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Carriage House access > February 25, 2011

catalystnewspaper.com Brianna Traxinger Staff Writer

hen Friday finally comes around, the Contraceptives Wweekend mindset takes over and stressed out students just want to relax, dance and hang and budget cuts out with their friends. After an exhausting week of classes, however, sometimes the last thing Gordon Matthewson students feel like doing is spending their hard- Staff Writer earned weekend nights fighting the drunken hew. Rough week for Congress. Debat- masses at house parties. Wing about fish, abortion and budget cuts Fortunately, CC’s Morreale Carriage House must have really made our civil servants’ ties has provided a great venue for campus bands to look rumpled after a hard day of work. It’s been perform in an intimate and casual setting. But said that making cuts to a budget is not only recent problems concerning excessive noise and about working hard to make the tough decisions destruction of property may be jeopardizing this about who to give less money to, but to make it creative space. look like it’s really straining on you and that you Located amidst the Language Houses behind are at least somewhat conflicted about the cuts Cascade, the Carriage House is a popular per- you have proposed. I can’t say that I disagree. formance stage and rehearsal building. Student likes trimming a budget, because groups not only put on shows there but also use inevitably, you have to decide who ends up get- the house at their leisure to practice throughout ting screwed. In this round it seems to be Title the week. X, the country’s family planning service. The Until recently, the system for reserving the House of Representatives voted to cut all $327 space was very straightforward and was man- million from the program, and instead use the aged by the SOCC. To play there, all a group The Carriage House, where students enjoy live music on campus. Photo by Josh Raab. money on noncontroversial methods of family needed to do was log on to SOCC.org and packed full of people and not always the ideal guitar amp, because he trusts that the other planning, such as contraceptives, health counsel- reserve a time slot, check in at the Worner desk place to socialize.” musicians respect each other’s gear even during ing, and cancer screenings. Wait…I don’t get it. to swap an ID card for a key and let Anyone who has experienced both the live Carriage House parties. He said that “this time What’s that changing, exactly? I thought Title X into the house. The SOCC no longer manages music at the Carriage House and the booming last semester, the C house felt like it was becom- provided all of those services… the Carriage House; instead, the administration stereo systems of a Weber residence can attest ing a well run community venue,” and like Hatch, No abortion! $#@% yeah! High fives all has taken over. to the benefits of the Carriage’s opportunity for laments that isolated and repeated incidents around, cigars are lit, Mike Pence (the author Rochelle Mason, Interim Associate Dean of fresh air, original sounds and some breathing concerning noise complaints, cops and smoking of the amendment) invites everyone over to his Students, and Lynnette DiRaddo, Worner Center room. Hatch’s band plays many of their own weed in the House have interfered with every- house off Rock Creek Parkway for a rager. He and Campus Reservations Manager – Student songs; he feels that the venue is an ideal “place one’s fr