'We Have Not Broken the Law'
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1 OPINION SPORTS ARTS & CULTURE As students, we should not Softball has best season 4 fun things to do instead encourage the ‘Undie Run’ in recent history of the Undie Run Vol. 128, No. 133 Wednesday, May 8, 2019 page 6 page 10 page 13 Associated Students of Colorado State University President-elect Ben Amundson reacts to a statement made by the complainants during the ASCSU hearing May 7. PHOTO BY FORREST CZARNECKI COLLEGIAN ‘We have not broken the law’ Amundson-Farias election challenged in ASCSU Supreme Court By Samantha Ye Alex Farias campaign which won them. decision likely by the end of the donation amount was not able to be & Laura Studley the ASCSU presidential election. The only reason it did not hap- week. confirmed with the Food Bank. @CSUCollegian The complainants claim the pen during the election season, the Background On April 9, members of Ben + campaign should have been dis- appeal states, is because these ac- A report was filed by Nick Bohn, Alex campaign and members out- qualified due to their actions of cusations did not come to light in ASCSU’s controller, regarding side of the campaign were seen by Editor’s Note: Jayla Hodge is the throwing away Collegian newspa- time. suspicion of Ben + Alex’s misrep- multiple witnesses throwing away opinion editor of The Rocky Moun- pers en masse and harassing other In the Tuesday hearing, the resenting their campaign financ- Collegian copies. Approximately tain Collegian. campaigns. Additionally, short of ASCSU Supreme Court heard ar- es. Following the submission, The 1,500 papers were taken from Col- The results of the Associated disqualification, the actions would guments from the complainants, Collegian decided to investigate legian news racks. This is a violation Students of Colorado State Univer- have violated the ASCSU Code Jewell and Taylor, the defendants, Amundson and Farias’ finances. of the First Amendment according sity presidential election were chal- of Ethics four times, resulting in Amundson and Farias, and multi- Findings discovered that their to the Denver Post and theft ac- lenged Tuesday night. fines which would have pushed the ple witnesses to the claims. spending did not align with the do- cording to the Student Press Law Two students, Chris Jewell campaign over the donations and The five members of the Su- nations and expenditures report Center. and Hannah Taylor, filed an appeal expenditures limit and disqualified preme Court will deliver a written received by The Collegian. 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Letters to Luke Zahlmann | Sports Editor Gab Go | Night Editor Distribution | 970-491-1774 the editor should be sent to [email protected]. [email protected] [email protected] Classifieds | 970-491-1683 Henry Netherland | A&C Director Emily Myler | Copy Chief Display Advertising | 970-491-7467 [email protected] [email protected] News | Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | 3 CAMPUS PETA urges CSU president to end crow experimentation By Laura Studley Public Relations Director capabilities to solve complex @laurastudley_ Mike Hooker said that during problems and understand anal- the Board of Governors’ meet- ogies, and they value their free- Protesters for the People ing, they set aside time for pub- dom and home. Brody encour- for the Ethical Treatment of lic comments, explaining that aged the BOG to put an end to Animals gathered outside of the Board welcomes input on the research, imploring them to the Translational Medicine In- all topics. only invest money in non-ani- stitute to urge Colorado State mal testing methods. University’s President, Tony Amid several protesters, Frank, to end Gregory Ebel’s “It is a dangerous PETA advocate Brent Johannes experiments on wild-caught said that he was attending to birds. message to our youth give a voice to the voiceless. He Ebel’s research began in to say the end justifies explained that the crows would 2003, according to the CSU de- the means. We need to be speaking for themselves if partment of microbiology, im- they could. munology and pathology. Ebel’s inspire youth to serve PETA protester Rebekah research has been character- humanity and animals in Shardy expressed her thoughts on Ebel’s research. ized as an attempt to further a way where the means understand the genetics of how “I am here because as a long- viruses, like West Nile, emerge is also humane.” time resident of Colorado and and how these viruses spread Larimer County, I’m appalled REBEKAH SHARDY that our taxpayer money is due to environmental change, PROTESTER the increased rate of tropical spent to systematically torture megacities, global travel and wildlife,” Shardy said. “The ex- trade, according to a previous periments being done at CSU Amanda Brody, an assistant campaigner for the People for the Ethical University statement. In an email to The Collegian, (have) not resulted in any vac- Treatment of Animals, addresses Colorado State University’s Board of “These experiments don’t Hooker wrote, “Research is es- cine, treatment or even clinical Governors during the public comment section. Brody asked Colorado help birds or humans,” said sential for understanding how trials.” State University to end its research into the West Nile virus that involves Amanda Brody, assistant cam- viruses such as West Nile sur- PETA agrees that Ebel’s testing on crows. PHOTO BY JULIA TROWBRIDGE COLLEGIAN paigner for PETA. “Our taxpayer vive in and spread among bird, work is academic, but they are animal and human populations concerned with his research the sake of information is fine, “We need to inspire youth to dollars have been spent killing but the moral equation changes serve humanity and animals in birds in these useless experi- and what happens when these not helping humans or birds viruses enter new ecosystems.” in the findings. Alka Chandna, when animals’ lives are at stake. a way where the means (are) ments that have failed to develop “It is a dangerous message also humane.” a cure, a vaccine or a treatment During the public comment PETA’s vice president of labo- section of the BOG meeting, ratory investigative cases, said to our youth to say the end jus- Laura Studley can be reached of symptoms for this disease in tifies the means,” Shardy said.