By ELIZA GUION & ANA MASHEK After sociology professor Vanessa Muñoz introduced Rosa Clemente as the speaker for the department’s 19th annual Daniel Patrick O’Connor memorial lecture, someone else took the stage. JLove Calderón, Clemente’s […]
Can We Trust Our Trustee?
By THEODORE WEISS How many Colorado College trustees can you name? I bet you can’t name five. That’s a shame. As Colorado College implements its 2019 antiracism and carbon neutrality policy, one ought to consider […]
Hoping for the Best, Planning for the Worst: Water Rights in Colorado
By EMILY KRESSLEY What’s a Colorado College kid’s favorite accessory? Ranked just ahead of Birkenstocks or Chacos, finds from the Arc Thrift Store, and anything Patagonia, is the glorious Nalgene. Perhaps you’re more […]
A Climate Plan for a Beto Future
American political life is still far from normal: just the other day, at a rally in Wisconsin, our president repeated blatant falsehoods about doctors and mothers executing infants; questions abound about the attorney general’s redactions […]
Vote to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
It’s undeniable: climate change is real and its effects are causing significant damage faster than previously anticipated. From shrinking Arctic ice sheets provoking increased absorption of heat by the oceans, to extreme weather events wreaking […]
The Environmentalist’s Oasis in a Green Desert: Earth Week at Colorado College
By HANK BEDINGFIELD During first week of Block 8, Earth Week hits the campus of Colorado College with a flurry of events and activities. Expanding beyond “Earth Day,” which occurs officially on Monday, April 22, […]
Incarcerated Writers Series: NarcEmpathic Synthesis
This series features writing from inmates at the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center. The articles stem from weekly programming facilitated by the Colorado College Prison Project. Through contact between the CC community and Colorado […]
Catalyzing Solutions: The NewClear Way
By BRITTA LAM As climate change is looming, it is paramount that we fully understand technologies before we judge them. With projected increases in energy consumption, part of our future lies in decarbonizing the grid. […]
First Monday With the Provost: What Society Will We Choose?
By PAIGE SHETTY In a packed Kathryn Mohrman Theater, Colorado College’s Provost Alan Townsend did not hesitate to explain the dire consequences of climate change to his audience. With his background in environmental science, these […]
The Controversy of Martin Drake
Catalyst Audio | Audio-documentary | Released Feb. 22, 2019 Uncertainty hangs in the air above downtown Colorado Springs. Cheap coal burned by the Martin Drake Power Plant has kept local electricity rates well below the […]