Colorado State University

Photos: CSU memes hate on CU-Boulder, 2013 edition

Yesterday, we shared our latest collection of University of Colorado at Boulder memes. But in truth, the Colorado State University memes page is more frequently updated than its rival, perhaps because of the motivation to tell the world how absolutely stupid CU-Boulder is. Think we're exaggerating? ... More >>

NPR puts Fort Collins in the presidential debate spotlight

Colorado was already getting plenty of spotlight time from national political reporters even before presidential debate week at DU -- but there's even more attention now. Example: An extended piece on National Public Radio's Morning Edition focusing on Colorado's undecided voters -- and specifically ... More >>

Marijuana criminalized in Colorado 95 years ago today: Unhappy anniversary?

Today marks 95 years since the first cannabis-control law passed in Colorado. Andres Lucero, a Democratic representative from Las Animas County, introduced House Bill 263, which proposed making growing or using cannabis grown by individuals a misdemeanor. On March 30, 1917, the bill was approved, an ... More >>

DU meme page declares comedy war on...everyone!

February has seen a virtual meme explosion on area campuses, with pages devoted to CU-Boulder, Colorado State University, the University of Northern Colorado and Colorado College popping up. Last (for now) but not least, we bring you highlights from the DU meme Facebook page, launched just last week ... More >>

Moammar Gadhafi will always be a part of Colorado history

Medical marijuana: Rep. Claire Levy talks about HB 1261, which sets driving limits for THC

Claire Levy.​Last December, Representative Claire Levy floated the idea of a bill setting a marijuana-impairment standard for Colorado drivers. This notion has coalesced into HB 1261, which establishes an impairment limit of 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood; read it below. Levy's al ... More >>

Michael O'Connor arrested in fellow ex-CU Buff linebacker Michael Sipili sex assault case

Michael O'Connor.​Update: On January 11, acclaimed CU Buffs linebacker Michael Sipili was arrested on sex assault charges, as documented in a post on view in its entirety below. Now, a second CU former CU linebacker, Michael O'Connor, has been arrested in the case -- reportedly for letting Si ... More >>

Betsy Long pleads guilty in wrong-way crash, when her blood-alcohol level was .252

9News​A short time ago, 9News reports, Betsy Long, who was accused of causing a July crash that killed Mary Warren, a young CSU grad bound for the Peace Corps, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, leaving the scene of an accident and DUI. Regarding the last charge, Long re ... More >>

Fort Collins riot: 7 more charged in Old Town's NewWestFest melee, none from CSU

NewWestFest macing.​The plentiful video footage shot at the Fort Collins riot early on August 22 continues to lead to arrests -- but not of Colorado State University students. Last week, the Fort Collins Police Department announced charges against seven people, only one of whom was a CSU stude ... More >>

Fort Collins riot: 7 accused, charges pending on 9 others in post-NewWestFest/Old Town melee

NewWestFest macing.​On Monday, we shared videos of rioting in Old Town Fort Collins and noted that local police were studying such footage in an attempt to identify participants in the free-for-all. Now, the Fort Collins Police have named seven people (only one a CSU student) they've accused o ... More >>

Fun with the Princeton Review: Match Colorado universities to their rankings

At which school do you think you're most likely to see these?​Earlier in the week, we brought you news of the University of Colorado's fall in the pot rankings. But why stop there? The Princeton Review ranks, logically or not , all manner of things: class discussions, race relations, general e ... More >>

Cory Gardner is used to getting the horns. After all, he messed with the ram while at CSU

Westboro Baptist Church protest in Fort Collins to be met with silence

WBC's evil Fred Phelps.​Earlier this month, we told you about threats by the haters from Westboro Baptist Church to befoul a number of area locations, with several opportunities for bigotry against gays and Jewish residents of Fort Collins planned. If WBC does show up, the Lambda Community Ce ... More >>

Lifting the tuition cap: Will Colorado students fall through the cracks?

Long-time CSU professor John Straayer​Colorado State University professor John Straayer, an expert on state government, says Colorado's recent decision to allow universities to hike tuition by unprecedented amounts further threatens to put higher education out of reach for thousands of residen ... More >>

Mason Tvert on Fort Lewis College approving a marijuana initiative -- and what it means for legalization

These days, Mason Tvert is a big man on campus.​After an attempt to decriminalize statewide the adult possession of an ounce or less of marijuana failed at the polls in 2006, Mason Tvert, executive director of the drug policy reform organization Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFE ... More >>

Rebecca Skloot's medical-justice thriller chronicles life of woman's Polio-curing cells -- and the theft of a family legacy

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks explores the history of the woman whose stolen cells changed millions of lives.​In her decade-in-the making tracing of a woman whose cells were instrumental to modern medicine, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, author Rebecca Skloot, a Colorado State Un ... More >>

Parties and Politics

Scott McInnis (kind of) tops Colorado Ethics Watch's top five ethics scandals of 2009 list

"Hey, my hands are clean!"​Last year, ethics in Colorado improved by 50 percent -- at least judging by Colorado Ethics Watch's list of the year's top ethical standards. After all, the 2008 edition was ten items long, but the 2009 sports just five. "We realized it had been a slow year," says ne ... More >>

Why so much gun crime? Ask the shooters

Three Colorado professors wanted to know more about gun violence in America -- the social and cultural forces driving illegal gun use, how criminals view their gats, how they use them and why. So they did something few criminal justice researchers have ever bothered to do. They asked the thugs. ... More >>

Advice to American journalists looking for work: Learn to speak German

Andrew Bulkeley is a Littleton native who attended journalism school at Colorado State University with an eye toward working in the media. Little did he know that he'd find his greatest success only after leaving the United States. Today, Bulkeley is a Berlin-based correspondent for TheDeal.com, a ... More >>

College journalist David McSwane strikes again

The Rocky Mountain Collegian, the student newspaper affiliated with Colorado State University, scored a scoop this week with a devastating story about CSU police chief Dexter Yarbrough, who's been on administrative leave since last month, when he became the subject of what's been termed a "personn ... More >>

Video: College football commentator spots a Sasquatch in Fort Collins!

You heard it here first, Colorado. Thanks to a reader tip, Westword has discovered video proof of some type of Sasquatch-type creature that lives in the foothills of Fort Collins and appears only during Colorado State University football games. Amazingly, the beast was first spotted romping on a ... More >>

Could Wayne Allard actually be a good CSU chancellor?

Wayne Allard. As soon as word surfaced that Wayne Allard was interested in the open post of Colorado State University chancellor, the folks at the left-leaning ProgressNow organization hit the apeshit button, arguing that Allard would be as bad a CSU administrator as he's been a U.S. senator. B ... More >>

Yo-Yos Unite

A state championship brings out the strings.

How Will Colorado Public Radio's Switch Impact Northern Colorado Listeners?

Controversial Editor J. David McSwane Named One of Nation's Top 100 Student Journalists

Best of Denver Winners from 1995

Ah, 1995: a time when entire Best Of categories were devoted to the O.J. Simpson trial, Bernie Bickerstaff and Dikembe Mutombo were still dominating the sports pages, and Mel's Bar and Grill was still new. Check out the winners from our 1995 Best Of issue after the jump.

Season's Greetings

Letters to the Editor

From the week of 10/18/2007

Buck Fush

The media’s coverage of a college newspaper’s profane two-word editorial deserves more than a few curse words.

Fucking With McSwane

Let the Buyer Beware

Little meth house on the prairie.

Myth America

Hurricane Katrina evacuees have enough woes without battling stereotypes.

Best All-Around Woman of the Theater

Wendy Ishii

Peer Pressure

CU students pitch in against alcohol abuse.

Drunk of the Week

Whiskey Bar

Rosy Dreams

Derby fantasies stand on the spindly legs of a colt at CSU.

Trading Places

A high-profile ESPN reporter chucks it all to become a low-profile schoolteacher -- and he couldn't be happier.

Football Fanatics, Arise

Put your pigskin pedigree to the test.

Long Bombs Away

The true spirit of sport returns when pigskins fly.

Best Plant Help

Plant Select

Best Literary Homage

Evil Companions Literary Award

Best Drive-In for Summer-School Students

Holiday Twin Drive-In

Next Stop, Animal Heaven

Changes knows that pet lovers need closure, too.

Art Beat

Michael Paglia's brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

Off Limits

Field of Schemes

A gem of a story about diamond mines--real and fake!

Home Boys

The state orphanage sheltered almost 17,000 children over the years. That makes for one big family reunion.

Growing, Growing, Gone

When the U.S. declared war on drugs, Colorado's carnation industry went up in smoke

TROUBLE BREWING

THE TUCKER FAMILY SAYS HAY GROWN BY ANHEUSER-BUSCH GAVE ITS DAIRY COWS A ROYAL HANGOVER.