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Vball defeats tcu horned frogs at moby | Page 10 THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN Fort Collins, Colorado COLLEGIAN Volume 117 | No. 44 Friday, October 10, 2008 www.collegian.com THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891 DEBATING DELEGATES Colorado reconsiders voter review By KRISTEN WYATT eral times Thursday that listing The Associated Press a voter as “canceled” is not the same as a purge because those DENVER – Colorado is re- voters could still cast provisional viewing the way it deals with ballots if they showed up at polls potentially ineligible voters af- and could show they were im- ter questions were raised about properly tossed. whether officials are violating “There’s no such thing as a federal law by putting such vot- purge,” said Colorado elections ers on a “cancel” list within 90 division program manager Wil- days of the election. liam Browning. “They can show Secretary of State Mike Coff- up and still be allowed to cast a man said Thursday he asked provisional ballot.” lawyers to determine whether a But the nuance did not im- federal prohibition on “system- press elections watchdogs, who atic” voter purging so close to pointed out that the difference the election would apply to Col- means little to voters. Even orado’s reviews of voter lists. purged voters would be allowed He said Colorado’s review isn’t to cast provisional ballots under KATIE STEvENS | COLLEGIAN “systematic” because it’s being federal law. Democrat Betsy Markey (left) and Republican Marilyn Musgrave listen while a question is read during the first few done by people, not computers. “That’s a distinction without minutes of the debate in the UCA on Thursday. Republicans have held the 4th Congressional District, which contains “We want to see where our pro- a difference,” said Gary Kalman, 18 counties, since the 1970s. cess fits within the law,” he said. a Washington-based analyst for The issue is especially sensi- U.S. PIRG who authored last tive because Colorado is a swing month’s elections report. state with the potential to decide Kalman argued that even if a close presidential election. state intent is simply to clean up Congressional candidates debate Coffman insisted state elec- voting rolls, elections officials tion officials have done nothing may be setting themselves up for wrong by reviewing a new state- a messy election if too many peo- wide voter database to cancel ple cast provisional ballots, which education, economy at CSU duplicate or ineligible voters. But take up to 14 days to count. he said the procedure will be re- “All the warning signs say we viewed in light of reports in The could run into significant prob- By TREvOR SImONTON Republican Party image. haven’t fixed the leaky roof.” New York Times and by a watch- lems,” Kalman warned. “If some- The Rocky Mountain Collegian And with the economy in such The front lawn of the UCA was dog group that the procedure is one’s not on the rolls, we’re going a state, both candidates highlighted littered with political signs as vot- illegal so close to an election. to have gummed-up works.” Incumbent congresswoman the necessity of creating jobs for the ers rallied and shouted chants in Coffman said some 2,454 Both parties in Colorado, Marilyn Musgrave, R-Colorado, and rising generation of students who support of their desired candidate voters may be restored if the though, said they had no immedi- Democratic opponent Betsy Mar- will inherit it. as hundreds of people filtered in to procedure violates law. He said ate objection to the state’s reviews. key met in debate Thursday night “I voted no on the $700 billion see the deliberation. he thinks the review is proper State GOP Chairman Dick at the University Center for the bailout plan, and worked in a bi- Adam Schrager, a channel but added, “if it’s not, we’ll sim- Wadhams said he has “tremen- Arts, discussing renewable energy partisan way to do so; it was a hasty 9News political reporter, moderat- ply reinstate them.” dous confidence” that nothing programs, bipartisan work, health decision and not a solution to the ed the hour-long debate, which ad- The Times reported Thurs- improper has been done. insurance and job market stability problem. We have to go back in dressed what young people should day that Colorado officials, as The spokesman for the state for students in the face of economic January and bring down the cost of consider when entering the job well as officials in some other Democratic Party, Matthew Far- turmoil. energy,” Musgrave said. market. battleground states, have been rauto, said his party so far has no The two are battling for the The two jointly expressed disap- “Education in this state is criti- improperly weeding out or gripe, either. Fourth Congressional District seat proval of the recently passed multi- cal,” Markey said. “We have to make “purging” voters within 90 days On top of the 2,454 duplicate of Colorado, which, after 30 years billion dollar bailout plan, which sure that our universities are the of the election. That report fol- voters canceled in the 90-day of Republican control, has become they said puts an unfair burden on strongest they can be. These kids lows a similar argument made by window, others have been re- an intensely competitive seat in the taxpayers. are the generation of our future.” the nonpartisan watchdog group moved because they’ve died or House of Representatives due to the “I’m outraged we let the prob- Markey and Musgrave agreed U.S. PIRG last month. moved out of state, or are felons catastrophic economic conditions lem even get to this point,” Markey Colorado officials said sev- or non-citizens. and a resulting negative national said. “We’ve mopped the floor but See dEBATE on Page 8 Shepard rememberd Rep. Mark Udall speaks about 10 years after murder green technology, domestic drilling By AlExANdRA SIEH SCREENINg OF “THE lARAmIE The Rocky Mountain Collegian PROjECT” By TREvOR SImONTON He died in a coma at 21 in the Where: Lory Student Center The Rocky Mountain Collegian Poudre Valley Hospital, after being Theatre brutally beaten, tied to a fence and U.S. Rep. Mark Udall, D-Colo., left to die in Laramie, Wyo. for be- When: Sunday, Oct. 12, 7 to 10 pushed his goal of energy indepen- ing openly gay. p.m. dence at a campaign stop in Old Town And this Sunday marks 10 Square to a crowd of about 65 voters years since the death of the Uni- For more information about emphasizing the need for develop- versity of Wyoming student, Mat- anti-GLBT crimes and the GLBT ment in green technology as opposed thew Shepard, who spurred a community visit: www.ncavp.org, to increasing domestic drilling. flurry of anti-hate discussion and www.avp.org, www.thetaskforce. Rep. John Kefalas, D-Larimer legislation nationwide. org, www.matthewshepard.org County, and State Sen. Bob Bacon, D- With the memory of Shepard District 14, who shared an office with still fervent in the hearts of friends, Udall when he was still in the state family and the GLBT community, legislature, introduced the represen- they prepare for the 10-year anni- way to get students’ attention and tative. versary of his death with a screen- create an understanding of issues Udall spoke about moving the ing of “The Laramie Project” and still facing the GLBT community. country forward with renewable en- an open mic Sunday in the Lory Crews and other community ergy development and stressed the Student Center. members commented on the past importance of cooperative bipartisan Starting at 7 p.m. in the LSC 10 years, noting aftershocks, what work. Theater, the film tells the story of has changed and what hasn’t. “We need to get beyond Republi- Shepard’s death and the wave of “I hope it will spread aware- can and Democrat and just work to- change that stemmed from the ness,” Crews said of the screening. gether to work to get things done for murder. “I still meet people who have no the people,” Kefalas said after the pub- The idea to screen the film for COURTESY OF UdAll FOR COlORAdO idea who Matthew Shepard is. I lic meeting. the anniversary began with Tom- want people to know hate crimes Tara Trujillo, a spokesperson for Representative Mark Udall chats with Fort Collins citizens as he campaigns fo my Crews, a sophomore psychol- are still going on.” the Udall campaign, said that Repub- election in Old Town Square on Thursday morning. Udall, a Democrat, is running ogy major and former member of against Republican Bob Schaffer. Other collaborators on the lican opponent Bob Schaffer’s ties the CSU Residence Hall Associa- screening include Foula Dimo- to the oil industry would cripple at- tion. poulos, the director of GLBT Stu- tempts to promote renewable energy manager for Bob Schaffer’s race for ergy programs. Realizing the date was ap- dent Services on campus, and programs. Senate, said Schaffer has had a long proaching, Crews decided to take But Dick Wadhams, campaign history of supporting renewable en- See SENATOR on Page 3 initiative and screen the film as a See SHEPARd on Page 3 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Nobel Prize- Homecoming Parade ‘Smokefest’ gives winning physicist closes main roads back to community speaks at CSU Maps of road blocks, parking Narghile Nights gives Cornell dicusses award- lots and detours proceeds to Cans Around winning discoveries the Oval 2 Friday, October 10, 2008 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian WEATHER CALENDAR CAMPUS EYE Today Today Bike to Campus Day Partly cloudy, windy 8 to 11 a.m.

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