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Monday, August 31, 2020

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On the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington, protesters advocate for racial justice as they march with a symbolic casket from The Oval to Old Town Square and the Larimer County Justice Center Aug. 28. The demonstration featured various speakers from the Fort Collins community, a march and a vigil at the Administration Building.

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Still fighting, still dreaming: Community marches for justice

By Laura Studley @laurastudley_

Aug. 28 marks 57 years since Martin Luther King Jr. gave his powerful “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and 65 years since Emmett Till was lynched.

And it was Friday, on the steps of the Colorado State Uni-

versity Administration Building, that hundreds of students and community members gathered to continue the same fight toward justice and change — an effort that has been opposed consistently for decades.

“We see it clearly that we’re still fighting for the same things that were being fought for then,” said Julius Philpot, lead organizer of the DreamN2020

event. “We haven’t won anything. We haven’t achieved anything that we wanted.”

Since the end of May, demonstrations have been hosted in all 50 states, but community member and Loveland, Colorado, Mayor Jacki Marsh believes that efforts need to be made beyond the marches at the start of an individual’s education.

“You have to change the minds and hearts of some of the people,” Marsh said. “That starts at a very young age. Studies show that children are racist as early as preschool. So where are they getting that from? Why do they see a different skin color as something negative?”

Celina Foote, community member and secretary for Heart and Sol in Loveland, said

that the DreamN2020 solidarity march seeks to educate.

Foote’s hope is that individuals attend who may be aware of larger inequities but want to know more.

“Together we can talk through stories that are real in Northern Colorado,” Foote said.

“Not far away because then ... it doesn’t feel like it’s here.” see JUSTICE on page 4 >>

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Rangers watch and film with their phones as a motorcade of emergency service vehicles begin the memorial procession for Larimer County Department of Natural Resources Ranger, veteran and Colorado State University alumnus Brendan Unitt at the intersection of Timberline Road and Drake Road Aug. 28. Unitt drowned at Horsetooth Reservoir while on duty Aug. 20.

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Where there’s smoke: Wildfires impact daily Fort Collins life

officials in the west.

Numerous emergency press briefings have encouraged residents to stay safe and vigilant while the current fires are taken under control, but they emphasized that the potential for more fires like them is far from gone.

“It will take a season-ending event such as significant, sustained rainfall or even snow for the fire to be completely ‘out,’” Bureau of Land Management officials said.

“This may not take place until

mid-September, October or even as late as November.”

While this weekend’s cooler weather aided fire mitigation efforts and momentarily offered respite from smoke coverage in Fort Collins, it is clear that this year’s historical wildfires and the air quality hazards they have brought won’t be leaving for some time.

Sam Moccia and Jackson Braitberg can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Smoke rises from the Cameron Peak fire 40 miles west of Fort Collins Aug. 19. The fire, which ignited Aug. 13, is roughly 36 square miles and is at 0% containment. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM

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You don’t have to be an atmospheric scientist to tell something has been in the air as of late.

Even in Colorado, where wildfires are a normalized seasonal event, this summer has been especially active in part due to ongoing droughts across the state.

Now, August has seen the rise of four major wildfires that, together, have burned over 300 square miles across the state with one such blaze, the Pine Gulch fire, recently taking status as the largest wildfire in state history.

Just northwest of Fort Collins, the Cameron Peak fire continues to grow at 0% containment, and while residents may be far from the flames themselves, the City felt the full brunt of the smoke this past week.

On numerous days, the usually clear skies were temporarily replaced with smoky heat late into the afternoons.

For residents with respiratory concerns or other preexisting conditions, this change in atmosphere has been especially apparent and concerning.

of the smoke isn’t just bad luck, either, Pierce said. What Fort Collins has been experiencing is unique to Northern Colorado due a combination of multiple geographic features.

“Smoke just kinda pools down the Poudre River valley,” Pierce said “And it flows down, basically a smoke river atop the actual river, and dumps out the Poudre River valley, covering Fort Collins.”

The California wildfires, thousands of miles away, are also impacting air quality in Fort Collins.

Smoke traveling out of Northern California is caught in jet streams carrying it across Nevada, Idaho and Wyoming, finally washing out across Northern Colorado, according to Pierce.

These incredibly high concentrations of smoke traveling across Colorado, combined with Weld County’s oil and gas emissions and ozone issues that have long plagued the I-25 corridor can quickly become a health concern for any individual, regardless of preexisting conditions, Pierce said.

Coupled with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in which those experiencing respiratory problems are among the most vulnerable, wildfire smoke is now a growing concern for public health

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“I’d wake up in the mornings coughing from the smoke coming in through my cracked window,” said sophomore horticulture major Ally Szabo.

Szabo said that even before the recent fires, she struggled with asthma due to the elevation and air quality.

“On the worst days last week, any long amounts of time outside became exhausting,” she said.

Jeff Pierce, an associate professor in CSU’s department of atmospheric science, said that some air quality readings last week reached the highest recorded levels seen in Fort Collins since 2012’s High Park fire.

“Our annual average is 7.5 micrograms per meter cubed for how much particulate matter is in the air,” Pierce said.

Micrograms per meter cubed is used to measure how much particulate matter exists in a meter of air space and can potentially be inhaled.

“The concentrations we hit a couple different mornings were around the order of 150 micrograms per meter cubed,” Pierce said. “It’s the longest smoke-impacted time period in recent history for Fort Collins.”

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Fort Collins activist and co-founder of BIPOC Alliance, Queen, speaks in front of protesters as a rainbow forms in the distance, Aug. 28. Queen told of her experience as a Black mother. PHOTO BY RYAN SCHMIDT THE COLLEGIAN

JUSTICE >> from page 1 The event included multiple speakers, a march and a vigil. The march began at around 4 p.m., with attendees walking toward the Larimer County Justice Center and Old Town Square before coming back full circle, ending at The Oval.

“I want a visual image for the world that (demonstrations) can be done,” said CSU President Joyce McConnell. “I think there are a lot of people who are looking at demonstrations around the country and saying, ‘Oh, those are terrible things. They’re not safe.’ And I think there’s just an incredible need for people to have this opportunity, so we want to make sure that everyone understands it can be done.”

In his opening remarks, Philpot explained that he is glad the quarantine gave people an opportunity to reflect and fully realize that racism never ended.

“While I sit here saying that I’m proud to be Black, I’m not proud to be in a space or an environment or in a country where people are still judged by the color of their skin,” Philpot said.

Later, president of the University of Northern Colorado’s Black Student Union and speaker Josh Greer expressed his views on America, explaining that the foundations and values that created both this country and the Ku Klux Klan are “a spitting reflection that hatred is on display.”

“I hate you, America, because of the false pictures you’ve drawn,” Greer said. “The false narrative of protection and service. We are foolish to allow this system to

continue on. ... At one point, my people dreamt of solidarity with you, but that dream turned into a nightmare.”

A total of four women speakers were given the platform to lift their concerns, anger and frustration at the beginning of the event; Philpot said that when the first March on Washington happened, there were no Black women speaking.

“That changes today,” he said.

Melissa Edwards, associate director of the Office for Undergraduate Research and Artistry, explained that there are a lot of layers of injustice currently being fought against.

“My biggest fear is that one day I’m holding this microphone, and I’m speaking about one of my sons. I don’t know if Fort Collins is going to be able to deal with that.”

QUEEN COMMUNITY MEMBER AND CO-FOUNDER OF BIPOC ALLIANCE

“We are watching in the news, lives (being) stolen,” Edwards said.

“Black lives, stolen people. Here we stand on stolen ground, and we watch it happen like it’s video games desensitizing us over and over and over again.”

She continued saying that institutions aren’t buildings, entities or companies — they are made up of people. Edwards addressed CSU students specifically, explaining that they are not powerless but the exact opposite.

“Every institution you belong to, you can change,” Edwards said.

“You can change the people, you can change the actions, you can change policies, you can change the practices and you can change how it’s policed. You can do it.”

After Jasmine Retland performed a song, Queen, one of the founders of the BIPOC Alliance, spoke.

“I have a dream,” Queen said.

“My dream consists of my sons raising their families and owning homes and land, seeing their children go to school. If they’re not calling my phone every 15 minutes, it is hell for me. It is hell. I have five sons, three grandsons, … and I’m afraid that they have no future (with) the way this country is going right now.”

She went on to explain her fear every morning when she wakes up and has to check her phone just to see if her sons made it through the night.

“My biggest fear is that one day I’m holding this microphone, and I’m speaking about one of my sons,” she said. “I don’t know if Fort Collins is going to be able to deal with that.”

Third year biology major Jocelyn Lapham spoke about how being Black was something new to her. Lapham explained the struggle of being biracial, saying it was difficult to be around Black people because she felt like she didn’t fit into that community.

“I knew Black people, but their Blackness was not mine, not something I could share in, not something that I understood,” Lapham said. “Although (the Black/African American Cultural Center) is open to all students of any background, my fear of being too Black for the white students and white faculty

was unmatched by my fear of not being Black enough for BAACC.” Lapham concluded by saying racism is taught, not inherent, explaining that the question of solving a murder shouldn’t be “What did they do to deserve it?”

“Education is at the forefront of humanity, and until there’s representation in our school systems, full histories in our lesson books and empathy in our hearts, you too, no matter the color of your skin, will be questioning, ‘Am I next?’”

Lapham said.

Before the attendees began to march, one last speaker took the stand. CSU fifth year and member of the #NotProudtoBe movement Janaye Matthews said that a first step is showing up, but it means almost nothing if there is no action accompanied with it.

“Solidarity is not an act of charity, it’s an act of unity,” Matthews said. “It’s an act. There’s action that has to go behind it.”

Matthews continued to say that the phrase ‘CSU is avowedly anti-racist’ has been used repeatedly, and yet she still doesn’t know what that means.

“When I hear anti-racism, I think of action,” Matthews said.

“Using that as an adjective means nothing to me. That’s another email statement that means absolutely nothing. It’s right up there with your First Amendment rights, your principles of community, you can take that and keep it because I don’t want it.”

After some closing remarks, attendees were led down a path toward Howes Street by a group carrying a coffin, a symbol to represent the fact that no one’s life, Black or white, is promised tomorrow.

“As we lay this coffin here, I really wanted it to resonate with you

that you could be in there,” Philpot said. “That goes for anybody here.

Because just as much as it can be be a Black person, in this casket, it could be somebody who is white that has decided to step in front of a Black body to prevent another death.”

At the justice center, Queen spoke of her experience, saying she has seen things go poorly in Fort Collins; however, she said that the Black community is building rapport with Fort Collins Police Services.

She explained that she could get on her phone or go to the police department and express her concerns and needs as they relate to the community.

“They are actually taking the time to listen to our concern,” Queen said. “As we make these changes, we cannot and we will not, as a community, look down on officers that are actually trying to do the right thing.”

From there, attendees moved along Howes and turned right toward Old Town Square. There, more speeches, a musical demonstration by Retland and chanting took place.

“I wanted to bring y’all to the Square,” Philpot said. “I felt it was very important to bring y’all here because time and time again when school starts back, y’all come here and y’all celebrate like ain’t nothing else happened. Y’all have fun going to Rec Room and Bondi (Beach Bar), celebrating like we won something, like people aren’t dying.”

Philpot welcomed a speaker, Quincy Shannon, to the stage.

Shannon discussed that this movement is a fight, saying the heart of the people is crucial to making a change. He called out to bystanders walking past, explaining that they are part of the problem.

“So what we’re going to do is we’re going to make sure this fight doesn’t stop today,” Shannon said.

“If you want to tear the system down, you have to do it yourself, and it doesn’t mean you’re by yourself.”

Attendees chanted words from social activist Assata Shakur, “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.”

Afterward, the march route headed toward The Oval for a final vigil.

The area around the Administration Building was lit by the attendees’ flashlights as they formed a large circle around the casket that had been carried for the route’s entirety.

A poem titled “My Gemini Boy” was written and read by community member Effie Temple to honor Elijah McClain.

The event ended with a moment of silence for all the names that are known and for the ones that are not.

Editor’s Note: Jackson Braitberg and Sam Moccia contributed to the reporting for this article.

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CAMPUS

How the Student Fee Review Board drives your dollar

By Noah Pasley @PasleyNoah

With every month comes a new wave of dread for many students, as it signals their monthly installment for their apartment or the next school payment.

But while students sign into their RAMweb to make a payment, they themselves have power over where some of those dollars go.

Colorado State University is one of several colleges with an intact Student Fee Review Board, according to Christian Dykson, a sophomore studying political science and a board member since last fall.

Students are able to join the board to determine where the student fees are allocated from year to year.

Alexandra Farias, vice president of the Associated Students of CSU and chair of the SFRB, said that the board allocates roughly $63.8 million dollars in student fees to 19 fee areas around campus, such as the Women and Gender Advocacy Center, ASCSU and Campus Recreation.

Dykson said he joined the

SFRB to advocate for where student fees are best spent.

“Every dollar that’s spent or taken for student fees is a dollar that isn’t going to rent, cost of transportation, food, books and other essentials that are needed for academic success,” Dykson said.

“Every dollar, every penny counts, and I want to be a voice of reason on behalf of the students.”

Dykson said that the SFRB is a “portal for student impact and change.” He also said that joining the board is a good way to get informed about what’s going on in and around campus.

“For the fall semester, you tour all of the areas,” Dykson said. “They give you a full rundown of what the purpose of their offices are, what the purpose of that fee category is, how it’s impacting students, why we should keep it, what the proposal is.”

Due to COVID-19, Farias said that the SFRB is currently relying on Zoom, with plans to meet in person in the spring with social distancing in place. She also added that the spring semester consists entirely of looking at fee areas’ budgets and that the board then decides how much each fee area receives.

“Some areas will come to us with no increase, meaning that they are operating comfortably and don’t need any more money,” Farias said. “And other areas will come to us with increases consisting of a mandatory increase (e.g., salary and benefits) or a new project (e.g., funding a new position). It is then in the board’s hands to decide what goes and what doesn’t.”

Dykson said that the “coolest part” of the SFRB was getting to learn about the depth of CSU programs and involvement, as well as the history of how some of the programs started.

“It’s a great power that we have,” Dykson said. “Many universities have lost that power. Other universities have bundled the student fees with tuition where it’s only the administration that looks over it, and that’s problematic for many reasons.”

Jasper Sloss, a junior studying finance, joined the board last spring after positions opened up. He said that the SFRB has been a great experience and that it helped him get “in tune” with what goes on around campus.

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that I’m a part of,” Sloss said. “I felt like this was one of the best places for your time to give back and really support the students around you.”

Sloss also said that the SFRB isn’t “just a face” for administration to act like students are involved in the process but is an actual position where students face tough, challenging situations.

“We have to weigh … whether this supports students the way student fees (are) supposed to,” Sloss said. “There is more going on than just meets the eye, and also there’s

a lot going on on campus that students are able to get involved in and make difference.”

“I would encourage anyone to apply for this board,” Farias said.

“It allows you to really learn about your student fees firsthand and make a difference in keeping fees low and (in) students’ best interest.”

Students can apply for the SFRB at through the link on ASCSU’s Instagram bio, @ASCSU. Noah Pasley can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Archives deleted after editor disinfects keyboards

By Abby Vander Graaff @abbym_vg

Editor’s Note: This is a satire piece from The Collegian’s opinion section. Real names may be used in fictitious/semi-fictitious ways. Those who do not read editor’s notes are subject to being offended.

FORT COLLINS — Last night, the complete collection of archives kept by The Rocky Mountain Collegian was deleted after the newsroom keyboards were disinfected.

Digital and Design Managing Editor Matt Tackett had just finished installing a kaleidoscope, two cups and a string for video calls (the very best Rocky Mountain Student Media could afford through pandemic ad revenue and a very generous donation from no one) when he felt a sneeze coming on.

“I was trapped under a desk, and I bumped my head and got a piece of ‘A.B.C.’ gum in

my hair, and there was a 3-year- of Rocky Mountain Student and then finally the keyboards, old, moldy Subway sandwich Media has seen multiple stu- and that’s when I hit the button right next to me,” Tackett said, dents succumb to ailments that deleted everything.”

Editor-in-Chief Lauryn his hair still greasy and cut un- such as rickets, starvation and evenly after the sticky battle. admission to the College of Bolz said that everyone in the “It was like ‘127 Hours’ under Business in recent years. The newsroom recognizes the gravCollegian couldn’t handle los- ity of the situation. there.”

“On one hand, we have Tackett went on to explain ing another person, Tackett exstudents potentially dying of that in the process of finding plained.

COVID-19 because we the dull, chewed-up didn’t take precautions, pencil that he ultimately ended up using to cut “On one hand, we have students and on the other hand, we have our capitalishimself free, dust was potentially dying of COVID-19 because tic desire to work every released into the air, we didn’t take precautions, and on the waking moment until we forcing him to sneeze despite the Centers for other hand, we have our capitalistic die,” she said as both eyes from being open Disease Control and desire to work every waking moment twitched for 52 hours straight.

Prevention guidelines. until we die.”

“It really is a toss-up, Tackett explained LAURYN BOLZ which is why we do our that he began to disbest to be safe but keep infect the desk he was EDITOR-IN-CHIEF working,” Bolz said. working at as a precauShe went on to extion, but then he re“We’ve lost writers to plain that, despite the largemembered the mortality rate and longevity of the COVID-19 health hazards before, and I ly-ignored facts that the newspandemic, and decided it would couldn’t risk that happening room has no airflow capabilities be best to clean the entire again,” Tackett said. “I wiped and that students are trapped everything down. Light switch- there for hours at a time, evnewsroom.

The windowless basement es, our bust of Michael Barbaro eryone follows very strict disin-

fection procedures so they can feel like they are doing at least something right in this dreary world.

“Things have been hard financially because of the pandemic, but we are still finding creative ways to care for our staff,” said Bolz. “We even let them take unread newspapers home with them at no extra fee so that they can use them for shelter in this time of economic downfall.”

“History is incredibly important, but also super f*cking depressing,” said fashion major Sandra Simpson, who equates BuzzFeed quizzes with the daily New York Times briefings that that kid you know with the turtle glasses and messenger bag reads. “Maybe it’s good the archives are gone. We can only hope the same gift is bestowed upon our grandchildren one day.”

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

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COLLEGIAN COLUMNIST

An open letter to President Joyce McConnell Students can help mitigate the water crisis

By Guest Author @CSUCollegian

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. Letters to the Editor reflect the view of a member of the campus community and are submitted to the publication for approval.

To Joyce McConnell and Colorado State University’s “leadership’”: you may be the reason someone loses their life. It is that serious.

We write to you today in condemnation of the rhetoric the University has directed toward our students. Amid a pandemic already associated with collectively declining mental health, you have burdened our young, developing students with preemptive guilt for deaths in our community; a guilt that rightly belongs to University leadership.

You have elected to control a pandemic by relying on the self-control of young adults returning to their dear friends for the first time in so long. Laying blame for community deaths at students’ feet is inexcusable.

When consulted, faculty voiced prominent concerns about student compliance with physical distancing measures. Research from The Committee on Improving the Health, Safety and Well-Being of Young Adults also

corroborates those concerns. The alone a public institution for higher sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s chair of faculty, said, “UNC committee explains that “many education.

We hope we speak for all has some of the best public health, adolescents tend to be strongly oriented toward and sensitive to peers, faculty and educators at CSU infectious disease (and) health responsive to their immediate en- and beyond: do not threaten our communications folks in the counvironments, limited in self-control students’ hope for an education to try.” When its campus reopened, and disinclined to focus on long- hide from your own failed attempt spread of the virus was uncontrollable. The university retreated to term consequences, all of which at leadership. online learning. lead to compromised deciIndeed, Chapman sion-making skills in emohopes that UNC’s experitionally charged situations.”

“To students reading this letter, let us ence “will be a real service When you make demands of our wonderful stumake some things abundantly clear: you to the country and to other institutions like ours dents to “Step up. Take reare not murderers. Our president owes in how they think about sponsibility,” found in your you an explanation, and our president these things (and) how emails, you invoke a respontheir governing bodies sibility upon students that owes you a humbled apology.” think about these things.” expert opinion insists they But, President McConnell, are not all yet ready to bear. can you hear her plea? Can You demand our students You invite students, so many you believe the words of those who shoulder a burden they rightfully expect their leadership to protect for the first time, away from the have done what you are doing and them from. Instead of protection, familial support network they have failed?

You have invited 26,400 unyou have offered our students only relied upon all their lives. You insist they do not seek the solaces found dergraduate students back to camblame.

When you threaten your in real and intimate friendships. In pus, to Fort Collins, in the middle of students with “consequences for your email, you say that students the first global pandemic of many of non-compliance, including stu- must isolate from the friends on our lives. As of Aug. 30, 182,149 peodent conduct proceedings and whose support they will be even ple have been killed by COVID-19 possible expulsion,” you threaten more reliant on in such a challeng- across the United States. About 1,900 Coloradans have died due to to rescind the very education that ing semester.

We are not party to the finan- COVID-19. Ninety-six University might prepare them for the heavy cial position of CSU; however, we members have already tested posburden you bestow upon them.

And when you move from are party to the value of the life of itive for the virus. It is only the seca rhetoric of consequence to a each individual who has placed ond week of our semester.

When you insist in an email rhetoric of brazen, overt intimida- their profound and beautiful trust tion;,when you threaten your own in this once-great institution. The to students that “your health, the students in the same email, saying, value of each and every life held by health of our faculty and staff and “Don’t risk this,” you employ a lan- our community is unexchangeable the health of the Fort Collins comguage of authoritarian aggression in the metrics of finance. No lost munity is and will always be our top priority,” we must contest that this unbefitting of any institution that life can be reimbursed.

Mimi Chapman, the Univer- statement is a lie. exists to serve a community, let

To students reading this letter, let us make some things abundantly clear: you are not murderers. Our president owes you an explanation, and our president owes you a humbled apology.

We ask you, President McConnell, and all of your leadership team, to publicly respond to the concerns apportioned in this letter. Offer genuine transparency to the young adults you have invited back to our campus. Offer honesty to the families whose lives you are willing to risk. Tell us why we risked our lives this past week. Tell us why we will risk them this week. Be as brave as you ask your faculty to be; be as accountable as you demand your students to be; be as gracious and fearless as any true institution for the public ought to be.

To offer your own words back to you, President: this is our call to action. Step up, take responsibility.

Regards, Alick McCallum, third year poetry MFA and graduate teaching assistant Julia Oshiki, second year creative nonfiction MFA and graduate teaching assistant Jordan Osborne, third year poetry MFA The full list of contributors and endorsers to this letter can be found on the digital version at Collegian.com.

Letters may be sent to letters@ collegian.com. When submitting letters, please abide by the guidelines listed at Collegian.com.

By Cody Cooke @CodyCooke17

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.

So far, 2020 has been a year defined by crises. A pandemic, a crashing economy, civil unrest in major cities and an upcoming election are just some of the extremely complex problems facing our country today. There’s another problem, however. It is just as significant — although much less obvious — than the rest. That is the issue of water.

The global water crisis can be explained with simple math: While the amount of freshwater on Earth remains somewhat constant over time, the amount of people on Earth who need access to that water has increased and will continue to increase with global population growth. More people needing the same amount of water has serious consequences for human commu-

nities and wild ecosystems.

Colorado is no exception. Our particular geography makes us a “headwaters state” because at least four major river basins originate inside Colorado. How Colorado uses that water is crucial, considering that millions of people depend on a dwindling reservoir supply of it.

States situated within the Colorado River Basin have already drafted a temporary Drought Contingency Plan, which went into effect earlier this year, to avoid a water emergency amid “historically low levels” in reservoirs.

Although Fort Collins and Colorado State University technically sit within the South Platte River Basin, substantial amounts of water are diverted from the Colorado River and others west of the Continental Divide to the Front Range. This means we all share a duty to be conscious of our water usage.

CSU is globally acknowledged for its sustainability efforts.

In 2015, the school received the world’s first Platinum rating from the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System. This level of recognition should be felt and reflected by everyone who calls CSU home.

“Instead of washing two or three loads (of laundry) a week, doing one big load at the end of the week can conserve water.”

Fortunately, we all have the ability to make a difference. By making just a few simple changes to our routine, we can start to use less water and maybe save some money in the process.

Perhaps the first place to start should be our sinks. That’s where we wash our hands, clean our dishes and brush our teeth, things that all require water. But none of these activities require all of the water that flows out of a fully-turned faucet. In other words, turning the faucet all the way just to wash one bowl

in the sink is a waste of water.

Instead, only turn the faucet halfway or even less. You’ll still be able to completely clean that bowl, but you’ll have used significantly less water. The same goes for washing hands. Scrub your hands without the water running, then wash the soap away at half-flow. I do this method myself, both to conserve water and to avoid the annoying splash-back that happens when the faucet is flowing at full-force.

These may seem like trivial suggestions, but over time, the difference can add up. Average household faucets usually allow between a half gallon to 1 1/2 gallons to flow per minute, and the average house uses about 20 gallons of water per individual per day just from faucets. By not using the full force of your faucet whenever you do the dishes or wash your hands, you can seriously cut back on the amount of water being used.

According to CSU Extension, washing clothes uses “between 35 to 50 gallons of water per load.”

Instead of washing two or three loads a week, doing one big load at the end of the week can conserve water. You can stretch that even longer (and save even more water) by re-wearing clothes that aren’t actually dirty or smelly.

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The water crisis is particularly important for us to consider since our daily habits and routines have an immediate effect on it. Students at CSU should realize that our easy access to water is a profound privilege, and we should treat that water like the life-or-death resource that it is.

Taking shorter showers is another easy way to conserve water. If your shower head has the option to temporarily restrict water flow (or if you feel like turning off the shower altogether) you can save water that otherwise would have disappeared down the drain while you shampooed your hair or scrubbed your body with soap. Especially now that many of our classes and schedules don’t have us going out as much, consider choosing not to shower on days you didn’t sweat.

These are just a few simple suggestions that can substantially cut back water usage. Not only can you conserve a shrinking and essential resource, but you can save money on your water bill by simply using less water. The report published by CSU Extension offers several other cheap and easy ways individuals and families can save water.

It might not seem like it in our day-to-day lives, but our City’s, country’s and planet’s water supply is one of the most important things we should be conscious of. Water may seem like a given, but taking it for granted could be extremely dangerous.

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PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL

Bigger than sports: How the NBA’s call to act halted the world

By Tyler Meguire @TMeguire

The Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors discussed boycotting NBA playoff games in the wake of Rusten Sheskey shooting unarmed Black man Jacob Blake in the back seven times.

With this talk came action, as the Milwaukee Bucks — who usually play home games about 45 minutes away from Kenosha, Wisconsin — and Orlando Magic boycotted game five of the first round of the playoffs.

Teams playing in the remainder of the slated games followed in the Bucks’ steps, and all teams boycotted their games. The NBA postponed the games on Thursday and Friday.

It was a historic event and one that no one will forget. The players, coaches, officials, team executives and team personnel all showcased an exceptional act of leadership and unity in this imperative fight for racial justice — and it all started with the players.

Their leadership sparked action throughout the sports world.

Colorado Rockies slugger Matt Kemp boycotted the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Six Major League Baseball teams boycotted their games Wednesday night, and Thursday followed with seven games postponed.

On Wednesday, Kenny “the Jet” Smith walked away from TNT’s “Inside the NBA” set to join the players in solidarity. Tennis star Naomi Osaka also boycotted her match against Elise Mertens on Thursday. The National Hockey League postponed its games on Thursday and Friday to join the boycott. Major League Soccer boycotted its games on Wednesday as well.

The Women’s National Basketball Association went a little further, with the Washington Mystics donning shirts spelling out Blake’s name with seven holes in the back representing the gunshots to Blake’s back.

With the NBA influencing the world, however, came an abundance of questions. What is next for the season? Are playoffs going to be canceled? Most importantly, what will the players do next to have their voices heard and ignite change? These are all fair questions, and the players knew this. The players took the time during their boycott to hold a meeting to figure out what their plan of attack was going to be.

After the players’ meeting Wednesday night and Thursday morning, the NBA and National Basketball Players Association released a statement with their plans to fight social injustices.

Many leagues are set to get

In the wake of a police officer shooting Jacob Blake, professional athletes in the National Basketball Association, the Women’s National Basketball Association, Major League Soccer and certain teams in the Major League Baseball organization protested police brutality, forcing the organizations to postpone games and, in some cases, training. PHOTO BY RYAN SCHMIDT THE COLLEGIAN

going again. The NBA released that teams would be returning to play on Saturday with an updated schedule.

NBA fans are wondering what the NBA players will do when they return to the court or

what they will not do to make the world listen and look at what they are fighting for. The NBA fan base is hoping it is something big.

“Change doesn’t happen with just talk!!” Lebron James tweeted on Thursday. “It happens with action and needs to happen

NOW! For my @IPROMISESchool kids, kids and communities across the country, it’s on US to make a difference. Together.

That’s why your vote is @morethanavote #BlackLivesMatter.”

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

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS

Pro teams’ boycott turns athletics into activism

By Scott Nies @scott_nies98

In 1961, Bill Russell — National Basketball Association Hall of Famer and Celtics legend — led a boycott against an NBA exhibition game after the team’s Black players were refused entry to a bar in Indiana and a hotel coffee shop in Kentucky. Russell was joined by teammates Sam Jones and Satch Sanders in their refusal to play.

It has been almost 60 years since Russell’s stand against racial inequality, and on Aug. 26 the NBA echoed his sentiment by stopping all play after Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer Rusten Sheskey shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back.

After the NBA halted all games, the Women’s NBA, Major League Soccer and certain teams in Major League Baseball followed suit. The call for racial equality was echoed all throughout the sporting world as the National Hockey League followed

The lack of support athletes to turn NBA arenas into voting suit a day later.

Certain NFL teams sus- face as soon as they step off the locations for the 2020 election. A pended all practices in solidarity court is not anything new. In social justice coalition with repwith the halting of other major 2018, LeBron James was told to resentation from players, coaches professional sports in Ameri- “Shut up and dribble” by Laura and governors will also be develca. The stoppage of professional Ingraham, a Fox News host, after oped immediately.

As a fan, it is great to see such play and sports activities notably he made comments about Presicomes four years to the day of dent Donald Trump’s lack of abili- prominent athletes using their voices, but perhaps even better is Colin Kaepernick first taking a ty to “understand the people.” seeing the organizations knee during the national back their athletes as the anthem in protest against has done. police brutality.

“Sports should not be an escape NBAThe NBA has now es“Sports are like the from current social issues, rather tablished itself as the bluereward of a functioning society,” said Sean Doolitthey should be a platform to elevate print for player support throughout a professional tle of the Washington Naathletes and their push for equality.” organization. It has creattionals baseball team, and ed an environment where although this was a complayers feel listened to and ment on the COVID-19 The NBA and the National empowered to speak out against pandemic and the MLB’s struggles with containment, it rings Basketball Players Association racial injustices, which in turn has have agreed to resume play and resulted in players continuing to true now more than ever.

Sports must come second to have set forth new initiatives “to play.

After first weathering athlete empowerment and safe- push for meaningful and sustainty, but the relationship between able change,” NBA commissioner COVID-19 scares and now the sport and player, between a fan’s Adam Silver and NBPA executive NBA boycott, sports fans are likewant for competition and an ath- director Michele Roberts said in ly relieved that competition will lete’s well-being, is an obstacle a joint statement, according to be continuing, but it is imperative that fans understand the importhat often illustrates the blatant ESPN. Franchise owners will work tance of athletes choosing to play disregard for players as anything with local government officials during these times. other than entertainers.

Live professional sports are heavily desired by the American public because people are looking to their resurgence as an escape from reality. If escapism trumps accountability and awareness, we do not deserve sports.

The idea of escapism is exactly what players around the world are looking to change.

Sports should not be an escape from current social issues; rather, they should be a platform to elevate athletes and their push for equality.

There is no one right way for athletes and sporting organizations to tackle these massive institutional issues, and it only makes things harder that the battle for racial equality is now being fought in a worldwide pandemic.

If fans look to educate themselves on the reasons behind these boycotts, it may help to establish a better dialogue and better awareness throughout the sports industry.

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By Bella Johnson @bellakj20

New to the Fort Collins restaurant scene, Little sits comfortably on the corner of Mountain Avenue and Shields Street, looking out on all who pass by.

The restaurant was recently opened by partners Brent Jackson and Dan Smalheiser, who both share a great love of food. With many friends, families and couples clinking wine glasses together on the restaurant’s patio, it would seem Little cultivates a feeling of love as well.

When one first approaches Little, they can see neatly-positioned tables along the patio and lawn of the property. A kind server greeted me immediately and allowed me to choose my own spot at one of their picnic tables that have been placed along the grass lining Shields Street in an attempt to help social distancing.

As a student, I was concerned that I may not be treated with the same respect as an adult, but the server made me feel that, despite the usual contents of my wallet, I, too, was allowed to have a nice night out.

Little is a rather small place and could almost be mistaken for another residential location if it weren’t for its more modern brick and complementary black awnings.

In order to serve such quality dishes and employ excellent servers, Jackson, who doubles as partner and chef, and Smalheiser felt that a smaller location would be most efficient.

When inside, one has an excellent view of the kitchen and bar-style countertops, which would usually be in use if not for the COVID-19 pandemic. Silver pots line the tops of the stoves, and fine glassware sits in corners, waiting to be placed outside for guests.

Local artist Kaley Alie lent a hand in the production of some of Little’s beautiful plates. While she mainly focuses on Colorado landscapes, she was pleased at the opportunity to help some of her friends. The restaurant brings a splash of class to Fort Collins with the charm of beautiful dishware as each piece has its own character that compliments your meal.

“Whether you are being seated, feeling thirsty or asking questions about the menu, every team member responds with great enthusiasm and knowledge.”

The menu at Little, while resembling the restaurant’s name, is committed to quality above all else. The “Tartine” was an excellent starter with delicious peaches, burrata, saba and bread. Likewise, the “Chitarra,” — pronounced khatara or chi-tara — pasta dish with its grilled tomatoes, basil and chevre cheese was an excellent vegetarian option.

The menu also contains a variety of options containing meat that

Smalheiser said are often flown in from places like Massachusetts, California and Maine to ensure freshness. Depending on the season, dishes with pork and eggs may be sourced from local spot Jodar Farms, and some vegetables are sourced from the community favorite Native Hill Farm.

With such attention to quality, Little’s meals are a bit higher in price than other local eateries; however, this quality shows in the delicious handcrafted noodles — which are later used in rotating dishes like the “Chitarra” — Jackson makes every morning.

Although I didn’t have time to taste the breakfast, pastries made by an in-house baker lined the inside of the kitchen area in glass containers. With a newborn at home, baking offers the chef some needed peace in the mornings, and she finds this a great way to start her day.

It seems that Little thrives on incorporating local and hardworking chefs into its kitchen.

But the food is not the only important aspect of this restaurant.

The community within the restaurant also makes this spot unique.

Little takes pride in employing an excellent staff. Whether you are being seated, feeling thirsty or asking questions about the menu, every team member responds with great enthusiasm and knowledge.

Little has certainly found a place within the Fort Collins community, and I look forward to the next opportunity I have to stop by.

Next time, breakfast!

Bella Johnson can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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FASHION

Face masks meet fashion: Tula Boutique and designer masks

By Sierra Grimm @CSUram5

Not even runway designers could have predicted that the latest 2020 accessory would be the face mask.

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that face masks are to be worn whenever in public, some areas mandate they be worn when you are going inside a public building. Colorado, as well as Larimer County, has a statewide mask order in place now and for the foreseeable future.

As a mandatory accessory during a worldwide surgical mask and N-95 shortage, you can either purchase cloth face masks from local stores or online, or you can make your own. If you do not have the material to make them, a local boutique in Old Town called Tula is selling CDC-approved face masks.

Taylor Jaquez, the store manager, said they are selling masks from the brands that they already have in store. They carry a unique Italian scarf brand called Faliero Sarti. Each season the artist creates new prints and patterns which are put onto high-quality and beautiful scarves (mostly silk, cotton or cashmere), and the company uses the scarf scraps to make masks.

The Faliero Sarti masks come in a variety of fabrics including cotton, silk and cashmere blends. They are also double-layered with elastic

to secure around the ears and have a small metal wire to adjust around the nose. Each mask is one-of-akind which adds to the unique and personal factor. Faliero Sarti masks are sold individually for $49.50.

Tula sells another brand of masks called Xirena, the name being a play off the Spanish word for mermaid. This brand is based in Los Angeles, and the masks are made in the U.S. They come in a fun, bohemian, California-inspired print. The Xirena masks are entirely cotton, and they are double-layered with elastic to secure around the ears. They have an inner pocket where you can add an additional layer if desired. Xirena masks are sold in a pack of two for $30.00.

Some boutiques are donating part or all of the proceeds from purchased masks. Jaquez said that at the very beginning of this pandemic, Tula Boutique partnered with ELIZABETH Studios — a collaborative label between the owner of Tula, Kate Hannah, and Anabella Poletti — to donate hand-crafted denim face masks to the front line health care employees in the community at Banner Health Clinic, The Youth Clinic of Fort Collins and Realities For Children.

This was during a major mask shortage, and thanks to the voluntary help of the community, sewers and seamstresses that joined together with the Elizabeth and Tula teams, they were able to sew and donate over 200 masks.

When it comes to styling the masks for everyday wear, Jaquez said that they are seeing many designers and brands starting to use face masks in their marketing campaigns, photo shoots and fashion shows.

“We love the idea that it’s another accessory for your look,” Jaquez said. “You can wear the same jeans and tank top every day and switch up your face mask to create an entirely new look each day. We think finding a few face masks that make you happy and express your personal sense of style is a great way to find the silver lining during this new and different time.”

Jaquez mentioned that they’ve come to find that “they are also great conversation starters — just like a great pair of shoes — and you can tell a lot about a person by the type of face mask they are wearing. We’ll probably be wearing these for a while, so why not express yourself and your personal style at the same time?”

Whether you are walking to brunch in Old Town or from the dorms to Fuzzy’s Tacos for a bite to eat, these masks are worth wearing.

If you are interested and have more questions on these masks, you can reach out to Tula Boutique on Instagram @shoptula and @shop. elizabeth, via Facebook at Tula boutique, their website www.shoptula. com or via phone 970-482-1953.

Sierra Grimm can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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ENTERTAINMENT

‘The Legend of Korra’: A deep dive into books 1 and 2

By Noah Pasley @PasleyNoah

In early August, “Avatar: The Last Airbender” creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko departed from Netflix’s live-action project, according to posts on their social media accounts. However, enthusiasm for the Avatar universe has experienced a revival following ATLA’s streaming debut on Netflix in May, and its sequel series, “The Legend of Korra,” arrived on the platform just days after the creators’ departure.

While it’ll be some time until I close out on this new series, here are my reviews for Books One and Two with spoilers for TLOK and ATLA.

Book One: Air There is admittedly a lot to unpack right out of the gate. For starters, the setting has changed drastically on many levels. Set roughly 70 years after the events of ATLA, Book One introduces us to an almost abruptly modern take on the “Avatar” universe.

Republic City, for instance, forms our first impression of an urban environment, and society has shaped itself to it, with political infrastructures, disenfranchised citizens and a technological revolution reminiscent of the 21st century.

In addition to these vast changes, many of the more mystical elements from ATLA have become commonplace, such as the lightning bending techniques previously demonstrated only by members of the Fire Nation’s royal family and Metalbending, which advanced far beyond what Toph demonstrated in the original series.

With these additions, TLOK poises itself in a really unique position — it doesn’t suffer from an identity crisis attempting to imitate ATLA. But many of the new themes that surface in the series

don’t get explored at more than a surface-level glance.

For instance, Korra is jarringly introduced to the realities of Republic City, where homelessness and bending violence have skyrocketed, but neither of these issues are developed fully. The series also moves hastily in criminalizing the Anti-bending Revolution, a movement at the forefront of Book One’s ambitions that aims to deport those who have long abused bending to exert force over those who can’t.

Throughout the season, we are introduced to characters who have felt immense loss at the hands of benders such as Asami, Mako and Amon.

But despite this flawed power dynamic at the core of the plot, the victims are rarely the subject of sympathy, and the Equalists take their place as the primary villains, though larger societal issues roil beneath the surface.

That said, I thoroughly enjoyed the reveal of Amon’s identity. The way in which bending has shaped Amon’s beliefs and his crusade is a twisted story that I only wish we had seen more of. And the

finale’s chilling ending is one that will hang with me for a long time.

Overall, I rate season one a 6 1/2 out of 10.

Book Two: Spirits Again, this season’s ambitions drive it well past a reasonable amount of change. If Book One was a jarring awakening to a modern world, Book Two is a forceful tug in the opposite direction. The season’s title is nothing if not honest, however, as Korra grapples with her spirituality in a way that Book One sorely lacked before the season finale.

But the differences between the two seasons are drastic; everything from themes to animation styles experience some level of rebirth rather than expansion from the foundation set by Book One and, to the dismay of many fans, the foundations built by ATLA. I was severely put off by the changes at first, but upon revisiting, the season holds weight.

While the deeply mystical forces Korra faces are bafflingly unique compared to Amon and the Equalists, it finally brings welcome change to Korra’s character, who thus far had been a powerful and

determined bender but ultimately fairly one-dimensional. The interactions between her and the past Avatars, as well as her newfound revelations about the spirit Raava, establish a much more profound theme of inner harmony for the series.

In addition to the mystical threats Korra must challenge throughout Book Two, some more modern evils also coexist, as symbolized by the civil war and Varrick.

While these don’t pass much deeper than the surface, it’s refreshing to see the show take on villains such as corporate greed and propaganda.

Overall, I rate season two a 7 1/2 out of 10.

OVERALL RATINGS ■ Season 1

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Fight the fight. There is no middle ground when it comes to setting boundaries. Your need to compromise is hurting your ability to be transparent about your needs.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Give grace to those around you. Not everyone is as perceptive as you. Stop being so hard on others.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) The results you seek will only come through hard work and discipline. In the meantime, focus on what you can control rather than the outcome you desire.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Embrace flexibility and expect to be challenged. You’re not in the wrong. Simply, you need to learn to embrace multiple truths.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Ground yourself. You don’t need to know the answer to everything. You possess all the knowledge you need for the day.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Turn off your desire to micromanage situations around you. Instead, express gratitude for the gifts within your life.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Step

into your ability to gather the attention of others. The world needs you to advocate for those who are being ignored.

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