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Eckburg: Profit is not fulfillment, systemic change needed

Eckburg: Profit is not fulfillment, systemic change needed

Bella Eckburg, Opinion Director • April 12, 2023
The American Dream has long been shown to be a false reality — it’s unlikely you’ll become Jeff Bezos in your lifetime. There are so many factors that contribute to whether you’ll make a ton of money, and it's stressful to know that you have no control over some of them.  Instead of prioritizing profit, why can’t we switch the conversation to “How can I be happy?” It’s clear that even if we do prioritize profit, it’s hard to even get a foot in the door and actually become successful in that way. 
Lopez: Keep Colorado a safe space for trans people

Lopez: Keep Colorado a safe space for trans people

Dominique Lopez, Staff Reporter • April 11, 2023
On March 31, Fort Collins hosted its first-ever Transgender Day of Visibility protest that discussed the issues appearing in legislation being proposed to discriminate against those who identify as transgender. The protest was announced in The Coloradoan on March 28 to invite those interested in attending. Within Colorado, there are many forms of legislation that have been set in place to protect those within the LGBTQ+ community, as well as reproductive rights. However, there are still legislators who try to propose bills that will challenge the legislation that is put in place to protect those who are being challenged daily throughout the nation.
Eckburg: Public servants should meet expectations — do your research

Eckburg: Public servants should meet expectations — do your research

Bella Eckburg, Opinion Director • April 6, 2023
Public servants tend to come in the form of government officials, but in our current political climate, it seems our expectations about what public servants should be doing for the public are a little blurry.  Someone serving the public should represent the public, which is why we are in charge of electing these officials. This is also why it’s so important for anyone who can vote to make sure they do in every election — although a lot of people focus on national elections or state-wide elections, local elections are an area that allows one to get a feel for politics.
Miller: ChatGPT's usefulness in college is major-dependent

Miller: ChatGPT’s usefulness in college is major-dependent

Jack Miller, Staff Reporter • April 5, 2023
Chat GPT is a new artificial intelligence chatbot produced in late 2022. Now used by millions of people, this program can provide detailed responses to complex questions about any topic in a matter of seconds.   After its quick rise in usage and notoriety, it’s become a regular resource for students and professors at universities across the nation. Many professors have incorporated Chat GPT into their classes and have been teaching students how to use it, while some people worry that this technology will make it easy for students to cheat on their assignments and tests.
Miller: El estrés de los estudiantes universitarios sigue aumentando, conduce a malos hábitos

Miller: El estrés de los estudiantes universitarios sigue aumentando, conduce a malos hábitos

Jack Miller and Skyler Halopoff • March 28, 2023

Nota del editor: Puedes leer la versión en ingles de este artículo aquí. Traducción de Skyler Halopoff Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual...

Peck: March Madness is the best American sports tournament to exist

Peck: March Madness is the best American sports tournament to exist

Aaron Peck, Staff Reporter • March 27, 2023
Every March, student-athletes compete in the NCAA Division I basketball tournaments to determine the best Men's and Women’s college basketball teams in the country.  The first-ever NCAA Division I basketball tournament took place in 1939 and saw the University of Oregon Ducks defeat the Ohio State University Buckeyes to become the first national champion. March Madness is one of those sporting events that feels so ingrained in American culture.
Eckburg: Local FoCo artists are everywhere, know where to look

Eckburg: Local FoCo artists are everywhere, know where to look

Bella Eckburg, Opinion Director • March 23, 2023
Fort Collins is home to many mom-and-pop shops for you to peruse, especially in Old Town. If your family comes up to visit, Old Town is the first place you want to show off aside from campus.  The plethora of goodies to be found in these shops come from all over, but it is so special to find something that speaks to you and then learn that it comes from a local artist or craftsperson. 
Lopez: Colorado should keep pursuing ditching daylight savings

Lopez: Colorado should keep pursuing ditching daylight savings

Dominique Lopez, Staff Reporter • March 21, 2023
When the clocks jumped forward an hour in November, I heard talk that Colorado had voted for daylight savings times to no longer be an issue that plagued the state. Despite the bill being passed for Colorado to have year-round daylight savings, the chances of it being enacted soon lessen as it is more challenging than originally perceived. What would a time changeless state would actually look like? There are only two states in the entire United States that do not have daylight savings times constantly rotating, most of Arizona and all of Hawaii.
Peck: 5 ways to battle your seasonal depression

Peck: 5 ways to battle your seasonal depression

Aaron Peck, Staff Reporter • March 9, 2023
The months of Jan. through March are notorious for being the season of depression, where spirits are low and the jovial times of summer feel like a distant memory.  After the conclusion of the holiday season, many people experience seasonal depression where they feel dejected, fatigued and hopeless. However, we do not have to subject ourselves to feelings of depression as there are simple measures we can take to help alleviate our mental health issues.
Seriously: CSU still standing in 'The Last of Us' makes perfect sense

Seriously: CSU still standing in ‘The Last of Us’ makes perfect sense

Bella Eckburg, Opinion Director • March 1, 2023
Recently an episode of “The Last of Us,” a show based on a popular video game with the same name streaming on HBO, showed the two main characters arriving at the campus of the "University of Eastern Colorado,” the “Home of the Big Horns.”  Many fans of the show speculated that this was a nod to Colorado State University and our beloved CAM the Ram, and the official Colorado State University Instagram and Twitter accounts posted about the possible wink toward our campus. 
Miller: College student stress is increasing, leads to bad habits

Miller: College student stress is increasing, leads to bad habits

Jack Miller, Staff Reporter • February 28, 2023
College is often thought of as an exciting time with new freedoms and independence. However, over the past decade, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of college students experiencing high levels of stress and anxiety.   In a recent study done by The American Institute of Stress, 8 out of 10 college students have said they experience “high levels” of stress, while 60% of students also reported high levels of anxiety. 
A Transfort MAX bus at Spring Creek Station

Burke: Thanking your bus drivers is the least you can do

Callum Burke, Staff Reporter • February 27, 2023
Colorado State University students implement a wide variety of transportation methods into their daily lives.  For the most part, CSU is proud of its bike-friendly campus, which contains several different bike lanes and routes designed to keep riders safe. Although bikes and other simpler methods of getting to and from campus and beyond are often in the spotlight or praised by the community, it is the bus system that truly deserves a piece of this positive recognition. 
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