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‘It’s going to happen to someone else’: Students allege use of date-rape drugs at off-campus fraternity parties, accuse CSU of inaction

Hannah Parcells, Managing Editor • October 9, 2024
Editor’s Note: Trigger warning: This story contains mentions of nonconsensual drug use and references sexual assault. All names have been changed.   When then-first-year Jane Davis left her dorm room to go to an off-campus party February this year, she didn’t think she would be in the hospital the next morning. Davis was drugged at the party she attended with her friends the night before, hosted by members of Colorado State University's chapter of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity at an off-campus house. What followed was several months of repeatedly being told nothing could be done, an experience that left Davis feeling ignored by the people and systems that were supposed to protect her.
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Eckburg: We shouldn’t have to justify absences

Bella Eckburg, Opinion Director • February 1, 2023
College life can act as a bridge to your adulthood and career — you take specialized classes while often working or maintaining an internship, and that can be a lot of stress! Sometimes, college life can make you feel like your brain is melting.  So, when those days pop up, and you’ve realized it’s mid-week and you have not had a single day that was not dedicated to working a full shift or attending a full course load — or both! — and your brain melt is fully initiated, it’s okay to skip class. 
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Health Network hosts free voice workshop for trans students

Barnaby Atwood, Staff Reporter • January 30, 2023

The Colorado State University Health Network's Transgender Health Team is co-hosting voice workshops with the Pride Resource Center for transgender and nonbinary students Jan. 31 to Feb. 2. Jan. 31...

Artist Nicholas Galanin speaks about his mural in the Lory Student Center

Indigenous artist brings his artistic philosophy to campus

Katherine Borsting, Staff Reporter • January 26, 2023

Art is a form of storytelling, and it is able to convey information the spoken word often cannot. It is commonly left to the viewer to decide what emotions to feel or what questions to ask. Many use...

Patricia Vigil gives Alfreda “Freda” Whaley, a residential dining employee, the Multicultural Staff and Faculty Network

Foundry worker Freda Whaley falls into early retirement

Samy Gentle, News Reporter • January 25, 2023

Freda Whaley had been working at Colorado State University since 1989. Most recently, she worked for Housing and Dining Services at The Foundry dining center. That was until Sept. 5, 2022, when she —...

A group of Fort Collins locals begin a march down The Oval at Colorado State University Jan. 22. The march was in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, which was overturned in June 2022. Protesters gathered to support women's rights.

Local activists march in support of reproductive justice

Alexander Wilson, Social Media Coordinator • January 24, 2023

Around 50 people surrounded The Oval Sunday afternoon holding signs with phrases like, “Keep your rosaries off our ovaries.” As the people began chanting, “I will go to jail for justice,” alongside...

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Eckburg: A tuition increase is not the answer, students assemble

Bella Eckburg, Opinion Director • January 19, 2023
Colorado State University's Board of Governors is planning a tuition increase for the coming year, which will continue to widen the gap between it and the national average for in-and-out-of-state tuition.  This new tuition increase comes amid a lot of turmoil regarding faculty and staff pay on campus, especially with Colorado’s minimum wage reaching $13.65 this year; however, is CSU really able to justify the rise in tuition considering the value of the degree the students leave with? 
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