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City Council adopts new housing plan

Piper Russell • February 22, 2021

            Nota del editor: Puedes leer la versión en español de este artículo aquí. The Fort Collins City Council adopted the new Housing Strategic Plan...

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ASCSU rejects RamRide partnership, ratifies elections committee

Ceci Taylor • February 18, 2021

Wednesday night's senate meeting of the Associated Students of Colorado State University included first readings of multiple bills regarding funding for campus initiatives, the ratification of the...

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Wesley Hamilton shares stories of courage at keynote

Molly O’Shea • February 18, 2021

A founder, father and model figure rallied the Colorado State University community over Zoom Wednesday night. Philanthropist, speaker, athlete and model Wesley Hamilton addressed the CSU community...

Mandatory COVID-19 screening explained

Mandatory COVID-19 screening explained

Natalie Weiland • February 17, 2021

Colorado State University has transitioned to another phase of mandatory weekly screening for select groups of students and faculty. The shift to a weekly testing schedule was originally implemented...

A pay to park station in the Engineering parking lot sits with a sticker for the ParkMobile parking app. The University recently switched from the WayToPark app to the ParkMobile app. (Devin Cornelius | Collegian)

New parking app comes with more features, less cost

Nicole Taylor • February 16, 2021

Anyone parking on the Colorado State University campus now has more flexibility in the ways they pay.  Colorado State University Parking & Transportation Services implemented a switch from the...

A bison moves through the snow in Yellowstone National Park in February 2018. The bison at Soapstone Prairie Natural Area are descended from bison from Yellowstone and are the results of conservation efforts between many partners, including Colorado State University and the City of Fort Collins. (Ryan Schmidt | The Collegian)

Species longevity in Colorado: What Larimer County is doing

Noelle Mason • February 15, 2021

Nota del editor: Puedes leer la versión en español de este artículo aquí. In November 2020, Colorado voters opted to reintroduce gray wolves to the Southern Rocky Mountain region. This area...

Colorado State University student Cienna Semsak campaigns to ban single-use plastic bags in the city of Fort Collins at the Colorado State University Earth Day Festival, April 23, 2019. (Devin Cornelius | Collegian)

Prohibición de bolsas de plástico en FoCo para votación de abril

Samantha Ye • February 12, 2021

Traducción de Kati Roan Los votantes de Fort Collins probablemente tendrán una ordenanza local para la prohibición de bolsas de plástico y de un precio para bolsas de papel para las elecciones...

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CSU to resume on-campus operations for fall 2021

Noelle Mason • February 12, 2021

Colorado State University students will come back to campus for in-person learning next fall.  CSU President Joyce McConnell announced this morning in an email to CSU students, staff and faculty that...

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ASCSU talks new procedure, funds Rams Against Hunger parking

Ceci Taylor • February 11, 2021

In the 11th session of the 50th senate of the Associated Students of Colorado State University, the members discussed procedural changes, an updated election bill and a bill that would provide parking...

Founded in 1910, all that is left of the once thriving Dearfield, Colorado is the shells of buildings that once made up the downtown and the foundations of a few surrounding farm houses. At its peak in the 1920s, 600 Black farmers and families shopped, traded and attended church inside now dry, rotting walls held up by equally degraded supports. The buildings, now vandalized remnants of the dust bowl sitting along U.S. Route 34, are slowly being reclaimed by the prairie that once provided life and a new start for many. (Matt Tackett | The Collegian)

Uncovering Colorado’s historic Black agricultural community

Sam Moccia • February 11, 2021

On the morning of Jan. 12, 1918, readers of The Denver Star, the city’s foremost Black newspaper, were greeted with something curious standing out among the various political commentaries. “The...

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B/AACC explores love and relationships at Real Talk series

Isabel Brown • February 11, 2021

As Valentine’s Day nears, it’s no surprise if love is on students’ minds.  Colorado State University's Black/African American Cultural Center hosted a virtual discussion Feb. 9 looking at Black...

Immigration Law Office of Kimberly Baker Medina on Feb. 6. This building was the former residence of the Thomas family. After moving to Eaton in 1910 where they had their son Virgil, John and Mamie Thomas moved to this house in Fort Collins around 1930. Mamie worked as a cook for the school district and Virgil went to Fort Collins junior high and high school. Virgil became a star offensive lineman on the team and would later go on to accept a football scholarship from Wilberforce College in Ohio and later would serve in the European theatre of World War II, fighting as an infantry corporal in Italy and Germany. John Thomas stayed in that home with his wife Mamie until he passed away around 1968. (Gregory James | The Collegian)

Fort Collins works to preserve City’s Black landmarks

Isaiah Dennings • February 10, 2021

The City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation department created a website outlining narratives around Black historic locations within the city in an effort to preserve the sites as city landmarks.  Deeper...

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