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Aerophobia grounded the dreams of CSU hoops legend Bill Green The NBA first round draft pick that walked away from everything

By Ethan Lee Sustainability groups, both local and national, have had large impacts within Northern Colorado. The groups include the Community for Sustainable Energy, the Fort Collins Sustainability Group and the Sierra Club. COLLEGIAN FILE PHOTO

Meet some of the grassroots groups behind Fort Collins’ climate action

By Samantha Ye @samxye4

Where the national government has waffled over significant climate action, communities like Fort Collins have aimed to pave the way in their place, and the core of that is grassroots citizen involvement that is critical to the development of the City’s climate action and sustainability efforts.

Northern Colorado is home to an alphabet soup of different

environmentalist organizations, including the the Northern Colorado Partners for Clean Energy and the Fort Collins Sustainability Group. The City of Fort Collins hosts several of them on their Community Advisory Committee to the Climate Action Plan and communicates with others through the many boards and commissions of the government.

“So much of what we currently have in terms of climate action policy was driven by

community members coming to City Council saying, ‘We want more of this,’” said Jensen Morgan, who leads climate action and community engagement in the City of Fort Collins’ Environmental Services Department. “We need community members and grassroots energy to really help us move forward.”

As the City moves toward its first major 2020 emissions landmark, it continues to strive to engage as many residents

and perspectives as possible on sustainability issues, according to Morgan.

“The reality is climate action work isn’t by any one group,” Morgan said. “There’s a role for businesses, there’s a role for nonprofit organizations, there’s a role for the individual and there’s a role for government.

It needs to be something that’s happening in all these different scales for it to work.”

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William E. Green, more commonly known as Bill, was a basketball phenom at Colorado State University in the early 1960s. During his time at CSU, Green elevated the men’s basketball program to unprecedented heights while accumulating numerous individual accolades.

In his three seasons at CSU, Green led the team in both scoring and rebounds. His career total of 1,682 points ranks second all-time in school history, and his career rebounding total of 726 also ranks inside the top 10. The astounding athletic ability of Green helped propel the Rams to the playoffs in each of Green’s three seasons as a starter.

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Voting in the presidential primary: What you should know

By Serena Bettis @serenaroseb

Holding its first presidential primary since 2000, Colorado is among 11 states to make the switch back from the caucus system.

Colorado’s presidential primary is March 3, and the Durrell Center at Colorado State University will have a polling center open Feb. 24-28 and March 2 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Feb. 29 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and on election day from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.

The Larimer County Clerk and Recorder Angela Myers said all ballots must be placed into a ballot drop-off box by 7 p.m. on election night, or they will not be counted. If voting in person, votes will count as long as someone is in line at 7 p.m.

At the polling center, Myers said election judges operate in bipartisan teams to ensure the integrity of the election.

“We do everything — everything — in Larimer County in our election process in bipartisan teams,” Myers said. “No single party ever works alone. The folks are teamed up in such a way that they are on different parties, and their lanyards clearly show that so anyone who’s around them can say, ‘Wait a minute, you guys are not in a bipartisan team.’”

In Colorado, which is an open primary state, this includes Republicans, Democrats and unaffiliated voters.

Gary Schwartz, an election judge supervisor at the Durrell polling center, said the center has the ability to register new voters, update voter registration information and provide voters with paper or electronic ballots.

Schwartz said that when students come in to vote, they typically need to update their address first because that often gets overlooked when living in a different residence hall or apartment each year.

Unaffiliated or new voters simply need to tell an election judge which party ballot they would like to complete, and the judge will print the paper ballot or help them access the electronic ballot on specific machines in the polling center, Schwartz said.

Any United States citizen can apply to be an election judge, although Myers said those wishing to do so should ensure they can fully commit.

“I wanted to do some volunteer work, and I wanted to be involved in something that was interesting and educates me,” Connee McAllister, an election judge, said.

Many retired community members, like McAllister, become an election judge to learn more about the process, engage with new people or express their passion for the election system.

“I’m really glad I did (it) for various reasons because I was always the one dropping (the ballot) off at the grocery store, and I had no idea

it was so involved, and I had certainly no idea of the whole integrity of the process,” said election judge Jill Hynes. “When you work here, you get a good feel for all the effort that goes in just to ensure the integrity of the election, plus you get to meet some really interesting people that have the same interests of doing civic duty.”

Kevin Pickett, another election judge, said his interest in elections started when he saw people in Iraq first vote in 2005. Pickett said he has lived in many states across the U.S., and he believes Colorado is the “cream of the crop” when it comes to providing residents with different opportunities to vote.

Myers said that unaffiliated voters must only fill out one primary ballot. Otherwise, their vote will not be counted. Additionally, voters must choose the same ticket in the Colorado June primary, so someone who voted Democrat in the presidential primary cannot vote Republican in the June primary and vice versa.

“In Loveland in this last November election, we had a race decided by three votes,” Myers said.

“So, that should put everyone in Larimer County on notice that every single vote matters.”

Ballot drop-off locations and other polling centers in the county can be found through the Larimer County website.

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

Colorado recently switched back to a primary system that has not been used since the year 2000.

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Grassroots >> from page 1 And the role of citizen groups has varied from providing on-theground perspectives, to connecting with specific groups, to simply amplifying community voices.

These are just a few of the groups that have influenced Fort Collins’ climate policy.

Informing policy: Fort Collins Sustainability Group In 1998, the United States signed the historic Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty committing countries to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions in the face of climate change reports. Three years later, after never ratifying the treaty, the federal government walked away entirely, according to The Guardian.

The action rippled through the international community, contributing most significantly to Canada’s withdrawal from the protocol. It also stirred an awakening within the country as local communities jumped to take up the commitments the federal government had abandoned, as seen in movements like the Mayors Climate Protection Agreement.

In the spring of 2005, as Kyoto went into effect, a group of Fort Collins residents gathered to see if they could get their city to commit to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions.

From this meeting emerged the Fort Collins Sustainability Group.

Their first goal was to reinvigorate the City’s climate commitments, starting with a revision of the 1999 Local Action Plan, according to their website.

Fort Collins adopted the 1999 plan with the intent to reduce emissions 30% below predicted 2010 levels by 2010. It was among the first of such resolutions nationwide, according to the City.

By 2005, it was apparent the City was not going to meet its goal without some serious updates. Enter the FCSG. Going to City Council, the group of less than a dozen people pushed for the establishment of the Climate Task Force, ultimately formed in 2007, according to City documents.

Three members of the group ended up as participants in the task force that created the recommendations for what would become the City’s 2008 Climate Action Plan. The original 2010 goal was pushed to 2012, and the City was able to meet its reduction goals, as well as add two other benchmarks for 2020 and 2050.

Throughout the next few years, the FCSG would continue to push for greater conservation efforts.

They were involved with getting the City to adopt the three-tiered seasonal residential electric rate (implemented in 2012), prohibit throwing cardboard into the landfill (ordinance passed in 2013) and reaffirm their commitment to 100% emissions reductions by 2050 (2015 Climate Action Plan).

“We’re a strong and steady voice for climate protection and renewable electricity,” said Kevin Cross, one of the founding members of

FCSG. “And we have been able to influence the City government — given the day.”

Over the last 15 years, the group has evolved, Cross said. It has taken on a “steering committee” structure, where those on the open committee decide the group’s focus issues. It currently has four members and a non-advocacy science adviser.

“We’ve worked mostly by looking at City policy and advocating for what we think the City should do with City Council members and with City staff,” Cross said. “And we involve the people in our larger email list — a hundred or so folks — in trying to influence what the City does.”

The FCSG is now a recognizable presence at City Council public comments. They can also be found collaborating with the multitude of other environmental groups in the area, Cross said.

One recent example was their partnership with the local Extinction Rebellion in urging City Council to declare a Climate Emergency.

But, based on a timeline the sustainability group shared, FCSG’s most extensive effort may be getting the Platte River Power Authority to commit to generating 100% non-carbon electricity by 2030 for Colorado cities Fort Collins, Longmont, Loveland and Estes Park. The effort took roughly four years and involved over a dozen regional energy groups.

It’s a significant pledge given that electricity production makes up roughly half of the City’s carbon emissions, according to their carbon inventories.

FCSG hopes to generate continued support for the pledge at PRPA’s March 12 public focus group meeting from 6-8 p.m. at the Drake Centre.

So what happens to FCSG after the City adopts their policies as goals? They begin “working on actually getting them to start moving towards those goals,” Cross said.

For the FCSG, it’s been 15 years of local climate advocacy, and the work hasn’t stalled. But they’re far from the only sustainability group around, and others take very different approaches.

Raising awareness: Community for Sustainable Energy Fred Kirsch worked as an environmental canvasser for six years before he came to Fort Collins in 2006. He wanted to focus on energy issues, “one of the most important issues that our generation has to deal with,” he said.

With his own experience in door knocking informing him, Kirsch began Community for Sustainable Energy or CforSE. The organization does professional, paid canvassing five days a week for regional climate issues.

Despite only having a handful of staff, they have generated thousands of letters and emails to the City and City Council members about a spectrum of issues, according to Kirsch.

Building citizen and consumer awareness is what Kirsch said is the most important part of their role.

“If sustainability isn’t something that people hold in their hearts and practice in their daily lives, (then) no amount of regulations are going to get the job done,” Kirsch said.

The Community for Sustainable Energy, the Fort Collins Sustainability Group and the Sierra Club all have had large impacts on Fort Collins. PHOTO BY COLIN SHEPHERD THE COLLEGIAN

Although they run in the same circles, their work differs from groups like FCSG in that it’s targeted primarily to obtain community “buy-in” for sustainability plans.

“We don’t do policy recommendations in the same way that they do,” Kirsch said. “And we actually take a lot of the kind of work they do and take that out to the community (and) talk to people about it.”

Their current campaign increases resident awareness about Colorado’s air quality.

The state hasn’t met federal air quality health standards since 2004 and was declared a “serious” violator of federal air quality laws by the Environmental Protection Agency in December, according to The Denver Post. Colorado has to reduce pollution levels by 2021, and they have one year to submit a plan to the EPA about it.

For this, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission is seeking public comments. Enter CforSE. Their campaign is generating citizen comments and letters, particularly about the impact of fracking and mineral drilling on air quality, to be taken by group members to the public CAQCC meetings. They also hand out flyers about what the health impacts are of air pollution and how people can protect themselves.

“Outside of the activist community, almost nobody knows that the Air Quality Control Commission is developing regulations this year,” Kirsch said. “So we can let people know about that and engage in taking part in the democratic process.”

The group’s other campaigns run in similar ways: knocking on doors, giving residents information and asking them to contribute their voice, Kirsch said.

Over the years, CforSE’s campaigns have included supporting public transportation, fracking regulations and solar farms. They have gathered anywhere from 100 to about 1,000 letters for each campaign, according to their website.

City Councilmember Julie Pignataro said those types of letters are most impactful to her when they include personalization, such as anecdotes.

At the policymaking level, topics can be met with mixed results, sometimes seeing immediate success and other times being put in limbo, based on their past campaign listing.

CforSE has pushed for putting solar panels on school rooftops without much give from the City.

But in addition to getting support for sustainable ideas, CforSE’s work is about getting people to care at the local level.

“There’s much more to your daily life than what the president does, but it’s so weird in our culture — people ... care much more about what the president does, yet they don’t even know the mayor’s name,” Kirsch said.

Particularly when it comes to climate action, the local movements are the necessary origins for lasting change, Kirsch said.

“It starts with us and grows into something that becomes a community, a state, a nation and the world,” Kirsch said.

Connecting the dots: Sierra Club At the start of 2017, Colorado State University signed a pledge committing the University to running on 100% renewable electricity by 2030.

Sarah Snead, then part of The Climate Reality Project, worked with students to advance this goal.

It ultimately led to over 4,300 students, staff and faculty signing a petition to encourage the University to sign onto the pledge.

Snead now works with the regional chapter of the Sierra Club, the Poudre Canyon Group, on the Beyond Coal campaign. The goal is to organize their communities to push for clean energy and retire coal and gas plants in Colorado.

The Sierra Club is a national environmental organization and is one of the oldest and largest ones in the country, Snead said. Founded in 1892, its mission is to “explore, enjoy and protect the planet,” according to the website.

They utilize a variety of advocacy “tools” such as community education events, op-eds in newspapers and social media exposure to achieve those goals. Snead said one of her major roles is to inform people about communicating with utility services like PRPA.

“As organizers, it’s our job to connect with people in our community, identify what the challenges or problems there are and then come up together with what the solutions could be and then organize around those solutions,” Snead said.

Though a savvy advocate now, Snead wasn’t always aware of the ways she could make a difference.

While she knew about policymaking before, she said it wasn’t until she started college at American University that she gained a sharper understanding of how government policy supports the extraction and development of fossil fuels.

“I started to learn a little bit more about how the world works and about climate change and the dangers to humanity and the planet,” Snead said. “And I got inspired to get involved.”

After that, Snead joined a campaign to get her university to divest its fossil fuel assets and worked on a fracking ban in her home state of Maryland.

The sort of grassroots activism that “helps connect the dots to ways that folks can take action” serves a critical role, Snead said. It’s not that people don’t think they have a voice; they simply might not know how to amplify it.

“Organizing in your community, you can really help shape the way things happen, the way decisions are made and ultimately ... the impacts (of) those decisions,” Snead said.

Snead encourages student involvement, whether it’s on-campus or in the City. The new Fort Collins Energy Action Team — meeting next Wednesday, March 4 from 6-8 p.m. in Large Meeting Room Two of Old Town Library — already has a number of students participating, Snead said.

From CSU’s pledge, to renewables, to PRPA’s solicitation for public comment, Snead said she has seen some pretty powerful responses to public voice.

“It’s their job to respond to you as ... members of your community,” Snead said of government officials.

“The decision-makers need us to be involved because we know what’s best for our community, right?”

Samantha Ye can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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It’s Complicated: A balancing act of school, work and parenthood

By Joey Wagner @joeyleewagner

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth article in a series that explores various issues related to college relationships and how they impact students’ mental health.

Colorado State University is host to a variety of students, all varying in their numerous backgrounds, identities and experiences. Parenthood is one such identity that, while rewarding, comes with a unique set of challenges.

Student parents are a group often overlooked, though they make up a significant percentage of the student population.

According to data collected by the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, 22% of undergraduate students are parents.

Single parenthood, especially, can make seeking an education more difficult, as parents are faced with a completely different set of challenges than students with no parental responsibilities.

“Financial resources for a student may be thin, and so the question (arises) of whether the single parent who is a full-time student is also working to meet financial demands,” said Zeynep Biringen, a professor in the human development and family studies department whose research focuses on parent and child mental health. “Stress is a big predictor of how children are affected, and as his/her stress levels go up, the child or children are more affected.”

Financial stress can affect the entire family, but if a parent can keep a positive “interaction style” and stay emotionally available, especially through times of stress, their child will have a solid foundation, Biringen said.

It is often less stressful for student parents if they have either a positive co-parenting situation or a solid support system, Biringen said.

A challenge that can be presented to student parents, especially single parents, is “figuring out how to be not just a parent who does the basics, but one who can be emotionally available … if not supported by others,” Biringen said.

Raising a child is a full-time job, and it requires a lot of time and energy, explained Olivia Martinez, president of CSU’s Student Parent Organization, social work major and mother of three.

“You can’t not do the laundry or not do the dishes or not cook dinner or, you know, any of these things when you have other people who depend on you for survival,” Martinez said.

“There’s not a lot of room to

Student parents make up a significant portion of the student body but often struggle balancing schoolwork and child care. COLLEGIAN FILE PHOTO

cut the fat from your schedule.

(Student parents) just always have a lot to do.”

Jonathan Philpott, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering, has primary custody of his two kids, 12 and 14; goes to school full-time; and works a part-time job. Much of his time is dedicated to his children.

“There’s a lot more to my life than just me going to class and studying. It’s all that plus taking care of two other people.”

JONATHAN PHILPOTT STUDENT PARENT

On top of his own studying, Philpott uses a large portion of his schedule to help his kids with their own homework.

“A lot of times, I have to put my homework on hold or my studying on hold just to help (my children) out,” Philpott said. “There’s a lot more to my life than just me going to class and studying. It’s all that plus

taking care of two other people.”

Because of the busy schedule of a student parent, however, Biringen says they tend to have more motivation and better focus and study skills.

“We have the best, smartest people on campus in our (Adult Learner and Veteran Services office) and with the student parents,” said Josh Johnson, a psychology major, president of the Student Veteran Organization, senator for the Associated Students of CSU and peer adviser in the ALVS office. “They’re also handling so many more challenges than we’re dealing with on a daily basis.”

Nevertheless, there are unavoidable situations that can cause missed classes, labs or tests, which can have an effect on grades and academic standing.

“I know after talking to other students who are parents, they’ve had kids that are sick,” Philpott said. “An emergency came up with their kids, and they took them to the doctor or something like that, and they missed a test, and they weren’t allowed to make up the test.”

Philpott recently has had to miss a class in order to take his daughter to urgent care.

Referencing another instance where he had to take his son to the ER, Philpott said, “You can plan for everything short of the zombie apocalypse, but … if your kid gets sick,” that becomes the ultimate priority.

Sometimes, he says, there just isn’t time to send an email or make a call to a professor.

“I think there needs to be some resource that can help (student parents) get through some obstacle like (their kid getting sick) just because it is a unique situation, and it’s totally out of our control,” Philpott said.

Biringen says that educators should work with student parents in regards to these situations, as it makes parenting much more difficult if not supported by others.

The Student Parent Organization, a new student-led club, is working to give student parents a sense of community and a support system.

Martinez says the club wants to advocate for policy change, specifically regarding excused absences for student parents.

“We recognize that individuals should not have to choose between their education and raising their children because

that’s ultimately the struggle,” said Mikaela Dalton, vice president for the SPO and an HDFS major.

Some other programs for parents, as listed on the ALVS webpage, include Project Self-Sufficiency and Moms Offering Moms Support Club.

Some scholarship opportunities can be found through mediums like WomenGive, which offers postsecondary education scholarships to single mothers, according to the WomenGive scholarship website. Opportunities can also be found through CSU’s Child Care Access Means Parents in School application, which offers financial aid for children of eligible student parents to receive on-campus child care at the Early Childhood Center or Sunshine House, according to the official CCAMPIS website.

“It might be harder, but you know, I still have the same goals as everyone else to graduate and go get a job and all that kind of stuff, so hopefully I’ll graduate and be that much better off for having gone through the challenges that I have,” Philpott said.

Joey Wagner can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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ASCSU passes resolution supporting Syracuse protesters

By Charlotte Lang @chartrickwrites

During their weekly meeting, the Associated Students of Colorado State University passed a resolution showing support for the protesting students of Syracuse University.

Legislation regarding senator removal by college councils was another topic of discussion throughout the meeting.

Tristan Reyez, senator and chair of the Internal Affairs Committee, also took time to say goodbye to the senate as he resigned from ASCSU. “I will note that this resignation is neither voluntary nor due to personal life circumstances,�

Reyez said.

Reyez expressed gratitude for

the opportunities he’s had in ASCSU and reminded the senate that everyone makes mistakes. “No one is perfect,� Reyez said. “Everyone makes mistakes. Every single one of you in this room, especially me, has made mistakes over and over again. I hope that all of you have learned from those mistakes and grown as people.�

Resolution 4912: In solidarity with Syracuse University protesters Senator Sara Dudek brought a new resolution to the floor, asking for ASCSU to support the students currently protesting a number of bias-related incidents at Syracuse University by acknowledging their rights to a peaceful protest.

The resolution passed with a 26-2-9 vote.

Dudek said that the protest is currently taking place in Syracuse University’s Crouse-Hinds Hall in

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the form of a sit-in by the students.

The protest is in response to 26 bias-related incidents on their campus.

The Department of Public Safety, the equivalent to CSU’s campus police, has withheld food, medical and hygiene supplies from the protesters, Dudek said. “This resolution aims to show that, as students at CSU, we are showing our support to the students at Syracuse University,�

Dudek said. “I find this resolution to be very fitting and just, indicative of ASCSU as an organization.�

The resolution asked for CSU to request that “Syracuse University’s administration makes an effort to open channels of communication with students, increase transparency and provide a safe campus for all students.�

Due to the fact that the pro-

tests are currently ongoing, the resolution was expedited, meaning it was voted on by the senate without sending it through any committees. “Seeing as this is a very timely issue, this is something that requires fast action and is something that is quite simple,� Senator Marlis Hazleton said. “This is one of those things where we can’t have ignorance be a reason why we don’t expedite this. It’s really important that we support those students who are protesting because they are, unluckily enough, in a bad situation, and they are trying to fix it.�

Lex 4903: Senator removal rules of procedure ASCSU Supreme Court Chief Justice Claire Fenton and Deputy Chief Justice Chloe Harp-Rasmussen presented a lex that would

implement a new procedure for college councils to remove senators.

Harp-Rasmussen said the new process would ensure an unbiased middle ground for the process.

With this process, the supreme court would hold a hearing to discern whether or not to remove the senator. “We’re creating this process so we can have a third party get involved, that being the supreme court, instead of just going through the college council process,� Fenton said. “That way we can consider both sides and both perspectives and find a middle ground but also take action, if necessary.�

The lex was sent to all four committees for further discussion.

Charlotte Lang can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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The always-colorful Little Shop of Physics Founder and Director Brian Jones works with a student in 1997.

Over the years, the Little Shop of Physics has grown both literally and metaphorically. We have worked with over 600,000 students, and continually strive to improve students’ experience of our unique hands-on approach to science education. We regularly take our experiments on the road, both nationally and internationally.

And since that first event in 1991, the Little Shop of Physics Open House has grown to be the largest academic event on the CSU campus, and the largest event of its kind anywhere in the world. Each year, CSU students put a great deal of work and heart into preparing for and running this event.

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Open House wouldn’t be possible without the cumulative support of the thousands of CSU student interns and volunteers who have worked with us, and that of the CSU community as a whole. We hope you join us Saturday, February 29th at the Lory Student Center.

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El Centro director left mark on center, moves to new position

By Gerson Flores Rojas @GersonFloresRo1

In 1985, Guadalupe Salazar arrived at Colorado State University as an office coordinator for El Centro. This year, she serves as the director for the cultural center for the last time. After over 25 years as director, Salazar is moving to a new position, and the search for the new director of El Centro begins.

Salazar will move to a new position within CSU, leaving a vacant spot for the director of El Centro.

Leading the search is Kathy Sisneros, the assistant vice president for Student Affairs. Sisneros oversees all cultural resource centers, and it is her job to try to find the new director for El Centro.

“We’re looking for someone who continues with the passion and commitment to help our Latinx students (and to) build on the foundation that Lupe (Salazar) has left,” Sisneros said.

Applications for the position closed on Feb. 24, and the desired start date for the new director is July 22, according to Jobs @ CSU.

Within that time, Sisneros and a council board made up of faculty and students will select the candidates they believe to be most qualified, make phone interviews and select the new director.

According to Sisneros, CSU is trying to find a director that will support students in the best way possible.

“That’s the core of (director) work: to provide students a safe space and a place of belonging,” Sisneros said.

Being a director offers many opportunities to help the community through the cultural centers, Salazar said.

“As a director, you have the opportunity to create programs that help Latinx students with their success here at CSU,” Salazar said.

Salazar said being a director for a cultural center is more than just a job; it’s an opportunity to create bonds with students and help them get through the difficulties they might be going through in their college journey.

“I have students tell me, ‘If it wasn’t for you, I would have never finished at CSU,’” Salazar said.

“I have met incredible students,

and I have loved this position for over 33 years. It was an opportunity to be a mentor, a role model, and I was just so excited that I had a full-time job.”

When she was presented with this opportunity, she was a single mother of four and believed education was something her kids needed.

“My kids needed to see me in this type of position so they could embrace education,” Salazar said. “I wanted to increase our student population, funding, have more leadership opportunities and be more connected with the community.”

After all these years, Salazar said she feels she has never wavered from her original mission: to make El Centro a place of more opportunity. Salazar believes she has grown as a director and a person in the position.

“I grew up in el barrio, and I have identified as a strong Chicana,” Salazar said. “You can take the Chicana out of el barrio, but you can’t take the barrio out of the Chicana.”

Sisneros said, for the last few decades, Salazar has been a staunch supporter of the students at CSU.

“She’s had a wonderful tenure here that has a deep, rich history,” Sisneros said. “She cares deeply about students, and she is a staunch resource for students.”

Salazar has taught several classes here at CSU, served as a translator and community leader, received various awards and was nominated for many others.

She has plans to open her own scholarship: the Dr. Lupe Salazar Legacy Award.

Being director for El Centro has given her the opportunity to meet incredible students, and according to Salazar, when she leaves, she’ll take that with her. “(Students) impacted my life, and I’ve impacted their (lives), and I’ll take that with me when I go,” Salazar said. “I will miss the students the most. Seeing them succeed, I feel just as proud as their parents do. It’s going to be bittersweet; whenever I think or talk about it I start crying.”

Students at El Centro know Salazar is leaving and are prepared for what’s to come.

“I love the current director,” said Valarie Lopez, the marketing coordinator for El Centro and a business major at CSU. “My first year I remember being

so terrified. The first time I met her I remember her hugging me and saying, ‘Hello mija.’ She’s the sweetest, and she definitely encompasses what El Centro aims to be.”

Lopez is upset but finds comfort in knowing it is Salazar’s decision.

Other students say they feel sad, but they believe it will work out for everyone.

“Finding El Centro was like finding a new community,” said Omar Roman, an agricultural science major at CSU. Roman said he will miss Salazar’s kindness but hopes for a good transfer.

To the new director, Salazar leaves advice.

“If it ain’t broke, then don’t fix it,” Salazar said. “Come in and be a good listener, don’t get caught up in gossip, listen to the students and just have fun, and things will fall into place.”

Despite a new director and faculty coming to El Centro next semester, Sisneros and Salazar have it in mind to keep the atmosphere of El Centro the same.

Gerson Flores Rojas can be reached at news@collegian.com.

CAMPUS

Good grief? The psychological ups and downs of pet ownership

By Noah Pasley @PasleyNoah

Though the weather changes on a whim, many Colorado State University students have one constant throughout the snow and sunshine — the need to take their furry friend out for a walk. But often unseen are the psychological effects of owning a pet.

“Even if your dog is the most supportive being in your life, ... it’s not supported across the board to take personal time to process your grief.”

ERIN ALLEN SOCIAL WORKER WITH THE ARGUS INSTITUTE

While there are clear material benefits to owning pets, such as general security and eliminating pests, there are also positive psychological effects according to “Friends with Benefits,” a research paper published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology in 2011 by Allen McConnell and Christina Brown.

The first study conducted by the researchers sought to explore the relationship between pet ownership and physical and psychological well-being, according to the paper.

Physical well-being was measured by what symptoms participants experienced, whereas psychological well-being measured how participants scored on different personality traits, such as agreeableness and attachment styles.

The study’s results showed that pet owners had “greater self-esteem (and) greater levels of exercise and physical fitness” compared to non-owners and that owners tended to be less lonely. It also found that pet owners tended to be more conscientious and more extroverted.

Erin Allen, a social worker with the Argus Institute at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, said that the unique relationships people have with their pet can make it more difficult when it comes time to determine treatment or end-oflife decisions for their pet.

The Argus Institute is an emotional support service within the hospital to help people who have come in with their pet for treatment, Allen said.

“Our role is to provide support for the human side of the equation when someone comes in with

their pet to receive medical treatment,” Allen said.

Some of the services the Argus Institute provides are helping give clients updates while their pet is in surgery, especially during longer operations, and giving clients “all the options” so they can work out their feelings about treatment, Allen said. The Argus Institute also provides short-term grief counseling services for clients who have lost their pet.

“Pets are like ... a link to an individual or to a time in someone’s life,” Allen said, such as a pet that belonged to a deceased spouse or to a kid who’s moved away.

“We’re not only helping this person make medical choices for this pet; we have to realize this pet is also a link to this spouse, ... so the pressure of making the right decision is even that much more heightened in this situation,” Allen said.

Allen also said that grief over an animal can be harder to process because it is a “disenfranchised” grief.

“Society doesn’t really promote it; you don’t get bereavement days because your dog died,” Allen said. “Even if your dog is the most supportive being in your life, ... it’s not supported across the board to take personal time to process your grief.”

Allen said the death of a pet

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can also be difficult because pets often help people through other losses as well, like the death of a partner or the loss of a job.

“Whenever it’s that pet’s end of life ... you start to grieve again all those previous losses,” Allen said.

In addition, Allen said they also promote involving kids “appropriately” for their developmental level, recounting an experience where a kid kept a calendar to mark how many good days and

bad days his hamster had to make the decision about end-of-life choices.

“Often the death of a pet is a child’s first experience with death, so as kids get 7, 8, 9 years old, ... they start to realize their own mortality,” Allen said. “Kids function in a very black-and-white state, ... and medicine doesn’t, so there are going to be some unknowns.”

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

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COLLEGIAN COLUMNIST

To be or not to be — a student activist on a college campus

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.

Looming deadlines and droning reading assignments play a huge role in taking up all of a student’s time. Let’s not forget the time put into maintaining good relationships with those around you or hefty work hours for a little extra cash. That’s what it means to be a student.

Of course, there also has to be a ton of time allocated to selfcare and doing whatever it is that makes you happy. I mean, in order to root for anything, you need to root for yourself first. But in the midst of all of that, what time is there to devote yourself to the social issues that you believe in while you’re still rocking the, supposedly, best four years of

your life?

Now, what does it mean to be an activist? Like many side engagements, activism is something that can either consume all of your time or just be a repost of a tweet that you resonated deeply with. This varies across all students here at Colorado State University.

It ties into what a student’s interests are and if they align with what they enjoy canvassing for outside of class. A zoology major might advocate for a plant-based diet as a means to fight climate change. A political science major might advocate for free speech or social justice. The point is, all of us can be student activists if we care about it enough.

The truth is, unless you’re incredibly versatile, most students don’t have the time to devote themselves to a cause or to even be as active in it as they would like to. It’s a constant state of either-or and in this case, grades or beliefs.

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It always comes down to a conjuncture, a crossroads. Either I do homework or I attend this 75 minute speech about the state of feminism across universities in Colorado. Either I can knock this project out in about three hours or I can attend a Black Student Activist Conference for five. After all, it is what I believe in, and I need to make meaningful connections with my fellow student activists.

So, what does it mean to be a student activist on a college campus?

To be a student and an activist means taking control of situations. It entails taking a stance on what you believe needs to be recognized on our campus or in the community as a whole.

Bringing attention to an issue also plays a huge part in student advocacy.

Many individuals are completely unaware about some issues and vice versa. That brings

me to the point that, as a collective, we all desire harmony among our various perspectives. What better way to do that than informing the public through advocacy?

Whenever I ask this question, I am constantly met with the “It’s not our job to tell them” response. If it isn’t our job to tell them, shouldn’t we at least give someone desiring to understand our point of view somewhere to start? This question varies among different social issues. You’re not always going to elicit the same response. However, so long as the intent is there and positive, it does not hurt to give a fellow Ram a push in the right direction.

Let’s face it — the alternative is them discovering a highly biased source straight from Google. We don’t want (or need) the repercussions of that.

But that’s not to say that it is a hard or daunting thing to advocate strongly for what you believe in. In fact, once you find your

groove, being a student activist is a really fun way to meet people who believe in the same causes as you. Some of my best moments in college have been while I was out in the burning sun or zero-degree weather campaigning for different causes.

At CSU, it seems as if there is a club for everything. Even if there isn’t one that fits your exact niche, establishing one is not that difficult. That said, if you really care about something, chase it.

If you feel like your view is not being represented, start making those steps to be recognized. In other words, don’t give up on being a student advocate because it does not fit into your schedule or what you’re passionate about.

The good thing about a university like Colorado State is that student views are always represented, so long as they align with the Student Conduct Code, that is.

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

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COLLEGIAN COLUMNIST

Help students recover rather than perpetuating victimhood Madison Thompson @heyymadison

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.

Victimhood is pervasive in today’s culture, particularly on the internet. Twitter is filled with people’s stories, which can be found by searching #victim or #victimhood.

While it’s great that the internet is a place for people to connect with others who have gone through similar experiences, it’s also perpetuating victim identities.

According to Psychology Today, “A person with a victim identity is someone who has identified with whatever

crises, traumas, illnesses or other difficulties (that) have occurred in their lives, particularly those that began very early in life.”

Many college students have experienced traumatic events that could lead them to identify as a victim. According to the National Center for PTSD, “About six of every 10 men (or 60%) and five of every 10 women (or 50%) experience at least one trauma in their lives.”

A victim identity manifests as a survival technique, usually learned as a reaction to past traumatic events. Sometimes victims assume that because bad things have happened in the past, they will continue to happen in the future, so they don’t have any hope that things can change.

Acknowledging a history of trauma and victimhood is an important part of disengaging from that identity, but this identity is not all there

COMIC ILLUSTRATION BY SCOTTY POWELL @SCOTTYSSEUS

is to someone. In fact, one of the toughest parts about living with a victim mentality is potentially attracting abusers because abusers look for people they can take advantage of.

“Life will inevitably throw unpreventable pains at you, but thinking that someone, even yourself, can’t overcome anything is disrespectful.”

There’s a fine line between acknowledging victimhood and making it an identity.

According to psychologist David J. Ley, we should be supporting a person’s healing process rather than perpetuating their victimization. In an

article written for Psychology Today, he said, “To continue with the way we are idealizing and rewarding victimhood creates more and more incentive for people to desire to be seen as victims. We must instead encourage people in a way that supports their ability to move forward in their lives without needing emotional bodyguards to protect them from the unpreventable pains of life.”

Perpetuating someone’s identity with victimhood makes it harder to move past the trauma, as shame is often attached to being a victim. As tough as it is, rewarding victimhood is not going to help anyone develop their resiliency. The best we can do is create space for people to move through those feelings and encourage them to break the cycle and choose differently.

We shouldn’t blame victims for having a victim mentality, but we also shouldn’t

encourage people to identify with it. This isn’t about placing the blame on someone — it’s about accepting that when bad things happen, we have the ability to let them have power over us or not.

There are healthy ways to cope with trauma, and you should feel all your feelings along that journey. But overcoming a victim mentality can only be achieved with a dedication to resiliency. Life will inevitably throw unpreventable pains at you, but thinking that someone, even yourself, can’t overcome anything is disrespectful.

We have to recognize that everyone has an inherent strength in them, and we should treat them accordingly.

Otherwise, we are just treating victims as though their victimization is the most important thing about them.

Madison Thompson can be reached at letters@collegian.com.

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COLLEGIAN COLUMNIST

Students should keep a close relationship with parents 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.

With spring break just around the corner, some students at Colorado State University may be going back to their hometown for a week away from classes. A break from studying is always a win, but for some students, going home might mean tension with parents. Whether they are big political/environmental issues or trivial conflicts over what we wear and how we look, there are no shortages of things over which to disagree.

But different age groups will always disagree, and this doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

Students at CSU know that differences in perspective, no matter how contentious, can be universally constructive. While

we can’t expect everyone to be best friends with their parents, we should all strive for moments of connection and understanding whenever we can.

It’s easy enough to distance ourselves from our parents when we no longer live with them. This distance is inherently constructive. It’s meant to teach us self-reliance and how to grow in the adult world. However, independence doesn’t have to mean disconnection.

Our parents are an invaluable resource when it comes to learning how to be on our own.

More than likely, they’ve been through the same problems.

While we could be tempted to Google any solutions we may need, a quick call home could accomplish the same thing.

Asking our parents for help on things as mundane as ironing a shirt or making a meal offers an opportunity for learning and appreciation on both sides of the phone.

Cooking meals is something every college student must learn to do. By all means, experimenting with our best guesses

in the kitchen can be productive and even fun. But if you’re like me, putting mom on speaker can mean the difference between a good meal that lasts all week and a tasteless clump of rice and meat.

“Our college years are bound to change the connections we have with most people, but maintaining those ties that we’ve had since birth can give us support for anything and everything from breakups to cooking spaghetti.”

Beyond food, our parents can offer us their own life experiences. This might be the area that students don’t want lessons on — and that’s understandable. After all, the world our parents grew up in was different than the one we’re grow-

ing up in now.

Sharing experiences with others is good for our mental health. It also establishes trust between us and the person we share them with. College experiences can leave us with strong and unfamiliar feelings, and we might be hesitant to share these experiences with our parents.

Perhaps we’re scared we’ll be judged or punished, or maybe it’s just uncomfortable because it makes us vulnerable.

However, sharing these things with our parents shows them that we trust them and that we value the support they create in our lives.

Of course, there is an exception to this. It’s entirely just for a student to not share things with their parents if those parents are likely to respond with antagonism and condescension. Meaningful understanding has no room for such things, but even this could be an opportunity for connection.

No matter how overbearing mom or dad’s opinion may seem, it’s important to not confuse criticism with toxic parenthood. We have to under-

stand that it’s natural for our parents to respond with shock or even disappointment at the things we do. In many respects, it’s their job.

But it’s our job as growing individuals to confront their criticisms. A crucial part of being an adult is justifying our actions in the face of an attack.

Our parents have every right to be angry if we share with them an experience that, to them, might have endangered us or threatened our integrity. But we also have the right to let them know that we’ve grown from such an experience and that we’ve learned something about ourselves, our limits and our mindsets.

Even if it’s uncomfortable, keeping a close relationship with our parents can benefit us in all areas of life. Our college years are bound to change the connections we have with most people, but maintaining those ties that we’ve had since birth can give us support for anything and everything from breakups to cooking spaghetti.

Cody Cooke can be reached at letters@collegian.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Sports don’t determine the value of a student-athlete

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 the Editor, Would you consider more valuable the smile of an Olympic gold medalist who used their sport merely as a tool to improve their athletic performance or the smile of an individual who has been an average athlete but used their sport as a tool to grow and to reach their best potential?

If you were asking me this question a couple of years ago, I would have opted for the Olympic golden medalist, intrinsically self-identified as an athlete. Today, instead, I would opt for the average athlete but well-rounded individual.

Nowadays, many see competitive sport merely as a tool for fame, entertainment and pride and sport psychology merely as a tool for improving athletic performance. Unfor-

tunately, very few consider sport as an opportunity for selfgrowth and sport psychology as a scientific discipline aimed to help individuals to improve personal characteristics and skills (self-confidence, perseverance, determination, organizational skills, etc.) and to evaluate themselves as a more complex person than an athlete.

This rooted misconception is the source of athletes’ unhealthy self-concept, self-doubt and life unsatisfaction. As an ex-athlete, I know how painful it is when, by looking at the mirror, you only recognize an athlete and when your performance determines your self-esteem and self-evaluation.

Times, places, points and scores become your only scale of measurement, and you forget to be much more than a time on a board or a place in the ranking. Your mind is so rooted in being an athlete that no other identities can compete or even exist for you.

Moreover, at least from your viewpoint, everyone seems to categorize you as “the athlete,” and this confirms your fragile and unhealthy self-concept.

Is it not indeed true that your coaches brought a sport psy-

chologist on your team to improve performance? Or that your parents judged your performance after a meet?

This was my life until I transferred to Colorado State University as a student-athlete.

Here for the first time, I met a coach and a support team who did not consider me a machine but as a person with a value independent from the time on a board.

“All the athletes who are dealing with this nightmare of unhealthy self-concept, selfevaluation, self-doubt can find the courage to step out from the safe and familiar athlete identity and discover their other selves.”

My self-concept was so rooted in being an athlete, and my self-evaluation was so dependent on performance that my coach and support team removed competitive sport from my life; they wanted me to learn

to evaluate myself in a healthier way and develop self-worth.

At first, it was a disaster; my world broke apart. If I was not an athlete, who was I? My identities as student, daughter, sister, good friend, etc. were cast out by my unhealthy athletic self-concept. I dealt with rough times, but with the support of amazing people and through hard work, I learned to value myself as more than an athlete.

All the athletes who are dealing with this nightmare of unhealthy self-concept, self-evaluation, self-doubt can find the courage to step out from the safe and familiar athlete identity and discover their other selves. However, they need to be helped, and sport psychology is the main player in this.

Unfortunately, this problem begins earlier than one might think. As pointed out by Marika Lindholm, evaluating a person on the base of sport performance is particularly damaging among young athletes because it might largely influence the development of the kid’s self-concept.

For the purpose of preventing and reducing the risk of unhealthy self-concept, I would like to stress the importance of reframing the significance of

sport as an opportunity for selfgrowth and skill learning, rather than a tool for performance and fame.

Additionally, I would like to support the use of sport psychology in helping individuals to develop a healthy and well-rounded self-concept. Finally, I would like to stress the importance of sport psychology during child development.

Sports don’t determine the value of a person, and sport psychology should promote the idea of sport as an opportunity for self-growth. This is important for professional athletes but even more imperative for young athletes.

Therefore, we need to educate children to evaluate themselves on the base of strengths and personal characteristics (sensitiveness, empathy, altruism, determination, etc.). Make them mindful to be valuable independently from athletic performance and capable of becoming wonderful humans.

Sincerely, Silvia Guerra CSU senior psychology major The Collegian’s opinion desk can be reached at letters@collegian.com. To submit a letter to the editor, please follow the guidelines at collegian.com.

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Sports | Thursday, February 27, 2020

Green >> from page 1 In Green’s sophomore season, the Rams finished with a regular-season record of 17-9 and a share of the Mountain States Athletic Conference title. CSU would go on to play in the National Invitation Tournament and lose in the quarterfinals to Saint Louis.

In the following year, the Rams, led by Green, achieved a regular-season record of 18-9 and a third-place MSAC Conference finish. Thanks to Green’s regular-season dominance, the Rams again received a postseason berth, eventually losing in the first round of the NIT to Holy Cross.

Green’s final season as a Ram was undoubtedly his most successful. During his senior campaign, Green averaged a staggering 28 points per game.

During this season, Green gave his best performance as a Ram against the University of Denver, scoring a game-high 48 points, a University record that still stands to this day.

Green was also recognized as a first-team All-American for the 1963 season, an honor that no other Ram had been given before. As a team, CSU once again found themselves in postseason play, but this time they had qualified for the NCAA Tournament.

Unfortunately, the Rams suffered a first-round exit at the hands of Oklahoma City University.

As his time at CSU was drawing to a close, the whole country expected Green to take his talents to the professional ranks. Such high praise proved to be accurate, as Green was selected in not one, but three professional sports league drafts.

Green was drafted by the Boston Red Sox (MLB), Dallas Cowboys (NFL) and, most notably, the Boston Celtics with the eighth pick of the 1963 NBA draft. However, his seemingly limitless potential unfortunately never came to fruition due to a fear that developed in his early years as a college student.

Green suffered from aerophobia, the fear of flying. His fear developed in his college years during the team’s various road trips. Green elaborated on his fear after being drafted by the Celtics in 1963.

“One time, we were on our way back from Utah,” Green once remembered. “The plane was definitely out of control.

Baggage was falling out at the back of the plane. People had started praying; everyone was panicked. I decided it was time to be concerned. Then I got stuck in a rainstorm over Mississippi. After that, I just couldn’t deal with it.”

Sadly, Green was forced to make a choice as the Celtics

Along with being drafted in the first round of the 1963 NBA draft to the Boston Celtics, Bill Green was also drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the MLB and the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL. PHOTO COURTESY OF SILVER SPRUCE

embarked for their first preseason road trip: fly or relinquish his spot on the team. On that day, Green walked away from not only basketball, but all professional sports.

His mesmerizing on-court prowess and natural feel for the game faded into distant memory, and Green set out to discover a life without basketball.

In the following years, Green received a master’s degree from Brooklyn College and became a teacher for the public elementary schools in New York City’s low-income district.

In time, Green eventually rose to the rank of principal, where he served for many years at the Jordan L. Mott School.

In his time as a principal, Green was recognized with numerous awards regarding his work with inner-city children.

In 1988, just six years before his unexpected death caused by a heart attack, Green was inducted into the CSU Athletics Hall of Fame. His number 24 jersey hangs high in the rafters of Moby Arena to memorialize one of CSU’s truly outstanding student-athletes.

Ethan Lee can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

Every season that Bill Green played for Colorado State University, the University made the playoffs. PHOTO COURTESY OF SILVER SPRUCE

During his time at Colorado State University, Bill Green averaged 22.1 points and 9.6 rebounds per game.

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BASKETBALL

Women’s hoops aims for a series sweep over Air Force

By Bailey Shepherd @B_Sheps

The regular season is coming to an end, and the Colorado State University women’s basketball team will be looking to finish a frustrating season on a high note.

The Rams will be traveling to Colorado Springs for their final conference clash of the season against the Air Force Academy on Thursday.

The Falcons, who have had their own list of struggles this season, will be looking to avoid repeating their earlier performance this season against CSU, where they were bested 60-40 at Moby Arena.

CSU is coming off a loss to San Diego State, which was possibly their most frustrating performance of the season. The Rams’ previously strong offensive effort fell apart in the final quarter of the game and in a controversial period of overtime. The Rams fell short once again and sent their seniors off in disappointing fashion, losing the game 64-61.

As much as that loss may have stung, suffering those kinds of losses has unfortunately been all too familiar for the Rams this season. Out of their 16 losses on the season, nine of those games were lost by five points or less.

However, their problem doesn’t seem to be that they’re creating less open shots; it’s that the

Rams’ offensive efficiency seems to die out in the later stages of games.

“We gotta have those dagger plays,” head coach Ryun Williams said when asked about his team’s struggle with closing out games. “When you’re up three or four, a stop and a score to just end this thing. But we let teams hang around. That’s every night right there.”

If you went by the last meeting between the Rams and the Falcons, however, you wouldn’t have any idea that the Rams consistently struggle offensively.

CSU shot an astounding 71.4% in the first quarter of that game and found themselves 18 points ahead at the end of the frame.

The team also closed out the game strong, shooting 58.3% in the final quarter to comfortably win 60-40.

The Rams should go into this game looking to replicate those elements that made their first outing against the Falcons so successful. CSU needs to start fast and finish strong.

A silver lining for the Rams this season has been their defense, allowing the second-fewest points per game in the conference while leading the Mountain West in opposition field goal percentage with 38%. If the Rams can stick to their strong defensive principles, they won’t have to rely on their less convincing offense to get a positive result.

Andrea Brady (32) shoots on Feb. 24 against the San Diego State Aztecs. The Rams lost to the Aztecs 64-61 but kept a close game throughout. PHOTO BY RYAN SCHMIDT THE COLLEGIAN

That being said, that doesn’t mean this game won’t be difficult. The Falcons are coming off a comfortable 79-66 win against New Mexico and will have something to play for. If Air Force can win against the Rams, the Falcons move past CSU in the con-

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against San Diego State as well.

That being said, this game is a must-win for CSU if they wish to cement their bid as the eighth seed going into Las Vegas.

Bailey Shepherd can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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INDOOR TRACK

Rams travel back to New Mexico for MW Indoor Championships

By Leo Friedman @LeoFriedman13

The 2019-20 indoor track and field season is coming to an end as the Rams travel to New Mexico to earn their title as men’s and women’s champions at the Mountain West Indoor Championships.

The Rams are coming off a successful outing at the one-day Air Force Open. The meet was considered a tuneup for the championships, giving an opportunity for athletes to make last chance improvements for their upcoming time in New Mexico.

Senior Kamal-Craig Golaube, easing back into events after an injury, placed first in the men’s 60-meter hurdles and tied his own personal record.

The University of New Mexico will host the Mountain West Indoor Championships Feb. 27-29.

The Rams will be familiar with the facilities, having competed at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational in Albuquerque, New Mexico, two weeks ago. The Rams will hope to transfer their success at the Don Kirby meet to the Mountain West Championships.

The meet in Albuquerque will open Thursday with the men’s pentathlon at 10 a.m. followed by the women’s heptathlon at 11 a.m.

A majority of the first day will consist of distance events. Friday and Saturday are jam-packed with sprinting and jumping events.

The Rams were quite successful last year at the Mountain West Indoor Championships, winning 29 awards, one of them being the Coach of the Year award for coach Brian Bedard. Sophomore Lauren Gale, a star performer this year, became the first freshman last year to win the 400-meter race.

CSU has plenty of athletes who lead the MW in their respective events. On the men’s side, senior Eric Hamer leads the 5,000 meters, and on the women’s side, Gale leads the 400 meters.

“We have the ability to score in every event except the men’s pole vault where we don’t have a competitor,” Bedard said. “That position, which is just like the women, gives us a great opportunity to challenge for a championship.”

According to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Conference Track & Field Rating Index, Colorado State ranks on top for both the men’s and women’s track and field squads.

The Rams have also had a historically successful presence at the Mountain West Championships.

The men’s side has 13 top-three finishes in the 20 championships, and the women’s side has 14. That being in consideration, the Rams are favorites to win the men’s and women’s Mountain West Indoor Championships.

Leo Friedman can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

Redshirt freshman Ryan Birkmeier runs with a group of competitors during the 1-mile race at the Iowa State Classic indoor track meet on Jan. 15, 2020. PHOTO BY MATT BEGEMAN THE COLLEGIAN

Junior Lauren Offerman competes in the 1-mile race at the Iowa State Classic indoor track meet on Jan. 15, 2020.

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Senior Ali Kallner toes the line of the 3,000m race at the Iowa State Classic indoor track meet on Jan. 15, 2020. Kallner went on to break the Colorado State University indoor record, running a time of 9:26.93.

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By Monty Daniel @MontyDaniel_

Are you looking to grow your plant family or for a way to embrace the hopeful warmer days ahead?

Soon, winter snow will melt off, and fresh new plants will pop up. Greenhouses and nurseries get large shipments of plants in as people become eager for the spring. With the new season comes more opportunities to adopt more greenery into your life.

Here are four plants that are easy to take care of that you can bring with you into spring.

1. Ferns are your friends While I was previously frightened by the concept of ferns, I recently welcomed three into my herd of plants. Ferns tend to prefer humid environments, so keeping these leafy pals in a bathroom or spritzing them once in a while keeps them happy. When they’re happy, ferns can grow to be up to 6 feet tall, depending on the type of fern. With a wide variety of shapes and sizes, from the asparagus fern to the Japanese tassel fern, they can be small and dainty or even provide shade.

2. Bamboo isn’t just for pandas If you have any furry friends in or around your household (i.e. cats, dogs, horses), they will love you for bringing them a new plant to nibble on. Luckily, bamboo isn’t just safe for them to eat, but it also may contain a decent amount of protein for them as well. This is the kind of plant you can forget exists

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Bamboo isn’t incredibly demanding, plus it has a nice aesthetic appeal.

3. Cacti caught your eye?

These plants of the desert are used to being in dry climates, so if you are forgetful or simply lazy, this is the plant for you. With over 2,000 different types of cactus, there’s one that is sure to fit your personality and taste. Whether you’re more of an old lady cactus kind of person or you’re looking for something from the Ferocactus genus, you’re sure to fall in love with your new prickly pal. As long as you don’t water it too much and give it enough sunlight, your cactus may even bloom

beautiful flowers.

4. Peperomia: not just a funny name This has become one of my new favorite houseplants due to how slow-moving and gentle it is. Once it’s planted, you don’t really need to worry about it too much. They can hold water in their stems and leaves, making it so that if you need to leave or forget about them, peperomias can sustain themselves.

They are known for having thick and resilient bodies and leaves that come in a variety of patterns and colors. Much like the bamboo plant, if your pet decides this looks like a nice treat, don’t fret; it is nontoxic and may even provide nutrients.

Monty Daniel can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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‘Fascism the Musical’: An anti-capitalist comedy

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Two performers in “Fascism the Musical.” PHOTO COURTESY OF LYNN BOGNER, BAS BLEU THEATRE

By Lauryn Bolz @laurynbolz

One may not immediately equate the concept of fascism with being funny, but Bas Bleu’s upcoming musical is hoping to reframe audiences’ ideas and add an entertaining twist to the current political climate.

On Feb. 28-29, Bas Bleu will present “Fascism the Musical,” a cabaret featuring a host of colorful capitalists and satirical musical numbers.

“It’s a comedy review,” said William Missouri Downs, who created the show alongside Sean Stone. “We have songs about student loan debt and the problems with that. We have capitalism Jesus, who comes out and sings about how he wants you all to be wealthy, and we have Ayn Rand sing about the virtues of selfishness. We have a lot of fun.”

After a sold-out run in Denver, Downs is hoping to reprise the musical’s success in Fort Collins.

“They loved it, but of course there was alcohol served,” Downs said.

According to Downs, the show aims to provide a break

for emotionally exhausted leftists surviving the current political cycle.

“It’s for supporters of Bernie Sanders, (Elizabeth) Warren and leftists that can come and laugh until they drop,” Downs said. “One of the problems is that we’re all so damn serious, so I think it’s important to be able to take a break and laugh. Once you’ve laughed at something, you never look at it the same way again. I think laughter brings down barriers and allows everyone to breathe before they go back out to the fight again.”

Downs is especially looking to bring in members of the Colorado State University student body for this round of performances, as he believes they will relate to some of the issues expressed in the musical, such as a satirical number on the problems associated with student loans.

For centuries, art has been used not only as a source of entertainment, but also as an act of protest. Downs believes that art, especially in the case of satire, holds an important role in mobilizing people toward a cause.

“Political speeches are, let’s face it, boring,” Downs said. “I think, in art, you can get away with things that you couldn’t in a political speech. You can select and arrange the world so you can really show the absurdity of it.”

While audiences are inspired to stage a revolution, they can also have a good laugh.

“I think liberals, particularly, are way too polite about things, and (the show) is not too terribly polite,” Downs said.

“We played out what the problem is, and hopefully people laugh at it and it inspires them to stop being so empathetic and start taking action to change things.”

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Lauryn Bolz can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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By Scotty Powell @scottysseus

Chicken wings. Where would we be without them? Probably a couple of spots lower in the ranking of the world’s most obese countries. But what fun is life when it isn’t fueled by saturated fat and hydrogenated oil?

Next to bald eagles and apple pie, nothing screams “USA!” more than a sizzling hot basket of hot wings. If you’re looking for a place to satisfy a crispy capon craving, here are some spots around town to check out.

Hottest: Music City Hot Chicken When I say that Music City’s chicken is the “hottest” selection on the list, this isn’t because the wings are particularly spicier than the rest. As far as the temperature itself is concerned, Music City’s wings are about average, but this isn’t to say they’re weak.

“These chicken wings are straight up sexy.

Big, dark, meaty and shimmering with oily shine, they’re like the poultry equivalent of a Mr. Universe pageant.”

I don’t mean average like plain white toast and Bob Saget are average, but rather the way that Little Bear’s porridge is average: average in the “just right” sense. But while the heat that radiates onto the taste buds might be average, it’s this heat that warms the eyes that has

earned these guys their title.

These chicken wings are straight up sexy. Big, dark, meaty and shimmering with oily shine, they’re like the poultry equivalent of a Mr. Universe pageant.

They’re also remarkably tasty.

This is thanks to their being coated in a brown sugar-based rub, which, unlike traditional sauces, forms a crunchy, bubbly, smoky-sweet exterior when the wings are cooked.

This crusty, maple-y outer shell keeps the flavors of the wings contained in the meat itself since juices aren’t easily able to penetrate the shell and escape during the frying process.

Additionally, coating these wings in a wet sauce allows for the flavors to more fully imbue themselves into the actual meat.

Whereas most wings are simply made by brushing the sauce on after frying, Music City’s coating cooks in tandem with the meat. It is not a separate entity from the wing. The two are a single, contained, compact unit, thus maximizing the punch of flavor offered in every bite.

Juiciest: Krazy Karl’s Hot wings are the Harry Lime of Krazy Karl’s — the pizza joint’s unassuming supporting character, resting slyly and cheekily in the bottom left-hand corner of the menu, waiting with no sense of urgency or desperation for someone to come across them and maybe order a basket.

Then they make their grand entrance and steal the show.

These wings are most certainly the plumpest and fullest of the bunch, with a nice, tender, bouncy texture to boot. They’re like edible stress balls but with a bit more salt and grease.

While their skin is a bit on the softer side — not as crispy or crunchy as Music City or Jim’s Wings — their flimsiness isn’t a deterrent. Rather, this elasticity gives the wings’ meaty juices room to expand while staying contained in the skin, rather than being squeezed out by a rigid crust.

Additionally, Krazy Karl’s has the only wings in town (so far as I know or can tell) with a spicy Thai peanut sauce option, which, in accordance with the laws of food criticism, automatically gives them a two-place boost in the rankings.

“While their skin is a bit on the softer side — not as crispy or crunchy as Music City or Jim’s Wings — their flimsiness isn’t a deterrent.”

Crispiest: Jim’s Wings There’s nothing worse than a soggy hot wing, except for a soggy Teddy Graham. Or Nazis. Or being bitten by a rogue rhinoceros while on a visit to the San Diego Zoo. But enough about my family vacation.

Crunch is a crucial and often underappreciated aspect of any chicken wing experience. After all, wings are fried for a reason — unless, of course, you’re a health-conscious communist who prefers baked chicken wings to the real, authentic, hardworking, grease-grizzled American kind, in which case it doesn’t really matter what you think of hot wings anyway be-

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cause you have to keep all the chickens on your Oregonian commune alive in order to ensure they keep laying eggs to feed your pinko compatriots, and thus you aren’t granted the luxury us capitalists have to kill them for their delicious deepfry-able meat. I digress.

For those of us who don’t want ISIS to take over the world, it is important that our hot wings have crunch, and Jim’s Wings soars above the competition in this area. These spicy boys not only have crunch, but pop as well.

Their skin is cooked enough that it’s crispy but not so dense that your canines have to put in extra effort to penetrate it. Instead, the crusty outer layer is light, thin and bubbly, speckled with pockets of delicious hot grease that trickle onto your tongue every once in a while, imbuing your chewing with an extra bit of savoriness.

Puffiest: Dae Gee Korean BBQ Is it a sin to go to a Korean barbecue joint and not eat an entire cow’s worth of steak? Yes, it is. But this is a post-Milton world we’re living in, so what harm is an occasional act of deviance now and then? (Just don’t make a habit of it. There’s a special layer of hell reserved for repeat offenders of this most sacred law, where tortured souls are forced to spend all of eternity endlessly searing a delectable-looking steak that they are not allowed to eat.)

However, if you’re feeling particularly heretical, the garlic soy sauce wings at Dae Gee are worth the few Hail Marys you may have to utter in penance for your wrongdoing.

What sets these wings apart

is the fact that they are battered rather than breaded, giving their crust a depth and lightness not to be found in their American counterparts. The deepfried outer layer is just as crucial an element as the juicy, meaty interior, varying the textures and flavors present in every bite and making for a dynamic eating experience.

Zestiest: Wing Shack If hot wings were Broadway starlets, Wing Shack wings would be Judy Garland. And not just because they’re so good you’d think they were filled with crack. The flavor of these babies is nothing short of explosive.

Every bite is like a Broadway medley performed specially for your taste buds — complete with lights, scenery, glittering costumes and makeup. It’s loud, it’s exciting and it’s a bit overwhelming at first, but in time, the excess of this aggressive mix of tang, spice and savoriness becomes so much for your brain to handle that it ceases trying to make any sense of it and simply floats into an airy state of flavor-phoria.

The severity of this kind of food nirvana varies from flavor to flavor. If you want to really buzz out, the lemon pepper, jalapeño ranch and garlic hot options are your best bet.

However, if you’re the kind of middling weenie who prefers your chicken wings to be more like a light jazz concert than a show-stopping musical revue, the barbecue and Cajun sauces offer an equally satisfying, though not quite as bombastic, serenade for your saliva.

Scotty Powell can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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