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The Latin American Students and Scholars Association performed a traditional dance in flowing white dresses and colorful flowers titled Raíces Latinas, which translates to "Latin roots" at the 2017 CSU World Unity Fair. (Brooke Buchan | Collegian)

CSU to celebrate diversity with 64th World Unity Fair this weekend

Sarah Ehrlich • February 28, 2018
The 64th Annual CSU World Unity Fair has been a key player of inclusion on campus, bringing more than 25 culture and nationality groups together for a family-friendly event.
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.
The Arc of Larimer County's 5th Annual Film Festival was put on Tuesday in the Lory Student Center, featuring a winning film by Jack McCartney, shown here with parents Matt and Dana.

Arc of Larimer County’s 6th Annual Reframe Disability Film Festival to be held Friday in Lory Student Center

Jarrae Newell • February 27, 2018
The Arc of Larimer County will host its 6th Annual Reframe Disability Film Festival at Colorado State University in the Lory Student Center Theater from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. this Friday, March 2.
On February 26th, 2018 students gathered together at the event Ram’s for Social Justice put on by the Omicron Tau Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated to discuss these topics of social movements and justice at Colorado State University. Many students from different organizations spoke about how they interact with social justice on campus.

CSU’s Omicron Tau chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha hosts Rams for Social Justice discussion

Isabelle Rayburn • February 26, 2018

On Monday, Feb. 26, the Omicron Tau chapter the of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity held an event called Rams for Social Justice on campus. The event explained what social justice is and how Colorado State...

Michael A. Marr speaks at the Black/African American Cultural Center's event titled "Being Black and Disabled" Thursday, February 22.  (Josh Schroeder | Collegian)

Michael A. Marr discusses intersectionality, self-care at B/AACC’s ‘Being Black and Disabled’ event Thursday

Jonny Rhein • February 23, 2018

Colorado State University's Black/African American Cultural Center is opening the dialogue about intersectionality with a series of talks called "Being Black and..."  Last week, B/AACC hosted "Being...

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.
Sarah Karp, an open house volunteer and former Colorado State University student, aides a child in an experiment called “Swirl and Hurl”. For this experiment, the person on the rotating circle spins around with weights in their hands, and when the person brings their arms in and out, the person spins faster or slower to conserve momentum. (Photo courtesy of Adam Pearlstein) You spin around in a circle with weights in your hands. When you bring in your arms you bring in a signification amount of mass which now makes smaller circles and so the rate the you spin has to increase to conserve energy and momentum. In physics, this is called conservation of angular momentum.

Little Shop of Physics Open House returns for 27th year

Julia Trowbridge • February 22, 2018
With a half-million volt Tesla coil, hands on experiments and other collaborating scientists, the Little Shop of Physics is hosting their 27th Open House.
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.
The Lory Student Center stands in snowy weather on Feb. 21st. (Brandon Mendoza| Collegian)

B/AACC to host ‘Being Black and Disabled’ in Lory Student Center Thursday

Jonny Rhein • February 21, 2018

The Black/African American Cultural Center is hosting a series of events titled “Being Black and…” for Black History Month. Some of the topics in this series include “Being Black and Undocumented,”...

(Jon Price | Collegian)

Fort Collins band Autumn Burn creates uplifting rock

Miranda Moses • February 21, 2018

The Communications Manager at the Fort Collins Music District, a delivery driver for Carrier, a Quality Assurance specialist at NASA, and a New Belgium "Beer Maestro" are the diverse faces that make...

The Black/African American Culrural Center also known as the BAAC office is holding over 20 different events this Feburary for Black History Month this year that anyone can attend. Photo credit: Christian Johnson

B/AACC hosts discussion on interracial love

Isabelle Rayburn • February 13, 2018
On Tuesday, Feb. 13 the BAACC office hosted an event about racial love for Valentine's Day. There were many questions around the way that people thought about interracial love and how the history of African Americans effects the way that African American men and women are seen in interracial relationships today in America. The discussion was mainly focused on how people feel about the way that society views them and why.
The cast of "Appropriate" rehearse for the upcoming show. (Left to Right) student Sonny Walls plays Toni, Keegan Bockhorst plays Bo, and DeAnza Banuelos plays Rachael. The three argue over what to do with the junk left in their father's old house. (Photo by Claire Oliver | Collegian)

CSU theatre program to perform Jacob-Jenkins’ ‘Appropriate’

Claire Oliver • February 12, 2018

Talking about certain topics can be difficult for some.  Some people ignore those conversations and push real-life issues under the carpet because they distract from their happy life around them. In...

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