OBITUARY: Rap Icon GURU Dead at 47
Jazz-Rap pioneer Guru, né Keith Elam, died at the age of 47 on Monday, April 19, following a yearlong battle with multiple myeloma. MC Guru and producer DJ Premier crafted some of the…
The Factorization of Connecticut College — Bros: the social parasites, and why I don’t feel like I belong here anymore
So, I’m a senior, and here’s what I see when I look behind me: The Bro. He is like a snake slithering around our arms and biting between our knuckles before we can…
Sun’s Out, Guns Out!: A senior predicts spring fashion at ConnColl
As the sun turns on its axis and the season changes from winter to spring to fit our happier dispositions, we, the most prude mammals of New England, inevitably make our quarterly adjustments…
The Rise of “Awk” Culture: A historical approach to a contemporary linguistic phenomenon
That freshman is so awkward. Look at how awkward my butt is in these pants. Would it be awkward if I smoked in your car, Gam-gam? You have asthma? Awkward, LOL! How did…
A Potential Problem with Curling: Why we should be concerned about a hipster takeover of the polarizing winter sport
I’d like to start by saying that the Winter Olympics as a whole produces about as much suspense as a mug of warm beer, which may be because I become snow blind if…
Clean Your Plate, Schlub!
This Clean Plate Club (CPC) stuff is admirable, or at the very least well-publicized, but we aren’t looking at the underlying consequences of what it means to our “belly brains.” The belly brain,…
Be My Valentine, Me!
Well, Valentine’s Day was a hoot and a holler this year! That sentence was written before Valentine’s Day, so pretend like I didn’t write it. This year I’m going do something different on…
The New Camel: OMG So Fierce!
Go back to the bookstore, sell all of your “books” back, and start stockpiling those soon-to-be vintage tees and sweats – our lean, goofily smiling camel mascot is being decommissioned. We can rest…
Response to “The Camels Hump”
Dear Ann Marsh Daly, I do like your sex column for its enjoyably informative sex tips, anatomical explications, and general strategy to open up our Camels to be more accepting and perhaps even…
