Colorado State University's Board of Governors is planning a tuition increase for the coming year, which will continue to widen the gap between it and the national average for in-and-out-of-state tuition.Â
This new tuition increase comes amid a lot of turmoil regarding faculty and staff pay on campus, especially with Colorado’s minimum wage reaching $13.65 this year; however, is CSU really able to justify the rise in tuition considering the value of the degree the students leave with?Â
As a third-year Business Major at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, life was moving
very fast in the Spring of 2022. I was balancing a heavy class load and working 15-20 hours a week.
The summer months were on the horizon, and I had not yet secured an internship when I came across an
open position at CSU Spur. I decided to investigate further, but little did I know at the time that this was
going to be such an engaging and rewarding experience.
New Colorado State University President to be, Bamy Barson, announced her plan for an office of president administrative partnership with BigCorp last Thursday.
“During my time at BigCorp, I worked with a lot of good people,” said Barson in her announcement email. “They know how to best maximize profits while delivering top-notch service in flexible roles.”
First and foremost: Yes, Colorado State University has a Division I women's hockey team, and they're really good. The team is currently sitting at fourth in the standings with an 8-5-0 record to start the season. They've won multiple games with points in the double digits, including a 16-0 blowout against rival University of Wyoming.
Even with all their success, the team was the subject of sexist harassment that underscores a problematic culture within the hockey community.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 offers governmentally regulated protection from sex-based discrimination in schools and programs that are provided with federal financial assistance. It covers both educational and athletic activities, and you are more likely to hear about it when speaking of athletics.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, Title IX impacts “approximately 17,600 local school districts, over 5,000 postsecondary institutions and charter schools, for-profit schools, libraries and museums.”
The discussion of Title IX, specifically within a collegiate setting, is not uncommon. It is a topic mentioned in classrooms, lecture halls and even in passing conversations on campus among students. But seldom do those discussions lead beyond the notion of the amendment giving women equal opportunities within sports.Â
Although true, and playing a pivotal role in the popularity of Title IX, there is much more to the amendment than equal sporting opportunities that a regular student should be able to comprehend.Â
In 2019, Joyce McConnell was named the first woman president in Colorado State University's more than 150-year history. Then, over last summer and after a mutual agreement with the CSU System Board of Governors, her tenure of only three years came to an end.
The decision to let McConnell go was not only a shortsighted move for the university in a number of ways, but it also comes at a time when women's voices need to be elevated.
The social media platform Twitter is under new management, but whether it is going well is up for debate. Two Collegian reporters, Bella Eckburg and Michael Stella, face off in a head-to-head discourse...
A red wave was all pundits talked about in regard to the 2022 midterms, but when the votes were counted, it turned out to be more like a red drop.Â
The Democratic Party has many different voting blocs to be thankful for this post-election holiday season, but one they should be the most thankful for is the youth voters of America.Â
Social media can be utilized as a tool to stay up to date with friends and family, but it can also be used to perpetuate one’s views on issues around the world. How often have we gone on social media only to find an opposing opinion that makes us upset or angry? There is an appeal to finding these posts and joining in on the argument.Â
The social media sphere holds the opinions of many of our friends and family, and in an era of political divisiveness and significant decision making, there are always differing opinions to be found. Conversations that would not be had in person are written out online under the shield of a profile picture. There is a particular thrill to being angry, and this anger is extremely easy to find on any social media platform.Â
Well, folks, it's that time of year. The mountains are constantly dumping snow, the temperatures are remaining brisk and, as a result, nearly every resort is now officially open to snowboarders and skiers for the 2022-23 season. Let us rejoice in the good news!Â
For most Colorado natives, this is a sacred time of year full of possibilities on the slopes. Maybe it's a new trick in the terrain park or a new run at a favorite resort begging to be shredded, but nothing but positive thoughts should be streaming through hopeful minds.Â
Dylan Tusinski, Staff Reporter
• November 29, 2022
This November's midterm elections definitively proved what many political analysts and armchair pundits have been saying for years: Colorado is now a blue state.
For the last couple of decades, Colorado has been a fierce battleground state. It's flip-flopped from Democrats to Republicans a number of times over the last 30 years, with both parties running competitive campaigns that earned large swaths of the state's votes.
Claire VanDeventer and Chloe Rios • August 12, 2026
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