THE CATALYST Vol. 46, No. 20 The Independent Student Newspaper of Colorado College April 1, 2016 Science of Substances Talk Provides Students With New Perspectives and do things I wouldn’t normally “I wonder if you could adopt the of that actually builds into the lack of extensive research on the By HELEN GRIFFITHS do.’ Or, I can sometimes get more mindset of being drunk, without abuse that we often see on college subject is how a lot of behavior is Last Tuesday, Jason Kilmer pre- aggressive,’” said Kilmer. actually having to drink. If you campuses.” justi ed.” sented on “ e Science of Sub- “Alcohol is unpredictable,” he could enjoy the social perks, with- “I found the research he did on Kitchen continued, “ e impact stances.” A packed room of Colora- continued. “If you drink the same out the physical consequences. the impacts on attention, concentration, and do College students spent over an drink and the same amount each [Kilmer] really showed that alco- of marijua- memory are worth taking into ac- hour listening to research on the ef- night, the way you act can still vary. hol isn’t this all-magical solution, na to be re- count, considering that’s basically fects of illicit substances. Students Part of this is expectancies.” but that it’s mainly your decision to ally impor- what we have to do here at CC. I began to think through the possible “For me, the most fascinating as- turn it into that. It’s made me step tant,” said don’t know if you should change implications of Kilmer’s ndings pect was the role that research can back and think a bit more about first-year all your behavior because of what on their perception of drugs and play in a ecting everyone’s lives on some of the rhetoric Christian he was saying, but de nitely take it alcohol. a day to day basis,” said sophomore we use surrounding Kitchen, “I into account. Life is a balance. at’s “People perceive the positive Jason Bair. “I feel like the expectan- alcohol and how much think the what I got from the talk.” bene ts of drugs and alcohol in cy argument is something very Bobby Clemens, a sophomore, social settings as liquid-courage,” real on this campus, but I had said, “It’s insane what your body Kilmer stated. “People are more never thought about it before can do. e whole part about get- comfortable and can be more talk- going to this talk. It’s hard to ting used to certain situations in ative, more outgoing, more irty, a go out and not drink, when relation to alcohol and preparing better dancer perhaps.” everyone else is drunk.” itself for drinking before drinking e negative e ects of drugs and Bair continued, even occurs is pretty impressive. alcohol in social situations are We don’t really talk about that. commonly described as “vom- We say rst-years get drunk iting,” or excessive honesty. because that’s what happens “Many college students when you rst go to college. when asked this respond But, maybe we should talk saying, ‘I say things I more about if they’re actually wouldn’t normally say meaning to get that drunk. We should eliminate some of the stigma about it and P P E. openly talk about alcohol. A range of alcoholic bev- Fearing the consequences of erages from Weber Street being caught prevents new Liquor. CC students in- students from asking ques- dulge in libations varying tions and obtaining crucial from IPAs to hard alcohol information.” such as Fireball. “I appreciated the fact that he started o the talk Continued on pg. 5 CC’s Sustainability Less City Council Bans Cannabis Clubs clubs. Opponents of the decision Cannabis clubs, which essentially Promising Than Expected By PATRICK GLASTONBURY have vowed to sue the city over the function as bars for smokers, have Trash Peak reveals 66 percent of landfi ll waste Colorado Springs has just made nal ruling. similarly been banned throughout could have been recycled or composted it much harder to legally consume e controversy revolves around Washington State and in Portland, marijuana within city limits, as the the interpretation of Colorado Ore. However, unlike bars, cannabis Sophomore Sabrina Heitmann, City Council has recently banned Amendment 64, the popular ballot clubs in the Springs have done some By CLARE ENDE co-chair of Enact, helped organize the operation of cannabis clubs. initiative that legalized marijuana legal gymnastics to o er their prod- On March 25, Colorado College and facilitate the whole event. She e City Council, which passed consumption for those 21 and ucts without violating the ban on the students spent their afternoon sort- collaborated with Sodexo Super- a ban on recreational marijuana older. Colorado Springs’ Mayor sale of recreational weed in Colora- ing trash on the quad outside the visor Tom Allen and Landscape clubs back in 2013, passed the new John Suthers, who once served as do Springs. ey also allow visitors Worner Center. While sorting trash and Grounds Supervisor Josh Or- ban on cannabis clubs last Tues- Colorado’s attorney general, pro- to bring their own supply to use at may not be an enjoyable activity, tiz, who helped her identify which day, March 22. e City Council posed the ban to the City Coun- the clubs, where patrons are then it revealed important information people and organizations on cam- voted in a 6-3 decision to enact the cil, claiming that the amendment provided smoking ‘devices’ to use. about CC’s trash output and neces- pus she should contact. ban, though not without inciting makes no provision regarding the sary steps the school needs to take e rst time students sorted the ire of proponents of cannabis allowance of cannabis clubs. Continued on pg. 5 to reduce campus waste. through the college’s trash was Trash Peak arose from a desire four years ago, and many stu- to see how much land ll waste CC dents thought it was about time to created in a day, and how much have another event to analyze the of that should have been recycled school’s waste. or composted. With recycling and “We wanted to bring this back compost bins all over campus and because we think it’s a really im- detailed labels displaying what portant issue, and it ts really well items go in each bin, it may seem with Recyclemania,” said Heit- obvious that people would cor- mann. rectly dispose of trash, recycling, EnAct partnered with the O ce and compost. However, the results of Sustainability and Scott Slaugh- of Trash Peak showed the contrary. terbeck, the Sustainability Special- CC’s environmental club EnAct ist in Landscape and Grounds, who P G W. Several students hit the Preserve sponsored the event, and students compiled the trash and made the slopes during the unexpected spring were encouraged to come and snowstorm that started the night of volunteer to sort through waste. Continued on pg. 5 March 26. News Opinion Sports & Active Life Life 10 Questions Panel Discusses Water The Flaws of Constitutional Booty-Shakin’ Hockey Team Jaiel Mitchell’s Journey in Mitch Gardzalla, Assistant Direc- Conservation Literalism Claims First CC Performing Arts tor of the Adam F. Press Fitness Multiple perspectives on Direct interpretation is invalid Men’s hockey wins the Dougie Sociology major navigates being a Center, talks about his history in Colorado’s water issues, page 4 and also a disservice, page 14 cup in the Show of Talents, page 7 WOC in the arts, page 13 exercise tness, page 6 Inconsistency at CC The CC Cycling Team Making of the CC Greenhouse Find us online at: Colorado College is failing stu- Racing, recreation, and Completed in 2013, student-led catalystnewspaper.com dents by micro-managing meal everything in between, page 9 project makes growing own food Facebook: /CatalystNews plans and housing, page 15 a reality, page 11 Twitter: /catalystnews 2 April 1, 2016 News The Catalyst New Publication to Fill a Perceived Niche in Campus Arts By ABIGAIL CENSKY Cellar Door will be the newest addition in content, featuring art and poetry pro- to Colorado College’s student publications. duced by CC students. However, Fine and The magazine started as an idea in the dorm Turpan are quick to note that the approach room of co-founders and sophomores Gabe and structure of Cellar Door is starkly differ- Fine and Leo Turpan. ent from Leviathan or Cipher. They hope it They chose the name ‘Cellar Door’ because will provide a “different kind of environment. of its linguistically pleasing nature. “[Cel- One that is less scary and intimidating and lar Door] is often referenced by linguists as really community oriented,” Fine said. a purely phonaesthetically pleasing combi- Fine and Turpan wanted to create a publi- nation of sounds… one of the more beauti- cation with a different theme per issue and ful collections of sounds in the English lan- a rigorous selection process, without the tra- guage,” said Turpan. ditional call for submissions: a cycle that, as Cellar Door is a self-described “small scale they put it, can often be intimidating. poetry and arts publication.” “[Cellar Door] opens [opportunities] up “It also ended up being a really cool meta- to artists and poets in a more approachable phor for what any sort of printed collection way,” said Fine. is: a door that you can enter,” said Turpan. Cellar Door also seeks to provide a more The idea rose out of a common problem for personalized experience for readers, having Turpan and Fine.