By MIKAELA ANTONELLI e Rocky Mountain Collegian As legend (or the iTunes biogra- phy) tells the origins of Cobra Star- ship, the band began after frontman Gabe Saporta met a talking cobra in the deserts of Arizona. Believe the tale if you want, but at least you can shout out the question to Cobra Starship as they headline the annual RamJam concert Saturday with Breathe Carolina. But what’s this year’s show going to look like compared to previous ASAP concerts? e setup will be similar to last year’s; the stage will face south on the intramural fields west of the Lory Stu- dent Center with a large fence around the concert area. ere will be only one line for tick- et-taking, and day-of tickets will be available at the LSC iBox beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday. Gates for the concert open at 6 p.m. According to Lindsay Brown, con- cert coordinator for ASAP, the biggest difference between this and last year’s show is the choice of genres — with this year’s concert straying away from the traditional hip-hop/rap acts of previous years. “We’re really excited about the genre difference, it’s different than anything that we have had on cam- pus,” Brown said. Overall, ASAP is pleased with how this year’s RamJam concert came together, according to Heather Jones, executive coordinator for ASAP. “It’s exciting as a whole to set this up and look at how awesome it turned out... we had less than 200 people help put this together,” Jones said. e budget for this year’s Ram Jam concert was $160,000, with ASAP’s goal being to sell out the show with an attendance of 8,000. As of Sept. 3, ASAP had sold 610 of the 8,000 tickets available for its RamJam concert. ASAP and the LSC iBox refused to give the number of tickets sold and, according to ASAP, ticket sales numbers will be released on Monday. Fort Collins-based band the Echo Chamber will open the concert with a set that starts immediately as doors open at 6 p.m. In addition to the Echo Chamber, ASAP booked Denver group, Breathe Carolina, for this year’s show at the request of Cobra Starship. “It was a good time!” said Breathe Carolina in an in an email to the Col- legian, who has played previously at CSU. “Super high energy, and we are really looking forward to hanging out with everyone again. Colorado always goes hard!” “We got the offer and we’re super excited that it was in Colorado since the last time we played [in Colorado] was at Warped Tour, so hopefully we have the same killer show at CSU,” the band said. Regarding Cobra Starship, Breathe Carolina said, “We’ve actually done a few college shows with Cobra and they are the best. Super cool dudes and Gal. I’m sure we’ll both get the place turnt up!” For Mairaed Gillooly, a sophomore human development and family stud- ies major, this year’s performers are an exciting lineup that she’s looking forward to. “Two fantastic bands at one venue, what’s not to love?” Gillooly said. Collegian Writer Mikaela Antonelli can be reached at entertainment@col- legian.com Starship has landed What to expect from the Cobra Starship and Breathe Carolina concert BY LIANNA SALVA e Rocky Mountain Collegian It’s an age-old question asked by men of all different backgrounds: what do women talk about? Fort Collins’ Bas Bleu eater Company looks at that question by exploring the silencing and empower- ment of women through language and physicality in its new show. “e Love of the Nightingale,” by Timberlake Wertenbaker, is a feminist view of the Greek myth of Procne and Philomele, two sisters of Athens who have always been encouraged to speak their minds on philosophic ideas. Procne marries a king of an allied city, the citizens of which care for sport and only believe what they see. All the women in the play experi- ence being silenced, both through society standards and violent acts. “I think we’ve all experienced being silenced, and the more atro- cious something is, the less socially acceptable it is to bring it up; though, ironically, that’s the thing we should be talking about the most,” said Sarah Zwick-Tapley, the show’s director. Zwick-Tapley is also an adjunct professor of theater at CSU, teaching classes on movement. Wendy Ishii, the co-founder and artistic director of Bas Bleu, who is also an actress, plays the slave and caretaker Niobe in “e Love for the Nightingale.” Ishii also explained how she brings her own experiences to her character and the play in general. “I was a victim of rape when I was a younger woman and I survived. For me, it brings up some memories, but it also brings up that we can empower ourselves to go on to survive to hope- fully make some change,” she See BLEU on Page 6 Bas Bleu explores the woman’s voice Presidential Address Frank says CSU must prepare for future PAGE 5 iPhone 5 announcement proves to be lackluster | Page 4 NEWS What: e Love of the Night- ingale When: ursday, Friday, Satur- day and Sunday, Sept. 14 through Oct. 14 Where: Bas Bleu eatre Cost: $12 students/$24 general public BAS BLEU What: RamJam featuring Cobra Starship, Breathe Carolina and the Echo Chamber Where: Intramural Fields West of the LSC When: Saturday, Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. Cost: $10 for students/$22 general public How to get tickets: e LSC iBox will be open today from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday beginning at 2 p.m. THE CONCERT Kiera Mulgrew, playing as Philomele, contemplates being reunited with her sister in the Bas Blue eatre production of “Love of the Nightingale” on Tuesday. e play was first written and performed in Greece around A.D. 8. 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By MIKAELA ANTONELLI�e Rocky Mountain Collegian
As legend (or the iTunes biogra-phy) tells the origins of Cobra Star-ship, the band began after frontman Gabe Saporta met a talking cobra in the deserts of Arizona.
Believe the tale if you want, but at least you can shout out the question to Cobra Starship as they headline the annual RamJam concert Saturday with Breathe Carolina.
But what’s this year’s show going to look like compared to previous ASAP concerts?
�e setup will be similar to last year’s; the stage will face south on the intramural �elds west of the Lory Stu-dent Center with a large fence around the concert area.
�ere will be only one line for tick-
et-taking, and day-of tickets will be available at the LSC iBox beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday. Gates for the concert open at 6 p.m.
According to Lindsay Brown, con-cert coordinator for ASAP, the biggest di�erence between this and last year’s show is the choice of genres — with this year’s concert straying away from the traditional hip-hop/rap acts of previous years.
“We’re really excited about the genre di�erence, it’s di�erent than anything that we have had on cam-pus,” Brown said.
Overall, ASAP is pleased with how this year’s RamJam concert came together, according to Heather Jones, executive coordinator for ASAP.
“It’s exciting as a whole to set this up and look at how awesome it turned out... we had less than 200 people
help put this together,” Jones said.�e budget for this year’s Ram
Jam concert was $160,000, with ASAP’s goal being to sell out the show with an attendance of 8,000.
As of Sept. 3, ASAP had sold 610 of the 8,000 tickets available for its RamJam concert. ASAP and the LSC iBox refused to give the number of tickets sold and, according to ASAP, ticket sales numbers will be released on Monday.
Fort Collins-based band the Echo Chamber will open the concert with a set that starts immediately as doors open at 6 p.m.
In addition to the Echo Chamber, ASAP booked Denver group, Breathe Carolina, for this year’s show at the request of Cobra Starship.
“It was a good time!” said Breathe Carolina in an in an email to the Col-
legian, who has played previously at CSU. “Super high energy, and we are really looking forward to hanging out with everyone again. Colorado always goes hard!”
“We got the o�er and we’re super excited that it was in Colorado since the last time we played [in Colorado] was at Warped Tour, so hopefully we have the same killer show at CSU,” the band said.
Regarding Cobra Starship, Breathe Carolina said, “We’ve actually done a few college shows with Cobra and they are the best. Super cool dudes and Gal. I’m sure we’ll both get the place turnt up!”
For Mairaed Gillooly, a sophomore human development and family stud-ies major, this year’s performers are an exciting lineup that she’s looking forward to.
“Two fantastic bands at one venue, what’s not to love?” Gillooly said.
Collegian Writer Mikaela Antonelli can be reached at [email protected]
Starship has landedWhat to expect from the Cobra Starship and Breathe Carolina concert
BY LIANNA SALVA�e Rocky Mountain Collegian
It’s an age-old question asked by men of all di�erent backgrounds: what do women talk about?
Fort Collins’ Bas Bleu �eater Company looks at that question by exploring the silencing and empower-ment of women through language and physicality in its new show.
“�e Love of the Nightingale,” by Timberlake Wertenbaker, is a feminist view of the Greek myth of Procne and Philomele, two sisters of Athens who have always been encouraged to speak their minds on philosophic ideas. Procne marries a king of an allied city, the citizens of which care for sport and only believe what they see.
All the women in the play experi-ence being silenced, both through society standards and violent acts.
“I think we’ve all experienced being silenced, and the more atro-cious something is, the less socially acceptable it is to bring it up; though, ironically, that’s the thing we should be talking about the most,” said Sarah Zwick-Tapley, the show’s director.
Zwick-Tapley is also an adjunct professor of theater at CSU, teaching classes on movement.
Wendy Ishii, the co-founder and artistic director of Bas Bleu, who is also an actress, plays the slave and caretaker Niobe in “�e Love for the Nightingale.” Ishii also explained how she brings her own experiences to her character and the play in general.
“I was a victim of rape when I was a younger woman and I survived. For me, it brings up some memories, but it also brings up that we can empower ourselves to go on to survive to hope-fully make some change,” she
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Bas Bleu exploresthe woman’s voice
Presidential AddressFrank says CSU must prepare for future
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iPhone 5 announcement proves to be lackluster | Page 4
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What: �e Love of the Night-ingale
When: �ursday, Friday, Satur-day and Sunday, Sept. 14 through Oct. 14
Where: Bas Bleu �eatre Cost: $12 students/$24 general
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BAS BLEU
What: RamJam featuring Cobra Starship, Breathe Carolina and the Echo Chamber
Where: Intramural Fields West of the LSC
When: Saturday, Sept. 15 at 6 p.m.
Cost: $10 for students/$22 general public
How to get tickets: �e LSC iBox will be open today from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday beginning at 2 p.m.
THE CONCERT
Kiera Mulgrew, playing as Philomele, contemplates being reunited with her sister in the Bas Blue �eatre production of “Love of the Nightingale” on Tuesday. �e play was �rst written and performed in Greece around A.D. 8.
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By Emily Kribs�e Rocky Mountain Collegian
�e typical Texas Chili cook-o�s are one thing, but the Annual Fort Collins Chile Fest is a whole other animal of spicy proportions.
�e �fth annual Chile Fest will take place this Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. at the Museo de las Tres Colonias on 10th Street in Fort Collins.
“�ere’ll be mariachis, acoustic music, a puppet show, a jalapeño eating con-test, food and a chili contest,” said Betty Aragon, the chair-woman of the Museo.
Parking will be near City Services at 625 9th St. A shut-tle will run between the Mu-seo and the parking lot all day.
“I love the contest,” said Irene Romsa, the outreach services manager for the Poudre River Library. “I love seeing who can take the hot-test chili. My son tried last year, thinking he was going to be eating a bean chili, but instead he got this pepper. It was actually very hilarious.”
As the Outreach Services Manager, Romsa’s role goes further than that of a spec-tator.
“�e Poudre River Library is supporting this by bringing bilingual puppetry and Span-ish singers,”
she said. “It’s important to us to partner for commu-nity events and support the community in expressing its uniqueness. Sept. 15 to Oct. 15th is Hispanic Heritage month, and it’s an important time for people with Hispanic heritage in our community. I know at least six countries have their Independence Day in that time, including Mexico and my own country, Guatemala.”
“It all pertains to the cul-ture, and it all pertains to the harvest of the chili,” Aragon said. “We have so many peo-ple who pick chili, who har-vest potatoes, who harvest all the fruit and vegetables.
“We hope to bring aware-ness of the tradition. We cel-ebrate bridging the gap, and we enjoy and celebrate the tradition and culture.”
�e Museo will be open for tours during this event. For more information, con-tact Betty Aragon at (970) 412-4536.
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By Bailey Constas�e Rocky Mountain Collegian
�ere’s only one beer garden that serves Odells and New Bel-gium side-by-side, and it’s at this weekend’s Sustainable Living Fair.
�e Sustainable Living As-sociation hosts the two day Fair, which includes 75 work-shops, 500 volunteers, musical entertainment and activities to educate people and commu-nities in the Rocky Mountain region to make healthy and sus-tainable choices.
�e workshops look at dif-ferent aspects of sustainabili-ty like gardening, agriculture, alternative fuels, green living day to day, animal husbandry, alternative transportation and many other topics.
According to Ray Aberle, the Fair director, they are expect-ing 12,000 to 15,000 attendees from all across the country this weekend at Legacy Park.
“�e main focus this year is water,” Aberle said. “It’s a huge issue, not only throughout the world, but in Fort Collins this summer with the �re, drought and the call for damning the Poudre River.”
According to Aberle, mak-ing sure that sustainability is not politicized in the hectic season of elections is another focus for this year’s Fair.
“Whether you’re a begin-ning or a long time sustainable
contributor, conservative or liberal, there’s something here for anyone,” Aberle said. “You don’t have to be a tree hugger to attend this event.”
Aberle explained that Fort Collins is a prime location for a fair of this caliber, and support for the event comes from facets of Fort Collins other than just its community members.
Wadoo, a local business that specializes in selling mis-matched socks made of recycled tee shirts, is planning on having a booth at this year’s Fair.
“�e fair is a great time for people in Northern Colora-do to �nd out things they can do in their own lives that help the environment or help local movements that help the envi-ronment,” said Amy Satter�eld, owner of Wadoo.
Wadoo has been connected to the fair since 2006, the year the company was founded.
“It’s a really feel-good kind of thing that we can all go and learn to make our lives a little more greener and more sustain-able,” Satter�eld said.
KRFC, a local radio station, sees the Sustainable Living Fair as a highlight of their outreach and community events.
“�e reason we got involved was because I think the Sustain-able Living Fair is probably very indicative of the community at large,” said Brian Hughes, Exec-utive Director of KRFC. “�at’s
something we really believe in supporting.”
For the past three years radio station KRFC has been a sizable media sponsor and has promoted the fair ahead of time to get the word out.
“�is has been a very trying year for people because of the High Park Fire,” Hughes said. “A lot of the issues that are really delved into at the Sustainable Living Fair are issues that are on people’s mind.”
To get to the fair in an alternative way, Josh Alley, a Soil and Crop Sciences major at CSU, is planning a bike parade that begins in the oval and then continues onto the fair to keep with the sustainable theme.
Speaking at the fair on water and ocean conservation is Alexandra Cousteau, grand-daughter of renowned Jacques-Yves Cousteau and her father Philippe Cousteau, Sr. Another speaker includes Seleyn De-Yarus, the majority owner and CEO of Best Organics, Inc.
Saturday, Musketeer Grip-weed will perform, and on Sunday the Patti Fiasco Band will play.
“�ere are few places where you can go out in a �eld right around the banks along the Poudre and listen to live music,” Aberle said.
Entertainment and Diversi-ty Beat Reporter Bailey Constas (@BaileyLiza) can be reached at [email protected]
1. Naga Jolokia (India)2. Dorset Naga (Scotland)3. Red Savina (California)4. Habanero (Amazonas Region)5. Scotch Bonnet (Caribbean)6. Jamaican Hot Pepper
11:00am – HandPicked (members of Honey Git-ters, The Holler!)
Noon – Selyne DeYarus, Keynote
1:00 – Colleen Crosson – Singer Songwriter
2:00 – Alexandra Cous-teau, Keynote
3:00 – Sustainable Fash-ion Show – Mama Said Sew
4:15 – Futaba 5:30-7:30 – Musketeer
Gripweed
Saturday, Sept. 15
10am – Fair Opens – Old Town Yoga
10:30 – Kurt Humann, – Better Than a Jukebox
11:00 – T-Band – Blue-grass, Country, Folk
Noon – Wendy Pabich, Keynote
1:00 – Hip-Hop with a Message! EARTH GUARD-IANS
2:00 – Rachel Kaplan, Keynote
3:00 – Old Thyme Con-test Winners Announced
3:15 – Belly Dancers – Tribal Tique
4:00 – The Constitution 5:15-6:45 – Patti Fiasco
Band
Sunday, Sept. 16
This year’s focus is on waterFoCo Chili Fest Thirteenth annual Sustainable Living Fair takes place this weekend
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LIFE
Music Workshop: Dare to Dabble with Dalcroze EurythmicsCSU University Center for the ArtsSaturday, Sept. 15Free for students, $20 for alumni and $40 for the general public8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Check out the UCA’s eurythmics single-day course to gain a better understanding of movement and, for you education majors, to gain a leg up on the workforce competition.� is workshop will introduce you to the teachings of Swiss music educator Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, who believed that movement was our “sixth sense.” � rough kinesthetic games and activities, you will learn musical concepts such as beat, meter, rhythm, melodic contour, articulation, dynamics and phrasing.� e workshop is designed for K-12 music educators, instructors or anyone who performs or teaches music. For more information, visit www.central.colostate.edu.
Cemetery Stroll: Law and DisorderGrandview Cemetery, Fort CollinsSaturday, Sept. 15$610 a.m.
Ever wanted to learn a little more about the lawless side of Fort Collins history? If so, check out Fort Collins’ Law and Disorder event on Saturday morning. Some of the town’s most intriguing characters come to life in this graveyard portrayal of outlaws and lawmen.Proceeds support the Fort Collins Senior Center. For more information, visit www.events.visitfortcollins.com.
Fort Collins Symphony Ice Cream SocialLibrary Park, Fort CollinsSaturday, Sept. 15$3 per ticket or $10 for four2 to 4 p.m.
Alright, an ice cream social might sound far too family friendly for a college student, but is there any argument against the fact that ice cream appeals to all ages the same as a fart joke?Hang out with the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra on Saturday and enjoy gourmet ice cream, face-painting and cupcakes. Philomusica, the European music school, will even be on hand to help novices try to play musical instruments.For more information, visit www.fcsymphony.org.
City Park 100 Fireworks DisplayCity ParkSunday, Sept. 16freeEvent begins at 4 p.m., fi reworks begin at 8:10 p.m.
� is year’s crippling drought and massive wildfi res may have cancelled the 4th of July fi reworks display at City Park, but the 100 year anniversary display is still set to take place Sunday evening.For more information, visit www.fcgov.com.
What: Good Gravy’s Excellent Adventure� e Aggie � eatreSaturday, Sept. 15$10Doors open at 8 p.m.
Ever, like, wanted to dress up as a character from “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” man? Well, you can do just that at local bluegrass band Good Gravy’s Excellent Adventure show at the Aggie � eatre this Saturday evening.Wear an outfi t from the era of 500 B.C. to 1989 and get a discount at the door. A photo booth will also be present to document your totally tubular attire.In the words of the band (which appear on the event’s Facebook page), “� is is going to be an all or nothing rage fest. Costumes, balloons, glow sticks, phone booths, Abe Lincoln. � is one you will NOT want to miss! Lets get weird and crazy!”For more information, visit www.aggietheatre.com.
“Memory Game” by Jennifer Angus� e Fort Collins Lincoln CenterExhibit open Sept. 14 to Nov. 3freeOpening reception Friday, Sept. 14 at 5 p.m.
Creepy, crawly bugs aren’t what fi rst come to mind when you think of fi ne art, but Jennifer Angus’ new exhibit at the Lincoln Center, titled “Memory Game,” incorporates exotic insects gathered from rain forest environments in Southeast Asia.By pinning the insects to the wall in ornate, intricate designs, Angus’ exhibit manages to mimic popular textile and wallpaper designs.“My works are site specifi c, designed for each museum and gallery alone. � ey are ephemeral pieces lasting the length of the exhibition after which they are dismantled,” Angus said in a press release. “It is a bit tongue in cheek to do work that in many ways is about collecting, yet my art cannot be bought or collected. It can only be fully experienced during the run of the show. All the viewer can take home is a memory.”For more information, visit www.fcgov.com.
French Nest Open Air MarketCivic Center ParkSaturday, Sept. 15Free9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Interested in buying local wares or antiques and collectibles? Would you also like to buy those things outside?If so, swing by the French Nest Open Air Market this Saturday at Civic Center Park. � e market, which is held the third Saturday of every month until Oct. 20, is northern Colorado’s only outdoor market for used wares.For more information, visit www.thefrenchnestmarket.com.
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Everyone sees the birthday girl at the bar strutting around in her “Just Turned 21!” sachet, but nobody sees her curled up by the toilet the next morning.
Birthdays, like the basement of the library, have a creepy underbel-ly. They are nothing but crude reminders that we have survived another round-trip journey on a piece of rock that hurtles precariously through out-er space.
Although birthdays may seem pleasant be-cause you receive gifts and a tidbit more atten-tion than usual, they are just gimmicks to make us forget something ter-rible--we are getting old, slowly but surely.
When I was young, around nine, I always thought it would be fun to be “older” because older kids seemed so cool. So when I was nine, I wanted to be 13, and when I was 13, I wanted to be 16. Well, it turns out that I was an idiot, because now I’m 21 and it’s a bummer.
Along the course of my youth I felt as though there were certain birth-days where it was a priv-ilege to be old. It starts at 16. We get our licens-es and start cruising the USA.
However, a car usually requires a job, so we have to put on our very best polo shirt and apply to Dairy Queen. After serv-ing upwards of 500 frost-ies, you realize that you hate your job and your car. Suddenly being 16 is not so cool.
After slaving away for two years we turn 18. We become technical adults, but all that means is that we can buy our own cig-arettes and waste mon-ey on scratch tickets. I guess you could also go and buy yourself the lat-est edition of Playboy, but seriously, who does that?
However, the real thought in the back of everyone’s mind at that age is, “This is cool, but it’s still three more years until I can drink.” As those years pass you’ll probably often wish you were “old enough” to drink. But wait a sec-ond — there is nothing cool about getting “old
enough” to do anything. Getting old sucks.
Three years later you turn 21 and think every-thing is golden, but the truth is that whether you end up dancing on the bar or puking on it, it is bittersweet. You feel so young before midnight when you walk into the bar, but by noon the next day you feel old and hung-over.
When you are of age, you will become used to spending inordinate amounts of cash on mar-garitas, or any other nas-ty drink that promises to have you rushing to the bathroom in the middle of class the next morn-ing. You will probably wonder why you ever thought being 21 was so cool, because being broke and perpetually hungover isn’t so awe-some to me.
As time passes you will take your younger friends out on their 21st birthdays and buy them nasty shots that you drank on yours. Their sophomoric behavior and the amount of alco-hol they’re consuming will have you clenching your teeth, thinking, “Did I look like that too?”
Eventually you will have to go out for your friend’s 22nd birthday. Make no mistake; the 22nd birthday is the worst. When you were younger, turning 16, 18 and 21 all seemed to mean something, but at 22 you are just a bag of meat that has completed another lap around the sun.
All the old people I know (my 22-year-old friends) wake up after their birthday with the worst hangover they’ve ever encountered. They say, “I have to get my life together, get an in-ternship, or apply to law school or something. I’m getting too old for all of this,” and I look at them like they have just peed in my cereal.
It’s like once you’re 22 you wake up with ar-thritis and a hunch that you should get your co-lon cleaned. Nobody has to tell you that you’re old because you know it. It’s absolutely terrifying.
So for all you kids who are 18 to 20 and upset that you’re not “old enough” to do anything fun in this town — get over it. Quit thinking about getting old, because in three years when you really are “old” you’re going to miss the days of your sweet, sweaty youth.
Quinn Scahill is a se-nior English major. His columns appear Fridays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to [email protected].
I have always been somewhat aware that the existence of racism is still prevalent in our country today, but I never would have expected to find it in the nonjudgmental and accepting town of Fort Collins — especially not from a CSU student.
Tour de Fat and the Rocky Moun-tain Showdown had just ended, and the mood of Fort Collins was ecstatic and friendly with a high over the commu-nity from CSU's epic win over CU. My friend and I were enjoying Fat Tires on the patio of a popular bar in Old Town and accompanying our beers with a couple Marlboro Lights.
A seemingly friendly — and clearly intoxicated — CSU student approached us from the bar, and the friendly vibe from the night soon diminished.
The student, wearing a Crown Royal bag on his head in place of a hat (proba-bly part of a Tour de Fat costume) walked up to us and asked for a cigarette. My friend responded with our standard line to any cigarette-bummer: "Joke for a smoke. If I laugh, I'll give you a cigarette."
The joke that followed was one of the most profoundly racist and disgust-ing that I have ever experienced and in-
volved overly crude language — not even acceptable in the atmosphere of a bar.
Not only did he tell us the "joke", but proceeded to talk about African Americans — referring to them by fre-quent use of the “n-word” — and how "they" are lazy, worthless and a bunch of criminals (wait, I'm sorry — did we just time travel back to the pre-Civil War Confederate south?)
It makes me cringe, typing these words — racism isn't a joke, and it isn't funny.
This student is not even close to the only instance of racism I have en-countered around this campus, unfor-tunately. I hear the “n-word” on at least a daily basis and students consistently seem to talk about blacks and whites in separate groups, granted this is often unintentional.
Why label an individual as one of "them"? Since when does color reflect an individual’s work ethic, personality and character? Who do you think you are, to have the audacity to judge or la-bel another based off the color of their skin? And no, intoxication is far from an excuse for discriminatory behavior.
I remember this line, from this one little speech, "I Have a Dream" that went something like: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Some-thing like that, am I right?
This is 2012, and talking about blacks and whites in opposing and often conde-scending terms is an offensive version of separate but equal – a concept that you and I both know, should be long outdated.
I too often hear the defense that jokes and remarks such as these are exercising freedom of speech and per-
sonal opinion. I'm sorry, but the last time I checked hate speech or fighting words, defined as insults "on the basis of race, color, creed, religion or gender” are not protected by the First Amend-ment, according to the Supreme Court Case of R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul.
This isn't an agenda, it's a matter of right and wrong, and of ethical and un-ethical. It's a matter of common sense and respect toward one another. We are members of a community, and before a few weekends ago, one that I thought was pretty tolerant and accepting. I guess I'm pretty naive.
While discussing this issue with oth-ers throughout the week, I have been pointed toward the fact that I am a 22-year-old white female, and because of that many of you may not believe I have the "right" to discuss these issues. I strongly and firmly believe I have the "right" to stand up for the people of my community — whatever race, gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation they may be. That my friends, is the real beauty of the First Amendment.
So tonight, as you head off to Old Town or a house party, or whatever you do – remember the phrase "lib-erty and justice for all" and remem-ber that your words not only reflect upon yourselves but upon your com-munity, and the representation of CSU.
If you decide to ignore these values and virtues that our country, state, com-munity and campus stands by: for lack of better terms – wake the hell up.
Lauren Stieritz is a senior commu-nication studies major. Her columns ap-pear Fridays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to [email protected].
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By LAUREN STIERITZ
By QUINN SCAHIL
This is an unscientific poll conducted at Collegian.com and reflects the opinions of the Internet users who have chosen to participate.
YOUR TWO CENTS
*27 people voted in this poll.
YESTERDAY’S QUESTION:
TODAY’S QUESTION:
What’s your favorite band with a snake in the name?
Log on to http://collegian.com to give us your two cents.
Did you go to Tony Frank’s Fall Address?
14% Yes 55% No 29% Went for the food
Google is the new Steve Jobs
Happy birthday, you old bag of meat
Joke for a smoke! Wait, that’s not funny
By NIC TURICIANO
Apple announced the iPhone 5 on Wednesday: that’s no secret. It has a larger screen, new charging ports, lon-ger battery life, slightly different hard-ware and a better front-facing camera than the previous model.
Sounds like a lot of changes, right? But there’s one problem: it looks nearly identical to the iPhone 4S (and, before that, the iPhone 4). Additionally, the upgrades to the new device fall in line with technological advances.
Battery life is constantly improving in mobile devices, as are cameras, pro-cessors and screen displays/sizes. We expect these components to improve year after year.
But after five years and four itera-tions, the device serves few functions that it didn’t when Steve Jobs first in-troduced the product in January 2007.
So yes, upgrades have been made to the iPhone, but no watershed oc-curred when there needed to be one, meaning that there’s nothing distinctly “Apple” about Apple’s new product.
The reason the company became
the behemoth that it is today is be-cause it incorporated new technologies in ways that no one else had.
Apple introduced the first wide-ly successful and affordable personal computer, the Apple 1, in 1976, which pioneered the graphic user interface (computer monitor) that’s still popu-lar today. Other innovations include the first widely used mp3 music player (iPod), iTunes and the iPad.
While these devices (sans the Ap-ple 1) still exist today in forms similar to their originals, their yearly releases are no longer excitedly talked about for weeks , or even months , beforehand.
The iPhone is a different story. Not that it doesn’t resemble its first itera-tion — because it does — but that it’s still looked to as a product to show the world how new technologies can be used in a commercial setting.
Yet there’s nothing very “new” about the iPhone 5, and in terms of cre-ating a discussion instead of becoming fodder for it, the device is a failure.
The horizon for Apple doesn’t hold any exciting new products if rumors are to be believed — an iPad Mini is no more thrilling than a slightly retouched iPhone.
On the other end of the tech spec-trum is Google, the company that is quickly usurping Apple as the leading innovator in the world of consumer technology and embodies the spirit of Apple’s former guru.
They’ve done this by incorporating various technologies (just as Apple be-came so famous for) into existing plat-forms such as Google Chrome (a sim-ple, integrated web browser with vast potential) and Chromebooks (laptops built entirely on the Chrome platform
that function primarily on the Web).Most exciting though, is the cre-
ation of Google Glass — a technology that takes the age-old eyeglasses, elim-inates the lenses and transforms them into a Web browser, calendar, daily planner, video camera, etc., all hov-ering on a screen no larger than your thumb.
It’s innovations like Google Glass (which, unfortunately, won’t be com-mercially available until 2014) that Apple used to be known for, and after Wednesday’s convention, it’s difficult to believe that the company hasn’t be-gun to recede from its post at the new frontier.
The argument is not, as is often made, that Steve Jobs’ death signalled the end of Apple innovation — it’s ru-mored that the iPhone 5 was the last project that he was significantly in-volved in, meaning that, even with a touch of Jobs, the device became little more than a rehash.
The argument is that Apple hasn’t significantly redesigned the wheel since the original launch of the iPhone (the iPad was less revolutionary than expectation fulfilling).
While Apple has thrived on the coattails of Jesus Phone’s genius, Goo-gle has been outmaneuvering and out-thinking Apple with new devices — so much so that with the introduction of a product like Google Glass, it seems Ap-ple’s mojo has jumped ship into the lap of another company.
Entertainment Editor Nic Turiciano can be reached at [email protected]
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By DAVIS ENGLISH�e Rocky Mountain Collegian
�is �ctional column is based on the Ramtalk, “I haven’t seen iHome guy at all this se-mester. If he has graduated, who will �ll his musical spot in our hearts?” which originally ap-peared in the Sept. 7 Collegian.
In a recent publicity stunt, iHome guys have taken to the streets to protest.
�e iMen and iWomen, as they are known, are notorious for carrying speakers to class instead of wearing head-phones like a normal person would. �ese beloved men and women are upset, and are asking for more recognition. As they protest, observers and onlookers are forced to ask themselves: How can we �ll the void?
iHome guys are generally
smelly, small and hobbit-es-que. �ey thrive on attention and love open toed shoes. �ey carry around guitars and hacky sacks that must be taken out in any group circle. �ey are a vegetarian people that claim to love the Earth as well as their community. �e iHome person is a kind, yet misunderstood breed.
�e iHome was developed mainly as an alarm clock and music playing device for people to use in their times of leisure. Some intelligent soul, however, thought to incor-porate social times with this leisure time by carrying the speakers to class with him — �e Grateful Dead playing full blast. With this, the move-ment was born.
When asked what the problem was, local CSU iHome guy Lohgan Bonswee replied, “We just aren’t getting enough
attention.” �e obviously distraught Bonswee went on to say that “Some people play piano for others to enjoy, but me: I just play my iHome as darn well as I can.” He went on to talk about the lack of appreciation for the iHome as a musical instrument.
�e students have risen as well to join the protesters. “You know,” says local student Stevin Jakeb, “the iHome is a really underappreciated art form. Society needs to embrace these people who brighten our lives every day.”
�e protests have been going on for weeks now, and if they are not terminated soon, we may have to live the rest of our lives without the iHome people. I know that I never want to see that day.
The sound of (mp3) musicThe Weekend Excursion GuideBy Kevin Bartz�e Rocky Mountain Collegian
I sense that you all tire of heading up into Estes Park. Mainly because I do too. So, this week I’m sending you all to a spot like no other in all of northern Colorado, at least to my knowledge.
Red Mountain Open Space sits where the foothills pan out into the expansive bubbling plane of the high desert. You’ll catch glimpses of the distant Front and Mummy Ranges scraping up from behind the foothills. You’ll see the pan-oramic openness of the planes, all while trekking through the hilly landscape.
�e space is composed of a network of trails that weave around mesas, cli�s, through red-walled canyons and along trickling streams.
It is a new natural area that was once ranching land. �e
landscape had gone untouched for centuries; it’s kind of like stepping into the old west.
However, its seclusion is, by far, it’s most attractive fea-ture. Once you pull into the trailhead, you will truly feel “Out �ere.” Get ready to trek for a few hours without seeing a soul.
Also, since this was once ranching land, you will probably run into some horseback riders. �at is, if you see anybody at all.
In addition, don’t be sur-prised if you stumble across a herd of free range cattle, gaping and chewing at you. Like I said before, this place is like no oth-er place to go hiking.
Normally, I have a set route to suggest. But that is not the case this week. �ere are just so many options up at Red Mountain. You could do a quick �ve mile hike or a long 10 mile loop that dips past the Wyoming Border. Just snag a map and be creative.
Another great part of this space is it’s not just for hikers. I would highly recommend hop-ping on a mountain bike and taking on one of the larger loop trails. �e routs pitch up and down so it is a constant change of pace.
Seriously, this has to be one of the best kept secrets of the Fort Collins Area.
To get here, take College Avenue northbound and turn o� onto Highway 1, still head-ing north. Continue to CR 15 (also know as Waverly turn o�) and go left. Turn left on CR 78. Hang a right on CR 17., then Turn left on CR 80. Take a right on CR 19 then a left on CR 21. �is is a dirt road. Continue 7 miles to where the road ends at the trailhead.
For the first time since he’s been at CSU, President Tony Frank was able to give a crowd of about 3,000 gath-ered for his Fall Address some good news about Col-orado’s public higher educa-tion funding.
“It appears the state of Colorado may increase higher education funding next year,” he said.
Despite the good news, Frank encouraged every-one to begin planning for future obstacles that stu-dents could face with higher education. Even though he hinted at funding increas-ing in the next year, Frank was determined to initiate a plan that would protect CSU from future cuts.
“Unless there are funda-mental changes to the way in which we as Coloradans manage the resources we entrust to each other in this place we call home, there will be no funding for public higher education … in the next 7 to 10 years,” Frank said. “Ours could potentially become the first state in the nation to defund its system of public higher education.”
Students who attended sympathized with Frank’s desire to plan ahead for fu-ture problems with student funding.
“I think it’s good that he’s getting on it now,” said Davis Stone, a senior economics major. “It shows that he un-derstands how important a cut to public funding could be, but that he’s not afraid of it.”
According to Jenny Jes-sup, a senior Natural Scienc-es major and Presidential Ambassador, CSU’s current standing was all in thanks to Frank’s doing.
“Through Frank’s leader-ship we’ve survived through the financial crisis and we continue to thrive,” she said.
Frank also announced
a plan that he has been dis-cussing with his cabinet, a plan he called “CSU 2020.” It involves increasing non-res-ident attendance to CSU, maintaining the universi-ty’s position as the school of choice in Colorado and “a relentless focus on excel-lence in everything we do,” he said.
The plan puts the uni-versity’s enrollment growth on path to reach 35,000 stu-dents by 2020. Some fore-saw potential problems that could arise from Frank’s plan.
“With more students it provides more competition within the classroom,” Stone said. “It creates a larger CSU environment.”
Frank also listed off the numerous accomplish-ments CSU had achieved within the last year, from completing the first compre-hensive university campaign early and with an excess of $40 million to welcoming in the largest incoming class at CSU for the fourth consecu-tive year in a row.
The fall address was a tradition started by CSU President Albert Yates af-ter the Flood of 1997. It was originally a celebration of the community that ral-lied together and worked to quickly put students back in school. Frank addressed the reason for continuing that tradition today.
“To celebrate our suc-cesses, reflect on our chal-lenges,” he said. “And to look to a path forward as a com-munity.”
Frank emphasized the university’s active participa-tion in implementing his plan. Borrowing from a line said by President Abraham Lincoln, Frank told the crowd, “It is not whether any of us can imag-ine better, but whether all of us can do better.”
Tony Frank speaks to the Unviersity on the Oval Thursday morning to a crowd of over 3,500 people. Frank spoke about the last academic year, and the future of CSU..
By SEAN MEEDS and MEGAN TIMLINThe Rocky Mountain Collegian
Twenty-eight different fraternities and sororities are recruiting in the up-coming week, looking to add to a community that has grown more than 30 percent in the last six years.
CSU Greek Life is the largest student organiza-tion on campus, right after the Associated Students of CSU. Currently, there are 1,600 students involved with Greek Life, which makes up eight percent of the student body popula-tion.
“Greek Life has gotten bigger, but because CSU is growing, the percentage hasn’t changed,” said Patty Casullo, Panhellenic Re-cruitment Chair.
But unlike ASCSU, where affiliation ends after graduation, being a part of a CSU fraternity or sorority means “joining a lifetime membership,” said Hayden Genth, the vice president of administration for the In-terfraternity Council.
“People don’t join orga-nizations, people join peo-ple,” Genth said.
A typical recruitment process for a fraternity in-volves students attending Greek Life informational meetings, organized events, visiting chapter tables out
on the Lory Student Center Plaza and simply speaking to a member of a chapter house.
Fraternity events in-clude attending football games, bowling, barbeques and other outdoor activities.
“I’m very happy to have three weeks to meet guys who are interested, be-cause these are the people who I’m going to have their backs for life,” Genth said.
Nick Patenaude, Alpha Sigma Phi’s recruitment di-rector, believes that it is im-portant for his brothers to get to know potential new members and make them feel like a part of the broth-erhood from the beginning.
While fraternities can initiate new members at any time, six sororities participate in formal recruitment from Sept. 14 through Sept. 17.
This year is a big year for sorority recruitment, according to Patty Casullo, the Panhellenic recruit-ment chair.
Formal recruitment lasts three days, with an additional day where bids are placed. This year, there was also an optional open house Sunday, Sept. 9.
“Of the days, there are different rounds and each has a conversation theme,” Casullo said.
On day one, the wom-en visit six PHC sororities, discussing Panhellenic and
sisterhood. The next day, they visit up to four PHC sororities to learn about the philanthropy and member-ship options. The final round is preference night, where the women visit two chap-ters where the members showcase why the house means so much to them.
After touring Panhel-lenic (PHC) sororities each day, young women rank each house according to which they prefer the most. Those same sorori-ties, however, will also de-termine which individuals they think fit best in their group — this is called a mu-tual selection process.
Many incoming stu-dents tend to be intimidat-ed by these four days, but Casullo advises recruits to keep an open mind and stay positive.
“It’s important to know all your options,” she said.
Both Casullo and Pat-enaude have similar advice to students going through recruitment. They believe it is important to make sure students fit in the chapter and that they remain true to who they are as individuals.
Each CSU chapter also participates with and do-nates to a specific philan-thropy. For example, the Chi Omega chapter do-nates to the Make-A-Wish Foundation while Zeta Tau participates with their na-
tional philanthropy, Breast Cancer and Education. For the Interfraternity Council, examples include Sigma Chi’s involvement with the Huntsman Cancer Institute and Sigma Pi Epsilon’s sup-port of the Youth AIDs orga-nization.
Greek students gave additional reasons to make a lifelong commitment to their chapters.
“The amount of in-volvement and the oppor-tunities it opens sets you apart,” Patenaude said. “Not only that, but it gives students an outlet for inter-nal growth and reflection upon themselves.”
“Greek Life holds its members accountable to a higher standard,” Genth said. “Not just in Greek Life, but in every part of life.”
Collegian writers Sean Meeds and Megan Timlin can be reached at [email protected].
Panhellenic Council: Sept. 14-17, 2012
Interfraternity Council: Year-round recruitment
Mutlicultural Greek Coun-cil: Recruitment unique to each house
National Pan-Hellenic Council: Recruitment unique to each house.
For more information visit www.csugreeks.colostate.edu.
RECRUITMENT DATES
“People don’t join organizations, people join people.”Hayden Genth | vice president of administration for the Interfraternity Council
Recruitment underway, giving students a new place to call homeGreek Life numbers growing
CSU has room for improvement
In the Sept. 13 article, “ASCSU alters student fee process,” it was incorrectly stated that the Student Fee Review Board’s name was changed to the Board for Student Organization Funding pursuant to Senate Bill 4202. The Student Funding Board’s name was changed pur-suant to Senate Bill 4203. The Collegian regrets its error.
CORRECTION
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A group of students walk towards the intramural fields past a fenced off section of the West Lawn where Cobra Starship is planning to play a concert tomorrow night. ASAP is the sponsor for the RamJam concert that will also feature Breathe Carolina.
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Local Loco shakedown: Bonnie and the Beards
Denver’s fi re juggling and face painting band Bonnie and the Beard likes to play the desert gypsy blues, mixing the “Howlin’ moon, stories of rebels, rusty Cadillacs and a healthy dose of whiskey.” � ey’ve opened for Colorado’s own DeVotchka, have played at Tour de Fat and the Underground Music Festival, and have now been a featured local band on 90.5 KCSU’s weekly live performance show the Local Loco. Bonnie and the Beard will be back to Fort Collins this Saturday, Sept. 15 playing at Road 34.
By Michael Elizabeth Sakas90.5 KCSU Fort Collins
By Alex Hall� e Rocky Mountain Collegian
Grizzly Bear: “Shields”Released Sept. 18
Since 2009’s “Veckatimest,” members of the Brooklyn four-piece have pursued their own projects apart from the band, like Daniel Rossen’s Silent Hour/Golden Mile and Chris Taylor/CANT’s “Dreams Come True.” � ey’ve had time to de-velop their own individual personalities, and because of this, “Shields” may have — under diff erent circumstances — been the next “White Album.”
But it’s not. In many ways it’s the most collaborative al-bum Grizzly Bear has ever done. Each member shines, not just in performance but also in composition. It’s an album that will, if not win over new listeners, entirely delight old fans.
Grizzly Bear’s music has been featured in “Blue Valentine” and “� e Dictator”
Great tracks include “Sleeping Ute,” “Yet Again,” and “Gun-Shy”
Chris Taylor has also produced records for Twin Shadow and Dirty Projectors
Daniel Rossen is also part of the band Department of Eagles
Animal Collective: “Centipede Hz”Released Sept. 4
If Grizzly Bear ventured further away from their roots with their last album, Animal Collective has done just the opposite with theirs. “Centipede Hz” is a sound collage that has more in common with “Danse Manatee” and “Spirit � ey’ve Gone…” than “Merriweather Post Pavilion” and “Strawberry Jam.” Although it’s not as “radio-friendly” (if that term actually means anything) as their other records, it shares many similarities with the medium of radio itself.
Apart from the static and clipped conversation sprinkled throughout, each instrument sounds like it came from a dif-ferent song from a diff erent station, as if it was possible to turn on a radio and hear all frequencies at once. It’s not total suff ocation, though; there is a selectiveness that is surpris-ing about the work, and a curation that might be endearing even to the most stolidly antagonistic listeners.
Includes “Today’s Supernatural” and “Monkey Riches”Marks the return of guitarist and multi-instrumentalist
DeakinPercussionist Panda Bear released the highly acclaimed
“Tomboy” last yearKeyboardist and vocalist Avey Tare assumed most of the
songwriting duties instead of “Merriweather’s” Tare/Bear songwriting approach
Top 10 albums for the week of Sept. 91. Various Artists — “Just Tell Me � at You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac”2. Bloc Party — “Four”3. Orwells — “Remember When”4. Amanda Palmer and the Grand � eft Orchestra — “� eatre is Evil”
5. Walk the Moon — “Walk the Moon”6. Divine Fits — “A � ing Called Divine Fits”7. Two Door Cinema Club — “Beacon”8. Teen — “In Limbo”9. Grasscut — “Unearth”10. Good Co. — “Electro Swing for the Masses”
MarkBass and accordion
AlexDrums
WesHorns and vocals
MeganVocals, guitar and keys
TonyGuitar, vocals and banjo
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said. “Stories are a wonderful way to get people to, what Shakespeare said, ‘Hold the mirror up.’
“I think if you turn on the nightly news, you see the same things going on in this play happening right now in Syria, Afghanistan and even Denver, where there is a huge amount of sex trafficking,” Ishii said. “It’s very contem-
porary in terms of abuse and the powerlessness that women are sometimes made to feel.”
According to Ishii, although this play brings up some controversial issues, it is important to show them through theater rather than film because it allows an immediate reaction from the audience.
“� e most important thing is to risk. Playing it safe is not
the role of an artist. Doing art is about exploration, and ex-ploration means that you don’t know what the destination is,” said Zwick-Tapley.
� is is the fi rst main stage show of the season for Bas Bleu since the sentencing of former CSU student Matthew Strauch, who stole money from the theater, as well as a local charter school, in the spring of 2012.
“We are moving forward,”
said Dulcie Willis, executive director of Bas Bleu. “We were satisfi ed with the sentencing, but we’re not letting it aff ect our artwork and we’re stronger than ever.”
Strauch was sentenced to four years community correc-tions, and is to pay $750,000 in restitution, according to the Collegian.
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To the person who dropped their fortune cookie and had it stepped on: looks like you’ll be having a “crumby” future soon.
� ere’s still puke on my necklace from my birthday. In January.
If the outfi ts on campus are any indication, the black spandex industry must be making a killing these days.
How is it we can put a man on the moon but can’t make a grape fl avoring that actually tastes like grape.
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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (09/14/12). Your family and friends stand for and with you. Your creativity and infl uence at work continues to grow this year. An exciting prospect de-velops before year’s end. Autumn could provoke an educa-tional inquiry. Plan fi rst and get into action.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easi-est day, 0 the most challenging.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) ––7–– There’s way too much work, especially for the next two days. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, but is it as fun? Take time to acknowl-edge both successes and failures, and learn from them all.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ––9–– Do what you can to help the others stay relaxed and calm. If it’s any help to know, you’re especially cute now, and romance goes well. Avoid the fl imsy. Accept a sweet, solid deal.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ––9–– Complete the work fi rst, and play later. Stick close to home for a couple of days. Kind-ly ask for help with a household project. Make an important connection.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) — 8 — Entering a few days of learning. You’re especially good with words right now. There’s more money coming your way -- if you’ll work for it. Com-munication provides a key.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ––7–– The next phase is good for making deals, even in the face of some resistance. Compe-tition provides the motivation. But do it for love, not money. Passion engulfs you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ––9–– You’re on top of the world, looking down on opportunity. Don’t let your head swell, and watch out for confl icting orders and hidden agen-das. Fix up the place.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ––6–– Finish up projects you’ve been avoiding today and tomorrow. Don’t get sidetracked. Find assistance from a great coach, as needed, and move up one level.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ––8–– Your friends are grate-ful for your contributions and are ready to add their grain of sand. Exert yourself. Receive accolades for good service. A touch of glitter might be just the thing.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ––8–– Take a few days to fi rm up career details. Be clear on what your objectives are. It’s time to leave misconceptions behind. Reconfi rm what you heard to avoid misunderstandings.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ––8–– Start planning a va-cation, or just go for it more spontaneously. It doesn’t have to cost an arm or a leg. Let your heart lead you. Be grateful for what you have. Enjoy.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ––7–– Your theory gets chal-lenged. Don’t resist it, but learn from the experience. Others may know better after all. Stay out of your own way. Changes call for budget revisions.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ––8–– Consult a good strate-gist or friend. Use your experience to soothe ragged nerves. You solve another impossible problem. Accept a nice bonus.
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Friday, September 14, 2012 | Page 8
FRESH NEW FACEVOLLEYBALL
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By KYLE GRABOWSKIThe Rocky Mountain Collegian
There has been a big pastel blue elephant in Tom Hilbert’s closet since June.
He’ll finally get to face it on the court Saturday when defending champion No. 2 UCLA visits Moby for a showdown with the CSU volleyball team.
“As we’ve always learned, we get people in Moby, we play at the top of our game, we have a chance to beat anyone in the country,” Hilbert said.
UCLA is 7-1 this season with its only loss coming in the team’s opening tour-nament at current No. 1 Nebraska, winning on the home court of then No. 6 Hawaii in the process.
“They have great out-side hitting in all three spots, and they are an incredibly good pass-ing team,” Hilbert said. “They’re able to play an extremely fast tempo and they’re very physical.”
2012 NCAA Tourna-ment Most Outstanding Player Rachael Kidder again leads the Bruins’ attack, av-eraging 3.89 kills per set. Se-nior Tabi Love was named the Verizon Volleyball Chal-lenge Most Outstanding Player after a 26 kill out-burst against Hawaii.
“We haven’t had to be great because we’ve had physical advantages,” UCLA coach Michael Sea-ley said. “We won’t have that against CSU. They’re a big, talented team”
The Rams have a sim-ilar level of respect for UCLA, but won’t blink when put face-to-face with one of the nation’s most dominant programs.
“We’re not intimidated by their athleticism,” Hil-bert said.
CSU has fed off of the
competitive practices they had last week in conjunc-tion with its victory in the 2012 Rams Volleyball Clas-sic to push each other fur-ther this week.
“We definitely have a new focus. We’re working on the small things we need to get better at,” Paige said. “Passers are working on serve-receive, hitters and Deedra are working on get-ting up fast. We’re all really there and we want it so bad.”
A victory against UCLA would be the highest ranked team CSU has ever taken down in Moby, but the team doesn’t need to be reminded of the stakes.
“That is not a necessary thing to get my team fo-cused. They know who this is,” Hilbert said.
The Rams defeat-ed UCLA in the team’s previous meeting in the NACWAA invitational in Gainesville, Fla., the first time CSU defeated a No.1 team in any sport.
Hilbert insists, however, this Saturday’s match isn’t about winning or losing.
“This match is a win-win for us. It’s about going out and having a great ex-perience for our team, for our fans,” he said.
Part of that experience, however, could be storm-ing the court after one of CSU’s signature wins in any sport in 2012.
“This is a once in a life-time opportunity for CSU to get to play a No. 2 ranked team,” senior middle block-er Megan Plourde said. “We’re going to have Moby madness, and I feel like it’s going to be the place to be to get the environment go-ing, so maybe we can intim-idate UCLA a little bit.”
Assistant Sports Edi-tor Kyle Grabowski can be reached at [email protected].
By KYLE GRABOWSKIThe Rocky Mountain Collegian
Dri Culbert’s high school coach always told her, “there’s another level.”
She climbed to another level against then No. 14 Tennessee in her first college start, and has remained in the starting lineup ever since.
Culbert grew up in Delton, Mich., where her mom was a high school volleyball coach during her early years and her sister Alex played before her.
“Since I was a baby I’ve always been in the gym,” Dri Culbert said. “I was on my first really competitive game in fifth grade, and I’ve grown up watching my sisters play. I’ve grown up watching it and I fell in love with it.”
Jack Magelssen, who coached Culbert in high school, recalls see-ing Culbert watch her sisters prac-tice when she was in 7th and 8th grade.
“She saw the game played at a little higher level than most kids that age,” he said. “As she kept get-ting older she knew the skills it would take. I didn’t have to sell her on anything.”
Culbert played all over the court for Delton-Kellogg High School, set-
ting or hitting as the situation dictated.“She played every position. Be-
cause of her growth spurts we exper-imented in a lot of areas for her,” Ma-gelssen said. “She has big hands, she’s smart, she listens, she wants to train. Not a normal thing for a lot of kids.”
That desire to get better brought Culbert to CSU for a prep camp her sophomore year.
“I just fell in love with the envi-ronment. The campus, the girls, just the family feeling this program has,” Culbert said. “I always wanted to play at a high level and we’re ranked high every year, and that’s nice, but I fell in love with the team chemistry, it wasn’t like anything else.”
CSU coach Tom Hilbert didn’t re-cruit Culbert as much as she recruit-ed the program because they were evaluating her primarily as a setter and had Deedra Foss on the roster.
But once the staff saw her on the court they knew they had a well-rounded player.
“I started seeing that her senior year in high school. I told (current DU coach) Jesse Mahoney before he left, ‘Dri Culbert may come in here and play as an opposite hitter,’ ” Hilbert said. “She understands the game very well for her age.”
Culbert parlayed that under-
standing and her well-rounded skill set into a starting position two weeks into her freshman season.
“She has made a huge impact. It is so nice to have someone function-al on the right side of the court be-cause a lot of ‘junk’ balls get tipped from the left side or hard balls down the line defensively that she is so good at picking up,” senior outside hitter Dana Cranston said. “It’s nice to be able to go to her out of system, which we haven’t had a lot of in the past because she is so smart and crafty and very low error.”
The one area of Culbert’s game that still needs work is her block-ing, but she’s always been willing to work and reach the next level.
“She’s willing to learn and she’s willing to go out and make mistakes in order to get better,” Hilbert said.
Assistant Sports Editor Kyle Grabowski can be reached at [email protected].
Freshman finds another levelDri Culbert season stats
