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Vol. 47, No. 15 The Independent Student Newspaper of Colorado College February 10, 2017 The Springs Echo: First Colorado Springs Street Paper

By HANNAH GLOSSER irst woman to do this while home- street paper of her own two years old and just sitting in broad sunlight, less,” said Raven Canon, Editor-in- ago. She was primarily motivated no shade, and screaming its head because, at the time, she was going of. he idea of what could have hap- “ e think Chief and founder of he Springs W hungry and did not realize she was pened to that baby… I hit the roof I might be Echo. a block away from Marion House, a not because it happened but be- the very he Springs Echo, Colorado Springs’ street newspaper, was Colorado Springs soup kitchen. cause no one even showed up. How formed to give a voice to the home- “So, the back page of the paper is could no one show up to a newborn less. Canon’s idea for the paper community resources of where you in danger? I stood there and I looked began when volunteers at the can eat,” said Canon. “he whole at that oicer that day and I looked Colorado Springs Rescue Mission reason I came up with the paper is at him and said this can never hap- came to her about the Pedestrian because I was hungry and I didn’t pen again. his cannot happen. It Access Act, hoping she would know where to go eat. So, the back was at that point when I really got speak articulately on the topic. page is really what prompted me to the drive to start the paper.” An admirer of street papers like start the paper because they have Canon then looked to fellow street Real Change News and he something very similar to this in Se- papers in the rest of the country for Denver Voice, Canon came attle’s paper. And they didn’t have it inspiration and mentorship. She up with the idea of creating a here, so I thought might as well start reached out to Tim Harris from Real the whole thing.” Change News, Seattle’s street paper Canon initially toyed with starting and member of the International the paper and then lost momentum. Network of Street Papers, for advice. She was inspired to follow through “When I began this, I thought with the paper after the CSPD did well, if I’m gonna do this, I’m going not respond in a timely manner to a to learn how to do this correctly,” dangerous situation concerning the Canon said. So, I thought who do I homeless. know of who is the best at this. So, I “I contacted Andi Van Gogh from went to Tim not realizing that he has the Coalition for Compassion and been called the Godfather of street Action about a newborn in danger papers. And he really is. He has been and asked him to call 911,” Canon such a source of wealth of informa- said. And CSPD, the Fire Depart- tion and experience and support.” ment, no one ever showed. he Harris became Canon’s conidant next day the HOT [CSPD’s Home- and a mentor through working to- less Outreach Team] team just hap- wards accreditation from the Inter- pened to stumble upon the baby in national Network of Street Papers. the stroller. he dad was passed out “We started to gain momentum. and the mother was nowhere to be Initially we had the plan to turn found. his was over the summer GRITS into our street paper, but I Raven Canon, bottom left, Corintha, bottom right, and Edwin “FedEx” Aldrich, pose at an Echo fundraiser. Photo by Nat Stein (originally published in the Colorado Springs Independent) and I think it was under 3 months Continued on pg. 6 Colorado Springs Residents Question Hundreds March With Muslim Motives Behind Panhandling Ordinance and Immigrant Neighbors

By TUCKER SMITH migrants from seven Muslim- By NINA RIGGIO majority countries entry into the Last Saturday, Feb. 4, the Colo- U.S. Trump claims the measure After a federal judge in Grand rado Springs community mobi- is “to keep radical Islamic ter- Junction ruled in 2015 that pan- lized to declare solidarity with rorists out of the U.S.” The action handling is an expression of Muslim and immigrant neigh- puts in place a 90-day block on speech and protected by the bors and to oppose President entry to the U.S. for native citi- First Amendment, the Colorado Trump’s proposed border wall. zens of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Springs City Council recently The peaceful march, entitled Sudan, Libya, and Somalia. decided to move forward with “Stand with Our Muslim and Im- Additionally, the order explic- the ordinance to “keep people migrant Neighbors Rally,” was itly bans Syrian refugees indefi- off unsafe medians” or face fines co-organized by Unite Colo- nitely. It is estimated that Assad’s of up to $2,500 and jail time of rado Springs and the Colorado regime has displaced 11 million up to six months. The council Springs Council for Justice. Syrians, many of whom already decision was unanimous, and is The rally is a direct response face difficulties in successful a reflection of public sentiment to President Trump’s executive resettlement. According to The about the issue. order denying refugees and im- Continued on pg. 6 “We have heard an over- whelming concern from drivers in our city about the safety of Hops and Marley sit waiting for a ride to Denver to ind a job. Photo by Nina pedestrians standing on nar- Riggio row or sloped medians, and the proposed last October by Mayor their lives and distract drivers. distraction and safety concern John Suthers, and would apply But critics argue the motiva- they pose to passing traffic. to panhandlers, pamphlet dis- tions behind the law are not That, along with input from our tributors, vendors, and the like. so straightforward. “Don’t be public safety professionals, was This law would ban people from fooled by this law, it isn’t about the driving factor behind this standing on or occupying medi- our safety, this is about screwing effort,” explained a statement ans less than four feet wide and over the homeless,” said Hops, put out by the Colorado Springs on streets with traffic moving a local houseless man. “Why Public Communications Spe- faster than 30 miles per hour. make people pay a fine of $500 cialist. Suthers said that pedestrians when you know we don’t have on narrow medians jeopardize Colorado Springs locals gather for Muslim March. Photos by Jordan Ellison The ordinance was originally Continued on pg. 4

News Opinion Sports Life 10 Questions Crossroad of Journalism An Active Life Won’t Fix Obesity The Need for Speed The Man Behind the Chalk Assistant Director of Outdoor Edu- cation, David Crye, has afected the Dreams Local speed skating enthusiast Glen he systemic issues that contribute Andrew Manley explains the inten- experiences of a large majority of to the American obesity epidemic. Winkel blends science and sport for tions behind Cornerstone’s literary Documentary ilmmaker Xiaoran CC’s population through New Stu- Liu speaks on life as an international Page 14 CC students. Page 7 murals. Page 11 dent Orientation and more. journalism student. Page 3 Page 5 Achievement as Status Symbol Art Adjuncts Sign Up Tutt Library Renovation in the Outdoors Find us online at: With construction halfway complete, How our quest for status turns out- he method behind the madness. catalystnewspaper.com Tutt remains on schedule and within door enjoyment into competition. Page 11 Facebook: /CatalystNews budget. Page 4 Page 9 Twitter: /catalystnews 2

February 10, 2017 News The Catalyst Three-Year Live-on Campus Policy Cemented by Housing Construction By JOHN BORAH Housing at Colorado College has always ing forward.” around campus—she is the co-founder of Furthermore, several rising juniors ex- been a source of tension between stu- Many in the administration defend this Speak Easy, producer of Story Slam, and a pressed frustration with their inability to dents and the administration. Whether it policy. “We believe in the power of com- member of both the women’s club rugby live off campus next year. Kendal McGin- was 1967 when students protested for the munity,” said Edmonds and Mason, “and team and community nis described the three- right to live off campus, or just last year that learning is furthered by living togeth- engagement program. year live-on policy as “so when an overstuffed first-year class forced er with opportunities to connect and grow “Students who are in- An on-campus lame.” Sophia Skelly won- the school to place students in what were with people different than ourselves.” vested in campus activi- dered if the reasoning be- once Mathias and Slocum study rooms. “The benefits of living on-campus are ties that live in the dorms apartment is hind the policy and the Now, students are concerned with their huge,” said Zach Kroger, Residential Life their first two years will considerably more new East Campus apart- ability to move off campus as juniors. and Programs Coordinator. “Students who continue to be invested ments is to “catch more of Upon completion of the East Campus live on-campus report a higher satisfac- in on-campus programs, expensive than living that rent revenue.” Residential Development, CC will be able tion level with the college, feel more con- clubs, and activities,” she of campus— in some It is not hard to imagine to house 82 percent of its student body nected to the community, and have higher said, adding, “Students cases, more than why Skelly believes this. in on-campus residences. The result is a grades.” who care about being As previously reported tighter implementation of the three-year Kroger is correct about the higher a part of the CC cam- $2,000 more expensive in the Catalyst, living in live-on policy, which requires that stu- grades. Student GPAs improved between pus will continue to stay over the course of the an on-campus apartment dents live on campus for their first three one-fifth to an entire letter grade when connected regardless of is considerably more ex- years. they lived on campus, according to a 2010 where they are living.” school year. pensive than living off “We are a residential liberal arts col- study co-written by CC’s Pedro de Araujo, Schmidt said she pre- campus—in some cases, lege, and this policy reflects who we are Associate Dean of the College and Associ- fers living off campus. more than $2,000 more and what we believe,” said Deans Mike ate Professor of Economics. In fact, everyone interviewed for this ar- expensive over the course of the school Edmonds and Rochelle Mason in a joint Kroger also mentioned that the campus ticle—which included seniors who lived year. statement. begins to seem foreign for off-campus stu- on-campus their junior year and juniors Deans Edmonds and Mason remained In the recent past, the administration dents. “A complaint I hear from off-cam- who currently live off campus—agreed supportive of the live-on policy, despite temporarily relaxed this policy in the face pus students is that they feel disconnected with Schmidt. Though several admitted the high costs. “Students are given this of overwhelming housing demand. How- from campus—they don’t recognize any- that crime and dealing with landlords are information (about housing costs) when ever, as John Lauer, Associate Vice Presi- one, they don’t know what’s going on, and negatives associated with off-campus liv- they apply and before they decide to come dent for Student Life, said, “I expect very they can feel isolated.” ing, they did not miss communal bath- to CC,” they said, “and the college incor- few students to be given special consid- Hollis Schmidt, a junior currently living rooms or Residential Advisors (as off- porates living costs into its financial aid eration for off-campus approval before off campus, doesn’t share that sentiment. campus junior Stephanie Kelly put it, “no packages to make that a possibility for all meeting the three-year requirement mov- Schmidt is a near-ubiquitous presence parents, no rules”). our students.”

Continuation progress of the new East Campus Residential Development. Photo by Phillip Engh RecycleMania Pushes Students to Think Critically About Trash Habits By ELLEN WEN This past week kicked off RecycleMania, ple are pretty environmentally conscious of bins on campus or the amount of sig- or in some ways get lazy,” said Johnson. a nation-wide recycling competition that on campus, getting people to recycle and nage, the impact CC has on the environ- Last year, CC finished fourth in com- Colorado College participates in annually. sort out their waste is pretty difficult still, ment is up to the students. posting in RecycleMania, but 57th in recy- The competition measures the weight of and we confront a lot of issues with that.” “On the outside containers we put little cling with a 44.798 percent recycling rate. recyclables, landfill waste, and compost. CC has been pretty consistent with its bands on them that say recycle and land- Other than improving our recycling hab- According to the mission statement, Re- waste disposal for the last couple years. fill,” said Josh Ortiz, the Landscape and its, Holland believes that in the future, the cycleMania is “a friendly competition and However, this year Holland hopes the Grounds supervisor. “When you get to a goal is to stop using disposable items. CC benchmarking tool for college and univer- school will do better. According to pre- container, you can make the decision 20 students are careful about using Nalgene’s sity recycling programs to promote waste season data, the school is currently doing feet before you get there.” Currently, if any instead of disposable water bottles. It is reduction activities to their campus com- around the same as last year. landfill waste makes it into a recycling bin, engrained in the culture at CC. However, munities.” RecycleMania will continue for “Last year we came in 57th out of 210 the custodial staff has to throw the whole coffee and smoothie cups from Colorado the next seven weeks. colleges…but if we increase our recycling pile out. Ortiz hopes that through more Coffee as well as other containers add a Outside of RecycleMania, the Office of rate by five percent or up to 50 percent, we discussions with the custodial staff, we substantial amount to our waste. Sustainability is constantly working on could have finished 20 spots higher on the can have more flexibility with that rule. The Office of Sustainability is hosting a tactics to make students more responsible list,” said Holland. However, if students make the commit- workshop every block in order to motivate with their waste—everything from rede- CC utilizes Max-R bins, which are cus- ment to take a couple more seconds out of students to get involved. At the conclusion signing signs to improving public aware- tomized solid waste separation recep- their day to sort their waste, CC staff would of RecycleMania, there will be a Recycled ness. tacles. The Max-R bins allow students to not have to go through so much trouble. Art Fair featuring art made by recycled Zoe Holland, a senior and Office of Sus- separate their compost, recyclables, and “Humans, if we are trying to alter our be- materials. tainability intern said, “even though peo- trash. However, regardless of the number havior, we have a tendency to regress and e Catalyst • News • February 10, 2017 3 Honor Council Increases Outreach E orts

By NORBERT MCGETTIGAN

The Honor Council has been increasing about violations. The test would be simi- outreach efforts in the past year to bet- lar to “Think About It,” the online course ter inform students and professors about that reviews drugs, alcohol abuse, and re- the Honor Code. Additionally, the student lationships. body will have the opportunity to vote this Currently, the Council is composed of semester on a revision proposed by the 33 students and two faculty advisors. They Honor Council. meet every Wednesday for lunch to dis- “I think that we don’t necessarily have cuss ongoing projects, upcoming events, a good reputation, or a reputation at all, and anonymous case updates. The topic because people are confused about what of conversation then switches to proposed we are, or view us as a punitive body,” amendments of the Honor Code or inves- said sophomore Ali Baird, Secretary of the tigation handbook. Honor Council. “On our end, we could im- Last semester they decided to propose prove reaching out to students and letting changes to some of the specific wording them know what we do.” in the Honor Code. During Blocks 7 or 8, This past year, members of the Honor students will get to vote on whether said Council visited every First Year Experience changes are ratified. class to go over the Honor Code. For the Most Honor Code violations are brought 2017-2018 year, they hope to implement about by professors who suspect a student an online course for all first-year students, of cheating. Once the Honor Council is no- which would review the Honor Code and tified, two unbiased members are assigned clarify any questions students may have to the case. The investigators, who cannot know the accused P C  CC H C person, “meet with the person bringing the suspected viola- tion, or at minmum a suspension for a because we assume innocent until prov- tion, the suspected flagrant violation. The final decision is en guilty,” said junior Stephanie Kelly, student, professors, made by either the professor or President co-chair of the Honor Council. “In gen- and any other po- Tiefenthaler. eral, the students admitted to CC may tential witnesses to If the student pleads not guilty, a panel have a higher moral standard, and that’s collect relevant evi- composed of five to eight Honor Council why a lot of cases get dropped. I think I dence,” said Baird. members convenes to hear the case. Af- have higher hopes that the CC popula- They then decide ter considering all evidence and testimo- tion respects those values.” whether to charge the nies, the Council decides whether it was “I think that it’s a positive thing that person, and whether flagrant, non-flagrant, or no charge. The we have a student-led body to promote the violation was fla- consequence of being found guilty is the ethics of fairness of academic integrity,” grant. If the student same as pleading guilty. said Baird. “I would hope that other peo- pleads guilty, the On average, there are 25 cases a year, ple are taking their academic work seri- Council recommends 60-70 percent of which end in a guilty ver- ously and respecting the hard work other the student receive a dict. This year, there have been only five students are putting into tests and com- Honor Council co-chairs, Stephanie Kelly and Mayss Al Alami. No Credit grade for cases that have required a panel. pleting assignments.” P C  CC H C a non-flagrant viola- “A lot of the cases we get are dropped Documentary Investigates Lives of Chinese Journalism Students in America

By ETHAN GREENBERG MOSAIC, the Chinese Student Associa- on producing stories. surefire way to avoid problems, and Liu For an H-1B, the employer must spon- tion, and the Colorado College Journalism The emphasis on production of stories recalled a story in which one of her pieces sor an employee, pay part of the visa fee, Program joined forces to bring Chinese- results in an intense program in which, drew ire, resulting in losing pay for her and, most importantly, prove to the gov- American documentarian and journalist in addition to class, students are required work. ernment that the job cannot be filled by an Xiaoran Liu to campus on Monday. Liu to churn out material, creating a high Perhaps the best indicator of the level American citizen. It is a litany of tasks that first spoke about the differences in the stress environment. The featured students of censorship is the fact that Liu has not many news organizations are unwilling to Chinese and American media landscapes spoke of depression and an uncertainty of released the documentary online because do, which precludes hiring of internation- and later screened her documentary, whether they made the correct decision to “some things said [in it] cannot be said in al students. “Crossroads of Journalism Dreams.” pursue journalism in America. These con- China.” She only shows the film in person- One student told the story of an inter- The documentary follows five Chinese cerns were exacerbated when they some- al screenings. view with the United Nations Media Di- students at Columbia University School times met resistance from community The U.S. provides a place where “there rector, who asked two questions. First, are of Journalism as they navigate life as in- members to speak to Chinese internation- is no fear of doing journalism,” one of you a U.S. citizen? Second, do you have a ternational students, discovering the con- al journalism students about a story. the students said. However, that is not to green card? When the student responded trast in media censorship, educational One student said she couldn’t call her say that media in the U.S. does not have no to both, the director had no more ques- philosophy, and employment opportuni- parents because “they will sense my de- other issues. One student who went on to tions. ties between the U.S. and China. pression.” A different student summed up work for an investigative news organiza- CC international students face simi- Liu, also a graduate of the School of the ordeal by saying he was attempting to tion in the U.S. said, “there is less censor- lar problems. “You need a green card or Journalism, filmed the documentary find his “direction under pressure.” While ship but still bias.” The same student also residency to get into medical school,” said about her classmates from 2012 to 2015. this sentiment is felt by many internation- spoke of the potentially worrying attitudes first-year Peiheng Zhang. It begins during their education at Co- al and non-international students alike, of American treatment towards whistle Despite these immigration status chal- lumbia, where there are only six Chinese his status as an international student iso- blowers. lenges, some of the students were able to international students in the journalism lated him at times. Notwithstanding the possible bias in obtain H-1Bs and now work for news or- school. Chinese media censorship permeated American media, the freedom of press in ganizations in the U.S. Other students fea- The students seem to share a sentiment many issues both in Liu’s speech and in the U.S. is appealing. One student said tured in the documentary have returned that they came to America for Columbia. the documentary. Liu and her producers that even though there are more jobs in to China to either pursue journalism or “I didn’t think that much about coming to had to “talk about whether to step out of China, such opportunities do not matter enter entirely different disciplines. America… more about coming to Colum- boundary or stay in it,” when they “don’t if a journalist knows the truth but cannot The combination of issues unique to bia,” said Liu. exactly know the boundaries.” Senior Mi- say the facts. Chinese international students, such as But the differences between Chinese chael Wu, a co-chair of Chinese Student Another theme that surfaced, especially media censorship, visa limitations, and journalism school and American journal- Association, said, “in a lot of cases you towards the latter parts of the movie, was discussions of topics that are a part of ism school are striking. One student not- cannot do things freely [in China].” the difficulty international students have young adult life, is the crux of Liu’s docu- ed that in China she was taught mostly by One strategy to avoid trouble is to use with employment visas. Educational visas mentary work. It is this combination that academics, while at Columbia most of her individual stories to shed light on sys- are relatively easy to obtain when com- drives Liu’s mission as she “tries to work professors had experience as journalists tematic issues rather than to address the pared with work visas, specifically H-1B as a bridge between the U.S. and China.” and much more of the work was focused systematic issue head on. But there is no visas.

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he new library will oicially open for stu- certain areas in the library. Despite some student complaints, Team students have expressed disappointment dents Block 1 of the 2017-18 academic year, During the construction period, some stu- Tutt’s careful planning and preparation for that the Mod Pod will be removed and sold having cost approximately $45 million to dents have struggled to ind study spaces inconveniences during the renovation have upon completion of the renovation. build. he future Tutt Library brings prom- while looking forward to the future of on- eased the transition. Traci Freeman, Direc- Some departments have looked to the sil- ises of virtual reality technology, net-zero campus study options. “Every time I look at tor of the Colket Learning Center and Chair ver linings during construction while antici- carbon emissions, and more than double the loor plans in Worner I get so excited be- of Team Tutt said that the team “wanted to pating the beneits of the new library. Jessy the seating of the former building. Temper- cause of how many study spaces there are,” make sure that students had adequate space Randall, curator of Special Collections at ate weather and eicient work by the facili- said sophomore Frances Murray. She said to study and work together, that students and Tutt Library, said while she could do without ties team have put the construction slightly this year she has had to “ight with 2,000 other faculty could retrieve their books in a timely the periodic tar and diesel fumes, she looks ahead of schedule, with library staf looking people” for the quiet study spaces available. fashion and ind support services, and that forward to the space for Special Collections to move into the building Senior Marin Day relect- the year, while somewhat disruptive, would and has hung art where some of the book- as early as June of 2017. ed on the social aspect of also be fun. Either our eforts paid of, and we shelves in Tutt South used to be. he depart- Currently completing the Temperate weather the old library, describing have minimized the disruption for students, ment also aims to have catalogued all back- exterior, the construction and eicient work by it as “a place where people or everyone is just being very polite.” She said logged collections before moving into the crew will soon enclose would go if they wanted to the structure and move to the facilities team have feel good about themselves, working on the interior. put the construction like they were doing work hough construction but weren’t actually doing is ahead of schedule, the slightly ahead of work. It was really a social Colorado College website schedule, with library hub.” shows the college has only staf looking to move he renovated Tutt not raised 81 percent of the only has more space for funding. Brian Young, the into the building in students, but also provides Vice President in the Of- as early as June of of a layout that will facilitate ice of Information Tech- diferent types of learning, nology, explained that the 2017. whether that be individual, discrepancy is normal in in groups, or as a class. the fund-raising process. Young explained the gar- “Advancement’s doing a great job, they’ve den level will provide quiet study spaces, the got a number of requests that are out to do- irst loor will house the Geographic Informa- nors and foundations, and so I don’t see any tion System (GIS) lab, an experimental class- problem with closing that gap here,” he said. room, a data visualization wall, and library Young added that individuals have shown in- reception, while the upper levels will allow terest in the many spaces in the future library for group and solo study. Altogether, the new that have not been named yet. Alumni who library will serve as an energetic, collabora- provide donations could be the namesake for tive center on campus. Progression of Tutt Library Construction. Photos By Aaron Cronin The Reality of the “Sophomore Slump” By NOELLE EDWARDS For sophomores, the safety net of irst year to work hard curating relationships with certainty, confusion, and disillusionment.” as irst-years. Sophomores naturally begin is a distant memory. Instead, expectations faculty apart from their advisors and profes- he sophomore slump seems to be the to consider which friendships are most im- to declare a major weigh heavily upon them. sors. According to CC’s website, sophomores point at which students start to ask them- portant to maintain as pressure to succeed At Colorado College, sophomores receive should be growing and developing not only selves tough questions for which answers academically becomes more pressing. his weekly emails about conquering the “sopho- academically but personally and socially as are not always readily available: Why am I challenge is exacerbated by the wider range more slump”. well. To make this jump and avoid the slump, here? Do I belong here? What am I doing of housing options available to sophomores, Search “sophomore year” on CC’s website sophomores will ideally take advantage of with my life? he Sophomore Jump program which causes groups of friends to disperse and you encounter a cliché statement: “Start every resource that CC has to ofer. Despite is designed to help sophomores answer these across campus. Some sophomores who your year of with some soul-searching and the guidelines and resources available for a questions. Faculty Dinners, for example, al- choose to live in smaller housing may strug- remember: if you want to igure out what to successful second year at college, however, low sophomores to meet professors and gle with feelings of missing out on the larger do with your life, you must irst igure out many sophomores ind themselves falling learn from their own experiences in discov- community atmosphere that comes with liv- what you love to do.” into the inevitable slump. ering their interests and career paths. While ing in the dorms. Sophomore Nathan Agar- While this statement is intended to encour- Students see the slump as the irst real taste these opportunities are ofered each block, wal said, “If I want to see a friend of mine, I age, it also has the efect of causing signii- of college life beyond the euphoria of irst they are limited to only the irst twenty stu- have to be more intentional and walk to meet cant angst for many. he hope is that some- year. As a irst year, the excitement, energy dents. them.” where between First Year Experience and the and resources to help you ind your way are Although there are other lunches and dis- Trying to ind a major, a sense of belonging, subsequent six blocks, students igure out endless. First Year Experience classes, New cussions focused on study abroad and grant and maintaining friendships can be over- what it is they love to do—students should Student Orientation groups, and advisors are opportunities, the efectiveness of these whelming at times. “If nothing else, recog- see their future laid out before them and in all dedicated to cultivating a smooth assimi- events is debated by a number of students on nize that this uncertainty is natural, a signal pursuit of that future, spend the next two and lation into campus life. While some students campus. Juniors Augie Nuszer and CJ hom- of growth, not the lack of, and unlike your half years completing an identiied major commit to using these resources after their son did not utilize Sophomore Jump oppor- homework, does not need to be done with by (and possibly even a minor) and following a irst year, they are not as apparent to all stu- tunities. “My friends and roommate were the end of the block,” continued Agarwal. “In path to their dream job. he College refers to dents as the shelter of their irst year fades. most helpful, because without them, nobody fact, this uncertainty never really leaves, and this academic path through sophomore year Sophomore Nathan Agarwal said, “the soph- would have pressured me into getting out of coming to terms with that is, I think, the most as the sophomore “jump”. Yet many sopho- omore slump is something that is rather hard bed and actively being a member of society,” reassuring part. Appreciate that the choices mores struggle to ind the path and instead to deine. Although, it’s something that you said Nuszer. that you have made so far have gotten you fall into the “slump” at some point. know when you experience it. If I had to de- In addition to challenging oneself to an- here, and that if you take it step by step, you’ll In order to avoid this potentially imminent ine it, I would say that the sophomore slump swer tough questions, another side efect of be surprised with the distance that you’ll slump, sophomores at CC are encouraged is a mid-college crisis that is full of doubt, un- the slump is pressure on friendships formed cover.” he Catalyst • 10 Questions • February 10, 2017 5 10 questions with DAVID CRYE Only a year and a half into his job as Assistant discourage participation. A bunch of us Director of Outdoor Education, David Crye started around the same time—us being has afected the college experiences of a large Rachel, Grace, and myself—so we really majority of CC’s population. his week, he came in with goals on what we wanted to Catalyst sat down with David to relect on his expand on from the inclusivity side, and love for outdoor education, his ideal co-leader, make sure our programs were open to ev- his favorite backcountry meal, and his next eryone and percieved that way through adventure that is fatherhood. all lenses. We can think we’re open to ev- eryone, but if we’re not marketing right Interview by Sam Silverman or talking to the right students or types of / Photo by Mikaela Burns programs, we’re not going to reach all the students on campus. I think New Student Orientation (NSO) The Catalyst: Growing up in Wiscon- has continued to grow and build off of sin, what began your love for the out- its great history. We need to make sure it doors, and how did it develop throughout keeps getting more efficient as it gets big- college? ger every year. Our trainings too—we’ve kind of revamped our ALI (Ahlberg Leader David Crye: I was always running around Institute) Programs and I think it has got- outside with my brothers and my younger ten as many students through trainings sister, but my parents weren’t super out- and out leading trips as possible. doorsy in terms of getting into camping and that kind of thing. My grandparents would take us and do a trip of some kind TC: How would you like to see NSO look from when I was a baby. So we would go 10 years from now? camping all around Wisconsin, Minnesota, and eventually we would sort of do longer DC: You know, to be honest, it has been trips over the summer when we were older around for quite a while and morphed and and could handle longer times in the car. changed, but it has been pretty true to My biggest memory was coming out west the original intent, which was to provide and doing a two-week tour when I was in a unique, cohesive experience for every third grade, I think. From then on out, I incoming student, regardless of where was all about getting outside, but I didn’t you’re coming from, whether it’s interna- have that much of an outlet until college— tional, scholarship, not on scholarship, I didn’t have any gear or anything like that whatever. It’s just trying to bring everyone —except for through my grandparents. But in, say “this is what CC is, and you belong once I got to college, I joined the outdoor here.” And so in the past couple years, club—one like ours—except we didn’t CC as a whole, with rebranding, it really have orientation like we have now. I went brought into NSO the idea that we want out on my first backpacking trip with the to make sure everyone knows they have a program and with my college roommate, place. The first couple weeks on campus actually. After that, I was like “this is awe- can be really tough. some,” They had student leaders and I was NSO 10 years from now… I’d like to con- like, “you guys get paid for this? This is so tinue that, and get even better at that. I’d cool! I wanna do that!” So they hooked me like to diversify our student leaders as our up with a job and I worked with them for student body continues to change. We the rest of my college career, whether su- want to make sure NSO mimics that. I’d pervising the challenge course or climb- like to see us do that before 10 years… as ing wall, being a trip leader, or working for well as new sites and a better, more rel- the gear house. evant curriculum. I was a business major in college so I had no real intention of going into the outdoor education realm. I didn’t really consider TC: If you could lead an NSO trip, what that a job until my senior year, when I was would it be, and who would be your co- about to graduate and had no idea what I leader? wanted to do with my life, which I think DC: So it wasn’t that intense, but one of think with that is the constant challenge is a common dilemma with students, that DC: Oh wow, who would be my co-lead- the most challenging, in retrospect, I was and change that keeps it fun and exciting. at some point you gotta figure out what er… Which trip would I lead? That’s hard, just young and didn’t know much. I was Yeah, student interaction and the chal- you’re doing next. But then my supervi- there are so many good ones. In the past, leading a group—one of the first extended lenge that comes with it: constant ideas, sor at the time said, “you know, you can trips have gone down to the Moab area trips I was leading—and we just had a ton different needs that are always coming up. do what I do,” which is what I do now. So in Utah and worked with Canyon Lands of issues—medical issues—that we had to I went to grad school with the intention of Field Institute. We didn’t work with them deal with throughout the trip constantly, working in collegiate rec. I think the rea- this year, and I love Utah so much but I’ve and temperatures, and cold, and ice. It TC: How many Colorado 14ers have you son I wanted to work in a college-aged en- never done service work down there. I’ve was in the Smoky Mountains in North Car- done and which one is your favorite? vironment was because of the effect it had always taken groups explored it myself, olina and Tennessee. It was over Spring on me during my time in school. It really but going down there with that intention Break, a 12-day backpacking trip. It was DC: I think I’ve only done two true 14ers changed my focus and what I spent my would show students that it’s so awesome. hard, mainly because we knew so little as in Colorado, only being here a year and a time doing. I learned a lot, I loved work- Utah is one of my favorite places. leaders. Looking back, it’s like wow, how half. Maybe I should have more under my ing with people, and I loved taking what As far as my co-leader, that’s hard. Oh did we get everyone out of that trip? We belt right now, but sadly I don’t. I did Pikes I learned in class and applying it to the man. You know, Jake Lauer would be a had asthma attacks, we had allergic reac- my first summer here and I came out here outdoor program, like leadership develop- pretty fun co-leader. He would be a good tions, we had ice and sleet. It was a tough and we hiked out something… I guess I ment and team building in our challenge time. course, which I fell in love with. It was so trip from the leading side of things. gotta go with Pikes. impactful for me and I learned so much about myself and got to interact with crazy TC: What would your last meal be, un- TC: What makes you most excited about TC: What is your favorite day hike in amounts of people. Learning I could do der the restriction that has to be cooked becoming a father? the Springs? that as a career really intrigued me. on a Whisperlite? DC: It’s just a whole new adventure. I DC: There are so many. I really like Sec- DC: It would definitely be this one, one think it’s going to change my life quite a tion 16. It’s really easy to get to from our TC: How have you seen Outdoor Educa- of my favorite backcountry meals. It’s kind bit. I’m excited to instill a passion for the house and you feel like you quickly get tion grow at CC since you started working of gourmet: baked mac and cheese with outdoors, and just adventure. Hopefully away from the roads. It’s not too challeng- here? broccoli, depending on how long the trip I can do that, but not push it too much. ing, but it’s really beautiful—lots of scenic is and if it’ll last. You bake it on a fry bake Just really looking forward to doing things overlooks. It’s nice to throw into a morn- DC: It’s kind of tough because I didn’t re- and you put grape nuts on the bottom so with my kid. From hiking with a stroller to ing or afternoon. ally know what it was before, but I know it’s like a little crust and sprinkle some on maybe when they’re a little older to carry- there has been a ton of growth over the top. You layer the pasta and the cheese in ing their own pack and we can go out and past five years or so. Looking at past docu- alternating layers, cut up the broccoli real explore. That’s just really exciting for me. TC: If you had $100 and had to spend it ments and talking to Ryan [Outdoor Edu- small, and then bake it. It’s fantastic. It’s all right now, what would it be on? cation Director] and past students and tough with a large group, but I’ve done it. alumni, it’s like wow, things have changed You need big fry bakes and you need at TC: What’s your favorite element of DC: Right now, it would be on baby sup- quite a bit. I’ve been here a little over a least two to make sure you have enough your job? plies, to be completely honest. I mean, I year and a half and what I’ve noticed is food, but it’s good. You can eat really good could always use more gear; I kind of have the Gear House expansion. Just moving it in the backcountry if you want, but it takes DC: I would say the constant interac- a backpack fetish, if you will. I like having into the [Outdoor Education Center] really a little extra effort. helped drive it in terms of getting a wider tion with students; that’s why I got into a lot of backpacks for whatever the situa- variety of gear, and we are continuously in- the field. I have a really valuable staff that tion might entail. So maybe a new back- have really helped guide my career path pack then. creasing that still. Even in terms of cloth- TC: What’s the most intense backcoun- and keep me excited about my job. And I ing, getting rid of any barriers that would try experience you’ve ever had? 6 he Catalyst • News • February 10, 2017

Colorado Springs Residents Question Motives Behind Panhandling Ordinance Compassion and Action, an activism and Continued from the front page outreach organization, called out coun- cilors to acknowledge that, although in that.” theory the ordinance could apply to any Helen Collins of the Colorado Springs pedestrian, it’s really aimed at poor peo- City Council expressed her concern that ple. “Why are we fining people who are panhandlers would form out there to get money?” businesses and work in he asked during the City shifts to eventually split Council meeting. “Stop the money as a group. [he study showed] 70 trying to legislate away In 2001, a survey con- percent [of homeless] poverty instead of putting ducted by the Canadian programs in place that Medical Association on would prefer a actually help people.” panhandlers’ income minimum wage job Other critics point out and spending patterns over panhandling. the similarities between in Toronto found that 70 this newest ordinance percent would prefer a and the Pedestrian Ac- minimum-wage job over cess Act that was passed panhandling. The median monthly in- last year. Both are viewed by the house- come from panhandling was found to be less as ways in which the Colorado Springs $300. In 2013, researchers in San Francis- City Council is trying to silence and re- co surveyed 146 panhandlers and found strict the poor community. The council that most make less than $25 per day. The maintains this is not the case and stresses survey also found that 94 percent spent the improvements in public safety that the that money on food. ‘median access act’ will bring for drivers and pedestrians alike. Trygge Bundgaard of the Coalition for Photo Courtesy of he Catalyst archives The Springs Echo: First Colorado Springs Street Paper

Continued from the front page places that distribute newspapers and accept Echo has been delayed due to a lack of fund- decide to donate or whatever and we inally donations. he donations would then go to ing. get back to print, it should only be one more the newspaper and not the vendor. But, be- “We do have ad sales coming in, so the time and then it’s paying for itself.” was still clinging to the idea that I wanted to cause we are a non-proit anything that the thing is that everyone wants to do a net thirty. As of Feb. 2, he Springs Echo became a do this paper and I wanted to run it. Not be- paper makes goes back into the paper, so it is So, I’m billing them and they are paying me member of the International Network of cause I wanted the power, but because I had all helping people get of the streets.” within sixty days time and that means I can’t Street Papers. a certain vision. I saw how it had to be done. Currently, the February issue of he Springs pay my printers,” said Canon. “When people I was adamant that it was not going to be a part of GRITS, but I couldn’t explain why I felt this way. Tim told me that beyond a shadow of a doubt, it absolutely cannot be attached to anything else. He said it has to be stand alone and that it’s actually in the INSP charter.” Following the closure of the downtown en- campment in early October, Canon was left feeling frustrated and ignored. “I knew that the only way things were going to change is if we began as a community to have a voice,” Canon said. hanks to Tryge and members of CCA, I began to have a little self-conidence, which I really lacked to begin with. And be- gan to think that I could do this.” In December, he Springs Echo distributed their irst issue. he print run costs around $400. he ad sales are designed to pay for printing the paper and eventually for Canon’s salary. he vendors, who are members of the Colorado Springs homeless population, buy papers for ifty cents and sell for a rec- ommended price of a $1.50. Currently, he Springs Echo has around 10 vendors. Where they are stationed is up to the individual. “hey are independent contractors, so they are allowed on any public service and on pri- vate property with permission,” said Canon. “It’s entirely up to them. We do have a couple Photo by Phillip Engh Hundreds March With Muslim and Immigrant Neighbors

Continued from the front page the executive order are majority Muslim. sentiments. “On a personal note, I feel re- ing to be working with UCS to get people Hundreds of the Colorado Springs com- ally powerfully about allowing in refugees educated and registered to vote for city Guardian, the executive order caps the munity showed up and joined the protest and not discriminating against people council elections in April,” said Brown. total number of refugees allowed entry to with fervor, shouting, “No ban, no wall, based on religion and nationality be- “Moving forward I think CC students the U.S. in 2017 to 50,000—less than half of equal rights for all!” cause I am Jewish,” she said. “I had family should focus on getting involved with pro- the 117,000 allowed in 2016. Ryan Berry of Unite Colorado Springs who died in the Holocaust because they gressive Colorado Springs organizations.” Trump’s executive order has been met said he “was shocked and happy to see so couldn’t get visas into the U.S. And there is Last week the “Muslim ban” was chal- with a flood of controversy. On both sides many in the Springs turn out, and from a so much other history with the U.S. doing lenged by several federal judges. Washing- of the aisle there has been outrage over broad range of different backgrounds.” horrible things based on fear and racism, ton state Attorney General sued Trump, the immorality of excluding those who After a march downtown to Acacia Park, like Japanese internment camps.” arguing that the ban is unconstitutional. seek shelter from conflict in the Middle community members rallied in front of In a conservative city like Colorado The federal judge preceding over the case East. Furthermore, the ban runs coun- City Hall and listened to speakers de- Springs it can be difficult to work towards agreed, temporarily lifting the ban. ter to the U.S. constitutions’ principle of clare their opposition to the ban, includ- liberal progress. Berry, however, is confi- On Thursday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court not discriminating on the basis of reli- ing State Senator Michael Merrifield. “We dent in the future. “I’ve never seen such of Appeals upheld the suspension of the gion. Poor planning and roll out on the have to keep America great—if that means energy. People are really ready to engage ban. side of the White House also meant that every week then I’ll be here,” said Merri- and make tangible change,” he said of Unite Colorado Springs considers the green card holders, students on a visa, field. the current attitude in Colorado Springs. order “a blatant violation of human rights and other legally-visiting individuals to Participants of the march carried a va- “[Unite Colorado Springs is] committed to and fundamentally un-American. Deny- the U.S. were not able to enter the country riety of signs, many highlighting the fact giving them a voice and creating across- ing entry to certain people because of when the executive order was first passed, that the U.S. is a nation of immigrants, the-aisle dialogue with conservative their religion flies in the face of essential though amendments allowing entry have emphasizing the “melting pot” mentality neighbors.” American values we all hold dear: free- been made in the wake of protests. While developed over the last century. CC Democrats aim to collaborate with dom of religion, freedom of expression, Trump claims the ban is not explicitly a Sophomore Sophia Brown of the Colo- Unite Colorado Springs on progressive is- and the right to privacy.” Muslim ban, all seven countries listed in rado College Democrats agreed with these sues in the future. “The CC Dems are go- 7

February 10, 2017 Sports The Catalyst Speed Skating Makes a Rare Appearance on a College Campus

Students Look to Cultivate a Rare Collegiate Community

By SAMANTHA GILBERT

Although speed skating is among the most watched Olympic sports, it hardly has a presence on college campuses. Until this year, that is, thanks to Glen Winkel. Winkel, who has a Ph.D. in anatomy, spent many years of his adult life teaching medi-cal school and researching as a biochemist. Winkel fell in love with speed skating because of its dependency on science. So, earlier this school year he started a speed skating team at Colora- do College. Speed skating is not easy, but the team already has 25 eager members of all skill levels. However, according to Winkel, you can’t just hop on skates and start speed skating—it’s all about technique and applying the proper pressure to the ice. “Because ice is a frictionless surface, it’s all about science,” Winkel said. “Teaching speed skating technique requires me to talk about anatomy, physiology, and physics.” Winkel’s knowledge of how to work with athletes comes from decades of practice. He coached bike racing for 20+ years, several of those years with the U.S. National Cycling team and the Olympic team. As a man of science, Winkel loves working with athletes because when they are hurt they don’t just want to get better, they want to build to a new level, according to Winkel. Over the past few years, Winkel has sought Glen Winkle, left, poses wtih two new skaters. Winkle hopes to start up the first collegiate speed skating program at CC. Photo Courtesy of Glen out several speed skating Olympians and many Winkle of the best speed skating coaches in order to ind answers to the most diicult questions Springs,” Winkel said. “By focusing on the to pick up the sport again. “I got her on skates problem at all, but number two was that there surrounding the sport. By doing this, Winkel concept of a team, everything started falling last hursday for the irst time in years,” Winkel had to be intercollegiate competition,” Winkel has developed a very unique approach to into place.” said. “And she was amazing—skating better said. “Well, we’re the only college that has a coaching. Rather than teach people the basics Currently, the team practices seven times than I ever have in the past six years.” speed skating team in the whole United States.” of skating, Winkel is committed to teaching a week: Monday through Friday in the after- “What I love most about speed skating is So part of the club’s goal is to generate beginners advanced techniques. “I explain to noon, with additional sessions on Tuesday and that it isn’t just about athleticism, but also interest from students at other schools as well. them why they must do it a certain way and hursday morning. While anyone can come to technique,” said Mittelstadt. “It can challenge “It’s going to take a couple of years to build this that makes it easier for them to grasp how to any practice, there are speciic practices that you mentally as well as physically as you have intercollegiate competition,” Winkel said. “But do it,” Winkel said. “It’s easier to learn the most cater more towards beginners, and others that to learn to put yourself in a speciic crouched already, there are two students at USAFA who advanced method immediately, rather than cater more towards the advanced group. position in order to go faster. Since the ice time are interested. We could bring them to our rink learning one thing and having to change the While the level of speed skating skill heavily at CC is free, it’s an incredible opportunity to and have a competition.” muscle memory to learn something else later ranges within the team, there is one mem-ber get involved in the sport since at most skating To have an oicially recognized team, a on.” that Winkel is especially excited to have on rinks, renting ice time is quite expensive.” college should have at least 4-5 skaters, and After speed skating a handful of years on his the ice. “One of the best speed skaters in the With Mittelstadt, the seven students who Winkel is working on generating teams at own, Winkel started practicing his skating in country is now a sophomore here,” Winkel said. discovered the team at the club fair, and the University of California Berkeley, University of Honnen Ice Arena. About a year ago, a student “She comes out of the Potomac Speedskating other 15 or so who have gotten involved in the Denver, University of San Francisco, and other suggested that he create a speed skating team Club, which was coached by an Olympic gold past few months, the team is slowly coming schools as well. His passion for the sport is at CC. At irst, Winkel was tentative because medalist, but she retired from speed skating together. But bigger picture goals are slightly palpable and, with the current level of interest he knew it would be a lot of work, but he then ive years ago.” more complicated. “When we went to get and commitment from the student body, realized building a team was exactly what he student, Sophie Mittelstadt, did indeed support and funding for the club there were this program is about to take of. Anyone is he wanted to do. “I want to create a program give up speed skating after training at one of the two requirements. One was that we have a welcome to join: this team is just getting started that really builds speed skating in Colorado highest levels, but last week she was convinced certain amount of members, which was no and has a big future ahead of them. Superbowl LI: Why We Believe in Sports

By EVAN HAMLIN

Sunday’s Super Bowl game, which was with- is sure to become one of the most iconic catches team’s chance of winning, exists. According to an 3-1 series lead is built up only to be torn down. out a doubt one of the single greatest sporting in Super Bowl history, a play that made everyone ESPN graph that tracked both team’s chances of he Cubs proved to us that although it may take events in the history of sports, should serve as a think what no one wanted to say: “he Patriots winning in real time, the Falcons had a 99.6 per- more than a century to get to the top, it will hap- reminder to EVERYONE why we love and em- are going to win this thing.” here’s no other way cent chance of winning at one point in the game. pen. he Patriots threw the statistics out the door, brace sports in our society. If you’re a Falcons it could have gone down. his game crushed your hey held a signiicant statistical advantage for and clawed back to cement their legacy as one of fan, I’m sorry. Us Patriots fans have been there spirits and hopes, only to revive them in the most the better part of three quarters. the most powerful sports dynasties of all time. before (shoutout to David Tyree) and we know glorious and enthralling way possible. And this is why we love sports. In an age where In my mind, there are no “storybook moments” your pain. But more importantly, if you’re a fan If you were on the wrong side of the joyous so many decisions and opinions in the sporting in sports. Storybooks are made up, and sports are of sports, and if you’re a fan of watching the best comeback, then you felt something all too com- world are informed based solely on analytics and real. We love them because they relect our reali- kind of competition at the highest level in the mon in sports: dejection, heartbreak, and an- what the numbers tell us, Sunday’s game remind- ties in a surprisingly visceral way. Sports force us world, then you should consider yourself lucky to guish following what can only be described as ed us that there are still miraculous moments out to believe, through ups and downs and years of have watched Super Bowl LI. the unshakeable security of knowing your team there that simply defy numbers. Just as records doubt in our teams. In the end, some of us win You got to witness the greatest comeback in at one point had a 25-point lead over your oppo- are set only to be broken, deicits are made to be and some of us lose, but there’s always next sea- Super Bowl history, led by the greatest quarter- nent. By any statistic, the Patriots shouldn’t have erased, and teams are dug into holes only to grind son. What’s nice about being a Patriots fan is that back in NFL history. Julian Edelman made what won. In fact, a statistic that predicts exactly that, a their way out of them. he Cavs showed us that a they happen to win more than they lose.

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Women’s Track and Field Call 911: $69 Million Owed Warms Up for Big Expectations 49ers leadership continues to fumble

By DANIEL KRUEGER By COLE THOMPSON Frisco is ablaze. Call 911. Everything and of exceptional athletes. hey are searching On April 5, the Colorado College women’s With such a strong returning team, it seems everyone is on ire. for the very person they ired, just three years track and ield team kicked of their season at nothing is impossible for the 2017 Tigers. How- 49ers CEO Jed York has a very unfortunate ago. Or should I say, “mutually agreed to part the 2017 Mid-America Region Masters Indoor ever, the grind is not as easy as they make it pipe dream. York has a proclivity for seeing a ways with.” Championships, just up the road at the United look. “I think for a lot of the distance women it mirage in the vast landscape that is the NFL. Questions need to be asked about the 49ers States Air Force Academy. CC inished the meet is hard to want to race hard again after achiev- Out on the horizon, York always envisions front oice. No, you can’t ire an owner, but with ive runners topping the podium. Led by ing so many of our ambitious goals during the a better option to manage and coach his if it were an option, it would be extremely seven seniors, the Tigers are gearing up for cross country season and thinking about how franchise. beneicial. York has mismanaged the 49ers what is sure to be a productive outdoor season. much work went into that season,” said Crim- Harbaugh, Tomsula, Kelly. hree seasons, beyond belief. In recent years, the Tigers strong suit has mins. three irings of San Francisco 49ers head First, let’s look at the “mutual separation” been distance events, and that has been proven he sprinters have a hopeful outlook on the coaches, along with their respective coaching between Harbaugh and the 49ers. Jim again by the women’s cross country team, who, season as well. “he team honestly did ex- staf, I might add. Harbaugh went 44-19-1 during his 2011-2014 in the fall, had a record-breaking season. On tremely will for the irst meet of the season,” his past month, the 49ers made it oicial tenure in charge of the 49ers. Following an the track, the Tigers are continuing this trend said junior Sam Gilbert, who is .06 seconds of that both Head Coach Chip Kelly and General 8-8 season, York decided that Harbaugh, the by returning seven individual podium inish- the school record in the 60-meter and won this Manager Trent Baalke have been relieved of 2011 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year, ers from the 2016 SCAC Championships, six of race last Sunday. “Knowing from the irst meet their duties. must go. hough it was originally reported to whom were distance runners. that we are already running faster than last sea- “Despite my feelings for Trent and Chip, be a mutual separation, Harbaugh has since Senior Stefani Messick has proven herself to son is extremely motivating.” I felt the decision to change our football said the contrary. be the team’s top 800-meter runner and school he Tigers also stood out in the 400m, in- leadership was absolutely necessary,” team “Yes, I was told I wouldn’t be the coach record holder. After a victory in the 800 at last ishing in the irst three spots. Junior Asmeda York said in a statement a short time after anymore,” Harbaugh said in an interview years SCAC championships, she stands to im- Spaulding-Aguirre, Messick, and junior Ayla the irings. “he performance of this team with San Jose Mercury News columnist Tim prove even more this year. Last Sunday she Loper inished irst, second, and third. has not lived up to my expectations or those Kawakami. “You can call it ‘mutual,’ I mean, started her season with a irst-place inish in With plenty of veteran experience at the of our fans, and that is truly disappointing. I wasn’t going to put the 49ers in the position the 800, followed by junior Duranya Freeman helm, CC has no lack of young talent, adding We all expected to see this team progress to have a coach that they didn’t want any and irst-year Annabel Driussi. 11 irst-years to the Track and Field roster this and develop as the season went on, but more. But that’s the truth of it. I didn’t leave Other returning athletes include last Fall’s season. unfortunately that did not happen. hat is the 49ers. I felt like the 49er hierarchy left me.” SCAC Cross Country Runner of the Year se- “It is nice to be surrounded by so many tal- why now is the time to ind a new direction In the two ensuing seasons, neither the nior Leah Wessler, who took irst place in the ented athletes who all compete in diferent for this team.” loyal, former 49ers Defensive Line Coach 1500-meter race. Additionally, sophomore events during track because you can feed of Baalke had two years remaining on his Jim Tomsula nor the former Eagles Head Alyssa Warling, the 10,000-meter school record their excitement about the season,” said Crim- contract, while Kelly had three. Coach Chip Kelly were given a true chance to holder, and senior Katie Sandfort, who both mins. hough the estimates vary widely, it is succeed at the helm. Both were hired with the easily swept the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter “I think everyone is hoping for our highest crystal clear that the 49ers owe some people semblance of support from the front oice, events at last year’s SCAC championships, are point total ever at SCAC, and going after Texas a lot of money. ESPN’s Adam Shefter reports but when it came time for York to have faith returning to the track this season. Lutheran University in the ield events,” said a igure of $69 million. hat’s a lot of money to in the guys he had put in charge, he ousted “I think the irst meet went well and the Warling. be paying people to not coach. both coaches and the entirety of the staf they team is ahead of where we were last year,” said It’s a given that Head Coach Ted Casteneda, For a storied franchise, the grass is always had assembled after just one season. Warling. “he girls want to break school re- who is in his 23rd season at the head of the pro- greener. With each iring comes the illusion What we’re left with is a franchise coming cords in the mile, 800, 5k, 10k, and 4x4.” gram, has high expectations for this talented that the next regime will win, and win of a 2-14 season with no ofensive or hree more Tiger veterans swept the 3k, with group of women. immediately. York and his band of delusional defensive identity. he only identity in San senior Allie Crimmins, sophomore Leah Veld- he Tigers’ indoor season continues on Sat- compatriots are searching for a person Francisco right now is that of a front oice huisen, and junior Kelsey Maxwell inishing urday, Feb. 18 in Golden, Colo. that can win in the NFL: a person that has that is unwilling to allow a coaching staf to irst, second, and third, respectively. character, and someone who is a true leader succeed.

Colorado College Men’s Basketball Wins Two Key Games

By DANIEL KRUEGER

John Hatch had one of those weekends. Hatch and Houska have been staples of The junior forward from Lodi, Wis. the Tigers’ starting lineup for two straight scored 29 points in Friday’s game against years. In Friday’s game against Centenary, Centenary College, followed by a 24-point the two sat out a mere six combined total night against Austin College, leading the minutes. Tigers to two key Southern Collegiate Defensively, the Tigers forced Centenary Athletic Conference wins. The stellar into bad shots all night long. They were able weekend earned Hatch the honor of SCAC to clog up the lane and make Centenary Player of the Week. Apart from the proliic shoot contested shots. Centenary finished scoring, Hatch also averaged 7.5 rebounds the game shooting just 31.3 percent from per game, to go along the field on 21-67 with three blocks per shooting. CC shot game. 46.3 percent on the Led by Hatch’s third “I think we were efective game and was 54.2 double-double of the because we committed percent in the second season, the Tigers half. defeated Centenary ourselves to defense irst and The Tigers headed College by a final were willing to make the efort into Sunday’s game score of 67-72. Hatch on that end of the loor” against Austin led all scorers with College oozing with a career-high of 29 -Junior forward John Hatch confidence. The points to go along struggling Austin with 10 rebounds College Kangaroos and four blocked had only managed to Junior forward John Hatch rises up in a win over the weekend. Hatch shined with two 20+ point per- Photo Courtesy of Charlie LEngal shots. Despite the phenomenal individual win two conference games all season, and formances. performance, Hatch was quick to give the Tigers knew it was a game they should pair of victories. “From here we just need “Of course, we want to win a kudos to his teammates. win at their home court Reid Arena. to continue to have a good attitude towards championship,” Hatch said. “I think we “I have to give the credit to my The Tigers built a 12-point halftime lead the game and prepare the right way for the have a very talented group of guys who teammates,” Hatch said following the win. and never looked back, beating the Roos last few games of the season,” he said. “This have bought into the system and are willing “They have complete trust in me and I have 76-87. An interesting development was weekend we play two of the best teams in to do whatever it takes to win. From one to complete trust in them. I think we were the birth of what could be a perennial the conference and we will need to be 13 we believe we can win.” effective because we committed ourselves scoring prowess for the Tigers. First-year at the top of our game in order to have a Up next, the Tigers go on the road to defense first and were willing to make forward CooXooEii Black recorded his first chance to win those games.” to face Texas Lutheran University and the effort on that end of the floor which career double-double with a career high With the two wins over the weekend the Southwestern University in two very made offense come that much easier.” of 21 points and 13 rebounds. Black shot a Tigers climbed to within a half-game of decisive games. The outcome will Connecticut native Eric Houska also had very efficient 7-14 from the field and only first place in the SCAC standings. With the undoubtedly determine where the Tigers a standout game for the Tigers. The junior turned the ball over once in 31 minutes. championship tournament on the horizon, will be seeded in the SCAC tournament, guard had 21 points on 7-13 shooting to go Hatch had some words for moving Hatch said he believes in his team’s ability which will be hosted by Texas Lutheran along with four assists and two steals. Both forward after reflecting on the weekend’s to win games down the stretch. University in Georgetown, Tex. 9

February 10, 2017 Active Life The Catalyst Conquering the Universe: Achievement as a Status Symbol in the Outdoors

By RACHEL FITCH

When famous mountaineer George Leigh obstacles. All of these attributes culminate into fellows as ways to “conquer” nature. Hiking past simple enjoyment into pitting themselves Mallory was asked why he wanted to climb a single space, and are truly “why we do it.” a fourteener is an accomplishment of one of against their fellow athletes, and, more to Everest, he responded, “Because it’s there.” he activities pursued in the ultimate the highest degrees. here is no such thing the point, against nature. By trying to show a He further explained, “Everest is the highest playground are not often thought of as status as an easy fourteener. he air is thin, the highest skill or dominance in these speciic mountain in the world, and no man has symbols, but they can be. At best, they are slope is steep, and the ascent is a grueling sports, the environment is no longer a place reached its summit. Its existence is a challenge. worthwhile accomplishments that are worthy process that can take hours. Reaching the top of enjoyment, but an obstacle. A consequence he answer is instinctive; a part, I suppose, of of our respect and admiration. hey can even of a fourteener is no easy feat and should be of imagining the outdoors as a notch or status man’s desire to conquer the universe.” he inspire others to explore the outdoors. At worst, celebrated. symbol is that only the end result matters. he outdoors is the ultimate test and an ultimate these activities are only for bragging rights, However, celebration can digress actual process and journey of these activities haven that has brought about rich feelings and egotistic attempts to elevate oneself over others. into diferent forms of self-expression; is pushed aside in favor of achievement. thoughts in Mallory and every outdoorsman. Popular activities in the outdoors are accomplishments can become badges or Such a perspective undermines the belief he spirt of adventure and challenge he voiced extensive—hiking, biking, climbing, rafting, medals to impress others. hese badges that nature is here for our enjoyment. Each of back in the 1900s persists today. kayaking, skiing and snowboarding, among become measuring sticks to gauge skill. Hiking these activities can simply be experienced for he natural world is a bountiful place for many others. All of these activities are an is not the only example. Every outdoor activity the beneit of realizing that the earth does not those who choose to jump into it. It provides avenue to enjoy the outdoors and allow us has a ruler by which to measure skills—Class exist solely for the needs of humans. Spending the essentials for living and induces feelings to enjoy many aspects of the natural world, V rapids for kayaking, double black runs for time outside can allow for an appreciation and of tranquility. Nature is powerful and all but the environment can become simply a skiing, 5.15 and V15 for rock climbing and connection to the earth, which can then lead to encompassing, feeding our desire for humility backdrop to almost any activity. Moreover, bouldering. he outdoors can turn into a place caring about how we treat it. By spending time and perspective. It reminds us of our place nature can be diluted to become merely an not to ind peace or lose oneself, but a place to away from traditional society, by valuing the in the natural order of things and keeps us obstacle or a challenge. All outdoor activities prove something. Nature becomes an obstacle journey and our surroundings, the realization rooted to our planet. he outdoors also acts as come with varying levels of diiculty and to overcome. his is not necessarily bad, will come that we are a part of the earth—not the ultimate playground—a place to recreate, rankings, and many of us have taken to but many people who aim to climb the most in control of it. Find enjoyment outside, but learn new skills, test oneself, and overcome achieving a higher level or outdoing our fourteeners or ski the hardest run can move keep some perspective. Women’s Wednesdays Provide Working Together to Supportive Climbing Environment Workout Better

By GRIFFIN MANSI By MELANIE MANDELL Rock climbing has been seen as a macho the tradition of Women’s Wednesday began. Undoubtedly the hardest part of working beneicial for you to work your whole body as boy’s club since its inception in the Alps. However, Assistant Director of Outdoor out is inding the motivation to do so. One opposed to just your legs while running or using However, as the 20th century passed its halfway Education David Crye guessed that it began needs to decide when to go to the gym, what the elliptical.” point, a few women began to make a name for sometime after the overhaul of the climbing to wear, what workout to do, and then actually “It was honestly so hard,” said irst-year Mary themselves in the climbing world. During the gym in 2012. see that through. he El Pomar Sports Center Kate Maloney when asked about Cortner’s 80s, a 16-year-old named Lynn Hill showed Yet, in the past couple of years, attendance staf strives to make working out easier and Total Body Fitness class. “At one point, me up at the famous Camp 4 in Yosemite. From of Women’s Wednesday has declined. Some exponentially more exciting by ofering a and my friend were almost in tears from how the mid-80s to the early 90s Hill was one of the days very few people show up at all. When plethora of group workout classes every day hard we were working. At the same time, it world’s top sport climbers. She is best known asked, some people didn’t know that it was that may not be challenging, but are still was so much fun being able to work out in a for being the irst person to free climb he Nose still a thing. Others claimed that they went to incredibly fun and rewarding. large group with an instructor that deinitely on El Capitan and also for her sub-24-hour the gym at other times of the week. One male A schedule of the diferent classes ofered knows what she’s doing. he great playlist was ascent of he Nose a year later. stated that he can’t go to the Ritt Kellogg Gym each block can be found under the itness deinitely a plus, too.” Ever since Hill broke into the male bastion of at all because Wednesday from 4 to 6 is the only section of the Sports and Recreation page on he classes have become an increasingly Yosemite climbing, many women have proven time during his busy week that he has free time the Colorado College website. Classes are popular option for sports teams to stay in that they can hold their own in the sport. In to climb. ofered seven days a week from as early as 7:15 shape during their ofseason. he Women’s recent years, more women have joined the he lack of excitement has led some students a.m. to as late as 9 p.m. A few of the classes Club Rugby Team frequently goes to the Yoga sport of climbing than ever before. to question whether Women’s Wednesday is include: Zumba, Step Up Total Body Fitness, Sculpt class, and has nothing but good things he Colorado College Ritt Kellogg Climbing still necessary or wanted. Sunrise Yoga, and Boxing. to say about it. Junior Nora Holmes said, “It Gym is the unoicial headquarters for the “I was in the gym on Monday evening and All classes are taught by experienced CC was so much fun: the most fun ever! I loved it climbing community. It is common to see a there were about 30 men in the gym, some students who love what they do. First-year Bita so much.” First-year Charlotte Majercik said, “I mix of guys and girls in the climbing gym at any with shirts on, some not,” said sophomore gym Kavoosi teaches the only Zumba class ofered really loved getting to workout with my team in given time. monitor Nikki Mills. “he only women in the at CC. When asked why she chose to earn a a totally new and really challenging way. I was “I’d say as a woman I deinitely notice the gym were myself and the other monitor. For Zumba teacher certiication, Kavoosi said, deinitely sore for the next couple of days after diference in ratio,” said irst-year Hiromi a woman, especially a beginner, that scene “When I was younger, my mom used to make this class.” Kondo, “but everyone is always willing to help would be incredibly intimidating. hat’s why me go to classes at the gym by our house, and Anyone—not just members of a sports you out and there are always diferent levels of it’s important to have a designated two hours I instantly loved it. I can dance to great music, team—can participate in these classes: no climbers, which can make the diference less for women to climb together without the get an incredible workout, and be with my sign up required. he CC community is stark.” machismo attitude permeating such a small friends all at the same time.” incredibly fortunate to have free access to Despite the noticeable gender gap, the Ritt space.” Sophomore Maria Cortner teaches the Step such challenging classes with such dedicated Kellogg Gym strives to encourage women in Women’s Wednesday has become a tradition Up Total Body Fitness class, and she loves how instructors. I encourage even more people the sport of climbing. One such way is through for a reason. Despite criticisms, it is still seen it has completely changed working out for her. to visit the gym and take advantage of this the weekly event Women’s Wednesday. It is an as a necessary and beneicial event. here can “I really like to workout every day just to feel opportunity. “Everyone should come and at event every Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. where always be improvement of the gender norms in happier in general, but something about the least try one workout class,” said Cortner. “It’s only individuals who identify as female are climbing. Likewise, it introduces people to the group workout dynamic really changed my not awkward; it’s so fun, and it changes your permitted to climb. sport who have not tried it otherwise. relationship with exercise, making working relationship with working out by making it No one close to the gym remembers when out so much more exciting and rewarding something you can look forward to. It’s also so for me,” said Cortner. “Working out in a class good for you and allows everyone to have the environment like Total Body Fitness also made feeling of being a part of a team, even if it’s only me so much more conscious of what parts of for one hour each day.” my body I use while working out, and it’s more

A group of first-years try their hand at bouldering in the Colorado College Ritt Kellogg Climbing Gym for the first time. Left: First- year Cat Gill on a V3-rated bouldering route. Right: First-year Meredith Fossitt on a harder V5 bouldering route. Women’s Wednesday occurs every week.

Photos By Mary Murphy 10 he Catalyst • Active Life • February 10, 2017

A Conversation with Conservationist and Outdoorsman James Mills

By JOE PURTELL

James Mills stands in front of some 50 make someone who doesn’t look like that feel people in Slocum Commons to speak about welcome, you need to show them that image, diversity in the outdoors. He is at Colorado because those images do indeed exist. College touring with his ilm An American Ascent, which documents the irst attempt JP: It seems that the stories of people of on Denali—North America’s highest peak— color in outdoor history are present, but by an all-African American team. “here is erased. Do you see that happening? no racial component in how to stay warm,” Mills stated. Still, the narratives displayed in JM: If you take a look at the Western cowboy, the outdoor industry are dominated by white statistically one in ive of those cowboys faces. Mills, an outdoorsman, ilm producer, was black. Is that relected in a John Wayne and adventure writer, has worked on diversity movie? When you systematically scrub an in the outdoors as well as conservation and entire demographic of the population from a sustainability throughout his 20+ year career narrative, you will have a generation of young as a journalist. After he addressed a group people growing up and thinking they have no of students, I had the chance to speak with place there because they haven’t been told in him about how he became involved with the these stories. outdoors. JP: How does “An American Ascent” difer JP: What drew you to the outdoors? from the standard outdoor story?

JM: My experience in the outdoors is JM: Our team doesn’t summit. Had they identical to most people, at least of my age. summited, I think we would have gotten more I was in the Boy Scouts. I was the son of a attraction. I actually had the guys at Reel Rock prominent attorney in Los Angeles so my tell me, “they didn’t summit: how is that a family wasn’t hurting for money. We took story?” As far as I’m concerned, the expedition family vacations at the cabin. We went ishing, was incredibly successful. he fact that this is we went skiing, we had those opportunities still culturally and socially relevant, the fact growing up. he biggest thing that draws me that we can actually move this conversation in is that it’s so diferent from the everyday. To forward. If we’re talking about a generation of me the outdoors is this wonderful, constantly people who have been told outdoor recreation isn’t for them, and they even attempt the changing environment that is always going to James Mills, author of “The Adventure Gap”, and producer of a new film, “An American Ascent”. test me as a human being in a diferent way. highest summit in North America, to me that Photo Courtesy of James Mills is a great story. JP: How does imagery afect diversity in the outdoor industry? JP: Do you ever feel pidgeon-holed as a what people do, and try very hard to put it in because we need to know where our food writer? the context of something that’s meaningful. I comes from. JM: Up until very recently you would never don’t make stuf up. I don’t embellish. I want he reason why I started this work in the see a person of color in Climbing Magazine, JM: Yes. And I’ve got to tell you I desperately the average person to say, “Yes, I can think irst place was because no one else was doing Outside Magazine, Backpacker, or even try to avoid that, being put in that position. of myself in those circumstances, and now I it in a substantive, meaningful way. I think a Alpinist Magazine, which has published Because frankly, it’s very limiting to me as an think about this in a completely diferent way.” large part of what made Expedition Denali several of my articles now. I’m not suggesting artist. Frankly, for me it’s boring. More to the here are many more people working on successful was that I already had a pedigree of that was deliberate, it just wasn’t explicit. point, I never wanted to be this guy. I was more this now than when I irst started, so now I can doing this stuf for almost ive years. I needed People typically show images of what they interested in just being a competent adventure start working on other things. A big project to be that guy, at least long enough to get this consider the ideal of something, that’s what writer than a competent adventure writer with that I’m working on right now is private land story out. advertising is. When you’re talking about a specialty in diversity and inclusion. Sadly, management and how ranchers and farmers Now that it’s out, and people are talking outdoor recreation, a person who spends time that limits my audience. work with the lack of topsoil. here’s not a about it, I can be another guy. in the outdoors, I’m just going to say it, it looks I’ve had people berate me for constantly black person in this story, and there’s not a like you. An aluent-looking white person stirring up trouble. For being the guy who disproportionate inluence of people of color. with a beard and a comfortable sweater. imposes controversy where there is none. his is as far as I’ve been from this topic in a hat’s what you expect to see. In order to I’m not an advocate really, I just write about while, but still talking about the environment, The Death of the Ski Bum and Intentional Tourism

By SOPHIA SKELLY

“he ski bum is extinct,” resort worker that focuses on issues related to water. While their knowledge of environmental issues is imperative. he Sense of Place Trips ofer Ian Johnson declared. his sentiment was water disputes are much more contentious surrounding Colorado’s favorite winter sport. an opportunity for students and faculty alike echoed by many ski resort workers featured in the summer months, securing water rights he Sense of Place Trips are an amazing to develop a conscious way to participate in in my Catalyst article from two weeks ago for snowmaking is a top priority for most ski opportunity for students looking to learn outdoor sports. entitled, “Resort Reality: Ski Employees Face resorts in the winter. more about Southern Colorado. Although the Financial Nightmares”. In the past, a ski bum he 2016 trip had the opportunity to upcoming ski trip already has a long waitlist, From left to right: Visiting Professor Kyle Whit- could work two days a week and ski ive, hear from Anthropology Professor Sarah the Sustainability Oice organizes a trip each tinghill from University of Pittsburgh, Ian while nowadays, most resort employees work Hautzinger, who provided a wealth of block. Creating an intentional space to relect Johnson, and Professor Sarah Hautzinger on the ive and ski two. he classic ski bum lifestyle knowledge to attendees, mostly regarding upon the impacts of our recreational activity Sense of Place trip in 2016. is disappearing and the growth of mountain real estate. Property prices Photo Courtesy of Ian Johnson towns throughout the West is to blame. in communities afected Johnson inds the exponential growth and by expansion continue to the increasingly elitist nature of mountain skyrocket. As a result, skiing has towns unsettling. become even more exclusive. An upcoming Colorado College-sponsored When asked when things Sense of Place trip, “Not Your Average Ski began to change, Ian Johnson Trip,” aims to educate the CC student body said, “Since the 1990s, the about the current reality. Last year, the trip overall cost of skiing has gone took place over the weekend and was well up exponentially, creating an attended by faculty, staf, and students. his elitism I wish didn’t exist.” year, a group will head up to Copper Mountain his year, in Hautzinger’s for a Block Break. Last year, for comparison’s place, the Oice of Field Study sake, trip attendees navigated the local brought in William Philpott, transportation system. Public transportation author of “Vacationland: often takes longer than driving straight into Tourism and Environment in the sprawling parking lots that have become the Colorado High Country.” common features of most resorts. Johnson hose who choose to attend asserted that it is important for people the Sense of Place trip will have to understand that there are sustainable the opportunity to speak with options worthy of attention. he weekend both Philpott and members included an opportunity to meet with the of the Green Team at Copper “Green Team” at Copper Mountain, a group Mountain in order to expand 11

February 10, 2017 Life The Catalyst

Photo by Daniel Sarch É Cornerstone Wall Murals: “The Man Behind the Chalk”

By JONATHAN TIGNOR

Built in 2008 and LEED certified lined with a variety of art-related topics, developing a healthy atmosphere for an he commented. (Leadership in Energy and Environmental such as quotes about theatre, directing, arts building, even if not every class in After he gets around to erasing the slew Design), Cornerstone Arts Center is one of film, or even Shakespeare. “I’ve sort of Cornerstone has to do directly with fine of Shakespearian insults that fill the walls the newer and more modern buildings at appointed myself to do the blackboards arts. “I do think the building is rather from the floor to the ceiling (which is Colorado College, though it is also perhaps because otherwise they’re blank . . . One brutal. And I think having something on apparently a huge pain to do), Manley the weirdest. Performances and art exhibits time I wrote a whole play up there,” laughed these walls softens that . . . It says almost isn’t totally sure of what to do next. “My aside, the building itself is rather quirky. Manley. Most recently, he made use of his immediately, ‘this is an art building.’” wife is an artist so we’ve done some with One particular feature of Cornerstone that knack for writing in straight lines to fill the This isn’t to say that only art students drawings. I’d like to do more of that – more is often overlooked would be the two story walls with Shakespearian insults (“Away, who find themselves stuck in Cornerstone visual stuff to support quotes or words.” In walls of blackboard that line the elevator you three-inch fool!”). should experience Manley’s chalk display; any case, he wants the board beautiful and and main staircase. While it is a mystery It is almost impossible to enter rather, he hopes to catch the eyes of anyone inspiring. as to why these walls were ever included Cornerstone and miss these walls, who passes by: “Arts are sort of undersold However, Manley will eventually have to in the first place, they have been put to use especially if you have class there. Manley on campus, really. [Comparatively], pass the torch. “I’ll have to retire one day; it by Andrew Manley – the man behind the understands the woes of the Block Plan, America is not a very artistic country, dare is a thought I have. I’d hate to see [the walls] chalk. and he hopes that his pseudo-exhibit can I say, and I think we need to take every blank or with just any old thing, then it’s “Other people used them a bit more in the provide inspiration and motivation when opportunity to push art’s importance in just a mess,” he contemplated. Though the early days, but now it seems to be just me,” students need most: “Often you do classes people’s lives.” Art should be present in job may seem daunting, Manley welcomes said Manley lightheartedly. As it turns out, in here and you get bogged down from anyone’s life, in some shape or form, and students to do some work themselves. And, Manley has been the driving force behind the everyday of the class and lose sight Manley aims to draw it out. “Art is in our hopefully, one day he will find someone much of the creativity that finds its way [of the arts].” According to Manley, having DNA in many ways, isn’t it? So to stick it up will keep the atmosphere alive once he’s onto the walls. In the past, they have been statements reflecting art is important in on the wall makes it much more present,” gone. SOCC n' Roll: CC Artists Showcase Talents

By ZASCHA FOX Founded in 2008 and headquartered on the first floor of All three student performances brought something The SOCC's event will take place during Block 6, along Loomis Hall, the Sounds of Colorado College (SOCC) is different to the stage, creating an eclectic and diverse set with the numerous weekly radio shows that the SOCC is responsible for much of the music scene at CC. The SOCC of music. Seal Eggs, the stage name of sophomore Gwen continuously offering. Their website, thesocc.org gives actively facilitates the CC student radio station, blockly Wolfenbarger “makes really ambient beautiful songs,” Kies students full access to their radio program schedule as well music performances, and a website for “music reviews and commented. “It just sort of completely filled the space as their extensive music reviews including a “song of the musician publicity.” and put everyone into some sort of meditative state.” He day” to broaden your musical horizons. Event manager for the SOCC, junior sociology major and added that it was a great opening for the show, since it got studio art minor Nelson Kies got involved with the SOCC as everyone in a great place to hear the rest of the music. a first-year when he started his own radio show on Friday The Wet Dreamers, the showcase’s second act, is a group nights playing “upbeat, rambunctious music.” From there, of senior musicians who have played numerous shows he “immediately jumped in on getting into events, which at CC over the years. “I thought they deserved the stage is something that [he’s] been into since the beginning of since they’ve given so much to our community and they’re college.” It’s “such a good community and fun thing to do always so willing to play live music.” Cisco the Nomad and every week, since there’s lots of creative space within the Bruce Leanin (of the rap collective Sketch Fam) closed out SOCC,” said Kies. the show. “Clay has made a lot of really good songs,” said Much of Kies’ recent effort within the SOCC has been Kies. I didn’t think that enough people have seen his talent focused on event planning. Last Saturday night, Kies in terms of rapping,” and a lot of people who were there facilitated the second student showcase of the year; an typically wouldn’t have seen him. “He killed it on stage,” “empowering experience” for everyone involved. The Kies added. In addition to the visual and auditory art, Kies showcase took place at 802 N. Nevada, a gallery space arranged for food to be catered by The Last Supper, a group run by the art department. The showcase featured three of sophomores trying to start up an eatery. “They made student artists along with an assortment of visual and delicious pork buns and mushroom buns as well as these culinary artwork specially curated and collected by Kies. really tasty, well-seasoned edamame,” Kies said. “They do Planning the event with all student bands “is a lot easier a great job and they really work hard at it.” than planning an event with an off campus band,” said Kies is already looking forward to next block’s event, Kies. “All these musicians and artists are here within this which he describes as “a really fun dance party. I’m trying four block radius. I’m also a studio art minor, and I know to get a producer/DJ called Flamingosis to come and do a people that are constantly producing new art.” Exhibited set. Hopefully I would get a student musician to open up Photo by Daniel SarchÉ artwork included photography, paintings, and sculptures. for him.” 12 he Catalyst • Life • February 10, 2017

"After Before:" The Remnants of Instant Gratification

By MOLLY DUNN

It’s something many of us experience consequence of overconsumption. Verburg every day: the crinkle of a granola bar snaps lone pieces of garbage occupying the wrapper ripping apart, the pop of a fresh Italian waterways- examples of the repellent Yerba Maté bottle opening, the screechy ‘after’ deined by their apparent use. hese squeal before a munch of Cheetos or chips. shots are quick and unreined, taken with a But what happens to the remnants of these digital point and shoot camera. instant gratiications? heir rawness emphasizes the banality of Minneapolis artist JoAnn Verburg’s photo pollution; the litter that graces each frame is series, "After Before," an exhibition currently a commonplace ind. Alone a crushed juice displayed in Cornerstone Art Center’s IDEA box bobs in green waters. A sloppy paper Space until March 11, provides some insight. towel languishes in mud. Focused on everyday objects, "After In contrast, Verburg’s ‘before’ stills take Before" examines the pervasive sense on a highly calculated creative direction. of consumerism within modern society, Elegantly framed, the mundane objects she underlining both our addiction to the shiny photographs read as precious treasures. and new, and our disregard for the used. Although these articles- a basketball Verburg holds a BA in sociology from delicately perched on the edge of a table, Ohio Wesleyan University and an MFA in a banana lounging against a wall, a rose photography from the Rochester Institute clasped between aged hands, are nothing of Technology. Her master’s thesis focused short of products one can ind in their photography’s capacity to convey motion neighborhood Walmart, they possess and create a sense of time. inherent value. We ind these items are he artist is known for her ability to beautiful because of the wants and needs produce photographs that transcend single they fulill. We desire them. moments, as the she lends vitality and Together, the trash and treasures of "After volatility to each subject she captures. Before" highlight the drug-like qualities Verburg often focuses on the natural of modern materialism. By giving objects world, exploring the “energy and sensuality” personality, Verburg emphasizes the of nature. Her work is in the permanent abusive nature of consumption. collections of the LACMA, the Museum of Like abandoned lovers, items pined after Fine Arts in Houston, MoMA, the National in one moment are discarded the next. Portrait Gallery in D.C., the San Francisco Thus, Verburg presents the viewer with a Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney timeline of gratification: first by provoking Museum of American Art in New York. our lust for satisfaction and finally by She has held teaching positions at the displaying our apathy toward material Minneapolis College of Art and Design, deemed useless. Yale University, and our very own Colorado The artist’s presentation of pollution College. adds another level of pessimism to "After Before" is appropriately set in the collection, as Verburg shows the the canals of Venice, a city whose fate is destruction of a once beautiful landmark, Photos by Daniel Sarch É determined by rising sea levels, a likely fueled by society’s hedonistic tendencies.

Hop-Ed: Local Relic A weekly review of local beers for Colorado College students by Colorado College students

By BRANDON MARCUS & CHRISTOPHER BIRTCH

• • the carbonation seemed quite faint when drinking this style. of liquor stores around the Springs including local favorites: Local Relic With a short inish that was a little bitter, this beer is quite Weber Street Liquor and Coaltrain Wine and Spirits. his As the name entails, this brewery is focused on local in- drinkable. brewery has special collaboration beers that can only be gredients and, after it’s founding in 2014, is making some found while dining at 503W located at 503 West Colorado big moves. With a team of diehard beer enthusiasts working #2: Chinook Wild Ale Ave. With handprinted labels and interesting bottles, this is together, Local Relic produces unique styles with a seasonal his wild ale is a 9.4% alcohol by volume and was ferment- a beer you will not likely pass over! focus with a range of beers from stouts to sours, IPAs to por- ed with brettanomyces, a yeast that is often found in sour ters. Currently, they only bottle from their brewing house styles. It was wet hopped with 100% Chinook Hops grown in on South Weber Street, but have recently decided to pursue the nearby front-range area. his beer has a cloudy copper opening a taproom. After plans fell through to be part of color with a good head. he aromas are somewhat strong multi-use space on Cascade, the brewery is in the process and smell fully of the brettanomyces yeast. he lavor is of purchasing and converting the historic gothic era Payne mildly sour with hoppy undertones. A very easy drinking Chapel, located downtown. Originally constructed in the beer for the high percent, but not very balanced on palate. 1890s, this gorgeous church has 6,500 square feet of usable he body is medium-light with faint carbonation. It has a space on two loors and an outdoor space for a beergarden. gentle mouth-coating sensation along with a satisfying and While a grand opening date has not yet been set, keep your refreshing feel. he inish is short but sour and the lavor eyes peeled for the opening of this exceptional new drinking proile expands as you drink. venue. In the meantime, check out what the brewery has to ofer as they release over 200 diferent styles throughout the #3: Maple Walnut Ale year. he goal is to change how you enjoy a craft brew with a his ale has a 10.4% alcohol by volume and is quite enjoy- focus on seasonality and local source. Beware, because you able for such a strong style. It is a golden ale brewed with may ind a beer you really enjoy and not be able to get it maple syrup and black walnuts, which are two prevalent in- again. Based on what we tried, the use of fresh, local, or- gredients throughout. It has a cloudy light brown color and ganic ingredients really hits the spot! a good head. he aroma instantly reminds you of maple. he scent is sweet and gentle with a mild walnut undertone. he lavor immediately comes out in a sweet honey proile, fol- Review of Flagship Styles: lowed by grainy malty tastes. As Topher stated, “this beer tastes like breakfast” and really reminds you of those home #1: Blueberry Black Saison cooked meals on cold winter mornings where you just want his interesting saison comes in at a 7.6% alcohol by vol- to bundle up and hibernate. With a light body and faint car- ume and has a nice dark brown, clear color. It is a Belgian bonation, this beer goes down easy. he mouthfeel is fairly style black ale brewed with local organic blueberries, which full, but leaves a pleasing and warming sensation. A short really shows the brewery's dedication to seasonal focuses. hoppy inish leaves you with a lingering sweetness causing he aromas are faint but sweet with the melding scent of one to only desire another delicious sip. blueberries and toasted malts. he initial lavor leans to- wards the sweeter side with the malts coming out later. he Where to Drink body is medium-full and leaves a creamy and frothy sensa- Until the taproom opens, the only place to enjoy this beer Photo By Phillip Engh tion in the mouth. While it poured with a good strong head, is in your own home. he bottles are available at a number 13 he Catalyst • Life • February 10, 2017

Worth the Wait? What it Takes to Enroll in an Art Adjunct

By BECCA STINE

Cartoon By Caroline Li Every fourth Monday, it used to be that students would wake or needs of students. Greg said, "we're pretty much maxed out Fourth Mondays are sometimes too much, however, for the up before sunrise, at the early hour of 5:00 a.m., to make it to in terms of storage for pots, storage for glazed pots...we've got students that are genuinely interested and passionate about Worner before other students, and ensure a place in an art about 45 students that use the studio every block, and I don’t pottery. "he rest of fourth week is like getting continuously adjunct for the following block. Over time, however, students' think we could add more students without really maxing out slapped in the face with bricks. hen you have an exam," competitive nature has risen to the surface, and this lineup the space." It seems as though the exclusivity of the ceramics said Stuart Webb, a sophomore, and avid potter at CC. now begins to form starting from the late hours of 10:30-11:00 adjunct is one that cannot be changed, although this then Consequently, there has been discussion about having a p.m. the previous Sunday night. In order to ensure and claim presents the ultimate question of, "how much do you care," lottery system, although Greg said, "students are very much their position, students began to line their shoes up in front and how far will CC students be willing to go in order to opposed to that because they consider that to be just pure of the Worner desk, and then ind a not-so-comfortable place ensure a spot in the adjunct? chance...whereas students that know that if they go and camp to sleep nearby. Mounds of sleeping bags, couches pulled hus, the existence of the shoe lineup. Waking up at 5:00 out in the Worner center at 11:00 at night and are there when together to form make-shift mattresses, and sometimes a.m., however, was not enough, Greg said, "then some it opens in the morning, then they have a pretty good chance just the old carpeted loor of Worner house sleeping bodies students got this idea of, well I'll get over there at 11:00 at of getting in, if they get there early enough." of dedicated CC students until 8:00 a.m. on fourth Monday night, and put my shoes in place, and go back to my dorm, Students have also raised the idea of an application process, morning of the block. get a nice nights sleep, and come back all fresh at 7:00 in the "which I have a lot of reservations about," said Nora Watkins, Although it probably goes without saying, art adjuncts at CC morning... look there's my shoes, I'm number 3!" Greg, who a student instructor in the studio, "especially for people who are loved by it's students, and they will venture to extremes to has been observing the evolution of this sign up process haven't done a lot of it, their arguments aren't going to be ensure a spot in things like jewelry making, spoon molding, over the years, cannot ind a better solution for the brutal quite as convincing as people who've been down here." Other ceramics, weaving, etc. Ceramics, however, has always sign up process, "you know, it's pretty interesting, it's kind of students have suggested allowing seniors priority, but Libby seemed to prove most desired. "It's kind of a mixed blessing, comical," he said. Johnson, a senior at CC said, "I'm a senior, and I don’t like you know," said Greg Marshall, the ceramics instructor at CC. he problem continues, however, as students became that idea..." Greg has been working in the ceramics studio at CC for 17 aggravated by other students who weren't actually spending Chase Brown, a local to the CC ceramics studio, said, "I years now, and has witnessed the development of the signup the night waiting it out in the Worner center, Greg said, "so think requiring people to stay in line is beneicial because it process. we made another policy that you have to be attached to your truly shows who is the most dedicated. he people who stand "It's great that so many students do want to try and get shoes somehow...so then student came up with, well lets just in line are the ones that really, really, really, want to be there." down here, I just think that says a lot for the program...how tie a string from your shoes...and you're connected to your Despite the terribly tired Monday that many experience after important it is to the students. I wish we could accommodate shoes by a string." his is where we're at now, and it seems the lineup, and the reality that many students line up and more, but just don’t know how at this point in time," he said. to be working well: a fair test of students' levels of caring and still don't make it into the adjunct of their choice, this process Like many other facilities on campus, the ceramics studio is interest, and one in which there is no choice but to wait it out, seems aligned with an overall spirit of CC: Show how much one that just doesn’t have enough space to match the interest, "So we provide a roll of string," Greg said, (he laughs). you care! Broomball: More than Meets the Ice

By ELISE GLASER

When prepositioned with the question “is irst-year winter starts, for example, joined hough many would be doubtful or we know intramurals are fun regardless of it a good idea to run on ice?” the majority of the broomball league under the name of altogether unwilling to play a sport that score, or because we simply want the pleasure the population would most certainly respond, “Winterstars.” involves running on ice, CC students often say of seeing our friends fall on their faces, we will “no.” Running on a surface with minimal Member of the Winterstars, Sarah yes without hesitation. Whether it’s because always be ready for a game of broomball. friction leads to falling, and falling is generally Pokelwaldt assured that “running on ice was an unfavorable predicament. However, a sport a struggle” while Madison Wilkinson, another exists in which running and falling on ice is a Winterstars member, added that she was “just critical component of the game. Taken very not coordinated at all.” Regardless of these seriously by its competitors, this infamous common challenges, both girls spent a lot of sport is known as ice broomball. the game on the ice, and were not crushed Most closely related to hockey, broomball when the scoreboard showed a scorching is played on an ice rink with two competing eleven-to-one defeat. However, the score was teams attempt to score goals against one never the motive for playing, rather it was another. Instead of skates, broomball the general sense of comradery and thrill of players wear shoes, and rather than pucks, competition. Starr believes CC’s large student participants chase a heavy ball. Traditional involvement in intramurals is a relection of hockey sticks are replaced by “brooms,” which “Our student body,” which he believe to be “by essentially consist of sticks with triangular nature incredibly competitive; it [intramurals] rubber heads. Broomball rules are very similar provides an outlet for that competitiveness.” to hockey, including penalties for ofsides, Students participate in intramural sports icing, and high sticks. as they provide an outlet to compete, get Chris Starr, Director of Recreation at the physical, and spend quality time with other Fitness Center, explained that broomball at students. Due to our involved, inclusive, CC has been an intramural sport for over competitive nature, Colorado College is 26 years. Although many students were ranked #4 in the Princeton Review for best unfamiliar with the sport until arriving at intramural involvement. Perhaps one of college, it is undisputedly one of the most the reasons we are ranked so highly is that popular intramural sports at CC. Part of the students don’t just sign up for the sports they fun of broomball is that “you don’t see as are familiar with, such as soccer or basketball, many of the discrepancies in skill that you but willingly throw themselves into sports like see in hockey or other sports; pretty much ice broomball or innertube water polo. everyone can play at the same kind of level,” Furthermore, Starr believes intramurals can broomball supervisor Braeden Young said. act as an equalizing force, “recreation allows he majority of the students who sign up have us to transcend some of those barriers and never played before; therefore most players fences we put around ourselves. Whatever start out at a similar level. those things are that make you you, and me So how did broomball acquire such a high me, become even on a level playing ield like level of involvement when few students had broomball.” Intramurals also help students ever heard of it before college, and even maintain friendships throughout their fewer had played before? Young chalks it up college years; according to Young, “playing to a general student attitude: “everyone likes intramurals, especially as upperclassmen, to be active regardless of their skill, which helps you continue the same team, therefore is awesome.” Students often join intramural reconvening with diferent groups of friends sports regardless of experience. A group of and keeping social ties.” Photos Courtesy of Elizabeth Baker 14

February 10, 2017 Opinion The Catalyst An Active Life Won’t Fix Obesity

By MAX KRONSTADT

Today, approximately 17 percent of chil- ing, harvesting, and serving a vegetable. dren in the U.S. between the ages of two That is where agricultural subsidies come and 19 are obese. The number is much in. higher for adults, hovering around 36.5 Subsidies for the meat and dairy indus- percent. Obesity rates have risen steadily tries make up 73.8 percent of total federal over the past 30 to 40 years. Not only has agricultural subsidies, even though those the recent rise strained healthcare infra- food groups represent less than a third of structure in the U.S., it has also had detri- a well-balanced diet. Subsidies for grains mental effects upon the quality of life and account for just 13.2 percent of total fed- long-term health of those who suffer. eral subsidies even though they make up Obesity has received more attention 40 percent of a balanced diet. Fruit and than ever in recent years. Schools, par- vegetable subsidies combined make up a ents, doctors, and politicians are encour- whopping .37 percent of total federal ag- aging healthy eating habits and physical ricultural subsidies, even though, as every exercise. Thanks to Michelle Obama’s 2010 first grader knows, they’re healthy. “Let’s Move” campaign, fighting obesity It is not clear why this is the case. One has become a national effort. popular theory is that as farming has be- However, recent initiatives have focused come industrialized, small farms have on combating only a few of the factors folded and massive corporations now contributing to the obesity epidemic. They dominate the market. These agricultural tend to ignore the persistent, systemic corporations have powerful lobbying ma- causes at the root of America’s alarming chines, giving them the freedom to affect national weight gain. federal subsidy allocation as they please. On the Let’s Move campaign website, the Such manipulation is most common in the causes of rising obesity rates are identi- meat industry. According to a report by the fied as increased screen time, less physical Grace Communications Foundation, “in activity, larger meal portions, and fewer 2007, four corporations slaughtered 83.5 gym classes in schools, to name a few. Al- Illustration By Charolette Wall percent of the nation’s beef, 66 percent of though these trends are pertinent to the is- the pork and 58.5 percent of the poultry.” sue, the Let’s Move data lacks what most have to spend over $20. That, in addition outpacing increases in all other categories. As a result, these corporations are monop- mainstream political conversations on to the amount of time required to purchase Low-income men do not follow the same olizing the industry. obesity do as well: a comprehensive look fast food compared to the amount of time trend because they often work jobs that are Regardless of how it was born, if the at federal agricultural subsidies and their required to cook healthy food, makes fast physically demanding, burning off most of U.S. intends to deal with its obesity epi- effect on the relative prices of healthy and food far more efficient and cost effective. the calories that they consume. demic, agricultural subsidy reform must unhealthy foods—an underlying issue that Therefore, persons of low-socioeco- In order to address the issue in earnest, be included in the agenda. Reallocating is a major driving force behind America’s nomic status are especially susceptible to healthy food must be cheaper and more subsidies for fruits, vegetables, and grains obesity problem. obesity. According to a report by the U.S. accessible. This issue begs the question, would go a long way in making a healthy A McDonald’s Big Mac meal, which in- Centers for Disease Control in 2014, obe- why is healthy food so much more expen- lifestyle more affordable for every Ameri- cludes fries and a drink, costs just under sity disproportionately affects low-income sive than fast food in the first place? There can. six dollars and contains 930 calories. To get women and children. Since 2000, obesity is no apparent reason why raising, kill- And yes, we need to continue to encour- the same number of calories from green rates amongst these communities have ing, processing, and cooking a cow into a age kids to make nutritious dietary choices peas, a high caloric vegetable, one would jumped from 14 percent to 15.9 percent, cheeseburger should cost less than plant- and get outside every day as well.

Football Meets Feminism: Let the Girls Play

By NATALIE GUBBAY

On Sunday, the New England Patriots evelt—an embodiment of the ideal Ameri- from New England, Deflategate has less to to aggression and the pursuit of victory. won Super Bowl LI with a record-setting can man—once said, “In life, as in a football do with Brady’s innocence than his pun- Women are entitled to enjoy a physical ac- comeback. They overcame a 25-point Fal- game, the principle to follow is: hit the line ishment. What makes me most angry is the tivity regardless of whether they are good cons lead and Tom Brady threw for 466 hard; don’t foul and don’t shirk, but hit the fact that Brady recevied a suspension twice at it. Women are entitled to love something yards to earn his fifth Super Bowl victory. line hard.” We see in football a proxy of the as long as Ray Rice’s initial suspension for that is an impressive athletic feat, regard- Over 111 million people watched the Pa- American Dream; with hard work, superior sexual assault. What Deflategate should less of whether they know what a play-ac- triots running back, James White, rush skill, brute strength, and almost militaris- have emphasized more than it did—and I’ll tion is. the final two yards for a game-winning tic courage, you can pull yourself up from admit New England fans are responsible Female fans abhor the Ray Rice scandal, OT touchdown. To put that in perspective, the lowest of lows—from poverty, or, in this for this—was the league’s embarrassingly they abhor coaches that use gender-based Game 7 of the 2016 NBA finals drew an av- case, a 25-point deficit. This is a dream that obvious attempt to sweep aside issues of insults to motivate their players, but they erage of only 31 million is fundamentally mas- domestic violence. Amy Trask, former CEO revel in that perfect catch or blitz as much viewers; the Chicago culine. of the Oakland Raiders, put it this way: as the next person. The game’s brutality Cubs’ historic victory in he idea that football has There is an aspect of “We may abhor certain things, but we still is why female fans, who comprise no less the 2016 World Series to die in a gender-equal feminism that says foot- watch. As such, our criticism of the teams than 45 percent of the NFL’s fan base, watch drew an average of 40 society actually reinforces ball is outdated. The we watch and cheer on is, to some extent, and play; that’s why we all watch and play. million. There are pro glorification of violence, intellectually dishonest—we are complicit.” To suggest otherwise belittles the feminine sports and then there is the gender roles we’re fans’ drunken aggres- Football, as an arm of male culture, cer- claim to the masculine, while validating the pro American football. trying to dismantle. sion, locker room talk, tainly has gender implications, and the masculine claim to the feminine–which is While baseball may be and the image of mini- NFL’s minimal response to sexual assault is just another form of inequality. known as “America’s mally clothed cheer- inexcusable. But the idea that football has So, actually watching football as a femi- pastime,” it’s clear that football takes on a leaders rooting for “their guys” (yikes) all to die in a gender-equal society actually nist isn’t intellectually dishonest at all. cultural significance as unique as the game promote an understanding of gender that reinforces the gender roles we’re trying to On the contrary: it rejects the notion that itself. In fact, and altogether fittingly, the seems antiquated. Men are the valiant war- dismantle. Claiming football has to die be- power and strength are reserved for men. “savior of football” in the early 1900s was riors and women stand there in the cold fore women and men can be equal implies Symbolically, it rejects the reservation of none other than President Theodore Roos- and wave pom-poms. Then there’s league that women will never be equal to men in the American Dream itself for men, which evelt. Roosevelt created the Rough Riders, a commissioner Roger Goodell, whose in- the realm of football. And I don’t mean in is what feminists have been fighting all rag-tag volunteer army of athletes, hunters, competent handling of sexual assault cases the “put all women on the O-line and all along. If football is a last bastion for Ameri- and cowboys as a means to “liberate” Cuba makes being both a feminist and a football men on the D-line and see what happens” can men, we don’t need to make it fall. We from Spanish colonialism. Teddy Roos- fan even more problematic. For a lot of us sense. I mean, women are equally entitled need to invade it instead. 15 he Catalyst • Opinion • February 10, 2017 College Dreams Thwarted by Financial Schemes

By ANONYMOUS

I distinctly remember the day I received my acceptance letter from Colorado Col- lege. he weather had been bad and, as a re- sult, our internet connection was impaired. When the admission letters were released at 2 p.m. MST, I spent 30 minutes frantically trying to restart our router. Finally, I opened my email and discovered the good news: I got in. We all remember this moment dur- ing the admissions process. Acceptance made all of those months of worrying and scrambling for letters of recommendation worth it. However, I never realized the real struggle was not in getting the acceptance letter, it was in iguring out how to aford to attend. It was sobering to realize that the people in the Admission Oice who had de- cided I was a good it for the college would not be the people to make that dream acces- sible. In the recent study published by the New York Times, CC was ranked among the least economically diverse colleges in the nation. he median income of CC parents indicates that 78 percent of students come from a fam- Illustration By Ben Murphy ily that makes about $277,500 or higher each year. When interviewed by Catalyst writer to meet the diference between what she diiculties because she had a child who the attitude that our Financial Aid Oice Chaney Skilling, Vice President for Enroll- could aford to pay and the expected family was also going through the college admis- holds. As high school seniors we are given ment Mark Hatch seemed surprised by this contribution. his would place me in a debt sion process; however, she insisted there pamphlets and information sessions about income distribution, because he oversees of nearly half of my expected cost of atten- was nothing she could do. At the end of the how the hardest part of the college admis- a department that doesn’t necessarily deal dance, not including the cost of books and visit, she looked my mother directly in the sion process is getting in to schools and that with the inancial implications of attending supplies. Dismayed, I called my incredibly eyes and told her “I didn’t let my kid apply private, prestigious institutions should have CC. he Admission Oice simply decides helpful Admission Oicer, Carrie Hanra- to schools that I couldn’t aford.” the most money to give. Most importantly, a which applicants are of the necessary cali- han, for advice. She sympathized with my Although that was a dark day in the college price tag shouldn’t make us shy away from ber for a CC education. Unfortunately, the situation and assured me that if I had been admission process and I had to momentari- applying. Yet our Financial Aid Oice re- Financial Aid Oice controls who can and admitted, I was wanted at CC, and there- ly part with the idea of attending my dream fuses to abandon the “price tag” mentality cannot attend CC, as I had the discomfort fore the college would try to help make my school, I am here now. I am not here because in which those who apply should be able to of discovering when I visited campus the attendance as afordable as possible. She the Financial Aid Oice made the price tag aford the cost. Inadvertently, the Financial spring of my senior year. recommended that I make an appointment manageable for my family. Nor am I here be- Aid Oice marginalizes the middle-class My mother and I traveled to CC in order to with the Financial Aid Oice to discuss my cause suddenly and miraculously we found community at this school. While most of us look at the campus and talk to the Financial concerns. the extra income that inancial aid insisted are no longer subjected to the early inan- Aid Oice in March of 2016. I come from a So there I sat, holding my anxious moth- my mother was making. I have made it here cial aid process, this archaic ideology that single-income household with a father who er’s hand, waiting for our appointment. through a full-ride merit scholarship gifted considers higher-income students more de- has chosen to no longer be in the picture, When we inally met with an administrator to me through a private institution outside serving of a distinguished liberal arts edu- and, while my mother has been inancially to discuss our inancial aid standing, the of CC that secured my enrollment. While in cation continues, and, at the same time, the successful in her career endeavors, the fact woman was cold, unhelpful, and rude. We my case I was particularly blessed to receive cost of tuition at this college is increasing. that she is the sole breadwinner in a fam- thought of all the alternatives, asked about the funds necessary to attend this school, I he Admission Oice has been hard at ily of four places us in the upper middle our single-household income, the fact that realize that I was fortunate to receive such work creating a new class of CC students class. I had received my estimate from CC a my mother is on the brink of retirement, an honor and that many students aren’t as in an attempt to ix the diversity issue. his few weeks earlier, and my mother was dis- and the multiple dependents she cares lucky. In fact, many students who share my new class can either relect the diversity of mayed to discover the price was just outside for. All questions were met with little to no circumstances are at the mercy of the Fi- those admitted to CC or they can end up re- of what she could aford to pay for my col- wiggle room, and we were assured that she nancial Aid Oice. While I do not question lecting the same status quo in the inancial lege education. Logistically, I would have to was ofering us the best price she could. She the humanity of the Financial Aid Oice or aid process, continuing to decrease our eco- take out student loans plus additional loans attempted to sympathize with our inancial the people who work within it, I question nomic diversity as a whole.

The Propriety of Mourning on Facebook

By CAROLINE WILLIAMS

Facebook was initially created for col- I believe eulogy posts were wholly appro- son held in their life, and express love, but because the people who are hurt the most lege students to connect with each oth- priate. As Facebook has become a platform I believe there are more appropriate ways aren’t the ones on social media.” So, while er. However, it has transformed into a for satirical Trump articles, tagging friends to do so. Of course, Facebook and social the person who posted about Lilak’s friend global network used by all ages. Serving in cat memes, and insignificant BuzzFeed media come to mind as the best way to get meant well, it was difficult to hear such as a mechanism to watch recipe videos quizzes, it no longer seems appropriate. your message across to a vast amount of devastating news from a person who did and scroll through an absurd amount of I would like to make clear that I am not people, but one may trivialize the passing not know the deceased as well as she did. memes, Facebook, along with many other saying that anyone who posts about a re- by presenting it on a platform that contains Lilak’s point reveals something else, too. social media platforms, holds additional cently deceased person is in the wrong. much content of so little significance. Reading about a death on social media purposes. Facebook allows users to pres- Everyone deals with death differently and Additionally, it is necessary to consider is astonishing to the point that it seems ent the stages of life they pass through to must mourn in a way that works for them. that your post may reveal the death to some fake. Much of social media is fake, made all those who click the “friend” button on However, I believe it is worth considering people for the first time. Claire Wilmot, evident by the current political issues. If I their profile. Unfortunately, all stages are the following points. a writer for The Atlantic, said, “consider read about a death on social media, I must not optimistic. Deaths occur, and people First of all, consider the content sur- where you fall in the geography of a loss, confirm it with some other source. Until it post about them. For a long time, when I rounding a eulogy post. Obviously, many and tailor your behavior in response to is confirmed, I hold a feeling of disbelief. would see a close friend or even acquain- people use Facebook as a way to update the lead of those at the center.” A loss will How can one’s life be expressed in a digital tance post about a death, I would imme- their life stories. After graduation, I cannot impact many people. Your post may be the post? Instead of posting a Facebook mes- diately message them in order to show my explain how many posts I scrolled through post that informs many people of this loss sage to the masses, why not send a thought- support and sympathy. Public posts acted of girls and boys in graduation gowns or for the first time. “One of my best friends ful email, text, letter, or call to the family? as a way to inform one’s friends about a prom dresses; I was amongst them. When committed suicide a couple years ago Death is difficult, and it is incredibly hard passing. While I initially viewed eulogy a post appears that is mourning the dead and the hardest part for me was finding to cope with the loss of anyone. Under- posts as a normal means to mourn a re- amongst petty images and banal events, out about it over Twitter, from a girl who standably, people feel at ease by conduct- cent death, as Facebook evolved, so did my the weight of a death seems to lose impor- hardly even knew him,” said first-year Zoe ing themselves as they see fit in difficult thoughts. In a time when Facebook simply tance. I understand that people post as a Lilak. “It just doesn’t feel real when you situations. However, social media may not worked to connect and inform other users, way to grieve, express the influence a per- read news like that on a screen. Especially be the most appropriate way to do so. CC Happenings

Arts and Crafts Alumni Exhibition Fri., Feb.10, 1-6 p.m. This exhibition features work by 11 CC Alumni who spent quality time in the Arts + Crafts studios during their time as students. This exhibition will be in Coburn Gallery.

Slam Poetry Performance Fri., Feb. 10, 8-9 p.m. Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre is a hip hop artist, two-time National Poetry Slam champion.

Not Your Average Speed Dating Fri., Feb. 10, 8:30-10 p.m. SASS will host a speed dating session in Cornerstone Main Space.

GlobeMed Flaming Hot Dodgeball Tournament Fri., Feb. 10, 7-9 p.m. The tournament will be held in El Pomar Sports Center. Donations go to WOPLAH, the Western Organization for People Living with AIDS/HIV.

ATTENTION: JUNIORS

THE 2017 CC GRANTS IN WRITING

$15,000 for Block and Summer Projects

2016 Winners Hannah Fleming • Anna Holt • Jin Mei McMahon • Luke Walden

Applications Available in the English Department Armstrong 245 or on the English Department Website

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Wednesday, February 22, 3:30 pm

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2016 winners will be at this meeting to pitch their best business ideas to compete for up to $50,000 in seed money answer your questions. Wednesday Feb. 22, 2017 | 4-6 p.m. Richard F. Celeste Theatre Application Deadline: Monday, March 13, 2:00 pm Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center

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