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�e Justice Party

Not the political wing of the Jus-tice League, but rather a party promoting the idea of economic justice. Their platform in-cludes abolishing corporate per-sonhood, single payer health care, and the election of Superman (allegedly).

Socialist Parties

There are not one, not two, not three, but four Socialist Parties fielding candidates for President. The Freedom Social-ist Party, the Socialist Equality Party, the Social-ist Party USA, and the Socialist Workers Party. They all have pretty much the same agenda.

Lesser Known Political Parties

By NIC TURICIANOThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Kevin Dallinger owns Herb’s Medicinals in Berthoud, Colo. — a medical marijuana dispensary. In both personal and professional aspects, marijuana plays a large role in Dallinger’s life; more than just make his living off of it, Dal-linger credits his marijuana consumption for making him an “asset to society” after an auto injury left him disabled 12 years ago.

So if anyone would be a proponent for legalizing mari-juana it would be Kevin Dal-linger, right? Not exactly.

Dallinger opposes Colo-rado Amendment 64 — an amendment to the state’s con-stitution that would legalize the consumption and sale of marijuana for people over the age of 21.

“What I fear is the way they worded (Amendment 64) is in-correct,” Dallinger said. “They should have worded it ‘any res-ident of Colorado over the age of 21 can purchase,’ but now, the way they’ve worded it, it’s anyone over 21.”

Dallinger believes the le-galization of marijuana sales to residents of other states will likely create a marijuana tourism industry in the state of Colorado, an industry that Dallinger believes will attract the attention of the Drug En-forcement Agency.

As Dallinger points out, even if Amendment 64 passes, marijuana sales and consump-tion would still be illegal under federal law. So for marijuana sellers — even those who abide by Colorado laws — the less at-tention drawn to their profes-sion, the better.

But, from the perspective of one black market marijuana dealer, the positives of legal-izing marijuana in Colorado outweigh the negatives.

“It’s a double edge sword, because there are good bene-fits; generate taxes, create new jobs, a new industry for study,”

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By HALEIGH HAMBLIN The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Men throw away their ra-zors, get rid of their shaving cream and embrace their facial hair to spread awareness and raise funds for testicular and prostate cancer research dur-ing November.

There are 8,500 new cases of Testicular cancer so far this year in America.

Mo Bro’s and Mo Sista’s sport facial and body hair dur-ing the Movember Campaign,

at times harnessing the power of the mustache to raise aware-ness for the cause.

Taking place in over 21 countries, men and women participate to help forever change testicular and prostate cancer research over a 30 day span. Raising over $126 million dollars in 2011, Movember had 855,203 registered participants all around the world.

Bringing back the mus-tache, or Mo, Australia initiat-ed mens health awareness to in 2003 with the establishment of

Movember. The movement be-gan with just a couple of men nine years ago and is expected to reach over a million by the end of November.

Director of Grassroots Engagement, Tom Whiteside, reaches out to the commu-nity as a mustache farmer ed-ucating the community and raising awareness on men’s health.

“To change the way we think about men’s health, we need

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REPORTING BY KATE WINKLE, DESIGN BY HUNTER THOMPSON

Pat Amie is well ahead of the curve for those participating in “No Shave No-vember” as he is walking through the plaza on Tuesday. Pat is a senior in the English Creative Writing program at CSU.

AUSTIN SIMPSON | COLLEGIAN

Big moustache on campusMen and women embrace hair worldwide

What do pot dealersthink aboutlegislation?Another look at Amendment 64

The Collegian makes a presidental endorsement | page 4

A guide to local candidates | page 6

�e Objectivist

PartyEssentially hip-ster libertarians, the Objectivists wish to enact Ayn Rand’s objectivist phi-losophy to the political realm, and usher in an era of no income taxes.

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In an article published Nov. 1, “GLBTQ history month display at Colorado State sparks discussion,” the name of the student service offi ce which serves gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students is misidentifi ed as the “GLBTQ resources offi ce;” the correct name is the GLBT Resource Center.

In the same article, it was stated that Foula Demopolous, director of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisex-ual, & Transgender Resource Center, sent a letter about the display. The letter was actually a joint effort of The Student Diversity Programs and Ser-vices Cluster, which includes the Asian Pacifi c

American Cultural Center, Black/African Ameri-can Cultural Center, El Centro, Native American Cultural Center, Resources for Disabled Students, Women & Gender Advocacy Center and Gay, Les-bian, Bisexual, & Transgender Resource Center.

The Collegian regrets the errors.

FORT COLLINS FOCUS

Kaylee Kirzek dives to get the ball at practice for the Loveland Volleyball Club on the courts by the Recreation Center. The sand volleyball courts as well as the rest of the intramural fi elds are always open for use by students when the weather permits.

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Community Briefs

Will Paul Ryan eat a world famous cinnamon roll?

Even though Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan is known to have good physical health, he may have to face the calories in Johnson’s Corner’s world fa-mous cinnamon roll when he visits the Johnstown truck stop and restaurant on Monday.

Ryan is visiting hours before election day as part of a Republican campaign ral-ly that begins at 1 p.m. with doors opening at 11 a.m.

Johnson’s Corner, which is about a half-hour south of the CSU campus on Interstate 25, has become a Colorado in-stitution and was named one of the top truck stop restau-rants by the Food Network.

Having opened in 1952 — before Interstate 25 was built in the ‘60s — Johnson’s Corner has served as a lo-cation for the Bill Murray and Matthew McConaughey movie “Larger than Life”.

Tickets can be reserved at www.mittromney.com/co.

� e Duo Francois performs at CSU

Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the University Center for the Arts Organ Recital Hall, the Duo Francios will perform several works including Franz Schuber’s “Rondo Brilliant”.

The duo includes Ron-ald Francois on violin and Silvana Santinelli on piano.

“The core of this pro-gram features such beau-tifully crafted writing for piano and violin,” Francios said in a university events calendar listing. Tickets cost $7 for CSU students, $1 for children 2 to 17 years old and $12 for adults.

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A rabbi, a congressman, a basketball player and more than 200 students and com-munity members gathered Friday in the Lory Student Center West Ballroom to cel-ebrate Shabbat 200.

Shabbat traditions origi-nated thousands of years ago, but maintain a sense of slow-ing down every Friday and focusing on the important as-pects of life, according to Rab-bi Yerachmiel Gorelik. He and students from CSU’s Chabad Jewish Student Organization led guests through the meal and its accompanying bless-ings, explaining the signifi -cance of traditional dishes and songs interspersed with jokes and speeches.

“I hope you are re-Jew-vi-nated,” Gorelik said, explain-ing the purpose of Shabbat.

“Rabbi, you should be more Jew-dicious with your puns,” countered Michael Lichtbach, president of Chabad.

Congressman Jared Po-lis, who grew up in a Jewish family, attended the event as a guest of honor. Polis add-ed his voice to the religious songs and clapped gleeful-ly as matzo ball soup was served. He also explained how he has upheld his faith as a congressman through an informal Jewish caucus in

Congress.“There are many different

ways to manifest Judaism,” Polis said. “Spirit, culture, through knowledge, through family. Part of the universal experience is to fi nd out how to express Judaism as a part of your identity.”

Motivational speaker and former basketball play-er Tamir Goodman, or “Jew-ish Jordan,” spoke during the event and shared his struggles and triumphs as a Jewish athlete committed to keeping Shabbat. At one point in college, he got off his team’s bus before Shab-bat began and walked in the snow to a Jewish communi-ty center, then walked two hours the next morning to the university to support his teammates.

“I’d never felt more Jew-ish,” Goodman said. “Ju-daism came alive to me through basketball and through my own unique journey.”

Goodman explained his journey through basket-ball-related lessons: “The layup” shows that, to be suc-cessful, people have to de-vote themselves 100 percent; “The free throw” represents a return of confi dence when people remember their iden-tity; “Listening” involves fo-cusing on what people can do, as opposed to what they

cannot; and “paying atten-tion” reminds people to fo-cus and help others.

Goodman said he be-lieves everything he expe-rienced in his career was divinely ordained, and he was meant to share his story with others and help them through similar struggles.

“That’s the best part coming to speak,” Goodman said. “It’s part of my duty, part of my journey, part of my job to share my story be-cause it relates to so many different types of people on so many different levels that it’s not just for athletes, it’s not just for people in the corporate world.”

Goodman admits that his career would have been smoother if he had not kept Shabbat and that the prac-tice is diffi cult for some to understand. For him, it is not outdated and brings fresh perspective.

“I feel like we only live once and when we look back, are we going to say that every single day of our entire life we were focused on checking our email and going to the movies and just constantly going through the same routine, or are we going to look back and say ‘Wow, I really enjoyed that moment.’”

Freshman Spanish major Savannah Nelson, who came

to the dinner with Jewish friends and wanted to learn more about the culture, said she was inspired by Good-man’s dedication to his faith.

“I learned if you have trouble, always be yourself and who you are,” Nelson said. “As a freshman... I felt isolated, I felt like I’m not being myself lately and his message rang true for me: Be yourself and things will fol-low through for you.”

Nelson said that when she chose CSU she wanted to meet people of different faiths, backgrounds and cultures, and she would be interested in learning more about the Jewish faith.

Shabbat 200 reminded freshman Lauren Mittman of major holiday celebra-tions at home. The food, prayers and traditions con-nected her to other people who come from the same

background, she said.“We’re all connected, all

one voice, we all know exact-ly how to go on and there’s no awkwardness or con-fusion. We’re all together,” Mittman said. “(Shabbat) is something I look forward to in the week. If it’s been a bad week or a good week, it’s al-ways there.”

Senior Reporter Kate Winkle can be reached at [email protected].

Shabbat 200 rejuvenates and inspires Fort Collins

Lechem bread lies ready to be blessed by Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik as the sun sets on the West Ballroom, indicating the start of the Shabbat dinner. The dinner was held in the LSC West Ballroom on Friday night.

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“I feel like we only live once and when we look back, are we going to say that every single day of our entire life we were focused on checking our email...or are we going to look back and say ‘Wow, I really enjoyed that moment.”

Tamir Goodman | Motivational speaker and former basketball player

By SEEMA MEHTAThe McClatchy Tribune

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa is the state that launched President Barack Obama four years ago, and the state that bedeviled Mitt Romney in two primary cy-cles, even if he was tempo-rarily named the winner this year before all votes were counted. So in addition to its six electoral votes, Iowa holds great symbolic signif-icance in this year’s presi-dential race.

Romney campaigned here Sunday morning, his second visit in two days. He urged his supporters to reach out to disenchanted backers of the president and persuade them that a change in direction is vital for the nation’s future.

“I need your vote, I need your work, I need your help. Walk with me. We’ll walk together. Let’s begin anew.

I need Iowa,” he told thou-sands gathered in a conven-tion center. “I need Iowa so we can win the White House and take back America, keep it strong, make sure we al-ways remain the hope of the Earth. I’m counting on you.”

Iowa Gov. Terry Brans-tad, a Republican, said the state that made Obama will take him down.

“Iowans feel betrayed. Almost a sense of — not only disappointed but al-most a sense of betrayal that our principles of sound budgeting and responsible government have been ig-nored by this administra-tion for four straight years,” he said. “Iowa’s message for Obama is: It’s time for a change. It’s time for you to go back to Chicago.”

A new poll by the Des Moines Register released Sat-urday night showed Obama up by 5 percentage points. But Republicans seized on it

because the same poll four years ago vastly overstated Obama’s support in the state, showing Obama leading by 17. He ended up winning by 9.5 points.

They were also heart-ened by the Register’s en-dorsement of Romney, the fi rst time in four decades the state’s largest newspa-per endorsed a Republican, and also notable because of its staunch support for Obama four years ago. It’s unclear how much voters care about endorsements, but the tone of the endorse-ment – sadness and regret about Obama’s inability to fulfi ll his potential, and a conclusion that Romney offered a better chance at righting the nation’s econ-omy – echoed one of the Romney camp’s own lines of argument to voters.

After Romney thanked various politicians at the morning rally, he said, “And a

special shout-out to the Des Moines Register. Thanks for your endorsement.”

Iowa is doing better eco-nomically than much of the nation, leading Romney to highlight the nation’s debt and federal spending in his appeal here. The stereotype of the frugal Midwesterner is rooted in truth – the state has the lowest per capita credit card debt in the na-tion.

“I’m going to move to tackle out-of-control spend-ing. I will send Congress the fi rst of several fundamental reforms called the Down Payment on Fiscal Sanity Act,” Romney said. “You see, we are going to cut not just slow the rate of growth, but actually cut non-security discretionary spending by 5 percent. Because I’m not just going to take offi ce on January 20th, I’m going to take responsibility for the offi ce as well.”

Romney campaigns in Iowa

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people to register as a group and spread the word,” White-side said. “It is simple, fun and in the end you will get a party.”

Men’s Health Partners, Prostate Cancer Foundation and the Livestrong founda-tion are working together to ensure funds from the Movember Campaign sup-port research, education, survivorship and awareness programs.

“Our marathon is the 30 days of moustache growing,” Whiteside said. “Families, friends and fellow Mo’s can donate money to those with the best photos and stories.”

Registration gives access to their own fundraising page, free downloads, spe-cial prizes, collect donations and connect with the Mo Community. Men and wom-en are able to pledge towards a month free of razors, wax-ing and trimming.

Reaching across the world, the Movember cam-paign has attracted CSU

students and several Denver Bronco Players.

Senior sports medicine major Tyler Honn has partici-pated in No Shave November for the past four years. This year, him and a team of four friends are participating in the campaign.

“I am participating in Movember with four of my friends,” Honn said. “It is a way to support testicular cancer awareness and men’s health.”

Denver Bronco wide receiver, Eric Decker joins Matt Prater, Calev Hanie, Lance Ball and several other players who pledged their faces to the Movember cam-paign. Raising awareness on men’s health, Bronco play-ers were photographed Nov. fi rst shaving off their hair. v

For more information on donating, creating a Mo Bro team, research fund efforts and photos please visit mo-vember.com.

Collegian Writer Haleigh Hamblin can be reached at [email protected].

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Tomorrow is the first Tuesday after the first Mon-day in the month of No-vember, better known as election day here in Amer-ica, or the last day to cast your vote in states that have early voting procedures like Colorado.

At this point in the elec-tion cycle I feel it would be silly for me to attempt to sway any of my audience one way or another with regards on which way to cast their vote. There’s been coverage of the potential candidates for over a year now, we’ve been bombard-ed with YouTube and Pan-dora ads for each candidate for almost four months, the papers continue to fill with stories of “gaffes” from each candidates campaign and the nationally televised de-bates have come and gone.

Chances are that any-one who is going to be vot-ing in this election has al-ready cast their vote (I know I have) or have at least al-ready decided on who they are voting for and for what when they go to the polls Tuesday. No, today’s article is instead aimed at those who have decided not to participate.

This is a presidential election, so the overall turnout of the voting age population will be higher than other elections. Even taking that into consider-ation, though, the turnout for eligible voters for the last 10 presidential elec-tions is around 53 percent. The turnout is even less for non-presidential elections.

Think about that. In a good year, the political fate of our nation is determined by barely half of the eligible voters. On off years there are more people not partic-ipating in the civil election process than are. That hardly sounds like democracy to me.

I suppose I can under-stand why some people would not vote, heck I was one of those people for the last two years. I registered when I turned 18 and voted in my first election but end-ed up skipping the last two.

It’s not that I didn’t know they were happen-ing. I was very aware that the election was occurring.

I had just never gotten around to changing where I was registered and the justifications for not vot-ing just sort of snowballed from there.

But after updating my voter registration this sum-mer I realized just how ri-diculous an excuse that is. Seriously, it takes around 15 minutes to go online and update your registration and in this state you can have a ballot mailed to you.

That means no wait-ing in line, no external pressures from the envi-ronment, you can take as much time as you want to think about an issue, and if you really want you can do all that while drinking a beer or a cup of coffee. It really is the most American way to vote.

The other class of per-son I’d like to reach out to is the sort of people that choose not to vote as a “statement.” Those who don’t appreciate the cur-rent two party status quo or seem to think that the current electoral system is corrupt or broken and thus their vote doesn’t matter.

For those upset at the two party status quo the solution is simple. Don’t vote for a Democrat or Re-publican. Vote third party. Vote for a Libertarian candi-date or a Green Party candi-date or start your own party and vote for yourself.

The two main parties still don’t get your vote, but another party will. This can lead to a snowball ef-fect, where the more votes a party gets in one year the more legitimate they ap-pear and the more votes they will get in the next year and help chip away at two party representation.

For those that think their votes don’t count, with respect to Mr. Wayne Gretzky all I have to say is that governments ignore 100 percent of the votes you don’t cast. If you feel your voice is still being ignored after you vote, there are other avenues. Write letters to your representatives or organize demonstrations. It is hard for governments to ignore massive gather-ings of people.

I realize there are some people who have trouble getting to polling places or properly registering in the first place, but those who can vote and don’t are failing one of their primary responsibilities as citizens of a free country. Seriously, get out and vote.

Hamilton Reed is a se-nior computer science major. His columns appear Mon-days in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to [email protected].

Four years ago, young voters went to the polls in record numbers to elect Barack Obama as president of the United States. It was likely the first time we ever voted and our de-cision was one based off emotion — the power of his words, his passion-ate speeches and his vision for our country that represented how our generation would inherit the nation. Obama inspired us and we gave him the worst job in the country; a disas-ter to sort out.

On Tuesday, we will walk into the voting booth with four years of ac-complishments on which to base our decision instead of pretty speeches.

With Obama at the helm, our crippled economy has slowly im-proved. He has been a champion for us students in healthcare and education. In foreign affairs, Obama has proved himself to be a fearless commander in chief and globally respected ambassador. On social is-sues, Obama is on the right side of history, particularly with women’s health and GLBTQ rights.

For these reason, the Collegian

endorses Obama for re-election so he can continue what he started. Four years is not enough time to fix the mess he inherited.

As a second Great Depression

loomed, Obama’s $840 billion stim-ulus bill saved 2.5 million jobs and spurred economic growth.

Obama’s health care plan has allowed us to be covered by our parents’ insurance until the age of 26. Without this burden, we can fo-cus on finding a job and paying off our student loans. He increased Pell

Grants for us and this summer he opposed legislation that would have doubled the interest rate on Stafford Loan.

Meanwhile, Romney’s plan to help the average college student seems oddly lacking –– his plan to help students pay for college is es-sentially to borrow from our parents.

This summer, an executive order halted the deportation of undoc-umented minors who entered the country under the age of sixteen and have lived in the U.S. for five years.

He also aided in the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which al-lowed gay and lesbian military mem-bers serve openly. Obama has shown support of Planned Parenthood and other women’s issues.

While it’s true the president’s domestic power in these instanc-es is limited, whoever takes office next will likely get to appoint two Supreme Court justices. Romney would turn back the clock on our country, undoing decades of the work that has been done to make all men and women truly equal.

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OUR VIEW

We endorse Barack Obama

The Collegian Editorial Board is responsible for writing the staff editorial, “Our View,” and for the views expressed therein. Letters and feedback in response to the staff editorial can be sent to [email protected].

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By ALLISON SYLTE

By HAMILTON REED

Why we made an endorsement this year

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

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YESTERDAY’S QUESTION:

TODAY’S QUESTION:Which Presidential canidate are you voting for?

Log on to http://collegian.com to give us your two cents.

Are your participating in No Shave November?

41% Yes. 37% No. 22% I’ll probably quit half

way through.

Seriously, get out and vote

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“On Tuesday, we will walk into the voting

booth with four years of accomplishments

on which to base our decision instead of pretty speeches.’”“ In a good year, the political

fate of our nation is deter-mined by barely half of the

eligible voters.”

This August, during the first session of our staff-wide training, the very first question I asked was “Should we endorse a presidential candidate this year?”

The answer was an overwhelming “Yes.” And about 12 weeks later, every-one still agreed.

That’s why, right above this col-umn, you can see that we endorsed President Barack Obama. It wasn’t unanimous — Obama received about 60 percent of the vote. Some members of the editorial board chose to support Gary Johnson, one of us advocated for Jill Stein and one abstained.

Forty one of the 100 largest news-papers in the country endorsed Obama, compared to 34 for Republi-can Presidential Candidate Mitt Rom-ney. Two decided to give neither a vote of confidence, according to a Univer-sity of California-Santa Barbara study. Eight newspapers that intend to write endorsements haven’t written one by time of print.

But what about the other 15 that chose not to make an endorsement?

In a 2008 article in Time, Richard Stengel, the magazine’s managing edi-tor, blasted the practice of presidential endorsements by the media.

“Media outlets should publish edi-torials and take positions, but the vote for President is the most personal de-cision we make as citizens,” he wrote. “No one wants to be told how to vote.”

To begin, I firmly believe that no one is going to vote for Obama because the Collegian Editorial Board endorsed him. And I don’t think that The New York Times’ endorsement is going to be a gamechanger either.

However, our endorsement will pro-mote (what I hope) is a civil, healthy discussion in our community surround-ing the candidate’s positions during the final two days of this election season. I want to see people disagree and defend their positions, be it in support of or op-position to our decision today.

That’s the purpose of an opinion page.

In a story lambasting a college newspaper’s endorsement of Barack Obama, the Onion joked that a fiction-al newspaper used cliches like telling the nation’s 140 million likely voters that “the future is in (their) hands” and that “slogans won’t be enough this time around” to make a case for their candi-date of choice.

The commentary on the newspa-per’s self-importance hit a little bit too close to home. So we tried to do things differently. The Collegian wanted its en-dorsement to come from the perspec-tive of a college student, talking about issues as they pertain to students.

Regardless, the whole notion of an endorsement will rightfully cause some people to ask how we can be objective

in our news reporting if our editorial board supported a candidate.

Trust in the media is at an all-time low right now –– and rightfully so. The line between news and opinion at some publications has become so blurred that it might as well not exist.

I can guarantee you, however, that the content on our opinion page differs radically from our news content and that the process of creating them are very, very separate.

Our reporters were not involved in our discussion surrounding our en-dorsement, nor should they have been. Objectivity and balance continue to be our biggest goals — in any sort of cover-age, not just the election.

In addition, our editorial board makes statements about the issues that we report on every day. We constantly take stances about things that our local and student governments are doing, all while doing our best to be as balanced as possible in our coverage. Yes, we have made mistakes, but I guarantee it’s not because we don’t value objectivity.

Let us know in our comments sec-tion if you agree or disagree with our endorsement, or if you think that we’re totally off base in writing one, period. And if you want to discuss anything, don’t hesitate to send me an email or find me on Twitter — if we’re going to do something as potentially contro-versial as making an endorsement, the least I can do as fall editor in chief is ex-plain why.

Editor in Chief Allison Sylte is a se-nior journalism major. Her column ap-pears Tuesdays in the Collegian. She can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @AllisonSylte.

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By EMILY SMITHThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

This election year, Team Fort Collins has worked to educate the communi-ty about their opposition to Amendment 64, which would legalize and regulate marijuana similarly to alco-hol for individuals 21 years old or older.

Team Fort Collins has provided drug and alcohol prevention services in the Fort Collins community since 1989.

The amendment would modify Colorado’s constitu-tion to allow these individu-als to possess, use, grow and transfer up to one ounce of marijuana or up to six mar-ijuana plants, with some re-strictions.

“We are opposed because we expect that the legalization of marijuana will increase its availability in our community and communities across Col-orado,” said Dawn Nannini,

evaluation specialist for Team Fort Collins.

“The reason we’re con-cerned about availability is because we know that use of any substance increases as it becomes more available,” Nannini said.

According to Nannini, Team Fort Collins currently has no concerted effort to stop Amendment 64 from passing. As a non-profit orga-nization they play the role of educators in the community and respond to questions re-garding whether or not they think it is a good idea.

“Our approach to the issue is that marijuana use, like any other substance with a potential for abuse and dependency, harms young people who are still actively developing,” Nanni-ni said.

Nannini said that in-creasing the availability of pot for adults would inad-vertently increase avail-ability for use by young

people. Team Fort Collins is fund-

ed by two grants disbursed through the Colorado Divi-sion of Behavioral Health.

The first grant, which comes from federal funding, focuses on reducing under-age drinking, according to Nannini. The second grant, which utilizes state funding, is designed to reduce drink-ing and driving incidents, injuries and fatalities.

Team Fort Collins also solicits funding from com-munity foundations, person-al donors and fundraisers.

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Team Fort Col-lins cannot lobby or support candidates, but can provide education and raise aware-ness of their perspective.

Mason Tvert, co-di-rector of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Al-cohol, is familiar with Team Fort Collins.

“Given their mission and the work they do, it is

odd that they are opposed to Amendment 64,” Tvert said in an email to the Collegian.

“The organization fully supports the concept of a reg-ulated alcohol market, so I do not see why such a concept could not apply to marijuana which is objectively less harm-ful than alcohol,” Tvert said.

Tvert said it is becom-ing increasingly obvious that regulation works and prohi-bition does not, in regards to marijuana, as marijuana use nationwide has been growing and is now more widely used than tobacco among teens.

“If Team Fort Collins truly wants to keep marijua-na away from young people, why would they not want the people selling it to ask for ID?” Tvert said.

“Why wouldn’t they want law enforcement of-ficials to know exactly who is selling it, when, where and to whom?” Tvert asked. “And why would they want hundreds of thousands of

Coloradans purchasing mar-ijuana in an underground market where they are likely to be exposed to other more dangerous drugs?”

Former Fort Collins medical marijuana dispen-sary owner Steve Ackerman had his first interaction with Team Fort Collins about a year and half ago.

“We went to Team Fort Collins and said ‘we’re gon-na be here, you’re gonna be here, let’s work together to discourage teenagers from using marijuana, let’s work on a program together,’” Ackerman said.

Ackerman said the director of Team Fort Collins told him they could not work together because marijuana is federally illegal and Team Fort Collins receives federal funding.

“Next thing we knew they started a petition drive to put it on the ballot,” Ack-erman said. “37,000 people voted and dispensaries were banned by a difference of

about 1,400 votes.” Ackerman and other

dispensary owners began a petition campaign to get the dispensary question back on the ballot for this election. They garnered nearly 10,000 signatures in Fort Collins and Initiative Question 301, in addition to Amendment 64, is on the ballot.

“A ‘yes’ vote on 301 is a vote to overturn the ban on dispen-saries,” Ackermand said.

Both Initiative Question 301 and Amendment 64 are currently being voted on in Larimer County.

Collegian Writer Emi-ly Smith can be reached at [email protected].

Team Fort Collins educates against Amendment 64“Team Fort Collins is dedicated to preventing the abuse and illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, especially among youth and families, by promoting healthy lifestyles.”

MISSION STATEMENT

BY KATHLEEN HENNESSEYThe McClatchy Tribune

CONCORD, N.H. — President Barack Obama’s campaign isn’t nostalgic just for 2008. As it blew through New Hampshire 48 hours from Election Day, it was pining for the’90s.

Former President Bill Clinton, the only Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt to be elected to the office twice, joined Obama on the stump for what would be only the second – but the last – time of the campaign. The two men with the short and choppy history focused narrowly on the future.

“I’m not ready to give up on the fight,” Obama told the crowd as he asked for their vote one last time.

“Folks, the hour is late and time is short,” Clinton said.

The joint appearance was staged at the scene of one of their epic battles. The podium sat just yards away from a large historical mark-er honoring New Hamp-shire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary, a con-test Obama lost to Hillary Rodham Clinton — more than four years ago.

That history was not for-gotten but quickly dismissed Sunday, with both presi-dents preferring to empha-size their common causes. Clinton, whose voices has grown hoarse as he hus-tles across the country for Obama’s re-election, noted

that he worked hard four years ago, but that the stakes are greater today, he said.

“I’m much more enthu-siastic now than I was then,” he said.

The former president has an even longer history with New Hampshire voters than he does with Obama. This was the state that resurrected his campaign in early 1992 af-ter accusations of womaniz-ing and avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He campaigned relentlessly, vowing to stand with voters “until the last dog dies.” He crowned himself the “Comeback Kid” after a sec-ond-place finish to next-door Sen. Paul Tsongas of Massa-chusetts, whom he breezed past for the nomination.

On Sunday, Clinton de-livered a long explainer of a speech, one of the sort some Democrats believe he perfected at the Demo-cratic National Convention and the president never did. Clocking in at about 25 min-utes, he spoke a few minutes longer than Obama. And it was Clinton’s first cam-paign song, Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop,” not Obama’s usual Bruce Springsteen that blared as the president end-ed his speech.

Despite falling to Hil-lary Clinton in the primary, Obama won New Hampshire in the 2008 general elec-tion by nearly 10 percentage points. But now the president is even with former Massa-chusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

The WMUR Granite State Poll, conducted by the Uni-versity of New Hampshire Survey Center late last week, put the race at 48 percent for each candidate. But it also pointed to signs of potential trouble for Obama. Indepen-dents in the state, a large part of the New Hampshire elec-torate, appeared to be mov-ing to Romney’s corner – 54 percent said they back him, compared with 32 percent who support Obama.

The battle for inde-pendents had Obama and Clinton hitting notes of bi-partisanship, talking about reaching across the aisle and promising to move what has been immovable gridlock in Washington.

Obama touted his ad-ministration’s work man-aging the federal response to Hurricane Sandy, noting his work with leaders from other party and promising to stand with storm vic-tims.

“As long as I’m president I will work with anybody of any party,” Obama said.

Clinton praised Obama’s decision to step off the cam-paign trail and on the Sandy response to work with Re-publican Gov. Chris Christie and New York Mayor Mi-chael Bloomberg, a Republi-can-turned-independent.

“It was a stunning exam-ple of how ‘We’re all in this together’ is a way better phi-losophy than “You’re on your own.’” Clinton said.

Bill Clinton joins Obama in N.H.

President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House towards Marine One in Washington, D.C., headed for the final leg of campaign rallies before Tuesday’s election, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012.

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a CSU senior and marijua-na dealer said.

The source, who has sold marijuana illegally for the past six years, agrees that marijuana tourism will like-ly increase if Amendment 64 passes, saying that he/she witnessed residents from other areas of the country flock to Fort Collins when the now-closed Fort Collins medical marijuana dispen-saries first began opening.

“I know eight to 10 kids that moved out here from out of state to get their [med-ical marijuana] cards, grow pot and sell it back home, so [Amendment 64]’s definitely going to change the econo-my and population of Colo-rado,” the source said.

Up to half of the source’s business left when the dispen-saries opened, and though they’ve been closed in Fort Collins since February 2011, many of the drug dealer’s cli-ents have not returned. In-stead, according to the source, his/her former clients began buying marijuana at dispen-saries in Boulder and Denver.

Though the source also sees the wording of Amend-ment 64 as a potential prob-lem, he/she is in favor of the Amendment’s passage, say-

ing that legalized marijuana would be a boost to the state’s economy and keep many Fort Collins marijuana users’ funds from leaving the town.

Dallinger, whose business will be forced to close if Ques-tion 300 — which would ban medical marijuana dispensa-ries in Berthoud — said he’s more focussed on 300 than 64 at the moment, and hasn’t yet decided if he will apply for a license to sell non-medicinal-ly distinguished marijuana if 64 passes.

“I hesitate to say yes be-cause here’s what’s going to happen; we would be the test state,” Dallinger said.

He said he’d like to see this honor go to another locale.

Colorado isn’t the only state with a marijuana le-galization bill in play this election. Both Oregon and Washington may legalize the recreational use of the drug depending on the re-sults of tomorrow’s elec-tion.

The latest polls from Public Policy Polling have the passing of Washington State’s Initiative 502, which would legalize the sale and consumption of marijuana, leading 53 to 44 percent.

“I would almost rather see it pass in Washington,” Dallinger said. “Let them

be the test state and that would give us time to get everything in place.”

A senior at Western Washington University and former marijuana dealer in Bellingham, Wash., said that his/her state’s bill is also receiving criticism from pro-marijuana supporters, but for reasons other than those Dallinger cites for 64.

According to the Wash-ington source — who oppos-es 502 — the bill would enact unnecessarily harsh punish-ments for driving under the influence of marijuana.

“I can say with 95 per-cent certainty that my habits won’t change from the law, but there’s that 5 percent chance that if those DUI laws are strict, and that if there are more varieties and better sources for (marijua-na), it might switch up my routine,” the source said.

The source also be-lieved that the bill was un-necessary, saying that the current marijuana econo-my in Washington is non commercialized, and social acceptance of the drug’s use continues to grow regard-less of its legality.

Entertainment Editor Nic Turiciano can be reached at [email protected].

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By AUSTIN BRIGGS The Rocky Mountain Collegian

State Senator Kevin Lundberg decided to run for U.S. Congress when, following the 2010 census, Larimer County was pulled from the fourth Con-gressional District (CD) and placed in the second CD.

Now the one-time democratic stronghold has roughly the same number of regis-tered voters in both Repub-lican and Democratic par-ties, giving the Republican candidate a better chance of winning the election than in the past.

“I was satisfied with Congressman Gardner’s representation in the fourth (Congressional District),” Lundberg said. “I am not satisfied with Congress-man Polis’ representation. So I looked at that and said somebody has to challenge him, and maybe I’m the guy to do it.”

Lundberg, who is mak-ing his first run at federal office on a platform of lim-ited government and free market principles, is hop-ing to unseat incumbent Democrat Jared Polis, who has held the position since 2008.

A social and fiscal con-servative, Lundberg has spent 10 years in the Col-orado legislature, first as a congressman then as a sen-ator. He believes the federal government has gotten too large and intrusive in peo-

ple’s lives. His goal is to scale back

the scope of government through lowering taxes and allowing more autonomy to

states and indi-viduals.

With both C U - B o u l d e r and CSU in the Second CD, higher educa-tion is one of the defining characteristics of the district.

L u n d b e r g said it’s import-ant to keep a

mix of public and private funding to the universities, but at the same time feels they need more autonomy to increase competitive-ness. This includes allowing legal accrediting associa-tions to “function on their own, rather than being dic-tated by state and federal regulations.”

He added that while the rising cost of tuition is a serious issue, allowing students to take out tens of thousands of dollars in student loans is not a smart way to solve the problem.

Lundberg said he and his opponent are at polar opposites when it comes to the role of the government in people’s lives.

“His solution always comes down to some mandate from Congress,” Lundberg said. “My solu-tions come down to the question of if this is really Congress’ business in the first place.”

Two of the bills he’s sponsored in the Colorado legislature that he’s particu-

larly proud of are a $4 pre-scription drug program and a bill that allows retailers, such as grocery stores, to offer discounts on gas.

“Both of those pro-grams were illegal in Col-orado until I ran two sepa-rate pieces of legislation,” Lundberg said, adding that they passed with bipartisan support.

Known as a staunch social conservative, Lund-berg has opposed abor-tion, same sex marriage and civil unions during his time in the state legisla-ture. Brad Dick, president of the College Republicans at CSU, says this shouldn’t have an impact on how students, who are more concerned about the job market and the economy, will vote.

“(Lundberg) knows how to create jobs, he’s focused on the economy,” Dick said. “I think that’s exactly what students are focused on right now so he’d be an ex-cellent choice.”

As the race comes to a close, both parties and candidates are coming out strong to win the vote. This new competitiveness in the second Congressional Dis-trict is a good thing, said Anne Wilseck, the secre-tary for the Larimer County Democratic Party.

“When you have a com-petitive district, the con-gressperson really has to represent all their constit-uents because they’re not guaranteed re-election,” Wilseck said.

Senior Reporter Austin Briggs can be reached at [email protected]

Kevin Lundberg believes federal gov. is too large

By AMANDA ZETAHThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Before Jared Polis be-came the congressional rep-resentative for Colorado’s second district (which in-cludes Fort Collins), he be-came a millionare.

While in college at Princ-eton University, Polis was working toward a political science degree, but at the same time was in the midst of running his own start-up Internet provider called American Infor-mation Systems.

After gradua-tion, Polis sold his company for more $21 million and was eager to find a new way to make a difference.

“I knew I always wanted to be part of a community and give back,” Polis said. “I think part of giving back is the responsibility of all Americans.”

In 2008, Polis got his chance to give back to his home state when voters from Fort Collins, Boulder and others elected him as their congressional repre-sentative. His winning the 2008 election also marked the first time an openly gay male was elected to Con-gress as a freshman.

He is currently running for re-election against Kevin Lundberg.

Of all the bills Polis has helped pass while a U.S. con-gressman, he said the one he is most proud of came in his last session of Congress.

“I helped to defeat HI-PAA, which censored the Internet and threatened to shut down many websites that had user-generated content,” Polis said.

He was able to defeat HI-PAA in a bipartisan way. With the help of two Republicans

and a fellow Democrat, they were able to slow down HI-PAA enough and calm down the public outrage.

“It would have hurt serv-ers overseas and would be very damaging to the entire internet,” Polis said.

HIPAA isn’t his only pri-ority. In fact, his political platform focuses on issues prevalent to CSU students today, namely education.

“In this in-creasing global economy, it is more important than ever to get an education and then get a job,” Polis said. “It’s also becoming harder to afford, so I want to help families save money on tax-es, expand pell

grants, keep interest rates low on loans and reduce the increasing tuition rates.”

Polis plans to accom-plish all this by encouraging investment in science and research in higher educa-tion. He wants to expand Pell grants and make sure they keep up with the rising costs of college.

“I’ve been on the state board of education for six years, and I also started a high school and was su-perintendent of a charter school,” Polis said.

He hopes that with this investment in the educa-tion system, it will boost the economy and create more jobs for future graduates of CSU.

“I encourage investment in science and research,” Polis said. “Much of that research will result in new companies and new jobs that will employ hundreds of people.”

Along with that, he sees a problem with the budget and plans to balance it in a more responsible manner.

“We should show that we have good fiscal policies at the federal level, balance the budget, stabilize taxes, and make sure there is no fluctuation or uncertainty,” Polis said.

The rest of his political platform covers all aspects of major issues going on in America right now. He not only plans to invest in edu-cation and boost the econo-my, he wants to help end the war in Afghanistan and fight for equal rights for all.

“I strongly believe in equality for every American, regardless of race, gender, or gender identification,” Polis said.

Polis sponsors the Stu-dent Non-Discrimination Act, which prevents bullying and discrimination against those with various gender identifications.

“There is no federal law that prevents discrimination of those with different gen-der identities,” Polis said. “I think we should offer the same protection to gays and lesbians, like we already do with different races.”

Along with protecting basic human rights, Polis believes the federal govern-ment should play a role in decriminalizing marijuana.

“We should allow states to decide how they want to treat it,” Polis said. “I want to respect states’ decisions about regulating marijuana.”

Polis’ platform covers a wide range of topics and he is eager to get the votes of young people, because he is so focused on issues preva-lent to their lives today.

“I encourage everyone to vote on Tuesday,” Polis said. “Then, the results will be tal-lied and finally, our country can move past this biannual ritual and get back to mov-ing forward.”

City Beat Reporter Aman-da Zetah can be reached at [email protected].

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Romney casually bets $10,000, Dec. 12, 2011

During a Republican primary held in December 2011, Romney made a bet with Texas Gov. Rick Perry over the individu-al mandate. Perry said that Romney had called the Massachusetts healthcare law a model for the nation. Romney replied that he hadn’t. "I'll tell you what," Rom-ney said, holding out his hand. "$10,000 bucks? $10,000 bet?” (Washington Post)

Obama’s ‘You didn’t build that’ com-ment draws constructive criticism,

July 13, 2012At a fi rehouse in Roanoke, Va., Obama

defended his economic policy and the role of government in supporting busi-ness by saying “Somebody helped to cre-ate this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that.” Republicans criticized the com-ment, and it would pop up in campaign advertisements and speeches for much of the campaign. (CNN)

Mitt Romney criticizes the British during London Olympics,

July 29, 2012 During the London Olympics, Mitt

Romney criticized the British several times for their handling of the games. “The stories about the private securi-ty firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials, that obviously is not something which is encouraging,” he

said. (ABC News)

Obama camp won’t disavow ad tying Romney to woman’s cancer death,

Aug. 8, 2012 A steelworker addressed the camera

and said that after Bain Capital shut down his plant, his family lost their health in-surance and his wife died of cancer. The ad was produced by a pro-Obama Super-PAC and it implied that Romney would kill voter’s spouses. (ABC News)

Biden says Republicans are ‘Going to put y’all back in chains,’

Aug. 12, 2012 Vice President Joe Biden told a crowd

of African-Americans in Danville, Virgin-ia that "(Romney) is going to let the big banks once again write their own rules, unchain Wall Street," Biden said. "He is going to put y'all back in chains." Biden drew criticism for being insensitive with the remark. The speech was about the economic policies of the Romney/Ryan ticket. (ABC News)

Obama campaign trail is B.Y.O.B, Aug. 14, 2012

Obama spokesman Jay Carney told the Des Moines Register that the Obama campaign bus is stocked with beers home-brewed at the White House. Obama drank with supporters at the Iowa State Fair in August 2012 and has been photographed drinking beer on several occasions. (Fox News)

Obama visits Fort Collins, Aug. 28, 2012

Addressing students, faculty and com-munity members on the Montfort Quad

at Colorado State University, President Obama talked about jobs and clean energy.

Romney accidentally tells a group of Cubans that he loves vagina,

Sept. 15, 2012 In a meeting with a group of Cu-

ban-exiles in Miami, Romney mentioned how much he loved “papaya” and several other fruits. A Cuban slang word, “papa-ya,” is used as a way to describe the fe-male genitalia. (Huffi ngton Post)

Mitt Romney criticized for Latino joke, Sept. 19, 2012

In a campaign fundraising event, Romney spoke about his father, who was born in Mexico to make a joke which would draw criticism. "Had he been born of Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot at winning this,” Romney said. “But he was unfortunately born to Americans liv-ing in Mexico. He lived there for a number of years. I mean, I say that jokingly, but it would be helpful to be Latino." (Huffi ng-ton Post)

Paul Ryan visits Fort Collins, Sept. 26, 2012

In a campaign stop, Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan hosted a town hall meeting at Walker Manufacturing, a lo-cal manufacturer of farm equipment. He spoke about small businesses, healthcare, modifying welfare and changing foreign policy.

Obama seemed drunk or on drugs or both at fi rst presidential debate,

Oct. 3 2012In the fi rst presidential debate

Obama “took presidential decorum to

a Xanax extreme,” the New York Times said. The President was distracted and listless and excuses some even called it a disaster.

Romney’s love/hate relationship with Big Bird,

Oct. 3, 2012 In the same debate, Romney addressed cutting federal funding, including the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). “I like PBS. I love Big Bird. Actually, I like you, too,” Romney said to PBS “News-Hour” host Jim Lehrer, who was host-ing the debate. “But I’m not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for.” (USA Today)

Romney brags about his “binders full of women,”

Oct. 16, 2012 At second presidential debate, Rom-

ney described the Massachusetts search for qualifi ed women to fi ll cabinet posts saying “I went to a number of women’s groups and said, ‘Can you help us fi nd folks,’ and they brought us whole binders full of women.” (ABC News)

Obama accidently reminds the country that bayonets are

still standard issue, Oct. 22, 2012

During the fi nal presidential debate, Obama told Romney:

"You mentioned the Navy, for exam-ple, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916," Obama said. "Well, Gover-nor, we also have fewer horses and bayo-nets, because the nature of our military's changed." (ABC News)

By KATE WINKLEThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

In spite of the weather, supporters gather beneath a large Obama sign for their dai-ly vote-encouraging vigil on the Lory Student Center Plaza. Occasionally, Romney sup-porters set up tables as well.

Candidates and cam-paigns employ a similar strat-egy with students that they use with all voters: mobili-zation and persuasion. The only difference is the meth-ods used focus on being vis-ible and viable in a campus environment, according to Kyle Saunders, a CSU politi-cal science professor.

In 2008, voters aged 18 to 29 represented 18 percent of voters and voted for Obama over McCain by a 2-1 margin. This year voter engagement has decreased, and that same age group may only represent 14 to 15 percent of the elec-torate, Saunders said.

Both parties work to en-courage student votes for their candidates, but the de-creased enthusiasm could leave Obama at a slight disad-vantage because young vot-ers tend to vote Democratic. This means Democratic-affi l-iated groups will work harder to persuade young people to

vote, according to Saunders.Events designed specif-

ically for young voters help them feel more comfortable in the campaign environ-ment, according to Haley Damm-Hamblin, a sopho-more political science major and volunteer for the Obama campaign. The CSU campaign offi ce on Elizabeth Street also helped bring in students throughout the election.

Extensive Romney sup-port on CSU’s campus seems absent because young peo-ple are not usually a part of his voter base and tend to vote Democratic, according to Brad Dick, president of the College Republicans at CSU.

President Obama’s visit to the CSU campus made him accessible to students, ac-cording to Damm-Hamblin, who also compared Obama’s speech location with Paul Ry-an’s Sept. 26 speech at Walker Manufacturing.

“To me, I think that shows that Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney’s priorities were not with the students,” Damm-Hamblin said. “They had other things on their mind, whereas when Presi-dent Obama came, he came directly to the school. That showed to me that students really do matter to him.”

Romney cares about students, according to Dick, and his focus on building a stronger economy affects young people in the long run. Instead of targeting only students, Ryan’s speech en-compassed small business owners who will help get the economy back on track.

“He’s really trying to win over voters by talking about issues that matter, which I think is the economy and getting Americans back to work,” Dick said. “His pres-ence (on-campus) is not as strong as Obama’s, but I think his message is on target.”

Damm-Hamblin volun-teered throughout the cam-paign, and often spent time on the Plaza answering stu-dents’ voting questions.

“It’s an extremely reward-ing experience. I’ve had so many meaningful conver-sations just with people off the street. To be able to talk to them and see what mat-ters to them in this cam-paign really means a lot to me,” Damm-Hamblin said. “This is such an important election, especially for young Americans, and I’m really ex-cited for election day.”

Politics Beat Reporter Kate Winkle can be reached at [email protected].

Campaigns vie for student votesObama campaign’s on-campus presence more prominent to students than Mitt Romney’s

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By ANDREW SCHALLERThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Leading into Saturday’s matchup with Wyoming, the Rams knew they would have to fi nish the year perfect to end up at 6-6 with a chance to play in a bowl game.

After a disappointing loss to the Cowboys, CSU will have to fi nd a differ-ent motivation to get them through its remaining three games this season.

“It’s no longer a pos-sibility, but we just can’t think about it, that’s neg-ative thinking. We’ve just gotta stay positive in the locker room,” wide receiv-er Charles Lovett said. “Be-cause as soon as we start talking negative, we’re gon-na start believing it, then we’re gonna start playing it and stuff like that. So we’ve just got to continue to re-build on what we already got going on and just con-tinue to fi ght.”

Staying positive in the face of a fourth-consecutive losing season will not be an easy task for CSU, however, especially coming off a loss in a rivalry game.

The loss to Wyoming Sat-urday erased the possibility for seniors like linebacker James Skelton to experience a victory in the Border War. The Rams have now failed to defeat the Cowboys every year since 2008.

“This is the last shot (for the seniors),” a disappoint-ed Skelton said after the game. “This game means so much that it defi nitely stings more than the other (losses).”

Disappointment could be seen in many of the Rams’ faces after the loss Saturday as the matchup with one-win Wyoming was consid-ered to be a winnable game for CSU.

“It’s very disappointing,” sophomore quarterback Garrett Grayson said. “We

came up here and thought we had a good plan and we scored quite a few points, but they just played harder than us.”

Now the Rams will look forward to the remaining three games on the schedule this year, which features a battle with No. 19 Boise State on Nov. 17.

“(We) just have to keep encouraging each other to get better,” cornerback Shaq Bell said. “We still have three games left, which we expect to win. So coming to prac-tice Monday, we just have to keep encouraging each other to compete against the offense.”

There will likely be more competition for the Rams to get playing time at the end of the year, especially on of-fense.

CSU has started three different quarterbacks this year, all of which are now healthy and have a back-fi eld that has given extended playing time to four different running backs.

In order to make those competitions more effec-tive, the Rams will need to pick up the intensity with whom they play, something that’s difficult to do while playing on a team that has struggled to get wins the last few years.

“Honestly, just play foot-ball,” Skelton said. “I mean, it’s tough and there’s not re-ally much to say, but honest-ly you’ve just gotta remem-ber why you play the game.”

Football Beat Report-er Andrew Schaller can be reached at [email protected].



‘em,” Thomas said. CSU’s block didn’t con-

nect early, only stuffi ng two balls in the fi rst set, but it improved as the match went on and the Rams fi nished with eight for the match.

That caused Wyoming’s hitting percentage to settle at .124, but Cowgirls’ coach Carrie Yerty couldn’t fi nd many things her team did wrong.

“CSU came and played great volleyball, and you know what so did we. They played a little bit better,” she said. “The end out-come isn’t exactly what Wyoming would like, but I’ll take that competitive, never give up, never die Wyoming attitude any day. That was a great match.”

The win kept CSU in a tie for second place in the Mountain West after San Diego State’s win Thursday

against UNLV. The Rams still control

their own destiny in the conference due to their upcoming match against UNLV, and the fact that they hold the tiebreaker against SDSU.

“Every time you have an experience it teaches you something about your-self, and this was a great experience for us,” Hilbert said. “This will help us un-derstand how to play in tough situations and not give up and not get rattled.”

Assistant Sports Edi-tor Kyle Grabowski can be reached at [email protected].


Smith threw for 131 yards one touchdown and no interceptions in the fourth quarter alone.

The success of Smith and the Rams’ offense came largely because of the success of freshman run-ning back Donnell Alex-ander, who rushed for 114 yards and one touchdown in place of junior running back Chris Nwoke.

Nwoke was held out of the game despite his effort last week against Hawai’i when he rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown, but fumbled the ball twice.

“I was pretty surprised,” Alexander said of McEl-wain’s decision to give him the start. “At the end of the day, it’s always about going out there and competing with one another. Me and Chris going out there and

competing with each other, me and Tommey (Morris). It’s always a competition with each other.”

It’s a competition that might have just gotten big-ger now that the Rams have three games remaining in the season and have lost sev-en of their last eight games.

Football Beat Report-er Andrew Schaller can be reached at [email protected].

Redshirt freshman running back Donnell Alexander: 20 carries, 114 yards, 1 TD

Redshirt freshman quarter-back Conner Smith: 13-23, 326 yards, 2 TD, 1 Int.

Sophomore wide receiver Thomas Coffman: 4 recep-tions, 146 yards, 1 TD

Sophomore linebacker Aaron Davis: 13 total tackles (8 solo), 1 pass breakup

CSU TOP PERFORMERS

Consecutive Border War losses: 4

Have lost seven of last eight games

Record in Mountain West Conference play: 1-4

CSU’S STRUGGLES

FBALL | Young Rams perform well in loss

VBALL | Keeps hold on MW second place

Dana Cranston: 17 kills .306 hitting percentage 7 digs 5 blocks

BREAKOUT PLAYER

“Every time you have an experience it teaches you

something about yourself, and this was a great experience for us.”

Tom Hilbert | CSU head coach

Loss erases chances for a bowl game

Sophomore linebacker Max Morgan (40) tackles Wyoming freshman running back Shaun Wick (26) in the second quarter of Saturday’s loss to the Cow-boys.

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If you’re only going to win a couple games in an entire season, at least get the one that matters most.

The hated, 113 year-old rivalry between CSU and Wyoming is too important, for the pride of the school, to fall short on.

Jim McElwain has expe-rienced his share of strug-gles with his “Bold New Era” this season, but he still could have won the hearts of the CSU community by return-ing to Fort Collins with the Bronze Boot.

Instead, he let the Universi-ty of Wyoming add CSU to their short list of wins this season, now totaling all of two in the nine games they have played.

The thing that bothered me most about Saturday’s loss was McElwain’s inability to make up his mind about who he wanted to be leading his team.

He pulled Conner Smith out of the game after he threw a pick six that went nearly the entire length of the football field, replacing him with Garrett Grayson.

I realize that this was a huge turning point in the game that took wind out of CSU’s sails, but I don’t think it was excusable enough to put the freshman on the bench after asking him to start a Di-vision I football game.

Unfortunately, it wouldn’t be McElwain’s only stint with unsure feelings Saturday.

After Grayson gave up an interception and completed only 33 percent of his pases, coach Mac had a change of heart again and put Smith back in behind the center.

If you’re going to shift gears like that, at least stick to one and run with it. This indecisiveness makes it seem like he might not have the best faith in his team, something that will un-doubtedly end negatively.

Steve Fairchild won the Bronze Boot only once during his time as CSU football’s head coach, and look where that got him — fired after four seasons.

No matter how bad your final record is at the end of November, if you walk away with the ‘W’ from ‘WYO’ it won’t be the end of the world.

But we let the Bronze Boot travel to Laramie in 2009 and hasn’t crossed back across the state line since.

I could care less about that Ram-Falcon trophy or a Cen-tennial Cup, but I actually do mind losing bragging rights to our neighbors to the north.

The Rams and Cowboys were equally terrible with only three victories combined going into Saturday’s football game, so it ultimately came down to who wanted it more, and this weekend proved that Wyoming cares more about the rivalry than CSU.

Getting defeated in the Border War is hard enough, but it makes it even more dif-ficult to cope with when the Cowboys are singing “Hey hey hey, goodbye,” as you get on the bus to ride 65 miles home in complete silence.

Quentin Sickafoose is a junior journalism major and can be reached at [email protected].

SPORTS MONDAYCOLLEGIAN

Monday, November 5, 2012 |

FOUR YEAR DROUGHTThis loss hurts more than usual

Rams fail to bring home Bronze BootFreshman Donnell Alexander (7) runs during the third quarter of Saturday loss to Wyoming at War Memorial Stadium. The Rams were defeated 45-31 and now have a record of 2-7.


Dana Cranston celebrates after scoring a point during the first game of Saturdays sweep against the Wyoming Cowgirls. The rams swept all three games at the Uni Wyo Sports Complex in front of a sold out Wyoming crowd.


By QUENTIN SICKAFOOSE

COLUMN

VOLLEYBALL

CSU silences raucous crowd in sweep over the Wyo. CowgirlsBy KYLE GRABOWSKIThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Even in a UniWyo Sports Complex filled with scream-ing Cowgirls fans, the ball sounded like it was shot from a cannon after Dana Cranston got through with it.

She finished with a game-high 17 kills, leading CSU to a 3-0 win against Wyoming Friday night in Laramie.

“She was a warrior from the beginning of the match and even through some rough patches. She still stayed in there and con-tinued to play smart,” CSU coach Tom Hilbert said.

Wyoming came out swing-

ing early, no doubt powered by the sell-out crowd of 1,003 in a very confined arena.

The noise wasn’t so much distracting for the Rams as it was invigorating and motivational for CSU.

“I said to the girls in the huddle, ‘how awesome is it that people are at the game?’ First of all for the sport in general, and to play in front of a crowd, that’s so cool,” Cranston said.

The Cowgirls fed off the energy early, taking a lead in the beginning of every set, but CSU showed its compo-sure and responded with a point run to take control.

Freshman defensive spe-

cialist Jaime Colaizzi and redshirt sophomore Deedra Foss — two players Hilbert said are “not normally point run people” — sparked those point runs with their serving.

Cranston started to struggle early in the third set after Wyoming changed their blocking scheme to start to key on her.

Enter redshirt freshman Kaila Thomas.

She blasted four kills in the third set and took some of the heat away from Cranston.

“For me, these are the types of environments I thrive in because it’s a go get

See VBALL on Page 8

By ANDREW SCHALLERThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

The CSU football team officially clinched its fourth consecutive los-ing season on Saturday in a 45-31 loss to Wyoming

While disappointments have been seen all over the field through-out the 2012 campaign, there are building blocks on the team that can be used and developed in the future of the program.

Sophomore linebacker Aaron Davis tallied 13 tackles on the day and junior cornerback Shaq Bell added five tackles and a sack.

Individual effort was seen from multiple Rams, but the problem was that the entire unit did not per-

form consistently throughout the game against the Wyoming offense.

“It was the little things. We were missing tackles, not running our feet and they’d get extra yardage and get a first down,” Bell said. “I give them credit, they got good things off what we did negative.”

On offense, the Rams were able to work in some younger players, and CSU coach Jim McElwain even elected to give freshman quarter-back Conner Smith the start over sophomore Garrett Grayson and senior M.J. McPeek.

Smith completed 7-of-15 passes for 195 yards with one touchdown and one interception before McElwain de-cided to put Grayson in the game at the beginning of the third quarter.

Grayson played the entire third quarter for the Rams, but after throwing for 61 yards along with one interception, McElwain elected to put Smith back in at quarterback for the rest of the game.

“We were able to get both quar-terbacks in the game, and that’s kind of what we wanted to do,” CSU coach Jim McElwain said. “(Wyo-ming) threw a couple of things at us that Conner was kinda not quite seeing, so I thought him sitting on the bench there, kind of seeing, taking a look (was effective). And it showed when he came back in he did some good things for us, so that’s all part of learning.”

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