Distinction to be Made Between Honor Code and College Policy
After nearly a year of talks, the Judicial Board is undergoing change: namely, it is no longer J-Board. The changes stem from the school’s relationship with the Honor Code. “Our school is portrayed…
See Something, Say Something
This will be the last time I will refer to our campus as a “bubble” until we are engulfed in soapy solution or until SAC throws a foam party. I’ll use this final…
On Why We’re Here
Last week, when a Voice staff member was researching an article regarding Chris Bylone, former South Campus Area Coordinator for Residential Life, he approached the remaining professional staff to find some answers. Bylone’s…
On Being Number One
For the supposedly “apathetic” college students we are, my friends certainly “like” a lot: Facebook has recently showed me that about fifteen of them in the Connecticut College network have “liked” a recent…
SGA Suspends Club Evaluation
Since the club allocation process finished this September, SGA’s Finance Committee has been reevaluating the rules for club approval. Finance Committee set forth a moratorium to halt the SGA approval and funding of…
Meet the Heads of the Herd: President and Vice President of the class of 2014
Barack Obama may be the most well-recognized man on the planet—after establishing himself on the international stage by running on a platform of hope and change, he presides over the United States amidst…
Conn Welcomes Baby Camels: Class of 2014
The scariest thing at Conn lies not among the rumored ghosts in Palmer, nor in the pen of a professor: it’s in the post office. Above the middle wall, beyond the glass, there…
Departments in Danger: German and Slavic Studies departments face drastic change
This past year, the Connecticut College website made a small but significant change in labels. A tab reading “Study Away” was replaced with the term “Global Focus.” It leads to a page proclaiming,…
The Sound of Settling: A Look at the Hook-Up Culture of ConnColl
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Similarly true, a single man with a 30 rack, a…
One in Four: Campus group battles sexual assault against women
Since last Tuesday’s Take Back the Night, the college campus has been plastered with a single ratio: 1 in 4. According to www.oneinfourusa.org, the national organization is named after the statistic that one…
Professor Profile: John Gordon, English
Professor John S. Gordon is not your standard English professor – if such a thing exists. By day, he sits in his leatherbacked easy chair in his office, wing-tips atop the matching foot…
Life Inside the Suit: Students comment on the joy of being the mascot
There are a lot of things in the Office of Admission: water bottles, “power pack” packages of blue and white M&Ms and giant boxes of pens. Working there as a summer Admissions worker,…
Haiti Relief Efforts Lack Participation
Describe Connecticut College students in one word: if you’re the website, we’re “diverse.” If you’re a professor, we are “bright” or “engaged.” If you’re a student, however, who wants to actively recruit other…
Extra, Extra, Read(ership) All About It: Students support the return of the New York Times
Bigger than the font size proclaiming our commitment to diversity, the amount of financial aid that students are likely to receive, and post-graduation success rates, Conn’s website boasts a mission to “[educate] students…
Last Week at SGA… In Brief
-CC Curtiss and the Peer Educators have finalized details on “Think Outisde the Bottle Day”, a Hump-Day activity to help educate Conn students on the dangers of alcohol abuse. The event willl take…