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Goodbye from your 2020 opinion desk

Kenia Ortiz, Ethan Vassar, Shay Rego, and Fynn Bailey
May 10, 2020
Freshmen Mark Currie, left, and Ben Boucher walk past the Corbett parking lot to their dorm Sunday evening. Starting today, the Corbett parking lot will be closed to make room for Laurel Village, the new student housing project scheduled to be completed in Fall of 2014.

Ortiz: A letter of advice and support to CSU resident assistants

Kenia Ortiz
May 5, 2020
Greta Thunberg addresses climate strikers at Civic Center Park in Denver. (Photo courtesy of Andy Bosselman, Streetsblog Denver via Flickr)

Ortiz: Greta Thunberg sticker indicates toxic masculinity, rape culture

Kenia Ortiz
March 8, 2020
Family plays in park. (Photo Via Flickr)

Ortiz: Toxic parents deserve to be cut out

Kenia Ortiz
March 3, 2020
Ortiz: The importance of 'Hair Love' winning an Oscar

Ortiz: The importance of ‘Hair Love’ winning an Oscar

Kenia Ortiz
February 20, 2020
Senator Bernie Sanders spoke about his presidential campaign at Moby Arena at Colorado State University. The caucus in Colorado was March 1, 2016. (Collegian file photo)

Ortiz: Bernie Sanders is a good choice for students

Kenia Ortiz
February 17, 2020
emergency contraception (Courtesy of Pixabay) https://pixabay.com/photos/emergency-contraception-4767936/

Ortiz: Emergency contraceptives are noninclusive

Kenia Ortiz
February 6, 2020
Seriously: 5 ways to be a great student and classmate

Seriously: 5 ways to be a great student and classmate

Kenia Ortiz
January 30, 2020
Pile of move-in items outside Newsom Hall on Aug. 22. (Anna von Pechmann | Collegian)

Ortiz: Stop making assumptions about those who withdraw from college

Kenia Ortiz
January 29, 2020
Fort Collins residents gathered for peaceful protest in light of the recent presidential election at Civic Center Park for the Peace and Solidarity Rally hosted by Fort Collins for Progress.

Ortiz: We need to stop protecting acts of hate

Kenia Ortiz
December 12, 2019
Kidnapped Runaway Poster Street Missing Person (Courtesy of Max Pixel)

Ortiz: Students should know about Black, Indigenous women going missing

Kenia Ortiz
December 9, 2019
Ortiz: Thanksgiving history makes the holiday not worth celebrating

Ortiz: Thanksgiving history makes the holiday not worth celebrating

Kenia Ortiz
November 27, 2019
An alter created by Gloria García Díaz titled “Honoring My Father,” is displayed in honor of Day of the Dead at the Global Village Museum Oct. 8. Díaz is a bilingual Mexican writer, essayist, and poet who has lived with her family in Fort Collins, Colorado for over a decade. (Colin Shepherd | The Collegian)

Ortiz: Stop misinterpreting Día de los Muertos

Kenia Ortiz
November 5, 2019
Photo courtesy of Perdo Ferreria

Ortiz: Halloween is not an excuse to culturally appropriate

Kenia Ortiz
October 27, 2019
Picture of Gina Rodriguez at a movie premiere (Courtesy of Wiki Commons)

Ortiz: The N-word doesn’t belong to the Latinx community

Kenia Ortiz
October 21, 2019
Armando Silva, a Greeley based Latino artist, live paints a portrait of what he hears from the five Latina women's stories at FoCo Speaks Ciencia! All of the money raised at the event went to CienciaPR, a Puerto Rican non-profit that encourages young women to pursue science (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

Ortiz: Powerful Latin women deserve recognition

Kenia Ortiz
October 7, 2019
Gender roles and sexuality within LGBTQ relationships have been widely misunderstood. Photo by Erin Douglas.

Ortiz: Sex education has yet to be more inclusive

Kenia Ortiz
October 2, 2019
El Centro in the Lory Student Center on September 16. The office is one of the resources that helps support Colorado State’s Latinx community. (Ryan Schmidt | Collegian)

Ortiz: The Latinx community needs to start recognizing Afro-Latinx as Latinx

Kenia Ortiz
September 23, 2019
A tray of free condoms at the Colorado State University Health Center. The Health Network at CSU provides a variety of sexual health resources to students. (Skyler Pradhan | Collegian)

Ortiz: Talking openly about sex encourages safe sex, not more sex

Kenia Ortiz
September 8, 2019
Students scream and cheat for Nico and Vinz at the Ramfest 2014 Homecoming Concert in Moby Arena on Friday night.

Seriously: Jonas Brothers will perform at RamFest 2019

Kenia Ortiz
August 7, 2019
Students from the Poudre School District hold signs in Old Town Square Plaza on Feb. 27, 2018, during the Walk Out protest. The protest was held by students, parents, and community members to pay respects to the children killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14, 2018, and to request better gun safety laws and regulations. (Colin Shepherd | Collegian)

Ortiz: We need to prioritize people’s safety over right to bear arms

Kenia Ortiz
August 4, 2019
The "Free Speech" Wall on the CSU Plaza. (Tony Villalobos May| Collegian

Leibee and Ortiz: We are still learning about inclusive language, just like everyone else

Kenia Ortiz and Katrina Leibee
July 31, 2019
Ortiz: The new "Lion King" is for adults ONLY

Ortiz: The new “Lion King” is for adults ONLY

Kenia Ortiz
July 23, 2019
A bee lands on a "Sombrero Grande Gold" echinacea flower at the UCA Trial Gardens. (Ashley Potts | Collegian)

Ortiz: 21 reasons I’ve learned that summer isn’t paradise

Kenia Ortiz
July 7, 2019
Ortiz: Don't use Kodi Lee as your inspiration porn

Ortiz: Don’t use Kodi Lee as your inspiration porn

Kenia Ortiz
June 18, 2019
A woman walks up stairs outside near the north side of the LSC May 3. The northern end of the LSC, including the bookstore and the Adult Learner and Veteran Services center, might be part of a planned renovation. (Ryan Schmidt | Collegian)

Ortiz: Don’t let colorism stop you from enjoying your summer

Kenia Ortiz
May 8, 2019
Colorado State University student uses Canvas to check homework assignments. Photo Illustration. (Collegian | Clara Scholtz)

Ortiz: First generation students should have extra support

Kenia Ortiz
April 24, 2019
Students sitting in a mostly empty lecture hall. (Matt Tackett | Collegian)

Ortiz: You have no business saying the N-word if you’re not Black

Kenia Ortiz
March 25, 2019
The counseling services are offered at the Health and Medical Center of Colorado State University located on the third floor.(By:Mackenzie Boltz | Collegian)

Ortiz: We need representation when it comes to counseling

Kenia Ortiz
March 12, 2019
A child, next to a bubble, looks at the camera. Photo provided by Sally Wynn via pixabay.

Ortiz: ‘F*ck them Kids’ is a progressive statement

Kenia Ortiz
February 27, 2019
The United Women of Color club hosted a hair show as one of CSU's Black History Month events. Here is a model from the theme section Cornrows/Braids. (Susie Heath | The Collegian)

Ortiz: Educational institutions uphold racist beauty standards

Kenia Ortiz
February 25, 2019
The future of technology is coming to CSU Friday, April 13th for the ISTeC Symposium. (Photo by Jonathan Walls/Info Media)

Ortiz: There is a thin line between on-screen problematic characters and real life

Kenia Ortiz
February 19, 2019
The Netflix original series "Love" returns for its third and final season. Photo courtesy of Netflix.

Ortiz: Our generation is normalizing toxic relationships

Kenia Ortiz
January 29, 2019
Students enter and exit class at the largest lecture hall in the Andrew G. Clark building on Oct. 29. (Matt Begeman | Collegian)

It’s okay to not want to go home in college

Kenia Ortiz
January 23, 2019
The Lory Student Center provides many resources to Colorado State University and the community as well as hosts hundreds of events each year. (Matt Begeman | Collegian)

Ortiz: CSU does not force inclusive language; we embrace it

Kenia Ortiz
November 29, 2018
Students climb the stairs to the second floor of the CSU Health Fair. (Anna Baize | Collegian)

Ortiz: Teaching CSU students seizure first aid is important

Kenia Ortiz
November 14, 2018
CSU students walking to their next class on Friday. (Devin Cornelius | Collegian)

Seriously: CSU in search of their first supreme witch

Kenia Ortiz
October 29, 2018
(Photo courtesy of Karla Cote)

Ortiz: Keep hate groups out of CSU

Kenia Ortiz
October 24, 2018
The Fort Collins Museum of Art was originally Fort Collins first post office, and before that a cemetery. It's no surprise employees of the museum and Blue Agave Grill have had experiences with one particular spirit, nicknamed George. (Sarah Ehrlich | Collegian)

Seriously: Ghosts of CSU demand recognition

Kenia Ortiz
October 23, 2018
The Latin American Students and Scholars Association performed a traditional dance in flowing white dresses and colorful flowers titled Raíces Latinas, which translates to "Latin roots" at the 2017 CSU World Unity Fair. (Brooke Buchan | Collegian)

Ortiz: Acknowledge Latinx contributions to America

Kenia Ortiz
October 9, 2018
Danzantes Folkloricos from Fort Collins celebrate El Grito by performing traditional mexican dances on the Plaza Friday night. El Grito de Dolores is a holiday on Sept. 16 that honors of the cry for independence by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla which sparked revolution in 1810.

Ortiz: Latinx Heritage Month is more than celebrating culture

Kenia Ortiz
September 30, 2018
CSU student activists stand in solidarity with Native American students in front of the Administration building. Some Native American students have put together personal testimonies on microaggressions and racism, like the recent campus tour incident, and ideas on how to improve the college experience of Native American students. (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

Ortiz: Acknowledge the stolen land CSU stands on

Kenia Ortiz
September 13, 2018
Kate Amsden, right, a second year RA in Parmele Hall, checks in with her residents Monday night. A Resident Assistant helps develop community for students living in the halls.

Ortiz: Residents assistants are new students’ best resource

Kenia Ortiz
August 21, 2018
Students, faculty and administrators gather on the CSU plaza Thursday afternoon for CSUnite. (Field Peterson | Collegian)

Ortiz: Be careful CSU, your microaggressions are showing

Kenia Ortiz
July 19, 2018
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