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The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

At the forefront of a large crowds of spectators, three sports fans wearing cowboy hats, green shirts and sunglasses smile widely and look past the camera.

CSU Outlaws cult-ivate strong Ram spirit

Liv Sewell, Staff Reporter May 1, 2024

Outlaws are not just the villains in "Red Dead Redemption 2." For a group of friends, they are a collective of cowboy hat-toting superfans who represent school spirit reminiscent of Colorado State athletics’...

Colorado State University football players face off at the line of scrimmage during the second half of the CSU Green vs. Gold game at Canvas Stadium April 20.

Green, gold, white: CSU football springs into last preseason scrimmage

Liv Sewell, Staff Reporter April 20, 2024

Spring means different things to different people. For Colorado State football, it meant finishing off their preseason training with the Green vs. Gold game in Canvas Stadium on the snowy midday of...

Graduate student Avery Morrow (25) is lifted into the air by a teammate after a touchdown during a spring football scrimmage.

Spring camp: CSU football adjusts to changes on defense

Liv Sewell, Staff Reporter April 12, 2024

Change is difficult, even in the simplest of circumstances. Changes such as Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year Mohamed Kamara’s departure and new defensive line coach Chuka Ndulue are examples...

Former competitive swimmer for the University of Kentucky Riley Gaines speaks for CSUs student chapter of Turning Point USA April 3. There was nothing we could do as female athletes, Gaines said. I got to personally witness and really feel the effect that this infringement — or what I would call an injustice — had on myself and my teammates and competitors.

CSU TPUSA hosts Riley Gaines’ Reclaim Feminism event

Liv Sewell, Staff Reporter April 4, 2024

Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines came to Colorado State University’s campus to give a talk at an event entitled Reclaim Feminism. The event was headed by The Riley Gaines Center...

King Carlo and Brother Josh pose after receiving their reward for taking third place in a 2v2 dance battle bracket during Vision:Provoke Imagination March 30.

Hip-hop at CSU bounces back with Vision Dance Expo

Liv Sewell, Staff Reporter April 2, 2024

Hip-hop is a way of life.  Created in the 1970s, hip-hop started as an underground dance movement that permeated mainstream pop culture. It has come a long way from its start in the Bronx, New York;...

April Fools: Recent NCAA softball rule change has players perplexed

April Fools’: Recent NCAA softball rule change has players perplexed

Ye Olde Sewage, Rule Follower April 1, 2024

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. Those who do not read the editor’s notes are subject...

Colorado State University wide receiver Tory Horton (14) dashes toward the sideline during the Rocky Mountain Showdown game against the University of Colorado Boulder at Folsom Field in Boulder Sept. 16, 2023. CSU lost 43-35.

Colorado State football springs toward new season

Liv Sewell, Staff Reporter March 26, 2024

Spring has sprung, and so has the Colorado State football team after their postseason winter slumber. As spring training ramps up, the many changes made by the team are on full display, and those differences...

Maura Mequi jumps for the ball during a Colorado State University womens lacrosse club team practice March 6.

CSU women’s lacrosse faces off against stereotypes

Liv Sewell, Staff Reporter March 20, 2024

Whether it was anger management for Regina George at the end of "Mean Girls" or the catalyst in the TV show "Teen Wolf" for Scott McCall’s transformation into a werewolf, in media, lacrosse has always...

Mohamed Kamara (42) stands before the game starts Nov. 16, 2019.

Pro Day at Colorado State serves as another step toward NFL draft

Liv Sewell, Staff Reporter March 19, 2024

Dreams are hard to make true, at least when the odds are fervently stacked against them.  College football players across the country will soon be on the edge of their seats, hoping to be drafted by...

Children cheer in the stands.

CSU women’s basketball aims to inspire students with Education Day

Liv Sewell, Staff Reporter February 28, 2024

As opposed to the typical sights of rowdy college students, childlike joy filled the stands of Moby Arena Wednesday morning. The roaring of more than 6,000 elementary students made the Nevada players...

Erin Dawson, Colorado State University swimmer in the 200-yard medley relay during the 2023 Mountain West Swimming & Diving Championships in the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Natatorium at the University of Houston Feb. 16.

Off the block: Erin Dawson wins 2 titles at MW championship

Liv Sewell, Staff Reporter February 27, 2024

Qualifying for the NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships is no small feat, but junior Erin Dawson made it look easy.  Over the four days of the Mountain West Swimming and Diving Championships,...

Colorado State University swimmers cheer for the last time during the 2023 Mountain West Swimming & Diving Championships in the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Natatorium at the University of Houston Feb. 18.

Preview: Swim and dive heads to Mountain West championship

Liv Sewell, Staff Reporter February 22, 2024

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and for Colorado State swim and dive, the biggest competition of the year is located in the Lone Star State. The Mountain West Swimming and Diving Championships...

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