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Allam Awad Bushara, commonly greeted by as “Sudi” is a Colorado State University honorable track and field star.

Black student-athletes fight for social justice on social media

Michael Giles, Sports Reporter • February 8, 2022
“I'm only an athlete for a certain amount of time while I'm an African American male all of the time” David Aggrey.
The bar of The Magic Rat showcases the nights entertainment in lights at the Elizabeth Hotel Jan 26. The open mic event was hosted by K Colorado State University radio station partnered with Land of Bands.

Fort Collins’ music scene fosters artistic free speech

JD Meltzner, Opinion Editor • February 8, 2022

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,...

A billboard stands advertising Flower Power Botanicals Feb. 6.

Dispensaries work around strict advertising regulations

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.
(Graphic Illustration by Charles Cohen | The Collegian)

Hontz: Media personalities have an ongoing war with truth

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.
A Cheba Hut employee takes a sandwich out of the toaster.

Cheba Hut: Free speech, the restaurant

Hayden Hawley, Cannabis Director • February 7, 2022
In its lifetime, Cheba Hut has grown from a local curiosity to the nation’s foremost weed-themed sub place.
(Graphic Illustration by Charles Cohen | The Collegian)

A recent history of First Amendment conflicts on campus

Austria Cohn, News Reporter • February 7, 2022

Colorado State University has experienced many freedom of speech issues in which the administration's decision for action did not sit well with students. Below are some of the most controversial freedom...

(Graphic illustration by Allie Watkinson | The Collegian)

Head to Head: The Stump debate

February 6, 2022

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. Two columnists debate the...

Landscape photo of Red Fox Meadow Natural Area on a beautiful Fall Day, Oct. 24

Breve historia de los pueblos indígenas en el norte de Colorado

Austria Cohn and Sarahy Quintana • December 8, 2021
Fort Collins y el norte de Colorado pertenecían originalmente a los pueblos indígenas antes de la llegada de los colonos europeos, que llegaron y robaron la tierra.
Landscape photo of Red Fox Meadow Natural Area on a beautiful Fall Day, Oct. 24

A brief history of Indigenous peoples in Northern Colorado

Austria Cohn, News Reporter • December 1, 2021
Fort Collins and Northern Colorado originally belonged to Indigenous people prior to the arrival of European settlers, who came and stole the land. 
Two people sit looking out over Horsetooth Reservoir

A timeline of Indigenous and settler history in the Fort Collins area

Katrina Leibee, Editor-in-Chief • November 18, 2021
It was from 12,000 B.C. to 5500 B.C.E that the Clovis, Folsom, Agate Basin, Hell Cap, Cody, Firstview and Kersey cultural groups inhabited Northern Colorado.
How we are covering George Flyd/BLM protests

LFTE: History is not black and white: Why we made this special edition

Katrina Leibee and Serena Bettis • November 18, 2021
As November is Indigenous History Month, and The Collegian staff has many history buffs in its midst, we wanted to create a special edition that would incorporate the history of this land and the stories of this City and campus that we call home. The intent of this publication is to learn and understand what came before us, while both celebrating and critiquing our roots, both at Colorado State University and in the Northern Colorado area. 
5 Books to read to learn about indigenous perspectives of history.

5 books you should read on Indigenous history, perspectives

Ivy Secrest • November 18, 2021

It is so easy to practice mindless advocacy: speaking on behalf of groups you don't understand and can never be a part of. Indigenous groups are often included in this kind of allyship.  It is easy...

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