Freedom!
When I go home over break, I usually spend most of my time reveling in the comfort of private bathrooms, normal-sized beds and vegetables that have not been steamed or drenched beyond recognition…
Young Dancers Hold Their Own
Myers Dance Studio echoed with stifled coughs. The faces of my peers were menacing, each smile concealing colonies of scheming pathogens, trying to hop from one weak immune system to another. I took…
Nothing Happened in the Alice Johnson Room
I was expecting a judge on a high podium, or a jury of my peers, or at least some gavel banging. What I saw, as I poked my head in the door of…
Of Hanson and High School: A conversation with Emily Kristin Anderson ’05
Emily Kristin Anderson is a hate-mongering tart, according to the title of her blog. She is also a CoCo alum and former editor-in-chief of the College Voice. Since her glory days studying classics on…
Anyone Can Have a Cock!
“Anyone can have a cock,” chirps Dvora Walker ’11, gesturing with an iridescent strap-on modeled after Edward from Twilight. She’s a small, pretty girl in an oversized sweatshirt. She stands next to a…
College in the Present Tense: A freshman revisits the college tour
After a day of hiding indoors from the crowds of prospective students at Connecticut College’s fall open house, I went to the second floor of Cro with my roommate and our friends. We…
I Am Not an Ash-Hole: Lack of ashtrays and butt cans force smokers to litter
It’s not a good time to be a smoker. We’ve been pushed to the outskirts of society, outdoors, twenty feet from dorms, huddling in the rain under awnings and leafy trees. We endure…
