THE CATALYST Vol. 46, No. 18 The Independent Student Newspaper of Colorado College March 4, 2016 Paying for Convenience: A Breakdown of CC’s Meal Plan able to choose anything else to spend their By BRITTANY CAMACHO where the cheapest pre-packaged options able to in ate prices any amount that they cost between $4 and $5, requires strategy wish.” money on because they only have this cer- ccording to the Colorado College and strict rationing. Zagula found the most damning evi- tain kind of money that’s not valid at any Annual Bulletin from 1891, the all- On Feb. 22, Odyssey contributor Samuel dence for the college running a monopoly other places,” said Zagula, “ at’s kind of A college meal plan rate was at $4 a Shapiro Zagula claimed di culty main- in the invented currency of the meal plan, what I mean by monopoly.” week, or approximately 57 cents a day. As taining a healthy weight with the money “Tiger Bucks.” e Colorado College web- Bon Appétit, a California-based food ser- of the 2015-2016 academic year, the low- allocated due to high dining prices in site states that, “One Tiger Buck is equal to vice operation which, as its website states, est required meal plan option calls for 18 his article, “Are Colorado College’s Meal $1.00”, but Zagula insists that this does not serves “corporations, universities, muse- “Tiger Bucks”, or $18, of spending at on- Plan And Forced On-Campus Housing explain the college’s ability to dictate the ums, and specialty venues,” is the food ser- campus cafes daily, totaling an academic Financial Slavery”? He o ered vehement, prices of meals and goods in their dining vice provider for CC. When General Man- year of dining to $3,844, or $1,922 per se- critical opposition to the meal plan and halls at will. ager of Bon Appétit at CC, Randy Kruse, mester. is amount does not include the housing programs at the college, calling “Because [the administration] could hy- was approached about the accusation of annual administrative cost of $824 per the “closed system” in place “a monopoly” pothetically in ate their prices as much as student. Stretching $18 over three meals, in which “the College administration is they wanted to…the students wouldn’t be Continued on pg. 5 P E K Behind the Scenes Fine Arts Center and CC to Merge? as a theatre and arts school, the college. Tiefenthaler, however, says at Rail Jam By HANNAH GLOSSER FAC seems to have everything un- that there are no speci c details out der one roof. there about the FAC being a “gift,” cially since the last two years we On Jan. 21, it was announced e Colorado Springs FAC Board as the two institutional boards have By ANNIE ENGEN already had some natural snow to that the president of the Colorado of Trustees and the CC Board of just begun the negotiation process. e sixth annual Rail Jam, hosted work with,” said Marcus. FUCC had Springs Fine Arts Center and Colo- Trustees agreed that by joining As of now, the only progress ap- by e Freerider’s Union of Colo- to bring in three dump trucks full rado College President Jill Tiefen- forces, each institution could ben- pears to be a board member vote rado College (FUCC), was held on of snow from Silverthorne for the thaler have been conversing about e t—whether it be nancially, ar- to endorse the proposal, and a vote Friday, Feb. 26 on the Preserve Hill. event. the possibility of forging a future tistically, or culturally. No o cial to propel leadership holders in the Skiers slid, jumped, and grinded e snow from Silverthorne was together. decisions have been made, but direction of discussion and negotia- rails and boxes in the melting snow, free. However, transporting it to CC e Fine Arts Center (FAC), built both institutions are optimistic tion to make this partnership pos- while Carnivore Club grilled chick- used around a third of the Club’s in 1936 and located on the corner about the partnership. sible. en and students DJed the event. budget. of Cascade and Dale Street, is a Rumors were circulating, say- CC and the FAC share a long his- Senior omas Crandall, co-pres- “ e lack of snow added another multi-discipline arts institution. ing that the FAC would be a gift to tory of collaboration. CC profes- ident of FUCC, was the main judge element of surprise to the course. From museum showcases to stand- CC—speci cally, the second larg- sors organize class eld trips to the It forced you to stop quickly,” said up comedy acts, and even in its role est gift ever given to a liberal arts of the event. Judging was based on Continued on pg. 2 who the best all-around competi- sophomore Christopher Birtch, tor was, which entails what type of member of FUCC and skier in Rail tricks they did and what features Jam. “ ere were also some col- B B they hit. Junior Leah Di Filippo won lisions, which added some enter- the ladies segment, Matt Saraceno, tainment for the crowd.” Battle of the Bands 2016 kicked o junior, won best skier, and junior “ is year, we also had a hard in McHugh Commons on Wednes- Jake Paron won best snowboarder. time nding rails because of liabili- day, Feb. 24. Bands that played to “Rail Jam is one of our bigger ties concerning mountains lending a frenetic opening night crowd in- events on campus and it takes a lot them to us,” said Marcus. “To x cluded Goiter, Endless Dicks, Ju- of planning. We get a pretty nice this, Colorado College built us a rail wan Rohan, Capitana, and Drunk budget from CCSGA,” said junior this year and we borrowed a box Uncle. Pictured right is senior Max Brandon Marcus, active member from Blind Side. e rest of the rails Grossenbacher, member of Drunk of FUCC. “But, the hardest things we improvised with PVC pipes.” Uncle. to coordinate are where we get Safety is an important aspect of Drunk Uncle will be joined in our rails and where we are getting Rail Jam and ensuring that every the nals by TouchIt, SketchFam, our snow and also making sure we skier is responsible while doing Promiscuous Stepsister, Most Bo- are getting enough people to help their tricks. is year, skiers were dacious, and Ominous Animals. shovel and set up because it’s a lot required to sign up on Summit Student bands are competing for a of work.” and sign a liability form, agreeing chance to play at Llamapalooza in e lack of natural snow on cam- to wear a helmet when competing Block 8. pus provided an obstacle for the and to be liable for their own tricks club and production of Rail Jam. “It was hard to nd snow, espe- Continued on pg. 6 P E K News Opinion Sports & Active Life Life 10 Questions Taste of the World GOP Debate Lacks Quality Dynamic Duo of Climbers Downtown Changes Top skier at Rail Jam, junior Matt CC students gather together to e Republican Debates have Inspire Students Numerous local businesses have Saraceno, discusses his love of share the cuisine of their turned from serious discussion Jon Cardwell and Chelsea Rude relocated and renovated just in skiing and skateboarding. countries and cultures, page 4 into trivial reality TV, page 14 visit the Ritt Gym, page 9 time for spring, page 12 page 6 CC’s Transfer Accomodations Men’s Lacrosse Still Bluegrass at CC Find us online at: Leave Room for Improvement Undefeated After Augustana Exploring the niche community catalystnewspaper.com One transfer student’s story, and Men’s lacrosse is now 4-0 for the of talented student artists and Facebook: /CatalystNews what CC can do better, page 15 season, page 7 faculty, page 13 Twitter: /catalystnews 2 March 4, 2016 News The Catalyst CC Collaborates With Bestway to Inch Towards Sustainability By ANNA KELLY Colorado College has long been in collabo- hand, is taken to the Bestway Disposal’s lo- feedstocks or reformed into irrigation pipes. material being lumped in with single stream ration with Bestway Disposal to facilitate cal Material Recovery Facility. Compost col- Cardboard is made into paper or drywall, recycling. the college’s recycling, compost, and trash lected at CC goes to a compost site located and glass is made into new bottles. Tin and Most recently, Bestway has been involved needs. Bestway has been particularly in- in southeast Colorado Springs. Compostable aluminum cans are made into other materi- in helping CC students run the Recyclema- volved in Recyclemania, a competition that materials include food scraps, paper nap- als that are used nationally and internation- nia event, which measures the amount of di- is currently taking place on campus to mea- kins, cups, and plates. ally. verted waste from the landfill. Although the sure how sustainably the school is disposing Once the materials reach the facility, they According to Archibald, recycling is one of results are not in yet, Archibald predicts that of waste. are ground up and combined with water to the programs that she is most proud of. “We about 50 percent of the waste generated at Alicia Archibald of Bestway Disposal col- create a soil amendment that is sold com- have a really strong residential recycling pro- CC is being diverted from the landfill. laborates with CC on most of their programs. mercially. gram,” said Archibald. “Fifty percent of our As of last year, the school produced about “I collaborate with Colorado College Trash, like plastic bags, soda bottles, plastic residents choose to recycle, even though it is 15,044 pounds of landfill-bound waste per through providing tours of our facilities, par- utensils, and Styrofoam are sent to the Colo- all subscription-based and there is a charge week, about 7,163 pounds of single stream ticipating in Campus Sustainability Council, rado Springs Landfill to be buried.