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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

Opinion

Kendall McElhaney

Adventure’s calling: Check your voicemail, CSU

Kendall McElhaney August 25, 2015

Whether you are blissfully waltzing into your freshmen year, already procrastinating into your senior year or struggling somewhere in between, we all know what it is like to begin a new journey. Words...

Zara DeGroot

Dear incoming Colorado State freshmen

Zara DeGroot August 24, 2015

Dear incoming freshmen students, Welcome to your first week of college. Have you fallen off of your bike or longboard yet? What about the dining halls; isn’t the breakfast bar the best thing you...

Skyler Leonard
Executive Editor

Why the Collegian decided to change everything

Skyler Leonard August 24, 2015

We didn't mean to change everything, but we did.  The website is new. The paper is longer. Hell, even the ink is different. So much has changed that in summing up our goals and our mission for this coming...

LTTE: MW Sportsmanship letter to student body

LTTE: MW Sportsmanship letter to student body

Guest Author August 24, 2015

Dear CSU Students, The Mountain West (MW) Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) believes the most important aspects of sport are ethics and sportsmanship.  As members of the CSU SAAC, we are pleased...

Senior Political Science major, Jason Sydoriak, selected as one of the 2015 Truman Finalists exhibits continued leadership qualities early Wednesday, even during chilly mornings on the plaza. (Photo credit: Topher Brancaccio.)

The Green and Gold Roundtable: ASCSU president

Guest Author August 21, 2015

Making a Difference: The Power of Millennials by ASCSU President Jason Sydoriak   Here at ASCSU we are trying a few different things this year to help us become more connected with the...

LTTE: Letter to the CSU Board of Governors

LTTE: Letter to the CSU Board of Governors

Guest Author August 18, 2015

Dear Governors, Who’s guarding the hen house? Do you wonder how much money it takes to keep the CSU Athletics Department above sea level? There appears to be two possible answers, as outlined...

Transitioning from a small town to a large university

Transitioning from a small town to a large university

Chapman W. August 11, 2015

"Your school was how small?" This seems to be the most common reaction when I tell people the size of my graduating high school class (The graduating senior class size was nine people, just in...

Randi Mattox

Embracing my only first day of college

Randi Mattox August 10, 2015

I was ready for my first day of college long before I graduated from high school. I have been set on becoming a Colorado State University Ram for quite some time. And ever since I received my acceptance...

Kelly Scharlau, a sophomre majoring in biomedical engineering and Tyler Parker, a freshman majoring in biomedical engineering talk outside the Student Recreation Center before meeting some other friends to play a game of volleyball. (Photo Credit: Megan Fischer)

Straight talk with Aunt Aggie: Making friends in college

Rachel Musselmann August 10, 2015

Dear Aunt Aggie, I've never been that good at making friends. The friends I had in high school kind of just happened, but it feels like coming to college, I'm starting from scratch. I know the friends...

Photo curtesy of windows 10

Student perspective on Windows 10

Chapman W. August 4, 2015

If you have used either Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 in the last few months, you have probably noticed the small Windows icon on the taskbar in the right-hand corner of the screen. Clicking this icon allowed...

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