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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Anti-Abortion? And Anti-War, too?

Anti-Abortion? And Anti-War, too?

May 7, 2013

Student dissatisfaction with the polarizing plaza portrayals, from both main sides of the debate, will receive no deep exploration here. The subject I want to explore is this: If people can express deep...

CSU, Stoicism and Self-Revolution

CSU, Stoicism and Self-Revolution

April 9, 2013

Often, even a cursory glance at the notorious “CSU Confessions” warrants a sense of unease. Whether it’s instructive to us or not, students are making reckless decisions and broadcasting these affairs...

Nourishing CSU’s Potential Poets

Nourishing CSU’s Potential Poets

March 26, 2013

In the Penguin Classics' new translation of Natsume Sōseki’s masterpiece Kusamakura, the following words are featured: “… and so even if no verse ever emerges from the mute poet, even if the painter...

CSU Student Life and Minimalism

March 6, 2013

Lifestyle minimalism is an especially stabilizing choice for college students. Naturally, due to burdensome financial stresses, college students often have to remain ever-conscious of their monetary priorities....

I like big books: the under-appreciation of nerds

February 19, 2013

I like big books and I cannot lie: I fancy geek gals with spectacles atop their eyes. I firmly believe that the nerdy, geeky woman and man have been insufficiently appreciated in the social climate...

Spread the word, stop using the phrase ‘retard’

February 5, 2013

At a recent CSU Best Buddies event, wherein the student organization’s officers were to be helpfully matched with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), I met a human miracle. The...

Defeating political shallowness

January 22, 2013

I have recently delved into the banal world of sober politics. I promise you that this boringly informative introduction carries significance. Being a newcomer to politics and seeking to finally get...

The Connecticut elementary school shooting: a reflection

The Connecticut elementary school shooting: a reflection

December 14, 2012

I must write this text with a heavy heart. I awoke today and traveled through the day’s routines with a lethargic ease. Life has slowed down a little as the semester comes to a close. Silent solitude...

Mortality awareness and indiscriminate compassion

Mortality awareness and indiscriminate compassion

November 26, 2012

A little imagination can go a long way. I have always believed that if one deliberately commits to introspectively altering their perception of varying phenomena — from humanity, to abstract ideas,...

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