COLORADO — About 1,000 copies of the Rocky Mountain Collegian went missing April 9, and fingers are being pointed at a team running for student leadership who were the subject of a critical article published the day before the thefts. The Collegian ran a story in its Monday edition that examined campaign spending discrepancies by… Continue reading In the midst of a student body presidential campaign, police are investigating trashed student newspapers
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Colorado State newspaper crusades for open meetings, greater transparency from university
Colorado State University's student government may have broken state transparency laws by trying to kick student reporters out of the student body president's impeachment hearing. The incident adds to an ongoing perceived lack of transparency from the university’s student government and administration.
Closed student senate meeting violates Colo. Sunshine Law, student newspaper argues
he student newspaper and student government at Colorado State University have come to different conclusions on whether the student government is a public body subject to open meetings laws following a closed, executive session regarding the impeachment of a student senator.
Colorado county clerk reverses decision to remove student newspapers featuring election coverage
Angela Myers, the county clerk and recorder, told staff members of The Rocky Mountain Collegian on Tuesday morning to move issues of the paper with a U.S. Senate candidate’s photo from the rack closest to a drop-off ballot box because it violated state electioneering laws.
Colo. State signs agreement to separate student media as nonprofit corporation
Colorado State University released Friday theformal agreement between the university and the Rocky Mountain Student MediaCorporation (SMC), a new nonprofit organization formed from CSU's former studentmedia department.
Colo. State board OKs plan for student media independence
Colorado State University announcedTuesday that it will officially separate its student media organizations fromthe university, registering them as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.
Committee endorses nonprofit plan for Colo. State student media
Colorado State University officials plan topresent a proposal next month to the university system's Board of Governors thatwould convert the school's entire student media department into an independentnonprofit corporation.
Proposal would make student media at Colo. State independent
An advisory panel is considering a proposalthat would convert Colorado State University's entire student media departmentto an independent nonprofit corporation.
Gannett will not seek partnership with student paper at Colo. State
A Gannett spokeswoman said last week the media company wanted to buy Colorado State University's student paper but stopped communicating with the university after officials told the company in a Jan. 22 meeting that the paper was not for sale.
Publications board president at Colo. State resigns
The interim president of Colorado State University's Board of Student Communications resigned Friday, withdrawing his proposal to change the BSC bylaws to grant the board increased power to punish student publications for the use of profanity.