Volume 126, No. 123 April 26, 2017

Volume 126, No. 123 Wednesday, April 26, 2017

OPINION

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SPORTS

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A cattle roping event during the 2013 Skyline Stampede Rodeo. COLLEGIAN FILE PHOTO

Student animal activists claim CSU’s rodeo engages in animal cruelty

By Piper Davis @Piperldavis

A student animal activist group has accused CSU’s rodeo team of animal cruelty after they said they investigated CSU’s Skyline Stampede Rodeo.

The 67th annual Skyline Stampede Rodeo took place April 7, 8 and 9 at B.W. Pickett Arena at the CSU equine center.

It is recognized as the oldest collegiate rodeo in the country.

The group, named Rams

Organizing for Animal Rights, is composed of 16 active CSU students who say they work to expose the mistreatment of animals and pursue animal liberation. The group also organized a rally in response to the controversial on-campus slaughterhouse, or meat harvesting facility, outside of the campus Administration Building on April 19.

Austin Joseph, a senior studying nutrition and health sciences, and Abigail Bearce, a

sophomore studying conservation biology, attended the CSU Rodeo Team’s annual rodeo held in Fort Collins to analyze potential instances of animal cruelty.

“The videos from ROAR at CSU show cows being stepped on and kicked, calves being thrown to the ground and slapped in the face, and a horse being dragged through the dirt,” Joseph wrote in a press release by ROAR. Joseph claimed they documented abuse that is not sanctioned by rodeo rules.

“A few things seemed like honest accidents, but most of it was meant to happen,” Joseph wrote. “We documented plenty of incidents that were perfect examples of what happens when everything goes exactly as planned, and they still hurt animals. Cruelty is built into the rodeo, and there are parts that no amount of regulation can fix.”

Bearce and Joseph said they oppose the event of calf roping. Calf roping is a timed event see ACTIVISTS on page 4 >>

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CAMPUS

University to extend building hours for finals week

By Rachel Telljohn @racheltelljohn

Both the Morgan Library and the Lory Student Center will have extended hours for finals week at Colorado State University.

Morgan Library Morgan Library boasts their extended study hours, as with every semester, but this semester they have added additional study space.

The Morgan Event Hall in the library will be utilized as a study hall from May 6 through 11.

Hours vary: Saturday, May 6 from 9 a.m.-2 a.m., Sunday, May 7 from 10 a.m.-2 a.m. and from 6:30 a.m.2 a.m. the rest of the week.

Extended hours for the library are as follows: Wednesday, April 26 to Thursday, April 27 7 a.m.-2 a.m., Friday, April 28 9 a.m.-1 a.m., Saturday, April 29 9 a.m.-1 a.m. and Sunday, April 30 10 a.m.-2 a.m.

Monday, May 1 to Friday, May 5 7 a.m.-2 a.m., Saturday, May 6 9 a.m.-2 a.m. and Sunday, May 7 10 a.m.- 2 a.m.

Monday, May 8 to Thursday, May 11 6:30 a.m.-2 a.m., Friday,

May 12 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday, May 13 to Sunday, May 14 1 p.m.- 5 p.m.

Students can pet pups to destress during exams, as the infamous therapy dogs return to the library this semester. Pups can be found Thursday, May 11 from 12-1 p.m. in the library.

Lory Student Center The Lory Student Center offers LSC Late Nite during finals week from Sunday, May 7 to Wednesday, May 10. The building will be open until 12 a.m. each night.

Late Nite offers discounts for students, including 50 percent off coffee at Sweet Sinsations from 5-10 p.m. on Sunday and from 7-10 p.m. Tuesday. Intermissions will offer 50 percent off Monday and Wednesday from 6-10 p.m.

Other discounts include 50 percent off at Bagel Place on Sunday, 8 p.m.- 12 a.m., 50 percent off at Subway on Monday, 8 p.m.-12 a.m., 50 percent off at Spoons on Tuesday, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. and 50 percent off at Garbanzo on Wednesday, 8 p.m.- 12 a.m.

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Doh and stress stars, will happen on the second level of the LSC. Other activities for destressing include massages and coloring pages also on the second level of the LSC. Multiple rooms on the sec-

ond and third floors of the LSC will also be available as study rooms.

Students can stop by the last mindfulness drop-in session, happening in room 324 of the LSC on Wednesday, May 3

from 12:10-1 p.m. The session is designed to help teach students mindfulness practices to help manage stress, among other things.

Rachel Telljohn can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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NEWS Wednesday, April 26, 2017

CRIME

CSU student charged with sexual assault, stalking for alleged catfishing

By Haley Candelario @H_Candelario98

A Colorado State University student has been charged with stalking and sexual assault.

Police say the student manipulated and romanced two female friends for months after forging fake online profiles.

According to her arrest affidavit obtained by the Coloradoan, Jalen Perez, a 20-year-old sophomore biological sciences major, is accused of fabricating social media accounts to trick two female friends into forming relationships with who they thought were male CSU stu-

dents.

The police say that Perez sexually assaulted one of the two female friends and attempted to convince the friend that it was not sexual assault, posing as one of the male students the victim talked to online.

According to the Coloradoan, the victim told police that Perez sexually assaulted her one night in the fall after getting drunk. Perez did not think the victim would remember the incident, but the victim did not report the incident to police because Perez, posing as the male identities, convinced her it was not wrong.

According to the Coloradoan, Perez told police initially that she kissed the victim and later sexual contact was consensual.

The two female friends said they became suspicious of Perez when plans to meet the two male students fell through. Perez claimed to know the two men and would give the two females reasons why their online boyfriends could not meet them, according to the Coloradoan.

Perez has been charged with sexual assault, two counts of stalking and first-degree criminal tampering.

Haley Candelario can be reached at news@collegian.com.

CITY

Artisan Pops expands to grocery business

By Mason Force @masforce1

Revolution Artisan Pops has expanded into the newly-opened Revolution Market, a small-town grocery store with a large passion for local foods.

Revolution Market officially opened on April 14 and is located on 130 West Olive Street in Old Town.

The market is located in Old Town and features a full kitchen, deli and grocery store as well as a production facility for the artisan popsicles.

Owners and Colorado State University alumni Rebecca Barringer and Jarod Dunn originally envisioned a new business as an opportunity to expand their popsicle production with Revolution Artisan Pops. Revolution Artisan Pops is also located in Old Town, where it began selling hand-made popsicles in 2015.

After they found a suitable location for the new business, Barringer and Dunn said they realized their new retail space gave them freedom to open a store that sold more than just popsicles. They developed their original idea into a complete market, capable of supplying locally-sourced food year-round to Fort Collins residents.

“We get a lot of our products for the popsicles from local farms and vendors and many of them didn’t have an outlet to sell their things year-round,” Barringer said. “We wanted to get everything in one central place where people could come in and get (food) all the time.”

Almost all of the food sold at Revolution Market is produced in Colorado and much of it comes

Co-owners Jarod Dunn (left) and Sam Edwards-Jenks (right) make popcicles for Revolution Artisan Pops from inside the new Revolution Market in Old Town. PHOTO BY BROOKE BUCHAN COLLEGIAN

from Fort Collins. In addition, the store features a viewing area where customers can watch the popsicle production as it happens.

Barstools line the counter and wall where windows allow visitors to see the popsicles being made 5 days a week. The windows and viewing area were some of the main changes made to the previously empty retail space.

The local food offered at the market is sustainably raised and harvested, but not necessarily certified organic. The financial difficulty of becoming certified organic prevents many local growers from being able to label their food as such, even though it is produced in a very similar manner, Barringer said.

“Organic is a very costly license that a farm has to pay and

a lot of small local farms can’t afford it and they don’t need to,” Barringer said.

Barringer said customers know the food offered at Revolution Market is quality because it comes from local farms.

Revolution Market also offers a wide variety of take-home meals that are made in-store. Dunn said these meals as both affordable and made with good ingredients and said he hopes to cater to those in Fort Collins who often do not have time to cook for themselves.

One of the most valuable aspects of the store is that Revolution Market can offer more individualized customer service than larger grocery stores, Barringer said.

“We want to provide great quality food at affordable prices see POPSICLES on page 14 >>

>> ACTIVISTS from page 1 where a rider who is mounted on a horse attempts to catch a calf by throwing a looped lasso around its neck. The rider then must dismount the horse, run to the calf and restrain the calf by tying a rope around three of its legs. The calf is tied for six seconds while the official time is recorded.

“Cruelty is built into the rodeo, and there are parts that no amount of regulation can fix.”

AUSTIN JOSEPH SENIOR NUTRITION AND HEALTH SCIENCES MAJOR MEMBER OF RAMS ORGANIZING FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS

The event originates from the everyday duties of actual cowboys catching calves to brand them and provide medical treatment.

Calf roping is illegal in the state of Rhode Island as well as in the city of Baltimore, MD. It is not allowed in areas of Australia, Brazil and Canada and is banned nationally in Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Joseph and Bearce said they believe the fact that this event is illegal in other areas speaks to the cruelty involved with the event.

“If people were doing this to dogs, there would be an uproar,” Bearce said. “But people seem to lack any compassion for calves in rodeos when they are getting hurt right in front of an audience of people who have normalized this kind of treatment.”

Joseph and Bearce also expressed their opposition of other events such as saddle bronc riding. In the event, flank straps are tied onto the horses to cause enough discomfort for the horse to buck to try and release the strap and spurs are used to aggravate the horse, Joseph said.

The group would ideally like to end certain events in the rodeo, such as calf-roping and saddle bronc riding, but believe it will be more difficult than anticipated because it is an institutionalized problem normalized to the public, especially the youth.

“It didn’t appear to bother anyone when screaming goats were pinned to the ground or when roped calves cried out,” Bearce wrote. “There’s a connection between that and the fact that we saw children

dressed in cowboy hats and trying to lasso their friends.

These children are taught from a very early age that this type of violent behavior is acceptable and even encouraged.”

Though student members of the rodeo team were asked not to comment in response to the accusations, Wayne Miller, the rodeo club advisor, said he does not believe there were any violations of typical rodeo standards.

“CSU is part of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association and collegiate rodeos are run according the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) rules, including those for animal welfare,” Miller said. “CSU rodeo staff have reviewed the video and they do not see evidence of any violations of NIRA rules.”

According to the NIRA Statement of Position on Animal Welfare, the only guideline for steer wrestling states that ropers are forbidden from placing their fingers in eyes, lips or noses of steers. Abuse of animals by any NIRA member or mistreatment of animals that occurs on rodeo grounds will result in disqualification and a fine of $250 for the first offense, with the fine doubling with each following offense.

“CSU rodeo staff have reviewed the video and they do not see evidence of any violations of NIRA rules.”

WAYNE MILLER RODEO CLUB ADVISOR

Rams Organizing for Animal Rights said they hope that they can educate the public on how these events qualify as animal cruelty, encourage others to recognize the problem and teach the community to advocate for the rights of the wellbeing of animals.

“The rodeo only has one demographic and I don’t think these people can see that these animals can feel pain when they are lassoed and dragged to the ground and stepped on,“ Bearce said. “Since this rodeo culture is such a big part of their overall identity, permanent change is going to be very hard and fought by the rodeo community. But that won’t stop us from fighting for what’s right.”

Piper Davis can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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OPINION Wednesday, April 26, 2017

COLLEGIAN COLUMNISTS

Marching for science means little in the age of alternative facts Lauren Willson @LaurenKealani

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 April 22, over 600 rallies were held globally in a movement referred to as the “March for Science.” The intent behind the marches was simple: to express the public’s desire for government policy that reflects scientific consensus. However, actually implementing such alterations will be quite difficult due to the Trump Administration’s flagrant disregard for progressive scientific and technological policy, especially when it comes to climate change. But it’s fruitless to wait for the government to save the planet, because with men like Donald Trump in the White House, it’s simply never going to happen.

Coloradans are fortunate to

live in a state where protecting nature’s beauty is a priority. Fort Collins serves as shining example, as our humble town recently adopted rigorous goals to minimize greenhouse gas emissions.

Even on a national level, most Americans support government policy that aims to mitigate global warming. A 2016 Yale study found that 82 percent of citizens believe we should fund research in renewable energy and an impressive 69 percent are in favor of regulating CO2 limits of coal-fueled power plants (both statistics are national averages).

Despite roaring consensus that action for protecting the planet should be taken, the policies of the Trump Administration thus far do not reflect these popular sentiments.

President Trump has been vocal in the past about his denial of the real causes of climate change. Most scientists agree that climate change is the result of a combination of natural atmospheric trends and human behavior (e.g. production of greenhouse gases). Yet Trump strays disconcertingly far from this popular opinion. In a Tweet, he blamed global warming on

China, asserting the People’s Republic had fabricated the worldwide effect as a hoax to deter American manufacturing.

So it’s clear that Trump is not a subscriber to scientific consensus. But that’s why he has reliable advisors to help him on these technical matters, right?

Wrong.

In a move that precipitated much backlash from environmentalists, Democrats and even laypeople, President Trump appointed Scott Pruitt, an attorney general of Oklahoma, to head the Environmental Protection Agency.

Pruitt is known for pushing 14 lawsuits against the EPA in an effort to block their regulations. He has bluntly stated he does not believe manmade carbon dioxide emissions contribute to global warming. As attorney general, Pruitt used state stationary to send letters of objection to federal agencies in protest of environmental protection guidelines. In a journalistic investigation by the New York Times, it was determined that these correspondences were largely crafted and influenced by oil and gas companies.

Why on earth (pun half-in-

tended) would Trump appoint a climate change-denying lawyer with personal interests in the oil and gas industries to be the head of an agency that strives to decrease environmental destruction? Because scientific consensus (i.e. that the earth is changing) contradicts his own beliefs and he therefore believes he should discount it.

This is the problem with having an egotistical, borderline narcissist in the Oval Office.

When making policy decisions, if a piece of information goes against what Trump has deemed best, he will brush it aside, thinking he is the only one with the right answers.

Trump has asserted that cutting 31 percent of current EPA funds and decreasing regulations on the fuel industry will somehow make our nation a better place. In particular, Trump has promised to revive the dying coal industry by relaxing regulatory restrictions. This requires dismantling the guidelines put in place by Obama’s Clean Power Plan, an admirable effort to curb carbon emissions by power-producing sectors. It seems that even as climate change continues to worsen, the only “science”

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our Prez heeds is that of economics.

Unfortunately, Trump’s promise to create jobs in a fast-fading business is not even fulfillable. Demand for coal has been declining for years and neglecting protection of the environment won’t affect that downward trend.

This blind optimism is yet another example of Trump’s disregard for science in favor of his own irrational beliefs.

I wish I could believe that the demonstrations of last Saturday will have a positive effect. I really do. I fear that every breath of fresh air, embodied in movements like the Women’s March and the March for Science, will quickly be tainted by the pollution of guys like Trump and Pruitt.

We cannot wait for the feds to save Mother Earth. With a self-deified egomaniac in the White House and a cabinet of ignorant acolytes, it seems we have two options remaining: a) place environmental protection into the hands of local governments and corporations or b) pack up our shit and move to Mars.

Lauren Willson can be reached at letters@collegian.

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Dear Collegian, Climate change is now dominating the headlines in our progressive world. We are beginning to understand the harmful effects of the oil and gas industries such as the disruption of wildlife ecosystems. However, energy sources such as wind and solar power are sweeping the nation, dropping in price and proving that we can eventually power our cities with completely renewable sources.

Although more research needs to be done regarding things like efficient battery storage technologies, renewable energy is a highly obtainable answer to ending the deadly effects

of fossil fuels. Colorado State University is one of the few universities that has pledged to be committed to 100 percent renewable energy by 2030. Not to mention towns such as Boulder, Pueblo and Aspen have made similar commitments. Fort Collins can easily be the next city to join the ranks. We as a generation have the power to dictate what our future will look like; we can say no to oil companies, fracking, and coal industries.

Renewables are our future and we are ready to take step in the right direction. We challenge the city of Fort Collins to match CSU’s commitment to 100 percent renewable electricity.

-Madeline Smith-Sheader Sophomore Anthropology Major Letters may be sent to letters@collegian.com. When submitting letters, please abide by the guidelines listed online.

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OPINION Wednesday, April 26, 2017

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COLLEGIAN COLUMNISTS

The University’s gender and minority pay-gaps are extremely disappointing for progressives Jayla Hodge @JaylaHodge

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

CSU’s very own Salary Equity Committee released a study in March that revealed that full-time female and minority professors earn less than their male counterparts. Our school paid female full professors almost 5% less than their male counterparts this fiscal year.

The study also found that minority associate professors are worse off, earning 5.4 percent less than their white counterparts. The study did not find gender or minority-status pay disparity for the assistant professor ranks or gender-correlated disparity for associate or assistant professors.

While this news is disappointing, it does not come as a complete surprise. These reports of gender and minority pay gaps come just a week after an internal survey taken by The Colorado State University Standing Committee on the Status of Women Faculty found that female faculty are unhappy with their work environments at the University. Part of the female faculty’s displeasure stems from the negative perception of their pay equity and how parental leave policies are implemented throughout the school’s different departments.

If CSU intends to show that they value equality and creating safe, proactive and fair environments for female students, they should be demonstrating these values through their faculty as well. How a school treats its faculty is a representation of that school’s attitude towards its students. These findings are not acceptable. We expect better from our school.

It was over 2 years ago that a CSU statistics professor discovered potential gender-based pay discrepancies among full time professors. Since then,

the school has taken some measures to repair this issue. The gender pay gap has been closing over the last 5 years, yet some of these discrepancies still exist. If our school can construct a brand new, massive stadium in less than 2 years, then they should have been able to end pay disparity among female and minority faculty members in that amount of time as well.

The study also shows that the pay gap for some minority faculty is widening. Minority associate professors were earning about 96 percent, still not equal, of what their white colleagues were in the 2013 fiscal year. Now they only earn about 94.6 percent of that. It’s 2017. This is absolutely absurd.

Regardless of the factors that may contribute to this pay gap, there needs to be more done to make these members of faculty feel respected and non-disposable for the invaluable work they do.

CSU has fully acknowledged the results of the survey and has already implemented processes and ideas to solve these issues. The school will be evaluating departments

individually to find out what specific factors may add to the pay discrepancies and the overall displeasure from female staff and teachers. They have also agreed to bring in an outside consultant due to the recommendations set forth by the Colorado State University Standing Committee on the Status of Women Faculty.

In a statement made to the Collegian, President Tony Frank wrote, “For real change to occur… it will require us to engage these topics with a focus on improvement driven through accountability, communication and transparency.

All of our efforts are needed to accomplish the improvements to which we’ve committed our-

selves – changes to whose time we know has more than come.”

CSU has admitted their fault; now it is our time to force them to uphold their promises.

While minority and gender pay gaps can be found in universities across the country, we can only hope our CSU will be doing everything to progress gender equality and combat generations of gender and racial discrimination.

In order to fully respect diversity and equality in its students, the school must wholeheartedly do that with its staff and leadership. Anything else is hypocritical.

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

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SPORTS Wednesday, April 26, 2017

CLUB SPORTS

CSU climbing member races in Boston Marathon

By Luke Zahlmann @lukezahlmann

Cody Moore recently qualified and participated in the Boston Marathon—the world’s oldest annual marathon—earlier this April. The Colorado State junior qualified for the race after winning the Colorado Marathon in 2016. Moore went on to place 1,114th in the Boston Marathon, finishing at 2 hours, 57 minutes, 23 seconds.

Moore has been a runner by way of his father’s guidance dating back to the eighth grade.

Despite playing soccer as a child, Moore took up distance running and began training for a half-marathon. “(My dad) was doing a half-marathon, so I just thought it sounded like fun,” Moore said. “I didn’t end up doing that half-marathon that I trained for, but then I joined cross country in high school the next year.”

Moore spent high school as a dual-sport athlete, running cross country and playing soccer for Virgil I. Grissom High School in Huntsville, Alabama.

In his freshman year of high school, he ran his first marathon in the 2009 Philadelphia Marathon. Following the marathon in Philadelphia, Moore ran an additional two before the Colorado Marathon in 2016.

Moore won the 2016 Colorado Marathon with a time of 2:39:20, good enough to qualify for the Boston marathon—runners aged 18-34 are required to have a marathon time of 3 hours 5 minutes to qualify for the Boston Marathon.

After his win in the Colorado Marathon in May 2016, Moore began his training for the Boston Marathon.

“I didn’t sign up until September of last year,” Moore said. “(I trained with) a lot of long runs. Eighty to 90 miles a week on average, running 6 to 7 days a week. I ran one little 10-mile race in Littleton as a tune up.”

The Boston marathon took place on April 17, 2017, beginning in the early morning.

“It’s Patriot’s day, so they do the national anthem at the start,” Moore said. “They had a jet fly over, which is super cool.

They start the mobility impaired athletes way ahead of you, so as you run, you’re passing them.

There’s veterans missing legs and arms and blind runners and it’s just really inspiring.”

The race is made truly special by the people running, but also those supporting the runners and the masses that crowd the streets in Massachusetts to experience the luster of the day.

“It was incredible,” Moore said. “You’ll have to fact check me on some numbers, but there’s over 32,000 people that start it and around 26,000 finish. The course is just lined with spectators. People are hanging over the rails to give you high fives and yell at you.”

This year, the marathon featured 30,074 entries, with 27,221 starting the race and 97 percent (26,411) finishing.

Moore finished 1,114th in the Boston marathon with a time of 2:57:23, good for 6th overall out of 10 Fort Collins-based runners.

The result was not indicative of the journey and experience that Moore took part in.

“I left on Friday, with the race Monday,” Moore said. “I have some family in the area so I stayed with them for a couple days and got to enjoy that part of

it. There’s (also) a big expo where you go and pick up your packet and they have every running-related manufacturing company, so we went and saw that.”

Through all the noise of the sponsors lining the expo, Moore stayed true to his Ram pride and ran under the sponsorship of his other athletic passion.

“I was running for the CSU climbing team,” Moore said.

“I had one of their singlets on, which was pretty cool.“ Moore is a part of the CSU climbing team that competes against other schools in the area.

The team is heading to San Diego for nationals this week.

CSU alumni Chris Retzlaff, Adrian Macdonald, Jerry Lanning and Seth Woodring joined Moore in the marathon. Retzlaff finished the best of any Fort Collins participant with a time of 2:33:21.

Many of his fellow CSU participants run in a group called the “Striders,” which is a University-sanctioned running club that participates in a pair of Colorado-hosted marathon events a year.

Following his running of the Boston marathon in which he qualified again to run in 2018, Moore remains mum on the prospect of participating again.

“It’s a little too far out right now to say if I’ll do it,” Moore said. “I am doing the Colorado marathon again and that’s a week from this Sunday.”

After receiving his diploma in May as a major in food science and nutrition, Moore plans to continue his path with a fivemonth internship in Durango, Colorado.

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

FOOTBALL

CSU adds familiar name to 2018 class

By Justin T. Michael @JustinTMichael

Colorado State football picked up its second commitment of the 2018 class Tuesday in McCook (Nebraska) linebacker Zach Schlager.

Younger brother of Rams starting safety Jake Schlager, the 6-foot-2 linebacker has decided to join his older brother in the Centennial state. Zach announced his decision on Twitter Tuesday afternoon.

A two-way player at McCook High School, Schlager started as

both quarterback and linebacker for the Bison, helping guide the team to a 10-2 season. Schlager finished the 2016 season with 99 total tackles, 55 of which were solo and nine tackles for loss.

Offensively, Schlager carried the ball 95 times for 940 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns. He also completed 23-of-47 passing attempts for 417 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions.

Schlager received offers from Cornell and Harvard along with North Dakota, South Dakota and South Dakota State. Ac-

cording to Rivals.com, Schlager was receiving interest Air Force and Wyoming as well as multiple power-five schools, including Kansas State, Minnesota and Nebraska.

NCAA rules prohibit college coaches from verbally discussing specific recruits until they have signed financial-aid agreements or national letters of intent.

Schlager is eligible to sign his NLI this February.

Justin Michael can be reached at sports@ collegian.com.

Colorado State junior Cody Moore collects his race bib at the Boston Marathon. PHOTO COURTESY OF CODY MOORE COLLEGIAN

SPORTS Wednesday, April 26, 2017

SOFTBALL

FOOTBALL

Hutton earns first MW There is no quarterback Pitcher of the Week competition in 2017 honor for CSU

By Austin White @ajwrules44

Sophomore Bridgette Hutton was named Mountain West Pitcher of the Week for the first time in her collegiate career, the conference announced Tuesday.

The award is the first for Colorado State this season.

Hutton began her week last Tuesday with a complete game victory over Northern Colorado. She allowed two hits and one earned run with a career high eight strikeouts in the game.

The eight strikeouts pushed Hutton into the team lead in the category (55). She added three more during her two appearances against UNLV last weekend.

Her 3.70 ERA ranks 15th best in the Mountain West. Hutton’s ERA for conference games ranks 7th in conference at 3.09 “I think, for the preseason, it just really opened my eyes to how much harder I need to work because our conference is very good,” Hutton said on her changes made from non-conference play to MW play. “The adjustment was just having a stronger mentality, working on every pitch and going hard, 100

percent, every day.”

Hutton helped lower her conference ERA on Sunday with a complete game three-hit shutout against the Rebels, her second complete game shutout of the year.

“Snapping my ball a lot smoother…we have really been working that in practice,” Hutton said on how she has been able to pitch well over a complete game. “My mentality just was a lot stronger those games.”

She was able to strikeout only one Rebel in the game Sunday, however, causing the defense behind her to play well, something she is very thankful for.

“I feel like the award should have gone to our defense,” Hutton said. “They made all the plays and they pretty much did everything, I just put the ball where I was supposed to.”

The Rams and Hutton are back in action this weekend when they travel to take on the Nevada Wolfpack in their second to last conference series of the year, starting Friday at 5 p.m.

MT. Austin White can be reached at sports@ collegian.com.

Colorado State University’s Bridgette Hutton (13) pitches during a game against Buffalo on Friday, March 3. PHOTO BY FORREST CZARNECKI COLLEGIAN

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Justin T. Michael @JustinTMichael

Nick Stevens’ performance in the Green and Gold game was indicative of his entire collegiate career.

For three quarters, the redshirt senior quarterback struggled to get much of anything going and looked nothing like the quarterback we saw down the stretch last season. Appearing to waste a golden opportunity to further cement himself as number one on the depth chart heading into summer, Stevens struggled mightily to make routine plays and found his team facing a multi-score deficit, which is almost unheard of in the offensive-friendly spring game.

Then, seemingly with the flick of a switch, Stevens and the first-team offense came firing back to life. After throwing three interceptions and failing to reach the endzone with the first team-offense for 75 percent of the game, the Green team (offense), led by Stevens, was able to erase a double-digit deficit and ultimately come away with a slim 43-40 victory.

In the fourth quarter come-

back effort, Stevens was able to connect with his starting wide receivers Michael Gallup and Olabisi Johnson for a touchdown apiece. Stevens hit Gallup for a red zone touchdown early in the final period and connected with Johnson on a fade route for the winning score.

Albeit the game counted for nothing but pride and team bragging rights, Stevens’ fourth quarter performance was impressive and yet another example of how far the California native has come.

A true “grinder,” Stevens has faced adversity throughout his time at Colorado State.

From competing with an older, more experienced Garrett Grayson, to beating out an up and coming Coleman Key in 2015 and then ultimately winning, losing and winning the job again in 2016, Stevens is more than used to having to look over his shoulder.

In spite of all of the hard times, nothing has seemed to break his spirit. Whenever he gets knocked on his ass, he shakes it off and goes back to work. After getting benched week one last season, Stevens could have have very easily quit on his team. Hell, we see it all the time in college football.

He chose to work instead.

Then when he got his second chance, Stevens took the reins

and helped guide the team to a 5-2 record over the final seven games. During that stretch, Stevens posted some of the best numbers of his career and put 35-plus points on the board in each of the final six games of the season.

In a generation when more and more players are transferring if they do not get their way, Stevens’ constant professionalism has been admirable. It also has made him beloved by his coaches and teammates. This has been evident throughout the program this spring.

I fully expect a healthy Collin Hill to compete with Stevens for the starting gig once again this fall, so it is too early to give a concrete answer on who will start for the Rams against Oregon State on August 26. For whatever it is worth, though, this writer feels that the job belongs to Stevens.

Stevens has the love and trust of his teammates. More than anything, though, he has proven to be the true leader of this team. If I were Mike Bobo this August, I would be rolling with No. 7, not because he is necessarily the best arm talent on the team, but because he has earned the right to be under center.

Justin Michael can be reached at sports@ collegian.com.

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MOVIES & TV

Creators of ACT Human Rights Film Festival reflect on festival

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While the ACT Human Rights Film Festival saw its final night on April 21, the people who helped create the week long screening of local and international cinema are still considering its themes and its future.

Dr. Scott Diffrient is an assistant professor of film and media in the Department of Communication Studies. He conceptualized the ACT Festival last year with the goal of establishing Colorado State University as a leader in humanitarian outreach. His vision is to showcase locally-made movies alongside international films and to defy typical film tropes.

“The films we chose this year mostly had female directors and they focused on stories that are usually told from a one-sided point of view,” Diffrient said. “In selecting films from Iran and the Middle East, for example, we wanted to show a perspective that American audiences don’t often see.”

Usama Alshaibi, a filmmaker and visiting assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies, had a unique perspective of his own.

Born in Baghdad, Iraq, he saw the ACT Film Festival as a way to connect the real Middle East with American audiences.

“When I make a documentary about my cousin and his neighbors who get shot at by American soldiers because they turned a wrong corner, there is a connection when I sit here talking to you,” Alshaibi said.

“Stories you hear about Iraq in America, they come through the view of a tank. They aren’t told by Iraqis. When audiences see something like ‘American Sniper,’ that makes it easier to bomb the next village.”

The festival’s official themes covered immigration and women’s rights, among others, but the connective tissue holding all the movies together was a message of peace and empathy through understanding.

Shown during the festival, the film “Starless Dreams” told the story of an Iranian girls’ prison.

“This was all about letting the subjects speak for themselves,” Diffrient said. “The way we see Iran and Middle Eastern stories gets framed in a prob-

By Alaysha Powell @alaysha_powell

Q&A session with director Tiffany Hsiang after the screening of her film “The Apology” at the ACT Human Rights Film Festival. PHOTO BY

ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

lematic way. In narratives like this, though, you get to see the subjects gradually open up. You realize they’re not so different from a group of American girls.”

Giving voice to those who are invisible in armed conflicts is the best form of international diplomacy, Alshaibi said.

“What do families in the Middle East want?” Diffrient said. “The same as what we want in this country. To live their lives. Imagine if, in the Vietnam War, we had given kids cameras and said ‘show us what you see.’ Suddenly, we can’t sit at home and view war as a video game anymore.”

This style of on-the-ground filmmaking also holds power to fight hate. Fort Collins recently saw its Islamic Center vandalized. Our reaction to that event defines who we will be as a community, Alshaibi said.

“That act of hatred was an American moment,” Diffrient said. “But so was what happened after, when thousands came together in support of Muslims and to oppose racism.”

Dr. Greg Dickinson, chair of the Department of Communication Studies and the ACT’s producer, said this sense of sol-

idarity is one reason why seeing the films in person has been important to him.

“In the theater, you feel it when the audience is next to you crying,” Dickinson said.

“And you feel for those on screen. I’ve never lived in a war camp. I didn’t grow up as a refugee in tents that don’t keep out the rain where children talk about killing Assad. I played war games as a kid, but not because I’d seen my neighbors die. I can only try to empathize with what that means and this is why we’re not trying to do something popular. We’re in the business of asking what it means to be human.”

This year’s festival brought stories that went beyond self reflection, according to Alshaibi.

“The civil rights leader James Baldwin once said ‘not everything that is faced can be changed,’ Alshaibi said. “It is equally true that if we don’t face something, we cannot change it.

The ACT Human Rights Film Festival asked audiences not only to face the screen, but to face each other.”

Ryan Greene can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

Anyone who has ever been in Fort Collins can see that bike riding here is a very common thing. There are plenty of beautiful bike paths designed to give riders a glimpse of what this town has to offer and there are plenty of places to keep a bike when going out. As the weather warms up and the bikes start coming out, follow these tips to keep your bike in great shape.

Keep an eye on the important parts In order to keep your bike around for years, you should maintain everything about the bike. Things like the breaks, tires, chain and wheels can have a huge impact on how smoothly your bike will operate. Furthermore, these key features will determine your safety and the safety of others while you are out on the road.

“Keep brake pads clean and dry when possible,” said Andrew Samper, a bike technician at Recycled-Cycles. “Keep tires properly inflated or just under pressure. Keep lube on the chain to ensure a smooth ride. Lock up the wheels so they don’t get stolen.”

Learn the warning signs One of the best ways to protect your bike and your wallet is by learning the signs that something might be wrong with your bike. Pay attention to the sounds your bike makes. Are they normal? You should also

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pay attention to how it feels when you ride. It is almost like driving a car: you can feel, hear and smell if certain things are wrong.

“Some signs are when the bike is making rattling, metal on metal sounds,” Samper said.

“Also, if you are unable to shift properly or stuck in gear. If you see cables are cracked and splitting. If anything feels loose while your ride.”

Prevention Have you ever noticed that by keeping your bike outside all year long it starts to make some unpleasant noises? That is because the cold, wet weather can cause the bike to rust. There are ways to combat this problem.

“Cover whenever possible, lube chain well to keep rust down and inflate tires,” Samper said. “Lock your bike up so it doesn’t get stolen.”

Teach yourself When looking at a bike, it can seem pretty intimidating to try and work on things yourself.

But if the problem is small it can be worth it to do it yourself instead of paying someone else.

If you do not know how, there are certain shops like the bike co-op that can teach you for a small fee. If the problem is a little bigger, make sure you take your bike into a local shop and have a professional take a look.

Alaysha Powell can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com

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EVENTS

WGAC’s Consent Turns Me on Carnival encourages conversation about consensual sex

By Mareena Winchell @mareenaaaa_

Over a hundred students attended the ninth annual Consent Turns Me On Carnival hosted by the Women and Gender Advocacy Center and Residence Life.

The carnival offered many ways to talk and learn tips about safe and consensual sex. Many booths at the carnival offered games that incorporated all different types of ways to show and give consent.

“Sexual assault has always been a problem within our world; to bring attention to its impact and how to prevent it is essential in creating a world where [sexual assault] doesn’t exist,” said Justina Perez, a CSU student who attended the event.

All throughout the month of April, the WGAC has hosted events pertaining to sexual assault awareness. The focal point of this event was to bring attention of the significance of asking for consent with a fun and interactive carnival.

“Having an organization as powerful as the WGAC on campus is pretty impactful,” said Paula Olsen. “Not many colleges have establishments like this on their campus and that says a lot to how advanced CSU is as a col-

lege.”

The state of Colorado defines consent as cooperation in act and attitude, exercise of free will and knowledge of what is happening.

“Events like this are important because in our society there are a lot of ways to go about sexual interactions in ways that can go especially wrong and events like this make sex a positive and encouraging thing,” said Chelsea Johnson, a C.R.E.W.S. member.

“This event helps open the conversation up about sex and the questions that come with it.”

The Durrell Center was filled with carnival games, prizes, snacks and a photo booth. Cards Against Sexual Assault, a modern twist on Cards Against Humanity, a sex toy memory game, knocking down gender roles, fishing for consent and consent Jenga were all games that were included in this year’s carnival.

Campus groups including Men in the Movement and the Red Whistle Brigade were also there in support and were involved with the carnival. Men in the Movement is a group of men who want to learn more about masculinity and what it means to be masculine in today’s society.

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“Sex should never be a put down or an interaction that makes someone feel less of a person because they have it,” said Jake Edwards. “Sex is a normal activity and it needs to be talked in a normal way in society.

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FORT COLLINS LIFE

Owners of Dam Good Tacos open Butterfly Café on Laporte Ave.

By Zach Bermejo @zach_bermejo

Sitting comfortably between the Fort Collins Utilities Building and the Fort Collins Municipal Court is a new little food spot—The Butterfly Café.

Owners Mike Falco and Ali Hatcher are serving craft breakfast and lunch items, as well as a variety of espresso options.

The 400-square-foot space may seem unconventional for a new restaurant, but Falco and Hatcher are no strangers to serving food from a quirky spot in the city. That is because they are also the owners of another Fort Collins favorite located in an alley— Dam Good Tacos.

“When you have a business, you are pulling from every skill and experience you’ve ever learned, from things you learned as a kid, to the places you’ve traveled, to the degrees you’ve received.”

ALI HATCHER DAMN GOOD TACOS CO-OWNER

About two years ago, the two started to think about different concepts for little restaurants.

Their concept for the Butterfly Café was designed specifically for the building.

The building itself has some historical significance in Fort Collins. Due to its V-shaped cantilevered roof, the structure was nicknamed “the butterfly building.” It was built in 1964 and used to be the product testing

laboratory for the Poudre Valley Creamery.

After some public deliberation, Fort Collins decided to lease the building as a public-private partnership to Falco and Hatcher.

The Butterfly Café had its soft opening April 10, but the grand opening with a full menu roll-out will take place May 1.

However, customers are encouraged to come and try out some of the unique things the café has to offer, such as the Dragon Latte. It contains two shots of espresso with steamed, spicy cashew milk, which is made in-house. Almond milk and pecan milk are also made inhouse by Falco and Hatcher.

“We have a simple menu, but we do everything on it really well,” said Hatcher, who earned her master’s in public health from Colorado State University.

“In the space, we (require ourselves) to make everything fresh daily. I think that’s a service to our customers because they get to experience food that is fresh and made right in front of them.”

Committing to the idea of local ingredients, Falco and Hatcher currently use coffee from the Coffee Registry, milk from Morning Fresh Dairy and croissants from La Creperie. Vegan, vegetarian and meat options are all offered at the Butterfly Café.

“We’ve been doing that at Dam Good Tacos since the beginning and we think it’s important to pay respect to all the dietary needs and restrictions,” Falco said. “We pride ourselves on being able to offer something real nice regardless of what your dietary needs might be.”

At 33 years old, Falco never thought he would be the owner of two restaurants. Much of what Falco knows about cooking comes from the time he spent working with a classically trained French chef at the first Dam Good Tacos location in Basalt.

As for 31-year-old Hatcher,

The exterior of the cozy, but crafty, Butterfly Cafe. Located at 212 Laporte Avenue, Fort Collins. Open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.. PHOTO BY ZACH BERMEJO COLLEGIAN

cooking has always been a large part of her life. Growing up in her family meant a lot of cooking and a lot of big meals. Her many years of travel in Central America introduced her to a variety of cuisines and she worked as a private cook in Santa Cruz, California.

Butterfly Cafe Located at 212 Laporte Ave Hours: Monday - Friday: 7AM–3PM Saturday & Sunday: CLOSED

Though Hatcher is knowledgeable about cooking, her true passion is for coffee. During her days working on a coffee farm in

Hawaii, Hatcher learned the entire process from tree to bag.

“I love the ritual of (coffee) and I love opening in the morning and being a place where people can come get their coffee and start their day,” Hatcher said.

Running a business is no easy task, but the two agree that their experience at Dam Good Tacos over the last five years has set them up for success at the Butterfly Café.

“We both have entrepreneurial spirits,” Falco said.

“That’s how we see the world, so it was a natural fit to come into a space and figure out how to make it come alive.”

However, it is not the experience of running Dam Good Tacos alone that the duo draws upon.

“When you have a business, you are pulling from every skill and experience you’ve ever

learned, from things you learned as a kid, to the places you’ve traveled, to the degrees you’ve received,” Hatcher said.

For Falco, one crucial experience he pulls from is the time he played football at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

“That was so hard,” Falco said, recalling his grueling early morning weightlifting sessions and practices. “We were held accountable at such a high level…

That regimen has really helped me to run a business.”

Now the two are up at four in the morning every day—a time that their dog finds objectionable. It may be uncomfortable some days, but the passion for the restaurant overrides that.

“If you’re comfortable, you’re not growing,” Falco said.“You might not even be learning.”

Zach Bermejo can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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COLLEGE

Colorado State students respond: Who should run for president in the 2020 elections?

By Nate Day @NateMDay

Donald Trump has been president for nearly three months now, which means it is time to start thinking about who is next. Come 2018, several politicians will be announcing that they are planning on running for president. An article published on The Hill in December lists Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker as likely candidates, as well as Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and, of course, Hillary Clinton.

However, now that political experience is no longer a necessity for being elected to the presidency, CSU students have some other ideas for who should run.

According to Katelyn Fahrenbruck, a junior in the Department of Journalism, Leslie Knope and Ron Swanson would make the ideal candidates. We all know that Leslie Knope has plenty of governmental experience having been a part of her

local parks and recreation department and sitting on the City Council of Pawnee, Indiana.

She has also idolized politicians for her entire life and modeled herself after some of the most groundbreaking among them.

“I feel like Leslie solves problems, not creates them,” Fahrenbruck said.

Jon Saam, a senior studying agricultural education, said he is hoping that Chuck Norris will announce his bid for the White House.

“Pretty much just because he’s Chuck Norris,” Saam said.

Ironically enough, Norris has been relatively involved in politics, frequently donating to several causes and even campaigning with Mike Huckabee in 2008. Norris, an Air Force veteran, has no political experience of his own, but he might not make the worst candidate.

Rodica Ninguin, a freshman studying political science, said that she hopes Jay-Z will run in 2020.

“Beyonce is the queen bee

and they would be better than Kim Kardashian and Kanye,” Ninguin sad.

Much like Trump, Jay-Z does not have much political experience, but he is a successful businessman. Not to mention, he and Bey were buddy-buddy with the Obamas, so maybe they would just have what it takes.

“I want Kanye West (to run) because people will have better style,” said Skylar Richardson, a third-year studying journalism.

Kanye recently announced in an interview on BBC that he is not joking about his presidential run. He also stated that rather than possessing political views, he has “views on humanities” to carry him to the office. Whether he would make a good president or not is not exactly clear, but free Yeezys could probably solve a lot of the world’s problems.

Emily Gaddie, a junior studying sociology, thinks that Ellen Degeneres would make the idea candidate. Gaddie cites Degeneres’ “love and kindness she continually shows” as good

NATION

Did social media uproar save an EPA data site?

By Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Times

The notice over the weekend shocked scientific and technical researchers on environmental issues: The Environmental Protection Agency’s 5-year-old open data website, a trove of data on air, water and ground pollution and the sources of toxic chemical releases, was about to be shut down.

One day later, following an uproar on social media, the EPA seemed to backpedal. The rumors about opendata.epa. gov, according to a tweet from the agency’s official Twitter account, “are wrong. It’s open, working & not going anywhere.

This website & the EPA belong to you.”

The website’s creator and operator, Bernadette Hyland _ who generated the alarm via an article she posted on Medium. com _ attributes the EPA’s re-

versal to the explosive reaction from researchers who viewed the piece and tweets directing readers there, by the thousands.

“EPA discovered that this was something that a lot of people cared about,” she said.

The EPA has a different story. The agency said that it has no plans to shut down the website, much less bury the data it makes accessible, and never did.

“Long story short, this story was a hoax,” agency spokesman J.P. Freire told me. “We have not had any conversations at EPA about taking down the website.”

Some of the excitement over the rumor that the site was on the chopping block undoubtedly stems from the context of the Trump administration, which has shown overt hostility to the EPA’s traditional role as a regulator of pollution-emitting industries and a

collector of data related to climate change.

That hostility has been demonstrated by the appointment of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who, as Oklahoma’s attorney general, aggressively battled EPA regulations, making him one of several Trump appointees who are distinctly out of step with their agencies. Trump’s proposed budget, moreover, would take a 31 percent bite out of the EPA, including a 25 percent cut in its workforce.

The implication that a government website giving researchers and the public access to EPA databases was on the chopping block for the same reason that the rest of the agency looks to be under siege stirred a strong reaction. Some researchers sought to “mirror” EPA data by duplicating it on non-government websites, as though to safeguard it from ef see EPA on page 14 >>

reason for her to take office.

Ellen does not have much experience either, but she did try and help Hillary Clinton narrow down her VP choices. The winner of the contest was Ellen herself, so it just may happen someday.

Spencer Reed, a junior studying journalism, offers an opinion that has been rumored since Trump’s win.

“Michelle Obama was fantastic as our First Lady,” Reed said. “She would probably do equally well as the president.”

Michelle Obama spearheaded several key policy initiatives during her husband’s presidency

and, according to the Washington Post, she sported approval ratings higher that Barack Obama. Unfortunately, Michelle confirmed in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that she will not be making a bid for the 2020 presidency, but students like Reed can still hope.

While all of the above choices would make interesting campaigns, chances are, of course, low that any of them will run.

However, if the most recent election taught us anything, it is to never say ‘never.’ So here’s to hoping!

Nate Day can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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Dunn and Barringer said they hope to accommodate the needs of every customer and to make

shopping a community experience.

“Our goal is to suit the needs of the community,” Barringer said.

Moving forward, Dunn and Barringer said they hope to continue growing their inventory with local vendors and expand

their produce section.

“We didn’t want to have a place that was necessarily gourmet or artisan or fancy, we just wanted people to be able to enjoy good, healthy food,” Barringer said.

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The nature of discussions between Hyland and EPA officials about the website’s future is also in dispute. Hyland said she recently received a memo suggesting that the website would be suspended, at least, if Congress failed to fund the government past its budget deadline this week. “If Congress does not pass a budget, we will be facing a government shutdown and won’t be able to give technical direction to continue any work,” the memo said, according to Hyland’s article.

But Hyland said that she received hints about EPA’s intention to shut down the website much earlier, before the budget deadline loomed on the horizon. Those hints, she said, were connected more with President Trump’s call for a stringent budget cut for the EPA. From her vantage point,

EPA officials have had the knives out for the open data website since the inception of the current leadership regime, under Pruitt. “They were looking for low-hanging fruit to cut,” she told me. “This seemed easy enough to cut, because it’s a modest website.”

EPA officials on Monday decried what they called “inappropriate and unauthorized communications on EPA’s behalf” by Hyland. Freire said the agency posted a “corrective” message visible to visitors to the open data site, advising that its data “will continue to be available on April 28, 2017” — though the message offers no word about what could happen starting a day later.

It would be understandable if an administration that has shown hostility to hard data would find the website unpalatable. The website collects data that previously were accessible

only within their own “silos,” and aggregates it so users can trawl for a bigger picture. One featured service currently offered on the website allows researchers to examine data and graphs tracking a large number of pollutants emitted by power plants in the EPA database, for example.

Hyland said her northern Virginia firm, 3 Round Stones, received a contract to develop and operate the EPA open data website about five years ago.

EPA said the contract runs out in May. So did “people power” save opendata.epa.gov and its data?

Possibly, and possibly not.

But did the Trump administration get a loud and clear message that it should tread lightly around the EPA, its mission and its extensive hoards of environmental data? It certainly did.

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(04/26/17). Shifting career directions after August leads to a new domestic phase. Raise the level of your partnership after October. A two-year team collaboration phase begins in December.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) — 9

— Break through old limitations and barriers in your relationship with money. Step into new levels of prosperity without compromising your principles.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — 9 — A new personal phase dawns with this New Moon in your sign. Grow and develop your talents, capacities and skills. Your past work reflects you well.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 6 — Insights, breakthroughs and revelations percolate.

Discover something from the past. Begin a new philosophical, spiritual and mindful phase. Kindred spirits provide support.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 7 — Begin a new phase in friendship, social networks and community with this New Moon. Raise a group endeavor to new levels. Take notes.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 7 — Complete old work and begin a new phase in your career and profession with this New Moon. Make preparations to launch your next endeavor.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — 8 — Open a new door with your education, travels and exploration under this Taurus New Moon. First-person experience is most memorable.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — 9 — A lucrative phase dawns under this Taurus New Moon.

Find creative ways to grow your family’s nest egg. Launch a profitable initiative together.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — 8 — New collaborative efforts come together naturally.

Together, you’re an unbeatable team. Advance a level in your relationship. Partnership blooms. Support each other.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — 9 — Embrace healthy lifestyle practices. New energy floods your work, health and vitality. Recharge by nurturing yourself before taking care of others.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — 7 — This Taurus New Moon sparks a family, fun and passion phase. A relationship transforms. Create the romance of your dreams.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — 7 — A new domestic phase arises with this New Moon.

Wrap your love around home and family. Express it with dreamy colors, textures and flavor.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — 7 — Miracles and breakthroughs arise in the conversation under this New Moon.

Use your persuasive arts.

Adapt communications to a new story. Share gratitude and appreciation.

COLLEGIAN.COM Wednesday, April 26, 2017

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