The Daily Cougar: “Group of students voices its opposition to KTRU acquisition at Board meeting“

Multiple students consecutively spoke to the straight-faced board members at the Wednesday meeting, and each student expressed a loss of confidence they had in the institution. Many UH students referred to the deal as a “black eye” on the university.

Nick Cooper, Rice alumnus and member of the local award-winning jazz band Free Radicals, told UH Regents they should “be ashamed at the way the situation was handled.”

Cooper said the loss of KTRU would be a monumental blow to local musicians like himself who gain exposure through the student run station.

Reactions have been similar throughout the UH community.

“As a communications student at UH, I am disheartened by our administration’s underhanded dealings,” Vincent Capurso, a volunteer D.J. at KTRU, said. “Is this what we are teaching business majors, deception?”

The Rice Thresher: “Open records requests unveil how KTRU sale was kept under wraps“

In addition to these details regarding the sale’s disclosure, the two open records requests revealed an incongruency between one of Leebron’s points supporting the deal and the timeline of relevant events.

Burn Down Blog: “When did Rice first try to sell KTRU?“

Rice should take the higher ground and release all of its information about the KTRU sale. If the sale is truly justified, then the facts should speak for themselves. Let Rice justify this sale, just as Rice students must justify their arguments in classes. If the university cannot do that, then this course of events will be tainted through Rice’s history as one of its lowest hours, unable to even meet the same standards it holds for its students.

YouTube: “KTRUgate: The Animated Series“