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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Opinion

Haleigh McGill

Fitness isn’t a seasonal luxury — it’s a way of life

Haleigh McGill April 15, 2015

It's about that time of year when I'm starting to see all the graphics and albums on various social media platforms — prominent examples are Tumblr and We Heart It — come out of the winter woodwork labeled...

Sean Kennedy

Excessive federal surveillance an abuse of power

Sean Kennedy April 14, 2015

Leland Stanford once said that government is founded upon the doctrine of the consent of the governed and the principle that people are endowed with certain inalienable rights. As American society...

Alexandra Stettner

Our guilty pleasures don’t define us

Alexandra Stettner April 14, 2015

The newest Nicholas Sparks romance movie has finally come out, and while I wasn’t the first in line to go see it, I will most definitely be a the theater in the next couple weeks. This isn’t...

Bravo and Gotta Go: 4/13-4/17

Bravo and Gotta Go: 4/13-4/17

The Collegian April 13, 2015

Monday, April 13 Bravo! Hillary Clinton's presidential announcement video featured same-sex couples. According to the HRC, this is the "first time same-sex couples and marriage equality were included...

LTTE: Administratium

LTTE: Administratium

Carl Patton April 13, 2015

The heaviest element known to science was recently discovered by a team from Colorado State University. The element, tentatively called Administratium, has no protons or electrons, and thus has an atomic...

LTTE: education, Kenya and opportunity

LTTE: education, Kenya and opportunity

Julia Oleksiak April 13, 2015

In December of 2013 I traveled to Samburu, Kenya, as part of a SLiCE Alternative Break Trip. During this trip, not only was I immersed in a culture very new and different from my own, but I was also exposed...

Jesse Carey

Dinosaurs, planets and the flexibility of science

Jesse Carey April 10, 2015

Quick, think about dinosaurs. Some of us will have an easier time with this than others. Tyrannosaurus Rex likely came to mind first (and if it didn’t, it should have — long live the king), but...

Kendall McElhaney

The search for authenticity

Kendall McElhaney April 9, 2015

It's that time of year where everything seems bigger than it truly is. Winter has made its final departure back to the seventh layer of hell where it belongs, finals are coming up faster than you can say...

Zara DeGroot

Are smartphones replacing human interaction?

Zara DeGroot April 9, 2015

To say that smartphones have not made our lives easier would be a lie. Smartphones are revolutionary, and indeed make things easier for us. We can take a picture and send it to someone across the...

Troy Wilkinson

What happened to space?

Troy Wilkinson April 8, 2015

What happened to outer space? I sometimes forget that the cosmos exist from the amount of coverage the media give it. I hear about political deadlock and presidential elections far more often than space...

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