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Seriously: I’m a Collegian editor from 1924 — I have some thoughts

Chloe Waskey, Collegian Columnist • December 6, 2024
After spending hours trying to figure out what a “website” is and how it works, I have successfully navigated through The Collegian catalogue and I have some notes.
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Weishaar: History provides quirks that make it extremely interesting

Audrey Weishaar, Collegian Columnist • December 6, 2024
History is awesome. I think it is, at least. Everyone has to learn history, right? We’ve all gone through the basics and learned about the Roman Empire and the American Civil War. And maybe something stuck out and caught your interest — or perhaps not. Perhaps you were uninterested or bored or didn’t see the point in learning about stuff that happened a few hundred years ago.
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Lopez: Opinion desks offer students a voice

Dominique Lopez, Opinion Editor • December 4, 2024
As someone who has predominately worked on an opinion desk for just about seven years, I have always found it to be the best outlet for me to get out all of my frustrations and thoughts. And that even played a large role in my decision to go to Colorado State University in the first place.
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Seymour: Print newspapers still deliver importance to communities

Charlotte Seymour, Collegian Columnist • December 3, 2024
How many times have you sat in a recliner chair on a Sunday morning, sipping coffee while reading the newspaper? I am sure most people have recently found themselves in that situation — or a similar one — fewer than a dozen times.
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Seriously: What your birth control says about you

Astrid Thorn, Collegian Columnist • November 19, 2024
Birth control is a hot topic, especially among female-bodied individuals in college. The beauty of pregnancy prevention lies in its customizability, with modern medicine giving us numerous great ways to keep the babies away. What a lot of people don’t realize is that birth control is almost like medical astrology — the kind of birth control you choose can reveal who you are to your core. 
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Souza: Continuing to celebrate women’s joy is important

Emma Souza, Collegian Columnist • November 19, 2024
To be completely transparent, the current state of our government — more specifically, the recent loss of Vice President Kamala Harris for president — has discouraged me. Pure joy is the last thing I’ve felt in the past couple of weeks, and I’ve gone through practically every emotion in the book. Each day since then has blurred into one long, continual mess of 4 p.m. sunsets and 10 p.m. bedtimes. I’ve logged nearly 20 hours on my Nintendo Switch.
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Seymour: Fall break is around the corner to cure your homesickness

Charlotte Seymour, Collegian Columnist • November 18, 2024
Picture this: It is a Sunday evening, and you are lying on the couch at home with your family. You just got home from catching up with your old friends, and a family-favorite movie plays on the TV while the aroma of a home-cooked dinner crowds your nose. Sounds great, right? Well, just remember that this image is almost a reality.
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Stephenson: CSU emergency text alerts should be mandatory

Leah Stephenson, Collegian Columnist • November 14, 2024
Emergency alerts for students at Colorado State University are not mandatory via text. However, keeping phone notifications optional can jeopardize student safety during times of danger. Making text alerts mandatory for all CSU students is the best way to keep everyone on campus safe.
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Waskey: It’s time to demand a Democratic Party that fights for change

Chloe Waskey, Collegian Columnist • November 13, 2024
The results of the 2024 election have left me disappointed. I am disappointed that this nation chose the prospect of a good economy over human rights. I am disappointed that my generation voted for former President Donald Trump, proving that we are no different from the ones that came before us. I am saddened to picture the long-term impacts of another Trump presidency. But most of all, I am disappointed in the Democratic Party.
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Seymour: Searching for off-campus housing is demanding

Charlotte Seymour, Collegian Columnist • November 13, 2024
As the semester comes to an end, most first-year students are thinking about completing assignments, taking holiday breaks and seeing family. Searching for off-campus housing is doubtlessly at the bottom of everyone’s to-do list.
Thorn: Sexually explicit media pushes harmful dynamics, sets unrealistic expectations

Thorn: Sexually explicit media pushes harmful dynamics, sets unrealistic expectations

Astrid Thorn, Collegian Columnist • November 12, 2024

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by The Collegian or its editorial board. The current generation of...

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Waskey: 3rd-party voting is possible but not successful

Chloe Waskey, Collegian Columnist • November 10, 2024
In a time where basic political engagement can mean voting against your own ideologies, it is understandably tempting to vote third party. Why vote for the lesser of two evils when there is an option that doesn’t seem evil at all? I am admittedly sympathetic to those that vote third party. If I believe that complacence equals violence, how can I vote for a candidate that is complacent in the face of a genocide? As a more left leaning democrat, I have had issues with the Biden administration and I have issues with Kamala Harris’s policies. It feels like I am contradicting my own ideologies by voting for Harris.
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