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What to do at Horsetooth Reservoir. (Photo by Vinny Del Conte)

Horsetooth reservoir offers a wide variety of outdoor activities for long summer days of rest and relaxation

Carson Lipe • May 1, 2018

If Old Town is the beating heart of Fort Collins, then Horsetooth Reservoir is the buttocks; used mostly for rest and relaxation. Viewed through many different lenses, Horsetooth can be a binge-drinking...

Preview CSU Cooking Class Cinco de Mayo

Cinco De Mayo cooking class promises good food and tequila in preparation for the holiday

Jarrae Newell • May 1, 2018

Cinco de Mayo is a time for celebration. This Friday, May 4, the Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center is hosting a Cinco De Mayo cooking class on the Colorado State University campus in Gifford 237 from...

Leader of controversial furry group, Lee "Foxler" Miller

Furries in Fort Collins respond to alt-right allegations, growth of subculture

Henry Netherland • April 30, 2018

Editor’s Note: Some subjects who are quoted in this article are anonymous for privacy and safety concerns.  Being a member of the furry community comes with automatic stereotypes of sexual deviancy...

Armando Silva, a Greeley based Latino artist, explains his live painting to the four of the five Latina women scientists it was inspired by at FoCo Speaks Ciencia! All of the money raised at the event went to CienciaPR, a Puerto Rican non-profit that encourages young women to pursue science (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

Female scientists speak about the challenges that face minority women in the scientific field

Julia Trowbridge • April 30, 2018
For FoCo Speaks Ciencia! on Friday, April 27 at the Horse & Dragon Brewery, five Latina women spoke about their personal experiences pertaining to the scientific field, but overall, their experiences that come from being a Latina woman.
Terrah Schultz with Rat Doctor performs at the Aggie Theater for the 10th annual FoCoMX. Rat Doctor, a Fort Collins band which goes against the idea of a genre defining their music, performs music they describe as groovy, dynamic and cool. (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

FoCoMX celebrates local music with a large selection of bands and venues

Julia Trowbridge • April 29, 2018
For it's 10th annual festival, FoCoMX had around 7,500 band members, plus ones, sponsors and other attendees in the community watching over 300 bands at over 30 venues, which is more people than there's ever been before, according to Greta Cornett, one of the co-founders of FoCoMX. 
NoCo Hula performs their first dance, He Inoa Nou E Kapili, at the Pacific Club's annual Lu'au held in the Lory Student Center Grand Ballroom on April 28th, 2018 (Mackenzie Pinn | Collegian)

Pacific Club’s Lūʻau showcases diverse cultures at CSU

Nate Day • April 29, 2018

CSU's Pacific Club is encouraging people to "live Aloha." For the first time in three years, Colorado State University's Pacific Club was able to put on a lūʻau, a traditional Hawaiian party....

Poet Ross Gay offered laughs with his

Ross Gay waxes poetic with humorous, social commentary at CSU

Nick Botkin • April 29, 2018
Coverage of poet Ross Gay's reading at Colorado State University in April 2018
Although CSU discourages students from decorating their graduation caps, you may want to decorate your cap after graduation as a memento of your time at CSU. Photo courtesy of CSU Creative Services.

8 tips for finding a job after graduation

Nate Day • April 26, 2018

We're getting dangerously close to graduation season, and many of us will be bowing out in May with our collegiate careers coming to close. It's a stressful time for those that are graduating. Some...

Members of the Rams Improv Comedy team rehearse in the University Center of the Arts. They perform their show on April 30th. (Brooke Buchan | Collegian)

CSU students learn how to fail on stage with Rams Improv

Carson Lipe • April 25, 2018

Improv is an outlet for performers which either has them making their friends laugh, improving on their acting skills or publicly failing. The Colorado State University Ram's Improv members cast for,...

Jesse Neth performs with Write Minded at the kick off event for FoCoMX in the RamSkellar on April 19. (Ashley Potts | Collegian)

The Fort Collins Music eXperiment brings local music to the spotlight

Julia Trowbridge • April 25, 2018
FoCoMX is presenting 360 artists at over 30 locations on Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28. Created by the grassroots nonprofit FoCoMA ten years ago, FoCoMX gives the community an opportunity to hear the aspiring local music in the Northern Colorado area.
The Pacific Club will host a lūʻau on April 28th in the LSC Grand Ballroom. (Megan Daly | Collegian)

Pacific Club to host a Hawaiian lū’au Saturday

Jarrae Newell • April 25, 2018
Diversity is something we strive for at Colorado State University, however we often do not celebrate each other’s differences. Be that as it may, newly formed student organization, Pacific Club, formerly known as Hui ʻo Hawaiʻi is hosting a Hawaiian lūʻau on April 28, 2018 in the Lory Student Center, doors open at 5 pm.
FoCo Speaks Ciencia! to give Latina scientists a platform for personal stories

FoCo Speaks Ciencia! to give Latina scientists a platform for personal stories

Julia Trowbridge • April 24, 2018
500 Women Scientists, Graduate Women in Science and the Poudre River Public Library District have teamed together to give six Latina women a platform to share their stories on Friday, April 27 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Horse & Dragon Brewing Company.
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