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NEWS A&C The “Mothpocalypse” Music Review: The Volume 126, No. 21 Monday, September 12, 2016 will end soon Head and the Heart PAGE 4 PAGE 13 A steel beam from the site of the 9/11 Attacks in New York City finds its final resting place behind Poudre Fire Authority Station 3.PHOTO BY ELLIOTT JERGE COLLEGIAN Steel beam from World Trade Center finds permanent home in Fort Collins By Erik Petrovich @EAPetrovich beam will be featured behind ocers and first responders put to what was 15 years ago a simple a trailer. They had worked with Fire Station 3 near Spring Park. their lives on the line for all of I-Beam in a New York skyscrap- the Terry Farrel Firefighters Upon its construction in 2017, us,” said Fort Collins City Coun- er. Fund, the New York Port Au- While children who weren’t the beam will become part of a cil member Kristen Stephens. The Journey of the Beam thority and other supporters in yet born on Sept. 11, 2001, played memorial that will tell the sto- Some were content with just The beam was pulled from the community to get permis- in a playground nearby, a steel ry of the beam’s journey to Fort being in its presence, but many the wreckage of the World Trade sion to bring the beam to Fort beam pulled from the ruins of Collins and honor the 343 fire- in attendance reached out to Center and brought to Fort Col- Collins and raise $25,000 in the the World Trade Center was the fighters who lost their lives on touch the steel wrapped in Old lins over the course of a 1,800- process. center piece for a Fort Collins Sept. 11, 2001. Glory. mile trip from New York. Poudre Fire Authority Bat- memorial held Saturday near “My hope is that the beam The beam acted as a remind- A group of firefighters trav- talion Chief Doug Lee detailed Spring Park. will serve as a constant reminder er of the day for those who want- eled to New York City with the journey of the beam after The 5-foot long, 3,059 pound that every day firefighters, police ed to feel a tangible connection nothing but a pick-up truck and see STEEL BEAM on page 6 >> COLLEGIAN.COM 2 Monday, September 12, 2016 FORT COLLINS FOCUS OFF THE OVAL Bastille to headline Red Rocks after captivating listeners with new album By Taylor Felver @CSUCollegian Indie-pop band Bastille will headline Red Rocks Amphitheater on Oct. 7 at the Jeep on the Rocks event with Andrew McMahon, and those in attendance will be some of the first people to hear music o their new album “Wild World” that was released just last month. Bastille is composed of four immediate members with Dan Smith on vo- cals,Will Farquarson on lead guitar and backup vocals, Kyle Simmons on keyboard and Chris “Woody” Wood on drums. Recently, the band added additional touring member Charlie Barnes. Since the bands initial de- but in 2012, they have added more mix tapes to their fast growing repertoire such as “Other People’s Heartaches Sophomore Agricultural Business major Nate Simpson hikes near the Horsetooth Mountain Park earlier this year. Part One,” “Other People’s PHOTO BY RYAN ARB COLLEGIAN Heartaches Part Two” and “Other People’s Heartaches Part Three” which took a unique twist on other artist’s songs by covering them with Follow @CSUCollegian a heavy upbeat tempo in on Twitter soft rock kind of way. And in Alec Erickson 2014, Bastille experienced ollegian immense success after the re- A&C Reporter .com lease of their first album that included the song “Pompeii” which was in the top five on Billboard’s Top 100 for 2014. Like CSUCollegian Now premiering their Q: What drew you to student media? on Facebook second ocial album, “Wild A: I was part of a TV Station class in high school, and every single year we got World,” Bastille presents to come to J-Day. So for three years I came to CSU and got to watch all the cool melancholic, yet pop-like stu journalism students did, and I knew then from my sophomore year of tracks with massive vo- highschool that I was gonna go to CSU and be a part of Student Media, and I was cals from Smith. With any right. amount of success comes a great amount of pressure and Q: What are your favorite hobbies? responsibility, and with such A: Anything and everything music related, I sing, I go to way more concerts than Follow massive hits from their first my wallet would like me to. I’m also big into hiking, camping, fishing, and of CSU Collegian album, the band has been course spend the good part of my days longboarding. on Instagram open about the pressure they feel to create popular singles. Q: What is something unusual about you? However, despite this A: I have a scout badge for tying knots, but I don’t know how to tie my shoes. pressure, they still managed to succeed once again in Q: Spirit animal? creating unique songs. “Wild A: If this facebook quiz I literally just took is legit, it’s a wolf. (How cliche) World” is a blend of many genres that are reminiscent Q: Best joke you know? Follow of 90s dance hits and alterna- A: Two fish are in a tank, one turns to the other and says, “You man the guns, I’ll CSU Collegian tive rock. drive.” on Snapchat see BASTILLE on page 7 >> Lory Student Center Box 13 EDITORIAL STAFF | 970-491-7513 Fort Collins, CO 80523 Taylor Tougaw | Opinion Editor Douglas Hawkins | Infographics [email protected] [email protected] This publication is not an official publication of Colorado Erik Petrovich | Editor-in-Chief Chad Deutschman | Sports Editor State University, but is published by an independent corporation [email protected] [email protected] ADVISING STAFF Jim Rodenbush | Student Media Adviser using the name ‘The Rocky Mountain Collegian’ pursuant to Julia Rentsch | Managing Editor Randi Mattox | A&C Editor Kim Blumhardt | Advertising Manager a license granted by CSU. 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[email protected] NEWS Monday, September 12, 2016 3 Two o cers sue for racial discrimination in Fort Collins Police Department By Dan DeHerrera @CSUCollegian its disciplinary decisions and performance evaluations,” the A discrimination lawsuit complaint states. was fi led against the City of The o cers claimed that Fort Collins and top police of- their FCPD superiors prevent- fi cials last Wednesday claiming ed them from getting promo- that the City police department tions, repeatedly and openly had condoned a culture of dis- criticized them, retaliated crimination against Latino/ against them after they fi led in- Hispanic o cers. ternal complaints, used racial The lawsuit was the second slurs and unfairly disciplined fi led this year claiming racial them. discrimination in the Fort Col- Det. Araujo and Sgt. Gonza- lins Police Department. The les claim they were repeatedly fi rst was fi led April 29. passed over for promotions, de- Former Det. Kennyburg spite being highly qualifi ed. Araujo and current FCPD Sgt. According to the lawsuit, Francis Gonzales fi led suit Det. Araujo and Sgt. Gonzales against the City Sept. 7, claim- allege prevalent discrimination ing years of unjust treatment in the department prevented because of their racial back- them from career progression, ground and a lack of initiative while white members of the from the City to prevent dis- department were promoted COLLEGIAN FILE PHOTO. crimination. despite being less qualifi ed for “For decades, the FCPD has similar positions. the suit alleges. told the selection committee fostered and condoned a cul- Sgt. Gonzales, a veteran of According to the complaint, Det. Araujo saw the same that Det. Araujo did not have ture of discrimination against the force for more than three Sgt. Gonzales was later told by treatment, having outper- enough experience for the po- Latino/Hispanic o cers, decades, was passed over for several individuals that Deputy formed several other candi- sition. However, a white o cer which is evidenced in its hiring numerous promotions to the Chief Vagge had “blackballed” dates for a promotion but was with less experience was cho- and promotional practices as position of lieutenant, in favor him, actively blocking his pro- not selected. sen after Sgt. Shaklee pressured well as its disparate treatment of white o cers with less ex- motion to lieutenant through- During the selection pro- the committee not to select of Latino/Hispanic o cers in perience and lower test scores, out the course of his career.