Monday, February 3, 2020 COLLEGIAN.COM Vol. 129, No. 39 Chipper's Lanes rolls retro with Live on the Lanes The local bowling alley took an unconventional route for their weekly student nights By Monty Daniel @MontyDaniel_ Keynote Speaker Patrice Palmer talks about the importance of activism and what it means to be an activist at the fi rst Black Student Activist Conference Feb. 1. Palmer is a Business Diversity Leadership Alliance coordinator, an undergraduate academic adviser and a College of Business Walking into Chipper’s Lanes adjunct lecturer at Colorado State University. PHOTO BY ADDIE KUETTNER THE COLLEGIAN on a Thursday night, one is greet- ed by the sight of fl ashing rainbow lights, spinning disco balls and the sound of a live band performing. This is not the typical scene you 1st Black Student Activist Conference would expect from a bowling al- ley at night, but Chipper’s Lanes is changing the game with Live on the Lanes, a live music and bowling ex- Power in ‘being present’ perience. Serving as their college night, By Graham Shapley & ference at Colorado State Universi- kind at CSU, played host to several sity Leadership Alliance, spoke to Thursdays from 9-11 p.m. is when Gerson Flores Rojas ty. Students from the University of smaller sessions consisting of dis- the importance of the conference Chipper’s Lanes turns into a con- @CSUCollegian Northern Colorado of Greeley and cussion over student activism. The being the fi rst ever at CSU. They re- cert venue. Rising from the middle the Metropolitan State University theme of the event encouraged ac- fl ected on a message of connection of the lanes is a stage that patrons of Denver traveled to Fort Collins tivism as something to be thought and what it truly means to be an are invited to bowl around. Sixty years ago, four men sat to fi nd themselves among other about and discussed between activ- activist, which, to them, is so much Sarah Slaton, the general man- down and changed the nation. The student activists looking to make a ists as a community rather than as more than simply protesting. ager and talent buyer for Chipper’s Greensboro Four performed their change. an individual. “Protesters are singular-mind- Lanes, is quite familiar with book- famous sit-in in a North Carolina “Our theme this year is ‘Ti Koro CSU professors, directors, as- ed,” Palmer said. “Activism is inten- ing artists and providing quality Woolworth’s on Feb. 1, 1960. This Nko Agyina’ — two heads are bet- sistant directors and coordinators tional research about dismantling concert experiences. event sparked similar protests ter than one,” said Emerald Green, were present in explaining the im- di erent social structures. It can Although Slaton has only against segregation and against the assistant director of the Black/ portance of activism. be as small as just sitting or as big as worked with Chipper’s Lanes for refusal to serve Black individuals — African American Cultural Cen- Keynote speaker Patrice Palm- removing.” one year, she has been instrumen- and it was all started by a group of ter, translating a Twi proverb. “It er, who works in the College of To other speakers, activism can tal in the process of making Live on college students. means ‘One head does not go into Business at CSU as an adjunct lec- mean di erent things. the Lanes what it is today. On that day 60 years later, doz- council.’” turer, academic adviser and faculty ens of Black students gathered for The conference, the fi rst of its coordinator for the Business Diver- see CONFERENCE on page 4 >> see CHIPPER’S on page 14 >> the fi rst Black Student Activist Con- Monday, February 3, 2020 2 | Collegian.com FORT COLLINS FOCUS overheard on the plaza “I knew what a furry was way earlier than I wanted to in life.” “If you really loved me, we’d have an alpaca by now.” “It’s like yo-yo but for weebs.” “If you want some real emotions, watch Thai insurance commercials.” Have you recently overheard something funny on campus? Put your eavesdropping to good use. Tweet us @CSUCollegian and your submissions could be featured in our next paper! 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But behind the unas- in early January. suming storefront is a dynamic op- “I think that the Surplus Prop- eration dealing in tens of thousands erty store is an amazing resource of pounds of Colorado State Uni- for students to fi nd great deals on versity’s expansive list of unwanted a wide variety of items, and with items. our location on campus, they do From o¢ ce supplies to brewery not need to travel far to fi nd these equipment, CSU’s Surplus Proper- deals,” Drenth wrote. ty accounts for the reselling, recy- From binders for 25 cents to cling or repurposing of all the items bikes for $25, the Surplus social the University no longer needs, media has no shortage of deals to with a focus on landfi ll diversion. push. It prices items by researching By state law, Surplus must ac- its market-selling value, sometimes count for the dispositions of every dropping the price further if mer- item purchased by the Universi- chandise is really not moving. ty, including horses and livestock.