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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

The Student News Site of Colorado State University

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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The total solar eclipse, as seen from Casper, Wyoming at approximately 11:43 am on Monday, August 21st, 2017 (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

Solar eclipse chasers double Wyoming’s population

Julia Trowbridge • August 22, 2017

Hundreds of thousands of people flooded across Wyoming on Monday, taking over Walmart parking lots, campgrounds, and highways to catch a glimpse of a two-minute and 26-second celestial event. Viewers...

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Professors cancel Monday classes for solar eclipse

Austin Fleskes • August 22, 2017

While Colorado State University plans its class schedules years in advance and rarely cancels classes, many faculty members cancelled their Monday classes to allow students the chance to witness the...

Truman Scholarship winners Francis Commercon and Kiloaulani Ka'awa-Gonzales  (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

Two CSU students declared Truman scholars

Mikaela Rodenbaugh • April 25, 2017
CSU junior Fish Wildlife and Conservation Biology majors Francis Commerçon and Kiloaulani Ka'awa Gonzales have won the prestigious Truman Scholarship. It is rare for two students from the same university and in the same major to be selected as Truman scholars together.
Students pose with a compost bin in one of CSU's dining halls. (Photo courtesy of Dominique Ashe)

Allison Hall to receive new compost bins

Piper Davis • April 19, 2017

Allison Hall recently received funding from the Associated Students of Colorado State University for a three-compartment compost bin on April 12. Dominique Ashe, a sophomore studying human dimensions...

Blake Edwards, a freshman computer science major, received an NFC chip implant in his left hand to be used for controlling some wireless devices and writing information to. (Davis Bonner | Collegian)

CSU student discusses computer chip implant

Haley Candelario • April 17, 2017

Freshman computer science major Blake Edwards has an ability rare among others: he can use a near-field communication chip located in his hand to interact with technology. The NFC chip, which holds...

The Monfort Quad in front of the Animal Sciences building is rumored to be the building site for the JBS Global Food Innovation Center. (Sarah Ehrlich | Collegian)

On-campus meat harvest facility sparks controversy

Haley Candelario • April 12, 2017

Some students have expressed outrage and started a petition in response to the announcement that Colorado State University will build a new facility that houses a meat harvesting facility, which some students...

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