Rocky Mountain Collegian

Student honored for overcoming the odds

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Rocking her baby girl back and forth in the back of the church, Ashley Griffin's 2-year-old daughter Saleah didn't seem to be getting better after several days of looking ill.
Born with Down syndrome and two heart defects, Griffin figured it was nothing worse than usual.

Students leave pets behind when leases, semester end

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

As classes end and leases expire, dogs and cats in Fort Collins are taking a backseat to many college students' vacation and summer job plans leaving domestic pets abandoned with little or no care on the streets and in vacant rentals.
Local animal rescue organizations are left with the burden of caring for and finding homes for these forgotten pets, which is especially difficult for no-kill, small capacity rescues, such as the Fort Collins Cat Rescue and Animal House Rescue & Grooming.

Student orgs lost in campus-wide shuffle

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

A campus-wide reorganization of offices has been arranged for next semester with the purpose of improving accessibility, but student organizations involved in the swap say they're unsatisfied with the end result.
This summer, the Visitors Center, along with Admissions offices in Spruce Hall and Routt Hall, will relocate to Ammons Hall to take offices alongside the Admissions Welcome Center, forming what will be known as the Welcome & Visitor's Center.

Myanmar lets in first aid shipment

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's military regime allowed in the first major international aid shipment Thursday, but it snubbed a U.S. offer to help cyclone victims struggling to recover from a tragedy of unimaginable scale.
Five days after the storm, the junta continued to stall on visas for U.

Closing expected in Marshall-Fields murder

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

CENTENNIAL-- Lawyers are expected to make their closing arguments Friday in the trial of a man accused of killing two CSU graduates, including a witness who was scheduled to testify against him.
Sir Mario Owens could face the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder in the June 2005 shooting deaths of Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe, both 22.

Learn outside the classroom

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

If you're not one of the many students who skip this page and go right to the comics and crossword puzzle then you've probably noticed that the opinion section this past week has been different.
With a number of staff columnists getting ready to graduate, opinions and diatribes have been replaced with declarations of faith, expressions of gratitude and words of advice.

Letter to the editor

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Phil Elder's column on Wednesday urges "Go protest something." It's the one piece of advice I wouldn't protest in his "ode to frosh."
"Get stoned" somewhere in the best natural beauty of Colorado: what a great way to blunt the intelligence it'll take to preserve any of it.

Our View: Junta playing politics with people's lives

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

During the time period immediately following a natural disaster, the last thing a government wants to do is play political hardball with potential aid-giving countries. Unless of course, said government is the military junta ruling Myanmar.
On Thursday, five days after a cyclone devastated the Irrawaddy delta with 120 mph winds and water surges more than fifteen feet high, the junta permitted the first shipment of foreign aid to enter the country, conspicuously refusing aid from the U.

This is my Hijab; this is my choice

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

About two months ago I made one of the biggest decisions of my life when I chose to start wearing the hijab (head scarf). I wear it as a symbol of who I am and what I believe, even if it means standing out from the crowd.
I made this decision knowing fully that I live in a society that largely fails to understand the concept of hijab and its meaning to the millions of Muslim women who observe it.

Breaking Even: Rams split doubleheader with Cougars

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Under the threat of rain, the CSU softball team opened the last weekend of the season by splitting a doubleheader with Brigham Young Thursday afternoon, winning game 1, 3-2 and losing the second game, 11-6.
The Rams (27-22, 7-11) came out swinging in the first inning of game 1 after senior Cayte Billman sent the Cougars down in order in the top half of the inning.

Fairchild to host 'superstars' competition

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

You've got to hand it to new football coach Steve Fairchild -- he's mixing things up. Coming into a program that suffered the lowest average home attendance in more than 10 years last fall, Fairchild has been making strides this spring to connect with the community.

Ram Talk

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

You can tell it's finals time at the library when people spend as much time figuring out how bad they can do on their exam and still pass the class as they do studying.

Boyfriend Bylaw #1: Boyfriend is not allowed to be angry with girlfriend except for reasons validated by said girlfriend.