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The case for and against playing fall sports Are CSU students safer with fall sports suspended indefinitely?

By Tyler Meguire @TMeguire

not received results yet.

All students who live in University housing are expected to receive free testing at tent locations across campus, dependent on what location they live in, according to the COVID testing website. Select staff and faculty, such as those who work in the Lory Student Center and the Recreation Center, are also required to receive testing.

The Mountain West decided on Aug. 20 that fall sports would be postponed until further notice. This was not shocking news, as many other conferences had already thrown in the towel. With this came outrage but also a sigh of relief since many do not think it is a wise idea for players to be coming into close physical contact with others.

It is a touchy subject, with arguments for both playing and not playing.

The case for playing Colorado State University is offering face-to-face, hybrid and online classes. CSU will also mandate masks inside the classroom and will follow other sanitation protocols to ensure the safety of the students. No one knows what this entails.

Yes, the students are wearing masks, but how will this be enforced when there are hundreds of students filtering in and out of campus buildings every day?

Players and coaches want to play, and fans don’t want another long drought without sports. To say it is unsafe for athletes to play but send 26,400 students to campus and dormitory halls could be considered hypocritical.

see COVID-19 on page 5 >>

see FALL SPORTS on page 11 >>

Economics major Sami Haddad and health and exercise science major Emma Sears work in a COVID-19 testing tent outside of Aggie Village on Aug. 20.

Students working the tent noted that most people they interacted with wore masks and were good about social distancing but voiced concerns about how off-campus behaviour could affect the semester. PHOTO BY RYAN SCHMIDT THE COLLEGIAN

COVID-19 and the CSU community How to stay healthy this semester

By Noah Pasley @PasleyNoah

Classrooms and residence halls have stood empty since schools went remote earlier this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but as students have returned to campus in preparation for fall classes, many may be wondering how to stay safe.

A daily tracker for Colorado State University, last updated Saturday, shows that the

University has had 80 positive cases since June 1, with 12 staff members who have tested positive and 68 students. The tracker, public on the CSU COVID-19 Recovery website, also reports 1,771 positive cases in Larimer County.

According to the COVID-19 Recovery website, CSU is notified of students and employees who experience symptoms or test positive for the virus through shared information with the Larimer

County Department of Health and Environment, doctors who administer tests and University public health offices.

Students and staff are required to fill out a daily symptom checker, which includes questions about temperature, close contact with any individuals who have had COVID-19 and any new symptoms of the virus, according to the website.

The checker also asks students to report whether they have tested positive or if they have

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Canvas Stadium stands in low-hanging smoke from both the Lewstone Fire near Rist Canyon and the Cameron Peak Fire near Cameron Pass Aug. 23. PHOTO BY DEVIN CORNELIUS THE COLLEGIAN

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NORTHERN COLORADO FOREST FIRES >> from page 1

Smoke from the Williams Fork fire rises above the hills and in the direction of the wind, Aug. 15.

PHOTO BY PRATYOOSH KASHYAP THE COLLEGIAN

Smoke from nearby forest fires reduces visibility at Horsetooth Reservoir, Aug. 23. PHOTO BY ANNA VON PECHMANN THE COLLEGIAN

Cars drive in and out of Poudre Canyon, where the Cameron Peak fire is spreading, next to a sign that says “Fire Ban: no campfires, no fireworks, no open flames, no smoking outdoors” Aug. 23.

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The sun rises over Fort Collins in a thick layer of smoke from nearby forest fires Aug. 23. PHOTO BY ANNA VON PECHMANN THE COLLEGIAN

Canvas Stadium surrounded by smoke Aug. 23. The Cameron Peak fire located in Poudre Canyon and the Lewstone fire in Rist Canyon are the forest fires nearest to Colorado State University’s main campus.

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COVID-19 >> from page 1 The University is also instituting multiple public health precautions during the semester, including contact tracing measures and cleaning and disinfecting protocols. Among the guidelines laid out on the website, all students, faculty and staff are required to wear a mask while on campus.

Masks are required in University buildings, including community restrooms, classrooms and labs, as well as in public spaces, such as outside on The Plaza, when physical distancing is not possible. Students requiring a face covering exemption can apply for one through the Student Disability Center website, and employees can apply for one through the Office of Equal Opportunity website.

According to the COVID-19 Recovery website, water fountains on campus will be available for use and will be cleaned more frequently by custodial services.

The website advises students to avoid touching levers with your hand and to bring a personal water bottle and refill it at fountain refill stations instead of drinking directly from fountains.

The website also adds that students should avoid waiting inside a restroom for a stall if all stalls

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are occupied and to instead wait outside the restroom until someone exits. It also advises students to wash their hands for at least 20 seconds and to use a paper towel to open the door when leaving.

The CSU Health Network, an on-campus student health clinic, is available to students seeking preventative or medical appointments, and the Health Network’s counselors and therapists are available to students in-person or by telehealth appointments, according to the COVID-19 Recovery website.

The CSU Health Network also offers the You@CSU portal, a website aimed at connecting students with “campus resources and other online educational tools to increase student access,” according to the Health Network website.

The You@CSU portal offers several COVID-19 resources, including mental wellness tips, healthy coping strategies and articles about relationships and connection.

Student fees pay for a portion of a student’s medical and mental health support at the center, depending on enrollment status and the health service provided.

Though walk-in services are not available currently, students can make an appointment through the Health Network’s website or by calling 970-491-7121.

Students who are required to quarantine or self-isolate will be temporarily moved to a private

room or apartment, according to the University Housing website.

Quarantine and self-isolation services such as food delivery will also be provided at no additional charge.

“The CSU Health Network, an on-campus student health clinic, is available to students seeking preventative or medical appointments, and the health network’s counselors and therapists are available to students inperson or by telehealth appointments.”

Additionally, students who have an underlying health condition or compromised immune system can contact their Accommodation Specialist or the main office of the SDC in order to get accommodations for accessing their coursework remotely, according to the SDC’s website. The SDC can be reached at sdc@colostate.edu or 970-491-6385.

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Classes during COVID-19: What are students coming back to?

By Serena Bettis @serenaroseb

Students have been away from the Colorado State University campus for five months, and while many spaces look the same as always, students are coming back to a new world.

Since shutting down in-person operations in March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pandemic Preparedness Team has established safety guidelines for students and adjusted the way campus spaces operate. But what does this actually look like for daily student life?

During the recovery town halls in July, President Joyce McConnell said that all campus buildings will operate at 50% capacity with 6 feet of distance between all students in classrooms and 12 feet of distance between students and instructors.

Additionally, the University will require everyone on campus, excluding those with medical or disability exemptions, to wear a face covering and fill out the daily symptom checker found online.

The daily symptom checker

requires that students and employees report their temperatures, whether or not they have tested positive for COVID-19 or been around anyone who has had a positive test, as well as any new symptoms they are experiencing.

Lori Lynn, co-chair of the Pandemic Preparedness Team and associate executive director for the CSU Health Network, said that some thermometers will be given to students living in University housing, but there will not be any place students can go to get their temperature checked if they cannot obtain their own thermometer.

All buildings on campus will have designated doors for entry and exit and markings on the floors to show 6 feet of space.

Numbers of students inside buildings will not be counted to keep track of capacity, CSU Police Department Emergency Manager Ken Quintana said.

“For the capacity, it would be hard to know at any one point, just because of people getting out of the Transit Center,” Quintana said.

“We’re not going to be able to count for all of them because they basically go through the building to go out onto The Plaza, so we can get the

numbers, but we’re really not going to apply it.”

Instead, Quintana said the University has spoken with Larimer County on this matter and decided to treat spaces like the Lory Student Center similar to the way a mall is run during the pandemic.

Study spaces around campus will continue to be available to students at a limited capacity. In the LSC and Morgan Library, the number of available seats has been reduced and spaced out to adhere to social distancing.

Most restaurants in the LSC will be open, and the space around them has been transformed into what Quintana referred to as a “Disneyland maze” to allow for long, socially-distanced lines. Seating outside the food court area is still available.

“The staff here (was) able to create something (where) if the students don’t move everything, they’re going to be able to sit and either study or eat,” Quintana said.

“The reason why we have two (chairs) is because if it’s roommates or spouses, they can sit with each other, and they’re not going to take another chair from another table.”

In the A wing of the Andrew

G. Clark Building, where students often take large lecture courses, seating is blocked off in much of the lecture hall.

Quintana said the seating availability in these lecture halls went down from about 270 to 76.

Unavailable seats are marked with tape and signage to stop students from using them and to keep appropriate distance between each student.

There are sanitizing stations outside each lecture hall and classroom as well, equipped with cleaning wipes and hand sanitizer.

Lynn said that CSU Facilities Management has enhanced cleaning protocols for classrooms and spaces around campus.

“In most settings, they are disinfecting thoroughly at least once a day, sometimes twice a day depending on the facility,” Lynn said. “But the idea is that the students will be sanitizing the station as they come in.”

Smaller classrooms will also operate at 50% capacity, with moveable seating and tape on the floors to show 6 feet of distance.

Instructors are also required to wear face masks or face shields, although the use of face shields

should be reserved for cases where a student needs to read an instructor’s lips or the instructor needs to project their voice across a large space.

Quintana said there are no major changes to the way science laboratories will operate.

“They have the ability to interact a little bit closer with the variance in the county, so with the face shield and the face mask they could do an experiment … (and) they could then step back and discuss it,” Quintana said.

Computer labs will have spaces marked as unavailable, similar to in the large lecture halls, to ensure 6 feet of distance between students using the computers. Quintana said that the keyboards and mice have also been taken away from these computers, rendering them useless.

To view recommended public health precautions while on campus, visit the University’s COVID-19 recovery website, which gives suggestions for using public restrooms, water fountains and elevators.

Serena Bettis can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Update: Community responds to fake restaurant listing

By Abby Vander Graaff @abbym_vg

Updated 8/22 and 7/31 Colorado State University students have responded to the fake restaurant listing, “Ch*ng Ch*ng House,” with a change.org petition urging the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering and Dean David McLean to discipline the students who created it.

The listing appeared on Google Maps, Yelp and Instagram and included fake menu items and comments that propagate racist sentiments toward the Asian community.

The Google Maps and Yelp listings were deleted after conversations between CSU and the entities, said Mike Hooker, director of media communications and Denver outreach. The Instagram page is still active.

“These students have had a history of making attention-seeking controversial statements and defend it all as ‘political satire,’” the change.org petition reads.

“There is a fine line between political satire and using racial slurs and overtly offensive ‘jokes’ to make a point.”

As of Aug. 22, it had 804 signatures of the 1,000 signature goal.

The administrators of the account have responded to community allegations of racism, thanking page visitors for the publicity and stating, “It must be stressed that we the proprietors are Asian and support Asian culture. We cannot be racist against ourself!”

Some of these comments seem to be in response to the Instagram account @call_out_bigots, which has posted anger at the listings and offered $50 to anyone who could share the names of the creators of the account.

Another similar account was created, which claims to be a parody of the original listing.

In an email to the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering community, McLean expressed dismay at the fake restaurant listing and highlighted the harmful impact they have on the community.

“To be a member of the WSCOE community means we care about people,” McLean wrote.

“We solve problems for people.

We take the best ideas and innovation from as many places as possible for the best outcome, which means that we have zero tolerance for racism and hatred.”

Melissa Burt, assistant dean for diversity and inclusion, reiterated the statements from President Joyce McConnell’s cam-

puswide email and a statement from McLean, which notes that, while the students are protected under the First Amendment, the CSU community is still against their actions.

“Actions taken today in an online world will follow into the future, including for students into the job market, where there is rightfully a growing intolerance for those who act and speak with bias and hate,” the message says.

There have been four bias reports on the incident between April 25 and July 29, which doesn’t include any phone calls or emails providing information, Hooker said.

Students can submit online reports through CSU’s Bias Reporting System, which are then reviewed by the Bias Assessment Team, which then will refer the report to different parties depending on the situation, according to a flow chart on the CSU website.

A biomedical engineering major who wished to remain anonymous says they have worked with McLean and Burt.

While they commend the initial efforts of McLean and Burt, they said they would like to see more concrete action taken when students commit bias incidents.

“In prior incidents involv-

The exterior of the apartment listed on the Ch*ng Ch*ng House “restaurant’s” Google listing and Instagram page displays an LED “Open” sign in the front window. The Google listing’s reviews featured racist stereotypes, and the Instagram is followed primarily by Colorado State University students within the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering.

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ing the College of Engineering, students have not faced any consequences,” the student wrote in an email to The Collegian. “What does that tell other students?

That they can get away with offensive and hurtful racial slurs to different communities on campus?”

Editor’s Note: A former version stated a post on the restau-

rant’s Instagram page had been removed. The post is now visible on the page. Statistical information has also been updated.

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on July 29. An earlier article on this topic can be viewed at Collegian.com.

Abby Vander Graaff can be reached at managingeditor@ collegian.com.

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Going back to campus means creating a new normal

By Joslyn Orji @lazy_svndae_

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by The Collegian or its editorial board.

COVID-19, whose numbers of infection have risen throughout the United States, has, at its peak, led to the shutdown of nearly the entire country.

After about five months of quarantine and online classes due to COVID-19, schools across the United States are getting ready to open up. While death tolls and infection numbers grew despite the country’s efforts to mitigate the crisis, everything from playgrounds to concert halls were effectively shut down, and events were canceled within the first few months of the deadly outbreak.

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Many students might have Because of these grievancthat many students are ready to get back on campus and find es on our campus, we cannot been counting down the days a groove again. Five months of help but wonder how import- to when they can get back to quarantining is enough time to ant the safety of students is to a life of independence, socializing and late-night fun. For want to see friends and essen- college institutions. students approaching tially anyone that we their final months at weren’t stuck in a house CSU, there are things to with for more than half “Agree with your friends that you take care of, lists to comthe year. It’s understandable. will connect with one another, just plete and experiences wrap up. In the same But in order to crein small groups rather than big ones. to way, first-year students ate a new normal, there And when you do get together, wear are ready to make new are certain grievances memories, friends and that must be addressed your masks.” experiences. in our community and JOYCE MCCONNELL CSU is soon going our campus. This inCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT to be bustling with stucludes the situations dents and faculty going arising out of xenophoabout their business. We bia toward Asian stuAs thousands of students are going to be experiencing dents, racial violence and injustices and a disregard for the arrive in the upcoming weeks the confusing combination of Centers for Disease Control at Colorado State University, online, hybrid and in-person and Prevention guidelines by the question remains: what ex- classes. We are going to share actly is planned for us? We’ve already tight and stuffy spaces college students.

Returning back to campus read countless emails about with strangers from different means more than simply want- the new classroom structure, parts of the country.

Social distancing is hard ing to get out of the house for the new safety procedures and something more than grocer- health policies. Perhaps the enough in Walmart where folks ies. It would slowly but surely main concern should be that have a hard time understandentail what it means to be con- a college campus is absolutely ing how far away 6 feet actually siderate with our choices and no place to be during a crisis is. It is going to be even messier intentions. We need that to be- like this. We might as well en- when you combine 40 or more

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college kids on the same dorm floor sharing air and bathrooms.

How long are we expected to last in such conditions? And, most importantly, are we going to be safe despite it all?

Students have read the emails, and the administration is doing all that they can, and it is necessary for us to continue like normal, but our idea of normal has been greatly altered in the last few months.

The reality that we knew before, of partying and socializing on campus, is no longer relevant if we expect to see any progress in our community.

This year is going to be a bigger challenge than ever before. Therefore, it is in our best interest to better our habits and lifestyle in order to ensure a safe and relatively peaceful semester. However, if there is one thing that I believe this virus has shown, it’s that community effort is one of the most notable ways to make a change in troubling times.

Joslyn Orji can be reached at letters@collegian.com.

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What you can expect from opinion this year

By Katrina Leibee @KatrinaLeibee

Dear readers, It is no secret that the opinion desk has been a controversial place in the past. From hot takes on campus issues to head-to-heads on political candidates to a series about the sex lives of college students, the columnists here have discussed issues far and wide to keep our campus community informed and entertained; they know their responsibilities.

The purpose of news is to tell our community what is going on; the purpose of opinion is to add reaction and discussion to that. It is to allow voices to be heard that might otherwise not have an outlet. When something happens on campus or in the Fort Collins community, the opinion desk allows a place for people to say how they feel about

it. This might come from a columnist writing something that starts a discussion or from a letter to the editor.

The opinion desk is meant to be a place that can amplify the voices of all communities and allow for open dialogue regarding any topic.

It is meant to start conversations around things that might otherwise be uncomfortable subjects. It allows for satirical jokes to be made around the serious things going on in our campus and community.

Opinion is a place for people to write about what college students are doing and what they care about because The Collegian is ultimately produced by and for college students.

We won’t always write the most popular opinion, and we will often write things that are met with backlash, anger or disagreement from members of our community.

However, we know we are doing our job when we have started a conversation that otherwise wouldn’t see the light of day, even if it is not

always an easy one.

That being said, we are open to all comments and reactions to our writing from the community, and we thrive on that feedback.

We want to reach out to readers as much as possible to hear their feedback and opinions.

This year I want this desk to truly work for the people of this community. Our columnists will continue to talk about all issues from different perspectives, but we also need to hear from our audience. We need to see letters to the editor. We need to hear how you feel about the election, campus issues, COVID-19 and anything you might have something to say about.

The opinion desk is meant for you, as students and members of our community, and we want you to engage with it as much as possible.

Respectfully, Katrina Leibee, opinion director Katrina Leibee can be reached at letters@collegian.com .

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FALL SPORTS >> from page 1 When students are going through the Lory Student Center or the Clark Building, there will be contact — not always purposeful contact, but accidental contact can occur. CSU is inviting students to live in the dorms where people share tiny living spaces and bathrooms.

Fall sports being postponed is not CSU’s fault by any means. It represents all universities in this example. If schools remained closed down and then sports were postponed, that would be one thing because it would look like they are genuinely worried about the safety of students. Unfortunately, it can be assumed that this is not the case.

The case for not playing Larimer County has had 1,771 COVID-19 cases and 36 deaths as of Sunday, Aug. 23. These numbers were before classes started. When school starts, CSU may become an epicenter for COVID-19.

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For example, the University of North Carolina, Notre Dame and Michigan State shut down just days into reopening because of COVID-19 outbreaks.

Even if the MW scheduled conference-only games, it might not matter. Before the CSU football team was shut down and investigated for several allegations regarding a COVID-19 cover-up and racism allegations, there were eight positive cases within the organization.

Allowing athletes to compete would only bring more COVID-19 cases to CSU. Fall sports such as football and basketball guarantee physical contact on every play. Physical contact includes many bodily fluids for every player, coach and referee during the whole contest. Athletes yell and spray potential COVID-19 particles in the air.

These student-athletes would then go to classes the next day and expose hundreds of students. Student-athletes could also be exposed to other students and then bring COVID-19 to the team.

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CAM the Ram leads the Colorado State football team onto the field for the home opener, Sept. 7, 2019. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mountain West Conference has postponed fall sports indefinitely.

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Either way, fall sports will not happen this year. It seems almost unreasonable for schools to tell students they cannot participate in sports but

tell them to also live with fellow students in dorms and go to in-person classes. If students take the pandemic seriously, it will be easier for sports to come

back in the spring. The results of this semester will determine the likeliness of that outcome.

Tyler Meguire can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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Likely NBA lottery drafts CSU Rams faced last season

By Bailey Bassett @baileybassett_

On Aug. 20, the National Basketball Association hosted the annual lottery draft where teams are assigned the following year’s draft order. With the lottery picks set for the upcoming draft, the question now is who will be picked and when?

Although no Colorado State basketball players are likely to be selected this year, multiple familiar faces will still have their names called on draft day Oct. 16. Here are the players that CSU faced during the 2019-2020 season who are expected to get drafted.

Cassius Stanley - SG - Duke Possibly the most anticipated game of the year for CSU last season was against the legendary Duke Blue Devils. Although the Rams were blown out, it was fun to see how they competed against many NBA-level athletes. The cream of the crop coming out of Durham, North Carolina, was Cassius Stanley.

Stanley is likely to be selected in the first round and is the best prospect the Rams faced.

The 6-foot-6-inch freshman is an insanely talented athlete with extreme bounce. He excels in transition as a finisher and runs the floor exceptionally well.

Stanley’s athleticism is truly top-notch, as he was one of the fastest players in college, and this

allows him the potential to bloom into one of the best players from the class if he improves his consistency and half-court scoring. Stanley averaged 12.6 points per game for the season but demonstrated his skills against CSU with 19 points. Expect to see Stanley drafted in the early to mid-first round.

Tyler Bey - PF - Colorado One of the weirdest games of the season was against the homestate rival, the University of Colorado Boulder Buffaloes. CSU struggled against CU in the first half and struggled to generate any type of offense, but they almost came back in the second half before falling just short in the comeback attempt. However, unlike the success they allowed to Stanley, CSU did a solid job of limiting CU’s prospect Tyler Bey’s production, as he only had nine points on four shot attempts.

This wasn’t the best game for Bey, who averaged 13.8 points for the season. Bey is a unique player who can do a little bit of everything. He shot an excellent 41.9% from three. He can hit the open three and has serious potential to be a modern stretch power forward who can also bang down low.

His inside game has the potential, and although he may not be a star, he should find a role in a rebuilding organization’s rotation.

Bey is a jack of all trades with good versatility to stretch the floor and is projected to be selected

in the late second or early third round.

Malachi Flynn - PG - San Diego State Malachi Flynn is the NBAbound prospect that hits the most home for Rams fans, as he dominated the Mountain West this past season with 17.6 points per game en-route to becoming the MW player of the year for SDSU. Malachi went 30-2 and was near the top of the rankings all year long.

Flynn is a magnificent scorer who has a quick trigger from deep and a range that extends well beyond the NBA three-point line. Flynn shot 37.3% from three on a high volume of 6.4 attempts per game. As an absolute offensive juggernaut, he is crafty and has the ability to score inside and from the midrange. Flynn’s talent can land him a role as an off-thebench spark plug in the NBA, but he is likely to drop to the late second round because of his defensive flaws.

Although we have seen Flynn mocked as high as the 37th pick, he is undersized at 6-foot-1-inch and isn’t equipped to handle bigger guards, but he plays a pesky defensive style that enables him to hold his own. Nobody would expect Flynn to drop lower than the third round.

Tre Jones - PG - Duke Duke has always been a prospect-producing machine, and Stanley isn’t the only Blue Devil who is going to be picked. Tre

David Roddy attempts a floater with his right hand during Colorado State’s game against Duke, Nov. 11, 2019. COLLEGIAN FILE PHOTO

Jones is a very similar player to his brother, Tyus, who has carved out a nice role with the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Memphis Grizzlies.

Jones is expected to be a solid backup point guard who doesn’t do too much. He is the definition of a floor general. Scouts expect him to develop into a role where he can lead an offense, generate plays for his teammates and constantly play with a low turnover rate.

Unfortunately, most see Jones as an offensive facilitator,

not an offensive threat most teams wish for. Because he lacks the ability to be a dynamic scorer, his draft stock is definitely limited. Jones was once viewed as a first-round guy, but we now project him to be a second-rounder.

Fringe prospects who may be picked but are expected to go undrafted: Jalen Harris - SG - Nevada Sam Merrill - SG - Utah State Bailey Bassett can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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The best ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ episodes that we’ve seen

By Noah Pasley @PasleyNoah

In the most recent batch of dreaded news for dedicated “Avatar: The Last Airbender” fans, creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko have departed from Netflix’s live-action series, according to a post Aug. 12 on DiMartino’s Instagram account. According to his statement, the decision to leave the Netflix project was hard but “necessary” for his happiness and creative integrity.

“I do my best to go with the flow, no matter what obstacle is put in my way,” DiMartino’s statement reads.

“But even an Air Nomad knows when it’s time to cut their losses and move on.”

Konietzko also wrote a statement on Instagram concerning the departure, adding that he and DiMartino “came to the belief that (they) would not be able to meaningfully guide the direction of the series.”

“When Netflix brought me on board to run this series alongside Mike (DiMartino) two years ago, they made a very public promise to support our vision,” Konietzko’s statement reads. “Unfortunately, there was no follow through on that promise.”

Both creators indicated that they are not done being involved in the Avatar universe, but it’s uncertain when their next project with the sto-

ry will be. Until that day comes, here are my favorite 5 episodes from the original series, with spoilers.

Book 1, Episode 10: “Jet” This episode gives the audience a new insight into how the Fire Nation’s war has impacted the people.

On the surface, Aang and his friends bear similarities to Jet’s posse: they’ve all lost friends and family to the Fire Nation, they’ve all been spurred to action to stand up to oppressive forces and they’re all just kids. Jet’s story introduces a new dynamic to the show: what happens when the good guy goes too far? This episode shows that the Fire Nation isn’t the only evil at play.

Book 2, Episode 7: “Zuko Alone” “Zuko Alone” is the only episode I can remember having watched when I was a kid. But that speaks to its merit — “Zuko Alone” explores a new facet of Zuko’s personality: one that isn’t completely encompassed by his feelings of rage and disappointment.

In some small way, Zuko is detached from his fear of his father, Firelord Ozai, and for the better part of the episode, he’s taught a lesson about humility and compassion for those outside of his circle. Zuko is a charming underdog, and it’s not until his pride wells up that he experiences rejection in his new surroundings.

Book 2, Episode 9: “Bitter Work” “Bitter Work” is a subtly clever episode with enough dimwitted hu-

mor to pass as kid’s entertainment but enough symbolism to make it enjoyable for older audiences. There are obvious parallels between Aang’s early struggles Earthbending and Zuko’s difficulty in mastering lightning.

The episode is also emotional, with Zuko confronting the storm and his feelings about the world only to be met with silence.

Book 3, Episode 12: “The Firebending Masters” “The Firebending Masters” is one of my favorite episodes, as it showcases the duality of Firebending as opposed to its villainous depiction earlier in the show. Aang and Zuko both have new realizations over the nature of fire, and the episode further develops what we know of Uncle Iroh’s history. The meeting with the Masters has a gorgeous display of colors that stands out to other animation in the series.

Book 3, Episode 13: “The Boiling Rock” The Boiling Rock is a fitting episode to end on. Zuko and Sokka finally interact, something the show had been sorely lacking until Book 3, and we get to catch up with characters who have been absent for most of the season, such as Suki and Ty Lee. The episode also has one of the most surprising endings with Mei and Ty Lee betraying Azula and the nation they’ve lived so long in.

Noah Pasley can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com .

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Unmasking beauty: How face coverings impact your skin

By Jenna Landry @yesjennalandry

As soon as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began recommending face coverings while in public, we’ve all come to realize that a face mask is a staple in our everyday wardrobe. With the onset of school and the stress of navigating it during COVID-19, these face masks can have a significant impact on our skin.

Carly Spaulding, a graduate student studying social work, said that she’s seen changes in her skin since the pandemic began.

“I definitely notice more acne breakouts where my mask covers my face, especially chin area and nose,” Spaulding said.

Master cosmetologist Alex Nash explained why face masks can be harmful to skin health.

“Face masks ... mostly cause skin to dry out, as fabric absorbs the moisture from your skin, and any material against your face causes some friction,” Nash said. “You may simultaneously have excess moisture depending on your breathing and the environment you’re in. Pim-

ples and rashes are all increased factors to combat.”

There are a few simple things Nash recommends to help alleviate problems. The first is to stay hydrated throughout the day, even if it feels difficult. Another tip is to keep up with your skin care routine, including moisturizing and washing your face in the morning and evening.

“Face masks ... Mostly cause skin to dry out, as fabric absorbs the moisture from your skin, and any material against your face causes some friction.”

ALEX NASH MASTER COSMETOLOGIST

Lipstick in public may not be trending anytime soon, but when it comes to our face, our lips are often the last we think of and can become chapped if we ignore them. Face masks rub against our lips all day long as we breath and speak through them.

“Goop with a basic hydrating lip balm,” Nash said. “No need to smear any color or glitter around

under that mask. Try something made from shea or cocoa butters with skin-friendly ingredients so they transfer from lip to cheek.”

A few products Nash recommends are Hangover 3-in-1 replenishing primer and setting spray, Lip Rescue ultra-hydrating shea butter lip balm, Bio tint multi-action moisturizer with SPF 30 and Ultra Repair Cream intense hydration.

Spaulding uses Angels on Bare Skin by Lush, a witch hazel toner, Origins mega-mushroom lotion and an SPF 55.

A few other tips from Nash are to use 100% cotton face masks so they’re breathable for the skin but are also absorbent. Wear a new mask every day and wash or dispose of them daily. When it comes to makeup, consider wearing less or none. Instead of a powder, try a setting spray. Apply a moisturizer, then a tinted moisturizer, give your face a good mist and towel dry before donning the mask.

Lastly, Nash suggests to just breathe, don’t stress and take care of yourself.

Jenna Landry can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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