Higher Ed Press Clips March 2009

February 28 - March 2, 2009

Denver Post:

• In-state tuition dangles in reach of illegal immigrants
• Drop fight over speaker security – Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• CU team builds 1,000 mpg car
  
• CSU monitoring lawsuit against CU’s campus gun ban
  
• Applications to CU’s journalism school up
  

Coloradoan:

• University warns of cuts, layoffs
  

Chieftain:

• Search for CSU chancellor to begin
  
• CSU-P recruitment ad wins top prize
  
• Two finalists named for dean of science, math
  

March 3, 2009

Denver Post:

• Another lesson is fiscal inflexibility – Editorial
  
• Academics, economics and liberty – Guest Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• CU law clinic connects students with entrepreneurs
  
• Pro-Ward Churchill activists unveil ‘free speech cage’ on campus
  
• CU to celebrate Asia day
  

Coloradoan:

• Applications up at CSU- Fort Collins
  
• PSD to rework graduation requirements
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P student protests board decision
  

March 4, 2009

Denver Post:

• In-state tuition proposal takes on caveats
  
• Speaking freely at CU – Commentary
  
• In-state tuition for immigrants – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU scientists discover life at the rim of a massive volcano
  

Chieftain:

• Tuition plan puts Colorado on wrong path – Commentary

9News:

• Proposal would give illegal immigrants in-state tuition if they became citizens
  

March 5, 2009

Denver Post:

• Churchill, Ayers at CU rally tonight
  

Chieftain:

• A flunker – Editorial
  

Fort Collins Now:

• CSU’s budget crunch
  

Sentinel:

• Interim community college chief to finish year in that role
  

March 6, 2009

Denver Post:

• Lines drawn on tuition
  
• Churchill, Ayers call for skepticism in Boulder
  
• At statehouse, Dems daring to be Dems
  
• CU Boulder wins Boettcher grant for complex
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Talk: Ayers criticizes conformity in schools
  

Chieftain:

• Community college funding bill advances
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU says resolution to resolution to chief of police investigation may come next week
  

March 7-9, 2009

Denver Post:

• Fair puts kids on college path
  
• Top cop at CSU resigns
  
• Admissions staff put to the test
  

Daily Camera:

• CU to recruit students to come back and finish degrees
  
• CU to look for chancellor who can raise money
  
• Boulder built Kepler launches search for life
  
• Churchill, CU take battle to court
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P student earns Fulbright
  
• Foreign exchange
  

Times Call:

• College bound student forced to compromise to save money
  

Reporter Herald:

• Frank: CSU will weather the storm
  

Colorado Daily:

• CU’s Title IX adviser preparing new guidelines for improved women’s safety
  

March 10, 2009

Denver Post:

• Opening statement today in CU trial
  

Chieftain:

• Fulbright scholar – Editorial
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Feds commit $13.8 to rebuild I-225 interchange near Anschutz
  

March 11, 2009

Denver Post:

• CSU turns to in-house group to find new chancellor
  
• Littwin: Churchill’s case should convict CU – Opinion
  
• Tuition bill has house backer
  
• ConocoPhillips gives $1M to Mines
  

Daily Camera:

• Boosting grad rates on CU regents’ agenda
  
• Ward Churchill’s lawyer: ‘It was an absolute mob mentality’
  
• Astronaut alumnus taking CU cargo to space
  

Sentinel:

• College’s candidate has rocky past
  

Denver Business Journal:

• CSU appoints search committee for chancellor post
  
• CU’s pediatrics dept. gets most NIH grants
  
• Anschutz donates $1M for eye research, patient programs at UC Denver
  

March 12, 2009

Denver Post:

• Owens denies threatening CU on Churchill
  
• CSU students decry exclusion
  
• Three CU profs share award
  

Chieftain:

• ‘Mini college’ planned for older students
  

Gazette:

• Tuition bill may be illegal, Suthers says
  

March 13, 2009

Denver Post:

• A few years of budget sanity? – Editorial
  
• It’s tough to defend Churchill – Guest Commentary
  

Daily Camera:

• Budget cuts at CU mean bigger classes
  
• CU regents: Look to oil, lottos, local taxes for higher-ed money
  
• DiStefano named interim CU chancellor
  
• Brown: Conspiracy theory to oust Churchill ‘absurd’
  

Coloradoan:

• Penley still vying for Idaho position
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P students want voice in hiring of system chancellor
  

Sentinel:

• College to sell houses
  

March 14-16, 2009

Denver Post:

• Colorado Supreme Court upholds school tax freeze
  

Daily Camera:

• Betsy Hoffman testifies via video at Churchill trial
  
• CU research could make carbon capture cheap
  
• Profs grapple with laptop rules
  

Coloradoan:

• Students making a difference on trips
  

Aspen Times:

• CMC’s pitch: Similar bread for less dough
  

March 17, 2009

Denver Post:

• Latinos roar after finding their voice – Columnist
  
• Justices: Measure didn’t violate TABOR
  
• CU law prof accused of bias
  
• CSU’s former police chief had sexual harassment complaints
  
• Property-tax ruling sensible – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU student teaches English to campus workers
  

Chieftain:

• State property tax freeze upheld
  

Sentinel:

• Courts back freeze – Editorial
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• AVA bounds forth as Abound Solar
  

New York Times:

• Universities tested by budget realities
  

March 18, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU weighing Rec Center renovation, expansion
  
• CU attorney slams Churchill on sourcing
  
• Recycling goes extreme for awareness event at CU
  

Tribune:

• UNC gets grant to boost Latino students
  
• UNC to add online graduate program
  

Valley Courier:

• ASC wants to bring ‘em back alive
  

March 19, 2009

Denver Post:

• Fix our budget mess – Guest Commentary
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder moving forward on $84M student hub, dining hall
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU’s AML gets grant to advance research
  

Tribune:

• UNC gets grant to boost Latino student numbers
  

March 20, 2009

Denver Post:

• Med students land residencies
  
• State’s casinos may be back on track of good fortune
  

Daily Camera:

• Professor’s defend Churchill’s work
  
• CU’s mistake nets Habitat for Humanity $50,000 from NCAA
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State professor finds resolution with his degree drama
  

Tribune:

• Weld, CSU reach deal on extension
  

March 21-23, 2009

Denver Post:

• UNC education institute will test reforms
  
• State budget woes widen
  
• UCD Prof’s book wins prize
  
• Dems flunk courage test by betraying tuition bill – Columnist
  

Daily Camera:

• CU cancels awards because of tight budget
  
• Vandals cause CU’s biology building to flood
  

Colorado Daily:

• Is CU the AIG of Higher Ed – Guest Opinion
  

Tribune:

• UNC ready to tackle school reform
  

March 24, 2009

Denver Post:

• Colorado budget gap shrinks slightly
  
• Appointment likely on CU chancellor by the end of April
  

Daily Camera:

• Fired prof takes the stand
  

Valley Courier:

• Lopez appointed as interim TSJC president
  

March 25, 2009

Denver Post:

• Churchill: Plagiarism occurred
  

Daily Camera:

• Churchill calls his critics ‘pathetic’
  

Colorado Daily:

• CU speeds up campus construction
  

March 26, 2009

Denver Post:

• One budget hole closed; next is bigger
  
• CSU recruits Lubick for business school team
  

Daily Camera:

• Would-be buffs tour a CU campus emptied by spring break
  

March 27, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU humanitarian engineering program gets $5M gift
  

Coloradoan:

• HP donates workstations to CSU
  

Colorado Daily:

• Regent: Free speech doesn’t negate Churchill’s conduct
  
• Sorry CU’s no AIG – Guest Opinion
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Two CU-Boulder scientists win Hughes award, $1.5M research grants
  

March 28-30, 2009

Denver Post:

• Stimulus means more grants for students
  

Daily Camera:

• Boulder conference inspires CU grad to make film in Kenya
  

Coloradoan:

• FRCC choosing new leader from 7
  

KOAA:

• Deadline for Colorado college scholarships approaching
  

March 31, 2009

Denver Post:

• Reforms may payoff for schools
  
• When a fee is not a fee – Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• Slate running unopposed in CU student elections
  

Coloradoan:

• Students sleep outside to help homeless
  

Sentinel:

• Budget committee recommends higher ed funding cuts