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Meals to get without wheels: 6 great food spots near campus

Meals to get without wheels: 6 great food spots near campus

Samy Gentle, Staff Reporter February 6, 2023

When your class schedule leaves you with an awkward two-hour gap right around lunchtime, a close place to get some food can be a lifesaver. Here are a few staple places within walking distance of the Colorado...

Patricia Vigil gives Alfreda “Freda” Whaley, a residential dining employee, the Multicultural Staff and Faculty Network

Foundry worker Freda Whaley falls into early retirement

Samy Gentle, News Reporter January 25, 2023

Freda Whaley had been working at Colorado State University since 1989. Most recently, she worked for Housing and Dining Services at The Foundry dining center. That was until Sept. 5, 2022, when she —...

Upcoming Halloween events near Fort Collins

Upcoming Halloween events near Fort Collins

Samy Gentle, Staff Reporter October 27, 2022

As the weekend before Halloween approaches, so do several spooky events in town. From bar crawls to haunted houses, Fort Collins and nearby towns have something for everyone. Harrington Art Alliance’s...

Students sit outside the Women and Gender Advocacy Center March 23 The WGAC offers support to survivors of relationship violence.

WGAC educates, provides support concerning interpersonal violence

Samy Gentle, Staff Reporter September 27, 2022

The Women and Gender Advocacy Center at Colorado State University is the result of more than 50 years of “evolution of the student and academic affairs structures,” according to the WGAC website, starting...

CSUnicorn Task Force dance in The Plaza with a pride flag to spread joy amid the presence of religious and anti-abortion groups

CSUnicorn Task Force draws attention away from Plaza preaching

Samy Gentle, Staff Reporter September 20, 2022

The Lory Student Center Plaza is a place on campus for a variety of groups to set up tables, signs or simply speak to spread their messages to the passersby. This includes certain religious groups...

Colorado State University Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology professor Susan VandeWoude poses for a portrait at her laboratory May 2, 2019.

Dr. Sue VandeWoude appointed CVMBS dean after 32 years at CSU

Samy Gentle, News Reporter September 19, 2022

On Aug. 16 Dr. Sue VandeWoude began her appointment as the new dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, according to a SOURCE article. VandeWoude received her postgraduate...

Taylor Wittwer, student ambassador for CHAARG stands on the intramural fields holding the group’s first social event, juice and journaling

CHAARG challenges fitness fears at CSU

Samy Gentle, Staff Reporter September 7, 2022

CHAARG, which stands for Changing Health, Attitudes and Actions to Recreate Girls, is a club at Colorado State University that is also present at over 100 other college campuses nationwide, according to...

The construction zone on the future lot of Meridian Village, a new housing community on campus that was scheduled to be completed in 2025, Dec. 16, 2019.

Meridian Village construction on pause since March 2020

Samy Gentle, Staff Reporter August 31, 2022

The construction site for the Meridian Village residence community has sat untouched since March 2020, as the project was put on hold when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. In 2022, as Fort Collins and Colorado...

illustration of attention-deficit/hyper-activity disorder

You are not alone in managing ADHD in college

Samy Gentle, Staff Reporter August 15, 2022

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder affects about 4.4% of adults in the United States, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Applied to the 28,000 students on the Colorado State University...

Various beers sit on tap at the Ram Skeller located in the basement of the Lory Student Center April 8.

Edición de Cerveza: Ramskeller es una celebración del activismo estudiantil, cerveza en CSU

Samy Gentle and Gizel Garcia April 19, 2022

Nota del editor: Puedes leer la versión en ingles de este artículo aquí. Traducción de Gizel Garcia A lo largo de la historia, los estudiantes han recurrido a la protesta pacífica como...

Various beers sit on tap at the Ram Skeller located in the basement of the Lory Student Center April 8.

Beer Edition: Ramskeller is a celebration of student activism, beer at CSU

Samy Gentle, News Reporter April 10, 2022

Editor’s Note: Read the Spanish version of this article here. Throughout history, students turned to peaceful protest as a popular method of getting things done. Such was the case on Oct. 18, 1968,...

A visitor enters the Lory Student Center Theatre for the 2020 TEDxCSU event March, 8, 2020. TEDx is a community-organized gathering of people who give TED Talk-like speeches and performances around central ideas. The 2020 TEDxCSU event organized around the theme Momentum and featured key speakers, performers and poets in the Fort Collins community.

TEDxCSU comes back to campus in 2022

Samy Gentle, News Reporter March 2, 2022

On March 5 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., the TEDxCSU 2022 event will be taking place in the Lory Student Center Theatre and ballrooms.  TEDx events include live speakers and prerecorded TED Talks. While...

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