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Elections: Candidates for Colorado House Districts 52, 53, 65

Chloe Waskey, Staff Reporter • October 16, 2024

Voters in Fort Collins will elect state representatives in the Nov. 5 election, shaping the lower chamber of the state legislature for the next two years. Members of the Colorado House of Representatives...

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...

Speaker of the Senate Hayden Taylor stands at a speaking podium looking to his left and clapping. To his left sits Speaker Pro Tempore Brooke Reese in sunglasses and to his right sits Recruitment and Retention Officer Graham Kelly, both clapping as well. Behind them is a clear sign with the ASCSU logo spelled out.

This week in ASCSU: Elections manager, energy efficiency

Laila Shekarchian, Staff Reporter • October 13, 2024

The Associated Students of Colorado State University convened Oct. 9 for the ninth session of the 54th senate. Following executive, legislative and judicial reports, during which each branch provided...

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‘It’s going to happen to someone else’: Students allege use of date-rape drugs at off-campus fraternity parties, accuse CSU of inaction

Hannah Parcells, Managing Editor • October 10, 2024
Editor’s Note: Trigger warning: This story contains mentions of nonconsensual drug use and references sexual assault. All names have been changed.   When then-first-year Jane Davis left her dorm room to go to an off-campus party February this year, she didn’t think she would be in the hospital the next morning. Davis was drugged at the party she attended with her friends the night before, hosted by members of Colorado State University's chapter of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity at an off-campus house. What followed was several months of repeatedly being told nothing could be done, an experience that left Davis feeling ignored by the people and systems that were supposed to protect her.
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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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Former state Sen. Polly Baca speaks to ASCSU on her impactful career

Chiara Coronado Rosales, Staff Reporter • October 7, 2024

In recognition of National Latinx/é Month and the presidential election on the horizon, the Associated Students of Colorado State University and El Centro welcomed former Colorado State Sen. and Rep....

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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...

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This week in ASCSU: Constitutional amendments, changes to job descriptions

Laila Shekarchian, Staff Reporter • October 4, 2024

The Associated Students of Colorado State University convened Oct. 2 for the eighth session of the 54th senate.   Following the swearing-in of new senators and associates along with executive, legislative...

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