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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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Cullen Lobe, a journalism and environmental affairs transfer student at CSU, is chained to a front end loader at the construction site of the Extraction Oil & Gas site in Greeley in an act of protest. Lobe was arrested for refusing to leave the construction site. (Photo courtesy of Cullen Lobe)

CSU student arrested for protesting fracking near Greeley middle school

Daniela Navarro March 21, 2018

Editor's Note: Cullen Lobe was a former columnist for the Collegian opinion desk. Authorities arrested a Colorado State University student in Greeley the morning of March 8 when the student and a group...

The Muslims in attendence of Denver's Muslim and immigrant solidarity event take a moment for their afternoon prayer before the speakers resumed (Davis Bonner | Collegian)

Panelists talk gender equity, faith at CSU Collaborative Conversation

Audrey Weiss March 21, 2018

Panelists at Collaborative Conversations took the task of deconstructing gender and faith upon themselves, including a Jewish, Islamic, Baha’i and progressive Christian perspective. The Women and Gender...

Nick "Ghost" Jones is twenty years old and living on the streets. He is walking through life and has learned that everything is crucial. He states that outsiders see homelessness as something "special" and something "overlooked," as if something crazy has to happen to become homeless, when any small thing can change someone's life completely. (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

Growing Fort Collins reckons with resources for rising homeless population

Gabriel Go March 20, 2018

When 49-year-old Kurt Schroeder became homeless in July 2015, he had only $300, slept out of his car on the west side of Fort Collins and subsisted on Taco Bell. A Fort Collins native of almost 50 years,...

SLiCE director Pamela Norris describes the program's goals to the Student Fee Review Board. They are asking for mandatory increases to better serve the needs of students. (Brooke Buchan | Collegian)

SLiCE office, Campus Recreation propose fee increases

Charlotte Lang March 20, 2018

Representatives from Campus Recreation and the Student Leadership, Involvement and Community Engagement (SLiCE) office presented their proposals for fee increases to the Student Fee Review Board on Monday...

A flood in Aggie Village has displaced several apartements of students. The flood was said to be caused by a broken sprinkler head. (Josh Schroeder | Collegian)

Water damage forces some Aggie Village residents to move

Yixuan Xie March 20, 2018

Some residents had to move out of their apartments after a fire sprinkler head unexpectedly went off and caused unlivable water damage. A fire sprinkler on the third floor of the Cottonwood building...

ASCSU (Colin Shepherd | Collegian)

ASCSU election season springs into action, voting to begin April 2

Natalia Sperry March 20, 2018

Editor’s Note: Allec Brust and her running mate, Mareena Winchell, were previously employed for the Rocky Mountain Collegian. Brust was the former Collegian opinion editor, and Winchell was a former...

ASCSU (Colin Shepherd | Collegian)

CSU student government presidential, senate candidates announced

Haley Candelario March 19, 2018
Candidates for CSU student government were announced.
Colorado attorney general candidates talk sanctuary cities, fracking bans

Colorado attorney general candidates talk sanctuary cities, fracking bans

Samantha Ye March 19, 2018

Four state attorney general candidates participated in Sunday’s Attorney General Candidate Forum, answering questions about issues including local fracking laws and sanctuary cities. The attorney...

Second year graduate student Cody Carrell pipettes reagents needed to test for salmonella onto 3D-printed and paper-based devices. Carrell won a VPR fellowship from the graduate student showcase hosted at CSU that rewarded him with $4,000 dollars towards scholarship and travel for his work. (Brooke Buchan | Collegian)

Chemistry graduate student presents research on detecting pathogens to join VPR fellowship

Charlotte Lang March 14, 2018

The Vice President for Research’s challenge for graduate students to present their research in three minutes for the chance to win scholarship money and a place in the VPR fellowship took place Feb....

"17 minutes for 17 lives," said Arloa Ellerton a Fort Collins resident and protestor. The protest outside the senator's office included 17 minutes of silence to honor the lives lost in the Parkland shooting and to encourage gun law reform. (Sarah Ehrlich| Collegian)

Protesters call for gun reform outside Sen. Gardner’s Fort Collins office one month after Parkland, Florida shooting

Samantha Ye March 14, 2018

One month after a mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., around 50 demonstrators gathered outside Sen. Cory Gardner’s (R-Colo.) office Wednesday to honor the victims of the Stoneman Douglas High School...

The Collegian Editorial Board meeting with Colorado State Univeristy President Tony Frank. ( Tony Villalobos May | Collegian)

President Tony Frank addresses white supremacy flyers, CSUnite in Spring Break email

Austin Fleskes March 9, 2018

Colorado State University President Tony Frank sent out his yearly spring break email, but with a different twist from the usual fare.  Frank addressed the various bias-motivated incidents that occurred...

Richard Zare, the Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science at Stanford University, will be giving a talk on microdroplet chemistry on Wednesday, March 7 at 4:00 pm. Zare is highly distinguished in the scientific community, holding a Presidential Award for Excellence in science, mathematics, and engineering mentoring among other recognition he's received. (Photo courtesy of Richard Zare)

Richard Zare speaks at Hach Seminar, talks water as a catalyst

Audrey Weiss March 9, 2018

Water can be considered a universal catalyst and previous research determined water is a universal solvent. However, Professor Richard N. Zare of the Department of Chemistry at Stanford University unknowingly...

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