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Brittany Jordan

The new republican majority

Brittany Jordan November 6, 2014

“Vote!” This has been the resounding message for the past few weeks; I couldn’t walk on campus without at least five people asking me if I was registered to vote, I couldn’t turn on the TV without...

Brittany Jordan

Identity crisis of definitions of masculinity

Brittany Jordan October 23, 2014

Feminism is in the headlines and is now a topic for discussion, and I want to preface this by saying that that is great. But while a woman’s role in society is changing, men’s roles are being pushed...

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Dying with dignity: the case for physician assisted suicide

Brittany Jordan October 13, 2014

Twenty-nine-year-old Brittany Maynard knows the day that she is going to die. On Nov. 1, just two days after her husband’s birthday, she is going to take a cocktail of pills, prescribed to her by...

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We can end sexual assault on campus

Brittany Jordan September 29, 2014

Sixty-four college campuses are now under investigation for Title IX complaints related to sexual violence, and the number keeps growing. And it’s about time - administrators nationwide have been...

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Gardner: A new kind of Republican

Brittany Jordan September 23, 2014

Quinnipiac recently released a poll showing Cory Gardner leading Democratic incumbent Mark Udall by eight points. While polls this early do not say much about the final vote, Republicans hope this poll...

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The spiritual nature of religion

Brittany Jordan September 10, 2014

In modern America, it is not uncommon to hear a person describe themselves as “spiritual, but not religious.”  According to a 2012 Pew poll, less than a third of Americans would identify as atheist/agnostic....

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Construction for an expanding Fort Collins

Brittany Jordan September 8, 2014

Welcome to Fort Collins, where the routes are made up and accessibility doesn’t matter. I have been at CSU long enough to see not only every major building on campus, but also every street surrounding...

Paying more for the same degree

Paying more for the same degree

May 6, 2014

We haven’t gotten the nickname Construction State University for nothing. Every time you get used to a building and the way it looks, expect it to undergo construction within the next semester. Just...

Banning Affirmative Action improves equality

Banning Affirmative Action improves equality

April 29, 2014

There is always a wave of indignation that passes over me when I'm filling out a form that is not medically-related in any way and it asks for me to choose a race out of a list of four or five options. Let...

Privatizing healthcare

Privatizing healthcare

April 22, 2014

Recently, every Republican in the House of Representatives voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act, the bill that would help bridge the disparity between male and female paychecks, because they felt...

Scholarships and assumptions

Scholarships and assumptions

April 16, 2014

When we all began our college career, we filled out a FAFSA, the federal student aid program that decides whether the government will be giving you any aid in paying for your higher education. On top...

Rioting at CSU

Rioting at CSU

April 14, 2014

Parties are great. Parties in Fort Collins can be really great. Unfortunately, parties in Fort Collins can also become a community of stupid, overly inebriated people shouting “f**k CU” and throwing...

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