Stay True to Yourself, But What Self?
Imagine a girl named Jamie. Jamie grew up a tomboy; she loved sports and was rarely found wearing anything but workout clothes. In college her friends and family urged her to be more…
A Proper Adult Novel: Norcross speculates on the quality of a new J.K. Rowling book
J.K. Rowling is writing a new book— a “proper adult novel,” as a quote from her website goes. Maybe you’ve heard, maybe you’re already planning for midnight showings of the movie version or…
Not In Time
Fifty-two. According to Metacritic.com, 52/100 is the average review of every film featuring Justin Timberlake. It’s not great, and without a certain lucky break landing an Oscar-nominated role in The Social Network (I’ve…
Cape Town, Cairo, Conn College
There have been a few posters around campus displaying the College Voice article about the takeover of Fanning in the 1986. The sit-in was a protest aimed at making Conn as culturally diverse…
My Kingdom for a Coen: Why don’t famous people come to speak at Conn anymore?
Did you know that Joel Coen, of the Coen brothers, is giving a talk at Conn?! No, you didn’t know that, because he’s not coming. Sorry. I hope that wasn’t too painful, but…
CC Dems Left Without a Right
This past Monday I sat in on a meeting of the Connecticut College Democrats, the only active political organization on campus. I had been curious about the club for a while: are the…
Wait Wait… Who is That?
It’s always jarring to see the true faces of radio personalities. My carefully crafted mental image of NPR broadcasters and podcast hosts (based solely on their voices) is always shattered once I…
The Threepenny Opera
I decided to go in cold. I went to the preview show of The Threepenny Opera, presented by the Connecticut College Theatre Department, last Wednesday night knowing nothing but the title, and what…
REAL’s Two-Minute Housing Drill
Not too many weeks ago, most everyone on campus was up at the ungodly hour of 7 AM, going over their schedules class by class, looking for overlaps and conflicts and double-checking CRNs….
RateMyProfessors Doesn’t Make the Grade
How much faith can one have in a teacher-rating system that takes “hotness” into account? I had never even heard of RateMyProfessors.com until just a few weeks ago, during registration, when scores from…
HvZ: The Zombie Outbreak Begins
It’s not hard to notice that zombies have become a pretty big deal over these past few years, lumbering their way into almost every form of media. In movies, there was last year’s…
Yvonne Rainer’s Life as a Performer
Last Tuesday, a pioneer of postmodern dance and avant-garde filmmaking, Yvonne Rainer, visited Connecticut College. She came to speak with several classes and to screen one of her films. When I heard that…
