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'Students Fighting Back'
CSU-Pueblo hosts committee protest
Elyse Jarvis and Jessica Miller The Rocky Mountain Collegian and CSU-Pueblo TODAY
Issue date: 3/13/09 Section: News
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David Fresquez, the president of the Associated Students' Government, headed the gathering of about 20 students who converged on Pueblo's student pavilion in a picket demonstration.
The protest follows a failed letter-writing campaign piloted by Fresquez and Taylor Smoot, president of the Associated Students of CSU, that asked Jones to put a student on the committee, which was put together by the BOG and holds seats for members of the board and local business and political figures.
Michele McKinney, BOG spokesperson, said the board felt it had given fair opportunity for students to voice their input regarding the chancellor's qualifications and said that because search committee proceedings are already underway, more members will likely not be added.
"(The committee has) a charge, there's a plan and they're on a very ambitious timeline," she said, noting that the BOG is appointed by the state governor to handle the judiciary responsibilities of a university.
The committee received its charge from Jones last week and is to meet next month and potentially in May.
"The search committee is made up of people who have managed, are managing million-plus dollar operations and understand the skill sets needed in a leader to do that," McKinney said.
On Wednesday, Jones told the Fort Collins Rotary Club that he would like to see the chancellor position filled by early June.
Smoot said he does not foresee a protest similar to CSU-Pueblo's taking place at the Fort Collins campus.
"We've done what we needed to do," he said, though he expressed regret in not coordinating efforts with Fresquez.
"If (Jones) is going to budge, the efforts are going to have to come from other board members."
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