NEWS FEATURES COMDEB ACTIVE LIFESTYLE Report on sexual miscon- A fl uke of birth; refl ections The harsh paradox of trans- Aspen eXtremists: big air, duct in 2010 reminds stu- from the slums of Argen- parency and WikiLeaks big tricks dents to use caution tina Ellie Cole 2 Camilla Vogt 5 Abdoulaye Dabo 7 Nicky Anastas 9 Volume 41 No 13 Big bad brews: THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF COLORADO COLLEGE American Hubris Page 11 KRCC stays afloat thanks to new grant > January 28, 2011 catalystnewspaper.com Brett Bustos The foundation awarded $137,500 in grants to Staff Writer a dozen organizations in the Colorado Springs area; KRCC was included in this group. In addi- Colorado College’s radio station KRCC, also an tion to this grant, KRCC received $15,000 from NPR-member, received a $5,000 grant from the the El Pomar Foundation in May of 2010 to be Inasmuch Foundation this past November. The used for the news department. New music style blurs grant has been awarded to help fund the news Between these two grants, KRCC’s estimated department at KRCC as well as online cultural 60,300 weekly listeners can expect some addi- and news programming, according to Delaney continued on page 3 genre lines Utterback, General Manager of the station. The station, which gets the majority of its funds Keiffer Katz finitively Night Bus musicians, excepting maybe from members and underwriters, is always Managing Editor Burial. The goal here was to just find songs that greatly appreciative of grants like this that allow captured a feeling, quite simply the feeling of In the Internet age, things going viral and the the station to improve and grow. being on public transportation at night. There’s absurd degree of proliferation is pretty rote at “We are incredibly grateful and excited about something about the combination of fluorescent this point. The fact that everyone I know has at the flexibility in coverage this money will allow lighting, the glow of a city and the darkness of the very least heard of 2 Girls 1 Cup should be the station,” said Delaney. The grant will allow night that has a very distinct mood. There is proof enough. As we have become more con- the station to continually fulfill its mission of no definition beyond that. You can’t link it to a scious of the ability of jokes to become, if not getting a diverse population of people’s voices certain sound like most rock sub-genres, and no legitimate, at least cultural currency, it should on air. “Our goal is to plug in passionate people standard beats per minute like most electronic be no surprise that people have started taking and let them shine, not through traditional genres. It really is whatever fits for you. advantage of this to spread admittedly silly ideas archetypes, but through their passion and voice,” So who or what is Night Bus? Again, it’s that gain legitimacy. said Delaney. personal. The Rolling Stones and Peter Gabriel At least that’s how I assume Night Bus started. Edith Kinney Gaylord founded the Inasmuch fit sometimes, as does Burial and his peers in the Last summer I started seeing jokes online about Foundation for “charitable, scientific and edu- world of UK Dubstep like Kode 9 and Benga. “Blisscore” “Crunkcore” and “Witch House,” all cational purposes,” according to their website. Rappers like Lil B and G-Side fit right in, as of which were being made in response to the Today, the foundation upholds Edith’s vision by does Tyler, The Creator, and Outkast. But as absurdity of a genre called “Chillwave,”, which contributing to “education, health and human the genre has grown on the blogs, some artists bands like Washed Out, Toro y Moi, and Neon services, and community enhancement.” have begun to make self-consciously Night Bus Indian were making a commonly used term in music, some of which is truly spectacular. The some circles, to the embarrassment of most. baseline was a mix by Montreal DJ/Producer The music was basically lo-fi electronica, (the CFCF, appropriately called “Do You Like Night early genre name glo-fi didn’t last): it was not the Bus,” released in September of last year. Com- most danceable but really fun to drive to, and it bining the chopped and screwed remix style of was in a large part more based around the feel- southern hip-hop with spaced-out synths and ing the music evoked than a significant cohesion heavy dark bass, he, for lack of a better phrase, in the actual sound of the songs. changed the game. This is also when I first started hearing about Anyone who has been at a CC dance party in Night Bus. I knew the Burial song of that name, the last year has probably grown to either love from his 2006 self-titled album, the record that or hate Ciara’s song, Ride. CFCF’s Night Bus started getting America psyched on dubstep way remix of that track is quite possibly one of the back when, but the idea of this as a genre was, at best songs of the year. Completely spaced and the time, completely foreign to me. Then, one subtle, it amplifies the sexuality of the song day, in my compulsive wanderings around the tenfold while still somehow retaining the undeni- Internet, I found a thread on a message board ability of the beat. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not called hipinion.com about Night Bus. I am the club banger that the original is, but hearing enough of a snob that I was enjoying the genre Luda’s terrifyingly demonic rap more than makes jokes at that point so I looked inside and was up for it. There are great versions of songs by completely unprepared for what I found. The-Dream, Bun B, Aaliyah, and Young Jeezy Chillwave was championed by a bunch of on there as well. It’s the perfect fusion of ambi- Above: Co-producers Craig Richardson and Noel Black researching for their show bands with a similar sound that were blowing “The Big Something.” Top right: KRCC’s Program Director Jeff Bieri on air during his up at that moment in time. There were no de- continued on page 12 show “Afternoon Freedom.” Photos by Josh Raab 2 January 28, 2011 News Report on sexual misconduct in 2010 reminds students to use caution Ellie Cole curate accounts of cases that are reported at tive bystanders” and know their surroundings. and then address the things that appear to Guest Writer CC, the actual amount of cases may not be “Trust your gut – if you see or hear something contribute to sexual and relationship violence,” accurate. that doesn’t feel right, do something about it Horton continued. Students must “com- It’s January, and the small, tight-knit com- CC may seem to be enclosed in a special instead of distancing yourself from the situ- municate our community’s intolerance for munity of CC students is returning home to bubble of community, education and happi- ation or ignoring it. A lot of times, we don’t sexual and relationship violence by supporting a campus full of smiles and temperatures that ness, but this bubble can’t block all of reality intervene because we don’t trust our instincts survivors and communicating that we as a during the day seem content remaining in the from entering the lives of the numerous that something weird is going on; we’re afraid community will hold perpetrators accountable.” 40s and even the 50s. students here on campus. that if we say something and we’re wrong, Spiegel, also the CCSGA Vice President of Not all is perfect, however; amidst this The Colorado College Pathfinder online we’ll look stupid or nosy and be embarrassed,” Student Concerns, explained that the CCSGA blissful January weather, this month marks the provides definitions of sexual misconduct and she said. is planning a campaign with Horton at CC to release of the 2010 calendar year report on sexual harassment, which are crucial in under- Spiegel added that sometimes it is necessary help promote the importance of the active assault and violence on the CC campus. standing the role and impact of sexual assault to come up with excuses to pull students away bystander intervention here at CC. Information presented in the recently on students here. from potentially dangerous and life-changing “I also think it is very important for those released sexual assault memorandum illustrates According to the Pathfinder, sexual miscon- situations. She suggests inventing excuses such who have experienced sexual assault to know that while CC may be unique and great in duct is defined as “any non-consensual sexual that there are support resources available to many ways, it cannot be excused as a campus contact between students, ranging from un- Take a hard look at our them,” said Horton. free from sexual assault. In 2010, four formal wanted sexual touching to sexual intercourse. One important resource is The Office of complaints were made by students reporting Sexual misconduct also includes unwelcome campus culture and then Sexual Assault Response and Prevention sexual misconduct brought about by another sexual conduct that does not include physical “address the things that (SARP). It was created in 2004 to help stu- student and one formal complaint was made contact.” dents and other members of the CC commu- by a student due to inappropriate behavior on Additionally, sexual harassment is defined appear to contribute to nity deal with sexual assault issues.