Rocky Mountain Collegian June 28

By MICHAEL ELIZABETH SAKASThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

When High Park Fire evacuees receive news that their houses have been de-stroyed in the fl ames, it’s likely they will believe that everything went with it.

“A lot of these owners re-ally felt like their horses had been burned in the fi re be-cause they had already lost their house and knew they had lost their house,” said Haleigh Lundgreen, a fourth year veterinary student at CSU. “Some of these own-ers coming in, just going around from horse to horse hugging and crying and just being super appreciative of what we’ve done.”

At the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of CSU, more than 130 volunteers,

students and employees have been treating and boarding the displaced animals of the High Park Fire victims. 109 dogs, cats, birds and other small animals have come through the hospital, which has been serving as an overfl ow shelter for the Larimer Humane Society since June 11.

“That’s probably the best part of it, is when [vic-tims] see their own animal again,” said Rene Scalf, Supervisor of Critical Care Services at the hospital. “That’s probably when the most emotion comes out, when the people coming in have no idea if their ani-mal made it out or not.”

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Hayman2002

137,760 acres133 homes

Terry Barton, a former Forest Service professional, pleaded guilty to arson charges for starting this fi re in Southern Colorado.

Missionary Ridge2002

70,485 acres56 homes

A discarded cigarette began this fi re that burned outside of Durango.

High Park2012

87,284 acres 257 homes

Originating from a lightning strike in Paradise Park, this wildfi re continues to burn, preventing over 1000 people from returning home.

Colorado’s largest fi res

Fire is no stranger to Colorado. In 2000, the state

saw a surge in the amount of acres burned per fi re.

Here are some of the largest wildfi res

in our state’s history.

Yuma County2006

23,000 acres0 homes

This fi re ignited as the result of a downed power line, broken by powerful winds in Yuma County.

To follow the current wildfi res

burning in Colorado with an interactive

map, visit collegian.com.

Bircher 2000

19,709 acres0 homes

A summer lightning storm began this fi re that cost the $5.6 million dollars to fi nally contain.

Pingree students feed firefighters

COLORADO STATE’S FIREFIGHT

Pingree Park’s staff poses in Nomex clothing, which is what fi refi ghers wear. They were issued the clothes as a safety precaution due to the High Park Fire.PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY PAT RASTALL

By KYLE GRABOWSKIThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

After Pingree Park was evacuated on June 12 due to the High Park Fire, CSU senior natural resources major Kelsey King went rock climbing in Crested Butte with nine other staff members.

They received phone calls on June 15 between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. telling them Pingree Park, CSU’s mountain campus, would be set up as a spike camp to house firefighters and ask-ing if the staff would return to work.

“We were so excited to be given the opportunity, so we packed up all of our camping stuff and got back to Fort Collins as fast as we could,” King said.

Other employees responded the same way, coming from as far as Lander, Wyoming, and 24 returned to Pingree on June 16 to help however

they could. “Our main mission is to feed and

support these fi re crews from all over the country,” Pingree Park Director Patrick Rastall said. “They sleep in tents, some of them sleep in out build-ings, it’s like a little city up here.”

The Pingree staff serves break-fast and dinner in the camp’s dining hall, while the fire crews eat military MREs for lunch.

Breakfast is served from 5:30 a.m. until 8 a.m., while dinner begins at 8:30 p.m. and can last until as late as 11 p.m. depending on when the last firefighters return.

“They have a basic caloric re-quirement of 6,000 calories a day,” Rastall said. “They go crazy out there with all of the energy they burn.”

Due to the large number of fire-fighters housed in Pingree at a given time, as many as 180 per meal, the

food preparation staff needed to be flexible in its scheduling.

“A lot of times we’ve ran out of our main course and we always have to think on our feet and create a backup plan,” King said.

Often the kitchen staff will make lasagna or spaghetti due to the small amount of prep time it re-quires and the amount of calories it can quickly provide.

Regardless of what they are served, the firefighters are grateful for a hot meal and a place to sleep after a long day on the front lines.

“They have been so thankful for it. It was so cool looking at their faces the first night they came in. I think they weren’t expecting to be provid-ed what they were,” said Courtney Lornz, a sophomore music

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High Park Fire stalls summer ra� ingBy NIC TURICIANOThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

CSU alumnus Robert Breckenridge refused to evacuate his home in the Poudre Canyon when the orders were given. He chose instead to defend his home with a garden hose, and though his neighbor’s ga-rage burned, the flames ig-

nored his property. Breckenridge was able to

save his home from the High Park Fire, but he’s afraid that he may not be able to save his business from it.

That’s because Brecken-ridge owns and operates A1 Wildwater, his 31 year-old Fort Collins rafting compa-ny that’s one of five restrict-ed from running the Poudre

River due to the fire. The closures, now hav-

ing lasted almost three weeks, make a large impact on an industry whose sea-son is only 100 days long. And the shutdown isn’t only affecting CSU grads, but current students as well.

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Explaining the fl ames

Brad Modesitt, owner of Mountain Whitewater Descents, and Ben Costello, manager, stand in front of kayaks on their business’ property. Mountain Whitewater Descents has had to close for the fi rst time in its 12 year history.

NIC TURICIANO | COLLEGIAN

By KAITIE HUSSThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

A metal structure in North Park lies in pieces, warped from the intense heat of High Park Fire fl ames. Feet away stands a wooden information booth, unscathed and sur-rounded by what seems to be a halo of bright green grass.

While fi refi ghters battle to extinguish the fl ames of the High Park Fire— which has burned 83,205 acres as of Mon-day— others seek to explain it.

The fi re resulted from a light-ning strike, according to fi re in-vestigators. Sher Schranz, senior project manager with Colorado State’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, said that this tree was actually smouldering for days before the fl ames broke out.

It was the perfect combi-nation of factors: low humidi-ty, copious amounts of dry fuel and abnormally high tempera-tures that contributed to the spread of the fi re.

According to Schranz, the current precipitation rate in Colorado is 40% below the normal level and has been low for about seven to eight years.

In addition, dead trees from the beetle kill built up a pile of dry fi re fuel, according to Schranz.

Monique Rocca, an associ-ate professor of wildland fi re science at CSU, said the loca-tion of needles from the dead pine trees will have an effect on the way the fi re burns.

“If the dry needles are still on the tree, it’s more likely to torch,” Rocca said. “Needles that have already fallen from the dead trees will burn at the base but not have as much ef-fect on the canopy.”

Rocca clarifi ed, however, that beetle kill trees did not cause the fi re. This is evident due to the several other fi res throughout Colorado not affect-ed by the Mountain Pine Beetle.

“This fi re would have hap-pened with or without the bee-tle kill,” Rocca said.

One of the biggest instiga-tors to the High Park: tempera-ture. According to the National Weather Service Forecast Of-fi ce, the Denver-Boulder area of Colorado is currently experienc-ing temperatures 10-15 degrees higher than average.

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Vet school takes in victim’s animals

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Waldo Canyon2012

15,517 acres? homes

With an estimated 32,000 people currently evacuated from their homes, it is not yet known what started this fi re, and it continues to grow rapidly.

“� at’s probably the best part of it, is when [victims] see their

own animals again.”Rene Scalf | Supervisor of Critical Care

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Brandon Rand receives a “taster” while at the New Belgium Brewery tent on Sunday at the Colorado Brewers’ Festival. New Belgium was one of nine Fort Collins breweries represented at this year’s festival. NIC TURICIANO | COLLEGIAN

Community BriefsCSU professor develops implant for human joints

Susan James, a professor of medical engineering at CSU, has developed a joint implant material in connec-tion with BioPoly, an Indiana company. This material has been implanted into a pa-tient in London and is now on the market in Europe.

This enhanced material allows people to seek joint

repair at an earlier age and has been shown to last lon-ger than previous solutions.

James spent the last 17 years developing this mate-rial.

In a Colorado State press release James said, “It’s really exciting, to relieve someone’s pain is just really cool.”

The patient in London reported knee pain when crossing their legs and walking up stairs before the implant, according to a statement made by Bio-

Poly earlier this month. Four weeks after the surgery, the patient reported being able to ride their bicycle.

CSU Physicist receives DOE Early Career Award

Kristen Buchanan, an as-sistant professor in the CSU Department of Physics, has been awarded a $762,000 Early Career Award by the U.S. Department of Energy

to improve scientific under-standing of spin dynamics in magnetic materials.

Buchanan is one of three Colorado scientists and the only CSU faculty member among the 68 recipients of the award for 2012.

According to a CSU press release, Buchanan will use light to study dynamic pro-cesses in nanoscale magnets. Spin waves can be imagined as ripples in the magnetic state of a material and light will scatter from these rip-

ples. The scattering process is inelastic, which means that the light loses or gains a small amount of energy in the process.

CSU celebrates 150 years of the Morrill Act

CSU is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Morril Act on July 3 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm on the west lawn of the Lory Student Center.

The Act was signed by President Lincoln and grant-ed federal lands to every state in order to subsidize education in agriculture, home economics and engi-neering.

The celebration will in-clude information about the Morrill act, free cupcakes and water and a live musi-cal set from the Indulgers, a Celtic rock band.

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Started: June 9 at 6 a.m. by lightning

Size: 87,250 acresContainment: 55% Damage: 257 homes

destroyed, $31.5 million

1: HIGH PARK

Started: June 23 at 11 a.m. by a power line

Size: 27.3 acresContainment: 100% Damage: 24 buidings

destroyed in Estes Park

3: WOODLAND HEIGHTS

Started: June 23 at 12 p.m. Cause unknown

Size: 4,600Containment: 5% Damage: no structures,

Manitou Springs threatened

6: WALDO CANYON

Started: June 22 at 4 p.m. Human caused

Size: 8,500 acresContainment: 10% Damage: no structures

damaged

9: WEBER

Started: June 25 by sparks from a tire blowout

Size: 45,000 acresContainment: 100% Damage: 11 homes

destroyed

8: LAST CHANCE

Colorado: A state ablazeBy JOHN SHEESLEYThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

With a growing number of widfires raging aorund the country, it is easy to loose track of what is burn-ing and where. This map

of Colorado shows the lo-cation of each active fire, with the flame symbol cor-responding to the relative size of the fire.

The fires that are not listed are: 2: The Halligan Fire, 4: The Treasure Fire,

5: The Springer Fire, 7: The Trout Creek Fire, 11: The Stateline Fire, 12: The CR102 Fire and 13: The Bison Drive Fire.

Visual Managing Editor John Sheesley can be reached at [email protected]

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West Nile drug being developed by CSU, UNCBy JOHN SHEESLEYThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Researchers Brian Geiss and Susan Keenan have found a molecule that inhibits replication in viruses such as West Nile, dengue, and yellow fever.

These viruses are pathogens that can be easily transferred from insects to humans. In a family of viruses known as flaviviruses, they cause life threatening illnesses and have few drugs or vaccines available.

Dengue alone causes as many as 50 million infections with 20,000 to 30,000 deaths a year worldwide. The National Institutes of Health con-siders these viruses ex-tremely dangerous and believes they have the po-tential to be used as bio-logical weapons.

Geiss, Assistant Pro-fessor in the Department of Microbiology, Immu-nology and Pathology at

CSU and Keenan, Associ-ate Professor and Director of the School of Biological Sciences at the Univer-sity of Northern Colorado have begun to develop a drug that binds to a type of protein that is critical to the replication of these viruses.

This protein allows the virus to make other pro-teins for replication and protects the virus from being degraded in cells. Without the protein that Geiss and Keenan have focused their research on, the viruses will not be able to replicate themselves and will be destroyed by the cell.

The discovery and de-velopment of this protein comes at a critical time, as West Nile-positive mos-quitoes have been found in Fort Collins. Many are concerned that the early findings of infected mos-quitoes mean that this year could have a signifi-cantly higher number of

West Nile virus cases, but conditions are not ideal for mosquitos to breed.

“The early, warm spring created ideal con-ditions for mosquitoes as well as for the virus,” said Dr. Chester Moore, a Professor of Medical En-tomology in the depart-ment of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathol-ogy in an email. “On the other hand, the lack of rain and snow pack in the mountains has reduced the amount of larval habi-tat for the mosquitoes. It’s anybody’s guess what this season will be like, but it behooves us to be careful and avoid unnecessary exposure to mosquitoes.”

The protein and sub-sequent drug being devel-oped by Geiss and Keenan is not yet ready for use and will undergo additional research to improve its ef-fectiveness against several different viruses.

“We’re in the process of testing these drugs against a number of dif-ferent flaviviruses and try-ing to improve how well it works in animal models, so there’s a lot more work to get it to the point where it would be used as an in-vestigational new drug,” Geiss said. “However, this is an exciting new find-ing that has the potential to reduce the suffering caused by these serious pathogens.”

UNC’s Susan Keenan, Associ-ate Professor and Director of the School of Biological Sciences

PHOTO COURTESY OF TODAY AT CSU

CSU’s David Geiss, Assistant Pro-fessor, Department of Microbiol-ogy, Immunology and Pathology

PHOTO COURTESY OF TODAY AT CSU

Started: May 13 at 4 p.m. by lightning

Size: 22,010 acresContainment: 29% Damage: no structures

damaged

10: LITTLE SAND

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RAFTING | Some businesses losing thousands each weekContinued from Page 1

“Not only are the em-ployees working for the companies being affected, because most of us don't have a second job in the summers, but also the companies because June is always a huge portion of when we get tourists com-ing out to Colorado on vacation,” Amanda Tyler, a CSU student who works for A Wanderlust Adven-tures, wrote in an email. She hasn’t worked since June 9, the day the fire started.

“Well, we’re losing a huge amount of money. I don’t

want to go into how much, but,” Breckenridge estimat-ed it to be about $30,000 per week. “So, yeah, it’s pretty devastating.”

“I’ve got huge property taxes. All my taxes and ev-erything are going to stay the same,” Breckenridge said. “I don’t know what I’m going to do and, I’m … I’m starting to freak out a little bit here.”

Ben Costello, who man-ages Mountain Whitewater Descents, last ran the Pou-dre on the day the fire be-gan.

“That day was pretty normal. You could just barely see that there was

smoke starting up on the horizon and, of course, the next day we found out what was really going on,” Cos-tello said.

Like Breckenridge, Brad Modesitt, owner of Moun-tain Whitewater Descents, has never had to shut down during the 12 years that his company has been in busi-ness. But the 2012 season has already brought with it two separate closures. The fi rst came during the Hewl-ett Gulch Fire, which forced the company to close for two days.

Modesitt’s company can accompany 120 raf-ters daily during the peak

season, and with prices for the trips ranging from $49-$109 per person, Mountain Whitewater De-scents is losing anywhere from $5,880 to $13,080 ev-ery day that the canyon is closed.

Jim Clark, CEO for the Fort Collins Convention & Visitors Bureau, says that he can’t speculate as to how much of an impact the raft-ing industry’s loss is mak-ing on the overall Fort Col-lins economy, but that this year is unique in that, while the rafting companies are currently closed, the ho-tel industry is thriving due to displaced residents and

fi refi ghters.“I’ve been here 7 and

a half years and I’ve never seen it this bad. It probably never has been this bad,” Clark said.

This week begins the busy season for the rafting industry, and both owners and employees are hopeful that they can soon get back on the Poudre.

“I’m excited to get up there because it’s the only place that you will be able to raft in a fire zone,” Justin Gossard, who graduated from CSU in December and is working his fourth season with A1 Wildwa-ter, said. “So it’s kind of

a unique experience to get up there and just float down the river and see all the power and damage that the High Park fire actually had.”

“We’re trying to get the thought out, you know, if we take groups up in the school bus, they’re all con-tained. One of our stretches that we run is from Poudre Park down,” Breckenridge said. “Even if we could get on the river and run that much of it right now, that would make a huge differ-ence to us.”

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OPINIONCollegian

Thursday, June 28, 2012 |

By John Sheesley

Every four years the nations of the world descend on a singu-lar location to test their collec-tive sporting mettle. The Olym-pics are an occasion to celebrate not only athletic achievement, but national pride and unity.

People hurtling through river rapids on kayaks becomes must-see television. Wrestling evolves beyond a pay-per-view slideshow. The distance of a shot-putters throw makes us hold our collec-tive breath.

In the end it doesn’t really matter what sport the athletes are competing in, because at the end of the day they are wearing red, white and blue.

When else but late sum-mer can you watch gymnasts hurl themselves through the air, swimmers glide effortlessly under the surface of the water and fencers engage in heated combat?

Granted, most of these events

drop out of the collective con-sciousness during off years, but during the Olympics they are front and center. No matter what

sport Americans are participat-ing in, we will watch and cheer for them simply because they are American.

These athletes are represent-ing us as a country internation-ally as some of the most positive ambassadors that exist.

Some people will try to make

them political, like recent tension in the Germany-Greece soccer match, but that is not what the Olympics are about.

They are about bringing coun-tries together in the name of ath-letic competition and fostering a sense of global unity.

Plus we will be able to ex-perience them in a way never before possible: through social media. For the first time, every event will certainly be tweeted about live around the world, al-lowing fans to connect, bridging oceans with discussion.

Instead of waiting for tape-delayed broadcasts on NBC, fans will know immediately who won and how the rest of the world feels about it.

Being able to connect with other people around the world through athletic competition is what the the Olympics is all about, and that’s why we love them.

our view

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“The Olympics are an occasion to celebrate not only

athletic achievement, but national pride

and unity. ”

For the past three weeks, I’ve been covering the High Park Fire. During that time, my focus has primarily been “get the facts, get the updates, get the stats.”

Consequently, it’s caused me to wake up in a nervous sweat multiple nights due to fire-themed nightmares involving no, not fires, but rather missed press releases.

Last Friday, however, forced me to wake up in a more traditional sense. I was escorted into the burn area along-side other reporters by Larimer County firefighters.

We went to four different locations: Missile Silo Road, Picnic Rock, North Park and Gateway Park.

I felt the fire most at Picnic Rock.It had come through the area in

patches, raging through spots to a crisp and leaving other “islands” of greenery, pristine and untouched.

Last summer I had made a trip to this same area with my dad for a tubing adventure. It had been a fairly overcast day and we had managed to wind an inflatable ducky down the “fun-sized” rapids of the Poudre.

Details of that actual day aside, the intensity of the memory that rushed through me as I stood staring at the charred area shocked me. It was filled with sadness, disappointment, and to

be honest a little twinge of anger.It was then that I realized that if

this single memory of a trip with my dad could evoke such a strong re-sponse within myself, I couldn’t even imagine the magnitude of emotion that must be felt by those who have lost their homes, their animals, their loved ones and the memories that

coincide.It made me realize how place-

based our memories and experiences actually are. For the first time, I felt in-credibly close to the city of Fort Collins both as a community and as a home.

Content Managing Editor Kaitie Huss can be reached at news@colle-gian. com

By Kaitie HuSS

High Park Fire hits close to home

Ride on: bike smart, bike safe, bike often

Why we love the Olympics

At the Collegian I of-ten find myself working late into the evening, put-ting the finishing touches on a story or interviewing someone after hours. Last week I mounted my bicy-cle for the late night ride home and, not minutes after leaving the student center, was nearly ridden off the road by a careless bicyclist. If everyone fol-lows a few simple guide-lines we can make the bike lanes a safer place for everyone, so here are a few dos and don’ts of bike etiquette:

Do: Always use a headlight and taillight when riding between sunset and sunrise.

Using a headlight and taillight is a major step to staying safe on a bicycle at night, and it’s not just a good idea, it’s the law ac-cording to Colorado Stat-ute 42-4-204.

Yes, a light helps you see where you are going, but it also lets others see you. This is especially im-portant in a city like Fort Collins where many bike lanes are on roads and the bike paths are not well lit.

Cutting through cam-pus makes my ride home ten minutes shorter, but I’ve begun to avoid it due to careless cyclists. More than once I have come around the corner and al-most hit another bicyclist because they were not wearing a light and were therefore very difficult to see. This may not be only to blame on the lack of a light, the cyclists are of-ten on the wrong side of the bike path.

Don’t: Ride on the wrong side of the road or turn against traffic.

The general rule for bi-cycle safety and etiquette is to treat your bicycle as if it is any other vehicle, like a car or motorbike. It is stated in Colorado Stat-ute 42-4-1412 that “every person riding a bicycle shall have all of the rights and duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle,” meaning always riding on the left side of the road or bike path.

Driving a bike like a car also means signalling before turning, always turning from the proper lane when riding on the road, and passing care-fully.

Do: Treat the bike path like a road.

No one would stop driving a car in the middle of the road upon seeing a friend and commence to have a conversation in the middle of the road while traffic grinds to a halt around them, yet this is a fairly common occur-rence on a bike path. A good rule is to treat the bike path like it is any other city street. Look both ways before cross-ing, don’t stand in the

middle of the road, and keep to the right side of the path as much as pos-sible.

Though many people use bike paths to walk, rollerblade, longboard and for all manner of wheel based sports, the bicycle is usually the fastest vehicle present. Therefore those mov-ing slowly are likely to be passed at some point, and should keep to the edge of the path to make this easier and safer for everyone.

Don’t: Take up the whole road in a group.

I love bicycling with my friends, and with so many great trails in Fort Collins it makes for a great group activity. It is not uncommon to see a large group of bicycles cruising to and from Old Town on a Friday or Sat-urday night, and an eve-ning ride along the river makes a great date.

When riding in a group of two or 20 it is important to be con-siderate of those riding or driving nearby. On a large path or a wide street there is plenty of room to ride three or four abreast, but it is illegal to ride more than two abreast, and can make you a haz-ard to others. When in a group I ride slower than I normally would so it is necessary to leave room for cars and other, faster cyclists to pass on the left without crossing the cen-ter line.

Do: Hang on.Riding with no hands

is great once you get the hang of it, and because of the way a bicycle works it is easy to steer without holding on. Sadly, it is also illegal. Colorado law states that “A person op-erating a bicycle or elec-tric-assisted bicycle shall keep at least one hand on the handlebars at all times.” So hang on! But only to the handlebars. It is illegal to hitch a ride by grabbing onto another vehicle, and also terribly unsafe.

Don’t: Drink and ride.

Because bicycle is considered to be largely the same as any other vehicle by Colorado state law, riding under the in-fluence of drugs or alco-hol will result in a DUI just like it would in a car. An intoxicated cyclist is a danger to themselves and others, especially when riding on the road. I love to ride my bike to a party or the bars on a Friday night, and I consider it a wonderful device to lean on as I wander home.

For more information on Colorado bike laws see colobikelaw.com/law

Visual Managing Edi-tor John Sheesley can be reached at [email protected]

“Keep riding, and keep having fun, but follow

the law and be courteous. Fort Collins is a great, bike friendly community. Let’s

keep it that way.”

Fire restrictions at Picnic Rock Recreaion Center limit many of the summer’s traditional activities. Picnic Rock was one of the four locations shown to reporters last Friday.

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A provisional patent has been filed with CSU Ventures so that the tech-nology may be commer-cialized and mass pro-duced when it is ready. But until the new drug is fur-ther developed it is vital to avoid being bitten by mos-quitoes that may be carry-ing West Nile Virus.

“There are many things we can do to avoid infection: avoid being out after sunset in areas where mosquitoes are likely to be found; use repellents to prevent biting; wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants; wear lighter colors rather than darker colors; make sure door and win-dow screens are in good

condition so mosquitoes can’t enter the house,” Moore said.

The research being done by Geiss and Keenan is supported by the Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence at Colorado State University, one of only 10 centers supported by the National Institutes of Health nationwide that focuses on developing di-agnostics and treatment against emerging infec-tious diseases. The research that has been performed by Geiss and Keenan will ap-pear online this month is the peer-reviewed Journal of Virology.

Visual Managing Edi-tor John Sheesley can be reached at [email protected]

Pingree | Focusing on serviceContinued from Page 1

education major at the Uni-versity of Northern Colo-rado and member of the kitchen staff. “It’s cool just seeing the smiles they give to us at the end of a very long work day.”

For many of the stu-dents working at Pingree, it’s being able to make this kind of difference that matters. They are being paid for their time, but made the volunteer effort to return out of want to help in any way possible.

“It was really frustrat-ing being in town and feel-ing like there was nothing you could do about [the fire]. You could drive five minutes to the West and

watch the flames take over the mountain, feeling so insignificant like there was nothing you could do,” Lorenz said. “We’re not out there with the hoses, but we’re here waiting with food and beds for the peo-ple who are out there doing that. We share that attitude as a staff and it’s a really amazing thing.”

The staff of Pingree Park came back with the goal of helping firefight-ers, and the adminis-trative staff beams with pride at their effort and enthusiasm.

“It’s been extremely im-pressive to see how they’ve stepped up into this role. They volunteered for a big adventure with a lot of un-certainty and ambiguity,”

said Seth Webb, assistant director and CSU alumni. “They have operated under demanding, intense condi-tions in unusual circum-stances. It confirms for us that we have an excellent staff for this season.”

Working long and busy hours has made the staff grow closer together with the feeling of a collective purpose.

“These people are he-roes. To be able to do one small, tiny part by giving them hot meals feels in-credible,” King said. “It’s something that is a once in a life opportunity and I’m really grateful to have the feeling of doing my part.”

Producer Kyle Grabows-ki can be reached at [email protected].

mosquito | Preventing bites and infection

sCienCe | Fickle nature of fires

Fly, a one-year-old Border Collie, sits in his kennel at the CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital. His owner, Ashley Mueller, works as a technician at the Hospital and has been evacuated twice since the fire began.

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vet | Students gain emergency experience


Weather forecasts through the weekend pre-dict a continuance of these temperatures as well as af-ternoon thunderstorms. The summer months also bring storms. However, these storms are unlikely to provide the needed amount of rain but rather provide powerful winds, according to Schranz.

Schranz is currently re-searching the feedback ef-fects a fire such as the High Park might have on the lo-cal weather conditions.

According to Schranz, satellite imaging indicates that the smoke from the fire has prevented clouds from forming overhead. This could potentially have an effect on the overall atmo-spheric temperature in the area; however, this is still being looked into, accord-ing to Schranz.

High Park firefighters also have access to the FX-

Net technology, according to Schranz, which allows them to receive live weath-er updates. This will allow them to better predict the fire’s behavior in the pres-ence of abnormal weather conditions.

Though the fire has torched much of the land-scape, it has left other plac-es, such as Gateway Park, untouched.

“You can see a lot of the property was saved. What we were trying to show is the fickle nature of fires that they can go through an area, burn certain things for some reason for a number of factors and then not even touch other items,” said Patrick Love, of Poudre Fire Authority while escorting a group of journalists into the burn area.

Rocca said these islands of unburned vegetation will aid in the regrowth of the forest.

“It all depends on how severely and to what ex-

tent the trees have been burned,” Rocca said.

Trees growing in the higher elevations of the mountains can actually benefit from the burn, ac-cording to Rocca.

Fires in this area re-lease seeds from these trees which can then begin re-growth of the forest. How-ever, lower elevation trees such as the ponderosa pine will not re-seed if burned too severely.

At a press conference during the beginning days of the fire, Larimer Sheriff Justin Smith told the media, “Mother Nature is running this fire.”

While much of the fire can be explained by sci-ence, an even higher per-centage remains unknown to fire scientists.

While tragic for those in-volved, for the landscape, a wildfire is a natural process.

Content Managing Editor Kaitie Huss can be reached at [email protected]


Currently, every animal at the CSU vet hospital has been matched with their owners, including the one bearded dragon.

“He’s quite the charac-ter,” Scalf said.

2008 CSU alumna Ash-ley Mueller is a technician at the teaching hospital. Living in the Hewlett Gulch sub-division, she has been evacuated from the High Park Fire twice. Her pets are being housed at the hospi-tal.

Once put on pre-evac-uation, Mueller and her husband understood how quickly they would have to leave their home if the or-ders to vacate were given.

“As soon as we got the pre-evac, we brought the chickens, the cats and the dogs down,” Mueller said.“And then while we were on pre-evac I’d bring them down during the day while I was working and I’d leave them in the kennel. And then I’d bring them home at night, and then bring them

down the next morning for fear that if I was in town and 45 minutes away I couldn’t get them out.”

Mueller has experienced emergency evacuations be-fore, but the High Park Fire is still shocking.

“I’ve never seen anything this extreme...You could just see it jumping from ridge to ridge to ridge to ridge,” Mu-eller said. “We pretty much assumed that our house was gone, but somehow the fire-fighters were amazing and they saved it.”

Scalf also has past expe-rience with animal evacua-tions, working in Missouri during the 2011 Joplin tor-nado, as well as at Louisiana State University during Hur-ricane Katrina in 2005.

“I never thought I’d be doing this in my own back-yard,” Scalf said.

The last time the teach-ing hospital experienced an event similar to the High Park Fire was the Spring Creek Flood in 1997.

“We did a very rapid in-take for one night, and then it was resolved pretty quickly

and things could go back,” Scalf said. “So this is a much longer situation. We know we’re in this for another week or two at least.”

While the teaching hos-pital has been taking in smaller pets, the Ranch in Loveland has been sup-plying medical attention and boarding for llamas, donkeys, goats, sheep and more than 200 horses. CSU students and faculty have been working at the Ranch as well.

“We had the large animal ambulatory team from CSU go out and help with any medical issues there,” Scalf said.

Dr. Brian Miller, head of Equine Field Service at CSU, has been working at the Ranch along with four fourth year veterinary students.

“It’s been good to see them work and letting them be veterinarians,” Dr. Miller said. “They get to react to emergency cases… interact with the owners, which is pretty important from that standpoint I think. I think they’ve really enjoyed mak-

ing some decisions, and it’s been good for them.”

Lundgreen, who is one of the four vet students work-ing at the Ranch, agrees.

“The biggest help has been what I learned in class and having the experience,” Lundgreen said, “and really I have to give a lot of credit to Dr. Miller and Dr. [Brittany] Bell because they were just awesome… they let us do a ton and actually do the vet-erinary work instead of just watching.”

Animals being held at the Ranch will be moved to different locations by June 30. The largest intake the teaching hospital has seen in a single day was 26 animals, which was this past Saturday when the fire grew.

“A lot of [the animals] were really hard to see when they came in really beat up...” Lundgreen said. “It’s amaz-ing how these animals can actually survive. They have an ability to survive, and did really great.”

Editor-in-Chief Michael Elizabeth Sakas can be reached at [email protected]

“These people are heroes. To be able to do one small, tiny part by giving them hot meals feels incredible.”

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Has sleeping in the study cube and showering in the Behavioral Sciences building for the fall semester become a possibility?

For those concerned about their future living situation, Off-Campus Life will be hosting Roommate Roundup on Friday, June 29 from 4 p.m. 5 p.m. in room 208 of the Lory Student Cen-ter.

It primarily functions on a speed-dating model, where students that are looking for a residence wear red nametags while those looking for roommates wear green nametags.

“Those who are looking for a roommate can come to one location, walk around and get to know individual people in an environment where everyone else is kind of doing the same thing, to see if there are any good matches,” Emily Allen, assis-tant director for Off-Campus Life said.

There weren’t any good matches for senior jour-nalism major Allie Cher-outes.

“It felt like some awk-ward singles mixer event where the room is silent un-til one person stands up and walks across the circle and introduces him or herself,” Cheroutes said in an email. “It just felt really desperate and there weren’t that many other [people] there and that kind of made me uncomfort-able.”

The size of the group can vary from 10 to as many as 60, according to Off-Campus Life Public Relations Coor-dinator Kelsy Enderson, but the size of the group matters less than the quality of the

individuals searching. “As a student I guess you

should expect to step out of your comfort zone and min-gle with people and get to know people and really con-front someone that maybe you’re not comfortable with and tell them, this is me, this is who I am and fi nd out if you’re a good fi t for that other person to live with,” Enderson said.

Despite Cheroutes’ un-successful Roundup experi-ence, she still sees the pro-gram’s value to students.

“Even though I didn’t fi nd anyone I think it’s a re-ally cool opportunity that CSU offers. I wish more people knew about it. With a few modifi cations and some more participants I think it would be more suc-cessful,” Cheroutes said. “If the roundup were held in a more open place like the Oval it wouldn’t feel so en-closed and uncomfortable. Providing something like punch or lemonade might have helped.”

Off-Campus Life will hold Roommate Roundup this Friday, along with sever-al dates in July and August to help students who are look-ing for places to live.

“I think it would be amazing if I could meet my roommates before I moved in with them, maybe you have something in common, maybe you both just want to sit in your room and not talk to each other and you guys are totally happy about that,” Endreson said. “I think it’s a huge benefi t and you don’t necessarily have that risk.”

Producer Kyle Grabowski and Editor-In-Chief Mi-chael Elizabeth Sakas can be reached at [email protected].

Roommate Roundup: the hunt continues

“It felt like some awkward singles mixer event where the

room is silent...”Allie Cheroutes | senior journalism major

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I keep seeing this truck in the parking lot with stickers on it that say, “Extreme Ram.” I really hope thats Tony Frank’s car.

Is it weird that I can hear everything that goes on in the study cube restrooms when someone is in it?

”We didn’t start the fire should be CU’s fight song.

If we’re both still here, we should get a drink sometime.

That awesome moment when you realize anything you submit to summer ramtalk will probably be printed.

Today’s BirThday (07/28/12). This is the year to explore the world through travel and education. Home and family provide a solid anchor. A springtime career boost leads to busy time at work, with communications challenges later in the year. Follow your heart.

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

aries (March 21-April 19) ––7–– Listen to others and learn. New opportunities show up when you’re open to change. Attend a social event, but keep your finances private. Fix up your room a bit.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) ––6–– Get your message out by whatever means necessary. Come from the perspective that you’re providing a service. Get some physical exercise and rest deeply.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) ––7–– The weekend offers great opportunities to grow in your relationship. You can move mountains! Talk about everything, but remember to listen. Try not to arouse jealousies.

CanCer (June 21-July 22) ––8–– You have a thousand wonderful ideas and would love to explore the unknown and the mysterious. Deadlines may just be annoying. Nonethe-less, get them done first.

Leo (July 23-August 22) ––6–– Adding play to your day in-creases the odds for success. The trick is to have fun and be productive at the same time. With patience and attention to detail, your credit rating is improving.

VirGo (August 23-September 22) ––7–– Something is just not right, and the surprise is spoiled, but there’s no reason to be upset. Look on the bright side of the problem. You may find the answer in a dream.

LiBra (September 23-October 22) ––6–– Access creative powers from deep inside and inspire others. Focus on the greater good, even if it costs extra time or money. Your status is enhanced by your actions.

sCorpio (October 23-November 21) ––8–– You’re bril-liant now, but don’t be blinded by fool’s gold. Build a good structure for your dreams, and for those of others. Working together you can get farther. You’ll be glad you did.

saGiTTarius (November 22-December 21) ––8–– Reas-sess your assets, and go for the gold. New financial opportu-nities show up, but money saved is money earned. Passion is possible now, and opens new doors. Your friends are happy to teach you.

CapriCorn (December 22-January 19) ––7–– Puzzle piec-es click into place. Curious discoveries may lead to commit-ments. Words fall out of your mouth naturally, as you’re ex-cited about what’s created. Schedule to maintain existence.

aquarius (January 20-February 18) ––6–– Accept a nice bonus. Spend more imagination than money, and simplify the process. Remember your dreams and entertain someone at breakfast.

pisCes (February 19-March 20) ––6–– There’s support even in disagreement now, although necessary adaptations may be required. Make a promise you’d love to keep. There could be unexpected loss in travel.

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