THE CATALYST Vol. 46, No. 17 The Independent Student Newspaper of Colorado College February 26, 2016 Bill Clinton Campaigns for Hillary at Colorado College view of the event would be via a live By BRITTANY CAMACHO stream of former President Clinton’s address. Over 1,000 spectators rounded Higher proile members of the col- the block surrounding the Edith lege such as Dean Mike Edmonds Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts and Dean Rochelle Mason were Center on Feb. 21 when the doors given priority seating in chairs on to the building opened at 12:15 the main loor and an intimate view p.m. hose at the front of the snak- of the stage. Among those privileged ing line proudly proclaimed that enough to access front row seating they had been waiting since 8 was the co-chair of the Colorado a.m. to hear former President Bill College Democrats and Vice Presi- Clinton campaign for Democratic dent of Student Life for Colorado hopeful Hillary Clinton. College Student Government Asso- Spectators, both community pa- ciation, sophomore Steven Ortega. trons and Colorado College stu- “[CC Democrats] is representative dents alike, piled onto the catwalks of progressive values on campus, of the building, some over three which is tenuously connected to the stories high. Event assistants cor- National Democratic Party Organi- ralled groups without tickets into zation,” said Ortega. His adminis- every corner of the building pos- trative role in the political student sible with a view of the stage. Tick- group granted him and several other eted students were seated on the members of the Democratic organi- concrete steps in the main area of zation access to former President Cornerstone, squishing together Clinton’s more intimate fundraiser closely to maximize space. prior to his campaign speech. As the standing room space in At 11 a.m. of the same day, former Cornerstone dwindled, organizers president of Colorado College shepherded the over 500 remain- and former senator of Ohio Dick ing patrons into Celeste heater, Photo Courtesy of Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette. Former President Bill Clinton spoke at CC last Sunday. which has a total of 451 seats. heir Continued on pg. 2 Climbing PoeTree Special Collections Receives $75k with the intention that it be used together and mass-produced. Comes to CC By ANNIE ENGEN to fund a small collection of ex- “Bauhaus design is something tremely rare Bauhaus materials. most students at CC would probably about people “leeing war in their Just before winter break, the he 1919 Bauhaus movement recognize but perhaps not know By ZASCHA FOX own countries, spending time in Buddy Taub Foundation, under the began when German architect the name for—in architecture, it’s Alixa Garcia and Naima Penni- prison, being raped by their fa- direction of Dennis and Jill Roach, Walter Gropius founded the Wei- blocky forms, much like Tutt Library man are the two “groundbreaking thers, learning to kill their own donated $75,000 to Colorado Col- mar Bauhaus School, whose main in fact,” said Jessy Randall, archivist soul sisters” who make up Climb- people, foster care, police brutal- lege Special Collections. CC Special focus was to combine art with in- and curator of Colorado College ing PoeTree, a slam poetry duo that ity, and suicide” and more. But, in Collections carries collections of dustry. Special Collections. ights for social and environmental addition to the dark, haunting ac- rare books, special editions, manu- Prior to the Bauhaus movement, CC was blessed with this donation justice. counts they read, there are those scripts, and published and archival ine arts such as architecture and largely due to Randall’s connec- he two women use their talents of hope, of “being the irst in their material about Colorado, Colorado design were considered superior tions. as poets, public speakers, and hip family to graduate,” “falling in love Springs, and Colorado College. to the practice of craftsmanship “he Buddy Taub foundation hop dancers to tackle serious is- with themselves for the irst time,” So what will Special Collections painting and woodworking. Gro- works with a rare book dealer, in this sues all around the world. he po- “giving birth, starting schools, and be doing with this $75,000? he pius, however, believed that all el- case Glenn Horowitz, Bookseller, changing laws.” foundation donated the money ements of design should be pooled ems have a wide range of themes, Continued on pg. 5 from Hurricane Katrina and the Climbing PoeTree’s success has Haiti earthquake, to human rights led to invitations to lead workshops issues at the Rikers Island Prison and perform all around the world, and the ight for LGBT equality. from New Story Summit in Scot- Battle on Blake One of Climbing PoeTree’s big- land to Harvard University’s Grad- gest endeavors is S.T.I.T.C.H.E.D., a uate School of Education. heir project to compile personal stories work is being currently featured in on small pieces of cloth into a col- college and high school curricula On Saturday, Feb. 20 CC and DU lective tapestry. he idea originally in various diferent countries. met in the irst outdoor matchup in started in 2005 after Hurricane Adam Jolly, a CC irst-year, was the storied Gold Pan rivalry. 35,144 Katrina, when Garcia and Penni- among the students attending Gar- fans were on hand at Coors Field to man felt that there was a “collec- cia and Penniman’s performance watch as DU swept CC on the sea- tive need for us as a people to tes- in Celeste heater on Feb. 19. son with a 4-1 victory. A Cole Mc- tify to our lived experiences and to Jolly knew nothing about the Caskill goal in the second period confront the misrepresentations in group prior to the event, but he brought the Tigers within one goal mainstream media.” and his friends decided to go “on of the Pioneers, but Mike Havi- At every one of their events, a whim after seeing the advertis- land’s squad never got closer than they distribute cloth squares and ing banner put up in Worner.” He a one-goal deicit. DU locked the sharpies, encouraging the audi- added that he is “always a big fan game up in the third period dur- ence members to share something of spoken word,” so the presenta- ing a 5-3 power play where they put deeply intimate—a fear, a secret, a tion seemed intriguing. hey “went two goals past Jacob Nehama. dream. hroughout this process, in blind, but came out pleasantly the women have received stories Continued on pg. 13 Photo by Tyler Sym. News Opinion Sports & Active Life Life 10 Questions Chasing After Diversity in Who is the Most Dangerous Historic Battle on Blake Dorms Going Green First year solo artist Nathan Trees on Campus Candidate? Goes Poorly for Tigers Reviewing the eco-certiication Wolfenbarger, or “Seal Eggs,” CC pursues Tree Campus USA Why Trump may not be the worst CC falls to rival DU, 1-4, in irst process for certain types of on- discusses his approach to music. certiication , page 4 case scenario, page 14 ever outdoor game, page 7 campus housing, page 13 page 6 GroupThink is Limiting Interview with CC’s Outdoor Arts in the Springs Find us online at: CC’s Intellectual Potential Education Specialist Local artist Chris Alvarez catalystnewspaper.com Repetition of one perspective Rachael Abler gives tips and tales discusses his life’s journey and Facebook: /CatalystNews hinders academic growth, page 15 from a life of adventure, page 10 passion for painting, page 13 Twitter: /catalystnews 2 February 26, 2016 News The Catalyst Visiting Mathematics Professor Voter’s Guide: Receives Research Grant Democratic Caucus said Grant. “One of the goals of this grant is to he implications of the caucus should be By HANNAH GLOSSER convert all the codes from a costly program By DAVID ANDREWS wide-reaching. After Super Tuesday, it will to a free program, then the researchers all be much more clear to see which candidate Earlier this February, Colorado College vis- over the world will have it available and can Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have will be representing the Democratic Party in iting mathematics professor Andy Glen was play with the software on their own and ind dominated headlines lately as they battle the national election. awarded a three-year, $211,985 grant from new probability theory and new ideas.” across the nation to take home the Demo- Colorado in particular is a state that will the U.S. Army Research Oice. Glen moved Glen will also continue to make the lan- cratic nomination. After Nevada, New Hamp- have heavy inluence from millennial voters. to Colorado a year and a half ago, prior to guage for the program larger with this re- shire, and Iowa, the duo is heading into Su- Colorado’s youth demographic is the fastest- that he was on the faculty of the United States search grant, by continuing to include more per Tuesday in a somewhat undecided race. growing age group in the state. It also ap- Military Academy at West Point. He was a procedures and ideas. Clinton capitalized on strong support from pears that youth voter turnout has been ris- professor in the Math department for a to- Professor Glen began this research with his minority voters in Nevada to pocket 19 of 34 ing, as opposed to declining—the opposite of tal of sixteen years and retired in December Ph.D. advisor in 1998 when they had the idea delegates in the state. the national trend. 2014. that the most up-to-date software would be Heading into Super Tuesday, Clinton holds “he goal is to create software to automate helpful with probability theory.