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Review finds that minority faculty have heavy workload
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BOULDER, Colo. - A review of tenure policies at the University of Colorado has found that minority professors carry a heavier workload than their colleagues. They are expected to mentor minority students, work on race-related committees and serve on search committees, the Boulder Daily Camera reported Sunday.
Road closures
Beginning May 15, the intersection of Meldrum and Laurel streets will be closed for two weeks. Traffic will be routed to Loomis and Meridian avenues, south to Plum Street and through the Transit gates into the Engineering lot. Traffic will be able to exit the lot via Meldrum Street, but will only be able to turn right onto Laurel Street, according to CSU Police Department.
Vigil raises suicide awareness
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Maxine French knew she and her fiancé, Robert, were having relationship problems, but she had no idea what the outcome would be. It would end. Robert shot himself in the chest. In Larimer County, one person commits suicide every nine days. In an attempt to lower this number, the county's Suicide Resource Center held its fifth annual Taking Strides to Save Lives on Friday night, where French was the main speaker.
Pot measure up in air
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So how's the effort to place a pot-legalization measure on November's ballot going? "It's going, man," said Mason Tvert, campaign director for Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER). But the 24-year-old quickly quelled the doubt: "We're pretty confident we're going to get this done.
Lawyers say lawsuits will proceed whatever Legislature does
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DENVER - Even if the Legislature fails to act to aid victims of sex abuse by clergy, victims' lawyers say their lawsuits will proceed. Some victims are blaming the Roman Catholic Church for lobbying against legislation to extend the statute of limitations for sex-abuse victims.
Critics blast CU's 4/20 crackdown
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BOULDER -- Attorneys for the estate of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G. are providing legal advice to students after a notorious celebration at the University of Colorado at Boulder turned into a big problem for some CU students Every April 20, several hundred CU students go to Farrand Field to smoke marijuana and bond with friends and classmates.
