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To: RealMuLan who wrote (19086)	12/20/2004 2:05:17 PM
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State’s colleges decry finances From crumbling buildings to the departure of prized faculty, some say funding has reached a crisis point. By Dave Curtin Denver Post Staff Writer Post / Glenn Asakawa Cracking in a brick wall at the Sibell Wolle Fine Arts Building at the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates possible structural failings. State budget cuts have delayed rebuilding. Faculty members climb a ladder-like staircase to get to attic offices leaking water at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A concrete roof falls to the floor in a classroom building at CU-Colorado Springs. University of Northern Colorado officials have to persuade national officials to reaccredit the Greeley school. The Auraria Higher Education Center, home to three campuses in downtown Denver, is considering closing classrooms in March because it doesn't have money for maintenance. Meanwhile, students at CU- Boulder are paying an extra $400 a year in fees to build new buildings. Is Colorado's higher-education system literally crumbling from lack of funding? Or are students and college presidents crying wolf? "If you don't believe it, come to campus," said CU-Boulder student Joseph Neguse, one of CU's three student-body presidents. "You'll see overcrowded classes - one professor teaching 500 students, students sitting in the aisles. There's one academic adviser for hundreds of students." "We have reached the point of no return in trying to educate more students with fewer resources," said Colorado State University president Larry Penleycq. denverpost.com