THE CATALYST

Vol. 46, No. 22 The Independent Student Newspaper of Colorado College April 22, 2016

RA Petition Sparks Criticism and Reform of Residential Life Policies to return for training on Aug. 1 as By BRITTANY CAMACHO “pressuring students to sacri ce RA Petition Demands ick tension piled in the air as  nancial and professional growth” Residential Life and Housing sta and “manipulating students into . R F members met on April 19 to dissect only prioritizing… their employ- T: Lengthy training criticisms of current employment ment as RAs.” during early summer prevents policies and procedures. For nearly It accuses the Residential Life participation in summer intern- ships and jobs two hours student employees and sta of conducting illegal employ- sta members sat in Gates Com- ment practices by not providing . C  mon Room and discussed the de- “a re ection of equitable pay” for RA T: RAs are currently mands of a petition spearheaded RAs during training. It also notes a not compensated for training; and written by junior Resident Ad- culture of “discriminatory/trigger- need to be compensated visor Spencer Spotts. ing content” and behavior being “One of the main reasons we are allowed, brushed aside, or “spon- . R     here today in this space,” said Yola- sored” by current Residential Life F RA T: Training not ny Gonell, Director of Residential administration. adequate for full scope of RA Life and Student Activities, in her e petition, according to Ro- duties opening statement, “is in response chelle Mason, Senior Associate . RLC S  D to a petition that was written by Dean of Students, was received on R: Lack of support and members of our team.” the day of publication and elicited concern from RLCs and ResLife On April 5, Spotts shared a link an immediate response from Resi- entitled, “Improve employment dential Life administration. ough . C  RA S practices & policies of Resident Dean Mason was away traveling on C C Advisors at Colorado College,” to behalf of the college, she reached their Facebook pro le. e petition out to the authors of the petition . S  W R demanded eight major reforms, the same day. A RA: Western Ridge including: rescheduling, revision, Director Gonell arranged a meet- RAs currently receive only $500 more than non-apartment RAs and immediate compensation for ing with the authors of the petition fall training, improved sta support immediately on campus, calling P  C W. A behind-the-scenes look at the Loomis RA desk. . T C: Lack initiatives, a RA student concerns forth the importance of such strong of transparency in the ResLife committee, equitable stipends student concerns to the Residential with sensitivity,” said Gonell. to make that kind of conversation o ce; miscommunication with between RAs sta ng di erent lo- Life o ce. In discussion, however, Spotts happen.” RAs cations, transparency, and profes- “We wanted to hear from the was wary of such sentiments be- Spotts wrote the petition as a sionalism. authors of the petition [as soon as ing expressed by the administra- culmination of casual conversa- . P   Spotts’ language and word choice possible] because[…] we recognize tors. “Yolany opened with ‘we’re tions they engaged in with other C  RA  - in the petition were pointed and that these experiences are very here because of this petition,’” RAs in the last year of employ- : Rights of RAs as student intentional. e document cites real and very true for them, and Spotts said. “Well, the thing is, we employees need to be respected the current requirement for RAs we want to honor that and honor it shouldn’t have needed a petition Continued on pg. 5

Old North End Prescribes First-Year Student Protests Solution for Safer Streets Pedestrian Access Act ese types of accidents are com- By ELLEN WEN By CLARE ENDE mon on a two-in-each direction A local neighborhood group in street. In the last couple of years, “My plan was to stay until I was said Hautzinger. “Just engaging in Colorado Springs is taking initia- there have been around 30 pedes- ticketed,” said Hautzinger. dialogue and helping to create more tive for pedestrian safety. e Old trian accidents on intersections Colorado College  rst-year dialogue around this [issue].” North End Neighborhood wants to and crosswalks near the CC cam- student and long-time Colorado Hautzinger had attended the pro- increase safety near Colorado Col- pus. Springs resident Marley Ferguson test on the Saturday before her bed lege, the Colorado Springs Fine “ ere have been signi cant in- Hautzinger has played an active sit-in, and she talked to many peo- Arts Center, the Corpus Christi juries, and that’s what makes it role in the recent backlash against ple who were very involved in  ght- Elementary School, the First Lu- concerning,” said Santos. “ ere the Pedestrian Access Act (PAA), ing the new sit-lie ordinance. ere theran Church, the Numismatic have been at least two to four acci- and has incorporated her own were many e orts from the com- Museum, Penrose hospital, and dents per year.” personal twist into the traditional munity to combat the new law, and Steele Elementary School. Steele Elementary School has ex- methods of protest. Hautzinger wanted to contribute in e plan is titled “A Pedestrian and Bicycle perienced similar accidents. e Pedestrian Access Act says some way. Safety Plan for the Old North End.” e initiative ere have been other proposals that sitting, kneeling, reclining, or “I wanted to be a tool in some- includes safety-sizing North Cascade Avenue, for increasing safety in the recent lying on sidewalks or streets dur- thing broader,” she said. North Nevada Avenue, North Weber Street, and years, including increasing the size ing business hours is now banned Hautzinger lives in the Arts for North Wahsatch Avenue. Safety-sizing includes of the crosswalks and adding more in downtown and Old Colorado Social Change Living and Learning reducing the four-lane streets into two lanes by lights. “One of the main issues now City business districts. Community at CC, and she was in repainting the lane striping on the streets as well is visibility and students walking in On April 11, Hautzinger had Participatory Arts last block. ese as prohibiting on-street parking near major in- between cars,” said Santos. friends wheel her and her bed in uences inspired her to act, along stitutions. Students on bikes and skate- roughly twelve blocks from CC’s with other performing artists, such e plan would improve visibility for drivers. boards have to proceed with more campus to downtown Colorado as Yoko Ono. She drew from her “I like it a lot,” said Maggie Santos, the Director caution in order to avoid being hit. Springs. ey left campus around knowledge about social practice art, of Campus Safety and Emergency Management. ere is also talk about creating 10 a.m. and Hautzinger stayed but then focused more on the politi- e plan referenced an accident from January a new crosswalk on Nevada in or- on the sidewalk until around 1:30 cal side than the artistic side. 2016, where a CC student was hit and dragged der to ensure the safety of students p.m. when she was ticketed. “I think reconciling social justice by a car while crossing N. Nevada Avenue. e who will be assigned to the new “When I was in the bed on the and art is very complicated, and car in the  rst lane saw her and stopped but the housing CC is going to build. sidewalk, I was really trying to trying to be e ective is very compli- car in the second lane could not see the student engage the public and homeless because she was hidden by the  rst car. Continued on pg. 2 and non-homeless populations,” Continued on pg. 4

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April 22, 2016 News The Catalyst Raising Awareness of Sexual Assault on Campus By SHIYING CHENG At the Wellness Resource Center, a staff unique project at CC this year,” said Heather flowers, hidden tears, and similar images. Between 2010 and 2016, the reported sex- member and student who are survivors of Horton, the Director of the Wellness Re- “The voices of survivors have been si- ual assault rate at CC was only 11.4 percent, rape and abuse are stitching their stories on source Center. “It is part of a larger national lenced,” said Horton. “Sexual assault is a and only 13.5 percent from 2011 to 2015, a square of red fabric for the last session of movement. The nation-wide Monument taboo topic in the American society. Survi- which is much lower than the national aver- the Monument Quilt Workshop at Colorado Quilt is a public healing space by and for sur- vors fear being judged and disbelieved. The age. College. vivors of rape and abuse.” Monument Quilt Workshop gives survivors Sophomore Jamie Baum, one of the tri- April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Survivors of rape and abuse wrote, stitched, an opportunity to break the silence.” chairs of the SOSS, believes that CC does not Month (SAAM). Maria Mendez, the Sexual and painted their stories on a square of red Horton said that the quilt will be displayed have a high level of sexual assault activism, Assault Response Coordinator (SARC), part- fabric, which will be displayed in public on campus next week before being sent to and that there is plenty of space for further nered with the Wellness Resource Center and spaces such as city and town centers. This Washington to be displayed on the National campus-wide improvement. Based on her the Butler Center to put together 16 events to year, 16 CC students participated in the Quilt Mall. personal experience, she believes that the raise awareness of sexual assault and to cre- Workshop. Beyond the Monument Quilt Workshop, actual sexual assault rate at CC should be ate a healing space for survivors. Participants’ final products took various the Sexual Assault Awareness Month has higher than 25 percent. “The Monument Quilt Workshop is a forms, including peaceful nature scenery, organized many other events. On March 31, “The CC climate on sexual assault is not national speaker Jeffrey Bucholtz came to conducive to actual changes, mostly because CC’s campus to talk about how the media of the lack of the awareness,” said Baum. influences the way people look at sex and “Most students do not care about sexual as- sexual assault. saults until someone around them or them- Student groups including Student Organi- selves got hurt.” zation for Sexual Safety (SOSS), GROW, and At the same time, CC’s annual report data the Healing Project have hosted peer-facili- shows a positive trend of consistent increase tated discussions and healing sessions every in the numbers of students who used the Sunday in April. SARC service in the last three years. More “Sexual assault is an underreported crime,” and more students have come forward to said Mendez. “There is a lot of silence sur- talk about their experiences and utilize the rounding the topic, which helps perpetuate service provided by the SARC. the rape culture.” Mendez emphasized that Mendez believes that Sexual Assault people both directly and indirectly justify Awareness Month is a good opportunity to rape culture in daily life. When sexual as- break that silence, bring awareness about the saults happen, the public tends to blame the issue, and actually do something. victim by focusing on what the victim was “It is not the victim’s fault for what hap- wearing or how much alcohol had been con- pened. The survivors should not go through sumed. it alone,” said Mendez. “To really end sexual According to the National College Women assault, we have to engage the entire com- Sexual Victimization Study, one in four col- munity, not just survivors or perpetrators. lege women experience attempted sexual as- Everybody has a role to play. The first step of sault during their college years. that is to raise awareness.”

Photo by Shiying Cheng. Colorado College students and staff members, survivors of rape and abuse, came together during National Sexual Assault Awareness Month to create a Monument Quilt signifying their experiences, pictured left. The Pattern of Prison Reform By TUCKER SMITH This past Tuesday night, historian Amy Professor Wood draws a line of continu- Wood’s lecture because the North far ex- long history and it didn’t pop out of a paper Wood enlightened audience members on ity from these questions people ask today to ceeded the South in that regard. bag.” prison reform in the South during a lecture similar ones asked by reformers in the South. Professor Wood argued that Southern re- Mass incarceration is at an all-time high entitled “Crime and Punishment in the Age Many historians write-off Southern re- formers spoke from the heart and adopted right now, but has been an issue for decades of Jim Crow.” formers during the Jim Crow era as imper- more progressive ideas concerning the state within the U.S. There have been periods of This lecture is part of a series that started in sonal, since they were out-shined by their and criminals than they are given credit for. reform where the state’s motives have been February that considers how historians can Northern counterparts. However, Wood They believed criminals had fallen from questioned and challenged. However, the tackle problems of mass incarceration and argues they should not be overlooked. She grace and that prison would only further fos- activism fades until it rises again in a parallel its relation to race. claims that these reformers were more com- ter alienation. moment. Professor Wood presented new research passionate and sympathetic towards crimi- “The reformers represented a new social The turn of the 20th century and present that tied together prison reform in the South nals than ever before. thinking that emphasized ‘connectedness,’” day are parallel moments in time, and prog- at the turn of the 20th century to the present Wood argued that it is impressive that re- said Professor Wood. She argued that the ress is not necessarily being made. Professor day. formers were able to maintain this mental- same pattern is repeating itself now. Wood’s lecture considered the history of re- Wood stated that many of the questions ity considering the white supremacist and Professor Carol Neel of the History Depart- form and recognized that people have been reformers asked during the turn of the 20th vengeful attitude that dominated Southern ment said, “The best thing to learn in con- asking the right questions, yet long-term century in the South are still questioned to- prisons. Wood said that the Southern re- temporary terms is that this subject has a progress is not being achieved. day. She said “a line of continuity” can be formers “mimicked the language of North- drawn between both groups. ern reform by calling for ‘modern and sym- In recent years, there has been a clear pathetic standard of prison management.’” growth of interest in mass incarceration, The Southern states were driven by profit, especially juxtaposed with race. This is evi- and, therefore, their prisons were brutal en- denced on CC’s campus by a growing num- vironments. The reformers saw the central- ber of demonstrations and lectures centered ized state as the solution to achieve certain around one or both of the topics. rights for prisoners that would contribute to There has been growing skepticism to- their reform. wards state power and debate over whether Reformers did the utmost to challenge the incarceration serves as a state mechanism state into fulfilling what they considered to for social control. Many find themselves ask- be the state’s responsibility to citizens, and Photo by Coco Wang. From left to right: Jeff Jurgens of the Bard Prison Project, History Professor ing, ‘what is the state’s role and why do we slowly succeeded over time. However, their Amy Wood, and History Professor at the University of Montreal Greg Robinson discuss American see it as the cause of our problem?’ rate of success is not the point of Professor Prison Reform.

Old North End Prescribes Solution for Safer Streets Continued from the front page and don’t bother to look both ways or are “It’s kind of a counter-intuitive thing. There reading or on their phones and they are just are some people in the community that oblivious to what’s going on. The pedestrians would say the more traffic control devices are half of this problem.” that you put in there, the more the pedestri- The proposed plan by the Old North End ans feel that they do not need to pay atten- Neighborhood is a good start in decreasing tion,” said Santos. “That’s an argument that the number of accidents around CC, but it will only help resolve half of the problem. Photos by Tyler Sym. Crosswalk buttons like you will hear from a lot of citizens that drive the one pictured above help direct pedestrian up and down Cascade. Students skateboard Students need to be personally responsible, crossing on streets like Cascade Avenue (left), across the streets with their headphones in cautious, and aware while using crosswalks. and reduce the risk of accidents. e Catalyst • News • April 22, 2016 3

Controversy Continues Over the Pedestrian Access Act

By PATRICK GLASTONBURY

“ e playbook is almost endless when it in favor have argued that it promotes public homelessness programs” that are available protesters demands remain under wraps to comes to non-violent protests,” said Trig safety, though critics respond that there is no in other cities. e visibility of homeless prevent any pre-emptive measures on the Bundgaard, the leader of the Coalition for evidence to support that conclusion. populations is about to increase signifi - part of city authorities. Despite the lack of de- Compassion and Action, a group spearhead- e noticeable visibility of the homeless in cantly in the coming days, as the only cold- tail, he did promise more sit-ins and a poten- ing protests against the Pedestrian Access Colorado Springs makes the problem more weather shelters for the homeless close by tial march through downtown. Act. pronounced here than elsewhere. Bundgaard this Friday. Th ough Bundgaard believes protest is a e act, which was passed Feb. 9, went into explains that the homeless population here Th e details of the fi ve protests promised fundamental part of the political process, the e ect on April 9, the same day the Coalition in town is so noticeable “because of a lack of by Bundgaard if the city fails to meet the real impetus lies with the people of Colorado for Compassion and Action organized a sit-in Springs. “Getting the populous of Colorado at Acacia Park. Springs to understand homelessness is key,” During the sit-in, police issued citations to he said, and further noted that real change the protesters for their violation of the con- will only come with the engagement of the tested act. May 3 is the date of the fi rst ar- broader citizenry. raignment of violators of the Pedestrian Ac- Bundgaard said a central part of this ef- cess Act, and Bundgaard has promised fi ve fort will be the release of documentary-style protests if the City Council fails to meet the productions by the Coalition for Compassion protesters demands by then. and Action. “You can’t take someone by the Bundgaard said the goal of the protests is hand to under a bridge to meet these people,” “to end the criminalization of homelessness.” he said. Bundgaard hopes to fi nd other ways He said that the challenge to the City Coun- to inspire empathy for the homeless in the cil’s decision will take place on several levels. people of Colorado Springs. Th e fi rst and most immediate will be the legal Despite the eff orts of groups like the Co- battle over the citations on May 3. Here, the alition for Compassion and Action, laws like American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will the Pedestrian Access Act are being passed intervene on behalf of protesters who were across the country. Th ough Bundgaard re- issued citations. mains hopeful in his advocacy for the home- If the city moves forward in prosecuting less, Colorado Springs authorities continue violators of the Pedestrian Access Act, those to stand by the measure and show no sign of convicted could face a fi ne of up to $500, compromising. or up to 90 days in jail. Any sitting, lying, or kneeling on the sidewalks of downtown Col- orado Springs and Old Colorado City is con- P  S W. sidered a violation of the act. A member of the Colorado Springs community Critics of the act have argued that the law protests the Pedestrian Access Act during the sit- unfairly targets the homeless and poor. ose in organized in Acacia Park on April 9.

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M A  D T  D P  C S U public property. However, there is no alter- S   A  S Announces Water Notıce native due to the lack of open beds in the On Wednesday evening, a woman called slim number of shelters that remain open. 40-year-old Kenyada Lattimore was arrest- 911 after an intruder entered her home After the Fountain Valley Authority wa- e seasonal shelters opened in the fall, in ed on suspicion of sexual assault of a child. yielding a gun and threatening her. e man, ter treatment plant exceeded their water anticipation of the winter months. Home- An investigation was spurred by a report to Bruce Lovell Knight, reportedly threatened quality standards, around 47,000 Colo- less people often face threat from frostbite the police about Lattimore having an inap- other residents on the same block. When rado Springs Utilities customers received or death if they remain out-of-doors during propriate relationship with a student. the police arrived, the man  ed and hid in a an unsettling notice. ere is an excess the entire winter season. Lattimore is a mentor at Ambassador Acad- creek bed. of Total Organic Carbon, which is com- All the seasonal shelters planned to close emy in Southeast Colorado Springs. Latti- A Colorado Springs Police dog named prised of dirt, sticks, leaves, and other during mid-April. more was a part-time sta member and was Ozzie tracked down the 49-year-old man. materials, found in the Pueblo Reser- placed on indefi nite administrative leave on Knight was arrested on suspicion of fi rst-de- voir due to rains over the past few years. April 14, which was the day he was arrested. gree burglary and felony menacing. Knight ese customers receive their water from C S Police are not releasing the gender of the was previously arrested in March on use of a Colorado Springs Utilities and Fountain Economy Booms student, to protect the student from being weapon while drunk. Valley Authority, and Fountain Valley Au- identifi ed. thority gets their water from the Pueblo Colorado Spring’s economy is experienc- Lattimore is free from jail after posting a M  R W Reservoir. ing a recovery after the recession. e econ- $25,000 bond. W   W It is reported that the high levels of To- omy has returned to the level of success last tal Organic Carbon do not pose a health seen before 2008. ere has been a decline An employee of Popeye’s Famous Fried risk. However, this high level can lead to in the unemployment rate, and jobs have B  I: I  M    been created at the fastest rate in the last 15 R  G  F Chicken was robbed while walking from the the creation of disinfection byproducts, parking lot to Popeye’s. e police reported which have potential negative health years. e Colorado Springs economy has consequences. Currently, the byprod- been producing payroll jobs faster than any- A grass fi re was reported in Pueblo West that the robbery occurred before 9 a.m. and uct levels are still low and will not cause where else in the state. due to illegal marijuana growing. Th e fi re the employee was held at gunpoint. e em- health risks, according to Colorado covered two acres and did no damage except ployee had their personal belongings taken Springs Utilities. to a fence. from them. e robber had his face and Police determined that a transformer had hands covered. e employee was not in- blown, causing the fi re. Th e transformer blew jured in the robbery. Seasonal Homeless Shelters because one specifi c house was consuming In response to the robbery and as a precau- C  T W HAPPENINGS too much electricity. tion, Pikes Peak Elementary went into lock- Detectives gained a search warrant and down while police searched the area. Such On Tuesday, the last two seasonal ▶ Disability Awareness Group was awarded $200 for Disability Awareness Event. found 117 recently harvested marijuana precautions in situations like these are typi- homeless shelters in El Paso County will cal, the police reported. ▶ Native American Student Union was award- plants and 49 budding plants. close. is leaves the homeless popula- ed $3,479.50 for the 2016 CC Exhibition Pow- Th e homeowner was utilizing the three-car tion with 230 fewer beds. Within the last wow. garage as an elaborate growing facility. Need to report a crime? For emergencies, call six months there has been a rise in the ▶ Th e Health Professions Club was awarded Detectives found that the same homeown- 911. For all other crimes, or if you have infor- $600 for the HPC End of Year Gala. need for beds. Many homeless people ▶ Th e CC Prison Project/History Department er has another residence in the Denver area, mation on an ongoing investigation, contact will now resort to camping because they were awarded $750 for Inside the Box. where the police found illegal marijuana the CSPD non-emergency number 719-444- have no other option. ose who camp ▶ Th e Carnivore Club was awarded $8,000 for growing. 7000. are frequently ticketed for camping on the Pig Roast and $24,000 for Blues and Shoes.

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By ABI CENSKY “Where are you living next year?”  is  is year’s lineup of LLCs features Outdoor pus Activities Coordinator Yolany Gonell, the pus, due to their “intentional focus on a big question has been buzzing around campus Education, which was formerly a special in- LLCs are just changing to more directly  t the project,” said Gonell. practically since October when upperclass- terest community in Slocum, Community in shifting priorities of the student body and the However, the Chaplains o ce has sup- men began to  nd roommates and sign leas- Action through Re ection and Engagement college “to really put inclusion into practice.” ported three faith and spirituality based LLCs es for housing next year, but the question has (CARE; formerly Arts for Social Change), “ ey [LLCs] o er di erent pathways of per- over the past 12 years noting that their o ce reached a fever pitch over the recent weeks Enclave, which is a continuation of a Butler sonal engagement—but it’s not the only way,” “really had to be cognizant of their ability to as the on-campus housing deadlines begin to Center residential program, Sense of Place, said Gonell. work with us,” said Gonell. “We will be revis- whoosh by. which was formerly Living Local, PRIDE, and Gonell also spoke with pride about the pi- iting spiritual.”  e ex space that Spiritual  is year the Living Learning Communities Revitalizing Nations—which are both pilot lot LLC programs in Slocum: PRIDE and Re- Practices was in will now house the much (LLCs), an option for students interested in a programs. vitalizing Nations. Both were generated out larger community of the new Outdoor Edu- higher degree of engagement and close com- To break things down, there are two name of student interest and advocacy.  e PRIDE cation LLC. munity, will be changing. On last year’s hous- changes where the mission of the LLC re- LLC will be a safe space focusing on issues of In response to the changes, junior Nia ing application there were four LLCs: Spiritu- mains the same, there is one LLC being gender, sexuality, and intersectionality. Abram, current RA of Arts for Social Change, al Practices, Arts for Social Change, Enclave, temporarily eliminated, and two pilot LLCs.  e Revitalizing Nations LLC is “dedicated said, “In my eyes that detracts from the pur- and Local Living, all located in Mathias Hall.  ere will be four LLCs in Mathias and two to the exploration and expression of the tra- pose of the LLC… it replaces something that  is coming year, however, there will be sev- in Slocum. When asked about the impend- ditional and contemporary aspects of Native was diverse and di erent on campus.” Abram en. ing changes, Matt Edwards, Residential Life American and Indigenous intellectual, so- said that she felt some of the LLC changes  e seven LLCs on the housing application Coordinator of Mathias, said “ ey’re not cial, culture and spiritual life” for native stu- were “really just an extension of the same this year are for both incoming and returning [changing]…it’s just one that is.” dents and their allies, according to the Resi- thing we see all of the time.” students, but primarily  rst-years and sopho- Edwards said that LLCs frequently change dential Life website.  e changes and restructuring of these mores. names as an e ort to rebrand and entice A signi cant change in the existing LLCs communities are ultimately part of an e ort All of the changes are a result of the O ce more students to apply, citing this year’s is the dissolution of Spiritual Practices. Both to increase accessibility and broaden the of Residential Life’s desire to better integrate change of Living Local to Sense of Place as Edwards and Gonell are quick to note that reach of the LLCs to a ect a greater propor- student interest when designing communi- prompting more returning students to apply this is not because of a lack of interest, but tion of the student body. ties, re-branding e orts by partner o ces, for the housing. because the Chaplain’s o ce is taking a year- “[LLCs] are an example of putting that and implementing LLC programs. According to the Residential Life and Cam- long sabbatical from hosting an LLC on cam- sense of belonging into practice,” said Gonell. CC Student Protests Pedestrian Access Act C        of Hautzinger. “One thing that I regret is that I said I was a cated, so between those two outlets I’m try- CC student, but I’m from Colorado Springs, ing to grapple with how to do that...” Hautz- which I think was more important to what I inger said. “I was just trying to think of alter- was doing,” said Hautzinger. nate ways to publicly speak out against the Online commenters criticized Hautzinger’s legislation that you disagree with, without privilege, and to some it seemed out of touch needing lots of bodies, and how to do that as for a  rst-year—who they thought was not an individual.” from the community—to take such an active Hautzinger’s lie-in bed protest sparked stance in a local issue. many comments among the community, But, Hautzinger is from Colorado Springs with both positive and negative feedback. and cares about the issues a ecting her com- “Face-to-face, people were really positive munity. Using her experience and knowledge and opposed to the Pedestrian Access Act,” of social justice and participatory arts, Haut- said Hautzinger. zinger designed a protest that was unique in But online, people were not so supportive order to make her voice heard. P  S K  . Marley Hautzinger protests PAA outside of 7-Eleven. Will Colorado College Go Crowdfunding for CC Clubs Smoke-Free? By JACKSON PAINE By RILEY HUTCHINGS  ve proposed policy changes up for com- In almost every organization, large or hardly enough to sustain the expenses.  ere ment. Smoking is the only one that would af- small,  nding funding for activities is a ne- was no alumni base or network for fundrais- Recent amendments to Colorado Col- fect students. cessity. Despite the high price of tuition, an ing, so the members had to make up for the lege’s smoking policy have sparked talk of  e 2013 smoking policy required that peo- institution like Colorado College is no dif- di erence out of pocket. making the campus entirely smoke- and ple not smoke within 15 feet of the entrance ferent, and must utilize every vehicle it has “My freshman year everybody in the club tobacco-free. Dean Mike Edmonds and to any CC building.  e new proposition to raise money for the various services and paid like almost $300 each in hotel costs Senior Vice President of Finance Robert seeks to change the distance to 25 feet. “We clubs o ered on its campus.  e newest of and race entry fees,” said sophomore Rowan Moore are in charge of this changing pol- post policies for 30 days to get feedback not these methods is crowdfunding, which al- Kowalsky. “We then realized that there was icy. just on the change, but about what people lows student groups to ask the public to help no way we could keep that up.” Lyrae Williams works for President Tief- think about the overall policies,” said Dean fund whatever projects they wish to pursue.  is year Fratt moved to have CC Nordic enthaler in the O ce of Institutional Plan- Edmonds. “ is is the  rst time crowdfunding has be recognized as an o cial club team. 2015 ning and E ectiveness, and part of her Much of the feedback he has received ever been utilized at CC as a fundraising ve- marked the  rst year that they were consid- work includes administering policies like this month suggests that the student body hicle,” said Sean Pieri, Vice President for Ad- ered an o cial club team, and this recogni- this one. In 2013, she explained, the school wants the campus to be entirely smoke- and vancement. tion pays for entry fees for races, hotel costs, created the smoking policy to comply with tobacco-free. Head of the Health and Well- Crowdfunding is not the only way CC re- and some travel expenses, as well as letting the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act.  e ness Resource Center Heather Horton said ceives money from sources besides tuition, them compete in collegiate races. However, process to change it started with a proposi- that two years ago when public forums about but it is the newest. CC depends greatly on this new income does not solve all of their  - tion from Edmonds and Moore. the smoking policy were held on campus, the donations and pledges to function as an in- nancial woes.  e proposed changes have been posted majority of voices advocated for a smoke-free stitution.  is need for external revenue was “When we became a club team we got online for 30 days for student feed- campus. represented on Generosity Day in Block 7. some amount of funding… but it doesn’t back. If additional changes are Again and again, Horton has emphasized “ is day literally represents the moment cover the cost of equipment, so crowdfund- widely suggested throughout the importance of community involvement in an academic year when tuition stops fund- ing is really important for that,” said  rst-year that period, the new chang- in concerns about smoking. ing all activities on campus, and private gifts Grace Ford. es are posted for student “It has to do with, you know, how we ap- provide each opportunity,” said Pieri. “Ap-  e CC Nordic Team has currently raised response until a  nal proach everything in terms of living in com- proximately 25 percent of the entire college 30 percent of their goal of $2,500, which will proposition is reached, munity,” Horton said. “ ere are things that budget[...] is a direct result of private gifts— go towards buying skis, boots, and other C        which is  nally approved are not necessarily a violation of policy or whether given this year or in the past and in- equipment.  is is essential for bringing new by the President’s Cab- something like that but that... my choices or vested in the endowment.” members into the team who may not have inet. my behavior might impact you.”  e many grants that CC gives each year are the necessary equipment to try this activ-  ere are currently To her, it is more about the community a tangible e ect of these private gifts and en- ity. While they are far from their goal, they coming together to create wellbeing for ev- dowments.  e 16 Venture Grants approved remain optimistic about the crowdfunding eryone. In addition, she pointed out that between 2015 and 2016 were direct bene - process. other campuses that have enacted smoke- ciaries of this philanthropic contribution to “It’s not going quite as well as we’d hoped, free policies have also seen many e orts by the college. However, while the bene ts that but the money that we have raised will buy smokers to try to quit. private endowments give to the school are two new sets of skis for the team and boots,” Because we are just one block from sum- invaluable, they are sometimes not enough. said Ford. “We’ll de nitely try to do more mer, if proposed, the waiting period for the  e CC Nordic Ski Team has been one of ‘learn to ski days’ with people who have nev- smoke-free policy will be postponed until the  rst to use CC’s new method of fundrais- er skied before.” next year. Until then, Moore, Edmonds, and ing. Started in 2013 by senior Kayla Fratt, the Other groups utilizing CC’s crowdfund- Williams will be looking at feedback and CC Nordic Ski Team began as just a small ing apparatus include CCycle, CC bike share deciding whether to keep the policy as pro- group of students skiing together. program, the class of 2016’s Senior Gift Chal- posed or try to change it further. Last year they received formal recognition lenge, and the Geology Department, which is as an o cial club and a small amount of trying to raise enough money to a ord a new P  E K funding, but given the club’s newness it was “high de nition camera.” The Catalyst • News • April 22, 2016 5

Cruz and Glenn Come Out on Top at Republican State Assembly

By JOE PURTELL “We should abolish the IRS,” Ted Cruz an- the current rules of engagement “immoral” dent, I will not be neutral,” Cruz said, a jab at Reminding delegates that both the legisla- nounced to roaring applause from Colora- in their restraint. Cruz advocated for strong Trump. “America will stand unapologetically tive and judicial branches of government are do’s assembled Republican delegates. Scorn- use of force in the Middle East. “As presi- with the nation of Israel.” at stake in this election, Cruz told the audi- ing the podium used by previous speakers, ence that a liberal justice would end the Sec- Cruz paced the stage, relaying his vision of ond Amendment. the U.S. to an ecstatic audience. He made an effort to distinguish himself The biggest name at the Republican Colo- from Trump. “It’s easy to talk about mak- rado State Assembly, Cruz was preceded by ing America great again. But the real ques- a smattering of celebrated Colorado Repub- tion is do you understand the principles that licans and aspiring senate hopefuls. Darryl made this country great in the first place,” Glenn, an underdog, was selected as the only he said, emphasizing his history of constitu- Republican candidate to be endorsed by the tional conservatives and contrasting it with Republican Party for the senate race against Trump’s tendency to donate to Democratic current senator Michael Bennet. candidates. The State Convention comes at a strange “We are gonna turn this country around,” time for the Colorado Republican Party, as Cruz finished. they just decided to free delegates from vot- Darryl Glenn, who was selected as the ing for the candidate who won the state. As GOP senate candidate, gave an impassioned a result, no winner will be declared and del- speech earlier in the day. In between jabs at egates will be free to select any candidate in Clinton and Obama, Glenn stated his com- the national convention. mitment to the pro-life movement. Citing Cruz deemed it a good use of time to visit the notorious and debunked baby-part vid- the state, even while Trump and Kasich eo, which supposedly proved that Planned passed on the opportunity. In his speech, he Parenthood employees were illegally selling diagnosed the problems he sees in the U.S. baby-parts on the black market, Glenn prom- and made promises to amend them if elect- ised to defund the organization completely. ed. Citing jobs, freedom, and security as his Glenn did not reference the shooting that main concerns, Cruz stated, “our country is took place at Planned Parenthood just a few in crisis.” months ago, likely as a result of the same Calling attention to rising part-time em- video. ployment and an associated lack of benefits Glenn, one of three black candidates at the for workers, increasing cost of living, and stu- convention, told the almost entirely white dent loans, Cruz committed himself to im- crowd “all lives matter,” to perhaps the most proving the job climate of the U.S. raucous applause of the afternoon. Cruz conjured an image of the U.S. where Glenn also promised to repeal the Iran nu- citizens could fill out taxes on a “postcard,” clear deal, and seemed to threaten Iran with advocating for a flat tax system in which war for endangering Israel. Like Cruz, he brackets would not exist, and all citizens talked about defunding sanctuary cities, and would pay a 10 percent income tax, begin- proclaimed his commitment to gun rights. ning after $36,000. Corporations would pay “Let’s stop apologizing for American excep- a 16 percent income tax. Currently, taxes on tionalism,” said Glenn. corporations vary from 15 percent to 39 per- After a fractured Republican field was de- cent depending on the state. feated in the congressional race by Bennet Cruz also promised to abolish the Environ- last election cycle, the GOP hopes a single mental Protection Agency and pass strong candidate on the ballot will be able to shift immigration reform, eliminating ‘sanctuary the odds in their favor. As for Cruz, making cities’ that were soft on immigration. Photos by Phillip Engh. Scenes from the Republican State As- an appearance in Colorado may win him del- On international issues, Cruz was hawkish, sembly. Senator Ted Cruz, pictured bottom left, spoke to a crowd egates when the national convention comes promising to rebuild the military and calling bearing “TrusTED” signs. around.

RA Petition Sparks Criticism and Reform of Residential Life Policies Continued from the front page ments in each student housing location de- over the summer or having to wait for stipend exhaustion, and frustration loomed in the air. termines stipend amounts. dispersion, with stipends being inequitable It was not an air devoid of hope, listening, or ment. In the petition they acknowledge that “All RAs are valued and they serve a pur- across the board. Spotts also found the con- the intention of healing from administration. employment policies and practices have pose in terms of ensuring safety and commu- tract argument weak as it does little to ad- “What’s important, I think, is to recognize been less than satisfactory to students for nity building,” said Director Gonell, “An RA dress the “unprofessionalism” and “discrimi- where students are coming from,” said Direc- several years. who’s a senior in Loomis, for example, will natory” practices they and other RAs have tor Gonell. “The root of this is a lot of insecu- Dean Mason attested to the truth of this not have the privilege and flexibility to stop experienced working under the Residential rity going on in [students’] lives. And we have claim. responding to e-mails or not come to a meet- Life office. to acknowledge that, but it doesn’t mean that “I don’t think anything that was raised is re- ing because of a thesis or a project.” Spotts brought up a blatant lack of re- the practices in place are wrong.” ally new,” Mason said. “In terms of compen- The “flexibility” that Gonell cites as part of sponse from administration in dealing with Dean Mason and Director Gonell ex- sation I think it’s been something the college differentiating the stipends between large irresponsible behavior from Residential Life pressed sincere pride for the issues the cur- has been looking at over the years and will halls and apartments, however, did not fully staff that contracts simply do not prepare RAs rent and upcoming RAs brought up at the continue to look at over the years.” explain discrepancies to some RAs present for. meeting. “It’s so encouraging that students Residential Life staff fidgeted in their seats at the meeting. One apartment RA noted They claimed to have personally reported get it, “ said Gonell. ”They get how important at the petition discussion, waiting their turn that the $500 stipend is a new edition to their their grievances with RLC posters in dorms, this effort toward inclusive spaces and this anxiously as compensation and equitable compensation model, implemented within behavior in interactions on personal and effort to create a new narrative around the employment practices dominated the con- the last year. professional levels, and programming that sense of belonging.” versation. RAs were split across the board To Residential Life, these policies are laid encouraged discrimination and exclusion for Spotts remains skeptical of the ability to both in favor of and against the claims the out loud and clear, and students should not underrepresented students. rebuild trust as a Residential Life employee, petition brought forward. feel tricked or deceived when accepting the Director Gonell claims that these griev- as they feel current lapses in policy are not Some made pointed reference to the un- offer to be an RA. ances are handled, but are not to be report- being acknowledged and politics are playing fairness of asking students to forfeit summer According to Director Gonell, when RAs ed or become public spectacle for all to in- into current discussions. jobs and “financial stability” in order to be an are presented the offer of employment, the dulge in. “The student had some valid claims “When we started training, there was this RA in the fall. contract they have to sign is explicit in men- about feeling targeted and [concerns about] idea of ‘Oh, we’re all a family’. And right now Many students were concerned about the tioning that training is included in the cur- language that was used, but I don’t believe I feel like that’s all gone…It feels like we’re re- accusation of “illegal” employment practices rent compensation model. Further, the con- in public shaming,” said Director Gonell. duced down to our labor,” said Spotts. ”There by the Residential Life administration, but tract covers the required training dates and “Whenever there’s a performance issue that needs to be acknowledgement that [the ad- Dean Mason made clear that, “The college dates RAs will need to be present, including needs to be addressed, it’s handled. That’s ministration] has hurt people, and it needs to does not engage in illegal hiring. It’s illegal. the extended training date for the 2016-2017 not something that you share with students.” be a more public thing.” There’s not illegal practices, but there are school year. Director Gonell is pursuing bringing RAs expressed desire to see more transpar- ways some practices could be better.” Spotts finds it concerning that Residential Human Resources representatives to the ent procedures when engaging with staff, According to the Residential Life website, Life administration would address issues upcoming round of RA Training to keep including sharing what is going on between the college currently compensates RAs by of compensation and extended training by students informed about their rights as em- RA committee meetings, programming that providing housing, a stipend for their work, primarily noting contractual policy. “That’s ployees and how to approach professional halls are coordinating and can coordinate and hourly wages for time spent working at the one thing, saying ‘oh, this was in your workplace concerns. This is a first of many re- together, and a general need to end the stig- the desk in residence halls. The stipend is contract’. Yeah you threw it into the contract forms that Director Gonell and Dean Mason matization of some RAs working harder than $3,500 for large traditional halls, $2,000 for without talking to anyone about this, or you would like to see implemented in the training others. small houses, and $500 for apartments. threw this on new RAs and they’re just ex- program. The RA and Residential Life staff intends to The discrepancy in stipends is due to the pected to not be able to negotiate it.” As students and staff of the Residential Life continue dialogue concerning moving for- college running on a differential, as opposed The petition addresses the extension of program sat in Gates Hall listening to their ward and come up with plans of action to ad- to fixed, compensation model. The level of training as “manipulating” students into pri- peers share emotional and anxious accounts dress the grievances brought to light by the engagement with residents and require- oritizing financial stability in the immediate of their time as employees, a sense of hurt, petition. 6 e Catalyst • 10 Questions • April 22, 2016 ANNIKA KASTETTER I   M T P  P E 

Future Student Body President and current junior Annika Kastetter previews her plans for CCSGA next year, talks about her infl uences and favorite hobbies, and looks ahead to her future post-graduation.

What is your major at CC?

I’m majoring in Political Science and minoring in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies. I’ve taken two blocks of elementary and intermediate Arabic, and then this summer I’m going to Jordan to work for a grassroots non-governmental organization (NGO), which is similar to a human rights NGO, so I’ll hopefully be able to practice speaking Arabic. I will be doing a lot of research on migrant workers’ rights for the organization. e NGO is based in Amman and focuses on gauging what the situation is like on the ground and how the workers are treated. Two summers ago I worked for a similar organization in India, so I feel like I know what to expect, but then again it’s going to be totally di erent.

Why did you run for Student Body President?

I’ve wanted to be involved in CCSGA for a while, and especially after this past semester where our campus confronted a variety of challenges. From that, over the past couple of years I’ve been really involved on campus, so I just felt like it would be a good opportunity for me to take a leadership position to bring people together and hopefully keep moving forward in a positive direction.

When did you become involved in student government?

I was actually Student Body President in high school, but it’s so di erent here. I was in student government all four years in high school and it was such a rewarding experience. I’m really looking forward to joining such a wonderful community.

How will you make an impact as Student Body President in just one year?

I think one of the primary goals is de nitely bring- ing di erent student groups on campus together Something I want focus towards larger, overarching, and common goals that involve diversity inclusion. You know, after last on is bolstering our semester we recognized that there was a lot of frag- sexual assault prevention mentation on our campus, but I feel like we have a bunch of really incredible student groups. It seems programs—making sure like each [group] is doing its own thing, which is that we are working  ne, but I think making sure we are bringing groups together and that everyone is reaching for this goal to create a broader of a more inclusive campus environment will make apparatus for education the overall CC experience more positive. Another thing that I really want to focus on is bolstering our and outreach initiatives. sexual assault prevention programs—making sure It a ects everyone on that we are working to create a broader apparatus campus regardless if for education and outreach initiatives. It a ects Annika Kastetter for e Catalyst. everyone on campus regardless if you’re a survi- you’re a survivor or not. vor or not. Everyone should feel safe, supported, Do you see yourself working in the political eld after CC? and included in everything that they’re involved in throughout their CC experience. I could see myself doing that. I de nitely want to go to graduate school for foreign a airs. I would love to get my Masters at Fletcher at Tufts University, that’s my dream school. Howev- What interests you most about CCSGA? er, before getting my Masters I would like to get more experience working in the Peace Corps or working for an NGO. If I got the opportunity to work in the Peace Corps, I would love to be I think the ability of the organization because it is an organization that provides funding for all in Morocco. I worked for the state department last summer in D.C. and I realized that work- of the clubs and organizations on campus, but with that power it also has the capacity to bring ing for the government is kind of its own beast, but there are obviously a lot of rewards that people together. It’s more than just a body that brings money to di erent activities. I think it’s go along with that. I’ve been very fortunate to have had positive experiences working with that overarching governing capability that is really interesting to me. I think it’s another op- NGOs and so I feel like that’s what I would like to do at this point. I think possibly down the portunity to bring students together, and to be a member in that uniting drive really interests road I would consider working for the government. me.

Freshman year did you ever expect to be CC’s student body president? What are you hoping to accomplish in your last year at CC?

No, no, not at all. Freshman year, I had no idea where I was. I took a bunch of classes, found rough CCSGA I really want to create a greater sense of community here. You know… I really what I’m passionate about, and here I am. want to avoid divisiveness and I think that’s something we experienced this past semester. I want to make sure people are committed to being there for each other. I also want to build What do you do in your free time? upon the relationship between the administration, the Board of Trustees, and the student body, because I feel like as much as people reach out, there’s always these disconnects. I think I love playing soccer. I’ve been playing for so long, so that’s one of my favorite things to do. I it’s really important to keep building that foundation of trust between the other governing play on the club team here and on intramural teams. I also really love my comedy stu . I run a bodies, the student body government, and the students. I want to make sure CCSGA is fully women and comedy group so that’s like sketch comedy. We write sketches and perform them functioning and constantly creating and striving to achieve goals. As for me, I want to gradu- in shows. Recently, I’ve been doing stand-up comedy, which has been a total blast. It’s been ate… goal number one, and just make sure I maintain strong relationships with my professors really rewarding. I’ve also been an RA throughout my time here at CC. Sophomore year I was and friends here at CC. a RA in Bemis, I’m currently a RA in Loomis, and next year I will be a RA in El Diente, it’s been a really awesome experience. Why did you choose to come to CC? 2016-2017 CCSGA Executive Council It’s actually funny I really did not want to come to CC. I’m from Colorado, so I was pretty adamant on going out of state, but CC just ended up being the best  t for my family. I kind of came to CC not really knowing what to expect, but then I went to the admitted students week- PRESIDENT: Annika Kastetter end and met people that I’m still friends with now. e admitted students weekend was such OUTREACH VICE PRESIDENT: Andrew Pollack a positive experience and the way the school reached out to future students was incredible. STUDENT LIFE VICE PRESIDENT: Steven Ortega After that, I learned more about the Block Plan and then by the time I got to CC, within my  rst INTERNAL AFFAIRS VICE PRESIDENT: Aaron Blinderman block here, I knew it was the right place for me. I can’t imagine being anywhere else. FINANCE VICE PRESIDENT: Ariel Fillion 7

April 22, 2016 Sports The Catalyst Tigers Stomp Competition and Dominate the West Dominant road trip puts Tiger’s winning streak at six heading towards postseason

By JACK BUSH-JOSEPH Over Block Break, the women’s lacrosse pace of the game, massively outshooting team traveled to Oregon looking to continue the Wildcats 46-6, winning 18 of 25 draws, a strong winning streak. The team has been and boasting a 25-9 difference in ground steadily improving as the season has gone balls. CC crushed Linfield with a final score on with spectacular play from many of the of 22-2. players. The final game of the trip was against The first game of the three-legged trip was George Fox University. It was no walk in the against Pacific University. The Tigers won park for the Tigers, who had to deal with 20-9, battling both their opponents and some particularly difficult referees. The the elements, as steady rain fell throughout game was intense right from the starting the game. Sophomore Steph Kelly recorded whistle, and there was no clear lead until career-highs of five goals and eight points, the last couple minutes of the first half as well as a season-high of 15 draw controls. when the Tigers went on an 8-1 run to go The Tigers maintained a strong lead up 12-5 at the break. A critical dynamic of throughout the game with the closest score the game was senior goaltender Martha being 6-3 before CC responded by scoring Smith’s fantastic performance. Smith made the next six goals to end the first half at a some key saves including a one-on-one very comfortable 12-3. The Tigers won 24 of on the crease, which resulted in a serious 31 draws and outshot the Boxers 34-16. momentum shift. “We knew that the games would be a “It almost felt like we were facing chance to work on some of our technical two opponents, the other team and the offense and defense, but out team chemistry referees,” said Smith, “but it was really great was really clicking over the weekend which to see us react and adjust well even though was great,” said Kelly. we weren’t getting help from the officials.” The women did not have long to celebrate, Despite the difficulty and resistance as they had to get ready for their second from the referees, including losing Kelly game of the day against Linfield College. to the first two yellow cards of her career, The back-to-back game scheduling was a the Tigers managed to pull out a strong challenge, but despite the fast turnaround, 21-9 victory and wrap up a successful the Tigers still came out hungry to face the Block Break trip to Oregon. Kelly also had Wildcats. an impressive trip individually, reaching Highlights of the game revolved around 30 assists and setting a new single season the fantastic performances of sophomore record. attacker Annie DeFrino and junior The team has a short break until they play midfielder Mary Taussig. Taussig scored Concordia University (Wis.) and Augustana three goals and became the 11th Tiger to College at the end of April. The team score 100 or more career goals. DeFrino hit currently sits with an impressive official Photos courtesy of charlie lengal and dave reed. a career high of seven goals and nine points record of 11-2 and looks to continue their Top: Sophomore Annie DeFrino is jubilant following a goal against Linfield University on April 14. as the Tiger offense continued to fire on all six-game winning streak as they gear up for Bottom: The women’s lacrosse team poses after a 21-9 victory against George Fox on April 15. cylinders. The Tigers dominated the overall their postseason run.

100 30 2 WOMEN’S LACROSSE BY The milestone amount of career goals Mary Assists by sophomore attacker Steph Kelly, Losses of the season for the Tigers, ranking Taussig reached this weekend, making her the breaking a 17 year-old record. them at No. 4 in the West for DIII women’s THE NUMBERS: 11th Tiger in history to hit this mark. lacrosse

Women’s Tennis Goes 1-1 in Texas, Prepares for SCAC Tournament

By MIGUEL MENDEZ The Colorado College women’s tennis we can come back and win with our normal sophomore Natalia Dellavalle. What made big difference. Southwestern is definitely team traveled to Texas over seventh Block lineup.” the difference in the Schreiner match our biggest competition right now.” Break to take on Southwestern University The Tigers played Schreiner the next day were the singles. Unlike the match against The Tigers are traveling back to Texas and Schreiner University. The Tigers were and they were determined to get back into Southwestern, the Tigers played extremely this weekend as the SCAC championships also scheduled to play Texas Lutheran but winning form. CC once again took control well in singles and swept all six points to approach. They will be looking to perform the match was cancelled due to rain. It in doubles, taking two out of the three win 8-1. better against Southwestern as well as the was a mixed trip for the Tigers. CC lost its points. Cerf and Zlevor won their matchup “We were the stronger team from one to rest of the conference. first matchup against Southwestern with a as did junior Maddie Cahill-Sanidas and six in singles,” said Wilson. “This made a “It’s tough because we do have to travel score of 6-3, then came back to dominate back to Texas,” said Wilson. “We are just Schreiner University 8-1. trying to stay in shape and hit as many CC and Southwestern were closely balls as we can. It’s hard with the weather matched in the beginning. CC continued this week but everyone is doing well and their strong doubles play as they won two working really hard.” out of three matches. Sophomore Fiona Cerf The Tigers made it to the final of the and first-year Kendall McGinnis dominated SCAC championships in 2015 but lost to their doubles match as they won 8-1 Trinity University. This year, the Tigers are against Southwestern’s Anna Schneemann looking to outperform their previous run and Emilie Moeller. Freshmen Simone Hall and win the SCAC championships in order and Annie Zlevor were also able to pull out to get a bid for the NCAA tournament. a narrow win in their doubles match with “We know we can perform well and a score of 8-6. The Tigers had a 2-1 lead beat our competition,” said Wilson. “Our going into singles play but were unable to performance in doubles will really help us capitalize on their lead. McGinnis won the out and allow us to relax in singles.” lone point for the Tigers in singles play. CC “We’ve been hitting a lot of balls and lost as they dropped five out of six points in making sure we have our strokes down,” singles play. said Doerre. “We’re making sure we don’t “Our one and two doubles have spent a wear our body out, and just being ready to lot of time together so knowing what your be on top of our game this weekend.” partner is doing is really helpful,” said The Tigers are ranked third behind first-year Madi Doerre. “Three doubles has Trinity and Southwestern. CC will begin switched around a little bit but it is getting their tournament run against sixth-ranked stronger which is looking really positive for Austin College on Friday, April 22. If the conference this weekend.” Tigers win, they will play the winner of the “Our number 4 [Madi Doerre] was injured Southwestern and Centenary matchup on and not in the lineup so we had to switch Saturday. Barring an upset, the Tigers will up the lineup,” said Assistant Coach Ilona Photo courtesy of sam zanky. Fiona Cerf spanks a backhand at Burghart Tennis courts earlier this get their opportunity for a rematch with Wilson. “That made a difference but I think season. Cerf and the Tigers begin competition today at the SCAC championships. Southwestern. 8 The Catalyst • Sports • April 22, 2016

Upcoming Sporting Events Track and Field Men’s Lacrosse (9-4) Kerryville, Texas, TBA Saturday, April 23 @ SCAC Championships in Friday, April 22 @ SCAC Championships in Saturday, April 23 @Whittier College, 12 p.m. Sunday, April 24 @ SCAC Championships in Kerryville, Texas, TBA Seguin, Texas, All Day Kerryville, Texas, TBA Sunday, April 24 @ SCAC Championships in Saturday, April 23 @ SCAC Championships in Men’s Tennis (6-15) Kerryville, Texas, TBA Seguin, Texas, All Day Friday, April 22 vs. Austin College in Kerryville, Women’s Tennis (11-8) Texas, 9 a.m. Friday, April 22 vs. Austin College in Kerryville, Saturday, April 23 @ SCAC Championships in Texas, 2 p.m. Men’s Lacrosse Wins From the Bleachers: Decisively in Texas An Outsider’s Perspective

By COLE THOMPSON By MARIEL WILSON

Colorado College men’s lacrosse (9- much on game days were able to get a good It may be same exact sport. There are clear biological 4) returned to Texas over Block Break to amount of playing time.” strange to hear differences that have to be accounted for, compete against two teams in the Southern CC’s offensive dominance gave the a sports reporter that doesn’t make what we do any less of Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC). Tigers a 6-1 lead after 15 minutes of play. admit that she a sport,” added sophomore midfielder Julia The Tigers won two consecutive games By halftime CC had a 12-2 lead on the has no experience Tarantino. against Southwestern University (9-7) and Crusaders. The Tigers then held them with sports. And while they defend their sport and the University of Dallas (12-3). scoreless for the rest of the match. On But I have strength in the game, one item on the CC dominated Southwestern University the opposite side of the field, sophomore actually spent a field remains controversial: the skirts. 15-2 in Georgetown, Texas last Friday defender Nate Sweet led the defense with large portion of The players themselves expressed mixed evening. The Tigers maintained full control eight ground balls. Sophomore Brice my life avoiding feelings about the gendered uniforms. Mariel Wilson over every aspect of the game throughout Tucker and first-year Harry Hinds split sports at all costs “I think we all like the skirts because the entire match. The CC offense outshot time in goal and each earned three saves in until somehow I ended up becoming a they’re more comfortable. We also practice the Pirates 52-12 and the defense picked 30 minutes of play. sports writer for the Catalyst. So, over in shorts, so it really feels like a game when up 41 ground balls to Southwestern’s 26. “Our team offense was great during the the next few weeks I will be asking the we are wearing the skirts. It’s part of the After scoring twice in the first quarter, Dallas game. We had a lot of assisted goals inexperienced, sometimes embarrassing, performance of the game,” said Tarantino. the Pirates were scoreless for the final 45 and we moved the ball very well,” said sometimes inappropriate questions that I “I think they make us wear skirts because minutes. Junior attackman Austin Davie Moore. have always wondered about the foreign it’s just part of the history of this sport and and first year midfielder Tyler Borko For their last two games of the regular concept of sports. no one has really tried to change that. It’s led the offense with three and two goals season, CC will shift its focus to a highly This first week begins with women’s become a tradition,” added sophomore respectively. Senior goalie Chase Murphy competitive team. This weekend and next lacrosse, a sport that is often mocked for its attacker Steph Kelly. earned his eighth win of the season with the Tigers will take on Whittier College (8- differences from men’s lacrosse, not only However, some players were much more seven saves and six ground balls in 49 3). on our campus but throughout the sports opinionated about their dress code. When minutes of action. “For the Whittier games we simply need world. I decided to take a closer look at transitioning to lacrosse after a career in The Tigers commanded their match to play our game,” said Student Assistant women’s lacrosse in an effort to learn just the male-dominated sport of ice hockey, against the University of Dallas in similar Coach Chris Maves. “We are more than what these differences are and how the junior attacker Hannah Lyons had to get fashion. CC defeated the Crusaders 17-2 capable of handling Whittier if we play with athletes feel about what seems to be a used to the conflicting ideals of female last Saturday morning in Irving, Texas. confidence and implement our game plan. matter of inequality. athletes that their uniform may reflect. Freshmen stole the show with attackman Men’s lacrosse has had a strong spring From my confused perspective, a game “I think the skirts are an extension of Chris Brower and Harrison Raine scoring and these last two games could prove of women’s lacrosse involves high-pitched trying to feminize women’s sports because four goals a piece. First year attackman vital for the team’s chances at entering the screaming, strange masks, and stranger normally sports are seen as aggressive, Ethan Moore also scored three times. NCAA Division III tournament. skirts. And to my surprise, it seems that tough, and not nice at all—all things that “We had a solid performance against “For the tournament I think we need even to the sports-trained eye this game is women are not ‘supposed’ to be,” Lyons both Southwestern and Dallas, and we’re to simply treat it as another game,” said particularly nonsensical to watch. explained. happy to come out of the Block Break with Maves. “It is a survive and advance “Coming from a sport that rarely ever “I do think the skirts are a symbol of two wins,” said Moore. “It was nice that situation. We will take it one game at a time stops, it’s pretty strange to watch girl’s femininity and I’m not sure how I feel a lot of players who have been working and wait to make a statement through that lacrosse because there are so many ways to about that,” said junior midfielder Natalie hard all season that don’t see the field as simple process.” foul and the whistle is always being blown. Shishido. “When I’m playing I just think I think it’d be frustrating as a player,” said they’re comfortable, but it’s only when I men’s soccer player Caden MacKenzie. take a step back and think about it that I Women’s lacrosse is subjected to scrutiny feel kind of like, oh maybe this is a form of for its divergence from the original men’s patriarchal oppression.” lacrosse. These differences include rules A counter argument could be that the against body checking which keeps the skirts function as a sense of freedom from game less aggressive, different equipment the masculine confines of athletics. “I like sticks with shallower pockets leading think it could also be argued that they are to more passing and less running, uniforms a symbol of femininity in sports, helping without pads or helmets, and two more us resist the forced embodiment of the players on the field with less structured masculine ideal,” said Shishido. positions. Though some of these changes Alas, this game of “Is It Patriarchal seem logical, some question whether the Oppression?” ends as it often does, extent of the changes are over the top or unresolved. So if only to please my feminist even oppressive. Members of the team grandma who fought for the right to wear seem to feel otherwise. pants in the 50s, I say, if you want to “It’s true that our rules are meant to make wear shorts, you should be able to wear the game less physical than men’s lacrosse, shorts. And if the skirts truly are more but I think it’s still very aggressive,” said comfortable, why not let the guys give them sophomore attacker Chelo Barton. “Even a try? Regardless of uniforms, the women though we can’t hit at that speed the men are clearly doing something right with only can, we still hit and we’re not wearing any two losses on their record this season. Go Photo courtesy of charlie lengal. The Tigers dismantled University of Dallas, winning 17-2. pads at all.”“Of course we can’t play the forth and kick some kilt, ladies. Men’s Hockey Releases Challenging 2016-17 Schedule

By EVAN HAMLIN The 2016-17 schedule for the men’s hockey look to be early tests for the team as they face a Boston University, and St. Cloud State, all of student athlete.” team was released last week. The Tigers are number of the East’s top schools. which are teams that made the tournament last Overall, the difficulty of the schedule is very set to face a number of tough opponents in a “It becomes a really tough schedule week year. close to that of last year. The Tigers will face a lot lineup that bears a strong resemblance to this after week,” said Haviland. “The first six games “Those are some top teams that you’re of tough competition, both in the NCHC and past year’s stiff competition. are against Hockey East teams, two teams that going to get a chance to see and they’re tough outside of the conference. The competition, CC will kick off the year by hosting Mount were in the final eight, and one that was in the opponents,” Haviland said. “You have to be at however, should serve as a force to drive player Royal University on Oct. 2 in an exhibition final four. It becomes a very tough schedule the top of your game to beat those teams.” development and hopefully build success for game. The regular season opens with CC every weekend. The out of conference games A key piece of the schedule this year is the the team. visiting the University of Massachusetts for the are extremely tough.” Florida College Hockey Classic, a tournament “I believe we can teach and need to teach start of a string of matchups against Hockey East The Tigers will play a total of 11 games against that takes place over winter break in Estero, Fla., and I think the schedule suits pretty well for us,” teams. The team will return to the Broadmoor teams that were in the NCAA tournament from Dec. 28-29. Haviland sees the tournament Haviland said, mentioning the changing role World Arena following UMass to face UMass during the regular season, including defending as an opportunity to have the team focus on for younger players and their responsibility to Lowell, Boston College, and the University of champion North Dakota in late January. hockey, free from the distractions of school. step up in the absence of graduating seniors. New Hampshire. “Any time you get a chance to play the Aside from games over Block Breaks, this will “They have to elevate their game with the “I like that we start on the road,” said Head defending national champs at home it’s be the only time the Tigers play while not taking schedule. We need everyone on the team to Coach Mike Haviland. “I think getting on the something you get excited for.” classes simultaneously. elevate their game for us to be successful.” road will give us a chance to bond as a team When asked if there were any matchups in “We play eight games where our team won’t Although hockey season is a while away, look right away.” particular he was looking forward to, Haviland have to go to school. That bodes well for us,” forward to what should be another competitive From the jump, the Tigers’ first few games mentioned North Dakota, Boston College, Haviland said, adding that “It’s tough to be a year f Tigers. 9

April 22, 2016 Active Life The Catalyst CC Outdoor Education and the Co-Chair Drought Ryan Hammes and OE look for creative solutions to lack of leadership applications

By SARAH LAICO

The Colorado College Outdoor the ORC listserv, and “Milk and Cookies” one knows the old system [of the ORC],” work office hours, the committee members Education program prides itself not only meetings designed for brainstorming Silverman admits, “and I don’t know what aren’t bound to contribute a strict amount on encouraging student participation in and planning trips. With every trip that it’ll look like in a few years.” Even this of time to their duties, thus keeping them outdoor endeavors, but also on training is formally proposed, Seehausen and year, the ORC seems different to him and less overwhelmed. students for leadership roles in various Silverman are also present for pre-and operates under a new context. What’s important to Hammes is wilderness settings. The numbers are post-trip meetings. Thankfully, the OE professional staff has maintaining student-to-student contact. incredible; in this year alone, 105 students Certainly there are CC students capable been an immensely helpful support system For example, if a student who is part of the were certified as Backcountry Level I leaders of satisfying these requirements—after all, throughout this shift. Not only have they ORC has an idea for an outdoor-themed through the Ahlberg Leadership Institute Silverman and Seehausen have done the put “so much work and effort into ALI,” party or trip, they could approach the Social (with at least 22 students on the waitlist job all year. Silverman notes, however, that Silverman says, they’ve also embraced Chair of the committee, who then could for each training), and 163 students were although many people are very involved working in an office after spending a good discuss the idea with the backpacking hired as New Student Orientation leaders in leadership and the ALI program, many deal of time in the field doing hands-on coordinator. Working as liaisons between for this coming year. Clearly, there is wide feel intimidated by and unqualified for the tasks. As overseer of Outdoor Ed as a whole, club members and the professional staff, interest across the student body for leading position. As a co-chair, Silverman points Hammes is unconcerned about the lack of the committee members and coordinators and teaching others in the outdoors. Not out that it’s “hard to find [a] balance,” since co-chairs for the coming year and does not will be able to specialize in one component a single person, however, applied to be an the job entails being “less involved in the foresee a significant change in how the of Outdoor Ed, thus more evenly dispersing Outdoor Recreation Committee Co-Chair trips and more working behind the scenes.” ORC functions. responsibilities. for the 2016-2017 school year. Ultimately, he says, taking the job may Currently, the co-chairs and their The future of the ORC still looks The complete and utter lack of applicants result in “changing the role you want to coordinators occupy the paid positions promising. Though it requires adaptation “wasn’t a complete shock to me,” admits have [in the ORC].” in Outdoor Ed. The co-chairs focus and effort to fulfill the necessary leadership Bennett Silverman, current co-chair. Hammes agrees on the general hesitance primarily on backpacking trips, whereas roles, there are undoubtedly many Silverman attributes the disinterest to a towards the position. “Folks think it’s a the coordinators are divided among winter students ready and able to step into these number of factors, including the demands tall order—it’s a lot of responsibility,” said sports, whitewater sports, and climbing. positions, whether officially or unofficially. of the job, pre-conceived notions, and the Hammes. However, he does firmly believe Instead of co-chairs for the coming In Hammes’ words, “The ORC is still going continually changing role and direction of that “the duties are certainly attainable,” year, Hammes proposes simply making to function; it’s all going to happen.” the ORC. despite the daunting job description. backpacking trips a responsibility for the First and foremost, being a co-chair is Unlike Silverman, Hammes was surprised coordinators. His vision is that Outdoor Ed a time-intensive job. With his partner that the job received no applicants, though will continue “relying on the committee for Melissa Seehausen, Silverman meets some people are coming forward now with the community piece, and the coordinators Open positions for the ORC Committee: weekly with Outdoor Education Director interest. for the logistics piece” in proposing and Ryan Hammes and collaborates on The ORC is always evolving, which adds planning trips. 1 Social Chair proposing trips, selecting leaders, planning to the difficulty one faces as co-chair. As The committee is, after all, a student 1 Secretary meetings, and working office hours at the Outdoor Ed has become more formalized, organization, and those who have formal 1 Special Trips Coordinator Outdoor Education Center. Some meetings particularly through the use of Summit and positions are simply volunteers. For 1 Day Trips Coordinator are small, intimate discussions with the the leadership trainings and certifications, this reason, Hammes thinks that the 1 Outreach Coordinator committee itself—including the Outreach, Silverman feels “the community has collaboration between the coordinators Special, and Day Trips Coordinators, the become dispersed.” Attendence at ORC and committee members works with “the Applications are due by Monday, April 25 Secretary, and the Social Chair. They also meetings is low, despite the club being the ebb and flow [of] commitment levels” hold meetings once a block for all those on largest organized group on campus. “No among students. While the coordinators

CC Students Explore the San Juan River Pace of life on the San Juan breeds camraderie among OE group

By SONYA PADDEN

The outdoors is often valued for offering Outdoor Education, everything ranging an escape from the stresses of daily life. from technical skills to deeper Yet this sweet escape comes at a cost. This individual growth,” said Silverman. He includes financial, physical, and at times first got involved in leader training through even mental obstacles, all to get into the the Ahlberg Leadership Institute as a first- backcountry and experience the natural year student with a focus on rafting. He has world on a close and personal level. since worked as a commercial rafting guide Rafting trips are unique in the sense that in Maine. they offer a getaway into an exciting type River trips allow you to get to know your of terrain at minimal cost. Rafting also surroundings in a different way than the eases the physical burden, high backcountry as it is not as strenuous trails many of us of an activity as say are accustomed to. hiking or biking. Thanks “River trips are solely “Rather than covering to raft trips facilitated a shorter distance, by Outdoor Education, about the journey and you can move much some of the financial and the time you spend with quicker on a river organizational questions while still enjoying are no longer an obstacle. people” everything around Over seventh Block Break, you…river trips are a rafting trip was led by solely about the junior Bennett Silverman and sophomore journey and the time Rob Balloch with the help of sophomore you spend with people,” said Silverman. Gen Buzan and first-year Sarah Laico. 12 From personal river-running experience I students embarked on a three-day journey can concur that time on a river easily fosters over 27 miles of the San Juan River in the connections with the people and places Mexican Hat region of Utah. The group around you. Camilla Fuller, a first-year camped at the put-in and spent one night participant, agreed that her hopes of along the river, and was able to run some gaining whitewater skills and meeting some Class II whitewater. other awesome rafting enthusiasts were Silverman, Outdoor Recreation realized. Committee Co-Chair, wanted to provide The ORC and Outdoor Education work students with a fun and instructive hard to make opportunities for outdoor Photo courtesy of Rayna Nolen . The San Juan trip is all smiles at the mid-point of their three day experience that focused on technical and exploration accessible, and are able to do journey. The trip was led by sophomore Rob Balloch and junior Bennett Silverman. leadership skills, expertise he has gained so to a large extent with rafting trips. The have more day trips closer to the school. river will allow you to expand your skillset through his years of ORC involvement. school owns a full raft set up and subsidizes Even if you have already found your specific and possibly be inspired by new people and “I’ve learned so much from the ORC and trips. For next year, Silverman hopes to outdoor passion, taking a trip down the the rhythms of the river. 10 The Catalyst • Active Life • April 22, 2016 Earth Day: A Global Movement for the Environment

By CAROL NEWTON With so many exciting activities happen- Vietnam War, 20 million Americans across countries, while Earth Day 2010 brought the which presented stories from all over the ing on campus as we approach the end of the coast congregated to demonstrate their support of 22,000 partners in more than 192 world about the idea that humans can trans- the year, Earth Day may be the last event in commitment to environmental protection countries. Today, it is celebrated by more than form climate change while also improving the everyone’s mind. However, this Friday marks The amazing thing was that Earth Day did 1 billion people every year, and is known as a economy. On Wednesday, working to spread the 46th anniversary of Earth Day and a mon- more than fight for environmental causes: it day that provokes policy changes and binds an appreciation for nature, Delaney Tight and umental shift across the world, for it signifies united people in the midst of a tumultuous environmentalists and advocacy groups. Emily Cain led a snowshoeing trip to 7 Bridg- a tangible beginning of the modern environ- time. Colleges, universities, and environmen- In terms of our own environmental efforts es. Thursday featured the Linnemann Lecture mental movement. tal groups found common ground, and Earth on campus, CC Students for Environmental of the year, “The Sixth Extinction,” given by The first real rise in public awareness re- Day brought about rare political alignment as Action (EnAct) has recently made significant journalist and author Elizabeth Kolbert. And garding the connection between pollution well. It united Republicans, Democrats, and progress to become connected with larger in honor of both Arbor Day and Earth Day, and public health came in 1962 with the re- people from different social classes. The first organizations. About a month ago, EnAct EnAct is planting trees native to Colorado lease of Rachel Carson’s New York Times Earth Day helped to catalyze a movement that partnered with a national organization called this Friday, April 22 in the Spencer parking bestseller “Silent Spring.” Then in 1970, U.S. resulted in the creation of the United States Defend Our Future, which is part of the Envi- lot. This is part of a larger effort to help CC Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson saw an op- Environmental Protection Agency, which ronmental Defense Fund. This group is spe- become part of an organization called “Tree portunity to combine the passion behind the later passed monumental legislation such as cifically interested in encouraging students Campus USA.” students’ anti-war movement and environ- the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and to partake in small actions to combat climate There are still opportunities to get involved mental concerns, and began making signifi- Endangered Species Act. change, such as walking on campus and using in the final days of Earth Week! The first is cant national environmental progress. Sen. In 1990, Denis Hayes organized another reusable water bottles. They are also in con- Monument Creek Cleanup (with a catered Nelson successfully implemented the idea campaign that made Earth Day a global tact with a group of skiers and snowboard- brunch) on Saturday from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. of a “national teach-in on the environment.” event. 200 million people in 141 countries ers interested in learning about how climate A bike ride is also in the works for Sunday, He persuaded Republican Congressman Pete participated. Additionally, 1990’s Earth Day change is affecting their sport. weather permitting. Get involved and sup- McCloskey to serve as his co-chair, and re- reinvigorated recycling efforts and paved the EnAct extended the concept of Earth Day port EnAct, the environment, and a greater cruited Harvard student Denis Hayes to serve way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Sum- to Earth Week, with the idea that protecting global movement. As the movie on Monday as national coordinator. Hayes built a group mit in Rio de Janeiro. the environment should be celebrated for emphasized, we cannot combat the detri- of 85 national staff to promote events. Since Subsequent Earth Days have only received more than just a day. Earth Week began with mental changes affecting our world without a Hayes had school responsibilities, they chose more support and organizers have become a kickoff event in Worner on Monday, with combined effort. April 22 as the environmental awareness more specific in their efforts towards environ- stickers designed by previous co-chair Laurel If you are interested in getting further in- day due to the fact that it fell between spring mental advocacy. Earth Day 2000 focused on Sebastian and information about Earth Week volved in environmental issues, think about break and final exams. global warming and clean energy with sup- events. Monday evening featured an inspir- attending a meeting for EnAct—new mem- On April 22, 1970, amidst the chaos of the port from 5,000 environmental groups in 184 ing movie called “This Changes Everything,” bers are always welcome!

A Life Coach with a Paddle: Jesse Metzger and Lessons Learned from Whitewater Kayaking

By JESSE METZGER

Whitewater enthusiasts will often say that opportunity to stop partway through and back the river is the best teacher. I could not agree out oftentimes does not exist. The kayaker is more. While this may be true within a kayaking “committed,” as paddlers will often say. In these context, I have also come to learn that the cases, even the most dangerous challenge is river’s lessons provide metaphors for life in accessible to all, while appropriate for only general, and that wisdom gained in whitewater a few; there is no way to turn around if one can extend far beyond the kayaking context. I realizes too late that the challenge is too great will share pieces of river-proven advice that to complete safely. A paddling mentor once anyone, paddlers and non-paddlers alike, may summed it up for me: “Anyone can paddle off find applicable to their lives. the lip of a huge waterfall. What matters is if you can go up and do it again.” Work smarter, not harder The paddler must know ahead of time how One of the strongest paddlers I have ever likely it is that he or she can pull off a successful met was a slender and unimposing 14-year- line, and weigh that against the consequences old girl who, upon looks alone, would not of messing up. The same principle applies seem to model exceptional physical strength. to approaching challenge in all sorts of Nonetheless, she beat me in every race we contexts. As described before, removing competed in together, and threw down consequence from a learning environment freestyle tricks of a caliber that I could not (while maintaining a certain level of difficulty) come close to matching. She consistently out- is oftentimes productive. Nonetheless, the performed a more physically powerful body consequences of failure—in serious or trivial because of how she applied her strength. matters—present themselves at every turn of Physical strength in whitewater is relative life, and while fear of failure comes easily, it is first and foremost to the strength of the river, hard to objectively examine the likelihood of which in almost every instance will far surpass failure against its consequence in the moment. the strength of a person. In fact, trying to A paddler is forced to step back and think “muscle it” is often a problem for physically through this on the river, but reflecting in this strong beginner paddlers. It works until they Photo Courtesy of Beau Burns. Emmett de Menadier battles the whitewater in Westwater Canyon way elsewhere can be the key to good decision- experience a current in which power can with paddle firmly in hand and snowmelt cascading into his boat. making. no longer substitute for technique—a point River, I followed a few experienced kayakers my highest possible level, and the result was at which using the current’s power to their down the river’s harder upper section. Always incredibly productive. I learned more from Visualize success during a crisis advantage, rather than their own, becomes aspiring to improve my kayaking abilities, I that one short hour of working my skill-set At some point, every kayaker will run into essential. While there are certainly applications wanted a challenge. My wish was granted, and I in an otherwise unchallenging environment a scary situation on the river. Whether it is a for muscle, real strength in whitewater is skill found the rapids to be big and powerful enough than I did during many hours of running rescue to be made or a prolonged close call with and experience, not the power behind each that at times it was hard to stay in control. The bigger rapids. Building up experience in those a hazard, these situations evoke the natural stroke. necessary routes through the rapids were inherently challenging situations does have human tendency to panic. In water, when This idea is not confined to the river. A simple, but consequences of missing my line its own unique value, and most paddlers the threat to natural breathing sometimes talented skier, for example, will perform better were significant, and finishing successfully was eventually seek its appeal. The river proves, becomes real, this is even more pronounced while using less energy than would a beginner a relief. While the experience was positive, the though, that a particular challenge created in and innate—yet the ability to perform under on the same run. Even in rock climbing, where take-out seemed to end an exercise in simply a manageable environment—one in which these circumstances is more crucial than ever. strength and conditioning are so important, completing something safely, rather than an failure is okay—can be far more constructive The best response to these situations, as I was a powerful body is wasted without proper opportunity to build skills. than learning under the most challenging taught by a paddler far older and wiser than I, technique. Perhaps most importantly this The next day, realizing this, one of the circumstances one can tolerate. is to visualize exactly what needs to happen for applies to non-athletic endeavors in which paddlers I had followed previously brought me a successful conclusion to the incident. Force doing more with less is beneficial. In these to the river’s easier, lower stretch. The water Neoprene is awesome out thoughts of the worst-case scenario, and circumstances, how one works towards a here was tame, and instead of doing a full run Neoprene is that thick, stretchy material that focus only on the obstacles that are in the way goal often proves to be more impactful than we spent an hour on a short section that was wetsuits are made of, and kayakers are rightfully of your ideal resolution. It seems simple, but how much one works. A river’s demand for particularly unimpressive. Fearing boredom, in love with it. It is one of the few materials that visualizing success in a moment of distress is technique over exertion mirrors the way in I was tasked with repeatedly working my insulates when wet, and using it in contexts off no easy task. Doing so, even if accomplished which, with any major effort, refining one’s way upriver—a common drill that relies on the river has thoroughly warmed and enriched only partly, has helped me countless times on approach ahead of time can improve both irregularities in the current and practicing the my life. ‘Nuff said. Apply this tidbit of wisdom the river. Like much of the wisdom that the efficiency and outcome. fundamentals of boat control. to your broader set of hobbies as you see fit. river rewards, though, it extends far beyond the At no point did I paddle anything thrilling whitewater context. Improve more by biting off less or find myself in an inherently demanding Fear of failure is sometimes justified For my first time paddling Chile’s Maipo situation. Still, I was challenged to perform at When paddling a rapid or drop, the 11

April 22, 2016 Life The Catalyst Memories of Movement: Caitlin Canty Reflects on Her Dance Career

By SABRE MORRIS This spring, many senior dancers per- ferent ways,” said Canty. In some respects, it formed one last time in front of a Colorado is a place to make friends and be inspired by College audience. other people. Dance is a visual art form that “We all dance. It’s a thing that people do. Canty values, but it is also how she has come It’s so fun that Dance Workshop is on peo- to know herself. ple’s bucket list [at Colorado College],” said Music and sound are Canty’s main inspira- Caitlin Canty. Canty’s mother signed her up tion for choreographing dance pieces. “Often for ballet when she was three, and she hasn’t I’ll try to circumvent choreographing into stopped dancing since. Every performance music by changing the music last minute so has been ideal for the passionate dancer. The it’s not like so I choreographed to this song.” Biology major’s work at CC has been inspired Canty considers song choice a challenge. “I by her joy of dance. think sound is really important for me to cre- Canty feels that it’s not so much about giv- ate a world and atmosphere. Sometimes I will ing to CC as it is about CC or this community listen to something and kind of see the dance giving to her. that would go along to it.” “Dance Workshop is the best thing because Canty was moved to make a dance outside I have all these people that want to dance all of the typical Dance Workshop frame that the time and who just want to work with each catered to an audience different from the other with space that’s available,” said Canty. ones who watch her Dance Workshop perfor- “All of these resources that are so hard to find mances. She had the opportunity to do so with in the real world are readily available here.” her dance minor project. ”I wanted to make It was the community of dancers that en- something that was a little more serious.” She Photo By Siqi Wei, Caitlin Canty, senior Dance Workshop choreographer and biology major couraged Canty to keep pursuing her pas- had a pianist, nine people, and the basis of the sion. “I was a little disillusioned with dance dance came from improvisation and relation- always told how to move and then all of a cus has been to live in the moment. It hasn’t after high school. And then getting back into ship themes. The entire piece was around 12 sudden, as you get older its like okay, how do hit Canty that her dancing career at CC has it here after high school was so eye opening, minutes. “It was really cool to make something you move?” Canty has been inspired to chal- come to an end. “At the end of the night, all there was just so much more than I ever knew longer and more real to me than the other stuff lenge conventional movement and create her the people I’ve become really close with in this world.” I’ve made,” said Canty reflecting on the proj- own choreography. She took improvisation through dancing, we said this won’t be the For Canty, dance has a range of meanings. ect. classes and began choreographing to find the last time, we will share more stages in the fu- Sometimes it is a way to work out and blow When asked about the greatest obstacle as way her body actually moves. She feels she ture,” said Canty. She hopes that this is true. off steam, other times it is a way to deal with a dancer, Canty said, “I think finding a kind learned a lot about herself. “I don’t know, it felt like bittersweet but like emotions. “For some reason, moving my of movement with which my body feels com- After graduation, Canty is hopeful that very sweet. I haven’t really tasted the bitter body in different ways helps me think in dif- fortable is an obstacle. Growing up, you’re she will continue to dance, but her main fo- part yet. But I am sure its coming.”

Unlocking the Cellar Door: the Writing of Sofia Haines By SAM SILVERMAN Matthew 5:4 Gets Me Confused where she was expected to produce a cer- a true story, her screenplay “strips away [the By Sophia Haines tain amount of work each year, her pursuit of historical significance of the murder] and [re- writing poetry has been less regular and con- veals] how [any major event] affects the lives On Tuesday afternoons I like to skip stones densed since coming to CC. When she does of individual people.” with the holy rollers, down by write, her meticulous observations of the In addition to wanting to write a full screen- the pond where the constellations world and intense spectrum of feeling evoke play in the near future, Haines plans to be- sleep when they’re taking some time off. more emotion in one isolated poem than an come more involved with on-campus publi- extensive collection of writing. cations, emphasizing the power of poetry on Sophomore Sofia Haines’ words echo from None of her recent pieces fills a whole page. the CC campus. Especially in terms of high- the thick yellow pages of Leo Turpan and Haines’ unnerving affinity for minimalism lighting individual experiences, she empha- Gabriel Fine’s recently released publication takes “small ideas and [applies] them to a sizes the importance of female perspective in Cellar Door. Although her words only oc- broader context,” weaving themes of mourn- writing and editing. A piece of work does not cupy three small leaves of paper, they control ing, Christian imagery, isolation, and self- just belong to the writer, but also to the per- them. Characterized by intense juxtaposi- introspection into her speakers’ voices and son that “takes meaning from what [a writer tion between beauty, nostalgia, hope, and personal experiences. is] saying,” and polishes the piece for publi- mourning, Haines’ poetry evokes a painfully Her first poem in Cellar Door, “Matthew cation. As one’s identity strongly shapes his/ genuine response from her readers as she 5:4 Gets Me Confused,” is a beautiful medita- her experience as both a witness and citizen questions the nature of remembrance, loss, tion on the power of comfort and the feeling of the world, Haines notes how “women and and the process of self-understanding. of home, and although she “[does] not follow men could potentially see […] the bones of Coming to Colorado College from a high the teachings [of Christianity],” she utilizes someone’s writing differently.” school for the arts, Haines spent a majority of the religion’s “rich imagery” as her connec- Photo by Nate Monga. Sophia Haines Haines writes in order to pose and attempt her adolescence in creative writing and pub- tion to her Spanish ancestry to tap into the to answer questions about herself and “the lishing classes, understanding the technicali- roots of her existence. She smiles at the men- Just as a verse in one of the most influen- female identity.” Adapting the voices of a ties of writing and producing one’s own work. tion of the Bible verse that titles her poem: tial texts in history can so seamlessly apply man living alone following the death of his A potential Film and Media Studies major or “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will to “[stone-skipping] on Tuesday afternoons,” mother, and a more ambiguous, potentially English-Film, Haines is incredibly passion- be comforted.” This “beautiful sentiment” Haines’ current screenplay centered around young female speaker, Haines’ versatility is ate about the writing that goes behind visual leads as a gateway into her themes of mourn- the death of Abraham Lincoln is not about apparent in her emotional and sentimentally media and wants to pursue screenwriting ing, although she notes that “these aren’t sad the assassination of the president of the U.S., provocative language. Her presence on the and scriptwriting in the future. In compari- poems, but rather of self-exploration.” Just but rather how it led to the demise of a man pages circulating our community is not one son to the work load of what Haines calls her because a piece is about mourning does not who “mentally deteriorated from the pres- to be missed. “rigorous high school [writing] department,” mean it is solely about death. sure of not having saved Lincoln.” Based on “Into The Wild” Brunnettes on Books by Becca Gasperoni and Kristi Murray Spurred by Jon Krakauer’s visit this past his untimely death. There are many things crossed to be too swift and strong to traverse. Often, when talking about “Into the Wild,” Wednesday, we revisited his first book, “Into that he doesn’t know about the weather, or Krakauer paints McCandless as a complex Christopher McCandless’s idealism is cel- the Wild.” The novel could almost be con- how to preserve and gather food in the wil- figure, with characteristics people can relate ebrated. I think there is importance to that. sidered clichéd in its extreme popularity on derness. He ultimately dies of starvation after to or reject. In this way, he is an extremely po- On one level, he was a young man with a vi- the Colorado College campus. It is a story a failed attempt to leave his camp in Alaska. larizing figure. When thinking about the nov- sion. He pursued his dream relentlessly, and of independence and hope and delusion, Krakauer tells the story of McCandless with el, we wonder why this story is read over and unfortunately that led to his death. But his all within the pursuit of finding one’s self. clarity and detail that must have come from over again. It still has a lot of relevance now; commitment to fulfilling his dream could be Krakauer follows the tragic tale of Christo- extensive research. Through interviews with Krakauer recently wrote a follow up article considered admirable. On the other hand, pher McCandless, a young man who decides the people that surrounded McCandless, the about the plants that McCandless ingested he was a young man who underestimated to sell or abandon most of his possessions portrait of a young man is shaped. He seems in his final days, which was published in the the power of the wild and failed to consider and venture out into the Alaskan wilderness. idealistic, conflicted about his place in this New Yorker. Especially among CC students, his own dependence on the society that he McCandless abandons society and tries to world, and in possession of very strong mor- a group of people who place a lot of weight fought so hard to reject. find himself through isolation in nature. Of als. But he also seems somewhat delusional. on outdoor experience, the story seems to be It is a story fraught with contradictions and course, that also means he abandons his McCandless famously went into the Alaskan particularly poignant. Is it that we relate to complexities, which is why we think it is so family and the people who care about him, wilderness without a map, which was one the alternative lifestyle he chose? Do we align compelling. For the CC student, it is defi- including the men and women that he met of the factors that contributed to his death. ourselves with his strict moral compass? Do nitely a text to consider reading if you haven’t on his journey. When he first tried to leave Alaska in the we too want to foray into the wilderness and already. And if you have, maybe it is worth re- He makes some fatal mistakes that lead to summer, he found the river he had previously leave behind our responsibilities? visiting to see if your opinion changes. 12 The Catalyst • Life • April 22, 2016

Bluegrass Ensembles Gain Valuable Experience at Durango Meltdown By TARA LABOVICH

At 11 a.m. on Thursday morning, a Colorado festival. The core members include bassist College bus took off from Cache La Poudre, KC Groves of the all-girl band Uncle Earl, headed to the Durango Bluegrass Meltdown. CC graduate Sam Steele on dobro, banjo The bus was packed with sleeping bags, player Keith Reid, fiddler Jake Simpson, three upright basses, a myriad of other and singer/guitarist Greg Blake. They were instruments, and 30 musicians. joined by 21-year-old Tristan Scroggins, an By the time the bus drove past Pueblo, the accomplished mandolin player. members of Spring Fever had retrieved their 10 minutes before Spring Fever took the instruments from under the bus and began stage in Durango’s historic Henry Strater to jam on and off for the rest of the eight hour Theater, every seat in the house was filled. drive. Latecomers filed in and found spots on the Once the bus pulled up to the Durango floor. While the group has not been playing Lodge early in the evening, the next three together for long, each individual member days were filled with non-stop casual jam is well known in the bluegrass community sessions on balconies, performances, and and incredibly experienced. watching bluegrass groups from all over the Sam Steele of Spring Fever graduated country take the stage. from CC in 2010, but still maintains his “The Durango Meltdown was the most connections with the school through incredible opportunity for our band,” said bluegrass. Originally from Texas, he now sophomore Caleigh Smith, a fiddle for the resides in Boulder, Colo. Steele has mastered Photo by Tara Labovich Duck Soup performing at the Durango Meltdown Festival ensemble Hit Factory. “I think we improved several instruments, most recently the more in those three days than we have dobro, which he says he taught himself while Guitarist Max Hittesdorf of Duck Soup, with a local music outreach program, in during many other blocks full of music. standing in a river at Eleven Mile Canyon. “I the top ensemble from CC, notes that the several venues at the Meltdown, and on the There’s nothing like watching masters play bluegrass music today because I met experience he had in Durango will stay final night in the Super Jam. of music from morning until night and Keith Reed when I was a senior,” Steele says. with him for life. “It’s an immensely lucky First-year Ali McGarigal said that her practicing and jamming in between. We “He has continued to mentor me and put opportunity to play on the same stages that experience with the bluegrass ensembles lived music for that time and I left wanting me in contact with other musicians to keep many talented musicians from across the has given her “a sense of community. It feels to never put my fiddle in its case.” me playing. I feel lucky to be an alum of the country also perform on, not to mention like a little family within a larger family at CC Among the 30 musicians that traveled program, and I make it a point to never stop the opportunity to jam and perform with with people who are all interested in music together to Durango were three Colorado listening and learning.” those musicians too,” Hittesdorf said. “What and having fun. It’s a really great group of College ensembles, some tag-alongs, and The bluegrass program at CC has been I learned was how to be a more professional people to be a part of.” the members of Professor Keith Reid’s described by the Meltdown as “burgeoning.” performer on stage as well as a deeper newest bluegrass band, Spring Fever. The private lessons, ensembles, and bluegrass understanding of the bluegrass tradition.” Spring Fever is fairly new, having been block place high importance on the technical All of the ensembles performed multiple established last fall in anticipation for this and practical aspects of performance. times: at an elementary school in association “Stupid Rose” by Kweku Collins, Love Letter for Fire by Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop By GABE FINE Track of the Week: “Stupid Rose” by rics: “My curiosity coiled like a snake around this folk driven album explores many as- vinity and a reconciling of faith in the natural Kweku Collins a finger/ like another bouquet of these f**king pects of gospel tradition. “The Lamb You world: “See the serpent and our savior laying When Kanye tried to return to his rough- roses.” Through his combination of excellent Lost” seems to be about an attempt to for- side by side/ Heaven was a corner where we cut roots with Yeezus and Life of Pablo, he production and casual lyrical flow, Collins sake one’s religion, and yet finding that it can tried to hide/…And the wind will baptize our was probably shooting for something simi- has started to make a name for himself. Last never really be left behind. This tension is skin,” Beam and Hoop sing. lar to what Kweku Collins just put out on his week’s write up in Pitchfork will likely not be compounded in “We Two Are a Moon,” when By the end of the album, despite the fact new mixtape, Nat Love: a slow jam driven by the last we hear about him. the music struggles to arrive at a melodic that “Sailor to Siren” ends on a more am- a scratchy cut of a D’Angelo song, with the euphony in the same way its singer believes biguous note for its singer, the listener feels College-Dropout-esque melodiousness that Album Review: Love Letter for Fire by Sam that “the world can withhold so much beau- a sense of narrative completion. We have left West will probably never find again. The fact Beam and Jesca Hoop ty.” The songs feel even more Job-like when the darkness, and have found that the light that Collins hails from Evanston, Ill., rather Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop’s Love Letter for Beam sings, “Heaven isn’t always kind,” on of the campfire still burns in the daytime. than the South Side, might explain the feeling Fire, released by Sub Pop, is both an accom- “Midas King.” As Hoop first advises early on, almost as a of stoner carelessness that pervades Stupid plishment as a duet album and as an album Eventually, the album makes a successful premonition, “Know when the sky is dark/ Roses and makes it so harmlessly appealing. that tells a story. Beam, well known for his transition through the nostalgic, “Know the the light will come tomorrow.” Whether one Whether or not the song is about Collins’ na- work as Iron & Wine, teams up with the high- Wild That Wants You.” The drawn out call to finds themself blasting this album as they ïve love for a girl he used to sit behind in class ly versatile Jesca Hoop to make an album that “come home” to the peaceful country after step outside after the calming of a fierce or his equally naïve love for weed, the image is more reminiscent of a crackling campfire experiencing the terrors of the city marks Southern rainstorm or as they speed down of Collins “stand[ing] there holding a dozen and the impending darkness that surrounds the album’s shift towards a placid and hope- a winding road flanked by pines, they can be of these roses” with no idea what to do seems it than a blazing inferno. The album, by feel ful exploration of love and the natural world. sure to find a light in this album’s beautiful just as calmly careless as the beat of the song of the songs alone, seems to have a narra- Beam and Hoop weave a multi-track story orchestration and the thrilling harmonies makes us feel. tive arc. This, paired with poetic (and only at of someone who has struggled with a past that Beam and Hoop produce. Any other track like this might come close times over the top) lyrics, makes for an album of personal and spiritual loss, ultimately re- to drawing a Shwayze comparison for its lazy that is worth experiencing in its fullness. discovering what was lost in nature. Though Must Listen: “Valley Clouds,” “Kiss Me beat and endearing lyrics. Yet Collins never Though we enter the album with the strong most of the stronger songs are all on the sec- Quick,” “Every Songbird Says” lets his words about childhood foolishness lilt of “One Way to Pray,” the first five tracks ond half of the album, “Valley Clouds” might Songs to Skip: “Chalk It Up to Chi” sound too childish. Later in the song he even feel darker and more mysterious. Beam is be the best. An excellent country-folk tune, Rating: 7.9/10 spits out a few lines of fast Chance-like met- certainly in tune with his musical past, and the lyrics also point towards this notion of di- Guilty Pleasures

NICKS PICKS By NICK DYE Nick’s Picks is reaching its end very soon. But as many people surprisingly have found 40 songs makes its way into our playlists. never dyed my hair or any of that nonsense). I will be graduating and passing off this col- out, 2 Chainz graduated college with a 4.0 In this column, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Now, DCFC has only gotten worse since umn to the trustworthy hands of Gabe Fine. GPA while playing NCAA basketball at Ala- Ariana Grande, ZAYN, The Weeknd, Calvin their big break between Transatlanticism and (One would assume the title Nick’s Picks will bama State Univesity. Harris, Fetty Wap, and Avicii have all been Plans. (Their breakthrough was prompted by end after I leave). Thus, this article begins a 2 Chainz has been prolific since my first featured. Every one of those artists has songs the FOX teen drama “The OC,” which many three-week send-off of my favorites, least fa- year at CC, appearing on the final verse of that I must have played at least 15 times. In people consider a guilty pleasure). However, vorites, and this week, guilty pleasures. G.O.O.D Music’s “Mercy.” The Atlanta rapper the case of Grande and Swift, I am talking my favorite album of theirs is Narrow Stairs, What exactly defines a guilty pleasure in has appeared on tracks with everyone from about entire albums. especially the opener “Bixby Canyon Bridge.” music? It is an artist or song we judge our- Jason Derulo, Fall Out Boy, and Justin Bieber, Pop music as a genre does not exactly have a I have moderately enjoyed the two latest al- selves for enjoying. Now at Colorado College, to Lil Wayne, A$AP Rocky, and Drake. He has clear-cut style. None of the artists listed above bums Codes and Keys and Kintsugi, though it seems against the ideology to not appreci- also become increasingly clever since the can exactly be labeled as pop artists. Ariana they came off as weak, especially as found- ate everyone’s individual taste. But I think we lyric shared previously. Grande, Zayn, and The Weeknd are R&B sing- ing member Chris Walla left the band last can all agree there is music we secretly love 2 Chainz is corny and a bit ridiculous. There ers. Fetty Wap probably considers himself a year. But the band keeps a special place in and feel judged for liking openly. Today, I am is no doubt about it. But he has also become rapper. Avicii and Calvin Harris are EDM pro- my heart as one of the first great shows I saw coming clean with a few of my guilty plea- a cornerstone of rap in the last four years. He ducers. And of course, Taylor Swift began her back in eighth grade. sures. has paved his own lane and even considers career as a country artist. The music is meant Overall, DCFC is corny, not in the one-liner himself more valuable by appearing on fewer to be addictive and it thoroughly works. way like 2 Chainz, but in a sense of dramatics. 2 Chainz tracks. Also, no rapper is better at shouting The songwriting is obviously over-emotional, Many people who knew me as a first-year his own name than 2 Chainz. Death Cab for Cutie but when you are in middle school, such is life. may remember that I held a soft spot in my Everyone has a band from middle school heart for the rapper formerly known as Titty Top 40 Pop Music that has stuck with them ever since. For most Come back next week for my worst picks: Boi and now commonly known as 2 Chainz. Everyone’s guilty pleasures include some people, this is probably Blink-182 or Fall Out the music I know is bad and refuse to listen to. 2 Chainz is a rap enigma. He arguably has form of top 40 pop music. So much of it is Boy. However, for me that band is Death Cab rapped some of the dumbest lines of all time. poorly written and formulaically produced to for Cutie (DCFC), one of the cornerstones of (“She gotta big booty, so I call her big booty”). create synthetic emotion. At least one of those the emo movement of the mid to late 2000s. (I The Catalyst • Life • April 22, 2016 13

“Everybody Wants Some” Is Far More than Jocks and Girls REEL TALK By THOMAS CRANDALL

Movies about “nothing” are really hard Quinton Johnson) plays a retro, portable amounts of weed, helps Jake embrace conventional social “boundaries” of an to pull off, yet director Richard Linklater baseball arcade game, the house has a his inner weirdness of being a pitcher, a athlete. Everyone in the house becomes so consistently finds depth and meaning foosball table and Galaga; Linklater invites position outside the “mainstream” players. fun to be around and watch that nothing in overlooked moments, particularly in us to relish in these details so easily. Everything becomes a competition, where in the movie feels particularly didactic or his newest 80’s college baseball comedy, This attention to “lost” things extends to ping-pong matches devolve to throwing in your face. These are all charming, funny “Everybody Wants Some.” Linklater’s other the characters and their performances paddles or games of flicking each other in college guys who each has something under works, such as “Dazed and Confused” too, as finger-guns or slaps on the ass, the knuckles until the other bleeds. Like the surface he does not want to confront, (1993) and the hugely successful things that are potentially politically not the other freshmen, Jake is on the outside. and that we can explore through following “Boyhood” (2014), have examined correct today, are the norm. The team is He becomes a way for the film to examine Jake’s transition. The film makes it so easy transitions from adolescence to adulthood. led by hothead senior McReynolds (Tyler this strange group of guys from the outside. to empathize with any of the characters, His newest film expands on this theme as Hoechlin) and a more tempered mentor Parties, practice, and changing room jokes and recreates the world of the 80’s as a incoming freshman pitcher Jake (Blake figure, Finnegan (Glen Powell), as Jake and all become this male, pack mentality, as playful way to examine potentially serious Jenner) must settle into college and a new the new freshman try their best to fit in, several characters mention distinctly, and issues that can arise in friend groups. baseball team—while, of course, trying to some unsuccessfully. His Texas roommate side conversations with Jake with older See “Everybody Wants Some” at meet girls. Despite sounding shallow on Beuter (Will Brittain) uses the entire phone players like Willoughby or Finnegan, Tinseltown at various times throughout the surface, Linklater crafts his college film bill calling his high school girlfriend, as the characters becomes a quasi-father the week, and at Kimball’s starting Apr. into a story of transition and masculinity, catcher sidekick Plummer (Temple Baker) figure, and offer commentary on these 22. Sorry if you were looking forward using baseball and sports as a way to tries not to scare away girls at disco parties. stereotypically masculine antics. to a review for “Zootopia,” but everyone address social tension and male insecurity. These are not mature adults, yet within Of course the baseball house is just else says it was good, so check back next Like “Boyhood,” this revamp of settling the debauchery of parties and college girls, one group in the college scene. A theater week for the story of Miles Davis in “Miles into college acts as a nostalgic, time there is a surprising amount of wisdom. student, Jake’s love interest Beverly (Zoey Ahead.” capsule for the 80’s. Jake moves in with a California hippie Willoughby (Wyatt Dutch), invites him and the jocks to an art huge record collection, his friend Dale (J. Russell), despite smoking ridiculous party, where Jake slowly challenges the

“Powerful Women Singing Powerful Songs” By ZASCHA FOX A cappella concerts are some of Colorado audition starting with a song of the singer’s College’s most popular events. Each concert choice. Javna says that if she “gets goose- attracts tons of students to hear their col- bumps, that means that the girl should move leagues sing without the aid of instruments. on to the next round.” Ellement, CC’s only all-female group, has The existing members of the group decide their bi-annual concert this Thursday night. ahead of time on a rough number of girls Sophie Javna, a senior Theater major, has they’re looking for that semester. After the been a member of Ellement since her first se- initial song, those who move on do a combi- mester of freshman year. While she had not nation of “ear training and blending, and ex- formally been a part of a cappella before CC, ercises to see that they can hold a pitch and Javna always loved to sing with groups of her not change key.” friends. In high school, she and two friends Rather than separating the girls by cat- in Ashland, Ore. would busk, “standing out egories like mezzo and soprano, Javna ex- there for like two or three hours, and making plains that “the overall sound quality is twenty or thirty bucks.” what [they’re] really looking for.” One of the After seeing the group perform, Javna knew group’s main goals is to find great harmonies, she wanted to join the group. since they “arrange everything by ear,” rather “[I] instantly fell in love with the girls and than reading or writing music. had to get in,” she said. Since she specifically “Having the potential members sing with loves singing with other women, she knew current members of the group is a great way that Ellement was the group for her. to choose them,” Javna said. “The time that “I’ll sing with anybody with a good ear who I’ve known that other girls should be in the Photo by Coco Wang. Ellement, CC’s all female a cappella group likes to listen and experiment, but there’s group is when they add a depth to the ex- something about getting a group of women isting sound.” The audition process is fairly songs to sing, Javna responded, “as a group “I’m really proud of what it’s become,” she together and blending their voices that’s re- competitive; roughly 25 girls auditioned this of powerful women, we love to sing songs by said. “I could not and refuse to envision my ally powerful for me.” semester, while only four were accepted. powerful women.” A unique thing about El- CC experience without it.” Javna says that some of her favorite parts of While they look for a wide range of musical lement’s repertory is that each member gets “I’ve gained incredibly valuable leadership being in the group are the group traditions, backgrounds, one quality that the group re- to pick their own solo, resulting in a “huge experience,” she adds. “I deeply respect and especially their annual cocktail party. ally seeks out is an “instinct about music and range of styles from Destiny’s Child to Hall love every girl in the group. It takes so much “All of the girls cook something, and then about voice. and Oates.” While they generally gravitate heart to be in Ellement and they are all beau- we put on a little teaser for a group of friends “The girls who know how to go into detail towards slower songs since they are “really tiful, beautiful people.” in anticipation of the concert. The dinner be- about how to change a song have so much beautiful and show off [their] voices,” the While after graduation plans are “up in the fore is a really fun time,” she explained. “We emotional intelligence.” Javna said. “The girls have been trying to include various fast- air right now” for Javna, she’s confident that have tons of memories as a group, but also a majority of the girls have been singing their er-paced songs this year as well. she will continue singing. lot of great individual friendships.” whole lives and just love to sing and love mu- As the group’s only senior, Javna says that “One thing that I’ve never questioned is my The audition process for Ellement happens sic.” she is especially excited to “see the group love of singing with women, and my love for at the beginning of every semester, with each When asked about her favorite types of come into it’s own.” the voice.”

Battle of the Books Inspires Love for Books in Local Youth By CHANEY SKILLING Ready, Get Set, READ! Over seventh Block “Where the Red Fern Grows,” and “The City of groups. With a total of 650 participants, the try. While Battle of the Books is certainly one Break, Colorado College hosted the an- Ember.” In composing each year’s list, orga- competition is tough. Placing well indicates of the larger events CC organizes, it is far nual Battle of the Books in Armstrong Hall, nizers try and introduce students to a broad one’s ability to read, retain, and comprehend from alone. Many of the other 36 events are a nation-wide competition for fifth graders range of topics while also ensuring a riveting information—a skill needed later in life to aimed at exposing first generation children ages 10 and 11. In the digital age of iPads, plot. succeed on such exams as standardized tests and families of lower socioeconomic status smartphones, and endless media, Battle of By the time they reach the city-wide com- and the ACT and SAT. As for the atmosphere, to the possibilities of higher education. As a the Books is a unique program that encour- petition the following year, participants according to event planner Karin Henriksen, college degree is almost required to ascend ages kids to hit the books, rather than Netflix. have read all 40 books and are prepared to there is nothing but excitement. the ladder of cooperate America, such events This year’s event hosted a record breaking answer comprehension questions of all lev- “I think it’s a big deal for them to be at CC,” as “Educating Children of Color,” the “African 700 people, including coaches, judges, and of els. During the competition, students are said Henriksen. “Being able to be a college American Youth Leadership Conference,” course, students. seated in groups of four according to their student for the day really gets them excited.” and “College Readiness” are key in fostering Involving elementary schools from all over home school. Broken up into three rounds, Yet, Battle of the Books is just one of 36 and inspiring children to pursue higher edu- the Colorado Springs area, Battle of the Books each group works their way through a series community events CC hosts each year. For cation and the opportunities it presents. is a year-long process that inspires young of questions designed to test their ability to CC to even consider hosting an event, the The official 2017 Battle of the Books list kids to read a multitude of titles. Beginning retain information. Judges might ask par- event must be education oriented. Naturally, has not been released yet, but nevertheless in early 2015, participants received a list of 40 ticipants about plot, characters, or histori- the intention of Battle of the Books to inspire incoming fifth graders are preparing for the books that span genres including historical cal significance. For every correct question, young children to read fits the criteria. What exciting year ahead. With 40 books on the list, and realistic fiction, humor, science fiction, each group earns a certain number of points. is more, CC’s Battle of the Books is considered there will be no time to dilly-dally. adventure, mystery, and fantasy. Some of After everyone completes all three rounds, one of the exemplary events that is looked to the books on the list: “Bridge to Terabithia,” awards are given to the three highest scoring as a role model for Battles across the coun- 14

April 22, 2016 Opinion The Catalyst Assisted Suicide: Violating or CC’s New Look: Bland and Costly Protecting Human Rights? By SAM IMHOFF In the newest development of Colorado sketches.  en Marcia Lausen of Studio/Lab By REBECCA GLAZER College’s arms race to become an elite, explains to us the moment of “graphic mag- admission-denying school, a documentary ic that occurred” when they realized that a entitled “A New Look. A Uni ed Voice” has square, triangle, and circle represent CC, Physician-assisted suicide been posted to the CC YouTube page about and that you can see “those forms when you raises questions regarding a the process of creating our new logo.  e look in the nal mark.” Meanwhile, a graph- human’s right to live. six-minute video features interviews with ic shows that the square resembles “Our three marketers (two in-house and one pioneering block plan,” the triangle “Our from Studio/Lab), President Jill Tiefenthal- place in the Rocky Mountain West,” and er, a professor, and a single student, while the circle “Our creative campus commu- Under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, inspirational classical music builds in the nity.”  en the three shapes appear to t as a controversial new law has been intro- background. Interspersed are distant shots pieces of a puzzle in animation made after duced to the Canadian legislature. The of unknowing students laughing with their the fact to form the current logo. If you can’t proposed bill would allow consenting friends and footage of the campus taken remember what it is (I don’t blame you), it’s adults with severe medical conditions to from cameras attached to drones. As a stu- the outline of two C’s and three triangles end their own lives with the assistance of dent, I’m appalled at how much was shelled (mountains) in white over two rectangles their doctor or physician. out just for a logo. But to the administration, composed of diagonal orange lines that in- Although the bill doesn’t require that cost does not seem to be a concern, and pre- explicably overlap in the center.  en, in the patient be terminally ill, the physi- sentation appears to be everything. black letters to the right, “Colorado College.” cian must determine that “natural death  e O ce of Communication (read: mar- Brilliant. I could’ve done something compa- has become reasonably foreseeable, keting) and the President’s O ce are locat- rable in a few hours and I have no experi- taking into account all of their medical ed in the William Spencer building, the tall ence with design. But it’s important that two circumstances.” This includes medical beige one across the block from Wooglin’s. di erent marketing rms were hired and a conditions such as immune deficiencies, Last year while walking around the build- whole wing of our school’s administration which leave the patient vulnerable to le- ing I was gawked at like I was a zoo animal was put to the task so that a prospective par- thal infections. The law would also limit who had wandered into the people’s food ent might see the symbolic signi cance of the service to Canadian citizens eligible court.  ey asked me “Why are you here?” squares, circles, and triangles. If you have for the country’s national health care sys- and “What are you doing here?” It was then any questions about the 5.6 percent rise in tem, in order to avoid “medical tourism,” apparent how the geography of our campus tuition this year, look no further. It’s not just or foreign patients traveling to Canada to represents the widening rift between the wasteful, shameful, and embarrassing, it’s end their lives. administration and the students.  e Spen- utterly disrespectful to paying families. While some, including Canadian health minister Dr. Jane Philpott, laud the bill as a step towards greater human compas- sion, others find the proposal more trou- bling. Cardinal Thomas Collins, the Ro- I   C  W man Catholic Archbishop of Toronto, has stated that the bill “changes our approach man life to the extent that they oppose to human life, it changes our approach to both abortion and capital punishment. human society.” The same principle is often applied to A handful of countries already allow the physician-assisted suicide. As Cardinal practice, however, including Switzerland, Collins argued, the proposed bill would require a radical shift in how many peo- ple regard death. Western culture tends As Cardinal Collins to both fear and vilify death, treating it as something to be hidden, staved off with argued, the proposed bill pills and treatments, and ultimately over- would require a radical shift come by the power of medical science. Yet perhaps a radical shift in perspective in how many people regard is something our society needs. Many death. Western culture tends family members of those who have cho- to both fear and vilify death, sen assisted suicide can attest to the relief and release assisted suicide can provide. treating it as something to When people have been suffering and be hidden. will continue to suffer into the future, how can death be seen as the greater of two evils? Colombia, the Netherlands, Belgium, and This new piece of legislature brings I   C  W Luxembourg. Even Oregon, Vermont, forward many questions we ought to be Washington, and California have ruled asking ourselves. How do we define liv- cer building resembled an outpost looking After the climactic reveal, we hear Tiefen- to permit assisted suicide in the past few down on its subjects: the students, profes- thaler’s voice. decades. In the U.S., the issue of physi- sors, and maintenance workers.  e tower’s “You don’t go, ‘Oh my God,’ because it’s cian assisted death is a matter left up to How do we defi ne living— residents are the unseen, inaccessible mas- sort of like, ‘of course’...” the regulation of the states, meaning that as simply breathing, or as ters. I’ve never seen any of the administra- Yeah, it’s like “of course” because it’s so there has never been a bill proposed to having the opportunity to tive people featured in the video in person, damn simple that anybody could sketch it up. the federal legislature which would le- and this is the eighth block of my second It is just a logo. It is surface-level, no sub- galize assisted suicide in the country as experience and enjoy one’s year at CC visiting Worner twice a day. And stance. I don’t care. But if you ask visitors a whole. Since Oregon first legalized as- existence? And can looking yet the video uses the word “we” whenever of Brand New, a website for designers that sisted suicide in 1994 though, measures death in the eye as a society, possible. What we? I have never met or even publishes articles on “corporate and brand to do the same have been proposed in the seen any of them. And yet they’re the people identity work,” it’s not so hot. Of the 428 who legislatures of 35 American states, as well rather than denying its in- who are spending your and your parents’ voted, 15 percent thought the change was as Washington, D.C. evitability and then hiding money. Of course there’s nothing wrong “great,” 44 percent thought it was “ ne,” and Yet despite the seemingly widespread with a new logo and marketing, but what’s 41 percent found it “bad.” You can check out support for the legalization of such ac- it away, make us more ap- appalling is how much was invested in the the article “Between a Rock and Diagonal tion, opponents like Cardinal Collins preciative of the lives we do logo, while the YouTube video that was Lines” online (the comments are hilarious). argue that such laws can “devalue hu- have the chance to live? posted almost four months ago has less than Now that we have a new logo, the outdated man life.” They pose legitimate concerns 4,000 views. merchandise has been given away and the about the accuracy of prognoses and the With pride, the documentary explains that 37 banners that mark o the borders of cam- potential of other factors such as depres- ing—as simply breathing, or as having Victors and Spoils, a Boulder company who pus have to be taken down and replaced sion to impair a patient’s judgment, yet the opportunity to experience and enjoy has made ads for Adidas, JCPenney, and along with countless publications and ad- the real issue up for debate seems to be one’s existence? And can looking death in Smirno , was dumped in order to work with vertisements. the philosophical one. the eye as a society, rather than denying Studio/Lab, a Chicago-based marketing Towards the end of the video, Marcia Lau- This issue comes up again and again in its inevitability and then hiding it away, rm. Excluding two clips of students meet- sen returns to say, “Higher education is a American politics, specifically with re- make us more appreciative of the lives we ing in classrooms, a montage focuses on place that’s still getting used to the idea of gards to the death penalty and abortion. do have the chance to live? administrators, professors, Studio/Lab rep- brand identity.” Many opponents of abortion speak of the To speak of death in our society is of- resentatives, and alumni.  ey met in con- Yeah, because a non-pro t school is not a sanctity of human life, which ought to ten regarded as morbid or fatalistic. Yet ference centers, classy dining venues, and business. It’s time the administration starts hold that a human life is worth preserv- it is as natural and commonplace as birth high-rise o ces to deliberate what would working not for the prospective students but ing at all costs, despite the fact that many (if sadder), and to deny mentally compe- most “authentically” represent CC.  ey sip for us, the ones who actually go to and pay of these protesters are not opposed to— tent, already-dying adults the chance to on glasses of wine and pour through enor- for your damn school. or even supportive of—the death penalty. die on their own terms is a violation of mous color-printed publications compar- Nevertheless, there are many people who their agency as human beings. ing “peer institutions’ logos” and blown-up do indeed believe in the sanctity of hu- e Catalyst • Opinion • April 22, 2016 15

Collaboration over Coexistence

By JARED BELL In a few short months both Republicans can society, categories and generalizations study each other, just to attempt to under- gressives that I so frequently scorn, but I and Democrats are going to flock to Cleve- can be as general as gender, socioeconom- stand our collective content. think that such a society has to start with a land and Philadelphia, respectively, to ic classification, and college major) the If the American sees him or herself as an generation, and so, why not this one? I have nominate or celebrate their candidate for single being is unable to be truly different American first, then we are able to move abandoned cynicism after a revelation pro- the US presidency. in his or her sense of self, and will most forward with a unified goal. This progress vided to me by Senator Booker, “cynicism I use the political parties as an over-arch- likely be clumped together and thrown into is not political, it is human and can be is a refuge for cowards—people who want ing example because of their timely rel- a pot with individuals holding a myriad of applied to a family, friend group, club, or to say that ‘I can’t make any difference, so I evance, as well as the demographic diver- different ideologies, but existing under one sports team. Everyone acknowledges dif- don’t want to get involved’.” sity of Americans that are labeled as either label. Imagine a carrot, potato, cauliflower, ferences, but to comprehend them and The sense of self (and inevitably, iden- republicans or democrats. and steak being stripped of their proper- bask in them, from both sides, will distin- tity) is the topic of discussion that has re- Further, political parties so clearly ex- ties and flavors and being deemed a simple guish a functional and dysfunctional soci- cently made its way, and undoubtedly will emplify the inherent nature of Americans: ‘stew.’ ety. continue to make its way, into conversa- to be chopped, boiled, strained, stirred, The misconstrued definitions and re- Senator Corey Booker, from New Jersey, tions, academic disciplines, and then pub- poured, and then served on a plate to hun- fined labels limit the way one member of was interviewed on the Daily Show with lic policy. gry society. society can perceive the other. This limita- Trevor Noah. He said, “If you breakdown The evolution of “knowing and loving Beginning in middle school when schools tion is the core of hate, division, and big- what patriotism means, it means love of yourself” has made its way from being a have team sports, math clubs, and choir, otry. All members are unable to identify country. To love your country, you’ve got to means to mental health, to a politicized the American is slowly, but surely, devel- with or even accept others outside of their love your countryman and woman—you’ve argument that is outgrowing its boundar- oping roots of identity from which he or societally-constructed category without a got to love everyone. And love seems like ies faster than policy is reacting to it, and in she will stem for the rest of their lives. Ac- detailed conversation or personal experi- a soft word, but I preach against tolerance turn, faster than the general population is cording to Erik Erikson’s psychosocial de- ence with each other. And so, Americans because that’s held up as some kind of ideal being educated. velopment theory, this foundation that oc- are taught to tolerate—even the most be- in this country that we tolerate each other, Education, in the form of experience and curs during adolescence, between the ages nevolent parent, teacher, and pastor will but that’s a cynical state of being. It says, awareness, is what will inhibit or catalyze a of approximately 12 to 18, helps develop a say “you can not understand them, but ‘if you disappear from the face of the earth progress that can satisfy all parties. When sense of self and personal identity. During they are entitled to everything that you are, I’m no better or worse off.’ Love says ‘I rec- Americans no longer see red or blue, but this stage, adolescents explore their inde- so tolerate them.” ognize that you have value and worth and I a possibility for quality of life better than pendence and develop a sense of self. The notion of tolerance is, by definition, need you.’ And so there’s an old saying that that of the prior generation, politics will be A sense of self is more of your personal apathetic and self-interested. Once your says, ‘if you want to go fast go alone, but redefined by collaboration, and all parties connotation, while your identity is the dic- self is more or less established, you are to if you want to go far go together. We are a will benefit. tionary definition of who you are. be comfortable—no—be aware that people nation that has to recognize that we need It will come down to a generation mov- The problem with our construct (‘our’ not akin to you exist. It is the idea of tolera- each other to go far.” ing in unison, and I no longer see why that being society and all of us who acquiesce, tion and singularity that I protest, because As a school, state, country, et cetera, we could not be us. Taken out of context, Baba and participate in it) is that there is no individualism is not conducive to a whole, have an obligation to fulfill the twenty- Dioum preached, “We will conserve only representation for the sense of self that we just, or even functioning society. I protest first century social contract: to understand what we love. We will love only what we un- self-conceive—very seldom will your con- any roof that provides shelter to being sat- each other and our distinctions and then derstand. We will understand only what we ception of yourself matches how you are isfied with acknowledgement of differenc- love each other for said distinctions. are taught.” To preserve what we have and perceived. es. To progress, socially and economically, I am aware of the idealism of such a state, then build something better, we first must Because of categories and generaliza- id est to increase the American quality of and I perhaps may be falling victim to the know what we are. tions (vague terms when regarding Ameri- life, we must learn about each other and unrealistic expectations of hard-line pro- Extreme Conservatism Hinders ‘Twas the night before eighth Progressive Policy block, and all through the streets...

By WES MILLER By RYAN HUETTEL State legislatures are often overlooked quently the state legislature came together mechanisms in America’s political process, in special session to pass a law that pre- ‘Twas the night before eight block, and all through the streets but recently some state legislatures from vents local governments from coming up Not a creature was stirring, all under their sheets Southern states have been making head- with non-discriminatory ordinances, man- All the theses had reached their final culmination lines for all the wrong reasons. Georgia’s re- dates that students in state schools use the It could only mean one thing, Yampa was the destination cent house bill 757 bathrooms associ- While Colorado College was passed out soundly in bed would have given ated with the gender Past memories of eighth blocks danced through my head The course list was scoured, finding a Showalter class faith-based organi- e force behind these on their birth cer- zations the ability tificate, and makes The grade had been changed, from a letter to pass to deny services to regressive laws could be sure that local mini- and fire those who chalked up to good old- mum wages cannot When out in the kitchen, there arose such a clatter are at odds with be raised higher I sprang from my room to see what was the matter their “sincerely held fashioned bigotry or the than the state’s. Al- The light from the street, in its fake yellow dawn religious beliefs.” classic “fear of things not abama’s legislature Illuminated my wall, covered in Budweiser’s gone When what to my wandering eyes should appear, North Carolina’s understood,” but it is likely reacted similarly state legislature had when Birmingham But a strange looking specter, in his hand a cold beer a special session symptomatic of greater tried to raise its My time it had come, as the years had amassed and passed a law changes. minimum wage and For in front of my eyes, stood the ghost of Eighth Blocks Past that would prevent there are count- He was silent at first, unlike Bernie fans at the polls local governments less other instances Until he saw my green Chacos, asking if I did NOLS from creating ordinances that would pro- from Texas to Tennessee to Arkansas. “I would have already told you”, in real CC fashion hibit LGBT discrimination. Indiana and This dynamic seems to be a consequence He responded in like, “That’s true, natures a passion.” Mississippi both have similar laws on the of the demographic changes in the region “But back to the reason why I’m truly here, books that were passed relatively recently, and country as ideas start to change and You know there’s more to my visit than to steal your beer” and sexuality is not the only subject of this old ideas use any means necessary to hold “As an eighth block senior, life moves pretty fast reactionary dynamic. West Virginia has on against the future. The South is chang- “You get caught in the moment, so lets go back to the past” passed legislation permitting “constitu- ing demographically; cheaper living and an I couldn’t object, as I stood with this being tional carry” in classrooms, as well as legis- upswing in southern urban areas are bring- And to my surprise, didn’t believe what I was seeing lation that mandates English as the official ing people from other parts of the country On Kicks, On Llama, On Pig Roasts and Sun language of the state. to the states and changing their makeup IM Softball, and darties, and all kinds of fun The force behind these regressive laws quite significantly. For example, Georgia CC flashed through my eyes, what a four years its been could be chalked up to good old-fash- will be a “majority minority” state by 2025, When I realized what I’d give, if I could have it again ioned bigotry or the classic “fear of things and 30 percent of its current population is not understood,” but it is likely symptom- from out of state. Mississippi’s white pop- A bittersweet trip, he could see my sadness atic of greater changes. Those towards the ulation will be outnumbered by 2050 and “You know” he said, “There’s a method to this madness” most conservative section of the political most Southern states are facing similar de- “You can’t slow it down, it’s one of nature’s laws spectrum perceive that the country, and mographic changes. When you combine So sometimes in life, you just need to pause” the South, is changing in ways that do the demographic changes happening in What adventures you’ve had, Genesees streaming with foam not align with their values. The Supreme the South with the perceived liberalization With old friends and new, you’ve made CC a home Court’s ruling on gay marriage, a “social- of the country, you get reactionary legisla- As he proudly departed, his words had their effect ist” presidential candidate, and other very tion promoted by reactionary conserva- For I realized at once, that the Ghost was correct visible liberal currents help feed this per- tives. I yelled after my spirit as he made his last climb, ception. The smaller, local levels of govern- These extreme legislative moves are ef- And I gave him some words in which to ponder in time ment in Southern states have been forcing fective in the short-term as they galvanize “Every eight block is precious, as you can attest,” state legislatures to pass these reactionary more zealous voters, but this should not be “So thanks for the great times, but get ready for the best.” measures as the local governments have mistaken for extreme conservatives gain- brought on relatively progressive ordinanc- ing strength in the country. Rather, these es. The Charlotte city government passed sort of legislative moves are reactionary re- an ordinance banning discrimination sponses to America, and the South, moving against the LGBT community and conse- in a more progressive direction. e Catalyst • The Back Page • April 22, 2016

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German eater Work- Zen Meditation Andrea Gibson Work- Blood Drive CC Fashion Show “ e Gods of Persian Colorado College Choir shop April 23, 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 shop and Spoken Word A community blood e annual Fashion Show Poetry: Rumi, Ferdowsi, Concert e annual German a.m., Shove Side Chapel Performance drive operated by Bon ls will be featuring Mondo and the Divine.” Event is open to the Blood Center. Guerra from Bravo’s Proj- A lecture by author Pro- general public. stand-up comedy show Andrea Gibson is a queer, performed by CC Stu- Earth Heroes Steward- Mon., April 25, 12-4 ect Runway. Mr. Guerra fessor Franklin Lewis. April 28, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 feminist, activist spoken dents. Free! ship Day: Restore the p.m., Cordera Commu- is a vocal HIV/AIDS April 27, 7:00 p.m., p.m., Shove Main Chapel April 22, 7-8:30 p.m., Max Wetlands word poet. e event is nity Center education advocate, who Gaylord Kade eater Enjoy a day of volunteer- free-- tickets are available will be giving a Q&A to Senior Series: Life Skills ing along with an educa- at the Worner desk! An Evening with Ste- kick o the show. Tickets Denim Day April 28, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 Bike Sale, Gear Swap, tional presentation by a April 24, 8 p.m., Richard phen Graham Jones and available at the Worner Wear denim clothing to p.m., JLK McHugh Com- Pig Roast, and Music! park naturalist. Tools are F Celeste eatre (Cor- Writers from Institute Desk. show your support for mons Live music, food, and provided; but work gloves nerstone) of American Indian April 26, 7 p.m., Reid sexual consent. plenty of bikes and gear are encouraged. All are Arts Arena (Doors open at April 27, All Day for purchase! If interested welcome! Armenian Genocide April 25, 7 p.m., Gaylord 6:30) April 23, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Hall in buying, bring cash. Memorial Concert April 22, 12-7:30 p.m., Fountain Creek Nature A concert in remem- Yampa Field Center brance of the Armenian Student Collaborative German eater Work- Genocide. Featuring Concert shop violinist Movses Pogos- Senior and music major April 23, 7-8:30 p.m., Max sia, CC’s Susan Grace on Yan Gao will perform Kade eater piano, and the UCLA along with Sean Carter, VEM String Quartet with Declan Sie as CC Film Fest violinist/composer Kri- and Anna Lynn-Palevsky. Annual  lm fest featuring stapor Najarian. Free and works by CC students. Beethoven, Schubert, open to the public. Shostakovich and Proko- Free snacks provided April 24, 3:00 p.m., Pack-  ev will be represented. during intermission, and Free and open to the awards given out a er- ard Hall public! wards. April 22, 7:30 pm, Pack- April 23, 7 p.m., Kathryn ard Hall Mohrman (Armstrong) e a t e r