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OPINION SPORTS A&C THE PERFECT NCAA BASKETBALL HEADING AUTHORS TO READ THIS GOVERNOR’S RACE DOWN SLIPPERY SLOPE WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH Vol. 127, No. 104 Thursday, March 1, 2018 PAGE 8 PAGE 11 PAGE 21 Hope for the environment Gina McCarthy, the former director of the Environmental Protection Agency, delivers her speech about environmental policy, public health and the United States’ environmental legacy at the Lory Student Center on Feb. 28 at Colorado State University. PHOTO BY FORREST CZARNECKI COLLEGIAN Former EPA head McCarthy speaks at CSU By Yixuan Xie Economy (CNEE) at CSU and McCarthy joked. anxiety at times, because all of asleep, the sleepy dog wakes up,” @YixuanXie1 the former governor of Colorado McCarthy said looking back that progress may be up in the air. McCarthy said. introduced McCarthy as a real on the 47-year-history of EPA “Honestly, I am here tonight McCarthy said partisan How to be environmentally hero in American politics and in delivering clean air, clean because I really want you all to politics is dividing America today optimistic in the current political public life. water and healthy places, it is an take a step back because I do that and it is not true that Republics do climate was a focus on former “Gina is serving people at uncertain time now. every single morning myself,” not support environmentalism. head of the Environmental the state and at the federal level, “I really want that progress to McCarthy said. “Because I am She pointed out that Theodore Protection Agency, Gina making every attempt to be to continue,” McCarthy said. “This bound and determined that I am Roosevelt started the National McCarthy’s, speech Wednesday serve in a manner that really country is the best place in the not going to be a ‘grumpy Gus.’” Park System, Richard Nixon night. reaches to cross the aisle from world to live not because of the McCarthy asked people created the Environmental McCarthy spoke to students, one side to the other,” Ritter said. strongest economy, but because to stop thinking the world is going Protection Agency and George faculty and the Fort Collins McCarthy began her speech our economy is great because to change just because of the H.W. Bush was behind the Clean community attendees at with a joke, since there were more we live in beautiful places like current state of Washington D.C. Air Act of 1990 - all three were or Colorado State University in the than 1,000 people who attended Colorado, so the uncertainty now “I’m not suggesting you that are Republicans. Lory Student Center. the event. is whether or not that is going to you don’t need to make changes Bill Ritter, the director of “You guys like looking at continue.” and keep pushing, but I am the Center for the New Energy the screen or looking at me,” McCarthy said she has great suggesting when Washington is see MCCARTHY on page 5 >> COLLEGIAN.COM 2 Thursday, March 1, 2018 FORT COLLINS FOCUS Chase Kerley, a sophomore natural resource tourism major wades in the Poudre river fly fishing for small rainbow trout. 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Darby Osborne | Social Media Editor Display Advertising | 970-491-7467 [email protected] NEWS Thursday, March 1, 2018 3 CAMPUS ASCSU discusses bias-motivated incidents, the need for action By Natalia Sperry @Natalia_Sperry “This is a problem that has go beyond giving a voice to affected us all year and I’m sure constituents, to work towards it hasn’t just been this year, it’s creating a space where students The Associated Students been a problem that’s across the feel comfortable coming to their of Colorado State University country right now, it’s been a representatives. formally discussed, for the first problem that we see all the time. “We always talk about how time on Wednesday night, bias- It is something that shouldn’t be we’re giving people a voice, but I motivated incidents that occurred stood for and shouldn’t happen.” truly don’t believe in speaking for on campus during the 2017-2018 Wells said. “We as students have people who have been formerly academic year. the opportunity to actually make silenced. I believe in creating a In response to the increase the difference. Hatred doesn’t space to allow those people to feel of bias-motivated incidents belong on this campus, it doesn’t safe and comfortable and listened on campus, Senator Tamera belong anywhere in this world. I to when they come forward,” Student body president Michael Wells speaks with ASCSU Senator Breidenbach opened up the Senate think that we have the opportunity Sherif said.”We’re supposed to Tamera Breidenbach to the ASCSU Senate on Feb. 28 about bias related floor for a “real talk” discussion. to say no and to fight back.” connect those human experiences incidents on campus. PHOTO BY COLIN SHEPHERD COLLEGIAN “I can no longer stand by and Wells announced the CSU to this greater conversation.” get emails from Tony Frank and Administration is hosting an event In response to this, President you call everyone you disagree so toxic in the last year,” Murray the safety emails from campus and called CSUnite on March 29 from of the Residence Hall Association with a racist ... that portion of the said. “If we can’t address ourselves, not say anything,” Breidenbach 3 to 5 p.m., aimed at promoting a Kyra Ferguson and Director community that wants to help why do we think we think we have said. “We’ve done some great community discussion about the of Residential Events and gets alienated,” Williams said. “We a right to speak out on campus?” things in Senate, but in the grand issue. Programming Wes Taylor want to help with these issues, we Associate Justice Madison scheme of things those were “This is a small opportunity we proposed collaboration between really do -- but it’s kind of hard to Taylor argued that, while this really things we want. I feel like have, but it’s something where we the two bodies in the form of a joint when you’re already lumped in generalization of people could be to address this issue is the most get to come together as students, resolution. Speaker of the Senate with those people who would do damaging to public discourse, that important one, because that’s as faculty, as staff, as a community Isabel Brown also encouraged all these terrible things.” does not excuse people from their what we’re here to do, represent to say that this is not about politics, ASCSU committees to discuss the Senator Jennifer Murray said contribution to institutionalized everyone, right?” it’s not about right or wrong, it’s issue further in their sessions next before ASCSU could take on these issues Student body president not about anything (other) than week.