Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Volume 125, No. 21 • collegian.com A professor’s view: 50 years of stargazing with Roger Culver OPINION Letter to the Editor ASCSU President Jason Sydoriak writes about diversity, oce culture PAGE 7 OPINION Laurel Thompson writes that online posts shouldn’t be valued over voting PAGE 9 A picture of the moon as seen through a telescope during an AA-101 lab, the practical portion of the introduction to astronomy class taught by Roger Culver. PHOTO BY ABBIE PARR COLLEGIAN By Diego Felix @FMTLturntablist known around campus for al- and right after Sputnik,” Cul- the mathematics department SPORTS ways wearing socks that exact- ver said. “Everyone wanted a chair from 1956-68, was both ly match his shirt, is retiring in space-age course or curricu- Culver’s predecessor and re- When Roger Culver arrived August. lum.” cruiter. When handing out final Rams crack on campus in 1966, Colorado Brought on board to ex- Upon arrival, Culver sup- exams, Culver said Madison State University had an enroll- pand the breadth of course- plemented the introductory would announce to his class, “If AP poll CSU ment of 8,000, Prospect Road work o ered by the physics and astronomy course already in you pass this course, you will marked Fort Collins’ south- mathematics department, Cul- place with a sequence of up- have more college credit in as- ranked in top ernmost edge and the football ver said he was hired in a time per-division astrophysics class- tronomy than I do.” 25 for first time team was playing games on when institutions of higher ed- es and an astronomy lab. Culver “(Madison) was very in- Jack Christensen Field. ucation were avidly seeking out said he was hired on to provide terested in astronomy,” since 2002 A half-century after being astronomers. the academic framework for Culver said. PAGE 10 recruited to develop astron- “It was during the peak of the curriculum. omy courses, Culver, who is (the) Apollo space program Les Madison, who served as see ASTRONOMY on page 4 >> 2 Tuesday, February 23, 2016 | The Rocky Mountain Collegian collegian.com FORT COLLINS FOCUS OFF THE OVAL Snapchat allowing geofilters for any party, event or company for as little as $5 LOS ANGELES — Snapchat Inc. on Monday unveiled a second plan to generate revenue from its unique and popular form of location sharing. Last year, Los Ange- les-based Snapchat began charging retailers, movie studios and others to pro- mote branded geofilters as part of a number of experi- ments with advertising on the 4-year-old app. Those could run tens of thousands of dollars. Now Snapchat will allow anyone, including small- er companies, to submit temporary geofilters to the service for as little as $5. 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This piece is part of a when you write a check on Clinton. “I think her plan was series of articles produced during Wednesday, you aren’t going to she was gonna get elected and the fi ve days they spent traveling get paid on Friday, so you date then pardon herself. But she’s in and around Sin City. Follow the it Saturday.” not gonna get elected.” Collegian for continuous cover- Rubio said he learned what Rubio said he would not age of the 2016 election. the American dream was in Las shut down Guantanamo Bay LAS VEGAS — Coming o a Vegas, a city where he spent if elected, going as far as to say close second-place fi nish in the many of his formative years, and that when it comes to terror- South Carolina primaries, Sen. appealed to states’ rights sup- ists, “in Guantanamo, we’re Marco Rubio made his fi rst stop porters by calling for a return of going to fi nd out everything in Nevada Sunday to speak to his federal lands to Nevada.