Ghosts, Ghouls, and Gallows: The Paranomal at CC
On the evening of Friday, October 28, with lights dimmed and curtains ominously drawn, Larrabee common room was host to a special ghost stories lecture by Professor T.J. Wellman, visiting assistant professor of…
SGA News and Minutes
Editor’s note: These notes from SGA meetings are part of an ongoing collaboration between The Voice and SGA. CCDissent: The non-affiliated organization CCDissent came to open forum to discuss their trip to New…
Occupy Conn College: The OWS movement influences formation of CC Dissent
Now in its sixth week of action, the Occupy Wall Street movement has gained momentum across the globe, in local communities and on college campuses. Focused mainly on protesting social and economic inequity,…
The Myths of Eating Local
Last year, Harris added a new extension to its salad bar: the locally grown section. In addition to the dining hall’s modern new look, Harris now allows environmentally conscious and curious students to…
Beginning with Beginnings
The pinnacle of Connecticut College’s centennial celebrations took place this weekend, starting with fireworks on Friday night, and ending with the Centennial Gala on Saturday evening. Perhaps the most widely advertised of all…
Winter Workingland
At Colby, it’s called the Jan Plan. At Middlebury, it’s the J-Term. Williams College has Winter Study, and Amherst kicks off the New Year with Interterm. What do these terms refer to?…
Occupy…Bank Street
The Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York has spread to dozens of U.S. cities and countries around the world, including the New London community. Protesters have “occupied” Parade Plaza across…
CoAST Becomes OPT21
It is estimated that there are currently ten to thirty million slaves worldwide, a higher number than at any other point in history. Human trafficking is the second-largest organized crime in the world,…
Reality and Fiction
Dinaw Mengestu is a critically acclaimed, award-winning novelist, one of The New Yorker’s “Twenty Under Forty” young writers and the author of two hauntingly beautiful novels that explore questions of displacement, identity and…
Professor Profile: Charles Hartman
Each Monday and Wednesday, Professor Charles Hartman walks into English 240: Reading and Writing Poetry with a cup of coffee, a stack of papers and a short and snappy greeting to the class….
What You Seek is Seeking You: Thinking About Sufism
This past Thursday and Friday, the symposium “Sufism as a Mediating Force in South Asia,” a conference imagined by Professor Sufia Uddin from Connecticut College and Professor Frank Korom of Boston University, took…
CC Dems Look To Expand
Connecticut College Democrats (CC Dems) is the most active political organization on campus. They discuss the Democratic point of view on a variety of issues, ranging from gun control to abortion, but…
Conn Coll Hillel Improves and Expands
Less than one percent of the world’s population is Jewish; impressively, approximately ten percent of Connecticut College’s student body identifies as Jewish. Accordingly, Conn employs a Rabbi, offers temple services and Shabbat dinners,…
