rnsfort to oerte st ity imits e ui tis for sustiniity r etern oins rom reminders to turn o lights to ms foot uying locally gron ood, center alks on to team ater oers adice to C students to tours oerseas THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN Fort Collins, Colorado Volume 119 | No. 23 ursday, September 9, 2010 COLLEGIAN www.collegian.com THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891 “Be vigilant. If you see anything that looks strange Bonding overBICYCLES ... alert police.” Br Boner uniersity spokesperson an sot at CSU Police still investigating By RaChel ChildS The Rocky Mountain Collegian Police are still search- ing for the man who shot a 21-year-old Broomfield resident in the arm out- side of Summit Hall early Wednesday morning. “This is the first shoot- ing that has occurred on campus, to the best of our knowledge, in more than ChaSe BaeR CA 20 years,” said Dell Rae Moellenberg, spokeswom- A licia eonardi ort ollin re ident wor s on her bi e at the ort ollin i e o op f your bi e need repaired the i e o op will help you an for the university, in an ��������������������������������������������������. See this week’s Verve section, starting on page 5, for a full story abouttheBikeCo-op. e-mail. The victim, who is not a student, said he was ap- proached for drugs around midnight. The crime wasn’t “ese things have an impact on people other than reported until 2:45 a.m. Boulder re once he was already back in his Broomfield home. myself. at’s the important thing.” Police believe he has no still ablaze tie to CSU, and Moellen- on Cr rtt C proessor berg confirmed that the victim did not seek medi- cials dont eliee cal attention following the re ill aect campus incident. A 0year ourney ends in print An official safety alert was released By JoRdyn dahl at 4:20 a.m. The Rocky Mountain Collegian See page Wednesday Professor published for safety morning fol- By eeley Blaley With an uncontained fire burning tips ile lowing the The Rocky Mountain Collegian across the outskirts of Boulder, many on campus report. There are wondering if it could spread to La- were no oth- John Clark Pratt dedicated rimer County, but the Colorado State er victims more than three decades publish- Forest Service doesn’t seem to think so. and no fatalities. ing “American Affairs,” his second “I’d say that’s a very low likeli- The suspect, who has novel. hood,” said Greg Zausen, forester for not been named at this In 1974, Pratt, who works as the CSFS. time, was last seen run- an emeritus professor at CSU, was The fire started Monday due to dry ning north toward James awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to conditions, high temperatures and pow- Court from Summit Hall teach American literature at the erful winds and is still not contained. It shortly after midnight. Po- University of Lisbon in Portugal. has damaged 140 houses thus far. lice have strong leads and He arrived shortly after a polit- While there were initially 20 peo- are currently interviewing ical revolution in the country and ple missing, 16 have been found. potential witnesses. events he missed, combined with Fire crews are working around the Police describe the the aftershock of the turbulent pe- clock hoping to contain the fire by us- shooter as a black male riod, inspired his novel. ing heavy tankers to drop suppressors wearing a striped light In the book, an American as well as creating fire breaks to stop blue flannel shirt with professor goes to Portugal after it from traveling any further. No prog- multi-colored stripes and divorcing his wife. The profes- ress has been made thus far. a red-brimmed hat. He is sor falls in love with a Portuguese elly een CA Smoke is starting to drift away described to be around woman and gets involved with Former CSU English professor and department chair John Clark Pratt from the flames and could travel into 5-foot-7-inches and revolutionaries in the country will appear tonight at Harmony Library on South Shields Street at 7:00 other countries, including Larimer. younger than 21 years old. eventually being forced to return pm for a discussion and signing of his most recent novel, “American Health officials warn that those who Josh Borgmann, Sum- to the U. S. Affairs”. Pratt will reveal his extraordinary publishing experiences as have respiratory illness or asthma will mit Hall resident and un- While the novel is fiction, many well a torie connected to the in piration or hi wor . be affected the most. declared freshman, did not of the events are historically accu- “People who are already more hear about the shooting un- rate, Pratt said. susceptible are going to be affected til he was woken up by an During the ‘70s, revolution- The TURndon ChRoniCleS a RiTeRS odySSey more with a compromised immune emergency text from CSU. aries were trying to overthrow a system,” said Jim Graham, director of “I feel really safe here,” dictator in Portugal. At the same What: C S meritus rofessor 7 9 p.m. Environmental Health Services. Borgmann said. Students time, the U.S. was pushing for de- J ohn lark ratt will speak about his Where: H armony Library located Officials don’t think the smoke will have been asked to take mocracy in the country, while the recently published novel A merican at 4 1 6 S. Shields St. ort ollins spread to Fort Collins, but in the case extra caution while on Soviet Union was trying to make it A ffairs. ratt will discuss the 0 - year This event is free to the public. that it does, those with respiratory ill- campus until the suspect a communist state. struggle to publish his book. P resented by riends of ness are advised to stay indoors, said is found. These events are the basis for When: Thursday, Sept. from C olorado State niversity Libraries Jane Viste, public information officer Any information re- Pratt’s novel. for Larimer County’s Department of garding the incident For more than 30 years, Pratt lisher in Denver, published “Amer- Pratt first came to CSU as chair Health and Environment. should be immediately re- dealt with agents and a number ican Affairs” in April. of the English department in 1975. The fumes have not yet affected ported to CSUPD. of publishing companies trying to Pratt dedicated the book to his And after fulfilling his five-year CSU, and no students have sought “Be vigilant. If you see have his novel published. Many late wife, Doreen Pratt. She died -minimum commitment as chair, treatment at Hartshorn Health Center, anything that looks strange people liked the book and showed shortly after he retired from CSU in he decided to teach. said Dell Rae Moellenberg, spokes- to you, alert police,” said interest in publishing it, Pratt said. 2001. Pratt has tried to keep him- While Pratt taught many classes woman for the university. Brad Bohlander, a spokes- One editor told Pratt that if he self busy giving talks and visiting in the English department, he said For information on public safe- man for the university, changed the location of the book campus on occasion. his favorite class to teach was lit- ty or to track the air conditions for during Wednesday’s press to Mexico, she would publish it. The professor-turned-author erature of the Vietnam War, which smoke fumes, visit http://www.colo- conference. Another thought the book was ex- will talk about his difficulties pub- at the time hit home for most of his rado.gov. Crime Reporter Rachel cellent but too intelligent for the lishing and the work that goes audience. ASCSU Beat Reporter Jordyn Dahl Childs can be reached at American reader. into writing a novel from 7 to 9 can be reached at news@collegian. [email protected]. Ghost Road Press, a small pub- p.m.brary in south Fort Collins. ee PRofeSSoR on Page com. Thursday, September 9, 2010 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian C sunny G reen ar et 0 1 0 1 0 a.m. Lory Student enter Main Ballroom E nvironmentally preferable products and services at the G reen Market endor air. Russian Film Night tickley 7 p.m. E ddy, m 2 2 ocal oco This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the igns o ie history of Russia. The film is free and open to the public. C sunny ind T ri M edia ilm e tival 6 p.m. Lory Student enter and other various venues around ort C ollins . Volleyball vs. Texas Tech 7 p.m. Ay Moby rena Righteous Reggae U niver ity rt M u eum P arty S ilent uction 7: 0 p.m. ar rums and lack oles A R T 42 42 ouglas oad elly een CA K atie Woodward a unior health and e erci e cience ma or, han s her lea on the promi e tree Wedne day evening at the Small Steps to Sustainability open house located in the Student Sustainability Center offices. A ttendee were encoura ed to write a commitment or per onal chan e on a recycled paper lea and then C hang it on the cardboard promise tree. sunny C S U I dol udition 1 0 a.m. Lory Student enter ommons Volleyball vs. Northeastern 1 2: 0 p.m. Moby rena CaPUS CalendaR Tune in to channel 11 at p.m.