Higher Ed Press Clips October 2008

October 1, 2008

Denver Post:

• Higher education slows hiring
  
• Gaming-bill backers cash in
• Wall street pressures grow at campuses
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Group pushes letter against ballot issue
  

Chieftain:

• PCC student elected to statewide student post
  
• 11 collegians win ASC scholarships
  
• Amendment 58 – Editorial
  

Vail Daily:

• Students learn about college
  

Journal Advocate:

• Opponents claim Amendment 58 a tax increase
  

October 2, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• Time to ban preferences – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU E. Coli case investigated
  
• Two Modest Proposals – Editorial
  

Chieftain:

• Amendment 58 would funnel tax credit to education
  

Tribune:

• University returning to its roots
  

October 3, 2008

Denver Post:

• Wrong way to fund highways – Editorial
  
• Post alum leaves $778,000 to CU for journalism scholarships
  

Chieftain:

• Worthy honors – Editorial
  

Gazette:

• A horrible new tax proposal – Editorial
  

GJ Free Press:

• No on 52 and 58 – Editorial
  

October 4-6, 2008

Denver Post:

• More confusion than support for the state ballot issues
  
• Amendment 58 a poor way to hike taxes – Editorial
  
• State of denial – Opinion
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Universities look beyond borders
  
• Voters apt to zap tax break
  
• Point: Removing tax credit a fair deal for Colorado – Opinion
  
• Counterpoint: Taxes will rise and local communities will suffer – Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• Standardized tests likely coming to CU
  
• CU researchers gauging public opinions on affirmative action
  
• Support for Amendment 58 – Guest Commentary
  

Coloradoan:

• Consider both sides of Amendment 58
  

Chieftain:

• Campus growth – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Tax plan for highways supported by 2/3 of voters
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• CSU, startup share $750,000
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Oil and gas industry battling severance tax amendment
  

Times-Call:

• 52, 58 wrong way to approach state funding – Editorial
  

October 7, 2008

Denver Post:

• High achiever in higher-ed purgatory
  

Daily Camera:

• CU faculty upset about standardized testing vote
  
• A treat for test taking?
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P chief credits community
  

October 8, 2008

Denver Post:

• Finally, state employees get answers on gift ban
  
• Amendment 46: A step back on race and gender – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• UCD to offer global energy grad program
  

Daily Camera:

• Regents support Kelly-Bowry appointment
  
• Regents approve standardized testing
  

Chieftain:

• Ritter schedules Pueblo conference
  
• Gates Gateway – Editorial
  
• A partnership – Editorial
  

Steamboat Pilot & Today:

• White, Brenner split on oil
  

October 9, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• Pros, cons of preferential treatment debated

Gazette:

• Campuses showing film to curb initiation rites

Colorado Daily:

• CU student leaders may oppose affirmative action amendment
• European Union grant for CU center
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• Shell Oil funds oil shale study
  

Steamboat Pilot & Today:

• Club 20 takes ballot measure stands
  
• Stock market costs Colorado parents money
  

October 10, 2008

Denver Post:

• Complications of Amendment 58 – Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• Ballot issues: Amendment 58
  
• CU hires gender violence prevention coordinator
  

Chieftain:

• Ritter: Amendment 58 foes using scare tactics
  

Sentinel:

• Shell grant to help CSU study for reclaiming energy industry land
  

Forbes:

• Private-public partners announce solar project
  

Craig Daily Press:

• Amendment 58 opposition not about taxes
  

October 11-13, 2008

Denver Post:

• CSU selected for greenhouse gas study
  
• Rising cost of tuition key issue for CU Regent hopefuls
  
• Liar, liar pants on fire: Amendment 58 fight - Opinion
  
• Amendment 58: Stop subsidizing big oil - Opinion
• Amendment 58: A $321 million tax hike - Opinion
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Bell Policy Center disputes Amendment 58 ads
• Study says Amendment 58 won't hurt state's economy

Daily Camera:

• CU group pushes 'open textbooks'
  
• Amendment 46: Why it's still necessary to consider race - Opinion

Chieftain:

• CSU-P touts retention program
  
• OSJ, TSJC grants to bolster math and science
  
• Amendment 58 -- Editorial
  

October 14, 2008

Denver Post:

• CSU to be in study on how to go green
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Amendment battles pick up $4.4 million
  
• Teamsters oppose effort to kill oil and gas tax credit
  

Daily Camera:

• CU prof wins $900,000 for unconventional science project
  

Gazette:

• Amendments 52, 58 address energy severance taxes
  

GJ Free Press:

• Amendment 46 not as simple as black and white

October 15, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• No. 58 would tax small, oil gas wells
  

Daily Camera:

• Popular Science: CU prof has ‘brilliant’ mind
  

Coloradoan:

• In District 14, Bacon’s record speaks for itself – Opinion

October 16, 2008

Denver Post:

• Metro State chief wants to add graduate degrees
  
• Yes on 46 for equal opportunity – Opinion
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Metro floats plan to add grad programs
  

Daily Camera:

• Prof wins $875,000, 5 year research grant
  
• CU chosen for in-depth IRS survey
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P students’ symposium to showcase projects research
  

October 17, 2008

Denver Post:

• Our choices for CU Board of Regents – Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• Seventy years later, CU’s first black athlete honored
  

Chieftain:

• Community college offers tutoring on the run
  
• P-20 panel resumes quest for seamless state system
  

Aurora Sentinel:

• Road to Renewable Energy
  

Wall Street Journal:

• Crisis shakes the foundations of the ivory tower
  

October 18-20, 2008

Denver Post:

• Scholarships at risk: Higher-ed endowments cope with multimillion-dollar setbacks in stock free-fall
  
• Amendment 58 tackles the “Colorado Paradox” – Opinion
  
• Save the Colorado water buffalo! – Opinion
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Ritter TV ad takes on oil tax credit
  
• On ballot issues, agendas can be hard to decipher
  

Daily Camera:

• CU considers online roommate matchmaking
  
• CU at the polls: Student elections next week
  
• The flap about 58 – Opinion
  

Gazette:

• UCCS leader offends gays – Opinion
  

Tribune:

• College students, parents feel pinch of strained economy
  
• UNC project shouldn’t get delayed despite funding freeze
  

CU Campus Press:

• Exclusive interview with Bruce Benson
  

October 21, 2008

Denver Post:

• Both sides mislead on 58 – Opinion
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Amendment 58 backers say oil companies lie to voters
  

Daily Camera:

• New federal law to affect college costs
  
• Boulder couple donates $2 million for bio-tech building
  

October 22, 2008

Denver Post:

• Doing math on fuel-tax pass-through
  
• “Divisive” mascot of DU won’t rise again
  

Daily Camera:

• CU students to rally against affirmative-action ban
  

Grand Junction Free Press:

• The facts on Amendment 58

October 23, 2008

Denver Post:

• Coaches announce opposition to Amendment 46
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Skaggs and Lingenfelter: Higher-ed access vital to our future
  

Daily Camera:

• CU hosts battle of the brains
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P lands funding for building
  

Craig Daily Press:

• Jill Brake: Kids are my business
  

News Channel 13:

• Amendments 50 and 58 promise higher ed help

October 24, 2008

Denver Post:

• Bond rates help state
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• State raises money for colleges
  
• Hillman: Initiatives do taxpayers no favors – Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• CU prof: Physical, interpersonal warmth linked
  
• CU tri-execs in crosshairs over frat firebombing response
  

GJ Sentinel:

• Wubben Hall project assured
  

Tribune:

• Athletic hall benefits from new state funding mechanism
  

Denver Daily News:

• Gov. Ritter defends A-58
  

October 25-27, 2008

Denver Post:

• New college aid: food stamps
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Graduate schools at Metro? Whoa – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU completes Arnett Hall improvements
  

Coloradoan:

• Deployment causes tuition troubles
  

Chieftain:

• Economy doesn’t delay CSU-P construction work
  
• State’s building freeze shuts down PCC work
  
• Step forward – Editorial
  

GJ Sentinel:

• Higher energy taxes shouldn’t hurt industry
  

Colorado Daily:

• Students brewing biodiesel at CU
  

Reporter Herald:

• CSU prof receives grant from Gates Foundation
  

Fort Collins Now:

• Picturing the past
  

October 28, 2008

Denver Post:

• Colorado business
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Slim margin favors ending tax credit for drilling firms
  

Daily Camera:

• CU workers get bonus for energy savings
  

Coloradoan:

• Ritter to appear at Ft. Collins rally for Amendment 58
  

Chieftain:

• Gateway to tradition

October 29, 2008

Denver Post:

• Foes argue 51, 58 cash could go awry
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Two-thirds of voters back gambling issue
  

Craig Daily Press:

• Our View: Ballot issues no easy matter – Editorial

October 30, 2008

Denver Post:

• Call COP’s to build schools – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Rocky Truth Patrol: 58 claim just wrong
  

Daily Camera:

• Player sues CU over scholarship

October 31, 2008

Daily Camera:

• Couple donates $5M for CU biotech building
  
• Ritter challenges CU, CSU students to vote
  

GJ Sentinel:

• Gas, oil price decline may boost amendment
  
• Architects replaced for student center remodel, still on schedule
  
• Wubben Hall receives $18.4 million for expansion