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COLLEGIAN STAFF REPORT Several thefts have been report- ed on campus since the beginning of classes and the CSU Police De- partment is seeking more informa- tion on the suspect believed to be responsible. A white male with blond hair who is seen with a tan backpack may be behind the increased num- ber of thefts on campus, “mainly from unlocked and unattended of- fices and laboratories,” according to safety.colostate.edu. Transfort may be the suspect’s method of transportation. CSU Sgt. Jason Meisner is field- ing information related to current thefts or the suspect. He can be reached at 970-491-5074. CSUPD recommends that stu- dents, staff and faculty safeguard personal items, lock your doors when you are not in your rooms, and report suspicious activity to the department at 911 or 970-491- 6425. No additional information was available at the time of print. the STRIP CLUB Students sometimes get a bad rep. A lot of people in the “real world” think that our lives look like a never end- ing scene from “Van Wilder.” Except here are a few things they tend to forget: COLLEGIAN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN Monday, September 10, 2012 Fort Collins, Colorado Volume 121 | No. 24 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. Shock & Awe CSU football drops its first game at home to FCS school PAGE 10 Partying: the real story The scary future of the iTunes, Kindle library | Page 4 CSU wants your cat’s kidneys CSUPD seeks info on suspected thief Director of The Citizen, Sam Kadi, left, speaks about the film at the Lincoln Center premier of the 9/11 court room drama Friday night. The film kicked off the three day TriMedia film festival. ERIN MROSS | COLLEGIAN May be behind increased number of theſts A suspect possibly linked to multiple thefts around campus. PHOTO CURTESY OF CSUPD By LIANNA SALVA The Rocky Mountain Collegian Quality breweries, a vibrant bike scene and friendly people. These are the things that Fort Collins is known for. But one weekend a year the an- nual TriMedia Film Festival — which wrapped on Sunday and displayed 50 unique productions at three separate lo- cations — shows off the town’s less-pro- nounced cinema culture with a mix of local, national and international films. “The Horsetooth Productions mis- sion is to put Fort Collins and Colorado on the map for film and television,” said Francie Glycenfer, executive direc- tor of TriMedia and vice president for Horsetooth Productions, the sponsor for the festival and an educational non- profit organization. Glycenfer is also a special appointment instructor for the CSU honors program. Glycenfer said that the Festival’s films are chosen with students and their opinions in mind. “We have to attend one of the events for Francie’s class, Creativity and Action, and we’re going through all the different types of creativity there is in the world,” said Jessica Ness, a fresh- man engineering major. “Things like this shows creative things about people that are different.” Sam Kadi, a former engineer from Syria, directed his first feature length film called “The Citizen,” which premiered at the festival Friday night. “The Citizen” won the Director’s Award from TriMedia. Inspired by a true story and filmed in just 22 days, “The Citizen” depicts the struggle of a Lebanese man who comes to New York to become a U.S. citizen during the aftermath of 9/11. Kadi also used elements of his own ex- periences when he came to America just a year after 9/11. “As an actor I have the benefit of go- ing to school constantly every time I go to work. I have the joy of discovering a new character as well as a new profession,” Elwes said during his acceptance speech at the festival’s opening night screening. “Of the human condition I have made this small observation, and that is we have an obligation to help one an- other on this planet and to do the best we can to put our best foot forward,” he said. It was not only through watching the films and performances that the audi- ence could learn. A question and answer See TRIMEDIA on Page 3 TriMedia wraps with students in mind By DEVIN O’BRIEN The Rocky Mountain Collegian Cats with failing kidneys are wanted for a study which will look at how stem cells can help treat renal failure, otherwise known as chronic kidney disease. Stem cells used in the study are extracted from the fat of research cats, according to Dr. Jessica Quimby. The fat is then grown in a lab, where it is expanded to the amount of cells needed. Some benefits of the stem cells will make for better renal function and lessened kidney inflammation, according to a press release. Quimby said that the stem cells will treat the actual prob- lem — inflammation — while current methods only take care of side effects. The study consists of five appointments for participat- ing felines. The first and fifth appointments are a Glomeru- lar Filtration Rate (GFR) test to assess kidney function. The other three consist of intrave- nous stem cell injections. A smaller group of cats would act as a control group and receive a placebo drug, ac- cording to the press release. This group can choose to get stem cell after the study’s conclusion. “[The] treatment is well tolerated by the cats and that they stay one day in our area specified for cats only,” said veterinary technician and re- search assistant Amber Caress. “They need to come in multi- ple times for treatment but the few owners that I have spoken to seem very excited to have their cats participate in such a cutting edge study.” In the previous two trials cats experienced nausea and quick breathing during the intravenous procedure. In the current trial, however, Quimby said the cats “seem to tolerate it pretty well.” Participation is open to 20 cats and will remain so until all spots are taken or until the grant’s end one-and-a-half years from now. Elderly cats with chronic kidney disease who don’t have other illnesses or conditions will be accepted. “It really is a unique oppor- tunity,” Quimby said. Stem cells are blank cells See CATS on Page 3 College of Veterinary Medicine studies stem cells effects on renal failure By MEGAN TIMLIN The Rocky Mountain Collegian The Career Center at Col- orado State offers a variety of resources to assist students and alumni. Programs such as resume rush and mock in- terviews prepare students for upcoming job applications. “Last year The Career Center saw 11,938 students and 382 of those were for practice/mock interviews,” Career Center liaison Kara Johnson said in an email to The Collegian. The Career Center col- laborates with the Career Management Center, a re- source available to over 2,000 undergraduate and gradu- ate students in the College of Business. Together, these on-cam- pus resources provide stu- dents with tips and tricks on how to begin preparing for interviews early and answer question effectively so stu- dents stand out with an inter- viewer. Be Prepared Johnson recommended to do your homework. Ask your- self, “Why do I want this job” and explore the opportunities that would be available to you in the company. Junior construction man- agement major Silas Dwyer said that he was able to get a job by preparing for the inter- view beforehand. “Studying the company is important – what they re- quire, as well as qualifica- tions,” Dwyer said. Finding a company and position that fits is also key, according to Jenn Long, ca- reer adviser in the Career Management Center. To See INTERVIEW on Page 3 Oracle Senior Technical Recruiter Todd Gorman gives pointers at the career center on how to be successful at a job interview. KEVIN JOHANSEN | COLLEGIAN Making your next interview a success $ $$ $$ $ Parties are Expensive Anyone who thinks that students have enough money to go out and binge drink day in and day out clearly hasn’t been to a liquor store re- cently. Booze isn’t exactly cheap, and drinking until we pass out every night just isn’t an option anymore F F F F F F F Hangovers Suck Hangovers are about as popular as 8 a.m. fi nals and politicians. If the devil had a tool of choice, it would be the hangover. If you seriously believe that students are willing to deal with this sort of torture day in and day out, then you’ve never actu- ally experienced it before. Academic Probation If you party every day, your grades start to suffer. When your grades start to suffer, you run the risk of getting kicked out of school. If you get kicked out, you’re hosed, big time. Kiss the all- important degree goodbye, and say hello to a career in minimum wage retail.

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COLLEGIAN STAFF REPORT Several thefts have been report-

ed on campus since the beginning of classes and the CSU Police De-partment is seeking more informa-

tion on the suspect believed to be responsible.

A white male with blond hair who is seen with a tan backpack may be behind the increased num-ber of thefts on campus, “mainly

from unlocked and unattended of-fi ces and laboratories,” according to safety.colostate.edu.

Transfort may be the suspect’s method of transportation.

CSU Sgt. Jason Meisner is fi eld-ing information related to current thefts or the suspect. He can be reached at 970-491-5074.

CSUPD recommends that stu-dents, staff and faculty safeguard personal items, lock your doors when you are not in your rooms, and report suspicious activity to the department at 911 or 970-491-6425.

No additional information was available at the time of print.

theSTRIPCLUB

Students sometimes get a bad rep. A lot of people in the “real world” think that our lives look like a never end-ing scene from “Van Wilder.” Except here are a few things they tend to forget:

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

Monday, September 10, 2012Fort Collins, Colorado Volume 121 | No. 24

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.

Shock & AweCSU football drops its fi rst game at home to FCS school

PAGE 10

Partying: the real story

The scary future of the iTunes, Kindle library | Page 4

CSU wants your cat’s kidneys

CSUPD seeks info on suspected thief

Director of The Citizen, Sam Kadi, left, speaks about the fi lm at the Lincoln Center premier of the 9/11 court room drama Friday night. The fi lm kicked off the three day TriMedia fi lm festival.

ERIN MROSS | COLLEGIAN

May be behind increased number of the� s

A suspect possibly linked to multiple thefts around campus.

PHOTO CURTESY OF CSUPD

By LIANNA SALVAThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Quality breweries, a vibrant bike

scene and friendly people. These are the things that Fort Collins is known for.

But one weekend a year the an-nual TriMedia Film Festival — which wrapped on Sunday and displayed 50 unique productions at three separate lo-cations — shows off the town’s less-pro-nounced cinema culture with a mix of local, national and international fi lms.

“The Horsetooth Productions mis-sion is to put Fort Collins and Colorado on the map for fi lm and television,” said Francie Glycenfer, executive direc-tor of TriMedia and vice president for Horsetooth Productions, the sponsor for the festival and an educational non-profi t organization. Glycenfer is also a

special appointment instructor for the CSU honors program.

Glycenfer said that the Festival’s fi lms are chosen with students and their opinions in mind.

“We have to attend one of the events for Francie’s class, Creativity and Action, and we’re going through all the different types of creativity there is in the world,” said Jessica Ness, a fresh-man engineering major. “Things like this shows creative things about people that are different.”

Sam Kadi, a former engineer from Syria, directed his fi rst feature length fi lm called “The Citizen,” which premiered at the festival Friday night. “The Citizen” won the Director’s Award from TriMedia.

Inspired by a true story and fi lmed in just 22 days, “The Citizen” depicts the struggle of a Lebanese man who

comes to New York to become a U.S. citizen during the aftermath of 9/11. Kadi also used elements of his own ex-periences when he came to America just a year after 9/11.

“As an actor I have the benefi t of go-ing to school constantly every time I go to work. I have the joy of discovering a new character as well as a new profession,” Elwes said during his acceptance speech at the festival’s opening night screening.

“Of the human condition I have made this small observation, and that is we have an obligation to help one an-other on this planet and to do the best we can to put our best foot forward,” he said.

It was not only through watching the fi lms and performances that the audi-ence could learn. A question and answer

See TRIMEDIA on Page 3

TriMedia wraps with students in mind

By DEVIN O’BRIENThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Cats with failing kidneys are wanted for a study which will look at how stem cells can help treat renal failure, otherwise known as chronic kidney disease.

Stem cells used in the study are extracted from the fat of research cats, according to Dr. Jessica Quimby. The fat is then grown in a lab, where it is expanded to the amount of cells needed.

Some benefi ts of the stem cells will make for better renal function and lessened kidney infl ammation, according to a press release.

Quimby said that the stem cells will treat the actual prob-lem — infl ammation — while current methods only take care of side effects.

The study consists of fi ve appointments for participat-ing felines. The fi rst and fi fth appointments are a Glomeru-lar Filtration Rate (GFR) test to assess kidney function. The other three consist of intrave-nous stem cell injections.

A smaller group of cats would act as a control group and receive a placebo drug, ac-cording to the press release. This group can choose to get stem cell after the study’s conclusion.

“[The] treatment is well tolerated by the cats and that they stay one day in our area specifi ed for cats only,” said veterinary technician and re-search assistant Amber Caress. “They need to come in multi-ple times for treatment but the few owners that I have spoken to seem very excited to have their cats participate in such a cutting edge study.”

In the previous two trials cats experienced nausea and quick breathing during the intravenous procedure. In the current trial, however, Quimby said the cats “seem to tolerate it pretty well.”

Participation is open to 20 cats and will remain so until all spots are taken or until the grant’s end one-and-a-half years from now. Elderly cats with chronic kidney disease who don’t have other illnesses or conditions will be accepted.

“It really is a unique oppor-tunity,” Quimby said.

Stem cells are blank cells

See CATS on Page 3

College of Veterinary Medicine studies stem cells e� ects on renal failure

By MEGAN TIMLIN The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Career Center at Col-orado State offers a variety of resources to assist students and alumni. Programs such as resume rush and mock in-terviews prepare students for upcoming job applications.

“Last year The Career Center saw 11,938 students and 382 of those were for practice/mock interviews,” Career Center liaison Kara Johnson said in an email to The Collegian.

The Career Center col-laborates with the Career Management Center, a re-source available to over 2,000 undergraduate and gradu-ate students in the College of Business.

Together, these on-cam-pus resources provide stu-dents with tips and tricks on how to begin preparing for interviews early and answer question effectively so stu-dents stand out with an inter-viewer.

Be Prepared

Johnson recommended to do your homework. Ask your-self, “Why do I want this job” and explore the opportunities that would be available to you in the company.

Junior construction man-agement major Silas Dwyer said that he was able to get a job by preparing for the inter-view beforehand.

“Studying the company is important – what they re-quire, as well as qualifi ca-

tions,” Dwyer said. Finding a company and

position that fi ts is also key, according to Jenn Long, ca-

reer adviser in the Career Management Center. To

See INTERVIEW on Page 3

Oracle Senior Technical Recruiter Todd Gorman gives pointers at the career center on how to be successful at a job interview.

KEVIN JOHANSEN | COLLEGIAN

Making your next interview a success

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$$$$Parties are Expensive

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Hangovers are about as popular as 8 a.m. fi nals and politicians. If the devil had a tool of choice, it would be the hangover. If you seriously believe that students are willing to deal with this sort of torture day in and day out, then you’ve never actu-ally experienced it before.

Academic Probation

If you party every day, your grades start to suffer. When your grades start to suffer, you run the risk of getting kicked out of school. If you get kicked out, you’re hosed, big time. Kiss the all-important degree goodbye, and say hello to a career in minimum wage retail.

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Community Briefs

Exploring the impacts of the High Park Fire

Even though the fl ames of the high park fi re have been extinguished, the en-vironmental impacts of the fi re will continue.

All day Monday, the Warner College of Natu-ral Resources is presenting the symposium, “High Park Fire: From Science To Ac-tion & Recovery,” in the Lory Student Center Theater.

According to a news re-lease, the symposium will provide a scientifi c look at the High Park Fire’s impacts on the environment, and actions for restoration and recovery.

Guests include Incident Commander Bill Hahnen-berg, Larimer County Un-dersheriff, USDA Forest Service, wildfi re and ecolo-gy experts and more.

The event, which is from 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., is free and open to the public.

Flute concert with CSU faculty

Monday at 7:30 p.m.

in the Organ Recital Hall, CSU faculty member Mi-chelle Stanley performs flute for the Virtuoso Se-ries Concert.

The performance in-cludes guest cello player Yoriko Morita and the Col-orado premiere of Chro-ma for fl ute and cello by Colorado composer Cher-ise Leiter and Schwanter’s Black Anemones.

Yoriko Morita is a cellist in the Boulder and Denver area who has performed with Colorado orchestras and chamber groups.

The concert is $7 for CSU students, $1 for ages 2 to 7 and $12 for adults.

Solve your resting metabolic rate mystery

Ever wonder how much

energy your body expends while at rest?

The Kendall Anderson Nutrition Center has a new state-of-the-art rest-ing metabolic rate (RMR) test. This test helps users to determine how many calories you burn at rest and how many you need to eat in a 30 minute ap-pointment.

The cost is $75 for the general public and $37.50 for CSU students and em-ployees.

Appointments can be scheduled at (970) 491-8615 and more information can be found at [email protected].

-- Collegian Staff Report

FORT COLLINS FOCUS

Becca Grey, a CSU Alum, is decked out in orange and blue as she watches the Broncos’ season opener game at C.B. Potts on Elizabeth St. Sunday night.

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prepare for an interview, re-search the company, its mis-sion and other facts to im-press interviewers. You will be able to answer their question effectively and efficiently.

Practice, Practice, PracticeAccording to Long, there

are five general questions in-terviewers ask:

Tell me about yourself…What are your strengths?

What are your weaknesses?Why do you want this po-

sition/why are interested in the company?

Where do you see yourself in five years?

Long believes the first stop is to think like the re-cruiter and back to the job description. Practice your responses to these questions out loud. Know your key points for each question and practice speaking with poise and confidence.

Long suggests to “think thematically.” Where are you headed next? What steps do you hope to take in your career?

When you think strategi-cally about this the respons-es will come from what you truly want. For questions that could be negative, “turn it into a positive” Dwyer said.

Give the interviewer

an example of how you are already working on your weakness or something that is holding you back.

Dress AppropriatelyThink about the job, po-

sition and environment. “It is always better to

be overdressed than under-dressed,” Johnson said.

A corporate interview may consist of suit and tie attire, whereas a retail job may call for business casual. It is important to remember that you are presenting your-self, so dress one or two lev-els more professionally than what the job would entail.

Be Professional“You should treat the

entire day as an interview,” Johnson stated.

Maintaining this mentali-ty will prepare you for the sec-ond you walk in the building until the second you leave.

Make sure you arrive early, usually 10 to 15 min-utes early, but no more than 20 minutes. Plan for traffic, construction, etc. Johnson said some people like to make the trip the day before so they know exactly where they are headed.

Sustaining a positive and enthusiastic mentality will improve non-verbal com-

munication and send off op-timistic vibes, according to Johnson.

Follow Up “Follow up is the key to

job search momentum,” ac-cording to Career Services.

To follow up after an interview, Johnson recom-mended sending a “thank you” note within 24 hours. A hand-delivered, sent, or email “thank you” is a polite gesture which shows em-ployers that you’re interest-ed, according to Johnson.

In the note, touch on things that stood out to you during the interview, thank them for taking the time to interview you, show emo-tion and reiterate your inter-est and enthusiasm for the position and company.

Of the three methods of delivery Johnson said hand-written is the best, “it sets you apart.”

Collegian Writer Megan Timlin can be reached at [email protected].

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play the next play.”The Rams didn’t re-

bound from the safety, as North Dakota State marched all the way down the length of the field en route to a 12-play, 67-yard touchdown drive. The Bi-son started to bully CSU and had the Rams back on their heels.

“You know, people tell us we aren’t talented enough and we aren’t big enough,” North Dakota State defensive end Cole Jirik said. “But that doesn’t matter when you play like you’re supposed to.”

North Dakota State took advantage of the mistakes CSU made, particularly the inability of the Rams to ex-ecute and convert on third downs, as the Rams went 1-for-10 on third downs compared with North Da-kota State’s 12-for-21 mark.

“This did not happen by chance,” North Dakota

State coach Craig Bohl said. “It was a methodical plan that those guys put togeth-er all week long and came out and performed really well. That occurred be-cause the guys had a great week of practice and they beat a good football team.”

So as North Dakota State revels in its third vic-tory in three years over an FBS school, the Rams now return to the film room to get back to work in prepa-ration for Saturday’s game against San Jose State.

“I’m looking forward to getting to work tomorrow,” McElwain said on Saturday. “I haven’t lost many games the last couple years, but you know what, this is a challenge, this is why you go into it. You’ve got a chance to affect young men’s lives and I’m looking forward to getting back at it.”

Football Beat Reporter An-drew Schaller can be reached at [email protected].

FBALL | Failed to recover from costly safety

“I haven’t lost many games the last couple years, but you know what, this is a challenge, this is why you go into it.”

Jim McElwain | head coach

“�ey say movies don’t change the world, but the people who watch them can.”Sam Kadi | film director

TRIMEDIA | Festival welcomed professionalsContinued from Page 1

session with Kadi, Elwes and producer Chris Wyatt came after the film.

Saturday also welcomed professionals from the film, theater and television in-dustries such as screen-writer Robert Greywolf and

producer Julie Pearson to answer questions. Kadi and Wyatt were also present.

The experience contin-ued on Sunday with docu-mentaries, one of which was made by local nature pho-tographer Bryan Maltais. His film, “Metamorphosis: Tale of a Wetland,” shows a year

in the life of a Fort Collins wetland, Maltais’ rare dis-coveries and his conclusions on how humans are impact-ing the delicate ecosystem. The film is available to watch on his website, www.Wilder-nessShots.com.

“When you’re just driving around in your daily life you

don’t realize what’s around you unless it’s put in front of your face,” Maltais said.

“They say movies don’t change the world, but the people who watch them can,” Kadi said.

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

Last day of Resume Rush – September 10

10 a.m. – 3 p.m., LSC, Career Center, Lower Level – Rm 26

Mock Interviews – Beginning September 10 (throughout the semester)

Contact the Career Center to schedule your appointment today. 970-491-5707

Career Fairs – September 11, 12, and 13

LSC, Main Ballroom

UPCOMING EVENTS

INTERVIEW | Follow ups are recommended

What: Veterinary study of stem cells effects on chronic kidney disease

Where: Veterinary Teaching Hospital

When: The next 1.5 yearsNeeded: CSU area cats who

don’t get stressed during vet visits

Contact: Dr. Jessica Quimby at [email protected]

HELP OUT

CATS | Stem cells can regenerate damaged onesContinued from Page 1

which can be used to “re-generate and repair diseased and damaged cells,” accord-ing to the Mayo Clinic.

Chronic kidney disease, or renal failure, occurs when the kidneys cease their nat-ural function of ridding the body of waste and retaining water.

“It’s the opposite of what

kidneys are supposed to do,” veterinarian Heidi Patterson said.

Current methods of treating renal failure include intravenous (IV) fluids and subcutaneous fluids, which are administered under the skin, to replace lost hydra-tion. Phosphate binders to suppress excess phosphate in the body and appetite stimulants are also used.

Symptoms of the con-dition include “increased drinking, urination, weight loss and decreased appetite” according to Patterson.

The study is funded by a grant from the Morris An-imal Foundation with sup-port from Frankie’s Fund for Feline Stem Cell Research.

Collegian Writer Devin O’Brien can be reached at [email protected].

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I’d like you to take a moment and reflect on just how much media you have collected in your life. How big is your music li-brary? How many books sit on your shelf? Think about all the files and emails you have accumulated in your email client, all the mov-ies you have on your hard drive or Blu-Ray or DVD or even VHS, and any video games you have scattered between your PC or con-soles.

I know personally I have probably close to a terabyte of information that I’ve accrued, spread out across my shelf and hard drive, and attached to just as many usernames and passwords.

For now all these little compartmentalized files and systems had not been an issue. Until last week. I bought a book for my Kindle called “This Mighty Scourge.” It’s an interest-ing collection of essays that shines a unique light on the happenings of the American Civil War.

As I was telling one of my roommates about it, he mentioned he would be interested in reading it. Normally I could just say, “sure, you can read it when I’m finished with it” and hand him the book.

But with Kindle books it is not that easy. You have to go online, log into your account, click the book in question, then fill out a form to get the book rights emailed to the person, and it only lasts for 14 days.

That’s even if the book has been greenlighted for lending by the publish-er. Some publishers won’t even allow their books to be lent out to other peo-ple. Thankfully the title I wished to lend is, but the time constraint on lending takes away from the lei-surely nature that comes with friends lending books to one another.

Or think about your parents collection of vi-nyl. Sure large portions of it may not be to your taste, but there are plenty of great bands and songs that came out on vinyl in the ‘60s and ‘70s. So with

the right playback device, these albums’ ability to play has no relation to the person who bought them.

But think about if your parent’s vinyl collection suddenly turned into an iTunes collection? Well now you can’t even borrow the songs your parents paid for. No matter how much you would like to try there is no way to merge or insert other peoples’ col-lections with your own. So all of a sudden, instead of just picking an album out of a box or off the shelf, you have to log into your parent’s iTunes account just to get that one song you like.

That’s even assum-ing that logging into your parent’s account doesn’t break the End User Li-cense Agreement (EULA). Did you know that for many content distribution systems like iTunes and Steam, sharing login infor-mation like that will result in a ban on the account and the loss of all accrued items within it. And just like that thousands of dol-lars disappear in a clock cycle.

Or what happens if the company in charge of your media goes under. Now it seems unlikely that Ap-ple will go under anytime soon, but considering how strong car manufacturers were doing only 60 years ago and how they are do-ing today and how fast the tech world moves, it could happen.

If that were to happen, there would be no way to go back and download any lost or misplaced music files, no way to go back and download the music for your children or any-one you wished to pass it onto. So while vinyl and cassettes may be outdat-ed and harder to play than mp3s, they are guaranteed to be passed on or resold after the original buyer moves on.

Now this article may seem to suggest that I am wary of digital media. That’s not true. I love how easy it is to obtain, to ac-cess, organize, and store. All I’m saying is that with this particular format, without some proactive thought, there may be some negative unfore-seen consequences. So be aware, in this day and age just because you have paid for something doesn’t mean you own it.

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

I actually caught a real fish once. It was at Lake Holcombe, in north central Wisconsin, and it was big enough that a local fishing shop hung a picture of me holding it on its wall.

Even though it happened when I was eight years old, I still tell people about it. And although the photo proves that the fish was maybe only a foot long, over the years, it’s grown... a lot.

The last time I told someone about it in a bar, it transformed from an aver-age-sized smallmouth bass into some-thing that could eat Jaws.

We all exaggerate our own accom-plishments to get attention, and that’s precisely why I don’t think that Paul Ry-an’s marathon time deserves the media coverage it’s gotten, especially since there are far larger things at play this election season.

One Google News search for Paul Ryan’s marathon time yields 24,100 results. By contrast, a search for “U.S. Government, drones,” gives you a lit-tle less than 10,000 results, and “Mitt Romney, Iran sanctions” yields about 8,600 results. Another heavily fact-

checked claim, about Ryan’s assertion that he’s climbed 40 Colorado 14ers, is good for about 14,000 results.

Fact-checking has taken on as big of a role this election season as actually writing about policy, and according to an article in the Columbia Journalism Review, this phenomenon, while not new, has possibly gone a little far.

“Ryan’s marathon claims were news only because of who he is and the cover-age that his convention speech attract-ed. No one is investigating whether oth-er members of Congress are misstating, say, their high school sports exploits,” the article says.

I believe wholeheartedly that a huge function of journalists during election season is to verify and debunk some of the facts that candidates and their cam-paigns spew out during election season, but I also think that they need to be smart about it.

After all, what’s more important: The fact that Paul Ryan did what all of us have done, and exaggerated some of his accomplishments, or his budget plan?

For Runner’s World, the publication that initially debunked Ryan’s claims about his marathon time, it’s perfectly permissible to heavily play this story... because it’s a running magazine.

But for the Washington Post and the New York Times, you’d expect a little bit more selectivity in terms of what gets attention and what doesn’t. And both of these publications covered allegations about Ryan’s marathon time — at length.

Just like most people tend to exag-gerate their fishing stories, politicians will lie on the campaign trail... a lot. There’s nothing new about it, and it’s a journalist’s job to find the facts and de-bunk whatever exaggerations our pub-

lic figures might make. But in a world where newsrooms

are seeing significant cutbacks in terms of resources, and space and time are becoming ever more crunched, it seems like it would better serve the electorate if journalists were a little bit more selective about what they devote their time and energy into giving at-tention to.

Politifact.com, a website owned by the Tampa Bay Times, does it right. It lists a series of statements made by var-ious local and national politicians and their overall truth value.

While there’s no mention of Ryan’s marathon or peakbagging exploits in sight, it does verify President Barack Obama’s claims about adding half a million manufacturing jobs during his speech at the Democratic Nation-al Convention, and totally debunks a Democrat’s assertion that Republicans want to legalize rape.

It devotes time and energy into fact checking the issues, instead of what amounts to old fishing stories.

That’s the role that journalists should have, especially when they’re covering elections: To actually educate voters so that they can make an in-formed decision.

And hopefully for most voters, the truth about someone’s promises about the economy, foreign policy and civil rights issues matter more than wheth-er or not they were completely honest about their marathon times.

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 @Allison Sylte.

If the financial collapse of 2008 taught us anything, it was about the interconnectivity of every market in the world. As Germany’s constitutional court convenes this Wednesday, not only will it determine the fate of the euro, but also the short-term future of the world economy.

Massive national debts have put a chokehold on eurozone economies. Without Germa-ny’s intervention, the euro has the potential to fail completely, throwing the entire world econ-omy into turmoil.

If the judges find that the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) complies with the German constitution, it will be the final step in establishing a €700 billion bailout fund to support the other crumbling eurozone economies.

Germany’s parliament and

senate have both approved the ESM, and President Joachim Gauck was about to sign it into law when 37,000 Germans petitioned

the court with the claim that the ESM and the fiscal pact (which al-lows the EU to fine countries that spend too much) violates the Ger-man constitution.

Should the German people

be forced to assume the debts of struggling European economies against their wills — even if do-ing so may save the European and world economy?

If the German court rules that the new measures are unconsti-tutional, the German people may escape relatively unscathed while the eurozone is destroyed. Germa-ny’s protection from this potential financial disaster is derived in part from its productive economy, but mostly from its minimal debt obli-gations — debt being the downfall of the other eurozone countries.

America would be well-served to follow Germany’s example and minimize our debt. That way, when the next financial calam-ity strikes — such as the euro’s potential dissolution — America may be better able to cope with a global economic disaster.

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OUR VIEW

Euro hangs by a thread

“Should the German people be forced to assume the debts of struggling European economies...even if

doing so may save the European and world

economy?.”“...be aware in this day and

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) ––8–– Don’t believe everything you hear, and try not to take yourself too seriously. Talk it over with family, and then choose. Increase compassion. You’re a dynamic teacher.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ––7–– You’re especially persua-sive now. Good time to update your resume, or create a new marketing plan. You’re getting even more interested in sta-bility. Rest and cool down.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ––6–– There’s a change at the top. Work becomes fascinating, and surprising. Accept a new assignment. Don’t get into an argument with the one who signs your paychecks.

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By ANDREW SCHALLERThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

On any given day, one team can beat another. Games aren’t played on paper: they’re played on the unpredictable playing fi eld where anything can happen — and that’s why people watch.

So the fact that North Dakota State beat the Rams 22-7 Saturday night should not come as a shock, es-pecially if you saw the way the Rams practiced leading up to the game.

“We didn’t have a very good week of practice this week, and that was evident early on,” center Weston Richburg said after the game. “They just fl at out beat us today. They played better, they were the better team today.”

In virtually every aspect of the game — passing yards, rushing yards, turnovers, even kick return yards — North Dakota State was

better than CSU.Numerous opportunities arose

for the Rams throughout the game to get back in control after North Dakota State took a 19-7 lead at half-time, but every time, CSU failed to take advantage.

The Rams had all the momen-tum in the game after scoring fi rst on a blisteringly-fast three play, 80-yard touchdown drive on their fi rst possession of the game.

The rest of the game would be riddled with mistakes for CSU, as the fi rst scoring drive of the game turned out to be its last.

Following the Rams’ touchdown drive, North Dakota State answered with one of their own and after a CSU punt, drove the ball all the way down to the Rams’ one yard line and faced a fourth-and-goal from there.

North Dakota State coach Craig Bohl decided to go for the touch-down on fourth down and got

stopped on the goal line by CSU’s Cory James and Shaquil Barrett.

On the very next play, however, CSU’s Tommey Morris got tackled in the end zone for a safety, giving all the momentum right back to the Bison.

“It hurt us a little bit,” Barrett said. “But we’ve just always gotta be able to bounce back and be able to

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Third down conversions/attempts: CSU: 1/10 NDSU: 12/21

Team rushing yards: CSU: 72 NDSU: 188

Total offensive yards: CSU: 243 NDSU: 366

GAME STATS

CSU fans look on in dismay as the Rams lose to FCS North Dakota State Saturday night. The Rams lost 22-7 at home.

NICK LYON | COLLEGIAN

Dana Cranston celebrates after a point at Moby Arena.

ERIN MROSS | COLLEGIAN

Failures in execution doom Rams

By CRIS TILLERThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Throughout Saturday night, it was diffi cult to tell which team was the FCS school and which was the FBS Division-IA program.

North Dakota State man-handled the line of scrim-mage on both sides of the ball, largely contributing to the Bison beating CSU 22-7 at home, their third win over an FBS school in as many years.

“We got whooped up front,” said CSU coach Jim McElwain. “Obviously, we didn’t get a bunch of pressure, so they controlled the line of scrimmage and when you control the line of scrimmage, you got a pretty good chance to win a football game.”

Defensively, the Rams

were unable to get North Dakota State’s offense off the fi eld. The Bison ran 81 offensive plays –– compared to 48 for CSU –– and pos-sessed the ball 19 minutes longer in the game.

But as much as the de-fense labored to get off the fi eld, the offense suffered even worse.

CSU struggled to move the ball throughout the night, with its opening drive being the lone exception. The Rams couldn’t run the ball consis-tently or effectively, totaling just 72 yards as a team.

The problem along the offensive line left the Rams in long third down situa-tions, putting pressure on quarterback Garrett Grayson to make plays.

“We didn’t do a great job of protecting (Grayson),” McElwain said. “I thought they did a really good job of just playing harder.”

The effort in the trenches left McElwain with no solu-tion except to go back to the drawing board.

“(We have to) start from scratch based on today. We got to fi nd some fi re up front,” McElwain said. “We gotta fi nd some guys that are committed to making it

happen, have a little energy. We’ll get em’ shapin’ up.”

The apparent lack of fi re stretched beyond the offen-sive line according to center Weston Richburg, who ad-mitted to a poor week’s worth of practice as a major factor.

“Well I think there needs to be fi re throughout the whole team,” Richburg said. “I didn’t have enough fi re tonight to be the leader I needed to be and I think that just needs to hap-pen across the board.”

Grayson took the brunt of the team’s depletion of passion, getting sacked four times and hit several times

beyond that. Even after tak-ing a beating and suffering a demoralizing loss, Grayson refused to believe there was a lull in effort or intensity.

“I don’t think there’s ever a lack of fi re. Those guys are always working their tail off,” Grayson said. “There’s never a time when I doubt those guys, they’re always givin’ 100 percent and I believe in them no matter what.

“I would give (North Da-kota State’s) d-line credit, they played a hell of a game.”

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

UNWELCOME SURPRISEFOOTBALL

CSU lost the battle up front to NDSU

John Crockett (23) of North Dakota State University runs through Colora-do State’s defense during the third quarter of Saturdays home loss.

NICK LYON | COLLEGIAN

By KYLE GRABOWSKIThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

What a difference a week at home made for the CSU volleyball team. Last weekend, the Rams were unfocused and inept in an 0-3 embarassment in Wichita, Kan.

This weekend they went 3-0 against No. 12 Pepperdine, Florida Inter-national University and New Mexico State en route to the 2012 Ram Volleyball Classic championship.

CSU opened the tour-nament Friday with its sig-nature win of the season so far, a 3-0 triumph over No. 12 Pepperdine. Both teams hit more than .360 in the third set, but the Rams blocked more effectively to close out the win.

“That’s a battle, that’s a war and we came out on top,” said CSU coach Tom Hilbert.

The team cruised through the fi rst two sets of its next match against FIU, but ultimately had to gut out a 33-31 win in set four to take the match.

“We found ourselves being able to serve and re-ceive better in the second two sets,” said FIU coach Trevor Theroulde.

The Rams improved their blocking over the course of the tournament, registering 19.5 total blocks in their 3-1 win over New Mexico State.

“Tonight is who I think we should be all of the time,” Hilbert said.

CSU focused on the ar-eas it struggled with most in Wichita during practice this week, like the tempo to the middle blockers and out-of-system sets to the out-side hitters and transferred

those lessons to the court.“It was a fabulous week

of practice, spurred on by the fact that we had to improve,” Hilbert said. “I told my team at the end of this match, ‘Look, let’s have another great week of practice even though we went 3-0 because it sure made us better.’”

Seniors Megan Plourde and Dana Cranston, and setter Deedra Foss made the all-tournament team. Plourde garnered MVP recognition after record-ing double-digit kills in all three matches and picking up a double-double in the last match with 13 blocks.

“Personally I feel like this is the fi rst match that I blocked at the same standard I did last year. I’ve been frustrated with myself lately because I’ve been missing a lot of blocks,” Plourde said.

The Rams have now won four straight match-es after dropping three in a row and extended their home match winning streak to 16 games.

Picking up three wins is exactly what Hilbert wanted for his team out of this tournament because it puts them in the best possible position looking ahead to Saturday’s match-up with defending national champion UCLA.

“We just have to stay focused in practice this week and be prepared,” Plourde said.

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

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