The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Hang Loose [VIDEO]

By Tim Maddocks

A green-shirted volunteer looked down at a list to see who was next to climb in the Neptune Mountaineering Horsetooth Hang Saturday.

"Hunter," said the volunteer, calling the next rock climber. "She's addicted. This problem is like crack."

Hunter Schumaker, 13, from the Estes Climbing Team started on the left end and seized hold of her first crimp. She slowly worked her way toward the right following the white chalk smears across the red-grained rock.

"Come on Hunter. Let's go Hunter," said the crowd.

State's witness protection program is underused

By The Associated Press

DENVER (AP) _ At least 16 witnesses to crimes have been killed in Colorado since the creation of a fund to help protect people like them. An investigation by The Denver Post has found that the 12-year-old program isn't very organized and that many witnesses and even some members of law enforcement don't know that it's available.

Parents angry about controversial editorial

Student may find another university

By Aaron Hedge

A CSU student is considering ending her education at CSU because of an editorial that was printed in the Collegian Sept. 21. The editorial that included a profane reference to President George W. Bush convinced her parents to start researching other schools.

Lower textbook costs

Colorado student orgs follow suit

By Aaron Hedge

In light of skyrocketing textbook costs, Colorado student organizations are following suit in a nation-wide legislative effort to lighten the load textbooks impose on students' wallets. The Associated Students of CSU (ASCSU) and the Associated Students of Colorado (ASC) began a campaign this semester directed at state lawmakers pushing legislation requiring textbook publishers to make textbook information transparent to teachers and students.