The Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association Board of Trustees unanimously voted on Jan. 18 to implement a new policy allowing for greater scrutiny of public companies economically tied to Iran.
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CU’s Panhellenic sororities are still deliberating about the future of their affiliation with the university.
The Panhellenic leaders, as well as the Office for Student Affairs, were reluctant to talk about the future of CU-Panhellenic relations after the Panhellenic Executive Council held an annual meeting with the Office of Student Affairs to appoint new leaders on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at Pi Beta Phi sorority.
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The Associated Students of Colorado, a group of students working to reduce the high price of textbooks, brought the idea for new legislation aimed at decreasing costs straight to state lawmakers with a rally at the capitol. Students also attended the state Senate hearing on the proposed bill.
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The Board of Regents and their candidate for the CU presidency, Bruce Benson, are under fire from critics after Benson’s nomination on Jan. 30.
Claiming the election was too secretive and wanting more candidates to choose from, members of Progress Now, Colorado’s largest online progressive advocacy organization, have created www.boycottbenson.com.
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The wave of outrage over the choice of Bruce Benson to replace Hank Brown as president of CU grew Thursday night, with students and UCSU members expressing strong feelings over Benson’s credentials and how he was selected.
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The CU student government has pledged $50,000 a year for use in Gov. Bill Ritter’s “Colorado Carbon Fund,” advancing CU’s commitment to solve the environmental issues discussed last week during Focus the Nation events on campus.
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Hundreds of CU students got their first taste of politics in action at the Democratic caucus Tuesday night at the UMC.
The caucus, part of a series of national primaries and caucuses that took place in 24 states on “Super Tuesday,” drew high numbers of students, most of whom had never caucused before.
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Police are investigating the cause of a fire that burned the home of CU students Wednesday morning.
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Students packed into the UMC dining area Tuesday at 7 p.m. to let their voices be heard in the presidential nomination process.
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A portrait of Bruce Benson in the Benson Earth Sciences building was vandalized Wednesday morning as Benson himself made his way to CU to meet with students.