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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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Cook: Death, taxes, missing The Collegian when I say my final goodbye

Damon Cook, Sports Editor December 6, 2024

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their tenure at CSU. When I first started school, I wasn’t...

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McMillan: Goodbye, The Collegian, my babygirl

Adah McMillan, Executive Editor December 6, 2024

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their tenure at CSU. I came to Colorado State University with...

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Ward: Goodbye, The Collegian, you absolute beaut

Emma Ward May 3, 2024

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their tenure at CSU. Fresh on Colorado State University’s campus,...

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Pallemaerts: All my love to The Collegian

Lauren Pallemaerts, Executive Editor May 2, 2024

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their tenure at CSU. Joining The Rocky Mountain Collegian changed...

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Secrest: A letter to my 1st-year self

Ivy Secrest, Content Managing Editor May 2, 2024

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their tenure at CSU. The Collegian has been the most time consuming,...

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Gladstein: Say goodbye to 3 years of short-form content

Milo Gladstein, Photo Director May 1, 2024

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their tenure at CSU. I have spent five years at Colorado State...

Heinrich: Through the lens of a high schooler: My experience with The Collegian

Heinrich: Through the lens of a high schooler: My experience with The Collegian

Dylan Heinrich, Staff Reporter May 6, 2023

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their tenure at CSU.  My name is Dylan Heinrich. I am a senior...

Lane: Bittersweet accident: Discovering my passion at The Collegian

Lane: Bittersweet accident: Discovering my passion at The Collegian

Karsyn Lane, Sports Director May 4, 2023

  Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their tenure at CSU.  Sometimes, the things we stumble...

Morantz: My Collegian breakup letter

Morantz: My Collegian breakup letter

Lucy Morantz, Co-Photo Director May 3, 2023
I’ve been sitting in front of my computer thinking of what The Collegian has meant to me throughout my college career and the same unavoidable answer keeps coming to mind: The Collegian has been my most significant relationship. Accordingly, I felt the most appropriate way for me to fill this column is to treat it as my breakup letter.  So brace yourself. 
Nourse: Goodbye Collegian — (insert clever sports analogy here)

Nourse: Goodbye Collegian — (insert clever sports analogy here)

Braidon Nourse, Sports Editor May 3, 2023

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their tenure at CSU. Toward the end of 2021, The Collegian took...

Burke: Peace out, Collegian

Burke: Peace out, Collegian

Callum Burke, Staff Reporter May 3, 2023
Simply put, writing for The Collegian has been a blur.  As I sit down and write this goodbye column, a task I have dreaded due to its sad inclinations, I cannot help but reminisce about all of the amazing article ideas created, friendships made and exciting Sunday mornings spent adding the final touches to a satire article before its noon deadline. 
Peck: Thank you, Collegian, for allowing me to discover my passion

Peck: Thank you, Collegian, for allowing me to discover my passion

Aaron Peck, Staff Reporter May 3, 2023
When I first arrived on Colorado State University’s campus almost four years ago, the thought of writing for the school newspaper had never entered my mind. I had virtually no interest in journalism and had practically vowed to stop writing after high school. However, all my plans came to a grinding halt when the pandemic hit and my first year at CSU was essentially cut short. I then realized that my future needed re-evaluating, causing me to leave CSU and spend a year at Front Range Community College.
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