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Campus Community Participates in CCE Week of Action
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Photo by Mila Naumovska ’26
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By Julia Fennell ’21
The Colorado College Collaborative for Community Engagement recently concluded its Week of Action, where students, staff, and faculty participated in different community-based projects.
The Week of Action, which took place Oct. 2-8, was a week of opportunities and events aimed to mobilize the CC community to engage in local, community-based work. The goal was to expose campus community members to shared issues, challenges, and organizations, so they will continue to work with the broader Colorado Springs community in the future.
The Week of Action events included a cleanup of Monument Creek as part of Creek Week, building walking and biking trails with Concrete Couch, and planting garlic at the CC Farm.
“I loved that the week was centered on collaboration with local partners and helping them meet needs that already existed instead of coming up with a bunch of new programming. This felt like an effective and efficient way to support organizations throughout Colorado Springs and hopefully gave CC students a chance to engage in work in a variety of different issue areas, from food access to conservation of natural spaces,” says Maddi Schink ’23, the student director of community engaged scholars.
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Limited Run Concert at the Fine Arts Center Theatre
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From the creator and performer of “ Where Did We Sit on the Bus?“, “Songs from the Border” is a limited run concert of original music about immigration, identity, and belonging, starring Satya Jnani Chávez, Brian Quijada, and Nygel D. Robinson. Performances are Nov. 3-6, with ASL interpretation offered on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 2 p.m.
Also, join in on Friday, Nov. 4 for a late-night dance party following the mainstage performance of “ Songs from the Border” starring Satya Jnani Chávez, Brian Quijada, and Nygel D. Robinson performing pop and musical medleys. Who knows? You might just hear an epic “Encanto” mash-up.
Student Tickets
CC Staff and Faculty Tickets
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Mental Health Resources
As campus leaders shared earlier this week, CC is committed to raising its focus on mental health to the highest level. Please remember these resources are available to you:
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Students Have Lunch with Nobel Prize Laureate Oliver Hart
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Photo by Erin Mullins ’24
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By Julia Fennell ’21
About 20 Colorado College students had the opportunity to have lunch with Oliver Hart, Nobel Prize laureate, on Sept. 29.
“The Carey Lectureship brings Nobel laureates in economics to the college, an opportunity unique among liberal arts colleges, making it possible for both students and faculty, as well as for members of the Colorado Springs community, to learn at first-hand about fundamental issues of the day,” says Timothy Fuller, political science professor and former president of CC. “Professor Oliver Hart is the twentieth Carey lecturer in this distinguished series, speaking on ‘corporate social responsibility’ a topic in wide discussion today.”
“We were incredibly fortunate to have Nobel Laureate Oliver Hart visit our campus. His talk on corporate social responsibility had broad appeal. His visit came at exactly the right time for our community, as students and community members are increasingly confronting what it means for business to be socially responsible,” says Christina Rader, associate professor and chair of the Economics and Business Department.
Hart advised the students who attended the lunch to read “On Liberty,” by John Stuart Mill, says Alnebeck.
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An Evening With Ayad Akhtar
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In his work, Akhtar deftly weaves politics, family, friendship, capitalism, and the eternal existential crisis of being “American” into confessional observations that are emotionally moving. Akhtar is the author of “American Dervish,” published in more than 20 languages and named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012, as well as the novel “Homeland Elegies,” published in September 2020. As a playwright, Akhtar has written “Junk” (2016), “The Who & The What” (2014), “The Invisible Hand” (2015), and “Disgraced” (2012), a sobering take on race, class, and religion in the United States, which won a Pulitzer Prize for drama. As a screenwriter, he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best screenplay for “The War Within,” which he also starred in. Akhtar is the recipient of the Steinberg Playwriting Award, the Nestroy Award, and the Erwin Piscator Award, as well as fellowships from the American Academy in Rome, MacDowell, the Sundance Institute, and Yaddo, where he serves as a board director.
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Cyber Security Month Tip of the Week: MFA Bombing
Now that our accounts are protected by multifactor authentication (MFA), it is much more difficult for an attacker to gain access to our accounts because they need more than just our passwords. However, they are starting to get around this problem by MFA Bombing.
The attacker will repeatedly send “push mobile app” notifications to get you to finally relent and accept the Duo push. The point of this attack method is to irritate the user and wear them down until they finally tap accept to get the prompts to stop or because they think they’re doing something wrong and are supposed to accept after all.
They also employ similar tactics in other ways:
- Sending one or two prompts per day, which often attracts less attention, but can still be successful since you might assume this is a normal request.
- Calling and pretending to be part of the organization, telling you they need you to respond an MFA request as part of a business process.
Be diligent in securing your username and password. Verify that it is in fact you logging in to a system before accepting your Duo prompt, and contact the Solution Center or ITS Security if you feel it is suspicious activity. This helps reduce risk across campus and ensures you are doing your part to secure sensitive data.
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Students enjoy a warm fall afternoon in Tava Quad on Oct. 18.
Photo by Lonnie Timmons III
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