Bringing the Sixties Back: Mad Men Season Five Premiere
The wait has finally ended. As of last week, Mad Men is back on the air. Following a seventeen-month hiatus, the tremendously popular and acclaimed show about advertising executives working on Madison Avenue…
A Little Taste of History: Why Downton Abbey is such a popular show
Sunday night used to be the night when I mourned the end of the weekend, trying to mentally prepare for my Monday morning class while finishing up last-minute homework. That was until I…
The Feeling of Shame
Shame, the controversial and acclaimed new film by British director Steve McQueen, was one of the most depressing, uncomfortable and bleak movies I have seen recently. It was also one of the most…
The Blackest Friday: A Commentary on Manic Consumerism
Black Friday scares me. Although I have never actually participated in Black Friday and I never intend to, the name itself implies a dark and dangerous day. I am not averse to…
A Little Bit Goes a Long Way
Oxfam night seems like a pretty uncontroversial and likable idea. Last Thursday, Harris closed for dinner and donated to Oxfam America money that would have been used to feed students. Oxfam is an…
Honor Council Revealed: Honor Council Mock Trial sheds light on one of the most important and confidential aspects of Conn’s Honor Code
Because of its confidentiality rules, the Honor Council is often perceived as a mysterious organization, unlike the more transparent SGA, House Council and various other committees and organizations. Though the Council handles Honor…
CoAST Becomes OPT21
It is estimated that there are currently ten to thirty million slaves worldwide, a higher number than at any other point in history. Human trafficking is the second-largest organized crime in the world,…
Fighting for Invisible Children
Northern Uganda has not known peace for the past twenty-three years. Thousands of people have been displaced, murdered, raped, mutilated and abducted. Yet this conflict has been ignored by most of the world….
