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SPORTS A&C Football: Write Minded: Ram’s emphasis on Local band releases turnovers paying o new album PAGE 7 PAGE 12 Volume 126, No. 55 Tuesday, November 8, 2016 Black Lives Matter activist denounces ‘all lives matter’ at campus event Jumoke Emery speaks to CSU students about the Black Lives Matter movement. Colorado Black Lives Matter 5280 is the only Black Lives Matter organization in the state of Colorado. PHOTO BY NATALIE DYER COLLEGIAN By Name Here State University’s academic suc- Lowe said his poem was The main face and voice of people against the Dakota Access @MrPacMan80 cess coordinator for the School written after the Michael Brown the presentation was Jumoke Pipeline face o with police. of Social Work, took the fl oor at shooting and that it came from a Emery from Colorado’s Black In his presentation Emery Around a hundred students the Why Black Lives Matter pre- place of extreme pain and anger. Lives Matter 5280, the only explained his own experience and faculty gathered for a “Why sentation, he recited an original He said he needed to tell people Black Lives Matter organization with the police and the stories Black Lives Matter” presenta- poem titled, “Little black boy.” how he felt. in Colorado. Emery has been of others who had similar expe- tion hosted by the department “Because peace means “If you were raising a child present at a wide variety of dif- riences. He encouraged people of Social Work inside the Lory nothing when it’s politically knowing you’re afraid to tell ferent Black Lives Matter cam- of color to stand up and seek jus- Student Center Ballroom A on incorrect to let our little black them to go outside because they paigns, inclding protests and tice for themselves. Monday. boys die without criminalizing could die, how does that a ect rallies. Earlier this week he was “I say ‘Black lives matter’ When Evan Lowe, Colorado them fi rst,” Lowe said. you?” Lowe said. in North Dakota and witnessed see ACTIVIST on page 5 >> COLLEGIAN.COM 2 Tuesday, November 8, 2016 FORT COLLINS FOCUS OFF THE OVAL UT Young Conservatives’ ‘a rmative action bake sale’ draws hundreds of angry students By Lauren McGaughy The Dallas Morning News On Wednesday the Young Conservatives of Texas club at the University of Texas at Aus- tin held an “armative action bake sale” oering cookies at dierent prices based on the race and sex of the buyer. A cookie cost $1.50 for Asian males, $1 for white males and 50 cents for black-American and Latino males. Cookies for American Indians of both genders were free of charge. The bake sale, which club members character- ized as a protest against the “institutionalized racism” of armative action programs at colleges and universities, soon attracted a crowd of hundreds who lobbed criticism at the In the Idea 2 Product Lab (idea2product.net) a Taz 3D printer works on pats for a game designed by Zach Adams. conservative students. PHOTO BY LUKE WALKER COLLEGIAN “Check your privilege!” they yelled as the club’s remaining members volleyed questions from the crowd. Follow The crowd began to disperse @CSUCollegian on Twitter just after 2 p.m. when the Allec Brust ollegian remaining members of the News & Opinion Reporter .com group left to chants of “racists go home!” The UT-Austin student newspaper The Daily Texas broadcast live from the event. Q: What drew you to student media? Like “Our protest was designed A: I have always been drawn to the dierences in the world. Cultural, social and CSUCollegian on to highlight the insanity of ethnic diversity has always been my top interest when looking into my future Facebook assigning our lives value based career. Journalism has given me the chance to meet the most extrodinary peo- on our race and ethnicity, ple. Being able to interview researchers, politicians and everyday people is what rather than our talents, work really drew me to journalism. I get to learn about new, exciting things and then ethic and intelligence,” said report them so the public can know too. club chairman Vidal Castane- da. “It is insane that institu- Q: What are your favorite hobbies? tional racism, such as arma- A: I really enjoy drinking copious amounts of coee, working out and arguing Follow tive action, continues to allow about politics. CSU Collegian for universities to judge me on Instagram by the color of my skin rather Q: What is something unusual about you? than my actions.” A: I was on the same competitive swim team as Olympic gold medalist Missy The same club came Frankiln. She was a little better than me. under fire in 2013 for holding a nearly identical bake sale _ Q: Spirit animal? charging dierent races dier- A: Whale or Leslie Knope. ent prices for brownies. Greg- ory J. Vincent, UT-Austin’s Q: Best joke you know? Follow vice president for diversity A: Meninism. CSU Collegian and community engagement, on Snapchat called that bake see BAKE SALE on page 5 >> Lory Student Center Box 13 EDITORIAL STAFF | 970-491-7513 a Fort Collins, CO 80523 ADVISING STAFF unt in Co Julia Rentsch | Editor-in-Chief Randi Mattox | A&C Editor mo l Jim Rodenbush | Student Media Adviser le This publication is not an official publication of Colorado [email protected] [email protected] y g State University, but is published by an independent corporation Kim Blumhardt | Advertising Manager k Celebrating i Keegan Pope | Managing Editor Sarah Ross | Blogs Editor c a using the name ‘The Rocky Mountain Collegian’ pursuant to Cale Rogers | CTV Adviser o n [email protected] [email protected] r a license granted by CSU. The Rocky Mountain Collegian is a Hannah Copeland | KCSU Adviser 6,500-circulation student-run newspaper intended as a public Chapman Croskell | Social Media Editor Michelle Fredrickson | Enterprise Editor forum. It publishes four days a week during the regular fall and [email protected] [email protected] spring semesters. During the last eight weeks of summer Colle- Erin Douglas | News Editor Jonathan Garbett | Design Editor 12years5 gian distribution drops to 3,500 and is published weekly. During [email protected] [email protected] the first four weeks of summer the Collegian does not publish. Seth Bodine | News Editor Natalie Dyer | Photo Editor KEY PHONE NUMBERS Corrections may be submitted to the editor in chief and [email protected] [email protected] Distribution | 970-491-1774 will be printed as necessary on page two. The Collegian is a Douglas Hawkins | Infographics Classifieds | 970-491-1683 complimentary publication for the Fort Collins community. The Taylor Tougaw | Opinion Editor 1891 2016 [email protected] [email protected] Display Advertising | 970-491-7467 first copy is free. Additional copies are 25 cents each. Letters to or 970-491-6834 the editor should be sent to [email protected]. Chad Deutschman | Sports Editor Mikaela Rodenbaugh | Webmaster [email protected] [email protected] NEWS Tuesday, November 8, 2016 3 Former Governor Bill Ritter advocates for clean energy By Logan Crizer @logloc19 by President Barack Obama, was to discuss the new environmen- tal agenda for the country, which Bill Ritter Jr., director for was being held back by Congress the Center for the New Energy and their stale mate. Economy at CSU, spoke on Mon- “So I met with the president, day about the clean energy ini- and after that there was a request tiatives that are being developed from the White House that CSU and implemented throughout undertake this endeavor of re- the U.S. in the Lory Student Cen- newable energy: Energy e cien- ter theatre. cy, alternative fuels for vehicles, His speech entitled “Power- new business models for the 21st ing Forward: America’s Energy century, and to look at natural Revolution” focused not only on gas,” Ritter said. the legislative concentrations of To overcome the stalemate clean energy but also the social of congress he pulled in people justice issues surrounding the and businesses from both sides, change. naming the o cial document Around 50 people were in “Powering Forward,” Ritter said. attendance for the presentation, He said he approached the which was started o with an western governors to try and introduction by CSU President convene the west for this clean Tony Frank. power plan and found it inter- Ritter, having previously esting that he was able to have a been both Denver’s District At- constructive conversation with torney and Governor of Colora- republicans and democrats. do, spoke on his own governing The governors discussed experience and various e orts to how the states wanted to initiate CSU alum and Governer of Colorado Bill Ritter Jr. spoke in the LSC Theatre last night as part of the Presi- induce a greener economy and a green plan while helping the dent’s Community Lecture Series. PHOTO BY TREVOR CAPOZZA COLLEGIAN environment. people in their states who de- When establishing the new pended on the non-clean energy center at CSU Ritter said he drew for employment purposes. upon his own experience as gov- The concern the governors ernor for guidance. While he was face in states such as Wyoming governor he passed through 57 where coal mining has been in di erent clean energy bills in the generations of families as their state of Colorado, Ritter said. main employment, is that the When the opportunity arose clean energy solution will put Ritter went to the U.S. senate these citizen at a disadvantage, committee hearing to speak Ritter said. on the environmental chang- Ritter then went onto dis- es he felt were greatly needed cuss the new clean energy stan- throughout the United States, dards that have been e ective but the congress was deadlocked in implementing change such in their opinions, Ritter said.

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