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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

A protester holds up a sign stating the names of other people of color who have been killed by police, May 28. (Ben Leonard | The Collegian)

Leibee: What happened to George Floyd is unforgivable

Katrina Leibee May 29, 2020

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. "Hands up, don't shoot!" demonstrators...

Forrest Czarnecki, Editor-in-Chief. (Austin Fleskes | The Collegian)

Czarnecki: It wasn’t just good while it lasted, it was great

Forrest Czarnecki May 10, 2020

Dear readers,  How do you say goodbye to something that is part of your own identity, something that is so deeply ingrained into who you are that it’s impossible to winnow out? It’s hard for me to...

Austin Fleskes, Managing Editor. (Forrest Czarnecki | The Collegian)

Fleskes: I wrote my way out, and it was great: Goodbye Collegian

Austin Fleskes May 10, 2020

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. Dear reader, I thought of around a million...

The 2019-2020 Rocky Mountain Collegian Editorial Board poses for a photo Oct. 17. (Matt Tackett | The Collegian)

Waldman: Good riddance, I’ll miss you

Elena Waldman May 10, 2020

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. Saying goodbye to your college workplace is...

Ravyn Cullor, News Director. (Forrest Czarnecki | The Collegian)

Cullor: Good journalism is a practice in kindness

Ravyn Cullor May 10, 2020

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. Dear Collegian reader, My very first day working...

Photo Director Matt Tackett, Design Editor Amy Noble, Night Editor Anna Stewart, and Photo Editor Anna von Pechmann pose for a photo, Oct. 17. (Austin Fleskes | The Collegian)

Stewart: The Collegian gave me a home that I never expected

Anna Stewart May 10, 2020

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. It fills me with immense sadness to say goodbye...

Opinion Editor Leta McWilliams and Assistant Opinion Editor Abby Vander Graaff pose for a photo, Oct. 17. (Matt Tackett | The Collegian)

McWilliams: Thank you, Collegian: You gave me the home I needed

Leta McWilliams May 10, 2020

Editor’s Notes: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their tenure at CSU. It’s a weird feeling to look back on my...

Matt Bailey, News Editor. (Forrest Czarnecki | The Collegian)

Bailey: The Collegian allowed me to grow, take bigger risks

Matthew Bailey May 10, 2020

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. Dear reader, As I sit and type out this farewell...

A stack of three Collegian newspapers.

Goodbye from your 2020 opinion desk

Kenia Ortiz, Ethan Vassar, Shay Rego, and Fynn Bailey May 10, 2020

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. The 2019-20 school year has...

Fifty Shades of Shay. (Illustration by Rachel Macias | The Collegian)

Rego: Farewell Fifty Shades of Shay

Shay Rego May 10, 2020

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. Dear reader, It is with...

Vander Graaff: In dire situations, facts need to come first

Vander Graaff: In dire situations, facts need to come first

Abby Vander May 6, 2020

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. Recently, Colorado has shifted...

(Illustration by Amy Noble, Rachel Macias, Katrina Clasen | The Collegian)

Horoscopes 5/7/2020

Alisa Otte May 6, 2020

Aries (March 21-April 19) You’re wondering about the next steps, wondering how far you are free to wander. Who or what is keeping you grounded, keeping you from floating far away? Taurus (April...

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