Where’s Waldo? – Campus prank keeps students guessing
Waldo is a man who looks to be somewhere in his thirties. He wears a red and white sweater, as well as a matching beanie cap. Blue jeans. Brown loafers. He sometimes walks…
Intergalactic Rollerskating
As my friends and I pulled into the Galaxy Roller Rink parking lot in Groton, I had no idea what to expect. My only previous knowledge of roller rink culture had been informed…
CC Gaming Club Gets Magical
The Gaming Club was gathered around the couches outside of the 1941 Room for the semester’s first meeting, eagerly waiting to pitch ideas for events. Club President Dan Whittington ’11 opened up the…
The Road to the Oscars, Part II
The Oscars are fast approaching and my goal of watching all ten best picture nominees before February 27 is still at the top of my priority list. So how far have I gotten? …
The Vagina Monologues: A Breakthrough in Consciousness
The Vagina Monologues is a collection of monologues performed by women on a variety of vagina-related topics, including virginity and the loss of it, masturbation and self-discovery, rape and childbirth. The monologues were…
Pimps, Prostitutes, and Hangings ~ An inside look at this year’s musical, The Threepenny Opera
By Raymond Hawkins I’m guessing you’ve probably heard of Oliva Hall. Now if I asked you to tell me where it is, you might be a little less certain, depending on how many…
Tag, You’re It! ~ Laser Tag hits Conn
By Andrew Steel A heavy silence had fallen amongst our ranks. We crouched behind the bunker, awaiting the signal. The sweat on my palms forced me to clutch my pistol more tightly –…
One Hundred Years in Two Minutes
Editor’s note: This article is written as satire, and is not to be taken entirely seriously. “In the beginning,” narrates Matthew Rolin ‘13, “there was just an idea.” This is the opening line…
The Road to the Oscars
I still love the Oscars. Despite the last few decades of plummeting ratings and uncomfortable hosts (we still love you, Jon Stewart), I still anticipate watching the annual award ceremony every year. Because…
“Nut Lady’s” Life Work Inherited by CC
For years Christopher Steiner, art history professor and director of the Museum Studies Program at Conn, sent his students to visit The Nut Museum of Old Lyme, but he himself had never been….
BLUR
This past weekend, the fall faculty dance department show Blur showcased nine beautifully individual pieces, which included the choreography of five faculty members, two students, two guest artists, and one pre-show “bantaba.” The…
The Last Five Years – 2.5 Camel Review
The Last Five Years is a musical about a relationship. It is odd, then, that the audience rarely sees the two characters together. Jamie (Grant Jacoby ’13) and Cathy (Talia Curtin, ’13), tell…
The Last Five Years – 4 Camel Review
The musical The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown is an intriguing story of a couple’s relationship as it spans from beginning to end, told from two distinct simultaneous perspectives. Last weekend,…
Wendy and Lucy and Kelly
Exams and essays are piling up – it’s an unfortunate fact. It would therefore seem unwise to spare oneself a few hours to go see a movie. However, Conn’s film department has managed…
Shake the Baron Album Review
Today the paradigm of music is highly individual. Thanks to perplexing technologies presumably granted to humanity by space aliens, a single person can record an entire album for next to nothing and send…
