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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

Brooke Lake

Women and hijab in the Middle East

March 5, 2014

I remember my first minutes walking the streets of downtown Cairo, Egypt with my mouth agape and my Western understanding blown out of the water. As a Christian-raised middle class girl from Colorado,...

Letter to the Editor on Agnosticism debate

Letter to the Editor on Agnosticism debate

March 5, 2014

I'm writing in regards to Tuesday, March 4th's opinion topic "Debate: is Agnosticism Worse than Atheism." I have a few serious issues about the ways this topic was addressed. The first of which starts...

Get Colorado water under control

Get Colorado water under control

March 5, 2014

In Colorado, some regions have methane in their water. Luckily, methane levels in Fort Collins are better than elsewhere, but the fact that some people in Colorado can light a match to their faucet and...

Homeless Jesus as a faith symbol

Homeless Jesus as a faith symbol

March 5, 2014

Recently, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Davidson, North Carolina obtained a new piece of art that has inspired controversy all over the world. It has been blessed by Pope Francis, condemned by the...

Neither atheism nor agnosticism are acceptable choices

Neither atheism nor agnosticism are acceptable choices

March 4, 2014

I have heard it often said that religion is for the stupid — that religion throws logic out the window.  I largely get where people are coming from and the sentiment expressed. Many religious people...

CSU looks beyond CO

CSU looks beyond CO

March 4, 2014

CSU students have begun an international club here that focuses on issues that are happening outside of the US, and reminds students that our focus can extend well beyond our borders. Speakers and events...

Don't be pressured into vaccinations

Don’t be pressured into vaccinations

March 4, 2014

The second that babies are born, we want to pump them full of diseases. A vaccine is simply either an agent of a particular disease, or a synthetically-devised substitute on that disease that prompts...

Aaron Kolb

Solitary confinement achieves nothing

March 4, 2014

We college students live in a time in which we are never at a loss for something to do. The internet, texting, Flappy Bird, Netflix; these technologies help us pass many an idle hour. Even if you believe...

Res Stecker

Agnosticism is far worse than atheism

March 4, 2014

Religion helps people, absolutely no doubt about it. Leading a theistic life can allow someone to believe in something greater than themselves, and it also helps alleviate fears of death. Followers of...

It's never too late to find your music

It’s never too late to find your music

March 3, 2014

Composer Frederick Delius once said, “Music is an outburst of the soul.” I could not agree more with that statement. Music reaches all of us in some way. Very rarely do you come across someone...

Sean Kennedy

Obesity as a disease is a stretch

March 3, 2014

Last summer, the American Medical Association made the landmark decision to officially recognize obesity as a disease. Proponents of the new definition claim that will help draw physician’s attention...

Geneva Mueller

Grades or society don’t determine success

March 3, 2014

We’ve all experienced it before: waiting what seems like hours for RamCT to load your grades after a big test. After hitting refresh 15,000 times, the page finally loads to unceremoniously deliver...

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