By Anna Gaw As climate change continues to threaten the Earth as we know it, it is as important as ever to examine the way we live and do our part to minimize our negative […]
More Than Just the Paris Agreement: Assessing the Environmental Policy of the Trump Administration
By Jon Lamson Climate change, nitrification, and the collapse of global ecosystems are some of the most serious and challenging issues that we as a species have ever faced. Despite this, the Trump Administration has […]
It’s Getting Hot in Here, So Take Off All Your Certainty: Hot Drought as the New Norm for the Southwest
By Emily Kressley Think about a restless night of sleep, where you toss and turn and wake up in a sweat. Not only are you uncomfortable, you’re also dehydrated — you reach for a big […]
Complicity and Climate Change: Travel Offsets as a First Step
By Benjamin Swift In a capitalist system predicated on the commodification of environmental resources and designed to maximize transnational capitalist class profits, for most people, simply existing entails a state of complicity. The mere act […]
Frontrunner Hickenlooper Notably Missing at Jam-Packed Senate Climate Forum at UCCS
By Charlotte Schwebel Several Colorado 2020 Senate Candidates voiced their plans to address the eminent climate crisis during a University of Colorado, at Colorado Springs forum titled, “Planet in Peril,” on Sunday, Oct. 6. As […]
Climate Change Striking Close to Home
By JOSIE MCCAULEY Friday, Sep. 20, marked the beginning of the Global Climate Strike, during which strikes have been and are currently being held in more than 150 countries across the globe. Colorado College […]
Urgent Calls for Revolutionary Political Action With Rosa Clemente
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 […]