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4/20 photos: 4:20 a.m. to 4:20 p.m.
Every year students and visitors gather on Norlin Quad to smoke marijuana and celebrate 4/20. However, this year, in an attempt to end the annual celebration, CU administration has made the public campus private and promises to take various... read more »
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ESPN is too harsh about marijuana in college
The opinions represented in this article do not necessarily represent those of the staff of CUIndependent.com nor any of its sponsors. ESPN.com decided to add their input in the debate over the hot topic of 4/20. Two articles entitled Higher... read more »
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Tuition rate set to increase by 5 percent next year for in-state students
The CU Board of Regents has approved tuition rates for the 2012-2013 school year for all four University of Colorado campuses. CU-Boulder will see a 5 percent tuition increase for the 2012-13 fiscal year in the College of Arts and Sciences,... read more »
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Wyclef, rumors, and mixed messages
As CUSG has demonstrated abundantly this year, you can’t roll your joint and smoke it too. If Boulder’s most highly anticipated day of the year didn’t get enough press as is, the CU administration has been rolling out increasingly... read more »
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4/20: Blowing the buffalo reputation
The opinions represented in this article do not necessarily represent those of the staff of CUIndependent.com nor any of its sponsors. “Oh, you go to CU Boulder? You must smoke a lot of pot!” You know you have an image problem when this... read more »
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President Obama to visit CU
President Barack Obama will be visiting CU’s campus on Tuesday, April 24. (Courtesy whitehouse.gov/Pete Souza) White House officials confirmed to the Denver Post that the president will be in Boulder as part of a series of short stops to universities... read more »
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Student group urges campus to “Stay classy” on 4/20
Students and Boulder residents are organizing 4/20-based protests right and left, but one of the more recently-developed groups is taking a slightly different approach to the day. An event called “Stay classy CU,” created by sophomore astronomy... read more »
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Help, help I’m being oppressed!
The opinions represented in this article do not necessarily represent those of the staff of CUIndependent.com nor any of its sponsors. Everyone seems to be up in arms about CU finally taking action against the outright display of lawlessness... read more »
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Proposal for new College of Media, Design and the Arts accepted
CU is further advancing its plans for a new school of journalism education as a plan has been accepted to create a modern interdisciplinary college and companion institute. According to a university new release, Provost Russell L. Moore formally... read more »
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Four finalists selected for the position of dean of students
The CU administration has announced the four finalists who are in the running for the position of associate vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students. Out of 100 applications sent in from hopeful candidates, the four who remain... read more »
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Student government distributes $17.7 million in annual student fees
Student government allocated $17.7 million in student fees for the 2013-14 fiscal year to 15 CU Boulder departments Wednesday and Thursday nights in an annual public discussion that lasted over 12 hours. The total budget is higher than fiscal... read more »
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Upset: Men’s basketball wins Arizona rematch
The University of Colorado men’s basketball beat the Arizona Wildcats 71-58 Thursday, healing a wound the left after teams’ previous encounter. The last game on Jan. 3 was close, but ended with a ‘no’ call from the refs after a three... read more »
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CU’s Webb and Lewis arrested on assault
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Opinion: Was Andre’s choice to leave CU his best move?