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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Summer isnt that great

Summer isn’t that great

May 7, 2014

Really, summer isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. It’s hot, it’s humid, it’s miserable, and we’re either stuck inside with nothing to do or trapped with idiotic coworkers at some menial job...

Growing up female

Growing up female

April 28, 2014

Growing up sucks. It is absolutely horrible and arduous. There is no way around that fact. It’s hard, it’s often unpleasant, it’s sometimes disgusting, it’s occasionally shameful and sometimes...

Skip the pot, stick to coffee

Skip the pot, stick to coffee

April 21, 2014

Another 4/20 has come and gone, and this year, it happened on Easter Sunday. While I focused on the religious holiday and ignored the secular, I know that a lot of you guys took advantage of the sales...

Advice for spring at CSU

Advice for spring at CSU

April 14, 2014

It certainly is spring; there are blossoms everywhere, new leaves are coming up, the grass is green, and we’re all dressed in shorts and flip-flops as we try to breathe through pollen-clogged noses. The...

The only case for considering the death penalty

The only case for considering the death penalty

April 8, 2014

It’s no secret here that I’m a Christian. It’s also no secret that I tend towards just the slightest left of center regarding politics and society. So, I suppose it’s time for a third not-secret:...

Staying green, CSU?

Staying green, CSU?

March 31, 2014

Colorado State University is partnering with Front Range Community College to build a steam turbine, which burns fossil fuels to boil water to produce steam to make the turbine engine go to yield electricity....

Aspergers and vaccinations

Asperger’s and vaccinations

March 24, 2014

On Friday, March 21, over our wonderful (but still too short) Spring Break, the Colorado House of Representatives advanced a bill that requires parents seeking to avoid immunizing their children to get...

Suing parents for tuition

Suing parents for tuition

March 12, 2014

Here’s a relevant news story for us: Rachel Canning, a New Jersey high school senior, was recently in court suing her parents for college tuition. There are several things wrong with that sentence,...

Homeless Jesus as a faith symbol

Homeless Jesus as a faith symbol

March 5, 2014

Recently, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Davidson, North Carolina obtained a new piece of art that has inspired controversy all over the world. It has been blessed by Pope Francis, condemned by the...

Third gender on Facebook

Third gender on Facebook

February 25, 2014

Recently, after a well-publicized petition which started a few years ago, Facebook has taken a big step forward in civil rights by giving users the option to list their gender on their profile as male,...

Allison Chase

Turning 21 in Fort Collins

February 17, 2014

Last week, I had the once-in-a-lifetime pleasure of turning 21, finally enjoying my last milestone birthday until I turn fifty in February of 2043. I spent the day with friends and loved ones and had...

Allison Chase

Valentine’s Day can be fun, singled or coupled

February 12, 2014

For the past 20 years, I have looked forward to Valentine’s Day. Not out of any romantic sense, mind you, but out of close proximity to my birthday, a simple love for the color red, and the chance...

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