THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ort Collins, Colorado COLLEGIAN Volume o. 5 thursday octoer www.collegian.com THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891 DREAMING OF A WHITE HALLOWEEN? BRANDoN IwAMoto COLLEGA RACHEL DEMBRuN COLLEGA BRANDoN IwAMoto COLLEGA T O P : A sno m an uilt y senior iology a or dgar Scott sits on the north ledge of the Students walk to and from classes between the Morgan Library and the Clark third fl oor walkway of Clark B overlooking a snowman scene he is building below. Building shortly after the university cancelled classes after 2 p.m. Wednesday BOTTOM: Caution tape wraps around the Oval on Wednesday due to heavy snow. The Oval afternoon due to the heavy snowfall. closed because of branches breaking and falling. Mid-autumn snow storm closes university By MADELINE NoVEy CSU spokesperson Dell Rae Moellenberg RESCHEDuLED wEDNESDAy EVENtS thology uilding m 101 The Rocky Mountain Collegian told the Collegian in a phone interview. Likely to be rescheduled for a later date Less than two hours after the Oval’s ‘Worldwide climate change conference: according to university spokesperson mily A grand circle of almost-century-old closure, CSU shut its doors at 2 p.m. amid What we can expect’ W ilmsen men decided the fate of the university what the Associated Press deemed the Originally: ednesday, p.m. at Wednesday. largest October snowstorm since 1997. Avogadro’s umber Equity Week video presentation and As fl urrying snowfl akes plummeted to On Oct. 25, 1997 then Gov. Roy Romer de- ossibly rescheduled for a later date discussion Originally: ednesday, 6 to p.m. ddy earth in the fi rst snowstorm of the season, clared a state of disaster emergency as a ‘The Science Behind the Myths of Vam- B uilding m their backs, robust and erect, strained un- result of the blizzard that deposited up to o information available about reschedul der the weight, arms breaking, falling and 54 inches of snow across Colorado. pires, Witches and Zombies’ Originally: ednesday, 3 to p.m. a ing possibilities at this time lining CSU’s historic Oval. CSU closed for a day on March 27 of Eventually, the aged trees closed the this year –– it was the fi rst time the uni- Oval Wednesday morning to vehicles and versity cancelled classes and suspended passersby. operations since Dec. 20, 2007. The last Slideshow Video Though branches broke beneath the V isit Collegian.com to see more V isit Collegian.com to see a video snow’s weight, no damages were reported See SNow on page photos of the snowstorm. about the snow. Afghan president’s rother Gov. Ritter cutting another denies getting CIA pay $286M from state budget the Associated press pected player in the country’s illegal opi- By StEVEN k. pAuLSoN “We’re managing the state’s economy um trade, have created deep divisions The Associated Press in the worst fi scal crisis since the Great KABUL – Ahmed Wali Karzai, the broth- within the Obama administration, the Depression, and this isn’t a one-time er of the Afghan president, on Wednesday Times said. DENVER – Gov. Bill Ritter laid out his hiccup or temporary blip. This is a massive denied reports that he has received regular Allegations that Karzai is involved in plan to cut another $286 million from the correction. It is a new economic reality for payments from the CIA for much of the past the drug trade have circulated in Kabul for state budget on Wednesday, including all of us,” he told lawmakers on the Joint eight years. months. He denies them. reductions in Medicaid provider rates and Budget Committee, which sets the state’s The New York Times, citing current and White House spokesman Robert Gibbs $145 million from higher education. The spending priorities. former American offi cials, reported Tuesday refused to confi rm, comment on or directly cuts come on top of the $1.8 billion budget On Tuesday, the governor ordered that the CIA pays Karzai for a variety of ser- pass judgment on Karzai’s relationship with shortfall the state has already covered over state employees to take four more unpaid vices, including helping to recruit an Afghan the CIA, but suggested the Obama admin- the past year. furlough days, on top of four furlough days paramilitary force that operates at the CIA’s istration would not endorse that sort of ar- The cuts to higher education will be that workers already are taking, in an effort direction in and around Kandahar. rangement. covered by federal funds this year, but the to save money. Karzai called the report “ridiculous.” “This administration is, as you know, governor’s offi ce warned those funds will Ritter says the eight closure days will “I work with the Americans, the Cana- conducting a comprehensive assessment not be available next year and colleges and save about $27.2 million in the 2009-10 dians, the British, anyone who asks for my as to where we are. And every participant in universities may be hard hit if new money fi scal year that ends June 30. help. They (CIA) do their own recruitment. any meeting that’s happened here as part of is not found by then. The governor said he is working on a I have no idea where they get their recruits. that assessment understands that we have to It was the second time this year Ritter plan for next year that would require all It’s absolutely ridiculous,” he told The Asso- have and must have a partner that address- has been forced to cut this year’s budget, state employees to take cuts after state ciated Press in Afghanistan. es governance issues as we move forward,” which ends in June, and the governor’s The CIA’s ties to Karzai, who is a sus- Gibbs said Wednesday. offi ce warned more cuts may lie ahead. See BuDEt on page 6 1 11 Studentrun dance ootall signs women’s hockey production egins four new recruits starts out strong tonight at uCA Total of commitments Team starts its fi rst year as ance maors use ready for 200 school year performance as showcase an offi cal club sport at CS for semester’s work Thursday, October 29, 2009 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian chance to win great prie s. In Wednesday’s Collegian, The amskeller is located on the lower level of the Lory T the article “Clements steps up, Pemberton named All- S tudent Center. o in us for the snowwind American” should have read best trivia on campus. This that Andy Clements is 5-foot- event is brought to you by 11-inches, 210 pounds. The A A . Collegian regrets this error. ‘ H arry otter and the alf- B lood rince 5 p.m. partly cloudy T Lory tudent Center Theatre Critical eading echni ues This week at Tinsel Town 10:30 a.m. Thursdays follow Harry ot- TILT uilding m 105 ter and his wia rd and witch From tet books to scholarly friends in their adventures at articles – this workship of- Hogwarts. The movie is based fers tips and techni ues on on the sit h of seven novels sunny how to read and et rapolate from author . 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