NEWS UPDATE: Campus Conservatives loses RSO status because of outstanding debt
Campus Conservatives is unable to meet as a registered student organization because of outstanding debt owed to Central Michigan University, officials from the Office of Student Life said.
Without RSO status, Campus Conservatives is unable to use university resources, including reserving classrooms for meetings and events.
Campus Conservatives member Dennis Lennox II, a Topinabee senior, confirmed the outstanding charges in question are $220 in fees for uniformed police officers acting as security for David Horowitz when the conservative speaker appeared on campus Oct. 14, 2008.
Lennox said Horowitz and his representation requested additional security because of previous threats and attempts at attacking Horowitz, but Campus Conservatives never authorized the security detail or agreed to pay for them.
Check cm-life.com for more updates on this story.
