Team Wasabi Takes Gold in Utah Tourney

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�� Team Wasabi takes gold in Utah tourney

Scott Ladley BYU had to give it all they could Staff Writer on Saturday. Wasabi came out screaming their most intelligent religious and yet politically Wa-sa-bee (n): Men’s ultimate correct digs throughout the team of Colorado College. game. Finding it tough to argue Ver-gin Plas-tik (n): A brand with a kid from Utah (they’re just new ultimate disc, usually so nice), Wasabi decided to just a congratulatory disc for play disc and end the game by a winning. score of 13-12. The highlight of this game was sophomore Andy The men’s ultimate team Wentz’s game-winning grab. went, saw, and conquered at Unassisted, Wentz jumped and the Big Sky College Warmup caught a throw from a BYU tournament in Logan, Utah this player in his own end-zone (sort past block break. After two of like a safety, but way more days of exhausting competition embarrassing for the thrower, and over 14 hours of chasing especially when such a play that bafflingly majestic piece ends a game). of physics genius (a frisbee), Game two pitted Wasabi against the boys of Boulder. the boys from CC came home �� victorious with a new champions Boulder brought two teams Across the street from local Penrose Hospital, Catholic, stands a gravestone engraved, “Father forgive them, for disc and a few more reasons to of equal strength to the Logan they know what what they do,” followed by “In memory of the helpless victims of abortion.” say why they are better people tournament. Competing in the than students at CU Boulder. national championship game in First thing to know is that 2005, Boulder calls themselves Sexual assault response specialized by tradition, college ultimate Mamabird and boasts an teams never carry the mascot impressively successful history but limited in Springs’ hospitals or colors of their home school. in college ultimate. Success does not guarantee respect. Rebels. All of them. Wasabi is Memorial Hospital contracts medical attention following sex- Rather than bow to their Jaimie Stevenson that deceptively tame looking News Editor SANE nurses. Colorado Springs ual assault are not denied care. reputation in the spring of 2005, green stuff you put on your has streamlined its sexual as- Penrose Main is engaged in a Wasabi took the most points sushi when trying to impress Two victims of sexual assault sault response into Memorial contract with Memorial Hos- (8) of anyone at the Colorado on the first date and you then in Colorado Springs may follow Hospital on account of its provi- pital, which states that follow- Sectionals tournament and proceed to cry, whine, piss your the same procedure in request- sion of SANE examinations. ing initial medical examination forced Mamabird to respect ing medical attention, but the The same ambulance com- survivors of sexual assault will services provided by Colorado pany, American Medical Re- be transferred from the former Springs’ two largest hospitals sponse, delivers patients to both to the latter for a SANE exami- differ greatly due to the source Penrose Main Hospital and Me- nation. If the patient is not in a of the hospitals’ funding. Al- morial Hospital in response to stable enough condition to be though the privatization of hos- emergency calls. It is therefore transported to Memorial Hospi- pitals usually coincides with re- common practice for Emergen- tal, under this contract a nurse ligious affiliation, the deviations cy Medical Technicians (EMT) from Memorial’s SANE team in treatment in this city do not to take suspected sexual assault will report to Penrose Hospital. stem from religious zeal. victims directly to Memorial Penrose Hospital’s affilia- Memorial Hospital provides Hospital, where SANE exami- tion with the Catholic Church the area’s only specialized unit nations are administered. does suggest, however, that its of Sexual Assault Nurse Exam- The alternative hospitals, practices are determined by the iners (SANE), a position that Penrose Community, Penrose ethical code of that religion. The requires a nationally accepted Saint Francis, and Penrose Main, administration of rape kits and and uniform standard of treat- all under the administrative con- SANE examinations brings into ing and documenting cases of trol of the Catholic Church, do question the right to life. In ref- �� alleged sexual assault. These not provide rape kits or SANE erence to the Catholic ethic con- Senior Max Geller distributes crisp victory discs in Logan, Utah at a nurses conduct forensic evi- examinations. Human Re- cerning this issue, CC Religion Utah State University tournament over Block Break. dence collection (referred to in sources employee Janet Reedy Professor David Weddle said, its entirety as a “rape kit”) to of Penrose Main, the largest of “the right to life has become, in pants and complain about how them. aid in future prosecution, are al- the three branches, accounts for the recent decades, absolute.” hot it was. Not only did the The second game on Saturday lowed “to provide testimony in the absence of these services on Catholics do not sanction abor- seven other teams present at in Logan forced Wasabi to play the court of law,” perform a full account of Memorial’s status as tions. the tournament in Logan do its most furious defense of the medical exam and administer “the city’s hospital.” But Penrose does offer emer- all of these things after losing tournament. As the thrower in prophylactic treatment within Memorial Hospital is city- gency contraceptives. to Wasabi, but they drove back ultimate, you want anything but 72 hours of the assault, and of- owned, with an appointed “A female who has been sex- to their god-awful schools with to have a defender block your fer emergency contraception to board of trustees and hospital ually assaulted should be able their regular schedules and throw. A hand-block is nice female victims. SANE nurses administration, and is financed to defend herself against poten- knowledge that they just started and shameful, but something are trained to treat both male by grants and revenue from tial conception,” stateds Penrose their ultimate season with some that absolutely cements your and female victims of sexual as- patient bills, rather than by tax Hospital’s Guidelines for Care embarrassing losses. integrity into the grass as an sault. dollars. Therefore it is logical for of sexual assault victims. The The frisbee Jedi of Wasabi ultimate player is to have A pioneering effort in Colo- a city-funded program, such as hospital will provide “medical started play on saturday someone foot block your throw. rado, Memorial’s SANE team rape kits, to be available at the treatment [that] complies with morning at 9 am against This is a rare play and thus, became the state’s first in 1995. city’s hospital. the Ethical and Religious Di- Brigham Young University. when it happens, it’s quite the The Colorado Springs Police Women and men who “walk Forfeiting all Sunday play for crowd pleaser. Department funds rape kits, but in” to Penrose Main Hospital for Continued on page 3 religious reasons, the boys of Continued on page 8 What’s Inside Weather Over the Divide Hypothetical Battle Sox Spirit Friday CC Red Sox fan explains CC cyclists inten- Student explores a match 69/45F sify annual As- between contemporary bittersweet beauty of being Saturday pen bike trip by All-American High School an all-weather fan for Bos- 76/46F Mostly sunny, adding an extra Sunday turning to Freshmen and professional ton’s less-than-consistent 150-plus miles... 66/37F thunderstorms baseball teams, pre-1904... dynasty...

Sunday page 8 page 4 �� page 8 �� News �� THE CATALYST �� Frat parties curbed for semester IM Hockey limited these factors, “...caused the col- specific formulas that limit the mural programming is back for Warren Pettine Scott Ladley Staff Writer lege to feel that we need to help amount of beer one can provide, Staff Writer 2005 with a pilot system. the chapters hold themselves to to requirements that one pro- A few facts in case administra- There is no one reason for a higher standard,” said Cathey. vide food and security guards, After a one-year hiatus, in- tion is concerned about interest the two block suspension of While stipulating that the cam- these parties can become pro- tramural ice hockey is back for levels for hockey: In 2001-2002, alcohol at fraternities said Jeff pus community keeps many of hibitively expensive. 2005. The meager allotment of Chris Starr received 34 rosters Cathey, Assistant Dean of Stu- these problems in check, Stur- “There are avenues where 32 hours of ice time in Honnen for intramural hockey divided dents. Reasons cited to Iain gess agreed with the problem of we can apply for funds, but I Ice Arena, however, will be a the teams into four different Hyde, president of Sigma Chi liability for fraternities. wouldn’t say they are reaching challenge for all. Blocks three leagues of beginner, novice, in- and Chris Sturgess, president One concern of many stu- out to help,” said Sturgess. and four will be for a beginner’s termediate, and advanced. The of Phi Gamma Delta included dents is that this policy will in- While Kappa Sigma and Phi league composed of approxi- interest in 2003-2004 produced complaints from neighbors re- crease hard alcohol consumption Gamma Delta are dealing with mately eight co-ed teams. The 29 teams and this past year, garding noise and trash, as well in the dorms. Typically, alcohol the general policy change, Sig- advanced, open league will take students and faculty collected as a desire to eliminate alcohol ma Chi is facing a semester long place during blocks five and six, pages of signatures and wrote as a deciding factor in Rush for “It’s a reflection of the ban of alcohol. with 32 hours and eight teams. letters demanding that the sport potential members. At the heart “There were a couple parties Contrary to earlier plans, be instituted as a choice for the of the new policy seems to be a past ten, fifteen years where trash was not complete- these eight teams will not be CC community following its desire to change the culture of and finally the adminis- ly cleaned up and a neighbor chosen on a first come-first cancellation in 2004. called. One was in May and one With contingency funds, Greek life at Colorado College. tration is deciding there first-serve basis. Rosters for the “It’s a reflection of the past was early this year,” said Hyde. beginner’s league must be in the President Dick Celeste created ten, fifteen years and finally the is something they want President Celeste said in the hands of Chris Starr, Director of the opportunity for intramural past he has received many off- hockey this year. Providing ice administration is deciding there to do about it.” Intramurals, by 5 pm Friday, Oc- is something they want to do hour calls from irate neighbors tober 21. After that, eight teams time for intramurals has been a about it,” said Hyde. regarding noise and trash. The will be chosen at random out of liability in the past. This means Cathey and Mark Edmonds, Iain Hyde later bringing him to the Sigma a hat. With rosters of usually the select 120 or so students Dean of Students informed Chi house both in the Spring 12-15 people, Starr anticipates who participate this year may President Dick Celeste of the poisoning and subsequent vis- and Fall to inspect the situa- 20-30 teams vying for those elite be watched by a scrutinizing new policy a few weeks ago. its to the hospital occur more tion first hand. The administra- eight spots. Starr hopes this raf- eye, trying to find a reason to His involvement was minimal. from hard alcohol than from the tion spoke with Sigma Chi last fle method will give everyone a rid the IM program of hockey. Many members of Greek orga- beer found at fraternity parties. Spring on the issue of neighbor more fair chance than the first Starr urges students to regulate nizations expressed a fear that When asked, Cathey responded complaints. Receiving more calls come-first serve plan. “Now ev- themselves with regard to alco- the Greek system is under at- that levels have remained con- early this Fall, “sent the message eryone will have an even chance hol use and keep it all at home. tack by the administration. sistent with past years. to us that they didn’t take very to play and the school will have To prove how important this “I very much see it as a shift A major goal, stated Cathey, seriously the conversations we an opportunity to see the high opportunity is for the CC com- in favor of fraternities,” said is to move parties to more suit- had at the end of school,” said level of interest for this distinc- munity she encourages constant Cathey, adding that liability able venues. Cathey. tive intramural,” said Starr. attendance. problems in regards to under- “Those houses are just not Though disappointed, mem- Shining light on students’ in- However much one may age drinking and crowded set up to hold a whole lot of bers of Sigma Chi expressed an terest levels in intramural hock- disagree with this new pilot houses posed a serious threat people,” said Cathey. Either stu- understanding and support for ey is quite the big issue. As the program, this is what it is. This to Greek life on campus. Deaths dents should limit the amount the administration’s decision. years have gone by, budget con- program is the result of student at Colorado State University of people to a suitable number, “We continue to challenge cerns and student safety issues action and it will take even more and the University of Colo- “or get a space that’s appropri- the fraternities that they must be surfaced having forced intra- to improve this program for the rado, both at fraternity houses, ate, that’s larger,” he said. responsible,” said Cathey. How mural programming to be put future. In the meantime, get brought these dangers to the Stipulations regarding the this policy shift will affect life on on the back burner and eventu- your rosters in and cross your forefront. A combination of use of such venues on campus campus is another matter. ally canceled in 2004-2005. Due fingers. make this change difficult. From to community demands, intra- News �� THE CATALYST �� North Korea, U.S. address bomb Rape kits and religion: Scott Petiya to abandon the program in ex- ning to attack North Korea. Staff Writer change for economic incentives. The U.S. refused North Korea’s The fine line between abortion, healthcare Iran refused to halt uranium demand for bilateral negotia- Continued from front page Owens describes the possibility After nearly three years of enrichment, insisting it was in- tions on a non-aggression treaty, that emergency contraceptives tensions, North Korea agreed to tended only for peaceful energy instead urging six-nation talks rectives for Catholic Health might prevent an already-fertil- dismantle its nuclear weapons production. that included South Korea, Ja- Care Services,” including post- ized egg from imbedding in the program in exchange for eco- North Korea and Iran were pan, China, and Russia. The coital contraceptives intended uterine wall, raising “serious nomic aid and security guaran- described as an “Axis of Evil” decision reached on Septem- to prevent fertilization of a concerns for whose conscience tees from the United States. The by Bush in his 2002 State of the ber 19 included an agreement woman’s egg within the first 72 tells them that a fertilized egg is Democratic Peoples Republic of Union address, together with between the U.S. and North hours following the Korea demanded that the U.S. Saddam Hussein’s regime in Korea to respect each other’s assault. assist them in building a light- Iraq. Later that year, the admin- sovereignty and peaceful coex- Women who are water reactor to produce energy istration announced the U.S. istence, and the U.S. reiterated proven pregnant as a “simultaneous action” with would adopt a policy of pre- that it had no intention of at- during the SANE the disarmament. emptive military strikes against tacking. The light-water reactor examination are not Meanwhile, the European threats to U.S. security, with the issue was not included, and was treated with emer- Union presented a resolution to purpose of “destroying existing cautiously downplayed by U.S. gency contraceptives the International Atomic Energy threats before they have fully officials. North Korean Deputy because they were Agency to refer Iran to the Unit- developed.” This rationale was Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon necessarily impreg- ed Nations Security Council, invoked to justify the invasion said, however, that it was “most nated prior to the which could impose sanctions of Iraq in 2003. essential at this stage is for the rape (assuming the in retaliation for Iran’s refusal North Korea’s nuclear weap- United States to provide light- SANE examination’s to give up its uranium enrich- ons program was revealed in water reactors to [North Korea] 72-hour window ment program. The move had October 2002, and the isolated as soon as possible as evidence for treatment), and long been sought by the Bush communist country refused to proving the former’s substantial Penrose Hospital’s administration, while Europe abandon it, citing the above recognition of the latter’s right Catholic affiliation had favored a diplomatic ap- statements by Bush and claim- to peaceful nuclear activities.” prohibits the use of proach, trying to persuade Iran ing the United States was plan- Europe’s resolution on Iran emergency contraceptives as abortifa- cients. In this way, only a woman who �� is proven to not be pregnant can receive the preventative �� treatment. In April 2005, �� Colorado Governor �� Bill Owens vetoed �� House Bill 1042, which would have required “hospitals �� to adopt protocols to inform a female �� survivor of a sexual assault of the avail- ability of emergency �� contraception and Penrose Hospital, located at the corner of � to offer to dispense Nevada and Monroe, is adorned with a re- � �� the emergency con- ligious cross, signifying its affiliation with � traception or refer the Catholic Church. the survivor to a � �� a human life.” Owens, a Catho- pharmacy that can dispense � � lic, here exhibits an even more the emergency contraception,” � � � �� stringent definition of the incep- � states the bill itself. � � tion of life than does Penrose � � � In a letter to the Colorado � � � � Hospital. �� House of Representatives, Ow- Penrose states that its ad- ens criticized that the bill would �� ministration of emergency con- require “health care institutions traceptives aims to “immobi- to use a definition of pregnancy lize sperm in the genital tract; provided by the government, prevent those physiological not one that comports with an changes in the sperm which are �� institution’s moral or religious necessary for fertilization; affect tenets.” He went on to defend �� the cells surrounding the ovum leniency in the provisions of during its own process of prepa- hospitals like Penrose, writing, ration for fertilization.” “these institutions, rooted in “The intention in administer- deeply ing emergency contraception is held to prevent conception and not to reli- inhibit implantation,” states the g ious same policy, but indeed it is per- and haps impossible to determine moral whether a woman’s egg has or values, has not been fertilized prior to have implantation during ovulation. the Here, get lost in the gray area. right As convoluted as this may to pro- seem to the reader, the complex- v ide ities of the decision to report, com- be treated for, and prosecute p re- incidents of sexual assault over- h en- whelm the victim. “Right after s ive an event people are very afraid care in of the process and don’t know keep- what to do,” said CC Sexual i n g Assault Response Coordinator with Heather Horton. SANE nurses those afford patients the benefit of fo- val- rensic data, while also aiming ues.” to provide a non-threatening I n environment where the patient this can make a decision for him or letter her self. Scene �� THE CATALYST �� the visceral love and Red Sox Mania: bonding in sports Alex Hirschberg pression. They reveled in their lost the first three games of the Red Sox fans to free themselves wavered despite his inability to Guest Writer pain and feelings of rejection - best-of-seven series, and were from suffering and ascend to the experience the glory of winning My friend Sequina got mar- the citizens knew that, like the on the brink of elimination from baseball heavens. a championship. ried on Saturday. She and her wintry weather, these terrible the playoffs – and Boston was Just as religion can be a part of This past winter, my father fiancé had made big plans to fly feelings would not go away any on the brink of another cold, de- everyday life, so too is the Red and I drove to my grandfather’s to Spain for their honeymoon. time soon. pressing winter of lost hopes and Sox to members of the tremen- grave in a suburb of Boston - we Their flight was scheduled for 7 On the other hand, Red Sox dreams. The Red Sox players, dous fan base. My father start- brought with us the baseball am Sunday morning – the plan die-hards have experienced mo- however, fought as if for their ed dating my mother during the cards of the entire 2004 World was to stay up all night partying Series champion team and a with their friends, and then take compact shovel. Next to his a limousine to the airport as a tombstone, we dug a small hole, luxurious and romantic start to their future together. As they The intoxication that is were planning their glorious va- cation, they stumbled upon one Red Sox baseball has its major problem that ruined their idea: “If the Red Sox are in the roots in a desire to playoffs, we might not be able to watch!!” experience the entire This is a common problem for members of the Red Sox nation. emotional spectrum. The die-hard Red Sox fan has a somewhat skewed view of the important things in life. It may and dropped those baseball seem irrational to most, but to cards in before covering them the followers of this team, dedi- with the displaced dirt. After cation to the Red Sox above all meticulously fixing the damage else is simply common sense. we had done to the grass, we As a member of the Red Sox stood in front of his grave and community, one is responsible told him the story of the end of for putting the Red Sox first - no the curse. We told him of David event or obligation should get in Ortiz and his late inning hero- the way of watching them play. ics, we told him of Dave Roberts The duties of a true fan are not and his mythical speed, of Curt always easy to fulfill, but their Schilling and the bloody sock. completion allows the individu- We told him these things so he al to experience all of the won- could join us in the glory of a derment of Red Sox baseball. �� championship. The Red Sox The intoxication that is Red Boston Red Sox celebrate their World Series Championship causing an outbreak of excitement amongst all had finally won - and as a mem- Sox baseball has its roots in hard-core fans nation wide. The World Series victory was the teams first in 86 years. ber of the devoted fans, his an- a desire to experience the en- ticipatory suffering could end. tire emotional spectrum. Dur- ments filled with such remark- lives, and eventually overcame summer of 1975 - they watched This is the power of being ing the seventh and decisive able elation that one could feel all odds to beat the Yankees in the Red Sox fall in the World a part of Red Sox nation. As game of the American League the collective ecstasy of the fans seven games, accomplishing Series to the Cincinnati Reds in trivial as it seems to many, this Championship Series against like one can feel the overwhelm- something that had never been seven games. They experienced team is infinitely important to the New York Yankees in 2003, ing strength of the sun on a done in the long history of base- the torment of losing together, us. I invite you to search for a Aaron Boone hit a game-win- bright summer day. Last year, ball. The Red Sox went on to and have been married ever member of this community and ning home run in extra innings the Red Sox were again play- sweep the St. Louis Cardinals since. My grandfather lived his watch the Red Sox play while to send the Yankees to the World ing the New York Yankees in the and win their first world series entire life without seeing the in their company. I think it will Series. After this game, the city American League Champion- since the Wilson administration, Red Sox win a world series, but be an experience that you won’t of Boston fell into a dark de- ship Series. The Red Sox had allowing the congregation of his dedication to the team never soon forget. Two Plant-A-Trio groupies recount band’s Boulder show mean a guy named Guillermo it’s a Subaru) and we weaved I missed most of the show. But “Do you have any tips for our Rip Empson drinking box wine on the porch. our heady course to Boulder. I caught the last song, which aspiring readers at home, Mr. and At any rate, I took G Money at I WAS GOING TO HEAR was “Sledgehammer” by Peter Lawrence?” He responded with Streeter Wright his word. And that word was THE BAND LIVE. In person. Gabriel and Phil Collins. It was a yawn and some fantastic ad- Guest Writers that Plant-A-Trio was the sweet- But on my way to the venue, I the sickest show I’ve ever seen. vice: “Please. Call me The Twid- It seems these days that you est new boy band sensation to lost my Camelback filled with Hands down. Props to Jerry. dlefingers. I would tell our read- can’t spell “heady” without hit the music scene. herbal potpourri tea and some- Backstage, after the show, I ers at home to keep on rocking also spelling “Plant-A-Trio.” (If Naturally, after all of the I wanted to sample some was fortunate enough to catch and getting with hot ladies.” you didn’t know that Plant-A- hype, I felt compelled to go be- up with the bassist of Plant- I was blown away. He was as Trio is the sweetest band ever, yond what Guillermo had told of the “tasty grooves” A-Trio, Will “Twiddlefingers” down to earth as they said he you probably are really close- me and learn more about the Lawrence. As I asked him what was. Before I could ask more minded and stupid.) At least band; I wanted to sample some he thought of the show, he questions, a barrage of camera- this is the word on the street. I of the “tasty grooves” that were that were creating such stuffed seven feet of Fruit Rol- men descended on the dressing don’t get out much, so it’s tough creating such a frenzy among lup in his mouth. “They’re all room. for me to really know what the teenage girls and Japanese busi- a frenzy among teenage natural,” he said apologetically Out on the street, I was still street is or what it’s saying since nessmen. I soon learned that the through a mouthful of candy. aglow with the night’s excite- it never returns my calls. Jamazz band (a new genre pio- girls and Japanese Wow, I thought, he totally has ment. I wandered down the So in order to really find out neered by Plant-A-Trio) would red stuff in his beard and he doesn’t road towards the sunrise, won- what the word on the street be playing a show on the Friday businessmen. even care. It works on multiple dering what my next great ad- about “Plant-A-Trio” was, I of the first Block Break, or bet- levels. Plant-A-Trio was totally venture would be… would need to rely on some ter known as the sweetest 30th of one scuffed my Pumas and tried organic and all natural too. It Plant-A-Trio is scheduled to “credible” sources to be my eyes September EVER. I hopped on to strangle me with an Activism was like a metaphor in action, perform tonight at the Home- and ears. And by “credible” I the Plant-A-Trio tour bus (yeah, and Awareness Week t-shirt, so or something. coming Bonfire. $5 Matinee Costant Gardener 5:00, 7:45 Weekend Showing Murderball 5:15

Kimball’s Twin Peaks The Aristocrats 7:30 Scene �� THE CATALYST �� I Am Charlotte Simmons OK GO’s latest release Oh No: Student reviews Tom Wolfe’s latest work superﬁcial but guilty pleasure Evan Huggins Scene Editor Charlene Lee Staff Writer

In hopes of avoiding the sophomore slump, OK GO waited three years to release a follow up to their self-titled freshman album, which produced hits like “Get Over It” and “You’re So Damn Hot.” Swede producer Tore Johannson (Franz Ferdi- nand, Hot Hot Heat) offers his musical expertise on Oh No, 13 tracks of power-pop-rock suitable for any college dance party. In fact, Oh No echoes lead �� singer Damien Kulash’s yester- iar. Here, Kulash half screams “Let It Rain,” Kulash shows a years at Brown University. On and half sings: “Let’s burn holes poetic facet of himself with lyr- “Invincible,” the album’s first in the carpets, kicking, shout- ics like: “Vision blue and blurry single, Kulash sings: “You’re ing, dancing on the tables all fallen angels in a flurry spin- invincible, oh, oh, oh/That night long.” Also, on “Do What ning through the empty room,” atom crushing, crashing, atom- You Want,” Kulash confesses: “I which demonstrate Kulash’s smashing white-hot thing…/It’s woke up in a numb in the haze penchant for playing on words invincible.” Although you have in a machine built for two, but with rhyme and alliteration. no idea what Kulash is trying the light gave me some kind of Overall, Oh No is a solid soph- to articulate, you cannot help fright,” reiterating the theme of omore effort from OK GO, the but get into the melodies be- incoherence and parties, which new princes of pop-rock. Al- cause they are so damn catchy. begins to sound stale after these though the album is lyrically Beyond this, “Invincible” lacks two tracks. and melodically monotonous at depth and thoughtfulness be- Yet in the midst of all the noise some points, this is trivial if you cause it sounds so much like and mayhem, OK GO is not are merely looking for upbeat many of Oh No’s other tracks. afraid to show a more vulner- songs to dance and bop along One example of this is “Crash able and honest side. On “Oh to. If you are seeking more If nothing else, one thing can and Adam Geller, a dorky intel- the Party,” which opens with Lately It’s So Quiet,” Kulash depth and meaning, it’s possible be said for Tom Wolfe: his diver- lectual, writer for the Dupont exuberant “hey, hey, hey, heys,” laments long-lost relationships to find it here, but you’ll have sity as a writer is astounding. Daily Wave and member of an instead of “oh, oh, oh ohs,” and and asks: “Whose house are you to delve beyond the surface of From astronauts to acid-heads obscure group called the Mil- drumbeats that are eerily famil- haunting tonight?” Also, on some of the songs. to bond brokers and angry Irish lennium Mutants. These three cops, Wolfe’s range as a writer become Charlotte’s pursuers, covers multiple realms. Not leading her through the mul- only does the topic change, but tiple facets of campus life. the style changes to suit each In a standard Wolfe way, no new topic. character is wholly good or bad Wolfe’s newest book, I am - they are simply pawns set Charlotte Simmons, takes the up in a precise way to create a reader inside the modern day looking glass into a certain life- Ivy League college. As with style. In this case, it’s the college many of Wolfe’s books, there are lifestyle - and although slightly multiple stories going on at the contrived in some places, mid- same time, but all stories weave dle-aged Tom Wolfe does a around Charlotte Simmons, a damn good job at getting inside freshman from a small town the head of multiple college- deep in the Blue Ridge Moun- aged characters. Like many of tains of North Carolina. Char- his other books, I am Charlotte lotte is thrown into Dupont, Simmons is intensely researched. a fictional Ivy League school, Wolfe supposedly visited many expecting an colleges and escape from hung out at her small local house town world parties to get into “the life a feel for the of the mind.” atmosphere. Instead of He also used scholars and his own chil- intellectu- dren (who als, she finds are both in booze, sex college them- and frat boys. selves) to Through her modernize eyes, the col- his patterns lege “scene” of speech and is exposed; slang in or- layers upon Acclaimed author of The Right Stuff der to make and The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom layers of hy- Wolfe successfully captures the experi- dialog more pocrisy come ence of today’s college students with realistic. to light, as his new novel I Am Charlotte Simmons. Overall, I well as her am Charlotte insecurity and prudishness as a Simmons is a good read. Wolfe character. creates a realistic world in which To properly surround the his reader can look at class, gen- “scene,” we are granted three der, race, and sexual and social other perspectives: Hoyt Thor- expectations within the modern pe, a rambunctious frat boy in American college. He builds Saint Ray, and the “coolest” frat realistic relationships that keep on campus; Jojo Johanssen, the the pages turning, and - for any star basketball player for Du- student - obviously bring up pont’s national championship questions about their own hab- team and the only white starter; its and behaviors. Features �� THE CATALYST �� Churning Uphill: Aspen cycling trek tests endurance

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�� Above: Freshman Jeff Wirkin with the bike that took him over 300 miles over block break. Top right: Jared Faciszewski ﬁnds time to smile for the camera while working hard to reach the top of independence pass on the way to Aspen, which has an elevation of 12,095 feet.

Daniel Anthony averaged over 40 miles per Staff Writer hour. “Independence Pass was the One-hundred fifty-five miles. hardest part for me. It is about Ninety-eight hundred feet of 10 miles of solid climbing,” climbing. Eight-and-a-half Faciszewski said. hours. Two riders. One day. Coming down from These very impressive Independence Pass, the numbers were achieved by first Faciszewski and Wirken rode years Jared Faciszewski and Jeff towards Buena Vista, where Wirken on the last block break’s they ate lunch with the other annual ride to Aspen. Whereas riders from the trip, who met the rest of the riders on the trip them there in the van. After �� returned to Colorado Springs in their brief respite for lunch, From left: Ellen English, Stephanie Simpkins, Adrienne Ross, Ashley Johnson, and Meredith Bush pause a van, Faciszewski and Wirken to rest and enjoy the view at the top of Independence Pass after a long and strenuous climb to the top. however, the riders faced yet chose to test themselves against another formidable climb. the 155.5 mile journey in a single we said Colorado Springs, he desire to seek a challenge. we put our minds to it. And “Riding up from Buena Vista day. couldn’t believe it. He didn’t Cycling is one of those sports when it starts to hurt, you just was the hardest part for me. It The trip out to Aspen, in think we were serious,” Wirken where talent won’t get you far. have to put your head down was also the sketchiest part, which everybody participated, said. If you don’t have the drive, you and let your body do the work,” with 3-4 semis right off my took three days, with as many But they were serious. They usually aren’t in the sport for Wirken said. handlebars. I also think it was as four hours in a single day. intended to ride on and finish. very long,” Faciszewski said. Both Faciszewski and Wirken made more difficult because we But Faciszewski and Wirken They ran out of water a couple Of course, the mental toughness say they plan to do the single- had cooled down from lunch resolved to do the return in one. of times and had to stop to get needed for this kind of success day ride from Aspen again. and our muscles weren’t ready “I wondered if anybody ever more, either from gas stations must be honed through serious But for the moment, they are to go,” Wirken said. rode back. I’d heard that people or other people. But they kept training, which Jared and Jeff still experiencing the pride of have done it before. I guess riding, kept challenging their have been no strangers to lately. accomplishment from their Jared and I were like, ‘Hey, you “You have to have an bodies to continue. “Jared and I had both been recent success. want to ride back?’ and we used “As we got close to the end I riding a lot recently. We had “We probably said to each it as an excuse for training and innate desire to seek a was so tired and dehydrated spent so much time on the bike, other 10 times, ‘Dude, we just to have something to do on that I didn’t want to eat. I forced so we knew we could do it if rode all the way from Aspen!’” Sunday besides sitting in a car challenge. Cycling is one down a Clif Bar and we just kept all day,” Wirken said. going. We reached the top of While the rest of the trip was of those sports where The Divide, outside Woodland still at Aspen, the two riders Park and from there we just cruised down towards Manitou were busy preparing for their talent won’t get you far.” test of endurance. After making Springs,” Wirken said. Then about a mile away from a quick stop for breakfast at what Jared Faciszewski Jeff called “one of those trendy, Manitou Springs, Jared got a posh Aspen coffee shops,” they flat tire. They had to pull to the side of road and repair it, with were on their way at about 9 Striving through the difficulty the I-24 traffic flying by as dusk AM, loaded up with as many of the climb, Faciszewski and approached. Quickly getting supplies as they could carry. Wirken put the most difficult the tire fixed, they continued on “Our journey was definitely parts of the trip behind them. and reached Colorado Springs stuffed pockets. A cycling shirt However, even with the at about 7:30. Riding since that has three pockets on the back, toughest climbs out of the way, morning, they averaged over and we both had the pockets it still was not an easy trip back 18 miles per hour for the trip. stuffed with the things we to the Springs, not by a long Both of them had completed the would need in case anything shot. For one thing, they were longest ride of their lives. went wrong,” Wirken said. running low on water, and The achievement of Jared So with their stomachs filled their destination was still hours Faciszewski and Jeff Wirken from breakfast and their pockets away. Stopping for water at a was as much mental as it was stuffed with gear, Faciszewski gas station, they encountered physical. To press on through and Wirken set out on the first people who looked at them with the final miles of a 10 mile climb, leg of their trip: the grueling complete disbelief. or to stay focused on a goal after climb of Independence Pass. “We ran into a guy in the gas 8 hours of exhausting work The climb to the top of the pass station, and he asked where we requires extraordinary mental took about two hours, but when were riding. We said we had toughness. they reached the top, they had come from Aspen. He asked “You have to have an innate �� an 11 mile descent, where they where we were going, and when The steep and winding road to Aspen through Independence Pass. Features �� THE CATALYST �� Digits duo make musical merriment Foxy visitors flaunt as I am and learn even more when you can just as scared share that with others. After faces around campus of grown up some exploration, the three be- things like gan working one on one with career fairs. each other and producing some This is not new and bold material complete to demean with alter-egos and electronical- my reasons ly mixed pop songs. for featur- Although the music facts ing them of about Ryan and Natalie are course, but staggering like say . . . learn- rather to lend ing guitar at age 13, recording some human- and producing 10 track CDs at ity to these ex- 19, travelling all over Colorado traordinarily during summers playing Gun- talented mu- nison, Telluride, and other plac- sicians. es buskering their music (not to The alter- mention headlining Wooglin’s native and Deli countless times), it is their versatile sense of reality that is so com- band, The forting. You can dismiss this as Digits, started an admissions booklet quote, in 2003-2004 but both Ryan and Natalie have as Natalie on strong grasps on their reasons guitar, Ryan for being here. “If I wanted to on bass, and become a serious musician, I �� John Willhoite would have gone to a music �� on drums. school” said Ryan. “I got to CC Scott Ladley They started rocking Mathias and saw it almost more as a so- Will Harrington be careful. Whatever you might Staff Writer coffee houses and after Woog- cial catalyst than an intention to Staff Writer be used to, these animals just lin’s absolutely begged them perform.” With Ryan as a po- In recent weeks, students might bite. “Their canines are Rehearsals, meetings, rumors to perform, they have packed litical science major and Nata- have noticed some unexpected very sharp,” Linkhart elaborat- of their presence, and countless that little deli tighter than the lie as a sociology major, they inhabitants of our campus - ed. Also, it’s not a good idea to other reasons to delay a ren- waiting list for that stealthy 8th both speak of their music as a foxes are on the prowl. Some wine and dine them, as treats dezvous with seniors Natalie block hip hop class. separate venture and are quite fit and fine foxes have been “[increase] their dependence Tate and Ryan Vaillancourt just The sexy and ever saught eloquent about their education growing bolder, getting closer, on human food.” seemed to build up their mys- after arts program in Chicago here at CC. “My songs are not and grabbing our attention like You are probably more like- tique all the more for me. Ryan was fortunate enough to have by any means agents for social never before. ly to run into one of these wily and Natalie are prime examples both of these CC seniors partici- change. It’s fine to just get a Jeanine Stewart, in a morn- devils when you are out late of those “friends of friends” that pate this past spring. Natalie kick out of something simple ing cross-country work out on making the scene on or off cam- you just feel you need to know said, “It was an opportunity to you like.” the track, seemed to fear the pus. “They are primarily noc- and simply be around. Is it a make being in a band, part of Passions like music are those new competition. “The fox was turnal,” continued Linkhart. certain “groupie” appeal or is it school.” Inspiring tons of new wonderful things we all secret- on the track about fifteen feet Why have they come to that contagious sense of creativ- ideas, providing mutlitudes of ly hope will come to us dur- behind me.” Evidently, these campus and revealed them- ity you secretly hope they emit? activities, and most importantly ing magical revelations or fits visitors could keep up with selves to so many young, virile It doesn’t help much that they providing 24 hour studio time of glory. They are also things the star runner. “I’d run a little, college students? “They readily live together as a supersonic were big perks of the program that look all the more accessible and then check behind me - it adapt to civilization and have rumble of creative juices along for Ryan and Natalie. Not only when you meet people who bal- was fast and wouldn’t stop fol- been here before. This year, with film buff and former feature did they have studio time while ance them within our bubble of lowing.” they have probably found new of mine, Malcolm Murray. They in Chicago, but as alums, they academia. You may like the rap One student reported seeing sources of food and places to perform in front of bonfires and may return whenever they want music, but get yo’ selves a de- two of these foxes near Slocum, sleep. This would account for tightly squeezed Wooglin’s en- to record and mix their cre- gree. Thanks Natalie and Ryan. turning freshmen heads in the the increased sightings.” thusiasts. Good God, the pow- ations. After a few weeks, the Catch them in their newest proj- twilight. “They were play- Walking to the Worner Cen- ers they possess must be out of duo (along with John Willhoite ect at the Friday night bonfire fighting in the sand, rolling ter one afternoon, Kelly Ryan this world right? But after cell to complete the band) felt stuck on Armstrong quad as they be- over each other and kicking up saw a fox sitting about one phone exchanges, emails, and as The Digits and decided to gin a new bluegrass project with sand in their excitement.” hundred feet outside the doors. even seeing their pictures on the venture as individuals. As any fiddles, mandolins, and other Professor Linkhart of the Bi- “It was lying in the sun as the wall of department majors like good skippy arts kid knows, barefooted goodness. ology department warns us to people walked by.” The games everyone else (gasp!) I find them you find your passion and then they play… to be students graduating just Being bi-racial on CC campus son for this misidentification, cerning bi-racial individuals. backgrounds by dominating and elaborates that even when An example of this is “when racial definitions among their students do choose to ask about anyone uses the word Mulatto. peers, which results in the bi- her racial background, they are People don’t know that it comes racial students losing a part of uncomfortable with the lack of from the title for an ass – a mix their identity and heritage. a base group to connect her to. between a horse and a donkey. Katrina added that it’s impor- Katrina explained that her peers They make assumptions that tant to talk about the misidenti- will many times choose a stereo- it must mean ‘mixed’ because fication of bi-racial students. “I typed racial group to associate someone used it.” The increased don’t like the grouping,” she her with, in order to feel more diversity of our community elaborated, and suggested that comfortable interacting with means there are more things for it may be necessary for the com- her. CC students to keep in mind munity to create a new schema �� This misidentification of bi- when interacting with peers of with a group for bi-racial stu- a whole. The movement away racial students is a significant mixed backgrounds. dents. “When people ask about Chelsea Wilson problem on campus, and one Speaking about interaction my background, I don’t mind,” Staff Writer from a homogenous community comes with the need for more that Katrina says deserves at- within the bi-racial community, Katrina explained. “It’s bet- Finding yourself is a daunt- understanding and visibility of tention. “It’s important to talk Katrina relayed that “mixed kids ter than them making assump- ing enough task for any col- bi-racial issues on campus. about being mixed, not just know other mixed kids,” and tions.” Katrina believes that a lege student – but for Junior Talking with Katrina led to an about being white or being explained that it’s easier for bi- step toward a more function- Katrina Stahl, the task is made interesting conversation about black,” she asserted. She sug- racial students to interact with al and inclusive community yet more difficult by the preju- how CC students perceive bi- gested that students who don’t peers who understand what would be to ask questions when dices and misunderstandings racialism within the campus understand their own racial it means to be part of a mixed curiosity arises about bi-racial surrounding her diverse racial community. Because bi-racial backgrounds end up with con- heritage. The increased num- issues, and to refrain from de- background. Bi-racial issues students are unfamiliar to the fused identities or conflicting ber of bi-racial students in the fining these students by any ste- have become an important as- majority of their peers, misiden- ideas about what it means to be freshman class has piqued the reotyped group. She suggested pect of the CC community with tification of bi-racial students as bi-racial. This confusion is not interest of upperclassmen with that students try to see a differ- the larger number of minority part of one group or another is helped by the unfamiliarity of bi-racial backgrounds, as well ent culture openly and for itself, students attending our school a large problem for students of the community at large, whose as students with a single racial and that we take the time to in recent years, but the subject mixed racial background. Ka- unfounded expectations and background. Katrina remarked learn about the smaller pockets is foreign to most CC students, trina cites discomfort with dis- discomfort with the bi-racial that the bi-racial students are of our campus community. as well as most communities as cussion about race as one rea- group results in ignorance con- sometimes torn between their Sports �� SCOREBOARD Area madman takes radically progressive position Football 10/1 Jack Simons flesh, warm lager and bacon letic prowess. The hypothesis, If you, like myself, are an avid Carnegie Mellon 63 Sports Editor reader of Popular Science, then grease-fried mashed potatoes which I see as infallible, is that, Jedd Hart you have surely read of the (most of them being Irish). due to unabated progress in the Tigers (1-3) 28 Guest writer recent and rapid advances in Let us not forget, the advanc- aforementioned fields (namely Men’s Soccer es in coaching, supplemented the steroid research published Editor’s Introduction: If po- exhumation and revivificational 9/29 Away lemical tirades are your bag and technologies. Geneticists by a higher comprehension of by Dr. Jose Canseco ), an all-star you’re not acquainted with super working out of Caltech have proper diet kinesiology, help team of healthy, juiced and well Tigers(5-4) 0 senior Jedd Hart, you simply can- recently crossed Frankensteinian infinitely. Managers of the trained 14 year olds can domi- Buena Vista 2 not know what you’re missing. Of- lines in their claim to be able to early age were more likely to nate any team of overweight 10/1Away be the foremen at the local steel profligates that ruled the dia- ten, when I find myself mired in ev- give the gift of life to the deceased. Tigers(5-5) 0 eryday boredom – often in the wee, The first subjects of this ex- mill than the strategic geniuses mond prior to 1904. wee hours – I’ll call upon Jedd to periment are to be the start- that run the clubhouse today. The study hopes to show as- Wartburg 6 entertain and enlighten me with his ing nine from the 1897 Boston Also, most managers then were tonishing results in the field of Women’s Soccer “player-managers”, and we death therapy and revivifica- thoughts on absolutely anything. Redstockings. The purpose is a 9/30 Away To call Jedd opinionated would be dual study in revivification and have seen above how players tion, but more intriguing will the understatement of the century the progress of sports science. treated themselves. be the inconceivable improve- Tigers(6-3-3) 1 – I have never met someone so will- These nine ballplayers are to be Another point: ‘roids. Ste- ments in sports training that Oakland University 2 ing to speak his mind. His areas brought back to life for the sole roid use, as we all know, is ram- will be exhibited by the best of 10/2 Away pant among today’s youth. This America’s youth. of expertise range from politics to purpose of playing an exhibi- Tigers (6-4-3) 0 pop culture, from domestic animals tion baseball game against this tends to make for amazing ath- We are better now! to domestic beers. This week I’ve year’s Freshman High School Stanford University 2 asked Jedd to venture into a world All-American team. Volleyball he admittedly doesn’t know so Let me digress: the baseball Wasabi champs in Utah 9/30 Away well. Nevertheless, as you’ll soon players during the advent of continued from front page robin play as the top seed. Tigers (13-2) 3 see, he didn’t hesitate to put forth the game were a different breed Wasabi enjoyed their bye a passionate – if audaciously ab- Junior Jon Steiner decided he in the first round of winner’s George Fox University 0 surd – opinion when the question would give Boulder one of those bracket play on sunday and 10/1 Away was posed: Who would win if this and tell them to just get back then began warming up for year’s High School Freshman All- in their school vans and head Tigers (14-2) 3 their semifinal rematch with Pacific University 0 American baseball team squared off home. Feeding off that momen- Boulder. Boulder had defeated against one of the better baseball tum, Wasabi rolled to another Mines in the quarterfinals. In teams to have played before 1904? 13-12 victory while planting a the other quarterfinal match, Wasabi and a great way for CC This question, as you may have seed of revenge in the hearts Utah State defeated UNLV and to start out their year. Some guessed, arose during one of those of the CU boys, for they would would face a second Boulder newbies got to learn the game, late-night rant sessions which I meet this same Boulder team on team in the semifinals. Wasabi learn the lingo, and learn that know I’ll some day – perhaps not CATALYST/Jack Simons Sunday. rolled over Boulder-A with yet CC is inherently better than CU. so very long from now – look back Jedd Hart, seen above at a San The team then suffered a mi- another barn burner finish mak- Veterans got the sweet taste of on with an overwhelming sense of Diego Padres game, spends his nor setback, losing a game 12-10 ing the score 11-10 and shooting victory that had eluded them nostalgia. Jedd had me in tears and free time in serious contempla- against the math-minded “En- themselves into the final game. for 4 years in Logan. convulsions that night, and when I tion of seemingly absurd subject tropy” team from the Colorado The finals pitted a second Ultimate demands speed, became Sports Editor I insisted that matter. School of Mines. The game was and unfamiliar Boulder team strength, ability to read wind he put this outrageous polemic on windy and included a 7-0 run factors on a piece of plastic, and than they are now; throw the against Wasabi. With another the page. The following is Jedd’s by Wasabi, but the boys ran out yes it’s true, a bit of headiness. Steinbrenner style clean-cut display of fine defense and ul- response to a question of absolutely of time as the game clock ticked Nobody produces that better right thinking American image timate intensity, Wasabi made no practical significance – here the away. However, with their win than CC, so thank your local out of the window. This was this team once known as “Mam- man is truly in his element. If his over the University of Nevada, Wasabi player for upholding the an age that preceded the regu- abird” look more like Tweety response seems brief, it’s only be- Las Vegas in game four, the loss values of this great institution lation, and subsequent illegal- Bird. Although Mamabird was cause he is so firmly decided on this to Mines was of no consequence both here as well as on distant ization, of drugs in the country. missing a few veterans, this 14-6 issue. and Wasabi came out of round- victory was still a message from shores. And so, here’s Jedd. I hope The average ballplayer was a you’re as tickled by his outland- frequenter of bawdy houses and ish argument as I was that magi- opium dens, a true back alley cal night. (But perhaps that’s too wrangler. much to ask: I love his writing, but Instead of being endowed if you really want a taste of this with a sense of moral responsi- particular aspect of Jedd’s character bility that forced them to treat – that is, if you’re feeling intellec- their bodies like temples, as to- tually and emotionally prepared for day’s youths are, the ballplayers one hell of a ride – I advise you, the of the late nineteenth century next time you see him at a party, to treated their bodies like houses simply pose a question and pull up of ill-repute. Their daily meals a chair). consisted of fairly raw mammal

The day after eating lunch at a restaurant called Cronks, the men’s soccer team visited a wind farm in Storm Lake, Iowa. The team found the experience both interesting and informative.

CATALYST/Jack Simons Sports �� Super Fan Embraces Role, Takes Credit for Recent Victories: Self-Proclaimed “X-Factor” Carries 5-0 Record into Homecoming Weekend

Jack Simons Sports Editor common heckler? guidelines to a fault. I never you were there and you saw a bears? X: Being the X-Factor really curse. On the other hand, I have 6’11” basketball player headed X: My skills were developed If you attend many men’s has changed my life in more on two occasions been called an straight for you? in high school and then honed or women’s soccer games, you ways than I can describe. I don’t asshole by mothers of opposing X: If a 6’11” basketball player freshman year during the la- likely know the “true identity” want to say that I’m a celebrity, players. With this kind of moral was charging me, I’d pee, di- crosse season. But certainly I of the man who’s come to be but when I go to Rastall, I can guidance, it’s no wonder those rectly in my pants. Then I’d have to give some credit to those known as the X-Factor. Un- have all the cereal I want. Am kids lose. That’s right, I said it. take the punch and sue the hell who came before me. Dan Win- like more timid superheroes, I a common heckler? Is James Jack: Same subject: You seem out of him. okur was an inspiration last sea- he hides behind no mask. Save Taylor a common rock star? to enjoy these confrontations Jack: Proudest moment on son, in that tiger suit. Steve Lin- a pair of fabulous oversized Didn’t think so... with opposing players’ parents. the sidelines? berg was a little more raunchy shades, the X-Factor is out there, Jack: Where did the name Where does that come from? X: Proudest? CC women vs. than I like to get, but his work to be observed and – most im- come from? Iowa. Tie game going into the certainly is not to be ignored. To portantly – heard. Indeed, the X: Well, as I’m sure you know, “If a 6’ 11” basketball 90th minute. I’d spent all game paraphrase Descartes: If I have strength of his voice is the most the “X-Factor” in any situation getting into the Iowa goalie’s done better than others, it is be- profound (and pronounced, and is the factor that decides the out- player was charging me, head. As the ball bounced off cause I stood on the shoulders profane) manifestation of his come. I suppose I was the first Amara Wilson’s foot for the of giants. super powers. From his place to refer to myself as such, but I’d pee, directly in my dramatic game-winner, I yelled Jack: What would be your ul- in the first row on the sidelines, it’s not so much that I refer to “CHOKE!” And, uh, you know, timate heckle? Who would you he exerts his force over the field myself as the X-Factor as I was pants. Then I’d take the I guess I won the game for us. heckle and where? before him. His rousing chants anointed X-Factor. It was born Jack: So if you can have such X: Any heckle, anywhere, and most timely heckles have from fact. punch and sue the hell a profound impact on games, where I could rhyme something an impact on the game which Jack: You claim you affect the why don’t you attend every – school name, mascot, whatev- game? er – with nipple. we are only just beginning to outcome of the game...how so? out of him.” understand. What is it about your specific X: Call it a premonition if you Jack: Got anything special In hopes of approaching this style that transcends the world want. I prefer to think of it as a planned for Homecoming understanding, I sat down with of the average (human) fan and The X-Factor sort of divine intervention. Fate Weekend? the X-Factor himself late Thurs- finds its way out onto the field? X: Well, like I said, those is out of my hands; I still don’t X: I have a special cheer ready day night. He was surprisingly X: Well, first off, I sit in the mothers in question lack a prop- like being present for injuries or for opposing parents, some hot cooperative, though he did in- front row, and that really helps er ethical fabric. When they’re losses. It seems to be ordained fresh material. Count it. sist that I refrain from disclos- with being loud. My best at- confronted with a spirited sup- that my presence ensures health ing his real name or showing his tribute has been my employ- port of the home team, it makes and victory, but I cannot force picture. Though he doesn’t hes- ment of the opposition’s roster. them hate me. my presence and defy the will itate to out himself on the side- There’s nothing like mocking an Jack: Have you any sense of of the powers that be. Suffice lines, he seems to view his post opponent’s family name in or- spectator ethics? Can a fan ever it to say that I can only help so in the stands as his workplace. der to intimidate. go too far? much; all CC teams going un- Perhaps revealing an endear- Jack: You’ve been accused X: My values are simple: yell defeated would rouse suspicion ingly human side, The X-Factor by more than one visiting fan loud, no cussing. As long as I from The Man. insists on keeping his personal of being a negative presence on keep those in mind, it’s all gra- Jack: How much of what and professional lives separate, the field. One of your favorite vy. you do is pure innovation and however impossible that may tactics is to suggest that either Jack: What were your feel- how much do you attribute to seem to be. specific players or entire teams ings as you watched Ron Art- the achievements of your fore- “lack morals.” How do you re- est and the Indiana Pacers go Jack: What’s it like, being the spond to accusations that your crazy in Detroit last winter? X-Factor? Do people treat you conduct is out of line? What would you have done if differently? Aren’t you just a X: First of all, I observe NCAA Upcoming events �� Women’s soccer �� Football ��

�� Opinions �� THE CATALYST �� Mass transit: its popularity, potential, and predicament Reed Duecy-Gibbs ourselves in our cars we have come a class divider, but rather While I think that these will �� Staff Writer less contact with one of the most the opposite. Denmark, where I be the most likely causes of a important things in this world: recently studied abroad, is one change in transportation sys- �� Why do people not ride the society. We therefore inhibit a such example. During my time tems – some of which could be �� bus or other forms of mass tran- more comprehensive and es- there I did not ride in a private- abrupt enough to prove cata- sit in this country? �� sential version of reality in this ly owned car once: never with a strophic to our economy and I think it is an excellent ques- �� country. friend, never with my host fam- society – I wish they were not. tion that we as Americans, and �� While some people may not ily, not once. Despite this fact, I I hope that people will make a as Colorado College students, come out and say it directly in found it easy to travel around conscious decision to ride and �� should ask ourselves. Is it some this country, most people in downtown Copenhagen, its support mass transit, instead of �� cultural stigma that we as mate- suburbs, as well as, other parts mindlessly falling into the rou- �� rialistic American individualists Why do we not have of Denmark and Sweden. People tine in which we have become cannot or do not want to move �� from all walks of life – members so deeply ingrained. We might past? Or is it that mass transit in efficient mass transit when �� of parliament, women in design- blame the government for fail- this country is so inefficient and the negatives are few . . . er clothes and high-heeled boots ing to provide us with this ser- �� unreliable that most people find – used the subway, light rail, vice, but for the most part they �� it too prohibitive to use? I think [and] the positives many? and buses, as well as, rode their respond to constituent con- �� both are true. bicycles as their primary means cerns. One might also blame our In addition both issues react the U.S. view mass transit, con- of daily transportation. There capitalist system that pushes for upon each other to create the sad sciously or sub-consciously, as �� seemed to be a willingness to increased profit, but capitalism state of affairs we find ourselves some how only for poor people. �� use their mass transit and there- also responds to the decisions in concerning mass transit. So This is caused in part both by fore efficient mass transit was made by individual’s everyday, why do we not have efficient materialistic individualism, em- provided, and vice versa. more than it does not. We really �� mass transit when the negatives bodied by individuals driving The problem over what needs only have ourselves and our in- �� are few and their arguments end cars, and the lack of a capable to come first, the supply or de- ertia to blame if we want mass up holding little water, while mass transit system. This notion �� mand for mass transit, is inter- transit. the positives are many? has an impact on our desire to �� esting. Would things change if So, if you hold the use of mass Taking mass transit is ben- use mass transit, and to large ex- �� we some how magically had an transit as an ideal, which I hope eficial for numerous reasons. It tent it is the reality. I would bet efficient reliable system of mass I have convinced you of to some �� uses resources and energy more that on average if you stepped transit in this country? They degree, why not actually live �� efficiently than a system of tran- onto a bus anywhere in the might, but somehow I think that the ideal, even if at the moment �� sit based on individual cars. It country it would be apparent most people will stop driving it may only be small and limited consequently pollutes less and that many of the passengers are �� their cars, even with such a sys- scope? The next time you want has less impact on the environ- visibly less well off than the av- �� tem, only when presented with to go to Chipotle why not take ment. It is much cheaper than erage American, and most defi- �� fairly direct incentives and con- the free downtown shuttle? It owning a car. (I realize most nitely the average CC student. sequences. stops at the south side of Arm- �� people are probably aware of all It is unfortunate that on the For example: $5.00 a gallon strong (search google.com: free �� of this, but it is true and needs whole, many reject something gas, three hour traffic jams ev- downtown shuttle “Colorado to be said.) that could be incredibly ben- eryday (although it often seems Springs”), and you will not have It also removes one of the eficial to society, largely because that the solution we come up to waste time or money looking shelters we hide in, both physi- they don’t want to be exposed with for this problem is more or paying for parking. Or the cally and mentally, exposing us to or associated with people less lanes of traffic for more traffic next time you are headed up to to a larger portion of society. On wealthy than themselves. jams. L. A. is a perfect example of Denver, why not take the Frex C a bus we have contact with more There are other countries why this logic is idiotic at best), bus (http://www.frontrangeex- people at a higher level of social which have discovered the ben- or unbearable smog (although press.com)? It is only $6, proba- interaction. In cars our interac- efits of mass transit. Due to the Cutler Publications this does not seem to dissuade bly less than the gas you would tion with others is almost ex- fact that the country as a whole Worner Center anyone from driving, L.A. again spend driving. clusively passive. By insulating recognizes this, it has not be- 902 N. Cascade Ave. is an excellent example). Colorado Springs, CO 80946 Debate in the United States: undermined by words without actions Brenna Swift The continued argument moti- man-made, not natural or inevi- passive attention to debate as a Staff Writer vates party alignment and can table. I have followed discus- kind of exemption from direct •OPINIONS POLICY• create violently opposed fac- sions on the news concerning action. Ceaseless discussion THE OPINIONS The United States can be said tions. A prevalent force within mistakes and the overlook of affords us the opportunity to to have roots in the spirit of American society, debate plays preventative action. Headlines become ‘involved; in the de- REPRESENTED IN debate. Prolonged discussions an important role in determin- blaring, “Who’s to blame?” and velopment of solutions – often THIS SECTION DO shaped its constitution, and its ing the nation’s character and “What went wrong?” have cap- without genuine participation NOT REFLECT THOSE political institutions continue to behavior. tured my attention with their or concern in the outcome. The rely on this process. Ostensibly As a defining American trait, promise to identify those at fault. voicing of opinion requires little OF THE EDITOR, preserved by edicts of ‘rugged debate fascinates and puzzles The debate that has occurred real effort, and unaccompanied PUBLISHER, OR individualism’ and indepen- me. I am blown away by the throughout Hurricane Katrina’s by initiative, it accordingly pro- ANYONE OTHER dent thought, debate is a defin- passion that is aroused by dis- aftermath is compelling for its duces little real outcome. ing quality of modern American cussion. Watching politicians importance and sheer intensity. Debate allows us to iden- THAN THE AUTHOR culture. ‘Freedom of speech’ construct very deliberate argu- One cannot help but be drawn tify mistakes. But without an HER/HIMSELF. ALL encourages the questioning of ments, I find the art of persua- into this discussion, choosing active follow-up, it yields no SUBMISSIONS TO THE authority and the uninhibited sion both interesting and elusive. sides and becoming inflamed positive change. Throughout voicing of opinion on all levels. Ever the idealist, I trust debate at bureaucratic incapability. It Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, OPINIONS EDITOR Today, everything is contestable to hold leaders accountable for is only in taking the proverbial many Americans have viewed MAY BE EDITED FOR and subject to discussion – from their actions. And despite ac- step backward that I realize de- debate – convenient and suit- FORM, CONTENT the quality of television to the cusations that apathy is ruin- bate can actually deceive. able to individualistic lifestyles aptitude of the President. Such AND/OR LENGTH. ing the American spirit of de- The Hurricane Katrina de- – as a remedy. They have then subjects are perpetually ‘hashed bate, I have yet to meet anyone bate has allayed conscience with forsaken, or simply forgotten, out’ in every outlet of the media. who does not love a good fight. allegations of failure on the part to carry out the wishes they so Lately how- of the government. But citizens forcefully articulate. It is not ever, I have of United States institute their easy to discover a solution, found reason government and all its ‘trap- reach consensus, or implement to question pings’. As our own ‘ultimate plans. Yet though maintaining WE WANT YOUR OPINIONS! the value of authority’, our own governing a country is hardly simple, it is all this argu- force, we have failed to recog- fundamentally necessary to hu- But first ... Letters to the editor may be sent to either of the addresses below and should include ment. nize our responsibility in direct- man welfare. We must remem- the author’s full name and phone number. Authors will be published each successive issue, Like mil- ing affairs such as emergency ber that debate alone is only provided that they write about a different subject per submission, and limit themselves to one lions of other management. a deceptively simple mask, a letter per issue. Priority will be given to submissions of proper taste and accomodating length. The Americans, Since people often say that transparent cover for problems Catalyst reserves the right to edit for grammatical errors and clarity. I am pro- the average citizen really has that can only be solved with di- E-MAIL: foundly dis- no role in controlling larger rect effort. [email protected] turbed by forces like their government, While I continue to respect SNAIL MAIL: the outcome they see endless debate as a cur- the American tradition of de- The Catalyst of Hurri- sory form of individual involve- bate, I am concerned that its Letters to the Editor 902 N. Cascade Ave. cane Katrina ment. Private citizens have in- prevalence in modern society Colorado Springs, Co 80946 – an unprec- deed provided direct aid to the portends shortfall. I sincerely DEADLINE: edented di- Hurricane Katrina relief effort. hope that America’s national Letters are due by Wednesday at 6 p.m. saster that But within myself, I have come pride will produce an answer to appears hu- to recognize that people regard this challenge. Opinions �� THE CATALYST �� Referenda C and D would perpetuate rather than cure the problems they seek to fix

Mayya Komisarchik sales to the tune of $1.7 billion 2001 to a record $14.61 billion expenditures on a single-year list. Colorado families would Staff Writer dollars for transportation “and in 2005-2006, increasing every basis, which means that giving likely benefit if the state both other” projects. Translation: year in between* Even when them money now does little to established a tuition fund dis- To vote against C and D is to instead of refunding taxpayer spending figures are adjusted help students that have already tributable to college students in vote against higher education in money, the government will: 1) for inflation and population, advanced forward. Finally, vir- Colorado and provided a (nec- this state. “It is to a vote against keep $3.7 billion over five years they represent a 43% increase in tually every school proposal essarily smaller) tax refund with K-12, a vote against an im- to “invest” in Colorado’s fu- state spending per capita since for allocation of C and D funds which they could finance imme- proved transportation system, a ture, 2) after five years, use the 1992. This observation is not devotes its share to building diate tuition expenses. Referen- vote against police and fire pen- much higher level of govern- trivial; if the backers of C and maintenance and repair – a pro- da C and D, as well as precedent sions, a vote against health care ment spending as a base from D tell us that state programs are cess that has little to no effect attempts to bolster higher edu- and is not a tax increase,” wrote which to increase revenues floundering despite the fact that on students. A much better op- cation funding, do nothing to F.C. Weston Jr. to the Fort Col- they have had more money to tion presents itself in Colorado soothe Colorado’s tuition woes. lins Coloradoan. Never short The truth is that there is spend on state programs every House Minority Leader Joe Between recent sexual assault on theatrics, proponents have year, they are effectively telling Stengel’s proposal to require scandals and Ward Churchill, it called upcoming referenda C often a yawning us that one of two things is true. that schools spend 62% of their is possible that state money has and D an “economic recovery gulf between what the Either state programs have been budgets on classroom tools; yet purchased CU only one useful plan,” urging voters to “save extraordinarily wasteful, or the the backers of C and D shy away commodity: alcohol. Colorado’s schools” and “move government tells maintenance of these programs from so direct a boon for stu- Of course, the million dol- Colorado forward.” All three requires infinite tax dollars. dents. Even if we concede that lar question: is it a tax increase? ideas are delightfully abstract; you its laws are Hint: it’s door number one. Colorado students are suffering, Regardless of the name it bears, at this point Colorado voters supposed to do and the Proponents claim that Colo- we have to recognize that refer- the implications are simple: 1) have to be wondering what any rado transportation is in dismal enda C and D have no provision Ref C permits the government of it means in a practical sense. actual impact of shape and in need of the funds for classroom or curriculum im- to keep tax revenues in surplus The truth is that there is of- provided by C and D. The much provement. If you want to save of what is allowed it, 2) after five ten a yawning gulf between its policies. more relevant question how- the children, save the children. years, the new base level of gov- what the government tells you ever, is how money is going to Do not just send them a check. ernment growth will be much its laws are supposed to do and and 3) borrow (a minimum) of be spent. The Colorado Depart- CU Boulder has been in the higher, and increased spending the actual impact of its policies $1.7 billion to spend on a rather ment of Transportation (CDOT), news quite a bit lately, most re- can only be furnished by aug- – referenda C and D exemplify nebulous collection of projects. remains completely sovereign cently for a widely condemned mented [also, tax] revenues and this principle. Accepting legis- Any economist will tell you to undertake a list of “priority appreciation of its tuition rate. 3) heavy taxes like the Colorado lation solely upon its merits is that the implicit consequence of projects” with C and D money. Proponents of C and D have run Business Personal Property Tax, inappropriate; a careful analysis an “investment” is a “return;” The problem although, is that at with the lead, arguing that Colo- particularly onerous for small of C and D, and the arguments while it is hardly legitimate to no point after passage is CDOT rado families struggle under the businesses, are never removed advanced by their supporters, condemn government spending required to freeze the list and burden of higher tuition rates – and the TABOR refund that reveals that the measures both prima facie, it becomes critical to begin work; in fact CDOT has and that C and D will somehow would have mitigated the CB- fail to attain their own ends, examine what taxpayers really made several alterations already. alleviate their economic stresses. PPT’s consequences disappears. and deny Colorado citizens the get for their money. Here, vot- There are likewise no clear pre- The operative question is wheth- The math is yours to do. chance to design effective eco- ers have to consider the logic scriptions for how quickly and er or not passage of the referen- The promised benefits to C nomic reforms for 5 years or behind “fixing the ratchet,” and how extensively CDOT is to da will depress tuition rates; the and D are extravagant, but ev- longer. take a serious look at Colorado’s execute the projects it outlines. answer to it is that they will not. erything about the legislation The Colorado state consti- transportation, K-12 education This is particularly dangerous Referenda C and D extend full makes it impossible for Colora- tution contains a provision for and higher education circum- for rural counties, which were command over appropriations do to attain precisely the goals the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights stances. sold on the claim that C and D to the administrators govern- proponents set for transporta- (TABOR), which limits the size Proponents commit several would provide the money that ing state higher education. Both tion, K-12 and higher education. of state government revenues logical errors when they jus- built highways much needed for state universities and com- The logic that founds this “eco- to population plus inflation. If tify C and D with TABOR’s re- business. Unfortunately, there Referenda C and D, as well nomic recovery” is unforgivably the government collects tax rev- sidual “ratchet” effect. The first is no assurance that they will feeble, and the backers of the ref- enues in excess of that calcula- problem is the very premise: by ever reap the benefits of a more as precedent attempts erenda protect themselves from tion, it is obliged to return the definition, an “economic reces- bloated transportation budget. more feasible economic alterna- difference to taxpayers in the sion” is a period of slow growth K-12 education in Colora- to bolster higher tives by denying voters the right form of a refund. In the 2001- or diminished incomes for ev- do, C and D backers lament, is education funding, to make better policy for at least 2003 recession, Colorado’s gov- eryone who participates in the crippled by limited resources 5 years. If by passing the refer- ernment, like nearly everyone economy. Indeed, nearly every and slipping standards. But is do nothing to enda we do, as their advocates in the nation, took in less rev- household and every firm in money the problem? First, Col- proclaim, “invest in Colorado,” enue – but the amount it was the nation took a hit during the orado’s constitution contains an soothe Colorado’s we forego the prospect of a re- “forced” to refund to constitu- ‘01-’03 contraction. Why would Amendment 23 provision which tuition woes. turn on our investments. In the ents set government spending the government, which derives mandates that education spend- interest of Colorado’s citizens, still further below what it would its income largely from that of ing must rise every year by in- vote NO on referenda C and D munity colleges have detailed have been without the economic its citizens’, expect to be exempt flation +1; education spending in November. some of their plans for spending downturn. This is the infamous from economic hardship? has dipped neither in absolute C and D funds; among them are “TABOR ratchet.” If anything, the evidence figures, nor as a percentage of *Data from the Colorado Legisla- repairs to gym bleachers (Mesa), tive Council. In what amounts to the shod- suggests that the state of Colo- the general fund as a result. leaky roof repair and campus For more information and specific diest compromise imaginable, rado continued to spend more Likewise, school budgets are Referendum C authorizes a 5- expansion (CU Boulder). Schol- statistics, e-mail m_komisarchi@color throughout the recession and af- term limited in the sense that adocollege.edu or go to www.defeatc. arships, tuition buffers and re- year “time-out” from TABOR, ter it. State spending has grown they calculate their classroom com ductions do not make a single and Referendum D issues bond from $12.35 billion in FY/2000- The United Nations gets Bono’d: questioning celebrities’ perspectives on and places in international affairs (and he had better not get the Nobel Peace Prize) Josh Gewirtz within our own society that was one of the first celebrities to I am sure Bono could afford suffering in some of the plan- Staff Writer help defeat the very problems visit war torn Yugoslavia. How- to fly any of these hypothetical et’s nastiest places, not because Bono is a good person. The he tries to remedy. ever, would it not be more ben- examples to a U.N conference Bono says they matter. millions of dollars raised by his The first is that celebrity voic- eficial to have, maybe, an AIDS to speak on the societal ills that The United States population es are valued more than others he battles. That might how- should have the fortitude to ac- DATA, and “Make Poverty His- Is what he has to say tory” campaigns have directly who might know more about the ever prevent him from voicing knowledge that the Sudan crisis fed the mouths of starving problems at hand. For example, about it backed his own opinion. What does a needs altering regardless if Bono women, men, and children and Bono lists “activist” as a profes- starving Sudanese family know cares about the situation. People have spread important infor- sion on his website, yet there is with worldly experi- about poverty or famine that like Bono are vital to helping the no mention of him working for Bono does not? It is critical to world’s issues. Money is a cru- mation about the present detri- ence? Should he ments to Africa. any other international agency know. cial aspect in helping the planet However, when Kofi Annan other than the ones that he him- speak authoritatively on The second aspect that frus- and celebrities are extremely invites the activist and Christian self created. trates this writer about Bono’s good at raising it. The victims pop star rocker as a guest speak- Does Bono really know that issues that he does not activism is that yes, genocide, of heinous atrocities however much about poverty? Is what he famine and AIDS are huge prob- should have the loudest and er at a U.N. summit, something know thoroughly? emerges as distressingly wrong. has to say about it backed with lems; however, it is a reflection most heard voices on the matter, worldly experience? Should he on our own society that celebri- not rock stars. And the global Bono is fantastic at gathering victim or a Sudanese family, speak authoritatively on issues ties, like Bono, due to their fame, community should find the the money necessary to help or a mother who lost her three that he does not know thorough- make these issues pressingly wrongs of the planet important, solve some of the Earth’s most sons to ethnic cleansing in the ly? In some respects, yes: Bono important. They should matter regardless if celebrities care stressing issues. But he also ex- Balkans, to speak on the matters has traveled all over Africa and because people are dying and about the country or not. acerbates two severe problems that directly affect them? Events �� THE CATALYST ��

Philosophy Lecture 3:30pm The Philosophy department presents DU professor David Hildebrand speaking on Tiger Classic 5K Race 8:00am “Pragmatism, Neopragmatism, and the The anual Homecoming race begins at Menacing Relavist” in the WES room. Monument Valley Park by the bridge. Reg- ister 7:00-7:45am. Open to runners, jog- gers, and walkers. $20 before/$25 day of.

Bonﬁre 10:00pm Friday 10.7 As part of Homecoming Weekend the traditional bonﬁre, featuring Plant-A- Trio, Ryan And Natalie, and other live bands will be on Armstrong Quad.

Dance 9:30pm-12:00am The anual Homecoming Dance will be held in Armstrong Hall, Palmer Hall, Hispanic Heritage 7:00pm and on Armstrong Quad. Beverages Saturday 10.8 SOMOS and Tutt Library sponsor Profesor provided, $8 at Worner Desk. Roberto Irizarry speaking on “Writing Aqui and There: Interlatinidad and the Negotian Of Territoriality” at Tutt Library.

Theatre Production 8:00pm The Ten Year Glass House Reunion presents Do Lord Remember Me per- formed by the 1992 original CC cast in Packard Hall. Monday 10.10 Carnival 10:30am The Glass House hosts its ten-year an- niversary carnival all day at the house and on Yampa (Autrey) ﬁeld. Enjoy booths, refreshments, and more. Take Action 7:00pm-9:00pm SOMOS presents “Opposing Colum- bus Day” in the Glass House. Speakers, Bowling 9:30pm refreshments, and discussion about this Sigma Chi presents its bi-anual Psychedel- controversial federal holiday. ic Bowling. Buses leave from Worner. Sign up in Worner during lunch or at the bus. Tye Dye 12:00pm The Queer-Straight Alliance and Equal sponsors tye dying on Worner Quad in commemoration and celebration of Na- tional Comming Out Day. Southwest Studies Lunch 12:00pm Tuesday 10.11 Southwestern Studies presents a luncheon with Cathy Wright speaking on “How To Find Your Car Keys and Make Your Hollhocks Bloom: The Iconog- raphy of Southwestern Saints” in Gaylord, $12.

Supper Club 6:30pm The Boettcher Supper Club hosts a dinner and food-related discussion at 408 East San Rafael. To reserve a seat at the tabe RSVP to German Film 7:00pm Ted Smith, x6221. The German ﬁlm series “When the War Was Over: West German Film from 1948- 1959” presents Des Teufels General (“The Devil’s General”) in Max Kade Theatre. Wednesday 10.12 Get Out The Vote Movie 6:30pm VOX:Voices for Planned Parenthood presents a screening of The Education of Shelby Knox followed by a live interview with Shelby Knox herself after the ﬁlm. In the WES room, refreshments served. Poetry Reading 7:00pm The Visiting Writers Series presents Jamai- can poet Lorna Goodison reading from her works “Controling the Silver,” “All Flowers are Roses,” and more, in McHugh Commons.

Live Music 9:00pm-12:00am The Musicians Union holds their Coffee Thursday 10.13 House in Loomis Commons.