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By Lianna Salva e Rocky Mountain Collegian e University Symphony Orches- tra will prove tonight that French mu- sic isn’t just about the can-can in its first performance of the season. e performance will begin with the fast-paced “Roman Carnival Overture” by Hector Berlioz. CSU faculty Wesley Ferreira will join the symphony orches- tra for the first time during “Clarinet Concerto” by Aaron Copland. In the final performance, the ensemble will be joined by CSU faculty Joel Bacon for Camille Saint-Saens’ “Organ Symphony.” “It’s great showpieces for or- chestra. It’s loud and it’s exciting, fast music. There’s a lot of beauty to it as well,” said Maestro Wes Kenney, the conductor for the performance as well as the Director for University Orchestras. “If you’re looking for top-level orchestra music, this is the place to come,” he said. e pieces cover a broad timespan in the development of French sym- phonic music. e earliest of these was that of Berlioz, after which French symphonic music almost came to a stop until Saint-Saens “Organ Sym- phony” was written in the late nine- teenth century. “is is one of the great pieces for organ in orchestra. e organ that is in it is perfectly suited for the piece. It comes in rather quiet and mysterious and is a bit of a surprise, but at the end it’s very triumphant,” Bacon said. “It’s a lot of fun to play.” e organ being used was a dona- tion to the university in the last year and has not been used in Griffin Con- cert Hall before, according to Kenney. e most recent of the three pieces is Copland’s “Clarinet Concerto”, written in the 20th century during his studies in Paris with Nadia Boulanger, one of the great French composition teachers. Copland originally wrote the piece for American jazz clarinetist, Benny Goodman, who has been called “the king of swing” but wanted to try playing clas- sical music, according to Ferreira. “It’s one of the most beautiful pieces in the 20th century,” Ferreira said. “is is one of the more challenging pieces for orchestras to play. ere are a lot of jumps and leaps and all the parts have re- ally important, independent lines.” Ferreira also described the piece as being very lyrical with Brazilian rhythmic qualities. ere are 74 students in the or- chestra ranging from freshmen to second year graduate students. Some of the performers in the orchestra are not music majors, and each student had to audition to become apart of the orchestra, according to Kenney. “When you’re performing with the orchestra you can tell that the students look up to [Kenney], and as a soloist coming into an orchestra to perform, you can tell there’s a level of preparation and professionalism,” Ferreira said. “e great thing is that an or- chestra can play just about anything, and to see students making this music come alive is very exciting,” Kenney said. “is high level performance ex- perience gives them a point by which they can take any other musical ex- perience that they’re involved in and move it forward.” UCA Beat Reporter Lianna Salva can be reached at entertainment@col- legian.com. KCSU Top 10 Nautical Mile drops by Local Loco PAGE 5 There’s nothing wrong with wearing jorts | Page 4 By Bailey Constas e Rocky Mountain Collegian Music, cats, glitter, glam, euro-bass, girls, pia- no, makeup and synesthesia are all accurate terms to describe WhiteCatPink, aka David Jacoby. Fans of the eccentric musician can see his brand of electronic-based, live drum and dance performance at GNU: Experience Gallery Satur- day. is out of the litter-box character started the conception of the idea not because of music, but through a trip to the costume shop. “I was looking in a costume shop and I found this mask and I thought, ‘It’s perfect.’” Jacoby said. “I developed this white glam cat character from that.” Jacoby recognized early on that his choice of costume warped people’s perception of reality. “is shook things up for people, and they didn’t know what to expect,” Jacoby said. Behind the whiskers, Shamanism, old school rituals and David Bowie fueled feline persona is a resonation of his personality. “I’m a solo hunter, usually I crawl around at night, riding around neighborhoods, alleys in Old Town,” Jacoby said. “I’ll just disappear suddenly and people will be like, where’d he go?” “Rituals and dressing up, it’s a very human thing, and I think we’ve lost that.” Jacoby began to be interested in music from year one while still in diapers, banging on Tupperware. He then went on to take piano lessons, which he disliked at first, beginning when he was four. “I had this really cool teacher and she smelled like mothballs,” Jacoby said. “She was a really de- lightful woman.” From then on music continued to be a strong part of his life. “I really hated high school. I really believe in what Matt Stone and Trey Parker say about the dorky kids who grow up to make cartoons and be white cats,” Jacoby joked. “And the cool kids grow up to be insurance salesmen.” Jacoby played in an experimental pop rock group in Boulder from 2004 to 2007. In 2006, WhiteCatPink was created. WhiteCatPink, according to Jacoby, is a blend of audio and visuals, blending Ziggy Star- dust with Serge Gainsbourg — a French beatnik icon in the ‘60s — in the context of DJ Shadow with Kraftwerk, a German electronica band from the ‘70s, manning the controls. A unique part of Jacoby that’s filtered into his music is his synesthesia, a condition in which Ja- coby’s senses can become crossed, mixing sounds, words, numbers and names with colors. “e chords I use have specific colors, and that’s based on what I want to convey in the mu- sic,” Jacoby said. “I can see the different pitches that I use, the different sounds, bass sounds, even the filters that I run stuff through — like the phaser — it will affect that,” Jacoby said. “It looks like look- ing through water and it looks like rippling and that sort of thing.” Jacoby is anything but ordinary and does not believe in following the crowd. “What’s right isn’t always popular....I’m not breaking rules and stigmas to be cutesy or cool, but I’m doing it because it’s something I believe in. ere’s more to life than just being spoon-fed something on the TV on Fox News,” Jacoby said. Entertainment and Diversity Beat Reporter Bai- ley Constas (@BaileyLiza) can be reached at enter- [email protected]. The University Symphony Orchestra will perform tonight in Griffin Concert Hall in the Uni- versity Center for the Arts. (Collegian file photo) University orchestra performs musique classique What: University Symphony Orchestra concert Where: Griffin Concert Hall, UCA When: Sept. 20 and 21, 7:30 p.m. Cost: $7 student, $1 youth, $12 general public CONCERT DETAILS A musical MEOW WhiteCatPink prowls to the GNU Gallery Saturday SATURDAY’S SHOW INFO: Where: GNU: Experience Gallery When: 9 p.m. Cost: $5 Who: WhiteCatPink with Snubluck Dinosaurus Rex J Dubious ILLUSTRATION BY HUNTER THOMPSON COLLEGIAN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN

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By Lianna Salva� e Rocky Mountain Collegian

� e University Symphony Orches-tra will prove tonight that French mu-sic isn’t just about the can-can in its � rst performance of the season.

� e performance will begin with the fast-paced “Roman Carnival Overture” by Hector Berlioz. CSU faculty Wesley Ferreira will join the symphony orches-tra for the � rst time during “Clarinet Concerto” by Aaron Copland. In the � nal performance, the ensemble will be joined by CSU faculty Joel Bacon for Camille Saint-Saens’ “Organ Symphony.”

“It’s great showpieces for or-chestra. It’s loud and it’s exciting, fast music. There’s a lot of beauty to it as well,” said Maestro Wes Kenney, the conductor for the performance as well as the Director for University Orchestras.

“If you’re looking for top-level orchestra music, this is the place to come,” he said.

� e pieces cover a broad timespan in the development of French sym-phonic music. � e earliest of these was that of Berlioz, after which French symphonic music almost came to a stop until Saint-Saens “Organ Sym-phony” was written in the late nine-teenth century.

“� is is one of the great pieces for organ in orchestra. � e organ that is in it is perfectly suited for the piece. It comes in rather quiet and mysterious and is a bit of a surprise, but at the end it’s very triumphant,” Bacon said. “It’s a lot of fun to play.”

� e organ being used was a dona-tion to the university in the last year and has not been used in Gri� n Con-cert Hall before, according to Kenney.

� e most recent of the three pieces is Copland’s “Clarinet Concerto”, written in the 20th century during his studies in Paris with Nadia Boulanger, one of the great French composition teachers.

Copland originally wrote the piece for American jazz clarinetist, Benny Goodman, who has been called “the king of swing” but wanted to try playing clas-sical music, according to Ferreira.

“It’s one of the most beautiful pieces in the 20th century,” Ferreira said. “� is is one of the more challenging pieces for orchestras to play. � ere are a lot of jumps and leaps and all the parts have re-ally important, independent lines.”

Ferreira also described the piece as being very lyrical with Brazilian rhythmic qualities.

� ere are 74 students in the or-chestra ranging from freshmen to second year graduate students. Some of the performers in the orchestra are

not music majors, and each student had to audition to become apart of the orchestra, according to Kenney.

“When you’re performing with the orchestra you can tell that the students look up to [Kenney], and as a soloist coming into an orchestra to perform, you can tell there’s a level of preparation and professionalism,” Ferreira said.

“� e great thing is that an or-chestra can play just about anything, and to see students making this music come alive is very exciting,” Kenney said. “� is high level performance ex-perience gives them a point by which they can take any other musical ex-perience that they’re involved in and move it forward.”

UCA Beat Reporter Lianna Salva can be reached at [email protected].

KCSU Top 10Nautical Mile drops by Local Loco

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There’s nothing wrong with wearing jorts | Page 4

By Bailey Constas� e Rocky Mountain Collegian

Music, cats, glitter, glam, euro-bass, girls, pia-no, makeup and synesthesia are all accurate terms to describe WhiteCatPink, aka David Jacoby.

Fans of the eccentric musician can see his brand of electronic-based, live drum and dance performance at GNU: Experience Gallery Satur-day.

� is out of the litter-box character started the conception of the idea not because of music, but through a trip to the costume shop.

“I was looking in a costume shop and I found this mask and I thought, ‘It’s perfect.’” Jacoby said. “I developed this white glam cat character from that.”

Jacoby recognized early on that his choice of costume warped people’s perception of reality.

“� is shook things up for people, and they didn’t know what to expect,” Jacoby said.

Behind the whiskers, Shamanism, old school rituals and David Bowie fueled feline persona is a resonation of his personality.

“I’m a solo hunter, usually I crawl around at night, riding around neighborhoods, alleys in Old Town,” Jacoby said. “I’ll just disappear suddenly and people will be like, where’d he go?”

“Rituals and dressing up, it’s a very human thing, and I think we’ve lost that.”

Jacoby began to be interested in music from year one while still in diapers, banging on Tupperware.

He then went on to take piano lessons, which he disliked at � rst, beginning when he was four.

“I had this really cool teacher and she smelled like mothballs,” Jacoby said. “She was a really de-lightful woman.”

From then on music continued to be a strong

part of his life. “I really hated high school. I really believe in

what Matt Stone and Trey Parker say about the dorky kids who grow up to make cartoons and be white cats,” Jacoby joked. “And the cool kids grow up to be insurance salesmen.”

Jacoby played in an experimental pop rock group in Boulder from 2004 to 2007. In 2006, WhiteCatPink was created.

WhiteCatPink, according to Jacoby, is a blend of audio and visuals, blending Ziggy Star-dust with Serge Gainsbourg — a French beatnik icon in the ‘60s — in the context of DJ Shadow with Kraftwerk, a German electronica band from the ‘70s, manning the controls.

A unique part of Jacoby that’s � ltered into his music is his synesthesia, a condition in which Ja-coby’s senses can become crossed, mixing sounds, words, numbers and names with colors.

“� e chords I use have speci� c colors, and that’s based on what I want to convey in the mu-sic,” Jacoby said.

“I can see the di� erent pitches that I use, the di� erent sounds, bass sounds, even the � lters that I run stu� through — like the phaser — it will a� ect that,” Jacoby said. “It looks like look-ing through water and it looks like rippling and that sort of thing.”

Jacoby is anything but ordinary and does not believe in following the crowd.

“What’s right isn’t always popular....I’m not breaking rules and stigmas to be cutesy or cool, but I’m doing it because it’s something I believe in. � ere’s more to life than just being spoon-fed something on the TV on Fox News,” Jacoby said.

Entertainment and Diversity Beat Reporter Bai-ley Constas (@BaileyLiza) can be reached at [email protected].

The University Symphony Orchestra will perform tonight in Griffi n Concert Hall in the Uni-versity Center for the Arts. (Collegian fi le photo)

University orchestra performs musique classique

What: University Symphony Orchestra concert

Where: Gri� n Concert Hall, UCA

When: Sept. 20 and 21, 7:30 p.m.

Cost: $7 student, $1 youth, $12 general public

CONCERT DETAILS

A musical MEOWWhiteCatPink prowls to the GNU Gallery Saturday

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By Mikaela Antonelli The Rocky Mountain Collegian

There are two different types of deer piles. The first is the obscure notion of physically piling the woodland creature, the second is a music venue.

It’s where GOLDRUSH Mu-sic Festival will take place this year, an underground festival put on by some of Denver’s best known music bloggers.

This is the second year that Crawford Philleo, of mu-sic blog Tome to the Weather Machine, has put on this fes-tival, which was held at Den-ver’s rock club The Hi-Dive Last year.

“The festival started last year when Ryan Pjesky of Mag-ic Teepee (another music blog) approached me and my friend Jake Martin, of Speaker Snacks, about hosting a festival where each of us could equally curate the artists,” Philleo said in an email to the Collegian.

“This year we wanted to scale things back a little bit so we could focus more on the mu-sic and the artists we have invit-ed to play,” Philleo said.

“The music will be a diverse range of styles from rock, dance, noise, ambient and drone. My friend Curt Heiner will be doing live film and video projections, and we'll have the whole area decorated with lanterns and old photos on the walls taken and developed by local artist CJ Irvin,” Philleo said. “It's going to look amazing in there, and sound even better!”

The festival will feature many local bands as well as some groups not native to Colorado.

“The bands were pulled from a pool of some of our re-cent favorites in the world of experimental and progressive music.”

Local Fort Collins band Kick Majestic will be perform-

ing, as well as M. Sage — the solo project of Kick Majestic frontman and CSU graduate Matt Sage.

“It will be interesting to play [Kick Majestic] stuff, which is much louder and more in your face, much more energy, and then follow it with a set of really slow, peaceful ambient solo music,” Sage said. “The two are so different, so it should be a blast.”

Sage is also looking forward to catching up with other lo-cal artists in the experimental scene.

“It is great to catch up/hang out with other weirdos in the CO/national ‘experimental’ music scene.”

California group the For-mer Selves will make the trek up to Colorado to play thanks to the state’s reputatio,n in the underground music scene.

“It seems like Denver is a city most bands/musi-cians play on cross country and regional tours, and I've heard wonderful things from friends who have played in there,” said Paul Skomsvold, frontman for the Former Selves. “I think it'll be a good change of pace...I'm looking forward to sharing my music with a new crowd.”

Collegian Writer Mikaela Antonelli can be reached at [email protected].

Modern Day GOLDRUSH

What: GOLDRUSH Music Festival

Where: Deer Pile In Denver

When: Friday Sept. 21 and Saturday Sept. 22

Cost: $15 Where to get tickets:

www.goldrush.brownpaper-tickets.com/

Festival details By Emily SmithThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

It’s not often that a race between cockroaches, with their fear inducing anten-na and exoskeletons, gets lumped in the same event as a mouth-watering feast.

It’s even rarer that both activities are held in the parking lot before a football game, but such is the case for the 31st annual Ag Day cele-bration. It’s a chance for stu-dents to participate in one form of alternative tailgating or another — from stuff-ing your face, to watching a cockroach race set up by the Gillette Entomology Club.

Ag Day offers a bar-becue meal of beef, pork, lamb, beans, wheat and dairy products, green salad, watermelon and drinks.

“Everything served is produced in Colorado,” said Coleman Cornelius, direc-tor of communications for the College of Agricultural Sciences. “Ag Day is very much a reflection of the ‘lo-cavore’ trend in which many of us want to eat locally grown food and know where our food is coming from.”

Since 2000, Ag Day tick-et sales have raised more than $250,000 and funded about 150 scholarships for students in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

Twenty students have

received those scholarships this year, including gradu-ate student Jennifer LaTour, who is studying agricultural extension education.

“We have a lot of peo-ple that are involved in agriculture around here,” LaTour said. “I think it’s a great way to give back to the community as well as the school.”

Stormy Havens, a ju-nior equine science major, also received the $2,000 Ag Day Scholarship this year.

“Growing up living on a farm I have endured the ag-riculture lifestyle,” Havens said. “I think that it is ex-tremely important to share that heritage with everyone.”

Freshman agricultur-al business major Patrick Halde also said Ag Day of-fered a good substitute for the traditional party cul-ture of tailgating.

“It’s giving you the oppor-tunity to mingle with business professionals and other in-dustry leaders,” Halde said.

LaTour, Havens, Halde and others will be volun-teering at Ag Day — setting up, serving food and bever-ages, and cleaning up after the event.

Other students at the game will be participating in unique versions of tail-gating as well.

Senior biology major Cole Nelson and friends

created a hot tub in a truck bed for the first home game and plan on doing it again — weather permitting, of course.

“We used a tarp in the bed of the truck so it wouldn’t leak,” Nelson said. “We got lots of hoots and hollers, we had a lot of fun.”

Civil engineering major Alex Adkisson drove a bus back from Las Vegas and converted it into a tailgat-ing vehicle. He plans to add a bathroom, sleeping area, kitchen, surround sound system, solar panels and rooftop deck.

“We also built another tailgater that is done called ‘The Cube’ that we take when we need a smaller, traveling tailgating ma-chine,” Adkisson said.

The central part of Ag Day is the sumptuous feast, where attendees tradition-ally sit on straw bales under the Aggie “A.”

However, other activi-ties abound, including live music provided by Fort Col-lins band Better Than Ba-con, farm-themed fun for kids, a visit from the CSU Marching Band and stu-dent organization displays.

Cornelius said the most popular display is often the “cockroach race” set up by the Gillette Entomology Club.

Several administration officials will give remarks

at Ag Day, including CSU President Tony Frank, Dean of the College of Agricultur-al Sciences Craig Beyrouty and Athletic Director Jack Graham.

Governor John Hick-enlooper recently signed a proclamation designating Sept. 22 as CSU Ag Day.

“It’s a really good re-minder that CSU started out as an agricultural school, and many people are proud of that,” Cornelius said. “I would love to see more CSU students come to Ag Day for a great meal before the game and to appreciate the university’s roots.”

For more information, students are encouraged to visit www.csuagday.com or call (970)-491-6497.

Collegian Writer Emily Smith can be reached at [email protected].

A feast fit for a parking lot What: Barbecue feast, farm

activities, student organization displays, live music

Who: Hosted by College of Agricultural Sciences

Where: Hughes Stadium, south parking lot

When: Sat., Sept. 22, 1:30-4 p.m. (CSU Rams v. Utah State Aggies game kicks off at 5 p.m.)

Meal tickets: $16.50 in advance, $20 on game day if any available

ag day 2012

“Its a really good reminder that CSU started out as an agricultural school and many people are proud of that.”

Coleman Cornelius | Director of Communications for the College of Agricultural Sciences

CorreCtion

In the Sept. 17 article, “Communication studies future uncertain,” Communication Studies Chair Sue Pendell was in-correctly quoted as saying the Behavioral Sciences Building addition is being “built as we speak.” She actually said, “we are keeping our fingers crossed on that.” The Collegian regrets its error.

ClarifiCation

In the Sept. 17 article, “Communication studies future uncertain,” a student said that in order to graduate with a com-munication studies major, one must have nine upper division classes as long as they are SPCM (communication stud-ies). Actually, CMST classes are also part of the major’s requirements.

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WHAT’S UP THIS WEEKEND IN FOCO? Check in with the Collegian’s Weekender every Friday to see what’s going on in Fort Collins over the weekend.

MUSIC LIFE

Football 101 classInternational House, 400 W. Elizabeth St.Friday Sept. 21Free4-6 p.m.

With all of the rules, pads, “yards,” reviews and weird fi eld goal-things, football can end up being a really confusing sport, and it can be a bit embarrassing to admit that you don’t understand the U.S.’s most viewed pastime. Don’t worry though, as the CSU Athletics Department is willing to help you out. From 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Gary Ozzello — senior associate athletics director — will help to teach you about football equipment, plays, rules and the CSU fi ght song at the International House. For more information, visit www.events.colostate.edu.

KnitWear Fiber Arts Experience� e Lincoln Center GalleriesSunday, Sept. 23$3-$511 a.m.-4 p.m.

Fall is offi cially upon us, which means that winter is right around the corner and, along with it, some really cold days ahead. Cold weather jackets can be expensive, but the hobby of knitting can provide warm, cheap clothing all winter long.So if you’re looking to pick up a hobby, save money or you just love to craft, check out Sunday’s KnitWear Fiber Arts Experience at the Fort Collins Lincoln Center. Where else can you fi nd a fi ber arts market, community crafting tables, prize giveaways, a yarn swap and free 30-minute art demonstrations throughout the day?For more information, visit www.fcgov.com.

� e Head and the Heart & Gregory Alan IsakovLincoln Center Performance HallSaturday, Sept. 22$227 p.m.

It’s part syndicated radio variety program, part live concert with nationally renowned performers Gregory Alan Isakov and the Head and the Heart. So is there really a reason to not think this event is pretty rad?� is Saturday the newly renovated Fort Collins Lincoln Center is hosting E-Town, the nationally syndicated NPR radio show that features musical performances and emphasizes local communities.For more information, visit www.etown.org.

Built to SpillMishawaka AmphitheatreSaturday, Sept. 22$22 advance, $25 at the door7 p.m.

� e Mishawaka Amphitheatre may be a 45 minute drive up the Poudre Canyon, but its distance from town and placement on the Poudre River makes it one of the most unique music venues in Colorado. Catch indie rock stalwarts Built to Spill play the Mish’s last outdoor show for the season Saturday night as they rifl e through their 20-year catalogue of guitar-based jams.For more information, visit www.themishawaka.com.

Hunting Education CourseWhere: Chilson Recreation Center, 700 East 4th Street, LovelandWhen: Saturday, Sept. 22 and Sunday, Sept. 23Cost: $10Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, and 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Sunday

Say you really want to go hunting, but don’t know how to use a fi rearm and are a little loose on hunting’s safety measures. � at could be a big problem (though Dick Cheney might argue otherwise), so check out the hunting education course off ered through the Colorado Department of Natural Resources.� e cost for both Saturday and Sunday’s workshops is $10, and include a written test and live fi re. � e course is a requirement in order to qualify for the Colorado Hunter Education Certifi cate.For more information, visit www.dnr.state.co.us.

Fort Collins ALS Walk� e CSU OvalSunday, Sept. 23All donation proceeds benefi t ALS research11 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, aff ects approximately 30,000 people in the U.S. at any given time.Help fi ght the debilitating motor neurone disease by participating in Sunday’s Fort Collins ALS Walk. � is year’s walk has already raised $30,000, but that is still $40,000 less than the overall goal for the event. � e 3k event currently has 390 participants.For more information, visit www.webco.alsa.org.

Party on the patioBudweiser Brewery, Fort CollinsSunday, Sept. 23freenoon-4:30 p.m.

It’s a combo of free music, free beer, free brewery tours and food (though you have to pay for that). Also, it’s at a brewery, which means that this event is totally awesome.Bring warm clothes and a lawn chair to the Budweiser Brewery in Fort Collins on Sunday to hang out and give back to the Larimer County Food Bank.For more information, visit www.budweisertours.com

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YESTERDAY’S QUESTION:

TODAY’S QUESTION:

How will you celebrate the fall solstice?

Log on to http://collegian.com to give us your two cents.

What do you think of RamRide Return?

49% Like it 10% Don’t like it 41% Never heard of it

NFL fan or American Idol viewer?

In defense of wearing Jorts

Face it guys, women are the new men

By NIC TURICIANO

49%

10%

41%

I can still remember my fi rst time. I was scared and sweaty — but also incred-ibly excited. It was kind of awkward and I wasn’t sure what to do, but then it was all over. What I’m talking about is my fi rst time wear-ing jorts. (Get your head out of the gutter!)

I was a freshman at Westfall. It was sometime in the spring of 2010, and I’m thinking it was a Friday. I had decided that I would no longer be wearing my old jeans. I grabbed my scissors and started to cut away at the denim, when my cow-boy friend came in and told me to stop. “This is how you make jorts,” he told me as he pulled his pocketknife out and gutted my jeans like a fi sh.

When I put on my jorts that day something beauti-ful happened. The planets aligned, and I fell in love. I was a little scared of the social retri-bution I might face for wearing them, but I knew I was onto something when half my hall mates decided to make jorts that same afternoon.

Later that night, my friends and I (all clad in jorts) somehow managed to enter a party. On the dance fl oor I found that my range of motion had vastly im-proved, although maybe not my moves. Even though we were asked to leave shortly after arriving, it didn’t faze us — we were untouchable underneath all that denim.

As my posse and I were walking back to Qdoba, we took part in some tomfool-ery that bordered danger-ously close to vandalism. However, when you are wearing jorts, most acts that are frowned upon by society can be justifi ed in some way. For example, it’s totally fi ne to have a sweet mullet or mustache as long as a pair of jorts compliment them. Or say you fi nd your-self picking your nose and scratching your butt while on the big screen at Moby — I doubt anyone would think less of you.

As awesome as they are, I think they sometimes get a bad rap. Sure, you can fi nd somebody getting arrested in a pair of jorts from almost any episode of COPS in the 1990s, but isn’t it time to stop the hate? Can’t we give these fashionable, practical shorts a second chance? I say yes.

A common miscon-ception about jorts is that you’re a hipster if you wear them. I’ll admit, they are pretty hip, but as long as you’re not riding a fi xed-gear with them, you’re probably okay. Besides, I see all sorts of kids on campus, from jocks to bro’s to total mo-rons like myself sporting them. Better yet, I see more people wearing them every single year, helping to validate their position in the snobbish world of fashion.

The fi rst thing to know about jorts is that there is a difference between them and jean shorts. Jean shorts are mass-pro-duced by clothing com-panies, whereas jorts are made at home and from the heart. The most im-portant part about them is that you craft them yourself. It doesn’t matter if they are short or long, faded or worn, just as long as you are the one who makes them.

The best way to dis-tinguish true jorts from half-hearted imitations is by looking at the fray (no, not the band from Den-ver). Little to no fray on the bottom of the pant-leg means that they were freshly cut, while long, spindly frizzle-frazzles of denim indicate a seri-ous jort-wearing heavy-weight.

A key element of wearing jorts is engaging in activities with them. As I said before, the range of motion allowed is breath-taking, and the support provided is unmatchable (perhaps our football team should start wear-ing them during games). While sporting them you will likely fi nd yourself dancing, biking, climb-ing on roofs, running, drinking, cooking, etc. The list goes on forever. The thing is, jorts don’t like to sit around. When-ever you fi nd yourself wearing them you are bound to be doing some-thing fantastic.

As autumn and win-ter rapidly approach, I just want to take the time to appreciate my jorts while I still can. Pret-ty soon, long pants will smother my pasty-white upper thighs, and my jorts will hibernate after a long spring and sum-mer. I can never express the amount of love I have for my jorts, nor repay the debt I owe to them, but by recognizing them for what they are, maybe I can begin to.

Quinn Scahill is a se-nior English major. His columns appear Fridays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to [email protected].

We've cooked your dinner. We've cleaned up your mess after a night of drunken Monday Night Football with your "bros." We've brought you soup when you're "sick" (but let's be real, you're usually being dramatic). We've done your laundry. And now — we're paying your bills.

Time Magazine reported earlier this week that a whopping third of Ameri-can women are now the "breadwinner" of the family. The article goes on to state that more women are graduating with college degrees than men and are steadily climbing up the ladder in near-ly all industries.

One survey found that 90 percent of women identify themselves as the chief bill-payer and shopper for the household.

We're organized, full of potential and drive, and coming at the men of this country faster and stronger than ever. Watch out, guys.

As a female and a soon to be CSU graduate, I see truth and validity in these statements around me. I see my-self surrounded by women with more drive and passion than I see in most men. I see business owners at age 22. I see women making trips to internships 60 miles away. I see successful students and confi dence that emulates. I see past stay-at-home moms going back to school to obtain degrees and change the role they have played for years. I see women taking new control of their lives and moving into the business world, taking a stand and coming out strong.

No, I'm not saying all men don't have drive and aren't going to be successful in any way. I'm simply making the argument that as wom-en, we've come a long way from the housewives and secretaries of the ‘50s and ‘60s — and are emerging as the new powerhouses of America. More and more frequently, men are answering to us.

Yes, we still unfortunately get paid 77.5 cents for every dollar that men earn. Yes, we still have changes to make in the fi nancial aspect of the business world. But with the amount of success-ful female statistics on the rise, I don't see that taking much longer. With the concern and exposure of these issues, we will take a stand. We've been taking a stand for nearly a century now, from our voting rights to our right to choose, and I can confi dently assure you – that will not come to a halt.

Forget the gender gap — that is

so 1965. The roles are changing. And they're changing fast. According to the US Census Bureau, the number of stay at home dads is dramatically increas-ing, up 26 percent in the last 10 years. Oh, and according to USA Today the number of women CEOs at Fortune 500 companies is at a record high. Still want to make that sexist kitchen joke to your boss, boys? She might not fi nd it so funny.

We've come a long way from where we were, and still unfortunately have some ground left to cover, but it won't be long — this I can tell you. It's our turn now.

So to all the women out there read-ing this, regardless of age: do not stop and most defi nitely do not give up. I'm not saying this is going to be easy and I'm not saying it isn't going to be messy along the way. There will be obstacles to overcome and there will be men that will challenge you and put you down. But right here and right now, our po-tential is higher than ever and only ex-panding. Remember that little phrase, "We can do it"? Well we can. It's been proven.

So get ready and pull out your vacu-ums boys, we'll be home around fi ve, or maybe seven if we decide to grab some drinks with the girls. Oh, and honey — dinner better be ready.

Lauren Stieritz is a senior commu-nication studies major. Her columns appear Fridays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to [email protected].

By LAUREN STIERITZ

By QUINN SCAHILL

“When I put on my jorts that day, something beautiful

happened. � e planets aligned, and I fell in love.”

Some of my fondest memories from childhood involve the television, which is an embarrassing truth. A lot of it was late night TV, things like “Star-gate SG-1” and reruns of “Dharma and Greg” — that sort of junk.

But I also grew up a baseball hound: playing it, watching it, analyzing it, being pretty good at it for a while and then not-so-good at it for an even lon-ger period of time before throwing out the dip and throwing in the towel.

It was during those years — approx-imately ages six to 17 — that the major-ity of my televised baseball consump-tion took place, often staying up long past a proper bedtime to watch the end of a postseason game (that’s especially true for the 2004 ALCS, which was so awesome it’s being written about eight years later).

Then somewhere along the way my priorities changed. No longer were sports a worthy form of entertainment

and, eventually, I came to look at the entire industry of athletics as a vast misplacement of resources, talent, at-tention and passion.

It’s a valid opinion, and one that I still agree with to a great extent, but there’s no reason that (now Broncos quarterback) Peyton Manning de-served to earn $42 million between June 2011 and June 2012; a period during which he didn’t play a single game.

Our culture is obsessed with athlet-ics and, according to the North Ameri-can Association of Sports Economists, has created a $70 billion industry out of it.

Something deep inside me (Taco Bell?) believes that to be wrong, but there are a number of good arguments in support of athletics: they teach disci-pline, teamwork skills, determination, build self-esteem and promote overall health.

While I’ve always thought these arguments insuffi cient to warrant the attention that professional sports re-ceives, I had a revelation recently, and part of it was recognizing another ben-efi t of our athletics-obsessed culture.

Almost every other piece of televi-sion programming is more brainless, heartless, disingenuous and more ab-surd than athletic events — often by a wide margin.

Witless shows such as “The Voice,” “American Idol,” “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” “Two and a Half Men” and “Pregnant in Heels,” (which is eas-ily the worst show to ever land on TV),

are some of the notable titles compet-ing with Monday Night Football, Sun-day Night Baseball, the World Series and the NBA.

Given those choices, I’m always go-ing to choose sports, and it’s for a few reasons.

To begin with, a sporting event can be TiVoed (or DVRed, whatever is the current technology), but watching a rerun of the previous night’s big game will never feel the same as watching it live. There’s a social aspect to sports, being in the moment and truly unpre-dictable, that will always elude other programming no matter how “real” shows such as “The Real World” try to be. Reality shows are often as heavily scripted as a baptism, but that’s not re-ally a secret.

Sports are intellectually more challenging for the viewer than most prime-time programming, which is as equally sad as it is true. Most of what’s on the boob tube doesn’t challenge the viewer intellectually, but that’s not the case with sports. In order to watch a game, you fi rst have to understand it. That can be quite the undertaking with the rules governing professional sports being as confusing and layered as they are.

So while I still believe that Manning shouldn’t make $42 million dollars for not playing football, I’ve come to real-ize that when he does play, his contri-bution to our lives is vastly more signif-icant than Snooky’s.

Entertainment Editor Nic Turiciano

“Forget the gender gap — that is so 1965. � e roles are changing.”

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� is week on 90.5 KCSU’s local music showcase � e Local Loco, Nautical Mile played new tracks from their upcoming album live over the air. We talked to them about:

By Michael Elizabeth Sakas90.5 KCSU Fort Collins

By Alex Hall� e Rocky Mountain Collegian

Brad Mehldau:

“Where Do You Start” Mehldau, along with Larry Grenadier on bass and Je�

Ballard on drums, leads perhaps the � nest piano trio in jazz today. Along with his collaborations with Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny and Joshua Redman, his trio regularly releases quality covers of music we often play on this radio station’s prime time scheduling. “Where Do You Start,” the trio’s second release this year (succeeding March’s “Ode”), includes two such covers — Nick Drake’s “Time Has Told Me” and Su� an Stevens’ “Holland.” � e album includes other standards like Sonny Rollins’ “Airegin,” as well as an original from Mehldau. � is contrasts beautifully with “Ode,” which features the same beautiful musicianship, but with all-original songs.

Released Sept. 18 Features “Hey Joe,” “Holland” and “Time Has Told Me” Mehldau has been recording since 1993 � e current trio lineup has released � ve albums since 2005 Mehldau has also contributed songs to the � lms “� e Lake

House” and “Eyes Wide Shut”

TKTTSM: “TKTTSM” If the band is an acronym for anything, it could very well

be “� e Killer Tittering Triage of Sado-Masochism,” since this band is both cute and disgusting. Girl pop that could very well frame a Mandy Moore rom-com morphs surpris-ingly into punk that could complement a Slits or Breeders concert. TKTTSM is among the seemingly 10,000 bands to crawl out of the primordial slime that is Brooklyn during the past several years, but they are one of the few that are extremely hard to pin down. If you like pop or punk — or shoegaze or any mixture of the three, for that matter — this band may be the one you’re looking for.

Released Oct. 16 Features “My Diary” and “Porcupine” For fans of Deerhoof, My Bloody Valentine and � e

Phantods Album also features artwork by Julia Colavita

Top 10 albums for the week of Sept. 161. Two Door Cinema Club — “Beacon”2. IamamIwhoamI — “Kin”3. Walk the Moon — “Walk the Moon”4. Cat Power — “Sun”5. Divine Fits — “A � ing Called Divine Fits”6. Amanda Palmer and the Grand � eft Orchestra — “� eatre is Evil”

7. Teen — “In Limbo”8.Cult of Youth — “Love Will Prevail”9. Darkness — “Hot Cakes”10. Matthew Dear — “Beams Ghostly”

Undecided — “None of them, be-cause I hate reality TV shows.”

– Justin MaulGuitar

“Keeping Up With the Kar-dashians — “It’s just always on, so you catch yourself watching it.”

– Janaya SpinkVocals

Toddlers and Tiaras — “I’ve seen it before and I could not change that channel just because it was so wrong. Your eyes get glued to the madness.”

– Jake PutrickiGuitar

Deadliest Catch — “Fishing for crabs... that’s really cool. I’m talking about sea crabs though, let us clarify.”

– Jordan Sauliner

Bass

16 and Pregnant — “I know that every year it’s going to go down in age so that, in four years, it’ll be 12 and Preg-nant, and that’s going to be hilarious.”

– Austin RosenDrums

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Their favorite reality TV shows (or their disgust for them)

By Davis English� e Rocky Mountain Collegian

� is � ctional column is based on the Ramtalk, “How is it we can put a man on the moon but can’t make a grape � avoring that actually tastes like grape.” which originally appeared in the Sept. 14 Collegian.

BREAKING NEWS

Scientists at NASA have conducted a set of experi-ments that have � nally given humans what they have de-sired for centuries: A grape � avoring that actually tastes like grape!

After decades of toil-ing away at the sweetened � avoring, NASA physicists and chemists have pulled o� what nobody thought could be done. � e grape � avor is so realistic and so unlike any before it. People have been waiting for too long, and mil-lions of taxpayer dollars have been poured into the secret project that has been formally known as “Operation Purple � under.” All of the waiting and funding has now truly paid o� .

NASA spokeswoman Tesse Rawss had this to say about the discovery: “Peo-ple have never been satis� ed

with grape � avorings. � is is mainly because they have pre-viously been made with cough medicine and corn syrup. Our world-class scientists, howev-er, decided to incorporate real grapes into the mix to see how they turned out.” Rawss went on to say, “they turned out great.”

It’s not just NASA and

their employees that are cel-ebrating. Samples of the new � avor sensation have been trickling out to consumers na-tionwide. � e result: pure joy.

Corporations are scram-bling to get their hands on the substance for jellies, candies, soft drinks and just about everything else one can imagine. Shops have opened up across the country with claims that they have the flavor. Do not be fooled. These are imposters who are trying to exploit a beautiful situation.

A local elementary school received some of the new grape � avoring. “I, um, like it a lot and, um, I like kickball,” said � rst grader Abrahem Te-shallee. It is obvious that the life of children as well as oth-er citizens will never be the same.

Whether you love grape � avor or not, I can assure you that this new product is the biggest thing since clear Tupperware. Once again, my faith in humanity has been

restored.Collegian Writer Davis En-

glish can be reached at [email protected].

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“Whether you love grape

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By Marcus Moritz� e Rocky Mountain Collegian

Which day festival is right for you?

� is weekend, if your name is Steve (or Stephanie), you enjoy bikes, beer or fall festivals — you have plenty of options to serve your interests thanks to the three harvest festivals taking place around town.

While all three festivals carry inspiration from Germany’s Ok-toberfest, they are distinct unto themselves, so take a look at our rundown for each and decide which is right for you.

Brews for beaglesIf you really need to get your

beer kick, there is the Fall Har-vest Brewfest.

Going on Saturday, Fall Harvest Brewfest is a large col-laboration to bring nearly every Front Range micro brewery and micro distillery — over 25 for your drinking pleasure — to Fort Collins.

“� is will be our fourth year of the event,” said Brian Hurst, the event producer and owner. “We will have food, music and the whole point is to raise money and awareness for the Animal House.”

Last year the Fall Harvest Brewfest raised $11,000 for the Animal House, a canine rescue shelter.

“� is year we are trying to break $11,000. We are hoping to

raise $12,000.” Hurst said.You wouldn’t know Fort

Collins did anything else seeing as fall is such a good time of the year for new beers and festivities.

“We saw that Fort Collins has a beer event, and everyone kind of has that same initial reaction,” Hurst said. “But none of them are really a time to go out and talk to the brewers, so we thought we could put something together in a smaller environment where people really do enjoy craft beer and local micro distilleries, try the product and talk to the peo-ple who brew it.”

First annual FORToberfestFORToberfest, taking place

Friday and Saturday, is a new Fort Collins Downtown Business Asso-ciation event looking to celebrate Fort Collins’ rich bicycle scene.

“Bicycles are a key part of our identity as a community,” said Holly Wright, event committee chair and member of the Down-town Business Association board of directors.

� e event will have its fair share of beer and music, but be-cause the DBA already created festivals for the beer and music culture (Colorado Brewers’ Fes-tival and New West Fest, respec-tively) FORToberfest is all about the spokes.

“We really wanted to com-pliment any of the other bike and beer activities that happen throughout the year,” said Peggy

Lyle, DBA’s media and entertain-ment director. “But we felt that we wanted something that really focused on the bike culture, so we are going to have all the non-pro� ts and community groups, and many of the retailers and the manufactures are going to be on site.”

Aside from grinding all that bike culture into one place, FOR-Toberfest will also have it’s own special spin on Fort Collins’ beer culture.

Liquid Poets, the DBA’s home brew association, has brought together amateur brew-

ers and professional brewers for the PRO/AM brewing.

PRO/AM beers are a combi-nation of some amateur desire and the professional know-how.

“Quite a few of our local brewers come out of it because Doug Odell and Liquid Poets are such good stewards of the brew culture, they kind of help foster all these great breweries,” Lyle said.

FORToberfest is trying to bring as many people as it can downtown to share the end of summer in a neighborly congre-gation.

Steves drink free at Steve-toberfest

Speaking of neighbors, down the road from FORToberfest on Saturday will be a large birth-day bash taking place at Pateros Creek Brewing.

Stevetoberfest, a celebration combining the owner’s (Steve Jones) birthday and all the ex-citement that fall brings.

“It’s actually a celebration of my birthday. It started out as a 30th birthday surprise party my wife Cathy put on for me,” said Steve Jones, owner and beer maker at Pateros Creek Brewing.

“� en when we opened the brewery people said, ‘Well you have to do Stevetoberfest, now you have a brewery!’ I didn’t want to call it Stevetoberfest, but that’s what everyone wanted to call it.”

� is year they are having some special tappings. � ere will be the Stevetoberfest beer — a German Octoberfest style — as well as some surprise tappings that will happen day of.

“We will have all the regu-lar ones as well and some things that we will have up our sleeve,” Jones said. “You have to come and see what we will have.”

Last year Pateros barely came out even, this year they are hoping to make more and pos-sibly join with a charity to send some pro� ts.

“Last year we had about 500 people, this year we will hopefully get double that,” Jones said. “We were fairly new, so it was hard for people to know who we were. As long as our beer is decent and we are nice people.”

Since it is called Stevetober-fest, anyone named Steve will be getting a free beer on the house if they bring their ID.

“Anyone named Steve or Stevie of Steven or Stephanie or Steph or Stefan – any sort of Steve derivative – as long as you have your ID you will get your � rst beer for free,” Jones said.

Collegian reporter Marcus Moritz can be reached at [email protected].

It’s all about beer at FoCo’s three fall festivalsFORToberfest Stevetoberfest Fall Harvest Brewfest

Time: Friday, 5 - 10:30 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, Noon -9 p.m. Saturday, 6 - 10 p.m. VIP get in at 5 p.m.

Cost: Free to attend Free to attend $35 regular ticket, $50 VIP

Music: 3 Twins Broadband, Dubskin, You Me and Apollo, Sour Boy, Bitter Girl

Mosey West, Rosewood Devine, Le Holiday and the Time Off, Honey Git-ters, Rich With Friends

Mosey West headlining

Food: Local vendors German style Catered food

Beer Pro/Am, Odells, Sam Adams, Funkwerks...

Standard Pateros Creek brews as well as surprise tappings

25 different micro brewer-ies and distilleries

Pets? No Yes No

Fall festival details

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running and being a better leader of the team.”

So how do you simulate the kind of rare athletic tal-ent Keeton possess in prac-tice? You don’t.

“That’s so hard to real-ly kind of try to make sure that you’re simulating that speed, quickness and deci-sion making,” CSU coach Jim McElwain said. “So what you kind of hope is the speed of the game kind of gets you to catch up to it, because that’s obviously very hard to prepare for.”

The philosophy to mak-ing sure Keeton doesn’t burn the Rams this week-end is a simple idea, but slightly harder to imple-ment.

“We would love for him to pass the ball to some-body else, because the ball

in his hands, I mean, we’re all in coverage and he pret-ty much got an open fi eld so we’ve got to come down and make open fi eld tack-les,” Barrett said. “We’re gon-na try to have somebody on him every play, and in case we don’t we just got to have great coverage and be sound up front.”

While Keeton’s matura-tion process has seen him become a more accom-plished traditional pock-et-passer, nothing beats the rush of making a play on the run.

“Dropping back and scanning the fi eld is defi -nitely fun,” he said. “But there’s no better feeling than being able to create a play and fi nding a wide open guy down fi eld.”

Sports Editor Cris Tiller can be reached at [email protected].

KEETON | Grows into role at Utah StateBy Kevin Bartz

� e Rocky Mountain Collegian

Common misconcep-tion: � e Poudre Canyon is a scorched wasteland where the singed trunks of trees stand like an army of skeletons and the river runs black with ash. Lies!

Yes, the canyon was greatly a� ected by the High Park Fire, but there is still a lot of green-ery. Also there is plenty of hik-ing, especially if you are willing to drive a little farther — past the burnt area.

� is week’s recommenda-tion will send you a little ways up the Poudre Canyon to Blue Lake. On the drive up, you will pass through the forest, al-

ready re-growing after the � re.Green and golden grasses

blanket the mountainside un-derneath the shadow of tree trunks stripped black by � re. Along the bends of the river, trees rustle in the breeze as if the burn never happened.

Right around the base of the trailhead, you will catch amazing views of the aspen trees, almost burning in the sunlight. Long golden patch-es unravel through the green forest like spilt paint. It is de� -nitely fall in the mountains!

� e trail starts o� down-hill and then pitches upward gently as it climbs a wide val-ley. A few times you’ll cross over a river slowing to a trickle

as winter approaches. For most of the trail, the

forest is thick, but you’ll pass a meadow or two that opens up vistas to the gentle bend of the valley and the grey peaks scratch-ing the sky above. I can only won-der how the peaks will glow with a thin dusting of fall snow.

After � ve miles of switch-backing 1,300 feet up the val-ley, the trail opens up right at tree line. � e trail continues along a slight ledge that looks down on Blue Lake pooling in a ravine. From here, you have to make your way down the ledge to the lakeside. Don’t worry, it’s not that steep.

� e lake is large and, when the wind is calm, re� ects the

glowing hillsides that encircle it. As I say with almost any al-pine lake, it is a fantastic spot to have lunch before heading

back to reality.If you wish, you can hike back

up to the trail and continue on to peaks that surround the lake. � at means another mile and a half and 1000 feet of elevation.

� is would also be a great spot to go on a fall overnight backpacking trip. However, you can’t set up camp within a fourth of a mile of the lake (Na-tional Forest regulations).

To get here, take College Avenue/Higway 287 all the way to Highway 14. Go left, westbound on 14 for 53 miles. You’ll pass the turns for Ma-sonville and then Pingree Park. At the turn for Long Draw Road, you’ll see the Blue Lake Trailhead on your left. No wor-ries about a fee for this one!

Collegian Writer Kevin Bartz can be reached at [email protected].

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Friday, September 21, 2012 | Page 8

PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1

Utah State quarterback Chuckie Keeton hands the ball off during last year’s game against CSU in Logan, Utah. Keeton comes to Fort Collins Saturday with another year under his belt, hoping to repay the Rams for last year’s double-overtime loss.

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By CRIS TILLERThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Chuckie Keeton just turned 18-years-old seven weeks before his fi rst start at Utah State against the defending national champion Au-burn — on the road.

Utah State lost the game 42-38, but found its quarterback of the fu-ture.

Last year Keeton relied on his freakish athletic ability and knack for creating big plays. This year the sophomore has the experience and growth uncanny for someone so young.

“He’s a very mature young man,” Utah State coach Gary Anderson said. “I give a lot of credit to his par-ents, the way he was raised, and the way he was brought up. Things mat-ter to Chuckie. Not just football, but in life in general. He’s a great leader, and he’s a very well-rounded kid on and off the fi eld, so we’re very fortu-nate to have him.”

In 2011 Keeton started eight games completing 106 passes in 174 attempts (60.9 percent) for 1,200 yards, 11 touchdowns and

only two interceptions. The dual threat quarterback chipped in 293 yards on the ground and four more touchdowns.

What’s scarier for opponents this season is Keeton’s development within the spread offense Anderson runs at Utah State. Keeton impro-vised at times last year, but in 2012 he relies more on his knowledge of the offense.

“I think the biggest difference between this year and last year,

I’ve adapted one year further into the system and I can see in myself I’m more calm and I trust the guys around me a lot more,” Keeton said. “Last year, I was kind of sec-ond guessing a few things, just be-cause I was so new to the system. This year I’ve been able to see how it works. I’ve learned a lot through trial and error, and I’ve definite-ly grown to be a better player through that.”

So far his growth is evident. Keeton already has 701 yards pass-ing, bumped his completion per-centage up to 68 percent and has six touchdown passes to one inter-ception.

CSU got the better of Keeton’s team in a thrilling double-overtime victory last season, and he has more than gained the attention of the Rams for this Saturday’s rematch.

“He’s a pretty good quarter-back,” said linebacker Shaquil Barrett, who faced Keeton last year. “He’s mobile and he’s ac-curate, and I heard this year he’s better at throwing the ball, and

See KEETON on Page 6

Chuckie Keeton the Rams’ biggest threat

Quarterback Chuckie Keeton

2011 Stats Passing yards: 1,200 Passing TDs: 11 Interception: 2 Rushing yards: 293 Rushing TDs: 4

2012 Stats Passing yards: 701 Passing TDs: 6 Rushing yards: 164 Rushing TDs: 0

PLAYER PROFILE

CSU hitting percentage

First two sets: .311 Last three sets: .066

GAME STATS

FOOTBALL

VOLLEYBALL

FOOTBALL

By ANDREW SCHALLERThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

On Saturday night at Hughes Stadium, the CSU football team will take the fi eld for the last time this year against a non-Moun-tain West opponent.

But facing off against Utah State this weekend provides the Rams with an opportunity to atone for losses to North Dakota State and San Jose State, and give CSU its fi rst home victory under coach Jim McElwain.

In order to turn things around early on in the sea-son, the Rams will need to control the line of scrim-mage against Utah State, an area that has caused CSU trouble the last few weeks.

The Rams’ defense has focused this week on win-ning the battle at the line of scrimmage and making second-year quarterback Chuckie Keeton uncom-fortable in the pocket.

“It was a big thing last week because we needed to get more pocket pressure,” CSU defensive lineman Zach Tiedgen said. “[It’s] more than like getting off blocks and getting sacks, as long as we get in his face and make pocket pressure we’ll be alright.”

Offensively, the Rams will look to mitigate the ef-fects of the pocket pressure Utah State tries to put on CSU quarterback Garrett Grayson in an attempt to put up points against the No. 15-ranked scoring de-fense in the country.

For Utah State, the suc-cess of its defense early on has been attributed not only to the defensive scheme, but also to the attitudes of its players.

“It’s all about the kids in the end,” Utah State coach

Gary Andersen said. “They’re physical and

they aren’t backing down from anybody. You’ve got to have that on defense if you’re going to be any good. They look forward to competing.”

In order to match the physical style Utah State plays, the Rams and Grayson will need to learn from the mistakes made in the second half against San Jose State.

A good second-quarter performance by the Rams last week gave way to a sec-ond-half during which the Rams punted four times, turned the ball over twice and scored just one touch-down.

A difference-maker this week for CSU could be the return of running back Chris Nwoke, who the Rams hope will help them move the ball more effec-tively on Saturday.

“He’s a downhill run-ner, he’s gonna lower his shoulder and give some blows,” Grayson said. “We all know how Nwoke is, he’s a thousandyard rusher, so we’re glad to fi nally have him back.”

The Rams maintain they put no stock in mor-al victories because when they look back on the last two games, they know they’ve gone 0-2, a streak they would like to stop as soon as possible.

“Until we can start be-ing consistent and start winning games, there’s no small victories right now,” offensive tackle Joe Caprio-glio said. “We’ve been leav-ing offense out on the fi eld, and so we can’t fall back and say it was good enough when it wasn’t.”

Football Beat Report-er Andrew Schaller can be reached at sports@collegian.

BY THE NUMBERS

13 26.3POINTS AGAINST PER GAME25 16POINTS SCORED PER GAME

185.3 95.3RUSHING YARDS PER GAME233.7 213.7PASSING YARDS PER GAME

Utah State(2-1)

Colorado State(1-2)

Rams return home to face Utah State

By KYLE GRABOWSKIThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

The road continues to be a confusing and dangerous place for the CSU volleyball team.

The Rams lost their Mountain West opener to New Mexico 3-2 Thursday night in Albuquerque, N.M.

CSU jumped out to a dominating start, winning

the fi rst set 25-10 and the fi rst two sets overall.

“Overall in all areas we were excelling. We were passing really good and were able to block them,” senior middle blocker Me-gan Plourde said. “Our game plan was to focus on (Chan-tale Riddle) and we pretty much shut her down.”

New Mexico returned the

favor in the third set, winning 25-11 and holding the Rams to negative hitting percentage.

“They essentially were keeping a lot of rallies alive. We’d block balls, they’d cover it. They outplayed us in all of the ball handling aspects of the game,” CSU coach Tom Hilbert said. “Our outside hitters weren’t getting good kill percentages, and made a lot of unforced errors.”

CSU could not overcome seven hitting errors in the last set and lost 15-9.

“We kind of lost focus a little bit. They were going on some long-point runs,” Plourde said. “They had a lot of

the momentum and we were trying to battle and get it back.”

It was CSU’s fourth con-secutive road loss and the Rams’ fi rst defeat in a Moun-tain West opener in more than half a decade.

Freshman outside hitter Alijah Gunsaulus lead New Mexico with 14 kills and tied for second on the team with 13 digs.

“She’s a defensive spe-cialist they moved to the outside because of injury. She killed us,” Hilbert said. “We blocked her a lot, but they covered the block.”

Megan Plourde lead the team with 13 kills and 11

blocks, but couldn’t stop New Mexico’s fl ood of points on her own.

“A middle can’t get you out of those situations when you don’t pass,” Hilbert said.

Once the momentum started to shift away from CSU, the Rams could not steady the game again.

“The heartbeat of our team started going up at

that point, and we were very uncomfortable,” Hilbert said. “But these are college athletes. They have to learn to do that. We have to be better competitors than we were tonight.”

CSU will play its Moun-tain West home opener against Nevada next Thurs-day at 7 p.m.

“One thing is for certain--we have to have better out-side hitting,” Hilbert said. “I don’t know who it’s going to be. We just have to fi nd someone who can do it.”

Assistant Sports Editor Kyle Grabowski can be reached at [email protected].

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