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Climate Column (Graphic Illustration by Abby Flitton | The Collegian)

Cooke: Students can help mitigate the water crisis

Cody Cooke August 30, 2020

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. So far, 2020 has been a year...

Photo illustration (Anna Montesanti | Collegian)

Neustadter: COVID-19 shows how we can respond to climate change

Corinne Neustadter August 25, 2020

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. In the last four months, each...

Health and excercise science major Emma Sears and biomedical science major Maiya Hannon work a testing tent outside of Aggie Village on Aug 20. Students working the tent noted that most people they interacted with wore maskes and were good about social distancing but voiced concerns about how off-campus behaviour could affect the semester. (Ryan Schmidt | The Collegian)

Orji: Going back to campus means creating a new normal

Joslyn Orji August 23, 2020

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. COVID-19, whose numbers of...

A meal in the Foundry dining hall on Feb. 16, 2020.

Cooke: College diets can be cheap and healthy

Cody Cooke August 18, 2020

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. This summer has felt long...

(Photo illustration by Reed Slater | The Collegian)

Blouch: There is a gray area in giving consent while intoxicated

Cat Blouch August 17, 2020

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. In college sex culture, having...

Teen sits outside scrolling through Instagram. (Connor McGrath | The Collegian)

MacDonald: Gen Z will first see the results of 24/7 device use

Alexandra MacDonald July 29, 2020

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. At the turn of the 21st century,...

LGBTQ+ community members, students, and allies holding up signs and flags follow Westboro Baptist Church protestors outside of Moby Arena as the Colorado State University volleyball team played San Diego State, Oct. 12. WBC had sent out a news release for the protest stating, “Don’t let the folly of volleyball make you forget god!” (Matt Tackett | The Collegian)

Blouch: Bisexuality comes with more challenges than we recognize

Cat Blouch June 23, 2020

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. Being bisexual is not always...

Fort Collins community members gather outside of the Fort Collins Police Department on Timberline Road to protest police brutality in solidarity with the protestors in Minneapolis, Minnesota and around the country, May 29. (Matt Tackett | The Collegian)

Leibee: Divest from Fort Collins Police Services

Katrina Leibee June 22, 2020

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. Names have been changed in this...

Protesters gather in a circle to dance to music playing through speakers outside Lafayette Square in Washington D.C. June 6, 2020. (Lucy Morantz | The Collegian)

Neustadter: Lawmakers, now is the time for radical change

Corinne Neustadter June 14, 2020

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. In the past month, nationwide...

Emily Arnett lights a candle outside of the Fort Collins Police Services building on Timberline Road to protest police brutality in solidarity with the protesters in Minneapolis and around the country, May 29. (Matt Tackett | The Collegian)

Cooke: George Floyd protests demonstrate deep-rooted frustrations

Cody Cooke May 31, 2020

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. “If you want a vision of...

A protester holds up a sign stating the names of other people of color who have been killed by police, May 28. (Ben Leonard | The Collegian)

Leibee: What happened to George Floyd is unforgivable

Katrina Leibee May 29, 2020

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. "Hands up, don't shoot!" demonstrators...

Vander Graaff: In dire situations, facts need to come first

Vander Graaff: In dire situations, facts need to come first

Abby Vander May 6, 2020

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. Recently, Colorado has shifted...

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