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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

Ripple Effect needs work

October 1, 2013

Ignoring a problem rarely makes it goes away. This goes for aggravated bees, pneumonia and social inequalities (among other things). However, acknowledging a problem exists won't solve anything, either....

Sean Kennedy

Cuffing the U.N. party crasher

October 1, 2013

The president of Sudan is the ultimate party crasher. Omar Hassan Al-Bashir has been charged with multiple counts of genocide and has been the target of numerous arrest warrants from the International...

Res Stecker

America’s responsibility to the world

October 1, 2013

Every country in the world has a role to play in terms of international action. In fact, most countries expend a great deal of effort trying to climb up the international power ladder, or at the very...

Brian Fosdick

Gaming as a tool for learning

October 1, 2013

If you played games growing up, it’s no great secret that many parents thought video games were trying to turn you into the next Charles Manson. The jury is also out on what is the “prime age”...

Anna Mitchell

Make ripples, become waves at CSU

October 1, 2013

Last week, Amy Parsons, the vice president of university operations, sent an email to the Colorado State community announcing the launch of a website for the Ripple Effect, an initiative started last...

Isaac Morley

Fixing the System: Capping Campaigns

September 30, 2013

Corruption, laziness, rampant abuse of power and money. These are things that are currently thriving in the Capitol. While the American system was built on good intentions, so too, goes the colloquial...

Zane Womeldorph

Stop filibustering for personal gain

September 30, 2013

The filibuster is kind of like an onside kick: when your team pulls it off, it’s cause for raucous celebration. When the other team does, it you want to punch kittens and fight an entire cloister of...

ID theft is not a joke

ID theft is not a joke

September 30, 2013

It's all fun and games until you have several thousands of dollars of credit card debt and no identity. Identity theft isn't something that people normally think about. It's that thing that happens...

Holly Mayer

Attendance policies are for professors, not students

September 27, 2013

When I enter into a classroom, I expect my instructor to provide a safe and open learning environment. Every student deserves to have this expectation. When this expectation is not met, however, mandatory...

Brian Fosdick

Political extremism isn’t always bad

September 27, 2013

A recent article in the Denver Post caught my eye. Not because of the actual topic the article was written about, but because of one of the assertions made by the political consultant interviewed in...

Anne Marie Merline, University Honors Program,

Human at the whiteboard

September 27, 2013

Fort last week’s Collegian column, I wrote about the student essays that I assign for my community class. I reported on the pervasive feelings of social disconnect that came out as a part of those...

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

We need a clarification on marijuana

September 26, 2013

Last November, Colorado became one of the first states in the nation to legalize marijuana. This momentous action by the state, in the year since, has been stymied by inaction by both state and...

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