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The Prettiest Girls in Euphoria, Kansas

by Bruce Kellner ’55 The impact of the past on the present dominates this novel, as Kellner explores the erratic, mysterious power of memory, simultaneously faithful and unreliable. “Memory is our sixth sense,” one character observes. “Is the fading of the other ones as we grow older the reason why memories of the past grow…

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The Looney Tunes Treasury

by Andrew Farago ’98 Ehhh, what’s up, Doc? Here’s a first-hand look at the Looney Tunes from an irrefutable source — the characters themselves. This irreverent, hilarious, and just plain looney history provides an offbeat look at the animation industry, the “behind-the-cels” men (and women) who gave the characters their unequivocal look, attitude, and voices,…

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Tested: How Twelve Wrongly Imprisoned Men Held Onto Hope

by Dorothy Budd ’80 and Peyton Budd ’12 This book by a CC mother-daughter team was featured on “Larry King Live” last fall and tells the story of what helped 12 wrongly imprisoned men hold onto their hope, faith, and sanity while behind bars. Each man’s story could be a book in itself. Dori Budd…

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Kill Switch

by Neal Baer ’78 “Kill Switch” is the first in a series featuring Claire Waters, a forensic psychiatrist with unnervingly personal insights into the criminal mind. The book begins as a police drama involving a serial killer, but a plot twist propels the story into something  bigger and more frightening. Baer, who has a medical degree…

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Find King Henry’s Treasure and Count Monet’s Lilies

by Julie Appel and Amy Guglielmo ’94 Both books combine historical paintings with different developmental skills that help teach young children while introducing them to classic art. “Finding King Henry’s Treasure” is an adventure with a lot of “texture” (the brave knight’s velvet cloak, the duchess’s feathered hat); “Count Monet’s Lilies” teaches counting, beginning with…

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Chas in Costume

The statue of Charles Leaming Tutt Jr. (“Chas”) in front of Tutt Library has been decorated and costumed by CC students and others since soon after it was installed in 1992. Thanks to the Tutt Library staff, especially Jessy Randall, curator of Special Collections, for these photos. [nggallery id=7]    

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Is Debt Bad?

Believe it or not, government debt is not always a bad thing. In fact, it is often quite the opposite. Just as private citizens and businesses often have perfectly legitimate reasons to borrow in order to finance projects that will increase their future earnings, so it is with governments. Just as individuals may need temporary…

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Homecoming and Parents Weekend 2011

Awards Ceremony At the Homecoming Convocation and Alumni Association Awards, held in Shove Memorial Chapel, President Jill Tiefenthaler and Alumni Association President Alan Harris ’77 presented the Benezet, Worner, Riley and Spirit of Adventure Awards. Recipients of the Louis T. Benezet Award for career achievement were: Susan Phillips Cohen ’66 and Marc Webb ’96. The…

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Colorado’s Poet Laureate David Mason Takes Poetry on a State-Wide Road Trip

  Whether he’s in a CC classroom or at a podium somewhere in Colorado, English Professor David Mason ’78 is sharing his love for the written word.   These days Mason may be best known for his award-winning verse novel, “Ludlow.” But this is no one-trick poet: Since July 2010, he’s been the Colorado Poet…

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Letters from Mary

The year was 1992 and it was the beginning of seven years of correspondence between Mary Chenoweth and me. Mary was the print teacher at Colorado College for more than 30 years. Mary never just sent a letter; she would always include a small paper collage print or a watercolor. I, in turn, would send…

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