Three Colorado College students have been awarded the Davis Project for Peace for their project featuring traveling art workshops serving homeless and impoverished communities. Shire Brown ’10, an English major; Jody Joyner ’10, a studio art major; and Eddie Hazera ’11, a biology major, have received $10,000 for their collaborative project,  “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Da Bus: Traveling Art Workshops for Peace.”
The three will travel to San Francisco and Portland, Ore., for eight weeks this summer, where they will partner with existing agencies currently serving the homeless and impoverished, but which lack artistic and creative outlets. The students will live in and work out of the "Art Bus," a retrofitted school bus, conducting workshops and presentation which incorporate interdisciplinary approaches to music, poetry, and visual art. They will conclude their stay in both cities with a final presentation, allowing the participants to display or perform their work.
Kathryn Davis, a 103-year-old philanthropist, launched the Davis Projects for Peace initiative in 2007, on her 100th birthday. The program is designed to encourage and support college students seeking to promote peace throughout the world. Each of the 100 selected projects receives $10,000 in funding.
“The competition on more than 90 campuses was keen and we congratulate the students who proposed the winning projects,” said Philip O. Geier, executive director of the Davis UWC Scholars Program.

Michael Barone, the 2010 Lopat Memorial Lecturer, is one of the leading political analysts of our time. In addition to his role as Senior Political analyst at the Washington Examiner, as Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and co-author of the widely used American Political Almanac, Barone also appears regularly on TV news programs and was, for twenty years, a columnist for U.S. News & World Report. He is also author of an acclaimed book on the influence of the "Glorious Revolution" of 1689 in England on the American Revolution a century later. His knowledge of the American political tradition is deep and his understanding of the dynamics of contemporary American politics is second to none.

Jody Joyner ’10, a studio art major from Tucson, Ariz., has been awarded a Thomas J. Watson Foundation fellowship for her project, “The Art of Place: Where We Are.”

Joyner will travel to the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, Japan and Canada to study how artists visually convey their perceptions of and connections to the natural world, how their artwork reflects knowledge of local geographies, and whether art cultivates a sense of place.

The fellowship provides for a year of independent exploration and travel outside the United States. During her year, Joyner will investigate pre-historic, traditional, and contemporary artistic traditions that incorporate nature. While immersed in unique landscapes – from the deserts of Central and Western Australia to the lowlands of the United Kingdom – she hopes to better understand how artists respond to the lands they inhabit and how their response reflects their community and culture

Joyner is one of only 40 college seniors to receive a Watson Fellowship.

The 42nd class of Watson Fellows come from 23 states and three foreign countries, and will traverse 76 countries during their Watson year.

“These awards are long-term investments in people, not research,” says Cleveland Johnson, director of the Watson Fellowship Program and a former Watson Fellow. “We look for persons likely to lead or innovate in the future and give them extraordinary independence to pursue their interests outside of traditional academic structures.”

What if instead of buying your usual latte every morning, you spent ½ on a regular cup of coffee and donated the rest to a child orphaned by AIDS in Africa? Could you make a significant difference with just 1/2 of a small luxury you take for granted? Join us for fundraiser for Reencontro, a Mozambique-based NGO devoted to bettering the lives of thousands of children orphaned by AIDS. In conjunction with "The House is Small But the Welcome is Big" photography exhibit in Coburn Gallery. African food and student entertainment provided, $5 suggested donation. All proceeds will go to Reencontro, a Mozambique-based NGO providing life-saving support to children orphaned by AIDS. Reencontro, meaning "reunion", is a non-profit organization created in 1998 by a group of women of good-will that decided to join efforts and support the many children left without their parents because of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

A silent auction from 6:00-7:00 followed by a benefit meal provided by Olive Garden and Smiley's Bakery from 6:45-7:15. Benefit concert by Colorado College's acapella vocal groups Ellement, Back Row, and Room 46 from 7:15-9:00. All proceeds go to Operation Smile and organization that has provided much needed medical care by repairing children’s cleft lips and cleft palates since 1982. Operation Smile has treated more than 140,000 children and young adults from 50 countries around the world and in the United States. Every $1 donated is leveraged to yield $6 in additional program services. It takes as little as 45 minutes and cost approximately $240 for an Operation Smile cleft lip surgery to change a child’s life.

The Colorado College Economics and Business Department welcomes Joyce Jacobsen, the Andrews Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University to present a public lecture in Gaylord Hall on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 titled: "The Economics of Gender: Current Trends and Issues." Ms. Jacobsen earned a PhD from Stanford, a Masters from the London School of Economics and an AB from Harvard and is the author of "The Economics of Gender" and "Queer Economics: A Reader." She specializes in the economics of gender, labor and employment and writes about Marriage, Labor Market Specialization and the Gender Division of Labor. This event is free and open to the public.

Washington State Poet Laureate and author of "The Grace of Necessity" and "Vertebrae" will speak.

St. Baldrick’s is a joyous, raucous annual shave-a-thon and fundraiser to support kids with cancer. Participants shave their heads to show support for children who have lost their hair to cancer treatments or donate in honor of another brave soul willing to "take some off the top" for a great cause.

Amid the spectacular festivities of Holy Week in Seville, an aspiring novelist stuggles with his work and pays his bills by composing crossword puzzles. A cryptic recording left on his answering machine demands that he include a certain word in a future puzzle, and he becomes drawn into a spiraling tangle of mystery, danger and confusion. Soon he’s forced into participating in a real-life version of a computer game on the narrow streets of Seville, the stakes being extremely high for the entire city.

Members of the U.S. Air Force Academy Band will perform as part of its Chamber Recital Series.

Watch the 82nd annual Academy Awards over hors d’oeuvres and desserts!

Pictorial Sutras: A talk by Professor Charlotte Eubanks, Pennsylvania State University. Pictorial sutras were developed in an impoverished area of NE Japan in the 17th c, presumably for the use of illiterate subsistence farmers who were unable to read Chinese. This talk will draw on translation theory to examine some of the radical accommodations farmers were making, translating across Sanskrit-Chinese-Japanese(standard)-Japanese(dialect), and of course across orthographic bounds as well (from script to picture).

The drama/dance department presents the 2010 Faculty Dance Concert: Blueprint to Freedom. Colorado College students are featured in eclectic faculty choreographed works by Patrizia Herminjard, Andrew Manley, Debra Mercer, Yunyu Wang and Tiffany Tinsley-Weeks. Guest choreographers from Taiwan include Jeff Hsieh from the Taipei Artist Village and Billy Chang, formerly with the Cirque du Soleil. Tickets available starting March 1.

The drama/dance department presents the 2010 Faculty Dance Concert: Blueprint to Freedom. Colorado College students are featured in eclectic faculty choreographed works by Patrizia Herminjard, Andrew Manley, Debra Mercer, Yunyu Wang and Tiffany Tinsley-Weeks. Guest choreographers from Taiwan include Jeff Hsieh from the Taipei Artist Village and Billy Chang, formerly with the Cirque du Soleil. Tickets available starting March 1.

The Colorado College German program presents scenes from two new German plays in one evening — "Szenen Aus Zwei Neuen Deutschen Theaterstücken an eimem abend" — featuring authors Laura De Weck and Roland Schimmelpfennig. This play is in German with the introduction and narration in English.

The Colorado College German program presents scenes from two new German plays in one evening — "Szenen Aus Zwei Neuen Deutschen Theaterstücken an eimem abend" — featuring authors Laura De Weck and Roland Schimmelpfennig. This play is in German with the introduction and narration in English.

Laura Veirs's latest album, "July Flame," is a relatively stripped-down folk record highlighting Veirs’s masterful finger-picking guitar and confident vocals. "July Flame" is the sixth album that Veirs and producer Tucker Martine have made together. Veirs grew up in Colorado Springs and is the daughter of retired Colorado College Physics Professor Val Veirs. As a youth, Veirs often spent summers camping with her family, which has given her much of her songwriting inspiration.

The Colorado College German program presents scenes from two new German plays in one evening — "Szenen Aus Zwei Neuen Deutschen Theaterstücken an eimem abend" — featuring authors Laura De Weck and Roland Schimmelpfennig. This play is in German with the introduction and narration in English.

Come and try to do your best with music. With more than 90 songs, you can choose the style that suits you. You can select among classics or latest hits. Of course, in Spanish.

Come and try to do your best with music. With more than 90 songs, you can choose the style that suits you. You can select among classics or latest hits. Of course, in Spanish.

The drama/dance department presents the 2010 Faculty Dance Concert: Blueprint to Freedom. Colorado College students are featured in eclectic faculty choreographed works by Patrizia Herminjard, Andrew Manley, Debra Mercer, Yunyu Wang and Tiffany Tinsley-Weeks. Guest choreographers from Taiwan include Jeff Hsieh from the Taipei Artist Village and Billy Chang, formerly with the Cirque du Soleil. Tickets available starting March 1.

T.R. Reid is a prizewinning Washington Post reporter and the author of several books, including "The Healing of America" and "The United States of Europe." A frequent guest on NPR, he has narrated and produced several PBS documentaries.

Visiting Poet Jim Moore will read with the Colorado College Senior Poets. Moore has written six collections of poems, most recently "Lightning at Dinner," and has published in The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, The Paris Review and many other journals. He lives in Saint Paul, Minn., and Spoleto, Italy. The reading will be the culmination of a week of Moore’s intense work with the senior poets, whose work will be showcased alongside Moore’s. The reading will be followed by a reception, which is open to everyone.

Visiting Poet Jim Moore will read with the Colorado College Senior Poets. Moore has written six collections of poems, most recently "Lightning at Dinner," and has published in The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, The Paris Review and many other journals. He lives in Saint Paul, Minn., and Spoleto, Italy. The reading will be the culmination of a week of Moore's intense work with the senior poets, whose work will be showcased alongside Moore's. The reading will be followed by a reception, which is open to everyone.

BaoBao Festival is a traditional West African presentation involving dance, singing, drumming, and storytelling. In West African communities, the BaoBao Festival is an event where communities gather under the baobab tree and entertain. The event is used to unite all community members and connect generations. It is a performance that engages and moves audiences visually, acoustically, and physically.

One of Hayao Miyazaki’s (the director from "Princess Mononoke" "Spirited Away") film released in 1986. An adventure tale of an engineer’s apprentice and a young girl who came from the sky, in quest for the legendary floating castle, Laputa. "With spectacular animation, a fabulous musical score,...classic entertainment for the entire family. (from the cover)" *Japanese animation film with English subtitles *With cultural introduction

"Dirt! The Movie," directed and produced by Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow, takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth’s most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility, from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation. "Dirt! The Movie," narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis, brings to life the environmental, economic, social, and political impact of the soil. It shares the stories of experts from all over the world who study and are able to harness the beauty and power of a respectful and mutually beneficial relationship with soil.

The Colorado College community mourns the loss of legendary coach and associate professor Frank Flood, who passed away early Tuesday at the age of 80.
Memorial services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at St. Mary's Cathedral, located at 22 West Kiowa St. in downtown Colorado Springs.
Flood, who was inducted into the CC Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of its third class on March 1, 1997, served as former head football coach Jerry Carle’s assistant and right-hand man for three decades before retiring in 1991. Flood also coached boxing and track, producing the school’s first-ever track-and-field All-American in shot putter Charles Puga in 1989. 
Frequently a father figure for athletes and non-athletes alike, Flood was especially influential with minority students who came to him with any kind of problem.
The Frank Flood & Randy Bobier Endowed Scholarship, established in his honor shortly after his retirement, has been awarded annually since 1991 to a student athlete who qualifies for need-based financial aid and who “contributes to the ethnic and socio-economic diversity of the student body at CC.”

Hilarious French comedy portraying French regional stereotypes (the North vs the South). Synopsis : "Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard town of Bergues, in the Far North of France. Leaving his child and wife behind, the crucified man leaves for his frightening destination, a dreadfully cold place inhabited by hard-drinking, unemployed rednecks, speaking an incomprehensible dialect called Ch’ti. Philippe soon realizes that all these ideas were nothing but prejudices and that Bergues is not synonymous with hell..." (Written by Guy Bellinger) Introduction and synopsis provided by Juliette Destouches, Adjunct Instructor for French at Colorado College

Lois Quam, an internationally recognized visionary and leader on the emerging New Green Economy (NGE) and universal health care reform, is the 2010 H. Chase Stone lecturer. Quam is the founder and chair of Tysvar, LLC, a newly created, privately held, Minnesota-based NGE and health care reform incubator, and was named one of America's "50 Most Powerful Women" by Fortune magazine in 2006.

Renowned actor, director and translator, Timothy Mooney presents a 90-minute one-man performance of ten of Moliere’s most famous and hilarious monologues translated into English. Parading through the best loved plays of France’s history, Molière Than Thou reinvigorates renaissance theatre, the court of Louis XIV, and the vision which generated some of the most beloved plays of all time.

Carnival is a very fun event, celebrated all around the world. Why not have our own version? Let's meet at the Carriage house for a costume party!

Charles W. Mills, the John Evans Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy at Northwestern University and a leading scholar of the philosophy of race and gender, will deliver the annual J. Glenn and Ursula Gray Memorial Lecture on "Race and Liberalism." Professor Mills’s first book, "The Racial Contract" (Cornell, 1997), reassessed the social contract philosophy at the heart of early modern Western constitutionalism and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

After years of touring and establishing themselves as "the most important folk group to emerge from Boston since the early 60’s"(Boston Globe), Crooked Still has built a solid foundation. They have earned invitations from huge events like the historic Newport and Telluride Festivals and numerous rave reviews from publications like USA Today and Interview Magazine. Crooked Still is now on the cusp of a new musical chapter and continues to perform one of the most compelling forms of alternative bluegrass and string band music today. Opening for Crooked Still will be local favorites Redraw the Farm.

Colorado College Associate Professor of Biology, Brian Linkhart will present his research of nearly 30 years of study on Flammulated Owls, raptors that are small and reticent enough to disappear in the shadows of ponderosa pines to breed. As barometers of environmental change, are these owls affected by shifts in climate and alterations to pine forests? Much of the research and information about this sensitive species is due mainly to Professor Linkhart’s work, which he will share in his PowerPoint presentation. Reservations and Cancellations by Monday, February 22, 2010. Call 389-6649.

George Weigel, the official biographer of Pope John Paul II, reflects on how we see the implications of his legacy and achievement today. George Weigel (Baltimore, 1951 - ) is an American Catholic author, and political and social activist. He currently serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Weigel was the Founding President of the James Madison Foundation. He is the author of the best-selling biography of Pope John Paul II, Witness to Hope.

Members of the U.S. Air Force Academy Band will perform as part of its Chamber Recital Series.

Empty Bowls is an annual event that raises awareness of hunger and homelessness in Colorado Springs. All proceeds from ticket sales go to the CC Community Soup Kitchen. Each ticket purchased gets you a handmade ceramic bowl and homemade soup. There are four different seatings: 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 There will be live entertainment by the CC Bluegrass Ensemble. Come show your support for those in our community who are in need right now!

In conjunction with the exhibition "The House is Small But the Welcome is Big," on view in Coburn Gallery, this "Story Salon" features the presentation of a documentary by Mozambican teenager Alcides Soares about being orphaned by AIDS. The award-winning short film tells the story of Alcides and his friends as they come to terms with the loss of their parents and seek to create new family bonds. Neal Baer, the film’s executive producer, and Lynn Warshafsky, executive director of Venice Arts, will present the film and speak about the creation of "The House is Small" project.

Favor Fire is a meditation on love, identity, and belief. Two women continue to meet on a bridge in the aftermath of an apocalyptic attack; but just as they cannot stop from meeting and cannot stop from falling in love, they cannot stop the war. And they cannot escape betrayal. Written and Directed by Alix Hudson. No tickets required. A Theatre Workshop Production.

The final lecture in the 2010 State of the Rockies Speaker Series: Food and Agriculture in the Rockies, will feature Dr. Bonnie Lynn-Sherow, associate professor of history at Kansas State University. Her research and teaching have focused primarily on the history of different peoples' interactions with the rural environment of the American West. Her book, "Red Earth: Race and Agriculture in Oklahoma Territory," traces the different ways in which Euro-American, African-American and Kiowa communities shaped the agricultural ecology of Oklahoma Territory in the decades before statehood. Lynn-Sherow's talk will focus on the mythological power of the "family farm" ideal in American history and the West in particular.

Favor Fire is a meditation on love, identity, and belief. Two women continue to meet on a bridge in the aftermath of an apocalyptic attack; but just as they cannot stop from meeting and cannot stop from falling in love, they cannot stop the war. And they cannot escape betrayal. No tickets required. A Theatre Workshop Production.

Favor Fire is a meditation on love, identity, and belief. Two women continue to meet on a bridge in the aftermath of an apocalyptic attack; but just as they cannot stop from meeting and cannot stop from falling in love, they cannot stop the war. And they cannot escape betrayal. Written and Directed by Alix Hudson. No tickets required. A Theatre Workshop Production.

The final lecture in the 2010 State of the Rockies Speaker Series: Food and Agriculture in the Rockies, will feature Dr. Bonnie Lynn-Sherow, associate professor of history at Kansas State University. Her research and teaching have focused primarily on the history of different peoples’ interactions with the rural environment of the American West. Her book, "Red Earth: Race and Agriculture in Oklahoma Territory," traces the different ways in which Euro-American, African-American and Kiowa communities shaped the agricultural ecology of Oklahoma Territory in the decades before statehood. Lynn-Sherow’s talk will focus on the mythological power of the "family farm" ideal in American history and the West in particular.

Colorado College has been recognized as one of the nation’s schools with the greatest number of graduates serving in the Peace Corps. CC, classified by the Peace Corps as a small college or university (less than 5,000 undergraduates), currently has 14 undergraduate alumni volunteering. A total of 331 Colorado College alumni have served as Peace Corps volunteers since the organization was founded in 1961. The distinction is appropriate: Colorado College’s president, Dick Celeste, was director of the Peace Corps from 1979 to 1981.
As the Peace Corps approaches its 50 anniversary, nearly 200,000 volunteers have served in a total of 139 host countries.

Colorado College and Tutt Library will again host the Regional Competition of National History Day. More than 500 local middle school and high school students will present their historic research on the annual national theme of "Innovation in History" with papers, Web pages, exhibit backboards, dramatic performances and video documentaries to teams of volunteer judges. The top three entries in each category will go on to compete at the state level in Denver in May. The awards ceremony will be held in Shove Chapel at 3 pm. The public is welcome to view the competition and awards.

A film produced by Nick Waggoner, Ben Sturgelewski, and Zac Ramras, all members of the class of 2008, has won the Best Cinematography award from Powder Ski Magazine. The winning film, “Signatures,” released in September 2009, follows an entire winter deep in the hardwoods of Hokkaido, Japan. Waggoner, Sturgelewski, and Ramras’s film production company is Sweetgrass Productions, which is based in Colorado and rooted in winter backcountry and mountain culture. The award ceremony can be viewed at http://www.powderawards.com/video/video/2010-video-awards/best-cinematography/

William Blaustein ’09, has been awarded an Ambassadorial Scholarship by The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. The grant is for $24,000 for a year of study in any university in the world. According to The Rotary Foundation, “Given Blaustein’s impressive application and strong grasp of the Spanish language he was assigned to his first choice school, the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City, one of the most prestigious research universities in Latin America.” Blaustein was an international political economy major at Colorado College, and will study economic development in Mexico.

Colorado College and Tutt Library will again host the Regional Competition of National History Day. More than 500 local middle school and high school students will present their historic research on the annual national theme of "Innovation in History" with papers, Web pages, exhibit backboards, dramatic performances and video documentaries to teams of volunteer judges. The top three entries in each category will go on to compete at the state level in Denver in May. The public is welcome to view the competition.

Emilio has always harbored a secret love for Natalia, the cutest, brightest girl in the class. On the last day of the school year, when he finally decides to declare his love, Natalia is awarded a scholarship to study Medicine at Oxford. It would seem that all is lost for Emilio, but his drop-out school-pals are not ready to throw in the towel. After faking qualifications and scholarships, this band of brainless nuts land in Oxford, causing havoc in the normally peaceful campus existence.

Irwin’s books include Tall If, Bright Hunger, White City, and Always.

Acoustic Eidolon invites two other musical couples for a Valentine’s weekend concert, "Couples In Love and Music: A Night of Pure Musical Passion, Humor and Love." The concert features Acoustic Eidolon, Grammy Award-winning Al Pettaway and Amy White and Joe Ebel and Annie Lalley. The concert will provide an intimate evening with three couples who have dedicated their lives to making music together and sharing their stories.

The first portion of this double-header "Story Salon" features a conversation about Plains Native American ledger art with artist and curator Bently Spang and Colorado College Professor of History Anne Hyde. In the second portion of the event, collectors Mary Allen-Meilinger and Harold Burch tell the stories of how they built their collections of self-taught American art and Australian art, respectively.

Mendelsohn is the author of The Elusive Embrace and The Lost: Search for the Six Million, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and major translator of C.P. Cavafy’s Collected Poems and The Unfinished Poems.

Journalist Ethan Casey, author of "Alive and Well in Pakistan," will discuss today’s Pakistan in the context of this Muslim nation’s history and prospects. His remarks, building on his own extensive experience in Pakistan, will center on the agency of the past in framing history-in-the-making in this country little known to Americans and now of captivating interest from geopolitical, religious and military perspectives alike.

The CC Fashion Show is an annual event put on by the Sewing Club to showcase the design talents of the student body. Expect good music, a fun crowd, and great designs!

Martin Palouš, ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United Nations, will speak. Ambassador Palouš was one of the first signatories of Charter 77 and served as spokesman for this dissident human rights group in 1986. He was elected to the Federal Assembly in 1990 and served as deputy minister of foreign affairs from October 1990 to October 1992. After six years in academia at Charles University, he rejoined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1998. From 2002 to 2005, he served as ambassador to the United States. He has been ambassador to the UN since 2006. Palouš is the author of numerous publications in politics and political philosophy and translates the works of Hannah Arendt and Eric Voegelin.

The music faculty of Colorado College will perform a concert including a woodwind quintet (pieces by Ravel and DRivera), a bluegrass quartet (Bill Monroe compositions) and an early music ensemble (Boismortier.) Several soloists will be accompanied by Artist-in-Residence Susan Grace. Victoria Hansen ("Marvelous Invention" by John Corigliano), Judeth Shay Burns ("Nuoletta" by Samuel Barber), Cellist Kitty Knight, and Pianists Carol Wilson and Joyce Polifka will also perform.

Cynthia Chavez Lamar CC ’92 has been nominated to the board of trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development by President Barack Obama. She becomes the sixth Colorado College alumni to be selected for a position by the current president. Chavez Lamar is the director of the Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, N.M., where she works to foster collaborative relationships and projects among Native peoples, organizations, and institutions. She is the former museum director of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, and the former associate curator of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

Colorado College presented her with an honorary doctorate in 2008. Chavez Lamar also was the guest lecturer at CC's October 2008 Aficionados Luncheon and Lecture.

She joins the following five CC alumni in the current administration:

• Harris Sherman ’64, agriculture undersecretary for natural resources and environment
• Jane Lubchenco ’69, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Marcia Kemper McNutt ’74, director of the U.S. Geological Survey
• Ken Salazar ’77, Secretary of the Interior
• Lori Garver ’83, deputy administrator at NASA

Cynthia Chavez Lamar CC ?92 has been nominated to the board of trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development by President Barack Obama. She becomes the sixth Colorado College graduate to be selected for a position in the current administration. Chavez Lamar is the director of the Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, N.M., where she works to foster collaborative relationships and projects among Native peoples, organizations, and institutions. She is the former museum director of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, and the former associate curator of the Smithsonian?s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

Colorado College presented her with an honorary doctorate in 2008.?Chavez Lamar also was the guest lecturer at CC's October 2008 Aficionados Luncheon and Lecture.

She joins the following?five CC alumni in the current administration:

• Harris Sherman ?64, agriculture undersecretary for natural resources and environment
• Jane Lubchenco ?69, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Marcia Kemper McNutt ?74, director of the U.S. Geological Survey
• Ken Salazar ?77, Secretary of the Interior
• Lori Garver ?83, deputy administrator at NASA

A documentary film by Henry Ansbacher, who graduated from Colorado College in 1992, has been nominated for an Academy Award. Ansbacher’s film, “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner,” is a nominee in the short documentary category. The film focuses on Booth Gardner, the former governor of Washington, who leads a campaign to legalize assisted suicide while dealing with the devastating effects of Parkinson’s disease.

The winners of the 82nd Academy Awards will be announced on March 7. More information about the film is available at:
http://oscar.go.com/nominations/nominees/the-last-campaign-of-governor-booth-gardner/3229

A documentary film by Henry Ansbacher, who graduated from Colorado College in 1992, has been nominated for an Academy Award. Ansbacher’s film, “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner,” is a nominee in the short documentary category. The film focuses on Booth Gardner, the former governor of Washington, who leads a campaign to legalize assisted suicide while dealing with the devastating effects of Parkinson’s disease.

The winners of the 82nd Academy Awards will be announced on March 7. More information about the film is available at:
http://oscar.go.com/nominations/nominees/the-last-campaign-of-governor-booth-gardner/3229

The movie Dreams of Our Lives tells the story of a group of friends who managed to prove their success through a tourist restaurant that was owned by the father of one of the friends, and after the father passed away the group of friends packed their bags and moved to Marsa Allam, on eastern shores of Egypt, in order to revive the tourist project of their friend’s late father. But their dream gets in the way of a businessman’s greedy plans to acquire the project’s land and add it to his expanding properties. Will they surrender or will they stand up for their dreams? (The summery was taken from the movie cover)

A documentary film by Henry Ansbacher and Daniel Junge, both members of the class of 1992, has been nominated for an Academy Award. The film, “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner,” is a nominee in the short documentary category. The film focuses on Booth Gardner, the former governor of Washington, who leads a campaign to legalize assisted suicide while dealing with the devastating effects of Parkinson’s disease.

The winners of the 82nd Academy Awards will be announced on March 7. More information about the film is available at:
http://oscar.go.com/nominations/nominees/the-last-campaign-of-governor-booth-gardner/3229

The Colorado College Film Union, Independent Film Society of Colorado and Rocky Mountain PBS present "The Eyes of Me." This documentary takes an up-close look at four teens who have lost their sight. Set in Austin, Texas, this film follows their high school experiences of dating, academic responsibilities, fitting in, family problems and preparing for college over the course of one dynamic year. This film is part of the new Independent Lens Film Series at Colorado College where a new documentary is shown each month.

Brooke Davis Anderson is the director and curator of the Contemporary Center of the American Folk Art Museum. She has written and lectured extensively on folk and self-taught art. At this lunchtime lecture, Davis Anderson will speak about two artists featured in the "Seeing Stories" exhibition, on view in the I.D.E.A. Space. Reservations required.

Three of America’s greatest playwrights discuss the intersections of the arts and society and assess the future of playwriting, the relative impact of their own plays and the socio-historical elements involved in creating modern dramatic works. Tony Kushner has received the esteemed “double” of the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize for his work, "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches"; Suzan-Lori Parks won a Pulitzer and was nominated for a Tony Award for "Topdog/Underdog"; and David Henry Hwang is a Tony winner and Pulitzer nominee for “M. Butterfly.” This is the Cornerstone Keynote Lecture for 2010, moderated by New York University professor and noted theater historian Laurence Maslon. A book signing and campus dance will follow the lecture.

The glass house community invites you to join us for dinner as we raise questions about stereotypes - how stereotypes define our lives, and the ways in which we interact with one another.

Music performed by Colorado College students.

Featuring Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime paintings, works by American self-taught artists Henry Darger and Mose Tolliver, linocut prints by Namibian artist John Muafangejo and images from 19th Century ledger drawings by Northern Cheyenne artists, the exhibition addresses strategies of visual storytelling from multiple cultural perspectives, with particular emphasis on self-taught artists. The opening reception features a "Story Salon" conversation between Adrienne Seward, Colorado College English professor and folklorist, and Brooke Davis Anderson, curator of the American Folk Art Museum. The exhibition continues through March 26, 2010.

Brooke Davis Anderson is the director and curator of the Contemporary Center of the American Folk Art Museum. She has written and lectured extensively on folk and self-taught art. At this lunchtime lecture, Davis Anderson will speak about two artists featured in the "Seeing Stories" exhibition, on view in the I.D.E.A. Space. Reservations required.

Colorado College instructor in violin, Jeri Jorgensen, will perform a faculty recital. Accompanying her on the piano will be Cullen Bryant.

John Hammond has spent 40 years entertaining blues, folk and rock audiences around the world, performing intense solo-acoustic blues. A Grammy Award winner and four-time nominee, Hammond also is a multiple W.C. Handy award winner who has shared the stage and/or recorded with many of the masters, including Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker and Howlin Wolf. John has recorded more than 30 albums and his passionate commitment to traditional blues made him the natural choice to host the BRAVO TV special and Sony Home Video, "The Search for Robert Johnson." Opening for Hammond will be local talent Fairlight Moriah & Ken Janzen. A limited number of VIP meet and greet tickets are available for $40. ~DAY OF SHOW TICKETS ARE $25 FOR EVERYONE~

C.J. Pascoe, assistant sociology professor, is co-author of a new book, “Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media.” The book provides a grounded and nuanced description of today's digital youth culture and practices as they negotiate their identity, peer-based relationships, and relationships with adults. The data comes from an ambitious three-year ethnographic investigation into how young people are living and learning with new media in varied settings—at home, in after school programs, and in online spaces. The book, published by MIT Press, was written as a collaborative effort by members of the Digital Youth Project, a three-year research effort funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Contemporary kathak (North Indian classical dance) and postmodern choreographer Cynthia Lee collaborates with jazz, world music, and new music composers to produce a concert of artful translations, delicate meldings, and energetic collisions between American and North Indian music and dance traditions. Ranging from meditative lyricism to playful, in-your-face funk, the dance-works are intricately choreographed to live original music and combine the complex rhythms and lyrical arm movements of kathak with western dance’s spatial expansiveness, touch-based interaction, and full-throttle physicality.

“Algeria, 1943, through Italy and France, to Alsace in early 1945, with a coda years later. Arabs volunteer to fight Nazis to liberate France, their motherland. We follow Saïd, dirt poor, an orderly for a grizzled sergeant, Martinez, a pied noir with some willingness to speak up for his Arab troops; Messaoud, a crack shot, who in Province falls in love with a French woman who loves him back; and Abdelkader, a corporal, a budding intellectual with a keen sense of injustice. The men fight with courage against a backdrop of small and large indignities: French soldiers get better food, time for leave, and promotions. Is the promise of liberty, equality, and fraternity hollow?” The film deals primarily with the discriminatory treatment of colonial North African soldiers serving France during WWII by the French (the title : “Indigènes” translates as Natives). Introduction and Synopsis provided by Juliette Destouches, Adjunct Instructor for French at Colorado College

Catholic composer and musician Mary Van Houten will introduce the music of Iona, Scotland. Van Houten is currently at the Diocese of Rochester; she was the resident musician on the Isle of Iona in the summer of 2008. The event will end with a short evening liturgy.

The film turns on a young TV reporter and her cameraman who cover the night shift at the local fire station. Receiving a call from an old lady trapped in her house, they reach her building to hear horrifying screams — which begin a long nightmare and a uniquely dramatic TV report.

Professor Lorraine Code, distinguished research professor emerita of philosophy at York University (Toronto), will speak as part of the philosophy department’s 2009-10 colloquium series. Code specializes in feminist epistemology and the politics of knowledge. She is the author of "What Can She Know? Feminist Theory and the Construction of Knowledge" (Cornell, 1991) and more recently, "Ecological Thinking: The Politics of Epistemic Location" (Oxford, 2006). Code was recently named the Distinguished Woman Philosopher for 2009 by the U.S. Society for Women in Philosophy.

As the centerpiece of the annual Faith Week, this interfaith concert in Perkins Lounge will feature music from various religious traditions, including Catholic, Hindu, and Jewish.

The U.S. Air Force Academy Band will perform as part of its Chamber Recital Series.

Glenn Jones and Sean Smith will be holding a finger style guitar workshop in Sacred Grounds (3:00pm to 4:30pm) and a concert in Shove Chapel (7:30pm). Jones and Smith are accomplished solo finger style guitarists drawing inspiration from American Primitive guitarists or the Takoma School started in the late 50s by the likes of John Fahey and Robbie Basho. This tradition of guitar playing incorporates everything from American folk and blues to Indian ragas.

Featuring: Derrick McQueen, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY; Rev. Dennis Mose and Friends; and the CC Black Student Union. King’s legacy will be celebrated in word and music. This is the culminating event of Colorado College’s day-long observance of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. Antonio Tiongson, Jr., Assistant Professor of Race and Ethnic Studies at CC. will facilitate this discussion. Part of Colorado College’s day-long celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Marion Hourdequin, assistant professor of philosophy at Colorado College, has been awarded a $244,881 grant from the National Science Foundation. Hourdequin received the grant in collaboration with David Havlick, assistant professor of geography and environmental studies at University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. The funding supports three years of research on the ecological restoration of former military lands, focusing specifically on lands now managed as National Wildlife Refuges. Hourdequin and Havlick will examine restoration goals at these military-to-wildlife (M2W) sites, many of which are heavily contaminated with toxic chemicals and unexploded ordnance, yet also are ecologically rich and relatively undeveloped.

Dr. Claire Oberon Garcia, Professor of English at CC, will facilitate this discussion. Part of Colorado College’s day-long celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Pikes Peak Justice & Peace Commission invites the community to an "All People’s Breakfast." The theme of the breakfast is "Dr. King’s Dream of Equality, Social Justice and Peace" and former Manitou Springs Mayor Eric Drummond will be the keynote speaker. The breakfast will also feature reflective readings and Gospel music by Rev. Dennis Mose & Friends. Co-sponsored by Colorado College, the Colorado Springs Diversity Forum, Colorado Springs Branch NAACP and MLK Holiday Committee. Tickets are $7 in advance or at the door. For more information, contact Steve at (719) 632-6189 or dynamic@ppjpc.org.

Featuring: Rev. Dr. Ellen Johnson-Fay, Minister Emerita, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, Colorado Springs; Derrick McQueen, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY; and Dr. Amanda Udis-Kessler, Director of Institutional Research, Colorado College. A light lunch will be provided. Part of Colorado College’s day-long celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. Claire Oberon Garcia, Professor of English at CC, will facilitate this discussion. Part of Colorado College’s day-long celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rev. Dr. Ellen Johnson-Fay, Minister Emerita, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Colorado Springs, will facilitate this discussion and workshop. Part of Colorado College’s day-long celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Colorado College senior Kay Sherwood has been awarded a Stenner Scholarship from USA Cycling. Sherwood, an environmental policy major, received the scholarship for her academic achievements, athletic accomplishments, and service to the community with an emphasis on collegiate team involvement and leadership. 
Sherwood maintains a 3.4 grade point average while competing both on the road and in mountain biking for the CC’s cycling team. After being introduced to cycling as a first-year student, Sherwood went on to qualify for road nationals that year. The Tiger squad then introduced her to mountain biking, where she went on to take the Division II short track national title as a sophomore. The Ipswich, Mass. native has since collected four USA Cycling Collegiate National Championship medals on both the road and the mountain bike while working tirelessly to introduce more women to the sport and her Tiger team.

 

A photograph taken by Stephen Weaver, Colorado College’s technical director of geology, placed 12 out of more than 16,000 entries in a contest sponsored by Audubon magazine. The photo of two sandhill cranes, which appears in the January-February issue of the magazine, was taken at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico, and earned Weaver an honorable mention. Weaver, whose photos have appeared on CC’s State of the Rockies Report Card and posters, says the photo, which was taken about on a cold January morning last year, captures what he calls the yin/yang of the crane’s flight patterns. His award-winning photo may be viewed here: http://audubonmagazine.org/features1001/bigpicture.html and his State of the Rockies photos here: http://www.coloradocollege.edu/stateoftherockies/

Disco on Ice. Costumes encouraged!

Richard Manning is an award-winning environmental writer. He is the author of eight books including "One Round River," which was named a significant book of the year by the New York Times, and most recently "Rewilding the West: Restoration in a Prairie Landscape" (University of California Press, 2009). As a freelance writer, Manning has been published in Harper’s, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Wired, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and Audubon, among others. In addition to his writing, Manning worked as a consultant on agriculture, poverty, and the environment to the McKnight Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Manning lives in Missoula, Montana.This is the fourth lecture in the 2009-10 Speaker Series: "Food and Agriculture in the Rockies."

The final in a series of Sugar Salons, "Sugar Rush" will feature sugar sculptures and a demonstration of sculpting techniques by James Gallo, executive pastry chef at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, with commentary on the history of sugar sculpting and chemistry behind Gallo’s manipulation of sugar as raw material by Sally Meyer, professor of chemistry at Colorado College. At the conclusion of the event, participants will help artist Julia M. Becker ritually destroy the sugar mandala created for the exhibition.

Two Colorado College students have been awarded Gilman Scholarships for study abroad. Anjali Desai ’12 will study Spanish in Salamanca, Spain, for six weeks next summer, where she will live with a family. Nguyen Nguyen ’11 will study at the University of Botswana during the spring semester. She will take courses in political science, history, and Setswana, the local language, as well as work on a yet-to-be-determined independent research project.
The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards for undergraduate study abroad. The program, established by the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000, allows undergraduate students who are receiving Federal Pell Grant funding to participate in study-abroad programs worldwide.

Colorado College senior Anais Gude was awarded the grand prize in the 2009-10 ACM Off-Campus Study Photo Contest for a photo titled “Working on Manhood,” taken in Beijing, China. Gude also received one of 10 honorable mentions for another photo, titled “Iron Fist,” also taken in Beijing.

Gude, a sociology major and Asian Studies minor, said she was exploring a Beijing “hutong,” or traditional neighborhood, when she came upon a group of migrant construction workers who were surprised by her presence, and even more surprised when she spoke Chinese. The winning photo depicts a boy who, when Gude asked if she could take his picture, nodded silently, took a long drag from his cigarette, and blew it toward the camera.

The photo exhibit will travel to 11 ACM colleges, including Colorado College, where it will be on display in Armstrong Hall from February 22 to March 5.

“Working on Manhood” can be seen at: http://www.acm.edu/features/Grand_Prize.html

 “Iron Fist” at: http://www.acm.edu/features/ACM_Photo_Contest_2009_10/Honorable_Mention/Honorable_Mention_3.html

John Hammond has spent 40 years entertaining blues, folk and rock audiences around the world, performing intense solo-acoustic blues.

This exhibition explores the impact of HIV/AIDS as experienced through the eyes of women and children living in South Africa and Mozambique. Working with UNICEF and the African Millennium Foundation, Venice Arts photographers teach HIV positive women and children who have been orphaned by AIDS how to tell their stories and document their lives and communities through photography. The exhibition continues through March 27, 2010.

Colorado College is hosting a day-long celebration of the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This celebration will include a series of afternoon workshops open to the community and will culminate in an evening program in which Rev. Dennis Mose and friends from the Gospel Music Workshop of America will perform selections, students from the CC Black Student Union will read King’s words, and a special guest speaker will discuss King’s legacy and what it means for people today. The evening portion of the celebration will be held in the Cornerstone Arts Center South Theatre.