OCTOBER 30, 2015 LYST THE CATATHE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF COLORADO COLLEGE NEWS 2 Opinion 7 SPORTS 9 LIFE 13 FRIDAY BLOCK 3 WEEK 2 THE CRAZY WOMEN’S RUGBY INDY PICKS THE VOL. 46 BEST OF CHRISTIAN LOSES TO NO. 8 LADY COLORADO MESA CO. SPRINGS IN 2015 MORE: Page 7 CATALYSTNEWSPAPER.COM MORE: Illustration by Rachel Fischman Photo by Emily Kim MORE: Page 10 Photo by Kat Guerrero Page 13 SOAKS FOR Madelyn Santa sits down with senior CHANGE Sarah Schweiss to Colorado Springs Food Rescue discuss her successful teams with SunWater Spa with soccer career, clumsy performances by Ominous Animals, tendencies, and team Ursa Minor, and Curtis Boucher. bonding. CC LENS: Page 16 MORE: Page 5 INSIDE: As the deadline for off-campus housing Photo by Arden Feldman applications nears, Zak Kroger, Residential Legends of ghosts permeate campus with the spirit of Halloween Life and Activities ANNA SMITH Program Coordinator, Staff Writer gives the skinny on said to haunt her namesake, Bemis Young Marjorie is said to be heard how to tackle stepping Hall. skipping down the hallways and gig- As “Halloweek” encroaches upon Alice Bemis was the wife of Judson gling late at night. One janitor de- into the real world. campus, so do the stories of the su- Bemis, who founded Bemis Hall in scribed how after mopping �loors, pernatural around us. Colorado Col- 1908. Their daughter, Marjorie De- she would see the bare footprints of lege has been known to house several light Bemis, died in her childhood a little girl show up one at a time. MORE: Page 3 ghosts who are anticipated to make and was allegedly murdered by a Alice Bemis’s presence is the most their presence known this weekend. man who entered her room at night. substantial of the family. All visual Of the several whispered stories be- In reaction to this event, the Bemis encounters of the supernatural in tween students, janitorial staff, pro- family donated the money for an all- Bemis have been of Alice wearing the GHOST STORIES: fessors, and visitors, the most well women’s dorm on campus to provide Page 6 LIFE: known is that of Lady Bemis, who is safety for female students. Do almonds live Colorado College’s O ce of Sustainability works to reduce food waste up to all the hype? ANNA KELLY Alyssa Mavor Staff Writer investigates. sent to Care and Share for certain Sustainability, Allen has been work- food groups, like proteins or des- ing to reduce the amount of food and Since last spring, Colorado College’s serts, and Care and Share provides material waste that Care and Share Of�ice of Sustainability has been col- those items. Their mission is to cur- sends to the land�ill. laborating with the Colorado Springs tail hunger in Southern Colorado. “When food is sent to Care and MORE: Page 13 organization Care and Share to re- Meredith Allen, a senior at Colorado Share, most of it is sorted through by duce campus waste. College, is the Of�ice of Sustainabil- volunteers,” said Allen. “During this Care and Share is a distributer for ity Care and Share Intern. Through process, a lot of food is damaged or @catalystnews food banks across Southern Colorado her position at the organization and cans are broken or the food has ex- within the Colorado College Of�ice of that was founded in 1972. Orders are CARE & SHARE: Page 4 2 NEWS OCTOBER 30, 2015 MONTANA BASS Staff Writer building activities in order to continue workshops created by individual Butler surable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time- to address philanthropic concerns. Center staff members. Some staff mem- ly. After the discussion, students will sit As a part of this initiative, they de- bers have recruited CC student interns quietly to make their own plans. CCFor high welcomesschool students hoping to be veloped local the College high Readiness Fair,school to help as well. studentsLiliana to Delman, campus Coordinator of Men- �irst-generation college students, at- which will take 140 9th- through 12th- Pearl Leonard-Rock will be running toring and Disability Initiatives at the tending college can seem a far-off, ab- grade students to �ive higher education a workshop entitled “College Students Butler Center, will be conducting her stract concept. schools. Besides Colorado College, the Give Advice to Their Younger Selves.” own workshop as well. She plans to do a Through the College Readiness Fair, students will visit University of Colo- “I will be monitoring because I have CC treasure hunt. the El Pomar Foundation hopes to make rado Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak Com- employed four college students to be “They’ll be in three groups and come the idea of college attendance more con- munity College, United States Air Force facilitators,” said Leonard-Rock. “The to me in three different waves,” said Del- crete in the minds of high school stu- Academy, and the Educating Children of workshop will address academic enrich- man. “I’ll tell them, ‘Go �ind Tutt Library,’ dents by organizing tours around local Color Summit. ment, service to the community, leader- and then they can go explore it. After I’ll higher education facilities in the area. The El Pomar Foundation has coordi- ship development, and your character.” have them write down three things they The Foundation will be working with nated with the Butler Center to create a While with Leonard-Rock, the high could do at each location.” the Butler Center to organize student day for the high school students to be- school students will listen to college Delman feels that this activity will help activities around the Colorado College come familiar with CC. The program’s students as they re�lect on advice they encourage kids to feel comfortable on campus on Wednesday, Oct. 28. emphasis on trying to increase the like- would have given to their ninth-grade CC’s campus. The El Pomar Foundation has been im- lihood of these high school students at- selves and think about how this advice “They can start imagining how they proving the lives of residents in South- tending college is closely aligned with may be applicable to their development can use space when they’re at college,” east El Paso County for over 20 years. the Butler Center’s commitment to pro- over the coming years. said Delman. “It’s really encouraging Recently, they developed the Pikes Peak mote an equitable social and intellectual “We’ll answer questions with students them to recognize that they can do this. Community Development Initiative, climate on campus. and introduce them to a SMART plan,” These sessions encourage students to with the goal of developing grant-mak- Visiting students will be split into said Leonard-Rock. stay motivated on their path to getting a ing, technical assistance, and capacity- groups and participate in different A SMART plan must be Speci�ic, Mea- college degree.” ANNIE ENGEN Guest Writer get a taste for the non-pro�it sector,” said graduating classes over the past two Following their fellowships, students PIFP director, Lani Hinkle. years, and about 23 percent of PIFP fel- can bring what they learned from their Public Interest FellowshipWhy non-pro�it organizations? Program“There lows have been hiredlooks to stay with forward their experience with to PIFP future and share that The Public Interest Fellowship Pro- are a lot of other ways in which you can organizations after their fellowship �in- knowledge with their classmates, and gram is exclusive to Colorado College �ind your way into for-pro�it work,” said ishes. use it in thesis work. students and sets undergrads up with Hinkle. “Non-pro�it organizations hold Duy Pham ‘15 participated in a sum- The experience also helps students un- paid summer and yearlong fellowships a big chunk of the economic picture mer fellowship at the Bell Policy Cen- derstand the signi�icance of what they at non-pro�it organizations. and are more accessible and hands-on. ter in Denver. Interested in the study of are learning in the classroom. “Whether they’re interested in work- When working at a government agency, public policy, he says that the fellowship “We had a summer fellow, senior Me- ing in a non-pro�it sector down the road, for example, it could take years before was a great opportunity for me to work gan Gillespie, who was working on data or interested in an area like environ- you get to do real hands-on work.” in the industry without a tremendous analysis at the Gill Foundation, one of mental improvement or education, it’s a Going through the PIFP program helps amount of pressure. It felt like a learning the leading funders of efforts to secure great way for our students on campus to CC students and graduates develop in- experience. full equality for the LGBT community,” terests and �ind jobs that Pham also notes that the program said Hinkle. “Data analysis can seem te- give them experience a gives students the chance to adapt men- dious in a classroom setting, but during cut above most entry-level tors with networking opportunities. The her fellowship, the Supreme Court made positions. program paired Pham with a mentor its decision about same-sex marriage, “We’ve been working he’s grown very close to. He’s also de- and suddenly, all that statistical analy- with the partner organi- veloped relationships with some of his sis made sense. It supported something zations for many years, so co-workers. that actually happened.” the jobs have a lot of meat Pham con�irms that even students who “Yes, PIFP is competitive, but it’s prob- to them,” said Hinkle.