Jury awards Churchill not cash but compliment

The jury in the Ward Churchill trial decided in favor of the defendant yesterday. The members agreed after a day and a half of deliberation with the so-called 9/11 professor’s claims that he was wrongfully dismissed from the University of Colorado — that he was fired, basically, to appease national outcry over his controversial writings on the 9/11 attacks.

In awarding him a mere $1, the jury chose not to compensate him in cash but paid him instead the kind of compliment he will likely appreciate: The minimal cash award suggests the jury concluded that Churchill, although unlikeable or unsympathetic, was right.

CU Boulder students plan to kiss by UMC fountain to promote LGBT PDA

Anyone standing near the University of Colorado’s Dalton Trumbo Fountain in Boulder just before noon Friday had better pucker up. Students are planning a “flash mob event with a twist” — same-sex couples and their allies will lock lips for two minutes and then disperse, to express “frustration that same-sex public displays of affection are often treated with less tolerance than their heterosexual counterparts,” according to the event’s Facebook page.

Colorado coaches speak out against Amendment 46

Three Division One basketball coaches in Colorado publicly opposed Amendment 46 on Wednesday, saying that the so-called Colorado Civil Rights Initiative will diminish diversity at their institutions.

University of Colorado coach Jeff Bzdelik, Colorado State University coach Tim Miles and University of Northern Colorado coach Tad Boyle decried the measure, which will banish public affirmative action programs across the state.

‘No on 46′ spells out expected affirmative action cuts

A Colorado ballot initiative, Amendment 46, seeks to destroy affirmative action programs throughout the state. Brought forward by California businessman Ward Connerly, the so-called Colorado Civil Rights Initiative does not specify exactly which programs will disappear should it pass.

And until yesterday, opponents of the measure were also loath to identify the programs that might be targeted, citing concerns that Connerly and his team would single out those very programs for demolition.

Take Me To Your Leader, Part II

After Bruce Benson was installed as the new president of the University of Colorado, we introduced you last week to 10 Colorado college and university leaders. By popular demand, here now are the biographies of six more. Note: Benson,…

Take Me To Your Leader: A Colorado College Round-Up

With all the recent hullabaloo over Bruce Benson voted to head up the University of Colorado, let’s take a look at the bios of some of Colorado’s other college presidents and provosts.

Amid Criticism, CSU Investigates Sweatshop Allegations

The group Colorado State University has charged with investigating whether Ram merchandise was made in a Chinese sweatshop has been accused of stifling real reform against abusive labor practices.

Report: CSU Merchandise Made In Chinese Sweatshop

Souvenir medallions bearing the Colorado State University logo are being made in a Chinese sweatshop where workers are forced to work long hours and are paid “starvation wages,” according to a recent report by the National Labor Committee, an international…

Colorado Universities to Open School of Public Health

The University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center announced the approval this week of a much needed new public health academic degree program. UCDHSC will partner with the University of Northern Colorado and Colorado State University to open…

CU Regents Fire Churchill; Lawsuit Due Wednesday

For University of Colorado President Hank Brown, Ward Churchill is like a nagging case of institutional herpes. Each time Brown thinks he has salved a sore with some kind of disciplinary action another blister pops up on his body politic.…