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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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Dove's + Twitter campaign #SpeakBeautiful

Dove’s + Twitter campaign #SpeakBeautiful

Kathleen Keaveny March 13, 2015

    Dove has teamed up with Twitter in a partnership for social change in attempt to reduce body image negativity on social media. Last year, nearly 5 million tweets were sent out containing...

Jake Schwebach

What you weren’t told about the Keystone XL Pipeline

Jake Schwebach March 13, 2015

There was quite the hullabaloo over the recently-vetoed Keystone XL Pipeline. Was it a victory for the environment, or just environmentalists? Environmental groups saw an opportunity to rile the public....

Zack Burley

Cory Gardner’s wrongheaded comments on letter to Iran

Zack Burley March 12, 2015

Point-scoring is, and always will be, part of politics, but sometimes the "game" goes too far. The open-letter to Iran signed by 47 Republican Senators is one of those times. Tom Cotton, author...

Troy Wilkinson

Upholding government transparency and the TPP

Troy Wilkinson March 12, 2015

In order to have a functioning and healthy democracy, there must be a transparent government. Flying in the face of government transparency is a sneaky agreement that has been in the works called the...

Jesse Carey

Why Hillary is not very concerned about EmailGate

Jesse Carey March 12, 2015

We’ve got a scandal alert. Over the weekend, it came to light that Hillary Clinton’s emails were routed through her own private server. At the time, Clinton was serving as Secretary of State....

LTTE: Dear Conflict Resolution

LTTE: Dear Conflict Resolution

Conflict Res March 12, 2015

Dear Conflict Resolution, How do I get my roommate to pick up her mess?  - Frustrated With Filth Dear Frustrated, Ah, the classic messy roommate problem.  One of the reasons this particular...

Bravo and Gotta Go: Week of 3/9-3/13

Bravo and Gotta Go: Week of 3/9-3/13

The Collegian March 11, 2015

JUMP TO: Monday, March 9 Tuesday, March 10 Wednesday, March 11 Thursday, March 12 Monday, March 9 Bravo! Celebrate everyday: International Women’s Day was Sunday. Hooray for celebrating...

Caroline King

How to do voluntourism in a positive manner

Caroline King March 11, 2015

As spring break approaches, many are probably looking forward to sitting poolside or sleeping off the semester thus far, but a growing number of students are actually gearing up to volunteer. Taking...

Haleigh McGill

Smartphones and diminishing creativity

Haleigh McGill March 11, 2015

Smartphones have enhanced our lives by connecting us instantaneously to our immediate surroundings and those across oceans, and has truly brought us into the age of convenience. The ability to Google...

Study ABroad peer advisor, Lauren Gannon, speaks with Lindsey Tayor about what she may encounter when studying abroad in Australia.

Volunteer abroad instead of studying abroad

Kathleen Keaveny March 10, 2015

    Studying abroad as a college student has been becoming more popular and available. Students take wine tasting classes in Florence, art history in Prague and Spanish language in...

Kendall McElhaney

The importance of self-care

Kendall McElhaney March 10, 2015

Long nights with no sleep amidst Red Bulls and Cheeto Puffs can only get you so far before you hit your breaking point. Stress and exhaustion can overwhelm you to the point of hardly even realizing...

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