University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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I; s ULDER 5 Student leaders Don Ccplis, Lissa Levin. Terry Georgia and Stu Osnow display their Boulder Junie:r College T-Shirts while discussing lobbying strategy wpper 19m Anhough me Spring semester witnessed a total eclipse bf the sun tupper righn, Professor Ruben Zubtow's sharp wt? quv illuminated Colorado's true budgetary realities o? the JBC rcmy tobove, centen. Meanwhile, a student phone bank attempts to enlighten legislators and communities about the negative impact the cutbopks would have on higher education , Iboftom, righn.

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most serious threat to highereducation in Colo- frado in the last fifty years, the student body pro- aceeded to attack the aggressor with a vehe- Tmence and determination Quite atypical of the - lethargic norm. Everyone was involved with The ,g'Zause. Boulder Junior College T-Shirts sar- jdonically and fashionabty advertised the situa- ation, and large banners proclaiming the some were ptaced at strategic highway locations. If nothing else, the JBC's threat proved that CU stu- L nts, even in 1979, acankget involved and do at leaster white; tanned and 4 was wett said ;' CSU President Dan Captis, was the great- estedehonstration of student, faculty. and staff unity tn the past 25 years. The dedication was certainly impressive, yet strangely enough, the campus' attention span seemed to ctimax and fizzte out immediately after the ralty. By the next day, the student mood was attuned to other con- cerns. The T-Shirts put away, and spring vacations being planned, enthusiasm and interest in such obscure entities as Joint Budget Committees seemed to have vanished, and one had to read th L aper to keep up with the-Situation. C a E g

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While Ihe JBC boIIIC raged on o difICICnI breed of poIIIIcs peroIIed In sIudenI government UCSU ExecuIive condIdoIe Jeff Moslon s duck suiI Iupper ICIII had more Ihon enough mud Io : woddie In as me sIuanI body Was subICcIed Io Iwo UCSU Spring CICcIions Big spenders Nancy Coleman and SICVC Raddy IbelowI obviously had enough money ICfI over to have C champagne ceiebroIIon oerr Iheir come-Irom-defeaI, second round vicIory. Conorroe I OccUrrIng CIImOSI simuIIoheou'SIy wiIh Ihe JBCI episode was Ihe embarassing snafu In Ihe CU SILI- CanI GovernanI IronIcoIIy WhIIC In recenI p031- WCIICrgoIC years, deCroI, sIoIC, 0nd Iocoi gov-w - ICmanIs have been scrambling Io keep IhCIr Im- ages clean and decent our own sIuanI govern? I :anI' hind been IangIed in C may ossorIanI of: VCr happen IC Ihis sIuanI Qov- II oII began innocenIIy enough The IirsI 'ICICCIIon CoOnI on February 28 rCsUIICd in cm iII- II , b0ding ICn-voIC span bCIwCCn IhC wmnlng Cx-w IecuIIve ICom 0f Rick RCIdoh dnd Ierry Georgia I ' nd IhC Iosmg ICom of SICvC Iu ged Roqun and GeorgIo IQ rCfroIn from I0 9 'ffioC uin IhC spIrII of jLIsIIcC dhd fdirhCSs Io L ' rI-Ies. NCCdICss IQ soy IhC wmnCrs dIanC Io he? proposal 9 On March '16, IhC sIIII unsoIisifICcI Reddy cInC CoIemCIn CIIong WiIh IhC oIhCr losing CondidQIes' fIICd o quUCsI for CICcIion nuIIIfIchIIon They med IhC UCSU CICcIion Code had bCCn vio- I I ICIedon sIevIerdI CounIs, InICILIdIIIng sUch InsiIdiOus I Cxqmple 08 Illegal compoIgnIng Ihe opporIunI- : I ' W for mUIIIIpIC Vofing and using unlocked bcIIoI I - , boxes. They futher sqid IhoI Ihe resuIIs of Ihe elec- Iion Were uIrrepszIrcIICIy' biased and as such musI 3 be held Invciid Ironicaily, Ihe second CICcIion IUrnCd CuI Io be Cven more biosed- $850 woth During IhC cdmpoigning for Ihe original CIecIion each pair of chnCICCICs had spenI obouI $700 buI in Ihe Mdy repeaI CICCIion, aspironfs RCddy qnd Coiemqn InvesICd CI onIoping $1 300, fQUI' A L IImCs as much as Roldan and Georgio' 3 $450 :The big spenders won by 165 votes, IhCery I ouinng Roldan 0nd GCorgio from IhCir shorI , reign, and gCnCrcIIIng a new CQnIroversy II began Io be heard around campus IhoI only rich sIuanIs QouId reaiisIIcoIIy compCIe In UCSU ClecIions since here were no CICCIion spending- IimiIs. SIuCCnI governmenI was fcsI losing I wthCver CredIbIIin iI ever had AcIucIIIy, In spIIC of oil Ihe ruckus, few sIuanIsI ,th been nvoIved CI OII OuI of Ihe 3,155 sIUe anIs who boIhCer Io voIe in Ihe CICcIion only ,2 473 had cost voICs Ior Ihe CXCCUIIVC posIIion , , BUI 3 082 fCII inSpIer Io voIC on Ihe Rocky FIoIs ,ICfCrendum, with 2 244 of them wonIing Io con-, VCrI IhC nUICIeOI' arms ICICIIIIy I0 0 non- poIIuIIng pCCCCIuI maICxioIs fociIin. Rocky Flats and Ihe no-nuke movemenI were perhaps IhC onIy Issues, Ihis yCor abouI which sIuanIs were consIsICnIIy concerned