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Yay I’m graduating (YOLO, I suppose)

Yay I’m graduating (YOLO, I suppose)

December 7, 2012

I was going to write about the Grammy nominations, how they’re interesting in the context of intended demographics and whether my generation will ever care about a once-yearly award show. It’s hard...

Fern Lake Fire more than doubles in size over the weekend

Fern Lake Fire more than doubles in size over the weekend

December 2, 2012

The Fern Lake Fire, which began Oct. 9 outside of Estes park, grew to more than 3,500 acres during the weekend, with high winds Friday night resulting in a 3 mile spread of the fire in just 35 minutes. According...

What Tubalr.com means for the music industry’s quest to monetize

What Tubalr.com means for the music industry’s quest to monetize

November 30, 2012

A couple days ago a Reddit poster named Cody Stewart started a simple thread about a music app he’s been developing for the past two years. The web site is called Tubalr.com, and within the last two...

What Texas should focus on (other than seceding)

What Texas should focus on (other than seceding)

November 15, 2012

The petition to peacefully grant the state of Texas permission to withdraw from the United States of America has 109,119 signatures at the time of writing. That’s 84,119 signatures more than needed to...

Tuesday’s no-brainers: Obama’s reelection, conservative pundits’ insistence he would lose and Nate Silver’s infinite wisdom

Tuesday’s no-brainers: Obama’s reelection, conservative pundits’ insistence he would lose and Nate Silver’s infinite wisdom

November 9, 2012

Presidential elections are supposed to be nail biters, bitter fights to the end, high blood pressure affairs — they’re supposed to look like a great sporting event. Or at least that’s how the...

People sit on a nearly empty West Lawn during this years Fall Concert put on by ASAP. 1,654 people purchased tickets for the Cobra Starship show, resulting in the lowest revenue since the Fall Concert began in 2008.

ASAP’s self generated revenue likely to shrink for third year in a row, may “go in the red”

November 8, 2012

According to documents obtained by the Collegian and interviews with current and former ASAP staffers, low sales figures for the 2012 Cobra Starship RamJam concert are likely to exacerbate a four-year...

Why Glenn Beck will influence the 2016 election

Why Glenn Beck will influence the 2016 election

November 5, 2012

Do you remember Glenn Beck? It seems hard not to, but the far right pundit has been out of the spotlight for a minute now. He used to host that show on the Fox News Channel, remember? He mocked people,...

Amendment 64: What do people who sell marijuana think?

Amendment 64: What do people who sell marijuana think?

November 5, 2012

Kevin Ballinger owns Herb’s Medicinals in Berthoud, Colo. — a medical marijuana dispensary. In both personal and professional aspects, marijuana plays a large role in Dallinger’s life; more than...

The best events in Fort Collins this weekend

The best events in Fort Collins this weekend

November 1, 2012

What: Rollins Pass Mini-Film Festival Where: Behavioral Sciences Building When: Saturday, Nov. 3 Times: 6:30 p.m. Cost: Free for students/$5 for the general Public It seems that Colorado is known...

FEMA Deputy Director Michael Brown.
Photo by Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA News Photo

Former FEMA Director Michael Brown apologizes for accusing CSU graduate of threatening to assassinate Mitt Romney

October 23, 2012

Michael Brown, former FEMA director and 850 KOA News Radio show host, has apologized for accusing former CSU graduate student Katherine Van Wyngarden of threatening to assassinate Mitt Romney. Brown...

Let the Twitter-bot moderate the next presidential debate (or is that too liberal, too?)

Let the Twitter-bot moderate the next presidential debate (or is that too liberal, too?)

October 22, 2012

We’ve now been through three debates — two presidential and one vice presidential — in which an equal amount of attention has been given to the candidates’ answers, the moderators’ performances,...

The lesson of Lance Armstrong; doping is fine (unless you’re an athlete)

The lesson of Lance Armstrong; doping is fine (unless you’re an athlete)

October 12, 2012

Lance Armstrong announced that he would not fight doping charges levied by the United States Anti-Doping Agency back in August of this year, and earlier this week the New York Times published a story containing...

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