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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

Seymour: Social media glamorizes the roommate connection

Seymour: Social media glamorizes the roommate connection

Charlotte Seymour, Collegian Columnist August 23, 2025

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by The Collegian or its editorial board. When I was preparing to start...

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Vogl: Make mistakes your first year at CSU

Claire Vogl, Executive Editor August 21, 2025

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by The Collegian or its editorial board. As this newspaper lies on...

Bisant: New student events aren't the best way to make friends

Bisant: New student events aren’t the best way to make friends

Hayley Bisant, Collegian Columnist August 21, 2025

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by The Collegian or its editorial board. University tour guides and...

LFTE: As the 2025-26 school year begins, we welcome you home, Rams

LFTE: As the 2025-26 school year begins, we welcome you home, Rams

Allie Seibel, Editor in Chief August 15, 2025

Dear readers, Welcome to the 2025-26 school year, and more importantly, welcome home to Fort Collins! Whether you are an incoming senior like myself, returning to campus with a bittersweet lump in your...

Engle: AI is incompatible with education

Engle: AI is incompatible with education

Willow Engle, Copy Chief August 15, 2025

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by The Collegian or its editorial board. Artificial intelligence...

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LTTE: The staff was removed; the ceremony continues

Guest Author June 25, 2025

The day Rory Spotted Horse stood at a Fort Collins City Council meeting with his eagle feather staff and was told to remove it was not the beginning of the story — and it will not be the end. To many,...

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Weishaar: My preconceived notions of college were wrong

Audrey Weishaar, Collegian Columnist May 2, 2025
I cannot believe I have already been a college student for a year. I could have sworn I just got here. Now that I have been through the ringer, I have been thinking about everything the media and my parents told me about college — and how inaccurate these sources were when compared to my actual experience as a first-year.
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Greene: How I found my place at CSU as a marginalized student

Navaeh Greene, Collegian Columnist May 2, 2025

Editor’s Note: All opinion section content reflects the views of the individual author only and does not represent a stance taken by The Collegian or its editorial board. I identify as a Black, queer...

Dominique Lopez

Lopez: A journey of truth — my sincerest farewells to The Collegian

Dominique Lopez, Opinion Editor May 1, 2025
If you would have told freshman me that four years later, I would be managing the role of opinion editor, assistant manager and full-time student I would have laughed and thought you were lying. But I wouldn’t change a thing about how these last four years of college have gone.
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Arndt: Thanks for everything, Collegian

Christian Arndt, Life and Culture Editor May 1, 2025

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their tenure at CSU. When I first joined Colorado State University,...

Trin Bonner

Bonner: Thank you for letting me be part of your history

May 1, 2025

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their tenure at CSU. I started as illustration editor at The...

Garrett Mogel

Mogel: Yay journalism

Garrett Mogel, Photo Director May 1, 2025

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their tenure at CSU. With a day left until the deadline for these...

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