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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Opinion

A woman's double standard

A woman’s double standard

March 25, 2014

A couple weeks ago, the COO of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, began her campaign to ban the word “bossy.” According to her line of reasoning, there is a distinct double standard that women are faced...

Res Stecker

The right to vote should be earned

March 25, 2014

The universal suffrage movement was a long struggle in the United States. It was heroically fought for by men and woman of all different backgrounds. Thankfully, the discriminatory policies that sought...

Aaron Kolb

Put down your phone

March 24, 2014

Those born in the 1930s were called the Silent Generation. The '50s produced the Baby Boomers and the '70s spawned Generation X. Current college students are sometimes labelled the Millennials. A fine...

Cory Gardner: don't switch sides

Cory Gardner: don’t switch sides

March 24, 2014

Cory Gardner, who's been in intense spotlight since entering the U.S. Senate race, recently stated that he could no longer support personhood acts, since they prohibit specific contraception methods....

Asperger's and vaccinations

Asperger’s and vaccinations

March 24, 2014

On Friday, March 21, over our wonderful (but still too short) Spring Break, the Colorado House of Representatives advanced a bill that requires parents seeking to avoid immunizing their children to get...

Rams' Rede: friendship with exes

Rams’ Rede: friendship with exes

March 13, 2014

Rams’ Rede: About three months ago, my girlfriend of a year and I decided to call it quits. We’ve been back in communication recently, and I don’t know what is supposed to happen from that. Can...

CSU–Pueblo a warning to Fort Collins

CSU–Pueblo a warning to Fort Collins

March 13, 2014

Tuition increases are awful to hear about. Every time the student body gets an email from Tony Frank having anything to do with money, a collective groan resonates throughout the student body. We pay a...

Brooke Lake

The importance of sharing culture

March 13, 2014

Recently I had the honor of sharing my experience and knowledge about living abroad at Poudre High School’s annual IB International Day. Every year, IB students of Poudre High School organize a day...

We're OK with disposable bag fees

We’re OK with disposable bag fees

March 12, 2014

Here in Fort Collins, we pride ourselves on being a green community. CSU ranks number one in sustainability yet again, and that is certainly something of which we can be proud. The only place that one...

Shanel Hughes

The Collegian needs more diversity

March 12, 2014

The Collegian. Our school paper. Students read this paper each day to get news about campus, sports, the community and opinions on various topics. But, whose point of view are we really getting? Is our...

Suing parents for tuition

Suing parents for tuition

March 12, 2014

Here’s a relevant news story for us: Rachel Canning, a New Jersey high school senior, was recently in court suing her parents for college tuition. There are several things wrong with that sentence,...

The struggle is real

The struggle is real

March 11, 2014

We've reached the point in the semester in which life-contemplation is a near constant activity. Between the caffeine and endless hours spent in the library wishing that we could feel the sunshine on our...

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