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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

Geneva Mueller

2013 in policy-based retrospect

December 9, 2013

With the end of the year quickly approaching, I think it’s as good a time as any to take a step back and look at the year that we’ve had. More than likely, we all use different markers and measurements...

Brittany Jordan

Is mom and dad’s generation right about sex?

December 9, 2013

Students in higher education today are far more sexually liberated than that of our collegiate predecessors; this is a common acknowledgement. Things have changed from the ideal of doing nothing at all...

Let's go bowling, CSU

Let’s go bowling, CSU

December 9, 2013

The past half decade has been a miserable experience for CSU Rams fans. Coming into this season, our team had been the laughing stock of the Mountain West Conference, having only won 13 of our last 36...

Caleb Hendrich

Nelson Mandela: In Memoriam

December 6, 2013

"He is now resting, he is now at peace. Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father," said South African president Jacob Zuma yesterday after the passing of a man who was undoubtedly...

A case against modern “tolerance”

December 5, 2013

“You don’t belong here." These words were a few of the first that I heard as I embarked on my college journey. They were spoken to a class by a professor of mine in my first semester as I started...

Holly Mayer

The Khan sensation

December 5, 2013

I came across Khan Academy a few years ago when I needed help my with Biology homework. I remember thinking to myself "what a great idea for someone to put all this together" and how this could actually...

Allison Chase

Casual racism poisons society

December 5, 2013

I play a lot of free trials for computer games during the holidays and I’m both surprised and upset at how they’re casually racist. A typical example is found in almost any game where you have...

Students flee campus after Colorado State closes at noon on April 17, 2013 as a result of heavy snow accumulation and a forecast for more. (Photos by Hunter Thompson)

Meet us halfway, CSU

December 5, 2013

Okay, so we aren't going to get a snow day even when temperatures fall past zero degrees. That's cool, we understand, no really we do. On the other hand, we would like it if you met us halfway CSU. On...

Anna Mitchell

Getting out of the ‘Friend Zone’

December 4, 2013

The adage goes that “nice guys finish last.” So are you in last place? Here’s a quick quiz for male readers: Do you insist on trying to solve girls’ problems for them, only to be frustrated...

Zane Womeldorph

Man things on the bike path

December 4, 2013

I know more about physics than I do about cars. This is extremely sad and pathetic, considering the only things I remember from physics are F = MA and the force of gravity is -9.8 something. The only...

#notgoingtohappen

#notgoingtohappen

December 4, 2013

With the snow starting to fall in earnest and the cold starting to settle in, everyone's thoughts inevitably turn toward a snow day. It makes sense. Colorado is usually starved for snow through the...

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