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Colorado is at a crossroads. We can privatize our public universities or we can begin to fund them at a level that continues their present missions.

I don't think he's behind anyone. Maybe he is in his own mind, but not in mine. He'll figure it out.

The issues of environmental science and the quality of the environment may be some of the most important ones of the 21st century.

It sure adds a lot of drama. No lead is safe. It takes a lot of courage to play those last three golf holes.

It's too bad when a few misbehave that so many end up punished. When it comes to the issues of discipline, the rules are clear. The consequences are the ones that students choose.

Boy, the time really has flown by. Part of that is the anticipation and excitement of coming here every year. This is one place I really, really look forward to going.

We want to be the toughest team mentally there. We want to play 45 holes of golf and get ourselves in position to win, and then whatever happens that last nine holes happens.

We got off to a good start. Our kids were really throwing darts with their irons and the greens are putting real well. You're going to see a lot of good scores after this round - not just ours, but from a lot of people.

Mark Driscoll has been a tremendous supporter of Ram athletics and we thank him for his years of service. We wish him the best.