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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Opinion

A marijuana plant grows in a local medical caregiver's grow room. Ballot 301 might bring dispensaries back to Fort Collins.

Don’t give them a reason

November 18, 2013

2012 was a fantastic year for people who wanted to see marijuana legalized. Amendment 64 in Colorado passed with a 55 percent - 44 percent margin, and with its passage, Colorado became one of the first...

Zane Womeldorph

Sports: From first to last

November 18, 2013

My little brother is better than me at basketball. Far, far better. Not that I’m some athletic scrub – I can hold my own against most sub-division one competition. But to put it succinctly: I can...

Holly Mayer

One is a whole number

November 18, 2013

Growing up, I never gave much thought to being an only child. I actually lived a hybrid existence, considering that indeed I had a brother and sister, except that they were 25 years my senior. As far...

Is skiing really worth the damage it causes?

Is skiing really worth the damage it causes?

November 18, 2013

You can feel it when you walk outside. The breeze bites, a layer of frost rests on car windshields, and coffee shop signs have been colored orange with the arrival of pumpkin-flavored everything. Yes,...

Allison Chase

The Definition of “Opinion Column”

November 15, 2013

Here at Collegian, we get plenty of replies to our columns and letters to the editor from you guys. On the one hand, this is a good thing, as it shows that, one, we’re annoying the right people, and,...

Good luck, Pike

Good luck, Pike

November 15, 2013

Reputations have a nasty habit of sticking around for a very long time. And for the new men of the Pi Kappa Alpha, or Pike, they have their work cut out for them, trying to turn the reputation of the...

Anna Mitchell

A plea for sign language education

November 15, 2013

*Editor's note: Anna Mitchell is a member of the CSU ASL Club* I love language. That may seem obvious, as a writer, but I love language. I love the millions of ways we can play with words, symbolism,...

Anne Marie Merline, University Honors Program,

Seeing through the eyes of a student

November 15, 2013

The closer I can see the eyes of a student, the better the teaching gets. I am lucky enough to have classes of 18-22 students, so I get to see their eyes everyday that I am in class, but when I get...

Brooke Lake

Expecting the unexpected in Jordan

November 15, 2013

Amman, Jordan — Dabka music spilled out the windows of his Jeep and permeated the dark and empty desert before us. With the exception of a perfectly timed “aywah” thrown out here and there in...

Isaac Morley

Learn from the past on our path to the future

November 13, 2013

Germs, atoms, the shape of the world and Geocentrism -- while these topics seem to lack a common element, they have an enormous connection that applies to the American Education system today. At one...

Geneva Mueller

Reflections upon Generation X

November 13, 2013

Parents always hope that their children will end up better off than they were. Whether that cliché manifests itself in terms of wealth, prosperity, happiness or success it had generally been true,...

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