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Digging up the past
Professor reveals bones, stories from unmarked graves
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For more than a century, the stories of 500 patients institutionalized in a mental health hospital have been buried in unmarked graves. Ann Magennis, an associate professor of anthropology, is now digging up these people's stories for the first time. "Her research has shown that there were these people coming from the working class that were less educated and less affluent," said Mary Van Buren, an associate professor in the anthropology department.
CSU grads go far
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Looking back, high school graduation seems like a cakewalk. The excited young grad proudly dons the cap and gown, while the parents snap pictures and relatives send checks. Then the entire class spends the rest of the summer getting wasted together and preparing to do the same in a dorm room in the near future.
Ram Talk
To who ever stole the candy canes from my front lawn: That's pretty low because they are only three dollars at Wal-Mart! I hope you get coal for Christmas! I went to the CU/CSU basketball game in Boulder pretending to be a student and even with a CU ID I still had to pay five dollars.
CSU puts wood structures to the test
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An 1,800 square foot, 40-ton home in Buffalo, N.Y., violently shook, the victim of a simulated 6.7 magnitude earthquake. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home was the largest wood structure ever to be tested for how it would fare during an earthquake - and CSU researchers have now begun a six-month data-analyzing process.
Draft proposal hits home, CSU students
Some say reinstating a draft may be positive for military diversity and awareness of the Iraq war
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By Emily Polak The Rocky Mountain Collegian Incoming Ways and Means Committee chair Charles Rangel, a Democrat from New York, has proposed to reinstate the draft in an effort to strengthen and diversify the U.S. military. Rangel's proposal - which if implemented would have a profound effect on college students - comes at a time when approval for the war in Iraq is lower than ever.
Then and now
Collegian hits 115 years
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On Thursday, May 4, 1972, the cover of the Collegian featured a naked woman with a folded American flag draped across her lap and a glass of wine in her hand. Investigation of articles, teamed up with risqué photographs, came as a result of the Collegian's 115th anniversary this month.
Enforcement of occupancy law kicks in over break
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By Amy Robinson The Rocky Mountain Collegian Winter break has traditionally been a time of relaxation and a time to transition into the new semester. Some students, however, may find themselves searching for a new place to live -- thanks to a city ordinance that will go into effect Jan.
Denver wins Democratic National Convention 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) - Democrats selected Denver to host their 2008 presidential convention, turning down New York in favor of a problematic but enthusiastic bid from a city in the increasingly Democratic Rocky Mountain West. "Given the West's winning history, it's fitting that the next president of the United States will be nominated in Denver in 2008 and will be introduced to the American people in the Rocky Mountains," party chairman Howard Dean told reporters on a conference call with Colorado officials.
BREAKING NEWS - Teen arrested after supermarket holdup
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After a 30-minute standoff, police arrested a 19-year-old man who held up a Safeway pharmacy with a rifle Friday morning, a police spokeswoman said. David Dubois, 19, may have fired shots while numerous employees and shoppers were in the supermarket near the intersection of College Avenue and Mulberry Street, witnesses and Fort Collins Police Services spokeswoman Rita Davis.
