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Mayor Wade Troxell speaks with members of the Associated Students of Colorado State University in the Lory Student Center Grand Ballroom on Feb 19. ASCSU and local government members discussed a variety of issues including affordable housing, parking, public safety, transportation, environmental health, homelessness and mental health. (Ryan Schmidt | The Collegian)

ASCSU hosts City Council in roundtable event

Charlotte Lang February 20, 2020

The Associated Students of Colorado State University hosted a roundtable event with City Council members in order to discuss issues surrounding Fort Collins and the University. In this event, six...

Summit Hall dorm suspected to be sinking. (Jordan Reyes | Collegian)

Ongoing power outage leaves CSU buildings in the dark

Ravyn Cullor February 19, 2020

A power outage left at least 11 buildings without power on the Colorado State University campus Tuesday night, according to Public Safety and Risk Communications Manager Dell Rae Ciaravola. Power went...

The Spotter application on Feb 16. Spotter is used to automate and keep track of a student’s in-class attendance.  (Ryan Schmidt | The Collegian)

Spotter app: A violation of student privacy?

Daniela Navarro February 19, 2020

If you're in a lecture hall of hundreds of students, your professor may never know if you ditch class. New technology may end that. The University of Missouri has been using an app that can keep track...

Ramfunder is Colorado State University’s official crowdfunding platform, geared toward University-sponsored programs and student organizations. (Photo Illustration by Colin Shepherd | The Collegian)

Ramfunder generates community support for student projects

Serena Bettis February 18, 2020

With GoFundMe campaigns that raise money for lifesaving surgeries and Kickstarter projects that help fund small, creative projects, crowdfunding is an easy way to raise funds or donate.  Created in 2013,...

Dishes in the Foundry dining hall on Feb 16. (Ryan Schmidt | The Collegian)

Extra meal swipes: Where do they go?

Gerson Flores February 18, 2020

It's a fairly common sight in the dining halls on campus — plates of half-eaten food traveling down a carousel back into the kitchen so the leftovers can be discarded or composted, a fate many meals...

A couple holds hands. (Photo illustration by Skyler Pradhan | The Collegian)

It’s Complicated: Healthy relationships and mental health

Charlotte Lang February 17, 2020

Editor's Note: This is the first article in a series that explores various issues related to college relationships and how they impact students' mental health. In a month when romance is a popular topic,...

Image courtesy of CSU SVO.

SVO honored at Statehouse for being top chapter in country

Ravyn Cullor February 17, 2020

"Thank you for your service" is one thing; awarding student veterans for working to improve each other's lives in higher education is another.  Colorado State University’s chapter of the Student Veterans...

Collegian file photo

Peeping Tom reported on campus Saturday

Marshall Dunham February 17, 2020

The Colorado State University Public Safety Team is warning the public to report suspicious activity following reports of a peeping Tom incident on campus Saturday.  According to an email from the CSUPST,...

The administration building is home to Joyce McConnell's office as well as many other Colorado State University administrative offices, Sept. 9, 2019. (Gregory James | The Collegian)

CSU among 5 schools to earn Platinum sustainability rating

Serena Bettis February 17, 2020

Colorado State University really does bleed green and gold — or maybe it’s more like green and platinum.  CSU received its third Platinum rating from the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating...

(Photo via  Tommy Brown, U.S. Air Force)

Fredrick Douglass, Anna Julia Cooper honored in Morgan Library

Isaiah Dennings February 16, 2020

Although no one knows his actual day of birth, prominent African American abolitionist and scholar Fredrick Douglass proclaimed Feb. 14 as his birthday. The legacies of Douglass and other African American...

Susan Rice, former National Security Advisor and U.S Ambassador to the United Nations speaks with Greg Myre in the Lory Student Center Ballroom Feb. 11. The talk was a part of the Provost's Sesquicentennial Colloquium Series and celebrated the Universities 150th anniversary. (Megan McGregor | The Collegian)

Susan Rice lectures on family history, lessons from positions

Noah Pasley February 13, 2020

A former ambassador to the United Nations took the stage at Colorado State University to discuss her family and career, as well as offer her take on the importance of working together in an interconnected...

Senators Josh Johnson and Ryan Kropp proposes 5K event for suicide awareness called Operation Bear Hug.  ( Nathan Tran | The Collegian)

ASCSU discusses Operation Bear Hug, Funding the Giants

Charlotte Lang February 13, 2020

The Associated Students of Colorado State University discussed two bills meant to keep students from feeling alone.  These bills focused on Operation Bear Hug and funding for artwork aimed at diversity...

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