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Students express mixed concern over CSU’s new digital billboards

Claire VanDeventer, Staff Reporter • December 1, 2025

Colorado State University recently moved forward with the beginning stages of installing 12 digital billboards across its campus. This move clashes with the policies and interests of the City of Fort Collins,...

ASCSU Director of Unified Success Ben Gregg speaks during Gallery Input at the Oct. 8 ASCSU Senate Session. "I've always thought that to ignore the cries of the oppressed is to become a voice for the oppressor," said Gregg. "I've seen what it looks like firsthand when good people don't stand up for what they believe in. I've seen comfort and convenience outweigh courage. I've seen the walls go up and voices shut down. So I say this now to anyone who thinks their silence protects them, to anyone who believes doing nothing is harmless, your silence is a weapon, and your inaction has consequences."

This week in ASCSU: Letter from President Parsons on free speech, funding student sexual health kits

Laila Shekarchian, Staff Reporter • November 22, 2025

The Associated Students of Colorado State University convened Nov. 19 for the 14th session of the 55th senate. To begin the session, multiple rotational interns for the executive branch were ratified...

Colorado State University students respond to call-and-response chants from Sophia Johnson at the mass student protest on The Plaza Nov. 19. The assembly was held by The United Front for Freedom, a coalition between Colorado State University's chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine, Young Democratic Socialists of America, Students for Emancipation and Social Liberation and The People United and Young Dems. The protest called for revised free speech policies, freedom in Palestine, and resistance from CSU against current federal directives.

Student activist groups challenge actions by CSU administration, call for transparency

Claire VanDeventer, Staff Reporter • November 21, 2025

Students gathered in a mass assembly on the Lory Student Center Plaza at Colorado State University Wednesday to express their concerns surrounding recent free speech policy changes, the presence of U.S....

Colorado State University President Amy Parsons poses for a photo on the steps of the Administration Building Feb. 17.

Letter from CSU President Amy Parsons to ASCSU addresses free speech policy

November 21, 2025

Note: The following is a letter from Colorado State University President Amy Parsons addressed to the Associated Students of CSU. All content was authored solely by Parsons and is not attributed to The...

This week in ASCSU: Support for annual Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony

This week in ASCSU: Support for annual Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony

Laila Shekarchian, Staff Reporter • November 14, 2025

The Associated Students of Colorado State University convened Nov. 12 for the 13th session of the 55th senate. Following the swearing in of new senators and associates, multiple students spoke during...

A large-scale, yellow “Black Lives Matter” mural, located at the entrance of the Visual Arts Building, has black and white paint loosely splattered over it in an act of vandalism at Colorado State University Sept. 27.

‘I don’t think anything’s going to be done’: Black Lives Matter mural vandalized at CSU

Aubree Miller, Life and Culture Editor • November 14, 2025

Colorado State University students alerted the university to an act of vandalism outside of CSU’s Visual Arts Building Sept. 26, where a Black Lives Matter mural had been splattered with paint. CSU Police...

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CSU community feels impact of SNAP cuts

Chloe Rios, Staff Reporter • November 10, 2025

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which supports nearly 42 million Americans and over 28,000 residents of Larimer County from low-income households in purchasing food, ran out of federal funds...

Colorado State University students and Fort Collins community members gather on the Lory Student Center Plaza before the March for Academic Freedom Nov. 7. The march began after protesters showed support for the American Association of University Professors' Day of Action, in which mutual aid groups tabled on The Plaza to share information and give aid.

CSU students, faculty gather in support of academic freedom in higher education

Jenna Espinoza, Staff Reporter • November 10, 2025

Colorado State University students and faculty descended on the Lory Student Center Plaza Nov. 7 for the National Day of Action for Higher Education, an event that was hosted by over 100 universities across...

Graduate student and former Peace Corp volunteer Kayla Kersey speaks alongside Colorado State University President Amy Parsons, former Peace Corps Director and current Presidential Executive-in-Residence at CSU Carol Spahn and former Peace Corps volunteer Elizabeth Ryan at The Symposium's opening keynote Nov. 3.

CSU’s 25th annual Symposium highlights higher education initiatives, success

Katya Arzubi, Staff Reporter • November 10, 2025

Colorado State University's 25th annual Symposium began Nov. 3 and concluded Nov. 6, featuring an array of lectures and workshops aimed at addressing important topics in higher education and shining a...

A man wearing a grey suit with a red striped tie stands behind a podium raising his right hand pointing at the crowd.

TPUSA CSU hosts Shane Winnings to discuss ‘godliness’ in American men

Annamarie Burford, Staff Reporter • November 10, 2025

Shane Winnings, chairman and CEO of the conservative religious organization Promise Keepers, visited Colorado State University Nov. 5 to present a lecture titled America Needs Godly Men. Winnings, a self-proclaimed...

Associated Students of Colorado State University senator Jackson Singleton listens to former senator Madeleine Kamberg's remarks regarding the revised university policy on free speech during a senate session Oct. 8. Multiple members of the campus community attended the session to voice their disapproval of the policy changes.

This week in ASCSU: Free speech resolution passes

Laila Shekarchian, Staff Reporter • November 6, 2025

The Associated Students of Colorado State University convened Nov. 5 for the 12th session of the 55th Senate. Following the swearing in of new senators and associates, senate moved into gallery...

ASCSU Director of Unified Success Ben Gregg speaks during gallery input at the ASCSU Senate Session Oct. 8. "I've always thought that to ignore the cries of the oppressed is to become a voice for the oppressor," Gregg said. "I've seen what it looks like firsthand when good people don't stand up for what they believe in. I've seen comfort and convenience outweigh courage. I've seen the walls go up and voices shut down. So I say this now to anyone who thinks their silence protects them, to anyone who believes doing nothing is harmless: Your silence is a weapon, and your inaction has consequences."

This week in ASCSU: Emergency student housing, edits to elections code

Laila Shekarchian, Staff Reporter • November 3, 2025

The Associated Students of Colorado State University convened Oct. 29 for the 11th session of the 55th Senate. Items on the session's agenda included approval of emergency housing for CSU students,...

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