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CSU faculty member dies in bike collision
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Rebecca Allen, a 2002 CSU graduate and undergraduate program administrator for the Department of Journalism and Technical Communication, died this morning in a bicycle crash, according to the Fort Collins Coloradoan. According to the report, the police received a phone call at 5:20 a.
Straayer: budget doesn't place enough emphasis on academics
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The CSU budget for fiscal year 2008, which allocates a little over $1 million of new revenue to faculty expansion, has drawn scrutiny from faculty for placing too much emphasis on research and non-academic stretch goals, while not shoring up the academic guts of the university sufficiently.
Allen remembered for her passion for the outdoors
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Rebecca Allen was an outdoor enthusiast. So much so that everyone who knew her was aware of her passion for physical activity. But it was this passion that led to tragedy early Tuesday morning when she and friend Jen Garvey rode their bicycles along Drake Road and were struck by a man in a 2004 black Saab.
Officials warn against high water levels [AUDIO SLIDESHOW]
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With a higher water level in the Cache La Poudre River this year, the Larimer County Sheriff's Office and river experts warn river rats to use caution when rafting or tubing the stream. The sheriff's office reports four drowning incidents in Larimer County already this season, two of them from water sport-related accidents on the river.
ATF conducts explosions, Black Hawk helicopter event on campus
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Loud explosions and a Black Hawk helicopter landing awed hundreds of young police service hopefuls Friday on the Lory Student Center West Lawn. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosions and the US Marshall Special Operations Group and El Paso County Sheriffs staged an exhibition for members of the Explorer Program, a program designed to familiarize teens interested in joining the police services with different aspects of public security.
Two students struck by lightning, one killed
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Just three days after two CSU employees on bicycles were hit by a motorist, lightning struck two CSU graduate students on campus, killing one of them and putting the other in intensive care at Poudre Valley Hospital. William John Szlemko and Marc Vernon Richard were struck at approximately 7:30 p.
Hundreds gather at Oval to remember late cyclist
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Rebecca Allen's memorial service drew a crowd of 300 at the CSU oval today. Nearly 300 students, faculty, family, friends, and bicyclists, gathered today at the CSU oval to honor and remember avid cyclist and CSU staff member Rebecca Allen who died Tuesday when she was hit by a car while riding her bike.
Man found dead on campus
Little information as police investigation suspects foul play
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A man was found dead with a gunshot wound in his upper left chest in the Summit Hall parking lot Friday night, the CSU police Department said in a press conference Saturday. The identity of the man is not being released pending contact of his family, but he is not believed to be a current CSU student or a member of the group of law enforcement students that have been on campus all week.
CSU to start school for the environment
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CSU is creating a school for the environment to prepare students for the emerging green economy. The university's new School of Global Environmental Sustainability will include professors and researchers from multiple CSU departments and could start offering new courses as early as 2010, according to a university statement.
520 CSU volunteers expected to help keep DNC green
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By Scott Callahan The Rocky Mountain Collegian As CSU's prominent image as "the green university" becomes more and more visible nation-wide, the school will hit its biggest green stage yet on Aug. 25. Hundreds of students will go through every scrap of trash at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, ensuring the Democratic Party will reach their goal of recycling, reusing or composting 85 percent of the waste generated by the convention.
CSU hosts NLEEC
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Monday night was marked by a euphoric patriotic kick-off to the National Law Enforcement Exploring Conference at Moby Gym. The conference, which is held every two years, began in 1979 at Michigan State University. Law enforcement exploring is club designed to train teenagers ages 14 to 20 how to pursue a career in law enforcement.
