Historicizing 9/11 A Community-Based Research Documentary
On May 8 at 7pm in Silfen Auditorium, students from History Professor Jim Downs’ “Historicizing 9/11” class will be presenting their capstone project, Historicizing 9/11: New London. One of the benefits of…
Students Petition for Transparency in Commencement Speaker Selection Process
In one short week, a petition calling for more student input in choosing Connecticut College’s commencement speaker has garnered signatures from over 230 students and alumni of the college. The petition comes after…
Resolving Safety Issues in Fanning Bathrooms
In the fall of 2011, students began to advocate against gender-inclusive bathrooms in public buildings at Connecticut College. After several meetings with students, history professor and director of the LGBTQ Center Jen Manion…
TEDxConnecticutCollege
This past Saturday, April 14, Conn pulled off one of the biggest conferences in the school’s history with the execution of TEDxConnecticutCollege. The all-day event was the first TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Talk…
Three of 300: Three of Connecticut College’s professors named in Princeton Review’s The Best 300 Professors
Earlier this week, the Princeton Review released a book in conjunction with ratemyprofessors.com titled The Best 300 Professors, compiling a carefully culled and unranked list of the professors they have determined to be…
Homonationalism Gone Viral: The Affective Politics of Discipline and Control
Jasbir Puar, a professor of women’s and gender studies at Rutgers University, explained last Thursday at a lecture entitled “Homonationalism Gone Viral,” that homonationalism represents the relationship between nationship formation and queer sexuality….
From Addiction to Fiction: A look into the life of Professor Blanche Boyd
Blanche Boyd is the first to admit that hers is an unlikely story, from the depths of addiction to the solid stability of life as a wife, mother and college professor. But she…
A TEDx To-Do List
1. Redefine Progress 2. Rethink Collaboration 3. Re-Energize our Community “TED,” which stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design, is a global non-profit that celebrates innovation, creativity and learning through an array of talks…
Weaving the Safety Net: Potential budget cuts threaten on-campus sexual violence awareness programs
April is Sexual Assult Awareness Month—a fact which many students at Connecticut College know thanks primarily to Darcie Folsom’s work as the Coordinator of Sexual Violence Education and Advocacy on campus. Before this…
In Loving Memory of Dirk Held
I met Professor Held my freshman year. He taught my Freshman Seminar on Socrates, a Wednesday-Friday at 9 AM class that was always inconvenient to attend despite it being only three flights of…
Taking on the Vag Mons
I did not plan on attending the Vagina Monologues. As a man, I found the title less than welcoming. It sounded exclusive, as though it was a performance solely for women and by…
