OPINION A&C On being “PC” Trilingual Santa Political correctness Polyglot Santa talks to stifl es discussion children in Old Town PAGE 6 PAGE 11 Volume 126, No. 67 Wednesday, December 7, 2016 CSU researchers CSU professors to study recreational identify mosquito marijuana impact on college campuses By Savannah Hoag their use of recreational marijua- @sav_hoag na. with deadly bite “The main purpose of this A group of Colorado State study is that we’re not using new University professors recently data,” Conner said. “We have received a $186,500 grant from data that really described the the Colorado Department of impact (of recreational marijua- Public Health and Environment na) on college students and their to study the impact of legalized, participation in the use of recre- recreational marijuana on young ational marijuana.” adults. Colorado was one of the fi rst Brad Conner, associate pro- states to legalize and implement fessor in the Department of marijuana in 2012 and 2014. Psychology, is the principal in- Conner believes that this new vestigator and one of the people study will provide information to responsible for executing the other states that have or wish to study on the impact of legalizing legalize recreational or medical recreational marijuana on young marijuana in the future. adults and adolescents. “It will provide a road map to “It is designed to look at other states,” Conner said. “Five existing data to determine the states just voted to either legalize impact of legalizing recreation- or loosen the laws on marijuana. al marijuana on marijuana use We can help tell them ... what will among adolescents and young happen (if) they change their adults,” Conner said. legislation on marijuana.” The study is funded by the “It will provide a road map taxation of medical marijuana to other states.” -Brad Conner, from April 1, 2017 until March principal investigator for the Postdoctoral student Claudia Rückert prepares vials to collect samples on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at the Infec- 30, 2019. Conner, as well as CSU study on the impact of legalized, tious Diseases Laboratory at Colorado State University. PHOTO BY LUKE WALKER COLLEGIAN professors from Human De- recreational marijuana on young velopment and Family Studies, adults. By Nataleah Small Central and South America and identifi ed the mosquito as the School of Social Work and Psy- Conner hopes to enlighten @NataleahJoy the southern coastal regions of Aedes aegypti mosquito that chology backgrounds, are a part college freshmen about what the United States. spreads this virus. of the Cannabis Research Group recreational marijuana use will Researchers at Colorado The Summer Olympics in Claudia Rückert, postdoc- spearheading the study. be like on a college campus, and State University recently dis- Rio brought the Zika virus to toral fellow in the department “We have a strong research to break the stereotype that peo- covered that one specifi c type the forefront of the global con- of microbiology, immunolo- team,” Conner said. “(The team ple will be smoking marijuana of mosquito can spread up to scious. Yet, before the world gy and pathology, learned this is) made up of myself, Nathaniel more often than they actually do. three di­ erent viruses with one turned its eyes toward Brazil, mosquito is capable of being Riggs, Audrey Shillington, Melis- “The thing is that (most) bite, including Zika and Dengue researchers were concerned infected and infecting people sa George and Mark Prince.” incoming freshmen have no fever. about this arbovirus, a virus with multiple arboviruses. Re- Within the last year, about real idea about is how much al- CSU was among one of sev- spread by mosquitoes, that search under her adviser Greg- 5,000 undergraduate students at cohol is being consumed on a eral institutions that received caused an outbreak in April ory Ebel, an associate professor CSU and about 8,000 undergrad- college campus,” Conner said. grants to study the Zika virus 2015. in her department, has led her uates from 11 universities around “People have those ideas about after the epidemic began in CSU’s researchers have see MOSQUITO on page 3 >> the country were surveyed about see MARIJUANA on page 4 >> COLLEGIAN.COM 2 Wednesday, December 7, 2016 FORT COLLINS FOCUS OFF THE OVAL December declared Student Media Celebration Month with mayoral proclamation By Julia Rentsch @julia_rentscht Editor’s note: The author of this article, Julia Rentsch, is the Editor in Chief of the Rocky Mountain Collegian. To mark the Rocky Mountain Collegian’s 125th year of publica- tion, Fort Collins’ mayor Wade Troxell proclaimed December 2016 as Student Media Celebration Month at the regularly scheduled City Council meeting Dec. 6. It was presented to Julia Rent- sch, the Collegian’s editor in chief, and Edward Kendall, speaker pro tempore for the Associated Stu- dents of Colorado State University. The Collegian is primarily funded through student fees allocated to student media by ASCSU. The Collegian was founded in Photo Image Making 1 class reviews photos from students Lincoln Eli in the final critique of Fall 2016. PHOTO BY CJ JOHNSON COLLEGIAN 1891 by seven students at what was then Colorado Agricultural Col- lege. It is one of the oldest student newspapers west of the Missis- sippi, and it is the longest-serving Follow student newspaper in Colorado, SCHEDULE @CSUCollegian on Twitter the proclamation states. 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Chad Deutschman | Sports Editor Mikaela Rodenbaugh | Webmaster [email protected] [email protected] NEWS Wednesday, December 7, 2016 3 CITY ASCSU holds forum to discuss sustainability By Austin Flasks @MrPacMan80 She went on to explain that even receiving perfect scores in seperate their trash. He also to cut o questions so they could di erent buildings across cam- research and innovation. hopes to have a foothills cam- keep on time. On Tuesday December 6, pus utilize solar energy and The third speaker was Tim pus compost expansion with the One member of the crowd Associated Students of Colorado provide a fair share of electrici- Broderick, who is the Housing capacity to handle all of the food was Nogah Seidemann, the ASC- State University Environmental ty throughout the campus. For and Dining Services Assistant waste for the university. SU deputy director of environ- A airs and Sustainability held a example, the Engineering build- Director of Sustainability Coor- The fi nal speaker was Aaron mental a airs and a junior ap- forum in the LSC to talk about ing’s solar panels create 18.9 kilo- dinator.