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LTTE: Bill HB24-1322 opens door for more Colorado Medicaid members

Guest Author • April 15, 2024
A significant number of local individuals and families need your support to get behind HB24-1322, a bill that will allow Medicaid to cover housing and nutrition services. Far too many Coloradans are on the verge of homelessness or cannot get the food they need to stay healthy.
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LTTE: Sign Initiative 89 petition to protect abortion rights

Guest Author • February 19, 2024
The new fight to protect abortion rights is underway, and now is the time for students to pitch in. You may have seen the canvassers in the plaza asking “Are you a registered voter in Colorado?” or “Do you want to protect abortion?” and it is worthwhile to take a moment to sign this petition.
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LTTE: The mistaken arrogance of ASCSU

Guest Author • November 1, 2023
Every Transfort bus boasts a sticker that reads "Funded by ASCSU." The Associated Students of Colorado State University, our beloved student government, want you to know that they're the generous benefactors providing a range of services to Colorado State students like Campus Recreation, the Lory Student Center and RamEvents.
LTTE: A call to action: With you, overturning U+2 is within reach

LTTE: A call to action: With you, overturning U+2 is within reach

Guest Author • June 9, 2023
As a student at Colorado State University, or as a community member in Fort Collins, you have likely heard of the housing occupancy rule known as U+2, which restricts occupancy limits in houses, to three unrelated persons, except in certain zoning districts. 
LTTE: CSU Principles of Community fail faculty, students

LTTE: CSU Principles of Community fail faculty, students

Guest Author • June 1, 2023
I am here to talk about Colorado State University’s Principles of Community and how it relates to our Academic Success Coordinators and students.
LTTE: ASCSU needs to be careful with handling student funds

LTTE: ASCSU needs to be careful with handling student funds

Guest Author • March 8, 2023
For an organization in charge of delegating funding, it seems some representatives in ASCSU have repeatedly mishandled funds and remained unaccountable.
LTTE: CSU basketball fans shouting 'Russia' need education, respect

LTTE: CSU basketball fans shouting ‘Russia’ need education, respect

Guest Author • February 15, 2023
A chant of “Russia, Russia, Russia” erupted from the student section of Moby arena during a recent Colorado State University men’s basketball game against Utah State University. The chant was directed at Max Shulga, a Utah State player from Kyiv, Ukraine.  It has been suggested that the chant arose from ignorance. That if the students only knew of the atrocities Russia is inflicting on the Ukrainian people during its year-long unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, they would have not used this uncivil chant as a tool to try to win a basketball game. 
LTTE: Colorado's wolf reintroduction plan needs improvement

LTTE: Colorado’s wolf reintroduction plan needs improvement

Guest Author • February 8, 2023
My name is Mark Kohn and I graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Colorado State University in the winter of 2022. I hold a degree in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources as well as a minor in International Development. In 2020, voters in Colorado passed Proposition 114 in favor of wolf reintroduction. Passing only with the slimmest of margins, Prop. 114 ensured that Colorado agencies use the best available science to introduce wolves to their historical ranges in Colorado. It has been three years since voters raced to their ballot drop-offs to show support or opposition to Prop 114, so where are the wolves?
LTTE: What is ASCSU really doing to help CSU students?

LTTE: What is ASCSU really doing to help CSU students?

Guest Author • January 25, 2023
I, the author, have made the choice to write this article anonymously for a number of reasons. However, the main reason is because of fear of retaliation.  I have seen and know many students that have come forward about the problems within The Associated Students of Colorado State University, and those students have been retaliated against. Anywhere from harassment through texting and social media, to lies being spread about them and damaging their reputation. I, as a student, should not be afraid to ask questions about these issues, yet I am.
LTTE: My summer at CSU Spur, Hydro facility opening

LTTE: My summer at CSU Spur, Hydro facility opening

Guest Author • January 18, 2023
As a third-year Business Major at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, life was moving very fast in the Spring of 2022. I was balancing a heavy class load and working 15-20 hours a week. The summer months were on the horizon, and I had not yet secured an internship when I came across an open position at CSU Spur. I decided to investigate further, but little did I know at the time that this was going to be such an engaging and rewarding experience.
LTTE: CSU employees deserve to earn a livable wage for the work they do

LTTE: CSU employees deserve to earn a livable wage for the work they do

Guest Author • November 15, 2022
In 2013, I moved to Fort Collins as a single parent and sole provider of three children, who at the time were in grades three, four and six. I had a dream of coming back to college at 37 and pulling my children and me out of poverty to change our family trajectory. I applied for every scholarship, loan and grant that I was able to.  Our family moved into international family housing, and I started back on my undergraduate degree in human development and family studies at Colorado State University. I loved every second of my education and felt that I would be able to graduate and pay off the loans. I was a peer advisor in the department of human development and family studies and was ready to apply to every single position in advising as an academic success coordinator possible.
LTTE: All graffiti is good — limiting it dismisses art, culture

LTTE: All graffiti is good — limiting it dismisses art, culture

Guest Author • November 8, 2022
A September article published in the opinion section of The Collegian praised the City of Fort Collins for its plentiful murals while decrying vandalism. It is valuable, I think, to let a vandal defend their practice. So why is graffiti good?   First, graffiti is an ancient cultural practice seen throughout the world and produces, alongside other arts, works of various qualities. Like other art, graffiti can range from simple tags to massive murals with incomprehensible lettering (at least, to those who are not familiar with graffiti) and astounding color combinations.  
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