Sharing a Hill: Lunch at the Coast Guard Academy lends perspective
We were late. I forgot my wallet, so I ran out of my Nonfiction writing class to my Jeep Cherokee, drove it onto the grass outside of Windham’s front door and left it…
Rally to Restore Sanity
On the horizon: Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity on October 30th. Take a train to SoHo and let Arianna Huffington bus you down for free. Carpool in your friend’s G-Wagon. Go for…
On Club Collaboration
College club funding offers us the rare occasion to interact with money without putting any of it in our pockets, as we vie for funding strictly to create events for the betterment of our community, not the betterment of our bank accounts.
Shifting the Judicial System: Alcohol and drug infractions to be separated from Honor Code violations
A committee of students and deans called the Judicial Task Force has been working since May to redefine our honor code policy. On Thursday, September 30, J-Board Chair Conor Walsh ’11 introduced the…
On Calming Common Areas
The College’s recent improvements have been generally well received – the re-pavement of back roads along the west side of campus, along with Wi-Fi in dorms, seating added to the library, bathroom renovations,…
Hold On To Your Scrum Caps
Every Sunday at 1PM, a group of 25 athletes assemble on Dawley’s overgrown field to play an under-attended, impressively agressive game of rugby. Because the sport comes from Europe, which has no varsity…
On Kelis and Entrepeneurship
About a month ago, before I became deathly afraid of writing comprehensive blog posts regularly, I wrote an overheated little ditty about the importance of colleges encouraging entrepreneurship on their campuses. My editors…
Epcotified
ASME was shuffled into the Conde Nast building for lunch at the New Yorker on Tuesday. It was a powerhouse. I still can’t decide how uncomfortable it made me. I got there late…
I was stuffing envelopes when I realized…
CELS is great and everything. Getting 3 grand of our parents’ money back from the college to fund internships, smart idea. Having a center that teaches you how to not be an asshole…
How to Look Busy 101
Hello to the blogosphere, So this is my first real blog post since I had a xanga in 9th grade and wrote about all the work I had and whether I had a…
On Self-Reliance
Throughout the past three years, I have been challenged and stimulated by what this college has provided me. It has let me self-design a major, staple fabric to my walls, and yell weird…
The Isms and Outs of Blanche Boyd: a student’s reflection on Conn’s Writer-in-Residence
Blanche Boyd never uses notes, but she’s always in control. She’s in control of the language she uses in her writing (“You see that word I used? That was on purpose. Literature isn’t…
Love Laz’ and Embrace the ’Bee: A Case for Modernist Architecture on Campus
Our college promotes a very specific visual aesthetic, its campus well-known for its architectural consistency. Most buildings follow the template of our oldest, New London Hall, which was constructed primarily of rocks taken…
