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Colorado State University professor Laura Jones poses for a portrait on in the theater seating at the University Center for the Arts. Jones has been a professor at CSU for 24 years and has directed numerous plays, taught acting, directing and theater history. Jones will be retiring at the end of the spring semester. (Forrest Czarnecki | The Collegian)

CSU’s first female theatre professor, Laura Jones, to retire, leave behind award-winning legacy

Maddie Wright • March 27, 2018
The first female theater professor at Colorado State University plans on retiring at the end of the semester but her influence and tenacity is not something taken lightly by the CSU community.
Behind the Runway: 2018 Fashion Show Spectrum

Behind the Runway: 2018 Fashion Show Spectrum

Teagan Smith • March 20, 2018

  April 6th! Is it in your calendars yet? Mark it now, because the tickets are selling FAST! CSU’s annual Fashion Show will lighting up the stage this year with garment collections like nothing before....

Jane Slusarski-Harris has been the Director of Dance at CSU since 1988. She has mentored 28 years of students through the dance department. Slusarski-Harris will retire at the end of this semester. {Abby Flitton | Collegian}

Weeks away from retirement, Jane Slusarski-Harris reminisces on 30 years of teaching dance at CSU

Maddie Wright • March 20, 2018
After dancing up a storm for over 30 years, Dance Professor Jane Slusarski-Harris plans on retiring from CSU this semester.
Crouch explains all the different types of blocks and set types used to create embossed images on paper. Many of these cutouts are antique. (Sarah Ehrlich | Collegian)

Wolverine Farms breathes new life into letter-pressing

Sarah Ehrlich • March 20, 2018
Have you ever come across a business whose creative can’t be categorized? You may find such a place on Willow Street, the Wolverine Farm Letterpress and Publick House, a name unique from others. “People come to the Letterpress and Publick House for it's warm, inviting atmosphere and all of the events we offer,” said Beth Kopp, the operations manager. “Everything from spelling bees to chicken contests, craft markets to tarot clubs. Or you can just drink coffee or beer and hang out.”
Brayan Montes-Terrazas, a Dreamer and a junior studying business, poses in the Rockwell West Hall at Colorado State University. As a dreamer in one of the least diverse colleges at CSU, Montes- Terrazas constantly starts the conversation on DACA and what it's like to be undocumented, further educating his peers on issues currently being debated in politics. (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

Brayan Montes-Terrazas, Dreamers United co-president, talks diversity at CSU, overcoming pressures of DACA status

Julia Trowbridge • March 19, 2018
For undocumented students, or "Dreamers', it's important to start the conversation about their contributions and fears living in America.
Evan Lowe, social work adviser by day and rapper "Low" by night, his first album is going to be released on March 30th called Conflict Theory. "I've been writing music since I was in the 6th grade, but this album is my first true to life project. But I've been performing close to three or four years now," said Evan Lowe. (Mackenzie Boltz | Collegian)

‘Don’t let your words die in your notebook’: CSU social work advisor, Evan Lowe, to release rap album March 30

Miranda Moses • March 2, 2018

In sixth grade, Evan Lowe wrote a poem. Over a decade later, he wrote an album.  The Colorado State University alumni's new album, "Conflict Theory," is set to release March 30. Lowe, who doubles...

Undeclared freshman Bronson Rivera, undeclared freshman Angel Salazar and undeclared Andy Truong started writing music about a month ago. They have written five songs, and have been working on an untitled EP. (Seth Bodine | Collegian)

4 CSU freshmen pursue music career together

Isabelle Rayburn • March 1, 2018
Four freshmen Colorado State University students started jamming together in a music room of the dorms about a month ago. One day they made a song and it flowed nicely without trying. Now they plan to make a band. 
The Bean Cycle offers Coffee Club members 10 percent off all of their locally roasted beans. The beans are roasted frequently and in small batches in order to maintain quality, Mita said. (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

Bean Cycle’s Coffee Club provides perks for coffee lovers

Julia Trowbridge • February 28, 2018
Coffee lovers can get all kinds of bonuses with The Bean Cycle's Coffee Club.
Todd Larson tattoos a semi-colon on Nate Day Tuesday afternoon in Old Town Fort Collins. (Jon Price | Collegian)

Heart & Skin Tattoos’ Todd Larson brings personable, passionate tattoos to Fort Collins

Nate Day • February 27, 2018
Todd Larson, local tattoo artist, on his work, his clients, and how he got into the business of body art.
Robert Miller's interests in sports, film, outer space and many others have earned him a successful career as a composer, where he continually experiments with different sounds and subjects. (Photo Courtesy of Ben Fraternale)

Q&A: Composer, Robert Miller, talks music, movies and Oscar nomination

Sarah Ehrlich • February 26, 2018
A riveting interview with esteemed film score composer, Robert Miller. He discusses where his passion stems from, his favorite projects and advice for people who want to make music a career.
Fort Collins' The Cupboard presents free food, innovative cookware

Fort Collins’ The Cupboard presents free food, innovative cookware

Julia Trowbridge • February 22, 2018
With free food and innovative cookware, The Cupboard weekly shows off their products.
Carl Olsen, a program coordinator for Colorado State University's Women and Gender Advocacy Center, and Jake Aglietti, a senior at CSU studying communication and ethnic studies, co-hosts a new podcast about masculinity titled "Do You Even Lift, Bro? Men Exercising Social Justice." The podcast was binge-released Feb. 1 on iTunes, SoundCloud and kcsufm.com. (Randi Mattox | Collegian)

Women and Gender Advocacy Center’s Jake Aglietti, Carl Olsen unpack masculinity in new podcast, ‘Do You Even Lift, Bro? Men Exercising Social Justice’

Randi Mattox • February 21, 2018
Colorado State University's Jake Aglietti and Carl Olsen aim to answer questions about the culture of masculinity in their new podcast titled "Do You Even Lift, Bro? Men Exercising Social Justice," which, in coordination with the student radio station, KCSU, was binge released Feb. 1.
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