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Vol. 127, No. 89 Tuesday, February 6, 2018

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CSU student and DACA recipient Anarely Marquez-Gomez with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (and Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.).

PHOTO COURTESY OF ANARELY MARQUEZ

Anarely Marquez-Gomez with Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.). PHOTO COURTESY OF ANARELY MARQUEZ

Anarely Marquez-Gomez (center) with other guests at the State of the Union address. PHOTO COURTESY OF ANARELY MARQUEZ

DACA recipient attends State of the Union

By Stuart Smith @notstuartsmith

Colorado State University student, Dreamers United co-president and recipient of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program Anarely MarquezGomez attended President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address last Tuesday.

Some Democrats decided to boycott this year’s State of the Union to send a message to President Trump. Others

decided to take a stand, which they believed would make a bigger impact, by choosing to bring immigrants, both documented and undocumented, as their guest.

“We decided that it’s really easy to walk away from things, and it’s really easy to pretend things aren’t happening if you just walk away,” said MarquezGomez, a senior triple major in ethnic studies, political science and international studies. “That’s something that we can’t afford to do with immigration and with Dreamers.”

Each member of Congress can bring one guest to the State of the Union, and Jared Polis, the Democrat representative for Boulder, brought MarquezGomez as his only guest.

“I had participated in a digital roundtable with him, just talking about immigration and Dreamers and the DREAM Act,” MarquezGomez said. “I just got a call one day asking if I wanted to go.”

Marquez-Gomez, along with the other immigrants who had been invited, sat in the gallery right where President Trump would be

looking.

“We thought it would make a bigger impact if we attended the State of the Union, and when the President looked up into the crowd, he could see the faces of the people he was talking about,” Marquez-Gomez said.

However, there was some fear resulting from sitting in the gallery, and she described the experience as “a little scary.”

“There were a lot of people that didn’t want us there, and that was very, very apparent,” Marquez-Gomez said.

One congressperson, Arizona Representative Paul Goslar, requested that Capitol Police arrest any undocumented immigrants who were in attendance.

“Just the fact that there (were) people like that who were willing to go to that length to make us feel uncomfortable there was really scary,” Marquez-Gomez said.

She said she was disappointed with the content of President Trump’s speech, namely about

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State of the City focuses on innovation, inclusion

By Pat Conrey @load_of_crop

Fort Collins’ annual State of the City address was held Monday night at the newly remodeled Washington’s music venue in Old Town Fort Collins.

In under an hour, Mayor Wade Troxell and City Manager Darin Atteberry addressed a full venue on all of the current focuses of the Fort Collins government.

“Local government can be great,” Atteberry said.

Innovation was the first important concept of focus.

According to the City of Fort Collins website, the City will begin receiving proposals in early February for the design of high speed broadband access for all Fort Collins residents.

The measurement passed with a vote of 57.15 percent.

“The innovation ecosystem in this town is pretty special,” Atteberry said. “Of all the towns in the country, the president of the University of Arizona, his colleagues and the former Governor of Wyoming came to Fort Collins to learn about what our City is doing.”

The City of Fort Collins was also recently recognized

by the American Society of Quality for a Malcolm Baldrige award, which was “established by the U.S. Congress in 1987 to raise awareness of quality management and recognize… successful quality management systems,” according to the ASQ website.

“This does not mean that we are the best at everything as Cities go,” Atteberry said. “This means that we have a very, very strong focus on continuous improvement.”

Experiences were another topic of focus at the address.

Mayor Troxell addressed the recent construction of the oncampus stadium.

“At the end of six football games residents wrote the City Council and said, ‘This turned out better than I ever would have imagined,’” Troxell said.

Troxell said he appreciated the bilateral work on behalf of the City and Colorado State University.

Troxell said Fort Collins traditions, such as the holiday lights of Old Town, the flowers of summer or the 25th anniversary of the Open Spaces, add to the atmosphere of Fort Collins.

“This is all about a sense

of place… it’s not by accident,” Troxell said. “It’s really just wonderful people creating a wonderful place for all.”

Inclusion was the final overarching topic discussed at the address. Issues of mental health and substance abuse are of concern to the City government.

In the address, Atteberry said the City was concerned with the environmental, economic and social well being of the city.

“How is it that Fort Collins gets recognized by National Geographic as being the fourth happiest city in the United States yet has one of the highest suicide rates in the United States?” Atteberry said.

Acccording to Troxell, the City is very thankful for the efforts put forth by its 2,400 employees who are always striving for excellence and the community members.

“I would say, without equivocation, that the state of the City is excellent,” Troxell said.

Pat Conrey can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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SCIENCE

Graduate student revolutionizes solar cell research

By Jorge Espinoza @jorgespinoza14

Colorado State University graduate student Annalise Maughan’s research around perovskites is revolutionizing solar cells.

Her article, titled “Anharmonicity and Octahedral Tilting in Hybrid VacancyOrdered Double Perovskites,” was chosen as editors choice in ‘Chemistry of Materials,’ a peerreviewed scientific journal.

“In this particular project, we wanted to understand how materials that were relevant for emerging solar cells worked,” Maughan said. “The materials we work on are called perovskites and they’re pretty exciting for emerging solar cell technology because they can achieve efficiencies that are competitive to what’s commercially available.”

Solar cells use semiconductors to create energy, and perovskites are semiconductors that generate energy. According to Maughan, perovskites are a type of crystalline materials that have similar arrangements of atoms.

Maughan said recent research suggests that perovskite materials are highly efficient when it comes to converting sunlight into energy.

According to National Renewable Energy Laboratory, in the past 10 to 15 years, solar cell semiconductor efficiency has

improved 12.8 to 22.1 percent in efficiency which is a substantially large improvement for solar cell semiconductor efficiency.

Jamie Neilson, an assistant professor of chemistry, who worked with Maughan said in comparison to commercially available cells, perovskite cells are easier to produce.

For this particular project, Maughan and her team studied vacancy-ordered double perovskites in comparison to traditional perovskites.

“Vacancy-ordered double perovskites are related to the perovskite family, but have a slightly different structure,” Maughan said.

According to Maughan, traditional perovskites are structured so the octahedra are all connected by the atoms at the corners, and this forms a network that surrounds the atom in the spaces between the octahedra.

Alternatively, vacancy-ordered perovskites are structured so that in the vacancy-ordered double perovskite (shown on the right in the picture below), every-other diamond is missing and the diamonds are no longer connected.

“By modifying the perovskite structure, we can access different chemistries and more effectively understand perovskite materials,” Maughan said.

According to Maughan they

Annalise Maughn, a CSU chemistry graduate student, and James Neilson, a CSU chemistry professor, research the topic of understanding and controlling solid-state materials and their chemical components. The scientific journal “Chemistry of Materials” has choosen Maughn’s research paper from a Functional Inorganic Materials Lab run by Neilson to be featured as the editor’s choice. PHOTO BY OLIVE ANCELL COLLEGIAN

changed a part of the chemical composition of the perovskites to understand how that effects their properties.

“So in this particular work, we changed the chemical compositions, what the material is made up (of), but did it

systematically,” Maughan said.

“So we replaced one atom with a different type of atom or with a molecule, and we replaced that molecule with a slightly different molecule and then we measure the properties.”

Overall, this is just the

beginning and there is more research to be done.

“There is never a study that you do an experiment, you publish a paper, and it’s all settled,” Neilson said. “It’s one piece of the puzzle.”

Jorge Espinoza can be reached at news@collegian.com.

SCIENCE

Ph.D. candidate helps sequence hemp genome

By Pat Conrey @load_of_crop

“We actually had the Drug Enforcement Administration contact us and say, ‘Do you guys know you have a field of cannabis growing inside the middle of your field of corn?’” said Brian Campbell, a PhD candidate who is studying hemp genetics in the John McKay Laboratory at Colorado State University.

In a collaborative partnership with CSU Pueblo, The University of Arizona and the University of Colorado, CSU is helping sequence the hemp genome. Once the genome is sequenced it will make industrial application research easier but the road is not without bumps.

Campbell said gene sequencing itself is a young science, and one of his colleagues put together research funding from “couch change.”

Except for the Hemp For Victory campaign during World War II, growing hemp has been outlawed in the United States

since the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. In 2014, President Obama penned two sentences into the farm bill that changed the course of hemp research in the United States. The first sentence drew a line of legal distinction between marijuana and industrial hemp.

Industrial hemp, now defined by the United States Department of Agriculture’s website, “is used exclusively for industrial purposes (fiber and seed) with a tetrahydrocannabinols concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.” In states where hemp farming was legal the second sentence Obama penned allowed for university research and pilot projects from state agricultural departments.

At first, CSU’s legal department was hesitant to let the taboo hemp trials commence, according to Campbell. Then, in 2014, the DEA seized industrial hemp seeds being shipped through the United Parcel Service to Kentucky’s Department of Agriculture.

Under those two new sentences from the farm bill, Kentucky was allowed to grow industrial hemp and so sued the DEA. CSU’s hemp research team is thankful for the actions taken by the KDA, according to Campbell. With the doors now open, Campbell spoke about the transitional process.

“As we have gone on we have pushed, and pushed and pushed and they (CSU’s Legal Department) have given us most of the things we have asked for because they are things we do in every other crop,” Campbell said.

“We have pretty much gotten to the point now that we can do what we want provided that it is industrial hemp.”

In an article from the Collegian, John McKay, the namesake of the laboratory, was still not even sure who would provide the cannabis seeds for CSU’s trials. Those seeds have now been sourced and are in outdoor field trials at the Agricultural Research, Development and Education

Center near I-25.

Early trials were tainted, according to Campbell.

“If you let your plants sit more than a week past their maturity, birds will come and eat your seeds,” Campbell said.

“I would walk into our trial plots and black birds would fill the sky.”

The community of researchers is growing, but after a Science of Industrial Hemp seminar in Denver, Campbell looked around the dinner table and realized that almost every major hemp researcher in the world was there sitting down together and eating Mexican food.

Campbell explained the research torch at CSU will soon be passed on and new students will pioneer industrial applications of hemp.

“I would love for another graduate student to come into the McKay lab and continue research after me,” Campbell said.

Pat Conrey can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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DACA >> from page 1 immigration and DACA, and said she found it hypocrtical. “(President Trump) kept talking about this unity and us having to cross political lines and work together to find a solution,” Marquez-Gomez said. “But, the President has been provided with numerous bipartisan solutions, and he’s rejected all of them … It’s almost like he’s holding us hostage and it doesn’t matter what we offer him, until we give him his wall.”

Marquez-Gomez said she wants a solution because right now, there is essentially no way to citizenship for DACA recipients. DACA recipients can only get a green card under four strict and limited circumstances: marriage to a U.S. citizen, if the undocumented spouse or children leave the country first and conclude the application abroad; a sponsorship for a green card by an employer for a highly-skilled or highly-educated undocumented immigrant; asylum status, which can be granted if the undocumented immigrant suffered persecution in his or her home country and who has wellfounded fear of persecution upon return; or a violent crime in which the undocumented immigrant is the victim and has aided law enforcement.

“There is no way for (Dreamers) to seek citizenship (by being) good people, or students, who have no criminal record,” Marquez-Gomez said.

One benefit of attending the State of the Union, Marquez-Gomez said, was that she was seated next to people with many different backgrounds and outlooks on life.

Behind her was another DACA recipient, and she detailed the interaction between him and a group of men that sat around them. When the man described his experience as a Dreamer, the men started asking him questions about his life.

Towards the end, she said, the men talking with the other DACA recipient realized that DACA recipients essentially have no path towards citizenship.

“They didn’t even know how DACA worked, they thought that you just got it,” MarquezGomez said. “They had these false statistics that most of us had dropped out of high school, and they didn’t understand that to even get DACA, you have to either be a high school graduate or enrolled in higher education, (or be either honorably discharged or an active member of the military).

They thought that anybody could get it.”

Marquez-Gomez will be using what she learned last week in her future actions as an activist and with Dreamers United at CSU. “As an activist, it’s my job that we get that information out there, we inform people of the realities, and we just keep sharing our story,” Marquez-Gomez said.

“That’s the most powerful thing that you can do. It’s not going to convince everybody, but the few people that it does, it will make a difference.”

Stuart Smith can be reached at news@collegian.com.

NATIONAL

Dow plunges 1,175 points as stocks fall, wiping out all of this year’s gains

By James F. Peltz Los Angeles Times

The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 1,175 points, or 4.6 percent, on Monday as a selloff in the stock market gained momentum less than two weeks after the market set record highs.

The percentage drop in the Dow was well below its record single-day drop of 22.6 percent set Oct. 19, 1987.

There was no discounting the damage. The Dow has now tumbled 8.5 percent since reaching a record high Jan. 26, wiping out its gains so far this year.

Although Wall Street is increasingly concerned about rising interest rates, there was no major news Monday that sparked the latest drop and, early in the session, the market tried to rally from its big setback Friday, when the Dow tumbled 666 points, or 2.5 percent.

But when the rally fizzled, investor confidence in current stock prices quickly turned sour again. With the market still sitting on major gains for the last 12 months, investors effectively threw in the towel and resumed heavy selling to cash in their profits. The Dow at one stage was down nearly 1,600 points.

“No one was willing to try to catch a falling knife,” said A.C.

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The Dow lost 1,175.21 points to 24,345.75, easily breaking its previous record point decline of 777.68 points set Sept. 29, 2008, during the nation’s financial crisis.

On Monday, the S&P 500 fell 113.19 points, or 4.1 percent, to 2,648.94, and the Nasdaq composite lost 273.42 points, or 3.8 percent, to 6,967.53.

The main catalyst for the two-day drop was investors’ growing fear of rising interest rates, especially after the Labor Department on Friday issued a robust U.S. jobs report for January.

The thinking is that as the economy grows stronger, especially with higher workers’ wages, it will kindle higher inflation, which in turn will lead the Federal Reserve to keep nudging interest rates higher.

“The concern today is that the Fed may need to raise interest rates more quickly and that could hinder economic growth,” Alexandra Coupe, associate director for investment firm Pacific Alternative Asset Management Co., or PAAMCO, in Irvine, Calif., wrote in an email.

During Monday’s plunge, President Trump was delivering a speech touting the recent U.S. tax reform plan at a factory in

Cincinnati, calling employees to the stage to discuss the gains they expected to make as a result of the tax cuts and what they intended to do with bonus checks they received.

Raj Shah, the White House deputy press secretary, told reporters on Air Force One that “markets do fluctuate in the short term. We all know that.”

“But the fundamentals of this economy are very strong, and they’re headed in the right direction - for the middle class, in particular,” Shah said.

Some analysts said the stock market’s downturn opens up buying possibilities for many stocks because they’re now cheaper, but they warned that the market might well suffer more substantial declines before it rallies again.

“In the short term there’s downside pressure of another 3 percent to 5 percent decline over the next few days,” Tom Galvin, managing director of equities at City National Rochdale, a wealthmanagement unit of Los Angelesbased City National Bank, wrote in an email.

In the meantime, he said, “you’re getting a quick correction that is overdue - a growth scare, if you will.”

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Be conscious of ‘racial Sexuality should not be a central character identity battle fatigue’ on campus Jayla Hodge @Jaylahodge

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.

On Nov. 16, 2015, Colorado State University students, staff and faculty rallied in support of their peers at the University of Missouri who were speaking out against racially motivated violence and discrimination occurring on their campus. In response to these incidents, a group of CSU students and alumni ,including Isaiah Martin, Vance Payne and Kwon Atlas made a list of recommendations for President Tony Frank and his administration on how the University could improve its own support of diverse populations.

CSU has agreed to increase its inclusion efforts and support of marginalized communities on campus. This support is especially vital given antidiversity movements and incidents causing a rise in racial tensions and what is know as “racial battle fatigue” in racially marginalized students.

The President’s cabinet and faculty leadership agreed on the six “Mizzou” recommendations and are currently in various steps of implementing and catering to the processes each recommendation requires. This past December, members of the president’s cabinet met with students to provide an update on the progress.

Out of all the recommendations, the third was implemented and acted upon the fastest. Recommendation three states, “We recommend increased funding and resources

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for the Student Diversity Programs and Services offices and increased funding resources for mental health issues, specifically dealing with racial oppression and racial battle fatigue.”

The CSU Counseling Center hired a psychologist to address racial oppression and “battle fatigue” last year, but the psychologist left the university in August. The University is currently conducting a job search to hire someone else to fill the role.

Both Blanche Hughes, vice president of student affairs, and Kelly Long, the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs, expressed the importance of providing specific counseling services to diverse student offices.

“Racial battle fatigue” describes the psychophysiological symptoms—from high blood pressure to anxiety, frustration, shock, anger and depression— people of color may experience living in and navigating historically white spaces. It is the fatigue of having to deal with pervasive microaggressions daily.

Microaggressions are defined as subtle verbal and nonverbal acts ranging from slights to insults and unintentional discrimination against members of marginalized groups outside of dominant identities. While such acts may be intentional, many people who engage in these behaviors are unaware of their stereotypical and hurtful nature.

The research and studies of University of Utah researcher William A. Smith, who coined the term, found that people who experienced “chronic racial micro and macroaggressions will perceive their environment as extremely stressful, exhausting and diminishing to their sense of control, comfort and meaning while eliciting feelings of loss,

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ambiguity, strain, frustration and injustice.”

Most students on this campus have the privilege of not having to think about race or even noticing it when going about their daily activities on this campus. Student of color do not share this convenience. There are additional challenges living in a community that is culturally different than your own.

Marginalized students on this campus bear the effects of racial battle fatigue. It’s the anxiety that comes with walking into a class and seeing you are the only black student and the constant frustration of having to tell complete strangers that ‘no, you can’t touch my hair.’ It’s the built up stress of trying to belong in a community that contains some individuals that don’t even like you because of your race and the daily fear that you will encounter them.

Dismissing these concepts is oppressing the students who are affected by them daily.

The University recognizes the additional struggles its diverse student population faces and should continue to implement programs, committees and resources that support it’s marginalized students. These steps are necessary considering CSU had its own incidents this year that are similar to the incidents at Mizzou which led to the University’s high racial tensions and their President’s resignation.

This is not the University feeding into the “snowflakes” or “politically correct times.” It’s about our campus responding directly with resources to ensure that students of color have the means to thrive, learn and achieve in an environment that is still working on diversity and inclusion.

Jayla Hodge can be reached at letters@collegian.com.

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The Harry Potter universe was revamped in 2016 with its first installment of ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.’ Since then, fans have been waiting for any piece of information about the next movie, set to come out at the end of 2018. In a recent interview with the movie’s director David Yates, he disclosed information that some fans were extremely unhappy about.

In 2007, J.K. Rowling revealed that Albus Dumbledore, Harry’s mentor, was gay and was in love with the new franchise villain Grindelwald. Since the new series focuses a lot on a younger version of Dumbledore, fans were hoping to see his sexuality portrayed in the new film. However, Yates stated that the new film will not focus ‘explicitly’ on Dumbledore’s sexuality.

Yates is correct by pursuing this path for Dumbledore.

Dumbledore is a dynamic character and should not be defined by one factor.

People all over social media are furious because they’re not getting the representation they want out of this next movie. Developing a character’s sexuality, especially if they are minoritized, is important.

However, it should not be the center of attention because, as people, we are more than just our sexuality. Since we focus less on the sexuality of cisgendered characters, we should do the same for the LGBTQ community.

Hannah Ramirez, a teachers assistant of adolescent literature at Colorado State University, believes that for all the Harry Potter fans out there, developing Dumbledore’s sexuality should happen, but it may not be the best choice for this next movie.

“We have no idea where Yates is planning on going with the franchise,” Ramirez said. “This film could possibly not even get to the point in Grindelwald and Dumbledore’s relationship for something like this to be explored.”

There is a great deal to say about this controversy, it seems.

An article by the Guardian, which has been widely shared on Twitter in light of this controversy, states: “The whole point of being in a minority is that your characteristics describe you; your whole identity is marked out by difference, or opposition.”

This particular statement makes this argument extremely problematic. A person’s worth is not based on their sexuality, and should not be treated as such. To do so is to disregard every other accomplishment, every other feat and characteristic that makes someone who they are.

Makenzie Fairchild, a resident assistant at CSU and member of the LGBTQ community, believes sexuality should not be an important part for the upcoming ‘Potter’ movie.

“This story is not a love story, and it shouldn’t be treated as such,” Fairchild said. “It would be great for LGBTQ people to have explicit representation, but there are so many things in Harry Potter that people can relate to that the romantic aspect doesn’t matter.”

It’s true the LGBTQ community needs representation. Movies are finally catching up to the progress made by TV shows and books in this regard. However, forcing any kind of romance into a story can cheapen it.

Dumbledores sexuality is much more complex, and it should be treated as such.

The point of these fictional adventures is to not only get lost in the author’s story, but to create one of your own.

“You create what you want of the universe,” Ramirez said.

“I think that the connectivity of today’s society has led to a dependency on what others think, even if they’re the creators of the piece. Nobody should ever hold back on the creativity that you want to impose on your fictional worlds.

Being able to create a world of your own through the power of literature? That’s the real magic.

Never let anybody take that away from you.”

Accomplishments and character should be identifiers, not just sexuality. A person should see themselves as brave, loyal and intelligent when relating to characters such as Dumbledore. To only love a character and oneself because of their sexuality is problematic and deteriorates every other accomplishment they have.

Leta McWilliams can be reached at letters@collegian. com.

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TENNIS

Rams triumph over Eastern Michigan after loss to Nebraska

By Michelle Gould @michellegouldd

The Colorado State women’s tennis team claimed another victory in Lincoln, Neb. against the Eastern Michigan Eagles at the Dillon Tennis Center last Saturday, bouncing back from a tough loss to the Nebraska Huskers on Friday.

The Rams traveled to Lincoln, Neb. to face the Huskers for their first match of the weekend. The day began with the Rams quickly falling to the Huskers in doubles play. Nebraska’s Claire Reifeis and Hayley Haakenstad defeated CSU’s Riley Reeves and Emily Luetschwager, 6-0. Emma Corwin and Emily Kolbow teamed up against Vasanti Shinde and Katerina Matysova with the Huskers eventually claiming a 6-1 victory over the Rams.

Doubles play ended quickly, leading into singles play.

CSU continued to struggle as Luetschwager lost the first match for the Rams 6-2, 6-1.

Corwin and Solene Crawley fell to Matysova 6-2, 6-0 and Jeannie Lozowski 6-4, 6-2, respectively. CSU’s Priscilla Palermo was bested by Shinde 6-2, 6-1 with Alyssa Grijalva following, losing to Brianna Lashway, 6-2, 6-3, in her first singles loss of the season.

“I thought we fought hard but as a whole did not do as well as Nebraska at making one more ball,” Corwin said.

“They were more prepared to outlast in the rallies than we were, so ultimately they won the games and closed out the matches.”

Fueling off their loss against Nebraska, the Rams burst into the second day of competition with eagerness and energy, giving the Eastern Michigan Eagles their first loss of the season.

The Rams led the day with a successful round of doubles. Winning at No.1 and 3, the power duo of Grijalva and Palermo aggressively secured a victory over Eastern Michigan’s Marie Mayerova and Giuliana Ansaloni, 6-1.

Luetschwager and Kolbow dropped their doubles set against Ani Gogvadze and Andrea Martinovska, keeping the score tight until the final doubles match.

CSU’s Reeves and Corwin concluded the doubles portion with a successful win over Alejandra Barcelo

Sophomore, Alyssa Grijalva serves to South Dakota opponents during the doubles match at the Jon Messick Invitational in the University Tennis Complex on Oct 8. PHOTO BY JOSHUA CONTRERAS COLLEGIAN

Almoyna and Natalia Regalado, 6-1, to claim the first team point.

“Winning that takes a lot of pressure off, with us only having to win three out of the six singles matches to clinch,” Corwin said.

The Rams headed into singles play full of momentum.

Taking advantage of her opponent’s fatigue, Grijalva defeated Anna Veleva, 7-5, 7-6.

“Day 2 I had a mindset to be more positive and even if you lose a point just pump yourself up,” Grijalva said. “I was just trying to cheer on my teammates and we all had more energy, it just felt more fun.”

Following in Grijalva’s footsteps, teammates

Luetschwager and Corwin defeated their opponents Mayerova and Martinovska, respectively, to earn the team victory over the Eagles, 4-1.

“We came out with good energy and played for each other,” head coach Jarod Camerota said in a statement.

“We played intelligently and went after them from the start without worrying about the result. That’s how we need to approach every match.”

The Rams will travel once again on Friday, Feb. 10 for three matches in Las Vegas against UC Riverside, Youngstown State and fellow Mountain West member UNLV. Michelle Gould can be reached at sports@collegian. com.

NATIONAL

Kerfoot remains as the Avalanche’s first-line center

By Mike Chambers The Denver Post

Feb. 05 – Avalanche left wing Gabe Landeskog has gone from playing with a seemingly incomparable center in Nathan MacKinnon to a twoway prototype in rookie Alex Kerfoot.

MacKinnon is a twotime NHL All-Star who does everything with magnificent speed, while Kerfoot, the four-year Harvard player and graduate, reminds Landeskog more of former Colorado standout centers Ryan O’Reilly and Paul Stastny.

Landeskog, the Avs’ captain, will continue to play with Kerfoot while MacKinnon recovers from a shoulder injury. MacKinnon was projected to miss 2-4 weeks but he skated on his own Monday, six days after sustaining the injury, with stick in hand. The NHL’s thirdleading scorer won’t play in this week’s three-game stretch, beginning Tuesday against visiting San Jose, but there’s a chance he could return in Week 3 of his recovery.

Until then, Landeskog is pleased to play with Kerfoot, who is Colorado’s fourthleading scorer with 32 points (12 goals) in 48 games. Among those who have played in 40 games, Kerfoot is second in NHL shooting percentage at 26.7 percent, which is first among rookies. MacKinnon leads the Avs with 164 shots but has a shooting percentage of just 14.6.

Landeskog knows how to adjust his play between MacKinnon and Kerfoot.

“It doesn’t change too much but the thing with Nate is, he’s got such incredible speed up the middle, you can give it to him in the breakout phase and he can transport pucks through the neutral

zone and make things happen,” Landeskog said of MacKinnon.

“With ‘Kerf,’ it’s more of a giveand-go type of game, and we’re going to have to find solutions that way. But he’s so smart, so patient with the puck that he’s going to make little plays look easy.”

The Avs could also be without first-line right wing Mikko Rantanen on Tuesday.

Rantanen, who has played in all 51 games and is second in scoring behind MacKinnon, is questionable with an undisclosed injury.

“He’s banged up a little bit so we’ll see how it feels tomorrow,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said of Rantanen, who did not practice Monday.

Colorado’s top line at practice Monday was Landeskog, Kerfoot and veteran Colin Wilson on the right side. Bednar is confident that Kerfoot will create scoring opportunities for his line in his third game as MacKinnon’s replacement.

“There’s some adjustment there, for sure,” Bednar said.

“Mac can attack you with his speed and he tends to generate scoring chances for himself and his linemates by pushing the other team’s D back. Kerf is a little bit different in that regard. He’s a change of pace, likes to slow things down and find the open ice.

“But definitely great vision from both guys, and if you’re open in the offensive zone, they have the ability to find you. I think Mac’s a little more of a threat to put pucks to the net and allow guys like Landy to crash the net. But with Kerf, you got to ready for his passes all the time because he can find you through traffic. There’s a lot of differences but I think Kerf has been real competitive and playing with good pace.”

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FOOTBALL

2018 coaching staff features defensive overhaul for CSU

By Colin Barnard @ColinBarnard_

After a turbulent monthand-a-half following Colorado State’s loss to Marshall in the New Mexico Bowl, Mike Bobo solidified his coaching staff for the 2018 football season last week.

The ups and downs included a brief agreement from nowOakland Raiders coach Derrick Ansley and former coaches from the football-rich Southeastern Conference coming to Fort Collins.

Now approaching National Signing Day on Wednesday, Feb. 8, the Rams have a full 10-person group of assistants set to join Mike Bobo in 2018.

The group includes five coaches new to the program, four of which come on the defensive side of the ball. Headlining the list of new hires is defensive coordinator John Jancek, replacing Marty English, who retired after the 2017 season.

A former coaching mate

of Bobo at the University of Georgia from 2005-09, Jancek’s experience in the SEC is lengthy.

In his final season with the Bulldogs in 2009, Jancek served as the co-defensive coordinator opposite Bobo, the team’s offensive coordinator.

Following his stint with Bobo at Georgia, Jancek served as the co-defensive coordinator at the University of Cincinnati in 2010-11 before assuming fulltime duties in 2012. In 2011 and 2012, Jancek led the Bearcats to a top 20 finish in the nation in scoring defense. The defense also led the nation in tackles for loss during the 2011 season.

Jancek’s next stop was at the University of Tennessee, where he served as the defensive coordinator from 2013-2015.

During his tenure, the Vols improved into a top 20 scoring defense after years of mediocracy.

Jancek most recently served as a consultant at the University of Kentucky in 2017.

“I’ve had the opportunity to

coach on the same staff with John at Georgia, and I’ve coordinated offenses that have gone up against his defenses,” Bobo said in a statement. “He has a great deal of experience coaching and winning at the highest levels of college football, and I’m very excited he is part of the Ram Family.”

The Rams picked up another former colleague of Bobo in Dave Johnson, who enters his first season as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator for CSU. Johnson and Bobo coached together at Georgia from 2001-07 where he served as the tight ends coach for the Bulldogs.

Johnson then became the offensive line coach at West Virginia (2008-10), the tight ends coach with Jancek at Cincinnati (2011-12) and the offensive line coach at UMass (2013). Before joining CSU, Johnson served as the same duties at the University of Ohio.

Under Johnson’s tutelage, Ohio’s rushing attack proved dangerous throughout 2017. The

Bobcats ranked 16th in the nation in rushing (244.5 yards per game), ninth in scoring (39.1 points per game) and broke school records for scoring and yards per carry.

A 34-year coaching veteran at the collegiate level, Johnson will replace former offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator Will Friend.

Also new to CSU are Keith Gilmore, Eric Lewis and Chase Gibson. A longtime defensive coach, Gilmore will assume defensive line duties at CSU after most recently filling the same role for Notre Dame in 2015-16. Since 2007, Gilmore has coached seven future NFL defensive linemen.

Lewis joins CSU as a cornerbacks coach. Early in his coaching career, Lewis spent two seasons as a defensive quality control coach for the Green Bay Packers. After his NFL experience, Lewis has coached defensive secondaries at Louisville, Buffalo and Georgia State. Last season, Lewis acted as a defensive quality control

assistant at the University of Tennessee.

Gibson comes to CSU as the special teams coordinator and linebackers coach. For the past two seasons, Gibson served as the linebackers coach at Eastern Kentucky. Before that, he was on the coaching staff with Jancek at Tennessee as a quality control coach.

Rounding out the staff are coaches already at CSU. A former graduate assistant and defensive quality control coach at CSU, George Helow will coach the Rams’ safeties in 2018.

Bryan Applewhite (running backs), Joe Cox (tight ends), Ronnie Letson (quarterbacks) and Alvis Whitted (wide receivers) will all return at the same positions to finish up the 2018 staff.

The Rams’ 2018 signing class will become official on National Signing Day this Wednesday.

Colin Barnard can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

SOFTBALL

Former softball standout recognized

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Former Colorado State University softball standout Haley Hutton was recognized for the Outstanding Achievement in Softball Award by the ‘Sportswomen of Colorado’ Monday afternoon.

Formed in the late seventies as an organization to acknowledge women’s achievements in sports, Sportswomen of Colorado’s nomination come on the heels of Hutton setting many career records during her time at CSU. Sportswomen of Colorado’s stated purpose is to help empower, encourage and connect those who have helped further women’s sports endeavors in Colorado.

Hutton will take her place next to Olympic athletes, among others, and certainly empowered the softball team during her time at CSU. Hutton finished her career at CSU in second place all-time in both batting average and hits as well as first in walks and runs scored. She played her final season last year as she led the Rams with 51 hits on the season, while also taking the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year Award. She made the all-conference team four times, including two first-team selections.

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Hutton will be honored

alongside current and former winners on Sunday, March 11 at the Denver Marriott Tech Center at their 44th annual awards ceremony. Those who wish to attend will have a chance to reserve a seat, as the event will go towards benefiting more women in Colorado.

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MOVIES AND TV

‘Hostiles’ exhibits Hollywood’s continual racial ignorance

By Ty Davis @tydavisACW

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As the 2017 movie year closes and the Oscar season revs up studios begin to release their Oscar fodder, these films are usually more artistically focused, more serious and deal with heavier themes, but sometimes these themes are simplified or have very simple, massively appealing, messages.

“Hostiles” occupied an ambiguous position in all of this.

The film would clearly be dealing with the theme of racism, but it was unclear how the film would handle this theme. Would the film stand by its Native American characters and offer insightful commentary, or would it simply fall back on a tested formula?

Separating the film’s quality from its subject matter is not entirely possible—not when the two are so intrinsically connected.

To a complicated extent, the

film manages to fulfill both expectations.

The story takes place in 1892 during the western expansion of the United States and follows Christian Bale’s character Capt.

Joseph J. Blocker in the final days of his military career. Before he can accept his retirement, though, his commanding officer assigns him a mission to escort Cheyenne Chief Yellow Hawk, played by Wes Studi, to an area in Montana known as Bear Valley. As Yellow Hawk is dying of cancer, the government decides to grant him his request, seeing the opportunity to also bolster their public relations.

Blocker, who vehemently hates Native Americans, only agrees to the assignment under threat of his pension being revoked if refuses. Thus, with a crew of Union soldiers and Chief Yellow Hawk and his family, Blocker and the group set out on a treacherous journey to Montana, along the way they pick up Rosalie Quaid, played by Rosamund Pike, whose family was killed by a different tribe several days earlier.

While you may think this is another by the numbers movie where the racist main character learns to see other points of

view and forgo his racism, that is only half true. While Blocker does eventually follow this story convention, it plays secondary to the film’s main plot and themes. The story’s focus is on the themes of death, violence and society’s hypocrisy toward violence and how it affects us, whether perpetuated or received.

Various characters reminisce over their lost humanity, emotional detachment, and the film goes into extensive work to show how this sort of violence degrades ones emotional stability over time. This culminates in Blocker realizing that his perceptions of Native Americans as cruel and savage are really his own character traits just rebranded as virtues of being a soldier. The final epiphany comes in the film’s third act when Blocker realizes that everyone is simply a human being who deserves love and support, and this perpetuation of hatred and violence only serves to distance them further from each other.

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As themes go, the theme of

“Hostiles” is a beautiful one, and one that definitely needs more discussion and recognition. Not enough movies even mention the emotional toll of violence let alone make it the centerpiece of their entire film. “Hostiles” is a quiet, somber and melancholic film and exemplifies that in everything from the scoring, sound design, cinematography and acting. This is not a film for the impatient, but if you stick with it, the film will

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reward you with a silent beauty.

However, despite the film’s best attempts to be sensitive to these topics it falls into the same trap many other films do. From the poster you would be forgiven for thinking the film would balance time between the three major characters Block, Quaid and Yellow Hawk, but you would be sadly mistaken. Instead of focusing on Yellow Hawk’s experiences

and perspective, the film focuses mainly on the conscience and journey of Block, pushing Yellow Hawk and his family to the way side. Quaid gets the second most screen time, while Yellow Hawk only has a handful of notable minutes of screen time. The film missed a golden opportunity for both Block and Yellow Hawk to have a back and forth about the film’s themes and have their own personal journeys. It really makes you wonder why Yellow Hawk and his family are even there in the first place if they were going to be so disregarded by the film. The themes are beautiful, but it was a poor choice of setting for these themes to be explored in.

Should you watch this?

Maybe.

For a film that tries to be progressive, it falls back on a safe storytelling method that will be digestible for a white audience, emphasizing the emotional journey of the white, male, protagonist while devaluing the experiences of the Cheyenne characters the film seemed so eager to emphasize.

Ty Davis can be reach at entertainment@collegian.com.

MUSIC

JPEGMAFIA’s ‘Veteran’ is as abrasive as it is brilliant

By Miles Parrish @parrishm20

Say hello to JPEGMAFIA. JPEGMAFIA, or “Peggy,” is a rapper, producer and former U.S. Air Force member hailing from Baltimore, specializing in unapologetically noisy, experimental hip-hop laced with anarchist humor. While he may not be at the center of attention in the hip-hop world, he is, without question, worthy of examination.

“Veteran” is an album filled with off the wall, bizarre production and remorseless social commentary from front to back, but is never formulaic in its delivery throughout the project’s 19 tracks. Peggy’s production on this album is truly a spectacle.

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If you were to tell me someone made a song sampling Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s disembodied yelling from his track “Goin’ Down,” I would have immediately made the assumption that the song was not worth listening to, let alone be something even remotely digestible. Somehow Peggy pulls it off as he fires off bars comparing the build of his guns to Lena Dunham with

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lethal charisma on the song “Real Nega.”

If there is any trend in

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production on this album, it is the unorthodox sampling that somehow works its way into becoming an actual, structured song; almost as if Peggy is telling his listeners “watch this,” as he dives into the beat with impeccable flow. One of the strongest examples of this phenomenon is the track “Baby I’m Bleeding”, which starts off like an intense computer glitch and turns into one of the hardest songs of 2018 with Peggy delivering lines like “acting like a slave when I’m gunning for my masters,” with enough ferocity to make a white nationalist move out of Baltimore in fear of encountering Peggy himself.

That being said, JPEGMAFIA’s varied production and equally absurd, ironic lyricism make a

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beautifully distorted couple. In other words, don’t try to bump this album while you and your friends are hotboxing your 2004 Honda Civic.

The combination of JPEGMAFIA’s production style and lyricism makes for an atmosphere that never fails to fit its subject matter.

“Williamsburg” covers the gentrification of the burrows of New York City, and more specifically, Brooklyn. The beat is as empty and industrial as, well... gentrification itself, and Peggy’s delivery of references to yuppies and expensive coffee adds the necessary details to the bleak picture being painted.

Should you listen to it? Yes. JPEGMAFIA’s social commentary is another highlight

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of this album that manages to be both confrontational and hilarious. Whether it is disses towards SoundCloud rappers, song titles like “Libtard Anthem” or jabs at so-called “feminists,” the alt-right and sensitive white people, there is a plethora of demographics that Peggy aims to provoke with “Veteran” and it is all done with near perfection.

Peggy clearly is not taking his various subject matters too seriously, and that is what makes this project so good. “Veteran” is Peggy’s way of flipping the bird at society for its hypocrisy and double standards with an equally provocative grin on his face as he waits to see whom he will piss off this time.

Miles Parrish can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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EVENTS

Auditions for CSU fashion show, ‘Spectrum,’ to be held Thursday

By Claire Oliver @claire_oliver21

The Colorado State University Annual Fashion Show is approaching, and designers are looking for men and women to showcase the senior capstone designs.

This year’s show is called “Spectrum” and will be directed

by Amanda Avers, a senior apparel design and fashion major with an apparel design and production concentration. This is the first year Avers will be in charge of the show and she is excited to see what the models and designers will bring to the table.

“We have over, I want to say, 150 outfits that are going through the show this year, which makes this one of the lengthier shows we are going to be putting on,” Avers said. “(It) is really exciting in the first place because it means we have a lot of seniors who are graduating.”

Avers will have one dress in the show this year and next semester,

will feature an entire line.

We’re not looking for extremely experienced people,” said Avers.

“Every single year we get people who have never modeled before, so people shouldn’t be worried about that, and it shouldn’t stop anyone from coming out and modeling for us.”

JasmineWinfrey,aCSUalumni, is a well seasoned participant of the fashion show and said the best thing to do while at auditions is to be yourself.

“I love working for the CSU fashion department,” Winfrey said. “Everybody who works on the department and anybody who has that major are hard workers.

There is just so much creativity, so much positivity that goes through that, and I love that they design for multiple types of bodies. I love it. It doesn’t matter how tall you are or your size. They have something that fits you, and I love that they bring the essence out of every model.”

Auditioning for the show is a

pretty simple process, according to Winfrey. Models who are interested should wear black, tight fitting clothes, and if they have had professional modeling experience, they should bring a headshot with their measurements. After that, the models will walk, most likely with another person, and then on their own. Designers will then choose who they think will fit best into their designs.

Winfrey said if you are auditioning for the first time, it is always good to be as natural as you can.

“They are looking for you,” Winfrey said. “They want to see you, and it is good to be confident.

Definitely practice walking, and when you pose, don’t put your hands on your hip.”

The show will feature a wide selection of female clothing along with a line for men and for children.

“We are looking for both male and female models,” Avers said.

“And we have tons of garments that

MOVIES & TV

A glance at The Oscar’s short film category

By Sarah Elrich @SarahEhrlich96

Calling all people with short attention spans: the Academy Award nominees for short films are in close competition this year, with films addressing societal problems like mental illness and racism as well as films with fresh humor and impressive animation.

Live Action Short “The Silent Child”- Deaf four-year-old Libby lives in a world of silence until a social worker teaches her the magic of sign language. Directed by: Chris Overton “Watu Wote”- Kenya has been targeted by terrorist attacks as mistrust between Christians and Muslims grow, until December 2015 where Muslim bus passengers show that solidarity is best. Directed by: Katja Benrath “My Nephew Emmett”- Based on true events, a preacher in 1955 Mississippi attempts to protect his nephew from two racists out for revenge. Directed by: Kevin Wilson Jr. “The Eleven O’clock”- A humorous take on the relationship between psychiatrist and patient.

A delusional patient believes he is the doctor and things inevitably spin a little out of control. Directed by: Derin Seale Who should win: “Dekalb Elementary”- Director Reed Van Dyk pulled material from an actual 911 call from an Atlanta, Georgia, school to use in this unsettling short. Dekalb Elementary is a school unsuspecting of the mentally unstable stranger named Stephen who walks into the main

office with a semi-automatic weapon in hand. Watching this nearly unbearable tension will leave your heart pounding and broken for those who ever endure a public shooting, making it a frontrunner in this category.

Animated Short “Dear Basketball”- This hand-drawn animation is the collaboration of basketball star Kobe Bryant and animator Glen Keane, exploring what it means to achieve your dreams and the feeling when it is time to leave it behind. Directed by: Glen Keane “Negative Space”- This short follows a father-son relationship where the only shared connection is that of learning how to pack a suitcase. Directed by: Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata “Garden Party”- In an abandoned villa, amphibians make themselves at home and soon uncover the whereabouts of the owner. Directed by: Florian Babikian, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Caire, Théophile Dufresne, Gabriel Grapperon and Lucas Navarro “Lou”- Pixar shows an unsuspected hero in the playground drama of a toy-stealing bully. Directed by: Dave Mullins Who should win: “Revolting Rhymes”- The Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood tells his side of things and his relationships with characters like Snow White, Cinderella and Jack, the climber of beanstalks. This short retells fairytales by Roald Dahl, with impressive voice acting, screenplay and animation skills.

Playful humor and surprise twists make this film enjoyable for all age

groups. Directed by: Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer Documentary Short “Edith+Eddie”- at 95 and 96, Edith and Eddie are America’s oldest interracial newlyweds whose relationship could be in danger by a family feud. Directed by: Laura Checkoway “Herion(e)”- an intimate look at solving America’s opioid epidemic, centered in Huntington, West Virginia, where the overdose rate is ten times the national average. Directed by: Elaine McMillion Sheldon “Knife Skills”Edwins restaurant in Cleveland, Ohio, is about to open with a staff that is almost entirely men and women just released from prison. Can they make Edwin’s a world-class French restaurant? Directed by: Thomas Lennon “Traffic Stop”- a routine traffic stop turns violent and is all caught on vehicle dashcams. En route to jail, Breaion King has a revealing conversation with police about race and law enforcement in America. Directed by: Kate Davis Who should win: “Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405”- Mindy Alper is a brilliant 56-year-old artist finding success with one of the top galleries in Los Angeles. Her artwork is a direct representation of a lifetime of depression and mental disorders. She found the only way to express her mental state is through sculpting and illustrating, which has helped her grow from a life of dark resentment to love and support.

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fit to a lot of different body types, and each designer kind of picked what sort of bodies they want. We are just looking for a lot of different people, and it’s going to be a really diverse show.”

Both Avers and Winfrey stressed the fact that the show will cater to models with all kinds of body types. Each designer is presenting their own types of clothes to fit many kids of people, male and female alike.

“I loved the environment they created,” Winfrey said. “It was sort of like a family during the show.

Everyone was just so nice and happy to be there, and so supportive. It was just kind words getting passed around, and so many good vibes.”

Avers said they are not necessarily looking for extremely experienced people.

“Every single year, we get people who have never modeled before… so people shouldn’t be worried about that and it shouldn’t stop anyone from coming out and modeling for us,” Avers said.

Modeling auditions for the show, which will be on April 6 at the Lincoln Center, will be on Feb. 8 in the Gifford Building, Room 336.

Winfrey also had some advice for future models: practice your model walk. Winfrey tends to practice with 80s pop music, like Whitney Houston and George Michaels.

“Its like a dance,” Winfrey said.

“Because you need to glide. Your head shouldn’t bob when you’re walking. The motion needs to be in your body and your strides need to be long.”

If anyone is still feeling nervous check out the CSU Fashion Show Facebook page. There are videos of previous casting calls as well as more information and photos about this show and previous shows.

Claire Oliver can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

Daily Horoscope Nancy Black

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY

(02/06/18). Rise to new professional heights this year. Realize dreams through methodical planning and coordination. Keep an integrity checklist to stay true to your words and visions. Get physical this summer, and new energy propels your work and health. Shift perspectives and fall in love.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — 8 — Review your shared resources to update budgets and plans.

Meditation helps you see things differently. Prioritize love and harmony. Live simply and save.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 8 — Discuss unforeseen opportunities with your partner. Listen, learn and stick up for your interests without trampling anyone.

Minimize risks and share the load.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 9 — Your past work reflects you well.

Keep putting your heart into it.

Practice makes perfect, and your skills keep growing. Physical action gets results.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 7 — Focus on the fun factor. Practice your favorite hobbies, sports and pastimes. Someone nearby is looking nice. Take a chance on a fine romance.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 8 — Get into a domestic project and discover a lovely solution. Tend your garden lovingly, and it flowers.

Beauty gets revealed in surprising ways.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 7

— Creative inspiration abounds.

Let go of a preconception and try new ideas. Profit from your imagination and communicative abilities. Music pleases your muses.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 9 — Unforeseen opportunities for extra income present themselves. Keep batteries charged and expenses to a minimum. Hop into high gear, and figure out the numbers later.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 9 — Take charge for a cause that stirs your heart. Use your confidence and power to make a difference. Unplanned moments of synchronicity reveal their treasures.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — 6 — You’re especially sensitive and intuitive. Listen, observe and consider. Review past accomplishments, and dream up an inspiring future. Follow your heart to find your objective.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — 8 — Collaborate with your partner over the next two days.

Brainstorm and throw ideas around. Write down the good ones. Determine roles and responsibilities. Compromise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 7 — Career opportunities take focus. Consider what you want in detail. Provide excellent service with a smile. Someone who can help is watching.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 8— The open road sings to you. Can you mix business and pleasure? Design your dream trip. Discover unimagined beauty off the beaten path.

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

Across 1 Jazz singer Simone 5 Colorado ski resort 10 Apple computer with a Magic Keyboard 14 Ambulance-calling situation: Abbr.

15 Take off 16 Fizzy drink 17 Cold dish topped with hardboiled egg 19 Grasp 20 Sent to the canvas 21 Japanese beef city 22 Wisdom tooth, e.g.

23 Having many curves 25 Longtime Susan Lucci soap role 28 Bully’s warning words 30 A cat may climb one 31 Beginning 32 Skater’s surface 33 Tiny amount 37 Place for pillow talk 38 It clicks on the dance floor 41 Crown installer’s org.

42 Picked out of a lineup, briefly 44 Fizzy drink 45 “Here’s the deal ... “ 47 Metal in steel 49 Hire, as a lawyer

12 Hunter Quatermain of “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” 13 Close-knit group 18 Like greenhouses 22 West of old films 24 Brewery container 26 Rash symptom 27 New Orleans cuisine 29 Attach with a click 31 Back-tied sash 32 Co. for Web users 34 Underlying reason Rocky Mt. Collegian 2/5/18 Sudoku 35 Police artist’s composite pic maker 36 Blackball 39 Duck’s habitat 40the “Your choice” To solve Sudoku puzzle, each row, column and 43 Like many metal toys box must contain the numbers 1 to 9.

46 __ Tomé 48 Singer Carly __ Jepsen Rock band’s helper 9 49 1 5 4 50 Zany adventure 51 Martini 1 fruit 7 52 Tiny parasites 853 Causes of illness 2 55 Fitbit units 58 Film backdrops 1 8 61 No longer edible 362 Prefix with meter 6 4 63 Prez whose library is in Austin 50 Appear intermittently 5 4 54 Nocturnal calls Rocky Mt. Collegian 2/6/18 56 Wonderland visitor 1 Yesterday’s solution 3 5 57 Simplify 59 Tiny insect egg 7 5 1 60 Bread for a gyro 61 It may be a boundary between 6 4 2 neighboring countries ... or what Copyright ©2018 PuzzleJunction.com each set of circles depicts?

64 Nights before 65 Confess 66 Radar screen spot 67 Take a break 68 Medicinal amounts 69 Flies on a fast plane Down 1 Mandolin parts 2 Bit of gratitude from an award recipient 3 Driver’s invitation 4 [I want a treat!]

5 As well 6 Naval builder 7 Not as tanned 8 Juan Perón’s wife 9 Homer Simpson’s friend Flanders 10 “The pressure was too much for me” 11 Greenbacks

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PuzzleJunction.com

Sudoku

To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, column and box must contain the numbers 1 to 9.

SUDOKU

6 8 7

Sudoku Solution

Yesterday’s solution

9 4 3 6 2 5 1 7 8

7 6 8 9 3 1 2 4 5

2 1 5 4 7 8 9 3 6

8 2 4 3 1 7 6 5 9

1 3 6 5 8 9 7 2 4

5 7 9 2 6 4 3 8 1

6 5 1 7 4 2 8 9 3

4 8 7 1 9 3 5 6 2

3 9 2 8 5 6 4 1 7

1 5

1 4

8 6 5 3 4 9 3 8

2 1

3 7 6 2 4 5 9 3

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THE FOGDOGS RYAN GREENE

Sudoku Solution

2 6 9 5 3 8 1 4 7 3 4 8 7 1 2 5 6 9

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