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The CSU cam-pus is almost constantly under construction. Some building, somewhere, has construc-tion workers diligently build-ing away, even if we do not really understand why. With that in mind, here are some things that we would not mind seeing built on campus.

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Inter-Campus Subway SystemWinter is just around the corner. And it can get really cold — cold enough to close everything except campus that is. To make it easier on students who have to walk from Yates to Engineering, the university should put in an under-ground subway system to ferry them around. It’s quick, convenient, and best of all, a total waste of money.

Buildings that Actually Need

RenovatingRemember when a pipe burst in the Education Build-ing? Ever wonder why Allison and Newsom Halls don’t have fi re sprinklers? There are buildings that do actually need renovation, and badly. Can we start with build-ings that need renovating more than others?

‘Just one win’Rather than resting on Showdown laurels, Rams look to next game

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Construction projects we’d

like to see

Construction employees work to fi nish the renovation and fourth-fl oor addition of Braiden Hall, a dormitory that currently stands at 50% occupied. The completed building will feature a new lobby, landscape and entrance as well as lofted ceilings and air conditioning.

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By KATE WINKLEThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Using last year’s Parmelee reno-vation process as a blueprint, Hous-ing and Dining Services is working to update Braiden Hall one semester at a time.

Students currently living on the south side of the building will move to the north side when it is completed before winter break, according to Ton-ie Miyamoto, director of Communica-tions and Sustainability.

The Parmelee and Braiden proj-ects cost approximately $13 million each, and are fi nanced by room and board revenues.

“Our goal is that every penny that comes in helps all the pennies that go out, so we have a balanced budget each year,” Miyamoto said.

Braiden Hall was selected for renovations this year because, like Parmelee, it is a “keeper,” Miyamoto said. The dorms’ locations and suite-style rooms make them popular with students, and their structures are stable enough to support renovations. Rooms in the newly updated Parmel-ee were in high demand this year, ac-cording to Miyamoto.

“We had some students move into Parmelee who thought it was a new residence hall,” Miyamoto said. “Par-ents are blown away--they can’t be-lieve it’s the same building.”

Braiden’s lobby was completed by this year’s August move-in, and achieved part of the goal to provide more student lounge space and im-prove the interior and exterior.

“It was a lot different last year. In some ways I think it’s better overall, al-

though the construction is kind of an-noying,” said Christian Mast, a junior psychology major. “There’s more open room, it seems upgraded, I guess, and a little bit more lively.”

Renovating an existing building is a sustainable avenue, according to Miyamoto, and 90 percent of Braiden’s original structure was retained. New heating and cooling systems, energy-effi cient windows and better insula-tion improve sustainability.

Additionally, construction crews are building a fourth fl oor which will include 120 additional beds, accord-ing to Miyamoto.

When sophomore equine science and animal sciences double major Re-becca Sonn, who lived in Braiden last year, saw the dorm’s updates, she had one question: “Where was this when we lived here?”

“All I know is that it is absolutely beautiful now,” Sonn said. “It sucks that we missed out on the renovations,

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Braiden Hall renovated over other dorms because structure can support renovation

DORM DEJA VU

BY TAYLOR PETTAWAYThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Students with disabili-ties at Lincoln Middle School don’t always have access to the resources they need to get ahead. That’s where CSU’s Eye to Eye program comes in.

Eye to Eye, a national men-toring organization, allows college students with a learn-ing disability to mentor junior high students who have ADD or ADHD through art.

“It is like organized chaos,” said Kim The, co-coordinator of the CSU chapter. “[The pro-gram chose art] because you can’t go wrong with art. These kids are told so often that they are always wrong and now they can fi nally be right.”

Students create projects like dioramas of their ideal learning environments to help with their disability. By taking this approach, students learn more about their disability and what resources are available, The said.

CSU’s Eye to Eye chapter is only in its fi rst year, and hopes to have at least 10 college men-tors signed up for the program. Recruiting members who fi t the requirements and the time commitment is the biggest challenge.

“The hardest part is defi -nitely recruiting members,” Co-Coordinator Kim Cara said. “It is also fi nding people who fi t the criteria. Some people want to do it, but don’t realize that it is for students with dis-abilities, or students who have disabilities don’t want to come forward.”

The mentors don’t need to be artists, as long as they just want to have fun and learn about their disability, Cara said.

"There is a need in K-12

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Student fees explained

Eye to Eye gives new perspectiveCSU students help middle schoolers embrace disabilities

By CARRIE MOBLEYThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Editor’s note: Rocky Moun-tain Student Media Corpora-tion, the Collegian’s parent company, received $520,000 of its budget last year from the As-sociated Students of CSU. This was funded by student fees.

The university’s student government, ASCSU, creates a special board –– the Student Fee Review Board (SFRB) –– that meets once a week over the school year to discuss where fees are at and how they’re being used. Students from across campus are part of the board and the student body vice president chairs it.

Fee-funded areas around campus submit budget pro-posals to SFRB for review. The

proposals may ask for an in-crease, decrease or the same amount of money.

SFRB then reviews the pro-posals, asks for student opin-ions and votes on them.

After the Student Fee Re-view Board hears all fee pro-posals and each one has been voted on individually, the SFRB puts together the “Long Bill” –– a compilation of all fee proposals that SFRB has heard and approved –– to be sent to the ASCSU Senate.

The Senate then votes on the bill twice before it is passed. They have the power to amend the bill to their lik-ing, changing the way a fee increase proposal’s revenue would be spent, or cutting it entirely.

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A Monument to Tony

Frank’s BeardHey, if ASAP can lose $67,000 in student fees on a concert that nobody wants to see, then why can’t we erect a monument to President Frank and his rocking beard, which something we all really, really want to see?

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FORT COLLINS FOCUS

Sophmore zoology

major Molly Jonas reads

Shakespeare’s Richard the III

for class at the Oval Tuesday

afternoon. With the end of sum-

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Community Briefs

Two CSU runners named Mountain West cross country athletes of the week

CSU juniors Alex Muntefering and Kaitlin Hanenburg were named the Mountain West Confer-ence’s Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Athletes of the Week for their strong showings at at the Colorado State Open last week.

Muntefering is the fi rst CSU’s men’s honoree since Sept. 26, 2006.

Muntefering placed third during the Colorado State Open, running a 5K in 15:29.7. It marks his highest fi nish in his CSU career.

Hanenburg won the women’s side of the Open with a 5k time of 18:06.9 –– the fi rst collegiate win of her career.

Registration closesDrop now or hold your

peace. The university add/

drop date for fall semester

ends Sept. 5 at midnight for most courses. Following the deadline, students may no longer drop courses and must instead withdraw, re-ceiving a “W” on their tran-script instead of a grade.

Course withdrawals do not impact student GPA, but are also subject to indi-vidual deadlines specifi ed on RamWeb.

After the add/drop peri-od has ended, students only receive a 25 percent refund of tuition and most fees, rather than a full refund.

If students want to add, rather than drop a course following the Wednesday deadline, they must get permission from the in-structor, fi ll out late regis-tration paperwork and pay a $50 fee.

To add or drop a course, go to www.ramweb.colos-tate.edu.

Restoring Fort Collins’ natural wonders

This summer’s fi res have wreaked havoc on

the landscape throughout Northern Colorado. To help restore it to its natural state of beauty, look no further than Wednesday’s informa-tional session for the Wild-lands Restoration Volun-teers (WRV).

These volunteers have the opportunity to help with post-fire resto-ration, watershed protec-tion and road restoration, according to an entry on the university’s events calendar.

WRV is a non-profi t or-ganization that provides an opportunity for people to, “come together, learn about their natural environment and take direct action to re-store and care for the land,” according to the calendar.

The informational meeting will take place at noon in room 127 of the Forestry building and fea-tures a presentation from John Giordanengo, the Northern Colorado director of the WRV.

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To combat an alarm-ing rise in the number of West Nile infected mos-quitoes that researchers have found in traps this last month, the city of Fort Collins has spent $28,000 to reduce the mosquito population around Fort Collins.

As of Wednesday morning, the city will have completed two rounds of truck-based mosquito fogging in the last week to target adult mosquitoes. According to a press release issued by the city, there won’t be any more spraying the rest of the year.

“We haven’t had many cases of West Nile virus in humans yet, two con-firmed cases of those re-ported,” said Jane Viste, the public information officer for the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment. “This is a preventive mea-sure. We don’t want to wait for humans to be-come infected.”

According to the Cen-ter for Disease Control, symptoms of West Nile virus range from no side effects to fever, head-aches, body aches, nau-sea, vomiting and in some cases can lead to severe neurological symptoms like paralysis, coma, con-vulsions, numbness and death.

Mike Calhoon, the city of Fort Collins West Nile virus program man-ager, said this is the fourth time since 2003 the city has done mosquito fog-ging. He said that overall about half the city will have been fogged and that “we generally have problems that run down

the river corridor.” Jessica Schurich, a bio-

agricultural and pest man-agement graduate student, has been collecting data and monitoring mosquito abun-dance trends in Larimer County throughout the sum-mer.

She said that the most common local vector, or car-rier, of West Nile virus is the mosquito Culex tarsalis. The species has declined in num-bers due to the lack of stand-ing water associated with local drought conditions and rain.

Instead, Culex pipiens, the less common vector, is out in force. This is a con-tainer breeder that prefers shallow water with high or-ganic content. Areas where this species can be found include flower pots, boats, catch basins and storm drains where water is per-manent.

“This species is danger-ous,” Schurich said. “It shifts host seeking over the course of the summer. It primarily feeds on birds, then humans."

Schurich said that high infection rates in this species have been detected in Larim-er County in the past three weeks. Mosquitos biting birds then humans is con-cerning, Schurich said “that’s how the virus is transmitted and it increases the number of potential vectors.”

She noted that mosqui-

toes are not as likely to enter into diapause when tem-peratures remain warm. This means some adult females are still host seeking and possibly laying eggs, thus in-creasing the chances of pass-ing on the virus to humans during the acquisition of a needed blood meal.

Schurich stressed the im-portance of using repellents to avoid being bitten.

“People need to take per-sonal responsibility and be vigilant in the use of repel-lants,” she said.

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

FoCo wages war on mosquitoes

West Nile virus was first detected in the U.S. in 1999 and has since become an endemic disease with seasonal variation in human case counts. It is transmitted via mosquito bites and moves through birds acting as reservoirs for the virus.

Symptoms: Fever, headaches, body aches, nausea, vomiting, paralysis, coma, convulsions, death.

Precautions: Apply liberal amount of insect repellant if spending extended time outdoors. Wear long sleeves and pants.

Preventative measures: The city of Fort Collins has deployed two rounds of truck based fogging machines during the past week to reduce the number of infected mosquitoes capable of transmitting West Nile virus.

VIRUS DETAILS

By SAM NOBLETTThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Many students spent the summer dealing with delays due to road closures and construction along Mason Street north of cam-pus.

That has been com-ing to an end, however, over the past few weeks as traffic has returned to Ma-son. Southbound traffic will resume from Laurel to the Downtown Transit Center by mid-September, according to Fort Collins City Spokeswoman Claire Thomas.

While the city has done much to minimize impact, the construction over the summer, starting in July, has seen Mason Street closed for more than a month in-cluding major east-west thoroughfares such as Mul-berry Street, Laurel Street and Mountain Avenue.

For some students who live near the construction area such as Nick Galvan, a junior electrical engineer-

ing major, it meant an ad-ditional 30 minutes of trav-el at times.

“It’s been frustrating,” he said.

Although the project is a few years from being completed, the end goal of the construction on Ma-son street is to implement a system to streamline north-south transportation in the city. The work is part of a plan to install a sys-tem called MAX, which will run from south of Harmo-ny street to the Downtown Transit Center.

The project is expected to cost almost $82 million, according to a Federal Tran-sit Administration docu-ment, for which 80 percent of the funds will come from the federal government.

As construction finish-es on Mason Street north of campus for now, focus will now be shifted south toward the area between Horsetooth and Harmony roads, according to Thom-as.

The project, which aims

to be operational by May of 2014, will employ Bus Rap-id Transit, which has also been referred to as “rubber tired light rail.” The system will consist of a route that will run every 10 minutes along the Mason corridor.

The aim with this proj-ect is to encourage more north-south travel along the Mason corridor, ac-cording to Thomas.

“Max will really change the area,” she said.

For some students though, the primary bene-fit would be the later oper-ation. The line is planned to run Monday through Sat-urday from 5 a.m. to mid-night.

“I feel like more people would use the bus system with it running later,” said Amanda Frausel, a junior business administration major who rides the bus to work near the Downtown Transit Center from campus three times a week.

Collegian Writer Sam Noblett can be reached at [email protected].

Relief in sight for Mason closures

“I feel like more people would use the bus system with it running later.”

Amanda Frausel | (junior, business administration)

The intersection at Mason and Laporte is one of many closed due to the Mason Corridor Project. The Project’s estimated end date is 2014.

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Colorado State University is the single biggest driving force of the Fort Collins economy. The amount of jobs and revenue cre-ated by our university itself is un-paralleled by any other entity in Larimer County — not to men-tion the thousands of students that attend CSU every year, pro-viding FoCo with an economic boom each fall.

The Fort Collins economy depends on where you use your wallet, students, so support lo-cal businesses.

Our city is host to branch-es of plenty of franchises and corporations, but there are also hundreds of locally owned shops, coffee joints and restau-

rants that are a great alternative to the megacorporations — and usually have much better prod-ucts.

Instead of the revenue gar-

nered from a corporate entity being whisked instantaneously out of this city (and probably out

of this state), supporting a local business will keep that revenue local, and will help energize your community’s economy.

Fort Collins has one of the highest amount of restaurants per capita in America — and that’s due in large to the bot-tomless pit that is the stomach of a college kid. Next time you need a burger or slice of pizza, try exploring local Fort Collins venues rather than defaulting to the quickest and cheapest brand name you can find.

Next time you need a cup of coffee, find a local hole in the wall and try some local brews — you just might find your niche along the way.

The Republican National Conven-tion is over, and Mitt Romney has of-ficially been declared the Republican nominee for president. Over the next couple of months, both he and Presi-dent Obama are going to be making the rounds trying to appeal to voters from all corners of the country.

I hope that they try to touch on a host of local issues, which can be the deciding factor in the way in which a voter chooses a candidate to back. A local issue that is important to Colora-do is wildfires.

This summer was a particularly bad time for wildfires, with 12 different fires burning simultaneously in Colo-rado. The worst of these were the High Park Fire here in Fort Collins and the Waldo Canyon Fire down in Colorado Springs. Combined, these two fires burned more than 164 square miles of land, destroyed 605 homes and killed three people.

I was in Colorado Springs when the Waldo Canyon Fire was at its worst, the point at which the fire was starting to roar down out of the foothills and toward the city. My family and I were

largely out of harm’s way on the east side of the city, but it was a long and scary night as we watched enormous billow-ing columns of smoke erupting out of the mountains as the fire marched re-lentlessly toward us.

It is, perhaps, because of this that the politics of firefighters and oth-er emergency responders is very near and dear to me. People that choose to throw themselves into that kind of hell to protect other people are heroes in ev-ery sense of the word. They, more than anyone, deserve as much support as the public can give them. And it is why I feel that anyone that says otherwise de-serves harsh criticism.

This is also probably the reason why I am hesitant to consider voting for Mitt Romney in November.

In response to remarks made by President Barack Obama in June, Gov-ernor Romney stated that [President Obama] wants another stimulus, he wants to hire more government work-ers. He says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers. Did he not get the message of [the gubernato-rial recall in] Wisconsin? The American people did. It’s time for us to cut back on government and help the American people.”

This is the kind of statement that is guaranteed to make someone like me angry. We don’t need any more police-men, teachers or firefighters, Mr. Rom-ney? Which planet are you from, ex-actly? By cutting those kinds of public sector jobs specifically you are not go-ing to be helping the American people at all. In fact, you are probably going to be making situations like ours worse by doing so.

What kind of situation would Colo-

rado be in exactly if we had fewer fire-fighters? I can guarantee that massive fires like Waldo Canyon and High Park would have done a lot more damage if we had fewer people out there fighting them and keeping them at bay.

Though, to be fair, the possibility of destructive wildfires every summer is probably not something that Mr. Romney has to deal with, or really think about that much. It is unfair and prob-ably unrealistic to assume that a pres-idential candidate has the same per-spective on the subject as I do.

That grim reality is something that I have to live with, but it is not something that I should expect someone else to have, even if it seems like they should take circumstances like mine into account.

That being said, it is something that I am going to remember when I go to vote in November. Regardless of whether or not it is fair of me to judge Mr. Romney’s campaign based off of this position, it is something that is go-ing to be weighing on my mind when I enter the voting booth, because this is an issue that matters to me.

The ability of public sector work-ers, particularly firefighters, to do their jobs is very dependent on how many of them there are. Saying that the Ameri-can public would be better served by fewer of them is something that makes me incredibly nervous and I am going to be very interested to see if Mr. Rom-ney’s position on this changes as it gets closer to November.

Caleb Hendrich is a senior Political Science and Journalism double major. His columns appear Wednesdays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to [email protected].

Same-sex marriage seems to be an issue in which almost everybody has some vested interest — and for good reason. What may seem like a controver-sy that simply seeks to de-fine and regulate marriag-es in America actually has a much stronger current flowing deep beneath its surface.

I'd like to suggest that the real issue lies neither in upholding traditions nor in promoting and celebrating alternative lifestyles. It's not even about some social normative or ethical clas-sifications. Instead, the rift highlights the fundamental matter of the role of gov-ernment in the lives of in-dividuals.

If we take a step back and look at the meta-nar-rative of the debate, we see that we should be asking completely differ-ent questions than "what is marriage?" How about "should lawmakers even be able to dictate what is an acceptable formulation of romance and compan-ionship in the first place,” or “should this topic be considered outside of their realm of legal influence?"

Paradoxically, this en-tire debacle seems to be the result of left-wing extrem-ists, the very group crying "foul!" today, constantly pushing for more and more centralized federal power. Starting with Franklin Roo-sevelt — arguably the fa-ther of all liberal democrats — and continuing through today, there has been a concerted push to expand the scope of the federal government on the part of most leftist politicians.

For them, this allows for vote-securing manip-ulations (i.e. social pro-grams, grants and subsi-dies for certain regions or industries, employment projects, etc). "Bestow upon me _____ powers and I'll be sure to use that capa-bility to scratch your back." That's the formula for stay-ing in office and in power.

Unfortunately, this ap-proach to government has resulted in an over-reach-ing behemoth of a federal government that has been raised solely on steroids and is virtually unrecog-nizable compared to the constitutional portrait of a healthy government.

We've given away so much of what our liberties entail that we can no lon-ger control this beast with

our twine leash; we're dragged behind its un-wieldy path through the fields of its own self-pro-motion in an injurious blur, all the while thinking that we've gotten what we wanted out of it.

Wake up people. We're the collective dupe.

If we hadn't allowed and even begged Con-gress to begin making the majority of our decisions for us, we would not be having this gay marriage debate at all. It would be up to individuals first and localities or states second, but never would it con-cern the federal govern-ment.

Part of the concern with such centralized power is that we have 50 different territories with unique demographics, specific needs, diverse cultural milieus and a va-riety of solutions to com-mon problems that best fit each state. It is absurd to think that a single deci-sion for such a controver-sial issue as gay marriage made in Washington will be appropriate simulta-neously for California and Alabama. So why not let each city, county or state make up their mind on what's optimal for them?

If you're a proponent of gay marriage, you may want to consider a limited government that can't tell you one way or the other who you may or may not legally spend the most in-timate moments of your life with.

For either position, the lesson is this: when we inflate and central-ize the government for what, at the time, seems like our benefit, we ulti-mately lose control over it. One day you will likely find yourself at odds with some federal agenda, be-ing coerced, shoved, may-be even punished by the all-powerful federal law. And then you'll curse the power that you once pos-sessed but tossed away so carelessly. Thus, we are justified in being skeptical of any such entity with the reach and control of our government.

So if you're tired of being dragged through that field, if you no longer want to be parented by somebody on Capitol Hill, if you think you can make decisions for your own life better than politicians can, if you're fed up of these unceasing debates, then, for heaven's sake, don't feed the beast any-more! It will be too late when the leash is snapped and the creature tramples our liberties once and for all.

Jason Kincaid is a ju-nior philosophy major. His column appears Wednes-days in the Collegian. Let-ters and feedback can be sent to [email protected].

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but at the same time it’s an honor to be the last to live in a non-renovated Braid-en. [My friends and I] have so much history there.”

Unlike Braiden and Parmelee, older dorms like Newsom and Allison will be completely replaced by 2020, although a specifi c timeline has not been out-lined, according to Miya-moto. Their structures do not support extensive ren-ovation, and students tend to prefer suite-style rooms instead of current commu-nity bathrooms.

“That side of campus is rapidly growing, and [ren-ovation] might not make sense later,” Miyamoto said. “We have to factor in location, wiring, structure, and room type into wheth-er or not it makes sense to maintain it.”

Inevitably construction produces inconveniences, although the crews work to minimize noise and dis-ruptions by halting heavy construction by 5 p.m., ac-cording to Miyamoto. Most of the intrusive projects, such as creating new eleva-tor shafts and some land-scaping, were completed over the summer when the building was offl ine.

“We hope the opportu-nity to be the fi rst students to live in the newly-reno-vated side of the hall with the fourth fl oor lofts during

spring semester is a fair trade,” Miyamoto said.

Housing and Dining learned helpful lessons during the Parmelee con-struction that has allowed Braiden’s renovation with the same construction crew to progress more quickly and smoothly, ac-cording to Miyamoto.

This time students will have even better notifi ca-tion and resources, espe-cially as the semester move approaches.

“Honestly, it wasn’t that bad. The only stress was having to move our stuff in the middle of fi nals week,” said Kendall Umetsu, a sophomore English edu-cation major who returned to live in Parmelee. “Oth-erwise, construction didn’t make a difference at all.”

Unlike Parmelee, where there was a lottery to live on the fourth fl oor, mem-bers of each fl oor, large-ly composed of learning communities, will remain together when they trans-fer to the north side of the building.

“It was worth it overall. We were fi rst to live in the new dorms and got to ex-perience it fi rst,” Umetsu said. “It’s defi nitely worth it to pay a little extra to live in suite style rooms, especial-ly because they’re brand spanking new.”

Politics Beat Reporter Kate Winkle can be reached at [email protected].

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education for students who have LD/ADHD to better understand their disabili-ties,” Kevin Fleming, com-munity organizer for Eye to Eye, wrote in an email to the Collegian. “There is a need for these students to realize their strengths, and for them to see that a future in higher education is not only possi-ble but probable."

The CSU chapter is con-centrating on students from Lincoln Middle School, because of the school’s minimal accessibility to re-sources for students with disabilities.

Due to Lincoln’s lower income demographics, there is no access to resources like iPads for assistive tech-nology, audio formatted textbooks or text to speech programs for students. With-out resources like those, stu-dents aren’t getting the help they need, The said.

“That is what we are here for,” The said. “We can help

fi nd resources for them, as well as acting like a mentor and helping them get to a place where they feel good about their disability. And that is why we give them re-sources, because everyone learns differently.”

The idea to bring Eye to Eye to CSU came from the Ability Club, an organiza-tion on campus that joins together students with dis-abilities.

“The Ability Club recog-nized the need to do more disability awareness out-reach to K-12 education,” Fleming said. “Society stig-matizes all disabled people by problematizing them un-der the 'cure' model of dis-ability. We want people with disabilities, especially kids in K-12 education, to realize that they are not problems, but rather people who have unique sets of valuable ex-periences and skills."

Aside from providing resources, the program aims to give both mentors and mentees alike a sense

of community and pride. According to The, one of the results of the program is that students both in col-lege and junior high gain a community of support that they may not have had be-fore the program.

“It brings a community and a family here for sup-port,” Cara said. “That feel-ing makes you really feel like you belong. We want everyone to be proud of their disabilities and iden-tity.”

“It helps boost self-con-fidence and gives them a community to belong to,” The added. “It’s hard when you feel like you are the only one and this helps show them that there are older students and they can help find their greatest po-tential.”

According to the two coordinators, the best part about the program for them is seeing the impact on the community, and getting to see more people accept and embrace their disability.

“What is really cool about this program is that no one asks what the stu-dent needs to be able to learn,” Cara said. “They are just expected to follow the rules of culture and this is for them and their needs and disability.”

The Eye to Eye program is hosting an information-al session Tuesday night at 6 p.m. in the Resources for Disabled Students Offi ce.

Collegian writer Taylor Pettaway can be reached at [email protected].

DISABILITIES | Mentors create communityJunior Biomedical Sciences major Kim The, left, and Junior Human Development and Family Studies major Derrick Warren, right, stand in front of a sign advocating for Project Eye to Eye, a mentoring program The and Warren are both a part of. Eye to Eye is a program where students mentor teenagers with disabilities.

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move our stu� in the middle of � nals week.”

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What: Eye to Eye peer men-toring program for students with disabilities

When: Tuesday, Sept. 4, 6 p.m.

Where: Resources for Disabled Students, 100 General Services Building

For additional information on Eye to Eye contact Kim Cara at [email protected]

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The bill is then sent throughout a long string of campus leadership. Univer-sity president Tony Frank and the ASCSU president take this budget propos-al and submit it to the CSU System Office for the Board of Governor’s consideration at the next board meeting, typically over the summer.

If the two bodies (SFRB and ASCSU Senate) disagree, both proposals are sent to the ASCSU President, who then has the choice to sign or veto the Long Bill, and then send it on to Frank.

Frank would submit one of the recommendations, whichever he deemed more appropriate, to the Board of

Governors.The Board of Governors,

which includes the ASCSU president, then implements the new bill for the next fis-cal year.

Collegian Writer Carrie Mobley can be reached at [email protected].

FEES | Both ASCSU and Tony Frank review proposals


By KATHLEEN HENNESSEYand MICHAEL FINNEGANThe McClatchy Tribune

NORFOLK, Va. — Pres-ident Barack Obama told college students in Virginia Tuesday that wealthy Re-publican interests are hop-ing they’ll become disillu-sioned and discouraged by a deluge of negative political messages this fall.

Those rich donors may not expect them to vote for Republican Mitt Romney, Obama said, but it will bene-fi t Romney if the president’s supporters simply decide to sit out the presidential elec-tion.

“They fi gure that if you don’t vote, big oil will write our energy future, insurance companies will write our health care plans, and pol-iticians will dictate what a woman can or can’t do when it comes to her own health,” Obama told an outdoor rally at Norfolk State University, a historically black college. “They’re counting on you just to accept their version of things.”

During day trips this week, Obama has been trying to light a fire under his base as he prepares to accept his party’s nomina-tion on Thursday. The stop in Norfolk was his fourth rally in a week on a college campus.

Romney held only pri-vate meetings Tuesday while his running mate, vice pres-idential nominee Paul Ryan, was confronted in network interviews about statements

in his convention speech last week that nonpartisan fact checkers have branded as false or misleading.

The Wisconsin con-gressman held his ground when challenged to defend statements on Medicare, the federal defi cit and the 2008 closing of a GM plant in his hometown, Janesville. Asked by NBC “Today” show an-chor Matt Lauer whether he would concede that some of his statements “were not completely accurate,” Ryan responded: “No. Not in the least, actually.”

Factcheck.org, a proj-ect of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, found that Ry-an’s nomination acceptance speech last week in Tampa, Fla., “contained several false claims and misleading state-ments.” Politifact, a project of the Tampa Bay Times and other news organizations, faulted the speech for false-hoods as well.

In the speech, Ryan said many people liked the sound of Obama’s talk about change during the 2008 cam-paign — “especially in Janes-ville, where we were about to lose a major factory.”

“Right there at that plant, candidate Obama said, ‘I believe that if our government is there to sup-port you, this plant will be here for another hundred years,’” Ryan said in his speech. “As it turned out, that plant didn’t last anoth-er year. It is locked up and empty to this day.”

In fact, GM closed the Janesville plant a month be-

fore Obama took offi ce as president.

Lauer also questioned Ryan on his remarks on Obama’s creation of “a new bipartisan debt commis-sion.” “They came back with an urgent report,” Ryan said in his speech. “He thanked them, sent them on their way and then did exactly noth-

ing. Republicans stepped up with good faith reforms and solutions equal to the problems.”

But as a member of the panel, Ryan had voted against sending its defi -cit-reduction plan to Con-gress for a vote — in effect blocking action on the panel’s recommendations.

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By CRIS TILLERThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

With a major win over a bitter rival, all of Fort Collins is patting the CSU football team on the backs.

They already forgot it ever happened.

“Livin’ in the past can only set you up for failure,” sophomore cornerback Ber-nard Blake said after prac-tice Tuesday. “The win was good — it was a short lived win. It was good for the school, for the community and Fort Collins, but at the same time, it’s just one win.”

The Rams are now brim-ming with confi dence and defeating CU-Boulder in the Rocky Mountain Showdown 22-17 Saturday. CSU coach Jim McElwain gave the team seven hours after the game was over to enjoy it, ending just around midnight Sun-day morning.

McElwain is determined to keep his team from falling into the pitfalls that befell

the Rams in years past after winning their opening game, especially over CU.

“If you’re satisfi ed, then you’re mediocre,” McElwain said.

Players around last sea-son remember the same trap after the team came out with a 3-1 record before playing a “guaranteed win” at home against San Jose State. CSU lost its fi nal eight games.

“Last year started out good, and then look what happened. We played San Jose State and got beat,” wide receiver Dominique Vinson said. “It’s a mindset. We know we have to come out and continue to work hard.”

Now all the focus has turned to 2011 FCS defend-ing National Champion North Dakota State. North Dakota State has made a reputation for spoiling home games for Division-I schools, beating Minnesota twice in fi ve years, and Kan-sas two years ago.

“This is the one that’s

been circled, I shouldn’t say this probably but I am, this has been circled on my calendar since the day I saw the schedule because I know what a good football team this is,” McElwain said. “They know how to win. They built a program that expects to win.”

North Dakota State is coming fresh off giving a beating to Robert Morris 52-0. The Bison feature 15 returning starters from last year’s team including run-ning back Sam Ojuri. Ojuri ran for 1,105 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2011.

“They run the heck out of power now,” McElwain said. “They can put a clinic on how to run the ball be-tween the tackles.”

CSU is the only Divi-sion-I school on North Da-kota State’s schedule this season, and it’s a safe bet the Bison come to Hughes Stadi-um looking to play the part of spoiler.

The challenge facing the

Rams is to match the inten-sity and seriousness that will no doubt come from their opponent.

“In my mind it’s not something that you really force yourself to do because you love the game of football no matter what you’re going out and focusing and your mind’s ready and you’re go-ing to get at it,” Vinson said. “If not, then it’s just not the sport for you because it’s an aggressive sport. If you’re not going out there giving it 100 (percent) and going full speed you’re going to get hurt.”

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

Rams learning to look forward, not backwards North Dakota State

FCS National Champions 2011 record: 14-1 Biggest win: 37-24 over Minnesota Leading rusher: Sam Ojuri (1,105 yards, 11 TDs)

NORTH DAKOTA STATE

“Last year started out good, and then look what happened. We played San Jose State and got beat. It’s a mindset. We know we have to come out and continue to work hard.”

Dominique Vinson | Wide receiver

FOOTBALL

Quarterback Garrett Grayson lobs a pass over a CU-Boulder defenseman at the annual Rocky Mountian Showdown at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver on Saturday.

HUNTER THOMPSON | COLLEGIAN

Obama: wealthy republican interests are hoping students will skip election

Supporters cheer as President Barack Obama greets supporters during a campaign stop at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia, on Tuesday, September 4, 2012.

KAITLIN MCKEOWN | THE McCLATCHY TRIBUNE

By JESSICA GUYNNThe McClatchy Tribune

SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook shares scraped a new low Tuesday.

The new drag on the already leaden stock: An-alysts from two of Face-book's largest underwrit-ers on its botched initial public stock offering cut their price targets.

The Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase ana-lysts also reduced their rev-enue projections.

Shares closed down nearly 2 percent, or 33 cents, to $17.73 as some on Wall Street, fl oored that Facebook has shed $50 bil-lion in market value in just three months, said they feared the company's stock is nowhere near bottom.

Scott Devitt, an analyst with Morgan Stanley, Face-book's lead underwriter, cut his price target on the Men-lo Park, Calif., social net-working giant for the next 12 months to $32 from $38. He also warned that shares could fall as low as $17.

Doug Anmuth, an analyst with JPMorgan Chase, cut his price target

even more drastically, to $30 from $45.

Facebook's stock was al-ready under pressure, closing at an all-time low of $18.06 on Friday after two other an-alysts from underwriters cut their price targets.

But this was the cruelest cut. Until Tuesday, JPMorgan's target for Facebook shares was Wall Street's highest.

Still, Anmuth said he re-mains bullish on Facebook even as investors fret over slowing growth in Face-book's advertising business, its anemic mobile strategy and unproven new adver-tising products, all of which could be a serious drag on the company's revenue.

"We remain positive on Facebook as we expect adver-tising revenue to re-accelerate in the back half of 2012 and into 2013, even as users rapidly shift toward mobile," Anmuth wrote in a research note.

Investors are waiting to hear what Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg thinks of his company's stock freefall. And they may get their chance: He has agreed to give an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco next Tuesday.

Facebook shares drop; 33 cents per share lost

“We remain positive on Facebook as we expect advertising revenue to re-accelerate in the back half of 2012

and into 2013, even as users rapidly shi� toward mobile.”

Doug Anmuth | JPMorgan Chase analyst

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