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Sean Kennedy

Proposed snow tire law deserves cold shoulder

Sean Kennedy March 3, 2015

Those winter ski trips are about to get considerably more expensive if state lawmakers have their way. According to a report from the Coloradoan, Colorado legislators are considering a bill that,...

Paul Hazelton

Should House Democrats boycott Netanyahu’s speech?

Paul Hazelton March 3, 2015

On Feb. 15, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) pled guilty to a move straight out of House of Cards. The infraction? Boehner, without so much...

Picks from peers: Top Articles of the Week

Picks from peers: Top Articles of the Week

Collegian Staff March 2, 2015

So every week, we here at the Collegian will put together a list of our favorite content from around the web. Here's this week, we hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Title: "This hotel in Japan...

Career center in the basement of the Lory Student Center. Photo by Kathleen Keaveny

Career fears: Preparing for a successful future

Kathleen Keaveny March 2, 2015

    I was prepared. I had copies of my newly edited rĂ©sumĂ©, I had practiced a 30-second explanation of my experience and I was dressed to impress. As I meandered into last week’s...

War movies help us begin to understand combat

War movies help us begin to understand combat

Dom Lopez March 2, 2015

  With an increase in gritty war movies recently, I've been thinking more and more about the affect these are having on the public. Let me preface this by stating that I have served in...

Jesse Carey

Jihadi John and the path to radicalization

Jesse Carey March 2, 2015

ISIS, or The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a fundamental Islamic group at war with seemingly every neighboring country in the Middle East, has among its strengths an active presence on social media...

Sean Kennedy

Women should be included in Selective Service

Sean Kennedy February 27, 2015

To quote a well-known cliche, with great power comes great responsibility. As we have made strides toward greater gender equality, more attention has been devoted to giving women more opportunities...

Ryan Deuschle

Return of the bison

Ryan Deuschle February 27, 2015

Bison are expected to return to part of Fort Collin’s Soapstone Prairie and Red Mountain Open Space Parks this year. This marks a return of genetically pure bison to the Northern Colorado grassland...

A series of tubes: a podcast with Zack and Jesse

A series of tubes: a podcast with Zack and Jesse

A Series February 26, 2015

Welcome looking at the very first episode of "A Series of Tubes," a podcast about the internet hosted by the Collegian's Zack Burley and Jesse Carey, and the occasional guest. In this episode, Jesse...

Jesse Carey

Truth and Truthiness

Jesse Carey February 26, 2015

Brian Williams, perhaps the last of the classically mainstream news anchors, is on six month suspension. The basis for this suspension is a story Williams told, not in his professional capacity as...

Zack Burley

Fox News and Bill O’Reilly are more of the same

Zack Burley February 26, 2015

Bill O'Reilly is a hack. A recent Mother Jones article outlines various inconsistencies in the FoxNews talk show host's account of his time covering the war in the Falklands. The criticisms were...

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