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Fort Collins, Colorado COLLEGIAN Volume 117 | No. 47 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 www.collegian.com THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891 Students create financial oversight group ASCSU officials to investigate CSU funding shifts

By aarOn hedge and ment officials have formed an increased focus on marketing In Penley’s five years as presi- J. david McsWane investigative committee to re- research initiatives, which can’t dent, funding for administration The Rocky Mountain Collegian view the trends reported in the fund the academic mission of has skyrocketed and for the first Collegian. the school. time in school history, surpassed In response to CSU Presi- The grassroots, student-run “Our ultimate goal is a nice, funding for CSU’s colleges. dent Larry Penley’s controver- committee plans to release its shiny booklet to present to the During Penley’s five years as sial spending in recent years findings to state organizations Colorado Commission on High- president, tuition and fees have PalMer trOut sMOOt –– pushing millions of dollars and legislators who have called er Education,” said committee risen 52 percent and 73 percent, that could have gone to starving for transparency after finding leader Dan Palmer, the former respectively –– a trend some classrooms into administration out about Penley’s overhaul of director of Education for the As- and research –– student govern- top-level administration and sociated Students of CSU. See Oversight on Page 6 Shell Oil Co. HElping out grants $950,000 for plant research Warner College of Natural Resources to continue plant growth project

By Madeline nOvey spending our money,” Paschke said. The Rocky Mountain Collegian “The information that we gather from (the research) will be very im- Shell Oil Company granted portant in letting (the oil compa- $950,000 to the Warner College of nies) know how to deal with those Natural Resources to continue a disturbances caused by extraction.” decades-long research project that While oil companies have devel- aims to restore plant growth in oped advanced, less-invasive ways northwestern Colorado’s Piceance of extracting oil from the shale, Basin, which was devastated by project officials said the new envi- extensive oil harvesting in the area ronmental threat is the construc- until the 1970s. tion of roads and pipelines that will Previous methods of oil extrac- require the removal of soil and veg- tion were extensively damaging to etation in the area. revegetation processes such as the In the 1970s, oil companies upturning of topsoil and plant pop- were interested in drilling in the ba- ulations to retrieve oil shale. sin, which is one of the largest, un- The goal of the project is to re- tapped oil reserves in the world that grow plant communities that were boasts an abundance of oil shale. significantly damaged or, in some CSU scientists at the time be- cases, eradicated by the extensive lieved that the extraction methods oil harvests. used to retrieve the oil shale — a Mark Paschke, an associate pro- sedimentary rock that contains ma- fessor of reclamation ecology work- terials that, when heated at extreme ing on the project, said the research temperatures, are released as liquid efforts, which were “well underway” oil — were too invasive and damag- when they started this early this ing to the plant-life established in summer, will provide vital informa- the area. tion to affect the process of future The scientists recommended oil extraction by major oil compa- that the companies postpone physi- nies in the basin area. cal extraction until the effects of the “These studies will help us to invasive methods on the natural tell what we need to be concerned about and where we should be See Plant on Page 3

CSu works to prevent spread of listeria By JiM sOJOurner FaCts aBOut listeria The Rocky Mountain Collegian Name: Listeria Monocytogenes In the wake of a food-borne (known commonly as listeria). bacteria outbreak in Canada that What it is: A food-borne bacteria Caitlin Kinnett | COLLEGIAN has killed at least 17 people and that can result in illness. sickened more than 60 others, CSU Tina Stevens, a junior science education major, plays with her daughter Paige on Oct. 7. United Way is helping fund single mothers in the community to go to school and get degrees by helping them pay for child care. researchers are working to prevent Where it’s found: Soil, water and the spread of the deadly bacteria, vegetation. listeria. The university’s Center for Meat There are roughly 2,500 serious Safety and Quality and the Food cases of listeriosis, causing 500 Safety Cluster will collaborate with deaths in the U.S. each year. Cornell University, the University of United Way helps fund child 20 to 30 percent of people who Nebraska, Ohio State University and Kansas State University to better contract the bacteria die. understand outbreaks like the one care for single mothers at CSU Canada has experienced this year. CSU was recently granted a $3.4 million award from the U.S. De- cessing plants and even in homes. By JessiCa Cline ucation major has a scholarship semester. partment of Agriculture to expand Sen. Ken Salazar, who congratu- The Rocky Mountain Collegian from the United Way WomenGive “The scholarship provides me food safety research, which comes lated CSU on receiving the award. program, which helps fund all of with the ability to work and go to at a time particularly pertinent in “Any effort to prevent [listeria] Last year, CSU senior Shawnee her childcare expenses. school full-time and make sure light of the need to prevent listeria’s from getting into our food is some- McPahil worked three jobs while The program is dedicated that my son gets his education spread. thing that Senator Salazar supports,” taking 18 credit hours at school to raising money for single par- through the Colorado Preschool Listeria monocytogenes (known said Michael Amodeo, spokesper- and raising her three-year-old –– ents who would like to go back Program,” McPahil said. commonly as listeria) is food-borne son for the Democrat. all to be able to afford daycare for to school. If parents qualify for “I wouldn’t be able to afford bacteria that can result in illness Salazar is “basically a strong her son, Tristan. the program, their child’s care is and is found naturally in soil, water supporter,” said Amodeo, of agri Now, though, the English Ed- completely paid off for the entire See MOthers on Page 3 and vegetation. It can also grow at refrigerated temperatures in pro- See listeria on Page 3

Page 8 Page 5 Page 5 Klay Kubiak author to speak at three wildfires follows in family Csu on nuclear powers double in size footsteps Cravens to dispell overnight ‘misconceptions’ about Fires force thousands sustainable energy to flee Los Angeles 2 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian

WEATHER CORRECTION Executive Director of the Lory CAMPUS EYE In Tuesday’s article titled Student Center) to a wall. Have “Libyan student triumphs over some fun and help fi ll the food Today polio, cultural differences,” bank for the winter! Partly cloudy Libya was spelled “Lybia” in two places in the article. The Grand Opening: University correct spelling is “Libya.” Center for the Arts 56 | 36 12 to 3 p.m. CALENDAR 1400 Remington St. in Fort Thursday Collins Today The campus and local Partly Cloudy Math, Science and Technology communities are invited to Day attend a free BBQ at noon, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. complete with the CSU Pep 64 | 38 Lory Student Center Main Band playing spirit tunes. Ballroom Following this, there will be a Friday The 17th Annual Math, ribbon-cutting ceremony and an Science, and Technology Day open house. Sunny is open to the general public and is free. Seven Days for Seven Dollars 66 | 41 6 p.m. Healthy Harvest Cooking Class This event is a unique Noon to 1:30 p.m. opportunity for individuals Gifford Building Rm 114 to challenge their habits of The Nutrition Center at CSU consumption and try to get a presents “Healthy Harvest,” sense of what hunger might an interactive cooking class to mean to the one billion+ people demonstrate recipes and tips for who live on $1 a day. quick, nutritious meals. The event offi cially starts on Thursday at 6 p.m. and goes 7 p.m. Women at Noon through Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. Through this week-long event, Loco Local Noon to 1 p.m. Lory Student Center Rm 214-216 participants will grow in their The Kathryn T. Bohannon understanding of the way they 9 p.m. Women at Noon program use food and the availability of Urban Takeover will present “Celebrating food in our society. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Activism in CSU Volleyball vs. UNLV 11 p.m. Northern Colorado.” 7 to 9 p.m. The Twilight Zone Join us as we learn about the CSU Rams volleyball plays successes and challenges UNLV in Las Vegas. Be sure these activists have faced. to catch the game on The mtn provided by Comcast and Why Going Green Means DirecTV. Going Nuclear 4 to 5 p.m. Friday Clark A, 103 Cans Around the Oval Author Gwyneth Cravens will 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. be visiting CSU to discuss her The Oval journey from skepticism and Join hundreds of CSU students, faculty and staff along with fear to an understanding that LISA STREEB| COLLEGIAN nuclear power is the only large- K-12 schools, area businesses, Tanner Irwin, a junior art major, works in the Art Department computer lab on Tuesday. Tune in to channel 11 at 9 scale, non-greenhouse-gas and community agencies as p.m. for CTV News, CTV emitting electricity source that they team up to fi ght hunger in Sports and the Colorado can be considerably expanded Larimer County. Cans Around the Oval is Northern Colorado’s larg- Music Lounge. while maintaining only a small celebrates the completion of the est food drive. Plan to drop off Lonchakov are to replace the viser says a court approved his environmental footprint. $43 million University Center for your canned goods at the Oval, crew and remain for months. appeal against a decision to the Arts facility and the open- thanks for helping stop hunger! increase the amount of his in- Free Waltz and Polka lesson ing of the new University Dance Syria establishes come it considered taxable. 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Theatre with a special 10-day Ulvaeus signed contracts to Natural Sciences Scholarship dipplomatic ties with Lory Student Center, Cherokee residency of the Diavolo Dance & Recognition Awards hand over the rights to his song Park Ballroom Theatre. Tickets are $17 for the Lebanon 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. royalties to different compa- Sponsored by the CSU Swing public, $16 for seniors and $10 DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) _ Lory Student Center, Main nies. He claimed that excluded Society, the class will prepare for Colorado State students and Syria’s offi cial news agency says Ballroom them from his personal in- REPRINTS dancers for the Wild Goose youth ages 6 to 17. Tickets are the nation will open an embas- The College of Natural Sciences come. Masquerade Ball (held Oct.18 in available from the Campus Box sy in Lebanon for the fi rst time celebrates its 20th Annual Swedish authorities had Seen a Collegian photo the Main Ballroom), but everyone Offi ce. since the two countries gained Scholarship and Recognition claimed the deals were shams you want to get your is welcome to participate in this independence in the 1940s. and that the star still had ac- hands on? Go to http:// free lesson. The waltz and polka Awards Program. All family NEWS OF The agency, SANA, says and friends are welcome as we cess to the money and should reprints.collegian.com to will be taught by ball founder THE WORLD Syrian President Bashar Assad include them as his income. Randy Lumb, who knows how individually acknowledge all issued a decree Tuesday estab- order copies of photos of our dean’s list, scholarship, Ulvaeus was part of the printed in the Collegian. to get complete non-dancers Rocket launches on lishing diplomatic relations Swedish pop group in the 1970s dancing in a few minutes, and award-winning students with Lebanon. from Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 space station voyage and 1980s, and has since co- enjoyably. The decree does not say written several musicals includ- semesters. Awardees should BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan when the embassy will be check in at the registration booth (AP) – Two Americans and a ing the hit “Mamma Mia!” that Thursday opened or give further details. was made into a recent fi lm. Cans Around the Oval Finale next to the ballroom at 4:30 p.m. Russian are on their way to the Lebanon and Syria agreed 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. international space station. to establish diplomatic rela- Lory Student Center Commons Josef Haydn Celebration A Russian rocket with a tions during an offi cial visit by 23 killed in bus crash Soyuz capsule carrying Ameri- The Lory Student Center will 7:30 to 9 p.m. the Lebanese president to Da- in northeastern India can computer game millionaire conclude its efforts to raise Griffi n Concert Hall, University mascus in April. GAUHATI, India (AP) – Richard Garriott has lifted off food/funds for the Food Bank of Center for the Arts, 1400 Rem- The West and Lebanese An overcrowded, speeding from the launch facility in Ka- Larimer County with its big fi nale, ington Street. anti-Syrian politicians have bus crashed into a stationary zakhstan for a two-day trip to “Stick it to the Man for Cans.” Enjoy two great works by the long demanded Syria recognize truck in northeastern India on the orbital station. Purchase a one-foot strip of duct famous Austrian composer - Lebanon’s sovereignty by estab- Tuesday, killing 23 people and Also aboard are U.S. astro- tape with a canned food item or Symphony No. 101, “The Clock,” lishing offi cial ties. wounding 44 others, police naut Michael Fincke and Rus- one dollar. Use that piece of tape and the “Lord Nelson Mass.” said. sian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchak- to stick Mike Ellis (Assistant Vice Haydn was at the top of his com- The bus was carrying labor- ov. Garriott is the fi rst American ABBA memeber gets President for Student Affairs/ positional powers in writing each ers to work before dawn in the to follow his father into space. of these works and the music is money back from Dhubri district of India’s Assam Garriott’s father Owen creative, powerful, and some- state, some 185 miles west of made two space fl ights as a U.S. Swedish taxman times downright amusing! the state capital, Gauhati. astronaut in the 1970s and 80s. STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) “The bus carrying 67 pas- He and other relatives watched – A former member of ABBA Diavolo Dance Theatre sengers hit a stationary potato- Sunday’s launch from a viewing can cash in 85 million kronor 7:30 to 8:30 to 9 p.m. laden truck with great speed, platform at the Baikonur facility (US$12 million) after winning a University Center for the Arts, leading to the fatalities,” said on the Kazakh steppe. Garriott court case against the national 1400 Remington St. Dhubri police chief Parthasara- is to spend about 10 days on tax authority. Lory Student Center Box 13 Colorado State University thi Mahanta. the space station. Fincke and Bjorn Ulvaeus’ legal ad- Fort Collins, CO 80523 This publication is not an offi cial publication of Colorado State University, but is published by an independent corporation using the name ‘The Rocky Mountain Collegian’ pursuant to a license granted by CSU. The Rocky Mountain Collegian is an 10,000-circulation student-run newspaper intended as a public forum. It publishes fi ve days a week during the regular fall and spring semesters. During the last eight weeks of summer Collegian distribution drops to 4,500 and is published weekly on Wednesdays. During the fi rst four weeks of summer the Collegian does not publish. Corrections may be submitted to the editor in chief and will be printed as necessary on page 2. 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MOTHERS | Program LISTERIA | Research aims to educate helps set financial food producers and consumers goals, gives aid Continued from Page 1 There are roughly 2,500 se- is not susceptible,” Sofos said. progress. We’re talking to the con- rious cases of listeriosis, caus- However, pregnant women, sumers and industry,” Sofos said. Continued from Page 1 Assistance of Needy Fami- culture in northern Colorado and ing about 500 deaths, in the the elderly or those will a pre- So far, he said, the program lies dollars for the program. wants to ensure that the food put U.S. each year, according to existing illness can become in- has held 12 industry work- (these things),” she said, Last month, $500,000 was on peoples’ tables is safe. the Web site. Sofos said 20 to fected, and the complications shops and 10 consumer work- “without receiving (Wom- awarded to the program. John Sofos, the project di- 30 percent of people who con- can be severe. shops, educating both groups enGive’s) help or without Since the program’s start rector, CSU professor and di- tract the bacteria die. Pregnant women, who are about the risks of the infection putting myself further and in the fall of 2007, 38 schol- rector of the Center for Meat While heat kills the patho- 20 times more likely to get list- and methods to prevent or further into debt.” arships have been awarded. Safety and Quality, said his gen, Sofos said it is often trans- eriosis than a non-pregnant avoid it. The program began “Recipients are truly ap- team hopes to use a combina- mitted through pre-cooked, woman, may experience only Sofos said his project also when a group of Larimer preciative and have each tion of lab research and field refrigerated foods such as deli mild, flu-like symptoms while produces bulletins that pro- County women, known as testified in their own ways,” research to discover more meats, raw-milk cheeses and their fetus experiences the vide guidelines for microwav- WomenGive, identified the Nyenhuis said. about the bacteria. cold smoked seafood. brunt of the infection, the CDC ing and boiling food. need for childcare scholar- Tina Stevens, a CSU ju- Sofos said the project, According the Center for Web site also said. Stillbirth, “People shouldn’t panic. ships after having noticed nior who also receives aid, which is funded by the Na- Disease Control Web site, miscarriage or seriously in- They should just use some that paying for daycare can agreed. tional Integrated Food Safety symptoms include a high fever fected newborns are possible good sense and be aware of the become a barrier prevent- “It’s given me confi- Initiative of the Cooperative and nausea, and if the infection complications. risk.” Sofos said. “We’re avail- ing single parents in Lar- dence that I can do some- State Research and Education spreads to the nervous system, In addition to the research able to help anyone who has imer County from getting thing for myself and for my and Extension Service of the it can result in a stiff neck, se- Sofos is doing, the project also questions.” an education, said Joy Ny- daughter,” Stevens said. DOA, aims to determine “what vere headache, convulsions or aims to educate food producers Senior Reporter Jim So- enhuis, community invest- “I hope that by seeing me can be done to kill or not allow similar symptoms. and consumers. journer can be reached at ment associate for United achieve my goals, she will listeria to grow.” “A normal healthy person “We’re making very good [email protected]. Way. want to do the same.” Not only does the pro- Applications for the gram fund child care for program are being accepted those in need, but it also through today and can be helps them set financial found at http://womengi- goals, helps them with re- velarimercounty.org. PLANT | sumes and sets aside time Qualified recipients CSU professors, students work to meet with each partici- must be nominated and are pant individually. students taking nine credit Last semester, McPa- hours or more with at least hil also said, United Way’s a 2.0 grade point average. to develop new revegatation methods emergency funding helped Only single parents willing her pay for her books. to participate in child care Continued from Page 1 twelve plant re-growth meth- “I grew up on the west- Paschke said that ulti- “Some of the recipients programs are eligible. ods, which officials referred to ern slope, and I’ve watched mately, the team is interested are on the verge of com- “The United Way pro- environment could be re- as revegetation, including the (the basin area) be developed in restoring the Piceance Ba- pleting a degree,” Nyen- gram has so many things to searched and analyzed. variance of soil compositions, pad after pad after pad,” said sin wildlife habitat, which huis said. “It is exciting to help families, single families Now, several decades later, seed placements and fertiliza- Lilly Hines, a senior rangeland would mean returning the see them reach their goal and low-income residents, a team of CSU professors, un- tion. ecology and restoration ma- area — the plants and animal and have their degree com- that I don’t think everyone dergraduates, graduates and Where the 1976 project jor. “It’s very sad to know that communities — to its previ- pleted and to realize how knows how beneficial the researchers picked up the tools focused on 12 studies, uni- these places — the natural ar- ous healthy state. this will open more doors program is and how it can and went back to the basin to versity researchers focused eas that we’ve just learned so Senior Reporter Madeline for them in career develop- help you,” McPahil said. evaluate the long-term results the current project on three much from — are going to be Novey can be reached at news@ ment and self sufficiency.” Now, she plans to stay of the previous research proj- distinct studies that will look wiped out and developed.” collegian.com. The program was origi- in Fort Collins to teach and ect and continue to develop at a multitude of revegetation nally funded with the Unit- tutor at one of the local new and more successful methods, including topsoil ed Way WomenGive trust schools, goals that she pre- revegetation methods in an treatment, fertilization mix- fund –– money directly viously may not have been effort to reclaim the land. tures and seed-mix combina- Red Stripe donated by women within able to achieve. The research started in tions. $5.89 The Taste of Jamaica the WomenGive group. But “I am one semester 1976 when scientists simu- Students working on the 6 pk btls after realizing single moth- away from graduating, lated severe extractions, up- project said they were con- Jamaican Lager ers’ severe need for mon- which will allow me to be turned topsoil and removed cerned by the effects of ex- etary assistance, the state of self sufficient,” she said. whole sagebrush steppe com- tensive industry development $10.69 munities — the most common of natural lands and worked Guinness Stout Colorado stepped in to help Staff writer Jessica Cline 8 pk funding, awarding Larimer can be reached at news@col- native plant found in the ba- on the project to help reverse Nitro Can County federal Temporary legian.com. sin area. After the extractions, those effects and restore the nitro cans scientists experimented with land. Aggie Aggie DiscountDiscount LiquorLiquor 429 429 CanyonCanyon Ave.Ave. 482-1968482-1968 Warm up this fall with our hometown coffe! 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It was what we call a “bipartisan bigger issue at your rally on Friday, when a crisis? effort.” Remember when you used to ad- supporter told you he’d be “afraid” to raise vocate those? his unborn child under an Obama presi- Log on to http://collegian.com He served alongside many liberal and dency; when a woman said she doesn’t to give us your two cents. conservative businessmen and philan- trust Obama because he’s an “A-rab.” This is an unscientific poll conducted at http://collegian.com and reflects the thropists, including Arnold R. Weber. You And what did the crowd do when you opinions of the Internet users who choose to participate. By ryan noweLL may recognize his name. He worked for tried to set them straight? When you told Nixon and Reagan, and is currently one of them that Obama is American, and that Last week, in light of your plummet- your campaign contributors. he is “a decent person, a person you do Our view ing poll numbers, you guys (and gal, golly In fact, the Chicago Annenberg Chal- not have to be scared (of) as president of gee!) at the McCain campaign decided to lenge should ring a few bills, as Leonore the United States.” Do you remember? dabble in the art of far-fetched character Annenberg is yet another contributor to They booed you, John. They heckled assassination by insinuating that Barack your campaign. Still don’t remember? It’s their own candidate. toons provide Obama “palled around” with known ter- okay, John. If you go to Wikipedia you can But it’s a little late to appeal to their rorists. see a picture of her. She’s the one standing better nature, isn’t it? You’ve courted “Who is the real Barack Obama?” you next to Ronald Reagan. the lowest common denominator in asked at a rally last Monday. Stated, really, Among this rogues gallery of left- these people and you’re getting it back local laugh like a lurid “E! True Hollywood Story” nar- wing nut jobs was Bill Ayers, who since in spades. They’re in front of your cam- rator. “You ask such questions and all you the ‘70s has become something of a cor- paign chanting it: “Kill Obama,” “Bomb get is another angry barrage of insults.” nerstone in Chicago’s education circles. Obama,” “Traitor!” “Terrorist!” The word If you’ve finished the Sudoku early this week, you Oh, well. Terribly sorry, John. Who are The Annenberg Foundation tapped him “violent mob” has been used more than may have noticed the changes on our cartoon page. Al- we to stand in the way of your entirely to help with the reform proposals, and once. low us to explain. legitimate intellectual inquiry? Or was it he, Obama and a dozen other prominent I hope you realized as they booed As a student publication, we strive to serve two pur- philosophical? I couldn’t tell, many of the Chicago figures met for roughly half a exactly what this could turn into. You’ve poses: 1) to inform the public and 2) to learn and grow subtleties were lost in the din of your sup- dozen meetings, after which they all went laid a groundless, salacious claim at the as student journalists. porters shouting “Terrorist!” their separate ways. feet of people who have proven they are In the past, the Collegian has limited the cartoon Since I can tell you’re earnest in your Whether Ayers and Obama engaged all too willing to hate, who are ignorant page to one or two student cartoonists, with additional quest for answers, let me clear this up for in any pre-meeting games of Nerf football enough to push your character assassina- nationally syndicated cartoons. you: You posed the question in regards to that could constitute this alleged “palling tion into terrible, literal directions.While Originally the Collegian was only going to hire one Barack’s association with Bill Ayers, a for- around” is up for speculation, John, but you may be coyly suggesting that Obama to two student cartoonists. However, due to the huge mer member of the leftist radical group if the meetings themselves count, you is a terrorist, posing leading questions response from students interested in the position –– the Weather Underground. You were else- might want to consider returning some and peddling half-truths with shrugged which we were not expecting –– we opted to drop our where at the time, but they spent a good funds, lest you be caught taking money shoulders, they are out there screaming it syndicated cartoons in favor of featuring student work. chunk of the ‘60s and ‘70s blowing up from terrorist sympathizers. in the street. The Collegian is a student-run paper, from the sto- federal real-estate agencies. Don’t worry, But that’s not really the most press- Pray, John, that one of them doesn’t ries, to the photos, to the layout and design. Why would they always phoned ahead. Radicals were ing issue you’re facing now, is it? Your act on the fear you have filled them with. we not fill our cartoon page with student work if given more considerate back then. poll numbers are looking pretty bad, and the opportunity? In 1993, Obama served on a commit- since this move was your big bid to reel Ryan Nowell is a senior English ma- And we’re not the only ones benefiting. tee called the Chicago Annenberg Chal- in independents (and I don’t have to tell jor. His column appears Wednesdays in As members of the CSU community, student car- lenge, an initiative proposed by a Re- you, it did the opposite), they’re probably the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be toonists will be able to provide what the syndicated car- publican-controlled legislature, backed looking worse. But again, I’d argue that’s sent to [email protected]. toons could not –– a local feel. Remember that guy last week who was counting bikes on Elizabeth? Well so will the student cartoonists, and you’re gonna hear about it. Know how hard it is to find parking? They find it hard too. They are better suited to provide laughs around the things CSU students encounter day in and day out. Plus this is beneficial to the student cartoonist. Of course, local cartoons may not be everybody’s thing. If you don’t like the cartoons and are still looking for a laugh –– just read RamTalk. It’s always golden.

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“The moral of the story is very simple: with every closed door, the opportunity to buy seven amazing movies for less than $30 may present itself.” Revealing the movie industry’s best kept secret my second year in the dorms? All of I don’t know why Walmart makes either. Mission failure. I quickly scooped these DVDs those were bad decisions. me feel uncomfortable. It might be However, the trip was not in vain, into my arms and ran to the check- However, I recently decided to the fact that it’s absolutely gigan- for it was in the racks of DVDs that I out, so that I could buy them before take an excursion to our local Wal- tic, and I need a compass and a tide found what could only be described the managers discovered their fright- mart, and it turned out to be one of chart to navigate the store correctly. as the deal of this century, possibly ful errors. the best decisions I’ve ever made. Let It might be my upper-middle class the deal of the millennium. The moral of the story is very me explain. white upbringing making me feel su- Sitting there on the shelf, in its simple: with every closed door, the I frequently fall victim to what perior to the idea of shopping at Wal- cased-glory, was a bundle set of the opportunity to buy seven amazing By Brian Lancaster I like to call “life-or-death urges,” mart, mixed with my sense of moral- “Hunt for Red October,” “Patriot movies for less than $30 may present which must be satiated, lest my de- ity telling me that I’m really no better Games” and “Clear and Present Dan- itself. Have you ever had that wonderful sires hurl me over the edge into a bot- than anyone there. ger.” All three of these DVDs were And maybe, just maybe, the DVD moment during which you realized tomless pit of insanity. Anyway, the Either way, I don’t often find my- being sold for the combined total of section at Walmart is the movie in- that you have made a great decision? urge on this wonderful night was to self shopping at my local Walmart. $14.96. dustry’s best-kept secret. But not any- Those moments happen so rarely go out and buy the movie “Beerfest.” So, after plotting my course –– This amazing discovery prompted more. I am cracking this secret wide in one’s lifetime, especially mine. I’m I’ve only seen the movie once, but I lucky I thought to actually bring my me to ask myself what could be better open to the student body of Colorado full of bad decisions. remember liking it, and I had a sud- tide chart –– toward the electron- than buying three amazing movies for State University. Coming to college as an engineer- den urge to watch it again. ics section, I wandered around for less than $15, but that question was Tips are appreciated. ing major? Hooking up with a girl who The problem with my urge was a while, searching for my holy grail: immediately answered. Sitting on the may or may not have looked some- that it was after 10 p.m., and all the “Beerfest.” shelf right next to the Jack Ryan Col- Brian Lancaster is a senior politi- what like a specific late-night talk usual places that I go to buy DVDs But it was nowhere to be found. lection (that’s what the three DVD set cal science major. His column appears show host? Thinking I could peace- were closed. And so it was with hesita- I asked an employee, and he led was called) was the entire four-movie Wednesdays in the Collegian. Letters fully live with several of the most an- tion in my heart, and fear in my soul, me to believe that they had carried it “Lethal Weapon” series. For the same and feedback can be sent to letters@ noying, arrogant, and smelly guys for that I set out for the local Walmart. recently. However, he couldn’t find it price. collegian.com.

collegian opinion Page Policy The columns on this page reflect the viewpoints of the individual author and not necessarily that ofThe Rocky Mountain Collegian or its editorial Letter submissions are open to all and are printed on a first-received basis. Submissions should be limited to 250 words and need to include the board. Please send any responses to [email protected]. author’s name and contact information. Anonymous letters will not be printed. E-mail letters to [email protected] The Rocky Mountain Collegian | Wednesday, October 15, 2008 5 Nuclear expert to address CSU Forms questioned in registration drives By JIM SOJOURNER son.” including the secrecy that has it being billed as a clean The Rocky Mountain Collegian She said humanity faces a long surrounded nuclear pow- energy. “Nuclear energy is By STEVEN K. PAULSON Secretary of State Mike Coff- very serious problem in terms er, negative portrayals in en- not a clean energy source,” The Associated Press man, said voter registration Amid growing concerns of the survival of all the spe- tertainment, and an unwilling- Sutherland said. “It’s not a drives have caused a number about America’s energy future cies on earth, global climate ness to explain nuclear by the zero-emission technology, BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. of problems for county clerks, and CSU’s push to be carbon change and ocean acidifi ca- scientists who work with it. not by a long shot.” – Summit County offi cials who are required to verify ap- neutral by 2020, Gwyneth tion. Cravens said people have “Nuclear is a very good Sutherland said the are investigating voter regis- plications before early voting Cravens, author of the book the technology and the abil- plot device,” Cravens said, amount of greenhouse gases tration forms signed by Rip begins Monday. “Power to Save the World: The ity to deal with all those prob- laughing, “There are a lot of produced in the mining and Van Winkle and a handful Summit County clerk Cheri Truth about Nuclear Energy,” lems. reasons for this ‘us vs. them’ processing of uranium, con- of other questionable appli- Brunvand said she turned over is speaking at CSU on Wednes- “Because we have brains, mentality.”Cravens said she struction of the plant, and cants. about two dozen suspected day to tear down what she says we can do something about it,” hopes to explain away this even the commuters to and At least six people pro- fraudulent voter registration are misconceptions about Cravens said. Right now, she mentality with the presenta- from the plants use fossil vided fake driver’s license forms to District Attorney Mark nuclear power and sustainable said, that solution is nuclear. tion of facts about nuclear and fuel power, and added that numbers, and one person Hurlbert. Records obtained energy. “Wind and solar are great, other “clean” energy sources. no one knows how much tried to register twice, ac- under the Colorado Open Re- Cravens will dispute some but weak,” Cravens said. She said she hopes to dis- energy will be necessary to cording to registration re- cords Act show a handful of of the myths surrounding She said most forms of pel some of the following com- process spent fuel rods. cords. The registrations were voters in Summit County tried nuclear power and attempt to clean power just do not pro- mon misconceptions: The Union of Concerned conducted by the Barack to register using fake driver’s show that it is not only a viable vide enough energy to replace Radiation is extremely Scientists and Natural Re- Obama campaign in Sum- licenses and fake state identi- source of power for America, fossil fuels and also leave a dangerous and can kill a per- sources Defense Council mit County. fi cation numbers. but also the only source of “huge footprint.” son have both issued state- The form submitted by Others falsely swore that power capable of providing “We don’t have a lot of A nuclear plant can ex- ments against using nuclear “Rip” had a telephone num- they didn’t have those num- clean, sustainable, large-scale choices on how to get our en- plode like a nuclear bomb to solve climate change, ber that actually belongs to a bers and instead gave partial energy. ergy. Most don’t supply base- We do not have a clue Sutherland said. bail bondsman named Al in Social Security numbers. “Power to save the world load electricity,” Cravens said. what to do with the waste He said that nuclear Kremmling. Al wasn’t happy Munster said he received does not lie in rivers, wind, While nuclear does supply the Radioactive waste is power would ultimately re- someone used his number complaints that two voter rocks, or sunshine; it lies in baseload, Cravens said, people long-lived duce emissions if it were to to try to register illegally. drives, Obama for America each one of us,” Cravens said are against using it for a variety “My motive is to talk to replace existing fossil fuel “I’m getting tired of these and Obama’s Campaign for in a phone interview. of reasons.One of the largest people of every stripe,” Cra- plants, but will not be par- harassing phone calls,” said Change, gave voters mislead- Cravens said her lecture will problems that faces nuclear vens said. “I had people come ticularly effective if they are Al, who answered the phone ing information by telling them address her change of opinion energy, Cravens said, is the in- up to me and say, ‘You com- just built to compensate for number given on the appli- they could use partial Social from being a strong skeptic of ability of nuclear scientists to pletely changed my mind.’” a growing power demand. cation. He refused to give his Security numbers if they didn’t nuclear initiatives to a propo- discuss the positives of nuclear However, Eric Sutherland, “Is it better than coal?” last name. have their driver’s license with nent of the alternative energy. and dispute the negatives. a Fort Collins resident, is not Sutherland asked. “Well yes. The registration, dated them. “I talk about my own journey “Often they aren’t that com- convinced. Everything is better than Sept. 13, was caught by the “I actually went to their from myth to fact,” Cravens municative,” Cravens said. While Sutherland was not coal.” county clerk’s offi ce and campaign headquarters a said. “I started out as an anti- This failure of communi- concerned with the common Senior Reporter Jim So- turned over to authorities. month ago and told them, ‘You nuclear person, and everyone I cation, she said, can be attrib- fears that surround nuclear journer can be reached at Wayne Munster, act- guys have got to stop this,’” knew was an anti-nuclear per- uted to a number of factors, power, he did take issue with [email protected]. ing director of elections for Munster said.

Seminar to present research Erratic winds hinder, help for children and adults California re ghters CHILDRENS’ SEMINAR By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER that fi re had been only 5 per- By JESSICA CLINE Ashley Harvey, an adjunct The Associated Press cent contained. Authorities The Rocky Mountain Collegian assistant professor in the de- Time: 5:45 to 7:15 p.m. reduced the acreage on that partment, spoke on the pur- Location: Gifford Building, LOS ANGELES – Fero- fi re to 4,800 acres from 5,300 Graduate students and fac- pose and goals of the program. Room 232 cious desert winds pushed acres. ulty from the CSU Center for “Basically, we feel like we Ages: 3 to 9 one of three major wild- Firefi ghters worried the Family and Couple Therapy will have good resources and want Cost: $20 per child, $10 for fi res burning across South- erratic winds could return to present research on parent- to provide the community with each additional sibling ern California to nearly the area. In other parts of the child relationships, romantic our services,” Harvey said. double its size overnight, valley, they were gusting to 50 relationships and family life in Children’s seminars have fi refi ghters said Tuesday, mph, fi re offi cials said. taken place since the spring a dual seminar for adults and ADULTS’ SEMINAR the third day of the blazes The winds didn’t return to children this evening. semester, but tonight will fea- that have destroyed doz- the northeast section of the Coordinated through the ture the fi rst adult seminar to Time: 6 to 7 p.m. ens of homes and forced valley as expected overnight, Department of Human Devel- the series. The seminar series Location: Gifford Building, thousands to fl ee. fi re Inspector Paul Hartwell opment and Family Studies, concludes with one fi nal semi- Room 107 One person was killed said. “It’s, how do I want to put the outreach program will fea- nar, scheduled for Nov. 19. Cost: $10 per adult, $15 per by the fl ames; another this? Controlled optimism.” ture two seminars to take place The adult seminar will ad- couple died in a car crash as a In San Diego County, two concurrently: one for children dress strategies for strength- More info: 970-491-3011 blaze neared the freeway. wildfi res that began at Camp and one for adults. ening connections in couple The fi res have charred Pendleton had merged. The children’s seminar, relationships. It will include more than 25 square miles Authorities lifted an evacu- REED SAXON | AP scheduled from 5:45 to 7:15 information about cycles of in suburban Los Angeles ation order for about 1,000 distress and strategies for cre- p.m. in room 132 of the Gifford eryone attending. They meet and northern San Diego homes but said another 500 Firefi ghters engaged in struc- ating satisfying relationships. Building, will focus on helping before the seminars to go over County, with the fi ercest homes along the border of ture protection keep watch “The adult piece is a very children address bullies. The the curriculum, and they de- blazes burning in the San the Marine base remained va- as fl ames burn near homes nice addition for faculty to adult seminar, scheduled from brief afterward to fi gure out if Fernando Valley, about 30 cated. at the top of Louise Avenue share their knowledge with all in Los Angeles’ Granada Hills 6 to 7 p.m. in room 107, will there were issues or problems miles northwest of Los An- Marine Cpl. Priscilla Vitale parts of the community,” Han- area as efforts to control wild- focus on strengthening couple and how to fi x them for the geles. said the fi re had scorched more nah Vaughan, a second-year fi res in southern California relationships. next time. Investigators are look- than 3,000 acres and was about graduate student, said. continue Tuesday. All of the information used “We really want to make ing into the cause of all 25 percent contained. The children’s seminar is in these seminars, planners this useful for the community three fi res. A new fi re ignited Tuesday tailored to children ages 3 to said, is based on research and and all the people that attend,” The whipping winds at Camp Pendleton, forcing percent contained. 9. Children will be advised on literature gathered by graduate Vaughan said. “I hope that caused a fi re in the west the closure of 20 miles of In- A fi re broke out in the Little how to cope with bullies and students and faculty in the de- others take away important end of the San Fernan- terstate 5 in both directions, Mountain area in San Bernar- how to avoid becoming bullies partment. information on tough topics.” do Valley, in the Porter California Highway Patrol Of- dino just east of Interstate 215. themselves. “Our job is to make the Tickets to the event are $10 Ranch area, to double in fi cer Rob Sanchez said. It is the It was threatening several hun- “We have a really nice pro- bodies of research really prac- per adult, $15 per couple, $20 size from 5,000 to nearly third fi re to start on the base in dred homes and some resi- gram planned for kids that is tical and useful for people,” per child and $10 per addi- 10,000 acres overnight, fi re two days. dents were being evacuated, fun and experiential for chil- said Toni Zimmerman, a pro- tional sibling. For more infor- offi cials said. Another fi re burning in said fi re spokesman Steve dren to learn how to deal with fessor in the department. “As a mation or to register, contact But just 10 miles away, eastern San Diego County had Tracy. bullying and the skills they faculty we sat down and looked Ashley Harvey at 970-491-3011 the erratic Santa Ana winds burned 100 acres and forced The fi re at the northeast need to handle situations,” at what we think are the most or e-mail Ashley.Harvey@co- subsided, allowing fi re- the evacuation of 300 homes end of the San Fernando Val- Zimmerman said. important things we want to lostate.edu. fi ghters to contain nearly near the border community of ley — called the Marek fi re — Planners said the faculty inform the community about, Staff writer Jessica Cline 70 percent of a blaze burn- Campo. That evacuation order started Sunday and burned 38 and graduate students work and we chose topics from this can be reached at news@colle- ing at the northeast end of was lifter later Tuesday morn- mobile homes and one single- closely to make sure the ex- that we think are important for gian.com. the valley. Hours earlier, ing, after the fi re was about 70 family home. adults and children.” perience is benefi cial for ev

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MEN’S BASKETBALL STATS: “Man, it’s great. We live together and really have a lot of fun.” BBALL | Preseason Rank School (First Place Votes) Points Klay Kubiak | football quarterback 1. UNLV (16) 206 poll places teams 2. BYU (5) 181 3. San Diego State (3) 170 4. Utah 148 5. New Mexico 132 KUBIAK | at 8th in MWC 6. Wyoming 75 Older brother believes 7. Air Force 66 8. Colorado State 53 Continued from Page 8 Miles. 9. TCU 49 The CSU women’s team Kubiak can be a team leader Year, and Phillip McDon- was also picked to fi nish Preseason All Mountain West ald, of New Mexico, is the eighth in their preseason Conference Continued from Page 8 could lead the team if needed. “Man, it’s great. We live to- projected Freshman of the poll, following a winless Lee Cummard, Sr., G, BYU “I’m so proud of him. He gether and really have a lot of Year. season in conference (2-27 Lorrenzo Wade, Sr., F, San Diego watching from the sidelines. has worked so hard, and I think fun,” said Kubiak. “He really The preseason poll overall) one year ago. State “I defi nitely get really ner- when he goes in there you can has taught me a lot of things.” means that CSU’s bas- The Rams were picked Wink Adams, Sr., G, UNLV vous when he goes in just be- defi nitely tell how calm and col- So far this season, Kubiak ketball kickoff event, “10 to fi nish ahead of the Air Luke Nevill, Sr., C, Utah cause he’s my brother and I lected he is ... I’m so proud of the has completed 18 of his passes Brandon Ewing, Sr., G, Wyoming o’clock Rock,” is around Force Falcons, 44 points to want to see him do well,” said way he has played, and he has for 251 yards, the longest being the corner, and Miles is 36 points. Preseason Co-Players of the Year the junior safety. earned a lot of respect from the a 63-yard completion in CSU’s ready for his second sea- Utah is the preseason Klint said that more than other guys.” loss to Cal. favorite once again to win Lee Cummard, Sr., G, BYU son in charge of the Rams. Wink Adams, Sr., G, UNLV anything, he’s proud of the way Klay said that playing on the Football beat writer Matt “It’s always exciting the conference, followed that his little brother has come same team with his brother has Stephens can be reached at this time of year, and this by San Diego State and Preseason Newcomer of the Year along and believes that Klay been a great experience thus far. [email protected]. season we have added Texas Christian. Tre’Von Willis, So., G, UNLV more players and we have Men’s basketball beat a good group returning. writer Matthew Pucak can Preseason Freshman of the Year Now we get to see how be reached at sports@col- Phillip McDonald, G, New Mexico well we can compete,” said legian.com. OVERSIGHT | Committee to provide funding report to state offi cials

Continued from Page 1 lion spending authority, up by concern about how the new more than $18 million from money and stretch goals, which members of the ASCSU say is fi scal year 2009, and the coali- include large expenditures on troublesome. tion is skeptical about where business relationships, would University offi cials have the bulk of the new money will benefi t the school, saying that defended the increases in ad- come from. students don’t see the effects of ministrative spending as an Historically, an increased the spending in classrooms. initiative that will bring CSU spending authority from the “Why are we spending all up to par with peer institutions state correlates to an effective this money on capital ventures and the academic colleges. increase in tuition for students when we’re not getting any re- “There is a lot of misinfor- and their families. turn for it?” Smoot said. mation and misunderstanding “Where are they going to In addition to the spend- out there about the budget and get money to pay for a $57.5 ing oversight, the coalition will the budget process,” said Brad million budget? The answer is also focus on revenue collec- Bohlander the university’s (the students), but (they) can’t tion. It will make recommen- chief spokesperson, referring pay for it,” Palmer said. dations to the university for to several articles that print- But Bohlander said the alternative tuition models that ed in the Collegian in recent proposed budget is only that CSU offi cials are looking at im- weeks regarding the controver- –– proposed. plementing. sial funding trends. “The more “That is what we term an The fi rst, differential tu- people involved in the budget, aspiration budget … this is ition, would charge more in the better.” version 1.0,” he said, adding fees to students who major in The committee’s report will that the proposal is based on higher-paying fi elds than stu- go to the CCHE, the CSU Sys- best-case-scenario data, and dents in lower-paying fi elds. tem Board of Governors and nothing is set in stone until Under this model, a business the Joint Budget Committee, the JBC approves the budget in student would be required to which approve the university’s spring, 2009. pay signifi cantly more than a fi nal budgets. The budget proposal calls student majoring in English. In February, the group of for a $4 million decrease from Money from the increased student government leaders last year in expenditures on fees would go toward hiring as well as students from the mandatory costs, which in- faculty, preliminary proposals university’s academic colleges clude salary increases, debt for 2010 indicate. plans to present its report to service and utilities. But the model has been state offi cials with detailed The leftover money –– criticized by higher educa- spending analyses of how Pen- more than $34 million –– will tion organizations for deter- ley’s saturation of high-paid be allocated to what Palmer ring students in lower-paying administrators with large bud- called “audacious” stretch fi elds from expanding their gets affects students and the goals, including bringing in horizons. Higher fees could academic colleges, which have 95 new faculty lines and $2 intimidate a French major if he seen much smaller funding in- million in expenditures for or she wanted to take a higher- creases in recent years. the university’s widely-touted end business class. Over winter break, the green initiatives. The second model, fl at tu- investigative committee will Trevor Trout, the former ition, would set fl at prices for make recommendations based vice president for ASCSU, said students for the four years of on e-mail surveys of the CSU it’s unclear where the money their education. Every student community to university of- is coming from and called for would apply knowing exactly fi cials for budget items, out- more transparency from the how much his or her education lining spending priorities that administration. will cost from start to fi nish, a students approve. He said the numbers show model CU-Boulder has adopt- Palmer initiated the meet- the university has largely fo- ed with great success. ings in response to concern cused on research over the But funding trends could among student government of- past few years and has dispro- prove to be an obstacle as fi cials about skyrocketing tuition portionately loaded the cost lawmakers have projected a and fee rates in an environment of the expenditures onto the continued downward spiral where a signifi cantly smaller backs of students. in state fi nancing. Incoming number of credit hours are taught “I think the claim to be freshman would have to fi ll by tenure-track professors. made is that the pendulum unexpected holes from budget And with dwindling state has swung too far to one side,” shortfalls under the fl at tuition funds for higher education and Trout said. model. an on-going national econom- In 2008 alone, the univer- “You’re forcing the incom- ic crisis, students taking loans sity took $45 million from the ing freshmen to bear the brunt to pay for their tuition face an general fund — primarily tu- of that,” Palmer said. uncertain future. ition dollars –– for research ex- News Managing Editor The CSU proposed bud- penditures. Aaron Hedge and Enterprise get for fi scal year 2010 out- Taylor Smoot, the presi- Editor J. David McSwane can be lines a more than $57.5 mil- dent of the ASCSU, expressed reached at [email protected].

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Fun-ology your mind to new alternatives that complement what you al- ready have going for you. 3 stars LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Before you decide to do some- thing that may influence your financial situation, get sound advice from someone who is conservative and not likely to spend frivolously or invest unwisely. Avoid mixing emotional matters with money matters. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You will be preoccupied with an emotional issue. A relationship with someone you’ve known for a long time will change. Don’t get other people involved in your private affairs, or your close friends or relatives in your business ventures. 3 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A fast decision to help or donate to something will leave you short of time and cash.

Dave Myers Myers Dave A course regarding how to manage your business, money or your current profession will help you excel. Don’t be afraid to do things differently. 3 stars Pex & Solly Pex CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Setting new rules at home and at work will enable you to be more productive, leaving more time to enjoy the pleasures of life. Travel will be a waste of time; far more will be achieved if you work from home. 5 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t be fooled by someone promising you too much. Read between the lines and ask what this person needs from you and how you can make it work to your advantage. Anger and emotional fuss must not be al- lowed to surface. 2 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you have caused someone grief, or vice versa, you have to confront the situation. Unless you can get past your grudge, you can’t move forward success- PJ Spokas PJ fully. Deal with issues that are clouding your vision. Face the truth. 4 stars Wear Am I? Wear RamTalk compiled by Nina Beitz

In the spirit of going green, I Can I bring herb to this plan on allowing my beer pong “going green” informational opponents to recycle beer this meeting? weekend. I love how the Collegian is To the girl who almost ran politically unbiased. I feel so me down on her bike last warm and liberal –– I mean Friday, “The Wizard of Oz” fuzzy inside. called. The Witch wants her & Katie Allen & Katie

Maddy Wilson Maddy Wilson Bike back. To the girl I “overhead” complaining to her friend To the girl who defends about her roommate having Fiddlesticks her non-soritute status even sex at 12 in the afternoon, though she wears ‘juicy’ things You must be a freshman ... and Uggs ... those may not Welcome to COLLEGE lady – make you a dumb sorority girl, we have sex 24/7. but they sure do help. CROSSWORD Is there a map of study To the girls who came into rooms at the library I could Pizza Hut and then threw a use? major hissy fit when YOUR card broke our machine – your Why is it that everything is butts were big enough without automatic in the bathrooms those carbs. expcet for the thing you want to touch least – the door?

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Rams picked to finish 8th Daren Wilkerson | quarterback coach By Matthew pucaK woMen’S BaSKetBaLL StatS: The Rocky Mountain Collegian Rk. Team (1st-place votes) Points After going winless in the 1. Utah (16) 206 Mountain West Conference 2. San Diego State (6) 184 regular season last year, the 3. TCU (2) 161 Kubiak sparks offense CSU men’s basketball team 4. New Mexico (2) 148 has no were to go but up. 5. BYU 117 6. Wyoming 113 The preseason media poll 7. UNLV 80 doesn’t have the Rams climb- 8. Colorado State 44 ing too far, as the voters have 9. Air Force 36 when called into game CSU only moving one spot up to eighth this season, only 2008-09 MWC Preseason All-Conference Team By Matt StephenS topping last place TCU by Name, Class, Position, Institution The Rocky Mountain Collegian four points. Paris Johnson, So., C San Diego State CSU head coach Tim Jené Morris, Jr., G San Diego State Helena Sverrisdottir, So., F TCU The old saying goes, “the Miles won’t be content with a backup quarterback is every similar struggle this season, Morgan Warburton, Sr., G Utah Kalee Whipple, Jr., F Utah fan’s favorite player; until he as he expects to put a much gets on the field.” better product on the court, Preseason Player of the Year If that’s true, then redshirt but he wasn’t surprised at the Morgan Warburton, Sr., G, Utah freshman Klay Kubiak is a fan prediction. favorite, but the times Kubiak “I think that based on last Preseason Newcomer of the Year has stepped into games this year we are exactly where we Eboni Mangum, Jr., G, TCU season for the Rams, he hasn’t deserve to be,” said Miles. Preseason Freshman of the Year followed the old adage, he ac- “Still, it doesn’t matter where Kristen Riley, F, BYU tually produces. we are picked, we will have Kubiak, the younger broth- the same high expectations er of junior safety Klint Kubiak every season, and we have to and son to Houston Texans find a way to reach them.” head coach Gary Kubiak has Despite the low projec- ture the league title, however, Adams of UNLV and Lee stepped in to fill the shoes of tion, the Rams appear be as reigning two-time MWC Cummard of BYU, who are Billy Farris on two occasions confident heading into the Tournament champion joined by San Diego State’s this season, the most recent season, at least according to UNLV and two-time MWC Lorenzo Wade, Utah’s Luke being last week’s 13-7 loss to Miles’ mid-game during the regular season champion Nevill, and Wyoming’s Bran- TCU. According to quarter- CSU-Texas Christian football BYU are again expected to be don Ewing. backs coach Daren Wilkinson, game this weekend. the class of the conference. Additionally, Tre’Von Wil- they like to put Klay in to try He stated that his squad The preseason all-MWP lis of UNLV, a sophomore and provide a spark for the of- has been telling him often team is heavy on experience, transfer from Memphis, was fense. that they are going “from as all five players are seniors. chosen as Newcomer of the “When you have a backup worst to first” this season. The team is highlighted by quarterback and that offense See BBaLL on page 6 It will be difficult to cap- co-players of the year Wink starts to lag a little bit, you want that guy to come in and pro- vide a spark,” the former CSU Brandon iwaMoto | COLLEGIAN Stay up to date! quarterback said. “Both games The only Spinning Studio that he’s been in (Cal and TCU) CSU redshirt freshman quarterback Klay Kubiak (6) is sacked by he has done that. What it is, is Texas Christian University defensive end Jerry Hughes (98) on in town where sunglasses Saturday at Hughes Stadium. are look for breaking news he’s so mentally prepared dur- recommended & in-depth sports coverage ing the week so he knows what to do in a game and that’s the “You know what? I have on www.collegian.com thing I appreciate.” been nervous before I come KLay KuBiaK Kubiak said that during into a game, but in a good way,” those games he has been a Kubiak said. “More anxious to Class: Freshman little nervous, but anxiety isn’t help the team, rather than be- Hometown: Englewood, always bad. ing nervous and doubting my- Colo. self.” “Having a guy like my dad High School: Regis has been a great help in my preparation. He was a quarter- Height/Weight: 6’/199 lbs back too, so that helps a lot.” Seeing the younger Kubiak Position: QB enter games also has made the older, Klint, nervous while Birthday: Oct. 10, 1988

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t What is your favorite par about your job? ~ Great work environment where I can apply my skills.

What are your hobbies? ~ Snowboarding, Drawing, and playing Mario Party on N64.

What do you want to do after graduation? ~ Create a Comic Book.