"Tucked away in Friday's Denver Post was this little plea for flexibility from the state college presidents.

I'm sure they could save time, but saving money doesn't seem to be much on their minds. In fact, the one thing you almost never see is any questioning or examination of how colleges are spending their money.

CU's Benson Wrong on Tenure

FTS Opinion

December 16, 2008

In Monday's Rocky Mountain News, University of Colorado President Bruce Benson defends tenure at his institution as a seven-year process that includes "great expectations for faculty members who want to keep it." We wish we could believe him.

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Anti-oil forum hosted in building that oil built

A Face the State Staff Report

December 3, 2008

A University of Colorado building funded largely through oil and gas revenues played host Tuesday night to an event devoted to ending conventional energy production. The event, titled,“Coming Clean: Breaking America’s Addiction to Oil and Coal," was hosted on the Boulder campus's Benson Earth Sciences building, named such because of an $8 million gift from Bruce Benson, who made his fortune off oil and gas.

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Benson bringing in the big bucks for CU

May 13, 2008

Higher ed leaders critical of Ritter's severance tax proposal

A Face the State Staff Report

April 28, 2008

At a Friday meeting hosted by Gov. Bill Ritter, many of Colorado’s top higher education officials expressed concern over Ritter's support of a proposed plan to funnel oil and gas money into scholarships rather than directly into university operating budgets.

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Political Cartoon for 2/14: Boulder Hypocrisy

Face The State Humor

February 14, 2008

The elected Regents of the University of Colorado have tapped businessman and former GOP fundraiser Bruce Benson to be the CU System's next president. Angry Boulderites and academic elites say Benson is too partisan but some self-reflection might not hurt, for all involved.

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