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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of students at Utah State University are calling for the institution to release information about money donated by the billionaire Koch brothers.
Sophomore Diego Mendiola organized a protest Thursday calling on USU to be transparent about the donations that have totaled hundreds of thousands of dollars since 2008.
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— Transparent USU (@Transparent_USU) November 5, 2015
It comes as in connection with an event called UnKoch My Campus, where students protested at 50 colleges that have received Koch donations.
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USU spokesman Tim Vitale says the institution working to fulfill Mendiola's request for the latest contract signed with the Charles Koch Foundation.
Past donations have included a five-year, $625,000 grant to help hire new professors and the $45,000-a-year Koch Scholar program for students.
Charles and David Koch are known for pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into backing conservatives and libertarian causes.
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