Lauren Stieritz, Author at Rocky Mountain Collegian

Lauren Stieritz

Op-ed columnist Lauren Stieritz is a senior communication studies major and English minor. She began working at the Collegian in August 2012. Her columns appear Fridays in the Collegian. She can be reached at letters@collegian.com or on Twitter @laurenstieritz.

You are what makes CSU great, enjoy it while you can

Dec 102012

Tweet Having just finished a 15-page paper — one of the last I will ever write for my undergrad degree here at CSU — I’m having trouble coming up with [more...]

Posted by Lauren Stieritz on December 10, 2012 at 1:49 pm Opinion Tagged with: Collegian, Colorado State University, CSU, Education, graduating, Graduation, Time No Responses »

Spellcheck and auto-correct are making you stupid and it could cost you your future job

Nov 302012

Tweet As winner of my third-grade class spelling bee, I’d like to say I’m exceptional when it comes to spelling and grammar. Some might actually call me psychotic and I [more...]

Posted by Lauren Stieritz on November 30, 2012 at 12:19 am Opinion 1 Response »

Give thanks, you’ve no reason not to

Nov 162012

Tweet The time of year has come. The time of year where we say thanks to everyone and everything in our life that we have been so blessed with. Where [more...]

Posted by Lauren Stieritz on November 16, 2012 at 8:00 am Opinion Tagged with: Military, Thanksgiving, Turkey 4 Responses »

The elections are over but your involvement isn’t: Keep politics cool

Nov 092012

Tweet We’ve all seen it. The statuses, the tweets, the memes — you know, the ones that pooled in after the results of the election and the days that followed: [more...]

Posted by Lauren Stieritz on November 9, 2012 at 9:06 am Opinion Tagged with: Barack Obama, College Democrats of America, College Republicans, Edison Research, Mitt Romney, Obama, Rock the Vote, United States 1 Response »

Dear Democrat friends: My Romney vote in no way disrespects same-sex marriage

Nov 012012

Tweet Yes, I endorse same-sex marriage. Yes, I voted for Mitt Romney. Yes, I can do both of these things. Doug Wright wrote a letter on Facebook to his GOP [more...]

Posted by Lauren Stieritz on November 1, 2012 at 11:06 am Opinion Tagged with: Barack Obama, Doug Wright, Mitt Romney, Obama, Republicans, Romney, Same-sex marriage, United States 80 Responses »

The mid-semester crisis: Fight it off with some extra Halloween fun

Oct 262012

Tweet I had a feeling it was true, and my suspicions were confirmed when I saw a status on my newsfeed last night that read “That point in the semester.” [more...]

Posted by Lauren Stieritz on October 26, 2012 at 9:00 am Opinion Tagged with: Copy editing, Friday, Halloween, Holiday, Twitter, United States, Walking Dead, Wednesday 1 Response »

Boobs, booze and budgeting: the culture of Halloween changed from innocence to overspending and debauchery.

Oct 192012

Tweet As we approach Halloween, the photos on Instagram of red and yellow leaves (hashtags galore) and the Facebook statuses of “listening to Mumford and Sons on a drive somewhere [more...]

Posted by Lauren Stieritz on October 19, 2012 at 8:00 am Opinion Tagged with: Costume, Facebook, Halloween, Instagram, Twitter, United States, Urban Legend, Wednesday No Responses »

Texting has altered the dynamics of dating

Oct 122012

Tweet We’ve all played it. You know, the stare-at-your-phone-flip-it-over-throw-it-across-the-room-put-it-away-pull-it-back-out-why-hasn’t-he-texted-me-back game. Fun, huh? Wouldn’t it be nice if we didn’t have cell phones? If we didn’t have Facebooks, Twitters and Instagrams [more...]

Posted by Lauren Stieritz on October 12, 2012 at 8:00 am Opinion Tagged with: Copy editing, Facebook, Friday, Short Messaging Service, Text messaging, Twitter, UVU Review, Wireless Data 1 Response »

CSU student changes the world with Little Pieces of Hope

Oct 052012

Tweet When I was 15, like many of my peers, I was focused on boys and my brand new flip phone. And that’s about it from what I remember. But, [more...]

Posted by Lauren Stieritz on October 5, 2012 at 12:41 pm Opinion Tagged with: Africa, American Cancer Society, Charity Water, Collegian, CSU, Facebook, High school No Responses »

Response to Nicole Frazier’s “Why we shouldn’t just have military discounts”

Oct 032012

Tweet As a member of this great nation, Fort Collins and the CSU community, I would like to start off by stating I in no way endorse or condone Tuesday’s [more...]

Posted by Lauren Stieritz on October 3, 2012 at 4:37 pm Opinion 152 Responses »

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