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Scenester Joe Blake preps for CSU chancellorship

The Denver Post celebrity sighting column caught soon-to-be Colorado State University Chancellor Joe Blake already beginning some of the work he has been hired to do for the school. According to the Post, 73-year-old Blake stepped out Tuesday night in Denver for cocktails and dinner with local movers and shakers -- exactly the kind of people the board at CSU is depending on Blake to summon out of the depths of his Rolodex and tap to help solve the ongoing funding crisis at the land-grant university.

While CU cuts exec salaries, CSU hires chancellor and hikes tuition

As Colorado State University prepares to hire a top executive at the school, expanding its administration significantly, it appears University of Colorado President Bruce Benson is taking the state's leading research university in the other direction, eliminating 54 administrative offices and slashing executive pay to cut a total of $6.2 million from the university's $39 million operating budget.

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...

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...

As CU Ponders Benson, Religious Right Cheers Gene Nichol’s Ouster in...

As students and faculty weigh in on the controversial prospect of Colorado oilman Bruce Benson becoming the next president of the University of Colorado,...

Ritter At 6: ‘What Was I Thinking?’

Six months into his first term, Gov. Bill Ritter laughs easily when asked what, looking back, he has done to make him now smack...

Ka-Ching! For Campaign Funds

While many legislative campaign funds are shrinking due to working costs and lodging fees, the same can't be said for Rep. David Balmer and...

Spreading Wealth Around, Part VII

Next up for a snapshot of generous donors to Trailhead Group LLC, the Senate Majority Fund, and the Colorado Leadership Fund, 527s under investigation...

Spreading Wealth Around, Part VI

Today's snapshot of big donors to Trailhead Group LLC, the Senate Majority Fund, and the Colorado Leadership Fund, all 527s under investigation by Colorado...

Spreading Wealth Around, Part V

Today's snapshot of donors to Trailhead LLC Group and two other 527s under investigation by Colorado Confidential brings us some tidbits about Bruce Benson,...
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