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BOG getting closer to replacing Joe Blake | Page 3 PAGE 8 Identify Anthrax The controversy over who sent anthrax to U.S. leaders THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN Fort Collins, Colorado Volume 120 | No. 46 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 COLLEGIAN www.collegian.com THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891 the Zeta Tau STRIP Alpha is CLUB On Oct. 9, 27-year-old Amber Miller thinking gave birth to a baby girl after running the Chicago pink Marathon. Here are a few other bizarre runs CSU sorority and marathon promotes breast moments. cancer awareness Strange things at By BAILEY CONSTAS Marathons The Rocky Mountain Collegian If you fi nd yourself ponder- Australian Ed- ing pink this week, it might be ward Flack had a result of Think Pink Week, an his butler follow annual event put on by Zeta him on a bike Tau Alpha in honor of Octo- to give him ber -- breast cancer awareness drinks during month -- and their philanthro- a race. Flack py, breast cancer awareness then passed and education. out. Event activities started Monday with a yogurt eating contest that challenged stu- dents to eat six Yoplait yogurts, or however many they could stomach, in a minute. Yoplait, a supporter of the fi ght against breast cancer, do- nates 10 cents to Susan G. Ko- men for the Cure for every sea- sonal pink lid customers send in or submit online. Swindon Town “I feel it’s going to be soccer man- harder than it looks,” said ager Paolo Di freshman civil engineering Canio tried to major and member of Alpha do a 2 miler, Sigma Phi, Nick Alfino, while but acciden- he prepared for the contest tally ran a on the Plaza early Monday af- half marathon ternoon. when he On Tuesday, the women followed the of ZTA plan on “painting the wrong group. campus pink” by chalking the He fi nished plaza and hanging pink rib- without stop- bons around campus. Mem- ping in one bers are also asking students hour and 49 to wear pink in honor of breast minutes. cancer awareness. The Think Pink Dessert HUNTER THOMPSON | COLLEGIAN Party, a 50-year tradition, will be held on Wednesday. Courtney Stone stands on the corner of College and Maple holding a sign that reads “End corporate personhood now” Monday afternoon. Stone, “It’s defi nitely our biggest among others, was protesting general inequality and wealthholders infl uence on the government. event” said Angelica Lombar- dia, ZTA’s chapter president. Ultramara- “Last year we raised $3,000.” thoner Dean On average 500 to 600 peo- Karnazes has Occupy Fort Collins hits the streets ple attend the philanthropic run on every event. continent and By JASON POHL dozens of protesters as cars honked That goal, protesters said, is for Held from 6:30 p.m. to 9 once ran 50 and ELISABETH WILLNER in support –– and opposition –– of corporations and those in power to do p.m. at the ZTA house near marathons in The Rocky Mountain Collegian the leaderless movement prior to the their part in contributing to the sys- campus, the dessert party will all 50 states in meeting just north of Old Town. tem –– something they say is just not consist of unlimited desserts 50 days. About 70 people of all ages, back- “We are all here for one goal,” happening. and DJ sets by DJ Dane Quay grounds and beliefs gathered in front shouted another protester, as they The evening’s meeting was facili- and DJ Spencer Flower. of a foreclosed building on the corner waved signs decrying corporate greed tated –– not led –– by Ethan Ivey Shaw, The cost of tickets are $5 Some of Maple Street and College Avenue and economic inequality. a freshman business major at CSU states have runs where Monday night to discuss the future of The group grew in size throughout who spent a week at the larger event See PINK on Page 3 Occupy Fort Collins. the day, from 31 at 2 p.m. to 70 at the in New York. He made it clear that the participants The leaderless movement over- meeting at 6 p.m. –– the fi rst of its type movement should remain leaderless dress in full whelmingly decided that, in order to in Fort Collins. to be effective and said that the im- GET INVOLVED Santa Claus truly occupy and make their point, “I don’t have a job. I have an occu- portance of this event is that everyone costumes. protesters would stay awake in shifts pation,” said Denny Anderson, a Fort has a voice. To buy tickets to the ZTA Think throughout the night for the duration Collins resident who was recently laid “When I was in high school, I just Pink Dessert Party or purchase of the movement in accordance with off from his job at a sand and gravel got really into politics,” he said after remembrance ribbons, go to the LSC a city law preventing overnight camp- company and has become an orga- his speech. “I just always wished that Flea Market this week from 10 a.m. ing. nizer for the Occupy movement. “Oc- to 3 p.m. Tickets will be sold until “We are the 99 percent,” chanted cupying is my occupation.” See OCCUPY on Page 7 Wednesday, the day of the dessert party. Spectators at the Bolder Boulder 10k in Colorado throw marshmallows and cook ba- con for runners An adventure outlet as they pass in CSU Outdoor Program famed Piano Boulders. the streets. Located just 10 minutes offers something for from the CSU campus, Rotary Park and the Piano Boulders everyone offer endless problems for all By JASON POHL skill levels, all while taking a The Rocky Mountain Collegian trip back in time to where it all began. Climbing set for Thursday “The important thing for Deaths have For some, it’s an escape. Horsetooth is what it did for taken place on For others, it’s just something the creation of modern boul- courses. Fire- to do. dering,” said Eric DeLuca, the fi ghter William Clinging 15 feet above a Outdoor Program coordina- Caviness died foam crash-pad while your tor. at the same chalked-up fi ngers crimp a lip Bouldering was essentially marathon that of stone and your cramped unheard of until the late 1960s Miller gave toes attempt to make contact when John Gill, dubbed the “fa- birth. Three with the hold-less rock may ther of modern bouldering” by men died dur- not be everyone’s idea of a Zen many, coined some of the nu- ing the 2009 experience. But for climbers, it merous terms and stylized the Detroit half rarely gets better. sport at various spots around marathon after The CSU Outdoor Program the country including here in collapsing on is inviting people of all experi- Fort Collins. the course. ence levels to come out and The sport requires little DYLAN LANGILLE | COLLEGIAN enjoy some of the world’s best equipment and a minimal risk The Strip Club is written bouldering near Horsetooth Sophmore civil engineering major Brendan Moran boulders near Piano Boulders at Horsetooth Reservior Monday by the Collegian staff and designed by Visual Reservoir Thursday at the See OUTDOOR on Page 6 afternoon. Horsetooth has been rated one of the top ten places to boulder in the world. Managing Editor Greg Mees. 2 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian FORT COLLINS FOCUS KATIE THOMPSON | COLLEGIAN Anthropology major Caitlin Winterfeld pays tribute to Dr. Seuss at Freakshow on Friday afternoon, choosing to tattoo a character from the famous book, “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.” Artist Joe Van Amber spent fi ve hours inking Winterfeld and four friends, each selecting tattoos that remind them to stay young at heart. Today Wednesday Thursday Calendar Calendar partly cloudy sunny Exploring Majors Fair sunny U-Turn: Personalized 11 a.m. Calendar 69 | 44 Academic Plan 66 | 40 Lory Student Center, North 69 | 42 12:30 p.m. Ballroom The Global Rise of Social TILT building Enterprise with Jerr Boschee Talk on Morocco Youth 4 p.m. Peace Corps Refl ections from Movements Bohemian Auditorium, Rm 116, the Gambia 4:30 p.m. Rockwell Hall-West 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7 p.m. Lory Student Center, Rm 220 4 p.m. Stickley Lory Student Center, Rm 210 Training Show Stickley Up ‘Til Dawn Healthy You: Weight 5 p.m. 7 p.m. Climbing at the Piano 9 p.m. Management and Mindful 7 p.m. CSU Rec Center Ramblers Boulders The Ho-Down Eating Program Signs of Life 5 p.m. 6 p.m. Volleyball vs. New Mexico 9 p.m. The Piano Boulders at 11 p.m. Kendall Anderson Nutrition 9 p.m. 6 p.m. Rightous Rhythm Horsetooth Reservoir AAA Center Ghost in the Machine Moby Arena “Like” The Rocky Follow us on Twitter Follow the Collegian Follow the Collegian Follow the Collegian Mountain Collegian @RMCollegian. design desk at photo desk at news desk at on facebook.com. collegiandesign. collegianphoto. collegiannews.tumblr. 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