Vol. 128, No. 82 Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Vol. 128, No. 82 Wednesday, January 30, 2019

OPINION

SPORTS

ARTS & CULTURE

Nutritional education should be required

Rams fail to keep momentum in loss to Boise

New exhibit shows respect to Native American heritage

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Fort Collins Mayor Wade Troxell and City Manager Darin Atteberry answer questions from Fort Collins residents about the city’s future at the City Address on Jan. 29. They discussed topics such as affordable housing and walking access in Old Town. PHOTO BY NATHAN TRAN COLLEGIAN

State of the City emphasizes community as key to city growth

By Samantha Ye @samxye4

For its annual State of the City event this year, Fort Collins had the community deliver its State of the City address.

Through a short and positive film aired on The Lyric’s big screen, community leaders in a variety of fields delivered updates on their shared accomplishments with the city.

From working on the Climate Action Plan to the strides made through the Community Trust Initiative, residents spoke of an attentive government, an engaged public and mostly, the power of community.

“What is the state of the city?” said City Manager Darin Atteberry. “I think the movie speaks for itself.”

The optimistic feelings carried through the rest of the

evening which comprised of a Q&A session with Atteberry and Mayor Wade Troxell. City residents submitted questions before the event. They covered several major areas of citizen concern including affordable housing, the rollout of Connexion City broadband and equity and sense of place in Fort Collins.

On the question of affordable, entry-level housing and

U+2, the contentious ordinance prohibiting more than three unrelated people from living together in one household, both Troxell and Atteberry emphasized cooperation between the City and the private sector who build the housing.

“Affordability is not something the City can do alone,” Troxell said, while also acknowledging the ways government does make a difference

in housing. He referenced the results of the recent U+2 study which showed the ordinance likely contributes to affordability issues for students and non-students alike.

The study was partially funded by the Associated Students of Colorado State University.

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U+2 survey results reveal public opinion on ordinance

By Stuart Smith @stuartsmithnews

The results of the U+2 survey have been released and are revealing public belief on it’s effect on Fort Collins neighborhoods A study on the effects of U+2 on Fort Collins housing has found that two-thirds of occupancy violation complaints in 2017 were unfounded, and more than three-quarters of residents say it has “no significant” effect on their neighborhood.

“You have a city that a lot of people think ‘Oh, I have bad neighborhood quality, it’s because (college students are) over-occupying,’” said Tristan Syron, Associated Students of Colorado State University president. “Well two-thirds of the time, they’re not over-occupying, it’s a false correlation.”

U+2 is a city ordinance in Fort Collins that prevents more than three unrelated people from living in the same residence. Certain areas in the city can request an exemption from the law, but the majority of the city is restricted.

The study also found that rental prices have risen dramatically over the past years, with the average rent in Fort Collins rising 56 percent from 2009 to 2018. This is higher than the increase in similar metro areas in Colorado.

Despite this, a plurality (42 percent) of people surveyed support the ordinance. Thirty-one percent were neutral to the ordinance, 24 percent were opposed to it and 3 percent had no opinion.

College students living in homes made up the largest group of people opposing U+2, with 44 percent reporting they were against it.

But 44 percent was lower than Syron was expecting.

“It’s a little low, and we wanted it to be higher,” Syron said. “Are we disappointed? No, because… everything’s moving in the right direction.”

U+2 ■ U+2 is a city ordinance in Fort

Collins that prevents more than three unrelated people from living in the same residence.

■ Certain areas in the city can request an exemption from the law, but the majority of the city is restricted.

Campus West, the area of Fort Collins most densely populated with college students, also was the most opposed to it with 26 percent. Those surveyed east of campus reported the second highest opposition, with 25 percent, and 23 percent of the rest of Fort Collins reported opposing the ordinance.

The study, conducted by Denver-based Corona Insights and partially funded with student fees through ASCSU, was commissioned by the City of Fort Collins in 2017 to gain insight on how to move forward with the law.

ASCSU is pushing to replace U+2 with Me+3, which would allow four unrelated persons in a household. The study was a follow-up to similar studies in 2005 and 2009 and used largely the same methods.

One of ASCSU’s arguments against the ordinance is that it affects more than college students, and the study results back that up. It found that only 47 percent of violators were estimated to be college students.

Another 42 percent is estimated to be adults who are not college students, with another 10 percent estimated to be schoolaged minors between pre-K and 12th grade.

In a statement to The Collegian, ASCSU Director of Community Affairs Yuval Rosenthal said the study reinforced their hypotheses about U+2.

Rosenthal has been pushing for U+2 changes all year and was instrumental in ASCSU’s efforts around distribution and awareness of the survey.

“It has proved that the city’s housing supply is failing to meet growing demand, which could be resolved by allowing more residents per household,” he wrote.

U+2 is a city ordinance which prevents more than three unrelated people from living in the same residence. The City of Fort Collins recently completed a survey gauging public opinion of U+2.

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Fort Collins Mayor Wade Troxell is “incredibly receptive” to changes to the ordinance, Syron said.

“He’s basically, in my opinion, articulated this ‘Me+3’ style,” Syron said.

At a City Council work session last week, Troxell responded to the results of the survey.

“There’s this balance between trying to find better utilization of our housing stock at the same time improving neighborhoods, and I don’t think we’ve taken that approach to date,” Troxell said.

Moving forward, ASCSU will develop a campaign to make students and Fort Collins residents aware of the results of the survey and their hope to re-

place it with Me+3, said ASCSU Director of Marketing Strategy Blake Alfred.

“When the stadium went up, the University held public forums to discuss information with concerned citizens,” Alfred told The Collegian. “We’d like to set up some of those, with the addition to more local messaging.”

Tentative parts of that plan include canvassing around campus and placing ads around town at bus stops.

“At the end of the day- this change is good for the city,” Alfred wrote. “Now we have the obligation of telling them why and how.”

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

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New alternative publication holds first informational meeting

By Austin Fleskes @Austinfleskes07

A new form of media will soon be coming to campus.

The Battering Ram, a new media outlet for Colorado State University students, held their first informational meeting on Jan. 29 in the Ramskeller to discuss how to join and what the future looks like.

“I just felt there was a huge part of the conversation not being represented,” said Isabel Brown, a senior biomedical science major who was highly involved in the refounding of The Battering Ram. “So I decided to take a stand for myself and create a new publication.”

The Battering Ram Facebook page describes itself as an “independent and alternative student voice.”

Brown said the creation of this publication is not meant to compete with any existing campus publications, but rather a way of covering campus and creating dialogue.

“The more coverage of what’s going on in our world the better, and it serves that opportunity for dialogue on our campus that really is lacking, particularly for those with differing viewpoints,” Brown said.

“Mainly, our hope is that we can get a dialogue going on campus about ‘who are the students at CSU, what do they believe, what do they stand for and what’s going on.’”

Refounded this year, The Battering Ram is currently waiting on their registration as a student organization and plans to publish their new website once they have a complete set of articles.

During the meeting, Brown discussed the history of The Battering Ram as an alternative publication, explaining that it started years ago but eventually dwindled due to many of its members graduating and moving forward.

While a website still exists for The Battering Ram, with

articles being published as recently as Jan. 31, 2018, Brown said that they are not affiliated with that site.

“We are starting a brand new website,” Brown said. “So we are starting clean here in 2019.”

Members of the meeting brainstormed ideas as well as talked about the reasons of why they were there.

“The more coverage of what’s going on in our world the better, and it serves that opportunity for dialogue on our campus that really is lacking, particularly for those with differing viewpoints.”

ISABEL BROWN SENIOR BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE MAJOR

Kevin Lorusso, a junior majoring in philosophy and Arabic and minoring in political science, said that he attended the meeting because of his passion for the diversity of thought.

“I believe there is not enough conservative representation on college campuses right now,” Lorusso said. “I believe that if we are not able to have a legitimate dialogue between both sides and if we do not have critical reasoning on both sides, no solutions will ever happen because neither side has all the answers.”

Lorusso said that he hopes to put out new opinions and ideas that some people may not have heard before.

He added that he feels it is very important for individuals to receive arguments from “both sides” of the political spectrum in order to create a genuine opinion.

Grant Parker, a freshman majoring in philosophy and economics, said he feels that

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widespread needs for affordability instead of treating it on a case-by-case basis.

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“When something happens in the city, it affects students; it affects long standing community members; it affects City Council.”

Syron, Director of Community Affairs Yuval Rosenthal and Deputy Director of Governmental Affairs Hannah Taylor attended the event.

Rosenthal said the combination of several City Council members acknowledging the study’s results earlier paired with the Mayor bringing them up again tonight was “very encouraging.” It seems “the City is starting to understand” the

YUVAL ROSENTHAL ASCSU DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

“There’s a lot of issues we’re

Isabel Brown, standing, leads an informational discussion for students interested in joining The Battering Ram, an alternative publication on Jan. 29 in the Lory Student Center. PHOTO BY ANNA VON PECHMANN COLLEGIAN

the best way he can contribute to media today is by coming and creating the most honest work that he can.

“I hope that students here at CSU, and in the state or country, appreciate what we are trying to do, in that we are trying to push more factually based news articles,” Parker said.

Brown is currently looking for both journalists and those

interested in being part of The Battering Ram editorial board.

Brown added she is excited for what will come of the new publication.

“Really we are just so excited about covering more things that are going on on campus and creating new dialogue,” Brown said.

Lorusso said that, going forward, he hopes that those who

read The Battering Ram do so with an open mind.

“Be open to the opinions of those around you,” Lorusso said. “Approach a conversation with any person you are interacting with as if they have something to tell you that you’ve never heard before.”

Austin Fleskes can be reached at news@collegian.com.

not failing to see and recognize and trying to address,” Atteberry said of the areas the City could grow in. “I love the idea of (how) in some cases, we’re taking small baby steps—in some areas we’re not so good at—but we’re trying really hard, we’re trying to learn and listen and then be responsive to.”

The event centered around using community engagement to provide decisive planning and growth of the city in every facet from equity to recreation.

The Lyric and City staff estimated up to 280 residents in attendance as a well as a number of government representatives.

“When something happens

in the city, it affects students; it affects long-standing community members; it affects City Council,” Rosenthal said.

Syron noted that while he came into office thinking he would have to adamantly defend the students from the City, he quickly realized “everybody’s interests are the exact same.”

“How we get to the end results might vary a little bit but that’s what’s great about Fort Collins, is we’re all fighting for the same thing,” Syron said.

Syron added what meetings like this mean to the city.

“It’s a night like tonight that reminds you why Fort Collins is

so great,” Syron said. “Because we can all come together and enjoy and talk about the successes the city’s had and our improvements for the future, and I think the best part is we can drink beer and get along for a night.”

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UNC president outlines future budget cuts

By Emily Wenger Greeley Tribune

Of the about 10 recommendations made by a University of Northern Colorado leadership council, the university president Tuesday night highlighted four strategies to fix, or at least reduce, the university’s $10 million structural deficit, including decreasing insurance contributions to faculty.

Reducing insurance contributions made by the university for faculty, reducing tuition waivers for dependents of employees, providing incentives for early retirement for faculty, and unit-level reductions.

Speaking to several hundred people at the Rocky Mountain Grand Ballroom, Feinstein spent nearly an hour answering questions from faculty, students and staff.

Feinstein said he and Michelle Quinn, the university’s chief financial officer, will work the vice presidents of the colleges to determine cuts in some areas, including student services, athletics and administration.

“It’s not about passing the buck, it’s about empowering leadership,” he said.

The following are the four main cuts Feinstein highlighted: 1. The university will decrease its contribution to faculty health insurance, which will cause the cost

per individual to increase by $420 per year, and each family by $1,150 per year. In a report outlining recommendations for cuts from the president’s committee, the faculty insurance decrease was not recommended for implementation because it would most impact the lowest-paid employees. Feinstein apologized for that impact Tuesday night.

“It’s not about passing the buck, it’s abount empowering leadership.”

ANDY FEINSTEIN PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTHERN COLORADO

2. The university will cut its tuition waiver program for faculty family members by 50 percent, but only for those hired after June 30 of this year. Although Feinstein said he heard from many staff they were concerned about this recommendation, the university is currently the only one in Colorado to offer 100 percent tuition waivers. Graduate waivers will be cut, except for those enrolled by this fall, and the university will continue to offer up to nine credits per year for employees.

3. Faculty who have worked for the university for 20 or more years will

receive 50 percent of their salary plus 18 months of health insurance if they retire. The positions left open would then be filled by people at a lower pay rate, or not filled.

Feinstein said the move is anticipated to save the university about $1.2 million after the first year, depending on how many people are hired to fill the retirees’ positions.

4. $8.5 million needs to be cut at the division level. Feinstein focused much of his presentation on the division-level cuts. Although those savings do need to be generated, Feinstein said an across-the-board 5.3 percent cut to each division may not be equitable, so each college will likely not be asked to cut the same amount. Of those cuts, $3.91 million needs to be cut at the college level, and $1.14 million from finance and administration.

Campus students, faculty and staff provided feedback on the budget proposals online and at an open forum earlier this month. Many commenters highlighted in the University of Northern Colorado’s survey their concern that action still isn’t forthcoming, and their desire for clear guidance in what the purpose of those actions is.

One commenter, according to the feedback survey report, said it was “Time to get moving.”

Feinstein said that movement will soon occur, and once goals for the university are finalized this

The University of Northern Colorado’s campus is pictured in September 2017. The University of Northern Colorado’s president unveiled a plan on Tuesday night that highlighted four strategies to fix or reduce the university’s $10 million structural deficit.

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week, the vice presidents of the college will submit plans for reductions by March 8.

Others were concerned cuts wouldn’t be made fairly among the colleges, and that administration wouldn’t be included in the cuts.

Tuesday night Feinstein said the percentage of reductions will be based on how the different areas of the university compare to other universities similar to the University of Northern Colorado.

“I believe these are equitable,” he said.

Because the university spends about 60 percent less than its peers on research, research funding won’t be reduced, and, eventually, Feinstein said, the university will

likely need to invest more in research.

But the university spends 76 percent more than its peers on students services, which will need to cut its spending, in part be reorganizing and the creation of a division of student affairs.

Feinstein’s office will need to cut $50,000.

“Nobody’s going to be untouched,” he said.

Feinstein said he is committed to the university not having its $10 million deficit by fiscal year 2021.

“We are committed to being equitable, and doing what’s right on this campus,” he said.

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NATIONAL

Colorado bill would ban abstinence-only approach

By Anna Staver The Denver Post

A contentious bill that would block Colorado’s public schools from teaching abstinence-only sex education is scheduled for its first hearing at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Most public schools have taught “comprehensive” sex education since a law passed in 2013, but some charter and rural schools opted out. If HB19-1032 passes, those schools would have to use the new curriculum as outlined in the bill or teach nothing at all.

The bill is drawing an outcry from some conservative and religious groups.

The Colorado Catholic Conference worries the new requirements would present human sexuality in a way that stigmatizes Catholic beliefs, according to a Catholic News Agency interview with the conference’s executive director.

Jennifer Kraska told the agency she worries that the language of the bill says “people or families with certain beliefs and teachings about sex, relationships and

gender (like those of the Catholic Church) are basically wrong in their beliefs and teachings.”

And Colorado GOP Chairman Jeff Hayes characterized the bill in a bulletin as a “radical sex ed” bill that would “require sex-ed curriculum in Colorado public schools to conform to radical notions of sexuality and gender, while allowing classes to cover these topics without parents being notified.”

What supporters say The bill’s three authors, two Democrats and one Republican, included a 2017 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey at the top of their bill. It showed 9.6 percent of female students and 18.5 percent of lesbian, gay or bisexual youth reported being physically forced into sexual relations against their will.

“These statistics reflect a dire need for all Colorado youth to have access to comprehensive human sexuality education that teaches consent, hallmarks of safe and healthy relationships, self-acceptance, and respect for others,” according to the bill.

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Contents of the Bill ■ Lessons also couldn’t use

“shame-based or stigmatizing language or instructional tools” or exclude “the relational or sexual experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender individuals.”

■ Teachers wouldn’t have to talk about pregnancy, but if they do it says they can’t exclude options like adoption or abortion, and they can’t show a preference for one choice over another.

■ Lessons about human sexuality could not “explicitly or implicitly” endorse a particular religious ideology.

■ Public schools would be prohibited from endorsing “sexual abstinence as the primary or sole acceptable preventive method available to students.

Such instruction is not comprehensive and is inconsistent with the requirements of this section.”

■ The curriculum would have to

include lessons about healthy relationships, how to recognize emotional abuse, how to communicate consent and the withdrawal of consent.

■ Classes would have to include “medically accurate information about all preventive methods to avoid unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS” and be taught in a way that students are “empowered to decide for themselves which preventative methods are best suited for their individuals needs, beliefs and values.”

■ Parents would have to be notified about human sexuality classes and given the option to remove their children, but they wouldn’t have to be notified about lesson plans on sexual orientation and healthy relationships.

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Denver students hold in-school protests in support of teachers

By Elizabeth Hernandez The Denver Post

With Denver teachers unable to strike while the state considers intervening in their contentious compensation battle, some students in Colorado’s largest school district decided to show solidarity with their educators through their own Monday morning activism.

Students across the district organized sit-ins over the weekend after learning that their teachers, who could have walked out of their classrooms Monday if Denver Public Schools hadn’t requested state intervention, wouldn’t be able to legally follow through with those plans.

According to the district, about 1,110 students held sit-ins at the following schools: Northfield High School; Montbello campus; Martin Luther King Jr. Early College; East High School; George Washington High School; Denver School of the Arts; and John F. Kennedy High School.

Molly McGrath, a 17-yearold senior at Denver School

of the Arts, began messaging her peers on Instagram letting them know to meet in the lunchroom Monday morning for a sit-in.

“It was kind of like a little secret student-run operation,” said McGrath, who was a few minutes late because she had to pick up batteries for her megaphone.

Despite a surprise blanket of snow that made travel treacherous and significantly extended commute times, McGrath said around 100 kids piled into their school’s lunchroom, where they shared their thoughts on the looming teacher strike.

“I have actually been mortified by what the district is doing,” McGrath said. “I think going into this, it was really a pro-teacher thing, but over the past week, I would say the strike has turned more into an anti-district thing.”

McGrath’s mom is a Denver teacher, who she described as “active in all this striking business.”

“I was telling the students this morning about how my mom hasn’t gotten a raise in a decade,” McGrath said. “And

I was teaching kids to contact (Gov. Jared) Polis and tell him to stay out of negotiations. I feel like so many of us are so young and many of us can’t vote yet, so that makes people think you don’t have power. But standing in solidarity with teachers and calling Polis is one thing we can do.”

“I have actually been mortified by what the district is doing. I think going into this, it was really a pro-teacher thing, but over the past week, I would say the strike has turned more into an anti-district thing.”

MOLLY MCGRATH SENIOR AT DENVER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

Polis and the state Department of Labor and Employment will decide whether to

intervene in the strike, depending on whether they feel their involvement is in the public’s interest. State intervention could postpone the strike by up to 180 days. While the matter is getting sorted, teachers are unable to legally walk out of their classrooms.

Will Jones, a DPS spokesman, said that if students were at school Monday, they were considered “present.” a“Denver Public Schools urged school leaders to work with students to identify activities and discussions that would help redirect student advocacy in productive ways,” Jones said. “Some of these actions and conversations took place during periods set aside in revised class schedules. Some of them took place during lunchtime. We are optimistic that we will continue to hear a variety of perspectives, maintain a productive educational environment, empower our students to lead and share, and reach a positive resolution with our teachers.”

With the strike on hold, Amayas Gonzalez, a 17-year-old senior at Noel Community Arts

School, wanted to support educators.

“They sacrifice so much, and we feel like they deserve more than just pay,” Gonzalez said.

“They deserve to be respected and have their freedom, and for the government to intervene and tell them they cannot strike is a disappointing idea.

We wanted to do something for them even though they couldn’t do it themselves.”

More than 80 students gathered for a sit-in on the Montbello campus, which houses both Noel Community Arts School and the Denver Center for International Studies. They planned to convene for the rest of the day. Gonzalez also said protesting students planned on doing chants around the school.

“We want to be really disruptive on purpose because it’s not about being compliant or complicit,” Gonzalez said.

“It’s about standing up and being loud and heard. We want to make a statement for our teachers.”

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Opinion | Wednesday, January 30, 2019

COLLEGIAN COLUMNIST

Do not ask your doctors for nutritional advice Madison Thompson @heyymadison

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by The Collegian or its editorial board.

Public health and the health care system have taken great strides to combat the spread of infectious disease. Heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, diabetes and cancer can be found among the top 10 leading causes of death in the United States.

We’ve seen a new trend emerge over the 21st century.

Nearly half of the top causes of death in the U.S. fall into the category of lifestyle diseases.

The simple fact is doctors don’t get paid to give advice about how to live and eat healthy; they’re paid to perform procedures and write prescriptions.

On average, doctors receive barely 20 hours of nutrition training over the course of their four years of study. The lack of urgency is shocking

when you take into account that plant-based diets are commonly used to reverse the symptoms of heart disease and diabetes.

The president of the American College of Cardiology has come out in support of plantbased diets as a means for disease stagnation and reversal.

According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, only 27 percent of medical schools have a required course in nutrition. Medical doctors are also not required to have any nutrition training prior to acceptance into medical school. The understanding is that patients who need more information on nutrition will be referred to dietitians.

Elizabeth McEvoy, a registered dietitian and Master of Public Health student, comments that RDs must complete a four-year program, a 1200-hour internship and hold a Master’s degree starting in 2024.

“RDs have knowledge in everything from the exact metabolism of every micronutrient, nutritional needs in different disease states and counseling skills to help facilitate tailored nutrition-relat-

ed behavior change,” McEvoy said. “While physicians may be well versed in the realm of nutrition related to their speciality of personal interest, RDs are special because they only focus on specific nutritional needs of their patients.”

“Doctors don’t get paid to give advice about how to live and eat healthy; they’re paid to perform procedures and write prescriptions.”

Part of the issue is the lack of time allowed per patient visit, as well as doctors’ limited knowledge and resources.

Doctors do not necessarily need the same rigorous training as dietitians. It would be counterproductive given the complex nature of human physiology and biological processes.

We need a sector of medical doctor education dedicated specifically to teaching nutrition. Dietitians are an integral part of the healthcare team, but doctors need to be con-

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Senior drops class after failing syllabus quiz

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 – Today, fifth-year senior Cameron Ernest dropped his forestry management class after failing the syllabus quiz. Ernest scored a two out of the 20 questions on the quiz and cites this as his main reason for dropping the class.

Ernest described the quiz as taxing and took almost the entire 50-minute class period to complete it. Most students in the class only took five minutes.

One student sitting next to Ernest recalls him being totally unprepared to take the quiz, having to use half a broken crayon found at the bottom of his backpack, since he did not

bring a pen or pencil.

“I don’t know how they expect me to have memorized the late-work policy or what percentage of my grade tests are worth by just the second day of class,” he groaned.

However, there was a silver lining to his poor performance.

In his struggle to find a writing utensil, Ernest also found a Qdoba coupon, a stick of gum and 32 cents in change in the dredges of his backpack.

Concerned that other tests in the course would be even harder, Ernest ultimately decided to cut his losses. Trying to finish college off easily, he decided to drop the course immediately after receiving his results on the quiz.

“I figured that course would just be way too challenging,” he said. “I decided to register for Life 102 in place of it—seems easier.”

Ernest’s counselor wasn’t thrown for a loop with his decision to drop the course; she was

used to him dropping courses for odder reasons. As a fifthyear student, he is no stranger to failing a class but doesn’t want to fail another and be stuck at Colorado State another semester.

“One time, sophomore year, he dropped a class because attendance counted towards the final grade,” she recalls. “Another time, he dropped a class because the girl to guy ratio was off.”

This time, Ernest dropped a class because he deemed it to be too challenging.

“Being a fifth year isn’t as fun as the movies make it seem,” he said. “My days of getting drunk every weekend and having a hangover so bad I need sunglasses to open the fridge are behind me.”

Ernest hopes for an easy semester to finish college and looks forward to working for his dad, selling insurance.

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

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Doctors are a trusted source of information, and because of this, their lack of knowledge is contributing to the burden of disease. Physicians should be part of the solution, not the problem.

Doctors should not only recognize their lack of knowledge in this particular subject area, but given the shift in our population’s health problems, we need to make structural changes to accommodate this.

We have to raise the question of what role pharmaceutical industries play in funding medical schools and benefiting from financial institutions by gearing medical education towards treatment as opposed to prevention.

Medical schools tend to focus on hard sciences like chemistry, biology and physics.

While we can’t discount the importance of understanding and mastering these subjects, we should focus on creating more well-rounded doctors by offering more courses in ethics, nutrition, public health and the humanities.

This point is particular-

ly frustrating knowing some physician groups are actively fighting against more nutrition training.

Plenty of Colorado State University students plan to attend medical school after undergraduate. As the future of the healthcare field, part of the responsibility for this change to take root should lie on the demands of students, but changes from the top-down should not be discounted.

This points to the larger issue of shifting the medical community culture away from strictly hard sciences towards more holistic medicine. Lifestyle changes are powerful, and it would be wise for the medical community to focus on implementing those moving forward.

We should not doubt the power of western medicine and pharmacological interventions, but we need to recognize its shortcomings. Nutrition education is a prime example, and the longer we ignore it, the more we are only hurting ourselves.

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

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Rams fail to capitalize on momentum from upset win over the weekend

By Luke Zahlmann @lukezahlmann

The predominant factor Niko Medved has looked for from Colorado State men’s basketball this year has been consistency.

After their upset win over Fresno State, the Rams fell flat against Boise State, 70-68, failing to replicate their results and take another step toward the persistence that’s preached

by Medved.

With the loss, the Rams continued a losing skid against the Broncos that dates back to the Rams’ second-round win in the 2016 Mountain West tournament.

The first half was the start to the evasion of Medved’s goal.

After sprinting out to a 16-6 lead, things began to spiral for the hosts. The cause, in opposition to their results against Fresno, was the Rams’ defense. “(We made) defensive mistakes,” Nico Carvacho said.

“We weren’t defensively sound, we weren’t talking a lot. We got mixed up a bunch on cross screens and down screens and dribble handoffs and didn’t switch like we were supposed to.”

Medved’s squad allowed the Broncos to sink 10-of-11 attempts, aiding the visitors’ 12-2 run to reclaim the lead from the Rams. Leading the charge was last year’s Mountain West Sixth Man of the Year, Alex Hobbs.

After a pair of contested layups, Hobbs sank a 3-pointer to bring the Broncos within three. A subsequent 3-pointer from the team’s leading scorer, Justinian Jessup, knotted the game up at 24 apiece.

Further extinguishing the Rams hot start was a switch to a zone defense from the Broncos after a singular media timeout, a change that gave the offense trouble.

“I don’t think we did as good of a job as we have in the past of sharing the ball,” Kris Martin said. “We were real stagnant at the beginning of their zone.”

Hobbs and Marcus Dickinson packed on four more points for the Broncos before Hyron Edwards brought an end to

their reign.

With the ball skipping across the court, Edwards lept out of bounds, tossing the ball behind his back to Kris Martin for the steal. The forced turnover allowed Nico Carvacho to convert at the rim on the other end, bringing the Rams within two.

A subsequent Edwards layup on a fast break brought the teams even at 30 apiece before the Broncos finished the half on a 5-0 run to take a fivepoint lead into the intermission.

The Broncos’ mid-half spree brought their field goal percentage up to 56 in the first 20 minutes, besting the Rams mark of 44.8 by a wide margin.

Out of the break, the consistency for the Rams was once again on the opposite spectrum of Medved’s desires.

After starting out energized, the Rams went on a nearly five-minute scoring drought early in the second half. The scoring deficit allowed the Broncos to once again go on a run, this time an 11-2 spree.

Plaguing the Rams on offense was a bevy of wayward open shots.

“We had a lot of wide-open looks,” Medved said. “(It was) one of those games where we were going to have to win on the defensive end. You look at the numbers and that wasn’t the case.”

In another run of hot shooting, the Broncos sank 7-of-9 to bring their second-half tally to 69.2 percent with nine minutes left in the half. Jessup led the way for the Broncos charge with 11 points in 10:21 after scoring only eight in the game’s opening frame.

The addition to Jessup’s total, he secured his 14th double-digit performance in the team’s first 21 games.

“We just were not very physical getting through screens,” Medved said. “(Jessup) made a couple of tough ones early ... there were just a couple late shot clock (makes) where we didn’t have a hand up and we let them shoot. He didn’t really feel us tonight.”

Among their attempts to find their footing, the Rams

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continued to suffer from illtimed miscues. Whether it was a defensive or offensive lapse, the Broncos maintained the lead for the second half’s entirety. The full stanza brought their stint with the lead to 23:44 in the contest.

The team’s missteps notwithstanding, Carvacho finished with his 13th double-dou-

ble of the year while tacking on six assists on to his final line.

With 16 boards, Carvacho also passed Rams’ former center and current Assistant Coach Pierce Hornung to become third on the program’s career rebound list.

Three other Rams scored in double figures in the contest, while four respective Broncos

also eclipsed the decade mark.

The visitors were led by a gamehigh 20 points from Jessup.

After a split homestand, the Rams will head down I-25 to the Air Force Academy for a Saturday matinee bout. Tip-off against the Cadets is set for 2 p.m.

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

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SPORTS FOR DUMMIES

Good things happen when female athletes are recognized for their skill Ashley Potts @ashleypotts09

It’s been a few days now, but I’m still hyped over the NHL All-Star game. As a Colorado Avalanche fan, it was gratifying to watch the team’s whole top line be invited to, and perform well at, the game.

But more specifically, I’m hyped about the women who found success in a place that’s traditionally not theirs.

In case you missed it, I’m talking about Kendall Coyne Schofield and Brianna Decker — two members of Team USA’s gold medal winning women’s hockey team — making waves in the skills competition. They were joined at the competition by two members of the Canadian National Team, Renata Fast and Rebecca Johnston, to demonstrate each event before the NHL players began competing.

Coyne Schofield made history as the first woman to compete in the skills competition.

Avalanche all-star Nathan Mackinnon was slated to compete in the fastest skater event, but got injured just before the All-Star weekend began. He suggested Coyne Schofield take his place via the team’s Twitter.

She responded, got on a plane and showed up to compete. She recorded a time of 14.346 seconds, placing eighth in the competition, just ahead of Arizona Coyotes’s center Clayton Keller. The fastest time was 13.378 seconds, recorded by Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid, who has won the event three times in a row now.

McDavid and many of the other NHL’ers expressed being impressed with her speed and even being nervous that she would beat them.

After that appearance, Coyne Schofield got a nod from NBC. The network hired her as an analyst for the Wednesday Night Hockey Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightening game.

To me, that’s huge. Not only have the best of the best now acknowledged her athletic ability, but they’ve allowed her to show that she knows her sport. She can talk about it as well as any broadcaster, but the added layer of representation is important for other female athletes to see.

I read all of this news at nearly the same time that I read an ESPNW article on the Minnesota Whitecaps — the National Women’s Hockey League team that Coyne Scho-

Team USA’s Kendall Coyne (26) and Hannah Brandt (20) celebrate after Coyne scored a goal in the second period on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018 at Kwandong Hockey Centre during the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea. PHOTO BY CARLOS GONZALEZ MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE TNS

field plays on when she’s not training with Team USA — becoming the first of the five NWHL teams to turn a profit.

The All-Star appearance has nothing to do with the NWHL team’s success, but the NHL supporting women’s hockey does. The Whitecaps have a partnership with the Minnesota Wild and play their home games at the Wild’s practice facilities. All eight of their home games this season sold out the arena. But “no one cares about women’s sports,” right?

Coyne Schofield wasn’t the only woman to find success in the skills competition. Decker didn’t formally compete, but her demonstration of the premier passing event appeared to be the best performance of

the night.

Since she was only demonstrating the drill there was some confusion about her time, as it wasn’t officially recorded—but a fan posted a video of her demo on social media, and her time looked to be 1:06. The winning time was recorded at 1:09. Six of the other participants took longer than 1:25 to complete the drill, so she clearly out performed those players.

This competition wasn’t just for bragging rights; the winner received $25,000.

Decker didn’t receive the prize money, which many found unfair and prompted #PayDecker to trend on Twitter.

This caught the attention of CCM Hockey, a major hockey gear brand. The company an-

nounced their recognition of her winning the event, saying “We understand the importance of recognizing female hockey players and are pleased to give you the $25,000 that you deserve.”

“Paying attention to women’s sports and supporting their effort begets success.”

Again, that’s a move that’s so much bigger than a drill at the All-Star. A huge number of hockey players, both professional and casual, buy gear from CCM. My own dad only wears CCM gear: gloves, shorts, stick, you name it. The

company’s support has large a influence, both monetary and otherwise.

These two women, and their Canadian colleagues, were invited to the All-Star weekend because of skill they already possessed, skill which is clearly on par with that of the NHL players who already have the public’s attention.

They are just two examples of the success that can be brought to women’s sports with media coverage and public knowledge.

I’ve said it before, but I’ll keep saying it: paying attention to women’s sports and supporting their effort begets success, which warrants more attention and coverage.

Ashley Potts can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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ART

‘Intricate Form’ exhibit displays Native American-inspired art

By Lyra Wiley @lyra_wiley

Sydney Jane Brooke Campbell Maybrier Pursel wants to be seen as more than just a caricature.

Through her artwork, Pursel expresses her social activism at the “Intricate Form” exhibit in the Museum of Art Fort Collins. Her work is currently being displayed until March 17.

“I want to educate people about history, identity and representation to encourage others to look at Indians as being active and contributing members of their tribal communities,” Pursel said.

Melanie Yazzie, a sculptor, printmaker and painter, also has an exhibit called “Mind Mapping.”

She draws on her Navajo heritage and personal experiences to create art that represents the social, cultural and political phenomena that shape modern-day Native American life.

“As someone who grew up knowing she was Indian but not looking it or feeling it, I was confused about my identity. I saw what Native Americans were supposed to look like in pop culture all around me.”

SYDNEY JANE BROOKE CAMPBELL MAYBRIER PURSEL RECIPIENT OF THE UCROSS FELLOWSHIP FOR NATIVE AMERICAN VISUAL ARTS

“Melanie Yazzie’s drawings, paintings and prints are all very personal to specific experiences and memories in her life that she chooses to convey and are a process of self-healing for her,” Linda Hatchadoorian, executive director at the Museum, said. “She is incredibly prolific and creative, working on 40-50 pieces at once.”

The “Intricate Form” exhibit also displays the artwork of Brenda Mallory, a member of the Cherokee Nation, whose work addresses the relationship between nature and human cultures.

“I find inspiration from my Cherokee heritage, from growing up in Oklahoma, from being interested in cultures and science, from looking at nature or microscopic images of nature and also simply from the materials I collect,” Mallory said. The nature of materials and the things that happen as I start working with them provide impetus beyond an original idea.”

She works with mixed media and organic discarded material to create abstract works of art that emphasize the connection between disruption and repair.

“Much of what I am thinking

about when I make work is how systems (like nature, cultures and families) get disrupted and how they function afterward,” she said.

“By changing, adapting, reforming, reconnecting.”

Mallory’s current abstract work, which includes materials like metal, nylon scrubber pads and hog rings, is made from reclaimed materials that she found at one of Portland’s waste transfer stations in 2015.

“I like to respond to these materials, fitting them into my overall concepts and also focusing in on how our consumer-oriented society disposes of still functional materials,” she said.

Mallory and Pursel are the first two recipients of the Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Arts.

“The award includes a onemonth residency at Ucross, a stipend of $2,000 and inclusion in a forthcoming exhibition at the Ucross Foundation Art Gallery,” Hatchadoorian said. “This Fellowship supports the work of contemporary Native American visual artists at all stages of their professional careers.”

Pursel, a member of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas & Nebraska, combined her passions for art and activism when she learned more about her Native American heritage. She wanted to engage with audiences in a welcoming and interactive environment, so she turned to art.

One of Pursel’s interactive pieces, “Medicine Man,” imitates a fortune teller booth where the fortune teller is a neon glowing Native American. According to her website, the piece is a response to “neo-shamanism,” which implies that new age spirituality and rituals are purely American phenomena and hold no relation to Native American religious practices.

Hatchadoorian believes it is vital for other cultures to be represented so patrons can experience what Native American artists are creating and thinking about in the present day.

“These are three contemporary, living artists, and in one way or another, they are grappling with their Native culture, whether that is something they embrace or have been detached from,” she said.

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By Ty Davis @tydavisACW

You likely did not hear anything about the film “Stan & Ollie” for the same reason you did not hear about “If Beale Street Could Talk.” BBC Studio One essentially ensured few people would see “Stan & Ollie” by giving it little fanfare and releasing it on Christmas day. “Stan & Ollie” is a period piece about the early days of Hollywood and two of the earliest comedic film stars.

While not the set-up bound to bring a huge box-office, the film is so easily recognized as good it becomes, like “Beale Street,” baffling at how daft studio execs can be. With even a minor amount of logistical support, “Stan & Ollie” could have gone from a 2018 hidden gem to a genuine hallmark of that year’s releases.

For those unfamiliar Stan Laurel and Oliver Hard were a situational and slapstick comedy duo that starred in numerous silent films during the Classic Age of Hollywood. At the time Laurel and Hardy were among the biggest comedy stars in Hollywood alongside Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.

The film follows the duo throughout their final tour through England and Ireland, hoping the tour will raise enough attention to secure a

movie deal, while also being a thinly-veiled attempt to both recapture the fame of a career long past its peak and rekindle a damaged friendship.

By this point seeing a traditionally comedic actor switch to drama should not be surprising, yet it still manages to catch me off guard and seeing John C. Riley as Oliver Hardy is no different. Seeing Dr. Steve Brule pull off a serious dramatic role was always going to be jarring, but Riley pulls it off with flying colors.

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Specifically, Riley really nails the role of the disgruntled “other-half” of the comedy duo.

It is no secret, almost certainly not to Riley himself, that his career is inextricably linked to Will Ferrell’s, despite being an accomplished writer in his own right. Not to suggest Riley harbors a secret hatred of Ferrell, but you can certainly feel the frustration in one scene in particular, as though Riley’s performance comes a little too easily.

Steve Coogan nails the ambitious and smart aleck Stan Laurel, while Riley seems perfectly in place as the wholesome and lovable Oliver Hardy. But, the key to both their performances is their interaction with each other. If you did not know any better, you would swear both had worked

each other for decades, as both have the on screen chemistry of knowing the other so well and intimately like the back of their hands. Not only in their comedic bits are they in such sync with each other, but there is such a tangible feeling chemistry between the two in the way they bicker, play off each other, and commentate. Each interaction genuinely feels like watching two people who have spent decades of their lives with each other.

There seems to be the expectation that a movie dealing with comedic figures will inevitably focus more on the drama or seriousness of their lives rather than the comedy, but “Stan & Ollie” opts for a balance between drama and comedy. In fact, I was thoroughly surprised how not only funny the movie was at times, but how the film seemed to master gag comedy, slice of life, situational and slapstick all without missing a beat.

Even the stage performances, while based on trite bits, are so well timed you cannot help but at least laugh a little bit.

But the film also flows from humorous to dramatic without ever feeling out of place. One moment you will be watching a slapstick performance, the next you will watch the characters reflect on the business and their careers with both scenes receiving just the right type of care they need. At the end of the day, “Stan & Ollie” manages to be a funny and tragic meditation on friendship, the entertainment business and pursuing one’s craft at costs.

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

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Dear EarthTalk: After reading an EarthTalk piece on climate divestment, I’m looking to switch my checking and savings accounts to an environmentally friendly bank. Any ideas?

—Bill Kim, Troy, NY Few of us think about how our banking affects the environment but, in reality, putting your money with a green-minded financial institution may be one of the best things you can do to help conserve land, protect air and water, save endangered wildlife and mitigate climate change. Banks (owned by shareholders) and credit unions (owned by the customers) lend and invest some of the deposited funds they are holding, which is how they’re able to pay interest back to you. A bank or credit union that limits its investments to sustainability-oriented companies and institutions is well on its way to being considered green.

“Money is power — it allows people and businesses to meet their needs and act on their beliefs,” says Laurie Fielder of the Vermont State Employees Credit Union (VSECU), a leading “green” credit union in Vermont. “Your credit union or bank has a lot of power in determining who has access to money, which means they determine which ideas and businesses are empowered.” She adds that individuals investing in energy savings at home, or businesses committed to sustainable operations, are ideal loan candidates for VSECU, given its underlying commitment to ethical practices that benefit the community.

New York-based Amalgamated Bank started in 1923 to open up quality and affordable banking services to the masses, and has been serving working people and their families ever since. In the modern era, Amalgamated considers environmental sustainability a key component of its overall investment criteria, refusing “to invest our own dollars in funds that harm people or the planet.”

Amalgamated offers a full suite of banking and investment services to individuals, businesses, non-profits and institutions.

Likewise, Minnesota-based Sunrise Banks offers a full suite of

personal and commercial banking services and invests customer deposits in sustainable and community development projects that return high yields financially and environmentally. Another great place to bank if you care about the planet is California-based Beneficial State Bank, which distributes its profits to local community and sustainable development projects. Aspiration, an online-only bank that stays green not just by foregoing brick-and-mortar branch locations but also by investing only in businesses and institutions that have sworn off fossil fuels, is yet another green choice. Still other responsible options include: City First Bank of DC, First Green Bank, the Missoula Federal Credit Union, New Resource Bank, Southern Bancorp and Verity Credit Union. U.S. citizens can open online accounts with any of these banks.

“Your credit union or bank has a lot of power in determining who has access to money, which means they determine which ideas and businesses are empowered.

LAURIE FIELDER VERMONT STATE EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION

To find more banks and credit unions that worry about achieving a so-called “triple bottom line” (financial, social and environmental gains), check out the website of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values, an independent network of banks using finance to deliver sustainable economic, social and environmental development.

Only 11 of the 48 banks around the world that qualify as members of this Netherlands-based non-profit are U.S.-based, but industry analysts expect many more American banks will start to go green given increasing public demand for putting our money where our mouths are.

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NATIONAL

Chicago police investigating report of assault on ‘Empire’ actor

By Tracy Swartz Chicago Tribune

Chicago police said Tuesday they received a report of a “possible racially-charged assault and battery” involving an actor on the television show “Empire.”

Police say two people approached a 36-year-old man at about 2 a.m. Tuesday as he was walking and got his attention by yelling racial and homophobic slurs. The man was hit and an unknown chemical substance was poured on him, according to police.

A rope was wrapped around the man’s neck before both suspects fled the scene, police said.

The man took himself to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and is said to be in “good condition.”

Fox network representatives identified the man as Jussie Smollett, who plays gay musician Jamal Lyon on “Empire.” In a statement, the network said it is “deeply saddened and outraged.” “We will work with law enforcement to bring these perpetrators to justice.

The entire studio, network and production stands united in the face of any despicable act of violence and hate _ and especially against one of our own,” the statement read.

Representatives for Smollett, who has said he also identifies as gay, did not immediately

return a Tribune request for comment.

“Given the severity of the allegations, we are taking this investigation very seriously and treating it as a possible hate crime. Detectives are currently working to gather video, identify potential witnesses and establish an investigative timeline,” CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement.

“Empire,” which premiered on the Fox network in 2015, is a musical drama that films in Chicago for most of the year.

The series stars Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson and Bryshere Gray.

“Empire” co-creator Danny Strong tweeted, “I’m deeply horrified and saddened by the racist and homophobic attacks against @JussieSmollett. He is a kind and profoundly talented soul whom I respect with all my heart. The terror of racism and homophobia has no place in our society, it is the most indecent way to live ... whoever did this, do not forget that you are nothing but hate filled cowards while Jussie’s talent and activism will continue to shine a bright light on to the world for decades to come.”

GLAAD, an organization that monitors representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the media, said in a statement that it had reached out to Fox and

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Daily Horoscope Nancy Black TODAY’S BIRTHDAY

(01/30/19). Benefits come through community participation this year. Lay foundational groundwork. Domestic changes could disrupt. Navigate changes with your partner this winter.

Reach a milestone around health, work and fitness this summer, before a restorative rest. Follow an inspiring possibility next winter. It’s all better together.

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

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — 8 — Disciplined efforts can realize a dream. Avoid emotional spending. Investigate and explore a subject of your fascination. Good news comes from far away.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 8 — It’s easy to get distracted.

Keep your eyes on a long-term financial goal, and take profitable actions. Celebrate positive results with your partner.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 8 — Nebulous possibilities take

shape and form with focused action. Collaborate with a partner to get farther, faster. Listen carefully, and make sure you understand. Compromise.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 7 — Keep practicing to raise your physical performance levels.

Nurture your health and wellness. Get your heart pumping.

Energize a dream to realize it faster.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 7 — Share sweet words and compassion. Actions speak louder than words. Let your efforts show what’s in your heart. Make a move for love.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 7 — You can make a domestic dream come true. Muse on colors and furniture. Clear excess clutter, and open up the space. Make repairs and upgrades.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 8 — Communication is especially important and effective now. Let people know exactly what you want, and listen for what they want. Share information, ideas and resources.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 9

— Steady action gets lucrative.

Extra income is available. Make sure you understand what’s required. Clarify details, and negotiate deals. Provide valuable services.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — 9 — Step into new leadership. A personal dream is in view; focus and coordinated efforts are required. An open mind can see unusual opportunities.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — 6 — Find a private spot to plan and organize. Craft your vision, and refine the steps you see to take. Take a walk in nature.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 8 — Rely on good friends for a steady grip. Start a conversation for possibility and set the wheels in motion. Together, you’re a powerful force.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 7 — A professional vision inspires you. Imagine how you would love your work to be. Make adjustments to align reality to your dream.

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