The sounds of Rail Jam echoed across campus Thursday evening. While CU students loved watching their peers fling themselves off giant rails at Boulder Freeride’s Rail Jam, they may not know that other CU students are standing by to support daring skiers and riders.
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Facebook and Myspace may not be the best place to learn about politics. Presidential candidates are using social networks such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube to reach out to young voters.
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The UCSU finance board has taken the first step toward establishing the annual budgets for the “Big 3” cost centers on campus, meeting Wednesday evening for the first reading of each proposed budget scenario.
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The Interfraternity Council is looking forward to improved community relations with the city of Boulder after joining the Boulder Chamber of Commerce in January.
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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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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.