THE CATALYST Vol. 47, No. 3 The Independent Student Newspaper of Colorado College September 16, 2016 East Campus Housing Designs Revealed plan in place for how this will work. By RILEY HUTCHINGS Living in any of these rooms Come next fall, what looks like an should cost the same amount as empty lot now will house 154 Colo- living in Jackson, Arthur, or the rado College students. Construc- Western Ridge Apartments. tion began on July 25, 2016 and is The construction project is mak- scheduled to be completed on July ing progress every day. The new 1, 2017. buildings will be powered by geo- The complex will consist of two thermal heating, which will be in small houses and six apartments. place by this Friday, Sept. 14. This The two houses will face Uintah energy will fuel the new construc- Street and be similar to the exist- tion and will be available for school ing Jackson and Arthur Houses. use, if CC decides to build more in Four apartments will stretch along the future. Nevada Avenue and will mimic the Two weeks ago, workers finished style of the neighborhood around laying the electrical, sewage, water, the east side of campus. Behind and gas utilities. Next week start- those will be the final two “Brown- ing at 7 a.m. every day, work on the stone” apartments, along with a foundations for the buildings will community building. begin. By early November, 120 park- The community building will face ing spaces will open up for students. Pike’s Peak and include a class- “In order to meet the July 1, 2017 room and laundry facilities for the deadline, we need every bit of complex. In addition, it will have sunlight and daylight that we can three sliding glass garage doors get,” said Dean of Students Mike that will allow the space to open up Edmonds to CCSGA on Monday facing the interior commons and night. green space between the buildings. As of now, CC’s occupancy rate Each of the buildings will have for on-campus housing is 103 per- shared bathrooms and kitchens. cent. Dean Edmonds hopes that There will be a few doubles in the this project will not only reduce little houses, but aside from those that number to 97 percent, but will all rooms will be singles. also make sure the school meets The planning committee met on demand for seniors hoping to live Monday morning to discuss how on campus, and even make that Resident Advisors (RA) will work. option appealing. “We do not want There will likely be one RA to over- first-years to be in triples and we look the entire complex. There will also want to be able to have the also probably be one Resident Life type of housing stock that would Coordinator who will live in the old encourage students to stay on cam- Outdoor Education Gear House on pus,” Edmonds said. Weber Street and mediate the new Next year, Dean Edmonds antici- buildings and the surrounding area. pates that 82 percent of students The selection process for these will live on campus. apartments has yet to be deter- The cost of this new housing is mined. Associate Housing Director expected to be around the same Justin Weis will meet with CCSGA cost of the Western Ridge Apart- next week to discuss changing the ments. Including design costs and entire lottery system currently in excluding all furniture, it will cost place. By Nov. 1, they should have a CC $18 million. Mockups Courtesy of Colorado College. Photo by Austin Halpern: Top, left, bottom: CC’s planned East Campus Housing. The new housing is scheduled to be completed by the start of the next academic year. Blues ‘n’ Shoes Blues ‘n’ Shoes was cancelled by a late-May snowstorm last year. The annual bluegrass con- cert and horseshoes tournament put on by the Carnivore Club was rescheduled for last Satur- day, Sept. 10 on the Tutt Science quad. Students enjoyed temper- atures in the 80s, rampant Colo- rado sunshine, and Rudy’s BBQ. Blues ‘n’ Shoes was headlined by CC Bluegrass Ensembles, White- water Ramble, Spring Fever, and Cosmic Mesa. The event also featured a mechanical bull, lawn games, and peach bread. Photo (left) by Emily McBride. Photo (right) by Marta Sola-Pfeffer. CC students revelling in the joyous bluegrass tunes. 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Page 4 Page 9 Facebook: /CatalystNews Twitter: /catalystnews 2 September 16, 2016 News The Catalyst CC Chemistry Professor Sophomore Beau Burns Puts Discovers New Compounds Whitewater Passion to Use By CINEA JENKINS By NOELLE EDWARDS What began as an idea for a final pa- per in Environmental Economics has blossomed into a fully-fledged research project and subsequent independent study for sophomore Beau Burns. During Burns’ fourth block Environmental Eco- nomics class last year, he had the chance to listen to a lecture on water markets and water rights, something that had always interested him. After the initial research period, Professor Mark Smith suggested to Burns that his interest would be a good topic to write his final paper on for the class. By late June, and after a few more meet- ings with industry professionals and con- tinued support from Professor Smith, P B B G. Habiba Vaghoo, a CC professor whose research has advanced medicine. Burns had finalized his project. The proj- ect was named “Build It and They Will Organic Chemistry Professor Habiba Vag- pounds. Come: A Whitewater Park as a Magnet for hoo discovered, with a team, uorinated Vaghoo explained her research in cooking Economic Growth.” compounds that will promote medical ad- terms. “If you have a recipe for fried chicken Burns spent the entire summer collect- vancements. with our, and I want to make it with corn ing data around the state of Colorado, ac- Vaghoo was raised in Tanzania and took our, that’s not exactly the same thing. I counting for the whole season of white- her rst organic chemistry class in high would have to come up with a slightly dif- water tourism. The data was collected in school and loved it. She came to the U.S. as ferent method or slightly di erent recipe the form of surveys that required visitors P B P E. Sophomore Beau an international and rst-generation col- because I am using a slightly di erent ingre- to list how much was spent on their trips Burns lege student for her undergraduate degree, dient. So, that’s how you could think about to whitewater parks, including gas, food, Colorado gets from the parks as their rea- and worked towards a degree in Computer what we’re doing with uorine,” said Vaghoo. and equipment rentals. These questions son to build them,” said Burns. Science until she was encouraged to follow e researchers worked around a big idea were a form of revealed preference that Burns’ interest in whitewater parks her passion for Organic Chemistry. that if they combined these two compounds answered how much tourists were willing grew from a love of whitewater kayaking. Now, Vaghoo is using her Organic Chem- and got them to react, then they would be to spend on whitewater parks. He was able to both research whitewater istry background to research uorinated able to get the desired product. For those who are unfamiliar with the parks and enjoy them. Burns teaches the compounds. ese compounds are ground- Vaghoo and her team worked on trying to terminology, a whitewater park is essen- kayak roll clinics at Colorado College. breaking because they can be used to make gure out the di erent conditions needed tially simple modifications to a natural Burns has been able to find “purpose medicine. to have these two compounds react to make river that allow rafters and kayakers to and enjoyment” in his work which would Fluorinated compounds found in nature speci c uorinated compounds. Returning access the river safely. not have been possible without the flex- are toxic, so only recently have scientists to her cooking analogy, Vaghoo said, “So, Through his research Burns hoped to ibility of designing his own research proj- started looking into synthesizing their own just like testing a recipe, you would use dif- find out an estimate for the worth of white- ect and continuing his work throughout uorinated compounds for medicinal pur- ferent proportions of your ingredient, you water parks. After speaking to a developer first block. poses. Vaghoo joined a team of scientists would fry it longer or shorter, those kinds of of the Buena Vista Whitewater Park, Burns Burns stressed how integral Professor last spring at the University of Southern Cal- things, until you get to that place where you was able to reign in his focus specifically Smith was to his work.