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SHAKING IT UP THEATER DEPARTMENT EXPANDS CURRICULUM
THE RO CKY MOUNTAIN
Fort Collins, Colorado
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
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Volume 121 | No. 96
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Student charged with DUI while volunteering apologizes to campus
SWAPPING SYRINGES
By SEAN MEEDS The Rocky Mountain Collegian It’s been about five days since CSU freshman electrical engineering major Karl La Borde was a volunteer driver for RamRide on Thursday, Jan. 31 while under the influence of marijuana. At approximately 2 a.m. Friday, he was arrested on susLA BORDE picion of DUI and handed down four charges classified as misdemeanors that could yield penalties from Larimer County’s justice system and CSU’s own corrections program. “I am extremely sorry. I made a mistake. I had a habit that I thought I was in control of. Obviously, it was very stupid of me to decide to smoke while I was doing RamRide,” La Borde said, later adding that he remembers driving home 16 people at most the night he was volunteering. “No matter what I say, physically, biologically, I was impaired. Scientifically, I See LA BORDE on Page 7
Tattoo styles you shouldn’t have People’s Names
CSU follows NoCo AIDS Project needle exchange program By CARRIE MOBLEY The Rocky Mountain Collegian
A recent syringe exchange program run by the Northern Colorado Aids Project has the Fort Collins community –– and CSU –– thinking about drug use in a different way. In October 2012, the Board of Health approved a controversial syringe exchange program to help combat the spread of HIV and other bloodborne viruses. The program features a place for drug users to drop off used syringes and pick up new ones, according to Lauren
Shulman, the director of prevention for the Northern Colorado AIDS Project. “Its adversaries see it as us encouraging them to continue using drugs,” Shulman said. “But we don’t see it that way.” The program also provides bleach kits to clean syringes, as well as resources to receive help if a drug user wants it. “The idea behind the whole program is that if (drug users) use a new (syringe) they won’t have a high chance of contracting diseases,” Shulman said. “Hepatitis B is a huge concern, and this program is a great opportunity to
CSU’s $10.7 million utility bill By MATT GABRIEL The Rocky Mountain Collegian CSU houses various groups, including the university itself, currently striving to make the campus “green.” Last year, the university’s main campus spent $10.7 million on energy and water needs. “Our total utility bill has held steady for four years,” said Carol Dollard, a leading energy engineer for CSU’s Department of Facilities Management. Renovations, new technologies and new additions to buildings on campus, including the Rec Center, are part of the reason for the stable energy cost for the university. The Rec Center uses almost the exact same amount of energy after its remodeling as it did beforehand. This would not be as impressive if it wasn’t for the facility nearly doubling its square footage. The buildings that are especially efficient on campus are LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Part of the privilege of going to college is trying out new things that were previously barred by parental authority. One such thing to try is getting a tattoo, or tattoos if time and money permit. However, there are some lines that just shouldn’t be crossed...
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reduce risk of contracting it in a nonjudgmental way.” The program is anonymous, with names being taken only if a client asks for another service, such as a referral for treatment, case management or for any kind of HIV or Hepatitis testing. This seemingly off-the-beaten-path approach to drug use is catching on all over the country, according to Andrea Coryell, assistant director of alcohol and other drugs for the CSU Health Network Health Education Services. “I would say all of our efforts are based off this model,” Coryell said. “It’s a harm reduction model. The Health See EXCHANGE on Page 3
“To attract a coach of his quality and caliber speaks volumes about the excellence of Colorado State University.” Jack Graham | athletic director
CSU hires former CU women’s soccer coach By ANDREW SCHALLER The Rocky Mountain Collegian
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The Colorado State University solar plant, located off of Laporte Avenue and Overland Trail, sits on 30 acres of land and harvests enough energy to power the CSU Foothills Campus.
Design, certified. It is an internationally recognized certification system for structures of all kinds. Based on a point system, the ranks go from certified, to silver, to gold and then to platinum. CSU’s main campus currently has 11 LEED gold-certified buildings, one See ENERGY on Page 8
CAMPUS ENERGY USE Last year’s energy use as a whole on main campus
Water: 240 million gallons Electricity: 104 Million Kilowatt Hours (In 2010 the average American household used 11,496 kilowatt hours) Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Natural Gas: 7 million Therms
After announcing the upcoming inaugural season of women’s soccer as a divisionI sport at CSU, athletic director Jack Graham announced Bill Hempen as the first head coach for the team on Wednesday. Hempen comes to the Rams after his latest stint as a head HEMPEN coach at CU-Boulder, where the Buffs went 114-8828 during his 11 seasons there, including one trip to the NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen.
“I am excited to welcome Bill Hempen to the Ram family,” Graham said. “To attract a coach of his quality and caliber speaks volumes about the excellence of Colorado State University. His experience in building a program and his track record of developing studentathletes make him the right choice to lead our new women’s soccer program.” Hempen ranks No. 17 in NCAA women’s soccer history See COACH on Page 5
Tattoos are permanent, people. Freshman relationships aren’t (usually). You really don’t want to have to wear a constant reminder of a soured relationship for the rest of your life. It makes things awkward when the next squeeze comes around.
People’s Faces If you do this, then you’re either insane or clinically braindead. If an ex’s name wasn’t bad enough, imagine explaining their face during a future intimate moment with someone else!
Chinese Proverbs They don’t necessarily mean what you think they mean. Especially if the tattoo artist isn’t Chinese. Spare yourself the embarrassment of writing “I sleep with ducks” on your body, thinking that it means “Faith and Love.”
The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff.