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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

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Allison Hall, located on the north side of campus, faces Laurel Street March 9, 2024.

Recent dorm, building construction modernizes CSU’s historic campus

Claire VanDeventer, Staff Reporter August 20, 2025

Over the past few years, Colorado State University students and faculty have shared their historic campus with construction crews, navigating detours amid sounds of banging and drilling. The modernization...

Image of cartoon scale on top of two books.

Departing schools sue Mountain West over exit fees, early GCU addition

Michael Hovey, Sports Editor August 19, 2025

The Mountain West’s legal battle with the Pac-12 and the five schools set to leave it isn’t slowing down. As the 2025-26 athletic season approaches, Boise State, Colorado State and Utah State —...

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Horoscopres Aug. 19-25

Chloe Waskey, News Editor August 19, 2025

Welcome back from summer break, Rams, and a special warm welcome goes out to all the newcomers. This summer marked the peak of our 2025 transformation and brought on several major collective energy shifts,...

Incoming Colorado State University first-year students gather on the Intramural Fields during the annual Ram Welcome Carnival Aug. 15, 2024. Every fall semester, CSU hosts a variety of games, activities, musicians and events to welcome new students.

Incoming Rams: Explore FoCo the right way with this guide

Hannah Parcells, Managing Editor August 19, 2025

The first few weeks of college can be weird. Everyone is bombarded with new faces, new routines and the overwhelming realization that dessert can be eaten for every meal, if desired. But while it’s tempting...

Colorado State University football players run onto the field to start a spring football scrimmage April 26.

CSU football preview 2025: Rams aim for impactful last season in Mountain West

Sophie Webb, Sports Editor August 18, 2025

And so the final chapter begins.  As this will be the final season Colorado State football competes in the Mountain West before moving to the Pac-12, 2025 marks the Rams’ last chance to make a statement...

Photo Courtesy of Sarah Lillis

CSU Make & Mend workshop inspires pragmatic, innovative sustainability

Yoleni Paulo, Staff Reporter August 17, 2025

On the first Saturday of every month, a quiet classroom inside the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising transforms into a lively creative space. Thread, fabric scraps and sewing needles scatter across...

An 800-square-foot plot at The Gardens on Spring Creek features a variety of traditional Indigenous crops, grown without pesticides, to honor Native American food traditions July 18.

The Gardens on Spring Creek celebrate, cultivate Indigenous heritage

Ella Dorpinghaus, Staff Reporter August 16, 2025

Producing 378 pounds of fresh produce and providing a community gathering space, the Indigenous Garden at The Gardens on Spring Creek aims to celebrate and support Indigenous heritage. The Native Community...

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...

Signs around campus direct new Colorado State University students and their families to Ram Orientation where they attend informational sessions, meet their peers and prepare for the upcoming school year July 18.

Incoming students share first impressions of CSU at orientation

Chloe Waskey, News Editor August 15, 2025

All incoming first-year students at Colorado State University are required to attend a two-day orientation, giving them the opportunity to form their first impressions of the Ram lifestyle before...

(Graphic Illustration by Lee Billiot | The Collegian)

Lorde creates contemporary yet unique soundscape with ‘Virgin’

Willow Engle, Copy Chief August 15, 2025

In each of her four major releases since her explosive debut album “Pure Heroine,” Lorde seems to hold a mirror to her face and deliver an entire sonic landscape based on that specific moment in time....

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...

Gallery: Professional Bull Riders take on Canvas Stadium

Erica Pickering, Staff Photographer August 15, 2025

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