Michael Giles, Sports Reporter/ Photographer
• February 10, 2022
In tonight's game, the Colorado State University women’s basketball team took on Utah State University during an orange out game. The Colorado State Rams defeated the Aggies in a close battle, winning...
Update: 5:41 p.m.
Wednesday evening, Fort Collins Police published a press release detailing the investigation into the crash between a Toyota 4Runner and a pedestrian at the intersection of Laurel...
Bailey Shepherd, Sports Reporter
• February 9, 2022
What would you do to stand up for what you believe in? To what lengths would you be willing to go? Would you stand boldly in the face of authority to have your voice heard? Would you raise your voice,...
Maddy Erskine, Arts and Culture Editor
• February 9, 2022
From 1995 to 2015, Fort Collins was enforcing an unconstitutional panhandling ordinance. Panhandling is "to stop people on the street and ask for food or money," according to Merriam-Webster. Violation...
Nathaniel McKissick, Collegian Columnist
• February 9, 2022
In recent years, the internet has become a hotbed of misinformation. In 1710, Jonathan Swift mused that “falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it.” Three centuries later, and this quote still rings true, especially on social media platforms where the truth often goes unchecked by the everyday user.
COVID-19 plunged us face-first into an era that exacerbated this issue even further, giving rise to misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine, the coronavirus itself, ostensible treatments like Ivermectin and ultraviolet therapy, mask sentiments and more.
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College campuses have been a hotspot for political protests and demonstrations of free speech since their beginnings. In America, many impactful campus protests happened in the late 1960s and early '70s...
Freedom of speech is perhaps the most divisive of the rights so long ago promised to Americans. The extent to which it protects our speech and actions is constantly debated in a multitude of social arenas,...
Lindsay Barker, Cannabis Reporter
• February 8, 2022
Cannabis companies are extremely limited in what language and images they can use in advertising. In order to continue attracting customers, businesses have to devise creative alternative marketing strategies to skirt these laws.
Chase Hontz, Collegian Columnist
• February 8, 2022
Following the emergence and sustained spread of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years, our nation has been hit with a slew of complex issues stemming from the deadly disease. No issue has been more prominent and dangerous than the spread of COVID-19 misinformation that has seemingly become common practice for attention-seeking media personalities across the country.
Two years into this unprecedented health crisis, it seems that many among the media have taken it upon themselves to act as self-declared medical experts. There are no two better current examples of this than Fox News host Tucker Carlson and immensely popular podcaster Joe Rogan.
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