By AUSTIN BRIGGSThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Since it’s the Year of the Snake, the next 12 months will be a time to save and be thrifty with money –– at least accord-ing to the Chinese calendar.

Chinese New Year was ushered in Saturday night at the Lory Student Center The-atre by approximately 350 stu-dents and community mem-bers, who fi lled the building for two-and-a-half hours to watch traditional perfor-mances including dancing, kung fu demonstrations and singing.

The event, hosted by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, had been in plan-ning for over six months, CSSA Vice President Hai Xia said.

With many Chinese stu-dents at CSU away from home for the fi rst time, the evening was an opportunity to stay connected to their culture.

“It’s a good chance for ev-erybody to feel the feeling of the Chinese New Year,” Xia said. “Tonight people can feel like they’re home with friends and family.”

Xia said the new year is one of the most important holidays in China. Although there are many cultures in the country that celebrate the oc-casion, there a few common

things every community does. No matter where a person is

in China, for example, they will make their way back home to see their family. Gifts wrapped in tiny red boxes are exchanged, large meals are served, fi re-crackers are lit, and parades are watched on television.

The evening started off with young elementary school students from Huaxing Fort Collins Chinese School in brightly colored clothing per-forming a dance routine.

A rotating set of emcees took turns bantering and jok-ing between the 17 different acts, which included tradi-tional string instruments be-ing played, songs, comedy skits, dancing and martial arts performances.

Even though he was in China a mere 30 hours earlier and was suffering from jet lag, senior director of internation-al student and scholar servic-es Mark Hallett took the stage to talk about CSU’s deepening relationship with China.

The university plays host to more than 300 Chinese stu-dents, and the Confucius Cen-ter at CSU has entered into partnerships with prestigious organizations in China.

“CSU continues to deepen its relationship with China on so many levels,” Hallett said.

The highlight of the eve-

ning occurred when a CSU student was pulled on stage and given a quick lesson in how to say “hello” and “happy new year” in Chinese.

The crowd laughed and cheered as the student nailed each expression perfectly.

Dressed in an exotic and brightly colored outfi t, Master Zhao Naiyi performed a face-changing magic show. As he danced across stage, his mask would change in the blink of an eye to something entirely different, drawing applause from the crowd.

Bessie Zhang, a junior fi -nance major, arrived at CSU from Shanghai for the spring semester. She had been feel-ing homesick, and the evening was an opportunity to recon-nect with her culture.

“I really enjoyed the show,” Zhang said. “It made me feel like I was back home for a few hours.”

Kyle Avrett, a sophomore computer science major, came to the show to see his roommate perform in one of the comedy skits.

“The pride displayed by the international students even though they’re away from their home country is re-ally inspiring,” Avrett said.

Senior Reporter Austin Briggs can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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Senior business major Cameron Delphia represents Sigma Nu in a cup stacking event in honor of Chris Engel, a Kappa Sigma member who passed away last year. The proceeds made at the event are being donated to the Chris Engel Scholarship Fund.

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Liang Haiyin and Yin Meina play traditional Chinese string instruments at the Chinese New Years celebration in the LSC Theatre Saturday night. This Chinese new year marks the year of the snake.

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Many chapters of CSU’s Greek Life spent their Sunday morning partici-pating in a cup stacking event that was held in honor of world champion cup stacker, Chris Engel, a Kappa Sigma member who passed away in 2012.

“I wanted Greek Life to be involved with something meaningful,” Pi Beta

Phi member Emma Lanham said. “We want to do philanthropy events togeth-

er, not just socials.”“Emma came up with this idea and

recruited me to help. We wanted to do it for Chris Engel and his family,” Kappa Sigma member Drew Harris said. “This means the world to his family.”

For this being a fi rst time event, Harris and Lanham said the turnout ex-ceeded their expectations.

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Greek Life: Kappa Sigma, Pi Beta Phi, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Chi Omega, Kappa Delta, Zeta Tau Alpha, Sigma Nu, Fiji and Pi Kappa Phi.

Cup stacking: The Northern Colorado mem-bers of the Cup Stacking Team USA.

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By SEAN MEEDSThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

CSU’s offers of admission have become less and less ac-cepted over the past 10 years, mirroring a nationwide trend among public four-year col-leges in which yield rates have steadily declined.

But that doesn’t mean the university is losing students, said faculty members.

“Since 2002, yields from public universities have dropped from 51.4 percent to 42.8 percent,” said Robin Brown, CSU vice president for enrollment and access. “Pri-vates have dropped from 47.8 percent down to 36.4 percent.”

In 2003, CSU’s yield rate was 39.9 percent, according to the university factbook. In 2012, that number decreased to 34 percent.

According to Jim Rawlins, CSU executive director of ad-missions, there are many rea-sons why universities are see-ing declines in their yield rates.

“The economic changes are impacting all colleges across the nation,” Rawlins said. “Also, more out-of-state students are using the com-mon application, and many of them tend to apply to more schools using the common ap-plication system.”

The number of non-resident applications is the primary

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On Saturday, customers snag free samples of coffee while visitng The Cupboard in Old Town. CSU alumna Jackie Harris is the proud maker of “Jackies Java” and explains to customers her adventures to fi nd new coffee fl avors in foreign places like Costa Rica.

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Community Briefs

Satellite images of meteor captured by Colorado State University scientists

CSU scientists recorded via satellite imagery a mete-or that exploded above Sibe-ria Feb. 14.

Scientists from CSU’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere had in place satellite cover-age located in the exact loca-tion of the explosion, which provided visible and infrared images of the meteor’s con-densation trail.

By capturing the meteors activity via satellite imagery, scientists can now examine the meteors details of entry in greater depth.

Fort Collins man causes Bondi Beach Bar gun scare

A 29-year-old man named Cody Daniel Mortensen allegedly caused Bondi Beach Bar at 11 Old Town Square to evacuate Saturday night after telling someone over the phone that he was intoxicated, de-spondent and wanted to kill the patrons of the bar with a gun on his person, said Fort Collins Police Services Lt. Russell Reed.

Echoing Reed, FCPS Offi -cer Frank Barrett confi rmed Sunday that Mortensen is a Fort Collins resident.

A third party source in-

formed FCPS of the threat. Offi cers arrested the man at Bondi Beach Bar at approx-imately 10:10 p.m., but did not fi nd a gun in his posses-sion, Reed said.

Police added that the man, who was not believed to be a CSU student, was charged and sent to a local detention center. No one by Mortensen’s name is list-ed in the university’s online student, faculty and staff di-rectory.

CSU receives partical accelerator from the Netherlands

Christmas came early for CSU professors Sandra Biedron and Stephen Mil-ton, who now have access to a linear accelerator and peripheral materialsto re-cently donated to CSU by the University of Twente, according to a university news release.

“We are looking forward to expanding our partner-ship with our colleagues at CSU with the unique linear accelerator test bed tool,” said Peter van der Slot, Twente’s lead collaborator in a statement. “This test bed will enable the types of research necessary to move particle accelerators to the next generation.”

The University of Twente is the Netherlands’ only campus university, the re-lease stated.

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Just across from the Oval sits an inconspicuous red house that has been open to all CSU students and the Fort Collins community for more than 50 years.

The Geller Center for Spiritual Development, formerly known as United Campus Ministry, is a non-profi t organization that was renamed after the Rev. Bob Geller, who was the director of the Geller Center for 30 years, according to the Rev. Peggy Christiansen, who now occupies the position.

Christiansen moved to Colorado from Arizona near-ly 11 years ago and was a rev-erend in Loveland for seven and a half years. She has spent nearly eight semesters as a professor at CSU where she teaches Spiritual Devel-opment in a Pluralistic So-ciety. She chose to be a part of the Geller Center because she had an experience with a similar program when she was in college and believes her time there was a benefi -cial experience in her life.

“I just think that there are many (spiritual) paths, and I think that what mat-ters is we’re each trying to be true to what our path is,” Christiansen said.

Every Wednesday eve-ning, all CSU students are welcome to join in Food For Thought at the Geller Center where free food is served and participants discuss varying topics, said Christiansen.

“It’s not about argu-

ments; it’s not about trying to convince anyone of any-thing or tell someone they are wrong,” said Bethany Springer, a former intern at the Geller Center. “It’s just (about) sharing your own experience and listening to other people deeply, and sharing their own experi-ence as well.”

The Geller Center is home to CSU student in-terns who pay 200 dollars a month to live there. Interns help to develop and run programs and are involved

in peer mentoring. Accord-ing to Christiansen, interns usually commit to a year at the Geller Center where they learn to develop leadership skills and further their own spirituality. The internship program is open to all ma-jors and gives students a chance to participate in ser-vice trips and community service.

Springer, who interned at the Geller Center for three years and is now a graduate teaching assistant working on her doctorate in CSU’s

math department, said she was able to apply what she learned at the Geller Center to other aspects of her life, especially after she experi-enced a series of negative events.

“I don’t know how well I would have come out of that (negative time) if it hadn’t been for my experience at the Geller Center,” Springer said. “I would say the Geller Center was like a lifesaver for me in those aspects.”

Interns can learn a lot from participating in the

program like, “learning how to get along with people who are really different from you, learning how to com-municate honestly and how to be good listeners, (and) working through personal issues in a way in which they become empowered to help others,” Christiansen said.

According to Christian-sen, the Geller Center is a place that is inclusive of all traditions and is open to anyone who is looking to de-velop their spiritual path.

“I think a lot of traditions

have some basic things in common, like most tradi-tions teach compassion, and it takes work to learn how to live that way,” Christiansen said.

One current intern said he found out about the Geller Center through CSU’s counseling services.

“I remember what I found the fi rst time I was at the Geller Center, I really felt a sense of acceptance for who I am regardless of my appearance or my associa-tions,” he said.

Christiansen said they are looking to expand the Geller Center in the future to house either more interns or maybe other community members who are looking to live in an “intentional community” with people that may be different from them.

“This place, there’s something kind of magical about it,” Christiansen said. “People sometimes come in and they maybe feel a little bit like they don’t fi t some-where, or they maybe just don’t feel totally comfortable in their own skin, and they come here for a little while and they get to just feel like it’s safe to be themselves, like nobody is judging you or saying ‘you should be like this or you should be like that.’ You can explore your thoughts and feelings and realize that they are gonna change and that’s okay, that’s part of life.”

Collegian Writer Katie O’Keefe can be reached at news@collegian.com.

The Geller Center’s sign and sculpture in front of the Center on Howe’s Street. The Center is a place for students and residents of Fort Collins to gather and talk openly about spirituallity.

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STACKING | Engel’s donated organs saved four people’s livesContinued from Page 1

To get in the door there was a two dollar charge, and to participate in the cup stacking there was a fi ve dollar charge. All of the pro-ceeds made at the event are being donated to the Chris Engel Scholarship Fund.

The Northern Colorado chapter of Team USA for cup stacking attended the event, showing off their fast stack-

ing times and helping some Greek Life members learn how to stack.

“This event is cool be-cause we went to Chris’s elementary school. It’s cool to be here because (Chris) helped get cup stacking started,” Team USA member, Segovi Garcia, 13, said.

Members of Greek Life in-terviewed said that all of Greek Life had been excited about this event and have been prac-

ticing their skills for awhile.“We had cup stacking

club Tuesdays, and we’d all practice,” Lanham said.

Harris said it was a team building experience and that a lot of people showed up.

“I think its been a really great experience. I’ve been practicing since December. It’s so great to see all differ-ent age groups come togeth-er,” Pi Beta Phi member Ni-cole Versace said.

Along with the nine dif-ferent CSU Greek Life chap-ters that participated in the event, Engel’s family also attended.

“This event is an awe-some way to honor Chris’s memory,” Dolores Engel, Chris Engel’s mother, said.

Chris Engel passed away in 2012 from a brain injury caused by a fall at a concert. As an organ donor, Chris saved the lives of four people.

“It was a tragic way for him to lose his life, but the world is a better place be-cause of him,” Mike Engel, Chris’s father, said.

“Its nice that they put together this event to bring together Greek Life,” David Engel, Chris’s brother, said.

Dolores Engel said she still believes Chris is at work helping good things happen.

“It is a great honor to be a part of this event,” she said. “It

was a tragic event and I hope that the kids look out for one another and that this doesn’t happen to anyone else.”

“We love and miss him very much,” she said.

Pi Beta Phi member Eliz-abeth George said the cup stacking competition will hopefully become an annual event.

Collegian Writer Corrie Sahling can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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The Internet is not a very nice place. In a field that exposes our

name, face, personal information and opinions to the public sphere, columnists know this better than anyone. Strangers, that will never have the responsibility of looking someone in the eye, frequently attack or mock writers. Such was the case when, last week, a commenter posted on Quinn Scahill’s column on the Collegian website:

“As cliche [sic] as it is that a col-lege paper publishes a column about drinking, I prefer this to the usual smug Collegian columnist. Entitled college kids with zero life experience have no business having a soapbox concerning social issues/current events.”

While it is my general policy to not engage in Inter-net flame-wars, I cannot pass a chance to address this comment and the person who left it.

Hello commenter. How do you do? Normally when I introduce myself to someone I have never met, I open with “It’s nice to meet you.” However, we both understand that the circumstances surrounding this dialogue are less than pleasant. I suppose some people may call me “smug,” but I must admit I have never heard them do so.

Sometimes opinionated people come off as self-righteous and arrogant, but in my case it is not often intentional. I have also found most of my fellow opinion staff to be quite friendly, or at least cordial.

Of course, that doesn’t mean we are innocent of being cocky on occasion. I think college students tend to confuse “knowing more than we did before” with “knowing everything.” It’s a mistake that most of us will grow out of. I’m sure you understand.

Commenter, if by calling the opinion staff “entitled” you mean we have better access to clean water, indoor plumbing, western medicine, nutrition and higher education than the majority of the world living in un-imaginable poverty, then yes. We are greatly entitled and blessed!

If by “entitled” you mean every single columnist is an upper-middle-class Caucasian cisgendered heteronormative protestant male then, well, I fear for whoever does the hiring at the Collegian because they are due for an audit regarding bias in their hiring preferences.

But I can forgive you for these hasty generalizations, dear commenter. Perhaps you are merely misinformed, or have had negative personal experiences that impact your opinion. As to your claim that students have “zero life experience” and “no business” in sharing opinions, however, I must protest.

Any person who is impacted by social issues/current events (that is to say, anyone who isn’t a hermit) is not only entitled to their opinions, but has a responsibility to the com-munity to learn how to cultivate and discuss those opinions.

We cannot have a successful, productive, developed society if we do not learn how to form opinions and express ideas.

Our capability to think critically; to let those thoughts develop into opinions that we have ownership over; the passion that those opinions cause; our ability to discuss that passion — these are the very things that make humanity incredible.

And the way we learn to do this successfully is through practice.

Columnists follow in the footsteps of great philos-ophers, great politicians, great teachers. What we do comes from a noble tradition; a civic art; whether we discuss gun rights, beer or military discounts we are practicing our ability to gather information, use that data to formulate an opinion, which we then express within the public sphere.

Are these opinions subject to change as we learn new information? Absolutely. Good opinions are not static. Like all things, they have room for growth. As far as I am concerned, I hope to continue developing my opinions until the day I die.

The idea that students aren’t living in the “real world” and lack “real life experience” is the most absurd notion I can imagine.

In the past year alone I have paid my own bills, battled with insurance companies, voted, navigated a long-distance relationship, lost both a very loved family member and a childhood pet, filled out countless appli-cations, faced illness, been actively involved in organi-zations, spent time volunteering — all while attempting to balance healthy social and family lives and a main-tain a good GPA.

I assure you, these are very real life experiences. I am experiencing a very real world. I may be young, and I may have a lot to learn. But do not say that writers for a college paper are inexperienced.

Because if we were, we wouldn’t have anything to write about.

Anna Mitchell is a junior liberal arts major. Her columns appear Mondays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to letters@collegian.com.

Unless you’ve been living in a dungeon for the past week, you’ve borne witness to the Inter-net craze known as the Harlem Shake. CSU even has a few of its own versions of the Shake, one by none other than our men’s bas-ketball team; the other featuring a crowd of about 3,500 students at Moby Arena last Wednesday.

This 30 seconds of pure joy in video form is the newest vi-ral phenomenon to hit YouTube — just one of many that has cir-culated on the web in the past few years. From Call Me Maybe parodies to countless variations of Gangnam Style, viral videos are unifying people all over the world in ways unseen until our

current era of digital sensations. So why are we so obsessed

with these snippets filmed by anyone from the Norwegian mil-

itary, to your next door neigh-bor’s grandma, to the U.S. Olym-pic swim team? Because they are carefree, fun, and above all, completely ridiculous. You can

make your video as original as you want — yet you are still part of something bigger.

Based on the lifespans of previous Internet fads, the Harlem Shake is reaching the end of its existence. Say good-bye to that helmet, thrusting motion, quick cut to people going nuts and slow-mo end-ing; it’s time to get ready for the next Harlem-Gangnam-Call Me-Friday.

The Harlem Shake won’t be the last Internet sensation to rock Moby Arena, it won’t be the last time CU-Boulder tries to emulate CSU, and it definitely won’t be the last time their hol-low attempts fall flat.

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“Say goodbye to that helmet, thrusting

motion, quick cut to people going nuts, and

slow-mo ending.”

What would you do if you were drowning in loans you couldn’t pay? You probably wouldn’t decide to take a vacation from work, right? Unless, of course, you were a member of the United States Congress. Our representa-tives are scheduled to take six weeks of vacation over the next five months. As the regional director for The Can Kicks Back, a non-partisan organization com-mitted to informing America’s millennial generation about the National Debt Crisis, deductive reasoning led me to the conclusion that, with $16.4 trillion in debt looming over their heads — Con-gress should probably cancel their plane tickets.

Earlier this week the Congres-sional Budget Office released its economic outlook report for 2013-23, and projections solidify that students should be actively advocating for a comprehensive debt reduction plan. Why, you ask? Check this out:

If you’re on the job hunt: The CBO identified that the national unemploy-ment rate will remain more than 7.5 percent — at least until 2017 — for the sixth consecutive year. With Congress waiting until the eleventth hour to agree on spending and tax rates, the

job market is further restrained by uncertainty.

If you’re a student: It’s highly likely that you’re sitting on at least some student loans. Congratulations, you’re officially funding the government’s debt. Depending on classification, Federal Student Aid loan rates can be as high as 7.9 percent. The government pays less than 3 percent on the majority of their loans.

If you pay taxes: Don’t get too com-fortable with your current tax rate. The longer leaders spend standing across from one another, glaring over party lines, the more likely you’ll be depos-iting a larger chunk of your check into the federal pocket. No sustainable fiscal path means more borrowing — which implies more incurred debt and necessary revenue increases.

National security, the environment, investments, health care and entitle-ment programs are also taking a hit in our current economic state. In 2013, the CBO estimates nearly $43 billion in automatic spending reductions for national defense programs, more than $28 billion in non-defense discretionary spending cuts, $9.9 billion in Medicare spending cuts and $4 billion in cuts to

“other” mandatory spending areas. The key word here is “automatic;” it refers to the looming sequestration, which is a dollar amount representing the cap set by the annual budget resolution and the actual approved appropriations. In layman’s terms, if our fearless leaders don’t cut spending before this kicks in — the cuts will be general and, in turn, uncontrolled.

If you’re not sold on the importance of a non-partisan, comprehensive debt solution, maybe this will do the trick: If taxpayers banded together and did the government a solid (paid the debt), each individual would owe more than $146,000. Don’t get too excited, Washing-ton, the average annual income barely breaks $50,000, so it’s highly unlikely U.S. citizens will be picking up this tab for you.

Colorado State University students, regardless of political affiliation or career aspirations, have a stake in the National Debt Crisis. It is our future, so I urge you to do more than stand by and watch as our leaders squabble. Kick back by telling your congressman Cory Gardner, R-CD3, that he should hunker down in his office on Capitol Hill, forget about those six vacation weeks, and work toward fixing the

Why is it so acceptable to attack Catholics and Christians, yet all other faiths (and all races and ethnic groups) are off limits? Why is it acceptable to abuse and stereotype us, yet it is evil when we simply refuse to cave into peer pressure on the issues that are dear to us, and instead stand firm with the unpopular stance?

The opinion cartoon, published in the Collegian on February 11 is a clas-sic example. By insinuating that Cath-olic bishops are guilty of “hypocritical moralizing,” it informed the Catholic

students of this campus that, so long as we agree with the bishops, in other words remaining faithful to our beliefs, we have and deserve no credibility.

Now, I’m sure some will exclaim, “Oh, no, it was about the bishops, they’re the bad people.” That’s not how things work. Catholics aren’t helpless children ruled by bogeymen. We’re one Church. To attack our bishops (and the rest of the clergy, up to the Holy Father, for the matter) is to spit upon all of us.

If we look past the worn-out stereotypes and clichés used to rob

Catholics of a voice and credibility so we can’t defend our beliefs, we will see that all people, of every faith, moralize in one manner or another. Addition-ally, if anyone bothered to understand our faith without bias, they would see that Catholicism has no hypocrisies in its beliefs.

Accusing us of “hypocritical mor-alizing,” therefore, is merely hurtful, hypocritical and ignorant. And it has to stop.

Cole Buckon is a junior environ-mental engineering major.

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Stretching for 90 min-utes in a room hotter than any day in Fort Collins his-tory isn’t the most popular form of exercise.

An ongoing study at CSU is finding that it’s certainly beneficial, though.

“The thing about expo-sure to heat stress is as long as it’s not extreme heat stress … the body can acclimate to that,” Brian Tracy, an asso-ciate professor at CSU and head of the study, said.

Bikram yoga, a trade-marked form of yoga, has some strict guidelines one must follow to be considered a true practitioner of Bikram. The requirements state that the room must be the same temperature and humidi-ty every time, the same 26 postures must be performed in the same order and fash-ion, the instructor must use the preset dialogue word for word, and the session must last 90 minutes total.

The founder, Bikram Choudhury, set the brand of yoga up this way to work ev-ery muscle, organ and part of the body in extreme heat, which loosens the body.

People interviewed only had good things to say about Bikram yoga and professed its benefits.

“I like that it incorpo-rates strength in order to gain flexibility, which other types of yoga just have you relax into the flexibility,” Ka-tie Drobnitch, a health and exercise science graduate student, said.

Before the study, those who participated did a SO-MAX fitness test, and a DEXA body composition scan to characterize their fitness levels. Those select-ed are experienced Bikram practitioners, and were paid $30 for their time.

The study put a partici-pant in a heated room follow-ing the Bikram guidelines, with the instructions on CD every time, doing Bikram yoga. The participants had a breathing apparatus, a core temperature monitor on a fanny pack-like belt and two metabolic monitors under their armpits.

Core temperature was determined by participants swallowing a pill the night be-fore that monitored their tem-perature from their intestines and relayed the information to a monitor on their hip.

The study is unique in the sense that no one else is really researching the effects of Bikram yoga.

“The first part of the se-ries is the standing postures, and those are arguably the most demanding from the cardiovascular and metabol-ic effect,” Tracy said. “So we see during the first half of the yoga, heart rates that go as high as 150 or 160.”

One participant ob-served reached a heart rate just over 190 at the peak of their practice.

So far several positive effects have been identified by the study: greater flexi-bility, increased strength in most muscle groups, better balance and cardiovascular health improvement.

Individuals interviewed recognized benefits to their health.

“I started doing Bikram yoga about 12 years ago be-cause I had a lot of pain in my lower back, I had numb-ness in my feet and calf muscles and the yoga really helped me. I’m out of pain and no more numbness,” Bridget Baxter, director of Bikram yoga studios in Fort Collins and Greeley, said.

The study is not yet done, but the last participant was monitored Feb. 14, and the study will conclude soon. Three-fourths of funding for the study was provided by The Bikram Yoga College of India and the rest was given by the Pure Action Foundation.

Although the study is mostly funded by the owner of Bikram Yoga, Tracy said agreements on intellectual freedom were signed that don’t bond the research re-sults to the funding.

Collegian Writer Matt Gabriel can be reached at news@collegian.com.

Benefits of Bikram yoga explored by CSU professors

Junior heath and exercise science major Dawn Chris-tensen starts the bend of the wheel pose while prac-ticing Bikram yoga Sunday. Christensen took third place in the Colorado Yoga Asana Championship and is training to become a Bikram yoga instructor.

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Basics of Bikram: 26 postures Same order, same dialogue,

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reason why CSU’s yield rate has declined, sources said. In those cases, the university might just be one on the list of many potential choices for students.

In 2008, non-residents made up 23 percent of CSU’s pool of applicants, according to Brown. In 2013, non-resi-dents made up 49 percent of the pool. Furthermore, last year’s non-residents made up 23 percent of the fresh-man class, while the cohort makes up 25.5 percent of the freshman class this year.

As a whole, enrollment for non-residents increased by 11 percent from 2012 to 2013.

Brown explained that al-most 80 percent of freshmen apply to three or more colleges and nearly 30 percent apply to seven or more colleges.

“More students are mak-ing multiple apps than ever before,” Brown said. “The number of applications is going up faster than the numbers of students ... If 30 percent of students have seven to 12 applications out there, only one college is go-ing to get those kids. Every-one else’s yield is going to drop.”

Another big factor affect-ing university yield rates is a decreasing number of high school graduates. Accord-ing to the Western Instate

Commission for Higher Ed-ucation, the number of high school graduates, both na-tionally and statewide, is pre-dicted to drop significantly within the next 10 years.

“When you look at the university’s goal, in terms of ‘we want more non-residents for net push and revenue,’ we are accomplishing that goal,” Brown said.

Rawlins emphasized the university’s growing attrac-tion to not only non-residents but also in-state students.

“In-state students pick CSU nearly half the time when they apply to in-state universities,” Rawlins said.

Lynn Johnson, CSU chief financial officer and asso-ciate vice president for fi-nance, said that the College of Business is conscious of

student’s financial condi-tions when determining dif-ferential tuition.

“When a residential stu-dent is admitted to CSU but does not enroll here, they usu-ally go to CU or Arizona,” John-son said. “However, if you look at base tuition, we are cheaper than both CU and Arizona. We are sensitive to price when we set our tuition fees.”

Rawlins reiterated the im-portance of price in a student’s decision to enroll at CSU.

“Cost is more competitive to an out-of-state student,” he said. “If we want to keep attracting more students, we’ve got to think differently about how to get them inter-ested in the university.”

Senior Reporter Sean Meeds can be reached at news@collegian.com.

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I have reclaimed the fl oor and seats from their previous occupants, and made the hoops cathedral my offi ce.

The lack of distractions make me infi nitely more productive. Stories that can take 45 minutes at home spill out in 20 on the road.

Finishing that game story becomes my whole existence, and once I fi nish that last keystroke I take my headphones off, exhale and admire the uniqueness of my surroundings with a clarity and peace rarely found.

Each arena has its own quirks and distinguishing features, even the 94-foot by 50-foot square of wood in the

middle that links every arena takes on a life of its own.

UNC’s Butler Hancock Sports Pavillion feels like a warehouse. I had to regular-ly blow on my hands to keep them warm typing in the low-ceilinged brick ante-chamber.

CU-Boulder’s Coors Events Center looks more like a shrine to former Buffs guard Chauncey Billups. The school painted over stark concrete walls with murals from the program’s past. One depicts the team celebrating last season’s Pac-12 tournament cham-pionship, at least two others show the same picture of Billups mid-jump shot when he still had hair.

And this Saturday at Air Force, two banners from past All-Americans who both wore No. 34 hung at mid court while benches lined much of the arena in lieu of plastic seats.

But if basketball arenas are churches, then Kansas’ Allen Fieldhouse is the Sistine Chapel. I’ve never had the pleasure of cover-ing a game inside the Phog, though it’s defi nitely one of my life goals. However, I attended a journalism camp in high school, and they allowed us to tour the inside of the arena when no one else was inside.

The history of the building practically weighs on you. Wilt Chamberlain.

Paul Pierce. Dr. James Naismith. Any pilgrimage of basketball’s holy sites would be incomplete with-out a visit to that place. I didn’t fully appreciate the moment at the time, but looking back on it I un-derstand that I walked on sacred ground.

What makes these moments so impactful and special for me is how much time I get to spend with my own thoughts. Life moves pretty fast these days, and I relish the chance to take a few moments and look around after the clock shows all zeroes.

Sports Editor Kyle Grabowski can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

GRABOWSKI | Every arena has its quirksContinued from Page 8

the points put up in the fi rst half within the fi rst 10 min-utes of the second.

“They tried to make it a street fi ght,” Williams said. “We let down in the second half.”

Only scoring 18 points in the fi rst half and 42 in the second, the Falcons were constantly looking to make up for the 32 points scored

in the fi rst and 35 in the second by the Rams.

CSU won for the second time in a row at home after dropping its previous three games in Moby Arena.

“Any win is a great win,” Williams said. “It is about making winning plays at good times.”

Women’s Basketball Beat Reporter Haleigh Hamblin can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

WBBALL | Breaks home losing skid

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (02/18/13). Fix up your place to match your new possibilities this season as friends, family and fun fi ll your schedule. Summer romance and social life prove to be charming. An addition to the family is possible. Finances require careful management. Express creativity through new doors.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easi-est day, 0 the most challenging.

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By QUENTIN SICKAFOOSEThe Rocky Mountain Collegian

Not even the greatest indi-vidual performance in the his-tory of Clune Arena could stop the CSU basketball team’s six-game winning streak.

Air Force senior guard Mi-chael Lyons scored 45 points on 68 percent shooting, but he couldn’t overcome CSU’s total team game, and the Rams won 89-86 Saturday in Colorado Springs.

The key to CSU’s success was that, unlike Air Force, it didn’t rely on one player to pull the weight of the team. Instead the Rams presented a balanced threat, all fi ve of their starters scoring double fi gures, opposed to the Falcons’ two.

“We’re becoming a better team overall,” senior forward Pierce Hornung said. “When you do those things you put yourself in a good position to win at home or on the road.”

The atmosphere inside Clune Arena for Saturday's game at Air Force possessed a striking resemblance to Moby's environment when hosting San Diego State, as CSU played in front of a sell out crowd for its second consecutive game.

“I love these environments. I just thought it was a fun game and that’s what it’s all about. It went down to the wire,” CSU coach Larry Eustachy said. “It took a special effort and a spe-cial game by us to beat a team that’s probably playing as well as anybody in the conference.”

The play between the MW rivals was close and tense, the Falcons made it clear early that they were seeking revenge from the 79-40 loss they experienced when visiting Moby Jan. 16.

“We were defi nitely embar-rassed by the fi rst match up. We didn’t play within ourselves at all; it wasn’t us as a team. We knew when they came down here we’d be fi ne and we were gonna make it a game,” Air Force guard Todd Fletcher said.

The Rams out-rebound-ed the Falcons 21-5 in the fi rst half, giving them the lead go-ing into the locker room. CSU also pulled down 11 offensive boards, which lead to 18 second chance points.

“You can’t give a team that’s that good and that experienced that many second chance points,”Air Force coach Dave Pi-lipovich said.

Lyons kept Air Force in the

game with his scoring outburst, particularly in the fi rst half when he scored 25 of the Fal-cons’ 40 points.

“Games like this don’t come very often for many people,” Ly-ons said. “In the fi rst half I hit a couple shots in a row and that got me going. I rode that wave the whole game.”

The Rams went on to lead by 10 two separate times in the second half, but a late game run from Air Force had the Falcons in the game until senior guard Wes Eikmeier drained a three-point shot to put CSU up by

eight with 1:34 left to play."It was a really big turning

point in the game," Eikmeier said. "That's what our team has shown all year long, we have a number of guys who can step up and make a big play."

Saturday’s game handed Air

Force its fi rst conference loss at Clune Arena, where the Falcons have been nearly fl awless this season, falling to a 15-9, 6-5 MW record. CSU picks up its sixth straight win, now repre-senting a 21-4, 8-2 MW record, one step closer to MW leading New Mexico.

“We don’t like letting teams come in here and beat us, but they’re a great team,” Fletcher said. “They’re nationally ranked and there’s a reason for it.

Men’s Basketball Beat Re-porter Quentin Sickafoose can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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HANDLING THE LYONS SHAREEmpty gyms give me peace

THE BIG GRABOWSKI

Dorian Green (22) dribbling through Air Force defenders at Saturday’s game at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. The Rams won 89-86.

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45 points (career high) 33 minutes played 17-25 from the fi eld 5 consecutive three-pointers made

in the fi rst half

MICHAEL LYONS’ BIG GAME

There’s a certain sanctity to the silence of an empty basket-ball are-na, like a church dedi-cated to slam dunks

and buzzer beaters. It feels almost wrong to break

the stillness of the air. Every foot-step or keystroke echoes to the rafters and reverberates, scolding you for disturbing the tranquility.

Normally arenas aren’t like this. Fans fi ll every seat and scream at the top of their lungs. It’s a medley of colors, sounds and thunder.

For most people, this is the lasting image of the gym: packed and noisy. They leave in jubilation after victories and frustration after defeats.

But for sportswriters, we see the rest of the story.

After completing our inter-views in press conferences and outside locker rooms, we return to the arena fl oor to frantically prepare our story for tomorrow’s edition and that night’s web ver-sion.

This is when we see the true nature of an arena.

Plastic chairs and wooden benches stare back at us where fans once sat and yelled.

The only other living souls in the building are cleaning up discarded popcorn tubs and soda cups with handheld brooms.

Sometimes they acknowledge us, and we them, with a sim-ple nod or hello, but everyone understands we serve different purposes.

We inform the public about what occurred during the game that just ended, they prepare the arena for the next game.

We are focused on the past, they the future.

Despite the overpowering silence enveloping those of us sitting and writing on press row, starting to sweat with deadline pressures much like the basketball players we watched a few hours beforehand, it’s not an uncomfort-able muteness.

That silence, for me, has come to feel like home.

An empty arena is my domain.

See GRABOWSKI on Page 6

By HALEIGH HAMBLIN The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The CSU women’s bas-ketball team not only in-creased breast cancer aware-ness during the “Play4Kay” game against Air Force, but also increased their record to 8-15 with a win over a Moun-tain West opponent.

Shooting the ball well from the start, the Rams were able to take a 7-2 lead at the fi rst timeout.

CSU only turned the ball over seven times and made 41.7 percent of its three pointers.

The Rams looked as if they were going to take away an easy win after only allow-ing 18 points in the fi rst half.

“Rotations were good to-day,” junior Hayley Thomp-son said. “We put up more points and were able to get the needed shots off.”

CSU continued to make shots right out of the lock-er room, as Thompson led the team with back-to-back three-pointers in the open-ing minutes.

The only player able to shoot the long ball accurate-ly, Thompson only missed

one three-point attempt compared to the team aver-age of 47 percent.

Beginning to fade, CSU lost their motivation after increasing the lead by 12 points with less than 16 min-utes left in the game.

“We knew that Air Force was going to shoot well,” CSU coach Ryun Williams said.

“In the second half we looked tired; they became the aggressor.”

Decreasing the 15-point gap to nine points, Air Force continued to make three-point shots and draw fouls to the line.

“We weren’t shooting very well,” Thompson said. “We fell a little in the second, weren’t as clean.”

The Falcons and Rams played fast ball as both of-fense and defenses rotated to block quick passes and under the basket shots.

Continuing to push through, the Air Force came back to life in the second half and decreased the gap to 44-36 with 12:35 remaining in the game.

Air Force almost doubled

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Junior Alicia Nichols fi ghts her way towards the net against the Air Force Falcons. The Rams came up victorious against the Falcons with a score of 67-60 in the “Play4Kay” game to raise breast cancer awareness.

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Rams hold off Air Force rally

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

CSU edges Air Force 89-86 for clutch MW victory

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