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vote today in ascsu elections on ramweb THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN Fort Collins, Colorado COLLEGIAN Volume 115 | No. 132 Monday, April 2, 2007 www.collegian.com THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891 Penley pledges more openness President calls criticized amendment ’perfectly ethical’ and ‘completely legitimate’ By ViMAl PAtel put CSU on more equitable the amendment Wednesday. It failed 18-15. Straayer said Penley’s correct in saying that The Rocky Mountain Collegian terms with other Colorado Technically, the amendment wasn’t a tuition amendments are made to the initial bill, but he universities, and would increase. The administration wanted to have the added that the magnitude, timing and lack of Amid a flood of criticism that accused his have provided substantial authority, like most Colorado colleges, to be able communication make this case unusual. administration of attempting to sneak a massive financial support for low- to charge students for more than nine credits. “One of the norms in the legislature is you tuition increase into a state bill without student income students, Penley The bottom line, however, would have been a don’t surprise people,” he said. input, CSU President Larry Penley sent out a said. significantly higher priced CSU education for Meanwhile, the executive director of the Col- campus-wide e-mail to students Friday, saying But the criticism hasn’t most students. orado Commission on Higher Education, David there would be “more open and direct commu- centered around details of John Straayer, a CSU political science profes- Skaggs, criticized a prior statement President nication in the future.” the amendment. sor, characterized the administration’s stance Penley issued in which he reiterated his call for “While this has been a priority for me as CSU Instead, student lead- Penley with the following quip: “We’re not going to raise fairness in funding among Colorado colleges. president, and we have a number of mecha- ers and politicians claim tuition, we’re just going to charge you more.” “Much is made of the relative standing of nisms in place to assure student involvement Penley didn’t give students The Long Bill, the $17.8 billion state budget CSU and the University of Colorado,” Skaggs in university decision-making, those means do enough notice and tried to go behind their plan, had arrived on the Colorado Senate floor said in a statement late Thursday. not appear to have been effective in this case,” backs. last Monday, when legislators saw it. But by “While both are classified as research in- Penley said. “It was unacceptable the way they tried to Wednesday night, lawmakers had floated sever- stitutions, there are substantial differences be- On Wednesday night, the Colorado Senate sneak this through,” said Luke Ragland, legis- al dozen amendments at the bill — one was the tween the role and mission of each in the Colo- shot down legislation that would have effectively lative affairs director of Associated Students of CSU funding add-on. rado system. I believe it is more constructive to increased CSU tuition by at least a third for some CSU. “The misleading message that this is not Penley called the last-minute amendment, address how we can help CSU get ahead, and not students. a tuition increase, it’s something I’ve had to do authored by Sen. Bob Bacon, a Fort Collins Dem- whether or how it should get even.” The $34 million in extra spending authority, battle with at the legislature.” ocrat, “a routine, perfectly ethical and complete- Managing Editor Vimal Patel can be reached rather than the slated $11 million, would have Ragland lobbied in Denver all day against ly legitimate part of the political process.” at [email protected]. ASCSU voting UNDERGRADUATE ARTWORK starts today By JAMeS BAetke most a bust with a turnout of The Rocky Mountain Collegian 10.7 percent. “We try and saturate the Today marks the first day campus as much as possi- students can vote for Associ- ble,” said Whitney Bostick, an ated Students of elections committee CSU president, member. vice president and For two random- individual college ly picked votes, a senators. And if brand new bike and Audrey LaSalle, iPod will be given elections man- away and commit- ager, has anything tee members will be to do with it, 2007 holding daily give- will set a record aways of food and voter turnout. other prizes on the Beating the BlUMBerg Lory Student Center voter turnout re- Plaza. cord of 23 per- LaSalle and Bos- cent for student tick agree that many body elections is factors contribute one of LaSalle’s to low student par- aggressive goals. ticipation in voting. The ASCSU Elec- Factors include a tions Committee lack of desire, the is launching an unawareness elec- intense campaign tions are even tak- starting today and ing place and the ending Wednes- perception that both major campaign day, in order to ABBey drive voter turn- platforms are similar out to an all-time and voting for either record, hoping to of them would suf- kAtie SteVenS | COLLEGIAN fice. surpass 2004 re- The annual undergraduate art exhibition opened in Curfman Gallery at the Lory Student Center on Friday. The juried exhibition features cord. Picking the can- artwork in different mediums including photography, sculpture, multimedia fashion and paintings. More than 300 student artists submit- “We want to didate that matters ted work and only about 70 pieces were selected for the show. The gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to hit 25 percent,” most for the individ- 9:30 p.m. on Friday; and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. LaSalle said. ual is an important Voting is done decision all students by logging onto should make, Bos- RAMweb and tick said. casting votes for “Without our president and vice gleeSon services, the student Students dance, drum and eat at African Night president ticket, body would suffer,” as well as senator she added. By AniCA Wong seats. ASCSU president “The important The Rocky Mountain Collegian Voting com- and vice president puter stations will develop policies, thing people need to also be available benchmarks and After devouring traditional realize is that this is today through goals in accordance African food – including pea- Wednesday for with what is best for nut butter soup, rice, beef stew all students who put students to log CSU students, and and plantains – students and it on.” onto RAMweb. can include stances community members listened For both big- on student fees, tu- to African drumming, danced ticket campaigns troUt ition and student or- in a fashion show and took in Ama Arthur-Asmah a humorous play. running this year ganizations. senior journalism major and — Katie Gleeson City Editor James This was all part of Afri- rd member of AU and Trevor Trout versus Jake Baetke can be reached at cans United’s 3 annual Afri- Blumberg and Sean Abbey, for [email protected]. can Night in the Lory Student president and vice president Center on Saturday night. Following the Ivory Coast respectively — the stakes are “The important thing peo- is South Africa, Egypt, New immense getting students to ple need to realize is that this Ghana and the Caribbean. is all students who put it on,” “It is important to educate participate and vote, candi- eleCtion inforMAtion dates said last week. said Ama Arthur-Asmah, a people about how varied and ASCSU requires that senior journalism major and diverse the African culture is,” What: ASCSU Elections member of AU. “We work re- there be at least a 10 percent When: April 2 - 4 said Joyce Acen, an ecology voter turnout or the elections ally, really hard.” graduate student. Where: RamWeb As members of AU took the would be dissolved. This has Who: President and Vice In the end, the prince de- not happened recently, but President; stage, the packed LSC Theatre cides he will not be picking in 2002 the elections were al- Individual College Senators learned about the plot of the his bride out of the princesses play. present, but as he is wandering After the king of an African by the river later that night, he 25%25 country has died, his son, the spots a beautiful girl washing prince, will take his throne. her clothes. But his mother, the queen, “I think I’ve found what I’ve 20%20 wants him to get married. She been looking for,” he tells the is determined to throw the girl who would later become prince a great festival for all of his bride. the villages so princesses from 15%15 The best part of the eve- different countries can dance ning for some audience mem- Voter tUrnoUt for him. In between each bers was the discovery of new dance, Salè, a local African 10% ideas and traditions. 10 SinCe 2002 drumming and dancing group, “CSU needs to explore could be seen playing varying other people’s cultures,” said sizes of African drums. Figures represent the percentage of Charlie Billig, a freshman soci- 5%5 Next was the energizing ology major. “CSU needs to be JUStin Sogge | COLLEGIAN voters from the CSU student body and exhilarating dance of the more diversified.” Members of Africans United dance during their production held Ivory Coast’s princess and her Staff writer Anica Wong can in the Lory Student Center Theatre on Saturday evening. The pro- 0%0 dancers, a dance so enticing be reached at news@collegian. that the prince joins. gram consisted of free food prepared by the members, followed 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 com. by a production full of dancing, acting and drumming.

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