Dalai Lama visits Denver with eight other Nobel Laureates, addresses global peace issues >>2 SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 the CatalystSINCE 1969 ISSUE 3, VOL. 52 Pigeons Poisoned in C. Springs Army to Expand in Southern Colorado MATT BAER : Staff Writer SCOTT HUTCHINS : Guest Writer 2.5 million acres, in southeastern much as 2.5 million acres, stretching period.” Colorado. from the Kansas and Oklahoma Juliette Mondot, a resident of A forum held in the WES room of Officially, the Army has announced borders nearly to I-25—an area the Model who opposes the expansion Last Friday around 2:30 senior Dan Colorado College’s Worner Center its intention to expand the area up to size of Connecticut. and who is making a film about the Baron-Brenner found an ailing pigeon, on Tuesday, Sept. 19 discussed the a total of 418,000 acres. However, The proposed expansions to the process, stated, “We raise good cows, which seemed to have a broken wing, proposed land seizure by Fort Carson according to leaked documents existing site, which currently covers we raise good kids . my neighbors in front of Tutt Science Center on the that would create an expanded acquired by news agencies this 260,000 acres and has been used by are food producers and they’re just sidewalk of Nevada Street. Belcrest military maneuver site, upwards of summer, the site could encompass as Fort Carson since 1983 to conduct as important to the strategic national Animal Clinic, located within ten brigade-size maneuvers, defense of the country [as a training minutes from campus, informed encompasses several small ground for US soldiers].” Brenner that the bird was in fact ranching communities, The Army has already poisoned. historic cattle ranches, accomplished three of the seven Brenner recalls, “It was on the and farms, as well as state steps towards approval to go ahead ground flopping its wings. I thought highways and public lands. with the expansion. Fort Carson has it’s wing was broken.” “The majority of submitted the plan to the Department Brenner and friend, senior Hayden landowners are not willing of the Army and received approval. Jensen, attempted to save the distressed to sell,” said rancher Lon Fort Carson is now assured to receive bird. Robertson. “[They are] the moratorium for acquisition of “I just picked it up and ran into trying to get opposition the properties. The Army will then Jackson House to get a shoe box. We and understanding” on this submit the plan to the Department put it into the shoe box and drove it process before the Army is of Defense for approval, conduct in Hayden’s car to the clinic,” said successful in gaining full an Environment Impact Statement Brenner. approval to go ahead with (conducted by the Army), and finally Belcrest told Brenner that the the buyout of the land. submit the plan to Congress. pigeon suffered a seizure due to a George Hutton, a In the question and answer poisoned corn pellet. resident of Fountain, saw session following the meeting in the >>2 the proposal differently. WES room, questions ranged from “[They’re] selfish,” he said. “Who’s going speak for the insects, According to Hutton, the the animals, the water . all the living E. Coli Watch ranchers are “worried about things on the land, if not us?” to “How NICK WILSON : Staff Writer me, [and] about losing would you respond to critics who say their profit.” Stressing that your group [PCOC] are exhibiting Sodexho Food Comany issued a he only spoke as a citizen, one more example of NIMBY [not in nationwide ban on all fresh spinach he continued, “I know my back yard]?” products on Wednesday, Sept. 20, what sacrifice is,” and Leading the event were Bill after 146 cases of E. coli infection were argued that this opposition Sulzman, a local activist, and recently reported by the Center for group sees their material Robertson. Disease Control (CDC). sacrifice as greater than According to Trinidad State Boettcher Health Center confirmed the sacrifice a soldier may College Professor Doug Holdread, there have not been cases of CC make. “I’d rather have our who also helped lead the forum, students obtaining an E. coli infection, soldiers trained here, so the expansion would turn pristine, although the first reported instance of they can get used to live unspoiled, short-grass prairie and an E. coli infection in Colorado was a fire,” instead of facing a canyon lands into an Army-access CU Boulder graduate student. live-fire situation for the only “light-fire maneuver site.” “As soon as we heard about the first time when they are Encompassing nearly the whole E. coli outbreak, we immediately sent to battles abroad. length of the Purgatory River canyon, pulled all spinach products from our If approved, Fort Carson Apishipa Canyon, and Picketwire shelves,” said Jessica Alford, Director would see substantial Canyon, the site would subsume of Operations for CC’s on-campus personnel gains. If the US Forest Service land and a large Sodexho food service. While the expansion is successful, number of cultural artifacts dating advisory has warned consumers the base would gain 26,000 from the last century to prehistoric exclusively about fresh bagged spinach, soldiers by 2008, and the evidence of dinosaurs. not the frozen variety, Sodexho has establishment of a Division In an effort to prove the significance removed all menu items containing West Training Center of the situation, Holdread contended spinach from Herb N’ Farm and would bring more than that the “land grab” affects a wide Rastall Dining Hall. 200,000 National Guard range of people and interest groups, Though the exact cause of troops to the area. making it a unique situation and one contamination has yet to be The meeting was a that should motivate dissent from a determined, Federal Department continuation of an effort wide array of citizens who often have of Agriculture officials suspect that that started at a meeting in a scarcity of common concerns. at some time during the packaging Pueblo on May 13, where Mr. Hutton summed up his process the spinach came into contact AY OLSTEIN J H : Catalyst over 400 ranchers in strong viewpoint with, “The Army serves with manure-rich fertilizer. It is [Top] Lon Robertson speaks against a proposed military expansion in southern Colo- opposition to the proposal civilians. Ask not what your country also possible that the water used to rado at a forum for concerned citizens. [Bottom] Professor Doug Holdread speaks his showed up to tell Senator can do for you—but what you can do rinse the fresh spinach had become piece at the meeting. Salazar (D-CO) that their for your country.” >>2 land was “not for sale, opinions features The next Industrial >>8 Declining cigarette Revolution sales force tobacco companies to use subversive adver- NEWS................................... 1-3 SCENE.................................... 4 tising measures in FEATURES ............................... 5 order to target new SPORTS...............................6 markets >>5 DISATCHES .............................. 7 OPINIONS ................................ 8 SAMUEL CORNWALL : Catalyst COURTESY : BLACKFILM.COM Girls’ soccer vs. Air Force >>6 Idlewild movie review >>4 2news SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 E. coli Found in >>1 Pigeons Poisoned Cindy Goldstein, a Veterinarian Spinach Technician at Belcrest put the bird contaminated. on Valium and seizure medication >>1 In stores throughout the in an attempt to drain the poison country, fresh-bagged spinach is and save the pigeon. Goldstein came being pulled from shelves, while in on Sunday, her day off, to check several major distributors are making on the bird and found that it hadn’t widespread recalls of their bagged survived. spinach products. Balducci’s, FreshPro, According to Goldstein, “The and Natural Selection are among poisonings happen all over town. the largest companies to have issued We’re not always sure who it is. Last such recalls, though none of the 146 year a homeowner’s association in an cases have been specifically linked to upscale neighborhood was poisoning consumption of these brands. pigeons in order to clean up the mess In response to the recent outbreak, the pigeons make.” Herb N’ Farm has substituted cilantro The homeowners association was for spinach as a dish garnish and now unavailable for a comment. serves pesto made entirely with basil “Many people refer to pigeons as city instead of the usual basil-spinach mix. rats and feel they bring in dirtiness,” Alford expressed hope that students said Goldstein. would not respond negatively to the Brenner commented, “It’s pretty temporary menu changes. horrible. There’s just a bunch of This is not the first time Sodexho people who are worried about their has pulled a food item from its menus. aesthetics. They are not dealing with Two years ago, bean sprouts and green it in a humanitarian way.” onions were removed due to similar Goldstein echoed Brenner, “It’s Daughter in tow, Cindy Goldstein, a Veterinarian Technician at Belcrest Animal Clinic, JACKSON SOLWAY : Catalyst concerns of E. coli contamination. horrible. I can save the majority of checks post surgery x-rays. Sodexho will reconsider Spinach- them. That’s what keeps my chin up, illegal. based items for food preparation once but it wears on your psyche. As I’m In some areas around the world, the FDA releases a statement verifying trying to save these birds, there are poisonings occur to control the its safety, but Alford indicated that it people trying just as hard to get rid pigeon population. might take some time before students of them. People don’t remember that In Texarkana, Texas last week begin to see such products. It took pigeons are still birds.” pigeons began nose-diving into the close to a full year after E.