Thursday, April 7, 2022 Vol. 131, No. 27

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Vol. 131, No. 27

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Long and Sandoval elected as next ASCSU president, VP

Election sees

6.17% voter turnout COVER PHOTO BY CONNOR MCHUGH THE COLLEGIAN

SEE PAGE 4 STORY BY SERENA BETTIS THE COLLEGIAN

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FORT COLLINS FOCUS

TOP STORIES NEWS: Expanding the CSU brand: How Spur came to Denver PAGE 6

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CANNABIS: Pot hospitality arrives in Denver — is Fort Collins next? PAGE 11 OPINION: Drag is an important piece of culture, so let’s normalize it PAGE 14 SPORTS: CSU figure skating places in finals for first time in 8 years PAGE 18 A&C: ACT Human Rights Film Fest premieres, discusses corruption PAGE 20

PHOTO: CSU women’s varsity polo gallops to a 19-3 victory PAGES 8 & 9

FOCO EVENTS Spring Get Down with Astral Productions at The Emporium Sports Bar Noon April 9 Stop Don’t Shop clothing trade at Aggie Village Noon April 9 Amorphic with Sqwerv, Dreamspace Database at Aggie Theatre 8 p.m. April 29

Evan McCracken, drummer for the band Watching People Drown, dances as a fan along to an original song by Wolfblitzer at KCSU’s Fools Fest April 1. “I think this is really cool; I’ve never seen a show like this in the middle of the day,” McCracken said. “I’ve been seeing Blast N Scrap since I was 16. It was nothing serious for me, but now it’s turned into more of a community than anything — supporting each other with (Northern Colorado) Access Point for harm reduction, mutual aid helping support people experiencing homelessness, Food Not Bombs — supporting those communities in and outside of the local music scene. I think it’s important we are able to host local, free, all-age shows.

Blast N Scrap is renting out bowling alleys (and) fields at CSU, and anybody can come up and listen and have a good time.” PHOTO BY GRAYSON REED THE COLLEGIAN

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HOLIDAYS

CSU community observes Ramadan with nightly events

By Kota Babcock @kotababcock

Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, began April 2 and is a period of deep prayer, social activity and fasting for observant Muslims.

As Muslim students and faculty continue to observe the holiday, the Islamic Center of Fort Collins offers prayer services and meals for the Colorado State University and Fort Collins communities.

During Ramadan, Muslims abstain from food, beverages and sex from dawn to sunset as they offer their fast and prayers to Allah in hopes of inspiring spiritual and personal growth. Like other religions, pregnant women, sick people and the elderly are excluded from the food and water fast, according to IslamFaith.

“We have the five daily prayers every day,” Islamic Center of Fort Collins President Shakir Muhammad said. “We also have the break-fast — or breaking fast — meal, which takes place at sunset, just before the sunset prayer.”

Unlike many other events, the break-fast meal and some daily prayers aren’t scheduled based on

time but rather the sun’s or moon’s location in the sky. This means rather than showing up at 7 p.m., Muslim community members can filter in based on whether the sun is about to set.

“We fulfill (Muslim CSU community members’) dietary needs, their dietary requirements for a breaking fast meal and also their social connection,” Muhammad said.

Muhammad said about 60% of their community exists because of CSU students, faculty and staff. He added that many Muslim international students arrived in Colorado during COVID-19, meaning they have not had the chance to interact socially with the Muslim community, as masks made it difficult to recognize new friends.

In addition to offering daily prayers and nightly break-fast meals, the Islamic Center of Fort Collins is partnering with the Asian Pacific American Cultural Center, the Black/African American Cultural Center and the Muslim Student Association at CSU to provide a Ramadan iftar — another term for the break-fast meal — on April 8. Students and other CSU community members can arrive at room 222 in Johnson

The Islamic Center of Fort Collins, located on Lake Street in Fort Collins, was completed in 2013, Aug. 30, 2021.

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Hall around 7:30 p.m.

“Most Muslims, especially from Muslim-populated countries, are very used to being with friends and with family and not having to worry about preparing meals, as most of them are, you know, undergraduate age,” Muhammad said. “At our center, we offer

meals for people to break their fast every night in Ramadan. …

Sometimes it’s nice just to have a well-prepared meal.”

People who plan to attend the April 8 iftar are asked to RSVP and can find more information on APACC’s website by navigating to events & information from the

homepage. The event is open to CSU students, staff and faculty.

The Islamic Center of Fort Collins is located at 925 W. Lake St., and those with questions on Ramadan participation can contact the center at 970-221-2425.

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Long and Sandoval next ASCSU president, VP

Students watch as the new Associated Students of Colorado State University president and vice president are announced April 6. The new president will be Robert Long, and the vice president will be Elijah Sandoval. PHOTO BY LUKE BOURLAND THE COLLEGIAN

By Serena Bettis @serenaroseb

After two weeks of campaigning, Robert Long and Elijah Sandoval won the 2022-23 president and vice president positions for the Associated Students of Colorado State University April 6. Nicholas DeSalvo won the speaker of the senate position, and seven students were voted into the 52nd senate.

Only 6.17% of the student body voted in the election for a total of 1,854 votes, meaning the ASCSU constitution was not ratified.

In each election, students have to vote on if they do or do not approve of the ASCSU constitution, and in order for the constitution to be ratified, at least 10% of the student population must vote in favor of it.

“Any changes made this year in the form of a lex passed by our senate was not adopted,” Elections Manager Gemma Buhaenko said at the announcements livestreamed on CTV 11. “The organization will continue to operate under the 2020-21 constitution until the new constitution is ratified.”

Voter turnout has never been high, but this year was specifically concerning after the elections manager resigned about a month before the campaign period began, requiring Buhaenko to leave her position as deputy chief justice and fill in as the elections manager.

“I’m pretty proud of this turnout,” Buhaenko said. “Given that we had essentially four weeks to plan the elections, 6.17% is great turnout for our student body.”

Last year, voter turnout was about 13.73% of the student population, and during the September 2020 election, it was about 15%. This has decreased from years before the pandemic, when Ben Amundson and Alexandra Farias won the president/ vice president ticket with a recordbreaking 26.6% turnout in 2019.

Students elected into the senate included Lydia Oker for the College of Agricultural Sciences, Noah Burge for the College of Business, Sabina Gebru and Faraaz Bukhari for the College of Health and Human Sciences, Sammy Trout and Theo Reese for the College of Liberal Arts and Abroa Pereira for the Warner

College of Natural Resources.

There are currently no intrauniversity senators or senators for the Walter Scott Jr. College of Engineering, the Graduate School or the College of Natural Sciences.

Long and Sandoval ran uncontested for most of the campaign period until Buhaenko announced write-in candidates Sam Moccia and Haydyn Deason March 31. Even still, Long and Sandoval were the only names listed under the president/vice president option for voting on RAMweb. To vote for Moccia and Deason, students had to select the “other” option and type in their names.

Key points in Long and Sandoval’s campaign included transparency, mental health and financial responsibility. Moccia and Deason centered their campaign on environmental and social sustainability.

Smiles and happy tears filled the waiting room as Long and Sandoval’s victory was announced, and they both expressed excitement to get started.

“I just feel like the weight of

the world was just lifted off me and then put on me again,” Long said. “I’m ready for the challenge; I feel like I’m up for it. ... I believe in CSU.” Long said the first thing he will start to do is connect with past presidents to gain their knowledge. Sandoval said the first thing she will start working on is building up a great team and continuing the vision current president and vice president Christian Dykson and Merry Gebretsadik started.

To CSU students, Sandoval said, “Get ready for a new chapter.”

The speaker of the senate race was more similar to previous ASCSU elections with three candidates — Rithik Correa, DeSalvo and Evan Welch — facing off on how they would best run the senate and represent the student body.

Correa wanted to focus on having the senate act as a liaison between the CSU Board of Governors and the students and also keep political viewpoints out of the senate so it is more receptive to all opinions.

DeSalvo is newer to ASCSU and is not a current ASCSU senator, unlike Correa and Welch. He has served on the Board for Student Organization Funding, and part of his platform was that he can provide fresh insight to the culture of the senate.

Welch said his main goals would be to focus on transparency within ASCSU chambers and between ASCSU and the student body and on building up the community of senate.

After winning the election, DeSalvo expressed gratitude for everyone who helped him in the process and for the students who voted for him. He said he wants to start building relationships and students should know he is always reachable to hear concerns or work together.

“I look forward to not only working with those elected but working with students on the issues that matter on campus,” DeSalvo said.

The new ASCSU leaders and senate members will be officially sworn in June 1.

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CSU SYSTEM

Expanding the CSU brand: How Spur came to Denver

By Serena Bettis @serenaroseb

It started with a need, and now, it looks to fulfill its mission by meeting the needs of its community: the state of Colorado.

Fourteen years ago, the National Western Stock Show needed new, updated facilities. The City of Denver needed the National Western Stock Show to stay in the city.The Colorado State University System needed a way to reach more Coloradans and expand into the capital.

This is how CSU Spur came to be.

Tony Frank, the current CSU System chancellor and former president of CSU’s Fort Collins campus, said the first conversations about bringing a physical CSU campus to Denver started around 2008 as the National Western Stock Show looked to move away from its historic location between the Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods of Denver and closer to the Denver International Airport.

The proposal would have included building a space for the Stock Show next to the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, which opened in 2018, and had the potential to hurt downtown Denver’s economy, according to The Denver Post.

“The idea to redevelop the area and make it a year-round hub for all these activities and education — … that’s really how the conversations began with CSU.” TIANA KENNEDY CSU SYSTEM ASSISTANT VICE CHANCELLOR OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS

“(For) years, as long as I can remember, we’ve been trying to find a way to highlight the CSU brand in Denver,” Frank said. “In the state capital, major metropolitan area, all these things, and yet it didn’t seem to us like building another bricks and mortar campus with lecture halls and dorms; that didn’t seem like the right thing to do.”

Frank said there did not seem to be a need for another traditional university in the Denver area — after all, the Denver metropolitan area is home to multiple universities and community colleges, both public

The Vida building at the Colorado State University Spur campus is open to the public six days a week, Feb. 23.

The Spur campus will have three buildings total, each dedicated to a different field of study.

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and private. The System passed on the first opportunity of a location partnership with the National Western Stock Show, Frank said, but the possibility came up again a few years later.

Both Frank and Tiana Kennedy, the CSU System’s assistant vice chancellor of external relations, said Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock convened a blue-ribbon panel to evaluate the possibilities of keeping the stock show in Denver. In 2011, the stock show brought five business proposal options to Denver officials, according to an article in The Denver Post.

The National Western Center Master Plan was officially adopted in 2015 and put together by the Western Stock Show Association, the CSU System, the City and County of Denver, History Colorado and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, according to the National Western Center’s website.

“The idea to redevelop the area and make it a year-round hub for all these activities and education — … that’s really how the conversations began with CSU,” Kennedy said.

At the same time, Frank said CSU needed a way to up their enrollment and inform more people about their new program, called the Commitment to Colorado, a scholarship opportunity for Colorado residents to attend CSU with fully paid tuition and fees.

Frank explained CSU realized no one really knew about the program, and they needed to adjust their messaging about it. Additionally,

Frank referenced studies showing “of first-generation kids who didn’t go to college, their parents generally made the decision somewhere around late junior high that college was unaffordable.”

With so much discussion around high student loan debt and the rising cost of higher education, Frank said many people hear those conversations and believe there is not an affordable path to college. CSU wanted to disrupt that cycle.

“All those things came together for us to say, … ‘What if our goal was to get people really excited about education and understand — and get the message back home to their parents — that there is a pathway to college?’” Frank said. “(That) despite what you’re hearing about the cost and about debt, there is a way to get there.”

The CSU Spur campus funding came from city and state expenditures already in place at the time of the Master Plan proposal.

Part of the funding came from Measure 2C on Denver’s November 2015 ballot, which asked to extend indefinitely a 1.75% lodger’s tax on hotel rooms and rental cars in the area and was originally approved in 1999, according to Ballotpedia. The measure specifically stated the extension would allow for the National Western Center project and provide “locations for new Colorado State University agriculture-related academic buildings on the National Western Center.”

According to an editorial in The Denver Post, the lodger’s tax funded $476 million of the first two phases of the NWC project.

The other part of the funding came from a certificate of participation granted by the Colorado General Assembly through House Bill 151344, approved by former Gov. John Hickenlooper in May 2015. Henry Sobanet, chief financial officer for the CSU System, said the funds granted by the COP were previously being used to pay off a prison built by the state, and as that came to an end, the legislature authorized another issuance of the bond. This means the legislature created a new round of debt from the state’s general fund, so financing the campus did not add to state spending.

“Your presence there shouldn’t just add value to you; it should really add value to the people who live around you and your new neighbors.”

TONY FRANK CSU SYSTEM CHANCELLOR

The COP will provide up to $250 million — $200 million for Spur facilities and $50 million for the Fort Collins campus, Sobanet said — across 20 years, according to the bill.

Funds are appropriated annually

by the CGA, which allows the CSU Board of Governors to “expend money from the trust fund to make lease payments payable under the terms of lease-purchase agreements” authorized in the bill.

While looking to build a campus for “all of Colorado,” as Frank said at the Vida building ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 7, CSU realized they had more work to do in the immediate community around the National Western Center.

The Globeville and ElyriaSwansea neighborhoods are some of Denver’s oldest and most neglected areas. The intersection of Interstate 25 and Interstate 70 splits Globeville into four sections. The road construction and history of smelting in the area has poisoned the air and soil with lead in Elyria-Swansea and Globeville.

With million-dollar development proposals and neighborhood revitalization efforts across Denver, gentrification worries residents, and the National Western Center has only added to those concerns.

Kennedy said CSU recognizes this and is working with the community to ensure the Spur campus does not cause more harm than good. CSU tries to hire locally and reach out to organizations in the community so they can be effective partners and not replicate services, and they compensate people for their time when asking for advice and feedback.

To be a good partner, Frank said CSU aims to be an “anchor institution” in the area, a term that says big institutions should not just go into a community to benefit themselves but should work to really be a part of the community, buying local products and hiring local residents, Frank said.

“Your presence there shouldn’t just add value to you; it should really add value to the people who live around you and your new neighbors,” Frank said.

Jocelyn Hittle, assistant vice chancellor for the CSU Spur campus and special projects, said part of being a good partner is being responsive to the community’s wishes.

To do this, CSU created the Spur Scholarship specifically for high school students from the 80216 zip code, which encompasses Globeville and Elyria-Swansea.

The scholarship funds students who have lived in the area for at least two years and are in good academic standing up to $10,000 upon admittance to a CSU institution.

“The work is not done, and it won’t be done,” Kennedy said. “We have to continue to be good neighbors; we have to continue to show up; we have to continue to listen.”

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CAMPUS

Eat, drink and socialize at CSU’s 17th annual Passover Seder

By Jack Miller @millerjack02

The Chabad Jewish Student Organization at CSU plans to host its 17th annual Passover Seder April 15 at 7 p.m. in the grand ballroom at the Lory Student Center.

Passover is an annual Jewish holiday that celebrates the liberation of the Jewish population enslaved in Egypt over 3,000 years ago. This celebration is broken up into 15 purposeful steps that are centered on cleansing, eating, drinking, singing and storytelling.

Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik is happy this event can get back to full force following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Different campus groups are contributing to this event, including the Associated Students of Colorado State University and the Residence Hall Association as sponsors.

“We are expecting at least 200 people at this event,” Gorelik said. “It will most likely be primarily students and faculty, although there will also be members of the community outside of CSU.” Gorelik recognized this event is also a great way to welcome unfamiliar faces and build community.

“Our organization wants to add to

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the voice of diversity and inclusivity,” Gorelik said. “We are trying to promote a home for the Jewish students here.”

Chaia Geltser, an undergraduate student at CSU, is president of the Chabad Jewish Student Organization.

Geltser encouraged everyone to come, regardless of their background. “(Attending) doesn’t feel like an

obligation,” Geltser said. “You meet a lot of really cool people from the school and from the community.”

Although the event lasts several hours, Geltser noted it is easy to stay engaged.

“Rabbi makes a huge effort to make the event educational,” Geltser said.

“He also makes it fun by adding jokes and songs throughout the event.”

Gorelik described how this holiday does not only aim to celebrate the past but also encourages people to take control of their future.

“The message of Passover is to give people a path forward,” Gorelik said.

“It’s easier to stay within the comfort zone, but making that decision comes with a cost.”

Gorelik pointed out that this

message is relevant in multiple Jewish holidays.

“It represents the idea of finding inner freedom,” Gorelik said. “Many of the Jewish holidays focus on different aspects that enslave us, and we try to liberate ourselves from the things that are holding us back.”

Geltser appreciates the value of taking a past event and looking at it through a futuristic lens.

“I think people are more likely to listen and be engaged when the message can help their future,” Geltser said. “It’s very relevant if people are applying this message to their own life.”

The Chabad Jewish Student Organization posted information around campus for those who are interested in joining. There are many people working to ensure this event is welcoming and inclusive.

“Passover is about being with your family and community, and that’s the environment we want to create,” Gorelik said.

In order to attend this event, participants must fill out an RSVP form by Friday, April 8. This form can be found at JewishCSU.com/Seder.

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ON THE SADDLE

CSU women’s varsity polo gallops to a 19-3 victory A Colorado State University club polo rider has one of the other members check the girth of the horse to make sure it is tight enough March 26.

The girth is what keeps the saddle from sliding or moving, preventing the rider from sliding off.

A Colorado State University club polo rider No. 3 warms up herself and her horse before the match March 26.

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A Colorado State University rider and a Montana State University rider attempt to push each other out of the way March 26. It is called a ride off when two opponents make contact in an attempt to move each other.

Riders No. 3 and 4 from the Colorado State University club polo team celebrate after scoring a goal that put the Rams in the lead over Montana State University March 26. The Rams defeated the Bobcats 19-3.

On March 26 at 11 a.m., the Colorado State University women’s varsity polo team faced Montana State University. The teams played at B.W. Pickett Arena in Fort Collins.

The CSU polo team is student-run and welcomes both experienced and inexperienced riders. Their varsity and JV teams travel across the country representing CSU. Polo is one of the oldest team sports and requires a strong connection between horse and rider. The game’s goal is to end with the highest score by hitting the ball, with a mallet, through the opposing team’s goal post. Each match is divided into four chukkers, or periods, and each chukker is seven and a half minutes. The sport requires athleticism, horsepower and camaraderie between riders and between horses. With the riders’ quick reflexes, skill, balance and teamwork, CSU finished off the game strong, winning 19-3.

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ON THE SADDLE

A mounted referee watches the players and moves that are made in a match between Colorado State University and Montana State University March 26. Referees are responsible for making sure the players follow the rules of the game and play fairly.

Colorado State University rider No. 3 races to the ball, preparing to hit it toward the goal March 26. Every player in polo has a mallet that is about 50-53 inches long, depending on the height of the horse and the reach of the rider.

Colorado State University polo players discuss the game and warm up their horses March 26.

Each polo team consisted of six players, but only three play at a time in arena polo.

Colorado State University rider No. 4 races in front of the other riders in a match against Montana State University March 26. In polo, the No. 4 rider focuses on defense and moving the ball up the field to other members of their team.

A Colorado State University club polo member waves a red flag overhead to signal that CSU scored a goal March 26. Goal judges were positioned on each side of the field and waved a flag to signal when a goal was made.

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LAWS AND REGULATIONS

New Mexico vs. Colorado: How are cannabis laws different?

By Grayson Acri | @guy1376

As the first Colorado-bordering state to legalize recreational cannabis sales, New Mexico began retail cannabis sales April 1. The Colorado cannabis legalization amendment, Amendment 64, was passed in Colorado in 2012 with retail sales starting in 2014. The Cannabis Regulation Act was passed in New Mexico last year.

Here are some key facts to know about our southern neighbor’s cannabis policy.

New Mexico allows for the possession of 2 ounces of flower cannabis, 16 grams of extract and 800 milligrams of edibles per person in public.

Excess may be stored in homes out of public visibility.

New Mexico is the 18th state to legalize recreational cannabis use for adults.

Colorado recently raised its limit of possession to 2 oz of flower or equivalent.

Colorado and Washington were the first, both passing the measure on Nov. 6 ballots in 2012.

“Cannabis consumption areas,” meaning venues and lounges that allow customers to consume cannabis on the property, are allowed in New Mexico from the start of recreational legalization. These venues can sell cannabis to customers, but customers can also bring their own.

Six mature plants and six immature plants are allowed to be grown at home in New Mexico.

Colorado legalized its first cannabis consumption area, called the Tetra Private Lounge and Garden, in Denver in March. Customers have to bring their own cannabis; however, sites will be able to legally sell it as well as allow consumption.

Colorado allows possession of six plants at once with only three flowering simultaneously.

Colorado’s excise tax on recreational cannabis is 15% plus local taxes.

New Mexico’s excise tax on recreational cannabis starts at 12% plus local taxes and will eventually rise to 18%.

New Mexico has had a medical cannabis industry since its legalization in 2007.

Medical cannabis was legalized in Colorado in 2000.

New Mexico passed a bill last year that will expunge the criminal records of those who were arrested or convicted for cannabis-related offenses if those offenses are no longer illegal or have reduced punishment under the Cannabis Regulation Act.

It is illegal to bring cannabis across state lines, even if both states have it legalized.

Cannabis policy applies strictly to the state you’re residing in, and because cannabis is a Schedule I drug federally, it is a felony to traffic weed across state borders.

Colorado’s governor can issue pardons to those who were convicted of possession of 2 ounces or less of cannabis.

Similarities

Both states generally require packaging to have a list of used chemicals and pesticides labeled on resealable and childresistant packaging with a THC label.

Smoking in public is illegal in both states. Private property is the primary consumption site.

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Companies must grow, process, package and sell their products exclusively within state borders.

Cross-state companies do exist, but they produce their products in every state they operate in separately.

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Pot hospitality arrives in Denver — is Fort Collins next?

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Onlookers watch as Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Tetra Private Lounge and Garden owner Dewayne Benjamin cut the ribbon to celebrate Tetra’s cannabis consumption lounge in Denver March 30. The ceremony marked the opening of Colorado’s first legal cannabis consumption space.

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By Hayden Hawley @hateonhawley

Gov. Jared Polis joined the ceremonial ribbon cutting of Colorado’s first licensed cannabis consumption lounge last Wednesday.

Tetra Private Lounge and Garden, located in Denver’s River North Art District, held the ceremony March 30.

Visitors have been bringing their own cannabis and lighting up since 2018, though the business had to operate as a members-only club. Tetra Lounge hopes to open its doors to the over 21 public by April 20 after passing regular building inspections.

“It’s really exciting to see that spirit of entrepreneurship, that can-do attitude, that frontier spirit,” Polis said in a brief speech. “I’m really excited to cut the ribbon today for one of Colorado’s newest businesses and the nation’s first. So congratulations to each and every one of you.”

This comes as Denver is approving a handful of consumption licenses, including a smoking lounge in the Patterson Inn. Dozens of people showed up in support ofTetra Lounge’s push into legitimacy, representing local cannabis professionals, members of the press and government officials.

The word on everybody’s lips: history.

“We have members from every state in America, and we’ve had visitors and members from 14 different countries around the world,” said Dewayne Benjamin, the lounge’s owner and operator. “You can buy cannabis at every corner. Being a tourist or someone who’s not from here, that first question is, ‘Where can I smoke this?’ and Tetra was just to fill that gap.”

The irony of Colorado’s legal cannabis market is not lost on people — a person visiting from another country or prohibition state who purchases cannabis for the novelty can’t, if they’re staying in a regular hotel, legally use it almost anywhere — until now.

The lounge is outfitted with a snack bar, framed photographs of cannabis cultural icons, video games and a pleasantly secluded back patio and garden. Winston Connor III, Tetra’s first-ever member, said the place has come a long way in the past four years, upgrading from lawn chairs and gravel to comfortable, vibe-fitting furniture.

Far from just being a place where tourists can legally indulge in cannabis, many attendees characterized the lounge as a vital nerve center for local professionals and artists.

Street artists RubeZilla and Chelsea Lewinski said Benjamin commissioned their services for the lounge, immensely boosting their careers in the local scene. Others said he had “completely ruined (them) for nightclubs.”

“I think my main goal is just treat people with the utmost respect and really cultivate growth and happiness and peace,” Benjamin said.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock arrived at the event after Polis left and congratulated Benjamin and the Tetra team. He made a few remarks on the social equity initiatives the city is prioritizing for the future of the cannabis industry.

“As we went around and started seeing, of course, the marijuana industry and marketplace take off, one of the challenging and painful moments is the fact that it wasn’t a very equitable industry,” Hancock said. “If you look up even today, more than 99% of all operations are owned by white men.”

Beyond providing a place to legally smoke pre-purchased pot in public, the energy and excitement around Tetra Lounge makes it more than just a modern-day hookah bar or club alternative and rather the next vital step toward social and legal acceptance of cannabis use.

Read the full version of this article at collegian.com.

Reach Hayden Hawley at cannabis@ collegian.com.

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30 pack cans ������������������������������������ $13.99

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Paddy ’s Irish Whiskey

IRISH WHISKEY

Lord Calvert Canadian Whiskey 1�75 L ������������������������������������������������� $11.99 Seagrams 7 Whiskey 1�75 L ������������������������������������������������� $16.99 Crown Royal Canadian Whiskey 1�75 L ������������������������������������������������� $42.99

CANADIAN WHISKEY

Single Barrel Colorado Whiskey 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $67.99

Art of the Spirit

Whiskey 1�75 L ������������������������������������������������� $37.99 Gentleman Jack 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $26.99

Jack Daniels

Chateau de Candale

Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Rosé, Sauvignon Blanc ����������������������������� $11.99 Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Red Blend�������������������������� $12.99 Buttery Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, North

Josh Cellars

Diamond: Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc �������������������������������� $9.99 Diamond: California Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir ��� $13.99 Diamond: Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon, Claret ��������������������������� $14.99

Francis Coppola

Pinot Noir Sta Rita Hills Save $15 ������������������������������������������� $24.99

El Rey

Chardonnay, Rosé, Sauvignon Blanc ����������������������������� $15.99 Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Red, Zinfandel ����������� $17.99 Limited: Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Red Blend ������������������� $22.99

Decoy

Pinot Noir RRV - Save $7 �������� $15.99 Coro Mendocino Red Save $15! ������������������������������������� $24.99

DNA Vineyards

Chardonnay ������������������������������������� $16.99 Rosé ��������������������������������������������������� $18.99 Cabernet Sauvignon���������������������� $24.99

Daou

Pinot Gris - Save $5 �������������������������� $9.99 Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir Save $5 ��������������������������������������������� $14.99 Curran Creek All Types ��������������� $6.99

Pomerol - Save $7 ������������������������� $22.99

Bordeaux Rouge HALF PRICE!��������������������������������������� $7.49

Chateau Pericou

Medoc - Save $5 ���������������������������� $14.99

Chateau Mazails

Cotes de Bordeaux Save $10 ������������������������������������������� $29.99

Chateau Marsau Prelude

Chateau Le Manoir

Bordeaux, Bordeaux Blanc Save $5 ������������������������������������������� $9.99 Bordeaux Superieur Save $5 ����������������������������������������� $12.99

Chateau Lamothe

Graves Bordeaux - Save $7 ��������� $17.99

Chateau Guillon

Saint-Julien - Save $30!���������������� $99.99

Chateau Gloria

Cotes du Rhone - Save $5 ����������� $12.99 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Save $10 ������������������������������������������� $29.99 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Save $10 ������������������������������������������� $39.99

Chateau Gigognan

Bourgogne Chardonnay Vielles Vignes, Clos des Avouries Save $10 ������������������������������������������� $19.99

Chateau De Messey

Beaujolais Villages - Save $5 ������ $14.99 Brouilly - Save $5 ��������������������������� $19.99

Chateau de Corcelles

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Save $10 ������������������������������������������� $34.99

Cotes de Bourg - Save $7 ������������ $12.99

All Types ����������������������������������������������� $9.99

Cricklewood

Columbia Crest Grand Estates

Chateau de Barbe

Medoc - Save $8 ����������������������� $14.99

Chateau Clement Saint-Jean

Entre-Deux-Mers ������������������������������ $8.99

Chateau Canteloudette

Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris Save $5 ��������������������������������������������� $14.99

Charles Sparr

Rosé - Save $5 �������������������������������� $11.99

FRENCH WINE

Belle de Provence

IMPORTED WINES

Chardonnay, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc ����������������������������� $11.99 Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir ����������������������������������������� $13.99

William Hill Coastal

Red Blend - Save $5 ���������������������� $14.99

The Culprit

Chardonnay - Save $6 ��������������������� $8.99

Shortbread Cellars

Moscato, Pink Moscato Save $5 ������������������������������������������������ $9.99

Brass Tacks

Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc ����������������������������� $11.99 Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir ����������������������������������������� $14.99

Benziger

Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel - Save $5 ������������������� $12.99

Baus Family

Cabernet Sauvignon, Crush, Dark, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Red, Rosé, White ������������������������������� $8.99 Inferno ���������������������������������������������� $11.99

Apothic

Chardonnay - Save $7 ������������������ $12.99 Meritage, Merlot, Pinot Noir Save $10 ������������������������������������������� $14.99 Cabernet Sauvignon Save $10 ������������������������������������������� $19.99

Angels Landing

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AMERICAN WINES

Cavelli Toscana - Save $20! ���� $39.99

Chardonny, Sauvignon Blanc ������������������� $11.99 Cabernet Sauvignon, Equinox Red Blend, Merlot, Rosé �������������������������� $13.99 Pinot Noir ������������������������������ $16.99

Bonterra

Organic Wines

Yellow Tail All Types �������������������� $5.99

Sauvignon Blanc ����������������������������� $14.99

Whitehaven

Sauvignon Blanc �������������������������������� $9.99

Starborough

Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc Save $7 ����������������������������������������� $14.99

Invivo

Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc ����������������������������� $10.99

Brancott Estate

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND WINE

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Santa Julia Reserva

Salvaje

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Chardonnay - Save $6 ��������������� $8.99

Huellas Reserve

Bonarda, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec ����� $12.99 Malbec Reserva ������������������������������ $22.99

Durigutti

Torrontes ��������������������������������������������� $9.99 Estate Malbec ���������������������������������� $17.99

Colome

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Caliterra

SOUTH AMERICAN WINE

Vino Nobile di Montalcino Save $10 ������������������������������������������� $29.99 Brunello di Montalcino Save $20 ������������������������������������������� $39.99

Terre del Palio

Tenuta Degli Dei

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Camarena

Irish, Peanut Butter or White Chocolate 750 ml �������������������������������������������������� $9.99

McGrath’s

VS Cognac 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $34.99 VSOP Cognac 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $69.99 XO Cognac 750 ml �������������������������������������������� $129.99 La Foret VSOP Brandy 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $19.99 Baileys Irish Cream 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $24.99 Cointreau Orange Liqueur 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $27.99 Hochstadler’s Slow & Low 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $22.99 Kahlua Coffee Liqueur 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $19.99 Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $12.99

Francois Voyter

VS Brandy 1�75 L ������������������������������������������������� $17.99 VSOP Brandy 1�75 L ������������������������������������������������� $19.99 XO Brandy 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $12.99

E&J

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Single Barrel Reposado Tequila 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $34.99

Partida

Plata or Reposado Tequila 1�75 L ������������������������������������������������� $29.99 Cabo Wabo Silver Tequila 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $19.99

Sauza Hornittos

Silver Tequila 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $44.99 Reposado Tequila 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $49.99 Patron Silver Tequila 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $42.99

Casamigos

Silver or Reposado Tequila 1�75 L ������������������������������������������������� $32.99

TEQUILA

12 yr old Doublewood Single Malt Scotch 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $59.99

Balvenie

12 yr old Single Malt Scotch 1�75 L ������������������������������������������������� $59.99

Glenfiddich

X Single Malt Scotch 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $26.99 10 yr old Single Malt Scotch 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $29.99 Laphroaig 10 yr old Single Malt Scotch 750 ml ����������������������������������������������� $52.99

Glenmorangie

Grand Macinish

Cabernet Sauvignon, Grateful Red��������������������������� $16.99

Winter Park Winery

Colorado Wines

Pinot Gris, Rosé - Save $5������������ $13.99 Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Blend Save $5 ��������������������������������������������� $14.99 Willamette Pinot Noir Save $5 ��������������������������������������������� $17.99 Chehalem Mountains Pinot Noir Save $5 ��������������������������������������������� $19.99

Second Growth

Rockpile Vineyards

Pinot Grigio�������������������������������������� $21.99

Santa Margherita

Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, Pinot Grigio, Rosé �������������������������� $15.99 Cupcake Pinot Grigio ������������������� $8.99 Kris Pinot Grigio ��������������������������� $11.99 Mezzacorona Pinot Grigio �������� $7.99 Montecampo Pinot Grigio �������� $7.99

Cantine Zaccagnini

Toscana Rosso - Save $20 ����������� $49.99

Caiarossa

ITALIAN WINE

Vinho Verde, Vinho Verde Rosé Save $5 ������������������������������������������������ $7.99

Serra da Estrela Albarino�������� $11.99 Vinhas Altas

Old Vine Monastrell - Save $5� $9.99

Rumor

Rosé Catalunya - Save$5 ������������� $12.99 Terra Alta - Save $5 ����������������������� $14.99 Montebuena Rioja����������������������� $9.99

Luxus One

Rioja Reserva - Save $6 ���������������� $23.99

Finca Montote

Enlightenment Bobal Rosé, Garnacha Blanca - Save $5 ��������� $11.99

Zinfandel - Save $10 ���������������� $29.99

Pine Ridge

Chardonnay - Save $5 ��������������������� $9.99 Chenin Blanc/Viognier ����������������� $11.99

El Circo

Tinedo - Save $5 ������������������������������� $9.99

Cala N.1

SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE WINE

Grenache ��������������������������������������������� $8.99

The Gnome Knows

Bordeaux Blanc - Save $5 ������� $11.99

Petit Freylon

Cotes du Rhone Rouge, Cotes du Rhone Blanc, Nature ������������������������ $9.99

Perrin

Blanc, Rose, Rouge ��������������������������� $6.99

La Vieille Ferme

Beaujolais Villages, Rosé �������������� $11.99 Macon Villages ������������������������������� $12.99 Chardonnay ������������������������������������� $15.99 Pinot Noir ����������������������������������������� $16.99 Pouilly Fuisse ����������������������������������� $24.99

Louis Jadot

Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc -Save $5 �������������� $9.99

La Croisade

Cotes du Rhone Blanc, Rose, Rouge ������������������������������������� $13.99

Guigal

Sauvignon Blanc - Save $5 ���������� $12.99 Rosé Le Roque - Save $5 ������������� $14.99 Pouilly Fumé, Sancerre Blanc, Sancerre Rosé - Save $20 ������������������������������ $24.99

Florian Mollet

Condrieu Blanc - Save $10 ��������� $39.99

Domaine de Rosiers

Puligny Montrachet Save $20!������������������������������������������ $59.99 Chambolle-Musigny Save $50!������������������������������������������ $99.99

Domaine Belleville

Montagne Saint-Emilion Save $15 ������������������������������������������� $34.99

Clos de Bouard

Cotes de Bordeaux Save $6 ��������������������������������������������� $13.99

Chateau Terre Blanque

Bordeaux Rouge HALF PRICE!��������������������������������������� $7.49

Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnacha, Merlot, Tempranillo HALF PRICE! ��������������������������������� $6.49

Perseverance

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Being 18 in America does not make you an adult

By Michael Stella @michaelstella_

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.

March Madness returned in full force this year after an altered experience last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it’s predicted that roughly $3 billion will be wagered on the three-week event by the time it ends. This is a massive amount of money being placed on college athletics, but for the most part, 18-year-olds — supposed adults in America — will not be able to participate in in-person betting.

In America, 18 is the age when you are considered an adult, yet in 46 states in America, 18-year-olds are not legally allowed to bet on sports in person. Not only are 18-year-olds not allowed to gamble on sporting events like March Madness but they also cannot buy alcohol or cigarettes, among other things.

In 2021, $52.7 billion was wagered on sports in America, and only 18-year-olds online and in person in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Montana, Washington D.C. and Washington were allowed to get in on the action. March Madness this

year is expected to see $3 billion worth of wagers take place, which is down considerably from 2019 when $8.5 billion was expected to be wagered.

That means $3 billion is being bet on college basketball, while students who attend those colleges and are under 21 will not even be allowed to place in-person legal bets on their school’s teams.

“There needs to be a universal age of adulthood in America that encapsulates all of the responsibilities of being an adult instead of just granting a few of those responsibilities at 18 and the rest at 21.”

America has seen its minimum age laws for activities such as military draft, gambling, purchasing alcohol and voting change with considerable ease throughout its history.

In 1942, the minimum draft age was lowered from 21 to 18, and in

1971, the minimum voting age was lowered to 18 in part because the young men being sent to Vietnam could not legally vote, and this was seen as problematic.

The rationale for claiming 18 is the age when you are an adult does not hold much weight because very few of the advantages of adulthood are given to 18-year-olds.

There is a fundamental flaw with having the minimum age to gamble and purchase alcohol at the age of 21 instead of 18 because it encourages illegal behavior. Spend a Friday night on a college campus, and you will see being underage does not stop anyone from getting alcohol.

For most students who continue on to college right after high school, they are not old enough to buy alcohol or gamble, yet in most instances, they are surrounded by 21-year-olds who can buy alcohol for them, which is against the law.

Then there is the fake ID industry that has become extremely lucrative for producers. Fake IDs have become increasingly hard to spot for vendors of age-restricted items. Many fake IDs that can be bought now, often from foreign countries, pass scan tests and magstrip tests.

College is known as a time when young people start to drink for the

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first time or start to drink more heavily than they would at home.

With the minimum drinking age of 21, 18-year-olds are encouraged to break the law by asking 21-year-olds to supply them with alcohol or by purchasing a fake ID. Other than the 8% of countries where drinking any alcohol at any age is illegal, America has one of the highest minimum drinking ages at 21.

Only 6% of countries globally have one this high. A majority of countries, 61%, have a minimum drinking age of 18 or 19, according to Britannica ProCon.org.

Our counterparts in the United Kingdom are allowed to gamble once they turn 18, as is the case in

most European countries where the minimum gambling age is 18.

Just as the argument goes that people who are being sent off to war should be allowed to vote, people who go to work and earn their money in honest ways should be allowed to wager that money at casinos. When they can’t do that, are they really considered adults?

There needs to be a universal age of adulthood in America that encapsulates all of the responsibilities of being an adult instead of just granting a few of those responsibilities at 18 and the rest at 21.

Reach Michael Stella at letters@ collegian.com.

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Drag is an important piece of culture, so let’s normalize it

GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION BY CHLOE LELINE THE COLLEGIAN

By Dillon Gross @dillongross

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.

While many people are familiar with drag as a general term, not as many understand what drag really means and why it’s important for those who participate.

Drag is defined as “a type of entertainment where people dress up and perform, often in highly stylized ways,” according to transequality. org. Typically, performers are known as “drag queens,” meaning people, often those who identify as men,

who perform in feminine clothing.

“Drag kings,” however, are those who perform drag in masculine clothing.

There are many misconceptions from those both within and outside the drag community regarding transgender performers. While there are some transgender people who perform drag, they are not the only ones who participate, as drag is less about gender and sexuality and more about artistic expression.

Drag’s origins can be traced to Shakespearean theater, when men dressed in feminine clothing for performances because it was uncommon for women to perform onstage. However, the term drag was not coined until the late 1800s in the United Kingdom, then being defined

as any gender-bending performance.

Throughout the 1800s, many American cities promoted masquerade laws, which made it illegal for people to dress in the clothes of another gender. Drag changed from flying under the radar to being shunned or banned. In the 1930s, when early sexologists tried to define why people do drag, drag became associated with homosexuality.

Drag continued throughout the mid-20th century, but it was underground. It wasn’t until the Stonewall Riots of 1969 that drag and queer culture in general began to emerge into American society.

Drag has played a central role in modern-day culture. “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” a long-running drag performance competition show, has been popular since its first season and has helped many better understand drag culture along with giving performers a platform for their art.

Although the show has faced criticism for its melodrama and transphobia, the success of the show is still significant to the LGBTQ+ and drag community.

Having such prominent drag figures appear on TV helps normalize drag and queer culture.

There is even a drag community

here in our backyard, with one of Colorado’s most famous drag queens, Jessica L’Whor, getting her start performing at Colorado State University. She used to perform at Fort Collins pride events while a student and is now notorious within the Denver drag scene. Krisa Gonna is another icon of the Fort Collins drag scene. Growing up in Brazil, he was not allowed to express femininity but eventually found drag as a way to express himself.

“Drag shows are a safe place for everyone.

Acceptance is the standard. There is no hatred, no fear of being the ‘other.’ There is only the performer and their audience.”

Over the last few years, drag events had to be paused due to COVID-19, but CSU’s Pride Resource Center is hosting “Drag Show: Resurrection” on April 16 to celebrate the return of

drag to Fort Collins.

These community-sponsored events show drag shouldn’t be just welcomed into communities, it should be normalized as art. Yes, drag might not be for everyone, but it certainly should have a place in every community.

Not only is it a form of expression but the drag community is full of acceptance for those who cannot find it elsewhere. For young members of the LGBTQ+ community, going to drag shows might be the only way they can find other people like them.

Drag shows are a safe place for everyone. Acceptance is the standard. There is no hatred, no fear of being the “other.” There is only the performer and their audience.

Drag is not something to be scared of, but rather it should be welcomed with warm arms to various communities for the value it brings. Those who see drag as frightening likely have a misconception about what it really is. Drag is more than the performances, it’s a community.

It’s just an added bonus that the performances are always fun.

Reach Dillon Gross at letters@ collegian.com.

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By Callum Burke @burkec0621

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In an outrageous attempt to enhance their video-taking capabilities, Colorado State University film students have pushed the boundaries yet again — only this time, it appears they have bitten off more than they can chew.

Last week, film students attached a GoPro camera and GPS tile to a small collar and strapped it to a goose in hopes of attaining new point-of-view angles and potentially cool aerial perspectives of campus and Fort Collins.

Unfortunately, they discovered events much more sinister than they could have ever imagined.

After one goose took off for about a day, film students tracked down the GPS tile, retrieved the camera by the Intramural Fields and began to review their findings.

The first few hours contained random footage of nothing more than grass and occasional students walking past, but when the goose met up with his fellow flock by the library parking lot, things began to fly out of control.

“The goose and about 12 of his closest bird buddies rendezvoused by the bike racks before swiftly taking flight and releasing bullets of goose shit from the sky onto cars and students like sniper shells,” CSU sophomore and goose-shit victim Leonard Gander said. “To say this was a planned attack would be a severe understatement — I mean, they were synchronized up there like World War II fighter jets, and I fear when it will happen again.”

The attack caused a total of $1,500 in damages and left one student with a glass eye after receiving a sniper

shot from the southeast quadrant of the parking lot. He has declined to speak on the events that played out that day.

The film students concluded the geese and their stupid, judgmental gaze are always plotting the downfall of students. Countless shoes of mine have been tainted and stained with their grassy, filthy poop droppings, and God forbid one or a few of them are blocking your route on the sidewalk to class because their fat asses aren’t moving.

Before the weather cooled down for winter, geese were getting a little too comfortable with the student body and strutting around Fort Collins with their chests puffed out, sporting the confidence of mob boss Tony Soprano. It was only a matter of time before they joined forces and got back at us when the weather warmed up.

Interestingly and to the film students’ surprise, the camera shots recovered from the GoPro on the goose were breathtakingly beautiful.

Despite the bloodshed and damages caused by the events to get the footage, the idea worked, and the students plan to implement it again in the future.

“I saw the camera footage and would be lying if I said it wasn’t gorgeous,” Gander continued. “The lighting and quality of the angles provided made me forget about the life-changing injuries sustained that day and left me wanting to see more goose perspective shots in the future.”

Between all the damages and tears wept, it is clear this mission was a roaring success. Film students sought to find new, creative ways to film on campus, and that is exactly what they did. Backlash or not, they succeeded in proving unorthodox approaches in videography, setting the CSU film program apart from others nationwide.

Besides, a few casualties are to be expected when attempting such groundbreaking endeavors, even if that means another attack in the coming days. Just steer clear, get to shelter and let a carwash deal with the aftermath. The geese are filming art, loser.

Reach Callum Burke at letters@ collegian.com.

By Anna Jelden Plants can be a great way to decorate your home, apartment, or give life and vibrance to a dull space. Being a plant parent may seem intimidating if you don’t know where to start. However, there are many houseplants that require little maintenance and can thrive in a variety of conditions.

RIC RAC CACTUS Epiphyllum anguliger

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The ric rac cactus is an easy going and pet-friendly plant! It’s also known as the zig zag cactus or the fishbone cactus. The ric rac cactus can trail up to 12 inches long. As a tropical native, this cactus prefers a little more humidity than a normal cactus. Although it may not look like it, this plant does have tiny thorns, so be careful when trimming or touching its leaves. As a cactus, this plant prefers a porous potting soil. Consider mixing a cactus/succulent potting mix with some coco coir. Be careful not to overwater this plant and let the top inch of the soil dry out each time it’s watered.

Prefers bright, indirect light Water every 1-2 weeks, soil should dry out between waterings Prefers higher humidity

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Succulents are plants with large, fleshy parts that can retain water. Some succulents only store water in their stems, while others like the agave plant, store water in their leaves.

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CSU Pro DAY

HEAD-TO-HEAD These two articles relay what reporters Bailey Shepherd and Braidon Nourse witnessed at the 2022 CSU pro day March 30. The two dive into a few Rams who stood out in front of NFL scouts, showing off their physical abilities in hopes of claiming a spot on a roster come the NFL Draft April 28-30.

Ryan Stonehouse, Jordan Kress show roster potential

By Bailey Shepherd

he has the potential to be a formidable pass rusher, looking strong on the pads. As if being @b_sheps big wasn’t enough, I clocked him with an unofficial 4.7 40-yard dash time. I’m sure there If you had one last shot to live your dream, are a few teams that would love to have that what do you think you would do with it? amount of size and speed on their roster.

On March 30, 12 Rams answered that very As for whose draft stock rose the most, question as NFL scouts and media members I would say punter Ryan Stonehouse descended upon the campus of Colorado State takes the cake. Stonehouse was locked in, University for CSU’s 2022 NFL pro day. booming punts upward of 55 yards into the However, with the limited roster spots wind with his longest punt of the day being and abundance of draft picks teams have to 70 yards. Some might not expect to hear work with, a majority of these Rams probably Stonehouse’s name come draft night, but don’t won’t hear their name called during the draft. be surprised if a team uses a late-round pick to That being said, there were several Rams secure the punter. who seized the opportunity to make quite an Going into pro day, McBride had little impression. left to prove to Here, I will give scouts in attendance. you my take on who Having already could be dark-horse been to the NFL candidates and land Scouting Combine, a spot on an NFL “As for whose draft McBride showcased roster and who his physical ability stock rose the most, I improved their as well as his hands. would say punter Ryan draft stock after One of the things their performances Stonehouse takes the he didn’t do at the on Wednesday.

Combine was run the cake.

Stonehouse was While Trey 40-yard dash.

McBride garnered locked in, booming McBride said this the most attention was intentional, as punts upward of 55 out of the offensive he wanted to get as yards into the wind with prospects — and many eyes as possible deservedly so — his longest punt of the in Fort Collins for his I thought wide teammates. McBride day being 70 yards.” receiver Jordan gave all the scouts what Kress made a better they came for as he case for himself shattered expectations than many were with a 4.53 second expecting.

40-yard dash time (although clocked times The graduate transfer from the University of ranged from 4.52-4.59, and an average 4.56 New Mexico showcased his physical prowess was recorded), which cemented him as a top with his impressive vertical ability and blistering tight end prospect in the draft. speed in the high jump and 40-yard dash drills.

Aside from the achievements of former He also proved himself to be a capable routeRams, new head coach Jay Norvell is hosting runner, although there were question marks a Grit Run 5k at 9 a.m. April 23 during around the Loveland local’s hands, as he had CSU’s Green and Gold Weekend to raise a few big drops on deep routes. Nonetheless, funds and awareness for cystic fibrosis. Rams Kress may appear on a practice squad roster can register for the 5k and see all weekend post-draft. events on the CSU Athletics Green and Gold For the defensive side, I was extremely Weekend webpage. impressed with defensive lineman Manny Reach Bailey Shepherd at sports@ Jones. The 290-pound Georgian showcased collegian.com.

Ross Reiter, Cam Butler give impressive performances

By Braidon Nourse

a very impressive time. He played 10 of 12 games in the 2021 season, tallying 28 total tackles and one interception. He looked comfortable and determined as With the 2021 Colorado State ever, proving to scouts he is a worker on University football season coming to an the field. After this workout, he could be end a few months ago, 12 graduating what some teams could want in a project Rams hit the field March 30 to show off player at the safety position. their physical capabilities in the hope of Keeping with the theme of draft stock catching the eyes of NFL scouts at the rising for special team players, my pick 2022 CSU pro day. Here’s my take on who would have to be long snapper Ross Reiter. excelled in their attempt to earn a spot on The connection he and Ryan Stonehouse NFL rosters. had during their time at CSU was While Trey McBride took most of the effortless, and it allowed both players to attention from the media, he wasn’t the shine during games and stand out during only tight end making their case for NFL pro day. scouts. Cam Butler, who missed the last Reiter was perfect in all his snaps, five games of the whether they were 2019 campaign and to Stonehouse the entirety of the on a punt or for 2020 season due a kicking hold. to a foot injury, has Stonehouse didn’t made quite a name “On the defensive side have to move his for himself without hands but ever of the ball, I loved what letting his past stop so slightly due to I saw from defensive him in his tracks.

Reiter’s snapping Butler was named back Logan Stewart. ... accuracy. He also to the John Mackey showed strong He looked comfortable Award watch list blocking ability in both 2018 and and determined as ever, and is more than 2019 and played 10 capable of going proving to scouts he is a out of 12 games last to a team in need worker on the field.” season, snagging after draft night.

10 receptions for His accuracy, in 164 yards and three my opinion, could touchdowns.

At possibly get him pro day, he looked taken late in the comfortable and remarkably strong. He draft along with Stonehouse if scouts paid did not drop a pass all day and showed off the attention these guys were due. quickness and change of direction more On the topic of Rams football, the 2022 similar to a wide receiver than a tight end. team will host a green vs. gold spring Although the focus at the tight end position game April 23 at 1 p.m. for all Ram fans to was on McBride, Butler proved he could attend and for new head coach Jay Norvell end up as a free agent pickup following to present a fresh look at what could be a draft night. building year for CSU. The Rams will also On the defensive side of the ball, I loved have their first game of the 2022 season what I saw from defensive back Logan on Sep. 3, facing off at the University Stewart. Stewart was incredibly fast for his of Michigan.

40-yard dash. I hand clocked him at 4.32 Reach Braidon Nourse at sports@ seconds, which means he probably ran closer collegian.com. to the 4.4-4.5 second range, which is still @braidonnourse

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Making a case for mixed martial arts in the Olympics

UFC fighter Yoshiyuki Yoshida kicks opponent Josh Koscheck during the UFC’s Fight for the Troops event held at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Dec. 17, 2008. Koscheck won the match by knocking out Yoshida in the first round. PHOTO COURTESY OF U.S. ARMY SPC CHRISTOPHER T. GRAMMER, 50TH PUBLIC AFFAIRS DETACHMENT VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

By Jeremiah Janzen @jeremiahjanzen

Editor’s Note: This article reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken

by The Collegian or its editorial board.

The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics saw the addition of several new sports, including softball, baseball, skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing and karate.

Despite the inclusion of these new events, one of the world’s most popular sports remains unrecognized by the International Olympic Committee: mixed martial arts.

Since its first official fight 28 years ago in Denver, the sport of MMA has gone from niche entertainment to a multibilliondollar industry. This growth has been spearheaded by the world’s premiere fighting organization, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a company estimated to be worth roughly $10 billion.

The UFC currently has a roster that includes fighters from over 60 countries. Across the 12 different weight classes (eight men’s, four women’s), there are three American champions (one out with injury) and nine who call either Russia, Cameroon, Nigeria, Brazil, Australia or Kyrgyzstan their home.

This large and diverse roster serves as a testament to the sport’s global appeal, and those numbers only reflect upon the UFC and not any of the other major promotions.

On top of this, several martial arts are already represented in the Olympics as well.

“They have judo, which uses submissions and chokeholds,” UFC President Dana White said.

“They have boxing, which you can punch to the body and head.

They have taekwondo, where you can use kicks and punches. ...

Everything we do is already in Olympic sports, so it makes sense.”

However, MMA faces unique hurdles when it comes to being officially recognized by the IOC. There are currently five main factors (each with different criteria) that determine whether a sport is eligible to be included in the Olympics. These factors are listed as Olympic proposal, value added to the Olympic movement, institutional matters, popularity and business model.

Olympic proposal refers to the logistics of the sport, including the competition format, number of events, participation of best athletes and venues. Value added to the Olympic movement refers to the sport’s image and how it upholds the seven Olympic values: friendship, excellence, respect, courage, determination, inspiration and equality.

Institutional matters involves criteria regarding the sport’s credibility or years of existence, gender equality and the different commissions that govern the sport.

Popularity and business model are rather self-explanatory.

Keeping these criteria in mind, it appears as though the biggest hurdles of MMA becoming an Olympic sport are Olympic proposal and value added to the Olympics. The violent nature of MMA calls into question how the sport might uphold the Olympic values. However, there are multiple ways to ensure both the safety of athletes and limitations of violence, all while upholding a high level of competition.

For one, the ruleset used in Olympic boxing provides a solid blueprint for Olympic MMA to follow. Olympic boxing, up until the 2016 Games, required all fighters to wear headgear (men no longer do). It also adheres to a three-round, three-minutes-perround time limit. This differs from professional boxing, which requires fighters to fight without headgear and for upward of twelve rounds.

To become Olympic ready, MMA would need to stray away from the normal three-round, five-minute style of fight that is used by the UFC and most major promotions.

Whether it is a single five-minute round or two two-minute rounds,

a shorter contest will help ensure fighters can compete multiple times safely. Instilling required headgear, along with larger gloves and shin protection, would curb the violence as well.

MMA remains unique as a sport in that oftentimes, fighters are given months-long medical suspensions after competition. This is to ensure any possible medical issues can be properly addressed.

Due to this, logistics surrounding a competition in which athletes compete in multiple contests over a short span of time pose a challenge regarding Olympic proposal.

A solution here would be instilling limits for fighters regarding how many times they can compete within a single Olympic Games. Countries would ideally have multiple fighters on their roster for each weight class with the idea being that this would be a rotating cast of fighters. If fighters were only allowed to compete in one or two matches every four years, you could limit some of the most severe risk they face.

Regarding institutional matters, MMA easily meets these criteria.The UFC and other large organizations, including Bellator MMA and ONE Championship, implement these criteria as they work with different state and international athletic commissions to ensure their events are safe and sanctionable.

As far as popularity and business model go, all the IOC needs to do is involve White in their processes, as he is more than capable of sustaining success. According to White, the UFC is coming off its most successful year to date, and with international superstars like Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Israel Adesanya, MMA as a whole has never been more popular.

Nurmagomedov mentioned his involvement in bringing MMA to the Olympics. He plans on doing whatever he can to legitimize the sport in the eyes of the IOC. “The inclusion of MMA in the Olympics is one of my biggest tasks for the next couple of years,” Nurmagomedov told ESPN. “They don’t want there to be a lot of blood. ... But in terms of sponsorships, TV ratings, viewership, the MMA has it, and if it gets in the Olympics, it will be on par with track and field and soccer in terms of interest.”

Considering the unpredictable, volatile nature of MMA, it is hard not to envision it immediately being one of the more entertaining Olympic events. The potential growth for mixed martial arts is still enormous, and continuing to exclude it from the Olympics is a disservice to sports fans across the globe.

Reach Jeremiah Janzen at sports@ collegian.com.

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CSU figure skating places in finals for first time in 8 years

By Karsyn Lane @karsynlane1

The Colorado State University figure skating team hit the ice April 1-3 to compete in the 2022 National Intercollegiate Final at the Arrington Ice Arena in Adrian, Michigan, to finish out the season.

“Nationals was such an uplifting experience — this team, my own personal growth and the work each of us has put into getting here has solidified core college memories for me, and I wouldn’t have wanted to experience this amazing moment with any other team.”

ALEXIS FOSTER CSU FIGURE SKATER

After dominating their regular-season competitions, the Colorado State figure skaters found themselves preparing to head to Adrian College. Notably, this is the first time in eight years that Colorado State’s club figure skating team competed in the national championship.

Once arriving in Michigan, the team was prepared to bring home an unforgettable nationals experience as they performed in a handful of events during the three-day weekend series.

Among the events, several Rams performed and placed their names on the scoreboard.

In the pre-bronze cha cha dance event, three Rams found themselves competing for a spot on the leaderboard. Colorado State showed out in this event with all three athletes placing in the top 20. Those Rams included Kristen Barclay (fifth), followed

by Katharina Prasetya (16th) and finally Sierra Belezos (18th).

Colorado State’s success didn’t stop there, though, as they placed in the top 10 for seven events during nationals. Since Colorado State hasn’t had the opportunity in eight years to show off their figure skating skills at this competition, the team brought

everything they had to prove their strengths and close out the event.

In the preliminary dutch waltz dance, Selene Guilfoyle placed fourth, and Alexis Foster placed 16th. Guilfoyle continued her efforts in the competition and was the only Ram who found her name in first place: In the junior women’s short program, Guilfoyle competed against 14 other athletes from across the nation and came out on top.

“Nationals was such an uplifting experience — this team, my own personal growth and the work each of us has put into getting here has solidified core college memories for me, and I wouldn’t have wanted to experience this amazing moment with any other team,” Foster said.

Overall, the Colorado State figure skating team brought their all this weekend at the 2022 National Intercollegiate Final. The team’s final placements included 11th in both low and intermediate maneuvers as well as 10th place in high maneuvers.

Overall, Colorado State placed 15th in the 2022 national finals. To stay up to date with the CSU figure skating team, follow their Instagram account @csufigureskating.

Reach Karsyn Lane at sports@ collegian.com.

FoCoMX Music Festival Back In Action This April!

FORT COLLINS MUSIC EXPERIMENT - It may sound

like a weird science-themed CSU Lab band formed in a broom-closet, but in actuality it is Fort Collins’ own renowned music festival hosted each April in Downtown Fort Collins!

Affectionately known as FoCoMX, the festival is making a triumphant return to the heart of our town’s music and culture scene after a two-year hiatus. Audiences are already showing their love in anticipation of Northern Colorado’s most sorely missed musical pageant. FoCoMX was born as an effort from the Fort Collins Musicians Association to increase the visibility and value of musicians whose talent and creativity make our local scene magical.

If you have yet to bear witness to this annual event, your chance approaches this spring. On April 22 and 23 FoCoMX will take command of almost every stage in Downtown Fort Collins, including the Washington’s, Avogadro’s Number, The Comedy Fort, The Lyric, New Belgium Brewing Co.patio, and Odell Brewing patio, just to name a fraction of this year’s stages.

No matter your musical tastes there’s definitely something for everyone.

From bluegrass to metal, hip hop to punk, acoustic or synthesized, fans can hear original songs and tributes, experience the tame and the brazen, in both indoor and outdoor settings. Colorado artists will showcase all the genres during two days of musical performances. And if you want to get involved in the music scene consider being a volunteer and get a free festival wristband and commemorative t-shirt for your time. Audiences are encouraged to come see their favorite local acts, while also discovering new artists from more than three hundred Colorado artists across thirty stages. You might catch the next break-out broom-closet band in an intimate bar before they’re selling out stadiums it wouldn’t be the first time *clears throat* Nathaniel Rateliff!

Senior Alexis Foster practices her turns on the ice at the Edora Pool Ice Center April 4. Foster was inspired to start skating by watching the Winter Olympics and her best friend skate.

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By Callum Burke @burkec0621

Warm weather is on the horizon in Fort Collins, and with that comes more time to relax outside and bask in the many delights sprinkled throughout campus.

Whether that be tossing around a frisbee on the vast green Intramural Fields or skateboarding outside the Lory Student Center, music is most likely to be played and heard — music that sums up the positive emotions of both the upcoming summer months and the sense of joy among students that school is soon concluding for the break.

Sure, music from a portable speaker is nice, and even wearing headphones and keeping to yourself is fine, but it is time to focus on the little things, like filling campus with spontaneous music.

The vibrantly colored piano perched outside the Lory Student Center between the Curfman Gallery and the bike racks by the library, a heavily trafficked spot for regular campus-goers, is the perfect place to begin praise.

Currently painted gray with revealing cracks of rainbow underneath, the piano is one of the best mediums for artistic expression throughout the community in two main ways. First, the physical piano changes design and color often thanks to students and artists within the community. Second, it gives students of all musical experiences and backgrounds the opportunity to brush up on their favorite songs and piano jingles or just relieve some stress and bang on the deepest sounding keys to express the emotions of failing an exam.

OK, not so much of the failed exam part, but the free piano is a beautiful culmination of campus and music coming together, and some students love the chance to play in front of their peers at no cost to show off their talents.

“I’ve played this piano a lot,”

Colorado State University junior Anna Dean. said “I’m pretty good at it, so I like people to know.”

Dean started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 and now teaches youth when not studying or attending class.

Dean, like many other piano players at Colorado State University, can’t help but stop by and at least check out the unique piano, if not play it for a minute or two when passing.

“I feel proud to play the piano because it is something that I have spent so long working on,” Dean continued.

Students such as Dean deserve more praise for expressing their years of musical knowledge and talents to the community, and instruments like the free piano are a step in the right direction. Nothing brightens up a person’s day quite like live music to complement birds chirping in the trees on a walk to class.

Not to mention, some people are not given the proper chances to pursue their musical endeavors, especially as college students trying to make ends meet, so to see examples of CSU gifting opportunities for these people to flourish is great to witness.

“I think it is awesome because it gives people who don’t have access to instruments elsewhere an opportunity to play,” Dean said. “I honestly play the piano on campus more than my own keyboard sometimes.”

It seems nothing bad comes from offering students the freedom to play the piano, and more could come out of opportunities like this at CSU, such as another piano located in a different place on campus.

Although not heavily utilized during the winter seasons as a result of the cold Colorado temperatures, it is already clear the warmer weather is bringing out the musicians around campus, and this piano is the center of it all. The next time you are on or around campus, stop by and play it for a little. Or if you’re lucky, listen; someone might be there to uplift your day with a serenading tune.

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ACT Human Rights Film Fest premieres, discusses corruption

The post-film panel at the 2022 ACT Human Rights Film Festival discusses the film “The Caviar Connection: How to Buy Democracy” in the Lory Student Center Theatre March 31. The festival returned to an in-person format after a three-year hiatus. PHOTO BY GREG JAMES THE COLLEGIAN

By Kadyn Thrope @thropekadyn

After two years, the ACT Human Rights Film Festival returned in person and ready to make up for lost time. From March 31 to April 3, the ACT Human Rights Film Festival held 12 human rights-related film screenings at the Lory Student Center and The Lyric.

The ACT Human Rights Film Festival is hosted annually every April in Fort Collins. Due to the pandemic, they have not had the opportunity to have recent in-person showings until this year, and they came back excited to be able to enjoy these films together

rather than alone through a screen.

“Thank you to you for coming; ACT only works if you’re here,” said Greg Dickinson, Colorado State University professor and ACT Human Rights Film Festival fundraiser. “It’s coming together to see the films and having the conversation — that’s what makes this a film festival.”

March 31 marked the start of the 2022 ACT Human Rights Film Festival with a welcoming reception and a screening of “The Caviar Connection: How to Buy Democracy.” The reception started at 5:30 p.m., equipped with food and ACT’s very own signature brew: Screening Session IPA from Odell Brewing Co. For everyone’s musical

pleasure, Colorado State University student ­­­Mason Siders was there to play the piano and create a soothing atmosphere for everyone around.

After the reception, the theater opened, and people were let in to find their seats. As the crowd took their seats, they were handed popcorn to enjoy during the film. Dickinson took to the stage and started to introduce the rest of the night’s festivities.

Dickinson introduced what the ACT Human Rights Film Festival is: a film festival that “screens artistically excellent films from around the world and fosters conversations about social justice and human rights,” according to its website. After Dickinson introduced the ACT Human Rights Film Festival, CSU President Joyce McConnell made an appearance.

“Engaging people across communities, cultures and ideas to plant seeds of understanding, of empathy, of what it means to be human — the ACT human right festival does exactly this,” McConnell said.

The ACT Human Rights Film Festival is not only something that provides viewers with films focusing on the complex subject of human rights, it also provides them with tools and resources to make sure that

everyone everywhere has access to their fundamental rights.

“The Caviar Connection: How to Buy Democracy” showed just what McConnell spoke on: understanding what it means to be human.

Focusing on the political injustice, corruption and governmental bribery in Azerbaijan, the film shows how these things impact the citizens of these countries.

The film is split up into two parts.

Part one follows Khadija Ismayilova, a journalist in Azerbaijan investigating the corruption inside the government and the ruling family as she and others become political prisoners in their own country for their outspoken opposition to the government.

The second part focuses on “caviar diplomacy,” a system of bribery used to downplay the human rights issues in a country. Human rights issues in Azerbaijan have led to multiple investigations into numerous European Union member states, with many diplomats voting to deny the report that revealed the presence of political prisoners in Azerbaijan due to caviar diplomacy.

Following the film, there was a panel of experts on post-Soviet Union autocracy, diplomacy and corruption.

The three panelists were Peter Harris

from the political science department at CSU, Christoph Stefes, a professor of political science at the University of Colorado Denver and Julia KhrebtanHörhager from the communications studies department at CSU. Panelists spoke about the film and focused on its relevance to the present Ukraine and Russia situation.

The opening night to the ACT Human Rights Festival started off with a relevant and eye-opening film on the issue of corruption. Those interested in seeing “The Caviar Connection” or any of the films shown during the in-person showings can check out the online showings from April 4-10 on the ACT Human Rights Film Festival website. To stream virtually, one film costs $8 if you don’t buy a pass — or $4 for CSU students with a discount code.

If you have the opportunity to view any of the films that ACT introduced and want to take action, the ACT Human Right Film Festival website provides you with everything you need. Simply select the movie that resonated with you, and explore the many ways you can take action to help make sure people all around the world have equal human rights.

Reach Kadyn Thorpe at entertainment@collegian.com.

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ACT Human Rights Film Fest ends with powerful message

By Maddy Erskine @maddyerskine_

The seventh annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival was a reminder and example of the importance of conversation, learning and understanding the issues many face.

The festival offered insight into the complexities of society’s history and present through 12 in-person film screenings, a short-film session and an ongoing virtual encore.

For the past two years, the festival took place virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While this didn’t stop the festival from being able to showcase powerful films, the in-person experience of this event allows for a much greater sense of community along with meaningful connections and conversations.

“It’s really an irreplaceable experience to sit in a theater and watch movies all together,” said Beth Seymour, ACT Human Rights Film Festival managing director. “And I think with two years of being prominently and predominantly online, most of us have forgotten that it’s really fun to watch a movie with other people around.”

The festival showcased 19 films from 16 different countries, focusing on the importance of diversity and

solidarity. In addition to showing films, the festival hosted activities focused on conversation, processing emotions and healing.

“The films ACT selection screens pretty much require conversation after to talk about the issues and to share thoughts on the film,” Seymour said. “We are a program of communication studies, so part of our festival’s emphasis is on promoting conversation.”

The final film of the in-person section of the festival, “Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra,” was a powerful way to end the weekend. The film follows the story of three Aboriginal brothers and their roles in creating and shaping the Bangarra Dance Theatre.

“It was made for the 30th anniversary of the dance company, and actually, some of the most prominent Australian directors and producers were involved in the project, which just goes to show how impressive and important this cultural institution is,” Seymour said.

Using both new and old footage of interviews, performances and home videos, the story is told through the lens of the three brothers — Stephen, Dave and Russell Page — and current and former members of the dance company.

“The film definitely has some mental health, behavioral health and

suicide themes,” Seymour said. “But I would say, overall, the film is more a story of sort of identity and racial justice, intergenerational trauma, but also using storytelling and dance and art to heal, to create community, to create identity and to forge forward.”

The film shows the struggles of intergenerational trauma and connecting to your culture while dealing with the effects of colonization and assimilation. Many Aboriginal Australians are affected by the Stolen Generations, which refers to Aboriginal children forcefully removed from their families from roughly 1910-70. They were forced to assimilate into white culture, forbidden from speaking their language and often given new names.

The brothers found a way to reconnect to their culture through dance, embracing their traditions through contemporary dance performances. The Bangarra Dance Theatre, founded in 1989, is now one of the leading dance companies in Australia and still focuses on connecting Indigenous people to their cultures.

As the Bangarra Dance Theatre rose to success, the Page family experienced multiple losses to suicide, which deeply impacted them and the community of dance. Following the film was a panel of local experts

The logo for the 2022 ACT Human Rights Film Festival sits on a checkin table March 31. The ACT (Awaken, Connect and Transform) Human Rights Film Festival is an annual event held at Colorado State University to highlight documentary films that bring human rights violations to the forefront. PHOTO BY GREG JAMES THE COLLEGIAN

to discuss suicide prevention, intergenerational trauma, racial justice, dance and whatever else the audience felt they needed to talk about.

Panelists included Scott Smith, executive director for the Alliance for Suicide Prevention of Larimer County; Lisa Morgan, instructor of dance at Colorado State University and Chloe Wright, senior staff psychologist for Colorado State University Health Network.

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by Shannon Quist, director for community connections for the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery,focused on the complexity of intergenerational trauma and identity. When asked for advice on how to navigate the themes

of the film, panelists talked about the importance of being aware of yourself and your connection to history or lack of history. They also discussed being authentic to who you are.

The panel was followed by a closing reception in the lobby, where people were able to continue discussing the films they saw over the festival’s duration with a performance by Colorado State University musicians and free dessert.

The festival will be hosting a virtual encore April 4-10 for those who missed the in-person screenings or want to rewatch.

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