TEDxConnecticutCollege
This past Saturday, April 14, Conn pulled off one of the biggest conferences in the school’s history with the execution of TEDxConnecticutCollege. The all-day event was the first TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Talk…
Where’s the Beef?
“Pink slime.” The name itself is enough to cause a stomachache. But if you eat meat—and you most likely do—then you’ve almost certainly eaten pink slime, too. According to ABC News, pink slime,…
Connecticut College & New London
The day I came back to Conn from winter vacation, I noticed a sign in the window of a house on Williams Street that read in splashy font, “New London Loves USCG.” I…
Letter to the Editor
The biggest problem facing school-sponsored events is their perceived lameness. Let’s face it: no one wants to go to a concert with five other audience members. This past Thursday, February 2, I was…
Dissecting Descendants
I had my doubts from the beginning. George Clooney, a script full of daddy issues and the perpetually pregnant girl from The Secret Life of the American Teenager all in one movie? And,…
Grand Finales
1. Jennifer Jakson ’15 says, “I only have one self-scheduled exam, which is actually a disappointment. For my environmental science class, I have to create a website about an important issue threatening life…
Artist Profile: Yulia Khaitov
“Faces. I love faces,” gushed freshman art student Yulia Khaitov. “In my digital art class in high school, we all got paired up with a classmate and our assignment was to age them…
Dear Tick, You Suck
Within the first six or seven minutes of Divine Providence, you know what’s up with Deer Tick. “I got a lust for life and a dangerous mind,” screeches John McCauley on “The Bump”,…
Baby, Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Before this week, I had never listened to Justin Bieber. Of course, I had heard his biggest hits in passing — “One Time” and “Baby” were unavoidable for a period of time —…
Winter Workingland
At Colby, it’s called the Jan Plan. At Middlebury, it’s the J-Term. Williams College has Winter Study, and Amherst kicks off the New Year with Interterm. What do these terms refer to?…
Not All It’s ‘Cac-ed Up to Be
“There is a collection of generally attractive females at every [NESCAC] school who, when introduced to alcohol, gravitate immediately towards members of that school’s lacrosse team. This is a widely accepted and celebrated…
Fall Album Reviews: Codes and Keys by Death Cab for Cutie
Is Death Cab for Cutie still relevant? It’s been six years since the band released “I Will Follow You into the Dark” and everyone you knew began to sing it at coffeehouses and…
