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Fort Collins, Colorado COLLEGIAN Volume 117 | No. 46 Tuesday, October 14, 2008 www.collegian.com THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891 Manic Monday Musgrave, Markey debate agriculture

By TRevOR SIMOnTOn Bill, for which Musgrave was a “lead The Rocky Mountain Collegian negotiator.” “Farmers need a safety net,” she Incumbent congresswoman said. “That means they need direct Marilyn Musgrave, R-Colorado, payments and loan programs.” defended herself Monday night Musgrave also told stories about against Democratic opponent Betsy her days growing up on a sugar Markey’s accusations that she has beet farm and how she has learned done nothing to solve immigration through personal struggle the im- and labor problems as a representa- portance of water conservation. tive for Colorado’s Fourth District. “It breaks my heart when farm- “As a ranking Republican, I have land dries up,” she said. worked hard to get guest workers Both candidates agreed that wa- working legally, so please be correct ter storage is an important issue for in your statements,” she said. Colorado farmers. Markey then countered the de- “When you touch water you fense. touch everything,” Markey said, “But nothing has passed,” she quoting the last Democrat to hold said. office in Colorado’s Fourth District Without hesitation, a Musgrave back in the early 1970s, Wayne As- rebuttal: “Ken Salazar is in the Sen- pinall. ate, Betsy. I can only control the They also agreed on the impor- House,” she said, referring to the tance but impermanence of corn- Democratic Colorado senator, for oil ethanol and the need for further whom Markey acted as regional di- development and diversification of rector for in recent campaigns. renewable energy. The Fort Morgan audience re- Markey specifically cited the sponded with applause and cheers need to upgrade the electrical grids for their hometown candidate, in Colorado. Musgrave. “Studies show that up to 20 The two women are battling percent of our electricity can come for the Fourth Congressional Dis- from wind power,” she said. “It will trict seat of Colorado, which, after cost billions to convert, but when 30 years of Republican control, has you compare the $700 billion we become one of the most intensely spend annually on foreign oil, it be- competitive seats in the House of comes very worthwhile.” Representatives, some political Musgrave closed with thanks to analysts say.The debate Monday fo- her home audience and a reitera- cused on Colorado agriculture and tion of the importance of support- “rural America.” ing agriculture. “In looking at our dependence Markey closed with a pledge on foreign oil, we need to make sure to work hard and attend town hall that we never have a foreign depen- meetings in all 18 counties in the dence for food,” Musgrave said. Fourth District if she were elected. Both candidates talked about “I will be looking people in the their respective histories as small eye,” she said. “You have to listen to business owners, and both vocal- the people.” ized the importance of agriculture Elections Beat Reporter Trevor to the national economy, stressing Simonton can be reached at news@ the importance of the 2008 Farm collegian.com.

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Trader Joe Acquafredda smiles as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday. Wall Street stormed back from last week’s devastating losses Monday, sending the Dow Jones industrials soaring a nearly inconceivable 936 points after major governments’ plans to support the global banking system reassured distraught investors. nelson pushes for international alternative Dow Jones roars back crop-raising solutions By TyleR OklAnD The Rocky Mountain Collegian from worst week ever Rebecca Nelson, a Cornell Uni- versity agriculture professor, ad- dressed weak funding for interna- By TIM PARADIS of stock market carnage. tion to Washington to work out a tional agricultural research Monday The While no one was saying the plan to get loans, the lifeblood of at CSU, saying researchers must uti- worst was over for the staggering the economy, moving again. And lize alternative methods of provid- NEW YORK – Wall Street financial system or troubled econ- it followed signals that European ing crop-raising solutions for third- stormed back after its worst week omy, buyers returned to the stock governments would put nearly $2 world countries in an increasingly ever and staged the biggest single- market with gusto, with some say- trillion on the line to protect their expensive research environment. day stock rally since the Great ing stocks had been driven down own banks. Nelson said funding shortfalls Depression on Monday, catapult- to fire-sale prices. The Dow gained more than 11 across the board in agricultural ing the Dow Jones industrials to a The surge came as executives percent, its biggest one-day rally research initiatives that aim to im- 936-point gain and finally offering from leading banks were sum- prove food production and security relief from eight consecutive days moned by the Bush administra- See DOW on Page 3 in third-world countries leave the impoverished nations in an unsta- ble environment. In her speech, which headlined the 9th annual Thornton Massa BRAnDOn IWAMOTO | COLLEGIAN Lecture, Nelson said the percentage Dr. Rebecca Nelson, an associate of international agricultural support professor of plant pathology, plant has decreased fourfold. breeding, and international agricul- ROTC teams take top honors “Traditional agricultural sys- ture at Cornell University, speaks at tems ideally need to move towards the Lory Student Center Theater on Monday evening. By JOHnny HART video ecologically intensive agricultural The Rocky Mountain Collegian Visit collegian.com systems, in other words doing more to see a video of the with less,” she said. “The issue is compounded by Two CSU Army ROTC bat- “Rocky Mountain Nelson is the program director the fact that recently, farmers in talion teams, dubbed the Ram Ranger Challenge.” of the McKnight Foundation Col- developing countries are more and Battalion, placed first and laborative Crop Research Program, more unable to pay for fertilizer,” second at the annual “Rocky which is one of the few healthy or- Nelson said. Mountain Ranger Challenge” ercise major and cadet Todd ganizations implementing interna- Since increasingly expensive held Saturday and Sunday at Hunsicker said. tional agriculture research in third- petroleum is necessary to produce Camp Guernsey, Wyo. Senior liberal arts major world countries. the energy-intensive nitrogen in The Alpha-team and Bra- and cadet Rick Smith said be- Her goals include possible ge- fertilizers, the price of fertilizer has vo-team finished the two-day fore this year’s competition, netic modification of cereal crops skyrocketed past the financial reach event with the top two ranks the battalion placed just once in an attempt to make them more of many farmers throughout Africa, from a field of 11, includ- since 1999, finishing first in pest- and disease-resistant. She Asia and Latin America. ing teams from University of 2006. aims to increase nutrition for rural The growing need for financial Colorado and the University “Compared to how we did workers in impoverished countries, aid and support in such countries COuRTeSy Of CSu ROTC of Wyoming. last year, it’s very exciting,” who often resort to selling their has allowed organizations like the “It’s not a normal thing for sophomore history major and CSU ROTC Alpha and Bravo teams celebrate mineral-rich crops, which can lead McKnight Foundation to focus their a ‘Bravo team’ to be placing finishing in first and second place at the “Rocky to malnutrition and poor growth in second,” junior health and ex- See ROTC on Page 3 Mountain Ranger Challenge” in Camp Guernsey, children. See CROPS on Page 3 Wyo. on Sunday.

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WEATHER CALENDAR Women at Noon Noon to 1 p.m. CAMPUS EYE Today Lory Student Center Rm 214-216 Today Ramskeller’s 40th Anniversary The Kathryn T. Bohannon Partly cloudy Noon to 3 p.m. Women at Noon program The Ramskeller and ASAP are will present “Celebrating presenting to the CSU student, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and 56 | 34 alumni, faculty, and staff, a week- Transgender (GLBT) Activism in long celebration of their 40th Northern Colorado.” Wednesday anniversary. Join us as we learn about the Everyone is invited to enjoy the successes and challenges Sunny events, and all events are free. these activists have faced.

French Film Night Why Going Green Means 59 | 37 7 to 8:45 p.m. Going Nuclear Eddy Building Rm 212 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday The Department of Foreign Clark A, 103 Languages and Literatures is Author Gwyneth Cravens will Sunny pleased to present “La Grande be visiting CSU to discuss her Séduction” (Seducing Dr. Lewis). journey from skepticism and 66 | 39 The fi lm is free and open to the fear to an understanding that public. nuclear power is the only large- scale, non-greenhouse-gas Alternative Spring Break emitting electricity source that Session can be considerably expanded 7 to 8 p.m. while maintaining only a small Lory Student Center Grey Rock environmental footprint. Room Got plans for spring break? Free Waltz and Polka lesson Forgo the usual and embrace an 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. 7 p.m. opportunity to leave a legacy and Lory Student Center, Cherokee Park Ballroom Ramblers have an experience of a lifetime. Every spring, approximately Sponsored by the CSU Swing 100 Colorado State University Society, the class will prepare 9 p.m. students ranging in age, major, dancers for the Wild Goose Pickin’ Parlor upbringing, background, and Masquerade Ball (held Oct.18 in interest, participate in an the Main Ballroom), but everyone alternative break experience. is welcome to participate in this 11 p.m. And this year, it could be you! free lesson. The waltz and polka Highway 905 will be taught by ball founder Salsa Night Randy Lumb, who knows how 7 to 10 p.m. to get complete non-dancers LSC, North Ballroom dancing in a few minutes, ASAP, El Centro, and Nu Alpha enjoyably. Kappa Fraternity present Salsa Night with salsa lessons, open Thursday dance and performances. Grand Opening: University Admission is free for students Center for the Arts and the dance is only $5 for non- 12 to 3 p.m. students. Salsa Magic will be 1400 Remington St. in Fort performing. Collins The campus and local Tune in to channel 11 at 9 Jazz Concert with Guest communities are invited to attend p.m. for CTV News, CTV Pianist a free BBQ at noon, complete Sports and the Colorado 7:30 to 9 p.m. with the CSU Pep Band playing Music Lounge. Griffi n Concert Hall in the spirit tunes. Following this, there University Center of the Arts will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony located at 1400 Remington St. and an open house. Jazz Ensemble I is joined by Chip Stephens, jazz pianist and Seven Days for Seven Dollars jazz professor from the University 6 p.m. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This event is a unique Jazz Ensemble II is also featured opportunity for individuals in this night of virtuosity and high to challenge their habits of REPRINTS fl ying, swinging jazz! consumption and try to get a Tickets are $5 for CSU students sense of what hunger might Seen a Collegian photo and $10 for the public. mean to the one billion+ people RACHEL DEMBRUN | COLLEGIAN who live on $1 a day. you want to get your Jarod Sanchez, a senior art major, glues cardboard pieces together to form the letter “I” for hands on? Go to http:// Wednesday The event offi cially starts on a sculpture class project in the Visual Arts building Monday night. reprints.collegian.com to Math, Science and Technology Thursday at 6 p.m. and goes Day through Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. order copies of photos Through this week-long event, printed in the Collegian. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lory Student Center Main participants will grow in their when he won Coney Island’s She discusses her romance When “The Brady Bunch” Ballroom understanding of the way they July Fourth hot-dog eating con- with TV sibling Barry Williams, ended, she took up a hard- The 17th Annual Math, use food and the availability of test in 2007. He took the title her dates with Michael Jack- partying lifestyle in Hollywood, Science, and Technology Day food in our society. again this summer by gulping son and Steve Martin, cocaine using drugs including cocaine is open to the general public down 59 dogs in 10 minutes. binges and parties at the Play- and Quaaludes. She struggled and is free. NEWS OF He won a contest in Ten- boy Mansion and the home of to regain her earlier success, THE WORLD nessee last month by wolfi ng Sammy Davis Jr., an unwanted landing some TV and movie Healthy Harvest Cooking Class down 93 Krystal hamburgers in pregnancy and trading sex for roles, but developed a reputa- Noon to 1:30 p.m. Hot dog champ 8 minutes. drugs. tion for unreliability due to her Gifford Building Rm 114 takes on pizza McCormick was 14 when addiction, even botching an in- The Nutrition Center at CSU NEW YORK (AP) — Chow- McCormick writes “The Brady Bunch” debuted terview with Steven Spielberg presents Healthy Harvest, an down champ Joey Chestnut has tell-all book on ABC, running from 1969 to because she was high. interactive cooking class to done it again — this time prov- NEW YORK (AP) — As Mar- 1974. Despite her role as a sun- demonstrate recipes and tips for ing he’s a pizza powerhouse. cia Brady on “The Brady Bunch,” ny Miss Perfect, she struggled Injury ends Big Brown’s quick, nutritious meals. He downed 45 slices in 10 Maureen McCormick projected privately with anxiety and in- minutes Sunday to win the fi rst an image of the wholesome girl security, the youngest of four racing career Famous Famiglia World Pizza next door. children born to a mercurial NEW YORK (AP) — Big Eating Championship in New But off camera, she spiraled father who abused and cheated Brown’s racing career ended York’s Times Square.The 24- downward into drug addiction on their mother. Monday when the Kentucky year-old from San Jose, Calif., and depression. “As a teenager, I had no idea Derby and Preakness winner says he fasted for more than a Now 52, McCormick writes that few people are everything injured his right front foot dur- day to prepare. He folded and about her struggles in a new they present to the outside ing a workout at Aqueduct Race squeezed the slices to make memoir, “Here’s the Story: Sur- world,” she writes in the book, Course in New York. them easier to swallow. viving Marcia Brady and Find- published by William Morrow. Michael Iavarone of IEAH The 24-year-old rocketed ing My True Voice,” hitting “Yet there I was, hiding the real- Stables, co-owners of Big Lory Student Center Box 13 to competitive-eating celebrity stores Tuesday. ity of my life behind the unreal Brown, said the 3-year-old colt perfection of Marcia Brady. ... tore a three-inch piece of fl esh Fort Collins, CO 80523 No one suspected the fear that off the foot after it collided with This publication is not an offi cial publication of Colorado State University, but is published gnawed at me even as I lent my his right rear foot while work- by an independent corporation using the name ‘The Rocky Mountain Collegian’ pursuant to You’ve played Guitar Hero voice to the chorus of Bradys ing over Aqueduct’s turf course a license granted by CSU. The Rocky Mountain Collegian is an 10,000-circulation student-run singing, ‘It’s a Sunshine Day.’” with stablemate Kip Deville. newspaper intended as a public forum. It publishes fi ve days a week during the regular fall Why not get and spring semesters. During the last eight weeks of summer Collegian distribution drops a real guitar? 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 Hand-crafted Canadian guitars printed as necessary on page 2. The Collegian is a complimentary publication for the Fort starting at $ 299 Collins community. The fi rst copy is free. Additional copies are 25 cents each. Letters to the editor should be sent to [email protected].

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CROPS | ROTC | Professor Competition tests cadets’ pushes for improvement physical and mental awareness of human condition Continued from Page 1 Though CSU does not Continued from Page 1 Rutherford said. rigorous to perhaps weed out “You’d hear little tidbits currently offer graduate The challenge consisted any non-committed cadets. about how good each team’s research to locate a solution programs dedicated to crop Bravo-team leader Christo- of eight competitions to test “We started with 30 peo- doing,” Hunsicker said. “It faster. security in developing coun- pher Rutherford said. cadet’s physical fitness and ple, roughly, and that was turns out some of them were “Finally we said let’s fo- tries, the Agriculture Depart- Hunsicker said ranger mental awareness: the Army whittled down to about 18 or true and some of them were cus on where people are re- ment has recently become competitions physically and Physical Fitness test, land navi- 19 people,” Hunsicker said. (false).” ally hungriest,” Nelson said. more interested in the agri- mentally stretch participants gation/orienteering, patrolling, “And from that the two teams Both teams, Hunsicker “So we chose the Eastern cultural sustainability and more than sports. ruck march, one rope bridge, of nine were picked.” said, performed admirably horn of Africa, and we in- the concerns of internation- “It’s not mental or physical, grenade assault course, basic “We had separate practic- despite adverse weather con- tegrated legumes in cereal al agriculture. but it’s everything,” Hunsicker rifle marksmanship and weap- es, and we’d do our own things ditions. based-systems.” Nelson said that during said. “In regular sports you get ons assembly/disassembly. at every practice,” he said. “You’re freezing,” Hunsick- Dan Bush, the head of the implementation of her pampered.” Both teams trained six days Hunsicker and Rutherford er said. “You’re just like, ‘Am I the Biology Department at programs, she must allow Rutherford agreed. a week for anywhere between said that both teams had a going to be able to perform?’” CSU and co-organizer of the new systems to maintain “Not to push down any an hour to two hours each friendly competition between Assistant News Editor the event said he wants to the traditions and cultures of other collegiate athletes, but morning. Initially, Rutherford each other, especially toward Johnny Hart can be reached at increase awareness of these the countries she works in. there’s really no time to rest,” said, the training was pretty the end of training. [email protected]. issues locally. “A lot of creative energy “Each year our commit- is going into how researchers tee tries to bring to CSU a can collaborate with commu- prominent scientist that has nities,” she said. “It is up to us had a significant impact on to introduce to them options biodiversity or genomics or and concepts. But without DOW | plant diversity, to illustrate understanding their tradi- Wall Street improving, still working what the challenges and tions we cant be in a place to sometimes the solutions are tell them what to do.” for plant genetics, and to Staff writer Tyler Okland Continued from Page 1 holder wealth. The eight-day Wall Street could have a long negatives last week that if the ultimately improve the hu- can be reached at news@col- losing streak drained 2,400 climb back to the top of the government steps in we could man condition.” legian.com. since 1933, and by points it points from the Dow, or 22 mountain. have a pretty nice run,” said shattered the previous record percent — roughly equal to After the Denis Amato, chief invest- for a one-day gain of 499, dur- the 1987 crash and enough to crash of October 1987, it took ment officer at Ancora Advi-

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Collegian OPINION Tuesday, October 14, 2008 | Page 4 your two cents yesterday’s Question: What is your favorite part of being a CSU Ram? “We’ve seen the price of oil and gas fall sharply, along with all other 33%The Ramskeller. commodities ranging from metals to agricultural crops, showing (+ 20% Panda Express’ orange chicken. ** 17% Athletic mediocrity. that the slowdown is global.” (- 16% Optional classes. 14% The journalistic excellence of the Collegian. (. )' Don’t worry about global warming today’s Question: Have you bought your ski environmentally unfriendly goods from taxes and environmental controls now pass yet? the mall. during this terrible crunch is just asking In one particularly sharp example, for further bankruptcies and higher un- Log on to http://collegian.com we have seen gasoline usage in America employment. to give us your two cents. drop nine months in a row, and we are It’s like saying to our corporate lead- on pace to use 3.6 percent less gas this ers, “Instead of paying your employees’ This is an unscientific poll conducted at http://collegian.com and reflects the year versus last –– the first drop in us- salaries, how about you build some opinions of the Internet users who choose to participate. age since 1980. And this decline has not windmills instead?” By ian Bezek gone unnoticed. This example shows another alarm- “Americans are shifting from driving ing trait of government: They try to pass Our view Politicians are, by their very nature, to riding transit, commuter rail and pas- legislation after the problem in ques- out-of-touch. Instead of living normal senger trains at record levels,” said Mary tion is already fixed. By destroying our lives with real people, they hang out Peters, U.S. secretary of transportation. economy and making us too poor to with lawyers and lobbyists. We’ve seen the price of oil and gas consume, the government already has Even against their low standards, fall sharply, along with all other com- fixed global warming. however, the latest efforts by Congress modities ranging from metals to agri- Any further tax hikes and efforts to skip class, to fight global warming are hopelessly cultural crops, showing that the slow- curb the usage of fossil fuels or cap- misguided. down is global. ping of carbon emissions will lead to According to an Associated Press ar- The American economic decline has skyrocketing prices of electricity. This ticle titled “Economic woes chill effort been so sharp that we have managed to would help to further stop global warm- to stop global warming,” it seems that almost single-handedly drive the world ing; the economy at that point will be so go skiing our representatives are worried about into a recession. decimated that your grandmother won’t climate change. Apparently they haven’t The up and coming polluters of the even be able to afford to run her furnace met any real Americans; if they had, world such as and China have during the winter. Wednesday will, no doubt, be a beautiful they’d see that those “economic woes” seen their economies entirely collapse. Unlike the clueless politicians, I’m day. Why? Because this day marks the begin- are stopping climate changes without The Chinese stock market has lost two- not willing to sacrifice the economy or ning of the Colorado ski season, with the open- any government assistance. thirds of its value this year as their mod- my grandmother to fight global warm- ing of Arapahoe Basin Ski Resort. Americans are already fighting global el of selling cheap stuff to the U.S. has ing. So, CSU students, forget about classes, for- warming by losing their jobs, scrapping ground to a halt. We can always manage the climate get about midterms and wax up your skis and their cars, and reducing the quantity of The idea of passing climate control later with our vast technological ad- snowboards. junk they buy from China. An unem- regulations at this juncture is patently vances such as safe solar, nuclear and Don’t fret if you have yet to buy a pass –– ployed person on welfare is incapable ridiculous. The usage of fossil fuels is wind power systems. However, we can’t there is plenty of time to get one before tomor- of wasting much of the earth’s resources now on the decline because our econ- undo the effects of the economic de- row morning. Passes are $309 for those 20 and –– of course, our representatives don’t omy is suffering. We did just suffer the pression we’ll get if our economy is par- older and $209 for you lucky freshmen. meet many of these unemployed people worst meltdown in our stock market alyzed by high energy costs and burden- Don’t want a season pass? Day passes for while they are out on their yachts. since 1937. some regulation. A-Basin on Wednesday will be $44–49 for stu- The U.S. economy lost 84,000 jobs in The Democrats’ proposal for more dents. September, bringing total losses for the taxes and regulation on American busi- Ian Bezek is a junior economics ma- So bring out your winter jacket and take year to 604,000. Those 604,000 newly un- nesses would just be suicidal. For com- jor. His column appears Tuesdays in the your ski goggles off your rear view mirror –– employed are not working on an assem- panies already on the verge of bankrupt- Collegian. Letters and feedback can be you kids are so cool –– because A-Basin will bly line, driving to work or even buying cy to have to spend billions of additional sent to [email protected]. offer skiers and boarders an 18-inch base on various intermediate runs as well as some fea- tures in the terrain park. But if you’re a begin- ner, maybe opening day won’t be so lucky for you; no beginner runs will be open. With the potential lack of I-70 traffic on a Wednesday and the steadily declining gas prices, it will be an ideal day to get out of the city, soak up the sun and usher in the winter season. A-Basin’s ski season only lasts until June, Rammies, so get an early start. It’ll be over be- fore you know it.

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“... [Obama] believes he can make change by allowing the government to manipulate the people’s money, while McCain believes he can make change by giving people the money that belongs to them.” Obama ticket has long history of wasteful spending By Frannie Boyle dling taxpayers’ money in a respon- ping 0 percent. He let $119.7 mil- Biden has requested $120 million looking as his past any voter can see Vanderbilt Hustler sible manner, and they are up against lion dollars go by in 2008, including in earmarks for Delaware, $2 million that he will more than likely stick to Vanderbilt one of the most frugal candidates the $246,000 for the Grand Opera House of which has gone toward oyster bed his word. Senate has to offer. in his own Wilmington, Del. revitalization and $656,000 that went During the debate on Tuesday (U-WIRE) – With the recent eco- According to the Council for It is quite ironic that Biden would toward sprinklers for apartment com- night, McCain mentioned the impor- nomic crises, much of the speaking Citizens Against Government Waste, not let Gov. Sarah Palin forget her plexes. tance of cutting down on frivolous time during the past two presidential Obama and Sen. Joe Biden have very initial support of the “Bridge to No- The list of what the Democratic government spending. debates was dedicated to solutions low markings when it comes to taxing where” during their debate last week, ticket has wanted to do with U.S. tax- Obama responded with: “Ear- for the country’s financial troubles. and excessive government spending. because it was actually Congress that payer money goes on and on. McCa- marks account for $18 billion in last Both presidential candidates, In 2007, Obama was given a rat- financed the project. in, on the other hand, is probably one year’s budget. Sen. McCain is propos- Senators John McCain and Barack ing of 10 percent, which contributes In 2005, both Biden and Obama of the best GOP politicians you could ing –– and this is a fundamental dif- Obama, put forth vague solutions to a lifetime rating of 18 percent (the voted to support funding for the find when it comes to cracking down ference between us –– $300 billion in this past Tuesday, and they were also lower the percentage, the less defen- “Bridge to Nowhere” project rather on excessive government spending. tax cuts.” given the opportunity to point fingers sive the candidate has been against than funding for more Hurricane Ka- The Council for Citizens Against Yes, the fundamental difference at one another. One issue both tick- frivolous government spending). trina relief. Government Waste gives McCain an is apparent through these words and ets have tried to claim this campaign In 2008, Obama let 53 earmarks Since taking office, Obama has 88 percent lifetime rating. He actu- through Obama’s history: He believes season is government spending. slip by, coming to a total of $97.4 asked for $740 million worth of ear- ally received a 100 percent in this he can make change by allowing the Unfortunately for the Democratic million. This large sum includes marks for Illinois. Of that, $750,000 past year because he did not request government to manipulate the peo- ticket, both the presidential and vice $1,648,850 for the Shedd Aquarium. went toward a visitor’s center and a single earmark. He has pledged to ple’s money, while McCain believes presidential candidates have little ac- Biden actually received the lowest $713,000 of that went toward soybean veto any bill containing earmarks he can make change by giving people countability when it comes to han- possible rating last year –– a whop- disease research. that comes across his desk, and by the money that belongs to them.

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 | Tuesday, October 14, 2008 5 Gay couples rush to wed ahead of election By LiSa LeFF pointment to get a marriage inside. “I wouldn’t say it’s now Karen Hong Lee. “It’s too close in Connecticut, the state Su- gay and lesbian couples who The Associated Press license in . When or never, but we wanted to get to call, basically, and it’s legal preme Court ruled the state have wed in Massachusetts they got to the city clerk’s of- married before then.” right now, so why wait? Why would be the third to allow gay since gay marriage was legal- SAN FRANCISCO – Gay fice, the line of people ahead of The urgency intensified take the chance and say, ‘Let’s marriage. ized there in May 2004, accord- couples from around Califor- them was so long they worried last week with news that Prop- get married on November 5?’” Since same-sex marriage ing to the institute. nia and the nation are fever- they would be late for their osition 8’s supporters had far Proposition 8 would became legal in California The demand for same-sex ishly tying the knot ahead of own wedding. outraised its opponents and amend the state constitution in mid-June, at least 11,000 marriage licenses has proven Election Day to avoid missing “We are so happy California the measure was gaining sup- to limit marriage to a man and couples have exchanged vows so great in San Francisco that out if voters approve a ballot is so progressive they would al- port in public opinion polls. a woman. If approved, it would statewide, according to the Hong doubled the number initiative aimed at banning low something like this,” said “Couples are making their overturn a California Supreme Williams Institute for Sexual of daily reservations her of- same-sex marriage. Manzo, 33, as his partner of plans to come in before No- Court ruling that made the Orientation Law and Public fice accepts each day. And she Aaron Twitchell and Orlan- nine years recently watched vember 4 because people are state only the second, after Policy based at the Univer- assigned a second marriage do Manzo from Austin, Texas, the clock and held a Tiffany’s getting a little uneasy,” said Massachusetts, to legalize sity of California, Los Angeles. commissioner to perform waited two months for an ap- bag with their platinum rings San Francisco Clerk-Recorder same-sex marriage. On Friday That’s more than the 10,400 weddings.

Bi-weekly movie review Christians flee Iraqi city of Mosul ‘One Day in September’ brings By KiM gaMeL The Associated Press Munich Olympic crisis to life BAGHDAD – Cars and trucks loaded with suitcases, mattresses and passengers By Marjorie HaMBurger to give the audience an hour- Palestinian terrorist from the cradling baskets stuffed with The Rocky Mountain Collegian to-hour update. Not knowing crisis. Gashey, now hiding in clothes lined up at check- what the ultimate outcome Africa, gives key information points Monday to flee Mo- will be, the film’s audience is unknown to the public until sul, a day after the 10th kill- kept in suspense, forced to en- the film was released. ing of an Iraqi Christian in dure the same dread and anxi- Kevin Macdonald’s film, the northern city so far this September 5, 1972 was an ety that the world endured in “One Day in September,” is a month. September of 1972. compelling documentation of Nobody has claimed re- unforgettable day in Munich, Germany. Here the Olympics As the documentary pro- the horrific occurrence at the sponsibility for the attacks, gresses, and time is inevitably 1972 Munich Olympics. The but local leaders have blamed were held in Germany for the first time since 1933. But this running out, the audience be- film accomplishes what few al-Qaida in Iraq, which main- gins to realize the results will documentaries can achieve tains influence in the region isn’t why this fateful day is re- eMad Matti | AP membered. be inescapably grim. The main –– it both educates and enter- despite an ongoing U.S.-Iraqi contributing factor to this fate tains its viewers. Many histori- A Christian family seen in a car with suitcases and mattresses On this day, a radical Pal- military operation launched is the German government’s cal films fail to grasp the audi- tied on top, as they pass a checkpoint in the Qaraqosh area, estinian group called “Black in May. complete incompetence. ence’s attention, yet “One Day The latest victim was a about 18 miles east of Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Bagh- September” took hostage 11 dad, Iraq, Monday. For the 1972 Olympics, the in September” brings the Mu- music store owner who was Israeli Olympic athletes. The shocking events that unfold West Germans wanted to be nich Olympics vividly to life so gunned down Sunday eve- viewed as a democratic state, the viewer feels as if it is occur- ning at work in an attack thousands have abandoned Islamic extremists have are vividly displayed in Kevin Macdonald’s documentary, rather than the Nazi regime ring in the present. that left his teenage nephew their homes in Mosul to frequently targeted Chris- they were when the last Olym- Macdonald’s film does wounded, according to po- seek refuge in churches and tians and other religious “One Day in September.” As the 1999 Academy Award pics were held in their country. more than just educate, it lice and a neighbor. with relatives in neighbor- minorities since the 2003 Because of this, there was little brings out the raw human Farques Batool, in his ing villages or in relatively U.S. invasion, forcing tens of winner for best documentary, “One Day in September” is a security, bleak communication emotion in us all. The tactics 50s, had refused to join other safe Kurdish-controlled areas thousands to flee Iraq — al- and total lack of structure. The used by the director help con- Christians fleeing the city nearby. though attacks slowed with film that transforms the hos- tage crisis into a personal trag- German government acted in- nect the audience to the sub- because he needed to care Faraj Ibraham, a 54-year- a nationwide decline in vio- effectively to the crisis, result- jects of the film. The Israeli for his wife, a daughter, his old power station employee lence. edy, encouraging emotional connection and sympathy. ing in numerous inconceivable hostages are presented as very mother and the family of his who moved in with relatives The reason for the latest blunders. real people whom others loved dead brother, his neighbor in the village of Burtulla, said surge in attacks was unclear. Macdonald turns a histori- cal event into an intimate, cap- Over 20 years after the and cared for, making the event Raid Bahnam said. he was worried about his two But it coincides with strong event took place, Macdonald all the more meaningful. Batool’s family finally fled daughters who had to leave lobbying by Christian lead- tivating story by using the style of a thriller. was able to acquire amounts “One Day in September” is Mosul after his death, leaving school. ers for parliament to restore of archival material and fresh a paramount documentary for his wounded nephew in the “We left in a hurry and a quota system to give re- In 1972, the media was the only form of information peo- interviews to convey the pro- its genre. This is story telling at hospital. they forgot to bring even their ligious minorities seats on ceedings of that day. Amaz- its best. With the killing of at least books. It will be a heavy bur- provincial councils that will ple around the world could rely on to bring news of the crisis. ingly, Macdonald filmed an Staff writer Marjorie Ham- 10 Christians this month den for them even if we get to be chosen by voters before exclusive interview of Jamal burger can be reached at verve@ alone, according to police, return home soon,” he said. the end of January. In the documentary, the same media archival footage is used Al Gashey, the only surviving collegian.com.

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“This award is really a reflection of our work together. Colo. Dems tour new The quality of our work is really on the shoulders of all the professors and affiliates that work in our center.” Belgium Brewing Co. George Wallace | CSU professor By trEvor SiMonton The Rocky Mountain Collegian Joined by Denver Mayor CSU professor honored with John Hickenlooper and former Mayor Federico Peña, Gov. Bill Ritter rallied in support of Sen. ’s energy plans esteemed Packard Award Monday at the New Belgium Brewing Co., a business they said exemplifies renewable-en- By Johnny hart ergy-driven and environment- The Rocky Mountain Collegian friendly small businesses. New Belgium, a company George Wallace learned listed on the same day among to love the landscape when ’s Top 15 he was growing up, spending Small Businesses, and its green BranDon iwaMoto | COLLEGIAN much of his time outdoors practices align with Obama’s From left, former-Denver Mayor Federico Pena, New Belgium on horseback and hunting. campaign ideals, Peña said, media relations employee Bryan Simpson, Gov. Bill Ritter and “I watched the landscape based on the idea that busi- Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper tour the New Belgium brewery around me slowly develop. I nesses can succeed with an on Monday. watched access to (the envi- easily achievable transforma- ronment) close up,” Wallace, tion to renewable energy. CSU professor and director of “Obama’s goal is to make ernment spending on renew- cal to the taste of a good beer. the Center for Protected Ar- 10 percent of the country’s en- able energy programs. “At customs they’d ask if I eas Management and Train- ergy source renewable energy. “The Bush Administra- was bringing back food, but it’s ing, said. “I watched a series These people are already close tion only spends $3 billion a not food; the bacteria are little of changes in places that to 20 percent,” he said, outlin- year on clean energy programs animals,” he said. were beautiful, and I just felt ing the fact that New Belgium while spending over a trillion New Belgium, known for like it would be a good thing received a $1 million grant on the Iraq war,” he said. sponsoring an annual cos- in life eventually to work on from the U.S. Energy Depart- Peña, who is also Obama’s tumed biking event, the Tour trying to save some of the ment to make its practices pos- national campaign co-chair, de Fat, is the third largest mi- world’s last natural places.” sible. From onsite waste man- said the Democratic presiden- crobrew in the country. The Several decades later, agement to Wyoming wind tial nominee argues that the visitors ended the tour with a Wallace has turned that pas- power, the brewery utilizes a spending on the war can be tinge of remorse, they said, be- sion for land into a career wide variety of energy-efficient reduced, and the money saved cause the hour of the day kept helping to manage protected production methods. can be re-allocated to energy them from being able to sam- wildlife areas. One of the most innova- programs. While touring the ple any of the brewery’s beers. Wallace was honored tive programs at New Belgium brewery, the three Democratic “During my campaign, by the World Commission is the methane-fueled elec- politicians saw firsthand how we had the good sense to end on Protected Areas with the tric generator, which converts the beer is produced, and the day with the brewery tour Fred Packard Award for ex- methane from waste into 15 Hickenlooper had a few stories rather than begin here,” Ritter cellent building capacity on percent of the installation’s to share about his days of beer said of the Obama campaign’s protected lands Oct. 4. peak-load energy needs. brewing. failure to schedule some time Building capacity, Wal- “Imagine if there were $15 “Back in the old days, I for tasting. lace said, includes training billion in (the energy depart- used to smuggle yeast from Senior Reporter Trevor people to manage the land, ment),” Pena said, referring to Germany,” he said. Simonton can be reached at infrastructure, research and Caitlin KinnEtt | COLLEGIAN Obama’s plan to increase gov- The yeast, he said, is criti- [email protected]. other obstacles involved in effectively managing pro- Professor George Wallace is being honored by the Interna- tected areas. tional Union for Conservation of Nature for his outstanding service in protected area management. “It’s a combination of managing natural resources and managing people,” Wal- was expanded greatly from outreach, being the training lace said. “That means train- those travels.” and the technical assistance; Wildfires burn homes, kill two ing the people who manage Wallace said that there the teaching, the developing them or helping to build are a variety of reasons why of new courses and curricu- By Shaya tayEFE MohaJEr infrastructure or coming up protecting building capacity lar; and research, focused on The Associated Press with research that answers on environmentally protect- understanding impacts to questions about obstacles to ed lands are important. partially protected areas and LOS ANGELES – Two wild- effective management,” Wal- “Biodiversity value, in- possible solutions for a vari- fires driven by strong Santa lace said. trinsic value, the ability to ety of management issues,” Ana winds threatened neigh- The nomination letter provide us with food and fi- Wallace said. borhoods near Los Angeles from WCPA to Wallace exem- ber; many protected are mul- Their current projects in- on Monday, killing a man, plifies his contributions to tiple use areas,” Wallace said. clude park ranger training in destroying several dozen mo- the community of protected His nomination letter the Andes of South America bile homes and forcing frantic areas. praised his farm north of Fort and workshops in Mexico. evacuations. “His university teaching Collins, which he restored The projects they do are A second person died in a and research, and students from an overgrazed status. not only abroad, but also in head-on crash on a freeway en- have stimulated consider- “I’ve farmed for many local government natural trance ramp in traffic snarled able innovation and commit- years, even prior to becom- area programs that try “to by smoke and flames. ment to the full spectrum of ing a university professor,” create some natural places Firefighters were struggling protected areas world-wide,” Wallace said. “It was my per- near cities where kids who with a 5,000-acre blaze in the Wallace’s nomination letter sonal project to sort of prac- normally would not see any- San Fernando Valley’s north- said. tice what I preach. … But thing natural may have the eastern corner when a new blaze MiKE MEaDowS | AP Teaching on a collegiate that certainly is not the crux opportunity to do that.” erupted at midmorning a few Fire consumes a structure as firefighters battle the blaze early level is Wallace’s fourth occu- of this award.” Wallace credited his fa- miles to the west in mountains Monday morning, north of Los Angeles. Intense Santa Ana winds pation, after working in land Wallace said that though ther and grandfather with above the Porter Ranch area swept into Southern California and whipped up a 3,700-acre wild- management agencies and he may have the most se- some of his love for the envi- and quickly grew to 2,000 acres fire early Monday, burning mobile homes and industrial build- teaching in public school. niority in CPMAT, he could ronment, but said that future as wind blew up to 45 mph, with ings and forcing the evacuation of eight patients from a nearby He said he fully realized not achieve this honor with- generations may not be af- gusts reaching 70 mph. hospital. peoples impact on the envi- out his colleagues. forded that luxury. “It is a blowtorch we can’t ronment when he traveled “This award is really a “Certainly the time my get in front of,” said Los Ange- Malibu, 20 miles away. percent contained. Los Ange- overseas in the military and reflection of our work to- father and grandfather spent les County fire Inspector Frank The first fire was burning les County fire Capt. Mark Sav- the Peace Corps. gether,” Wallace said. “The outdoors with me was im- Garrido. Fire officials could where neighborhoods abut age said 37 or 38 mobile homes “I saw what was hap- quality of our work is really portant, and I think it’s im- not immediately estimate how rugged canyonlands below the were destroyed by that blaze pening in other parts of the on the shoulders of all the portant for all kids to have many homes in Porter Ranch mountainous Angeles Nation- early Monday. world, and that reinforced professors and affiliates that that exposure if (they’re) go- were in the fire’s path. al forest. “We could have had an what I was thinking about work in our center.” ing to have a balanced view Flames burned furiously at The fatality there wasan army there and it would not what was happening in the CPMAT works in a variety of what the world should be,” midday just across a road from apparent transient living in a have stopped it,” Los Ange- ,” Wallace said. of fields, including outreach, Wallace said. one development of luxury makeshift shelter, officials said. les Fire Department Battalion “My vision of managing construction and training for Assistant News Editor homes. About 1,200 people were Chief Mario Rueda said. “Wind some places for natural pro- protected areas. Johnny Hart can be reached Fire officials alerted other evacuated because of the is king here, it’s dictating ev- cesses and ecological help “The combination of the at [email protected]. communities as far south as Marek Fire, which was just 5 erything we are doing.”

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GLOBE TROTTING Libyan student triumphs over polio, cultural differences Elmahdi Omar lives for travel, to be with family and to get Ph.D.

By CECE WILDEMAN The Rocky Mountain Collegian “I have done Name: Elmahdi Omar Walking into the Lory Stu- Country: Benghazi, Lybia everything I dent Center, a woman opens the door for Elmahdi Omar, Major: Ph.D. Computer have wanted an international Ph.D. student from Lybia. Science to do. ere “What happened,” she have been asks him. AFRICA “I did not know what she challenges, but was asking,” he said. “She said ‘I’m sorry,’ and I said ‘It’s just I deal with polio.’” Omar walks with a limp, ILLUSTRATION BY NINA BEITZ | COLLEGIAN them then. Go- using two crutches to support him. And although he has had kept alive during vacations all what we want.” ing to normal polio since he was six months around the globe. old, he is humble, happy and Experiencing America schools, living independent. A family of 17 Omar arrived at CSU in in my family, A love for life When Omar went swim- August of 2007 and has since ming in the sea, it was not a been taking classes for his living a normal Omar said that despite his lonely affair. He had 14 broth- computer science Ph.D. pro- polio, he looks at his life in a ers and sisters tagging along. gram. life has never positive light. In a house of approxi- “It’s been amazing,” he “I have done everything mately 3,000 square feet, each said. “People here are friendly made me feel I have wanted to do. There of the Omar children had their and nice. Life is slow a little, have been challenges, but I own room, making it quite a but I like it.” d i s a b l e d. ” deal with them then,” he said feat for the young children to Since arriving in America, with a shrug. “Going to normal get around. Omar has been a volunteer Elmahdi Omar schools, living in my family, “When we were kids, we’d at Special Needs Swim, orga- International Ph.D. student living a normal life has never have a bike on one side of the nized by the offi ce of Student made me feel disabled.” house,” Omar said, bursting Leadership, Involvement and Omar has traveled to Asia with laughter. “It’s faster to take Community Engagement. He and Europe, as well as to vari- the bike across the house.” was also a volunteer with the Plans for the future ous states in the U.S., some- Omar said having so many Offi ce of International Pro- Currently, Omar is taking times alone and sometimes siblings was amazing because grams and a cultural mentor. classes for his Ph.D. program with friends. he would never get lonely, Tawfi q Jarrar, a cultural and hopes to graduate in the “I love traveling. I go when- and there were always people mentee of Omar’s, said having next three to four years. ever I have a chance,” he said. to talk to, creating quite the Omar mentor him was helpful He hopes to return to Ly- “… It’s always good to travel. “loud and crazy” environ- when arriving in America. bia, but is unsure of what kind You see different places, peo- ment, enough to drive any “It was so helpful to me, of job he will take, noting that ple, culture and perspectives.” parent crazy. and it helped me so much,” he would like to work in his in- As a child, Omar’s bedroom “My mother is the most he said. “We had an overview dustry, not as a teacher, a job looked out over the Mediter- that he has done in the past. amazing person in this world, about what’s happening, what CAITLIN KINNETT | COLLEGIAN ranean Sea. When he was a I think,” he said. “My father is my options as a student are, Entertainment Editor Cece young boy, he swam and dove a business man. He gave us ev- and it got me involved with Wildeman can be reached at Elmahdi Omar, a computer science graduate student from Lybia, in the sea, a hobby that he has erything we need and some of community activities.” [email protected]. has had polio since he was six months old, but remains happy and enjoys travel and spending time with his family.

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