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In this day and age, it is always best to have a good place to hide in case the worst comes to the worst. In the event of such a calamity (Beer production halts, Boulder annexes Fort Collins, Tony Frank shaves...) here are a couple good places that (might) keep you safe

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�e Post O�ce

The Fort Collins post office is a gi-ant cube of solid concrete, with no windows and only one door (that we know of). Basically, almost impenetrable. Also, nobody is ever in there, so it’s not like you’re walking into a trap — unless somebody goes “postal.”

A Police Station

Given that Fort Collins is gener-ally a crime-free environment, local police forces don’t have much to do. Add that lack of activity and the fact that police stations are usually full of guns, hightailing it to the outposts of Foco’s finest is recommended.

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Just walking into the basement of Clark ensures that you will get lost. Good news, this means that anyone who may or may not be after you will get lost too. Also there are a lot of really secure places to hide down there.

The Safest Places in

Fort Collins (Probably)

Artist Breath Carolina perform Saturday evening on the west lawn of CSU dur-ing RAM JAM hosted by ASAP.

NICK LYON | COLLEGIAN

By NIC TURICIANOThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

When David Schmitt, the singer and guitarist for Breathe Carolina, asked Sat-urday night’s RamJam crowd to give him the middle finger, the response was overwhelm-ing; seemingly every hand in attendance obeyed, rising to show Schmitt the odd symbol of affection.

And while the crowd’s re-sponse to Schmitt’s band was largely positive, there were fewer middle fingers in atten-dance at this year’s RamJam concert, which was headlined by Cobra Starship and hosted

by ASAP, than had been ex-pected.

The Support and Events Unit of CSUPD provided six CSUPD officers and seven campus service officers as se-curity for the event — a secu-rity presence that was scaled down from the original figures when ticket sales didn’t meet expectations, said Chris Wolf, commander for the CSUPD Support and Events Unit.

“We were planning for 7,000 to 8,000 people, but I cut it back when sales weren’t what we thought they’d be,” Wolf said.

Wolf was unsure of how many people attended the

show, and ASAP refused to comment, stating that no in-formation regarding the con-cert will be available until Tuesday.

Audience member Alyssa Jenkins, a sophomore psychol-ogy major, also attended last year’s fall concert, which in-cluded performers B.o.B and Sean Kingston. According to Jenkins, this year’s show was still enjoyable despite a lesser turnout.

“I thought there definitely could have been more people. Last year a lot more people came, but it was still fun,”

See STARSHIP on Page 5

Starship crowd had plenty of room to Breathe2012 RamJam attendance less than expected

Street closures by the Oval until Oct.

By AMANDA ZETAHThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Starting Monday, there will be street closures along the Mason corridor on the north end of campus. The corridor will be reopened on Oct. 3.

According to the City of Fort Collins website, crews will begin storm drainage work on the west side of the railroad tracks between University Av-enue and Laurel Street. Old

Main Drive will be closed for a period of three days.

Access to parking lots be-hind the following buildings will be closed: Heat Plant, Gib-bons, Occupational Therapy and Industrial Sciences. These buildings will be closed for a few days, but will be accessible from the south as the project progresses.

This construction will not impact traffic flow, but pedes-trians will be directed toward the tunnel behind Johnson Hall that goes underneath the railroad tracks.

Detour signs will be posted until the project is complete.

The construction is be-ing done to make way for the Mason Express (MAX) rapid transit bus system, which will begin running in early 2014.

The MAX bus transit sys-tem is being built to give

See MASON on Page 3

A three-phase project will bring MAX bus system to FoCo

Dates: Sept. 17 to Oct. 3 Where: Old Main Dr. and Oc-

cupational Therapy Parking Lot near Oval Drive

Pedestrian route: Tunnel under railroad tracks behind Johnson Hall

For a complete diagram of the closures, visit http://www.fcgov.com/mason/.

CLOSURE INFORMATION

Where police are called on campus

Traffic stops: 6Thefts: 1Lost property: 1911 hangup: 1Alarm contact: 1

Pedestrian contact/sub-ject stop: 1Vehicle trespass: 1Directed patrol: 2

W Laurel Street & S Shields Street

Noise complaint: 1Traffic stop: 1Traffic: 3

Suspicious circumstanc-es/prowler: 2Welfare check: 1

W Plum Street/North Drive & S Shields Street

VIN Check: 6Traffic stop: 2Assist other agency, busi-ness, citizen: 11Follow up: 7

Found property: 1Bike enforcement: 2Parks incident: 1Assault: 1

North Drive & S Loomis Avenue

Motor vehicle accident with no injuries: 2Directed patrol: 8Traffic stop: 2Safety walk: 1

Follow up: 1Criminal mischief: 1Assist other agency, busi-ness, citizen: 1Alarm to business: 2

W Laurel Street west of S Loomis Avenue

Suspicious circumstanc-es/prowler: 2Assist other agency, busi-

ness, citizen: 2Found property: 1

University Avenue between East Drive and S Mason street Follow up: 2

Traffic stop: 5Directed patrol: 37Assist other agency,

business, citizen: 3Safety walk: 2Motor vehicle accident –– hit and run: 1

W Pitkin Street & Meridian Avenue

Directed patrol: 9Safety walk: 2Assist other agency, business, citizen: 2Animal call: 1Lost property: 1Disturbance: 1

Traffic stop: 1Fraud: 1Motor vehicle accident –– hit and run: 1Welfare check: 2Theft: 1

W Lake Street & Center Avenue

Pedestrian contact/subject stop: 1Assist other agency, business, citizen: 1

Alarm to business: 1Safety walk: 1Directed Patrol: 1

South Oval

Directed Patrol: 22W Prospect Road

Directed patrol: 12Theft: 2Harassment: 1Traffic stop: 1Assist other agency,

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See more of the breakdown of reported crimes on campus. See CRIME on Page 6

Directed patrol: Controlling crime by assigning officers to a specific time and location to investigate suspicious activity and enforce existing laws.Welfare check: Determining the safety of an individual.VIN check: Inspecting the title of a vehicle.

Chicago teachers strike extended as union studied details of proposed contract

CHICAGO — The Chi-cago teachers strike will continue Monday after the union’s House of Delegates refused to halt the walkout and sent the work stoppage into its second week.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said Sunday that the delegates could vote Tuesday to end the strike, meaning that classes could resume Wednesday.

Members wanted more time to digest the details of a contract offer, Lewis said.

The union’s delegates, numbering more than 700, have the authority to end the strike but not to approve the contract. The union’s full membership of roughly 26,000 teach-ers and paraprofessionals would vote later on the contract.

The proposed contract is for three years, with an option for a fourth year that both the Chicago Public Schools and union would have to agree to. There would be 3 percent raises in the first and fourth years, and 2 percent raises in the second and third years, ac-

cording to the union.

Boy Scouts helped child molesters cover their tracks, �les show

LOS ANGELES—Over two decades, the Boy Scouts of America failed to report hundreds of alleged child molesters to police and of-ten hid the allegations from parents and the public.

A Los Angeles Times re-view of 1,600 confidential files dating from 1970 to 1991 has found that Scout-ing officials frequently urged admitted offenders to quietly resign — and helped many cover their tracks.

Volunteers and employ-ees suspected of abuse were allowed to leave citing bogus reasons such as business demands, “chronic brain dysfunction” and duties at a Shakespeare festival.

The details are con-tained in the organization’s confidential “perversion files,” a blacklist of alleged molesters, that the Scouts have used internally since 1919. Scouts’ lawyers around the country have been fight-ing in court to keep the files from public view.

-- McClatchy Tribune Staff

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Community Briefs

Nation and World Briefs

Police seeking info on trespassing suspect

Larimer County Sher-iff’s Office investigators are looking for information about a man a homeown-er discovered sitting on his couch late at night on Spring Glade Road, north-west of Loveland.

The homeowner heard someone say hello in his living room and went down-stairs to find a stranger on the couch, according to a

news release. “When questioned, the

man told the homeown-er that he had been sent by God to marry his daughter,” the news release said. “The man left the home without incident after being told to leave.”

The suspect is de-scribed as a white male 25 to 30 years old, about five foot eight inches tall, about 130 pounds and driving a newer silver Hon-da or Toyota.

The Sheriff’s Office re-

minds people to keep doors and windows locked to pre-vent intruders.

Anyone with informa-tion is asked to call Sergeant John Feyen at (970) 498-5178.

Student gov. educating students about gov.

Are you starting to get worried about Election Day drawing nearer and you still

have no idea who these Mitt Romney and Barack Obama characters are? If so, the As-sociated Students Of CSU is holding a voter education drive on Wednesday.

On the Lory Student Center Plaza from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ASCSU will have a table for students to get informed. They will be of-fering information on vari-ous candidates in races that directly affect CSU and the surrounding community.

According to a news re-lease from ASCSU, this will

be done in a neutral and non-biased manner.

Flute Virtuoso Series Concert Monday

Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Organ Recital Hall in the University Center for the Arts, CSU Faculty, K. Dawn Grapes, is performing flute as part of the Virtuoso Series Concert.

Grapes is joined by Spe-cial Guest Kevin McChesney on guitar. The performance

is of original and adapted music for flute and guitar.

According to the univer-sity events calendar the mu-sic “spans multiple stylistic time periods and a variety of nationalistic origins.”

The admission for the concert is $7 for CSU stu-dents, $1 for ages 2 to 17 and $12 for adults. The De-partment of Music, Theatre and Dance is sponsoring the concert.

-- Collegian Staff Report

FORT COLLINS FOCUS

Susan Rader takes a moment during her visit from Nebraska to hike past a field of blackened trees on Greyrock trail Sunday morning. Straw hay was put down in many areas of Greyrock to help mulch the area and prevent soil erosion.

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people more options for travelling north and south on College Avenue through Fort Collins.

“It is so congested and crowded on College,” said Claire Thomas, public re-

lations coordinator for the City of Fort Collins.

The bus system will alle-viate this congestion by pro-viding an alternative mode of transportation.

The MAX bus system will have three bus stations on the CSU campus, with a total

of 12 stops between down-town Fort Collins and South Harmony Road. The bus will come every 10 minutes and tickets can be purchased on-line beforehand.

Student Life beat reporter Amanda Zetah can be reached at [email protected].

By CANDICE MILLERThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Hispanic workers are more than twice as likely to be killed in an accident because there isn’t a lot of training, said Carla Lopez del Puerto, a construction professor at CSU.

The university’s con-struction department is looking to decrease that number. Assistant Profes-sors Caroline Clevenger and Carla Lopez del Puerto have developed a 3D animation program catered to Hispan-ic workers in the construc-tion industry.

"The motivation was for Hispanic workers, there isn't a lot of training, it's hard for low-education workers to read," said Pro-fessor Carla Lopez del Puer-to. "We had to fi nd a way for them to understand the information.”

As construction sites become more diverse, ef-fective training of minority construction workers is a growing concern.

According to their re-search, visualization is crit-ical to enhance learning in physical sciences like en-gineering or construction since 85 percent of people learn by sight.

Currently, that isn’t happening with non-En-glish speaking laborers. 3D visualization and interac-tive, non-verbal simulation enhance learning and can facilitate training, said Clev-

enger and Lopez del Puerto in their research report.

"We took a model from industry. We used a program called Captivate, which al-lows us to view software and capture a video of using it," Clevenger said.

The training module is based on one created by Mortenson Construc-tion. The model was orig-inally built using a Google program. This model is viewed as a 3D animation, involving a sequence of scenes to illustrate dis-crete construction stages and associated with each of those scenes are re-quired or recommended safety practices and pro-cedures.

The animation is then captured and presented as an interactive training module using advanced software. The interactive training module incor-porates visual and audi-ble narratives to enhance learning. The authors chose to rely on digitally recorded voice-over by a native Span-ish speaker to increase the understanding of the in-struction.

Lopez del Puerto’s main research area is con-struction safety manage-ment. She is an Occupa-tional Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) outreach trainer and has trained over 500 students and professionals about construction safety. She is also a native Spanish

speaker and oversees both the technical and linguis-tic accuracy of the training narration.

The program is made to be site-specifi c. Each con-struction site has its own model specifi c to the site. The professors worked on the program for a couple months at the university with minimal costs.

“The theory is that the more you know about safe-ty, the less likely you are to get in an accident,” Clev-enger said.

The next phase of this research will consist of con-ducting a pilot test of the wall assembly model with Spanish speaking construc-tion workers. Construction companies in Denver with established relationships with the Department of Construction Management at CSU will provide access to job sites to conduct pilot testing.

“We have a current grant, so we haven’t yet trained any workers but we’re in the implementing phase,” Clevenger said. “We hope to, by the end of this year, train about 30 workers and see if it increases un-derstanding of safety.”

In 2010, a total of 4,547 fatal work injuries occurred in the United States, ac-cording to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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

Emerging breakthrough in construction training3D visualizations to enhance safety training for Hispanic construction workers

By ASHER PRICEThe McClatchy Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — A team of University of Texas physi-cists has patented a technol-ogy that could solve a major drawback of nuclear power — radioactive waste.

The innovation, which will not be tested for at least a couple more years, could lead to the effi cient incin-eration of such waste and a safer way to generate nucle-ar-powered electricity.

The problem of radioac-tive waste, along with safety anxieties among the public, has long vexed the nuclear industry. The United States has wavered on whether to set up a long-term reposito-ry for long-lasting waste in remote spots such as Yucca Mountain, Nev.

The UT scientists re-ceived a patent in August for technology that allows

the pairing of nuclear fusion and fi ssion to incinerate nu-clear waste. Fusion produc-es energy by fusing atomic nuclei, and fi ssion produces energy by splitting atomic nuclei.

“One washes the hands of the other,” professor Swadesh Mahajan said.

Neutrons, which Maha-jan calls “beasties” because of their destructive inclina-tions, from the fusion pro-cess could be used to destroy radioactive waste from the fi ssion process associated with the generation of elec-tricity.

“It can remove fi ssion’s sins,” he said.

The scientists’ innova-tion addresses a prosaic but crucial barrier to making the nuclear fusion process physically more compact and, thus, capable of being paired with the fi ssion re-actors. That barrier is enor-

mous heat.Called a Super X Diver-

tor, the innovation is the sort of heat exhaust system only a nuclear physicist could dream up: It reconfi gures electromagnetic fi elds with-in a fusion reactor, allowing the reactor to handle much hotter temperatures in more compact spaces.

That innovation can al-low fusion reactors to be built much smaller and al-low them to be coupled with a traditional fi ssion reactor for on-site incineration of radioactive waste.

“We call it the tail wag-ging the dog,” UT senior re-search scientist Prashant Va-lanju said of the innovation.

The UT research is fund-ed by the U.S. Department of Energy. A laboratory in the United Kingdom will add the Super X Divertor technology to a small fusion machine it is modifying. Experiments

could begin by 2015.The byproducts of the

incineration of radioactive waste should be far less ra-dioactive, with a half-life of only several decades, com-pared with the half life of at least 10,000 years of reactor waste that has not been in-cinerated, said UT senior research scientist Mike Kotschenreuther.

Mahajan said less toxic waste would be a boon in the U.S. and elsewhere.

“We couldn’t get one ... Yucca Mountain,” Maha-jan said. “What about India, with a population so large that it has little uninhab-itated space? And even if we could get a Yucca, you (would) have a potential plutonium mine that would last thousands of years. “The innovation has broad-er consequences beyond the destruction of waste, Kotschenreuther said. In the

long-term, reactors, made safer, smaller and cheaper to build by dint of the diver-tor, could help displace fossil fuel plants that contribute to global warming.

Since the scientists be-gan their work, an earth-quake and tsunami struck Japan, leading to a cascade of failures at the Fukushima nuclear facility and a general chill on the nuclear industry.

The Fukushima di-saster “makes disposal of waste more relevant, but it makes the public more ret-icent about nuclear power,” Kotschenreuther said.

He and the other sci-entists said nuclear power is overall many times safer than coal plants, which have generated pollution that has been linked to thousands of deaths annually.

Scientists patent technology for heat building with nuclear fusion

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This year on Nov. 9, the world will celebrate the official 23rd anniver-sary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany. Although not the official end of the Cold War, this event is seen as one of the defining ele-ments that marked the de-cline of the tense conflict.

This year also marks the 21st anniversary of the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the official end of the Cold War — not to mention the release of 44 years of tension that had been bot-tled up during the period.

This means that, as of Christmas of this year, children of America who were officially born out of the shadow of the Cold War will be old enough to drink and gamble — and while automotive rental compa-nies may not feel the same way, the United States gov-ernment will more or less consider these people full blown adults.

So I have a question. With the first generation of children to not live in the Cold War’s shadow of fear and darkness now reach-ing adulthood, why the hell is Hollywood remak-ing “Red Dawn”?

Oh sure, this time it’s North Koreans instead of Russians, but the tone of every film or video game that has involved an inva-sion of America over the last 10 years has always fol-lowed the same concept.

America gets caught with its pants down by one of our many communist enemies around the globe, but then the Army, the Navy, the Air Force — or in this case High Schoolers — grab their guns and rocket launchers and fights off the invading force.

It doesn’t make sense, that isn’t the sort of world we live in anymore. Sure, China is an economic powerhouse and Russia is no spring chicken, but in terms of military spending China spends 1/7th of what we do and the Russian mil-itary budget is almost an order of magnitude smaller than ours. On top of that the next 12 countries in order of military spending are all allied with America. Or at least aren’t politically

against us. It seems that — for

now at least — the era of symmetric warfare is dead. So why are we still seeing films about “alternative fu-ture” conflicts? I suppose one might argue that this stuff is entertainment or escapism from the all the failed asymmetric wars we’ve fought over the last 30 years, but if that’s the case, why not use aliens or bugs from the core of the earth or the British as America’s enemy? At this point in time those are all just as likely to invade America as North Korea.

Speaking of North Ko-rea invading us, that’s one of the dumbest premises I’ve ever heard. The same premise happened with the video game “Homefront.” Everyone knows when North Korea is mentioned as seriously challenging American military might it’s just a stand in for China, but that’s not any better.

China is not our ene-my. They are a rival. They may be a scummy rival that cheats and whines and sure as heck doesn’t play fair, but they have just as much riding on Amer-ica staying a stable (and spending) nation state as we do. Like it or not our economies are viciously intertwined, and without one, the other will fall at this point.

Making paranoid, bor-derline propaganda, war porn schlock like this does not help anyone anywhere except production studios in Hollywood and war-mongers in Washington. The world isn’t made a better place by insinuat-ing that other people want us dead. In fact, instilling a sense of fear like this is more the realm of terror-ism than filmography.

So don’t see this mov-ie. Don’t accept a free ticket to a showing, don’t let your parents take you to it, don’t watch it when it shows up at Redbox or pops up in your Netflix in-stant queue or when TBS decides to play it, don’t see it at the cheap theatre or the drive in, don’t even pi-rate it (not that you should pirate movies anyway).

Because, if you watch this movie, you open your mind to the possibility of fear. You open your mind to the mindset that put the world on edge for more than 40 years and almost destroyed it. If you watch the remake of “Red Dawn,” the terrorists win.

Hamilton Reed is a senior computer science major. His columns appear Mondays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to [email protected].

The Onion recently released a highly offensive image that depicts Jesus, the Jewish prophet Moses, the Hindu deity Ganesha and Buddha engaged in an orgy with each other.

A few days after the image’s de-but, the Onion reported that no-body was murdered or threatened with violence because of this image, though some members of the Jew-ish, Christian, Hindu and Buddhist faiths were highly offended.

This is how the majority of peo-ple react to images like the Onion’s, with disgust — not violence.

There is, however, in every so-ciety and on every issue, the fringe, the crazies who make up a very small percentage of the overall pop-ulation, but often receive all of the

media attention. It is this minority that created the inflammatory vid-eo, and the minority that reacted violently to it.

The violence in the Middle East at the hands of a few extremists is not representative of the people of

that region or of the Islamic faith.There are always going to be

racists, bigots and hate mongers in this world, but this is only the ob-noxious minority. In the digital age, the problem is that any idiot with an internet connection can now broad-cast their intolerance around the globe in seconds.

It is the responsibility of us, the tolerant majority, to ensure that this hateful rhetoric is responded to appropriately with unanimous disapproval.

We must ensure that hate speech is prevented from its ulti-mate goal: Promoting intolerance and further dividing and setting at odds the cultures of the West and the Middle East.

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Monday, September 17, 2012 |

OUR VIEW

Let’s prevent hate speech

“�ere are always going to be racists,

bigots and hate mongers in this world,

but this is only the obnoxious minority.”

The Collegian Editorial Board is responsible for writing the staff editorial, “Our View,” and for the views expressed therein. Letters and feedback in response to the staff editorial can be sent to [email protected].

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By ALLISON SYLTE

By HAMILTON REED

An open letter to CSU student organizations

Don’t go see ‘Red Dawn’

This is an unscientific poll conducted at Collegian.com and reflects the opinions of the Internet users who have chosen to participate.

YOUR TWO CENTS

*39 people voted in this poll.

YESTERDAY’S QUESTION:

TODAY’S QUESTION:How was the Cobra Starship and Breathe Carolina show?

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

What is your favorite band

49% Whitesnake. 36% Cobra Starship. 13% Black Snake Moan. 2% Snake Jaws.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The Libyan students at CSU condemn the vicious attack on the American Consul-ate in Libya resulting in the loss of U.S. Am-bassador J. Christopher Stevens, three other members of the American diplomatic corps and 10 Libyan guards.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the

families and loved ones of Ambassador Ste-vens and his colleagues as we grieve with the rest of the nation.

Ambassador Stevens has been a true believer in the Feb. 17 Revolution — which commenced in Benghazi in 2011 — and the capacity of the Libyan people. The sacrifice

of Ambassador Stevens and his colleagues will be remembered forever.

This horrifying attack only strengthens our resolve to ensure that the vision which Ambassador Stevens had for Libya, and which is shared by millions of Libyans and Americans alike, comes true. Those who per-

petrated the attack do not share the values and ideals that inspired the Feb. 17 Revolu-tion and continue to shape our identity as a free nation.

Edited by Ramadan Abdunabi. Letters and feedback can be sent to [email protected].

This year, one of the Collegian’s biggest emphases has been doing ev-erything in our power to serve the CSU community as well as we possibly can.

But we can’t do it without a little bit of help.

This weekend, our entertainment editor and chief photographer were prevented from covering the RamJam concert (which featured Cobra Starship and Breathe Carolina) as media.

Because of that, we have a slideshow on our website of pictures taken from outside of the fenced-in area that housed the show, and no good photos whatsoev-er of the bands, which led one web user to comment “no Cobra Starship :( .”

We won’t have finalized numbers about ticket sales until later this week, and were unable to even get prelim-inary ticket numbers by the time the Weekender went to print.

It’s worth noting that at this point, we don’t have the full story about why we aren’t getting this information, or even why we weren’t granted the access we were promised to the concert. And this certainly isn’t the first time the Collegian hasn’t been able to cover an event as much as we would like, nor is it the last.

So that’s why I think this presents a good opportunity to lay down some of our goals when it comes to covering student organizations, and their events, and some of the tips I have for working with us.

In the future, I hope that access or communication doesn’t prevent us from serving our community to the best of our abilities.

1. We aren’t your PR teamThe Collegian doesn’t exist just so we

can publicize your event. We don’t just want to talk to your marketing team: we want to talk to the real students who are involved, and really know what went into making your student organization what is.

And that also means that not ev-erything we write will be positive. If you make a mistake, especially when it comes to student money, we’re going to call you out on it. That’s what a newspa-per does.

But by the same token...

2. We aren’t on a perpetual witch huntYes, we’ll call you out when you make

a mistake, but we’ll also give you credit where it’s deserved. I don’t want our paper to be filled entirely with negative information about every single organi-zation on campus, because quite frankly, plenty of organizations (including ASAP) do awesome things, and I think students should know about them.

Find us and tell us the amazing things that you’re doing. In today’s day and age, there are so many channels of communication that there’s no excuse not to find us.

3. We promise to be as fair and factual as we can

When a reporter covers anything, I expect everything that they try to be as fair and balanced (but not in the Fox

News way) as possible. This means they will seek out as many alternate view-points as possible, and they will strive to be as nuanced as possible.

This means that, sometimes, we need kind of touchy information, be it about membership numbers, ticket sales or the officer selection process. It doesn’t mean that we’re trying to call you out: it means that we’re trying to tell the whole story.

4. Let’s not procrastinate... I can’t tell you how many times I’ve

gotten calls to the newsroom phone from people asking us to cover some-thing happening the next day. Often, these events sound pretty cool, but resource-wise, it’s tough for us to get someone on it on time.

And by the same token, to the best of my ability, I promise that our report-ers will not call you at 9 p.m. the day be-fore their stories are supposed to run for an interview.

5. We know we’re not perfect. That’s why we need your feedback.

The Collegian’s most definitely not exempt from making mistakes. Some-times we will have errors or misrepre-sentations, no matter how hard we try to avoid it. Sometimes, you might even think that we’re being a little unfair.

And if you have any concerns, I’m one phone call, Tweet, Facebook mes-sage or email away. We’re always striv-ing to improve and tell our campus’ sto-ry better. Tell me, or any of my staff, how we can do it.

Editor in Chief Allison Sylte is a se-nior journalism major. Her column ap-pears Mondays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to [email protected].

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“Fake Tacos and Real Talk” led by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s LaFe (Latino Fel-lowship)

When: Sept. 18, 6 p.m. Where: Lory Student Cen-

ter Grey Rock Room

Film night “Cointelpro 101” When: Sept. 19 Where: LSC Grey Rock

Room

Preconceptions and Miscon-ceptions about Latino Culture

When: Sept. 19, 4 p.m. Where: El Centro in the

Lory Student Center

Real Talk: Intersecting identi-ties of Afro Latino

When: Sept. 20, 4 p.m. Where: Black/African

American Cultural Center in the Lory Student Center

Latinos and Empowerment When: Sept. 21, 5 p.m. Where: Lory Student Cen-

ter, Room 213

The DREAM Act: A Path to Cit-izenship

When: Sept. 22, 12 p.m. Where: El Centro in the

Lory Student Center

Agriculture, Climate Change & Food Security: Studies from the US & Latin America


ter, Room 220

¡Vamos La Universidad! – For Spanish Speaking Parents

When: Sept. 24 – 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Where: Rockwell Hall Contact: Jimena 970-416-

2012

How Ovarian Cancer Affects Women

When: Sept. 26, noon to 1 p.m. Where: Lory Student Cen-

ter, Room 230

Exploring Heritage Study Abroad When: Sept .27, 4:30 p.m. Where: Laurel Hall, Inter-

national Resource Center, Room 8

Environmental Justice in Chile Presented by Ernesto Sagas


ter, Room 214

T.E.A Time: Immigration - Past and Present

When: Oct. 4, 4 p.m. Where: Asian/Pacifi c

American Cultural Center in the Lory Student Center

GUIDE Film Series: Fight of the Fields

When: Oct. 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Where: Corbett Hall

The Queen of Water: An Ande-an girl’s inspiring journey to reclaim her identity

When: Oct. 6, noon-1:30 p.m. Where: Front Range Com-

munity College, Longs Peak Student Center, West Con-ference Room

Value & Challenges of Bilingual Education at Irish & Harris El-ementary PSD Schools

When: Oct. 6, 4:30 p.m. Where: Behavioral Science

Building Rm. 105

Sounds of Caribbean When: Oct. 8, 6 p.m.

Where: Council Tree Li-brary, 2733 Council Tree Ave., Fort Collins

Discussion with Monica Pala-cios, a Chicana Lesbian Come-dian, speaking about her Com-ing Out process.

When: Oct. 12 - Perfor-mance at 7 p.m.

Where: Lory Student Cen-ter North Ballroom

Graffi ti 101 with Metzli When: Oct. 18, 4 p.m. Where: Lory Student Cen-

ter, Room 208

Hispanic vs. Latino: How do you identify?

When: Oct. 19, 6 p.m. Where: El Centro

Noche Latina: Cultura, Musica y Sabor

When: Oct. 23, 5-10 p.m. Where: Lory Student Cen-

ter Ballroom

By EMILY SMITHThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Q & A with CSU Vice Presi-dent of Diversity Mary On-tiveros

Q: Why is diversity increas-ing?

“The availability of di-verse students has gone up. Demographics are chang-ing across the country, and certainly in Colorado,” On-tiveros said.

Q: How does the university recruit diverse students?

“The focus is on stu-dents who are already suc-cessful in school to try to enhance their leadership skills … and give back to the community,” Ontiveros said.

Programs include: Black Issue Forum

Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session

Black African Ameri-can Culture Center

El Centro Native American Cul-

tural Center Asian/Pacifi c Ameri-

can Cultural Center

Q: How does CSU’s diversi-ty compare to its peer in-stitutions?

Because of Fort Collins’ physical location and cur-rent diversity, students ap-plying to CSU need to make a decision to come to a community that may not be as diverse as their own, ac-cording to Ontiveros. Some of CSU’s peer institutions are in communities which are already very diverse in nature, she said.

Q: Does the university sup-

port diversity?There is a strong push

to make the vice president for diversity role a full-time position at CSU to further support diversity, accord-ing to Ontiveros.

“People on campus have been particularly sup-portive in so far as they are members of the diversity infrastructure,” she said.

Departments and col-leges across campus have been helpful in doing their part with diversity projects, she said.

Q: Future of diversity at CSU?

“We want everyone to feel comfortable and cul-turally competent,” Onti-veros said.

Collegian Writer Emi-ly Smith can be reached at [email protected].

Danzantes Folkloricos from Fort Collins celebrate El Grito by performing traditional mexican dances on the Pla-za Friday night. El Grito de Dolores is a holiday on Sept. 16 that honors of the cry for independence by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla which sparked revolution in 1810.

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Hispanic Heritage month began Sat-urday. At CSU, El Centro will celebrate the month with events for CSU students and community members.

CSU has 1,873 undergraduate students who identify themselves as Hispanic in com-parison to the 23,261 total undergraduates, according to the 2011-2012 Institutional Re-port put out by the university.

This is the second-largest ethnic popula-tion on campus next to those who identify as “white, non-Hispanic.”

“It’s a big community and we want more people outside of our culture to join,” said Brandy Salazar, program aide for El Centro.

Events will vary from fi lms, graffi ti, to math, science and technology.

Hispanic Heritage MonthEl Centro leads the month in Hispanic pride

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH EVENTS

Diversity trends at CSU

Native American: .4%

Black: 1.9%

Asian: 1.8%

Hawaiian/Pacifi c Islander: 0.2%

Hispanic/Latino: 7.7%

Multi-Racial: 2.7%

White: 75.3%

No response: 5.9%

International: 4.2%

Fall 2011

Native American: 0.59%

Black: 1.24%

Asian American: 1.74%

Hispanic: 2.92%

White: 85.15%

Other: 4.75%

International: 3.62%

Fall 1986

Fall 2000

Native American: 1.2%

Black: 1.7%

Asian American: 2.7%

Hispanic: 5.4%

White: 82.1%

International: 3.6%

Other: 3.2%

Ethnicity enrollment statistics

Continued from Page 1

Jenkins said. “...It’s just there were more people at the oth-er one, so it was louder and crazier.”

Ticket sales for last year’s concert numbered at 5,300. ASAP declined to comment on Saturday night’s con-cert, which had a budget of $160,000.

For 18-year-old Jus-tin Davis, Colorado locals Breathe Carolina overshad-owed the night’s headlin-er, Cobra Starship, with a high-energy stage presence

despite a “fl at sound,” Da-vis said. Davis also said that the show was worth the $22 price of admission for non-students.

Discussing Breathe Caro-lina’s stage presence, singer/guitarist Schmitt said that, “I think people don’t really vibe unless they see that you’re vibin’ it on stage. When you’re getting weird on stage people say, ‘well f**k it, I’m gonna get weird, too.’”

According to Wolf, the liveliness of the crowd did not translate into any issues for security. He said there

were no major concerns throughout the night and, compared to previ-ous concerts such as the fall 2010 Ludacris show, the 2012 RamJam was rel-atively restrained.

“When there’s a big crowd of people you have to be prepared for is-sues,” Wolf said. “People bringing in contraband, coming in intoxicated ... stuff like that.”

Entertainment Ed-itor Nic Turiciano can be reached at [email protected].

STARSHIP | No security issues at concert


By KEVIN RUBYThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

The university’s commu-nication studies department is celebrating its 50th anni-versary this year, marking decades of changes to its programs.

The exact future of the department, however, is un-certain.

“We are currently in the process of determining where we are going over the next six years,” said Sue Pendell, the current chair of communication studies. “We hope to move to the Behavioral Sciences build-ing addition, which they are building as we speak.”

The department’s cours-es are currently held in Wil-lard O. Eddy Hall. Commu-nication Studies suffers from a shortage of space, Pendell said.

“It would be nice to get our offi ces out of Eddy,” se-nior communication stud-ies major Kelsey McRae said. “It’s a pretty big de-partment and consider-ing some of the things that we learn, we learn about speech communication but we also learn about non-verbal communication and things like how rooms are set up and what that communicates to someone coming in. And just having our offi ces in Eddy commu-nicates horrible things.”

As communication stud-ies heads into the future, one student suggests a change that could possibly benefi t prospective students.

“In order to graduate with this major you have to have nine upper division classes, as long as they are SPCM,” said Josef Canar-ia, a senior double major in communication stud-ies and political science. “I think it would be benefi-cial to myself and my peers in this major if there was more structure to that… maybe like a concentra-tion, like communication studies with a concentra-tion in media studies. . . would be very beneficial instead of just take whatev-er nine classes or whatever 27 credits, upper-division wise, you want.”

As students like McRae and Canaria head towards graduation, the process of fi nding a career in this job market seems intimidating.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor says that the national unem-ployment rate is currently at 8.1 percent.

This might generate a problem to this year’s gradu-ating students when search-ing for a well paying career with a major in communica-tion studies.

“A communication stud-ies major is a liberal arts ed-ucation, not a professional training program,” Pendell

said. “It teaches you to in-vestigate, reason, analyze, evaluate, inform, persuade; it helps you learn who you are –– your strengths and weaknesses, and to utilize those strengths and deal with those weaknesses. If what you want is to make lots of money right after graduation, become a bio-chemist.”

There are currently 34 faculty and staff members serving around 700 under-graduate students and 24 graduate students in the de-partment.

The department offi -cially began in 1962 as the department of speech arts. Since then the department has gone through several name changes.

It later became the de-partment of speech and the-atre arts and then changed to the department of speech communication. Finally, in 2008 it became the depart-ment presently known as communication studies.

The name is not the only thing that has changed in the last 50 years. With the recent rise of new technol-ogies, the department has had to adapt quickly.

“During the late 70’s and the 80’s and into the 90’s, broadcasting was a major function of the department that is not there so much now,” said Ann Gill, dean of the College of Liberal Arts.

“Most of those currently, to the extent they still exist, are in journalism.”

The department has since then been training their students to recognize these new ways of commu-nication.

This ushered in an en-tirely new degree program with speech and broadcast-ing concentrations.

The Department of Communication Studies has also added onto its reputa-tion over the years.

Gill, who was also the department’s former chair, said it is “known as one of the best ‘Masters Only’, meaning non Ph.D. pro-grams, in the nation. Our students in the masters pro-gram that want to go on to Ph.D. programs can get into any Ph.D. program in the country, because it is so well regarded.”

Collegian writer Kev-in Ruby can be reached at [email protected].

6 Monday, September 17, 2012 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian

BY MARCUS MORITZThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Notable fi lms that came

out in the 1960s include “Psy-cho,” “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “Mary Poppins.” But what fi lm best embodies the 60s — or any decade, for that matter?

Beginning tonight — with the screening of “To Kill a Mockingbird” — ASAP will show a classic fi lm (one for each decade since the LSC’s construction) every Monday and Wednesday night for the next three weeks as part of the ongo-ing efforts to celebrate the LSC’s 50 year anniversary.

The chosen fi lms in-clude “To Kill a Mocking-bird” (60s), “Grease” (70s), “Back to the Future” (80s), “Toy Story” (90s) and “Men in Black III” (2000s).

The series, which is free to all students, faculty and Fort Collins community mem-bers, focuses less on challeng-ing the viewer than it does on appealing to a wide audience, according to Amana Ammis-haddai, one of the ASAP fi lm coordinators.

“The idea behind this fi lm series is to celebrate the LSC’s 50th Anniversary, so we thought that more popular fi lms from each decade would be appropri-ate,” Ammishaddai said.

“As a fi lm co-coordi-nator, my favorite part is seeing how many people we have reached through marketing, as well as pro-viding an event that several individuals can enjoy,” said Amy Luhrs, another ASAP fi lm coordinator.

As for attendance at the screenings, Ammishaddai said that it’s hard to know how many people will turn out.

“It’s hard to predict a spe-cifi c number of people that will come, especially since

the tickets are free,” Ammis-haddai said. “But we’re hop-ing to get a pretty good num-ber of students, faculty and the Fort Collins community since this goes hand-in-hand with celebrating the LSC’s 50th Anniversary.”

Other LSC 50-year cel-ebrations include balloon, caricature and magician artists on the plaza, a speech from Blane Harding and a time capsule display. The celebration culminates in an anniversary party in the LSC Main Ballroom on Oct. 5.

For David Vest, a his-tory and appreciation of fi lm professor at CSU, the choices for the Film Series don’t embody the spirits of the decades they represent.

“With exception of Mockingbird, none of these fi lms will provoke thought-ful discussion or challenge the viewer...and even ‘Mock-ingbird’ is pretty tame after all these years,” Vest said.

“Films capturing the zeit-geist of the decades that pro-vide grist for fun discussion over dinner afterward might include: ‘Easy Rider’ (60s), ‘Annie Hall’ (70s), ‘Do The Right Thing’ (80s) and ‘Pulp Fiction’ (90s),” Vest said.

“If the audience feels good about the event, I’ll feel good about it,” Ammi-shaddai said.

Collegian Writer Mar-cus Moritz can be reached at [email protected].

The Films: “To Kill a Mockingbird” — Tonight “Grease” — Sept. 19 “Back to the Future” — Sept. 24 “Toy Story” — Sept. 26 “Men in Black III” — Oct. 3

Time: All fi lm showings begin at 7 p.m.

Cost: All fi lms are free to attend

THE FILM SERIES

ASAP celebrates LSC, classic fi lmClassic Film Series begins tonight

By DEVIN O’BRIEN and CASSANDRA WHELIHANThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Every day, the CSU Police Department receives calls reporting incidents from the campus community. The na-ture, location, time and date of each call is recorded.

In a non-scientifi c study, the Collegian analyzed 1,281 calls made to CSUPD dis-patch from Aug. 30 to Sept. 15 to look for commonali-ties. Traffi c stops and sus-picious prowlers, for exam-ple, were found to be the incidents most reported the campus police.

Although many crimes re-ported from CSU campus are included in the report, not all of the reports indicate crime.

According to Dell Rae Moellenberg, the public information officer for CSUPD, dispatchers classi-fy calls based on what the person calling 911 says, not based on the actual in-cident.

“The type of call in those (logs) can change once an officer arrives,” Moellen-berg said in an email to the Collegian. “So, for example, if they receive a call about a theft, and then the offi-cer arrives and the person realizes that they just mis-placed the item, it would not be a theft.

“An offi cer may be called to something that appears to be an assault in progress, and it not at all an assault,” Moellenberg said. “All of the

calls on those blotters are subject to change … ”

The map on page one il-lustrates the locations with the most 911 calls during the two-week period.

The most common reason for calling was traffi c stops (63 calls).

The second most com-mon reason for calling was suspicious prowlers (43 calls).

The third most com-mon reason for calling was bike enforcement (31 calls).

The fourth most com-mon reason for calling was theft (21 calls).

The fi fth most com-mon reason for calling was DUI arrests (7 calls).

The sixth most com-mon reason for calling was

assault (0 calls). The highest amount of

calls were made on Friday, Sept. 14 (98 calls).

The second highest amount of calls were made on Tuesday, Sept. 11 (95 calls).

The third highest amount of calls were made on Sunday, Sept. 9 (91 calls).

The fourth highest amount of calls were made on Thursday, Sept. 13 (90 calls).

The fi fth highest amount of calls were made on Friday, Aug. 31, Wednes-day, Sept. 1 and Saturday, Sept. 15 (82 calls)

The sixth highest amount of calls were made on Saturday, Sept. 8 (80 calls).

CRIME | Tra� c stops most common CSUPD calls

34 The number of faculty and staff members that are in the communi-cation studies department.700 The approximate number of undergraduate students in the communication studies depart-ment.24 The number of graduate stu-dents in the communication studies department.

BY THE NUMBERS

Communication studies future uncertainDepartment rings in 50 year anniversary with refl ection, problems

“We are currently in the process of determining where we are going over the next six years.”

Sue Pendell | current chair of communication studies

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) ––9 –– Change is becoming child’s play. Your work is easier, thanks to new technology and outside-the-box thinking. You are immensely popular now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ––9 –– Find extra inspiration by go-ing outdoors or for a short hike. Let your ideas simmer over-night. You’re lucky in love now. You’re luckier than usual in general.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ––7 –– Work with a female pros-pers. You have more than expected now. Earn more money. Accept encouragement, especially when you most need it. It’s there.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ––9 –– You’ll be more effective from now on. Grab the passion of the moment by the horns, and ride it like a bull. There may be more than you thought. Believe you can prosper. Abundance is available.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ––9 –– Housework is partic-ularly satisfying now, but so is offi ce work. Find a balance, even if it requires venturing into new territory. A female makes it all work. It can be fun, depending on your attitude.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ––9 –– Do the jobs that pay best fi rst. Send your invoice right away, and get paid sooner rather than later. Group objectives are becoming more at-tainable for the rest of the year.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ––7 –– You’re very cute now, so take advantage. For seven months, tie up loose ends in career training. Balance it by relaxing. Learn something new.


CSU volleybal players Dri Culbert,left, and Megan Plourde attempt to make a block against No. 2 UCLA Friday night in Moby Arena. The Rams

NICK LYON | COLLEGIAN

OUTBLOCKED

Upset bid falls short, UCLA wins

I believe in ‘Moby Magic’

Rams get out-dueled in �rst road loss

Men’s golf holding open tryouts

MEN’S GOLFFOOTBALL

“We missed some open creatures running around out there. We’ve gotta hit those, you can’t leave that much o�ense on the �eld.”

Jim McElwain | head coach

“We entertained a giant crowd with really fun volleyball to watch. We grow from this type of match, we really do.”

Tom Hilbert | head coach

“�e noise and energy from the cheers of the crowd were so loud that I could hardly focus.”

VOLLEYBALL

By CRIS TILLERThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

New CSU golf coach Christian Newton is put-ting out the call to the stu-dent body to add members to the men’s golf team.

The open tryout is available to anybody inter-ested in playing collegiate golf, so long as they are an enrolled student at CSU.

Any interested student should email assistant coach Bret Guetz before the Sept. 23 deadline at [email protected].

Guetz said the tryouts

will take place at a Fort Collins area golf course, and will be a 36 hole event. There will also be a $75 en-try fee.

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

What: CSU men’s golf When: Sept. 23 Where: Fort Collins area golf

course Who: Email assistant coach

Bret Guetz at bret.guetz@

OPEN TRYOUTT

SJSU David Fales: 27-34, 370

yards, 3 TD, 0 Int. Chandler Jones: 6 receptions,

133 yards, 2 TD

CSU Garrett Grayson: 24-42, 297

yards, 2 TD, 1 Int. Charles Lovett: 5 receptions,

99 yards, 1 TD

TOP PERFORMERSBy ANDREW SCHALLER The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Despite a 40-20 loss against San Jose State on Saturday night, the Rams and their maligned offense actually performed relative-ly well for most of the game.

Offensive struggles have plagued the Rams during the first two games of the year, with CSU putting together only three touchdown drives against CU-Boulder and North Dakota State.’

But after falling behind 14-0 at the end of the first quarter to San Jose State on Saturday night, the Rams’ offense suddenly came alive.

CSU put together two consecutive touchdown drives in the second quar-ter, capped by a 15-yard touchdown run by quarter-back Garrett Grayson and a 28-yard touchdown pass from Grayson to Kivon Cart-wright.

The Rams got some big plays on offense during the

game, but still struggled to convert on third down, cap-italizing on only 4 of 12 third down opportunities.

“When they went up ear-ly on us, you know, we hung in there, we kept playing,” CSU coach Jim McElwain said. “I think that was a pos-itive, and you know third downs and explosive plays — that’s probably the story of the game.”

CSU went into the half trailing San Jose State 17-13, but the Spartans’ offense in the second half proved to be too much for the Rams.

After the Rams had a three-and-out to begin the third quarter, San Jose State and quarterback David Fales took the ball 98 yards on a back-breaking 6:19 touch-down drive that was the be-ginning of the end for CSU.

The Rams’ defense, which has usually made op-posing quarterbacks feel un-comfortable in the pocket, mustered only two sacks of Fales on the day, and record-

ed no quarterback hurries.With time in the pocket

to find open receivers, Fales had a career day, throwing for 370 yards while getting three different receivers over the 100-yard mark in the game.

“I’m really impressed with this quarterback,” McElwain said. “This guy puts it where it needs to go, you can tell he’s in rhythm and knows exactly what they’re asking him to do.”

Fales and San Jose State’s high-flying offense made life difficult for the Rams’ de-fense, keeping them on their heels all day and giving the Rams a challenge they hope will prepare them for the rest of the year.

The Rams have shown flashes of solid play on of-fense and defense through-out the season, but have yet to play one complete game on both sides of the ball, something they will need to do if they plan on improv-ing upon their 3-9 record from last season.

“I think we got a little bet-ter today, I really do,” McEl-wain said. “We missed some open creatures running around out there. We’ve gotta hit those you can’t leave that much offense on the field. You just can’t leave it out there and expect to win.”

CSU will return to Hughes Stadium next week to face Utah State Saturday at 5 p.m. MT.

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

The atmosphere inside Moby Saturday night was unlike anything I have ever seen before.

Five thousand, six hun-dred and forty one people packed the house to sup-port their volleyball team as it tried to score the biggest upset in its history.

The CSU volleyball team lost its match this weekend against UCLA, but most who were there do not feel as though it was a com-plete loss.

It was a battle that went back and forth be-tween the Rams and Bru-ins that had everybody in Moby Arena convinced that it might just happen.

Going into the final set, we all began to prepare for the storming of the court from the ecstatic crowd ready to riot.

The noise and energy from the cheers of the crowd were so loud that I could hardly focus on covering the game instead of just staring in complete awe.

One of the most difficult things I’ve experienced as a reporter was sitting in Moby on Saturday night, trying not to be a part of the CSU community all shouting the “I’m proud to be a CSU Ram” chant at the top of their lungs.

Goosebumps shot up and down my arms as I took it all in.

There were thousands of people in the (mostly) white out stands all there to show love for the CSU volleyball team, and the Rams did ev-erything they could to return that same favor to their fans.

Forcing the defending national champions to play a full five sets is an impres-

sive feat in itself.Going into this match,

the vibe I seemed to pick up around campus was that we had no chance of coming even close to competing — after all, it’s UCLA. Or the fact that we are no longer ranked, and this is one of, if not the, best teams in the entire country.

Luckily, none of this mattered to CSU coach Tom Hilbert or any of his players, because they proved quite a few of us wrong with their perfor-mance this weekend.

You could tell the team fed off of the ener-gy that was provided by the fourth largest mob ever recorded for a Moby crowd. The two were de-pendent on each oth-er, the team needed the fans just as much as they needed the team.

The biggest home up-set in CSU volleyball his-tory that came last year against Nebraska never would have been possible if it weren’t for what they call “Moby Magic.” How else can we expect to beat a team of that caliber if nobody shows up?

The Moby Magic does not have to be limited to just these premium games, though. We are not even halfway through this volleyball season and still have most of our import-ant conference games still coming up.

The UCLA turnout was fantastic, yet I’m still convinced that it can get even better.

The community re-sponded when Hilbert called for the support this last Saturday, and I’m curious to see what hap-pens when the Rams re-ally need us as the latter part of the season arrives.

The volleyball season runs all the way into the beginning of the basket-ball season, leaving near-ly an entire school year for Moby potential.

Quentin Sickafoose is a junior journalism and technical communications major. His column appears Mondays in the sports sec-tion of the Collegian.

By QUENTIN SICKAFOOSE

By KYLE GRABOWSKIThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

CSU fans prepared to storm the court, sensing another colossal upset. No. 2 UCLA had other plans in the de-cisive fifth set.

The Bruins handed CSU its first home loss of the season 3-2 Saturday night in Moby.

“I’m not disappointed with the way we played, but we could have won,” CSU coach Tom Hilbert said.

The Rams led 9-8 in the fifth set, but got caught in a bad rotation and UCLA went on a 7-1 run to close the match out.

“We were thinking execute ev-ery single play and take it one point at a time. We did that and were tied 10-10 and couldn’t get one side out,” senior outside hitter Dana Cranston said.

CSU gave the defending champi-ons everything they could handle, but UCLA extended its winning streak to seven matches and has only played one match at home in the John Wood-en Center.

“There’s no pressure for anyone that plays against us. They can walk in

the gym free and easy with no expec-tations on the result,” UCLA coach Michael Sealy said. “All year we’ve talked about trying to play fearless, and that’s a tough thing to do in such an adverse environment.”

UCLA out-blocked CSU 18-7 and held middle blockers Megan Plourde and Breion Paige completely in check.

Senior Tabi Love did most of the damage defending Plourde. She fin-ished with four solo blocks to go along with a match-high 24 kills.

“That gal is such a good blocker that we couldn’t get kills. It psycho-logically messes with you a little bit,” Hilbert said.

Hilbert thought he could exploit Paige’s matchup in the middle, but she tried to finish balls straight down and couldn’t kill them.

“That’s not how you get kills when going up against a blocker that you think you’re physically better than, you have to hit high corners,” he said. “We probably should have practiced that more this week.”

Sophomore outside hitter Kelsey Snider lead CSU with a career high 15 kills, including six in a dominant second set for the Rams. CSU hit .349

compared to .300 for UCLA and won 25-22 to take a measure of momen-tum back in the set.

“That’s as high a level of a set as we have played probably since I’ve coached here,” Hilbert said. “Let’s at-tach ourselves to that and say ‘that’s who we are.’ It’s unrealistic to think you can be that great every match, but by God if you do it once you can figure it out.”

The Rams start conference play Thursday, Sept. 20 on the road against New Mexico.

“This is as prepared as I’ve felt in all my years here. We played really good teams here and the full spec-trum of teams,” Cranston said.

5,641 fans, the fourth largest crowd in CSU history, gave Hilbert the pre-mier event he was hoping the match would be when he scheduled it.

“We entertained a giant crowd with really fun volleyball to watch,” Hilbert said. “We grow from this type of match, we really do.”

“It just stings, because we could have won.”

Assistant sports editor Kyle Grabowski can be reached at [email protected].

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