Bumper Stickers & Summary

After analyzing the bumper stickers in the parking lot across the Scott-Bioengineering building and a parking lot at Old Town, there was a wide variety of stickers across all vehicles, but a few of common trends stood out. Overall at least half of the cars in both areas did not have more than just a couple of stickers. The most common were CSU logo or ram’s stickers. Many the cars that had any CSU related stickers also had sports stickers supporting the teams they liked, such as the Denver Broncos. These people seem to have a very big appreciation for CSU and are also very big when it comes to sports, which is not very surprising since sports are one of the biggest topics of the country. A fair amount of vehicles in both parking lots did not have any sports or CSU stickers, instead some had Pro-democrat stickers (Hillary & Bernie) followed by stickers that promoted equality among all races and the acceptance of all religions. The other majority of stickers that I found were humorous comments and jokes, which can reveal that these people don’t take things too seriously. These areas seem to have a very diverse groups of people, judging by their bumper stickers and topics such as sports and their political points of view are what most unite the community of Fort Collins.

            The events occurred at UC Davis in November 2011 forced Nathan Brown to write a letter to the university’s Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi demanding for her immediate resignation. Brown, an English Professor and board member of the Davis Faculty Association, establishes a set of very well made arguments demanding for this resignation. These arguments included use of police brutality against students and faculty that were peacefully protesting against UC Davis for the increasing prices of tuition. Throughout the letter he establishes that Chancellor Katehi is responsible for the actions occurred of police brutality and expresses how he thinks that Katehi is the primary threat against students and faculty’s safety. Brown ends his letter stating that she is unfit to do her job and again that she is the primary threat against the safety of students and demands for her immediate resignation.