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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

Anne Marie Merline, University Honors Program,

Human at the Whiteboard

October 22, 2013

Pure childlike joy in the classroom? Can it happen? Yes. Let me tell you how it happened in my classroom. A couple of columns early in the semester had to do with how to connect with people. One of...

Letter to the Editor: Vote yes on 2A

October 22, 2013

You may have seen the slick commercials starring politician-turned-oil-and-gas-mouthpiece Ray Martinez. Against a picture perfect landscape, young and attractive actors tell viewers about a fictitious...

Geneva Mueller

Consumption: A cautionary tale

October 22, 2013

She had been waiting for that next paycheck since the last one hit the bank account. That money is pretty well spent already. But regardless of that fact, she walks into the store, a rush of cold, consumptive...

Officer Matthew Staley with the CSU Police Department rides his bike around campus on patrol. CSUPD has a variety of transportation methods including the well-known bike cops.

Guest: Support CSU bike police

October 22, 2013

I give a wholehearted vote of support to CSUPD for cracking down on bikers who continue to make the commute to campus a dangerous and frustrating one. I am a cyclist who has been riding my bike to and...

Remember the fallen in the aftermath of a shooting

October 22, 2013

Yesterday, at approximately 7:15 a.m. in Sparks, Nev., Sparks Middle School teacher Michael Landsberry was fatally shot and killed by a student, who then fatally shot himself. As Coloradoans, we know all...

Solution: Ignore them

October 21, 2013

Nobody has ever been convinced to accept an idea because someone yelled at them. As persuasion tactics go, standing in a crowded plaza and furiously decrying the evils of those around you isn't exactly...

The real story about Back On TRAC

October 21, 2013

“Thanks, you saved my life. Really.” “Please come to my graduation from CSU, I wouldn’t be here without you.” “When I got into Back On TRAC, driving drunk and doing stupid stuff in a blackout...

Res Stecker

How to fix Social Security for the future

October 21, 2013

Alright, so no one really likes to pay taxes. I mean no one looks at their paycheck and thinks to themselves, “Yippee! I am so happy I paid 12 percent of my paycheck to the government!” But whether...

Sean Kennedy

Don’t stoop to their level

October 21, 2013

Ah, the preachers in the plaza. Good times, right? It’s interesting that they have become a fixture on campus, the biggest negative effect of having a free speech zone at this university. They come...

Allison Chase

Preaching hate in God’s name is blasphemy

October 21, 2013

*CORRECTION* In the print version of this column, the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was incorrectly attributed to Cotton Mather. The Collegian regrets its error. I’m sure you all remember...

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