Not only for the football team, but for non-athlete students, who can’t afford to have their pathway to economic self-sufficiency blocked.
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Zornio: Why hasn’t the University of Colorado divested from fossil fuels yet?
Institutions like CU can’t claim to care about climate change if they continue to financially back the activities that fuel it
Posted inOpinion Columns
Nicolais: CU makes a bold pitch to play in Prime Time
After decades of coaching debacles, CU threw caution to the wind hoping for an immediate change to its football culture
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Opinion: Is CU really ready for Prime time?
It’s a new era of team hopping, paid players and zero loyalty. It’s not clear this is a game Colorado should play.
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Drew Litton: “We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming…”
Cartoonist Drew Litton notes that the Denver Broncos and Russell Wilson were supposed to be the featured attractions for Colorado football fans. Then came Coach Prime.
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Executive board overseeing University of Colorado center quits after director Patty Limerick’s firing
Limerick, the co-founder and 37-year director of the University of Colorado’s Center of the American West, was fired Sept. 23.
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Patty Limerick fired from CU Center of the American West she co-founded 36 years ago
Iconic professor, author and scholar created the Center of the American West to document and explore history, politics, traditions and culture of western U.S.
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Silverman: University of Colorado has a long, proud history of confronting white supremacists
How many times must white supremacy be confronted? Every time. Less than 10 days ago, 10 innocent people were slaughtered by a teenage white supremacist at a Buffalo grocery store. Almost 30 years ago, white supremacists killed 168 people in Oklahoma City. Nearly 40 years ago, Alan Berg was assassinated by white supremacists in Denver. One […]
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CU pulls investments from Russian companies as governor urges state colleges, universities to divest
The University of Colorado is severing ties with publicly traded Russian companies, pulling money invested by the university’s foundation and treasury pool as an act of support for Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. The value of the investments are “negligible overall,” according to a media release from the university. “We are looking for ways to show […]
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King Soopers union rejects request for mediator, will strike in Denver starting Wednesday
A three-week labor strike at Denver-area King Soopers stores is slated to begin Wednesday after union officials rejected a request by the grocer to ask for federal mediators to intervene. “At this point, King Soopers needs to face its workers,” Kim Cordova, president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, said Monday during a […]