Tigers Trump DU in Heated Gold Pan Series Five Percent Tuition Increase
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Life BATTLE OF THE BANDS PREVIEW14 FRIDAY Week 2, Block 6 February 28, 2014 catalystnewspaper.com Volume 44 • No. 17 CATALYST NEWS 2THECOMDEB 7 SPORTS 9 ACTIVE LIFE 11 LIFE 13 e independent student newspaper of Colorado College Five percent tuition increase �inalized for upcoming school year than it did the previous year, raising the BRIAN LEMEUR News and Online Editor attendance,in tuition costs for thosefor the living 2014-2015 on campus aca- mendationtee (a group to of President two students, Tiefenthaler �ive faculty, for If you’re coming back to CC next year, indemic a double year. Theroom increase with meal raises plan cost C, toof and �ive staff) makes a tuition recom- cost of a CC education from $51,470 to you should probably be thinking about efenthaler takes the recommendation to $54,534 for the 2013-2014 academic the upcoming school year. President Ti- year. This year’s increase pushes CC’s This past weekend, the Board of Trust- $57,162, from $54,534 this year. These Last April, the community was told tuition $6,145 over the 2013 median taking on another job this summer. �iguresEach year,do not the include campus the budget cost of commit- books, thatthe Board CC would of Trustees. cost six percent more household income of $51,017,TUITION: as pagefound 2 personal items, or travel expenses. ees approved a �ive percent increase Former Director of Campus Safety Pat Cunningham stands with Roy Garcia, the new Director of Campus Safety. Garcia has worked with CC since January when he was hired as the Associate Director. Photo by Esther Chan. Roy Garcia to become new Director of Campus Safety JACK SWEENEY Editor-in-Chief Senior Assistant Captain Jeff Collett shows off the Gold Pan to an excited crowd at the World Arena. The Tigers won the series with a 2-1-1 series record. Photo courtesy of Athletic Media Relations. Photo by Bryan Oller. pus, Pat Cunningham will be stepping down as Safety After 18 months of serving the Colorado College cam- Tigers trump DU in heated Gold Pan series DirectorIn his time March at CC, 15 Cunninghamto accept a similar has been position credited at withBel- gan, and the mood was optimistic within amont multitude University of insuccessful Nashville, investigations TN. and initia- NILA HORNER Staff Writer tives—from the arrest of the Loomis “Peeping Tom” to CC fans watched as nine different play- ersthe small– including squadron goal of scorers Tiger fans. Jared Han- Serving in Cunningham’s place as Director will be the of CC Tiger Hockey super fans loaded on son, Cody Bradley, and Christian Heil – the development of the Tiger Watch program. theAt community5:15 p.m. on bus Friday, to Denver,Feb. 21, hopefula group scored points on the nationally televised A desire to be closer to home and family, along with and nervous, to watch the Tigers score opener of the series against Denver Uni- workingnewly hired at his and alma former mater, Associate were cited Director, as Cunningham’s Roy Garcia. a win against long-time rivals, the Den- The small fan base went wild as sopho- moreversity. wingman Hanson brought the visi- requestedmain reasons to attendfor returning Belmont to mid-year Nashville. due Cunningham to the re- ver University Pioneers. After battling a A hard fought series: The Ti- graduated from Belmont University in 1988. He was traf�ic nightmare, they �inally made it to gers came away with the cov- Sporting black and gold in a sea of red, assisted by forward Archie Skalbeck and eted Gold Pan, but not without Garcia, who was brought on as Associate Director theyenemy made territory thier inway the to Magness the seats, Arena. which tors up 1-0 at 10:06 in the �irst period, exchanging blows along the way. tirement of the former Security Director Terry White. Photo courtesy of Athletic Media were surrounded by a surprisingly large Relations. Photo by Bryan Oller. captain Eammon McDermott.HOCKEY: The Tigers this past January, has over 30 yearsNEW of DIRECTOR: law enforcement page 4 page 10 numberMathias of CC fans. The Hall critical gamecontinues be- to struggle with damage, totaling almost $4,500 cally the two dorms that have the most A smashed porch light EMILIA WHITMER damage charges each year, according to hangs next to a dorm Staff Writer in Mathias, one of receivedhas already yet occurred another this email year. outlining many destroyed in the On Wednesday, second �loor residents recent acts of vandal- “A broken couch and a broken win- greatly surpassing all other residence ism in the freshman ken toilet and an incidence of someone Rotunno. This year, however, Mathias is residence. This year $140 worth of new damage from a bro- students have gener- ated $4,500 of dam- “Thedow,” lightssaid Jane above Finocharo, the doors, a Residential and there “Mathias does have a reputation for worthhalls. of community damage in Math- age. Photo by Jack Sweeney. wasAdvisor a whole on the hallway second where �loor almost of Mathias. all of beingurinating ‘rowdy,’” in a sanitary Sara Rotunno, napkin box.Assistant “This year we have had about $4,500 Director for Residential Life and Hous- ias,” Rotunno said. For more on Residen- tributed among residents of the second tial Life and Housing those were torn down.” $500 in damages has already been dis- and what it’s like to be ing, said. “We do understand that Math- VANDALISM: page 2 an RA on campus and Finocharo was explaining the thou- Mathias and the CC Inn are histori- in Mathias see page 6. sands of dollars worth of damage in�lict- ias tends to have more damage.” ed on the second �loor of Mathias that Connect: News about the greater CC community is available all day on Twitter. Tweet @catalystnews to join the stream now. 2 February 28, 2014 N FROM THE EDITOR The $200,000 question: LIZ FORSTER The effects, Grossman says, are disas- ing behind his position in response to Is college worth it? City Editor trous. By adding a substantial amount to Blyth, saying rather that government is the bills of a generation who is already the root of the problem, for they are “the MillennialsThe cost of the college student footing life is faced with the student billdebt and fora 12.5 babyworst allocator boomers of resources.” Now might by no means cheap. Next year, CC stu- percent unemployment rate, the gov- He does not, though, leave millennials be a good time ernment is ensuring less productivity, without an outline for a plan of action. to text your percent jump from this year, in addition economic growth, and global competi- “First of all, get a voice. Actively com- folks a quick todents the willcosts pay of $57,162block breaks, in tuition, ski passes, a five municate to your peers and encourage “thank-you.” and day-to-day amenities. What stu- build up. them to look, listen, hear and under- Or maybe dents of the millennial generation are tiveness.How much Eventually, exactly willthose the effects individual will stand what is going on,” said Grossman. send them not seeing in our monthly bills just yet of the millennial generation pay to can- “Second, use that as a platform to start your last Den- are the exponentially increasing costs cel the debt and continue to fund social a group, even nationwide, to become ny’s paycheck. programs? Based on Grossman’s calcu- for actively involved in saying no to In case it boomers. lations, it’s not as simple as a percent- politicians that are expanding these pro- hasn’t slapped of social benefit programs for the baby age-based tax rate. grams. It’s amazing how self-motivated you in the face If every person in the United States your generation is, in part because of the JACK SWEENEY yet, this up- Editor-in-Chief publicThese pension, social werebenefit designed programs, in the like af- paid their share of the national debt, Internet.” coming school Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and year’s overall fee is topping out at termath of the Great Depression to allow each person would be in debt $55,000. In considering Grossman’s outline, CC $57,162. Less than half of the population ac- - I was looking over my accumulated woes. The workforce generation is taxed counts for the workforce, meaning less osition and advanced it one step further. Americans to retire without financial college credits the other day, and to fund the programs, which they, in than half pay taxes. Taxpaying participa- senior“If his Eliza [Grossman’s] Carter agreed goal with is to hiscome prop to- was reminded that three of my AP turn, expect to receive when they retire. tion rate among this group is about half. gether to reform Social Security, I’m an credits transferred here from high The millennial generation is increas- That ups the bill per person to $200,000. idealist, and I think we can do it,” said school. These credits, along with the ingly proving to be an unfortunate The $17 trillion estimate for the debt, Carter. “It’s more now that we need to freebie summer course CC offers, anomaly in this system: with a large though, is greatly conservative accord- make this an opportunity to show who would give me an extra semester of baby boom population gearing up for re- - we are in terms of social opportunities college credit. tirement, careless spending in non-sur- ics at Boston University Dr. Laurence and make something coming out of left Did I really just stumble across a plus years, and a outstanding debt push- Kotlikoff,ing to Grossman, and the Professor like.