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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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The cozy reading nook at Indigo Rose. There is never a lack of reading material. (Lauryn Bolz | Collegian)

5 funky places to help uncover quirks of Old Town

Lauryn Bolz August 27, 2018
Old Town Fort Collins has become a hub for arts and entertainment. Here are some of the best places in town to rein in your creative side, whether you’re picking up a new book or having a night out on the town.
Westfall And Parmelee will be the only residence halls open over break. 
Students staying on campus will be charged $35 a day including $15 RamCash. Winter break housing applications and more information can be found at the CSU Housing and Dining Services website. (Matt Tackett | Collegian)

RA, ICA and RLP: a breakdown of residential life on campus

Maddie Wright August 12, 2018
A guide to how to utilize your RA, ICA, and RLP
Rap duo Khaki and X-GD make waves in Denver underground rap scene

Rap duo Khaki and X-GD make waves in Denver underground rap scene

Elena Waldman August 1, 2018
New-wave rap is taking over mainstream music and ‘Soundcloud rapper’ is now a familiar term to many hip-hop fanatics. Among these artists are 19-year-old rapper Jake Granadear and producer Justin Roach, known by their stage names Khaki and X-GD respectively, are helping to build Denver’s underground hip-hop scene.
Conductor Wes Kenny prepared to lead the Fort Collins Symphony in a bow before intermission during their performance at the Lincoln Center on Saturday, February 3, 2018. Wes Kenny directed for the entire duration of the performance, however, some of the musicians switched during the intermission. (Josh Schroeder | Collegian)

Fort Collins composer creates new spin on national anthem

Maddie Wright July 25, 2018
It's not the Fourth of July unless "The Star-Spangled Banner" is bumping. Fort Collins’ own, Ethan Boxley made a new arrangement of the American staple.
Colorado State University Price Resource Center shows support for their community at Fort Collins Day Pride Festival by NCE on July 14. 
(Sara Graydon | Collegian)

Northern Colorado Equality’s Fort Collins Day Pride Festival sees largest turnout

Sara Graydon July 23, 2018

  Fort Collins Day Pride had a turnout of approximately 350 participants at Fossil Creek Lake on Saturday, July 14.  "That was nearly double last year’s turnout," said Casey Peifer, President...

Northern Colorado businesswoman Leslie Reeves poses with her camper that she renovated for 10 months to create The Weathered Oak, a photo booth on the go. (Photo courtesy of Leslie Reeves)

Local businesswoman brings smiles with mobile photo booth

Miranda Moses July 12, 2018
Leslie Reeves has created her own innovative photo business with the goal to make a joyful impact all across Northern Colorado with the Weathered Oak mobile photobooth.
Kim Jones plays a game of pinball at the Pinball Jones Campus West location.  (Forrest Czarnecki | The Collegian)

Pinball tournaments roll out the retro

Babin Dinda July 4, 2018
When asked to choose between a Playstation and an arcade, I don’t believe that there are a lot of us who would choose the “old school” route.  
Country/rap duo 'Long Cut' (Kerrigan Barry | Kore PR)

Hick-Hop duo ‘Long Cut’ creates new sounds from traditional southern sentiments

Elena Waldman July 4, 2018
With Trump embellished spit cups and lips packed heavily with chewing tobacco, "hick-hop" duo Long Cut are making their way through the country and rap scene.
Janel Matthias, owner of Soulful Images Boudoir photography says that she enjoys being able to make people feel good about the way they look. (Josh Schroeder | Collegian)

Boudoir photographer Janel Matthias shoots risqué photos to uplift others

Miranda Moses May 2, 2018
The multi-faceted, self-taught photographer started her professional photo-taking career by creating her Soulful Image Photography business in 2001, where she shoots a variety of portraits for expecting women, weddings, graduating seniors and other clientele seeking to savor impactful moments.
The Backyard Bird on its inaugural day. (Matt Smith | Collegian)

New Backyard Bird food truck stands out with master chef’s take on fried chicken

Matt Smith May 2, 2018

The fried chicken sandwich is a classic that is difficult to improve upon. Taking up the challenge is the Backyard Bird food truck, with master chef Matt Smith at the helm. “There’s a way to do...

Students participate in the 1983 College Days Mud Bowl, where the intramural fields were transformed into a sea of water and mud for students to drink and play football in. (Photo courtesy of University Historic Photograph Collection )

Looking back at CSU ‘College Days,’ wild springtime behaviors of past

Sarah Ehrlich May 1, 2018
This is College Days, the weekend of celebrating before finals week that put Colorado State University on the map as the place to party in the Rocky Mountain region. Alumni from the time of this affair will recall large amounts of 3.2% beer, great musical guests and plenty of reckless behavior.
Art majors Christian Johnson, Cheyenna Boley, Lexi Caron and Morgan Jones rehearse for their electronic arts performance at the Lafyette Electronic Arts Festival, coming up on April 27 at 7 p.m.. The sound they create corresponds to a visual representation, shown here (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

CSU students to perform at electronic art festival, explore the visualization of sound

Julia Trowbridge April 26, 2018
Four students in an electronic art class will perform at the Lafyette Electronic Art Festival on Friday April 27 at 7 p.m.. Four art students taking Installation and Sonic Art have created a collaborative art performance using various electronic sounds and instruments that explores the visualization of sound.
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