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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: Tulagi on The Hill The Sound of Silent Film Mining for Gold in Space Alumni Magazine Fall 2019 Q&A: Football Coach Mel Tucker LOVE THE COLORADAN? See pg. 43 for circulation update. NOWSUMMER 2019 If it’s icky, slimy or smelly, it’s fair game. “Grossology,” a five-day CU Boulder camp for elementary school- age children, explores all things “gross” through experiments with slippery, messy things — including dissected animal organs — and lessons in natural happenings, such as how cavities form and what causes skunks’ odor. The camp is part of CU Science Discovery, a program founded in 1983 to offer STEM-focused K-12 summer camps, after-school programs and teacher trainings. 1 COLORADAN Glenn Asakawa FALL 2019 2 FEATURES EDITOR’S NOTE Words matter. For mag- azines, so do looks. That’s why we revisit the Coloradan’s design every so often. We want it to feel fresh, ener- getic, alive — like CU Boulder itself. Over the past year, we’ve worked with our design partner, Pentagram, to refresh our appearance and, we hope, deepen your reading experience. This issue is the culmination of that effort. We’ve chosen new fonts and typefaces, played with typography and emphasized color and illustration. We’ve also introduced new story- telling formats — a short Q&A called “What’s in My Phone?” and “Artifact,” which uses a historical object to illumi- nate aspects of the CU Boulder experience. Additionally, we’ve COVER 3D chalk artist Chris 17 The Everywhere Canvas 31 Made for Miami updated our circulation Carlson puts the finishing Chris Carlson’s (Bus’08) art will rise up and grab Tom Garfinkel (Comm’91) proves a Buffalo can policy and our frequen- touches on a rendering of you. Chalk it up to an open mind. become a Dolphin — and a big deal in the NFL. cy — we’ll now publish Ralphie drawn specifically three print issues annu- for this issue. See more on ally instead of four. See page 17. 21 Environmental Justice for All 35 Shouting About the Rooftops page 43 for details and Low-income and minority families still bear the brunt From up close and from miles away, CU instructions. ABOVE A century ago, of toxic pollutants. Jill Harrison wants to know why. Boulder’s red-orange tile rooftops signal it’s Thanks for reading CU architect Charles Klauder no ordinary place. Boulder’s first, oldest and developed CU Boulder’s biggest-circulation maga- dominant campus 25 Meet CU’s New President zine. Keep in touch! aesthetic. On page 35, we Mark Kennedy has a clear vision for the University 39 The Fine-Tuned Musician explore a central element — of Colorado. Making music is a physical pursuit. The CU Music Eric Gershon the curved roof tiles. Wellness Program helps performers stay fit. CONTACT THE EDITORS AT 27 Soundtrack [email protected] Rodney Sauer (MChem’89) bought a vast trove of vintage Hollywood musical scores sight unseen. Then he gave it all away. DEPARTMENTS 1 NOW 7 Campus News 15 ORIGINS Tulagi 45 CU Around 55 Class Notes Grossology 8 Boulder Beat 37 Infographic 47 Q&A with the 61 Feedback 5 INQUIRY Paul Danish Rock Climbing Chancellor Helen Norton 65 THEN 1911 13 LOOK Residence Halls 43 Alumni News 49 Sports 3 COLORADAN FALL 2019 4 INQUIRY Helen Norton Amendment gives each of vidual government officials First Amendment forbids the years passed, I also us the right to be free from speak for the government the government from became interested in the the government’s unjusti- rather than in their ca- excluding members of the dark side of the govern- fied interference with our pacity as private citizens public just because the ment’s speech — the speech. But because gov- — for example, when they government doesn’t like government’s destruc- ernments have to speak issue press releases on their views. tive expressive choices. in order to govern, the government letterhead This led me to wonder First Amendment doesn’t or otherwise specifically Are you following any whether and when the forbid the government invoke their governmental interesting government Constitution limits the from speaking on its own power. On the other hand, speech cases? A federal government’s speech. behalf — from expressing government officials can appellate court in July is- its own views. and do speak as private sued an opinion in Knight I hear you’re a vol- This explains why to- citizens when they speak First Amendment Institute unteer firefighter as bacco companies don’t on matters unrelated to v. Trump, which involves well as a law profes- have a First Amendment their governmental posi- the issues you raised in sor. Shortly after my right to force the surgeon tion — think, for instance, your last question. The husband and I moved general to deliver their of a government official’s bottom line is that the to the mountains, nearly opinions on the benefits social media platform court correctly recognized 10 years ago, we were of cigarettes, and why the devoted to her thoughts that the First Amendment evacuated for the Four President’s critics don’t about soccer or her sum- allows the government Mile Fire. Our neighbor, have a First Amendment mer reading list. to speak to us, including a volunteer firefighter, right to share the podium through social media, but helped keep our home at the State of the Union In your book, you denies the government the safe while we were gone, address. What the First note many examples power to silence or punish and we wanted to pay it Amendment protects is of speech by U.S. our dissent. This case forward. I never expected dissenting speakers’ free- presidents, including gave the court the chance to become a firefighter dom to write their own re- President Trump’s to remind government in my middle years, but ports and hold their own tweets. Does a U.S. officials about the consti- I’ve learned a lot, and I’ve press conferences. president using his tutional consequences of seen and done things I official Twitter account their expressive choices. never expected to see Are there any unambig- have the right to block or do. uous legal restraints a U.S. citizen from What got you thinking on government viewing his messages? deeply about govern- What do you make of When the speech? Think of govern- Not if he does so simply ment speech? I helped the U.S. Forest Ser- ment threats that silence because he disagrees lead the Department of vice’s Smokey Bear Government Speaks dissenters as effectively with them. Justice’s Civil Rights Di- campaign? The Smokey jailing them, or govern- When a government vision during the Clinton Bear campaign is one of Colorado Law professor Helen ment lies that pressure official conducts offi- Norton, author of the new book targets into relinquishing cial business on Twitter The Government’s Speech and the their constitutional rights or other social media MAY THE PRESIDENT Constitution, examines the nature, as effectively denying platforms, he is speaking complexities and limits of government those rights. When the as the government. This OF THE UNITED STATES Helen Norton expression — including whether the government’s speech means his critics don’t president may block you on Twitter. inflicts those sorts of have a First Amendment LEGALLY BLOCK YOU injuries, it violates specific right to stop him from ON TWITTER? constitutional rights. tweeting or to change his Could you define who speaks when backed But difficult questions tweets to their liking — ‘government speech’? by the government’s arise when we disagree — just as they have no First administration, so I have the longest-running and When I talk about the power, like the attorney and often we do — about Amendment right to grab some experience with the arguably most effective government’s speech, I’m general announcing official whether the government’s his microphone at a pub- issues that arise when examples of govern- referring to the speech of policy or a police officer speech has actually lic speech. speaking for the gov- ment speech of all time. a governmental body like interrogating a suspect. caused those harms. But when a govern- ernment. After I entered Through Smokey, the For- an agency or a legislature ment official chooses to academia, my early work est Service tells us that — think of the surgeon What’s the difference Is there a distinction speak to the public about in this area focused on “only you can prevent general’s report on to- between the govern- between ‘the govern- the government’s work the value of the govern- wildfires” — and nobody bacco or a congressional ment’s free speech ment’ and individual through platforms like ment’s speech so long wants to disappoint committee report — and right and an individ- government leaders? Twitter that permit the as its governmental Smokey! CONDENSED AND the speech of an individual ual citizen’s? The First Often it’s clear when indi- public’s commentary, the source is made clear. As EDITED BY ERIC GERSHON 5 COLORADAN Mike McQuade; Courtesy Helen Norton FALL 2019 6 BOULDER BEAT Paul Danish CAMPUSnews Sewall of Sewall Hall Icebound wilderness blossom.” Sewall stayed 10 years. CU researchers will join a year-long Arctic expedition to Budget battles and contro- study the changing Earth from an icebound ship versies ground him down, and in 1887 he resigned. n 1893, Norwegian explorers deliberately froze their ship in the Arctic “I tried to be hopeful, ice near Siberia in hopes of drifting to the North Pole and studying but it was bitter work,” he ocean currents.