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LFTE: Why we’re celebrating Student Press Freedom Day

Serena Bettis, Content Managing Editor February 24, 2022

Editor’s Note: All letters from the editor reflect the views of the editorial board only and does not represent a stance taken by The Collegian. Today is a beautiful day because today is Student Press...

Nicole Lynn Lewis appearing virtually to give a speech on Feb. 21.22.

Black History Month speaker talks reality of student parenting

Katrina Leibee, Editor in Chief February 24, 2022

As Black History Month comes to an end, Colorado State University is still packing its schedule with events and keynote speakers. Monday, Feb. 21, campus community members had the privilege of hearing...

The Women's Basketball team stands for the National Anthem.

CSU women’s hoops to host state pride — 2nd to last home game

Taylor Paumen, Sports Director February 24, 2022

The Colorado State University women’s basketball team will host their second to last home game of the season this Thursday, Feb. 24, at 6 p.m. against San Diego State University for the state pride game.  The...

Stella: Spirit, Frontier merger is concerning for workers, consumers

Stella: Spirit, Frontier merger is concerning for workers, consumers

Michael Stella, Collegian Columnist February 24, 2022
Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines announced Feb. 7 that they will be merging to form the fifth-largest airline. Frontier and Spirit are both low-fare airlines, and part of their plan to merge was so they could offer even better fare rates for their customers. It is hard to trust the word of major corporations, especially when they merge and eliminate competition — a contributing force of lower prices.  Having one less airline to employ workers means that there are fewer competing airlines to provide the best wages and benefits to attract workers to their companies. 
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NFTs mine their way into the cannabis industry

Grayson Acri, Cannabis Reporter February 24, 2022

In the name of transparency, the author of this article has holdings in $GUSD, $ETH, $MATIC and $ATOM cryptocurrencies. A new partnership between cryptocurrency and cannabis has been budding.  Cannabis...

Chandler Jacobs (13) and Dichon Jacobs (11) celebrate together after the CSU basketball game vs University of Wyoming at Moby Arena

CSU men’s basketball gets revenge in sold-out Border War

Taylor Paumen, Sports Director February 24, 2022

The Colorado State University men’s basketball team hosted the University of Wyoming tonight for part two of the Border War. With the fourth straight sellout of the season and fans dressed in white,...

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Triumph and scandal: What happened in the Winter Olympics

Braidon Nourse, Sports Reporter February 23, 2022

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are in the books.  This year’s Olympics had everything: scandal, heartbreak, outstanding and world-record performances — and the games did not disappoint.  Norway...

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La libertad de expresión está a salvo en CSU – ¿debería estarlo también el discurso de odio?

Dylan Tusinski and Florentino Aguilera February 23, 2022

Nota del editor: Puedes leer la versión en ingles de este artículo aquí. Traducción de Florentino Aguilera El semestre pasado, dos predicadores llegaron a La Plaza. De acuerdo con reportes...

Morgan Parriott, known by the artist name Call Me Karizma, stands onstage at the beginning of his set at The Coast in Fort Collins Feb. 19.

National and local musical talents collide at The Coast

Noah Pasley, News Editor February 23, 2022

An electric atmosphere came to Fort Collins this past Saturday as music lovers braced for Call Me Karizma's Bleached Serpent Tour Part II to come to The Coast — the first show of the second leg of the...

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Netflix’s new dark comedy-thriller will keep you guessing

Kadyn Thorpe, Arts & Culture February 23, 2022
"The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window" (yes, it is a mouthful) was released on Netflix in late January. In just one weekend, the deadpan show held a spot on Netflix’s Top 10 list, and people were obsessed. 

SpaceX launches new weather satellite sensor TEMPEST-D2

Piper Russell, News Reporter February 23, 2022

SpaceX, an aerospace company, recently launched a satellite sensor developed by researchers at Colorado State University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Christian Kummerow, an investigator for...

The Kremlin sits on the Moskva River in Moscow, Russia Dec. 17, 2012.

Henry: Putin’s bully politics won’t work — U.S. should get involved

Brendan Henry, Collegian Columnist February 23, 2022
All right Vladimir Putin, how about we cool it for a bit? This whole invading and annexing sovereign nations thing is a little outdated. Do you really want your future war crimes to be livestreamed to the entire world? The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics collapsed at the end of 1991, resulting in the USSR losing its economically important satellite nations and the gained independence of Ukraine, among others. Now the only thing exported by Russia on a major scale is oil and petrol, and this, coupled with the desire to regain previously held land, seems to lead their president, Putin, to want to annex Ukraine.
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