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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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Colorado State University snowboarder Evan Borman hits a rail during the CSU RailJam Revival on the Lory Student Center West Lawn March 21.

CSU community experiences RailJam for 1st time in 15 years

McKenna Van Voris, Staff Reporter March 25, 2024

Music thundered across the Lory Student Center West Lawn, now covered in snow, as students danced, chatted and shouted while their peers shredded the slope. RailJam was a popular competition that gathered...

CSU faculty lead innovative Spanish program

CSU faculty lead innovative Spanish program

Kloe Brill, Staff Reporter March 21, 2024

Colorado State University is witnessing the pioneering efforts of faculty in crossing linguistic barriers. Assistant Professor Alyssia Miller De Rutte, Instructor Shannon Zeller and Professor Maura...

The exterior entrance to the Women and Gender Advocacy Center in the Lory Student Center March 12.

Empowering survivors: WGAC to increase advocacy amid name change

Laila Shekarchian, Staff Reporter March 19, 2024

Over the past several decades, Colorado State University’s Women and Gender Advocacy Center, soon to be known as the SAFE Center, has evolved into a safe space for victims to find resources and support...

Colorado State University's Office of International Programs.

CSU offers new opportunities for 1st-year study abroad students 

Gwendolynn Riddoch, Staff Reporter March 19, 2024

Colorado State University is launching seven new first-year study abroad locations for upcoming semesters. This will offer new students the opportunity to explore new cultures and experience the world...

Political science professor Courtenay Daum participates in a panel on Gender and Democracy focusing on women in democratic institutions, March 4.

Panel explores gender, democracy for Women’s History Month

Kloe Brill, Staff Reporter March 7, 2024

Students witnessed a powerful collision between activism and intellect during a panel discussion about gender and democracy. On March 4, members of the Colorado State University political science department...

Members of the Women's Outdoor Leadership Initiative pose for a group photo in the Colorado State University Warner College of Natural Resources Feb. 27.

WOLI to create confident outdoor leaders in women, nonbinary individuals

McKenna Van Voris, Staff Reporter March 7, 2024

It wasn’t an idea but rather multiple shared experiences and noticeable room for improvement that sparked the start of the Women’s Outdoor Leadership Initiative.  While co-presidents Chloe Madden...

Colorado State University students and staff unload the SkiSU bus in front of a ski resort and prepare for a full day on the mountain.

SkiSU bus ships students to slopes miles from school

Allie Seibel, Editor in Chief March 6, 2024

The closest distance between Colorado State University and a ski resort is 69 miles to Eldora Mountain Ski Resort. Branching out to the more well-known Colorado ski resorts, CSU is 156 miles from Vail,...

Photo courtesy of Cynthia Brown

CSU SEEDS cultivates diversity in fields of ecology, sustainability

Laila Shekarchian, Staff Reporter March 5, 2024

Interested in ecology and sustainability and looking for a chance to explore the great outdoors? Check out Colorado State University SEEDS, a club dedicated to promoting diversity and representation in...

Lane-O performs during the Black History Month Closing Open Mic Night on February 29, 2024.

Open Mic Night concludes Black History Month with connection

Cadence Cardona, Staff Reporter March 4, 2024

As February came to an end, the Black History Month Closing: Open Mic Night went all out with love and upbeat energy from students, staff and performers. The Open Mic Night was held at the Iris &...

The entrance to the Colorado State University Black/African American Cultural Center office is located on the third floor of the Lory Student Center Nov. 18, 2019.

Reviewing B/AACC’s history as source of strength for students, community

Cadence Cardona, Staff Reporter February 27, 2024

In unison with the Civil Rights Movement, Black students at Colorado State University organized Project Generating Opportunities in 1968, which evolved into today’s Black/African American Cultural Center. Project...

Colorado State University first-year Cameron Turner plays The Legend of Zelda theme song on the ocarina in The Lory Student Center Plaza Feb. 20.

Meet ‘the ocarina guy’ behind LSC Plaza’s magical music

Cadence Cardona, Staff Reporter February 27, 2024

Enchanting music has been heard in The Lory Student Center Plaza since the beginning of the fall 2023 semester with Cameron Turner, a first-year student at Colorado State University, orchestrating the...

Esther Basch, a Holocaust survivor, shares about her last day in school at the Evening with a Holocaust Survivor event.

Holocaust survivor highlights importance of fostering positivity

McKenna Van Voris, Staff Reporter February 26, 2024

The audience quieted as Esther Basch took her seat in front of the microphone for what could be one of the last times. Despite being on Colorado State University's campus for the first time, Basch claimed...

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