Campus news begins with Georgious Athanasiou, who covers a recent announcement made by Colorado State President Amy Parsons. The new CSU democracy prize aims to promote meaningful political discussion on campus, offering the prize to encourage students. Then learn about research happening here on campus that more accurately tracks emissions. In local news with Tyler Weatherwax, learn about how Fort Collins businesses are forced to leave historic Old Town due to high taxes and rising tariffs. After is a look at Ballot Issue 2A that, if passed, would take a quarter out of every $1o0 purchase. To wrap up, a local northern Colorado food bank turns to the community to raise funds as they approach the holiday season.

Following a quick break, Athanasiou covers events this week in Fort Collins, including a symphonic band concert at CSU and the pop trio Raynes, who both perform this week in the city. National news with Weatherwax covers the heavy floods impacting Southern Colorado, causing evacuations. In Gaza, the war between Hamas and Israel makes key breakthroughs in putting an end to the conflict. To end the national news, learn about 16 people who were killed in a large explosion in Tennessee at a munitions plant.

KCSU Sports Directors Adam Gross and John Vu bring the CSU sports report for the Rocky Mountain Review, covering football’s second win of the season after a lengthy stretch of losses. Then learn more about Rams volleyball and soccer as they carry on with their seasons. To wrap up this episode, get your weather forecast with Weatherwax, as rain could fall in Fort Collins this week.

About the Rocky Mountain Review: KCSU’s News Directors bring you news coverage. Coverage includes northern Colorado and national news, straight from the KCSU Fort Collins news desk. Topics range from crime to cryptocurrency to local art galleries. KCSU news is also on Spotify (and most podcast streaming platforms), and listeners can find it by clicking here or searching KCSU News.

Original air date: October 14, 2025