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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

Agriculture is in it for the long haul

Agriculture is in it for the long haul

February 4, 2014

A huge number of awards have been given out in the last 50 years – Olympic Medals, Grammy Awards, Nobel Prizes, and Super Bowl Trophies (too soon?) to name a few. These awards have been used to celebrate...

Coca-Cola ad promotes the American Dream

Coca-Cola ad promotes the American Dream

February 4, 2014

The Super Bowl is arguably the most-watched event in television history, and commercial ad slots sell out fast and for ridiculous amounts of money. The commercials are talked about for weeks after...

Sean Kennedy

Colorado wedding bill isn’t something to love

February 4, 2014

Colorado has started to develop a reputation for increasingly progressive political policies. While reactions to this liberalization may vary, no one can deny the potential for innovation alive in the...

Aaron Kolb

Rocky Mountain National Park should keep bikes out

February 3, 2014

One of my favorite things about life in Fort Collins is riding my bike. Compared to the town I used to live in, the city outdoes itself by putting in wide bike lanes on most major roads, as well as miles...

Racial profiling is never OK, don't stand for it

Racial profiling is never OK, don’t stand for it

February 3, 2014

We pride ourselves on our Old Town bar scene here in Fort Collins. We like to drink, and we like having a variety of places in which to do one of our favorite activities. That being said, we expect our...

American Horror Story's season finale

American Horror Story’s season finale

February 3, 2014

WARNING: This article may include spoilers. You know when you play Rock, Paper, Scissors and you don’t win the first time so you decide that the game is suddenly “best two out of three?” Well, if...

Cali Rastrelli

Rastrelli: Fandom should not be contingent on a win

February 2, 2014

I cried out all my tears by halftime. After the miffed snap from Manny Ramirez spiked my nerves, I went through all the cycles of grief. With each overthrow, missed tackle and turnover my optimism grew...

Allison Chase

Calm yourselves about the Super Bowl

January 31, 2014

Super Bowl Sunday is this weekend, and we all know what that means. For us, tensions will be high as the Denver Broncos prepare to face off against the Seattle Seahawks (“The Doobie Bowl”), and many...

Aaron Kolb

Super Bowl not so super?

January 31, 2014

The first thing I noticed moving from Arizona to Colorado last fall was the orange. That tough, inflexible orange, unapologetically unlovely and making no claim to be anything other than what it is....

No riots this year, please

No riots this year, please

January 30, 2014

We’re all super excited to have the Broncos in the Super Bowl. It’s going to be a fantastic game, and having the great state of Colorado being represented is something to celebrate. But, let’s...

Sean Kennedy

Sochi will demonstrate international cooperation

January 29, 2014

We as a global community have been presented with a unique opportunity. So often, the countries of our world view each other as competitors rather than neighbors; business interests get in the way of cooperation....

Sochi 2014 not the Molotov cocktail being predicted

Sochi 2014 not the Molotov cocktail being predicted

January 29, 2014

When our plane landed in Vancouver in February of 2010, the vibe was different from any other time I had been there. The city is unique in that it has quite a diverse population to begin with, where (according...

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