Vol. 128, No. 67 Monday, November 26, 2018

Vol. 128, No. 67 Monday, November 26, 2018

OPINION

SPORTS

ARTS & CULTURE

Safe spaces combat hate ineffectively

Trends after another women’s win

Antiques come to Old Town

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As sleep continues to elude some students, it is taking an effect on student success. Sleep is the third largest factor affecting college students’ academic perfomance, and as students are receiving less sleep, anxiety and stress levels continue to rise. INFOGRAPHIC BY MEG METZGER-SEYMOUR COLLEGIAN

Students don’t sleep enough, have too much stress

By Emma Iannacone @EmmaIannacone

With heavy dark bags hanging under their eyes and a double-shot coffee in hand, tired Colorado State University students wander around campus like zombies in preparation for another finals week. But the sweet relief of catching up on sleep over fall break shows something is wrong with college sleeping habits.

A new study by the American College Health Association showed that less than half of college students reported getting enough sleep to feel rested in a 3-5 day period, something students may find normal, but experts find troubling.

Janelle Patrias, manager of mental health initiatives at CSU, said students often don’t notice how large of an impact their lack of sleep has on them.

“Sleep is really one of those (fac-

tors) that students don’t necessarily recognize is a struggle for them, but when they pause long enough to think about how it impacts their academics, it absolutely is,” Patrias said.

Despite numerous studies re-enforcing the importance of quality rest, sleep can still be a rare treat for CSU students, especially veterans.

Dr. Aaron Eakman works with veterans in the New Start for Stu-

dent Veterans Program within the Department of Occupational Therapy’s Center for Community Partnerships. He is also the director for the Restoring Effective Sleep Tranquility program, which offers “group-based and individualized sleep improvement education and support to qualifying post-9/11 student veterans.” It aims to improve veterans sleep quality and mental health through cognitive behavioral therapy.

Many of the student veterans Eakman works with have post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety or other forms of mental illnesses causing trouble in their sleep patterns. Through the REST program, Eakman has found that better sleep can lead to better mental health.

“When we’ve had opportunities to work with them and their

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CRIME

2 killed Thanksgiving morning after car accident on Harmony

By Delaney Allen @DelaneyAllen0

Two people were killed in a multi-car accident on Harmony Road and Boardwalk Drive Thanksgiving morning.

TIMELINE OF EVENTS ■ 3:35 a.m.

Police receive call of a burglary alarm activation at a pawn shop located in the 2900 block of South College Avenue.

■ 9:46 a.m.

Fort Collins Police received a call of a suspicious vehicle.

■ Soon after the reported call, the suspect vehicle causes the fatal crash at Harmony Road.

Around 3:35 a.m. Thanksgiving morning, Fort Collins Police Services received a call of

a suspected burglary near 2900 South College Avenue when a pawn shop alarm was activated.

Officers determined that a vehicle rammed the front entrance to gain entry into the store. Firearms were reportedly stolen from the shop, according to a press release from FCPS. In a minute-long video posted on the FCPS Twitter, FCPS Media Team Member Brandon Barnes said police received a call of a suspicious vehicle with firearms inside it parked near the intersection of Arctic Fox Drive and Caribou Drive. Officers tried to make contact but the vehicle fled and officers did not pursue.

Shortly after, the fleeing vehicle caused a collision at the intersection of Harmony Road and Boardwalk Drive. The car then veered off the roadway and into a nearby business, killing a father and daughter.

The Larimer County Coroner’s Office identified the victims of the crash as John Nees, 55, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and his

daughter Nicole Nees, 38, of Fort Collins.

The driver of the suspect vehicle, Marcos Orozco, 19, was taken into custody by police.

During an investigation conducted by FCPS Collision Reconstruction and Scene Handling, the team determined that the suspect vehicle involved in the collision is the same vehicle that was used in the pawn shop burglary earlier that morning.

The firearms in the vehicle were also determined to have been taken from the shop. The suspect vehicle had recently been stolen from Weld County.

Orozco was arrested on multiple outstanding arrest warrants including second-degree burglary, vehicular eluding, aggravated motor vehicle theft and violation of bail bond conditions.

The investigation is still ongoing.

Delaney Allen can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Sleep >> from page 1 sleep has improved because of the program, we see decreases in their depression, in their stress and in their anxiety,” Eakman said.

Patrias describes the relationship between sleep and stress as bi-directional, meaning they feed off of each other. As one’s stress increases, their sleep quality decreases, and vice versa.

Rates of anxiety and inadequate sleep are increasing at CSU, according to Patrias. Across the nation, 44.9 percent of students reported having more than average stress levels in the past 12 months.

“What we are starting to recognize is that poor sleep is actually fueling stress and anxiety,” Patrias said.

Sleep is the third most common factor impacting student’s academic performance, following only anxiety and stress, according to the National College of Health

Assessment spring 2018 study.

The student veterans in the REST program often have chronic insomnia, Eakman said, which led him to wonder if problems sleeping is a commonality among non-veteran students.

He conducted a survey in spring 2018 of nearly 700 CSU students, and more than half indicated they weren’t getting enough sleep.

“We found that about a third (of people) were getting less than six and a half hours of sleep per night,” Eakman said.

About 40 percent of those who completed the survey would test positive for clinically significant chronic insomnia, a staggering difference compared to the 5.5 percent of college students who were diagnosed with insomnia within the last 12 months, according to the 2018 study by the National College of Health Assessment.

This furthers Patrias’ assessment that students don’t know they have serious problems sleeping.

“There may be a response bias in this sample such that those with sleep difficulties may have

been more likely to complete the survey than those who did not,” Eakman wrote in an email to The Collegian.

While there could be other factors contributing to the high percentage of students qualifying for insomnia, such as sleep apnea, Eakman said 40 percent is a high prevalence rate.

Chronic insomnia is classified as having recurring problems sleeping for at least three months and is classified as a major health issue in the United States, according to the American College of Physicians.

Sleep problems can include difficulty falling asleep, waking up in the middle of the night or waking up too early.

“That can impact school work, it can impact people’s emotional regulations, it can impact their work—if they have work outside of school—and social relationships as well,” Eakman said.

While we know how inadequate rest can impact students’ health and academics, it’s unclear what’s causing the sleep problem college campuses are facing.

One thing that could be con-

tributing to sleep problems in students is the blue light emitted from electronics, such as phones and laptops, Eakman said. On the other side of campus, Patrias sees this problem too.

“What we hear often times is (students) are on their devices until right before they fall asleep and they’re having a hard time falling asleep,” Patrias said.

Patrias said the best recommendation is to allow an hour before sleep away from screens and electronics, but that can be hard for students with homework and social media distractions.

“I’d say it’s definitely a problem for the majority of college students, just because we’re in that age of always having to be connected, there’s a certain fear of missing out,” said Byron Pritchard, a sophomore studying math.

Interactive use of cell phones before bed can lessen the amount of time asleep and the quality of sleep, causing them to feel fatigued the next day. Even passive use (watching television, listening to music), can extend the time people are awake.

Pritchard ends his night by

playing “League of Legends” and other video games on his computer, but said he’s taken precautions against the effects of blue light.

Pritchard bought blue light blocking glasses and uses f.lux, a software program that changes the color of screens to minimize the effects of electronic use before bed.

Eakman’s preliminary survey doesn’t confirm that blue light or any specific factor is causing the prevalence of insomnia on campus, but he said “sleep hygiene” could be it.

Sleep hygiene is the idea of practicing daytime activities, such as staying active, that will promote good sleep in the evening, according to Eakman. Self-help resources are available on the RESTweb website.

Other steps students can take to improve their sleep include going to bed early, getting out of bed if you’re having trouble sleeping, staying out of bed for studying or other activities, limiting naps and caffeine and avoid sleeping in on the weekends.

Emma Iannacone can be reached at news@collegian.com.

NATIONAL

Marijuana movement energized with Sessions out as attorney general

By Kurtis Lee Los Angeles Times

He described marijuana as a “very real danger” and has said its effects are “only slightly less awful” than those of heroin. Once, during a drug hearing when he was a senator, he said he wanted to send a clear message: “Good people don’t smoke marijuana.”

So when Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned recently, proponents of legalized marijuana — activists, politicians, investors — were pleased.

Sessions’ departure has translated into surging stocks for cannabis companies and a reset of sorts for the legalization movement, which since 2012 has succeeded in nearly a dozen states.

Colorado Gov.-elect Jared Polis said Sessions “had it out for states that have legalized marijuana.”

“No question about that,” Polis, a Democrat, said in an interview.

“In an ideal situation, the next attorney general would recognize the rights of states, like Colorado, to responsibly legalize and regulate marijuana and not interfere or even threaten to interfere.”

Even Cory Gardner, a staunchly conservative Republican senator from Colorado, took a subtle swipe at Sessions after his departure: “I look forward to continuing to work with the president to fulfill his campaign position to leave the regulation of marijuana to the states.”

While it’s hard to know exactly what, if anything, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will do on the issue, activists are hoping they’ve escaped the toughest scrutiny. Although he hasn’t spoken at

length about his views on marijuana, Whitaker, during his 2014 candidacy in Iowa for a seat in the U.S. Senate, sympathized with users of medical cannabis.

Ideally, the next attorney general would not only strip away the threat of federal interference, but also lay out guidelines for states with laws on the books, said Michael Collins, director of the Drug Policy Alliance, which advocates for marijuana legalization.

“The hope is that the next attorney general has drug policy ideas that are not straight out of the 1980s,” Collins said.

After Sessions resigned, cannabis producer Tilray’s stock rose 31 percent, Canopy Growth’s stock was up 8.2 percent and Cronos Group’s rose 8.4 percent.

Stuart Titus, CEO of Medical Marijuana Inc. — one of the first publicly traded cannabis companies in the U.S. — said Sessions’ departure is good for the industry.

“Sessions’ stance on cannabis had been a major impediment toward cannabis reform, and now industry participants hold new hopes for sweeping change at the federal level,” he said.

From the outset of his time as attorney general, Sessions was not shy about sharing his anti-marijuana stance.

Last year, he wrote letters to governors of states with legalized marijuana saying he had “serious concerns” about the effects of legalization and suggesting the states could face crackdowns from the Justice Department.

In his letters to three Democratic governors and the independent governor of Alaska, Sessions cited recent reports on the effect

of marijuana legalization, listing problems with security, distribution and the controlled use of marijuana in the four states.

“The Department remains committed to enforcing the Controlled Substance Act in a manner that efficiently applies our resources to address the most significant threats to public health and safety,” Sessions wrote.

While he didn’t take any concrete steps to curb the sale of legal marijuana, his threats continued.

“The hope is that the next attorney general has drug policy ideas that are not straight out of the 1980s.”

MICHAEL COLLINS DIRECTOR OF THE DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE

In January, Sessions rescinded an Obama administration policy that directed federal prosecutors not to target marijuana businesses that operate legally under state law.

Even so, in April, President Donald Trump — who has remained neutral on the topic — assured lawmakers, including Gardner, that the federal government would not interfere with the will of states.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, who received one of the warning letters, said Sessions repeatedly ignored state constitutional amendments legalizing marijuana.

“He was a stubborn stickler for the status quo,” Hickenlooper said

In an August 2018 file image, then Attorney General Jeff Sessions gathers his thoughts as he takes the podium for a news conference in Macon, Georgia. PHOTO BY CURTIS COMPTON ATLANTA JOURNAL-

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in an interview.

Mason Tvert, a spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project, a group dedicated to ending marijuana prohibitions, said the turbulent talk from the head of the Justice Department caused uneasiness in the industry. “(Sessions’) rhetoric and some of his symbolic actions had significant financial consequences for the state-legal cannabis industry,” Tvert said. “Businesses were not shut down and operators were not arrested, but investments got pulled and deals went south, creating significant headaches.”

Despite Sessions’ stand, the legalization movement has forged ahead.

Voters in Michigan this month passed a ballot measure legalizing the sale and possession of up to an ounce of marijuana for anyone over 21, joining nine other states with similar laws. In addition, conservative states such as Utah and Missouri passed medical marijuana

measures this month. Thirty-two states currently allow medical marijuana.

Support for legalization remains high. A Pew Research Center survey from October showed 62 percent of Americans support legalized marijuana, compared with 34 percent who want it to remain illegal. Support is double what it was in 2000, when 31 percent said they believed marijuana should be legalized. Nearly 7 in 10 Democrats say it should be legal.

Even former Republican House Speaker John A. Boehner, who for years opposed legal marijuana, saying it was a gateway drug, has reversed his position and now supports it. He’s joined the board of Acreage Holdings as a paid adviser.

The company has cannabis operations in several states, and Boehner is delivering speeches across the country promoting legal marijuana.

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NATIONAL

Colorado architects seek to create ‘apartment effect’ for homebuyers

By Aldo Svaldi The Denver Post

Young adults today are buying homes five years later on average than they did back in 2006, meaning they have had a lot more time to get accustomed to living in apartments than prior generations.

That in turn is changing how architects and builders are approaching the kind of homes they are putting on the market for firsttime buyers.

About six years ago, John Guilliams, a partner at KGA Studio Architects in Louisville, said his firm started studying when millennials might finally buy homes in larger numbers and what would appeal to them.

“If they are moving from an apartment, how can we approach designing a home to make them comfortable, to give them something they are familiar with and that is their own,” he said.

His firm pulled elements from multi-family designs and studied ways to put them into duplexes and townhomes, while keeping costs down. They turned hallways into stairs and stacked floors to put more space onto a smaller footprint. Floor plans were kept open, which eliminated costs, but also

mimicked apartment designs.

Yards were out, but outdoor spaces, even if small, mattered to Colorado buyers. Small decks off the main level were essential, and for those who could afford it, rooftop decks.

“It goes back to the lifestyle they are used to having, where someone took care of their apartment building. They don’t want to take care of a yard,” Guilliams said.

Financial considerations are also at play. Heavy student loan debts plague that generation, and many older millennials struggled to launch their careers because of the last recession. Home prices have also risen sharply since 2012 in metro Denver, making even starter homes a much heavier burden than in the past.

“They aren’t looking for a large house, they are looking for something compact,” he said.

Multi-family developers have focused heavily on luxury apartments in urban areas with highend finishes and a lot of amenities.

Replicating the luxury apartment look in a more modest for-purchase home isn’t that easy.

“They are used to living with a certain level of experience when it comes to the amenity packages and finishes,” said Angela Harris, CEO

and principal of Trio in Denver.

“They can’t afford some of the stuff they are used to living with.”

Designers in the new style offer options for a few high-end finishes, but don’t overdo it, Harris said.

Simplicity is key, along with allowing buyers to personalize their homes. Going with a neutral or basic color scheme allows colors to be added through the items brought into the home.

“They are used to living with a certain level of experience when it comes to the amenity packages and finishes.

They can’t afford some of the stuff they are used to living with.”

ANGELA HARRIS CEO AND PRINCIPAL OF TRIO IN DENVER

“Buyers aren’t forced to make too many choices or to make expensive choices,” she said.

Other design elements consistent with the “apartment effect” include smaller kitchens with smaller

appliances, no oversized closets and more hidden storage, showers instead of tubs and single rather than double sinks in the master bathroom.

Young adults do want to own a home, but they also want affordability, functionality and a walkable location, things that apartments provided them, said Kenneth Perlman, a principal at John Burns Real Estate Consulting.

Surveys show that young adults are more drawn to open floor plans that can adapt to fit their lifestyles and to contemporary designs.

“They want clean, simple elements without a lot of fuss,” he said.

“The buyers that are coming out of apartments, a lot of which are new, want the same design.”

The “apartment effect” offers a way to provide those buyers a design they are comfortable with and payments that are comparable to the rent they paid, said Mike Davidson, vice president of sales and marketing at Wonderland Homes in Denver.

“We have to do everything possible to increase density on large pieces of land to keep the prices down, at least until the market softens,” he said.

Wonderland builds its units on a post tension slab or above a crawl

space. A garage, one- or two-car, occupies the ground floor, with a kitchen and living room above it, and the bedrooms above that floor.

In some locations, a rooftop deck for entertaining is an option.

“By stacking the spaces you maximize them and create a more attainable product,” Davidson said.

“It keeps the payment close to what a comparable rent might be.”

Wonderland is offering the product in Superior, Wheat Ridge and at Stapleton. Buyers are typically younger singles and couples starting out.

Dan Bergeron and Danielle DenBleyker purchased one of Wonderland’s 47th Avenue Row Homes in Stapleton after looking at a lot of different places and more traditional floor plans.

The home they purchased came with about 1,800 square feet and a price tag of $413,000, which represented a better bargain than housing alternatives available downtown, Bergeron said.

“We wanted to be in something more than an apartment, but we weren’t ready for four bedrooms, a yard and a basement,” said DenBleyker. What Wonderland offered fit the bill.

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US-Mexico crossing closed, tear gas fired as migrants rush for border

By Wendy Fry & Sonali Kohli Los Angeles Times

The Mexican border was closed Sunday at the San Ysidro Port of Entry after a group of migrants in Tijuana stormed the area, prompting the U.S. Border Patrol to fire what appeared to be tear gas at the group.

The incident was a serious escalation in the tensions in Tijuana as thousands of migrants from Central America amassed there with hopes for entering the United States. President Donald Trump has said he would seal off the Mexican border in recent days and pushed to keep any migrants in Mexico as they await the immigration process.

Hundreds of Central American migrants who gathered in Tijuana pushed past a blockade of Mexican police standing guard and rushed toward the border.

The migrants carried hand-painted American and Honduran flags and chanted: “We are not criminals! We are international workers!”

Late in the morning, migrants tried to run around Mexican federal police, leaving one officer with a cut on his lip.

At one point before noon, Border Patrol authorities fired what appeared to be tear gas at a group of people trying to make their way through a fence.

Some women ran under a train, clutching crying children. Photos from the scene showed children in the area where the tear gas landed.

Shortly after noon, the skirmishes appeared to be calming down. A woman used a bullhorn to spoke through the fence to U.S. Border Patrol agents, trying to persuade them to let in migrants.

“We don’t want war, we don’t want killing,” she said across the line. In response, Mexican federal police in riot gear pushed people away from the fence.

None of the migrants managed to cross the border into the U.S. More than 4,700 Central Americans have been living crammed together in a Tijuana sports complex.

State authorities say by the

time it is over, as many as 9,000 Central Americans will have arrived in Tijuana hoping to cross the border.

Many of them are from Honduras, a country beset by violence and poverty, and came with the intention of seeking

“It is a despicable act on the part of the Trump Administration and CBP officials to attack defenseless women and children firing tear gas, a chemical agent, at them.”

ANGELICA SALAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

asylum in the United States.

“It is a despicable act on the part of the Trump Administration and CBP officials to attack defenseless women and children firing tear gas, a chemical agent, at them,” Angelica Salas, execu-

tive director for the immigrant rights organization Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, said in a statement. “These are human beings who are reaching a point of desperation because their asylum claims are being processed at a snail’s pace or not at all.”

Sunday morning, before the border closed, Trump used his Twitter account to blame Democrats for allowing border crossings, and suggested that Mexico and “originating countries” should prevent caravans from reaching the border, or forming at all. Such caravans, he wrote, are “a way they get certain people out of their country and dump in U.S. No longer.”

Less than 24 hours earlier, Trump had reiterated threats to close the southern border — threats that have alarmed many in Mexico, since cross-border trade is a mainstay of the Mexican economy.

In his Twitter post, Trump also said migrants would not be allowed into the United States “until their claims are individually approved in court.”

Others, he said, would “stay

in Mexico,” he wrote without elaboration.

Mexico’s incoming leadership denied a report that it had agreed to a Trump administration proposal that would require asylum-seekers arriving at the southwest border to wait in Mexico as U.S. authorities consider their claims for safe haven.

The Washington Post reported Saturday that Trump had the support of the government-in-waiting of Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador — who takes office Dec. 1 — for a plan mandating that asylum seekers at the border remain in Mexico as their claims move through the U.S. immigration system.

Later Saturday, however, Olga Sanchez Cordero, Mexico’s interior minister-designate, denied that Mexico had agreed to host people seeking U.S. asylum as their cases awaited judgment.

“There is no agreement of any sort between the future Mexican federal government and the U.S.,” the incoming interior minister said in a statement.

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COLLEGIAN COLUMNIST

Safe spaces combat hate ineffectively Abby Vander Graaff @abbym_vg

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.

Colorado State University has a focus on inclusion and community building — an ideal demonstrated through the use of safe spaces. While intended to respect minority and marginalized individuals, this ideology could condone the very hate this community tries so hard to avoid.

Merriam Webster defines a safe space as “a place (as on a college campus) intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentially threatening actions, ideas, or conversations.”

But this definition is contradictory. Disagreement of any kind is unacceptable in the ideology of the safe space. In a setting

where criticism is not tolerated, there is no way to mediate the “potentially threatening actions” or ideas that students bring up.

There are also no guidelines defining what constitutes the hateful or dangerous speech deemed unacceptable for this type of environment.

Professors and teacher’s assistants are left to make these decisions for themselves. Instead of having a set method for dealing with harmful ideas, educators must decide how to handle them on a case-by-case basis.

This enables professors to label certain ideas as appropriate while they shoot down others based on their own political leanings — and then they can claim they did this in the interest of the safe space, ironically creating their own hostile environment.

Learning institutions should be places where all students feel comfortable sharing ideas and asking questions about things they don’t understand. We should not tolerate hate speech, but students should also feel

they can vocalize their opinions.

And if their opinions are incorrect, professors should tell them why.

President Tony Frank has said, “No place is more equipped to pilot ... difficult conversations than a university ­— a community committed to the safe debate and exchange of ideas.”

“‘Brave spaces’ takes away the directionless obligation to protect students ... The name says it all: Students should not expect to be protected, necessarily they must be brave.”

Safe spaces do not provide the full aspect of this learning process because they prohibit disagreement.

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SERIOUSLY

New trash cans to blame for declining squirrel population

By Ethan Vassar @ethan_vassar

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

FORT COLLINS - Colorado State University students returning to campus from fall break might find campus to be somewhat unrecognizable.

Similar to how the branches of trees around the university’s square-mile campus are now barren, the campus itself has seen a drastic decrease in the squirrel population.

This decline in population is all thanks to the new solar-powered trash and recycling cans that magically appeared overnight on campus about a month ago.

Unlike the previous green trash cans that graced the CSU campus, these trash cans have no open top and require a front-facing compartment to be pulled open with a handle.

Unfortunately, squirrels do not have opposable thumbs so they

are unable to pry these things open. Squirrels also lack the strength and knowledge to operate such complex machinery.

Previously, campus squirrels were able to scurry down from the top openings of the now replaced green trash cans. Not only were they able to find food that CSU students had tossed, Carls Jr french fries being the squirrel’s favorites, but they could find shelter and warmth away from the blistering winds and chilly temperatures that accompany fall and winter months in Fort Collins.

“First, Tony Frank said he’s leaving, then we get new trash cans and now squirrels are dying off.”

BAILEY MORRIS PRE_VETERINARY STUDENT

This isn’t the case now. Due to the lack of shelter and food, many campus squirrels are dying. Without access to trash cans and student waste, many squirrels are starving or suc-

cumbing to the cold weather in grim, chilly deaths.

“First, Tony Frank said he’s leaving, then we get new trash cans and now squirrels are dying off,” points out Bailey Morris, a pre-veterinary student.

“CSU is really changing, it’ll be unrecognizable next year.”

A future campus without squirrels is certainly not one to look forward to, and there are ways students can prevent this fate.

Instead of disposing of food waste in trash cans, simply litter. Drop whatever leftovers or food you can’t finish anywhere on campus for these squirrels to find so that they don’t starve.

Students can also contact CSU Facilities Management, which was responsible for bringing these vile, squirrel-killing waste containers to campus.

The CSU squirrel has been recognized as its own species, and with this drastic loss in population, it could very soon be added to the endangered species list.

Ethan Vassar can be reached at letters@collegian.com.

Leadership Alliance Coordinator Patrice Palmer advocates for the use of “brave” spaces instead of safe spaces.

“I can’t make sure that every identity that you hold is going to feel safe. I also don’t know how you define safety,” Palmer said in an interview after she spoke at the Identity Awareness Symposium hosted by the Associated Students of CSU, an event focused on intersectionality.

Palmer described how brave spaces encompass the process of “creating boundaries, respecting and reflecting, acknowledging and affirming, vaulting what needs to be vaulted, and then being able to encourage more dialogue.”

Brave spaces take away the directionless obligation to protect students that is so potent in the atmosphere of a safe space.

The name says it all: students should not expect to be protected, necessarily — they must be brave.

The beauty of this is that in the act of being brave they will

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learn something.

The common argument against safe spaces is that they inhibit free speech, or that they will leave students unprepared for life in the much harsher “real world.”

Palmer’s view of a brave space acts to prepare students for adversity, while also acknowledging identity in a way that fosters an open learning environment.

We as students and community members need to ask ourselves exactly what we want to gain from safe spaces. And if necessary, we should distinguish that from our expectations in the classroom.

CSU’s campus should be a place of inclusion for all. It should also be a place of growth and education. Whether it be a safe space, a brave space, or something else entirely, we must consider how to find a common ground in our classrooms between sanctuary and absolute free-for-all.

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

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When the post office loses your package and you’re on hold for an hour.

Getting more leftovers than your fridge can handle.

When you have to work on Thanksgiving.

Getting to see family you do want to see.

Random, really bad headaches.

Getting away from family you don’t want to see.

The crippling anxiety of returning to school after a taste of sweet sweet freedom.

It’s almost Christmas.

Finals on the horizon.

The semester is almost over!

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Sports | Monday, November 26, 2018

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

3 takeaways from CSU’s razor thin win over Cornell

By Mack Beaulieu @Mack_Covers

In a game that went down to the wire on Sunday, the Colorado State women’s basketball team found plenty to be thankful for at the end of Thanksgiving break.

For the first time this season, the Rams won the battle on the boards and had a positive assist to turnover ratio. The Rams showed physicality inside and continued to play great defense while slowing down their decision making to get a comeback victory over the Cornell University Big Red, 56-53.

“Defensively our kids are buying into what they need to do to beat an opponent and the offense will only get better.”

RYUN WILLIAMS CSU BASKETBALL COACH

Liah Davis can bring the physicality CSU needs Rebounding has been one of the Ram’s biggest concerns so far this season and the rim protection hasn’t been great either, an answer to both of those questions may lie in redshirt sophomore center Liah Davis. The center came in and provided a spark at the beginning of the second quarter with two quick blocks.

She also grabbed a rebound in that time when senior forward Tatum Neubert put up zeros in both categories for the entire first half.

It was Davis’ first action of the season, as she’s working to come back from an injury, and it made a big difference against Cornell.

She was limited to only ten minutes but managed to post eight points, five rebounds and three blocks.

“I’m just so excited to be back and be in a game setting,” Davis said.

When she got the ball on offense, she went to quick work with backdowns and post moves while effectively limiting junior forward Laura Bagwell-Katalinich, who was dominant with Davis out and finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds.

Neubert has shown spurts of extreme effectiveness from the low block on the offensive end, but Davis could be just what the Rams need to fill the middle of an already effective zone defense. Neubert was outhustled by Bagwell-Katalinich, which has been a problem all season for the Rams. Davis’ size and physicality completely negated the hustle. Despite the conflict it might pose for her, Neubert is excited to have the help.

“Since (I) got here, I’ve been excited to play with Liah,” Neubert said. “Being another Colorado girl, I’ve played with her a little bit and I know how strong she is and she’s just such a force down there. Today was awesome and we got a little glimpse of what she’s able to do and I’m really excited.”

Along with better decision making, Rams need to stay aggressive on offense With no obvious leader in terms of ball handling, the Rams two most dynamic players have to constantly utilize their abilities in order to open up the offense. The Rams’ best stretches came when their defense got them out in transition or when either sophomore forward Lore Devos or junior guard Mollie Mounsey were creating.

Devos and Mounsey are the only two Rams players who have shown the ability to beat their opponent off of the dribble, and the Rams have very little player movement when the ball is not in one of their hands. When they aren’t in control, the Rams tend to swing it around the arc with little effectiveness.

Those two have to know their

Lore Devos attempts to drive forward the ball during the game Nov. 25. PHOTO BY TONY VILLALOBOS MAY COLLEGIAN

ability and expose opponents as much as possible. The Rams protected the ball better than they have on Sunday, but the offense still went stagnant for long stretches.

“For the majority of the game (our ball handling) was really good,” Coach Ryun Williams said. “We had eight turnovers. That’s outstanding. Late game, they brought some traps and we got a little hesitant, but for the most part I was pleased with how we moved the ball tonight and our decision making was a little better. Tonight against a physical

team that traps large, that was pretty good execution by our kids.”

The 2-3 zone is effective but needs to be quicker Cornell stayed in the game on Friday with 3-point shooting, but that is the trade-off of the 2-3 zone. Cornell kept getting timely three-pointers, despite a bad percentage, with the Rams forcing plenty of low percentage shots.

One of the other trade-offs is obstructing the passing lines enough to create turnovers, and while the Rams did plenty of obstructing on

Sunday, they failed to turn many of their deflections into turnovers.

If the offense continues to struggle for the Rams, they’ll need to make sure more of those deflections turn into fast break points.

“Our defense has been great all year,” Williams said. “Our defense is doing it. It’s keeping us right in striking distance. Defensively our kids are buying into what they need to do to beat an opponent and the offense will only get better.”

Mack Beaulieu can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL FINAL STANDINGS West Division

Mountain Division Team

Last Week’s Result

Team

Utah State (10-2, 7-1)

Lost to Boise State, 33-24

Boise State (10-2, 7-1)

Beat Utah State, 33-24

Fresno State (10-2, 7-1)

Colorado State (3-9, 2-6)

Lost to Air Force, 27-19

San Diego State (7-5, 4-4)

New Mexico (3-9, 1-7)

Lost to Wyoming, 31-3

Air Force (5-7, 3-5)

Beat Colorado State, 27-19

Wyoming (6-6, 4-4)

Beat New Mexico, 31-3

Hawaii (8-5, 5-3)

Last Week’s Result Beat San Diego State, 31-30 Beat San Jose State, 31-13 Lost to Hawaii, 31-30

Nevada (7-5, 5-3)

Lost to UNLV, 34-29

UNLV (4-8, 2-6)

Beat Nevada, 34-29

San Jose State (1-11, 1-7)

Lost to Fresno State, 31-13

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Sports | Monday, November 26, 2018

FOOTBALL

Rams outdone by Falcons again in final contest

By Luke Zahlmann @lukezahlmann

There were no secrets as to what Air Force would attempt against Colorado State University.

As the top rushing team in the Mountain West Conference, the Air Force Academy Falcons were guaranteed to operate in their triple-option system once again. Despite changing their defensive system to adjust prior to the contest, the Rams were bested 27-19 on the road Thursday.

STATISTICS ■ Final season record: 3-9, 2-6 ■ Scoring per game: 22.83 ■ Scoring allowed per game: 36.75 ■ Yardage per game: 410.5 ■ Yardage allowed per game: 451.5 ■ Turnover margin: -10

From their first possession, a 13-play, 80-yard touchdown drive, the Falcons were in control of the game’s tempo. The drive took just under six minutes, with a trio of passing plays to offset their 10 rushes.

After a pair of three-andouts forced by the Rams’ defense, the Falcons once again flexed their rushing game. Starting their second scoring drive with a 56-yard run by junior fullback Cole Fagan, the hosts drove down the field in only four plays, taking a mere 1:35 off the clock. The drive was capped by a leaping grab courtesy of senior wideout Marcus Bennett.

Down double-digits early in the second quarter, the Rams were in familiar territory.

“We dig ourselves a hole over and over again,” Head Coach Mike Bobo said. “We’re not talented enough to dig ourselves out of those holes.”

Coming into the game, the Rams had allowed 449.9 yards and 37.6 points per game. While the scoring defense held the Falcons below their average, the Rams were consistently gashed on third down. With a mix of pitches and dives out of the option, the Falcons kept the much-maligned Rams off balance.

“We game-planned this (game) ever since our bye week,” sophomore Livingston Paogofie said. “It’s a little frustrating for them to put up that much yardage on us.”

Attempting to keep pace, the Rams’ offense put up a pair of scoring drives led by redshirt junior wideout Preston Williams outside. As redshirt soph-

Colorado State offensive lineman T.J. Roundtree reacts to the Ram’s 27-19 loss against Air Force on his way off the field, Nov. 22nd. PHOTO BY DAVIS BONNER COLLEGIAN

omore quarterback Collin Hill’s favorite target in the contest, Williams put up a pair of touchdowns and 171 yards in the first half alone.

Following a Falcons’ missed 54-yard field goal as time expired, the Rams trotted into the locker room trailing 17-13 at the half.

After the intermission, Fagan took over once again for the Falcons. On their opening drive of the third quarter, he added 41 more yards to his already triple-digit total. But, the defense garnered a stop on fourth down at the goal line, halting Falcons’ sophomore quarterback Donald Hammond III’s sneak attempt.

Despite their stop and subsequent drive to the red zone, the Rams gave the ball right back with a Hill interception.

“(This game) was pretty much a microcosm of our whole season.

Too many mistakes, turnovers. We lost the turnover battle. We didn’t execute well enough to win.”

MIKE BOBO CSU FOOTBALL COACH

After the drive, Hill was ruled out with a concussion, allowing redshirt senior K.J. Carta-Samuels to enter his first contest since the teams’ weekeight matchup against Boise State.

Proceeding his inception

into the game, Samuels found Williams yet again for the wideout’s third touchdown of the game, this time from 31 yards out. Down 20-19, the Rams had their extra point blocked, the second missed opportunity for the point-after-touchdown unit.

A final score sealed the game for the Falcons, a final blow to the Rams’ chances of ending a downtrodden season on a positive note.

Leading the offense, Fagan became just the second fullback in program history to eclipse the 200-yard mark, finishing with a positional school record of 260 in the contest. As a team, the Falcons accumulated 393 rushing yards in the game to add to their final total of 474.

A lone bright spot in the

game, Williams finished with a season-high 248 yards, fourth in program history, and three touchdowns.

Williams’ efforts were for naught as the Rams failed to convert a pair of extra points, turned the ball over twice and accrued eight penalties for 75 yards, two of which were roughing the passer calls. “(This game) was pretty much a microcosm of our whole season,” Bobo said. “Too many mistakes, turnovers, we lost the turnover battle. We didn’t execute well enough to win. (Mistakes) were our nemesis this year.”

Luke Zahlmann can be reached at sports@collegian. com.

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Sports | Monday, November 26, 2018

NATIONAL

Torrey Craig spurs Nuggets past Oklahoma City Thunder

By Mike Singer The Denver Post

Truth be told, Torrey Craig might have been the better matchup anyway.

When Craig was firmly a part of the rotation earlier in the season, it was his job to harass Kevin Durant when Golden State came to town. On Saturday, because of an ankle injury that sidelined Gary Harris, Craig’s task was Durant’s old running-mate, Russell Westbrook.

Without Craig forcing the former MVP into a 6 for 23 night while simultaneously leading the team with 10 rebounds, the Nuggets don’t earn the 105-98 win or extend their winning streak to three.

Craig had played in just four of the eight prior games coming into Saturday, but he never surpassed 10 minutes in any of them. That didn’t mean he wasn’t uniquely ready ST to trail Westbrook’s never-ending mo-

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“It’s tiring, I know that,” Craig said. “He plays 100 miles an hour. You can’t relax on him at any second or he’ll just go on by you. He’s going to be ultra aggressive.”

Craig more or less played Westbrook to a draw in the first half, which was part of the reason the Nuggets held a commanding 21-point lead after two quarters. After shooting just 2 for 7 in the first half and with the Thunder desperately needing an offensive spurt to have any chance, Westbrook scored nine points on 10 shots in the third quarter to cut it to 13.

“Nobody can guard him by themselves,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “I don’t know if there is a book (on stopping him). That guy, it’s funny, 16 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds. Triple double, hey we did a great job on him. ... If you give Russell Westbrook an angle, he’s gone. He’s one of the more explosive players in the NBA, and I think Torrey used

his size, his length and his body positioning really, really well tonight.”

Though there’s no stopping Westbrook completely — it was his second triple-double in three games — Craig was integral in getting him to shoot 1 for 12 from the 3-point line as the Thunder tried to climb back into the game in the second half. A night after Westbrook dropped 30 on Charlotte, Craig did as good a job as one can reasonably expect. The Thunder shot just 35 percent from the field while their offensive firecracker fizzled.

“Just knowing his tendencies, knowing he likes his little pull-up, back down in the post, he likes to go left, he’s going to always stay in attack mode,” Craig said. “Just knowing little things like that and just trying to guess his game, basically.”

Craig guessed right for the most part and even looked like he got under Westbrook’s skin in the first half.

“I’m just a physical player,

a physical defensive player by nature,” he said. “It’s a physical league. You gotta be physical with those guys or they’ll just score at will.”

“I’m just a physical player, a physical defensive player by nature. It’s a physical league. You gotta be physical with those guys or they’ll just score at will.”

TORREY CRAIG NUGGETS PLAYER

Craig’s biggest play of the night came on an offensive putback with the Thunder threatening. The Thunder had cut the lead to five with just over a minute left, and Craig chased down an errant floater and scored for his sixth offensive rebound of

the game. What made Craig’s second-chance points even more impressive was the fact that he basically risked a Westbrook transition opportunity each time he followed one of his teammates’ shots. He said he was well aware of the downside and chose his spots accordingly.

“It’s the NBA,” Craig said.

“Being up 20 is like being up 10.

At halftime, we came out, we knew they would make a run, we just didn’t know when.”

His offensive rebounds led directly to eight second-chance points for the Nuggets, and they helped short circuit the Thunder’s expected charge.

“There was one time he ran 90 feet and stripped Westbrook in the first half,” center Mason Plumlee said. “He plays hard, man. That’s something that we appreciate. He gave us a huge lift. We don’t win the game without him tonight.”

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Sports | Monday, November 26, 2018

NATIONAL

Rantanen’s goal caps Colorado Avalanche’s victory over Dallas Stars

By Kyle Newman The Denver Post

Mikko Rantanen strikes again.

In a wild third period on Saturday night at the Pepsi Center, the NHL’s points leader again demonstrated why he’s the most dynamic offensive force in hockey right now with a late third period goal that propelled the Avalanche to a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars.

Colorado led 1-0 after two periods thanks to Nathan MacKinnon’s goal on a night where, through the first 40 minutes, the team’s lamp-lighting chances were plenty but its scoring sparse.

But the Stars stunned Colorado with two goals in a matter of four minutes in the latter half of the third period, and it was late offensive heroics by J.T. Compher — on a rebound goal — and Rantanen that ultimately swung the game back in Colorado’s favor for its fourth straight win.

“This win tells us a lot about our team,” Rantanen said. “We started the third a little bit slow, and they went up 2-1. ... But we were pushing, and the tying goal was a piece of art from that line.

They were humming for it.”

The teams traded scoring chances in the opening period, but both Semyon Varlamov and Stars goalie Anton Khudobin posted six saves apiece to keep the game scoreless heading into the second.

“This win tells us a lot about our team. We started the third a little bit slow, and they went up 2-1. ... But we were pushing, and the tying goal was a piece of art from that line. They were humming for it.”

MIKKO RANTANEN AVALANCHE FORWARD

Colorado’s best chance in the first period came with less than two minutes to play, when Khudobin was caught out of position behind the net. Samuel Girard’s shot on a near-empty net was blocked by Blake Comeau, and the Stars wouldn’t be the only ones to escape a defensive breakdown as Varlamov’s pads also made up for several Colorado turnovers in its own defensive zone.

The second continued that near-miss trend, as there were three penalties in that period just like the first. Colorado — which entered the night ranked first in the NHL with 24 goals in 75 power plays, a 32.0 percent success rate — couldn’t cash in on its second and third special teams chances of the night as Khudobin continually quashed the Avalanche rush.

“Early on in the game, a lot of those rebounds in front of the net were popping by us because we didn’t have enough depth in front of the net,” coach Jared Bednar said. “We were too tight to the goal.”

But Colorado’s top line finally broke through against its Central division rivals with 6:49 to play in the second. Rantanen scooped up a loose puck from behind the net and quickly fed it to Gabe Landeskog, who found MacKinnnon wide open at the bottom of the left faceoff circle. MacKinnon one-timed the pass home past Khudobin, finally beaten for the first time all night.

And while MacKinnon’s 15th goal of the season gave Colorado a 1-0 advantage, Varlamov did his job to protect it. That included eight saves in the period, including a crowd-pleasing stop on a 2-on-1 Stars’ rush late

OFF-CAMPUS LIFE

EARLY DECEMBER

in the second following a sloppy turnover by Girard in the defensive zone.

In the third, Varlamov continued to stonewall, with a little help from his defense. Five minutes into the period, Varlamov stopped a Stars’ slap shot but the puck petered slowly between his legs. It was only Girard’s diving effort to slap the puck away that prevented the equalizing goal.

“Early on in the game, a lot of those rebounds in front of the net were popping by us because we didn’t have enough depth in front of the net.

We were too tight to the goal.”

JARED BEDNAR AVALANCHE COACH

“Our whole team was committed defensively tonight,” Bednar said.

But with Varlamov 8:28 from his first shutout of the season, the Stars won the draw, and then the puck kicked around in front of the net before Radek

Faksa beat Varlamov in the bottom right corner. Then Jamie Benn’s goal from the top right of crease with 4:57 left gave Dallas a 2-1 lead before Compher and Rantanen’s goals sealed Colorado’s sixth comeback win of the year.

“There was a rush, and (MacKinnon) found (Erik Johnson) coming in late,” Rantanen said of his game-winner.

“Johnson got a shot there, and I after that I got a fortunate bounce right on my tape in front of an empty net.”

Colorado (13-6-4) now heads back on the road to take on Nashville on Tuesday before returning to Denver for games against Pittsburgh (Nov. 28) and St. Louis (Nov. 30). Bednar said he’s encouraged by the recent swell from his team, which prior to its win streak had lost five straight games from Oct. 27 to Nov. 9.

“Our buy-in is stronger, our commitment to defend is stronger, our commitment to get above pucks is stronger — and it’s leading to more offense,” Bednar said. “Now that we’ve had success coming out of (the win streak), the players realize the importance of staying committed to that intensity.”

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Arts & Culture | Monday, November 26, 2018

CULTURE & COMMUNITY

Little Horse Vintage breathes life into classic pieces

By Lauryn Bolz @laurynbolz

Old Town’s rapidly growing north side is now home to Little Horse Vintage, a mid-century designer vintage shop featuring a vast stock of books, vinyl and furniture.

The Louisville, Colorado-based store opened the doors of its Fort Collins location Nov. 17. Little Horse is the brainchild of Mike Price, who started the company back in 2002, when practical, post-modern and vintage style began to come back into fashion. Price started out by specializing in old books, but has moved into other 1950s-1970s goods like furniture and sound equipment.

“I had started going to a lot of thrift stores and estate stores and garage stores, just kind of picking things that I liked,” Price said. “I had some friends that were really into mid-century design that educated me on this stuff.”

It was back then that Price met Kate Glover and Ryan Batch, a husband-and-wife creative design team that owns graphic design company Parallel Arts.

When Glover and Batch moved to Fort Collins in January, opening a second location was an opportunity Price and the couple could not pass up.

“We always thought it would be cool to bring Little Horse to Fort Collins,” Glover said. “One day I was coming here to check out a coffee shop, and I saw a ‘for lease’ sign in the window.”

The location the team chose is a rustic converted garage in the growing north section of old town. The space had once been home to a retail store and an unopened coffee shop, but in only three months the team transformed it into a cozy, post-modern utopia. Price said they like having a clean spaced mixed with the roughness of the brick wall and other elements.

HOURS & LOCATION ■ Little Horse is open everyday

from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at 226 Pine Street.

“That’s what little horse is about, it’s about vintage and things with patina, but it’s also about high-design, with mid-century and artistic design,” Price said.

Now, the ‘Little Horse of the North’ as the team calls it, is stocking ‘new’ pre-loved designer goods daily, from large sectional couches to small collectable items.

“I’m selling cool, artistic, original pieces of furniture that may not be in the best condi-

Kate Glover, Ryan Batch and Mike Price opened the Fort Collins location of Little Horse Nov. 17. PHOTO BY LAURYN BOLZ COLLEGIAN

tion, but are affordable to college students and people who aren’t rich.” Price said, “For me, it feels like a better place to be as far as what we’re trying to do in the community.”

Not only are Price, Glover and Batch bringing their appreciation of 1960’s style to Old Town, but also their passion for the environmental and sentimental aspects of saving the classic items. Little Horse’s expansive collection of classic music equipment like stereos and vinyl shows their dedication to saving the old and eclectic pieces from the garbage.

“It gives us nightmares to think of all the stuff that’s been thrown in landfills that was beautiful or worth a lot of money,” Price said. “Even five or ten years ago, thrift stores would just junk some of the older [stereo equipment] they thought was worthless, but there were tube style amplifiers and old amplifiers that were worth a lot of money and also sounded really amazing.”

By recycling, re-purposing, and rescuing vintage items, Little Horse is bringing back the lasting style and quality of the postmodernist movement. The Old Town shop will be having their grand opening party later this month.

“People are seeing that the older stuff that is made well and has good materials has a lasting appeal and a lasting quality,” Price said.

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

Little Horse offers a variety of mid-century modern furniture and housewares, vintage audio and stereo equipment, thousands of vinyl records, rare and used books and artwork. PHOTO BY LAURYN BOLZ COLLEGIAN

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Arts & Culture | Monday, November 26, 2018

STONED V. SOBER

Rapper and CSU student continues to show potential on new EP

By Henry Netherland @netherlandhenry

Student Kent Washington has made a name for himself around CSU’s campus with his multiple music releases and his dedicated contributions in local organizations. Now in late 2018, he has released his newest EP, “Fear. Ends.

All. Realities.

While I would not consider myself a big fan of the Colorado rap scene, Washington has always stood out to me for his perseverance and his above-par rapping techniques. On “F.E.A.R.,” he shows even more crossover potential.

Sober Listening First off, the production is pretty decent being at a local level. On songs like “Multiply” and “Tanqueray Pt. 3” I would go as far as to say it stands toe to toe with mainstream rap songs.

One issue that arises immediately is Washington’s undisrupted use of ad libs. In one sense, they help fill space so that Washington does not sound as bare and add layers to the instrumentation. The problem is sometimes the ad libs do not feel that coordinated so they sound like a swirl of sound overpowering everything else with many of the melodies being hit or miss.

“In God We Trust” with Aux Dior is the most straightforward banger on the record. I love Washington’s foaming-at-the-mouth delivery on the track. The blown out autotune effect on his voice only adds to the aggression with every syllable gaining more and more bite.

Daily Horoscope Nancy Black TODAY’S BIRTHDAY

(11/26/18). Create your vision statement this year. Dedicated efforts pay off financially. Consider your physical, mental and spiritual health needs. Listen to your heart.

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

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — 6

— Create your vision statement this year. Dedicated efforts pay off financially. Consider your physical, mental and spiritual health needs. A lucrative venture this winter leads to shifting destinations. Real estate or shared assets gain value this summer before a financial obstacle arises.

Listen to your heart.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 7 — Clean up a misunderstanding before it grows bigger. Untangle a communications snarl with patience and a sense of humor.

Take notes for a creative project.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 7 — Financial hurdles could make your objective seem distant. It’s closer than you think! Don’t get distracted by a heckler. Keep bringing home the bacon.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 8 — Your routine gets disrupted.

Don’t take things personally.

Avoid jealousies or sensitivities.

Priorities and circumstances change. Watch for surprises, and slow down to avoid mistakes.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 6 — Wait to see what develops. Stick to practical priorities. Rest, and consider your plans before launching. Prepare and handle logistical details. Lay low.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 8

— There is plenty of action with a group project. Avoid risk or expense. Discipline is required.

Schedule carefully, and take advantage of recent changes.

Soothe your crew.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 8 — Use what you’re learning.

Adapt to professional changes.

Don’t take things personally; let bygones be bygones. Investigate options. Find a hidden opportunity among the weeds.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 7 — Discover unexplored terrain close to home. Delays and distractions abound. You don’t need to spend a fortune to discover another culture, flavor or view.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — 7 — You may obsess over financial issues. Avoid blurting out judgment or complaints.

Feelings could get hurt. Consider your higher commitments.

Partnership trumps proving your point.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — 7 — A partner can get through where you’re stuck. Offer your support wherever useful. Guard against overspending or overindulging. Restraint serves you well. Share your appreciation.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 8 — Nurture your health and physical labors. Slow down to avoid accidents. Gentle pressure gets farther than force.

New tricks don’t always go as planned. Practice and review.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 7 — Family comes first. Stay out of someone else’s argument. Turn down the heat. Exceptional patience is required. Admit impracticalities. Forgive mistakes, and share compassion.

The next track, “Multiply” is the most vocally diverse on the entire project with Washington rapping a refrain in an unusually high falsetto. It sounds a little goofy, but it brings in this new, ear-grabbing dimension to Washington’s music.

KENT WASHINGTON REVIEW ■ Overall:

6 out of 10

■ Best Songs:

“In God We Trust,” “Multiply”

■ Worst Song:

“Sacrifices”

The respective opener and closer, “Tanqueray Pt. 3” and “Wyopipo (Outro)” do not really stand out within the context of the EP. They are both perfectly fine by themselves, but when compared to the

rest of the tracks, they do not really add or subtract from the enjoyment of the project as a whole.

One smoke session later…

I wanted to like “Sacrifices” after hearing the opening with just the instrumental, but God was this a tough listen. The somewhat jazzy piano instrumental is relaxing in contrast with Washington’s consistent aggressive delivery. As expected these aspects clash, and they clash hard in an unpleasant way. The distorted autotune works against the moody aesthetic of the instrumental. Washington’s performance is average compared to the rest of the project, but it was DNA Picasso’s feature that really brought the song down.

The same issues appear on the next track, “Knock, Knock.” The sea of autotune behind Washington is a unique concept, however once again it just doesn’t work with the minimal jazzy piano instrumental.

After a while, I couldn’t even dis-

cern the instrumental anymore.

Lyrically and delivery wise, Washington continues pushing forward. The main issues I have with this EP are that he struggles with standing out from his influences and some of the mixing being out of balance. Not to say he does not land on some decent instrumentals, but if Washington’s effects could be turned down a bit to give the instrumentals more exposure, then he could have a more consistent output.

WHERE TO LISTEN ■ “Fear. Ends. All. Realities.” is

available on Apple Music or Spotify.

Henry Netherland can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

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John C. Reilly is proud of Disney’s stereotype-breaking princess scene Nardine Saad Los Angeles Times

Disney has princess problems, but “Ralph Breaks the Internet” ain’t one. At least not according to actor John C. Reilly, who plays the titular hulking hero in the animated film.

Reilly recently commended the studio for addressing — if not correcting — female stereotypes the studio perpetuated for decades.

“It couldn’t be more timely than right now in terms of women finding their voices and wanting to be heard and feeling like the stereotypes that the world applies to women are unfair,” Reilly said in a recent interview with IGN. In a memorable scene, Ralph’s partner Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman) reluctantly encounters a throng of Disney’s iconic royals, who try to size her up according to their standards.

“Do people assume all your problems got solved because a big strong man showed up?” Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) asks Vanellope, getting meta and self-aware all in one scene.

“We are satirizing sort of the crown jewel ... ,” co-director Phil Johnston recently told The Times.

“But they loved it. They were like, ‘Keep going, go farther.’”

Co-director Rich Moore added that Disney executives responded positively to the satire: “They said, ‘Everyone else has fun at our expense. Why can’t we?’ It’s almost like we could do the best satire of

Kristen Bell, Mandy Moore, Sarah Silverman, and Auli Cravalho in Ralph Breaks the Internet in theaters Nov. 21. DISNEY/TNS

our characters because we know them so well.”

As for Reilly, he thought it was “a really cool, brave, forward-thinking thing for the company to do.”

“To take responsibility for some of these stereotypes that they created — some of these unattainable female stereotypes — and look at them head on and say like, ‘OK, maybe it was unfair to make people feel like they had to have a waistline that’s 17 inches or something,” he said.

Recurring fairy-tale tropes involving unattainable beauty, romance, consent and paternalism have been contentious for years.

However, the studio has been moving away from them with more recent, female-led films such as “Brave,” “Frozen” and “Moana.”

Still, the company faced a backlash in 2015 for Lily James’

tiny waistline in the live-action “Cinderella,” a controversy that prompted self-proclaimed feminist Emma Watson’s refusal to wear a corset in the 2017 “Beauty and the Beast” live-action film.

Even “Ralph Breaks the Internet” wasn’t without controversy.

Earlier this year, the studio was accused of white-washing “The Princess and the Frog’s” Tiana in a trailer teasing Vanellope’s princess scene. After racial justice groups and Anika Noni Rose, the actress who voiced Tiana, protested the character’s depiction, Disney and Pixar animators went back to the drawing board to recast the African American princess.

The “Wreck-It Ralph” sequel opens in theaters on Wednesday.

Times staff writer Josh Rottenberg contributed to this report.

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Arts & Culture | Monday, November 26, 2018

COLLEGIAN REVIEWS

‘Like and Subscribe’ offers satirical poke at internet celebrity culture

By Elena Waldman @WaldmanElena

Dillon Francis’ new Youtube series “Like and Subscribe” came out this past month proving that the electronic dance DJ really can do everything.

The seven-part series on Funny or Die features a few of today’s noteworthy faces in popular culture, such as established EDM artist Francis and internet and stand-up comedian Brandon Wardell. With each 15 minute episode, the show offers a satirical analysis into different facets of internet culture and most importantly, the toxic parts.

“Like and Subscribe” was originally supposed to air in July on go90, a mobile video app owned by Verizon. When Verizon shut down the video streaming platform, the series was up in the air for several months until it was resurrected via the Youtube comedy channel Funny or Die. Set in Los Angeles, the epicenter of social media stardom, “Like and Subscribe” offers several parodies of internet culture in each episode.

Stereotypical money-hungry Hollywood agent Skyy Goldwynne, played by Francis, is plagued by a bad reputation from the various scandals that

his internet influencer clients have been a part of. In order to get back on top, he puts all five of the problematic clients in a house to collectively make content. Up until recently, each episode was marked with a notorious click-bait title, setting a clear precedent for what would be under the chopping block of criticism.

The show parodies internet celebrities both directly and indirectly, noting several of the scandals that have been a topic of conversation within the last year. Cody Clark, played by Wardell, is a 22-yearold pop star pretending to be a 14-year-old boy to appeal to a young audience. HiHaylee, played by Madeline Whitby, is a self-absorbed and annoying vlogger who is constantly providing updates on small details of her life to her thousands of followers.

WHERE TO WATCH ■ “Like and Subscribe” can be

streamed on the Funny or Die YouTube channel.

Lil Dose, played by Lou Wilson, is a Youtube “prankster” who was under fire for breaking the law in one of his filmed pranks, a reference to many of the YouTubers who are willing to do anything for views. Dronez, a washed-up DJ played by Jacob Womack, has traded in his career as a DJ for live-streaming video games, stirring up lots of criticism from previous fans. The

last member of the house, pretentious tech wiz and “Vimeo director” Jeremy, is played by Jack Wagner.

Some of the references in “Like and Subscribe” are a bit more on the nose than others, with the character Zach Jake being a direct parallel to the notoriously unruly Youtuber Jake Paul. In many of the episodes, Jake is filming and pranking the housemates.

While something like this may have been seen as out of the blue a few years ago, people willing to go to lengths to create content is not unimaginable today.

Because of this, many of the references in “Like and Subscribe” didn’t hit the mark of an overexaggerated whim to even be considered parodies.

For example, Paul’s altercation with KTLA news was arguably a much more shocking event than Zach Jake’s minor shaving cream prank in episode three. The show may have been poking fun at the immaturity of influencers, but the lack of effort in making the characters more exaggerated versions of their real-life counterparts took away some of “Like and Subscribe”’s comedic charm.

Should you watch it? Sure.

“Like and Subscribe” certainly has flaws—but that’s not to say it doesn’t have potential.

Wardell offered a hilarious performance with his boyish charm and nativity, making up for the moments of awkward dialogue and jokes that fell flat.

Elena Waldman can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

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