Archive for: student government

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  Student government distributes $17.7 million in annual student fees

  May 11, 2013comments

  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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  Student govt won’t spend a penny on 4/20 regulation this year, officer says

  Apr 19, 2013comments

  After CU administration enforced stricter 4/20 regulations last year by closing the campus to visitors and anyone who is not a student or staff member, the annual marijuana smoke-out was lessened, but not squelched. On Saturday, campus will... read more »

   
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  Close student government election closes Thursday night

  Apr 15, 2013comments

  Twenty-two votes separated the two student government tri-executive tickets at the end of spring elections Thursday night. Chris Schaefbauer, Ellie Roberts and Marco Dorado of the Unite ticket will take office in the fall, having beat out Inspire’s... read more »

   
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  First CUSG debate covers key viewpoints on spending, lobbying, 4/20

  Apr 4, 2013comments

  With the recent smoking ban, 6 percent tuition hike, the discussion of firearms on campus and the upcoming 4/20-visitor ban in play, the CU Student Government spring election will be a decisive one. The first round of debates between Inspire... read more »

   
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  Rec Center gets big budget, here’s why

  Mar 8, 2013comments

  Student representatives left their two-day marathon, annual budget session hours after the Buffs took down the No. 19 Ducks Thursday night. After all of the other students had departed University Memorial Center for the evening and shouts of... read more »

   
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  Student government circulates proposal to defund Radio 1190

  Mar 8, 2013comments

  An initial budget proposal was leaked from Inspire, a CU Student Government ticket, to cost centers, or campus departments, early last week setting complications in motion that were eventually resolved in a budget hearing Wednesday night. Among... read more »

   
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  Elections approach: How to run for student government

  Mar 3, 2013comments

  CU Student Government is open to candidates for the spring elections of tri-executive positions, representatives and senators.  Contested seats and number of petition signatures threshold: Three university tri-executive positions, currently... read more »

   
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  Student government calls for repeal of Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights

  Feb 25, 2013comments

  CU Student Government approved a bill 10-4 Thursday night that expresses their opinion that the state should repeal Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, well-known as TABOR. Under TABOR, which passed on Colorado’s 1992 ballot, if... read more »

   
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  Two CUSG reps face backlash for testifying at gun hearing without group consent

  Feb 15, 2013comments

  Two members of CU Student Government felt the wrath of fellow representatives Thursday night after they testified in favor of a state-level gun bill without the blessing of other representatives. Vice President of External Affairs Tyler Quick... read more »

   
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  Proposed on-campus voting fails in student government

  Feb 1, 2013comments

  Legislative Council voted down a bill Thursday evening that would have moved voting for CU Student Government from the online portal, MyCUInfo, to on-campus polling stations. Supporters of the election reform said one of the main reasons for... read more »