Halfway There
The past nine issues have been scary. The server, where we keep the files of the Voice from the past fifteen years, has occasionally failed; our software has randomly quit, citing a “modal…
Letter to the Editor
A Web comment in response to Megan Reback’s “CC Dissent Sparks Debate on Campus” from November 14, 2011: Loving your coverage of this fascinating time in our social history. I’m really perplexed about…
“When are you gonna write about us?!”
I have two housemates. One is Carolyn, who has provided our 360 Mohegan home with crayons and Sesame Street coloring books; the other, Kerry, has an unnatural capacity for presidential facts and brings…
Learn and Lead
At Conn, we love the term “student leaders.” The deans are quick to affix it to a plaque and award to it to whomever is best at both learning and leading; the Office…
Moving the Conversation Online
In September 2009, editor-in-chief Claire Gould ’10 wrote an editorial about the print vs. online newspaper debate after the removal of free copies of the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and USA…
Letter to the Editor 11/14/11
Upon reading Liakos’s article on the Science Leadership Program, I felt the need to correct him on a couple of things. First, the name of the program is not Science Leadership Program; it…
On College Relations
I spend most of my days in the same sweater, reading the College Voice archives. I relish seeing the font size shrink, the article lengths grow and the ever-changing masthead. I was revisiting…
On Student Activism
Lately, everywhere I turn, I see another Conn student, holding a sign or dressed as a banana, protesting some latest injustice on campus or in the world. Maybe it was because I was…
On the Value of a Liberal Arts Education
Last week, President Higdon wrote an article for the Huffington Post emphasizing the strengths of a liberal arts education, in response to Florida Governor Rick Scott’s desire for public funding for more “practical”…
On Shared Responsibility
There isn’t much space for an editorial this week, and I’m proud: partially because I get an extra two hours added back to my day, but mostly because the Letters to the Editor…
Nine to One
I’m afraid to eat in Harris by myself. My apartment-contingent reduced meal plan limits me to five meals per week of haphazardly-made sandwiches and French fries I stuff in my pocket on the…
The Balance of Power
Entering my fourth year at Conn, I’ve realized that critical thinking happens in many other places besides the classroom, especially in places where I don’t want it. One afternoon in the Office…
On What Comes Next
The last issue of the College Voice under Lilah went to bed at 3 AM—three hours after our yearlong goal of going to press by midnight, two hours before she submitted her first…
In Response to “Welcome to April”
To the College Voice: The April Fool’s edition that caricatured President Higdon’s height was both offensive and disrespectful—and need I say not funny at all. Making comments about someone’s appearance, whether under the…
