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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

Troy Wilkinson

The death of cable television

Troy Wilkinson November 11, 2014

It’s about time that cable gets kicked to the curb. The horrid customer service (as shown by Comcast especially), exorbitant prices and poor quality should have been enough to keep cable from succeeding...

The first month of Christmas is upon us, get on board

The first month of Christmas is upon us, get on board

Cassie Maack November 10, 2014

The day of Halloween, I went to buy a costume. The costumes were already being replaced by red and green and glitter. Although I was not super thrilled by the horrendous wig I bought as a result of the...

Keegan Williams

Commercializing Christmas: It’s out of hand

Keegan Williams November 10, 2014

As Halloween passed, I knew it was coming: the dreaded influx of Christmas commercials and the early talk about Black Friday sales. Rather than delivering the traditional Christmas message of, "love...

Keegan Williams

The sociology of Snapchat

Keegan Williams November 10, 2014

I have a confession: My name is Keegan Williams, and I'm a Snapchat addict. When I first downloaded the app onto my smartphone last fall, it took me a while to see the appeal. Why would we Snap...

Our View: Ram fans didn't come to play Saturday

Our View: Ram fans didn’t come to play Saturday

The Collegian November 10, 2014

7,264. That’s the number of empty seats there were Saturday night as the Colorado State football team rolled to its eighth-consecutive win with a 49-22 drubbing of Hawaii. Junior running back Dee...

Jesse Carey

Forgotten failing schools in Colorado

Jesse Carey November 10, 2014

On a night of bad news for his party, Gov. John Hickenlooper rode a razor thin majority to reelection over his opponent, Bob Beauprez. So Hickenlooper survived the biggest political test of his career...

Music lovers and sports lovers aren't so different

Music lovers and sports lovers aren’t so different

Mikaela Antonelli November 9, 2014

Being in a packed stadium or venue is one of the most amazing feelings there are: people all around buzzing about the upcoming event, hoping that the band plays their favorite song or that their favorite...

Sean Kennedy

How labels keep us from real understanding

Sean Kennedy November 8, 2014

No group represents every individual within it; labels do more harm than good. To most people, this would seem to be a simple message; then why do we so often forget this? To do so shuts down communication...

William Clem

ASCSU conducts survey on Colorado State stadium

William Clem November 7, 2014

Over the next two weeks, ASCSU will be conducting a student survey in regards to Dr. Frank’s four stadium “options." While this survey is a step in the right direction, it still has several fundamental...

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