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Local cafe Ginger and Baker serves their specialty pastries along with eight other vendors from local restaurants at the first annual FoCo Cafe Spring Soiree fundraiser event held in Everyday Joe's Coffeehouse. FoCo cafe is located in Old town and has a mission of building community by providing nutritious and delicious meals to the people of Fort Collins regardless of their ability to pay. Apr. 12. (Alyssa Uhl | The Collegian)

FoCo Cafe’s first annual Spring Soiree serves, supports community

Lyra Wiley • April 15, 2019
FoCo Cafe has its first annual Spring Soiree held at Everyday Joes Coffee House. Providing food from neighborhood restaurants, it served and supported the community.
The Pride Resource Center is located in room 232 and provides resources and support for all CSU community members to explore and increase their understanding of sexual/romantic orientation, gender, and identity intersection. This year is the 20th anniversary of the center. (Colin Shepherd | Collegian)

CSU supports trans students with educational poster series

Graham Shapley • March 27, 2019

Students passing by the Pride Resource Center at the Lory Student Center may have spotted a new informational poster promoting tips for supporting transgender, nonbinary and agender people. In order...

The Women and Gender Advocacy Center located in the Lory Student Center on campus at CSU. (Skyler Pradhan | Collegian)

Feminist Thought, Activism Conference to promote discussion on modern feminism

Maddie Wright • March 25, 2019
Bee educated, bee entertained, bee encouraged.
Michael Anthony Tatmon preforms Thurgood at the Bas Bleu Theatre in Fort Collins of March 6, 2019. (Photo Courtesy of Michael Anthony Tatmon via Facebook)

The Black-Latino Actors Studio brings diversity to Fort Collins’ theater community

Walker Discoe • March 24, 2019

Acting and theatrical performance is by nature a communal experience, and Tatmon believes it is important to extend the world of theater to include diversity so that all types of people are invited to...

The exterior of the new Lucky's Market in Fort Collins, CO. (Skyler Pradhan | Collegian)

Lucky’s Market opens, offers quality local products

Walker Discoe • March 12, 2019

Fort Collins is home to a number of grocery stores that service a variety of needs, diets and price points.  Lucky’s Market joined the ever-competitive and growing grocery store lineup in Fort Collins...

'Pictures of Resiliency' featured CSU women but emphasized global impact. (Lauryn Bolz | Collegian)

‘Portraits of Resiliency’ celebrates strong women

Lauryn Bolz • March 7, 2019

International Women’s Day is dedicated to showcasing the powerful stories of women who found strength in the face of adversity. On March 6, The Office of International Programs and other offices...

The 64th annual World Unity Fair presents a cultural fair, where different countries are represented by student organizations and some clubs. Aiming to promote and educate people about diversity, the unity fair presents the opportunity to learn more about who inhabits the student body at Colorado State University (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

CSU’s World Unity Fair celebrates diversity, education

Ty Davis • March 5, 2019

The weather outside might have been frightful, but inside the Lory Student Center Ballroom the energy was electric at the 65th annual World Unity Fair Saturday night.” In celebration of the diverse...

The new fireplace in the Morgan Library helps to give the entrance an atmosphere of calm that facilitates students gathering around it to study or just hang out. (Josh Schroeder | Collegian)

CSU library’s new fireplace draws in students

Miranda Moses • March 4, 2019

When entering the Morgan Library there used to be a barren sitting area in-between Morgan's Grind and the entrances into the building's courtyard, but not anymore. Those who frequent the study mecca...

The CSU surplus store offers end-of-life items from different departments at discount prices. Stocking everything from urine sample containers to refurbished laptops, the surplus store is a self-sustaining CSU entity dedicated to keeping waste in use and out of the landfill. (Walker Discoe | Collegian)

Surplus Property saves items from landfill, generates revenue

Walker Discoe • February 28, 2019

Thrifting and buying used or surplus goods is a good way to find something unique while saving some money. Students visit Goodwill or Arc Thrift Stores around Fort Collins to find furniture, shoes,...

The Night at the Mewvies art exhibit was put on by the Fort Collins Cat Rescue at the Carnegie Center to display movie-inspired art of cats. (AJ Frankson | Collegian)

Popular Grand Cats Gallery unites local rescue and artists over love for felines

Lauryn Bolz • February 26, 2019

Animal lovers and artists came together the evening of Feb. 21 to celebrate a great cause: preventing animal homelessness in Fort Collins. This is the 12th year that the Fort Collins Cat Rescue has commissioned...

Grace Ramsey, an aerialist and contortionist from the Phantom Circus performed in the sixth act of the night. The act was intended to be a portrayal of the changes of a caterpillar to a butterfly and featured 6 dancers on stilts as well as the aerial display. (Josh Schroeder | Collegian)

First Cirque Du CSU captivates crowd

Laura Studley • February 25, 2019

Bending over backwards to get the best seat in the house, spectators gathered in the Lory Student Center Theatre Feb. 21, to watch Phantom Circus, a traveling variety show based in Colorado for Cirque...

D-L Stewart, CSU professor and co-Chair of the Student Affairs in Higher Education programs at CSU, speaks at the weekly Being Black and Series about the history and current state of student activism, at the Lory Student Center on Feb. 21. He talks about intersectionality and the importance of the consideration and accurate media representation of all people involved in social movements, including those in marginalized groups (Anna von Pechmann | Collegian).

‘Being Black and a Student Activist’ offers guidance for young protesters

Joel Thompson • February 23, 2019

The essentials of peaceful demonstration were taught at the “Being Black and a Student Activist” seminar held on Thursday, Feb. 21. The seminar was part of the “Being Black and...” series...

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