Culture is always shifting. Especially in a nation as inherently diverse as the United States, it's hard to pin down one dominant, definitive culture that we can call wholeheartedly American. As a result, you find a conglomeration of smaller cultures, each working to maintain their own relevance, visibility and presence.
When schools across the nation shut down in the spring of 2020, students were faced with a new world; one that had never been dealt with by any of their predecessors. Students would now have to continue their education remotely, attending class via video calls and completing tests from their bedrooms. That March, many students believed this new reality to be an interim fix and that they would soon be back in class, but this could not have been further from the truth.
College is a time in many students’ lives where they first take an interest in maintaining an informed citizenry and staying up to date with current events. Going back as far as the 1960s, when anti-Vietnam War protests were spearheaded by university students, college remains a time for familiarizing yourself with the world’s latest affairs.
Cody Cooke and Nathaniel McKissick
• September 15, 2021
Last Wednesday, preacher Keith Darrell and an unnamed associate took to Colorado State University's Plaza to spew hateful rhetoric against women, racial minorities and, most viciously, members of the LGBTQ community. Following this incident, a social media account took to Instagram and Twitter using the hashtag #CallOutCSU to blast the University for not arresting or silencing Darrell and his cohort.
Between the rampant forest fires and record-breaking temperatures that have plagued Colorado for the past several years, it's impossible to ignore the impact climate change has had on our state. The negative impacts of climate change are quickly bleeding into Colorado’s economy.
Walking through the southern wing of the Lory Student Center, there's a sharp contrast between two sides of a small hallway. Just inside the southern entrance of the building, there's the often-crowded Intermissions café on the western side of the hallway, with a line that stretches most of the way down the hall. On the opposite side of the hall, there's the Curfman Gallery, which holds Colorado State University art students' artwork and is usually devoid of people, with the exception of the front desk attendant typing on their laptop.
Times are changing. The COVID-19 pandemic has created irreversible shifts in our ways of life and the workforce is no exception. Citing the the U.S. Department of Labor, Philip Kane from Inc.com writes that "during the months of April, May and June 2021, a total of 11.5 million workers quit their jobs" in what is being colloquially referred to as the Great Resignation.
Moving to college and adapting to a new, more self-sufficient environment can be extremely difficult. Whether it’s struggling to meet new friends or experiencing changes mentally, physically or emotionally, this part of growing up can be uncomfortable. Being a freshman is scary!
One of the more notable uncomfortable topics is the dreaded freshman 15, where incoming students gain weight as they adjust to a new lifestyle as college students.
The ongoing Taliban takeover of Afghanistan impacts many different groups and parties, one of them being Afghan journalists working for American-funded news organizations. After being promised aid and evacuation from America by the August 31 withdrawal deadline, many of these journalists have seen no such help from the United States government, and have been abandoned; desperately seeking protection and evacuation.
For years, conservatives have denounced college campuses as institutions that silence and censor conservative students and activists. They claim that colleges are places of liberal indoctrination, and that conservatives lack a voice in academic environments.
If you spend some time walking around campus, one of the things you'll notice is the prevalence of the Colorado State University Principles of Community. The five pillars of our community are everywhere: on t-shirts, wall plaques, stickers, signs and more.
The Fall Address is a long-standing Colorado State University tradition wherein the president of the university gives a presidential address recapping the past year. That’s a tall order this time around — how exactly do you summarize the collective trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic over a casual lunch?
No matter which angle Joyce McConnell, the current CSU president, took at the reflection, it was bound to fall short of truly encapsulating the hurt this community faced over the past eighteen months.
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