THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN InsIde today Find Waldo around Fort Collins, Girl Develop It: educat- win prizes, an event hosted by ing women on coding and Old Firehouse Books technology COLLEGIAN page 14 page 13 Thursday, July 10, 2014 • Volume 123 No. 5 • collegian.com Construction will continue into 2015 By Danny Bishop The Rocky Mountain Collegian The $65 million Lory Student Center construction is almost done, but a $12 million project on Eddy Hall has just begun. Construction on Eddy, the centrally-located academic build- ing, began in May and is sched- uled to be completed in fall 2015. Eddy construction Project Manager Tony Flores says the Eddy project is being completed in two phases. Classes that do not require special equipment will be held in other general classrooms on campus. The Writing Center will be moved to Johnson Hall and Clark will take on computer lab overflow that would normally go to Eddy. “Phase one is the south side of the building; phase two is the north side of the building,” Flores said. “During both phases, the east side will be worked on.” The remodeled building will include a cosmetic face-lift and behind-the-scenes upgrades like heating, ventilation and air con- ditioning improvements. A new lounge area called “Eddy’s Ed- The LSC West entrance is still under construction and dies,” will provide students a is prepping for students once it opens in the fall. See ConstruCtion on Page 6 Lawrence Lam COLLEGIAN On-campus stadium Larmier County lights and sounds to Humane Society affect neighboring looking for summer areas volunteers page 6 Jeannette page 7 Hoffman Thursday, July 10, 2014 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian this week THURSDAY What: Poudre River Friends of the Library Used Book Sale When: Thursday 5 p.m. - 8 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. Where: H armony Library Community Room, 4616 S. Shields St. A used-book sale will be held Thursday through Sunday, with all proceeds benefiting the Poudre River Public Library District. Also, everything on Sunday will be half off. FRIDAY What: S hop Late Fridays When: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Where: D owntown Fort Collins The shops, retailers and boutiques of downtown Fort Collins are keeping their doors unlocked until 8 p.m. this Friday and every second Friday of the month. The shopping event will include trunk sales, treats within shops and special sales. Curiosities, The Cupboard and Rocket Fizz are among the list of participating businesses. What: Literary Costume Party When: 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Dina alibrahim fike COLLEGIAN Where: Odell’s Brewing Company, 800 E. Lincoln Ave. Fort Collins residents beat the heat tubing down the Poudre River after the ban was lifted. Cost: $10 For beer, dancing and literature, dress up as your favorite literary charac- ter or author and head down to Odell’s. Several Fort Collins poets will be speaking, along with a performance by musical guest Snake Rattle Rattle Snake. Tickets can be purchased at the Wolverine Farm Bookstore at 144 N. College Ave., or at the door, as long as the event doesn’t sell out. What: Patrick Nagatani’s “Tape-estries: The Spirit of Permanence and Impermanence” Artist Talk and Reception When: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Where: The Center for Fine Art and Photography, 400 N. College Ave. Cost: Free SUNDAY What: Comedy Brewers Improv Show When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Bas Bleu Theatre Company, 401 Pine St. Cost: $10 This Fort Collins improv group, reminiscent of “Whose Line is it Anyway,” gets the audience involved in this live comedy show. TUESDAY What: R amTrax Arts and Garden Tour When: 12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Where: U niversity Center for the Arts, 1200 Remington St. Cost: Free The University Art Museum is presenting three floral and botanical- themed exhibitions. The event also includes a tour of the Annual Flower Trial Garden. The event is free, but an RSVP is required. A name and the number of people attending can be sent to [email protected] to RSVP. All MONTH What: Find Waldo, Fort Collins! When: July 1 through July 31 Where: D owntown Fort Collins Cost: Free The Rocky Mountain Collegian | Thursday, July 10, 2014 3 IN BRIEF raiser has called into question the future be made to the C. Michael Elliott Scholar- be based at CU-Boulder. However, the State News of the Senate. If democrats lose their seat ship Fund online or with a check made universities plan on collaborating sub- in the Colorado Senate, it could become out to the CSU Foundation, mailed to P.O. stantially. Adams County judge declares same- more difficult for Obama to maintain a Box 1870, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1870. In “Colorado State University is excited sex marriage ban unconstitutional democratic majority in the Senate. both cases, be sure to list C. Michael El- to partner with University of Colorado Adams County’s judge, C. Scott Crab- Tuesday, the President was also of- liott Scholarship Fund in the memo lines. on Future Earth,” said Alan Rudolph, vice tree, ruled the same-sex marriage ban in fered marijuana by a man in passing in a Donations can also be made in Mike’s president for research at CSU in a press Colorado unconstitutional Wednesday, Denver bar. name to Opera Fort Collins, at P.O. Box release to the Collegian. “This new effort but the ruling was immediately stayed. Obama did not indulge after the man 503, Fort Collins, CO 80522 or on their will establish Colorado as a global nexus The 49-page ruling states: “The sole asked, “Do you want to hit this?” Howev- website. for environmental sustainability.” basis for precluding same-sex marriage er, he did share a beer and a game of pool is self-evident—the parties are of the with Gov. Hickenlooper at the Wynkoop CSU and CU selected to co-manage Odell donates $100,000 to CSU same sex and for that reason alone do Brewing Company Bar. international sustainability hub fermentation program not possess the same right to marry (or Colorado State University and CU- Local brewing company Odell is remain married) as opposite-sex couples. Boulder were selected to co-manage donating $100,000 to Colorado State Uni- The Court holds that the Marriage Bans Campus News one of five international hubs for Future versity’s fermentation science program. are unconstitutional because they violate Earth, a 10-year research project to ad- Fort Collins is growing as a city where In memoriam: Professor Michael plaintiffs’ equal protection rights.” dress environmental changes worldwide. brewing companies are prospering. The Colorado joins states like Utah, which Elliott Announced by the International monetary contribu- overturned the state ban of same-sex CSU Chemistry Professor Michael Council for Science (ICSU), and the tion to CSU will help marriage last month and prompted a (Mike) Elliott, born Aug. 1, 1949, died July interim secretariat for Future Earth, the continue to support the Boulder County Clerk to issue marriage 2. initiative’s main goal is to link scientists growth of the fermenta- licenses to same-sex couples. He entered the Colorado State family with governments and the private sec- tion practice and major Crabtree said that his court would not in 1981, embracing his love of science tor to help develop actions to address offered at CSU. make the final decision on the subject and for the next 30 environmental changes at the local and The money will that the ruling will likely travel to Denver years while being regional levels. mostly go towards courts or the U.S. Supreme Court in the known for his Other global hubs will be located equipping the new brewing lab in the future. humor and honest in Canada, France, Japan and Sweden. Gifford building, but the ultimate hope is Since the ruling was stayed, proceed- approach to life. Meanwhile, regional hubs exist or are to hire well-trained CSU students upon ings for this ruling have been postponed Throughout his in development in Latin America, the graduation, according to Corkie Odell. until the stay is lifted. tenure, he assisted Middle East, Asia and Africa. The idea is that Odell can support the young and old “The visibility and prestige that Colo- community while keeping employees Obama visits Denver, Udall absent for minds alike in rado will gain as an international hub for localized. fundraiser the Department Future Earth will bolster state, national “We heard that the program needed Obama came to Denver in support of of Chemistry by and global research partnerships and funds – and those funds won’t magi- Sen. Mark Udall (D) and his re-election spurring on lively allow faculty and students from both uni- cally appear,” Doug Odell said in a press campaign Tuesday, holding a fundraiser MIChAEl EllIOt debates and nour- versities to play significant roles in solv- release. “So, we started talking about how Wednesday despite Udall’s decision to CSU CHeMiStry ishing the many ing pressing environmental change issues we could help out.” stay in Washington during the event. ProFeSSor relationships he around the world,” wrote CSU President Doug Odell has been involved in the According to Udall’s campaign, the cherished. Tony Frank and CU-Boulder Chancellor CSU fermentation program since 2003, senator remained in Washington to vote Mike met his wife, Elizabeth Elliott, Philip DiStefano in a joint statement. when he spoke as a guest speaker for a on a new director to lead the Department in 1982, shortly after he arrived in Fort Major themes Future Earth will food processing course taught by Profes- of Housing and Urban Development.