The Catalyst

The Catalyst The independent student newspaper of Colorado College, published weekly in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The Catalyst is a weekly newspaper, produced and managed exclusively by the students of The Colorado College. Published for the benefit of the college community and the surrounding local area, The Catalyst aims to bring general interest and academic-oeriented news, ideas and opinions into greater collective view-to act as a catalyst for informed debate. The newspaper is published under the auspices of Cutler Publications, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, independent of The Colorado College.

OPINION: The Future of Phone S*x Has Arrived: Just Ask ChatGPT“OpenAI is not the first to make the move toward sexualize...
10/24/2025

OPINION: The Future of Phone S*x Has Arrived: Just Ask ChatGPT

“OpenAI is not the first to make the move toward sexualized AI content; Elon Musk’s xAI has had erotic chatbots for a few months now, and other sites with purely sexual purposes, such as Nomi AI, have been around for even longer.

It is not entirely clear what this will look like for ChatGPT specifically, as the program is set to begin in December. The announcement came at a time of controversy around age and content restrictions, after the chatbot failed to stop a teenager from committing su***de. In the face of explicit content, parent advocacy groups are raising similar concerns, as children can easily circumvent existing barriers to accessing adult content.”

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✍️ Story by Olivia Link ‘28
🎨 By Melissa Torres ‘26

A&E: ‘One Battle After Another:’ Where Should We Really Be Fighting?“This dystopian action thriller explores a United St...
10/24/2025

A&E: ‘One Battle After Another:’ Where Should We Really Be Fighting?

“This dystopian action thriller explores a United States where the presidential administration (eerily similar to the current administration) gets everything it wants. The greater society has devolved into a dog-eat-dog world where sanctuary towns and Hispanic-owned businesses are subject to frequent raids and civic rights are limited. White supremacist military men call the shots and chaos reigns.”

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✍️ Story by Abigail Hill ‘29
🎨 By Liz White ‘26

FEATURES: The Benefits and Pitfalls of Solo Female Travel“At the same time, it is a shared experience among many solo fe...
10/24/2025

FEATURES: The Benefits and Pitfalls of Solo Female Travel

“At the same time, it is a shared experience among many solo female travelers, an unfortunate unifier transcending language, culture and nationality. It is a communal burden we carry unthinkingly—few women pay the extra fare for female-only rooms with frustration or lament the unfairness of rarely being able to safely walk alone at night.”

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✍️ Story by Fiona Frankel ‘28
🎨 By Melissa Torres ‘26

SPORTS: Colorado College Tiger Hockey Improves to No. 16 in National Polls After Weekend Sweep Against Northern Michigan...
10/24/2025

SPORTS: Colorado College Tiger Hockey Improves to No. 16 in National Polls After Weekend Sweep Against Northern Michigan University

“On Monday, Oct. 20, the Tigers moved up three spots in the USCHO weekly poll to No. 16, their highest ranking since they fell from No. 13 to No. 18 after National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) opponent University of Nebraska Omaha swept the Tigers on Jan. 10 and 11.

“I loved the push we made, again, I didn’t think there was any panic in our game,” said Tigers head coach Kris Mayotte following Friday’s game. “It got more structured, it got a little faster, and had some conviction to it.”

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✍️ Story by Lilly Asano ‘28
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NEWS: Activists Leave Sidewalk Chalk on CC Campus“Political chalk scrawled in all caps has emerged on CC’s West Campus s...
10/24/2025

NEWS: Activists Leave Sidewalk Chalk on CC Campus

“Political chalk scrawled in all caps has emerged on CC’s West Campus sidewalks. These messages, which range from critiques of ICE to urging people to defend democracy, are the work of a local group called Indivisible.”

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✍️ Story by Olivia Link ‘28
🎨 By Olivia Link ‘28

NEWS: Gaza Ceasefire: Implementation Inhibited as Violations Occur“Both Hamas and the Israeli government have accused th...
10/24/2025

NEWS: Gaza Ceasefire: Implementation Inhibited as Violations Occur

“Both Hamas and the Israeli government have accused the other of violence; Israel fired on a bus in Gaza City for crossing a yellow line they had been warned not to cross, killing a family of eleven. The youngest of the seven children killed was five years old. The next day, Palestinian militants killed two Israeli soldiers, and the IDF responded by killing 44 Palestinians. Al-Jazeera stated that Israel has violated the agreement 80 times since Oct. 10, 2025, killing nearly 100 Palestinians in the process.”

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✍️ Story by Olivia Link ‘28
🎨 By Tori Nilsen ‘27

NEWS: Nov 4. Colorado Coordinated Election: What to Know About Propositions LL, MM“TABOR’s consequences are far bigger t...
10/24/2025

NEWS: Nov 4. Colorado Coordinated Election: What to Know About Propositions LL, MM

“TABOR’s consequences are far bigger than just school lunch. The annual growth rate of the overall statutory revenue limit imposed by TABOR is determined by an inflation benchmark that has often underpaced growth in the cost of state programs, such as Medicaid contributions.”

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✍️ Story by Cameron Lara ‘29
🎨 By Catalyst Archives

NEWS: Weekly News Round-Up📲 Link in bio for full story.✍️ Story by Sofia Joucovsky ‘26🎨 By Catalyst Archives
10/24/2025

NEWS: Weekly News Round-Up

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✍️ Story by Sofia Joucovsky ‘26
🎨 By Catalyst Archives

We’re hiring!!! We are currently hiring a layout editor, an advertising manager, a social media manager and a hiring man...
09/24/2025

We’re hiring!!! We are currently hiring a layout editor, an advertising manager, a social media manager and a hiring manager. Join our team and get paid! Apps due on Oct 4 and links are in bio.

OPINION: Yik Yak: No One Cares, and You Know It“In the absence of a profile picture or username, no one knows who said w...
09/15/2025

OPINION: Yik Yak: No One Cares, and You Know It

“In the absence of a profile picture or username, no one knows who said what. While this can create monsters who post hateful things, hiding behind the mask of anonymity, it also creates a second type of person. Someone who slowly becomes corrupted by the need for validation, yet by the very nature of the app is denied, slowly morphing into a grotesque and deformed egomaniac whose solitary goal is to be seen and validated, driven by the desire to fill the void in their soul, ultimately falling deeper into madness.”

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✍️ Story by Grant Loui ’28
🎨 By Nora Johnson ’28

A&E: An Ode to Dale Street Bistro“Part of the Bistro’s appeal was its hominess, and perhaps they achieved that by being ...
09/15/2025

A&E: An Ode to Dale Street Bistro

“Part of the Bistro’s appeal was its hominess, and perhaps they achieved that by being somewhat underground. That being said, I can share a bit about the owner from the Catalyst’s records. Hui Yon Park was born and raised in South Korea, and moved to the U.S. 38 years ago to join her relatives in Colorado Springs. She followed in her family’s footsteps, opening several businesses throughout the city, ranging from Chinese and Italian restaurants to jazz clubs. Park opened Dale Street Bistro in 2003 as a more relaxed restaurant, allowing her and her family to work fewer hours. She saw working at Dale’s (as many of us like to call it) as “more like a half-retired restaurant,” and “a kind of hobby,” as she told The Catalyst in 2017. Now, 8 years later, she has entered full retirement.”

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✍️ Story by Maya Rosen ’28
📸 By Tessa Frantz ’27

FEATURES: Trailblazing in the Springs: Medicine Wheel and One Student’s Mission to Revive a Dirt Park“Lucas Donahue ‘26 ...
09/15/2025

FEATURES: Trailblazing in the Springs: Medicine Wheel and One Student’s Mission to Revive a Dirt Park

“Lucas Donahue ‘26 encountered the Goose Gossage Bike Park three years ago as a freshman. Back then, it was still a diamond in the rough, with crumbling lips and poor drainage eating away at jumps. Though officially under the management of Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates (MedWheel), the non-profit behind many of the single-track trails in Colorado Springs, Colo., the dirt park appears to remain low on their list of priorities.”

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✍️ Story by Nalani Wood ’26
📸 By Nalani Wood ’26

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