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Share Your Voice: Freedom of Expression Policy Draft

Thank you to everyone who shared feedback last spring. The Freedom of Expression Policy Group has incorporated your input into a new draft, and we want to hear from you again. Join a community dialogue this September to help shape the final policy before the October comment period:

  • Staff Dialogue: Tue, Sep. 2, 12:30–2 p.m., Tutt Library 201
  • Faculty Dialogue: Fri, Sep. 5, 12:30–2 p.m., Tutt Library 201
  • Student Dialogue (with CCSGA): Thu, Sep. 11, 5–6 p.m., Tutt Library 105

Can’t attend? Share your thoughts through this anonymous survey by Friday, Sep. 12.

For more information, please refer to the email sent Monday, Aug. 25.

 

Welcome Back, CC—We are Cutler Publications!

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Founded in 1969, Cutler Publications is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to responsible and high-quality student journalism at Colorado College. Completely student run, Cutler Publications oversees The Catalyst, a student newspaper published every Friday; Cipher, a bimonthly long-form magazine; the Colorado Collective Outdoor Journal (CCOJ), an outdoor-focused magazine published once a school year; The Leviathan, a bimonthly magazine for student poetry, prose, and visual art; and Anamnesis, CC’s biannual student-edited philosophy journal.

Ruth Barton founded Cutler Publications as a legally independent non-profit to protect student publications from external influences. Covering campus news stories to opinion pieces, philosophy and poetry, photography and comics — Cutler serves the CC community with publications engaging and supportive of all creative mediums. Find a Cutler Board member around campus to ask how you can get involved or email info@cutlerpublications.org!

Meet the 2025-26 Cutler Publications team: Benjamin Slater, Brett LeVan, Nathan Levy, Joshua Williams, Kwynne Kiefer Blaivas, Della Reichel, Lilly Asano, Tessa Frantz, Veronica Bianco, Lucas Godard, Willa Schendler, Maja De Bonte, Caroline Moffit, and Maya Rosen.

 

CC Chamber Orchestra Auditions!

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Photo by Jordan Ellison

CC Chamber Orchestra is holding auditions for string, wind, and percussion players on Wednesday, Sep. 3 in Packard Hall, Room 17.  The orchestra rehearses each Tuesday from 7:30-9 p.m. in Packard Performance Hall, and the Fall Concert will be on Tuesday, Dec. 9. 

To audition, please bring a short piece or excerpt you feel demonstrates how you play, and you will be asked to do a little sight reading. No pressure, only fun! Contact Dan Brink with questions, or schedule your audition today.

 

FAC Corner

Gathering Place—A New Imagining of the Permanent Collection

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Gathering Place, opening Saturday, Sep. 6, is the first comprehensive reinstallation of the museum’s first-floor galleries in nearly a decade. This powerful new exhibition invites our community to explore the diverse histories, cultures, and artistic voices of the Southwest and beyond, through works from the FAC’s permanent collection. Featuring both beloved highlights and rarely exhibited pieces, Gathering Place offers an immersive experience that encourages reflection, invites new perspectives, and asks: How do you experience place?

CC students, faculty, and staff get FREE admission to the FAC's museum with your Gold Card! Come celebrate this monumental occasion with us on September 6!

 

Photo of the Week

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Students at Opening Convocation on Monday, Aug. 25 in Shove Chapel. Photo by Jamie Cotten

 

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