Nic Turiciano, Author at Rocky Mountain Collegian

Nic Turiciano

Content Managing Editor Nic Turiciano is a senior journalism major. He writes about music, film, pop culture and all things associated with leisure. He began at the Collegian in the fall of 2009, is the former local director for 90.5 KCSU Fort Collins and contributor for www.theawl.com. He can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

Let the Twitter-bot moderate the next presidential debate (or is that too liberal, too?)

Oct 222012

Tweet We’ve now been through three debates — two presidential and one vice presidential — in which an equal amount of attention has been given to the candidates’ answers, the [more...]

Posted by Nic Turiciano on October 22, 2012 at 10:30 am Opinion Tagged with: Barack Obama, big bird, Capitol Hill, Debate, Greenpeace, Joe Biden, Martha Raddatz, Pacific Ocean, Twitter No Responses »

The lesson of Lance Armstrong; doping is fine (unless you’re an athlete)

Oct 122012

Tweet Lance Armstrong announced that he would not fight doping charges levied by the United States Anti-Doping Agency back in August of this year, and earlier this week the New [more...]

Posted by Nic Turiciano on October 12, 2012 at 11:28 am Opinion Tagged with: Armstrong, Lance Armstrong, New York Times, Performance-enhancing drugs, Tour de France, Union Cycliste Internationale, United States Anti-Doping Agency, Use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport 2 Responses »

The weekend calendar

Oct 112012

Tweet What: Brandi Carlile and Blitzen Trapper Where: The Lincoln Center When: Sunday, Oct. 14 Time: 7:30 p.m. Cost: $36-$40 As the windows begin to frost over, appropriate cold-weather music [more...]

Posted by Nic Turiciano on October 11, 2012 at 9:14 pm Weekender Tagged with: 12-hour clock, Blitzen Trapper, Brandi Carlile, Calendar, Fort Collin, Fort Collins Colorado, Fort Collins Lincoln Center, Saturday No Responses »

Matisyahu at the Fort Collins Aggie Theatre (slideshow)

Oct 112012

Posted by Nic Turiciano on October 11, 2012 at 10:13 am Slideshow Tagged with: aggie theatre, CSU, Fort Collins, Matisyahu No Responses »

The Weekend Calendar

Oct 042012

Tweet What: Fort Collins Symphony presents Americana Pie Where: Lincoln Center When: Saturday, Oct. 6 Time: 7:30 p.m. Cost: $15 students, $30-$50 general public The idea of a symphony is [more...]

Posted by Nic Turiciano on October 4, 2012 at 10:28 pm Weekender Tagged with: CSU, First Friday, Fort Collin, Fort Collins, Fort Collins Colorado, Friday, Michael Daugherty, Saturday, United States, Visual arts No Responses »

Either let Billy Crystal host the next presidential debate or invite Gary Johnson, but please do something

Oct 042012

Tweet Imagine if we treated our presidential debates like we treat other forms of spectacle-worthy ceremonies. After two hours of red carpet coverage, Billy Crystal would serve as moderator. He’d [more...]

Posted by Nic Turiciano on October 4, 2012 at 3:40 pm Opinion Tagged with: Barack Obama, BarackObama, big bird, Billy Crystal, Bruce Springsteen, Debate, election 2012, Jim Lehrer, Mitt Romney, MSNBC, presidential debate, Presidential Debate Commission, United State 10 Responses »

Fort Collins Philanthropist Pat Stryker has not committed financial support to the CSU on-campus stadium

Oct 022012

Tweet Billionaire philanthropist Pat Stryker, known for founding the Bohemian Foundation in Fort Collins, has released a statement clarifying that she has not — to this point — committed financial [more...]

Posted by Nic Turiciano on October 2, 2012 at 4:04 pm News Tagged with: Bohemian Foundation, Campus, Colorado State University, csu stadium, Fort Collins Colorado, Frank, Pat Stryker, Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium, Stadium, Tony Frank No Responses »

Social Media Response to New Stadium

Oct 022012

Tweet “CSU might be getting a stadium…. Maybe 300 people will show up now!” — @BradenNelson “Shout out to @CSUTonyFrank for granting CSU a new on campusstadium!! #GoRams” — ‏@Kkuhl41 [more...]

Posted by Nic Turiciano on October 2, 2012 at 3:28 am News Tagged with: Angry Birds, Bird, Facebook, IOS, London, Stadium, Tony Frank, Twitter 1 Response »

Opponents of CSU on-campus stadium react to President Tony Frank’s announcement

Oct 012012

Tweet CSU President Tony Frank announced his support for the proposed on-campus stadium earlier this afternoon, a decision that Bob Vangermeersch, founder of the advocacy group Save Our Stadium Hughes, [more...]

Posted by Nic Turiciano on October 1, 2012 at 2:24 pm News Tagged with: bob vangermeersch, Campus, CSU, CSU Football, csu stadium, Fort Collins Colorado, on-campus stadium, President of the United States, sos hughes, Stadium, Temple University, Tony Frank, University of Kansas 2 Responses »

Not all college kids drink more, spend less and are still idiots

Oct 012012

Tweet I didn’t think too hard the last time I went drinking. In fact, the idea of not thinking too hard about anything is half the reason to go out [more...]

Posted by Nic Turiciano on October 1, 2012 at 11:49 am Opinion Tagged with: Cornell, Cornell University, Facebook, Mike McLaughlin, New York Times, Student, Times, Twitter No Responses »

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