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Fort Collins volunteers draw 9-mile chalk memorial for children killed in Gaza

Isabella Becker, Staff Reporter • October 8, 2024

On the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 6, several volunteers from the Northern Colorado Liberation Coalition came together one day before the anniversary of the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war Oct. 7, 2023. The...

Colorado State University forward Isaiah Stevens (4) shoots the ball while being guarded by a Utah State University player

CSU student section verbally harasses USU’s Ukrainian guard

Karsyn Lane, Sports Director • February 5, 2023

Colorado State University's student section shouted "Russia" toward Utah State University Ukrainian guard Max Shulga during last night's matchup against the Aggies in Moby Arena. Following the basketball...

Black History Month shows the 'Blackprint' for American culture

Black History Month shows the ‘Blackprint’ for American culture

Ivy Secrest, Life and Culture Director • January 30, 2023

As Black History Month approaches, the Black/African American Cultural Center at Colorado State University prepares for a series of events that will celebrate students and their heritage. Guided by...

The Health and Medical Center, located on Lake Street and College Avenue

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...

Rams throwers push through scheduling issues at CU Boulder

Rams throwers push through scheduling issues at CU Boulder

Dylan Heinrich, Staff Reporter • January 30, 2023

The Colorado State University track and field team competed in Boulder, Colorado, for the second time in two weeks at the Colorado Invitational. The meet had some early hiccups that complicated things...

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...

The Colorado State University women's basketball team lines up for the National Anthem at Moby Arena Jan. 21. Each player wore the name of a cancer patient on their jersey for the fourth annual Fight Like a Ram game.

Fight Like a Ram: Extending courage, community beyond the court

Kaden Porter, Staff Reporter • January 26, 2023

After spending half of 2022 fighting cancer, the Kappa Kappa Gamma house director was able to celebrate finishing treatment in front of her sorority during the Jan. 21 Colorado State University women’s...

Rams Against Hunger Food Pantry

RAH Food Pantry celebrates refrigerator and milk donation

Piper Russell, News Director • January 25, 2023

Colorado State University held a ribbon-cutting event Jan. 23 at the Rams Against Hunger Food Pantry located in the General Services Building. The event was a celebration of Dairy MAX’s donation of...

A member of the Larimer County Dive Rescue Team removes sharp ice chunks from the area set for the Polar Plunge into Horsetooth Reservoir Jan. 21. The LCDRT oversaw the safety of the runners participating in the polar plunge.

Gallery: Horsetooth Reservoir Polar Bear Plunge 2023

Reuel Indurkar, Staff Photographer • January 25, 2023

Reach Reuel Indurkar at photo@collegian.com.

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...

Tusinski: University marches for MLK Day, ignores #NotProudToBe demands

Tusinski: University marches for MLK Day, ignores #NotProudToBe demands

Dylan Tusinski, Staff Reporter • January 24, 2023
A week ago, roughly 1,500 people gathered and marched to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The group of Colorado State University students, Fort Collins community members and Colorado activists symbolically marched on a route that acknowledged Black families that settled in Fort Collins in the early 1900s and culminated in a set of speeches at the Lory Student Center from local politicians and community leaders. Only 250 people stuck around for the speeches following the march.
Colorado State University guard Cailyn Crocker (32) steals the ball from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas at Moby Arena Jan. 21, 2023. The Rams lost 63-58, with UNLV serving CSU their sole Mountain West Conference loses of the season.

Rams basketball took a back seat in annual Fight like a Ram matchup

Damon Cook, Staff Reporter • January 21, 2023

Throughout the week the C0lorado State University women's basketball had the opportunity to meet and connect with warriors who are battling cancer as part of the Fight like a Ram program through a CSU...

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