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LTTE: Alpha Center’s response to ‘Thorn: Crisis pregnancy centers do not care about women’

Kristen Long and Jen McLain • May 1, 2025

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. Letters to the Editor reflect...

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LTTE: Speakers like Chloe Cole threaten safety of transgender, marginalized students

Casandro Camarillo, Guest Author • April 21, 2025

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. Letters to the Editor reflect...

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LTTE: CSU TPUSA anti-trans event puts students at risk of harm

Giovanna Paterno, Guest Author • March 31, 2025
If you do a simple Google search of Turning Point USA, you would be met by this message on their main page that reads, "TPUSA is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to identify, educate, train and organize students to promote freedom." This seems innocent enough. I mean, who doesn't love the idea of promoting freedom?
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LTTE: Tony Frank should revise his response to Department of Education directive

John Perzow, Guest Author • March 24, 2025
Dr. Tony Frank, chancellor of the Colorado State University System, recommended that CSU campuses follow new Department of Education directives eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Perhaps he should tell CSU to stand by the laws and vision that has guided this vital Land Grant Institution since 1862. 
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LTTE: CSU quietly removed almost all references to gender pronouns from their websites; I won’t be missing them

Devy Ballard, Guest Author • March 3, 2025
Picture this: You're a new freshman at Colorado State University. Across many tours and events, you find yourself in several rooms of students where people of authority tell you all about student life and the various resources available to you. When time comes to get to know each other, a leader asks you to share "your name, pronouns if you're comfortable and where you come from." That line, "pronouns if you're comfortable", has been heard by us students many times over. The tacit, inclusion-oriented reminder that students are encouraged to clarify their gender identity among peers. This practice has gained traction in recent years and garnered many opinions across the political spectrum.
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LTTE: Stand firm against attacks on DEI, research funding at CSU

Guest Author • February 24, 2025
When I graduated from Colorado State University with my undergraduate degree I was honored to be named an Outstanding Graduate, and I was also nominated and then selected to deliver the Senior Address at my commencement ceremony. These recognitions, I believe, were largely due to my perseverance through immense hardship, having demonstrated that I was able to withstand a lot of suffering and hardship without giving up while staying committed to earning my degree, and still managing to stay involved with student government, and multiple extracurriculars.
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LFTE: Dear Collegian, 133 years later

Allie Seibel, Editor in Chief • December 5, 2024

In the basement of the Lory Student Center, a large framed photo hangs right in the entryway of the Rocky Mountain Student Media Corporation offices. It's hard to miss for anyone coming in, whether they...

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LTTE: Canvas Stadium needs more water fountains for fans to stay hydrated

Guest Author • September 19, 2024
During the second weekend of September, Colorado State University football had their second home game, all of which I have attended so far this year. While it seems like some things are going well, the lack of drinking fountains on the student side or the east side of the stadium is very apparent. Combine this with the fact that every single water bottle must be dumped on the outside of the gates before you enter the stadium, and I think we all know why there’s an uptick in woozy students who spend four hours in the sun with no water.
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LTTE: Enough is enough: CSU’s football coach decisions need work

Guest Author • September 17, 2024
How long are Colorado State University's administration and the athletic department going to keep fooling themselves with the football program? We are now in year three of the Jay Norvell experience and, to be quite frank, year two of him and the program is a national embarrassment.
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LTTE: A message to the university about John F. Kelly’s invitation to CSU

Guest Author • September 5, 2024

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. Letters to the Editor reflect...

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LTTE: Student engagement makes ASCSU better

Michael Stella, Guest Author • May 2, 2024

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. Letters to the Editor reflect...

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LTTE: Are you better at restoring democracy than a 20-year-old from 1895?

Guest Author • April 29, 2024
Since November, I’ve been part of a fantastic team of other students, recent graduates and one 52-year-old Emmy award-winning producer and cinematographer gathering material for a feature-length documentary about Colorado State University’s role in our democracy.
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