EDITORIAL SPORTS A&C OUR ASCSU CLUB BASEBALL STEPS THE SECRET ENDORSEMENT UP TO THE PLATE LIFE OF C.A.M. Vol. 127, No. 118 Tuesday, April 3, 2018 PAGE 6 PAGE 12 PAGE 13 Zero Waste Team pushes for LSC composting By Austin Fleskes @Austinfleskes07 While back of house composting is already in effect for some of the restaurants in the Lory Student Center, members of Associated Students for Colorado State University and the Zero Waste Team are pushing for front of house composting to be initiated in the student center. Back of house composting for the eight restaurants in the LSC that are owned by the LSC includes composting waste from the kitchens of those restaurants. Front of house composting would consist of getting composting bins in the common area of the LSC for the community to use. Last July, back of house composting began in the LSC owned restaurants, explained Geoff Valdez, the assistant director for retail operations in the LSC. ASCSU Vice Presidential candidate Lynsie Roper and Presidential candidate Liam Aubrey answer questions during the ASCSU Theatre Debate in Valdez said it took about the Lory Student Center on March 21. The Aubrey-Roper campaign has come under fire by student organizations for Aubrey’s previous affiliation three quarters of a year to with conservative group Turning Point USA. PHOTO BY COLIN SHEPHERD COLLEGIAN get to that point, as there was a large education piece that came with back of house composting. Student government presidential candidate Valdez said currently, front of house composting options are being explored for the LSC. “We’re doing our renounces Turning Point USA affiliation homework, and seeing what By Haley Candelario TPUSA is a national views or the views of the shock value stuff is not the most other institutions have done,” @H_Candelario98 conservative student group speakers TPUSA endorses. productive way to get to that.” Valdez said. “We’re looking at with a local chapter on campus. “I am a political conservative, TPUSA has been known this logistically. We are trying Colorado State University Presidential candidate but I feel that (TPUSA’s) views to help student government to plan out the education piece student government Liam Aubrey said, while he are not representative of my campaigns on college campuses so that there is less sorting to presidential candidate Liam was formerly involved with own,” Aubrey said. “Ultimately, across the country, such as at do front of house and so our Aubrey announced his TPUSA because he agreed my main value when it comes Ohio State University and the custodial team and our LSC campaign has no affiliation with the financial values of to politics is just figuring out University of Maryland, by guests—everybody—is on the with Turning Point USA on the organization, he distanced how we can help people and financially assisting campaigns, same page. 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He also of the stadium by turning it into seriously considering this?” worked with Neil Grigg, a civil a pumped storage hydropower Million said. and environmental engineering Aaron Million has a proposal to turn Hughes Stadium just west of Fort plant. About a year and a half ago, professor. Collins into a power plant. PHOTO BY JON PRICE COLLEGIAN During the day, when Million presented his idea to Using rough estimates of electricity is highly demanded and various University and City staff Hughes and other standard pump/ rates from Xcel Energy. Harris Office. consequently more expensive, but has not made much progress turbine calculations, Million, said he was confident repurposing CSU is currently looking at water from Horsetooth Reservoir since. Grigg and the senior design team costs would be $40-50 million, developer applications for the would flow down to the plant, Fred Haberecht, campus estimate a Hughes hydropower based on their research of similar land. Once chosen, the developer generating electricity via turbine. planner, said when CSU facilities station could generate between projects. will complete the final zoning The electricity would be engineers looked at the proposal, 31,000-40,000 kwh of energy per Hughes’ demolition, which designation with the City. Based transferred to the electrical they found it would take centuries day and use 37,000-43,000 kwh was approved in fall, has completed on CSURF’s Request for Proposals, substation at Overland Trail and to recoup the cost of building it. He per night. the abatement process and moved the land will ideally become a Drake Road and distributed to also said Hughes would not be able “I don’t think Aaron is as onto actual demolition, where mixed-use development with the grid. All the equipment would to serve as a water tank. crazy as some people think,” the contractor begins to take the possible opportunities for open be underground so it would not “We have a football stadium said Andrew Harris, a senior on structure apart.