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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

How to handle Westboro Baptist Church

How to handle Westboro Baptist Church

May 6, 2014

A lack of compassion, respect and chivalry results in dire consequence of fledgling insanity and utter chaos. It’s a topic I call the war of egos. It’s a term that defines a generation full of themselves....

CSU student deals with depression and anxiety

CSU student deals with depression and anxiety

May 5, 2014

Editor’s note: Olivia Smith is an employee of the Rocky Mountain Student Media Corp., the parent company of the Collegian. CSU student Olivia Smith has bouts of anxiety and depression. “I...

Clayton and Kim Bullock cross the finish line at National Veterans Day run at Spring Canyon Park on Sunday Morning. The proceeds from the race will go the Folds of Honor Foundation, which provides assistance to spouses and children of wounded and fallen service men.

Veteran Suicide Prevention Act sits in Senate committee

May 5, 2014

Since 1999, 22 veterans have committed suicide every day in the U.S., according to the office of Sen. John Walsh (D-Mo.). In response, the senator introduced The Suicide Prevention for America's Veterans...

Hearing impairment forces CSU student out of Air Force ROTC

Hearing impairment forces CSU student out of Air Force ROTC

April 22, 2014

For Bianca Torrez, a journalism junior at CSU, a hearing impairment caused problems with equilibrium when she was marching and following commands in Air Force ROTC. She would become off balanced, and...

After complaints, CSU campus attempts to make classes more inclusive

After complaints, CSU campus attempts to make classes more inclusive

April 22, 2014

CSU students are filing complaints with the university after not being given resources in the classroom that would level the playing field with their peers who don't have similar impairments, like the...

Captain Jeremy Currin performs a ruck march at Hughes Stadium Saturday afternoon. The ruck march was one of many tests during the CSU ROTC first competition for the German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency.

ROTC Cadets participate in fitness test for German Airforce proficiency badge

April 14, 2014

On April 12th, 14 Army R.O.T.C. cadets along with five Army reservists from Fort Carson participated in a fitness test to qualify for the German Airforce Proficiency Badge. Twenty-one year German...

Laughing, Fran Wilson takes a break at work to talk about her life at home. Wilson has worked for the CSU bookstore for 20 years while going to school part time as a Spanish major.

CSU student, bookstore employee overcomes obstacles to get her degree

April 9, 2014

A CSU student and full-time CSU Bookstore employee of 20 years, Fran Wilson works hard to complete her degree despite a life-changing incident that left her wheelchair bound. She stopped working...

Computer science major, Noah Al Hadidi sits with seeing-eye-dog Amiga in his Fort Collins home.

Blind student uses assistance animal, RDS resources to navigate CSU

February 24, 2014

Visually impaired senior Noah Al Hadidi and his seeing-eye dog Amiga aim to graduate this spring. Since he was 7 years old, Al Hadidi has not had the ability to see. Like Ray Charles during a concert,...

Get to know monuments on the CSU campus

February 6, 2014

Monuments on campus are given attention during times of dedication and when people pass by them, yet those monuments have messages that are bigger than these instances allow someone to capture. Among...

A Mouthful of Thunder performs their set at the Aggie Theatre on Friday night during the 5th annual Foco MX festival.

The Aggie owner, Scoo Leary, talks about his love of music

January 23, 2014

From Foo Fighters to Pretty Lights to Ziggy Marley, Scoo Leary, owner of the venue The Aggie Theatre, has seen a lot. He’s put on shows in Fort Collins for over a decade and opened multiple venues...

Cheba Huts corporate office moving to Fort Collins

Cheba Hut’s corporate office moving to Fort Collins

December 5, 2013

Fort Collins resident and Cheba Hut founder and owner, Scott Jennings, has decided to move Cheba headquarters from Arizona to Fort Collins in the upcoming year. With 17 separate locations across the...

Human Trafficking in Larimer County

Human Trafficking in Larimer County

November 14, 2013

Recently, three different massage parlors in Fort Collins have been shut down as police investigate reports of alleged human trafficking. Sixty-year-old Chong Sullivan was arrested on Oct. 29 on charges...

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