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LEGISLATIVE ENGAGEMENT

Students testify on bill set to remove textbook taxes at state level

By Allie Seibel @allie_seibel_

Nine Colorado State University students testified in front of the Colorado House of Representatives Finance Committee on HB241018 — a bill that, if passed, would eliminate taxes on college textbooks across the state of Colorado.

The bill was presented before the House Finance Committee Feb. 8, the same day as the Associated Students of Colorado State University’s Day at the Capitol event. Encouraged as part of CSU’s thematic Year of Democracy, representatives invited nine CSU students to testify on the bill.

HB24-1018, “College Textbook Sales Use Tax Exemption,” is sponsored by Rep. Andrew Boesenecker and Sen. Janice Marchman and would eliminate taxes on the sales of textbooks beginning July 1. The bill is seeking $7,392 in expenditures for the project, and representatives qualified it as a lowexpense bill in the Feb. 8 session.

Following testimonials from CSU students, the bill passed through the finance committee by way of an 8-3 vote.

Dissenting representatives voiced concerns over competition with local bookstores and how bookstores will identify customers as college students. Amendments were requested from several representatives who agreed with the bill toward clarity of language surrounding competition.

“I am just so pleased and impressed with our students from CSU who came and testified, shared their perspectives and I think ultimately really impacted how the committee felt about the

Izzy Burgess, a first-year political science student at Colorado State University, testifies in front of the Colorado House of Representatives Finance Committee about HB241018 Feb. 8. The bill passed the committee by way of an 8-3 vote after nine CSU students testified.

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bill,” Boesenecker said following the vote. “So I’m feeling great.”

“I think Colorado’s already really progressive as is. And so I think that the biggest part of my message was just to make sure that we were being intentional with the work we’re doing. ... Everybody always cites higher education is such a great cause. But what are we doing to show proof of that?”

JAKYE NUNLEY ASCSU DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HEALTH

ASCSU members Michael Stella, director of governmental affairs; Tangia Zheng, deputy director of finance; Joseph Godshall, deputy director of international affairs; Derek

Newberger, co-director for graduate affairs; Jakye Nunley, deputy director of health; Jorja Whyte, director of health; Yoseline Rivera, associate senator for El Centro; and Madeleine Kamberg, an associate senator for Adult Learner and Veteran Services as well as first-year political science student Izzy Burgess gave testimonies in front of the 11-person House Finance Committee.

In his testimony, Nunley noted that in Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and West Virginia, taxes on textbooks are exempt and that in Florida and Michigan, textbooks sold to grades K-12 are tax exempt.

“I note this to state the importance of recognizing college students as humans,” Nunley said in his testimonial. “The precedent and demand for a cost-efficient college degree is being set in so many states.

Don’t let us be the last.”

Following his testimony, Nunley, a first-year business administration student, said the cost of higher education is at the top of his priority list at ASCSU. “I think Colorado’s already really progressive as is,” Nunley said. “And so I think that the biggest part of my message was just to make sure that we were being intentional with the work we’re doing. ... Everybody always cites higher education is such

a great cause. But what are we doing to show proof of that?”

Nunley said it was important that the work on the bill be done in the interest of student’s passions.

“The work is critical, and the work is intentional, and that (is why) we need somebody to focus on this,” Nunley said. “Because if there’s nobody passionate about it, then there’s going to be nothing passionate that’s done about it.”

Zheng, who rehearsed her speech before her testimonial in the foyer of the Colorado Capitol building, said she hoped the representatives remembered the expenses and experience of being a college student.

“This is ... such an important bill for all of us,” Zheng said before her testimony. “There’s so many students that have struggles affording tuition, housing, food — just any sort of cost of living on top of paying probably close to $1,000 a year for textbooks, which I think is really hard for (the) majority of students.”

ASCSU has been working with Jennifer Cassell, a lobbyist with Bowditch & Cassell Public Affairs, to represent students on the state level.

“It’s been very exciting to be able to get students engaged and involved in (the) legislative process,” Cassell said.

“Essentially, you all are the future. So making sure that you have a place at the table is obviously a goal ... of mine in representing you all. But truly, it’s

great to know that we have such a good student body that is engaged, that is intelligent, that knows the legislative process, that knows how to be engaged citizens.”

Stella, who has worked closely with Cassell on the testimonial process for HB24-1018, said the bill is the first time ASCSU has brought a bill to the state legislature.

“We know we have a long way to go until we reach the governor’s desk but very excited that we think the testimony was good,” Stella said.

“The reaction that the committee had is very telling that they know in Colorado, we underfund higher education, and this is a small step we can take in correcting that.”

After passing through the House Finance Committee, the bill will go to the House Appropriations Committee.

“Making sure that the textbook bill continues on its journey through the legislature to the House, through the Senate and then to the governor (is important to us),” Stella said. “It sounds like there’s interested parties in amending the bill. So we’ll see where that goes; we’ll explore all those avenues. ... And just in general, reestablishing that ASCSU and the 33,000 seats we represent (are) a serious playmaker at the state level (with) state policy.”

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CIVIC CONNECTION

CSU students visit Colorado Capitol, engage with government officials

A senator raises his pen to indicate attendance at the Senate session of the Colorado General Assembly Feb. 8.

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By Tyler Weatherwax @ twwax7272

The Colorado Capitol saw Rams in the building as students visited Denver to advocate for their bill, meet with politicians and make change for Colorado college students.

Associated Students of Colorado State University members were not the only students in attendance at the Feb. 8 Day at the Capitol event, as any student interested in joining the organization for the day was welcome to sign up. The event aimed to encourage more student engagement with politics, emphasizing the university’s thematic Year of Democracy.

The Day at the Capitol helps students understand the significance of student advocacy and political engagement. As higher education and housing become increasingly unaffordable, events like these are meant to show students that they can make a difference.

“The goal is connections,” said Derek Newberger, the ASCSU codirector of graduate affairs. “The connections hopefully go toward change. For example, we just walked out of the Senate, and we just talked to a senator.”

“Historically, Day at the Capitol has just been an opportunity for students to connect with a population that they would not typically come across on their dayto-day college experience, this being the politicians that set the laws and legislature of Colorado,” ASCSU Vice President Alex Silverhart said.

Extra emphasis was put on student engagement this year due to ASCSU’s work on a bill that could make university textbook sales tax-exempt.

“This year, we’ve kind of had a different focus of bringing specific bills and ideas that we have as students that will not only benefit our campus but also our community in Fort Collins, one of those being the textbook tax bill and then the other one being the housing occupancy limit, which has been a consistent problem within Fort Collins,” Silverhart said.

Students had the opportunity to speak to many politicians in the Capitol, including senators, representatives, lobbyists and even the governor. Meeting those politicians to create conversations and connections was an important aspect of the day to the students in attendance.

“The goal is connections,” ASCSU Co-Director of Graduate Affairs Derek Newberger said. “The

connections hopefully go toward change. For example, we just walked out of the Senate, and we just talked to a senator, and Michael (Stella) and the chief of staff, Braxton (Dietz), just made a connection, and they’re going to work on a higher education bill.”

“The more we can exempt from the sales tax the better, that’s great. (We can) save people money.”

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Students were given the opportunity to sit on the floors of both the Senate and House of Representatives during hearings to start off their visit.

Upon adjournment of the house session, students gathered at the rotunda staircase to meet with Gov. Jared Polis. Students shook hands, conversed and took a photo with Polis. ASCSU and Polis spoke about issues such as the Fort Collins

occupancy limit and ASCSU’s efforts to remove taxes on textbooks.

“The more we can exempt from the sales tax the better, that’s great,” Polis said. “(We can) save people money.”

After meeting with Polis, students attended a meeting with the House Finance Committee. Members of ASCSU were given the opportunity to testify on HB24-1018 — the bill that would remove taxes on textbooks — which ASCSU has been working on with the help of Rep. Andrew Boesenecker.

After the hearing, students took a tour of the Capitol, including a trip to the dome of the building, which overlooks the Rocky Mountains and the city of Denver.

The final part of the day saw the students returning to the rotunda staircase, where they got to meet with representatives who answered their questions. Rep. Tim Hernandez and Rep. Steven Woodrow shared their advice to students both at the event and those who did not attend. Topics brought up included occupancy limits such as U+2 and the cost of living.

“I’m totally in favor of getting rid of occupancy limits,” Woodrow said, calling it an arbitrary thing.

“It’s unfair, it’s discriminatory and it makes everything more expensive for everybody. I think that people,

adults, should be able to live together so long as health and safety is taken into consideration.”

Hernandez is the first member of Generation Z to hold state office in Colorado, making him one of the representatives closest in age to students at CSU. “I’m the person in the state legislature that most recently paid for undergraduate college textbooks,” Hernandez said. “I’m the person in the state legislature that was most recently a college student.”

The event was a success for ASCSU in their goal to engage students with government and represented a huge win for them as their bill made it past the Colorado House of Representatives Finance Committee and will now move on to the next steps in becoming a law.

ASCSU Deputy Director of Health Jakye Nunley said the biggest part of the day was being intentional with the work they did at the Capitol and completing the work that people deemed necessary.

“I think that it’s very imperative that we’re doing this work simply because students have to be passionate about the work of students,” Nunley said.

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UNIVERSITY ACHIEVEMENT

CSU College of Business makes best business schools list

By Gwendolynn Riddoch @csucollegian

Colorado State University College of Business Dean Beth Walker talks about making the Financial Times’ list of the best business colleges Feb. 7.

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The Colorado State University College of Business was just named one of the best business schools by the Financial Times, demonstrating systemwide responsible business principles.

The award was given to five different schools for responsible and sustainable business education.

CSU was the only school in the United States given this honor; however, the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley received high commendations.

The other schools were Finland’s Aalto University School of Business, France’s IÉSEG School of Management, the United Kingdom’s University of Oxford Saïd Business School and the Netherlands’ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam School of Business and Economics.

CSU College of Business Dean Beth Walker said she was proud CSU was included in this group of fine schools.

When Walker and her team began their strategic planning process in 2019, they began to think about what they wanted to be known for in 10 years, and that is when the university initiative Business for a Better World came about.

“The seeds had long ago been planted for this positioning,” Walker said. “This is authentically who we are.”

Years ago, the CSU College of Business implemented a program called the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise.

“The GSSE and Business for a Better World define our college, not just a course or a track in our MBA program,” Walker said. “It’s not a center in the College of Business but spans across our entire business school. We want to create a community focused around business for a better world.”

Intentional efforts are being put toward underrepresentation and diversity within the College of Business.

“We want to make sure our students are prepared to manage and lead in the 21st century,” Walker said. “We want them to know what it means to lead inclusively.”

The College of Business strives to be right at the intersection of business, society and the changing environment.

“Really, to be selected is such an honor,” Walker said. “We are so proud of what we are doing, and we feel so unique because our entire business school is committed to business for a better world.”

Grace Wright is the one who found and applied for the award, completing an eight-page application.

“In September, the Financial Times published a call for entries for the Responsible Business Education Awards, and two years prior, they had

done an award for case studies and one for research as well, but this year they debuted their best business school demonstrating systemwide, responsible business principles,” Wright said.

The award is about teaching, research and student outcomes.

“We respond to questions about how we integrate responsible business education systematically in our teaching, systematically in our research; student and alumni work and outcomes; operations and engagement beyond academia; and how we foster, incentivize and track the incorporation of responsible business education,” Wright said.

Gabrielle Allerton is a student in the impacted Master of Business Administration program, which is now called the Impact MBA rather than the GSSE MBA. “We are all about integrating sustainability into the business world, not separating it out into categories like environmental conservation and nonprofit work,” Allerton said. “It’s all about doing good by being good.”

When Allerton was applying for her master’s program, she looked at a plethora of programs all across the country and decided to go with CSU. “CSU’s was truly the curriculum that integrated sustainability into every class,” Allerton said.

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CULTURAL HOLIDAY

Lunar New Year event celebrates Chinese heritage at CSU

Red envelopes sit on a table at the Colorado State University Asian Pacific American Cultural Center Lunar New Year Celebration for the 2024 Year of the Dragon Feb. 9. Red envelopes are usually filled with money and symbolize good wishes and good luck for the new year.

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By Sanada Chandy @csucollegian

Red cloth lay across tables with chocolate bar envelopes and mahjong tiles perfectly arranged on the surface.

The Lory Student Center Ballroom A was filled to the brim with students from diverse backgrounds and cultures coming together as a community to celebrate the Lunar New Year, sharing special vulnerable connections, conversations and laughter.

To ring in the new year on the Chinese lunar calendar, the Colorado State University Asian Pacific American Cultural Center organized a Lunar New Year event Feb. 9 with the assistance of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association. This event was open to all students and shared a prominent part of Chinese culture through the delicious food, games and crafts.

Zining Zhu is currently a junior and an international

student from China. She worked with APACC to organize this event for a holiday that is a valuable part of her life and identity. Given APACC has not celebrated the Lunar New Year since before the COVID-19 pandemic, being able to bring it back was truly meaningful.

The Lunar New Year is considered one of the most important festivals for Chinese communities because it fortifies cultural values such as securing good fortune for the new year and family harmony. Honoring traditional Chinese understanding in an institution such as CSU allows students of different ethnic backgrounds to bring more awareness to their virtues.

Zhu spoke on the importance of social relations and cultural connections during the Lunar New Year. It demonstrates the value of bringing more recognition to cultures that are misrecognized and limited within communities like CSU.

“We are working super hard to represent our culture, gathering together to have fun and have food,” Zhu said. “We wish to make it bigger and invite people in, teaching them more about Chinese culture.”

Ben Torres-Doxey is a fourthyear at CSU and the APACC community development coordinator alongside Zhu. Torres-Doxey said he hopes the implementation of these cultural events can encourage other groups on campus to celebrate unique traditions and openly learn of diverse identities that make up the community.

“Having these larger events has really fostered a lot of community,” Torres-Doxey said. “It gives folks a chance to learn about cultures they didn’t know about.”

Rachel Wada is the assistant director of APACC and supports students in their endeavors to plan events such as the Lunar New Year celebration. Wada said she feels grateful to see how much the visibility for holidays and traditions from other diverse

holidays represented at the university,” Wada said. “I think it’s really important for the students, staff, faculty and whoever wants to come. They are always welcome.”

Zhu hopes that this celebration will continue to grow and that they can bring in more traditional customs such as performances and more vibrant decorations to appreciate greater “I think it’s really aspects of this holiday. Torressignificant for folks Doxey said he also wishes for others within the community to see their cultures to be more open-minded and represented and to acknowledge the significance of events such as the Lunar New see their holidays Year in one’s cultural sense of self. represented at the “Hopefully we continue to university.” have folks know about APACC and be aware that we do exist,” Torres-Doxey said.

“The community needs to get a diverse RACHEL WADA ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF perspective as well as learn about APACC culturally important holidays that so many folks celebrate here at CSU.” Reach Sananda Chandy at life “I think it’s really significant @collegian.com. for folks to see their cultures represented and to see their cultures has grown at CSU. She also said that taking the time to celebrate traditions that are meaningful to other identities can strengthen the selfhood of marginalized individuals, welcoming them with open arms.

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DORM-ANCE

Tower of Love: Westfall Hall hosts matchmaking event

By Gwendolynn Riddoch @csucollegian

With Valentine’s Day barely in the past, love is in the air.

Molly Swist and Abria Duran decided to stir up some romance in Westfall Hall at Colorado State University with a matchmaking event sure to hit the jackpot.

On Feb. 1, the two resident assistants put out printed questionnaires at the front desk as well as in the lobby of each floor.

The forms were due Feb. 9 so that matches could be given out up until Feb. 13.

Duran is the RA for the 11th floor of Westfall Hall.

“We got around 75 (questionnaires) and were able to make 35 matches,” Duran said.

The matchmaking included friend matches as well as romantic pairings.

“We got the idea from a staff meeting at a workshop during our training,” Duran said. “Our boss put up four big poster boards around the room, and we had to write down a list of event ideas.

We wrote matchmaking on our

board, and that’s where the idea came from.”

Students were matched based on sexual orientation, sexual preference, red flags, favorite things and how much time they are looking to spend with their partner.

Overall, Swist and Duran had more female-identifying residents participate over any other group.

Matches also received a sex goodie bag if they wanted one.

“We will include condoms, lube (and) dental dams as well as penis candy, uterus confetti, boob confetti, sex tokens and an informational flyer,” Swist said.

Swist and Duran decided email was the safest option for notification as opposed to more personal contact information. If students matched successfully, they were given each other’s school emails as their form of first contact. Swist and Duran went around dorm to dorm delivering flyers and telling residents to check their inboxes.

Swist and Duran only had a few joke questionnaire responses; most people gave them genuine answers. The majority of

students in the dorm took this I think through a matchmaking alternative to filling out more serious as a serious opportunity to meet program, it’s easier to hide forms,” Grajeda Orozco said. someone new. Duran and Swist behind a piece of paper and try Dylan Moore was also an 11thsaid they had an excellent time something new.” floor participant.

Overall, the 11th floor had the playing Cupid.

“I decided to participate in “It is an easy opportunity for most applicants. the matchmaking event because Julie Grajeda Orozco lives on I wanted to put myself out there people to hide behind a piece of paper and still put themselves out the 11th floor and participated in and also find a significant other,” the matchmaking. there,” Swist said.

Moore said. “On top of that, if it “I choose to participate because doesn’t work out, then I gained a Duran had one resident approach her in the bathroom and I thought it would be a great new friend instead.” say she made her roommate fill opportunity to meet new people, Reach Gwendolynn Riddoch at out the questionnaire. Residents and filling out the form was a fun life@collegian.com. encouraged friends and roommates to GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION BY TAYLOR MACMAHON THE COLLEGIAN apply with them.

Sexual orientation was important to both of these RAs, as it may have been a resident’s first time actually writing down their sexual orientation.

“Being gay myself, it was really important, especially in the space we are in,” Duran said.

“People are still trying to figure themselves out, so

CAMPUS HISTORY

Founders Day: CSU historians reflect on land-grant origins

By Aubree Miller @csucollegian

With Colorado State University’s annual Founders Day comes time to reflect on the university’s history and impact. CSU turned 154 on Feb. 11 thanks to the Morrill Act. Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act July 2, 1862, allowing federal land grants to fund public education. CSU was established in 1870 through this act.

All land-grant institution history includes not just those who attend the university but also those who came before, meaning Indigenous peoples in Colorado and the rest of the United States.

CSU archivist Linda Meyer discussed the history of the university as a land-grant institution.

“Before the Morrill Act, we had universities in America, but they were usually private universities, and they were usually only available (and) accessible to the upper classes,” Meyer said. “So the Morrill Act was aimed at bringing higher education to everybody.”

Land grants weren’t exactly the land the university was built on. Rather, they provided funding for the school.

“The land that our university is located on was actually donated by some residents of Fort Collins who were interested in having a university built here,” Meyer said.

“The land that was given by the federal government was what provided funding for the university (to be built).”

CSU’s first building is known as the Claim Shanty and was located on the southwest corner of what is now South College Avenue and Laurel Street. An archeological dig was conducted in 2020 to discover the origins of the building.

“It was just a little brick building that was put up in 1874 to show the Colorado territorial legislature, ‘Yes, we’re definitely going to build this college here,’” Meyer said.

Materials from the Claim Shanty were used to build the Potting Shed, which still exists today.

Many land-grant colleges were originally focused on agriculture, just like CSU was, but most have evolved to be all-encompassing regarding education.

“There was a lot of discussion about, ‘Well, do we want our land-grant colleges to be just focused on practical education?

Or do we want to educate people in the classics, you know, English literature and history and this kind of thing, too?’” Meyer said.

CSU was founded at a time in history when Colorado wasn’t even a state yet. “(Fort Collins) petitioned the territorial legislature to be the

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location of Colorado’s land-grant because you get, generally, one per state,” Meyer said. “The territorial legislature granted the petition in 1870, so that’s why we use 1870 as our anniversary date even though CSU didn’t actually get any money to build the university until later on.”

CSU history department Senior Instructor Derek Everett reflected on CSU’s history.

“There’s a complicated legacy for CSU and for other land-grant schools when it comes to celebrating our birthdays (and) celebrating big events because it is connected to a law that, for many people, is a trauma of history,” Everett said.

What it truly means to be landgrant school can be easily lost in discussions. Some students may not even know what “land-grant

institution” means, let alone the concept’s consequences.

“The whole idea was providing people with skills that could allow them to support themselves better, that they could develop their communities economically and make sure that they could feed their families and develop the resources in their neighborhood that could allow everyone to live a healthier, better life,” Everett said.

CSU’s Principles of Community come to mind when understanding the goal and purpose of land-grant institutions, leading to reflection on traditional benchmarks for success in the U.S. “This is very much an EasternU.S., white vision of what makes a good life, a prosperous life and how that should be structured,” Everett said. “There’s always a caveat to who gets to decide what the proper

use of land or what the best lifestyle would be.”

The Morrill Act was supposed to provide education for everyone, but that isn’t always the case.

“Ultimately, every single state has benefitted from (the Morrill Act), has received land claimed by the federal government in the West to sell (and) to use for this practical higher education,” Everett said.

“And it took more than a century for the Morrill Act to be amended to use for Native communities as well.”

CSU’s founding can be celebrated in many ways, such as the Founders Day Medal, which recognizes lasting contributions to the university and is a top university honor was first awarded in 2010. However, celebrations like this cannot be recognized without knowing their history and impact.

“Founders Day exists in this dichotomy of celebration and acknowledgment that CSU would not exist if not for the conquest of Native peoples across North America,” Everett said.

The impact on current Native communities and what can be done to recognize negative events in history can be looked over in the land-grant conversation.

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CONFERENCE PLAY

Around the MW: How top 6 women’s basketball teams slot in

By Damon Cook @dwcook2001

Colorado State women’s basketball boasts arguably the best player in the Mountain West, McKenna Hofschild, and for that reason, they will have a chance to win the entire conference come the MW women’s basketball championship.

While CSU definitely needs to fight an uphill battle to reach the mountaintop, it’s OK to never say never. Here’s how the MW has shaken out so far this season.

1. UNLV (20-2, 10-1 MW)

The Rebels are far and away the best team in the MW, so they’re the team to beat. With a threepeat championship win seemingly on the horizon, if a team is able to beat them in the tournament, it will be a shock.

With star forward Desi-Rae Young leading the way with 19.4 points per game, UNLV is going to be nearly impossible to stop on the defensive end. It’s likely the only way to beat them is going to be outscoring them — something that’s no walk in the park either.

“Overcoming Nevada will be the first step to sending Hofschild off into the sunset.”

McKenna Hofschild pushes past San Diego State University’s defense at the Colorado State University women’s basketball game against SDSU Feb. 3. CSU won 82-50. PHOTO BY LAUREN MASCARDO THE COLLEGIAN

Best win: Oklahoma Worst loss: New Mexico

2. Wyoming (14-9, 9-3 MW) While having an impressive undefeated conference season at home, the Cowgirls haven’t fared as well on the road, where they’re only 3-3 in conference play.

The Cowgirls’ success is largely in part to their junior phenomenon of a center Allyson Fertig, who stands at an impressive 6 feet, 4 inches.

Fertig’s 13.4 points per game on incredible efficiency will make Wyoming a tough out for anyone who has to see them in the tournament.

Best win: BYU Worst loss: Eastern Washington

3. New Mexico (17-8, 8-4 MW)

After starting the season off hot with a six-game winning streak, the Lobos finally fell to Montana State in the Cancun Challenge.

New Mexico is another team that CSU split the season series with in a dramatic fashion, winning at home while only allowing 18 points in the first

half but losing by double digits on the road.

While their 3-point shooting leaves something to be desired at just 30.1%, junior guard Nyah Wilson has the Lobos ready to compete, and they could be a dark horse heading into March.

Best win: No. 25 UNLV Worst loss: Southern Utah

Quezada, SDSU has definitely had their moments this season.

Despite that success, they still saw a split in the season series against CSU, losing by 32 points after only scoring three points in the first quarter of their game in Moby Arena.

Best win: New Mexico Worst loss: California Baptist

4. Boise State (17-8, 8-4 MW)

6. Nevada (12-12, 6-5 MW)

After finishing middle of the pack last season, the Broncos are primed to be in the race for the MW this season behind the breakout of sophomore guard Natalie Pasco.

Pasco is averaging 14.2 points per game and continues to get better game by game. She’s been lethal with 3-pointers this season, shooting at a 43.6% clip from behind the arc, and looks ahead to a bright feature in the MW. Best win: Wyoming Worst loss: Eastern Washington

The Wolf Pack will be the easiest team by far for the Rams to overcome to get into the top six of the MW. With junior Audrey Roden leading the scoring at only 11.9 points per game, Nevada certainly leaves some high-upside scoring to be desired.

CSU allowed 78 points to Nevada in their first meeting. The Wolf Pack averages 64.0 points per game; if the Rams are able to step it up on the defensive side of the ball, overcoming Nevada will be the first step to sending Hofschild off into the sunset.

Best win: CSU Worst loss: Weber State Reach Damon Cook at sports @collegian.com.

5. San Diego State (169, 7-5 MW)

With four players averaging double figures in points, the Aztecs slot into the fifth spot.

Led by senior forward Adryana

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Gliding to greatness: CSU figure skating fosters family on ice

CSU’s club figure skating team gathers around for a group photo during their club session at the Edora Pool Ice Center Feb. 10. PHOTO BY AVA PUGLISI THE COLLEGIAN

By Liv Sewell @liv_sewell22

Coaching a former teammate might be a challenge, but those strong ties create a foundation for the club figure skating team at Colorado State.

Selene Guilfoyle, the team’s coach, was a skater on the 202122 team, which ranked fourth of the 19 teams in the Pacific Coast Conference. This standing advanced them to the national intercollegiate final, where they placed 15th alongside some of the best teams in the nation.

“This is my second season with them as a coach,” Guilfoyle said.

“I was a figure skater on the team for four years, and I graduated in 2022. So I know most of the girls really well because we were skating with each other, but now I’m in that coaching role.”

This peer-to-coach pipeline is challenging to say the least, but Guilfoyle’s team spirit and chops are not lost on the teams’ skaters.

Even the president of the team, Kristen Barclay, a senior who skated with Guilfoyle back in 2022, builds upon their national qualification, hoping to improve after the last rebuilding season.

“Collegiate skating is the best of both worlds, in my opinion,” Barclay said. “Because in college, you’re still skating as an individual.

You get to go out there and do your thing but also have it be a team environment and have that close connection to everyone.”

It’s a tricky balance between building a team that encourages each other and criticizes each other when individual scores also impact the team’s standing.

But it keeps going back to the accepting environment the team is trying to foster.

“We’re friends,” Guilfoyle said.

“We’ve all done it for so many years, and we just help each other out. If someone gets hurt, ... we just keep building a positive environment.”

Collegiate skating itself is vastly different from individual skating.

The fact that there is an actual team to support the individual endeavors of athletes is an anomaly in the sport.

First-year Hailey Robinson, a former individual skater who spent last year looking for a college to skate at, has already bought into this team atmosphere.

“I think the main support is hyping each other up,” Robinson said. “We always cheer super loud.

(Also the) general one-on-ones with people, those little talks where they’re like, ‘Hey, you’ve got this.

Even if you don’t feel prepared, just go out there and do your best.’”

Robinson is a gold medalist in skating skills and singles, having reached the highest level of

competition in the sport. This model of medaling in skills is part of the progression of figure skating. The four disciplines of singles, pairs, free dance and skating skills give skaters the opportunity to medal and prove themselves to judges.

However, not all of the skaters on the team are at this level of proficiency; some of them are entirely new to the sport.

“The thing about intercollegiate skating and the team at CSU is really anyone can join, and I think that’s really unique,” Guilfoyle said.

“If you’re skating up until high school, those might not be the vibes you get. If you haven’t skated since you were five or six years old, you’re probably not going to be welcomed in the sport. But with collegiate (skating), as long as you own a pair of skates and are willing to put in a little bit of work, I’m willing to support your goals in the team.”

The team has their third and final competition of the regular season Feb. 24-25 in Los Angeles, where they have chance to qualify for national championships.

This buildup of the last two competitions all leads to traveling to California and seeing the other Pacific competitors that have overcome CSU over the past two seasons. But winning isn’t all the team is looking to do.

“It’s my passion; it’s something that I center my life around,” Robinson said. “Just when I get out on the ice, there’s just pure joy. I’m just so happy to be out there doing it, and it has taught me so many important life lessons, the main one being perseverance. When you fall down in life, you get back up quickly and try again.”

Reach Liv Sewell at sports@collegian.com.

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Embracing adversity: Michaela Hawkins aims for success

By Hania Nini @hanianini123

Michaela Hawkins boasts a stellar track record in collegiate athletics as a Colorado State thrower. She earned the distinctions Academic AllMountain West in 202122 and Women’s Track and Field Letterwinner in 202123 and was named to the All-Mountain West team in 2022-23.

“I did a lot of sports in grade school, and then I got diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, which is an autoimmune thing,” Hawkins said. “It made my joints really sore, and I was tired and anemic.”

Initially hesitant to join any sports in high school due to her health condition, Hawkins found herself drawn to throwing upon her parents’ suggestion.

“My parents were like, ‘You should try out for track — specifically throwing because there’s no running,’” Hawkins said.

Hawkins’ journey in track and field has been one of steady progression and unwavering determination.

Her dedication deepened as she began to realize her potential and receive encouragement from coaches.

Remembering her beginnings in track and field, Hawkins noted the friendship among her teammates.

“Throwers like to eat a lot, and we’re always snacking,” Hawkins said. “That was one of my favorite parts as well as traveling.”

After spending two years at North Dakota State University, Hawkins was at a crossroads.

That was until her coach moved to a different institution.

“He left (the) school that I was at and went to Nebraska,” Hawkins said. “I thought,

‘This is a good time to, like, reevaluate where I want to be in life.’ I went into the transfer portal and took a tour there to Nebraska where he was, and I got recruited here (at CSU).”

“I really want to hit a big number with the discus, and I want to learn more about everyone in our team.”

MICHAELA HAWKINS THROWER

There were many factors influencing Hawkins’ decision to join the CSU track team.

“There are only good things to say about the coach; he has such a good program, and then the overall CSU track team is so sweet, so welcoming,” Hawkins said. “I have other passions outside of track, but right now, it is what I live, breathe and eat.”

Some of the biggest challenges Hawkins recognized were staying focused and putting limits on how much she pushes herself.

“Sometimes, I try to push hard, and then I realize you have so many more levels to get to,” Hawkins said.

On the other hand, to improve Hawkins’ throwing ability, CSU coach Brian Bedard explores all aspects of her technique adjustment.

“I’m asking her to be aggressive with her lower body and be relaxed with her upper body,” Bedard said. “That’s a really tough

job for an athlete to separate their body like that.”

Bedard and teammate Klaire Kovatch only had praise for Hawkins’ dedication and team-first mindset.

Specifically, Kovatch admires Hawkins’ desire to help.

“If I’m struggling with something, she’s like, ‘Oh, I’ve been there before, and this is what helped me,’” Kovatch said. “At the end of the day, we all want to see each other improve, and Michaela definitely has led that attitude on this team.”

Bedard echoed this sentiment, noting Hawkins’ consistent presence during voluntary summer practices and the noticeable improvements she’s made in her performance.

“During the summer,we only have voluntary practice, and she’s there,” Bedard said. “I’ve seen significant improvement as far as consistency.”

Kovatch also highlighted Hawkins’ lively personality and self-confidence, characterizing her as a ray of positivity and passion.

“Her standout characteristic is just being super outgoing, super passionate about things that she loves and not caring if other people don’t like her because of it,” Kovatch said.

Hawkins considered her goals with a combination of resolve and introspection as her final year at CSU approaches.

She explained her goals and emphasized her dedication to doing everything she can before leaving.

“I want to leave the track season with no regrets,” Hawkins said. “I want to know that I put everything I could into it. I really want to hit a big number with the discus, and I want to learn more about everyone in our team.”

Reach Hania Nini at sports@collegian.com.

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FORT COLLINS’ OKAY-EST DRAG SHOW

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1. Vegina Quartz dances during Funktastic with Liz Agna: Fort Collins’ Okay-est Drag Show Feb. 10. “I had basic knowledge, and I have a stage presence, but literally everything I know has been taught to me, and I’ve been guided along by Liz,” Vegina Quartz said. “She’s like my chosen family.”

2. Liz Agna takes a dollar from an audience member during her opening performance. “I love performing,” Liz Agna said.

“Performing is so much fun, especially when it’s with people that I love and people that I think are amazing performers who I look up to.”

3. Miss Construed takes a dollar from an audience member during her performance. “I feel like every time is really great and has its own really important memories because drag is just like such an important thing to me,” Miss Construed said.

“And it has been so helpful to me.”

4. Liz Agna performs her second number of the night. “During my numbers, it’s all improv; I never really choreograph,” Liz Agna said. “I just feel that if I’m thinking about stuff that I planned on doing, I’m not going to be able to put my whole mind and energy into the actual performance.”

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5. Vegina Quartz gives her second performance of the night. “Why I love it so much is the adrenaline of not only being onstage but being in what feels like me times 1,000,” Vegina Quartz said.

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6. Vegina Quartz takes tips from the audience during her third performance of the night.

7. Vegina Quartz waves to the audience. “My drag persona is really just kind of an extension of me,” Vegina Quartz said. “Not even an extension — it’s literally just me, unfiltered.”

8. Miss Construed takes a dollar from an audience member. “I’ve never been this confident in my life; I’ve never felt this good about myself,” Miss Construed said. “I’ve never felt so comfortable in myself. I don’t think I’ve ever felt comfortable with myself before. And even out of drag, I feel better about myself.”

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9. Diddly Squat collects tips from the audience. “I just physically cannot explain it,” Diddly Squat said. “I want to say it’s like a euphoric kind of feeling that kind of takes over because when the song hits, I’m off.”

10. Liz Agna performs for a second time. “I want to showcase people who aren’t always given a platform,” Liz Agna said. “And I want to showcase people who you won’t always see in Northern Colorado because a lot of performers from Denver don’t really come up here.”

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WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Ecosystems not quickly restored by predators’ return, CSU study finds

By Ivy Secrest @ivysecrest

The removal of apex predators causes lasting damage that cannot be quickly reversed by wolves’ return, a Colorado State University study found.

The 20-yearlong experiment, funded by the National Science Foundation and published in Ecological Monographs, challenges the widely accepted idea that the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park quickly restored an ecosystem degraded by their absence.

“The conservation message is, ‘Don’t lose them in the first place.

Keep the food web intact because there’s not a quick fix for losing top predators from ecosystems.’”

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“Researchers in CSU’s Warner College of Natural Resources examined the effects of three apex predators — carnivores at the top of the food chain not preyed on by other animals — in Yellowstone,” a CSU press release reads. “Depleted populations of cougars and grizzly bears naturally recovered about the same time wolves were reintroduced to the park in 1995.

The absence of these predators for nearly a century transformed the food web and landscape.”

Though Yellowstone wanted to know the specific effects of the reintroduction of wolves, at the same time, the cougar and grizzly populations in the park were rebounding. Because of this, the study couldn’t separate the impact of wolves from that of other large predators in the park, said Tom Hobbs, who authored the study alongside David Cooper.

Hobbs is an emeritus professor in the CSU department of ecosystem science and sustainability and the Natural Resource Ecology

Laboratory, and Cooper is a senior research scientist emeritus in the department of forest and rangeland stewardship.

“When you disturb ecosystems by changing the makeup of a food web, it can lead to lasting changes that are not quickly fixed,” Hobbs said. “We can’t rule out the possibility that the ecosystem will be restored over the next 40 years as a result of the return of apex predators. All we can be sure of is what’s observable now — the ecosystem has not responded dramatically to the restored food web.”

Even though wolves proved not to be a quick fix for Yellowstone’s ecosystem, Hobbs said, restoration of apex predators produces healthier ecosystems in the long run.

“The conservation message is, ‘Don’t lose them in the first place,” Hobbs said. “Keep the food web intact because there’s not a quick fix for losing top predators from ecosystems.’”

Yellowstone made an active effort to remove predators in the 1920s. This led to an abundance of herbivores, changing the functionality of the ecosystem.

Overgrazing from the elk population caused pivotal changes in the streams, for example.

Beavers and willows have a mutualistic relationship. Beaver dams support favorable soil moisture conditions for willows, and willows provide food and dam-building materials for beavers.

“Without beaver-engineered flooding, small streams in the northern range cut deeper into the landscape, disconnecting roots of willows from groundwater,” the CSU press release reads. “Willows never recovered their former height and density.”

The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone in 1995, followed by cougar and grizzly populations rebounding on their own, contributed to a drop in the elk population.

The browsing of woody food sources has not declined proportionally due to an increase in bison herds. Because of the large size of bison, Yellowstone’s carnivores typically don’t prey on them.

“The elk simply out-competed the beaver for food and degraded the vegetation so much, the beavers were gone by the 1950s,” Cooper said. “It’s been almost 75 years or more since beavers have been really abundant. And without beavers

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building dams and stabilizing the streams, the streams have enough power to actually incise the floodplain, to cut deeper and dry out the floodplain.”

Though the reintroduction of wolves has been widely accepted as the fix for these damages to streams, Cooper and Hobbs found that the return of apex predators didn’t return the ecosystem to its former status.

“You lose predators, (and) the herbivores become very abundant,” Cooper said. “And they have effects on the plant communities that change the composition of the communities. And the change in the plant communities changes ecosystem processes.”

“In Yellowstone, it changed the hydrologic regime of the smallest streams; it changed the way those streams operated and how deep they were and so on,” Cooper said.

“And it’s those ecosystem changes that last a long time. They’re not quickly reversed by putting the apex predators back into the system.”

The study could have implications for Colorado, as the state voted in favor of wolf restoration in 2020.

Colorado Parks & Wildlife released 10 wolves into the state Dec. 18-22,

2023, and plans to introduce more in coming years.

“Unlike Yellowstone, Colorado’s landscapes have not experienced widespread, excessive grazing or browsing from elk,” Hobbs said. “The state has done a good job of managing elk populations using hunting.”

While the ecosystem benefits are not substantial over 20 years, Hobbs and Cooper said there are still abundant reasons to restore wolves.

“Our work supports the fact that wolves are important components of ecosystems,” Cooper said. “They will have some ecosystem benefits by reducing some large herbivore populations. Over the next hundred years, they’ll have a greater role in regulating some of the ecological processes that we’ve been studying.”

Hobbs and Cooper’s work proved popular videos like “How Wolves Change Rivers” misrepresent both the impact of wolves and the state of Yellowstone’s rivers.

“That’s the story that the public has embraced,” Hobbs said. “And that’s the story that’s been repeated in lots of media — for example, National Geographic — and it’s just wrong. … It deflects attention from real problems that Yellowstone has — climate change and invasive

species — because it makes it look like, ‘Oh, well, after wolves have been reintroduced, ... everything’s wonderful.’ And it’s just, frankly, quite inaccurate.”

This designed experiment conducted in Yellowstone is the longest of its kind and adds to evidence supporting the theory that the degradation of ecosystems may not be reversed when harmful stressors are mitigated. The findings of this study are meant to support resource managers, students and others interested in learning about the relationship between food chains and ecosystems.

“Really good, rigorous science is really important to finding out the truth about nature and using that to help inform resource managers,” Cooper said. “You know, telling stories is great, but doing hard science that is rigorous, includes experiments and helps train students is really what universities are for.

And Tom and I really worked hard over 20 years to do that kind of science and convey it to the world.”

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MENTAL HEALTH

EMDR therapy: What it is, how it works

By Caden Proulx @csucollegian

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy has been a widespread practice in recent years for patients experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder and a variety of other psychological disorders and stressors.

“The basic premise of EMDR is this idea that the things that we react to in a big way, the things that trigger us today, usually have roots in the past,” said Dorinna Ruh, a Fort Collins-based licensed clinical social worker certified in EMDR therapy. “And that those roots most likely are some form of a traumatic event or memory or situation.”

Previously called eye movement desensitization, EMDR dates back to 1987, when Francine Shapiro pioneered the practice after experiencing a decrease in negative emotions surrounding her own traumatic memories after use.

Shapiro conducted the first research in EMDR therapy and trained other mental health professionals on how to perform it.

Following a similar declaration by the American Psychological

Association in 2004, the World Health Organization recognized the effectiveness of EMDR therapy in individual and group therapy settings in 2013.

“I think a lot of people look at EMDR therapy and think, ‘Oh, that’s weird. Oh, it’s a bunch of hooey,’” Ruh said. “But the number of empirical studies proving that EMDR therapy is

effective and does cause change — it’s enormous.”

When people think of EMDR therapy, they probably picture a screen with someone’s eyes following a dot moving from the left to the right.

“That eye movement back and forth is what your eyes do naturally when you are in that (rapid eye movement) state of sleep,” said Ann

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Robinson, a local therapist certified in EMDR therapy.

The REM state of sleep is the stage of the sleeping process during which dreams occur. This eye movement is called bilateral stimulation and encompasses more than just eye movement, such as auditory or tactile bilateral stimulation. “(EMDR is) founded in neuroscience but can be super helpful and supportive with people who are struggling with distressing feelings and memories,” Robinson said.

The process of EMDR therapy is a lot more complicated than it comes across in popular culture.

“I do a pretty thorough history, and that would probably take several sessions,” Robinson said, describing the process she goes through when using EMDR therapy to treat a client.

Robinson outlined these preliminary sessions as exploring resourcing, which describes mindfulness and visualization techniques to ease the discomfort experienced during EMDR therapy.

“We are building trust that the body and your mind can kind of handle feeling distressed

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• 3 Dog runs

and calming down again,” Robinson said.

Being able to have a safe, comforting visual or technique is essential to returning to equilibrium after undergoing an EMDR therapy session.

The next stage is the reprocessing phases, Ruh said. There are eight steps in the EMDR therapy protocol; the reprocessing stage includes phases three, four, five and six.

“We find a way to get the memory networks lit up,” Ruh said. “We add the eye movements or some sort of bilateral stimulation. And by doing that, the information changes of how it’s stored and the perspective that we have on it.”

“Once we do that (reprocessing), then we work through sort of building someone’s positive beliefs about themselves up and strengthening those,” Robinson said. “And once we have done that, we would consider that target clear.”

EMDR therapy is unique in that no single person will have the same experience in treatment.

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America has a weird conception of Valentine’s Day

By Hana Pavelko @hanasolo13

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.

In elementary school, almost everyone grew up making mailboxes and trading pieces of candy with their classmates for Valentine’s Day. In middle school, there was a shift. Instead of chomping down on candy, we watched as a select few received candy grams from their secret admirer.

And then in high school, couples exchanged flowers and cute gifts for the holiday. Notes were shoved in lockers, and couples held hands as they walked down the halls.

Throughout the years, it has become obvious that the majority of people in the United States focus almost exclusively on the romantic aspects of Valentine’s Day. Big companies hone in on the heartshaped chocolate boxes and stuffed animals holding messages like “ur cute,” while aisles are full of gifts and candy for lovers to exchange.

“Putting so much pressure on the romantic portions of the holiday only serves to further ostracize those who are not in a romantic relationship when February rolls around.”

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In fact, Valentine’s Day is defined

by Britannica as a day for “lovers (to) express their affection with greetings and gifts.” This definition cements the fact that Valentine’s Day in the United States is dedicated to the romantic aspects of the holiday.

While the romantic aspects of the holidays are valid and romantic relationships should be celebrated, it is actually a bit out of the ordinary when compared to similar celebrations in other countries.

In Latin American countries like Mexico and Ecuador, they celebrate

El Día del Amor y Amistad, which translates to “The Day of Love and Friendship.” Instead of being a time dedicated to only romantic relationships, this day actively encourages people to celebrate friendships and familial love as well.

While romantic relationships are still celebrated, there is not a total emphasis on them.

It seems like the United States is one of the only countries to stress romantic love on Feb. 14 instead of celebrating all kinds of love.

It’s weird.

Even the origins of Valentine’s Day do not relate to the concept of romantic love specifically. Some believe that Valentine’s Day started as an attempt to Christianize the pagan holiday Lupercalia. It was not until the Middle Ages that people started to link the day to love.

While celebrations in other countries and cultures have expanded Valentine’s Day to something other than romantic love, the United States seems to be stuck on the idea of romantic relationships during the holiday.

This conception of the holiday excludes a large group of people who are not in a romantic relationship — almost a third of the country.

According to the Pew Research Center, 31% of the adult population in the United States is single. Putting so much pressure on the romantic portions of the holiday only serves to further ostracize those who are not in a romantic relationship when February rolls around.

So as Valentine’s Day comes around this year, we should take notes from other celebrations of love throughout the world and celebrate all the relationships in our lives: friendships, familial relationships, romantic relationships and even the relationship we have with ourselves.

Make those dinner plans with your partner. Give those cheesy cards to your friends. Call your family, and tell them that you love them.

And buy a big box of chocolates for yourself, too.

Do not let the common conceptions of Valentine’s Day in the United States prevent you from appreciating all the important relationships in your life.

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CSU’s newest fraternity is abstinence only

By Emma Souza @_emmasouza

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

It is almost guaranteed that at least one Colorado State University fraternity will be throwing a party each weekend. CSU’s new abstinence frat is no different. Their door is always open to make friendship bracelets and play Just Dance.

Yes, you heard that right — an abstinence fraternity. More formally known as Nu Omicron Beta Omicron Nu Epsilon Gamma Zeta, NO βONEΓΖ has found a new home at CSU frat row.

“They’re crazy,” said Beir Pongh, a sophomore and chapter president of CSU’s Kappa Upsilon Mu fraternity. “The very existence

of the brotherhood of KυM — outside of the earth-shaking, life-saving philanthropy we do, which is obviously by our own free will — is to get laid! That is the path our founding fathers paved for us, and to ignore that is practically sacrilege.”

“Once you go abstinent, you never go backstinent.”

KυM’s house sits directly across from the NO βONEΓΖ fraternity.

Pongh said his brothers lift weights while their brothers do morning yoga.

“I overheard them talking about some ‘mindfulness’ bullshit once,” Pongh said. “If you’re doing breathing exercises and downward dog to distract yourself from sex, at

that point, you couldn’t pull anyone even if you wanted to.”

After weeks of requesting an interview with the NO βONEΓΖ fraternity, I finally was able to contact a source. He refused to talk, however, unless guaranteed full anonymity.

“They don’t tell you it’s actually an abstinence frat until you’re in,” the brother said. “Our president found a Trojan wrapper on one dude’s dresser last weekend. He’s been locked in our linen closet for the past two days. They called it ‘boning jail.’ Buddy went unresponsive, yeah, but you know: Once you go abstinent, you never go backstinent.”

No women are allowed within a 3-meter radius of their house, the brother said.

“Our president put a fence up to where the sidewalk touches the street,” the brother said. “A girl got past it once. But our Ring doorbell is automatically set to dial 911 when it sees a woman on the front porch, so you know. She’s in jail now. Not boning jail. Real jail.”

When asked whether he thinks the fraternity is abstinent for religious reasons, the brother snorted.

“If it’s for religious reasons, they certainly aren’t following exactly by the book,” the brother said. “Let’s just say there’s never been a shortage of substances in the house — or tissue boxes.”

Public perception of the NO βONEΓΖ fraternity isn’t pristine, either. Their Instagram, @chastitydaddies, is littered with hate comments. Some of the most

popular include, “Their version of a ‘fraccent’ is poetry and Bible verses”; “Biggest dose of cope-ium I’ve ever seen”; and, “Can someone tell them it’s not November anymore?”

“I wrote several of those comments from a burner account myself,” the brother said. “It was shortly after I got hazed, which consisted of wearing a sumo suit to class so that women ‘wouldn’t want what they don’t like.’

I mean, at that point, I’d rather get alcohol poisoning.”

Reach Emma Souza at letters@collegian.com.

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COLLEGIAN COLUMNIST

Dating apps are killing modern romance

By Hailee Stegall @stegallbagel

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

On my 18th birthday, I downloaded Tinder in my dorm room, created a neon pink profile with all the excitement of a kid in a candy shop and got to swiping.

And at around 10 p.m. on my 20th birthday, I stared myself in the face in the dirty mirror of a bar bathroom and swore to whatever powers that be that I would never download Tinder again.

True story. There are witnesses, unfortunately, to both.

I’m willing to bet that most of us who have been single at any point in our college careers have had a moment like this. Maybe, like in my case, it’s swearing off dating apps. Maybe it’s not hooking up with people we meet at parties.

Maybe it’s not hooking up with anyone, period.

But in the age of internet-fueled hookup culture, how realistic are these promises? Is it possible to be a romantic when, arguably, romance within our society is waning? On the macro level, this point of view is quite bleak. But within the collegiate ecosystem, at least, I’m willing to die on this hill.

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Dating apps are largely to blame for this phenomenon, especially on college campuses, where many dating apps, such as Tinder and Bumble, actively advertise to a closed-off community full of brand-new adults with an insatiable craving for a good time. I once got a free coffee for showing a screenshot of my Bumble profile.

The mechanism of these onesize-fits-all apps has, in the opinion of this author, created a disconnect in the brain’s need for human connection. We can pluck a stranger out of thin air with incredibly selective — and not necessarily true — information to match our criteria for a life partner, and we don’t process that they exist beyond the pixels under our fingertips.

Height, star sign, hometown, Spotify most-played tracks, ideal first date, a picture of your dog. With this information come prepackaged responses that require little to no creativity or effort to get to know the person — “What’s the dog’s name?” is a common favorite. Not to get all hippy-dippy, but how are you supposed to choose someone to form a connection with if there’s no vibe to read?

Touch-screen smartphones have created a world in which we no longer need to physically bear witness to someone else to decide we like them; in fact, “cold calling”

— calling someone without texting to ask if you can call first — is generally frowned upon. According to CBS, 90% of Generation Z’s members, as polled in Australia, have phone anxiety.

“Beyond dating apps, however, we tend to treat people the same as if we were swiping but in real life.”

With the inability to even speak to one another and a progressive lack of third spaces present in society, how else are we supposed to meet each other than swiping right? And when you swipe right on someone who, realistically, your brain hasn’t processed as a person but rather as a character on your phone screen, how are we supposed to connect on a level deeper than the surface?

I know I sound jaded. And I am.

I’ll admit to that. Plus, I know I also am about to sound like a prude. But that I am not. So bear with me.

Beyond dating apps, however, we tend to treat people the same as if

we were swiping but in real life.

There’s a lack of ability to socialize beyond the skin-deep facts and asking if someone wants to hook up. If you do, that could become a situationship. If you don’t, more often than not, there’s no further conversation. Now, hookup culture is no longer new, per se, but it certainly has been exacerbated by the presence of the internet in our daily lives.

Now listen — I’m all for hooking up. Sex is healthy and fun and should be able to exist freely. But we live in a world wherein sex is the basis and often the extent of virtually all relationships, even those that progress beyond a situationship, and that is not healthy. To view other humans as a means to an end, essentially, is rather scary, especially when that’s the expectation for many college relationships nowadays.

To round out this traitor-to-mygeneration diatribe, I would propose that all of us, myself included, take a break from our phones and search for connection beyond our pocket supercomputers and superficial hookups. To view one another as well-rounded human beings rather than dating app profiles is crucial to our development as the upcoming generation.

Reach Hailee Stegall at letters@collegian.com.

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Loveland’s annual Sweetheart Festival celebrates love, art

By Hannah Parcells @hannahparcells

Just about 14 miles south of Fort Collins lies the town of Loveland, Colorado. For decades, Loveland has emanated love thanks to its world-renowned Valentine Re-mailing Program.

Each year, thousands of love letters are sent from all corners of the globe to be stamped with Loveland’s unique postmark before being delivered to their intended recipients. This tradition has made Loveland a symbol of affection and endearment for countless people worldwide.

The Loveland Sweetheart Festival is the culmination of this enduring tradition. Held annually in downtown Loveland, the festival transforms the streets into a vibrant celebration of community, art and love in all its forms.

This year’s festival was held Saturday, Feb. 10, and marked the sixth annual celebration.

Spanning the entire day, the

festival featured local vendors, live music, community activities and art installations from local artists.

The art installations this year included ice sculptures, pottery firing and a large fire element, all available throughout the festival.

All of the artists were local to the Northern Colorado area, volunteer coordinator Jules Gillen said.

“This is one of the best festivals we have all year round,” Gillen said. “We have a little bit of everything, and it’s really exciting to get out and celebrate the first festival of the year.”

The centerpiece of the art installations was a massive metal owl made by Drew Hsu, also known as Torch Mouth. The owl stood at 25 feet tall and has a wingspan of 25 feet. Attached to the wings were fire elements that sent out plumes of flames.

Drew Hsu and his wife Monica Hsu have been leading the fire element at the Sweetheart Festival for a few years now, Monica Hsu said, but this has been their largest project yet.

“We’ve done it in a lot worse weather, and we’ve done it in a lot better weather, but we’re really happy to bring more heat to a colder festival,” Monica Hsu said, acknowledging the 30-degree temperature and the snow falling around the plaza.

Even in the frigid air, the fire shooting off of the sculpture represented a year of hard work for Drew Hsu and the team of people who helped him. Around 40 volunteers over a span of eight months contributed to the project, something both Drew and Monica Hsu said they were incredibly grateful for.

Bringing the sculpture to the Sweetheart Festival was also an opportunity to show it off to the community who might not have seen it otherwise.

“We’re really grateful to be able to show this sculpture locally,” Monica Hsu said. “We built it locally and have a lot of help from local business owners and friends.

Being able to show it at a free event and be sponsored by the city in such a major way is super epic for us.”

One of the highlights of the festival for some of the artists was getting to gather in one place and show off their work, said Amy Joy Hosterman, owner of Stinky Cheese Ceramics. Hosterman set up a portable kiln of her own design at the festival and gave out heart-shaped ceramics to festival attendees.

“It’s cool to get all these people together that are usually doing things spread out,” Hosterman said. “It’s really fun to share this and to see everyone else’s kind of behind the scenes.”

This sentiment was echoed by nearly every artist at the festival and is something the organizers said they were proud to contribute to.

“We have a really great artist community that supports one another,” Gillen said. “It’s a really great community to be a part of, and I love to watch it thrive and grow.”

Reach Hannah Parcells at entertainment@collegian.com.

Artist Drew Hsu, also known as Torch Mouth, uses fire to manipulate a rod of glass into a miniature sculpture during a live art display at Loveland, Colorado’s annual Sweetheart Festival Feb. 10.

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THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE

Funktional thrift store hosts Funktastic drag show

By Sophia Masia @sophie_masia

When attending a drag show, most don’t expect to be pulled into the show by the queens for blind millennial gay club karaoke and a minutelong thrifted fashion contest, but Funktastic with Liz Anga is far from your typical drag show.

Local drag queen Liz Agna hosted Funktastic with Liz Agna: Fort Collins’ Okay-est Drag Show Saturday, Feb. 10, at Funktional, a boutique thrift store owned by Eco-Thrift in Fort Collins, with special guests Vegina Quartz, Jam Eden and Diddly Squat.

“I chose Funktional for my venue of choice because I wanted to both support a local business that values community engagement, and also I wanted an eclectic space that wasn’t just the traditional bar or club,” Liz Agna said.

Funktional describes itself as a space for radical reuse.

“I have also gotten to partner with collectives and individuals like Funktional, such as The Art Mart and The Love Shack, ... to foster more community engagement and growth between the drag scene and the local art scene and locally run businesses,” Liz Agna said.

Fort Collins has a thriving drag scene with opportunities for fans and performers both new and experienced to enjoy. Despite its tagline — “Fort Collins’ Okay-est Drag Show” — Funktastic’s all-age accessibility and unique venue keep members of the community coming back every month.

“I love that it’s at a nontraditional venue like Funktional,” attendee Ella Smith said. “It was not my first time going to one of those shows; I’ve been to almost every one. I love local drag and the community that comes with it.”

The show is broken into two sections with an intermission in the middle to allow attendees to take advantage of the mocktail bar and thrift catalog and to support local artists, one of Liz Agna’s main goals with these Funktastic shows.

“I want my show to showcase a diverse set of drag from Northern Colorado as well as across the state,” Liz Agna said.

“Over the course of

nine months, I have been able to give 30 different performers a platform here in Fort Collins.”

One of these performers is queen Vegina Quartz, who celebrated her first year of drag at this show. She made her drag debut last February at The Lyric’s annual Valentine’s Day drag show, X’s and Ho’s.

“I’ve always been a loud, dramatic gay kid.

Being able to put some makeup on my face, fake boobs, big hair and be unfiltered is all I ever dreamed in life.”

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Vegina Quartz described her drag style as “campy cunt” and completely unique to her.

“I’ve always been a loud, dramatic gay kid,” Vegina Quartz

said. “Being able to put some makeup on my face, fake boobs, big hair and be unfiltered is all I ever dreamed in life.”

Liz Agna never themes her Funktional shows, as she wants each performer to stand out, showing off their best and what makes them different. For Liz Agna, that is being a self-proclaimed Body Positive Gender Inventor in her drag.

“My drag aesthetic is very loud, colorful, shiny, with inspiration from ‘60s and ‘70s fashion,” Liz Agna said. “I am a high-energy performer.

I love to kick and split and spin all over the stage. I’m not afraid to show skin or curves or hair.”

The Funktastic host and creator finished the night with her equally glamorous and humorous performance of “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” by Celine Dion, earning cheers, tips and praise from the whole house.

“I would highly recommend that everyone and their mom go to at least one drag show,” Smith said. “They all put their whole pussies into their numbers, and being in a space where your queerness is not only accepted but welcomed is amazing.”

Reach Sophia Masia at entertainment@collegian.com.

Vegina Quartz, Liz Agna, Miss Construed and Diddly Squat smile for a photo after Funktastic with Liz Agna: Fort Collins’ Okay-est Drag Show Feb. 10. PHOTO BY CAIT MCKINZIE THE COLLEGIAN

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By Gwendolynn Riddoch @csucollegian

The Fort Collins Museum of Art presented a glimpse of the world behind bars with their two new exhibits that opened Jan. 26.

The first exhibit, “To See Inside: Art, Architecture and Incarceration,” is from those involved with the University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative.

On Feb. 8, a panel was held at the MoA to discuss the art and the United States justice system. The members of the panel were Sarah McKenzie, Shawna Hockaday, Sean Marshall and Ashley Hamilton.

The room was packed with proud family members and curious Fort Collins residents.

McKenzie is a former associate professor for the Cleveland Institute of Art. She now teaches graphite and color pencil drawing as a part of the Prison Arts Initiative. She worked on a museum architecture project before she started her prison architecture project.

“I started to think about museums as institutions and then institutions in general,” McKenzie said. “How when we walk into an institution, we start to change our behavior to suit the space we are in.

That made me wonder about prison space. Museums represent this high point of institutions, and prisons are a low point. I thought it would be so interesting to look at prisons and see if they have any similarities to museums because of the fact that it is institutional space.”

While talking with others about her new prison architecture project, McKenzie got in touch with the people experiencing these spaces.

“I called up the DU PAI; I thought I would just see if they needed someone to file papers for them or something,” McKenzie said. “I didn’t think that if I called up Ashley’s organization (DU PAI) out of the blue that they would say, ‘You can start teaching for us next month,’ but they did. I led an online drawing class that spring. That was really the first step, and the rest just snowballed.”

Hockaday, formerly incarcerated and a student in McKenzie’s class, has been married for 13 years.

“I have eight kids, and so when I was incarcerated, it was the first time I was ever really alone,” Hockaday said. “I had nobody calling out ‘Mom’ for me anymore.”

Hockaday regained freedom and healing through her art.

“My wife is currently incarcerated, and we got married in the middle of my craziness, but she is just my best friend,” Hockaday said. “Hopefully, she will get home in 2025. I am going to support her as she goes

through this because people literally creative practice into a space that does photographer, gaining his affinity for food, which also influenced his not have that,” Hamilton said. forget about you.”

The second exhibit, “A Year of artistic journey.

Hockaday’s art is going to be Hargreaves has an outsider’s hung at the Colorado Capitol Killing,” is a photo documentary project in the governor’s office at the that recreates the last meals of male perspective on the ideals of America, which has helped his research on the death row inmates. end of March. last meals of death penalty inmates.

Sean Marshall is a formerly “I am from overseas, and America incarcerated artist with an eye is always, you know, viewed as for portraits. this shining light of decency and “If it were not for my mom and democracy and all these things,” my daughter, I would be dead,” “I did some research, Hargreaves said. “But it has these Marshall said. juxtapositions. It’s such a fraught Throughout Marshall’s art, you and as I was reading, relationship with death.” can see a shift from when he was in these prisoners Hargreaves’ light bulb moment prison to when he was released. became not just was when he read about Texas “My art now is definitely a lot getting rid of the last meal requests lighter,” Marshall said. “So much of statistics and people of death row inmates. my art back then was dark. When who had kind of been “I did some research, and as I you look at it, you can definitely see my suffering. You can see my swept out of the public was reading, these prisoners became not just statistics and people who longing to be free, my longing to eye; they became very had kind of been swept out of connect with my loved ones and my humanized.” the public eye; they became very longing to find purpose. Now when humanized, and it brought up such I create it for the purpose of healing HENRY HARGREAVES large questions around the death others, I have come to a place of ARTIST penalty,” Hargreaves said. “That was healing, and now my art is to inspire, the moment that sparked it.” to uplift, to teach, to mend — and His goal was to recreate the that’s the difference.” feeling he felt reading these requests When Marshall began exploring The artist, Henry Hargreaves, through food photography so that art in prison, he met a man named is fascinated by the duality of the others may begin to wonder about John Sherman.

“He is a remarkable artist; he death penalty. Hargreaves is a food the death penalty and share the was serving a life sentence, and he photographer who grew up in same feelings of humanity as he did.

Reach Gwendolynn Riddoch at ended up serving I think nearly Christchurch, New Zealand, and 30 years if not more before he was he worked in the food industry entertainment@collegian.com. given clemency,” Marshall said. before he became a full-time “He received clemency shortly before I did.”

The clemency application i n v o l v e s submitting proof of growth and re h a b i l i t a t i on and is rarely awarded.

Hamilton is the co-founder and executive director of the DU PAI. Her career started after her time at New York University, where she pursued the theatrical arts in a more mainstream way up until one of her friends was teaching a class in the Lower East Side.

H a m i l t o n’s curiosity began to grow, which began her 14year journey into teaching inside both jail and prison systems.

“Really, the draw was wanting to bring light and Ashley Hamilton speaks about her experience in incarceration at the “To See Inside: Art, Architecture and Incarceration” panel discussion at the Museum of Art Fort Collins Feb. 8.

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (02/15/24) ARIES (MARCH 21 - APRIL 19) Tarot card: The Magician The universe is giving you the key to manifest anything you want right now, Aries. All you have to do is make sure the things you want are aligned with your highest self. Create from the heart, and you will be set.

TAURUS (APRIL 20 - MAY 20) Tarot card: Five of Fire You may find yourself stuck or having a challenge this week, Taurus. Continue to stay on your flow, and everything will turn out just fine. Sometimes difficulties pop us in life to show us what we need to fix. You’ve got this.

GEMINI (MAY 21 - JUNE 20) Tarot card: The Sun You are getting recognized for your art and hard work at this time, Gemini. Even if you may not see it, people are inspired by your point of view. A secret admirer may try to make conversation with you on what you do this week.

CANCER (JUNE 21 - JULY 22) Tarot card: King of Earth You carry great integrity, and abundance follows wherever you go. The plans you’re making right now are blessed, and just like the myth of King Midas, everything you touch turns into gold.

February is a beautiful month for you, Cancer.

LEO (JULY 23 - AUG. 22) Tarot card: Three of Water You are getting together with your friends at this time, Leo. You are celebrating and not feeling the need to hermit anymore. Flowers are starting to blossom, and the more you spend time with those you love, the more in tune you feel with your inner child.

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You love staying busy and sticking to your vision until it materializes into your reality. You’ll get to rest soon, but for now, continue to follow the spark you feel.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23 - OCT. 22) Tarot card: Queen of Air If your space is cluttered or disorganized, it’s time to tidy up, Libra. You will feel much better, especially since we just had a new moon. Treat yourself out to some food, and find time to do self-care. Love yourself, and the universe will send that energy back to you.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23 - NOV. 21) Tarot card: Ace of Earth New opportunities are on the rise for you, Scorpio. Take action and create, and everything else

will follow. You are on the path to success and accomplishing a lot right now. A new romance is in bloom for you, and you might just do something fun this Valentine’s Day. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 - DEC. 21) Tarot card: Nine of Air If you are struggling with insomnia or restlessness right now, it’s time to release the past and feel your free spirit again, Sagittarius. Remove yourself from distractions, and you’ll be at peace again.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 - JAN. 19) Tarot card: Temperance Good karma is on your side, Capricorn. You are putting in hard work, and everything is turning out just the way you want it to. You are good at following your heart, and this is leading you to beautiful opportunities.

Seize them!

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 - FEB. 18) Tarot card: Seven of Air You are taking time to rest before you have to get working again.

You may have just finished a passion project or a very big task.

Whatever the case, you deserve to nap and put time into yourself.

PISCES (FEB. 19 - MARCH 20) Tarot card: Six of Earth The universe is sending you blessed opportunities and gifts right now. You may have been waiting on an acceptance or confirmation for something.

If you’re nervous about the outcome, just know you are talented and beautiful. You deserve this.

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“If each amendment in the Bill of Rights had a zodiac sign, what would they be? The fourth is obviously a Taurus.”

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