THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN THE STRIP CLUB There are a COLLEGIAN lot of bikes on Monday, September 30, 2013 • Volume 122 No. 35 • collegian.com campus, and it makes sense. Biking is a very convenient way to get to and from class. But, sometimes Student in recovery after crash there are some aggravating delays that can The two were hit in a head-on col- ruin your day, Thursday night lision by Fort Collins resident Michael like… Dziendziel, who was pronounced dead at collision leaves one the scene. dead, two injured Based on witness accounts, police be- lieve that Kimball’s car was stationary and ANNOYING facing westbound on Prospect Lane, at- Collegian Staff Report tempting to make a left turn onto Prospect BIKING Road. Dziendziel’s car was believed to have DELAYS Senior dance major, Emma Kimball, been traveling and UCA guest director, Sanaz Ghajarra- UPDATE west on Pros- himi are still in recovery after surviving a pect Road at head-on car collision Thursday night on For an update on the a high speed, Prospect Road. condition of the injured, and to have Kimball was released last night from see Wednesday’s Collegian. collided with The Medical Center of the Rockies after the rear of the sustaining moderate injuries. Ghajarra- other car. IMPROPER himi is still in serious condition. Dziendziel’s car was then thought to Ghajarrahimi is the guest director for LOCKUPS have sped off the right side of the road, trav- Everyone knows DYLAN LANGILLE COLLEGIAN the show, “Orestes 2.0” by Charles Mee, eling through two yards and into a tree. ‘that’ person An officer keeps patrons away from the scene of the car accident on Prospect street which is still scheduled to perform Oct. “We were all studying at our house, that doesn’t Friday evening. 10-20, according to the UCA’s website. See CRASH on PAGE 3 lock their bike up very well. You know, the ones who only lock their front wheel to the outermost edge Identity of the rack. Then, their bikes fall over onto everyone else’s bike and waste thieves space at the racks. Shape up, target ***hats. mailboxes By Caitlin Curley The Rocky Mountain Collegian To you it is just a mailbox. To those TIRE targeting you, it’s a weapon. BLOWOUT By taking personal checks out of It’s your worst the mailboxes of Fort Collins resi- nightmare. dents, frauders are able to wash them Riding along in chemicals and rewrite them as their on your way to own, stealing large sums of money in class when all of a sudden: the process. “BLAM!” Not “It’s the least sophisticated, but one only does this of the oldest types of fraud,” said Fort put you on the Collins Police Sergeant Don Whitson, hook for a new inner tube, but who works in the financial crimes unit. the subsequent But some take it one step further walk to class than that. makes you late By stealing all the papers sent out for a test. DYLAN LANGILLE COLLEGIAN in the mail, some frauders are able to The Islamic Center of Fort Collins at Lake and Shields street. find personal information and steal the victim’s identity. In fact, Whitson sug- gests that mail is the number one cause of identity theft in the Fort Collins area. STUPID “It’s as simple as people driving up and down the streets and emptying out PEDES- New masjid sparks prayer TRIANS whatever is in there,” Whitson said. Normal pedes- While mail related identity theft trians are fine, has remained an issue for our city, Islamic Center opens after but there are cases of check frauds specifically are those individu- on the rise. als believe that 20 years of fundraising it is funny to According to Whitson, this is be- pretend jump cause of the lull in fraud cases after a By Mariah Wenzel in front of on- The Rocky Mountain Collegian coming bikes. But if the bike actually hits “It’s the least A mosque nestled on Lake Street between two churches, them, that’s a a Christian school, apartments and homes. A small crescent couple hundred sophisticated, but moon and star reach upwards at the tallest point of the build- pounds of per- ing while student traffic hurries by on the road below. son and bicycle slamming into one of the oldest It is quiet inside. The rooms are simple and shoes are not their face. allowed on the ornate carpets. Whispers are spoken in a mix- types of fraud.” ture of Arab and English and every Friday, the call to prayer can be heard echoing through the vaulted ceilings. DYLAN LANGILLE COLLEGIAN Don Whitson A man washes up in the howz, a cleansing area, in preparation Fort Collins police sergeant History Since the early 1960s, Muslim community members for prayer at the Mosque opening on the edge of campus Friday. dreamed of having a new mosque in Fort Collins -- a building mittee. “It would have been good to build it then, but we check fraud ring was disbanded last custom-made for prayer and education. were poor. We were always poor.” year by authorities in both Larimer On Sept. 27, 2013 the masjid (mosque) held its first The Islamic Center, which has so far cost about $3.5 mil- and Weld counties. prayer service. Although not the official opening, it was the lion, was funded by donations from across the nation, most “Anytime we arrest anyone for first time the community was invited to a Friday prayer. coming from the Fort Collins community itself. Utilities fraud, we have a lull and then a sling- “We bought this land in 1993,” said Moin Siddiqui, a CSU such as plumbing have been donated to the center as well. shot where criminals step in,” Whit- professor of statistics and chairman of the New Masjid Com- See MOSQUE on PAGE 5 Written by the editorial son said. assistant. Designed by the See COUNTERFEIT on PAGE 3 chief designer. INSIDE TODAY Teaching students BIG without hearing WEEKEND FOR CSU Deaf student has no limitations ATHLETICS By Hannah Hemperly Football survives high- The Rocky Mountain Collegian scoring shootout, volleyball Anne Kearney cannot hear you. But she will do everything remains undefeated she can to communicate with you. Kearney, a CSU graduate student, has been deaf since birth. sportspage 6 Now a teaching assistant (TA) for Horticulture 102, co-president of the American Sign Language (ASL) Club at CSU, is a full-time stu- dent of viticology and enology – grape growing and winemaking. Filibusters: Once a useful tool, Kearney studied biology at Connecticut College, a small now an abuse of power. DYLAN LANGILLE COLLEGIAN liberal arts school in Connecticut, and minored in clarinet per- Graduate student Anne Kearney is a full time student and teacher’s assistant while being formance. Music is therapy, according to Kearney, who still opinionpage 4 legally deaf. See KEARNEY on PAGE 3 2 Monday, September 30, 2013 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian collegian.com IN BRIEF FORT COLLINS FOCUS City News Western Convenience Saturday at 5:07 p.m., Store 382 E. Mountain Fort Collins Police Ser- Ave., 80524 vices were called for a SUV $3.37/gallon versus scooter collision, Corner Store 1660 N. resulting in injuries. A College Ave., 80524 2000 Jeep Grand Cher- $3.40/gallon okee was traveling west Corner Store 803 River- on Del Clair Road and side Ave., 80524 stopped at Tulane Drive $3.40/gallon at the stop sign. A Vespa Loaf N Jug 1801 N College scooter was heading north Ave., 80524. on Tulane Drive and did $3.43/gallon not have a stop sign. The Jeep continued from the Campus Calendar stop sign and the front of Here are a few events the vehicle and the right happening this week! For side of the scooter collid- more check out www.calen- ed. Thirty year old Nicho- dar.colostate.edu las Wilkin of Fort Collins Tonight at 7 p.m. St. Jude (driver of the scooter) Card Making with ESA in was not wearing a helmet. Clark C He was taken to Medical Tuesday at 3 p.m. Inter- Center of the Rockies for national Colloquium on serious injuries. Twenty Global One Health in Lory year old Ryan Kramer of Student Center Fort Collins (driver of the Wednesday at 3 p.m. In- Jeep) was not injured. The ternational Colloquium on intersection was closed for Global One Health in Lory four hours while investi- Student Center gators worked on scene. Thursday at 3 p.m. Inter- Police do not believe alco- national Colloquium on hol, speed, or distraction Global One Health in Lory MADISON BRANDT COLLEGIAN contributed to the acci- Student Center Fall is setting in and Fort Collins locals are enjoying the cool weather, sunny days, and golden shimmer of changing leaves. dent. Charges are pending Friday at 9 p.m. Band- Here, CSU graduate Kurt Peterson spends a lazy Sunday afternoon juggling his soccer ball at Lee Martinez Park. while the investigation swap in Lory Student continues. Anyone with Center Theater information about this accident, please contact Offi cer Drew Jurkofsky at Sports Calendar Today (970) 221-6555. 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