Bulletin

Issue: April 2010

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 vegetarian for eight years. Little did she know those few quick thrusts of a knife would lead to a job. Bell told this story over homegrown mint tea and mandarins at Chez Panisse, the world-famous Berkeley, Calif. restaurant known for its intimate approach to food. It’s where she works. Bell is one of three CC…

Issue: April 2010

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 of advertising and creativity. Doug didn’t arrive at Colorado College with a film career in mind. “While I was at CC, I began to get excited about different media and entertainment and got heavily involved in activities like The Catalyst, KRCC, and a small but dynamic music scene on campus,” he says. Doug was majoring…