An eclectic weekend
This weekend, being the first after block break, it seemed that everyone was trying to schedule their event on the same day. It was truly time for decisions, decisions on Friday — a talk by a Rwandan bishop about forgiveness, or the Vagina Monologues launch party? Sleepover in Shove Chapel or hip hop dance party in McHugh Commons?
My friends and I opted for the Vagina Monologues launch party, which was happening in the new Cornerstone Arts Center (I always love the events they host there because they make such a cool use of the space). The Vagina Monologues is a series of monologues about female empowerment that was written and first performed by Eve Ensler back in the 90’s. My friends and I had already bought our tickets for the show next Friday night, so we thought it would be a good idea to go check out the kick-off event. There was great food sponsored by Nosh and Bluestar, a performance by Room 46 (one of CC’s many acapella groups) and a live auction going on of artwork, photography, and what looked like someone’s homemade strawberry pies!
Fastforwarding to Sunday, I went for what turned out to be an epic run down by Monument Creek.
This is Monument Creek, about 2 minutes away from my dorm room:
Monument Creek
The run was epic because it was long! My running buddies are planning on doing the Fort Collins Marathon on May 3rd:
http://www.ftcollinsmarathon.com/
And I have been running with them, though I’m not planning on running the marathon. My personal philosophy is that the body dosen’t need more than one hour of running a day, maybe an hour and a half tops. Looks like a gorgeous course though!
Our friend Corb, who has been giving us some support around how to train for a marathon, came for the run with us yesterday, which was great. Corb is a local and talented artist who does some of the chalking of events around CC campus, but I had known him previously because he’s also involved in the host family program for international students. Going off on a tangent, this is one of the things I really love about CC — the way they encourage you to establish relationships with the community surrouding Colorado College as well as making friends within the school. As a quasi-international student from Canada, I have two host parents, wonderful women named Barb and Allison who are friends that live in Colorado Springs. They’ve had me over to their house for dinner, invited me to their art shows, and now we’re off to the Empty Bowls fundraiser on Tuesday at CC (it’s a fundraiser to raise awareness about hunger and homelessness). I think its really great how community members (even ones only loosely affiliated with CC) are willing to share their time with students and open their homes to them. I feel like on many levels, there’s a great deal of integration between the campus and the community, and that’s a really great thing to be a part of.
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