NEWS SPORTS FEATURES SCENE Career Center sends in- Must win in Minnesota, Chemistry professor, Ted Fashion Show in Review: terns to the Olympics Mens Hockey looks to ex- Lindeman keeps his curi- CC Student bodies clean up tend winning streak osity afl ame real nice Phoebe Parker-Shames 2 Aaron Patterson 5 Hannah Wellman 8 Kieffer Katz 10 Volume 40 No 15 Check out Gordon Mat- thewson... THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF COLORADO COLLEGE The Lonely Metalhead Page 7 February 19, 2010 Camping ordinance forces catalystnewspaper.com homeless to migrate > Straight to the Bernadette Stocker moon! And then to Guest Writer the grave? n American flag waves above a new cluster Aof tents on Monument Creek. The jogging trail along Monument Creek lies Nick Hawks hidden just beneath Highway 25. Most of the Staff Writer wooded area between the trail and creek cannot be seen when viewed from the roads. From the “Wow wee! Moonshot really puts beer on the trail, however, it is clear that the mile between map!” said Caitlin C. on the Moonshot official CC and the smokestacks has become a refugee website. And, according to Joe B.: “It’s about camp. In the past week, hundreds of campers time someone put together the two greatest have fled to the creek, anticipating police action things on earth. This is my new ‘signature’ beer.” after last Tuesday’s vote to outlaw camping on I’m given a word limit on these things so I’m public lands. just going to leave those to you to dwell on The ordinance defines camping as “sleeping as I have. I feel as if they make fun of them- or making preparations to sleep,” “occupying selves without me really having to say anything. a shelter such as sleeping bag,” “the presence Although I might have agreed with Joe when I of a heating source,” or the “storing of private was 17… property.” Any person caught committing these actions on public land will be given a warning There’s a new bandwagon and referral to a homeless shelter. If the camp rollin’ through the is not dismantled within 48 hours, the people occupying it will be ticketed and jailed if fines “neighborhood that is our are not paid. great U.S. of A. and I can’t There has been considerable debate as to whether Colorado Springs can afford to shelter really say that I’m all that its entire homeless population after its recent surprised by it. budget cuts. Because of this, tickets can only be issued if there is shelter space available. The city There’s a new bandwagon rollin’ through the is also offering free bus tickets out of Colorado neighborhood that is our great U.S. of A. and Springs to any homeless people who chooses to I can’t really say that I’m all that surprised by” leave. it. We all know and probably don’t love – but, Former homeless Colorado Springs City have at the very least experimented at times with Councilman Tom Gallagher said he is concerned – those crazy caffienated alcohol beverages like about forcing campers to enter shelters. He Sparks, Tilt, Joose, and the like. questioned the morality of taking away citizens’ But this Moonshot thing is totally different freedom to camp, and lodged a fear that people Photo: Sam Landsman because (according to the website) it’s a pre- with emotional and psychological issues may Homeless Outreach Program and Empower- Five years ago, Julia suffered a miscarriage mium beer that also happens to be caffeinated have difficulty functioning within the structure ment (CS HOPE), told the story of a woman while having her third child. While in the hos- as opposed to the blatantly alcoholic character of a shelter. named Julia to explain how some homeless pital, an anesthesiologist accidentally gave her a of the highly caffeinated malt liquor Sparks Gallagher also worried for homeless families people may not function well in shelters. Ac- double dose of painkillers. She suffered severe (the likes of which I am currently testing to see that may want privacy, pet-owners who do not cording to Ayers, Julia was a “drop-dead-gor- brain damage. Four years ago, she ran away from can be used to get stains off of my walls). I say want to abandon their dogs, addicts that are not geous” young violinist in the Colorado Springs home because she was terrified that her family according to the website because they unfortu- allowed in substance-free shelters, and people of philharmonic orchestra. Her parents were might take her to a doctor. Her husband, heart- nately do not yet distribute to states other than different religions who may not feel comfortable well-known community members and she had broken, sold his cello and disappeared. Wisconsin, Georgia, New York, and its base in church-run shelters. two young children. state Massachusetts Patrick Ayers, executive of Colorado Springs Continued on page 7 Continued on page 2 2 February 19, 2010 News No-Camping Ordinance approved by Colorado Springs City Council continued from page 1 Julia’s parents searched for her for years, and “I went in there and told them, ‘we’re all will change this,” said Ayers. she was only recently discovered living in a going to jail, it’s just a fact of life . what they hole not far from Colorado College. Julia is still can see from the highway is what they’re going too scared to return home, but social workers after,” said Ayers. The hastily assembled tent plan to find her a violin that might help her city along Monument Creek is the result of his heal. In the meantime, she lives outside. It is warning. doubtful that she would do well in a homeless Eight of nine city councilmen voted in favor shelter. of the ordinance at Tuesday’s meeting. Many Proponents of the ordinance, however, say it members of the homeless community, social is needed to reduce the pollution and envi- workers, and students attended. Several CC ronmental impacts of homeless camps on the students spoke at the meeting, including Jack surrounding areas. The police department said Regenbogen, Daniel Kidney, and Justin Cook. that since 2001, over 260 twenty-yard contain- “The right to survive is being taken away right ers of trash have been removed from the here,” said Cook, 20. homeless community. Fire hazards and tourism This semester, Cook and fellow organizers in were also concerns. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) began “You drive into town and there’s America’s a campaign to raise awareness about the home- mountain on one side and trash dumps on the less community in Colorado Springs. They have other. That’s not going to fl y for too long,” said organized and hosted a series of discussions, Ayers. letter-writing tables, viewings of city council Several people at the open meeting spoke meetings, publications of homeless population up about the need to force people into shelters statistics, and brainstorming sessions both on where they would be better protected from the campus and in the wider community. elements and perhaps given more opportuni- Last Friday, students wearing bandanas, ties to become “responsible.” homeless men with backpacks, and suit-clad “This program got people running from one women on their lunch break gathered at noon side of the street to the other. They’re scared,” on the steps of city hall to protest the ordi- said Ayers. nance. They held signs with slogans including, “Being homeless is not a crime!” and “We’re He said that last week, believing that it was Photo: Sam Landsman inevitable that the ordinance would be passed, human too!” The event was high-energy, with he went into the camps and told the homeless wild cheering every time a passing driver com- plied with a grinning man’s banner; “Honk If An American flag flies low over the encampment of homeless members of the community to move their tents to less notice- Colorado Springs community, where they have been forced to retreat due to the able areas while they still had the chance. You Support the Homeless!” “It’s you young people who give a crap who newly passed City Council ordinance. Sociology professor Career center sends CC Pascoe co-authors book interns to the Olympics on teens and technology Emma Hatridge practices drew Pascoe’s attention. Her chapter, Guest Writer “Intimacy,” focuses on the ways media has es- Phoebe Parker-Shames ship through the Career Center, said. “Having tablished new rules in the dating world. Pascoe Guest Writer to take off essentially three blocks to do it noticed that, often, teen romance is not taken means that not every current student is able to.” seriously in the academic world, but that there According to Culp, previous CC students are distinct protocols regarding it. The Olympics are underway and many CC have made a good impression on the USOC. “Adults don’t take note of teenage relation- students are taking the time to watch the games “We’re very fortunate that because [the ships. They can’t take them seriously,” Pascoe unfold on TV sets and computer screens USOC] had such a positive experience, that said. across campus. Two students, however, are they wanted to do it again,” she said. The onset of social networking sites, such getting a much closer and hands-on Olympic The games have been keeping Moore and as Myspace and Facebook, has indisputably experience this year as United States Olympic Paddock extremely busy. brought relationships further into the public Committee interns. “Since arriving, I would say things have been sphere.