Date: Tuesday, November 1 
Time: 4:00-6:30 p.m.  (drinks and hours d’oeurves at 4:00 p.m., presentation at 4:30 p.m., book signing at 5:45 p.m.)
Location: Celeste Theater, Cornerstone Arts Center
The Human Element: An Evening With James Balog
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This event is free and open to the public. Presented in partnership with Downtown Colorado Springs, the El Pomar Foundation, and the Nature Conservancy.

Jared Richman, associate professor and associate chair of the English Department, has been awarded the Gale-ASECS Non-Residential Fellowship. Richman’s project, entitled, “Voicing Disability in Eighteenth-Century Print Culture,” seeks to understand how eighteenth-century British literature represented and politicized speech and communication disorders, according to the press release.

In this project, Richman focuses on the “complex triangularization between orality, textuality, and disability and how the expansion of the commercial book trade in England shaped lexical standardization and cultural attitudes towards elocutionary performance during an age of colonialism, human enslavement, and imperial domination,” he says.

In addition to fellowship funding, Richman was awarded access to Gale’s Eighteenth-Century Collections Online and the Gale Digital Scholar Lab, which can help fellows advance their work using digital humanities methods. Richman plans to use both databases and new digital research tools with his students, he says.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Health, 75-percent of all mental health conditions begin by age 24, and up to 44% of college students reported having symptoms of depression and anxiety. Unfortunately, as many as 75% of students who struggle with depression and anxiety are reluctant to seek help.

Have you noticed a friend might be struggling emotionally? Learn the warning signs, such as out-of-control risk taking behaviors, isolation, behavior changes, concerning posts on social media, and substance abuse. If you see one or more signs that concern you, have the hard conversation. Start the conversation with something like, “I’ve noticed you’re [sleeping more, eating less, etc.], I’m here if you need to talk,” or, “Tell me more about what’s happening. Maybe if I understand better, we can find a solution together,” or, “I’ve noticed you’ve been down lately. What’s going on?” Help your friend(s) reach out to the CC Wellness Resource Center, and look at the resources available for help. Let your friend know they are not alone, that there are options. But remember, helping someone you care about who is going through something difficult can be exhausting. Make sure you take care of yourself too.

Last month, Simon Cataldo ’08 won the contested Democratic primary for Massachusetts’ 14th Middlesex District state representative seat.

“It’s uncanny how much of my coursework studying environmental science and chemistry at Colorado College relates to what’s happening in the Massachusetts legislature today,” says Cataldo, who majored in environmental science. “My friends at CC have helped me at every step of my professional journey after graduation and running for office has been no different.”

Cataldo will face Republican Rodney Cleaves in the general election on Nov. 8.