As a member of the College of Liberal Arts, all graduating students, including myself, have completed at least the 120 credits mandatory to earn a bachelor’s degree in journalism and media communication from Colorado State University. I am an in-state student, and while this has saved me some in tuition money — as have scholarships and the College Opportunity Fund — my four years at CSU have still been a financial investment that numbers in the tens of thousands of dollars.
My name is Allie Seibel, and I am the Editor in Chief of The Collegian. I write this editorial over the outrage and hurt I feel at the decision to hold the CLA, College of Agricultural Sciences and College of Natural Resources commencement ceremonies in what the university has designated the “ceremony tent.”
CSU’s Commencement website notes that this tent is “at Plum & Meridian,” which places it, by our approximation, between the West Lawn, The Lagoon and the Student Recreation Center, in that grassy area where events like RailJam and campus concerts happen annually…