Samantha Baker

Recent articles

The value of a lecture

After being surrounded by images of food on billboards and semi-trucks that flood the environment of the America West, artist Jonathan Balustein was fed up. “I decided to create a parallel vision that depicts the food items as I purchase them, to contradict the vision propagated by the advertising industry,” Blaustein said in an e-mail to the Collegian. Apr 1, 2011 | 12:03 am

Celebrating Chavez

Starting tomorrow and continuing through next week, community members have a chance to become a part of a civil rights leader’s legacy and say, “Si se puede,” or, “it can be done. The life and legacy of cultural icon and “heroic figure” Cesar Chavez will be honored in a weeklong celebration of speakers, films, theater productions and more at CSU. This year’s theme is “human dignity and spirit through resistance, endurance and empowerment.” “The significance and impact of Cesar Chavez life transcends any one cause or struggle,” said Rich Salas, assistant director for El Centro and Greek Life as well as a co-chairperson for the CSU Cesar Chavez Planning committee, in an e-mail to the Collegian. Mar 22, 2011 | 10:33 pm

Farewell, organ

The 1927 Wurlitzer Organ, which has been a little-known treasure housed in the Lory Student Center since 1983, will give the first of a two-part farewell performance tonight in the LSC Theatre. “This is really an incredibly unique opportunity for students and community members to see,” said L.J. Ankarlo, coordinator of general programming for the Association for Student Activity and Programming. Mar 9, 2011 | 12:18 am

"TA-DA!" Student play has come

Imagine having just one month to prepare for a world-premier play that could make or break your collegiate career. Mar 4, 2011 | 12:15 am

Police locate teenager, uninjured

A Larimer County teenage girl thought to have been kidnapped and beaten by her boyfriend was found Wednesday night. Mar 3, 2011 | 12:52 am

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Reports of young girl being allegedly beaten, held in local apartment

A SWAT team was dispatched this afternoon to a Fort Collins apartment complex to investigate a report that a 15-year-old girl was being held and beaten an apartment therein. Mar 3, 2011 | 12:51 am

A happy maloa from Mahalo Yogurt

When you add a year of planning and a year in business, cap it with flavor and topping varieties galore and sprinkle on some hungry college students, you’ve got this year’s Best of CSU Frozen Yogurt winner –– Mahalo Yogurt. “They should put one on campus,” said Stacy Queen, freshman journalism major. Mahalo Yogurt, named after the Hawaiian word for thanks, gratitude and admiration, opened in November 2009. Feb 21, 2011 | 12:50 am

Card counter comes to CSU

Mike Aponte didn’t hide money in his dorm room ceiling or get dragged down into the basement of a casino to be assaulted as the movie “21” suggests. Feb 9, 2011 | 12:38 am

FoCo gets a taste of Denver's hip-hop

Friday night Denver hip-hop band Air Dubai took to the stage at a crowded Aggie Theatre. The seven-piece band soon had Fort Collins jumping and chanting along as it blew through its 30-minute set. Air Dubai’s performance, sponsored by Denver-based radio station Channel 93.3 KTCL, opened for early ‘90s New York hip-hop group Digable Planets and Colorado band, the Flobots. Dec 12, 2010 | 11:27 pm