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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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Fort Collins resident Todd Smith pays the bill for his coffee with the remaining money from working Tuesday. Smith paints for a friend locally making just enough to by before his next shift.

CSU diversity breakdown

May 8, 2014

Colorado State University prides itself on a thriving diversity program. The numbers seem to back that up. Diversity itself is a complex concept to evaluate. While the common association to diversity...

CSU student provides new homes for puppies

CSU student provides new homes for puppies

May 8, 2014

Off the beaten path, on a nearly-hidden street in Berthoud lies a puppy's haven - Ruff Start Training and Rescue. Founded by Ashlea King, a CSU master's student, Ruff Start has provided new homes to over...

Fort Collins considers taxing plastic bags

Fort Collins considers taxing plastic bags

May 8, 2014

Plastic bags may soon be a thing of the past unless Fort Collins residents are willing to pay five or 10 cents per bag. The ban would no longer allow grocers to give customers free, disposable plastic...

Derrick Smith, owner of Common-Link, prepares hamburget paties Thursday afternoon.

Food trucks days are numbered at CSU

May 8, 2014

Corrections were made to this article after the date of print. The food trucks want to stay if the University will have them. After a year of inhabiting the CSU campus, the five food carts will...

May Countdown

May Countdown

May 7, 2014

10 days…. That’s all we have until we come face to face with summer break.  And soon after summer, *drum roll* The Lory Student Center will be open and ready for many of your wishes and needs....

Provence and Paris

Provence and Paris

May 7, 2014

Provence was very quaint. We did so many things in so little time, it was overwhelming. First we visited the Pont du Gard which is a Roman aqueduct. After we went to ChĂ teauneuf-du-Pape. We visited a...

Dam Good Tacos co-owners Ali Hatcher and Michael Falco at their shop in the ally on Laurel St. Ali is a Colorado State University Public Health alum.

CSU alumna creates Dam Good Tacos

May 7, 2014

Dam Good Tacos takes the familiarity of a taco and makes something new. Michael Falco and Ali Hatcher opened the non-traditional taco joint in June 2013 that sits beneath the Alley Cat beside Algiers...

CSU Men's Chorus unites majors in song

CSU Men’s Chorus unites majors in song

May 7, 2014

By day their time is filled with science and math, but when the sun goes down, the students of CSU’s men’s chorus sings their hearts out. “The fact that Men’s Chorus is made up of almost entirely...

Investigating the cosmos at CSU

Investigating the cosmos at CSU

May 7, 2014

In the first nanoseconds of existence, the universe exploded to the size of a grapefruit and after the initial blast, the rate of expansion slowed, reported the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics...

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