats an exhausted storyline

By Matt Smith

@jwwyatt2295

Damian Chazelle’s musical “La La Land” has been nominated for a stunning 14 Oscars, tying the record with “All About Eve” and “Titanic.” The film has been incredibly lauded by critics and filmgoers alike, and there seems to be no end in sight to how much love this film has garnered. While everyone seems gaga over “La La Land” the film is not without its faults.

“La La Land” of course takes place in a modern day Los Angeles but filmed in a way that is reminiscent of an era goneby, evoking the grandness of classic Hollywood in homage.

@latvatalo

It was a scene straight out of a “Bill Nye The Science Guy” episode. Aluminum cans spinning in a magnetic field; beach balls seemingly levitating in mid-air, laser beams traveling down the arc of a falling water jet, table after table of fascinating science demonstrations filled a classroom at Lesher Middle School.

Between them, dozens of kids screamed in excitement.

This is the Little Shop of Physics, a science museum in a box blowing minds around the globe. This CSU-born organization tours the country and beyond, bringing with it a spectacular approach to science education. Kids from grade school up to high school are given hands-on interaction with some of the most interesting physical phenomena capable of being boxed up and put on the road.

Heather Michalak, the Little Shop’s Outreach Coordinator, has seen this troupe through its 26 continuous years at CSU. “We truly believe that you learn science by doing and not necessarily by being lectured to,” Michalak said.

The Little Shop embodies this principle through its vast collection of handmade science experiments. Volunteers and staff think up and create these hands-on lessons and bring them on trips to schools every week.

Since its inception Little Shop has inspired over half a million kids. An average day may see over seven hundred.

This group attracts students of all majors and backgrounds.

Joras Oliveira, a freshman physics major from Brazil and recent Little Shop inductee, said the program provides great experiences.

“Everyone here is super nice,” Oliveira said. “Pretty positive so far.”

Michalak said the team’s diversity of personalities is what makes the program great.

“It’s given us a lot of flavor and a lot of our creativity,” Michalak said.

Travel is not limited locally.

Large trips are conducted every winter with the most recent being to Todos Santos, Mexico. Last year the Little Shop took their program to Namibia, and they visit the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation every Thanksgiving.

“Sharing science with peo-

By James Wyatt

A lot of the film feels influenced by classic movies like “Singing in the Rain,” “An Affair to Remember” and “Casablanca.”

The main characters played by Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling elicit this sense as their characters are classic Hollywood tropes; Stone’s character is an actress with the hopes of making it big and Gosling is a pianist, bent on “saving jazz.” While the film is quite heart-warming in its love letter to Los Angeles and Hollywood itself “La La Land” struggles with originality and perhaps has more style than substance.

Chazelle’s Los Angeles is no doubt beautiful but shallow. see LA LA LAND on page 14 >>

Ryan Gosling as Sebastian and Emma Stone as Mia in a scene from the movie ‘La La Land’ which was nominated for a record-tying 14 Oscars. DALE ROBINETTE/LIONSGATE/TNS Fey Schnarr and Sheila Ferguson from the Little Shop of Physics test different colored filters over images. The filters change the perception of the original colors. For example the color green would appear black under a red filter. PHOTO BY BROOKE BUCHAN COLLEGIAN

ple in different cultures really makes you a better teacher,” Michalak said.

The Little Shop went on their first trip of the semester Jan. 26, visiting Lesher Middle School in Fort Collins. Many of the team members who went along were first timers fresh out of training.

One such volunteer was Joras Oliveira, a freshman physics major from Brazil. Oliveira said he loves the reactions the experiments get out of kids.

“There are some experiments that, whenever the kids are playing with them, they are just like ‘oh my god,’ and you can see how their minds are blown,” Oliveria said.

Whenever the science is too subtle or scary to do in the classroom the Little Shop makes videos.

Director of Video Production Patrick Lindsell has been

with the team for three years.

Having done film and television work in Zimbabwe and Britain Lindsell applies his storied skills in creating accessible physics demonstrations for educators around the world.

Lindell said the Namibia trip in particular pointed out the importance of what the Little Shop aims to achieve.

“Africa is generally underserved in educational outreach,” Lindsell said. “(Little Shop) changed people’s perception on potentially how they should be teaching.”

The Little Shop is always open to new volunteers, no matter the year or major. They will be hosting an open house at the LSC on Feb. 25. Michalak ensures it will be a great time to meet the staff and play with over three hundred demonstrations.

Matt Smith can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com

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ALEC REVIEWS MUSIC

Less Than Jake continue to dominate ska scene

By Alec Erickson @CTV_Ace

Ska Punk is nothing new, in fact the genre has been around for a little while now. Just like any other genre out there, there is a band or musician that becomes synonymous with it. For ska punk you cannot really talk about the genre without mentioning Less Than Jake, a band that is now celebrating 25 years of creating music. There is no better way to celebrate that feat than to release a brand new extended play and that is exactly what the band has done with “Sound The Alarm.”

Less Than Jake are based out of Gainesville, Florida and their origins can be traced all the way back to 1992. In the now 25 years of being a band, they have managed to release eight full-length records. The band, for the most part, has been pretty much the same with its five members and its unique ska sound with both a trombone and tenor saxophone. The band has additionally had several side projects throughout the years but Less Than Jake is still alive and well. “Sound The Alarm”

shows exactly why the band has lasted so long.

“Sound The Alarm” is brief, it is only a seven-track EP that clocks in at just around 21 minutes long. Do not let the length deter you, in those seven tracks and we see just how Less Than Jake can defy trends and create their own sound. The EP takes a more storytelling approach in the tracks, it has a more distinct diary feel to it. Overall, there is a lot of fun to be had with this EP in how it sounds and how it changes things up.

Musically, from start to finish this record is just really well mixed and sounds great. Every guitar riff hooks you into the track and it is easy to keep coming back to “Sound The Alarm” again and again. We do not see age slowing down the band at all, we get that distinct punk feel from the get go on tracks like “Call to Arms” or “Whatever the Weather.” Both the trombone and tenor sax never feel out of place in this entire EP, which is something that tends to happen a lot with the ska sound. However Less Than Jake have found a system that works for them and it works well. The only track

Less Than Jake continues to dominate the Ska Scene with it’s new album ‘Sound the Alarm”.

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that seems to feel out of place, at least with the overall tone it gives off, is “Welcome to My Life.” This track is the one thing that does not really fit the overall rhythm of the entire record.

Despite that this record is high energy from start to finish.

Lyrically there is not anything too complex here. The main thing is that each song has one liner lyrics that just stick with you long after listening.

Tracks like “Call to Arms” are meant to rile you up and get you excited while tracks like “Good

Sign” is appreciating the little things in life. The lyrics are by no means game changing, they are just a lot of fun and the kind of songs that get stuck in your head really easily. Before you know it, you are signing along to almost every single track on this EP Should you listen to it?: Yes! If you have never heard of Less Than Jake before shame on you. If that is the case though, “Sound the Alarm” is

the perfect gateway into this band’s discography. Each track stands out and shows how this band is nowhere near slowing down or selling out. With tracks like “Things Change” being so much fun to move around or sing along to it is hard not to appreciate this EP. Less Than Jake have proven why they have been around for a quarter of a century and why they dominate their scene.

Alec Erickson can be reached at entertainment@collegian. com.

MOVIES AND TV

Super Bowl movie trailers promise another year of sequels, reboots and remakes

By James Wyatt @jwwyatt2295

Besides being an opportunity to eat copious amounts of junk food and watch grown men in tights knock heads together, the Super Bowl is a time where Hollywood releases a slew of trailers for upcoming blockbusters and summer movies. Here are the movies we have to look forward to this year: “LIFE”: Perhaps the only movie advertised that isn’t a sequel or a remake, Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Gosling star in this sci-fi thriller about a team of astronauts discovering life on Mars and trouble ensuing. The film looks promising and seems to be following the trend of more high quality science fiction movies being green lit.

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”: Two trailers have already been released for this movie, but that did not stop Marvel from

releasing one more in case any of us forgot about this sequel.

Looks like the gang are back and the sequel promises more laughs and action than ever before.

“Ghost in the Shell”: This US live action remake of the Japanese animated series and manga with the same name has already risen controversy due to casting primarily white actors for a movie that takes place in a futuristic Tokyo. While the visuals look stunning, it is unclear whether or not this Scarlet Johansson-led vehicle will be able to properly honor the Japanese series it owes its name to.

“Logan”: This dark and gritty entry in the X-Men series is supposedly Hugh Jackman’s last movie as Wolverine. Rated R, this dystopian tale is loosely based off of the “Old Man Logan” comic line and channels a bit of Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven.” “Logan” appears to make good on fans’ pleas for a more brutal and

bloody Wolverine movie.

“Transformers The Last Knight”: The fifth entry in the “Transformers” series and, in an effort to do something interesting, Optimus Prime is apparently bad for no reason. That’s about it.

“The Fate of the Furious”: Seems like there was no coincidence that this was the next movie trailer that played after “Transformers.” This is the eighth entry in the “Fast and Furious” series and in an effort to do something interesting, Vin Diesel is apparently bad for no reason. However, there is going to be a submarine firing missiles at cars in the North Pole, so this will probably be worth seeing.

“A Cure for Wellness”: One of the only other movies advertised that is not part of a franchise, this TV spot somewhat cleverly parodied a pharmaceutical ad. Directed by Gore Verbinksi (Pirates of the Carribbean) and starring Dane DeHaan, “A Cure for Wellness”

looks like an entertaining and disturbing descent into madness, as long as it can shake its resemblance to Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island.”

“Baywatch”: Yet another reboot of an 80s TV show “Baywatch” seems to be going for the “21 Jump Street” effect. Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron and Zac Efron’s speedo-clad groin star in this picture. Time shall tell if this lives up to the leg-

acy of Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff ’s “classic” series.

So there we have it. If anyone was expecting new and original movies or series, this (again) is not the year for it. However, the year doesn’t look completely abysmal as science fiction is beginning to make its comeback, and rightfully so.

James Wyatt can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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>> CLIMATE from page 5 the School of Global Environmental Sustainability website.

In part this reads that the letter is addressed to “to the President-elect, the President-elect’s campaign vow to ‘cancel’ the Paris climate agreement, and his subsequent nomination of several high-level Cabinet appointments who question the science of climate change.”

Betsill and Klein said that the pledge shows consensus between experts, all of whom conduct scholarship that plays into different aspects of assessing the vulnerabilities caused by climate change, in addition to the solutions to it.

“So it’s not just about the science of climate change, it’s really about people’s values and environmental justice and ethics and it really does hit all of the disciplines that we offer at CSU,” Klein said.

Julia Rentsch can be reached at news@collegian. com.

>> BASKETBALL from page 8 his double-double count for the season. Omogbo scored 14 points in the first half en route a 22 point and 13 rebound performance for his 13th double-double of the season. The senior scored all of his 14 first half points within the first 13 minutes of play.

Senior guard Gian Clavell played all 40 minutes, something that is becoming routine for him, and contributed 18 points and five rebounds on 7-of15 shooting. Joining Omogbo and Clavell in the double-digit scoring totals was Prentiss Nixon. Nixon scored in double-figures for the tenth time in his last 11 games by scoring 11 points.

The Rams return to Moby Arena for a two game homestand in which they will host Utah State (10-11, 4-6 MW) on Tuesday and Fresno State (14-9, 6-5 MW ) on Saturday.

The Utah State game will tipoff at 7 p.m. MT. Eddie Herz can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

>> OVERTIME from page 10 perfect. He completed 7 of 8 passes for 115 yards— his last throw coming when he hit rookie tight end Austin Hooper for a 19-yard touchdown pass to give the Falcons a 14-0 lead.

Atlanta’s offense got rolling once it started throwing early on downs to set up the run. After Jones’ forced fumble, Ryan hit Jones for 19 and 23 yards. Freeman took care of the rest, rushing three times for 29 yards—the last a 5-yard touchdown stroll around the corner.

Another Patriots threeand-out gave the Falcons the ball back on their ensuing drive. Ryan went to work immediately hitting Gabriel and Jones for 24 and 18 yards on the first two plays. Three downs later, he found Hooper singled up against flailing safety Patrick Chung.

The Patriots drove down the field before the break, but had to settle for a field goal and a 21-3 deficit.

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>> LA LA LAND from page 12 Stone and Gosling’s character are mere stand-ins for archetypes we have already seen and thus the problem of the film is that is does nothing that hasn’t been done already.

These types of movies are regularly cherished by the academy as unfiltered nostalgia for Hollywood has won awards for movies in years past. In 2011, the silent film, “The Artist” won best picture along with five other awards.

“The Artist” much like “La La Land,” was another open letter for classic American cinema, and if there’s anything Hollywood seems to love, it is talking about itself. In this sense, “La La Land” I’m sure is going to win big at the Oscars

this month and take home best picture.

Another fault within the film is the way in which jazz is approached feels somewhat disingenuous. Gosling’s character’s dream is to open up his own jazz club and play it “pure” and traditional. Gosling’s self-proclaimed responsibility for saving the genre from dying invokes the sense the white savior narrative. This narrative is further maintained

by John Legend’s character in the film being a jazz musician who scoffs at the idea of playing traditional jazz. Instead Legend and his band play a shallow form of music that is a pop-hybrid of jazz that Gosling’s character fundamentally disagrees with. Jazz greats like Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk and Charlie Parker

are briefly brought up but not in a way that gives tribute to the great art form. It comes off as odd that Los Angeles and Hollywood are treated with such reverence yet jazz isn’t treated with the same respect. Jazz has and always has been a beautiful genre created by African Americans and further innovated today by African Americans, but in “La La Land” the film gives no room for such an idea. Instead, Gosling further white washes the view most Americans sadly have of the genre.

Despite my grievances, “La La Land” is fully on track to dominate this award season in a way we haven’t seen since the 90s.

James Wyatt can be reached at news@collegian.com

Daily Horoscope Nancy Black

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY

(02/06/17). Work together to get farther, faster. Resolve partnership challenges this month, before a profitable boom phase. New personal directions serve as prelude to a flowering romance. Take your relationship to the next level.

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

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

— 8 — Home has your attention today and tomorrow. For about four months, invent new possibilities in a partnership.

Revise your collaboration.

Shift responsibilities.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 8 — Write, study and communicate over the next few days.

For the next quarter, review your work, health and service.

Revise your exercise routine.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 7 — Profits are available today and tomorrow. Practice your skills and arts. Abandon outdated philosophies that no longer serve (especially regarding love).

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 7 — You have the power through tomorrow. Over the next four months, organize home improvement priorities.

Review visions and ideals.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 8 — Make plans over the next two days. Review and revise financial matters. Discover and plug leaks. Dogma, overindulgence and hypocrisy are revealed this quarter.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 8 — Friends help out today and tomorrow. Begin a four-month creative review process.

Jupiter’s retrograde favors planning communications.

Study, research and edit.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 9 — Expect two days in the professional spotlight. Re-examine personal priorities this next quarter. Release old practices and habits that no longer serve.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 8 — Study and explore over the next two days. Enjoy peaceful contemplation and introspection. Make long-term plans.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — 9 — Handle financial administration today and tomorrow. Get nostalgic with friends, and enjoy old photos and memories. Share appreciations and acknowledgment.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — 8 — Revise career plans over the next four months. Study and prepare for tests and challenges. Today and tomorrow are good for negotiations and compromise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 8 — Refine the itinerary over the next four months. Reserve tickets and launch your next adventure this spring. Get physical today and tomorrow.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 7 — Plot a profitable springtime launch. For about four months, with Jupiter retrograde, review financial matters. Prepare taxes and handle insurance. Today and tomorrow get fun.

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

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30 Fishing line holders 32 Thin citrus peels 33 Words spoken by a sweater?

34 Plant responsible for much itching 35 Sitarist Shankar 38 High side 41 Locomotive furnace 42 Cereal coveted by a silly rabbit 44 Former “formerly” 45 Seattle football pro 47 Sharp as a tack 49 Wharton’s Frome 51 Chihuahua citrus fruit 52 Boring lecture, for example 53 Share the same opinion 55 Dark clouds, perhaps 56 Aroma detector 57 Leftover bits 58 Classic sports cars 59 Set fire to

Across 1 Most musicals have two 5 Start to faceted or purpose 10 Modern organizers, for short 14 Countenance 15 In front 16 Wine prefix 17 First chip in the poker pot 18 Football with scrums 19 Songwriter Kristofferson 20 Player who shoots par regularly 23 Malted relative 24 Magnolia State school, familiarly 27 Baseball misplays 31 Calendar page 32 Floppy disk backup device 35 Forest official 36 Angsty rock genre 37 Michelangelo statue 39 R&B’s __ Hill 40 Changes gears 43 Ballad for a valentine 46 Start of a Poitier film title 47 Seek ambitiously 48 O. Henry works 50 Mexican dip 54 Virtually zero, and where the

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