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Right turn could reach campuses, say student panelists

Tuesday, 26 January 2010 12:10 by John Andrews
('76 Editor) Student conservative leaders from three colleges told a Centennial Institute forum last night that they sense growing receptivity among their generation for a right-trending political mood of self-reliance and limited governmen... [More]

Of course academia is liberal; so what's our response?

Friday, 22 January 2010 10:47 by Greg Schaller
Last Sunday in the New York Times, Patricia Cohen discussed the liberal bias that exists in academia, especially among the social sciences.  Specifically, Cohen considers a new explanation being put forth by social scientists Neil Gross and... [More]

'Issue Monday' to feature campus conservatives on Jan. 25

Wednesday, 13 January 2010 11:12 by John Andrews
New Year, New Day, New Time: Centennial Institute moves its monthly issue forum to a more convenient day and time.  Join us for Issue Monday * January 25 * 7:00pm * CCU in Lakewood * School of Business 102. CONSERVATIVES ON CAMPUS 2010 ... [More]

Why not a three-year college degree?

Thursday, 24 December 2009 03:50 by Bill Moloney
There is a consensus that the desperate plight of higher education finances in Colorado calls not for tinkering around the edges but a radical re-examination of basic premises.  The traditional solution of “Give Them More Money” is s... [More]

My big four: Study, relationships, openness, and Him

Thursday, 10 December 2009 06:21 by Natasha Starceski
(Another in our series by CCU students on big lessons of college) We learn more by seeking the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from finding the answer itself.  There are many people in our society, young adults especially, tha... [More]

Fiscally profligate state colleges need to face the music

Friday, 27 November 2009 12:07 by Richard Bishirjian
('76 Contributor) According to a Denver Post story on Nov. 22, “The reduced stimulus money means that the general fund appropriation for higher education will have to increase to $555 million, the same amount the state provided in 2005-06 and t... [More]

One freshman's big lessons

Thursday, 26 November 2009 04:01 by Drew Goorabian
(CCU Student) When asked to write on big things that college has taught me, I contemplated what I was going to write on. I thought about everything that has happened to me in the past three months, which entails many successes and heartbreaks simulta... [More]

Three things college has taught me

Wednesday, 25 November 2009 06:23 by JT Weinroth
(CCU Student) The general concept of attending college originally was presented to me in high school as a way to spend an exuberant amount of money in order to obtain a degree and practical life skills, all of this in order to potentially obtain a jo... [More]

232 Years of Thanksgiving Proclamations

Thursday, 19 November 2009 12:06 by Greg Schaller
Editor's Note: Today was the last day of classes at Colorado Christian University, prior to a ten-day Thanksgiving break.  As students headed home, Prof. Greg Schaller compiled the quotations below to remind them of our country's cheri... [More]

Mutual support by Christian students on a secular campus

Wednesday, 16 September 2009 15:25 by Roommates Rally
Our favorite time of year: the smell of fresh pencil shavings and shiny new plastic binders brings to mind the commencement of a new academic year.  Usually religion is not included in the new and chaotic excitement that accompanies orientation ... [More]