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Conservative political analyst and former U.S. Treasurer Bay Buchanan lectured Wednesday evening, Feb. 1, to a standing-room-only crowd on “The Failures of Feminism.” The event was highly anticipated as something that would spark a lot of debate and anger. Buchanan had clearly been warned of this, as she introduced her speech by saying she knew she would be meeting a lot of disagreement and that “the odds were against [her],” but that she loved having debates.

In one of the first events held by the C.C. Young Republicans group, created last year, political commentator Bay Buchanan will be giving a lecture in Gaylord Hall next week titled “The Failures of Feminism”. The lecture is sponsored by the Colorado College Young Republicans, Young America’s Foundation, with which Buchanan works, the Campus Activities Department, and the Political Science Department.

Photo by Hannah Varnell.

This past weekend, as most of the CC population reluctantly said goodbye to present- and powder-filled vacations, one group of students was already back in full force: the CC swim and dive teams. After an intensive 10-day training trip to San Diego in early January, the teams continued to train vigorously for nearly another month to ensure their season finishes on a high note. They’re also adjusting to a recent hiccup: head coach Anne James tore her ACL and MCL during the training trip in San Diego.

12/5/2011 (11:44 p.m.)
Campus Safety was notified that an individual (non-affiliated) fell on the Nevada sidewalk adjacent the CC Inn. CC-2 and CC-3 responded. AMR was contacted and responded. The individual was very belligerent, combative, and intoxicated. It is unknown if the individual sustained any injuries. AMR transported the individual to Memorial Hospital.

12/6/2011 (12:09 a.m.)

Antonio Skrica and Dan Ward, co-chairs of the Investment Club. Photo by S. Siglov

Investing money is one of those things that people talk about, and say is very important, but who really knows that much about it?
Well, the Investment Club at CC does.

Dan Ward said the goal of the Investment Club is to expand the general investment knowledge of the student body.

Kathleen Carroll said that she originally started the Mental Health Awareness Group, now called Grow, last spring to cope. Carroll was a very close friend of David Blackett, who died last spring, and they were originally going to start the group together. They were possibly going to affiliate with Active Minds, a national organization that provides programming to promote lifelong learning, but they weren’t sure.

“At the time, it was the start of sophomore year,” Carroll said. “I didn’t want to be known as the ‘depression girl’. Now I don’t care at all about that.”

Professor Santiago Guerra visiting in the Southwest Studies department this year from University of Texas at Austin.

Do you know where your marijuana comes from? Do you know the whole chain of events that brings it to your room? These questions, along with questions about legalization and racial discrimination, were discussed at the Glass House Dinner and Discussion on Wednesday night titled, “Marijuana and Social Justice.”

The discussion was led by Santiago Guerra, a visiting assistant professor in the Southwest Studies Department from University of Texas at Austin. Guerra grew up in a Texas town on the U.S.-Mexico border in a family and community of drug smugglers.

In the past three years, Colorado enrollment at CC has dropped from 34 percent to nearly 17.9 percent. This year, enrollment of students from Colorado has reached what is likely the lowest point in CC history.

This was the first statement on a recent fact sheet distributed by Mark Hatch, Vice President of Enrollment, to the Faculty Executive Committee (FEC) and the College Priorities Subcommittee on Nov. 21. The information he presented was the accumulation of a study done by the Admissions Office, put together by Hatch, as an attempt to draw attention to this sudden pattern.

Until now, the policy regarding alcohol use on Colorado College campus, especially when students require medical attention, was somewhat of a gray area.

This past summer, two members of the Information Management Department were fired and three resigned for personal reasons following an investigation by then-Colorado College legal counsel, Chris Melcher. The circumstances surrounding their terminations have remained unclear due to non-disclosure agreements and the sensitive relationship of all those involved.

A tight-knit camaraderie of technologists, the seven-unit IM department often works overtime to meet CC’s computing and networking service needs, including keeping “tigernet2” up and running.

Although the Colorado College mission statement professes a commitment to “environmental sustainability,” CC invests millions in companies with long histories of environmental degradation and corporate irresponsibility.

ExxonMobil, BP, McDonalds, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Canadian Natural Resources, Occidental Petroleum, Monsanto, Comcast, Tiffany and Co., Goldman Sachs, and Halliburton are just some of the companies that benefit from our investment. Our holdings in these companies total upwards of $15 million.

This past week, four Colorado College students and four faculty members attended the 2011 annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, held October 9-12 in Minneapolis.

Hundreds of undergraduate students attend the conference each year to present the research they have done with their professors. Aside from the opportunity to present and learn about research within the greater geological community, one of the meeting’s biggest benefits is the opportunity to network.

Julie Andrews in “Mary Poppins”, Emma Watson in “Harry Potter”, and Hugh Grant in “Love Actually” all share a common bond with our very own Campus Safety Officer, or rather Third Shift Security/Safety Supervisor, Andy Benger: they all have charming British accents.

Andrew Wallace is making use of his senior year. Wallace, a Southwest Studies major from Miami, Florida, is the founder of the Colorado College LGBT Oral History Project.
Its mission is to create an oral record of the history of LGBT students, faculty, staff, and events of the College. It’s a way for current students to talk and make connections to past generations and realize the changes that have happened in the past 30 to 40 years, and also see what has remained constant.

This issue, The Catalyst is running archival material indexed by the Colorado College LGBT Oral History Project. This article was originally run on April 17, 1987 commenting on a group called “Students Against Unnatural Sex Acts.”