Cocaine: A Love Story
A young man meets an attractive blond. He doesn’t know her at all. All he knows is that she’s physically attractive. He approaches. Nervous and excited, he makes as much small talk as…
SGA Passes Solar Panel Initiative
“Be it enacted, by the Student Government Association that Renewable Energy Fund monies from Academic Years 2011-12 and 2012-13 shall be approved for the purchase and installation of solar photovoltaic renewable energy generation…
OverCONNfidence: Is This Generation’s Self-Assuredness Its Biggest Flaw?
Only 14% of college graduates between the years 2006 to 2010 hold jobs, 44.7% of 16 to 29 year-olds don’t work jobs, and a staggering one in four 25 to 34 year-olds still…
Defib-you-later: Number of Automated External Defibrillators Unimpressive
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are crucial to successful intervention for cardiac arrest. If you have a heart attack and no one has a defibrillator, you will most likely die. AEDs can be used…
Putting a Lid on Bottled Water Sales
Clean drinking water is the foundation of any civilization. Without a reliable source of clean, healthy, drinking water, the terrain would be a desert or tundra. As we know, these are not the…
Former Harvard Professor Sheds Light on Genocide
On Wednesday, former Harvard University political science professor Daniel Goldhagen gave a lecture in Shain Library called “Worse Than War: Understanding Genocide and How to Stop It.” For roughly an hour and a…
Honestly, Who Has Time for Breakfast Anymore?
Sometimes, ridiculous policies emerge out of mindless political fervor among the student body, which creates the illusion of serious demand for their enactment. In times like those, it becomes necessary for high-minded pricks,…
Five Nights of Halloween, Brought to you by SAC
Halloween Week 2010 kicked off last Tuesday at 4:00 PM. Hundreds of students lined up in front of Crozier-Williams Student Center to make caramel apples, courtesy of Conn’s Student Activities Council (SAC). Geoff…
In Defense of Sports Teams’ Shenanigans
Lately I have been hearing a lot of talk about initiation rituals. Most of it comes from the mouths of non-athletes and implies a negative attitude toward their practice. Ultimately, I cannot pretend…
