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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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Thankful for armpit hair

Thankful for armpit hair

November 27, 2012

Over the past couple years I have developed a tradition of bringing international friends home with me over Thanksgiving break. Highlights of the trip always include sharing a traditional meal from...

Staff Sgt. Christopher R. Gordon is a military training instructor at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He is the face of the Air Force for hundreds of trainees throughout the year and molds recruits through a recently overhauled and expanded Air Force Basic Military Training that focuses on a ‘warrior first’ philosophy.  (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

U.S. Military should stop victim-blaming at Lackland

November 27, 2012

While Obama’s commitment to keeping 10,000 troops in Afghanistan until 2014 has been making headlines across the globe, another ongoing military issue deserves attention closer to home. Since Nov....

In defense of a journalism major

In defense of a journalism major

November 26, 2012

This Thanksgiving break, in between getting beaten during the Turkey Trot by a nursing home running club, impulsively buying P90x after the worst food coma of my life and seeing “The Twilight Saga: Breaking...

Mortality awareness and indiscriminate compassion

Mortality awareness and indiscriminate compassion

November 26, 2012

A little imagination can go a long way. I have always believed that if one deliberately commits to introspectively altering their perception of varying phenomena — from humanity, to abstract ideas,...

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’Tis the season to shop local

November 26, 2012

People waited in lines outside of Best Buys and other retail stores through frigid fall nights for days, camping out in anticipation of Black Friday. The shiniest new goods on the shelf and mythical deals...

Buying LSD on Ebay: Welcome to Silk Road

Buying LSD on Ebay: Welcome to Silk Road

November 16, 2012

Some people have been saying recently that the legalization of marijuana in our state is a definitive blow to the War on Drugs in the US. While the importance of this legislation cannot be overlooked,...

Give thanks, you’ve no reason not to

Give thanks, you’ve no reason not to

November 16, 2012

The time of year has come. The time of year where we say thanks to everyone and everything in our life that we have been so blessed with. Where we remember the Pilgrims and the Native Americans who came...

The “great” outdoors are unreasonably worrisome

The “great” outdoors are unreasonably worrisome

November 15, 2012

Kevin Bartz’ column, with all its worldly wisdom about hiking trails and the great outdoors, will not be featured today. Instead, I’m going to cover for him. I know things about what goes on...

What Texas should focus on (other than seceding)

What Texas should focus on (other than seceding)

November 15, 2012

The petition to peacefully grant the state of Texas permission to withdraw from the United States of America has 109,119 signatures at the time of writing. That’s 84,119 signatures more than needed to...

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