Spring Break
Opinion
Our View: Congrats to the CSU Jewish community
The university's 3-year-old Chabad organization has spent the entirety of its existence fighting with the City of Fort Collins and the university for bits and pieces of recognition and Friday night they got anther one. After a month of toil and argument with Lory Student Center Dining Services, Rabbi Yerachmeil Gorelik finally convinced them to allow him and Jewish students to kosher the LSC kitchen for the first time in CSU history.
Torture is not in America's interest
Terrorism isn't justifiable, so why are harsh interrogation tactics?
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The struggle to protect human rights keeps taking hits in America. On Saturday, President George W. Bush vetoed a bill passed by Congress to limit the CIA's ability to use harsh interrogation tactics against terrorism suspects. The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, sponsored by Rep.
Why you should care about the recession
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As the American economy falls into recession, it has become a prime topic of news programs and presidential debates. However, the health of the economy is not an issue that normally causes much concern among college students.Unfortunately, the recession is causing economic problems to trickle down from the business world onto our campus.
Letters to the editor
In response to Wednesday's Our View titled, "Never forget Holocaust lessons," I first want to thank you. The atrocities of that time should never be forgotten, and we should help to ensure that they aren't. They were real horrors happening to real people and could have been stopped except for the "inaction of otherwise good people, who stood by while their leaders and countrymen carried out these atrocities.
The time is now, join ASCSU
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As the current Student Body President, I can't start wars or send people to the moon, but I can assure you that the Associated Students of CSU impacts every student in one way or another. Consider some of our more noteworthy accomplishments. We have: Spearheaded state legislation to make textbooks more affordable Improved RamRide's efficiency, taking an extra 5,000 students home Weighed in on Faculty Council's decision to abandon C-, D+ and D- grades Kept the lid on student fee increases Engaged in budget and tuition discussions with the Joint Budget Committee and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education.
Teachers: Learn from your students
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Some have their 15 minutes of fame; I have had several 15 seconds of fame in the last couple of weeks. It seems that my story about my student-friend Kate from my column two weeks ago caught the attention of several people, some of whom were nice enough to tell me that they enjoyed the piece.
Face Off: What are you doing for spring break?
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Kate Quillin, a junior social work and sociology major and the Key Service Partnership Coordinator, was kind enough to take some time out of her weekend to give the Collegian the skinny on the Alternative Spring Break program. Q: What are your plans for spring break? A: I'm doing alternative spring break in New Orleans.
Yays and Nays
Nay| to daylight savings time. Sure, we get an hour more of sunlight in the evening during springtime, but at what cost? yay | to spring break next week. Our only complaint is that it isn't this week. yay | to Editor-in-Chief elect Aaron Montoya. We are looking forward to at least one more year of endless beard jokes in the newsroom - thanks for making it possible.
