CSU Professor Testifies in Sexual Harassment Trial
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OPINION SPORTS ARTS & CULTURE Letters: Conservatives, Preseason defensive Thousands to attend Vol. 128, No. 13 Thursday, August 23, 2018 fi nd your group overhaul FoCo Comic-Con page 10 page 16 page 21 Former CSU professor Christina Boucher’s lawsuit against the University began on Monday and will continue into next week.PHOTO BY FORREST CZARNECKI COLLEGIAN CSU professor testifi es in sexual harassment trial By Emma Iannacone & Julia fortable until Computer Sci- Tahan testifi ed that Boucher During testimony, Ben-Hur While Ben-Hur said he re- Trowbridge ence Department Chair Darrell had developed acute stress dis- repeatedly denied the allega- ceived positive feedback from @CSUCollegian Whitley told him Boucher had order due to her allegation and tions. other candidates, Boucher said complained. the retaliation. “I don’t think I ever looked she felt uncomfortable when In a lawsuit fi led against Boucher said the harass- at Dr. Boucher’s breasts con- driving to the reservoir. A Colorado State University the University June 15, 2017, ment began summer 2012 be- sciously,” Ben-Hur said. “She asked him to take her computer science professor de- Boucher claimed she was de- fore she was hired. Ben-Hur sat on Boucher’s back to her hotel, but he re- nied he sexually harassed a for- nied tenure and forced to re- Boucher claimed in the law- hiring committee, and he said fused, telling her to ‘relax, be- mer assistant professor in court sign following her complaints suit that Ben-Hur stared at her he took Boucher on a driving cause she looked tense,” said Wednesday. of sexual harassment and suf- chest and backside during a tour to Horsetooth Reservoir Sam Cannon, Boucher’s attor- Asa Ben-Hur testifi ed that fered from emotional trauma. dinner attended by other pro- and downtown Fort Collins, as ney, during opening statement he had no idea his behavior According to the Coloradoan, fessors and once she started he had done for each potential Tuesday. made former assistant profes- Boucher’s psychiatrist Patricia working at the University. assistant professor. sor Christina Boucher uncom- see LAWSUIT on page 8 >> Thursday, August 23, 2018 2 | Collegian.com FORT COLLINS FOCUS Eva Holbrook, the lead singer and mandolin player of SHEL, smiles for the crowd at New West Fest on Aug. 11. 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Letters to Sarah Ehrlich | A&C Director Gab Go | Night Editor the editor should be sent to [email protected]. [email protected] [email protected] Display Advertising | 970-491-7467 News | Thursday, August 23, 2018 | 3 CAMPUS CSU professor dies in biking accident By Austin Fleskes & Matt Bailey leagues and students, especially @CSUCollegian those in Music,” Withers wrote. Following the accident, the A Colorado State Universi- CSU Public Relations team also ty professor of music has been issued a response in an email confi rmed dead by the Larimer to The Collegian. County Coroner’s O ce after a “Our faculty, sta and stu- biking accident. dents who knew Dr. Moody are On Monday the LCCO re- deeply feeling this loss. The uni- sponded to the intersection of versity extends its sincere con- Berthoud Parkway and Bunyan dolences to Dr. Moody’s family Avenue in investigation to a and friends, and to his CSU fam- tra c fatality. Music professor ily as well,” CSU PR wrote. Gary Moody, who had been cy- Nicky Tisdall, a senior hu- cling, was involved in a collision man development and family with a tanker truck while south- studies major, said she had tak- bound on Berthoud Parkway. en Moody’s woodwind tech- An autopsy was performed niques class, a class o ered to on Tuesday and the cause of music education students. death was multiple blunt force “He was a fantastic profes- injuries and the manner of sor. He always pushed his stu- dents in the process,” Tisdall death was ruled an accident. Gary Moody, a professor of bassoon at the University was killed in a bicycle accident earlier this week. Moody joined CSU in 1997 as wrote in an email to The Colle- PHOTO COURTESY OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY an Assistant Professor of Dou- gian. “As a musician, Dr. Moody ble Reeds and Theory. Accord- was about as good as they come. lives and generations of stu- an even better educator,” Mar- “His idea was that through ing to a email from Benjamin He was so talented and knowl- dents through his time at CSU tin said. “He gave a lot of time to your life you create this map of Withers, dean of the College of edgeable — it was inspiring to and I’m thankful I got to be one his students.” knowledge and this huge web Liberal Arts, Moody was pro- see him play.” of them.” Martin added that Moody of things, and that’s defi nitely moted to the rank of professor Tisdall added that she thinks Olivia Martin, a senior music was good at helping people im- what I feel like Dr. Moody did in 2010 after being praised for she will remember Moody most education major, said she came prove weaknesses that they had with his students,” Martin said. his “outstanding teaching” and for his love of music. to know Moody when substitute in order to become better mu- “He gave us a piece of his knowl- performances on both the oboe “When he taught, you could when professors were out. sicians. She also expressed that edge.” and bassoon. just see how passionate he “Professor Moody was a re- one of the lessons she learned Austin Fleskes and Matt “He leaves behind a rich leg- was about the subject,” Tisdall ally knowledgeable person and from him was the thought that Bailey can be reached at news@ acy in the memories of his col- wrote. “He impacted so many he was a fantastic musician and everything is connected. collegian.com. 4 | News | Wednesday, August 23, 2018 NATIONAL Surveillance video from Parkland shows bedlam outside school By Paula McMahon, Stephen Hobbs police o cer, who is taking to try to save lives. Broward Sheri Scott Isra- make decisions for them.” & Lisa J. Huriash cover behind the engine area Segments of video that el has declined to comment on The Broward School Board, Sun Sentinel of a car, methodically moving were released earlier this year the details of the incident in concerned that the video’s re- his aimed gun back and forth. showed the school resource recent months, saying that he’s lease would expose weak spots A law enforcement o cer who o cer, Deputy Scot Peterson, awaiting FDLE’s fi ndings. He in surveillance systems at sev- Newly released surveil- watched the video said it’s rec- taking cover next to a build- previously said that his agency eral high schools, appealed to lance video shows the chaos ommended practice for some ing. He retired from the agency was investigating statements the Supreme Court. that erupted outside the Park- o cers to take cover and use when he was informed that he from Coral Springs o cers who The board was joined by land school where a gunman their guns to protect students was under investigation for his said that some deputies did not the Broward State Attorney’s prowled the hallways on Valen- and sta running out when the action _ or inaction _ that day.