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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Letters from the Editor

The 2019-2020 Rocky Mountain Collegian Editorial Board poses for a photo Oct. 17. (Matt Tackett | The Collegian)

Waldman: Good riddance, I’ll miss you

Elena Waldman May 10, 2020

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. Saying goodbye to your college workplace is...

Ravyn Cullor, News Director. (Forrest Czarnecki | The Collegian)

Cullor: Good journalism is a practice in kindness

Ravyn Cullor May 10, 2020

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. Dear Collegian reader, My very first day working...

Photo Director Matt Tackett, Design Editor Amy Noble, Night Editor Anna Stewart, and Photo Editor Anna von Pechmann pose for a photo, Oct. 17. (Austin Fleskes | The Collegian)

Stewart: The Collegian gave me a home that I never expected

Anna Stewart May 10, 2020

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. It fills me with immense sadness to say goodbye...

Opinion Editor Leta McWilliams and Assistant Opinion Editor Abby Vander Graaff pose for a photo, Oct. 17. (Matt Tackett | The Collegian)

McWilliams: Thank you, Collegian: You gave me the home I needed

Leta McWilliams May 10, 2020

Editor’s Notes: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their tenure at CSU. It’s a weird feeling to look back on my...

Matt Bailey, News Editor. (Forrest Czarnecki | The Collegian)

Bailey: The Collegian allowed me to grow, take bigger risks

Matthew Bailey May 10, 2020

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. Dear reader, As I sit and type out this farewell...

The Wake Up Slap serves a Colorado State University's primary source of not fake news. (Amy Noble | The Wake Up Slap)

LFTE: Why we changed our name: ‘It’s time to tell you the truth … the REAL truth’

Forrest Czarnecki March 31, 2020

Dear readers,  The wool has been pulled over society’s eyes for too long, and we’ve had enough of it. The truth is out there, and you deserve to know what it is. That’s why we changed our name...

How we are covering George Flyd/BLM protests

LFTE: With a heavy heart, we have printed our last edition of the semester

Forrest Czarnecki March 25, 2020

Dear readers,  Well, as the saying goes, this is the end of the line. Unfortunately, we have printed the last edition of The Collegian for the spring semester of 2020.  While it breaks my heart to...

How we are covering George Flyd/BLM protests

LFTE: Ads in our paper don’t mean endorsement

Forrest Czarnecki and Austin Fleskes March 2, 2020

Dear readers, You may have noticed in some recent editions of the newspaper and on The Collegian website there have been a lot of Mike Bloomberg political advertisements. In the paper they are hard to...

The Collegian stands with the CU Independent

The Collegian stands with the CU Independent

Forrest Czarnecki and Austin Fleskes December 12, 2019

Dear readers,  This past Monday, news broke that the University of Colorado Boulder was defunding the CU Independent, the editorially-independent student media outlet at CU, to focus on a faculty-led...

Breonna Abuya speaks at the Associated Students of Colorado State University senate session Sept. 18, 2019, during a discussion of the blackface image that has been circulating on social media recently. The senate session was moved to the North Ballroom of the Lory Student Center to a accommodate for an unusually large crowd size. (Forrest Czarnecki | The Collegian)

LFTE: Why we covered the blackface photo the way we did

Forrest Czarnecki and Austin Fleskes September 20, 2019

As the editorial leaders of The Collegian, we wanted to let the community know one thing: we hear you. We hear your criticisms, and we want to explain how our coverage of the blackface photo and its impact...

(Photo Illustration by Matt Tackett | The Collegian)

We’re looking for new voices on campus: Come be one of them

Forrest Czarnecki August 25, 2019

Dear readers,  There are quite a few reasons why Colorado State University is such a great place — nice views, a friendly community and, of course, the students that make us one of the premier universities...

The Rocky Mountain Collegian is transitioning to a digital-first platform to better serve their readers and students seeking a career in a world of digital journalism. (Photo Illustration by Amy Noble and Forrest Czarnecki | The Collegian)

We live in a digital-first world: Now that world includes The Collegian

Forrest Czarnecki August 25, 2019

Dear readers,  It’s no secret that things are changing in the news industry; they have been for a while. Publications are evolving from print to digital platforms and bolstering their online distribution....

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