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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

Two Pinkard construction workers guide a backhoe to dig up and resurface the site for a new parking garage. The South College Parking Garage is scheduled to be complete in July of 2016. (Photo credit: Veronica Baas)

University breaks ground at $37.5M parking garage site on Pitkin Street

Veronica Baas October 8, 2015

Those driving to the Colorado State University campus will have 650 new places to park come summer.Over the next few weeks, students will start to see dramatic changes at the new parking garage site. The...

A rendering of the new underpass at Prospect Road and Centre Avenue. (Photo courtesy of Colorado State University).

University to construct $6.1M underpass at Center Avenue and Prospect Road

Veronica Baas October 7, 2015

Colorado State University is currently designing a new pedestrian and bike-oriented underpass south of campus. Facilities Management plans to start the project in November, with a completion goal...

New biology building breaks ground Thursday

New biology building breaks ground Thursday

Veronica Baas September 28, 2015

Parking lot #547 will close Thursday to begin construction on the new biology building. The project is slated for completion summer 2017, according to the Colorado State University website.Students are...

CSU collects materials documenting the marijuana legalization movement

CSU collects materials documenting the marijuana legalization movement

Veronica Baas September 27, 2015

This summer, Colorado State University's Archives and Special Collections Department started gathering materials to create the Amendment 64 Collection.This archival collection will consist of any documents...

The rolling benches in this greenhouse are filled with Poinsettias for a class project. They are located at the new Horticulture Center south of campus. (Photo by Veronica Baas)

Newly constructed Horticulture Center replaces 65-year-old PERC building

Veronica Baas September 24, 2015

This semester, students have been testing out the new Horticulture Center south of campus, featuring over 8,000 square feet of research space.The new facility replaced the old Plant Environmental Research...

Photo by: Christina Vessa.

CSU provides students with internship resources

Veronica Baas September 2, 2015

The benefits of summer internships range from networking to housing stipends to potential jobs after graduation. For Colorado State University students, these internships may provide opportunities such...

International business foreign exchange student Thomas Vromen leaves The College of Business Rockwell Hall. The Colorado State business school is ranked one of the top in the United States.

New Sports Management minor comes to CSU

Veronica Baas August 28, 2015

Starting this year, Colorado State University is partnering with the Denver Broncos to provide a new sports management minor for students who are accepted into the program. Three new courses will be...

A PCL construction worker contributes to the Aggie Village redevelopment project on the south side of campus. (Photo credit: Veronica Baas)

Construction updates for fall 2015 at CSU

Veronica Baas August 24, 2015

There is a high demand for these construction projects on campus, according to Fred Haberecht, assistant director of landscaping and planning with CSU’s Facilities Management. “The University, like...

Photo Credit: Christina Vessa.

Alpha Phi Omega raises money for childhood cancer through St. Baldrick’s Foundation

Veronica Baas May 11, 2015

In a show of solidarity for children with cancer, students shaved their heads on campus Friday, raising an estimated $4,400 for the St. Baldrick's Foundation. Kate Douglas, president of Alpha Phi Omega (APO),...

Junior Biology major Miles Eckley shops for books at the Lory Student Center bookstore Monday. With the rising cost of tuition and being a student in general, the university is working on a bill that will establish a tax holiday for all Colorado State university bookstores.

Students generally get 40 percent return during University textbook buyback

Veronica Baas May 5, 2015

Students who buy textbooks at the Colorado State University Bookstore are given the opportunity to sell them back at the end of the semester, but at less than half the price paid. Rising textbook...

(Photo courtesy of www.stbaldricks.org)

Shave your head and donate to cancer research

Veronica Baas May 4, 2015

Students who are feeling selfless are invited to shave their heads in support of children who have cancer. Alpha Phi Omega is fundraising through the St. Baldrick's Foundation to raise money for cancer...

CSU graduate Kevin Kruglat takes a little break from giving students free rides around campus to take a few photos in the Oval on Thursday.  Kruglat and his business partner recently started the business called Tadpole Pedicabs. The name is insprired by the tadpole style pedicab that puts the rider in front of the driver.

Pedicab service offers Fort Collins community a safe ride home

Veronica Baas April 28, 2015

Thanks to a service that peddles bar-crawlers home, finding a ride home on the weekend is now easier. Tadpole Pedicab service was officially launched at the end of March, offering rides within a three-mile...

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