http://thecollegevoice.org Connecticut College's independent student-run newspaper Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:58:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/13/an-interview-with-accent-nycs-best-kept-secret/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/13/an-interview-with-accent-nycs-best-kept-secret/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:18:16 +0000 Jeff Baird http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=11666 It’s time to get familiar with Accent. This talented emcee has been rapping for eight years, delivered a terrific opening set at the Kinetics & One Love concert on November 19, and just...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/13/an-interview-with-accent-nycs-best-kept-secret/feed/ 0 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/13/gambino-not-so-childish/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/13/gambino-not-so-childish/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:13:48 +0000 Jeff Baird http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=11626 “Hard for a Pitchfork, soft for a Roc-A-Fella/Music was my side chick, but now we’re moving in together,” read the opening raps on Childish Gambino’s EP, the first rap project from the multi-talented...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/13/gambino-not-so-childish/feed/ 0 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/13/all-that-jazz/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/13/all-that-jazz/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:06:35 +0000 Chris Giri http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=11621 Last Wednesday, the college’s Music Department hosted its All That Jazz concert, highlighting the school’s Traditional Jazz Band and Jazz Ensemble. Both bands feature students, alumni and members of the staff and are...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/13/all-that-jazz/feed/ 0 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/13/dissecting-descendants/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/13/dissecting-descendants/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:01:52 +0000 Heather Holmes http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=11617 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,...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/13/dissecting-descendants/feed/ 0 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/05/breaking-dawn-breaks-expectations/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/05/breaking-dawn-breaks-expectations/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:57:02 +0000 Shannon Keating http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=11392 I liked the new Twilight movie. Whoops.   This is a particularly problematic and embarrassing revelation for me. In addition to being a snooty critic of cinematic craftsmanship, I have also spent the past...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/05/breaking-dawn-breaks-expectations/feed/ 0 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/05/an-interview-with-kinetics/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/05/an-interview-with-kinetics/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:45:32 +0000 Jeff Baird http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=11388 Two weeks ago, we had the privilege of hosting Kinetics & One Love on campus, where they rocked a sold-out show to over 400 people in the 1941 Room. If you were part...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/12/05/an-interview-with-kinetics/feed/ 0 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/21/interdisciplinary-collaboration-at-its-best/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/21/interdisciplinary-collaboration-at-its-best/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:11:02 +0000 Libby Carberry http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=11207 Fluxus, meaning “flow” in Latin, is dead terminology and gibberish to most. But in actuality, “fluxus” stands for a local, in-the-now art movement here at Conn, and an international and historical movement that...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/21/interdisciplinary-collaboration-at-its-best/feed/ 0 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/21/coldplay-ed-out/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/21/coldplay-ed-out/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:04:49 +0000 Kyle David Smith http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=11202 While sitting in my room listening to the new Coldplay album, Mylo Xyloto, I was terrified that some mysterious music police would bust down my door at any moment and strip me of...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/21/coldplay-ed-out/feed/ 4 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/21/artist-profile-yulia-khaitov/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/21/artist-profile-yulia-khaitov/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:51:23 +0000 Heather Holmes http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=11194 “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...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/21/artist-profile-yulia-khaitov/feed/ 0 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/14/of-metamaus-and-men/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/14/of-metamaus-and-men/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:58:44 +0000 Caroline Lazar http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=10965 I spilled a hot cup of cider on my sweater when I saw Art Spiegelman lounging with English professor and Writer in Residence Blanche Boyd outside of Shain last Tuesday. Pulling wet wool...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/14/of-metamaus-and-men/feed/ 3 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/14/artist-profile-catherine-monahon/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/14/artist-profile-catherine-monahon/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:54:38 +0000 Liz Charky http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=10950 It feels great to make art. Self-expression, whether through painting, dancing or music always feels good. When does one transcend making art or expressing oneself and actually take on the title of artist?...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/14/artist-profile-catherine-monahon/feed/ 2 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/14/24-hour-theater-returns/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/14/24-hour-theater-returns/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:46:36 +0000 Bailey Bennett http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=10937 Last Saturday night saw the performance of six original plays that had not existed twenty-four hours earlier.  Wig and Candle, Conn’s student theater society, put on its second production of 24 Hour Theater...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/14/24-hour-theater-returns/feed/ 1 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/07/dear-tick-you-suck/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/07/dear-tick-you-suck/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:06:35 +0000 Heather Holmes http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=10637 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”,...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/07/dear-tick-you-suck/feed/ 0 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/07/not-in-time/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/07/not-in-time/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:00:56 +0000 Sam Norcross http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=10633 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...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/07/not-in-time/feed/ 0 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/07/history%e2%80%99s-best-bro-down-comes-to-conn/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/07/history%e2%80%99s-best-bro-down-comes-to-conn/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:52:16 +0000 Kyle David Smith http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=10626 The political environment that exists today in the United States is dominated by professional politicians manufactured especially to be elected. Perfectly groomed hair, flag lapel pins and the perfect tie have all become...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/11/07/history%e2%80%99s-best-bro-down-comes-to-conn/feed/ 0 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/10/31/baby-baby-it%e2%80%99s-cold-outside/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/10/31/baby-baby-it%e2%80%99s-cold-outside/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:39:47 +0000 Heather Holmes http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=10251 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 —...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/10/31/baby-baby-it%e2%80%99s-cold-outside/feed/ 0 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/10/31/no-one%e2%80%99s-too-old-for-nickelodeon-flashbacks/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/10/31/no-one%e2%80%99s-too-old-for-nickelodeon-flashbacks/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:29:50 +0000 Cara Einbinder http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=10224 Our generation is currently suffering from a collective ’90s hangover.  But honestly, who can blame us?  Unlike the ’00s, which I can’t quite recall for various reasons, the ’90s was an era of...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/10/31/no-one%e2%80%99s-too-old-for-nickelodeon-flashbacks/feed/ 0 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/10/31/hollywood%e2%80%99s-new-happily-ever-after/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/10/31/hollywood%e2%80%99s-new-happily-ever-after/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:25:17 +0000 Stephanie Schwartz http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=10220 My junior year of high school, I got into a huge debate with my English teacher. Our assignment was to write an original fairy tale, complete with magic, princes, giants and the strong...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/10/31/hollywood%e2%80%99s-new-happily-ever-after/feed/ 1 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/10/31/farewell-to-indie%e2%80%99s-first-couple/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/10/31/farewell-to-indie%e2%80%99s-first-couple/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:17:14 +0000 Dave Liakos http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=10207 This month, the independent music world was rocked by news of the breakup of Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, the musical power couple of New York-based rock group Sonic Youth. Married since 1984,...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/10/31/farewell-to-indie%e2%80%99s-first-couple/feed/ 1 http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/10/31/fnl-green-day-v-blink-182/ http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/10/31/fnl-green-day-v-blink-182/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:50:25 +0000 Mark Ferreira http://thecollegevoice.org/?p=10163 Friday night, I was at a punk rock concert in Cro, standing between sweaty, gyrating rock stars and a head banging, fist pumping audience. Lyrics only filled the gaps between the distorted power...]]> http://thecollegevoice.org/2011/10/31/fnl-green-day-v-blink-182/feed/ 2