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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, let's do something completely different right now.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
On the Board of Regents for the University of Colorado,
the flagship university for our state, there's a one seat
Democrat majority, and majority means everything, even it's only one seat,
and there is a race for CU Regent that could
change that, and joining me.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
To talk about it.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Candidate for CU Regent, Eric Renard, and I encourage you
to vote for Eric when you see his name on
the ballot. So first of all, Eric is good to
have you here, Thanks for being here, and let's just
jump right in because we only got about five minutes.
Why you.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Well, I was going to do a brief description of
the regions that you already did that for me. I
think it's important to note, though, that the regions were
established by the state Constitution to be elected from the public,
and that's so that the university would stay in touch
with the people and not you know, fall to an
(01:01):
ivory tower. But I am an engineer, I'm a lifelong Corraden.
We moved here when I was two years old for
my father to take a professor position at the University
of Denver. I grew up in South Denver, attended public schools,
and was a CU grad in nineteen eighty five as
an electrical engineer. Been married twenty one years with four
fantastic children, and I live on a small farm and
(01:23):
I love to work the chores of my tractor as
well as take care of our horses. And I'm endorsed
by former Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, which is remarkable to
me because Ben ran as a Democrat and was elected
as a Democrat many times before. After being elected senator,
he switched to the Republican Party because he believed in
(01:44):
principle over party.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
So I would like you to help me and listeners
understand what the difference might be in terms of how
CU is run based on whether you were to win
this election or your opponent.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
By the way, I watched a little video that you.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Sent me of your opponent being interviewed by somebody, and
one of the things he said he was really concerned
about was see you being carbon neutral.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
I'm like, oh my god, really.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
That's what we're caring about right now. So anyway, could
could you please just explain why this election matters?
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Well, yes, that's an example of what I call a
faulty premise, leading to carefully reasoned incorrect conclusions. It's important
to think about what's unique about a university education compared
to a trade school or a community college. And to me,
in a word, it's philosophy. Okay, not just teaching students
(02:46):
how to think, but why thinking is important, the importance
of reason, facts, and most importantly, a valid assumption or
premise to begin your entire debate with. And if you
have a flaw premise, namely that emitting carbon dioxide is
(03:06):
going to cause the end of life on Earth in
one hundred years or less, then you know there's no
limits to the things that you might do in the
name of that cause.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Right and so, and I didn't I didn't intend to
ask you to focus particularly on that one. But in
a more macro sense, what what would be the difference.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
For see you for SeeU students, for see you students parents?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
For example, if if you win versus if the other
guy wins, especially because if you were to win, you
would have Republican slash Conservatives being the majority again on
the board.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
So why does that matter?
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Well, first, let me just put in a good good
word for the Board of Regions. Now, I think that
regardless of party, they work very well together, and they're
very h There's there's very little contention on that board.
But I think there's two main differences between myself and
my opponent, and one is so sophical and the other
is our position on unions. My opponent has raised and
(04:06):
spent almost two hundred thousand dollars on this election. He
has talked about he's proud to be a former union member.
He works as an educational lawyer, and I just wonder
how much influence that special interest association would have with
all of his decisions on the Board of Regents.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Yeah, that makes sense. We're talking with Eric Lenard.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
His website is Renard r I n ar D for
regent dot com and that's the word for so r
I n A r D f O r regent dot com.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
So this will be Is this an at large seat?
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Yes, it's the only besides President of the United States,
it's the only statewide office on the ballot this year.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Right, So that's interesting. So for people who are voting
in Colorado, this this doesn't happen all that often. But
for people who are voting in Colorado, there are only
two I mean.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Put this carefully.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
There are only two races Yeah, there are only two
races for elected office that everybody in the state will
vote on.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
President and this CU Regent's race.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Because there's no Senate race, no governor's race, no treasurer,
no attorney general, no.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Secretary of State. It's just these two. That's interesting.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
And I've only got a few seconds here, But what's
that like for you, Eric?
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Running a statewide campaign?
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Well, first of all, it is tremendously humbling to have,
you know, possibly millions of people voting for me that
I've never met. And I've been doing everything i can
with my limited resources to get my name idea up.
That's why i went for the Senator night Horse Campbell
endorsement and to let people know that I'm pro college
(06:00):
education and I'm pro ideas, I'm pro science, I'm anti censorship,
and I'm anti mandate. And my number one constituency will
be the students and what they can learn and what
it costs them to do it.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Eric Arnard is candidate for CU Regent.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
His website Renard, which is ri nar d four Colorado
dot com. Again, everybody who's within the sound of my
voice who votes in Colorado will see Eric's name on
the ballot right, so please do vote for Eric Renard.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
I encourage you to cast that ballot.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Eric.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
I wish you good luck next week and we'll talk again.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Thank you. I humbly ask everyone for your vote and
go Bucks.
All right, let's do something completely different right now.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
On the Board of Regents for the University of Colorado,
the flagship university for our state, there's a one seat
Democrat majority, and majority means everything, even it's only one seat,
and there is a race for CU Regent that could
change that, and joining me.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
To talk about it.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Candidate for CU Regent, Eric Renard, and I encourage you
to vote for Eric when you see his name on
the ballot. So first of all, Eric is good to
have you here, Thanks for being here, and let's just
jump right in because we only got about five minutes.
Why you.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Well, I was going to do a brief description of
the regions that you already did that for me. I
think it's important to note, though, that the regions were
established by the state Constitution to be elected from the public,
and that's so that the university would stay in touch
with the people and not you know, fall to an
(01:01):
ivory tower. But I am an engineer, I'm a lifelong Corraden.
We moved here when I was two years old for
my father to take a professor position at the University
of Denver. I grew up in South Denver, attended public schools,
and was a CU grad in nineteen eighty five as
an electrical engineer. Been married twenty one years with four
fantastic children, and I live on a small farm and
(01:23):
I love to work the chores of my tractor as
well as take care of our horses. And I'm endorsed
by former Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, which is remarkable to
me because Ben ran as a Democrat and was elected
as a Democrat many times before. After being elected senator,
he switched to the Republican Party because he believed in
(01:44):
principle over party.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
So I would like you to help me and listeners
understand what the difference might be in terms of how
CU is run based on whether you were to win
this election or your opponent.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
By the way, I watched a little video that you.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Sent me of your opponent being interviewed by somebody, and
one of the things he said he was really concerned
about was see you being carbon neutral.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
I'm like, oh my god, really.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
That's what we're caring about right now. So anyway, could
could you please just explain why this election matters?
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Well, yes, that's an example of what I call a
faulty premise, leading to carefully reasoned incorrect conclusions. It's important
to think about what's unique about a university education compared
to a trade school or a community college. And to me,
in a word, it's philosophy. Okay, not just teaching students
(02:46):
how to think, but why thinking is important, the importance
of reason, facts, and most importantly, a valid assumption or
premise to begin your entire debate with. And if you
have a flaw premise, namely that emitting carbon dioxide is
(03:06):
going to cause the end of life on Earth in
one hundred years or less, then you know there's no
limits to the things that you might do in the
name of that cause.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Right and so, and I didn't I didn't intend to
ask you to focus particularly on that one. But in
a more macro sense, what what would be the difference.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
For see you for SeeU students, for see you students parents?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
For example, if if you win versus if the other
guy wins, especially because if you were to win, you
would have Republican slash Conservatives being the majority again on
the board.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
So why does that matter?
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Well, first, let me just put in a good good
word for the Board of Regions. Now, I think that
regardless of party, they work very well together, and they're
very h There's there's very little contention on that board.
But I think there's two main differences between myself and
my opponent, and one is so sophical and the other
is our position on unions. My opponent has raised and
(04:06):
spent almost two hundred thousand dollars on this election. He
has talked about he's proud to be a former union member.
He works as an educational lawyer, and I just wonder
how much influence that special interest association would have with
all of his decisions on the Board of Regents.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Yeah, that makes sense. We're talking with Eric Lenard.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
His website is Renard r I n ar D for
regent dot com and that's the word for so r
I n A r D f O r regent dot com.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
So this will be Is this an at large seat?
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Yes, it's the only besides President of the United States,
it's the only statewide office on the ballot this year.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Right, So that's interesting. So for people who are voting
in Colorado, this this doesn't happen all that often. But
for people who are voting in Colorado, there are only
two I mean.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Put this carefully.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
There are only two races Yeah, there are only two
races for elected office that everybody in the state will
vote on.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
President and this CU Regent's race.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Because there's no Senate race, no governor's race, no treasurer,
no attorney general, no.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Secretary of State. It's just these two. That's interesting.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
And I've only got a few seconds here, But what's
that like for you, Eric?
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Running a statewide campaign?
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Well, first of all, it is tremendously humbling to have,
you know, possibly millions of people voting for me that
I've never met. And I've been doing everything i can
with my limited resources to get my name idea up.
That's why i went for the Senator night Horse Campbell
endorsement and to let people know that I'm pro college
(06:00):
education and I'm pro ideas, I'm pro science, I'm anti censorship,
and I'm anti mandate. And my number one constituency will
be the students and what they can learn and what
it costs them to do it.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Eric Arnard is candidate for CU Regent.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
His website Renard, which is ri nar d four Colorado
dot com. Again, everybody who's within the sound of my
voice who votes in Colorado will see Eric's name on
the ballot right, so please do vote for Eric Renard.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
I encourage you to cast that ballot.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Eric.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
I wish you good luck next week and we'll talk again.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Thank you. I humbly ask everyone for your vote and
go Bucks.
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