Of the 2,400 surveys mailed, almost 500 were returned. An alumnus from the Class of 1934 returned our survey, as did alumni from every class up to 1959. Almost 300 of those who took the survey belonged to a fraternity or sorority while at CC. Honor societies and athletics followed. 74 children and grandchildren of [...]
April 2010 Issue
Peak Profile: Doug Pray '83
Doug Pray ’83 has spent most of his professional life exploring worlds unknown to him. A documentary filmmaker, Doug looks through the camera’s eye to delve into American subcultures — long-haul truck drivers, graffiti artists, hiphop DJs, and musicians. In his most recent film, “Art & Copy,” which opened last summer, he examines the culture [...]
Issue: April 2010 (story list)
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Section: Alumni Profiles
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Peak Profile: John Chalik ’67, Monica Linzner ’07, and Katherine Bell ’08
Thanksgiving of her junior year, Katherine Bell ’08 returned from CC to a flock of chickens in her family’s front yard, a rented chicken scalder, and a mother who needed a hand. “It was the first time I’d ever killed something,” she said. The experience was a turning point for Bell, who had been a [...]
Issue: April 2010 (story list)
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Section: Alumni Profiles
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Alumni Trustee Election Time Approaches
This spring, alumni will be asked to vote for an alumni trustee to serve on the college’s Board of Trustees. The successful candidate will serve a six-year term as one of three elected alumni trustees. The candidates advanced by the Alumni Association Board and its Nominating and Awards Committee are: Karen Rechnitzer Pope ’70, P’04 [...]
Issue: April 2010 (story list)
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Section: Announcements TigerWire
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CC Launches Online Sustainability Tour
When people ask what sustainability measures Colorado College has initiated, do you point with pride to pervious paving? Compliment the composting program? Praise The Preserve? Expound enthusiastically on the environmental mobile lab and energy audits? Colorado College has a variety of sustainability initiatives in place, and to help increase awareness of them, the Campus Sustainability [...]
Issue: April 2010 (story list)
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Section: Around CC
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From the President
Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends of Colorado College, The Crestone Peaks. Layers of sky, clouds, and bison. There is an unusual magic about our own Steve Weaver’s photography, and particularly so in this issue’s cover shot. A poster version graces the front door of my office, and every day students, faculty, staff, and other visitors [...]
Issue: April 2010 (story list)
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Section: President's Page
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Documentary Pays Tribute to Professor Fred Sondermann
Fred Sondermann is a legendary name at Colorado College. He taught political science at CC from 1953 until his death in 1978. Those on campus during that time were fortunate to have known him; those who came later were aware of his lasting influence. Both those who knew him and those who didn’t now have [...]
Issue: April 2010 (story list)
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Section: Features
