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Jared Van Vark pitches during the game against the University of Northern Colorado March 31 at City Park Field. The Rams beat the Bears 9-4 and 17-2 in back-to-back games. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN Jared Van Vark develops friendships, strategy with Rams baseball By Tyler Meguire The 21-year-old right-hand- best club baseball teams histor- guys with similar interests all @TMeguire ed pitcher is studying business ically,” Van Vark said. “When I “It’s a lot more to me competing together and over- administration with a concen- came to visit CSU I fell in love than just a game. It’s coming adversity along the From an early age, Jared Van tration in corporate finance and with the campus and the atmo- way.” Vark knew he loved baseball investment analysis. Van Vark sphere of Fort Collins.” about a collective Van Vark’s parents were the and that he would be playing it also is minoring in sports man- While some view baseball as group of guys with biggest influencers in his early for a long time. agement and has a certificate of a drawn out, slow paced game similar interests all career are still very supportive Van Vark started his base- entrepreneurship. that can get boring, Van Vark of him. ball career at age five when he “I just wasn’t ready to give enjoys the mental chess match competing together and “My parents have always signed up for his local t-ball up playing baseball so I came and focus the game requires. overcoming adversity been extremely supportive of team. From that point on, he to club ball,” Van Vark said. “I “(Baseball is) competitive along the way.” all aspects of my life, especially had ambitious goals. wanted to keep playing base- and strategic,” Van Vark said. baseball,” Van Vark said. “My “My high school program ball at a very competitive level “It takes a combination of JARED VAN VARK mom has been the biggest sup- was pretty well respected but I didn’t want baseball to preparation, skill and luck to SENIOR PITCHER porter of my baseball career, around town so I knew from become like a job for me. I knew have success. I love the team as- she is happy that I am still play- I wouldn’t enjoy the game any- pect, and how not just one playing baseball and loving every an early age that I wanted to “I’ve played baseball nearly play on my high school’s varsity more if I were dedicating every er can carry a whole team.” day of it. She loves supporting second of my free time to work- Van Vark has made many of my whole life and my closest the team and will probably be as team,” Van Vark said. and strongest friends over time After high school, Van Vark outs and practice but I knew I his best friends through base- sad as I will be when my (play- was not done playing.” ball. The bonds he forms with have all come from a baseball ing) days are over.” had no plans to stop playing base- team,” Van Vark said. “It’s a lot ball. He was also very serious about Colorado State was appeal- his teammates hold a deeper ing to Van Vark for a few reasons. meaning for him than simply more to me than just a game. see VAN VARK on page 11 >> school, so he did not want baseball It’s about a collective group of to overcome his academics. “I knew CSU had one of the playing the game. Wednesday, May 1, 2019 2 | Collegian.com FORT COLLINS FOCUS

Freshman construction management major Cyros Strickland does Vinyasa flow yoga on the Intramural Fields. Vinyasa flow consists of a dynamic sequence of continuous poses. “I try to do yoga every day, because it makes me feel more relaxed,” Strickland said.PHOTO BY MATT BEGEMAN COLLEGIAN

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CAMPUS English professor wins Guggenheim Fellowship By Ceci Taylor justice, historical and contem- @cecelia_twt porary accountability, love and survival,” Dungy wrote. The creative minds at Colora- When it comes to what’s next do State University continue to for the professor, Dungy wrote gather recognition from others. that she hopes to take it one step English professor, poet and at a time. essayist Camille Dungy, was re- “My next step when it comes cently awarded the Guggenheim to all writing projects is to write Fellowship. Dungy is likely to be one line and then write another both the first woman from CSU line. The same will be true af- to receive the fellowship award ter this award as before,” Dungy and the first African American wrote. from CSU to receive the fellowship. Dungy wrote that the news “Such generous of receiving the fellowship was wonderful, because she didn’t work deserves such a expect to win. generous award.” “It’s a recognition of years of hard work and also a push to con- DAN BEACHY-QUICK tinue working,” Dungy wrote in ASSISTANT CHAIR OF THE an email to The Collegian. “It’s a ENGLISH DEPARTMENT common thing to apply for at my stage in my field. Though, with 3,000 people applying and only Dan Beachy-Quick, English about 179 fellowships awarded, professor, assistant chair of the one doesn’t necessarily expect to English department, coordi- win.” nator of Undergraduate Stud- Camille Dungy, an English professor and poet at Colorado State University, was recently awarded the Guggenheim Fellowships are ies and former recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship. Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that are awarded annually to those “who have Guggenheim fellowship, praised demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.” grants that are awarded annu- PHOTO COURTESY OF KELLY PETERSON COLLEGE AVENUE MAGAZINE ally to those “who have demon- Dungy’s work and wrote the fel- strated exceptional capacity for lowship was well-deserved. “Over the many years I’ve fol- generous work deserves such a mille joins a group that includes Dungy wrote that she feels productive scholarship or excep- generous award.” Nobel Prize winners, U.S. Poet honored to join the list of fellows tional creative ability in the arts.” lowed Camille’s work, I’ve seen its deep interrogation into form Louann Reid, professor and Laureates and National Book that include esteemed writers Dungy wrote that she plans to English department chair also Award Winners—and our own and artists. use the awarded money to sup- and history widen in wonderful ways — growing simultaneously expressed congratulations to- Professor Dan Beachy-Quick. “I’m honored to be included port her on her next book, titled wards Dungy’s achievement. This award provides what writ- in this fellowship with so many “Soil.” into the personal and the glob- al, becoming ... more accessible, “We are thrilled that Profes- ers most need—support for time writers and artists I deeply ad- “Subjects I have been explor- sor Camille Dungy has been rec- to write. We look forward to more mire,” Dungy wrote. ing my whole career have to do more inviting, including all who care to learn how to care in the ognized with a prestigious Gug- of Camille’s elegant, provocative, Ceci Taylor can be reached at with the intersection between genheim fellowship,” Reid wrote. award-winning prose and poetry. [email protected]. social justice, environmental ways Camille’s writing teaches us to,” Beachy-Quick wrote. “Such “As a Guggenheim fellow, Ca- She well deserves this honor.”

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CAMPUS New dean selected for College of Health and Human Sciences By Delaney Allen next academic year,” McCubbin @DelaneyAllen0 wrote in his email. Youngblade has been head The College of Health and of the Department of Human Human Sciences at Colorado Development and Family Stud- State University will be receiv- ies at CSU since 2006. She also ing a new dean beginning in the served as associate dean for re- Fall of 2019. search and strategic initiative Lise Youngblade, the cur- previous to her nomination as rent professor and head of the dean. human development and family studies department and associate dean for Strategic Ini- “I am blessed to be tiatives, will be replacing Jeff McCubbin, the current dean of surrounded by people the college. who have supported me “I am blessed to be sur- and who care about the rounded by people who have supported me and who care college, giving of their about the college, giving of time and talents to help their time and talents to help us us collectively advance collectively advance and grow,” McCubbin wrote in an email and grow.” on August 13th to department JEFF MCCUBBIN faculty, according to SOURCE. CURRENT DEAN OF HEALTH McCubbin declined to com- AND HUMAN SCIENCES ment with The Collegian, further referencing the email sent Lise Youngblade will be taking over as Dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences at Colorado State to department faculty. “Currently, my research fo- University in the Fall of 2019. Youngblade has been the head of the Department of Human Development and McCubbin became dean in Family Studies since 2006. PHOTO BY DEVIN CORNELIUS COLLEGIAN July of 2011. He plans to serve cuses on adolescents engaging as academic dean for Semester in risk-taking behaviors as well Throughout her career at 2018. Youngblade was also a are in our college across all the at Sea in the fall 2020 semester. as the outcomes of those behav- CSU, Youngblade increased the recipient of the 2018 Oliver P. multiple units,” Youngblade “I have no doubt the next iors,” Youngblade said. “I also department’s budget from $1.1 Pennock Distinguished Service said. dean will be happy to assume focus heavily on systems that million to $6.2 million in order Award. Delaney Allen can be reached leadership of this solid and can support risk prevention to fund research and improve “I’m really looking forward at [email protected]. forward-thinking college fol- and promote positive youth de- program quality, according to to getting to know and support lowing the conclusion of the velopment.” a SOURCE article from August all the wonderful programs that

CAMPUS University Technology Fee offers students tech benefits, programs By Laura Studley The Warner College of Natural @laurastudley_ Resources gives students have access to Geospatial Informa- Colorado State University tion Systems and design and students are charged $25 per se- apparel merchandising have ac- mester for technology, but some cess to trend forecast software. may wonder what these fees specifically go to. Ramweb, the CSU-eID wire- “There are signs posted less network and the Morgan Li- brary computer lab all come with outside of each General the University Technology Fee. Assignment classroom It also allows students to check that call out University out laptops and other technol- ogies. Instructional technology Technology Fee provided in 184 ‘General Assign- contributions.” ment’ classrooms, lecture cap- ture technology and Office 365 JASON HUITT are also embedded into this fee. ADVISOR FOR THE “The University Technology UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY Fee provides technology that FEE ADVISORY BOARD Journalism and Media Communication students are allowed to check out cameras, lenses, and accesories benefits as many students as from the equipment check-out room in the Clark C wing. The cameras available are Canon, Nikon, Sony and possible, regardless of college or GoPro. PHOTO BY CLARA SCHOLTZ COLLEGIAN major,” wrote Jason Huitt, one The computers within the of the advisors for the Univer- library common area and in the Most students are unaware sity Technology Fee contribu- Morton, a sophomore majoring sity Technology Fee Advisory editing bays are funded by the of where their technology fee tions,” Huitt said. “That’s diffi- in conservation biology and mu- Board. “This is different from technology fee. Nathan Stock, is going. On a twitter poll, 93% cult with services with like the sic performance. “I think that the college-specific ‘Charges for a sophomore civil engineering of students who participated wireless network, however, giv- considering we’re a very large Technology,’ which are assessed major, explained that the desk- said they did not know what the en there is no way to post a sign University we do have the ability and managed by each individual top computers in the library are University Technology Fee goes on a service that is invisible.” to use a lot of technology and cut college.” the most accessible technology toward. CSU provides a multitude of down on paper resources and Each college has its own available to students on campus. The University Technology computer labs, access to Adobe stuff because we have Canvas benefits. For example, the jour- “(The Morgan Library is) a Fee Advisory Board works to software and computer desk- and access to computers in the nalism department allows stu- place to go and do your home- acknowledge where the student tops, printing and other tech- library so everyone, even if you dents to check out photography work and in a pretty good en- fees are going, Huitt said. nologies to allow student, staff don’t have your own computer and video equipment if they are vironment that has definitely a “There are signs posted out- and faculty to have easy access. you have access.” enrolled in specific production lot of resources that you can use side of each General Assignment “I think (the technology) is Laura Studley can be reached classes or have been in the past. there,” Stock said. classroom that call out Univer- pretty well used,” said Emily at [email protected]. The Rocky Mountain Collegian | Wednesday, May 1, 2019 5

A message from the CSU Public Safety Team DEAR CSU STUDENTS AND CAMPUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS,

Due to significant concerns about safety for CSU students The university is asking that you not organize or participate in and others who participate who are not members of our the run or any similar activity. campus community, the university will not allow the “undie Unfortunately, we realize that individuals – both CSU students run” to take place this year. and non-students – may disregard these concerns. To those In several instances, the run has not been organized by who may disregard the safety of our community, please currently enrolled students. The run has never been approved, consider: organized or supported by the university, and each year we Police will monitor the behavior of those who make the have conveyed to students the safety risks and financial costs decision to participate and will take enforcement action for of the event to discourage participation. Large police and staff any criminal offenses. University volunteers will be on site to presence in the past has occurred only to monitor the run for prevent a crowd from assembling on campus, in accordance student protection. with our policy that does not allow an unauthorized crowd to The university asks that you not participate in efforts to gather on campus in the evening for non-university-sanctioned continue to hold the run and that you not come to campus with events, large assemblies, and expressive activities other than the intent to participate in the run. Please take a moment to read for official university business. this to better understand why the run will no longer take place. If there is an indication that there will continue to be plans While students view the run as a tradition and an opportunity to assemble, there will be a heightened police presence on to blow off steam before finals, the reality of the environment it campus and off campus. If there are plans to assemble off creates on campus and in the city before, during, and after the campus, police and university volunteers will also respond. If run is much different. The university has, and has always had, people assemble, police will take video of the area. Images significant concerns about this event. will be used to follow up on complaints and potential criminal incidents to identify individuals who behave inappropriately. The Here are the reasons we’re not allowing the run to occur university will work with police to hold students accountable anymore: through the legal and student conduct process. If non-CSU • The run invokes an atmosphere of public intoxication students engage in inappropriate or criminal behavior, CSU and behavior that risks personal injury or serious injury to others may take enforcement action and will share information with and sexual misconduct. Past participants, particularly women, other entities and agencies that can hold those individuals have reported groping and sexual assault during the run and at accountable, including high schools, universities, and other after-parties. police agencies. • CSU staff and faculty observe people – including non- If at any time while you are on campus you are touched students and other adults who are not part of our community inappropriately, please note your location and try to get a – who come to the run only to take photographs and videos of detailed description of the person who touched you. Please participants without the participants’ knowledge or permission. report this information to CSUPD police as soon as possible. If The photo takers keep those images for their personal use or you touch others inappropriately, the university will choose to post it online. The university – and you as a participant – have share your description or an image of you with the public in an no control over how images of you captured in public are effort to identify you and hold you accountable for your actions. used. This is extremely concerning to us and should be to all If you experience unwanted sexual touching or need to talk participants. with someone about sexual assault or misconduct, please • We estimate that, since the run began several years ago, contact the victims advocate team at CSU on its confidential, the university has spent more than $150,000 in student tuition 24-hour hotline at 970-492-4242. and fee money to cover the costs of property damage caused Next fall, the university will create a committee, which would by participants and to pay for security. include students as members, to consider proposals from • CSU students perceive participants to be fellow Rams; students for an alternative, safe springtime event. however, we know that young high school students from the Please help us end this unauthorized gathering, which causes area also participate, as do adults who are not attending any harm to your fellow Rams. school, and those who attend neighboring universities and community colleges. These participants and bystanders are not Thank you, invested in the safety and reputation of our community. The Public Safety Team 6 | News | Wednesday, May 1, 2019

NATIONAL 2 killed at UNC Charlotte, 4 others injured; suspect in custody By Joe Marusak room on campus to identify any and UNCC homepage,” the tweet she “heard a ruckus” loud enough gave to one student. We were quiet The Charlotte Observer students, faculty or others who may advised. to hear through her headphones as mice.” be sheltering in place.” In a third alert, the university’s as she listened to the “Game of She thought at first that a shoot- Two people were killed and Charlotte-Mecklenburg police office of emergency management Thrones” soundtrack. er was in the library. “The first three four others were injured after told UNCC students and families to said “buildings being swept by law “Students were running down to five minutes were the most terri- shots were fired at the University of head to 8600 University City Blvd. enforcement. Law enforcement is the hall right behind my office,” fying of my life.” North Carolina’s Charlotte campus at the Harris Teeter supermarket to individually sweeping buildings on McShane told The Charlotte Ob- Devin Searcy, 19, said he was on Tuesday afternoon, the Meck- reunite with their families. campus. Follow officer commands.” server by phone from the campus. attending a baseball game when he lenburg Emergency Medical Ser- Tuesday was the last day of A university spokeswoman was “I was about to go out and shoosh got a text from his mother, Helen vices Agency confirmed. classes. not immediately available for com- them (to be quiet). I had no idea Searcy, a student and employee on Two of the people who were Earlier, campus officials urged ment. No victims’ names have been something like that was happening. campus. shot have life-threatening injuries, everyone in a tweet to “Run, Hide, released. Almost immediately a student said She texted him from inside a according to the agency, known as Fight. Secure yourself immediate- As news of the shooting spread, there was a shooter on campus. closet at Bell Gym — about a quar- Medic. ly.” Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said on “I said get in,” McShane told ter mile from the library — where As of 7 p.m. local time, the lock- “ACTIVE ASSAILANT,” Twitter, “Absolutely horrific news the students as she ushered seven she was hiding with several oth- down on the campus was continu- warned the university’s website. at #UNCC Susan and I are grateful into her office. “It happened so fast er people. “Stay put,” she texted. ing. The university first tweeted for the first responders at the scene I nearly closed the door on one stu- “Don’t come here.” About a half-hour later, Char- about the incident just before 6 p.m. and our thoughts are with the @un- dent. I took a big table and barricad- Searcy was evacuated with oth- lotte-Mecklenburg Police tweeted Shots were reported near the Ken- ccharlotte community.” ed the door, and we got back in the ers from the baseball game. “I’m that the scene was “secure” and that nedy building on campus. People on campus texted loved back corner. I said if anyone is out just hoping she can get out of there they had one person in custody. In a second tweet, at about 6:25 ones that they were safe. there, they would not find us here.” safely,” Searcy said. “I just can’t be- “No reason to believe anyone p.m., university officials said a cam- UNCC librarian Laura McShane said she told the stu- lieve what’s going on.” else involved,” police tweeted. pus lockdown continued. “Remain McShane was working at her desk dents “to stay calm. I offered them Content pulled from Tribune “CMPD and UNCC going room by in a safe location. Monitor email in the nearby Atkins Library when snacks, and I had a water bottle I News Service.

NATIONAL Guaido’s high-risk gamble flops as Maduro keeps grip on military By Andrew Rosati, Alex Vasquez justice on Twitter, saying this vation. & Patricia Laya was their last chance to accept “This is the morning for all Bloomberg News Guaido and escape sanctions or us to go out to the streets, civil- “go down with the ship.” Senator ians and soldiers,” Lopez said Marco Rubio, a Florida Republi- as he stood with Guaido near a It was a ploy that from its can who has played a key role in military airbase in eastern Ca- outset was a long shot. Before shaping U.S. policy on Venezu- racas. He said he had been freed dawn Tuesday, Juan Guaido, ela, tweeted that high-ranking by his captors. “Today, we are his political mentor Leopoldo Venezuelan officials who pub- convinced this process is irre- Lopez and a handful of soldiers licly support Maduro had “been versible.” who had broken ranks issued a working to get him out” and that For more than 10 hours, Ca- message to Venezuela and the their double cross would soon racas and dozens of other cities world: The time to topple the be exposed. rang with the boom of tear gas authoritarian regime was right Defense Minister Vladimir as government troops quelled now. Padrino Lopez, one of those of- protests. National police and By dusk, with the military ficials, took to the airwaves to guardsmen using armored vehi- command still loyal to Presi- declare the people involved in cles blocked main arteries and dent Nicolas Maduro, Lopez the attempted takeover “ridic- turned back crowds with volleys was seeking asylum in the Chil- ulous,” calling what had hap- of plastic buckshot. Supporters ean ambassador’s residence in pened “a mediocre coup.” of Maduro asked for residents Caracas and the streets were Bolton insisted that it wasn’t to rally outside Miraflores, the Members of the Venezuelan Armed Forces supporting Venezuelan beginning to empty of the pro- in fact a coup d’etat because presidential palace, in a show of opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido testers who had heeded Guai- Maduro had stolen last year’s strength, and hundreds did. take position in front of La Carlota base in Caracas on April 30, 2019. do’s call to join what he called election; Guaido, as the head CNN reported that it and the PHOTO BY MATIAS DELACROIX AFP/GETTY IMAGES/TNS Operation Liberty. of the national assembly, is the BBC had been taken off pay-TV. For a while, it seemed pos- While likely not a fatal blow constitutionally mandated in- YouTube, Bing, Google and An- dictions about what’s going to to Guaido and the 3-month-old sible. As protesters threw rocks happen right now or tomorrow terim president. He said “Cuban droid services were restricted and Molotov cocktails, dozens push to unseat Maduro, it was thugs” were threatening mem- in Venezuela, according to Net- or the day after.” Guaido’s Op- certainly the biggest setback yet. of exiled military officers stood eration Liberty, he added, “was bers of the Venezuelan military Blocks, an organization that at the ready in the Colombian And it raised crucial questions: who might otherwise defect. monitors cybersecurity and not done out of the blue. It was Will Maduro use this moment border city of Cucuta. But they done as part of a long process of President Donald Trump lat- freedom on the internet. didn’t cross the bridge into Ven- to carry out his long-standing er threatened a “full and com- There was throughout the trying to restore the constitu- threat to jail Guaido once and ezuela, ordered back to their ho- tion.” plete” embargo of Cuba. day a chimerical quality to the tels by Guaido’s local represen- for all? If he does, how will the Tuesday’s events — coming a opposition endeavor, not unlike Guaido said on Twitter that U.S., the de facto leader of an tatives, according to Jose Nieto, the opposition was “in a pro- day before planned nationwide Guaido’s January announce- a former sergeant major in the international coalition backing anti-government demonstra- ment that he was taking the cess that is unstoppable.” As Guaido as Venezuela’s legiti- National Guard. the streets emptied, he seemed tions — began with the escape of reins of government. He has In the afternoon, Lopez, mate leader, respond? Lopez, a former mayor of a Ca- named ambassadors and offi- to have been proven wrong, but The Trump administration, along with his wife and one of there was still hope. racas district who in 2015 was cials and been recognized by their daughters, entered the which recognized Guaido in sentenced to almost 14 years in more than 50 nations. With- “Either we continue to come January, apparently thought Chilean ambassadorial resi- out and protest, or we resign prison on charges including in- out the power of the military, dence. That country hasn’t had there was an understanding citing violence. He was released his presidency has been an act ourselves to the way things are that top aides to Maduro were an ambassador in Venezuela for another 20 years or lon- to house arrest in July 2017 un- purely of symbolism. since last year. “Chile reaffirms ready to make the transition. der orders to keep quiet, and his There’s no doubt that across ger,” said Alejandro Coiman, In fact, Secretary of State Mike its solidarity with Venezuela a 25-year-old student, as he sudden appearance with Guaido the country, and within its democrats,” Foreign Minis- Pompeo said on CNN, Maduro was a dramatic turn. governing bureaucracy, there walked across eerily quiet east- was on a plane “heading to Ha- ter Roberto Ampuero said in a ern Caracas. “The match has The sun was coming up as is profound discontent with tweet. vana” when the Russian govern- Guaido announced the “final Maduro and broad support for been struck. There’s no turning ment talked him out of leaving. At the State Department in back.” phase” of the effort to end Mad- a transition. Guaido and his ad- Washington, Elliott Abrams, the National security adviser uro’s disastrous rule, which has visers believed that by declaring Content pulled from Tribune John Bolton called out Venezu- U.S. special envoy for Venezue- News Service. driven the once-wealthy oil an uprising they might actually la, said he wouldn’t “make pre- ela’s defense minister and chief power into chaos and near star- be able to create one. Opinion | Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | 7

COLLEGIAN COLUMNIST Cultivating social media can be good for mental health control what someone posts, allow on your social media. What if you only followed peo- what you allow on your feed. Madison but you can control what you In several instances, social ple who lift you up instead of People whose content doesn’t Thompson find acceptable to let into your media use is tied to mental bringing you down? support your mental well-be- consciousness. health problems. In March Cultivating the content on ing are not necessary. @madisongoeswest According to the National 2018, PR Week reported that your social media means being This doesn’t mean you have Center for Health Research, more than one-third of Gener- intentional about whose posts to drop off of social media for Editor’s Note: All opinion sec- 78% of 18-24-year-olds use ation Z from a survey of 1,000 you allow on your feed. good, but limiting its use in tion content reflects the views of Snapchat, 71% use Instagram individuals stated that they For instance, self-depre- general can be beneficial. the individual author only and and 68% use Facebook. In ad- were quitting social media for cating humor is a staple in mil- Social media isn’t inher- does not represent a stance tak- dition, 94% of 18-24-year-olds good, as 41% stated that social lennial and Gen Z culture. If ently bad, but it is powerful. en by The Collegian or its edito- use YouTube and 45% use media platforms make them you’re following accounts that It can mold the way our mind rial board. Twitter. feel anxious, sad or depressed. promote this type of rhetoric, filters reality, and it can make Humans are consuming People are spending more you’ll continue to internalize, you feel inadequate when your more content than ever be- time on social media than normalize and perpetuate it. own life doesn’t measure up to fore. According to Nielsen ever before. We would be fool- “Cultivating the content The content you allow those you see online. Total Audience Report, adults ish to think it doesn’t have a on your feed should fuel and There will always be peo- spend more than half their day profound effect on our men- on your social media inspire you, not leave you ple and accounts that make consuming content on vari- tal state and how we view the means being intentional drained. It’s okay to follow you feel insecure or like you’re ous devices, like live televi- world. about whose posts you someone and then decide their missing out on something. The sion, surfing the web on their A study by the Pew Re- content doesn’t resonate with key is to recognize that feeling phone, using tablets or using a search Center found that social allow on your feed.” you. of discomfort and ask yourself streaming device. media had a profound effect on Sometimes unfollowing if letting this person pop up on We should pay more atten- an individual’s stress levels. someone might not be enough. your feed, uninvited, is worth tion to who we follow and what With finals fast approaching, Why do we follow peo- Blocking can be interpreted as the hassle. we allow on our feed. You can’t it’s in your best interest to be ple whose profiles make us a mean or spiteful act, but you Madison Thompson can be more aware of the content you anxious, sad and depressed? have complete control over reached at [email protected].

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COLLEGIAN COLUMNIST Religion is not an excuse to demean others for having sex self-decisions are an important teenage mind and maturation,” Shay distinction. It’s okay to hold onto Scism said. Rego your faith and stay abstinent. Religion not only tweaks our However, sex is natural and people view on how we should handle the @shay_rego who choose otherwise shouldn’t topic of sex but also how difficult be shunned or made to feel as if it makes having sex. If religion they are betraying their religion by teaches its followers to shun and making their own sexual decisions. ignore those who commit sin, then These negative treatments can af- there suddenly becomes a lack of fect the human psyche. resources for those who do choose Ellen Scism, a senior in the En- have sex in the religious commu- glish department, spent most of nity. These people deserve a safe her young years under the scrutiny space, too. of religion. She attended a private “For a while, I was unhappy Catholic elementary school, went with myself thinking I was sinful to a private nondenominational and a slut,” Scism said. Editor’s Note: The views expressed middle school and was even home- Scism also experienced a dif- in the following column are those of schooled her freshman year of fusion in her relationship with her the writer only and do not necessar- high school. strictly Catholic family as her deci- ily represent the views of The Colle- Scism’s time spent under a crit- sion to stray from the beaten path gian or its editorial board. ical religious lens had long -erm ef- was frowned upon. Mixing religion and sex sounds fects. It confused her and skewed “My mom cried and prayed for about as good of an idea as mixing her perception on the topic. me like I had died when I said I had nails into cereal. For centuries, sex. It was horrible and made me most religions have offered a ta- feel even more guilty,” Scism said.. boo image on sex and sexual edu- “The hardest thing was realizing cation. Religious teachings effects “Religious expectations my relationship with my mom, be- how people think about and treat and self-decisions are an cause of our difference in sexuality sex. important distinction.” and freedoms concerning it, would Colorado State University forever be strained and not as open has many students who actively Shiner and loving.” practice religion throughout their Times are changing. As many time in college. CSU welcomes all “God would punish you for as 80% of unmarried evangelical Save religions and is affiliated with -re having sex before being married in young adults have had sex accord- ligious communities such as The the Catholic Church... Sex is a gift ing to Relevant, a Christian maga- Islamic Center of Fort Collins, Cru from God, and abused when used zine. Over 60% of Muslims report- and CSU Hillel. outside of procreation. Even if you ed premarital sex too, as well as $2.00

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Van Vark, like most players, can pick out one moment in his career that stands out the most. “It’s almost impossible to pick just one memory,” Van Vark said. “If I had to pick one; my senior year of high school we won Southern CA CIF which was the farthest my high school team could go. Not only did I play with a handful of my closest high school friends, but I truly liked every guy on the ros- ter. It was one of the most fun and rewarding seasons of baseball I have ever had, ending in just the perfect finish.” Coach Troy Tolar has his own favorite memory of Van Vark, and it was a crucial moment in a big game. “My favorite memory of Van Vark was his freshmen year,” Tolar said. “We went to region- als, he had kind of been up and down pitching all year and we had our backs against the wall. We lost our first game so he had to come out and pitch in the championship game in re- Jared Van Vark looks to bunt during a recent game against the Colorado School of Mines. The Rams beat the Orediggers 6-0. gionals. He threw a nine-inning PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN complete game to send us to the World Series.” compete on every single pitch.” on the team,” McMillan said. Pitching Coach Chris McIn- “Definitely more of the vocal tosh thinks Van Vark is a dedi- guy. He’s huge for us.” “When it comes down cated student of the game and a When Van Vark graduates in great pitcher too. May, he has some big plans. to it, it feels natural to “He’s really coachable,” “I will be working at the be on the mound. I love McIntosh said. “This week we Denver Branch of the Federal the ability to compete on were working on mechanical Reserve Bank of Kansas City stuff. He’s always coming to as an assistant examiner,” Van every single pitch.” me with stuff to work on, and I Vark said. Van Vark is going to leave JARED VAN VARK think our guys feed off that too. SENIOR PITCHER Like I said we worked on a lit- CSU in a few weeks, but he will tle tweak in his mechanics this leave behind him some great week and I think that helped memories with the baseball him out a lot.” team. He has left his footprint Van Vark is one of the team’s Coach Tolar has high praise on the team, and left big shoes best pitchers, and unlike many for Van Vark’s pitching. to be filled on the mound. pitchers, he also gets the chance “You know he’s been one of “He’s thrown two no-hitters to step in the batter’s box. our best arms since he’s been in his career,” McIntosh said. “I enjoy them both equal- here,” Tolar said. “We real- “He threw one last year and he ly for what they are,” Van Vark ly rely on him to be a guy that threw one the year before, so I said. “I was a pitcher only in whenever we put him out there would say those are my favor- high school, so I appreciate ev- he’s going to get the job done ite memories of him. Really, it’s ery at bat I get. (I) love hitting and carry us to a win. We need just an overall bulldog mental- at batting practice every day, him on the mound.” ity that he has on the mound since I had to watch everyone Assistant Coach Kevin Mc- that we’re definitely going to else do these things in high Millan added Van Vark plays a miss once he’s gone.” school. But when it comes down huge role for the team. Tyler Meguire can be reached to it, it feels natural to be on “He’s one of the leaders at [email protected]. the mound. I love the ability to 12 | Sports | Wednesday, May 1, 2019

SPORTS FOR DUMMIES The joy of a busted bracket, rooting for underdogs round. conference championships Ashley The other end of the play- and five Stanley Cups, all in Potts ing field was much more inter- pretty recent history. They esting. It was a full on battle for won their last Cup in 2016-17, @ashleypotts09 the final Wild Card spots, and so it seemed fair to pick them nothing was guaranteed un- to do it again. til the last week of the regular Did I mention how wrong I season. was? The Carolina Hurricanes What ensued in the first — otherwise known as the round was not what anyone ex- “Bunch of Jerks” after their pected. It was the first time in regular season game celebra- North American sports histo- tions that captivated some and ry that all of the division win- annoyed others — made the ners didn’t advance to the sec- playoffs for the first time in 10 ond round. All four Wild Card years. The Colorado Avalanche teams scratched and clawed My first round Stanley made the playoffs by securing (too soon Coyotes?) their way Cup Playoff bracket can be the final Wild Card spot for the into the second round, despite described a number of ways: second year in a row. This came the odds. atrocious, painfully wrong, a after a long rebuilding process The Columbus Blue Jack- dumpster fire, etc. Put simply, and a devastating 48 point year ets came out of literal nowhere I was incorrect. — the 2016-17 season in which and swept (SWEPT) Tampa in Of the eight first-round they recorded the worst record the first round. This was the matchups, I got three winners in the league and the worst re- first time in NHL Playoff his- correct. All the rest of my boxes cord in franchise history. tory that the President’s Cup went grey, up to and including winner was swept in the first my pick to win the whole thing round and the first time the (R.I.P. Pittsburgh Penguins). “That was the beauty President’s Cup winner was Most people would be incredi- of being wrong. The eliminated in the first round COURTESY OF ASHLEY POTTS TWITTER bly upset by this turnout, but I since 2012. Not to mention it was thrilled. majority of hockey was the first time Columbus to come out on top time and for the little guy to win. But we I’m not crazy, and I don’t had won a playoff series EVER. time again. It’s something we rarely get so much of it in such fans were wrong, but all secretly root for. a short amount of time. think I’m alone in my excite- it was exciting for the The Avalanche beat ment at the way the postseason top-seeded Calgary after fall- I guess this is how oth- has played out so far. And I’m underdog to come out ing to them in all three of their er people feel about March also sure I’m not the only one regular season meetings. Col- Madness. My March Madness on top time and time “This time, I chose to bracket was also a dumpster with a bracket busted beyond again.” orado advanced to the second wholeheartedly root repair. round of playoffs for the first fire, but that had less to do with This year’s playoffs started time since 2008. Carolina for more of the same: true unexpected outcomes and out like any other. A lot of the Taking all of this into ac- took the reigning champs to more to do with me not fol- more unexpected lowing college basketball very top-seeded teams were expect- count, I made a bracket. And a thrilling game seven, which outcomes, more ed. The Tampa Bay Lightning, while I wanted to go with my they won in double overtime, closely. Calgary Flames, Washington loyalties, I also read the fine ensuring there will be a new overtime thrillers, more Thankfully, I’ve been giv- Capitals and Nashville Preda- print saying the winner gets a team lifting the cup this year. en another chance at bragging historical moments and rights and (maybe) prize mon- tors won their respective divi- large paycheck. So I went with Dallas took down Nashville in more underdogs. And sions. what seemed most likely. six games, two of which went ey with a second round brack- The playoffs were famil- I picked Tampa, Washing- into overtime. maybe there’s some et. This time, I chose to whole- iar territory to many of the ton and Nashville to win easy. The first round saw 10 heartedly root for more of the blind faith in there too same: more unexpected out- teams in the first round — the I let loyalty get the best of me games go into overtime, two (#GoAvsGo).” Capitals were the defending and counted Calgary out, but of those needing a second comes, more overtime thrill- champs and the Pittsburgh I figured that was blind hope overtime to decide a winner. ers, more historical moments Penguins made the playoffs for for the Avalanche. The rest of Hockey Twitter has absolute- and more underdogs. And may- the thirteenth season in a row. my bracket featured typical ly blown up with fans sharing Whether we root for the un- be there’s some blind faith in Nashville entered the playoffs favorites: Boston, Pittsburgh, their nail biting, stressed-out- derdogs out of a sick pleasure there too (#GoAvsGo). last year with the best record Winnipeg, Las Vegas. I picked but-excited experiences. that comes from watching the Hopefully the Wild Card in the league and Tampa near- the Penguins to win the whole That was the beauty of be- big guy fall, or because it’s eas- teams keep going and don’t let ly made it to the finals last year thing, partly because they’re ing wrong. The majority of ier for us to relate to or purely me down. before falling to the eventual my dad’s second favorite team hockey fans were wrong, but it for entertainment’s sake, there Ashley Potts can be reached champion Capitals in the third but partly because of their six was exciting for the underdog is science backing our desire at [email protected].

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CONCERTS FoCoMX crowd gets down with Funky Business By Lyra Wiley of their lives, singing and dancing @lyra_wiley like no one was watching. In a different lifetime, I would have been Funk is always a mood, and dancing with them. usually the only businesses I’m All the wholesome dancing interested in. When paired with was enough to add years onto my a beer at New Belgium, it’s tran- life. The Good Lord knows I need scendental. It makes me want it, especially after going to Bondi to move my shoulders in ways Beach Bar and Rec Room for so they’ve never moved before. long. Funky Business is a local Fort Once I discerned the lyrics Collins funk cover band that for “Son of a Preacher Man,” I played at FoCoMX on Friday. Ev- laughed, because I immediately ery cover they performed had its thought of Jan from “The Office” own unique funk-fusion attached singing those lyrics to her kid. to it. The weather, which had con- The group opened with “I Will sisted of suspicious clouds and Survive,” a song that I was grate- wind, changed completely when ful to hear since I’m at the point in Funky Business began playing the semester where I’m unsure if I “Dancing in the Moonlight.” The will survive. sun broke through the clouds, The bass drum had the driv- covering everyone with an after- ing rhythm of a heartbeat. The noon glow. horn section paired with the saxo- I envisioned my parents who phone also got the job done. would undoubtedly be dancing Even those who were sitting the same if they had been there. down still managed to tap their Funk is timeless, and when paired feet in a way that semi-convinced with a deteriorating planet and me they were having a good time. the love of psychedelics, it’s some- Those who were standing were thing that millennials can share doing the casual knee-hip swiv- with Baby Boomers and Gen Z el that you do when you want to alike. move your body but also wish you Overall: 8/10 Lyra Wiley can be reached at Funky Business, a funky soul-pop band from Northern Colorado, perform April 26 at New Belgium Brewing. It were invisible. Three women in didn’t take long before people started to stand up and dance to their R&B-soul-funk music. the corner were having the times [email protected]. PHOTO BY JULIA TROWBRIDGE COLLEGIAN

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FRIDAY, 5/3/19 TONIGHT SUNDANCE SALOON & STEAKHOUSE is hosting country rap duo Moonshine Bandits at 7 p.m. the Moonshine Bandits have hit the proverbial motherlode with the release of ‘Gold Rush’ on their very own record label MSB. Taking its inspiration from all that embodied the struggles and successes of America’s extraordinary era, the Moonshine Bandits perform a night of WEDNESDAY, 5/1/19 their mixture of country and rap THE EAST COAST BAR is hosting Eschaton at 7 p.m. Eschaton has been in the electronic scene since the early 90s and have been a part of the transition from rave/techno to jungle and drum n’ bass music. Their sound adds crunches, THE COLORADO ROOM is hosting dance/electronic talent Waylo at 7:30 p.m. Taz Arguello, otherwise known as Waylo, claps, and other wonky sounds on top of the driving bass beat that has coined them within the genre. hails from the depths of Colorado’s booming bass music community. Waylo’s sound is largely influenced by the strong underground scene in the state. Drawing influence from various pioneers in both the dubstep and drum n' bass communities, SURFSIDE 7 is hosting alternative indie bands Typesetter and Sour Boy Bitter Girl at 9 p.m. Typesetter is a four-piece a Waylo DJ set, littered with unreleased music, is not a limited experience. band out of Chicago use starry guitar laid between the driving drum kicks and cymbal splashes and strong solo and group vocals that tell of their own identities. Denver's’ Sour Boy Bitter Girl host an array of vibes through their music that can range from progressive rhythms and strong spoken-word lyrics to all-out rock jams. SATURDAY, 5/4/19 THE DOWNTOWN ARTERY is hosting the Fort Collins-based rock, blues and Americana band Musketeer Gripweed at 8 p.m. Musketeer Gripweed simply explodes onstage with the energy and fervor of a revival THIS WEEK preacher out to save a filthy sinner’s soul. Musketeer Gripweed creates an extraordinarily powerful live energy, and the band’s “gasoline intense vibe” manifests in spontaneous, uncontrollable dancing and a THURSDAY, 4/18/19 compulsion to stand up, run to the stage and testify. AVOGADRO’S is hosting Jalan Crossland and Americana singer-songwriter John Statz at 7 p.m. Jalan Crossland is widely acclaimed by audiences, critics, and his musical peers as being a premier acoustic guitarist, as well as banjo MAGIC RAT is hosting The Marias at 8 p.m. A smooth rendezvous of jazz percussion, hypnotic guitar ris, player, singer-songwriter, and engaging showman. Along with dozens of regional contest awards, his extraordinary guitar smoke-velvet vocals and nostalgic horn solos throughout their iconic sound. The band formed in 2016 and work earned him National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship honors. These two artists will stir up a solid night of is based out of Los Angeles. Americana. THE MOXI THEATER is hosting Chewy&Bach at 8 p.m. Chewy and Bach are a Electro-Americana Group with revolving SUNDAY, 5/5/19 guest musicians from all genres. A love of the roots perfected through electronic music and the incorporation of various MAXLINE BREWING is hosting the folk and jazz duo Oh Like WOW at . Specializing in good vibes and happy sounds, Oh instrumentation and musical influences best outlines their sound. From pop to rock, their electronic sound helps to Like Wow uses inspirational lyrics and instrumentation including guitar, kazoo, mandolin, drums, ukulele and piano all used exentuate their bass-filled vibes. live by these two talents that create good tunes and some chill vibes.

THE COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is hosting Nature Portrayed in Music: The Concert Orchestra, conducted by Robert Kreutz at 7:30 p.m. The 120-member Concert Band, performs music inspired by a multitude of Latin cultures. Infectious rhythms, haunting melodies, and lively marches will be on full display as we celebrate the rich kcsufm.com/concertcalendar cultures of Central and South America 14 | Arts & Culture | Wednesday, May 1, 2019

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Both ARIES (March 21-April 19) — 9 benefits from a good coach California rapper ScHool- faster, bass-heavy beat that have beats that are pretty nor- — You’re energized and getting who can help you refine your boy Q is back again with his fifth transitions into “Tales” with a mal and could have been a bit stronger. Listen carefully to technique. Get the basics down album, “CrasH Talk,” his first slower beat. In “Tales,” ScHool- more experimental. To close family. Go for what you want. before moving to more difficult work since he dropped his crit- boy raps about being loyal to out the album, the song “Water” Your words inspire others to act. tricks. ically acclaimed “Blank Face his gang and choosing to stay with Lil Baby is eery-sounding SAGITTARIUS LP” in 2016. Relax, and enjoy the moment. (Nov. 22-Dec. with them instead of going to until Lil Baby starts rapping. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) 21) — 9 — Take a romance to The artist took a break from college to play sports. He raps Baby delivers one of his stron- music to raise his daughter and — 5 — Settle into a two-day the next level with sweet words. that choosing this lifestyle led gest verses that makes the most retrospective phase. Consider Talk about your passions, goals deal with the passing of Mac him to sell drugs, and at the out of the beat. Miller and Nipsey Hussle, both consequences before acting. and dreams. Find new common time, the only way he thought The final track “Attention” Plan and refine the itinerary in interest. Invent fun possibilities friends of Schoolboy Q and he would see age 30 is if he was could have been a better end, well-respected rappers in the detail. Nurture your own mind, together. in jail. The slowbeat and repeti- but it is ScHoolboy’s most per- body and spirit. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) industry. After coming back to tive tune on the bass reflect the sonal track on the album. He work on his new album, he re- GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — 8 — 7 — Family comes first for a themes in the song, making it a raps about meeting his idols — Collaborate with community few days. Home improvements portedly trashed three other and how rapping wasn’t a good slightly darker track. actions on strong foundations. satisfy. Determine priorities and versions of it before releasing The track “Drunk” featur- decision at the time, but it luck- the current version April 26. ing 6lack is one of the weaker ily worked out for him. Strategize and coordinate your who will do what. Physical ac- The first single released was songs on the album. The beat Overall “CrasH Talk” is not moves to pull together and get tion gets results. Build on strong “Numb Numb Juice,” a short is too slow and doesn’t match ScHoolboy’s best work but it farther. Win through connecting foundations. AQUARIUS but hard-hitting song. The beat ScHoolboy’s rap style. The is still a strong album that was with others. (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) features heavy kick drums that verse from 6lack is good but it is worth the wait. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 7 — 8 — Leap ahead with your drive through the instrumental. hard to make it far enough into — Make a professional move. A communications and creative The second single was the song to hear it. new assignment could disrupt projects. Listening can go “CHopstix,” which features The song “5200” offers a SCORE: 7.5/10 the status quo. Advance to the further than speaking. Carefully Travis Scott. ScHoolboy and next level by providing leader- craft and share your statements catchy beat and chorus that ■ Scott have had success working you can’t help but keep playing. Favorite songs: “Water,” ship. Grasp a fleeting opportu- with heart. Speak in possibilities. together in the past on Scotts’ This is one of the better tracks “5200” nity. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — song “OK Alright,” but “CHop- of the album and I can’t get it ■ Least favorite songs: LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — 9 — 8 — Make lucrative bargains, stix” was not good. It has a out of my head. “CHopstix,” “Drunk” Spread your wings. Explore deals and agreements. Do the catchy instrumental but the “Floating” features 21 Sav- uncharted terrain with careful homework for a profitable chorus by Travis is annoying age and sounds more like a 21 research and preparation. opportunity. Align words and and ScHoolboy doesn’t add any song than a ScHoolboy song. Dominic Brazeau can be reached Expand your horizons with new actions for your goal. Sign on the good verses. Despite that, it is still one of the at [email protected] cultural ideas, flavors and views. dotted line. “CrasH Talk” was released- Visit us at Collegian.com for more! Rocky Mt. Collegian 5/1/19 Sudoku PuzzleJunction.com

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