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What to do at Horsetooth Reservoir

5 places to take your parents during Homecoming weekend

Ty Davis October 11, 2018

Maybe football games aren’t your thing, or you just don’t want to spend most of the time with your parents either sitting in a restaurant or a hotel room this homecoming weekend. Fort Collins offers...

CSU Senior and English major Kerriana Tatum wins the 2018 BAACC Homecoming Royalty Pageant. (Colin Shepherd | Collegian)

Queen of Black excellence named at Homecoming Royalty Pageant

Deja Calloway October 11, 2018

This year's Beauty in Culture Homecoming Royalty Pageant queen wore confidence with style and grace. On Oct. 7, Kerriana Tatum was crowned queen at the annual Homecoming Royalty Pageant hosted...

This past week, Omega Psi Phi fraternity hosted a seminar between CSU and UNC black students to discuss "black love" in a predominantly white area. (Photo courtesy of Henry Cooper)

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity explores Black love

Isabelle Rayburn October 10, 2018
The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity hosted a seminar to discuss black love on Tuesday night. The purpose of this seminar was to have a healthy conversation between students of color at CSU and UNC about what black love is and how these students of color feel about black love at predominately white institutions.
#WorldMentalHealthDay recognizes student health needs

#WorldMentalHealthDay recognizes student health needs

Linc Thomas October 9, 2018

With national student debt climbing, bills to pay and a GPA to maintain, mental wellness often takes a back seat in student's daily lives.  A recent study conducted by the National Alliance on Mental...

Former president and CEO of the NAACP, Cornell Brooks, speaks in the LSC theater on October 3rd, 2018. Brooks is a graduate of both Head Start and Yale Law School, as well as an ordained minister, civil rights attorney, and social justice activist. Brooks' Keynote address is a part of the diversity symposium. Mackenzie Pinn | Collegian

18th annual Diversity Symposium highlights University subcultures

Henry Netherland October 7, 2018
From October 1 to 5, the Lory Student Center hosted the Diversity Symposium where students could attend a myriad of presentations dealing with issues in diversity on campus. The presentations were held open to the general public and were separated into digestible time blocks allowing students to attend them in between classes.
Jacob Bielmaier, a sophmore theatre student, performs as Steven Mead Johnson in CSU's production of 'The Laramie Project.' (Lauryn Bolz | Collegian)

CSU remembers the life and death of Matthew Shepard in their production of ‘The Laramie Project’

Walker Discoe and Lauryn Bolz September 27, 2018
Approaching the 20th anniversary of Shepard’s death, The Colorado State Theatre program is bringing the story back where it started, and performing "The Laramie Project."
Broadway veterans Patty Goble and Noah Racey coach acting students through a scene during the musical theatre workshop at the UCA's 10th Anniversary Open House Program. (AJ Frankson | Collegian)

The UCA celebrates 10th anniversary, reflects on collaborative success

Julia Trowbridge September 25, 2018

Editor's Note: The original article published on Sept. 25 stated Peter Muller as Peter Miller and has since been changed to the correct last name of Muller. The Collegian sincerely regrets this mistake.  From...

Glassblowing artist, Sky Perry heats up and spins glass to create a honeycomb designed bubble cap for a dab at Kind Creations. Perry is a self taught glassblower for the past 17 years. "Something I love about this job is seeing the smile on peoples face when they pick up a piece of glass. There's no other feeling like that. (Matt Begeman | Collegian)

Kind Creations continues legacy of quality glassware in Fort Collins

Walker Discoe September 24, 2018

Inside Kind Creations, a shimmering display of glass, LED lights and neon signs dazzles the eye. Every useable inch of the walls are massive glass cases filled with intricately blown bongs, pipes,...

The CSU LGBTQ+ Flag hangs in front of shelter #7 of City Park, for the Pride Resource Center's annual "Queer-B-Q." Mackenzie Pinn | Collegian

CSU’s Pride Resource Center promotes diversity, inclusivity during annual Queer-B-Q

Elena Waldman September 23, 2018
Now heading into its 20th year at CSU, the Pride Resource Center (PRC) started the semester off strong with its annual community barbecue last week at the City Park Reservation Shelter. Despite the stormy weather, the colloquial "Queer-B-Q" was full of laughter, conversation and food.
Mary Claxton, who is usually the drummer for Trash Cat, switched out her drum sticks for an electric ukulele for this performance.

Flying V Sessions kicks off monthly series with female powered folk-funk fusion

Lauryn Bolz September 17, 2018

Women empower women through female powered fulk-folk fusion. Saja Butler, a member of local, all-female band Lois and the Lantern and proud "mother" of the Flying V, has been assembling groups of female...

The Laundry Basket is a new launndry mat off of Elizabeth Street. (Anna Baize | Collegian)

Local laundromat upgrades facility to keep up with the community needs

Deja Calloway September 17, 2018

There are three things in life that are certain: death, taxes and laundry. Last Saturday, local residents joined The Laundry Basket to celebrate the grand reopening of the local Fort Collins laundromat. Located...

Collegian Reviews (Illustration by Caleb Carpenter | Collegian)

“The Nun” attempts to give horror a new face as Halloween season approaches

Deja Calloway September 14, 2018
What says horror more than a malevolent spirit and the Catholic church? Last week Director Corin Hardy and New Line Cinema failed to deliver their own punchline with the release of "The Nun." 
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