Debunking Media Hype

feb. 27, 2015 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF COLORADO COLLEGE FRIDAY WEEK 2 BLOCK 6 VOL. 45 NO. 16 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Opinion 7 </li><li style="flex:1">SPORTS 9 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">NEWS </li><li style="flex:1">2</li><li style="flex:1">LIFE 13 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">WOMEN’S </li><li style="flex:1">DENVER COMEDIAN </li></ul>EDWARD SNOWDEN AND AMERICA LACROSSE GETS TOUGH AND GRITTY IN TO PERFORM AT IVYWILD CATALYSTNEWSPAPER.COM <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">SEASON OPENERS </li><li style="flex:1">MORE: Page 7 </li></ul>MORE: Page 9 MORE: Page 13 Photo courtesy of Adam Cayton-Holland. Illustration by Kyle Kallman. Photo courtesy of CC Athletics. Famed CC student band, Funkdozer, sits down with Jack Burger to discuss their best memories as a band, favorite music, and upcoming shows. DBEBDUNSKMIN:G MEDIA HYPE MORE: Page 5 FIFTY SHADES: Page 6 INSIDE: The race for Student Trustee ended 280-289 in favor of James Lonergan. Lonergan will step up to the position of Student Trustee with plans for involvement and open communication in hopes of bettering student relations with the Board of Trustees. Photo by Richard Forbes. Student Divestment Committee appeals to Board of Trustees for endowment ANNA KELLY Staff Writer collects donations from alumni that are contingent on the Board’s divestment by 2016. This is not the �irst time that the subject has been brought to the board, but this time the SDC is bringing a carrot instead of a stick. This action is, for the SDC, an escalation of efforts after what they see as dismissive responses from the Board to other tactics. MORE: Page 13 “We have tried to come at this problem from all angles,” said Ben Criswell, a junior student leader for the SDC. “So now we’re trying to talk in dollars and cents with this initiative and show that our students and our alumni are willing to put money behind their sentiment and really This morning, the Student Divestment Committee (SDC) will ask the Board of Trustees to reconsider divesting from fossil fuels. The group will present their most recent strategic move—the creation of a fund called the Colorado College Responsible Endowment Fund (CCREF) which INSIDE: SOCC voices: Erin DIVESTMENT: Page 4 Sugarman talks with Cole Emhoff about the road to hosting his jazz-themed radio show that airs every Monday at 10 p.m. Community Kitchen to shut down, new Soup Project to take the reigns CANDELARIA ALCAT tion and the Arts for Social Change Coalition have come together to keep the tradition going in a new, innovative way. to the existing model of Sunday meals at the Kitchen that bring light News Editor After 23 years of supporting the lo- to community fellowship and concal Colorado Springs community by versation after lunch is served. “Over the past year, it became clear that Colorado College needed to �ig- ure out a way to continue to address these important issues while also addressing a number of pressing <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">addressing issues such as hunger and </li><li style="flex:1">However, despite efforts put forth </li></ul>MORE: Page 15 homelessness, the Colorado College by the CC community, the CommuCommunity Kitchen now sees its fu- nity Kitchen will not be around past ture obscured by an expiration date the end of this academic year to con- <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">labeled May 10. </li><li style="flex:1">tinue implicating this collaborative </li></ul>@catalystnews Recently, changes have been made shift. Consequently, the Food Coali- COMMUNITY KITCHEN: Page 6 FEBRUARY 27, 2015 NEWS 2Dean Mike Edmonds continues tradition of excellence in forensics at Colorado College SPENCER SPOTTS Staff Writer Edmonds competed in forensics with records dating over 100 years. For- about the trophy, it’s about the skills you throughout high school and college, but mer speech/debate coach and Profes- learn and the process.” <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">has continuously fostered the speech sor of Economics Al Johnson not only </li><li style="flex:1">This weekend, CC is hosting the Ameri- </li></ul>At a school with a long history of suc- and debate program at Colorado College conceived and helped develop the Block can Forensics Association District Qualicess in and contributions to the realm in a variety of ways. While at CC, Ed- Plan, but also co-founded the Nation- fier tournament on campus as students of speech and debate, Colorado College monds has coached teams and students, al Parliamentary Debate Association from various universities and colleges Vice President of Student Life and Dean taught courses on public speaking, and (NPDA). Parliamentary debate is now compete one last time in hopes of qualiof Students Mike Edmonds continues to hosted national tournaments on cam- one of the more popular forms of debate fying for the national tournament. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">garner national attention for CC’s foren- pus. </li><li style="flex:1">nationwide. </li><li style="flex:1">At the same time, Dean Edmonds will </li></ul>sics program with his recent award from James Logan High School. “Not only did I come to CC with interest in [forensics], but CC certainly has had a Johnson, is making just as many contri- Tournament to serve as the district Edmonds, who worked alongside be traveling to the National High School Over Martin Luther King Jr. Day week- long history and culture of competitive butions to the national community of judge for the congressional debate comend, Dean Edmonds was awarded with speech and debate,” said Edmonds. “I’m speech and debate. Besides being a huge petition. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">the Martin Luther King Jr. Community lucky because it’s one of my personal in- sponsor of different high school pro- </li><li style="flex:1">“I don’t know anyone else in the coun- </li></ul>Service Award by the high school in terests, but it’s great to be at place where grams, Edmonds also serves on the Na- try who supports [high school debate] Union City, California. As described by the Colorado College News Team, the Community Service program, forensics at CC has evolved to it’s also a professional interest.” Starting out as a two-person debate Inclusive Committee. “A liberally educated person needs to tional Speech and Debate Association’s more honestly,” said Julian Plaza, the current Director of Forensics at CC. Students interested in getting involved Award is “emblematic of service above include a speech team, debate team, and have the ability to articulate for him- or with forensics at CC can contact Julian self” and was given in recognition of mock trial team. The program also pro- herself and also the willingness and the Plaza at julian.plaza@coloradocollege. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Edmonds’ “dedication and inspirational vides coaching to students and classes. </li><li style="flex:1">skill to talk for those who can’t or won’t edu. Dean Edmonds and Julian Plaza are </li></ul>leadership” within the forensics and debate community. Very few students are aware of the talk for themselves,” said Edmonds. “You also both offering two different public history of forensics at Colorado College, get that when you do forensics. It’s not speaking courses during Block Eight. Blue Key Honor Society establishes Second Mondays Event Series ness Resource Center, hosted the previ- insight on this topic. ous First Mondays speaker, author Jen- Both students and faculty were prestion before. “It is a thing we need to do here,” Ste- ELLY BLUM Staff Writer nifer Michael Hecht. Hecht addressed ent at the event, including Heather Hor- vens said. “Just be able to talk.” On Monday, Feb. 23 Colorado Col- the topic of mental illness in communi- ton and representatives from the Chap- lege hosted it’s first Second Monday ties, focusing specifically on how suicid- lains office. Students who attended the event were encouraged to move around the room— event. This event allowed students to al community members can be helped. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">come together in a formal setting and </li><li style="flex:1">When continuing the conversation a dents and faculty to reflect, as well as to ner and dessert. </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">reflect on the First Monday speaker to week later, it was clear that many mem- connect with people who may not have </li><li style="flex:1">“The series seeks to inspire new con- </li></ul>get students thinking about new ideas bers of the community had developed ever engaged in this kind of conversa- nections while strengthening old con- The Second Mondays event allows stu- and even change tables in between dinon campus. “Three years ago, the Blue Key Honor Society helped partner with the Academic Events Committee to create the Colorado College First Mondays Event Series that unites minds for one hour around one topic,” said senior Michael Stevens. While this event is greatly valued, it is difficult to discuss topics as serious as these in only one hour. “Blue Key Honor Society is looking to create a new series of conversation surrounding the First Monday Presentations, deemed Second Monday’s Round Table,” Stevens said. For two and a half hours, the entire student body is welcome to come to dinner and reflect on the topic that had been spoken about the week before. “The Second Mondays Round Table seeks to bring student leaders from around campus together for continued conversation surrounding the First Monday Presentation,” Stevens said. Heather Horton, Director of the Wellnections on and around campus,” Stevens said. “Connections are vital to the vibrant community here at CC and the more connections student leaders can make, the healthier and stronger our community becomes.” During dinner, each table was given a piece of paper with a topic on it. Topics included “Future” and “Transitions.” These topics allowed students to branch out from the First Monday ideas, while still keeping the central topic in mind. Tables were allowed to choose how to connect the two ideas. This is the first time Second Mondays Round Table has been hosted, but it will likely continue into next block, “and hopefully into next year,” Stevens said. Students should feel free to bring in new speakers related to a topic worth talking about. “First Mondays happen because people propose them. Anything you guys want to talk about on campus is possible,” Stevens said. The Second Mondays Round Table offered a way for students to come together and discuss last week’s First Monday Event. Photo by Richard Forbes. Colorado College and UCCS complete research on controversial expansion of Fort Carson ANNA SMITH examine how rural communities have militarization of the West and the con- back up the expansion, the Army was News Editor confronted this expansion. In their article “Militarized spaces and ture preserves. open range: Piñon Canyon and (counter) “The goal of the research was really one’ was willing to sell their land close to version between military lands and na- “able to use a set of counter-mapping strategies to show to the public that ‘no In 2006, the United States Army announced plans to expand the Fort Carson site by approximately 653 square miles, a significant portion of Southeast Colorado. As would be expected, there was much opposition to this expansion from various angles. Eric Perramond, professor of Southwest Studies and Environmental Science at Colorado College, and David Havlick, Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, saw this as an opportunity to combine their skills and cartographies of rural resistance,” Per- trying to find a way to tell a story about the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site (area of ramond and Havlick explore how op- all this in a collaborative sense,” said interest), and that (because of resistance posing groups—the Army and a rural Perramond. citizen opposition group called Piñon Perramond and Havlick ran into some would have to be used by the governCanyon Expansion Coalition—used dif- significant difficulties communicat- ment for any expansion to occur.” ferent cartographic representations to ing with the Army for research. In the Perramond said that some students debate the use of the land as military 1980s, the Army had promised not to did work on this controversy, but the training ground versus open range. expand Fort Carson, and many people issue outlived any single-year projects by rural communities) eminent domain Perramond and Havlick knew each in the area of the new expansion felt be- that could be done because of the sevenother as fellow geographers and decided trayed. When Perramond and Havlick year hold on information and confirmato begin on this project together in 2007. questioned the Army on this and other tion. Perramond focused his research on the issues, they received nothing but silence ranchers and agricultural use of land in in response. The expansion of the Fort Carson site is currently on hold, but there is no guar- <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">the West, while Havlick focused on the </li><li style="flex:1">Perramond explained that, in order to antee that plans will cease. </li></ul>FEBRUARY 27, 2015 NEWS 3 NEWS BRIEFS Campus Job: A way to work on the Block Plan tion and hiring process. In January, the website expanded to create a new feature nities for students to build their resumes where students can look for summer in- and gain experience before entering the Campus Job creates amazing opportu- SAMANTHA BLAIR Guest Writer ▶ ▶ Primary suspect in NAACP bombing indicted by federal grand jury. 44-year-old Thaddeus Murphy has been indicted by a federal grand jury this past Tuesday. The Gazette reports that Murphy was arrested after being the prime suspect in the Jan. 6 attempt- ed bombing of the Colorado Springs Chapter of NAACP. Motives were initially unclear since the bomb went off between the NAACP and a nearby barbershop, but the organization was believed to have been the target of a hate crime. Murphy confessed to having been targeting the NAACP building only because he was targeting accountant Steve DeHaven, who held tax records that he needed in order to file for bankruptcy. NAACP president Henry Allen, Jr. reported to The Gazette that DeHaven had not held an office in the building for several years, making Murphy’s claims questionable. It also remains unclear whether the bomber was aware that the accountant had died back in June. Murphy is set to appear in front of a federal court this upcoming Wednesday. Liz Wessel and JJ Fliegelman were both attending the University of Pennsylvania when they started a side project to help college students find jobs. Called Campus Job, the project connected students and employees around campus with similar interests and matching job searches. After graduation, both Wessel and Fliegelman jumped into the ‘real world,’ where Wessel went off to work for Google, and Fliegelman, for McKinsey. To their surprise, however, their ‘side project’ had begun to take off. Both Wessel and Fliegelman quit their full-time jobs and built on their original idea in order to launch an official Campus Job. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ternships as well as part-time jobs. </li><li style="flex:1">job market after graduation. There are </li></ul>Recognized by Forbes magazine, Cam- constantly new jobs being posted, mean- pus Job is growing quickly. Already, ing there is never a bad time to start look- Campus Job boasts over 20,000 job list- ing for work. ings for students, and continues to grow. Companies like Lerer Hippeau Ventures your artistic side or hone your salesman and BoxGroup are among investors who skills, Campus Job connects students to contributed $1 million to the start-up. Time is not always on the side of Colo- panies to freelance or start-up gigs, there rado College students. They work tight are constantly new employment options schedules ruled by deadlines and blocks. to explore and apply to. Whether you are hoping to express all kinds of jobs. From Fortune 500 com- A three-hour shift after lunch or dinner Currently at CC, Campus Job has emisn’t always the most convenient. For ployers looking to hire students as fash- those heavily involved in the community, ion designers and prototypers, campus sometimes having a job is unrealistic due sales representatives, fashion editors, to time constraints. and summer youth or children’s ministry Campus Job is a two-way marketplace connecting students and employees on over 1,200 campuses across the country. Students fill out a short form with information about their major, experience, and interests. Employers can access the form to find students who match their ideal applicant profile. Campus Job wasn’t designed for the interns. If any of these positions interest Block Plan, but it might as well have been. you, or you hope to find a job in the fuIn terms of location, jobs are available on ture, check out the Campus Job website. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">campus, online, or within a short driv- </li><li style="flex:1">Signing up is noncommittal. Campus </li></ul>ing distance. Schedules are flexible, and Job will not spam your email and you while they vary, many are self-organized. will have access to all of the company’s With their Block Plan skills, CC students resources. Students can sign up at www. are more than prepared to handle the campusjob.com/re f er/blair and should weekly or monthly deadlines and goals email Samantha.Blair@coloradocollege. that are common among the offered jobs. edu with any questions or concerns. The website is user-friendly and pro- motes an effective and efficient applica- ▶ ▶ Powdered-alcohol ban on the rise in Colorado Senate. Spring semester feature: Get-Involved! profiles Colorado College students can get involved. As Lipsmark puts the final touches on their new line of Palcohol, Colorado lawmakers are working on implementing what they are calling a “temporary ban” on powdered alcohol before it hits the shelves, or at least until there is a regulatory system for it in the States. The Gazette reported that the product is still waiting on federal approval as well as labeling approval from the Al- cohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bu- reau. Palcohol is a pouch filled with power that, when mixed with water, yields the equivalent alcohol content as a shot of rum or vodka. Law enforcements and many industries argue that this product would enable people to sneak alcohol more easily into bars, restaurants, schools, and other public places. 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The Institute is stitute.org. Colorado Springs crime, in brief ceived a report of an armed robbery that the two suspects and her purse was tak- had just occurred at the King Soopers en. No injuries occurred. WHO SHOT THE CHEVY ▶ ▶ Scammers now targeting the online dating sphere. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">located in the 2900 block of South Acad- </li><li style="flex:1">The suspects are described as a Hispan- </li></ul>Local news channel 11 KKTVO has brought forth new, shocking reports regarding scammers using online dating networks to find new victims. The Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado has announced that their new

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