Occupying Homes and Hartford
Several months ago when the Occupy Wall Street movement, which has spawned Occupy protests across the globe, critics predicted that activity would slow, particularly in Zuccotti Park, as winter neared. Despite the mass…
Sharp Keeps Harris Running Smoothly
Anyone who has dined in Harris for breakfast or lunch has received unusually friendly service, the kind that makes itworth leaving the confines of South Campus. Nowhere else on campus during these hours…
SGA News & Minutes
SGA’s meeting on Thursday, December 8 was the last one of the fall semester. Professor Ruth Grahn of the Psychology Department, Chair of the Faculty Steering and Conference Committee, came for the second…
SGA News & Minutes
President Leo Higdon, Director of Events and Catering Merrill Collins and Professor Ruth Grahn of the Psychology Department and Chair of the Faculty Steering and Conference Committee came and signed the Covenant, a…
New Appointments to SGA Executive Body
In the face of the resignations of officers Dorian Ehrlich ’14 and Justine Keller ’13, the Student Government Association is in the unusual position of being forced to reshuffle a number of offices…
CC Dissent, At Crossroads, Discusses Student Loans
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth installment in a series covering the Occupy Wall Street movement and its effects both on and off campus. On Thursday, November 18, Connecticut College hosted a discussion…
SGA Exec Ehrlich Resigns, Citing Dysfunction
Dorian Ehrlich ’14, who served as Chief of Communications for the Student Government Association Executive Board, has resigned from SGA, citing the personal pressures of the position as well as objections to the…
SGA News and Minutes
This week SGA heard a presentation from CC Curtis on Alcohol and Drug Education. A presentation by Chair of Environmental Affairs Elias Kauders on Renewable Energy Credits, which SGA devotes 15% of the…
SGA News and Minutes
CC Dissent: Last week, the assembly discussed supporting CC Dissent and their involvement with Occupy Wall Street. The vast majority of the assembly demonstrated vehement opposition to formal support of CC Dissent, a…
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…
Digital Signage: SGA proposes a new way to access campus information
SGA President Nathan Cornell ’11 is spearheading a proposal for digital signage on campus, along with the support of a Student Government Association-run digital signage task force that includes Class of 2011 President…
SGA Suspends Club Evaluation
Since the club allocation process finished this September, SGA’s Finance Committee has been reevaluating the rules for club approval. Finance Committee set forth a moratorium to halt the SGA approval and funding of…
Last Week at SGA… In Brief
-CC Curtiss and the Peer Educators have finalized details on “Think Outisde the Bottle Day”, a Hump-Day activity to help educate Conn students on the dangers of alcohol abuse. The event willl take…
Campus Politics: A Look at SGA’s Current Projects
This past week’s meeting featured two major proposals. The more straightforward of these was a proposal to change the Environmental Modeling Committee’s proposal to purchase Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to cover the school’s…
Last Week at SGA: In Brief
- SGA President Peter Friedrichs ’10 outlined the newest plans by the Automobile Congestion and Pollution Reduction Task Force. He first compared Conn’s parking plans to those at other, similar institutions, particularly other…
