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Upset over a college newspaper editorial about President Bush that used an obscenity, conservative students at Colorado State University have started printing their own newspaper. A group calling itself the CSU College Republicans on Monday distributed the Ram Republic, which they are calling the “Conservative Voice of Colorado State University.” Editor Bobby Carson said the group had already been thinking about starting a journal when the campus’s main publication, The Rocky Mountain Collegian, published a four-word editorial that directed a four-letter word at Bush

Colorado State University is still experiencing the fallout from a profane editorial that ran in the college's student newspaper two weeks ago. CSU police investigated a threat that was called into The Rocky Mountain Collegian last week. Advertising in the newspaper and other student- run media organizations remains down. And at least one parent of a CSU student might withdraw her daughter from the school. "It's true. We are reconsidering schools," said Casper resident Cathy Ide, whose daughter, Holly Loucks, is a sophomore construction management major. The school's alumni relations and admissions offices have also received calls and e-mails concerning...

For some, it was a matter of protecting free speech. For others, it was about punishing the editor of a campus newspaper, who they believed damaged the credibility of Colorado State University nationally when he decided to publish the F-word in the school newspaper. "Our university will take a hit for the poor choices of one student," said Chelsea Penoyer, chairwoman of the College Republicans at CSU. Penoyer was one of more than 300 students and members of the staff and community who attended a hearing Wednesday night of CSU's Board of Student Communications, the governing body that will decide...

FORT COLLINS — The student newspaper that stirred up a hornet's nest when it dropped the F-bomb last week drew more fire Monday. (snip) College Republicans at Colorado State University collected more than 300 signatures calling on CSU's Board of Student Communications to fire Editor in Chief David McSwane. (snip) Asked by CNN if the editorial could be characterized as vulgar or sophomoric, McSwane said he "wouldn't entirely disagree." "We wanted people to understand that free speech is something we should talk about," he told CNN. "We felt that this campus, for one reason or another, has been really apathetic....

A four word editorial with a four letter word in it is sparking a spirited discussion on free speech at Colorado State University. The Rocky Mountain Collegian published an editorial on page 4 of the paper Friday which read "Taser this ... F*** Bush." The expletive was spelled out. The last two words were in bold type, larger than most headlines. A caption below said, "this column represents the views of the Collegian's Editorial Board." "I think they went over the line a little bit, but it's free speech and they're allowed to write what they want," one student told...