The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Local review of Roe's 'Letters and Lights' [AUDIO]

By Nick Scheidies

With The Fray from Arvada and OneRepublic from Colorado Springs, Colorado is experiencing a renaissance of earnest piano rock in the last handful of years. Now Fort Collins quintet Roe is throwing its hat into the ring with their latest release, "Letters and Lights.

Meet artist Magic Cyclops [VIDEO]

Fort Collins Faux rocker shares his history

By Erik Myers

The man isn't interested in talking. "You don't see me," he mumbles, scurrying past the Collegian reporter, a duffel bag under arm. "Not here." He, a lanky pale figure who could pass as the Unabomber's protégé in his black hoodie and baseball cap, makes his way to the tiny stage in the corner of the room.

'Role Models' provides outright laughter

By Kelly Bleck

A rare achievement in comedy, "Role Models" keeps audiences entertained and laughing throughout the length of the movie. Starring Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd, this comedy encounters two men who sell Minotaur energy drinks to kids. Danny (Rudd) becomes overcome with the feeling he is stuck in a rut, so he spontaneously proposes to his girlfriend, gets dumped, harasses a police officer and drives his company truck into a school statue all within an hour.

'The Glass Castle' illustrates family perseverance, hope

By Kelly Bleck

ps fell upon the Walls family, a mother, father and four children fighting to survive on the bare minimum. A memoir by Jeannette Walls, "The Glass Castle" covers the difficulties her family faced and the ways she adapted to each situation, even as a young child.

Go green with electronics [VIDEO]

By Glen Pfeiffer and Ryan Gibbons

Technology may be a great part of our lives as human beings, but it is definitely detrimental to the environment in production methods as well as the waste left over when, for example, a computer's life meets its sad, sad end. So, believe it or not, the components that make up what you might think of as the guts of the computer are not biodegradable.