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The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Letter from the Editor: Goodbye, and thanks for all the puns

Letter from the Editor: Goodbye, and thanks for all the puns

Julia Rentsch April 27, 2017

Dear Readers, It is traditional for each outgoing Collegian editor-in-chief to write a farewell column. At the risk of being horribly cliché, I must confess that it is very hard to write now that it...

The Florida Coast Guard. 
(Photo via Hans Hillewaert, Wikipedia Commons Creative License)

Body of missing CSU student found in Florida waters

Julia Rentsch March 23, 2017

A boater discovered the body of Colorado State student Jie Luo in Florida waters at around 6:30 p.m. March 22.  Luo, 21, went missing March 14 after jumping off a yacht and being swept away by a current....

The two missing swimmers were traveling aboard a 71-foot yacht in the Pass-a-Grille Channel near the Gulf of Mexico. Image via Google Maps.

Body of charter mate found in Florida waters, CSU student still missing

Julia Rentsch March 21, 2017

UPDATE: A boater discovered the body of Colorado State student Jie Luo in Florida waters at around 6:30 p.m. March 22. Read the full brief here.  ORIGINAL STORY: Floridian authorities report they have...

Authorities suspend search for CSU student missing off Florida coast

Authorities suspend search for CSU student missing off Florida coast

Julia Rentsch March 19, 2017

Authorities have ceased to search for the Colorado State University student who went missing after being swept away by a current in the Pass-A-Grille channel near the Gulf of Mexico. CSU students were...

Editors Blog: Stephanie Bess speaks, Womens Day, new guidelines for Letters

Editor’s Blog: Stephanie Bess speaks, Women’s Day, new guidelines for Letters

Julia Rentsch March 13, 2017

  Dear readers, As always, it has been a busy week for the Collegian's student journalists, newsroom staff and managers. But thank goodness it is spring break! I am commemorating the occasion...

Editors Blog: To address controversy over recent opinions

Editor’s Blog: To address controversy over recent opinions

Julia Rentsch February 27, 2017

Dear readers, The week of Feb. 19- 25 gave us some unseasonably warm weather, but things were also heating up in other ways; namely, the angry reactions to some of the opinion columns we published. For...

Editors Blog: Were starting something new

Editor’s Blog: We’re starting something new

Julia Rentsch February 20, 2017

Hello, there -- welcome to the Editor's Blog! It's hot off the presses (or at least, hot off the Collegian's Wordpress) and represents the latest component of our newspaper's push to become more transparent...

Stranded student and baby return to U.S. due to temporary restraining order

Stranded student and baby return to U.S. due to temporary restraining order

Julia Rentsch February 4, 2017

Update, Feb. 5 -- Isweiri arrived safely in Denver Sunday morning. Hanan Isweiri, a doctoral candidate at Colorado State University, re-entered the U.S. with her infant son Saturday, Feb. 4, following...

An airbus A380-800 from Lufthansa in Frankfurt Germany. (Photo by Grogri via Flickr, licensed with Creative Commons.)

Update: Ph.D. student stranded in airport with baby following executive order deported back to Libya, still barred from U.S.

Julia Rentsch January 31, 2017

Update: The subject of this story was able to re-enter the U.S. on Feb. 4 following a temporary suspension of the travel ban. Read the latest here. Update: Hanan Isweiri is no longer detained in Jordan....

A Letter from the Editor: The Collegian can do better

A Letter from the Editor: The Collegian can do better

Julia Rentsch January 30, 2017

Dear Readers, I wish to thank you for your support of the Rocky Mountain Collegian, starting with your decision to pick up this newspaper. We would not exist if it were not for you, our readers. Since...

Protesters against Donald Trumps executive order banning travel to the U.S. by citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries cheer at Denver International Airport on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The protest was one of several that took place nationwide. Photo courtesy of Daniel Sauve.

After Trump issues travel restrictions, three CSU students trapped abroad, protesters respond at DIA

Julia Rentsch January 30, 2017

Update: Two of the three known students trapped abroad have been identified: Hanan Isweiri and Saddam Qahtan Waheed.  Around 200 protesters gathered Saturday evening at Denver International Airport...

Protestors demonstrate against President Trumps executive order banning individuals from certain Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S., at Terminal D at DFW airport, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in Dallas. (Brandon Wade/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS)

Denver Airport site of protest against Trump’s immigration ban

Julia Rentsch January 28, 2017

This story has been updated. Find the full story here. Has President Trump's executive order impacted you or someone you know? Tell us your story by reaching out via Twitter, Facebook, or email. Update,...

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