Starting off with campus news delivered by Audrey Donow, learn about the campus’s democracy summit hosted by the College of Liberal Arts. Donow goes over recent Associated Students of Colorado State University news with an emergency session of the ASCSU Senate, as well as the passing of bill 5409, aiming to provide funding to Rams Against Hunger. Tyler Weatherwax delivers local news with the story of a Fort Collins car crashing into a single-family home. The crash caused a fire to start at the home and sent two people to the hospital. In a Fort Collins park, Larimer County deputies exchanged gunfire with a man driving an off-road vehicle through the local park. The man suffered serious injuries as well as one deputy suffering a gun wound. Events this week in Fort Collins include the annual kick-off of ACT’s Human Rights Film Festival, which will start tonight. Also happening tonight the School of Music, Theater, and Dance will be hosting their spring showcase
CTV Channel 11 News Producer Adam Carlson joins the KCSU news team for today’s feature story. Carlson and Donow discuss the recent Stand Up for Science protests that saw hundreds of people move through Fort Collins and CSU’s campus. Carlson shares his experience reporting on the event and explains what the protesters were standing up for throughout the city. For national news, Weatherwax delivers updates on the Columbia University student who was arrested and warned of potential deportation by President Donald Trump. Then, a Colorado Supreme Court case challenges the state’s conversation therapy law. The outcome of the case could have impacts on similar laws throughout the nation.
To wrap up the episode, Trey DuFauchard delivers the CSU sports report, going over women’s softball’s recent two doubleheaders hosted in Fort Collins. Then, women’s tennis recently competed in California and will be playing at home next. The women’s golf team will be competing in the Clover Cup while the men’s golf team will compete in the Lamkin San Diego Classic Women’s basketball played in the first round of the Mountain West Championship Tournament, and men’s basketball will play in the Mountain West Championship Tournament. Finally, get an update on Fort Collins weather with Weatherwax…