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OPINION SPORTS ARTS & CULTURE Gendering your Men’s hockey beats Annual Step Show was children is okay CU in overtime creative and informative Vol. 128, No. 92 Monday, February 18, 2019 page 8 page 10 page 12 Man who strangled mountain lion makes public appearance By Austin Fleskes @Austinfleskes07 Ten days after strangling a mountain lion to death in self-defense, Travis Kauffman, 31, made his first public appear- ance in good spirits, wearing the same jacket from the day of the incident, at a limited access press conference Thursday. Kauffman was attacked by a juvenile mountain lion while trail running in the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space Feb. 4. When the mountain lion at- tacked, Kauffman was bitten on the face and wrist before stran- gling the predator to death in self-defense by stepping on its neck after wrestling it to the ground. “Right when I turned and saw it, it was definitely disbelief (I felt,)” Kauffman said. “The shock of the situation and the fear and finally the instinct to fight, it was A protester dressed as a cow lies down in the middle of the Plaza during a demonstration against the new on-campus meat sciences facility Feb. 15. kind of that trajectory that those The new facility recieved financial support through JBS USA. The protestors were protesting the construction of the building. emotions followed.” PHOTO BY NATHAN TRAN COLLEGIAN Kauffman is originally from Mountain Home, Arkansas, and is currently residing in Fort Col- lins. He has lived here for five Colorado Animal Liberation Forum years and works as an environ- mental consultant. Ty Petersburg, area wildlife manager for Colorado Parks and protests animal processing at CSU Wildlife, commended Kauffman before he came out to speak, say- ing that he had done everything By Meagan Stackpool tion on the Plaza Feb. 15 against that raises awareness of animal cow costumes laid on the ground, just right. & Laura Studley the processing of animals in abuse. outlined in chalk. Masked dem- “I want to recognize Travis. @CSUCollegian Colorado State University’s “What we’re here to ask is onstrators had TVs strapped to It’s an incredible story and he’s a new JBS Global Food Innova- whether oppressing other be- their chests as graphic content pretty amazing young man with a tion Center. ings… (is) in line with our val- from inside meat processing fa- Animal processing on cam- warrior’s heart,” Petersburg said. Logistics Coordinator Ora ues,” Goldman said. cilities played. “It really was a fight for survival.” pus is being protested yet again. Goldman organized the protest Protestors dressed in animal The Colorado Animal Liber- on behalf of CALF and the Save costumes accompanied by oth- see PROTEST on page 4 >> see MOUNTAIN LION on page 4 >> ation Forum held a demonstra- Movement, an organization ers in animal masks. Those in Monday, February 18, 2019 2 | Collegian.com FORT COLLINS FOCUS Jay Prather passes the ball to a teammate during an intramural water polo game. Prather plays for the “Ralph Lauren” team, which is made up of students from Mountain View Community Church. 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Letters to Ashley Potts | Sports Editor Gina Johnson Spoden | Social Media Editor the editor should be sent to [email protected]. [email protected] [email protected] Classifieds | 970-491-1683 Display Advertising | 970-491-7467 News | Monday, February 18, 2019 | 3 CAMPUS Gov. Polis talks higher education, renewable energy with ASCSU By Stuart Smith help indigenous people benefit @stuartsmithws from higher education. One of the ways Colorado In his third Northern Colo- supports Native Americans in rado stop of the day, Gov. Jar- higher ed, Polis explained, is a ed Polis visited Colorado State tuition waiver that Fort Lewis University Friday afternoon to College has for Alaska Native/ discuss and receive feedback Native American students, a on his higher education plan program they began in 1911. with students. The Associat- ed Students of CSU asked him questions from themselves “You really encourage and their constituents. In his 20-minute event some of the student in the ASCSU Senate cham- leaders… at our other bers, Polis spoke largely about public universities, higher education and its direc- tion in Colorado, including ex- whether it’s Adams State panded green energy programs or (the University of CSU and the University of Col- Northern Colorado) or orado, Boulder are pioneering to other universities. Fort Lewis. Encourage “You really encourage them to take this up as some of the student leaders… one of their goals too.” at our other public universi- ties, whether it’s Adams State JARED POLIS or (the University of Northern COLORADO GOVERNOR Jared Polis speaks at ASCSU to address student concerns on higher education and renewable energy. Colorado) or Fort Lewis,” Polis PHOTO BY NATHAN TRAN COLLEGIAN said. “Encourage them to take this up as one of their goals “Beyond that, we want to nians who arrived last week means families like mine.” “They’re obviously not shy and too.” acknowledge the heritage of and just became Coloradans, it After the event, Polis like to be inquisitive and asked Sen. Milena Castaneda, everybody who has made Col- means our first people, our Na- told The Collegian the ASC- a lot of good questions about in the context of CSU’s re- orado what it is today,” Polis tive Americans, it means our SU members asked him good the role that CSU can play in cent Land Acknowledgement, said. “My focus is Colorado for Spanish settlers in the valley in questions. our renewable energy future.” asked Polis how the state could all, and that means… Califor- southern Colorado who have “They’re in student govern- Stuart Smith can be reached been here for 400-500 years, it ment for a reason,” Polis said. at [email protected]. 4 | News | Monday, February 18, 2019 know about it or form an opin- the facility a “slaughterhouse” can buy chicken for $2 a pound McDonalds.” ion?” is an inaccurate statement be- is because the government sub- Victoria Wylde expressed Protest JBS USA partnered with cause animal processing is only sidizes it.” her views on the controversy CSU to build the new Food a small part of what the build- Students gathered in re- surrounding the facility. >> from page 1 Innovation Center, donating ing will be used for. sponse to Goldman’s speech, “This is supposed to be a $12.5 million dollars to the $20 “This facility is designed including senior animal science safe space for learning and ed- Colorado State University million dollar project in 2017. to the highest industry and major, Gerardo Delao. ucation here, and I don’t really has been awarded one of the Of the donation, $7.5 million research-proven standards,” understand how you can com- most sustainable campuses went to construction, and the Hooker wrote in an email to bine a safe space for educa- twice according to SOURCE.

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