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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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Jalyn Mcguffin (24) hitting a pitch during the second game of Colorado State vs. San Jose State University.

Colorado State battles Utah State in 3-game weekend series

Bryson Schminke, Sports Reporter April 4, 2022

The Colorado State University softball team battled against the Utah State University Aggies in a three-game series played in Logan, Utah, the weekend of April 1. The Rams were 3-3 in conference play while...

Dewayne Benjamin and Mayor Hancock

Pot hospitality arrives in Denver — is Fort Collins next?

Hayden Hawley, Cannabis Director April 4, 2022

Gov. Jared Polis joined the ceremonial ribbon cutting of Colorado’s first licensed cannabis consumption lounge last Wednesday. Tetra Private Lounge and Garden, located in Denver’s River North Art...

(Graphic Illustration by Trin Bonner | The Collegian)

Killed bill: Proposed worker cannabis use protections shut down in committee

Elizabeth White, Cannabis Reporter April 4, 2022

The Colorado House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor voted unanimously last month to kill House Bill 22-1152, a bill that would have prohibited employers from firing employees for their recreational...

A graphic of a ram with the phases of the moon around its head to the left of the words, Horoscopes by The Collegian, on a blue background of little constellations.

Horoscopes April 4-10

Hailee Stegall, Arts and Culture Writer April 3, 2022

Horoscopes can be applied to your sun, moon and rising signs. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18)  Treat yourself, Aquarius. If there’s something you’ve always wanted, now is the time! PISCES...

Fort Collins City Hall is located at 300 Laporte Avenue Nov. 8, 2020.

Access Fort Collins is a place for all your questions, requests

Piper Russell, News Reporter April 3, 2022

Editor’s Note: Read the Spanish version of this article here. Access Fort Collins is an online platform that allows Fort Collins residents to submit questions, comments, complaints and service requests...

Two people stand outside, smiling, in between two colorful pillars

ASCSU elections: Presidential and vice presidential write-in candidates Sam Moccia, Haydyn Deason

Serena Bettis, Content Managing Editor April 3, 2022

Editor's Note: Sam Moccia worked as a news reporter at The Collegian from August 2020 to March 2021. The Collegian is dedicated to giving all ASCSU candidates equal campaign coverage. The Associated...

Colorado State chair of the department of communication studies Greg Dickinson addresses the crowd at the ACT film festival March 31, 2022.

ACT Human Rights Film Festival premieres, discusses corruption

Kadyn Thorpe, Arts and Culture Reporter April 3, 2022

After two years, the ACT Human Rights Film Festival returned in person and ready to make up for lost time. From March 31 to April 3, the ACT Human Rights Film Festival held 12 human rights-related film...

10 female athletes at CSU you need to know

Ruby Kayser, Adah McMillan, and Savannah Brown April 3, 2022

Colorado State University is known to have very competitive women’s sports. However, female athletes are often overlooked. They don’t get the same attention, promotion or fan bases the men do, so here...

Rams track and field heats up, long distance women make history

Rams track and field heats up, long distance women make history

Braidon Nourse, Sports Reporter April 3, 2022

The Colorado State University Rams were back on the track this past weekend, competing in two meets across California. Most of the Rams competed in the 2022 West Coast Relays, hosted by California State...

(Graphic illustration by Chloe Leline | The Collegian)

Gross: Drag is an important piece of culture, so let’s normalize it

Dillon Gross, Collegian Columnist April 3, 2022
While many people are familiar with "drag" as a general term, not as many understand what drag really means and why it’s important for those who participate.  Drag is defined as "a type of entertainment where people dress up and perform, often in highly stylized ways." Typically, performers are known as "drag queens," meaning people, often men, that perform in feminine clothing, but "drag kings"— those who perform drag in masculine clothing — are also included in the scene. 
A CSU Surveillance Goose flies away from campus after being laid off due to having no students to watch amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Smack Attackit | The Wake Up Slap)

Seriously: CSU film students strap cameras to campus geese with shocking results

Callum Burke, Collegian Columnist April 3, 2022
In an outrageous attempt to enhance their video-taking capabilities, Colorado State University film students have pushed the boundaries yet again — only this time, it appears they have bitten off more than they can chew. Last week, film students attached a GoPro camera and GPS tile to a small collar and strapped it to a goose in hopes of attaining new point-of-view angles and potentially cool aerial perspectives of campus and Fort Collins. Unfortunately, they discovered events much more sinister than they could have ever imagined.
Rithik Correa, Associated Students of Colorado State University senator for International Programs, discusses how he is prepared for the Speaker of the Senate position during the candidate debate March 29, 2022.

All three speaker of the senate candidates receive vote of confidence after senate revote

Piper Russell, News Reporter April 2, 2022

The Associated Students of Colorado State University met March 30 for their 23rd session. ASCSU swore in their new Budgetary Affairs chair and heard a guest presentation on a dance marathon. ASCSU also...

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