Student Media, the umbrella organization home to Colorado State University’s campus media – which includes the student newspaper The Rocky Mountain Collegian, as well as the campus television station, radio station, and magazine – announced last week that it will soon become a non-profit organization independent of the university. The CSU Board of Governors voted unanimously last Tuesday to replace the university-based Board of Student Communications with a new independent board as early as August 1st. The push for independence began this fall, when the Collegian published the controversial “F--- Bush” editorial. Shortly thereafter, university president Larry Penley met with private publishers in an effort to sell the paper and disassociate it from the university. Students protested the decision and pushed Penley to form the Collegian Advisory Committee – a board of students, faculty, and community members who would ultimately decide the paper’s fate. Other schools with non-profit student media organizations include the University of Northern Colorado, Michigan State University, Iowa State University, University of Illinois, University of California, University of North Carolina and University of Texas.

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