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the STRIP CLUB Here’s a question that really makes students squirm: “Have you ever cheated on some- thing?” Many have to some extent at one time or another, but there will always be someone who is a worse cheater than you. COLLEGIAN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN Monday, October 15, 2012 Fort Collins, Colorado Volume 121 | No. 49 www.collegian.com THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891 The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff and designed by Design Editor Kris Lawan. e road to success CSU volleyball defeats UNLV for first win away from Moby PAGE 8 Columnist Hamilton Reed explores the future of cyber warfare | Page 4 Lance Armstrong Not content with winning the Tour de France no less than seven times (allegedly) under the influence of perfor- mance enhancing drugs, Lance Armstrong has also been accused of running a doping operation with other cyclists as well. Jayson Blair Blair was an up- coming and promis- ing journalist at the New York Times, at least he was until it was discovered that he had plagiarized a number of his articles and straight up fabricated some of them. Governor Mark Sanford For six days in 2009, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford went completely AWOL. When he finally resurfaced, he claimed that he had been hiking the Appalachian Trail. However, he was spotted arriving at the airport from Argentina by the media. Turns out he’d been having an international extramarital affair; an affair that de- molished his entire political career. Biggest Cheaters In History By AUSTIN BRIGGS The Rocky Mountain Collegian Colorado is known for its sunshine, outdoor activities and being the healthi- est state in the country. Ironically, it’s also known for its beer culture, liberal views on drug use and as having one of the highest rates of substance use in the nation. A 2012 national survey done by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Ser - vices Administration (SAMHSA) shows that marijuana, alcohol and illicit drug use among adults age 18 to 25 in Colorado is among the highest in the country. Likewise, a yearly survey done by CSU and compiled by the American College Health Association shows CSU with similarly higher numbers when compared to other campuses across the nation. “These numbers are nothing new,” said Charles Smith, SAMHSA coordina- tor for the Rocky Mountain region. “Every year it’s relatively consistent data for our state in Colorado as well as for the region that includes Utah, Montana, North and South Dakota and Wyoming.” There are three main reasons that our state ranks so high, Smith said. Coloradans are less inclined to believe that drugs and alcohol are un- healthy for you. The substances also aren’t regulated as much as in other states, which leads to greater availability. In addition, access to prevention programs and treatment centers is lower in Colorado then it is across the country. “Every year when the numbers are released that question gets asked,” Smith said. “Attitudes are definitely a big part of it. We don’t see it as risky to use drugs and alcohol. We know if peo- ple think it’s risky they tend not to use.” According to SAMHSA, 61.6 per- cent of adults aged 18 to 25 nationwide drank at least once in the last month. In Colorado, the number jumps to almost 69 percent. CSU also drinks more than most other universities. About 72 percent of students at CSU drank at least once in the last month, compared to 62 percent at other colleges surveyed by ACHA. Colorado also rated higher for the number of binge drinking episodes per month than the national average as well. SAMHSA defines binge drinking as con- suming five or more drinks in one sitting. At CSU, 27 percent of students re- ported drinking five or more drinks one to two times in the last month. The na- tional average is 21.4 percent. Alcohol use among college students is especially dangerous, said Donald Misch, the assistant vice chancellor for health and wellness at CU Boulder, be- cause it can possibly increase the risk of death, disability, sexual assault, aca- demic failure and legal difficulties. “Alcohol is the number one public health hazard on campus. It doesn’t solely cause all those problems, but it’s highly associated with them,” Misch said. “There is no other single factor likely to hurt a college student.” The trend is similar for marijuana. Nationally, 18.9 percent of people ages 18 to 25 smoked at least once in the last month. Head to Colorado and the number spikes to 26.4 percent of adults in the same age range. CSU rated lower than the state av- erage of 18 to 25 year olds, with 18.7 percent of students claiming to have smoked marijuana in the last month. The average on college campuses na- tionwide is 14.3 percent. “Honestly, given the Colorado cul- ture, I’m not surprised about the mari- juana numbers,” said Andrea Coryelll, the assistant director of Alcohol and Oth- er Drugs Health Education and Preven- tion Services at CSU. “The laws are very lax here and I think there’s also a certain See SUBSTANCES on Page 3 CSU substance use among highest in nation By CANDICE MILLER The Rocky Mountain Collegian The academic integrity hon- or pledge at CSU sounds simple enough: “I will not give, receive, or use any unauthorized assis- tance on academic work.” If only its interpretation were that easy. “The Honor Pledge by it- self has lowered cheating at other schools,” said Elaine Green, director of academic integrity for The Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT) at CSU. “It affects the student culture.” To reinforce the impor- tance of this pledge, Green, Conflict Resolution and Stu- dent Conduct Services and student government have or- ganized “Academic Integrity Week, which begins today. Over the course of the week, the organizations will host six events geared toward helping students avoid un- intentional plagiarism. The events include writing theses ethically and avoiding aca- demic dishonesty in foreign language classes. Sophomore equine major Allyx Moose had a run-in with the Conflict Resolution and Stu- dent Conduct Services (CRSCS) when she took an online test last year. The test was supposed to be closed-note, but she de- cided to take it at the same time as many of her classmates. “They told us they believed we had cheated off each oth- er,” Moose said. “Because we took it at the same time, they assumed we took it together, that we had talked to each oth- er during the test.” When instructors suspect academic misconduct, their next step is to follow specific See INTEGRITY on Page 5 Is this cheating? Academic Integrity Week clears up the grey areas CSU has higher drug and alchohol usage that the national average for Universities. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DYLAN LANGILLE | COLLEGIAN By AUSTIN BRIGGS The Rocky Mountain Collegian Even though India is 8,400 miles away from Colorado, it seemed a lot closer Sunday night in the Lory Student Center. A high-energy crowd of approxi- mately 900 people filled the LSC Main Ballroom to get a taste of Indian culture as part of CSU’s Indian Students Asso- ciation annual India Nite. Unique food, dancing, music, comedy routines and prize giveaways showcased the country’s rich heritage, bringing a little culture to Fort Collins and a reminder of home for more than 120 Indian interna- tional students studying at CSU. “It’s so much fun to share the cul- ture and show people what it’s all about,” said club president Bhavesh Khemka, who’s working on a doctor- ate degree in electrical and computer engineering. “There’s so many different aspects of Indian culture and we want to promote that.” By hosting India Nite, the club hoped to both allow students from In- dia to keep a connection to their heri- tage and to have community members experience first hand the richness and diversity found in India. Manoj Gedela arrived at CSU from India two months ago to work on a master’s degree in electrical engineer- ing. He said this was the first time he had ever left the country and has been feeling homesick lately. India Nite was a good opportunity to reconnect with his culture, Gedela said. “I miss my home. There’s all the things you miss when you’re away,” Gedela said. “It’s always nice to have something to remind you of where you’re from. I loved watching the Bol- lywood dances tonight.” Jason Moses, a senior computer science major, heard about India Nite through a friend. He said he’s a big fan of Indian culture and cuisine and was excited to see what would be on hand Sunday evening. “When I heard it about I thought ‘heck yeah, India Nite,’” Moses said. “It’s a great idea because it gives people chance to experience another country’s culture and cuisine. I’m glad it’s here.” The exotic smell of spices filled the air as attendees sampled food ranging from samosa, a mixture of peas and potatoes deep fried in wheat batter, to sonpapdi, a light dessert that’s loosely described as the Indian version of cot- ton candy. On stage, dancers in brightly hued outfits took turns performing dance routines ranging from classic cultural to more contemporary Bollywood themes. Between acts, a rotating set of MC’s bantered with each other and handed out prizes to audience members. “Each state in India has its own dance forms,” said biochemistry mas- ter’s student Venkata Charepalli. “Danc- ing and festivals are part of every per- son’s life in India.” Charepalli performed in a showcase See INDIA on Page 3 ‘Heck yeah, India Nite’ Bhauesh Khemka, left Pronaya Sath, Abheet Sathe, and Anoop Yodaw dance a traditional dance and drama prasiing Lord Krishna Sunday night during the CSU India Nite. NICK LYON | COLLEGIAN CSU celebrates Indian culture in style, draws 900 people in attendance

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Here’s a question that really makes students squirm: “Have you ever cheated on some-thing?” Many have to some extent at one time or another, but there will always be someone who is a worse cheater than you.

COLLEGIANT H E R O C K Y M O U N T A I N

Monday, October 15, 2012Fort Collins, Colorado Volume 121 | No. 49

www.collegian.comTHE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891

The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff and designed by Design Editor Kris Lawan.

The road to successCSU volleyball defeats UNLV for first win away from Moby

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Columnist Hamilton Reed explores the future of cyber warfare | Page 4

Lance ArmstrongNot content with winning the Tour de France no less than seven times (allegedly) under the influence of perfor-mance enhancing drugs, Lance Armstrong has also been accused of running a doping operation with other cyclists as well.

Jayson Blair

Blair was an up-coming and promis-ing journalist at the New York Times, at least he was until it was discovered that he had plagiarized a number of his articles and straight up fabricated some of them.

Governor Mark

SanfordFor six days in 2009, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford went completely AWOL. When he finally resurfaced, he claimed that he had been hiking the Appalachian Trail. However, he was spotted arriving at the airport from Argentina by the media. Turns out he’d been having an international extramarital affair; an affair that de-molished his entire political career.

Biggest Cheaters In

History

By Austin BRiggsThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Colorado is known for its sunshine, outdoor activities and being the healthi-est state in the country. Ironically, it’s also known for its beer culture, liberal views on drug use and as having one of the highest rates of substance use in the nation.

A 2012 national survey done by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Ser-vices Administration (SAMHSA) shows that marijuana, alcohol and illicit drug use among adults age 18 to 25 in Colorado is among the highest in the country.

Likewise, a yearly survey done by CSU and compiled by the American College Health Association shows CSU with similarly higher numbers when compared to other campuses across the nation.

“These numbers are nothing new,” said Charles Smith, SAMHSA coordina-tor for the Rocky Mountain region. “Every year it’s relatively consistent data for our state in Colorado as well as for the region that includes Utah, Montana, North and South Dakota and Wyoming.”

There are three main reasons that our state ranks so high, Smith said.

Coloradans are less inclined to

believe that drugs and alcohol are un-healthy for you. The substances also aren’t regulated as much as in other states, which leads to greater availability.

In addition, access to prevention programs and treatment centers is lower in Colorado then it is across the country.

“Every year when the numbers are released that question gets asked,” Smith said. “Attitudes are definitely a big part of it. We don’t see it as risky to use drugs and alcohol. We know if peo-ple think it’s risky they tend not to use.”

According to SAMHSA, 61.6 per-cent of adults aged 18 to 25 nationwide drank at least once in the last month. In Colorado, the number jumps to almost 69 percent.

CSU also drinks more than most other universities. About 72 percent of students at CSU drank at least once in the last month, compared to 62 percent at other colleges surveyed by ACHA.

Colorado also rated higher for the number of binge drinking episodes per month than the national average as well. SAMHSA defines binge drinking as con-suming five or more drinks in one sitting.

At CSU, 27 percent of students re-ported drinking five or more drinks one to two times in the last month. The na-

tional average is 21.4 percent. Alcohol use among college students

is especially dangerous, said Donald Misch, the assistant vice chancellor for health and wellness at CU Boulder, be-cause it can possibly increase the risk of death, disability, sexual assault, aca-demic failure and legal difficulties.

“Alcohol is the number one public health hazard on campus. It doesn’t solely cause all those problems, but it’s highly associated with them,” Misch said. “There is no other single factor likely to hurt a college student.”

The trend is similar for marijuana. Nationally, 18.9 percent of people ages 18 to 25 smoked at least once in the last month. Head to Colorado and the number spikes to 26.4 percent of adults in the same age range.

CSU rated lower than the state av-erage of 18 to 25 year olds, with 18.7 percent of students claiming to have smoked marijuana in the last month. The average on college campuses na-tionwide is 14.3 percent.

“Honestly, given the Colorado cul-ture, I’m not surprised about the mari-juana numbers,” said Andrea Coryelll, the assistant director of Alcohol and Oth-er Drugs Health Education and Preven-

tion Services at CSU. “The laws are very lax here and I think there’s also a certain

See suBstAnCes on Page 3

CSU substance use among highest in nation

By CAndiCe MilleRThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

The academic integrity hon-or pledge at CSU sounds simple enough: “I will not give, receive, or use any unauthorized assis-tance on academic work.”

If only its interpretation were that easy.

“The Honor Pledge by it-self has lowered cheating at other schools,” said Elaine Green, director of academic integrity for The Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT) at CSU. “It affects the student culture.”

To reinforce the impor-tance of this pledge, Green, Conflict Resolution and Stu-dent Conduct Services and student government have or-ganized “Academic Integrity Week, which begins today.

Over the course of the week, the organizations will host six events geared toward helping students avoid un-intentional plagiarism. The events include writing theses ethically and avoiding aca-demic dishonesty in foreign language classes.

Sophomore equine major Allyx Moose had a run-in with the Conflict Resolution and Stu-dent Conduct Services (CRSCS) when she took an online test last year. The test was supposed to be closed-note, but she de-cided to take it at the same time as many of her classmates.

“They told us they believed we had cheated off each oth-er,” Moose said. “Because we took it at the same time, they assumed we took it together, that we had talked to each oth-er during the test.”

When instructors suspect academic misconduct, their next step is to follow specific

See integRity on Page 5

Is this cheating?Academic Integrity Week clears up the grey areas

CSU has higher drug and alchohol usage that the national average for Universities.

PHoto illustRAtion By dylAn lAngille | COLLEGIAN

By Austin BRiggsThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Even though India is 8,400 miles away from Colorado, it seemed a lot closer Sunday night in the Lory Student Center.

A high-energy crowd of approxi-mately 900 people filled the LSC Main Ballroom to get a taste of Indian culture as part of CSU’s Indian Students Asso-ciation annual India Nite.

Unique food, dancing, music, comedy routines and prize giveaways showcased the country’s rich heritage, bringing a little culture to Fort Collins and a reminder of home for more than 120 Indian interna-tional students studying at CSU.

“It’s so much fun to share the cul-ture and show people what it’s all about,” said club president Bhavesh Khemka, who’s working on a doctor-ate degree in electrical and computer engineering. “There’s so many different aspects of Indian culture and we want to promote that.”

By hosting India Nite, the club

hoped to both allow students from In-dia to keep a connection to their heri-tage and to have community members experience first hand the richness and diversity found in India.

Manoj Gedela arrived at CSU from India two months ago to work on a master’s degree in electrical engineer-ing. He said this was the first time he had ever left the country and has been feeling homesick lately.

India Nite was a good opportunity to reconnect with his culture, Gedela said.

“I miss my home. There’s all the things you miss when you’re away,” Gedela said. “It’s always nice to have something to remind you of where you’re from. I loved watching the Bol-lywood dances tonight.”

Jason Moses, a senior computer science major, heard about India Nite through a friend. He said he’s a big fan of Indian culture and cuisine and was excited to see what would be on hand Sunday evening.

“When I heard it about I thought

‘heck yeah, India Nite,’” Moses said. “It’s a great idea because it gives people chance to experience another country’s culture and cuisine. I’m glad it’s here.”

The exotic smell of spices filled the air as attendees sampled food ranging from samosa, a mixture of peas and potatoes deep fried in wheat batter, to sonpapdi, a light dessert that’s loosely described as the Indian version of cot-ton candy.

On stage, dancers in brightly hued outfits took turns performing dance routines ranging from classic cultural to more contemporary Bollywood themes. Between acts, a rotating set of MC’s bantered with each other and handed out prizes to audience members.

“Each state in India has its own dance forms,” said biochemistry mas-ter’s student Venkata Charepalli. “Danc-ing and festivals are part of every per-son’s life in India.”

Charepalli performed in a showcase

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‘Heck yeah, India Nite’Bhauesh Khemka, left Pronaya Sath, Abheet Sathe, and Anoop Yodaw dance a traditional dance and drama prasiing Lord Krishna Sunday night during the CSU India Nite.

niCk lyon | COLLEGIAN

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FORT COLLINS FOCUS

Senior Matt Jui darts around UNC defender Jonathan Krohn Sunday afternoon behind the Lory Student Center during an in-state rival game. NICK LYON | COLLEGIAN

Police investigate unattended death

Sunday, Fort Collins police found the body of an unknown adult lying on the banks of a bond in Cottonwood Hollow Natural Areas. It appears the deceased had been there for at least several weeks, according to investigators.

There were no obvious signs of foul play. The de-creased has not been iden-tifi ed and police are con-tinuing their investigation, according to a news release.

The Larimer County Coroner has responded to the case, and will release the offi cial manner and cause of death once an autopsy has been completed. The name of the deceased will be released upon the notifi -cation of the next of kin.

Anyone with informa-tion should contact Sgt. Paul Wood at 970-224-6132.

Joe Biden to visit Greeley on Wednesday

Vice President Joe Biden will make a campaign stop in Greeley at the Exhibition Hall at the Island Grove Re-gional Park on Wednesday.

The event is free and open to the public, though tickets are required due to limited space and will be available on fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. Tickets are available at the Obama campaign offi ce on 401 S.

Mason Street in Fort Collins. Doors will open at 9 a.m.

and the event will start at 11 a.m. The park is located at 525 N. 15th Ave. in Greeley.

During his stop in Gree-ley, Biden will discuss the Obama campaign’s goals for the economy, according to a news release.

Senators Udall and Bennet ask the Forest Service for more money

A group of U.S. Senators –– including Mark Udall and Michael Bennet –– have asked the U.S. Forest Service to spend more time and money curbing the impact of fi res.

“Wildfi re is a part of life for many Coloradans — and increasingly so. Roughly 40 percent of Col-oradans live in the most wildfi re-prone areas of our state, those areas between cities and forested lands,” Udall said in a statement.

Both Udall and Bennet are proponents of the stew-ardship contracting propo-nent of the Farm Bill that passed this summer. The contracting proponent re-quires that the Forest Service spend time rejuvenating affected fi re areas. Colora-do currently has 34 projects totaling more than 12,000 acres of land, which Bennet said sums up the state’s need for greater fi re safety.

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level of permissiveness among parents as well. Stu-dent’s don’t really consider it to be a drug.”

She added that often times people hear others talk about crazy party sto-ries from the weekend and it gives the perception that that lifestyle is common when in fact it’s not.

“We have a certain per-cent of students that are drinking heavily, then a ma-jority of students choosing not to drink most days and if they do they’re being respon-sible about it,” Coryell said. “We know that most people, if they’re drinking they’re do-ing it in a safe way.”

Skyelur Walters, a math-ematics senior and Chi Choi a senior chemical engineer, both transferred to CSU

from other universities. They believe the party scene at CSU is more relaxed than at their former universities.

‘Some of those high numbers, it’s just more of a refl ection of Fort Collins culture. We’re a big beer town,” Choi said. “Students go home after classes and have a beer or two.”

Although officials at CU–Boulder declined to release results of their sur-vey, the university had the distinction of being named “Druggiest Campus” in the country by Newsweek magazine in December 2011.

‘We have a gazillion pro-grams that try to talk about it,” Misch said. “Our goal is to have multiple interven-tions over time in differ-ent contexts with the stu-dent body with the hope of

reaching most people.”Like Smith, Misch be-

lieves that perception and attitudes play a part in the high numbers.

“If a school or state has that reputation of being a

party school or state, it’s going to attract people who want to party, so that’s part of the issue,” Misch said.

Senior Reporter Austin Briggs can be reached at [email protected].

CSU National (college campuses)

Used alcohol 1 to 9 times last 30 days 56% 47.9%Used alcohol 10 to 29 times last 30 days 15.4% 13.2%

Any alcohol use last 30 days 72.1% 62%Never used marijuana 58.1% 66.6%Any marijuana use last 30 days 18.7% 14.3%Any use of all other drugs (excludes mj) last 30 days 15.1% 12.9%

Percent of students who consumed 4 or fewer drinks last time they “partied” 46.5% 40.9%

CSU VS. NATIONAL COLLEGE AVERAGE

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of dance forms common to southern India called Gumthalakadi Returns. In India, the dance is per-formed in local festivals as Gods leave the temples and parade through the streets, complete with people danc-ing in front of fl oats.

With over 1,800 languag-es and 50 offi cial languag-es, India is a country rich in diversity, said Satya Nistaly,

master’s degree candidate in computer science who is also the cultural secretary of the Indian Students Association.

“Last year we had over 800 people at India Nite, and each year the club gets bigger,” Nistaly said. “It’s tri-pled to 150 students. People come to CSU from India and tell their friends about it and then they enroll.”

Senior Reporter Aus-tin Briggs can be reached at [email protected].

INDIA | Participation has grown yearly

“Dancing and festivals are part of every person’s life in India.”

Venkata Charepalli | biochemistry master’s student

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You know that you’ve kicked some ass and taken some serious names when desperate housewife/oracle Eva Longoria mentions you on Twitter.

“Martha Raddatz is the best mod-erator ever!!!” Longoria tweeted after Thursday night’s vice presidential de-bate, in reference to Raddatz’s serious takedown of VP candidates Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.

Longoria wasn’t the only one who thought Martha Raddatz absolutely killed it.

Journalists from outlets as varied as NPR, the New York Times, Politico, Van-ity Fair and Buzzfeed all lavished Radd-atz, an ABC News correspondent, with their wildest praise. After the debate, Raddatz saw her number of Twitter fol-lowers triple, and she was even tweeted by “Ridin’ Dirty” rapper Chamillion-aire, who told her to “keep it gangsta” (to which she responded: “that made my day!”).

To be honest, I hadn’t heard of Raddatz before Thursday night. But now, at least among the record 51.4 million viewers who bothered to watch the VP debate, Raddatz is, at least for a while, probably one of the most be-

loved journalists in the country. I’m going to jump on the bandwag-

on and say, “Thank... God...” While Jim Lehrer, who moderat-

ed the first presidential debate, asked mostly open-ended questions that allowed both Mitt Romney and Pres-ident Obama to say whatever the hell they wanted (i.e. whatever it took not to answer the questions), Raddatz con-fronted the candidates head-on, inter-rogating Joe Biden about the death of Libya Ambassador Chris Stevens, and Paul Ryan about Mitt Romney’s ensu-ing press conference.

I wanted to high-five her when she asked them about how their religious beliefs impact their views on abortion (drawing probably the most substan-tive answers of the night), as well as the multiple times when she forced the candidates to get back on track when they started resorting to talking points.

Because of Raddatz, I think that pretty much everyone who watched the debate left with a better idea of what Biden and Ryan stood for, something that could not have been said about the first presidential debate.

And if that’s not what being a good journalist is about, then... well... I guess I’ll just have to start watching Fox News.

On top of the revelation that Mar-tha Raddatz is awesome, there was another, probably more telling, lesson from Tuesday’s debate.

What does it say about the state of American journalism if someone gets so much praise simply for doing their job?

After all, you’d assume that a debate moderator should be expected to ask good questions and force candidates to stay on track. But, at least judging from the heaps of praise Raddatz received on Twitter, it’s not necessarily a given.

It’s not because there’s a deficit of

good journalists out there — tons of people ask our elected officials difficult questions everyday.

But the debates are kind of like the Olympics: Politics — like internation-al curling competitions — happen all the time, but most people actually care once every four years.

While the debates are often crit-icized as political theater, it’s also a pretty huge platform to communicate directly with the electorate — especial-ly the all-important “undecided” part of it.

In addition, more people see Rom-ney, Ryan, Obama and Biden on TV shows like Live with Kelly Ripa and The Daily Show than read The Caucus. True, by watching Obama and Romney on morning TV shows I’ve learned that Romney sleeps naked and that Obama can make a mean chili, but I haven’t heard them directly explain how their religious views impact how they ap-proach abortion. That’s why it was probably so refreshing for so many of the debate’s viewers.

We need more people like Martha Raddatz on a national stage through-out the election season. If Thursday’s debate proved anything, it’s that the American people want — and more im-portantly appreciate — the fact that she forced our elected officials to answer some tough questions.

It was refreshing to see a journalist get some good feedback, but in the fu-ture, let’s make it a given, not a pleasant surprise, that someone out there is ask-ing tough questions.

Editor in Chief Allison Sylte is a se-nior journalism major. Her column ap-pears Mondays in the Collegian. She can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @AllisonSylte.

I came across an article on Russia Today recently that revealed more viruses in the vein of Flame and Stuxnet have been dis-covered. For those of you unaware, Stuxnet, Flame and their derivatives are computer viruses. How-ever, these are not like the standard worms, spyware and viruses that infect the computers of unwary email readers or visitors to the seedier sections of the Internet.

Instead, these viruses are cutting edge military programs, developed to sabotage, undermine and even physically destroy the infrastructure of Iran’s ura-nium enrichment capaci-ty, oil industries and other economic sectors.

This is not like the as-sumed Chinese break-in of Google mail servers or Rus-sian and Eastern European identity theft — whose acts could conceivably be con-sidered the act of rogue ci-vilians within the state.

The viruses we’re talking about here are clearly professionally de-signed and are so focused and specialized that there is no question they were created and deployed at the behest of a national entity. Specifically, it appears to be cooperation between Israel and the United States, as an article by the Washington Post revealed this summer.

This, of course, has the potential for large impacts on the world stage. Our own government consid-ers acts of cyberterrorism and computer sabotage to be acts of war, allowing for physical retaliation to be justified in such an event.

This means that, short of admitting to following a double standard for world politics (not an unlikely scenario), our government — along with Israel — has essentially begun the first stages of declaring war on Iran.

Even if an official dec-laration never comes, the subtext is there. This opens the door for retaliation from Iran, be it a digital or physical attack — which could only further justify a physical, perhaps even pre-emptive strike from our own military.

This direct military ap-plication of software means more than just a further destabilization of relations between the United States, Israel and Iran though; it signifies the beginnings of a whole new type of war-fare — one which no coun-

try is truly prepared for. Large amounts of our

country’s infrastructure runs on computers. Vot-ing machines, Wall Street, traffic control systems, the electrical grid, Amazon, our banks. More likely than not if you can name some-thing, it probably has part of its system running on a computer.

I’m sure some of you are thinking, “as long as the machine isn’t connected to the Internet then there’s no way for hackers to get to it.” Wrong. The network that Stuxnex was designed to infiltrate was a closed network, completely off the grid of the Internet we know and love.

Buried underground, it would have been a ri-diculous feat to plant an agent down there to man-ually infect the network. That’s why the developers of the virus figured out a way to get the virus to lie dormant until such a point that it was unknowing-ly transferred onto a USB flash drive which was then plugged into a computer on the supposedly closed network of the Iranian nu-clear enrichment facility. So, while machines not connected to Internet are less vulnerable than ma-chines that are, they are not impregnable to out-side influence.

While in the short term these operations have caused significant delays to Iranian infrastructure their long term impact is much more ominous. It is an indicator that the Unit-ed States and its allies are willing to pursue incred-ibly reckless endeavours to establish their superi-ority on the world stage — which opens the door to other nation states or rogue political elements to engage in similar tactics against the United States.

Chinese elements have already proven they are willing to hack into email accounts and infor-mation servers to gain an upper hand, so what’s to stop them from develop-ing a virus that negative-ly impacts the electrical grid in California or D.C.? What’s stopping them from taking refrigeration units offline in major food warehouses or knocking out cell phone towers to destroy internal commu-nication networks?

With increasingly com-plex and effective cyber warfare, we are looking at a brave new world — much like the aftermath of the first nuclear test. The ge-nie is out of the bottle. In the words of Trinity test director of the Manhattan Project, Kenneth Bain-bridge, “Now we’re all sons of bitches.”

Hamilton Reed is a se-nior computer science ma-jor. His columns appear Mondays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to [email protected].

We’d like to begin by express-ing our deepest condolences to the family of Jessica Ridgeway. The terrible crime committed against Jessica serves to illus-trate the horrific truth that we cannot escape the such atroc-ities, even in our own commu-nities.

The media coverage of Jessi-ca’s disappearance and discov-ering her remains was largely sensationalized, however, and did little for the viewers and readership of the media other than instill fear into the hearts of parents across Colorado.

While reporting on Jessica’s story, the facts of the case were often reported without provid-ing nearly enough context or

analysis to answer the ques-tions that your viewers really need to know.

Like how often kidnappings like these happen? Why do

things like this happen? Where is it most likely to happen? How at risk are you and your family? And what steps can be taken to avoid a similar situation?

While media outlets were

racing to report on the discov-ery of Jessica’s dismembered body first, the predator is still at large — and all our community receives is an uncontextualized fear inspired by our journalists to increase their pick-up rates.

It’s almost as if in the process of reporting, they forgot they were talking about a child’s life — not just the headlines of to-day. The death of Jessica Ridge-way is not entertainment, it’s a tragedy.

The right way to report on tragedies is to focus on the fu-ture prevention of such attacks. To focus on ways that we as a so-ciety, as well as individuals, can take steps to ensure our family’s safety.

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university policy. First, they must meet with the student by making an appointment to discuss the concern, where the student has an op-portunity to give his or her position on the matter.

Second, the instructor has two options: they can ask that CRSCS determine responsibility for alleged ac-ademic misconduct on be-half of CSU, or they can im-pose a grading penalty based on the meeting with the stu-dent. These penalties can be a reduced grade, assigning a failing grade, removing a re-peat/delete option for that course or lesser penalty as deemed appropriate by the instructor.

Instructors are enabled to take action, but so are stu-dents.

At any time during the academic misconduct pro-cess, a student can request a university hearing. If the stu-dent is not found responsible at the hearing, the instructor will assess the work without academic penalty. This was the case with Moose.

“It defi nitely made me more wary of it now,” Moose said. “I understand why they thought it was cheating. It made me aware.”

Beyond the situation

that Moose encountered, there are many other gray areas to academic integrity.

Self-plagiarism, or “re-cycling,” is often a form of cheating that many students have misconceptions about. The term refers to taking work from another class and submitting it to anoth-er class. Green says that the purpose of assignments is to create, not recycle.

“My advice to students is to talk to your professor about how you can develop it further,” Green said.

Another common form of plagiarism is referred to as “patchwork plagiarism” or “the mash-up.” It’s when stu-dents over-paraphrase.

“The whole idea is to help students understand the nuances of plagiarism at a collegiate level,” Green said. “The goal is to establish the understanding that your obligation as a student is to not accept unauthorized as-sistance.”

Collegian Writer Can-dice Miller can be reached at [email protected].

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board — and we’re always accepting new members.

The Denver Bron-cos have a championship window open for the first time since the John Elway era,;big offseason moves have the Nuggets season looking optimistic and if the NHL ever decides to un-lock its doors the Colorado Avalanche stand a decent

chance at being contenders as well.

As for CSU athletics... I’m ready to start taking advice from fortune cook-ies and looking in cracker jack boxes for answers to that mystery.

Everybody knows the 90s song by Chumbawam-ba that taught us to get back up again every time we get knocked down, but we can only stay down for so long.

I’m convinced that we will get our moment here, a mile above sea level, once again — and we won’t be humble about it when it comes.

Quentin Sickafoose is a junior journalism & techni-cal communications major. His column appears Mon-days in the sports section of the Collegian. He can be reached at [email protected].

SICKAFOOSE | Colorado sports will get their moment soon

“As for CSU athletics ... I’m ready to start taking advice from fortune cookies and looking in cracker

jack boxes for answers to that mystery.”

By KATHLEEN HENNESSEYThe McClathy Tribune

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — President Barack Obama is hunkered down with aides at a Virginia golf resort, try-ing to plot his comeback from the lackluster fi rst de-bate that blunted his cam-paign’s momentum.

Obama arrived in Wil-liamsburg on Saturday for his second “debate camp,” what aides describe as three days of focused brief-ing and practice aimed at coming back swinging in the second debate against Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

The Obama campaign has promised he will re-turn with a sharper, more aggressive style in Round 2 and points to the pres-ident’s recent speech-es and ads as a flavor of what’s to come.

Obama has been punchier, openly mock-ing Romney, stopping just shy of accusing him of lying, all the while using humor to take the edge off attacks that might dam-age the president ‘s strong

likability ratings. Before his fi rst debate with Rom-ney, the president boasted that he would be serious and wouldn’t be delivering zingers. These days, Obama has been delivering zingers left and right.

Romney once said he was severely conservative, Obama said Thursday in Florida. Now, “he’s trying to convince you that he was severely kidding,” he said.

It’s not clear how the president will try to trans-late those new lines into Tuesday’s debate, which is a town-hall forum de-signed to show off a candi-date’s ability to show em-pathy with voters, rather than hand-to-hand com-bat. Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki seemed already to be lowering expecta-tions for Obama on the connecting front.

“The question is not just which candidate con-nects with the questioner but who has the better pol-icies for the American peo-ple for the next four years, and on that front the presi-dent has a great advantage,” Psaki said. “Gov. Romney

has been making pitches all his life and he knows how to say what people want to hear, whether that was during his time at Bain or during the dozens of town halls he did during the pri-mary.”

The Obama campaign also has praised Vice Pres-ident Joe Biden’s animat-ed and aggressive perfor-mance last week against Rep. Paul Ryan last week, and said it expects Obama to emphasize some of the same issues, including Romney’s tax plan, his ap-proach to women’s health issues and his plans for winding down the war in Afghanistan.

Obama is holed up with the same team of advis-ers that traveled to a resort outside of Las Vegas to pre-pared him for his fi rst out-ing. Deputy National Secu-rity advisor Ben Rhodes has joined the team, made up of largely current and former aides, because Tuesday’s debate will include foreign policy questions. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., will again play the role of Mitt Rom-ney.

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By ANDREW SCHALLERThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Turnovers can change the complexion of a football game. The Rams learned that lesson the hard way Saturday, when they saw seven turn-overs turn into 21 San Diego State points in a 38-14 loss.

Third-string quarterback Conner Smith played the en-tire second half and most of the second quarter in place of the injured MJ McPeek, and start-ed to move the offense down the fi eld completing his fi rst 10 pass attempts in the game.

Smith, however, was in-tercepted at the beginning of the third quarter by lineback-er Derek Largent at the CSU 38 yard line, which turned into another touchdown for San Diego State and pushed the Aztecs’ lead to 31-7.

“For the fi rst time out there, he obviously did some good things,” CSU coach Jim McElwain said of Smith. “(But) you have to take care of the ball. You have to throw it to your guys with your colored jersey. I don’t care how many passes he completed in a row.”

In previous losses for the Rams, failures in execution, especially on third downs, stalled the offense. On Sat-urday, the offense converted 57.1 percent of their third down opportunities, but laps-es in concentration occurred in the form of turnovers for an

offense that has struggled to put up points all season.

“Today we just couldn’t get it done,” wide receiver Marquise Law said. “We had long drives and then turned the ball over. It’s defi nitely frustrating as an offense.”

The Rams turned the ball over three times on their side of the fi eld, giv-ing the Aztecs a short fi eld to work with. They scored touchdowns off of each of those turnovers.

“You can’t turn the ball over inside the 30 like we did and expect to win a foot-ball game against anybody,” CSU coach Jim McElwain said. “I don’t care who you play. Those are mistakes that come back and kill you.”

San Diego State took ad-vantage of the Rams’ mistakes largely due to the success it had in the running game. Running backs Adam Muema and Walter Kazee combined to rush for 200 yards and two touchdowns against a Rams defense that looked fatigued, especially in the second half.

“[We] missed tackles and some of us got glued to blocks and couldn’t get off,” linebacker Shaquil Barrett said. “We saw (they were good) on fi lm, and they showed it today. We need to get better at tackling and getting off blocks.”

The Rams will have the opportunity to get better

this week as they now have a bye week before their next game at home against Ha-waii on Oct. 27.

“We get a good chance with a bye this week,” McElwain said. “We get a chance to work on ourselves and get some guys

some opportunities to be in different situations this week in practice. It will tell us a lot about guys that are committed.”

Football Beat Report-er Andrew Schaller can be reached at [email protected].

SDSU offense feasts on Rams’ turnovers

Coach Jim McElwain talks to the media after practice several weeks ago. The rams were defeated 38-14 in San Diego over the weekend, bringing home a record of 1-6.

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good as its been.”Cranston and fellow senior

Breion Paige anchored CSU both on attack and the block. Cranston fi nished with 16 kills, four digs, and six blocks while Paige had 10 kills and eight blocks while hitting .625.

“It’s about time that we stepped up, we’re seniors and we’re supposed to lead this team,” Paige said. “This is what we’re going to be do-ing from here on out.”

UNLV was fi ring on all cylinders offensively as well, hitting .243 for the match with 44 kills. Junior outside hitter Se-kola Falemaka fi nished with 16 kills and junior middle blocker Madeline Westman had 12.

But the Rebels only had two blocks compared to CSU’s 11.

“A large part of it was we were communicating about the hitters we wanted to shut down and then executing our moves,” Paige said.

UNLV entered the match leading the Mountain West at 5-1, and after the loss the Rebels will remain in fi rst but tied with Fresno State at 5-2.

CSU improves to 4-2 in conference play, which will put them in second place with 10 conference games remaining.

“We knew that this week was going to be really hard, and this is the best way we could have come out of the weekend,” Cranston said. “We not only got a road win, but got it while playing at an extremely high level.”

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

By KYLE GRABOWSKIThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Fans of CSU’s basket-ball teams will get their fi rst glimpse of the Rams in ac-tion Monday night in Moby Arena.

The team is hosting “Moby Madness,” which fea-tures a dunk contest, three-point shootout, as well as the opportunity to meet the men’s and women’s players

and coaches.The free event will open

its doors at 7 p.m. but will of-fi cially start at 7:30 p.m.

Students who want to participate in a student dunk contest and three-point shootout must sign in at the Moby Arena north con-course prior to the events.

Assistant Sports Edi-tor Kyle Grabowski can be reached at [email protected].

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It’s an emotional roll-ercoaster and full-time job being a mile high sports fan.

We’ve been through it all. When it’s good, its leg-endary. When it’s bad, it couldn’t be worse.

If we take a moment to refl ect on the Centennial state’s track record over the past couple months; we are reminded that the Rockies fi nished with their worst season in franchise history, both CU’s and CSU’s football teams get embarrassed on a weekly basis and the Bron-cos are not running the show like we had hoped.

It takes a special type of person to commit to this life-style — there is no doubt that we are our own breed. I’ve reached the conclusion that we are also some of the most passionate people you will ever encounter in your entire life.

The image of Coors Field in October 2007 will forever be my evidence of this. Every seat was fi lled by someone waving a rally towel for nine straight innings.

Colorado teams aren’t perfect, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. If we didn’t ex-perience all the heartbreak, it wouldn’t be so rewarding when we actually attain our

time in the limelight.The New York Yankees

have been crowned the champions of Major League Baseball 27 times; I fi nd it hard to believe that it’s still exciting for them anymore. Their inability to sell all of the tickets to their American League Championship Series opener suggests their fans might feel the same way.

It would seem more of an expectation at that point, and I suppose there is no reason not to when you have a limitless amount of money to throw around. Person-ally, I take pride in earning my accomplishments rather than just buying them.

I know for a fact the day the Rockies get their fi rst ti-tle not only will I cry, I might also get too caught up in the moment and help fl ip a car over while rioting in down-town Denver.

Granted, that day could be well after our lifetime (as Cubs fans can attest), but the true Colorado fanatics will always stayed tuned as long as there is a breath in their bodies.

None of our recent strug-gles have stopped me from wearing some form of Rock-ies apparel every single day, yelling the CSU Ram chant at every game or turning my television channel every week to fi nd Peyton Manning.

Undoubtedly, it has been quite some time since we have had a valid reason to celebrate but that won’t stop us from livin’ on a prayer and believing in the fairy tale they call “Mile High Magic.”

If you’re not a believer already, you should consid-er that now might be one of the better times to hop on

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CLOSING TIME � e life of a Mile High sports fan

COLUMNVOLLEYBALL

By QUENTIN SICKAFOOSE

Colorado State womens volleyball won their fi rst road game of the season, defeating UNLV in three consectutive sets in Las Vegas.NICK LYON | COLLEGIAN

By KYLE GRABOWSKIThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Tom Hilbert fi nally got the match he was waiting for all season, a three set win where his team had to close out every set.

The CSU volleyball team won on the road for the fi rst time this year, defeating Mountain West-leading UNLV 3-0 in Las Vegas on Sunday.

The Rams lost their fi rst fi ve games away from Moby Arena before fi nally breaking through against the Rebels.

“We needed this kind of perfor-mance in somebody else’s gym to show we can do it,” CSU coach Tom Hilbert said.

CSU never led by more than four points in any of the sets, which forced the team to perform well in the end-game of all three, which the Rams had struggled with earlier in the season.

UNLV opened the third set with a 3-0 run after CSU won the fi rst two sets, but the Rams responded with a 5-0 run when trailing 9-11 and took the set 25-23 to win the match.

“Staying patient was the big thing. We knew they were going to be fi red up and come back with ev-erything they had,” CSU senior out-side hitter Dana Cranston said.

Both teams sided out effi cient-ly in the match, leading to a high number of rotations through their lineups in each set.

“You have to be playing great to win a set like that,” Hilbert said. “Our passing and offense was as

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CSU sheds road woes, beats UNLV