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Co m i n g mo n d a y Without a car, but not without options | Page 3 A student’s workload... Pa g e 5 Hidden in Horsetooth Uncovering FoCo’s own underwater ghost town Pa g e 7 e C What do you do when your friend steals your crush? Advi Columnist Eugene Daniels has an answer [Ve ve [ NO B.S. THEr ROCKY MOUNTAIN Fort Collins, Colorado Volume 120 | No. 68 Thursday, November 10, 2011 COLLEGIAN www.collegian.com THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891 ASCSU the STRIP cheaper CLUB In honor of an fees article posted on Gawker. com Wednes- day titled “Tom for DIA Cruise Discov- ers Himself During 10-hour Sessions on shuttle Dance Floor,” (that’s real, by By Jason Pohl the way) we at The Rocky Mountain Collegian the Collegian would like to list Students leaving the Colo- off our favorite rado winter behind and travel- moves so you ing to their out-of-state home too can discover this holiday break can now do yourself. so on a tighter budget. A new agreement between Our favorite the Associated Students of CSU moves and Super Shuttle begins Mon- day, allowing students to travel to and from Denver Interna- 5. Double tional Airport for just $10 each dream hands way. What would The current cost is $25 each happen if Jesus way with a student discount. himself choreo- “I think the biggest selling graphed dances point for students who do travel based solely is that it’s another resource for on jazz hands? them,” said Chase Eckerdt, This, this would happen. See ASCSU on Page 9 4. The Thriller If you have access to YouTube, have Running five hours to kill and don’t mind looking like a complete out of jackass alone in your bedroom, you too can per- housing fect this craze that’s been CSU collaborates with popular longer than most of us city to solve lack of have even been student housing alive. By sarah FEnton 3. Krumping The Rocky Mountain Collegian Characterized by high energy Available off-campus stu- and exagger- dent housing hasn’t kept up ated movement, with increased CSU enrollment, this dance form a problem the Student Housing is perfect for Action Plan hopes to solve. releasing a little According to Fort Collins’ tension. Neighborhood Services Man- ager Beth Sowder, the Stu- 2. Line dancing dent Housing Action Plan is It may look easy a collaboration between the enough when city and a unilateral group of you’re watch- shareholders. ing safely from Last spring, Sowder ap- your table at proached the Center for Public the Sundance, huntEr thomPson | COLLEGIAN Deliberation (CPD) to launch a but this series Ira Diez signs a thank you postcard to the private donors of CSU Wednesday afternoon on the plaza. The thank you cards are to show our gratitude yearlong look at how to solve of steps set to to the 27,677 private individual doners who have given financial support to CSU. the issue using a collaborative country music method to avoid conflict be- is actually quite tween interested parties. complex. As an impartial resource, this semester CPD has focused 1. The Samba Four thousand thank you cards their work on the student Sure, not many housing initiative. CPD Direc- college-age tor Martin Carcasson said the kids go out for thE donations center’s findings throughout a crazy night of Students express gratitude with the first stages of the research Samba-ing, but Established 418 new scholarships and 14 showed that the potential con- don’t knock it postcards to CSU’s private donors new faculty positions flict between college students until you try it. Built or renovated 38 research, educational and long-term residents were After all, Baby By ElisaBEth WillnEr sign a thank you postcard to send to and athletics facilities, 16 of which were 100 percent funded by private support and Johnny from The Rocky Mountain Collegian one of CSU’s 27,677 private donors as See housing on Page 9 “Dirty Dancing” well as family members and scholar- Mom used to remind them to write spent most of ship organizations that have helped action Plan the summer of thank you notes for birthday gifts, but them pay for school. Alumni, friends of the university who reminds students to say “thanks” 1963 practicing “I’ve never thanked a donor until and a very small number of current Problem: Vacancy rates for hous- those moves, for the gift of education? now,” said Casey Simpson, the philan- students all contributed to the $85 mil- ing is at 4 percent, which should be Members of Students Services, the and we’re pretty thropy coordinator for the Presidential lion in donations, which the university at 7 percent in a healthy economy. sure they had CSU Presidential Ambassadors and Ambassador Program, who helped received in the 2010-2011 fiscal year. Solution: Additional housing com- the CSU Events Constituents Office, the time of their hand out postcards at the event. “I Student tuition only covers one plexes along areas like the Mason lives. spent six hours on the Plaza Wednes- never had an awareness of it. The fact third of university costs, with private Street Corridor, areas with parking. Conflict: Student housing in form day doing just that. that we’re spending a day on the Pla- donations and the state of Colorado The Strip Club is written As students passed by between 10 za will encourage others to be aware, of single family houses are cheaper, by the Collegian staff See gratitudE on Page 9 which makes long term residents in and designed by Visual a.m. and 4 p.m., they could stop and too.” Managing Editor Greg neighborhoods nervous. Mees. 2 Thursday, November 10, 2011 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian fort collins focus Katie thompson | COLLEGIAN Fort Collins music producer dataSMASH, aka Chris Scott, performs his original electronic music while the lights go wild and the crowd yells in excitement Wednesday night. ASAP handed out over 500 tickets to the free CSU Dubstep show, which featured Ras Cus and Project Aspect. “Like” The Rocky Follow us on Twitter today friday Mountain Collegian @RMCollegian. 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