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NEWS
2025 Associated Students of Colorado State University vice presidential candidate Joseph Godshall and presidential candidate Jakye Nunley pose for a photo March 25.
ASCSU Elections: Meet presidential, VP candidates Jakye Nunley, Joseph Godshall
Laila Shekarchian, Staff Reporter • April 2, 2025

With campaigns for the Associated Students of Colorado State University elections for the 2024-25 academic year fully underway,...

Colorado State University's Turning Point USA chapter invited de-transitioner Chloe Cole to speak about her beliefs against gender-affirming care for minors March 27. "They see people like me as an existential threat because our stories challenge the narrative that they cling on to so rapidly," Cole said. "Woke ideology, and in particular the modern transgender movement, has become a faith of sorts. For many, it fills a spiritual void."
Chloe Cole visits CSU to share experiences, denounce ‘radical transgender ideology’
Sam Hutton, News Editor • April 2, 2025

Conservative political activist Chloe Cole visited Colorado State University March 27 to discuss her experience as a gender...

Photo illustration by Julia Percy and Caden Proulx
Breaking: ASCSU presidential, VP candidates drop out; Nunley-Godshall now lone candidacy
Aubree Miller, News Editor • April 1, 2025

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a statement provided to The Collegian from the Flynn-Andersen campaign. Two...

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Latest Headlines
‘Knowing Her’ art exhibit honors past, present of women at CSU
Audrey Weishaar, Staff Reporter • April 2, 2025

On March 26, Colorado State University's Morgan Library and Visual Arts building hosted a joint opening reception for the "Knowing Her: Women’s...

Chloe Cole visits CSU to share experiences, denounce ‘radical transgender ideology’
Sam Hutton, News Editor • April 2, 2025

Conservative political activist Chloe Cole visited Colorado State University March 27 to discuss her experience as a gender de-transitioner and...

Doctoral candidate’s machine learning assists in African leopard tracking
Katie Fisher, Science Editor • April 2, 2025

While African leopards span the continent, inhabiting a variety of environments like grasslands, rainforests, deserts and savannas, their migration...

CSU’s Sutherland Community Garden turns punk for 4th annual Fools Fest
April 2, 2025
CSU men’s basketball enters transfer portal race, lands Illinois transfer Carey Booth
April 1, 2025
Breaking: ASCSU presidential, VP candidates drop out; Nunley-Godshall now lone candidacy
April 1, 2025
Breaking: Jaylen Crocker-Johnson enters transfer portal, commits to Minnesota
April 1, 2025
Horoscopes April 1st, 2025
April 1, 2025
MOST READ
Jaylen Crocker-Johnson, Nique Clifford and Rashaan Mbemba huddling up during their game March 1. Colorado State University defeated Utah State with a score of 93-66.
CSU men’s basketball enters transfer portal race, lands Illinois transfer Carey Booth
Michael Hovey, Sports Editor • April 1, 2025
A large black letter C in the style of The Collegian logo is to the left of the words Breaking News written in red all caps. The graphic is on top of a faded image of The Oval from above.
Breaking: CSU announces SNL's Marcello Hernandez as RamFest headliner
Ruby Secrest, Arts and Entertainment Editor • March 24, 2025
A male basketball player weraing a white and green jersey with the number 0 dribbles the ball down the court as a packed crowd watches him.
Kyan Evans enters transfer portal, CSU men's basketball awaits decision
Michael Hovey, Sports Editor • March 31, 2025
A large black letter C in the style of The Collegian logo is to the left of the words Breaking News written in red all caps. The graphic is on top of a faded image of The Oval from above.
Breaking: CSU confirms 6 international student visas have been revoked
Aubree Miller, News Editor • April 2, 2025
Jaylen Crocker-Johnson shoots a layup during Colorado State University's game against Adams State University in an exhibition game Oct. 30. CSU won 90-74.
Breaking: Jaylen Crocker-Johnson enters transfer portal, commits to Minnesota
Sophie Webb, Sports Editor • April 1, 2025
LIFE AND CULTURE
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Life and Culture
April Fools’: How many bitches could a CSU major pull if majors pulled bitches?
Catholic Abortion and Cosmic Misfortune • April 1, 2025

Editor's Note: This is a satire for April Fools' Day. Real names and the events surrounding them may be used in fictitious/semi-fictitious ways....

April Fools': Student expelled after RA discovers kidnapped pet Grubhub robot in dorm
April Fools’: Student expelled after RA discovers kidnapped pet Grubhub robot in dorm
Catholic Abortion, Collegina's Anton Ego • April 1, 2025
Participants run in Colorado State University's third annual International 5K Color Run on The Oval March 29. The Indian Students Association alongside the International Enrollment Center and Office of International Programs hosted the run to celebrate the Hindu spring holiday of Holi, with proceeds going to international enrollment scholarships.
Color Run 5K supports international students, celebrates Holi at CSU
Angelina Hamlin, Staff Reporter • March 31, 2025
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CSU political science welcomes 3 new concentrations, announces returning courses
Riley Paling, Staff Reporter • March 27, 2025
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SPORTS
Jaylen Crocker-Johnson, Nique Clifford and Rashaan Mbemba huddling up during their game March 1. Colorado State University defeated Utah State with a score of 93-66.
Sports
CSU men’s basketball enters transfer portal race, lands Illinois transfer Carey Booth
Michael Hovey, Sports Editor • April 1, 2025

Colorado State men’s basketball is entering the transfer portal landscape. As first reported by Justin Michael of DNVR, the Rams picked...

Jaylen Crocker-Johnson shoots a layup during Colorado State University's game against Adams State University in an exhibition game Oct. 30. CSU won 90-74.
Breaking: Jaylen Crocker-Johnson enters transfer portal, commits to Minnesota
Sophie Webb, Sports Editor • April 1, 2025
April Fools': Elon Musk buys NIL rights of CSU student-athletes, effective immediately
April Fools’: Elon Musk buys NIL rights of CSU student-athletes, effective immediately
Sparkling Whimsy, Sports Editor • April 1, 2025
April Fools': LeBron James joins CSU men's basketball
April Fools’: LeBron James joins CSU men’s basketball
Mark Fischer, Staff Reporter • April 1, 2025
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OPINION
April Fools': 5 incontrovertible reasons why you should immediately abandon your family, career and personal autonomy to join a cult today!
Opinion
April Fools’: 5 incontrovertible reasons why you should immediately abandon your family, career and personal autonomy to join a cult today!
Hanky Panky, Master Instigator • April 1, 2025

Look, let’s be real — life is hard. Student loans? Sky-high. Job market? Bleak. The constant existential dread of figuring out what you’re...

April Fools': 5 baby names that may really lean into your executive order preferences
April Fools’: 5 baby names that may really lean into your executive order preferences
Detectivo Liberal, Onomatology Detective • April 1, 2025
A graphic with yellow text reading, "Letter to the editor," next to a yellow drawing of a mailbox on a pink background.
LTTE: CSU TPUSA anti-trans event puts students at risk of harm
Giovanna Paterno, Guest Author • March 31, 2025
Souza: Rate My Professors isn't accurate
Souza: Rate My Professors isn’t accurate
Emma Souza, Collegian Columnist • March 31, 2025
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SCIENCE
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Science
Doctoral candidate’s machine learning assists in African leopard tracking
Katie Fisher, Science Editor • April 2, 2025

While African leopards span the continent, inhabiting a variety of environments like grasslands, rainforests, deserts and savannas, their migration...

April Fools': CAM the Ram diverts 2024 YR4 asteroid, avoiding Fort Collins collision
April Fools’: CAM the Ram diverts 2024 YR4 asteroid, avoiding Fort Collins collision
Kat Fish • April 1, 2025
(Updated) DeSalvo Meme
April Fools’: Nick DeSalvo cloning scandal unearthed in chem research building
Cosmic Misfortune, Photo Director • April 1, 2025
Courtesy of the Clapp Lab
Anatomical advancements: Clapp Lab develops VR anatomy education software
Katie Fisher, Science Editor • March 31, 2025
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Interactive art installations including Expected, a pile of 8-ton blocks constructed from Colorado State University faculty documents, and Effort Distribution, made of interactive pie chart pieces, are arranged in the center of the Directions Gallery space and are informed by hung television displays that encourage spectators to pick up and move pieces of the art March 28. These installations are part of the "Knowing Her: Women’s Work and Leadership at CSU from 1925-2025" art exhibit, which focuses on women faculty members at CSU. The exhibit is located in the Directions Gallery in the Visual Arts building at Colorado State University.
Arts and Entertainment
‘Knowing Her’ art exhibit honors past, present of women at CSU
Audrey Weishaar, Staff Reporter • April 2, 2025

On March 26, Colorado State University's Morgan Library and Visual Arts building hosted a joint opening reception for the "Knowing Her: Women’s...

Hank Hatton sings and plays bass for band Choam Nomsky March 27. Hatton performed as part of KCSU's fourth annual Fools Fest.
CSU’s Sutherland Community Garden turns punk for 4th annual Fools Fest
Ruby Secrest, Arts and Entertainment Editor • April 2, 2025
horoscopes
Horoscopes April 1st, 2025
Starry Moon, Staff Reporter • April 1, 2025
April Fools': CSU prepares to say goodbye to Amy Parsons, hello to Slim Blondee
April Fools’: CSU prepares to say goodbye to Amy Parsons, hello to Slim Blondee
Rizzle Cigcrust, Farts and enter-painment editor • April 1, 2025
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CANNABIS
Dante’s Inferno Strain Review
Cannabis
Dante’s Inferno Strain Review
Miles Buchan • March 4, 2025

Strain Review – Dante’s Inferno Cannabis strains are plentiful, potent, and ever-evolving as cultivation culture strives to develop new...

Newly popular cannabinoid CBN shows treatment potential
Newly popular cannabinoid CBN shows treatment potential
Miles Buchan • October 18, 2023
Strain Review: Ease your mind with Durban Kush wax
Strain Review: Ease your mind with Durban Kush wax
Miles Buchan, Staff Reporter • May 4, 2023
Because I got high: A camping miracle, movie trip, golf steroids
Because I got high: A camping miracle, movie trip, golf steroids
Guest Author • May 4, 2023
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