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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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Opinion

Scholarships and assumptions

Scholarships and assumptions

April 16, 2014

When we all began our college career, we filled out a FAFSA, the federal student aid program that decides whether the government will be giving you any aid in paying for your higher education. On top...

Res Stecker

Embrace technological advances

April 16, 2014

Last year, the number of people in America dying in motor vehicle-related accidents numbered more than 30,000. That figure is roughly equivalent to the number of people enrolled in Colorado State University....

Westboro Baptist Church coming to CSU

Westboro Baptist Church coming to CSU

April 15, 2014

Apparently members of Westboro Baptist Church will be picketing CSU's graduation this upcoming May. They have issued a press release indicating their intentions to make their dislike of CSU Rams apparent,...

Jake Schwebach

There’s no glory in guns

April 15, 2014

Do you, like many Americans, long for the days you could settle a dispute with a good old-fashioned duel? Perhaps à outrance – to death? In more respectable days, you utilized your 10 inch smooth...

Geneva Mueller

Being a student athlete is far from a myth

April 15, 2014

The alarms go off almost every morning around 5:30 a.m. They grab what they need for the day. Most of the time, they won’t be home for at least another 10 hours, which means that they need enough food...

Rioting and the consequences

Rioting and the consequences

April 15, 2014

You probably heard about last weekend’s “community disturbance” as the CSU Dean of Students so eloquently put it in an email sent out Sunday. In other words, a party got out of hand: surprise,...

Allie Woeber

The Paycheck Fairness Act is a necessity

April 15, 2014

I was in history class the other day, and we were discussing gender inequality and the discrimination women have had to face in the past. It’s crazy to think that at one point, the only worth women...

Aaron Kolb

The myth of the “student athlete”

April 15, 2014

The banners are up, the nets are down, and Warren Buffet gets to keep his one billion dollars. Another March Madness has finally reached a thrilling conclusion. We saw number one seeds fall and nobodies...

Advice for spring at CSU

Advice for spring at CSU

April 14, 2014

It certainly is spring; there are blossoms everywhere, new leaves are coming up, the grass is green, and we’re all dressed in shorts and flip-flops as we try to breathe through pollen-clogged noses. The...

Shanel Hughes

30 is not the new 20, so capitalize

April 14, 2014

Twenty-something year olds are often told that we have time. “Don’t worry about landing your dream career or finding your soul mate. Marriage and kids? A big no-no. Travel. Laugh. Enjoy life. After...

Rioting at CSU

Rioting at CSU

April 14, 2014

Parties are great. Parties in Fort Collins can be really great. Unfortunately, parties in Fort Collins can also become a community of stupid, overly inebriated people shouting “f**k CU” and throwing...

Students attend a block party that lead to a riot on April 27 near off of Prospect Road. CSU wants students to understand the power and danger of spreading party invitations through social media.

Our View: Learn from riots, Rams

April 13, 2014

Last April, there was an 800-person riot and a man that was accused of leading it was arrested and recently jailed. This weekend, another riot occurred, proving that there are some slow learners here on...

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