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…
Thoughts on the Real World, from the Real World
This morning I awoke to my own voice mumbling, “Wake up. Wake up.” My dream was nightmarish: I was sitting in a fancy dress, drinking wine at a graduation party on the night…
Voice Reunion
In an act of nostalgia and an effort to reconnect with our history, the editors of The Voice hosted an editors’ reunion, inviting twelve members from past decades to return to the College…
In Response to “A Left Without A Right”
To the editor: It was with great disappointment that I read Sam Norcross’s piece “A Left Without A Right” (4/11/11). As the 2002 co-founder and Vice-Chairman of a vibrant, 200+ member Conn. College…
Advice from Shain Library Concerning the NY Times
Gentle readers, For those of you bummed out about being given an opportunity to purchase an online subscription to the New York Times as you click on your twenty first article in a…
Connecticut College, 1960s and 1970s
The 1960s and 1970s are close to impossible to summarize in a short editorial. The early 1960s maintained the traditions of the decades before, but with a newfound appetite for dissent: singing on…
A Plea for Digital Relevance
In the fall of 2008, I took my first course with a New Media scholar named Alison de Fren, who had come to Conn for her post-doctoral fellowship. De Fren taught courses with…
Welcome to April
College to throw Cro Dance-Themed Cro Dance this Saturday The campus’ newest student organization, The Student Activities Council for Programming Activities (SACPA), has been allocated a total of seventeen dollars by SGA’s Finance…
On Senioritis
Maggie Brown was the last girl I ever dated. We parted ways probably later than we should have in the summer of 2006, she off to college four hundred miles away and I…
See Something, Say Something
This will be the last time I will refer to our campus as a “bubble” until we are engulfed in soapy solution or until SAC throws a foam party. I’ll use this final…
Free Speech
As we approach spring break, I want to introduce myself and make you aware of resources that exist on campus for anyone who has been directly or indirectly affected by sexual assault, dating/domestic…
Connecticut College, 1940-1950
The 1940s was an unsettling decade for the College and the world. In 1941, the Japanese attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor and the country officially entered World War II. A group…
On Paper Cups
At the beginning of this semester, I approached the General Manager of Dining Services, Mike Kmec, about the possibility of implementing a reusable mug system in the dining halls at Connecticut College….
One More Night
Last Thursday, SGA suggested starting a petition to allow graduating seniors an additional day after Commencement to pack and and prepare to leave campus. The editorial board of the Voice supports this endeavor…
