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The Warner College of Natural Resources building main entrance March 12, 2024.

Natural Resources building floods, classes relocated

Sam Hutton, News Editor February 5, 2025

Editor’s note: This is an ongoing breaking news story. Updates will be provided as they become available.  A water main rupture near the Natural Resources Building on Colorado State University's...

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CSU softball strives to prove itself in upcoming season

Alex Graser, Staff Reporter February 5, 2025

It's the start of the new year and the spring semester on campus, and accompanying it is a fresh start to the Colordo State softball season. Last year, CSU made its way to the 2024 Mountain West Softball...

APACC celebrates Lunar New Year with food, explores different Asian traditions

APACC celebrates Lunar New Year with food, explores different Asian traditions

Rebekah Barry, Staff Reporter February 5, 2025

The Colorado State University Asian Pacific American Cultural Center held a Lunar New Year celebration Jan. 29 in the Lory Student Center. The holiday is a festivity based on lunisolar calendars derived...

Image of student-designed plates hanging on the wall at the "Community Smog" exhibition by Kim Abeles at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art in the University Center for the Arts.

‘Community Smog’ exhibit visualizes wildfire pollution through art

Evan Borman, Staff Reporter February 4, 2025

The five senses are incapable of perceiving reality — which is to say, air pollution and the effects of climate change. "Community Smog" is a collaboration between artist Kim Abeles and the community...

Cam the Ram is celebrating his birthday with two other rams.

Masia: A look into CAM the Ram’s natal birth chart 

Sophia Masia, Collegian Columnist February 4, 2025
On Feb. 6, 1954, during halftime at a home basketball game against the University of Wyoming, former Colorado State University President William E. Morgan officially named CAM the Ram as the university's ambassador, and the rest is history.
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Fab first-years: Froebe, Carlson aid CSU women’s basketball success

Devin Imsirpasic, Staff Reporter February 4, 2025

Colorado State women’s basketball knew they would need substantial contributions from new faces coming into the season. What first-year guards Kloe Froebe and Brooke Carlson have done so far exceeded...

A graphic with the words Collegian Science surrounded by small, cartoon-like drawings of DNA, an atom and bacteria.

Discover these 5 hidden gem research labs at CSU

Katie Fisher, Science Editor February 4, 2025

From understanding how humans are shaped by their local environment to the cutting edge technology of virtual reality and transcranial magnetic stimulation that are reshaping scientific fields, here is...

Columns of white fabric hang from the ceiling

‘The Hangman at Home’ VR exhibit creates dialogue between poetry, science, art

Ruby Secrest, Arts and Entertainment Editor February 4, 2025

The award-winning virtual reality immersive artwork, "The Hangman at Home," has begun its display at the Hatton Gallery at Colorado State University. "The Hangman at Home" is an art piece that is immersive...

Pick up these 5 romance books for Valentine's Day

Pick up these 5 romance books for Valentine’s Day

Audrey Weishaar, Staff Reporter February 4, 2025

I have been reading romance novels for years, and I believe that there is nothing better than curling up with a cute book about two people falling in love. So with Valentine’s Day right around the corner,...

CAM the Ram wears a birthday hat during his party at the Colorado State University Student Rec Center Feb. 1. The event was organized by CSU's Alumni Association.

Ram Revelry: Community celebrates CAM the Ram with birthday festivities 

Riley Paling, Staff Reporter February 3, 2025

Colorado State University’s beloved mascot, CAM the Ram, turned 3 years old Saturday, Feb. 1. His birthday party was held at the Student Rec Center. The event, which drew in a crowd of students,...

A large, roughly written fabric poster reading, our presence higher education is a right, not a privilege, with orange and black butterflies and a black silhouette of a person.

CSU students discuss recent immigration policy changes

Chloe Waskey, Staff Reporter February 3, 2025

As mass deportations escalate across the country, students at Colorado State University shared their perspectives on ongoing immigration policy changes under President Donald Trump's second administration....

A graphic of a ram with the phases of the moon around its head to the left of the words, Horoscopes by The Collegian, on a blue background of little constellations.

Horoscopes Feb. 3-9

Sophia Masia, Staff Reporter February 3, 2025

Since early October, Jupiter has been retrograding through the sign of Gemini, asking us to reassess our relationship with overconsumption, overspending and overgenerosity. Now with Jupiter stationing...

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