STOKED! Read about CCʼs newest The Colorado College athletic team—snow- boarding. SPORTS, page10 ���������������� ������������������ �������������������� CC alum convicted of man- slaughter Chrissie Long News Editor CC grad Alexander Pring-Wilson was convicted of manslaughter last Thursday and was sentenced to six to eight years in prison. Pring-Wilson is accused of stabbing 18- year old Michael Colono fi ve times with a pocket-knife, according to an article in the Washington Post. Pring-Wilson, 26, had been studying at Harvardʼs Davis School for Russian and Eurasian Studies. He grew up in Colorado Springs and is the son of two prominent attorneys. He graduated from CC in 2000 with a major in classics. In April of 2003, Pring-Wilson was walking home from a bar in Cambridge, The Catalyst/EMILY SCHULTZ MA when he got in a fi ght that left 18-year They really, really mean it this time: the “secret” lot, a favorite illicit downtown parking area is now offi cially out of bounds. old Michael Colono dead. Colono had been waiting for pizza in a car with his cousin and his cousinʼs girl- Popular “secret” parking lot closed friend. Colono taunted Pring-Wilson about his drunken state, and the two ended up in a fi ght soon joined by Colonoʼs cousin. Spaces above Josh and John’s get a gate to deter would-be parkers Pring-Wilson pulled out a pocket-knife in self-defense and stabbed Colono several Andy Mendrop Staff Writer times. After the fi ght, Colono and his cous- Josh and John’s faces new competition in returned to the car, where the three real- Deep within the catacombs ized Colono was bleeding severely. They of downtown Colorado Springs rushed him to a Boston hospital where there lies a parking lot unlike Max Salmen Meanwhile, John like chocolate chips into Staff Writer Colono died two hours later. other lots in the area: dubbed “the Krakauber, co-proprietor of cookie dough. Finally the Another act in the drama He died the day before his daughterʼs secret lot” by student parking Josh & Johnʼs and member fi nished dessert is scooped of American Capitalism will third birthday. poachers, it is located on the roof of the class of ʼ85, is count- up and put in either a cone begin in Colorado Springs This encounter may have been sparked of Josh and Johnʼs, just down the ing on a superior product or a bowl. on November 13. That is by the long-festering tensions between stu- alley from Chipotle. to keep his store going: “I Josh & Johnʼs offerʼs a the day Cold Stone Cream- dents at the elite college and residents of This summer, Murphy Con- donʼt want anyone to come more traditional ice cream ery franchise #148 will open the Cambridge community. struction Colorado Springs, the in here because it is a local parlor experience, yet they at 218 N. Tejon, across the Colono grew up in Cambridgeport at- owners of the “secret” lot, pro- business, I want them here still have quite a bit in com- street from Acacia Park tending Cambridge Rindge and Latin High tected their asset with a fence. because it is a better prod- mon with Cold Stone. Both in downtown Colorado School through the 11th grade. He dropped According to Murphy Construc- uct” says Krakauber. make all their own ice cream Springs. It will be a chal- out to support his child whom he had fa- tion, the lot needed to be fenced Cold Stone Creamery of- on site daily, and both sell lenge for the reigning ice thered at fi fteen. Colono had been working in because it had been the site of fers a unique (or gimmicky “super premium” ice cream. cream king of downtown, three nights a week at a Boston hotel at the frequent unpaid parking and nu- depending on your perspec- Krakauber says his prod- Josh & Johnʼs (111 Pikes time of his death. merous broken beer bottles. tive) product. The ice cream uct is superior, but says Peak). Colonoʼs record shows that he had many Murphy Construction, which is scooped up and literally there might be a small effect Gene and Susan Berg- run-ins with the law, including a conviction rents out spaces in the lot, was put on a cold stone that looks on his sales at the beginning. meir, owners of the new for drug possession and an arrest for tres- towing one roughly one unpaid like a granite countertop. He says that in the long run Cold Stone, are counting passing. His family said he was starting to car per week, and felt the only vi- Then the customer picks “competition is good for on their proximity to Acacia turn his life around and that he had earned able option was a fence. their “mix-ins;” crumbled awareness.” Park, Palmer High, and CC his G.E.D. But even after they put up the Oreos, sprinkles, etc., which to bring success. are folded into the ice cream Continued on page 4 On the other hand, the prosecuting at- barrier, several cars that had not torneys portrayed Pring-Wilson as a mem- paid for parking followed paying ber of the privileged class. He was an as- customers into the lot. rage of oranges rolling down the lotʼs en- fee during a break in Pikes Perk, “some- piring lawyer studying at an Ivy League A brilliant plan? Not so fast. Only pay- trance ramp. The man responsible for that body got their car towed,” Manley said. School. He is well-educated, has mastered ing customers are able to open the gate, and dramatic endeavor is Drama Professor An- Manley sees the space as signifi cant for several languages and came from a stable those who were not patrons were trapped drew Manley. He used the lot second block students and Colorado Springs residents background. in the lot and were forced to call Murphy last year as the stage for his “Sight Specifi c alike, as it is both a “nice hidden way to Defense lawyer Ann Kaufman said that Construction to release them. Theater” classʼs fi nal dramatic presenta- observe people” and “adds a bit of charac- her client had been unfairly portrayed as Many students had been using the park- tion. ter” to the downtown district. a product of an elite upbringing. “Heʼs ing lot while going to Chipotle, Josh and “[The students] always called it the se- Manley adds that the lot as a landmark. worked all his life. He comes from a fam- Johnʼs or the Peak Theater. cret car park,” Manley said, betraying his “It would be an ʻalternative landmarkʼ in ily where all the children in the family And while this was a popular practice, slightly British outlook on an American an alternative guide to downtown” Manley worked,” said Kaufman, as quoted by the the parking lot was used by CC for more institution. said. He said that the lotʼs closing is a pity. Associated Press. than convenient parking. Manleyʼs class occasionally used the lot “Itʼs a good vantage point to see the Last year, students staged a slightly bi- for actual parking during some of their re- city,” he said. zarre play at the lot which included a bar- hearsals. But one time, while enjoying cof- Continued on page 4 ������ Opinion������������ ���������������� ����� Voting bad for environment ����������������������������� Brian Hall revolutionary thought. been sitting underneath a pile of Americaʼs dependency on oil. ��������������������������� Staff Writer Laziness is the reason that papers for a week now. Finding Electronic voting is also harm- ���������������������������� most people do not vote. Imagine the ballot would take at least two ful because it requires energy. �������������������������� The whole campus, city, and yourself lying in bed on the fi rst minutes, and I just do not have The production of energy leads to ��������������������������������� country seem to be alive with pol- Tuesday in November as the wind that kind of time. Also, the absen- pollution, which is not benefi cial itics. 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Some youth Environmental- of whom you vote for, the defi cit I think everyone should learn to ������� have the mind- waste. ly, voting requires will increase greatly and prob- admire the courage, laziness, and ��������������������������� set that they the use of paper. lematic programs like Social Se- love for the environment that we havenʼt voted for 18 or 19, years People who do not vote because curity will continue to be piled ������������������������������ who do not vote must have. ������������������������������ and that voting now might mess of their concerns for the envi- on the next (our) generation.