By Miriam Brown ’21 Twice a week for two hours, Andre Dufresne ’21, Caroline James ’20, Mia Altenau ’21, and Associate Professor of Psychology Tricia Waters can be found in the basement below Loyal Coffee in downtown Colorado Springs. There, they met seven other students from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Pikes Peak Community College, …
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Miriam Brown ’21 Rujun Gillian Xu ’22 and Sherry Xu ’21 took the stage on Nov. 9 for the 33rd annual Colorado/Wyoming Japanese Speech Contest. They each walked away with first place in their respective divisions. Joan Ericson, professor of Japanese, says when the two were presenting, the crowd was completely silent. “It was pretty …
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By Emma Holinko-Brossman ’20 Food for Economic Thought talks are hosted by the Department of Economics and range in topics from the interesting lives of CC alumni to insights from visiting professors to relevant economic news. Assistant Professor of Economics Jessica Hoel presented a recent talk titled “Who Won the Nobel Prize and Why?” This …
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By Sarah Senese ’23 On Wednesdays at the Ritt Kellogg Climbing Gym, you can find female-identifying students enjoying women-only climbing from 4-6 p.m. Women’s Wednesdays, which began only a couple of years ago, encourages women to get involved and excited about climbing while providing a space for those who may be new to climbing or …
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By Miriam Brown ’21 For Ben Blackmore ’23, an exhilarating climbing career started with a party. One of his friends was celebrating his birthday at a local climbing gym, so he attended and has been climbing ever since. From Nov. 11-17, Blackmore will be representing the United States as he competes in the Panamerican Championship …
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The third season of “In Short,” is composed of short films that are solicited, curated, and programmed entirely by CC students. Ten half-hour episodes will air Mondays on Rocky Mountain PBS at 10:30 p.m., now through Nov. 25. It’s an ongoing partnership between CC’s Film and Media Studies Program and RMPBS. In addition to programming the …
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By Emma Holinko-Brossman ’20 The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College has created a unique interpretation of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) through a celebratory exhibit Nov. 1-2. The museum’s permanent collection includes Southwestern art from artist Jerry Vigil and prints created by José Guadalupe Posada, both of which use …
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By Sarah Senese ’23 Eder Muniz, Brazilian street artist and co-founder of the art collective Calangos, led an all-day workshop for advanced art students and is displaying his work as an art installation on the side of the 3-D Arts building, at 117 East Cache La Poudre Street, as well as a mural at Bemis School of …
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By Sarah Senese ’23 On Oct. 21, Ben Wright ’01returns to Colorado College to share his experiences working with the artistic collective Meow Wolf. Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Wright describes Meow Wolf as “an immersive, interdisciplinary collaboration between a large community of creatives and intellectuals,” connecting visual, auditory, and theatrical arts. Working as the …
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By Miriam Brown ’21 Kyle Cunningham was named KRCC’s new general manager in September. But he’s not new to KRCC, or to public media, or even to the general manager position. Cunningham says that “people kind of just fall into public media,” and he was no exception. While studying at Oklahoma State University for his …
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