OPINION SPORTS ARTS & CULTURE Being vegetarian doesn’t Rams basketball will bounce Step back in time with CSU’s make you healthy back under Medved Fall drag show Vol. 128, No. 44 Thursday, October 11, 2018 page 10 page 15 page 22 INFOGRAPHIC BY MEG METZGER-SEYMOUR COLLEGIAN ASCSU promotes U+2 survey, campaigns for alternative Me+3 By Stuart Smith that’s been discussed for years: ASCSU executive branch has the surveys came out, ASCSU hasn’t just been one person @stuartsmithnews Me+3. worked to replace or amend spent $2,700 for a plane to car- to say ‘this is an issue, this has U+2 is the colloquial name U+2. Last year, the ASCSU Sen- ry a banner about the survey, been an issue for a while, let’s Love it, hate it or flat ignore of Fort Collins’ current hous- ate approved $10,000 from the telling students to check their tackle it,’” Syron said. “If the it, U+2 is a fact of life in Fort ing ordinance that prevents Senate discretionary fund to mail. student body wants this done Collins. more than three unrelated help fund a survey, with addi- Student body President and they’re paying this fee, The executive branch of the persons from living in a single tional monetary support from Tristan Syron said the rationale we’re finally going to use it on Associated Students of Colora- residence. The proposed Me+3 CSU’s Administration. behind the allocated funds for something that they want and do State University is ramping would up this limit to four per- At the end of last year, the taking on U+2 reform was that put all our forces on it.” up their campaign to replace sons. Senate body also approved it’s a student issue, one his cam- The survey went out in early Fort Collins’ U+2 law with one Since the Jason Sydoriak $30,000 for Me+3 campaigning paign emphasized last spring. administration in 2015, the for the executive branch. When “The problem is, there see ME + 3 on page 4 >> Thursday, October 11, 2018 2 | Collegian.com FORT COLLINS FOCUS Follow CSU Collegian on Snapchat Like Rocky Mountain Collegian on Facebook Follow @CSUCollegian on Twitter Follow CSU Collegian on Instagram THURSDAY 11 AM - 1 PM Jersey Giant Just the Hits 3 PM - 4 PM DJ Monterey Hidden Gems 4 PM - 5 PM JD Leighton and Emily Mashak Rocky Mountain Review 5 PM - 7 PM Adam Ekstedt The Spot with X Nick Baker and Ray McGowan 7 PM - 9 PM Ramblers Henry Netherland Alaskah National 9 PM - 11 PM News with CJ the DJ CORRECTIONS Everybody makes mistakes, including us. 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Groups were facilitated Collins, brought out their semi- by bipartisan CSU students in annual Community Issues Fo- CPD, and all group data was col- rum. lected at the end to inform CPD This semester’s forum fo- and the City. cused on the impending sunset, The event included mate- or expiration, of the Keep Fort rials in Spanish, translated by Collins Great sales tax, plan- students in the CSU Spanish ning for city water shortages department as part of an in- and considering arts and cul- creased effort to include the ture development. Latinx population in these fo- The forum seeks to get res- rums, Carcasson said. There idents informed and discussing were also live translation ser- local issues at a much deeper vices present for the first time level, said Martin Carcasson, for anyone who might have director of CPD. needed them. “We have a lot of opportuni- Keep Fort Collins Great sales tax ty to give our individual opin- The KFCG tax is a 0.85 per- ions in our political culture,” cent sales tax ($8.50 tax for Carcasson said. “We don’t have every $100 spent) approved by that much opportunity to have voters in 2010. It funds a num- good conversations.” ber of programs, from street The CPD is an interdisci- maintenance to police ser- plinary organization that aims see COMMUNITY on page 4 >> to encourage community prob- Cat Sunstone, a student from Colorado State University, leads a group discussion along with other CSU lem-solving through public students. PHOTO BY MACKENZIE BOLZ COLLEGIAN 4 | News | Thursday, October 11, 2018 the KFCG tax but there were other people who wanted to see Community the money go elsewhere and I think (it’s) just getting those >> from page 3 people to talk to each other.” H2-Low: Planning for a Drought It is no secret Colorado is vices. It is due for expiration on short on water this year, as 94 Dec. 31, 2020. percent of the state popula- City Council is considering tion is currently experiencing getting ahead of that expiration abnormal dryness or drought, with a ballot measure about according to the U.S. drought what to do with the tax in the portal. next local April elections, said This, combined with the fact Ginny Sawyer, city project and the city has not reviewed their program manager. The forum water shortage plan since 2013, participants’ discussion will drove the city to this forum. go toward informing the coun- Mariel Miller, water conserva- cil about what that measure tion specialist with city utili- should be. ties, said Fort Collins is looking Potentially, the council to prepare for the next, inevita- could either renew the tax, turn ble drought. it into different dedicated tax- “It’s not a matter of if. It’s a es, get a reduction in the tax or matter of when,” Miller said. merge it into an increase in the The City wants to know how base tax, which would make it people felt about being asked permanent. Sawyer said they to reduce their water use in a could also implement an amal- drought-scenario and who in gamation of the options. the community should be re- Either way, any change in ducing use, Miller said. They the tax cannot exceed 0.85 also want to know how to bet- percent. City Council decided ter educate people about water Jackson Perez, a student from Colorado State University leads a group discussion along with other CSU against taxing groceries or rais- conservation. students. PHOTO BY MACKENZIE BOLZ COLLEGIAN ing taxes in general regarding Participants discussed the the KFCG tax, Carcasson said. simple ways they already try get is,” Miller said. arts and culture master plan munity desires, including more Residents came up with to save water, but how it can FoCoCreates: New Arts and Culture called FoCoCreates and they performance and rehearsal their ideal tax allocations be hard when water seems so Master Plan want all of the community’s spaces.