At what point can a public institution stand against policies thrust upon them by those who have historically funded it? This is what I have been asking myself repeatedly. In sadness, in frustration, in the hallways between classes, outside of resource centers soon to be changed, in the kitchen, my bed and while reading through the Colorado State University's core principles and mission statements that once meant something but now feel wholly empty. Even as I write this, I stare blankly at CSU’s student activism website. Though the page is still intact at this moment, I know the site is soon to be some foreign artifact, something untraceable and inaccessible, like a word on the tip of my tongue I can never quite find. I read the sentences over and over, trying to snap a picture in my brain so I could remember when our school — our country — still cared about the needs of its students. Read the full opinion piece at the link in our bio. Editor’s Note: All opinion section content ref...