u.s. to build EuropEan missilE dEfEnsE shiEld | pagE 5 THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN Fort Collins, Colorado COLLEGIAN Volume 116 | No. 136 Friday, April 4, 2008 www.collegian.com THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891 memphis FOUR DECADES LATER stained by King’s death By WOODY BAIRD regional economy,” said The Associated Press David Ciscel, a University of Memphis economist. “It MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Joe was a time of fairly rapid Warren dropped his head growth in the South, and to his hands, sobbing as it was a time when Atlanta he remembered and Nashville back 40 years to kind of left us the bitter garbage behind ... Peo- workers strike ple just didn’t that drew Martin want to associ- Luther King Jr. to ate with us.” Memphis — and The city’s to his death. fortunes even- Warren, 86, tually im- was one of the proved, thanks 1,300 black sani- largely to a tation workers young cargo who walked off WARRen airline named the job in 1968 Federal Express with a strike that that in the early tore at the foundation of 1980s showed that Mem- the city’s white-only rule. phis could still be a good “They talked to you like place to do business. The you were a dog, and they airline grew into today’s worked you like a dog,” he FedEx Corp. said, his shoulders trem- “It rescued Memphis,” bling. “But I couldn’t find a Ciscel said. job nowhere else.” The sanitation strike The 65-day strike for and King’s assassina- the right to unionize ended tion made clear to blacks with a victory for the work- and whites alike that “the ers. But King’s assassina- old plantation mentality tion stained this Southern had to be dumped,” said city for years, limiting its Michael Honey, author prosperity and hurting its of “Going Down Jericho AP reputation worldwide. Road,” a history of the Martin Luther King Jr., second right, and SCLC aides Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson Jr., from left, and Ralph Abernathy return to “It took a decade of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis to strategize for the second Sanitation Worker’s march led by King in this April 3, 1968 file photo. growth out of the Memphis See memphIS on page 3 King was shot dead 40 years ago today on the balcony on April 4, 1968. Obama outraises Clinton 2-1 Shepard Foundation By JIm KUhnhenn The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Barack battles hate crimes Obama raked in $40 million in By ALexAnDRA SIeh the 500 attendees of the edy and motivated gay March, leaving Hillary Rodham The Rocky Mountain Collegian foundation’s annual gala, people and advocacy Clinton and her $20 million in “Dare to Make a Differ- groups across the nation the fundraising dust and stuff- ence,” Saturday to each to battle hate crimes. ing his campaign treasury so he In recognition of the recruit 10 more people The campaign hopes can outspend her in the crucial 10-year anniversary of to the cause and join the to eventually engage a mil- Pennsylvania primary. the murder of Matthew foundation’s fight against lion participants world- His haul in new donations Shepard, a university of hate. wide and equip them with also buttressed his argument Wyoming student killed Shepard was brutally tools to fight hate in their to Democratic superdelegates for being gay in October beaten by students in communities. that he has built a vast network 1998, the Matthew Shep- Laramie, Wyo., for being Such tools include of donors and volunteers that ard Foundation is launch- gay and died at Poudre personal Web sites and they wouldn’t want to lose by ing a national campaign Valley Hospital in Fort a monthly newsletter, denying him the nomination. to stop hate among young Collins five days later. which will help members Obama has attracted near- people. His death put a face to tell their stories, gain sup- ly 1.3 million donors, largely Judy Shepard, Shep- hate crimes and discrimi- port and share their through the Internet. ard’s mother and the ex- nation that were largely He has raised $131 million ecutive director of the ignored prior to the trag- in just the first three months foundation, challenged See ShepARD on page 3 of this year to $70 million for Clinton. Republican John Mc- Cain’s campaign has not re- vealed his March fundraising, but he has been far behind the Democrats, raising less than $23 million in January and Frat houses vandalized February combined. Obama’s campaign man- By CeCe WILDemAn by a vehicle and the Pi the time saw the vandals, ager, David Plouffe, claimed The Rocky Mountain Collegian Kappa Phi and Tau Kappa a group of men, get into a double benefit from the Illi- Epsilon houses were both two separate vehicles and ALex BRAnDOn | COLLEGIAN nois senator’s fundraising. “Many Three fraternity egged. drive away after egging of our contributors are volunteer- Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks with houses were vandalized Michael Fritz Oet- the house. ing for the campaign, making our the crowd during a commercial break in MSNBC’s Hardball College during spring break, one tinger, president of Sigma The Tau Kappa Epsi- campaign the largest grass-roots Tour with Chris Matthews at West Chester College in West Chester, Pa., of them was egged three Phi Epsilon said they have lon house was also egged army in recent political history,” Wednesday, April 2. nights in a row and had a no idea who vandalized over the break. he said. sign pulled from the front the house and they have They and Pi Kappa Clinton, speaking to reporters yard. not had anything similar Phi decided the act was in Burbank, Calif., in the midst they did in February, the March tracks political ads. Clinton has contributions came during a lull spent almost $900,000 on ads in There are no suspects, happen in the past, other nothing police needed to of her own fundraising sweep Mike Rager, president of than a vagabond break-in get involved in, and they through the state, said: “We’re in the presidential contest. There the state. have not been any primaries or His money also has allowed the IFC, told the Collegian over winter break. both said they have not both raising huge amounts of Thursday. After the sign was pursued investigating the money, and I am thrilled at how contests since March 11, and the Obama to look over the horizon most competitive showdowns to May contests in Indiana and While members of the pulled from the lawn, the matter further. effective Democrats have been Greek community often police got involved and “If this was some- in raising money the last 15 or so were March 4 in Texas and Ohio. North Carolina. He has already Obama’s money has given spent about $230,000 on ads in play practical jokes on have been handling it thing outside of the Greek months. each other, the IFC does ever since, he said. community, it would be “I will have money to com- him a significant spending edge each state. over Clinton in Pennsylvania, Clinton began airing her first not think the vandalism The Pi Kappa Phi out of misconception,” pete. Obviously Sen. Obama has was done by anyone in- house and some of the said Randy Hammond, more than enough money to where the April 22 primary is the North Carolina ad on Thursday, a biggest delegate prize left on the 60-second spot that urges view- volved in Greek Life. cars parked in front of it president of Tau Kappa compete. But this is a good news “This is going beyond were egged three nights in Epsilon. story because it means we are Democratic calendar. He has pur- ers to submit questions to her chased more than $2.7 million campaign. “Just go to NCAskMe. pranks,” Rager said. “It’s a row at the end of spring “Usually people have raising it from people committed property damage and just break. opinions about us and to our candidacies.” in television ads in the state, ac- com, and then I’ll be getting back cording to data compiled by TNS to you here on TV to answer your really disrespectful acts.” James Frederick, they’re not right.” Indeed, the numbers, even for The Sigma Phi Epsi- president of the frater- Senior Reporter Cece the lagging Clinton, are remark- Media Intelligence/Campaign Media Analysis Group, which See OBAmA on page 3 lon house had their sign nity, said a few members Wildeman can be reached able. While both raised less than pulled from the front lawn who were in the house at at [email protected]. Page 10 Page 6 Page 7 Softball splits Zimbabwe Local artist doubleheader opposition offices comes home raided Rodeo team hosts Katie Herzig returns to oldest collegiate rodeo Mugabe might turn to her roots for for 57th time violence in wake of election “Apple Tree” 2 Friday, April 4, 2008 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian WEATHER CALENDAR CAMPUS EYE Today Today, April 4 NREL Model-Data Fusion in Sunny Ecology Seminar 11 a.m. Presented by Dr. David 61 | 32 Schimel with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder today Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon in the Mostly cloudy Francis Clark Conference, Room B215, Natural and Environmental Sciences Building. 58 | 31 Changes in climate will have major impacts on Rocky Sunday Mountain forests. While changes to fi re and Mountain Mostly sunny Pine Beetle dynamics are already starkly evident, recent work at Niwot Ridge also 58 | 34 shows strong connections between basic ecophysiology and biogeochemistry and the climate.