Volume 126, No 83 February 8, 2017 by The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Volume 126, No. 83 Wednesday, February 8, 2017

NEWS

Professor studies twins in space PAGE 6

SPORTS

CSU knocks off An estimated 150-200 community members gathered in Old Town Fort Collins Tuesday to show support for immigrants. This event was organized by Fort Collins for Progress. PHOTO BY DAVIS BONNER COLLEGIAN

Utah State 69-52 PAGE 10

Around 200 rally at Old Town Square for immigrant and Muslim solidarity rally By Seth Bodine @sbodine120

Roughly 200 people gathered in Old Town Square Tuesday afternoon to rally against U.S. President Donald Trump. The event, held by Fort Collins for Progress, was organized to express solidarity for immigrants and Muslims targeted by Trump’s recent travel ban and to oppose Trump’s plan to build a wall. The local organization previously held a rally last week in support of Muslim and immigrants, which garnered around

2,000 participants. The rally also called on Senator Cory Gardner to host open and accessible Town Hall meetings in Fort Collins during his upcoming recess. Organizers made a petition to urge Colorado officials such as senator Cory Gardner, senator Michael Bennett and state representative Jared Polis to protect Muslims and immigrants. The event was organized with a Facebook event with the hashtag “#ResistTrumpTuesday.” According to Lacey Brunmeier, Fort Collins for Progress

event coordinator, the hashtag was taken from MoveOn.org, a national non-profit that aims to provide civic engagement tools to the public. “We just kind of wanted to take that idea and bring it to our community,” Brunmeier said. Fort Collins for Progress will not continue to use the #ResistTrumpTuesday. Brunmeier said her personal reasoning for not continuing the hashtag is because Trump already has too much attention. “What we’re hoping to do is kind of revamp it in a more

positive light. We don’t really want to use ‘resist Trump’ as a hashtag anymore,” Brunmeier said. “We’re going to sit down together in the next week or two and decide on a more positive way to bring our community together without there being that hashtag.” Brunmeier said rallies influences the community because it shows support to Muslim and immigrant communities. For Israa Eldeiry, senior social work major at Colorado State University, she said she see SOLIDARITY on page 4 >>

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Poet Laureate discusses race PAGE 11

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CITY

CRIME

Citizens return to City Council to protest homelessness legislation

Suspect arrested for recent business burglary spree

By Gabriel Go @rgabrielgo

Fort Collins citizens regrouped on the steps of Fort Collins City Hall to protest a series of anti-homelessness policies first brought to discussion two weeks ago at a special meeting of the Fort Collins City Council on Tuesday night. The Compassion and Consequences Proposal refers to a set of proposed policies that seek to combat homelessness in the city. Among the proposals include a “sit-lie” ban, which would prohibit lying or sitting down on benches and seats for more than one hour. Another proposal would seek to reserve jail space for repeat offenders of the City Municipal Code for $85,000 to $150,000. Despite increased police presence in the downtown area, the city has had difficulty dealing with municipal offenders, which include homeless migrants. This is the second protest

organized by the Fort Collins Homeless Coalition with regards to the Compassion and Consequences Proposal. The first protest was held on Jan. 24, and was attended by around 20 people. The protestors gathered in front of City Hall’s entrance, where councilman Gerry Horak interacted with them before the start of the session. The councilman engaged in a few tense exchanges with protestors. “Why would you approach your own constituents with a condescending attitude? We’re trying to participate in something, and to be talked down to is disrespectful,” sophomore agricultural sciences Haley Dallas said to councilman Horak, following an exchange regarding the councilman’s outreach efforts. The councilman apologized to Dallas before continuing the discussion. “I’m trying to show that unlike the United States Congress, it’s a little easier to get things changed…I’m always glad when

you’re here,” Horak said to a protester. Though the proposals are not yet up for a vote, the protesters made sure to present their stance during the council session. “I came tonight to practice peace,” Fort Collins resident Jennifer Reisch said. “I came with the purpose of removing another brick from the wall of hate and fear. I want you all to abandon this whole package of Compassion and Consequences or sit-lie ban, whatever name we like to put on it.” “Instead of creating three new jail cells, why don’t you help 30 people get off the streets every year?” one Fort Collins citizen proposed. CSU alumnus and candidate for Fort Collins City Mayor Kwon Atlas was at the meeting, but he did not make any comments. Gabriel Go can be reached at news@collegian.com.

By Haley Candelario @H_Candelario98

A suspect was arrested on Feb. 3 following a six-month burglary spree that cost local businesses at least $25,000 in damages and property loss. Fort Collins Police arrested Gary Baumann, 34, for his involvement in a series of commercial burglaries that occurred between August 2016 and January 2017. Baumann broke into local businesses, caused damage and stole property during these incidents, according to Fort Collins Police Services. Baumann was identified by detectives as the primary suspect in approximately 46 burglaries as the investigation progressed. Additional evidence linking him to the crimes was discovered after police obtained a search warrant on his home. Baumann is also the suspect in similar business burglaries in Boulder County. Ad-

ditional charges are pending. Haley Candelario can be reached at news@collegian. com.

Baumann was arrested on the following charges and booked into the Larimer County Jail: Second Degree Burglary (class 4 felony) Theft (class 6 felony) Criminal Mischief (class 5 felony) Possession of Burglary Tools (class 5 felony)

NEWS Wednesday, February 8, 2017

>> SOLIDARITY from page 1 has been feeling a lot of support post-election. “Trump’s election has been a blessing in disguise,” Eldeiry said. “All the support I have received over the last few weeks is what keeps me going.” Fort Collins community members came to the rally for a variety of reasons. “I am out here today to support all immigrants and to show that I am against Trump,” said Fort Collins resident Jeff Young. Fort Collins for Progress activist Jake Knebal said he was out to save the EPA and to show that they are not paid protestors. Brunmeier said Fort Collins for Progress will not be holding a rally next Tuesday because they do not want people to burn out. She said they will keep holding events as long as people want to attend them. “We want to turn it (the rallies) into something more positive,” Brunmeier said. “All of our events are about peace and solidarity and that’s what we want to portray as well.” Seth Bodine can be reached at news@collegian.com.

(TOP LEFT) Israa Eldeiry speaks to a crowd of roughly 200 about her experience being a Muslim woman after Trump’s election. This was part of a rally organized by Fort Collins for Progress, Feb. 7, 2017. (BOTTOM) Jake Knebel, an activist with Fort Collins for Progress, made it clear that of the roughly 200 community members, “none of us are paid protesters” Feb. 7, 2017. PHOTOS BY DAVIS BONNER COLLEGIAN (TOP RIGHT) Mary Harnett proudly displays her sign at Tuesday’s rally. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

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SCIENCE

CSU professor contributes to NASA’s “Twins Study” By Stuart Smith @notstuartsmith

Results from the NASA Twins Study came out this week, and a Colorado State University professor played a big part in it. Dr. Susan Bailey is a radiation biologist at CSU and was part of one of the ten studies that was used in NASA’s Twins Study on Scott and Mark Kelly. Her research involved comparing the telomere lengths of the twins over time with her hypothesis being that the telomere length of Scott, who spent nearly a year in space, would shorten while Mark’s telomeres would shorten at the normal length for someone on Earth. “We went into the study hypothesizing that all the different stresses that astronauts are under, really unique stresses, would act to accelerate telomere loss,” Bailey said. “Scott, compared to his brother, would lose telomeres faster because of the stresses associated with spaceflight.” The research, however,

Dr. Susan Bailey, a researcher in NASA’s twin study, sits in her office on campus in the biology and radiology building. PHOTO BY DAVIS BONNER

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showed the exact opposite. Scott Kelly spent 340 days on the International Space Station while his identical twin brother, Mark Kelly, spent the same time on Earth. Their telomeres were measured four times over the course of the study: once before the mission, twice during the mission and several samples for up to nine months after Scott

came back to Earth. During his time on the ISS Scott’s telomeres actually got longer. “What we saw in the samples that we got from Scott Kelly was an indication of an increased average length of telomeres,” she said. “We also saw a shift in more cells with longer telomeres that helped convince us that it was a

real thing.” Despite the results, or perhaps because of them, Bailey cautions that they are not final. “It’s just preliminary results, our first go at it,” she said. “We’re proceeding cautiously.” “Our next step will be to look at the results from the other investigations that are going on and see if we can’t find some correlations that would help us to better understand what happened to make longer telomeres,” she said. “We’ll be very interested to look at what others saw in the genomics studies, we want to go into that database that they’re building.” According to Bailey, the Twins study was a step forward for NASA. “This was the first time that NASA has gone into the business of ‘-omics,’ where you’re doing sequencing. They’re getting genomic information, they did proteomics, metabolomics, microbiome. They did a lot of genome-wide types of studies,” she said.

“Our telomeres study is a bit different in that it’s not genomics but it still fits into that molecular picture that we’re painting of the twins.” Bailey does not expect any studies to be conducted on the twins again, due to their retirement, but she does hope that studies like this will conducted in the future. “As astronauts go deeper into space and go towards Mars,” she said, “the hope would be that they do some of these same studies so that we don’t just have one individual, so we can add some of that to the study.” Even though it is unlikely that there will be another study on the Kelly twins Bailey is excited about another project she has that is looking at ten unrelated astronauts that is looking at the same telomerase activity. With that study she hopes to increase and improve the information so that they can start to assign significance to it. Stuart Smith can be reached at news@collegian.com.

CAMPUS

Conservation professor beloved by students set to retire By Rachel Telljohn @racheltelljohn

Richard Knight, a beloved professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and is beloved by his students, is set to retire this December. Knight is infamously known on campus for his passionate lectures that leave him on the verge of tears - or experiencing bouts of heartburn, as he tells his students. Knight describes teaching as an addiction and as something which he could not quit gradually. When Knight retires he says it will be for good. He was supposed to retire in May but was convinced by his department head to stay one more semester. “I’m in my thirty-first year (of teaching at Colorado State), which I can’t believe,” Knight said. “I’m addicted to this job.” Knight has taught a host of courses during his time at the University, which he describes as an evolution dealing with people-land relationships and said every course he teaches he is passionate about. Knight said higher education gives freedom to the professor to create new educational content which reflects ongoing change in society for young people. “CSU has allowed me to keep changing the course content and

offerings as society has changed. Society is so different, it changes every decade or so,” Knight said. Within the University Knight is also a fellow with the School of Global and Environmental Sustainability and teaches a month-long field course at the Mountain Campus. This semester Knight teaches two courses in the natural resources department: a capstone course, which he developed, and a biological diversity class. Each of Knight’s classes look at new, collaborative ways of approaching conservation. The capstone course puts the economic, human and environmental dimension front and center with students. Knight wants his students to realize that, historically, in conservation, the economic and human elements have been fought. “We have to engage the human dimensions and the economic dimensions ... and then we just pull together instead of trying to pull each other apart,” Knight said. Knight is a wildlife biologist by trade and said the work he does attempts to build bridges between urban and rural America. He said the two groups have so much in common but focus too much on the differences and that both need to realize those commonalities.

A concept introduced in the capstone is the radical center movement, or a formal effort to heighten awareness of all the things held in common by all peoples. Knight attended the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering over see NASA on page 14 >>

(TOP) Colorado State University professor Richard Knight poses for a portrait in the Sherwood Forest on Tuesday morning. (BOTTOM) Knight lectures a class on Tuesday afternoon in the Engineering building. FORREST CZARNECKI COLLEGIAN

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CAMPUS EVENTS

CSU Police host open seminar about diversity By Megan Hanner @meganhanner48

On Monday, Feb. 6 at noon, students and faculty filled room 312 in the Lory Student Center for a chance to engage in dialogue with two Colorado State University police officers. The “Dialogues Around Differences” seminars are put on every fall and spring semester by the Diversity and Human Rights Committee from the school of social work at CSU. The meeting Monday was titled “Addressing Tensions with the Public and the Police.” CSU Police Chief Scott Harris and police Capt. Frank Johnson were the main speakers at the first event of the semester. CSU social work majors Jessica Brownrigg and Kayla Hickingbottom both went to the talk. “I’m looking forward to a perspective from the law enforcement side with everything that has been going on lately,” Brownrigg said. Hickingbottom also said she looked forward to hearing what

the officers had to say in regards to recent events, and she believes that police generally have a good grasp on diversity. Instead of putting together a presentation to show the audience, the talk was meant to be an open dialogue between the officers and the audience. Harris has been an officer since 1971, and has been with CSU since 2013. Johnson has been in the field since 1993. He has worked at CSU since 2005. Both officers emphasized the importance of building trust between the public and law enforcement and feel there is a gap between the public and the police that needs to be closed. “I think we are engaged, but there is always room for improvement,” Harris said during his introduction. For a little over an hour and a half, the officers took question after question from members of the audience. Topics ranged from the enforcement of the campus smoking ban, to the Free Speech zones on the Plaza, to the

training officers must go through to work on a campus as diverse as CSU. According to Harris and Johnson, CSU police strive to hire people who have a strong appreciation for diversity before they can serve the campus. Being proactive and engaging with communities is the best thing a police department can do to prevent tension between police and citizens. “It has to be a genuine effort put forth by not only police, but communities as well,” Johnson said. Some questions put forth dealt with current events. At one point, an audience member asked if undocumented students should be scared to approach the CSU Police. Both Harris and Johnson made it clear: they are there to serve all CSU students. The students stuck abroad due to the recent travel ban also have a strong system of support through CSU. The dialogue also expanded see CSUPD on page 14 >>

Police Capt. Frank Johnson (left) and Police Chief Scott Harris (right) talk to CSU students about diversity at a “Dialogues Around Differences” seminar put on by the Diversity and Human Rights Committee from the school of social work at CSU. PHOTO BY MEGAN HANNER COLLEGIAN

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OPINION Wednesday, February 8, 2017

COLLEGIAN COLUMNISTS

Willson: American outrage over deaths in this country is hypocritical By Lauren Willson @CSUCollegian

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. Many people believe gun violence to be the leading cause of fatalities in the United States. They also think the phenomenon detracts funds from the American taxpayer due to healthcare costs. This, however, is false. The reality is that heart disease contributes far more to deaths and debt than handguns. As someone with relatively liberal beliefs I am not the most fervent proponent of cutting back on gun control legislation. That being said I don’t think that firearms are as significant a threat to our nation’s safety as they are often made out to be. Those in favor of strict gun control often argue that the weapons are responsible for tens of thousands of injuries, a great portion of which are fatal. Furthermore proponents cite the cost of these damages as a cumbersome weight on taxpayers. While there’s no doubt that gun violence can result in death and financial losses, these are not the most convincing grounds for limiting ownership rights. In fact, the greatest threat to the protection

of Americans (and their wallets) has nothing to do with firearms. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. While cancer comes in at a close second, cardiovascular disease is more prevalent. Annually, heart disease kills more than 800,000 people. By comparison approximately 36,000 people died from guns in 2015. To put that into perspective heart disease kills more than 23 times the number of people than guns. Yet all the media seems to discuss is why firearms are terrible. Where is the coverage concerning Americans’ diseased hearts? Opponents of widespread gun ownership also cite financial costs as a major concern. In 2015 research by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation found that the direct costs—such as medical care, investigation by authorities, and emergency services—of gun violence account for $8.6 billion in costs. Indirect costs of gun violence (e.g. income loss, lower quality of life) were found to produce $229 billion in fees. While these numbers may seem staggering they pale in comparison to the financial brunt of heart disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention assert that heart attacks and strokes

resulting from cardiovascular disease are responsible for $320 billion in annual costs, most of which stem from healthcare fees and lost productivity in the workforce. Additionally, the CDC estimates that this number will rise to $818 billion by the year 2030 as the prevalence of cardiovascular disease is expected to increase. When you crunch the numbers, it is clear that American sickness is already costing the nation more than shotguns. Those who do not support gun ownership may continue to argue that firearms are fatal and costly. But rather than continue to debate Second Amendment rights perhaps we should start focusing on the leading cause of America’s deaths and debt: heart disease. It is important to understand that, unlike genetically inherited illnesses, heart disease is most commonly linked to deleterious lifestyle factors, such as smoking, obesity, poor nutrition, and insufficient exercise. In most cases, disease onset can be prevented, so long as one makes good decisions regarding his or her health. For instance smoking-related heart disease can be prevented by refraining from cigarette use; obesity-related heart disease can be avoided by maintaining a healthy body weight, et cetera. But bad habits die hard

and most people would rather continue to engage in destructive behaviors than change their ways. Unfortunately a problem cannot be solved if it isn’t even acknowledged, and ignoring unhealthy trends won’t make them go away. Maybe if more people knew that their health problems were preventable and/or curable the mortality rate and financial costs attributed to cardiovascular illness would decrease. It is true that gun violence is a problem in our country. However the death and debt rate of heart disease is a far more germane social issue. Why are more people not informed of this illness and its contribution to other national woes? It could be because a number of major media outlets employ liberal language and subject matter in order to appeal to a broader range of audiences. For example most democrats would prefer to hear about the dangers of guns, as this can be used as fuel to stoke an anti-Republican fire. On the other end of the spectrum it seems that even conservative-leaning news stations, such as Fox News, fail to provide comprehensive coverage on cardiovascular disease, preferring instead to chastise democratic politicians. Perhaps this is because if heart disease receives greater attention, it will shed light on a range of other societal ills.

NATION

Partisan at the pulpit By Randall Balmer Los Angeles Times

Donald Trump’s promise to “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment, delivered at the National Prayer Breakfast last week, is a totally bad idea, one that compromises the First Amendment. The Johnson Amendment, passed by Congress in 1954 and named for Lyndon Johnson, then a U.S. senator, is a provision in the tax code that prohibits tax-exempt organizations from openly supporting political candidates. In the words of the tax code, “all section 501(c)(3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office.” I have no doubt that Johnson, consummate politician that he was, had his own reasons for pushing the legislation in 1954; he was running for re-election and didn’t want adversarial

groups working against him under cover of tax-exempt organizations. But those motives should in no way diminish the wisdom of the measure. Leaders of the religious right in recent years, however, have been pushing for a repeal of the Johnson Amendment. They argue that pastors should be able to make political endorsements from the pulpit without jeopardizing their churches’ tax exemptions. The fact that they cannot now do so, they argue, represents an infringement on their religious freedom. That’s utter nonsense. The Johnson Amendment merely ensures that taxpayers do not subsidize partisan politicking. It also ensures that tax-exempt organizations do not serve as the conduit for tax-exempt contributions to political candidates. Kvetching from the religious right is really just an attempt to confuse voters with sleight of hand. Even as they complain about the supposed limitations on their freedom of speech, these leaders fail to acknowledge that

tax exemption is a form of public subsidy. The vast majority of the nation’s religious organizations— churches, mosques, synagogues —pay no taxes other than Social Security taxes on wages. So, no income or corporate or property taxes. We can have a vigorous debate about whether or not such an exemption is a good thing. (I think, on balance, it is; the founders recognized the value of voluntary associations and sought to encourage them.) But that discussion aside, the bottom line is that taxpayers in any given community effectively subsidize religious groups by paying extra taxes to support municipal services such as police protection, firefighters, parks, snow removal, road maintenance and the like. These institutions certainly benefit from those services. If a fire breaks out at a church or synagogue, the fire department responds—even though these organizations pay no property taxes to support firefighter salaries. see PULPIT on page 14 >>

Obesity, a major risk factor for developing cardiovascular illness, would not be so prevalent were it not for food deserts and Americans’ consequent reliance on heavily processed foods. Additionally the fact that so many Americans are uneducated about how to take care of themselves demonstrates the failure of both our educational system and public health officials, for these structures should be informing citizens of such topics. It also doesn’t help that healthcare in the U.S. costs twice as much as that of other developed nations. Rather than address these deficiencies, it seems that many would prefer to continue debating other topics (e.g. gun control, abortion, marijuana use) ad nauseum. But consider this: with less time, energy and money being spent on healthcare for heart disease we might finally be able to reach a bipartisan consensus on difficult legislation, such as gun laws. Not only would doing so save lives and eliminate unnecessary expenses but it would extinguish discord amongst American citizens. Eradicating one of the most divisive issues in modern society may be as simple as looking to one’s heart. Lauren Willson can be reached at opinion@collegian. com.

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SPORTS Wednesday, February 8, 2017

BASKETBALL

Returning to full health, CSU pushes for 4th straight MW title By Colin Barnard @ColinBarnard_

As the CSU women’s basketball team continues to get healthier so too do their chances of winning a fourth consecutive regular season Mountain West title. After losing freshman guard Jordyn Edwards in early December and junior forward Veronika Mirkovic at the end of the same month the Rams were forced to shorten their lineup heading into conference play. Smaller injuries to guards Stine Austgulen and Sofie Tryggedsson have forced them out of the lineup for limited stretches as well. Altogether that has caused head coach Ryun Williams to

rely on a seven-women rotation for the majority of the team’s conference games. The Rams, currently riding a nine-game winning streak and sitting atop the Mountain West (18-5, 10-1 Mountain West), have succeeded despite the plethora of injuries. Combined with the leadership from the starting five the Rams have benefited from players stepping into scoring roles at opportune times. In games that the Rams relied solely on seven women players like Amanda Kantzy and Myanne Hamm have been the ones to extend their game to the next level. “Kids have stepped up,” Williams said. “We’ve had nice per-

TRACK & FIELD

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For the second time this season Colorado State senior Lorenda Holston and sophomore Cole Rockhold have swept the Mountain West indoor track and field women’s and men’s athlete of the week, the conference announced Tuesday. The duo previously swept the awards Jan. 17 following Holston setting a CSU 60-meter hurdles record and Rockhold clocking one of the top-five mile times in the nation at the Potts Invitational in Boulder, Colorado. Holston and Rockhold had repeat performances on Feb. 2-4 at the CU Open, the same track that gave the tandem their first weekly honors. Holston broke her own CSU 60-meter hurdles record with a 8.13 in the preliminary round. It was the third time Holston has broken the record this season. Her time matches the second-fastest time in Mountain West history and ranks 11th in the nation. Holston added an 8.23 time in the finals at the CU Open. The Fayetteville, Georgia native’s time in the final ties the fourthbest time in CSU history, which Holston previously set at the Potts Invitational on Dec. 9. She now holds

consecutive Mountain West regular season title. “We hope to get Veronika back a little before the Mountain West tournament,” Williams said. “She is progressing nicely.” Perhaps the biggest thing Mirkovic has to offer is playing time. In the 12 games she played before the injury Mirkovic averaged more than 22 minutes per game. For a team that has lacked depth for most of its conference schedule, those minutes are crucial. “If we just grow our depth, and Veronika will really help with that, then our chances are greater,” Williams said. In the past four games Rams starters have averaged 35 min-

utes per game. Entering a stretch of the season that puts their physical endurance to the test, a return to health could not come soon enough for the Mountain West leaders. “The healthier we get, we’re able to play a few more numbers,” Williams said. “Hopefully we can play a little fresher down the stretch. It’s always nice to be somewhat fresh going into the tournament with three games in four days.” As players return from injury and get comfortable with their roles, that added rest may prove to be the difference maker in the Mountain West. Colin Barnard can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

BASKETBALL

CSU sweeps MW indoor track and field athletes of the week By Chad Deutschman

formances and I’m proud of how our kids just stay ready.” But considering the return of those injured players, their best days might still be ahead of them. Although Edwards will have surgery to repair a fractured tibia in the next week Tryggedsson and Austgulen are both back and healthy. The two shooters provide an added threat from threepoint range, an area the Rams have struggled in over the last three games. Equally as important is the return of Veronika Mirkovic. Though she is still a couple weeks away the return of the early season starter will be a welcome sight for the Rams as they continue their push for a fourth

each top-five 60-meter hurdles times in CSU history. On the men’s side Rockhold was awarded his second weekly honor of the season after clocking a mile time of 4:03.12 (3:57.19 with altitude adjustment) at the CU Open, setting a person best and the second fastest time in CSU history in the process. The altitude adjusted time of 3:57.19 ranks fourth in the nation and puts Rockhold in position to qualify for the NCAA Division-I Indoor Track and Field Championships. Rockhold’s adjusted time of 3:57.19 would finish in the top 10 in the nation in the past five seasons. In two of the past five the sophomore’s time would finish in the top five. Colorado State has now earned six weekly Mountain West honors this indoor season. In addition to Holston and Rockhold’s two each, juniors Mostafa Hassan and Hunter Price have received honors. The Colorado State track and field team will be back in action Feb. 1011 as the team splits time at the Don Kirby Classic in Albuquerque, New Mexico and the Husky Classic in Seattle, Washington. Chad Deutschman can be reached at sports@ collegian.com.

CSU overcomes early shooting woes to beat Utah State By Eddie Herz @Eddie_Herz

It was a struggle to get the lid off the basket early as Colorado State and Utah State each came out frigid Tuesday night at Moby. The Rams (16-9, 8-4 Mountain West) were able to overcome the early shooting woes, however, to earn a 69-52 victory over Utah State. “We just weren’t shooting the ball well early,” head coach Larry Eustachy said. The Aggies, on the other hand, were smothered by the Rams defense for 40 minutes as Utah State scored the second fewest points by a MW opponent against CSU this season. Colorado State held Utah State scoreless for the opening 5:33 of the game. The Rams began the game on a 7-0 run but only managed four points of their own in the first five minutes. Utah State was held to a lowly 35.6 percent shooting from the floor and only 32.2 percent in the first half. “We came into the game talking to each other saying that we are going to start the game playing defense. We don’t care about the offense,” senior guard Gian Clavell said following the win. “As long as we play defense we’ll be fine.” In the final 2:55 of the opening 20 minutes the Rams went on a 10-0 run that gave them a 33-23 halftime lead. The run was sparked by three consecutive made three-pointers. Prentiss Nixon hit the first two, followed by Gian Clavell. Redshirt freshman Nico Carvacho had his best outing since his 13 point, 11 rebound effort against Northern Colorado in December.

Senior guard Gian Clavell scored 24 points in CSU’s 69-52 win over Utah State on Feb. 7. PHOTO BY ELLIOTT JERGE COLLEGIAN

Carvacho converted 5-of-8 shot attempts, scoring 11 points and adding eight rebounds. “When teams start keying in on me and Gian other guys have to start making plays and we believe in them,” Emmanuel Omogbo said. “That’s what (Carvacho) did tonight.” After a slow first half Gian Clavell was able heat up from the field late and helped the Rams stretch their lead to as big as 18. In a span from the 6:54 mark in the second half to 3:43 Clavell scored 14 straight points for CSU on 5-of-5 shooting, making four three pointers during the stretch. The guard finished with 24 points, four rebounds and four assists. Clavell’s six three-pointers set a season high for all CSU players. “What’d I tell you, everytime he scores the ball keeps going to him,” Omogbo said. “We don’t care, take a shot from half-court. He’s a good player, he makes really good plays for us.”

Omogbo notched his 14th overall and third straight double-double of the season with 10 points and 14 rebounds. Sophomore Prentiss Nixon flirted with a triple-double, finishing with 11 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. “He’s (Nixon) working hard,” Eustachy said. “He takes a turnover hard. He wants to get better.” With eight conference wins on the season, CSU has now tied their regular season total from the 201516 season. The Rams sit a half game behind first place Boise State in the Mountain West. “I said it at the beginning of the year, we have a chance to win it (Mountain West),” Clavell said. “We are good enough. Like I said when Voc (Devocio Butler), Che (Che Bob), and KJ (Kimani Jackson) couldn’t play we have seven good players that can get the job done.” Colorado State concludes its two-game homestand on Saturday Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. MT against Fresno see BASKETBALL on page 14 >>

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New Denver Youth Poet Laureate believes poetry has power to build empathy By Maddie Wright @maddierwright

There are historically two different Denvers: the white Denver and the real Denver. At least these are the thoughts of the second-ever Denver Youth Poet Laureate Ayla Sullivan. “To the people that think the world is on fire, welcome,” said Sullivan. The college sophomore at University of Colorado, Boulder holds a lot of honor along with responsibilities. As Denver’s Poet Laureate Sullivan must serve as a voice for the youth of Denver while carrying on the literary art of poetry which she believes has power to humanize minorities. “Poetry tells the greatest truth in order to humanize those who consistently have their humanity taken away from them,” Sullivan said.

As the Denver Youth Poet Laureate Sullivan is rewarded with a book deal, a city poetry tour in Denver and a scholarship. Sullivan feels privileged and honored to have received this title and hopes to represent the voice of Denver youth in “the most authentic way possible,” Sullivan said. “It’s very clear to me that historically there’s always been two different Denvers; there’s the white Denver and then there’s the real Denver,” Sullivan said. “I seek to serve the real Denver.” Beyond Denver Sullivan also finds poetry to be very important to society and to human nature as a whole in the way it allows us to experience different perspectives. “I believe that poetry changes the way we view each other; poetry is so distinctly human in a way that I think a lot of other art

Ayla Sullivan is Denver’s 2017 Youth Poet Laureate. PHOTO BY AYLA

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forms aspire to be,” Sullivan said. Not only does it enable the exchanging of ideas and views, it provides a voice and outlet to be heard to communities that are often shushed and turned away.

“Poetry tells the greatest truth in order to humanize those who consistently have their humanity taken away from them,” Sullivan said. Sullivan started writing po-

etry from the young age of eight but did not start competing in slam poetry competitions until age sixteen. “[I come back to poetry] primarily because of the community that slam affirms and cultivates,” Sullivan said. “I love being in a space that sees me and welcomes me and also in a space where I can hear other voices and voices I would never usually hear.” Poetry has brought Sullivan to many different places across the country including Minnesota, Philadelphia and San Francisco, and each place has their distinct sounds, according to Sullivan. Sullivan is excited to work and create material for their new book. However do not expect the book to be entirely positive and lovey-dovey. see POET on page 14 >>

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Dan Vyleta’s ‘Smoke’ is a challenging but rewarding read By Taylor Felver @collegian_tay

Imagine a world in which everything bad that happened, every lie told, every sinful or hateful thought turned out to be on display. In fact, imagine that every time this thought or event occurred, smoke would seep out of your pores and leave an ashy trail of soot on your body and in your mouth. Well this all was possible in author Dan Vyleta’s Gothic, Victorian novel based in London. While the rest of the world may be modernized and seemingly sin free, London, England is stuck in “a fog, rising out of the ground, wet and stubborn, resistant to the winds, covered by a film of dark scum.” For fans who want distant imaginary worlds like that of Harry Potter and for those who enjoy dark plot twists like that of Game of Thrones, “Smoke” is the perfect book. Thomas and Charlie, seemingly normal teenage school boys who are taught to suppress their smoke from a young age and fear it all at the same time, are on a mission. After Thomas gets into a fight with one of the school’s most prominent so called “saints” he is told that because of his brutal family history that is passed through his genetics he is destined for a more gruesome fate of smoke and darkness than anybody else. Smoke is seen to appear on the body as a black or discolored mist that leaves an acrid smell to the body and clothes that leaves soot stains in its wake.

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After a trip to central London’s grimy, soot-filled streets leaves the teens feeling more disturbed than before, the two venture to the rural countryside to escape and find out more about the origin of smoke in hopes of possibly curing Thomas. In their quest for discovery not only do they find the origin of smoke and realize that not all the world is affected by it, but they come to learn of a plan brought on by one of the wealthiest families in England to try and stop smoke from occurring. Or so they thought. With the help of one of the oldest children, Livia, they attempt to find out more and escape the weird situation in which they have found themselves trapped between two crazed family members. The school’s perfect saint and son to one of the wealthiest families in England gets corrupted by trying to appear so sin free that his sins have the opposite effect making him go crazed with freedom and power. As he chases down Thomas, Charlie and Livia

on their journey to the center of London while making multiple attempts on their lives, the students must find a way to succeed in their plans to stop smoke from overtaking the world. In this twisting tale of adventure and near escape, “Smoke” conveys a bigger concept than meets the eye. To have smoke seep from your pores means that mistakes have been made and sins have been committed. Mistakes, however, is surely a sign of humanly qualities. The same humanly qualities in which love, hope and bravery can all be found. Smoking is not just a sign of corruption, but more of free will. And boy, how free will is considered the worst thing to hit mankind in this book. However, it forms the question of whether it would be a benefit to see sin play out in on the body physically or is sin better left covered and known in secret? With an intensely complex plot that is emphasized then re-emphasized at least more than a dozen times, “Smoke” is not just a refreshing read, but a complex one. Should you read it?: Yes For one thing, props to the author for thinking of such a brilliantly creative story line complete with intertwining narratives, but another for not making it dull despite the long wait to the finish. For those who are avid readers who can take on a sizeable challenge, “Smoke” is well worth the fire that it brings to the imagination. Taylor Felver can be reached at news@collegian.com

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Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus hints at new music in April By Alec Erickson @CTY_Ace

It hasn’t even been a full year since the release of Blink-182’s comeback album “California.” Now there is a possibility that we are in for more music within a couple of months. Mark Hoppus, singer and bass player for the pop-punk powerhouse is notable for his twitter activity. Friday afternoon he posted this tweet where he was willing to answer any and all fan questions. It was only a matter of time before a fan tweeted asking about new Blink-182 music

and how soon it would be until we got some. Sure enough, Mark Hoppus responded and in a now deleted tweet and said it would be around the month of April. Now, this is not the first instance of a rumor related to new music from Blink-182 since post-“California.” Drummer Travis Barker has stated in the past that they wrote twice as many songs than what was put on the record. Possibly meaning the band is releasing the additional 12 or 13 tracks that they wrote when recording “California.” Barker, additionally has also stated that they have been

working on a deluxe version of the record, which may be what Hoppus hinted at. All this news follows not long after the announcement that former guitarist and vocalist of Blink-182, Tom DeLonge will now be directing his first film titled “Strange Times.” A film about skateboarders and aliens. DeLonge was kicked out of the band back in 2015, and “California” was the first record that was put out without his contribution. Matt Skiba from Alkaline Trio has replaced DeLonge within Blink-182. Alec Erickson can be reached at news@collegian.com

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Are we on the brink of a bacon shortage? Depends on whom you ask By Jeff Strickler Star Tribune

Smart-alecks are calling it the aporkalypse, but if you really love bacon, there’s nothing funny about it. There’s a bacon crisis looming on the horizon, the USDA warned Wednesday. The country’s bacon reserves—seriously, there are people keeping track of such things—are at the lowest point they’ve been since December of 1957, long before bacon was considered the essential food group it is today. Ponder the magnitude of that: No more bacon cheeseburgers. No more bacon egg sandwiches. No more bacon-wrapped asparagus. (OK, that one has always seemed a little weird, anyway. Doesn’t wrapping asparagus in bacon fly in the face of the reason for eating asparagus in the first place?)

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Love BLTs? Better start getting used to LTs. Maybe that’s overstating it. Bacon isn’t going to disappear; if anything, it’s just going to get harder to find—and, by extension—more expensive. The nonprofit Ohio Pork Council, which

keeps tabs on all things pig, announced that the demand for pork bellies—the source of most bacon—is outpacing production. At the end of the year, the reserves were down 35 million pounds from end of 2015, leaving a mere 17.8 million pounds in the nation’s meat lockers. The media was quick to jump on the report, with the approach ranging from playful at NBC— they’re the ones who came up with the aporkalypse crack—to more serious at Forbes magazine, which explored what the news would mean for people investing in pork futures. Cooler heads prevailed at the New York Times, which took a “when pigs fly” attitude about the whole thing. The paper quoted Steve Meyer, the vice president of pork analysis for Express Markets Inc. Analytics, as saying that U.S. farmers produce 75 million pounds of pork belly every week. “We’re going to slaughter about 3 percent more pigs this year than we did last year—a record number,” he told the Times. “Bacon production will be higher than it’s ever been.” Content from Tribune News Service.

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14 Wednesday, February 8, 2017 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian >> PULPIT from page 8 Local taxpayers take up the slack for the tax exemption on property that would otherwise be quite valuable. All the Johnson Amendment requires is that, in exchange for a subsidy, the beneficiaries refrain from partisan politicking. Various entities, including the Alliance Defending Freedom, have nevertheless urged pastors to defy the law and endorse political candidates. For example, Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, asserts that the Johnson Amendment “prevents religious leaders from truly exercising their constitutionally-protected free speech rights when they act in their official capacity as a pastor or head of a religious, tax-exempt organization.” More nonsense. Pastors, or any other religious leader, can make political endorsements from the pulpit or in any other forum. Their employer need only to renounce their tax exemptions—their public subsidies—and they are free to be as partisan as they wish. But there is another reason why the Johnson Amendment is a good idea and should not be repealed. Religion has flourished in the United States as nowhere else around the world precisely because the government has (for the most part, at least) stayed out of the religion business, and vice versa. Despite the religious right’s persistent attempts to circumvent it, the First Amendment is the best friend that religion ever had. It ensures that there is no established church, no state religion, and that religious groups can compete for adherents on an equal footing. Evangelicals, by the way, have historically fared very well in that free marketplace. The Johnson Amendment both derives from, and builds upon, the First Amendment. It reinforces the wall of separation between church and state that was advocated by the founder of the Baptist tradition in America, Roger Williams. We should also remember that Williams wanted a “wall of separation” between the “garden of the church” and the “wilderness of the world” because he feared that the integrity of the faith would be compromised by too much entanglement with politics. That’s a lesson worth recalling today. Content from Tribune News Service.

>> POET from page 11 “From my book expect lots of blood because my poetry is very vulnerable and it’s very deeply tied to loss and healing through that loss,” Sullivan said. In addition to being a recognized poet Sullivan, who is working towards a degree in theater and secondary English education, also participates in a large range of activities and organizations on the CU campus including the Black Student Advisory Council for the Chancellor at CU and Queer and Trans People of Color. Sullivan also works for the Gender and Sexuality Center and acts at CU. “All the organizations that I am in is because they are who I am and that also informs my poetry because I seek to write the things that I am passionate about, that I directly am affected by and relate to because of my experience, because of an experience that never gets written by, or has been written about, and has been burned,” Sullivan said. Sullivan possesses a lot of intersecting identities, identities that have, of late, been in the news thanks to President Donald Trump. “To the people that think the world is on fire, welcome, it’s been on fire for hundreds of years and this isn’t new but welcome to the search party for something greater and welcome to the fire fighting station. We need you,” Sullivan said. Nonetheless Sullivan remains confident that we as a society, and specifically minorities, will survive. “Already we are seeing so many beautiful demonstrations and beautiful organizations that are combatting this tyranny,” Sullivan said. “And I am terrified but I firmly believe that we will win.” Maddie Wright can be reached at news@collegian.com

>> NASA from page 6 the weekend as part of the symposium Keeping Working Lands in Working Hands. The symposium held a similar message Knight delivers to his students. Knight’s passion for the material he teaches in not lost on his students. Lindsay Palmer and Sandra Hargraves, both conservation biology students, are taking Knight’s biological diversity class as their chosen elective. “I just like the enthusiasm that he obviously has for the subject he’s teaching,” Palmer said. “I would recommend it for anyone to take if they are remotely interested in (the course material) at all.” Both students agreed he is one of their favorite professors so far. Knight attributes his students for the love he has for his job and teared up - or experienced a bit of heartburn - as he articulated as much. “The students (keep me coming back to my job),” Knight said. “The truth is teachers that love teaching get energy from the students. (The energy) is real.” Knight also attributes CSU as a place he is proud to work for and place where he has witnessed positive changes. “When you’ve been in a place three decades, that’s long enough to see change and CSU is changing and it’s changing in a positive direction. CSU has gotten stronger every year,” Knight said. Knight read Wendell Berry to his class the second week of school, someone who Knight quotes frequently. “’We have not quit because we are not hopeless,’” Knight read from Berry. “I wanted the students to realize ... that they are not hopeless. They’re actually hopeful even though they haven’t thought about it. The fact that I haven’t quit must mean I’m hopeful.” Rachel Telljohn can be reached at news@collegian.com.

>> CSUPD from page 7 beyond CSU campus and into broader problems police are facing nation-wide. When asked about coverage of police brutality cases, both officers agreed that the media has an important role to play. The media should work harder to make it clear if all the facts about a case are unknown, Harris said. Though police understand bad things happen that the public should know about, Johnson feels that only certain stories make all the headlines. “From a police side of things, we kind of get frustrated when we don’t see the positives, be-

cause there’s a lot more positives going on that’s not being reported,” Johnson said. Tours of the CSU Police crime lab and dispatch center are offered in efforts to build trust with the community in a positive manner. According to Dr. Malcolm Scott, chair of the Diversity and Human Rights Committee, there will be two more talks this semester. Both of which will take place on the first Monday of March and April. The topic of discussion next month will be disproportionate representation. Megan Hanner can be reached at news@collegian.com

>> BASKETBALL from page 10 State (14-9, 6-5 MW). Fresno State trounced CSU 78-57 for

their worst conference defeat of the season earlier in January. The game can be seen on ESPN3.

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Daily Horoscope Nancy Black

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(02/08/17). Strengthen community participation for greater results. Redirect a partnership this month, leading to new levels in prosperity. Let go of personal baggage, setting the stage for flowering romance. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. ARIES (March 21-April 19) —

5 — Handle a household issue. Keep the big picture in mind, and consider consequences before acting. You don’t have the full story; unexpected details arise. Adapt gracefully. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 7 — Gather info and summarize. Express and explain your subject. Business could interfere with romance. You’re especially clever with words. Use your persuasive arts. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 8 — Lucrative opportunities are available. You’re very persuasive now. Disagree respectfully, and don’t get intimidated. Consider all options, and choose. Make a firm offer. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 8 — You’re getting stronger. Take care, as priorities may change. Slow and watch out for surprises. You don’t want to do a job twice. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 6 — Look back for insight on the road ahead. You don’t know it all, especially about money. Respectfully stand up for what’s right. Don’t take anyone for granted.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 8 — Strategize with teammates to deal with changes at the top. Stay in communication, despite interruptions and disruptions. Call if you’ll be late. Share responsibilities. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 8 — Career challenges have you hopping. Use what you’re learning. New facts dispel old fears. Avoid emotional outbursts, and don’t take things personally. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 7 — Go explore without spending a fortune. Financial discussions sour easily. Resist impulsive maneuvers and avoid accidents. Wander lesser-traveled local roads. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — 8 — Pay bills before spending on non-essentials. Rearrange the budget to suit family priorities, which may change. Patience eases chaotic moments. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — 7 — Revise your strategy with your partner. Take notes, and get visions and terms in writing. Make inroads quietly. Share patience and respect. Listen for what’s available. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 8 — Get physical. Relax and focus on what you’re doing. Don’t overextend; a gentle push is enough. Nurture your body with good food and rest. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 6 — Family comes first. Stay out of somebody else’s argument. Try to turn down the heat. Heed expert advice, even when you don’t agree.

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