Clavell Signs 2-Way Contract with Mavs
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OPINION A&C A&C DAM THE QUEER CSU FALLIN’ POUDRE CONVERSATION FOR FALL Vol. 127 , No. 45 Tuesday, October 17, 2017 PAGE 6 PAGE 12 PAGE 14 Clavell signs 2-way contract with Mavs By Justin Michael @JustinTMichael Former Colorado State guard and 2017 Mountain West Player of the Year Gian Clavell is officially a member of the Dallas Mavericks organization. The team announced that they exercised the option to convert his initial deal to a two-way contract on Tuesday. The for- mer CSU standout agreed to the deal after being one of the team’s breakout players during the NBA preseason. GIAN CLAVELL ■ Position Guard ■ Hometown Caguas, Puerto Rico ■ Scored 20.4 points per game last season with CSU CSU cleans up ■ 2016 Mountain West Player of the Year CSU students participate in a Food Waste Audit on the plaza to promote enivronmental practices like recycling and composting. FILE PHOTO COLLEGIAN ■ Averaged 8.8 points, 3.0 re- bounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals in six preseason games with the Zero Waste Team concentrates on eliminating gameday trash Dallas Mavericks By Yixuan Xie @YixuanXiel and reuses the resources. the stadium, and we have some said. Facilities Management, people to stand there to tell peo- The volunteers arrive at the In five games with the Mavs, working with the CSU Zero ple where to put waste,” Backen game two hours to learn about the Puerto Rico native averaged Colorado State University Waste Team, is devoted to wast- said. the waste stream produced at eight points, three rebounds, is setting a goal of ensuring zero ing nothing for all football games These bins form 20 zero games and how to sort the waste. one steal and one assist per- waste for football games at the at the new stadium this year, waste stations on game days and They stay for the whole game to game. Clavell shot particularly new stadium, and expending ef- according to Sheela Backen, the at least 20 volunteers are need- teach attendees and keep work- well from beyond the arch, forts to reach their goal. Integrated Solid Waste manager ed. Volunteers guide attendees ing on managing, picking out and finishing the preseason with a Zero waste football games for CSU. to the stations and educate them sorting the bins after games to 3-point shooting percentage of were held once a year for the Ag- “We have added compost on properly sorting. ensure diverting clean streams. 39 percent. gie Game. Zero waste eliminates bins to mixed recycling and land- “(Managing the zero waste The CSU Zero Waste Team Prior to playing with Dallas the volume of discarded waste fill bins which we already have at stations) is hard work,” Backen see ZERO WASTE on page 4 >> see CLAVELL on page 11 >> COLLEGIAN.COM 2 Tuesday, October 17, 2017 FORT COLLINS FOCUS overheard on the plaza “The last time I talked to high schoolers I wore a see through shirt and no bra.” “My mom gets turnt on a Tuesday.” “I feel like cheap white bread describes me as a person.” “The pizza is complimentary. If you hold it up to your ear it will compliment your beard.” “I’d rather be smothered by a blanket.” Have you recently overheard something funny on campus? Put your eavesdropping to good use. Tweet us @CSUCollegian and your submis- sions could be featured in our next paper! 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For students at Colorado having one representative in The Collegian reached out killed freshman State University who want to the debate, and the debate to Students for Progress but see lively political debate be- will be moderated by Isabel was unable to get a response By Alexis Stevens six times the legal limit for drivers tween their peers, an event Brown, the speaker of the before time of print. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the time of his death, the East coming up fits the bill. senate for the Associated Stu- While the debate is cur- Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Of- dents of CSU. rently planned for the Young The arrests of 10 people as- fice said Wednesday. He died the Andrew Walter, the pres- Americans for Liberty, College sociated with a college fraternity morning after a suspected hazing STUDENT DEBATE ident of the CSU’s Young Republicans and Students for for an alleged hazing incident that incident at the Phi Delta Theta Americans for Liberty, is hop- Progress to lead the debate, killed a freshman are intended to fraternity house, according to in- ■ Oct. 26 from 6-8 p.m. Doors ing that the event will be a way other students are allowed to send a tough message: Louisiana vestigators. open at 5 p.m. to let students on campus have participate. State University will not tolerate “There’s no way he was capa- ■ Held in Lory Student Center more open discussions. Both Walter and Andreas the alcohol-fueled behavior. ble of making his own decisions,” North Ballroom. “We want to involve the are optimistic about the de- But the arrests alone may do Nuwer said. student body in hearing dif- bate and think it will go well little to end a campus tradition An autopsy determined Gru- ■ Representatives from Young ferent messages away from the and that a good number of stu- that has killed at least one Amer- ver died from acute alcohol intox- Americans for Liberty, College craziness that is election time, dents will show up. ican college student a year since ication with aspiration, the Coro- Republicans and Rams for and have some discussion “We just need to fill it up,” 1961, experts said Wednesday. ner’s Office said. Preliminary tests Progress will debate. about actual ideas and actual Walter said. “We’ve got an ex- “It’s unusual for such stiff showed a highly elevated alcohol discourse without bashing op- citing team putting this on and penalties to be placed. What level, and Gruver also had THC ponents,” Walter said. good speakers.” would be more unusual is if the the chemical found in marijuana Sara Andreas, the presi- According to Andreas, the penalties are successful,” said in his urine. The CSU chapter of the dent of the College Republi- debate will allow more oppor- Hank Nuwer, an associate jour- LSU President F. King Alex- Libertarian student group cans at CSU felt the same way.