After four neutral site losses, Volleyball team seeks victory at Fresno State | Page 8 PAGE 7 Peace Corps Service organization has long history at CSU THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN Fort Collins, Colorado Volume 121 | No. 44 Wednesday, October 10, 2012 COLLEGIAN www.collegian.com THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891 the STRIP CLUB The Supreme Court is both the highest court in the land, and also the most mysterious. Almost two thirds of ordinary Ameri- cans can’t even name a single Supreme Court Justice. With that being the case, here are some suggestions for jus- tices that everyone can name. Justices We’d Like to See on the Supreme Court Henry Fonda (12 Angry Men) Henry Fonda HUNTER THOMPSON | COLLEGIAN plays a man Four fl ags wave silently outside of the LSC Theater Tuesday night. Because of the LSC renovations, ASCSU is reexamaining the process and future of fl ying the fl ags at half-mast after a who singlehand- student passes away. edly sees through racial, economic and parental biases to ensure A student tradition of stars and stripes that an innocent man escapes the death penalty. His CSU student government hopes to continue half-mast ags for deceased students unnamed-through- By AUSTIN BRIGGS Center, where the fl agpoles are cur- in the plaza area while construction Ashley Vigil, program assistant almost-the-entire The Rocky Mountain Collegian rently located. is underway.” in the department of student affairs, movie-character After being fl own at half-mast Martel said the only issue is that said the response from family mem- is the ideal justice: Even with heavy construction for three days, the fl ag is given to the there’s currently not an unused fl agpole bers who received the fl ag has been smart, perceptive, slated to begin at the Lory Student family of the deceased student in a that ASCSU could use. If one isn’t found, “overwhelming.” careful and looks Center next year, ASCSU hopes to package along with letters or written a temporary one may be installed. “Flying the fl ag and sending the continue a long-standing tradition notes from classmates and friends. The $65 million LSC project will fl ag is very meaningful to the fami- good on camera. of lowering the CSU fl ag at half-mast “It’s an important tradition and completely renovate 160,000 square lies,” Vigil said. “It lets them know for three days whenever a CSU stu- we want to continue it. I think it’s still feet of the existing LSC and add ap- their child wasn’t just a faceless stu- dent passes away. in conversation about where its’ go- proximately 40,000 square feet of dent. They’re always so grateful.” The tradition may be interrupt- ing to be relocated to,” said ASCSU new space. The fl ag fl ying is one part of a ed while construction is underway President Regina Martel. “I would The renovations affecting the fl ag on the west end of the Lory Student hope that we can get a CSU fl ag fl ying area are expected to last about a year. See FLAGS on Page 6 Jack Nicholson (A Few Good Men) Affi mative Action case will “YOU... CAN’T... HANDLE... THE... TRUTH!” not impact CSU admissions Enough said. By BAILEY CONSTAS higher education admissions Cases that dealt with Af- The Rocky Mountain Collegian processes unconstitutional. fi rmative Action were heard Abigail Fisher applied to by the court in 1978 and 2003, With the U.S. Supreme the University of Texas in 2008 with many more opportunities Court reviewing a case on Af- and was denied admission. arising throughout the years. fi rmative Action today, many The institution implemented With Fisher v. Texas, less universities across the U.S. a system of allowing the top than 10 years later, Daum said may have to change admis- 10 percent of high school that the court wants to say PHOTO COURTESY OF MATISYAHU sions procedures if the court graduating classes in the state something signifi cant about fi nds the program unconsti- of Texas automatically. Affi rmative Action. e Statue tutional. According to Courtenay “The really weird thing is of Justice CSU will not be one of Daum, a CSU political science that she’s graduating college Matisyahu at the Aggie them. professor, UT–Austin re-im- and the fact that the Supreme You’ve seen this By DAVIS ENGLISH as well as recording in Israel and According to Vice Presi- plemented Affi rmative Action Court is willing to hear the statue before. The Rocky Mountain Collegian drawing upon the native Middle dent of Diversity Mary Ontive- in their admissions process to case suggests that they are go- A blind woman Eastern sounds of that culture ros, previous cases threatening promote diversity by further ing to revisit Affi rmative Ac- holding a set of Few western musicians are and recording live instrumen- Affi rmative Action have led the evaluating applicants that are tion,” Daum said. scales in one as well known for their music tation,” Matisyahu wrote to the university to avoid admissions independent from the 10 per- Higher education institu- hand and a sword as they are for their choice of Collegian in an email. policies impacted by the John cent automatically allowed. tions will be keeping a watch in the other. The religion, but then again, few Mia Matthews, a sopho- F. Kennedy-era program. “Her argument was that on the case as it develops. idea being that musicians are Matisyahu. more nutrition major who is “As a university, we have the problem with the uni- “The defi nition of diver- justice should be versity’s policy is that they sity has changed. Schools The reggae fusion and hip planning on going to the con- been incredibly diligent about blind, and make a hop artist is playing the Aggie The- cert tonight and saw Matisyahu looking at what we have in place are using the 10 percent rule will continue to value diver- atre tonight in support of his latest play previously in 2009 at Red in the event that the law passes then supplementing that with sity because they do believe judgement based album, “Spark Seeker,” which in- Rocks Amphitheatre, is excited we’re not playing catch up,” On- the other policy. And that you it benefi ts the classroom,” on the evidence corporates various genres typical to see how his live show and tiveros said. “Given that, we’re can’t have that in effect, be- Daum said. presented. of Matisyahu’s varied sound. presentation has changed in really in a good position.” cause it is discriminatory to Affi rmative Action has The Strip Club is written “I drew upon infl uences all the last three years. The court will be hearing white students by addition- been reconsidered in the past. by the Collegian staff and over the map in music … from the case of Fisher v. Texas that ally considering race and eth- designed by Design Editor Kris Lawan. hip hop to electronic to dance See MATISYAHU on Page 6 could rule Affi rmative Action in nicity,” Daum said. See AFFIRMATIVE on Page 3 2 Wednesday, October 10, 2012 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian FORT COLLINS FOCUS Community Briefs CSU researcher recognized for soil work Thomas Borch, an asso- ciate professor in chemistry and soil and crop sciences, has been named one of 15 international “Emerging In- vestigators” in the field of environmental science and engineering. The Journal of Envi- ronmental Monitoring, a peer-reviewed publication from the UK, recognized Borch as a member of “the new elite” in environmen- tal science and engineering, according to a CSU press re- lease. Borch’s research is di- rected at “determining reac- tions influencing the fate of trace elements and contam- inants in soils” according to his faculty page on the De- partment of Soil and Crop Science website. In an interview with the journal, Borch said he decid- ed to pursue environmental science because “I was mo- tivated by the idea of being able to spend an entire ca- reer in trying to improve our NICK LYON | COLLEGIAN fundamental understanding of mechanisms controlling Junior Environmental Horticulutre major Jon DeLone colors a landscape plan for his design studio Tuesday afternoon in Shepardson. the environmental fate and transport of pollutants in order to help develop new CORRECTION remediation strategies.” In an Oct. 9 infographic about voter registration in Larimer County titled “How to Register” the number of Republican voters in Larimer County was incorrectly labeled as 77,894. The number of Republican voters is actually 77,890. The number of active Democrats was also incorrectly labeled 63,980. The — Collegian Staff Report correct number is 50,189. The Collegian regrets the errors. 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