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Community cyclists unhappy with biking committee
Fort Collins community members ask for increased involvement
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While officials said the Fort Collins Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting was held to inform the community about its plans before going to the city council with new recommendations, community members were angered because they wanted to be involved with the plan from the start.
Tony Frank on higher ed, family, Budweiser
Former farmer's view from the top unlikely
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From a brown leather sofa chair on the east wall of his new, spacious office, CSU Interim President Tony Frank takes a much-needed moment to breathe. "Everyone wants to know what my plans are, but I've only had about 120 hours in this office to think about it," he says, revealing a fatigued smile beneath his self-described "Todd Helton" goatee.
Holder is Obama's top choice for
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WASHINGTON - Washington attorney Eric Holder is President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to be the next attorney general and aides have gone so far as to ask senators whether he would be confirmed, an Obama official and people close to the matter said Tuesday.
Allard to consider role as potential chancellor of CSU
Possible chancellor position to represent all CSU locations
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After ending a 12-year U.S. Senate career, Republican Wayne Allard is contemplating pursuing the CSU chancellor post should the CSU System Board of Governors decide to split the president and chancellor roles. After receiving communications from two state lawmakers recommending Allard, a BOG spokesperson said it may consider him for the position, but called discussions regarding potential candidates "premature.
BOG names General Counsel head
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Following two tumultuous weeks in the university administration after former President Larry Penley resigned this month, the CSU System Board of Governors announced Tuesday that it had named employment law attorney Mike Nosler head of its General Counsel. In this position, Nosler, a CSU alumnus, will head the legal team responsible for advising the CSU System, which includes the new CSU Global Campus.
Mountain lion believed to be hunting near the Foothills campus
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The CSU Department of Public Safety is alerting the Fort Collins community that it believes a mountain lion is hunting on the Foothills campus. They are advising those in the area to be cautious. A lion killed a deer at the Colorado State Forest Service nursery on La Porte Avenue west of Overland Trail sometime Monday evening or Tuesday morning, university spokesperson Dell Rae Mollenberg said in a statement.
Consumer prices drop record 1 percent in October
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ Consumer prices plunged by the largest amount in the past 61 years in October as gasoline pump prices dropped by a record amount. The Labor Department said Wednesday that consumer prices fell by 1 percent last month, the biggest one-month decline on records that go back to February 1947.
