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CONTENTS Campus News

FROM THE E d i t o r ’s D e s k

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FLC Intolerant of Vandalism Story by Carter Solomon

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Sex Sexual Assaults in Durango

Dear Indy Readers,

Story by Deanna Atkins

Money Saver

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Some of Town’s Food and Drink Specials Story by Deanna Atkins

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BMX Added to FLC Cycling Program Story by Carter Solomon

Health

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Story by Meagan Prins

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Avoiding Diseases from Wildlife

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Eating Right for Every Body Story by Meagan Prins

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We do this for all the right reasons, of course. We want to do well in our final exams, we want to get good grades on the 12,000-page essays we’ve been assigned, we want to graduate with the best grades possible and get a good job.

Maybe you’ll get a B+ instead of an A-. But trust me, you’ll keep your sanity intact for that much longer.

So don’t kill yourself for a perfect grade. It’s not worth it. Feel free to seriously injure yourself for a decent grade, though. Or even just ‘cause it’s fun.

Story by Courtney Ragle

D.I.Y.

As the sun spends more time in the sky, as the weather becomes warmer and warmer, and as the trees reclaim their leaves and the brown scenery morphs to green, we instead spend more time indoors, in front of computers and textbooks, becoming paler than albino yetis.

But, frankly, life is too short for that. Go outside. Climb a tree just for the heck of it. Scale a mountain and do the Tarzan yell at the peak. Skip rocks. Dig up a dinosaur. Discover a lost island, even. Just do something! Anything!

The Chemistry of Hallucinogens

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As the school year once again tailspins towards final exams, we all find ourselves becoming more and more stressed. If you aren’t stressed, you’re either doing something very wrong or very, very right.

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ort Lewis College prides itself in campus diversity and total acceptance, but not everyone on campus is on the same track, evident from several recent acts of defacement on campus.

Five or six condemning statements were written in Noble, and two or three swastikas were scrawled in the Bader-Snyder building, said FLC President Dene Thomas.

Within Cooper Hall, transgender posters have been torn down and profanity has been shouted out windows, said Edgar Anaya, the residence director in Cooper Hall.

“Last semester we did not encounter anything like that,” Anaya said.

A meeting of students and faculty was held with Glenna Sexton, the vice president of student affairs at FLC, about what was to be done, Thomas said.

“We have sent out notices,” she said. “I have sent out notices,

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multiple notices, that basically talk about how distressing and how sad it is that we’re in this situation.”

It was Sexton, among others, who worked on the campaign of “Respect Starts Here,” she said.

There are plans to enhance activities for new student orientation and in the residence halls to help bolster respect and understanding, Thomas said.

“We’re simply ramping up all of our awareness and all of our reminders to people about the importance of respect for all people, and coming together as a unified, welcoming, safe place,” she said.

“We want this college to be that.”

Aside from educating, effort has gone into trying to find those guilty, Thomas said It is unknown whether a student, faculty member, or even some-

one from the community caused this distress, Thomas said.

Thomas does not want to place automatic blame on the shoulders of students, she said.

It is unknown whether it was one or multiple persons involved, she said.

“I want us to do everything we can to keep students, faculty, and staff safe,” Thomas said. “And it really saddens me when people on campus do not feel safe.”

Campus police have increased their surveillance of areas that were vandalized, Thomas said.

This means there will be increase in patrols, as well as an increase in security cameras implemented around the campus, she said.

If a student is caught vandalizing, the consequences are laid out in the FLC Student Conduct Code, Sexton said.

In the Student Conduct Code, graffiti or vandalism fall under prohibited conduct #10 titled, Disorderly Conduct, and could fall under #11 titled, The Unauthorized Use, Abuse, or Destruction of College Property, Sexton said.

Bias motivated graffiti could fall under code #6, which prohibits conduct that substantially disrupts or materially interferes with conduct of business of the college, she said.

Sanctions for any student conduct code are determined on a case-bycase basis, which depends on the severity of the violation and whether the student is in good disciplinary standing, Sexton said.

Possible sanctions are a warning, probation, removal from housing, suspension, or expulsion from the college, she said.

“The violator also will be required to pay the cleaning fee,” Sexton said.

These acts of the few could affect those uninvolved with the vandalism.

The housing contract states one response that could be an option: when housing is required to repair equipment or institute more cleaning after an incident, the fees are billable back to the residents, said Julie Love, the director of student housing and conference services at FLC. Someone is in charge of cleaning up affected areas.

Depending on the severity of the defilement, the custodial staffs are the ones who have to clean it up, Anaya said.

In other cases, physical plant workers may have to come in to paint over anything harmful that was inscribed on the walls, Thomas said.

If someone is caught, what was written must be decided as whether it is protected under the first amendment, she said.

“Is what they wrote against the law? And we look at that,” Thomas said. “If it is against the law, I want them prosecuted to the full extent of the legal remedy.”

If what was written is not against the law, because it was against the spirit of unity and inclusion, the person can be prosecuted under the college’s own judicial system, she said.

“I have given my word that we will prosecute, to the greatest extent we’re able, anyone we catch doing these acts,” Thomas said.

In reaction, many student groups have worked with Sexton in trying to find ways to educate and spread the word, Thomas said.

The Associated Students of FLC passed a resolution with a twothird vote that denounced the discriminating speech and affirmed

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the belief that all people should be equal, regardless of sexual or gender orientation, Sexton said.

FLC has not been the only college experiencing these problems.

Both Oberlin College in Ohio and the University of New Mexico have witnessed similar acts of vandalism with racial and homophobic messages, Thomas said.

The housing staffs have been educating residents in reaction to the events in Cooper and the Bader-Snyder halls, Anaya said.

Anaya held mandatory meetings for Cooper residents and will send letters to those that did not attend.

“I talked to everyone about what was happening, and a lot of people mentioned in the meetings that they were disappointed, that they were surprised, that they were not expecting this,” Anaya said. “And they wanted to change, because this is the place where they live.”

The staff in the Bader-Snyder halls held a dinner with an open microphone forum for students to express their thoughts and concerns on what was expressed, Love said.

The only way to improve and educate is to talk about this, Anaya said.

“I’m really happy with the response of the community, that they want to improve this place and want to find who is doing this and why,” he said. “Everyone is welcome here.”

There are plans to enhance activities for new student orientation and in the residence halls to help bolster respect and understanding

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exual assaults in Durango are not high occurring crimes but have happened in the past and can still occur.

“We do see quite a few sexual assaults and sexual crimes, but not the stranger that’s hiding in the bushes and jumps out at someone,” said Rita Warfield, a patrol sergeant for the Durango Police Department.

The most common sexual assaults are more like acquaintance rapes, where the victim might know the person who assaults them, Warfield said.

Many types of sexual assaults are deemed unlawful contact such as touching a person’s genital area or breast over their clothing, she said.

“There is also a full blown rape where the person is penetrated by genitalia, digitally, with their mouth or with an object,” she said.

Computer crimes can be sexual assaults in an occurrence where a predator uses social media websites or chat rooms to solicit young women, older women, or children, she said.

Most assaults occur in the night or in the evening because suspects can hide in the darkness. Typically people are more intoxicated and tend to use more substances after dark, Warfield said.

“Some people will tend to put something in your drink which causes effects later on and they can take advantage of that person,” said Arnold Trujillo, chief of police at Fort Lewis College.

To protect one’s self, the Durango Police Department advises people to be aware of their surroundings, pay attention, have a buddy, get educated, know the surrounding people, lock doors and windows, and recommends that women learn self-defense skills, Warfield said.

The FLC Police Department advises students on campus to limit alcohol intake, be aware of those they are with, be able to trust the surrounding people, and never leave a drink alone at a bar or party, Trujillo said.

If a person has been sexually assaulted, a call to dispatch or 911 should be placed, or if a person is unsure of whom to talk to, call Sexual Assault Services Organization, Warfield said.

SASO is a non-profit organization based in Durango, funded by grants, donations and fundraising events.

SASO gives victims options and provides a bridge to other

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forms of help and advocacy, said Randi Soster, a volunteer coordinator at SASO, in a phone interview.

If a person has been sexually assaulted, they can call SASO’s anonymous and confidential 24-hour hotline at 970-247-5400 to report an assault or give an informal report, Soster said.

The organization also recommends citizens and survivors to join support groups or be involved in volunteer first responder trainings, hotline trainings, and the prevention education services that SASO provides, she said.

SASO has two free specific support groups for adult female survivors of child abuse and male adult survivors of sexual abuse and also has several other support groups for other traumatic events, she said.

SASO can also offer help individually with therapy, hospital crises, restraining orders, and more, she said.

In the event that a sexual assault could happen to a student on campus, the victim has three options, Trujillo said.

“They can choose not to report it, report it to student affairs, or report it to the campus police,” he said.

If a student reports a sexual assault, the campus police immediately contacts the counseling center and a SASO representative, he said.

The FLC Police Department also has small phone boxes located at designated areas across campus that a student can use in any case of an emergency.

“Students use them to call us for battery jumps, if they see a suspicious person in the parking lot, or to call us for any information they need at the time,” he said.

FLC has not had a sexual assault reported to them in the past two years, Trujillo said.

All students and other citizens of Durango have immediate services available to them in the event that a sexual assault has occurred.

Money Saver Some of Town’s Food and Drink Specials Story by Deanna Atkins Photo by Hana Mohsin

Lady Falconburgh’s Barley Exchange is one place in town that offers daily happy hour specials, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

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everal restaurants in Durango offer specials or happy hour deals on different days of the week. An overview of several weekday specials has been provided.

DAILY Cosmo Bar and Dining serves $12 burger and beer, pizza and wine, or sushi and sparkling wine during their happy hour every night of the week from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The Palace Restaurant offers a winter customer appreciation special along with a happy hour from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. six nights a week with special drink prices.

“We have a customer appreciation special for winter where we have three $7 lunch specials and three $18 dinner specials,” said Paul Gelose, the owner of the Palace Restaurant. “They change every five weeks.”

Carver Brewing Co. has $9 pizza during pint night and “3 bucks for 3 hours at 3:00,” which includes $3 beers, well drinks, and pretzels every day of the week until 6 p.m.

During The Irish Embassy’s happy hour on Monday thru Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., draft and bottled beer, wines, and wells are $2.50.

During the same time, happy hour is available at Old Tymer’s Café.

“Our happy hour is from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and we have 50 cents off domestics or beer,” said Shannon Hill, the manager at Old Tymer’s Cafe.

Happy hours from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. are found at Lady Falconburgh’s Barley Exchange and Sushitarian.

“We see families on some nights and college kids on other nights,” said Kyle Elmendorf, the kitchen manager at Lady Falconburgh’s. Their happy hour includes half priced appetizers and $3 pints or wells.

Sushitarian also has a late night happy hour from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

East by Southwest has a daily happy hour from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

At Steamworks Brewing Co., the happy hour is earlier.

“Our happy hour is from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. every day and we are busy because people get off work and come in,” said Josh Lenger, a shift manager at Steamworks Brewing Co. MONDAY For hamburgers, The Palace Restaurant offers a $6 burger night from 5 p.m. till closing and Old Tymer’s Cafe offers a $4.95 burger night as well.

Serious Texas BBQ offers a “Buck-a-Bone” rib night where ribs are $1 each after 5 p.m. and Zia Taqueria offers $8 chicken enchiladas.

Lady Falconburgh’s Barley Exchange offers $9 sandwich specials along with $3 pints.

Steamworks Brewing Co. offers $11 pitchers.

TUESDAY People searching for tacos can go to Gazpacho’s for Taco Tuesday and to Serious Texas BBQ as well for a $4 taco night after 5 p.m.

Zia Taqueria offers $8 chile rellenos.

Lady Falconburgh’s has $8 and $9 sandwich specials, and German Brats or Schnitzel are served at Old Tymer’s Cafe for $8.50.

For drinks, Steamworks Brewing Co. offers two for one after 9 p.m. and Durango Brewing Co. hosts a pint night.

WEDNESDAY Serious Texas BBQ has tater night for $6.50 and Old Tymer’s Cafe offers enchilada night for $8.50 a plate after 5 p.m.

Zia Taqueria offers beef enchiladas and salsa verde for $8.

“Probably one in four people use our daily reoccurring specials,” said Cody Wilderman, general manager at Zia Taqueria. “We sell out of them daily.”

Lady Falconburgh’s offers a $5 philly basket, and Carver Brewing Co. offers a $9 burger n’ beer night.

Pint night is offered at El Rancho.

THURSDAY Serious Texas BBQ offers smoked chicken night for $6.50 to $12 after 5 p.m., and Old Tymer’s Cafe has all-day chicken fried steak for $9.50 a plate.

For Mexican style, Zia Taqueria offers carnitas night with $2.55 tacos, $4.60 baby burros, $7.10 burrito or rice bowl, and $7.60 salad bowl.

Pint nights are at Lady Falconburgh’s and Steamworks Brewing Co. The former has $3 pints along with $8-$9 food specials and the latter has $2 pints along with $11 dollar chicken and waffles.

FRIDAY For more tacos, Serious Texas BBQ has another $4 taco night after 5 p.m. and Old Tymer’s Cafe has $1.50 taco night as well.

Lady Falconburgh’s offers $5 to $7 gumbo night and shrimp al albanil tacos for $3.25 each.

Zia Taqueria offers $5.50 baby burros, $8.50 burritos or bowls, and $8.75 salad bowls.

Drink specials can be found at Old Tymer’s Café for $2.95 for Mexican beer and $2.96 for frozen margaritas.

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Cover Story

BMX Added to FLC Cycling Program Story by Carter Solomon

Photos by Tom Rosenbaugh and Hana Mohsin

Graphics by Graeme Johnston

Nate Wildmann practices BMX, or bicycle motocross, on campus. BMX is the most recent addition to Fort Lewis College’s cycling programand it was added both to draw cyclists to attend the college and to keep FLC recognized as a top cycling school in the US.

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urango is renowned for its biking community. For Fort Lewis College, biking is expanding as the cycling team recently announced its inclusion of bicycle motocross, or BMX, into the program.

The races are held on a dirt track with a single-speed bike.

BMX joins two disciplines of mountain biking, road racing, cycle-cross, and track cycling, all under the FLC cycling program, said Dave Hagen, the FLC cycling team administrator.

This new event was added so the cycling team could be more competitive in overall points at competitions, Hagen said.

“It’s part of the team overall omnium for USA cycling, something that we had won two years previous and three times out of the four years it’s been offered,” he said.

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In order to stay recognized as one of the top cycling schools in the country, BMX needed to be added because it scores as much as the other disciplines, he said.

BMX will also be used as an enrollment tool to draw top athletes within the sport to the college, Hagen said.

Because BMX involves athletes at a young age, FLC could potentially receive seasoned athletes.

“A person can turn pro in BMX at the age of 16, so we will be talking and hopefully have students/athletes who have been professional for potentially 4 plus years,” said Jimmy Kight, the BMX coach and student at FLC. The average age of the three BMX racers the USA sent to the Olympics was 21 years old, so FLC could potentially see future

Olympians pass through FLC because of their age, Kight said.

“BMX fills the competitiveness of younger kids looking for a non-team atmosphere who enjoy riding bicycles,” Kight said.

BMX is different than the other cycling events as it requires a different set of skills, one of which is to be adept at gate starts, Hagen said.

“If you’re first out of the gate, you’re first into the first corner,” he said.

At a BMX event, contestants are categorized into random groups of eight riders, which are also called motos, he said.

Each moto has three runs through the track, and the riders with the most points move up through the ranks, he said.

This happens until there are 32 people left, meaning 4 motos are left to compete in what are called quarters, he said.

Once the competition is down to 16 people, the semifinals round, riders have 1 run to beat their opponents. After that, it is down to the final eight riders, Hagen said.

At the winter nationals in Phoenix, FLC’s cycling team competed against other schools in the BMX discipline, said Zach Graveson, a FLC cyclist.

Graveson, who is a professional mountain biker, had the opportunity to try racing BMX for the school this year.

“There were nine other schools there with BMX riders,” Hagen said.

At the collegiate BMX nationals, FLC’s team placed third overall this year, Graveson said.

“Usually, I race in a discipline of mountain biking called downhill, so BMX was totally new to me,” Graveson said. “I was given the opportunity to try it out so I jumped on it.”

BMX turned out to be really fun and helped develop other aspects to downhill racing, he said.

More funding will be needed to support this new addition to the cycling program, Hagen said.

“We’ve shown that it’s a well spent dollar for the college or however we fundraise, and we still have to do a lot of fundraising on our own,” Hagen said.

Sending a BMX team to an event will cost significantly less than sending a road team will because of the size differences of the teams needed to compete, he said.

“It’s all about travel,” he said. “That’s our biggest expense.”

Kight believes that the addition of BMX will only improve the cycling program, and benefit the other disciplines.

“BMX athletes will cross over into the downhill and dual slalom mountain bike races as well as some of the shorter track events,” Kight said.

Many current riders will participate in the program, and the team has already started recruiting potential riders, Hagen said.

To practice, the BMX team will use the track in Durango, though a covered track for year round use is on the radar, Hagen said.

The closest covered track is in Albuquerque, so participants could travel there in the morning, practice, and then return to Durango at night, he said.

FLC is not the first college to have a BMX team, and it is not the only college that has one either.

“It’s fairly new to collegiate so not all colleges have it yet,” Graveson said. “I’m sure it’ll only continue to grow.”

The OP bike and ski shop in the FLC Student Life Center is where some members of the cycling program make bike repairs and where OP rents out bikes.

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Health

The Chemistry of Hallucinogens Story by Meagan Prins Photo by Bryanna Kinlicheene Graphics by Allie Hutto

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very year, Fort Lewis College chemistry professor Ron Estler does a unanimous drug survey in his Consumer Chemistry course.

About 30 percent of the class says they have tried a hallucinogen, the most common being mushrooms, Estler said.

Mushrooms and LCD are two of the most popular hallucinogens used, said Kenny Miller, a FLC chemistry professor.

These two hallucinogens mimic serotonin, a neurotransmitter, in the brain, Miller said.

LSD and psilocybin, the most active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms, have very similar structures to serotonin, he said.

Compounds with a similar chemical structure act similarly but not identically in the brain, he said.

“So they essentially trick your brain into generating experiences that aren’t necessarily happening,” he said.

Brain cells, or neurons, connect in a network, but gaps exist between each cell. In order for signals to pass between brain cells, neurotransmitters like serotonin fill the gap, Miller said.

Serotonin and other neurotransmitters deliver the messages between brain cells, he said.

In terms of human consciousness, it is not exactly understood what the relationship is between how neurotransmitters work and how that corresponds to what we perceive, he said.

A myth exists that taking hallucinogens over five times can lead to being ruled “clinically insane.”

Hallucinogens can have a permanent effect if they are abused, but it is doubtful that this myth is true, said Dillon Walls, a FLC sociology major who has done research on hallucinogens and bath salts.

If someone has underlying psychiatric problems, such as being

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depressed or bipolar, tripping even one time can cause someone to be in need of psychiatric care, Walls said.

With LCD especially, because it is made in a lab, a higher chance exists that it will be cut with something harmful, he said.

“It can be a pretty scary thing,” he said.

Some FLC students who made irreversible mistakes were never the same, Estler said.

Being unaware of the components of buying online products or being unaware of a self-appropriated dosage are such mistakes, he said.

Students are going to experiment, but if they are, the hope is that they are doing it out of knowledge and basing a decision on fact, he said.

Hallucinogens are illegal, and students should know the consequences of the drug itself, Walls said.

Green

Avoiding Diseases from Wildlife

If venturing outdoors, students should be aware of their surroundings and know what to do if an encounter with a wild animal occurs.

Story by Courtney Ragle, special to the Indy Photos by Bryanna Kinlicheene Graphics by Graeme Johnston

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ild animals can carry diseases that prove harmful to humans upon exposure, but exposure to these diseases is sometimes inevitable now that the seasons are changing and more and more people are venturing outdoors.

The disease from an animal may not always present itself in the form of an injured animal, although avoiding situations with ill and injured wildlife improve the chances of staying healthy.

In the Four Corners region, four diseases have the potential to wreak havoc on any victim’s life, including rabies, giardia, plague, and hantavirus, which originates in the area, said Trent

Panze, a local pathologist for Mercy Regional Medical Center.

For a human to contract rabies, he or she must be bitten by an infected animal.

Rabies attacks the central nervous system, and primarily the brain, Panze said.

Rabies is a disease that cannot always be avoided but can be treated with relative ease through a series of shots, he said.

Contracting giardia can be done by drinking unfiltered water.

Giardia is bacteria that live in the intestines, making the host extremely ill, he said.

This disease can be avoided by using proper sanitization techniques when drinking water from streams and rivers, he said.

Plague is another animal-carrying disease and could be contracted to humans through a bite from an infected animal or even through a flea which has bitten an infected animal.

Plague can be either bubonic, which affects the lymph nodes, or pneumatic, which affects the lungs, he said.

Those with later stages of plague usually have both bubonic and pneumatic, meaning there is little hope for their survival, Panze said.

Contracting hantavirus could be done sweeping a shed, garage, or any structure exposed to the outdoors that might contain droppings from the infected animal.

Hantavirus was originally discovered in the Four Corners region, he said.

The disease is rarely caught though direct contact with in-

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fected animals, though the virus can be fatal if not treated quickly, he said.

Hantavirus is carried by desert mice and is spread to humans through mice feces and urine, often inhaled when cleaning out garages and old barns, he said.

This virus infects the lungs primarily, attaching to the cells and killing them in small amounts until the lungs are no longer useful, he said.

“You can be affected even if you aren’t directly infected,” Panze said.

Symptoms for these diseases vary greatly, so if any feeling of illness is detected after contact with a wild animal, a doctor should be consulted and brought up to speed on recent events involving animals, Panze said.

Treatments vary from disease to disease.

Anti-parasitic and anti-bacterial medications are extremely well developed, but anti-parasites leave large sores for the patient’s body to heal after the parasite is gone, he said.

Anti-fungals do well in removing fungus from the body but

have terrifying side effects for the patient to endure, Panze said.

Viruses yield the largest trouble. The few anti-virals out there work well but are specialized and present for so few viruses, viruses typically must run their course, he said.

Although contact with a wild animal can be dangerous, it is sometimes inevitable.

In the event that a dead squirrel or other small animal needs to be disposed of from a home or the like, protective barriers need to be put in place and can be as simple as a trash bag, glasses, and a mask, Panze said.

Upon finding an injured animal, contact Animal Control so that the animal can be transported to a rehab facility, said Brad Weinmeister, a biologist at the Division of Parks and Wildlife.

In the event that an injured animal is found, remember that a person should not touch the animal or stand too close for danger of contracting disease, Weinmeister said.

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If an animal allows a person to approach it without running or acting intimidated, something is definitely wrong and authorities should be contacted for the safety of the animal and the person who found it, he said.

“Never approach or try to play with the animals,” said Arnold Trujillo, the chief of police at Fort Lewis College.

In the event that a wild animal is found on campus, the student may call 911 and the dispatcher will be able to notify an Animal Control officer to the scene, Trujillo said.

It is important to remember that a mother of any species will protect its young, he said.

Campus police are taking measures to warn and protect students from wildlife that wanders onto campus, he said.

Due to the lack of snow in the winter of 2012, an unforeseen bear problem was encountered in the fall and the campus police in conjunction with Division of Parks and Wildlife eradicated the problem, Trujillo said.

Faculty and students were given ample warnings about the issue, and then the bears were tranquilized and transported to an alternate location resulting in a bear free campus, he said.

With spring on the rise, more animal encounters could be present.

D.I.Y.

Eating Right for Every Body

Story by Meagan Prins

Photo by Bryanna Kinlicheene

Due to sweets and sugars, human taste buds have become insensitive, making it harder for people to find foods that fit to their specific blood type without a book.

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any diet and healthy eating habits have become popular, but not every trend works for every body.

Diet, though it is not always portrayed that way, is often individualized, said Marcy Jung, an exercise science professor at Fort Lewis College.

The idea of eating right for individual body types has been written about in several different books, and the concept shows that by looking at blood types, specific eating choices and diets are appropriate depending on which blood type a person may be, Jung said.

Blood types were developed throughout history based on various diets available at the time.

Type O blood, the oldest blood type, coincides with the Paleolithic diet of the ancient peoples.

“Because a Paleolithic diet did not include grains, it would make sense that a gluten-free diet would fit well with type O blood,” Jung said. “It might be a good match.”

Blood type is not the only distinguishing factor in finding a blood type suited to a specific body.

Humans have lost the sense of taste, because it has been skewed strongly towards sweet, she said.

If humans could revert to a truer taste, people would be able to find foods that fit a specific body type without having to look it up in a book, she said.

Some of the most popular diets right now include gluten-free, Paleolithic, vegan, and clean eating.

Eating gluten-free is more of a choice than a diet. People who are intolerant or allergic omit gluten from personal diets, but otherwise it is not really necessary, said Mickel Love, a Durango registered dietician at Peak Wellness & Nutrition, in a phone interview.

The main relief from eating gluten-free is alleviation of bloating of the body after meals.

Staying away from bread is also helpful in losing weight, said Alisha Harris, the assistant coach for the FLC women’s basketball

team who has tried several different eating habits.

Paleolithic diet is another new trend in the food industry now. Paleo dieting is based on the eating habits of our huntergatherer ancestors.

The diet focuses on consumption of meat, fruits and vegetables, and avoids grains, dairy, and beans.

Some people really like it and others who try the diet may suffer from low blood sugar and feel shaky, Love said.

Food is made up of three macromolecules, including proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. The way a diet will affect a person depends on how they may metabolize carbohydrates. A lot of people are trying to stick to low-carb diets, Love said.

Clean eating, which is almost like a branch of Paleolithic, focuses on consuming four to six small meals a day, eating whole foods and watching portion sizes, instead of counting carbohydrates. Complex carbohydrates are fine to eat with lean proteins, Harris said.

Clean eating is a good compromise to the Paleolithic diet because it still allows items such as Greek yogurt and oatmeal, which help fill an empty stomach, she said.

Having proteins and complex carbs is important, especially for active individuals, Harris said.

Vegan diets, as well as vegetarian, tend to be focused more on an environmental or lifestyle decision, rather than a health purpose, Love said.

Vegans do have to supplement, because there is no vitamin B-12 on a vegan diet, she said.

If someone wants to be healthy, no matter the body type, the most important addition to a diet is the consumption of vegetables, Love said.

Many different ways to eat are seen through many cultures, but the healthiest diets are going to be the ones that eat a lot of vegetables, she said.

A diet that fits a person is often individual, and there is no one-fits-all diet, Jung said.

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