Volume 127, No. 72, December 6, 2017

OPINION

Vol. 127, No. 72 Wednesday, December 6, 2017

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RAs under pressure

Resident assistants are increasingly feeling the pressure to provide for their residents while still balancing school, work and a personal life. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DAVIS BONNER COLLEGIAN

Students say CSU isn’t doing enough after bias-motivated incidents

By Stuart Smith @notstuartsmith

This semester, resident assistants across Colorado State University have felt a change in the culture of Residence Life.

Changes in their job, more responsibilities and a lack of support from their superiors have led to a consensus among

many new and returning RAs that there are problems with Residence Life, with 87 RAs participating in a social media group to express their frustrations.

Many RAs dealt with biasmotivated incidents in their halls this semester and do not feel that Residence Life has done enough to help deal with those incidents,

such as the noose in Newsom Hall earlier this year and several antiSemitic incidents.

Five RAs confirmed these frustrations but asked that their comments remain private.

One RA, who wished to remain anoymous, said that they felt Residence Life and the University only addressed the incidents that could create public

relations problems.

“The only time the University has addressed a bias-motivated incident is when it could be widely seen, because it was over the network, because it was posted on Snapchat,” the RA said.

The same RA said that some of their residents were hateful, racist, misogynistic and homophobic but only faced

minimal consequences, if any.

“It was to the point where all of my female residents were telling me they felt unsafe,” they said. “It was a constant thing, and nothing was done (by Residence Life).”

According to the RA, Residence Life did not send any of the residents in question see RA on page 4 >>

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Off-Campus Life boasts decrease in party-related tickets

By Matt Bailey @matnes1999

With a decreased amount of party-related citations given to students, the Colorado State University Off-Campus Life office looks back at a successful semester and reminds students about safe partying tips.

According to Michael Katz, the associate director of Student Conduct Services at the Student Resolution Center, 136 students were cited for off-campus party, drug and alcohol-related offenses between Aug. 1 and Nov. 1, 2016.

In 2017, 82 students were cited for the same offenses, a sharp drop from last year’s total.

Katz attributed the decline in party-related citations to efforts improving the quality of life in neighborhoods surrounding CSU initiated by the Student Resolution Center, Off-Campus Life, CSU Police Department, Fort Collins Police Service and Neighborhood Services of the City of Fort Collins.

“As a result of these efforts, I have heard from law enforcement and long-term residents that students are more respectful and responsible with each year,” Katz

said. “I believe that we are seeing a positive culture shift. Additionally, over the past two years Student Conduct Services has received more informal referrals than criminal citations from Fort Collins Police Services.”

OFF-CAMPUS PARTYRELATED CITATIONS ■ In 2016, 136 students were

cited for off-campus party, drug and alcohol-related offenses between Aug. 1 and Nov. 1 compared to 82 students in 2017.

■ From April 2009, when the Party Registration Program began, to Oct. 31, 2017, 97.7 percent of the total 4,262 registered parties were not issued a party-related ticket.

Party-related citations are often given to students whose parties are unregistered through Off-Campus Life and cause disturbances in neighborhoods, Katz said.

Students can avoid these

citations by registering their parties through Off-Campus Life.

“Since the Party Registration Program began in April 2009 through Oct. 31, 2017, 97.7 percent of the total 4,262 registered parties were not issued a partyrelated ticket,” said Alexis Adler, the community liaison for OffCampus Life, Colorado State University and Neighborhood Services of the City of Fort Collins.

Students who register their parties through Off-Campus Life have the opportunity to receive a warning if there is a noise violation, and they will be given a 20-minute window to voluntarily shut down their party.

Parties can be registered at the Off-Campus Life office located at Room 274 in the Lory Student Center, at the newly opened Campus West Connections office located at 1335 W. Elizabeth St. or at the Neighborhood Services office located at 281 N. College Ave. The party must be registered by 5:00 p.m. the Thursday before it takes place.

In addition to following OffCampus Life’s Party Smart tips, students should follow other steps to avoid receiving a party-related citation, according to Adler.

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“Some ways students can avoid party-related tickets include designating a sober host, getting to know your neighbors and exchanging phone numbers in advance of a party, avoiding posting about your party on social media, keeping the size of your party reasonable, and being cooperative towards neighbors, police and others who discuss any issues with your party,” Adler said.

If a party ultimately gets broken up by police, Katz advises

students to cooperate with law enforcement, leave the party quietly through the front door and leave any alcoholic drinks behind.

“If you are hosting a party, remember to register your party and be considerate of the neighbors around you,” Adler said. “Whether you are attending a party or hosting a party, represent Rams proudly and understand that your actions have impact.”

Matt Bailey can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Beer panelists discuss brewing sustainability

By Audrey Weiss @Audkward Defend Our Future hosted their Defend Our Brewing event at Odell Brewing Monday night to discuss the impact of climate change on the brewing industry. Panelists included brewers and other experts in the field, all sharing a goal of sustainability through the education of the community.

Jeni Ardnt, a member of the business affairs and labor committee and Colorado State University representative, spoke broadly on the threat of climate change, especially in regards to its effects on the brewing industry.

“Republicans need to learn to say climate change, and democrats need to learn to say water storage,” Ardnt said.

Ardnt said she recalled speaking with other politicians, often finding that very few actually discussed climate change. But, all of the panelists agreed that the implications of climate change were clear in their line of work.

Charlie Hoxmaer, the head brewer of Gilded Brewing, found that quality water can only become more scarce as time goes on with the changes in climate. The minerals currently available in Fort Collins’ water source are sure to change over time as a result, Hoxmaer said.

“I think that in most cases the question is ‘will we always have access to the type of water we’re accustomed to having?’”

Hoxmaer said.

In 2017, 9.1 million acres of land was burned, according to Deputy Fire and Aviation Staff Officer of Arapahoe and Roosevelt National Forest Paul Cerda.

“The effects we’ve seen of climate change, specifically here in Colorado—the bark beetle epidemic, the wildfires and drought in 2012, the flood in 2013—all had an effect of forest health, and forest health is important,” Cerda said. “Our wildfire season is longer, and we’re now seeing this trend in wildfires.”

Cerda also spoke on the impact of tourism on Colorado forests. According to Cerda, as the population grows, the amount of human waste and its impact on water quality has grown drastically.

“A huge concern of ours is how are we going to

manage the protection of that watershed with the amount of visitors,” Cerda said. “It’s not only visitors but the education of those visitors. Is it sustainable?”

These negatives impacts, however, make way for many innovations in this industry.

Steve Clark, co-founder of Troubadour Brewing, focused his discussion on the importance of barley and recounted his strives to save energy by using a modulated kiln for the drying of his malted product.

“There was not a malting system available our size, so we actually had to downsize, and that gave us an opportunity to innovate,” Clark said.

Clark also spoke highly of the modification of grains to make them more tolerable of temperature changes in order to produce greater and longer yields.

Clark has found that barley and malted grains are rare in Colorado due to the majority being provided to Coors. His solution was to plant a new variety of barley to provide barley to other breweries located in Colorado.

Andy Seidl, a professor in CSU’s department of agriculture and resource economics, even gave mention to a brewery making their beer out of gray water, an innovative idea but an interesting secret ingredient.

“There’s a brewery that’s making beer out of gray water,” Seidl said. “Now think about that: (It’s) good for them, but is that where you want to get your beer?”

Arndt and Hoxmaer both emphasized the importance of mindfulness when approaching sustainability.

“As a brewer, the health of my business is so reliant on the health of the water, and small differences can be made now through mindfulness,” Hoxmaer said.

Part of enabling future generations to experience the future of this industry is envisioning a sustainable future, Ardnt said. Much of this is in the hands of the general public.

“Never underestimate the power of community and the power that you have in a democracy,” Ardnt said.

Audrey Weiss can be reached at news@collegian. com.

RA >> from page 1 to Student Conduct Services because it was backlogged. The RA felt that their superiors were not taking the incidents seriously.

But, according to Director of Residence Life Laura Giles, RAs can always go to their superiors for help.

“We have a protocol in place where RAs can always elevate a situation to their supervisor, the Residence Director of their hall, or an Assistant Director or Director in Residence Life if they feel they need additional assistance and/or support,” Giles wrote in an email to the Collegian.

Some RAs said they felt that Residence Life failed at handling bias-motivated incidents on campus, with them falling back on buzzwords as a means of support.

“They’ve just gotten more into their ‘No Place for Hate’ thing,” the RA said, referring to an internal ad campaign. “But, the problem with that is that the only people who will get behind it are the people who aren’t going to cause problems in the first place.”

Part of that is related to the general culture of the job and Residence Life this year, the RA said, and issues present this year that were not present last year.

In her email to the Collegian, Giles wrote that some RAs found the new Residential Curriculum, added this year, challenging.

“Residential Curriculum was

introduced to focus on student learning in the residence halls, which is our mission,” Giles wrote. “As with any change, some student staff have embraced it while others have struggled.

This is the first year, and we will continue to develop the Residential Curriculum to meet our mission and also take feedback into account to improve it.”

At times, RAs said they were expected to expand what they do, such as instances of RAs working at the front desk when the scheduled staff member did not show.

In response to that, Residence Life will begin to pay RAs $9.30 an hour for working at the front desk of their dorm, according to Giles. RAs were not previously compensated for this work.

Giles also addressed other issues voiced by RAs and voiced sympathy for the problems they and other University staff have faced this semester.

“As a campus community, we have faced multiple difficult and sad situations that deeply impact us,” Giles wrote. “In my 27 years in the housing profession, this has been one of the most difficult falls in my career, and I empathize with the challenges our student staff are facing, both on our campus, nationally and across the globe.”

Several weeks ago, during the bomb threat at Morgan Library, the frustrations felt by RAs reached a breaking point, according to the RA. Residence Life held an in-service training in Clark at the time, and RAs were

told to stay in the building unless they were directly impacted by the threat, according to Giles.

“I can understand Laura Giles saying she was communicating with the police, and we were told to stay,” the RA said. “My biggest problem was that they didn’t give (people who had been through something like that before the place) to address that. If Residence Life is going to use the buzzwords ‘self-care’ and ‘take care of yourself’ ... then they need to address the fact that some of us have been through that before, and we needed to at least not be forced to carry on with our meeting.”

According to Giles, the RAs were kept in Clark because it was one of the locations designated by CSUPD during the incident.

“I personally touched based with CSUPD during the incident and confirmed that Clark was an appropriate location to remain in,” Giles wrote. “Some RAs were excused from the in-service if they were personally impacted by the bomb threat. We have heard that other staff members would have liked to have been excused, but CSUPD confirmed Clark was an appropriate location to remain in.”

The RA also stressed that those who are speaking up are not directing their anger at any specific person and no specific person is the problem.

“Those of us who are speaking up a lot don’t want any person to feel attacked by what we’re saying, we’re just hoping things change,” the RA said.

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

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Nonprofit market promotes philanthropic shopping

By Samantha Ye @samxye4

It is not just a market—it’s the Market with a Mission.

Seventeen vendors gathered at Everyday Joe’s coffee shop Dec. 2 in an annual alternative market designed to connect holiday shoppers with social and environmental justice organizations.

Known as Market with a Mission, the one-day event provides citizens with an opportunity to be socially engaged through their holiday gift-buying.

“It’s really a retail event with a higher purpose,” wrote Brett Bruyere, co-coordinator of the event and assistant professor in Colorado State University’s Human Dimension of Natural Resources department, in an email to the Collegian. “The activities are really just being a conscientious shopper and thinking of each transaction not as just a financial transaction or a gift-giving transaction, but one that can have a positive impact.”

Vendors included environmental and social justice organizations. Several Northern-Colorado-based

nonprofit organizations such as Ten Thousand Villages and Artisan Thrive were present along with some national conservation nonprofits who shipped in their merchandise.

The event, now in its second year, was organized in partnership between 21 students in the HDNR non-for-profit administration and conservation class (NRRT 463), the Global Village Museum, Everyday Joe’s Coffee House and Dining for Women.

Participating students spent the semester researching individual nonprofits to understand how to develop and run such organizations, according to Sarah Walker, a teacher’s assistant for NRRT 463. The same nonprofits were then represented at the Market. “(The organizations) are from all around the world,” Walker said. “(The market) was this idea...

Think globally, act locally—making that actually a possibility.”

According to Walker, the market was full of people for the majority of the day it was open.

“A lot of the individuals (who) came to shop talked about... how excited they were that they could come to a place

and have socially-just options to shop for,” Walker said. “The cool thing about the Market is that you can go and you can shop responsibly and sustainably, but at the same time, you get to talk to the people who run the organization.”

The overarching mission of the Market is to get people thinking more strategically about their donations, according to Bruyere.

“I ... think Fort Collins under-achieves in terms of the philanthropy; we are very middle-of-the-pack when compared to other communities nationwide, yet we have a much higher average household income and education attainment,” Bruyere wrote. “So the event is, in part, to challenge our community to be philanthropic in one of the simplest ways possible: by doing something they already do (shop) but just with a little more intention.”

Bruyere wrote that, while the turnout Saturday was decent, there is capacity for plenty more shoppers. “(T)his event could be much bigger and more lucrative for the vendors given the resources

The Market with a Mission event featured organizations from all across the globe, handmade gifts, and youth activities fostering global learning, along with drinks and food from Everyday Joe’s. PHOTO BY SAMANTHA YE COLLEGIAN

in this town,” he wrote. “And, being more lucrative translates into ... having a bigger impact on women, youth, wildlife species and similar deserving beneficiaries.”

While the next Market is not for another year, Walker recommends improving individual philantropy by getting to know the nonprofits people contribute to.

“Understand what their impact is and what they’re trying to do and what their goals are for the future, so that you’re an engaged donor,” Walker said. “(That way) you can really feel confident and proud of (what) your generosity is going toward.”

Samantha Ye can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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City Council discusses changing downtown smoking ordinance

By Matt Bailey @matnes1999

Public smoking ordinances in Fort Collins was one of the most argued issues covered during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, specifically the smoking ordinance in the downtown area.

The City Council meeting moved into public discussion during which policy project analyst Tyler Marr delivered a 15-minute staff presentation about city smoking ordinances in Fort Collins.

Marr’s presentation largely dealt with making modifications to the current smoking ordinance that has been in place since 2016.

“There’s been several iterations of the City’s smoking ordinance dating back to the 1980s that have culminated in the existing smoking ordinance, which went into effect in 2016,” Marr said.

The current ordinance includes no smoking in downtown Fort Collins parks, natural areas, city buildings and at city-sponsored special events.

City Council requested a review of the ordinance back in August after hearing many concerns from residents and

businesses alike.

Residents and businesses mainly asked for an exploration of non-criminal offenses, lifting the ordinance between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. and analyzing potential designated smoking areas.

Marr argued that creating a seven-hour window for people to smoke freely would ultimately help police deal with more violent crimes such as bar or liquor fights instead of focusing on calls about smoking violations.

“Some of the concerns that council has heard are as follows: the first is simply that the downtown smoke-free zone is too big,” Marr said. “What was a three-to-five-minute smoke break has turned into a 10-to-15 affair for people working in the middle of the zone.”

Another major concern of the non-smoking ordinance in downtown Fort Collins is that there is no possible way to get everyone to follow it, especially visitors who do not know about the ordinance.

Marr also stated that the ordinance creates a competitive disadvantage for Old Town Fort Collins compared to other shopping areas. For example, the Foothills Mall and the Harmony

Fort Collins City Council members discuss amending the Fort Collins Traffic Code regarding the Residential Parking Permit Program. PHOTO BY JULIA TROWBRIDGE COLLEGIAN

Corridor do not have the same restrictions that downtown Fort Collins has, Marr said.

“We’ve heard that the penalty should not be criminal, and partly because the offense is criminal, the enforcement has damaged relationships with police and other city staff, such as code enforcement officers,” Marr said.

In light of these concerns, Marr also recognized peoples’ concerns with keeping the ordinance in order to maintain the health and livability goals of

Fort Collins.

Immediately following Marr’s presentation, six citizens raised their hands to comment on what he said.

One citizen, who identified themselves as a health educator, argued that the ordinance should be kept on behalf of the health and safety of Fort Collins’ youth, while another citizen said that the current ordinance should be stricter.

Most people seemed to be in favor of keeping and maintaining

the current ordinance, and disagreed with Marr’s presentation.

“One of the many wonderful things that I’ve found since I moved to Fort Collins years ago was the smoke-free environment,” one citizen said.

“That really wasn’t the case where I lived before, where smoking was widespread. I realize how lucky we are here.”

Matt Bailey can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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OPINION Wednesday, December 6, 2017

COLLEGIAN COLUMNIST

Films are becoming overly commercialized Ethan Vassar @ethan_vassar

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by the Collegian or its editorial board.

It’s no secret that the movie industry is becoming more commercialized. The success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has galvanized major studios – namely Warner Brothers and Universal Studios – to create cinematic universes of their own, which forces audiences to see previous installments for the current one to make sense. Even more concerning, and less apparent, is the increasingly evident nature of these films: acting as trailers for future films.

For many, the trailers are the best part of going to the movies.

The previews aim to prepare the popcorn munching audience for a return trip to the silver screen, highlighting the funniest, most dramatic and action-packed scenes from the film. In the digital age, having a compelling trailer is extremely important, as platforms like YouTube and IGN make the trailer re-watchable

and provide fans the ability to deconstruct every frame. Their reception is crucial to the film success, so important that some films have been re-shot and recut to try and capitalize off the success of a certain trailer.

Movie trailers are certainly a viral sensation, and some would even argue that movie trailers are their own works of art.

Some of the most popular trailers in recent years belong to films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including “Captain America: Civil War” and the upcoming “Avengers: Infinity War,” whose teaser was released before its trailer. The teaser comprised of people reacting to previous Marvel trailers. Here we have an ad for an ad for a film that’s just another ad. Adception.

“It’s just one more step of everything being commodified, meant to sell you something else,” says Colorado State media professor Kurt North. North ties the idea of weaponized intertextuality to the issue.

Audiences once made connections and allusions to other media themselves, but they are not put in intentionally by filmmakers. What once elicited an emotional response now elicits a financial one. For example, if you want to see how the events of “Captain America: Civil War” truly affected the Avengers,

NOPE DOPE Passive aggression.

The financial aid office.

The Skeller (saving us from dead week since 1870).

Getting to vent about bad profs and say thanks to good profs on the course evals.

[screams internally]

When your teachers bring cookies to the last day of class.

Friends who are dumb.

Using school as an excuse to miss work.

National monuments getting cut.

Friends who make you cute things.

you’ll have to watch “Spiderman: Homecoming” because there’s an easter egg referencing Captain America’s status as a war criminal.

You’ll have to see Black Panther if you want answers about Bucky’s fate or story arc’s effects on the titular character. And, you’ll certainly have to watch “Infinity War“ to see how all the other events and story arcs of characters of a movie released three years ago concludes. This is all in the name of wanting to tie you into the next installment, planting seeds in your mind for your next trip to the movies.

Marvel is not the only studio guilty of such tactics.

Warner Brothers’ mess of a film, “Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice,” includes two threeminute scenes that are essentially trailers for “Justice League,” which in turn act as trailers for the Aquaman and Flash solo films.

It’s incredible: the rising action of the film stops so that Wonder Woman can open an email (an email!) to treat fans to glimpse at another film in the franchise a year away. Not only is the storytelling lazy (she opens an email for Christ’s sake, Justice League members don’t deserve to be introduced alongside such a menial daily task), but the tease is just crammed down the viewers throats. Hell, Batman even has a dream sequence that’s basically a

“Captain America: Civil War” was released earlier this year.

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trailer for a film we’ll never get.

This makes 6 percent of the film a trailer for future installments. Although 6 percent may seem like a low number it doesn’t take into account how excruciatingly ham-fisted these parts of the film are. Stories should be cohesive, with a beginning, middle and end. So maybe the six percent is way too much.

Notice that the biggest culprits of weaponized intertextuality are big budget studios: Disney and Warner Brothers. This is no coincidence.

Thanks to the success of the MCU, “Hollywood has cut out midbudget filmmaking for adults” said CSU media studies professor Nick Marx. The contemporary movie industry relies on spectate to drag its audiences off their

couches and into theatres. These spectacles delight in hitting the audience over the head with references and plot points that will only be solved in future installments.

Despite the annoyingly formulaic nature of these films, despite the creativity they stifle, there is a silver lining.

“It’s a necessary evil,” says North. “If it gives me another Star Wars, I’ll look past it. When it’s done well it’s not that big of a deal.”

For the characters we’ve grown to love to continue gracing the silver screen every year, the serialized, commercial nature of films is just something we’ll have to endure.

Ethan Vassar can be reached at letters@collegian.com.

OPINION Wednesday, December 6, 2017

COLLEGIAN COLUMNISTS

It’s finals week, students need to put self-care first Tianna Zachariah @TZachariah20

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by the Collegian or its editorial board.

It’s crunch time here at Colorado State University.

Finals are creeping into our already frenzied and stressful lives as college students. It is around this time of year when students tend to neglect mental and physical health in the name of good grades and academic success. Now more than ever, it is crucial for students to take self-care seriously, both for the success of our academic careers as well as our personal well-being. Students should put health first this finals season to ensure success. Some ways to avoid unnecessary stress include cutting back on caffeine, getting plenty of sleep, taking breaks and exercising.

Excess levels of caffeine are not good for students even on a normal day, and the effects can be even more detrimental during finals. According to the Harvard School of Public Health, average Americans drink 3.1 cups of coffee per day.

While caffeine can have many good health benefits, students tend to over-caffeinate this time in the year. Overconsumption of caffeine can impact sleep schedules, create addictions and increase the chances of dehydration.

According to an article

by Iowa State, coffee can put unnecessary stress on the body.

It releases chemicals into the brain that counters your body’s natural tendency to sleep or even feel tired. This causes your body to work overtime and against its default. You’re forcing it to do something it does not want to do, which makes your body and your brain work harder.

Along with the increase in caffeine, sleep is one of the first things to go in the weeks leading up to finals. Students make the trade off from sleep

Finals week can be a stressful time for many students. It is important for students to stay aware of their personal needs while studying. PHOTO BY MAYA SHOUP COLLEGIAN

to continued hours of studying and think they will be better for it, when really it only does harm. Sleep helps the brain function to its highest capacity, heals the body physically and improves overall performance when you’re awake, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

During sleep, our brains process the day and determine what neural pathways are important to keep and which to forget. Sleep deprivation can lead to poor decision making, mood swings and a decrease in motivation, which is the last thing students need during finals week. Sleep also keeps us healthy because it strengthens the immune system and helps us fight off infections.

In academics, personal time is synonymous with wasted time. However, taking time for yourself is healthy and can have many positive benefits. This time can be used to refresh, restore and build yourself up so that you can be more productive.

Studies have shown that the more time spent on a single activity, the more unproductive you become.

Our brains lose focus, become distracted and work against us. Taking small breaks during an activity can prolong attention and keep productivity constant throughout the entirety of the activity, according to a study done by a professor at the University of Illinois. On the other hand, continually working on an activity for an hour or more with no built-in breaks results in decreased performance and lost productivity and attention.

TO AVOID FINALS STRESS: ■ Do not drink an excessive

amount of caffeine.

■ Get plenty of sleep.

■ Take breaks.

■ Exercise.

Finally, when we are busy, one of the first things we cut out of our routine is exercise.

Exercise can be very beneficial for your mental and physical health especially during high

times of stress. As little as five minutes can stimulate antianxiety effects, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA).

We experience stress in our mind and bodies. So, if we make our body feel better, our brain will follow suit and stress will decrease. Exercise releases endorphins that act as natural painkillers. These chemicals can improve moods, boost energy and increase concentration and overall cognitive function.

Finding the time to exercise is a great way to keep both your brain and body healthy while studying for finals.

Finals are notorious for keeping students up all night and caffeinated all day. The end of the semester is a stressful time, which is why we need to be more vigilant, intentional and cautious of how we care for ourselves.

Don’t let finals get you down this season. Remember to take care of you first. Grades mean nothing if you aren’t around to enjoy them.

Tianna Zachariah can be reached at letters@collegian. com.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Rams look for revenge against Colorado

By Luke Zahlmann @lukezahlmann

Colorado State senior Hanna Tvrdy has no intention of finishing her collegiate career without a win over Colorado.

Tvrdy and the Rams have been on the losing end of the biggest rivalry in the state for the past three years. After a weekend victory for men’s basketball over the Buffs, the pressure is squarely on the shoulders of the women’s team to follow suit.

“There’s a little bit of pressure,” Grace Colaivalu said. “’Men’s won, so women should be able to win. But we go into the game with the same mindset to win, and you just have to play your game.”

As a spark plug for the Rams after their opening night loss, Colaivalu has been handed the reigns to the offense and been relied upon to facilitate and find her own scoring opportunities as she sees fit.

Along with fellow guard Tvrdy, the two have formed a solid backcourt duo in the wake of the Rams losing their top two scorers.

A team with speed, the Buffs pose a threat in the transition game and will test

the execution and conditioning of each Rams player that sees the floor. With a deep and experienced bench, the Rams will have the ability to transfer responsibility seamlessly between each player to jump off the pine.

“Our bench is huge every game,” Tvrdy said. “Coming in and just giving us energy, that little spark, we definitely need that. With us hopefully playing a fast pace game, we’re really going to need those kids coming in and giving us a lot of extra things off the bench.”

With newly added senior Stine Austgulen, the Rams have a bench that has been in big games and knows how to ignore the noise and focus on the game plan. Alongside Austgulen, the Rams send junior Callie Kaiser to the floor in times of need.

Kaiser leads the team in field goal percentage, and despite being third to last in total minutes, she has risen to the top six on the team in nearly every counting stat.

The biggest determining factor for the Rams to avenge last year’s loss is containing junior guard Kennedy Leonard. Leonard, coming off a year where she was named First-Team All-PAC-12 runs the break and allows the Buffs

to run a breakneck offensive tempo that has led the team to a 6-1 record. Leonard leads the Buffs in scoring with 16 points per game and is the leading distributor with 50 total assists.

Down low, the Buffs are led by freshman forward Annika Jank, a double-double threat who leads the team in rebounds (55) while also sitting second in scoring per game (12.1).

Standing 6 feet 3 inches, Jank is taller than every Rams starter.

Limiting her rebounding opportunities will be a make or break ordeal for the Rams’ upset hopes.

“You somehow have to get (Leonard) slowed down,” coach Ryun Williams said. “They’re really good in transition, so we have got to try to take that away. We’re gonna have to fight the best we can on the glass against a team that is probably more athletic and bigger.”

The Rams will host the Buffs Wednesday night with tipoff shortly after 7 p.m. After a ruckus Saturday for the men’s team, the same will be expected from the fans as the women play in front of an Orange Out crowd.

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

Redshirt senior Hannah Tvrdy drives into the paint against Gonzaga on Nov. 13. PHOTO BY ERICA GIESENHAGEN COLLEGIAN

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Seniors deserve to go out with bang at New Mexico Bowl Justin Michael @JurtinTMichael

Colorado State football will travel south down I-25 next week for its third appearance in the New Mexico Bowl in the last decade.

Their opponent, the Marshall Thundering Herd, is a household name due to Hollywood’s telling of the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people, including 37 Marshall football players.

It is no secret that the Rams came into the 2017 season with Mountain West Championship expectations, so this result is undoubtedly disappointing for much of the Colorado State faithful.

When factoring in that CSU was a victory over Boise State away from playing in the conference championship game, this season will definitely be thought of as the one that got away.

However, when considering the other realistic options for bowl appearances, the New Mexico Bowl is far from CSU’s worst option. A quick road trip to Albuquerque, N.M. is significantly more desirable than playing on a frozen tundra in Idaho or subjecting the team to another 12-hour plane ride to Hawaii for a game on Christmas Eve.

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MT ■ Dreamstyle Stadium - Albuquerque, N.M. Would it have been exciting to see CSU play a team like Houston? Absolutely. However, when considering the game will be competing with holiday festivities and the NFL schedule, the bowl game would not be that great of exposure. Not to mention that the vast

majority of the fans and players’ families would not be able to attend the game.

So my message to the diehard Ram fans is simple: embrace Lobo country and enjoy the conclusion of the historic 2017 season.

You have a gorgeous new stadium and other facilities that are improving by the year. You have a football program that is bowl eligible for a fifth consecutive season.

You have a head coach that is dedicated to the program as a whole, and did I mention the fact that the Rams will be the only Division I football program from Colorado playing in the postseason this winter?

If none of that gets you jazzed, the matchup itself is actually fairly intriguing. Both of these programs are in a similar position after starting the season on high notes and floundering in conference play.

Despite starting the season 6-1 and beating Cincinnati on Sept.

30, the Thundering Herd finished third in the very average Conference USA after dropping four of its final five games, including a pair of

Wide receiver Michael Gallup (4) and running back Dalyn Dawkins (1) celebrate in the end zone after a touchdown against Oregon State on Aug 26. The Rams defeated the Beavers 58 to 27.

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losses to UTSA and Southern Mississippi to conclude the regular season.

These teams are also very similar on paper. Both CSU (33.8 points per game) and Marshall (26.3 points per game) have the ability to put big points on the board and will be looking to close out the season with an exclamation point.

The 2017 New Mexico Bowl may not be the Rose Bowl, but it should be a fairly competitive football game, so hit the road and support your team one last time this season.

This senior class has never finished a season below .500 and deserves to go out the right way.

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

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Razorbacks run the Rams off the floor Tuesday night

By Justin Michael @JustinTMichael

Colorado State men’s basketball looked to shock SEC country, but the University of Arkansas proved to be too much for the Rams to handle Tuesday night. The Razorbacks defeated the Rams 92-66 in front of their home fans in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

CSU started the game on a 13-0 run, looking like a team that could pull of an upset-victory over the Hogs.

Arkansas quickly erased those hopes by responding with a 21-0 run of their own, though.

By halftime, Arkansas’ lead was 47-29 and the Rams were held to just 31 percent shooting from the floor (10-of-32).

Sophomore guard C.J. Jones played a key role in the Arkansas victory, starting the game by making his first five field goal attempts and finishing with 16 points.

Along with Jones, 6-foot11 freshman forward Daniel Gafford and senior guard Jaylen Barford had big nights as well. Gafford totalled 14 points and six rebounds

against the Rams, while Barford finished with a seasonhigh 19 points.

Junior guard Prentiss Nixon led the way for CSU offensively. The Bolingbrook, Illinois native made 8-of-13 field goal attempts, finishing with 31 points.

Nixon has now led the Rams in scoring in five of the seven games that he has played in. He missed the Northwestern State game on Nov. 24 with a concussion.

No other CSU players finished in double-digits, but sophomore guard Raquan Mitchell made the plays of the night, throwing down a pair of vicious one-handed dunks in the game. Mitchell finished the night with eight points and five rebounds.

In his return to his old school, transfer-forward Lorenzo Jenkins had a poor shooting performance, missing his first four attempts. Jenkins played in one game for the Razorbacks during the 201516 season, scoring three points and securing two rebounds in seven minutes against Northwestern State.

CSU failed to get much going on this end of the floor in general though, as turnovers plagued them throughout the contest. The Rams gave the ball away 18 times Tuesday and struggled to create any sort of rhythm.

After dominating the paint against Colorado last Saturday, the Rams held a 3831 advantage on the glass over the Hogs. This was a lone bright spot in the game for head coach Larry Eustachy’s squad.

The loss to the Razorbacks makes CSU’s all-time record against the SEC 10-7. The Rams will hit the hardwood again on Friday for a Pac-12 matchup at Oregon (5-3).

The Ducks are coming off back-to-back losses to Oklahoma and Boise State.

Prior to the buzzer-beater loss to the Broncos, Oregon held a 46-game home winning streak at Matthew Knight Arena.

The Rams and Ducks will tip off at 7 p.m. Friday and will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.

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

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Climbing wall at Ascent Studios is first of its kind

By Matthew Smith @latvatalo

For the first time since its inception nearly two centuries ago, the rock climbing sport of bouldering has received a major update.

It’s called the Tension Board, and Ascent Studios in south Fort Collins is the first in the world to put it to commercial use.

What looks like a dense grid of mismatched holds is actually an interactive practicing tool with unlimited possible climbing routes.

Through the official app, climbers can sync with the board and create their own boulder problems. Multicolored LEDs light up the route’s holds, green corresponding to the start, blue to hand and foot holds, pink to holds just for feet and red for the finish.

After making a problem, climbers can upload them to the app on which they can rate and play other problems.

Andrew Lee, a coach with the CSU Climbing Team, sees the Tension Board as a useful tool for climbers of any skill level.

“It’s a lot more accessible,

so you don’t have to be a V5, V6 climber to train on the Tension Board,” Lee said.

The Tension Board is proving to be a popular addition among Ascent’s members. In a sport that in all other instances requires hours of route adjustment with power tools, climbers at Ascent are finding new ways to practice.

“It’s like really useful because you can tell your weaknesses,” Tyler Crumps, a freshman electrical engineering student, said. “You can set the same movements that you’re struggling with to train on, like specific movements.

As for first impressions, the most noticeable difference with the Tension Board is the sanded wooden holds, an uncommon sight in indoor bouldering.

Ascent employee Matt Robbin sees a benefit with the softer material.

“I definitely like climbing on the wood holds. It doesn’t tear your hands up,” Robbin said. “If you’re gonna climb outside on the weekend, you don’t destroy your skin.”

However, less grip requires a lot more from the climber.

More attention needs to be put

towards weight placement and balance as friction is less of a factor.

“It does require you to be a lot more precise and use your core,” Lee said. “If you don’t, you’re going to slip off the holds.”

ASCENT STUDIOS ■ Ascent Studios is located at

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■ The Tension Board is located on the second floor.

Most climbers at Ascent have not tried out this new technology, but as they do, there are sure to be more new and interesting routes popping up on the app. Already problems include workouts, daunting V10s and games like “race yo friends da sequel (slightly harder).”

Ascent Studios is located at 2150 Joseph Allen Drive. The Tension Board is located on the second floor.

Matthew Smith can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

Adrian Zdrobis, a rock climber of 25 years, tries out the brand new Tension Board, a laser-guided bouldering wall at Ascent Studios. The lasers determine which grips can be used and are determined by an app.

The app allows users to design custom routes or access existing routes created by other users. PHOTO BY JULIA TROWBRIDGE COLLEGIAN

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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ finale redefines fiction, reality

By Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri @dudesosad

Salman Rushdie and Ayatollah Khomeini walk onto a stage.

That might seem like a bad joke.

But given the trajectory of season nine of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” this is a natural progression.

When season nine commenced, our less-than-politically correct protagonist Larry David was making a musical. The musical, “Fatwa,” is an exaggerated account of the real-life author Salman Rushdie and his death threat or “fatwa.” This blurring of fiction and reality is a hallmark of David’s show.

To add to the spectacle, David, playing a fictitious version of himself, received his own fatwa in the season nine premiere. However, David has now ostensibly had his death threat lifted. In an earlier episode, David defended his would-be killer in a restaurant buffet line. As a result, David has earned forgiveness. He has also been permitted to make “Fatwa: The Musical” with the proviso that Lin-Manuel Miranda stars.

The Hamilton creator indeed appears, as himself and as Rushdie in the fictitious musical.

F. Murray Abraham is the musical

incarnation of the ayatollah. In the opening scene of the episode, they rehearse a song in which Miranda’s Rushdie and Abraham’s ayatollah pledge to remain “enemies forever.”

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Enemies forever might also describe David’s relationship with the world, in this episode specifically. Trouble occurs on multiple levels. David combats what he perceives as absurd social norms, a classic David hallmark.

David’s efforts to say “sorry” throughout the episode are branded tepid. He is less than sensitive about the deaf.

“Do deaf people go to musicals?” David asks.

David suggests that deaf viewers of “Fatwa” be given their own

special monthly performances, so that interpreters do not distract audiences.

David also gets into a war over fashion choices with F. Murray Abraham, branding Abraham an “outfit tracker” for commenting on David’s wardrobe.

In David’s most fatal mistake, he insults Lin-Manuel Miranda’s cousin, who is staying with him. Miranda hilariously challenges David to a duel. David accidentally shoots Miranda with a paintball gun.

If you see a “Hamilton” reference here, you are not imagining it.

“You are Aaron Burr,” Miranda says, before he collapses. Suffice it to say, this duel has serious repercussions for “Fatwa” and for David. A once promising musical seems to have been doomed by a social “fatwa” thanks to David’s antics. There seems to be an overt commentary on pop culture here, and it works nicely.

David consistently blurs the line between fiction and reality both through incorporating and distorting the real-life Rushdie’s own fatwa. The mere fact that “Fatwa” exists in this fictitious world is commentary enough. Political correctness and accuracy are replaced with comically offensive

scenes of harems and the ayatollah. Having Lin-Manuel Miranda reenact “Hamilton” with a paintball guns is equally funny.

Speaking of “fatwas,” at one point, David’s friend and manager Jeff Greene raises the possibility that David’s real-life fatwa is not necessarily over. Predictably, the ending of the season finale suggests that Jeff may be right. This raises questions about the dynamics of a potential 10th season.

By and large, “Fatwa” is the coda to a strong season.

Throughout the season, we have seen David grapple with social changes in the world and in his life. He dated Elizabeth Banks as well as a censor with an autistic son. He pretended to have Asperger’s syndrome to justify his behavior, among other offenses.

While there were some underdeveloped subplots throughout the season, the charm of the show is still strong.

David offends us. And we laugh.

For the record, I would see “Fatwa” the musical. It might be a fantasy, but in the “Curb” world, the surreal and real entwine.

Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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COLLEGE

5 ways to avoid killing your family over winter break

By Ty Davis @tydavisACW

Even people on the best of terms fight. It is an intrinsic part of being different people.

But somehow family seems to get under our skin more than other people.

We should get along with family the most, and maybe that is why it irks us so much. Maybe the constant proximity, or the annoying habits you forgot about while you were at school are the real perpetrators. Either way, at some point over the holiday season you have probably felt that slight tinge of homicidal frustration. So to avoid being the next special feature on your local news, here are 10 tips for dealing with your family: 1. Master the head nod and ignore.

Once you are an adult in your family, everyone starts to talk about things you honestly have no interest in or just really do not want to hear about.

Whatever it may be, there is a solution: Just simply nod and hear their talking turn into white noise. They will either be satisfied with themselves, or they will stop being so dense for once and pick up on the fact that you really do not care for anything they have to say ever.

If you are really lucky, they will stop talking to you altogether … forever. Just recede into your mind. Think about literally anything except what the person is telling you, but remember to nod slightly every so often. Did you finish that show you started at the beginning of the semester?

What is that cute person in your elective up to? Did you pack that one book you were meaning to get around to?

How does your hair look? What is that one friend from high school doing?

2. Take up an instrument, and never stop (or at least until the break is over).

Maybe you already play an instrument. Maybe you never learned. Either way, pick one up,and never stop.

Literally, never stop playing that instrument. Drive your family mad with the sound of your music. Make your family beg you to stop playing only for them to be rebuked by your speech about how you want to be the best musician for that instrument ever.

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practitioner of that instrument, despite the detriment to your health caused by not sleeping for a month.

3. Become a meditation master.

Meditation is a great way to de-stress. However, under the extreme circumstances of dealing with your family, it is necessary to take your meditation game to the highest level possible. Before you go home, read everything you can about meditation. Once your home, at the slightest annoyance, recede into the shelter of your mind. Let go of all earthly concerns as you fall deeper and deeper into the ocean that is your mind.

Let the forces of the universe flow through you as all the annoying habits of your family go on unnoticed. Do this for 31 days, as by this point you will be beyond the need for food, water, or sleep and may even transcend this reality, possibly to the seventh dimension.

4. Constantly “Rocky” montage.

Everyone knows the best way to fast forward through something is to literally bend time and space in order to create a montage. Everyone from “Team America World Police” to “The Karate Kid” has used montages. But no one does the montage better than “Rocky.”

If you have to do it, do it like a champ. Do not stop

there though, go the full Ryu from “Street Fighter” craziness. Punch trees. Lift boulders. Stand under ice-cold waterfalls. Fight a bear. Fight multiple bears. Fight multiple bears, at the same time.

This list item has the added benefit of keeping you in shape over the holidays.

5. Catch up on LITERALLY EVERYTHING Everyone has that one show on Netflix they have been meaning to catch up on, but have you ever considered catching up on every show since the advent of television? What about the classic collection of every film from “Citizen Kane” to “Ant Boy?” Do you know about “Ant-Boy?” I am certain you do, because at one point you looked for a Marvel movie on Netflix and that movie came up in the suggested movies.

How about those much needed hours of leisurely reading of the entire Western Canon of books? Or the entire collection of Chinese literature, or the entire literary history of Zimbabwe? No family member will bother you when they see you are constantly busy catching up on something.

This list item has the added benefit of making you the smartest person on the planet.

Ty Davis can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

Manage family duties, obligations and responsibilities. Keep your promises, and have fun along the way.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 7 — Household issues demand attention for a few days. Apply common sense and practical experience.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 9 — Learning comes quickest through failure. Communicate resulting solutions with simplicity and clarity.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 9 — Avoid wasting your cash flow.

Research potential purchases for best value. Bring home the bacon.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 9 — You’re gaining strength today and tomorrow. Take charge to get results despite changes or confusion. Get help with heavy lifting.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 6 —

Look back for insight on the road ahead. You’re especially insightful and intuitive over the next few days.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 7 — Develop and refine your team strategy through tomorrow.

Proceed with caution, and resist the temptation to waste money or bicker. Express love and respect.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 8 — A professional challenge has your attention. Stay objective and calm in a tense situation. Encourage creative thinking and ingenuity.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — 7 — Explore and study unfamiliar perspectives. Stay flexible with spontaneous itinerary changes.

Discover new destinations, cultures and flavors.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — 8 — Review investments, insurance, taxes and legal matters.

Ensure positive cash flow, and manage any obstacles as they arise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 9 — Let your partner direct the show through tomorrow. .

Interesting opportunities deserve exploration.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 8 — Get hopping! Exercise energizes you, which is useful since your work is in demand. Patiently untangle a mess to get things flowing smoothly.

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