Wins Pulitzer

APRIL 25, 2014 LYST THE CATATHE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF COLORADO COLLEGE NEWS 2 COMMENT & DEBATE 7 SPORTS 9 ACTIVE LIFE 11 LIFE 13 FRIDAY WEEK 1 BLOCK 8 THE HEADLINERS ARE IN: MORE: Page 14 DURANGO BLUEGRASS CC climbers take REMEMBERINGon CARLE: VOL. 44 LLAMAPALOOZA 2014 Matakut Dome CC’S AMERICAN NO. 22 FOOTBALL LEGEND MORE: Page 12 CATALYSTNEWSPAPER.COM MORE: Page 2 Photo by Taylor Steine. Photo courtesy of CC athletics. Photo by Kendall Rock. MORE: Page 14 Dave Philipps LOCAL JOURNALIST of the Colorado WINS PULITZER: Springs Gazette Co-founder of Zachariah’s won the Pulitzer Nephews, Sophomore e investigation and the Prize in national Andrea More, talks about man behind the story reporting earlier this her involvment in theater month. He spoke at CC, her self-designed Wednesday night in major, and why she Armstrong Hall. would consider a life-long partnership with a piece of MORE: Page 2 furniture. MORE: Page 5 SPECIAL REPORT: Rising senior Elliot Mamet nominated to be Student Representative on the Board of Trustees for the 2014-2015 academic year. “My primary goal will be Photo by Esther Chan. to foster a constructive and meaningful dialogue between students and Biology Department divides major into two tracks MEGAN MASURET e present Biology major requires fessor Joseph Koke, explained that this Staff Writer trustees.” -Elliot Mamet students to pick between the OEE and sort of split is not uncommon for biol- e biology department is splitting up. the MCB track, while still graduating ogy departments, but is causing some MORE: Page 6 A er this year, the biology major will di- with the same Biology major. Now, un- disagreement in the department at CC. vided into two separate majors: the Or- declared students must select one for a Some professors are in favor of the dis- ganisms, Ecology, and Evolution (OEE) major since the comprehensive “Biol- tinction, while others think the depart- major and the Molecular and Cellular ogy major” will no longer exist. ment should remain as is. Biology (MCB) major. e Biology Department Chair, Pro- Discussions about splitting up the INSIDE: BIOLOGY: Page 6 Senior Michal Varga is starting Owens steps down: e search for hockey’s new head coach begins a charity that will put used NILA HORNER computers in the hands of Staff Writer seven appearances in the NCAA tourna- It is the end of an era in Tiger hockey. ment. With Owens, the Tigers made it to underprivileged children. He After the annual post-season review, the Frozen Four in 2005 and then made plans to continue developing Scott Owens announced that he is step- ping down from his position as head the 2005-2006 to 2012-2013, Owen the organization after his coach. Owens is the longest tenured coachedit back to 16 the All-American quarter�inals recipients in 2011. From and graduation next month. coach in the history of the team. After two Hobey Baker Award recipients. 15 years, his overall record is 324-228- Owens graduated from CC in 1979 af- MORE: Page 4 54. ter four years of playing as the goalten- Throughout his career as coach, Ow- der for the Tigers. As a coach, his players ens led the Tigers to three regular sea- strived not only for achievement on the @catalystnews son championships in the Western Col- ice but also for achievement in the class legiate Hockey Association as well as room. Photo courtesy of CC Communications. HOCKEY: Page 10 2 NEWS april 25, 2014 Dave Philipps explains the story behind the Pulitzer ANNA KELLY pelling piece and shared the journey the soldiers in question and halted medi- timedia piece with videos, audio clips, Staff Writer of writing and researching the story. cal coverage rather than treating the in- and countless images that were inter- Philipps’ story followed Kash Alvaro, juries. spersed throughout the text of the story. Dave Philipps, an investigative reporter Jerrald Jensen, and Paul Sasse, all combat Although the military was certainly not “Small newspapers don’t really do stories for the Colorado Springs Gazette and re- veterans, as they battle with war injuries always helpful or cooperative in provid- like this,” said Gazette editor Joanna Bean cent Pulitzer Prize winner spoke about and a military eager to contract their ing Philipps with information, he was who was also at the presentation. “But his prize-winning story on Wednesday numbers through discharges, often relat- - we did it anyway.” Certainly, the story re- night in Armstrong Hall. His story, “Other ed to ‘misconduct.’ These veterans suffer tics from medicals records. “One of the quired a great amount of resources and than Honorable,” chronicles the story of from PTSD and other physical ailments; lovelyable to things, find incredibly from a reporters compelling perspec statis- was written over the course of about a three combat veterans who suffered inju- Jensen had his face completely recon- tive, is that they document all of this so year, an unusually in-depth and investi- ries during their time served and are fac- structed after an explosive hit him in the that we can look at it later,” said Philipps. gative undertaking for a paper the size of ing being kicked out of the army with no side of the head. They were also denied He also cited the Freedom of Information the Gazette. coverage from the military due to records act as an important tool in researching Philipps shared that the process of col- Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, and of misconduct. his story. lecting and interviewing for the story medical benefits. Philipps won the 2014 “Our question was, when these guys, the The story has certainly made waves for his story Band of Brothers about a guys that need help the most, get kicked amongst the veterans community and to obtain information both from the vet- combatwas also brigade a finalist that for producedthe 2010 Pulitzera great out what happens next?” said Philipps. has even propelled action on Capitol eranswas challenging, themselves, as itwho was suffered often difficult from number of violent criminals. Philipps has Because many soldiers suffer from Hill. “Veterans essentially took this story psychological injuries, and the military, been a reporter at the Gazette for eight PTSD or psychological injuries after serv- around Capitol Hill and started drafting who were not eager to reveal this treat- years and is also the author of the book ing in combat, it becomes hard for the the language to close these loopholes and ment of veterans. Philipps knew that the Lethal Warriors. military to diagnose. “Its unclear as to make it harder to take away these sol- story ultimately had to be told anyways. In a presentation that incorporated what is misconduct and what is an inju- “You’re never going to get perfect knowl- videos and photos of the veterans he in- ry,” said Philipps. He found, however, that Another remarkable element of the sto- edge,” he said. “The alternative is that no terviewed, Philipps presented his com- the military often simply tried to kick out rydier’s was benefits,” its format. said Philipps Philipps. created a mul- one writes the story.” Philipps and Bean encountered a great amount of backlash The Colorado Springs Gazette won the Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting for from the military once their investiga- the first time ever for Dave Philips’ investigative work on discharged veterans. tions were discovered. “The military is Photos by Esther Chan. really great at information warfare,” said Philipps. “I think that’s because they really did believe that we were wrong.” Because Philipps, Bean, and Ciaglo be- came so invested in the stories that they were covering, they were also challenged to keep themselves out of the story and remain unbiased. “I remember Joanna and I had a conversation because one of the guys needed a ride to a doctors ap- pointment,” said Philipps. “And we even- tually had to draw the line and say if the guy needs immediate care you can do that.” Otherwise, Philipps and his team tried to keep themselves out of the story. Philipps’ editor, Bean, and his photographer, Michael Ciaglo, joined him on stage for a question and answer period. Ciaglo was an intern for the Gazette while he was the photographer for the story, and Philipps and Ciaglo joked about some humorous exposures of his inexperience throughout the journey, even though the photos that he created were spectacular. Llamapalooza Committee announces three headlining bands SAM TEZAK duces on an independent record label, electronic. This past year, the Life Editor has traveled the East Coast playing at - various venues, and are now based out bum under its own label, Af- of Fort Collins, Colo. The Llamapalooza roliciousband produced Music. its first full al The countdown has begun. In only a few Committee and various individuals who Colorado College’s very weeks, Colorado College students, faculty, have seen Jo(h)n Band before are enthu- own Funkdozer, YouJazz, The siastic to receive the CC-born band back Raisins, and TouchIt will be to celebrate a much-anticipated tradi- on campus. opening the festival on May tion:and alumni Llamapalooza. will flock A to little the Worner over a weekQuad Next up on stage is Slow Magic, an elec- ago, the Llamapalooza Committee, com- various music groups and New York to Florida. The artist’s discog- clubs10. In thataddition remain to these essential four, chairs, announced three selected bands tronic glo-fi artist that has played from to the Llamapalooza tradition toprised take ofthe 20 stage members as headliners including for three Llama co-- will be represented at booths.

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