I know Liquor Mart. I will only say that the CU Boulder colleges with the most money spent the most money there. You won't find much in the Liquor Mart budget, for instance, in the History or the English Depts., although they probably purchased a few bottles of wine for special occasions. No, find the colleges with the most money, and there you will find the greatest budget allocations at Liquor Mart.
Although I think this is another hit at CU Boulder, it's damn well time. The university is located on some of the most beautiful landscape the U.S. has. The poster who named it an "ivory tower" university is right; because of its ivory tower status, it is both a coveted place in which to work and a place that is subject to a lot of political corruption and abuse.
Ward Churchill has a very good reputation as a teacher, by the way. The drop in out-of-state tuition is not attributable to that. The drop has been happening for some time.
I have no problem with alcohol served at functions. What I do have a problem with is the student "partying" that is out of control and perception of acceptance by college officials.
The administration has to set the standard for the students.
And the drop in out of state registrations is unique to CU in regards to the big CO universities.
And I would have found Ward Churchill a shameful professor if I had mistakenly taken one of his classes. I happened across a pretty bad professor this summer that couldn't wait to find ways to bash Bush in her lectures about Western Civilization prior to WW2. If Churchill were as bad as her, he had not business teaching, much less being tenured.
Finally, I did work in Boulder. I lasted just over a year and moved out. The town is ridiculous. There is nothing to covet about working or living there.