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OPINION SPORTS ARTS & CULTURE College helps those CSU defenders beginning to Bike culture in Fort Collins with Autism see their work come to fruition is getting more inclusive Vol. 128, No. 48 Wednesday, October 17, 2018 page 7 page 11 page 12 Students walk in front of the solar-powered trash and recycling bins in the Plaza. The bins were introduced to campus in late September. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY COLIN SHEPHERD COLLEGIAN Solar-powered trash, recycling bins New waste compactors recently installed across campus By Blake O’Brien around the Colorado State Univer- amount of waste as a regular trash unit. other. These stations replaced nu- @BTweetsOB sity campus: atop recycling bins or recycling bin, according to the In September, the University merous traditional trash and recy- and trash cans on campus. Well, company’s website. installed 58 of Bigbelly’s fifth-gen- cling bins on campus. Solar panels have started to what look like just trash cans. All aspects of the Bigbelly sta- eration compactors along the aca- Aside from a jam that stopped appear more across Colorado for a These new contraptions are tions – the compaction, the com- demic spine of campus as part of a one station from fully closing near while now; no longer are these en- high-tech, self-powered and in- munications, the calculations – is two-year pilot test. Yates Hall, everything has gone ergy-absorbent sheets of silicone terconnected trash and recycling powered by a 22-watt solar panel The compactors are set up in smoothly, said Sheela Backen, the limited to calculators and rooftops. compactors. They are made by atop eachw station. The panel ab- “double stations” – a side-by-side integrated solid waste program In the last few weeks, solar pan- Bigbelly, a smart waste company, sorbs sunlight and stores the en- configuration where trash goes in els have been spotted in a new place and can hold up to five times the ergy in a 12-volt battery within the one unit and recycling goes in the see TRASH on page 4 >> YourYour MomMom LikesLikes Rocksteady 824Tattoo S. College Ave Rocksteady Tattoo970-449-4695 Wednesday, October 17, 2018 2 | Collegian.com FORT COLLINS FOCUS Fort Collins resident Lucy Sharp draws at Pine Ridge Natural Area for a landscape and urban scenes drawing class within the Osher program at CSU. “I like being out and around in Fort Collins and with a group of people doing the same thing,” Sharp said.PHOTO BY CLARA SCHOLTZ COLLEGIAN Follow WEDNESDAY CSU Collegian overheard on the plaza on Snapchat 7 AM - 9 AM DJ TBD Hello World Morning Show 9 AM - 11 AM DJ Doubtfire Tone Definition “The Rabbi has seen me drunk WAY too many times.” 1 PM - 3 PM DJ TBD Local Lunch Hour Like Rocky Mountain “I haven’t been hungover in two 3 PM - 5 PM DJ Garb Philly Special Collegian on weeks I’m so proud of myself” Facebook 5 PM - 7 PM DJ Squid The Cephalopodcast Unit’s Corner Chef Zay “You’ve been sober for two weeks?” 7 PM - 9 PM “I didn’t say I was sober, just that I CORRECTIONS Follow haven’t had a hangover” In the article “Prager teaches liberalism rather @CSUCollegian than leftism” published Oct. 16, 2018, it was incor- on Twitter rectly stated that Howard Sachs is a member of “You don’t shoot wine! 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[email protected] [email protected] Display Advertising | 970-491-7467 News | Wednesday, October 17, 2018 | 3 CAMPUS Foothills Campus expecting parking fees for 2019-2020 school year By Emma Iannacone getting to and from campus,” provide the same accommoda- CSU campuses. the best for that location, or do @EmmaIannaCone said Dave Bradford, the direc- tion you’d have on Main Cam- The University plans to be- we need to look at other trans- tor of Parking and Transporta- pus,” Haberecht said. gin improvements to the Foot- portation options that might Students and faculty can tion Services. hills parking facilities during lend more flexibility and more no longer park at the Colora- Some of the stakeholders the summer of 2019 before increased service?” Bradford do State University Foothills at the sessions included facul- “I’m confident that the permit program is imple- said. Campus for free. ty, staff and graduate students, whatever is employed mented. There are also talks However, there isn’t yet a The formerly free lots will Bradford said. Bradford rec- at the Foothills Campus of enhancing public transpor- finalized plan for what fees and be transitioning to permit ognizes the difficulty in asking tation to provide more options permits will be offered, but the parking in Aug. 2019, and those people to pay for a service that will have options just to students, faculty and staff program will be tailored to the parking at the Foothills Cam- was originally free, but he says like there are on Main who choose not to purchase needs of the Foothills Campus, pus will have to pay to park. the need for upkeep outweighs permits. Haberecht said. Facilities Management and the inconvenience. Campus. That’s not to “There’s a discussion of “I’m confident that whatev- CSU’s Parking and Transpor- Parking and Transpor- say they’re going to be whether transit could be en- er is employed at the Foothills tation Services are working to- tation Services is an enter- the same options, they hanced to a greater degree Campus will have options just gether to update the Foothills prise division of CSU, mean- than it is today at Foothills like there are on main cam- Campus parking regulations ing it receives funding only may be tailored to the Campus as part of this pack- pus,” Haberecht said. “That’s for paid parking. The depart- through the revenue it gen- unique needs of the age,” Haberecht said. not to say they’re going to be ments conducted five infor- erates through fees. Fred Ha- Foothills Campus.” Currently, there’s one the same options, they may be mation sessions with stake- berecht, campus planner of TransFort bus that travels be- tailored to the unique needs of holders to find out how to best Facilities Management, said it FRED HABERECHT tween the CSU Transit Center the Foothills Campus.” accommodate the needs of the is mandated that all users pay CAMPUS PLANNER OF FACILITIES and the CSU Engineering Re- The permit plan will be campus. into the services, which is not MANAGEMENT search Center on the Foothills developed based on the five “We’re out there to gath- the case at the Foothills Cam- campus, though it only runs listening sessions and will be er information from the folks pus. These payments help fund once an hour. turned over for further listen- who work out there about what to upkeep needed for the Foot- Haberecht said that by re- Bradford said Parking and ing sessions with stakeholders their business is, what their hills campus. quiring paid permits for the Transportation Services is in the winter. business needs are, what some “While there is no permit Foothills Campus, the uni- looking outside the box for Emma Iannacone can be of their personal needs are as it parking, there also is no mech- versity will be able to better the best transit system for the reached at [email protected]. relates to parking out there or anism to maintain parking maintain the parking lots to Foothills Campus.