Sara Michael
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Students prepare for move out across campus
Newsom Hall resident assistant Kari Ashby advised her hall to please make wise decisions during their last week of college. May 12, 2010 | 5:45 pm
Cinco de Mayo drink specials
In Mexico, Cinco de Mayo symbolizes the defeat of the French by the Mexicans at the Battle of Pueblo in 1862. In the U.S., the holiday has molded itself into a general celebration of Mexican culture. And at many colleges and universities, Cinco de Mayo is just yet another reason to pay homage to Jose Cuervo.
To contribute, many bars around Fort Collins are having specials today.
May 5, 2010 | 12:17 am
Hips don't lie at 23rd annual lu'au
What began as a quiet tribute to Bob Marley, accompanied by exotic flora and food and buoyed with the promise of dancers, soon transformed into an island getaway at Hui O Hawaii’s 23rd annual Lu’au Sunday night. May 3, 2010 | 10:50 pm
Experts: Emphasize this holiday
Fort Collins Mayor Pro-Tem Kelly Ohlson was one face in a sea of activists across the country who showed up to rally against pollution –– instead of the clichéd war protest of the time –– as part of first Earth Day celebration in the United States in 1970. As a college sophomore at Iowa State University, he remembers population being one of the major issues among the many of that revolutionary day. Even then, he said, they saw the numbers rising. Apr 23, 2010 | 12:26 am
Celebrating Mother Earth
In an attempt to extend the Earth Day experience through the week and illuminate the university’s vested interest in the environment, CSU is hosting events this week to highlight issues with global climate and demonstrate some solutions that CSU has employed to erase its footprint. Today Cenergy Expo 2010: 8:30 a.m. Apr 19, 2010 | 10:13 pm
Gov. Ritter signs statewide holiday
It’s CSU Day, a statewide holiday meant celebrate the green and gold and spread the love with the entirety of Colorado. Apr 16, 2010 | 1:21 am
Celebrity impressions make Mr. CSU
Freshman Tucker Estes brought his two left feet to dance the Soulja Boy dance for Alpha Kappa Psi’s first annual fundraiser pageant Tuesday night, and it wasn’t enough to earn him the illustrious title of Mr. CSU. Apr 14, 2010 | 12:23 am
Students go soleless today for shoes
Thousands of people across the nation will go barefoot today, as part of a campaign by TOMS shoes. The footwear company, which donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for each pair purchased, is raising awareness of global poverty. Apr 8, 2010 | 11:11 pm
CSU home to oldest rodeo, team in nation
Bulls, blood, dust, mud and the roar of a Saturday night crowd heralded the sport that the Western United States knows as rodeo this past weekend with the 61st annual Skyline Stampede at the B. W. Pickett Equine Center on Overland Trail. Apr 6, 2010 | 1:28 am
Fort Collins sticks the skinny to Boulder
In hard economic times, wallets aren’t the only things shrinking in Fort Collins. It appears waistbands are too.
Not only the best place to live as awarded by Money Magazine, Fort Collins was also named the least obese metro area in the country earlier this month.
In 2009, Gallup took polls across the country, surveying 353,000 adults in 187 metro areas to find the obesity rates in America.
Apr 1, 2010 | 1:04 am
The Rocky Mountain Collegian wins Silver Crown Award
Out of 1,558 entries, The Rocky Mountain Collegian was one of 7 college newspapers to be selected for the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Collegiate Crown Award for 2008 season. Mar 28, 2010 | 10:05 pm
Locals split on health care reform
When HR 3590 surged through the clutches of the House and the Senate on a Democratic wave Sunday night, the U.S. Mar 25, 2010 | 11:10 pm
Parking garage adds 835 spots
After months of construction, CSU Parking Services opened a new parking garage at the intersection of Lake Street and Centre Avenue Monday. Mar 25, 2010 | 1:18 am
BodyWorlds brings death to life in Denver
Body parts in jewel cases, perfectly preserved and boldly presented, hold the same attraction as diamonds. Mar 12, 2010 | 2:49 pm
Officials hope to open one I-70 lane by Thursday
Officials hope to have one lane of traffic flowing each direction on eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 by late Thursday after crews successfully removed an unstable boulder from the side of Glenwood Canyon. Mar 11, 2010 | 12:58 pm
Superintendent: Federal money could hurt schools
A government check for $377 million is one piece of mail Daniel Lere really doesn’t want. Mar 10, 2010 | 12:11 am
Nederland to celebrate annual frozen man festival
Grandpa Bredo Morstoel has been around for 109 years. For the past 20, he’s been living in a shed up the road from his grandson’s house in Nederland. His existence, however, can’t exactly be called living. Mar 4, 2010 | 11:47 pm
Frat lobbies to end use of 'r-word': retarded
Pi Kappa Phi is pulling an all-nighter. From 8 a.m. Wednesday to 8 a.m. today, the fraternity is “spreading the word to end the word” on prejudice against mental disabilities. Mar 4, 2010 | 1:38 pm
City Council hashed out medical marijuana regulations
City Council met before an overflowing chamber Tuesday night to discuss an ordinance outlining regulations for medical marijuana dispensaries and growers in Fort Collins. Mar 4, 2010 | 1:10 am
Hard-core academics involved in community
At the mention of engineers, the image of a bespectacled geek clutching books, wearing a calculator around the neck and bent over keyboard typing like there’s no tomorrow spring to mind. Feb 19, 2010 | 12:56 am
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Who of the following is not on the Board of Governors?
