Thursday, April 7, 2016 Volume 125, No. 43 • collegian.com Pinéda Soraca wins ASCSU election Presidency won by 22 votes, diversity amendment ratified by student body NEWS Ethics award CSU professor wins award for his work with animals PAGE 4 SPORTS Basketball sta Assistant and associate coaches leave CSU for other coaching opportunities PAGE 14 BLOGS Daniela Pinedá Soraca celebrates moments after the announcement of being elected ASCSU President for the 2016-17 school year. PHOTO BY ABBIE PARR COLLEGIAN Late night By Erin Douglas @erinmdouglas23 in the two-campaign election, thing. Included in the write in seats for members of Student Pineda Soracá won the ASCSU votes for president were, “Pro- Diversity Programs and Services study tips 2016-2017 presidency with 1,596 fessor Chaos, Snoop Dog, Willy oces, as well as student organi- Learn what you A narrow win for the Associ- votes from the student body. The Nelson, The On Campus Stadi- zations that represent historical- ated Students of Colorado State Ashley Higgins campaign re- um and The Based God (Lil’ B).” ly under represented groups. can do to stay University president and vice ceived 1,574 votes. The constitution was ratified ASCSU requires at least 10 president went to Daniela Pi- A total of 3,545 students vot- after 12 percent of the student percent of the student body to focused during neda Soracá and running mate ed; 375 students students either body turned out to vote. The ratify the constitution each year. finals season Mike Lensky Wednesday. voted for a write-in candidate constitution included a diversity On Tuesday April 5, the By a dierence of 22 votes or abstained by not writing any- amendment that creates senate seeASCSU on page 6 >> PAGE 19 2 Thursday, April 7, 2016 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian collegian.com FORT COLLINS FOCUS Follow @CSUCollegian on Twitter Like CSUCollegian on Facebook Follow CSU Collegian on Instagram Follow CSU Collegian Patti Ray, the first woman director of Hillel and now Hillel Director Emerita of Loyola University Chicago, speaks in the LSC for Woman’s History on Snapchat Month Event. PHOTO BY CJ JOHNSON COLLEGIAN OFF THE OVAL Red Whistle Brigade 234 of the Lory Student Center. about sexual consent. All of the Gabriel Pocrass “Writing and creating art students involved are required accepting student is a source of activism,” Bork to take classes in the women’s Studio Crew / Entertainment Show Anchor submissions for zine said. “It’s a way for students who studies department, Bork said. don’t want to be loud to make Carl Olson, program co- Activism takes many forms a dierence.” ordinator for men’s pro- Q: Where do you see yourself in seven years? — students chalk the plaza in Bork said that she plans to gramming and violence pre- A: That’s a tricky one. From what I’ve heard from a lot of my family support of their favorite po- title the zine, which will be pro- vention at the WGAC, is the members and mentors is that “you probably won’t be doing what litical candidate, speak out in duced by the Women and Gen- supervisor of the Red Whistle you get your major in/are doing now.” And I think that advice rings classes against prejudice and der Advocacy Center (WGAC) Brigade. He said that brigade true to me. I would love to do something in television one day, stand on the stump to share on April 18, “R.E.D.: Rebel. Edu- has been trying to develop cre- similar to that of what I do now at CTV, but I just don’t know what their ideas. However, Colorado cate. Dismantle.” ative ways to connect with the will happen. What I do know is that I want to do something that I State University junior Rose “I think where art and ac- university population. enjoy (which doesn’t feel like work to me), something that I can Bork said she believes that all tivism meet is a really beautiful “The zine is the perfect way work hard and prosper at, and somewhere that I am happy at where students, even those who may place,” Bork said. “It’s where I to do this,” Olson said. I can create healthy relationships. Ultimately that is my goal. Oh be uncomfortable with other want this zine to live.” In addition to producing the yeah, and I want to have a pet fox and a pet sloth that are best media, need an outlet to express The WGAC plans to publish zine, the brigade will distribute friends and have a vacation house in space. Almost forgot about their perspectives too. 500 copies of the zine, which T-shirts, tea and other treats those. To do this, Bork is creating will be distributed throughout on the plaza during April to a short magazine, called a zine, campus, Olson said. Students raise awareness about consent, Q: Are there any weird facts about yourself that you’d like to share? in honor of April, sexual assault can attend a release party at the Olson said. A: I don’t have many weird facts about me but the one I always awareness month. The zine will Ramskellar at 6 p.m. on April 18. “We’re critiquing the sys- revert to is that my birthday is on Christmas. I have a lot of mixed feature students’ art and writing Bork is a member of the Red tem and trying to make campus emotions about it, but ultimately I like it. The one thing I will say and will address sexual assault, Whistle Brigade, a student sub- a safe space for students,” Olson is that it has taught me a little bit of humility because Christmas is race and gender issues and vic- set of the WGAC that, according said. “We want to encourage not actually about the presents, and when everyone else is getting tim advocacy. Bork will accept to its website, focuses on spread- critical thought.” gifts on the same day as your birthday, you learn it’s not that big of submissions for the publication ing awareness of interpersonal a deal and to just get over it. At least I have never really had to work until April 8. Submissions can violence. 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Members of Team Fort something of that nature.” child to consume alcohol or mar- uled meeting Tuesday night, associated with this type of civil Collins, an advocacy group that The City Council discussed ijuana, students who are under the Fort Collins City Coun- infraction can be up to $2,750. recently rebranded themselves topics such as drinking water the supervision of an instruc- cil adopted an ordinance that The ordinance passed with to TEAM Wellness and Pre- supply, and the possibility of tor, minors consuming alcohol aims to put pressure on people six out of seven votes, with the vention and that championed adding a third lane to I-25. or marijuana for religious rea- hosting parties, with the goal of only ‘no’ coming from Coun- this ordinance in the past, also The group emphasized that sons and minors with a medical preventing underage drinking cilmember Ray Martinez of were present.