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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

Res Stecker

Democracy and capitalism cannot purely coexist

September 11, 2013

When asking random people on the street what they believe America is, it is a pretty safe bet that the words “capitalism" and democracy” would be thrown around quite a bit, along with people simply...

Jessica Tomcheck

Obama’s stance on Syria is hypocritical

September 11, 2013

Lately, there has been an impeccable uproar on the topic of Syria regarding their chemical weapons and rebel attacks on the Syrian people. Regardless, if these rebels are extremists, al-Qaeda or moderates,...

Anne Marie Merline, University Honors Program,

The human at the whiteboard

September 11, 2013

It happens every year. In anticipation of an initial column entry for the Collegian, and without being in front of the whiteboard for 15 weeks, I wondered what I was going to write about. Luckily, this...

Our generation's Pearl Harbor

Our generation’s Pearl Harbor

September 11, 2013

September 11 is my generation’s date which will live in infamy. I, like many, will never forget where I was and what I was doing when the first and second planes hit the towers. For me, it was my senior...

Let's fund NASA, shall we?

Let’s fund NASA, shall we?

September 11, 2013

Water filters. Lasers. The camera in your smart phone. Cordless tools. Shoe inserts. What do all of these things have in common? Apart from being things that you probably use, whether that be occasionally...

Anna Mitchell

9/11 commemoration should continue

September 11, 2013

A few years ago, I was a weekly volunteer in a sixth grade classroom. When we entered September, the students became confused about why they had a school-wide commemorative moment of silence one morning....

Allison Chase

9/11 is too politicized

September 11, 2013

Like every American, I know exactly that today is the twelfth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. It’s going to be a somber day with flags at half-staff and everyone in shades of red,...

Sean Kennedy

Celebrating ignorance: Annually missing the point

September 10, 2013

Don’t let your patriotism blind you to what’s been happening the past decade; things have gotten pretty out of control. September 11th is a perfect example, as our country has put it on a pedestal...

Caleb Hendrich

Net neutrality should be preserved at all costs

September 10, 2013

The greatest success of the Internet — or perhaps its greatest flaw depending on how you look at it — is its openness. Everyone has access to it, everyone can use it. For better or for worse, the...

The importance of international relations

The importance of international relations

September 10, 2013

The field of international relations is becoming more and more relevant to today's society. No longer is spouting off facts about the world outside of the United States just a conversation starter, or...

Official portrait of President-elect Barack Obama on Jan. 13, 2009.

(Photo by Pete Souza)

Military intervention in Syria looking more likely

September 9, 2013

In an unprecedented turn of events, the Republican controlled House of Representatives is backing a decision made by President Barack Obama. Unfortunately, that decision happens to be on military intervention...

Time to act, not to talk

Time to act, not to talk

September 9, 2013

President Obama, in his weekly radio address to the nation, spoke at length about the need to improve our system of higher education. Much of it were things that he has already said before; providing cheaper...

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