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Noose in Newsom

A noose made of Paper mâché was found in Newsom Hall on Aug. 19. ILLUSTRATION BY SAM SHEPARDSON COLLEGIAN

University responds in wake of racially-charged incident

By Erin Douglas @erinmdouglas23

Elijah Thomas woke up from a nap in his room in Newsom Hall on Aug. 19 to a knock by two of his coworkers: “Elijah, we think you need to see this.”

The only Black or AfricanAmerican resident on his floor, and the resident assistant, Thomas walked a few steps to the end of his hall where he found a noose constructed of crepe paper dangling from the stairs in front the floors’ entrance.

Two days before classes started, Thomas was the target of what can be considered a bias-motivated incident– an incident against a person that is

motivated in whole or in part by the offender’s bias against perceived or actual race, according to Residence Hall policies and procedures. In the moments that followed, Thomas took a video of the noose and posted it on Facebook. In the days that followed, Colorado State University responded with emails, meetings and statements.

Bias incidents are prohibited in the residence halls. The incident also caused a legal investigation – bias motivated crimes are prosecutable if committed with intention to intimidate. In this case, the noose could be considered intimidating because it is a historic symbol of violence

against people of color.

In the video and post, Thomas called the incident proof of white supremacists at CSU, and asked University President Tony Frank to “truly address” racism on campus. Since posting, the video has been shared 130 times and viewed over 6,000 times.

“The first thought was definitely, ‘Why did this happen?’” said Thomas, a third year sociology student. “... Of course there’s a bit of anger, but if anything it motivated me. I felt very motivated to take this on and see it through to the end.”

The University moved swiftly on the incident: Thomas’ two coworkers submitted an inci-

dent report, the police were notified, and an investigation was initiated that day. That night, Thomas spoke with police, and Newsom’s Residence Director Andre Roberts, and other residence life directors were in the building to provide support for residents. On Sunday, Aug. 20, University President Tony Frank and Vice President of Student Affairs Blanche Hughes led an all-hall meeting to denounce the act.

But, Thomas doubts that the incident – which he believed targeted him – would have elicited the same response without his Facebook post. He said his boss, Newsom’s residence direc-

tor, contacted him that day and said there would have to be a response since his video was getting so many views.

“For there to only be that meeting in Newsom Sunday night instead of addressing the campus as whole – that had me upset,” Thomas said. “It felt to me as though they were trying to make sure as few people knew about it as possible.”

Residence Life sent an email to all on-campus residents Thursday, informing staff and students of the steps taken to address the incident and provided a list of resources for those who may be see NOOSE on page 4 >>

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NEWS Tuesday, August 29, 2017

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On-campus housing pushing full capacity CAMPUS

By Mason Force @masforce1

The halls are almost completely full this year as Colorado State University welcomes a new class of freshmen, which is the largest in the school’s history.

The administration, however, says this level of capacity is not unusual. There are approximately 8,000 students living in the residence halls and apartments. According to CSU’s public relations website SOURCE, approximately 6,000 students moved into the oncampus residence halls on Aug. 16 and Aug. 17, and around 2,000 students live in the on-campus apartments.

According to Tonie Miyamoto, director of communications for Residence Life, the number of students living on campus is right where they want it to be. The difference this year is the greater number of non-freshmen students living on campus.

“We’ve been close to full each year, for the past several years,” Miyamoto said. “This year what we’ve found is more interest from returning and transfer students to live on campus, which we’re really excited about.”

The University considers this trend a success, since it has

been trying to attract upperclassmen to live on campus for years, according to Miyamoto. Miyamoto said the recently finished and University-owned Aggie Village Apartment complex has proven popular with returning students, and there is currently a waitlist for any room in the complex.

While there are currently enough rooms for students on campus, over the summer registration and fall enrollment numbers exceeded the residence hall capacity.

According to Miyamoto, some transfer students, particularly late applicants who applied in June and July, were informed that space on campus was limited. Many of the housing requests came from students who eventually chose not to attend CSU, meaning that the University had enough space for incoming students by the time the fall semester began.

“Opening at 99 percent is ideal because it’s really close to 100 percent occupancy and nobody’s in overflow housing,” Miyamoto said. “It’s a good place to be.”

Corbett resident assistant Sam Swain, who is beginning her third year with the position, said she remembers having to

house students without rooms in the past and was concerned they would have to do it again this year.

“We were worried students were going to be housed in basements or in lounges,” Swain said.

“Thankfully, that never did actually happen, but I was told by residence life that was going to be a possibility. I’ve only ever seen it implemented one year.”

According to Swain, at the beginning of the year some students were still registered to live in these “alternative accommodations,” but enough rooms were available, so it was not necessary. Swain said it is common for RAs to prepare for overflow housing every year, but ultimately they do not need it.

According to John Malsam, assistant director of operations for Residence Life, having dorms overbooked during the summer months is a common situation, though the University does not attempt to overbook dorms. According to Malsam, however, overbooked residences are a reality CSU needs to be aware of and prepare to handle.

Residence Life predicts that the number of students on campus will continue to rise in the future. According to the Denver Post, the class of 2021 is a

record-breaker with 5,036 students, an increase of 5.6 percent over the previous largest class, the class of 2019.

Anticipating this increase, CSU plans to deconstruct Aylesworth Hall in the near future and construct a larger, community-style complex. The University eventually plans to do the same for Newsom Hall, according to Malsam.

“It’s nice to use the acreage of campus a little more efficiently,” Malsam said. “Laurel Village and Academic Village are a good example (of ) where we can provide modest-sized buildings, but a few of them, so we can provide a good amount of space for student housing.”

Despite the growing numbers of on-campus residents, students such as freshmen Joe Geist and Hunter Hills would not describe the situation as crowded.

“It doesn’t feel crowded at all,” said Geist, a resident of Corbett Hall. Geist and Hills’s only complaint about Corbett was not related to the crowds, but rather the lack of air conditioning in the older residence hall. Maggie Marsh, a resident assistant from Allison Hall, agrees that the number of students on campus hasn’t

Corbett hall in 2013. Corbett was one of the residence halls that was concerned about being overbooked. FILE PHOTO COLLEGIAN

changed the hall experience.

“I lived in Allison my first year, and it feels just as small to me as it did back then,” Marsh said. “In terms of population, Allison is a smaller hall anyway, so any change like that would probably just make it seem more normal to the residents.”

Freshmen Megan Johnston and Madi Rodgers had similar opinions about the situation in Newsom Hall, which houses approximately 400 students and is one of the oldest residence halls on campus.

Rather than thinking of the halls as crowded, they agree that the large number of students contributes to the sense of community.

“I think it’s nice to have a lot of people,” Rodgers said. “You get to just keep meeting new people every day… that’s a big reason as to why I choose CSU.” When asked if she ever wished to live elsewhere on campus, Johnston responded she was content at Newsom.

“Sometimes I do (wish to live elsewhere),” Johnston said.

“A/C would be nice, but at the same time I really like everybody that I’m in the hall with. They’re all my really good friends now.”

Mason Force can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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NEWS Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Trump aides appear to distance themselves from his Charlottesville remarks, but defend Arpaio pardon

By Laura King

Tribune Washington Bureau

The White House on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s divisive pardon of a former Arizona sheriff who had engaged in racial profiling, even as cracks began to appear within the administration over the president’s response to white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Va. As the outcry over Trump’s leadership on race continued to mount, his secretary of State and a top homeland security adviser appeared unusually to distance themselves from the president’s post-Charlottesville statements, in contrast to the full-throated defense most administration officials had previously offered.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” was asked about a United Nations panel’s recent criticism of the U.S. over its failure at “the highest political level” to “unequivocally reject and condemn ... racist violent events.”

The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which normally confines its concerns to the actions of dictators or groups such as Islamic State, did not mention Trump by name, but its statement clearly referred to

Noose >> from page 1 impacted. The department is reportedly working on printed communication for all residence halls emphasizing the University’s newly adopted principles of community. Thomas does not think it is enough – he said the University and students should address the problem campus wide.

“It was hard for a lot of residents to remain optimistic because this happened before classes even started. For a lot of people, this was their first experience at CSU,” Thomas said. “…

This affects a pretty large number of people on this campus.

You have to make that known.”

The paper noose came exactly a week after a rally organized by white nationalists and the “alt-right” turned violent and deadly in Charlottesville, Va., leaving one person dead and 19 others injured.

President Frank addressed the event in his annual welcome back campus-wide email Aug.

this month’s white-supremacist march in Charlottesville and its deadly aftermath.

A 32-year-old paralegal, Heather Heyer, was killed Aug. 12 when a car plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters; a 20-year-old Ohio man described as a Nazi sympathizer, James Alex Fields Jr., has been charged in the killing.

Asked about the U.N. panel’s statement, Tillerson said he did not believe “anyone doubts the American people’s values” with respect to combating racism.

But pressed by interviewer Chris Wallace as to whether Trump shared those values, Tillerson replied: “The president speaks for himself.”

When Wallace queried him about whether he was separating himself from Trump’s views, Tillerson again offered distancing language, saying “I have made my own comments” as to American values on race and racism.

Trump places a premium on personal loyalty, and his aides tend to staunchly defend him even under the most controversial circumstances.

But even amid the fresh furor over the man Trump calls “Sheriff Joe,” the former top lawman in Arizona’s Maricopa County, the White House homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert,

seemed to contradict on Sunday the president’s contention that there had been “very fine people” marching among the white supremacists in Charlottesville.

Asked about that characterization, Bossert said: “I think you’ll have to ask the president how he wanted to parse” the march participants. “I’d ask you to ask the president for clarification,” he said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Queried about his own opinion of those hurling racial invective while marching with Confederate banners, Bossert said: “I don’t think anyone chanting those things is a ‘very fine person’ period.”

He did defend the overall tenor of Trump’s remarks condemning racism, however.

“I can’t be clearer,” the homeland security adviser said after repeatedly attempting to return the conversation to the administration’s response to the hurricane that hit Texas. “I think the administration’s been clear.”

The remarks from Tillerson and Bossert follow a more blunt criticism last week from Gary Cohn, Trump’s economic adviser, who told the Financial Times that the administration “must do better” at condemning racism.

Cohn said he had considering resigning over Trump’s reaction

to Charlottesville, but decided to stay in his post.

In an essay published Sunday, former Vice President Joe Biden directly accused Trump of emboldening white supremacists and other far-right extremist groups.

Like many Trump critics, the former vice president drew parallels between the Joe Arpaio pardon and events in Charlottesville.

“If it wasn’t clear before, it’s clear now,” Biden wrote in a starkly worded opinion piece posted Sunday on the Atlantic’s website. “We are living through a battle for the soul of this nation.

The giant forward steps we have taken in recent years on civil liberties and civil rights and human rights are being met by a ferocious pushback from the oldest and darkest forces in America.”

Now, Biden wrote, Trump has “pardoned a law-enforcement official who terrorized the Latino community, violated its constitutional rights, defied a federal court order to stop, and ran a prison system so rife with torture and abuse he himself called it a ‘concentration camp.’ “ Bossert played down the significance of Trump’s pardon of Arpaio, who had been convicted of criminal contempt of court.

Trump’s announcement of

17– two days before the noose was found. He called the white supremacist rally a national disgrace and a stain upon humanity. But, some students criticized him for not mentioning the topic at freshmen commencement during his annual address to incoming students. Newsom Hall, where the noose was found, is primarily a first-year community.

“There’s a lot of different factors that go on (at convocation),” Frank said, explaining why he didn’t address Charlottesville during orientation. “Parents are there and whatnot, and I think we were pretty clear in our message. I don’t think we were very ambiguous about how we felt about white supremacists.”

Frank called the noose “deeply troubling,” and said that while CSU is an open marketplace of ideas and he is an advocate for free speech, the University will stand together against ideas like this.

“This is someone who didn’t own the ideology, and in my opinion, in a very cowardly way, hung up a symbol of racial violence,”

Frank said. “The only purpose one could have is to intimidate others, to frighten them, and to divide us from standing together. … That won’t work at Colorado State.”

Based on reports from his fellow RAs, Thomas estimates the noose was up for two and a half hours.

“I feel it was so heavily calculated,” Thomas said. “Someone had to take that particular piece of paper mâché from the lounge, and they had to think about it, as in, ‘I want this to resemble a noose, and we’re going to hang it in front of the hall in which there is a Black RA.’” The timing of the incident in correlation with Charlottesville stood out to Thomas.

And, though this was the most direct act of racism he has seen against him, he said he was not shocked by it.

“Racism has been around forever, essentially, so when it happened here, my thought was, ‘Okay, it’s just happening to me now,’” Thomas said. “That told me, and it should tell everyone on this campus, that we’re not

immune from it.”

Thomas wants to work on addressing racial tensions on campus through programming and his role as an RA, and also through advocating for more diversity education during freshmen orientation. He plans to continue in his RA position in Newsom Hall.

“Regardless of what happens with this case, I’m still an RA, and I still have a job to do,” Thomas said. “I don’t dislike the establishment here. But, I am more so just challenging them to do more. ...We preach that we are this inclusive diverse community, let’s prove it.”

CSU police conducted a preliminary investigation of the incident, but have since suspended further efforts. CSUPD did not find evidence to identify a suspect or to provide leads that supported continued investigation. Anyone with information should call CSUPD at 970-4916425.

Erin Douglas can be reached at editor@collegian.com

the pardon, made late Friday as Hurricane Harvey was bearing down on Texas’ Gulf Coast, drew criticism from some high-profile Republicans, including Arizona’s two GOP senators and, on Saturday, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., who is normally muted in his commentary about the president’s actions, if not cheering him on.

“The speaker does not agree with the decision,” Ryan’s spokesman Doug Andres said Saturday.

Democrats including Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif., have expressed concerns that the pardon might be an attempt to undermine the wide-ranging Russia investigation by Robert Mueller III, the special counsel who is examining potential collusion between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign.

Schiff, the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said Saturday that the Arpaio pardon could be intended to reassure former Trump associates under scrutiny that the president would undo contempt convictions they might face if they fail to cooperate with investigators.

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OPINION Tuesday, August 29, 2017

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Water bottle policy will not solve problems with litter in national parks Tyler Weston @tweston

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.

With all the insanity that seems to take over the news these days, a story about recycling and litter can sometimes slip under the radar. This past week, President Trump reversed an optional plastic water bottle ban in national parks.

The policy, introduced in 2011, allowed individual parks to remove the option of disposable plastic water bottles from sale at park vendors. While people

argue over the politics of the situation, I fear most of us are missing the point, the ban was an ineffective policy.

The bottle ban could only be implemented after an extensive cost/benefit sort of analysis had been done. Along with that report, parks would have to mitigate a primary concern of many of the bill’s opponents, dehydration. Due to loss of revenue among other concerns, not many of our national parks participated in this optional ban.

In fact, only 23 of our nation’s 417 national parks participated in the optional litter reduction measure, Grand Canyon National Park being one of them. Included in the park’s pitch were ten new water filling stations at popular trail-heads and reusable bottles available for a cost comparable to the cost of a single disposable

water bottle.

President Trump has received mixed reviews since his election. Some have hailed the decision to remove the ban as a victory for personal freedom, while others feel it is a potentially devastating blow to environmental policy.

The truth is, repealing the ban is a minimal measure, primarily because it was as ineffective as it was misguided. While this bill was heavily contested by the bottled water industry makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end, it was absolutely within reason to remove this nonsensical bit of policy.

One of loudest criticisms of the ban was that it left visitors without the healthiest beverage option available, that only left sugary soft-drinks and alcoholic beverages available for those uninterested in a refill-

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able bottle.

Another frequently mentioned concern was the perceived increase in risk of dehydration for park guests. Both of those are reasonable concerns to raise against a ban that also failed to restrict the amount of disposable bottles that could be brought in from outside the park, not to mention the miscellaneous garbage that represents the 80 percent of park litter that is composed of something other than plastic water bottles.

With everything on the table, all pros and cons considered, the only way to make a truly impactful change in the litter issue is a cultural shift.

In a society where Americans consume three pounds of sugar a week on average, collectively purchase 12.8 billion gallons of bottled water, and the average person generates about four

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pounds of waste per day the kind of drastic changes needed would never survive the public outcry that would immediately ensue.

We have lost our sense in a world driven by convenience where nothing much matters beyond the satisfaction of our immediate needs and cravings.

The freedom of choice is arguably one of the more defining traits of American idealism, policy that limits that will always be fought viciously and for good reasons.

Our greatest chance of preserving life on this battered planet is to acknowledge and take full ownership of our mistakes. When we find ourselves ready to do that and begin adapting to a different way of living, positive change can be had.

Tyler Weston can be reached at letters@collegian.com

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OPINION Tuesday, August 29, 2017

NATIONAL

Trump sends message with Arpaio pardon: The federal government expects local help enforcing immigration laws

By Kurtis Lee LA Times

To President Trump and many of his supporters, Joe Arpaio is a national hero whose aggressive pursuit of people in the country illegally and cooperation with federal immigration authorities should be a model for cities and counties around the country.

“Was Sheriff Joe convicted for doing his job?” Trump asked at a raucous campaign-style rally in Phoenix last week, three days before pardoning the 85-yearold former Arizona sheriff.

The pardon of Arpaio — who was convicted of criminal contempt in July for flouting a court order to stop racial profiling of Latinos while he was sheriff — has galvanized Trump’s political base around an issue that was at the center of his presidential campaign.

But for civil rights advocates, who believe that local authorities should not enforce federal immigration laws, the pardon was an endorsement of illegal tactics and will only serve to deepen racial tensions.

“Arpaio built his work on terror and fear,” said Alejandra Gomez, co-executive director of the Arizona-based Living United for Change in Arizona, or LUCHA, an immigrant rights group. “Arpaio targeted the immigrant community, separating thousands of families.

Arpaio built the foundation for Trump’s agenda.”

The issue of how to combat

illegal immigration has become a major dispute between the Trump administration and leftleaning cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver, San Francisco and Austin, Texas.

The president’s threats to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities — which refuse to cooperate with federal immigration agents — by withholding federal money have spurred little cooperation and several lawsuits.

Arpaio has long been a divisive figure at the center of the debate over illegal immigration.

During his more than two decades as Maricopa County sheriff, which came to end after he failed to win reelection in November, he ordered his officers to stop drivers simply on the suspicion that they were in the country illegally, sometimes leading to the detention of Latinos who were citizens.

In 2011, a federal judge ordered Arpaio and his deputies not to racially profile Latinos. A year later the Justice Department sued Arpaio, alleging a pattern of illegal discrimination against Latinos.

That only elevated his stature in the movement against illegal immigration.

Trump understood that as well as any politician, and early in his campaign he called Arpaio a friend and ally in fighting illegal immigration.

Arpaio became one of the first major figures to endorse Trump, urging voters to back the billionaire businessman because

of his hard-line immigration positions.

When Trump suggested a pardon last week — “I’ll make a prediction. I think he’s going to be just fine,” he said to cheers at the Phoenix rally — Arpaio was facing the prospect of up to six months in jail.

To 72-year-old Daniel Magos, seeing Arpaio convicted of criminal contempt last month felt like justice.

One morning in December 2009, Magos was driving his rusted Ford pickup on his way to a drywall restoration job near his home when one of of Arpaio’s deputies turned on his patrol lights.

“I’m just trying to earn a living, and all of a sudden I’m being stopped — you know, for what?” said Magos, who was born in Mexico and became a U.S. citizen in 1967. “The deputy is just staring at me, very angry, like I shouldn’t be here in this country trying to make an living.”

After a 10-minute interrogation, the deputy sent him on his way.

“It was profiling, no doubt about it,” said Magos, who joined a 2012 lawsuit against the sheriff.

“To this day it’s stuck with me.”

On Friday, as Magos prepared dinner at his Phoenix home — about 35 miles from where Arpaio lives — he learned that Trump had issued the pardon.

“I thought, why, how could this be?” he said. “But then I just thought how Trump and Arpaio are the same.”

In an interview Saturday, Arpaio denied that he or his officers had ever profiled anybody.

“I was doing my job and combating illegal immigration,” he said by phone from his home in a Phoenix suburb. “I didn’t ask for a pardon, but it is greatly appreciated.”

It was also appreciated

by Trump supporters, as the president by some measures has fallen short in his attempt to curb illegal immigration.

In January, Trump signed an executive order that called for the hiring of 5,000 more Border Patrol agents, the increased deportation of undocumented migrants and funding for the immediate construction of a massive wall along the U.S.Mexico border.

But seven months later, the number of new Border Patrol agents has dropped by 220 instead of risen. Immigration officials are on pace to deport 10,000 fewer people this year than during President Obama’s last year in office. And Congress has not made a border wall a priority, prompting Trump to threaten a government shutdown if funding for it is not authorized.

Given those shortcomings, some of his advisors have been urging the president to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a program started by Obama to offer legal residency to people who were brought to the country illegally as children and grew up here.

On the issue of sanctuary cities, Arpaio said he remains confident that Trump will triumph over local authorities.

“What he’s doing will work. … It really will help out a lot,” Arpaio said. “Are there sanctuary cities for bank robbers? No. There needs to be action taken against these mayors and police chiefs that are just allowing safe havens.”

To civil rights activists, Arpaio provided the worst kind of model for dealing with illegal immigration.

“For more than two decades, Sheriff Arpaio terrorized and profiled Arizona’s Latino citizens, was finally voted out of office, and was convicted for failing to follow a court order to cease his unlawful, racist policing,” Vanita Gupta, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, said in a statement.

“This pardon sends a dangerous message that a law enforcement officer who abused his position of power and defied a court order can simply be excused by a president who himself clearly does not respect the law.”

Arpaio said Saturday that he’ll take the criticism.

“It’s expected,” he said. “I’ve been talked about my whole career.”

This editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Friday, Aug. 25 and was pulled from Tribune News Service.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A response to ‘Letter to Tony Frank’ regarding dividing alumni on gameday

By Tyler McDermott Guest Author

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. This is a response to a letter on Aug. 28.

Response to letter from Alumna Rachel Hubel: As an alumnus, and former Colorado State football player, I find your open letter to Tony Frank incredibly short-sighted and selfish. As someone who was on the sideline or playing for five years, and assisting the football team for a year after with Coach McElwain, the atmosphere that the new on-campus stadium brings is electric.

Having only been to campus twice since I graduated in

2012, I noticed a greater sense from the student body and the community for Ram pride, something that was missing during the Fairchild era of football. I saw signs up all over campus and all over town announcing the game on Saturday. I was blown away by the flocks of students, alumni and townsfolk walking to campus to take part of the newest traditions Colorado State has to offer. I can say, that to a man, every single football alumni that I met felt the same sense of pride and wonderment that I did – and we all wished that we could have taken part in it as a player again.

Your letter reminds me about the early concerns that an on campus stadium would represent a parking nightmare (it wasn’t), and that local busi-

nesses would be overwhelmed (they weren’t). As someone who has been to multiple football games at multiple campuses with on-campus stadiums, I can tell you one thing: parking is always an issue. Tailgates are usually spread out around the campus. And each university has the same problem with parking passes: how much do we charge, who gets closer to the stadium, etc.

Let me ask you a question: is anybody preventing you from going into the other lots?

Do they ask you for your ID and prevent you from going into another lot if you aren’t ‘one of us?’ If you want to play ladderball with certain alumni, or cornhole, or throw a football, or speak to different alumni in different lots, I have a very novel idea for you: walk. Orga-

nize yourself and your friends/ alumni, plan out your tailgate, and agree on when/where to meet.

The school is providing a great atmosphere for new games, a wonderful biergarden in the Lory Courtyard, free concerts on the Lory lawn, plenty of sponsored tailgates, access to a world-class stadium (the New Belgium beer porch is AMAZING), and a great team to watch. Our campus is beautiful and parking lots are spread out (PS, all parking maps at every campus is difficult). Complaining about parking is like a child who gets a shiny new toy but complains that it isn’t the right color, you have a great new thing that you didn’t have yesterday, appreciate what you have.

Instead of complaining

about cost of parking, or how spread out the parking lots are (they are spread out because the lots were built before a campus stadium), use your voice in an open letter forum not to call for a broad, unspecific ideal, why not go to a board of governors meeting and address your specific concerns, or use your open letter to call for a specific fix to the problem?

Otherwise, you just sound like all the people who put up the Save Our Hughes signs – someone who is complaining just to complain.

Tyler McDermott Encouraged Former Student-Athlete Letters may be sent to letters@ collegian.com. When submitting letters, please abide by the guidelines on collegian.com

SERIOUSLY

Man who ‘casually’ watches Game of Thrones skips episodes Ty Betts @tybetts9

Editors note: This is a satire piece from the Collegians opinion section. Real names may be used in fictitious/semi-fictitious ways. Those who do not like reading editors notes are subject to being offended.

FORT COLLINS-- Following the season finale of Game of Thrones, a Denver man who claims that Game of Thrones is, “just okay” was discovered.

26-year-old Andrew Christov claims he watches Game of Thrones, but occasionally will fall asleep during an episode.

“Yea I enjoy it,” Christov said. “I check in on it occasionally.”

Christov has a full subscription to HBO and works from home; an ideal setup for any

Game of Thrones viewer. Christov isn’t your typical fan. He has only watched a handful of episodes from each season and skips around on pure whim.

The most troubling part is that Christov has a complete lack of caution when it comes to spoilers.

“I don’t mind people talking about episodes I haven’t seen yet,” Christov said. “I figure I’ll find out sooner or later.”

Psychologist Bradley Simmons believes Christov’s mind-

set is unconventional to say the least.

“Christov’s mind is failing to recognize the magnitude of what is going on inside this television series. Untreated, he could start to drift farther and farther away from reality,” Simmons said.

Christov’s friends and family never knew how detached Christov was. His mother, Anna, said she always assumed her son was more involved.

“I think back to all those

times talking about Game of Thrones with my son and all I can think is, how did I not see his indifference before,” Anna said.

Christov is seeking help and has moved back in with his mother.

“I’m gonna be here for him now. I’m gonna make Game of Thrones a bigger part of his life,” Anna said.

Ty Betts can be reached at news@collegian.com

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FOOTBALL

Depth, versatility will continue to play key role in CSU success

By Colin Barnard @ColinBarnard_

While Colorado State’s starters proved their talent throughout Saturday’s 58-27 beatdown of Oregon State, the team’s depth and versatility played just as big of a factor.

On the offensive side of the ball, the Rams utilized second and third units throughout the day. In doing so, starters were able to rest, and the team did not lose any productivity when various players went out with injuries.

Of all the position groups, depth aided CSU most significantly on the offensive line. Before the game, the depth chart was littered with possibilities up front.

Head coach Mike Bobo deployed a three-tackle rotation throughout the contest, using Zack Golditch, Ben Knox and Trae Moxley at the tackle positions. Moxley also played inside at guard with Nicho Garcia, Jeff Taylor and Colby Meeks rounding out the position group. When Knox went down with a leg injury, Bobo had plenty of options to plug into his role.

While the big uglies benefitted most from depth Saturday, four different ballcarriers received touches in the victory as well. When starters Dalyn Dawkins and Izzy

Matthews were each “dinged up,” Rashaad Boddie and Marvin Kinsey Jr. provided a seamless transition for the CSU offense.

Boddie finished the game with eight carries for 56 yards, despite the bulk of his carries coming in the second half.

Playing in his first game since tearing his ACL last winter, Kinsey also added eight carries for 35 yards and one touchdown.

On the outside, redshirt junior Trey Smith made his presence felt in the receiving corps while both Dalton Fackrell and Cameron Butler were productive at tight end. Senior wide receiver Michael Gallup led all pass-catchers in receptions (11) and receiving yards (134), but Smith and the tight ends made their presence felt as well.

Fackrell finished the game with a modest two receptions for 28 yards, but the Utah native displayed his athleticism by making a difficult catch in the open field. Butler also finished the game with two receptions, totaling 27 receiving yards in the process. Both of Butler’s grabs could make the highlight reel though, as he trucked an OSU defender for a first down with his first career reception and later scored his first collegiate touchdown.

When the Rams travel to Denver to play Colorado in

Rashaad Boddie breaks a tackle during the Oregon State game at the new on-campus stadium on Aug. 26.

PHOTO BY JACK STARKEBAUM COLLEGIAN

the annual Rocky Mountain Showdown on Friday, head coach Mike Bobo hopes to employ a similar strategy as he did in the victory over the Beavers.

Especially within the offensive line, where the Rams will likely be missing last Saturday’s starting right tackle, Ben Knox.

Though Knox is considered doubtful for the game, the ability

to plug and play certain players on the line should ease his absence. One caveat is that Bobo wants to allow his linemen to play on one side of the line.

Running back by committee ■ (Senior) Dalyn Dawkins

8 carries, 67 yards, 1 touchdown

■ (Junior) Izzy Matthews

9 carries, 28 yards, 1 touchdown

■ (Sophomore) Marvin Kinsey Jr.

8 carries, 34 yards, 1 touchdown ■ (RS Freshman) Rashaad Boddie 8 carries, 56 yards

Tight end Cameron Butler embraces a teammate after scoring against Oregon State on Saturday.

PHOTO BY TONY VILLALOBOS MAY COLLEGIAN

“You’d like to have guys settle into a role, where they’re playing one side or the other,” Bobo said Monday. “You’d like to have depth where you rotate guys in there. You don’t like flipping guys as much from left to right, so we’re keeping Moxley on the left side where he’s left guard or left tackle. At the end of the day, you’re going to have injuries.

You’re going to have people go down, people get hurt, so you better be able to do it all.”

Bobo acknowledged that he liked playing Moxley and

Golditch on the same side. When Golditch played left tackle and Moxley played left guard, the Rams were able to run the ball most effectively. While veterans like Golditch can handle playing both sides of the line, Bobo hopes letting players settle into a role will reduce some of the errors on the line moving forward.

“We had some busts and errors,” Bobo said. “We had some mental errors, and probably some of that is because (we changed) those guys around, but we wanted to play more guys because it was hot. I think that showed in the fourth quarter, we were able to finish the game.”

While it is probable that Knox will miss matchup with CU, running backs Dalyn Dawkins and Izzy Matthews escaped week one with only minor bumps and bruises and are expected to play. Given the physicality of the position, having multiple options at running back is a must for Bobo and the Rams.

“You like having fresh guys, and it’s a physical game,” Bobo said. “Our guys kept hitting it up in there. It was good to have more than two because our guys got a little banged up.”

Colin Barnard can be reached at sports@collegian.com

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NATIONAL

CSU alumna reflects on journey to Rockies broadcast booth

By Tyler Johnson @TylerGJohnson20

For Jenny Cavnar of the Colorado Rockies broadcast team, the day starts long before any of the team steps onto the field.

After arriving to the stadium at least four hours before first pitch, Cavnar begins meetings, prepares game notes and interviews players. Cavnar’s days and nights are consumed by sports – and she wouldn’t want it any other way.

Photo Courtesy of Jenny Cavnar’s Twitter @jennycavnar

“The first thing I do in the morning is read,” Cavnar said.

“I read the team’s stats from the previous day, what others are saying about the team, and what is going on around the league.”

Her love affair with sports was fostered from a young age.

As a high school baseball coach, Cavnar’s father encouraged her to be involved with sports from a young age. Even with her passion for sports, Cavnar was unsure how that could turn into a career until one Monday night with her father.

“My dad and I always watched Monday Night Football together and I remember watching Melissa Stark do the broadcast,” Cavnar said. “I had never seen someone who looked like me on TV before and that is when I knew I wanted to go into broadcasting.”

After graduating from Smoky Hill High School in Aurora, Cavnar had to make the decision many high school seniors dread: where she would continue her education. Although she grew up a University of Kentucky fan, it only took one trip to Fort Collins for her to make her decision.

“Once I got on campus I was in love,” Cavnar said. “Even though it was only for a few hours, I felt like Fort Collins had become my home.”

Upon arriving as a freshman in 2000, she quickly got to work on turning her dream into a reality. She double majored in communications and business, joined the women’s club lacrosse team and got involved with student media.

“Being a part of a team, even if it was just a club sport, was

such an amazing experience,” Cavnar said. “Lacrosse has always been a huge part of my life and my teammates have always been like family to me.

Being able to step on the field knowing that we are going to battle together will be a feeling I will never forget.”

Cavnar took junior and senior year to get involved with CTV covering sports as a sideline reporter. She also worked for several local news outlets until she graduated from Colorado State in 2004.

Cavnar began working her way up in the world of sports, eventually moving out to California where she continued her passion for lacrosse by coaching at UCLA. Three years later, she landed a spot with the San Diego Padres’ broadcasting team. Cavnar remembers one moment in 2007 when she realized she had made it.

“In 2007 when the Padres where on an incredible run that looked like it was going to land them in the playoffs, I was talking to Jake Peavy, who went on to win the National League Cy Young award that year,” Cavnar said. “I remember just thinking this is so cool; this is my job.”

In 2012, Cavnar had an opportunity to return home to Colorado and join the broadcast team for the Rockies.

“Coming home was like

a dream come true, although my time in California was an important step in the process,” Cavnar said. “I learned many things while I was out there and I was able to grow and bring all those experiences back with me.”

JENNY CAVNAR ■ Two-time Emmy Award winner ■ Host of the Rockies Pregame

Report and Toyota Postgame Show ■ First female radio analyst for a series of National League games ■ Attended CSU from 2000-2004 ■ Played for club lacrosse team and worked with CTV ■ Studied communication and marketing Along with being close to family, coming home has allowed Cavnar to reconnect with a place she fell in love with 17 years ago.

Cavnar has been able to cover Colorado State sporting events as a part of the AT&T Sports Net team formally known as ROOT Sports. She was also able to get an early look at the new on-campus stadium while still under construction.

“The stadium is absolutely gorgeous and it is going to do

so many amazing things for the University,” Cavnar said. “I can’t wait to see it on game days with 40,000 fans; it’s going to be an experience.”

In an industry dominated by men, Cavnar has not only found her spot, she has thrived.

She has won two Emmys for her work in broadcasting and, in 2015, became the first woman to broadcast a National League game over the radio.

“It’s an honor to be a part of history to continue to help pave the way for female sportscasters just like those that I looked up to before me,” Cavnar said.

Even with the crazy hours and the days and days of traveling, Cavnar wouldn’t trade a minute of it away.

“It can be hard to be away from family so much especially when we are expecting a child,” Cavnar said. “But, the people I work with have become a family to me and we all try to be the best at what we do. ...Be passionate about what you do, always strive to be the best at whatever you do, and be flexible. It’s a competitive world and those who are able to adjust to situations will do well.”

Tyler Johnson can be reached by email at sports@collegian. com.

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VOLLEYBALL

Rams look to maintain legacy against Northern Colorado

By Luke Zahlmann @likezahlmann

Coming off a split weekend, Colorado State volleyball is set to face University of Northern Colorado in Moby Arena Tuesday night for an inner-state showdown.

The Rams have not dropped a match to UNC in over a decade. Despite the overwhelming success, the team will look to focus on the task at hand and avoid taking the Bears lightly.

“We know they are a good team,” sophomore Katie Oleksak said. “We played them in spring, and we have seen what they are capable of. Every game we get into, we do not want to overlook a team and definitely with UNC we know they are strong.”

The Rams will be facing an

opponent that is winless on the year (0-2); However, they feature an older roster that is laden with junior and senior talent. “(UNC) will not make a lot of mistakes,” head coach Tom Hilbert said. “If you are playing an older team, you cannot give them points - unforced errors, missed serves and service aces.”

As well as having the age advantage, the Bears run a very complex scheme that the Rams had only two days to prepare for. Being a younger team, practice leading up to the game was all about intensity and working hard to prepare.

“Northern Colorado is a hard team to prepare for,” Hilbert said. “They do very complex things offensively and we (only) have a short period

of time to get ready. We have to take (preparation) very serious.”

After the Rams lost Friday night to Duke, they won 3-1 against Central Florida and played with anger coming off a tough loss. The team rebounded nicely and will look to continue their momentum in preparation for their tournament in Tallahassee.

“We really want to just go out and play more consistently than we did this weekend,” Oleksak said. “Keep focused in the game and we really want to win, it is important to us.”

The Rams have dealt with injuries to seniors Alexandra Poletto and Sanja Cizmic that have kept them from reaching their ceiling as a contender.

Cizmic was able to gut it out against Central Florida after

sitting for most of the match against Duke, while Poletto has not seen the court yet this season. While Cizmic is feeling better, the Rams will still be without Poletto as she recovers from shoulder surgery.

Breana Runnels came on strong in the Rams’ match against Central Florida and will start the game against the Bears Tuesday night on the front left side.

“She will get more attempts,” Hilbert said. “Jasmine is not feeling very well right now and I would like to be able to rest her.”

Following their match against the Bears, the Rams will travel to Tallahassee for their tournament in which they will face No. 15 Florida State. The Rams are ready for the challenge at hand.

“We have to take it one day at a time,” Kirstie Hillyer said.

“I think we’re doing pretty good with that. I have not even thought about Florida (State) yet, and I think most of us are like that.”

WEEKEND RECAP ■ Friday Aug. 25 vs. Duke: Loss,

2-3

■ Saturday Aug. 26 vs. Central

Florida: Win, 3-1

The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Tuesday night, with the Rams departing for the tournament on Wednesday Aug. 30.

Luke Zahlmann can be reached at news@collegian.com

Sophomore Katie Oleksak sets a ball for her teammate Kirstie Hillyer during the season opener against Duke. The Rams fell to the Blue Devils in five sets.

PHOTO BY ELLIOTT JERGE COLLEGIAN

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BRONCOS

Jamaal Charles shows promise in debut with Broncos

By Woody Paige The Gazette

DENVER - Jamaal Charles looked like The Solution again.

Then, he looked like The Big Hurt again.

Then, like that, he was back.

Just as the Broncos had Charles in Charge - with four rushes for 27 yards in the first half - one of the NFL’s most remarkable runners had to leave the field Saturday night.

Would the former Chiefs’ all-world back attempt at a return to glory be thwarted in his first exhibition appearance with the Broncos?

After picking up 12 yards on a twisting, turning burst, Charles departed to the sideline in the second quarter.

He seemed fatigued, and there also was concern that when Charles make a cut, maybe the repaired right knee had been injured. Charles disappeared into a new, blue tent with the Broncos’ long-time trainer Steve “Greek” Antonopulos.

Oh, no.

Charles hadn’t played in two exhibitions. He rarely par-

ticipated in off-season workouts or training camp after signing as a free agent with the Broncos. He didn’t remove a brace on the knee until the past week.

Coach Vance Joseph had said that the game against the Packers was Jamaal’s opportunity to shine and show if he was the old Charles or just an old Charles. It was believed that it was make-the-roster-or-break for the Broncos’ nemesis for so many years.

His first run in the first quarter was nifty and produced 5 yards. Charles got two more chances and had 15 yards in three carries. He failed to turn around on a pass in his direction, but twice in the backfield he wisely picked up blitzes.

On the run for a dozen, Charles appeared to not all only assure that he would stick in the tightly-contested backfield battle, but he could be a major contributor once more.

But, while he was in the tent being evaluated, everyone wondered.

Then the word came.

Charles had been checked out

for concussions symptoms, and was cleared. Not only was he OK, but Charles returned to play and caught two short passes from newly-named starting quarterback Trevor Siemian.

“Jamaal was Jamaal,” Joseph said to Ron Mackey at the end of the half. Joseph then added an important noun.

“Explosive.”

The Broncos did suffer other injuries - to defensive end Zach Kerr (as if the Broncos didn’t have enough problems losing defensive ends) and safety Will Parks - and Siemian suffered with a terrible interception (before settling and playing extremely well in the first half ), and the defense suffered with an ugly skirmish between linebacker Todd Davis and cornerback Aqib Talib (who was the peacemaker until Davis shoved him with a helmet in the chest).

But, in the only serious exhibition, the Broncos virtually played even with the Packers especially after Aaron Rodgers was on the stage briefly.

Yet, C. J. Anderson failed on third-and-1 and fourth-and-1

at the Pack’s 11-yard line, and that was a critical issue for the Broncos last season.

Now, the Broncos can turn their attention the regular-season opener (after another meaningless exhibition).

Who will be on this team?

The narrative throughout training camp has been about the plethora of difficult decisions the Broncos must make about players by Sept. 2.

Not really.

I’ve been coming to these things since the Broncos trained for seasons in the 1970s. (Few remembers coach John Ralston’s Foolish Football Folly in Pomona, Calif.)

Really, it’s never been that hard to cut, especially with practice squads, injured reserve lists and expanded rosters (53 now).

The Broncos’ brass is deliberating over a 10th offensive lineman, a sixth wide receiver and an eighth linebacker.

Will anybody be shocked, stunned and startled by who is kept or dismissed in the Broncos’ player purge?

I wrote in 2011 that a free

agent cornerback should be retained by the Broncos, and Chris Harris Jr. has come through - as in best cornerback in the league.

Well, there’s another Chris Harris - sort of. Chris Lewis-Harris was another undrafted free agent in 2012. The Bengals signed him, and he was a practice squad and regular squad player for four seasons - and played under a secondary coach named Joseph. Lewis-Harris has been impressive enough to be the Last Cornerback Standing.

Another Harris - Shelby, who played defensive end with the Raiders the past two season - made his presence felt Saturday night with a solid performance, especially given the Broncos’ thin situation because of injuries at the position.

But the most important aspect of the exhibition was Jamaal Charles.

Welcome to the Broncos, Jamaal.

He’s back.

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FOOTBALL

CU Buffs likely to see more poise from Nick Stevens

By Brian Howell The Daily Camera

Despite being a junior coming off an all-conference season, Colorado State quarterback Nick Stevens played last year’s Rocky Mountain Showdown like an unconfident rookie.

Colorado harassed Stevens into one of the worst starts of his career, as he completed just six of 20 passes for 31 yards and two interceptions before being benched in CU’s 44-7 victory.

Based on Stevens’ performance on Saturday, he will be more difficult to deal with when the Rams and Buffaloes meet on Friday night at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver.

“I thought Nick played outstanding today at the quarterback position,” CSU head coach Mike Bobo said after CSU’s 5827 win against Oregon State.

Now a senior, Stevens displayed poise and confidence against the Beavers. He was hit hard early — once getting the wind knocked out of him — and threw a first quarter interception. He brushed all that aside to finish 26-of-39 for 334 yards

and three touchdowns.

Led by Stevens, the Rams had their highest-scoring game ever against a Power 5 conference team.

“He’s got good experience, and he’s got bad experience,” Bobo said. “He was not going to panic in the moment if things didn’t go well. He was not going to show nerves if he got hit. He was going to continue to be that calming force, not just for our offense, but our football team.

I think he’s a great example. He had a great demeanor.”

The Rams will need Stevens to display that same demeanor against the Buffs.

Buffs’ line coming together Last week, Colorado senior center Jonathan Huckins said he’s been pleased with how the offensive line has done in preseason practices, but that more work needs to be done before facing the Rams.

Seniors Jeromy Irwin (left tackle), Gerrad Kough (left guard) and Huckins team with sophomores Tim Lynott (right guard) and Aaron Haigler (right tackle) to form the starting group.

The goal is for the unit to

act as one on every play, and Huckins said they are getting there.

“We watch the film and we see plays where we are fourstrong or three-strong,” Huckins said. “We really want to get that five-strong, that full offensive line. If we can do that, it’s going to change games for our program. That’s what we strive for every day.”

The group has 83 career starts between them, but they’ve never started a game together. Huckins said they still have a few things to tune up before hitting the field.

“It’s more off the field: hanging out together, watching film together, learning teams as a unit, instead of individualized,” he said. “I think that’s really going to help us out in the long run beating these teams.”

In eight starts since last year’s game against CU, Stevens has completed 145 of 212 passes (68.4 percent) for 2,193 yards, 22 touchdowns and only four interceptions. After the Oregon State game, Bobo said the Rams’ game plan for CU has been done for a while, but added, “Now, we’ll make some

adjustments on how our guys played together and what fits us better as we form our identity, offensively, defensively and special teams.”

The last time CU opened its season against a CSU team that had already played a game was in 2002. That year, the Rams played on Aug. 22 at No. 22-ranked Virginia, and won

35-29. The next week, the Rams knocked off the 7th-ranked Buffaloes, 19-14. That was the only time in program history that CSU beat Power 5 teams in back-to-back games. Since 1983, CU is 10-2 against the Rams when this game is not the opener for CSU. Content pulled from tribune news service

Quarterback Nick Stevens looks to throw the ball downfield during Saturday’s game against Oregon State. The Rams defeated the Beavers 58-27. PHOTO BY JACK STARKEBAUM COLLEGIAN

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ARTS & CULTURE Tuesday, August 29, 2017

FOOD AND DINING

Elevated Sandwiches brings craft dishes to Fort Collins

By Jonny Rhein @jonnyrhein

A new sandwich shop in north Fort Collins is elevating the way they make sandwiches.

Owners Matt and Holly Iafeliece, owners of the newly opened Elevated Sandwiches, take pride in making the majority of the menu items from scratch.

“When I say from scratch, I’m roasting everything inhouse,” Matt Iafeliece said.

“The turkey, the pork loin for the Cuban, the corned beef, I roll the meatballs in-house. I think that’s one thing that sets us apart. It’s a lot of work to do that and I know why a lot of people don’t do it. For me, it is the only way. I can’t call myself Elevated Sandwiches, and open bags of turkey and slice it. I would have called it Mediocre Sandwiches.”

Matt Iafeliece has been in the restaurant industry for over 25 years. He started running his own pizza and sub shop when he was 15.

“My parents bought our first restaurant when I was 15,” Matt Iafeliece said. “It was

a pizza, pasta and sub shop in south Florida. Even as a young kid, I started running it. We eventually bought another restaurant, which was more fine dining, so as a 15-year-old, I took over the shop.”

His travel ventures brought him to Boulder where he helped start Illegal Pete’s with Pete Turner in 1995.

ELEVATED SANDWICHES ■ Location:

1612 N College Avenue

With all of his diverse experience in the restaurant industry including fine dining and wine, Matt Iafeliece feels that sandwiches are his calling, he said.

“I always remember working at the sandwich place as a kid thinking, ‘man, this is fun,’” Matt Iafeliece said. “We’d hang out back there and listen to music, get in the zone, crank out sandwiches, then at the end of the day you’re done.”

Matt Iafeliece has lived all

over the country and believes his travel experiences have helped him perfect his menu.

“We have a Cuban on the menu; I’m from south Florida,” Matt Iafeliece said. “My burger is an homage to Cleveland. It’s oblong and comes on a hoagie roll with a special sauce that reminds me of a place from Cleveland. For us, traveling gave us a grasp of these regional sandwiches. We’ve learned how to make them right.”

Patron Nick Amizich was particularly impressed with the beer selection. The current tap selection is mostly local beers.

“There is nothing better than eating an Italian sub from Elevated Sandwiches while drinking a nice beer,” Amizich said.

Holly Iafeliece said she could not be happier with the new restaurant.

“It’s been so amazing working with Matt, watching our dream come true and us putting all the labor of love into it,” Holly Iafeliece said. “It’s something we can call our own.

It’s been a learning process for the best.”

Patrons eat at Elevated Sandwiches located at north College. PHOTO BY JONNY RHEIN COLLEGIAN

Matt Iafeliece believes north Fort Collins is the perfect location for Elevated Sandwiches.

“Everybody thought I was crazy for going on north College, but I really do believe this is the last frontier in Fort Collins,” Matt Iafeliece said.

“There’s nowhere else to build and to grow except for north College. We want to bring a dynamic to this side of town that they’ve never seen before.”

Iafeliece has plans for the future with hopes of opening restaurants in small towns that do not have restaurants like Elevated Sandwiches.

“Holly and I like the smaller community thing,” Matt Iafeliece said. “We’d love to go to Timnath or Wellington and bring something like this to those that don’t have much in their little town.”

Jonny Reign can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com

MOVIES AND TV

‘Game of Thrones’ season 7 finale leaves viewers unsatisfied

By Zach Bermejo @zach_bermejo

*Spoilers for the season 7 finale are ahead* The Great War has arrived.

In the final moments of the 79-minute finale of “Game of Thrones,” titled “The Wolf

and the Dragon,” the show’s overarching plot since Season 1 reached its first milestone.

The White Walkers officially made it south of the The Wall, with a record time of only seven seasons. If it weren’t for the Night King’s undead ice dragon fuming blue fire at the 700 foot tall wall

Photo courtesy of Rob Obsidian via flickr.com.

of ice, the army of the dead would still be stuck at Eastwatch for at least another five episodes.

Thankfully, the finale, and the entire season, traveled at an atypically fast pace. Other large plotlines were finished up to make way for the Great War that will take up the entirety of the next and final season. The poorly written dilemma between Sansa and Arya came to a halt once Sansa outed Littlefinger in front of all the northern lords.

Watching Littlefinger beg for his life just before getting his throat sliced by Arya was a rare and satisfying death to witness, yet it left something to be desired. For a character who was so conniving that he started the War of the Five Kings, it was a disservice to see exactly how Arya and Sansa outplayed the master at his own game. Sure, we could assume that Sansa and Arya conspired together offscreen, but it would be a weak excuse considering how much hand-holding the show did with the story this season.

The faster pace of the season has led to many moments in the show that held the viewers hands a bit too much. The finale, while perfect in many ways, still suffered from that.

Bran’s explanation of Jon’s true heritage and name was confirmed in its entirety but without subtlety. Of course, fans have known for a while who Jon Snow’s parents are, but with so many things to remember perhaps the showrunners felt that the general audience needed it slapped across their face. Just in case you missed it, Jon Snow’s real name is Aegon Targaryen, according to the dying words of Lyanna Stark.

However, that is a bit confusing considering Jon’s dad Rhaegar named the son he had with Elia Martell Aegon as well.

Perhaps that was not the actual name Rhaegar had in mind and Lyanna jumped the gun?

That minor detail is not nearly as confusing as how we’re supposed to feel about the relationship between Jon and Daenarys though.

Near the finale’s end, the two consummated their alliance in romantic fashion. If I’m not being clear enough, Jon Snow and Daenarys Targaryen literally had sex with each other. This poses a potential moral crisis considering that Daenarys is Jon’s aunt, yet neither of them know it.

To me, I don’t see this being a

large issue for either of them when they find out. I don’t even see it being a large issue for many fans. Really, the only problem with the scene was the cutaway to Tyrion, who was outside the room looking suspiciously at the door.

Unfortunately, it looks like team Jon and Daenarys are going to suffer many casualties, which is not a huge surprise. Cersei lied about aiding them in the war to come, and instead plotted to buy a band of mercenaries from Essos with the help of Euron “Captain Ron” Greyjoy. The only good thing to come of that was Jaime’s abandonment of Cersei to go North and fight for the real cause. Though, I can not imagine they will be happy when Jaime shows up without an army of soldiers behind him.

To find out how this sprawling epic concludes, we will have to play a long waiting game.

An unconfirmed report from the Hollywood reporter suggest that the final season may not air until 2019. HBO has not commented on the show’s return, but at this point every “Game of Thrones” fan is used to waiting for absurdly long times.

Zach Bermejo can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com

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FORT COLLINS LIFE

Larimer County Farmers’ Market offers free outdoor yoga class

By Gracie Ludens @gracie_ludens

In the midst of the bustling farmers market was a patch of grass filled with colored mats and calming moments. Despite busy lifestyles, to-do lists and deadlines, some Fort Collins residents took an hour-long break from the demands of life and dedicated it to morning sunlight and positive mindsets.

Throughout the Larimer County Farmers’ Market season, the farmers market and Elan Yoga & Fitness partnered together to offer the community free yoga at 9 a.m. every last Saturday of the month. Before browsing local products, shoppers had the opportunity to slow down and start the weekend off with a free yoga class.

“I think it’s really good for your mind and body,” said Katy Limoge, a participant in the yoga class. “It’s fun that you get to exercise but you get to relax your mind and think.”

Not only is yoga beneficial for the mind, it is also an excellent way to strengthen the body. The benefits of yoga are innumerable, said yoga instructor Carol Hermes.

“It helps you become physically stronger,” Hermes said. “It helps your mind remain calmer, clearer, slower to anger and it lets you connect with other people if you practice in a class setting.”

Yoga is an excellent form of exercise, but it can also be used to address specific areas or muscles in the body, Hermes said.

“I have scoliosis, so it’s great for keeping my spine limber and for keeping everything flexible and balanced,” said Megan Charles, another participant

of the yoga class. “It helps with pain, strength, stress relief and it helps me sleep better. It’s kind of my cure-all.”

Hermes has also experienced better sleep as a result of yoga. She recalled her first yoga class, a hot yoga class called Bikram Yoga, where the room is approximately 106 degrees and filled with humidity. Yoga was the first thing that helped Hermes sleep much better.

“I had a really bad bout of insomnia and tried conventional treatments, which didn’t work,” Hermes said. After attending Bikram Yoga, she found the cure she was looking for. “I slept like a baby that night, and I never looked back.”

After experiencing the benefits of yoga for herself, Hermes found a way to share the wonders of yoga with others.

“I feel like it’s just made me a brighter person, so I really look to share that with my students,” Hermes said.

Despite the many positive reviews yoga receives, there are people who may not understand how yoga is beneficial.

“A lot of people think yoga is either stretching or chanting, but there is a yoga for everybody,” Hermes said. “We live in a world where there are plenty of options, so it can be more active for an athlete, it can be more spiritual if you’re seeking that.”

Hermes recommends letting go of the conception of yoga that people hold inside their heads and just try yoga.

With such a wide variety of yoga classes and teachers, there will be a combination that is a good fit for anyone.

For some, like Limoge, outdoor yoga is a good fit.

“It’s nice when you get to

hear nature,” Limoge said. “It’s just nice to be outside in the fresh air.”

Outside classes like the class offered at the farmers market come with more distractions, but even those distractions can be viewed as a part of the practice of yoga.

“You have some distractions, which are good for the mental aspect,” Charles said.

The Larimer County Farmers’ Market ■ Where: 200 W. Oak St., Fort

Collins, Colorado.

■ When: Every Saturday from 8

a.m. to noon from May 20 to Oct. 28, 2017

Charles noted that yoga classes in a studio are more predictable because you know what class you signed up for, and they take place in a controlled environment rather than in the unpredictable outdoors.

“Things come up that you can’t control, but it’s the same thing in life,” Hermes said.

“Things come up in life and you can’t control it and you have to learn how to just deal with it and roll with it.” Aug. 26 was the last time yoga will be offered at the farmers market as Elan Yoga & Fitness is closing its doors on Sept. 9 of this year.

To participate in the remaining yoga classes Elan Yoga & Fitness offers, visit their website elanyoga.com.

Elan Yoga & Fitness is located in Fort Collins at 353 W. Drake Rd. Ste 140.

Gracie Ludens can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

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ARTS & CULTURE Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Iron & Wine goes back to his roots with ‘Beast Epic’ ALEC REVIEWS MUSIC

By Alec Erickson @CTV_Ace

It can always be interesting to see an artist go back to their roots. That is exactly what singer/song-writer Iron & Wine did with his latest release, “Beast Epic.” This is a record in which we hear Iron & Wine scale back the orchestral stylings that we often associate with him for more simplistic layers, and it manages to work really well.

BEAST EPIC ■ Album: “Beast Epic” ■ Artist: Iron and Wine ■ Length: 36 minutes ■ Genre: Folk

Samuel Beam is best known by his stage name Iron & Wine.

This folk musician from South Carolina has always had a unique style in his music. From his debut album, “The Creek Drank the Candle” in 2002, he was noted for having a soothing voice that almost hinged on spoken word.

From slower and acoustic elements to larger than life themes, Beam always managed to stir up emotion in his listeners. With each subsequent re-

lease, he kept adding more to his style. Albums such as “Kiss Each Other Clean” and “Ghost on Ghost” really launched Iron & Wine into the mainstream.

Now, with his eighth studio album, we can hear Beam go back to what started his career and focus more on his personally story.

“Beast Epic” is an 11-track record that clocks in at 36 minutes in length. From pacing and structure, you will immediately pick up that this is a slow record.

There isn’t a whole lot of progression in most the tracks.

For a record built like this, you would almost expect it to drag, and yet it doesn’t at all. When all is said and done, “Beast Epic” is a transitional record when you listen to it, from a much more mature and reflective standpoint that it was written.

When you listen to the songs “Call It Dreaming” or “Thomas County Law,” you will hear essentially two completely different songs in tone. This is what really suits the record best; even without more layers to the song, Iron & Wine can make something fresh and new.

Then you get something like “Last Night,” which really stands out from the record purely based on the styling.

While it doesn’t necessarily quite fit into the rest of the record, it is still a soothing track

Iron & Wine’s new album “Beast Epics”. PHOTO COURTESY OF ITUNES

to listen to. The best way to sum up the sound of the record is that Iron & Wine can make a lot out of nothing.

Lyrically, we see Beam become a more mature songwriter than he already was. From the lead track, “Claim Your Ghost,” you can hear how much more reflective Beam has become in recent years. The one track that really stands is “Right for Sky,” which has Beam showing off his range in both performance and composition.

There might not be any direct link to bring you from song to song, but you cannot help but get the feeling of listening to someone who knows better than you. This is especially true when listening to “Our Light Miles.”

Should you listen to it? Yes!

Iron & Wine has always had this reassuring style, and listeners could always find comfort in the music. With “Beast Epic,” that couldn’t be any truer. Listeners are going to find that this record is easy to lose yourself in. Every time you come back to listen to “Beast Epic,” you may find something that you didn’t notice before, and that is a quality that only amazing song-writers can achieve.

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

Daily Horoscope Nancy Black

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY

(08/29/17). This year gets lucrative. Disciplined efforts benefit home and family. Revise your fitness practices this summer for mental, physical and spiritual strength. One phase ends and another begins next winter, leading to peak levels at work and play. Share, connect and network.

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

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — 7

— Illusions confuse the situation. If something goes against your grain, turn it down. Love is your lifeline when chaos swirls.

Hold onto someone solid.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 8 — Provide for your family. Put away provisions for the future.

Allow extra time for communications or transport to get through.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 9 — Words and actions can get tangled. Emotion and logic don’t see always eye to eye. Dreams and illusions can dissipate. Love is the bottom line.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 8 — Don’t waste time or energy pushing something that’s stuck.

Force an issue and risk breakage.

Gentle pressure works best.

Loving kindness can relax and soothe.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 6 — Relax and recharge your batteries. Delays or miscommunications may slow the action anyway. Enjoy simple pleasures

with someone special. Romance shines in the moonlight.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 8 — Home comforts call to you. Handle domestic chores and enjoy the results. Find a treasure for a song. Beautify your surroundings. Tend your garden.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 8 — Take notes and craft your message with care. Words can get twisted away from their original meanings. Illusions obscure the point. Clarify in advance.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 8 — Relax and maintain momentum to keep cash flowing in. Ignore tempting distractions; keep a slow, steady pressure. Push too hard and risk breakage.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — 9 — Enjoy private alone time. Indulge in favorite pastimes. Rest and soak in a hot tub. Stick to practical objectives; illusions wash away.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — 8 — Enjoy tranquil moments and soothing activities. Relax and recharge. Clean, sort and organize. Make plans for upcoming gatherings. Handle practical details. Meditate on possibilities.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 8 — Get together with friends without great expectations.

Share your passions and enthusiasms. Secrets get revealed.

Strengthen familiar bonds and connections with love.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 7 — Consider career moves in depth before making them.

Don’t talk about it. Keep your ears open. Wait and a cloudy situation clarifies. Follow passion.

COLLEGIAN.COM Tuesday, August 29, 2017

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