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Girls, women learn self-defense

Limbs flailed and punches flew Tuesday night when more than 20 women learned self defense from a local police officer. more...

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Smokin' the Reefer

Disregarding an e-mail from the CU-Boulder administration pleading with students to forgo this year's 4/20 celebration, roughly 10,000 people gathered on the green lawn of CU-Boulder's Norlin Quad Monday to celebrate what stoners across the nation recognize as something of a national marijuana smoking holiday. more...

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Unleashing the bands

"I've got seven," one man says as he sauntered into the Aggie Theatre Saturday night, proudly displaying his colorful arm. Wristbands dominate his wardrobe, a testament to the busy night behind him. With sweat dripping down his face, he joins the rhythmically moving masses, completely tuned into the punk-rock band now blaring through the speakers. more...

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Back to the Basics

As "The Warrior" bus glides south along I-25 to the night's gig, those who share the road with the city transport-turned moving drug den don't suspect they're next to a living acid flashback -- a modern day manifestation of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters. more...

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Community fundraiser increases awareness of sexual violence, abuse

Statistics show that one in every four college women are raped, 10 percent of the people who are raped are men, 90 percent of rapes are done by a familiar person and 60 percent of rapes go unreported. With statistics like these, the Campus Feminist Alliance at CSU finds it important to educate the community about these issues. more...

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ROTC Cadets to march 26.2 miles in memory of soldiers

As the sun rises Sunday mornings on the sleeping town of Fort Collins, six members of the CSU Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps and eight from Army ROTC tie up their boot laces, pull on 45-pound backpacks and head off on a 10 to 22-mile trek across the still-frosted landscape. more...

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Snow storm closes CSU

After Governor Bill Ritter issued a disaster declaration Thursday in response to Colorado blizzard conditions, the National Weather Service reported that the peak of the storm passed Fort Collins late Thursday afternoon but snow fall is expected to subside throughout the evening. more...

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Beyond the Barbed Wire

The first car ride to Manzanar was silent - the radio was off, and the only sound was the steady hum of the van's massive engine. At the end of a barbed-wire fence that stretched to the horizon, a wooden guard tower ascended into view. more...

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Aztecs too much on senior night

Ten days ago, construction began on a building set upon the world's largest earthquake shake table in Japan, and CSU and global researchers will use data from future tests to determine the resistance level of wood in a real earthquake. more...

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Rams continue heartbreaking stretch with double OT lost

CSU basketball fans have faced tough times over the past two seasons, but Rams head coach Tim Miles explained that the past two weeks may have brought about a new level of difficulty. The Rams are 1-3 in the past two weeks, falling to Utah in overtime on Feb. 18, losing to arch rival Wyoming on a missed last second shot Feb. 25 and now posting a heartbreaking 79-81 double-overtime loss to New Mexico Saturday night. more...

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Puck 'Em up, CSU

Last night 4,105 people gathered at the Budweiser Events Center to watch the CSU hockey team battle the University of Colorado in the third of four Rocky Mountain Face-Offs. The fans gathered in the parking lot as if it were a football game. more...

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Dark Dodgin'

It was the only warning of incoming strikes that the embattled players would get, as the blacklights that surrounded the makeshift dodgeball courts made sight nearly impossible. Combined with the intermittent blasts of referee's whistles and cheering spectators who filled the stands, the player's faculties could only be described as considerably limited. more...

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Rams Win New Mexico Bowl

Big players step up in big games - case and point, Gartrell Johnson. Not only did the senior just have the biggest game of his entire career, but he did it on the biggest stage he's ever played on while guiding the CSU Rams to a bowl title and their first winning season in five years. more...

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Citizen's Academy

At CSUPD's third annual Citizen's Academy, about 20 students and faculty chosen through an application process spent the fall semester enrolled in basic police training. The participants attended classes that provided information and hands-on experience on arrest control techniques, use of firearms at a shooting range, crime scene investigation and arrest search and seizure techniques. more...

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Temperature Drops, Snow Follows

A photo slideshow of the winter's first big offerings

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Seniors Gartrell Johnson III (5) and Jeff Horinek (10), horse around after a victory against UNLV on Saturday afternoon at Hughes Stadium

Rams ready to cross final regular season hurdle

It's amazing the difference a season can make. A year ago today, the CSU Rams were 2-9 with no hope of a bowl game. Three hundred and sixty five days later, the Rams are 5-6, one win away from bowl eligibility and have a possible road to the post season in their sights. more...

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CSU falls to Cougars

The Cougars (8-1 4-1) knocked off the Rams (4-5 2-3) on the strength of a last minute game winning drive, disappointing the majority of the 20,000 fans filling the CSU's home. more...

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Change

Barack Obama swept to victory as the nation's first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself. "Change has come," he told a jubilant hometown Chicago crowd estimated at nearly a quarter-million people. more...

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Obama lauds CSU as green university

Sen. Barack Obama spoke to the Fort Collins community, discussing the importance of a renewable energy future and commending CSU for its plans to going green, underneath vibrantly golden leaves on the Oval Sunday. more...

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CSU falls behind in RedBull soapbox race

Team Green Machine's giant Ram soapbox thundered down the scenic Red Bull Soapbox Race course Saturday afternoon, crushed the CU-Boulder team's hopes at victory and even crossed the finish line alive. more...

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Painting Professor exhibits at Denver art gallery

It was some 60 years ago, in middle-American Wichita, Kan. - hardly the place one thinks of as a metropolitan epicenter of culture and modern creative genius - that Dave Yust tagged along with his parents to visit with their artist friends, and decided that he wanted a share in their genuine love and curiosity of life, art and the world. more...

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CSU officials plan to keep parade changes

CSU officials said that based on the significant increase in CSU-community participation they witnessed at the Homecoming Parade, Friday, the university plans to follow a similar structure for the event in coming years. more...

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Missed opportunities haunt Rams

It was a night of missed opportunities for CSU on Saturday afternoon as the Rams fell 13-7 to Texas Christian University in front of a crowd of over 27,000. more...

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Tech trends, buzz words

In this column, we feel that it is our job to keep you informed of the buzz words associated with today's technological trends. more...

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Fiasco in Moby

Lupe Fiasco and Three 6 Mafia shake Moby to the ground Sunday night. more...

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G-Man" carries Rams to third win

For the sixth consecutive season, the CSU football team was able to handle the Rebels of UNLV, as the Rams won another close match at Hughes Stadium Saturday afternoon 41-28 behind the rushing attack of Gartrell Johnson III. more...

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POW/MIA Day

ROTC honors military sacrifices more...

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Underage AC/DC cover band boogies local bars

Sporting a velvet-blue school boy outfit, 12-year-old Kyle Janes isn't just acting out the boyish rock n' roll spirit immortalized by legendary AC/DC guitarist Angus Young more than three decades ago -- he's living it. more...

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Good fun for a good cause

Ridiculous costumes, great bands and delicious beer kept attendees entertained at Saturday's ninth annual Tour de Fat.more...

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Debacle in Denver

After Showdown, team has faith in Farris more...

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Concert series annual fun

Lagoon summer concert series. more...

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Exploring Conference brings explosives and helicopters to CSU

Hundreds of teens lined the hills of CSU's West Lawn waiting for the much-anticipated display of heavy explosives -- TNT and dynamite -- to blast off a few hundred feet in front of them. more...

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Officials warn against high water levels

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. more...

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Dashing Scientist

After two years of pushing through pain and tears with a blind love for her sport, April Thomas was honored with one of the most prestigious titles a student-athlete can receive last month: the Mountain West Conference Female Athlete of the Year more...

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Fort Collins celebrates Independence Day

Fort Collins celebrated Independence Day at City Park with a fireworks show. more...

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New art comes to CSU campus

Five new monumental sculptures have recently appeared on campus, some standing 34 feet high. more...

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Cyclists race for velodrome

After six weeks of organizing bicycling races on the Oval, local cyclists finalized their effort to raise community approval of a Fort Collins racetrack Sunday. more...