URMC V118no123 20100311.Pdf (10.25Mb)

Transformation council plans FoCo overhaul | Page 3 6 New burlesque group looks to bring Men’s hoops looks endangered art form to FoCo to play against SDSU The Cucake Caaet eoe o Aztecs in Vegas oeoing o co oe the eeken t oun o MC coneence THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN Fort Collins, Colorado Volume 118 | No. 123 ursday, March 11, 2010 COLLEGIAN www.collegian.com THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891 Eletroni STUDENTS TAKE FLIGHT aitlit eaier or reitration By ALLISON ELER The Rocky Mountain Collegian In the past, students registering for full classes resorted to desperate measures to get seats in the classroom. Some showed up to class every day until a professor let them in, while others refreshed the RAM- web page every five minutes until an open- ing was displayed. This year, with the introduction of new online waitlists, the Registrar’s Office has developed a first-come, first-serve system for students trying to register for full classes. Under the new system, students elec- tronically denied enrollment to a full class will be prompted to add their name to a waiting list. When the next available open- ing belongs to them, they will receive an ee AILIS on Pae ABO HE NE REGISRAION AILIS SA NOBLE C P laces stu dents registering for fu ll Senior natural sciences ma or, mily urnett left sits in the cockpit of a eechcraft ing Air 0 0 hile Capt. ick irt ta i’s the classes on an online list aircraft before takeoff on Wednesday morning as part of a recruitment program for the Marin�� years and participating in the recruitment program for more than t o years. given 2 4 - hou r w indow to register Does not supercede overrides N o limit for the nu mb er of w aitlists Maine aiation oga ecuit students can sign up for otential ilot in oelan By KAE FRASRE Slideho The Rocky Mountain Collegian Visit Collegian.com to see more photos from the Marine’s A computerized female voice blast- recruitment program. ed from the gauge panel of Captain Rick Birt’s King Air twin-turboprop aircraft, weak stomach. The pilot climbed and instructing him to correct his flight pat- rolled through the skies, leaving stu- tern. dents’ heads spinning. He allowed stu- PAL BROKERING RC “I hate that dumb woman,” the cap- dents to take the wheel and conquer the tain said as he careens into a barrel roll sky with their own hands. The newly renovated Braiden Dining over the deep arroyos of the Foothills. “I Freshman pre-constriction major H all offers students the option to order just don’t listen to her.” Greg Mikulecky was one of the many sand iches online for pickup through Birt took about 15 students inter- students who walked away from Birt’s R amWich. ickup is from 1 a.m. to p.m. ested in the U.S. Marines pilot training flight Wednesday more excited than w eekdays. program from across Colorado, includ- ever. ing CSU, to feel the head rush as the “The flight was crazy,” Mikulecky small plane took a sickening climb into said. “I didn’t know a plane like that the Fort Collins skies. could do things like that.” Braiden oers Birt, a Marine pilot, who is stationed in Fort Worth, Texas, twice a year travels From watching “Top Gun” to a to a handful of western states, includ- career in the skies sandwiches ing Colorado, giving potential Marine “I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a neg- recruits a taste of what it is like to be a ative comment,” Birt said. pilot. The Texas A&M graduate said he has SA NOBLE C for pickup “It’s a unique job,” Birt said. “I’m do- been interested in flying ever since he ing what I love, not just working.” was a kid and movies such as “Top Gun” Capt. ick irt a pilot for the .S. a- By HANNAH RAN Birt described his entry into the job only made him crave the skies more. rines is stationed in Fort Worth Te as The Rocky Mountain Collegian as pure luck. About six people at a time Now Birt tries to interest his passion and travels twice a year to states across participate in the flight orientation. to potential recruits. Seeing the excite- the est as part of a recruiting program. Aimed at students who don’t have time The goal of the program is to change the “I knew someone who offered me ment from everyone who steps off his to wait in Braiden Dining Hall’s lengthy the job and I just took it,” he said. marines’ image a ay from the macho stereotype common today. lines, a new service called RamWich allows The ride was not for those with a ee ARINE on Pae diners with meal plans or Ram Cash to order sandwiches online for pickup. Creation of the program follows student recommendation that Braiden offer alternatives to long lunch lines and over- crowding in the dining hall before its $3.8 Ocials hope to open one I-70 lane by ursday million renovation, completed in January, By SARA ICHAEL that Karen Lynn Evanoff, 55, was killed on which expanded seating. The Rocky Mountain Collegian the U.S. Highway 40 detour Wednesday “This is a great alternative, it gives stu- morning when a melon-sized rock hit the dents a way to grab lunch and go to avoid Officials hope to have one lane of traffic car she was in while she was commuting the lines and make it to class on time,” said flowing each direction on eastbound lanes to work. Evanoff was riding as a passenger, Tonie Miyamoto, communication coordi- of Interstate 70 by late Thursday after crews and the driver, who was not named, was nator for Housing and Dining Services. successfully removed an unstable boulder uninjured. Using RamWich, students can choose from the side of Glenwood Canyon. A CDOT crew, complete with geologist, from a variety of sandwiches, salads and The 20-foot boulder had hindered road was dispatched to try and locate where the veggie wraps. Ordered online or at the win- clearing and repair to the 17-mile stretch rock dislodged and to ensure that more indow, items are available for pickup 11 a.m. of road between Dotsero and Glenwood cidents do not occur. to 2 p.m. weekdays. Springs that was damaged and closed after a Junior environmental health major Elle Students can order by going online to massive rockslide early Monday morning. Stark lives and works in Aspen, and her di- http://ramwich.colostate.edu, typing in OE AON T R T A gaping hole, 20 feet by 10 feet, is only rect path home is through I-70. their eName and ePassword and selecting of one of the many repairs to be undertak- “My trip’s going to be almost doubled if their desired meal and pick-up time. Once A rockslide on nterstate 0 near len ood en on the westbound lanes before they can Springs onday dropped boulders on the that road is closed,” Stark said of her plans the order is in place, the student’s meal high ay and smashed through the bridge be reopened, and there is no time frame for to travel home for Spring Break. More than plan or Ram Cash account is debited auto- closing a 7 -mile stretch of the road. Trans- when the damage might be fully repaired. anything, she said, the road closure is in- matically. portation officials say travel could reopen in Until at least one lane is reopened, traf- convenient. The pickup window is located outside one direction each ay in the eastbound lane fic has been forced to detour to U.S. High- “I’m driving anyways,” she said. “It’s Braiden on the southwest side. by Thursday afternoon ith the successful way 40 or U.S. Highway 50, which add 200 just going to take a lot longer.” Braiden’s RamWich sandwiches are removal of an unstable boulder from the side miles to the trip. Staff writer Sara Michael can be reached of len ood Canyon. The Denver Post reported Wednesday at [email protected]. ee BRAIEN on Pae 2 Thursday, March 11, 2010 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian Weather Campus eye Today partly cloudy/windy 45 | 23 The next day sunny 52 | 29 The next day mostly sunny 55 | 30 CAMPuS Calendar To submit calendar entries go to http:// collegian.com/ campuscalendar. BrandoN iwamoTo | CoLLegIAN Sophomore human development and family studies major Hanna Guenther, a Not For Sale CSU member, watches from inside a large wooden box in the Plaza Wednesday as fellow members talk to students walking by. Not For Sale CSU, the CSU chapter of a non profit organization dedicated 4 p.m. to ending human trafficking, is hosting the Steps To Freedom walk-a-thon on April 10. More information can be found at http://notforsalecsu. Stickly webconnex.com/walkathon. 7 p.m. The Local Loco Show ClarifiCation Griffin Concert Hall, University questions, participants will see We will be handing out free easy and delicious it can be to In last Thursday’s Collegian Center for the Arts how their current career and bags with all the essentials follow a nutrient-rich, gluten- 9 p.m. CSU Opera Theatre, directed life trajectories stack up and for spring break including free diet. Open to the public. article “Frat lobbies to end The garden by David Malis, and the will identify areas that may be sunscreen, candy, condoms use of ‘r-word:’ retarded,” CSU University Symphony callings for them.

Load more