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THE RO CKY MOUNTAIN
Fort Collins, Colorado
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
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Volume 121 | No. 76
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THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891
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Much like the gentle hiss of the wind through the leaves, a haiku captures the poetry of nature... or something. And today, the Collegian’s poet laureate thought it was time to summarize this edition’s stories in haiku form. Enjoy.
By Kyle Grabowski The Rocky Mountain Collegian Living up to expectations is never easy, but the CSU volleyball team has a habit of maintaining excellence. Four CSU players were named to the All-Mountain West team, and senior Dana Cranston was chosen as the 2012 Mountain West Volleyball Player of the Year. Cranston ranked second in the conference in points (4.31) and kills (3.65) per set, while playing all six rotations for the first place team in the conference. She moved from the opposite hitting position to outside hitter and shouldered much of the Rams’ offensive load. “It was definitely a learning experience during the season. I think I took on too much of that mentally instead of leading by example,” Cranston said. “The way the season went taught me a lot more than it would have if I would have just stepped into See vball on Page 7
Csu All-MW selections Senior outside hitter Dana Cranston (Mountain West Player of the Year) (2nd selection) Senior middle blocker Megan Plourde (4th selection) Senior middle blocker Breion Paige (2nd selection) Sophomore setter Deedra Foss (1st selection)
Haikus about today’s Collegian stories Dylan Langille | COLLEGIAN
Graduate student Todd Hyster works in the chemistry lab Tuesday afternoon. Hyster created an artificial metalloenzyme that is gaining recognition throughout the scientific community.
CSU discovery published in ‘Science’ By Kate Winkle The Rocky Mountain Collegian It took about nine months for Todd Hyster to discover a scientific breakthrough, and by October 2012 to have it published in Science magazine. And to think he almost became an orthodontist. “I knew I liked science and math, I didn’t know I wanted to do organic chemistry. I actually thought I wanted to be a doctor or an orthodontist,” Hyster said. “I found in my chemistry and molecular biology class that I actually enjoy thinking about small things more than thinking about big macroscopic systems, and while I was taking my cell and chemical biology class I was also taking my first organic chemistry class, and that’s when I started to get the feeling than chemistry would be a better fit.”
Hyster, a fifth-year graduate student, collaborated with CSU chemistry professor Tomislav Rovis and scientists at the University of Basel in Switzerland to create a new enzyme that allows scientists to transform other molecules in more selective ways at a faster rate than previously possible. Enzymes help rearrange molecules in very specific ways to change their function. In the human body, enzymes break down food and rebuild the molecules into something the body can use for energy. The combination of an enzyme and a metal is called a metalloenzyme. Although metalloenzymes occur naturally, Hyster and Rovis’ experiment paired a bacterial enzyme and a metal to create an “unnatural enzyme” not found in nature. This artificial metalloenzyme helps solve problems that do not work with just a metal or just an en-
zyme, according to Rovis. In the pharmaceutical industry, it takes chemists anywhere from weeks to months to create a single candidate for a drug. Decreasing the time it takes to make a compound allows testing to begin sooner. “If you shorten the discovery time, then in theory you can make a lot more candidates and in theory you have a better chance (of success),” Rovis said. “You keep swinging at a pitch, and the more pitches you swing at the more chances you have for a home run.” The collaboration that led to the success happened by accident. While on sabbatical, Rovis met Thomas Ward, a scientist at the Univesity of Basel, who had developed technology for artificial metalloenzyme synthesis. Rovis put Ward in touch with See breakthrough on Page 3
Route 11 sees an increased amount of riders By Alex Steinmetz The Rocky Mountain Collegian
Standing room only, please excuse any inconvenience. The Transfort bus system, which runs seven routes to and from the CSU campus, has seen congestion in ridership for Route 11 this fall, despite the 2.6 percent decrease in overall ridership from last year. “Route 11 is our highest ridden route,” said Jerediah Burianek, the service planner for Transfort. According to Transfort General Manager Kurt Ravenschlag, there were 126 riders per hour in 2011. This year, the number decreased to 122 per hour. Burianek went on to say that decreased ridership is a difficult issue to combat. In an attempt to eliminate the congestion, Transfort has incorporated the use of more than one bus — or trailer buses — to run for each stop and pick up additional capacity, according to Burianek. While the use of the trailer-bus is helpful, a variety of factors can add or subtract ridership, including student’s
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The Fort has much beer abundant for all to drink! “No kidding!”, we yell!
Share a Seat The eleven bus is getting pretty crowded. Hey, make some new friends!
Faster, Safer, Sober-Er RamRide dispatchers, are reducing wait times Thank God, FINALLY!
Let the War on Christmas Begin!
The seven bus routes that are available for transportation to and from CSU and their running times Route 2: Runs every 30 minutes Route 3: Runs every 30 minutes Route 6: Runs every 60 minutes Route 7: Runs every 60 minutes Route 11: Runs every 20 minutes Route 15: Runs every 20 minutes Route 19: Runs every 60 minutes
schedules changing per semester. “Peak period fluctuates every semester, but trailers start at the 7:30 loop and the 11:30 loop,” Burianek said. Another factor that can lead to a congestion in ridership and crowding on the bus is the weather. With colder weather on the way the ridership is not only increasing, the baggage is as well. “In the winter time people are wearing bigger jackets and capacity could go down based on what people are carrying,” Burianek said. Burianek further explained that while capacity differs from bus to bus, the average number is around 65 riders.
A Beautiful Micobrew
Caleb Hendrich thinks, the Christmas War is lame, Instead comedy
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Tuesday morning, a bus driver waits for the massive group students who just boarded to take their seats. In the morning and afternoon bus stops like this one are packed with CSU students traveling to and from campus.
In order to try and keep the riders from being left or being crowded on the bus, Transfort is working with the Associated Students of Colorado State University (ASCSU) to gain more funding. If there were more money to work with, there could be an additional bus and
an additional driver for Route 11, according to Burianek. “We considered having a bus run every 10 minutes, rather than every 20. That way it would spread out the riders more,” explained Burianek. Ravenschlag explained that the hope was to increase the
frequency, however there needs to be more funds to do so. Currently, the allotted amount of money for the 2012-2013 school year is, $540,585.82. According to the overview of the ASCSU budget, See busses on Page 7
Protect Yourself, It’s Your Right Quoth Anna Mitchell all guns we shall keep, better safe than sorry! The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff.