Cause finally known in multistate listeriosis outbreak | Page 9 Pa g e 7 WineEat Up & Drink Up crosses and campus, headsDine to Café Vino THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN Fort Collins, Colorado Volume 120 | No. 53 Thursday, October 20, 2011 COLLEGIAN www.collegian.com THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891 the STRIP CLUB There was a story about an incident in By Jason Pohl Ohio where a The Rocky Mountain Collegian large number of exotic animals A surge in credit card theft escaped into in northern Colorado this the wild. If you week has prompted a po- have no issue lice scramble and special with breaking investigation by the Larimer state laws and County Sheriff’s Office. have piles of A formal investigation cash to spare, was called for on Tuesday af- you may be ter eight separate cases were able to find a reported to the office, according new furry friend to John Schulz, the public informa- for the prices tion officer for the Sheriff’s Office. listed below. There is “definitely a sense of ur- gency to try and identify where the problem is coming from,” Schulz Wild animals said in an email to the Colle- on the loose gian. See Credit on Page 3 Female Red Kangaroo $2,850 illustration By aliCia Varga | COLLEGIAN Female Spider Monkey $7,000 Male North American Porcupine $800 “The LSC renovation fee increase won’t go in Female affect until the project’s complete.” Kinkajou $1,800 Eric Berlinberg | ASCSU president lsC fee increase approved $60 million project to start a year early never actually be able to use,” Female said ASCSU president Eric Ber- Asian Otter By allison Knaus the project architect. linberg. “The LSC renovation The Rocky Mountain Collegian The Long Bill, originally fee increase won’t go in affect $8,000 passed in spring 2011, is a until the project’s complete.” Associated Students of student fee increase package, Formally, project builders CSU senate members ap- which includes a sexual as- had intended to complete the allison sylte | COLLEGIAN proved a bill Wednesday night sault fee to create a new post renovations in two phases but, RamRide Director Keegan Schulz discusses the new RamRide return program that will jumpstart the Lory in the Women and Gender after further design plans and during the Senate meeting Wednesday night. The new program aims to give Student Center renovation Advocacy Center. The other cost estimations surfaced, the RamRide users a ride to their vehicles the morning after taking RamRide. project and, in turn, raise fees increase included the addi- project plan took a new turn, Male for students sooner than ex- tional $70 LSC renovation fee. said Wendy Bowling, ASCSU RamRide Bactrain pected. This month, CSU’s Board deputy director of university Camel Fall 2012 marks the 50th of Governors approved the affairs and vice chair of the $6,400 anniversary celebration of the program plan for the LSC re- Student Fee Review Board. LSC, and with it comes a $60 vitalization project at $65 mil- Now that the legislation’s Morning operation million student-funded reno- lion –– $60 million of which passed, Bowling said project vation plan. plans to be bond financed plans are off to a great start The project, which in- through student fees and $5 that will benefit students. to launch Oct. 29 cludes complete renovation million funded through LSC “Not only are we sav- This aims to address the south of the transit center, reserve savings and dona- ing money by completing By allison sylte fear many students have about has been approved to affect tions, explained Mike Ellis, the project a year earlier, but The Rocky Mountain Collegian not having a ride to their car Female student fees of the entering executive director of the LSC. we are getting access to the RamRide Director Kee- in the morning, which student White Lion freshmen class of 2014 as op- The Board of Governors will building sooner and will only gan Schulz announced during surveys say is the second rea- Cub posed to the previously in- vote on the commencement of have to deal with the inconve- Wednesday night’s student son why many students don’t $3,500 tended class of 2015. renovation in December. niences of construction for a government senate meeting use RamRide. The LSC fee increase, ris- After much consideration, year,” Bowling said. that RamRide Return, Ram- “It’s going to try and boost ing 72 percent from approxi- it was determined that the Heavily involved in the Ride’s long gestating morning our night operations,” Schulz mately $97 to $167, will affect project could be completed fee increase decision-making iteration, will officially launch said. “It’s a win-win situation current second year students a year sooner under the same process, Berlinberg said the in- on Saturday, Oct. 29. for everyone.” and continue for the next 30 intended funds, meaning the crease will greatly benefit cur- “RamRide Return is the RamRide Return will op- years. fee increase would kick in a rent, as well as, future students. Prices according to a sale first of its kind in the nation erate from 8 a.m. to noon, report from Lolli Bros. Senate Bill 4109, amending year early, Ellis explained. “Current students will be Livestock Market, inc that we know of,” said Associ- and Schulz’s current goal is to http://www.lollibros.com/ the fiscal year 2012 Long Bill, While students will be able to take advantage of the ated Students of CSU President operate five cars, though the MarketReports/ExoticSa- passed unanimously among charged with the fee a year project (completion) and this leMarketReport/Exotic- Eric Berlinberg. number may change depend- Animal2008SaleReport/ senate members. This deci- earlier than planned, it won’t could be a major appealing tabid/119/Default.aspx. The program was one of ing on how many volunteers Images from Wikimedia sion follows a Student Fee Re- go into affect until the comple- factor to future students,” he Berlinberg’s campaign prom- the program has. Commons view Board recommendation tion of the project, unlike many said. ises, and will give RamRide As it stands, there are no to change the wording of the current projects on campus. ASCSU beat reporter Al- The Strip Club is written users a ride back to their cars volunteers signed up for the by the Collegian staff Long Bill in order to accom- “Current students are pay- lison Knaus can be reached at and designed by Visual the morning after using the modate suggestions made by ing fees for projects they will [email protected]. Managing Editor Greg service. See ramride on Page 3 Mees. 2 Thursday, October 20, 2011 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian fort collins focus katie thompson | COLLEGIAN Jake Scholl, Pierce Gregorek, Zach Wilson and Jordan Eamer strum in unison Wednesday afternoon while practicing for their band, Hearty Pluckin’. The four musicians came together last summer after realizing they shared a deep love and desire to play bluegrass music. today friday saturday Calendar Calendar partly cloudy partly cloudy sunny Calendar Harvest Vegetable Magic 68 | 40 67 | 38 Cooking Class 67 | 39 Conflict Resolution in Great School Escape - Nuts & Noon Workplace Settings Class Bolts of Nature Kendall Anderson Nutrition 8 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Center Loveland, Colo. Environmental Learning Center Telomere Dynamics, Aging CSU Serves - Community 7th Annual CSU Hunger and Exercise Service Saturdays 4 p.m. Banquet 4 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 9 a.m. Stickley 6 p.m. DJ Tanner Moby-B-Complex, Rm 211 Life is a Killer Fort Collins Community Parmalee Dining Hall 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Opera Theater: Sweeney Todd: 7 p.m. Virtuoso Series Concert: Joel Signs of Life Ethnic Studies Film Theme Show Demon Barber of Fleet St. Eugene Bacon, Organ 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9 p.m. Lory Student Center, Grey Rock 9 p.m. Griffin Concert Hall, University 9 p.m. Organ Recital Hall, University Ghost in the Machine Room Friday Night Party Night Center for the Arts DJ Spanky Center for the Arts correction In the Oct. 18 article “Called-back cantaloupe” and Oct. 19 article “Carbon Monoxide gas poses danger,” Tonie Miya- moto was referred to as the director of Housing and Dining Services Administration. 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