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NEWS OPINION ARTS & CULTURE Closing businesses Seriously: Ghosts demand Crossroads Safehouse raises not out of the norm recognition domestic violence awareness Vol. 128, No. 52 Wednesday, October 24, 2018 page 4 page 6 page 12 Colorado State volleyball has won or split eight of the last nine conference championships. Sitting at second in the conference, the team has a matchup with each of the four other teams in the top-five of the conference standings: Fresno State University, University of Wyoming, University of Nevada - Las Vegas and Boise State University. ILLUSTRATION BY MEG METZGER-SEYMOUR COLLEGIAN Top-5 Mountain West volleyball teams prep for final games By Luke Zahlmann conference championships, mak- Mountain West has fared thus far: them in the standings, the Bull- ference (13.13). In the middle, fel- @lukezahlmann ing the tournament in each of Fresno State University (16-6, 8-1) dogs have started 3-1, with the low senior Halie Watson has hit to Coach Tom Hilbert’s 21 seasons at RPI: No. 95 only loss coming on the road in a .344 percentage, good for fourth With a little less than a month the helm. Key Wins: Colorado State (3- Boise, Idaho. in the conference. to go in the Mountain West vol- After multiple graduations, 1), Wyoming (3-0), UNLV (3-1) With seven seniors, the Bull- Playing the role of facilitator leyball season, the contenders are the Rams are fighting for another Key Players: Taylor Stover, dogs possess one of the oldest for the Bulldogs is junior Madelyn beginning to sort themselves out. championship as the year draws Madelyn Halterman, Halie Wat- teams in the conference. Exactly Halterman, the only setter in the With the top three teams all with- to a close. Sitting at second in the son half of their roster graduates at conference within 100 assists of in three games, the conference conference, the team has a match- Led by senior outside hitter the conclusion of the 2018 season. leader Katie Olesak of the Rams. schedule in the season’s final days up with each of the four other Taylor Stover, the Bulldogs have At the forefront of their offen- Her total of 834 is already the will pose several pivotal match- teams in the top-five of the con- enjoyed their best start since sive charge, Stover has accrued most of any season in her career, ups. ference standings, with three of 2003 where they began the year 310 kills. In her final year, she besting her freshman year total of Colorado State volleyball has the four contests in Moby Arena. 21-6. In their first four games has led the Bulldogs to the sec- won or split eight of the last nine Here is how the rest of the against the teams directly below ond-best kills per set in the con- see VOLLEYBALL on page 10 >> Wednesday, October 24, 2018 2 | Collegian.com FORT COLLINS FOCUS Alison Inwood and Abbey Ervine teach a salsa dancing class at the Rio Grande restaurant Oct. 16. Both Inwood and Ervine are active in the salsa dancing community in Fort Collins by attend- ing social events and teaching classes. 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Letters to Sarah Ehrlich | A&C Director Gab Go | Night Editor Classifieds | 970-491-1683 the editor should be sent to [email protected]. [email protected] [email protected] Display Advertising | 970-491-7467 News | Wednesday, October 24, 2018 | 3 CITY It’s business as usual for closing shops in downtown Fort Collins By Ravyn Cullor tive.” @RCullor99 Matthew Robenalt, the ex- ecutive director of the Down- Mainline Ale House, La Luz, town Development Authority, IHOP, Old Chicago, Bisetti’s said rents in the downtown and Al’s Newsstand have all left area have increased, but those the streets of downtown Fort increases aren’t necessarily Collins in the last year, but the responsible for closures in the reasons behind the closures area. He compares the closure have been unrelated. of the Old Chicago location in While the closure of a Fort Collins to a similar closure half-dozen restaurants and in Boulder, saying that a change shops in the downtown area in the company’s business mod- this year seems to be indica- el moved the restaurant out of tive of something larger, Fort all buildings that the company Collins business experts say it’s does not own. just business as usual. Kendall said businesses “Some of City Council may have signed a below-mar- asked us about the closures ket lease agreement during the and whether or not it was the recession and property owners natural ebb and flow of the are expecting market value as downtown cycle,” said SeonAh the agreements expire. Kendall, the City of Fort Collins The rapid succession of clo- economic health manager. “A sure in the downtown area has lot of the closures are based on opened vacancies for new busi- unique situations.” nesses or growth of existing Kendall cited the salmonel- ones. la outbreak for the closure of “Vacancy rate in our down- La Luz and changing business town is incredibly low for com- models and underutilization of mercial space,” Robenalt said. space for Mainline. She said, ac- “A healthy vacancy rate would cording to the City’s research, be around 4 or 5 percent. In the average lifespan of a restau- downtown Fort Collins, the rant in Fort Collins is six years, commercial vacancy rate is La Luz Mexican Grill is among several businesses in the Old Town area that are closing soon or already have taking into account reapplica- around 2 percent.” closed. The restaurant had six cofirmed salmonella cases last August. PHOTO BY BROOKE BUCHAN COLLEGIAN tion for business licenses after Robenault said the closures a buy-out. of Old Chicago and Mainline move towards a buy-local and Between spaces from new “Overall, both restaurant Kendall, who owned Sue- have opened up an enormous farm-to-table focus, good com- and growing businesses and and retail are doing really well hiro Japanese Restaurant in space in a historic building, munity relations and market landmark institutions, both in downtown Fort Collins,” Ro- downtown with her husband the likes of which haven’t been understanding carries busi- Kendall and Robenalt have seen benalt said. until 2015, said the restaurant available since the opening of nesses who have survived the growth in the market and have Ravyn Cullor can be reached market in Fort Collins is “com- Mainline. test of time, like the Silver Grill positive outlooks for the area’s at [email protected] petitive, vibrant and collabora- Kendall said, as businesses Cafe. future. 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