Homecoming 2005 - Colorado College

Classes from 1955 through 2000 will be on campus this fall, celebrating reunions. We would like to invite you to a series of events we have planned for a mega-anthropology reunion during Homecoming Weekend, October 7-9, 2005.

Here’s what we have lined up: On Friday afternoon, there will be an open house in Barnes 412. We will be serving food and drinks, presenting a slide show of the department and some of your dear friends, and meeting some of your professors who have retired. This will give all of you an opportunity to reacquaint with each other. On Saturday, we are having an afternoon reception from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Loomis Hall lounge.

Friday, October 7: Open House in the Anthropology Department, Barnes 412

12 – 3 p.m.: Meet with past and present faculty, visit with students and see their current research

Saturday, October 8: Reception in Loomis Hall Lounge

2 – 4 p.m.: Anthropology alumni reception

A Homecoming brochure with registration form was mailed in August and is also available in pdf format. Register online to reserve your space today.

Eager to see you in October,

Mario Montaño
Anthropology Department, Chair

Colorado College Plan - 35th Anniversary

Do you remember what you were thinking when you heard about the Colorado College Plan – the innovative and, perhaps, risky new way of teaching and learning? Obviously, you were among the especially bright young people who were up for a unique intellectual adventure.

Well, the adventure continues – 35 years after its adoption – and we think it’s a good time to celebrate both the past and the future. We hope you’ll be a part of the celebration at Homecoming, October 7-9.

Alumni and faculty who were deeply involved in those early years of the Colorado College Plan will be on campus to talk about that time – how we could build on something that was very good by inventing a new way to teach and learn. And we’ll also talk with one another about how it can continue to grow and prosper.

Most of the faculty here when the Plan was adopted in 1969 are retired. A new generation of creative faculty has since joined the ranks. By joining in this celebration, they will get a chance to know you as the plan’s pioneers (and I don’t mean the DU kind!) and you will get to know them as the group who bring the remarkable adventure in learning to life for a new generation of CC students.

Our specific events surrounding the 35th anniversary:

-- Panel discussion on Friday, October 7, with Professors Glenn Brooks, Jane Cauvel and Owen Cramer, as well as alumni Jim Levison ’73 and David Struthers ’75.

-- Movie debut! Watch a video produced by award-winning filmmaker Doug Pray ’83 on how the Plan has evolved over time.

-- Friday afternoon reception

-- Saturday (October 8) morning bike ride, recreating the famous block break ride to Aspen – but shorter, nearby, and with all equipment provided.

-- Homecoming Convocation celebrating the Colorado College Plan

-- Dance at the “Block” party Saturday night

-- All-campus brunch Sunday at Bemis Hall

If you’re able to come early, join us at Coburn Gallery on Thursday, October 6, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. for the opening reception of “PRESSURE: 35 Years of Printmaking at Colorado College.” This exhibit, which showcases students, alumni and professors, will feature wood cut, intaglio etching, lithography and alternative-methods fine art prints. Donated artwork will be auctioned off over the Homecoming Weekend, with proceeds supporting the Woman's Educational Society Scholarship Fund.

So call your friends and make it a block break. Return to campus for this special anniversary celebration.

Glenn Brooks, Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Jane Cauvel, Professor Emerita of Philosophy
Owen Cramer, Professor and Chair of Classics
Don Shearn, Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Max Taylor, Vice President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Religion

Glass House - 10th Anniversary

Come help us celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Glass House (Lennox House), CC's unique multi-cultural residential theme house. Founded by a multi-cultural coalition of students, minority and majority alike, the Glass House has served for 10 years as a model of campus community and cooperation and has brought challenging and informative discourse to campus in the form of speakers and special events. Why is it called the Glass House? Because during the initial years of the house, residents felt as if they were living their lives in a fishbowl, being closely scrutinized to see if this model of inter-racial and inter-cultural cooperation would work in a small living environment. And it has! Call the Office of Minority Student Life at (719) 389-6338 to register for the events listed below.

Friday
1pm-5pm
10 Year Glass House Reunion Open House, Glass House

Meet the residents, tour the house, learn the history and re-connect with other alumni. Tours of the Student Cultural Center will also be offered. Formal program begins at 3 p.m. that includes information on minority recruitment, the history of the Glass House and minority student group presentations. Free

Saturday
1-7 p.m.
10 Year Glass House Reunion Carnival, East Campus Athletic Field

It's fun for the whole family on the field adjacent to the Glass House and Student Cultural Center at an all-day carnival featuring booths, games and lots of fun activities. Hosted by CC's ethnic and minority student groups.

8pm
10 Year Glass House Reunion presents "Do Lord Remember Me," a Readers' Theatre Style Production performed by members of the original 1992 CC cast, Packard Hall Auditorium. This stirring one-act play is adapted from actual interviews conducted with ex-slaves in the 1930s . Free

Sunday
9-11am
10 Year Glass House Reunion Farewell Brunch, Glass House

Call the Office of Minority Student Life at (719) 389-6338 to register.

$12 per person; $6 for children 10 years old and under

Hotel Information:
There are a limited number of rooms reserved under the name "Minority Reunion" at the Clarion Hotel (formerly the LeBaron) located at I-25 & Bijou.

Rooms are being held on a first-come, first-served basis for the nights of Thursday October 6, Friday October 7 and Saturday October 8, 2005 at the special rate of $60 per night for a single/double/triple or quad. However, to get the special rate, you MUST TELL THEM YOU ARE WITH THE MINORITY REUNION. THE DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2005, but since rooms are limited, we encourage you to make your reservations ASAP!

You must make your reservation directly with the hotel by calling 1-800-477-8610.

Phi Delta Theta

Saturday, October 8
4 p.m.

The Phi Delta Theta Memorial Stone Dedication Ceremony
Southwest side of the Tutt Science Center where the Phi Delt house once stood.

The stone honors the former location of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity House on the Colorado College campus. The home was demolished to allow construction of the Tutt Science Center.

Please RSVP by email to Larry Beidle '76 at lrbeidle@comcast.net by Wednesday, September 28, 2005.

On Saturday, October 8, we will celebrate our fortieth (more or less) anniversary as participants in the Selected Students Program. Neale Reinitz has agreed to give us one more chance to understand and talk about the Metaphysical Poets, those quirky and revealing English writers of the seventeenth century, the godfathers of the poetry of our own time. Bill Hochman will lead a discussion on ideology and practical politics. We will examine echoes of Donne, Marvell, and others down to this century. Was James Joyce a Metaphysical?

The program will, in other words, somehow embrace and examine three centuries of sensibility. But most importantly, we have a great reason to get together again after a grand reunion just three years ago. There will be Guinness, Bloody Marys and much congeniality.

Detailed plans for the discussion and a reading list are still in preparation, but please plan to attend October 8 and 9. We will get together early on Saturday for breakfast and continue through the day, with dinner Saturday evening and a brunch at Bill’s home Sunday.

With the class cluster of 1964-66 already planning a reunion this Homecoming, the world and the time are clearly enough (echo of Marvell's poem) to have a lot of fun and enjoy some new ideas.

See you there!

Peter Bonavich '65
James Heckman '65
Bill Hochman
Neale Reinitz

A Homecoming brochure with registration form was mailed in August and is also available in pdf format. Register online to reserve your space today.

A Homecoming brochure with registration form was mailed in August and is also available in pdf format. Mark October 7-9 on your calendar and make plans to attend. We look forward to seeing you.

Your 1950-’51-’52-’53 Committee:

Dwight Brothers ’51
Dave ’51 and Janet Adams ’53 Oatman
Ned Mann ’52
Roland ’52 and Carol Wiegen ’50 Rogers
Doug Van Metre ’51
Mike ’50 and Barbara Neeley ’53 Yalich
Patricia Foreman McCleery ’50
Dwight Hamilton ’50
Jim Hill ’52
Jack Pfeiffer ’51
Andy Gambucci ’53
Wes Boucher ’53

'50 Football

The Colorado College Rocky Mountain Conference football champions for 1949 and 1950 will have a reunion at Homecoming 7-9, 2005. Early plans are to have activities as we have had in the past. A Homecoming brochure with all the reunion details was mailed in August and is also available in pdf format. Register online to reserve your space today.

On February 5th, Coach Allison Binns died in Salida, Colo., the town where he was born. He was 8 days short of reaching age 89. A memorial fund is in the planning stages. If you'd like to know more, contact Moose at (319) 363-7068.

Doug Van Metre '51 and Rolly Rogers '52

'50 Hockey

This year is a very special anniversary celebration of the 1950 NCAA Hockey Championship.

Friday, October 7

Please plan to attend a reception and buffet at the home of Dwight '51 and Sue Brothers, 3120 Camels Ridge Lane (near the Kissing Camels Golf Club up on the Mesa). Bring spouses, special guests and family. We would love to have you join us to celebrate again. From there, we will go to the World Arena for CC's first hockey game of the season. After the great record they had last year, it's bound to be a sellout and a wonderful way to see how the CC hockey program is thriving these 55 years later.

This event co-hosted by:

Dwight S. Brothers '51
Sue C. Brothers
Milo (Mike) Yalich '50
and Barbara Neeley Yalich '53