CU history professor Elizabeth Fenn shares her opposition to Mark Kennedy, the sole finalist in CU's search for a new systemwide president. Fenn equates Kennedy to a "lemon," saying his lack of good leadership makes him ill-suited for the job.

A couple hundred students, staff, faculty and Boulderites gathered on Norlin Quad on Monday, April 15 to voice their frustration with the CU Board of Regents in choosing Kennedy through what many have described as an opaque process.

Student Anthony Salazar speaks about this opposition to Mark Kennedy, the presumptive nominee to be the next University of Colorado system president.

A couple hundred students, staff, faculty and Boulderites gathered on Norlin Quad on Monday, April 15 to voice their frustration with the CU Board of Regents in choosing Kennedy through what many have described as an opaque process.

Student Elliot Spring speaks in opposition to Mark Kennedy, the presumptive nominee to be the next University of Colorado system president, and the process that led to Kennedy's position as the sole finalist in the search process.

A couple hundred students, staff, faculty and Boulderites gathered on Norlin Quad on Monday, April 15 to voice their frustration with the CU Board of Regents in choosing Kennedy through what many have described as an opaque process.

CU law students Johnnie Nguyen and Perdeep Singh Badhesha speak about their opposition to Mark Kennedy, the presumptive nominee to be the next University of Colorado system president, and the process that resulted in his position as the sole finalist.

A couple hundred students, staff, faculty and Boulderites gathered on Norlin Quad on Monday, April 15 to voice their frustration with the CU Board of Regents in choosing Kennedy through what many have described as an opaque process.

Community member Sally Powell Ashby speaks about her opposition to Mark Kennedy, the presumptive nominee to be the next University of Colorado system president.

A couple hundred students, staff, faculty and Boulderites gathered on Norlin Quad on Monday, April 15 to voice their frustration with the CU Board of Regents in choosing Kennedy through what many have described as an opaque process.

Student Victoria Acuña speaks about her opposition to Mark Kennedy, the presumptive nominee to be the next University of Colorado system president.

A couple hundred students, staff, faculty and Boulderites gathered on Norlin Quad on Monday, April 15 to voice their frustration with the CU Board of Regents in choosing Kennedy through what many have described as an opaque process.

On Wednesday, April 10, CU's Board of Regents announced Mark R. Kennedy as the sole presidential finalist. Dana Steiner and Matt Vondrasek, members of the CU Law School's Student Bar Association, spoke with News Director Lucy Haggard about the student group's concerns with both Kennedy's history and with the presidential search process as a whole.

News Underground is following this conflict and will be adding updates both live on-air and in episodes published here. We are working with CU Independent to increase the coverage. Their initial write-up: https://cuindependent.com/2019/04/10/cu-presidential-finalist-mark-kennedy/

News Director Lucy Haggard talks with Brian Lambert, and undergraduate music student at CU, about his compositional influences and how to use a soprano saxophone. Lambert is part of the Pendulum New Music monthly concert series, put on by CU's music school. He'll be performing at the next concert on Wednesday, April 10.

Brian Lambert's music: https://soundcloud.com/lambrequinmusic

Learn more about the Pendulum New Music concert series: https://www.colorado.edu/pendulum-new-music/

News Correspondent John Boughey talks with Max Wolpert, a conductor in the upcoming Pendulum New Music concert on Wednesday, April 10. The free on-campus concert series, in its 18th season, showcases both undergraduate and graduate student works in monthly performances.

Max Wolpert's music: http://www.maxwolpertmusic.com/about.html

Learn more about the Pendulum New Music concert series: https://www.colorado.edu/pendulum-new-music/events

Boulder's Open Space and Mountain Parks division recently performed a prescribed burn on some of its land, and more is on the way. News Correspondent Anna Haynes talks with Chris Wanner, forest ecologist for OSMP, about the purpose of prescribed burns and what Boulderites can expect from them.

Learn more about prescribed burns in Boulder: https://bouldercolorado.gov/osmp/planned-burns