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Politics

Signs showing where and how to vote in Larimer county are seen at the Lory Student Center on Tuesday, November 8th. (Forrest Czarnecki | Collegian)

Senator Kefalas, Dougherty run for Larimer County Commissioner

Blake O’Brien October 14, 2018

Students may be consumed with midterm exams, but there’s another midterm on the horizon: The 2018 Colorado General Elections will occur Nov. 6, and for citizens of Larimer County, that means electing...

Political signs and a directional voting sign are seen in the Plaza on Tuesday, November 8th. (Forrest Czarnecki | Collegian)

Polis, Stapleton to debate at CSU Wednesday evening

Stuart Smith October 14, 2018

Editor's Note: this article was updated at 9:54 a.m. on October 15 to reflect all tickets for the debate were claimed. Colorado’s frontrunners in the governor’s race will meet in Colorado State University’s...

Illustration by Meg Metzger-Seymour | Collegian

2018 Midterm Election Guide

Austin Fleskes and Natalia Sperry October 14, 2018

Video Courtesy of Collegian Television.  The 2018 Midterm Elections are fast approaching, and Colorado voters can expect to face a number of decisions on their ballots. Colorado State University students...

I voted stickers. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

7 citizen-led initiatives included on Colorado’s 2018 midterms ballot

Stuart Smith October 14, 2018

Voters can expect several citizen-led initiatives on the upcoming Colorado 2018 midterm election ballots. Seven citizen-initiated items will be on the ballot this year for Coloradans to vote on, including...

Jackson Perez, a student from Colorado State University leading a group discussion along with other CSU students. (Mackenzie Boltz | Collegian)

Community Issues Forum informs City tax, drought, arts decisions

Samantha Ye October 10, 2018

It might be election season but being a democratic citizen is not limited to the ballot, as the Colorado State University Center for Public Deliberation, partnering with the City of Fort Collins, brought...

Community members gathered and spoke in front of city council to support a proposed pilot project that would potentially supply lockers for the homeless to use. Many in support of the project wore stickers that said, "Lockers? Yes!" (Photo by Olive Ancell | Collegian)

Locker programs will continue with new operating restrictions

Samantha Ye October 10, 2018

Nobody really won at City Council last night, as neither appellants nor program leaders got the decision they wanted for homeless lockers in Fort Collins. The appeal to overturn approval for the 24/7...

Colorado State University College Republicans hosted Peter Yu, running for Congress in 2018, as a speaker tonight. He talked about the upcoming campaign, his views on certain topics, and answered questions from the audience. (Mackenzie Botlz | Collegian)

Peter Yu talks bipartisanship, privatization with CSU College Republicans

Stuart Smith October 8, 2018

Peter Yu, the Republican candidate running to replace Jared Polis as the representative of Colorado’s Second Congressional District, held a town hall at Colorado State University Oct. 4 to meet with...

Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens speak to audience members on Oct 3. Kirk and Owens are on their first stop of their Campus Clash tour. (Colin Shepherd | Collegian)

Turning Point USA’s Campus Clash tour kicks off in Boulder

Meagan Stackpool October 6, 2018

Eight months after Charlie Kirk's "Smashing Socialism" event came to Colorado State University, the Turning Point USA founder came to the University of Colorado Boulder as part of a new campus tour.  TPUSA...

CSU students exercise their right to free speech outside on the LSC plaza. (Devin Cornelius | Collegian)

Turning Point USA’s CSU Chapter builds third free speech wall on Plaza

Blake O’Brien October 5, 2018

For everyone but freshmen on campus, the cardboard barrier built of boxes and covered in scribbles on the Plaza probably was not an unfamiliar sight on Friday morning. This was the third time in two...

President Tristen Syron introduces topics of you plus three and tailgating changes. (Anna Baize | Collegian)

CSU students question ASCSU Senate about use of student fees to bring Dennis Prager to campus

Stuart Smith October 4, 2018

Several current and former Colorado State University students went to the floor of the student government's senate Wednesday night to express their displeasure at the use of student fees to bring Dennis...

Former president and CEO of the NAACP, Cornell Brooks, speaks in the LSC theater on October 3rd, 2018. Brooks is a graduate of both Head Start and Yale Law School, as well as an ordained minister, civil rights attorney, and social justice activist. Brooks' Keynote address is a part of the Diversity Symposium. (Mackenzie Pinn | Collegian)

Cornell William Brooks speaks on community at Diversity Symposium

Audrey Weiss October 3, 2018

The Office for Diversity at Colorado State University carved out four days worth of events for this year's Diversity Symposium, touching on everything from the equity gap to issues of race in Disney films. Cornell...

Independent Nick Thomas talks student loans, immigration reform

Independent Nick Thomas talks student loans, immigration reform

Samantha Ye September 26, 2018

To Colorado State University alumnus Nick Thomas, running as an Independent is not a hindrance but a critical factor in his ability for fully represent his constituents.  A self-described moderate,...

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