Spring Break
Opinion
Ram Talk
To the guy outside of LSC who threw away a newspaper in a trashcan that was 10 feet away from the recycle bins: Seriously? Come on! Hasn't the green man taught you anything? To the guys on Elizabeth Street Saturday night who shouted, "You f***ing sluts!" at us .
It's time for an economic abortion
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Last week, I witnessed a sight on the plaza so disgusting that, between gut wrenches and gags, I hardly managed to avoid the Jesus folk who saturate campus when the weather is nice. This particular morning started out like any other: I gave the proverbial stiff arm to Nevin, the creepishly sly evangelical who pursues my soul at least twice a week (truth is, I was once on my way to becoming a born again Christian, but because I ask too many questions, the church aborted me).
Our View: Count the zeros
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In Friday's "Our View" staff editorial, the Collegian editorial board endorsed an alternative plan to the government's $85 billion bailout of insurance company AIG that was floating around e-mail inboxes. The plan proposed that the sum be parsed out among the roughly 200 million U.
Yays and Nays
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Yay | to CSU football and volleyball for their victories this weekend. You make us all proud to be Rams. Nay | to presidential and vice presidential candidates who can't pronounce the word "nuclear." You make our entire nation look like it flunked out of fifth-grade English.
Pay inequality still needs to be resolved
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On the surface, women seem to be doing pretty well in the U.S. Hillary Clinton almost won the presidential nomination, and Sarah Palin could become the first female vice-president. But despite the advances women have made in the political arena, inequality between the sexes still exists in terms of equal pay for equal work.
Abortion exhibit on plaza highlights need for debate
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Warning: graphic images ahead. Last week, Justice for All, an organization whose mission is "to train thousands who will help make abortion unthinkable for millions, one person, one conversation at a time," made their annual stop at the Plaza to "educate" the student body about what they call the "American Unborn Genocide.
ASCSU, PIKE advocate giving back to FoCo
Guest Column
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Reaching far beyond the traditional image of a fraternity and overcoming CSU's decision to recognize them as a chapter, unaffiliated CSU fraternity Pi Kappa Alpha gives back to the community. In a spirit of determination and zeal, PIKE has undertaken philanthropic ventures as the chapter's defining mission and is preparing for its biggest semester yet.
Students react to anti-abortion protest displayed on plaza
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Last week, CSU students traversing the Lory Student Center Plaza were greeted with the unexpected sight of the anti-abortion protest hosted by pro-life group Justice for All. The protest featured three large billboards displaying graphic images of aborted fetuses alongside information about potential health consequences and comparisons of the use of the procedure in America to genocide.
