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The Women and Gender Advocacy Center is located in the Lory Student Center on campus at Colorado State University, March 25, 2019.

7 issues WGAC focuses on to support survivors

Ivy Secrest, Arts and Culture Reporter • March 23, 2022
The Women and Gender Advocacy Center at Colorado State University provides programs and resources focusing on all genders through social justice and interpersonal violence prevention, according to their website. Here are seven issues WGAC provides support with.
Southwest Airlines airplane parks at the terminal at Denver International Airport March 18, 2020.

Understanding environmental tourism ahead of spring break

Ivy Secrest, Arts and Culture Reporter • March 10, 2022
With the stress of the spring semester, many students make an effort to take advantage of spring break with flights, cruises and more. 
(Graphic Illustration By Ava Kerzic | The Collegian)

Here are 7 FoCo events to look forward to on your staycation

Kota Babcock, Arts and Culture Director • March 9, 2022
If you're choosing to stay in town over spring break this year, we've got some events for you to try out in the week ahead.
(Graphic Illustration by Trin Bonner | The Collegian)

Stressed from midterms? Here are 5 easy ways to relax

Ivy Secrest, Arts and Culture Reporter • March 2, 2022
With the speed of the spring semester, it can feel like papers and tests creep up and attack. Learning to manage that stress is a pivotal part of college.
A model smiles as she walks the runway.

UWC Hair Show elevates Black culture, brings hair to life

Kota Babcock, Arts and Culture Director • February 24, 2022

After last year’s fully virtual show, Colorado State University United Women of Color and the Colorado State University Black/African American Cultural Center partnered to bring the Hair Show back to...

(Graphic Illustration by Jessie Conlisk | The Collegian)

Who counts as a trespasser on Colorado State’s campus?

Kota Babcock and Ivy Secrest • February 10, 2022

Understanding the role of vaccines in on-campus life has confused students, staff and the local community, especially after Colorado State University sent no trespass orders to students in October related...

(Graphic Illustration by Chloe Leline | The Collegian)

20 years of restricted speech: Panhandling in Fort Collins

Maddy Erskine, Arts and Culture Editor • February 9, 2022

From 1995 to 2015, Fort Collins was enforcing an unconstitutional panhandling ordinance. Panhandling is "to stop people on the street and ask for food or money," according to Merriam-Webster. Violation...

Three men stand on a stage near a small biography of Fred Hampton, a civil rights leader.

B/AACC Black History Month: ‘Uniting the Diaspora’

Ivy Secrest, Arts and Culture Reporter • February 3, 2022
On Jan. 28, The Black/African American Cultural center started off Black History month with “Uniting the Diaspora.” This opening event set the tone for what is shaping up to be an impactful series of events, full of fun and educational functions (and the occasional free meal). 
Connor Williams and Hunter Horsfall, the co-owners of the Atrium sit in the lounge area

The Atrium provides a chill alternative to regular bars

Brooke Pippin, Arts and Culture Reporter • January 27, 2022

The Atrium At The Alleycat, a bar and music venue tucked away under Alleycat Coffee House off Laurel Street, opened in January 2021. In the year the space has been open, it has established itself as a...

The walls of The Gorehound's Playground's mini-theather are covered with movie posters, and lifesize statues of horror characters stand in the corners, Jan. 22nd.

Patrons find horror community at The Gorehound’s Playground

Ivy Secrest, Arts and Culture Reporter • January 25, 2022

The modern perception of horror is often boxed in with slasher films and the strange people who enjoy them. The reality of the community surrounding horror is much more complex and deep than that. Drawn...

Pickle Barrel restaurant located in Fort Collins Nov. 14. The restaurant was created as a CSU class project by Robert Piccaro and Brenda Smith 30 years ago. (Milo Gladstein | The Collegian)

The roots of 122 W. Laurel St.

Bella Eckburg • November 17, 2021
In the building now home to The B&B Pickle Barrel Deli at 122 W. Laurel Street, which was purchased by Robert 'Bob' Piccaro and Brenda Smith in 1988, lies a history enveloped with musicality and international connection.  Chris Eala, who was born in the Philippines, came to Fort Collins in the late 1950s at the urging of the Colorado State University music department, which recognized his gift of repairing musical instruments. The little shop became Chris’s Music store. 
In recognition of the labor done by the Latinx community in Fort Collins, the City added an installation of a short hoe statue. Kota Babcock | The Collegian

Sugar beets, sundown laws, student efforts: History of Latinx FoCo

Kota Babcock • November 16, 2021

Despite Hispanic and Latinx laborers sustaining the sugar beet industry that built Fort Collins, the history of this community is full of injustice and discrimination, especially at the hands of police....

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