Letters to the Editor; April 30, 2012
Your April 9 editorial suggests that the College’s policies related to underage drinking are impeding the cam- pus social scene and forcing students to leave the campus in search of “fun.” I find…
Editorial; April 30, 2012
The college’s open houses over the past two weeks have made me nostalgic for the time when I was a prospie. I guess you can chalk it up to fate, but Jazmine Hughes was my host…
Letters to the Editor; April 16, 2012
When I attended Conn between 1973 and 1977 dorms were central to the students’ social experience; whether it was competing in intramural sporting events, planning campus-wide dances or hosting themed parties (with and…
Editorial; April 16, 2012
“How’s the Voice going?” I get asked that a lot. If it’s Monday morning, I’ll yawn and boast about how many hours I spent in Cro the previous night finishing layout. Monday night,…
Editorial; April 9, 2012
On a recent weekend, a group of Conn students went to the Tiki bar at the Bulkeley House restaurant on Bank Street in New London. While the details of that night are murky,…
Editorial; April 2, 2012
In June, professor Tristan Anne Borer emailed me a contact she had gained at the New York Times during her efforts to save the readership program from ending, as it nearly did in…
Editorial; March 5, 2012
As graduation looms—countdowns, bar nights and soirees galore—our dwindling time at Conn becomes more evident with each passing day. Second semester is Twilight Zone-themed: class Monday through Thursday. Senior event on Friday. Bar…
Editorials; February 27, 2012
There’s a new addition to Crozier-Williams: take a walk past the mailroom and you’ll find a recently installed automated external defibrillator, or AED. According to a news briefing on the College’s website, an…
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, I appreciate your opinions editor, Jerell Mays, sharing his thoughts on alumni giving in his piece “No Laz Left Behind: The Politics of Alumni Donations.” I would like to…
Editorial: February 20, 2012
On February 8th I saw the sun rise. It had been a long time since I had seen the psychedelic mixture of blue, orange and purple splattered on the sky. I woke like…
Connecticut College, broken down into numbers
Connecticut College has made it into the news again— but for nothing unusual, just our price. For the umpteenth time since entering Conn, it has made another annual list of the most expensive…
Letter to the Editor
The biggest problem facing school-sponsored events is their perceived lameness. Let’s face it: no one wants to go to a concert with five other audience members. This past Thursday, February 2, I was…
Editorial
I’ve begun to deflect questions about what I’m doing after graduation: I tell people that I plan to eat, which is true, and probably take a nap. After that, I imagine everything else…
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…
