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Elections: Amendments to Colorado Constitution

Elections: Amendments to Colorado Constitution

Janaya Stafford, Staff Reporter October 15, 2024

In addition to electing officials and confirming judicial appointments, Colorado voters are given the opportunity to decide the fates of proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of Colorado. A...

Elections: Propositions on the ballot for Colorado voters

Elections: Propositions on the ballot for Colorado voters

Isabella Becker, Staff Reporter October 15, 2024

In state-level government, a proposition is a proposed piece of legislation or a suggested change to state law that a portion of the state population wishes to see enacted. 2024's propositions are placed...

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Elections: 2024 city ballot questions

Chloe Waskey, Staff Reporter October 15, 2024

Fort Collins residents will vote on one key ballot issue alongside three city-proposed charter amendments in the 2024 election Nov. 5. A ballot issue is a legislative proposal that concerns local policy,...

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Elections: Mill levy Ballot Issue 4A

Sam Hutton, News Editor October 15, 2024

Poudre School District is asking Fort Collins voters to approve a $49 million mill levy by voting yea on Ballot Issue 4A. The district currently appropriates a $786 million annual budget. Under the...

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Fort Collins volunteers draw 9-mile chalk memorial for children killed in Gaza

Isabella Becker, Staff Reporter October 9, 2024

On the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 6, several volunteers from the Northern Colorado Liberation Coalition came together one day before the anniversary of the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war Oct. 7, 2023. The...

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Vote for Your Future discusses amendments, urges action in voters

Katie Fisher, Staff Reporter October 8, 2024

With 14 amendments and propositions set to appear on Colorado's ballots come November, several students and local groups met for a Vote for Your Future panel Oct. 5 at Colorado State University’s Lory...

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Local candidates debate education policy at Liberty Common School forum

Chloe Waskey, Staff Reporter October 7, 2024

Liberty Common School, a charter school in Fort Collins, hosted a student-led forum Oct. 3, providing a platform for candidates running for the Colorado State House of Representatives and Senate to discuss...

A woman with gray hair and red glasses sits at a table outside. The table displays signs reading, "Voter Registration", and "Are you registered to vote in another state & need information on how to cast an absentee ballot?".

Voter registration table outside Eddy Hall helps CSU prepare for election

Claire VanDeventer, Staff Reporter October 3, 2024

For the past five weeks, in between Willard O. Eddy Hall and the Education Building on Colorado State University’s campus, passersby may have noticed a table set up most days, typically between 11 a.m....

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CSU guest lecture explores connection between far-right ideology, fitness

Claire VanDeventer, Staff Reporter September 18, 2024

For the 17th annual Jack Gravlee Lecture, the department of communication studies at Colorado State University hosted Casey Kelly, a professor of rhetoric and public culture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,...

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ASCSU hosts Holly Page for conversation on No Labels

Claire VanDeventer, Staff Reporter September 12, 2024

Colorado State University and the Associated Students of CSU hosted A Conversation with No Labels with Holly Page, a leading advocate for centrist politics in the United States Sept. 10. Page was joined...

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CSU, CU to hold voter registration competition ahead of Showdown

Aubree Miller, News Editor September 10, 2024

Colorado State University is hosting the upcoming Rocky Mountain Showdown for the first time since 1996, and in a show of friendly rivalry with the University of Colorado Boulder, both student governments...

Former White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly speaks with Colorado State University President Amy Parsons Sept. 6. “When someone says, ‘Is so and so qualified to be president of the United States?’ the answer is no,” Kelly said. “No one is.” Upon further elaboration, Kelly posed the question of what makes for a successful president. “The answer to that is the same thing makes for a successful president from a university, an admiral, a general, a governor — and that is you surround yourself with good people who are not afraid to tell you the truth and who you'll listen to.”

CSU hosts John F. Kelly for discussion on civic engagement, democracy

Laila Shekarchian, Staff Reporter September 9, 2024

On Thursday, Sept. 5, Colorado State University welcomed John F. Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general, former White House chief of staff and secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under...

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