Bulletin

by Nancy Saltzman ’74 “I’m sorry. There were no survivors.” Nancy Saltzman tried to absorb the caller’s words. Her entire family had perished in a small-plane crash. The caller was wrong, though. There was a survivor — Saltzman. She had beaten cancer twice, and the book chronicles her journey through despair and how having a…

by Kaleb Rittenhouse ’09 “The God Within” is a collection of short stories and poems regarding the divinity within humans and the struggle to transcend mortality. Says Rittenhouse, “Even since before I could read or write I was a writer. I am a writer and I will always be a writer no matter what else…

by Kitty Kroger ’66 In this love story set against the backdrop of radical politics in 1970s New Jersey, Jenny belongs to a Maoist collective which sends its members into factories to organize the proletariat. At her workplace, Jenny falls for Miguel, a Dominican immigrant and revolutionary. Jenny is torn by misgivings about the politics…

by Mary Lowry ’97 Everything looks perfect in 14-year-old Rhonda’s world, but in actuality, the only reliable person in her life is the Mexican yardman, Jesús. When he is deported, Rhonda seizes an opportunity to find her friend by swimming to the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. When a peyote-addled bartender in the border…

edited and translated by Diane Rayor ’80 Rayor, who was awarded an honorary degree from CC in 2010, is a classics professor at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. Sophocles’ Antigone comes alive in this new translation that has been called “accurate yet accessible,” and helps bring to life the play’s inherent theatricality. Rayor provides…

“Quantitative Research Methods was a very challenging class, but the GIS and STATA tutorial videos helped considerably. The tutorials helped me solidify my skills and feel more confident about what I was doing. They will definitely be helpful in a couple weeks when I have to use STATA again for my thesis research!” – Kathleen…

The NHK (Japan Broadcasting Organization) film crew recently interviewed Geology Professor Paul Myrow about the Great Unconformity, a geological feature that is well exposed in parts of the Colorado Springs area. The film crew was interested in how the development of the unconformity might relate to the radical burst of evolution of organisms during the…

Gregory from Hanover, N.H. At the men’s ice hockey game, I became a part of the cheering squad and shared the excitement with everyone. Every single person I talked to was welcoming, friendly, and enthusiastic. I didn’t want to leave the campus [after that visit] that Sunday because, in that short weekend, I had already…

Austin Howlett ’15 capped a brilliant sophomore season by being selected Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Diver of the  Year for the second consecutive season. Howlett, who became the first CC diver to earn the award, won both boards at the 2013 SCAC Swimming & Diving Championships and was named Diver of the Meet   for the…

Tiger Icers Save Best for Last Hockey After an eighth-place regular-season finish in their final year as a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, CC’s amazing Tigers went on a playoff run rivaled by precious few of their predecessors. Their initial opponent, none other than detested University of Denver, emerged victorious by a 5-3…