Unknown to many Coloradans, one of the most powerful governments in the state is actually a group of power hungry twenty-somethings. The University of Colorado at Student Union, known as UCSU, recently saw its representatives elected by just 17 percent of the eligible student electorate.
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Follow this topic by RSS11/18: Reining in some out of control student fees
For a change, the CU Board of Regents does the right thing in protecting students' wallets.
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A CU fee to make Tony Soprano proud
A Face the State Staff Report
May 22, 2009The University of Colorado at Boulder has adopted a new "Forever Buffs" fee. The one time $70 charge goes directly to the alumni association and grants all undergraduate students membership status. The move is causing many students, alumni, and critics to cry foul.
Time to give up on student government at CU?
May 11, 2009Segment 1 - Voter turnout at CU; Cheeba Hut vs. City of Greeley
FTS managing editor Brad Jones and staff writer Kate Melvin take a look at Colorado news you may have missed this week: Only 17 percent of CU-Boulder students turned out for their spring election, but they did reject an effort to make it easier to pass hefty new capital construction fees. Also, college-town sandwich shop Cheeba Hut meets its match in Greeley, where a municipal judge denied its application for a liquor license.
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Segment 1 - The week's news: Uncontested elections at CU; Markey and Polis
Brad Jones and Kate Melvin recap the week that was in Colorado news, focusing on stories that may have flown beneath the radar. Is freshman U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey deserving of recent accolades praising her effectiveness? Her counterpart, Rep. Jared Polis, receives a liberty-themed surprise in the mail, and CU students don't have many choices in their upcoming campus election.
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1/19: CU-Boulder's student fees
CU Regents will soon decide whether students must ask first before hiking fees. Sounds reasonable to me.
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FTS on 1310 KFKA: Student fees make CU unaffordable
FTS visits with 1310 KFKA host Amy Oliver about the University of Colorado's proposal to require a student referendum on fee increases. Regents are considering that move in response to a 2004 construction fee payable for up to 20 years.
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CU Regents debate limits to student government spending
A Face the State Staff Report
January 16, 2009
The University of Colorado Regents delayed a vote at their Wednesday meeting on a policy that would require any student fee increase go before a vote of the entire student body, instead opting to give the University of Colorado Student Union - CU-Boulder's student government - the opportunity to debate the proposal before Regents make a final decision.
Segments 3 and 4 - The week in Colorado news
Face The State's Brad Jones and Kate Melvin recap the week that was in Colorado news.
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