Politics
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Romney son and President Obama both campaign nearby Thursday
Josh Romney, 37-year-old son of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, spoke to over 100 local supporters at Geisty’s Dogg House on the Hill in Boulder Thursday afternoon, directly after President Obama gave remarks to a crowd of 8,400... read more »
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Barack Obama in nearby Golden this Thursday
Barack Obama will host a “Grassroots Event” in Golden, Colo. this Thursday, tickets for which go on sale today. Tickets are available and free to the public at Organizing for America offices beginning at 5 p.m. at the following locations: President... read more »
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Ahead of convention, Michelle Obama urges students to vote
Hours before she is to present a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, Michelle Obama spoke on a conference call with college campus news outlets and unaffiliated students Tuesday, in what cumulated in a campaign event urging... read more »
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Campus ready for president on Sunday
Political affiliations aside, CU students are eagerly anticipating the topics President Barack Obama will discuss during his upcoming on-campus speech. The president will speak at Norlin Quad on Sunday, with gates opening at 10 a.m. In April,... read more »
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Paul Ryan speech brings young Republicans together in Denver
Boulder College Republicans and neighboring Republicans gathered in Denver to watch the second night of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa, Fla., featuring Paul Ryan, on C-SPAN Wednesday night. Over 30 people attended the watch... read more »
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Harold and Kumar for Obama 2012
The lead actors of the Harold and Kumar movies, John Cho and Kal Penn, stopped by Boulder on Friday to speak about this year’s election and the Obama campaign. Cho and Penn spoke at the Obama for America office located next to The Sink about... read more »
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CU students line up for tickets to see Obama
Hundreds of CU students waited patiently in line at the University Memorial Center Sunday morning to get a ticket to see president Barack Obama speak at the Coors Events Center on Tuesday. The line wrapped around the UMC, from the front doors... 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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CWA panelists discuss the future of Occupy
On the second day of the Conference on World Affairs, CWA panelists spoke to an enthusiastic and diverse audience about the future of the Occupy movement. The topic was “The Occupy Movement: Where it is Going.” The panel was held in the... read more »
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Conference on World Affairs brings national politics to CU
Opening day of the 64th annual Conference on World Affairs maintained the weeklong event’s theme of “Everything Conceivable” with panels covering areas from economics and democracy, to reality television. It also provided the first of... 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?