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NEWS SPORTS Women in engineering The Future of our QB Volume 126, No. 22 Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Department reduces gender gap Should Hill take the spot? PAGE 3 PAGE 8 Godspeed Records: Putting the Fort Collins hip-hop and rap scene on the map PHOTO COURTESY OF TYLER MONSON. By Zara DeGroot @zaradegroot Aside from idolizing Mac at Erwin Middle School in Love- been prolific for the trio as that woke me up was when we Miller, Hale, 21, Monson, 21, and land when they began recording they’ve collaborated with each released our latest project (The Franklin, 20, share something verses on their phones for fun, other to produce music. Monson Flight Brothers),” Monson said. Rob Hale, Tyler Monson and else in common -- they are all and Franklin joined the squad a and Hale opened for The Based “I checked the downloads, and Mark Franklin were in the mid- hip-hop artists and producers. few years later when he was in- God at The Aggie Theater this it only had five downloads the dle of discussing their hip-hop The room they are hanging troduced to Monson through a summer, and they have main- first day. I was like, literally no- heroes as they lounge in Hale’s out in doubles as a recording mutual friend. tained a good following with body cares. I’m not good enough. apartment on the south side of studio with computers, micro- Monson, who previously some of their tracks and albums We’re not doing this right.” Fort Collins. phones and speakers in the cor- used the name Starving Youth, getting hundreds of downloads Monson knew the group had “Do you think Mac (Mill- ner. They’ve spent the afternoon now uses the moniker Day Sur- within the first week of their re- to take action. The result? God- er) was our inspiration?” Hale together hanging out, recording real. Hale goes as Bobby Nero, leases, according to Monson. speed Records — an indie record asked. verses and mixing them on a dig- and Franklin as Mark Collins. However, this summer company located in Fort Collins Manson responded, “Yeah, I ital audio workstation. They each have their own origi- they realized something had to created by Monson, Hale and don’t like to it admit it, though. Monson, Hale and Franklin nal sound that, mixed together, change in the way they operated Franklin. Isn’t he great, dude?” have been rapping and releasing creates an authentic and unique as artists and as a team. Monson “Godspeed is going to be dope “F*ck yeah dude, he’s great,” music for the past four years. rap/hip-hop style. refers to it as a wake-up call. because Godspeed is going to be Franklin added. Monson and Hale got their start These past four years have “I think the biggest thing see GODSPEED on page 6 >> 2 Tuesday, September 13, 2016 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian collegian.com FORT COLLINS FOCUS OFF THE OVAL FORToberfest to ring in the fall season By Taylor Felver @CSUCollegian Fort Collins and Germa- ny don’t usually have that much in common, but during October amazing brews and appreciation for music are an exception. What is usually celebrated as a traditional fall festival in Germany, Fort Collins will be hosting a mock-Oktoberfest called FORToberfest on Sept. 17. Sponsored by Bohemian Foundation’s Music Pro- grams and the Downtown Business Association, FOR- Toberfest will combine Fort Collins’ rich musical taste and brewing talents to cele- brate the city’s culture with what its citizen’s love most: bikes, beers and bands. With summer ending, this is the perfect opportunity to attend one more festival. Most festivals in Fort Collins bring CSU Grounds Maintenance Department manicures the Intramural Fields prior to a week of CSU soccer practice. PHOTO BY ELLIOTT JERGE COLLEGIAN multiple live music perfor- mances, and FORToberfest will be no different with more than six bands hitting the stage. One particularly unique band being showcased is Follow @CSUCollegian Mama Lenny & The Remedy on Twitter which can only be described Taylor Tougaw ollegian as bringing “a high energy, Opinion Editor .com bold fusion soul, funk, rock, blues, and a hint of disco,” ac- cording to the band’s website. Special guests also include Taylor Scott, who is Like CSUCollegian an acclaimed funk guitarists, Q: What drew you to student media? on Facebook and Ryan Kirkpatrick, who A: I wanted to find a new way to get my oensive opinions into the public sphere recorded with members from and reach more people than my ranty facebook posts could touch. the bands of famous musi- cians like Jack Johnson and Jason Mraz. Q: What are your favorite hobbies? Multiple brews will be A: I love getting lost in Rocky Mountain National Park. I also love camping, am available for those who are an avid fisherman and I like shooting things. Bow or rifle, fine by me. over 21, and customizable Follow taster trays will be oered Q: What is something unusual about you? CSU Collegian as well. A wide variety of A: I sang the national anthem at a Major League baseball game once. on Instagram specialty fall beers will be up for tasting. While many beers are making their sea- Q: Spirit animal? sonal comebacks, one of the A: I just took an online spirit animal quiz specifically to answer this question, most acclaimed beers, New and it told me I’m a butterfly, so... Belgium Brewing Company’s Pumpkick, will be making an appearance. Q: Best joke you know? Follow FORToberfest will begin A: Bike cops. 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Letters to [email protected] the editor should be sent to [email protected]. [email protected] NEWS Tuesday, September 13, 2016 3 CSU works to ENGINEERING GENDER GAP: close gender gap in engineering department 2011 2016 By Nataleah Small 2,440 TOTAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS 1779 @nataleahjoy their eyes light up when they fi - nally understand something,” Historically, the engineering Warnock said. fi eld has been male dominated. Although little data has been MALE 1,424 2,440 MALE Dr. Susan James, the department collected on the direct correla- head of mechanical engineering, tion between participation in said the fi eld has an “unwelcom- these programs and future en- ing culture ... and white male rollment at CSU, Warnock said norm,” perpetuated by implicit they have gained popularity in bias and sexism. recent years. But, CSU is making e orts to In another e ort to recruit close the gender gaps in the engi- more females and students from neering department. diverse backgrounds into engi- 80% 75.4% As of spring 2016, 24.6 per- neering, the college introduced cent of full-time engineering its biomedical engineering un- students at CSU identifi ed as dergraduate dual-degree pro- female, according to CSU insti- gram fi ve years ago. In order to tutional research. Five years ago, earn this degree, students are 24.6% 20 percent identifi ed as female. required to enroll in a secondary 20% This fall semester, 45 per- engineering major: electrical, cent of the students enrolled in chemical and biological, or me- the biomedical engineering pro- chanical. Carnegie Mellon is the gram identify as women. only other university in the U.S. David McLean, Dean of the that has a similar program. College of Engineering, said the McLean said that due to the increase can be attributed to fo- dual-degree program’s rigor and FEMALE +4.6% FEMALE cused recruitment e orts made broad scope, the students are in 355 593 by the University. high demand when they gradu- INFOGRAPHIC BY DOUGLAS HAWKINS COLLEGIAN These recruitment e orts ate from the program. include STEM (science, tech- Overall, this program has nology, engineering, math) high been quite successful in recruit- school outreach programs, the ing more women into engineer- addition of a biomedical en- ing, McLean said.

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